The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-01-17

1 done 10 water in which salts of Tartar
are dissolved, AS that will completely
restore the purple tints; but this is to
be avoided if there is the least mixture
| Of green, as it would then ruio it,
When ironed, the maid must lay a sheet
of clean writing paper, OF an old cam
brio handkerchief, over the part, which
will prevent that peculiar gloss given
by this operation from becoming percep-
| iible.
Allvery rich gauges should be ironed
quite vet, out of very thick sud, in
which case the iron will pass pleasant
iy over them. Gauze handkerchleis
should be got up in thus way-when the
Material is slight it requires starch, in
which case it must not be attempted to
iron il, as it will fray and tear-indeed
poor gauzes are not worth getting up,
as they look shabby and unfit for gen
! tlewoman's wear.
Bonnets aud hats should always be
put by az soon as ever you come in.
If you are in mourning, which is, on
the whole, very expensive, great saw
Jog may be made by having the Grape
cleaned and put on again. Let the
Grape, when taken of, be rubbed very
we'll on flannel, TO take out the dust.
then dip it into a large vessel of milk
and water, with little japan ink in it +;
when you have cleansed it from all i'm
purity, squeeze it, or rather wiring it, by
outing il III Towel, and getting out as
much moisture as possible. 1t must
then be we'll shaken and clapped, until
all the sparkles are gone, when it may
be pinned out to the proper size. Do
moi stretch it 100 much, or you will lose
the curl, which is the beauty of it.
The milk. especially if assisted by jap
an ink, will make it sufficiently stiff.
When lilac, or violet dresses or rib
Bands are laid by, they ought to be COW
cred with thick brown paper, to pre-
serve their colour. Yellow is a very
lasting colour; IT wears clean, and will
almost always wash. and is particularly
usefu! for Innings, in which it is very
delicate aud becoming. Blue and pink
answer best, when they are chosen of
pale hues, in preference to full colour,
because the pale hues do moi expose the
faded parts by contrast, and they are in
| finitely more advantageous TO the COM
pleXion.
| Perpetual Motion.-In a late London
paper, it is mentioned that mechanic,
OF Corsham, Willis, is said TO have dis
covered perpetual motion, and 10 have
written letter to the King, informing
him of the circumstance. 1t is repre-
sented 10 be wheel set IN motion by the
he lip Of magnets, and it had been going,
several days, when the letter was sent.
Pulmonary Complaint, A writer in
the ExeteS Gazette, an English paper
says" 1t must be of service TO the nu-
merous classes of our community, labor
ing under the pulmonary Affections, as
we'll as those who are called upon for
the professional treatment of them, to
know that, in cases of hemoptysis, or
where an effusion Of blood takes place
from the lungs, from a morbid disorgan-
lzation of their structure. that prompt
and infalible resource might be easily
provided, so as to meet the occasion
with a safe and decided effect. From
90 to 25 drops of the spirits of turpen-
line Gas the age or the strength Of the
patient might indicate) in glass of wa
ter, will occasion aD instantaneous col
lapse of the mouth of the vessel produc-
ing this distressing and dangerous afflic-
lion. The great DR.. Baillie, when lec-
turing on The subject of the lungs, made
it a rule to stop short and deviate from
his anatomical discussions, in order to
arrest the attention of his pupils one Of
whom was) TO this important fact
He confessed his ignorance of the mode
by which this specific produced lis sud-
den impression; for long before it could
have acted through the medium of cir
culation, the object was generally eff
fected; and may add, from toe expe-
rience of thirty years in the profession,
this treatment has obtained such pract-
cal confirmation, that have never fail
ed TO instruct such patients TO provide
themselves with a phIal of the above
medicine, so as at all times 20 be armed
with immediate relief, for want ofw hich
life is rendered daily precarious, and
not unfrequeutly lost, through miseries
Of sutfocation in the depth of the night,
recent example Of which has induced
me to give publicity TO the above state
ment."