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