Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 8 of 20 ingredients — the other 12 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Beef | 100g cooked | 250 |
| Chocolate | 1 oz (28g) semisweet | 155 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Corn | 1/2 cup kernels (82g) | 77 |
| Blackberry | 1 cup (144g) | 62 |
| Walnut | 1 walnut half (4g) | 26 |
| Lime | juice of 1 lime (44ml) | 11 |
| Chamomile | not in our table | 0 |
| Flower | not in our table | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Fruit | not in our table | 0 |
| Peppermint | not in our table | 0 |
| Tea | not in our table | 0 |
| Pheasant | not in our table | 0 |
| Prune | not in our table | 0 |
| Sauce | not in our table | 0 |
| Animal | not in our table | 0 |
| Wheat | not in our table | 0 |
| Sheep | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 93 absorbents
- 59 acquaintances after marriage
- 31 alabaster
- 85 ants
- 85 aperient
- 24 arnica
- 63 balls
- 63 balsamics
- 51 bed-room linen
- 10 bed-rooms
- 9 beds making
- 17 beef
- 61 black silk
- 61 blackberries
- 79 blacking
- 80 blacking
- 22 blankets
- 66 bleeding at the nose
- 95 bleeding from a cut
- 98 blisters
- 61 blood
- 13 boards
- 14 boards
- 13 body in flames
- 66 bonnets
- 77 books
- 39 books
- 81 boots
- 82 boot tops
- 80 borax
- 31 bottling
- 26 brass ornaments
- 26 bread
- 27 brittannia
- 27 brocoli
- 87 bugs
- 97 burning
- 52 burns
- 10 calico furniture
- 51 calves
- 35 candle
- 34 candle snuffs
- 32 candles
- 34 candles
- 11 carpets
- 10 carpets
- 44 carriers
- 94 cashmere
- 62 casking
- 88 cement
- 69 cement
- 71 cement
- 72 cement
- 73 cerate of cantharides
- 91 chamomile flowers
- 41 charcoal
- 11 cheerfulness
- 97 chilblains
- 97 chilblain liniment
- 98 children
- 41 chimneys
- 24 chimneys
- 24 china
- 31 china
- 69 china
- 70 china
- 70 chintz
- 52 chloride of lime
- 92 chocolate
- 43 cleanliness
- 88 clothing
- 45 coals
- 40 coat
- 62 cockroaches
- 85 cocoa
- 36 colors
- 54 complexion
- 24 composition
- 52 composition
- 26 copper in liquids
- 70 corn
- 96 corns
- 96 corn solvent
- 96 corpulence
- 77 coughs
- 50 court plaster
- 33 croup
- 16 dampness in beds
- 17 dancing
- 95 decanters
- 30 december
- 93 diseases of the skin
- 93 dogs
- 28 draining ponds
- 53 dress
- 52 dresses
- 53 dress-making
- 75 dysentery
- 94 ear
- 95 earwigs
- 36 economical hints
- 54 eruptions
- 99 essences from flowers
- 94 eye
- 94 eyes
- 99 family at home
- 77 feathers
- 42 fire
- 42 fire-balls
- 41 fire-irons
- 23 fire-places
- 99 flannels
- 48 flannels
- 48 flat-irons
- 85 fleas
- 87 fleas on dogs
- 12 floor-cloths
- 12 flounces
- 84 fodder
- 80 french polish
- 19 french receipt
- 19 furniture paste
- 19 furs
- 72 gilding
- 18 gilt
- 28 gilt frames
- 31 glasses
- 30 glasses
- 31 glass stoppers
- 33 glass
- 70 glass jars
- 32 gloves
- 65 gloves
- 50 gloves
- 76 gloves
- 68 glue paste
- 26 gold chains
- 71 gossiping
- 9 gravel-walks
- 55 grease from silks
- 59 grease
- 62 grease from clothes
- 63 grease from paper
- 63 grease from leather
- 64 grease
- 38 green paint
- 37 green
- 69 grubs
- 94 gum-water
- 54 hair
- 77 hair pencils
- 25 hares
- 45 harness-makers' jet
- 45 hashes
- 73 hat
- 66 hats
- 74 hazel nuts
- 89 health
- 22 history
- 9 home industry
- 50 hortus siccus
- 9 houses
- 88 house
- 43 hungary water
- 91 influenza
- 74 ink
- 58 ink-stains from silver
- 24 iron-moulds
- 56 iron nails in fruit trees
- 31 ivory
- 33 jaundice
- 87 kitchen
- 29 knives
- 61 lace
- 72 lace
- 34 lamps
- 54 leather
- 45 leather work
- 37 lime in the eye
- 57 linen
- 54 linen
- 55 linen
- 55 linen rags
- 76 linnet
- 35 mahogany
- 21 maid
- 17 management of infants
