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PACIFIC FISH DTDUSTEY. r r I TOMS) - Health and Beaat? Hiatal A pinch of salt taken before meals Stimulates digestion. A cup of strong coffee will remove the odor of onions from the breath. Nervous spasms are usually relieved by dissolving a HtUe salt In the nioutb. Bathing in salt water tones up the akin and gives It a fresh, wholesome color. For corns take equal parts of lard and quinine; mix thoroughly. Apply at night For a sprained ankle the whites of eggs and powdered alum made Into plaster Is almost a specific. Hot water Is better than cold for bruises. It relieves pain quickly and will prevent discoloration. One should be cautious about enter ing a sick room iu a state of perspira tion, as the moment you become cool your pores absorb. Stewed rhubarb has a well known medicinal value; besides being a com plexion beautlfler, it Is said to be val uable for rheumatic troubles. Eggs are considered one of the best remedies for dysentery; beaten up slightly and swallowed they tend to lessen the Inflammation of stomach and Intestines. Getting the digestion Into proper or der remedies not only poor complexion, but clears the eyes. Yellow eyeballs almost always indicate internal trouble and only Internal remedies will Im prove. Red Cheeka Without Hoiim'. If you want to look very pretty and have red cheeks for a dance, you can . do this, says the Delineutor. Hub cold cream Into the face, always with an .;, upward, rotary movement. Wipe that off, rub in more and wipe it off again. , Then wash the face with hot water. Then dash cold water over It and dry It thoroughly with a soft towel. To add the final touch take a small piece of ice, cover with a towel and rub gen tly three or four times over the cheek bones. This gives a color which will last for hours and Is renlly a mild form of Turkish Bath for the face. Many ladles before going to dinner use leather sponges, rubbing the cheeks first with warm water, then hot water, and drying thoroughly. This gives a lovely color. Conquer the "Blnen." Fight away the thoughts of depres sion. Ask for light. Go to sleep with the prayer for light on your Hps. Ev erything may change for the better to morow. Keep hoping and trying and praying. There Is a place for you In this world. You are needed here, or you would not be here. You are a part of omnipotent power. Go ahead and find your place. You can. Imbue yourself with the thought that whatever you want must come to you. Desire Is a magnet. Persistent be lief in the goodness of God and in your own close relation to lllm will make your thoughts magnets. Thoonht (or the Week. Burled hopes require n deep grave. Let us be such as help the life of the future. That gront Is Ill-saved that shames Its master. Thoughts are but dreams till their effects are tried. A good man Is one whose goodness Is part of himself. Never trouble another for what you can do yourself. AH Is not fulse which at first seems He. Southey. By learning to obey you will know how to command. Solon. The road to home happiness lies over mall stepping stones. Shirt Boaniii Hoard. The best shirt-bosom board Is one tnadoof seasoned wood, 1 foot wide, 1V feet long and 1 inch thick. This should be covered with two or three thickness es of flannel, drawn tight and well tacked lu place. Cover again with can ton flannel drawn very tight, and tack It. Make outside slips of white cotton flannel drawn very tight, and tack It. Make outside slips of white cotton cloth fitted to the board. These slips should be frequently changed. 18 The German empress is an excellent photographer, landscapes being her specialty. More than 2,"0 women are employed In the United States postoiilce as rural letter carriers and nearly 1,000 act as substitutes. The Queen of Norway takes a great Interest In bookbiudlug. The collecting of beautifully bound books Is one of her hobbles. lu Englaud and Wales nearly a thou r Jin ay u a sew rVT f) 1 kj I J I B s; LI Ll sand women are serving on the loards of poor law guardians organizations similar to the overseers of the por this country. Turkish women do not come Into trol of their private fortunes i1 after marriage. They can then dU of one-third of It without the band's consent. For the first time in history Chli lady students are proceeding to v ous foreign countries