Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-06-11
USEFUL HINTS.

RED WASH FOR BRIcKs.-To remove
the green that gathers on bricks pour
over them boiling water in which any
vegetables not greasy have been boiled.
Repeat for n few days, and green will
disappear. For the red wash melt one
ounce OF glue in one gallon water while
hot add alum size of egg, one-half pound
Venetian red, ono pound Spanish brown.
Try it; if too light, add more red and
brown. Ii too dark, water it,
To PAINT AN OLD HoUsE.-Take
three gallons water and one pint fax
seed boil half an hour; take it off and
add water enough to mako four gallons :;
let it stand to settle; pour off the water
In a pail, and put n enough of Spanish
white to mako it as thick as whitewash :;
then add one-half pint iinseed oil stir
1t well and apply with brush. Ii the
whining does not mix readily add more
water. Flaxseed, having the nature of
OIL, is better than glue, and will not
wash off as readily.
To SOFTEN THE HANDs.-One can have
the hands in soapsuds with soft soap
without injury to the skin, if the hands
are dipped III vinegar or lemon Juice i'm
medlately after. The acids destroy the
corrosive effec s of the alkali, and make
the hands soft and white. Indian meal
and vinegar or lemon juice used on
hands when roughened by cold or labor
will heal and soften them. Rub the
hands In this; then wash off thoroughly
and rub in glycerine. Those who suffer
from chapped hands will find this COM
forting.
STAINING WooD.-Apple, pear, and
walnut wood, if fne-grained, may be
stained black by the following process.
Boil in glazed or enamelled iron vessel
with water four ounces of ground gall
nuts, one ounce of logwood chips, and
half an ounce each of green vitriol and
crystals of verdigris. Filter while
warm, and brush the wood over with
this rapidly. Dry and brush over with
strong cold solution of acetate of iron,
and dry. Repeat this several times,
and finally dry in an oven at moder-
ATE temperature, and oil or varnish.
To WASH WHITE LACE -FDGINa.-
Have a quart bottle covered with linen,
stitched smo othly to fit the shape. Be-
gin at the bottom and wind the lace
about it, basting fast at both edges.
even the minutest point, TO the linen.
Wish on the bottle, soaping it we'll,
rinse by plunging in pail of clear
water, and boil as you would white
handkerchief, bottle and all. Set in
the hot sun to dry. When quite dry.
clip the basting threads and use the
lace without ironing. If neatly basted
on, it will look nearly as well as new
if not quite.
WASHING MADE EAsY.-I soak nv
clothes over night; in the morning fiji
my washboiler half full of water, and
place it on the stove to heat, throwing in
a handful of soft soap, or about two
ounces of hard; then wiring out the
soaked clothes, soap the dirty parts, and
by this time the water is hot; put them
in and let them boil fifteen minutes,
stirring often; l now take out and put
them in cold water, wash out the srds;
if any dirt remains, give it few rubs
and it Is gone; | rinse them good in
plenty of water, and my clothes are as
white and clean as those that have gone
through long process of rubbing. I
have washed my clothes this way for
ten years, and they have never turned
yellow.