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To Clean Shells

Make lye by boiling strong ashes, allow it to settle; pour salts in the water before mixing with the 6188. Το Color Shells. Dissolve a little camphorated spirit; then shake the whole lac dye in a solution of chloride of tin; and well together. Cork the bottle well, and wax having made the shells thoroughly clean, dip the top, but afterwards make a very small them in this preparation until they are of the aperture in the cork with a red-hot needle. desired color. The dye should be first boiled, The bottle may then be hung up, or placed in and then allowed to stand to settle. any stationary position. By observing the 6189. To Keep Gold-Fish. Gold-fish different appearances which the materials assume as the weather changes, it becomes an excellent prognosticator of a coming storm or of a sunny sky. must be kept in a vessel of sufficient capacity, and be given fresh water every day, or at least every other day. It is best to clean the vessel then, by washing it inside with a cloth.

The fresh water ought to be clean, and not too hard. It is not good to feed them, as the food will only serve to render the water unfit for their existence, and if renewed every day, the water itself furnishes them with enough material for their sustenance. Fish kept in