FEMININE FRILLS. Notions That Are Noticed in the latent Costutnes for the l.nitlei. The modistes have not planned for amateur workers this season. Puffing's and shirring' and fine work on chiffon are to be seen in everything 1 . The necks of some g'owns are tilled in with the finest shirred chiffon and Chiffon ruffles are ruffled again with chiffon, or finished with lftlle double puffs. A pretty reception gown of silk has chif fon sleeves puffed the full length, and a tiny double ruffle or puff edges the front panel and runs around the bot tom of the skirt. The chiffon appears on the gown in no other place. These little finishes of chiffon are very pretty around the. skirts of gowns. There are few kinds of trimming that are not to be seen this year, and much of the trimming runs around •the skirts and bodices bayadere fash ion. Embroidery is always charming, and a pretty little gown of white chif fon made over white silk has rows of embroidery in white around the skirt and the little, full, round bodice, alter nating with tiny ruffles of the ehitl'on, and covering it entirely. It is very girlish and pretty. A striking gown which brings out the popular chenille and the polka dot effect has big chenille date on a gown of a pretty pattern of coarse, white net. Black and white are seen on a gown which has the white for a foun dation, some pretty, thin material, the skirt ruffled half way up and the re mainder trimmed with graduated bands of black velvet ribbon perhaps two inches wide at the head of the ruffles and growing smaller gradually up to the waist, where they increase in width again up to the low-cut cor sage. i. Entire gowns of yellow and orange are seen for evening, and these colors lorm parts of other gowns. There is more embroidery to be seen in a yel low gown, over which is white chiffon with tiny yellow flowers embroidered upon it in soft silk. The bias bands of velvet lend them selves to the crinkled ruffled effects to be seen in so many things. In one cos tume the overskirts and panels ore outlined with bias bands of velvet ruf fled on, or, it may be more appropri ately said, held a little full in the sew ing. so that it has the effect of a very scant ruHle set into the edge. The tiny ruffles of chiffon, which are not finished with ruffles, and even some which are, are edged with tiny bands of ribbon or velvet. On a pink gown the many ruffles of chiffon are edged with narrow pink velvet with a soft and attractive effect.—N. Y. Times. A FATHER'S STORY. From the Evening Crescent, Appleton, Wis A remarkable cure from a disease which has generally wrecked the lives of children, and left them in a condition to which death itself would be preferred has attracted a great amount ot attention amonq the resi dents of lhe west end of Appleton. The case is that of little Willard Creech, son of Richard 1). Creech, a well known employe of one of ilie large paper miils in the Fox River Valley. The lad was attacked bv spinal disease and his parents had given up all hope of his ever being well again when, as by a miracle, he was healed and is now in school as happy as any of his mates. Mr. Creech, the father of the boy, who resides at 1002 Second Street, Appleton, Wisconsin, told the following story: lie Goes to School. "Our boy was absolutely helpless. Ilia lower limbs were paralyzed, and when we used electricity he could not feel it below his hips. Finally we let the doctor go as he did not seem to help our son and we nearly gave up hope. Finally my mother who lives in Canada wrote advising the use of Dr. Wil liams' Pink Pills for I'aie People and I bought some. "This was when our boy had been on the stretcher for an entire year. In six weeks after taking the pills we rioted signs of vi tality in his legs, and in four months he was able togo to school. "It is two years since he took the first of the pills and he is at school now just as hap py and well as any of the other children. It was nothing else in the world that saved the boy than Dr. Williams' Pink Pills." Information Wanted, Mrs. Wiekwire—l wonder what has be come of the paper. There was an article in it 1 wanted to save— it was about Jams. Mr. \V ickwire —Fruit, log or jim?