Richland beacon., 1873-03-22
Useful SUGGESTIONS.

CURES FOR A FELoN.-As soon as uis-
covered take some spirits OF turpehtiileiin III
a cup. dip the finger in il. and then h3iu
the hand near hot fire till dry; then UP
it in again and repeat for iiiteeh ill.'i'
or until the pain ceases. The next uai,
with a sharp knife. pare of the tilich shl,,
and YOU will find something Ike Il nom!
comb filled with clear water: open ,.o
cells and the felon is gone. Ii the ieio'!
i too far advanced for turpentlne' OH -,
orioanum. treated i'm the same way WIZ
curc. If too far advanced for elther 10
cure. the felon will still be benchtcd. is
it will be less painful. Never draw It,
S,IyER.-Silver should never be allowed
IN crow dinpy. and need not If properly
washed after every meal. Wash in very
| hot soft water, with hard soap. wipe
hard and quickly. on clean towel. ana
nolish with drv flannel. If discelorcd
with cog. mustard. etc, rub out the STAN
with n small. stiff brush. and silver soap
or whatever Won use for cleaning SILVER
then wash off i'm hot water. wipe. anu pol-
i.h. Use soft towels. This Is FOR ,he ar
ticleS in common use. once week nav
all the silver cleaned. il you WISH u
place silver away for any length Oh til"e.
wrap each article in blue paper anu 1t
VIII keep gOOu cOloI.
IRONING SHIRT FRoNTs.-ln afirst-cEsS'
laundry starch is made in the usuai man
ner: TO pail of starch whole sperm
candle is used. When the linen is dry, IL
is dipped in the cold starch and ironed III
the ordinary way; then it is dainpeneu
with n wet cloth and the polish iron
passed over il. This is an ordinary
Smootbinr iron. ground off so that tho
edges are all rounding. TO this last man
ipulatiOn the linen is indebted for I'M
} peculiar laundry gloss which all admire
so much, but which many hOuse-keepcr'
! have yainly striven to leave upon I'M
, wristbands and bosOms of their husbands
shirts.
DRY METHOD OF CLEANING soILED FAB
RICs.-Great progress has been made o
late wears in the method ofcleaning solle'
articles of dress. by removing tar. grease
etc. from wool and other raw material
this, as it appears, being accomplishe'
best by the sO-callcd dry-methOd rattle
than by the Use OF u watery solution Q
SOAP or other alkaline substance. Ihl
originally consisted in suhiecting the ar
-. ticles in proper apparatus to immersio
l in bcnZine. gasoline, bisulphide OF car
: bon, etc. with continued rotation of TN
D apparatus. More recently. however,
:, has been ascertained that the vapOr
u these substances. caused by distlllatior
u is more efficient than the liquid substance
: themselves, the articles thus treated b'
!. ing much more rapidly penetrated, an
s more thoroughly. than in the old way
u The articles are placed upon gratln
< over the liquid, the rapor from whlc
u permeates them completely as it is ca
, ricd over into the reservoir. where IL
I 4 coll tA1 In form
:, contains grease i'm solution. which ma
Il be removed by second distillatiOn, viii
e the hydro-carbon is obtained in form f'
l. further usc.--Harpcr Magazine for Marc
4 IMPROVED LIQUID GLUE.-An in
= proved liquid glue, according to the 10"
: nal Of Applied Chemistry. may he prepare
L. by dissOlving three parts of glue, broke
: into small pieces. in twelve to fifteen par
- of saccharate of lime. On warming, Il
N glue dissolves rapidly. and remains liqu
" when cold. without losing its strengt
" ANY desirable consistency may be secure
W by VARYING the amount of saccharate
~ lime. The thicker glue keeps its nude
1S color, the thin becomes clear. on stan
;n inc, The saccharate of lime is prepar
ii bv taking one part of lOaf-sugar and q
m solving it in three parts of water, addil
NJ to the sugar one-fourth part of its weig
at of Stacked lime. and heating the whole
es AS deg. or 1G5 deg. and allowing it
ne macerate for several days, with freque
n shaking. The greater part of the III
will be thus dissolved. and the solutl
NAV be decanted from the lime sedimel
which has the properties of mucila1
The solution of the glue in the sacchars
y, of lime may be made very readily, n
II ! even old gelatine, which has become
+. soluble in water, will be easily dissolve
VI The glue has great adhesiveness, and {
= mits of very many uses.