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Show . HINTS TO HOUSEKEEPERS. A stick of cinnamon boiled with dried prunes improves their flavor. Tin cleaned with paper will shine better bet-ter than when leuned with flannel. i The juice of raw onions applied to tha stiugs of insects will destroy the poison, i A granite iron kettle may be made j bright inside by boiling a small quantity of borax in it. j Stewed fruit is far nicer cooked slowly I in cold water than when put ou in boil- ' ing water and cooked rapidly. ! Pome breadmakers claim that salt or I meal is better than soap for washing the hands before and after mixing bread. i |