The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-08
Useful Household Hints.

From the Philadelphia Record.
For those who use paper labels for
their bottles the following Is an excel
lent varnish for covering them with
drying quickly and very hard: Take a
quantity, according to amount Of warm
ish required, of flake sheIlac, which
can be bought Mt almost any grocer's,
and put in a jar with a tight-ftting cover
and pour methylated spirits into the
| jar until the shellae is covered. Then
cover up and allow it to stand for u
hours, stirring occasionally, and il is
then ready for use. Ii must be kept
tightly corked when not being used, or
it will rapidly evapOrate. This varnish
can be made thicker or thinner by
using more shellac or more methylated
spirits
Paint can easily be removed from
glass by westing copper or silver coin
and rubbing the paint with it.
To clean aluminium wash with soap
and water TO which has been added
either soda or ammonia All alkaline
solutions whiten aluminium.
To renovate black lace dip small
sponge in cold water or blue-water and
dampen the lace, pressing out with n
hot iron over brown paper.
The shells from small fish carrying
these useful coverings, besides making
excellent scoops for sugar, flour, etc,
are excellent Ia Use "a patty pals for
little cakes, a. well a to cook scalloped
oysters and crabs in. They do not dis
color from baking.
If one owns some new oak furniture
and it is desired to give it an appearance
of antiquity put the furniture ia "a SIN III
room close TO a gas or oil stove having
on it kettle Of ammonia and water
one ounce Of rock ammonia to pint Of
water is the proportion. Light the
stove, exclude all air from the room
and by the time the water has all boiled
away the oak will be rich, dark col
or.
For fresh tea and coffee stains Use
boiling water. Place the linen stained
over large bowl and pour through it
boiling water from the tea kettle, held
at a height to insure force. Old tea
and coffee stains which have become
set should be soaked in cold water
first, and then boiling.
For peach stains weak solution Of
chloride Of lime combined with infinite
patience. Long soaking is an essen
tial.
Gras. stains may be removed by
cream Of tartar and water.
For scorch, hang or spread the article
in the sunshine. For mildew, lemon
juice and sunshine, or if obstinate dis
solve one tablespoonful Of chloride OF
lime in four quarts of cold water and
soak the article until miIdew disap-
pears. Rinse very thoroughly to avoid
any chemical action upon the linen.
For wine stains sprinkle well with
salt, mOisten with boiling water and
then pour boiling water through until
the stain disappears. For blood stains,
Use cold water first, then soap and
water. Hot water sets the stain.
For chocolate stains use cold water
first, then boiling water from the tea
kettle.
Fruit stains will usually yield to boil
ing water; bat if not oxalic acid may
be used, allowing three ounces Of the
crystal TO one pint OF water. Wet the
stain with the solution, place over a
kettle of hot water in the steam or in
the sunshine. The instant The stsin
disappears rinse we'll; wet the stain
with ammonia to counteract the acid
remaining. Then rinse thoroughly
again. This will many times save the
linen, which is apt TO be injured by the
oxalie acid.