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m, the least injurious, aninial food is that derived 

 in herbivorous animals, as beef, mutton, etc. Those 

 mals which feed on vegetables exclusively will 

 taiiilr supply a purer aliment than those which 

 jy on other animals. Omniverous animals, which 

 indiscriminately veijetables or other animals, are 

 jrior still. Thus the hog, whose filthy carca.«s is 

 iverted into a mass of disease by the fattening 

 icess, and whose flesh and adipose accumulations, 

 ier the names of pork, bacon, and lard, are tilling 

 Christendom with scrofula, erysipelas, and foul 

 iiors, is even less pernicious to the nutritive func- 

 us than is the flesh and blood of the dog, panther, 

 1, tiger, hya;na, vulture, etc. 

 t is true that most of the cold-blooded animals, 

 various kinds of fishes, though mainly carnivorous, 

 not as depraving aliment as is the flesh of warm- 

 oded or laud animals who eat carnivorously. But 

 is owing to their cooler temperament. Yet sea- 

 i of all kinds is less nutritive and less wholesome 

 n the flesh of herbivorous or graminivorous ani- 

 :. — Hydropathic Cook Book. 



A TOUCH OF NATUKE. 



■I LETTER-WRITER who Strolled into a pawn-brok- 

 ofEce, in New York, describes a scene as fol- 

 s: — 



We noticed among the group an interesting girl 

 ut seventeen years of age, in faded yet deep 

 irning. There was an expression of anxious mel- 

 holy upon her pale and beautiful countenance, 

 ch riveted our attention. She was not among 

 « who were bidiiing, but was undoubtedly wait- 

 until some article was offered which she was de- 

 us of possessing. At length the auctioneer oBer- 

 miniature and locket. The pale girl started, and 

 ling towards the counter, exclaimed in a voice of 

 ) anguish:- — 



0, don't sell them, sir, for mercy's sake; keep them 

 tie while longer. I shall be able to redeem them, 

 all, indeed!" 



What's the bid for them," continued the auc- 

 eer. 



Do not bid !" shrieked the girl. " I had to pawn 

 n to get bread for my little sister; it is mother's 

 iature; and her hair which that locket contains; 

 poor dear mother gave it to me when she was 

 ig. 0, do not sell it — pray don't !" 

 i, is impossible to describe the sensation produced 

 -his appeal among the assemblage. There was 

 a solitary bid for the articles: but we saw an el- 

 y gentleman in the garb of a Quaker, go to the 

 ;, and in a few minutes afterwards we saw that 

 ■ girl press his hand to her lips, and after eagerly 

 ing something which he handed to her, she rushed 

 1 the room." 



TAINS upox CoTTO>f OR LiNEN GooDs. — Take one 

 nd of chloride of lime (bleaching powder,) and 

 it into a gallon of cold water, stir it well for a 

 minutes, and allow it to settle. Pour off the 

 r lifjuor, and keep it in tightly corked bottles, 

 ined clothes — linen or cotton — after being washed 



to free them from grease, by dipping the stained parts 

 in tills chloride fluid, will cause the stains to be re- 

 moved quicker, safer, and with far less trouble than 

 by any other known means. In the laundry, this 

 fluid should be kept in a large stone-ware or glass 

 vessel. It should be large enough to dip in the arti- 

 cles so as to cover them entirely in the liquor, when 

 no harm will result if they lie for some hours. A 

 careful laundress should also have a vessel of very 

 diluted sulphuric acid, to dip the articles of clothino- 

 in after they are taken out of the chloride, and wash- 

 ed. The clothes should be well rinsed, using three 

 waters afterwards. This is a bleaching process, near- 

 ly the same as that practiced in bleach works. A 

 little of the salts of oxalic acid put on an iron stain, 

 and a little hot water poured on it to dissolve it, will 

 remove the stains very quickly without injury to the 

 cloth. Our readers may place the utmost reliance on 

 what we have said ; we are acquainted chemically 

 with the whole process ; oxalic acid is a poison, and 

 should be kept out of reach of children. It is very 

 diUicult to remove stains from woolen goods. If the 

 woolen cloth is white, some sulphuric acid in very hot 

 water may remove it, if it is an iron stain. It may 

 also remove it without injury from a cochineal shawl, 

 but such jobs should be left to the dyer. We only 

 recommend the above process of ours for white 

 linens. By our advice, a number of friends employ- 

 ed it in their families, and are delighted with it. 



Washinci Silver. — In the Telegraph of 31st 

 January, I observed an article headed " Washing 

 Dishes," &e., recommending a good suds for washing 

 silver. Some thirty years since I was informed by a 

 proprietor of one of the largest and oldest silver 

 establishments in the city of Philadelphia, that 

 "housekeepers ruined their silver by washing it in 

 soap suds; it makes it look like pewter; never put a 

 particle of soap aliout your silver, then it will retain 

 its original lustre; when it wants polishing take a ' 

 piece of soft leather and whiting, and rub it hard." 

 I had formerly seen silver washed in water with the 

 addition of a little soap, and rinsed in clear water. 



I adhered strictly to his advice, and found a great 

 difference in the appearance of the.silver. — A House- 

 keeper, in the Germanlown Telegraph. 



To Ceme.nt Broken China. — Mix some oyster- 

 shell powder with the white of a fresh egg, to the 

 thickness of white paint; lay it on thick at the two 

 edges and join them as exact and quick as possible; 

 thej put it before the fire till the china is quite hot, 

 and it will cement in about two minutes. Pour 

 boiling water into it directly, wipe it dry, scrape it 

 clean on both sides with a penknife, and it will ap- 

 pear only as a crack. Mix no more than you can 

 use for one or two things at a time; for if the cement 

 grows hard, it will be spoiled. The powder may be 

 bought at the apothecaries'; but it is best prepared 

 at home, which is done as follows: Choose a lar"-e, 

 deep oyster-shell; put it in the middle of a clear fire 

 till red hot; then take it out and scrape away the 

 black parts; pound the rest in a mortar as fine as 

 possible; sift and beat it a second time, till quite 

 smooth and fine. 



