When freshly spilled, ink can be removed from carpets
by wetting in milk. Take cotton batting and soak up all
of the ink it will receive, being careful not to let it spread.
Then take fresh cotton, wet in milk, and sop it up carefully.
Repeat this operation, changing cotton and milk each time.
After most of the ink has been taken up in this way, with
fresh cotton and clean, rub the spot. Continue till all dis-
appears; then wash the spot in clean warm water and a lit-
tle soap; rinse in clean water, and rub till nearly dry. If
the ink is dried in, we know of no way that will not take
the color from the carpet as well as the ink, unless the ink
is on a white spot. In that case Baits of lemon, or soft-
soap, starch, and lemon-juice will remove the ink as easily
as if on cotton.
TO REMOVE INK FROM PAPER.
Put one pound of cloride of lime to four quarts of water.
Shake well together and let it stand twenty-four hours;
then strain through a clean cotton -cloth. Add one tea-
spoonful of acetic acid to one ounce of this prepared lime
water, and apply to the blot, and the ink will disappear.
Absorb the moisture with blotting paper. The remainder
may be bottled, closely corked, and set aside for future use.
An occasional feed of hard-boiled eggs made fine and
mixed with cracker-crumbs is good for canary birds. Feed
a couple of thimblefuls at a time.
Mother's Coo* Boo*. JBS
INK ON ROSEWOOD OR MAHOGANY.
' If ink has been unfortunately spilled on mahogany, rose"
wood, or black walnut fdrnitare, ptrt half a dozen drops of
* spirits of nitre into a spoonful of water, and foi'icn the stain
ft with a feather wet in this; as soon as the ink disappears, rub'
the place immediately with a cloth ready wet in cold water,
or the nitre wiH leave a white spat very difficult to remove,
t If after washing off the nitre the ink spot still lingers, make
the mixture a fittle stronger and* use the aecbncf tfme, and
never forget to wash rt off at once.
COAL FIRE.
If your coal fire is low, throw on a tablespoon of salt, and!
it will help it very much.
POLISH FOR BRIGHT STOVES AND STEEL
ARTICLES.
One tablespoonfut of turpentine; one tabfespoonful of
sweet oil; emery powder. Mis the turpentine and 1 sweet
oil together, stirring in sufficient emery powder to make the
mixture of the thickness of cream, tut it ore the article
with a piece of soft flannel, rub off quickly with! another
piece, then polish with a tittle emery powder and 1 clean
leather.
TO PREVENT POMPS FR6M FREEZING.
Take out the lower valve in the fall, and drive a tack
under it, projecting in such a way that it cannot quite close.
The water will then leak back into the well or cistern,
while the working qualities of the pump will not be dam-
To keep starch from sticking to irons rub the irons with
a little piece of wax or Bperm.
Mother's Cook Book.
TO KEEP OFF MOSQUITOES.
Bab exposed parte with kerosene. The odor is not
noticed after a few minutes, and children especially are
much relieved by its use.
TO BRIGHTEN GILT FRAMES.
Take sufficient, flour of sulphur to give a golden tinge to
about one and one-half pints of water, and in this boil four
or five bruised onions or garlic, which will answer the same
purpose. Strain off the liquid, and with it, when cold,
wash, with a soft brush, any gilding which requires restor-
ing, and when dry it will come out as bright as new work.
TO MAKE HENS LAY IN WINTER.
Keep them warm; keep corn constantly by them, but do
not feed it to them. Feed them with meat scraps when lard
or tallow has been tried, or fresh meat. Some chop green
peppers finely, or mix Cayenne pepper with corn meal to
feed them. Let them have a frequent taste of green food, a
little gravel and lime, or clam-shells.
TO PRESERVE STEEL PENS.
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Presented as published in 1902. 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
When freshly spilled, ink can be removed from carpets by wetting in milk. Take cotton batting and soak up all of the ink it will receive, being careful not to let it spread. Then take fresh cotton, wet in milk, and sop it up carefully. Repeat this operation, changing cotton and milk each time. After most of the ink has been taken up in this way, with fresh cotton and clean, rub the spot. Continue till all disappears; then wash the spot in clean warm water and a little soap; rinse in clean water, and rub till nearly dry. If the ink is dried in, we know of no way that will not take the color from the carpet as well as the ink, unless the ink is on a white spot. In that case bits of lemon, or softsoap, starch, and lemon-juice will remove the ink as easily as if on cotton.
TO REMOVE INK FROM PAPER.
Put one pound of cloride of lime to four quarts of water. Shake well together and let it stand twenty-four hours; then strain through a clean cotton -cloth. Add one teaspoonful of acetic acid to one ounce of this prepared lime water, and apply to the blot, and the ink will disappear. Absorb the moisture with blotting paper. The remainder may be bottled, closely corked, and set aside for future use.
An occasional feed of hard-boiled eggs made fine and mixed with cracker-crumbs is good for canary birds. Feed a couple of thimblefuls at a time.
Mother's Cook Book.
INK ON ROSEWOOD OR MAHOGANY.
' If ink has been unfortunately spilled on mahogany, rosewood, or black walnut furniture, put half a dozen drops off
*spirits of nitre into a spoonful of water, and fasten the stain with a feather wet in this; as soon as the ink disappears, rub the place immediately with a cloth ready wet in cold water, or the nitre will leave a white spot very difficult to remove. If after washing off the nitre the ink spot still lingers, make the mixture a little stronger and use the second time, and never forget to wash it off at once.once.
COAL FIRE.
If your coal fire is low, throw on a tablespoon of salt, and! it will help it very much.
POLISH FOR BRIGHT STOVES AND STEEL
ARTICLES.
One tablespoonfut of turpentine; one tablespoonfal of sweet oil; emery powder. Mix the turpentine and sweet oil together, stirring in sufficient emery powder to make the mixture of the thickness of cream, put it on the article with a piece of soft flannel, rub off quickly with another piece, then polish with a little emery powder and clean leather.
TO PREVENT PUMPS FROM FREEZING.
Take out the lower valve in the fall, and drive a tack under it, projecting in such a way that it cannot quite close. The water will then leak back into the well or cistern, while the working qualities of the pump will not be dam-
To keep starch from sticking to irons rub the irons with a little piece of wax or Bperm.
Mother's Cook Book.
TO KEEP OFF MOSQUITOES.
Rub exposed parts with kerosene. The odor is not noticed after a few minutes, and children especially are much relieved by its use.
TO BRIGHTEN GILT FRAMES.
Take sufficient, flour of sulphur to give a golden tinge to about one and one-half pints of water, and in this boil four or five bruised onions or garlic, which will answer the same purpose. Strain off the liquid, and with it, when cold, wash, with a soft brush, any gilding which requires restoring, and when dry it will come out as bright as new work.
TO MAKE HENS LAY IN WINTER.
Keep them warm; keep corn constantly by them, but do not feed it to them. Feed them with meat scraps when lard or tallow has been tried, or fresh meat. Some chop green peppers finely, or mix Cayenne pepper with corn meal to feed them. Let them have a frequent taste of green food, a little gravel and lime, or clam-shells.
TO PRESERVE STEEL PENS.