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serted between them, and worked to and fro. 

 A polishing material of emery and oil may 

 be kept in a pot, and applied from time 

 to time, to exjDedite the cleaning. This aj^pli- 

 ance will be found very effective. Any 

 degree of i:>ressure can be given to the knife 

 by pressing on the handle c d. Try it. 



AN ECONOMIC ROASTING-JACK. 



We have known cases where the expensive 

 "bottle-jacks" have been superseded for the 

 simple appliance shewn in fig. 2 ; at all 

 events, it will be useful in cottages where the 

 more costly article is beyond the reach of the 

 housewife, and any mechanic can make it in 

 that singular division of time not seldom 

 alluded to in the kitchen, "a jififey." It con- 

 sists of a hooked piece of iron, made to em- 



brace the edge of the projecting chimney 

 shelf, the upper part resting on the upper 

 surface of the shelf, and being provided with 



wings a h, to enable it to lie steadily. The 

 lower part, c (fig. 3), projects under the low^er 

 side of the shelf, and over this a leather band 

 d is slipped, to which is suspended a cord r, 





Fig. 3. 



terminated by a hook/, to which the meat is 

 connected. The cord c is made of three or four 

 strands of worsted twisted together ; and such 

 is what we may call the torsional qualities of 

 the cord, that in its twisting and untwisting 

 it keeps the meat in a continual state of 

 alternate rotation for a much longer space of 

 time than one would be inclined to think so 

 simple a contrivance could effect. In making 

 this, care should be taken to have the sweep 

 or curve g (fig. 3) so great as to leave a space 

 between the lower limb and the mantel-shelf 

 h sufficient to allow of the leather strap / to 

 be freely slipped over. 



FASHIONS FOR JULY. 



WE take the following from the " Eng- 

 lishwoman's Domestic Magazine," a 

 periodical which, we believe, is now recognised 

 as the best authority on all details of dress : — 



" All the world," to translate a French 

 phrase, is thinking of sea-bathing just now, 

 and quite a new series of bathing costumes 

 are being prepared for the season. Some of 

 these will appear a little extraordinary, per- 

 haps, to some of our English readers. Here 

 they are, such as we have seen them : — 



The Parisian costume — a ^antalon, very 

 wide and gathered round the ankle ; a full 

 jacket, with a round basquine, fitted to the 

 waist with a belt, and short sleeves; a Parisian 



cap, trimmed with a ruching of red braid, with 

 a large rosette on one side. 



The Swiss costume — double skirt, very 

 short, and low square bodice, trimmed with 

 red braid; waistband, fastened with a rosette ; 

 Swiss hat of black oil-cloth, with a red rosette 

 on one side, and a net of red soutache to 

 fasten up the hair. 



The Marin costume — a straight loose pan- 

 talon and tight jacket, grey, with blue facings; 

 marin hat and blue net. 



And the Russian costume — ^wide pantalon 

 and blouse, fastened slantwise, trimmed with 

 braid and large buttons ; Russian cap, edged 

 with a thick ruche, and finished off by a tassel. 



