The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1882-10-21
HOUSE, FARM AND FlRESIDE.

required size and lined make good
iron holders.
The carpets now in style are of
dark shades aud small figures, and the
borders are perfect marvels of beauty.
Sheep give two crops year, one in
the fleece and one in thu lambs some
times three, for in California and Texas
they shear twice year.
When about to broil fish it is n
good plan to grease the gridiron well
with a little lard. You will not be
troubled then by having about ha If
the fish sticking to the gridiron when
you attempt to remove it to the platter
The farmers in Alabama, Georgia,
South Carolina and Mississippi are
filled with glad surprise to fluid that
they can raise grass as paying crop.
The raising Of improved stock is be
ing extensively engaged in, while the
iron and coal Developments are mar.
velous.
A comfortable sewing chair can be
made of an old cane seat chair by
saving off the legs and fastening over
the seat aud back case made of cot
ton. Cover neatly with coffee sack
ing, and finish around the sides with
a curtain bound with red tape and
fastened with gold headed lacks.
1t is q slovenIy practice to take a
reaper in a harvest field without
first cutting around the field with a
cradle. 1t is done, however, more
and more every year, one reason
being that few farmers have cradles
in good condition for using, and
few men nowadays know how to use
them.
FALL SowN RYE.-Fall sown rye
makes the best early green food for
cattle. BY sowing broadcast from two
to four bushels to the acre in Septem-
her or October in the cornfeld, or where
potato, cabbage oil any other crop has
been gathered, and narrowing il in, there
will bca strong, succulent growth, fully
three feet high, to cut in April. AT
ter cutting, the stubble can be turned
under in time to plant corn and garden
vegetables, such as beans, peas cabbages,
melons and potatoes, and especially
sweet potatoes. Within the last week
or two, Prof w. N. Mcdonald has ex-
pressed to us his thanks for having sug>
gested to him this plan of 81 wing rye in
the fall for the benefit of his cows in the
spring, and he Guys that the rye feed in
April astonished them all in the won
derful increase Of butter that it caused,
It produced at once n large flow ofrich
milk from cows that previously were al
most dry. This experience shows
quite clearly how much the quantity
and quality Of the milk is Influenced by
the kind of food Home Journal.
BATnING.--Sincc about three fifths
Of the food and drinks should pass off
through the seven millions Of pores Of
the skin, and that in semi-putrd
state, bathing or washing ofthe whole
body, as \ matter of cleanliness, is an
absolute necessity. This perspira-
tion-sensible and nsensible-passes
most profusely while one is at hard
labor, violent exercise, or in the night,
when one is unusually warm. AS
has been intimated, it is waste worn
out matter, more or less poisonous,
dead, unfit for further use, and is cast
off as such. Some Of it escapes by
evaporation, some adheres to the sur
face and some is lodged in the meshes
of the clothing. 1t is reasonable,
therefore that the clothing should be
aired as much rs convenient that worn
by day removed at night and hung
where it may be aired as much as pos
sible, and that worn by night placed in
the sunlight, which is equal in some
cases to half of washing, while a
thorough washing should be made as
soon as decided odor is observable.
What kind Of bathing shall be adopted
and how often? In general terms, the
bath should be comforta BILE! 1t is not
too much to say that most Of the
swimming-thc victim remaining in
as long as he can well endure it, is
curse rather than a blessing. The
safe bath or wash of the whole body
in the room in warm weather, is pre-
ferable to all others, in ordinary cir
cumstances. Any individual with a
reasonable amount of animal heat
and vitality, will be able to wet the
band and rub the whole body as often
as cleanliness demands it, this to be
followed by thorough rubbing with
a crash towel, till glow of heat is
secured. To say the least, the body,
rs matter Of cleanliness, needs
wash as often as the face does. since
the surface Of the face is so exposed
that much will be carried OF by eva
poration. In addition to this,
weekly wash in warm water and soap
will do no harm. If there are those
who fancy that it is unsafe to clean
themselves at all, from the fact that
once, at least, they have taken cold
by it, / simply say that such shout
never allow such thick coat of dirt
to accumulate that sudden removal
Of it will thus expose them to chills.
/ admit that such ''coat of mali
may protect the body from cold, but
claim that it is not judicious to wear