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RUST IN IRON. -Kerosene-oil will remove it.

TO SCOUR TINS. - Use whiting moistened with kerosene. MELTED SNOw-produces oneeighth of its bulk in water .

TO REMOVE FINGER-RING. -Hold hand in very cold water .

SQUEAKING Boors.-Drive a peg into the middle of the sole. peg into the middle of the sole.

WHEN TO PAINT. -Oil-paint lasts longer when put on in autumn.

MOROCCO LEATHER-may be restored with a varnish of white of an egg. restored with a varnish of white of an egg.

TO DRIVE NAILS. -Nails dipped in soap will drive easily in hard wood.

LEAKY ROOFs. - A cement made of sand and white-lead paint will stop leaks.

TO KEEP OFF FLIES.-Paint walls or rub over picture frames with laurel-oil. DOOR-LATCHES AND LOCKS-will work easily and quietly if oiled occasionally. SEALING WAX-is made of two parts of beeswax and one of resin, melted together.

TO CLEAN ERMINE. -Rub with corn-meal, renewing the meal as it becomes soiled. PAINT.-New woodwork requires one pound of paint to the square yard, for three coats.

TO CLEAN STEEL. - Unslaked lime cleans small articles of polished steel -like buckles, etc.

TO HARDEN WOOD.-Cut the wood in the shape desired, and boil eight minutes in olive-oil.

TO CLEAN RUSSIA IRON, mix blacking with kerosene, and it will look nearly as well as new.

COAL FIRE. If your coal fire is low, throw on a tablespoon of salt and it will help it very much.

INK SPOTS ON BOOKS. - A solution of oxalic acid will remove them without injuring the print. LEAKS ABOUT CHIMNEYS-may be stopped by a cement made of coal-tar and sand, neatly applied.

POSTAGE STAMPS-will stick, and not turn up at the corners, if the face is wet after applying them.

IN BEATING EGGS.-Do not have one particle of the yolks with the whites, for if so they will not froth nicely.

BERRY STAINS. -The fumes of a brimstone match will remove berry stains from a book, paper or engraving.

MICE.-Pumpkin seeds are very attractive to mice, and traps baited with them will soon destroy this little pest.

DRY PAINT is removed by dipping a swab with a handle in a strong solution of oxalic acid. It softens it at once. TO KEEP WALKS CLEAN. - Sprinkle with weak brine through a watersprinkler, or scatter salt along the walks.

TO CLEAN BLACK KIDS.-Add a few drops of ink to a tea-spoon of saladoil; rub on with a feather, and dry in the sun. SHINGLES.-Dip well-seasoned shingles in lime, wash and dry before lay. ing. and they will last longer and never take on moss. 661) .

TO CLEAN WELLS OF FOUL AIR. -Throw down a peck of unslaked lime. The heat produced carries out the foul air with a rush. heat produced carries out the foul air with a rush.

WHEN A CHIMNEY TAKES FIRE-throw salt on the fire, and shut off the draught as much as possible, and it will burn out slowly.

DISH-WATER AND SOAP-SUDS-poured about the roots of young fruit-trees, currant and raspberry bushes, etc., facilitate their growth.

CHEAP PAINT FOR IRON FENCING. - Tar mixed with yellow-ochre makes an excellent green paint for coarse woodwork or iron fencing. excellent green paint for coarse woodwork or iron fencing.

DIRTY COAT-COLLARS. - Apply benzine, and, after an hour or more, when the grease has become softened, rub it or remove with soap-suds. grease has become softened, rub it or remove with soap-suds.

TO CLEAN KETTLES easily, pour a little hot water in them and put a cover on; the steam will soften the dirt SO that it may be easily removed. ; the steam will soften the dirt so that it may be easily removed.

ONION ODORS. - When cooking onions, set a tin-cup of vinegar on the stove and let it boil, and it is said you will smell no disagreeable odor. and let it boil, and it is said you will smell no disagreeable odor.

TO SOFTEN LEATHER. -The best oil for making boots and harness leather soft and pliable, is castor-oil. It is also excellent for greasing vehicies. and pliable, is castor-oil. It is also excellent for greasing vehicles.

COLOR OF PAINT FOR TOOLS.-Tools exposed to the sun should be painted with light-colored paints, as they reflect instead of absorbing the heat. light-colored paints, as they reflect instead of absorbing the heat.

GLUE.-Powdered chalk added to glue strengthens it. glue with two quarts skimmed milk, and it will resist the action of water. Boil one pound