_Molasses_, if bought by the barrel or half-barrel, should be kept in the cellar. If bought in small quantities, it should be kept in a demijohn. No vessel should be corked or bunged, if filled with molasses, as it will swell and burst the vessel, or run over. _Hard Soap_ should be bought by large quantity, and laid to harden on a shelf in a very dry place. It is much more economical to buy hard than soft soap, as those who use soft soap are very apt to waste it in using it, as they can not do with hard soap. _Starch_ it is best to buy by a large quantity. It comes very nicely put up in papers, a pound or two in each paper, and packed in a box. The high-priced starch is cheapest in the end. _Indigo_ is not always good. When a good lot is found by trial, it is best to get enough for a year or two, and store it in a tight tin box. _Coffee_ it is best to buy by the bag, as it improves by keeping. Let it hang in the bag in a dry place, and it loses its rank smell and taste. It is poor economy to buy ground coffee, as it often has other articles mixed, and loses flavor by keeping after it is ground. _Tea_, if bought by the box, is several cents a pound cheaper than by small quantities. If well put up in boxes lined with lead, it keeps perfectly; but put up in paper, it soon loses its flavor. It therefore should, if in small quantities, be put up in glass or tin, and shut tight. _Soda_ should be bought in small quantities, then powdered, sifted, and kept tight corked in a large-mouth glass bottle. It grows damp if exposed to the air, and then can not be used properly. _Raisins_ should not be bought in large quantities, as they are injured by time. It is best to buy the small boxes. _Currants_ for cake should be prepared, and set by for use in a jar. _Lemon_ and _Orange Peel_ should be dried, pounded, and set up in corked glass jars. _Nutmeg_, _Cinnamon_, _Cloves_, _Mace_, and _Allspice_ should be pounded fine, and corked tight in small glass bottles, with mouths large enough for a junk-bottle cork, and then put in a tight tin box, made for the purpose. Or they can be put in small tin boxes with tight covers. Essences are as good as spices. _Sweet Herbs_ should be dried, the stalks thrown away, and the rest be kept in corked large-mouth bottles, or small tin boxes. _Cream Tartar_, _Citric_ and _Tartaric Acids_, _Bicarbonate of Soda_, and _Essences_ should be kept in corked glass jars. _Sal volatile_ must be kept in a large-mouth bottle, with a ground-glass stopper to make it air-tight. Use cold water in dissolving it. It must be powdered.