Arizona weekly enterprise., 1882-02-11
USEFUL HINTS.

To REMOVE mon-mold from linen Take some crystallized citric acid (acid of lemons), pound a small quantity to fine powder, and apply it to the spot; drop some hot water on and rub 1t in upon pewter plate over a stove until the oxide of iron unites with the acid, when little warm water washes all out.
 LET the sun have free access to the inside of the whole house at some time during the day, and keep shutters, blinds and windows open except when it is necessary to exclude it. Never mind faded carpets they are not so bad as faded cheeks, and these can not be avoided without fresh air and ample day light.
 THE following is said to be an excel lent powder for cleaning the teeth Powdered willow charcoal four ounces; cinchona bark and sugar of milk each one pound old transparent soap in powder four ounces mix in a marble mortar, sift through the finest bolting cloth, and perfume with altar of orange flower one ounce.
 THE following is an excellent recipe for keeping moths out of clothing: Mix half pint of alcohol, the same quantity of tur- pentine and two ounces of camphor i; keep 1t in stone bottle. and shake well before using. The clothes or furs are to be wrapped in linen and crumpled-up pieces of blotting-paper dipped in the liquid are to be placed in the box with them so that it smells strong. This re- quires renewing about once year.
 LES MODES gives the following old recipe for testing the age of eggs, which, it thinks, seems to have been forgotten :: Dissolve 120 grammes of common salt in liter of water. An egg put in this solution on the day it is laid will sink to the bottom one day old will not quite reach to the bottom of the vessel an egg days old will swim in the liquid. while one more than days old will swim on the surface.
 No ONE knows until she has worn one what a convenience a sewing apron is. | Cut small round apron of calico or any 1 other material which you choose, make 8 deep pocket across the bottom, in which scissors, thimbls and thread may slip when you are obliged to rise and leave your sewing for short time. The large pocket may be divided by stitch | luS tA0 huO ou4dJl6T pockets may be added at the top.
 A BOSTON housekeeper suggests way to decide when buyer gets butter that is spelled with "B" and when it is commenced with an 70 :" Take a knife any kind or shape will do-and scrape the butter(O gently, but with a firm touch, two or three times then hold it up to the light to discover if there be any fuzz hanging thereto; or cut off a piece and hold it in the same position. By doing thus the writer of this has ound fuzz varying in length from an eighth of an inch to an inch in length. This Is your suet butter, the hated "oleo." Good butter never shows these signs of weakness. Try it and be con- vinced.
 MANY people have to leave their hous- es for time, during which period, es- pecially in damp seasons, not only the furniture, but also the walls and the pa- per on them are liable to get damaged by the moisture in the atmosphere This can be avoided in a simple manner Before leaving the house the rooms con- taining furniture ought to be well fast ened up. to exclude as much of the outer air as possible dish of dry chloride of lime should then be placed in the mid dle of the apartment, and inside another large empty vessel, intended to receive the water flowing out of the former. The well-dried chloride of lime has such an affinity for water that it will attract al the moisture contained in the room and keep the air perfectly dry. so that no harm can occur to either furniture, books, papers, etc. Care must only be taken to open doors and windows when the apartments are to be occupied, as the dry air is not good for breathing.