SOAP will be the better for keeping—indeed, it should not be used when newly made. The cakes should be cut with a wire or string, into oblong squares, and laid up, on a dry shelf, a little distance apart, and across each other, so as to admit the air betwixt them, to harden it.—This method will save one third. _Note_,—If dried fast, soap will crack and break when wetted. CANDLES and SOAP made in cold weather, are best; and when the price of these articles are likely to be high, a reasonable stock of both should be laid in.—Candles, if kept packed in a chest, will be the better for keeping eight or ten months, and may be kept well, if necessary, for two years. STARCH should be bought when flour is cheap, and may be kept in a dry warm place, if closely covered, as long as may be necessary. LOAF SUGARS should be kept tied up in paper, and hung up in a dry place. Brown sugars should be kept covered up, and in a moderately dry place. SWEETMEATS, PRESERVES, &c. must be carefully kept from the air, and in a very dry place. TEAS, COFFEE, CHOCOLATE, DRIED FRUITS, and generally, all kinds of Grocery and Condiments require to be kept dry and free from air. The various kinds of SEEDS and RICE, PEARL-BARLEY, OATMEAL, &c. must be kept in a dry place, and be _covered close_, to preserve them from insects. BREAD is best kept in an earthern pan with a cover. A loaf should not be cut till it is a day old. The bread that is cut unnecessarily in the parlour, should be eaten at the second table before more is cut. Writing and other papers, that are constantly wanted, should be bought by the ream or bundle, and kept in a dry place. APPLES should be spread, separately, on clean dry straw, on a dry upper floor, and care must be taken to preserve them from frost.—The Americans throw a clean canvas cloth over them, which will answer the purpose. PEARS should be hung up, singly, by the stalk in a dry place. GRAPES should be gathered before they are ripe, and may also be preserved hung up in single bunches the same way;—or they may be kept in saw-dust, in boxes with covers, to exclude the air—Every bunch being laid apart. ORANGES and LEMONS, if bought when cheapest, may be preserved a long time, packed in fine, dried sand, with their stems upwards, and kept from the influence of the air. FRESH MEAT, POULTRY, FISH, &c. should be kept in a cool, airy place. All SALTED and DRIED MEATS, hams, tongues, &c. should be tied up in strong paper, and must be kept in a cold, dry place, (not in the kitchen) else they will become musty and rancid. GREEN VEGETABLES should be kept on a damp stone floor, and excluded from the air by a damp cloth thrown over them. CARROTS, PARSNIPS, and BEET-ROOTS, must be kept in layers of dry sand for winter use. Neither these nor potatoes should be washed till wanted. POTATOES must be carefully covered, to protect them from frost, in winter.