The Henderson cook book

For cleaning carpets, rugs, mattings, silk and woolen goods, take 2 quarts of boiling water and dissolve 15 cents worth of Ivory soap in it. Let it stand in a cool place for 20 minutes, then add sulphuric ether, 1/2 ounce ; alcohol, 3 ounces ; ammonia No. 26 F.; 1% ounces. FURNITURE POLISH. Equal parts of boiled linseed oil, turpentine and vinegar mixed. FOR CLEANING POLISHED BRASS. Mix 1 ounce of oxalic acid, 6 ounces of rotten-stone, all in powder, 1 ounce of sweet oil and enough water to make a paste. Apply sparingly and rub dry with, flannel or chamois skin. — Mrs. A. T. Barnes. FOR CLEANING SILVER. Mix 3/4 ounce fine salt, y2 ounce of powdered alum and y2 ounce of cream of tartar. Put them into a large porcelain or stone pitcher and put in 2 quarts of water. Stir until entirely dissolved, then put in bottles and cork closely. Pour some of the liquid into a bowl and wash the silver. — Mrs. A. T. Barnes. If there is a full moon between 1st and 20th of April there will be frost within 3 days. If moon fulls after 20th no frost. If moon fulls between 15th and 30th of October there will be a killing frost in 3 days of full moon. — Rev. Elias Dodson. MAGIC FURNITURE POLISH. One-half pint alcohol, y2 ounce resin, y2 ounce gum-shellac, a few drops analine brown; let stand overnight and add % pint raw linseed oil and y2 pint spirits turpentine; shake well before using. Apply with cotton flannel and rub dry with another cloth. — Dixie. FOR A BURN. Cover with scraped Irish potato. Renew until ceases to pain ; or, spread mentholatum or soft linen and bind to it, or use same for snake bite. Beat the white of an egg until light, then mix with enough lard to form a paste. Spread on cloth and apply. TO REMOVE STAINS. Yellow stains in marble basins caused by dripping water can be removed with pulverized chalk moistened with ammonia. Apply with tooth-brush. FOR COAX, CLINKERS. . Place oyster shell in the firebox of the stove and they will be loosened, and if one is kept in stove constantly clinkers will not return. — Mrs. C. M. Cooper, TO REMOVE RING STAINS MADE BY CLEANING FLUID. The stain will disappear if the fabric is held in the steam from kettle for few minutes. The fabric must be perfectly dry or a serious accident may result of its closeness to the fire. For a paste that will prevent wall paper from coming off take a sufficient amount of buttermilk; strain and put in a kettle. Heat and thicken with flour as for any other flour paste. This will not soil the most delicate paper. If the wall to be covered is crumbly brush over with the paste before putting on the paper and it will stick. Lemon juice and salt will remove iron rust stains from white goods. RULE FOR COOKING VEGETABLES. All vegetables that grow above the ground should be cooked in fresh boiling water, to which salt has been added. All vegetables that grow under the ground should not be salted until they are cooked and all the water has been drained off. Salt thrown on a coal fire when broiling steak will prevent blazing from the dripping fat.