WOMAN AND HOME. SMALL GIRL'S APRON. It Will He I.lked »iy the I.lttle tine \V ho t,oe* to School. The small girl's apron is receiving at tention, and the little maid can have •several varieties from which to choose. One of these is the little Fife apron, the pattern for which is taken from the apron worn by the oldest daughter of the duchess of Fife. This little girl, Lady Alexandra Duff, wears this season a series of pretty liouse aprons all made of Scotch ging lium in pretty stripes of various colors. APRON FOR SCHOOLGIRL. The pattern for the apron is a simple one and the diagram for it was sent over from England by an American lady who visits the Fife house. The skirt is plain anil is the same length front and back. Around the edge of the bib is a broad ruffle ending in a point at the waist. When the apron is laundered the waist is separated from the skirt and washed separately. By making two waists to each skirt one fddrt will often outlast two waists, both in the laundry and in the wear and tear of the apron. ENTREE OF FRIED BANANAS. How to Prepare Them in a Way That Will Please the Most fas tidious Appatite. The red bananas, or plantains, are best for frying, as they are firmer. They are seldom brought north, as they are not so delicate as the yellow ones. So, if you cannot obtain the red, select bananas that are very bard and linn, possibly too much so to be used raw. Peel tli2 bananas and cut them in pieces ///Z^ aTwut an inch and a half lor.g. Drop them in boiling lard or other frying sn'l stance that is not too salty. When a I ight brown, put them in a covered collander to drain. Make a sauce of half a cup of boiling water, half a cup of claret, thicken with cornstarch and sweeten to taste. Serve very hot. Fried banana is a great dish in New Orleans, where it originated with the Creole cooks, who serve them without breaking. Fruit Knlrn nt ('kurrhra. A fruit fair was the form of a recent cliureli entertainment. Oranges, limes, apples, bananas, grape fruit and hot house peaches and pears were attract ively arranged in various styles. 1 here was a table of fj'icy work at which no piece was offered which did not in some way associate itself with fruit. Until one attempts to make out the list it is dillieult to realize how long it can be made. There are all sorts of menu cards, prettily decorated with fruits, and innumerable doilies and centers whose limitations to fruit designs did not prevent a wide variety. There were fruit plates and fruit baskets, pin cushions in fruit shapes, and pretty water colors, with bunches of fruit, al together a considerable array. At the table where refreshments were served the ices were in fruit forms. The idea was at least novel, which seems to be the most desirable thing nowadays.— Chicago Tribune. Avernsre llel K lit ~112 Women. The average height of women in Eng land is five feet six inches. The aver age height of American women, accord ing to William Klaikie, the expert on physical culture, is five feet four inches. The two inches in favor of the English women are doubtless due to many gen erations of outdoor life and sports. A little hoi sealing wax dropped on his hand has just killed the earl of Clonmell, blood poisoning having set in. ABOUT ELOPEVIENTS. A IVlkc Mother IliM'iiMei (lie Subject lit ng lntere»tin(c Hnj. A mother whose daughters are all happily married, referring to the sub ject of elopements and marriage un sanctioned by the bride's parents, re cently said: "1 think the trouble in such a matter is largely owing to the mistaken treatment which the daugh ters receive from the members of their family circle. Their brothers, if broth ers they possess, are not apt to make much of them, and the father and mother are so taken up with the cares of existence that they unwittingly fall into the error of appearing indifferent to the budding beauty of their daugh ters. Every woman's heart longs for love. Compliments and endearing words are as sunshine to a growing plant, and if there is a lack of these at home is it any wonder that when a young man conies along and tells a young girl that she is the sweetest tiling 011 earth, she feels she lias been unappreciated for years, and imagines that to dwell forever with an individual who adores her, who recognizes her charm, will be the acme of human hap piness? "I made up my mind when my girls were babes that they should never have to look for admiration away from home. It was the rule in our household to give them every pleasure within our power, to tc'l them when they looked well, and to be as complimentary and gra cious as though they were the young ladies of a neighbor's household. And so tl-cy