Chapter XXXIII: Part XII: The Family at Home (4)

4333. There is something more curious in the properties of the number 9. Any number multiplied by 9 produces a sum of figures which, added together, continually makes 9. For example, all the first multiples of 9, as 18, 27, 36, 45, 54, 63, 72, 81, sum up 9 each. Each of them multiplied by any number whatever produces a similar result; as 8 times 81 are 648, these added together make 18, 1 and 8 are 9. Multiply 648 by itself, the product is 419,904--the sum of these digits is 27, 2 and 7 are 9. The rule is invariable.

4334. Take any number whatever and multiply it by 9; or any multiple of 9, and the sum will consist of figures which, added together, continually number 9. As 17 × 19 = 306, 6 and 3 are 9; 117 × 27 = 3159, the figures sum up 18, 8 and 1 are 9; 4591 × 72 = 330,552, the figures sum up 18, 8 and 1 are 9. Again, 87,363 × 54 = 4,717,422; added together, the product is 27, or 2 and 7 are 9, and so always.

4335. _Technical terms relative to Books, Engravings, etc:_

4336. Books are distinguished according to the number of pages in a sheet of the paper on which they are printed; as, _two_ leaves, four pages, _folio_; _four_ leaves, eight pages, _quarto_, or _4to._; _eight_ leaves, sixteen pages, _octavo_, or _8vo._; _twelve_ leaves, twenty-four pages, _twelves_, _duodecimo_, or _12mo._; _sixteen_ leaves, thirty-two pages, _sixteens_, or _16mo._; _eighteen_ leaves, thirty-six pages, _octodecimo_, _eighteens_, or _18mo._

4337. The _size_ of a book is determined by the size or designation of a sheet of the paper on which it is printed; as _foolscap 4to._, or _8vo._; _post 8vo._; _demy 8vo_; _royal 8vo._ &c.

4338. The letters A, B, C, D, &c., and the letters and figures, A 2, A 3, A 4, &c., at the bottoms of the first, third, fifth, seventh, &c., pages of printed sheets, are marks for directing the printer, bookseller, and bookbinder in collecting, collating, folding and placing the sheets in proper order. These marks are usually termed _signatures_.

4339. When the page of a book is divided into two or more parts by a line or lines, or blank spaces, running from the top to the bottom, each division is called a _column_. This work is printed in _columns_.

4340. _Vignette_ is a French term, designating the ornamental engraving, without a border, which is sometimes placed in the title-page of a book, at the head or termination of a chapter, &c.

4341. _Xylography_ is the art of engraving upon wood; _etching_, _mezzotinto_, _aquatinta_, are varieties of the art of engraving upon copper. Until within these few years, copper and wood were the substances employed by engravers for book illustrations. For certain purposes, wood (box-wood) continues in the highest repute: but copper has been in a great measure superseded by steel, where a large number of impressions is required.

4342. _Electrography_ is a newly-discovered electrical process, by which one copper plate may be expeditiously produced, in _fac simile_ from another.

4343. _Glyphography_ is a somewhat similar process, by which, through the action of the _voltaic battery_, plates may be obtained from drawings, affording impressions _ad libitum_.

4344. _Lithography_ is the art of taking impressions from drawings or writings made on prepared and highly-polished calcareous stone.

4345. _Zincography_ is an adaptation of the same principle to plates of zinc. All these processes are now extensively employed in the illustrations of books for various purposes.

LAWS--IMPORTANCE OF LAWS.

4346. Every citizen should earnestly and constantly bear in mind the important fact, that his only safety for person, property, liberty and life, is in the absolute supremacy of the constitution and the laws.

4347. _Betting on Elections._--This is an extensive and pernicious evil, alike injurious to the citizen and to the purity of elections. All are interested in its suppression; let all then unite in getting up and presenting petitions to the several State legislatures for the passage of a law similar to that introduced into the Legislature of Missouri against betters and stakeholders, and fining both to the amount of money or property bet. Also punishing by fine any person who may publish a bet, or assist in any way in making it.

4348. A decision in Ohio makes proprietors of stages responsible for passengers' baggage, notwithstanding their caution of "All baggage at the risk of the owners."

4349. _A Non-resident._--A person having a place of business in a city or town, and boarding and lodging in another, is a non-resident in his place of business.

4350. Titles of land derived under sales for taxes are declared good by Supreme Court of Illinois.

4351. A salesman receiving a per centage is not thereby constituted a partner.

4352. Breach of trust is where valuables are received in the course of employment, for or in the name of the employer, and embezzled; but if the valuables have come to the possession of the employer, the offense is larceny.

4353. A husband is liable for goods furnished his wife, if, from ill-treatment or other sufficient cause, she does not live with him; but if she leave him from unjustifiable causes, he is not liable even for necessaries, whether the tradesman knows of such separation or not.

4354. Erasing or altering an endorsement on a note is forgery.

4355. A town is liable for damages occasioned by any obstruction placed on the road by human agency, and is bound to make roads safe and convenient for travelers.

4356. _Common Carriers._--The owners of a steamboat are responsible to shippers of goods as common carriers. Common carriers, if they make a wrong delivery, are responsible for any loss.

4357. The owners of goods must have them properly marked, and entered in carriers' books; and if he neglects to do it, he must bear the loss.

4358. An account current rendered, and accepted without objection being made in a reasonable time, precludes objection afterward, and makes it a stated account.

4359. A will dictated and taken down in pencil only, and signed by two witnesses, is valid, if deceased was in sound mind when he gave the instructions.

4360. _Wills._--A will is an instrument in writing, executed in form of law, by which a person makes a disposition of his property, to take effect after his death.

4361. A codicil is a supplement or addition to a will, and by which the will is altered, explained or added to, but in no case wholly revoked.

4362. A bequest to a subscribing of a will is void.

4363. Let every man about to make a will endeavor to make it as concise as possible; and if he employs a lawyer, agree to pay him, not by the length, but by the transaction. Let him keep in his mind that every trust or use he creates, also creates the danger of a lawsuit. _Every will should be dated on the day it is executed._

4364. It is also of the first importance that it should be _prepared without blot or alteration, or erasure_, for it is an instrument that may not come into operation for many years--of a surety not until the party best capable of explaining it, the testator himself, is removed from the scene of evidence, and possibly not until both the writer of it, and the witnesses, have either ceased to exist, or whose locality is not to be traced.

4365. _Homestead Exemption._--It has been truly, as well as eloquently said, that "Women are the Corinthian pillars that adorn and support society; the institutions that protect women throw a shield also around children; and where women and children are provided for, man must be secure in his rights."

4366. From this radical law of society, which makes the best interests of humanity dependent on the integrity and comfort of the Homes of the People, arises the necessity that legislation should protect the sacredness, and insure the safety of the places where women and children dwell. We hope that every State in our broad land will take heed of this paramount duty.

The following extracts exhibit the various qualifications of the Homestead Exemption Laws now in force in the several States named:--

4367. _Maine._--A lot of land, a dwelling-house, and out-buildings thereon, or so much thereof as shall not exceed $5000 in value.

4368. _Vermont._--The homestead of every housekeeper, or head of a family, to the value of $500, and the yearly products thereof.

4369. _Massachusetts._--The lot and buildings thereon occupied as a residence, to the value of $5000.

4370. _New York._--The lot and buildings thereon occupied as a residence, to the value of $5000.