to complete tl education with western knowlet Each such student Is a graduate o Chinese college. DAME: Skirts enwrap the figure very tlgh from waist to hips, whence they 1 In softly supple godets or plaits. Extremely smart gowns consist woolen skirts made of tartan, worn w plain cloth or plain velvet jacketa , The shoulder seam in all dresses disguised by draperies or embroider and the shoulder line Is always dro lng. Drawn or gathered silk and vel hats are mostly seen for afteri wear, much trimmed with every lm lnnble kind of fancy leather. The square Jacket uvid the plal skirt in some heavy stuffs, plaids plain brown reds or very dark bl are much worn. With them are s shirt blouses and jabots that g! fuller and wider. The favorite trimming of the ment for simple hats Is the ruche scalloped and frayed soft silk. It I PBETT very pretty Idea, but one that Is easily copied thut It will quickly f; come too popular. All the scale of blues seems to be vored at present, old blue, royal bl peacock, pastel and Nuttier; th especially are the mode and are repl lng Hie popular violet aud purple last season. Flowers, which had disappear from the realm of millinery for a f weeks, are again making their appe. ance; enormous roses of the most u likely colors are being used, two three at the most being sufficient to most cover the crown of a hat. J Good (or Uurnn. Equal parts of Unseed oil and 11 water mixed and poured over the bu, A cotton or linen cloth may be wrJ out of the mixture aud laid upon wound. If this preparation Is fajn. fully used It will be found to remove pain and give a great deal of comfort. Pure glycerine Is a most excellent rem edy also. When first applied It causes smarting, but this soon ceases and the actual pain from the burn is much re lieved. Glycerine Is said to favor rapid healing. The sooner It Is applied after the accident tho quicker good results will be obtained. Why People Marry. There are many reasons why people marry ambition, desire, selfishness, fasclnatlou and a score of others. Hut there Is only oue reason why they should marry. The consideration should be: 'Van we most help each other In our lives, In our work. In mak ing the iH'st of ourselves?" And this not to be taken to mean tho more keep ing of a house, or the providing of one. but mutual service of a far finer and higher kind. What Woman Would Vote Aaralnst It The thought comes to us how Impor tant It Is that we should keep peace with all nations, and what would be the consequence If lire-eating politi cians should plungs us Into a war with any leading European tower; how all these cottages would be deserted aud be of little value to those who own I riTl I"! f 1 1 I El k I yjjf I I J-lL-l tt - 'Cities. I Halibut la regarded as the standard Investors In our sav- fish, ranging In weight from one to . ---- on forty pounds and can be had the year T, round, except during the months of Oc Wa tober, November and December. !) Barracuda Is next In popularity. This be product is caught every month In the uld year from San Pedro to San Diego, de- Nets and troll Hues are used for catch of Ing barracuda and when both methods Ion are adopted the local market becomes them or to the lllV.nrl.n -I the em ej Id.' lie UP ise! lie, jr. ae. lay U. gg ; Afternoon Toilette In Blue Panama Cloth. Full part of waist of white chiffon cloth over silk. Black girdle and bows. IIoiue-Made Silver Polish. Wash silver In hot suds; apply flue laundry soap to a piece of soft flannel, dip it In common whiting and rub 'the silver. - Wash again In hot suds, rinse thoroughly and dry with another piece of soft flannel or chamois skt-. This combination will remove the most ob- stluate discoloration quickly. A Good Llalnient. Here Is a good poisonous cut recipe, such ns barb-wire cuts, for man or beast : Half a pint of turpentine, one half plut coal oil, one-half pint vine gar, oue teacupful of lard, two ounces of carbolic acid and a handful of salt mixed well and applied as needed. Scald and Baraa. An application of baking soda will relieve the patn from a scald or burn, Wet the surface with cold water and cover thickly with soda. Tweatr Thoaaaad Poaada Sold Daily la Loa Aaarelea Markets. The fish Industry, extending from VgacouTer on te north to San Diego on the south, Is one of great Importance on the Pacific coast, says the Los