American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-07-27
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
THE Washington Life avoids the faults
of both mutual and stock companies.

USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
THE Washington Life avoids the faults
of both mutual and stock companies
ANY one may reap a good crop from
rich virgin soil, but the good farmer is
proved by the steady appreciation of his
crop. Good crops at first, and better af-
terward.
BE always frank and true ; spurn every
sort of affectation and disguise. Have
the courage to confess your ignorance and
awkwardness Confide your faults and
follies to but few.
PRESERVE your conscience always soft
and sensitive. If but one sin force its
way into that tender part of the soul, and
is suffered to dwell there, the road is
paved for thousand more iniquities.
HAVE the courage to cut the most
agreeable acquaintance you have when
you are convinced he lacks principle.
ga friend should bear friends infirmi-
ties, " but not his vices.
STRAWBERRY JAM-Very fine straw
berry jam may be made with half pound
of sugar to each pound of fruit, which
should be mashed up together and cooked
in the same manner as for marmalade,
and placed in tumblers or jars. Care
should be taken that the jam does not
burn Western Rurdl
LINE is likely to be used largely as
preserver of wood. 1t has lately been
discovered that vessels which carry lime
last much longer than others. For
block pavement it is said an application
of lime can be successfully made. In
frame houses the space between the lath
and siding could be flied compactly with
lime and the usual decay prevented at no
very large expense.
TREAT THE Cows WELL.-If there is
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the good treatment of, it is the mich COW.
1t should be remembered that it is only
the food she consumes beyond what is re-
quired to support the natural waste of the
system, that can afford surplus in the
way of milk Hence, the food which
would barely support two cows and leave
nothing for the owner, if eaten by one
COW would enable her to return the value
of one-half of it in milk.
YOUNG orchards on our rich soil in the
West may be safely cultivated for two or
three years, then sow down in clover, for
if you continue to cultivate your trees
will continue to grow, and you cannot
get crop of fruit and growth of tree the
same year. Don't prune too much.
Shape young trees, and then cut them as
little as possible. Keep your trees clean.
Wash them with strong soapsuds. scrape
off the rough bark, and look out for the
CHERRY TREES should never be highly
MANFRED. Singular as it may seem, bet
ter results have been obtained by grow
ing cherry trees in grass than by cultiva-
ting them as highly as pears. Expert
enced fruit growers in Delaware, who
once began system of liberal manuring
and treatment of cherry trees, found after
an experience of few years, that the
bark would burst, gum would ooze out,
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unhealthy condition. The growers i'm
mediately discontinued high feeding, and
seeded the land down to grass. The trees
recovered their health, and have borne
beautifully ever since the system of grass
culture began. 1t is the only fruit tree.
of all varieties, which we can safely rec
ommend to be treated in this way. A
Delaware friend says his row of cherry
trees, growing in grass along the fence,
are the picture of health and luxuriance;
while in previous years, with orchard
culture, he could never make them sue
cessful-Independen
PRESERVING FRUIT AND Flowers WITH
PARAFFIN.-Paraffin is an article of COM
merce obtained by the distillation of
petroleum. In form it resembles sperm
acct, and is tasteless, inodorous, waxy
matter, fusible at liz degrees, and nearly
transparent when applied to many sub
SLdHCcS. LII. lcSSc udS recommended
preserving fruits and flowers by simply
dipping them into paraffin and withdraw
ing them quickly, when thin coat of the
paratfin instantly sets, and closes all the
pores of the article thus treated In
ORDER to be successful, the flowers should
be freshly gathered, perfectly dry and free
from dew or moisture. The paraffin
should not be hotter than Just sufficient
to liquify it; and the flowers should be
dipped into it separately, holding them by
the stalks, and moving them about in
order to get rid of bubbles ofair which are
likely to get imprisoned within the
corolle. Those parts of plants or flowers
which are not required to be preserved |
should be removed with scissors previous |
to dipping them in the paraffin. Fruit |
should be dipped in as it is held by the /
Monthly.
BANKS, BANKERS, and all interested in
protecting valuables from burglars, should |
know that Marvin & Co.'s Burglar-proof
Safes are not equaled, because the iron,
steel and welded metal used by them are
all of the best quality, and are put to-
gether in the strongest possible manner.
Add to the above the fact that only in safes
of this manufacture can be found Mar
wins patent solid welded angle corner,
and Messrs. Marvin Il Co. easily support
their claim that their Burglar-proof Safes
are unequaled. The plate being one inch
thick outside, no scTeao or riCet reaches to
tile outside, which is not the case with any
safe made of thin plate outside. Mar
wins Chrome-iron Spherical Safe is
stronger than any square safe can posi-
bly, be made. Marvin & Co. are sole
of the Electro Pneumatic
Safe Protector, by means of which the
burglar is not allowed to even touch the
safe without sounding alarm bells.
Alum and dry plaster fire-proof safes,
vault work, etc, etc. Principal Western
warehouse at II South Canal street,
Chicago.