=Bites and Stings=: Stings from wasps, bees, and ants need treatment with fruit acids—bathe in vinegar or apply a slice of raw apple or peach or a crushed grape. Instant sucking removes part of the poison and relieves the pain to a degree. Always suck bites, as of spiders, unless there are abrasions of tongue and lips. After sucking bathe freely with fresh peroxide of hydrogen, boracic acid, or sugar-of-lead water. A leaf of green plantain, well bruised, bound on a bite or sting when nothing else is at hand keeps down inflammation and mitigates pain. In case of stings make sure the sting proper has not been left in the wound, since its presence might induce blood poisoning. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ INDEX ACID POISONING, 197. Adaptation of old garments, 108. Antidotes, 196-198. Antique furniture, care of, 66; restoring, 62-65. Ants, how to get rid of, 177. Aprons, laundry, 11. Arsenic, antidote for, 198. Asphalt spots, 122. Asphyxiation, 193. BANDAGES, 21-22. Basting clothes, 101. Bed bugs, to prevent, 170. Bed clothes, mending, 85. Beef, how to choose, 134. Bichloride of mercury, 165. Birds, care of, 185. Bisulphide of lime, 166. Bites and stings, 199. Blanket box, 175. Blazing fat, how to put out, 192. Bleaching, 2-3. Blood, to stanch, 22-23. Bluestone, 164. Books, mending, 80. Borax, 163. Bordeaux mixture, 165. Buckwheat flour, 131. Burlaps, 34. Burns, 194. Butter, how to choose, 133. Brass, care of, 67, 126. Breaks and dislocations, 194. Bric-à-brac, mending, 79. Brick dust, 46. Bronze, care of, 126. Brooms, 42. Broom bags, 42. Brushes, 42, 46. CAKE, how to keep, 143. Calcimine, 39, 50. Canaries, care of, 186. Canning, 139. Carpets, cleaning, 29-30; mending, 90. Cats, care of, 183. Cavies, care of, 184. Ceilings, 30, 38-39. Cement, 53-54. Charcoal, 163. Cheese, how to choose and keep, 134. Chimney blazes, how to put out, 192. China, mending, 75; washing, 56. Chloride-of-lime water, 55. Chloroform poisoning, 196. Cleaning floors and rugs, 28-30. Cloth, washing, 105. Clothes drainer, 45. Coarse mending, 84. Coffee, how to choose and keep, 132. Collars, how to do up, 5-7. Contagion, 19-20. Copper, care of, 126. Copperas, 163. Copperas water, 55. Cornmeal, 130. Cottons, testing, 97. Cracks, filling, 27. Cretonne, 34. Cuffs, how to do up, 5-7. Curtains, how to do up, 8-9. Cutting out clothes, 99. Cuttings, to start plant, 158. DARNING, 81, 88. Disinfection, 20. Disinfectants, 55, 163-178. Dogs, care of, 179. Dust cloths, 43. Dust swabs, 43. Dyeing, 103. EARTH WORMS, 157. Eggs, how to test, 144. Emergencies, what to do in, 192-199. Enameled iron, 71. FAINTING, 193. Ferns, 151. Fertilizers, 153. Fillers for new wood, 47. Fleas, how to prevent, 170.