=To cleanse or renovate Furniture.=—White spots on furniture remove by camphene, or sometimes by oil or spirits of turpentine. Remove mortarspots with warm vinegar, and paint-spots with camphene or burning-fluid. Powdered pumice-stone is better than sand to clean paint. To polish _unvarnished_ furniture, rub on two ounces of bees-wax, half an ounce of alconet root, melted together, and, when cooled, two ounces of spirits of wine, and half a pint of spirits of turpentine. =To clean Silver.=—Wet whiting with liquid hartshorn, and this will remove black spots. Or boil half an ounce of pulverized hartshorn in a pint of water, and pour it into rags, dry them, and use to cleanse silver. Polish with wash-leather. =To cleanse Wall-Paper.=—Wipe with a clean pillow-case on a broom, and brush gently. Rub bad spots with soft bread-crumbs gently. =To Purify a Well.=—Get out the water, and then put in three or four quarts of quick-lime. Any well long unused should be thus cleansed. =How to treat Roses and other Plants.=—Water them daily with water steeped in wood-ashes. To destroy slugs, scatter ashes over the plant at night before the dew falls, or before a coming shower. Water all plants with washing-day suds, and it makes them flourish. Scatter salt in gravel-walks to get out grass and weeds. Use old brine for this purpose. Use sawdust to manure plants; also wood-ashes; even that used to make lye is good. =Easy Way to keep Grapes.=—When not dead ripe, have them free from dampness, take out the decayed, and wrap each bunch in cotton, putting only two layers in a box. Keep in a dry, cool room, where they will not freeze. =Snow for Eggs.=—Two table-spoonfuls of snow strewed in quickly, and baked immediately, is equal to one egg in puddings or pan-cakes. =Paper to keep Preserves.=—Soft paper dipped in the white of an egg is the best cover for jellies and pickles. Turn it over the rim. =To make Butter cool in hot Weather.=—Set it on a bit of brick, cover with a flower-pot, and wrap a wet cloth around the pot. The evaporation cools it as well as ice. =To stop Cracks in Iron.=—Mix ashes and common salt and a little water, and fill the cracks. =To stop Creaking Hinges.=—Put on oil. =To stop Creaking Doors and make Drawers slide easily=.—Rub on hard soap. =To renovate Black Silk.=—Wash in cold tea or coffee, with a little sugar in them. Put in a little ink if very rusty. Drain and do not wring, and iron on the wrong side. =Another Way to clean Kid Gloves.=—Rub them lightly with benzine, and, as they dry, with pearl-powder. Expose to the air to remove the smell. =To remove Grease-Spots.=—Put an ounce of powdered borax to a quart of boiling water. Wash with this, and keep it corked for further use.