The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-08-01
Hints for the Household.

MILK stains on serge dresses may be
removed by stepping the part i'll warm
water.
To clean rusty plowshare use coal
oil and a rusty brick; the oil should be
poured on the iron and rubbed with the
brick until bright. We have some
times used strong vinegar with good eff
feet. In this as III other matters, ''an
ounce Of prevention is worth a pound
Of cure, and little grease rubbed on
while the pillow is bright, will save all
the trouble.
Ii is not generally known that for
securing knives, forks, spoons and tin
ware, the common water lime such as
Is used for plastering cisterns. cellars,
etc, is one Of the very best materials.
1t does not scratch and Will not iniure
your very best Silver. Apply with a
damp cloth. The more often such
| things are cleansed the more easily
they are cleaned.
KEEP some strong spirits of harris
horn III a ground glass stopped bottle.
A teaSpOOnful IN II little of water will
clean combs and brushes and restore
colors injured by acids A weaker So
luton, applied to ill-smeliiug feet and
arm pits removes the odor. 1t re-
moves the grease spots from carpets
and clothing. A week solution in water
makes Il good wash for the hair. and
stimulates its growth when impaired by
fever, and cleanses the scalp effectu-
ally. A weak solution, scattered over
the leaves Of plants, from a soft, fine,
| timber bush, gives new life to plants.
/ Ex-a1, a li-+ia l. / 4,
earth at their roots, their growth is in
vigOrated.
For the remaking of last years black
| silks may be recommended an excellent
mode OF cleaning Rub each breadth
carefully with a WOODEN cloth to get the
dust from the surface, then sponge it
all off with water in which one or two
black kid gloves have been boiled, a
a quart of water for a pair of gloves !;
iron while wet, with extremely hot
irons, on the wrong side. For colored
silks the same colOred gloves to be
boiled. For this purpose it is well to
save old kid gloves Of all colors. An
other mode tried with great success is
the same process of rubbing off the dirt
with a WOODEN rag; then mix an equal
quantity of strong tea and vinegar. with
which the silk is washed 10y rubbing
with piece of flannel. 1t must be
made very wet Smooth the silk care
! fully, folding it, and in about fifteen
minutes iron it on the wrong side with
very hot irons. This applies only to
! black silk, black ribbons, cravats, etc
| but might be injurious to cOlors.
THE Journal of Chemistry says: Hot
j n linn Ic n nc. n,
| insecticide. 1t will destroy red and
black ants, cockroaches, spiders, chintz
| bugs, and all the crawling pests which
| infest our houses. Take two pounds OF
| alum and dissolve it in three or four
| quarts of boiling water; let it stand or
/ the fire till the alum disappears; then
apply it with a brush, while nearly boil
| ing hot, to every joint and crevice in
your closets, bodsteads, pantry shelves,
and the like. Brush the crevIces In the
floor of the skirting OF mop-boards, if
Won suspect that they harbor vermin.
If in white washing a ceiling plenty of
alum Is added to the lime, it will also
serve to keep insects at Il distance.
| Cockroaches viii flee the paint which
has been washed in cold alum water.
Sugar barrels and boxes can be freed
from ants by drawing n wide chalk
mark Just around the edge of the top of
them. The mark must be unbroken or
they will creep over 1t but contlnu-
Gus chalk mark half an inch IN width
Will set their depredations at naught.
| Powdered alum or bOraX Will keep the
chintz bugs at respectable distance,
and travellers should always carry a
package in their handbags to scatter
over and under their pillows in places
where they have reason to suspect the
presence of such bedfellows.