About The House

Lo, jionday is the " washing-day," Ah ;l11 good hcniscwives lmcw, Memorable of dishes hashed, And clothes as white as snow ; And Tuesday is the "ironing-day," 'Mid coid, or fog. or heat ; And Wednesday is the " sewing-day," To see the clothes are neat ; And Thuvsday is a leitmre-day ; And Friday brooins begin To sweep awuy the hcmschold dirt 'Fore Sunday's ushered in ; And Saturday is " baking-day," Vies, puddings, cakes and bread, And thcn the weary week is done, And we niay go to bed. Whbn boiling meat or poultry nsver mit a fork in the loan part of tíie mai-t, as ifc allows the juices to escape. It is stated that spirits of turpentine, sprinklcd through the house onee a week, is a sure preventive against scarlet fever and other diseases. It ie also stated that it will keep moths out of carpeta. To pubify cess-pools and sinks, dissolve a few pounds of copperas in a bucket of water, and pour into sinks or VMults of water-closets, and it will neutralize iinpleasaat odors and destroy deleterious exhalations. To Keef Away Moths.- A small pieee of paper or linen, moistened with spirits of turpentine, put into a bureau or wardrobe f or a single day, two or three times, is said to be a sufficient presijrvative against moths. Cbackbd Hands Oüeed. - None lrat a nboring man, who has suffered misery while using an ax, or pounding witn otíier tools, can rightly appreciate Uiis article. For years, when young, I suf'ered at some seasons untold bitterness, caused by dry cracks on hands and ingers. I tried every so-cailed remedy I could hear of, but in vain ; and, being obliged then to labor each successive day for an honest livelihood, I wan bound, as with an iron chain, to such sufferings as almost made life i burden. At last a friend told me to put common copal varnish into the cracks, and it would cure them. Altlieugh my faith was very weak, I tried the prescription, and, to my great joy, sui-e enough, in f orty-eight hours my h ands were as well as ever. It does not save from fresh cracks, but it never fails to entirely cure the old ones within two days. 'ikept asinall bottle of the varnish, with a sliver standing in it - cost ten cents - ajways handy, and with its help my hands are nesrly well. For knowledge of this simple remedy I would not part for maay dollars. I have giveu it to many others for many yeftts, and have never known of its failnre to effectually cure in all sucli casos. I don't kno'w that the subject can be con sidered ariniltural (perhnpfi it is nly cuticulturalj, but there are probably farm readers of your paper who wjII be piad to gettlu; jnlormatiou.