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[BOTTLES OF BRANDY ARE FOLLOWED BY BOTTLES OF PHYSIC.] 439. Domestic Rules. Mrs Hamilton, in her "Cottagers of Glenburnie," gives three simple rules for the regulation of domestic affairs, which deserve to be remembered, and which would, if carried into practice, be the means of saving time, labour, and patience, and of making every house a "well-ordered" one. They are as follows: i. Do everything in its proper time. ii. Keep everything to its proper use. iii. Put everything in its proper place. 440. An Ever-dirty Hearth, and a grate always choked with cinders and ashes, are infallible evidences of bad housekeeping. 441. Economy. If you have a strip of land, do not throw away soapsuds. Soapsuds are good manure for bushes and young plants. 442. Washing Woollens. Woollen clothes should be washed in very hot suds, and not rinsed. Lukewarm water shrinks them. 443. Keeping Coffee and Tea. Do not let coffee and tea stand in tin. 444. Freshness of Surfaces. Scald your wooden-ware often, and keep your tin-ware dry. 445. Re-using Letters. Preserve the backs of old letters to write upon. 446. Make Writing-Books. If you have Children who are learning to write, buy coarse white paper by the quantity, and make it up into writing-books. This does not cost half so much as it does to buy them ready made at the stationer's. 447. No Waste. See that nothing is thrown away which might have served to nourish your own family or a poorer one. 448. Bread.