- 15 marble
- 36 march
- 60 metal kettles
- 29 mice
- 56 mildew
- 54 mint tea
- 15 mock turtle
- 16 morocco shoes
- 28 moths
- 79 mould
- 48 muslins
- 77 nankeen color
- 93 newspapers
- 38 oil
- 62 oil paintings
- 39 oil-skin coat
- 83 ointments
- 88 oxalic acid
- 57 oxen
- 36 paint
- 38 paint
- 12 paper
- 15 paper-work
- 33 paper
- 68 paregorics
- 67 paste
- 92 patchwork
- 72 pearls
- 27 pheasants
- 19 pigs
- 25 plow deep
- 20 polish
- 20 polished grates
- 22 polishing paste
- 27 pomatums
- 57 potichomanie
- 39 privies
- 39 prunes
- 35 quilts
- 32 razor
- 74 reading aloud
- 35 rossolis
- 57 saltpetre
- 58 satin
- 61 sauces
- 43 sea-water
- 53 shocks
- 81 shoes
- 80 shopping
- 91 sickness
- 60 silks
- 61 silks
- 75 silks
- 59 silks
- 59 singing
- 46 soap liniment
- 63 spermaceti ointment
- 54 sponge-cake
- 59 spots on cloths
- 59 spots from woolen cloths
- 62 spots in linen
- 58 sprain
- 55 stains
- 56 stains
- 57 stains from bombazine
- 57 stains from silks
- 61 stair-carpet
- 47 starch
- 47 starch injection
- 44 steel
- 25 steel-pens
- 50 stockings
- 76 stockings
- 14 stone halls
- 14 stoves to clean
- 23 strains
- 66 straw-color
- 54 sweet-scented water
- 27 tea-urns
- 33 technical terms
- 27 tinder
- 71 ton
- 17 useful receipts
- 21 varnish
- 66 varnish
- 72 varnish
- 20 vaults
- 62 venomous animals
- 96 warts
- 96 wash colors
- 49 washing
- 46 washing day
- 46 washing woolen
- 85 wasps
- 85 wasp
- 43 water
- 44 water
- 77 water-proof cloth
- 82 wax
- 55 wax
- 63 wax
- 63 wax candles
- 34 wealth
- 36 wedding breakfast
- 27 wheat
- 37 white
- 61 white varnish
- 21 whooping-cough
- 37 wool
- 18 woolens
- 78 woolens
- 48 wool of sheep
- 77 wounds
- 98 wren
Directions
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
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, keeping, 258
Beer, to prevent growing flat, 350
Beer, to recover sour, 351
Beer, table, to make, 351
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 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
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
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, 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, 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
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
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, 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
Fainting, or syncope, 234, 539
Fainting, remedy for, 99
Family at home, 590
Family tables, 699
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, 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
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
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
Hair, new method for, 624
Hair, to dress, 489
Hair, curling fluid for the, 129, 130
Hair, to prevent falling out, 129
Hairs, to avoid grey, 129
Hair, to soften, &c., 130
Hair, to improve, 131
Hair, superfluous, to remove, 132
Hair wash, economical, 131
Hair powder, 131
Hair dyes, 130
Hair brushes, &c., to clean, 54
Hair and feathers, to dye green, 77
Hair pencils, 385
Hair, color, 387
Hall, cleaning the, 253
Hams, curing, 324
Hams and fish, to smoke, 324
Handkerchief, 490
Hands, 490
Hands, camphor cerate for, 143
Hands, paste for, 143
Hands, to prevent perspiration, 143
Hands, to remove stains from, 144
Hands, to whiten, 143
Hand-bath, 539
Hanging, 570
Hardware and cutlery, to prevent rusting, 25
Hares and rabbits, 303
Harness, to clean, 45
Harness-makers' jet, 45
Hashes, 603
Hat, 438, 493
Hats, to preserve, 436
Hat, to scour, 73
Hat, straw, to bleach, 66
Hats, to prevent injury from rain to, 74
Hazel nuts, 192
Head, do no not shave the, 128
Head, scald, 221
