The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-05-28
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Household Hints.


Get the large, coarse kind and you will
save yourself much annoyance and spat-
tered walls.
When the hams are taken down they
should be dampened all over with thick
starch; then receive complete coat of
black pepper; rub it on till they are
black with it and every crevice filled up.
Then hung up in a dark smoke-house
nothing will ever molest them.
The Partisan method of cleaning black
silk is to brush and wipe it thoroughly,
lay it on flat table, with the side up
which is intended to show, and sponge
with hot coffee strained through muslin.
Allow it to become partially dry, then
iron.
The prudent housewife who, on ac-
count of hard times" has decided not
TO repaper the sitting-room, as desira-
BILE, will find the old paper very much
improved in appearance by simply rub
bing it well with flannel cloth dipped
in oatmeal.
Never carpet the kitchen floor. 1t
catches all the dirt, grease and odors of
cooking. Stain or paint the floor, then
spread down pieces of carpet in front of
the lounge, table and wherever neces-
sary. These should be bound like rug.
They can easily be taken up, shaken and
aired.
Fruit spots are removed from white
and fast-colored cottons by the use of
chloride of soda. Commence by cold
soaping the article, then touch The spot
with hair-pencil or a feather dipped in
the chloride, dipping it Immediately into
cold water to prevent the texture of the
article being injured.
To remove grease from silk, take a
lump of magnesia, and rub it wet over
the spot; let it dry, then brush the
powder off, and the spot will disappear;
or, take a visiting card, separate it,
and rub the spot with the soft internal
part, and it will disappear without tax
ing the gloss off the silk.
A Notwithstanding tincture is made
as follows: One ounce of gum cam
phor and one ounce powdered shell of
red pepper are macerated in eight ounces
of strong alcohol for seven days and then
strained. With this tincture the flrs or
cloths are sprinkled over and rolled UP
in sheets. This remedy is used in
Russia under the name of "Chinese
tincture for MOTHS" and is found very
effective.
Planting Grapevines.
One would suppose that so simple a
thing as planting a grapevine would not
need writing about; and yet the number
of people inquiring Glow shall we
plantP' is so great that a few words to
these. inquiries may well be pardoned by
those who think they already know
enough about the matter. The rule is to
plant the roots shallow. If they are
long when we have transplanted them,
instead of setting them deep we lay them
along about four or five inches beneath
the surface. 1t is of course very neces-
sary to press the soil very hard and firm
over the roots; that is if the earth is
tolerably dry, though in truth no vine
should be planted except the earth is in
this good condition.
1t is very useful in planting a grape
vine to cut it closely in. Unless the last
years growth be very vigorous it NAV
be almost all cut away. This is the way
to get good strong cane for bearing
next year, which is the most that one
ought 10 expect a vine TO do. Gimme
diate bearing" is delusion and a snare.
Many person spends dollar and bali
extra on a vine which he is told by the
seller will "bear this year." when for
that amount of money he could buy
treble the quantity of grapes it will bear
Tor him, even II it bears at all. Still we
like to plant good strong healthy grapes.
The little crow-quills which come out as
rare grapes at high prices, seldom give
much satisfaction. Indeed, it is more
likely that the immense failures which
generally follow all these iutroductions
are as much owing to the way their propa-
cation is forced, as to any inherent ina
bility in the varieties to become adapted
to soils and climates. .-GeTnlaaltosO1s IeLe-
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How to Make Dyes.