THINGS TO BE REMEMBERED.

Mt Benger Mail, Volume I, Issue 51, 20 April 1881, Page 2

THINGS TO BE REMEMBERED.

That parsley eaten with vinegar will remove the unpleasant effects of eating onions. That cakes, puddings, &c, are improved by making the currants, sugar, and flour hot before using them. That lamp shades of ground glass should be cleaned with soap or pearlash ; these will not injure or discolor them. That white satin shoes may be cleaned by rubbing them with blue and stone flannel, and afterwards cleaning them with bread.

That gold lace may be cleaned by rubbing ifc with a soft brash, dipped in roche alum, burnt, and sifted, to a very tine powder. That earthy mould should never be washed from potatoes, carrots, or other roots, until immediately before they are to be cooked.

That cold boiled potatoes used as soap will clean the hands and keep the skin soft and healthy. Those not over-, boiled are the best.

That charcoal powder is good for polishing knives without destroying the blades.

That potato water in which potatoes have been scraped, the water being allowed to settle, and afterwards strained, is good for sponging dirt out of silk. That straw matting may bo cleaned with a large coarse cloth, dipped in salt and water, and then wiped dry. The salt prevents the straw from turning yellow. That buttermilk is excellent for cleaning sponges. Steep the sponge in the milk for some hours, then squeeze it out, and wash it in cold water. Lemon juice is also good.

That tea leaves, used for keeping down the dust when sweeping carpets, are apt to stain light colors ; salt is the best in the winter, and new-mowD hayin the summer.

That a piece of linen cloth dipped in turpentine and wrapped round the toe on which a sofc corn is situated will give relief, and after a few days the corn will disappear. That the white of an egg into which a piece of alum about the size of a walnut has been stewed until it forms a jelly, is a capital remedy for sprains. It should be laid over the sprain upon a piece of lint, and be changed as often as it becomes dry.