ladies’ department. 
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Casks’ department. 
Twenty-nine years ago, Betty Winal, then 
residing at Tarlton, bottled a quantity of white 
currants in their green state, being then in the 
33d year of her age. Having kept them some time 
in a state of preservation, William,(her husband,) 
and she agreed that they should be kept while 
they both lived, and that they should be made 
into pies at the funeral of the one who should 
die first. The wife departed this life on the 2d 
of this month, and was interred at St. Peter’s 
Church, Preston, on the 5th—the family having 
removed to Dawson street, Preston. Their mu¬ 
tual pledge was fulfilled, and the pies made of 
these currants were served out, after returning 
from church, every attendant taking a slice. 
Though the currants had kept twenty-nine 
years, they were as fresh as if just taken from 
the trees. Any other fruit may be preserved in 
the same way by expelling the air and sealing 
over the cork air-tight .—Exchange Paper. 
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Rye Flour, when made into good light bread 
and allowed a day or two to ripen, is very 
nutritious and wholesome. Rye flour more 
nearly resembles wheaten flour in its composi¬ 
tion than any other; it has, however, more of 
certain gummy and sugary substances, which 
make it tenacious, and also impart a sweetish 
taste. All grains and roots which have much 
starch in them undergo a great change in their 
chemical composition by baking—flour becomes 
more nutritious, and more easily digestible, be¬ 
cause more soluble. This is also the case with 
flour; that is, the starch, gluten, and sugar of 
potatoes, when baked, or what is still better, 
when roasted in the hot embers of an old-fash¬ 
ioned farm-house fire. 
Dress of English Women. —The women of 
England understand better what is due to pro¬ 
priety in this respect. They may, and do dress 
gorgeously in their assemblies, in their private 
parties of fashionable resort; but in the street,, 
they are marked with great plainness of dress. 
Sober and delicate colors, absence of chains 
and diamonds, the close-fitting hat, neat man¬ 
tle, and thick shoe, attest their thorough 
good sense in the matter. We wish American 
ladies would copy them in this thing, instead of 
aping the follies of the frivolous*Parisians. 
Will the time ever come when a cultivated 
intellect shall preponderate over dry goods? or 
a correct and delicate perception of real comfort 
and beauty, over the absurd and continually- 
varying fashions of the day?— Exchange. 
Brown Bread vs. White.— The reason why 
brown bread is considered more healthy and 
more nutritious than when made of superfine 
flour, is, because the outer portion of the ker¬ 
nel of wheat contains the greatest proportion 
of oil and gluten; and this is the reason why 
bran possesses such fattening qualities. The 
best fine flour contains about seventy pounds 
of starch to each hundred. The residue of one 
hundred pounds consists of ten or twelve pounds 
of guten, six to eight pounds of sugar and gum, 
and ten to fourteen pounds of water, and a little 
oil. 
Hasits of Jenny Lind.— She is remarkably 
temperate in all things, carefully avoiding 
stimulants of every description. She is an early 
riser, bathes every morning regularly, winter 
and summer; and exercises much in the open air. 
She always dresses with a view to comfort 
rather than show, religiously avoiding tight 
lacing. She partakes freely of the plainest 
food, using much fruit. She attributes her uni¬ 
form good health to her temperate mode of liv¬ 
ing, she seldom having occasion to consult a 
physician. 
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Gigote, is the name of a Mexican preparation 
of beef, very useful to travellers in the desert. 
It is made by drying the jerked meat until it 
can be finely pulverised, to which is added, as 
a matter of course, a quantity of powdered 
pepper pods, and is then packed in bags for 
the journey. It makes a very good soup or 
savory stew, particularly with a little addition 
of wild game. A slice of salt pork gives it a 
very palatable relish. 
To Make Fine Hand or Shaving Soap. —Cut 
up fine, a bar of good white soap, and moisten 
it into a paste with sweet oil, and scent it with 
rose, lemon, musk, or any other sweet-smelling 
savor you like. 
Bed Bugs.— There is a long article in the 
Valley Farmer by which it is established be¬ 
yond question that sweet oil occasionally rub¬ 
bed over bedsteads, chair boards, &c., will 
effectually prevent the appearance of bed bugs. 
We think it unnecessary to publish the evidence 
of the efficacy of this cheap and agreeable pre¬ 
ventive of the nuisance in question. The read¬ 
er will take our word that it is conclusive.— Ex. 
Worthless Furniture.— A lazy woman is 
the most worthless and troublesome piece of 
household furniture a man can have. 
