DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
We are never too old to learn, and we may often gather crumbs of "wisdom in most unexpected quarters. No one knows this better than the housewife, and we therefore think that a few com-mon-place crumbs, the collection of years, drawn from all points of the compass, may be of value to many. If soot happens to be dropped on a carpet, throw down an equal quantity of salt, and sweep all off together. Thus treated, the soot will hardly leave a trace. - After eating or handling onions, it is wise to eat or touch celery, as it removes the unpleasant smell. A paste of earth and Avater is a rough-and-ready, but valuable, application after the sting of a bee or wasp. A remedy almost always at hand in case of a, burn or scald is carbonate of soda, which must be mixed to a paste with water, and laid on the injured part. '
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Oxford Observer, Volume XX, Issue 1, 14 December 1889, Page 6
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