USES FOR SALT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18381, 23 April 1923, Page 12

USES FOR SALT.

The uses of salt are manifold. A few are set out below — Spread salt lightly over the carpet and sweep with a stiff brush. Not only does this clean the carpet, but it freshens up the appearance wonderfully. Salt added to the water in which bottles and china are to be washed will help to clean them, while staing inside glass bottles will disappear if some vinegar and salt are placed in the bottles and left for a few hours. Egg stains, stains on knife handles (if of bone or ivory), and stains on silver spoons can also be successfully treated with salt. Garden furniture ought to bo washed before it is stored during the winter, and the best cleanser for all kinds of . wicker and bamboo work is a strong solution of salt. Wash with a stiff brush and leave in the open to dry. A spoonful of salt should be placed on a out which is bleeding copiously and the 1 cut bandaged tightly. Afterwards bathe in hot water and use boracic powder. . - For toothache and neuralgia, heat a teacupful of salt in the oven, ' and when very hot pour into a muslin bag and apply to the affected part, tying on with a piece of flannel. Earache may sometimes bo relieved in the same way. A tablespoonful of salt dissolved in a tumbler of hot water makes a > good gargle for a sore throat. , When making mustard add a teaspoonfur of salt (using milk and not water) and the mustard will not harden, but will keep fresh for a considerable time. A pinch of salt added to, coffee will improve l|ie flavour, "while if (salt is sprinkled immediately on to anything that has boiled over no smell of burning will result. '';'.'. \ r -