Useful Hints

An exchange crowds a good deal oí practieal information into a small space a follows : Wlien ivory-handled knives turn yellow, rubthem witli nice sand-paper or emery; itwilltake olïal] the spots and restore their whiteness Silk-pocket-handkerehiefs, and deepblue factory cotton will not fade, if dipped in salt and water while new. ïortoise-sliell and hom combs last much longer for having oil rubbed Into them once in a while. Waah-leather gloves should be washed in clean suds scarcely warm. It is a good plan to put new earthenware into cold water and let it heat grauually until it boils ; thcn cool again. Brown earthenware in particular may be toughened in this way. A handt' ui of rye or wheat bran thrown in while it is boiling will preserve the glazing so that it will not be destroyed by acid or salt. Do not sweep carpets any oftener than is absolutely necessary. After dinner sweep the crumbs into a dus tin er nan with your hearth brusli ; and, it' you have been sewing, piek up the shreds by hand. A carpet can be kept very neat in tliis way ; and a broom wears it very mucli. Spirits of turpentine is good to take grease spots out of woollen clothes, to take spots of paint from niahogany furniture, and to cleanse vvhite-kid gloves. Cockro.iclies and all vermin have an aversión to spirits of turpentine. Inaian meal should be kept in a cool place, and stirred open to the air once in a while. A large stone put in the middle of a barrel of meal is a good thing to keep it cool. A warming pan full of coals, or a shovel of coals, held over varnished furniture will take out white spots. Care should be taken not to hold the coals near enough to scorch, and the place should be rubbed with flannel while warm. Woollens should be washed in very hot suds and not rinsed. Lukewarm water shrinks theru. Never iron fiannels. Silk. or anything tliat has silk in it, should be washed in water almostcold. Hot water turns silk alniost yellow. It may be washed in suds made of nice white soap; but no soap should be put upon it. Avoid tlie use of hot irons in smoothing silk. Either rub the articles dry with a soft clotli, or put theni between towels, and press them with weights. Bottles tliat have been used for rosewater should be used for nothing else ; if scalded ever so much, they will kill the spirit of what is put in them. Do not wrap knives and (orles in woollens. Wrap them in good, strong paper. Steel isinjured by lying in woollens.