In selecting eggs for a cabinet, always choose those which are newly laid; make a medium sized hole at the sharp end with a pointed instrument: having made the hole at the sharp end, make one at the blunt. and let this last hole be as small as possible; this done, apply your mouth to the blunt end, and blow the contents through the sharp end. If the yolk will not come freely, run a pin or wire up into the egg, and stir the yolk well about; now get a cupful of water, and, immersing the sharp end of the shell into it, apply your mouth to the blunt end, and suck up some of the water into the empty shell; then put your finger and thumb upon the two holes, shake the water well within, and, after this, blow it out. The water will clear your eggs of any remains of yolk, or of white, which may stay in after blowing. If one suck up of water will not suffice, make a second or third. An egg, immediately after it-is produced, is very clear and fine; but by staying in the nest, and coming in contact with the feet of the bird, it soon assumes a dirty appearance. To remedy this, wash it well in soap and water, and use a nail-brush to get the dirt off. Your egg-shell is now as it ought to be, and nothing remains to be done but to prevent the thin white membrane (which is still inside) from corrupting; take a wine-glass and fill it with the solution of corrosive sublimate in alcohol, then immerse the sharp end of the egg-shell into it, keeping your finger and thumb, as you hold it, just clear of the solution; apply your mouth to the little hole at the blunt end, and suck up some of the solution into the shell; you need not be fearful of getting the liquor into your mouth, for, as soon as it rises in the shell, the cold will strike your finger and thumb, and then you cease sucking; shake the shell just as you did when the water was in it, and then blow the solution back into the glass. Your egg-shell is now beyond the reach of corruption; the membrane for ever retains its pristine whiteness, and no insect for the time to come will ever venture to prey upon it. If you wish your egg to ftp-pear extremely brilliant, give it a coat of mastic varnish, put on very sparingly with a camel-hair pencil; green or blue eggs must be done with gum arable; the mastic varnish is apt to injure the colour.