American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-05-07
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

| -Buns.-A cupful each of milk.
| sugar and yeast. and flour to make a
| batter Let it rise over night, then
add half IL cupful of melted butter, a
cupful of sugar. and Hour to knead,
after which let it rise again, then roll
out and cut into cakes, and let it rise
again.
To keep bread moist, keep large
earthen jar-a cover of the same ma
terial is better than wooden one-and
have it well aired and fresh; let the
bread be well cooled after it is taken
from the oven, and then place in the
jar and cover closely. 1t will keep
moist and fresh long time.
"A good way to keep the earth moist
in hanging basket without the trouble
of taking it down, is to fill bottle with
water and put in two pieces of yarn,
leaving one end outside on the earth.
Suspend the bottle just above the bas-
ket and allow the water to drip; this
will keep the earth moist enough for
winter and save a great deal of time and
labor
China and Glass Cement.-To one
pint of milk add one pint of vinegar;
separate the curds from the whey and
mix the whey with the whites of five
eggs; beat it well together, sitting into
it a sufficient quantity of quicklime to
convert it into a thick paste. Broken
china or glass mended with this cement
will not again separate and will resist
the action of fire and water.
French Cakes.-Twoc cups of sugar,
one cup of butter, one cup of milk,
three cups of flour, three eggs, one tea
spoonful soda, two teaspoonfuls cream
tartar. one cup chopped raisins. Beat
butter and sugar to cream; add the
the milk, and mix the cream tartar with
the flour; add raisins and spice to taste;
bake in rather quick oven.
In packing eggs away in lime, the
lime may be prepared in any conven-
lent way, but it should be at least as
thick as whitewash that is used for
walls; that is. as white as milk, and
somewhat thicker. This is called cream
of lime, and not lime water. The fresh
er the eggs the better they are kept.
One bad egg will spoil awhole package,
so that care should be taken to have
only fresh ones The lime will not eat
the shell, for the shell is lime. Half
barrels, pals, jars or anything that will
hold water, will serve to hold the eggs.
Any kind of lime will do.
Periodical Opthalmia, or Moon
ness.-This disease, to which
horses are subject, is caused by con-
stitutional disposition, or by the pun
gent vapors which fill the air of I'M
clean stables. 1t appears rs blush
cloud in the center of the eye. the cor
nea, which gradually thickens, and an
Inflammation of the whole or
gan until the horse is unable to see,
when the Inflammation is resolved into
free discharge, the film disappears, and
relief is obtained for three or |
four weeks more. Each attack is worse |
Than the preceding one, until cataract |
IS formed and permanent blindness oc-
ours. The treatment is to remove the |
,auses, to avoid any irritating circum-
stances, to give a full dose of salts, /
,welve to sixteen ounces, (two ounce
loses are useless,) and when the fever
s relieved to maintain good health by
he best of feeding. not using much
:orn, but more bran and linseed. and
~ strengthening the eyes by cold bath
ng and the occasional use of lotion of
me grain of sulphate of zinc in one
ounce of rain water, little of which
hould be put into the eyes.-N =.
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