An geles Herald. Locally many thousands of dollars are Invested In the business and the product of the sea finds quick sales la Los Angeles and neighboring glutted with the product The average weight is five pounds. Sea bass are caught from Santa Bar bara to San Diego. This fish is one of tha hoat 'nrnsliipta nf tho aaa Walfrht from four to fifty pounds. me rea snapper or roen coa is in ac tive demand In the winter season. The fish Is caught around Catalina or on a, friA hnnlo" triAwn sw f ha flolior'nion Weight one-half to ten pounds. Sar dines are used for bait Bonlta and yellowtall are fine table .fish that are caught in nets and set iiiivot wuiiu) uus. v Cigub fvuuun t yellowtall. six to thirty pounds. Albi- t . ... core is an oiiy nsn popular witn epi cures. Bock bass Is a choice fish caught in the kelp ; weight one-half to six pounds. What Is known as horse and Ameri can mackerel is in the market during the spring months. Mackerel run In 'schools; are caught with hook and line; weight one-half to three pounds. re The smelt season Is from Sept. 1 to Jan. 1, seines being used most success ;h fully. Surf fish, or suckers, croakers I 1 !...). . 1. I M ji muusu uuu pei Lu uie uuiuug iue huh fish. The sandub Is caught with hook and line along the coast; herring is caught at San Pedro, San Diego and Santa Barbara from January to March. Herring Is fine bait for the professional fisherman. The Duuinano is a delicious fish that 'retails at 40 cents to $1 a pound. It one of the choice articles of the menu cards In first-class restaurants. The prong Is equally popular. Codfish, sculplns and other fish are brought to the market. Lobsters are In the market from Sept. 13 to April 1. Tuna Is a fish caught by sportsmen at Catalina. It Is not marketable. The lewflsh are among the heavyweight den izens of the deep at Catalina. Big do ings always follow the catch of a 800 or 400-pound Jewflsh. Turtles of heavy weight come from the Mexican waters. Professional fishermen make big money if they have good luck. Their losses are chiefly due to damage to nets and seines by sharks and seals. SLAVES IN MASSACHUSETTS. Earljr Church DUcoulon on Slavery Dandified Negro Walter. The colored "mammy," devoted, loy al and autocratic, one thinks of as be longing to the South and the days be fore the war, but in the far-away time of slavery In New England she was known there also, says the Youth's Companion. One such mammy, happy and belov ed, but despotic, was Violet, the slave of the Rev. Moses Parsons of Byfleld, but the real ruler of the household and his lively brood of boys. Her husband, Primus, belonged to their neighbor, Deacon Noyes. The revolution was scarcely over, but even then In that quiet corner of Mas sachusetts the anti-slavery spirit was Btlrring and its first result was to pre cipitate a violent church quarrel. Dea con Colman had scruples against slav ery and he expressed them with vigor and not always with entire respect for his slave-owning pastor. He was sus pended; there were meetings, discus sions, appeals and denunciations and only at the death of Mr. Parsons was he so far softened as to admit, while yet maintaining his principles, that he had urged them with "undue vehe mence and asperity." He was then re stored to the church and his office of deacon. In tho neighboring town of Newbury port were a number of slaves and freed slaves, concerning some of whom anec dotes have been handed down to the present day. One negro man, hoeing barefoot In the fields, struck suddenly with his hoe at what he took to be a large toad in Impertinently close com pany with him. It was his own naked big toe, as he learned painfully when he had neatly sliced the top off with the blow. " Another colored man of much higher station and more complete and elegant attire was a dandy waiter employed In the old Wolfe tavern. Noting an es pecially fine pair of boots owned by one of the patrons, a local niaguate, Ebeneer Moseley, he went to the shoe maker to order a pair of the same sort. "Let 'em be Jes' like Squire Mose ley's," he commanded, magnificently, "only a quarter-dollar better!" Mjraterlea of Scent. The mysteries of scent will probably never be solved, and It Is a matter of everyday observation that, while the trained shooting dog will pass a sit ting partridge, a terrier or a fox will find the nest