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- and saloon keepers. ~â€" _ .....x.__...__...__.‘ .____._..___..â€"â€"â€"â€" “’ um: an IS A. iTEMS OF INTEREST ABOUT THE BUSY YANKEE. Neighborly Interest III H15 Doingsâ€"Matters of Moment and flirth Gathered from H1. Dolly Record. Bostonians swallow 1,200,000 quarts of beans daily. . In New York State there are 280.029 acres of buckwheat under cultivation. Un:le .Hiram Lester. of Henry counâ€" ty, 0a.. is said to be now in his 120th year. The United States .acreage in grainis greater than the entire area of the Ger- man empire. According to the beliefs of the Ariz- ona Indians. the cliff dwellers built alo the bluffs because they feared anot er deluge. Mrs. Martha Swan, of Lee. Mass, will celebrate her 103rd birthday this Keelkh She is blind. but in excellent 83. . .r It is estimated that it takes twoyears for the water from the Gulf of Mexico to travel from Florida to the coast of Norway. William Burbank. an 83â€"year-old resi- dent of Thompsonville. Conn., was fatal- 1y in‘ured recently while coasting down a hill in that place. Mr. and Mrs. Durgin, living near Portland. Me. have reached the age of 10:5 and 99 years respectively, and both are hale, hearty and happy. Rockland. M.. has a woman justice of the peace, a woman court stenograph- er. three woman who have made an ironclad agreement to wear bloomers. “fork is proceeding day and night at the ordan-te shops in the \Vashmgton navy yard on the guns designed forthe new ships nearing completion. A Minnesota girl of 15 can distinguish .no color, everything being white to her. and she is compelled to wear dark glasses to protect her eyes from the .glare. ' Maine whcclmcn have been experi- menting with bicyclingr on the ice and are .said to have had verysuccessful and exhilarating sport in most instances. One buyer and sliiper of turkeys in Lancaster. Ky., killed 11,800 turkeys. aggregating 136.000 pounds. duringthe Thanksgiving and Christmas season :last year. Coal of excellent quality, and in ap- -parently enormous quantities has just been discovered in Arizona. in the D05 Cabezzis district. only six miles from the trailroa’d. 'l‘hc servants in a school for girls in Connecticut. while cleaning up the .room after the school closed, discov- 'zered 378 wads of chewing gum stuck about in various places. The congregation of a church at Fil- more. Cal.. has invited its pastor to. re- sign because hc. accepted contributions for church work from sporting men A bill introduced into the Virginia Legislature provides that a tax of two dollars per thousand inhabitants be levied on every town, city or county in which a lynching occurs. The Pennsylvania's coal _tonnage for the year 1895 aggregated. 22,405,298, as against 16,616,907 the previousyear. Of this 16,424,845 tons were coal and 5.~ 980,453 tons coke. A worthy successor to the. erstwhile sookless Socrates. Jerry Simpson. is Judge Martin. of Atchison, who never wore a necktie in his life but once.and that was when he was married. Idaho's population has increased from 80,000 to 215.000 in the five years since the Slate was admitted. and the assessed valuation of property has in- creased from $25,750,000 to $29,332,210. A figured- black walnut. tree. in \Vest Virginia is‘valued at 84,000 by its owner. who has refused for it. an offer of $3.000. Circassia is our only com- petitor in the walnut production. Van Buren County. Michigan. has id out 32.800 in bounties fonthe kill- ing of English sparrows during past year or so. and there are. just about as many sparrows as ever 111 that re- gion. Aflcr scvoral years of fireless warâ€" fare. and the payment of many thou- sands of dollars in bounties. the farm- ers of Berian county. l-Iich..have given up fighting the English sparrow pest. A farmer arrived in Princetown, Ky., last week in a prairie schooner with his family and moSt of his house- hold goods. haviug driven all the way from Chadrony Nab” a distance of 1.400 milcs. Five hundred people engaged in a rab~ bit drive at Market Lake. Idaho. last week, which lasted for about two hours aftcr the lines had been formed. and ended in the capture or death of some 2,000 jack rabbits. A Port Huron. Mich. cat jumped imo the flywheel of an engine that was mak- ing 150 revolutions a minute. She landed astride