Apply benzole to the stains on the marble and then care-
fully rub them off with a very clean, soft rag. If the stains
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should not be removed the first time, it should be done again
and again until all marks are removed.
TO REMOVE STAINS FROM MARBLE.
Make a mortar of unslacked lime aud very strong lye.
Cover the spots thickly with it, and leave it on for six
weeks. Wash it off perfectly clean, and rub it hard with a
brush dipped in soap and water. Polish with a smooth hard
brush.
TO CLEAN OIL-CLOTH.
Sweep off the dust, wipe off with a clean flannel cloth,
wet over with milk, and rub with a cloth until dry.
TO CLEAN STRAW MATTING.
Wash with a cloth dipped in cold salt and water, then
wipe dry at once. This will prevent it from turning yellow.
TO CLEAN CARPETS.
Sprinkle the carpet thickly with coarse salt. Moisten
(not wet) with vinegar, and sweep it off.
CHAMPION CARPET-CLEANER.
Take one bar of Babbitt's or German soap, slice thin and
dissolve in half a bucketful of hot water. Then dissolve in
half a bucketful of hot water two ounces of sal soda, one
ounce of borax, one ounce of fullers' earth. Put all the
ingredients together in a wash-tub, add one bucketful of
cold water✪ Champion Carpet-Cleaner, and let it stand until cold, or overnight. Stir
well, and it is ready for use. Take up the carpet and thor-
oughly clean it, put it back on the floor and go over it with
a good brush, using the mixture as you would soap, having
a bucketful of clear water to rinse it off with. Take one
width at a time, and dry off well with a clean cloth as you
go. When done, it will look almost as bright as when new.
This receipt is worth to housekeepers every year five times
the cost of this book. Mrs. H. C. Bruce, Covington, Ky.
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TO REMOVE WHITE SPOTS FROM FURNITURE.
Rub the parts with camphor and the spots will disappear.
Another : Mix equal parts of salt and lard together and rub
on the white spots, then wipe off with a dry cloth.
TO CLEAN RUSTED IRON.
Rub well with emery paper and coal-oil. Any other oil
will .answer the same purpose.
MENDING STOVES.
When a crack is discovered in a stove, the aperture may
be completely closed with a composition of wood ashes and
common salt, made into a paste with a little water and
plastered over the crack.
TO STOP A LEAK IN TIN-WARE.
Beat yellow soap and whiting with a little water into a
thick paste. Rub this over the part where the leakage is,
and it will be instantly stopped.
TO MEND CHINA OR GLASS-WARE.
Take a thick solution of gum arabic in water and stir
into plaster of Paris until the mixture becomes of the prop-
er consistency. Apply it with a brush to the fractured
edges of the china and stick them together. In three days
the article cannot be broken in the same place. The white-
ness of the cement renders it doubly valuable.
TO DESTROY ROACHES.
Sprinkle Scotch snuff in the holes where they come out.
TO DESTROY RED ANTS.
To get rid of these pests, wash your shelves clean, and
while damp rub on them fine salt quite thickly. Let it re-
main on for some time and they will entirely disappear.
Another way: Break gum camphor into very fine crumbs
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and scatter them on every shelf in the cupboard and pantry.
The remedy is clean, easily applied, and withal effectual.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Apply benzole to the stains on the marble and then carefully rub them off with a very clean, soft rag. If the stains
The New Kentucky Home Cook Book 369
should not be removed the first time, it should be done again and again until all marks are removed.
TO REMOVE STAINS FROM MARBLE.
Make a mortar of unslacked lime aud very strong lye. Cover the spots thickly with it, and leave it on for six weeks. Wash it off perfectly clean, and rub it hard with a brush dipped in soap and water. Polish with a smooth hard brush.
TO CLEAN OIL-CLOTH.
Sweep off the dust, wipe off with a clean flannel cloth, wet over with milk, and rub with a cloth until dry.
TO CLEAN STRAW MATTING.
Wash with a cloth dipped in cold salt and water, then wipe dry at once. This will prevent it from turning yellow.
TO CLEAN CARPETS.
Sprinkle the carpet thickly with coarse salt. Moisten (not wet) with vinegar, and sweep it off.
CHAMPION CARPET-CLEANER.
Take one bar of Babbitt's or German soap, slice thin and dissolve in half a bucketful of hot water. Then dissolve in half a bucketful of hot water two ounces of sal soda, one ounce of borax, one ounce of fullers' earth. Put all the ingredients together in a wash-tub, add one bucketful of cold water, and let it stand until cold, or overnight. Stir well, and it is ready for use. Take up the carpet and thoroughly clean it, put it back on the floor and go over it with a good brush, using the mixture as you would soap, having a bucketful of clear water to rinse it off with. Take one width at a time, and dry off well with a clean cloth as you go. When done, it will look almost as bright as when new. This receipt is worth to housekeepers every year five times the cost of this book. Mrs. H. C. Bruce, Covington, Ky.
The New Kentucky Home Cook Book.
TO REMOVE WHITE SPOTS FROM FURNITURE.
Rub the parts with camphor and the spots will disappear. Another : Mix equal parts of salt and lard together and rub on the white spots, then wipe off with a dry cloth.
TO CLEAN RUSTED IRON.
Rub well with emery paper and coal-oil. Any other oil will .answer the same purpose.
MENDING STOVES.
When a crack is discovered in a stove, the aperture may be completely closed with a composition of wood ashes and common salt, made into a paste with a little water and plastered over the crack.
TO STOP A LEAK IN TIN-WARE.
Beat yellow soap and whiting with a little water into a thick paste. Rub this over the part where the leakage is, and it will be instantly stopped.
TO MEND CHINA OR GLASS-WARE.
Take a thick solution of gum arabic in water and stir into plaster of Paris until the mixture becomes of the proper consistency. Apply it with a brush to the fractured edges of the china and stick them together. In three days the article cannot be broken in the same place. The whiteness of the cement renders it doubly valuable.
TO DESTROY ROACHES.
Sprinkle Scotch snuff in the holes where they come out.
TO DESTROY RED ANTS.
To get rid of these pests, wash your shelves clean, and while damp rub on them fine salt quite thickly. Let it remain on for some time and they will entirely disappear. Another way: Break gum camphor into very fine crumbs
The New Kentucky Home Cook Book.
and scatter them on every shelf in the cupboard and pantry. The remedy is clean, easily applied, and withal effectual.
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