4371. _Maryland._--All real estate acquired by marriage during the life of a wife, from execution for debt of husband.

4372. _Georgia._--Twenty acres of land, including dwelling and improvements, not to exceed $200; and the additional amount of five acres for each child under fifteen years of age.

4373. _Florida._--Forty acres of land, when not in any town or city, and provided such does not exceed in value $400.

4374. _Alabama._--Forty acres of land to every farmer; and to every housekeeper, residing in a town or city, a house and lot not to exceed $3000 in value.

4375. _Texas._--Two hundred acres of land (when not in any town lots), not to exceed $2000 in value.

4376. _Ohio._--Every family a homestead not to exceed $500 in value.

4377. _Michigan._--Forty acres, with dwelling-house and appurtenance, when not in town or city; if in town or city, a lot or dwelling-house not to exceed in value $1500.

4378. _Illinois._--Lot of ground and building occupied as a residence, not exceeding in value $1000.

4379. _Iowa._--Forty acres of land, not in town or city, or a town or city lot not exceeding in amount one-fourth of an acre.

4380. _California._--The homestead, consisting of a quantity of land, together with the dwelling-house thereon and its appurtenances, and not exceeding in value the sum of $5000.

4381. _New Jersey._--A homestead to each head of a family, being the family residence, to the value of $500; not to be assets in the hands of an administrator, but to remain for the benefit of the widow, and until the maturity of the minor child.

4382. _South Carolina._--A homestead of fifty acres of land, including the dwelling-house and appurtenances, not to exceed $500 in value, and to extend to any property situated within the limits of any city or town corporate.

4383. _Arkansas_ has an homestead exemption.

4384. _Pennsylvania._--The amount of $300, in real or personal property.

4385. Other States may have exemption laws, but I have not found any record.

4386. _Naturalization Laws._--Congress alone has power to make or regulate the laws of naturalization.

4387. An alien must renounce, in court, allegiance, &c., to any foreign power, and declare his intention of becoming a citizen at least two years before admission. Must swear to support the Constitution, renounce any hereditary title or order of nobility, and must have resided five years in the country, and satisfy the court that he has behaved as a man of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the same.

4388. Children of naturalized citizens, if under twenty-one years of age at the time of their parents' naturalization, shall, if dwelling in the United States, be considered as citizens. An alien, having declared his intention, and dying before he was naturalized, his widow and children, on taking the oaths prescribed, shall be entitled to all the rights of citizenship.

4389. _Receipts._--A receipt is not conclusive evidence of payment, but it throws the burden of proof upon him who attempts to impeach it.

4390. Receipts may be either in full of all demands, for a special account, in part payment of an account, or for a special purpose.

4391. The arrangement of the wording of a receipt is not important, if the object and time be distinctly stated in it.

4392. A general receipt "in full of all demands" is a discharge of all debts except special debts under seal.

4393. The legality of signatures in pencil has ever been questioned.

4394. Account books, notes or receipts, written in pencil, would not be respected in any law court.

4395. In those States in which exemption laws are enforced, the drawer of a promissory note may expressly waive all right of benefit from those laws. Conditions which the subscriber may add to a "note of promise," if accepted by the receiver, holds good in every State, unless they directly contravene local laws.

PHRENOLOGY.

4396. The word is derived from two Greek words, signifying _mind_ and _doctrine_ or _discourse_.

4397. _Phrenology_ designates that system of mental philosophy which treats of the special manifestation of minds.

4398. _Phrenology_ teaches that the faculties of the mind have, each one, its special organ or place in the brain; and that these organs, in their aggregate, constitute the brain. Therefore the brain is the organ of the mind.

4399. _Powers of Mind._--These are manifested by the size and developments of the brain--when temperament, health, and opportunities are equal.

4400. The size of each organ measures the power of the faculty which is exercised by means of it.

4401. Each organ desires its own active gratification in proportion to its development, the larger controlling the smaller.

4402. This is a brief outline of the science or study. The general principles are, more or less, interwoven into our literature, and influence our systems of education; therefore the following may be found interesting and curious, if not useful.

4403. _Heads_:--

4404. _Faculties of the Mind._

4405. _Of the Feelings or Affective Faculties_, usually styled _propensities_.

4406. _Alimentativeness_--Gives appetite for food. It has been a question whether this organ was in the brain or the stomach, therefore it is not numbered on the head.

4407. 1. _Amativeness_--Produces sexual love, desire, physical love.

4408. 2. _Philoprogenitiveness_--Love of children and young beings.

4409. 3. _Concentrativeness_--Continues the mind on emotion or ideas.

4410. 4. _Adhesiveness_--Friendship, sociability, attachment generally.

4411. 5. _Combativeness_--Courage, opposition, intrepidity, quarrelsomeness.

4412. 6. _Destructiveness_--Desire to destroy, torment; harshness, cruelty.

4413. 7. _Secretiveness_--Concealment, prudence, cunning, hypocrisy.

4414. 8. _Acquisitiveness_--Desire to acquire property; avarice, selfishness.

4415. 9. _Constructiveness_--Mechanical genius, desire to build.

SENTIMENTS--INFERIOR AND SUPERIOR.

4416. 10. _Self-Esteem_--Self-respect, personal dignity, pride, haughtiness.

4417. 11. _Approbativeness_--Thirst for praise, fame, or glory; ambition, vanity.

4418. 12. _Cautiousness_--Circumspection, timidity, fear, despondency.

4419. 13. _Benevolence_--Universal charity, mildness of disposition.

4420. 14. _Veneration_--Reverence, superstitious adoration, bigotry.

4421. 15. _Firmness_--Determination, perseverance, obstinacy, resolution.

4422. 16. _Conscientiousness_--Love of truth, sense of justice, duty.

4423. 17. _Hope_--Expects future good; cherishes faith, love of scheming.

4424. 18. _Wonder_--Desire of novelty, belief in the supernatural.

4425. 19. _Ideality_--Love of the beautiful, or excellent, poetic feeling.

4426. 20. _Mirthfulness_--Wit, humor, glee, love of the ludicrous.

4427. 21. _Imitation_--Expression in arts, or action; mimicry.

INTELLECT, OR KNOWING AND REFLECTING FACULTIES.

4428. 22. _Individuality_--Observes existences, simple facts.

4429. 23. _Form_--Observes configuration and the shape of bodies generally.

4430. 24. _Size_--Gives the idea of space, distance, dimension.

4431. 25. _Weight_--Perceives momentum, resistance, equilibrium.

4432. 26. _Coloring_--Gives perception of colors, and their harmonies.

4433. 27. _Locality_--Gives the idea of relative position, place.

4434. 28. _Number_--Talent for calculation, quickness in figures.

4435. 29. _Order_--Communicates the love of physical arrangement.

4436. 30. _Eventuality_--Observes and remembers occurrences and events.

4437. 31. _Time_--Perceives duration in nature, time in music.

4438. 32. _Tune_--Sense of musical harmony, melody.

4439. 33. _Language_--Verbal memory, fluency in speech or writing.

4440. 34. _Comparison_--Discovers analogies and differences.

4441. 35. _Causality_--Traces the relation of cause and effect.

4442. _Memory_ is merely a degree of activity of the knowing and reflecting organs, each organ enabling the mind to recall the impressions which it served at first to receive.

