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How to Eat Lemoas.

A good deal has been said through
the papers about the healthfulness OF
lemons, says the Farm and Fireside.
The latest advice is how to use them So
that they will do the most good, and il
as follows; Most people know the bene-
fit of lemonade before breakfast, bur
few know that it is more than doubled
by taking another at night also. The
way 10 get the better of the bilious sys-
tenn without blue pills or quinine, is to
take the juice of one, two or three
lemons, as appetite Graves, in as much
ice water rs makes it pleasant to drink
without sugar before going to bed. In
the morning, on rising, at least half an
LouI before breakfast, take the juice Of
one lemon in a goblet of water. This
will clear the system of humor and bile
with efficiency without any of the weak
ening effects of calomel or congress
water. People should not irritate the
stomach by eating lemons clear.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-14
Food for He, SEES.

The oat il pre-eEainedtly the food for
the growing horse, and always should
be used when obtainabie. If you want to
get the best results from him. A col.
A colt should be fed and handled as
always to be kept growing and thriving,
without any check either from want of
food, food of poor quality or unsuited
to his needs, or from sickness. Another
extreme should always be avoided, with
as much care as poverty of flesh, aud
that in excessive fairness, which usually
occurs from too much reproducing
food, excessive feeding or want of exer
else. Fatness in any animal means
disease, not health, and the worst of all
places is to find iton the horse. Lay on
all the muscle you can, but never allow
yourself TO be deluded into the folly oil
mistaking fat for it.
| The best of all places to raise horse
| is in a pasture with running water, with
comfortable stable, where be can 20 in
and out at pleasure, with such feeding
in kind, quality and quantity, regularly
given, as will keep him in growing con
dition at all times. Ii not so situated
as to command the above conditions
you can modify them to suit your owl
case,
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-14
For Wash Day.

A practical housekeeper who has used
the following recipe for tightening the
labor of washing day, recommends 9th
ers to make the experiment, being care
full to follow the directions exactly:
:, Fill the boiler two-thirds full of water
and shave bar of soap into it. When
the water boils and the soap is dissolved.
add two tablespoonfuls and half of
kerosene oil. 1t will Immediately unite
with the soap, and if you have been ex-
act with the amount of each there will
be no oil on the top of the water. Now
put the c,eanest pieces, like table-cloths
and napkins, without previous soaking
or wetting, loosely into the boiler. Do
not put too many pieces in at time
boil hard for ten minutes, then rinse
through two waters and hang out to dry.
Put more pieces in the same boiler Elk
anime the articles of body clothing after
they are taken out, and if rot thorough
ly cleansed put them back in the boiler
for another ten minutes, or else rub them
lightly.
If the washing is very large, there
should be renewal of the soap and oil,
but for an ordinary washing once is
enough. In an hour and half the
work is all done for family of six per
sons. The clothes are white as snow,
and there is not the wear and tear OF
nerve caused by disagreeable labor, or
by the moro disagreeable and iacompe-
tent washer-woman.
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Health Hints.

Near sight invariably arises in early
| life, aud much ACKNOWLEDGMENT caused
by the prolonged use of the immature
eye in hard study or fine work. Many
| children, however, are born r-sighted,
owing to the shape of the eye, and are
often thought stupid and slow to observe
because the defect has not been noticed.
Some cases of near-sightedness improve
with age; Others do not Near -sighted
children should be fitted with glasses
early, as mach i'll health and misery
may often be saved.
One of the best and simples remedies
for bleeding at the nose is a vigorous
motion of the Jaws as in chewing. A
wad of paper may be placed in the
mouth and chewed hard. The motion
of the jaws causes the muscles through
which the blood vessels supplying the
nose run, to contract and hinder the
blood flowing to the nose. In this way
the bleeding is stopped. Don't laugh at
many; but try it.
Go off for rest this summer Send
the wife and children off to farmhouse
in the country. It's cheaper and better
than to keep them in the city, and saves
many doctors bills. A business man
will make more money by taking rest
of a month than by working tired and
jaded through all the year.
Cure your corns by applying repeated
ly, night and morning, equal parts of
tincture of iodine and glacial acetic
acid, and then wear properly fitted boots,
and never have corns again.
Do not pack away clothing worn just
before or after an attack of scarlet fever
by the child affected. The disease may
remain in the clothes indefinitely, and
be conveyed, as in case we have in
mind, to other children months after
ward.
The following diseases are due to ex-
IRENE heat: Sunstroke, heat fever, some
skin affections, and some diarrheas and
summer complaints. Avoid heat expo
sure and avoid these diseases Aside
from the action of heat in producing
cholera infantum, dysentery, ETC., the
worst forms of these diseases came from
Fermentation and germs introduced into
the body by eating sour or unfit food,
or green fruit.
In case of poisoning by poisonous
plants, as poison ivy, poison oak, ETC.
apply frequently to the affected part
solution made up of one dram each of
bicarbonate of soda and sulphite of soda
to one ounce of water.
One of the best possible applications
for burn, and one recognized by most
medical authorities as one of the best
articles which eau be used, is common
white paint carbonate of lead).
Teaspoonful doses of camphor water
is one of the most efficient means of con
trolling the summer complaints in in
fants. 1t may be given in little syrup
and as often as needed.-Albany Sunday
Press.
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The Small Boy.


