A.Abrasions of the skin, to prevent,93Absorbents,544Abstinence,127Accidents in open carriages, to avoid,206Accidents, prevention of,460Accomplishments,385Acids,120Acids, to restore color taken out by,59Acquaintances after marriage,518Agreeableness,500Agriculture, hints about,265,463Agriculture, important fact,266Air, its effects on life,676Air, city,678Air, country,677Air-bath,436Alabaster, to clean,31Alabaster, marble, or stone, to stain,417Alcohol,120Alder, advantages of,265Alkalescent drinks,242Alkalies,120Alternatives,544Alum water,389Alum whey,247Ammonia,120Ammoniated anodyne,550Anagrams,430Anemones, to paint,391Anglo-Japanese work,166Animal food,599Anodyne and discutient,550Antidotes and poisons,120Ants, to destroy,85Ants and wasps, to destroy,85Aperient for children,100Aperients, gingerbread,615Aperient pills,618Apoplexy and fits,570Appetite, loss of,374Appetite,553Apples, to color,390Apples, to keep,354Apples, to preserve,193Apples for hogs,470Apple fritters,331Apple trees,304Apple water,242April,183April showers,455Arms and polished metal, to keep from rust,24Arnica, extract of,115Aromatic vinegar,148Arrow-root,239Arrow-root jelly,240Arsenic,120Arsenic, to detect,192,619Artichoke,476Artificial flowers,486Arts, elegant and ingenious,385Ash color,386Asparagus,476Assafœtida,553Asses, to color,390Asthma,385,623Asthma, to relieve,103August,185Authors, advice to,659Aviaries,644B.Bacon in summer,470Baldness, to prevent,611Balls and evening parties,509Balls, to make breeches,63Balls for removing spots, to make,63Balsamics,545Baltimore oriole,643Bandages,563Bandages, circular,564Bandages, various,565Barn-floors, to make durable,315Bark, dog-wood,243Bark, wild cherry,243Barley water,245Bathe, time to,539Bathing, advantages of,125Baths and bathing,124,538Bathing tubs,539Baths for children,540Baths, tepid and cold,539Bath, vapor, at home,250Batter, French,332Batter pudding,332Bay color,386Beans,476Beans, to color,390Bed, to heat,439Bed clothes, hints about,17,536Bed furniture, &c., to wash,51Bed-room linen,155Bed-rooms, scouring,10Bed-rooms, to clean,9Beds making, &c.,254Bee or wasp, sting of,123Beech-tree leaves,17Beef, as food,365Beef, essence of,377Beef, roasting,600Beer,609Beer, keeping,258Beer, to prevent growing flat,350Beer, to recover sour,351Beer, table, to make,351Bees,467Bees, to manage,176Bees, to preserve,317Bees, to remove,316Beetles, to destroy,276Beets,476Beets, &c., to preserve all winter,273Belladona,120Beverages,608Beverages, spring,611Bile, remedy for,625Bile and bilious complaints,553Bilious disorders,625Binding,154Birdlime,644Birds,641Birds, sick,642Birds, beasts, &c., to preserve,317Birds, shot, to preserve,318Birds in water colors,392Birth marks,135Biscuit, to preserve,356Biscuits, cheap ginger,329Biscuits, pic-nic,328Bite of venomous animals,122Biting the nails,612Black, to color,362Black paper for patterns,170Black reviver,61Black silk, to dip,61Blackberries,247Blacking, celebrated for boots, &c.,79Blacking, good,79Blacking, liquid,80Blacking for leather seats,22Blankets,155Bleaching liquid,626Bleaching straw,66Bleeding at the nose,95Bleeding from a cut, to stop,98Blisters, to apply,374Blisters, management of,113Blond lace,61Blood, taking,571Blood, the, is the life,127Blue, light,387Boards, to give a beautiful appearance to,13Boards, to scour,14Boards or stone, to extract oil from,13Body in flames,572Boils, to cure,109Bone dust,464Bone or ivory, to stain,417Bonnets, straw,66Bonnets, straw and cheap, to dye,77Books and accounts,213Books, to preserve,39Books or prints, to clean,39Books, to choose,383Boots,493Boots and shoes,489Boots and shoes, to