American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-08-31
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

A WIDOW holding policy on her de-
ceased husband in the Washington gets
the money herself. 1t cannot be taken for
his debts.
| PRESERVING STUFFED ANIMALS WITH
ARsENIC.-Rub the flesh side of the skin
with a composition of one pound tobacco
ashes, one-half pound alum, two pounds
dry slaked lime.
LAMPS are liable to explode when
trimming Is neglected. The wick being
charred low down in the tube, the flame
obtains access TO the oil below.
HARDENING WooD FOR PULLEYs-Af-
ter wooden pulley is turned and rub
| bed smooth, boil it for about eight min
uies in olive oil, then allow it to dry, af-
which it will ultimately become almost as
hard as copper.
ALKALI lands, heretofore considered
almost worthless, are found to be excel
lent for cotton. In California, the cotton
planted on alkali soil is month ahead of
| that planted on the adobe lands.
NERMILLIoN PAINT.-The tendency of
i paint made from vermillion (cinnabar or
sulphide of mercury, VIXEN mixed with
white lead, to turn black or brown in a
short time may be obviated by mixing
with the dry paint, before adding the oil,
one eighth of its weight of flowers of sui
phur.
A DOZEN secrets of health are l. Keep
warm. 2. Eat regularly and slowly 3.
Maintain regular bodily habits. 4. Take
early and very light suppers. 5. Keep a
clean skin. 6. Get plenty of sleep at
night. 7. Keep cheerful and respectable
company. s. Keep out of debt. 8. Don't
set your mind on things you don't need.
10. Mind your own business. II. Subdue
curiosity. II. Avoid drugs.
PAINTING ZINC.-On paint may be
made to adhere to sheet zinc by coating
the latter with a composition of one part
nitrate of copper, one part chloride of
copper and one of sal ammoniac, dis
solved in sixty four parts of water; add
to the solution one part hydrochloric
acid. This should be left from twelve to
twenty-four hours to dry. 1t acts also as
Il protection to the metal against atmos-
pheric influences.
GATHERING HERBs-Herbs for drying
for future use should be cut Just about
the time they are coming into flower. Dry
them in the shade, and after sufficiently
dry to put away, tie them in punches and
| hang in a cool shed. or place them loosely
between paper, and stow away in cup
boards or drawers; the last mode is by
far the cleanest and most approved plan
with the best hOusekeepers. Some, in
deed, powder the leaves at once after dry
ing, and put away in bags ready for use.
GOLDEN WoRDs-But now let me tell
you this. If the time comes when you
must lay down the fiddle and the bow,
because your fingers are too stiff, and
drop the foot-sculls because your arms
are too weak, and after dazzling awhile
with eyeglasses, come at last to the I'M
disguised reality of spectacles; if the time
comes when that fire of life we spoke of
has burned SO low, that where its flames
reverberated there is only the sombre
stain of regret, and where its Goals glowed
only the white ashes that cover the en-
bers of memory-don't let your heart
grow cold, and you may carry cheerful
your second century, if you can last so
long.-Holmes.
BEANS REMEDY FOR GARGET.-We
had two valuable cows, which for a
couple of years had been much troubled
with g;,rget in the bag, and last spring it
set in again, bidding fair to destroy them.
had read in your paper about beans as
Il remedy and prevailed on the men to
bring some, which l boiled a few times,
and l have heard no more complaint
about garget The disease had advanced
so far in new mich COW that the men
said she had already gone ups" but the
beans brought her back again, and she
has been an excellent cow all summer.
The beans used were what is called the
butter bean, which are black when ripe,
and as cooked them for the cows, /
found them to be very strong and beany.
From our experience here with beans for
garget, l had come to the conclusion that
beans had hardly had prominence enough.
1t strikes me as being the remedy above
all others-Cor Rural Ne,o Yorker.