—ln dianapolis Journal. Little Girl (to small boy, who is strutting • round with his hands in his pockets)— "Come over and play with me, Johnnie." Small Boy—"Can't." "Little Girl—"Goand your mother if you can." Small Hoy— "Can't ask her; she is out somewheres, look ing for me." —Sketch. The Cheap Cynic.—"The number of people who speak English," said the Amateur Statistician, "is now 116,000,000." "It is a wonder," said the Cheap Cynic, "some of them do not get on the stage."—Cincinnati Enquirer. Some housewives are so busy they seem to be trying to create the atmosphere of home by agitation, on the principle of a ven tilating apparatus.—Detroit Journal. "Folks dat insists on habbin' dar own way,'* said Uncle Eben, "runs a good deal o' risk in not habbin' no one ter blame when tings goes wrong."—Washington Star. During courtship lovers overlook each oth er's fauUs, but after marriage they spend most of their time in looking for them. — Chicago Daily News. The servant gir.l who doesn't know her place shows that knowledge isn't the only thing which is power.—Detroit Journal. It's, always hard to please a man whe doesn t know what he wants. —Chicago Daily News. Some men are so dignified that they never unbend until they are dead broke.—Chicago Daily News. Some ot the highest-priced stuff the npoth eary sells is a drug on the market. —Golden Days. Souvenir is the maiden name of rubbish. —Atchiaan Globe, AT THE FAMILY BOARD. Don't bring worries to the table. Don't i»rir.g anger, hate or scowls; Banish everything unpleasant, Talk ar,d eat with smiling jowls. It will aid your own digestion. If you wear a smiling face; It will Jolly up the others, you only set the pace. Knowing something funny, tell It; Something sad. forget to knell It; Something hateful, quick dispel it At the table. Cares domestic, business troubles, Ills of body, soul or brain, Vrkind thoughts ar.d nagging tempers. Speech that causes others pain. Public woes ar.d grim disasters, Crimes and wrongs and right's defeat— Let them all goto the wind When you sit you down to eat. Knowing something funny, tell !t; Something sad. forget to knell It; Si/meth.iig hateful, quick dispel it At the table. Tou may breathe a pious hksisirg, Over viands rich and good; But a blessing with long faces Won't assimilate your food; While a meal of bread ar.d herring, With a glass of water clear, Is a feast If it's accompanled With the bles-sinp of good cheer. Knowing something funny, tell It; Something sad, forget to knell it; Something hateful, quick dispel it At the table. —Elizabeth 11. Francis, in What to Eat. FANCY WORK BASKET. Juat How to Convert the Orilinarj Merry Banket Into n Dainty Or ■lament lit I oil. For 50 cents you can make the dain tiest little work basket imaginable. When not in use the basket can be hung tip or set upon the fancy table and then it can serve as a decoration. Get an ordinary berry basket, one that has the bars crossed. Then pur- A PLUSH CAPE FOR EARLY WINTER DAYS. Thrre is now displayed upon the counters a quality of pluah that Is so fine that It can hardly be distinguished from fur. It Is softer than the material of former year» and there is a beautiful s*al brown woven Into it which maku It more deceptive. A cape made of this plush is very beautiful. I saw one that only covered th« ■boulders of the wearer. The collar was very high and the inside was quilted with ■oft white India silk. Over each row of stitching there was the tiniest strip of black velvet. The edge of the cape was finished with frill of heavy white silk over which was another r.iflle of thickly black Liberty silk. The English walking hat was of black felt with a fancy chenille border. T'pon each sidu were wreaths of autumn leaves caught in front with loops of black satin ribbon. HELEN GREY-PAGE. chase a yard of pretty Japanese lawn for ten cents, anil five yards of narrow double faced ribbon, "llaby" ribbon is cheaper. Make a nice full hap. gather it, leaving a nice deep heading, and fas^ PRETTY WORK BASKET. ten it in your basket. On each side of the basket tie a good-sized bow of rib bon, make strings furnished with pretty bows, to hang it by, and you will have a lovely little work basket or a pretty wall decoration. In Ireland a strand of woman's hair U putin a baby's cradle. