American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-05-01
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

If lime has fallen into the eye, DROP
in some sweet oil.
Thorough tillage is the best and
cheapest manure.
Ammonia should beused plentifully
in house cleaning.
In pruning roses cut away all shoots
that have lowered.
Slow cooking and long cooking will
make tough meat tender.
1t takes no more to Keep n good
COW than bad one. Always get the
best.
An old and good recipe for graft
ing wax: Two parts tallow, three parts
resin and three parts beeswax.
The best way to apply hen drop
pings to garden is to SOW it on broad
east and rake it in, mixed with n few
barrels of ashes.
Light soil IS not suitable for cur
rants. On such soil they are apt to drop
their leaves early, which causes poor
croo the next season.
Complexion Wash.-Tincture ben
zoin, two ounces: pure alcohol, one
pint. Bathe the skin; allow the wash to
remain on a few minutes and then wipe
Off
The sitting hen needs feed and wa
ter once day, or once in two days at
the farthest. Sitters are sometimes shut
up by themselves to keep others from
disturbing them.
Boston Cookies. Two cups sugar,
one cup butter, one cup milk, one egg
and the yelk of another, one-third of a
teaspoonful of saleratus and one tea
spoonful of cream tartar. Mix stiff,
roll thin, rub the white of one egg on
the top, sprinkle on a little sugar.
-Bavarian Cream. = One pint of
milk. three ounces sugar, half ounce
gelatine, two eggs; beat the yelks and
Stir into the boiling milk, dissolve the
gelatine il little hot water; beat the
whites of the eggs separate and stir in
when cool; cream is better whipped;
flavor to taste and then put in molds.
To Take Stains out of Linen
Place the stained spot in tin pan; pour
boiling water enough to entirely cover;
let it steep like you would tea or coffee,
then rinse well. and hang it out of
doors; iron the spot and it will not
show. For fruit stains you must wash
after pouring on the boiling
water
Chocolate Layer Cake.-Two cups
of sugar, one of butter. three cups of
flour, five eggs, one cup of milk, one
of cream of tartar, one half
of soda; take nearly cup
Of grated chocolate; sweeten to taste;
add milk enough to mOisten-about
half cupful; flavor with vanilla and
spread between the layers; ice.
Delicious oatmeal Cruel may be
made by stirring cupful of oatmeal
INTO a bowl of water, allowing it to
stand for few moments until the
,oarsest particles have fallen to the
POTION, pouring off the water and re-
)eating this once or twice. The water
must then be boiled, stirring it con-
'tantly until it is sufficiently cooked.
Queens Pudding.-Three pints of
milk, one quart of bread crumbs, the
Telks of four eggs. one teaspoonful of
'anilla; put the bread to soak in the
milk, then add the eggs beaten, one
quarter pound of sugar; bake it when
lone. Beat the whites of five eggs to a
tiff froth, add five ounces of sugar, put
IN the top and put in the oven for few
minutes.
-Omelet.-Break all your eggs in
me dish; stir rather than beat up the
'elks and whites; to each three eggs
-Ou use put in teaspoonful of cold
water; salt and pepper to- taste;
,ut two ounces of butter in
he pan; when the butter is very hot
'our in the eggs; just as soon as cooked
m one side turn quickly and cook on
he other side; double over and serve
m a very hot plate. The cold water in
he eggs makes the Omciet light and
moist.
-Rhubarb Jelly.-Prepare as for
auce, cutting up into small pieces.
'ut into a preserving kettle with a very
title water. Boil until very soft. Drain
Trough sieve; then press through
ely bag. To every pint of juice allow
ne and one-half pound of sugar. Boil
he sugar by itself until nearly ready to |
orm candy and then mix with the juice. |
Soil together moderately. keeping well
kimmed until the jelly falls from the
kimmer in sheets. Put away same as
ny other jelly.
Remedy for Cracked Hands
let ten cents worth of Venice tur-
entile. Have it melted and put in
ottle. The last thing you do before
DING to bed, heat your bottle so it will
I'm out. Now put q tin can lid on the
tove and pour out enough to rub over
our hands once. Then drop coal-oil
nough in to thin it, not too thin, but
hin enough to rub on easily. After
on have rubbed carefully every chafed
lace, put on old gloves and go to bed.
n the morning wash good with CASTLE
pap. Make it thin enough to wash off
icely. They will be better after the
rst application, and after the third
hey will be well.
Folding Shirts. from the
lumber of badly folded shirts 1 fire.
uently see, says a correspondent, l am
ID to believe that a large percentage
ladies are ignorant of the proper
lethod; therefore n few words on the
Ibject may not be amiss. was taught
, lay the garment, bosom down, upon
lie ironing-table, and with the right
and grasp the left sleeve, taking hold
the same side with the left hand; this
art was to be folded back one-third
le width of the shirt, measuring from
lie widest point. The sleeve must
len be laid down, with its upper edge
ven with the recently made fold. The
lme process is repeated with the 9TH
side, and the bottom is folded until
lie hem reaches the neck-band. This
all very well as long as its owner re-
aims at home, but should he attempt
acking his shirts in trunk or valise,
lie bosoms would very likely become
lied. To avoid this friend taught
C to lay the shirt with the back upon
re table and fold the bosom inside.
The poorest way to cook porl cured |