To Clean Mahogany And Marble Furniture Recipe

No soap should ever be used for them--they should be washed in fair

water, and rubbed with a clean, soft cloth, till dry. A little sweet

oil, rubbed on occasionally, gives them a fine polish. The furniture

should be rubbed over with a cloth dipped in oil, then rubbed over with

a clean cloth till it appears dry and polished. White spots on varnished

furniture may be removed by rubbing them with a warm flannel, dipped in

spirits of turpentine. Ink spots may be removed by rubbing them with a

woollen cloth, dipped in oil of vitriol and water mixed, being careful

not to touch any part of the furniture that is not spotted. As soon as

the ink is extracted, rinse the spot with pearl-ash water, and then with

fair water. It is said that blotting paper alone will extract the ink,

if rolled up tight, and rubbed hard on the spots. If it answers the

purpose, it is altogether best to use it, as there is always danger

attending the use of oil of vitriol, it being so powerful as to corrode

whatever it may get dropped on, without its effects are destroyed by the

use of an alkali.

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