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[DISEASE IS THE PUNISHMENT OF NEGLECT.] 404. To take Ink-Stains out of a Coloured Table-Cover. Dissolve a teaspoonful of oxalic acid in a teacup of hot water; rub the stained part well with a flannel or linen rag dipped in the solution. 405. Ink Stains. Very frequently, when logwood has been used in manufacturing ink, a reddish stain still remains, after the use of oxalic acid, as in the former directions. To remove it, procure a solution of the chloride of lime, and apply it in the same manner as directed for the oxalic acid. 406. To take Ink out of Boards. Apply strong muriatic acid, or spirits of salts, with a piece of cloth; afterwards wash well with water. 407. Oil or Grease may be removed from a hearth by covering it immediately with hot ashes, or with burning coals. 408. Marble may be Cleaned by mixing up a quantity of the strongest soap-lees with quick-lime, to the consistence of milk, and laying it on the marble for twenty-four hours; clean it afterwards with soap and water. 409. Silver and Plated Ware should be washed with a sponge and warm soapsuds every day after using, and wiped dry with a clean soft towel. 410. Bronzed Chandeliers, Lamps, &c., should be merely dusted with a feather-brush, or with a soft cloth, as washing them will take off the bronzing. 411. To clean Brass Ornaments. Wash the brasswork with roche alum boiled to a strong ley, in the proportion of an ounce to a pint. When dry it must be rubbed with fine tripoli.