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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-15
The Pfe.PIant.

The pie plant is luxurious weed that
is cultivated IN the garden, and the more
it is cut off the better it grows. 1t looks
not unlike the wild burdock and grows
just about as high, and has leaf on it
like tobacco
The leaf of the pie-plant is about the
size of an elephants ear, and the stalk on
which the leaf grows is delicate wine
color.
Ont of the stalk the pie is made, and
it is the first pie out of green sass that
you can get in the spring -
The pie plant is as sour as country
school-ma'am, and one pound of plant
takes four pounds of sugar to soothe it.
There is some folks think that this pie
can beat the pumpkin pie, but right here
is where they err. -
They dare not bet on it.
When any man tells me that such and
such a pie can beat the pumpkin ] con-
slider that man may have sense enough to
sit on jury or perhaps assist in tending
toll gate, but for all the important
duties of life he is of no more nse than
an ak without any handle.
But pie-plant pie is better than no pie,
but it does take in the sugar the might
lest.
If / was a going into the pie-plant
pie speculation | should want a partner
and l should let him furnish the sugar,
and would put up the roots, and we
would divide the profits equal
l should say that this would be q
smart thing for me to do.-Josh Billings,
In N. Y. Weekly.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-15
A Plague Of Rats.

A RANGooN correspondent OF the Lon
don Times writes to that journal as fol-
lows: "While Bengal has lately stIug-
gled through a famine crisis the Karens
country, lying on the confines of Bur-
NAH proper, has narrowly escaped a
crisis of the same kiad, but in this in
stance rats, and not drought, were the
cause of the scarcity. 1t appears
that certain parts of Burmah are period
caIly visited by plague of rats. Hosts
of them march ecf 0ss the country and
attack the roots OF. the crops and the
gram in the Villages, and actually drive
out the populace, and cause whole viii
slagessto be deserted by their depreda-
stiQnG Slchs plague had appeared near
Tounghoo and some suffering had arisen
in consequence, but the Government ap-
pear to have provided food for those in
want of it, and all fear of famine is now
averted. A forester, bu. a few weeks
since, as he was going to visit the teak
foresfs reuted by q large firm in Bonn
bay, Witnessed The passage of large
army of fatSa as they crossed the Sittang.
He was at the time gliding down stream
in his boat, and the boatmen called his
attention to large black mass swarm
ing down the high banks. These turned
out to be rats, and as they swan across
the river they kept up a kind of military
formation. He represented their num-
bers to have been myriads. They passed
close to the boat and were observed to
be large field rats The late DIR. Mason,
in his book on Burmah, mentions The
plague they were to the country, but
until their depredations had spread to
such large extent their presence were
ignored. Il appears that they generally
keep near hf1ly countries, and scour the
plains at times when the nuts or fruits
on the hills fail them"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-15
The Road to Divorce.

Are ron about to marry a man whom
you do not lore for his money, or his pc
sitiOn, or for the sake of homer
Beware: you are entering the road
w16ch leads to divorce.
Are ron going to marry . man whom
ron do not love, because you are urged
70 il by your parents and your friends.
Beware: you axs entering the road
which losds to divorce.
Are you going to marry one man while
you fond1y love anotherf
Beware: you are on the road DO divorce.
Are you going to marry for spite-just
because you have quarreled with your
former beau, and, to "come- up with
him, are willing to unite yourself to an
otherf ~
Beware: you are entering the road
which reads to divorce.
Arc you going to marry man with
whom you have no sentiments in COM
mon, and whose tastes and wishes you
4nIendto disregard after marriagee
beware: You are entering the road
which leads to divorce.
IN fhoxf, whtn marriage Is anything
bat ~ mfnglinG of two hearts in one, it
.hod bettef 30 take place. lfthis princi-
~ y1e universally recognized we
1tQn1d 1e4E 10 more Of divorce, because
zI9yae would keep out Of the road which
sIe9qg % Il xcb1igv.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-15
Tobacco Culture.

