is excellent
to wipe off plate glass and mirrors, and prevents their becoming
frosty in winter.

A red-hot iron will soften old putty so that it can be easily removed.

_To Test Nutmegs:_--Prick them with a pin; if good, the oil will
instantly spread around the puncture.

_A Good Way to Clean Mica_ in a stove that has become blackened with
smoke, is to take it out, and thoroughly wash it with vinegar. If the
black does not come off at once, let it soak a little.

_To Banish Rats from the Premises_, use pounded glass mixed with dry
corn meal, placed within their reach. Sprinkling cayenne pepper in
their holes will also banish them. Chloride of lime is an infallible
remedy, spread around where they come, and thrown into their holes; it
should be renewed once in two weeks. Tar is also a good remedy.

_To Prevent the Odor of Boiling Ham or Cabbage:_--Throw red pepper
pods or a few bits of charcoal into the pan they are cooking in.

_To Brighten Gilt Frames:_--Take sufficient flour of sulphur to give a
golden tinge to about one and one-half pints of water, and in this
boil four or five bruised onions, or garlic, which will answer the
same purpose. Strain off the liquid, and with it, when cold, wash with
a soft brush any gilding which requires restoring, and when dry, it
will come out as bright as new work.

All cooking utensils, including iron-ware, should be washed outside
and inside in hot, soapy water; rinsed in clean, hot water, wiped dry
with a dry towel; a soapy or greasy dish-cloth should never be used
for the purpose.

A cake of sapolio should be kept in every kitchen, to be used freely
on all dishes that require scouring and cleansing. All tins that have
become discolored can be made as bright and clean as new by the use of
sapolio; also shines dishes; and, in fact, almost all articles that
require any scouring. Purchased at all groceries. One of the most
useful articles ever used in the kitchen.

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TOILET RECIPES, ITEMS.

COLOGNE WATER. (Superior.)

Oil of lavender two drachms, oil of rosemary one drachm and a half,
orange, lemon and bergamot, one drachm each of the oil; also two
drachms of the essence of musk, attar of rose ten drops, and a pint of
proof spirit. Shake all together thoroughly three times a day for a
week.

JOCKEY CLUB BOUQUET.

Mix one pint extract of rose, one pint extract of tuberose, half a
pint of extract of cassia, four ounces extract of jasmine, and