To Get Rid of Black Ants. — Get five cents worth of tartar emetic; mix in an old saucer with sugar and water, and set in your pantry or cupboard, where the ants trouble you. In twenty-four hours every ant will have left the premises. With me the same dish of tartar emetic answered as well the second year as the first; as the water dries out add more. Dyeing. — It may be necessary to remark, once for all, that every article to be dyed, as well as everything used about dye- ing, should be perfectly clean. In the next place, the article to be dyed should be well scoured in soap, and then the soap rinsed out. It is also an advantage to dip the article you wish to dye into warm water, just before putting it into the alum or other preparation; for the neglect of this precaution it is nothing uncommon to have the goods or yarn spotted. Soft water should always be used if possible, and sufficient to cover the goods handsomely. As soon as an article is dyed it should be aired a little, then well rinsed, and afterwards hung up to dry. When dyeing or scouring silk or merino dresses, care should be taken not to wring them; for this has a tendency to wrinkle and break the silk. In putting the dresses and shawls out to dry, that have been dyed, they should be hung up by the edge so as to dry evenly. ■ Chrome Black. — For Woolen Goods. — For five pounds of goods, blue vitriol, six ounces; boil it a few minutes; then dip the goods three-quarters of an hour, airing often; take out the goods, and make a dye,with logwood, three pounds✪ Chrome Black for Woolen Goods; boil one- half hour; dip three-quarters of an hour, and air the goods, and dip three-quarters of an hour more. Wash in strong suds. This will not impart any of its color in fulling, nor fade by exposure to the sun. Black on Wool. — For Mixtures. — For ten pound of wool, bichromate of potash, four ounces; ground argal, three ounces; boil together, and put in wool; stir well, and let it remain in the dye four hours. Then take out the wool, rinse it slightly in clear water; then make a new dye, into which put logwood, three and one-half pounds. Boil one hour, and add chamber lye, one pint, .and let the wool He in all night. Wash ir^ cleaji water. HOUSEHOLD. 223 Snuff Brown. — Dark, for Cloth or Wool. — For five pounds of goods, camwood, one pound; boil it fifteen minutes, then dip the goods for three-quarters of an hour; take out the goods, and add to the dye, fustic, two and one-half pounds; boil ten minutes, and dip the goods three-quarters of an hour; then add blue vitriol, one ounce; copperas, four ounces; dip again one-half hour; if not dark enough, add more copperas. It is dark and permanent. Wine Color. — For five pounds of goods, camwood, two pounds; boil fifteen minutes; then dip the goods for one-half hour; boil again, and dip one-halt hour; then darken with blue vitriol, one and one-half ounce; if not dark enough, add cop- peras, one-half ounce.

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To Get Rid of Black Ants. — Get five cents worth of tartar emetic; mix in an old saucer with sugar and water, and set in your pantry or cupboard, where the ants trouble you. In twenty-four hours every ant will have left the premises. With me the same dish of tartar emetic answered as well the second year as the first; as the water dries out add more. Dyeing. — It may be necessary to remark, once for all, that every article to be dyed, as well as everything used about dyeing, should be perfectly clean. In the next place, the article to be dyed should be well scoured in soap, and then the soap rinsed out. It is also an advantage to dip the article you wish to dye into warm water, just before putting it into the alum or other preparation; for the neglect of this precaution it is nothing uncommon to have the goods or yarn spotted. Soft water should always be used if possible, and sufficient to cover the goods handsomely. As soon as an article is dyed it should be aired a little, then well rinsed, and afterwards hung up to dry. When dyeing or scouring silk or merino dresses, care should be taken not to wring them; for this has a tendency to wrinkle and break the silk. In putting the dresses and shawls out to dry, that have been dyed, they should be hung up by the edge so as to dry evenly. ■ Chrome Black. — For Woolen Goods. — For five pounds of goods, blue vitriol, six ounces; boil it a few minutes; then dip the goods three-quarters of an hour, airing often; take out the goods, and make a dye,with logwood, three pounds; boil onehalf hour; dip three-quarters of an hour, and air the goods, and dip three-quarters of an hour more. Wash in strong suds. This will not impart any of its color in fulling, nor fade by exposure to the sun. Black on Wool. — For Mixtures. — For ten pound of wool, bichromate of potash, four ounces; ground argal, three ounces; boil together, and put in wool; stir well, and let it remain in the dye four hours. Then take out the wool, rinse it slightly in clear water; then make a new dye, into which put logwood, three and one-half pounds. Boil one hour, and add chamber lye, one pint, .and let the wool He in all night. Wash in clean water. Snuff Brown. — Dark, for Cloth or Wool. — For five pounds of goods, camwood, one pound; boil it fifteen minutes, then dip the goods for three-quarters of an hour; take out the goods, and add to the dye, fustic, two and one-half pounds; boil ten minutes, and dip the goods three-quarters of an hour; then add blue vitriol, one ounce; copperas, four ounces; dip again one-half hour; if not dark enough, add more copperas. It is dark and permanent. Wine Color. — For five pounds of goods, camwood, two pounds; boil fifteen minutes; then dip the goods for one-half hour; boil again, and dip one-halt hour; then darken with blue vitriol, one and one-half ounce; if not dark enough, add copperas, one-half ounce.

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