West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-05-21
TIM ELY HINTS.
Suggestions to Housekeepers for tn,
House Cleaning Season.

| Suggestions to Housekeepers for tn,
House Cleaning Season.
Mortar and paint may be removed
from window-glass with hot, sharr
vinegar.
Grained woods should be washed
with cold tea, and then, after being
wiped dry, rub with linseed oil
Remove flower-pot stains from win
dow-sills by rubbing with fine wood
ashes and rinse with clean water.
Strong brine may be used to advau
! tagc IN washing bedsteads. Hos
| alum-watcr is also good for this pur
| pose.
Drain-pipes and tll places that are
sour or impure may he cleanscd with
lime-water or carbolic acid or chloride
of lime.
Cayenne pepper blown into the
cracks where ants congregate will
drive them away. The same remedy
is also good for mice
HellebOre sprinkled on the floor at
| night destroys cockroaches They eat
it and arc poisoned. 1t should be
swept up each morning.
Plush goods and all articles dyed
with aniline colOrs, faded from expos
ure to light. will look as bright as ever
after spOhging with chloroform.
If the wall about the stove has been
smoked by the stove, cover the black
| patches with gum-shellac and they will
not strike through either paint or cal.
| Gimme. ~.
Carpets should be thoroughly beaten
on the wrong side first and then on She
| right side, after which spots NAV be re.
moved by the use of ox-gall or ammo.
MIA and water
Whole cloves are. now used to eXter.
inmate the mcrciless and industrious
| moth. 1t is said they are more effect
ual as destroying agent than either
| tobacco, camphor or cedar-shavinCs.
good moth-powder is made of
iupulinc Ground hops), dram; Scotch
| Hnui, ounces; CamphOr-gum, / ounce:
! black pepper, / ounce; cedar sawdust.
4 ounces. Mix thoroughly and strcw
| among the furs or woolcns TO be pro-
| tccted
To remove wine, fruit. or iron stains
| from linen wet the spot with solution
! of hypo-sulphite of soda and scatter
! some pulvcrizcd tartaric acid upon IL:
then wash out as usual Strong vine
| gar can be substituted for the tartavic
| acid.
Furniture needs cleaning as much as
| other woodwork II may be washed
with warm soap-,uds quickly. wipcd
! dry and then rubbed with an oily
! cloth. TO polish it rub with rotten
! stone and sweet oil Clean of the oil
! and polish with chamois-skin.
When hard-hnishcd walls have been
| calcimined the -oilcd coats should be
/ b.. 4 Il q
| Is put on. This is the most disagreed
bic part Of the process The furni-
| tdre should bc covered. "a. the limo
! makes pots that are removed with
| dlihcultY. especially upon black walnut.
Two ounces Of soda dissolved i'm a
! quart Of hot water will make a ready
| and useful solution for cleaning old
| painted work preparatory 30 repair.
| ing. This mixture. i'm the above pro
| portion. should be applied when warm
| and the woodwork afterward washed
| with water 10 remove all traces o.
/ soda
To cleanse spots from broadclOth Of
/ wooden goods take half an ounce each
! Of glycerine, alcohol and sulphur,
! otner, two ounces oi aqua ammonia
| half an ounce Of powdered CASTLE soap.
! and add water enough 10 make one
quart Of the mixture Use with brusF
/ or sponge and rinse with pure water.
/ To clean marble the following If,
/ recommended Common soda. two
/ pounds powdered pumico stone and
/ hnaIy powdered chalk, one pound each
/ Pass through 20 fine sieve and mix 90
| ihin paste with water. Rub TO we'll ar
/ over OBJ marble and The stains viii be
/ removed Then wash the marble over
/ With soap and water and 10 viii be- a.
clean as 10 was at first 80 thic0yy Neut