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ible under a magnifying glass. Universal experience proved 

 that lead-pencil writing was legible in cases where ink marks 

 could not be deciphered. Philadelphia Ledger. 



CLEANING KID GLOVES. 



The best method of cleaning gloves is to immerse them in 

 benzine in a well-stoppered bottle, leaving them there for a 

 short time. They are then to be taken out, and, after squeez- 

 ing them to remove the excess of the liquid, they must be 

 hung over a cord in a strong draught to dry. The smell of 

 the benzine can be got rid of by laying the gloves upon a 

 plate placed over a pot filled with boiling water, over which 

 a second pot is to be inverted to secure a sufficiently high 

 temperature. The heat of the boiling water will drive out 

 the residue of the benzine and carry off all its odor. The 

 gloves are then to be brought to their original shape by 

 means of an ordinary stretcher. 



It should, of course, be borne in mind that this operation 

 must be performed at a distance from any fire or flame, 

 where there can be no danger of the benzine igniting. 12 C, 

 August 1,1872, 62. 



DRY METHOD OF CLEANING SOILED FABRICS. 



Great progress has been made of late years in the method 

 of cleaning soiled articles of dress, by removing tar, grease, 

 etc., from wool and other raw material, this, as it appears, 

 being accomplished best by the so-called dry method rather 

 than by the use of a watery solution of soap or other alkaline 

 substance. This originally consisted in subjecting the arti- 

 cles in a proper apparatus to immersion in benzine, gasoline, 

 bisulphide of carbon, etc., with continued rotation of the ap- 

 paratus. More recently, however, it has been ascertained 

 that the vapor of these substances, caused by distillation, is 

 more efficient than the liquid substances themselves, the arti- 

 cles thus treated being much more thoroughly penetrated, 

 and more rapidly, than in the old way. 



The articles are placed upon a grating over the liquid, the 

 vapor from which permeates them completely as it is carried 

 over into the reservoir, where it is condensed and is collected. 

 In this form it contains grease in solution, which may be re- 

 moved by a second distillation, while the hydrocarbon is ob- 

 tained in n form for further use. 5 C, xliv., 1872, 350. 



