Mrs. C. H. Wheeler. One pound chloride of lime, dissolved and strained; put in two or three pails water ; thoroughly wet the cloth and leave it in oyer night ; then rince well in two waters. This will also take out mildew, and is equally good for brown cottorx or white that has become yellow from any cause, and will not injure the fabric. TO KEMOVE TAR. Rub wdl with clean lard, afterwards wash with soap and warm water. Apply this to either hands or. clothing. JA^ ELLE WATEE FOE MILDEW STAINS. One pound of chloride of lime, two of washing soda, two gallons of soft water ; pour one gallon of boiling water to the ingredients to dissolve them, adding the cold water when dissolved. 25 386 THE HOME COOK BOOK. COLOEING COTTON OAEPET EAGS. Mrs. S. I. Parker, Channahon, 111. Blue. — For five pounds of cloth, take five ounces of copperas, with two pails of water in a tin or copper boiler; set it over the fire till the copperas is dissolved and it be- gins to heat, then put in the cloth, stirring it frequently till it boils, one-half or three-fourths of an hour; then re- move the cloth where it can drain ; pour away the cop- peras water and take two ounces of prussiate of potash in about two pails of water in the same vessel ; when it is well dissolved and hot, put in the cloth from the copperas water, stirring it thoroughly till it boils, one-half an hour, then remove the cloth ; add (with care and caution, ou account of the spattering which ensues,) one tablespooi^ of oil of vitroil, and stir it well in the dye ; replace the cloth, stirring it briskly till it has boiled one-half an hour. Should be well rinsed and washed in clear water to pre- vent the dye from making it tender after coloring. Yellow. — For five pounds of cloth, dissolve one-half pound of sugar of lead in a tub of warm water and twelve ounces of bichromate of potash in another tub of cold water ; soak, rinse, and wring the cloth in the lead water first, then in the other, and return from one to the other till the right shade of color is obtained. Orange. — Dip the yellow colored cloth into strong lim^ water — if it should not turn, boil it, rinse all well. Green. — Put your blue cloth in the yellow dye in the same manner as for coloring yellow. Old calico will take a darker shade of blue or green in the same dye with the white cloth. VALUABLE RECIPES. 387 TO BOIL COEN BEEF. Mrs. E. A. Forsyth. Put into boiling water when you put it on to cook✪ To Boil Corn Beef, and do not take it out of the pot when done, until cold. This will leave the meat juicy, instead of dry, when cold. TO PREVENT RED ANTS. Put one pint of tar in an earthen vessel, pour on it two quarts of boiling hot water, and place it in your closet. FOR PRESERVING EGGS. Mrs. B. F. Adams. To one pint of unslaked lime and one pint of salt, pour one pail of boiling water ; when cold, pour over the eggs, having placed them in a jar or tub✪ For Preserving Eggs, with the small end of the egg down. CLEANING MARBLE. Mrs. Gray. ✪ Cleaning Marble

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Mrs. C. H. Wheeler. One pound chloride of lime, dissolved and strained; put in two or three pails water ; thoroughly wet the cloth and leave it in over night; then rinse well in two waters.s. This will also take out mildew, and is equally good for brown cottorx or white that has become yellow from any cause, and will not injure the fabric. TO REMOVE TAR. Rub well with clean lard, afterwards wash with soap and warm water. Apply this to either hands or. clothing. JAVELLE WATER FOR MILDEW STAINS. One pound of chloride of lime, two of washing soda, two gallons of soft water ; pour one gallon of boiling water to the ingredients to dissolve them, adding the cold water when dissolved. COLORING COTTON CARPET RAGS. Mrs. S. I. Parker, Channahon, Ill. Blue. — For five pounds of cloth, take five ounces of copperas, with two pails of water in a tin or copper boiler; set it over the fire till the copperas is dissolved and it begins to heat, then put in the cloth, stirring it frequently till it boils, one-half or three-fourths of an hour; then remove the cloth where it can drain ; pour away the copperas water and take two ounces of prussiate of potash in about two pails of water in the same vessel ; when it is well dissolved and hot, put in the cloth from the copperas water, stirring it thoroughly till it boils, one-half an hour, then remove the cloth ; add (with care and caution, ou account of the spattering which ensues,) one tablespooi^ of oil of vitroil, and stir it well in the dye ; replace the cloth, stirring it briskly till it has boiled one-half an hour. Should be well rinsed and washed in clear water to prevent the dye from making it tender after coloring. Yellow. — For five pounds of cloth, dissolve one-half pound of sugar of lead in a tub of warm water and twelve ounces of bichromate of potash in another tub of cold water ; soak, rinse, and wring the cloth in the lead water first, then in the other, and return from one to the other till the right shade of color is obtained. Orange. — Dip the yellow colored cloth into strong lime water—if it should not turn, boil it, rinse all well. Green. — Put your blue cloth in the yellow dye in the same manner as for coloring yellow. Old calico will take a darker shade of blue or green in the same dye with the white cloth. TO BOIL CORN BEEF. Mrs. E. A. Forsyth. Put into boiling water when you put it on to cook, and do not take it out of the pot when done, until cold. This will leave the meat juicy, instead of dry, when cold. TO PREVENT RED ANTS. Put one pint of tar in an earthen vessel, pour on it two quarts of boiling hot water, and place it in your closet. FOR PRESERVING EGGS. Mrs. B. F. Adams. To one pint of unslaked lime and one pint of salt, pour one pail of boiling water ; when cold, pour over the eggs, having placed them in a jar or tub, with the small end of the egg down. CLEANING MARBLE. Mrs. Gray.

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