Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1882 — USEFUL HINTS. [ARTICLE]

USEFUL HINTS.

mritPLEs. The following is recommended for pimples : Take an ounce of barley meal (the finer the better), one ounce of powdered bitter almonds, and a sufficient quantity of honey to make them into a smooth paste, and apply this frequently. You had also better consult a good physician as to medicine to clear the blood.REMOVAL OP. STAINfe AND SPOTS. Midter Adhering Mechanically—Beating, briMflng . &nd<currpnts of water eithe/oifthe upper or undejr sides. .. Gum, Sugar, "'eta.--Simple washing with water at a hand heat. Grease —White goods, wash with soap or alkaline lyes. Colored cottons, wash with lukewarm soap lyes. Colored woolens the same, or ammonia. Silks, absorb with French chalk or fuller’s earth, and dissolve away with benzine or ether. Oil Colors, Varnish and Resins—Ou white or colored- linens, cottons or woolens, use rectified oil of turpentine, alcohol, lye and then soap. On silks, use juefiziue, ether and mild soap, Very cautiously. Blood and Albuminoid Matters—Steepin gin lukewarm water. If pepsine, or the juice of Car tea papaya, can be procured, the spots are first softened with lukewarm water, and then either of these substances is applied. Iron Spots and Black Ink—White goods, hot oxalic acid, dilute muriatic acid, with little fragments of tan. On fast dyed cottons and wOdens, citric acid is cautiously and repeatedly applied. Silks, impossible. Lime and Alkalies —White goods, simple washing. Colored cottons, woolens aiid silks are moistened, and very dilute citric acid is applied with the finger end. Acids, Vinegar, Sour Wine, Must, Sour Fruits—White goods, simple washing, followed up by chlorine water, if a fruit color accompanies the acid. Colored cottons, woolens and silks are very carefully.; moistened with dilute ammonia, with the finger end. [ln case of delicate colors it will be-found preferable to make some prepared chalk into a thin paste, with water, and apply it to the spots;] Tannning from Chestnuts, Green Walnuts, etc., or Leather—White goods, hot chlorine water and concentratedtartaric acid. Colored cottons, woolens and silks, apply dilute clhorine water cautiously to the spot, washing it away and reapplying it several times. Tar, Cart-Wheel Grease, Mixtures of Fat, Resin, Carbon, and Acetic Acid— On white goods, soap and oil of turpentine, alternating with streams of water. Colored cottons and woolens, rub in with lard, let lie, soap, let lie again, and treat alternately with oil of turpentine apd water. Silks the same, more carefully, using benzine instead of oil of turpentine. Scorching—White goods, rub well with linen rags dipped in chlorine water. Oofcred cottons, redye if possible, or in Wdblens raise a fresh surface. Silks, no remedy.