One day sat in car seat behind
pale, careworn lady, who had little |
boy with her. As the little boy was of
a very inquiring mind, and everything
seemed To attract his attention, could
not help listening TO some of his ques-
tons.
What is that, auntie ?'' the little boy
commenced pointing to stack of hay
en- the marsh.
"Oh that's hay, dear" answered the
oaarworn lady.
.'What is hay, auntief"
'Why, hay is hay, dear.
"But what is hay made of
why, hay is made of dirt and water
and air"
"Wbo mskes it?'
"God makes it, dear"
''Does he make it in the daytime or
night7''
I'm both, dear"
"And Sundays?'
eyes, all the time"
"Ain't it wicked t. make hay on Sun
day, auntie?'
"Oh, / don't know. I'd keep still,
Willie, that's dear. Auntie is tired. !"
After remaining quiet moment little
Willie broke out:
"Where do stars come from, auntie."
81 don't know; nobody knows
| "Did the moon lay 'em 7"
"Yes, | guess so. Don't bother me. "
Another short silence, when Willie
| broke out:
Benny says oxins is an owl, auntie ;
is they?"
80, perhaps sc"
81 think whale could lay eggs-don't
| you. auntie?"
ooh, yes; 1 guess so" said the shame
| less woman.
"Did you ever see whale on his
nestP
/ ''Oh, 1 guess So
"Where@
u mean no. Willie, you must be
quiet, I'm getting crazy"
"What makes you crazy, auntieT"
so dearl you ask SO many questions
"Did you ever see a little fly eat
sugar."
Eyes, dear"
"WhereP
"Willie sit down on the seat and bt
still or I'll shake you. Now, no
another wordp'
And the lady pointed her finger a
: the little boy as if she were going t,
stick it through him. If she had beef
wicked woman she would have sworn
There are 100000 little boys lik
Willie in the United States, and hal
as many in England.
A DEED OF TRUsr-lending a man
dollar.
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The Girl That Everybody Likes.

Girls, you needn't De beautiful ID be-
come general favorites. The plainest
girl / ever saw was the favorite in my
native town. Everybody liked her.
Beautiful? Oh, no, she is not beautiful
that is outside, but inside she is an angel.
Nobody thinks of calling her beautiful.
Not one of dozen can tell whether her
eyes are black or blue. If you should
ask them to describe her, they would
ouly say, "She is just right" and there
it would end. She is merry-hearted,
fun loving, bewitching maiden, without
a spark of envy or malice in her whole
composition. She enjoys herself, and
wants everybody else to do the same.
She has always a kind word and pleas
ant smile for the oldest man or woman; ;
in fact, think of nothing she resembles
more than a sunbeam, which brightens
everything it comes in contact with.
Ali pay her marked attention, from rich
Mr.. Watts, who lives in a mansion on
the hill, to negro Sam, the sweep. All
look after her with admiring eye and
say to themselves: "She is Just the right
sort of girl" The young men of the
town vie with each other as to who shall
show her the most attention, but she
never encourages them beyond being
simple, kind and jolly, so no one can cali
her firt. No, indeed, the young men
all deny such an assertion as quickly as
shei
do girls love her, too?" | asked.
''ies, wonderful to relate, girls like
her, too; for she hever delights in hurt.
ing their feelings or saying spiteful
things behind their backs. She is al ways
willing to join them in their plans and TO
assist them in any way. They go to her
with love affairs, and she manages
adroitly to see Willie or Peter and drop
a good word for Ida or Jennie, until their
difficulties are all patched up and every
thing goes on smoothly again. thanks to
her. Old ladies say, She is delightful
The sly witch, she knows how to manage
them. She listens patiently to com
plants of rheumatism or neuralgia, and
then sympathizes with them SO heartily
that they are more than half cured. But
she cannot always be with us"
''Then she finally gets married."
"Yes. A young man comes from a
neighboring town after time and
marries her. The villagers crowd around
to tell him what prize he has won, but
be seems to know it pretty well without
any telling, to judge from his face. So
she leaves us, and it is not long before
We hear from that place. She is there
the woman everybody likes.-Eli Per
kins.
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Working and Sailing Butter.

