WEDDINGS IN BRITTANY. Th« rf IN NU I.tinlt to the Uaenti* Hid den and Stint tu tlie I-'enM IUK or the Frolic*. The Bretons are a most sentimental people. Their wooings and their wed dings are most picturesque. Some of the prettiest things that have ever been said übout women have been said in Brittany by Breton men. Some of the very finest saws imaginable about marriage and love are Breton prov erbs. A Breton bride must wear a silken girdle or sash, so tied that it falls, not in single ends, but in long double loops. When the wedding party lias formed into a procession, and is about to walk to church, it is arrested by the bride's mother, who cuts the loops of her child's sash, embraces her, blesses her, anil says:"The tie which has so long united us, my child, is hencefor ward rent asunder and I am forced to yield 1o another the authority •which God gave me over thee. If thou art happy —and may (iod ever grant it —this will be no longer thy home; but should misfortune visit thee, a mother is still a mother, and her arms are ever open to her children. Like thee, I quitted my mother's side to follow a husband. Thy children will also, in their turn, leave thee. When the birds are grown, the maternal nest cannot hold them. May God bless thee, my BRETON BRIDE AND GROOM. child, and grant thee as much consola tion as lie has granted me!" It is not known how old this little speech—half prayer and wholly bless ing— which every Breton mother makes to her bride-daughter, is. It has long been handed down from gen eration to generation, and probably is, for that very reason, the more full of beauty and of meaning to the sim ple, but by 110 manner of means weak minded, people of Brittany. There is no stint to the feasting or the frolic at a Breton wedding, and there is absolutely no limit to the guests bidden. The Bretons are as lavish within their means, though less extravagant, and as little exclusive in their marriage hospitalities as the Sikhs are. Between 300 and 400 peas ant shave been seendnneiDgat a rather humble bridal festival, and a thousand is by no means an unheard-of strength of wedding guests. The trousseau is commenced —al- most at the bride's birth by the bride's mother. A Breton bride never lias to wait for her trousseau. Often the quite completed trousseau has to wait some years, if not exactly for the bride, why, then, for the bridegroom. F!xlt Wooden Furniture. Tt is possible in these days to fit out a bedroom with the use of little wood. To the brass bedsteads are now added brass d.~'ssing tallies and cheval glasses mounted in brass. Clothes trees of brass or nickel are also seen, and towel racks of either metal may be had. The dressing tables are mounted in brass and have a glass top, the drawers being of wood with brass trim mings. Wicker sofas piled with cush ions, a wicker table and a low chair continue the elimination of the here- ( to/ore indispensable woods. Cornmciil llronkfiiMt Cnkeo. To make cornmeal breakfast cakes, mix one tablespoonful of salt in one quart of cornmeal and pour over this enough boiling water to scald thor oughly. Stir this until it is free from lumps, making it like a thick caush which will just drop from the spoon. Beat your griddle and grease it wiih clear drippings, and spread the dough over it three-quarters of an inch thick. Bake slowly on top of stove unlil well done on under side, then turn. Keep covered till well done, turning often. Shorter UreH«ea for Children. Children's better dressee are made with such full skirts that they swing to and fro when worn. Multitudinous ruffles acid to the fullness, and the little petticoats are trimmed to imitate women's. A party gown of white mus lin has a narrow ruffle, edged with bebe white satin ribbon. The yoke is open work muslin, and there is a tiny sash of narrow white ribbon. One notices u tendency to make the finer skirts ol children shorter. AppefirnnefM nnd Ren lit y. A lot of cushions on a couch look tre mendously comfortable, but it is very few women who can sit so as to make them truly so. TO REMOVE STAINS. Not n Very Difficult Tank If You Uap prb to Know How to Uo A IMIUI It. Coffee, tea or wine stains are rather difficult to remove from table linen if they are of long standing and have been washed with soap, which tends to set their color, says the Philadelphia Times. Javeile water —which can lie made at home or purchased from the druggist— is generally most successful. Put about half a pint of javelle water and a quart of clear water into an earthen bowl. Let the stained article soak in this for several hours, then rinse thoroughly in three waters. It is only white goods that can be treated in this manlier, as the javeile water bleaches out the color. Sewing machine oil stains can