American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-11-02
USEFUL SUGGESTIONS.

THEY have an experimental Farm
Community in Chester county, Pa,
which does not seem to thrive to the eX-
tent that its projectors anticipated. "A
meeting of the club recently decided that
the failure of the wheat crop was owing to
the general meanness of the season."
A CEMENT to stop cracks in glass YES
sells to resist moisture and heat Dissolve
caseine in cold saturated solution of boraX,
and with this solution paste strips of hog
or bullock's bladder (softened in water) on
the cracks of glass, and dry at a gentle
heat !: if the vessel is to be heated, coat the
bladder on the outside just before it has
become quite dry, with a paste ola rather
concentrated solution of silicate OF soda
and quick lime or plaster OF Paris.
RIPE fruit absorbs oxygen in the pro-
cess of decay. and gives out carbonic acid.
Both the processes deteriOratc the value
of the air for breathing; therefore fruit
should not be allowed TO remain for any
length of time in sitting-rOOms. more es-
pecially in sick chambers. Many persons
are so sensitive to the emanations from
special fruits that they become faint If
they are present in the room.
WORMS in tlower-pots may be destroyed
by stopping up the holes in the pots with
corks and Watering with lime water until
it stands on the surface. The lime water
may remain for an hour then, on remOv-
ing the cork, it will pass off. The lime
water may be made by pouring thirty gal
Ions over ten pounds of fresh lime. Stir
well up and allow the whole to stand two
or three days, then employ the clear
liquor.
To MAKE good cider vinegar, a cores
pondent of the Country Gentleman advises
to begin cider making as early in the sea-
son as possible. When the barrel is filled,
let il remain where The sum can shine upon
IL nj IF .In T no hpn ont
and insert bottle reversed into the bung-
hole: put in each barrel one sheet oftools-
cap paper. half pint of white beans, and
Il half pint of good light emptyings or
yeast. If you choose. put in pint or
mole of molasses. You will have vine
gar in six weeks. Use good cider.
ECONOMY IN USING GRATEs.-A lead
keepers can save thirty per cent. of their
coal by using solid bottoms in ordinary
CRATES. 1t says: ''In any fireplace not
excessively small a plate of iron placed
upon the CRATE will halve the consumption
Of coal, reduce the smoke and leave
cheerful, free burning fire. Quite suffi-
cient air enters through the bars, no po-
out until the Goals are consumed. There
is no ash and no dust, every particle of
fuel being consumed As winter is ap-
preaching and coal is an item of house
keeping, it might be well to try this sug
gestion.
EGG-EAT1NG HENs.-The Journal of Ag-
ricult,ae gives the following remedy for
this habit: Break an egg and dust the
contents nicely with fine Cayenne pep
per, afterwards turning the egg round so
as to get the pepper below the yolk, if
possible, and leave the egg in the Offend
er's nest; or if he catches her in the act
of eating an egg let him drive her away
quietly and place pepper in the remainder
of the egg. endeavOring. as stated before.
TO get the pepper underneath. He will
very soon see her running furiOusly about
with distended beak. If one dose is not
sufficient. administer another, a little
stronger; but think once will be enough,
for saw The remedy tried, and it turned
out to be a perfect cure.
The Boston Journal of Chemistry says:
s. The impression prevails among those
who use freely fruits which are put up in
tin cans, that they are injured thereby,
and this impression is in many cases cor
rect. We have long commended that all
preserved fruits and vegetables should be
stored in glass, and that no metal of any
kind should be brought in contact with
them. All fruits contain more or less of
vegetable acids, and others that are highly
corrosive are often formed by fermen Ia
ton. and the metallic vessels are consid-
erably acted upon. The cans are held to-
gether by solder, an alloy into which
lead enters largely. This metal is easily
corroded by vegetable acids, and poison
Gus salts are formed: Undoubtedly, ma
ny persons are greatly injured by eating
tomatoes, peaches, etc, which have been
placed in tin cans, and we advise all our
friends who contemplate putting up fruit
the present season to use only glass jars
for the purpose"