were not upset by the first chance words of admiration from a stranger, and having been always given to understand that what could be af forded was theirs, they were not prompted to run off to better their condition. Runaway matches are sel dom made in Heaven, but are brought about, as I said in the beginning, through a natural longing for affection that lias been wanting in places where it should be expected to come from first." —Chicago Daily News. NOVEL WINDOW DRAPERY. Simple in Conntrnrtlon, Hut Ilnn ■nine in Apprarnnce. A charming effect at a window with a curtain that is at once a graceful drape and mellows the tone of the room by filtering the light beautifully, is the economical contrivance of a New York artist, .Miss Alice Donbery, who took the gold medal for tapestry at the world's fair. A white lace curtain of least expen sive make, but a good and bold floral design, had become the worst for wear in the laundress' hands, and what to do with it was a problem. It was mounted 011 old gold yellow cheese cloth at four cents a yard, tacked on a quilting frame, and the outlines were evenly but sketeliily run in with old gold yellow crewel stitehes. It was then "whipped" at the edge, finished with brass rings, run on a mahl-stick and passed through two polettes, which served as window brackets. To make the light more graceful to the eye, the lower part of the window was lined with white tissue papei pasted on without a crease, Which when dry gives a faint gray light so needful to the artist who .at, that angle must guard against a glare. The cur tain was, however, one of a pair for a tiny drawing-room. The effect was rich, and only on close examination re vealed its simplicity of method. —Chi- cago Times-Herald. More l«« the I'urpone, "Proud beauty," said he, his black t-yes flashing ebon lightning, "1 will yet bring you to the dust." "Why not bring the dust to me?" she asked. And he started for the Klondike Indianapolis Journal. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1898. THE FARMING WORLD. HINTS FOR BEGINNERS. Advice to 11 Who Wnnt* to Start In llct'kfriiliiK. To make » good beginning is always encouraging. 1 would advise, s-avs a writer in American Gardening, not to start with too many colonies, say about three good strong ones. We generally succeed better after experience, and it is economical to gain that before investing a large amount in a new en terprise. If there is a successful apiarist in your vicinity, by nil means visit him and secure his advice. As a ride, beekeepers are very generous and have no "secrets of the trade" to hide from their fellow men. If possible, it is best to purchase from a neighbor apiarist, but very often that cannot be done. "A Reader" does not state, but possibly the only bees to be found in his neighborhood are in box hives. If so, purchase, and move some colonies to your place early in the spring, as Boon as the bees can fly every day. It is best to move them at night, or early in the morning, before they begin to fly. Don't close the hive too tight while moving, Bees must have plenty of air to breathe. Use wire screen to close the hive for moving. When you get them home place them where you wish to have them permanently, set up a board against the front of the entrance arid when the bees come out they will notice the hive and none will be lost. It is folly to purchase anything but roaring strong colonies. It is a waste of time to fuss around with weak col onies. If you have any choice of hives take the largest, as that is likely to give you the most bees, brood and comb, and you will later see that a large comb is preferable to a small one or to two small ones. It is best not to move bees in winter when cold, as they w ill break the cluster, and often many die from the shock and excitement, and some times the whole colony will perish. The bees should have a good flight soon aft er they are moved. The colonies should be heavy, as that indicates a lot of honey; we don't want to feed if it can be avoided, as that might induce rob binff' ______ CONVENIENT EGG CRATE. In It KKK> Can He l arrled Safely m I.onff ItlHtuttce. For one who markets his eggs to private customers or at the stores even the egg crate shown herewith will be found very serviceable. It may be made any size desired, although it is not policy to make it too large. A dry goods box of suitable size should be ob tained at a grocery store and then fitted up as required, for this will render the work much easier than attempting to make the crate from the beginning, and especially for those who do not have sufficient tools or material handy to CRATE FOR EGGS. work with. Then, to obtain