The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-02-08
Useful Surrestions.

II
move all stains from bed ticking.
To clean metal plates, keyholes,
ETC., of doors, also stair-rods, use
sapolio; or, if brass, rottenstone.
To clean and polish tortoise-shell
use a drop or two of sweet oil, and
rub it in thoroughly with the ball
of the thumb.
Silver in constant use is kept
nice and bright by washing it ev-
cry day in warm soapsuds and dry
ing it with old linen.
Burns and scaids are Immediate
ly relieved by an application of dry
soda covered with a wet cloth,
moist enough to dissolve it.
To clean irons use lump of bees
wax tied in a rag; rub the irons
with it when hot, and then scour
with a paper or cloth sprinkling
with salt.
To remove spots from furniture,
take four ounces of vinegar, two
ounces of sweet oil, one ounce OF
turpentine. Mix and apply with a
flannel cloth.
|. Spirits of ammonia, diluted with
water, if applied with sponge OF
flannel to discolored spots of the
carpets or garments, will restore
the color.
SCOT falling on the carpet from
open chimneys or carelessly han
died stove-pipes if thickly covered
with salt, can be brushed up with
out injury to the carpet.
One pound of green copperas
dissolved in one quart of boiling
water, will destroy foul smells.
Powdered borax scattered in their
haunts will dispense cockroaches.
A starch that will make linen
look as good as new, is made of one
quart of well boiled corn starch,
three ounces of gum. arabic, and
two ounces OF loaf sugar.
To clean oilcloth, wash with
warm milk. Once in six months
scour with hot soapsuds; dry
thoroughly and apply coat of var
nlsh. They will last as long again.
When carpets are well cleaned
sprinkle with salt and fold. When
laid. strew with slightly moistened
bran before sweeping. This with
salt will freshen it up wonderfully.
To give glass great brilliancy,
wash with a damp sponge dipped
in spirits, then dust with powdered
blue or whitened tiled in a muslin
bag), and polish with a chamois
skin.
A paste made of whiting and ben
zine will clean marble; and one
made of whiting and chloride of
soda, spread and left to dry Tin the
sun if possible) on the marble, will
remove spots.
Silk handkerchief washed in
clear water with pure white CASTLE
soap look like new. Do not iron,
but snap between the fingers until
almost dry, and then press under
weight.
To cure earache, take a pinch of
black pepper, put it on piece of
cotton batting dipped in sweet oil,
and place it in the ear, and tie
bandage around the head, and it
will give almost instant relief.
To clear oil or grease spots from
carpets use fullers' earth and water,
spread thickly, cover with paper,
and let it remain two days; brush
off, and if not removed, make anoth-
er application. If haste is required
use benzine.
Gilded frames of mirrors and pic
lures are beautifully cleaned by ap-
plying the white of eggs with a
camePs hair brush. To prevent
flies settling upon them, wash in
garlic or onion water. Do not fear
the odor, as it soon dies away, and
the gilt.
China of any color, except white,
may be easily and quickly mended
with shellac. Place a little shellacl
on the broken pieces, and keeping
them close together, hold them to a
lighted candle. When the shellac
is melted sufficiently, let it cool and
harden, and it forms strong ce-
ment.
Hot alum water is the best insect
destroyer known. Put the alu m
into hot water and let it boil till it
is all dissolved; then apply the So
ution hot to all cracks, closets,
Dedsteads and other places, where
my insects are found. Ants, bed
Bugs, cockroaches and creeping
Kings are killed by it; while there
s no danger of poisoning the fam
ly or injuring property. |