mis€ella:^eo us. 537- 



remarks upon it, following the other recipe.) A recent medical writer also 

 claims powdered borax to be valuable as a catarrh snuff. 



Iron Rust, to Remove from Clothing.— Get J^ oz. of oxalic acid, 

 in small pieces, in a vial and keep corked. When a spot of iron rust shows 

 on white table cloths, or other white clothing, dissolve 3^ tea-spoonful of the 

 acid by pouring upon it 2 or 3 table-spoonfuls of hot water, and dip the spot in 

 or wet it with a sponge, or bit of rag, and as soon as the rust is bleached out 

 wash right out with clean water, so the acid will not hurt the goods. Lemon 

 juice and a little salt is also good for the same purpose, laying out in the sun to 

 bleach; if one application does not wholly remove it, do the same again. Or, 

 instead of putting out in the sun, wet with lemon juice, and hold the spot over 

 a steaming hot tea-kettle wiU do it very quickly. Or, the cream of tartar plan,, 

 as given below, for removing fruit stains, will also remove rust. 



Fruit Stains, Recent, or Old, to Remove.— " Aunt Sopliia," in 

 the Blade, tells us recent fruit stains may be removed by holding the linen 

 tightly across the tub and pouring hot water through them, before any soap is 

 put on; if old, tie up a little cream of tartar in the places, put into cold water 

 and bring to a boil. If got upon table linen, rub on some salt, at once, then 

 pour on the hot water. 



Bleaching Muslin. — Mrs. "S. M, B." sends the Blade the following 

 directions, which she has practiced for 12 years without injuring tlie cloth. She 

 says: "Into 8 qts. of warm soft water put 1 lb. of chloride of lime; stir with 

 a stick a few minutes, then strain through a bag of coarse muslin, working it. 

 with the hands [the author saj's with the stick] to dissolve thoroughly. Add 

 to this, in a tub, 5 buckets of warm water, stir in the chloride water thoroughly 

 and put in the muslin. [The muslin ought to be thoroughly wet first in plain 

 water, so it shall take the lime water evenly.] Let it remain in 1 hour, turning 

 it over occasionally, that every part may get thoroughly bleached. When 

 taken out, wash well in two waters, to remove the lime, rinse and dry. This- 

 quantity will bleach 25 yds. of yard-wide muslin. Tlie muslin will bleach 

 more evenly and quickly if it has been thoroughly wet and dried before 

 bleaching. " 



Remarks. — This lady makes a " mighty sight " of work, more than is nec- 

 essary. She wants it wet and dried before putting into the bleaching water, 

 when simply wetting is sufficient, and one good washing and rinsing after the 

 bleaching is enough— all you want is to get rid of specks of the lime, and this 

 has been done largely by straining off the water from the lime sediment at the 

 beginning. Spreading on the grass is a good way to dry it. 



Mildew, to Remove from Clothing.— Take common soft soap and 

 stir in quite a bit of salt, so the soap crumbles or grains, as it were, and rub on 

 the spot and lay out over night, and if not effaced by morning wet it occasion- 

 ally during the day. The chloride solution above is also good to remove mil- 

 dew. Or, to put about i^ a cup of chloride of lime into 2 qts. of hot water, 

 wetting the mildewed articles first in cold water, then put into the lime water 

 until the mildew is bleached out, then rinse well in plenty of water to remove^, 

 the lime. 