Head, sore, 221
Heads, 688
Headache in bed, 436
Headache, sick, 614
Headache, sure remedy, 624
Health, preservation of, 89, 533
Health and beauty, 89
Health and wealth, 533
Health, general, 542
Health in winter, 234
Health, a few rules for, 370
Health of animals, 289
Heartburn, 623
Hedges, 291
Hem and hemming, 152
Hemorrhage, 152
Hen-house, 468
Hens, to make lay, 202
Herbs, aromatic, 194, 479
Herbs, to dry, 194, 473
Herbs, uses of, 474
Herbs, winter, 195
Hiccough, 108
High shoulders, 663
Hills, to color, 393
Hinges, creaking, 22
History, synopsis of American, 692
Hoarseness, 106
Hollow horn, 469
Home counsels, 652
Home and its employments, 9
Home industry, 635
Home pursuits, 151
Homestead, exemption, 684
Honey soap, 146
Honey water, 142
Honeysuckles, to paint, 391
Hooker's method, &c., 378
Horn, to stain, 418
Horse, to manage, 198
Horse, to dress, 199
Horse, to judge, 652
Horses, scratches on, 467
Horses, hints about, 461
Horses, to paint, 389, 390
Horse-flies, 200
Horse-radish, 321
Horse-chestnut soap, 50
Hortus siccus, 484
Hot water, uses of, 125
House-cleaning, 9
Houses, to paint, 381
Houses, to purify, 88
House, selection of, 525
Household management, 606
Household maxims, 43
Hungary water, 141
Hydrophobia, 123
Hypocras, 348
Hysteric affections, 371, 569
Idiosyncrasy, 543
Impressions from coins, 412
Impressions of plants, 181
Incense, curious cakes, 147
Indian ink, 175, 385
Infants, management of, 217
Infants, medicines for, 220
Infection, to prevent, 91
Influenza, 102
Ink, to make, 172, 173, 174
Ink, indelible, 172
Ink, black and blue, 622
Ink powder, 74
Ink, Indian, 175, 385
Ink, China, 175
Ink-stains, 57, 58
Ink-stains from silver, 619
Ink-stains from wood, 620
Insects, to destroy, 277
Insects on apple trees, 277, 280
Insects, on fruit trees, 288
Insects in bird cages, 644
Insects and earth-worms, 277
Insects and weasels, 468
Irish cordial, 350
Iron, to stain black, &c., 419
Iron, new, 446
Irons, to preserve from rust, 24
Iron-moulds, 56
Iron nails in fruit trees, 304
Ironing, 263
Itch, ointment for, 550
Ivory, to bleach, 31
Ivory or bone, to stain, 417
Jambalaya, 322
January and Febuary, 182
Japanned candlesticks, 33
Jaundice, 615
Jaundice, infantile, 224
Java sparrows, 642
Jelly made with gelatine, 598
Jelly, nourishing, 240
Jelly, rice, 241
Jelly, apple, 319
Jessamine butter, 139
Jewels of the months, 415
Johnny cakes, 336
Joint, stiff, 375
Jumbles, 330
Kettle, hints about, 455
Kindness, 664
Kitchen, arrangements for, 252
Kitchen cloths, 87
Kitchen, economy in, 253
Kitchen paper, 216
Kitchen garden, 291
Knife-boards, 29
Knives and forks, to clean, 28, 261
Knives, cleaning, 261, 629
Knives and forks, to re-fasten, 29
Lace, blond, 61
Lace, gold or silver, 72
Lace, white, to wash, 58, 626
Lacquer, to clean, 34
Lamps, to clean, 34
Lamps, economical wick for, 34
Lamps, to prevent, &c., 104
Lamps, to prevent smoking, 441
Lamps and candles, 215
Lamp oil, the best, 439
Land, wet, 471
Landscapes in water colors, 392
Laudanum, 121
Lavender, oil of, 622
Lavender, vinegar, 148
Lavender water, 141
Laxatives, 108, 547, 551
Lead-color, 387
Leaf impressions, 176, 410, 411
Leanness, 120
Leap year, 673
Leather cases, to clean, 54
Leather, old, oiling, 45
Leather work, ornamental, 422
Leather, enamelled, to polish, 628
Leaves, skeleton, 409
Leaves, when to collect, 306
Leaf-lice, 484
Leeches, 101, 570
Lemonade, 242, 349
Lemonade, Italian, 349
Lemon juice, to purify, 192
Length of day and night, to ascertain, 673
Letter writing, 660
Letters, to gild, 378
Lettuce, 478
Lettuce, to keep, 355
Ley, dyspeptic, 242
Life-belts, 648
Lightning, stroke of, 208, 570
Lightning, to avoid, 460
Lime for cottage walls, 37
