American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-04-26
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

CnILDREN's BIBs-Do all mothers know
that children's bibs made of light rubber
cloth, and pinked, or bound with ribbon,
are very scrviccable for table use, only
needing to be cleaned by rubbing with "a
damp cloth?
TOMATO SoUP.-Boil one pint canned
tomatoes for twenty minutes in one pint
water, then add one pint milk very gra-
dually, that IL may not curdle; season as
ior oyster soup, and serve with hot crack
ers or squares of toasted bread:
To WASH on CLoTH-Oil cloth may
be made to have fresh, new appearance,
by washing it every month with solution
of sweet milk with the white of one beaten
egg. Soap. in time, Injuries oil cloth. A
very little "boiled oil'' freshens up an oil
cloth; very little must be used. and rubbed
in with a rag Put equal parts of copal
varnish; it gives gloss.
VITALITY of CUTTINGS AND CyoNs-'Fhe
London Gdrdes records an experience
going to show that cuttings and cions re-
tain their vitality much longer than has
been generally supposed, those of vines,
plums, figs, apples and pears taken from
England to the colony at Victoria. South
Australia, having been worked with sue
cess nine months after being severed from
the parent stock.
LAMBS TONGUES PICKLED-Soak over
night in n little salt water; in the morning
put them in boiling water; lei them boil
until "A spcer OF broom-corn will run
through them easily; remove the skin;
boil enough cider-vinegar To cover them;
add to it a little cloves, cinnamon, etc,
boil ten minutes and pour over the tongues.
They viii keep for several weeks.
To SToP THE RAvAGEs OF MoTHs-Cam-
phor will moi stop-the ravages of moths
in carpets, after they have commenced
eatinGe- Then they pay no regard to the
presence OF cainphor, cedar or tobacco.
a good way to conquer them is to take a
coarse crash towel and wiring it out of
clean water. Spread it smoothly on the
carpet, then iron it dry with a good hot
iron, repeating the operation on all sus-
pected places, and those least used. 1t
does not injure the pile or the color of the
carpet in the least, as it is not necessary
to press hard. heat and steam being the
agents; and they do the work cffectually
on worms and eggs. Then the camphor
will doubtless prevent future depredations
of the miller.
DESTROYING THE MAY BEETLE-Thc
white grub or larvae of a species of May
beetle so destructive in meadows, accord
ing to experiments made in Europe, may
be destroyed in large numbers. The man.
ner of so doing was suggested by observ-
Ing tIltlt THESE DcetltS Always SeleCt WITH
and loose ground for the deposition of
their eggs. Consequently, seventeen arti-
fetal breeding places were prepared by
covering fresh cOw-dung with fine earth;
and by the middle of July these were
found full of eggs or grubs of One-quarter
inch in length on the sides most exposed
to the sun. After carefully collecting
these eggs, etc. they were burned. There
is another grub found in rotten manure
and compost, closely resembling the white
meadow grub that must not be confound-
ed with the first one we have mentioned;
this is the larvae of dung beetle Scaru-
baus 7elictus.
GIRLS KEEPING FARM ACCOUNTs.-"My
daughter keeps my farm accounts, sir; and
she is systematic and particular as
even Bob was, who kept them before he
left home. l tell you it does girls land he
might have added boys ALSO good to give
them some responsibility, and set them to
watching things about the farm and
household. They learn, find, economy
by it, and soon discover that their re-
spectacle old father is not, necessarily, a
Grabbed old curmudgeon because he
doesn't loosen his purse-strings whenever
they see something they happen to fancy:
for they discover the read reason why the
purse should not be opened" So said a
progressive farmer kind, appreciative
and proud father, and big hearted man
on general principles, the other day.
What he said was worth recording
Ladies' Floral Cobinet.