Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-11-03
Household Hints.

To clean whiting, wash with solu-
ton of one pints of salt to four gallons
of water, and wipe dry Immediately.
A little spirits of turpentine added to
the water with which floors are washed
with prevent the ravages OF moths.
Use kerosene, or bath-brick, or pow
dered lime to Scour iron. tin or copper;
wash in hot suds and polish with dry
whiting.
To remove spots from furniture, take
4 ounces of vinegar, = ounces of sweet
oil, ounce of turpentine. Mix, and
apply with a flannel cloth.
Spirits of ammonia, diluted with wa
ter ii applied with sponge or flannel
to discorored spots on the carpets or
garments, will often restore the color.
SCOT falling on the carpet from open
chimneys or carlessly handled stove
papers, if covered thickly with salt, can
be brushed up without injury to the
carpet.
One pound Of green copperas dis
solved in boiling water will destroy all
foul smells. Powdered borax scat
tered in their haunts will dispense cock
reaches.
To clean oil cloth, was always with
warm milk. Once in six months scour
with hot soap-suds, dry thoroughly and
apply coat Of varnish. They will last
as long again.
To give glass great brillarcv, wash
with a damp sponge dipped in spirits,
then dust with powdered blue or whit
ING tiled in a thin muslin rag), and pol
ish with q Gnamois skin.
When carpets are well cleaned
sprikle with salt and fold; when laid,
strew with slightly moistened bran be.
fore sweeping. This, with the salt, will
freshen them up wonderfully,
A paste made of whiting and benzoir
will clean marble. and one made OF
whiting and chloride of soda. spread
and left to dry lin the sun, if possible)
on the marble, will remove spots.
Fuller's earth, mixed to stiff paste
with cold water, spread on the carpet
and covered with brown paper, will in
day or two remove grease spots. A
second application may be necessary,
A flannel cloth dipped into warm
soap-suds and then into whiting and
applied to paint, will instantly remove
all grease and dirt. Wash with clean
water and dry. The most delicate paint
will not be injured. and will look like
new.
Plaster OF paris mixed with gum ara
bic water makes an excellent white ce-
ment, but must be used Immediately, as
il hardens quickly. A mixture of FIVE
mate of lime applied to broken edges,
which should be pressed together and
exposed to the sunlight makes an in
soluble cement.
To whiten walls, scrape oil all the old
whitewash and wash the walls with a
solution of two ounces of white vitriol
to four gallons of water. Soak quar-
ter of pound of white glue in water
for twelve hours; strain and place in a
tin pail; cover with fresh water and set
the pail in kettle Of boiling water
When melted stir in the glue eight
pounds Of whiting, and water enough to
make it as thick as common whitewash.
Apply evenly with good brush. IF
the walls are very yellow, blue the wa
ter slightly by squeezing in it flannel
blue-bag.
The government recipe for cleaning
brass, used in the arsenals, is said TO be
as follows: Make a mixture Of one part
common nitric acid and one-half part
sulphuric acid in q stone jar; then place
ready pail Of fresh water and a box
of sawdust. Dip the articles 70 be
cleaned in the acid, then remove them
into the water, after which rub them
with sawdust. This Immediately
changes them to a brilliant color. If
the brass is greasy it must be first
dipped in strong solution Of potash
and soda in warm water; this cuts the
grease so that the acid has the power
to act. The Manufacturer says that rust
ed steel can be cleaned by washing with
solution Of half an ounce Of cyanide
of potassium in two ounces of water,
and then brushing with paste com
posed Of half an ounce Of cyanide Of
potassium, half an ounce Of CASTLE soap,
IN ounce Of whiting and sufficient wa
ter 10 make the paste.