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1898. COSTUMES IN CHJNA. A Country Wbrrr ChmiKm In Kuuhloß Are l.oitkod 1 |»on with I'tiNi tlve, Actual Dlimaf. The latest fashion, the mode of the moment, is one most valued in most European countries. In the east exactly the reverse state of things prevails. In China, especially, any new fashion is looked upon not or.ly with disfavor, but with actual dis may. In China, a loose coat and trous ers complete a woman's attire. She has no tiresome petticoats to contend with. A slight difference in the cut of ttoe DAUGHTERS OF WEALTHY PARENTS coat alone distinguishes her garb from that of man. The coat is very loose in the body, only fitting closely over the shoulders and round the neck. It de scends as far as the knees, being- slil up the sides to allow for the needful freedom in walking. The shouldei ftaiu is very long, reaching well down the arm, thus forming part of th« sleeve, which is wide and reaches the wrist. The trousers are ample and straight, almost covering the feet, the needful fullness being confined by a wide-shaped band, which is concealed by the coat. On state occasions a very gorgeous coat is donned. It is one mass of embroiderey; and with this espe cial garment an extraordinary Bort ol petticoat, resembling a kilt, is worn This consists of two flat aprons of em broidery joined together with plaitecj silk. The embroidered apron is flat is front and behind, and the silk is full • t the sides to allow for motion. These are the embroideries which, when dis carded. are eagerly sought for as curi osities by foreigners. So much for gala costumes in China For every-day wear the coat and trous ers prevail. Rich women embroidei their silk, satin or crepe coats very elaborately round the neck and sleeves; and sometimes the trousers are likewise adorned. The coats are all cut in the one pattern, and only differ in color and material. The top coat is gener ally of a dark color —blue or purple; while the undergarments are of the same shape, ar.d are made of pretty, bright-colored silk. The poorer wom en wear exactly the same shaped gar ments; but these are invariably made of linen—in summer, white; and at other seasons, dark blue prevails. In cold weather the Chinese woman sim ply adds coat after coat to her costume, until, at last, she dons one which is about an inch thick with padding which makes her look ridiculously "puffed out." Couldn't See an Opportunity. He—l)o you know thnt for the las* hour I have been watching for a good chance to steal a kiss from you? She—lndeed! Don't you think it might be well for you to consult an oculist?— Chicago Daily New#. THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP 6F FIGS is due not only to the originality and simplicity of the combination, hut also to the care and skill with which it is manufactured by scientific processes known to the CALIFORNIA FIO SVRUP Co. only, and we wish to impress upon all the importance of purchasing the true and original remedy. As the genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured by the CALIFORNIA FIO SYRUP Co. only, a knowledge of that fact will assist one in avoiding the worthless imitations manufactured by other par ties. The high standing of the CALI FORNIA FIO SVRUP CO. with the medi cal profession, and the satisfaction which the genuine Syrup of Figs has given to millions of families, makes the name of the Company a guaranty of the excellence of its remedy. It is far in advance of all other laxatives, as it acts on the kidneys, liver and bowels without irritating or weaken ing them, and it does not gripe nor nauseate. In order to get its beneficial effects, please remember the name of the Com pany CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO. Cat. LOUISVILLE, Kj. NEW TOIIK, N. T. Ju ■ll y Offended. No wonder the colonel got mad. He was shot in the leg at Santiago, and on coming home was deservedly a hero. He was met |>y one of these fussy old c haps who likes to hear himself talk and who broke out i\'it h: "Why, colonel, 1 see that you limp. What's the matter with you?" "Fell out of bed!" roared the colonel. "Don't you read the papers?"