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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-02-02
PIGEON HOUSE AND YARD.

most desirable accomplishments to
rural life.
Where pigeons are kept it is too
often the practice to house them in
some low loft under the caves, where
it is inconvenient to visit them and
where the birds often suffer neglec'
If possible it is better to have quarters
upon the ground floor and preferably
in a separate building. The pigeon
house may well be made an ornament
to the place With this idea in view the
accompanying illustrtion is given.
This represents a small and mex
pensive house built in attractive lines
and thoroughly suited to the purpose
for which it is intended. A small hall
way runs through the center, giving ac-
cess to commodious room on each
side. A flight" on either end of the
house opens out from these two lofts.
Such a little house, stained and cov-
cred with vines, will make a very at
tractive addition to any country place,
and will do much toward getting the
children in love with country life and
interested in the companionship of an
imals. Such result will prove bene-
fetal in all ways, and the influence will
remain a lasting impression through
life.-American Agriculturist.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-02-02
PROFIT IN POULTRY.
Farmers Can No Longer Afford tn
Hatch Chickens without the
Aid of EncubatOrs.

The farmer who raises more than 100
chickens cannot afford to hatch them
with hens. The average farmer should
arrange with his wife and girls to
hatch as many chickens as can be cared
for during the coming season. The
farmer has every advantage as poul.
try raiser over the man who makes
speciality of 1t. He produces nearly ey-
erything that is needful in the way Of
feed and can provide shelter for an un-
usually large number very cheaply by
making straw houses or other make.
shifts for temporary use.
Where this plan is followed incuba-
tors and brooders are used to greatest
advantage. These machines have been
so nearly perfected that a boy or girl
of average intelligence can care for
them without difficulty. The children
take an interest in such things and soon
learn how to operate them perfectly,
and once this knowledge is acquired the
presence of an incubator or two is cause
for very little extra work.
When an incubator is used the chicks
all come out at one time, and, being of
bHt dSt, nave bl cUidl CHdICt " SlO"
up. II is no more trouble to take care
of 100 chicllens in good brooder than
it is to watch an old hen with three
| chickens. An incubator is much easier
| 20 care for than lot of sitting hens, and
| it is reliable in every way. 1t does not
get tired of sitting and strike, nor does
| it get fussy and scratch a lot of valuable
| eggs into heterogeneous mass of shell,
| contents and pest material.
y sewing machine is considered indis-
pensable and to go without moving
machine is to be very far behind the
| times. The man who would make his
| poultry most profitable must use an in
cubator and brooders in order to derive
| thc greatest profits from his flock.
| These machines are cheaper than ever
| and better than ever. No class of ma
chinery has been improved to a greater
extent than these and they are now 50
! perfect, that the old claim that "a child
can operate them" is literally true
| Farmers Voice.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-02-02
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BLANKET STITCHES.
Used Generally by Housekeepers to
Ornament the Borders of All
Sorts of WOODEN Goods.

New housekeepers who are not IA
miliar with the blanket stitch some
times puzzle over this simple border
for some time before they comprehend
that it is not true buttonhole stitch.
!. is a true household stitch and used
generally by housekeepers 20 secure
and ornament the border of blankets
and other wooden goods. Busters are
sometimes finished in this way. When
blankets are first purchased they are
generally bound with ribbon. This
binding soon trays, and does not bear
the first washing. 1t is put on merely
for show in the shop. When the blan-
kets are ready to be washed rip it off
carefully, and after washing and
thoroughly drying the blankets, turn
the edge at the top once, and hold down
the hem thus formed with a border of
blanket stitching in strong German
town wool The color of the blanket
stitch should match the woven stripe
at the top of the blanket, which is gem
orally blue or red. Turn the edge of
the blanket to the depth of about a
quarter of an inch, and, after fastening
down the corner of the fold, begin the
first stitch about quarter OF an inch
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-02-02
SHIPPING COMB HONEY.
Description of n Case Which Is EasiI,
CoDstructed and Prevents
Loss In Transit.

