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For WEAK EYEs.-Bathe night and
morning in a solution of salt and tepid
water.
A SIMPLE REMEDY FOR NEURALGIA.
Crate and mix horseradish in vinegar,
the same as for table purposes, and ap-
ply to the temple when the face or head
is affected, or the wrist when the pain
is in the arm or shoulder.
HOMINY FRITTERs.-2 full teacups of
cold boiled hominy, add to it l scant
teacup of sweet milk and little salt;
stir till smooth, then add 4 tablespoon
fuls of -four and egg; beat the yelk
and white separately, adding the white
last. Have ready pan with hot but
ter and lard (half of each); drop the
batter in by spoonfuls and fry light
brown.
OUNCE PREsERvEs.-Pare, balve,
and take out the cores; boil the parings
in new cider till soft; strain the cider,
and for every pound of fruit allow 3
pound of brown sugar; clarity it with
the beaten white of an egg, and then
put in the ounces. There should be
more than enough cider to cover them,
as it wastes a great deal in boiling;
mince the rind of an. orange and add.
This preserve is best for common use.
PICKLING CUCUMBERs.-S of our
readers may want to know how to
pickle cucumbers, and the following
from the Grocer may be of use to them
at this season: For picking purposes
the cucumo Der in all stages of its growth
Is used; from the large vegetable, which
is cut into slices and sold to the cheap
grocery stores, to the smallest size or
gherkin, which is preserved entire In
buying, selling and estimating qualities,
cucumbers, whether large or small, are
counted, not measured. The farmers
sort the cucumbers into three sizes,
small, medium and large; the factories
have five sizes, viz: very small, small,
medium, large, and very large. Of
these different sizes 5000 of the very
small would fill an ordinary whisky bar
rel; 5000 of the small; 1900 of the
medium; 400 of the large; and 800 of
the very large. The cucumbers, on be-
ing picked at their place of growth, are
taken by the farmers to the sailing
houses, whence they are removed to
to pickle-factories Most of the sailing
houses are within few miles of where
the plant is grown, as the fresh crop
will not bear long transportation. AL
though some farmers do their own salt
ing, in most cases the latter is a sepa-
rate business, conducted on alarge scale,
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The pickles, on being taken from the,
brine, are ''freshened up that is, they
are put into large wooden watts
containing fresh water, to extract
the salt. This water is changed three
times during the freshening pro-
cess, after which the cucumbers are
packed in casks or bottles for sale. The
best vinegar in use for picking in this
country is that made from the Western
high-wines. In a vinegar made from
wood the pickles soon become soft, and
even cider-vinegar, though the best and
most wholesome for table purposes,
will not preserve pickles more than a
month. All the artificial vinegars made
from acids fail in this respect, and from
vitriol especially. Cucumbers picked
in high-wine vineger will keep for an
almost indefinite time, and will come
out as good as at first, after an interval
of several years. Large quantities of
very fine cucumbers and cauliAowers
are imported from Holland, which
country likewise supplies the London
market. The pickles which are thus inn
ported extensively into this country have
the advantage of low prices, due to the
cheapness of labor abroad, and, in adj
dition to the best possible sample, with
the least amount of trouble at the factory.
With the requisite amount of care and
attention, we can, in this country, make
as good pickle as can be made in Lon
don.