The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-09-11

the powder is dangerous, and its use
should be avoided, as it win ultimately |
injure the skin and destroy the beauty
of the complexion.
PREvENTING SEA-SICKNEss.-Of the
many annoyances to which the travelling
public is subject at this particular sea-
son, sea-sickness is, perhaps the most
distressing. A perfect cure for this
malady would rob ocean travel of half
its teIrors. No drug, however, has been
discovered which acts as specific. The
cause of the sickness is largely, if not
wholly, due to the involuntary and un-
expected motions to which the passen-
ger is subjected on board ship. These
cause undue pressure upon the stomach
and liver, and derange the action of
those organs. To prevent this, attention
has recently been called to an old plan,
which is said to be very successful. 1t
consists in regulating the act of breath
ing according to the pitching or rolling
of the vessel, drawing in the breath as
she rises, and breathing out as she falls
into the trough of the waves. After
little experience the practice, it is said.
becomes involuntary. When sea a-sick-
ness has fairly set in, the only thing to
be done is to get rid of the extra bile
thrown into the circulation, and to allay
the irritation of the stomach. For the
latter, brandy is the popular remedy,
but cool effervescing drinks are prefer
able.
SAUCE. - ChiIlev: Thirty-fve large
green tomatoes, five large green peppers,
ten large lions, ten cups vinegar,
twenty tablespoons sugar, five table
spoons salt; chop tomatoes, onions and
peppers fine; boil two hours; bottle,
and serve with hot or cold meat. Gu
cumber: Take fresh cucum bers and
CRATE them, drain off the juice, measure
it, and pour on as much cold vinegar as
you drain of Juice; salt and pepper to
taste; put in bottles and cork closely
Imitation Worcestershire Three tea
spoons cayenne pepper, two tablesr oons
walnut or tomato catsup strained
through muslin, three shallots miuced
fine, three anchovies chopped into bits,
one quart vinegar, half teaspoon pow
dered cloves; mix and rub through a
sieve :. put in a stone jar, set in pot of
boiling water, and heat until the liquid
is SO hot you cannot bear your finger in
it; strain, and let it stand in the jar,
closely covered, two days; then bottle
for use. Higdum: Four quarts of green
tomatoes. one pint of green peppers, one
pint white onions; measure after chop
ping fine; add one pint white mustard
seed, two teacups fine salt, and four
tablespoons ground cloves; let it stand
over night, strain off the liquid, and
pour over sufficient boiling vinegar to
cover the whole; put in bottles or cans,
and cork closely.
WASHING THE HAIR.-Those who
wash the rest of their body often ne
glect the head the practice of smearing
it with oil almost universally prevails.
The Easterns do the ereverse-they shave
it. A greater comfort there cannot be
than bald pate. Washing the head is
in no case prejudicial. Unless you wash
the head, the washing of the body is
neither complete nor satisfactory. The
refreshnent of washing the head
may often be procured when it il impos-
sible to wash the body. Soap and water
are injurious, not to the hair, but to the
hairdressers. The men of the East have
no hair to show; but if soap and water
injure the hair, whence comes the lux.
uriant abundance of that of the women
The hair of the head, like the fur OF
animals, is made to bear rain and wind,
and, to be protection against them.
You cover it up. The fur of animals
thickens and strengthens when exposed
to air and wet. Your hair falls off, and
yol oil it. If it grows weak, change its
habits. If it is not washed: and if it is
oiled, begin to wash it, and leave of
oiling it. Every week an Eastern lady
has her hair thoroughly washed at the
bath. 1t is first well soaped and rubbed
They are very particular about soap,
and use none but that made of olive oil
The CASTLE soap, which in this country
is sold at the apothecary's, is the soar
the least injurious to the skin. This is
twice repeated. After the soap, they
apply paste of American bale and rose
leaves This is rubbed into the roots oI
the hair, and left to imbibe all the grease
of the head; it is then, like the soap
washed off with bowls of hot water, ano
leaves the locks perfectly clean anC
silken. From time to time they dye 1T
On these occasions an attendant mixes
| up handful of henna dust in hot water
and thoroughly smears with it the hair
which is then turned up into ball, ant
bound tightly with a napkin. In thi
state they 90 through the bath. Whe1
the napkin is removed, and the henn'
: paste washed out, the hair, if befor'
black, will have become bronze au
burn, and if gray, red. The bath occu
pies from three to four hours, with tn
smoking, chatting, music and dancing
| which accompany it, in an atmcspher
which excludes every unpleasant sensa
J ton.