4443. _Judgment_ is the decision of 34 and 35 upon feelings and ideas furnished by the other faculties.

4444. The faculties, in themselves, are instructive; the moral sentiments and intellect being higher than the animal propensities.

4445. _Temperaments._--These are four in number, viz:--The _Nervous_, the _Bilious_, the _Sanguine_, and the _Lymphatic_.

4446. The _Nervous_ temperament is known by the person having fine, thin hair, usually brown; thin, pale or fair skin; gray or dark blue eyes; small muscles. Very active.

4447. The _Bilious_ temperament has black hair and eyes, dark or swarthy skin, firm muscles, strong features, and great energy of will.

4448. The _Sanguine_ temperament is fair and florid; happy, healthy countenance; handsome in youth, and hopeful in spirit always.

4449. The _Lymphatic_ temperament has soft fat muscles; pale or bloodless complexion; slow and languid in action, and usually dull or very easy in mind.

SYNOPSIS OF AMERICAN HISTORY.

4450. Showing the year in which each State was settled, by what people, the number of square miles, and the capital of each State, etc.

4451. _Maine._--Settled 1630, by English; 36,000 square miles; capital, Augusta; admitted into the Union 1820.

4452. _New Hampshire._--Settled 1623, by English; 9,500 square miles; capital, Concord; one of the "Old Thirteen."

4453. _Massachusetts._--Settled 1620, by English; 7,500 square miles; capital, Boston; one of the "Old Thirteen."

4454. _Vermont._--Settled 1749, by English; square miles, 10,200; capital, Montpelier; admitted into the Union 1791.

4455. _Rhode Island._--Settled 1636, by English; 1350 square miles; capital, Providence and Newport; one of the "Old Thirteen."

4456. _Connecticut._--Settled 1633, by English; 4,760 square miles; capital, Hartford and New Haven; one of the "Old Thirteen."

4457. _New York._--Settled 1614, by Dutch; square miles, 46,000; capital, Albany; one of the "Old Thirteen."

4458. _New Jersey._--Settled 1624, by Dutch and Danes; square miles, 8,300; capital, Trenton; one of the "Old Thirteen."

4459. _Pennsylvania._--Settled 1682, by English; square miles, 44,000; capital, Harrisburg; one of the "Old Thirteen."

4460. _Delaware._--Settled 1627, by Swedes and Finns; square miles, 2100; capital, Dover; one of the "Old Thirteen."

4461. _Maryland._--Settled 1634, by English; square miles, 14,000; capital, Annapolis; one of the "Old Thirteen."

4462. _Virginia._--Settled 1607, by English; square miles, 64,000; capital, Richmond; one of the "Old Thirteen."

4463. _North Carolina._--Settled 1650, by English; square miles, 48,000; capital, Raleigh; one of the "Old Thirteen."

4464. _South Carolina._--Settled 1689, by English; square miles, 24,000; capital, Columbus; one of the "Old Thirteen."

4465. _Georgia._--Settled 1733, by English; square miles, 60,000; capital, Milledgeville; one of the "Old Thirteen."

4466. _Florida._--For near two hundred years under Spain, was ceded to the United States in 1819, and the East and West formed one territory in 1822; St. Augustine is the oldest town in the United States; Tallahasse is the capital; Pensacola, U. S. naval station. Admitted into the Union 1845.

4467. _Ohio._--Settled 1788, by English; square miles, 39,000; capital, Columbus; admitted into the Union 1802.

4468. _Indiana._--Settled 1730, by French; square miles, 36,000; capital, Indianapolis; admitted into the Union 1816.

4469. _Illinois._--Settled 1749, by French; square miles, 52,000; capital, Springfield; admitted into the Union 1818.

4470. _Missouri._--Settled 1763, by French; square miles, 60,000; capital, Jefferson city; admitted into the Union 1821.

4471. _Michigan._--Settled 1670, by French; square miles, 65,000; capital, Lansing; admitted into the Union 1836.

4472. _Iowa._--Settled by emigrants from other of the United States and Germans; square miles, 150,000; capital, Iowa city; admitted into the Union 1846.

4473. _Wisconsin._--Settled by emigrants chiefly from New England and Europe; square miles, 80,000; capital, Madison; admitted into the Union 1848.

4474. _Alabama._--Settled 1713, by French; square miles, 44,000; capital, Montgomery; admitted into the Union 1819.

4475. _Mississippi._--Settled 1716, by French; square miles, 45,000; capital, Jackson; admitted into the Union 1817.

4476. _Louisiana._--Settled 1699, by French; square miles, 48,000; capital, Baton Rouge; admitted into the Union 1811.

4478. _Texas._--Settled 1692, by Spanish; square miles, 240,000; settled by Americans 1821; capital, Austin; admitted into the Union 1845.

4479. _Arkansas._--Settled by French from Louisiana, and formed part of Missouri in 1819; square miles, 57,000; capital, Little Rock; admitted into the Union 1836.

4480. _Tennessee._--Settled 1765, by English; square miles, 40,000; capital, Nashville; admitted into the Union 1796.

4481. _Kentucky._--Settled by Virginians; square miles, 42,000; capital, Frankfort; admitted into the Union 1792.

4482. _California._--Settled 1769, by Spaniards; ceded to the United States by Mexico, 1848; square miles, 188,000; capital, Sacramento; admitted into the Union 1850.

4483. _Territories of the United States._

4484. _Oregon Territory._--Beyond the Rocky Mountains; settled by emigrants from the States; will soon be admitted into the Union; capital, Oregon city; square miles over 300,000.

4485. _Minnesota Territory._--Settled by emigrants from the older States; capital, St. Paul; will soon be admitted into the Union.

4486. _Utah Territory._--Settled by Mormons; capital, Salt Lake city; not to be admitted into the Union with its present institutions.

4487. _New Mexico Territory._--Settled by Spaniards; ceded to the United States 1849; capital, Santa Fe; will probably soon be admitted into the Union.

4488. _Washington Territory._--Settled by English; square miles, 257,000; capital, Puget's Sound; very few American settlers.

4489. _Kansas Territory._--Settled by emigrants chiefly from Missouri and the New England States; capital, Lecompton; will soon be admitted into the Union.

4490. _Nebraska Territory._--Settled by emigrants from the older States; capital, Omaha city.

WORDS OF WASHINGTON.

4491. The following rules were found among the early papers of this great hero, patriot and statesman. He wrote them when, probably, about fourteen or fifteen years of age.

4492. As these rules were a guide to him, evidently shown in his life and character, so may they influence the conduct of Young America.

4493. Rules of civility and decent behavior in company and conversation, written by GEORGE WASHINGTON.

4494. Every action in company ought to be with some sign of respect to those present.

4495. Be no flatterer; neither play with any one that delights not to be played with.

4496. Read no letters, books, or papers in company; but when there is a necessity for doing it, you must ask leave. Come not near the books or writings of any one so as to read them, unless desired, nor give your opinion of them unasked; also look not nigh when another is writing a letter.

4497. Let your countenance be pleasant, but in serious matters somewhat grave.

4498. Show not yourself glad at the misfortune of another, though he were your enemy.

4499. When you meet with one of greater quality than yourself, stop and retire, especially if it be at a door or any strait place, to give way for him to pass.

4500. They that are in dignity, or in office, have in all places precedency; but whilst they are young they ought to respect those that are their equals in birth, or other qualities, though they have no public charge.

