Year: 1869

Raisins Made upon the Vines.-In the south of
Europe and in Egypt, grapes are allowed to dry
and ripen upon the vine rs to form raisins.
The sweet feshy grapes which grow upon the
sunny, sheltered slopes of hills are preferred.
When the fruit is ripe the grapes are thinned,
and the vine is stripped of its leaves. The
sun then completes the standardization, and
drives of the superhuous water. When the
bunches are plucked, they are cleaned, dipped
for few seconds in boiling lye of wood ashes
and quicklime; the wrinkled fruit is then
drained and dried, and exposed to the sun upon
hurdles for fourteen or fifteen days. The finest
sun raisins are the plumpest bunchest left to
ripen upon the vine after their stalks have been
cut half through An inferior kind of raisins is
prepared, by drying in an oyen.A-


To Skin Peaches-The skin should never be
removed from peaches by pairing; better way
is to make weak lye-say by adding two quarts
OF ashes to four quarts of water-place the same
in an iron pot and bring to a boil. While the
liquid is still hot, place therein about dozen
peaches and take them out as quickly as possi-
BILE (using skimmer) and drop them into cold
water. The skin will then slip off without
trouble, when they should be dropped into an
other vessel of clear, cold water to remain until
wanted to cut up or can either of which should
be done as soon as possible after the skin has
been removed.


To Keep Clear of Bed6ugs.-Take the whites
of fonr eggs and ten cents worth of quicksilver;
put them into bowl and beat to perfect froth;
then apply with feather to all parts where bugs
conceal themselves. Do this once q year and
you will never see bedbug in your house.


Bedbugs are also easily expelled by washing
their haunts with salt water, and sprinklng salt
in the creyces.


Sulphuret of carbon is said to be an excellent
remedy against headache especially when it is
n r q
by placing wad of cotton saturated with this
material in a bottle, and applying its open
mouth to the temple, or part affected. The
pricking sensation which is at first experienced
is soon followed by relief from pain.


To Ertinguish Fnes-Shut the door of the
apartment to prevent current of air, and throw
few handfuls of common salt upon the fire,
which will Immediately extnguish it. 1t neither
causes smoke nor precipitates the SCOT. The
philosophy of this is, that in the process of
burning the salt, muriatic gas is evolved, which
is an extnguisher of fire.


To Remove Writing Ink.--To remove writing
ink from paper without scratching, apply with
a camel's hair pencil solution of two drachms
of muriated tin in four drachms of water after
tie writing has disappeared, pass the paper
through water and dry.


Erysipelas. a disease often coming without
premontion, and ending fatally within three or
four days, is sometimes promptly cured by ap-
plying poultice of raw cranberries, pounded
and placed on the part over night.


To Remoue Salt from Pork-Take the pork
from the brine, soak in sour milk for few
hours; then put it in cold water for a short time
and the pork will be very nicely freshened.


To Kill Warts.-Make a strong steep from red
oak, in hot water when cold apply as conven-
lent, the oftener the better. In few days the
warts will disappear.


Rats and mice possess great liking for oil oe
rhodium, and if single drop is put upon the
bait in common wrie trap they will risk any
thing to get it.


The Scientific American recently published that
a poultice of bread and vinegar applied when
going to bed, was sure remedy for bunions and
corns.


To Remore Dry Ink-stain.-Dip the part
stained in hot milk and gently rub it repeat
until no sign is left. This is an unfaiiing remedy.