American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-07-10
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
-Rectilied benzine for moths.

-Rectilied benzine for moths.
Scales of fish may be loosened by
pouring hot water over the fish.
Black raspberry jam, put up for
convenience in pint or quart glass cans,
makes one of the incest preserves one
can have for winter use in making short
cake. 1t is both palatable and healthful.
-Ants.-Another good way to rid
yourself of ants is to wash the shelves
off with hot alum water, and then cover
them with newspapers. The ants seem
to have n great aversion to printers ink.
Dry Bread.-To cup of sweet
milk add a little salt, spoonful of
sugar and a beaten egg. Into this dip
slices of dry bread; let soak minute
and fry on Il buttered griddle until 4
light brown each side.
Red, White, or Black Varnish for
Fancy Baskets. Pulverize either red,
white, or black sealingwax. sift it, put
it in vial with enough spirits of wine
to just cover it, stand it in a warm place
for a couple of days, when it will be
ready for use.
Give the children plenty of ripe,
fresh fruit, and the doctors bill will
suffer in consequence. But it is well to
raspberries sometimes disorder the
stomach and produce constipation.
Scarcely any other ripe fruit, if in good
condition. has any but the most bene
fetal effect on the system.
Raspberry Jam.-Clean the fruit
and crush thoroughly-thisp prevents its
before adding sugar -three-quarters of
pound OF sugar to pound of fruit
and then boil thirty minutes longer.
Jams require almost constant stirring,
and small wooden paddle with ham
die at right angles is the most cOnven-
lent article to do this with.
An excellent way to prevent cake
from browning too rapidly on top, is to
make paper cap, by taking square
of brown paper, large enough TO cover
well The pan, cut Off the corners and
lay plat on four sides fastening each
with pin so as to fit nicely over the
pan. This will throw it up in the CEN
ter, so that the cover will not touch the
cake.
The committee of the international
potato exhibition declare that the prac-
tice of planting small refuse seed has
contributed in a most material degree
to the deterioration of the potato, not
only in Ireland, but throughout Europe.
Any seed tuber weighing less than an
ounce and half is unfit for planting
and it is to be preferred that tubers
averaging two to four ounces should be
selected.
Vegetable Curry-Cut some onions
in slices and fry them a good brown in
butter, add a breakfast cupful of milk,
in which n tablespoonful of curry pow
der has been mixed; let all boil together
for twenty minutes, stirring the whole
time; then add the vegetables previ-
ously parboiled, and let the whole SIM
mer by the side of the fire for about an
hour. Potatoes, peas, beans, carrots
and turnips can be used, but broad
beans alone Make a delicious curry.
Indian Pudding.-One pint Of milk,
three eggs, one tablespoonful of mo-
lasses. one tablespoonful of butter, one
half cup of flour, one tablespoonful of
baking powder, one tablespoonful OF
mixed spice, Indian meal to make a
batter. Scald the milk, and when boil
ing hot stir in Indian meal till the spoon
moves stitily. When cold add the eggs
well beaten, and all the other ingredi-
epts. Bake in buttered dish two
hours, in a very slow oven. Serve with
hot, sweet sauce.
AT meeting of the Michigan
Pathological Society, an old gentleman,
ninety years of age, made an address
on the sanitary effects of Summer fruits.
giving his own experience as an illus
tration. The salutary effect of we'll
ripened fruit is everywhere acknowl-
edged by the medical faculty; its use
is encouraged in the hospital and the
sick room; no wonder then that it has
ceased to be a mere luxury, and has
become necessity. From close OBJ
servation he fully believed that not one
family in ten had an adequate supply
Of, small fruits through the season.
this respect, still we are far below an
adequate supply to meet the necessities
of the people.