Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-02-02

Headlight oil is double refined
petroleum, or refined kerosene. It is
purer and cleaner than the cruder and
cheaper oils, and has not SO strong an
odOr. 1t is for this reason better for
household purposes, although kero-
sene is as good in other respects. For
laundry work the oil is becoming well
known. The clothes are put to soak
over night in warm soapsuds. In the
morning clean alter is put in the boiler
and to it is added a bar of any good
soap, shred fine, and two and one-half
tablespoons of headlight or kerosene
oil. The clothes being wrung from
the suds, the finest and whitest go into
the scalding water in the boiler and
are boiled twenty minutes. When
taken from the boiler for the next lot,
they are sudsed in warm water, collars,
cuffs and seams being rubbed if neces-
sary. Rinsed and blued as usual, they
will come forth beautifully soft and
white Knit wooden underwear, wooden
socks, etc, may safely be washed in
this way.
The secret of washing successfully
by this method is the use of plenty of
soap and warm water to suds the
clothes. If too little soap be used the
dirt will ''curdle" and settle on the
clothes in "fxeckles."
A teaspoonful of headlight oil added
to quart of made starch, stirred in
while it is hot, or added to the starch
before the hot water is poured upon it,
will materially lessen the labor of iron
ing and will give to clothes, either
white or colored, especially muslins
and other thin wash goods, a look of
freshness and newness not to be other
wise attained.
For cold starch add a teaspoonful
of oil for each shirt to be starched.
Rub the starch we'll into the article,
roll up tightly, and leave it for three
fourths of an hour, then iron.
To clean windows and mirrors add
tablespoonful of headlight or kerosene
oil to gallon of tepid water. A polish
will remain on the glass that no mere
friction can give.
If windows must be cleaned in freez-
ing weather use no water at all. Rub
them with cloth dampened with
kerosene; dry with clean cloth and
polish with soft paper.
A few drops of kerosene added to
the water in which lamp chimneys are
washed will make them easier to
polish.
To break glass bottle or jar evenly
put narrow strip of cloth, saturated
with kerosene, around the article
whore II ic to no brOLaD Set fra To
the cloth, and the glass will crack off
above it.
Tarnished lamp burners may be
rendered almost as bright as new by
boiling them in water to which a tea
spoonful of soda and little kerosene
has been added. Then scour with
kerosene and securing brick and
polish with chamois or soft leather.
To remove paint from any kind of
cloth, saturate the spot with kerosene
and rub well repeat if necessary.
To remove fruit stains, saturate the
stain with kerosene, rub thoroughly
with baking soda and leave in the sun.
To renew woodwork and furniture,
rub with kerosene and then with lin
seed oil.
To clean a sewing or other machine,
oil all the bearings plentifully with
kerosene, operate the machine rapidly
for moment, rub the oil off and
apply machine oil.
To remove dandruff, rub kerosene
we'll into the roots of the hair; tho
dandruff can then be combed or
washed out easy.-New York Press.