For the Ladies.
THINGS TO BE REMEMBERED. That camphor placed in trunks or drawers will prevent mice from doing injury. That lemons may be kept fresh a long time in a jar of water, changing the water every morning. That in roasting meat salt should not ho put upon the joint before it is put in the oven, as salt extracts the juice. That bar soap when first bought should be out in square pieces and put in a dry place. It lasts better after shrinking. That nutmegs may be tested by pricking them with a pin, and if they are good the oil will instantly spread around the puncture.
That new linen may be embroidered more easily by rubbing it over with fine white soap. It prevents the threads from cracking.
That the brown discolorations may be taken off cups in which custards are baked by rubbing the damp flannel dipped in tho best whiting. That spots on varnished furniture may be readily removed by rubbing them with essence of peppermint or spirits of camphor, and afterwards with “furniture polish "or oiL _________
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Dunstan Times, Issue 996, 20 May 1881, Page 3
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183For the Ladies. Dunstan Times, Issue 996, 20 May 1881, Page 3
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