DAINTY DRESS CLOSETS.
pe rfnnied I*n<l» on Celling* and
Walltf I" the I>ote*t Kink of
\ Fnnliiouahle Womnnbood.
' Ferfumed pads for trunk tray? and
compartments of the dresser have
proved so satisfactory in imparting
that delicate scent which women love
that one woman has carried out the
Fcheme still further. She had been in
■the habit of hanging 1 sachets of her
favorite powder in her clothes closet,
but it did not seem to be as satisfac
tory as the pads in the bureau, fche
experimented by hanging sheets
eround the wall and using a liquid
(cent, but that evaporated. Finally
the took out the pads from, her trunk
end hung them on the hocks in the j
dress closet. Then she thought: "Why ;
not pad the closet?"
Xo sooner thought of than done.
fTrr best dress closet is now uphol
stered over all the walls and ceiling.
Fhe did it herself. The backing of the
jiads is chees'ecloth. Then there is a
thick layer of cotton batting thickly
ftrewn with her favorite violet sachet
powder, and covering the whole is a
delicate shade of violet China silk. Be
fore fastening this lining to the walls
of the closet it was tied in "comfort"
style with dainty baby ribbon, tied in
bow knots.
The pads are bound all around the
edge with violet satin ribbon, having
loopsi at the upper edge to hang the
pad's to the wardrobe hooks. These
bindings are not "sewed to stay" at the
top, but may be easily ripped loose in
order to renew the powder at any time.
Pads on the ceiling and above the
hooks are fastened with brass-headed
tacks hidden under the ribbon bows.
This luxurious closet may be imi
tated in cheaper npholsiterv and be
quite as dainty. Silkolinee, which come
in such delicate hues and patterns,
with sprays of the most delicate flow
ers. can be used. These sheer and in
expensive materials are to be had with
R white or shaded ground, and the
sprays of flowers may match the odor
■usied—violet?, roses, crabapple blos
foras. heliotropes or almost anything
In the way of a flower from which per
fume is extracted. If a white ground
with sprays of flowers is used, the bow
knots can match the flower, and if a
tinted ground is used' white ribbon la
very pretty.—N. Y. Herald.
CHICKEN IN COCOTTES.
French Knnliion Tlial I* Xow Ilriiif;
Imitated liy American Hotel
Men and Caterer**.
The picturesque little dishes here il
lustrated are French stewpans of red
earthenware, in which are cooked in
broth chicken as well as young lamb,
gtme and other tender cuts of meat.
The stewpans are of about the same
material as Boston bean pots. and. like
the bean pot, it is considered quite the
correct thing to serve them with their
contents on the table. The New Eng
land housewife, we are aware, does not
expect to display a bean pot any more
than anj* other kitchen stew pan or pot,
but it is not an uncommon thing on the
more elegant tables outside of New
England to see it so displayed in order
to validate the claim that its contents
ere genuine "Boston baked beans."
The French cocotte comes in various
sizes. It is broad and shallow, so its
contents are easily cooked. Cut the
chicken, to cook it in this way, in small
pieces, as you do for a fricassee. Sea
eon it well and add a dozen small but
ton onions and some potatoes cut in
tiny ball form. Cover the chickeniwith
kalf a cup of white broth or veal stock
and put the cover on the dish. Set the
dish on a hot range, and let the chicken
and vegetables slowly cook for half an
hour. At the end of this time the veg
etables will be nearly done and the
broth considerably reduced and brown.
A PAIR OF COCOTTKS.
Toss the chi<iken and vegetables in it,
edd a little more broth, and let them
cook about 15 minutes longer. By this
time the vegetables and the chicken, if
the latter is tender, will be well done
end the whole a rich brown stew- Take
tip the chicken in a mound on a platter
dish, the vegetables around it, and
Strain the gravy over the vegetables.
If you wish, the cocotte with its con
tents may be placed on a plate or not
end served on the table. This is the wpy
the French peasant serves the dish, and
the fashion is imitated on some of the
most elegant hotel tables in this coun
try. lied earthenware dishes, im
ported for the purpose, are used. The
etew may be enjoyed if it is prepared
in any ordinary covered pot of thick
earthenware. It would probably be
necessary to allow a little longer time
for cooking, as the shallow cocotte
cooks almost as rapidly as>a spider.—N.
I*. Tribune.
The I Me of Itlbboa.
Narrow velvet ribbon trims every
thing. White muslin made up for June,
bright ginghams ready for May, linens,
clothes, all sorts of fabrics are adorned
with row upon row of the narrow vel
vet. Sometimes it is half an inch wide,
but it is generally narrower. On some
Skirts it is put on in curves, so that it
reaches the waist in' the back and is
barely to the knees in front. It may be
bought in cotton-backed quality, which.
