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BXTK AC-l'S TKOM MISS ItKIX'II KK'S TIU'. \- 



TISI-; ON domkstk; kconomv. 



tt'htte M'atli. — There is notliinor whicli «o niucli 

 improve* t)io appearance of a lioiiae and the pruni- 

 UeH, as painttni; or whitewnaliini; the tetieiiu iiiv 

 tnJ fences. The followinu Tcccipls for wliilo- 

 washing;, linvo been found by experience, to an- 

 twcr the (ainc purpose fur wood, brick, and stiwu', 

 uil-paint, and are niucli cheaper. 'I'lie first is 

 the receipt used fur the President's liouso at Wash- 

 ington, improved by further experiments. I lie 

 ccoiid is a simpler and cheaper one, which the 

 »riU'r has Isnown to succeed in a variety of cases, 

 Bating as long aud loolsiiig as well aa wliito oil- 

 paint. 



Rectipt. — Take half a bushel of iinslacked lime, 

 nd slack it with boiling water, covering it during 

 he process. Strain it, and add a peck of salt dis- 

 olved in worm water ; three pounds of ground 

 ice boiled to a thin paste, put in boiling hot ; half 

 pound of powdered Spanish whiting ; and a 



>aund of clear glue dissolved in warm water. 



U[ix, and let it stand several days. Then keep it 

 D a kettle on a portable furnace, and put it on as 



lot as possible, with a painter's or whitewash 

 rush. 



Another. — Make whitewash in the usual way, 

 ixcept that the water used should have two double- 

 dfuls of salt dissolved in each pailful of the hot 

 rater used. Then stir in a double-handful of 

 ne sand, to make it thick like cream. This is 

 •etter to be put on hot. Coloring rviatter can be 

 idded to both, making a light stone color, a cream 

 olor, or a light buff, which are most suitable for 

 aildings. 



To wash Woolen Yarn. — Wash in hot water, 

 utting a tcacupful of Icy to half- a pail of water, 

 nd no soap. Rinse till the water comes off clear. 



To wash Black Worsted or Woollen Hose. — If 

 lew, soak all night ; then wash in hot suds, with 

 ePs gall, a tablespoonful to half a pail of water. 

 .inse till no color comes out. Then stretch on 

 (ocking-frames, or iron them when damp on the 

 rong side. 



To wash Painted Muslins. — Wash in one or 



ro portions of lukewarm suds made with white 



cap. Rinse twice in cold water, putting in the 



It rinsing-water a teaspoonful of oil of vitriol, or 



roligneous acid. Stiffen with rice water made 



If boiling a pint and a half of rice one hour, in a 



•lion and a half of soft water, and strained. 



Itretch and dry in the shade, wrong side out. 



'hen sprinkle and roll one hour before ironing. 



To cleanse Genttemen's Cloth Coals and Panta- 

 ions. — The writer has tried and seen others try, 

 le following method with remarkable success, on 

 it sorts of broadcloth articles of dress. Take 

 le beefs gall, half a pound of salecratua, and 

 iBP gallons of warm water. W"ith a clothes- 

 rush dipped in this mixture scour ihe article, lay- 

 ig it on a table for the purpose. The collar of a 

 jat and the grease spots (previously marked by a 

 itch or two of white thread) must be brushed 

 ith this mixture repeatedly. After this take the 

 rticle and rinse it up and down in the mixture, 

 'hen rinse it up and down in the same way in soft 

 lid water. Then without any wringing or press- 

 ig, hang it iip to drain and dry. When dry 

 ainpen with a sponge and iron on the wrong side, 

 else spread sometliing between the cloth and 



iron, iruniii;,' till pi-rl'iriU ,1,, |r ,., ,, 



out pocketi and liniii|;s, if ilic uiUv-lcn n vw.;i; 



, the trouble. Also brunh the urlicle boluru wash- 

 ing. It is o(\un best to iron no part but the skirt, 



I and prciH ihe lappota and cuffs. 



Anothrr Moik of tvashinff Broadcloths. — Shako 

 and brush the article. Kip nut pockets and lin- 

 ingit. WoHh in two portions of strong suds, put- 

 ting a leariipful of ley in the first. Do not wnng 

 but roll them tight and press the water out. When 

 ■entirely dry sprinkle them, and let them lie all 

 night. Iron on the wrong sido or with an inter- 

 vening cloth, tilt perfectltj dry. For light woollens 

 white soap must be used. Iron on the right side 

 with an intervening cloth. 



To tcttsh Merinos, Bombazines and Challys. — 

 Take out all gathers and plaits. Free the article 

 from dust. Make a suds of warm (not hot) water 

 nnd whito soap, adding a spoonful of ox-gall. 

 Then wash in a weaker suds, adding for dark 

 things a handful of salt, and for light things a len- 

 spooiifiil of nil of vitriol. Do not wring but fold 

 and press the water out on a table, catching it in a 

 tub beneath. When nearly dry roll in a damp 

 towel and let it lie an hour. Irni: on the wrong 

 side. Do not let them remain damp very long. 

 For black bombazines, put in ley instead of ox- 

 gall. 



To prepare Beefs-Gall, or Ox-Gall.— Bcnii a 

 bottle or jug to tJie butcher, and request that it 

 may be filled with beePs gall. Perfume it with 

 nny strong essence that is agreeable. Keep it 

 corked and in a cool place. If eventually it smells 

 disagreeably, the smell will be removed by drying 

 the articles in the fresh air. 



