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- Onions sown now and protected with litter through the winter will give early onions in the spring. - For applying to wounds made by rcmoving largo ïïmbs in pnming fruit trees aothing is better than (rum shellac, dissolved in alcohol to the consistency of paint. - Ifyonwish to polista np your furnitnre, mix eqnal parts of vinegar, spirits of turpoutine and sweet oil in a bottle, and apply with a llannel cloth, rubbing afterward with a chamois or pie a oí silk. It is botter than a coat of varnish. - Wlien ctnning fruit have a cup of flour paste reaiy; if your rubbers are oíd, or llie zinc riugs or covers are bent a little, you may still make them airtight uit h the paste. If you are at all doubtful about Iliu concuiion of your can it is a goofl notion to use the paste. - A oorrespoqdent of the Engüsli -mi1 Stoel: Journal says lio has often succeodcil in slioeing a vicious hor.se by blindíolding hito, when 110 other meatis were of any avail. He says tliat this simple stratageni will render the most obfire])erous animal as quiet as a sheep. - The New York Svn s:iys horsea With weak eyes should have lïHt , well vcnlibUed stables, but the windows should not be placed in a positlon to tlirow the direct rays of the sun upon the animáis' heads. The eyes may be bcuelited by washing them out daily with a v(;ak solution of chloride of Zino, or sngar of lead, but the treatment ileponds somewhat upon the causo of the weakness. - Tomato Calsupi. - Take half a bushei of ripe tomatoea and boil them until they are soft; squeeze them throiigh a line sieve and add half gallon of vinegar, pint and a hall of salt, two ounces of cloves (whole), quarior pound of allspice, three ounces of caj enne pepper, threè ounces of black pepper, five lirads ofgarlic, skinned and separate d; mi togctlier and boil until reducëd onc-h;ilf; t.hen bottle without straining. - ISrown Fricassee. - Stcw tho chickII ■ until tender. Wilh a sharp knifo remove tho bufgQst bones; ílour the pioces and f ry them a light brown color, and pour into a frying-pan a tfUtnblerful of tho broth ïhey wc re stewed in. Drcdo in an even tftWemoonfal ol flour, oover the pan with A lid, and stcw until tho gravy is thick gnougb. Poar tliis (ivnr the fowl, and serve hot. Onion slirod íine may be used if the flavor is relished, and parsU;y choppod into povvder. - A Florida lady saya: In preparing a pineapple for use, pare the skin a liltle thieker than is ottstamary, and insteadof throwins; it aside as so mueh worthless matter, cover it with water, sweetcn aecording to taste, and set Rway for twenty-four hours. At tlie expiration of t.his time strain theliqnor, wliicli will now afford an expeedingiy pleasant and refreshing drink. This drink is so highly esteeraed in some localities wliere pineapplea are plentiful, that entire applea are often ent up in pieces and devoted to its manufact ure. - Apple Custard. - l'eel and core eight large juicy apples, and boil them tiil tender, in elcar water. Take them out and pulp thcm smooth througn a sievei add a-quarter poundsiftedsugar, :unl the gratud rind of two lemons. Pul the mixture into a deep dish, about half-filling it; beat tho yclks of four eggS Ugbt, and add half a teacupful of white gnrar, mud stir into a qúart -f sweet milk; stir this ovor the ttré, uotil it la quito thiek, and let it cool; whan cold, pour it ovor the apples. Whip tJie whites of tho eggs to a stiff íroth, and pour over the top. - A correspondent of the New York Tribune senas that paper the following directions for curing uieat that havo stood the test for forty years. Four quarts of salt, four ounces saltpeter, axa iuart New Odeans molasses, lo one bundred pounds of beef or ham. Boil and skini; wbei} cold, reduce so as toar up an egg just to the surface. l'ul on when cultl and let remain in pickle live or six weeks. Sprinkle the bottom of the barrel with salt, rub each piecc lightty with salt, and sprinkle salt beUveen the layers of meat. Let the meat ataúd ín the barrel throe or four daya before putting in the pickle. In "making the pickle use as much less salta' you use in rubbing on the meat. let dry off well whe;i hung before smoking. A coxTEMi'OHAuv diseñases "Girlsas Housekeeper.s." It strikes us thc idea is plausible. With a líale teaching, we believe girls would make tolerably good housekeepers, and it is strange tho idea has not been earljer piomulgated. Soine persons haw au iilea that girls can do nothing but reail Mrs. Alpliabotu-al South worth"s no veis, audwork green and bltie dogsonblai-kcloth; j take. Sorae girls have boen known to hetp thcir niothors wash dishes, and it is believcd that, with proper training, the averago girl would deverop into a vorv succes.sful housekeeper. Wehope the experiment will be tried. - Nomstoicn Herald. J___ An establishment in New York State has commencod canning butter. The butter is bought unsalled from the farmers in the neighborhood. ïlns is as vet an experiment, but if it sucfc'eedwc may expect to have butter-canning faotorie's spring up all over Ihe West. TJie butter is made very salt at the facs tory aiïd is packed n caps holding from one to forty-eight pounds. The endeavor is to seal the cana so that the air is entirely exeludeil. The New York Butter Canning Establishment has been running about six weeks. LHolly (Mioh.) RefrUter.] Thk wife of Rev. A. A. Allen had been aillictecl with Hheumutlsm tor the past s:x years; she tricd Jacobs Oil one eveuing, nrhlch rclieved her of all pain, and she rcsied ld :,■ ace tor the nlght. One bottle eured her. A man in llhoile Island was cured of a bad case of rhcumatism by being struck by lightning. He was not killed either. We may now expoct to sce a "testimonial' aoniething like this: "Mr. Jovc - Dear Sir: It is with a grateful heart that I can reeominead your Thundor Bolts for the cure of rhcumatism in its worst stages. For seventeen years I was a sufferer; I lost the use of ni}' lower limbs, and spent (ivo hundred and forly-two dollars in medical attendance. Life beeame a bonten and 1 prayed for death, when one of your bolts carne along and went right tn the spot. I was knocked insensible, but soon recovered, and now I am well enough to run for a politieal ofiicn. Your bolts contaba no raercury, and don't have to bi! ' well shaken before taken.' " For sale at all druggists. Si'iristown Heiuld. Thk Compagnie Paris-Lyon-Mediterranee is nou trying a new metliod of licaling in expresa trains. It consist.s ámply in the use of acétate of soda in the fooi warmers. The substance has considerable latent heat; dissolving at a oertain temperature, it thus absorbs a large quantity of heat, which becomes sensible during crvstali.ation in cool(ne. All that is required is to fill the ordinary cases with a sullicient quantity of the acetato, close them, and place them in a stove at aboiit one hundred degrees. The cooling of a case thus ühargeü and hoated takes iwelvé to tifteen noui's. The warmers are thereafper taken from the emnparlinents and placed in a stove, where the crystals of -i,h :l(Vl:llc :ii . reili ssnl ,-.l ; I liev :lle i lu-n ti - rt ■ 1 v for fresh nsè. ÏIIK in.wiiu(o is the only buer that seltlcs licfore the presuiitation of a bilí.