Transplanting should be done as soon
as the plants are of sufficient size to re-
move from the plant bed. Early setting
is important, and but little can be ex-
pected from plants set late. Remove
from the plant bed with care, allowing a
little dirt to adhere 10 the roots if posi-
Bile. Drop the plants carefully along the
rows, make the holes with your fingers,
see that the roots occupy a natural posi-
ton, aud press the earth closely around
the plant. If the soil is dry. the plants
should be watered Immediately after
setting, and the ground should be
moistened before setting. When cut
worms are troublesome, il is an excel
lent plan to set two plants in hill
During very dry weather the plants can
be covered with leaves, grass or moss,
but these should be removed as soon as
possible to prevent insects from taking
refuge and preying on the plants. A lit
tie plaster is always good TO protect from
drought or heat. Medium-sized plants
are BEST tall, spindling plants are not us
good AS low, stocky ones. The root is of
more consequence than thetop, and look
at this especially in selecting plants. A
good root will insure good top. Thor
oughly saturatc the plant bed with water
before taking up, and remove the largest
plants first. Improve cloudy, rainy days
TO transplant in. Six thousand plants
per acre are sufficient.
The cut-worms frequently appear and
begin work few hours after the plants
are set and are very destructive. Care
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-15

A WRITER in the Saturday Repieo saws.
In speaking Of woman's work: Nursing
has long been talked of as a sphere OF
wonen's work. The profession has not
been at all developed in the way it might
have been. It has infinite qualifications
and new 11elds still to be conquered.
Middle aged ladies might go out as
monthly nurses, for which six months of
proper training would fit them. Many
ladies would prefer an attendant who
could be an intellectual companion as
well as nurse. Dispensing medicine
seen 10 have been tried with success,
ana mere Is no reason why women should
not make good chemists. The Govern
ment telegraph Offices and the Postoffice
clerkships supply good deal of work,
but IL is most suitable to the same class
of young girls who would otherwise go
behind the counter. In America women
src found very useful in banks, as they
arc invaluable detecters Of forged notes;
their sense of touch and sight seeming
to be keener than that Of the young
men clerks. They have also been
employed as Treasury clerks ever
since the war. The profession of house
decorating seems one likely to develop
itself and is apparently very well suited
to ladies of taste and education.
Here, however, an apprenticeship of
several years is required, as a knowledge
Of architecture and drawing to scale is
absolutely Indispensable Good health,
business faculties and energy would be
necessary to insure success With this
occupation might be combined art,
needse-wOrk and glass painting. China.
painting, too. comes under this head, as
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-15
An Accident at Dubuque.

IT does seem as though a little refiec-
ton must convince any reasoning person
that Dubuque newspapers are sometimes
guilty of exaggcration. Not that the
journals mentioned willfully construct
outrageous tales, but that journalism
there is sufficiently peculiar to allow of
temporary alterations of mind in regard
to one of the commandments Take, for
instance, the account of a recent nitro
glycerinc explosion near the CT named.
The substance of the story is as follows /:
Some miners near tine town who had
been using nitro g1ycerine set some of
the liquid in an open crock where the
sun would fall upon 1t in order that it
might thaw out. An old, motherly sow,
with piggishprogeny of six, came nos
ing about, apd, stumbling upon the crock,
upset it. Then the sow and her litter
ate up the nitro glycerine. Continuing
their explorations the family of pork
ers went into a neighboring barn
yard where three-year- colt
was feeding. The sow, roofing about,
the colt and touched
her snout against its heels. The colt in
stantly kicked out fiercely7and accurate
ly and struck the porker squarely on the
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-15
FARM AND HOME.

