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- 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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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"
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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