THE LABORING CLASSES IN ENGLAND. 



" There are signs in the political horizon which 

 we do not love to see. The Bloriii appears to be 

 gathering, the clouds to be thickening and lower- 

 ing. The misery which at the present exists and 

 is increasing in the niaiiufactiiring districts, is be- 

 yond what the power of the sword can eradicate 

 and cure. There arc thousands on the brink of 

 famine, starvation, oye. tens of thousands who 

 know not in the morning how they are to get 

 through the day. There are men maddening in 

 their misery, and reckless <if what may come or 

 what may happen. There are women and chil- 

 dren and babes in arms all pining together under 

 the gnawing and craving pressure of liunger. 

 There are infants vainly striving to draw their 

 nourishment from the breasts of their exhausted 

 mothers. And disease is busy, and death is busy 

 with them also ; and as if these things were not 

 enough, the Yeomanry, wo are told, when the To- 

 ries come into power, will be busy, too, gleaning 

 amongst what remains when death and 'disease 

 have got in their harvest from the prolific field of 

 wretchedness and misery. And why is all this .' 

 why are the inillion.s of this country condemned to 

 a state worse than slavery ? Why .' Simply that 

 pomp and pride and vanity may be pampered, as 

 they add luxury to luxury, pleasure to pleasure, 

 and gratification to gratification, while those who 

 so indulge them it is to be hoped for the .sake of 

 human nature, never count the cost, never dream 

 of the price of calamity, sorrow, grief nnd woe, .it 

 which their enjoyments are purchased and their ap- 

 petite for splendor and their passion for display 

 ministered to and fed. And when the " worm 



I'lrns upon tl,.' I.miI tlinl |ir.-i.Hi'f) it into tiiO enrlli," 

 ulifii the pi'i |ili.' »i,rii out by opprvasiuii and un- 

 dur the afllictiun of famine, murinur at the forlorn 

 and most nnserablu coiidiliun, blrni^'htwuy tlio 

 PharAuhs of ihu land meet their cuiiplnint with a 

 mocking talk of Vkomakry, YioMAMir. It 

 makes the blood of every hnnnst man first run cold, 

 and then boil over with indignation, to hrar of 

 such things." — London Mornin/r Chronicle. 



Powder 0/ Slippen/ Elm Wo live hut to Ifnrii 



and obtain knowledge. Being in the country a 

 few days since, on n visit to a sick friend, I was 

 shown an article entirely new to me, which iH (aid 

 to bo remarlt.ilily nutritious and pnlnlabic for de- 

 bilitated and Kick personn. It was Hour, prepared 

 by the Slinkcrs from Slippery Klni, and used iho 

 same as arrow. root. One lable-spuonlul of this 

 flour, boiled in a pint of new milk, is excellunl to 

 feed infants weaned from the breast : they will 

 not only fatten upon it, but it will prevent bowel 

 complaints. It makes an easy and nutritious diet 

 for consumptive and dyspeptic persons. Kroin the 

 character I received of it, I presume that it only 

 need be known to become of general use. — V. H. 

 GazeHe. 



Put a Ring in his Nose. — Mr L. Wood, of this 

 town, wishes us to say to his brother farmers that 

 if they have a pair of fractious nnd high strung 

 steers to break, the best way to manage them is to 

 put a ring in each of their noses, and thou by a 

 string you can make them "Aaic nn</ g-ct" at the 

 word of command. He has tried this mode several 

 times, and therefore speaks from experience. He 

 says that he had rather break fcmr yokes of steers 

 after being furnished with a ring as above, than 

 one yoke without. It is a small job to put in a 

 ring, and the labor and time saved in the training 

 of the -animals is immense, to say notliing of the 

 saving m the " wear and tear" of (latience. — .tfntiic 

 Parmer. 



Breeding in-and-in, — The system of breedin" 

 in-and-in proves, in fact, as destructive to flocks, 

 as marriages of near relations to the human kind. 

 We would not witness an every-day entailment of 

 diseases, if people would forego their unnatural 

 love of money, and cease their endeavors to keep 

 it in "the family," by torming matrimonial allian- 

 ces with those w\h) are nenr of kin. The law ol' 

 God forbids us to wed those who stand in certain 

 degrees of propinquity ; but, if wu and our descen- 

 dants avail ourselves of the limits of this luw, and 

 marry on its verge a certain nuiitber of limes, mise- 

 ry must infallibly be the lot even of the tenth gene- 

 ration ; and instead of being fathers of a iiiighly 

 people, few and full of sorrow will be the days of 

 our children ; while in place of retaining in their 

 (lossession our darling wealth, it will, ere long, 



pass into the hand of the stranger Black lock s 



Treatise on Sheep. 



Two neighbors met, one of whom was ex- 

 ceedingly rich and the other in moderate circum- 

 stances. 'J'hc latter began to congratulate the first 

 on his grout possessions, and on the happiness 

 which he must enjoy ; and ended by contrasting it 

 with his own condition. " My friend," said the 

 rich man, " let mc ask you one <|ue6tion. Would 

 you be willing to take my property and take the 

 whole care of it for your board and clothing .'" 

 " No, indeed." " Well, that is all 1 gel." • 



