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WHO 
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JAS. P. ELLIS 
RAW FURS 
it? Could I use my lime-sulphur barrel, 
when empty, for vinegar? Do any ex¬ 
periment stations supply cultures? Is 
it a good plan to put a rubber tube in 
the vinegar barrel with the other end in 
water, to allow the carbonic gas to escape 
and keep out stray germs? o. s. B. 
You should by all means sterilize that 
barrel, and a bit of cloth first soaked in 
melted sulphur ,and then wired with 
rather heavy wire, not merely tied, on a 
stick, will do it all right. You light the 
rag outside and then hold it well down 
through the bung-hole. There will be 
oxygen enough in the barrel to burn 
enough of the sulphur, and more will go 
in through the bung if needed. Do not 
use the lime-sulphur as a barrel wash, 
and do not try to use your lime-sulphur 
barrel for vinegar. There is a peculiar 
flavor which you cannot get rid of. The 
reason is that the lime-sulphur is mixed 
sulphides and polysulphides; that is, 
salts of the hydrogen acids of sulphur, 
whereas you want, for barrel sterilization, 
the first oxygen acid of sulphur. 
We do not know if any experiment sta¬ 
tion supplies cultures. Better write them 
directly. 
If you are troubled with too much 
“mother” of vinegar, as soon as youjr vin¬ 
egar is well made, bottle it off and cork 
it well to keep out oxygen. The vinegar 
plant cannot grow in the absence of air. 
The scheme you mention, of a rubber tube 
with the far end under water, is the very 
best to begin vinegar manufacture. It 
will slow down the yeast fermentation, 
but increases the final acetic content and 
improves the flavor. You do not want to 
leave it in indefinitely. Along about Feb¬ 
ruary or March, when observation shows 
you that the bubbles are coming over 
very slowly (about one every five min¬ 
utes), you must take out the tube, put in 
some “mother” and leave the bung open 
to the air, protecting it from dust by a 
bit of cheesecloth. In fact, it is better to 
change part to another barrel, so as to 
run two barrels, each half full. The 
vinegar “mother” must have air in plenty. 
Then you will get a prompt growth, and 
you can bottle or change to any container 
which can be well corked, and your vine¬ 
gar will improve with keeping. Various 
experiment station have bulletins on vin¬ 
egar making which are well worth send¬ 
ing for. 
Preventing Growth of Hair 
Is there any chemical which can be 
used to prevent the growth of hair, oi’ 
which can be used instead of a razor? 
A. v. D. 
While there are chemicals which are 
said to prevent the growth of hair, we do 
not advocate them, as we consider them 
dangerous. The human hair grows from 
beneath through the skin, and monkeying 
with the l'oots is a serious matter. The 
roots can be killed by electricity applied 
by a skilled practitioner, but it is prac¬ 
tically a minor surgical operation, and 
should be considered as such. But there 
is a harmless chemical which is a perfect 
chemical razor, and it is called barium 
sulphide. It is sold in bulk for a few 
cents a pound, and also put up in little 
bottles in fancy labels at about $1 a half 
ounce. However purchased, it is merely 
needful to moisten it with a little water, 
apply to the hairy area and wait a few 
moments, when it may be washed off and 
will take nil the hair above the skin with 
it. It will also irritate the skin just a 
little, not enough to hurt if used only 
when needed and followed by a little vas¬ 
eline. But you will get exactly as good 
results with almost as little trouble by the 
use of the modern safety razor and a lit¬ 
tle lather. The reason the sulphide seems 
to work better is that it takes the hair 
just a little below the surface, instead of 
flat with it, and so does not have to he 
used quite as often. 
Burning Out Soot 
34 to 36 Mill Street, Middletown, N. Y. 
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Is there any chemical which can he 
placed in the base of the chimney to burn 
out the soot without flame? h. b. 
Trappers seeking the most for their catch 
should write to us at once. Our price list D 
will be mailed free. It shows the amazingly 
high prices we pay. 
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All who are interested in the above subject write 
nie in October or November. I will forward a reli¬ 
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handling of all shipments. Nearly forty years’ ex¬ 
perience. All goods held separate and returned 
prepaid if so requested. 
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FURS Greatly increase your profits. Illustrated 
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We do not think that there is. Salt, 
sprinkled on a lively fire, is said to help, 
but probably acts mechanically. Zinc 
strips or small sheets, laid on a bright 
fire, is also said to work; the action here 
may he chemical. If you can possibly get 
at the chimney, a small cedar tree, pulled 
up and down to clean it, is the best rem¬ 
edy. 
Preventives of Perspiration 
What is the stuff widely sold to pre¬ 
vent perspiration, especially under the 
arms? j. b. 
The only one of these which we have 
examined was merely a dilute water so¬ 
lution of a salt of aluminum, the chloride, 
as we recall the matter, though the sul¬ 
phate would no doubt do as well, and the 
double sulphate with potash, commonly 
sold as “alum,” might he used. All these 
things work by shrinking and partly tan¬ 
ning the skin, and wo do not believe in 
using them as a steady thing, though the 
occasional use probably does no harm. 
Just why those particular sweat glands 
should have an odorous secretion is one 
of the mysteries of the human body, but, 
till we know more about it, it is prob¬ 
ably just as well to let nature take its 
course. There is, however, no objection 
at all to removing the hair with a safety 
razor, or barium sulphide, and when this 
is done the secretion seems naturally to 
become less prominent. 
The foolish man *who built 
his house on the sand — 
He gave an example in folly which anybody 
can understand. 
It isn’t so easy, however, to sense the mistake 
of trying to build the body on foods which lack 
essential nourishment. 
Here, again, is a foundation of sand which 
gives ’way when the test comes. 
Many a food that tastes good lacks honesty 
of nourishment to equal its taste. Thus it tempts 
the appetite into mistakes that often are costly. 
Grape-Nuts is a food which helps build bodily 
endurance for life’s stress and storm. The full 
nourishment of wheat and malted barley, together 
with the vital mineral salts so necessary to bone 
structure and red blood corpuscles, with phos¬ 
phates for the brain, is retained iri Grape-Nuts. 
The long baking process by which Grape-Nuts is 
made gives the food a natural sweetness and an 
unusual ease of digestibility and assimilation. 
Served with cream or milk, Grape-Nuts is 
fully nourishing, and whether eaten as a cereal at 
breakfast or lunch, or made into a pudding for 
dinner. Grape-Nuts has a particular delight for 
the appetite. Sold by grocers. 
Grape-Nuts—the Body Builder 
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