Black Silk

Brush and wipe it thoroughly, lay on table with the side intended to show, up; sponge with hot coffee strained through muslin; when partially dry, iron.

Alabaster

Use strong soap and water.

To Remove Stains Or Grease From Oil Paint

Use bisulphide of carbon, spirits of turpentine, or if dry and old, use chloroform. These and tar spots can be softened with olive oil and lard.

Rust From Steel

Take half-ounce of emery powder mixed with one ounce of soap, and rub well.

Fruit Spots From Cottons

Apply cold soap, then touch the spot with a hair pencil or feather dipped in chlorate of soda, then dip immediately in cold water.

Stains, Iron Rust Or Ink From Vellum Or Parchment

Moisten the spot with a solution of oxalic acid; absorb the acid quickly by blotting-paper or cloth.

Grease From Silks

Take a lump of magnesia, rub it wet on the spot, let it dry, then brush the powder off.

Iron Rust From White Goods May Be Removed From White Goods By Sour Milk.

Scorch Stains from White Linen Lay in bright sun.

Mildew

Moisten the spot with clean water; rub on it a thick coating of Cas-tile soap mixed with chalk scrapings; rub with end of finger, then wash off.

Oil Marks On Wall Paper

Apply paste of cold water and pipe clay, leave it on all night, brush off in the morning.

To Renovate Plush Goods

Sponge carefully with chloroform. This is also excellent for restoring the color to goods that are faded.

Spoons Discolored By Cooked Eggs

May be brightened by a vigorous rubbing with common salt.

Paint Spots from Clothing Saturate with equal parts turpentine and spirits of ammonia.

To Extract Stains From Silver

Salamoniac one part, vinegar sixteen parts, mix well and use this liquid with a piece of flannel, then wash the plate in clean water.

To Cleanse House Paper

Rub with a flannel cloth dipped in oatmeal.

To Cleanse Black Cloth

Mix one part of spirits of ammonia with three parts warm water, rub with sponge or dark cloth, clean with water; rub with the nap.

Ink And Rust Stains

Are removed easily by a solution containing ten parts each of tar-taric acid, alum and distilled water. The solution has the trade name of Encrivior.

Ink Stains From White Cloth And Hands

Ripe tomatoes will remove ink stains from white cloth, also from the hands.

Cleanse Chromos

Go over lightly with a damp cloth.

Cleanse Furniture Of Finger Marks

Rub with a soft rag and sweet oil.

Cleanse Zinc

Rub with a piece of cotton cloth dipped in kerosene, afterwards with a dry cloth.

Cleanse Hands From Vegetable Stains

Rub with a slice of raw potato.

To Clean Tinware

Common soda applied with a moistened newspaper and polish with a dry piece will make it look like new.

To Clean Window Glass

Paint can be removed by a strong solution of soda.

How To Prevent Iron From Rusting Or To Remove Rust.

Apply kerosene with a rag when you are about to put your stove away for the Summer and it will prevent it from rusting. Treat your hardware and farming implements in the same way before you lay them aside in the Fall. To remove rust immerse the articles in kerosene oil and let them remain for some time; the rust will become so much loosened as to come off very easy.