Be very careful where you throw lighted matches. It is very common for people to carelessly throw them aside when done with, and a lady of our acquaintance had her dress set alight by a match thrown down from a balcony window. In another case, last summer, a lighted match thrown from the top of an omnibus fell onto a cart horse's head, frightening him so much that an accident was the result.
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In the case of dropsy, the following recipe has been found a great alleviation. Take a few dried figs - the tenderest you can find - cut them up into small pieces, pour over them sufficient rum of good quality, let them soak in it for some hours and then give to the patient to eat.
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A little water should be mixed with the milk given to cats. It is better for them and improves their fur.
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Cooks should never be allowed to stick pins in the front of their dress; these are apt to drop into the cooking. A cake was once found to contain three pins.
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The greatest care should be taken in purchasing violet-powder - only to have that made by a firm of repute. Lead, arsenic and other injurious ingredients are sometimes mixed with it, and a little while ago some of this deleterious mixture caused the death of some infants. Where there is any uncertainty about it, the finest oatmeal should be used instead.
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Bread and good raisins with a glass of hot milk are an admirable luncheon. The hot milk is a good stimulant, and the raisins are very sustaining.
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The insides of banana skins are said to be very good for cleaning tan shoes.
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Every young person should learn how to carve joints of meat, poultry and game. It is not a difficult accomplishment if learnt at leisure and at home. IT should be practised at one's own table, and will be found to be of practical use and benefit at the table of others. A good carver is a public benefactor.
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It is not always safe to carry money in one's glove. You do not know who has handled it last, and it is safer not to carry it next to one's skin.
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Chamois leather should not be used for rubbing lenses or glass, as it scratches a delicate surface.
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Boots that have been cleaned with blacking should not be left wher4e black-beetles can get at them. They will quite destroy the leather in their eagerness to devour the blacking, for which they have a particular liking.
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