clean,261Boots and shoes, to prevent snow water, &c.,81Boots, water-proof,82Boot tops, to clean brown,80Borax, uses of,116Borecole,476Botanical specimens,408Bottles, to cleanse,31Bottling,340Bowel complaints,615Bowels, pain in,224Braiding,155Brandied peaches,320Brandy and salt,617Brandy cherries,320Brass and copper, to clean,26Brass ornaments, to clean,26Bread,590Bread, cheap,595Bread, to discover if adulterated,356Bread, to keep,593Bread, Indian,592Bread, pulled,594Bread, rye and Indian,593Bread, unfermented,336Bread crumbs, white,327Bread, sippets of,326Bread-pans, to clean,258Bread poultice,113Breadths of light,393Breakfast,368Breakfast, making,253Breakfast, cold meats at,253Breakfast, neatness in,252Breakfast-room, work in,252Breath, for the,103Breath, bad from onions,146Breath, bad, remedy for,119Breath, offensive,625Brewing, cheap method of,351Brewis,445Brittannia, tins, &c., polishing paste for,27Brittannia, to clean,27Brocoli,477Bronzed chandeliers, &c.,438Bruises or contusions,115Bruises and inflammations,571Bruise or sprain,233Brussels sprouts,476Budding,480Buckwheat, utility of,269Bugs, to destroy,87Bugs,620Bugs and worms, to destroy,276Building,310Buildings, to color,393Bulbous roots,179Bullfinch,642Bunion, inflamed,618Bunions, to cure,97Burning, to protect children from,52Burns,109Burns and scalds,109,110,616Burns, to cure,442Butter,287,357Butter, hints about,456Butter, bad,605Butter, improved method,288Butter, to cure a bad tub of,358Butter, salt, to make fresh,358Butter or milk, to remove the taste of turnips from,358Butter as diet,367Butterflies and moths,482Butterfly's wings, to take impressions of,169C.Cabbage,477Cabbage water,258Cake, common black,596Cake, composition,596Cake, loaf,597Cake, maize,596Cake, sponge,597Calcareous deposits in boilers,620Calico furniture, to clean,10Calico furniture, to wash,51Calves, to rear,286Calves' feet jelly,376Camera Lucida, a new,169Camphor mixture,246Camphorated ointment,549Canary birds,175,641Canary, to teach to sing,641Cancer,617Candle, to make, &c.,35Candle, blowing out a,34Candle snuffs, use of,32Candles,439Candles, economy in,622Candles, plain hints about,34Candles and lamps,215Candles and lamps,spurting,450Candlesticks, cleansing,262Cane-chairs, &c., to clean,22,439Canker, or sore mouth,232Canker-worm,484Carbonic acid gas,676Carbuncles,618Cardinal Grosbeak,642Cardoon,477Carefulness,211Carminatives,545Carnations, laying,293Carpets, brown, green, and red,449Carpets, economy in,449Carpets, to beat,11Carpets, to clean,10Carpets, Turkey, to clean,11Carpets, to sweep,447Carpets, to wash,362Carriage, to clean,44Carriers, common, laws for,683Carrots,447Carrots, &c., to keep,273Carrots, utility of,286Carrot-seeds, &c.,271Carvacrolfor toothache,94Cashmere, to clean,62Casking,339Casks, to sweeten,340Cataplasm, alum,238Cataplasm, salt,238Caterpillars, to destroy,195,277,278Caterpillars,274Caterpillars, ants, &c.,86,481Cathartics,545Cats,646Cattle,466Cattle in winter,289Cauliflower,477Cautions,203Cautions in visiting the sick,234Celandine,235Celery,477Celery, essence of,191Celery, to keep,355Cellars and outhouses,88Cement and ground-glass imitation,69Cement, to resist fire and water,69Cement, bottle,70,71,359Cement, blood,71Cement, diamond,71Cement for metal and glass,71Cement for iron flues,72Cement for alabaster, &c.,72Cement, strong,73Cerate of cantharides,238Ceremonies,500Cesspools, offensive,679Chalk mixture,108,246Chalk ointment,549Chambers of the sick, to purify,91Chamomile flowers,195Chamomile tea,117Chamomile and orange peel,243Champagne, summer,611Change of apparel,457Charade,658Charcoal,121Charcoal, to prevent ill