Hints and Suggestions.

Otago Witness, Issue 2649, 21 December 1904, Page 73

Hints and Suggestions.

Muscle workers should be fed heartily ; not so brain workers, as in their case a too hearty diet puts a dangerous strain upon their digestive organs. If a man will eat hearty foods, let him exercise vigorously.

Leather chairs can be freshened by rubbing with boiled linseed oil and vinegar, mused in equal proportions. Use only very little of tt-e polish, and rub with soft cloths afterwards till every vestige of it is removed.

To freshen up an old portmanteau dip a soft piece of cloth in black ink, and rub it all over the portmanteau. Then, with a clean piece of cloth, rub lightly over with olive oil and let it dry. This will make it appear like a new one.

How Pearls are Cleaned. — Jewellers use water in which bran has been boiled, and a little cream of tartar and alum dissolved, for cleaning pearls. They are then rinsed in lukewarm water, and dried on blotting paper.

At the first sign of a corn or bunion the feet should be bathed every morning in cold or warm water to which a little alum or vinegar has been added. This is a soothing bath also for swollen feet, and leaves a nice sensation of freshness. Feefc that are inclined to coins or bunions should be sponged cit night with lavender wi ■ or very slightly diluted vinegar. Flo;) c who suffer from weak ankles should pat plenty of salt in the water in -which they bathe their feet, and should use the water cold.

To Make Lamps Burn Well. — Keep ev&.y part clean. This is the great thing if you want them to burn well and give no unpleasant odour. Always, after trimming, the wick should be rubbed even. t\ ith a. piece of soft rag. If turned level with the top of the slot in which it runs, there should be no difficulty in doing this. The reservoir should occasionally be emptied, the clear part carefully poured! into tTie can, and the impurities which will be foand at the bottom thrown away..

— A church of solid coral is a curiosity ti the Isle of Mahe. This island, rising5000ft-, is the highest of the .Seychelles froup in the Indian Ocean, and its buildings are all from square blocks hewn from massive coral and glistening like wiuto aaarble.

j — The Russians have a singular method of extorting disclosures from prisoners. In their food is mixed a drug which has the effect of rendering them delirious and talkative, and in this state they are watched and interrogated, when scciets are unwittingly divulged:.