American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-08-10
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.


USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
FORESIGHT is the right eye of Provi-
dence, and Providence dictates Life In
surance. Insure in the Washington.
A MASSACHUSETTS cultivator says, in
Secretary Flint's report, that he has no.
ticed in his garden THAT that portion
which is hoed or cultivated with the dew
upon the ground produces better crops
than that hoed in the heat of the day"
DIR. SIGERsoN, an eminent European
savant, has found in the air eXhaled from
the lungs of tea-drinkers large number
of microscopic globules of a poisonous
narcotic oil, which, according to him, eX-
plains why tea sometimes makes nervous
people coughy and hic-cuppy.
ELI STINsoN, President of the Wool
Growers Association, has proved to a
demonstration that his flock of 1,500
sheep has enabled him to produce eight or
ten more bushels of wheat to the acre
than is grown on the average lands of
Wisconsin, where sheep industry is not
auxiliary TO wheat farming.
AN experienced housekeeper says that
flies may be kept out of a butter-plate on
the table by a simple and novel expedient
by planting in it a thin slice of bread,
cut columnwise, and inserted in a perpen-
dicular position. Whether the bread
scares off the flies the lady cannot say,
but she declares it certainly keeps them
off
SUGAR FROM THE BUTTERNUT-A cor
respondent of the Chautauque Farmer
writes: "Whcn my neighbor, Brown,
tapped his sap-bush he had a quantity of
buckets and spiles more than maple trees,
so he tapped about thirty butternut trees
| thought / would see what | could make
of f., hus tpIi
one of the buckets under his butternut
trees full, while those under the maple
trees were not over two thirds full. / took
six quart pail with me, and borrowed it
full of the bntternut sap, and boiled it
down, getting one half pound of nice SUI
gar. Mr.. Brown gathered twenty-nine
buckets of that sap, and boiled it down
with his maple. 1t worked as nicely as if
it were all maple. The flavor and appear
ance were perfect"
S.M. WELLS, of Weathersfield, Ct, has
found great advantage in being very con-
siderate of the welfare of his score or two of
cows. He has even aseertained that any
continuous noise, as of a tanning mill,
about the stable has such effect upon the
nervous system as to cause perceptible
falling off in the flow of milk. No dog is
tolerated about the place. There must be
repression of rampant ways on the part
the buttermakers walk leisurely out.
They are petted and caressed. The con-
sequence is they yield flowing pals, and
they wear such cheerful and contented
faces and such mild expression of eye as
would do the kind heart of Henry Bergh
good to look at.
ONE of the best farmers east of the
Hudson expended ten years ago one hun
dred dollars on a shed thirty feet long by
twelve wide, under which his cart, wagon,
sled, moving machine, plows, hoes, and
His implements are as good now as they
were then, with the exception of the in
evitable wear which their use involves,
and in the opinion of the owner the build
| ing has saved him at least twenty per
cent. of its cost each year. The same roof
can be many times made to cover loft
which can be used as a granary, or for
some other purpose which the business
done upon the farm may make desirable,
at the same that the lower part is used for
the purposes indicated above.
To AVOID SEA-SIcKNEss.-After en-
barking, the person unaccustomed to the
water, should keep on deck as much as
possible. When the weather becomes
rough he should fast for one day, and if
the storm is prolonged, take only one
meal day for two or three days, by
| which time he will become so Injured to
the various motions of the ship that they
will not disturb his digestive organs much.
He may then resume his ordinary
dietetc habits, observing, however
moderation in quantity. A handkerchief
or girdle of some kind, around the region
of the stomach, as tightly as can be borne
without discomfort, will often prevent
sickness, and will allay the pangs OF
hunger when fasting. While in the cabin,
if the person feels Inclined to sickness, he
should keep his berth, lying with the head
low or nearly level with the body. This
will prevent the blood receding from the
brain to the digestive organs, and prevent
the spasmodic action which results il
vomitng.-.Science Of UedtM.
EVERYBODY has a cold now and won
ders how he got ii, when the thermometer
hasn't been below eighty degrees for {;
month and cool draughts have been un
heard of. The extraordinary number OF
colds probably corresponds to the unusual
ly hot, moist air prevailing for II number
of DAYS, which prevents the change o.
perspiration into vapor, or cooling off
The moist and heated AIR, ii good conduc
tor, allows the electricity to pass from the
BODY leaving a "most gone" debiIitated
feeling the pores of the skin are all open
aud triling change in temperature pro
duces cold. If the air was just as hot
but not moist, the perspiration would
evaporate too fast for much danger. Now
an ounce of prevention is offered
Change damp clothes when exercise i:
through, or, if announcement, keep the
heat in the body by wooden coat OF
shawl until PRESENTATION has ceased
Probably more of these colds are taken
by night than by day, because the bed
clothes that were insupportable before
midnight become insufficient soon after
An easy and efficient remedy is n loose
wooden robe, worn over the ordinary
night clothes, which will proven, too sud
den change of temperature.-iSprin
,Journdi
Figuring on Fencing.