One of the worst farm products to
get to market in good condition is
comb honey. A large per cent. of it is
broken down and ruined by careless
handling, and many commission mer-
chants dislike to handle it on that ac-
count. In the cut is shown a crate il
lustrated by II. c. Aiken, in Gleanings
in Bee Culture. 1t is light and cheaply
constructed, of a size easily handled by
one man when filed and so made as
always to be carried and set down with
the sections on edge, very important
consideration. Four of the faces are
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-02-02

from the corner and the same depth.
Take the next stitch quarter of an
inch from this, and continue. The po-
eition of the needle will show exactly
how the stitches are taken. Some
times a row of these stitches are taken
fhree-quarters of an inch from the
edge. second row is taken below this
catching into the edge of the other,
and then a third, catching into and thus
reaching and finishing the edge. This
iLterlaced stitch is for ornament, and
may be made any depth by using suf-
fcient rows. This stitch may also be
varied by taking it in different depths
TO form groups of stitches, and making
g space between the groups, This is
very simple stitch, and the best way to
finish blanket or the edge of com
Portable. Where well-washed wool can
be obtained. the best comfortables are
made of this material. They should be
covered with a sheer cotton or wool
goods, that will not add too much
weight to the comfortable. a comfOrta-
BILE of this kind is as light and warm as
q pair of blankets, and can be easily
washed and made over. 1t is therefore
Rs wholesome bed covering as blan-
kcts of pure wool.-N. Y. Tribune.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-02-02
AMONG THE POULTRY.

Leghorns and brahmas do not thrive
well together.
F"om this time on through the win
ter give the fowls warm breakfast.
Buckwheat bran and mashed pota.
toes make a frst-class warm mash tor
breakfast.
If the fowls have bowel disease change
the food for day or two and also
change the grit.
Roup is so contagious that on its first
appearance the only safe plan is to
take away all affected fowls.
Feathers on the legs, large combs and
warts and heavy crests do not add any
thing to the egg production.
Put an old cock, not over two years.
with The laying pullets, and fully ma
tured, well developed young one with
the old hen.
Do not throw the scraps from the
table to the poultry after each meal.
Save them up to cook until soft and give
them warm for morning meal. Cook
them in milk, if possible.-St. Louis Re
public.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-02-02
POTATOES FOR SILAGE.
Prof. Henry, the Wisconsin Author
ity, Is Inclined to Discourage
Their Use.

Prof. w. a. Henry, of the Wisconsin
agricultural college, makes the follow
ing interesting and practical comments
on an article in Wisconsin Agricul-
turist, entitled "EnsiIing Potatoes"
The article is an interesting one from
several points. In central l am not in
favor of putting root crops into silo.
The turnip, beet or potato when taken
from the ground in the fall and stored
In the pit or cellar is a living object and
under normal conditions loses only
very little of its substance from week TO
week because when dormant the condi-
tion of life is maintained at the mini
mum of food requirements. The root
in the cellar or pit wastes little day by
day, but the loss is small. When we cut
up or slice roots and put them in the
silo, life is destroyed and fermentations
and decay set up at once, and these
proceed quite rapidly under almost any
conditions. BEets and turnips contain
90 to "a per cent. water. Because so
very watery, these substances are not
in any way suited for silage; the pota-
to, on the other hand, contains about
20 per cent. dry matter, or as much as
green corn forage. 1t is possible this
particular root or tuber may be used
with success for silage. | cannot be-
lieve, however, that putting potatoes
into the silo is very practical or that
this material will become common as a
silage substance. If potatoes are very
low-priced in the fall, farmers general
ly hold them in pits or cellars, waiting
for rise, and only feed them to stock
in the spring when the markets are un-
satisfactory. To place them in a silo
in the fall cats off all opportunity for
sale at a later date. Viewing the mat.
ter from all sides, it seems to me our
farmers, especially where corn can be
grown, had better rely upon that great
forage plant for silage material and
handle the potato crop much after the
present plan.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-02-02
Glover Hay for Poultry,

Many successful poultry raisers feed
large amounts of clover hay during the
winter when succulent food is scant.
The usual preparation is to cut very
fine and at night sprinkle well with
boiling water. BY morning it will be
soft and ready for feeding, and will be
Lighly relished by fowls. 1t is a highly
Eitrogenous food and can be fed with
advantage every other day. Some poul-
trymen mix cornmeal with it; this prac-
tice gives a complete food, the corn fur
nishing the carbohydrates or fat pro-
ducng element of the food.-Journal Of
Agriculture.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-02-02
ABOUT CEREAL FOODS.
They Are Prepared in scores of ways
and Form Valuable Addition
to the Daily Diet.

