Show Coffee a. a a Disinfectant t. t The use of coffee as a disinfectant is generally known but it is doubtful if the majority of p people ople are aware of its true value in iii this direction They probably probably ably know that it is handy and harmless harmless harmless harm harm- less but brides besides b ides these qualities it is really one of the most powerful and effective agents known as has been shown by repeated experiments In one case a quantity of meat was placed in ina a close room and allowed to decompose A cH chafing fing dish cUsh was then introduced and aud boo grams of coffee were thrown on the fire ro In lu a few minutes the room bad had been entirely disinfected In another another another an- an other room the fumes of hydrogen and ammonia were developed and the smell which smell which no words can p. p express ex ex- press was press was destroyed in half balf a minute by the use of 90 grams of coffee As AM Asa AMa a proof that the noxious smells are really really really real real- ly decomposed and n not t merely ered by the fumes of coffee it is stated that the first vapors of the tho coffee are not smelled at all and are therefore chemically chem chem- absorbed while the other smells gradually diminish as the fumigation continues Tho rho merest pinch of coffee is usually sufficient E to cleanse a sickroom sickroom sickroom sick sick- room even in aggravated cases The best way to employ it is to freshly pound the coffee coffeo in a mortar if no mill millis is at hand and aud sprinkle it on a red hot iron surface New New York Ledger |