The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-09-13
WHAT TURPENTINE WILL
Do.

WHAT TURPENTINE WILL
Turpentine and soap will remove
ink spots, wheel grease and tar stains
fol linen or muslin.
A mixture of turpeatine and lin.
seed oil will restore furniture discolor.
ed with water
Moisten stove biacking with tur.
pentine and it will not burn off az
quickly.
10 alleviate spasmodie crosp spread
lard on cloth and sprinkle with tur.
pentine, spread and apply to the
chest.
For cough caused by tickling
in the throat, take little turpentine
dropped on loaf sugar.
Loaf sugar and turpentine is an ex-
cellent worm remedy for children.
To cure corns, bathe persistently
with turpentine. They will be less
painful and after time will disap-
pear.
Turpentine applied freely will allie.
viate the discomfort caused by bun
ions.
For "crick' in the back, rub with
turpentine and heat il in. Some
claim that it may scatter the pain,
possibly to vital organ, bot the
writer has found turpentine a sov-
ereign remedy for year.
For gapes in chickens, swab the
throat with feather dipped in sur-
pentine.
For "foul-in the-foot,' apply sur.
pentine with a brush or swab and
keep the feet dry
If flies have worked In sore. a.
wounds on animals, cleanse with tar.
pentine.
Moths will not work in q c}esAd
box or trunk where there is kept aa
nncorked bottle of turpentine, or If
the contents are occasionally sprin-
kled. furpentine is not effective in
the case OF buffalo bugs" for these
pests use gasoline or benzine.
A little SS|,.asiae applied with .
WOODEN cloth will o.sSu,..
and gilt picture frames. n'e
- haB tau-suves NTH a cloth moiss
ed with turpentine.
After lifting carpet add two table
spsenfulls OF turpentine to painful
of water and mop the floor.
After laying carpet use mop of
clean cloth wrung dry from warm
water to which has been added two
tablespoonful of turpentine. Wipe
the. carpet all around the room for six
or more inches from the Dashboard
This will serve to check moths.
Apply turpentine on carpets under
heavy furniture not On castors or that
is not easily moved.
To brighten faded carpet sweep
with q broom dipped in turpensins
waters a tablespoonful to halt q pail
ful.of water. Shake the broom well
to remove all surplus moisture. The
effect is no better than with ammonia
and water, but it 10 more lasting.
Clean oilcloth with a woolen cloth
mostened turp"ntine. This, as with
a carpet, is preferable to ammonia
anly because il will not need to be SO
often repeated.
Then the paint or varnish that by
standing has become thick with tar-
pentine; keep all small paint brushes
when not in use in a covered paint
pail in turpentine. II kept covered
it will not evaporate> Will keep the
brushes as pliable as gasoline.
For furniture polish, take ons-third
linseed oil and two thirds turpentine;
shake well, apply with very thin
cloth, and wipe with the same.
For marred furniture, take half an
ounce each of turpentine and linseed
oil, an ounce Of coal oil and shsllae.
Keep in 8 wide. N outhed bottle tightly
corked. Shake before applying With
a sponge.
Ivory knife handles that have BE-
come yellow or discolored, by rub
bing two or three times st intervals
with turpentine, will be greatly i'm
proved.-Sarah E. Wilcox in Country
Gentleman.