Bronzing Shoes

Black shoes may be bronzed by a Strong solution of aniline red in alcohol.

Black Varnish For Shoes

Take 10 parts, by weight, of shellac, and 5 of turpentine. Dissolve in 40 parts alcohol, in which fluid should be previously dissolved 1 part extract of logwood, with Borne neutral chromate of potassa and sulphate of indigo. This varnish is to be kept in well-stoppered bottles.

Sidewalks, Slippery, Put on hot sand instead of ashes.

Sii.k. Washing. The way to wash silk is to spread it smoothly upon a clean board, rub white soap upon it. and brush it with a clean hand-brush.

Silver, To (dean. A strong solution of hyposulphite of soda is useful for this purpose.

How To Clean Etc. Silk

A teaspoouful of powdered borax dissolved in 1 qt. tepid water is good for cleaning old black dresses of silk, cashmere, or alpaca.

How To Keep Bright Silver-Plate

Warm the articles, and coat carefully over with thin collodion diluted with alcohol, using a wide soft brush for the purpose.

Adulteration Of Soap By Starch

This is detected by dissolving the soap in alcohol, which leaves the starch behind.

How To Make Gall Soap

Gall soap, excellent for washing silks and ribbons, may be made by heating 1 lb. cocoanut-oil to 60° Fahr., into which 1/2 lb. caustic soda is gradually stirred. To this 1/2 lb. Venice turpentine, previously warmed in another vessel, is added. The kettle is allowed to stand for four hours, subject to a gentle heat, after which the fire is increased until the contents are perfectly clear. One pound ox-gall, followed by 2 lbs. castile-soap, is then mixed in, and the whole allowed to cool, when it may be cut into cakes.

How To Prevent Crumbling Hard Soap

Dip the bars in a mixture of resin-soap, beef-tallow, and wax.

How To Remove Tattoo-Marks On The Skin

Blister the part with a plaster a little larger than the mark; then keep the place open for a week with an ointment; finally, dress it to get well. As the new skin grows, the tattoo-marks will disappear.

How To Remove Tar-Spots

Butter will remove tar-spots. Soap and water will afterward take out the grease-stain.

How To Prevent Rust Forming Inside Tea-Kettle

Keep an oyster-shell in the bottom of the kettle; and when water is wanted, pour off without agitating the vessel. Be careful also not to let the water stand in the vessel when not in use

Extracting Teeth, Simple Method Of, For Children

The operation consists in simply slipping a rubber ring over the tooth and forcing it gently under the edge of the gum. The patient is then dismissed, and told not to remove the appendage, which in a few days loosens the tooth, and causes it to fall out.

Scouring Tin

Kerosene and powdered lime, whiting, or wood-ashes, will scour tins with the least labor.

Toothache-Saturate a bit of cotton wool in a strong solution of ammonia, and apply it immediately to the affected tooth.