effects,41Charcoal, hints about,460Charcoal fumes,437Charcoal powder,445Charlotte Russe,331Cheap carpeting,11Cheerfulness,212Cheese, coloring for,359Cheese-curd,329Cherry-tree gum,118Cherries, to color,390Chervil,477Chess, laws of,425Chestnuts for dessert,338Chickens, to fatten,201Chicken water,376Chickweed or salad,644Chilblains, lotion for,97Chilblains, remedy for,97Chilblain liniment,98Children, amusement for,665Children, dress of,662Children, young,217Children, to arrange for,253Chimaphila,549Chimneys, fires in,203Chimneys, smoky,313,440Chimneys, to sweep without children,41Chimneys, to color the backs of,24Chimneys, stone, to blacken,24China, to clean,31China, to mend,69China, to cement,70China and glassware,462Chinese method of mending china,70Chintz, to wash,52Chloride of lime, to use,92Chocolate, Iceland moss,608Choke damp,679Choking,569Cholera, prevention of,556Chowder, New England,323Church-yards,234Cider in bottles, to cork,350Cinnamon,214Cisterns, lead,43Cleanliness,457Cleanliness, effects on animals,460Cleanliness in houses, effect of,460Climate,542Cliver, to make,375Clocks, to oil,439Closets, to free from moths,436Cloth, &c., to paint,177Clothes, to brush,440Clothes, to prevent odor in,441Clothes bags,157Clothes lines,263Clothes posts,88Clothing for children,218Clouds, to color,386,393Coach-wheels,45Coals,216Coal fire, to light,40Coat, white or drab, to clean,62Cockroaches, &c., to destroy,85Cocoa,352Cod-liver oil,442,612Coffee,189,608Coffee, Turkish method,352Coffee, substitute for,352Colds,106,231Cold, effects of,451Cold, to remove, &c.,461Colds, to avoid,616Cold in the head,106Cold cream,135,624Colic in infants,225Cologne water,146Coloring clothing,360Coloring, general rules for,362Coloring for rooms, cheap,36Colors and complexions,485Colors, mixed, directions for,386Colors, water,385Colors, to prevent cracking,388Colors, most useful,392Colors for Grecian painting,398Color to silk, to restore,441Columbo root and ginger,243Combs, &c., to clean,54Complexion,133,625Complexion, to improve,132Composition, blue,360Composition, to prevent iron, &c., from rusting,24Composition for washing in sea-water,52Composition for colored drawings, &c.,168Composition, cheap and excellent,315Compresses,562Compresses, pierced,563Concussions,569Condiments,368Conduct, Mrs. Fry's rules of,532Contusions or bruises,115Conundrums,430Conversation,526Convulsions,226Cookmaid, duties of,251Cookmaid, of the,
A.Abrasions of the skin, to prevent,93Absorbents,544Abstinence,127Accidents in open carriages, to avoid,206Accidents, prevention of,460Accomplishments,385Acids,120Acids, to restore color taken out by,59Acquaintances after marriage,518Agreeableness,500Agriculture, hints about,265,463Agriculture, important fact,266Air, its effects on life,676Air, city,678Air, country,677Air-bath,436Alabaster, to clean,31Alabaster, marble, or stone, to stain,417Alcohol,120Alder, advantages of,265Alkalescent drinks,242Alkalies,120Alternatives,544Alum water,389Alum whey,247Ammonia,120Ammoniated anodyne,550Anagrams,430Anemones, to paint,391Anglo-Japanese work,166Animal food,599Anodyne and discutient,550Antidotes and poisons,120Ants, to destroy,85Ants and wasps, to destroy,85Aperient for children,100Aperients, gingerbread,615Aperient pills,618Apoplexy and fits,570Appetite, loss of,374Appetite,553Apples, to color,390Apples, to keep,354Apples, to preserve,193Apples for hogs,470Apple fritters,331Apple trees,304Apple water,242April,183April showers,455Arms and polished metal, to keep from rust,24Arnica, extract of,115Aromatic vinegar,148Arrow-root,239Arrow-root jelly,240Arsenic,120Arsenic, to detect,192,619Artichoke,476Artificial