American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-22
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD

Alum or vinegar is good to set colors
red, greer or yellow.
Sal sods will bleach; one spoonful is
sufficient for kettle of clothes.
Apple Custard Pie-Grate two large
sweet apples, add one pint of milk, one
egg, one spoonful of sugar, spice and salt
OF taste, and bake with one crust
Sponge Cake.-SiX eggs, one coffee
cup and a half of white sugar, the same
in measure of flour. 1t is best to whip
the whites separately, then after the yolks
and sugar are well beaten together, add
the flour and whites of eggs, spoonful of
each at time. Beat a minute or more
between each spoonful. Flavor to suit
the taste; bake in rather hot oven.
Flowing Down Observation-Disclosures
ing the utmost pains and care in blowing,
the grass, especially if long, will bristle
up in boards and tufts here, there and
everywhere, injuring alike the appearance
of the field and its capacity for growth.
Do you wish to remedy this great Difficult
ty? If so, use the chain and ball to your
plow No matter what kind of pillow you
have, try them. A piece of ordinary FACE
chain will do very well. Fasten one end
of it to your coulter, and to the other
end attach round iron ball of from two
to three pounds Notwithstanding the chain
long enough to permit the ball to reach
back to about the middle of the mold
board, and there let it drag along, on the
off side, of course.-Canada Farmer.
Grape and Peach Pudding Sauce
Strain oft the juice from stewed grapes,
sweeten to the taste, and thicken with
sifteC wheatmeal, not more than one
spoonful to one pint of juice. Another
good sauce can be made by stewing tart
apple-skins in barely water enough to
cover them, draining that off, adding an
equal quantity of grape juice, seasoning
| and thickening slightly as before. The
thick, sweetened juice of stewed or canned
peaches also harmoniZes finely with
grape dishes. A delicious peach sauce
can be made by stewing peach parings
instead of apple, adding to the strained
liquor an equal quantity of the juice from
stewed peaches, and thickening and
sweetening In the same manner.-iSctence
Of Health.
To Train Driving Horse.-In teach
ing a young horse to drive well, do not
hurry to see how fast he can trot. Keep
each pace clear and distinct from the
other; that is, in walking, make him
walk, and do not allow him to trot.
While trotting, be equally careful that he
keeps steady at his pace, and do not al
low him to slacken into walk; the rcins,
while driving, should be kept snug, and
when pushed to the top of his speed, keep
him well in hand, that he may learn to
bear upon the bit so that when going at
a high rate of speed he can be held at
his pace; but do not allow him to pull
too hard, for it is not only unpleasant,
but it makes him difficult to manage
National Lice Stock Journal.
To Destroy Field Mce-Smoke, it is
well known, will soon destroy these little
pests, but how TO introduce it into their
holes in an easy way may interest some
of our readers. Professor Nessler, of
Carlsruhe, has devised Il sort of pellet
which gives off great quantities of smoke
when burning, so that it is only necessary
to put some of these into the holes and
ignite them in order to suffocate the mice.
Their preparation is nearly as follows:
Some tibrous substance, such as jute, is
soaked in a concentrated solution of salt
peter. dried, then dipped in TAR, and, when
half dry, flowers of sulphur are sprinkled
over it. When fully dry the jute fibers
are cut into little pieces like pills and are
ready for use. AS soon they are ignit-
ed they are stuffed into the hole, which is
then stopped up with earth.
In the Gardeners Magazine is related
an interesting incident of a lady gardener
who gathered handful of the world re
nowned flowers, forget-me-not, and to pre-
serve them as long a period as possible,
they were put in soup-plate filled with
rain-water. The flowers were placed
near the window. In surprising short
space of time white thread like roots were
emitted from the portion of the flower
stalks in the water, and they ultimately
formed thick network over the plate.
The flowers remained quite fresh, except
ing few of the most advanced, when
gathered, and as soon as the roots began
to run in the water, the buds began to eX-
pand, to take the place of those which
faded, and up to the middle of November
the bouquet-if such it may be called
was a dense mass of flowers, and more
beautiful or chaste ornament for the in
door apartment cannot be imagined.
"A company is organizing in London
for the purpose of working extensive fields
of peat in the highlands of Scotland. 1t
is proposed to use the Clayton process,
by which the fiber of the peat is thor
oughly cut up, and converted into dense
pulp, which, when dry, becomes solid
mass, as hard as oak. Condensed peat, it
is observed, is preferable to coal for many
industrial purposes. In particular, it is
found to be better suited for iron smelt-
ing, owing to the absence of sulphur and
phosphorus, and also for use in the fur
naces ofsteamers and locomotive engines,
on account of its superior heatgenerating
power. 1t is also admirably suited for do
nestle consumption, making a beautiful
clear fire, free from smoke or any disagree
able smell, and is, in point of cleanliness,
far superior to coal.