If oil-cloth be occasionally rubbed with a mixture of beeswax and turpentine, it will last longer.

To Remove Mildew from Cloth:—­Put a teaspoonful of chloride of lime into a quart of water, strain it twice, then dip the mildewed places in this weak solution; lay in the sun; if the mildew has not disappeared when dry, repeat the operation.  Also soaking the article in sour milk and salt; then lay in the sun; repeat until all the mildew is out.

To Take Ink out of Linen:—­Dip the ink spot in pure melted tallow, then wash out the tallow and the ink will come out with it.  This is said to be unfailing.  Milk will remove ink from linen or colored muslins, when acids would be ruinous, by soaking the goods until the spot is very faint and then rubbing and rinsing in cold water.

Ink spots on floors can be extracted by scouring with sand wet in oil of vitriol and water.  When ink is removed, rinse with strong pearl-ash water.

To Toughen Lamp Chimneys and Glass-ware:—­Immerse the article in a pot filled with cold water, to which some common salt has been added.  Boil the water well, then cool slowly.  Glass treated in this way will resist any sudden change of temperature.

To Remove Paint from Window-glass:—­Rub it well with hot sharp vinegar.

To Clean Stove-pipe:—­A piece of zinc put on the live coals in the stove will clean out the stove-pipe.

Packing Bottles:—­India-rubber bands slipped over them will prevent breakage.

To Clean Ivory Ornaments:—­When ivory ornaments become yellow or dusky, wash them well in soap and water with a small brush, to clean the carvings, and then place them, while wet, in the sunshine.  Wet them with soapy water for two or three days, several times a day, still keeping them in the sunshine, then wash them again, and they will be perfectly white.

Stained Brass:—­Whiting wet with aqua ammonia, will cleanse brass from stains, and is excellent for polishing faucets and door-knobs of brass or silver.  “Sapolio” is still better.

Hartshorn applied to the stings of poisonous insects will allay the pain and stop the swelling; or apply oil of sassafras, which is better.  Bee stings should be treated in this way.

For Cleaning Glass Bottles:—­Crush egg-shells into small bits, or a few carpet tacks, or a small quantity of gunshot, put into the bottle; then fill one-half full of strong soap-suds; shake thoroughly, then rinse in clear water.  Will look like new.

Cutting off Glass Bottles for Clips and Jars:—­A simple, practical way is to take a red-hot poker with a pointed end; make a mark with a file to begin the cut; then apply the hot iron and a crack will start, which will follow the iron wherever it is carried.  This is, on the whole, simple, and better than the use of strings wet with turpentine, etc.

Cistern Water may be Purified by charcoal put in a bag and hung in the water.