THAT if you are so unfortunate as to spill grease on your floor, pour some cold water on it at once, as this will cool it quickly and prevent it from soaking into the boards. That if washed up with strong potash water, after scraping off the surface grease, it will absorb the rest. Put on with a handled mop, on no account touching it with the hands, as it will take off the skin quickly. That if there are brown marks caused by dripping from the faucet, in the marble basin or water-closet bowl, wind a piece of cloth around a stick or tie it tight, wet with soapy water, and rub on sapolio, and apply. That I got rid of the little red emmets in my pantry by a persistent use of powdered borax, having often tried many things. The shelves were washed every day for a while with boiling hot borax water put on with a handled dish mop, allowed to dry on, and then dry borax sprinkled freely on the shelves. I kept this up for a fortnight or more, and at last had the pleasure of finding none left, and have never seen one since. I have been told by those who have tried it that it would drive away water bugs if persisted in.—Good Housekeeping.