The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-12-08

For the New York Weekly Times.l
Stains caused by acids, fruit, tea, or
wine can usually be removed by spirits of
ammonia, diluted in half the quantity of
water. If the stains of fruit or claret are
fresh upon the nGperie they can be taken
out by pouring boiling water directly
upon the spot and rubbing it until it dis
appears, Turpentine, pitch, or tar can
be removed by saturating the spot with
sweet-oil, or little clean tallow can be
spread over it, and let it remain for TWEEN
ty-four hours. Then, if the article is silk
or worsted, scrape off the cold grease
carefully and rub the spot with ether or
wine; then if of cotton or linen, wash it
in the usual manner. Spirits of turpen-
tine will remove recent spots of paint.
Wax and spermaceti should be scraped
off gently and a hot fat-iron applied,
over piece of thick brown paper, until
the spot entirely disappears. Other
grease spots can be removed from silk
or WOODEN by scraping little French
chalk upon the place and placing either
warm iron underneath it or cup OF
boiling water The heat melts the grease
and the chalk absorbs it, and then it can
be brushed off.
lux stains in wooden table-cOvers and
carpets can be removed by washing the
spots with teacupful of warm water, to
which a teaspoonful of oxalic acid has
been added. After rubbing it clean,
rinse off the acid with clean cold water.
If sour, or even sweet milk is rubbed
upon a fresh ink stain it will soon be eff
faced. Then wash it clean, with fan
mel dipped in warm water, and rub it
dry. If white cotton or linen be stained
with ink, dip it at OF ce into cup of milk,
and squeeze it repeatedly until the stain
is gone rinse it out in cold water. If
ink is spilled upon floors or furniture rub
it out with cork dipped into alcohol,
and wash off with clear cold water.
Port, sherry and claret wine stains can
be removed by dipping the spot into
boiling water and letting it remain until
cool.
If linen or cotton become scorched in
ironing, wet the places in hot soap-suds
and place the article in the sun until it is
bleached out Or dip the spot into sour
milk, and let it remain in it for twenty
tour hours, or longer, and then wash as
usual.
MildeY stains can be removed by sew
eral methods from linen, etc. Powdered
chalk mixed with soft soap until it becomes
a very soft paste, and then spread over the
spots, and placed in the sun until it be-
comes entirely dry, will often remove all
the stains but if after rubbing off the
chalk a little discoloration still is seen,
give another coating of the paste and
keep il in the sun as before. If the
scorching is slight, the stain can often be
removed by dipping 1t into butter milk,
or bonnyclabber, then laying it in the sun
to whiten.
yellow muslins can be bleached white
by placing them on a shallow dish, and
covering them with suds made of white
soap, and putting it into the sun, renew
ing thesuds daily until the muslins are
perfectly white.
Oil stains on floors or carpets can be
over with paste made of fuller's
earth aid water, and when it is thorough
ly dry, brush it off, and renew if the stain
is still to be seen. For carpets little
'ox-gall should be added to the paste.
Stains of hot water on vanished tables
can be taken out with a little sweet oil
rubbed upon them, and afterward a few
drops of spirits of wine should be rubbed
in. A teaspoonful of oil of vitrol in a
tablespoonful Of water willtake out stains
of ink, etc. then wash ofsthe spot with
oil. Apply the acid with a small brush.
The dark stains on silver and plated ware
can ALWAYS be removed by little weak
suIphuric acid. Pour the acid into
saucer, wet a small linen rag in it, and
rub until the stain is gone. Then polish
it with a flannel dipped into spirits of
wine and whiting.