Ingredients
- 1 pint boiling water
- 1 pint of water
- a pint of turpentine
- a quart of water
- 3 ozs
- 4 tablespoonsful of scrubb's ammonia
- two before using
Directions
A cold floor is a great disadvantage. If you can’t afford a thick felt under your carpet the best thing to do is to have several thicknesses of newspaper over the floor. Spread them evenly so that there is no ridge which can wear the carpet.
Furniture Polish. — 3 ozs. bees-wax, 1 oz. white wax, 1 oz. curd or castile soap, I pint turpentine, 1 pint boiling water. Mix all together, adding the water when cold; shake frequently in the bottle, and don’t use for forty-eight hours after making.
Mrs. De Evans.
Furniture Cream. — ^ lb. of bees-wax, 1£ pint of turpentine, 4 tablespoonsful of Scrubb’s ammonia. Shred the wax into a jar, add the turpentine, and let it stand in a cool oven until the wax is thoroughly melted, then add the ammonia, stirring all the time. Bottle at once, and keep corked.
Mrs. Andrew Beattie.
Furniture Cream. — 2 oz. bees-wax, 1 oz. white wax; scrape fine and put into half a pint of turpentine and allow to dissolve. 1 oz. castile soap put into a saucepan with 1 pint of water; reduce by boiling to half a pint. When cold and the wax quite melted in the turpentine, mix together and shake well-; it should be like thick cream. E. Carroll.
To liemove Tar from Clothing. — First apply to the stain with a flannel successive applications of turpentine, coal-tar, naphtha, and benzine. If the stains are very old they should be well-rubbed with a flannel dipped in salad oil. This softens the tar, which will afterwards yield to the other treatments.
If- an oil-can is not at hand to remedy a creaking hinge the noise can often be stopped by using a soft lead-pencil. Moisten the lead point and rub it into all the cracks and crevices that can be reached.
If postage stamps, gummed labels, and jam-pot covers have become glued together do not soak in water, but lay a thin paper over them and pass a hot iron over them. They will then come apart easily, and the gum will be intact.
To Clean Silk. — Grated potatoes and soft water cleans silk better than any other preparation. Use a large potato for a quart of water and make a day or two before using. Use only the clear part of the water and let the silk be just dipped in and out and then hung up to dry. Mrs. Gowdy.
Kehoe Donnelly’s Dublin Hams & Bacon