The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-04
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

When your thread persists in knot ting unthread your needle and thread it from the other end. It will cease to trouble you.
 Stale macaroons. which can be E bought cheap at the bakers, make the tastiest addition to buildings and cus- tards, if pulverized and sprinkled over the top.
 To remove medicine stains from si1- yer, rub them with piece of flan- nel rag that has been dipped in suf' phuric acid, and then wash the aclc off with soapsuds.
 Should you spill hot fat on the floor Or a wooden table, pour cold water upou it at once. It can then be more easily scraped off, not having had time to sink into the wood.
 Freshness of eggs may be tested by putting them into water. A fresh egg will remain at the bottom, one not so fresh will float a little higher and a bad one will rise to the sur face.
 Folding coat hangers that fit in 8 flat leather case are novelties for the traveller, for which also are designed equally flat cases that contain fold ing Pullman slipper of soft leather.
 A handful of salt and a cupful of vinegar shaken up well in cloudy decanter will clean it like magic. Rinse we'll in hot water several times to remove all taste of salt. It will be beautifully clear and clean.
 Medium sized glass marbles drop ped into any kind of preserves or cat SUD. while cooking, will save stirring so often. as the marbles will roll with the boiling and many times save the scorching of preserve kettle.
 To remove iron stains from marble. wet the spots with either oil of vit- riol or with lemon juice, Or with OK allie acid diluted with spirits of wine, and after fifteen or twenty minutes r1b them dry with soft linen cloth.
 Elasticity is restored to rubber by soaking it in one part ammonia and two parts clear water until the desir- ed results are obtained. This is spe> cially true in the case of rings or other articles that have become stiff and brittle.
 of mice. but try this: When mice trouble you, hunt out their entrances to pantry or cupboard and plaster them with a mixture of melted Gust sofD laundry soap and red pepper. They will not come again.
 Take old fruit jar rubbers, break into bits and hold over hot fire on with a broad bladed knife, spread quickly over the leak. Wet your fling ar and rub till smooth. I have mend ed hot water bottles the same way. An old teapot is one of the best things to use for putting paraffine on iellies or preserves. Place the teapot into which you have put the paraffine on the stove, and when melted pour over the jelly Stand the teapot away and it is ready for future use.
 To clean a carpet sweeper remove the brush. and after taking off all the hairs and lint. rub it we'll with a cloth, wet in kerosene. Let the brush remain in the air until the odor has evaporated. The sweeper will leave the carpets and rugs looking much brighter after this treatment.
 Pillow slips made from tubing may be given a longer lease of life by re- versing the end seam. Rip the seam and turn half way around from the way it was at first, so that the for mer side folds are now in the center, then stitch up again. This gives a new surface for the heavier wear, and doubles the service of the pilloWslips
 Tighten your wringer as tight as possible then after a table cloth is we'll rinsed and folded even, put it in hot water and then wiring it through the wringer. Roll it up in a sheet and let it lie from four to six hours, and then iron until perfectly dry. They will be perfectly smooth and look like satin.
 A good way to clean and preserve