American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-10-18
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
\ HOT shovel held over vanished furni-
turc will take out spots.

\ HOT shovel held over vanished furni-
turc will take out spots.
If ilat-ironS are rough, rub them with
salt, and it will make them smooth.
IT was a saying of DR. Arnold that no
student could continue long in Il healthy
religious state unless his heart was kept
tender by mirgling with children, or by
frequent intercourse with the poor and
suffering.
How MANY troubles might mankind be
spared if they would only stop to hear
each others explanation How many
ailments both of body and soul, if cxpla-
| nations only came more frequently and
freely,-iupper.
RAILROAD PCDD1NG.-Une cup of salt
pork, chopped fine, one cup of molasscs,
one cup of chopped raiSins, one and one
half cups of milk, three cups of flour, and
one teaspoonful of soda. Heat the pork
and molasses together, then add the other
ingredients. Steam two or three hours.
CLEAR up any weeds or rubbish which
have collected around the orchard and
fences during the fall, and see that the
fences are repaired so as TO prevent any
stray animals from entering and injuring
the trees. A little time employed in this
way now will often prevent hundreds of
dollars of damages
EVERY farmer should produce his own
mutton rather than pay such eyorbitant
price as is demanded for beef. Procure
two or three sheep, put them in a clean
and comfortable place, feed them what
corn or oats they will eat clean daily On
this they will soon fattcn, if kept quiet
and supplied with plenty of water.
FRENCH MUsTARD-Slice an onion in IA
or three days; pour off the vinegar into a
basin; put into 1t one teasoonful of pep
per, one of salt, one tablespoonful of
brown sugar, and mustard enough to
thicken; smooth the mustard for vinegar
as you would flour for gravy: mix it all
together; set on the stove and stir lntil it
boils, when remove and use it cold.
IT is Il good and safe rule to soiourn in
every place as if you meant to spend your
life there, never emitting an opportunity
of doing a kindness, or speaking a true
word, or making a friend. Seeds thus
sown by the way-side often bring forth an
abundant harvest. You might so spend
your summer among the people that they
and their descendants should be better
and happier through time and eternity,
for your works and your example e.
Rusktn
AN excellent liquid glue can be made
by dIssolving glue in nitric ether. This
ether only takes up certain quantity of
SluC, 81 tlldl iucIc Is no Vi Inc
solution being too concentrated. The
glue obtained in this way can be made to
have the consistency of molasses, and its
tenacity is said to be twice that dissolved
in hot water. A few pieces of india-rub-
Der of the size of bullet put into the
glue and well shaken will dissolve in a
few days, and add TO the adhesveness OF
the preparation, well as protect ii from
the action of moisture.
KEEPING SWEET PoTATOEs-The Fruit
Recort'er says: Sweet potatoes are best
kept in very dry sand, and in room
where the temperature does not go below 40
degrees. We usually take sand from
bridges and roads in dry spell and carry
il to the rooms where we keep the pota.
toes. The potatoes we dig and let lie in
the sun day or so, turning them over
once or twice. We then carefully put
them in boxes or barrels and take them
to the storeroom, where we put the sand
in, knocking on the barrels until sand
settles all through them. In damp
weather keep a fire in the room, and rs
winter sets in keep slow fire going, just
sufficient to not let mercury fall below 80
or 60 degrees. Dahlias can be kept in
the same way, also any kind Of dubious
roots.