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Waikato Times, Volume I, Issue 11, 25 May 1872, Page 3

HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. Fleas.—A. correspondent of the Scientific A merican confirms what lias frequently been asserted, that the leaves of pepperment or penny-royal spread freely about the floors of a house or placed in beds, &c., will drive away fleas. It is also said 011 good authority that mice have such an aversion to the amell of mint that they will keep at a distance from any place where it is kept. To Clean Kerosene Lamps.—Wash the vessel with thin milk of lime, which forms an emulsion with the kerosene and removes every trace of it, and by washing a second time with milk of lime and a quantity of chloride of lime, even the smell may be so completely removed as to render the vessel thus cleansed lit for keeping beer in. If the milk of lime be used warm instead of cold, the operation is rendered much shorter. Tea Leaves a Remedy for Burns and Scalds.— A poultice of tea leaves applied to small burns and scalds, affords immediate relief. The leaves are softened with hot water, and while quiet warm, applied with cotton over the entire burned surface. This application discolours and apparently tans the parts, and removes the acute sensibility and tenderness.