The bee., 1883-04-14
Household Hints,

How TO CLEAN WALL PAPER.-To
clean wall paper, take off the dust with
soft cloth. With little flour and
water make lump of very stiff dough,
and rub the wall gently downward,
taking the length of the arm each
stroke, and in this way go round the
room. As the dough becomes dirty,
cut the soiled part off. In the seconi
ronud commence the StroXe little above
where the last one ended, and be very
careful not to cross the paper or to go
up again. Ordinary papers cleaned in
this way will l)Ok fresh and bright,
and almost as good as new. Some
papers, however, and these most ex-
penSive ones, will not clean nicely; and
in order to ascertain whether a paper
can be cleaned nicely, it is best to try
it in some obscure corner, where it will
not be noticed if the result is unsatiS-
factory. If there be any broken places
in the wall, fill them with a mixture Of
equal a is of plaster of paris and
silver sand, made into paste with a
little water; then cover the place with
a lit lie piece of paper like the rest, if
it can be had.
How TO TAKE OUT SCREWS FROM
WooD WoRK.-One of the most SIM
pie and readieSt methods for loosening
arusted screw is to apply heat to the
head of the screw. A small bar or
rod Of iron, fat at the end, if reddenCd
in the fire and applied for couple OF
three minutes to the head Of the rusted
screw, will, as soon as it heats the
screw, render its withdrawal as easy
by the screw-driver as if it was only a
recently inserted screw. AS there is a
| kitchen poker in every house, that in
strument, if heated at its extremity,
and applied for few minutes to the
screw or screws, will do the required
work of loosening, and an ordinary
screw-driyer will do the rest, without
causing the least damage, trouble or
veXation of spirit. In all work above
tie common kind, where it is neces-
sary to use screws, and particularly in
hinge work and mountings, fancy fast
eningS and appliances affixed to join
cry of furniture work, we would ad-
wise the oilingsof screws or dipping
their points in grease before driving
them. This VIII render them more
easy to drive, and also to withdraw,
and it will undoubtedly retard for a
longer time the action of rusting.
New FRENCH METHOD OF WASH
ING.-A new system of wash ng las
lately been introduced il some French
towns which is worthy of special
mention. lis economy is SO great as
to greatly reduce the cost This is the
process: One kilo 1.-TWO pounds) of soap
is reduced with little water to sort
of pap, which, having been slightly
warmed, is cooIel in forty-five litres
(Ien gallons) of water, to which is adj
ded one spoonful Of turpentine oil and
two spoonfuls of ammonia; then the
mixture is agitated. Ehe water is
kept at a temperature which may be
borne by the hand. In this solution
the white clothes are put, and left
there for two hours before washing
them with soap, taking care in the
meantime to cover the tub. The solu-
tion may be warmed again and used
once more, but it viii be necessary tc
add half spoonful of turpentine and
another spoonful of ammi MA. Once
washed with soap the clothes are put
in warm water, and the blue is ap
piled This process, it is obvious
spares much time, much labor and
fuel, while it gives to the clothes 6
whiteness much superior to that OBJ
tanned by any other method. and the
destructive use of the washboard Oh
of pounding is not necessary to clean
the clothes from the impurities which