1941. To Purify Stagnant Water.—One part of chalk and two of alum will speedily purify stagnant water, and four parts of animal carbon and one of alum are sufficient to purify a thousand parts of muddy river water.
1942. To Prevent the Smoking of a Lamp.—Soak the wick in strong vinegar, and well dry it before you use it.
1943. To Clean Cane Chairs.—Sponge them, until soaked, with soap and hot water.
1944. Clean White Vails.—Put the vail in a solution of white soap, and let it simmer a quarter of an hour; squeeze it in some warm water and soap till quite clean. Rinse it from soap, and then in clean cold water, in which is a drop of liquid blue; then pour boiling water on a teaspoonful of starch, run the vail through this, and clear it well by clapping it. Afterward pin it out, keeping the edges straight and even.
1945. Restoring Color to Silk.—When the color has been taken from silk by acids, it may be restored by applying to the spot a little hartshorne, or sal-volatile.