The Arizona sentinel., 1885-08-01

thing to clean kid boots with the frs
softens and the latter blackens them.
"RUsrIo gives the following direc
t1ons for keeping the hands smooth dur
ing cold weather and curing them when
chapped Wash them in buttermilk in
which some wheat bran has been stirred
twenty hours before using, and dry
them over the fire without towel. The
remedy is most effective If used at night
| just before retiring.
An Iowa farmer gives this method Of
destroying cabbage worms: Take oi
saltpetre and common salt each table,
spoonful. dissolve in a little hot water.
and add twelve quarts Of cold water
Apply 60 the cabbages in the heat of the
day when the sun shines. If you apply
with good sprinkler, and do your work
thoroughly, one application will be suf
fcient.
To RESTORE scorched linen: Peel and
slice tive onions, extract the juice by
pounding and squeezing /; cut up half al
ounce of fine white soap and add to the
juice two ounces of fullers' earth anG
half pint of vinegar; boil all together ::
when cool, spread over the scorched
linen and let it dry on it then wasE
and boil out the linen, and the spots
will disappear, unless burned so badl,
as to break the threads.
How TO USE On-SroNEs.-Instead OF
oil, which thickens and makes the stone
dirty, mixture of glycerine and alcoho
is used by many. The proportions o;
the mixture vary according to the instru.
ment operated upon. An article
large surface-a razor, for instance
sharpens best with limpid liquid, as
three parts of glycerine to one of alco
hol. For craving tool, the surface OF
which is small, as is also the pressur,
exercised upon the stone in sharpening
it is necessary to employ gJycerill
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 the
mixture and drop it into a glass of cold
water. Stir it few minutes, and You
will notice that the cane sugar is en-.
tirely dissolved, leaving the grape sugar
undissolved at the bottom of the glass.
in the form of white, sticky substance.
not at all unlike starch in looks. and
quite bitter to the taste. It won't do to
use hot water in your test, however, for
if you do the whole thing will dissolve.
The testiss SO simple that any yhousekeeper
can make it, and there is no reason for
anybody being deceived after discover
ing the fraud unless he or she chooses
to be-" With this at hand the adulter.
ated stuff can readily be known. If any,
body is imposed upon it is because they
choose to be.
To PRESERVE leaves for preservation
try the following plan : Dissolve four
ounces of common washing soda in
quart of boiling water, then add two
ounces of slaked quicklime, and boil for
about fifteen minutes. Allow the solu.
tion to cool and afterward pour off all
the clear liquor into clean saucepan.
When this liquor is at boiling point
place the leaves carefully in the pan anil
boil the whole together for an hour.
adding from time time enough of water to
make up for the loss by evaporation.
The epidermis and the parenchyma of
bOll0 16dN06 Will luOIO SibS1y separate
than others. A good test is to try the
leaves after they have been boiling for
an hour, and if the cellular matter does
not rub off between the the thumb and
forefinger beneath cold water, boil them
again for q short time. When the heshv
part has been sufficiently softened, rut
them separately but very gently beneath
cold water till perfect skeleton is ex-
posed. The skeletons are at first dirty
white color. To make them quite white
and, therefore, more beautiful. it is
necessary to bleach in a weak solution OF
chloride of lime-a large spoonful to
quart of water-if few drops of vinegar
is added to the solution it is all the bet
ter, for then thefree chloride is liberated.
Do not allow them to remain long in the
bleaching liquor or they become too brit
tie and cannot be handled without in
jury. About fifteen minutes will be re-
quired to make them white and clean
looking. Dry the specimens in white
blotting paper with gentle pressure.