The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-18
DOMESTIC POINTS.
fresh lard will remove tar.

Fresh lard will remove tar
To purify cistern tie charcoal in bag
and drop it in.
To efface scratches on furniture rub
on some linseed oil, and then follow with
a little shellac, dissolved in alcohol.
A silk dress should always be brushed
with soft camel's hair brush, as whisk
brooms are too harsh, and cut the silk.
Prevent your pretty new ginghams from
fading by letting them lie orseveral hours
in water in which has been dissolved a
goodly quantity of salt
Tack little rolls of cotton batting, COW
cred with a dark CLOTH under the rear
ends of the rockers of the chair that
makes practice Of clipping over"
Try ironing all lace and embroidery on
the wrong side, and iron until perfectly
dry. Calicos that are apt to look too
''shiny" should be ironed on the wrong
side.
When anything has been spilled on the
stove, or milk has boiled over, and suifo-
eating smoke arises, sprinkle the spot
with little salt, and it will quickly dis
appear.
When cane-seated chair bottoms have
"sagged," you can often make them as
soap suds and leaving them to dry in the
open air.
Wash teapots thoroughly with strong
soda and water, and then rinse well and
dry perfectly each day, if you would pre-
vent the curious hay-like smell often no.
ticed in a teapot.
| Soiled black garments may be cleaned
by sponging with clear black coffee, with
an equal quantity of water added, and
teaspoonful of ammonia and alcohol for
each pint of the liquid.
To make excellent glue, cover pieces Of
glue las it comes in the dry state) with
vinegor; keep in warm place and shake
occasionally until dissolved For mucil-
| age, thin it with more vinegar
When you are through with wash tubs
or wooden pals, turn them bottom side
up on the floor of the wood house or cellar,
and set can of fresh water under them
to keep them from coming to pieces.
Delicate glasses may be prevented from
breaking when hot lemonade or other hot
drinks are poured in them, by standing
| them, while they are being filled, on q
folded napkin, and placing a spoon In each
glass.
Brush the teeth up and down rather
than across from one tooth to another, as
the particles to be removed are generally
between the teeth The insides and tops
of the teeth need brushing as much as the
outside.
In these days of bacteria let the sunlight
have free. access wherever its poison-
scattering rays can reach In other places
use boiling water and copperas, or
chloride of lime where the water Is unde-
sirabe
A fine restorative jelly is made by put
ting into jar three ounces OF isinglass,
two of gum arabic, two of pure sugar
candy, and q pint bottle of sherry. Cover
closely and let it stand all night. In the
morning set the jar In sauce pan or
water and let 1t simmer until dissolved,
then set aside to harden.
If a hair mattress yields all the comfort
that 1t Is capable of, 1t is quite necessary
that the hair should come out of 1t and be
picked over and aired every two or three
years at least If 1t is one that is in con-
stant use. AS matter of cleanliness, too,
the mattresses need to be made over fire.
quently, though not perhaps as often as
they are by the European peasant women,
who always make the work part of their
yearly house cleaning.
Here is the recipe for cleaning delicate
laces, which an old lacemaker who has
woven many gossamer for the great
connoisseur and lover of laces, Nine. Mo-
djeska, gave to her pupil and patron:
Spread the lace out on paper, cover Win
calcined magnesa, place another paper
over it, and put it away between the
leaves of book, or other pressure, TOT
two or three days. Then all 1t needs Is
skillful shake to scatter the powder, and
its delicate threads are as fresh ana
clean as when first woven.-Phila. Record.