The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-04-01
USEFUL RECEIPTS, ETC.

SALTS OF lemon FOR REMOVING STAINS
FROM L1NEN.-Equal parts of oxalic acid
and cream of tartar, pulverized and
thoroughly mixed are better for this
purpose alone. The mixture should be
kept in q tightly closed box, marked
" Poison" in conspicuous letters, and
when applied it should be moistened
with water.
MoTH PowDER.-Lupulin (the flour
OF hops), one dram: Scotch snuff. two
ounces camphor gum. one ounce; black
pepper, one ounce; cedar saw-dust, four
ounces; mix thoroughly and strew
among the furs or woolens to be protect
ed.
KAIsOMINING-Is Il name given to an
other method of whitening walls. 1t is
Paris white, which is very fine whiten-
ing or chalk, to be had at the paint or
drug store, and put on with glue size:
The proportions are quarter Off pound
of white glue to six pounds Of Paris
white. Put the glue in water enough
to well cover 1t, and let it stand until
perfectly soft; then put the vessel, con-
tanning the glue into kettle OF hot wa
ter, and stir until 1t is thoroughly dis
solved. Put the Paris white into pail,
add hot water gradually, stirring all the
time, until it is brought to smooth.
creamy consistence; add the dissolved
glue, and then water enough to thin it.
sufficiently to work well with brush.
It Is applied in the same manner as
whitewash, and is used for hard finished
ceilings and walls that have become dis
colOred.
FASTENING lion IN SToNE.-A writer
strongly recommends the use OF zinc in
stead OF lead for fastening iron railing
into stone. It is well known that iron
cementcd with lead is consumed by rust
very rapidly and destroyed. The zinc,
however, makes galvanic circle with
the iron, and being positive to the iron,
sustains all the chemical action, and be-
comes oxidized, while no rust forms up
on the iron.
LIQUID FOR CLEANING SILVER PLATE
Add by degrees 8 ounces OF prepared
chalk in fine powder to mixture OF
ounces of spirits OF turpentine, ounce
of alchvhol. Is ounce spirit Of camphor,
and two drains of aqua ammonia. 1t
should be applied with q soft sponge,
and allowed to dry before polishing.
COOP SoxP.-It is convenient some
times to know how to make soap quick
ly, when there is little grease and no
leach set up. Make white I've by boil
ing good ashes with water, and pouring
off the liquid when it has settled. When
this lie IS boiling add all the grease
previously fried out-lard or tallow or
drippings) it will take. Boil it together,
trying frequently a little in {. saucer, un,
til you find it thickens rs you stir It, and
and It cools. Ii you cannot make II
come. add LITTLE water to smatl guam
tity in your ssalcer. z S,llt thickens y,
do the sss.. Nth that in The kettle. II
not. IT,, adding little lye to small
portion of and then to the whole, If that
makes the small portion tried, come i
To WASH MUSLIN AND OTHER DRESSES.
Thin fabrics and dresses with delicate
colors should not be washed with soap.
The best fluid to wash them In Is rice
water, made by boiling one pound OF rice
in a gallon Of water. Reserve uart
of water for starching; then wash the
dress in the remainder. Rinse in clean,
or slightly blued, fair water; then starch
the dress in the remaining quart OF rice
water. and iron quickly.