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Housekeeping

• A Space Saver
• Another Space Saver
• Barrels, To Clean
• Before Using a New Iron Kettle
• Boards, To Scour
• Books
• Britannia Metal, To Clean
• Brushes, To Wash
• Care of Food
• Carpets
• China or Glass
• Cleaning Jewelry
• Cleaning Oil-Cloths
• Cleaning Silver Plate
• Cleaning Sinks
• Coal-Fire, To Light
• Combs, To Clean
• Cupboards, Damp, To Dry
• Economical Hints
• Faded Goods
• Feather-Beds, To Cleanse Without Emptying
• Feathers, To Clean
• Furniture Stains, To Remove
• Gilt Picture Frames, To Brighten
• Grease, To Remove From a Stone Hearth
• Groceries
• Hanging Pictures
• Have in or Near Your Sink
• How To Renovate Crape
• How to Clean Brass
• How to Clean Brass and Copper
• How to Clean Nickel Stove Trimmings
• How to Clean Old Jewelry
• How to Clean Piano Keys
• How to Clean Smoked Ceilings
• How to Clean Zinc or Copper
• How to Clean a Copper Boiler
• How to Keep an Iron Sink from Rusting
• How to Lengthen the Life of a Broom
• How to Mend Broken China
• How to Prevent Glassware From Being Easily Broken
• How to Remove Black Grease
• How to Remove Disagreeable Odors from the House
• How to Remove Dust from Rattan Furniture
• How to Remove White Spots from Furniture
• How to Save Confusion in the Home
• How to Soften Boots and Shoes
• How to Wash Mirrors and Windows
• Irons, To Remove Rust From
• Japanned Ware, To Clean
• Lamps, To Trim
• Leaks in Waste Pipes
• Leather, To Clean
• Mahogany, To Take Out Marks From
• Management of Stoves
• Marble, To Clean
• Matting, To Wash
• Mirrors, To Clean
• Miscellaneous Hints
• Moths in Carpets
• Never Throw Away Old Underclothes
• New Broom
• Oil Paintings, To Clean
• Oil-Cloth or Linoleum, To Wash
• Paint, To Clean
• Plate Glass and Mirrors
• Polishing Hard Wood Floors and Furniture
• Potatoes Used to Cleanse
• Preventing Mold
• Put a Little Cornstarch in Salt Shakers
• Removing White Spots
• Repairing Cracks
• Rust, To Preserve From
• Rust, To Remove From Iron Utensils
• Rust, To Remove From Polished Steel
• Save Your Old Stockings
• Silver Tea and Coffeepot
• Silver, To Clean
• Silver, To Polish
• Silver, To Remove Stains From
• Sink Drains
• Stained Brass
• Sweeping Carpets
• Sweeping Old Carpets
• The Proper Way to Sweep a Room
• To Brighten Carpets
• To Brighten Gilt Frames
• To Clean Brass-Ware, etc.
• To Clean Drain Pipes
• To Clean Iron Sinks
• To Clean Ivory Ornaments
• To Clean Marble Busts
• To Clean Stove-pipe
• To Clean Unvarnished Black Walnut
• To Fill Cracks in Plaster
• To Freshen Gilt Frames
• To Keep Bar Soap
• To Keep an Ice Chest in Good Condition
• To Preserve Bouquets
• To Preserve Brooms
• To Prevent Creaking of Bedsteads
• To Prevent Rust on Flat-Irons
• To Prevent Rust on Knives
• To Remove Finger-Marks
• To Remove Ink From Carpets
• To Remove Iron Rust
• To Remove Moth Patches
• To Remove Old Putty from Window Frames
• To Remove Paint from Window-glass
• To Remove Stains From Marble
• To Remove the Odor of Onion
• To Take Out Paint
• To Take Rust Out of Steel
• To Take Rust from Steel Implements or Knives
• To Take White Spots from Varnished Furniture
• To Toughen Lamp Chimneys and Glass-ware
• To Ventilate a Room
• To Wash Feathers
• To Whiten Walls
• Uses of Ammonia
• Wall-Paper, To Clean
• Washing Cut Glass
• Washing Dishes
• When Washing Lamp Chimneys
• Windows, To Wash