IT IS SAID.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3531, 1 November 1882, Page 4

IT IS SAID.

That the leaves oi' parsley eaten will) a little Tincgnr after partaking of onions, will prevent the offensive breath that the latter impart; That carbolic acid, diluted with ten parts of water and thrown into the cracks and crevices where arils or cockroaches abound, will drive them away ; That flannel that has become yellow from being badly washed may be nicely whitened by soaking it two or three hours in a lather made of one quarter of a pound of curd soap, two tablespoonsful of powdered borax, and two tablespoonsful of carbonate of ammonia, dissolved in five or six gallons of water ; That the yellow stain made by sewing machine oil, can be removed if, before washing in soap suds, the spots be carefully rubbed with a bit of cloth wet with ammonia ; That a liltlo water mixed in with butter will prevent its buining when used for frying ; lhat a, teaepoonfiil o? salt to a quart of

the soil in plant boxes will kill the white worms ;

That flour dusted on cabbage when the dew is on, will kill off cabbage worms. Probably by closing the pores of the worms ; That tar may be instantaneously removed from the hand or fingers by rubbing with the outside of a fresh lemon or orange peel.