To Clean Carpet

Ingredients

• one gallon of water until melted
• four ounces of borax
• four ounces of sal soda
• four gallons of cold soft water
• half pint of alcohol
• one pint of gum arabic
• one bar of white ivory soap
• one-third linseed oil
• one-third turpentine
• one-third vinegar
• vinegar

Directions

1. One bar of white ivory soap, cut in fine shavings and boil in one gallon of water until melted. Add four ounces of borax, four ounces of sal soda. Stir 5 minutes, and add four gallons of cold soft water and one -half pint of alcohol.

2. FURNITURE POLISH NO. 1.

3. One-third linseed oil, one-third turpentine, one-third vinegar. Rub on with flannel, polish with either flannel or chamois. First wash the article with strong castile suds.

4. FURNITURE POLISH NO. 2.

5. Take equal parts of sweet oil and vinegar, mix, add one pint of gum arabic, finely powdered. This will make furniture

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7. look almost as good as new, and can be easily applied, as it requires no rubbing. The bottle should be shaken and the polish poured on a rag and applied to the furniture. S.