The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-03-13
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

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and apply frequently. 1t will make the
skin smooth and white. ~ Take two
ounces ounces of glycerine and one ounce of
rose water; mix and rub your hands well
with it before retiring to rest. 1t Is pleas
ant, agreeable and cleanly, and its effects
are. truly wonderful. (3l Our readers need
not suffer from having their hands affected
by water or soapsuds, il the hands are dip.
ped in vinegar water or lemon juice imme-
diately after. The acid destroys the corro-
sive effect of the alkali, and makes the hand
soft and white. a. Sweet oil, one pint
Venice turpentine, three ounces hogs
lard, half poand beeswax, three ounces.
Put all into a pipkin, over slow fire. and
stir it with wooden spoon till the beeswax
is all melted and the Ingredients simmer
1t is fit for use as soon cold, but the longer it
is kept the better it will be. For chaps or
cracks, rub on the hands when you 90 to
bed. ~ Five cents worth of gum cam
wax; place together in cup to melt unit!
thoroughly mixed. Wash the hands clean,
and wipe dry; apply before retiring. (G)
Apply pure glycerinein the evening, after
the hands have been thoroughly cleansed
with CASTLE soap and rinsed with lnkewarm
water. Sometimes it is beneficial TO wear
kid gloves during the night. "a Take three
pounds OF common yellow soap, ore ounce
y -,
water, and one ounce of lavender water :;
beat the above in mortar until it becomes
a paste; make it into balls to dry, and
place it in cool place for the winter. (S)
Take equal portions of glycerlne and alco-
hol; mix well; before retiring at night
wash the hands in warm water, and rub
well with the lotion. (9 A salve for chapped
hands is made of two parts fresh lard, one
part white pine pitch melted together.
FINE HINTS ON WASHING FLANNEL
~ All agree that rubbing on a board, or
tight wringing are injurious and it is equal
ly true that flannels should never be 'sprin-
killed., but ironed while still damp with a
moderately heated-iron, as too much heat
tends to render them harsh and stiff. If
garments are very much soiled it may be
necessary to use hot water, but it should
never be too hot for the hands. Fine fan
nels aud those which are but slightly soiled,
will keep whittier and remain soft and f1eecy
if washed in cold or tepid water in which is
dissolved enough soap to make good suds.
However they are washed, be sure that the
rinsing water is Of the same temperature !;
put very little soap and a few drops o.
blueing in it, or use enough of the washing
fluid to make it soft. If hard water is used
it is absolutely necessary that something of
the kind should be put in, or the flanneis
will be harsh or stiff Rain water and soft
soap will answer without anything further.
f2) Take clean, soft water, and put just
enough soap in to make weak suds; then
add little blueing. The suds should be
moderately warm, not .scalding hot. Now
wash your fannels or stockings in this suds,
putting no soap on the goods, as it has a
tendency to shrink them. Then rinse them
in warm, weak suds, but never in cold wa
ter. 81 To wash red flannel, make warm
suds; use very little soap lit hardens the
flannel add teaspoonful of pulverized
borax to every pail of water; rub on the
board, or, if possible, only in the hands
rinse in one PLAIN warm water; wiring or
press very dry; shake well before hanging
in shady place to dry. ~ Dissolve large
tablespoonful of borax in a pint of boiling
water. Mix one-quarter of it in the water
in which the wool is to be washed. Put in
one piece of goods at the time, using soap if
needed. and if necessary add more of the
horax water. Wash well and rinse in cold
water or in water only slightly warmed
Shake well and hang where the goods will
dry quickly. For twenty-six years I have
used for washing my white fannels, water
about as hot as would be used for cotton
clothing. My f1annels are.beautifully soft and
white. never have any shrink. (0 Elan
mel that has become yellow by use may be
whitened by putting it for some time in a
solution of strong soap to which ammonia
has been added. The proportions given are
one and one-half pounds of hard curb soap,
fifty pounds soft water, and two.thirds of a
pound of strong ammonia. The same OBJ
ject may be attained in short time by plac-
ing the garments for quarter of an hour
in weak solution of bisulphate of soda, to
which little hydrochlorid acid has been
added.
The EVAPORATION OF FRUITS AND VEG
ETABLEs. preservation of apples, po-
tatoes, and the like by evaporating their
Juices rapidly, is becoming an important in
lustry in Ohio and Michigan. A correspon.
dent of Detroit paper describes the opera
ton OF factory in Lenawee county, having |
q capacity of 400 bushels day. The apples
Ire pared, cored and sliced at once by hand |
The slices are then spread on
galvanized screens and placed in the evapo-
ator, chamber running from the top of
arge furnace in the basement upward, out
through the roof Of three story building.
Ehe current of heated air is kept as near as
ossible to 240 degrees. The screens of fruit
est on endless chains that move upward at
intervals Of three to five minutes, when a
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resh screen is put in below and one is taken
# at the third story completed. The dried
r evaporated produce is then packed in
astebeard boxes holding from one to five
eunds. and these in turn are packed in
asses of 200 pounds each.
A bushel of apples makes about five pounds
I the dried fruit; and the process of evapo-
alton is so rapid that the fruit loses none of
S freshness and flavor. In some of the
sctories the cores and Feelings are convert
into vinegar in others into apple jelly,
at of which every variety of fruit jelly is
lade by the addition of 1lavoring extracts.
Sweet corn, potatoes and other vegetables
ave been successfully preserved by this pro- 6
.ss. The chief market for these products
the mining region of the West. Doubt G
SIS large export trade will ultimately re-
lit from it.
The WASTE OF FIRE.-During the past
,ar, without the occurrence of any remark
de fires, it has cost the United States about
200, 0O0a day to furnish employment to our J
wn and city fire departments. What the
e departments cost we do not know it is
good round sum at the least calculation 4