— Detroit Free Press. in Inliforiiiu. Attention is called to the excellent serv ice of the North-Western Line to Califor nia and the favorable rates which have been made for single and round-trip tick ets for this season's travel. Best accom modations in first-class or tourist sleeping tars, which run through every day in the year. Personally-conducted tourist car parties every week to California and Oregon. Choice of a large number of different routes without extra charge. Particulars cheerfully given appli cation to agents Chicago & Northwestern It'y, or connecting lines. Kevenne. C'lenrlv it was advisable togo to war. "But how about revenue?" ventured Ihe courtly Sir Godfrey. "Kevenue?" repeated the queen, lightly. "I have but to stamp my foot and abundant revenue will be forthcoming!" It will be observed that in days there was no stamping of bank checks, vac cination ceitificates or chewing gum, to say nothing of cigarettes and keg pilsener.—De troit Journal. Lane's l-'amily Medicine. Moves the bowels each day. In order to be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache. Price 25 and 50c. Not Sanctified. Clergyman—You want to be separated from your husband? Don't you know that marriages are made in Heaven? She- I know that, sir; but ours was not. 1 got my husband through an advertisement in the papers.- -Illustrated American. I am entirely cured of hemorrhage of lungs by I'iso's Cure for Consumption.— Louisa Lindaman, Bethany, .Mo., Jan.B,'9l. Honesty is a shield with two sides. Tlie two parties to a business transaction see it from dilfciciit points of view.—Life. You can tcii the caliber of a man by the way he counts the change a person gives hiin.—Washington (la.) Democrat. Only a sprain? You may be a cripple. St. Jacobs Oil cures, sure. The weather prognosticator is himself a storm-center.—L A. W. Bulletin. Surely the best thing out is St. Jacobs Oil for Rheumatism. Keep on, you'll learn the best cure for Neuralgia is St. Jacobs Oil. A package is usual'y done up well for an express purpose. —Golden Days. A center shot. St. Jacobs Oil strikes Sci atica and it is killed. Every master is more or less of a servant to his "help."—L. A.. W. Bulletin. Almost any man who has kept house for 20 years can go up in the attic and see t hings that cost him SI,OOO, and that he couldn't get a $lO bill for now. —Somerville Journal. For days she hovered at death's door; but now the fever had turned at last. "You will recover!" exclaimed the physician, joyously. A shade of anxiety swept across her wasted features. "Will my hair grow in curly?" she demanded. All, how pitifully confound ed is science before the really important se crets of the future!— Detroit Journal. Jamaica, with its ginger, might become de sirable territory if this country ever gets ciamped elsewhere. —Philadelphia Times. Mrs. Young—"Bridget, run over and see how old Mrs. Smith is this morning''" Bridget (returning)—"Shrtre, ma'am, she savs she's seventy years and eight months old, and wants to know what business that is of yours."—Cornell Widow. Charley Cosset asked a friend of his frotu the country the other day if she had been out to the fair, and she replied as follows; "I didn't went, I didn't want to went, and if I had wanted to went, I couldn't have pit ten to gwine."—Clarksville Leaf-Chron icle. Eric—"l like to see a man ready to fight for the truth." Alec—"Yes; why, only yes terday a man said I lied, and 1 hit him in an instant." —Answers. The eongresswoman from the new state of Mpjkobrwp, now rose and addressed the house."l move." she exclaimed, "that all this red tape be dispensed with!' The mo tion carried unanimously. But when it was urged that there be substituted heliotrope tape with a sea-green border, difficulties arose. The brunette wing of the dominant party, supported by the agrarian bleached blonds, insisted upon shrimp pink.— Detroit Journal. ft is from books that wise men derive con solation iu the troubles of life. —Victor iIUHO. One Thine Needfnl. "What we need in this country," howled the political orator, "is an elastic cur rency—" "Right you are, mister," interrupted a man near the door; "something that will gtretch a man's income so as to make both ends meet."