The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-02-09
USEFUL HINTS.

A VERY warm bed-quilt may be i'm.
provised by pinning newspapers between
two sheets.
THOSE who ought to know say that
poultry thrives upon cooked food, and
like their corn boiled.
Do NOT keep rubber shoes or sandals
on the feet longer than necessary. They
should never be worn in the house.
For soft corns dip q piece Of linen
cloth in turpentine and wrap it arou15
the too on which the corn is situated
night and morning. The relief will be
immediate, and, after n few days, the
corn will disappear.
Lip SALvES. One gill sweet oil, one
ounce white wax, three-quarters of IN
ounce spermaceti. Dissolve them over
the fire and stir till cool. Another.
Oil Of sweet almonds, eight ounces;
white wax, three ounces spermacet,
three ounces rhodium, fifty drops, and
white sugar candy form an excellent lip
salve.
ANTS. Red ants may be banished
from a pantry or store-room by strewing
the shelves with small quantity os
cloves, either whole or ground. We
use the former, MS not being 30 likely to
get into the food placed upon the shelves.
The cloves should be renewed occasion
ally, as after a time they lose their
strength and efficacy.
MOSQUITOES, says somebody, love beef
blood better than they do any that flows
in the veins OF human kind. Just put a
couple of generous pieces on plates near
your bed Mt night, and you will sleep
untroubled by these pests. In the
morning you will find them full and
stupid with the beef blood, and the
meat sucked as dry as cork.
STAINS. Remove ink-stains from car
pets with milk, and afterward wash
with fine soap, clean brush, and warm
| water. For grease spots use powdered
inagnesia, tuller's earth. or buckwheat.
Sprinkle on the spot, and lee lie until
all tho grease is absorbed renew the
earth, magnesia or buckwheat until all
the grease is removed. Time and pa
tience will i'll this way remove the worst
OF grease spots.
TO DETECT GENUINE COFFEE. E.--Those
foolish persons who buy ground
coffee may find out whether
what they buy is genuine cof-
fee or not by the following method:
Take wine glass or tumbler full OF
water, and gently drop pinch of The
ground coffee on the surface Of the
water, without stirring or agitating
genuine coffee will float for some time,
whilst chicory, or and other sweet root,
will soon sink and chicory or caramel
will cause yellowish or brown color
to diiuso rapidly through the water,
while pure coffee will give no visible
| tint, under such circumstances, for q
considerable length of time.
STARCH POLISH. 1.-The old receipt Of
stirring the starch with bit OF wax
candle is not nearly so good, in the opin-
ion of an experienced laundress, as n
much cheaper plan. She Uses mutton
suet instead of wax it makes the starch
tirmer. Before roasting or boiling your
joint of mutton, cut off whatever suet
| You want from it. "Render 1t in tin
cup and set it aside in jar it will
keep six months or longer. Tho fat
about the kidney in hind quarter is
tho tirmest and best. When you want
thick starch for collars and shirt bosoms,
take four rtable-spoonfuls of starch TO one
| quart of water, and piece OF tho clear
suet about the size of walnut. This
makes good quart of starch.