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clothes over night, or until they are wet through, then wring them and rub 

 on plenty of soap, and in une boiler of clothes well covered \vith water, add 

 a teacupful of the washing fluid; boil half an hour briskly, then wash them 

 thoroughly with suds; rinse, and your clothes wUl look better than by the 

 old way of washing twice before boiling. This is an invaluable receipt, and 

 it should be tried by every woman who would save time and labor. 



(2; For washing alpaca, camel's hair, and other woolen goods, and for 

 removing marks made on furniture, cai^pets, rugs, etc.: Pour ounces am- 

 monia, four ounces white castile soap, two ounces alcohol, two ounces 

 glycerine, two ounces ether. Cut the soap fine, dissolve in one quart of 

 water over the fire; add four quarts of water. When nearly cold, add the 

 other ingredients. This will make nearly eight quarts. It must be put in a 

 bottle and stoppered tight. It will keep good any length of time. 



(3) An excellent washing fluid and one that will not injure the finest fab- 

 ric is made of one bar of llussian soap cut up fine, one tablespoonful of kero- 

 sene oil, a half cupful of washing soda and one gallon of water. The night 

 before washday, put your clothes to soak in warm water. In the morning 

 boil the fluid twenty minutes, add whatever cold water is required, for 

 washing the clothes, put in the clothes and boil one-half hour; they are then 

 ready to rinse and starch. 



(4) Any one who will take a tablespoonful of kerosene to a gallon of 

 water, along with a small quantity of common yellow soap, brought to a 

 boiling heat, will find a chemical compound which makes clothes as white 

 as snow with very little labor. They are first soaked in warm water as long 

 as convenient, and then boiled in the mixture half an hour, when the dirt 

 wrings out readily. No odor of the oil remains, and the clothes are perfectly 

 clean. 



(5) Add one pound of nnslacked lime to three gallons of soft, boiling 

 water. Let it settle and pour ofi". Then add three pounds of washing-soda, 

 and mix with the lime-water. When dissolved, use a large wiueglassful to 

 each pailful of water. Add one gill of soft-soap to a pailful of water. 



(6) To make washing fluid, take half a pound of sal soda, quarter of a 

 pound of borax, dissolved in one gallon of hot water; let it settle; pour off in 

 bottles. One gill of this mixture with a pint of soft soap, or half a bar of 

 «oap dissolved in hot water, is enoiigh for a washing. 



(7) Put one pound of saltpeter into a gallon of water, and keep it in a 

 corked jug; two tablespoonfuls for a pint of soap. .Soak, wash, and boil as 

 usual. This bleaches the clothes beautifully without injuring the fabric. 



To "WasH Flannel. — Cut up what soap may be needed and dissolve in 

 a skillet of boiling water. Let it stand on the stove and simmer till every 

 particle is dissolved. Never rub soap on the flannel, or allow a bit to settle 

 on tliem. Nothing " fulls ," flannel so badly as rubbing soap on it, or letting 

 bits of it settle on the cloth. A place on which a bit of soap has lodged or 

 been rubbed will have a different shade from the rest when dried, making 

 the whole garment look spotted. 



Take a small tub not quite half full of scalding hot or boiling water. Into 

 this pour enough of the dissolved soap to make a rich suds, also some am- 

 monia, a teaspoonful and a half to ten or twelve quarts of suds is a fair pro- 

 portion. Stir this and the soap into the hot water till it is all thoroughly in- 

 corporated. Then put in the flannels. Two or three articles are enough to 

 Boak at one time. Press them well under the water, but turn them over in 

 the suds occasionally while soaking. LM them remain in the water till it i« 