4501. It is good manners to prefer them to whom we speak before ourselves, especially if they be above us, with whom in no sort we ought to begin.

4502. Let your discourse with men of business be short and comprehensive.

4503. In visiting the sick, do not presently play the physician, if you be not knowing therein.

4504. In writing, or speaking, give to every person his due title, according to his degree and the custom of the place.

4505. Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgment to others with modesty.

4506. Undertake not to teach your equal in the art he himself professes; it savors of arrogance.

4507. When a man does all he can, though it succeeds not well, blame not him that did it.

4508. Being to advise or reprehend any one, consider whether it ought to be in public or in private; presently or at some other time; in what terms to do it; and in reproving show no signs of choler, but do it with sweetness and mildness.

4509. Take all admonitions thankfully, in what time or place soever given; but afterward, not being culpable, take a time or place convenient to let him know it that gave them.

4510. Mock not, nor jest at any thing of importance; break no jests that are sharp-biting; and if you deliver any thing witty and pleasant, abstain from laughing thereat yourself.

4511. Wherein you reprove another, be unblamable yourself; for example is more prevalent than precepts.

4512. Use no reproachful language against any one, neither curse nor revile.

4513. Be not hasty to believe flying reports to the disparagement of any.

4514. In your apparel be modest, and endeavor to accommodate nature rather than to procure admiration; keep to the fashion of your equals, such as are civil and orderly with respect to times and places.

4515. Associate yourselves with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation, for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

4516. Be not immodest in urging your friend to discover a secret.

4517. Utter not base or frivolous things amongst grave and learned men; nor very difficult questions or subjects among the ignorant; nor things hard to be believed.

4518. Speak not of doleful things in time of mirth, nor at the table; speak not of melancholy things, as death, and wounds; and if others mention them, change, if you can, the discourse. Tell not your dreams but to your intimate friend.

4519. Break not a jest where none takes pleasure in mirth; laugh not aloud, nor at all without occasion. Deride no man's misfortune, though there seem to be some cause.

4520. Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none, although they give occasion.

4521. Be not forward, but friendly and courteous; the first to salute, hear, and answer; and be not pensive when it is a time to converse.

4522. Detract not from others, neither be excessive in commending.

4523. If two contend together, take not the part of either unconstrained, and be not obstinate in your own opinion; in things indifferent, be of the major side.

4524. Think before you speak; pronounce not imperfectly, nor bring out your words too hastily, but orderly and distinctly.

4525. When another speaks, be attentive yourself, and disturb not the audience. If any hesitate in his words, help him not, nor prompt him without being desired; interrupt him not, nor answer him till his speech be ended.

4526. Make no comparisons; and if any of the company be commended for any brave act of virtue, commend not another for the same.

4527. Be not apt to relate news, if you know not the truth thereof. In discoursing of things you have heard, name not your author always. A secret discover not.

4528. Undertake not what you cannot perform, but be careful to keep your promise.

4529. In disputes be not so desirous to overcome as not to give liberty to each one to deliver his opinion, and submit to the judgment of the major part, especially if they are judges of the dispute.

4530. Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.

4531. Be not angry at table, whatever happens; and if you have reason to be so, show it not; put on a cheerful countenance, especially if there be strangers, for good humor makes one dish of meat a feast.

4532. When you speak of God, or his attributes, let it be seriously in reverence. Honor and obey your natural parents, although they be poor.

4533. Let your recreations be manful, not sinful.

4534. Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.

USEFUL FAMILY TABLES.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

4535. A--_Measure of Length._

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| 12 Inches = 1 Foot, |
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| 3 Feet " 1 Yard, |
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| 5½ Yards " 1 Rod, or Pole, |
+---------------------------------------------------------+
| 40 Poles " 1 Furlong, |
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| 8 Furlongs " 1 Mile, |
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| 69-1/51 Miles " 1 Degree of Great Circle of Earth. |
+---------------------------------------------------------+

4536. An inch is the smallest lineal measure to which a name is given, but subdivisions are used for many purposes. Among mechanics the inch is commonly divided into _eighths_. By the officers of the revenue, and by scientific persons, it is divided into _tenths_, _hundredths_, &c. Formerly it was made to consist of twelve parts called lines.

4537. B.--_Particular Measures of Length._

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| A Nail = 2¼ inches | } |
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| Quarter " 4 Nails | } Used for measuring Cloth |
+-------------------------------------| } of all kinds. |
| Yard " 4 Quarters | } |
+-------------------------------------| } |
| Ell " 5 Quarters | } |
+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
| Hand " 4 Inches, used for the height of Horses. |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Fathom " 6 Feet, used in measuring depths |
+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
| | } Used in Land Measure to |
| Link " 7 In. 92 hdths. | } facilitate computation of |
+-------------------------------------| } content, 10 sq. chains |
| Chain " 100 Links | } being equal to an acre. |
+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------+

4538. C.--_Measure of Surface._

+---------------------------------------+
| 144 Square Inches = 1 Square Foot |
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| 9 Square Feet " 1 Square Yard |
+---------------------------------------+
| 30¼ Square Yards " 1 Perch, or Rod |
+---------------------------------------+
| 40 Perches " 1 Rood |
+---------------------------------------+
| 4 Roods " 1 Acre |
+---------------------------------------+
| 640 Acres " 1 Square Mile. |
+---------------------------------------+

4539. D.--_Measures of Solidity and Capacity._

DIVISION I.--SOLIDITY.

+------------------------------------+
| 1728 Cubic Inches = 1 Cubic Foot |
+------------------------------------+
| 27 Cubic Feet " 1 Cubic Yard |
+------------------------------------+

DIVISION II.--CAPACITY.

+-------------------------------------------------------+
|4 Gills = 1 Pint = 34⅔ cubic inches nearly.|
+-------------------------------------------------------+
|2 Pints " 1 Quart " 69½ " |
+-------------------------------------------------------+
|4 Quarts " 1 Gallon " 277¼ " |
+-------------------------------------------------------+
|2 Gallons " 1 Peck " 554½ " |
+-------------------------------------------------------+
|8 Gallons " 1 Bushel " 2218¼ " |
+-------------------------------------------------------+
|8 Bushels " 1 Quarter " 10¼ cubic feet nearly. |
+-------------------------------------------------------+
|5 Quarters " 1 Load " 51½ " |
+-------------------------------------------------------+

4540. The four last denominations are used for dry goods only. For liquids several denominations have been heretofore adopted, viz.:--for Beer, the Firkin of 9 gallons, the Kilderkin, of 18, the Barrel, of 36, the Hogshead, of 54, and the Butt, of 108 gallons. These will probably continue to be used in practice. For Wine and Spirits, there are the Anker, Runlet, Tierce, Hogshead, Puncheon, Pipe, Butt, and Tun; but these may be considered rather as the names of the casks in which such commodities are imported, than as expressing any definite number of gallons. It is the practice to gauge all such vessels, and to charge them according to their actual content.

4541. Flour is sold nominally by measure, but actually by weight, reckoned at 7 lbs. Avoirdupois to a gallon.

4542. E.--_Measure of Avoirdupois Weight._

+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| 27-11/32 Grains = 1 Dram = 27-11/32 grains |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| 16 Drams " 1 Ounce " 437½ " |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| 16 Ounces " 1 Pound (lb.) " 7000 " |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| 28 Pounds " 1 Quarter (qr.) |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| 4 Quarters " 1 Hundred-weight (cwt.) |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| 20 Cwt. " 1 Ton. |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+

This weight is used in almost all commercial transactions, and in the common dealings of life.