a dry goods box is much cheaper, and generally the storekeeper will let his customer have one of the size in question simply for the ask ing. Well, the box obtained, tack leather handles 011 each end and construct a set of drawers for it, as shown, out of good half-inch pine siding. Cover the bottom of each drawer thoroughly with coarse bran and fit them with pasteboard egg illers, so that the eggs may have a soft esting place, or else lay the eggs in and then pour over them a lot of brain, such r»s oats or buckwheat. Thus put up eggs may be carried a long distance in very cold weather without any danger of freezing. Best of all, however, in "ped dling" eggs one lias but to take out a drawer of eggs from the box and carry it into the customer's house, the box it self being left in the wagon. In this way a world of hard lifting (speaking for a year's time) may be averted, and with it the extra danger of breaking the eggs. —Frederick O. Sibley, in N. Y. Tribune. NOTES FOR BEEKEEPERS. The bee life is longer or shorter just in proportion to the labor it performs. Disturbing bees during cold weather is one of the most disastrous things that can be done. Every hive should have a good bot tom board, which should be planed smooth, and painted. A locality plentifully supplied with clover and basstvwod is a paradise for the beekeeper and his bees. New combs that are pure wax and have been used for surplus honey are not apt to be injured by worms. The workers are dwarfed female bees and so small that they never become impregnated and do not lay eggs. You need be seldom troubled with swarming if all the queen cells are taken out before they are sealed over. ISees are the best friends of the grow ers of small fruits, because they fructi fy the flowers and cause the fruit to ma ture. lloney improves with age. older It is the finer the flavor. Comb honey should be kept in a moderately warm room. Extracted honey is much easier kept than comb honey. The latter is liable to get soiled and must be kept in light cases to exclude dust and insects. Heat does not damage honey, but lends to ripen and improve it. Damp ness and darkness damage it. It should always be kept in a dry place. Dysentery is produced by long con finement of bees in close hives during .•old weather. It may be caused also by the b< es eating impure food.—St. Louis Republic. Spring Medicine These two words emphasize a nececsity j and indicate a remedy. Sl-niNO—the season when the blood is most impure as a result of the win ter's closer confinement, higher liv ing, slower action of the kidneys and liver; when humors of all kinds, boils, pimples and eruptions are most liable to appear; when the weak, languid condition of the whole bodily struc ture demands and welcomes help. MEDICINE —that to which the millions turn at this season—Hood's Sarsapa rilla. The original and only prep aration especially adapted to the pres ent needs of the human family; that which makes the blood pure and clean, as shown by its thousands of wonderful cures of drehdful blood diseases; creates an appetite and cures dyspepsia, as shown by its "magictouch"inall stomach troubles; steadies and strengthens the nerves, as proved by people formerly nerv ous, now calm and self-possessed, thanks to i Hood's Sarsaparilia America's Greatest Medicine, because it cures when all others fail. lie sure to get Hood's. Crippled for years? Pshaw! Why St. Ja cobs Oil will cure sprains right oil. Sure. A man would rather spend five dollars r ooliflily than to lose a nickel tlirough a hole u his pocket.—Washington Democrat. Explosions of Coughing are stopped by Hale H Honey of Horehound and Tar. Pike's Toothache Drops Cure in one minute. The people who get the least mail are the worst kickers when the mail is late.—Wash ington Democrat. No mistake. Thousands have been cured Promptly of neuralgia by St. Jacobs Oil. People always laugh at the first man to follow a new fashion, and at the last one to idopt it. —Atchison Globe. Sore and stiff? Cold. St. Jacobs Oil the Cure. It warms and relaxes. A hand separator—not letting your right land know what your left is doing.—Rural New Yorker. Black, deep bruises cured by St. Jacobs Oil. It wipes them out. Empty wagons rattle most.—Washington (la.j Democrat. OYER-WROUGHT NERVES OF WOMEN. Extracts From Letters Received by Mrs. Pinkiiam. "lam so nervous and wretched." "I feel as if I should fly." ITow familiar these expressions are. Little things annoy you and make you irritable. You can't sleep, you are unable to lift ordinary burdens, and are subject to dizziness. W, That bearaig-down sensation helps to make you r\JZr\j feci miserable. e 'P P n in top of head, later on / \HV at base of the brain. s Ban Such a condition points unerringly to / JSBL i \ serious uterine trouble. y v If you had written to Mrs. Pinkham 11 \ when you first experienced impaired \ vitality, you would have been spared these hours of «>, 1 jjgy awful suffering. kM'.L If Happiness will be gone -v !