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About The House

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Day
4
Month
May
Year
1877
Copyright
Public Domain
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Wk may live without poetry, inusic and art ; We may live without conscience, and live without We may Uve' without fricncls ; we may live without books ; But civüized man cannot live -without cooks. He may live without boolts- bat is knowledge bnt grieving ? He may live without hope- what is hopo but derinving? . He may live without lovc- what is paBBion bnt pining ? Jint where i the man that can live without dinmg? ïhe juice of ripe toraatoes will remove the stains of walnuts froni the hauds. Spicbd CucuhbeePickel - Nice. - Two dozen large cucurnbers sliced and boiled in vinegar enongh to cover tliom one hour; set them nside in hot vinegar. Bütteb can be kept in warm weather by setting it under a dish contained in u'nglazed earthen-ware crock, inverted. Wrap a wet clotli nround the covering vessel and place the wliole where tliere is a draught of air. Cleaning Zikc- Zinc that ia tised under stoves should never be dampeneti. If it becomes Boiled or dim, rab with soft flannel and a little fresh lard. Oleaned in. this way a ziuc may always be kept as bright and clean as w'hen first purchased. - Ëxchanyc. ToCook Eggs.- To boil eggs- do not boil them. Put them in water uearly at tlie boiling point, and let them remain fïoni six to cight minutes, whenthey will bc cooked through but not hard. To test thrm, lift one out of the water; if it dries off quiek it is well done. You will know the reason why they should be cooked in this way when you eat them. - Corre82ondence Country Gentleman. DlEEOTIONS FOB KeEPÏNG FUBS DüKING Stjmmek Weatheb.- 1. Beat the furs lightly and well with a light cane or switch and shake afterward. 2. See that they are entirely freo from dust or loose hairs. 3. Take a few pieces of camphor, rolled in thin paper, and place with each article in packing. 4. Always put in a dry, cool place and dark, and, if time be had', you may look at them every flve or six weeks. However, if put away carefully as above, they will keep for any length of time free i'rom moths or insecte. To Cool a Room. - If the heat of a room oceupied by an invalid is oppressive, it jnay be greatly lessened by hanginf in the open windows some towels or canvas well wctted. Water, in passing from a liquid to a gaseous state, absorbs calorie. That chemical procesa will lower in a few minutes the temperature of a room by five or six degrees, and tho humidity distributed in the air makes the heat more supportable. By that system the patientsflnd thcmnelves, even in the height of summer, in an atmosphere refreslied, analogous to that which prevails after a storm. Oleanbing aBbussels Caki'ET. - First have the carpet well shaken, then tack it down in the room where it is to remain; sweep it as thoroughly as possible; take a pail of hot water, put in two tablespoonfuls of pulverized borax; wash the carpot all over the surface, using a flannel cloth. Fór grease spots or very dirty places, use a scrubbing-brush fireely, and A very little soap, taking care to rinse the soap off well after serubbiug; change the water quite of ten; rub the carpet well with a dry cloth after washing, and open doors and windows so as to dry the carpet as quickly au posaible. TiiEitii are thirty-one rnaxket-houses in Philnd -Iphia, .■..niniiiipg 4,646 stille m$ gtauds,

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