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FACTS WORTH KNOWING.
An agreeable Disinfectant: Sprinkle fresh ground coffee on a shovel of hot
coals, or burn sugar on hot coals. Vinegar boiled with myrrh, sprinkled on the
floor and furniture of a sick room, are excellent deodorizers.
To prevent Mold: A small quantity of carbolic acid added to paste, mucilage, and
ink, will prevent mold. An ounce of the acid to a gallon of white-wash will keep
cellars and dairies from the disagreeable odor which often taints milk and meat
kept in such places.
To make Tracing-paper: --Dissolve a ball of white bees-wax, one inch in
diameter, in half a pint of turpentine. Saturate the paper in this bath and let
it dry two or three days before using.
To preserve Brooms: Dip them for a minute or two in a kettle of boiling suds
once a week and they will last much longer, making them tough and pliable. A
carpet wears much longer swept with a broom cared for in this manner.
To clean Brass-ware, etc.: Mix one ounce of oxalic acid, six ounces of rotten
stone, all in powder, one ounce of sweet oil, and sufficient water to make a
paste. Apply a small portion, and rub dry with a flannel or leather. The liquid
dip most generally used consists of nitric and sulphuric acids; but this is more
corrosive.
Polish, or Enamel for Shirt-bosoms, is made by melting together one ounce of
white wax, and two ounces of spermaceti; heat gently and turn into a very
shallow pan; when cold cut or break in pieces. When making boiled starch the
usual way, enough for a dozen bosoms, add to it a piece of the polish the size
of a hazel nut.
An Erasive Fluid for the Removal of Spots on Furniture, and all kinds of
fabrics, without injuring the color, is made of four ounces of aqua ammonia,
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