American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-10-11
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

MANY lose the opportunity of saying
kind thing by waiting to weigh the mat
ter too long.
IMPLEMENTS and machines that Will not
be required until next spring should be
taken apart, if necessary, and slowed
away. Be careful to lose none of the
bolts or nuts.
THoUGuTs come into our minds by ave
nues which we never let open, ana
thoughts go out of our minds through av-
enues which we never voluntarily opened.
Emerson.
THE more people do, the more they can
do. He that does nothing renders him
self incapable of doing anything. While
we are executing one work we are pre-
pairing to undertake another.
FRUIT JELLIEs may be preserved from
mouldiness by covering the surface one
fourth of an inch deep with finely pulver-
lied loaf sugar Thus protected, they
will keep in good condition for years.
IT is not so generally known as it ought
to be, that the kernels of some stone
fruits, especially peaches, contain prussic
acid to an extent which may prove poison
Gus if large number of the kernels be
eaten.
IT is asserted that crude petroleum
makes an excellent pain-rcliever for parts
AS a varnish, excluding the air, in which
float millions of minute particles which,
fastening themselves on wounds, give rise
to int1ammatory action.
In pitting potatoes, cover the heaps
with layer of straw and then thin lay
er of earth This will do for the present
Then, before winter sets in, put another
layer of straw all over the heap and cover
carefully with earth. This second layer
of straw, holding dead air, will resist the
severest frost.
REMEDY FOR MICE.-Any one DESTROYS
of keeping seeds from the depredations
of mice can do SO by mixing some pieces
of camphor gum in with the seeds. Cam
phor placed in drawers or trunks will
prevent mice from doing them injury.
The little animal objects to the odor, and
keeps good distance from it. He will
seek food elsewhere.
THE common burden of humanity,
which we have all to bear more or less,
must be heaviest in those whose mental
powers are the earliest and the most
widely unfolded. We may grow up under
the sheltering care of parents and kin
dred; we may lean on parents and friends;
we may be amused by acquaintances; we
may be made happy by those we love
yet to this conclusion do we come at
last-that man is turned back on himself.
Goethe.
EUCHERED APPLEs-Take ten apples
of bright, fresh color-Spitzenbergs are
nice-wash them, and put them, without
pairing, into saucepan with cup o
water, and cover closely When nearly
cooked add full cup of white sugar and
fiavoring of cinnamon or vanilla, and let
them simmer ten minutes. Then lift the
apples up tenderly into glass dish, and
pour the syrup, when it has partially cool
ed, over them. A spoonful of rich cream
added to each apple when served out will
be found great improvement.
How TO KEEP SITUATIoN.-The fol-
lowing bit of advice is from the Working
| man, and is worthy the attention of our
readers: clay it down as a foundation
| rule, that you will be faithful in that
| which is least. Pick up the loose nails,
| bits of Irvine, wrapping paper. Put them
| in their places. Be ready to throw in an
| odd half-hour or hours time, when it will
| be an accommodation, and don't seem to
make a merit of it. Do it heartily.
| Though not word be said, be sure your
| employer will make note of it. Make
yourself indispensable to him, and he will
lose many of the opposite kind before he
will part with you"
To KEEP GRAPES FOR HOME Use
Gather the clusters carefully, removing
| all the grapes that are not perfect. Then
| fasten the cluster to poles about eight feet
| long, and so stout that they will not bend
under the weight. Suspend these poles by
strings fastened to the ceiling of wood
| loft or chamber, where there is complete
| circulation of air, and let them remain
until there is danger of a frost. Pack
for winter in dry sawdust, in shallow
boxes, and put them in cool but dry eel
| lar. Grapes contain the same malic acid
as apples, and have also some proportion
of tartaric acid, and the bitartrate of pot
ash, which makes them exceedingly
healthful