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To CLEAN GLAss.-Water lime applied
with a dry, soft cloth, will give glass
nice, clear cast.
REMEDY FOR BEE STINGs.-The imme-
date application of spirits of ammonia to
the stung part is said TO afford relief.
TOMATO SOURI, pint of tomatoes peel
ed and sliced, TO quart of boiling water
! teaspoonful soda, three gills sweet milk,
butter, salt. pepper and crumbled crackers
to taste.
THE National Training School of Cook
ery is now fairly established in London.
1t has local habitation at South kensing-
ton. and the Duke of Westminster sane
toned it lately by presiding over its regu-
lar official gathering. Lectures on
cookery have been given-interesting and
instructive ones but cookery is practlc-
al art, and it is designed to prepare GER
tain number of young women to instruct
the common people how to cook beef and
mutton and other good material without
waste. A class for this purpose has been
formed, and Lady Raker has consented 10
act as lady superintendent. A suitable
kitchen is to be built, and all necessary ar
rangements made TO carry forward the en-
terprise.
To DESTROY MoLEs.-Bryan Tyson,
Washington City, gives the following
method for making pills to destroy moles
Make stiff dough of corn meal, mixing
with it a small quantity OF arsenic. Make
hole with a finger in the runways, drop
in lump of dough about the size OF
marble, and then cover over with lump
of earth to exclude the light. After the
first rain, go over the field again and de-
post in all freshly made roads. once
concluded to plant piece of sandy bottom
land in sweet potatoes; but as it was much
infested by moles, my success depended
on first eXterminating them. A few doses
of arsenic given in the way described
brought about the desired result, and II
was a very rare circumstance to see the
track of mole in this piece OF ground
during the entire summer.-Sc1e'at1fc
| american.
To Preserve APPLEs WHOLE.-Peel
and core large firm apples (pippins are
best). Throw them into water as you
pare them. Boil the parings in water for
10 minutes, allowing pint to pound OF
fruit. Then strain, and adding OF
pound of sugar to each pint OF water, as
measured at first, with enough lemon peel,
orange peel, or mace to impart pleasant
! flavor, return to the kettle. When the
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pour it boiling hot over the apples, which
must be drained from the water in which
they have hitherto stood. Let them re-
main in the strip until both are perfectly
cold. Then covering closely, let them
simmer over a slow fire until transparent.
! When all the minuti8 of these directions
are attended to the fruit will remain UNI
broken, and present beautiful and lnvlt-
| ing appearance.
YELLOW PICKLEs.-Get the hardest
heads of cabbage you can find, and cut
them into quarters. Put them in kettle.
and sprinkle over them a little salt; set
them on the fire. and let them simmer till
tender. Then take them out OF the water,
and let them stand until the next day.
| Take as much vinegar as will cover them,
| tablespoonful of turmeric, and scald
them. Let them stand in it day then
take them out, and let them drain. Now
put them in a stone jar. and pour boiling
vinegar over them, with spices to your
taste. mustard and celery-Seed, with few
chopped onions. You should be careful
not TO cook the cabbage too much, or they
will come to pieces. The advantage OF
making cabbage pickles by this recipe is
that the Old-fashIOned tedious process Is
avoided, and yet the result found equally
satisfactory. Let it not be omitted to add
3 pounds of sugar, brown or white, to
peck of pickle.
CHICKEN-SALAD.-S large pullets or
turkeys, boiled till well done; pick out al
the bones, skin and fat; cut up the bal
ance into small pieces, and set it aside
Boil dozen eggs hard, let them cool, then
separate the whites and yelks. Mash the
yeks very fine, and chopping the white;
very fine, set them also aside. Get very
large flat dish, put in the middle of it the
velks of the eggs and large tablespoon,
fuls of mixed mustard. Have by you
pint of strong vinegar from your spiceC
pickle pot is BEST and large bottle Ofpurt
olive oil. Pour little oil in the mustard
and with a silver fork rub it in till smooth
then little vinegar, in which has beer
melted 2 good tableSpOOnfuls of salt; ther
oil, etc, alternating oil with vinegar, anC
each time rubbing it in till well mixed
When you have mixed the whole bottle o
oil and pint of vinegar, and it is smooth
like butter, then add heaping teaspoon
full of Cayenne pepper, l ounce of blacl
pepper, and ounces of celery seed rub
bed fine in mortar. Have ready as mucl
celery as you have fowl, cut up in piece
one-quarter of an inch in length; nil
carefully together, and pour the dressing
over all. Serve in glass or china bowls
The above quantity is enough to provide
for party of eighty or one hundred per
sons.