Is scarcely more expensive than "baby"
jibbon, but which Uurt4 muck junger.
A HINT FOR GIRLS.
lion to Mnlcr «» Smnll Apartment
Answer Double Parpo»f of Bou
doir And Sleeping Room.
There are a thousand and one way#
In which a girl can make her room look
titt+uVui nt tnii '1 pret,y aml bri«ht
, F-Uj j< Have you ever
Lj)- ■. j'' thought how much
'fUj/f/fy one's apartment
Mir/// V' has to do with
112 j4■ 112 |l the temperament?
toll AKJ ' If you come home
'vt\ T "MP S rom wor ' t when
jp=2>V \ f you have been out,
•=»— from eight until
j six and are coin
' ■ t-lr I *-! P e " e d 1° P° in'o
close, cramped
quarters, life soon
W, I I and finally you get
to the place where
AfBU you dread to set
frill JV9IIO evening hours
> J on the othpr
A COSY CORNER. HAM] . YOUR ROOM IS
light, pretty and cheerful, you are hap
py and anxious, and count the hours
until the time comes for putting aside
the duties of the day.
A young woman who is an authority
on making the best of a bad job has
arranged her little room in a manner
that is worthy of note. The room is a
hall bedroom of ordinary size. In it
she has a very neat mahogany folding
bed which looks like a chiffonier when
closed. Upon the top of this bed she
has a fancy hand-embroidered cover,
upon which lay several pretty toilet
articles, such as the manicure-set. etc.
On another corner of the bed is a
plush box in which her comb and brush
rest. At the end of the room opposite
the window is an oval-shaped mirror,
and facing the bed is a small round
table upon which is arranged ar. after
noon tea s*>t. Under the table is a little
ptand for the fancy work basket. OIJ
closer observation one notices that the
mirror is securely hung to a door
which leads to a closet where trunks
and clothes are kept.
NEAT SHOULDER CAPE.
A Velvet nnil Fnr Combination That
Will L>o Nicely for Street or
llotiKe Wear.
We are getting so English that we like
to wear fur in the house. It is so warm,
so pretty, so softening to all faces that
small bits of it are combined with house
capes in very many of the new models.
There are cold afternoons when a
small wrap must be slipped on. A shawl
A HOME-MADE CAPE.
is unwieldy and unbecoming, but a lit
tle shoulder cape always looks nice.
Many of these capes cam be made at
home with the combining of leftovers
half yards of rough cloth, a yard ol
smooth cloth and a tiny border of fur.
The home dressmaker need not hesi
tate to launch out in the making of
these small shoulder capes, for if she
starts out with the right pattern she
cannot go astray.
The only reliable cape pattern is the
circular which can best be cut out as a
wheel. Use for your pattern thej top
of a tiny table if there is no other way
•of striking an exact circle. Slit it down
the front for the opening and; border
the front edge with fur.. Edge the
whole cape with a double ruffle of fur
and you will have a neat little garment
to wear in the house. An old'muff cut
up will afford a sufficient amount ol
fur.
Koclpe for Ribbon Cake.
Cream one cupful of butter and two of
sugar, then add four well-beaten eggs,
one cupful of milk and 3y x cupfuls
of sifted flour to which has been
added o/i-« heaping teaspoonful of bak
ing powder; divide into three parts. To
the tirst add one tablespoonful of melt
ed chocolate and flavor with vanila;
flavor the second with lemon, and to
the third add a few drops of fruit
coloring, making as deep a pink as de
sired, and bake each in a layer cake
tin. I'lace the plain one on the bot
tom, spread with boiled icing, then the
brown, spread likewise, and then the
pink. Have enough icing for the top,
and to this add a few drops of the col
oring.
lion- to Srr-ve Crrnmril Beef.
This is a delicious breakfast dish and
very easily prepared. For a breakfast
for four use a half pound of smoked
beef chipped very fine. Put a heaping
tablespoonful of butter in a saucepan
and let it coime to a bubble over a slow
fire. Then add a heaping tablespoonful
of sifted flour. Stirflourand buttertill
they are of the consistency of cream;
add a pint of almost boiling milk. Stir
the mixture constantly to keep t he flour
from lumping. When the sauce boils
drop the chipped beef into it and let
it boil lor two minutes. Serve at waoe.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1899.
l|l§B®asE£wi
Wm.
VENTILATING A BARN.
To Keep Stock in a Healthy Condition
It Must Have Plenty of
Fresh Air.