+---------------------------------------------+
| A Firkin of Butter 56 lb. |
+---------------------------------------------+
| ---- Soap 64 " |
+---------------------------------------------+
| A Barrel of Anchovies 30 " |
+---------------------------------------------+
| A Barrel of Soap 256 lb. |
+---------------------------------------------+
| ---- Raisins 112 " |
+---------------------------------------------+
| A fother of Lead 19½ cwt. |
+---------------------------------------------+

4543. F.--_Measures of Pounds._

The following table of the number of pounds of various articles to a bushel, may be of interest to some of our farming friends.

+------------------------------------------+
| Wheat 60 lbs. is 1 bus. |
+------------------------------------------+
| Shelled Corn 46 " " |
+------------------------------------------+
| Corn in cob 70 " " |
+------------------------------------------+
| Oats 35 " " |
+------------------------------------------+
| Barley 48 " " |
+------------------------------------------+
| Potatoes 60 " " |
+------------------------------------------+
| Beans 60 " " |
+------------------------------------------+
| Bran 20 " " |
+------------------------------------------+
| Clover Seed 60 " " |
+------------------------------------------+
| Timothy seed 45 " " |
+------------------------------------------+
| Flax Seed 56 " " |
+------------------------------------------+
| Hemp Seed 44 " " |
+------------------------------------------+
| Buckwheat 42 " " |
+------------------------------------------+
| Blue grass seed 14 " " |
+------------------------------------------+
| Castor Beans 46 " " |
+------------------------------------------+

4544. G.--_Measures for Housekeepers._[D]

+-------------------------------------------------------+
| Wheat Flour, 1 lb. is 1 quart |
+-------------------------------------------------------+
| Indian Meal, 1 " 2 oz. " 1 " |
+-------------------------------------------------------+
| Butter, when soft, 1 " " 1 " |
+-------------------------------------------------------+
| Loaf Sugar, broken 1 " " 1 " |
+-------------------------------------------------------+
| White Sugar, powdered 1 " 1 oz. " 1 " |
+-------------------------------------------------------+
| Best Brown Sugar, 1 " 2 oz. " 1 " |
+-------------------------------------------------------+
| Eggs, 10 eggs are 1 lb. |
+-------------------------------------------------------+
| Flour, 8 quarts " 1 peck. |
+-------------------------------------------------------+
| Flour, 4 pecks " 1 bus. |
+-------------------------------------------------------+

4545.[E] LIQUIDS.

+---------------------------------------------------+
| 16 large table-spoonsful are half a pint |
+---------------------------------------------------+
| 8 large table-spoonsful are one gill |
+---------------------------------------------------+
| 4 large table-spoonsful are half a gill |
+---------------------------------------------------+
| 2 gills are half a pint |
+---------------------------------------------------+
| 2 pints are one quart |
+---------------------------------------------------+
| 4 quarts are one gallon |
+---------------------------------------------------+
| A common-sized tumbler holds half a pint |
+---------------------------------------------------+
| A common-sized wine-glass holds half a gill |
+---------------------------------------------------+
| 25 drops are equal to one teaspoonful |
+---------------------------------------------------+

FOOTNOTES:

[A] "A Biographical Dictionary of Distinguished Women."

[B] The rural population of America is now over twenty millions.

[C] See "Mrs. Hale's New Cook Book."

[D] By the above method, persons not having scales and weights at hand, may readily measure the articles wanted to form any receipt, without the trouble of weighing. Allowance to be made for an extraordinary dryness or moisture of the article weighed or measured.

[E] The Nurse will find this manner of measuring liquids very convenient; to the housekeeper it will be of importance. A similar "Table of Weights and Measures" is prefixed to the "_New Cook Book_;" and to that work of mine the patrons of this "Receipt Book" are referred for information on all matters of "household good," not found, or not fully explained in this treatise. The two volumes are intended as family companions, and will, I trust, be usually found together.

S. J. H.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

A.

Abrasions of the skin, to prevent, 93

Absorbents, 544

Abstinence, 127

Accidents in open carriages, to avoid, 206

Accidents, prevention of, 460

Accomplishments, 385

Acids, 120

Acids, to restore color taken out by, 59

Acquaintances after marriage, 518

Agreeableness, 500

Agriculture, hints about, 265, 463

Agriculture, important fact, 266

Air, its effects on life, 676

Air, city, 678

Air, country, 677

Air-bath, 436

Alabaster, to clean, 31

Alabaster, marble, or stone, to stain, 417

Alcohol, 120

Alder, advantages of, 265

Alkalescent drinks, 242

Alkalies, 120

Alternatives, 544

Alum water, 389

Alum whey, 247

Ammonia, 120

Ammoniated anodyne, 550

Anagrams, 430

Anemones, to paint, 391

Anglo-Japanese work, 166

Animal food, 599

Anodyne and discutient, 550

Antidotes and poisons, 120

Ants, to destroy, 85

Ants and wasps, to destroy, 85

Aperient for children, 100

Aperients, gingerbread, 615

Aperient pills, 618

Apoplexy and fits, 570

Appetite, loss of, 374

Appetite, 553

Apples, to color, 390

Apples, to keep, 354

Apples, to preserve, 193

Apples for hogs, 470

Apple fritters, 331

Apple trees, 304

Apple water, 242

April, 183

April showers, 455

Arms and polished metal, to keep from rust, 24

Arnica, extract of, 115

Aromatic vinegar, 148

Arrow-root, 239

Arrow-root jelly, 240

Arsenic, 120

Arsenic, to detect, 192, 619

Artichoke, 476

Artificial flowers, 486

Arts, elegant and ingenious, 385

Ash color, 386

Asparagus, 476

Assafœtida, 553

Asses, to color, 390

Asthma, 385, 623

Asthma, to relieve, 103

August, 185

Authors, advice to, 659

Aviaries, 644

B.

