The Newtown bee., 1879-09-17
FARM GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
Health Hints.

A drop OF iukewarm water poured in
each nostril will always relieve an in
FAINT of snuf1ling.
The application of caustics should be
avoided in the treatment of corns. es.
pecially in old people, as fatal gam
grenous Inflammation may be the re-
suit
1t is of value to be expeditions in talk
ing general baths. Rub the body quite
vigorously while in the water, as this
promotes circulation. On leaving the
bath envelop in dry sheet and briskly
rub, or be rubbed by an attendant. if un
able to dry and rub yourself. Those
who are feeble should go Immediately to
bed after bath, giving the system its
required opportunity to react after the
bath Those who are stronger may take
| active exercise to assist reaction.
The chronological Journal dilates as
follows on the habit of sleeping with the
mouth open: This is an improper bath
| Tor one to contract, as it is unnatural
and one who gets accustomed to sleep
thus generally awakens in the morning
with very disagreeable feelings in the
mouth, and experiences less refreshment
than if he had slept with the mouth
closed. The nostrils are given us as the
instruments of respiration; the air in
passing through them undergoes a filter
ing process, as the channels by which it
reaches the lungs are crooked and long,
| and arranged in other respects for
| breathing. We think that people who
are in the habit of breathing through the
mouth are rendered liable to disorders of
the mucous membrane, eatarrh, pull
monary affections, etc.
A writer in the New York Sun says
speedy cure for poisoning by ivy is a
wash of oxalic acid, a teaspoonful of the
salt to pint of water, with which the
poisoned spots are bathed as often as
they grow troublesome. This lotion
smarts severely for a few minutes, but is
| followed by cessation of the poison pain,
which itches as if one could tear the part
to pieces. The above may need reducing
for young children. Make it weak at
first and add grains of the salt until it is
strong enough to give relief. A dessert
spoonful of sweet oil taken daily is said
to drive the poison out of the blood, but
three severe cases were cured without it,
to my knowledge, by the acid alone. 1t
should not be put in tin, or anything
metallic, as it corrodes, and may form
poisonous compounds.
Tobacco Powder for insects.
Numbers of new remedies for the de-
| struction or prevention of insect pests
have lately been introduced, with the
merits of some of which / am not ac-
quainted. Tobacco, however, in some
form or other, has long been recognized
as one of the best things for destroying
| all kinds of insects, especially out of
doors. 1t is long since l first saw snuff
used for destroying both green and black
fly. An old enthusiastic gardening
fl lend, who was fond of pinch of snuff,
would often take out his box and dust
some of its contents over his insect enc
mics whenever he saw them on his IA
vorite plants. 1t was at that time too
expensive for general application; but
it gave the man who regularly carried a
box in his pocket many an opportunity,
at this season of the year, of taking signal
and prompt vengeance upon his enemies.
In destroying insects. the old maxim.
"a stitch in time saves nine" holds
more than good; for, when aphides have
thoroughly established themselves on
plant or tree. it is a difficult matter to
destroy them all. If on the first appear
ance of insects a puff of powder be
dashed among them, it settles them di-
rectly; and good Swinging in three or
four hours afterward washes of both
snuff and dead bodies. A man armed
with a distributor and a supply of dry
powder will in a short time go over n
large collection of roses or a number OF
wall trees; and, as far as my experience
goes. / consider that the use of tobacco
powder in the open air is better and
cheaper than any dressing which / have
hitherto used in liquid form. 1t pene-
trates readily every portion of the tree,
carrying destruction in its course; for it
is astonishing how soon death ensues
after the powder is sprinkled over them.
The best time to apply it is when the
trees are slightly damp, just before the
dew clears off early in the morning.
When the trees, however, are thoroughly
charged with moisture, do not think
the powder is so effectual. The distribu-
tor which 1 use is a bottle-shaped india
rubber apparatus, which is taken in the
palm of the hand, and, whenever press
ure is applied, the powder is sent flying
in a cloud of finely divided particles in
any direction the operator wishes. All
nurserymen supply the powder in either
large or small quantities Gardening II
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Cultivation of the Peach. ..
At the late meeting of the Washtenaw
County (Mich.) Pathological Society,
the secretary, in n paper on the cultiva-
ton of fruit trees, held the followings,in
relation to the peach:
This fruit requires two different svs-
TENS of culture. That is, the beariL 2
trees must be differently treated from
those that are too young for bearing.
1t is the nature of the young peach tree
to keep on growing late into the fall.
This must not be permitted. 1t can be
prevented by stopping to stir the soil
at midsummer. The rest of the season
is required to harden up the young wood
for winter. To properly control the
growth, skill and experience are required.
In the month of August cultivating
for the young peach tree should stop.
Should the ground be very rich, and the
trees show determination to keep On
growing, the leading branches may be
pinched in. After pinching. a new
growth will often start, but then we
must pinch again. Ripening up thor
oughly the new growth of the young tree
should be the aim of the peach grower.
Where the soil is poor. less care is re-
qnired in ripening the new wood
, The bearing peach tree cannot be cul-
, tivated too often. Cultivation can be
kept up till the fruit is ripe. The new
growth of the wood in bearing tree
ceases to grow early IN the season and
there is no danger in stimulating late
growth, for the fruit consumes all the
extra sap caused by cultivation. Stir
ring the soil should be thoroughly kept
up, so that any time, between the set
| ting of the fruit and its being picked
2 you can run your hand right into the sol
| and fill it with Loose earth.
/ But in orde" % grow large peaches
f and all of a large. II 10. IN size, the tree
must have either lis bearing branches
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