a_ spoke and clung there until the engine could be. stopped. She came out uninjured. A bridegroom of 78. with a fortune of more than 8100.000. was married to a irl of 15 at Delmar. Ariz.. last week. The groom has six children. more than twenty grandchildren and several great- grandchildren. The Salvation Army will erect a fort. and begin a campaign in. Chinatown. San Francisco. It will be in charge of Capt. May Jackson. a young woman who has been a Salvationist many years and can speak the Canton dialect. Students at Bmvdo'in College have started a cooperative store. All the odds and ends of the daily necessaries of students will be b0 ht wholesaleund practically at cost. he entire enter- prise will be managed by students. By (her strangest coincidence. says the Washington Post. three men met in the House restauranrt the other day whose names were Wheat. Oats and Barley. They be n to hunt around and found another w se name was Rye. It \ms the barkin of her faithful pet dog that atlracteu the attention of neighbors to the rooms of Mrs. Kelly. the Portland wonun. found frozen in her chair. The dog had remained by ‘her side during the long hours whining and crying for help. A movement has been started to erect a stain» of Lord Amherst. from “him the loun. and thence the college. receiv- ed its name. Amherst was named after Jeffrey. the first Lord Amherst. “lb. the l was comman ier o fthe British army of North America from 1758 to 176%. Vermont's oldest citizen is Muses Pierce. of Derby. who is a little more than 102 years old. Mrs. Eliza A. Pinkluun. of )Iillbridge. Me” celebrated her hundreth birthday last Tuesday. She is in excellent health, and her eye- sight and hearing are practically per- fact. In a “competitive hunt” between two bands of farmers, some fifty on a. side. near East Atehison. Kan. a few days ago. ninetyoix rabbits were killed by one side and seventyâ€"six by the other. In these competitions a. bet is posted on the result. and the “inning Side takes all the game. as well as all the money stakes. Boring for natural gas was begun in the heart of the city of Sacramento, (‘31.. last week. A company with a capi- tal of $120,000 has been formed to carry on the work. and it expects to make a great deal of money supplying the city with natural gas. There has been quite a boom in natural gas exploiting on the Pacific coast lately. ADVANCE IN ELECTRIC HEATING. Is Becoming lore Practical as a (on- venient [louse Warner. Some interesting facts in regard to the steady extension of electric (heat,- ing are. brought out by \1’. S. Hadaway. Jr.. says the St. Louis Globe-Demo-i crat. More large contracts for elec- tric car heaters have been closed dur- ing the winter than ever before. and there is every evidence that the elec- tric car heater has become a staple commercial device. “'hile most of the electric car heaters now made fail to meet the conditions of ideal 'car heatiâ€" ing. the fact that several thousand cans are being equipped with them is significant testimony as to their valiâ€" uc. As a matter of fact, the heating v of cars by electricity is more expensive lthan by the ordinary methods. but. as a well-known street railway expert says. the decision for or against heat- ing in any particular case must be greached on the distant basis that col- lateral advantages and not coal econ.- ,omy form the real criterion. The 'manager of a large plant which 'has been using heaters this winter with a considerable expenditure of power 'says that it costs him much more. in fact. about four times as much, to heat his cars by electric heaters. as it did by coal stoves. He says, however. that l he saves two seats in the car; the peo- ple like the system of “heating. and the cars are more attractive for this reason. and that on the whole he be.- lieves in it. and would not go back to 'the old system. nor would *he fail to adopt electric heating if the decision were to be made again. _ For the_herating pf buildings electric- ity.is rapidly making its way. especial.