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12 the beet whiting to be had. Have ready some clean warm water and piece of flan nel; dip the latter into the water and squeeze nearly dry; then take as much whiting as will adhere to it, and apply it to the painted surface, when a little rub bing will instantly remove all dirt and grease. After this, wash well in clean wa ter and wipe dry. This will not injure the most delicate colors, and is much less labor than the usual way with soap. Mbs. C. H. For “Domestic Keys.” A SMALL OFFERING. A simple way to clean brass is to wash it thoroughly in hot water and wipe it dry. Then rub it with a soft cloth and lemon juic3. When it looks clean, rinse it in hot water, and, lastly, polish it with cha mois skin. Clean willow chairs with salt water. Darn thin places in blankets just as you would in stockings. w Lemons will keep fresh a long time if placed in water. But this is not the time of year when lemons should be kept. They should be given freely to children who crave acids, and the temptation to eat unripe fruit will be removed. Nature has placed lemon trees in those parts of the world where biliousness is most com mon. This is a valuable hint, and lemon juice is better than blue pills. Roman Cure for Malaria.—Cut up a lemon, both rind and pulp, put it in a pint of water, and boil down until it tastes very sour. Dose, one teaspoonful before each meal. This remedy has cured stubborn cases where quinine had no effect. Remove spots from varnished furniture with kerosene oil, applied with soft flan nel cloth. I removed an unsightly white spot from a mahogany etagere in a few minutes in this way. The spot was near ly as large as a silver half dollar. Fob “Domestic Key’s.” LITTLE HELPS. Keep the kerosene can well corked. The oil evaporates, and it never gives a clear light if exposed to the air. If a lamp is kept filled, and the wick well trimmed, there is no danger of an explo sion. Use a clam shell to scrape pots and frying-pans. Ten ordinary size eggs weigh a pound. Two teacupfuls of butter, well packed, weigh a pound. If you are going to fry cold potatoes, sprinkle a little flour over them after slicing; they will brown more quickly and be improved in taste. If the chimney catches fire, throw a double handful of salt on the fire below. Never use soap in washing mirrors or windows —it makes the glass streaked; instead, use water and household ammonia. Never wash a window glass when the sun is shining on it, and never let the sun shine on a mirror. An oyster shell kept in the teakettle will prevent the crust that otherwise invariably forms. The shell should be changed fre quently. Wash the mica in stove doors with dilu ted vinegar. Pieces of stale bread may be utilized; cut them into small squares or triangles, put them in a biscuit pan, and brown slowly in the stove. Then put them in an air-tight bread-box and use them as an addition to thin soups. Drop them in the tureen just as the soup is ready to be served. In cooking or heating over anything that requires to be boiled very quickly, never leave the spoon in it, because much of the heat will pass off through the spoon. Table silver not in constant use should be kept from the air by being tied up in brown paper. Cotton flannel or tissue paper may be used if you can afford it, but it really is no better than ordinary wrap ping paper. Add a little cologne to the water used to bathe the face and hands of the sick. If dishes, that have become yellow from setting on the stove and getting over heated, are soaked in strong borax water, the color will be partly restored. Cabbage have a disagreeable odor when ccoking; to prevent it, put the cabbage in an abundance of salted, boiling water; cook rapidly for half a hour, or until Under. Drain off the water and have it emptied immediately. For “Domestic Keys.” A BUNCH OF GOLDEN KEYS. A sure cure for bone felon, is to grind sassafras bark in a coffee mill—or other wise—to a powder, make into a paste with water, and apply to the affected part. It is only necessary to keep the paste moist. Twenty-four hours before killing a tur key, give the fowl a spoonful of the best vinegar; the meat will be whiter, tenderer and sweeter. To remove taste of new wood in water buckets, <fcc., put in a solution of hoi wa ter and sodh. Let stand until cold. To freshen salt fish, place in cold water, with the skin side up; otherwise the salt would settle on the skin, instead of bottom of pan as it should. J. G. R. For “Domestic Keys.” ODDS AND ENDS. The housekeeper who has a regular time for attending to each domestic duty, will find the household machinery always moving easily and pleasantly. This is a master-key. Clear, black coffee, diluted with water, and a little ammonia added, will clean black clothes nicely, and restore their freshness. In cooking vegetables, those from which the water is to be drained, like potatoes , and onions, should be boiled in well-salt ed water —a tablespoonful of salt to every three quarts of water. On the other hand, if the water is to be retained, as in peas, the salt should not be added until the vegetables are nearly done. Consult your own taste as to the quantity of salt used. Any gravy or sauce that requires flour as a thickening should be cooked slowly, ten or fifteen minutes, to destroy the raw taste. The same rule holds good in pud dings, where cornstarch is used. After it becomes thick, cook it fifteen or twenty minutes for the same reason. Salt will curdle fresh milk. In making milk porridge, or gravies where milk is used, add the salt after the dish is done. Add a tablespoonful of turpentine to the pot of water in which your white clothes are boiled ; it will keep them beau tifully white. If you use cooked starch, just before taking it from the fire add a little salt, kerosene, or gum arabic; it will be much improved, and the starched clothes will not stick to the iron. If your irons get rough or rusty, let them get hot, then rub them with a paper or cloth sprinkled with salt, then with a lump of beeswax tied up in a cloth, and they will become as clean and smooth as glass. Cold rain water and soap will remove machine grease from any cloth that can be washed. Utilize cold, fried eggs by dipping them in fritter batter and re-frying. To give a pine floor the color of oak, wash it with a solution of one pound of copperas in one gallon of strong lye. Broken and crooked tacks are better than shot to clean bottles. | Jh ICQ WANTED in every locality to write kA IXI KwO for me at home, $4 a day. No canvas log. Enclose stamp. Mis* Verna Langdon, South Bend, Ind. LARGEST WATCH HOUSE Send for free catalogue SEARS,ROEBUCK A CO.,Minneapolis,Minn. 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