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Scouring Balls
Dry fuller's earth, ❘ 354. French Scouring Drops for Remoistened with the juice of lemons; add a moving Grease. Camphene, 8 ounces; pure small quantity of pearl ashes, and a little soft alcohol, 1 ounce sulphuric ether, 1 ounce; soap; knead the whole well together into a thick elastic paste; form it into small balls and dry them in the sun. When used, moisten the spot on the clothes with water; then rub it with the ball, and let the spot dry in the sun. When washed with pure water the spot will disappear. 350. To Remove Grease from Cloth