South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1885-02-06
Farmer aud Houss.xeepsr.

Farmer aud House. Keeper.
| a towel folded several times anil DID.
et in hot water aud Qu'ckl. wrans aud
applied over The seat OF The pain Ia
tOo,bachs or neuralgia. ~iil generally
abort prompt relief. HeaAaches Az
moe, always weld 70 the simult aneous
application or not wAtsr 10 the feet end
back Of the neck,
A peculiar atticie produced By The
negroes of Georgia 10 called by them por.
simmos bread. Five pounds OF IL. Il l.
saul, will make rsssly = harsel Of seree-
able AMI Notwithstanding beer. Tho
psrsimmons are Gathered when thor.
oaghly ripe, the mass l. kneaded until
IL ls The constituency Of bread d ugh,
mais into cake. aud then put into "a
oven and baked. II viii keep all the Gin.
ter. and can be used Until late in the
spring.
The Cleveland Herald recommends
that where it is intended to try aud
bring up the poor field. instead OF
waiting until it isploughed the rmer
should top dress when the ground 10
frozen and let the gra have the benz
eht OF the manure tor one year. The
thickening up of the award aud null.
tiplication OF roots in the soil will Of
ten furnish more .,lart food than tho
manure would have done, and the me.
chauical condition of the coil will DO
greatly improved, aud the farmer then
gets the natural renovating effects o.
grass-roots to give the soil start,
which is Natures plan, With good
sod the fertility Of field is assured.
Eating Before Sleeping.
TIE notion is widely prevalent that
it is unhealthy To cat late ut nigh or
just before retiring This came from
the severe denunciation of 'late sup
pers' contained in nearly all the old
popular works on diet But il was
the midnight debauch that was the
object OF attack, aud e, en- here il was
less the gluttony than the drunken.
ness which alarmed the doctors and
called forth their repr. tensions. A
mau may induce apor.axy by gorging
himself with food ut any hour OF the
day.
Man is the ouly animal that can be
taught to sleep quietly on an empty
stomach. The brute creation resent
all efforts to coax them TO such VIC.
latlon OF the laws of nature The lion
roars in the forest until he has found
his prey. The horse will paw all night
IN the stable. aud the pig in the pen,
resushg all rest or sleep until they
are fed. The animals which chew the
cud have their own PROVISION for .
late meal just before dropping to their
night slumbers.
Man can train himself to the habit
OF sleeping without preceding meal.
bul only after long years Of practice.
As he comes into the world nature 10
too strong Tor him, and he must he
fed before lie will sleep A chId's
stomach is small, and when perfectly
oiled, IT no sickness dlsturbs il, sleep
follows naturally and inevitably. AS
digestion goes on the stomach begins
to empty. A single fold in 1t will
make the little 81 eper restless; two
will waken it,and ii it is bushed again
TO repose the nap is short. and three
folds put an end to the slumber. Pa
regoric or other narcotic may close it's
eye again, but without either food or
some Supplying drug it will not eep,
no matter how healthy il may te.-
Not even an angel who learned the
art Of minstrelsy in n celestial choir
can siug babe TO sleep on an empty
stom ,ch.
II is fact established beyond the
possibility OF contradiction that sleep
aids digestion, and hat the process
of digestion is conducive to refreshing
sleep. II needs no argument to con>
vince US of this mutual relation. Tho
drowsiness which always follows q
we'll ordered meal is itselt testmo-
ny OF nature to this interdepen dence.
The waste of human life by the ne-
glect of the lesson is very great The
daily wear and tear of the body might
be restored more fully than il usual
ly is, ii this simple rule was not sys-
tematicaIly violated Exchange.
Capt. Bankhead, weIl-known CT
vii engineer, who had charge OF the
survey Of the Grafton aud Greenbrier
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