American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-11-13
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
Clean steel with kerosene oil.

Clean steel with Kerosene OIL.
Silk handkerchiefs should be
washed with borax in tepid water, with
little or no soap. Iron them before
dry.
When anything is accidentally made
too salt. the excess may be corrected by
adding tablespoonful of vinegar and
the same quantity of sugar.
To such as desire to mulch Or
chards. we might here suggest that it is
not necessary to cover with manure or
straw. Some crops, like buckwheat,
which forms dense shade and asks but
little from the soil. will answer. Clover
is also grand mulcher.-Kpapp.
When tools are clean and bright,
they may be kept SO by wiping, before
putting them away, with cloth dipped
in melted parafline. If they are rusted
they may be cleaned by soaking in kerr
osene oil, and then rubbing with an oily
rag dipped in fine emery powder
Russian Salad is made by cutting
up raw apples and every kind of
available vegetables into small slices and
laying them in shallow dish with salt,
little vinegar and pepper and the best
oil. The dressing must thoroughly
saturate the mixture for at least twelve
very agreeable.
When nails begin to rust it is al
most impossible to stop them from be-
coming eaten away in very short time;
in this case prevention is better than
cure. Mix one pint of linseed oil with
two ounces of black lead, stirring until
the whole is thoroughly incorporated;
heat the nails red hot and steep them
in the mixture. They should then be
we'll drained and shaken up in an old
mailbag until dry.
-Kromeskvs of Partridge-Picko out
all the meat from the carcasses of one or
two roasted birds, pound it in a mortar
with little butter. pass it through a
hair sieve, put it into a saucepan with a
little more butter, pepper, salt and
powdered spice to taste, give it turn
on the fire, then stir ingDff the fire the
yelk of one egg and little lemon
juice. Spread out the mixture to get
cold. divide it into small portions, roll
each into thin slice of parboiled
bacon. dip in batter, and fry.
-Potted Ham. - Mince cold boiled
ham, mixing lean and fat together
pound in a mortar, seasoning at the
same time with little cayenne pepper,
pounded mace and mustard. Put into
a dish and place in the oven half an
hour; afterward pack it down in little
stone jars which cover with layer OF
clarified butter Qukewarm) and paste a
paper over them. This potted ham is
especially nice for sandwiches. The
layer of butter on top can. of course,
be used for making meat pies or some
similar purpose.
Apple butter that will keep may be
made as follows: Reduce a kettle OF
sweet cider about one-half by boiling it
down. Pare, core and quarter good
sound apples while the cider is boiling.
Add as many apples as the boiled cider
will take, and cook until the fruit is
thoroughly mashed and of uniform
color. Let the boiling go on briskly,
and the stirring must be without cessa-
ton to prevent the mass becoming at
tached to the bottom and sides of the
kettle and then burning. When nearly
done flavor with spices to suit the taste.
Apple butter is not done SO long as the
cider rises to the surface. When thor
oughly cooked it should be thick and
smooth as hasty pudding"