The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-10-07
CURIOUS AND SCIENTIFIC.

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4 held u meeting and agreed to hold thci
goods for higher prices, stopping produc
d ton if necessary,
u BEES have become 20 numerous AM
aggressive in l3rownsl lie, Texas, tina
d energetic efforts have become necessary u
r rid the place Of them. They took pos
ycHsion of stores where sugar and mOIa4
scs were kept, stung everybody who trir,
r to drive them away, and stayed unit
| smoked out.
To prevent horAcs' feet from scaIdinl
I or cracking in summer, and enabling tn,
shoes to bc carried n longer time withOuI
| injury, the French practice is to cont tn,
! hOoR once n week with an ointment com.
posed Of equal proportions Of soft fat,
yellow wax, Iinsccd oil, Venice turpcn.
tine and Norway tar; the wax is melted
separately before mixing,
To PURIFY A SINK.-ln hot weather
it is impossible to prevent sinks from be-
coming foul, unless some chemical pre-
p@aration * used. One pound of copper
US dissolved in four gallons of water,
poured over Il sink three or four times,
will completely destroy the offensive
odor. As II disinircting agent, to scatter
around the premises affected with any
unpleasant odor, nothing is better than
a mixture Of four parts dry ground plas-
tcr-ofpa to one part of fine charcoal,
by weight. All sorts Of glass vessels and
ether utensils may bc cfrctuaIIy purified
from offensive smells by rinsing them
with charcoal powder, after the grosscr
impurities have been secured Off with
sand and soap.
VEGETABLE BEEFSrEAK. - The Ma
tional Food and Fuel Rcformcr SAYS:
Among the most remarkable csculcnts
Of this class may be mentioned the beef
steak fungus 1t il very juicy and
hcshy, and its sections resemble beef in
appearance. A botanist found lately one
of five feet in circumference, and weigh
ing exactly eight pounds. This species
is particularly found in Germany, where
il is sliced and eaten with salad, and it is
esteemed IA Il nutritious food.
species, botanicnIly known IA
gigantc"m, when young, is of
a crcam-likc consiStrncc, and is an excel
lent addition to the breakfast mcnW. A
II is large enough to feed ten or
twelve persons, and some members of
the spec IS are a good substitute ortruf
Hes, A specimen lItcly found weighed
pounds, and was three feet four
inches in circumference"
A HILL OFSULPHUR.-Onc Ofthc most
cmarkabIc deposits Of native sulphur as
rt discovered is n great hill composed Of :
he almost pure article, found some two =,
ago ut n distance of thirty miles ,
Juth Of the Union Pacific railway and i;
inc hundred miles west of Omaha. This !
marvellous deposit is found to consist al
lost wholly of sulphur, containing only ,
J per cent. of impurities. The best de- :,
Isits heretofore available are those found !.
Sicily. The principal supplies for the "
anuiacturc ofsulphuric acid comes from "
ere; the deposits contain 80 per cent. of -;
lpuritics anhG4 per cent. Of sulphur. 3
If western sulphur hill, therefore, il ~ !"
lch the most valuable, and promises to ~
come, ere long, Of great importance to i,
. country. '"
LONGEVITY OF SNAnS.-An English
per, giving some evidence regarding M
. t~cnacity with which the snail holds
to life, relates that Il lady, having col i
ted some with pretty marked shells, In
to preserve them. She therefore Z,
them to II couple of boiling
baths and left them ON Il shelf in a
mmcr-house to dry. The next morn Ia
to her surprise and dismay, she found. fu
e snails crawling about the place, and ri
me of the hungricr ones feeding upon
e paste meant To be used in cemcnting -,
~ shells together. The tender hearted III
Is was 81 distressed at her unwilling ~
Iclty that abe sat down and had Il good "
Y, ending with the resolve never to at
mpt snall.hoiiing again. In IVA an
Ish collector stated before the royal So m,
'ty that certain white snails that had It's
IN confined in the cabinet for at least &C
zen years pokcd their heads out Of n"
'ir shells and resumed their usual hab- CO..
on being immersed in warm water.
FLOATlNG.-Men are drowned by rais- I'm
their arms above water, the unbuoycd W.
light Of which depresscs the head. II ,
her animals have neither motion or int
lily to act in u similar manner, and INT
swim naturally. When n man noi
X into deep water, he will rise to the nv,
face, and will continue there if he nm
- not elevate his hands. If he moves
hands under water, in any way he =
asses, his head will rise so high "a to A.
c him free liberty to breathe; and if Wv,
will use his legs, ~ in the net of walk
Tor rather walking up %stairs), his o.,
will rise above the water, NJ ''D
It he may use the less cxcrtion with
hands, or apply them to other pur- I
es. These plain directions arc recon- NE
ndcd to the recollection of those who
'c not learned to swim in their youth, Sen
hey may be found highly advantage.
in many cases. T
AND Authorship first c mr.
Y was written when I was the dra- g.,
tic critic OF the Herald, and was sub
ted TO the elder Wallack.
aside from any other merits or de tt
rits, it would have played about ten ac,i,
Irs. ! need hardly add | had written storj
4 two days. II
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NV 'Iu'i "nli'ch WIS "s ShicMu H@Hc hos
talented. lie did not intend To pro- liver
@ my play, neither did he intend to 81 Sll u
nd the critic of the Herald, 80 in stoni
ID OF telling me to take the piece to orsat
Francisco and offer il to n Chinese thp.
nagoras a short farce, he gave it tony ease
7 friend, Captain Jack Seton, whom 'hr !
and asked him to read it and fee
me his decision. ever
he c,nt,;n .ont c,r ,,.,l III ar adtr
pa" wv WI hiV anu Siiu, DRUG
4 not read this, MY dear FiskC, but T..
e weighed it. No good, my boy, no 'ouln
hat could | do but accept the de- q
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