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TO KEEP CUTLERY FROM RUST.--Wipe dry, and wrap in coarse brown paper.
DRAINS.--Chloride of lime dissolved in water should occasionally be poured down
the drains.
TO REMOVE A TIGHT GLASS STOPPER.--Apply a cloth wet in hot water to the neck of
the bottle; or wind a cord around once, and "saw" back and forth a few times.
This will heat and expand the neck of the bottle.
RUST ON STEEL IMPLEMENTS OR KNIVES.--Cover the steel with sweet oil, rubbing it
on well. Let it remain for forty-eight hours, and then, using finely powdered
unslaked lime, rub the steel until all the rust has disappeared.
TO PRESERVE LAMP CHIMNEYS FROM BREAKING.--Place a cloth in the bottom of a large
pan, fill the pan with cold water, and place new chimney in it; cover the pan,
and let its contents boil one hour; take from fire, and let chimney remain in
the water until it is cold.
CEMENT FOR KNIFE HANDLES. --Set handle on end, and partly fill cavity with
powdered resin, chopped hair or tow, chalk, whiting, or quicklime; heat the
spike of the knife and force it in to its place.
Equal parts of sulphur, resin, and brick-dust also make an excellent cement.
WATER--boiled in galvanized iron becomes poisonous, and cold water passed
through zinc-lined iron pipes, should never be used for cooking or drinking. Hot
water for cooking, should never be taken from hot-water pipes; take from
cold-water pipes, and keep a supply heated for use in kettles.
TABLE COVER--to be thrown over table after it is set, is best made of calico.
Pink mosquito netting is handsomer, but does not keep off dust when the table is
set for next meal immediately after the dishes are washed--the most convenient
plan where the dining room is not need for other purposes.
CABBAGE WATER.--Be careful that no cabbage water is poured down the kitchen
sink, as the smell of it--a singularly unpleasant one--is so strong that it will
penetrate all over the house, and produce the suspicion of a bad drain. The
water in which any kind of cabbage has been boiled, should be thrown away out of
doors, in a distant corner of the garden, if possible.
A GOOD WAY TO MEND GLASS. --Pound flint-glass as fine as it can possibly be made
on a painter's stone, and mix it with the unbeaten white of an egg. Rub the
mixture on the clean edges of the broken glass, place them carefully together,
and, where it can be done, bind together with a string. Set aside for some days
or weeks, and one can scarcely discern that there was ever a crack in the bowl
or dish.
TO CLEAN COFFEE OR TEA-POTS.--Musty coffee-pots and tea-pots may be cleaned and
sweetened by putting a good quantity of wood ashes into them and filling up with
cold water. Set on the stove to heat gradually till the water boils. Let it boil
a short time, then set aside to cool, when the inside should be faithfully
washed and scrubbed in hot soap-suds, using a small brush that every spot may be
reached; then scald two or three times, and wipe till well dried. Pots and pans
or plates that have been used for baking and grown rancid, may be cleansed in
the same way. Put the plates into a pan with wood ashes and cold water, and
proceed as above stated. If no wood ashes can be had, take soda. Pie-plates and
baking dishes cleaned after this fashion will keep sweet all the time.
TO WASH PRESERVE JARS.--Preserve jars or bottles should be carefully washed as
soon as emptied, taking care that the stoppers and covers have their share of
attention. It is well to put soda or ammonia into the jars or
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