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To Extract Grease from Papered Walls. — Dip a piece of flannel in spirits of wine, rub the greasy spots gently once or twice, and the grease will disappear. Oil=Marks on wall-paper, or the marks where inconsiderate people rest their heads, are a sore grief to good housekeepers, but they can be removed without much trouble. Take pipe-clay or fuller's earth and make it into a paste about as thick as rich cream with cold water ; lay it on the stain gently, without rubbing it in ; leave it on all night. It will be dry by morning, when it can be brushed off, and, unless an old stain, the grease-spots will have disappeared. If old, renew the application. To Remove Stains in Tables. — Wash the surface with stale beer or vinegar ; the stains may then be removed by rubbing them with a rag dipped in spirits of salts. To repolish, proceed as you would do with new work. If the work ])e not stained, wash the surface with clean .spirits of turpentine, and repolish it with furniture oil. To Clean Paint, smear it over with whiting mixed to the consistency of common paste in warm water. Rub the surface to be cleaned briskly, and wash off with pure, cold water. Grease spots will in this way be almost instantly removed, as well as other filth, and the paint will retain its brilliancy and beauty unimpaired. Removal of Dry Putty.— The difficulty of removing hard putty from a window-sash can be obviated with great readiness by simply applying a piece of heated metal, such as a soldering-iron or other similar implement. When heated (but not red hot), the iron is to be passed slowly over the putty . thereby rendering the latter so soft that it can be cut or scraped off without difficulty. To Clean Straw Hatting. — Wash as seldom as possible, but when it is necessary to do so use salt and water. Salt prevents the matting from turning yellow. Dry as fast as you wash, and wash but a little at a time. To Remove Mold from Fabrics. — Rub them over with butter, and then apply potash moistened in a little water, and rub the spot until all traces of it disappear ; then wash in plenty of water to take out the potash ; or the moldy spot may be wetted with yellow sulphide of ammonia, by which it will be immediately blackened. After a couple of minutes wash it off, and remove the black stain with cold, weak chlorohydric acid ; then wash well with warmish water. Cleansing Picture Frames. — Black walnut frames will become dull and rusty-looking. They may be renewed by first brushing thoroughly with a stiff" brush to remove dust, and then applying pure linseed oil with a proper brush ; in the absence of a brush, a piece of new bleached muslin will answer the purpose. To Clean Mirrors, Looking Glasses, Etc. — Take a soft sponge, wash it well in clean water, and squeeze it as dry as ys possible ; dip it into some spirits of wine and rub over the glass ; then have some powder-blue tied np in a rag, dust it over your glass, and rub it lightly and quickly with a soft cloth ; afterward finish with a silk handkerchief. To Take Stains Out of Marble.— Mix