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.
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Wherever Battle Ax goes it pacifies and satisfies
everybody —and there are more men chewing A
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