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To Remove Common Ink Stains

Ink stains may be readily removed from white articles by means of a little salt of lemons, diluted muriatic acid, oxalic acid, or tartaric acid, and hot water; or by means of a little solution of chlorine or chloride of lime.

When the stain is caused by ink manufactured with logwood, a red mark remains, which may ately the stains are removed, the spots should be well rinsed, and repeatedly, in cold water. tion, and will remove stains of long standing be removed by the application of a little chloalmost immediately: Wet the mark with ride of lime. All strong acids and alkalies yellow sulphide of ammonium, by which it tend to injure the fabric; therefore, immediwill be immediately blackened, and allow it a minute or so to penetrate; then wash out the excess of sulphide, and treat the black spot with cold dilute muriatic acid, by which it is immediately removed. Finally, wash well with water.

378. Το Make Essential Salt of Lemons, for removing iron moulds, ink spots, and stains from linen and cotton. Take 1 ounce of oxalic acid in fine powder, mix with 4 ounces of cream tartar, and put it up in small oval boxes. 385. To Remove Stains made by Hair Dye, or Indelible Ink. The staining principle of common indelible ink is nitrate of silver. It may be removed by first soaking in a solution of common salt, which produces chloride of silver, and afterwards washing with ammonia, which dissolves the chloride. Nitrate of silver, or hair dye stains can be removed by a solution of 10 grains of cyanide of potassium, and 5 grains of iodine to 1 ounce of water; or a solution of 8 parts

379. To Remove Ink, Iron Mould, &c., from Linen. Wet the finger in water, of perchloride of mercury and muriate of dip it in the powder (see last receipt), and rub ammonia in 125 parts of water. (See Nos. it on the spot gently, keeping it rather moist, 129 and 387.) and the stain will disappear without injuring 386. To Remove Marking-Ink from the fabric. After the stain disappears, wash Linen. Dip the garment in a solution of 1 the linen in pure water. The salt of lemon ounce cyanide of potassium in 4 ounces of used as a beverage is simply tartaric acid, put water. After a few hours the stain will be up in long bottles. The above is poisonous if obliterated. This is very effectual, but the swallowed. mixture is highly poisonous, and should be 380. To Remove Iron Mould and Ink carefully removed. from Delicate Linen Fabrics. These may 387. To Remove Silver Stains from be taken out by wetting the spots in milk, the Hands. Put pound glauber salts, then covering them with common salt. It pound of the chloride of lime, and 8 ounces of should be done before the garments have water, into a little wide-mouthed bottle, and when required for use pour some of the 395. To take Oil and Grease out of thick sediment into a saucer, and rub it well Boards. Make a paste with fuller's earth and over the hands with pumice stone or a nail- hot water, cover the spots therewith, let it brush, and it will clean the fingers quite equal dry on, and the next day scour it off with soft to cyanide, but without any danger. This or yellow soap. will do to use over again until exhausted, and 396. Το Clean Marble. To clean marshould be kept corked up. The disagreeable ble, mix quicklime with strong lye, so as to smell may be entirely avoided by the liberal form a mixture having the consistency of use of lemon juice, which not only entirely removes the smell, but whitens the hands. cream, and apply it immediately with a brush.

If this composition be allowed to remain for a 388. To Remove Stains from the day or two, and be then washed off with soap Hands. Ink stains, dye stains, fruit stains, and water, the marble will appear as though .

Ink stains, dye stains, fruit stains, and water, the marble will appear as though etc., can be immediately removed by dipping it were new. the fingers in warm water and then rubbing