- ly in lfinglanil and ~Franoe. It receiwâ€" led (1U.th a stimulus from its success» ful application to the heating of the \audeVille theater in London. where a. lowâ€"pressure hot water system was us- ed. The necessary furnace was found ' to be an. incumbrance and an extreme inconvenience. and by using electricity that difficulty was overcome. It was found that in ordinary cold weather. only.two or three hours' heating were i required. while with the hot water sys- tem it was unposmble to limit the time as the water took two or three hours to heat up. and the ’same to cool down. The electric. radiator is now ’the favor- ite. ‘melhod of heating offices. libraries. cabins of steamships and yachts. bath rooms of houses. etc. The cost of heat;- ing a bath room. say twenty minutâ€" es each day, is three and a third cents. .or practically $1 a month. The cost of electric. cooking is. roughly, two and five tenths cents per person per meal. which compares favorably with other sources of heat for cooking. onesmgr ular application of electric heating is 9 reported from a brush factory for the warming of the pitch used togfasten bristles in the. brushes. \Vhen the fac- tory was built the problem of obtain- - ing high temperature for heating pitch land _ other applications without emi- ploying gas or other forms of flames oor fire in the shop presented itself; iand the. underwriters were appeased by I the adoption of electricity for the, pur.- ' [)QSP. Other novel applications of elec- itric heating mentioned by Mir. Had~ | away are to maintaining _ the needed lhigli temperature of 1:25 nine-pound Isadirons in a linen factory. and the l heating of the water baths of fifty glue pots in a book bindery. ,\\"here the health of the workmen iscpnsidered the use. of electric heating in place of flame or fire greatly simplifies the problem of ventilation. t steadily and even rapidly paying off its publi cdebl. In 1817. at the close 1 PRACI'ICAL FARMING. W anusâ€".‘u GOOD FARMING Paficricss. Gmwing Peas and Oats Together.â€" In sowing peas and oats together it should be remembered that the oats are designed largely as a supporter of the peas. and therefore should not be seed- ed as thickly as where oats are sown alone. or say not over half a bushel to the acm. Peas can be safely sown at the earliest possible moment after the ground can be worked, They should be sown deep. that is broad-casted and ploughed under four or five inches. This will protect them from hardfreezing in the ground though they will stand a good deal of cold without injury; even after they are out of the ground it takes a hard freeze to injure them. They can therefore be sown earlier than oats, and being covered deeper, and slower to come up. they should be sown a week or ten days earlier. Sow about two bushels of peas to the acre. and even two and a half if it can be afforded. and barrow the oats in at the proper time. For small hog or sheep pastures oats and peas make a very valuable_ combination. and the habit of growing them is a very good one to form and follow. ‘ Mixing Clover and Timothy Seed.â€" Almost all farmers seed with a mixture of clover and Timothy. But it is much better to sow each of these seeds sep- arately than to mix before sowing. Tim- othy is lighter and bulkier in propon- tion to its weight. Its seeds cannot be thrown as far wit-h the seeder or by hand as can». the compact clover seed. The. latter with the seeder can reach ten and onei-half feet on each side when clover seed is sown. \Vith TimL othy seed not more than nine feet on each side. and it is better not to rely on more than seven and one-fourth. or seventeen feet in all. \Vhen the seed is mixed it leaves a. blank space of 'six feet where no Timothy seed falls. or else a strip of six feet wide where the clover seed has had a double seeding. Either of these makes the field look badly. An even growth. both of clovg- er and grass, helps to keep the weedls down, and‘it also makes the land rich:~ er for future crops. Harrowing \Vheat and Sowing Clovi- er.