American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-07-16
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

-cTciiH Oh TuDDcu upon SoIlCu
white kid gloves cleans them we'll.
The luster of morocco leather is re-
stored by vanishing with white OF an
egg.
If you flavor rhubarb pie with
nutmeg it will improve it greatly and
make it taste like a fresh apple pie.
Never iron q calico dress on the
right side; if ironed smoothly on the
wrong side there will be no danger OF
white spots and gloss, which give "a new
! dress "done up" for the first time the
| appearance of a time worn garment.
An excellent housekeeper, and one
who is careful about many things, says:
''Do not iron red tablecloth at all;
wash it carefully in warm suds, (not
hot rinse well, and when ready to
hang on the line take great pains to
| pull 1T so that it will keep the proper
| shape. 1t will retain its color much
| longer than if ironed.
brazilian Tea Dish.-Take some
slices of bread about half an inch thick,
cut off all crust, steep the bread in
little milk; when soaked through cover
each piece with beaten egg yelk and
fry withzbutter light brown; then ar
range the slices on a hot plate and lay
on each piece tolerably thick covering
mingled.
A correspondent of the american
Poultry Yard bakes bones for his hens,
and then pounds them upon rock in
his hennery. The hens cluster around
that primitive bone-mill, gulping down
the rich morsels of gelatine, fat, ETC.,
with evident delight, and grow plump
| and handsome on the diet, besides at
tending to their proper business of egg
laying with unusual efficiency and con-
! tinuance.
"A farmer says: -Four wears ago my
barn was fearfully infested with rats.
| They were SO numerous that | had fear
| of my whole crop being destroyed by
| them after it was housed; but having
| two acres of wild peppermint that grew
| in a field of wheat, cut and bound with
| the wheat. ii drove the rats from my
| premises. l have not been troubled
with them since, while my neighbors
have any quantity of them"
Substitute for Gruel-A delicious
substitute for Cruel is made as follows:
One ounce of rice, one ounce of sage,
one ounce of pearl barley; put in three
pints of water and boil gently for three
hours, when the liquor should be reduc-
ed to a quart. Strain it in exactly the
same manner as 'groat Cruel, and
flavor. If made a little thicker
say with an ounce and half of
each ingredient to three pints of water
"a Jelly will be produced, which may
be eaten cold with sugar, fruit, sirups,
or preserves.
-Parmesan Omelet is an excellent
summer dish. easily prepared and most
tasty. Beat up three eggs, with pep
per and salt to taste, and q tablespoon
full of grated Parmesan, or some rich
cheese. Put a piece of butter the size
OF an egg in an omelet pan; as soon as
it is melted pour in the eggs and,
| holding the handle of the pan with one
hand. stir the omelet with the other by
means of flat spoon. The moment
the omelet begins to set cease stirring,
but keep shaking the pan for moment
or so; keep on shaking the pan until
the under side is of a COOL color. Turn
it on a hot dish, colored SIDE uppermost,
and serve quickly.
When a road is laid between adj
joining properties or sections of land
the division line is in the center of the
road and each property contributes
half of the road. If one owner keeps
his fence over the proper road line so
as to narrow the road he cannot, by
that wrongful act. force the owner on
the opposite side to sacrifice more than
his share of the land and SO cause the
road to leave it's proper line. Although
he may have kept his fence encroach-
ing upon the road for twenty-one years,
that does not affect the opposite proper
ty at all, nor does it affect the road SO
as to give the trespasser the right to
keep his fence there forever. The
Road Commissioners must order him to
take the fence off from the road and
cannot compel the opposite owner to
go back on to his own land to make up
for the trespasser's seizure of portion
of the original width of the road
Owners may use the land on the road
sides in such manner as not to prevent
the public from passing on it. but they
may not fence any portion of it into
| their felds.-N r. Tins. sea
In common with other young
housekeepers, 1 had great deal OF
trouble at first in fin ling the best place
for things, and then in remembering
where | had put them; for example,
| when the stoves were put up, and the
tin covers for the stovepipe holes were
laid away, in the confusion incident to
the spring cleaning | could not remem-
Der where they were, and wasted good
| deal of time in looking in probable and
improbable places for them; this is only
one example. l hit upon plan which
has operated well. L bought for few
cents little leather-covered note book,
and when | put away things that are
| wanted only once or twice a year ''make a
note of it," and SO do not have to burden
my memory with it; it proved a great
help. The note book is useful too in
other ways, Frequently one forgets to do
some really important thing which she
intended to do'at certain time, and
though she may suffer good deal from
the vague and troblesome impression
which is all that memory will help her
to. she cannot recall what it is. 1t
takes but little time to write down
sentence in the little notebook, and
it will serve as faithful reminder. 1t
is particularly helpful to the woman
who is alone in her house, and has no
one to consult with or to assist her
! Cor. N. Y. Post.