American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-03-30
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

WHATEVER makes men happier makes
them better
THEY that sin for profit will never profit
by their sins.
THE Washington Life is one of the
oldest New York Companies.
THE practice of wearing wells over the
eyes is said to be very injurious to the
sight
Ir should be the aim of the host and
hostess to make each gathering at the
table pleasant, that the mind may be di
verified and digestion assisted. Do not
make the current prices Of the market
the subject of your conversation, CT find
fault with the oven Or the cook.
BEro,tE you ask a favor of any man,
just consider three things First, can you
! not avoid it Second, can the one you
apply to grant it !? Third, would you, i!
| your places We're reversed do Tor your
! friend what You ask him to do for your
sell ? Il is well to think of this, rs 1t
| may change the whole question.
SPLIT ROLLs.-One egg we'll beaten
one tablespoonful of sugar one Yeast
cake dissolved in a cup OF warm milk
two teasDoonfuis Of salt flour enough to
make stiff batter ; set to rise when
risen, work in large spoonful of butter,
and flour enough to roll roll out AZ inch
/ thick, spread over with butter or lard :;
fold in half Gu. With biscuit cutter; let
rise and Western Rural
t A PIECE of grass land that will cut two
! tons of hay per acre, or which vii; fur
| nish an equivalent in pasture, cannot
profitably be broken up, especially if the
land be inclined to be rough or wet
| Many fields which are now covered with
coarse heritage, might, ly draining and
manuring, become covered with valuable
and nutritious grasses, and where labor is
/ -Carce and high this course is far prefer
! able to putting such land under the pillow.
Draining is often all that is needed TO
! produce the change; sometimes iudicious
application of artificial manures might
be probably used.
/ ACCORDING to DR.. Hartif, March and
/ April are the most favorable months for
cutting timber intended TO he used by
builders and carpenters, the average per
/ cent. OF moisture being less than forty
seven, while in the three following months
the average is forty-eight, and in the
( three winter months, fifty one. He states
that properly timber contains
| from twenty 20 twenty-five per cent. of
water, and never less than about ten per
cent; and if the moisture is entirely re-
moved by artificial means, the wood loses
its elasticity and flexibility and becomes
brittle. Any artificial seasoning of wood
| should be carried on very gradually; the
temperature at the beginning being low,
and the process not carried on too far.
USEFUL. HINTS TO YoUNG WRITER'S
Bouquet is a French word; boquet is not.
Sobriquet is a French word; soubriquet is
not. Hors de combat is Il correct French
expressions; hors du combat is not. lily is
not an English word To say that a person
is lily adapted to any employment is as
incorrect as it would be to say that he is
] wpIlV ndnntpd n ads hp
proper expression. Firstly is not an Eng
fish word; first should be used. Secondly,
thirdly, etc, are correct. The use of the
word most, instead of almost, is a vul-
garism of New England origin. Nouns
ending in ey form their plural regularly
by adding s. as key, keys; monkey, mon
keys; journey, journeys; attorney, at
torneys: money, moneys. Ignorance
leads some persons to write attornies and
monies, instead of correct spelling. The
word whisky has no in it, and its plural
is WHISTLES, not whiskeys. Don't write
except when you mean accept.
We sometimes pleet with altered wills
bills of exchange, pawn tickets and othel
documents from which the original writ
ing has been removed and something else
substituted. In such forgeries it is of fal
more Importance to know whether any
thing was previously written there, thar
ment are made, or it is photographed, ant
=; then the writing is removed with dilut,
oxalic acid solution, the paper washed
with clean water and laid in a shallow
dish containing dilute solution on vel
low prussiate of potash. In most case
the iron contained in the ink previousl,
used has not been entirely removed iron
: the fibres of the paper, and in conse
: quence, the prussiate of potash restore
1 single syllables or words, and sometime
even whole lines appear, proving tina
some writing previously existed there
Even without removing the secondforged
writing, the first may be discovered b
immersing the document, just as it is, il
dilute muriatic acid, and afterwards az
4 plying the dilute solution of yellow pru.
u State of potash, which causes the origin;
. writing to appear in blue. The iron c
a the ink previously used and entangled i
> the tibers of the paper is set free, an
= combines with prussiate of potash to forl
y Prussian blue.-,jour1SaL Of Chemistry.