Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1884 — SUGGESTIONS OF VALUE. [ARTICLE]

SUGGESTIONS OF VALUE.

! Iron rust may be removed the same as ink from white goods. | Cold-drawn castor oil is reooibmo:i<led by an English sportsman as unequaled for water-proofing bopts. It should be applied liberally as first, and less so at subsequent times, .before a moderate fire, and well rubbed in byhand. It does not prevent polishing: the leader. - ,* ; / Grease spots on clothing or carpets may he removed by ammonia, sometimes by hot water and fine soap, sometimes best by repeated layers of buckwheat flour. removing the first as it becomes soiled with the grease, and renewing as often as necessary. Generally ammonia should be; diluted before put on colored clothing. Spots on colored goods, if made by an acid, such as tomatoes or lemon or sous frnit or vinegar, may often bo restored by dropping on the spot a little alkali, such as soda water, or a feudrops of lye diluted with water or ammonia. If the stains or spots are made by lye or soda or any alkali, drop 'oh a little acid, diluted vinegar or tomato or leipon. Grease „pots on wood can often boldest removed by scraping with glass. Qoal oil will sometimes evaporate. I was pained one day by seeing a long streak of coal oil on my new lightcolored wall* paper in my room where it was very conspicuous. When I found the time and paper to cover up the place, I was really astonished to find there was not a trace of the oil. Whether it had evaporated or had been absorbed by the plastering I could not tell, perhaps both. \ v - To Preserve Flowers.— The following directions are given for the preservation of flowers in their form and color: Insert their stems in water in which twenty-five grains of ammonium chloride (sal ammonia) have been dissolved. Flowers can be preserved in this way from fifteen to thirty days.. To preserve them permanently for several months, dip them into perfectly limpid gum water, and them allow them to drain. The gum forms a complete coating on the stems and petals,, and preserves their shape and color long after they have become dry. To Remove ink stains from colored goods or carpet, wash with milk, changing it often, till the milk does not color it; or, in the absence of milk, use an abundance of water, changing frequently. From wl»ite goods, dip the spot in oxalic acid, which will usually take it all out in a few minutes. If not, rub a little, hang in the sun or by thefire, and wash it once, else the acid will injure the fabric. Lemon-juice is also* good for this purpose. Rub it on and hang in the sun, and renew the application if the first does not suffice. Salt added to the juice may sometimes be of use. Never put soap on ink spots. Remedy for Squeaking Shoes.— Sometimes *a peg driven through the middle of the sole will stop the noise. As a rule, only double-soled shoessqueak badly, and they do not wearany better and are little better in any respect than .single-soled. A German shoemaker in Dubuque effectually cures. squeaking by opening the soles at the shank, and along toward the toe if necessary, and putting in a thin paste o 9 clarified neatsfoot oil and French chalk, holding the shoe up so that thepaste will run between the soles to thetoe, and then make the sole fast again, “the paste removing the difficulty entirely. Nervous people will bless him if lie will make this known to other manufacturers generally. —The Housekeeper. .. • •