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Show Uses for Turpentine. Turpentine, either in resinous form or spirits of turpentine, has many-household many-household virtues well know to the women on the frontier or isolated farm houses, but not so familiar to city housewives. Few barefoot boys are ignorant that a cut toe heals quickly if some resinous turpentine is used as a salve. But in cities spirits of tur-' pentlne can be more easily secured and is more convenient for application. In most cases it will produce the same " effect, saysr an exchange. Let a child suffering from the croup, or from any throat or lung difficulty, inhale the vapor, and then rub the little sufferer's chest till the skin Is red, ending by wrapping about it a flannel moistened with the fiery spirits. spir-its. Relief will be almost instantaneous. instantan-eous. Afterward sweet oil will save the skin. Use spirits of turpentine for burns, the pain will disappear and healthy granulation will at once .et in. It can be applied effectively on a linen rag. Spirits of turpentine will take away the soreness of a blister very quickly-The quickly-The skiu will soon go down, and healing heal-ing will bigin as soon as the eracdy is applied. But outside of the family medicine-chest medicine-chest spirits v-f turpentine is a good thing to have at nand. It is the best dressing for patent leather; It will clean artists' clothes and workmen's-garments workmen's-garments from paint; it will drive away moths if a few drops are put into in-to closet of chests; it will persuade ' mice to find other quarters far away; If a little is poured into a mouse-hole. A 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 will make the best floor polish, and mixed nth sweet oil it is unrivaled for fine furniture. The latter mixture should be two parts of sweet oil to one of turpentine. |