FIXED STARS.— Nitre, 12 parts ; sulphur, 6 parts ; meal gunpow- der, 12 parts ; antimony, 1 part. Mix. The bottom of the rocket must be stuffed with clay ; one diameter of rocket composition must be then intro- duced, and the remainder filled with the above mixture ; the case is then to be tied up, and the paste-board pierced with five holts for the escape of the luminous rays. FLANNEL. — Before it is made up, flannel should be immersed in hot water. FLANNELS, to Wash.— Do not use boiling water, but as hot as the hands can bear. Wash with good brown soap and a little pearl-ash, or soda, and blue. FLANNEL, to Wear. — Put it on at once, winter and summer — nothing better can be worn next to the skin than a loose red flannel shirt — " loose," for it has room to move on the skin, thus causing a titillation, which draws the blood to the surface and keeps it there, and when that is the case no one can take cold ; "red,” for white flannel creases up, mats together, and becomes tight, stiff, heavy, and imper- vious. Cotton wool merely absorbs the moisture from the surface, while woollen flannel conveys it from the skin and deposits it in drops on the outside of the shirt, from which the ordinary cotton shirt absorbs it, and by its nearer exposure to the air it is soon dried with- out injury to the body. Having these properties, red woollen flannel is worn by sailors even in the midsummer of the hottest countries. Wear a thinner material in summer. FLANNEL, Beware how you Lay aside — Never be in a hurry to put off woollen garments. Flannel pro- tects against the sudden changes of temperature. When perspiration flows freely, the quick evaporation carries with it much heat from the body, and chili may be produced, and that may be followed by derangement of some function, as cold in the head, or un- natural discharge from the bowels. Flannel is a slow conductor of cold or heat, and evaporation proceeds from it more slowly than from cotton or linen ; hence its excellence for clothing. Many persons wear flannel next to the skin all the year round, and find it a shield against prevalent complaints in the summer. Much depends of course upon the constitution and employment of the in- dividual, but in all cases flannel should not be laid aside till the weather is settled permanently warm, and the change should be made in the morning, not in the after-part of the day, when the energies are somewhat abated, and the air is usually cooler. Many a deli- cate person has sown the seeds of con- sumption in undressing for an evening party. FLATULENCY— See Carmin - atives, page 112, and Colic, page 132. FLATULENCY, Griping, &c., in Children. — It proceeds from in- digestion. Give an emetic to produce a vomit. In two hours after, give a little rhubarb and magnesia, and occa- sionally a little castor oil, in aniseed water. Also a warm bath now then. FLEAS AND LICE, on Ani- mals, to Destroy. — Solution of camphor — the camphor first dissolved in spirits of wine. — The root of the tail, and most of the back of dogs may be rubbed with Scotch snuff. — Use borax ; 1 FLI FLU 182 insects do not like it.— Or apply oil of turpentine. FLIES. — Horses, cows, and oxen may be relieved from the annoyance of flies and the stings of venomous insects, by nibbing their legs and stomachs with train oil, which drives those unwelcome visitors away. v

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FIXED STARS.— Nitre, 12 parts ; sulphur, 6 parts ; meal gunpowder, 12 parts ; antimony, 1 part. Mix. The bottom of the rocket must be stuffed with clay ; one diameter of rocket composition must be then introduced, and the remainder filled with the above mixture ; the case is then to be tied up, and the paste-board pierced with five holes for the escape of the luminous rays. FLANNEL. — Before it is made up, flannel should be immersed in hot water. FLANNELS, to Wash.— Do not use boiling water, but as hot as the hands can bear. Wash with good brown soap and a little pearl-ash, or soda, and blue. FLANNEL, to Wear. — Put it on at once, winter and summer — nothing better can be worn next to the skin than a loose red flannel shirt — " loose," for it has room to move on the skin, thus causing a titillation, which draws the blood to the surface and keeps it there, and when that is the case no one can take cold ; "red,” for white flannel creases up, mats together, and becomes tight, stiff, heavy, and impervious. Cotton wool merely absorbs the moisture from the surface, while woollen flannel conveys it from the skin and deposits it in drops on the outside of the shirt, from which the ordinary cotton shirt absorbs it, and by its nearer exposure to the air it is soon dried without injury to the body. Having these properties, red woollen flannel is worn by sailors even in the midsummer of the hottest countries. Wear a thinner material in summer. FLANNEL, Beware how you Lay aside — Never be in a hurry to put off woollen garments. Flannel protects against the sudden changes of temperature. When perspiration flows freely, the quick evaporation carries with it much heat from the body, and chili may be produced, and that may be followed by derangement of some function, as cold in the head, or unnatural discharge from the bowels. Flannel is a slow conductor of cold or heat, and evaporation proceeds from it more slowly than from cotton or linen ; hence its excellence for clothing. Many persons wear flannel next to the skin all the year round, and find it a shield against prevalent complaints in the summer. Much depends of course upon the constitution and employment of the individual, but in all cases flannel should not be laid aside till the weather is settled permanently warm, and the change should be made in the morning, not in the after-part of the day, when the energies are somewhat abated, and the air is usually cooler. Many a delicate person has sown the seeds of consumption in undressing for an evening party. FLATULENCY— See Carminatives, page 112, and Colic, page 132. FLATULENCY, Griping, &c., in Children. — It proceeds from indigestion. Give an emetic to produce a vomit. In two hours after, give a little rhubarb and magnesia, and occasionally a little castor oil, in aniseed water. Also a warm bath now then. FLEAS AND LICE, on Animals, to Destroy. — Solution of camphor — the camphor first dissolved in spirits of wine. — The root of the tail, and most of the back of dogs may be rubbed with Scotch snuff. — Use borax ; FLI FLU insects do not like it.— Or apply oil of turpentine. FLIES. — Horses, cows, and oxen may be relieved from the annoyance of flies and the stings of venomous insects, by nibbing their legs and stomachs with train oil, which drives those unwelcome visitors away. v

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