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put in the fillets, and serve with brown bread and butter, 

 and lemons. 



Everything of the kind is now to be bought, but I 

 think the following few receipts may turn out useful. In 

 washing paint so many do not know how injurious is soda, 

 or yellow soap or soft soap. 



For Washing 1 White Paint. Shred common yellow 

 household soap, and boil it down in a saucepan with 

 sufficient whitening to make it into a thick paste. Put it 

 in a jar, and use. a little on a rag when required. It will 

 clean the paint perfectly, and will not turn it yellow. 

 Never use soda for paint; it spoils it and marks it at 

 once. 



Furniture Polish. To clean, polish, and take marks 

 out of furniture, ' Sanitas Furniture Polish ' is excellent and 

 not expensive ; but the following is an old receipt and very 

 good : Equal quantities of methylated spirit, vinegar, and 

 linseed oil. The bottle should be well shaken before using, 

 or the spirit remains on the top and will burn the polished 

 surface of whatever it touches. 



For Polishing New Brown Boots and Shoes. I am 

 sure many people will agree with me as to the extreme 

 ugliness of new brown shoes ; yet we all must have them 

 new sometimes. An excellent way of correcting this ugly 

 newness is to rub the leather three times in succession 

 with vaseline. After that, clean them in the ordinary 

 way with brown cream, and they will take the polish as if 

 they were months old. 



To Remove Fruit Stains. Soak the stain in a glass 

 of water in which you have put ten to twelve drops of 

 sulphuric acid. Then wash with clear water. 



To Prevent Lamp-wicks from Smoking-. Steep 

 the wicks in very strong vinegar; then let them dry 

 completely before they are used. 



A series of penny books published as the ' Domestic 



