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a dry clotli every time it is dusted For dining-room tables and sideboards, 

 use the polish every week, as it makes them beautifully bright. 



Remarks. — White-wine vinegar, when it can be got, is considered the best 



8. Polish for Pianos, etc. — Raw linseed oil (raw, which is unboiled 

 oil, the kind intended in all, except the last one given), 1 qt. ; spirits of turpeu' 

 tine, % V^- '■> alcohol, benzine, and aqua ammonia, each, 4 oz. Shake when 

 applied, and rub well. 



9. Polish, Cheap and Good. — Gum shellac and rosin, each 2 oz.; 

 alcohol, 1 pt. ; mix and let stand 24 hours, or until dissolved, shaking occa- 

 sionally; then add spi."ts of turpentine, 3 pts.; boiled linseed oil, 2 qts. ;red 

 analine, 15 grs. ; oil of citronella, >^ oz. Shake well when used. Apply with 

 cotton flannel. 



Remarks. — This is given in large quantities, as it has been made and sold 

 extensively. The analine is only to color, and the citronella to flavor. 



Furniture, Upholstered, Carpets, Furs, Fannels, Etc.— The 

 Trade Secret for Ridding of Moths. — A trade secret among upholsterers 

 for ridding furniture, etc., of moths, is the following: " A set of furniture 

 that seemed to be alive with the larvae, and from which hundreds of these pests 

 had been picked and brushed, was set into a room by itself. Three gallons of 

 benzine war, purchased, at 30 cents a gallon, retail Using a small watering 

 pot, with a fine rose-sprinkler, the whole upholstery was saturated through and 

 through with the benzine. Result: Every moth, larvae and q^ was Mlled. 

 The benzine dried out in a few hours, and its entire odor disappeared m 3 or 4 

 days. Not the slightest harm happened to the varnish, or wood, or fabric, or 

 hair-stuflSug. That was months ago, and not a sign of a moth has since ap- 

 peared. The carpets were also sprinkled all around the sides of the room, with 

 equally good effect. For furs, flannels— indeed, all woolen articles containing 

 moths,— benzine is most valuable. Put them in a box, sprinkle them with 

 benzine, close the box tightly, and in a day or two the pests will be externu- 

 nated, and the benzine will all evaporate on opening. In using benzine great 

 care should be taken that no fire is near by, as it is very i nflammtable.- Tecwm- 

 seh (Mich.) EercUd. 



Remarks.— There is not a doubt of this fact, for I know that benzine is 

 *• death to bed-bugs," and so is gasoline, which may be equally good for moths, 

 and being much cheaper, is worthy of trial It will evaporate, too, as quickly 

 as the benzine. 



L Paint— Cheap, as Used at Xorra OoDege, Suitable for 

 Fences, Cheap Buildings, Tenement Houses, Etc. — Crude petroleum, 

 3 parts — qta or gals. — boiled linaeed oil, 1 part, with " mineral paint," for 

 body. 



. Remarks.— A report havixig got into aome of Ite papers, that such a paint 

 had been used on some of the ooUege buildings, an inquiry about its value led 

 Prof. S. A. Knapp to nu^e the following explanation. He says: 



