A USEFUL DRUG.

Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 231, 4 July 1872, Page 8

A USEFUL DRUG.

(From the Providence Journal).

Ammonia, or as it is generally called, spirits of hartshorn, is a powerful alkali, and dissolves grease and dirt with great ease. It has been recommended very highly for domestic pur-, poses. For washing paint, put a teaspoonful in a quart.of moderately hot water, dip in a flannel cloth and then wipe off the woodwork ; no scrubbing will be necessary. For taking grease spots from any fabric use the ammonia nearly pure, then lay white blottingpaper over the spot and iron it lightly. In washing lace put about twelve drops in a pint of Avarm suds. To clean silver, mix two teaspoonfuls of ammonia in a quart of hot suds. Put in your silveware and wash, using an old nailbrush, or tooth-brush for the purpose. For cleaning hair-brushes, etc., simply shake the brushes -up and down in a mixture of a tablespoonful of ammonia to one pint of hot water ; when they are cleansed rinse them in cold water, and stand them in the wind or in a hot place to dry. .For washing fingermarks from looking-glasses or windows, put a few drops of ammonia on a moist rag and make quick work of it. If you wish your house plants to nourish put a few drops of the spirits in every pint of water used' in watering. A toaspoonful will add much to the refreshing effects of the bath. Nothing is better' than ammonia water for cleansing the hair. In every case rinse off the ammonia with clear water. To which avo would only add, that, for removing grease spots, a mixture of ammonia and alcohol is better than alcohol alone ; and for taking out the red- stains produced by the strong acids in blue and black clothes, there is nothing better than ammonia.