Candle grease yields to a warm iron. Place a piece of blotting or other
absorbing paper under the absorbing fabric ; put a piece of the paper also
on the spot, apply the warm iron to the paper and as soon as a spot of
grease appears, move the paper and press again until the spot disappears.
Lard will remove wagon grease. Riib the spot with the lard as if washing
it, and when it is well out, wash in the ordinary way with soap and water
until thoroughly cleansed.
To make linen beautifully white, prepare the water for washing by
putting into every ten gallons a large handful of powdered borax ; or boil
with the clothes one teaspoonful of spirits of turpentine.
Fruit stains may be taken out by boiling water. Place the material
over a basin or other vessel and pour the boiling water from the kettle
over the stains.
MISCELLANEOUS RECIPES.
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Pure water, cold or hot, mixed with acids, serves for rinsing goods in
order to remove foreign and neutral bodies which cover the color. Steam
softens fatty matters and thus facilitates their removal by reagents.
Sulphuric acid may be used in certain cases, particularly for brighten-
ing and raising greens, reds, yellows, etc., but it must be diluted with at
least one hundred times its weight of water and more in cases of delicate
shades.
CEMENT FOR CHINA AND GLASS.
To HALF a pint of milk put an equal quantity of vinegar in order to
curdle it ; then separate the curd from the whey and mix the whey with
the whites of four or five eggs, beating the whole well together. When it
is well-mixed, add a little quick-lime, through a sieve, until it has
acquired the consistency of a thick paste. With this cement broken ves-
sels and cracks of all kinds may be mended. It dries quickly and resists
the action of fire and water.
Another : Into a thick solution of gum arabic, stir plaster of Paris until
the mixture assumes the consistency of cream ; apply with a brush to the
broken edges of china and join together. In three days the article cannot
be broken in the same place. The whiteness of the cement adds to its
value.
CLEANING SINES.
To PUEiFT greasy sinks and pipes, pour down a pailful of boiling water
in which three or four pounds of washing soda have been dissolved. A
disinfectant is prepared in the same way, using copperas. Copperas is a
poison and should not be left about.
Leaks in Waste Pipes: — Shut yourself into a room from which the pipe
starts. Put two or three ounces of oil of peppermint into a pail of boiling
hot water and pour down the pipe. Another person who has not yet
inhaled the strong odor should follow the course of the pipe through the
house. The peppermint will be pretty sure to discover a break that even
an expert plumber might overlook.
The Examiner.
MANAGEMENT OF STOVES.
If the fire in 'a stove has plenty of fresh coals on top not yet burned
through it will need only a little shaking to start it up ; but if the fire
looks dying and the coals look white, don’t shake it. When it has drawn
till it is red again, if there is much ash and little fire, put coals on very
carefully. A mere handful of fire can be coaxed back into life by adding
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MISCELLANEOUS RECIPES.
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Presented as published in 1887. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
Candle grease yields to a warm iron. Place a piece of blotting or other absorbing paper under the absorbing fabric ; put a piece of the paper also on the spot, apply the warm iron to the paper and as soon as a spot of grease appears, move the paper and press again until the spot disappears. Lard will remove wagon grease. Rub the spot with the lard as if washing it, and when it is well out, wash in the ordinary way with soap and water until thoroughly cleansed.
To make linen beautifully white, prepare the water for washing by putting into every ten gallons a large handful of powdered borax ; or boil with the clothes one teaspoonful of spirits of turpentine.
Fruit stains may be taken out by boiling water. Place the material over a basin or other vessel and pour the boiling water from the kettle over the stains.
Pure water, cold or hot, mixed with acids, serves for rinsing goods in order to remove foreign and neutral bodies which cover the color. Steam softens fatty matters and thus facilitates their removal by reagents.
Sulphuric acid may be used in certain cases, particularly for brightening and raising greens, reds, yellows, etc., but it must be diluted with at least one hundred times its weight of water and more in cases of delicate shades.
CEMENT FOR CHINA AND GLASS.
To HALF a pint of milk put an equal quantity of vinegar in order to curdle it ; then separate the curd from the whey and mix the whey with the whites of four or five eggs, beating the whole well together. When it is well-mixed, add a little quick-lime, through a sieve, until it has acquired the consistency of a thick paste. With this cement broken vessels and cracks of all kinds may be mended. It dries quickly and resists the action of fire and water.
Another : Into a thick solution of gum arabic, stir plaster of Paris until the mixture assumes the consistency of cream ; apply with a brush to the broken edges of china and join together. In three days the article cannot be broken in the same place. The whiteness of the cement adds to its value.
CLEANING SINKS.
To PURIFY greasy sinks and pipes, pour down a pailful of boiling water in which three or four pounds of washing soda have been dissolved. A disinfectant is prepared in the same way, using copperas. Copperas is a poison and should not be left about.
Leaks in Waste Pipes: — Shut yourself into a room from which the pipe starts. Put two or three ounces of oil of peppermint into a pail of boiling hot water and pour down the pipe. Another person who has not yet inhaled the strong odor should follow the course of the pipe through the house. The peppermint will be pretty sure to discover a break that even an expert plumber might overlook.
The Examiner.
MANAGEMENT OF STOVES.
If the fire in 'a stove has plenty of fresh coals on top not yet burned through it will need only a little shaking to start it up ; but if the fire looks dying and the coals look white, don’t shake it. When it has drawn till it is red again, if there is much ash and little fire, put coals on very carefully. A mere handful of fire can be coaxed back into life by adding