1t has been conceded by those who
have made dietary matters study.
that the stomach is helped, and digeS
tive conditions improved, by an al
ternating diet of the various grains for
breakfast food. There is such great
variety in cereal preparations to draw
from, and these too can be cooked il SO
many different ways, that there is alb
solutely no reason for the consumer
becoming tired, with u monotonous
diet.
1t is not generally understood by
housekeepers that any cereal, with the
exception of samp or hulled corn, after
it has been well boiled, set aside to
cool, cut in slices and dipped in beaten
egg, can be fried a most delicate brown,
without hardening or toughening the
cereal, thus making a most delicious
dish for breakfast or luncheon.
Barley meal used in this way gives a
companion dish to the fried sausage,
as novel as it is tasty.
The variety of ways of manufactur-
ing the raw grains, i. e., finely ground,
coarsely ground, rolled, toasted, etc,
seems to impart different flavor to
the same grain when cooked.
Barley-Barley flour, barley meal,
pearled barley, rolled barley.
uckwheat-Buckwhea meal, groats
or hulled buckwheat.
Corn-Whfte corn flour, white corn
bolted meal, white corn granulated
meal, white corn grits, white corn
hominy or cracked corn, white corn
whole corn, white corn rolled, or faxed
hominy, white corn lye hominy.
Popcorn-Popped and ground.
Yellow corn flour, yellow corn bolted
meal, yellow corn granulated meal, yel-
low corn grits, yellow corn lye hulled
hominy.
Oats-Oat -four, fine oatmeal, coarse
oatmeal, oat groats, rolled oats.
Rice-Rice flour, broken rice, whole
or head rice, faxed or rolled rice.
Rye-Rye meal, cracked rye, rolled
rye.
Wheat-Wheat middlings or farina,
| toasted middlings or farina farinose,
| cracked wheat, steel cut wheat, rolled
| or faxed wheat.
This does not enumerate any of the
| fanciful or special trade names given
| to these grains by manufacturers.
One of the most delicious cereals, sell
| dom used in the aEs~tye household. ex-
cept for gruelt or in soup, is barley
which, when BOILED or steamed, and
served like rice, and eaten as vege-
table, with butter and salt, will be
| found most acceptable addition to the
| table.
| During the cold weather the Ger.
mans, Hungarians and Poles make q
most nourishing porridge with boiling
milk and buckwheat groa+s. Although
largely used in this w, by our for
| eign population, we have yet to know
of it even being tried by Americans.
Results point out that we should
vary our diet to keep in perfect health
and although we may not at first take
kindly to a change of cereals, still this
| like any other habit, can be cultivated
Robert Mitchell Floyd, in New Eng.
land Grocer.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-02-02
DecentIons in Embroidery.

There is bit of deception in the hand
embroidery which you see decorating
60 plentifully the vests of velvet Jackets
and the tall Medicis collars and Louis
QuinZe coats. All that looks like en-
broidery is not necessarily the real ar
ticle, for there comes this year a most
exquisite applique which can be put on
with small stitches using thread the
color of the applique. Lovely silk roses
all ready to be appliqued upon a vest
can be had for a few cents and all sorts
of beautiful patterns can be obtained
for collars and coats. After the figures
are appliqued upon the material green
leaves are embroidered on 10 heighten
the appearance of hand embroidery.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-02-02
HEAT KILLS PLANTS.
Furnaces Mean Destruction to Almost
All Kinds of Our Ordinary
House Flowers.

