USEFUL HINTS.
to prevent chinaware and crockery from CRACKING. Put them in a boiler of cold water, containing a teacupful of salt, when new, place on the fire, and directly it begins to bubble remove from stove and allow to get cold. I have heard that glassware can be made to resist the heat by this Srocess, but have not tried it. I hardened an expensive apanese tea-set in this way, hot tea having been constantly poured in for the last three years without milk, and not a single cracked cup yet.
TO POLISH SILVER. Put a small quantity of liquid ammonia into the water you wash silver in, the water must be soapy ; dry, and finish off with a chamois leather.
TO PREVENT MOTHS FROM EATING A CARPET. Brush the edge of the room well over with spirits of turpentine before you lay down your carpet ; the smell soon goes off, and it is a good preventative for the ravages of moths. Walnut leaves dried and put amongst clothes are said to drive away moths, but I have not tried it.—SUBSCRIBER.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume X, Issue 24, 17 June 1893, Page 574
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182USEFUL HINTS. New Zealand Graphic, Volume X, Issue 24, 17 June 1893, Page 574
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