American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-03-08
USEFUL SUGGESTIONS.

CLEANING PHoToGRAPHs.-Make a So
luton of isinglass or gum Arabic, and
spread it over with a soft camel's hair
brush This will give them a nice gloss.
A HINT at this season worth notice is
with respect to frozen potatoes, apples,
and vegetables. They may be thawed
out gradually md without any injury by
covering them with old carpets, hay or
straw. In no case take them to warm
room, for they will decay.
USEFUL OINTMENT.-A glycerine oint-
ment of much repute for chaps and exec
riations is made as follows: One-half
ounce spermaceti melted together with a
dram of white wax and two fluid ounces
of oil of almonds by a moderate heat;
the mixture is poured into a mortar, when
a fluid ounce of glycerine is added to it
and rubbed till the ingredients are thor
oughly mixed and cold.
To MAKE PERFUMERY.-Takea wide
mouthed bottle that will hold half pint
or so, and put into it two ounces of glyce-
rine TheiSfill the bottle nearly half full
of the leaves of the flowers you desire,
pushing the leaves down into the liquid.
and adding from time to time Il few more
leaves. Cork the bottle tightly, and let it
set in the sun five or six days; then pour
the oil out into another bottle for use. As
you cannot pour it all out, it will be
necessary to remove the leaves from the
bottle and squeeze them. Always keep
your bottle well corked.
A MEDICAL correspondent of an English
journal says that the advantages of aspar-
agus are not sufficiently estimated by
those who suffer with rheumatism and
govt. Slight cases of rheumatism are
cured in few days by feeding on this de-
liciOus eSculent; and more chronic cases
are much relieved, especially if the pa
tient avoids all acids, whether in food or
beverage. The Jerusalem artichoke has
also similar effect in relieving rheuma-
tism. The heads may be eaten in the
usual way; but tea made from the leaves
of the stalks and drank three or four times
day is certain remedy, though not
equally agreeable.
REGULATING A Coal STovE.-Never
fill Il stove more than half or twO-thirds
full of coal, even in the coolest weather.
When the fire is low, never shake the
CRATE or disturb the ashes, but add from
ten to fifteen Jumps CT coal and set the
draft on. When these are heated through
and somewhat ignited add the amount
necessary for new fire, but do not dis
turb the ashes yet. Let the draft be open
half an hour. Then shake out the ashes.
The coal has thoroughly ignited, and will
keep the stove at a high heat from six to
twelve hours, according to the GOODNESS OF
the weather. In very cold weather, after
the fire is made, add coal every hour
| Coal Gazette.
| SOME few months ago a resident of a
| Western city, named BrOef, was taken ill
with some sort of fever, and for two
weeks there was little hope of saving his
| life. He continued to sink in spite of all
| the physicians could do, and they finally
gave him up. All through this sickness
the man continually asked for pickles and
cider, and when he got so low that his
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few hours, Mrs. BrOef decided to crafty
his wishes. A glass of sweet cider was
given him, a spoonful at a time, and he
| declared that he felt much better for it.
More was given through the night, in
place of medi inc, and the next morning
the doctor declared that a most favorable
change had taken place. Some strong
pickles were procured and given to him,
and he began to call for cruel and broth.
| To be brief, he was soon able to move
about the house, and everybody in the
neighborhood, as well as the physician,
gives the cider and pickles the credit OF
performing his cure.
| If any of our readers wish to keep their
cellars warm-not warm enough to eat
and sleep in, but warm enough to keep
their stores of roots from frost, they can
| find no better way of doing it than by
FASTING four or five thicknesses of brown
paper, or old newspaper, across the walls
and across the joists o. the floor above
All cracks and openings in the windows
should also be carefully pasted up. II
will not be found an easy thing to faster
paper to stone walls, but if plenty ol
good. strong paste is used, and the wal
well swept previously, it can be done
and the difficulty will only be with the
first thickness. Paper, and old paper in
particular, has never had its proper de-
gree of credit. and if we knew how valua
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fires with it, if anything else was 10 be had
1t is an excellent nOn-conductor of heat
and well made and of average thickness
it is among those substances which all
finds it very difficult to penetrate. When
ever, then, we wish to keep in heat and
keep out air, our old papers will come
admirably into play. Many poor mar
has shivered through cold winter night
when in the room there We're old newspa
pers enough, if spread beneath his scanty
covering. to have kept him warm and
comfortable.