Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-04-24
VOLUME LXVI.

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MASKING Except ,olers aud colured
cio;hes. eli other kinds sllou;d be put to 8. ak
ever night, he very dirty paris having soap
rubbed IN th:in. Ii You use washing fluid,
it is usually missed Ia The soaking water; if
ycu use 10 wash MIXTURE the next morning
wiring out ti2 clothes, aud proceed to wash
then, ca efcliy through two warm waters; then
Iypl ,hen in cl,a an wafer rather bri-kly, but
rot longer han hal an hour Wa>h them out
cf the bol, .inSe through two waters. The
las. gose wafer should have delicate tingc of
blue, Tx WISE & small quantity OF starch for all
cattuIS Or iincn- reserve those you wish sitter
ior ;he last a..G mix more starch IN the water.
Shirt bo -oms and coilarS, skirts, in short any
tim! you wish very stiff should be dipped
Shiie d,y STiSS and other thin muslins and
races a t dipped ii: starcp while dry, aud then
ciarp~d VITA tho hands unt!l ia right coudi-
tion 10 Iron.
Cai!coe:, hriiliauts aDd lawns of white
gTounGs are washed ike any other white ma
tegiai, ol:' trs hu!llug, until the yellow tiDge
they acquire makes 1t absolutely necessary.
Unb cached cottoms and linens follow tue white
clo; Et> h;"ush be same waters, but must in
no cs>e b; b,Eei with them, as they continual
;Y discharge portion Of their color. and so.
,Il>eolor the whte clothes.
IN direa;iDg .he preparation for washing
fluid. We give the process employed with
them; Il: cnore. cothe-, in our experience,
can be washed III aune tf them without Injury
10 the c,lor
GalicoeS, coIored lawns, and colored cottons,
and iiues penela;:y are washed through two
suds and .wo rmSl:lg waters, starch being used
it the last, as al clothes look better and keep
c:aau longer il i Lutte S!iffened
h!aiy caiicoes will spos if soap is rubbed on
them; Il. Y should b. wash; d in lather, SIM
Ply. 4 Sioonful Q! OK gall TO a gallon Of water
vii; set be 90 o: Of most ATTY goods soaked in
i; previous 10 washing. A ttacup of I've in a
hurket Of water viii improve the color of black
goods. 5@
Nankcen should Jay in the I've awhile before
being washed; the I've sets the color
\ Slr0ug clean lea of common hay will pre-.
serve the cior Il hose Fren:h linens so much
Vinegar i'll th. lin>ing water, for pink or
green ca!i:oes, VIII brighten them. Pearla-h
a,iswcrs the same end for purne and blue. -
Flnnels shoul3 be washed through TWO suds
and enc rinsng watcr; each water should be
rs hot aS the band can bear, unless, you wi>t
to thicken the flannel! Flaones whashed 10
luscSarm water Will soon become like tulled
cI"ti. - sr~r.E.ss
Cu;orel aud gil;te aannelS must be washed
separately, ae is 20 nlrans after COTTON or
linen. as the lint from these goods adheres to
The farnai
Ihe,e should b. = little blue in the rinsing
water !Jr White flannel!
Allow yoar f4n!lals to freeze after boiling 10
win'er-it beaches tLem : Country Gentleman.
Il Recipe uo.th one Thousand Dollars =
Take one pound Of sal soda, and a half a
pound Of ,un>;acka ed -lme-put in a gallon OF
water and boil tw"nty minuteS. Let it stand
till cao!, then drain E, ana put in stone jug
orjar. S'aS ynn. c'o hos over night, or until
they are we'll sct ,hrough gh-than wiring them
out, an! rub On plaEty Ut srap; and in one boil
er of clothes well covered viii Water, add one
teasrornfu Of the washing full Boil hall an
hour sri kly-then wash them thoroughly
through on" sn0S, and r,n c with water, and
you7 coths sill luck tett than ,he Old way
Of Washing iwca hrlo,e oll!ng This is an ir'-
va!u,b G : ci. e, and wAn every poor ed
woman 20 tv IT, Lthink with patent wash
tuh 20 do the little rubbing, the wa-hprwo
man nj ght take the last novel and com. ose
herself az, the lounge, and let the washing do
lsc t, The woman who can keep secret has
known THIS a year or two, but h rhusba, d old
it VIII IN ciectoaeeriug ;vur So says the
Ohio Cp!;iyator
.. 70
SOUTHERN DE8TS.-At q, meeting. of the
New York cba.s,hel,o Of commerce, on Thursday,
the coonilt"e appointed recently to petition
ths President TO exact f ON the Southern States
payments OF debts conia ted North before the
war, reported ;hst they were OF the opinion
tie interno>icn I,y the government was not
required, as The States in question seemed to
be willing to pay their lawful debts without CO.
eycion. J he cot mittee add
No ore Of the States lately in rebellion has
shown any disposition to ,epudiste their llatil-
III cured prior 20 the War. Onth contra
ry 'nn-t h IN have already acknowledged
that iiab lily, and many OF hem have also been
en@ayed in dc, i>iE@ ways and neans for raging
oti he accua r.a!, q In crest aud providing for
the future p"yili ut ii interest and principal
TIE cou,ioc, of the indisidna1 citizens OF the
o'u hero s a',s is ii o RETIRED to hy a he COM
'oit''e as hplly honorable. Few, it any Of
them, have iai c t. ackuow edge their o'lga-
iio"S, or 20 provide for the future payment Of
such portion Of hem as their reduced assets
VII! ALLOW.
NITRO G1yCERlSE.-ihi his article, the cxplo-
sion Of quantity OF which in Wells 4 Fargo'S
Office in Sen Fran i2co. last Monday afternoon
prov so fa'al, Is the invention of a Swiss
chemist AID is me OF he most terrible Of all
explosives. It has twenty. times the toice of
pnwdcr-qa- nifty ior quantity; ami it's danger
GU quality is Snch that i" some of the con l.
Mental natio s. SC we are informed, it is not
s!ioTe t. ba i;e..t 1t was tn same kind et
article which exp otted at a hot in New Ymk
city, some slime ago, and proved SO very de-
struetlve.
pre-