The universal household assistant; by Burt Samuel H

Author:Burt, Samuel H., [from old catalog] comp
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Home economics, Recipes, cbk
Publisher: New York, S. H. Moore & co.
Published: 1884-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

ily done by scraping with a knife kept for the purpose. If any substance collects upon the wick tube, that should be scraped off, leaving the brass or metal perfectly clean. After carefully scraping, wipe off the upper part of the wick tube and the wick with a piece of very soft paper, to remove any soft particles left in scraping. A wick may become unfit for use long before it is burned up. Many quarts of oil are carried through a wick, and in time the pores of the fabric become so filled with little particles of dust and other impurities that the oil contains, that its ability to take up the oil as fast as it is burned becomes greatly diminished, and when this occurs, a new wick is needed. If a lamp is filled quite full in a cold room, and then is brought into a warm one, the heat will cause the oil to expand and overllov/, and lead to the suspicion that the lamp leaks. This should be avoided by not filling completely; knowing that this may occur sufficient space should be left to allow for the expansion. Kerosene lamps, if kept full, will never explode, as there is then no room in the lamp for the accumulation of explosive gas.

Land Measure.—One acre contains one hundred and sixty square rods, four thousand, eight hundred and forty square yards, forty-three thousand, five hundred and sixty square feet. One rod contains thirty and one-fourth square yards, two hundred and seventy-two and one-fourth square feet. One square yard contains nine square feet.

Laundry Hints.—Washing fluids shorten labor, but the clothes require such thorough rinsing, after their use, that only careful hands should be intrusted with the work.

To wash flannels so as to have them soft and pliable instead of hardened into wooden boards, requires skill on the part of the washer. Science tells that the oil of perspiration remaining in flannels should be removed before soap is applied, or a combination is formed with the soap that hardens the flannel instead of softening it. To remove this oil, soak them, previous to washing, for at least half an hour in soda water, moderately strong. After this they are easily washed and remain soft.

Put all the soap used for flannels in the water. Hot water is best for washing and rinsing. They should be well wrung and shaken before they are hung to dry. Always wash flannels by themselves, for if done in the suds used for cotton clothes, the white fluff of the cotton works into the wool and spoils their appearance. Colored flannels are much used now, blue being recommended to wear next to the skin as most healthy. Where white flannels are preferred, they can be kept nice and white by an occasional bleaching.

This is easily done by fastening ropes across a barrel, near enough to the top to allow the garment to be above it. Put some sulphur into an iron vessel, and after the garments

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