GRANDMoTHER's GINGERBREAD.-Cup
and a half of molasses, cup of rich sour
cream, teaspoonful of saleratus, teaspoon
full of ginger, mix a little stiff.
A TRAVELLED correspondent tells the
Mirror and Farmer that those New En-
CHAMBERS who protest most loudly that
farming doesn't pay are those who grow
bushes on their best land.
GOLDFISH should never be taken in
the hand, but should be removed. when
necessary, by means of small net made
with anything they will eat, but what
they do not eat should be taken out of
the water. They generally die from
handling, starvation or impure water.
SUGAR CAKE.-One pint dry flour, one
half pint of butter, One-half of sugar,
| pix the flour and sugar, rub in the but
ter, add an egg beaten with enough milk
to lnoisten the whole; roll thin and bake
in a quick oven. This recipe is for those
who have few eggs or none.
WHITE CLOUDS Can he easily washed
by carefully basting them on to flannel
or cotton cloth, then squeeze thoroughly.
Rinse in lukewarm water, shake care
fully and hang up to dry. They can be
| -four and afterward shaken or hung in a
brisk wind.
FRUIT PUDDING.-Chop six apples fine,
CRATE SIX ounces of stale bread, add six
ounces of brown sugar, six ounces of cur
rants, washed carefully and Toured. Mix
| all well together with six ounces of but
ter, a cup of milk and two cups of flour
! in which two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder have been thoroughly mixed.
Spice to taste. If necessary add more
milk in mixing. Put in pudding bag,
Z 10 ho.l r., I1a
eaten with cream sauce.
HORN BASKETS are among the hand
soonest made. A nice, white horn should
a quantity of fine shavings have been
obtained. Then make the foundation of
the basket in pasteboard, and sew the
shavings thereon in small clumps. The
first or outer shavings are generally
somewhat dark, but the remainder pre-
sent beautiful white appearance, much
enhanced by the clustering arrangements
given them. Baskets of this kind may
be made either to sit fiat or with stand
ards; and when well-shaped one is once
covered both inside and out with the
f1eecy shavings, it is quite an elegant or
nament -Mafne Farmer.
FIELD BEANs.-The bean crop is worthy
of place in rotation, and not only for
its profit, but for it's influence upon the
soil. 1t takes little from the soil: is a
cleaning crop; requires little outlay for
seed, occupies the ground but short
time, and may follow a crop of clover
the same season, if an early-ripening
variety is chosen. The Medium"
rlpens early, is hardy. but sells at a lower
price than the " Marrow" The "Mar
row" is very productive on good soil,
and is a popular market variety. If
properly harvested, the haulm is much
relished by sheep, and is nutritious.
The bean when ground with corn or oats
is readily eaten, and, when cooked, pigs
will accept it with avidity. No food is
better for growing animal, nor contains
more flesh-fOrming elements than this
bean. The idea, however, that beans
may be grown with profit upon soil too
poor for any other crop is erroneous
american Ayr iculturSst. 1855
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-15

LIS notice OF the death Of John Har-
: pef>-o1e OF the Harper brothers-it was
161Q 50 After Mr.. HARPER had left his
so4ce for the day and retired TO his home
en- y1dh avenue he would give up all
thought Of business matters snd would
EEefuSe to eonysrse on bus iness affairs. -
9ect should be painted In white let
- g { sisek beckeTound, and framed
- 44 md hung over the desk of every
3a1lnlaa nan u the Ind. And over the
aP0t1e1f ~ every buniaess mans home
ze4<41<E - 3tse wzxping to those who
s19s6 ttru4$ bustne6s Into fhdt house:
10 b(lA1H frsusscted heres' You
cuguOt throw t1one into acrowded
eeDeet that ybn viii not bit man broken
e bodys r. not IN mind, early in life
tnrQugh the wear and tear of bust
ness, which has been permitted to fol.
Low his syery step from morning till
ehouId BE devoted to sleep. This. very
dsy stopping at the PostofIce, one
genilemsu could NOT wait the getting out
Of the Postofiice corridor before he must
begin to<open his mail, while another
gentleman was passing from the office
ana in the street was breaking the en-
velopes and reading the Enclosures. Not
even the short walk to their place of
business Of . pleasant morning was per-
mitted free from business cogitetions.
fwo-thfrds Of our business men reserve
until evening the most taxing part of
their Gays work, and pass their evenings,
even 70 the small hours, in devising plans
Tor the next days operation. OF course
they break down before they have reached
the meridian of their lives, while Harper,
who drives business care from him as he
turns from his Office, devoting the time
not necessary for sleep to recreation, and
vanderbilt, who in the evening calls for
his game of whist, reach good old ages,
sound In body and mind. Cleoeland
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-15
Scarlet Fever by Mail.

