The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-10-18

PERSONS troubled with feet that per-
spire or smell Extensively, may perhaps
effect cure by bathing them every night
or oftener in strong solution of borax.
Two or three weeks of this treatment
will probably be found sufficient. fta
{ DRAINS should 4 be cut while the
ground 10 dry If they have been
marked or laid out previously, the work.
can be done now at half the cost of
doing it when the ground is full of water
This season il, better than, any. other for
reclaiming swamp meadows.
CRACKS or joints in a stove may, it is
said, be easily closed in a momentwith a
composition consisting of wood ashes and,
common salt, made into a paste with
little water, plastered over the crack
The effect is equally certain whether the
stove be hot Or cold, .ate,aep
os OUNCE seeds are said to be good for
sore or infamed eyes, Take about one
half dozen ounce seeds; put about Al
tablespoon full of scalding water on
them; let it stand till cold, and battle
the eyes just before going to bed and in
the morning. ,5ITs9t - 10 - Il N
MAKE composition of four pounds
rosin, one pint ofdinseed, oil and one
ounce of red lead, Apply il hot Will a
brush TO the place where the = joins thel
main house or fora dormer window thai.
leaks, or round chimneys. For, making
water casks tight it has always proved
effctual
liBsIN showing how .extranielyo sensitive
butter and milk are to foreign odors, and
how rapidly they absorb them, DIR.
Nichols states that heb has known
choice pan of butter spoiled by a farmer
walking in the dairy room. with. his
cow-stall boot on, covered with animal
excrement.- 1Ha5e3f1 iy9I3 9nD
AN old poultry raiser, who believes in
milk for fowls, says: .''tlt is meat and
drink both Some Of the finest chickens
| ever saw were raised upon the free
use of milk with their food Hens lay
as well, or better, when furnished with
this than upon any KNOWN articles Of
fered them"
|. IA CIV, the chickens Liberty Al, this sea
| son of the year. f'confined, they will
not thrive well. 'iffhe heifs may Sc Shut
up in roomy ceops, and the little ones
can, roam about outside tothe. best adj
vantage. There are tholisan9 things
Fthatithey cSyet from among stbe lhtebage
and the grass 3Tsw9t8 1o49 .s3a9s
|. For WARTS. ID Dissolve as much common
washing soda as the water litake; Wash
the warts with this for minute oratwo,
and let them, dry without wiping -4An-
other way is to get little bullock's gall
aid keep. it in a bottle; rub little on
! the warts two or three times a day, and
~, a short time they will disappear.
LIME is an old-fashioned fertilizer, bu
it should not for that reason he 1eglected.
1t is cheap, and rarely fails to pay well
for its use when land is to- be seeded to
| grass and clover. Forty Bushels per acre
of'aii-slacked lime Is usually spread from
i the. wagon with q, ng-hapdled shovel
| upon the plowed ground, and narrowed
\ in With the seed Tt Will do no Harm
nto ypltt 0n DIE lnnt$ iinmedmtely after
manure if it is haHoWed IN at once, N j
OUNCE MARMALADE.-Gat the
fruit When quite ripe; pare, quarter and
core it boil Che SKINS in 'theswater meas
uring teaeupfal- teabpppnd aof fruit;
when they are soft, mash and strain them,
and put back the water into the pre-
serving kettle; add the ounces and boil
athemluntil they are soft enough to mash
fine; rub through, a sieve, and put three
| quarters of a pound of sugar to pound
| OF fruit; stir them well together, and
boil them over slow fire until it will
fall like Jelly from a spoon. Pour it in
pots or tumblers and secure it,, when
| cold, with paper sealed to the edge of
! the jar with the white of an egg bo 2
TOMATO CATsUP,-Mrs. +. Endicot
says in the Rural Neao YorkT: Sc
4 lect perfectly ripe sound g tomatoes,
noutl 1inq ,slices, q and ,boia the mr uuptil
the, pulp is .eookedleut. Rub it through
| sieve TO take out the skins and seeds,
and return to the kettle for cooking, gTo
each gallon of the pulp add three table,
spoonsful each of salt, ground pepper
and mustard, and one each of ground
Gloves and alfspice.u Cook it until it
! lis thick enough to run slowly from a
bottle: Let, il get cold, bottle, and sea-
| made what we call q farmers rice,
| for dessert for dinner to-day We all
! enjoyed Isl so much that there was not
enough left for baby Katy's supper, as i
intended there should be- Tt is SO easily
and quickly made, / wonderit is not oft
| enerofodnd', on country tables. I put
aboutthree quarts, of milk ON the stove
in pan. While it was coming to a boil i
mixed two eggs With -four until it was
dryienoiiglli to rolh thronghmyfihgers in
,graips, Then ben stirred it into thu, mi k
quickly, So as to keep it cooking all the
time. 2FiSe minutes are long enough to
fnishit. Turmiiito adish and eat while
warm With plle plenty Of cream cream and sugar,
COOKING PoTATOEs.E-The potato. is.
BY no means nutritious, even when prop.
erly cooked ,ibeing fbutslittle more than a
mass of starch and water, mainly water.
| 1t contains, however, certain more valu-
able salts designed for and adapted to the
developments of the bones, and also now
supposed to aid in the prevention and
removal Of the scurvy. The starch,
more easily digested than that of peas,
BEANS etc, does but little toward sus
tanning the body, save to fatten and
to evolve animal heat To be fat is not
to be in health; both fatness and clean
ness, in the fextreme, being equal evil
dence of ,7 impaired - health, Recent
chemical investiga tons have demontra-
ted the faetthaya large per cent. Of these
more valuable elements intended for the
! true nourishment or for strength and
| snIidity Is wasted nv fhe nrdinarv bo;I