Show Coffee as ui a Disinfectant The use nse of coffee Il as a disinfectant is generally known but it is is' doubtful if the majority of people are aware of its true Value valne in this direction They probably probably ably know that it is handy and harmless harmless harmless harm harm- less but besides these qualities qualities' it is really ono one of the most powerful and effective agents arents known knO as has been shown by repeated experiments In one case a n qu quantity of meat was vas placed in ina a close room and allowed to decompose A chafing dish was then introduced and Oo grams of coffee were thrown on the fire In a few minutes the room had been disinfected In entirely another another an un- other room the fumes of ot hydrogen and ammonia were developed and tho the smell which smell which no words can express ex ax- press press press was destroyed in half a minute by the use of 90 DO grams of coffee As AR Asa I a proof that the noxious smells Is are really really really real real- ly decomposed and not merely overpowered ered cred by tho the fumes of coffee it is stated that the tho first vapors of tho the coffee are not nut smelled at all cad and are therefore chemically chemically chemically chem chem- absorbed while whilo the other smells gradually diminish as the fumigation continues The merest pinch pinch of coffee is usually sufficient to cleanse a sickroom sickroom sickroom sick sick- room even m iu aggravated cases Tho The best way to employ it is to freshly pound the coffee in a 11 mortar if ifo no mill millis millis is is at hand and aud sprinkle it on a iron hOll surf surface New New e-New New York Ledger |