The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-12-04
DkN AND HOUSEHOLD
Recipes.

der. Mix, and apply to the tooth.
ASPARAGUS FOR THE LUNGS. The fire.
quent use of asparagus is strongly
recommended in affections of the lungs
and chest.
HANDS AND FACE.-When heated
wash the hands and face in very warm
water, and it will remove from the face
any unpleasant redness and heat in 9
comparatively short time, and produce
refreshing sensation. Never apply In
these cases cold water, as it is very in
furious to the skin and productive ot
redness and eruptions which are seldom,
II ever, removed.
OLD CURE FOR DEAFNESS. The fol.
lowing recipe for the cure of deafness
has the merit of being two centuries old
Take good quantity of camomil & { wo
nandtuls of Greene worm-wood & Seeth
them IN pot of running water till they
be very vel Sodden, & put q Funnel
over 1t " let ye steame goe up into We
caro-, n then goe to bed warm & stop
your care with little black wool & a
graine of civet do this morning e. eve-
ing, & udr Gods assistance you Shal
find ease.
To RELIEVE CHILDREN WHEN They
GET BRANs, ETC., IN THEIR NosEs.-
Parents are often puzzled to help their
children when they get beans, buttons,
etc., in their noses The Medical
Record says: "Blow the patients nose
Tor him, by closing the empty nostril
with your finger and blowing suddenly
and strongly into the mouth-an efficient
method which has often succeeded when
instruments have failed. The CLOTHS
closes spasmodically and the whole force
OF your breath goes to expel the button
or bean, which commonly flies out at the
first effort"
WAKEFULNEss.-H you cannot get
sleep when you first go to bed, give
orders to be walked up at daylight get
up promptly; do not sleep wink dur.
ing'the day go to bed at your regular
time, with directions to be walked as be-
Tore in week you will find that YOU
can go to sleep promptly, but then be
careful to get up as soon as you wake in
the mornings thus you win soon find
ont how much sleep your system re-
quires, and act accordingly. Always
avoid sleeping in the daytime for. il
you require seven hours sleep. and
spend that much in sleep at night, what
ever time you spend in sleep during the
day must be deducted from that seven
hours, or you will soon be wakeful
again. Ii you wake up in the night.
either go to bed two or three hours
later, or when you wake, get up, even il
u De one o'clock in the morning. and do
not sleep a moment until your regular
nour Tor going to bed if you wake. and
40 not sleep In the daytime, you will
fnd out in less than week how much
sleep you require, then act accordingly.
Nature loves regularity, and the fonr
hours sleep from ten TO two is said tn
De worth six hours after twelve O'Clock.
Journal Of Health.
Orchards In Grnss.
The question of cultivated orchards
Versus orchards in grass has again been
h8ltated IN various farmers' clubs and |
oranges throughout the country. AS is
always the case when this important
9ablect arises, advocates are found for
poth sides and any amount of evidence |
ln the way of thriving trees and over.
sowing fruit bins summed up ero and
eon. The points on which the whole
natter pivots lies unquestionablv in
the nature of the soil and the age of the
5rchard.
BY far the larger class of trustvortbv
yomoioglsts crop orchards up to the age
q three, four and occasionally five
Ieafs, with potatoes or other roots, the
'nanuIng and culture of which preserve
ne solil IN good condition land defray
re expenses Of the orchard or they
keep the ground clean and mellow with
FioW and cultvator. But SO soon as the
.tee is old enough to fill the soil with
.S roots, 1t is contended that blowing
g nzne cases out of ten interferes with
|+4 progress and checks its usefulness by
He disturbing If not destroying of those
''Rts which form near the surface. In
proportion as the earth is light and
tney, rich and mellow, with a hard
'aoaoii, or stiff and tenacious soil
Rfoughout, will tho use of the plow
foye disastrous for the tendency of
1Qis having but thin stratum to grow
. - to extend in lateral direction a
fee Instance from the tree and ouite
the surface, forbidding in the ma
OF things any but the most shallow
ture.
"a. Hexamer, of New York, Thomas
shan, Of Pennsylvania, T. s. Gold,
9nnecticut, with a host of other
Known authorities in the agricul-
fPi world, advocate, after the first few
e, orchards in grass as those Weld
most satisfactory results. But or
'is IN grass do not imply orchards
iout care or without supplies of sufi-
nutriment on which to thrive. Far
n It fruit trees, like other growths,
Aire certain essential elements which.
n exhausted from the ground or
ef being present in proper quantity
proportion, must be applied in we'll
% barnyard manure, a good COM
top-dressing of aches from wood
eb or a liberal shower of salt, &C.
g to its needs.