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Turkish bath likely to produce congestion of the lungs, brain, &c. ?" Its effect is exactly the reverse, for it not only equalises the circulation, but, in the words of Dr. Armstrong, "it will bring pounds of blood to the surface, which were suffocating some internal organ."

dish. It is of the easiest culture, and can be planted in any light soil, either in an open or sheltered situation in any part of his garden.

Few vegetables have made a more rapid progress in their cultivation since its introduction into England, about seventy years ago, than the tart rhu

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Rhubarb. This plant has been for centuries held in the highest estimation on account of its active medicinal properties, few drugs being of more efficacy in various complaints. It is a mild cathartic, and commonly considered as one of the safest and most innocent of the substances of this class. Besides its purgative virtue, it has a mild astringent one; hence it is found to give strength to the stomach, and to be one of the most useful purgatives in all disorders proceeding from a debility and laxity of the fibres.

In addition to the medicinal qualities of the rhubarb, it is allowed by all medical men to make one of the most cooling, wholesome, and delicious tarts sent to table; many persons prefer it either to green gooseberries or apples. In the early part of the season the stalks of rhubarb are cut up and mixed with these fruits; with the former before they have obtained their flavour, and with the latter after losing it by long keeping.

As a plant, too, the rhubarb, particularly the Rheum palmatum, is highly ornamental in many situations in the pleasure-ground; its luxuriant foliage, height of growth, and large palmated leaves, render it very striking and beautiful.

annually forced for the London markets, but many acres are planted for the same supply; and the wagon-loads of stalks tied up in bundles and sent thither during the season would almost exceed credibility.

RHUBARB TART.-See that the stalks are firm and of a large size, and then, after removing the thin skin, slice them in pieces about four inches long; place the pieces in a dish, and pour over them a syrup of sugar, thinned with water; then cover with another dish, and simmer slowly for an hour, upon a hot hearth, or do them in a block-tin saucepan. Allow it to cool, and then make it into a tart; the baking the crust will be sufficient when the stalks are tender.

Rhubarb Fool.-Scald two quarts of rhubarb, cleanly peeled, which cut into pieces about one inch long, mix it to a pulp, which pass through a sieve, then let it remain to cool. Then put a quart of new milk into a pan, which flavour with cinnamon, cloves, and lemonpeel, sugar to taste, and let it boil for ten or twelve minutes. The yolks of four or five eggs well beat up with a little flour, should be stirred into the milk, then, stirring the while, keep it over the fire till it boils, after which remove, and set it to cool. Mix the milk and rhubarb together, and grate some nutmeg over it.

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Rhubarb Wine.-To make rhuba> wine in the month of May or June, The varieties of the Tart Rhubarb, when rhubarb is green, the stalks of the by which name it may be justly desig-leaves are used in the following propornated, form an object of much interest tions:-Five pounds of the stalks and profit to the market-gardener; and bruised in a suitable vessel, to which is to the cottager it cannot be too strongly added one gallon of spring water; after recommended as a most salubrious ve- remaining in mash three or four days, getable for his family, either as tarts, the liquor-juice is thrown off; when to puddings, or when baked whole in a every gallon of this juice three pourda

"The pope formerly blessed eggs, to be distributed throughout the Christian world for use on Easter-day. In Ger. many, instead of the egg itself, the people offer a print of it, with some lines inscribed.

of loaf sugar are added, and allowed to ferment four or five days in a vat. As soon as the fermentation has ceased, the liquor must be drawn off in a cask, and allowed to remain until the month of March, when all fermentation will be over; it must then be racked off, "At this day, the Easter eggs used and more lump sugar added. In the in England are boiled hard in water month of August a second crop of rhu-containing a dye, so that they come out barb will be ready to gather for this improved method of making wine. Rhubarb is largely employed in making fictitious champagne; thus here, as elsewhere, rhubarb has largely usurped the place of the gooseberry.

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coloured. The boys take these eggs and make a kind of game, either by throwing (bowling) them to a distance on the greensward-he who throws oftenest without breaking his eggs being the victor-or hitting them against each other in their respective hands, in which case the owner of the hardest or last

Easter-Day.-A solemn festival in commemoration of the Resurrection of our Lord and Saviour. From "Cham-surviving egg gains the day. bers's Information for the People," we gather that the word used by us is from Ostara, in Anglo-Saxon Eastre, the name of a goddess once extensively worshipped by the Teutonic nations, and personifying the light of the rising sun, or the dawn; it is allied to east. In England, before the Reformation, the Catholic observances of Easter were as fully enacted as in any other country. Early in the morning, a sort of theatrical representation of the Resurrection was performed in the churches, the priests coming to the little sepulchre where, on Good Friday, they had deposited the host, which they now brought forth with great rejoicings, as emblematical of the rising of the Saviour. In the course of the day, the clergy had a game at ball in the church, a custom which it is now difficult to believe that it could ever have existed.

"It was at one time customary to have a gammon of bacon on this day, and to eat it all up, in signification of abhorrence of Judaism. The tansy seems to have been introduced into Easter-feasts as a successor to the bitter herbs used by the Jews at the Passover. It was usually presented well sugared."

"The viands appropriate to Easterday in the old times were, first and above all, eggs, then bacon, tansy-pudding, and bread and cheese. The origin of the connection of eggs with Easter is lost in the mists of remote antiquity. They are as rife at this day in Russia as in England. There it is customary to go about with a quantity, and to give one to each friend one meets, saying, 'Jesus Christ is risen ;' to which the other replies, 'Yes, he is risen; or, 'It is so of a truth.'

