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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-16
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HOUSEHOLD DON'TS.
Things One should Not Do i'm n Well
Ordered and Truly Well-Fur-
nished House.

Truth publishes a few "don'ts" that
mioht well be recommended TO the
young housekeeper;
Don't ornament your table in mixed
color of embroideries. The well-ap-
pointed board is one in which tone is
well carried out, not only in the needle
work, but in the floral decorations.
Don't dress your walls with conflict
ing colors. A fine background for pic
lures is cartridge paper OF a solld
tint, which, as a foil, will show off any
subject which tends as a decoration.
Don't buy a piece of furniture be-
cause it is zone of the latest styles"
The artistic home-maker knows that
fashionable furnishings are often
crude, and that an atmosphere may be
piven by the homeliest of appoint
ments, provided the placing is right
one. Don't select covers in which there
is overelaboration of design. Quiet
tones are always the best; they do not
intrude, are restful, and generally hold
their own.
Don't let your rug be one of loud pat
tern: remember it is the foundation of
YOUR COlOf ScnclHe, anu oAbNh 'iAN O'''i -
of your room.
Don't serve your food on china dishes
of different make: give the pure white
ware. with the ordinary gilt band,
precedence above all others. Let your
decorations be in your damask, en-
broidcries and flowers.
Don't let your kitchen be a work
roo,,, only For the convenience of
your maid. let there be an easy-chair;
in ore corner put a looking-glass, IN
the other timepiece. If there is an
unused door, make it pretty closet
bv setting in the framework some three
or four shelves, which, when painted
make tidy place for odds and ends OF
table ware.
Don't decorate your rooms with pho
tographs, either of your friends, OF
actresses, or of people you don know
In every house there should be foIlo
large enough to hold these treasures.
Don't hang your pictures too high
or too low: recollect the level of the eye
is the correct guide. Don't fill up your
walls with poor prints; one good etch-
ING is worth a dozen such.
Don't purchase furnishings merely
for their own beauty. Bear in mind
the room in which they are to be placed,
and above all their relation to other et-
fects.
Don't buy over-ornamental pots for
your plants; they should serve as 1oils
rather than attract too much attention
in themselves.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-16

The portion Of the state of Washing
ton west Of the summit Of the Cascade
range is covered with the heaviest con-
tinuous belt of forest growth in the
United States. This forest extends
over the slopes of the Cascade and Coast
ranges, and occupies the entire drift
plain surrounding the waters of Puget
sound. Excepting the highest noun
tain peaks and the sand dunes of the
coast. which are treeless, the valleys of
the Cowiitz and ChehaIis rivers, which
are dotted with small oaks and other
deciduous trees, and the stunted yellow
pines occupying with open growth the
barren Steilacoom plain, all of western
Washington is covered with a magnifi-
cent forest.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-16
Good and Inferior Cider.

Cider made from windfalls and green
apples, which contain much less pro-
pottion of sugar than ripe apples, is
consequently the poorest, being sour
and watery. Where the apples are
green but we'll matured the quality OF
the cider made from them will be found
vastly improved by the simple process
of throwing them in small piles in the
orchard and allowing them to ripen
When "A first-class cider is desired it is
necessary to select the fruit. If you
have been in the habit of throwing in
half-matured, partially rotten and all
sorts of fruit, try by way of experiment
press full of well-matured. solid ap-
plies, free from dirt. Filter through a
clean muslin cloth, and the result will
be surprise.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-16
How Mrs. Pinkhanl
HELPED MRS. GOODEN.
LETTER TO MRS. PINKHAm NO. 1881


AZ am very grateful to you for your
kindness and the interest you have
taken in me, and truly believe your
medicines and advice are worth more
to woman than all the doctors in the
world. For years l had female troubles
and did nothing for them. Of course
/ became no better and finally broke
down entirely. My troubles began
with inflammation and hemorrhages
from the kidneys, then inflammation,
congestion and falling of the womb
and inflammation of ovaries.
81 underwent local treatment every
day for some time; then after nearly
two months the doctor gave me permis-
sion to go back to work. l went back,
but in less than week was COM
PEELED to give up and go to bed. On
breaking down the second time, I de-
cidcd to let doctors and their medicine,
alone and try your remedies. Before
the first bottle was gone / felt the eff
fects of it. Three bottles of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and r
package of her Sanative Wash did me
more good than all the doctors treat
ments and medicine.
1.-THE first remark that greets me
now is How much better you looll!' and
you may be sure / never hesitate to tell
the cause of my health. Mrs. Z. J.
GooDEN, ACKLEY, Ia.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-16
STORAGE OF APPLES.
Mounding Up and Covering with
Earth, This Writer Says, Is the
Most Satisfactory Method.