be re moved by rubbing the stain with sweet oil or lard and letting it stand for sev eral hours. Then wash it in soap and cold water. For peach or tar stains rub hard, let it stand a few hours and sponge with spirits of turpentine until the stain is removed. If the color of the fabric be changed, sponge it with chloroform and the color will be re stored. Ise lemon juice and salt to remove iron rust, ink and mildew on white goods. Whiten yellow linen by boiling half an hour in one pound of fine soap, melted in one gallon of milk. Then wash in suds, then in two cold waters, with a little blueing. By putting lace handkerchiefs in warm water in which are a few drops of ammonia and using east ile soap they are easily cleansed and made a beauti ful, clean white. Then do not iron, but spread the handkerchief out smoothly on marble or glass, gently pulling out or shaping the lace. Just before it is entirely dry, fold evenly and smooth ly and place under a heavy weight of some kind, and you will find handker chiefs lasting thrice as long as before, CASTELLANE SKIRT. Thl» Chnrminjc Aeeew*oire du Toilette WM* ned lor tlie Clever American Girl. While tumors of the "transforma tion of the beautiful American heiress into a Parisian beauty" are reaching this country, reports are also being sent over of the lively clothes that she is wearing. The other day a favorite few patrons of a famous Paris de signer were given the pleasure of a glin pse at u few of her most beauti ful pieces of lingerie, and among them were the corset cover and underskirt shown in the accompanying cut. Puffed headings and ed_gings for frills must be tli" proper decoration in Paris this summer, for they are seen on all of the latest importations. The underskirt of this suit was made of plain white tafl'eta and heavy figurei India silk. The ftiii was made o the CORSET COVER AND SKIRT. India silk gathered very closely and headed with a pulling of the material. It was sewed upon a very tight-fitting yoke of white taffeta. The belt of the yoke was made like a girdle and hooked in the back. The corset cover was of the finest India linen, so fine that it looked like silk, and was trimmed with frills of the most delicate hand er broidery and finished in front with a carelessly tied bow of the same embroidery. The stripes in the belt of the under skirt and the figures in the were of very dainty violet color and the suit was to be worn under a violet organ die without other lining. To Spl Color In (•tikKluiin, To set the color in gingham, the> gingham dress may be dipped in a bucket of cold soft water before wash ing. Madras may be treated in the same manner, which frequently will set Ihe color. A better way, however, is to try a piece of the dress by dip ping it first into salt water, then wash ing it. next time dipping it into an acid water before washing. In which ever way the color seems best pre served the whole garment may be washed.—l.adieb' Home Journal. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1896. IDEA FROM THE WEST. Hun Ho* Irrigation In f'ractleed In .lluny Srctliina of the Su-t allrd Arid Hi'|[lun«. Box irrigation, as practiced in many sections of the arid west, is a cheap method of saving fruit trees and vines from the effects of drought, and might be adopted with profit by the fruit growers and market gardeners of the eastern and middle states. It is easily managed from any source of supply, such as wells, ponds, creeks or springs, and in dry seasons will return many times the cost in increased yield of fruits, melons and general vine prod ucts. The boxes are made of rough planks, usually about six inches square and 18 inches in length, and inserted in holes a foot or more in depth a few inches from the trees to be irrigated. Water is filled in the boxes and left to fleas BOX IRRIGATION, find its way to the tree roots, and down as the main tap root conducts it, un til the moisture is taken up by the many branches and rootlets. For vines the boxes are smaller, and may be made from old tin cans, buckets, pieces of tiling or any discarded vessel. A favorite and handy device for con veying water from the source to the boxes is found in Texas and Arizona and consists of a barrel fastened to a two-wheeled cart or truck. The bar rel is filled and then wheeled about by hand to the several boxes, where the irrigation water is turned in by means of a short hose attached to the barrel. This places the water where needed, precludes all possibility of waste and overcomes the objections to surface irrigation. The trees grow more thrifty and are therefore less attacked by insects and blight. Roots penetrate to a greater depth, giving the tree a firmer hold and preventing sprouts from coming up, as they fre quently do all about a surface-irri gated tree. The ground can be culti vated at any time, and the surface soil is free from water, grass and noxious weeds brought on by surface irriga tion. An orchard, vineyard or melon patch treated in this manner will yield better, more uniform and salable fruits, and the fears of drought be banished.