The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-08-14 00:00:00

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

A VERY PRETTY DISH OF EGGS.—Break some
eggs into a small tart-dish, without injuring the yolk,
or laying one over the other. Drop on them some
warm butter, and lightly strew crumbs of bread. Put
it into the oven until the whites be set, and serve with
a wreath of parsley round the edge.
HARICOT OF VEAL.—Cut the bones from the best
end of a neck, then lay the meat in a stew-pan, and
cover it with good brown gravy ; when nearly enough
done, have ready a pint of boiled peas, four cucumbers
sliced, and one large cabbage-lettuce, divided into
quarters, all stewed in a little strong broth ; add them
to the veal, and let them simmer a quarter-of-an-hour,
then serve with force-meat-balls round the dish.

WHITE CREAM.-Put into a basin a quarter-of-a-
pound of sugar, a gill of pale brandy, and an ounce
and a half of either melted isinglass, gelatine, or
calf's-foot jelly ; stir it well, and add a pint of
whipped cream ; put it in a mould, let it set on ice,
or in any cool place, and when ready dip the mould in
warm water and turn out. Rum, noyeau, curacoa, or
other liqueurs or flavours may be added. When
liqueurs are used, add less sugar. If you have any
ice, use only an ounce of either.

is distinctly perceptible to the smell when mixed with
five hundred thousand times its bulk of air.—Professor
Johnston's Chemistry of Common Life.

DRYING OIL FOR PAINTWORK.—The common
" drier," or litharged oil, in France, is generally made
thus :—Linseed oil is heated to near the boiling point
in a melting pot, and skimmed; after three or six
hours, about one-tenth of its weight of litharge is
added to the oil, and the mixture is again heated for
'five or six hours. Another method is the following :
—One hundred kilogrammes of linseed oil, as old as
possible, are heated for about six hours ; six kilo-
grammes of litharge, and three kilogrammes of burnt
umber are then added ; the mixture is heated for six
hours, is allowed to settle, and is decanted. The lith-
arged oil, M. Chevreul says, is adulterated with sub-
stances which are greatly injurious to its properties.
This remark may apply to the sulphate of zinc spoken
of by Dr. Thomson, as required to be added to the
litharge. The ordinary English method would seem
to correspond with that used in France. M. Leclair,
to whom the chief credit of the introduction of oxide of
zinc is due, prepares his manganesed oil thus :—Lin-
seed oil is heated at the boiling point for five hours ;
then for eight hours at least, with peroxide of manacra-
nese.—lt will now be discovered what are the best
methods of procedure.—The Builder. _ _ _

THE PHILOSOPHY OF RAIN.—To understand the
philosophy of this beautiful and often sublime pheno-
menon, so often witnessed since the creation of the
world, and so essential to the very existence of plants
and animals, a few facts, derived from observation and
a long train of experiments, must be remembered :-
1. Were the atmosphere everywhere, at all times, of a
uniform temperature, we should never have rain, or
hail, or snow. The water absorbed by it in evapora-
tion from the sea and the earth's surface would descend
in an imperceptible vapour, or cease to be absorbed by
the air when it was once fully saturated. 2. The
absorbing power of the atmosphere, and consequently
its capacity to retain humidity, is proportionately
greater in warm than in cold air. 3. The air near the
surface of the earth is warmer than it is in the region
of the clouds. The higher we ascend from the earth
the colder do we find the atmosphere. Hence the
perpetual snow on very high mountains in the hottest
climate. Now, when, from the continued evaporation,
the air is highly saturated with vapour, though it be
invisible and the sky cloudless, if its temperature is
suddenly reduced by cold currents descending from
above, or rushing from a higher to a lower latitude,
its capacity to retain moisture is diminished, clouds
are formed, and the result is rain. Air condenses as
it cools, and, like a sponge filled with water and com-
pressed, pours -out the water which its diminished
capacity cannot hold. How singular, yet how simple,
the philosophy of rain ! What but Omniscience could
have devised such admirable arrangement for watering
the earth !

THE RUBASSE.—A new precious stone has just been
introduced to the world by a Paris jeweller, which is
exciting much interest both amongst the scientific geo-
logists and the gentle craft of lapidaries and gem en-
gravers. The rubasse is a natural gem, and exceeds
in brilliancy both the amethyst and topaz ; it is a spe-
cies of quartz, the existence of which has but just been
discovered in Brazil, admitting of a higher polish than
the emerald, and so hard as to resist the action of the
file. Like the topaz, it acquires additional value by
being passed through the fire, and the most beautiful
colour is thus produced with the most rare and brilliant
internal crystallization, which gives the rubasse one
advantage over every other stone—no art can imitate
this play of light within, which is called the givre by
French jewellers, and highly prized by them. The
colour is a soft and liquid currant red, somewhat paler
than the ruby, but full and powerful as the garnet,
therefore most becoming to the complexion. The ladies
of Paris, in their rage for novelty, have eagerly adopted
the rubasse. The empress has ordered an entire parure
of the stone, and another one of most exquisite design
has been ordered by the empress as a present to the
Queen of Naples. Several snuff-boxes, destined
.for
presentation to the various illustrations about to visit
Paris upon the occasion of the arrival of Queen Vic-
toria, are decorated with rubasses, and have attracted
the greatest admiration. The Duke of Brunswick has
purchased the largest rubasse which has yet been cut ;
it is destined to surmount an ivory cane. The gzvrem
this stone is perfectly wonderful, seeming to reflect the
rays of sunlight from every point of the compass..