Now that there is generous crop of
apples in some localities this year, the
general query arises how to winter
them in the best manner. We have
found no way that answers the require
ments of the majority of farmers so
well as to mound them up and cover
with earth. BY this method the apple
retains or rather secures a flavor far
superior to that of apples kept in the
cellar. 1t is therefore quite desirable
to bury them up with earth, only re-
moving them to the cellar as they are
required for use.
The proper method of moundfng in
winter apples is better explained in the
illustration. A box five feet long is
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-16
HAS MANY ADVANTAGES.
A Cheap, Unpatcnted, Dirt-Exciudfns
Milk Pail That Can Easily
lie Made mt Home.

1t is simply impossible to have good
milk or gilt-edged milk products while
the milk is contaminated by the filth
of the barnyard. Few people have any
idea of the amount of filth they con-
sume in a lifetime in the milk and milk
products they consume. The proverbial
peck of dirt is a mere trife to that.
convenient milk pail, almost entirely
proof against such elements, may be
cheaply and conveniently made in the
following manner: Take an ordinary
tin or zinc milk pail; have spout made
on one side with cap; make a cover
to latch on. In the center of the cover
make hole six inches in diameter, and
around this hole put a protecting rim
about ~ inches high, and tlarlng out
ward. This will greatly reduce
the dirt-catching area. Next make
a bag of the thickest, closest wove tow
cling, about eight inches in diameter
and about eight inches deep, with a
draw string in the top. Suspend this
in the hole in the lid, doubling the top
over the protecting rim and pulling the
draw string tight to hold it in place.
Put inside this a similar bag of cheese
cloth. Milk into the bag and the milk
will filter into the pail as it is milked.
When dirt falls into the bag it can be
picked off and not go into the milk.
When the pail is full empty through
the spout. take out the cheesecloth bag
with all its accumulated hairs and dirt
and put in a clean one. Such a course
;,1t 10 Il int, r1tilly-
ers. but II is a cheap and effective way
to make gilt edged milk and to increase
the price and popularity Of your milk
products. | will enumerate some of its
advantages: GD It keeps filth and
hairs out of the milk. (2) 1t keeps the
odors of the barnyard from the milk.
(3) 1t makes it almost impossible for
the COW to put her foot in the milk pail.
This item alone would, on the average,
more than pay for its cost and trouble
in year. o. The milk need spill but
little should the pail get tipped over
another item of economy. (5) People
who eat your milk and its products, in
| Guiding yourself. will have far finer
| flavor and eat far less dirt. CO. With all
these advantages your milk will keep
sweet much longer, early Souring being
a sure sign of flth.-M. w. Gum, in
Prairie Farmer
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-16
The Care of Oak Furniture,

Oak furniture is better for being
rubbed with linseed oil, in which some
alllanet root has been STEPPED, and then
brushed with a brush stiff enough to get
into every crevice of the carving. Or
dinarily an application of beeswax and
polishing cloths is sufficient, but the oil
and the root preserve the wood and keep
the furniture in excellent color and APP
pcarance. The time -honored beeswaX
and turpentine. used by our grandmoth-
ers for polishing furniture, is still as
good polisher as can be found.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-16
ARRANGING THE VEIL.
To Judge by the Appearance OF
Many Women This Is Not Such
Very Easy Task.

The art of arranging a veil success
fully, and at the same time fashion
ably cannot be SO simple as it seems,
since so many women fail to accom-
plish the desired result. They put
their wells on so tight that they wrin,
kle across the face and fiatten the end
of the nose, and the unneeded length is
left to hang in untidy ends at the back.
All wells should be gathered a few
inches from the middle of the upper
edge to make them fit. Fashion va
ries in the disposition of this little ar
ticle of dress which, if not properly ar
ranged, can make woman look as if
everything she has on had been thrown
at her. just at present wells are made
crescent shape with applique lace bor-
ders, and are worn very loose, leav-
ing the chin entirely free. Afternoon
teas are responsible for this fashion,
as loose wells are more easily managed
than tight ones. The latest novelty in
yelling has a blue chenille dot, and
Russian net mounted over white tulle.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-16

