get
saturated with it; then clap it till dry, and smooth it out with a
moderately hot iron. Italian crape can be dyed to look as nice as that
which is new.

421. _To clean Mahogany and Marble Furniture._

No soap should ever be used for them--they should be washed in fair
water, and rubbed with a clean, soft cloth, till dry. A little sweet
oil, rubbed on occasionally, gives them a fine polish. The furniture
should be rubbed over with a cloth dipped in oil, then rubbed over with
a clean cloth till it appears dry and polished. White spots on varnished
furniture may be removed by rubbing them with a warm flannel, dipped in
spirits of turpentine. Ink spots may be removed by rubbing them with a
woollen cloth, dipped in oil of vitriol and water mixed, being careful
not to touch any part of the furniture that is not spotted. As soon as
the ink is extracted, rinse the spot with pearl-ash water, and then with
fair water. It is said that blotting paper alone will extract the ink,
if rolled up tight, and rubbed hard on the spots. If it answers the
purpose, it is altogether best to use it, as there is always danger
attending the use of oil of vitriol, it being so powerful as to corrode
whatever it may get dropped on, without its effects are destroyed by the
use of an alkali.

422. _To clean Stoves and Stone Hearths._

Varnished stoves should have several coats of varnish put on in summer,
in order to have it get hard, before being used. They should be washed
in warm water, without soap--a little oil rubbed on them occasionally,
makes them look nice, and tends to keep the varnish from wearing off.
Black lead and British Lustre are both of them good to black stoves
which have never been varnished--if they have been, it will not answer.
They should be mixed with cold water, to form a paste, then rubbed on
the stoves, and remain till quite dry--they should then be rubbed with a
dry, stiff, and flat brush, till clean and polished. If you wish to
preserve the color of free-stone hearths, wash them in water, without
any soap; then rub on them, while damp, free-stone, that has been
reduced to a powder--let it remain till dry, then rub it off. If the
hearths are stained, rub them hard with a piece of free-stone. If you
wish to have your hearth look dark, rub it over with hot soft soap,
alone, or diluted with water. For brick hearths, use redding, mixed with
thin hot starch and milk.

423. _To extract Ink from Floors._

Ink spo