Dandriff in the Hair.-Part the hair, and rub the scalp with rum, using a piece of sponge or flannel to apply it. Eau de Cologne may also be fearlessly used for the same purpose. When the hair becomes greasy and dirty, it ought to be washed with warm (not too warm) soft water and soap; an operation which is always requisite when pomatums and hair-oils are much used, as they are apt to combine with the scales which are always coming off from the skin, and form thick crust very detrimental to the loss and beauty of the hair.

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Frequent cutting of the hair is of advantage to the eyes, he ears, and, indeed, to the whole body; in like man. ner, the daily washing of the head with cold water is an excellent prevention against periodical headaches. ryzas, or defluxions of the bumours from the head, and in weak eyes, the shaving of the bead often affords immediate re lief. It is altogether a mistaken idea that there is danger of catching cold from the practice of washing the head,

or leaving it exposed to the free air after | strong vinegar. Large lamps, that emit having been washed. The more fre- much smoke, should be burnt under a quently the surface is cleansed of scor- funnel to carry it off; or a large sponge, butic, and scaly impurities, the more dipped in water, may be suspended over easy and comfortable we feel. them; in all cases the wicks should not be put up too high.

To Prevent Lamps from Smoking. To lessen or prevent the smoking Floral Ornaments for Windows. of lamps, the wicks should be well-Nothing amidst all our refinements soaked, either in dilute muriatic acid, of home is so much neglected as our well washed in water, and dried, or in windows, which, with a little taste and

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expense, are capable of being made very | desirous to beautify their windows, and picturesque. In many towns on the to convert them into objects of attracContinent, especially in Spain, great at- tion. tention is paid to this subject, and balconies during the summer are frequently to be seen draped with creeping plants, and some of the very streets festooned with these refreshing summer trophies.

Let us now be practical, and by pictorial illustration help all those who are

Our illustration, Fig. 1, shows how, with a few simple appliances, a window may be at the same time sheltered from the sun and rendered pretty. A is a framework of a few laths nailed together, which by means of rings or staples at its two upper corners may be hung upon hooks, driven into the wall

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Advice to Wives.-A wife must learn how to form her husband's hap. piness; in what direction the secret of

his weaknesses by working upon them; she must not rashly run counter to his prejudices. Her motto must be never to irritate. She must study never to draw largely upon the small stock of patience in man's nature, nor to increase his obstinacy by trying to drive him never, if possible, to have " scenes. We doubt much if a real quarrel, even if made up, does not loosen the bond

raised near to the top of the doorway it will be blown outward. The warm air in this case flows out at the top, whilst the cold air flows in at the bot-his comfort lies, she must not cherish tom. A current of warm air from the room is generally rushing up the flue of the chimney, even though there be no fire in the grate; hence the unwholesomeness of using chimney-boards. Broken Chilblains, Boils, and Cuts. An excellent salve for these may be made in the following manner : Take a quart of sweet oil and a pound of red lead, and gently stir and boil them until they are well mixed, and as-between man and wife, and sometimes, sume a dull brown colour. Then shake in six ounces of finely powdered resin, and let it continue boiling until the resin is well dissolved and mixed; then remove the vessel from the fire and add half an ounce of gum clemi; when that is well blended the salve will be made, and may be poured into vessels for use; common red earthen jars are suitable for this purpose. It may be kept without injury for many years, and when wanted for use may be spread with a warm knife upon a linen rag. In making it, great care should be taken that not a drop falls or boils over into the fire, as it is very inflammable, and might cause serious mischief. This salve has been found very efficacious in the most obstinate cases.

unless the affection be very sincere, lastingly. If irritation should occur, a woman must expect to hear from most men a strength and vehemence of language far more than the occasion requires. Mild as well as stern men are prone to this exaggeration of speech; let not a woman be tempted ever to say anything sarcastic or violent in retaliation. The bitterest repentance must needs follow such an indulgence if she does. Men frequently forget what they themselves have said, but seldom what is uttered by their wives. They are grateful, too, for forbearance in such cases: for, whilst asserting most loudly they are right, they are often conscious they are wrong. Give a little time, as the greatest boon you can bestow, to the irritated feelings of your husband. Contrivances and Make-shifts.

The Best Blacking.-For preser ing the leather of boots and shoes, and which will make them perfectly water-In the most easy and monotonous exisproof, blacking made after the following tence, no woman is exempt from cirmanner is the best known :-Take of cumstances in which the means and yellow wax one ounce and a half, of materials they have at their command mutton suet four ounces and a half, are, apparently, insufficient to procure horse turpentine half an ounce, ivory them what they very much require, or black three ounces; melt first the wax, to deliver them from annoyances from to which add the suet, and afterwards which they continually suffer. And the horse turpentine; when the whole here it is--the power for moulding what is melted, remove it from the fire; mix we have into substitutes for what we in gradually the ivory black, constantly are denied the power of producing good stirring till it is cold. When it is used," make-shifts" where the unwise would it may be rubbed or laid upon a brush, which should be warmed before the fire. When it is wanted in a large quantity, it may be gently melted in a ladle or pot over a chafing dish with live coals.

bring forward bad ones, and the stupid and indifferent remain in difficulty; this is in all a valuable accomplishment, and may be reckoned as several hundred pounds in any woman's marriage por

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