TO CLEAN COAT COLLARS ETC.
(EXCELSIOR RKNOVATINO KLCID.)
One (juart <leodorized Benzine, one
eighth of an oiince of each of the follow ¬
ing: bay rum, amonia, chloroform, ether,
oil wrintergreen, and one ounce alcohol,
one dram borax.
.Mrs. James Boyd, Alliance.
THK I’ENNSYLVAXTA GERMAN COOK BOOK.
AN EXCELLENT GREASE ERADI-
CATOR.
One ounce of fine soap in shavings, salt¬
petre one teaspoonful, amonia two ounces,
soft w'ater one quart, mix thorouglily and
keep in a covered vessel. With this fluid
several men liave made themselves rich.
TO CLEAN DRESSES.
Take gasoline or naptha. Rub soiled
spots then rub with a clean cloth, keep
away from the fire or soap bark soaked
about twenty-four • hours is excellent to
wash dresses.
Another— To remove grease. Cover the
spot thick with magnesia, leave it on some
time, then brush off, if not all gone repeat
this until every particle of grease is
gone. Good on carpets or wall paper.
To remove pitch— Rub well with turpen¬
tine.
To clean gloves— Use gasoline.
TO CLEAN CARPET.
Four ounces of glycerine, sulphuric
ether, and borax, eight ounces .amonia
by
a(iua, one pound good white (or ivory)
soap. Shred soap fine and dissolve in
two (jiiarts of hot water, then add all but
the borax, which should be dissolved in
four (piarts of hot water. Just before
cooling pour all together in a crock and
let it get cold. To clean your carpet,
after housecleaning, and dust is removeil ,
take two dishes with soft warm w'ater, a
scrubbing brush, several pieces of soft
cloth and a large sponge. Dip brush in
one vessel, then dip in soap, scrub
thoroughly a portion of the carpet,
sponge it up quickly, dipping your
sponge first time in the first vessel, then
after soap is squeezed out of it, dip in
the other vessel and sponge up again,
then rub with dry cloth as dry as you can
make it, so keep on until you are over
the whole carpet, keep doors and win¬
dows open, and stay off carpet that day.
This is hard work, but very satisfactory
after accomplished. It is better to have
an assistant, one do the scrubbing, the
other the si)onging and wiping. Another
soap for this purpose is made by dissolv¬
ing one bar of good soap in two gallons
of water, then adding ten cents worth of
salts tartar.
MISCELLANEOUS.
TO MAKE VINEGAR.
Take one pound brown sugar, one cup
of good vinegar, and one gallon of rain
water✪ To Make Vinegar. Keep in a warm place.
TO CURE SCABS ON POTATOES.
Cut potatoes for planting. Then put a
layer of potatoes in a tub or barrel, and
sprinkle with flour of sulphur. Then
give the barrel a good shake, then more
potatoes and sulphur, until all are well
saturated with sulphur.
EXTERMINATE FLIES.
Close r(K)ni tightly, take a red hot fire
shovel and pour on a few drops of car¬
bolic acid. In a few minutes open the
room and the flies will be found to have
entirely disappeared.
EXTERMINATE MOTHS.
Smoke room and closets with camphor
guiu. Put it on a tin pie plate and set
that on a stove or jar, so as not to set
fire to any thing. Set gum on fire, and
for an hour keep out, outside air.
Rugs In Beans.— Dip them in hot
water.
For Cockroaches — Use borax about
their haunts.
Mice hate camphor. Rats slacked lime.
Fill their resorts full of it.
Bed bugs hate grease. — Fill cracks with
it, it kills them, cleanliness however is
the best remedy.
THK |*KNNHYLVANIA «KKMAN'(<M)K HOOK.
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TO CLEAN COAT COLLARS ETC.
(EXCELSIOR RENOVATING FLUID.)
One quart deodorized Benzine, one eighth of an oiince of each of the following: bay rum, amonia, chloroform, ether, oil wrintergreen, and one ounce alcohol, one dram borax.
.Mrs. James Boyd, Alliance.
THK I’ENNSYLVAXTA GERMAN COOK BOOK.
AN EXCELLENT GREASE ERADI- CATOR.
One ounce of fine soap in shavings, salt¬ petre one teaspoonful, amonia two ounces, soft water one quart, mix thoroughly and keep in a covered vessel. With this fluid several men liave made themselves rich.
TO CLEAN DRESSES.
Take gasoline or naptha. Rub soiled spots then rub with a clean cloth, keep away from the fire or soap bark soaked about twenty-four • hours is excellent to wash dresses.
Another— To remove grease. Cover the spot thick with magnesia, leave it on some time, then brush off, if not all gone repeat this until every particle of grease is gone. Good on carpets or wall paper.
To remove pitch— Rub well with turpen¬ tine.
To clean gloves— Use gasoline.
TO CLEAN CARPET.
Four ounces of glycerine, sulphuric ether, and borax, eight ounces .amonia
by
a(iua, one pound good white (or ivory) soap. Shred soap fine and dissolve in two (jiiarts of hot water, then add all but the borax, which should be dissolved in four (piarts of hot water. Just before cooling pour all together in a crock and let it get cold. To clean your carpet, after housecleaning, and dust is removeil , take two dishes with soft warm water, a scrubbing brush, several pieces of soft cloth and a large sponge. Dip brush in one vessel, then dip in soap, scrub thoroughly a portion of the carpet, sponge it up quickly, dipping your sponge first time in the first vessel, then after soap is squeezed out of it, dip in the other vessel and sponge up again, then rub with dry cloth as dry as you can make it, so keep on until you are over the whole carpet, keep doors and win¬ dows open, and stay off carpet that day. This is hard work, but very satisfactory after accomplished. It is better to have an assistant, one do the scrubbing, the other the sponging and wiping. Another soap for this purpose is made by dissolv¬ ing one bar of good soap in two gallons of water, then adding ten cents worth of salts tartar.
MISCELLANEOUS.
TO MAKE VINEGAR.
Take one pound brown sugar, one cup of good vinegar, and one gallon of rain water. Keep in a warm place.
TO CURE SCABS ON POTATOES.
Cut potatoes for planting. Then put a layer of potatoes in a tub or barrel, and sprinkle with flour of sulphur. Then give the barrel a good shake, then more potatoes and sulphur, until all are well saturated with sulphur.
EXTERMINATE FLIES.
Close room tightly, take a red hot fire shovel and pour on a few drops of car¬ bolic acid. In a few minutes open the room and the flies will be found to have entirely disappeared.
EXTERMINATE MOTHS.
Smoke room and closets with camphor guiu. Put it on a tin pie plate and set that on a stove or jar, so as not to set fire to any thing. Set gum on fire, and for an hour keep out, outside air.
Rugs in Beans.— Dip them in hot water.
For Cockroaches — Use borax about their haunts.
Mice hate camphor. Rats slacked lime. Fill their resorts full of it.
Bed bugs hate grease. — Fill cracks with it, it kills them, cleanliness however is the best remedy.
THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN COOK BOOK.
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