Mr.. w. J. LAND, of Exmouth, En-
gland. writes the Lancet as follows. CAS-
u small contribution to the correspond
ence now going on in your columns on
the subject of scarlatina, send you
this, as showing how it may be trans.
mitted from one part of the Kingdom TO
another. In the spring of last year re-
ceived newspaper from lverncss con-
tanning the announcement of the death
of friends child. About a week after
ward the first symptoms of scarlatina
showed themselves, and / suffered a
mild (second) attack of the disease.
There being no other case either in my
own practice or in that of all the neigh
boring practitioners at the time, l was
rather puzzled to account for it. Within
the last few days have heard that my
friends child's death was caused by a
most malignant attack of scarlet fever
(the attendant ordering burial the next
day., which infected nearly all the rest
of the household"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-15
Small Savings.

SOME housekeepers reject small saw
ings as too insignificant to be useful
One rejection might perhaps sometimes
do, but where it is repeated half the yeai
the waste is worth calculating. For in
stance, where pies are made of rhubarb
green currants, gooseberries or sour ap
pies, the acid can be extracted by allow
ing them to stand in boiling water. This
set away in jug orsOther stone vessel
will make good vinegar, and weekly re-
plenished will supply small family, be.
side the saving in sweetening. Then
again plany burn their useless rags be-
cause they bring only two cents pei
pound. That is very little, to be sure,
less than years ago. when the Price OF
stationery was as cheap as now, but in
the course of a year, in a family, this
item alone will amount to three or four
dollars, and requires no more time or
strength than opening stove and allow
ing them to consume. Some people en-
joy, or otherwise, the reputation of van
lily and extravaganza, because they dress
SO well, when in fact less is ex-
pended in this direction than by
the accuser. They have the disposition
to save and the tact and taste
to make the best of everything, and the
result is they always look stylish and
well dressed. Then care, by brushing,
hanging or folding, keeps them fresh
looking and tidy. l could not help MOTTO
ing recently another little saving. A
lady was basting strips upon dress ma
terial that would have required spool
of cotton. Instead of getting the whole
ready and then stitching she basted one
strip at a time, using the thread with
which the first was basted, thereby saw
ing little. Soap may be pieced out by
having leach tub where lye can be
drawn off as needed. 1t answers better
for boiling than soap. Then again how
much Time and how many steps about
Homework could be saved by little
calculation and forethought? / once
watched model housekeeper clear the
dishes from the table. She first removed
the knives and forks, washed, wiped dry
and put in the knifebox. Doing it thus
quickly saved securing. When she came
in with them she took the cups, saucers
and plates, washed them, and, if at the
evening meal, turned one corner of the
cloth aside, let them set till all were
clean, then spread the table for break
fast-and SO on throughout the whole
routine of her housework She found
time for fancy work, reading, visiting
and writing. People called her very
smart and energetic. The latter she was
not; but method and planning had be-
come fixed habit ~ her, and her work
was performed with less fatigue and
labor than in most households. In her
house was a box with two apartments,
one for tacks, one for nails, and over
both lay the hammer; near by was the
glue cup; next the salve box with cotton
and strings or court-plaster. Then there
stood the shirt button box, pant-button
box, coat-button box, alongside the hook
and eyes-all neatly labeled and saving
the time of hunting over a quart of but
tons 10 find one. Every spring all the
undershirts, drawers and skirts were
mended before being packed away, and
summer clothing. How much can be
done by such planning and saving!-
Maine Farmer.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-15
What This Cold Means.

