a tooth-powder, or put in water used
for washing the teeth.

2312. Borax as a Disinfectant.

Alone or dissolved in water, and used freely to pour down closets,
sinks, &c., it removes all noisome smells, acting as a purifier, and
rendering even impure water wholesome. It should be used frequently
where sewer gas is suspected.

2313. Borax for Cleansing Purposes.

A solution Patent in hot water, allowed to cool, is useful for washing
any kind of glass or china, imparting a lustre and brightness to them
that they never exhibit when washed in the ordinary way. When it is
put into water used for washing floors it destroys all vermin with
which the solution comes in contact.

2314. Borax as a Vermin Killer.

When sprinkled in the form of powder on places infested with insects,
black beetles, &c., these troublesome pests with soon disappear.

2315. Its use in Cleansing Marble.

Sprinkle some borax on the marble, wherever it is stained or soiled,
and then wash the marble with hot water and a little borax soap
powder, applied with a soft flannel.

2316. Borax in Cookery.

A few grains added to the tea before the water is poured on it greatly
improves the flavour of the infusion. When used instead of soda, or
carbonate of soda, in cooking vegetables, such as greens, peas, beans,
&c., it improves their flavour, preserves their colour, and renders
them tender. Vegetables, eaten in an uncooked state, as, salad, are
rendered more crisp and of better flavour, by steeping them for a
short time before they are brought to table in a solution of borax.

2317. Borax as a Preservative of Meat, &c.

Meat may be preserved, and taint removed by soaking it for a short
time in a solution of Patent Californian Borax, or by sprinkling it
with the dry powder. Game, poultry, hams, bacon, and all kinds of
meat may be thus preserved. Milk cans should be washed with the
solution, and milk itself may be preserved and kept sweet for some
time by adding to each quart about half a thimbleful of this prepared
borax dissolved in a tablespoonful of hot water. Butter may also be
preserved by washing it in a solution of borax, or sprinkling the
powder over it, or the cloths in which it is wrapped.

[JUDGEMENT IS THE THRONE OF PRUDENCE.]

2318. Borax in the Laundry.

For washing add a threepenny packet to every ten gallons of hot wa