Lime in the eye, 572
Lime and oil, 551
Lime and oil camphorated, 551
Lime water, 116, 247
Lime water, 389, 594
Linen, to bleach, 57
Linen, house, &c., 157
Linen, to perfume, 148
Linen, to take stains out of, 54
Linen, scorched, 55
Linen, to restore, &c., 55
Linen rags, 446
Liniments, 550
Linings, &c., to dye, 76
Linnet, or finch, 643
Linseed poultice, 113
Linseed tea, 117
Lint, scraped, 562
Lions, to color, 389
Lips, chapped, 146
Lips, paste for, 146
Lip salve, 146, 619
Lockjaw, to prevent, 375, 612
Logwood, 549
Looking-glass, to clean, 18, 438
Lotions, 548
Love's telegraph, 512
Lumbago, 615
Lunar caustic, 121
Lungs, development of, 537
Lungs, to ascertain, &c., 553
Macassar oil, 139
Magazines to be read, 384
Mahogany, to darken, 35
Mahogany, to restore, &c., 621
Mahogany, to give any, &c., 35
Mahogany, to remove ink from, 21
Making beds, 17
Management of infants, 217
Manners, 494
Manure, to preserve, 266
Manure, 266, 465, 468
Many things, 319
Maps or prints, to mount, 168
Marble, to clean, 14, 15
Marble, to take out stains, 15
Marble, to, books, &c., 382
Marble, artificial, 36
March, 182, 453
Marking, 154
Marking ink, 172
Marl, limestones, &c., 266
Marriage ceremony, 513
Marriage, after, 520
Maxims and morals, 632
Mayonnaise, 322
Mead, red and white, 346
Mead, rich, 345
Measles, 372
Meat for children, 367
Meats, cooking, 601
Meats, preserving, 601, 604
Mechanics, &c., hints to, 630
Medicine, administering, 237, 543
Medicines in traveling, 118
Medicines, precautions in, 559
Melons, 295, 478
Mending, 157
Merinoes, &c., to clean, 60
Metal kettles, &c., 29
Mildew out of linen, 56
Mildew, 483
Milk, baked, 190
Milk, morning's, 447
Milk of roses, 140
Milk vessels, 258
Mince-meat, 335
Miniver and Ermine, 54
Mint tea, 117
Miscellaneous receipts, 319, 615
Mistress, 210
Mixture for stone stairs, 15
Mock turtle, imitation of, 322
Mocking bird, 643
Molasses, 338
Molasses, apple, 338
Moles, 134
Monkeys, to color, 390
Moreen curtains, to clean, 16
Morocco shoes, to clean, 444
Moss on trees, 195
Moth on the skin, 623
Mother, 210, 668
Mother-of-pearl, to clean, 28
Moths, to prevent, 78, 79, 437
Moths, beetles, &c., 79
Mould, artificial for plants, 181
Mouldiness, 193
Mouse trap, 283
Mouth, wash for, 146
Mucilage, Gum Arabic, 555
Mucilage, starch, 555
Mumps, 372
Mushrooms, 296
Mushrooms, to test, 193
Mushrooms, when poisonous, 121
Mushrooms, to pickle, 355
Mushroom spawn, 478
Music, 655
Muslins, to keep a good color, 48
Muslins and chintzes, to wash, 463
Musnud for a sofa, 161
Mustaches, 624
Mustard, 326, 478
Mustard, French, 321
Mustard, mild, 326
Mustard plasters, 375
Mustard poultices, 112
Mutton, 367
Nails, for preserving the, 144
Nails, to whiten, 144
Nankeen dye, 77
Nankeen color, to make, 361
Napkins, dinner, 157
Naples' soap, 145
Narcotics, 547
Nasturtium, 478
Naturalization laws, 686
Nausea, 614
Nectar, 346
Neighbors and spectators, 204
Nettle sting, 437
Neuralgia in the face, 93
Newspapers, 383
Night sweats, 615
Nitrates, 121
Nitre, 117
Nose, bleeding from, 574
November, 186
Nurse, qualifications of, 235
Nurse, rules for, 237
Nutmeg, essence of, 191
Nutmeg-pudding, 333
Nutmegs, 191, 353
Nutrients, 547
Nutritives, 552
Oats, to preserve, 272
October, 185
Odeur delectable, 149
Odor reviving, 377
Odors, unpleasant, 38
Oil, to make sweet, 215
Oil, neat-foot, 215
Oil on the hearth, 439
Oil paint, &c., to remove, 62
Oil paintings, to clean, 39
Oil-skin coat, to make, 83
Ointments, 113, 114
Ointment, invaluable, 616
Ointment, camphorated, 549
Ointment, chalk, 550
Ointment for itch, 550
Ointments for scrofula, 550
Ointments and cerates, 549
Ointments, to spread, 562
Okra, or gumbo, 478
Olive oil, to purify, 191
Onion, wild, 469
