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  A LU80I FOB WIVN-OEL HURAMS.
         Love is fickle; sages my
         Beauty cannot hold him;
         Love will steal himself away.
           Maidens, if you cold him.
         Love, he will not live wlt), strif,
           Even turns from beauty,
         If the lady plagues his life
           With her household duty.
         You can have him In your power.
           Ladles, if you try it;
         Use him as you won him first,
           Love, be can't deny it.
         Do not fret and scold and pout.
           Aggravating trouble;
         Beauty kicking up a rout
           Makes misfortune double.

         HEALTH AND DISEASE.

         Health of Children in Summer.
  There is a way to kill children, and a way
to keep them in health; but, unfortunately,
many mothers unwittingly choose the way to
kill; and this is the reason of such sad mor-
tality among them.
  If you would kill your children, keep them
pent up in the foul air of the nursery; feed
them on impure milk, on constipating food,
salted and putrescent meats, bathe them only
about once a month, and call in the doctor
with his drugs every time they wince or com-
plain of the colic.
  If you would insure their health and the
attainment of vigorous manhood and woman-
hood, indulge them much in the open air, de-
spite the tanning suns, feed them on brown
bread, plain-seasoned vegetable-, and good
ripe fruits; bathe them often in soft, tepid
water, and beware of the poisonous disciples
of iEsculapius. So say the wisest and more
honest of 1be medical professors, and so say
we.

  CEla FOX TRE BITE OF A MAD DOG.-The fol-
lowing is worthy of the attention of all, par-
ticularly as the season is coming on when
dogs are no longer safe:
  Mix one pound of common salt in a quart
of water, and then bathe with and squeeze
the wound with the same one hour, then bind
a little more salt on the wound for twelve
hours.
  The author of this receipt was bitten six
times by mad dogs, and always cured himself
by the above mixture, and offered to suffer
himself to be bitten by any mad dog in order
to convince mankind that what he offered was
a real truth, which numbers could testify.-
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  CURE roR POISONING BY IVY.-In case of
poisoning by ivy, plunge the part affected in
hot water-as hot as can be borne-holding it
there sometime. The unpleasant itching and
burning sensation will be removed, and two
or three applications are a sure cure-at least
this has been the case with our informant.-
N. E. Farmer.

          DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

  To Put up Fruit Without Sell-Sealing Cans.
  Prepare a cement of one ounce rosin, one
ounce gum-shellac, and a cubic inch of bees-
wrax; put them in a tin cup, and melt slowly
-too high or quick heat may cause it to
scorch. Place the jars where they will be-
come warm while the fruit is cooking. If
they are gradually heated there is no danger
of breaking.
  As soon as the fruit is thoroughly heated,
and while boiling hot, fill the jars full, let
the juice cover the fruit entirely Have ready
some circular pieces of stout, thick cotton or
linen cloth, and spread over with cement a
space sufficient to cover the mouth and rim
of the jar. Wipe the rim perfectly dry, and
apply the cloth while 'warm, putting the
cement side down, bring the cover over the
rim and secure it firmly with a string; then
spread a coating of cement over the upper
surface. As the contents of the jar cool, the
pressure of the air will depress the cover, and
give most positive proof that all is safe.
  The cheapest as well as the most suit-able
jars for this use (quart size) cost $1.50 per
dozen. Queen's or yellow ware has imperfect
glazing, and the moisture is forced through
the sides of the jar. Self-sealing cans that
have failed can be pressed into service: stone
jars, common bottles, tin cans, and various
vessels that every housekeeper has on hand
can be made to answer only be sure that the
fruit is boiling hot, and the cover is properly
adjusted.
  Many think that sugar is essential to en-
able the fruit to keep. This is not so. *' Ber-
ries and peaches" are better put up without
it. Sugar strewn over them an hour before
eating, gives them more the flavor of fresh
fruit. Cook only sufficiently to fill two jars
at once, to avoid crushing tender berries.
Pears and quinces are best cooked in water
till tender, putting in as many as will cover
the top of the water at one time; when clear
and tender, and to the water add sugar to
taste; as soon as boiling hot put in the fruit,
and when it is penetrated with syrup, put it
in jars, and fill it up with syrup boiling hot.
Seal as directed. Apples the same way, or
cooked in water only, and secured. Let them
be in quarters, for, if mashed, the pulp will
hold so many air-bubbles it will not keep.
   Gr-n    Pulp and cook till the nulps are



3IN FARMER.



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