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Show TO REMOVE STAINS FROM BOOKS.- To remove ink stains from a book, first wash the paper with warm water, using a camel s hair brush for the purpose. By this means the surface ink is got rid of; the paper must now be wet with a solution of oxdie said, in the propor-tion of one ounce to a half pint of wa-ter. The ink stains will immediately disappear. Finally, again wash the stained- place with clean water, and dry it with white blotting paper. TO REMOVE FRUIT STAINS IN LINEN.- To remove them, rub the part on each side with yellow soap, then tie mas place of pearl- salt in the cloth, etc., and soak well in hot water, or boil; after-wards expose the stained part to the sun and air until removed. |