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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Jul 12, 1905

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 31, No. 28.

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ALL OVER THE HOUSE.

A good cement for mending glass is made by boiling isinglass in spirits of wine.
A half-hour's sleep after dinner is, to many women, worth two-hours' sleep in the morning.
By covering the bottom of a bureau or chiffonier with a sheet of tin or zinc, protection from mice is secured.
Hold a piece of ice to a burned finger until the smarting ceases, and no blister will form on the skin.
A feather brush is preferable to a cloth for dusting gilt picture frames, as the cloth wears and deadens the gilt.
Once a week every pipe and drain in the house should be flushed with copperas solution to remove all odors and sediment.
A man suggests that a little lard or vaseline be applied on a door or window to the part which rubs, and prevents opening.
An old tin teakettle with the bottom cut out makes an excellent cover to place over irons heating on gas or gasoline stoves.—The Pilgrim.