â€"A correspondent would like to have experience in harrowing wheat and sowing clover. .MI. Jamison says: 'iYears ago we followed this practice, and so far as getting the clover to. start nicely it was a success. But the) practice is open to objections. Usual. ly‘ it is late in the spring before the! land is in proper condition to burrow. \thn the harrowing is done so late and the clover seed is sown before or after the harrowing. if it Sprouts well it has too short a time to grow before dry weather catches it. If there is _a. dry spell early in May 'the clover. is almost sure to perish. This waiting: for the land to get dnry enoulg-h tol hart- row before sowing the clover.see_d is objectionable too. because sometimes we . have to wait till it is too late to sow. l the seed with any hope of success, unl- less possibly the summer is a very wet o‘ne. Btlobably clover seed is lost one time in ten by hard freezing after early sowing. \Vhen late sowing is practici- ed the. percentage of loss from drought must be several times greater than from frosts after early sowmg. let: farmers have a much greater fear of freezing than they have of- drought." Corn for Summer Feedingâ€"“Coming to corn for summer feeding, I would not plant the large varieties. for if We do we simply handle a large bulk to get a small amount of food." says ’Wall- do Brown. in National Stockman. “I once planted the “B 8.: WV" Southern corn and the stalks grew almost as large as my wrist. and nine or ten feet long. and after the cattle and horses had eaten what they would of lll'the bulk was scarcely diminished. A f lend, who has tried it tells me that he! lhfls pop corn the most profitable for this purpose. It does not grow .tall. ily handled and stores well in the‘bhrn,‘ has a larger per cent. of blades. sets more cars than any other kind of corn. beats closer planting and Wlll be. eaten by horses and cattle With but little waste. Wuanted in rows feet apart and the hills two feet gives oyea‘ 7.000 hills to the acre. ’and the hills will only need to weigh a little over one pound each to give four tons of cured food to the acre and with the large per cent. of cars, husk and bladesit will make sumrior food. It is quite possible that it will do well planted still closer and I will try different plans with it during the commg year and 1 write this to urge a large number of your readers to do the same. Do not. plant the rice corn. as that usually sets but one or at most two cars to the stalk, but plant the pearl flint varietv.” Feed Your Young Pigs.â€"i’oung pigs will begin to feed from ‘hand when two weeks old, or less if they are well man'- aged. ‘A good way is to tame them by giving a. little cow's milk warmed in o {the French war. the total debt was' a shallow diSh in a part of the pen scpr 81,-l33.360,185, and since that date vari- arated from the sow by a partition un» ous wars have. debtedness amounting to 31.834.033.705, caused additional in- der which the pigs are able to creel. l As the milk is eaten add to it a litt e I crushed oats and wheat, half and half, makingr a grand total of 80.267.393.9f . - making the mixlum thin. Give only a At pll‘SPllf. however. the debt is only 33.273.918.510 showing a feducl ion since 1817 of $2,993,445.440, or nearly 838.- 000.000 3. year. Before the great in- crease of naval expenditure was decided upon. it was reckoned that this 'ear would see the debt diminished by a ut and in any event it. will be dimmished by at least $25,000,000. See- ing that most of the other powers are increasin their debts. this may partly e_xpL1in t eir intense jealousy and dis- like of Britain. UNDER QI’EEN VICTORIA. During the 50 years succeeding her accession. the area governed by Queen Victoria. exclusive of Great Britiin. increased from 1.100.000 to 8.400.000 s usre miles; the Eurimean population 0 the mlonics increased from 2.000.- 000 to 10.000.000: the colored population from 9,800,000 to 26,200,000; and the stale revcnues nf Imv‘sslon‘i mvnud seas grew from £24,000.000 to £13,000,- mu :i yea r. tic llmi's 103ml to all alike. may do :i goad by chance. but never out of judg- BRITAIN'S DEBT. Despite enormous expenditures every year for new ships, Great Britain is mem.â€"ll«-aumont and Fletcher. l small quantity. as much as will be eaten clean. and the dish licked 'over. Feed the sow all she will eat of ground corn. buckwheat and wheat bran, in equal quantities. mixed with skimmed milk. which is most desirable for . a nursing sow. When the small pigs are weaned continue this feeding until the meadow is ready where they Wlll be pastured. A clover lot shou d be provided for thorn. and for a change another lot sown with clover and peas the two may be used alternately. At the same time the milk and grainOIeeci- ing should be continued. It is indisâ€" pensable that a sufficient water sup- ply should be provulcd inthe