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Show THE USES OF TURPENTINE. A Very Valuable Article to Have Around the House. Turpentine, either in resinous form or in spirits, has a household value. A child suffering with the croup or any throat or lung difficulty will be quickly relieved by inhaling the vapor and having the chest rubbed until the skin is, red, and then being wrapped about with flannel moistened with fiery spirits. Afterward sweet oil will save the skin from irritation, says the Woman's Home Companion. In the case of burns and scalds turpentine tur-pentine has no equal. It is the best dressing for patent leather; it will remove paint from artists' clothes and workmen's garments; it will drive away moths if a few drops are put in closets and chests; it will persuade mice to find other quarters if a little is poured into the mouse holes; one tablespoonful added to the water in which linens are boiled will make the goods wonderfully white; a few drops - will prevent starch from sticking; mixed with beeswax it makes the best floor polish, and mixed with sweet oil it is unrivaled as a polish for furniture furni-ture the latter mixture should be two parts of sweet oil to one part of turpentine. tur-pentine. Some physicians recommend spirits of terpentine, applied externally, exter-nally, for lumbago and rheumatism. It is also prescribed for neuralgia of the face. |