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Hien aix5ut passing articles of food: Do you reach over another persiv..'^ 

 plate, or stand np to reach something not near at hand, and knock over a 

 glass or cruet in the atttmi t ? Do you eat fast and loud, and put large 

 pieces in your mouth, or b peak with food unchewed, or pick your teeth? 

 Oh, I hoi>e none of these, for any one of them would make you appear im- 

 polite and uncultivated. And then you remember not to whisper, yawn, or 

 stretch, or touch the hair, or blow the nose. If it is necessary to use your 

 handkerchief, do it so quietly that no one will notice it; but this should l>c 

 done l>efore you como to the table. And if there are bones, cherry pits, and 

 things that cannot be swallowed, do not spit them on the plate, but put them 

 on your spoon, and then on your plate. 



Will you think of these hints the next time you sit down to your dinner, 

 and avoid them ? And remember that > - the table is as indispensa- 



ble as away from it, and if you pncv , you will not have to put 



it on when you are away, it will be so i.-.. i_i-"'i *^asy f^>r you. 



To Can Com, Beaiu, Etc. — After stripping off the husks and picking 

 off the silk, shce off carefully about half or two-thirds of the com, with a 

 sharp knife; then, with the back of the blade, press or scrape off that part of 

 the kernels left on the cob. This prevents cutting of the cob. Fi" 

 about one-third, and with the small end of a potato masher, or ( • 

 gently pack it down; put in more corn and ^ck agaiu, and conti^.... i..i ^ 

 the can is full to the very top. Put on the rubber, and screw the top uji 

 very tight. Put some cloth, hay or straw in the bottom of the wash boil" r 

 and on it set (or lay) the filled cans. Fill the boiler with cold water, bcin,,' 

 careful to cover the cans with it; set over the fire, and boil for three hours 

 or more. Do not fear that the cans will burst, even if very tightly screwed 

 down. Wlien yon take them out, try if it is possible to screw the cover on 

 more securely. After the jara are cool, wrap each one in paper, and set 

 away in the dark. This is essential. Tliis process succeeds perfectly, 

 absolutely without a failure. Succotash is put up in the same way, and so 

 are green beans and string beans. Peas you cannot pack— shake down verj* 

 closely- put on rubbers, screw on cover, and boil in the same manner as 

 directed for the com. They will shrink in the can — com will not if packed 

 hard. 



Furniture Poliitb. — (1) Take beeswax and turpentine in the proportion 

 of two ounces of the former to half a pint of the latter. Put the turpentine 

 in a tin basin and cut the beeswax in small pieces and put in, then put in 

 the oven when not very hot, so it (the was) will gradually melt; stir it con- 

 stantly. Apply to the furniture with a piece ef woolen rag (a piece of broad- 

 cloth is best for the purpose), and have another piece to rub with. Don't 

 be afraid to use plenty of " elbow grease." 



(2) Ouc-third of spirits of wine, one-third of vinegar and one-third of 

 sweet oil; or rather more of the last. Shake the bottle well daily for three 

 weeks; it is then tit for tise, but the longer it is kept the better it is. The 

 fiiniiturc must be rtibbcd till the polish is dry. Use every two or three 

 months, and rub the furniture over daily when dn^|ed. For dining-room 

 tables and sideboards, use it every week; it makes them beautiiully 

 bright. 



(3) If you wish one of the simplest and best, get a pint bottle and fill it 

 with equal parts of boiled linseed oil and kerosene oil; any druggist has the 

 former; mis and apply with a flannel, and rub dry with a second flauueL 