—Chicago Evening News. llenfncNN Cannot He Cured by local applications, as they cannot rea®. the diseased portion of the car. i here in only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mu cous lining of the Eustachian 1 übe. W ben tliis tube gets inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it >- 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 <>f ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. . _ F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hull's Family fills are the best. A Frielfl Combine. "There's the coldest deal yet," snapped the hardware dealer to his head clerk. "What's that?" "They're getting up a refrigerator trust." —Detroit Free I'ress. Give the Children «i Drink wiled Grain-O. It is a delicious, appetizing, lourishing food drink to take the place of coffee. Sold by all grocers and liked by all who have used it, because when properly prepared it tastes like the finest coffee but is free from all its injurious properties. Grain-O aids digestion and strengthens the nerves. It is not a stimulant but a health builder, and children, as well as adults, can drink it with great benefit. Costs about ia* much as colfce. 15 and 25c. ProjjrrcH* of Science. Scientists now announce that whisky con tains ptomaines. In antebellum days in St. Louis they were called snakes.—St. Louis Star. tio South 'l'his Winter. For the present winter season the Louis ville & Nashville Railroad Company has improved its already nearly perfect through service of Pullman Yestibuled Sleeping Cars and elegant day coaches from Cincin nati, Louisville, St. Louis and Chicago, to Mobile, New Orleans and t In? Gulf Coast, Thomasville, (la., Pensacola, Jacksonville, Tampa, l'alm Beach and other points in Florida. Perfect connection will be made with steamer lines for Cuba, Porto Rico, Nassau and West Indian ports. Tourist ■ind Ilome-Seekers excursion tickets on sale it low rates. Write C. P. Atmnre, General Passenger Agent, Louisville, Ky., for par ticulars. Small Capital. First Theater-Goer—Mrs. De Style, who went on the stage, after a divorce scandal, has failed to make expenses. Second Theater-Goer —Well, it wasn't much of a scandal, anyhow.—N. Y. Weekly. Home Seekers' Cheap Excursions. On November 1, 15, December t> and 20, the North-Western Line will sell home seek ers' excursion tickets, with favorable time limits, to numerous points in the West and South at exceptionally low rates. For tick ets and full information apply to agents Chicago ii North-Western K'y. Not the Dame. Baggs—lt is said that Dame Fortune knocks once at every man's door. Jaggs—Well, it was her daughter, Mis- Fortune, who called on me.- —Boston Trav eler. Conii'liine to Consumption. Kemp's Balsam will stop the Cough at once. Goto your druggist to-day and '*et a sample bottle free. Large bottles 25 and 50 cents. Go at once ; delays are dangerous. "De trouble wif some men dat knows heap," said I ncle Kben, "is dat dey hab sech a positive way o' tellin' it dat dey makes folks too mad to listen."—Washington Star. To Cure n Cold In One Day Take Laxative Btomo Quinine Tablets.. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c. "I've rot to stop my paper." "What's the trouble?" "Why, there's no living with my wife since she commenced read in' how that Chinese empress was carryin' on." —Cleve- land Plain Dealer. Dropsy treated free by Di II 11. Green's Sons, of Atlanta, Ga. The greatest dropsy specialists in the world. Read their adver tisement in another column of this paper. STORIES Of BELIEF. Two Letters to Mrs. Pinkham. Mrs. JOHN WILLIAMS, Englislitown, N. J., writes: " DEAR MISS. PINKIIAM:—I cannot be gin to tell you how 1 suffered before taking 1 your remedies. I was so weak that I could bardly walk across the floor without falling 1 . I had womb trouble and such a bearing-down feeling ; also suffered with my back and limbs, pain in womb, inflammation of the bladder, piles and indigestion. Before I had taken one bottle of Lydia E. Pinkliam's Vegetable Compound I felt a great deal better, and