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pomade. They remain so in prison for twenty-four hours, when, having lost 
their perfume, they are carefully taken off and fresh flowers put in their place. 
This process goes on for fifty days, during which time the pomade has to be occa- 
sionally turned so as to expose all its particles to the perfume. At last, when 
sufficiently saturated with perfume, it is scraped off the glass and clarified. his 
is jasmine pomade. 
Jasmine perfumed oi is made by still another process. ‘Thickly woven cot- 
ton sheets (similar to lamp cotton) are saturated with the finest virgin olive 
oil, and then placed upon wire netting, held on wooden frames. The flowers 
are sprinkled on these sheets, thus saturated with oil, and left for twenty-four 
hours, when they are taken off and fresh flowers put on. ‘This is repeated for 
about two months, when the oil being sufficiently filled with perfume, the sheets 
are folded and pressed till the oil is pressed out. In a moderate sized manufac- 
tory about two thousand such frames are required. The flowers of the tuberose 
are treated in the same way as the jasmine. 
4, Extracts—This term is applied to the oils or perfumes when extracted 
by spirits of wine or alcohol. 
Strong as is the affinity between the perfume of flowers and grease, their 
affinity for aleohol has been found to be still greater. Hence, if pomades are 
immersed in alcohol, the perfume is attracted to the alcohol and leaves the grease. 
In this way the pomade is left in the alcohol for five or six weeks, and stirred 
several times aday; at the end of the time the alcohol becomes sufficiently per- 
fumed, and we have an extract. 
Thus are produced the extracts of rose, orange, jasmine, tuberose, cassie, and 
violet. 
5. Orange-flower water and rose-water are important products of this business ; 
they are distilled from the flowers, and become separated from the oils in the 
process of distillation. Orange-flower water is considerably used as a kind of 
healthy medicinal beverage; it is mixed with “ eau sucrée.” 
THE ANGORA AND CASHMERE GOATS. 
Mr. J. S. Diehl, now in Europe collecting information concerning the wool of 
these animals and its manufacture, writes from Paris, dated May 2, 1867, that 
he has entered his Cashmere and Angora specimens at the exposition, and thinks 
his specimens finer than any he has seen, Any amount of Cashmere, camel’s 
hair, and other costly shawls and fabrics are made out of goats’ fleece, with 
various kinds of looms, at the Exposition. He obtained some very fine litho- 
graphs and photographs of the genuine and original India or cashmere looms, 
with valuable information as to the mode of manufacturing. 
He wrote again, Paris, May 24, sending circulars and cards representing firms, 
and cuts of machines manufacturing all kinds of fabrics and goods from Cash- 
mere, Thibet, and Angora goats’ hair and wool ; also specimens of combed, carded, 
and spun wool. Nearly all the material is sent from Asia and Russia, is carded, 
combed, and spun in England and Scotland, and then sent all over Europe to 
be further manufactured; involving the necessity of following up inquiries in 
all these centres or points of the trade and manufacture. 
The specimens sent comprise some of the finest wools and yarns, leaving him 
to believe that the reported fabulous prices of $6 and $8 per pound for the wool 
will prove to be mythical, at the best. The very finest Cashmere wool, bleached 
and combed ready for use for shawls, sells in France at only $16 per pound. 
Purchasers of goats in this country will do well to make a note of this, and govern 
themselves accordingly. But from all he can learn and has seen, he believes that 
the raising of the goats and manufacture of the wools and hair may be made more 
