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Show Uses of Kerosene Oil. The uses of kerosene oil in the house are many. One of the latest is as a shampoo, the girls having learned learn-ed that nothing else so cleanses the scalp and promotes the-growth of the hair. Only a little of the oil is employed em-ployed for this purpose, only as much as may be conveyed by the moistened fingers to the head. The long hair is not washed in it. No odor is apparent appar-ent after a short, time. Kerosene oil applied on a soft flannel flan-nel cloth will not only remove ordinary ordi-nary blemishes from gilt frames but will restore lost luster is the gilt is good. . Linoleum or oil cloth that -lias become be-come grimy and dull is easily cleaned and brightened by kerosene. First wipe the floor-covering with a cloth wrung dry from warm water and then from kerOsene. Kerosene oil is sure death to all insects. |