London Times. When a man does try to get a little ahead hi this world by saving his money, people say he is "tight" agfflSSHMl mm 4 Stomp Polling Device. nere is a sketch of a device which will do good work In the way of re moving stumps. It can be operated by a rann and a boy if stumps do not exceed six or eight Inches In diameter. For larger stumps two men and a boy may be employed. The boy can change the hook at each swing of the pole. In the illustration two short chains (No. 1 and 2) are shown attached to the pole. These are each four feet long with a common grab hook on one end and a round hook or ring at the other end. The longer chains are fixed to the stumps, oue of them reaching to the pole, the other to the grab hooks. The pole requires to be 15 or 16 feet long and 5 or 6 inches In diameter at the butt To operate, put chain No. 4 on the biggest stump and have the other end fixed to the pole about 18 or 20 Inches from the end. Take chain No. 1 and place It 6 Inches nearer the end and chain No. 2 six Inches on the other side. Now place chain No. 3 on the stump that Is to be pulled and swing the pole as far as possible; at tach the grab hook from No. 1 to No. 3 chain; swing the lever (pole) until No. 2 chain can be attached to No. 3. Keep swinging back and forth, chang ing hoops at every swing until stump Is up. For heavier stumping a horse rig on a similar principle may be used, only the chain requires to be heavier and stronger. Make the hooks on No. 1 and 2 with just turn enough to hold in the link of No. 3. Protecting Fowls on Root. Naturally the fowls catch cold more readily at night when on the roost than during the day, when they ore moving around freely so that protec tion should always be given them if there is danger in this respect or if the nights are very cold and It is desired to keep all the heat possible among the birds. Place the roosts so that the backs will rest against the wall of the poultry house, then, on the roof of the building a few inches farther from the wall than the lower roost, erect a PBOTECTION FOB FOWLS. frame to which a curtain can be at tached made of any desired material unbleached muslin, burlap and old carpet being good materials, so that when It Is let down It will fall to the ground directly In front of the lower roost. By the use of a strah and hook at either end a simple blan Is had of fastening the curtain in place when It is not in use. The dotted line in the Illustration shows where the cur tain, will fall when dropped and the entire plan Is easily seen from the cut and can he readily worked out at small wst Plowing; Manure Under. When coarse stable manure is Dlow ed under and there Is moisture enough In the soil and manure to cause Its fermentation, It Immediately begins. furnish food for crops. It does this all the better In early spring, as the manure under the furrow holds it up and admits warm air from ' above which is Just what is required to cause active fermentation. The release ammonia as the manure ferments en riches all the soil above it as the con stant tendency to warm air is to rise Hence there is good reason for annlv. lng manure as top dressing during the winter on land that Is to be plowed hoed for crops In the spring. or Amount of Seed Required Per Acre. The amount of seeds required to -an acre Is estimated as follows: Oats, 3 bushels ; barley, 2 bushels ; timothy, 6 quarts; tobacco, 2 ounces; bluegrass, 2 bushels ; red clover, 8 quarts ; redtop, 1 to 2 pecks ; millet one-qnarter bushel orchard grass, 2 quarts ; white clover, 4 quarts; buckwheat one-half bushel corn, broadcast 4 bushels ; potatoes, 10 to 15 bushels; ruta-bagas, three-fourths pound; mixed lawn grass, one-half bushel; corn. In hills, 4 to S quarts corn, In drills, 2 to 3 bushels; rye, 1H b 2 bushels; wheat 1H to 2 bushels, DEVICE FOB PUliINQ STUMPS. 1 d Improving Cora. Realizing that the improvement of corn Is a matter of concern to every agricultural practlonef, because .of the , wide adaptability and general cultiva tion of the cereal, the Virginia Agricul tural Experiment Station has publish ed in a bulletin of nearly 100 pages the results of experiments In that field. In a general Introduction the bulletin says: "Investigations show very clearly that the corn plant Is quickly affected by the environment In which It Is placed and yields readily to selection, so that the way for Improvement Is open to all who will make a systematic study of this important crop. The fact that corn crosses so easily has resulted In the development of numberless so- called varieties or strains, and It Is manlfestely Impossible to effect perma nent Improvement In any of these with out first understanding thei? Individual peculiarities and the good and bad points possessed by each. 