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Show lamp or ivory black; fawn, ndd proportionately four pounds of umber to one pound of Indian red and one pound common; lampblack; lamp-black; common stone t Color, add proportionately four pounds raw umber to two pounds lampblack. GOVERNMENT WHITEWASH. The Government whitewash is made as follows: ifTake half a bushel of unslaked ?lime, lake ii rSvith 'boiling water, cover during the process to keep in steam, strain the liquid through a fine sieyorrstrainer and add to it a peck 6f 'salt, previously dissolved dis-solved in warm water, three pounds ground rice "boiled to a thin paste and stirred in while hotV half a pound of Spanish whiting, and one pound clean glue, previously pre-viously dissolved by 4 soaking in cold water and then hanging over a slow fire in a small pot hung in a larger one filled with, water,. Add ft gallons hot water to tlie .mixture, well and .let it stand a few days, covered with dijt It should be applied hot, for y which' purpose it can be' kept in a kettle 'or portable furnace. V The east end of the President's house at Washington is embellished embellish-ed by this brilliant whitewash. It is used by jtho government to whitewash lighthouses. A pint of this wash mixture, if properly applied, ap-plied, will cover one ' square yaril, and will bo almost' ;"as serviceable as paint for wood, brick or etone, and is much cheaper than the cheapest, paint Coloring matter mav be added: As desired For cream color atldi yellow ocher; pearl or lead, add |