The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1880-04-15
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Household Hints.

To PREVENT TIE FORMATION OF A
CRUST ON TEA KETTLES.-Keep an oys-
ter shell in you. tea kettle, and it will
prevent the formation ofa crust on the
inside of it, by attracting the stony par
ticles to itself. .--. .,.
Following is a recipe for polishi1&
wood: Take piece ofpumice-stonea
water and pass repeatedly over the work
until the rising of the grain is cut down.
Then take powdered tripsi and boiled
linseed oil and polish the work 70 a
bright surface. ".e,,s ,.-.,s,,,, -.
To EXTRACT PAINT FROM CoTToN,
SILK AND WooLEN GooDs.-Saturate
the spot with spirits of turpentine, and
let it remain several hours, then rub ii
between the hands. It will crumble
away without injuring either the color
or texture ofthe article. ~
If you intend papering % painted wall,
you must first get off the paint, other
wise the paper will not stick. Te do
this mix in a bucket with warm water
sufficient quantity OF pearlash or pot
ash, 80 as to make Il strong solution.
Dip brush into this, and with it scour
off all the paint, finishing with cod
water and q flannel.
Stains occasioned by fruit, iron rust,
and other similar causes, may be re-
moved by applying to the parts injured
weak solution Of chloride Of me-the
cloth having been well: washed@or Of
soda, oxatic acid, or salts of lemon, in
warm water. The parts subjected to
this operation should be subsequently
well rinsed in soft, clear, warm water,
without soap, and be Immediately dried
in the sun -: sS-tg =. .''s.., 80 y ~
To REMOVE STAINS FROM BROAD.
CLOTH. Take an ounce of pipe clay chat
has been. ground fine, and mix it with
twelve drops of alcohol, and the same
quantity of spirits Of turpentfne.. When
ever you wish 10 remove any stains
from cloth, moisten a little Of this mix
ture with alcohol, and rub it on the
spots. Let it remain till dry, then rub
it off with q wooden cloth, and the
spots will disappear. '
To EXTRACT RAScIDrTY FROM But
TER.-Takv small quantity that is
wanted for immediate use. For pound
of the butter, dissolve a couple Of tea
spoonfuls of saleratus in quart Of boil
ing water; put in the butter, mix it well
with saleratus water, and.let it remain
till cold then takeit off carefully, and
work teaspoonful of salt into it. But
ter treated in this manner answers very
well to use in cooking.
To prevent glue from cracking when
dry, add about one tablespoonful OF
glycerine to q pint of solution-whilc il
is hot. ;'' 80 .,,
The red spider may be banished. from
plants by the simple process. of cutting
off the infected leaf. A leaf once at
tackled soon decays and falls off; but
then the animals remove to another.
By carefully pursuing this amputation,
plants will become remarkably healthy.
The white of an egg, into which a
piece of alum about the size of a wal
nut has been stewed until it forms a
Jelly, is a capital remedy for sprains.
1t should be laidover the sprain upon a
piece of lint and be changed as often as
it becomes dry.
A lump of fresh quicklime the size Of
walnut dropped into pint Of water
and allowed to stand all night, the
water being the,! poured off, from The
sediment, and mixed with 8 quarter Of
a pint of the best vinegar, forms the
best wash for scurf in the head. 1t is
to be applied to theroots ofthe hair.
Gold lace may be cleansed by rubbing
it with soft brush dipped in roche
alum, burnt. and :sifted to very fnt
powder. I;
To curl plumes put some Goals O.
fire on shovel, sprinkle brown sdgal
on the Goals and hold the plumes in the
smoke. One application will be suffi
cient to make them as nice as new
Another way: Take little salt and
sprinkle it upon the hot stove and hole
the plumes over the smoke o few
minutes. 20. '.'
t A tablespoonful Of black pepper viii
prevent gray or buff linens from spot
ting if stirred into the first water in
which they are washed. It will also
prevent the colors running in washing
black or colored cambrics or muslins
and the water is not injured by it, bu
is just as soft as before the pepper was
put in. .t'..
Herbs for drying for future use shoule
be cut Just about the time they are com
ing into flower. Dry them in the shade
and after sufficiently dry to put then
away, tie them in bunches and hang
in cool shed, or place them loosely be-
tween paper, ,and stow away in cupboardl
or drawers, the last mode is by far the
cleanest and most approved plan with
the best housekeeperS. Some, indeed