American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-01-18
USEFUL SUGGESTIONS.

REMEDY FOR COLD FEET.-SOak the feet
in warm water, with a little cayenne pep
per in it, two or three times week. Try
this tor month, or longer, if necessary,
and you will find it an excellent remedy
for cold feet.
DIETETIC HINTs.-Most chronic dlseas-
es, and many acute ones. are produced at
the table. AS a rule, no fluid o: any kind
should be taken at the table. especially if
if the stomach is weak. The stomach
should never be overloaded; not more
than two or three articles should be taken
at one meal ; no stimulantS used before
eating; tobacco arrests digestion. Milk is
the best diet for infants and children. 70
matoes with cream and sugar are healthy
and nutritious. Bread and butter is the
staff of life, and easily digested. Too
much salt irritates the stomach. Colds
are frequently produced by drinking hot
tea and exposure afterwards. Late sup
pers induce heart disease. Pastry and
cake constipate the bowels. Boiled pota-
toes are not so healthy as baked ones.
Fruits are to be eaten at breakfast
much rest TO be healthy: purgative
medicines weaken the bowels. Cheer
tul conversation promotes digestion an
ger prevents it.
To COLOR sheep skins with the wool on.
the Country Gentleman gives the following
recipe: ''Unslacked lime and litharge.
equal parts, mixed to a thin paste with
water, will color buff-several coats will
make it dark brOwn-by adding a little
ammonia and nitrate silver, fine black is
produced. Terra japoniea will impart a
tan color to " DOL, and the red shade is
deepenei by sponging with solution OF
lime :nd water, using a strong solution OF
alum water to set the colOrs l part
crystalized nitrate silver, s parts carbon
ate ammonia, and II part of soft water,
dyes brewn-every additional coat dark
ems the color until black is obtained"
How l MAKE SOFT SoAP.-I keep my
ashes dry, and when put in the hopper
preparatory to making soap, have from
a half to one peck of unsla"ked lime put
in with the ashes. Before putting the
grease in, l swing the kettle off the fire
and let it hang few moments. If there
is any potash in it, take a shovel ana
take it out. For it there is much potash
in, it will not make good soap. l pack
the ashes well. adding water enough to
dampcn them. Then l put three or four
buckets of water on each day for two or
three days, until L think it sufficiently
soaked. And lastly l pour on boiling wa
ter to run the I've off. As soon as | have
enough run Off to commence boiling, l
put my Kettle over the fire, and boil the
I've as fast as it will boil, still adding more
lye as it boils down. In this way | con
tinue for a whole day. BY evening it will
probably be sufficiently strong to eat a
feather in passing it three times across the
liquid. l now put my grease in (all
think it will eat), still boiling as fast as l
can without its running over. Ii it eats
the grease all up l add more. L now leave
my kettle to hang over the fire all night.
In the morning if there are any scraps of
grease that are not eaten up, l boil again
for an hour or two, and if they do not dis
solve take them out. Then [ take out
few spOonfuls CT the soap and set it away
a little while to cool. When cold, if there
is no I've under it and it appears free
from grease, l set my kettle off, and hang
another one to boil more I've. Managing
in this way. l generally can make from
sixteen to eighteen gallons of rice white
soap in two days, and often in one day
and a night. -Cor Cincinnati Gnzette.