Some Good Recipes THE WHITEWASH USED BY THE UNITED STATES LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE. This whitewash is used on lighthouses and on lighthouse property and can be used on wood, brick or stone, and is said to be nearly as durable as oil paint. Slack one-half bushel of lime with boiling water, keeping it covered during the process. Strain it and add a peck of salt dissolved in warm water; three pounds of ground rice put in boiling water and boiled to a thin paste; one-half pound of Spanish glue dissolved in warm water. Mix these well together and let the mixture stand for several days. When wanted for use, put a quantity on a portable furnace and apply it as hot as possible, using whitewash or painter's brushes. HEATING TAR FOR WOODEN DECKS. An excellent method of heating tar without danger of fire is to use a steam flue blower. Pure thick tar will spread better when heated by this method than if heated over a fire. And to those who prefer to thin the tar, before heating, with linseed oil, kerosene, or turpentine, this method can be recommended as being the only really safe one. REMOVING PAINT. Make a solution of equal parts of soda and quicklime. The soda should be dissolved in water first and the lime then added. Enough of each should be put in the water to make it about the consistency of paint. Apply this solution with a paint brush. A few moments are sufficient to remove the oldest paint, which may be washed off with warm water. Before repainting, the wood should be washed with vinegar or any acid solution to remove traces of alkali. FINALE. The successful pilot is the one that keeps posted. Every Government Bullentin, every Hydrographic report and the Marine column of the daily paper should be carefully scanned for newly reported obstructions, changes of buoyage, changes of lights, derelicts, etc. Vigilance is needed at all times. Be wakeful, be vigilant, At an hour when all seemeth Securest to thee. -Southey. |