The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-05-01
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
nIedlcnI Hints.

Two ounces stoned raising and three
ounces cranberries, all in three pints of
water until two pints remain. Strnin,
and add small piece of fresh lemon
peel, which should be removed in thirty
minutes.
OATMEAL MUsH. This simple dish is
extremely palatable for breakfast, eaten
with cream and W II salted. It is very
easy of digestion and is remarkably nu-
trltious. 1t is also considered the best
possible food for dyspeptics and young
children, making but slight demands
upon the digestive organs.
To KEEP THE FEET WARM.-Previou
to retiring at night, and before undress-
ing, remove the stockings and rub the
feet and ankles briskly with the hands.
During the day wear two pairs of stock
lngs composed of different fabrics, one
pair of silk or cotton, the other Of wool,
and the natural heat of the feet will be
preserved, if the feet are kept clean and
the friction of the same is not omitted at
night.
For THE TEETH. following is an
excellent wash for the teeth Dissolve
two ounces of borax in three pounds of
boiling water, and, before it is cold,
add one tablespoonful of spirits of cam
phor and bottle for use. A tablespoon
full of this, mixed with an equal quantity
of water and applied daily with soft
brush, will preserve the teeth, extirpate
all tarttarous adhesion, arrest decay and
make the teeth pearly white.
MEAT FOR INvALIDs. The following
method of rendering raw meat palatable
to invalids is given in the Ialdustrie
BtGetteT: To 81 ounces of raw meat
from the loin add 2.6 ounces of shelled
sweet almonds, 1T ounce of shelled bit
ter almonds and 2,8 ounces of white
sugar-these to be beaten together
In a marble portar to a uniform
pulp, and the fibres separated by a
strainer. The pulp, which has a rosy
hue and very agreeable taste, does not
! at all remind one of meat, and may be
kept fresh for considerable time, even
in summer, in dry, cool place. The
yolk OF an egg may be added to it.
From this pulp, or directly from the
| above substances, an emulsion may be
prepared which will be rendered still
more nutritious by adding milk.
Household Hints.
RAIsINs. are rendered quite
dlgestible if boiled or steamed before
using them in cakes or pies.
AN IDEA FOR MOTHERS -Baste
piece of needlework on the bottom of
children's cloaks; this takes the place of
white dress in the street, and is far
more easy to do up.
To DESTROY CooKRoAoHEs Where
borax and insect-powder have failed to
exterminate cockroaches, sprinkle the
floor with powdered white hellebore;
they will eat it and be poisoned by it.
To CLEAN BOTTLES. a new po-
tato into small pieces and put them in
the bottle, along with a tablespoonful
of salt and two tablespoonfuls of water.
Shake all we'll together in the bottle till
every mark is removed, and rinse with
clean water. This will remove green
marks of vegetation and other discolora-
tions. Hard crust in bottles may be
cleaned off by rinsing with water and
small shot.
CLEANSING FLUID.-For washing al
paca, camels hair, and other wooden
goods, and for removing marks on furni-
ture, carpets, rugs, etc.: Four ounces
ammonia, four ounces white CASTLE
soap, two ounces alcohol, two ounces
glycerine, two ounces ether. Out the
soap fine, dissolve in one quart of water
over the fire, and add four quarts water.
When nearly cold, add the other ingre-
dents. This will make nearly eight
quarts, and will cost about seventy five
cents. 1t must be put in bottle and
stoppered tight. 1t will keep good any
length of time. To wash dress-goods,
take pail of lukewarm water, and put |
in teacupful of the fluid, shake around |
well in this, and then rinse in plenty of
clean water, and iron on wrong side |
while damp. For washing grease from
coat-collars, etc., take a little of the |
fluid in cup of water, apply clean
rag, and wipe well with a second rag.
It will make everything woolen look |
bright and fresh.
OniORs for Poultry,
A writer whose poultry were infested |
with vermin thus details the successful |
use of onions as a remedy 1 began at |
once by chopping the onions fine, and |
mixing with corn meal and hot water. |
After standing a short time it was fed to |
the poultry, and in less than three weeks |
the little pests had entirely disappeared. |
used to take onion tops and cut them |
up fine and mix with the meal, wetting |
it with sour milk, or clabber Cwhen / |
had it), to feed to the chickens one or |
two days in a week, until they were |
large enough to eat grain or small corn.
never lost chicken with the gapes |
during the five years l was there. My |
neighbors would say that because L was |
in a new place was why had such good |
luck in raising chickens. / told them
about feeding the onions, and they found !
them very good. I told them 1 should |
lose many of my early chickens, Just as
they did, if followed their example, in
giving twenty-five chickens TO one hen
the first of April. There would be
| half dnzen or mora liffla nhicLa ON hhn