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Leaks in waste pipes:--Shut yourself into a room from which the pipe starts. Put
two or three ounces of oil of peppermint into a pail of boiling hot water and
pour down the pipe. Another person who has not yet inhaled the strong odor
should follow the course of the pipe through the house. The peppermint will be
pretty sure to discover a break that even an expert plumber might overlook.
--The Examiner.
MANAGEMENT OF STOVES.
If the fire in a stove has plenty of fresh coals on top not yet burned through
it will need only a little shaking to start it up; but if the fire looks dying
and the coals look white, don't shake it. When it has drawn till it is red
again, if there is much ash and little fire, put coals on very carefully. A mere
handful of fire can be coaxed back to life by adding another handful or so of
new coals on the red spot, and giving plenty of draught, but don't shake a dying
fire, or you lose it. This management is often necessary after a warm spell,
when the stove has been kept dormant for days, though I hope you will not be so
unfortunate as to have a fire to coax up on a cold winter morning. They should
be arranged over night, so that all that is required is to open the draughts in
order to have a cheery glow in a few minutes.
--Good Housekeeping.
TO REMOVE INK FROM CARPETS.
When freshly spilled, ink can be removed from carpets by wetting in milk Take
cotton batting and soak up all of the ink that it will receive, being careful
not to let it spread. Then take fresh cotton, wet in milk, and sop it up
carefully. Repeat this operation, changing cotton and milk each time. After most
of the ink has been taken up in this way, with fresh cotton and clean, rub the
spot. Continue till all disappears; then wash the spot in clean warm water and a
little soap; rinse in clear water and rub till nearly dry. If the ink is dried
in, we know of no way that will not take the color from the carpet as well as
the ink, unless the ink is on a white spot. In that case, salts of lemon, or
soft soap, starch, and lemon juice, will remove the ink as easily as if on
cotton.
TO TAKE RUST OUT OF STEEL.
If possible, place the article in a bowl containing kerosene oil, or wrap the
steel up in a soft cloth well-saturated with kerosene; let it remain twenty-four
hours or longer; then scour the rusty spots with brick dust; if badly rusted,
use salt wet with hot vinegar; after scouring rinse every particle of brick dust
or salt off with boiling hot water; dry thoroughly with flannel cloths, and
place
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