Brooms become very brittle in this dry atmosphere; dipping them in hot suds every week will toughen them, so they will last much longer.

Cut old boot tops into pieces the right size, cover with calico, and you have a holder that will not heat the hand.

JAVELLE WATER.

TO BLEACH AND REMOVE STAINS.

Four pounds sal-soda, one pound chloride of lime, one gallon water.

Heat the sal soda in a vessel over the fire, add the water boiling.

Boil ten minutes. Add the chloride of lime, having first reduced it to powder. When cold, bottle and cork the mixture. Rinse well after using.

CLEANING FLUID.

Sulphuric ether, one drachm; chloroform, one drachm; alcohol, two drachms; deodorized benzine, two pints; oil of wintergreen, two drachms. Nice for cleaning kid gloves, grease spots, etc.

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