The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-11-28

In Liverpool, manyot the street letters
boxes now have door that shuts with a
spring, and at the same time moves n
plate showing the hour Of the last clear.
ance. The public can thus ascertain
whether letters have been taken out for a
particular mail, and the Post office has u
check upon its men.
STRANGE discoveries OF petrefactions
are reported from Colorado, near Pueblo.
Perfectly>formed cocoa-nuts, larger than
the ordinary fruit, with the inside of the
shell lined with white crystal quartz,
were found imbedded in mounds OF loose
sand and shells, besides several huge
petriied sea,turtles, such as now frequent
the Pacific Ocean.
ONE-THIRD OF the liquid portion of the
sewerage of Paris is conveyed to Green
vile, kind of peninsula made by the
windings of the S.ine below Asnieres.
A medical visitor says that he did not
discover as much smell as he has often
detected In walking over farms MANFRED
with guano OF in the ordinary manner,
and he could not learn of any uniavor-
able effect on the health Of the people.
Magnificent crops are raised.
THOSE poisoned arrows from South
America, in the Smithsonian Institute
at Washington, are dangerous things to
fool with. The points are tipped with
wooruara, a most deadly poison, which
seems to never loose its venom. A short
time ago some experiments were made
on rats, and though the point OF the
arrow only pricked the hind legs of the
rodents, they died within five minutes
after the application was made.
This item is going the rounds cit
may not be generally known that com.
mon cooking soda is a sure remedy for
the bite of a rattle.snake, if applied soon
enough. An incision may be made to
the depth of the wound made by the
fangs of the snake, and into this cut the
soda should be sprinkled. 1t will imme-
diately bubble up and turn green, caused
by the action of the soda in neutralizing
the acid of the poison"
THE efforts to utilize the Paris EXPOSE
tion for religious purposes, have assumed
large proportions. The London Tract
Society has distributed there 100000
copies of its publications The New
York Sabbath Committee has sent over
10000 copies of an essay on "The Sab.
bath OF the United States" The Bible
Societies are also distributing cheap
bibles and testaments in various Lam
guages and in great numbers.
The interest aroused by the applica-
ton of the electric light to novel uses
was strikingly apparent at Sheffield,
England, the other day, where thirty
thousand people gathered to witness a
football match played under it. The
electric light was thrown from four
lamps, placed thirty feet from the
ground, and the rays lighted nearly the
whole ground almost as plainly as day
light. The brilliancy of the light, how
ever, dazzled the players, and sometimes
caused strange blunders. The illuminat-
ing power was equal to eight thousand
standard candles.
The Triennial Conclave of Knights
Templar, to be held in Chicago in 1880,
bids fair, from the active preparations
already instituted, and the many hum
dred inquiries received by the executive
committee having the arrangements in
charge, from all parts of the United
States and Canadas, to eclipse any gath.
ering of like nature ever held in this
country. Representatives from the Grand
Communicates of every State in the
Union, as well as from almost every Com.
mandery throughout the second jurisdic.
tion of America, have already signifed
their intention to be present.
To CLEAN CLoTHING.-Put tea.
spoonful of ammonia in quart of warm
soapsuds, dip cloth in it and go over
your soiled clothing, and see how rapidly
the dirt will disappear no scrubbing
will be necessary. To pint of hot soap
suds add teaspooniul of the spirits, dip
in your fork or spoon (or whatever you
wish to clean), rub with soft brush,
and then finish with chamOis skin. For
washing windows and mirrors it hiss no
equal. 1t will remove grease spots from
every fabric without injuring the gar,
ment. Put on the ammonia nearly
clear; lay on blottiug paper, and set a
hot iron on it for moment. Also few
drops in water will cleanse and whiten
laces and muslins beautifully.
Ten and half tons-or about $780,
000-of locusts, were destroyed at
Ajmere, India, in one day, not long ago.
The young ones were doing immense
damage, when the officers of regiment
stationed there got out fatigue parties