after taking two and one half bottles and half a box of 3 r our Liver Pills I was cured. If moro would take your medicine they would not have to suffer so much." Mrs. JOSEPH PETERSON, 513 East St., Warren, Pa., writes: "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:—I have suf fered with womb trouble over fifteen years. I Lad inflammation, enlarge ment and displacement of the womb. I had the backache constantly, also headache, and was so dizzy. I had heart trouble, it seemed as though my hea*t was in my throat at times chok ing me. I could not walk arovmd and I could not lie down, for then my heart i would beat so fast I would feel as ! though I was smothering. I had to j sit up in bed nights in order to breathe. ! I was so weak I conld not do any- j thing. " I have now taken several bot tles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and used three pack ages of Sanative Wash, and can say ' I am perfectly cured. Ido not think I could have lived long if Mrs. Pink ham's medicine had not helped me." "THE MORE YOU SAY THE LESS PEOPLE REMEMBER." ONE WORD WITH YOU, Wlinf Cuhii'* l.o» Helm to Kp»l«. The loss of Cuba means to Spain the lo»» of the very sustenance of the nation. Already her tax ridden people are crying for bread. In the same way the loss of your once vig orous apiietite poverty and starvation to your body, if any reader of this paper wishes to be as hungry again as when a child, and wants to fully enjoy hearty mcala, we can recommend Hostetter's Stomach Jit ters. it cui'es indigestion, dyspepsia and constipation. In warning there is strength.—Lew Wal lace. A mule, a kick, man sick. St. Jacobs Oil cured the bruises. #%IEAN | PEOPLE Cleanliness got* with health. 1/ wt A have catarrh any' -y/ where we can be wholly M ukc system atic efforts to ' rce 112 rom i " this disgusting disease. Mrs. L. A. Johnston, 103 rilham and Ripley Sts., Montgomery, Ala., tells her experience with catarrh of the stomach and how she waa cured: " I will state to you that I have taken eight bottles of Pe-ru-na and two of Man-a-lin and rejoice to say, ' God bless Dr. llartman and I'e-ru-na.' And I earnestly assure you that it has done me more good than any medi cine I have ever taken in my life. I prescribe it to every one I meet who is suffering, as the best medicine in the world, and have made many con verts who are now rejoicing in th« groat good which they have derived from the same. I can tell you that I am almost entirely relieved of indiges tion. that great foe which has tortured me no many years, and can now eat anything I desire withoutit is fruits or something acid." To understand the scientific action of I'e-ru-na it is best to have I)r. Hart man 's special book for women or his book on chronic catarrh. These hooka are mailed free by the Pe-ru-na Medi cine Company, Columbus, O. All druggists sell Pe-ru-na. l What do the | \ Children $ | Drink? | 5 Don't give them tea or coffee. J 112 Have you tried the new food drink (*■ called GRAIN-O? It i* delicious # and nourishing and takes the place v a of coffee. m A 'ihe more Grain-0 you give the £ 5 children the more health you distri- J 5 bute through their systems. _ J ? Grain-0 is made of puregrains, and K P when properly prepared tastes like W • the choice grades of coffee but costs 112 9 about as much. All grocers sell 0 « it. 15c. and 25c. 112 £ Try Grain=o! g t4 .TIy wife had pimple* on her fare, bul she has been taking CASCAfiETS and they have all disappeared. I had been troubled with constipation for sonic time, but after tail* intr the first Casearet I have had no trouble' with this ailment. We cannot speaK too high ly of Oascarets." FRED WAHTMAN, 570s Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. Pleasant, Palatable. Potent, Taste Good. Po Good, Never Sicken, Weaken, or Gripe. 10c. '2i>c,b oa. ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... R.rufdy lonpiar, Chicago, Montrral. Now York. 314 VA Tfl fIAO Sold and guaranteed by all drug ftU" I U*U»u Kist-s to (i'RK Tobacco Ilabtt. IK the only sure cure In the world for Chronic U*» crrn, Hone ('lcera, N<*rofuloii« ( r l««ra, Varh cooe l'h'«*ra, Gangrene, Fever Mores, and all (MMi,AU*»i*,aa. 7