II. ID. Curtis, well known authority i
on dairy matters, contributes the follow
ing to the New England Farmer;
During my travels among the West
ern fairs last Summer, observed the
almost universal fault of over-workiDg
butter. In many instancer the salt IN
the butter was undissolved- In others,
the butter was greasy and salyy. As
most of the intelligent butter makers,
especially those wit enterprise enough
TO make exhibits at the fairs, practice
the granular method of washing butter,
naturally looked around for the cause
Of the butter being over-worked. The
churning is stopped when the butter Is
in a granular condition, and the wash
ing is done while the butter is IN this
condition. Why should 1t be over
worked?
On inquiry / found the use Of coarse
salt as general as the oyer-wording was.
sometimes it was only common barrel
salt used. On inquiry, | found 1t was
thought necessary by many TO work out
all the water possible, and then work In
the salt in an undissolyed form, ex-
pecting the fats to dissolve 1t. Others
thopght they must work and rework
their butter as long as a drop of brine
would collect to run off. This suffi
GENTLY accounted for the undissolved
salt gritting in the butter, and for the
salvy, Shiny appearance OF the over
working. So ! wrote and talked against
this practice of working butter so much
and advocated reducing the butter after
churning TO fifty five or sixty degrees,
by using cold water, and then stirring in
the salt while the butter Is still IN a
granular state, letting salt melt and
percolate all through the mass before
pressing it together in a solid lump
without working.
/ found some of the more advanced
butter maker were doing this, giving
their butter no second working. Some
did the sailing in the churn, and some
took the butter out into bowl or upon
table. and there stirred in the salt.
One creamery man said he stirred the
salt in with a common hay rake, let the
bu tier stand awhile for the supertious
prime to drain off, then gently pressed
it together and put it directly into the
| package for market-no second working
| Another noted butter maker and pre-
MUM taker packed his butter withou
pressing it together beforehand, doing
the solidifying as he packed ito
course pouring off any superfiOus brine
that collected. la this way the grair
| was preserved intat, and the butter wa
in the best condition for keeping.
| But one or two prominent creamery
men, W no were interested in the sale o.
coarse salt, opposed these teachings anc
practices, declaring not only that they
were pernicious, but that butter coulc
not be successfully sailed and packed il
this way, and this in the face of the
fact that it had been done, and The
butter had commanded the highest pre-
MUM. The controversy oyea this poin
is still going on in the West. Mean
time all advanced dairymen will care
fully try the experiment of sailing theii
butter with the least working and the
least labor. Fine, even grained salt
that freely dissolves, is an advantage
The fact is, the cause of most of the
opposition met is the coarse salt men
fighting to retain their traed
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The Com plexion.