Onions, 276, 478
Onions, to cook, 354
Onions, to keep, 354
Opium, 121, 549, 552
Opodeldoc, liquid, 115
Orange, to color, 387
Oranges and lemons, to keep, 353
Orangeade, rich, 349
Orchard, 302
Orgeate paste, 349
Out-houses and cellars, 88
Oxalic acid, 121
Ox-gall, prepared, 57
Oyster gumbo, 321
Oyster sausages, 323
Paint, to clean, 13, 620
Paint, cheap, 36
Paint, fresh, to destroy the smell, 38
Paint, to extract from woolen, 436
Painting houses, 381
Painting on glass, 381
Painting, Grecian, 398
Paints, for Grecian, etc., 398
Panada, 327
Pancakes, 329
Paper, family, 634
Paper, room, to choose, 627
Paper, black, for patterns, 170
Paper, transparent, 171
Paper, tracing, 171
Paper or parchment, to stain, 178, 417, 419
Paper hangings, to clean, 12
Paper or color, to, the walls of rooms, 15
Paper-work and japanned candlesticks, 33
Paper, to make less combustible, 203
Papier-maché articles, 627
Parchment glue, 68
Paregorics, 547
Parlor amusements, 656
Parsley, 478
Parsley and butter, 326
Parsnips, 478
Parsnips, to keep, 273, 354
Paste, almond, 140
Paste for the skin, 136
Pastes, several, 67
Paste for pies, 595
Paste-board, &c., 259
Pastilles, fumigating, 92
Patchwork, 158
Patterns, 158
Patterns for working in cord, &c., 162
Peach trees, 471
Peaches, to color, 391
Pearls, to restore, &c., 72
Pearls, white, 141
Pears, to graft, 470
Pears, to color, 391
Peas, 296, 478
Peas, sowing in circles, 296
Pepper, 214, 478
Perches, 641
Perfumery, a pleasant, 147
Periodicals, 384
Personal matters, 484
Peruvian bark, 243
Peruvian bark and valerian, 243
Pewter, to clean, 27
Pheasants, to color, 392
Phosphoric bottle, 382
Phosphorous, to make, 381
Phrenology, 687
Pickle, India, 321
Pickle that will keep, &c., 324
Pickle and preserve jars, 259
Pic-nic biscuits, 595
Picture-frames, to retouch, 19
Pigs, fattening, 290
Pillow-cases, 156
Pimples, wash for, 135
Pincushion covers, 156
Piping, 154
Plaiting, 155
Plants, 470
Plants, to dwarf, 410
Plants, house, 178
Plants, succulent, 301
Plants, to air, &c., 179
Plants, to kill vermin on, 196
Plants, to propagate, 196
Plants, watered, &c., 197
Plants, window, 182
Plants, poisonous, 673
Plasters, blisters, &c., 114
Plasters and poultices, 238
Plaster, adhesive, 562
Plaster, mustard, 238
Plaster, spice, 238
Plaster casts, to improve, 165
Plaster figures, 165
Plate, to clean, 25, 620
Plate powder, 25
Plow deep, 465
Poison, 617
Poisons and antidotes, 120
Polish for dining-tables, 20
Polish and varnish, 20
Polished grates, &c., 22
Polishing paste, 27
Pomatums, 138, 139
Pomade divine, 139
Ponds, to keep free, &c., 285
Pork, 366, 469
Pot-pourri, 141
Potatos, 605
Potatos, boiling, 354
Potatos, to keep, 194, 354
Potatos, to raise, 270
Potatos in bleaching, 57
Potichomanie, 394
Poultice, bark, 231
Poultice, bread, 113
Poultice, elder-flower, 246
Poultice, linseed, 113
Poultice, mush, 239
Poultice, mustard, 112, 554
Poultice, white bean, 246
Poultices, 553, 554
Poultice for burns, &c., 442
Poultry, 200, 602
Pounce, 378
Powder, almond, &c., 140, 141
Powers of the mind, 687
Preparation for marking, 622
Prints or maps, to mount, 168
Prints or books, to clean, 39
Privies, &c., 39
Prunes, stewed, 241
Prussic acid, 121
Pudding, cheap, 597
Pudding, sago and apple, 597
Pudding, pea, 598
Pudding-cloths, &c., 257
Pumpkin, 479
Pumpkin, to dry, 354
Pumpkin pie, 334
Putty, to dissolve, 165
Quicksilver, 35
Quilts, 155
Quince seed, mucilage of, 247
Quince syrup, 611
Quinsy, 107, 230
Racahout des Arabes, 353
Radishes, 297, 479
Rags, save the, 264
Rain, cause of rain, 452
Raspberry cakes, 330
Raspberry vinegar, 351
Rats, 86, 283, 619
Rats or mice, 283, 284
Razor-strop paste, 32
Razor, strops, 74
Reading aloud, 652