Bad air in close barns is a fruitful
cause of disease among dairy stock, es
pecially the dreaded tuberculosis or
cow consumption. An effective meth
od of ventilation s used in the Wiscon
sin experiment station barn. It was
devised by Prof. F. 11. King, who thus
describes it:
A single ventilating flue (D E) ri-e«
4
I /d \ |
I
VENTILATING SYSTEM,
above the roof of the main barn and
is divided below the roof into two arms
(A B D), which terminate near the
level of the stable floor at AA. These
openings are provided with ordinary
registers, with valves, to be opened and
closed when desired. Two other ven
tilators are placed at B B, to be used
when the stable is too warm, but are
provided with valves, to be closed at
other times. C is a direct 12-inch ven
tilator leading into the main shaft and
opening from the ceiling so as to admit
a current of warm air at all times to the
main shaft to help force the draft.
This ventilating shaft is made of gal
vanized iron, the upper portion being
three feet in diameter. The covering
on the outside is simply for architect
ural effect. The air enters the stable
at various points as shown in the plan
at F G and in the vertical section by
arrows at F G. —Orange Judd Farmer.
DAIRY SUGGESTIONS.
Don't try to make good butter when
milk and cream are kept in uuventi
lated cellars.
Turn off the old cows. It is not wis
dom to keep cows after they are eight
years old, as a rule.
Whenever you see black pepsin rec
ommended for the increase of the but
ter product, count it as a fraud.
Do you know what profit each of your
cows yield you? If you are a butter
maker it is possible and profitable.
If your land is hilly, select that va
riety of cows which will thrive best.
Heavy cattle cannot climb hills readily.
In selling a cow for a milker, be hon
est with the persons to whom you sell.
Establish a reputation for fair dealing.
If any of our readers milk eight or
ten cows they canuot afford to set the
milk in cans. Separate. Get a sep
arator.
The dairy is, without question, more
profitable than wheat growing in Min
nesota and in many sections of both
Dultotas.
If, after feeding the proper milk
making food to your cows, you are still
unable to obtain a good quality of milk,
try giving her fat-inaking substance
and dispose of her.
When anyone gets where he thinks he
can learn nothing he might as well die,
and perhaps he will get somewhere
where there is something to learn.
There is a good deal for the best of us
yet to learn in the dairy.
Every pound of butter made in the
country should grade as prime butter,
and will if all buttermakers will learn
all that readily can be learned about
the business.—Western Plowman.
Soil for AitpariiKrns.
Asparagus thrives best on a combina
tion of a good soil with perfect drain
age. If the good drainage is absent,
heavy, compact soil is the worst place to
try to grow it. The plant is frequently
grown in sandy land, and is thought by
some to do. well in no other, for the rea
son that the drainage requirement is
not fully appreciated. Asparagus be
gins to grow very early in the spring,
before ordinary land is dry enough to
goon; therefore.it requires land in
which water does not stand. Aspara
gus growth, however, is mostly water,
so that heavy soil which will retain a
certain amount of water and not leach
itself dry is really desirable to secure
a long-bearing season.
Preventing Calf Scour*.
I always feed a calf all the milk it will
take from the time it is weaned from
the cow, and when it is a week old it is
fed from that time forth on sour thick
milk, says a correspondent of Hoard's
Dairyman. I take a good handJul of
the best oil meal and scatter it with
enough boiling water to warm the milk
sufficiently warm and give the call all
the milk it will drink, and I have yet
to lose my first calf or have one
troubled in the least with the scours.
The oil meal, besides being excellent
j as a preventive of bowel trouble, is
very nutritious, and a ralf will thrive
and do well on much less milk when
fed with the oil meal than he would
without it.
IN FAVOR OF THE CENTAUR CO.
in the Cutorla Case.
In the United States Circuit Court
Tuesday afternoon Judge Adams hand
ed down an opinion in the suit of the
Centaur Company, of New York City,
against Samuel \V. Eslinger, of St.
Louis, the suit being for an injunction
to restrain the defendant from using
the plaintiff's remedy, "Castoria."
It was stated in complainant's bill
that the Centaur Company, of which
Charles 11. Fletcher is president, is the
sole manufacturer of "Castoria," and
alleged that the defendant had been
selling medicine in packages closely re
sembling those of the New York firm.
A preliminary injunction was prayed
for to restrain the defendants from in
any way pirating npon the complain
ant's business. The oill averred that the
damages sustained were large, but
could not be estimated. The plea of the
defendant was that he had a right to do
as he had done.
Evidence in the case was taken by af
fidavits. Judge Adams, without leav
ing the bench, delivered an opinion in
which he denounced imitators of well
known medicines. He said the practice
was a species of robbery and he would
grant the injunction sought.
