POPULAR IN LONDON. Blr*. CralKie, un American Writer, lint Ileeoine the Fu»lil»n in EiiKlanU'a Metropolis. An American girl is the rage in Lon don; not Edna May in the "Bell of New York," but "John Oliver Hobbcs," Mrs. Craigie, author of the successful play, "The Ambassador," and the writer of many other dramas. Mrs. Craigie began play writing Knue years ago and won success from the start. The last two years she has devoted herself to it entirely, and has now reached tb»t delightful stage cif a writer's career *»toen everything Che writes is engaged before it leaves her pen. Thirty-two years ago there played in Boston a little girl, Pearl Mary Theresa llichards, a tall progressive little girl, v.ho could be very serious at the slight est appeal to her imagination. Her pastimes were dolls and a stage, also a whole lot of writing materials. As the girl grew up she was taken abroad for education, and on one of her visits she married Reginald Walpole Craigie. She was then only 19 years old; and in the next four years she suf fered much unhappiness, out of which grew the flower of genius. Mrs. Craigie, at 24. secured a divorce end the custody of her boy; and with the child went to live with her father, l)r. liiehards, editor of the Athenaeum, who resides in a splendid mansion in Lancaster Gate, near Hyde Park, Lon don. One day Mrs. Craigie sat down to think. She hftd written a little and had an audience who admired her under the name of John Oliver Hobbes. Why no/ goon writing! She came of literary stock. Her great-grandfather wi>«ilie founder of Auburn Theological semina ry, her grandfather was the noted New York clergyman; her father a well- MRS. PEARL, RICHARDS CRAIGIB. (Better Known as "John Oliver Hobbes.") known man of letters to-day. Yes, she would follow in their footsteps. For a while her mind turned toward religion, during which she became converted to the Koraan Catholic faith; but her love for the drama asserted itself, and she began playwriting as a profession. Within two years she had written three plays, all of which were successes. Mrs. Craigie is a slender woman, not very tall, but very well built. Her face, eyes and hair are dark, and she has a wonderful sort of personal magnetism which her friends believe would have served her well had she gone on the stage. Mrs. Craigie has the singular habit of concentration, a rare gift to-day. When she is about to write she sits long hours and thinks about her plot. Its char acters become human beings to her; the scenes real places. To secure per fect quiet she goes in a convent, where she engages a room for meditation and remains there as long as it pleases her to do so. She cannot work where there is noise and liability to interruption, and for that reason she goes to the con vent to think and write if only for a day at a time. Her best scenes, the most worldly, sharpest lines in her plays are written from the walls of the convent. Mrs. Craigie has only just begun her work, she believes. She wants to write a comedy, a tragedy, another society play and several curtain raisers in the near future. She has contracted for each one of these. She writes, when once she puts pen to pa per, very rapid ly, and without erasure. She does her thinking from beginning to end before she begins, and when her thoughts are completed she writes. Her library is a magnificent thing, on the first floor of the great mansion. Her father's book shelves line the room, and there are exquisite pieces of statuary, wonderful first editions on the shelves, rarest objects of bric-a-brac from India and rugs from Belochistan. It is the ideal writing spot. Mrs. Craigie's boy is an active little lad of eight years, whose instruction is left to a governess and a tutor, lie has a nurse and a maid who care for him when his mother is busy. Mrs. Craigie does not like to leave her boy too much to hirelings, and in spite of her work she manages to Tic with him a great deal. When putting on a new play her hours are very irregu lar. The rehearsals begin at 12 o'clock midnight and last until two in tiie morning. Children hw Verne Writers. A lady who makes songs for children, and makes them well, urges the cultiva tion of the verse-writing faculty in little ones, and says: "A mother who kept the most characteristic lines writ ten by her children would have some thing much more precious than photo graphs, by which she could bring to mind in later years the days of their childhood; and she would have glimpses into their little souls when those souls were most innocent and full of ho^e." NEW NECK FANCIES. The Prlncex*. tlie Ilay such ac important part in summer neckwear that the designers must needs keep con tinually at work to supply the demand. Three new fancies are shown in the "Princess," the "Loie Fuller," and the "Twentieth Century," with an im proved edition of the broad puff tie, making the fourth. The "l'rineess" is a prim little affair consisting of a plain baud of stiff goods NEW SUMMER NECKWEAR. with turn bands of linen hemstitched and turned over the edge. An ethereal design is suggested by the "Loie Fuller," which has a stock of dark satin finished with bows of chif fon tied a lapapilion. The "Twentieth Century" is, natural ly. very "mannish," and simple, it is rather narrow, finished with two little points of lawn scalloped at the back, and a small bow in the front. The broad puff is as stylish and be coming as ever. Its newest feature is that it is made