> / out of your life forever, my sister, unless you act promptly. Procure Lydia. E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound at once, and begin its use, then write to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass., if there is HgUBA anything about your case you do not understand. You need not be afraid to tr-11 her things you could not explain Co the doc tor, your letter is seen only by women and is absolutely confidential. Mrs. Sy Pinkham's vast experience with such Mr troubles enables her to tell you just 112 what is best for you, and she will ' 1 charge you nothing for her advice. 'JKT ™ MKS. JENNIE BIEKLV, Youngdale, Pa., writes: "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM: —WiII you kindly allow me the pleasure of expressing my gratitude for the wonderful relief I have experienced by taking your Vege table Compound. I suffered for a long time with nervous prostration, back ache, headache, loss of appetite, a heavy bearing-down feeling, also burning pains in the groins. I could not sleep, was tired all the time, had no ambition. Life was a burden to me. The pains I suffered at limes of menstruation were something dreadful. I thought there was no cure for it. I saw your advertise ment in the paper, and my husband advised me to try your medicine. I took five bottles, and now 1 am well and happy. Your medicine saved my life." 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WHITEHALL itKUKIMINt CO.%°utt Bsnd. to«Uanl ; Only those who have been relieved ! of great suffering can fully appreciate I the gratitude with which the testi monials overflow written in favor of Hood's Sarsaparilla. Just read this: "C. T. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.: "Gentlemen: —"My first experience with Hood's Sarsaparilla was when I used it as a tonic and spring medicine. I It did me so much good my faith in its Willie's Query. Willie—Say, pa? Pa—Well, what is it, Willie? "Is painting the town red a cardinal sin?" —Chicago Evening News. Ulve the Children u Drink called Grain-O. It is a delicious, appetizing, nourishing food drink to take the place of coffee. Sold by all grocers and liked by all who have uscil it, because when properly prepared it tastes like the finest coffee hut is tree from all its injurious properties. Grain-0 aids digestion and strengthens the nerves. It is not a stimulant but a health builder, and children, as well as adultx. can drink it with great benefit. Coats about ias much as coffee. 15 and 25c. In the Uuae Clef. Every musician has the idea that if he would consent, to lower himself to do it, he could write a successful popular song.— Somerville Journal. Fits stopped free and permanently cured. No fits after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. Free $2 trial bottle & treatise. Dr. Kline, 933 Arch st., Phila., Pa. Very few people care to be undertakers, yet a great many are willing to runfunenals. —Washington Democrat. merits became very strong. About two years later I had a running sore on my foot. It developed into erysipelas and affected the entire liinb. At that tim* I was Very Much Run Down, as I hud been troubled with dyspepsia. The drain on my system was so sever® and my stomach was so weak I became • ready victim of mtiuria. I feared 1 could never regain my health. My stom ach rebelled at the simplest fowl, and tha medicines prescribed for me gave but little relief. I sent for a bottle of Hood'a Sarsaparilla, and I had taken this medi cine but three days when I began to im prove. Continuing with it, lam now better and stronger thr.n I ever expect ed to be. It has purified my blood anfl given good circulation. I have had no return of my old troubles since." MRS. W. KANE, Media, Fa. Hood's Sars»- parilla is The Modiclne For You Because of what it has done for others? because you ought this spring to take that which will do you the most good. It Cures Colds Coughs, 80re Throat, Croup* Infirm enza. Whooping Cough, Bronchitis and Asthma, A certain cure for Consumption in first stages, and a sure relief in advanced stages. Use at ones. Tou will see the excellent effect after taking the first dose. Sold by dealers everywhere, Price, 26 and 50 centa per bottle. Excursions JfjlMF*! To the FREEORAXT lILHMB'IfT Pi liJ'll of WKSTKKH Pyi»J kit? 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