Important: Safety Warning
This page directs the use of hazardous substances — such as benzine, gasoline, lye, or strong acids — for household tasks. These materials are highly flammable, corrosive, or poisonous, and the practices described have caused fires, burns, and poisonings.
In addition, this page directs washing a dog with turpentine to kill fleas, and rubbing muriatic acid onto glass. Turpentine is absorbed through the skin and is poisonous to animals, and hydrochloric acid causes severe burns.
This information has been left in for historical purposes but should not be acted upon.
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To Wash White Dogs
Make a good lather of white soap with a little spirit of turpentine; wash the dog as quickly as dow Glass. Window glass constantly ex- possible in this while it is warm, but not hot, posed to the action of the sun and rain soon taking care not to let the soap lather get into deteriorates, as the potash or soda it contains its eyes. Have a tub with clean tepid water combines with the carbonic acid of the air. A in which a little blue has been dissolved whitish opaqueness is the result of this action; ready; when the coat is clean dip the dog and in order to restore the pane to its original into the blue-water and rinse out the soap. clearness, rub it with dh'ut muriatic acid, and Thea rub it well in a clean sheet before a fire; then clean with moistened whiting. It is said if the hair is long comb it out and brush it as that glass in an extreme state of decomposi- it dries. The turpentine will kill fleas unless tion may be restored by từ means.. the dog is much infested with them. 6219. Το Paint an Iron Bath Tub. the lead for about 15 minutes, and then Mix the paint to a proper consistency with best coachmakers' Japan varnish. For white lead paint, use half turpentine and half coachmakers Japan. It will not darken much. Venetian red is best for a first coat, for any color but white. poured out.