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To Remove Fruit and other Spots

Boil together 1 pint of ox-gall and Stains from Linen. Fruit and other spots 2 ounces powdered alum; to which add 2 on linen may be removed by applying to the ounces common salt; let the liquor settle; 1 add a few drops essence of lemon, pour it off into a bottle, and cork tightly. 374. Scouring Balls for General Purposes. In order to remove a stain, the cause or origin of which is doubtful, a composition is requisite which possesses various powers.

The following is a good one for such purposes: Dissolve some white soap in alcohol, and mix with it the yolks of 4 or 5 eggs; add gradually a little spirits of turpentine, and sufficient fuller's earth to make the mixture into balls. To remove a stain, wet the spot with soft water, rub it with a ball of the above composition, then rub the cloth and wash out. This will remove almost any stain, except ink and other solutions of iron. 375. To Remove Iron Mould or Ink been washed. Another way to take out ink is to dip it in melted tallow. For fine, delicate articles, this is the best way.