The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-11-23
Items of Interest.

decorated by the king 70 much happi
ness in single day overwhelmed him.
lie went sick to the house Of Il friend 1T
Putcaux and died there. He was buried
in Pere Lachaisc That was in 1884;
and it was only the other day that hi,
remains were carried TO Italy for inter,
mcnt in his native city Of Catania.
The European cuckoo never builds a
nest, but steals place for each separate
egg in the home OF some other bird,
Occasionally the egg is found in n nest
so small that the cuckoo could not pos
sibly have set upon it, For instance,
the egg has been laid in the willow
wren's nest, which is domcd, and has IN
entrance that ust admits the owner,
How does the cuckoo manage to lay her
egg in 4 nest 50 constructed? ? Valiant
obtained evidence that one OF the African
cuCRoOs carries the egg in her bill to the
nest she means to usurp, and it is sup
| posed by some that the European species
does the same.
For years we used "salts of lemon
and various acids to remove stains from
table linen but a person remarked touS
:" All your labor IL useless. Wait till
the peaches are gone and the stains will
also be gone We thought this utterly
foolish, but decided to try il; and, sure
enough when the peaches were gone the
stains had disappeared The idea, in it.
/ self, looks ridiculous; but does not the
table linen get enough regular washing
to take out almost any stains in the
course Of one peach season? We have
noticed the same is true of grape stains,
or of almost any other kind of fruit.
This is very true, and if remembered
may save much useless Iabor-Cor. ih-
t0H Fire" Press.
Marble mantlcs that have become bad
Iy discolorcd by smoke may be made
perfectly clear by the application Of ben
zine. Put it ON literally, then rub Off
with a clean flannel. II one application
does not do it c0cctuaIIy 4 second will,
Never apply soap to marble, it takes of
the polish; but grease spots may be re
moved by the application Of powdered
ma%ncsia,
What is termed the "voltaic gas
ligthcr' an ingenious device which OBJ
viatc5 the use Of matches or tapers,
and does away with the attendant dan
rcr in lirh,in,, rl. is coming iutocXtcn-
siyc use abroad II consists Of small
hichromatc of potash battery, the zinc
plate of which is 50 arranged that by the
pressure cf the finger it can he immersed
in the exciting fluid and put the battery
in action. Eisinr from the ton OF the
battery is light brass stem, like taper
holder, but in the form OF swans neck,
terminating in little bcll within which
! the two poles OF the battery are united
hv spiral Of platinum wire; this wire,
when the battery is put in action by
the immersion ofthc zine plate, becomes
white hot and will instantly ignite the
ras if held over the open burner nothing
more being essential.
The thickc,t armor-pIatccycrproduccd
has rrcrutIy been rolled at the SrammciI
works, Shcficd. England From four
and ouc.hall inches. the size has been in
rrcascd. ,tcpby step. till iliuaIIy reached
fourteen inches. and now they have sue.
coodcd in producing one Of twenty-five
inches, this being eight inches thicker
than any armor-platc ever yet rolled
,he plates ofwhirA this is a sample are
intended for two war vessels now bcing
constructed for the Italian government, |
and the gun to be used in testing this
Great plate. which weighs thirty-fyc tons,
i one hundred tom Armstrong gun.
The vessel. are to have two turrcts, each
turrel to contain two Of these enormous
picccs OF artillery The manufacturer
state. that if these gun, succeed in pcuc.
trotiuy this plate he shalt have no hest
t,tion in rolling one Of thirty or even
forty incncs in thickness
Zinc Chat is used under stove, snouid
never be damucned. Fit becomes soicd
or dim. rub with flannel and little
fresh lard. In this way it will always
look ~ new and bright us when first pur-
chased.
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