To obtain beautiful skin one must
begin and diet properly. Butter, fat
meat and greasy food of every kind
must not be eaten. Coffee and tea must
be gwen up, so must elaret and all kinds
of wine, and milk or lemonade substi
tuted. Fruits and vegetables should be
eaten in abundance, rich candies and
cakes avoided, pie never should be
touched, and pickles and acid food gen.
orally should be dispensed with. A wo-
man who follows the above rules will
find that her skin will become smooth
and clear after several months have
passed. OF course, the dieting must be
thorough and careful. No improvement
can be made unless it is.
A tablespoonful of sulphur taken
every other morning for week, and
then not taken again for three days, and
then taken every other morning for
| another week, is one of the best things
to clear the complexion. 1t acts like
magic. 1t should always be mixed with
molasses or something that will clear it
from the system.
A great deal depends upon the consti-
tuition of the person and the kind of
complexion she has. What will help
one woman wonderfully will have no
effect whatever on others. One thing is
certain, however, milk is always condu-
Give to softening and whitening the
skin, and it is noticeable fact that
girls who have never been allowed to
drink tea or coffee, and who have drunk
quantities of milk, have generally when
they reach the age of 20 very beautiful
compilations.
Hot ,vatar ic alSo ono 49,
things with which to keep the complex
drunk one hour before every meal. If
half lemon should be added Sugar
summer time are too careless of their
compilations, and when winter comes
and they 90 out to balls and parties
they regret it. the sun is excellent for
the complexion, if it does not get too
much of it. A little browning and
freckling is oftentimes very beneficial,
but when the face is exposed to too
great measure of the suns rays the skin
Is apt to become coarse. Veils-very
thin ones-should always be worn at
seaside resort, unless parasols are carried
The salt air and sun together are bad
Ior the complexion, though excellent for
the general health.
The face should always be washed in
water that has the chill taken off it.
Warm water is rot good for the com
plexion, despite all that has been said to
the contrary; neither is really cold
water. The one makes the skin fabby
ana in time wrinkles it; the other
roughens it. Oatmeal and Indian meal
water are both excellent for washing the
face and hands in. The meal softens
the skin and gives it delicate flush
which is very becoming. The majority
of women will also find that salt water
will help their compilations. Get ten
cents worth of rock salt every month
and wash in a basin into which a good
lump of it has been placed Rain water
Is an excellent thing for the skin, and
there is as much truth as poetry in the
saying that the ''early dew of the morn
ing will make like the face of an angel
the woman who bathes in it"
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Effects of Disease on Milk.

AZ Is well established fact that a sick
mother, though her milk, makes sick
offspring. Milk is both a secretion and
an excretlon, and as the latter it is
vehicle Tor carrying impurities out of
the cows system. Who can saw that
many mt OF sickness on the part of
nllk consumers may not arise frora this
source 1t is well known that milk. as
an absorbent, is a vehicle for the trans
mission OF contagious disease, and il il
not unreasonable to suppose that dis.
eases OF the COW may be convened from
her to the consumer OF her milk. Rank
foods-sueh as turnips, leeks, etc.-it
has often beea observed, faint milk and
give IL an unpleasant flavor, and the in
fiuence may extend still further. and
make it indigestible. The flowers of
certain plants yield poisonous honev.
aud the bee gathers and deposits II in
the hive but slightly modified from the
original state. Whoever eats this honey
Is sure TO be affected by the poison. 81
some foods may make poisonous milk
and this poison may extend to the nro'
ducts of butter and cheese. Stagnant
water, full OF algm and bacteria. Il most
certainly found TO affect the milk Of the
COW that drinks it, and renders it IN
wholesome. The pores and bactar; :,
enter directly into the blood and circu-
late all though the cows system. The
milk is elaborated from the blood, and
u has been demonstrated that the spores
are carried from the blood into the milk
Furthermore, the stsgnsnt water makes
tne COW feverish, and this feverishness
impaired 70 the milk, rendering il
anwhoIesor1e food. All this shows how
important il is that cows should be Civ.
en- clean, wholesome food to eat and
pure, sweet water TO drink. not only
these of themselves may not iniure In
quality Of the milk. but that the cow
9ay maintain uniformly good health,
which condition alone Is it possIbls
- them % yield Wholesome milk.
The fshY oue&tion-"( fof ! h;fo ~
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HOme and 7arm.
THE MAN WHO BUILDS A HOME.

