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[BE TEMPERATE IN ALL THINGS.] 461. Polishing Knives with Charcoal. Charcoal Powder will be found a very good thing to give knives a first-rate polish. 462. Preventing Wear. A bonnet and trimmings may be worn a much longer time, if the dust be brushed well off after walking. 463. Good Examples. Much knowledge may be obtained by the good housewife observing how things are managed in well-regulated families. 464. Apple Pips. Apples intended for dumplings should not have the core taken out of them, as the pips impart a delicious flavour to the dumpling. 465. Rice Pudding. A rice pudding is excellent without either eggs or sugar, if baked gently: it keeps better without eggs. 466. "Wilful Waste makes Woeful Want." Do not cook a fresh joint whilst any of the last remains uneaten --hash it up, and with gravy and a little management, eke out another day's dinner. 467. Shanks of Mutton. The shanks of mutton make a good stock for nearly any kind of gravy, and they are very cheap--a dozen may be had for a penny, enough to make a quart of delicious soup. 468. Lack of Fresh Air. Thick curtains, closely drawn around the bed, are very injurious, because they not only confine the effluvia thrown off from our bodies whilst in bed, but interrupt the current of pure air. 469. Regular Accounting. Regularity in the payment of accounts is essential to housekeeping. All tradesmen's bills should be paid weekly, for then any errors can be detected whilst the transactions are fresh in the memory.