The Arizona sentinel., 1884-11-08


 softens and the latter blackens them.
 "RusTIo" gives the following direc tions for keeping the hands smooth Gu, ing cold weather aud curing them wbe Chapped Wash Shem in buttexmilk i which some wheat bran has been stirre twenty hours before using, and dr them over the fire without towel. Tn rensdxe xe;s most effective if used at nig | :nst vg
 AS IcwG farmer gives this method C destroying cabbage worms: Take | saiepetre and common salt each table spoonful, dissolve in little hot wateI and add twelve quarts of cold water Apply co the cabbages in the heat ot th day when the sun shines. If you app with good sprinkler, and do your wor thoroughly, ons application will be su fcient.
 To RESTORE scorched linen: Peel ar slice two onions, extract the julce l. pounding and squeezing :; cut up half s. ounce of fine white soap and add to t.. juice two ounces of fullers' earth ai half pint of vinegar; boil all togetil,l when cool, spread over the scorchr linen and let it dry on 1t: theh va, and boil out the linen, and the spo: will disappear. unless burned so badi as to break the threads.
 How TO USE OIL- c oil, which thlckens and makes tue stun dirty, mixture of giycerine and alcohC is used by many. The proportions C the mixture vary according to the instr,. ment operated upon. An article ( large surface-a razor, for instance sharpens best with limpid liquid, a three parts of glycerine to one of aic, hOl. For graying tool, the surface (. which Is small, as Is also the pressur exercised upon the stone in sharpenin2 it Is necessary to employ gIycerin nearly pure, with but few drops of al cohol.
 THE Chicago Tribune gives the fol lowing formula by which any house keeper can detect the presence of glu cose in sugar "Take handful of tn, mixture and drop 1t into glass of col pater. Stir it few minutes, and 70, will notice that the cane sugar is en tirely dissolved, leaving the grape suga7 s M nnth at the s2sttgm if t5ea t5 sfS sS quite bitter to the taste. It won't do [, use hot water in your test, however, fc' if you do the whole thing will dissolve. The test is 50 simple that any housekeepe can make 1t, and there is no reason fo, anybody being deceived after discover ing the fraud unless he or she choose to be-" With this at hand the adu!ter ated stuff can readily be known. If any body is imposed upon it is because the, choose to be.
 To PRESERVE leaves for preservatio' try the following plan: Dissolve fou ounces of common washing soda in P quart of boiling water, then add tN ounces of slaked qu;cklime, and boil f. about fifteen minutes. Allow the sotn ton to cool and afterward pour eff the clerr liquor into clean salcepa,i When this liquor is at Q boiling poit place the leaves carefully in the pan a-l boil the whole together for an hcUy adding from time time enough ot water | make up for the loss by evaporatiaH The epidermis and the parenchyma q. some leaves will more easily se2asae- than others. A good test is to try tf' leaves after they have been boiling z" m hour. and if the cellular matter ii1e not rub off between the tine thumb an. forefnger beneath coll water, holl t5@' again for short time. When the tesh part has been sufficiently softened, ro them separately but very gently reasat cold water til perfect skeleton $ ss posed. The skeletons are ot first o'tf white color. To make thera qnlte wat and. therefore, more heaofltcl t necessary to bleach in we3S solution 2 chloride of lime-a large sllo'l.il't f. quart of water-if a few droo1ot g:'-'-. is added to the solution i ia ''l, t,'s ..' ter. for then the free chl ride is .'o r. ." Do not allow them f" remain ;"''s .: bleaching liquor CT ihev h come ioa Hi- tie and cannot he handled w'thn"' iurv. About fifteen minutes " Ii ;'- ouired to make them white and r!>.' looking. Dry the specimens in whl plotting paper with gentle pressure.