The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-04-26
and in tepid water, unless particularly

and in tepid water, unless particularly
robust.
AN application Of cold, wet common
whitening placed on Immediately is an
invaluable remedy for burn.
TO clean wooden cloth: Take equal
parts of spirits of hartshorn and ether.
Ox-gall mixed with it makes it better.
For roughness of the skin: Mix two
parts of brandy with one part of rose
water aud wash the face night and
morning.
THOSE who have hard calloused spots
on the hand can rid themselves of them
by holding the spot over the grindston
axmoment or two.
REFINED chalk made into thick
plaster with one-third as much glycer-
inc as water and spread on the parts
will cool inflammation and reduce red
ness of the nose or face.
ORANGES are very beneficial il eaten
early in the morning. In cases of dys-
pepsia an orange eaten every morning
before breakfast will greatly alleviate,
if not entirely cure the malady.
To soften the hair. Beat the yolk of
one egg into pint of warm rain water;
rub the scalp and hair we'll with this
then rinse the hair thoroughly and dry
with a towel. Use very little oil if
the hair becomes too dry.
"OUR secret journeys and flights have
to be allowed for as much as those open
| departures we make with many fare
wells, and baggage and tickets and noisy
hustle"
IL those who black their own stoves
will grease them before backing they
will find it prevents them from rus ing.
Add pinch of brown sugar to black
ing just before applying. This causes
it to stick, and it polishes much easier
and with half the rubbing.
If cobs are ground fine they are not
SO indigestible as is supposed. The finer
they are ground the more valuable, and
they should be ground as finely as posi-
BILE. The results of various analyses
prove that there is in corn cobs CON
siderable amount of fat producing and
flesh forming constituents.
SPRING mince pies: A cup and a
half of chopped raisins, one cup of sugar,
one cup of moiasses, one cup of warm
water, half cup of vinegar or good
boiled cider, two we'll beaten eggs, five
crackers, pounded fine; stir altogether
and season with spices as other mince
pies; bake with rich crust. For the top
crust, roll thin, cut in narrow strips and
twist and lay across.
a SICK person can be sustained by
this when nothing else can be taken
Make strong cup of coffee, adding
boiling milk as usual, only sweetening
rather more take an egg, beat yolk and
white thoroughly together; boil the
coffee, milk and sugar together, and pour
it over the beaten egg in the cup you
used in hospital service.
TEA is recommended for the following
cases: After full meal, when the sys-
tenn is oppressed for the corpulent and
the old for hot climates, and especially
for those who, living there, eat freely
or drink milk or alcohol; in cases of sus-
pended animation; for soldiers and
Others marching in hot climates, for
then, by promoting evaporation and
cooling the body, it prevents in degree
the effects of too much food as of too
great heat.
BLUSH purple for carpets; For one
pound Of wooden goods gather and
macerate half bushel of common purs-
ley Ga weed) in suficiency of water.
Then boil quarter of pound of log
wood chips in a separate kettle. Strain
and mix, and boil the goods in the water
two hours Then drain it well and rinse,
and it is done. Before putting the goods
in the dye it must be boiled half an
hour in alum water, five ounces of alum
to pound of wool
FEED your biggest feed at night. If
you go into the stable late at night and
the animals thrust their heads forward
give them something in the way of a
handful of corn or of oats-corn is bet
ter-and they will think you are a
friend. A sip of drink is good and if
they want only a sip do not be too hard
on them, especially if, after you go back
to the house, you want sip of drink
yourself