The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-05-28
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

A SUrEmoR WASHING FLUD-DissoIva one
peund oi snl soda iu one quart of hot vpfer
and add 10 II four quarts Of lime water: when
this SO lies, pour Off the clear. Next dissolve
three ounces OF bomx in one quart of boiling
water, and add IL to the five quarts of cIsnT
wafer. When cold, dissolve in It two or three
ounces of pulverized carbonate ammonia. Put
u I'm bottles aud keep il tightly corSed.
This fluid makes strong, Chick "su5s -
makes washing less injurious TO the hands,
and 1t cleans the clothes with less rubbing -
Use one half pint, or less, to rbout five gal
Ions OF water; put il with some SOAP, into the
tub Of clothes the night before washiDp dlv
or short time before boiling the clothes. I
think this chemical fluid, among the Ii,t OF
washing compounds, will take "the rug of lbo
BUSH" and clean it. TREyroy
Washing fluid made after the above roa,i1t
we have no doubt viii be found am excellent
article and we are much obliged to our cor
respondent for it.
Many who are I'm the habit Of using wash.
ing fluids, do not appear to he aware of their
nature and specific objects Why should they
be used at all, ia washng1 We answer. sim
Ply TO provide slight excess Of aIIaIi 90 COM
6lne with the grease and dirt ON the clothes.
They should be sparingly used, al best, and
wholly discarded ia washing aces and fine
linens
Good soap suds, of sufficient strength. makes
lhe best Of washing fluids for fine white tex.
tile fabrics The chloride Of soda, makes am
excellent huid for whitening linen that has be-.
come yellow Zoo color, aud as a washing duid,
is inferior TO none.
The use Of strong caustic alkalies, imDarls
a yellowish tinge 20 the fine liusus aud tends
TO inIure them; and therefore should BE- used
lI at aL) with much cuutiou.-Sci Amer.
REMEDY For TooyHAcHE.-M Simon recon.
ueuds as most rilcoiuai palliative of the puin
of ioothache, whether dependent upon c.rie.
or not, the application OF cotton, ON which n
Iew drops Of chI0rOloru have been droruaI. tn
lhe commencement of the mcatus aB9ii1riVs
where 10 only causes slight burning scnsp
ION, and gives great relief The cllornrorm
must not he dropped directly into the ear -
Dublin Medical Press,
How TO SFLEor FLoUR -. Look at ifs co or
II 10 is white, with "a slightly yellowi.h an
| straw colOred tint, IL Is good sim. n iris
very white, with q blush ctst, or with b1ck
| speHks iu 10, the -four is not ropd Evun-
inc ts adhesiUeues7; wet aud kuead @ littl. A
b'twrrn the iugrrs;ii works srfl and srin',y
| % '8 poor Flour made fron spuug wlrut. I,
| likely 10 be sticky 3 Throw a liuI. fum
| of The dry -four against q dry, smooth pvp,u.
| 'licular suriuce: il il udherns go a lump, 10
Hour mas Ito n TO- if it falls lik, p,wl .r, il
md 4 squeeze some Of the flour iu yop.
| ind' tt IL rstfns th shlpe g yea il by u,
''ssnre' that too, is good sign
To CLGAN WALL PAPER -soIed wall pop,l
nay be made TO look as we'll, almost as new
! "a most cases, by the following expedisnt.-
! 'hke about ,wo quarts Of wheat bran, tie u
| Hp in bundle, Boo course funnel, and rub n
'v"r Che paper 10 will cleanse Tho Whole pl.
rf OF AL description of dirt and spots, better