Year: 1877

SOME VALUABLE HINTS.-HoW to take a wasp in the fingers and handle him as you please and not get stung. It is sometimes matter of convenience to be able to take these sharp pointed and disagreeable insects out of our way without loss of time, in as much as they are frequently very annoying and un- the saliva of the mouth, they may be handled with perfect impunity, as theyI cannot sting tsr0ugh tbe sGliva.

 How to prevent chickens from having the gapes. In many localities it is next to impossible to raise young chickens, from the fact that large part, and sometimes the whole brood, will die with this disease. To prevent this, it is only necessary to drop little sweet oil on the top of their heads two or three times after they are week old. The nits are laid on the top of the chicks heads in a few days after they are matched; and when the insects hatch and come forth they crawl into the nose and take their residence in the chickens breath-pipe. Many of the young die as the result.

 How to give medicine to swine. It is often said that if anything ails hog they will surely die, because nothing

  from the fact; indeed there is no anil nal on the farm to whom medicine can he administered with SO much safety. Turn the animal upon his back, when he will invariably open his mouth, and then is the time to turn in the medicine. Too much must not be turned in at once, or the animal may draw it into his lungs and expire almost instantane- ously.

 How to break horse from being bad to catch. Whip him and club him and pelt him as much as you will before you catch him, but after you get him fully in hand give him two quarts -of oats, curry and brush him, and call him a good fellow, and it will have visible impression upon the horses mind. He will soon learn that two quarts of oats are better than the pelting.

 VEAL OLIVES WITH OYsrERs.-Cut large, smooth slices from fillet of veal |; trim them into uniform shape and size, and spread each neatly with dressing made of bread-crumbs and a little chopped salt pork, seasoned with pepper and salt; over this spread some chopped loysters-about three to goOd-sized slice of veal. Roll them up carefully and closely, and bind each with twine. Lay them in a dripping-pan; put in a teaspoonful of boiling water, and bake until they are delicate brown; haste them two or three times with melted butter while baking; remove. the olives to a hot dish and cover, while you add little oyster-liquor to the gravy left in the dripping pan. Let this simmer for three or four minutes; thicken with teaspoonful of Drowned flour and boil l kl~., v.1G,r lrx so as not to break the olives; pour the gravy over them and serve very hot.

 PoT RoAsT.-Take any piece of fresh beef, lay it in 8 flat-bOttomed pot with with the top of the meat with boiling water; cover very tight, and let stew slowly until the water is exhausted |; turn it over once or twice; when it be- gins to brown watch that it does not burn, and then season with salt and black pepper. and spice, if you choose.

 BLACKBERRY CAKE.-Claims a place on the tea table, and is made with two eggs, one teacupful of rich, sour milk, or thin, sour cream, one teaspoonful of soda, one or two cupfuls of sugar, a little salt, and flour to make 8 stiff batter. Stir in one, two or three cup fuls of blackberries; the quantity of sugar and soda depends on the quantity and quality of the fruit.

 THE late Dr., being one of the moderators did not satisfy by his preaching the Calvinistic portion of his flock. "Why, sir," said they, "we think ye dinna tell us enough about renounc- ing our ain righteousness" "Renounc- ing your own righteousness !' voci- ferated the astonished doctor, II never saw any ye had to renounce"

 To PREVENT hair from falling out, have it cut rather short. Wet the head morning and evening with moderately warm water, and shampoo it occasion ally. Do not use salt, as that is particu- larly conducive to dry and feverish condition to the scalp. Oils are injuri- ous. Avoid all the patent invigorators and restoratives.

 THE Japanese usually favor con- demned felons with the choice of the mode of death. An interesting mur- derer having been recently asked how he would like to be executed, promptly, replied, "By proxy"

 AN OLD COACHMAN, who was extOlling the sagacity of one of his horses the other day, concluded by saying that. eff anyone was to go and ill-use him, hnE Nhah h4a- ak