TO WASH BLUE CALICO. Pour on hot salt and water before the garment is wet with other water. This sets the color. 96 MACHfAS COOK BOOK. CURE FOR PIG STY. Cut a fig once or twice, put in a cup, and pour boiling water on ; when cool, not cold, bathe often. TO REMOVE MACHINE OIL. Wet the place in warm water, rub on castUe soap, then wash as usual. TO CLEAN THE WALLS OF OLD ROOM PAPER. Wet them with weak lime-water, and it will peel off easily ; take the white wash brush and give the room a thorough wetting. ,'' Take corn starch and wet it up in a little cold i^ater, then pour boiling water on it until it is as thick as very thick starch, and I think you will find it the best paste you ever used. T^e unsightly white marks on tables caused by standing too hot dishes upon them may be re^noved by the application of a little paraifine rubbed on to them with a piece of flannel ; afterwards polish with alcohol. • • * Cream of tartar rubbed upon soiled white kid gloves cleans them well. TO PREVENT INGROWING TOE NAILS. Cut or scrape a groove down the centre and pare the ends oif square ; never cut the sides. TO MAKE THE HANDS WHITE. Take some dry Indiao meal, wet your hands and rub them with it ; then wash them with soap and tepid water. New iron utensils should have two or three handfuls of hay or grass boiled in them, after which a good scouring with wood ashes or soap and sand, and a thorough scalding will make them fit for use. GENERAL RECEIPES. 97 Porcelain kettles that have become discolored may be whitened by boiling lye in them. For ear ache, take a bit of cotton, spread it flatly, sprinkle with black pepper, do it up in a wad, dip it in sweet oil and insert in the ear ; this affords almost instantaneous relief. The same remedy applied to a cavity of an aching tooth gives immediate relief. Linseed oil rubbed on briskly with a piece of flannel will usually remove the white water mark, or ring, from wood of table or side- board. To prevent the odor of cabbage from going through the house, drop a piece of charcoal into the pot. Boil potatoes until nearly done, then bake them ; cooked in this way they are whiter and more mealy. To scour tin use a flannel dipped in kerosene and whiting. Preserves may be kept from becoming mouldy by putting a few drops of glycerine around the edges of the jar before screwing on the cover ; a simple but sure preventive. A little vinegar put on fish, is better for keeping it than ice, even in very hot weather. Sift a little flour over suet when it is being chopped, and it will prevent the pieces from adhering. To make very stiff starch add to each cupful and a half of cold soapy water, 2 heaping teaspoonfuls of starch, and an even teaspoon- ful of powdered borax ; dissolve. Dry collars and cuffs first. Dip them in the starch and take out and roll ; let them be about two hours, then iron. Gum camphor put about mouse haunts drives them away. i>8 MACHIAS COOK BOOK. Borax sprinkled about will drive away water bugs. A tablespoonful of butter boiled into a (juart of maple syrup wilF keej) it from fermenting. Put a small pinch of soda in the water when cooking pease or beans, and they will be very tender. To remove iron rust from white linen, cut a lemon in halves and lay the rust s})ot on a hot iron, then rub half a lemon on freely, and you will see the spots disappear almost instantly ; it will not injure the finest damask. (iMss stains may be removed by washing with alcohol, or ap- ply soda and soap, wetting the spot ; rub over with common soap, wet in warm water and as much common baking soda as will ad- here : let it remain on the stain half an hour or more, then wash out in warm watt r. Whiting and soap will also remove grass stains . lO RFMOVr TAINT AND PirTV FROM GLASS.

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TO WASH BLUE CALICO. Pour on hot salt and water before the garment is wet with other water. This sets the color. CURE FOR PIG STY. Cut a fig once or twice, put in a cup, and pour boiling water on ; when cool, not cold, bathe often. TO REMOVE MACHINE OIL. Wet the place in warm water, rub on castle soap, then wash as usual. TO CLEAN THE WALLS OF OLD ROOM PAPER. Wet them with weak lime-water, and it will peel off easily ; take the white wash brush and give the room a thorough wetting. ,'' Take corn starch and wet it up in a little cold i^ater, then pour boiling water on it until it is as thick as very thick starch, and I think you will find it the best paste you ever used. The unsightly white marks on tables caused by standing too hot dishes upon them may be removed by the application of a little paraifine rubbed on to them with a piece of flannel ; afterwards polish with alcohol. • • * Cream of tartar rubbed upon soiled white kid gloves cleans them well. TO PREVENT INGROWING TOE NAILS. Cut or scrape a groove down the centre and pare the ends oif square ; never cut the sides. TO MAKE THE HANDS WHITE. Take some dry Indiao meal, wet your hands and rub them with it ; then wash them with soap and tepid water. New iron utensils should have two or three handfuls of hay or grass boiled in them, after which a good scouring with wood ashes or soap and sand, and a thorough scalding will make them fit for use. GENERAL RECIPES. 97 Porcelain kettles that have become discolored may be whitened by boiling lye in them. For ear ache, take a bit of cotton, spread it flatly, sprinkle with black pepper, do it up in a wad, dip it in sweet oil and insert in the ear ; this affords almost instantaneous relief. The same remedy applied to a cavity of an aching tooth gives immediate relief. Linseed oil rubbed on briskly with a piece of flannel will usually remove the white water mark, or ring, from wood of table or sideboard. To prevent the odor of cabbage from going through the house, drop a piece of charcoal into the pot. Boil potatoes until nearly done, then bake them ; cooked in this way they are whiter and more mealy. To scour tin use a flannel dipped in kerosene and whiting. Preserves may be kept from becoming mouldy by putting a few drops of glycerine around the edges of the jar before screwing on the cover ; a simple but sure preventive. A little vinegar put on fish, is better for keeping it than ice, even in very hot weather. Sift a little flour over suet when it is being chopped, and it will prevent the pieces from adhering. To make very stiff starch add to each cupful and a half of cold soapy water, 2 heaping teaspoonfuls of starch, and an even teaspoonful of powdered borax ; dissolve. Dry collars and cuffs first. Dip them in the starch and take out and roll ; let them be about two hours, then iron. Gum camphor put about mouse haunts drives them away. Borax sprinkled about will drive away water bugs. A tablespoonful of butter boiled into a quart of maple syrup will keep it from fermenting. Put a small pinch of soda in the water when cooking pease or beans, and they will be very tender. To remove iron rust from white linen, cut a lemon in halves and lay the rust spot on a hot iron, then rub half a lemon on freely, and you will see the spots disappear almost instantly ; it will not injure the finest damask. (iMss stains may be removed by washing with alcohol, or apply soda and soap, wetting the spot ; rub over with common soap, wet in warm water and as much common baking soda as will adhere : let it remain on the stain half an hour or more, then wash out in warm watt r. Whiting and soap will also remove grass stains . TO REMOVE TAINT AND PUTTY FROM GLASS.

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