American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-08
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

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FROM their own keen enjoyment of
good things, some people learn, almost
with exaggeration, how hard it must be
to lack them.
DYsPEPTIC COoKIEs-One cup of mo-
lasses, one-half cup of butter, one egg,
one tablespoonful each of vinegar, water,
ginger, and soda, and salt to taste.
THE blossom cannot tell what becomes
of its odOr, and no man can tell what be-
comes of his influence and example, that
roll away from him and go beyond his
ken on their mission.
HOE CAKE.-An old fashioned hoe cake
is made with equal parts of milk and
water, little salt, meal stirred in to make
a thick batter, and baked on a griddle. 1t
is best made with sour milk, soda,
and a little shortening.
CAREFULNEss ana enterprise are sound
virtues. Money is a good thing. and po-
sition is better. But there is something
beyond all these. To rest satisfied with
them, is only to resemble a gardener who
is content to see his fruits rotting in their
dusty beds, instead of gathering them for
his masters table.
BEEswAx-Melt the comb by boiling
it in water. When cool it will form a
cake on the surface, which may be taken
off and remelted. The impurities will
settle to the bottom, and may be scraped
off. If the first melting is not sufficient,
remelt until clear. This makes the vel
low wax of commerce.
BUTTERMILK MUFFINs.-One quart of
sour buttermilk, one teacupful of sour
cream, two eggs, one tablespoonful of
soda, a little salt, flour enough to make as
thick as pound cake. Bake in muffin
rings placed upon tins in the oven, from
twenty to thirty minutes, according to
the temperature of the stove.
THE following definitions of terms
used to designate the velocity of the wind
will be found valuable for reference:
Light air, OF mile; light breeze, 5 miles;
gentle breeze, 10 miles; moderate breeze,
Is miles; fresh breeze, 20 miles; strong
breeze, 25 miles; moderate gale, 30 miles;
fresh gale, As miles, strong gale so miles,
heavy gale, 20 miles; storm, so miles;
hurricane, 100 miles and upward per
hour.
THE CHoLERA.-What the people need
is line upon line and precept upon pre-
cept in relation to the simple truths, that,
if the bowels are kept free and regular by
plain, simple food, and all commanding
in eating and drinking avoided; the pores
of the skin kept open by frequent bathing
with tepid water, and seasonable attention
given to rest and sleep, the danger of dy-
reduced to as infinitesimal degree as
| the danger of being killed on railroad
journey from Philadelphia to New York
THE more light admitted to rooms the
better for those who occupy them Light
is as necessary to sound health as it is TO
vegetable life. Exclude it from plants,
and the consequences are disastrous.
They cannot be perfe cted without its vivi-
flying influence. 1t is a fearful mistake
to curtain and blind windows so closely
for fear of injuring the furniture by ex-
posure to the suns rays; rooms positively
gather elements in darkness which en-
gender disease. Let in the light often,
and fresh air, too, or suffer the penalty of
| aches and pains, and long doctors bills,
which might have been avoided.
A CURIOUS discovery has recently been
made public in France in regard to the
culture of vegetables and fruit trees. BY
watering with solution of sulphate of
iron the most wonderful fecundity has
been attained. Pear trees and beans
which have been submitted to this treat
ment have nearly doubled in the size of
their productions, and a noticeable i'm
provement has been remarked in their
flavor. DIR. Becourt reports that, while at
| the head of an establishment at Eughein,
| or the sulphurous springs, he had the gar
| dens and plantations connected with it
| watered during several weeks of the early
| spring with sulphurous water, and that
| not only the plantations prospered to a re-
markable extent, but flowers acquired a
peculiar brilliancy of coloring and healthy
aspect which attracted universal attention.
ONE of my lady readers who "has the
care of the milk of fifteen cows" writes to
say that the streaked appearance of butter
is caused by Swimming the milk when in
| different conditions; that is, if some OF
the milk is skinned when it is thick, and
at other times when scarcely sour, Or at
any stage between these two points, that
the resulting butter will be streaked.
This may be one of the causes, but it is
not the only one. Careful examination
| shows these streaks to be composed OF
casein, but not in the form in which it ex-
lists in buttermilk; hence l am inclined to
think that the cause ia to be found in
some peculiarly in the churning, which
separates the casein, or cheese, from the
butter, SO that they afterward become me
chemically mixed, and cannot be sepa
rated.-J0urndt of the Farm.