Bacon in summer, 470

Baldness, to prevent, 611

Balls and evening parties, 509

Balls, to make breeches, 63

Balls for removing spots, to make, 63

Balsamics, 545

Baltimore oriole, 643

Bandages, 563

Bandages, circular, 564

Bandages, various, 565

Barn-floors, to make durable, 315

Bark, dog-wood, 243

Bark, wild cherry, 243

Barley water, 245

Bathe, time to, 539

Bathing, advantages of, 125

Baths and bathing, 124, 538

Bathing tubs, 539

Baths for children, 540

Baths, tepid and cold, 539

Bath, vapor, at home, 250

Batter, French, 332

Batter pudding, 332

Bay color, 386

Beans, 476

Beans, to color, 390

Bed, to heat, 439

Bed clothes, hints about, 17, 536

Bed furniture, &c., to wash, 51

Bed-room linen, 155

Bed-rooms, scouring, 10

Bed-rooms, to clean, 9

Beds making, &c., 254

Bee or wasp, sting of, 123

Beech-tree leaves, 17

Beef, as food, 365

Beef, essence of, 377

Beef, roasting, 600

Beer, 609

Beer, keeping, 258

Beer, to prevent growing flat, 350

Beer, to recover sour, 351

Beer, table, to make, 351

Bees, 467

Bees, to manage, 176

Bees, to preserve, 317

Bees, to remove, 316

Beetles, to destroy, 276

Beets, 476

Beets, &c., to preserve all winter, 273

Belladona, 120

Beverages, 608

Beverages, spring, 611

Bile, remedy for, 625

Bile and bilious complaints, 553

Bilious disorders, 625

Binding, 154

Birdlime, 644

Birds, 641

Birds, sick, 642

Birds, beasts, &c., to preserve, 317

Birds, shot, to preserve, 318

Birds in water colors, 392

Birth marks, 135

Biscuit, to preserve, 356

Biscuits, cheap ginger, 329

Biscuits, pic-nic, 328

Bite of venomous animals, 122

Biting the nails, 612

Black, to color, 362

Black paper for patterns, 170

Black reviver, 61

Black silk, to dip, 61

Blackberries, 247

Blacking, celebrated for boots, &c., 79

Blacking, good, 79

Blacking, liquid, 80

Blacking for leather seats, 22

Blankets, 155

Bleaching liquid, 626

Bleaching straw, 66

Bleeding at the nose, 95

Bleeding from a cut, to stop, 98

Blisters, to apply, 374

Blisters, management of, 113

Blond lace, 61

Blood, taking, 571

Blood, the, is the life, 127

Blue, light, 387

Boards, to give a beautiful appearance to, 13

Boards, to scour, 14

Boards or stone, to extract oil from, 13

Body in flames, 572

Boils, to cure, 109

Bone dust, 464

Bone or ivory, to stain, 417

Bonnets, straw, 66

Bonnets, straw and cheap, to dye, 77

Books and accounts, 213

Books, to preserve, 39

Books or prints, to clean, 39

Books, to choose, 383

Boots, 493

Boots and shoes, 489

Boots and shoes, to clean, 261

Boots and shoes, to prevent snow water, &c., 81

Boots, water-proof, 82

Boot tops, to clean brown, 80

Borax, uses of, 116

Borecole, 476

Botanical specimens, 408

Bottles, to cleanse, 31

Bottling, 340

Bowel complaints, 615

Bowels, pain in, 224

Braiding, 155

Brandied peaches, 320

Brandy and salt, 617

Brandy cherries, 320

Brass and copper, to clean, 26

Brass ornaments, to clean, 26

Bread, 590

Bread, cheap, 595

Bread, to discover if adulterated, 356

Bread, to keep, 593

Bread, Indian, 592

Bread, pulled, 594

Bread, rye and Indian, 593

Bread, unfermented, 336

Bread crumbs, white, 327

Bread, sippets of, 326

Bread-pans, to clean, 258

Bread poultice, 113

Breadths of light, 393

Breakfast, 368

Breakfast, making, 253

Breakfast, cold meats at, 253

Breakfast, neatness in, 252

Breakfast-room, work in, 252

Breath, for the, 103

Breath, bad from onions, 146

Breath, bad, remedy for, 119

Breath, offensive, 625

Brewing, cheap method of, 351

Brewis, 445

Brittannia, tins, &c., polishing paste for, 27

Brittannia, to clean, 27

Brocoli, 477

Bronzed chandeliers, &c., 438

Bruises or contusions, 115

Bruises and inflammations, 571

Bruise or sprain, 233

Brussels sprouts, 476

Budding, 480

Buckwheat, utility of, 269

Bugs, to destroy, 87

Bugs, 620

Bugs and worms, to destroy, 276

Building, 310

Buildings, to color, 393

Bulbous roots, 179

Bullfinch, 642

Bunion, inflamed, 618

Bunions, to cure, 97

Burning, to protect children from, 52

Burns, 109

Burns and scalds, 109, 110, 616

Burns, to cure, 442

Butter, 287, 357

Butter, hints about, 456

Butter, bad, 605

Butter, improved method, 288

Butter, to cure a bad tub of, 358

Butter, salt, to make fresh, 358

Butter or milk, to remove the taste of turnips from, 358

Butter as diet, 367

Butterflies and moths, 482

Butterfly's wings, to take impressions of, 169

C.

