The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-06-15
The Uses of Ammonia.

as useful In housekeeping as soap, and
its cheapness brings it within the reach
of all. For many household purposes it
is invaluable; yet its manifold uses are
not as generally known as they should
be. It is a most refreshing agent at the
toilet table; a few drops in q basin OF
water will make a better bath than
pure water, and If the skin is oily, it
will remove all glossiness and also dlsa-
greeable Od0rs. Added to a foot bath,
it entirely absOrbs all noxious smell SO
often arising from the feet in warm
weather, and nothing is better for
cleansing the hair from dandruH and
dust. For the headache it is also a de-
sirably stimuEant, and frequent inhallng
of its Dungent odors will often entirely
emoVe catarrhal cold. For cleansing
paint, it is very useful. Put a teaspoon
full of ammonia to a quart OF warm soap
suds, dip in a flannel cloth, and wipe off
the dust and fly .specks, CRIME and,
smoke, and see for yourselves how
much labor it vii save you. No scrub
bling will be needful. 1t will cleanse
and brighten silver wonderfully; to q
pint of hot suds mix a t~easpoonful or
the spirits, dip in your silver spoons,
forks, etc, rub with a brush, and then
polish on chamois skin. For washing
REEAA0I5 Gl1A Nl4i0JNGS HI 4o "A5C WIZ
desirable; put @ few drops OF ammonia
upon q piece of newspaper. and you will
readily take off every spot or finger
mark ON the glass. It will take out
grease spots from any fabric put .oD
the ammonia nearly clear, lay blottlng.
paper owe the place, and press a hot
flat iron on it for a few moments. A
few drops i'm water will clean laces and
whiten them finely also muslins.
For cleaning hair and nail brushes it
is equally good. Put a ~teaspo0nful OF
ammonia into II pint Of Warna or cold
water and shake the brushes through
the water; when the bristles look white,
rinse them in cold water, and put into
the sunshine or in a warm place to dry.
The dirtiest brushes will come out from
this bath white and clean. There is no
better remedy for heartburn and dys-
pepsia, and the aromatic spirit of ammo-
mia is especially prepared for these
troubles. Ten drops OF it in a wine
glass of water are often a great relief.
The spirits of ammonia can be taken III
the same way but it is not as pafitable
a Dose. Farmers and chemists are well
aware of the beneficial effects of ammo
mia on all kinds of vegetation and if
you desire your roses, geTan1ums, fuctl-
sias, ETC., to become more f10urishing,
you can try it upon them, by adding
five or six drops of it to every pint Of
warm water that you give them; but
don't repeat the dose Oftenef than once
late them too highly. Rain water is
impregnated with ammonia and thus it
Fefreshes and WHITES vegetable life.
So be sure and keep a large bottle OF it
ill the house, and have a glass stopper
for it, as it is very ~eVanescent and also
injurious to corks, eating them away.
SWEET Potato VINEs.-The sweet
potato vine may be saved during the
winter and used the following spring in
propagatng q new crop. | have tried
the experiment during this year to my
entire satisfaction. In the fall Cat any
time before frost) the vines may be cut
in any convenient length and placed in
layers on the surface of the earth to the
depth of twelve or eighteen inches.
Cover the vines while damp with par
TALLY rotted straw (either pine or wheat
and cover the whole with q light soil
about four inches deep. In this way
the vines will keep during winter, and
in the spring they viii put out sprouts
as ~abundantly as the potato itself-when
bedded. The draws or sprouts can be
planted first, and the vine itself can be
subsequently cut and used as we
generally plant slips.-[Georgia Tele,
graph.
How TO Dry Flesh reply to youl
article in last issue, "A Fig herewith
furnish you with a process for drying
figs, equal to the imported article, anG
which will keep any ~nUunher.of years.
i. Assert as follows: FIGS not duitt
ripe, figs barely ripe, and figs fully ripe
Keep each kind by themselves.
a. Scald in a weak I've of saleratus
to take the roughness off the skin.
q. Boil in syrup made with fourteen
pounds of "An sugar to one gallon O.
Waber1 five or ten minutes; take on
and dry on a cloth spread over q suit
able frame.
4. When dry, roll in pulyerized sugar
place in d driving furnace. or 81 stow
gently heated, and when fully baked d
dry, pack in tight boxes or cans, usins
q little pulverfzed sugar favored witt
extract vanilla, between the layers
Plantation.
BEEs.-It may not be anniss to remint
Won thatan orchard without beesis Offtel
very uncertain I'M production. All ma
tlre IL provided with male and female
and IN fruits the only imprpgnatio1
effected il by bees conveying the pOllel
from the male to the female organ. [
is not uncommon to see or hear DC tree
blooming abundanfly and setting ii
fruit. Again you see and hear of frui
dropping Immediately after ii ii don
blooming ; and later, how often do yol
see imperfect fruit (and q thousan,
things the eause) all for want of i'm
pTeg1lation. And. this is the most sue
NncnEq43E% ri n1aa#A~4 h[9c.&s AIn-anmA@@T4 -.
are very important pomo1ogists.
A BRILLIANT sTUcoo WHITEWAsH.-
Take clean Jumps DE well burnt lime
slack Insl1Qt water IN D small tub, an
cover tito keep in the steam. Tt shout
then be passed through d ine sieve IN
fluid form tie obtain faa flour DC Ii1nt
Add one-quarter DE d pound of within
or burnt alum, two pounds Of sugal
three plnts Ut rice flour made into
thin and very we'll boiled paste. an
one pound af glue dissolved over d sIo1
fire. It's said ito he more brilliant tha
plaster Of Paris. and will last fifty year
t should be- put on warm with Il pain
brush.
Test On BURNING FLUIDs.-Says I'll
National oil journal:
Pour ii small quantity OF oil il ii SAT
Ger DIT other shallow dish. and PASS
lighted match aear the surface 0f hi
oil. II y0n detect any small hInis
flashes 81 pnffs, or III the yanor take
fire, then, III either case, the Oil III daE
gerous and unfit for rlse. Be sure aal
always have both the dish and the q
&c IS warin d temperature as they wouI
BE- ln the shadesOf d hot su1nlners a.,
LEMON PfE.Grate the yellow I'd,
OF the lemon and add IT, with the iuie
tOa cup Of sugar; mix smoothly I'll