DEODORISING PROPERTIR
don Medical Gazette gives t,
periments with roasted coffee,
most powerful means, not
and vegetable effluvia innocn
ing them. A room in will(
degree of decomposition had
was instantly deprived of all
roaster being carried throng]
coffee newly roasted. In any
effluvium occasioned by the
so that sulphuretted hydroge:
quantities could be chemicl'
completely removed within ha
ployment of three ounces of fr(
the other parts of the house
of the same smell by being si
coffee-roaster, although the
continued several hours aft,
using the coffee as a disinfectant, • rat
bean, pound it in a mortar, and thotil
on a moderately heated iron plate 11Pe,
dark brown tint, when it is fit for 11' ,
it in sinks or cesspools, or lay it 0,3
which you wish to have purified.
oil acts more readily in minute '
book of Facts.

FASHIOSS'

TIER prevailing fashion for flouncest
patterns and trimmings of a differ°
ground, and for flounces of two con'e
posed alternately, has been adapted stt;
50'
dresses intended for mourning e°l;,
seen several dresses of black
flounces alternately grey and 1°,40
flounces are figured with wreatlls.,rof,
grey, and the grey flounces are fignifleti
pattern in black. Another elega
alter ci
for black silk dresses consists of sll'
puce-colour and black silk, scallored
complete out-door costume, iutenclea
ing, has just been prepared. The
grey silk ; the skirt is not flounce
with side trimmings formed of l'ai7,o
in a lozenge pattern, each lozeilettoo; %Aoki
as the pattern ascends from the Ow
the top. At the points where "f Otelfiet,
there are placed small rosettes ere.,
surrounded with narrow glilP„u :d
which is high, and buttoned 11411 niol; '
addition of a basque, and th 511iiet1,*,
the corsage are ornamented virit'so3'
to that on the skirt, but of mue1'0,,,03,40,t.
The sleeves are a little in the Pifie
't ooh
rather long, reaching nearly °oil tbece;
trimmed up their whole length,ooZelip,
arm, by guipure set on in a o'3ool ad
bonnet of French chip is to be tiler ""ce.
It is trimmed with an ostrich fet.to. 13
the bavolet is formed whollY of,",rae. ~„av
of black lace completes the of
An almost endless variety of ;le doeftiej,
sols has appeared from time to eriod
summer, and even at this late P_chicea•
ones are continually. being ,
most recent, consisting of Pale
ovito 1$
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covered with narrow frills of raci, yel°ooo°
these frills small rosettes of b
the interval of about an inch a.l3%,ieotet,',
est and most elaborately o,rll'.eiroeut,e
is tri
parasols is of white silk, and ode,
lainbdb oi
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awnidthspfir-iilglgs
sprigged
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silk. A small rosette of ,ell,etoreecPeao
f inotber e,f141
The stick of the parasol is _ 01/4,
tihsefixceendti
small amethysts, anon singT 'are or, IP.,
forms the handle, up which ate ro,elel,
and initials of the owner: , ,Twith
.oennftheeaepharroasseotitevis 00,041
of the new parasols have 1-,fi xeiesi
formed of mother-o'-Pearl, inialachite afir
have handles of coral.adY '

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using the coffee as • a disinfectant, rogi F',
bean, pound it in a mortar, and thei' ''it
on a moderately heated iron plate 'al; '"is
dark brown tint, when it is fit for .01,9, f,D
it in sinks or cesspools, or lay it 0,3
which you wish to have purified. 11 /
oil acts more readily in minute
book of Facts.
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gpatterns and trimmings of a difierell,4.- ,91.16 Jath
round, and for flounces of two eoht9
posed alternately, has been adapted stovV.. )47,
dresses intended for mourning C 4 vill?
seen several dresses of black 1)L1
flounces alternately grey and '-'0,4.14
flounces are figured with wreaths erof/
grey, and the grey flounces are fie4ll2 Y
pattern in black. Another. elegall; eroo4 lath q
for black silk dresses consists of alt s72l'
puce-colour and black silk, scalloPeA fel; 1, 4
complete out-door costume, iutencle"/„:00,
ing, has just been prepared. The, tilt '
grey silk ; the skirt is not flounced'
with side trimmings formed of bigioillloitl'r
in a lozenge pattern, each lozetleitolty,,,l
as the pattern ascends from the o°,1,"8 1/4)i
the top. At the points where "f Orel/let, f
there are placed small rosettes °r e. fralid
surrounded with narrow- guiP,,u
which is high, and bnttoned 11,111
addition of a basque, and bll, tfilerl),,,'
the corsage are ornamented Wir.stas; far'.
to that on the skirt, but of inue°o,,,oo„o. of;
The sleeves are a little in the Ptfi'e sy'o-0",
rather long, reaching nearly tbede , '
trimmed up their whole lengtbViolell,st9 \
arm, by guipure set on in a sn'avorhalit'
bonnet of French chip is to be tiler
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of black lace completes the Col ciaht 14/
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sols has appeared from time to 0i.„.4 of K . 0,1
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ones are continually. being Pr° job: orL,O
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covered with narrow frills of black° yelve,e .1 ,VJ
these frills small rosettes of 01;
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parasols is
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to the top with frills of white.
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vandyked and sprigged with b_e, roll fr,)
silk. A small rosette of ,ere, Werra
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ribbon is fixed on the parao., off
and in the centre of each rosette
niother-ft
The stick of the parasol is enethY4.-",
small amethysts, and a single eea
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forms the handle, upon which The, rive.„,ge, \
and initials of the owner. .;wth
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have handles of coral.--Lady ancY:
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