Cabbage, 477

Cabbage water, 258

Cake, common black, 596

Cake, composition, 596

Cake, loaf, 597

Cake, maize, 596

Cake, sponge, 597

Calcareous deposits in boilers, 620

Calico furniture, to clean, 10

Calico furniture, to wash, 51

Calves, to rear, 286

Calves' feet jelly, 376

Camera Lucida, a new, 169

Camphor mixture, 246

Camphorated ointment, 549

Canary birds, 175, 641

Canary, to teach to sing, 641

Cancer, 617

Candle, to make, &c., 35

Candle, blowing out a, 34

Candle snuffs, use of, 32

Candles, 439

Candles, economy in, 622

Candles, plain hints about, 34

Candles and lamps, 215

Candles and lamps, spurting, 450

Candlesticks, cleansing, 262

Cane-chairs, &c., to clean, 22, 439

Canker, or sore mouth, 232

Canker-worm, 484

Carbonic acid gas, 676

Carbuncles, 618

Cardinal Grosbeak, 642

Cardoon, 477

Carefulness, 211

Carminatives, 545

Carnations, laying, 293

Carpets, brown, green, and red, 449

Carpets, economy in, 449

Carpets, to beat, 11

Carpets, to clean, 10

Carpets, Turkey, to clean, 11

Carpets, to sweep, 447

Carpets, to wash, 362

Carriage, to clean, 44

Carriers, common, laws for, 683

Carrots, 447

Carrots, &c., to keep, 273

Carrots, utility of, 286

Carrot-seeds, &c., 271

Carvacrol for toothache, 94

Cashmere, to clean, 62

Casking, 339

Casks, to sweeten, 340

Cataplasm, alum, 238

Cataplasm, salt, 238

Caterpillars, to destroy, 195, 277, 278

Caterpillars, 274

Caterpillars, ants, &c., 86, 481

Cathartics, 545

Cats, 646

Cattle, 466

Cattle in winter, 289

Cauliflower, 477

Cautions, 203

Cautions in visiting the sick, 234

Celandine, 235

Celery, 477

Celery, essence of, 191

Celery, to keep, 355

Cellars and outhouses, 88

Cement and ground-glass imitation, 69

Cement, to resist fire and water, 69

Cement, bottle, 70, 71, 359

Cement, blood, 71

Cement, diamond, 71

Cement for metal and glass, 71

Cement for iron flues, 72

Cement for alabaster, &c., 72

Cement, strong, 73

Cerate of cantharides, 238

Ceremonies, 500

Cesspools, offensive, 679

Chalk mixture, 108, 246

Chalk ointment, 549

Chambers of the sick, to purify, 91

Chamomile flowers, 195

Chamomile tea, 117

Chamomile and orange peel, 243

Champagne, summer, 611

Change of apparel, 457

Charade, 658

Charcoal, 121

Charcoal, to prevent ill effects, 41

Charcoal, hints about, 460

Charcoal fumes, 437

Charcoal powder, 445

Charlotte Russe, 331

Cheap carpeting, 11

Cheerfulness, 212

Cheese, coloring for, 359

Cheese-curd, 329

Cherry-tree gum, 118

Cherries, to color, 390

Chervil, 477

Chess, laws of, 425

Chestnuts for dessert, 338

Chickens, to fatten, 201

Chicken water, 376

Chickweed or salad, 644

Chilblains, lotion for, 97

Chilblains, remedy for, 97

Chilblain liniment, 98

Children, amusement for, 665

Children, dress of, 662

Children, young, 217

Children, to arrange for, 253

Chimaphila, 549

Chimneys, fires in, 203

Chimneys, smoky, 313, 440

Chimneys, to sweep without children, 41

Chimneys, to color the backs of, 24

Chimneys, stone, to blacken, 24

China, to clean, 31

China, to mend, 69

China, to cement, 70

China and glassware, 462

Chinese method of mending china, 70

Chintz, to wash, 52

Chloride of lime, to use, 92

Chocolate, Iceland moss, 608

Choke damp, 679

Choking, 569

Cholera, prevention of, 556

Chowder, New England, 323

Church-yards, 234

Cider in bottles, to cork, 350

Cinnamon, 214

Cisterns, lead, 43

Cleanliness, 457

Cleanliness, effects on animals, 460

Cleanliness in houses, effect of, 460

Climate, 542

Cliver, to make, 375

Clocks, to oil, 439

Closets, to free from moths, 436

Cloth, &c., to paint, 177

Clothes, to brush, 440

Clothes, to prevent odor in, 441

Clothes bags, 157

Clothes lines, 263

Clothes posts, 88

Clothing for children, 218

Clouds, to color, 386, 393

Coach-wheels, 45

Coals, 216

Coal fire, to light, 40

Coat, white or drab, to clean, 62

Cockroaches, &c., to destroy, 85

Cocoa, 352

Cod-liver oil, 442, 612

Coffee, 189, 608

Coffee, Turkish method, 352

Coffee, substitute for, 352

Colds, 106, 231

Cold, effects of, 451

Cold, to remove, &c., 461

Colds, to avoid, 616

Cold in the head, 106

Cold cream, 135, 624

Colic in infants, 225

Cologne water, 146

Coloring clothing, 360

Coloring, general rules for, 362

Coloring for rooms, cheap, 36

Colors and complexions, 485

Colors, mixed, directions for, 386

Colors, water, 385

Colors, to prevent cracking, 388

Colors, most useful, 392

Colors for Grecian painting, 398

Color to silk, to restore, 441

Columbo root and ginger, 243

Combs, &c., to clean, 54

Complexion, 133, 625

Complexion, to improve, 132

Composition, blue, 360

Composition, to prevent iron, &c., from rusting, 24

Composition for washing in sea-water, 52

Composition for colored drawings, &c., 168

Composition, cheap and excellent, 315

Compresses, 562

Compresses, pierced, 563

Concussions, 569

Condiments, 368

Conduct, Mrs. Fry's rules of, 532

Contusions or bruises, 115

Conundrums, 430

Conversation, 526

Convulsions, 226

Cookmaid, duties of, 251

Cookmaid, of the, 251

Copper and brass, to clean, 26

Copper in liquids, to detect, 192, 619

Coral, artificial, 170

Cordial, julep, 247

Cordials, 545

Corks, improved, 70

Corn, 464

Corn, to feed, 470

Corn, to dry, 194

Corn, green, 337

Corn oysters, 337

Corn salad, 477

Corns on the feet, 96

Corns, to prevent, 96

Corns, to cure, 96

Corn solvent, 96

Corns, soft, to cure, 97, 615

Corns and warts, 96

Corpulence, 119

Corroborates, 547

Corrosive sublimate, 121

Costiveness, 373

Cotton, carded, 562

Cotton, to dye buff, 77

Coughs, for common, 105

Coughs, winter, 105

Cough and hoarseness, 105

Cough, white mixture for, 105

Cough, troublesome, 106

Coughs, children's, 106

Cough, hacking, 106

Cough, for a, 107

Cough syrup, 614

Counterpanes, to wash, 50

Court plaster, 136

Courtship and marriage, 511

Covers, hints about, 455

Cows, 469

Cows, feeding with sainfoin, 285

Cows, feeding with parsnips, 285

Cows, proper food for, 285

Cows, milch, 286

Cows, rules for milking, 287

Cows, to prevent bad habits, 288

Cows to milk, 200

Cramp, 100

Cramp in bathing, 611

Cramp and spasm, 374

Crape, black, to remove water stains from, 619

Cream, 357

Cream, substitute for, 190, 352, 608

Cream in long voyages, 192

Creosote, 121

Cress, 477

Crickets, to destroy, 85, 440

Crockery and glass, 33

Croup, 227

Crows, to keep from corn, 270

Crust, wine, 327

Crust in the tea-kettle, 438

Crystallization upon cinders, 424

Cucumbers, 295, 477

Cup cakes, 330

Curious facts, 659

Currants, green, to preserve, 355

Currant shrub, 342

Curry, to prepare a, 337

Curry, Lord Clive's, 338

Curry powder, 337

Cutaneous eruptions in children, 232

Cuts and wounds, 572

D.

Dairy, the, 357

Dairy, temperature for, 287

Damp walls, 16

Dampness in beds, 17

Dancing, 665

Dandelion, use of, 271

Dandelion, 549

Danger from fire, 203

Daughters, training of, 667

Deafness, 623

Deafness, temporary, 95

Decanters, to clean, 30

December, 186

Decoctions, 549

Dentition, 226

Dentifrice, a good, 137

Depilatory, 616

Diaphanic, 400

Diarrhea, 108

Diet for patients, 126

Dietetic maxims, 628

Dinner, 369, 606

Dinner parties, 507

Dinner, what plates for, 256

Dinner, directions for, 254

Dinner, serving up, 256

Dinner-hour, &c., 255

Dirt in the eye, 572

Discolorations of the skin, 93

Diseases of the skin, 457

Dishes, washing, 256

Dish-covers, cleansing, 259

Disinfecting liquid, 93

Dogs, pet, 645

Domestic hints, 462

Door, creaking, 468

Door-mats, cheap, 444

Door-plates, to clean, 28

Draining ponds, 377

Draughts, game of, 425

Drawing paper, 385

Drawings, to set pencil, 171

Drawings, wash for, 171

Dress, importance of, 484

Dress of ladies, 484

Dress of gentlemen, 492

Dress, print, to preserve color of, 53

Dress, faded, to bleach, 53

Dress, print, to wash, 52

Dresses, &c., to iron, 53

Dress-making, 635

Dressings, 560

Dressing-table, for the, 138

Drinks, 369

Drinks, alkalescent, 242

Drinks, nutritive, 244

Drinks, stimulating, 242

Drinks, summer, 610

Drinks, tonic, 243

Drinks for the sick, 241

Drowning, recovery from, 208, 209

Drowning, danger of, 206

Drowning, to rescue, 649

Drunkenness, 569

Dry rot, 309

Dry rot in timber, 309

Ducks, to fatten, 202

Ducks and geese, 201

Dyeing, 74, 423

Dyeing the hair, 613

Dyes, various, 75

Dysentery, 108, 373, 374

Dyspepsia bread, 335

E.