Reading in bed, 438
Receipts, 686
Re-cooking, 255
Red gum, 224
Red lavender drops, 100
Reed bird, 643
Reptiles, to kill, 281
Resp in sheep, 289
Restorative, 240
Rheumatism and gout, 101
Rheumatism and lumbago, 101, 623
Rheumatism, infusion for, 244
Rheumatism, mixture for, 244
Rhubarb, 479
Rhubarb, garden, 299
Rhubarb, to cure, 300
Rhubarb stalks, 334
Rhubarb, turkey, 299, 300
Rice caudle, 336
Rice-flour cement, 621
Riches, 574
Rickets, 228
Riddles, 656
Riding, art of, 651
Riding dress, 650
Rings, 438
Ring, to remove a tight, 621
Ringworm, 98, 99, 616
Road and paths, to color, 393
Robes, 488
Robin, 643
Rock-cakes, 330
Rolls, 335
Rooms, ventilating, 260
Rose-color, to make, 262
Roses, to paint, 391
Roses, spirit and oil of, 148
Roses, tincture of, 142
Rose vinegar, 351
Rosewater, 142
Rosewood, imitation of, 35
Rossolis, French, 347
Rot in sheep, 290
Running, 152
Russet, 388
Ruta-baga, 471
Sackatash, 337
Sage, virtues of, 116
Sage and onion stuffing, 326
Sage tea, 117, 244
Sal-volatile, 446
Salad, to raise quickly, 271
Saline draught, 107, 611
Salt of lemons, 57
Saltpetre, 121
Salsify, 479
Sarsaparilla, decoction of, 614
Satin, black, to clean, 58
Satin, white, 61
Sauces, 325
Sauce-pans, kettles, &c., 256, 454
Scalds and burns, 109, 110
Scarlet fever, 376
Scent, very fine, 142
Scions, 480
Scouring drops, 63, 447
Scratches, 616
Scrofula, 228
Scrofula, ointment for, 550
Scurf on the head, &c., 623
Scurvy, 375
Sea-sickness, to prevent, 118
Sea-water, artificial, 233
Sea-water, to make fit, &c., 43
Sea-water, effect of, 451
Sea-weed, to preserve, 407
Sealing-wax, red, 172
Sealing-wax, varnish, 168
Seasoning for stuffing, 327
Seeds, to preserve, 267, 291
Seeds for fruit trees, 481
Seeds, to discover, &c., 197
Seeds, flower, to preserve, 197
Seeds, foreign, 291
Senna, infusion of, 247
Senna, tea, 117
Sentiments of flowers, 669
September, 185
Servants, 213, 606
Servants, punctuality in, 252
Servants, rules for, 251
Sewing, 151, 152
Sewing on glazed calico, 165
Shave, an easy, 150
Shaving, 149
Shaving, composition for, 150
Shaving liquids, 150
Sheep, 469
Sheep, to select, 466
Sheep, to catch, 290
Sheep, to mark, 288
Sheets, 155
Sherbet, 347, 348
Shirt, 492
Shirt, to iron, 53
Shocks, violent, 569
Shoes, white satin, 80
Shopping, 669
Shower-bath, hand, 124
Shumac, 471
Sick, management of, 217
Sick room, rules for, 558
Sickness, remedies for, 371
Sickness, severe, 91
Sickness and vomiting, 222
Side, pain in, 618
Sight, rules for, &c., 249
Silk articles, 627
Silk, old, 60
Silks, black, to dip, 61
Silks, to alum, 75
Silks, to clean, 60, 61
Silks, to extract grease, 59
Silks and merinoes, 60
Silks and stuffs, 59
Singing, utility of, 654
Skeleton leaves, 409
Skin, to soften, &c., 132
Skin, wash for, 140
Skins, squirrel, 442
Slate color, 361
Sleep, to promote, 118, 235, 436
Sleet, cause of, 452
Slugs, 281
Slugs and snails, 481
Slugs, rose, 483
Small-pox, to prevent pitting, 559
Small-pox marks, 555
Smelling-bottle, 148
Smoke, to color, 393
Smoke of a candle, &c., 455
Smut in wheat, 268
Snails, 281
Snake bites, 121
Snow, cause of, 451
Snow, effect of, 452
Soap, essence of, 144
Soaps, various, 145, 146
Soap, soft, 365
Soap, substitute for, 46
Soap liniment with Spanish flies, 551
Soda-cake, 328
Soda-water and ginger-beer powders, 350
Soil for fruit trees, 481
Sore throat, gargle for, 103
Sore throat, ulcerated, 107
Sorrel, 471
Sound and light, velocity of, 674
Soap, vegetable, 241
Spasms, 101
Spectacles, use of, 655
Spermaceti or wax on cloth, 63
Spermaceti ointment, 246
Spider, bite of, 468
Spider, red, 281
Spinach, 479
Spirits, to test, 191
Spit, &c., cleaning, 258
Splints, substitutes for, 568
Sponge, to clean, 54
