The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-11-17
THE HOUSEHOLD.


How 10 BLEACH COTTON CLosH.-
may sometimes become necessary oscJn
venient to bleach piece of cotton cloth
although, rs general thing it is better Il
obtain white cloths already bleached
Home bleaching, moreover, is apt to injur
the fabric more than the process IN use
the factories, especially when manipulated
as it always is there, by skilled hands
However, cloth may be bleached as fol
lows: To FIVE pounds of cloth take twelve
ounces of chloride of lime. Dissolve thu
lime in small quantity of boiling water
when cold, strain it into a sufficient guam.
tity of water to cover the cloth. This
must first be boiled fifteen minutes in
strong soap-suds and rinsed well in clear
water. Then put it in the lime water from
ten to twenty minutes, airing it we'll by
lifting up and down. Rinse thoroughly in
warm or cold water.
To WASH BLACK AND WHITE
DRESSES. Take half pound of the best
yellow soap. and slowly dissolve it in hot
water (about quartz, so that it forms
Jelly. Wash the dress quickly in warm
water, using the jelly instead of soap
well rinse it in two or three clean waters,
and wiring it as dry as possible. If you
have wringing machine with India rubber
rollers, that is the best but if not, double
wiring the dress. Have ready a basin Of
raw starch, prepared in the following man
ner: To two handfuls of laundry starch
add quart Of cold water, pinch of pow
dered borax, and teaspoonful of turpen-
tine, and well mix into this dip the dress,
and wiring it out as dry as possible roll in
large cloth for few minutes, and then
iron with as much speed as compatible
with good workmanship.
CURE FOR BoILs.--Dr. Simon, phys
clan of Lorraine, gives new cure for
boils, by treating them with camphorated
alcohol. AS soon as the eliminating point
of boil makes its appearance, he puts
little of the liquid in saucer, and Dip
ping the ends Of his middle finger with it,
rubs the inaamed surface, especially the
central part, repeating the operation eight
or ten times for about half minute. He
then allows the surface to dry, placing over
it q slight coating Of camphorated olive oil.
He says that four such applications will.
in almost all cases, cause boils to dry up
and disappear. The application should be
made at morning, noon and in the evening.
CURE FOR CRoUP.-Mr. Alberlin, Of
Stockholm, places children affected with
capillary bronchitis or Group, in small
rooms where there are vessels in which
water is kept continually boiling. This
treatment, it is stated, il prolonged for
days or even weeks, eventually produces
o cure. The mortality from this disease
in Paris, Les Mondes says, has been re-
duced from forty-eight to eighteen per
cent. Il
CHEAP VINEaAR.--Take quantity Of
common Irish potatoes, wash them until
they are thoroughly clean, place them in a
large vessel and boil them until done. |
Drain off carefully the water that they were
cooked in, straining it, if necessary, in order |
to remove every particle Of the potato.
Then put this potato water in jug or keg,
which set near the stove, or in some place |
where it will be kept warm, and add one
pound of sugar to about two and one half |
galloons Of the water, some hop yeast. or a
small portion of whisky. Let it stand |
three or four weeks, and you will have ex-
cellent vinegar, at cost of six or seven
cents per gallon. Of Chemistry. i
SALTING MEAT.-Nessler considers
The questions, what are the best proper
ions Of salt, sugar, and saltpetre ? and is
It better to treat the meat with dry |
mixture of the above substances, or to
dissolve the salts and the sugar in water
Ind apply this solution? As to the first
point, he recommends mixture of six |
pounds OF common salt, three ounces of
nitre, and one pound Of sugar to every 100
pounds of meat these figures correspond +
very closely to the prop ortions employed |
Tor sailing meat in England. As to the |