BRILLIANT WHlTEWASH.
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As the season of whitewashing nd house cleaning has come, we canao, serve our readers better than by giving them ihe fell ewing:

 Much Is said of the brilliant s,ucco whitewash on the east of the Presidents hoass at Washington. The following isa receipt for making it with ssme additional improvements learned by experiment.

 Take l-2 a bushei of nice, aaslackcd Nne--slack it thoroughly with boiling wa Ser, covering it, during the process to keep in the steam. Straia the liquor shrongh a small sievV or strainer, and add to it peck of clean xelt previously we'll dissolved In warm va ', three pounds of grauad rice, mixed to - thin pas:e, and stirred in boil ing het-half pound of powdered Spanish whiting, rnd a pound of clean glue. which has been previously dissolved by first soakin. 1t we'll anA then hanging it over a slow fre In small kettle, within larger one filled with water. Add five gallons of hot water Sp the whole mixture, stir it well, and let il siand few days covered from the dirt.

 It should be. put on quite het-for this purpose it can be kep, in kettle On port. able cfarnacs. It is saia that about pint of this mixture wil cover a square yard upon the outside of a house, if properly applied. Brushes more or less fine may be used, ac- cording to the neasness the job requirAs. It xstains its hrilliancy for many years.

 There isnothing of the kind that will compare with it, either for outside or inside walls. Coloriug matter may be pu, In and

 made of any shade you like. Spawish brown stirred io will make d red or pink, more or less deep, according to quantity. A delicate tinge of this is pretty for inside walls. Finely pulverized common clny, wcll mixed with Spanish brown. beioRe il is stirred into the mixture, makes it . lilac eoles, very suitable for the outside cftuild- ings. In all these eases, the dsrkness of she shade will of course he determined by ahe aaantify of csloriny n natiex sssd. lt is Aiflicult to make a rule, because toe taxic< are very difisrent-it wohiL Dc best 70 ,r;' experiments on a shiRgle and le, tt dry. an tcld that green must not he used with aiMe-rhe lime destroys She oolor, and the color has an effect on ihs whitewayh which makes it crack and peel. When walls have Aeen badly smoked, aud you wish lo have them a clean white, it is we'll to s7Heeze ia. diyo pientifully through bag iDto the va. ter vcu use before it is stirred Into the mix sufe f "a larger QuaD'iy thau 5 gallons is wan.ed, the same proportions should be cb . 0ssved,