The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-02-08
For the Household,

To clean spice mill grind a handful
of rice through it.
A gridiron should always be heated
before putting meat on it to broil.
The best way to hang up broom is
to screw large picture ring into the
top of the handle.
To prevent the juice of pies soaking
into the under crust, brush the crust
with the white of beaten egg.
To cure bruise or sprain battle in
cold water, and then apply a decoction
of worm wood and vinegar.
To renovate old black silk sponge
with spirits of ammonia or alcohol. di-
luted with water, and press on the
wrong side.
To take Oil spots out of mating, ETC.,
wet the spot with alcohol, rub it with
hard soap, and then wash we'll with
cold water.
To remove stains from cups or other
articles of tableware or marbleized OIL
cloths, rub them with saleratus, either
with the finger or piece of linen.
To rid the room of the disaGreeable
smell of fresh paint let pailful of water
in which handful of hay has been
| placed stand in the room over night.
10 TtulOFo lHk SlitluS iEOE1 IldHO1dIS
apply carefully with feather a mixture
of teaspoonful of water and few
drops of nitre, and rub quickly with
damp cloth.
| To clean oil-cloth, wash with warm
milk. Once in six months scour with
hot soapsuds; dry thoroughly and ap-
ply coat of varnish. They will last as
long again.
| A starch that will make linen look as
| good as now, is made of one quart of
| well-boiled corn starch, three ounces of
gum arabic, and two ounces of loaf
sugar.
! One pound of green copperas dissolved
in one quart of boiling water will de-
stroy foul smells. Powdered borax scat
tered in their .haunts will disperse cock
reaches.
To give glass great brilliancy, wash
with a damp sponge dipped in spirits,
then dust with powdered blue or whiting
| (tied in muslin bag), and polish with
chamois skin.
Whom carpets are well cleaned,
sprinkle with salt and fold. When laid,
strew with slightly moistened bran be-
fore sweeping. This, with salt, will
| freshe' = wonderfully.
! A paste made of whiting md benzoin
will clean marble; and one made of
whiting and chloride Of soda, spread
and left to dry Gn the sun, if possible)
on the marble, will remove spots.
| Silk handkerchiefs washed in clear
water with pure white CASTLE soap look
like new. Do not iron, but snap be-
tween the fingers until almost dry, and
! f6n, ,pIor
China of any color, excepting white,
may be easily and quickly mended with
shellac. Place little shellac on the
broken pieces, and keeping them close
together, hold them to lighted candle.
To prevent the hair from falling out,
use a mixture composed of two ounces
of spirits of ammonia two ounces each
of glycerine and rose water, one-halt
ounce of cantharides and enough alco-
hol to clarity.
To cure earache, take pinch of black
pepper, put it on a piece of cotton bat
tiRg dipped in sweet oil, and place it in
the ear, and tie bandage around the
head, and it will give almost instant re-
| lief
To clean Oil or grease spots, from car
pets, use fullers' earth and water, spread
thickly, cover with paper, and let it re-
main two days; brush off, and if not re-
moved, make another application. Il
haste is required, use benzine.
Gilded frames Of mirrors and pictures
are beautifully cleaned by applying the
white of eggs with camePs hair brush.
To prevent flies settling upon them,
wash in garlic or onion water. Do moi
fear the odor, as it soon dies away, and
brightens the gilt.
To raise the pile of velvet, take two
pieces of wood and place them on g
! table and between them, bottom side
up, put three very hot fiat-irons, ant
lay over them s, wet cloth; hold the vel
vet over the cloth with the wrong side
down, and when thoroughly steamed
brush the pile with light whisp.