pasture. clean and kept clean. in a running trough into which the pigs cannot get to bathe. For this purpose a shallow flat bathing tron h should be provided to take the overf ow from the dripping trough. Tl LLAGE. Them are many points connected with tillage that every farmer should 'un- dcxstand writes C. H. Everett. It is not enough that the soil be plowed deep and the seed sown. There are reasons why the soil may be plowed deep or shallow. Very often a soil is plowed seven or eight inches deep that would be better had it never been stin- red deeper than four inches. Many fat-mus have a wrong idea. as to where the most fertile portion of the soil lies and the. direction foilowed by plant roots in their search for food‘. A heavy. hard soil needs to be broken down and made. more porous. while the contrary is true of a sandy loam or loose soil; but in either case there are certain laws which underlie. tillage that should not be overlooked. -’We must till to create and save moisture. to introduce air and. to change the con.â€" dition of the soil. ’All‘ is not only ad)- mitted to the soil by tillage, but is lib- erated also from the soil, in which case more water can enter. It is necessary in some soils that air pass out before moisture can enter. It is always ad- visable to plow, disc and_ harrow as early in the spring as possiblewhetheir {we are ready to seed. or ‘notby such early stirring of the soil it is put in shape to absorb more moxsture and also to save moisture. ‘\Vhenever .the sun face of the. land becomes a little dry moisture is climbing .up from below; it goes to the surface. evaporates. and is lost. If we place some straw or boards on the surface the moisture stops. This we call mulching. We know that there is always a moist soil under a mulch of this kind. but as we cannot use straw or boards to cover the fields .we must make a mulch of the earth‘itself. . If anyone will take a lump of sugar. such as is used for coffee. and touch one end of it to the coffee. tea water the "moisture will be sure to climb very quickly to the top of the lump. Now place a little granulated sugar on top of this lump and obser- ve how the moisture stops as it touch:â€" es the powdered sugar. It clunbs _the solid piece of sugar by capillary action. The pores are very fine and small. not discernable to the eye, yet. proven to be there when you suck on it and draw air through it. The fine sugar on top has no capillaries. they .havmg been broken up. hence the m0isture is very slow in moving from one particle_ to another. But if the fine sugar is moxstâ€" ened from above and allowed to dry and become a part of the lump below, then the capillaries are formed to the surface and consequently the m0ist- me to the top. The earth may‘be likened to a great lump_of sugar. ’lhe moisture climbs in the sod for the same reasons that it. goes up through. the sugar. If we cut off one or two .inch‘â€" es of the surface and pulverize it we stop the moisture. This is the grani- ulated sugar. We cut off the pores and dam them, and thus make a mulch of the earth itself. So. early stirring of the soil not only renders it capable of absorbing moisture, but cuts off capi- illary action and the loss of incisture. Tillage, as it breaks down the sod, al- so liberates fertility that. is .more or less locked up in a cloddy 3011. The better the tillage the better the crop. because of more moisture and fertility rendered available. Prof. King. of the Wisconsin Experiment Station. says that: a soil well pulverized to the depth of one inch diminishes. the lossof moisture 50 per cent.; to the depth of two inches, 85 per cent., and three inch- es, 100 per cent. . Good surface tillage makes the soil warmer. consequently early shallow_til- lage warms the surface soil more quickâ€" ly than deep tillage would. This pomt is worthy of attention by our farmers: because it has much to do with early: germination of seed. 1 do not think it advisable to plow heavy SOIlS deep. and I doubt very much if it will pay with any soil. 'Plant roots feed very largely in the. surface soil and where a proper rotation has been employed,. one that includes clover and manure (the manure always to be applied to the clover and on the surface) I would never plow deeper than six inches. and if I had a red clay subsoil to deal with I would plow four inches rather than turn this subsoil to the surface; Glover is one of the best tools .to. till'thc‘ soil with in existence. It is "a- o‘od sull- soiler and drainage plant. The roller, .too, should be on every: farm: ‘L'.