The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-01-13
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE,

New linen may be embroidered more
easily by rubbing it oycr with fine white
soap. 1t prevents the threads from
cracking.
A tea made Of ripe or dried whortlc.
berries and drank in place of water l. n
sure and speedy cure for ~scrolula diff.
hculty, however bad.
To cleanse articles from tar, resin, or
any compounds Of a resinous character,
the use OF ilax-sced meal, mOistcncd with
water, IL recommended,
Three pounds Of hay, cut fine, will
feed m much Ms four pounds uncut. lhi,
Is gain Of one third, and, if hay Is worth
twelve dollars per ton, gives You four
dollars for cutting,
10 extinguish kerosene flames, fling
u cloth over them, or if the flour barrel
j. handler, throw on -four, which abb
Serbs the luid, kills the flames, and can
he readily cleared up afterward.
When you think of buying a har-
ness, examine the throat latch, and like
wise the cruppcr, If these ends are Of II
slazy stuff calculated to squash and
plague you while trying 30 make them
enter their loops, don't buy. The man
who cut the harness did not have the in
tercst Of the purchaser in his mind. At
three separate and distinct scowIs for
each buckIing the harness would be dear
asa gift. And most likely faults and
oycrsights run through the entire rig,
To renovatc oil cloth, dissolve two
and a half pounds paraAinc and one gal
Ton oil of turpcntinc by the aid Of Il
gentle heat, and apply with a sponge or
piece Of flannel, while warm. Let it re-
main on the oil cloth twCnty-fOur hours {;
then polish with flannel. This solution
not only rcnOyatcs but preserves the
cloth. The same preparation may also
he used on painted floors. When rubbed
with flannel, it will have Il beautiful
gloss, equal to varnish.
If wc had a blouse with a bedroom
ON the first floor we would at once abolish
the usc OF that room rs "A sleeping apart
mcnt, because we are satisfied that it is Il
wrong custom, il being much healthier
to sleep upstairs. Many u family Of
which the mcmbcrs were suffering and
weak in general have been restored TO n
vigorous and healthy condition by fol-
lowing our advice, which was TO remove
their bed rooms upstairs, to have their
beds, summer and winter, exposed to the
fresh air from open windows Except, of
course, when there is rain or mist), and
also to have during the whole night one
window partially open in winter, 50
as always TO inhalc the fresh cool air from
the outside, but using at the same time
the prccaution to have sufficient bed
covering to secure warmth.
We have Just received a recipe for
The cure Of diphtheria, from Il physician
who says that OF one thousand cases in
which it has been used not Il single pa
ticnt has been lost, The treatment con
sists in thoroughly swabbing the back Of
the mouth and throat with Il wash made
thus; Table-salt, two drachmB; black
pepper, golden seal, nitrate Of potash,
alum, one draChm each. Mix and pul
vcrlzc, put into n tcacup half full Of
boiling water stir well, and then fill up
with good vinegar. Use every halrhour,
one, two and four hours as recovery pro-
presses. The patient may swallow Il
little each time. Apply one ounce each
OF spirits Of turpcntine, swcct-oil and
aqua ammonia mixed every hour to the
whole Of the throat, and to the breast
bones every four hours, keeping flannel
to the part,-Ncw lOrk Tribune.