The Cotton Factory Times. — 1895-09-13 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

CLEANSE TEXTILE FLBRICS.—In summer time clothes may be washed without any fire by soaking overnight in soft, soapy water, rubbing out in the morning, soaping the dirty places and laying them in the hot sunshine. By the time the last are spread out to bleach the first may be taken up and washed out and rinsed. This, of course, requires a clean lawn. Wash gray and brown linens in cold water with a little black pepper in it, and they will not fade. For washing other goods that fade use crude or household ammonia instead of soap. Soiled neckties may be made to look like new by taking one-half a teaspoonful of ammonia to it teacup of water. Wash well, and, if very much soiled, put through a second water with less ammonia. Lay the necktie on a clean white cloth and gently wipe with another till dry. To wash coloured muslin, use warm, not hot, suds, made with soft water and best white soap. Do not soak the muslin, and wash only one thing at a time. Change the suds as soon as it looks dingy, and put the garments at once into fresh suds. Rinse first in clear water, and then in water slightly blued. Squeeze quite dry, but do not wring the goods. Hang in a shady place where the sunshine will uot strike it, as that fades all colours. For lawns and organdies which are delicately coloured, boil wheat bran, about two quarts to a dress, in soft water for half an hour, let it cool, strain the liquor and use it instead of soap suds. It removes dirt like soap, keeps the colour, and the clothes only need rinsing in one water, and even starching is unnecessary. Suds and rinsing water for coloured articles should be used as cold as possible. Wash silk handkerchiefs by laying them on a smooth board and rubbing with the palm of the hand. Use either borax or white castile soap to make the suds; rinse in clear water, shake till nearly dry, fold evenly, lay between boards, put a weight on them. No ironing is required. Silk ribbons may be treated in the same manner. To clean black lace wipe off all dust carefully with a cambric handkerchief. Then pin out on a board, inserting a pin in each projecting point of the lace. Sponge it all over with lager beer or cold tea, and do not remove the pins until perfectly dry. It will look quite fresh and new.  John B. Gough used to tell of a man who, while drinking from a bowl of punch, swallowed a spool of silk, and finding the end in his mouth, attempted to draw it out. The silk unwound. First with one hand and then with the other he pulled. But still no end. Longer and longer grew the thread, while his hands, now right, then left, wove back and forth from his lips to arm's length. At last, in terror, he cried out to his wife, "Betsey Help! Murder! I'm all unravelling l" The story is paralleled by one told of a young mau in Providence who, having bought a pair of trousers, wore them for the first time to a party. Hair parted in the middle, faultless linen, brilliant necktie, stuntsg boots, and his new trousers, made him vain of lus appearance, and led him to think that everyone ia the room was admiring him. All would have gone well if the young man had not, as young men with proud heads will do, looked often with satisfacuon at his feet and legs. But, charmed with himself, and casting eyes once to often at the new trousers, he discovered a bit of thread on his leg. He seized it to piek it off, but it clung. Conversation so absorbed him, that for a few minutes the thread was forgotten. ,But, later on, the new trousers again attracted his eyes, and once more he saw the thread. With firmer grip he seized it, resolved this time to get rid of it. A strong pull was too successthe energetic pull so readily as to run eat a fill. The thread seemed endless. It came following yard. or more, unravelling a yard of the seam, and leaving a gaping rent in the trousers leg. The young man, in confusion, sicUed away to the dressing-room, where he pinned himself up, and then went home. .teking no more delight Os biamided aciamoeikie.