flowers,486Arts, elegant and ingenious,385Ash color,386Asparagus,476Assafœtida,553Asses, to color,390Asthma,385,623Asthma, to relieve,103August,185Authors, advice to,659Aviaries,644B.Bacon in summer,470Baldness, to prevent,611Balls and evening parties,509Balls, to make breeches,63Balls for removing spots, to make,63Balsamics,545Baltimore oriole,643Bandages,563Bandages, circular,564Bandages, various,565Barn-floors, to make durable,315Bark, dog-wood,243Bark, wild cherry,243Barley water,245Bathe, time to,539Bathing, advantages of,125Baths and bathing,124,538Bathing tubs,539Baths for children,540Baths, tepid and cold,539Bath, vapor, at home,250Batter, French,332Batter pudding,332Bay color,386Beans,476Beans, to color,390Bed, to heat,439Bed clothes, hints about,17,536Bed furniture, &c., to wash,51Bed-room linen,155Bed-rooms, scouring,10Bed-rooms, to clean,9Beds making, &c.,254Bee or wasp, sting of,123Beech-tree leaves,17Beef, as food,365Beef, essence of,377Beef, roasting,600Beer,609Beer, keeping,258Beer, to prevent growing flat,350Beer, to recover sour,351Beer, table, to make,351Bees,467Bees, to manage,176Bees, to preserve,317Bees, to remove,316Beetles, to destroy,276Beets,476Beets, &c., to preserve all winter,273Belladona,120Beverages,608Beverages, spring,611Bile, remedy for,625Bile and bilious complaints,553Bilious disorders,625Binding,154Birdlime,644Birds,641Birds, sick,642Birds, beasts, &c., to preserve,317Birds, shot, to preserve,318Birds in water colors,392Birth marks,135Biscuit, to preserve,356Biscuits, cheap ginger,329Biscuits, pic-nic,328Bite of venomous animals,122Biting the nails,612Black, to color,362Black paper for patterns,170Black reviver,61Black silk, to dip,61Blackberries,247Blacking, celebrated for boots, &c.,79Blacking, good,79Blacking, liquid,80Blacking for leather seats,22Blankets,155Bleaching liquid,626Bleaching straw,66Bleeding at the nose,95Bleeding from a cut, to stop,98Blisters, to apply,374Blisters, management of,113Blond lace,61Blood, taking,571Blood, the, is the life,127Blue, light,387Boards, to give a beautiful appearance to,13Boards, to scour,14Boards or stone, to extract oil from,13Body in flames,572Boils, to cure,109Bone dust,464Bone or ivory, to stain,417Bonnets, straw,66Bonnets, straw and cheap, to dye,77Books and accounts,213Books, to preserve,39Books or prints, to clean,39Books, to choose,383Boots,493Boots and shoes,489Boots and shoes, to clean,261Boots and shoes, to prevent snow water, &c.,81Boots, water-proof,82Boot tops, to clean brown,80Borax, uses of,116Borecole,476Botanical specimens,408Bottles, to cleanse,31Bottling,340Bowel complaints,615Bowels, pain in,224Braiding,155Brandied peaches,320Brandy and salt,617Brandy cherries,320Brass and copper, to clean,26Brass ornaments, to clean,26Bread,590Bread, cheap,595Bread, to discover if adulterated,356Bread, to keep,593Bread, Indian,592Bread, pulled,594Bread, rye and Indian,593Bread, unfermented,336Bread crumbs, white,327Bread, sippets of,326Bread-pans, to clean,258Bread poultice,113Breadths of light,393Breakfast,368Breakfast, making,253Breakfast, cold meats at,253Breakfast, neatness in,252Breakfast-room, work in,252Breath, for the,103Breath, bad from onions,146Breath, bad, remedy for,119Breath, offensive,625Brewing, cheap method of,351Brewis,445Brittannia, tins, &c., polishing paste for,27Brittannia, to clean,27Brocoli,477Bronzed chandeliers, &c.,438Bruises or contusions,115Bruises and inflammations,571Bruise or sprain,233Brussels sprouts,476Budding,480Buckwheat, utility of,269Bugs, to destroy,87Bugs,620Bugs and worms, to destroy,276Building,310Buildings, to color,393Bulbous