Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-03-22
USEFUL SUGGESTIONS.

CURES FOR FELoN.-As soon as dis
covered take some spirits of turpentine in
a cup, dip the finger in it, and then hold
the hand near hot fire till dry; then dip
it in again and repeat for fifteen minutes,
or until the pain ceases. The next day,
with sharp knife, pare off the thick skin
and you will find something like honey
comb filled with clear water; open the
cells and the felon is gone. If the felon
is too far advanced for turpentine, oil of
origanum, treated In the same way, will
cure. If too far advanced for either to
cure, the felon will still be benefited, as
it will be less painful. Never draw 1t.
SILvER.-Silver should never be allowed
to grow dingy, and need not if properly
washed after every meal. Wash in very
hot soft water, with hard soap. Wipe
hard and quickly, on a clean towel, and
polish with dry flannel. If discelored
with egg, mustard, etc., rub out the stain
with a small, stiff brush, and silver soap,
or whatever you use for cleaning silver;
then wash off in hot water, wipe, and pol
ish. Use soft towels. This is for the ar
tisles in common use. Once a week have
all the silver cleaned. If you wish to
place silver away for any length Of time,
wrap each article in blue paper, and 1t
will keep good color.
IRONING SHIRT FRoNTs.-In first-class
laundry starch is made in the usual man.
ner; to pail of starch whole sperm
candle is used. When the linen Is dry, 1t
is dipped in the cold starch and ironed in
the ordinary way; then it is dampened
with a wet cloth and the polish iron
passed over it. This is an ordinary
smoothing iron, ground of so that the
edges are all rounding. To this last man.
ipulation the linen is indebted for the
peculiar laundry gloss which all admire
SO much, but which many house-keepers
! have vainly striven to leave upon the
wristbands and bosoms of their husbands
shirts.
DRY METHOD OF CLEANING soILED FAB
RICs.-Great progress has been made OF
late years in the method of cleaning soiled
articles Of dress, by removing tar, grease,
ETC., from wool and other raw material,
this, as 1t appears, being accomplished
best by the so-called dry-method rather
than by the use of watery solution OF
| soap or other alkaline substance. This
originally consisted in subjecting the ar
ticles in proper apparatus to immersion
in benZine, gasoline, bisulphide of car
bon, ETC., with continued rotation of the
apparatus. More recently, however, it
has been ascertained that the vapor of
these substances, caused by distillation,
is more efficient than the liquid substances
themselves, the articles thus treated be-
ing much more rapidly penetrated, and
more thoroughly, than in the old way.
The articles are placed upon a grating
over the liquid, the vapor from which
permeates them completely as 1t is car
ried over into the reservoir, where 1t is
condensed and collected. In this form it
contains grease in solution. which may
be removed by a second distillation, while
the hydro-carbon is obtained in a form for
further use.-Ha'per' Magazine for March.
IMPROVED LIQUID GLUE.-An inn
proved liquid glue, according to the Jour
nal of Applied Chemistry, may be prepared
by dissolving three parts of glue, broken
into small pieces, in twelve to fifteen parts
of saccharate of lime. On warming, the
glue dissolves rapidly, and remains liquid
when cold. without losing its strength.
Any desirable consistency may be secured
by varying the amount of saccharate of
| lime. The thicker glue keeps its muddy
color, the thin becomes clear, on stand
ing. The saccharate of lime is prepared
by taking one part of lOaf-sugar and dis
solving It in three parts of water, adding
to the sugar one-fourth part of its weight
of Stacked lime, and heating the whole to
145 deg. or 165 deg. and allowing 1t to
macerate for several days, with frequent
shaking. The greater part of the lime
will be thus dissolved, and the solution
may be decanted from the lime sediment,
which has the properties of mucilage.
| The solution of the glue in the saccharate
OF lime may be made very readily, and
even old gelatine, which has become in
soluble in water, will be easily dissolved.
The glue has great adhesiveness, and adj
| mits of very many uses.