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Show SOME THINGS WORTH KNOWING. Potatoes done on a wire boiler are said to excel the fried. The best covering for a poultice or a mustard paste is tissue paper. To beat eggs quickly add a pinch of salt. Salt cools and cold eggs froth rapidly. A strong solution of alum, to which las been added a little glycerine and vinegar, is a cure for mosquito bites. It is not generally known that linoleum can be waxed, like a hard wood floor, and polished with a regular polishing brush. Salt will curdle new milk; hence in preparing milk porridge, gravies, etc the salt should not be added until the dish is prepared. Salt as a tooth powder is better than almost anything that can be bought. It keeps the teeth brilliantly white and the puns hard and rosy. |