American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-01-13
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

A GOOD farmer will never be satisfied
with his farming until he is satisfied his
land is growing better every year.
THE american Agricultpia gives the
number of kernels in q bushel of wheat
as 100000; equally spread over an acre of
ground this would make the kernels lie q
little over three inches from each other,
or give about ten square inches to each
kernel.
SOLDERING HORSES. Give daily for
two weeks or more, one spoonful of iron
scales, such as may be taken from the an
vii block where horse nails are made. Mix
with oats or other feed. Have tried it
with good success. -Cor. RalW NeW
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A HINT TO CoNsUMPTIvEs.-- "A physi-
clan of no little experience says he has
known several consumptive patients cured
by observing the following rules; Live
| temperately, avoid spirituous liquors, wear
| flannel next the skin, and take every
morning half pint Of new milk mixed
with wineglassful of expressed juice of
green hoarhound.
DIR. BAIMANNo, London surgeon, has
successfully applied the magic lantern to
the study of diseases of the skin. A
transparent photograph of the skin is
taken, and then placed in a magic lantern.
A strong hydro-oXygen light casts the
picture enlarged on a white sheet, and in
this way the smallest details are brought
out with astonishing minuteness.
FRIED HALIBUT.-IIa the slices sea-
soned some hours before frying, as it will
be less liable to break in turning; when
ready to fry dip it in egg beaten up, and
roll it in bread crumbs; then fry in hot
lard, or have three or four slices Of sweet
salt pork fried till quite brown and crisp,
and then fry the halbut in the hot lard
which came from the pork. Dish it and
lay the crisp brown pork around it,
A FRENCH physician, Dr. Paillon, an
nounces new cure for cold in the head.
1t consists merely in inhalng ammonia
through the nose If the sense of smell
is entirely obliterated, the bottle should
be kept under the nose until the pungen-
cy of the volatile alkali is felt The bot
tie is then removed, but only to be reap
piled after minute; the second applica-
ton, however, should not be so long.
This operation should be repeated rapidly
until relief is experienced.
COOLING MLK.-Mr. E. II. Stuart, of
Cedarvillc, N. Y, recently said: "The
idea of cooling or excluding the animal
heat from the milk as soon as drawn from
the COW, has not received its share Of con
sideration by our dairymcn. A great per
centage of increase in quantity as well as
quality of cheese would result could the
milk be properly cooled before inclosing
it in the can preparatory to sending it to
the factory. In my opinion, exposure to
the air is far preferable to cooling with
water or ice. | have been in the habit of
dipping or stirring the milk, but this is
rather slow and tedious"
GUM ARABIc-It is well known that
solutions Of gum arabic soon become
moldy, and finally lose all adhesive prop
critics. To prevent this it has been Gus
tOmary to use CreOsOte, CarbOlic acid, cor
rosive subimate and other poisonous or
disagreeable agents, the cost of which, or
their unpleasant character, has deferred
persons from using them. We now see it
stated that sulphate of quinine will serve
the same purpose, without itself impart-
ing any bad odor. The addition of So
luton Of few crystals of this salt to
gum arabic will prevent the formation Of
mold quite as etlcctually as carboliC acid,
and by analogy it is safe to suppose that
the same salt could be used in writing ink,
muciage, and possibly glue-RHraJ Ne1c
Yorker.
ALL children and most grownup peo-
pie, have IA sweet tooth" When Santa
Claus showers his sugar-plums, few can
resist the temptation to nibble. That this
nibbing is pretty extensively practiced is
indicated by the fact that in New York
alone there are more than four hundred
manufacturers of confectionery, some of
whom make an average of four thousand
pounds day through the year. Places
of sale are innumerablc; almost every
block has its candy store, sometimes sew
eral of them. 1t is pleasant to be assured
by those who have carefully investigated
the subject, that the use of poisonous ma
terials in coloring candies has greatly di-
minished within few years. Certain
fancy bonbons, made more for show than
for eating, are still colored with poisonous
materials, and aduterated with objection
able substances. Purchasers should un-
derstand this, and sweemeats of this kind
should never be given to children for eat
ing. While there is no doubt that some
kinds of candy are injurious, that which
alton, is usually regarded nowadays as
harmless, provided it is eaten moderately
and at a proper time Candy should never
be allowed to take the place of substantial
food; it should bear the same relation to
ordinary food as other condiments do;
and the most wholesome time for taking
it is after a meal To be nibbling at it all
day long will surely destroy the appetite
;,,;, Al III i,,gt ton nj
bling Of anything else would injure the
health Candy would not have to bear
the blame of all the COLES and headaches
which befall children soon after Christ
mas gifts are bestowed did they not so
often carry pocketful of ii around with
them. The common substances used for
adulteration are starch, terra alba and
clay and, unfortunately, some manufac-
turers who make pure confectionery make
also an adulterated kind, which they sell
to a certain class of customers. An adul-
teration may readily be detected by tax
inc tumbler of water and dissolving
piece of candy in it. If the candy is
pure, it will completely dissolve if one
of the articles above mentioned is in it,
there will be precipitate. Although
starch is harmless, and terra alba and
clay, btlH8 llNplublt, may liON'NN nv
harm when taken in small quantities, yet
the sale of an adulterated article for
pure one is a cheat and if every pound
thus sold were returned at once, and the
money paid for it or pure candy demand
ed, it would be bat short time before
adulterated confectionery would be ban
ished from the markct.-HdIpey's Weekly.