Whitewash That Will Not Rub Off

Slake the lime in the usual way. Mix one gill of flour with a little cold water, taking care to beat out all the lumps; then pour on it boiling water enough to thicken it to the consistency of common starch when boiled for use. Pour it while hot into a bucket of the slaked lime, and add one pound of whiting. Stir all well together. A little "blue water," made by squeezing the indigo bag, or a little pulverized indigo mixed with water, improves it.

Ends Of Candles Converted Into Night Lights

Supposing a few night lights to be wanted in places where they cannot be procured, they may be made from the ends of candles in the following manner. Collect a few old pill-boxes; make as many fine cotton wicks as you have boxes, and wax the cotton with beeswax; cut them to the requisite length, and fix them in the centre of the boxes, through a pin-hole in the bottom. Melt the grease (if mixed with a little wax the better) and fill the boxes, keeping the cotton in a central position while the grease cools. When set to burn, place the box in a saucer, with sufficient water to surround the bottom, about the sixteenth of an inch in depth.

The Turkish Bath Upon A Small Scale

Place the patient upon a large cane-bottomed chair, and tie a large blanket around his neck, so as to completely envelope the chair and his body; underneath the chair, place a saucer full of alcohol (spirits of wine) and set a light to it. The space within the blanket will soon be filled with hot air, and a profuse perspiration will be produced.

Tincture Of Nutmeg

A very useful tincture of nutmeg, ready for immediate use, may be made by adding three ounces of bruised or grated nutmeg to a quart of brandy. A smaller quantity may be made, by observing the same proportions. This will be a very grateful addition to all compounds in which nutmeg is used; a few drops will suffice to impart a flavor.

How To Prevent The Breakage Of Lamp Chimneys

Every housewife who uses kerosene oil, knows that it affords the best and cheapest light of all illuminating oils. But she also knows that the constant expense and annoyance from the breakage of lamp chimneys, almost if not quite counterbalances the advantages of its use. Put the glass chimney in lukewarm water, heat it to the boiling point, and boil it one hour; after which leave it in the water till it cools. The chimney will be less liable to crack by sudden changes of temperature.

How To Prepare Feathers For Beds

Feathers should be put into bags of brown paper as soon as they are plucked; the goose feathers, which are the most valuable, should always be kept separate from those of the ducks or chickens; the feathers must be picked carefully that no flesh or skin adhere to them, and the pinions and large feathers must be stripped from the quills, which must be kept from the feathers. The bags must be kept hung in a warm place. If the kitchen be lofty, and they can be suspended from the ceiling without inconvenience, they will soon become perfectly dry there. As soon as a sufficient quantity of feathers have been collected, it is the best plan to fill a pillow with them; the goose feathers can afterward be transferred to a bed-tick; the feathers of fowls being commonly used for pillows. Old feathers may be greatly improved by emptying the tick, (which should also be washed,) and washing them through several lathers of strong soapsuds, rinse them well in cold water, drain them on sieves, and spread them to dry on the floor of an empty garret; their drying may be accelerated by sewing them in a coarse sheet, and putting them into the oven on a baking day, after the bread is drawn, and letting them remain there till next morning, this should be several times repeated, then put them into bags and beat them.