American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-07-30
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

1t is mistaken idea to cover a
carpet with drugget in the belief that it
saves it What wears out carpets Is the
| grinding on the floor, and the protcc-
ton should come from beneath.
| -Clrrant Prescrve5.-To each pound
of fruit, add one pound of good white
sugar, and set it on the stove. Let it
come to boil; skim out the currents,
and boil the strip down till it will make
jelly; put back the fruit, and dip into
oowls. When cold, paste paper wet
with white of egg over the top, and set
away.
Picked Peppers. the tops
out in II round circle with Il sharp pen
knife, and pre- ,erve them; fill each pep
| per with mixture of iinely-chopped
cabbage, horSe-radish, mustard-seed
and salt. Before filling, mash the pep
pcrs in cold water, then fill, replace the
| pieces cut out. tie with coarse thread,
pack them in stone jars, and fill them
up with cold, sharp vinegar. They will
| be ready for use in two weeks.
"A PENNSYLVANIA farmer who has
tried it recommends, that when spring
| sowing of clover seeds does not catch,
that sowing clover seed upon the
stubble in August, or early in Septem-
Der will generally repair the damage,
either with or without narrowing in
although narrowing is the most reliable
practice. The cost of the seed is but a
tritle compared with the changing the
proper rotation OF the crops. established
upon every wefl-regulated farm.
"A correspondent of the New York
Times recommends rs cure for grub
in the head, which is unusually preva-
lent this season, the use of dry air
Stacked lime in fine powder. A guam
tity of this is put into Il small box or
dipper and applied to the sleeps nose,
SO that some of the dust is inhaled into
the nostrils. This causes violent sncez-
ing and the election of the grubs. The
lime may also be used by scattering it
on barn flopr for an inch in depth and
drive the sheep through it, by which
the dust is raised and breathed and
sneezing produced.
Luncheon Cakes-Boiled ham or
tongue; butter; whites of eggs; slices of
bread; capers; celery seeds. Cut the
meat very fine and pound it well, add
ing some butter and little cream; fill
a mold with it, and set it for half an
hour in moderate oven: turn it out,
and cover the surface with the beaten
whites of the eggs. Cut the breai in
thin slices, cutting off the crust; spread
each slice with the mixture, and sprin-
kle with capers or the celery seeds to
be obta ned at confe ,tioners; then roll
the sandwiches, and tie them with fancy
ribbons.
Many devices have been used to
preserve newly planted corn from the
crows and blackbirds, but generally
without effect. The present season the
writer hit upon the device of seasoning
the seed with carbolic acid, which has
a strong odor, and so far the crows
have let the corn severely alone. and
there is no injury whatever to the seed.
A teaspoonful of the acid is used to
quart of water well stirred and sprayed
over the seed placed in heap on the
barn floor. The corn is then stirred
with shovel ana more of the solution
sprayed upon it until every grain is
moistencd slightly with it. The seed
can be sown with drill, as it dries in
five minutes, but it retains the scent
sufficiently to keep OF birds and cut
worms,