roots,179Bullfinch,642Bunion, inflamed,618Bunions, to cure,97Burning, to protect children from,52Burns,109Burns and scalds,109,110,616Burns, to cure,442Butter,287,357Butter, hints about,456Butter, bad,605Butter, improved method,288Butter, to cure a bad tub of,358Butter, salt, to make fresh,358Butter or milk, to remove the taste of turnips from,358Butter as diet,367Butterflies and moths,482Butterfly's wings, to take impressions of,169C.Cabbage,477Cabbage water,258Cake, common black,596Cake, composition,596Cake, loaf,597Cake, maize,596Cake, sponge,597Calcareous deposits in boilers,620Calico furniture, to clean,10Calico furniture, to wash,51Calves, to rear,286Calves' feet jelly,376Camera Lucida, a new,169Camphor mixture,246Camphorated ointment,549Canary birds,175,641Canary, to teach to sing,641Cancer,617Candle, to make, &c.,35Candle, blowing out a,34Candle snuffs, use of,32Candles,439Candles, economy in,622Candles, plain hints about,34Candles and lamps,215Candles and lamps,spurting,450Candlesticks, cleansing,262Cane-chairs, &c., to clean,22,439Canker, or sore mouth,232Canker-worm,484Carbonic acid gas,676Carbuncles,618Cardinal Grosbeak,642Cardoon,477Carefulness,211Carminatives,545Carnations, laying,293Carpets, brown, green, and red,449Carpets, economy in,449Carpets, to beat,11Carpets, to clean,10Carpets, Turkey, to clean,11Carpets, to sweep,447Carpets, to wash,362Carriage, to clean,44Carriers, common, laws for,683Carrots,447Carrots, &c., to keep,273Carrots, utility of,286Carrot-seeds, &c.,271Carvacrolfor toothache,94Cashmere, to clean,62Casking,339Casks, to sweeten,340Cataplasm, alum,238Cataplasm, salt,238Caterpillars, to destroy,195,277,278Caterpillars,274Caterpillars, ants, &c.,86,481Cathartics,545Cats,646Cattle,466Cattle in winter,289Cauliflower,477Cautions,203Cautions in visiting the sick,234Celandine,235Celery,477Celery, essence of,191Celery, to keep,355Cellars and outhouses,88Cement and ground-glass imitation,69Cement, to resist fire and water,69Cement, bottle,70,71,359Cement, blood,71Cement, diamond,71Cement for metal and glass,71Cement for iron flues,72Cement for alabaster, &c.,72Cement, strong,73Cerate of cantharides,238Ceremonies,500Cesspools, offensive,679Chalk mixture,108,246Chalk ointment,549Chambers of the sick, to purify,91Chamomile flowers,195Chamomile tea,117Chamomile and orange peel,243Champagne, summer,611Change of apparel,457Charade,658Charcoal,121Charcoal, to prevent ill effects,41Charcoal, hints about,460Charcoal fumes,437Charcoal powder,445Charlotte Russe,331Cheap carpeting,11Cheerfulness,212Cheese, coloring for,359Cheese-curd,329Cherry-tree gum,118Cherries, to color,390Chervil,477Chess, laws of,425Chestnuts for dessert,338Chickens, to fatten,201Chicken water,376Chickweed or salad,644Chilblains, lotion for,97Chilblains, remedy for,97Chilblain liniment,98Children, amusement for,665Children, dress of,662Children, young,217Children, to arrange for,253Chimaphila,549Chimneys, fires in,203Chimneys, smoky,313,440Chimneys, to sweep without children,41Chimneys, to color the backs of,24Chimneys, stone, to blacken,24China, to clean,31China, to mend,69China, to cement,70China and glassware,462Chinese method of mending china,70Chintz, to wash,52Chloride of lime, to use,92Chocolate, Iceland moss,608Choke damp,679Choking,569Cholera, prevention of,556Chowder, New England,323Church-yards,234Cider in bottles, to cork,350Cinnamon,214Cisterns, lead,43Cleanliness,457Cleanliness, effects on animals,460Cleanliness in houses, effect of,460Climate,542Cliver, to make,375Clocks, to oil,439Closets, to free from moths,436Cloth, &c., to paint,177Clothes, to brush,440Clothes, to prevent odor