The Opelousas courier., 1883-01-13
. Useful Suggestions.

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70 clean rti'in2> that have been
smoked hy Kerosene lamps wash them
with soda water.
70 remove oils, varnish, or resins
from. silk, use benzine and mild soap
very cautiously.
Sand paper is an excellent polisher
for fat-irons, and it removes all starch
and r%oughness.
One ounce of quick lime dissolved in
| water will soften two barrels of ordl-
nary hard water.
Seven or eight successive applications
of the white Of an egg will prove a most
e~ficacious remedy for q burn.
Cotton wool saturated with a mixture
of equal parts of choral or carbolic acid
and allowed to dry, makes Il good
pledget for toothache.
To wash black silk stockings use a
lather of tepid rain water and white
| soap with a little ammonia. Roll in a
cloth dry, do not wiring, but press the
water out.
To prevent the colors of oilcloth
from fading, and the canvas IRON rot
ting. use as little as possible, but Tuh
with q flannel, and polish with Il mod
erately hard brush.
Oranges are very beneficial if eaten
early in the morning. In eases Of ,ys-
pessia, an orange eaten every morning
before breakfast will greatly alleviate.
il not entirely cure, the maladN.
If your hands arc badly cliapped,
wet them III warm water, and rub them
all over With fndianmeal; do this'sev-
erai times, and then in the water used
to wash off the meal put a ~teAspoonin'
of pure ~glycerine.
An excellent liniment for to%ottlaclie
or neuralgia is made of half all ounce
each Of oil of sassafras and oil OF ORGAN
um, one and a half ounce Of tinctnre OF
eapsieum, and half a pint of alcohol
Apply to the face IN a flannel cloth.
To clean marble mantels, take one
part of powdered chalk, one part pull
verified pumice stone, and two parts OF
common soda, mix with water, aud rnl
we'll the whole surface, then wasl, with
soda and water and you will find all
stains removed.
A sick person can be sustained hy
this when nothing else can he taken
Make a strong cup OF coffee, adding
boiling milk as usual, on sweetehing
rather more take an egg, beat yelt
and white thoroughly together. and
pour it in. This is often used in hospi'
tai service.
To remove ink spots from colored
fabrics and not destroy the color, moist.
Ell the goods in warm water and rut
with phosphate, and then cover with {
thin layer Of tallow. The spot sllonlt
then be washed in moderately warn
water cotaining a little soda. If no
entirely removed the first time, repea
the process.
To clean finely polished furniture
take a bowl half full of tepid water, :
little fine toilet soap and q tablespoon
full of sweet oil. Apply with a piece o
old flannel, rubbing vigorously ; .thei
take a piece of old soft fine cotton ant
rub thoroughly with it and repeat th'
process until all the liquid application
has been removed.
Wooden shawls may be nicely washe'
if you put half an ox-gall into two gal
Ions of tepid water. After washing
Thoroughly in this, rinse in another tul
with the other half of the ox-gall ant
the same quantity of water; shake th'
shawl out and let it dry in a warn
! reom, but not in the sun. Carpet, rug
may be cleaned in the same way, but
after washing, if they are secured will
J a soft brush, they will look as bright a
new.