unslaked lime in finest powder with the
strongest soap-l3^e, pretty thick, and in-
stantly with a painter's brush lay it on the
whole of the marble. In two months' time
wash it off perfectly clean ; then have ready
a fine thick lather of soft soap, boiled in
soft water ; dip a brush in it and scour the
marble. This will, with very good rubbing,
give a beautiful polish.
To Take Iron Stains Out of flarble.—
An equal quantity of fresh spirits of vitriol
and lemon-juice being mixed in a bottle,
shake it well ; wet the spots, and in a few
minutes rub with soft linen till they dis-
appear.
Marble can be nicely cleaned in the fol-
lowing manner : Pulverize a little bluestone,
and mix with four ounces of whiting ; add
to these four ounces of soft soap and one
ounce of soda, dissolved in a very little
water. Boil this preparation over a slow
fire fifteen minutes, stirring all the time.
Lay it on the marble while hot with a clean
brush. Let it remain half an hour; then
wash off in clean suds, wipe dry, and polish
by quick rubbing. If marble is smoked or
soiled, either by bituminous coal or too free
use of kindling wood, Spanish whiting with
a piece of washing soda, rubbed together
and wet with only enough water to moisten
and make them into a paste, will remove the
grease and smoke. Dip a piece of flannel in
this preparation and rub the spots while the
paste is quite moist. Leave the paste on for
hours, and, if need be, remove it and renew
with fresh paste. When the spots disappear,
wash the place with clean hot soapsuds,
wipe dry, and polish with chamois skin.
To Take Bruises Out of Furniture. —
Wet the part with warm water ; double a
piece of brown paper five or six times, soak
it and lay it on the place ; apply on that a
hot flat-iron till the moisture is evaporated.
If the bruise be not gone, repeat the process.
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After two or three applications the dent or
bruise will be raised level with the surface.
Lamp=Chimneys can be prevented from
cracking, when exposed to the burning
flame, by first placing them in a vessel of
cold water and bringing this to a boil over
the fire, then removing the vessel and allow-
ing it to cool before taking out the cylinder.
To Remove Glass Stoppers. — When the
stopper of a glass decanter is too tight, a
cloth wet with hot water and applied to the
neck will cause the glass to expand, and
the stopper may be removed. In a phial
the warmth of the finger may be sufficient.
Household Pests.
To Destroy Crickets or Roaches. — Put
some strong snuff in the cracks and holes
in which they hide. The parings of cucum-
bers will, if strewn about near their holes,
drive them away. Roaches devour greedily
flour paste, and die while eating it, if into
half a pint of it, while hot, a dime's worth
of phosphorus is stirred with a stick.
To Destroy Flies. — Take strong green
tea, sweetened well, and set in saucers about
the places where they are most numerous.
To destroy them in this way is preferable to
the use of fly-papers, which catch the insects
alive, and cause them to die a slow death.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
unslaked lime in finest powder with the strongest soap-l3^e, pretty thick, and instantly with a painter's brush lay it on the whole of the marble. In two months' time wash it off perfectly clean ; then have ready a fine thick lather of soft soap, boiled in soft water ; dip a brush in it and scour the marble. This will, with very good rubbing, give a beautiful polish.
To Take Iron Stains Out of Marble.—
An equal quantity of fresh spirits of vitriol and lemon-juice being mixed in a bottle, shake it well ; wet the spots, and in a few minutes rub with soft linen till they disappear.
Marble can be nicely cleaned in the following manner : Pulverize a little bluestone, and mix with four ounces of whiting ; add to these four ounces of soft soap and one ounce of soda, dissolved in a very little water. Boil this preparation over a slow fire fifteen minutes, stirring all the time. Lay it on the marble while hot with a clean brush. Let it remain half an hour; then wash off in clean suds, wipe dry, and polish by quick rubbing. If marble is smoked or soiled, either by bituminous coal or too free use of kindling wood, Spanish whiting with a piece of washing soda, rubbed together and wet with only enough water to moisten and make them into a paste, will remove the grease and smoke. Dip a piece of flannel in this preparation and rub the spots while the paste is quite moist. Leave the paste on for hours, and, if need be, remove it and renew with fresh paste. When the spots disappear, wash the place with clean hot soapsuds, wipe dry, and polish with chamois skin.
To Take Bruises Out of Furniture. —
Wet the part with warm water ; double a piece of brown paper five or six times, soak it and lay it on the place ; apply on that a hot flat-iron till the moisture is evaporated. If the bruise be not gone, repeat the process.
After two or three applications the dent or bruise will be raised level with the surface.
Lamp=Chimneys can be prevented from cracking, when exposed to the burning flame, by first placing them in a vessel of cold water and bringing this to a boil over the fire, then removing the vessel and allowing it to cool before taking out the cylinder.
To Remove Glass Stoppers. — When the stopper of a glass decanter is too tight, a cloth wet with hot water and applied to the neck will cause the glass to expand, and the stopper may be removed. In a phial the warmth of the finger may be sufficient.
Household Pests.
To Destroy Crickets or Roaches. — Put
some strong snuff in the cracks and holes in which they hide. The parings of cucumbers will, if strewn about near their holes, drive them away. Roaches devour greedily flour paste, and die while eating it, if into half a pint of it, while hot, a dime's worth of phosphorus is stirred with a stick.
To Destroy Flies. — Take strong green tea, sweetened well, and set in saucers about the places where they are most numerous. To destroy them in this way is preferable to the use of fly-papers, which catch the insects alive, and cause them to die a slow death.