TEN GOOD THINGS TO KNOW.
By The Sanitarium
1. THAT salt will curdle new milk; hence, in preparing milk porridge, gravies, etc., salt should not be added until the dish is prepared. 2. That clear, boiling water will remove tea stains, and many fruit stains. Pour the water through the stain, and thus prevent it spreading over the fabric. 3. That ripe tomatoes will remove ink and other stains from white cloth, also from the hands. 4. That a tablespoonful of turpentine boiled with white clothes will aid in the whitening process. 5. That boiled starch is much improved by the addition of a little sperm, salt, or gum-arabic dissolved. 6. That bees-wax and salt will make rusty flat-irons as clean and smooth as glass. Tie a lump of wax in a rag, and keep it for that purpose. When the irons are hot, rub them first with the wax rag, then scour with a paper or cloth sprinkled with salt. 7. That blue ointment and kerosene, mixed in equal proportions and applied to the bedsteads, is an unfailing bedbug remedy, as a coat of whitewash is for the walls of a log house. 8. That kerosene will soften boots and shoes that have been hardened by water, and render them as pliable as new. 9. That kerosene will make tin tea-kettles as bright as new. Saturate a woolen rag, and rub with it. It will also remove stains from varnished furniture. 10. That cool rain-water and soda will remove machine grease from washable fabrics.—The Sanitarium.