The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-09-02
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,ns Season.
Mortar and paint may be removed
from window glass with hot, SHARP
vinegar.
Grained woods should be washed with
cold tea, and then, after being wiped
dry, rubbed with linseed oil.
Remove fiowcr-pot stains from win.
dow-sills by rubbing with fine wood
ashes and rinse with clean wafer.
Strong brine may be used TO advant
age in washing brdsteads. Hot alum.
water is also good for this purpose.
Drain-pircs and all places that are
s6lr or impure may be cleansed with
limc-water or carbolic acid or chloride
Of lime.
Cayenne copper blown into the cracks
where ants congregate will drive them
away. Tie same remedy is also good
for mica
Hollctorc sprinkled on the floor
destroys cockroaches They eat 1t and
ere poisoned, 1t should he swept up
each morning.
Plush goods and al articles dyed with
dnlline colors. faded from exposure to
light will look as bright as ever aftes
a sponging with chloroform.
II 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 calci.
mine.
Carpets should be thoroughly beaten
on the wrong side first and then on the
right side. after which spots may be re-
moved by the use of oz-gall or ammonia
and water.
Whole cloves are now used to exterlni-
nate the merciless and industrious moth.
1t is said that they are more efcctual as
destroying agent than either tobacco,
camphor, or cedar shavings.
a good moih-powder is made of lupu-
line (ground hops). l dram; Scotch
snuff, ounces; camphorsgum, ounce;
black pepper, ounce; cedar sawdust,
ounces. Mix thoroughly and strew
among the furs and wolens to be pro-
Gected.
To remove wine, fruit or iron stains
from linen, wet the spot with solution
of hyposulphite OF soda and scatter some
pulverized tartsric acid upon it, then
wash out as usual Strong vinegar can
be substituted for the tartaric acid.
Furniture needs cleaning as other
woodwork. 1t may be washed with
warm soaPsuds quickly, wiped dry. and
then rubbed with an oily cloth. To
polish it rub with rotten-s:one and sweet
OIL. Clean off the oil and polish with
chamois skin.
When hard-fnished walls have been
calcimined the soiled coats should be
washed or scrapcd off before a new ono
is put on. This is the most disagreeable
part OF the process. The furniture shouid
be covered, as the lime makes spots that
-s.ee removed with difficulty, especially
upon black walnut
Two ounces of soda dissolved in a
quart of hot water win make ready
and useful solution for cleaning oil
painted work preparatory to repairing
This mixture. in the above proportion,
should be applied when warm and the
woodwork afterward washed with
water 10 remove all traces Of Soda
To cleanse spots from broadcioth or
woolen goods take half an ounce each
of glycerine, alcohol, and sulphuric
ether, two ounces of aqua ammonia, half
an ounce of powdered CASTLE soap, and
add water enough TO make one quart Of
the mixture. Use with brush or sponge
and rinse with pure water.
To clean marble the following is re-
commended: Common soda, pounds;
powdered pumice-stone and finely
powdered chalk, l pound each. Pass
through fine sieve and mix to @ thin
paste with water. Rub it well all over
the marble and the stains will be re-
moved; then wash the marble over
with soap and water and it viii be as
clean as it was at first