Ingredients
- ten drops of it in a wine- glass of water is often a great relief
- a teaspoon of ammonia into a quart of warm soap-suds
- a quart of warm soap-suds
- a pint of suds mix a teaspoon of the spirits
- a piece of paper
- a teaspoon of ammonia into a pint of warm water
- a pint of warm water
Directions
No housekeeper should be without a bottle of spirits of ammo- nia, for besides its medical value, it is very desirable for house- hold purposes. It is nearly as useful as soap, and its cheapness brings it within the reach of all. Put a teaspoon of ammonia into a quart of warm soap-suds, dip in a flannel cloth and wipe off the dust and fly specks, and see how much labor you can save. No scrubbing will be needful.
It will cleanse and brighten silver wonderfully. With a pint of suds mix a teaspoon of the spirits, dip in your silver spoons, forks, etc., rub them with a brush, and polish with a chamois skin.
For washing mirrors and windows, put a few drops of ammonia on a piece of paper and it will readily take off every spot or finger mark on the glass.
It will take out grease spots from every fabric. Put on the ammonia nearly clear, lay a blotting paper over the place and press a hot iron over it a few minutes. A few drops in water will clean laces and whiten them, and muslins also.
Then it is a most refreshing agent at the toilet table. A few drops in a basin will make a better bath than pure water, and, if the skin is oily, it will remove its glossiness and disagreeable odors. Added to a foot bath, it entirely absorbs all obnoxious smell so often arising from the feet in hot weather; nothing is better for cleansing the hair from dandruff and dust.
For cleansing hair and nail brushes it is equally good. Put a teaspoon of ammonia into a pint of warm water and shake the brushes through the water; when they look white, rinse them in
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cold water and put them in the sunshine or a warm place to dry; the dirtiest brushes will come out white and clean.
For medical purposes it is unrivalled. For the headache it is a desirable stimulant; and frequent inhaling of its pungent odors will often remove catarrhal cold. There is no better remedy for heart-burn and dyspepsia, and the aromatic spirits of ammonia is especially prepared for these troubles; ten drops of it in a wine- glass of water is often a great relief. The spirits of ammonia can be take in the same way, but it is not palatable.