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Show Uaole Sam's Whitewash. Excursionists who travel along the sea coast in summer are often attracted by tho remark"able whiteness of the lighthouses, beacons and keepers' dwellings, dwell-ings, and they wonder how these guides to the mariner are kept In such a shining shin-ing condition during the winter aa well as summer. The material used is simply whitewash, and here is the United States government formula for mixing a whitewash white-wash that when properly made and applied ap-plied gives a white that does not easily wash or rub off. To ten parts of best freshly Blaked lime add one part of the best hydraulic cement. Mix well with salt water ftnd apply quite thin. New York Sun, |