Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-09-02

is iaaencd hill Gone, movable Ike
wheel round its axis, and horfe is yokes
to the other end, which reaches beyond
the brick work. The madden. which
has been well dried in the fun, muIs Ne f;ra
coariely broken in the groove under the
mili-ttone, and afterwards ground untili t
becomes very fine powder.
In the fame mills are ground the round
leaves of the ftunach (r61s cetiwus which
gives ayel)ow dye, and which is brought
TO Aifracan from the neighbourhood Of
Ierek, where it grows wild under the
Idrtarian nau:e balga, or as the Armc.
mans express 1t baige, and is employed
iometines in dying with madden, foIneA
times In dying dark yellow, and fome-
times IN the preparation Of Turkey lea.
Their. Iheie leaves, when whole, have 2
plea liant green colour |; but when bruifed
they exhibit thar yellow dye with which
they are imPregnated, and which is pro-
duced alto by the woody part and branch
es: but as thefe are not 70 eafly cleaned.
they are carefully Gparated from the
ground duff of the leaves by means of
ileve. A pud or forty pounds of ,heie
leaves, in tie fate in which they are
brought to Aitracan, COTS FIVE, tx, and
often feven and half rubles.
The dye-fuas neceGary for dying red,
beiides the two already mentioned, are
gall-nhts, alum, and indigenous bad kind
OF foda, called bala&ay, which is burnt in
the wilds of Kilar ard Aitracan, from the
ialfaginous or foda, plants, that grow
there in abundance, and lafly hih oil
The latter is boiled in the aiheries On the
lower part of the Volga, and on the CAT.
plan lea, from the entrails of the Rureeon
and other large 6fh, but chiefly from thoie
OF the pe,ea aueoperea, the fhad, and other
kinds little efeemed in thofe parts, The
proofs OF its being proper for dying is,
that when mixed with lixivium of foda il
NUT Immediately aaune milky appear
ance. Should that not be the cafe, it cam
not be ufed by the dyers. The foda is
burnt partly at KiAar, by ArEenians, ard
partly IN the wildsof Afracan by the Cal
mucks. The latter, becaule it is very
impure, fells at Aaracan for only fifteen
ecpeks per pud, but the former is worth
more than thirty. g
The cotton 60 be died red is fril wa(h-
ed exceedingly clean in running water,
and when the weather is clear, hung
up on poles to dry. If it does not dry
before the evening, is is taken Into the
houie, on account of the Ealine aeWs 10
remarkable in the country around Ahra-
can, and again expofed to the air the next
morning. When it is thoroughly dry
is is laid in tub, and filh-oil is poured
over it till it is entirely covered. In this
fare it mutt ftand all night, bpt in the
morning it is hung up on poles, and lctr
there the whole day and Ghis proceis is
repeated for week, 70 that the cotton
lies feven nights in oil, and is expofed fe
ven'days TO the atmofphere, thar it may
imbibe the oil and free itfelf from all sir.
The yarnis thenagain carried TO iream,
cleaned as much as pofhble, and hung Up
on poles TO dry.
After this preparationa mcrdant is made
Of three materials, which mutt give the
grounds of the red colour. The pulyerif-
ed leaves Of the hamach are frft boiled in
copper kettles and when their colourhlg
matter has been efficiently extracted fone
powdered gals are added, with which
the liquor is again boiled ard by tbefe
means il acquires dark dirty colour. At
ter it has been efficiently boiled the FIRE is
taken from under the kettle, and alum
put into fill hot liquor, where it is foon
difolved. Incorporation of thele ingre-
dents / cannot determine with efficient
accuracy, becaufe hcadyers make fe Of
different quantities atpleatnrc. 1hepow
der of the fumach leaves is meafured into
the kettle with ladies'; the water is pour
ed in according to guage, on which
marks are made t. thew how high the wa
ter muft faud in the kettle to foak fix.