The medicine "Castoria" was at first
protected by patent and later by label
and trade mark. The plaintiff claimed
that other decisions similar to the one
handed down yesterday have been se
cured in the Federal courts, cases being
innumerable in Chicago, Indianapolis,
District of Columbia, Texas and New
Jersey, in all of which the courts grant
ed injunctions.
The attorneys in this suit were Sed
don and Blair ; of St. Louis, and F. H.
Scott, of Chicago, for the complain-'
ants and Michael Kineally for the de
fendant. The preliminary injunction is
understood to settle the point of law
involved, but the question of damages
will be adjudged when the case has its
final hearing.
The bottles of the original "Castoria"
manufactured by the Centaur Company
bear the facsimile signature of the pres
ident, Charles 11. Fletcher, on the label,
while the bottles sold by the defendant
company bore on the label the words
"Pitcher's Baby Castoria." It is said
that criminal proceedings will follow,
and that several arrests may be made.
Thoae Utrla.
Maud—Between us, dear, I think the
eount's compliments rather crude. He told
ane the sight of my beautiful face actually
made his mouth water.
Edith —The idea! I'm pure your face
doesn't look quite that much like a lemon.
—lndianapolis Journal.
SPLENDID FIELDS OF GRAIN.
Following is copy of letter received
from Dennis Twohey, who went to Win
nipegosis, Manitoba, from Austin,
Minn., March, 1898:
Winnlpegosis, Man., Jan 23,1899.
Benjamin Davies, Esq., Canadian govern
ment Agent, St. Paul, Minn.
Dear Sir: I havf great pleasure in
writing you these few lines to let you
know how I like my new location, and
how I have been getting along since
I left Southern Minnesota. 1 like this
country well, the climate agrees with
me and my family at all seasons, and
taken all around it is away ahead of
Minnesota. I may say that we have
not had one storm yet this winter. As
regards the productives of the soil, I
consider it beats Southern Minnesota..
I am a practical farmer, but have never
seen such vegetables in my life as I
have seen raised here. As regards grain
of all kinds, I have seen splendid yields,
in fact any man who cannot get along
here and make a good living cannot do
it anywhere.
We have abundance of wood for fuel,
timber for building, and lots of hay.
1 have got good water on my place,
about 24 feet. I have a good class of
neighbors around me, and have been
well used by everybody. I have been
able to get lots of work for myself and
team at fair wages, whenever I wanted
it, and I think any one else can do the
same. I would not care to return to
>1 innesota.
I am, sir, yours very truly,
(Signed) DENNIS TWOHEY.
The Government has Agents in sev
eral of the States, any of whom will be
pleased to give information as to free
homestead lands to those desiring it.
Deacon Goode —"I hope you do not keep
liquor at your home." Tom Alley—"No;
I've tried to hard enough, but I find it im
possible."—Boston Transcript.
Little Mike "How d'yez pronounce
'u-n-i-q-u-e,' eor?" McLubberty—" 'U-ni
quee,' av courts." Little Mike—"Phwot
docs it mane?" McLubberty—"Whoy, n
uniquee is a baste that has but wan horn."
—Judge.
"Undone—hie —by a Wflman!" said Mr.
Lusln'orth, weepingly. Mr. Lushforth, at
that psychological moment, was gazing
dreamily at the shoes of his feet that the
of bis bosom had kindly unlaced.—ln
dianapolis Journal.
"In Europe," remarked the indigent im
migrant, "such a thing as a bathtub is un
known in the houses of the poor!" Tlie in
digent native stood aghast. "Why, where,
then do they keep their coal in winter?
he demanded, incredulously.—Detroit Jour
nal.
"It in said that if man were to live as long
as the sun endures he would, at the end, be
learning still." "Yes, and the office boy
would probably think he knew inorc about
the business than the old men did, even
then." —Chicago l)ai!y News.
Blender—"Middleway says he can't vote
for our bill, after all. His he
says, will not permit linn." Hawser—"Well,
I suppose there's no help for it, although I
thought when we bought up Middleway that
was the end of the business. Co find out
how much his conscience will sell out for."
—Boston Transcript.
She —"I haven't been able to p»t a copy
of your book." lie —"Perhaps you didn't
try in the right places." She—"Perhaps
not; I went to the bookstores.*—Town
Topics.
Williamson—"They say there's a great
change in Hawkins since he reformed."
Henderson—"Well, I should say so. W T hy,
even his worst enemies wouldn't know
Mm."—Town ToDie*.
