The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-02-12
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


open vessel should not be used for cook
ing.
Hiccough Of n severe and prolonged
type has been cured in five minutes by
n powerful compression over the epigas-
trium-the upper and anterior portion
Of the abdomen.
All physicians join in recommending
people to go upstairs TO sleep, and to
avoid, il possible, sleeping upon the
FIRST floor of the house. Use plenty of
bed covering, but always sleep with a
few inches of the window open top and
bottom.
A sprain is relieved from the first
pains by hot lamentations, or the appii-
cation of very hot bandages, but entire
rest is the chief permanent remedy.
The more the limb is used, especially at
first, the longer the time required for
the small broken fbers to knit together.
The sprained leg should be kept in a
horizontal position. When a leg is
broken tie it to the other leg, to keep it
still till q surgeon comes. Tie a broken
arm TO piece Of thin wood, to keep it
still till set.
Prime IN SMALL Pox.-Mr. Grego-
ry, of Merchants college, BlackpooI,
England, believes that "pitting," the
sad and permanent results of smallpox,
ought rarely to be seen in any civilized
community. he starts with these facts:
that poor people are pitted least, rich
people are pitted most. and no class of
people are pitted under their dress.
Poor people have less light in their
homes, the rich plenty of light, and un-
der the dress there is less light than in
either case. The explanation is a scien-
tific one. The sunlight consists of three
primary colors. The red, the blue and
the yellow rays, have distinct and char
acteristic properties. The yellow gives
us light aud red gives us heat, and the
blue actinism. It is the actinic in
fuence of the blue rays which, in Mr..
Gregory's theory, causes "pitting."
No seed will germinate and the young
plants will soon perish if the chemically
active rays-that is, the actinic rays
are filtered from the sunlight. A yell
low blind drawn over window will
absorb all the actinic rays. The pus
OF variolar pustules absorbs, by its vel
low medium, the actinic rays, which
results in corrosion of the tender flesh
at the base, and thus leaves the dreaded
permanent "pitting."
Hints About House.PIants.
The best temperature for house.plants
is from forty eight degrees at night to
seventy degrees during the day. Give
air on every warm, sunny day. If your
plants should at any time get nipped
with frost, shower them with very cold
water, and keep them in the shade for
day or two. Furnace heat is the worst
for plants, and that from wood-stove
the best Keep the air moist-a pan of
water kept on the stove, or a damp towel
hung on the register will do this. Water
thoroughly, but not too often. Shower
all smooth leaved plants frequently.
Wash the leaves of English ivy with
clean cold water and sponge-nothing
else. Use water OF the same tempera-
ture as the room. The oleander, Gala
and hydrangea may have water standing
in the saucers under the pots. Vines
should be watered more frequently than
other plants.
A few drops of ammonia added to
pail of water, and applied once a week,
will prevent the earth in the pots from
getting sour. In giving liquid manure,
a heaping tablespoonful stirred into a
water-pailful of water is enough. To
kill the green fly or plant-louse, smoke
the plants with tobacco. Very weak
lime.water will kill worms in the pots.
Red spiders may be gotten rid of by
frequently wetting the foliage and keep
ing the atmosphere moist. A pinch OF
flour of sulphur, sprinkled now and
then On the leaves, will keep off mildew.
If the scaly-bug attacks your callas, OLE
anders, and the stems of your rose
bushes, exercise your patience by pick
ing the insects off, and wash the affected
parts afterward with weak soapsuds.
The mealy- bug, which looks like little
more than bit OF dirt, must, like the
scaly-bug, be removed by manipulating.
w N. 2. Round.
Plant Fruit.
d MT fail to prepare for planting or
ohards early the coming spring. The
tarmer who has generous supply of
good apples in the cellar in winter, is to
be congratulated. They make good
pies, good dumplings, and are good
stewed, baked or raw. They are healthy
food for children and old folks, too.
The acid of ripe fruit is said to be an
antldote for worms in children, and that
children with plenty of apples to eat
are never troubled with the n. Baked |
apples and bread and milk furnish re-
past good enough for anybody. There
are some persons that like milk, but it |
does not digest we'll. It forms curd in |
their stomachs. If, however, they will |
use baked or stewed apples with their
milk, they viii experience no such
trouble, as we have learned by expert
encs. Ihe juice of the fruit, and the
fruit itself, prevent the formation of the
curd, and the food taken is easily di-
gestible, healthful and nutritious.
Nearly all kinds of food are digested
easier if fruit is INDUCED in at meals.
The cheapness, healthfulness and nu-
tritious nnalitY of fruih ahonld racnrn