How To Prevent Shrinking Of Tubs And Pails

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How To Make Vinegar From Molasses

Vinegar may he made by mixing 16 parts pure water, 1 part syrup of molasses, and 1 part baker's yeast at a temperature of about 800 Fahr, , and keeping the compound in a warm atmosphere from ten to thirty days. A little oid vinegar, added on the second or third day. will aid the process.

Raspberry Vinegar

Pour over 1 lb. bruised berries, 1 qt. of the best cider vinegar; next day, strain the liquor on 1 lb. of fresh ripe raspberries, bruise them also, and on the following day do the same. Do not squeeze the fruit, only drain the liquor thoroughly. Put the juice into a stone jar, and add sugar in proportion of 1 lb. to a pint. When the sugar is melted, place the jars in a saucepan of water, which heat; skim the liquor, and after it has simmered for a few minutes, remove from the fire, cover, and bottle.

Washing Colored Fabrics

Before washing almost any colored fabrics, soak them in water, to each gallon of which a spoonful of ox-gall has been added. A teacupful of lye in a pail of water is said to improve the color of black goods. A strong tea of common hay will improve the color of French linens. Vinegar in the rinsing water, for pink and green, will brighten those colors; and soda answers the same end for both purple and blue.

Wall-Paper, Removing stains on.~-Stains on wall-paper can be cut out with a sharp penknife, and a piece of paper so nicely inserted that no one can see the patch.

Cure For Warts

Rubbing warts, night and morning, with a moistened piece of muriate of ammonia is said to cause their disappearance without pain or a scar resulting.

Ventilating Pipes For Water-Closets

Extend pipes from water-closet traps, or one (larger) from the main waste-pipe, into the nearest chimneys. The pestilent gases will thus be carried off instead of being allowed to escape into the house. Water, Hard, To Soften .Boil or add a small quantity of quicklime mixed to a cream with water.

How To Purify Water From Smoke

Enough Permanganate Of Potassa Is Added To Give The Faintest Possible Tinge To The Water. After Standing 24 Hours, The Impurities Will All Be Precipitated. Wounds, Cut. A wound made by a knife or other sharp instrument is best healed by bringing the edges together and putting on a bandage which will not exclude the air. Nature will work the cure, if the person be healthy, much better than any salve or ointment.

How To Raise Water-Lilies

Water-lilies may be raised about one's house by the following method: Sink in the ground the half of an old cask, and cover the bottom with peat and swamp mud, and then fill with water. Dig the lily roots early in the spring, and place them in the earth at the bottom of the tub.