The Pioneer Medicine j
is Ayefs Sarsaparilla
Before sarsaparillas were known.
ago, it began
— — * enough; you can !
have confidence at once. If you want an
experiment, buy anybody's Sarsaparilla; if
you want a cure, you must buy
Auer's
[The SirsipuilU fkW which m»dc Sarsaparilla famoui]
KATY IN LITERATURE.
A Snatch of Story Wherein thp"Cboo-
Cbooi" Indulge In a Few Pad*
of Complaint.
He (the switch engine) gave a vigorous
push to the west-bound car as he spoke, and
started back with a snort of surprise, for
the car was an old friend—an M. K. T. box
car.
"Jack my drivers, but its homeless Katy!
Why, Katy, ain't there no getting you
back to your friends? There's 40 chasers
out for you from your road, if there's one.
Who is holding you now?"
"Wish I knew," whimpered homeless
Katy. "I belong in Parsons. I've only been
out ten months, but I'm just achin' home
sick; I want to be in Kansas where the sun
flowers bloom."
"Yard's full o' Homeless Katies an'
WaDderin' Willies," the switch engine ex
plained to .007. "Dunno quite how our men
fix it. Swap around, 1 guess; anyhow I've
done my duty. She's on her way to Kan
sas via Chicago; but I'll lay my next boiler
ful she'll be held there to wait consignee's
convenience, and sent back to us with wheat
in the fall." —From Rudyard Kipling's
"007."
He Van the Man.
Caller—Excuse me, can I speak to your
typewriter a moment?
City Man—You can't; she's engaged.
"That's all right—l'm the fellow!" —Illus-
trated Bits.
Any Girl Can Tell j*
l4 A physician who mihes the <5
77 * cst &n,i is honest about it can J
[o> < tell you that, in many cases,the I
K5 _ number of Ted corpuscles in the
w; blood is doubled afteT a course
\ of treatment with OT Williams" Y,
V tajjMraSMMß That this means good blood Vj
(r may not be entirely clear from v
K the doctor's statement, but any \|
3 jjSawaSsSw girl who has tried the pills can tell w
Sf MmJmmsm you that it means red lips. bTightf?
y eyes, good appetite, absence off"
(L. /ESBSfSStTjm headache, and that it trans- »
V n forms the pale and sallow girl V
\ mm&jNMnU Into a maiden who glows with J
• j the beauty which perfect healths*
H OTOW debilitated as F
* fTOm girlhood into womanhood
rh xSSSmBwWI should not neglect the pill best^
/ ifirSßl adapted for this particular ill. r
(r Frank B. Trout, of 103 Griswold Ave., Detroit, Mich., says: "At the rjV
1|) «ge of fourteen we had to take our daughter from school on account of ill
5 health. 6he weighed only 90 pounds, was pale and sallow and the doctors J
\\ said she had anaemia. Finally we gave her Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Vj§
JV Pale People. When she had taken two boxes she was strong enough to
*•/ leave her bed, and in less than six months was something like herself.
A To-day she is entirely cured, and is a big, strong, healthy girl, weighing
| A 130 pounds, and has never had a aick day since."— Detroit Evtning Newt.
"j The genuine OT William*,' Pmh P»ils TOT Pale People are F
0 Sold only in p&ckages, the wtapp<t *lw&y» b«trmg jj?
fc, the full name. At all OT direct from the fc
DT Williams Medicine Co. Schenectady,NX 50'pcr bo*.
A Funny Gift.
Among the presents lately showered upor
a rural Dride was one that was the gift ei
an old lady in the neighborhood, with
whom both bride and groom were prim*
favorites.
Some years ago the old lady accumulated
a supply of cardboard mottoes, which sht
worked and had framed as occasion arose.
In cheerful red 9 and blues, suspended by
a cord of the came colors, over the table on
which the other presents were grouped,
hung the motto Fight on, Fight ever."—
Detroit Free Press.
Arctic Exploration.
For 45 years we had been imprisoned bj
the ice, and our situation was becoming des
perate. It was not likely that we could hold
out 45 years longer.
In this juncture a ship appeared. An of
ficer disembarked and came to us.
"Who are you?" he asked anxiously.
"We are the Smith party," we replied'.
"You, doubtless, are our relief expedition.'*
"No," said the officer,"the Jones party
are your relief expedition. We are the re
lief expedition of the Jones party. So long."
Merciful heavens! If we were not rescued
goon, we should be too old to lecture!— D
etroit Journal.
The Final Test.—"To be perfectly exact,
are the Philippines east or west?" "Well,
we shan't know for sure, I suppose, until
they've voted once." —Detroit Journal.
Society girls at a might be called
[ "dinner belles." — L. A. W. Bulletin.
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