The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-03-22
House hold Suggestion

HORTICULTURE. lovers of flowers
must remember that one blossom al
lowed to mature or ''go to seed :"
Injuries the plant more than dozen
new buds. Cut your flowers, then, all
of them, before they begin to fade.
Adorn Your rooms with them put
them on your tables send bouquets
to your friends who have no flowers :;
or exchange favors with those who
have. You will surely find that the
more you cut off the more you Will
have. All roses, after they have ceased
to bloom, should be cut back, that the
strength of the root may go to form
ing new roots for next year. On
! bushes not seed should be allowed to
mature. -ScribRer' for March.
To prevent ink from turning mouldy.
it has been recommended by German
chemist to add drop or two OF mus
| tard oil. \ similar addition to starch
paste Is said to prevent its becoming
sour.
DESTROYING CANKER WoRMs -SueI
Foster, Of Iowa, says he destroys
canker worms by placing straw under
the trees, shaking the worms down into
the straw, and then burning 1t.
To REMOVE Iron RUST FROM WHITE
GooDs.-A remedy which | have tried
and found effectual, is this; One ounce
Of oxalic acid dissolved in one quart OF
water. Wet the iron-rust spots IN this
solution and lay IN the hot sun; the
rust will disappear IN from three to
twenty minutes, according to its depth.
| have Just experimental by holding a
rusted cloth, wet in this solution. over
the steam of boiling tea-kettle, ana
the rust disappeared almost instantly.
In either case, the cloth should be we'll
rinsed in water as soon rs the rust dis.
appears, to prevent injury from the
acid. Many use this acid to remove
fruit and ink stains from white fabrics.
When diluted still more, it may be
useh to remove fruit or ink stains from
the hands.
i STRONG alum water is sure death to
bugs of any description. Take two
pounds of pulyerized alum, and dis
solve in three quarts of boiling water.
allowing 1t TO remain over the fire I'M
til thoroughly dissolved. Apply while
hot with a brush, or, what is better,
use a syringe to force the liquid in the
cracks of the walls and bedsfead. Seat
ter also the powdered alum'freely in all
these places, and you viii soon be rid
of these insect nuisances which fill one
with disgust.
WASHING. Injurious effects of soda
and potash soaps have occaSioned re
sort to Il new method of washing now
adopted IN Germany and Belgium.
Two pounds of soap are now dissolved
In three gallons of water as hot as ones
hand can bear. To this are added one
tablespoonful Of turpentine and three
of aqua ammonia, the mixture to be
we'll stirred. Linens are st eped IN
this preparation two or three hours,
care being taken to keep the boiler COW
cred as closely as possible. The clothes
are afterward simply washed out and
rinsed in the usual way.
The preparation may be used a sec
ond time by the addition of half as
much turpentine and ammonia. The
process saves n great amount of time.
labor and fuel. The fabrics do not
suffer. There Is 40 necessity for rub
bling on the washboard, while the
cleanliness and color are perfect.
Ammonia and turpentine possess
strong defensive qualities without IN
furious effects. The former evaporates
ut once after removal, and the smell
OF the latter, If too much has not been
used. disappears during the process OF
drying 70 Day.