SWEETENING STONE JARS

"Having some stone jars in which lard had been placed until they became unfit for use, I made perfectly sweet by packing them full of fresh earth, and letting it remain two or three weeks. I suspect this course would be equally effective in any case of foul earthen or stone- ware."

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RANCID BUTTER

May be remedied by patting in a saucepan and scald- ing; ilien put in a piece of toasted bread which will absorb all the bad part of the batter ; pour oif carefally into a clean dish, from the dark sediment which will be found in the bottom of the saucepan.

A IJSEFIJI. DRUO.

Ammonia, or as it is generally called spirits of harts- horn, is a powerful alkali, and dissolves grease and dirt 'with great ease. For washing paint, put a tea- spoonful in a quart of moderately hot water ; dip in a flannel cloth and then wipe off the woodwork; no scrubbing will be necessary. For taking grease spots from an}^ fabric, use the ammonia nearly pure; then lay white blotting paper over the spot; then iron it lightly. In washing lace, put about twelve drops in a phit of warm suds. To clean silver, mix two teaspoon- fuls of ammonia in a quart of hot suds. Put in your silverware and wash; using an old nail brush or tooth brush for the pui-pose. For cleaning hair brushes, etc., simply shake the brushes up and down in a mixture of a tablespoonful of ammonia to one pint of hot water ; when they are cleansed, rinse them in cold water and stand them in the wind or in a hot place to dry ; and for taking out the red stains produced by the strong acids in blue and black cloths, there is nothing better than ammonia.

TO CI.EAN HAIR BRUSHES.

Do not use soap, but put a tablespoon of hartshorn into the water, having it only tepid, and dip up and down until clean; then dry with the brushes down, and they will be like new ones. If you do not have ammo- nia, use soda ; a teaspoon ful dissolved in the water will do very well.

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Nails dipped in soap, will drive easily in hard wood.

Mica windows in stoves, when smoked, are readily cleaned by taking out and thoroughly washing with vinegar, a little diluted. If the black does not come off at once, let it soak a little.

White clothes may be whitened in washing, by boil- ing a teaspoonful of turpentine with them.

A little borax put in the water in which scarlet napkins and red bordered towels are to be washed, will prevent them from fading.

A small quantity of diluted vitriol will take stains out of marble. Wet the spots with the acid, and in a few minutes rub briskly with a soft linen cloth till they disappear.

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LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS,

Mrs. W. C. Arline, Fayette. Mrs.

" E. W. Bedford, Fayette. "

Miss Ada B. Beck, Fayette. "

Mrs. T. R. Betts, Fayette.

Judge T. R. Betts, Fayette. Miss

Mrs. Lucy Boone, Jefferson City. Mrs.

" George Boughner, Fayette. "

" G. Bower, Fayette. "

" W. T. Bowling, Fayette. "

" M. J. Breaker, Fayette. Miss

" M. Bridges, Fayette. Mrs.

" Mittie C. Burton, Fayette. "

" Russel Caples, Glasgow. "

" Evelina Carson, Fayette. Miss

Miss Helen Georgia Carson, Fayette. Mrs.

Mrs. Mamie White Chinn, Franklin. " " R. C. Clark, Fayette.

" Lankford Cook, Fayette. Miss

" Samuel Copp, St. Louis. Mrs.

" J. H. Crump, Fayette. "

" Dr. C. Darby, St. Joseph. "

Miss Gabie Darby, Howard Co. Miss

*' Pensie Darby, Howard Co. "

Miss Emma Davis, Fayette. Mrs.

Mrs. J. Dickerson, Fayette. " " Bettie Tutt Dunaway, Oswego, Ks.Miss

" Martha Elliott, Howard Co. "

" John Ervin, Fayette. ''

« J. R. Estill, Estill. Mrs.

" N. C. Eubank, Fayette. "

'* Fannie Everett, Fayette. " " H. Everett, Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Miss Mattie Frazier, Fayette. "

Mrs. John Farrington, Howard Co. "

" CcJesar Ferguson, Fayette. " " J. R. Findley, St. Louis.

" Juliette Findley, Lexington. "

L. M. Findley, St. Louis J. H. Finks, Salisbury. Lizzie Fisher, Fayette Rebecca Ford, Kansas City. Bessie Gay, Fayette. Nettie Gannett, Fayette. Mary Gay, Fayette. H. K. Givens, Fayette. Odon Guitar, Columbia. Josephine Harrison, Denver, Col. M. Hendrix, Fayette. John Henry, Jefferson City. A. J. Herndon, Fayette. Lizzette Herndon, Fayette. H. K. Hinde, Howard Col., Fayette. L P. Hockaday, Columbia. George Holley, Armstrong. Marie Howard, Batavia, N. Y. Romeo Hughes, Fayette. L. N. Jackson, Monroe City. M. E. Jackson, Fayette. Mary Jackson, Fayette. Cora Jones, Syracuse, N. Y. N. O. Jones, Syracuse, N. Y. Jacob Keyser, Fayette. Jennie Keyser, Fayette. Nannie Keyser, Fayette. Nellie Keyser, Fayette. J. W. Kilpatrick, Fayette. J. Kinney, Franklin. J. M. Kinney, Franklin. Klatt, Fayette.

Fratie Knickerbocker, Fayette. Nannie Lay, Jefferson City. Jeannette Leonard, Fayette. Elizabeth Major, Fayette. S. C. Major. Fayette.