Take resin 4 pounds, beeswax i pound, h'nseed
oil I pint✪ Grafting Wax. Melt all together and pour into cold
water; as soon as it is cool enough to handle,
grease the hands and take out ?nd work over and
over by pulling it out and doubling it over again ;
the more it is worked the better it will spread.
This is for cool weather.
NO. 2 — FOR WARM \v^EATHER.
Add I pound more of resin to the wax mixture
above and work thoroughly ; otherwise the process
and ingredients are the same as in the other case.
TO REMOVE GREASE OR PAINT FROM
CLOTH.
Alcohol ^ pint, sulphuric ether 2 ounces, salts
of tartar 10 grains, soft water 2 ounces, oil of ber-
gamot y^ ounce. Dissolve the carbonate in the
water and put the oil ot bergamot in the alcohol
and then mix all together and cork for use. Apply
to the spots with a bit of sponge, wetting thor-
oughly, and if the paint is at all dry or if the
MISCELLANEOUS DIVISION. 39 1
grease has been on some time so as to become
dirty, apply several times so as to soak up and
soften the glazed spots, and all will come away
without trouble.
TO REMOVE SPOTS FROM COMMON
CLOTHING.
Alcohol 4 ounces, water 5 ounces, aqua ammo-
nia I ounce. Mix and apply with sponge. This is
less expensive than the other, and is good for
common goods.
MUCILAGE FOR OFFICE USE.
Soft water 3 ounces, gum arable i ounce, glycer-
ine yl ounce✪ Mucilage for Office Use. Mix by aid of heat and bottle for
use, keeping well corked.
TO REMOVE IRON RUST FROM CLOTH.
Wet the stained spot with lemon juice and rub
on salt and hang out in the sun ; if not removed
the first time, go over it again and again — it will
"fetch" it after a while. Oxalic acid is perhaps
the quickest way, but it must be washed imme-
diately or it will injure the cloth.
TO CLEAN KID GLOVES.
Alcohol 5 ounces, camphene i ounce. Mix and
cork for use. Place the gloves on the table and
with a sponge rub the glove until the dirt and
grease is removed, the glove should be turned and
sponged on the inside, then dip the glove into the
fluid and squeeze out two or three times, then in-
flate the glove by blowing into it and dry by a mod-
erate heat, rubbing all the time.
392 DOMESTIC GUIDE.
TO KEEP HONEY WITH GRANULAT-
ING.
Put the honey into a pail or jar and set into a
larger one with a few pieces of sticks at the
bottom to keep it off the bottom of the outer
pail, then fill the outer pail with water,
and bring to the boiling point, skim and set off
to cool and then skim all the scum and bees-
wax off, and when cool enough can and seal up
and put in the cellar. It will pay for all the pains
you have taken.
TO TRY OR RENDER LARD.
Water ^ pint, saleratus I table-spoonful. Dis-
solve the saleratus in the water. This amount is
sufficient for one kettleful. Then put it in the
kettle and put in the lard cut into small pieces, and
it will come very white and nice, and scarcely any
scrap, as the saleratus dissolves all the lard out and
leaves barely the membrane covering. The lard
keeps better after this process.
LACTIC ACID IN DYSPEPSIA.
Lactic acid ^^ dram, water ^ ounce. Mix and
take just before meals, or just after meals. It is
indicated in all forms of the disease that resists
alkalies.
LEMON POWDERS.
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Presented as published in 1882. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
Take resin 4 pounds, beeswax i pound, linseed oil I pint. Melt all together and pour into cold water; as soon as it is cool enough to handle, grease the hands and take out and work over and over by pulling it out and doubling it over again ; the more it is worked the better it will spread. This is for cool weather.
NO. 2 — FOR WARM WEATHER.
Add I pound more of resin to the wax mixture above and work thoroughly ; otherwise the process and ingredients are the same as in the other case.
TO REMOVE GREASE OR PAINT FROM
CLOTH.
Alcohol ^ pint, sulphuric ether 2 ounces, salts of tartar 10 grains, soft water 2 ounces, oil of bergamot y^ ounce. Dissolve the carbonate in the water and put the oil ot bergamot in the alcohol and then mix all together and cork for use. Apply to the spots with a bit of sponge, wetting thoroughly, and if the paint is at all dry or if the
grease has been on some time so as to become dirty, apply several times so as to soak up and soften the glazed spots, and all will come away without trouble.
TO REMOVE SPOTS FROM COMMON CLOTHING.
Alcohol 4 ounces, water 5 ounces, aqua ammonia I ounce. Mix and apply with sponge. This is less expensive than the other, and is good for common goods.
MUCILAGE FOR OFFICE USE. Soft water 3 ounces, gum arable i ounce, glycerine yl ounce. Mix by aid of heat and bottle for use, keeping well corked. TO REMOVE IRON RUST FROM CLOTH.
Wet the stained spot with lemon juice and rub on salt and hang out in the sun ; if not removed the first time, go over it again and again — it will "fetch" it after a while. Oxalic acid is perhaps the quickest way, but it must be washed immediately or it will injure the cloth.
TO CLEAN KID GLOVES. Alcohol 5 ounces, camphene i ounce. Mix and cork for use. Place the gloves on the table and with a sponge rub the glove until the dirt and grease is removed, the glove should be turned and sponged on the inside, then dip the glove into the fluid and squeeze out two or three times, then inflate the glove by blowing into it and dry by a moderate heat, rubbing all the time.
TO KEEP HONEY WITH GRANULATING.
Put the honey into a pail or jar and set into a larger one with a few pieces of sticks at the bottom to keep it off the bottom of the outer pail, then fill the outer pail with water, and bring to the boiling point, skim and set off to cool and then skim all the scum and beeswax off, and when cool enough can and seal up and put in the cellar. It will pay for all the pains you have taken.
TO TRY OR RENDER LARD.
Water ^ pint, saleratus I table-spoonful. Dissolve the saleratus in the water. This amount is sufficient for one kettleful. Then put it in the kettle and put in the lard cut into small pieces, and it will come very white and nice, and scarcely any scrap, as the saleratus dissolves all the lard out and leaves barely the membrane covering. The lard keeps better after this process.
LACTIC ACID IN DYSPEPSIA.
Lactic acid ^^ dram, water ^ ounce. Mix and take just before meals, or just after meals. It is indicated in all forms of the disease that resists alkalies.
LEMON POWDERS.
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