in,441Clothes bags,157Clothes lines,263Clothes posts,88Clothing for children,218Clouds, to color,386,393Coach-wheels,45Coals,216Coal fire, to light,40Coat, white or drab, to clean,62Cockroaches, &c., to destroy,85Cocoa,352Cod-liver oil,442,612Coffee,189,608Coffee, Turkish method,352Coffee, substitute for,352Colds,106,231Cold, effects of,451Cold, to remove, &c.,461Colds, to avoid,616Cold in the head,106Cold cream,135,624Colic in infants,225Cologne water,146Coloring clothing,360Coloring, general rules for,362Coloring for rooms, cheap,36Colors and complexions,485Colors, mixed, directions for,386Colors, water,385Colors, to prevent cracking,388Colors, most useful,392Colors for Grecian painting,398Color to silk, to restore,441Columbo root and ginger,243Combs, &c., to clean,54Complexion,133,625Complexion, to improve,132Composition, blue,360Composition, to prevent iron, &c., from rusting,24Composition for washing in sea-water,52Composition for colored drawings, &c.,168Composition, cheap and excellent,315Compresses,562Compresses, pierced,563Concussions,569Condiments,368Conduct, Mrs. Fry's rules of,532Contusions or bruises,115Conundrums,430Conversation,526Convulsions,226Cookmaid, duties of,251Cookmaid, of the,
A.Abrasions of the skin, to prevent,93Absorbents,544Abstinence,127Accidents in open carriages, to avoid,206Accidents, prevention of,460Accomplishments,385Acids,120Acids, to restore color taken out by,59Acquaintances after marriage,518Agreeableness,500Agriculture, hints about,265,463Agriculture, important fact,266Air, its effects on life,676Air, city,678Air, country,677Air-bath,436Alabaster, to clean,31Alabaster, marble, or stone, to stain,417Alcohol,120Alder, advantages of,265Alkalescent drinks,242Alkalies,120Alternatives,544Alum water,389Alum whey,247Ammonia,120Ammoniated anodyne,550Anagrams,430Anemones, to paint,391Anglo-Japanese work,166Animal food,599Anodyne and discutient,550Antidotes and poisons,120Ants, to destroy,85Ants and wasps, to destroy,85Aperient for children,100Aperients, gingerbread,615Aperient pills,618Apoplexy and fits,570Appetite, loss of,374Appetite,553Apples, to color,390Apples, to keep,354Apples, to preserve,193Apples for hogs,470Apple fritters,331Apple trees,304Apple water,242April,183April showers,455Arms and polished metal, to keep from rust,24Arnica, extract of,115Aromatic vinegar,148Arrow-root,239Arrow-root jelly,240Arsenic,120Arsenic, to detect,192,619Artichoke,476Artificial flowers,486Arts, elegant and ingenious,385Ash color,386Asparagus,476Assafœtida,553Asses, to color,390Asthma,385,623Asthma, to relieve,103August,185Authors, advice to,659Aviaries,644B.Bacon in summer,470Baldness, to prevent,611Balls and evening parties,509Balls, to make breeches,63Balls for removing spots, to make,63Balsamics,545Baltimore oriole,643Bandages,563Bandages, circular,564Bandages, various,565Barn-floors, to make durable,315Bark, dog-wood,243Bark, wild cherry,243Barley water,245Bathe, time to,539Bathing, advantages of,125Baths and bathing,124,538Bathing tubs,539Baths for children,540Baths, tepid and cold,539Bath, vapor, at home,250Batter, French,332Batter pudding,332Bay color,386Beans,476Beans, to color,390Bed, to heat,439Bed clothes, hints about,17,536Bed furniture, &c., to wash,51Bed-room linen,155Bed-rooms, scouring,10Bed-rooms, to clean,9Beds making, &c.,254Bee or wasp, sting of,123Beech-tree leaves,17Beef, as food,365Beef, essence of,377Beef, roasting,600Beer,609Beer, keeping,258Beer, to prevent growing flat,350Beer, to recover sour,351Beer, table, to make,351Bees,467Bees, to manage,176Bees, to preserve,317Bees, to remove,316Beetles, to destroy,276Beets,476Beets, &c., to