PAPER, To Remove Ink Spots from. — Ink spots may be removed
from paper by the application of a solution of citric, tartaric, or oxalic
acid. The spot to which the solution is applied is first carefully moistened
with cold distilled water, the acid is then applied with a camel’s hair brush,
and as the ink is discharged it is blotted up with blotting-paper. When all
the stain has disappeared, the place is carefully washed with lime water or
good soft water. Oxalic acid must not be used for removing stains from
blue paper, as it leaves a white mark.
PAPER, To Stain any Colour. — Paper or parchment maybe stained
any colour by using the same dye as given hereafter under the heading of
Wood.
PAPER (TRACING). — Dissolve Canada balsam in spirits of wine
and a little turpentine ; brush the mixture on to white tissue paper, and
hang each sheet separately on a line to dry.
PAPIER-MACHE, To Clean. — Sponge the articles with cold
water ; while still damp sprinkle them with flour or whiting, dry them with
a flannel, and finish off with a soft cloth or silk handkerchief.
PAPIER-MACHE, To Manufacture. — Take the cuttings of white
or brown paper, boil them in water and beat them to a pulp. Then boil
it with a solution of gum-arabic, or of size, to give it tenacity, and press it
into oiled moulds. When dry give it first a coating of size and lamp-black,
and afterwards of varnish.
PARAFFIN, To Test. — Pour a few drops into a spoon or saucer
and apply a lighted match ; if the oil ignites it must be regarded as dan-
gerous and likely to prove explosive. Genuine paraffin will extinguish the
flame, as it will bum only on a wick.
PARCHMENT FOR PAINTING, To Prepare.— Make a firm
pad with listing, dip it into finely-powdered white pumice stone, and rub it
over the parchment. If water colours are mixed with alum water and used
upon parchment thus prepared the tints will not sink.
PARCHMENT SIZE. — Wash a pound of parchment cuttings
in two or three lots of cold water ; put them into a saucepan with four
quarts of soft cold water, and allow them to simmer gently to one-half the
quantity ; then strain through a fine sieve or piece of muslin.
PAREGORIC ELIXIR. — Infuse for four days half an ounce of
flowers of benzoin and two drams of opium in one pound of volatile aro-
matic spirits ; then strain off. Dose : For an adult, fifty or sixty drops in a
wineglass of water ; for a child fourteen years of age, from twenty-five to
thirty drops ; for one four years old, fifteen drops.
PARROTS. — These birds are fed upon rape seed, soaked bread and
biscuits, boiled potatoes, and occasionally a bone upon which a little
cayenne pepper has been sprinkled ; they also eat most kind of nuts with a
relish. They require to be kept very clean, and it is not a bad practice .to give
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them once a week a shower bath from a garden watering pot. They ara
taught to speak most readily by covering the cage and repeating to them
slowly and distinctly the sounds they are required to learn.
PARSLEY (DRIED). — Pick the parsley in dry weather, spread it
on a plate and bake it in a moderate oven, turning it frequently. When
sufficiently dry, rub it between the palms of the hands, pick out all the
stalks, and keep it in a closely-corked bottle in a dry situation. It
answers many purposes for which fresh parsley it used, and saves the time
and trouble of chopping.
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Presented as published in 1891. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
PAPER, To Remove Ink Spots from. — Ink spots may be removed from paper by the application of a solution of citric, tartaric, or oxalic acid. The spot to which the solution is applied is first carefully moistened with cold distilled water, the acid is then applied with a camel’s hair brush, and as the ink is discharged it is blotted up with blotting-paper. When all the stain has disappeared, the place is carefully washed with lime water or good soft water. Oxalic acid must not be used for removing stains from blue paper, as it leaves a white mark.
PAPER, To Stain any Colour. — Paper or parchment maybe stained any colour by using the same dye as given hereafter under the heading of Wood.
PAPER (TRACING). — Dissolve Canada balsam in spirits of wine and a little turpentine ; brush the mixture on to white tissue paper, and hang each sheet separately on a line to dry.
PAPIER-MACHE, To Clean. — Sponge the articles with cold water ; while still damp sprinkle them with flour or whiting, dry them with a flannel, and finish off with a soft cloth or silk handkerchief.
PAPIER-MACHE, To Manufacture. — Take the cuttings of white or brown paper, boil them in water and beat them to a pulp. Then boil it with a solution of gum-arabic, or of size, to give it tenacity, and press it into oiled moulds. When dry give it first a coating of size and lamp-black, and afterwards of varnish.
PARAFFIN, To Test. — Pour a few drops into a spoon or saucer and apply a lighted match ; if the oil ignites it must be regarded as dangerous and likely to prove explosive. Genuine paraffin will extinguish the flame, as it will burn only on a wick.
PARCHMENT FOR PAINTING, To Prepare.— Make a firm pad with listing, dip it into finely-powdered white pumice stone, and rub it over the parchment. If water colours are mixed with alum water and used upon parchment thus prepared the tints will not sink.
PARCHMENT SIZE. — Wash a pound of parchment cuttings in two or three lots of cold water ; put them into a saucepan with four quarts of soft cold water, and allow them to simmer gently to one-half the quantity ; then strain through a fine sieve or piece of muslin.
PAREGORIC ELIXIR. — Infuse for four days half an ounce of flowers of benzoin and two drams of opium in one pound of volatile aromatic spirits ; then strain off. Dose : For an adult, fifty or sixty drops in a wineglass of water ; for a child fourteen years of age, from twenty-five to thirty drops ; for one four years old, fifteen drops.
PARROTS. — These birds are fed upon rape seed, soaked bread and biscuits, boiled potatoes, and occasionally a bone upon which a little cayenne pepper has been sprinkled ; they also eat most kind of nuts with a relish. They require to be kept very clean, and it is not a bad practice to give
them once a week a shower bath from a garden watering pot. They are taught to speak most readily by covering the cage and repeating to them slowly and distinctly the sounds they are required to learn.
PARSLEY (DRIED). — Pick the parsley in dry weather, spread it on a plate and bake it in a moderate oven, turning it frequently. When sufficiently dry, rub it between the palms of the hands, pick out all the stalks, and keep it in a closely-corked bottle in a dry situation. It answers many purposes for which fresh parsley it used, and saves the time and trouble of chopping.