IS 16.^ Literery end Philoscpliicat hiteWgenm. 55 1 



•cortomical Washing.— Separate coarse Paris, iti one of t5ic most pict«re»]«e and 

 *nd fine linen into two distinct tuljs, salubrious spots in uli i'raiicc, oitpjht 

 »nd pour orer them tepid or cold water, to liave Jiad a thonsand pcaclies and 



At tlie end of two days wrins; tJjein 

 Irell, suid rnli out lotil spots w ilh a \cyy 

 liiinht application of soap. Ta give stinie 

 idea 'of the proportion, vie shall say, a 

 quarter of a poimd common hard so»j> 

 t« two dozen of nieii's shirts. Aiier 

 mbbiiig out the spots, set tin? fine su-' 

 tictes oil the Crc with cold water, in 



apricots — ^Jie has not ^.itiies-ed abovf- a, 

 iiundrcd : a pear-tree wliicli bore 1500 

 hui'.:c delicious pears (Veprtri^np) last 

 Vfoj-, did not jiroduec above 60 tliis 

 season : two large greenp^a^e trees, pro- 

 duciiig; last jear at least six bushels, the 

 present 3 eav did not jJxtKlnce a peck of 

 ripe IVuiL His vihcs last year pnnhiced 



«icaa boiler; and, when the Avater just lOOfflbs. of glupcs; this year, i)<»t 



boils, turn o\er the cloaths and ice into singte pound. This cxani))lo is taken 



t. clean tub. Wiien cold eaou;;li to be on a small scale, but it cfinaliy liolds ire. 



touched, take little and little of the lee the g-cueral one ; so that the distress la 



to wa.sh tlie boiled Ihicns, and so pat almost universal. 



flic.ni to bleach; or, if they cauuot be The Poljtechnic Sc!iool is again risen 



convenictitly spread on grass, wring rsud from its ashes. Many of tlic professors!, 



«hake thciii out, and pour boiling water and 'til the pupils of (he old Polytechnii 



ever them till they c?.n be lir.r.d led lor School, were, it is said, incurable fto- 



Tincing in blue and water, 'llic ^^atcr 

 Wiiich boiled tticse fir/C cloaths, will help 

 to ?>oil tisoseof a coarser description, in 

 the sanre niauiK'r; and two oiuices of 

 hard soap wtil suffice, in adilition, \o 



uuparti>ts. We sec with pleasure th« 

 names of several distinguislicd literr.rr 

 scientific men as professors; but, as 

 these lists miiy be regarded as real tber- 

 ITiOtncters of opinion, the circumstances 



Wash out the spots. The ice of the Would argue, that the greater propor- 



sccond boiling will dean the coni-sest 

 tiling^. Iftlre water is hard, two ounces 

 of soda will be necessary to cacb boil- 

 iTTg: t.'ri^ sod.i ought to be dissolved 

 with hot water, aiRl well mixed with the 

 «b!d water, before tile lincjis are throv^'n 

 hrto it. Besides a g-rcat saving of 

 ffoap, the woi'k is dont- in much less 



tiou of the leanictl is not I'riendly to tli« 

 new order of things ; for, on a oom]ya.- 

 rison of tlve persous tif superior talent, 

 retained or re-elected, •«ith t'.josc ex- 

 cluded, tl:e balance is gieatly agair.A 

 the present go^ erarnent. 



At a recent sittitig of the first class lof 

 ilic Institute, M. llocHOX presented ta 



time, and the linens .saved from v.-ear- ffie class au object glass of Dolhiid'.s^ 



iaig by uerere friction iJi the comraou fiinr inches in diameter, which hud been 



way. broken iu pieces and repaired by bim. 



FRANCE. It was a triple achroiftatic •on«, of fl!» 



The season in IVance (sats a cofwy lenses of crown glass, was broken into 



iyiondont) ■ lias been traly mdanclioly. a great number of ])ieces, and some of 



We have not liad one week of clear tbein lost, the other rcnrained whole; 



settled Mcafticr during the suitj-tict ; a fue lena of flint glass was composed of 



Jargc portion of the com kas been lost twenty-two triangular sagtnents, of dit- 



fiir want of snn to dry it ; and what has ferent sizes, teafmiuating near the ccntir,. 



btvu lioiiscd is of sjic'h a quality tbat it These segmeols w tie carefully ad- 



r^obHgedtft be brought imincdtsiteiy to justed on the whole croMnieus, and a 



markft, as it will not keep. Bread i?., iiewlciisof crown jjlass made to re-phtctj 



rtdtwirtistafiding, advaneed one-ilmrth at 

 Paris, andrfnt-Vhird fu the \iiiagcs ; and 

 packages are e^ami^cd at the barriers 

 to s«c1haf bread is iiot carried ant of 

 Pitris. TfT<?<e are gloomy titbngs, and 



file one of Mhich the piuces weiT lost, 

 tlie tlireo glasses were cemented to- 

 gcthei with oil of tarpaitine, as well to 

 difiiinish the inevitable i;it:gijlaTitrcs of 

 tlic adjustment of the broken iens, a;-; -lo 



tend not at -afl to render tlie mob of maintain them ia their posiiion. !E\- 



Paris Trt()re pacffic. — The fruit has not periments have been niRde wtth the g'lasij 



ripjnied : peaiu, peaches, nct'tarines, thus refiaired, and singular to relate, 



«|ftrccrtf*, greengages. Sec. have rotted' in even the finest observations, as"& test 



on die trees, aifd xlrojiped oS before half of the success, it did not rrllect a d:in-. 



I'ipe ; *and, if by chance some have ar- ble image; from whence it is appamit, 



rived at mattrrity, they are good for tliHtin<;a.sesM!iere the loss ofjiuobjcrt- 



llttlc, being watery, and void of flavour, {flass cannot be repaired by a new one, 



jRiit, desrending iiom j^cn.f-i'als to paiti- K niay^bc worth the while to essay vVbat 



€ub.rs:— an Knglish gentleman' who lUaj be dmio.with the old broken one, 



hl^ « coiuitry-bvusv » fvw uiilcs from tim succwsful cxi>mm«ijt of M. itoehon 



bciiij 