—Joel Shornaker, in Farn: and Fireside. Why Cel«»ry Im Illenoliecl. It : s not for the mere sake of blanch ing that celery is so treated, for, it this were the case, only self-blanching varieties would be used; but it is to improve the flavor and to make the stalks tender. Care must be taken to avoid heaping the earth so that it gets in among the branches. Hold the stems together with one hand, while with the other the earth is pressed against the plant, leaving out merely a few leaves at the ends. At the tops grow, the earthing up must of course, be repeated. Celery is sub ject to a blight which attacks the cen ter of the plant. This may be eneour aged by soil getting between the stalks as it has been found, where the plants are boarded up instead of earthed, they are less attacked. American Cultivator. THE I,N»E Fall PICEK. The only pip that will attain size enough to safely pass the winter is one that is born six or seven months before cold weather is expected. We have raised pips in 'he fall, and that, ta| when we had the advantage of a nient barn to provide warm quarters for them. Vet the growth during the winter, notwithstanding good feed, was never satisfactory. There is tor. little sunlight during the winter months, and if the pig is kept warm without sunlight it is usually at the ex pense of poor ventilation. Without good air no animal can maintain good digestion or remain healthy.—Ameri can Cultivator. Variety of Foiid for PlKn. In most of the discussions about what kinds of food are best, the fact is overlooked that no food except, per haps, wheat, gives all nutritive ele ments in their proper combination for best results. A variety of food is need ed, not merely to tempt appetite, but to keep 1 he animals in the best health. This is especially important to animals that are being fattened. It is scarcely less so to animals that are growing and which need in some form the ele ments that make bone and muscle rather than 112a 1 12. The farmer should understand this and give a variety.— Dakota Field and Farm. A "Mile" In Varlooa ('nuntrlon. Our English mile is 1,7G0 yards, and differs from the unit of distance used in other countries. The kilometer of France. Belgium and Holland is ;,094 yards, the Chinese mile 609 yards, the jfussian 1,167, the Spanish 1,522, the Italian 2.025, the Portuguese 2,260, the German 5,280, the Austrian 8,297, the Danish 8,238 and the Norwegian and Swedish 11,C90. WOMAN'S HEROISM. From the Register-Gaiette, Rockford, Til. During the civil war nearly as much hero ism was shown by the women of our nation as by the brave soldiers. Many a woman, weeping for her dead ton, bound up the wounds of his suffering comrades, rejoicing rv in t heir lUren e w ed strength, even while Wa " "°" e „ founda ** tion for On the Battlefield. theworld famed or- ? animation known as the Woman's Relief 'orps, whose aid to the soldier of to-day, fighting against the world for a living, is no less notable than the heroism of the '6o's. One of the most earnest members of the corps at Byron, 111., is Mrs. James House weart, hut illness once put a stop to her active work. A year or so ago, when she was nearing fifty years of age, the time when women must be most careful of their strength, Mrs. Houseweart was taken seri ously ill. The family physician told her that she had reached a critical period of her life, and must be very careful. His pre scriptions and treatment did not benefit her, and other treatment proved unavailing. At last Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People were brought to her notice, with in disputable evidence that they were helpful in cases such as hers, and with renewed hope she tried the remedy. Last March she took the first box of the pills, which gave much relief. She was determined to be cured, and kept on with the medicine, until now eight boxes have been consumed, and she feels like a new woman. Mrs. Houseweart said: "I have taken eight boxes, and have been improving since I took the first dose. Ido not believe I could have lived without the pills. They have done me more good than any physician or any medicine 1 have ever tried." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold in boxes (never in loose bulk) at 50 cents a box or <iix boxes for $2.50, and may be had of all druggists, or direct by mail from Wil liams' Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y. THE OFFICIAL TIME. It Was Carried liy the General and llud to lie Recognized K Slicll. The necessity fhat there shall be only one man who "has the say" in a military com mand is thoroughly recognized in the United States army. A story is told of Gen. Shat ter, commander of the American expedition ary force for the invasion of Cuba, which il lustrates the punctilio of the regulars in this regard. At a certain frontier jiost at which Shaffer, who then held an inferior rank, was com mander many years ago, a discussion arose among several officers as to the exact time of day. A captain, with his watch in his hand, said: "It is now exactly three o'clock." "Oh, no," said a lieutenant, "by my time it's eight minutes past three." A third officer drew his watch out of his pocket. "I know my time is exactly right," he said, "and my watch says two miuutes past three." At this juncture Maj. Shafter looked at his silver watch. "1 don't know what your watches say," he remarked, "but 1 wish you to understand that in this command it is five minutes past three." Then the young officers remembered lhat the authority of the commaudibg officer ex tended even to the time ot day.—i'ittsburgli Dispatch. Submerged. Tt's a pretty tough tale they tell on the Kentucky man who went to a big' banquet out of the state. He had been invited to respond to the toast "Ken tucky," and was expected to glitter and glow. The feast proceeded in great shape, one wine following the other punch galore—heaven knows what else —and the gentleman from the state imbibed with cheerful per sistency. His speech did not come till the close of the banquet, and finally the toastmaster rose and said: "Mr. Bluegrass will respond to the toast 'Kentucky.' " He made some graceful remarks and looked around. Aias! Mr. Bluegrass was not visible. "Where's Kentucky?" he demanded of his fellow guests. "Where is Ken tucky?" "Kentucky is under the table," was the reply, and, sure enough, he was re posing under the mahogany, where not a wave of trouble rolled across his peaceful breast. —Louisville Times. Heroic Honors. —"Evelyn," said her fa ther, "what particular feat of bravery did that young man who called on you last night perform during the war?" "None, father. He stayed at home at my request. But why do you ask?" "Oh, judging from the way you kissed him 1 thought perhaps he had di rected the movements of Dewey and Schley during the couiiict."—Philadelphia North American. Home people spend money only when thej have an audience. —Atchison Globe. The best cooks are those who can't always pronounce correctly the names of the fane dishes they cook.—Atchison Globe. "When your wife was a courier irirl she used to paint still-life pictures very prettily. llLih she unproved in her accomplishments since.' "Indeed, she has! She can now cook all the things she used to paint."— i'licgende Blaetter. Compulsion.—As for the beautiful pariah, she merely sneered. "Wretched neighbors!" she exclaimed. "They shall yet come to me! Look, 1 have wealth! I shall have a tele phone putin my house! Ila, 1m!" Oh what a power have riches to compel social recognition.—Detroit Journal. Mistress—"T should like to know what business that policeman has in my kitchen every night in the week?" Cook—"l'lcase, 'num. I think he's suspicious of me neglect in' me work or somethin'." —Tit-Bits. Customs Officer—"Anything dutiable?" Mrs. Brown's Husband—"Nothing but me. I'm a dutiable husband, you know." —Bos ton Transcript. Habit.—"Col. Bloodyfield's old'war traits still cling to him." "How so?" "I dined with him last night, and he gave the waiter no quarter."—N. . Journal. Living Up to Ilis Habit. —"Whv are you always borrowing trouble these days, my soil)? ' "Because it 's the only thing left that I can borrow without security. —Detroit Free Press. Generally, v. hen people tell vou how some body asked' their advice, it means that they volunteered it. —Washington (la.) Demo crat. We don't care how good a musician a per son. is, it spoils the effect to have to coax too long for a performance.—Washington (la.) Democrat. "Debts," said an. old philosopher, "are the silent partners of experience."