American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-08-21
Useful Receipts.

To Keep Ctder SCeet.-Heat 1t I'M |
ri it boils, then pour into Jug or
other suitable glass or earthen YES
sci. which should previously be heat |
ed to prevent cracking. Cork tight,
and seal Immediately with cement,
the same as in putting up fruits. 1t
will keep unchanged for years.
Collie in Horses.-A correspondent
who says he has used it for forty
years calls the following ga sure
cure" He takes soft water, adds
more salt than it will dissolve, and
with wooden rag bathes the horse
on the small of the back with this
brine, rubbing it in hard. lie has
never known it to fail to relieve the
animal.
A Stuffed BeefSteak. of
bread scaIded soft, and mixed with
plenty of butter and little pepper
and salt. Lay it upon one side of
round of steak, cover with the other,
and haste it down with needle and
thread. Salt and pepper the outside
Of the steak, and place it in drip
ping-pan with half an inch of water.
When baked brown Oh one side, turn,
and bake the other.
To preserve Tomatoes for Winter
Use The most economical mode for
family purposes is to put them into
wide-mouthed jars, holding two,
three, or more quarts, according to
the size of the family. The toma-
toes, previously to their going into
winter quarters, are merely cooked
without seasoning of any sort, and
put, while hot, into the jars, which
should be filed full and the corks
driven home tightly and tied down.
Preserved in this manner, they will
keep as fresh as when first picked.
Cure for Ear Ache-Take a small
piece of cotton batting or cotton
wool, make a depression in the cen
ter with the finger, and fill it up with
as much ground pepper as will rest
on n five cent peice gather it into a
ball and tie it up; dip the ball into
sweet oil. and insert it the ear, Gov
ering the latter with cotton or wool,
and use bandage or cap to retain
it IN its place. Almost instant relief
will be experienced, and the applIca-
tion Is SO gentle that an infant will
not be injured by it, but experience
relief as we'll as adults.
The Cor.-One would think that
a kind-hearted man, when he sees
how grateful this operation is to a
COW, would be willing to spend few
moments carding her. 1t pays as
well to clean a COW as horse. AL
who have fairly tried it find great
benefit from the operation. And moi
one farmer in hundred makes it q
practice to use the card or curry
comb in the COW stable. We know
stupid men who laugh at the idea al
n mere notion of some fancy farmer
But III point of fact, no COW can Civ,
the best results at the pail unles
this matter is attended to, especial,
in winter.
Holding mp MIRA writer in til
Cincinnati Gazette says the best wa,
to prevent cows from holding u
their milk is to milk the forwar
teats perfectly dry, then change t
the two hind teats aud milk yer
fast, and the desired result will mos
likely be obtained. / have tried thu
experiment on an old muley COW
that possesses a great deal of obSt
macy i'll this line, and with success
Another writer suggests that it Is
better way to take two stones, weigl
ing fifteen or twenty pounds eacl
and tie to them rope two feet Ion,
and when you go to milk hang
across the small of the cows back
Ho'o to Impr0re CoH0n.-A write
in Southern paper says the fir,
stand of cotton comes from the blac
lintless seed I; the second stand frol
seed with lint, and the third, whic
should be saved and cultivated, froI
thick, heavy Tinted seed. The pla
for securing this last growth is thu
given: Plant your seed any way yO
prefer, cover with pillow. Whc
the first is up wtll. run broad c
hight harrow over it, so as to kill III
first growth, and if done the san
way with the second growth tbs
comes up, so much the better; the
she last that comes up will bear see
after its own kind and upon the SEE
good, long staple lint; and by
doing, in few years cotton won
be greatly improved.
CaHdleS.-Take Of alum five poun,
and dissolve entirely in ten gallol
of water, bring the solution to Il
boiling point. and add twenty Toun'
.f tallow, boiling the whole for :
hour, Swimming constantly. Upt
NoOling a little, strain through thi,
muslin OF flannel set aside for d5