Magic Cleansing Fluid. Three oz. castile soap, dissolve in 3 oz. water, 3 oz. ammonia. 2 oz. ether, 2 oz. glycerine, 3 oz. alcohol, enough water to make 2 pints. Apply to spots with a sponge. One teaspoon of this solution beaten with the yolk of an egg and 1 teaspoon of borax makes an excellent shampoo for the hair.

When making meringue use granulated sugar in preference to powdered sugar.

For peanut sandwiches, mash the peanuts to a powder, season with salt and moisten with cream.

If potatoes are boiled in their skins and the skins removed just before taking to table, it will save much waste.

Small linen articles can be bleached by soaking in a qt. of water, to which is added 1 teaspoon of cream of tartar.

Go over the zinc under the kitchen stove once a day with a cloth dampened in kerosene and it will always be bright.

Saffron added to the wrinsing water will make ecru curtains look much better than coffee.

Clean plate glass with alcohol.

Keep a little rice in the salt shaker to prevent the salt from caking.

Sun spots will appear on mirrors if the sunlight strikes the glass, and nothing will remedy the defect.

A week's solution of oxalic acid will remove iron rust.

Chloroform and oil of cloves will cure toothache instantly, will also cure earache if placed on cotton and put in the ear.

The day when you are cooking, baking and devoting most of the time to the kitchen, have a holder attached to the apron band by means of a tape This little device will help through the whole day's work.

Spinach is much better than mineral water for kidney derangements.

To clean enamel tubs rub thoroughly with a cloth dipped in turpentine and salt. Rinse and the tub is like new.

To remove cream spots from embroidered center pieces dampen the spots with ammonia, full strength, lay a blotting paper upon it and iron.

Apply mud to the stings of a nettle, bees and' other insects.

Rub chapped hands with good cider vinegar.

Tooth powder may be prepared at home at a small cost. Two oz. prepared chalk, 1-2 oz. powdered orris root, 1-4 oz. carbonate of soda. Mix and pass through a sieve.

To wash black and white silk use rain water with a good handful of salt added. Make a good lather of warm water, wrinse quickly, fold up in a cloth to dry. It should be ironed on the wrong side while still damp.

Milk will keep much longer in a kettle that is larger at the top than at the bottom.

Borax has many domestic uses. It will soften hard water, is very useful in washing clothes, and if properly used will greatly reduce the amount of soap required. It does not injure the hands or clothes as sal soda does. It will drive away cockroaches if sprinkled in their haunts every day for a week or so.

Always dry umbrellas shut up with the handles down, for dried open the silk will stiffen and crack. If the handle is up, the water will gather at the lowest point and rot the silk.

For mosquito bites, touch the spot with a little ammonia.

Rancid butter may be sweetened by boiling it with an equal amount of water, to which has been added a pinch of soda. Set away to cool over night. Take off the butter and use it in any dish, no matter how delicate the flavoring.

As salt will curdle any milk if allowed to stand, do not add it to any milk preparation until time to serve.

Powder up egg shells to clean tall vases, glass water bottles. etc.

To keep cream 48 hours or longer, add a little sugar and scald it in a double boiler, cool as quickly as possible in a wide vessel.