Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-02-17
PERFUME MANUFACTURES.
Methods Employed to Extract the Del
cate Odor of Flowers

Methods Employed to Extract the Deli.
cate Odor of Flowers.
Pomades are the commercial vehicle
for absorbing and transporting the per.
fumes of the jonquil tuberose, Jasmine
and few other species of flowers.
A square frame, or chassis of white
wood, and about twenty by thirty
inches in size, is set with pane Of
strong plate glass. On each side of
the glass is spread a thin, even layer
of grease, which has been purified and
refined. Thus prepared, the frames
are piled up in ranks six or seven feet
high to await the season of each special
flower
When the blossoms arrive, the petals
are picked from the stem-the pistls
and stamens being discarded-and laid
so as to cover the grease in each frame.
These being again piled SO as to rest
upon their wooden edges, which fit
closely together, there is formed series
of tight chambers, the floors and cell
ings Of which are of grea7A A-posed to
the perfume of the flower, .asss within.
The grease absorbs the perfume, the
spent flowers are removed daily and
fresh ones supplied, and this process
goes on from two to four or five months,
according to the desired strength of
the pomade, which, when sufficiently
charged with perfume, is taken from
the glass with a wide, thin spatula, and
packed in tin cans for export.
By these methods, the delicate odors
of flowers are extracted and retained
for transport to distant markets, where,
being treated with alcohol, they yield
their perfume to that stronger vehicle,
and produce the floral waters and ex-
tracts of commerce.
Coarser pomades are made by boiling
the flowers in the grease, and subject
ing the residue to pressure. The spent
pomades are used for toilet-purposes
and in the manufacture of fine soaps.
The process of preparing perfumed
oils involves the same principle except
that, instead of solid grease, superine
olive oil is used. With this oil, pieces
of coarse cotton fabric are saturated,
which are then spread upon wire netting
stretched in wooden frames about three
by four feet in size. The flowers are
spread upon the saturated cloths, and
the frames are piled one above the other
so that the perfume of the flowers is
absorbed as in the previous process.
Essences and Glover waters are
produced by ordinary distillation, in
which the flowers are boiled in water in
l.,
the perfume, and is condensed in adj
joining copper tanks, like ordinary
spirits. Some of the retorts used for this
purpose are of sufficient size to receive
at once half a ton of fresh flowers, with
the requisite water for their distillaton.
When Glover waters are to be pro-
duced, alcohol is used in the distilling
tank to receive the perfumes
is there Y grace more desirable
than that which is the essence and the
spirit Of the Golden Rule-a spirit
which shelters ignorance from COM
ment, while it strives to remove it;
spirit which seeks to make every one in
the cir>e of its influence feel that he
has friend whose heart and mind are
conservatories sheltering the flowers of
kindness and Sympathy Youth's
Golden Hours.
Some experienced educators think
that good many teachers in the pub
| lie schools make mistake in not urg-
ing the scholars to talk more-the la
comic reply of Eyes" or mo- on the
part of a .cholar not being conducive
to the process of thinking. Questions
should be put in su h manner by the
teacher that the pupil will be bound to
use one or more sentences, thus exer-
cising the mind more and acquiring a
better knowledge of the construction Of
the English language.
"A citizen stopped one of our pas
tors few days ago and offered him q
five-dollar bill, saying: 81 was at your
church last Sunday, the first time |
have been in church for several years,
and liked your sermon SO well that l
want to pay for what l enjoyed. In
quiry brought out the fact that he had
been of another denomination, and the
pastor declined the money, but put
him on the track of having seat as
signed him to occupy regularly in the
Evangelical Church of his ORDER
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