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Put the gloves on your hand and wash them, as if you were washing your hands, in some spirits of turpentine, until quite clean; then hang them up in a warm place, or where there is a current of air, and all smell of the turpentine will be removed. This method is practiced in Paris, and since its introduction into this country, thousands of dollars have been gained by it.
 
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