Eagles, to color, 390

Ear, diseases in, 94

Ear, pain in, 95, 615

Ear-ache, 85, 233

Ear, sore, 221

Early rising, 536

Earwigs, &c., in the ear, 95

Earwigs, &c., to destroy, 279, 482

Eat slowly, 368

Eau d'Ange, 149

Eau de Cologne, 146, 147

Ebony, imitation of, 36

Economical hints, 444

Economicals of cooking meats, 367

Economics, 334

Economy in expenditure, 212

Edgings, to plant, &c., 291

Edgings, box, to cut, 283

Eggs, 468

Eggs, dyeing, 424

Eggs in jaundice, 100

Eggs, to preserve, 191

Eggs of birds, to preserve, 169

Egg-plant, 478

Elder, good effects of, 274

Elder-flowers, 548

Elephants, to color, 390

Embankments, 266

Emblematic stones, 415

Embroidery, silk, 162, 163

Endive, 477

Enemas, 551

Enigmas, 656

Ermine and Miniver, to clean, 54

Eruptions, cutaneous, 555

Erysipelas, cure for, 99

Essences from flowers, 147

Etchings on glass, 415

Etiquette, rules of, 501

Evening pastime, 429

Exercise, 540

Extracts, 552

Eye, dirt or lime in, 572

Eye, iron or steel in, 572

Eye, black, to cure, 625

Eye, bruised to cure, 94

Eye, cold or inflammation in, 94

Eyes, sore, 221

Eye-water, 93, 618

Eye-brows, to darken, 130

F.

Fainting, or syncope, 234, 539

Fainting, remedy for, 99

Family at home, 590

Family tables, 699

Fard, 136

Farmers, hints to, 198, 464

Farms, small, 463

Feathers, to clean of their oil, 18, 423

Feathers and hair, to dye green, 77

Feathers, to dye, 405

Feathers, white, to clean, 441

Feather flowers, 403

Febrifuges, 547

Feet, 250

Feet, cold and damp, 104

Feet, frostbitten, 618

Feet, sore, 250

Feet, wet, 451

Feet, wounded, 233

Feet, to keep warm, 439

Felon, 109

Fences, 464

Fermentation, to check, 342

Fertilizing soils, 465

Fevers, 111

Fevers, cause of, 457

Fever and ague, 111

Fevers, beverage for, 112

Fever, scarlet, 112

Fever, yellow, 111

Fields, 464

Fig paste, 108

Figures, to color, 393

Figures, curious properties of, 679

Filtering bag, 341

Filth in streets, 458

Fire, preservation from, 203

Fire in chimneys, 203

Fire, means of extinction, 203

Fire, to escape from, 204, 438

Fire, to make water more efficacious, &c., 204

Fire, to extinguish speedily, 204

Fire, to escape from a house on, 205

Fire, clothing on, 205

Fire, horses from, 205

Fire, to make, 216

Fire, taking care of, 261

Fires, stoves, &c., 42

Fire, to revive a dull, 42

Fire-balls, 41

Fire-irons, to prevent rusting, 23

Fire-places, to improve, 313

Fire-screens, paper, 439

Fire-wood, 471

Fish, gold and silver, 176, 644

Fish as food, 365

Fish, Russian method of preserving, 318

Fishing-rods, to preserve, 378

Fits, 99

Flannels, to prevent shrinking, 48

Flannels, to scour, 48

Flannels, to wash, 48

Flat-irons, the hot, 450

Fleas, to drive away, 85

Fleas, &c., to destroy, 87

Fleas on dogs, 279

Flies, to destroy, 84, 437, 619

Flies, to keep off, 84, 443

Flies, to keep from drawings, 389

Floors, artificial stone, 310

Floor or oil-cloths, 12

Floor-cloths, to clean, 12

Flounces, 488

Flour, to test, 591

Flour, boiled, 240

Flour of brimstone, 612

Flowers, to paint, 391

Flowers, to preserve in water, 176

Flowers in winter, 175

Flowers, dried, 177

Flowers, faded, to revive, 177

Flowers, hints about, 179

Flowers, when to plant, 197

Flowers, 470

Flowers, sentiments of, 669

Fly, turnip, 464

Fly, water, 84

Fodder, 471

Folding and mangling, 263

Food for children, 219, 239

Food for the sick, &c., 239

Foot, rot in sheep, 290

Force, 393

Fowls, hints about, 468

Freckles, 132, 133

Freckles and sunburn, 134

French polish for boots, &c., 80

French polish for furniture, 19

French receipt for the skin, 134

Frost, to prevent injuring trees, 302

Fruits, 480

Fruits, to keep, 193, 484

Fruit trees and fruit, 484

Fruit trees, Chinese, &c., 302

Fruit trees infected with blight, 304

Fruit in water colors, 390

Fuel, economy in, 40, 447

Fungi, to preserve, 410

Furniture, to clean, 462

Furniture oil, 19

Furniture paste, 19

Furs, to clean, 442

Furs, to stretch, 443

Furs, to preserve, 443

Furs and woollens, to preserve, 78

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Game, to preserve, 318

Gardening, &c., 291, 472

Gargles, 107, 552

Gargle, common, 246

Gargle, detergent, 245

Gargle, rose, 245

Garlic, use of, &c., 279

Garlic, useful properties, 235

Gathering, &c., 153

Geese, Cobbett's method, 201

Geese, to color, 392

Gentian-root infusion, 244

Geraniums, 180

Gilding, to improve, 72

Gilding, oil and water, 168

Gilding, to preserve, &c., 18

Gilt or lacquered articles, to clean, 28

Gilt frames, 628

Ginger, to preserve, 319

Gingerbread, 330

Ginger cake, 596

Ginger snaps, 330

Glass vessels, to cleanse, 439

Glass, to break, 462

Glass or china, to pack, 628

Glass, to cut, 378

Glass, to remove crust from, 31

Glasses, to clean, 30

Glasses, to restore lustre of, 31

Glass stoppers, to loosen, 32, 620

Glass and crockery, 33

Glass, &c., to cement, 70

Glass jars, to make look like china, 155

Glazed vessels, 32

Gloves, light kid, to clean, 65

Gloves, kid, to clean, 627

Gloves, to clean, 65

Gloves, washing, 65

Gloves, thread, to wash, 50

Gloves, to dye, 76

Gloves, 489, 492

Glues, 67, 68

Glue paste, 620

Gold, to cleanse, 26

Gold chains, to clean, 71

Gossiping, 665

Gout and rheumatism, 105

Gout, rheumatism, lumbago, &c., 101

Grafting, 195, 480

Grafting, composition, for, 480

Grain, important discovery, &c., 271

Grain, to preserve, 272

Grain, musty, 464

Granaries, mites in, 272

Granaries, poplar, &c., 316

Grapes, to color, 390

Grapes, to keep, 192, 353

Grass, 471

Grass, to color, 393

Grass, rye, 267

Grass, striped, 267

Grasses and mosses, 424

Grates, to clean, 9

Gravel-walks, 292

Gravies, of using, 367

Grease or wax spots, 55

Grease from silks, 59

Grease or paint from cloth, 62

Grease from clothes, 435

Grease from books, 63

Grease from paper, 63

Grease from leather, 64

Grease for wheels, 470

Grecian painting, 397

Grecian varnish, 397

Green, a cheap, &c., 38

Green paint, 37

Green, to color, 361

Greenhouse, 291

Ground-glass, to imitate, 69

Grubs, 489, 492

Gruels, 241

Gruel, egg, 241

Gum-boils, 94

Gum-water, 619

Gutta-percha soles, 83

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