Granite ware should not be left to dry over a hot fire, as the heat in expanding, may cause the outside to scale.

A small dish of charcoal placed in your meat larder will keep the articles sweet and whole-some.

Charcoal is a splendid disinfectant.

Cotton crepe cut into 1 yard lengths makes serviceable dish towls. They do not lint and give a fine polish to glass ware.

Before cleaning fish, dip them in hot water, and the scales will be very easily removed.

For applying tonic to the scalp, fill a small oil can with the tonic, part the hair in strands and apply the tonic directly to the scalp.

To clean steel on oven doors, rub briskly while the steel is warm with a soft cloth dipped in vinegar.

To clean a rusty gas oven, saturate a woolen cloth with linseed oil, and rub over the entire oven till the rust disappears. Then rub with a clean dry cloth. Wash the burners and racks in hot washing soda, and suds; turn on the oven burners and dry out the range well before turning them off. Do this once a month and the range will last longer and bake better.

Shoe leather stains on white stockings may be removed by applying oxolic acid, diluted with water, in the proportion of half an ounce of acid to a pint of water. Rinse and repeat until the stain is gone. Wash afterwards, very thoroughly.

In purchasing canned goods examine the cans carefully, and if the sides bulge outside, reject them, as this denotes the presence of gas which renders the contents unfit for food.

To make silk stockings wear longer, darn the heel and toes before wearing. The darning will wear off first, and then can be pulled out and re-darned.

To prevent custard from curdling, put the cus-tard cups into a pan half filled with cold water, instead of hot. The custard will heat more gradually and it will be firm without a drop of whey.