Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-05-20

DRY BATHING = Regular BATH ing, So Far as
the people OF this country ar" concerned, is
certainly Il habit Of quite modern adoption.
The fathers aud mothers, and grantli,lth,rs and
grandmaherS, Of those who nave rca:hc,; mid
de lie, scllOm Or nav + baih"L except III the
warm mouths If Skinner Their dwellings at
iuriicd 20 ConvrnlcnccS for the act, II th"y lr!t
tic need Of performing 1t. As a general ilIg,
the health was unaffected by this omission. Why
was this ? Because heir uctupaiont nn'! their
mctho!s Of living. They Were active workers.
they wore but u small amount Of c'othing, they
lived mulch in the open air, and their DIV, lhng~
we're without stove and furnace heat. II any
one in these days will exercise in the open
air, 20 that each day he will rersprc moderate
ly, and if he viii wear thin under garments,
nr none at ALL aud sleep in Il cold room,
the fuuc'ious of the skin will suffer lit
tie vr 10 nl;ediment il water is withheld Tor
months Indeed, bathing is not the OF y way IN
which its healthill action can BE- maintained b.
ti:os: living under the Conditions at prescott
rxstin!. Dry friction over the whole surface
of the body, once day or once in two days,
is often OF more service than the application OF
water. The reply Of ihe crntcn,rian to the in
uuiry, Ia what habit Of H. he attributed hi,
good health anG IXtreme longevity, that he be-
iieyrl ii due to rubbing himself all over with
Il cob every night, is significant OF an impor!
ant truth.
Ii inv.i.ls AMI persons of 'ow vitality wouIl
use dry friction aud DR.. FraLkiiu : 'ar bath"
every day FIR Il considerable period. va arc
confident they would of;ca be greatly benefited
Cleanliness is next to gJdinrss. no doubt,
and a proper and judicious use OF water is TO
be comncndcd but human beings arc not
amphibiouS. Nature indicates hat the tuEc-
TORS Of the sklu should be kept in order main
~ by muscular exercise, 10y exciting natural
prrspiraton by labor; and delicious as is
The BATH, and healthful, under proper regrlta
tioas it is % substitute for that exercise Of the
body without which all the functions bccrluc
abnormal. -EIcsale Science.
LoUDoUN COUNTY. The landscape sccacry
Of Loudoun county is unsurpassed by thar Of
any section Of this country which We have ever
visited and our observations have extended 4
considerable distance North South and West.
The graceful undulations Of the mountains
by which il is interscctcd the rich coloring
which it gathers from the f;rtili!y III the soil
the happy combinations of pleasant effects,
from the alternating and co'ulniugIing Of field
and forest, hill and valley, g"es it an attiae-
tive l,vaness rarely Cquall1d anywhere.
We have been familiar, FROM boyhood, with
the sccncry of Loudoun ard it has ever been to
Us a source If unmea-lrcl delight presenting,
as it seems IL do. every time We lock upon IT,
some new beauty and Some new development of
lis l'rJcan resources.
Nature has done for it every thing that wc
can aesc 1t my needs the hand of taste
and cultivation energy and eucrpr>e--to
make 1t picture suc;l as We are SD III per
mtlcl to lock upon.
Surely its people shonll be proud Of it and
give every assistance in their power 10 introduce
il to the oul>il. world, and TO gar;:i>h anh
alnrn it with all the aids and rciicI> which Il
cultivated and loving apprccari N all ri it.
Lom1ou Enterprise.
! Mr.. jain b. Sisscn who died recently in