The ordinary furnace-heated house
Is bad place in which to grow plants
The air seems to have had all the damp
ness removed and that moist condition
so conducive to a good growth in plants
Is not found. This may in measure
be overcome by means of evaporation,
which, while not supplying a great
amount of moisture, should do some
thing toward relieving the bad condi-
tion Of the atmosphere. Place jars or
pans of water in, around or about the
furnace, hang buckets of water down
inside the furnace pipes, below the
registers, or place them anywhere that
rapid evaporation may be induced.
Keep all the plants in light, airy loca-
tions, but away from draughts. Never
consign a well-grown specimen palm
TO a corner of the room, though it may
look better there. It's beautiful APP
pearance will last a short time only in
the dark, close place. 1t may seem
strange to some, but the very best
place in the house, if the temperature
can there be maintained at an even
point, is the kitchen, because of the
constant evaporation of the water as it
puffs forth from the spout of the tea
kettle
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-02-02
CRATE FOR SHIPPING HONEY.

smooth, the boards nailed on the out
side, while the boards of the other two
sides are nailed on the inside of the
frame, forming two panels which make
convenient hand-hold by which TO
pick it up. 1t is impossible to pick the
case up by any of the other sides, and
this keeps the crate in such position
that tire section always stands on edge.
This crate is designed to hold two
cases of sections, about so or 60 pounds
of honey, but may be made of any de-
sired size. 1t is little larger inside
than the outside of the cases, and the
space between may be packed with ex-
celsior or other suitable material to
help relieve the jar. When loaded in
car, the crates should be set down so
that the sections are parallel with the
sides of the car, as they are less liable
to damage in transit. After all, the
best market for honey is the home mar
ket,
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-02-02
PIGEONS ON THE FARM.
How to Build n House md Yard
Suited to Their Requirements
In Every Detail.

Among the pets that make life espe-
cially attractive in the country stand
first and foremost the dainty pigeons.
AS well try to paint the lily" as to at
tempt to fashion more bewitching
creation thanit is to be seen in this COM
bination Of grace and feathers. Why
the pigeons are not more commonly
seen about the country places is hard
to understand, for as a source of orna-
ment they are preeminent and as a
source of delightful companionship
they are unequaled. Their superb airs
and grace, the bewitching posturing
combined with great beauty of form
all unite to make these little friends
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-02-02
Dried Coils for KindIing,

After corn cobs have thoroughly
dried it is quite common to use them
for kindling fires. But the cob alone Is
very poor substitute for wood for
this purpose, as it does not make Z
bright blaze, and the proportion of
potash is so large that the ashes will
soon destroy what fame might other
wise come from it. But if these cobs
are dipped in kerosene oil they will
hold enough to burn several minutes,
and by this time the wood above will
be thoroughly afre. This is really
the only safe way to use kerosene for
building fires. 1t should on nc account
be thrown on lighted wood from above.
Even if there is no explosion, the wood
will not be set afire so well as it will
from below.-American Cultivator.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-02-02
AN HOUR WITH BABY.
Two Simple Gowns for Mamma and
Her Youngest Pet to Wear
Until Afternoon.

A very fashionable matron of New
York city makes it rule to spend at
least an hour each day in amusing her
children. Just before midday is the
hour devoted to the youngsters, for
they are not yet old enough to attend
school-and mother and little ones
have simple morning dresses.
The mother wears gown OF dark
red cashmere trimmed with black
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-02-02

the United States, was the first man to
formulate Pe-ru-na. 1t was through his
genius and perseverance that it was in
troduced to the medical profession Of
this country. Send to The Pe-ru-na
Drug Manufacturing Company, Column
bus, Ohio, for free book written by
DIR. Hartman.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-02-02
What She Desired.

Knicker-I tried to convince my wife
that | couldn't afford new sealskin
cloak.
Bocker-And did you succeed?
Knicker-No, she wanted the argu-
nent brought home to her.-N. Y.
World.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-02-02


EAST MAIN STREET,
Cor. ROSE AVENUE, Columbus, o.
DIR. S, B. Hartman:
"Some years ago friend of our insti-
tuition recommended to us DIR. Hart
mans 'Pe-ru-na' as an excellent remedy
for the influenza, of which we then had
several eases which threatened to be of
a serious character.
"We began to use it and experienced
such wonderful results that since then
Pe-ru-na has become our favorite medi-
cine for influenza, catarrh, coughs, colds,
and bronchitis.
"SIsTERs OF ST. FRANCIS,
"St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum"
NAPOLEON, O., March, 1898
The Pe-ru-na Drug Mfg Co., Colum-
bus, Ohio
Gentlemen-I have used several bot
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-02-02

head, and feel en-
couraged to be-
lieve that its con-
tinued use will
fully eradicate a
disease of thirty
years standing.
David Meekison.
DIR. Hartman,
one of the best
known physicians
and surgeons in
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-02-02

