Hoiu to Wash Colored Calicoes. — -Dissolve 5
cents' worth of sugar of lead in 3 to4 quatts of pure
water (rain-water is best), and, after the garments
are washed and rinsed, let them be dipped in and
wrung out ; it sets the color and keeps it.
How to Remove Tar from Cloth. — Rub it well
with turpentine, and every trace of tar will be
removed.
How to Set the Color hi Lawn. — Dissolve a
half-pound of saltpetre in a pailful of water, and
dip the lawn in it several times before washing.
How to Remove Egg Staijis from Spoons. —
Rub with common salt.
HocU to Remove the Stains of Fruit from the
Hands. — Wash your hands in clear water, dry
slightly, and while yet moist, strike a sulphur
match and hold your hands around the flame. The
stains will immediately disappear.
How to Clean Furniture. — Rub with cotton
waste, dipped in boiled linseed oil ; then rub clean
and dry with a soft flannel cloth.
How to Test whether an Article is Gilt or
Made of a Gold-colored Alloy. — A solution of bi-
chloride of copper makes a brown spot on alloy,
but produces no effect on a surface of gold.
LIow to Restore Gilt Fratnes. — Rub with a
sponge moistened in turpentine.
How to Clean Gloves. — Pour a little benzine
into a basin and wash the gloves in it, rubbing and
squeezing them until clean. If much soiled, they
must be washed through clean benzine, and rinsed
in a fresh supply. Hang up in the air to dry.
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How to Clean Hair Brushes. — Dissolve a little
soda in warm water, and pour in a small amount of
ammonia. Hold the brushes with the bristles
downward, and avoid wetting the back as far as
possible ; shake until the grease is removed. Then
rinse in cold water, and put in the air to dry.
How to Clean Hair. — Wash well with a mix-
ture of soft water, i pint ; sal-soda, i ounce ; cream
tartar, ]^ ounce.
Hoiv to Remove Stains from Linen. — Wet the
part stained, and lay on it some salt of wormwood✪ How to Remove Stains from Linen ;
then rub without diluting it with more water.
How to Remove Mildeiu from Cloth. — Put a
teaspoonful of chloride of lime into a quart of water✪ How to Remove Mildew from Cloth,
strain it twice, then dip the mildewed places in this
weak solution ; lay in the sun. If the mildew has
not disappeared when drj', repeat.
How to Cure Mosquito Bites. — Put 10 drops of
refined carbolic acid into an ounce of rose water ;
shake well, and apply as needed. If 3- on hold your
breath when a mosquito has its bill in you it can-
not withdraw it until you breathe again.
How to Remove Paint from Dress Goods. —
When the color of a fabric has been destroyed by
an acid, ammonia is applied to neutralize the same;
after which an application of chloroform will, in
almost all cases, restore the original color.
How to Color Dress Goods Red. — i ounce of
cochineal, i ounce of muriate of tin, and a little
cream of tartar for each pound of goods✪ How to Color Dress Goods Red, dissolved
in enough water to cover them. Boil the goods in
this dye 10 minutes. Hang up to dry.
How to Remove a Rjisiy Screw. — Apply a red-
hot iron to the head for a short time, the screw-
driver being applied immediately while the screw
is hot.
Ho7u to Prevent Starch from Souring when
Boilcd.-^K.(\<\ a little sulphate of copper✪ How to Prevent Starch from Souring when Boiled.
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How to Wash Colored Calicoes. — Dissolve 5 cents' worth of sugar of lead in 3 to4 quatts of pure water (rain-water is best), and, after the garments are washed and rinsed, let them be dipped in and wrung out ; it sets the color and keeps it.
How to Remove Tar from Cloth. — Rub it well with turpentine, and every trace of tar will be removed.
How to Set the Color hi Lawn. — Dissolve a half-pound of saltpetre in a pailful of water, and dip the lawn in it several times before washing.
How to Remove Egg Stains from Spoons. — Rub with common salt.
How to Remove the Stains of Fruit from the Hands. — Wash your hands in clear water, dry slightly, and while yet moist, strike a sulphur match and hold your hands around the flame. The stains will immediately disappear.
How to Clean Furniture. — Rub with cotton waste, dipped in boiled linseed oil ; then rub clean and dry with a soft flannel cloth.
How to Test whether an Article is Gilt or Made of a Gold-colored Alloy. — A solution of bichloride of copper makes a brown spot on alloy, but produces no effect on a surface of gold.
How to Restore Gilt Frames. — Rub with a sponge moistened in turpentine.
How to Clean Gloves. — Pour a little benzine into a basin and wash the gloves in it, rubbing and squeezing them until clean. If much soiled, they must be washed through clean benzine, and rinsed in a fresh supply. Hang up in the air to dry.
How to Clean Hair Brushes. — Dissolve a little soda in warm water, and pour in a small amount of ammonia. Hold the brushes with the bristles downward, and avoid wetting the back as far as possible ; shake until the grease is removed. Then rinse in cold water, and put in the air to dry.
How to Clean Hair. — Wash well with a mixture of soft water, i pint ; sal-soda, i ounce ; cream tartar, ]^ ounce.
How to Remove Stains from Linen. — Wet the part stained, and lay on it some salt of wormwood ; then rub without diluting it with more water.
How to Remove Mildew from Cloth. — Put a teaspoonful of chloride of lime into a quart of water, strain it twice, then dip the mildewed places in this weak solution ; lay in the sun. If the mildew has not disappeared when drj', repeat.
How to Cure Mosquito Bites. — Put 10 drops of refined carbolic acid into an ounce of rose water ; shake well, and apply as needed. If you hold your breath when a mosquito has its bill in you it cannot withdraw it until you breathe again.
How to Remove Paint from Dress Goods. — When the color of a fabric has been destroyed by an acid, ammonia is applied to neutralize the same; after which an application of chloroform will, in almost all cases, restore the original color.
How to Color Dress Goods Red. — i ounce of cochineal, i ounce of muriate of tin, and a little cream of tartar for each pound of goods, dissolved in enough water to cover them. Boil the goods in this dye 10 minutes. Hang up to dry.
How to Remove a Rusty Screw. — Apply a redhot iron to the head for a short time, the screwdriver being applied immediately while the screw is hot.
How to Prevent Starch from Souring when Boiled.— Add a little sulphate of copper.
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SOFA PILLOWS
Beautiful designs easily made. A group, each made of pieces of silk, ribbbon and velvet, cut in squares, diamonds and other
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