â€"-When the soil is. dry the more We firm the surface with a heavy roller the more moisture we bring to the seed. A field, however, should never be left with 3. rolled surface. but in every instance a smoothing barrow should follow the roller to break up the surface and check evaporation. A plank should never take the place of the rollerâ€"4t levels the soil but does not firm il. Surface and frequent cultivation of corn and other hoed crops is much bell- ter than deep tillage that would mangl- le the mots and perhaps liberate more meisture. Best results are obtained where the surface is worked not dee cr than two inches and made. very inc and level. As soon as the plows are started in the spring I put one team onto a smoothing barrow and work the $011 fine as fast as plowed. By this method I save. moisture and raise large crops in dry seasons. A DULL DAY. Hm lipon Hunklml In General. Every one must have notiwd the con- trary effects upon his energy and ac- tivity of a dull, sultry day, and of a bright. frosty morning. Effects of this character. produed in infinite var- iety by the weather. vary greatly with different persons and different states of health. But even in the average man they are much greased than he is ordinarly aware of. unless he directs particular attention to the subject. "In a large factory 10 or 200 per cent. less work is brought out on damp da 3 or days of threatening storm. '1‘ e Superintendent, in receiving orders to be_ delivered at a certain time. takes this fact into calculation." "There is a theory among persons in lhe fire insurance busmess that in a state of depressmg ' atmos here greater care- lessness exists an more firm follow. Acmdents in factories are found to be more numerous on dull and (ll-pressing days." To come to particular classes The IIIch It of men. Many writers find themselch unable to work satisfactorily in cer- tam states of the Weather. School- maslers have frequently stated that the amount of work lelm'lwl from scholar. should be less in dull weather. Tea-tasters have noliz-cd llw effect of the weather. and especially of the de- gree of upon their sense of lus‘c. A maiden fair. without retense: And when they asked er humble name, She whispered mildly. “Common or some - lfrom any cause. has refused to submit moisture in th» alinosphcre.l , . HEALTH COMMON SENSE. She came among the gathering crowd. Sense." Her modest garb drew ever 9 e Her ample cloak. her shoeyof yleath- 91' . And when they no I dress according to the weather.” sneered. she simply POPULAR REhLEDIES. Perhaps in nothing else do we see greater changes than in the remedies used in our grandparents' day and in those used in our own; and. while earl: impressions are lasting. still we must admit that in some res is the we 1 grows better in growingecold. r d Happily. it has been ascertained that aconite answers the ends for which bleeding was formerly employed; that compresses. in the majority of cases. are better_ than poultioes and blisters: that medicine to be effectual. need not of necessity be nauseating to take; or se- vere in its action. ioalthizéonngotour lghost: pgpular remedies is . un nown oour ro nito ., but not half understood or ii’ppggciatddq. Especially is this remedy popular since la grippe has made glandular troubles so prevalent. For an enlargement of the tonsil, showing outside or in. a small ‘phial of iodine. adulterated with glycerine. and a camel’s hair pencil is usually all the outfit needed for out- ward application, and one may as well test it thoroughly before calling a phy- siCian. .Of course, when used to paint the inside. of the. throat. a small swab. made by Winding soft cotton on the end. of a stick, is better than the pencil; but care must be taken not to have the gotten so full of the liquid as to make it probable that a drop will squeeze out. and run down the throat. And this should contain more glycerine than that used on the outside, about one part. of each being a safe rule. _ The tendency of iodine, applied locally. is to .dissolve and setter an enlargement