Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1862-11-01

MAKING LINT. &c.-Ws take the fnaowing
directions for making lint, baadages, etc. from
the Yreka Journal:
Old linen is better than new; starch should
BE- washed out. Old handkerchief, old shirt
bosoms. old table cloths, napkins, &c, are qlf
useful. There arc two kinds Of lint-thc
scraped and the SHREDDED. The shrrded lint
takes more time, and ono box of It is worth
two Of scraped lint. 1t is desirable that lint
should be packed in boxes of uniform size, o
by 12 inches, and can be obtained of Grover
& Baker for ten cents each. They can b.
got cheaper by the dozen. The proper pro-
portion for the two should be one Of scrHpod
to two Of SHREDDED, and precautions are n.ces-
sary to prevent both from being useless when
prepared. The scraped lint needs to be
packed in layers in boxes, separated by thin
paper. Each layer should be one fourth Of IN
inch thick. It must not betoo tightly packed,
or it is almost useless The SHREDDED lint needs
to have the strands laid parallel, and in myers
of little more than one-eighth Of an inch thick,
separated by papers also. The scraped lint
is SIMPLY fuzz scraped from linen, and it is
obvious, therefore, that no attention 10 neces-
sary to be paid to the shape of the linen. 1t
is simply to be laid on smooth surface and
scraped into fuzz. The SHREDDED linen, how
ever, requires the linen to be cut into squares
of from two to two and a-half inches, and thc,.
raveled laying the short strands thus obtained
side by side in layers. 1t must not be tam
gled or it is valusless. Old cotton cloth will
be received for congresses. .ss 10
The bandages must be made Of strong
cloth, old or new, in the following proportion:
Ono dozen inch wide, yard long; dog
en- inches wide, 3 yards long; dozen 29
inches wide, 3 yards long ] dozen inches
wide yards long; ! dozen 81 inches wide.
4 yards long; dozen inches wide, 6 yards
long.
Associations in the interior are recon-
mcndcd to report to Mrs. Robert b. Swain,
Secretary Of the Association in San Francisco,
and all contributions in money may be en-
closed to the Treasurer, Mrs. L. Starr King.
MYSTERIES OF CoAL.-For years no. ono
would suppose that piece Of soft coal. dug
from its mine or bed in the earth, possessed
any other quality than being combustible.
Chemical analysis at length proved it to be
made of hydrogen. In process Of time chemical
anu utVSu0usCoA ASC"uiay uovibeu - utOStc
of manufacturing this gas and applying it to
the lighting of buildings and cities on q large
scale. In doing this. other products of distil-
lation developed, until step by step, the fol-
lowing ingredients or materials are extracted:
l. An excellent oil to supply lighthouses,
equal to the best sperm oil, and at a lower
cost. ~
2. Benzole: light sort of ethereal fluid
which evaporates easily, and, combining with
vapor Of moist air. it is used for tho purpose Of
portable gas-lamps,s 80 called.
3. Naptha: heavy fluid, useful to dissolve
gutta- -percha, India-rubber, etc.
4. An oil excellent for lubricating purposes.
s. Asphaltum, which is black, solid sab.
stance, useful in making varnishes, covering
roofs and vaults. i1
6. Para6ne this is white crystalline sub
stance resembling white wax, and which can
be made into candles. 1t melts at tompera-
ture Of 100. and affords an excellent light.
One can hardly realize, when takes lump
of heavy, smutty coal in his hands, that hs
holds concentrated therein all these different
materials. which little heat properly applied,
will liberate and present in their separate form.
ready for the several purposes to which they
are adapted. Z