preserve all winter,273Belladona,120Beverages,608Beverages, spring,611Bile, remedy for,625Bile and bilious complaints,553Bilious disorders,625Binding,154Birdlime,644Birds,641Birds, sick,642Birds, beasts, &c., to preserve,317Birds, shot, to preserve,318Birds in water colors,392Birth marks,135Biscuit, to preserve,356Biscuits, cheap ginger,329Biscuits, pic-nic,328Bite of venomous animals,122Biting the nails,612Black, to color,362Black paper for patterns,170Black reviver,61Black silk, to dip,61Blackberries,247Blacking, celebrated for boots, &c.,79Blacking, good,79Blacking, liquid,80Blacking for leather seats,22Blankets,155Bleaching liquid,626Bleaching straw,66Bleeding at the nose,95Bleeding from a cut, to stop,98Blisters, to apply,374Blisters, management of,113Blond lace,61Blood, taking,571Blood, the, is the life,127Blue, light,387Boards, to give a beautiful appearance to,13Boards, to scour,14Boards or stone, to extract oil from,13Body in flames,572Boils, to cure,109Bone dust,464Bone or ivory, to stain,417Bonnets, straw,66Bonnets, straw and cheap, to dye,77Books and accounts,213Books, to preserve,39Books or prints, to clean,39Books, to choose,383Boots,493Boots and shoes,489Boots and shoes, to clean,261Boots and shoes, to prevent snow water, &c.,81Boots, water-proof,82Boot tops, to clean brown,80Borax, uses of,116Borecole,476Botanical specimens,408Bottles, to cleanse,31Bottling,340Bowel complaints,615Bowels, pain in,224Braiding,155Brandied peaches,320Brandy and salt,617Brandy cherries,320Brass and copper, to clean,26Brass ornaments, to clean,26Bread,590Bread, cheap,595Bread, to discover if adulterated,356Bread, to keep,593Bread, Indian,592Bread, pulled,594Bread, rye and Indian,593Bread, unfermented,336Bread crumbs, white,327Bread, sippets of,326Bread-pans, to clean,258Bread poultice,113Breadths of light,393Breakfast,368Breakfast, making,253Breakfast, cold meats at,253Breakfast, neatness in,252Breakfast-room, work in,252Breath, for the,103Breath, bad from onions,146Breath, bad, remedy for,119Breath, offensive,625Brewing, cheap method of,351Brewis,445Brittannia, tins, &c., polishing paste for,27Brittannia, to clean,27Brocoli,477Bronzed chandeliers, &c.,438Bruises or contusions,115Bruises and inflammations,571Bruise or sprain,233Brussels sprouts,476Budding,480Buckwheat, utility of,269Bugs, to destroy,87Bugs,620Bugs and worms, to destroy,276Building,310Buildings, to color,393Bulbous roots,179Bullfinch,642Bunion, inflamed,618Bunions, to cure,97Burning, to protect children from,52Burns,109Burns and scalds,109,110,616Burns, to cure,442Butter,287,357Butter, hints about,456Butter, bad,605Butter, improved method,288Butter, to cure a bad tub of,358Butter, salt, to make fresh,358Butter or milk, to remove the taste of turnips from,358Butter as diet,367Butterflies and moths,482Butterfly's wings, to take impressions of,169C.Cabbage,477Cabbage water,258Cake, common black,596Cake, composition,596Cake, loaf,597Cake, maize,596Cake, sponge,597Calcareous deposits in boilers,620Calico furniture, to clean,10Calico furniture, to wash,51Calves, to rear,286Calves' feet jelly,376Camera Lucida, a new,169Camphor mixture,246Camphorated ointment,549Canary birds,175,641Canary, to teach to sing,641Cancer,617Candle, to make, &c.,35Candle, blowing out a,34Candle snuffs, use of,32Candles,439Candles, economy in,622Candles, plain hints about,34Candles and lamps,215Candles and lamps,spurting,450Candlesticks, cleansing,262Cane-chairs, &c., to clean,22,439Canker, or sore mouth,232Canker-worm,484Carbonic acid gas,676Carbuncles,618Cardinal Grosbeak,642Cardoon,477Carefulness,211Carminatives,545Carnations, laying,293Carpets, brown, green, and