THE SAND-BAG AS A WARMER
A sand-bag as a warmer is said to be greatly superior to a hot-water bottle, which many people prize so highly. Get some clean, fine sand; dry it thoroughly; make a bag about eight inches square of flannel, fill it with dry sand, sew the opening carefully together, and cover the bag with cotton or linen cloth. This will prevent the sand from sifting out, and also enable any one to heat the bag quickly by placing it in an oven or on top of a stove. The sand holds the heat for a long time.
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USES FOR TURPENTINE
There are few housekeepers who are not familiar with some of the numerous uses of turpentine, and as its odor is clean and wholesome it has the advantage over many remedies whose odors are offensive.
Turpentine and soap will remove ink-stains from linen.
A few drops added to water in which clothes are boiled will whiten them.
It will exterminate roaches if sprinkled in their haunts.
Turpentine will remove wheel-grease, pitch, and tar.
A few drops on a woollen cloth will clean tan shoes nicely.