ke fruit
stains out of table linen. Left on the spot for a few hours, it
absorbs every trace of the stain.

For mildew stains or iron rust, mix together soft soap, laundry
starch, half as much salt, and the juice of a lemon. Apply to the
spots and spread the garment on the grass. Or wet the linen, rub into
it white soap, then finely powdered chalk; lay upon the grass and keep
damp. Old mildew stains may be removed by rubbing yellow soap on both
sides and afterwards laying on, very thick, starch which has been
dampened. Rub in well and expose to light and air. There are several
effectual methods of removing grease from cloths. First, wet with a
linen cloth dipped in chloroform. Second, mix four tablespoonfuls of
alcohol with one tablespoonful of salt; shake together until the salt
is dissolved and apply with a sponge. Third, wet with weak ammonia
water; then lay a thin white blotting or tissue paper over it and iron
lightly with an iron not too hot. Fourth, apply a mixture of equal
parts of alcohol, gin and ammonia.

Candle grease yields to a warm iron. Place a piece of blotting or
other absorbing paper under the absorbing fabric; put a piece of the
paper also on the spot, apply the warm iron to the paper and as soon
as a spot of grease appears, move the paper and press again until the
spot disappears. Lard will remove wagon grease. Rub the spot with the
lard as if washing it, and when it is well out, wash in the ordinary
way with soap and water until thoroughly cleansed.

To make linen beautifully white, prepare the water for washing by
putting into every ten gallons a large handful of powdered borax or
boil with the clothes one teaspoonful of spirits of turpentine.

Fruit stains may be taken out by boiling water. Place the material
over a basin or other vessel and pour the boiling water from the
kettle over the stains.

Pure water, cold or hot, mixed with acids, serves for rinsing goods in
order to remove foreign and neutral bodies which cover the color.
Steam softens fatty matters and thus facilitates their removal by
reagents.

Sulphuric acid may be used in certain cases, particularly for
brightening and raising greens, reds, yellows, etc., but it must be
diluted with at least one hundred times its weight of water and more
in cases of delicate shades.

CEMENT FOR CHINA AND GLASS.

To half a pint of milk put an equal quantity of vinegar in order to
curdle it; then separate the curd from the whey and mix t