of.this nature. and thus prevent suppur- ation. In olden times suppuration was courted; now, in the main, it is discour~ aged. Let it be remembered. however. that when a disease is scattered through the system it must be destroyed through the blood._and in such a case as we here mention, a bottle of some sarsaâ€" parilla with. perhaps a half drachm of iodide of potassm added, is most excelâ€" lent and reliable. Lor rheumatism or swelling of any gland an excellent remedy is a lotion made thus: :l‘incture of iodine. one ounce; glycerine or vaseline oil. one~ half ounce. Lard or vaseline may take the place of the .glycerine or oil when preferred“ retaining the proportions. In treating a glandular swelling that. to iodine's dissolving power. another popular remedy now plays an import~ ant part. VIZ... iodoform. So extensive~ 1y is this coming to be used in the prac~ tice that doctors are oftimes jokingly dubbed “Iodoform fiends." To follow out the glandular trouble, we will sup- pose that suppuration ensued, and eithâ€" er the_ enlargement " broke " itself or a phySicmn was .called to lance it. After. carefully removmg all pus and foreign matter, the wound should be washed out with some disinfectant. partially -filled With iodoform, a bit of iodoform lgauze pushed gently in, and another supply of the. iodoform powder placed on this and the wound carefully covâ€" ered With cotton batting and bandaged to exclude all air. \Vounds are intendâ€" ed to.heal from the bottom. and iodo- form IS both a powerful healing agent, and a perventative of visitations from microbes. Anypvound may be success. fully dressed with it; to new ones it if! a marvelously quick healer; to old ones it_is soothing and. cleansing as well. Mixed With sub nitrate of bismuth it makes an excellent catarrh snuff. We would adVise that a box or bottle of iodoform and a few cents worth of gauze.be added to everv list of home lremedies. . ‘ ' I A gentleman cut his hand bale with a corn cutter, another had his hand bit~ ten by a rat, and a little boy was bitâ€"- ten by a dog; all these wounds were at once washel out and dressed with iodoform, and PH cure was speedy. \Vo lmention these "iree 'little happenings coming near l-rether; as “samples” of what iodofor.i is good for. It does not sziell nice. until you get used to it, and ll. don't then; but after it has tided you over some pretty rough placps you willâ€"with ourselvesâ€"- declare it isn't so very bad after all! I l I THE WAY TO B.\'l'l[Pl. Bathing is a very important. «la.in duty, yet few people know how to lakri a bath to get the most goo] out off it. Thcro are certain thing- that add to the comfort of a bath which should not be missmg from a well-amminted bath- room. Lvery bother should have u cork or rubber mat placed beside the. tub. \Voolen mats absorb the moisturo and become dingy and unhygienizr. Every bathroom should have attached to the wall beside the tub, low enough to be accessible, two small wire trays' one to hold the sponge and the othei1 the soap in the intervals of bathing. wth these articles are not in active use. Every bathroom Should contain a set of shelves. on which should be kept soup, tooth powder. a can of almond meal. a jar of cold cream. :i bottle. of ammonia. . a. bottle of alcohol. a bottle of lavender, ;or violet water. and a bottle of witch hazel. .Of course, the Woman who in- dulges in lotions and bleuches, will keep them also._ If medicine is kept in the bathroom it should not be mixed indis‘ criminabely thh the toilet prepara- l;0&x3, but should have a section to it. . The brushes which every woman nee'l'i Ifor_ her bath are a flesh brush for on i casional use. :i rubbu: com :lexion brush iand a nail brush. Some skins are kept ‘ smooth by friction: others are roughem ed. It Wlll, therefore. be the part of wisdom not to indulge in continual ‘ scrubbing until one dinners which sort of skin one has. Cold waterlis no: cleansing. It in bracing; it is hardening and kind s to make the skin firm. but it is not c ean~ sing. The shock of 3-211 water applies- tion'closcs the pots .i' once. and they ‘retain all the imp'irl'i--i which they ishould_cast out. 3") l.l1‘.‘ wom'f‘i who wishes ti be clam llllL‘i’. wash iii Iwarm water 4783‘] 'li'] 13.1 up, n...- cold water sponge only a; a skin tonic. i“. - .iAL.