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Mataura Ensign, Issue 1145, 5 February 1903, Page 3

Household Hints*

To Clean Pearl Handles.—Rub with a (oft rag dipped in fine salt, then polish with chamois leather.

To Clean Bottles.—Crushed egg shells tnlxed with a little water Is a very good thing to clean vinegar or other bottles. To Prevent Cakes from Scorching.— Place a dish of water in the oven when baking cakes to prevent their scorching.

For Removing Mildew Stains.—Rub the parts with soft soap and salt, then expose to, the sun, and repeat if necessary.

For _.<smoTlHg Iron Rust.—Applv cream of tartar, moistened with water, to the rusty spots, then expose to the sun. Repeat If necessary. To Remove the Odour of Onions.—A sprig of parsley should be eaten with the onion after a meal, which will effectually remove the very unpleasant odour, •To Preserve Steel.—Clean thoroughly, then dust with unslacked lime, and put away. Steel treated in this way can be kept in excellent condition for months. To Soften Water.—For toilet purposes! water may be softened by first boiling and then putting it in a wide Vessel, and leaving it uncovered for forty-eight hours to the influence of the atmosphere. To Clean Jewellery.—Put the jewellery in soap suds, containing a few drops of ammonia, scrub with a soft brush, then shake fine whiting in all the crevices, which, when dry, can be brushed off, leaving the jewellery nice tfnd bright. For Cleaning Silverware.—To prevent silverware from tarnishing, dissolve some collodion in alcohol, and apply with a soft brush. The liquid forms an invisible protection, which can be removed at any time by washing in hot water.

Keeping Meat Fresh,—A little charcoal placed in the larder, or wlMjre the meat is kept, will help to keep it fresh. If the meat is sponged with a little vinegar before it is cooked it will prevent any unpleasant taste, which is sometimes noticeable even when the meat is perfectly fresh.

Removing Grease Spots.—The following are a few good suggestions. Wet the place with ammoniated water, lay a sheet of soft white paper over, and then press with a hoth iron. Another way is to rub French chalk on the wrong side, and allow it to remain a day, thep put a piece of brown paper underneath, and iron lightly.

*or Exterminating Mice, Rats, &c These creatures have a strong objection to chloride of lime, and will flee from it wherever sprinkled. If troubled with cockroaches, throw cucumber ends about the kitchen floor the last thing at night. They have no sense of taste, and will devour it greedily, although it is poison

To Cleanse and Polish Furniture.— First cleanse from dust, then polish with the following excellent preparation : Quarter of a pint of linseed oil, half-an-ounce of resin, 4oz. of beeswax. Put these all together in a cool oven to melt stir until cold. Place a little on a flannel! smear over surface of the wood, and polish Vlskly with a linen duster.

Time Cause of Earthquakes. There are few men who have studied earthquakes more thoroughly than Professor John Milne, and the Society o£ Arts were very fortunate in securing him to give two of the series of juvenile lecturies at the hall of the society in London this year. Professor Milne was chief of the Seismological Observatory at Tokio, Japan, and there lost all his instruments and records by a disastrous earthquake a year ago. The subject of his two lectures was earthquakes, and he had much that was interesting and instructive to tell his young auditors. Physicists and geologists, he informs us, have very good reason to believe that the Interior of the earth is very hot, and that it is rigid, or not in a fluid state, owing to the pressure of superincumbent materials. It is also believed that at all events the internal portion of our earth is losing its heat and contracting, with the result of leaving behind it a shell or surface which is unable to support itself. Bendings of this surface, therefore, take place, and limitations to its elasticity produce what are called earthquakes, while on. the seaboard the contact of the heated rocks with salt water give us volcanic action. This raises the question of upheaval in proportion to subsidence, and Professor Milne favours the belief that the development of continents is as much due to the falling down of waters as to the uplifting of the land, or really so. Then there are the processes of the wearing away of the land by the encroachments of the sea on our coasts, the action of rivers, ice, and other factors, all of which have to be taken into account in connection with that question. Our earth is called terra flrma ; but the lecturer was able to show that it is in no sense a firm earth, and that, between " brandyseisms"—or slow movementsearthquakes proper, diurnal waves, and tremors, there are few hours in the course of the twenty-four when the earth is free from seismic disturbance in some part of the globe. Ben. Franklin's Thirteen Rules. According to Benjamin Franklin, there are thirteen rules which must be observed by any one who would lead an upright, honest life. They are : 'l. Temperance. Eat not to dulness. Drink not to elevation. 2. Silence. Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself ; avoid trifling conversation. 3. Order. Let all your things have their places ; let each part of your business have its time. 4. Resolution. Resolve to perform what you ought ; perform without fail what you resolve. 5. Frugality. Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself ; that is, waste nothing. 6. Industry. Lose no time ; be always employed in something useful ; cut off all unnecessary actions. 7. Sincerity. Use no hurtful deceit ; think innocently and justly, and, if you speak, speak accordingly. 8. Justice. Wrong none by doing injuries or omitting the benefits that are your duty. 9. MJoderation. Avoid extremes ; forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve. 10. Cleanliness. Tolerate no uncleanllness in body, clothes, or habitation. 11. Tranquillity. Be not disturbed at trifles or at accidents common or unavoidable. 12. Chastity. 13. Humility. Imitate Jesus and Socrates.

Scott and Schiller. (Every one knows how, when Sir Walter Scott was a boy, the future novelist was lost during a thunderstorm, and found by the alarmed searchers lying on his back on the hillside looking at the lightning, clasping his hands at each flash, and exclaiming, " Bonnie ! Bonnie !" But a story of the same kind, with Schiller, the German poet, as the hero, is not so well known. One day, while a very small boy, a severe thunderstorm came on. The boy was missed,. and could nowhere be found. The whole household searched for him, but it was not until the storm was past that he was seen descending from the top of a high lime tree near the house. To the inquiries of his father as to his motive, he replied, " I only wished to see where all t*** ""re came from."

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