The science of meteorology is making
at least as remarkable progress as any
other. The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS predic-
tions of the Signal Service have already
become SO familiar that they excite no
surprise. Prof. Tice, whose very inter-
esting contributions we have published,
has demonstrated the possibility OF pre-
dieting periods of atmospheric disturb
ance months or even years before they
occur. And now comes Dr. Hopper, of
the st. Petersburg Physical Observatory,
pointing to the TACT that early in the
summer of 1874 he predicted. after Sc
ries of most comprehensive observa-
tions, taken in various parts of the globe,
that there was every reason to expect in
1875 q phenomenally cold year. That his
prediction was not a blunder all of us
arc ready to bear testimony; but the the
orv upon which it was based is the more
Interesting because il seems. in some
sense, to supplement, and on broad
scale TO sustain, the theory of Prof.
Uce, that electrical currents control to
. great extent the atmospheric phenom-
ena.
1t is not q new idea that certain
changes in the spots of the sun, which
occur periodically, are associated with
netic needle. Prof. Loomis, in his work
published in 1858, points out the fact
shat observations extending back near
1y century indicate maximum in the
range of the magnetic needle every ten
or Twelve years, which corresponds with
the relative frequency of solar spots, and
of auroras, and that these maxima them
selves exhibit further periodicity, with
Intervals Of nfty-eight to sixty years, at
which the greatest variations of the
needle and the most frequent auroras &C.
cur The first of these periods CORE
spends to our revolution of Jupiter,
and the second to 1--WE revolutions of
Jupiter and two of SaturR Prof LOOMS
supposes that electric currents around
the sun are affected by the position of
tho planets, aud in turn affect and dis
earth. Now, DIR. Hopper finds that in
the mean annual temperatures of each
zone there are indeed eleven-year Pc
RODS Of maximum and minimum; that
under the tropics the maximum heat oc-
ours about year before the maximum
Of sun spots, but north of the tropics
shout two or three years after The ma1u
mum of spos& Also, he flAds that the
period of time between the minimum
and succeeding maximum of spots is
shorter than the period between the
maximum and succeeding minimum, and
that the extremes of heat and cold follow
9 similar law. This, indeed, is shown by
1eomis, elaborate tables
The ancienfs were not SO far wrong,
tAen, II gazing at the stays and trying to
f0retell future events from their motions
If the periods of Jupiter and Saturn
AFFECT the electric condition of the sun,
and II the suns condition governs; the
electric currents of the earth, and thus
produces, according to Dr. Hopper, ex-
trer1oe Of Temperature. and according to
T7fm 8ie0 vast maelstroms of nolar air
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-15

ribs. AS the hoofs ratified against the
side of the hog there came laundering
explosion which shook the entire neigh
borhood The colt sailed over the barn
and landed in a neighboring field, a total
wreck. The sow and pigs were lost at
once in space, but since the affair people
have gathered sausagemeat in door
yards and along the roadside" That is
all there Is of the recent account of a
nitro-glycerine explosion at Dubuque,
and while it is out of place, of course, to
be hypercritical about such little things,
it does seem as if some portions of the
story might be incorrect. There appears
to be, as it were, a modest garb of fancy
delicately covering the naked truth from
leering lookers-on.-St. Louis Republican.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-15
Symptoms OF Liver Complaint and Of
Some OF the Diseases Produced

A sallow or yellow color of skin, or vel
lowish brown spots on face or other parts of
body; dizziness and drowsiness with frequent
headache; dizziness, bitter or bad taste in
mouth, dryness of throat and internal heat;
palpitation; in many cases dry, teasing
cough, with sore throat; unsteady appetite,
raising food, choking sensation in throat;
distress, heaviness, bloated or full feeling
about stomach and sides, pain in sides,
back or breast, and about shoulders; collie,
pain and soreness through bowels, with heat;
constipation alternating with frequent at
tacks of diarrh9a; plies, fiatulence, nervous
ness, GOODNESS Of cytrcmitics; rush of blood
to head, with symptoms of apoplexy, numb
ness. OF limbs, especially at night; cold
chills alternating with hot flashes, kidney
and urinary difficulties; dullness, low spir-
its, unsociability and gloomy forcbodings.
Only few of above symptoms likely to be
present at one time All who use Dr.Picrce's
Alt. Ext. or Golden Medical Discovery and
Pleasant Purgative Pellets fer Liver Com
plant and its complications are loud in
their praise of them. They are sold by all
dealers in medicines.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-15

full hand picking is the only remedy. Go
over the field every morning thoroughly
and destroy every worm. Their presence
can be detected by the fresh earth at
the root of the plant. Some growers
claim that ashes or plaster are good TO
prevent their ravages. Their use can
do no harm, and will benefit the plant if
they do not injure or keep off the worms.
Cut-worms are said to be more numerous
in land that has been plowed for several
years than in turf-land just turned under
but we have known them to be bad in
all kinds of land. Occasionally they are
SO bad that the field must be abandoned,
though this is seldom the case. When
the I" chit" is all eaten out put a new
plant in place of 1t; if a plant is partial
ly eaten transplant another by the side
of it, SO that if the injured one dies the
new one will be coming on to take its
place-Ohi0 Farmer