The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-10-18

dollars n head for the years keep, and
this year they expect thirty-sevcn dollars.
their system il unique and simple, and,
IA will be seen, very profitable.
valuable Hints.
SrIcE COOKIEs.-lhree Cups0f sugar,
one cup OF butter, four eggs, four table
%spoOnfuls each Of cloves, cinnamon and
nutmeg, one cupful currants, sufficient
-four to make it stiff enough to roll out.
To REMOVE STAINS FRO TABLE.
IINEN.-Use bOrax when washing do
not boil, but bleach out the stains in the
-un wet the spots occasionally with a
weak solution Of borax.
TO CURE BUNIONs.-Bind a fine linen
band tightly around the foot and over
the bunion, sew it on il necessary, and
wear it day and night battle the feet
frequently in strong bOraX water, using a
tcaspoonful Of pulvcrized borax toa basin
OF water.
TO CRYSrAILIZE DRIED GRASSES
Take one pound Of powdered alum, pour
ON two or three quarts OF boiling water,
place the grasses in and let them remain
until the solution becomes cold and the
alum crystalizct; do not move them
while crystaIizing. 1t takes about twelve
hours.
70 PRESERVE AUTUMN LEAVES
Have Il middling hot iron end rub on
quickly II little white wax, then quickly
press both sides o the leaves; wax the
iron anew for each side Of the leaf only
rub The iron onccOvcr the leaf. " Forest
tree leaves for wreaths" are prepared in
the same way.
TO RID A DoG or FLEAs.-Was him
thoroughly with common soft Soap, such
IA they use aboard ships or place him ON
II newspaper and rub Persian Insect
| powder well ovcr him, and the feas will
drop u ON the paper and die almost
Immediately. This method il also effect
i've with cats.
BLUSH not farmer at your brown
hands, or plain, comfortable garments,
because they are mccred at by your city
cousins. Dismiss from your hearts all
envy Of thc man who controls millions
and makes Il noise in the world. You
are probably happier than he is, or you
ought to be. God has given you Il good
lot in the world, therefore be glad and
con,cntcd.- hwp state Register.
A coon custard is made thus: Scald
a quart OF milk, take off scum, and pour
it not ON the broken eggs. Take five
eggs throw out the yclkS of two three
tab'rspooniuls of sugar, II pinch OF salt, n
| chip or two OF lemon or orange, aud a
little vanilla. Set it to steaming in n
close covered vessel. and steam five or six
minutes then ret it on ice and it is Ger.
tainly delicious.
A SIMPLE remedy for a choking COW
or OK is given in the Planter and Farmer.
The writer gays it has been used hun
drcdt OF times and never failed. Take a
Tablespoonful o|saltpctrc, open the ami
mails mouth and throw it well back on
the tongue let the animal 90 and the
obstruction will either 90 down or CONF
up in n few mirutco. This is n safer
means than the broomstick or whip-stalk,
To PURIFY TIE COMpLEXIoN.-Eat
an orange or two every morning before
breakfast, drink plenty of lemonade, not
swcrtencd never drink tea, coffee, nor
any kind of stimulants do not use soap
on the face or neck; take a sponge bath
every morning either cold or tepid.--in
water made soft with powdered borax,
tc%aspOonful in a basin of water.
FOR WASHING FURNITURE. 49, Tea
leaves may be saved from the table for u
few days, and when suilicientarc collected
steep, and not boil, them for half an hour
in IL tin pan; strain the water ofrthrough
II stive, and nse this tea to wash all var
nj 'hed paint. 1t 10Y spots, and gives
Il fresher, newer appearance than when
soap and water is used. For white paint,
take up n small quantity of whiting on n
damp piece of old white flannel, and rub
over the surface lightly, and it will leave
the paint remarkably bright and new.
To MAKE tomato catsup, cut one peck
of ripe tomatoes in halves, boil them in
a porcelain kettle until the pulp is all
dissolved, then strain them well through
II hair sieve and set the liquor on to boil,
adding one ounce of salt, one of mace,
n tablespoonful of black pepper, then
II tablespoonful of red pepper, then one
tablespoonful of ground cloves, five of
ground mustard let them all boil to-
gethcr for five or six hours, and stir them
most OF the time. Let the mixture stand
eight or ten hours in a cool place, and
aid one pint of vinegar, and then bottle
it; seal the corks, and keep in a cool,
dark place.
WHAT the farmer wants or needs to
produce il, first, that horse which sells
for the largest profit on his cost, and,
secondly, that horse which supplies the
greatest number of uses for which n
needs a horse. We do not rank
morse racing, or rapid road driving, az
me of the prime needs OF man, much
of the farmer, in this connection.
When that type of horse can be found
which will most nearly fill the above
conditions, not one without the other,
but both taken together, we have no
but he will in time becore the horse
OF neutrality-suspicious. Lire Stock journal.
The venerable George Dent, of Geor.
gia, writes: "The sober second thought
caused me 10 choose the farm AZ nv occu-
pal'on' to which | have devoted a long
ne and II were To be asked this day
Dy any young man to recommend IN him
,he pursuit. he Should follow. I would
honestly tell him to choose that of q
iarmer. True, we have our ell
troubles and Disappointment. IA thu
nave, but from the very nature nj nn.
occupation we can do more tn orsa
against them and overcome them ua'd