Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-01-27
Domestic Econ MY

TO MAKE L-QuID BLOOM or RosRs.-Crim-
s,n lake in powder, thirty grains strong so.u'
tion Of amnoni;ac, thirty drops esprit de ros-,
half an ounce; rose water, one ouncs and =
baIf; otto of roses, two drops. The crimssn
lake is first put into the bottle, then the soia
ton Of amripn;ac then the esprit de rose, th>D
the rose water, and last y, the otto of roses.
TO MAKE PrRE WIxE OF ArrLEs-Takc
pure cider, ma13 from sound, ripe apples, US it
runs from the press put sixty pounds of conf
IHoi brown sugar into fifteen gallons OF cider.
and let it dissolve then put the mixture in:o
clean barrel, and fill the barrel up to with
two gallons Of being full with clean ciderj put
the casts in a cool place, leaving three or 'Our
weeks.
ADUIrERATIox OF viKrdAr.-A very COM
m n and dangerous fraud in this TRY is u,
aduteraton OF vinegar with su pharic acid, All
unima. ilab'e h misery diseass that mag
have been oct asioned by this criminal practices.
The means of detecting this fraud are simple,
and open to every person. Ii is known that
sn phuric acid VIII Chang. starch into fccu a,
i e. into s gar; but not ucetic acid or pure
vinegar. Therefore, to d-tect the fraud mix =
little starch with the suspected vinegar, AMI
boil it for twenty or thirty minutes. If tn:
vinegar is pure. the starch will have undergone
no change and when cod, the addition OF lit
tie 1cd ne will yie,d beautiful blue. II that
color do;s not appear it bas been sacharz.
by the sulphuric acid wbIrewth the vinegar
was adll rated. Another test -Evapora;ir9
u,,ality---such as will leave little ash in burn
ing ard if the vinegar be impure, the supha-
rc acid, in concentration, hastclss the carboniz-
alton OF the paper, leaving black spots on il.
How TO MAKE BLACK DYE FOR EtTHsk
Wool, HAIR. Fur, OR SuK.--Boil the articles
for two hours in dccoctiun of nutgails, Rud
afterwards keep them for two hours more ia a
bath composed Of Iogvood and sulphate 1t
iron; keep during the whole time at a scalding
heat, but not boiling. During the operation
they must frequently be exposed to the air.-
Tue common proportions are 6'e parts ofgAiS,
FIVE of snlphate of iron, and thirty Of logwmI
for every hundred Of cloth. Sometimes u Ii 'le
acetate of copper (vorligr:s) is added to io-
| prove the color. Wooden cloth, before it r.
ceivcs a back color is usually dyed blue th4
renders the color much fulitr and finer than it
would otherwise be. If the cloth is coarse. the
! blue dye may be expensiyoi in that case tho
I brown color may be given by means of walnut
shells S TX is dyed IN tho same manner as
| wool as it imbibcs larger quantity of Ian
min, the quantity ef gals mast be increased to
! twice as much and the silk must remain longer
! in the solution.
! Two REcE1rrs FOR CuAPrED HANDs.- Al X
/ Il quarter o"a pound of unsalicd lard which has
! been washed in soft water, and then IN rose
water, with the yolks Of two eggs and n larry,
! spoonful OF honey; add us much oatmeal rs WIN
/ work it into a IA te. For the second remedy !:
Blalch one pound of bit er almonds, and pou, d
| them smooth in a marble morta-; add ha mn
ounce of canplcr, one ounce of honey, and
qpart;r Of poun of spermacct', plunde anil
mixed with almonds till il becomes snrnoth
paste put ii into pots. AMI kNp il well hed
down. Whichever receipt you use, rub ii well
into the hands on going to bed.
SAVE YoUR BooTs.--Ihc fishermen in s"re
parts ofthc country, preserve their boots water.
proof by the following composition:
One pint of boiled linSeed oil, halt pound of
mutton suct, six ounces Of pure bccswax, and
four ounces Of resin. These ingredients are
melted together over slow fire. aRd the h'o's,
when new and quite c,ean, arc warmed and rub
bed with the composition, till tho leather in
completely saturated. There is alsn an i'm
proved composition, the good ctf cts Of which
are snlfciSntly asccrtainel, viz one pint a.
drying oil, two ounces Of yellow wax, tw,
ounces spirits of turpsntine, and hat a.
ounce OF Burgundy pitch, carefully melted { >
geth, over sloE FIRE.