Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 142, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1913 — Things Worth Knowing. [ARTICLE]

Things Worth Knowing.

Steel, when rusty, may be cleaned by giving the article a good coating of Bweet oil, leaving it for a few days and then rubbing; ft with unslaked lime. The hot plate of the kitchen stove may be cracked when very hot by cold water being upset on it when a heavy boiling pan is being placed on the stove. . To renovate carpets, sponge them with a solution of one part of ox gall to two parts of water; do not make the carpet very wet -Dry thoroughly with clean dusters. Stained enameled saucepans should be rubbed with coarse sand and lemon pulp, and not cleaned with boiling soda water. After squeezing lemons, save the pulp for this purpose. ' Grease stains on leather may be removed by carefully applying benzine or perfectly pure turpentine. Wash the spots over afterward with the well beaten white of an egg or a good leather reviver. .