The only objection to low headed
trees is that they interfere with cuIti-
yation.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-02-02
ST. vINCENTs ORPHAN ASYLUM, ST., COLUMBUS,

ties of Pe-ru-na and feel greatly bene-
flied thereby from my catarrh of the
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-31
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP.

The Board of Aldermen at its next
meeting will be called upon to con-
slider proposition to renew the contract
with the Raleigh Water Company which
will not expire for seven years. Our add
vice to the board is:
DON'T DO IT.
The Board has no moral right to
compel the city to buy its water from
the Raleigh Water Company for TWEEN
ty-seven years until it knows what the
people want. The people have not spo-
ken because the present contract has
seven years to run beTore it expires.
BY that time the city will be ready to
own its own system of water works.
We do not believe that trustees have
any right TO anticipate a contract seven
years before its termination and re-
new it for twenty, fifty, ninety mine or
any other term of years. 1t would be
n gift of at least $4,000 to the owners
of the water company without CORE
spending benefit to the taxpayers.
There is time enough TO make a new
contract when the people have deci-
ded whether they wish municipal owner
ship, and they will decide in favor of il
and against any renewals with private
owners when the opportunity is given
them
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-31

On the 10th of December, 1897, Rev.
5. A. DOnahoe, pastor NJ. r. church,
South, Pt. Pleasant, w. Va, contracted
severe cold which was attended from
the beginning by violent coughing. He
says: After resorting to a number of
so-called Specifies usually kept in the
house, to no purpose, purchased a bot
tie of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy,
which acted like charm. most cheer
fully recommend it to the public" For
sale everywhere Bobbitt-Wynne Drug
Co., and Henry 7. Hicks, Druggists,
Raleigh.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-31
USE ALIENS FOOT-EASE IN
YOUR GLOVES,

A lady writes; II shake Aliens foot
Ease into my gloves and rub a little
ON my hands. 1t saves my gloves by
absorbing perspiration. 1t is a most
dainty toilet POWDER Aliens Foot
Ease makes tight or new shoes easy.
Always use it to break in new shoes.
1t keeps the feet cool and comfortable.
We invite the attention of physicians
and nurses to the absolute purity OF
Aliens Foot-Ease. All drug and shoe
stores sell it, 25c. Sample sent FREE
Address s. Olmsted, lie Roy, n. \.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-31
OHIO O. K. IN 1900.

After going through five States, James
Creelman telegraphs the Journal that
the Democrats will win in Nebraska,
Kentucky and Maryland and will lose
in Iowa and Ohio He says Mclean
is very unpopular in Ohio or the Dem
ocrats would carry that State now. de
predicts that most of the Jones vote
in 1900 will go to Bryan whose chances
of election are very great and adds:
but the great fact standing out clear
and distinct, thesfact which oyerwhelms
all other facts, here in Ohio, is that the
present division of the voters indicates
Enthusiastically that Mr.. Bryan can carry
the State next year.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-31

eff you scour the world you will never
find a remedy equal to One Minute
Cough Cure" says Editor FacEler, of
the Micanopy, Fla, Hustler" 1t cured
his family of lagrippe and saves thous-
ands from pneumonia, bronchitis, Group
and all throat and lung troubles. Bob
bitt-Wynne Drug Co., w. II. King q
Co, Adams & NJ )ye. VIM. Simpson.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-31
December Ist We
Take Inventory.

Beginning November /, we will make
an effort to collect every dollar stand
ing on our books and will give key
for each dollar received during the
month, either cash or on account.
Our prize for November will be a
SPLENDID NEW BUGGY, and only
one lucky key will be used. This key
will be mixed with the others by some
disinterested person, and the one hold
ing it at the end of the month gets
the buggy.
You Can See the Buggy.