red,449Carpets, economy in,449Carpets, to beat,11Carpets, to clean,10Carpets, Turkey, to clean,11Carpets, to sweep,447Carpets, to wash,362Carriage, to clean,44Carriers, common, laws for,683Carrots,447Carrots, &c., to keep,273Carrots, utility of,286Carrot-seeds, &c.,271Carvacrolfor toothache,94Cashmere, to clean,62Casking,339Casks, to sweeten,340Cataplasm, alum,238Cataplasm, salt,238Caterpillars, to destroy,195,277,278Caterpillars,274Caterpillars, ants, &c.,86,481Cathartics,545Cats,646Cattle,466Cattle in winter,289Cauliflower,477Cautions,203Cautions in visiting the sick,234Celandine,235Celery,477Celery, essence of,191Celery, to keep,355Cellars and outhouses,88Cement and ground-glass imitation,69Cement, to resist fire and water,69Cement, bottle,70,71,359Cement, blood,71Cement, diamond,71Cement for metal and glass,71Cement for iron flues,72Cement for alabaster, &c.,72Cement, strong,73Cerate of cantharides,238Ceremonies,500Cesspools, offensive,679Chalk mixture,108,246Chalk ointment,549Chambers of the sick, to purify,91Chamomile flowers,195Chamomile tea,117Chamomile and orange peel,243Champagne, summer,611Change of apparel,457Charade,658Charcoal,121Charcoal, to prevent ill effects,41Charcoal, hints about,460Charcoal fumes,437Charcoal powder,445Charlotte Russe,331Cheap carpeting,11Cheerfulness,212Cheese, coloring for,359Cheese-curd,329Cherry-tree gum,118Cherries, to color,390Chervil,477Chess, laws of,425Chestnuts for dessert,338Chickens, to fatten,201Chicken water,376Chickweed or salad,644Chilblains, lotion for,97Chilblains, remedy for,97Chilblain liniment,98Children, amusement for,665Children, dress of,662Children, young,217Children, to arrange for,253Chimaphila,549Chimneys, fires in,203Chimneys, smoky,313,440Chimneys, to sweep without children,41Chimneys, to color the backs of,24Chimneys, stone, to blacken,24China, to clean,31China, to mend,69China, to cement,70China and glassware,462Chinese method of mending china,70Chintz, to wash,52Chloride of lime, to use,92Chocolate, Iceland moss,608Choke damp,679Choking,569Cholera, prevention of,556Chowder, New England,323Church-yards,234Cider in bottles, to cork,350Cinnamon,214Cisterns, lead,43Cleanliness,457Cleanliness, effects on animals,460Cleanliness in houses, effect of,460Climate,542Cliver, to make,375Clocks, to oil,439Closets, to free from moths,436Cloth, &c., to paint,177Clothes, to brush,440Clothes, to prevent odor in,441Clothes bags,157Clothes lines,263Clothes posts,88Clothing for children,218Clouds, to color,386,393Coach-wheels,45Coals,216Coal fire, to light,40Coat, white or drab, to clean,62Cockroaches, &c., to destroy,85Cocoa,352Cod-liver oil,442,612Coffee,189,608Coffee, Turkish method,352Coffee, substitute for,352Colds,106,231Cold, effects of,451Cold, to remove, &c.,461Colds, to avoid,616Cold in the head,106Cold cream,135,624Colic in infants,225Cologne water,146Coloring clothing,360Coloring, general rules for,362Coloring for rooms, cheap,36Colors and complexions,485Colors, mixed, directions for,386Colors, water,385Colors, to prevent cracking,388Colors, most useful,392Colors for Grecian painting,398Color to silk, to restore,441Columbo root and ginger,243Combs, &c., to clean,54Complexion,133,625Complexion, to improve,132Composition, blue,360Composition, to prevent iron, &c., from rusting,24Composition for washing in sea-water,52Composition for colored drawings, &c.,168Composition, cheap and excellent,315Compresses,562Compresses, pierced,563Concussions,569Condiments,368Conduct, Mrs. Fry's rules of,532Contusions or bruises,115Conundrums,430Conversation,526Convulsions,226Cookmaid, duties of,251Cookmaid, of the,