American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-11-15
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

IT is estimated that a single flower
blossom, when permitted to mature and
90 to seed, eXhausts the plant more than
the growth of dozen buds. Unless,
therefore, the seed is needed for prescrva-
ton, roses and all other flowers should be
cut before they are at full bloom, out of
which fact wholesome moral might be
drawn.
TRANSPARENT PAPER.-A good trans
parent paper is much required. The
Journal IF Applied Science informs us of a
German invention that is said to meet the
want Good writing paper is saturated
with benzine, and then Immediately
coated with rapidly driving varnish, pre-
pared of boiled bleached linseed oil 90 lbs ;
lead shavings, lib; oxide of zinc, ) lbs I;
and Venetian turpentine, = III. These
are mixed and boiled for eight hours.
After cooling and strainirg, 3 lbs of white
gum copal and = ID of gum sandarac are
added.
CURE FOR FEIoN-As soon as dis
covered take some spirits of turpentine in
a cup, dip the finger in it, and then hold
the hand near a hot fire till dry; then dip
it in again and repeat for fifteen minutes,
or till the pain ceases. The next day.
with a sharp knife, pare off the thick skin,
and you will find something like honey
comb filled with clear water; open the
cells and the felon is gone. If the felon
is too far advanced for turpentine, oil of
origanum, treated in the same way, will
cure If too far advanced for either to
cure, the felon will still be benefited, or it
will be less painful. Never draw it.
NATURES ScAvENGER-The remark of
Muspratt, that iron is Natures scavenger
has been justified by recent studies, in
which it has been shown that strips of
iron thrown into cisterns of water speed
lily destroy all sewerage contamination.
Medlock has proved, by a series of expert
ments that iron produces nitrous acid by
its action on the heterogeneous organic mat
ter, which is the most destructive power
Nature has He has found, as a general
result, that by allowing water to be in
contact with large surface of iron, in
about forty weight hours every trace of or
ganic matter was effectually destroyed or
rendered insoluble, in which state it could
be purified etlectually by filtration.
CARBoNIC ACID IN THE BoDY-The
quantity of carbonic acid eXhaled in a
given time from the skin of man has
been made the subject of some curious
researches by Herr Aubert The expert
ments were carefully made in an air-tight
chamber, in which the subject for expert
ment was seated, and through which Il
current of air, freed from carbonic acid,
was steadily passing, which the proper
ton of carbonic acid in the air on leaving
the chamber was estimated by transmits
sion through Dubbed tubes containing a
solution of salt of barium. Thus it would
appear, from this unique test, that GO
grains of carbonic acid are exhaled from
the body of a full grown man, through the
skin, in the brief period of "a hours.
CARE OF CANARY BIRDs-Hang the
cage where the drafts do not strike the
bird. Give canary and rape seed, plenty
of fresh water, cuttle-fish bone, and clean
gravel on the bottom of the cage often
Also give the birds fresh water
they have bathed, remove the dish,
which should be shallow. The room
should not be over-heated. Do not give
them cake or sugar. When moulting, feed
them on rape seed slightly moistened.
Hard boiled egg and crackers grated are
excellent. Bad seed will kill birds. Cab
bage and sweet apples are good for them,
and now and then fig. Plantain seed is
also wholesome food for them, and they
are extravagantly fond of it, often eating
that when they reject most other kinds of
food. When you go out for a walk, be
sure to gather a sprig for your pet, and
before frost gather and dry some for win
ter use. With moderate care the little
songsters will repay your attention with
sweet notes of joy.
MLK.-The weight of quart of milk
wine measure-has elected much inquiry,
and many statements have been given as
to the weight; but most, if not all of them,
differ. This is not a matter of surprise,
since milk varies in quality, a given mea-
sure of one specimen being heavier than
that of another, while want of accuracy
in measure or scales, or the weighing of
milk at different temperatures, must give
different results. In the latter part of
1870, during a visit to Gail Borden, widely
known in connection with condensed
milk manufacture, the question in regard
to the weight of milk came up. Borden
stated that to settle the point satisfactorily,
he had taken milk of average quality to
the United States officers who had charge
of the legal weights and measures, and by
careful measurement and accurate weight
on delicate scales, quart of milk, wine
measurement at a temperature of 20 de-
grees, was found to weigh 9 lbs. q OF.
The trial was repeated several times, and
he therefore took it as the standard
weight Of good milk.-B0st0n Culticat0r.