Show HOUSEHOLD HINTS water standing in a room Is a good disinfectant aa it absorbs all ties if your coal fire Is low throw on a tablespoonful of salt and it will help it very much pumpkin seeds are very attractive to mice and traps baited with them will soon destroy their nests windows may be kept free from ice and polished by rubbing the glass with a sponge dipped in alcohol to test nutmegs nut megs prick them with a pin and it they are good the oil will instantly spread around the puncture some sand or pebbles put in tall slender vases containing flowers will prevent their tipping over and soiling the dolly if jewelry Is sent periodically to a jeweler tor cleaning and shing it will at a nominal cost always look as good as new to take grease out of leather apply the white of an egg to the spot and dry in the sun repeat the applina alon till the stain Is removed mica in stoves Is readily cleaned by taking it out and thoroughly washing with vinegar diluted it the black does not come ott at once let it soak a little |