Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 December 1892 — THINGS WORTH KNOWING. [ARTICLE]

THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

A vessel that has had oil in it may be easily cleaned by first pouring into it sqme diluted carbolic acid. In stamping letters it is sometimes better to wet th? envelopes than the stamps, for this does not remove any of the mucilaginous substance of the stamp?, and the stamp is not so liable to be lost from the letter. Tea or coffee stains of long standing may be removed by rubbing the cloth with glycerine, after washing once, a second washing leaves the linen as clean as before. Ink stains are so frequent that everyone at time desires somethittg to remove them. To remove them from linen, rub the spots while wet (if stains are old wet with water) with tartaric acid; to remove them from silk, saturate the spot with spirits of turpentine; after a few hours rub the spot, and tho ink stain will crumble away without injuring the fabric.