Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-11-13

AMMONIA AND ITS USE.-The solution of
ammonia and water, or aqua ammonia, as
it is called, is of great utility in the medi-
cine chest, the bath room and the kitchen.
1t derived it's name from the fact that the
early chemists produced it from the horns
of the deer or hart, and, as they regarded
everything distilled "spirit," they called
this spirits of hartshorn. Two kinds of am
monia are kept in the stores, one three times
as strong as the other, so that the purchaser
willhaVe to designate which kind is desired.
The weaker solution is the one to be used.
The bottle containing ammonia must be
closed with glass stopper that is WaXed,
or with rubber one. 1t is very volatile,
and so strong as to destroy cork in very
short time. Combined with olive oil and
applied externally, it is especially good for
sore throat or in any case where counter
irritant is needed. Being strong alkali, it
is useful in neutralizing acids. 1t will ar
rest their destructive action if used immedi-
ately, and will restore the color to black cloth
if stained by them. Applied to grease spot,
it at once forms a soap which can be washed
out with a sponge and warm water. A
mixture Of equal parts of aqua ammonia
and water is invaluable in cleaning W0olen,
clothing. A little mixed in the water in
which blankets or other fine tiannelS are to
be washed will cause them to dry soft and
fluffy, and to appear like new. Combs and
hair brushes can be kept always in present
able order if washed occasionally in blood
warm water with enough ammonia added to
make it smell strong. Taking two brushes
and rubbing the bristle side against each
other will cause the grease and soil to dis
appear, leaving them bright and as good as
new. In the summerit is grateful if Il small
quantity is used in the bath and ammonia
is useful in cleaning the hair but only
very small quantity must be put into the
water, as too much will burn it and change
the color. Freshening old black silk dress
es and carpets can appropriately be added to
the list of uses to which this valuable agent
can be applied. Providence Press.
POPULAR FALLACIEs.-It would add
many years to the average longevity OF our
species if we could free the next generation
from the curse of the following tallacles,
which are either the direct cause of disease
or add an unnecessary burden to the cares
and troubles of domestic life: The idea that
cold baths are healthy in winter and dan
gerous in midsummer; that rain-water is
more wholesome than ''hard" water; that
bedrooms must be heated in cold weather;
that misery of everlasting scrubbing and
soap-sud vapors is compensated by the COM
fort of the lucid intervals; that sick room
must be Theoretically closed that it pays
to save foul air for the sake Of it's warmth;
that draughts are morbitic agencies; that
catarrhs are due to low temperature; that
even in midsummer children must be sent
to bed at sunset, when the air just begins
to be pleasant; that an after-dinner nap can
do any harm that the sanitary condition Of
the air can be improved by the fetOr of car
bolic acid; that there is any benefit in swal-
lowing ,iugfuls of nauseous sulphur water;
that rest after dinner can be shortened with
impunity; that outdoor recreation is a
waste of time; that athletic sports brutalze
character; that a normal human being re-
qures any other stimuant than exercise
and fresh air; that mechanical contri-
vances can compensate for the lack of manly
strength; that any plan Of study can justify
the custom of stinting children in sleep; that
the torpor of narcotism is preferable to in
somnia; that the suppression of harmless
recreation will fail to beget vice and hypoc-
ricy; that stimulation is identical with
invigoration; that fashion has a right to
enforce the wearing of woolen clothes in the
dog days.--Lppinroh.