American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-09-11
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
p Soft words and soft water should be
abundant and in every home.

Soft words and soft water should be
abundant and in every home.
Always save the earliest and best
seeds for your own use; by so doing for
years the quality may be greatly improved
and carly ripening will be hastened.
-COrn-cObs make the best and cheap
est summer fuel to be obtained. They
are richer in potash than any wood, and
the ashes ought to be saved for soap
making.
-Horseradish grated and mixed with
pickle will prevent mold forming
on the top OF the jar. Leaves or horse
radish laid over the top will answer the
purpose. 1t is said that this pungcntroot, if
grated and mixed with vinegar and eaten
with the food, will prevent and cure par
alysis.
Chloride of lime-water, it is said, will
remove mildew from cotton, cloth, or lin
en-. A large teaspoonful of the fresh chic
ride is stirred into a quart of water and
strained. The cloth is dipped in the solu-
ton, and laid in the sunlight for few
minutes; if this is not effective, the dip
ping should be repeated. This will not
injurc the cloth, if sufficiently weak, and
the cloth is well rinscd in clear water SO
soon as the spots are discharged.
-Palatable Bcets.-A small teacupful
of vinegar Gf very strong reduce with
watcr), a Tablespoonful of butter, the same
of white sugar, a little salt and pepper, a
heaping teaspoonful of corn starch dis
solved in water, and added. Stir altogether
until thickencd by boiling; it should be
like thick cream when done. Have the
sliced beets in small saucepan on the
stove. Pour the dressing over, stirring
carefully. Send TO the table very hot in a
covered dish.
"A correspondent of the Western Rural
gives this cure for ring bone: Pulvcrized
oil of amber, oil of cedar, Barbados tar,
British oil, each two ounces; oil of worm
wood, one ounce; spirits of turpentine,
four ounces; common potash, one-half
ounce; nitric acid, six ounces oil of vitriol,
four ounces; lard, three ounces. Melt the
lard and slowly aud the acids; stir well
and add the other ingredients, stirring
until cold. Clip off the hair and apply by
rubbing and heating into the parts affected.
done running, wash off with suds made
with white CASTLE soap and apply again.
In old cases it may take three or four
weeks, and in recent cases two or three
applications have cured.
The tact that timed surfaces often
contain lead as an adulteration in sdffi-
cient quantities to act injuriOusly upon
acid solutions OF vegetsbles, fruit etc,
which are brought in contact with them
is well known, and certain wise counselors
do not hesitate to protest against the gen
eral use of these canned fruits, which are
put up in tin instead of glass cans. Since,
however, nothing less than an astounding
wholesale catastrophe is likely to induce
a public abandonment of this class of lux
uries, it may be of service to name a sim
pie method by which the presence of acid
can be detected, and thus the manufacturer
be compelled to furnish purer material.
Having cleaned the suspected surface
thoroughly place upon it drop, or thin
coating of nitric acid. Through the chem
ical reaction thus s.indacedi stannic oxide
is formed and nitrate of lead, if this metal
be present. After few moments the acid
should be expelled by means Of gentle
heating; the pulverulcnt spot produced by
the acid should then be treated with a So
LUTON composed of five parts of iodidc of
potassium in 100 parts of water. Should
lead be present this treatment will result
in the formation of yellow iodide of lead,
which may be readily detected by its char
[actTistic color, since the iodide has no ac-
ton upon the pure oxide of tin.--EI.
chab1e