Sponge-cake, 331
Spots on silk, 59
Spots on cloths, &c., 59
Spots from woolen cloths, 62
Spots in linen, 58
Sprain, 115
Sprain or bruise, 233
Spruce beer, 350
Squash, 355, 479
Squill mixture, 246
Squinting, 613
Squirrels, 644
Stables and ford, 466
Staining marble, &c., 416
Stains from hands, 627
Stains of wine, &c., 55
Stains, 56
Stains, ink, 57
Stains from bombazine, 57
Stains from silks, 61
Stair-carpet, to sweep, 438
Stammering, 120, 248
Starch, to make, 47
Starch, gum Arabic, 47
Starch injection, 246
States, American, when settled, 692
Steel, to take rust out of, 25
Steel-pens, 170
Steel-pens, pen-wiper for, 170
Steeps, fertilizing, 268
Stilton cheese, 359
Sting of insects, 123
Sting of a nettle, 123
Stitches, explanation of, 152
Stitching, 153
Stock, hints about, 466
Stockings, to wash, 50
Stockings, silk, to dye, 76
Stockings, worsted, to mend, 627
Stomachic mixture, 100
Stone stairs, &c., to wash, 14
Stone halls, &c., to take oil out of, 14
Stoves to clean, 22, 23
Strains, embrocation for, 101
Straw, to bleach, 66
Straw-color and yellow, 362, 388
Strawberries, 298
Strawberries, to color, 391
Strawberry plants, 298
Street, rules for, 505
Striped grass for hay, 267
Styptics, 98, 548
Suckers, from shrubs, 304
Suffocation, 570
Sugar of lead in wines, 343
Sulphur, use of, 274, 468
Sunburn, 624
Sunburn, preventive for, 133
Sunburn, grape, &c., 134
Sunburn and freckles, 134
Sunflowers, 484
Sun-stroke, 570
Supper, 368
Support for bed-clothes, 568
Surgery, domestic, 560
Swans, to color, 393
Swansdown, to clean, 54
Sweet-scented water, 142
Swimming, art of, 547
Syncope, or fainting, 234
Syrup of cloves, &c., 346
Syrup of ginger, 347
Syrup, lemon, 245
Syrup, turnip, 245
Table, 210
Table-cloths, 157
Table-covers, dressing, 156
Table-linen, 156
Tables, useful family, 699
Tar-water, use of, 104
Tartar, to remove, 619
Tartar emetic, 122
Tea, Chinese method, 351
Tea, economical, 352
Tea, preparing, 260
Teas, black, 188
Teas, green, 189
Tea, sage, 244
Tea-pot, the best, 454
Tea-urns, cleaning, 27
Tea-urns, polished, 33
Technical terms, relating to books, 680
Teeth, 137
Teeth, infant's, 247
Teeth and gums, 248
Temperance, 581
Terms technical relating to engravings, 681
Terms technical in medicine, 544
Terrines of rice, 333
Things to know, 450
Thirst, to prevent, 206
Thread, &c., to keep, 155
Throat, sore, 231
Thrush, or sore mouth, 233
Thumb, dislocated, 572
Tight lacing, 487
Tiles, 312, 313
Timber, 306
Timber, green, to season, 310
Timber, method of trying, 310
Timber, to cut, 470
Time, true, 673
Tin covers, to clean, 27
Tinder, economy in, 216
Toads, 471
Tobacco, 122
Tobacco, useful, &c., 301
Toilet, the, 127
Tomato, catchup, 320
Tomato pickle, green, 320
Tomato, 479
Tonics, 548
Tool-chests, family, 633
Tooth, decayed, to fill, 138, 612
Tooth-powders, various, 136, 137, 619
Tooth-ache, 625
Tortoise-shell, to mend, 71
Towels, 156
Transferring to glass, &c., 412
Transfer to glass, 413
Transfer to wood, 413
Transfer to ivory, 414
Transfer to cardboard, 414
Transfer to earthenware, 415
Transfer varnish, 412
Transplant, to, 295
Trees, to transplant, 471
Trees, to cut, 461
Trees, to color, 393
Trees, to increase, &c., 303
Trees, to destroy moss on, 304
Trees, to cure canker, 304
Trees, healing wounds in, 305, 307
Trees, composition for, 305
Trees for shade, 307
Trees, forest, 306
Trees, whitewashing, 307
Trimmings, 486
Trousers, 493
Turkeys, to color, 392
Turkeys, to fatten, 202
Turner's cerate, 114
Turnip, 479
Turnips, soil for, 270
Turnips, to preserve, 273
Turnips, to prevent fly in, 275
Turnips, to prevent slugs in, 279
Turnips, small, 471
Turnip syrup, 244
Turpentine, 551
Turpentine, nutritive, 552
Unventilated places, to explore, 440
