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Excerpt from The Household Manual of Hygiene, Food and Diet, Common Diseases, Accidents and Emergencies, and Useful Hints and Recipes
Soap to remove grease spots. To remove grease from silk. To re store color. To remove stains from the hands. To remove paint from cloth. Calcimining ¿uid. To remove mildew. To remove paint from wood. Cements for glass and china. Liquid glue. Cements for iron. Cement for stone-ware. How to remove rust from clothing. To clean looking-glasses. To cleanse the hair. Fire-proof paint for roofs. Lotion for fetid perspiration. Cement for wood. To preserve steel from rust. To clean leather.' To make cloth unin¿ammable. Ink stains. Removing fruit stains. Coal-tar for fence-posts. Carron-oil. To determine the capacity of a round cistern. To ascertain the weight of hay. Remedy for mos quitoes. Adhesive cloth. To take of]? Paint. Plant wash. Starch polish. Paste. To color black. To color scarlet. To color blue. To color green. Tooth powder. Washing ¿uid. To get rid of rats. Liquid bluing. To kill ants. Wash for the teeth. Black ink. Red ink. Indelible ink. Soft soap. Bug poison. To etch on metal. Borax wash. Plant-lice. Mending tin-ware. To dry boots. Blue ink. Soldering ¿uid. Solder for tin. Solder for lead. Freezing mixture. To extract grease stains from wall-paper. Disinfecting ¿uid. To remove potato sprouts. To make cloth water-proof. How to make a filter. Durable whitewash. Clean ing bottles. To keep water cool. Preserving grapes. Japanese method of cooking rice. Beef tea. The bushel. Uses for ashes. Cheap paint for barns and sheds. To preserve shoes and boots.
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