nailed up from two by siX-inch boards
and perforated as shown in illustra-
tion with holes to permit escape of
gases and foul air. A small watershed
is erected at top, leaving vents in gables
for ventilation. This box is erected and
apples mounded upon straw around it
until a foot from the top. The mound
of fruit is then iucased around with
old boards and covered with a heavy
coating of straw and several inches of
earth.
This is sufficient until freezing
| weather, when another coating of straw
and earth should be placed upon the
mound.
This may be done after the weather
is quite cold and frozen by throwing a
litter of straw around the heap base,
in order that the earth may not be
frozen and be accessible for covering.
After the last covering is in place a
load or two of coarse manure may be
scattered over the mound. BY this
method the farmer may have apples in
cold storage until late spring and also
have them secure from frost in the cold
est weather.
The board covering is very necessary
in order that the apples may not be-
come compacted and mashed from the
weight of covering, and the pile also is
much easier to use from than a mound
not protected by boards, thus caving in
as the fruit is used out.
Many, however, who have cellars pre-
fer to store in them, as it is somewhat
more convenient, even though the
favor and crispness be not so well re-
tanned.
Very convenient crates may be made
for this purpose by saving plastering
| lath in two equally and mailing them
| up with ends prepared from inch
boards 10hX12 inches in dimension.
| These boxes will hold bushel each, are
cheaply made and can be stacked into
rows or upon temporary shelves in the
cellar. where they may be easily ac-
| cessible to use from, in regard to vari-
ETY., keeping, quality, etc.
These crates are very superior to
storing in barrels or bins, as no large
quantity can be crushed together nee
essarily making it inconvenient to sort
or discard decayed fruit.-George w
Brown, in Ohio Farmer.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-16
AFTERNOON BODICE.
4 New Mode Carried Out Co Truly
Elegant Lines in Chiffon and
Renaissance Lace

The accompanying model is spe-
cially pretty design for an afternoon
bodice, and an elegant one. The yoke
is made of renaissance lace set over a
foundation of white silk, and the
sleeves are of the same material. At the
sides short corsage of the lace fits
close into the figure and extends below
the belt line at the front.
The bodice proper is made of dark
mousseline de sole embroidered in fig
ures of swirling design. Bows of rib
bon to correspond with the color of
the mousseline de sole plentifully
trim the bodice and is run through the
lace of the sleeves. At the elbow there
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-16
Teach Children to Read,

mother should take great pains to
teach her children to read aloud accept
ably. Much time and money are often
expended in cultivating the voice for
singing, and yet quite as much pleasure
may be given by the person who reads
aloud in a pleasing manner. No at
tempt need be made at elocution as the
word is ordinarily understood; distinct
utterance and proper emphasis so as
to convey easily to the hearer the mean
ing of the sentences read are all that is
cessary.-Ladies' Home journal.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-16
HOW TO SAVE FERTILIZERS.

keep the earth from caving in. Into this
cistern, at the end of the compost heap,
drains are constructed from the stables
TO carry the liquid, and also a drain or
small sewer from the kitchea sink 10
convey the waste and keep = clean.
Then we have ii where we can utilize it
10 good purpose. I'm the cistern is
Jump. and occasionally the accUelu-
lated liquid is pumped and thrown over
his compost or manure heap, is readily
taken in and absorbed, and the fertiliz-
ing elements preserved, thus making
one of the best compost heaps have
tried.-T. +. Collins, in Farm and Home.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-16
TO Clean Furs.

Furs will look much improved if
they are cleaned with bran. The bran
should be placed in an earthen recep-
tacle and heated in the oven. When
hot it should be rubbed well into the
fur. Flannel is the best thing to use
for rubbing the bran into the fur. After
the husll has remained in the garment
for about half an hour shake it thor
ouGhly to remove all particles and brush
until the article is perfectly clean. Fur
collars that have become sCiled from
rubbing against the hair may be made
TO look like new by using hot bran on
them. Two applications of the bran.
and probably three. will be necessary
If the fur is badly soiled.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-16

feet deep and the water in the we'll is
about three feet deep. \ tank made of
any suitable material is put in connec-
ton with the city main or the supply
from a tank. The outlet pipe ends near
the bottom of the tank, inSuring the
coolest part of the supply being deliv-
cred in the house. The device is simple
and can be made by any plumber or
steam filter. Often wells have been
abandoned when the town or city has
put in a system of water supply, and
they can be utilized to cool the water
from the mains. After wells have be-
come somewhat contaminated, making
the use of such water questionable from
a sanitary point of view, they can be
fitted with the device we have described
with perfect safety, provided all the
connections are tight. In winter the
tank takes off the icy chill from the wa
ter. and in Mr.. Young's plant the water
is drawn at temperature of about so
degrees.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-16
HE COULDN'T BE BLAMED.
Did Everything in His Power to Sc
support But Was Ham,
dicapped.