Useful hints about bed-clothes, 17
Useful receipts, 611
Vapor-bath at home, 250
Vapor-bath, simple, 125
Varnish, Grecian, 397
Varnish, transfer, 412
Varnish for violins, 21
Varnish, white, 21
Varnish for straw or chip hats, 66
Varnish, incombustible, 72
Varnish for oil pictures, 169
Varnish, to prevent, &c., 177
Varnished furniture, 20
Vaults, hints about, 461
Vegetables, properties of, 474
Vegetables, to cultivate, 476
Vegetables, to clear of insects, 605
Vegetables, 604
Veils, white, to clean, 441
Velvet, to clean, 627
Velvet, to raise the pile of, 62
Venomous animals, bite of, 122
Ventilators, improved, 316
Ventriloquism, 659
Verdigris, 122
Verjuice, how to make, 118
Vermin, cause of, 457
Vermin in gardens, 279
Vermin in granaries, 282
Vermin on plants, 196
Vesicants, 548
Vinegar for burns, 110
Vinegar, to make, 193
Vinegar, aromatic, 148
Vinegar, lavender, 148
Vinegar mixture, 242
Vines, to prune, 306, 679
Visits and presentations, 502
Vitriol, white, 122
Vitriol accidents, 110
Voice, the, 654
Walking with a lady, 501
Wall-fruit, 306
Walls, damp, 312
Walnut ketchup, 355
Walnut water, 116
Warmth, dry, 568
Warts and corns, 96
Wash colors for maps, 389
Wash for pimples, 135
Wash for walls, 360
Wash, to, 363
Wash balls, 144
Washing, family, 49
Washing, frequent, 459
Washing, general, 46
Washing day, 262
Washing materials, 626
Washing preparations, 46
Washing woolen, 363
Washington, words of, 695
Wasps, 482
Wasps and ants, 85
Wasps and flies, 85
Wasp or bee, sting of, 123
Wasp, cure for swallowing, 123
Watch, to manage, 186
Water, 42, 43
Water, to prevent freezing in pipes, 43
Water, hard, 626
Water, to make soft, 446
Water, stagnant, 441
Water, to obtain pure, 244
Water, to obtain, 377
Water, hot, 554
Water, keeping hot, 259
Water and meat in voyages, 44
Water, rules for those who have fallen in, 649
Water, barley, 245
Water, bergamot, 347
Waters for cooling, &c., 244
Water, peach, &c., 347
Water-colors in drawing, 385
Water-colors for animals, 389
Water, to color, 388
Water-proof clothing, 77
Water-proof cloth, 78, 82
Wax or grease-spots, 55
Wax, &c., from cloth, 63
Wax, from velvet, 63
Wax candles, 34
Wealth, way to, 583
Weaning children, 220
Weather, signs of, 674
Weather and the blood, 675
Weather-proof composition, 36
Wedding breakfast, 517
Wedding cards, 517
Wedding cakes, 519
Wedding rings, 519
Weeds, 285, 464
Weights and measures, 699
Wet clothes, to prevent, &c., 104
Wheat, to sow, 269
Wheat, to prevent smut, 27
Wheat and barley, to sow, 470
Whey, alum, 247
Whey, French method, 376
Whey, laxative, 245
Whey, mustard, 242
Whey, wine, 242
Whiskers, &c., to promote, 624
White for inside, &c., 37
White, a good, 386
White satin, 61
White varnish, 21
Whooping-cough, 104, 231
Whortleberries, 247
Wife, how to treat, 521
Wills, 683
Windows, washing, 626
Windows, to color, 394
Windsor soap, 145
Wine, American currant, 345
Wine, claret, to improve, 339
Wine, apricot, 343
Wine, damson, 342
Wine, home-made, 339
Wine, morello cherry, 343
Wine, orange, 343
Wine, raisin, 344
Wine, red cherry, 342
Wine, red currant, 344
Wine, spruce, 345
Wine, coloring, 341
Wine, fining for, 340
Wine jelly, 333
Wood, to preserve, 308
Wood, to preserve from fire, 314
Wood, to stain, 417, 422
Wooden stairs, like stone, 37
Wool, to purify, 18
Woolens and furs, 78
Woolens, to wash, 48
Wool of sheep, 289
Worm pimple, 135
Worms, 229
Worms in gardens, 282
Worms in gravel walks, 282
Worsted, &c., to dye black, 77
Wounds, to prevent mortifying, 98
Wren, usefulness of, 282
Write, to, secretly, 382
Writing, old, 173
Writing, to take out, 173
Yeast, 356, 593
Yeast, Turkish, 335
Yellow, 388
Yellow bird, 643
Young, a word to the, 652