The hurrying host e'er crowns the van,
With plaudit and acclaim,
To show it, honor TO the msn
Who makes himself name.
Indeed all honor should be his
That people can bestow;
A good name fair and sweet ii il,
In happiness or woe.
But praise where It's deserved the most
L. grudgingly be-towes,
As thrr ugh earth's troubles rush lie
host,
With light or heavy load
The man who highest praise deserves,
Meath Heavens eternal dome,
Il he who meier from duty swerves,
And makes happy home.
A home, Not merely Two strong walls
To turn the wolves away,
To rest within till grim death calls
Unto brighter day
But such a home az hearts may love,
Aud live and bloom within,
Rejecting JOYS from Heaven above
And never knowing sin.
The man who builds house like this
Is greater far than he
Whose wealth may waken sensuous bliss
Whose name fills land and see.
His wealth may Zee, his name go down,
But homes with hearts Of love,
Will keep through ages their renown
A echoes from above.
The Home Farm
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The ~oothplck and the Teeth.

The toothpick is an important instru-
ment in taking proper care of the teeth ;
it should be brought into -equisition af
ter each meal, and a thorough use made
of it in removing all particles of food or
other foreign substances which may be
lodged between them. The best tooth
pick yet invented is a quill from the
wing of a goose, sharpened so as TO read
lily pass between each tooth and IL
neighhor. The yigilant and thorough
use Of this little instrument would al
most insure an average set of teeti
from the ravages of decay. Too muci
importance has been laid upon tootf
powders and washes; most OF them ale
HARMLESS and some beneficial. Precipi
tate chalk is the principal ingredient O
nearly all the powders and tablets in tn,
market, and is measurably beneficial.
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Don't Give Your Stock Away.

shipping the fowls to market and re-
celvlng eight and ten cents a pound.
while paying fifteen and twenty cents
per pound for beef, is losing business.
No matter what the fowls may be worth
IN market, they are aqual, pound for
pound, to any other kind Of meat that
can be procured. When you buy beef
you cannot always feel assured that +
y from cattle free of disease, or that Il
is OF prime quality; but if Won con-
sumo your surplus poultry on your own
table You will know just what Won are
eating, and will not only avoid assisting
to still further lower the price. but can
Kill them off as occasion requires. Far.
mers do not use poultry IL home 10 that
extent which they should. and thew
can very materially aid in preyenf;ng
"gluts' in the market by refrainine
from selling At this season. The b~e7
soon decomposes, but live poultry win
keep till wanted. Hence, We Nv. sfDon,f
give your stock away and buy beef, bur
consume the poultry yourself. Mirror
and Farmer.
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Write for sample copies.
Address all letters and kilograms to
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WE CAN SELL YOU

WE CAN SELL YOU
ALL-SILK MITTS at rs, IS, so, 75c.
and $1.00.
pair.
Kid Gloves from Use to $500 per pair.
Ladies Real Lisle Thread Hose in Black
and ali popular shades, for 25c.
This IS the cheapest lot of Hose ever
seen in Jackson
Children and Misses Ribbed Isle Hose,
% to 40c.
Gents Half Hose, from 75c. per dozen
to $l.00 per pair.
Gents French Ribbed Half Hose, 25c.
Best British Half Hose, 25c.
Late Style Spring Jerseys, in light Blue,
and Rink, Tan and Cream.
Black Jerseys, from SOC. to $500.
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FREDERIC SPEED.
MERIDIAN. Nov. 70. 1855.

have carefully examined 'sThe Mississippi Jus
tice and Business Form Book, AS recently re-
Gently revised, and do most heartily commend il
not only to Justices of the Peace, but TO LAWYERS
and Business Men generally.
Appendix, containing Dictionary OF legal
terms in common use the times of holding the
various courts in the State the statistics of popu
laton of the State by Countless the railroads. and
towns and cities therein, with distances etc. make
il an invaluable book, and il ought to meet with
ready sale in every community in the State
Yours, truly, W. III. HARDY.
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MACON, MISS, Nov. II, 1885.

The Mississippi Justice" will prove of value to
many persons besides those for whom it has been
specially prepared. should think it would be in
dispensable to every magistrate who aspires to the
distinction of being ''learned in the law above his
fellows" Aside from the many useful and con-
venient forms, the statistical information contained
IN the Appendix is worth much more than the
price of the book. ROBERT C. PATTY.
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At dinner of shoemakers the follow
ing toast was given: "May we have all
the women in the country to shoe. and
all the men to boot
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WHEN he was married he promised to
cleave to her to the end. And the first
time they visited the theatre he Glove al
the end of each act.