II suppose it was a little cheeky" said
the young man to the old fellow on the
rear platform of the car, but what are you
going to do in such Case?'
Yes, what are you going to %" queried
the old fellow, IN reply, though having no
knowledge OF what was meant.
Il got up the courage to ask her hand
IN marriage and she murmured yes"
They generally murmur.'
Then to be in good form, | had to go
and ask the old man. consent
Perfectly correct, young man-perfectly
correct"
Il took a bracer and walked in on him, -
continued the young man, 'and in due time
! had stated my case. He waited decent
length of time and then said | could have
her"
That was beautiful-beautiful.
all right, but | wasn't through with him
yet. had to ask him ii he'd lend me a
hundred dollars to get married on. Wash t
no other way, you know
NO, no other way" repeated the old
fellow as he got new brace for his back,
And he loaned 1t to YOU
"Noap. Threw me down with a dull
thud.
You don't say!"
Did for a fact. Yes, the whole thing is
off, and ! have loved and lost. | don't see
where I'm to blame, though"
Not a bit of it. You loved and wanted
to marry; but it takes money to get mar.
ried on. He had it, but wouldn't lend it.
No morey-no marriage. Plain as the nose
on your face, and you're not bit to
blame. Put it thar, young man, and
cheer up and get a new hold with youI
toes. You had to do it-had to do it-and
anybody, as says you hadn't is liar and
a boss thief and dasn't stand UP before the
undersigned for three rounds!'-Cleveland
| Plain Dealer
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-16

is scant ruiIle of white mousseline ds
sole edged with a narrow band OF
renaissance lace.
The hat which matches the bodice
has roll of chiffon set around the
edge of the brim. Over the chiffon are
bands of the ribbon used upon the bod
ice.
At the left side there is a large
buckle which confines several curling
quilts and a bunch of ~Tatered
crepon. Under the brim are massed
white roses with rosettes of dark
mousselne de sole.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-16
Destroying Insects.

A most effective way to clear a house
or room of insects of any description is
by burning sulphur. The first thing to
be done is to remove everything that
will tarnish. The handles of furniture
can be easily taken off. Every window
should be sealed up and also the key
holes. Shut the room up and do not
open for twenty-four hours and you will
be safe in feeling that all animal life
of eNerY descriptiOn is killed
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-16
COOL DRINKING WATER.
A plan That Answers for Both Sum-
mer and Winter and Has Been
Tested Carefully.

George II. Young, of Elmira, N. V,
sends to the Scientific American a de-
scription of a simple means of cooling
drinking water, which he has tested in
an experimental plant at his residence.
The plan answers both for summer and
winter. Mr.. Young's well is about 16
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-16
SAVING STABLE WASTE.
How Michigan Farmer Makes a
Compost Heap of Wonderful
FertiIiZing Power.

My plan is that a cistern be dug ten
feet deep and wide, at the end of pre-
pared place, for the barnyard manure,
TO be dug in sloping position from one
side to a depth of three or four feet. and
long enough and wide enough to ac-
commodate the manure. A stone wall
is built at each end and at the back to
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-16
Cnn't Miss the PlnCe.

Stranger-Where does that new dentist
have his office?
Policeman-You mean the one who pulls
teeth without pain?
yes"
$50 right around the corner. You win
have no trouble finding his office. You can.
hear his patients yell half block away. p
Ohio State Journal
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-16
HouskceDer Friend.

Take an old broom and cover it with
canton or tennis flame, and use fol
sweeping up polished floors. The GOV.
ers should be made with a drawing
string at the top, so that they can be
taken off and washed.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-16
-s-
Needless AuicCtiyeg,

Little Willie-"Say, pa, what's redund
ancy of expression?
Pa-Using more words than are necessary
to express ones meaning, such as wealthy
iceman," wealthy plumber" etc.-Chicago
Evening News
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-16
Right After Public Schools.

After the public schools come the
public highways in their effect on the
public welfare and on economic pros.
perity.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-16
Coughing Leads to Consumption.

Kemp's Balsam will stop the Cough at
once. Go to your druggist to-day and get a
sample bottle free. Large bottles 25 and 81
cents. Go at once; delays are dangerous
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-16
Deafness Cannot BE Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inhamed condition of the mu-
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets intlamed you have rumbing
sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases of of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an intlamed condition
OF tne mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (cassed by catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free.
f. J. Cheney & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-16
It's Origin.

"Hoot!" cried the owl ever and anon.
The fowls of the air and the beasts of tn
field stirred uneasily in their sleep and NUT
tered maledictions.
"Why are they so angry" asked the owle:
at last.
"They are envious, my child" replied tbs
owl, "of my Scotch dialect. Hoot, hoot! p
Detroit Journal
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-16

The head of the tree should always be
tut back to correspond with the roets-
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-16

Be sure you are right-but don't be to.
sure that everybody else is wrong.-Chicag.
Daily News.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-16

He (ardently)-I am heels over head in
love with you" She (the cruel coquette)-
How awfully upset you must bc.'-Iown
Topics.
Don't put in tco much time standing on
dignity or riding hobby.-Chicago Daily
News.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-11-16

To Cure II Gold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al.
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c