Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1865-07-13
SOAP and Soap-Making.

Soap and Soap-Making
4 Housekeeper" writes to the .Agricut-
tyi.s: :" AS the season has arrived for max
n. this necessary article of domestic use,
among farmers, wish to offer a few sugges-
lions and relate little of my experience in
that line. like most new housekecpers l
thought it did no. re quire any great amount
Of skill or experimental knowledge to make
aoap--for, thought There is nothing more
natural than for oil and ulkali to unite So
everything alt ready, in the :" New of the
Nom | commenced operations. But my
I've and grease would not combine in spite of
all my efforts. So repaired to an old liousc-
keeper to divine the cause. or said she,
q You did not make in the new Of the moon"
Yes did though l made the same day that
many of my neighbors made, and they had
{. good luck" Then she assigned several
other reasons as foolish as that In my
school-days had picked up little Chemis-
try. While rejecting upon it concluded
that some other substance must be IN the mixture
that prevented it from uniting. And here
| would remark that if farmers daughters
and young ladies' generally. would study less
Algebra and other Ito them comparatively
useless branches, and turn their attention
more to Chemistry. Nat Philosophy, Botany.
etc, they would find it of far fiji re practical
benefit. So while pondered, it appeared to
me that even if the moon had some influence
Upon animal and vegetable life, she certainly
could not control oils and alkales. Finally,
another individual told me to "put water in
it and the soap would come" did go. but
that made it very weak. After dllllgent in
ouiry and many absurd reasons why the
soap would not come" at last ascertaincd
that the woman who assisted in trying lard,
ETC., at " killing time" had suited the grease
profuselyi SO it was the salt that prevented
the oil and alkali from uniting. Putting in
water weakened the solution. The result was
in common parancc--' the soap come"
would say to all housekecpers-old and young
keep salt out of your grease as much as posi-
if YOU would have 10 difficulty IN making soap.
The best way for keeping the grease for that
purpose is to have y,s,el of weak I've into
which the grease can be dropped as fast as 1t
accumulates. There it is safe from mold,
rats and worms"
TIE Manchester On. ii y Mirror says that
there never vas so great demand for female
operatiyes, skilled in the business of working
in cotton mills, as now. The Amoskeag and
Stark Mills would start up double the present
amount of work if they had plenty of weavers
and other skilful help, and all the other mills
are short of the same class of labor.
TIE Grand Jury of Middlesex county,
Mass, have returned, among their indlct-
Inents one against several parties in Melrose
Tor an assault and battery upon one Samuel "A.
koardman, by riding him on rail md put.
ting tar and feathers upon him, at the time OF
the death of the President.
TIE Sandusky Register says: "Burleigh,
the Lake Eric pirate. will be brought down
from Detroit on Monday, the 10th of July,
and will be Immediately transferred on his ar
rival to the steamer Gen. Grant, and by her
taken to Port Clinton the same evening, Ills
trial will commence on Tuesday morning.
THE Commissary General of Prisoners re-
ccived information, on Saturday, that the last
of the rebel prisoners at Point Lookout were
set at liberty on Friday last. We have now
no rebel prisoners under the rank OF colonel,
except few hospital cases. =.
A QUANTITY of whisky and alcohol, valued
ut sew eral hundred thousand dalars, sl,i ped
from Illinoi, to New York city, for the alleged
purpose of evading the government tax, was
recently seized at the Erie freight depot and
removed to the revenut stores.
Pension BuREAU-The following decis-
elons have been rendered
A soldier discharged on account Of Il disease
under which he was luboring when he entered
the service, is not entitled to a pension
Actual rank in the line regulates the amount
of pension, and not brevet rank. This rule
applies to Abide Camps, Adjutants, and
others.
If an injury results from the fault Of the
soldier, he is not entitled to a pension.
A widows pension ceases if she marries.
The minor children, under sixteen years OF
age, ifany, are entitled from the day Of the
marriage.
No one while in the receipt of pay or emf OIL
unients as an officer or soldier of the army
can be placed on the pension list. The pen
sion will not commence until the party Is
discharged.
A minor disabled in the service does not
lose his right to pension, although he may
subsequently, have been discharged because
of his being u minor.
A seaman was taken prisoner, and attempt
ed to escape, for which he was severely pun
ished b. the enemy, and thereby disabled
it is held that the disability was contracted
while in 'the line Of has duty" and for which
he is entitled to a pension.
The pension of minor child ceases on ar
irving at the age of sixteen years.
VINO SHOULD HOLD OFrICE.-The loyal
should administer the offices of the country,
first for all, for the obvious reason that gov
srnmcnt should be administered and controlled
BY its friends and well wishcrs.
Because their consistent patriotism proves
their deep and intelligent attachment to IT'S
interests.
Because their patriotism in the hour of trial
and danger is convincing proof of their fidei-
~ and reliability in future perils.
Because their elevation to positions of hon.
or and responsibility will Ere the breasts of the
young with noble passion to ernul"te their
devotion to the country.
But on the other hand, tire disloyal should
not be entrusted with the Offices of the State,
bccause TO eonfide the destiny of n nation to