—Atchison (■lobe. FUNNY THING IN SPELLING. Learning In Manlpolslr a Typrmltrr Uel» a Man Into a Queer Habit. A Cleveland man has set about learning the use of the typewriter. Up to the present time he has had somebody to do his typewrit ing for him, but now he wants to know how to run it all by himself. He admits that he isn't an apt scholar. It comes slowly. The letters are hard to find and the spacing is so easily forgotten. Put there is one thing that amuses him. He is learning to spell and learning in the same way he did when a tow headed boy in the early 00s. Of course he could spell when he tackled the typewriter, but not in the same way. Now he distinctly enumerates each letter, and does it, too, with the greatest care. It is a funny thing, but he finds himself spelling out the words in the newspaper and his wife says he spells them in his sleep. The other day the minister met him and asked him how he was. "V-e-r-y w-e-1-1," he gravely spelled out, and when the pastor looked amazed he real ized what he had done and hastily explained the cause of the peculiarity. Arid the minis ter professed to be greatly interested and wanted to know all ar>out it and the speller is now greatly worried for fear the parson will write a special paper on it for some maga zine. When the minister finally left him he shook hands and said "Good-by." "G-o-o-d," began the speller and t/hen rec ollected himself and hastily added "by." He hopes in time to wear out this peculiar ity, and when he increases his speed on the typewriter he no doubt will.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. UNTRANSLATABLE. The American I'hrane, "Get Tlitre," ill Difllcult (or Foreigner* to Trannlnle. "What give? mo most trouble," said a for eign military attache, "is trying to translate your American language into English first, and then into mv own language, so as to give my government a correct understand ing of the spirit ind character of your sol diers. i find the phrase 'get there,' for ex ample, difficult. When I saw your infantry going forward against the opposing troops in the forts and intrenehments, J said to the officer with me that tne nfantry should not attempt such a movement without the artil lery. 'You're right,' he told me, 'but the boys will get there.' At night, when we were all so hungry, 1 ventureo to inquire if a fur ther movement were contemplated till your army was provisioned. Then the officers, who were gentlemanly, all laughed, and said the army would think about rations when they 'got there.' . The second day we met many of your wcunded men coming back as we were going forward. When the colo nel asked them about the fighting, so many times 1 heard them say'We got there.' And afterwards I also heard those words used very often. Hut it is so difficult for me to explain so my own people will understand it, what nature of tactics is 'get there.' "—Bos ton Transcript. Xpw Mother-ln-Lmv Story. A Cleveland man who went east to spend his vacation brought home with him what he thinks is a new mother-in-law story. Moth er-in-law stories are a drug on the market, but this one seems to oe a little less druggy than usual. A man and his wife went to Europe and the man's mother-in-law went along. Up to this point there is no novelty in the story. On the voyage the mother-in law fell ill and died. Of course she had to be buried at sea, and so the usual canvas sack was made, but instead of an iron weight to sink the body they used a big bag of coal. In commenting on the arrangements afterward the bereaved son-in-law, who stuttered bad ly, said: "I —always knew where m-m-m --mother-in-law was g going, but b-b-blame me if I s-s-supposed she'd have to carry her own f-f-fuel."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. 1 Dewey Americanizing the Philippines. A Wherever Battle Ax goes it pacifies and satisfies everybody —and there are more men chewing A § PLUG I to-day than any other chewing tobacco ever made. • The popularity of Battle Ax is both national W and international. You find it in Europe : —you find it in Maine: —you find it in India, and you'll Z> find it in Spain (very soon). Z Our soldiers and sailors have already taken it tow Cuba and the Philippines I Are you chewing it ? w Pemember the name 112. 1 v when you buy again. | "A HANDFUL OF DIRT MAY BE A HOUSEFUL OF SHAME." CLEAN HOUSE WITH | SAPOLIO IHOW [ 1 Old She LOOKS ■ Poor clothes cannot make I I you look old. Even pale y cheeks won't do it. ■ Your household cares may I be heavy and disappoint- I ments may be deep, but I they cannot make you look I One thing does it and I never fails. I It is impossible to look ■ young with the color of I ■ seventy years in your hair. | | Aycr's jlalr | Vigor ■ permanently postpones the A 6 I tell-tale signs of age. Used I according to directions it jS? I gradually brings back the ■ I color of youth. At fifty your ■ V hair may look as it did at I 1 fifteen. It thickens the hair ■ 9 also; stops it from falling R 9 out; and cleanses the scalp I I from dandruff. Shall we I 9 send you our book on the I S Hair and its Diseases? I H The Boat Mdvfco Free. £ ■9 If you do not obtAin all tho bene- ft H fits you expected from the uso of ft JH tho write the doctor about It. B Sjfm Probably there Is tome difficulty B with your general •vstem wlilcn may be easily removed. 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