f a pint of calf's foot jelly into a bowl; when
stiff, lay in three peaches, and a bunch of grapes with the stalk
upwards. Cover over with vine leaves, and fill up the bowl with jelly.
Let it stand till the next day, and then set it to the brim in hot
water. When it gives way from the bowl, turn the jelly out carefully,
and send it to table. Any kind of fruit may be treated in the same way.

FUEL. Coals constitute a principal article of domestic convenience,
especially during the severity of winter. At that season they often
become very scarce, and are sold at an extravagant price. To remedy this
evil in some measure, take two-thirds of soft clay, free from stones,
and work it into three or four bushels of small coals previously sifted:
form this composition into balls or cakes, about three or four inches
thick, and let them be thoroughly dried. When the fire burns clear,
place four or five of these cakes in the front of the grate, where they
will soon become red, and yield a clear and strong heat till they are
totally consumed. The expense of a ton of this composition is but
trifling, when compared with that of a chaldron of coals, as it may be
prepared at one-fourth of the cost, and will be of greater service than
a chaldron and a half of the latter. Coal dust worked up with horse
dung, cow dung, saw dust, tanner's waste, or any other combustible
matter that is not too expensive, will also be found a saving in the
article of fuel. Nearly a third of the coals consumed in large towns and
cities might be saved, if the coal ashes were preserved, instead of
being thrown into the dust bins, and afterwards mixed with an equal
quantity of small coal, moistened with water. This mixture thrown behind
the fire, with a few round coals in front, would save the trouble of
sifting the ashes, and make a cheerful and pleasant fire.----THE BEST
MODE OF LIGHTING A FIRE.--Fill the grate with fresh coals quite up to
the upper bar but one; then lay on the wood in the usual manner, rather
collected in a mass than scattered. Over the wood place the cinders of
the preceding day, piled up as high as the grate will admit, and placed
loosely in rather large fragments, in order that the draft may be free:
a bit or two of fresh coal may be added to the cinders when once they
are lighted, but no small coal must be thrown on at first. When all is
prepared, light the wood, when the cinders in a short time being
thoroughly ignited, the gas rising fro