'Observation leans to the belief that the Indiscriminate crossing of plants without first studying them carefully and eliminating the hundreds of unde sirable varieties and the thousands of useless Individuals is a waste of time, and that more permanent good can be effected by making a basic study of va rieties, rejecting all those that do not reach a definite standard, and then pro ceeding to systematically improve those that seem worthy of extended consideration." The Red Spider. In dealing with that troublesome Ilk tie pest the red spider, a really suc cessful remedy is found in some of the liquid tobacco or nicotine extracts, now fairly numerous on the market They may be used either by vaporiza tion overheat directly with steam pressure, or by spraying cold dilutions in water. They are rather costly and must be handled with care, as they are particularly deadly Internal poison to humans as well as animals, but are effective when used according to dlrec - tlons and little harmful to even the most delicate plants, states Rural New Yorker. This remedy Is of course ef fective on less resistant Insects, such as aphlds, thrips and scales. It does not promise much as regards white fly or outdoor scales, but we have good remedies for these pests in hydrocyanic gas and soluble oils. Hawks and Poultrr. A writer In the Scientific Ameiicau declares that he effectually put. an end to the depredation of hawks in his poultry yard by fastening an. old scythe, ground to a razor edge, with the sharp end down, on a high pole set In the edge of a field near his yards. The hawks, as is their habit, lit on the scythe, grasping it with their claws, with the result that their feet were badly cut. This angered them and they attacked thescythe, literally tooth and toenail, and of course got the worst of It. Every hawk that came along met with a like reception, and within a short tune they were either killed or driven away. Molaaaea Cake for Cattle. The molasses cake used in France as food for cattle consists in the boiling of molasses and working It briskly with mixture of corn flour and bran, when it Is pressed into the ordinary fbrni of a cake and packed In bags for sale. The proportions used are one-third molasses, one-third flour, one-third bran. The suburban dairymen claimed that In the use of this molasses cake there are ex tra yield of milk and an increase In proportion of butter fat The proper quantity in feeding should be 6 to 10 pounds dally, Which Is uot Intended as a basis of food, but as a condiment; and to assist digestion. Gain In Fertilizing the Soil. The soil is the farmer's capital, and he can only keep that capital unimpair ed by adding fertility' to it -As the fertility decreases, his capital decreases and becomes Impaired. Plants and ani mals are his stock in .trade by having the best plants and animals. He can only beat the other fellow In the com petition of trade by. having a better stock in trade and something that peo ple want and are willing to pay a good price for, because it Is a good article. The more fertile his soli, the cheaper he can produce the articles which th people want Still for Denatured Alcohol. The French use small stills for th manufacture of perfumes and brandies and an article In Popular Mechanics describing the stills, suggests their re for the manufacture of denatured alco hol on a small scale. Some pi these distilling outfits cost only $20; some ars portable (hand-pushed or horse-drawn), and various fuels are used In the sev eral styles of machines. ' i f Deep Plowlaar. , The air penetrates as deep as we plow. The deeper we plow tue more plant food Is prepared by the action of the air and more moisture is carried In the soli to withstand drought! Deep fall plowing then is a' great aid la breaking up the compounds of the soIL' In preparing plant food. In storing mois ture and In warming the soil for early olantlng. 4
