The Portland daily press., 1896-11-14
THE HON E.
To Remove Stains.

Ink is about the worsa stain we have
and If on tho carpet. "sop" up i'm
mediately with clean cloths. and fresh
water for every drop. until the worst is
out. then sop up with milk. l use the
word "sop" because do not mean rub.
Perhaps should say "dab." Never rub
ous any stain, on colored material
but make quick down dabs at it, with a
clean cloth, always. Ink on any goods
that can be handled can be soaked out
in milk. Wash all the ink out. immedi-
ately, and put the goods, or the stained
portion of the goods. into stone pan
and cover with milk. Persist, and the
ink will disappear. IT the stain has
dried in it will be slower of removal, but
time. milk and patience will remove it.
Mildew is particularly summer stain.
If on any white goods, dissolve small
amount of chloride of lime in cold water,
stir until entirely dissolved, strain
through new cloth. and pour over the
mildewed articles. Lift occasionally, to
watch the process of bleaching, and as
soon as the stain disappears rinse the
goods thoroughly and dry. The lime
will destroy the fbre of the goods if too
strong. or if left in very long. 1t is said
mildew can bs removed by wetting the
spots, applying powdered chalk. ard
bleaching on the grass.
Iron rust should be rubbed with cut
of lemon. and exposed to the sun. Per-
| sistence and lemon juice will remove 1T,
but paste made of lemon juice. salt,
| soap and starch applied and the article
exposed to the sun, is more effective.
Thoss on a farm find bruised sorrel leaves
| often more convenient and as effective.
Rinse in waim suds.
Blood stains should be soaked in cold
water OF cold suds; twelve hours is usu-
ally sufficient. If not, make a paste OF
cold water and starch. and expose to the
sun. If still stubborn, apply iodide OF
potassium diluted with four times It's
weight of water.
Coffee or chocolate stains are most cas-
lily removed by pouring boiling water
| through the goods, before they have
touched the suds. Sometimes it is neces-
sary to hold them over the fumes of sui
| phur or a match, while yet wet. The
fumes of sulphur bleach, and are used in
bleaching hats and broom corn.
Tar can be taken off by petroleum.
When the men have handled tar, they
simply wash their hands in kerosene.
| Paint is very easily removed while
fresh by turpentine; when dry 1t Is a
SLOW process, but still it can be removed.
If stain is left from the turpentine, Of
is sometimes the case on co1ored goods,
the color can usu ally be restored by ap
plying alcohol.
Grass stains can be taken out en- tirely
By alcohol.
lea stains will usually disappear by
pouring boiling water from height up.
on them, but if this fails, apply glyoe-
rine, and after time wash off with cold
suds.
| Acids need paste OF washing soap,
and after time wash it out with cold
suds. If not removed, tie the soda init
the stained part and boil.
Grease spot can be taken out of cloth
ing or carpets by gasoline. l don't wan
to ruin the drug trade, and discriminate
In favor of the oil monopolies but
must say that tits waste of good money
to buy benzins of the druggists at tel
Genus an ounce, when gasoline at ter
cents gallon is precisely as good. Case
line will clean carpets. by simply wash
ing over the surface with a good-sizet
clean cloth, and q quart or more Of gaso
line.
Fruit stains can be removed If takel
in time and treated exactly right. Colt
water removes raspberry and strawberr.
stains. Soak apple md pear stains IL
parafine. Soak few hours. o.
fresh wine stains. spread thiokly tabl
salt. Dilute iodide of potassium will
four parts of water for most fruit stains
or rub in cold water starch, thorough.
and exposed several days to the sun. I
not removed rub in soap and repeat
Orange, lemon and vinegar stains can b
removed by diluted ammonia. If OIL
colored goods. remember not to rub, bu
! to dab it on, then no stain or trace will
J be left.
If in removing stains from oolored ma
terial the color has gone too, appl
chloroform. This will, in most In
stan ces, restore it.
Ammonia will remove ink spots from
marble, wood or paper.-Corr. Th
Housekeeper.
Domestic Receipts.
. Chocolate Pudding.-A chocolate pud
J ding that is both economical and pretty
besides being palatable, is made O
powdered cracker crumbs. Use thre,
quarters of a cupful, which you soak
few minutes in water. and then seueez
, dry; to this add three ounces of chooo
late dissolved in a little cold milk,
pinch of salt, three-quarters of cup O
sugar and the same of butter, beaten
: with the yolks of three eggs; pour in
quart of milk. stir all together. Bak
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