FACTS WORTH REMEMBERING.

Care of the Hands.--When your hands become badly stained from kitchen work, wash them first in cold water, then rub them well with dry powdered borax; now wash them with very warm water and soap, and if the stains still remain rub them well with lemon juice, cleaning the nails at the same time by rubbing them in the lemon. Before drying pour a few drops of glycerine into the palm of the hand and rub well into the skin and wipe perfectly dry. Do this before retiring at night and you will find that your hands will soon become soft and white.

The Teeth. --Brush your teeth twice daily, particularly before retiring at night. Brush the teeth occasionally, say once a month, with finely powdered pumice stone, and run a thread of white silk floss between each tooth daily. Use warm water instead of cold. Powdered borax and camphor whiten the teeth beautifully, but use this but seldom.

Dried Currants, How to Clean. --Rub them between your hands, in warm water first, then in cold, and repeat this many times, always renewing the water; then lay them on a clean flannel cloth and rub dry; the stems will adhere to the flannel.

Raisins, How to Clean. --Raisins should be cleaned dry by rubbing them between two cloths.

How to Preserve "Dill" for Winter Pickles. --Put fresh green dill in wide-mouthed jars and pour vinegar over it. You may use both the dill and vinegar on your pickles.

To Clean Glass Decanters. --Crush egg shells into bits, put into the decanter three parts filled with cold water. Shake thoroughly up and down.

Having accepted an invitation to dinner, it is proper to be at the house half an hour previous to the time set for dining. And do not leave, under any circumstance, until half an hour after dining; however, a dinner party rarely breaks up until late, as music, games, etc., usually follow.

You may use the liquor left from pickled peaches, pears, or cherries, for seasoning red cabbage, beans, etc.

The liquor left from brandied peaches may be utilized in mincemeat. In baking mince pies add an apple chopped up fine, the juice of an orange and a very little sugar just before baking. You will find this quite an improvement.

When broiling steak heat the gridiron before putting on the meat, and the steak will not stick.

It is a good plan to make parsley butter in the summer for winter use. Melt the butter, boil until clarified, then throw in as much chopped parsley as you desire. It is very convenient to use in winter, when greens are scarce, for gravies, etc. You may do the same with goose or any other kind of fat.

In breaking eggs for baking or frying, break each one separately over a cup, it is the safest way; if the egg is bad no harm is done. If you were to run the risk of breaking your eggs all in one bowl you might spoil a whole dozen or more, for it takes but a few drops of a bad egg to do this.

If a little flour is sprinkled over meat that is to be minced it will not adhere too closely to the chopping-knife.

Clear boiling water will remove tea stains. Hold the fabric firmly and pour boiling water through the stain, thus preventing its spreading.

Milk that has just turned can be sweetened and made fit for use by stirring in a little soda.

To remove cakes from deep pans easily, butter the tins, sides and bottom, and line with buttered paper as well, cutting it to fit the tin exactly. When your cake is baked allow it to get perfectly cold, then return to the oven, keep it there only long enough to warm the tin through, then turn the cake upside down and it will slip out easily.

Kerosene Oil will soften leather boots that have become hard from exposure. Also good for harness when hard from dampness.

An uncomfortably tight shoe may be made perfectly easy by laying a cloth wet in hot water across where it pinches, changing several times. The leather will shape itself to the foot.

Sulphuric Acid will remove spots from brass that will not yield to oxalic acid. It may be applied with a brush. Great care must be taken that none drops on clothes or skin, as it is ruinous to garments and cuticle. Polish with rottenstone.

Lamp chimneys wiped and polished with old newspapers have a better polish than when wiped with a cloth.

When putting away the silver tea or coffee-pot which is not in use every day, lay a stick across the top under the cover. This will permit fresh air to get in and prevent the mustiness that is so often found in them.

A ripe tomato will clean the hands after paring fruit. If very much stained use a lemon; digging your fingers into it will also clean your finger-nails.

Always keep a basin of water in your sink in which to dip your kitchen spoons after using; also one to wash your hands in, and put a hand towel on a roller. One has to use it constantly while cooking or baking.

One ounce of salicylic acid put in a barrel of cider will prevent its turning sour.

When putting away stoves for the summer wet a rag with kerosene oil and rub them all over with it. This will prevent rusting.

Keep your bread in a large, square, tin box or an earthen jar. For cake use a tin cake box with shelves in it; a novel picnic basket may be made in the same way.

Never lay fresh meat directly on ice. To keep meat fresh without ice, sprinkle a very little powdered salicylic acid over it.

A teaspoonful of borax put in the last water in which clothes are rinsed will whiten them.

Flannels should be ironed on the wrong side with an iron barely hot. Iron until dry.

Egg stains may be removed by rubbing with common table salt.

If your table celery happens to be frozen lay it in clear cold water to thaw out.

By putting concentrated lye in your wash-basins, with boiling water, once a month, you will keep them sweet and save many a plumber's bill.

To remove iron taste from new iron kettles, boil a handful of hay in them.

Old wall paper may be cleaned by rubbing with a loaf of stale bread. Cut the loaf in half and rub gently on the wall.

To rid the kitchen and closets of cockroaches, put powdered borax in all corners and allow it to remain there all year. Renew every three months at least. This will postively rid a house of roaches.

In cutting hot bread use a hot knife, and it will not be clammy.

In putting away knives wrap them in paper to prevent rusting. Never in woolen cloth.

In winter clean windows with a sponge dipped in alcohol.

Yellow soap and whiting, mixed together in a little water into a thick paste, will effectually stop a leak in your boiler.

Salt will curdle milk. In preparing mush, gravies and sauces, salt should not be added until the dish is prepared.

Keep salt and pepper on a shelf near your cook-stove; it will save you many a step.

Have your fire ready to light before going to bed and have your breakfast materials at hand, and it will be so much less work in the morning.

In dusting a silk dress never use a brush; wipe carefully with a piece of soft flannel, shaking the flannel occasionally.

In sewing, change your position frequently, it will help to rest the body.

Rusty flat-irons should be rubbed over with salt, and then with beeswax.

To beat the whites of eggs quickly and well, be extremely careful not to get any of the yelks in with the whites, then add a pinch of salt and set on ice for a little while. If for an icing add the sugar as soon as you begin to beat, a little at a time, until stiff; add a few drops of lemon to whiten the icing.

In baking macaroons and kisses, use washed butter for greasing the tins. Bake in a moderate oven or dry in a cool oven for two hours. Another and still better way to prepare the pan is to sprinkle it lightly with flour, over the butter, and then shake or blow it off.

Almonds for confectionery should be dried in the oven after blanching, and they will pulverize more easily. In making candy drops or macaroons, or pulling candy, grease the hands.

Eat salt with nuts, to aid digestion.

Sugar for fried cakes should be dissolved in milk to prevent the cakes from absorbing the fat while frying.

When loaves of bread do not retain the dent of the finger they are ready for the oven.