Show HOUSEHOLD HINTS A clam shell is more convenient for scraping kettles and frying pans than a knile It does the work in less timeWhen When washing fine laces do not use starch at all in the last water in which they are rimed put a little fine white sugar dissolve it thoroughly and the reeuit will be pleasing Ladiec who do their own nork will find that in i addition to a long apron a pair of calico sleeves with a rubber cord in the top is a dispenser of hap pines On can slip thorn 00 over cutIs and nice drosi eloToee get tea and ven wash the tea dishes without injuring the dress A correspondent gives tho fclbw ing directions for keeping hams safe from insect alter smoking Make bags of double paper newspaper or use singly the heavy brown paper flours Bflctf making them largo and loose for the ham tie them a little above tho meat very securely and tightly around the strings or hot kI by which they are suspended Instead ol strings if practicable bare hoot liko oldfashioned potbooks eight inches long or thereabouts made of small round iron or vary heavy wire Tneee are alway ready and iI carefully care-fully cared for may last 100 yers For this way of keeping smoked moat a dry place free from rat and mice is requisite In a damp place mold will gather and in a hot attic while the meat will keep perfecly swset it in net to ll > t too bnrd for convenience of cutting Double paper will keep out insects if no boles are allowed Similar hogs ere excellent ex-cellent for drier fruit To Take White Mains From Dark WopdUaa equal parts of vinegar sweet oil and spirits ol turpentine shake all well together in a bottle apply with a flannel oluth and rub dry vsith od cloth or linen When water has once bun made to boil the fire racy he very much lessened as but little heat is required to keep it at 1 balling point There i no advantage whatever in making water boil furiously the heat will escape in steam without raising the htftt ol tho water To Wash Corsets Take oul the steels use hot water one teaponful borax place the coreels on the washboard wash-board and scrub well with a clean brush using very little soap do not boil the corsets but if very yellow bleach in the sun rinse well rub in a little starch iron when damp To Clarify Jnppings Place the drippings over the fire in a suitable vessel then peel wash and wipe a goodsized Irish potato slicing as if to fry Put them in the fat and let them simmer together on the back ol the range till he sediment has Bunk to the bottom of tho pan ikiai carefully care-fully any foam on tho to > strain the the liquor and set it to cool |