wider and comes in a greater variety of fabrics. THE MEDDLING HABIT. Are Motlii-rx-in-LiuvaK Much Addicted to It u» They Are Generally Sk ill to He 112 From time immemorial the mother in-law lias been an object of reproach, says the American Queen. It is in frequent that one pauses to inquire where, why or low she first eai ihi# hi. r unenviable reputation as a disagreeable and objectionable person, and we fear the inquiry would be futile and profit less. llow many of the mothers-in-law of our immediate acquaintance deserve the reputation with which they are uni versally accredited'.' Their chief fault (which varies, according to all tradi tion) is their persistent inclination to sleer and rule the private and domestic affahs of their married sons and daughters. That this meddlesome spir it exists, and in many instances is car ried too far, nobody can deny—in stances are constantly exhibited, usual ly more glaring in the early stages of young married life. Of course, the explanation of this is natural and excusable. The mother, who for years has been in close sym pathy with the son or daughter, and has known and gratified each wish and de sire instantly, is suddenly called upon to give up every claim. This is a su perhuman task, and it is not remark able that for the first few months she finds it an impossible one. It is given to but few women to keep eyes and ears and mouth shut when they want most to open them. Spinach n 111 \orimtnilie. Wash one pound of potatoes, peel them and cut them in half lengthwise. Bake till soft and brown, with a piece of good beef dripping as big as a wal nut on top of each. Pick off stalks, weeds and rubbish from two pounds of spinach, and put it into a saucepan with half a pint, of water, a tablespoon fill of salt, and a small pinch of soda. Cook quickly for ten minutes, press ing down with a wooden spoon, and don't let it stick. Drain, chop fine, melt two ounces of butter in a saucepan, turn in the spinach to get thoroughly hot, then put it down the center of a hot dish, in a straight heap. Put the baked potatoes down the middle of the spinach, letting the slices overlap; pour around one pint of tomato sauce; and put half a pint of pens, either fresh or canned, in four heaps around the dish.—Housewife. True Courteay In Children. The trend of the home training shows itself early in a child's life, and ojten by single small acts it is made evident that the principles of courtesy are in culcated. The expression of thought fulness on the part of a young member of the family for the comfort, of a guest is always a pleasant sight, and does more honor to the mother than costly furi-shing.—llousewif". i;.v<|iiisile Sachet Perfume. Lavender dowers, one ounce; pulver ized orris, two drachms; bruised rose mary leaves, one-half ounce; musk, live grains; attar of roses, five drops. Mix well, sew up in small, flat muslin bags aud cover them with fancy silk or tint ed lawn. Anil ill*' .Moon Will Come Illicit. Prof. Darwhi, of Cambridge, prophe sies that the moon will ultimately re turn to the earth, whence it was caul off in the remote past. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 18*^9 -gawai THE HOG IN SUMMER. It Need* Shelter and Shade tlulle ni Much an Any llllier Aniniul oil the Farm. By far too many farmers follow the plan of not providing any shelter for their hogs while at pasture, but force them to root up a space in a fence cor ner or some other equally undesirable place in their attempt to escape the direct rays of the sun or pelting storms. When they can and do stand the heat and the chilly storms it is at the expense and loss of the owner. By providing even a cheap and temporary ** ,4m h.- w F*i g. 2. CHEAP SHELTER FOR HOGS, shelter much will be saved and com fort assured to these animals. In Fig. 1 is shown a cheap shelter, de vised by L. I). Snook, for four or five grown hogs. The length of shelter need not exceed eight feet and the length of boards on each side is also about eight feet, or IG-foot boards may be sawed in two. The supporting posts should be four feet above the ground, and should be set firmly, as the hogs will use them for rubbing posts. The ground end of the sides should also be fastened down by wooden stakes driven in as shown. If the boards of these sides are fastened j \ \ , r* ■ »i Flo 1. THIS IS STILL CHEAPER. together by cleats nailed to the upper sides they can be readily moved to Hie barn or placed against other buildings to serve as a shelter for some other purpose during the winter. A cheaper shelter is shown in Fig. 2. The roof slants towards the south, thus securing greater protection from the rays of tlie sun. One will be greatly surprised to see the amount of time hogs will spend under these protec tions. When flics are bad during Au gust and September a darkened in closure would prove profitable, as they could then escape from their winged tormenters. This same form of shel ter will answer for sheep, but they are not so desirous of escaping the rays of the sun, as the common flies do not an noy them ton very great extent.—Or ange Judd Farmer. NOTES FOR SHEPHERDS. Provide shelter from the sun. Nevet com pel a sheep to stay in a pasture with no shade. The flock should be brought to the barn at night, until the ground becomes thoroughly warm and dry. If you have any yearling lambs that won't eat very readily with the older sheep, take them from them and feed thrashed oats. Sheep on the land will at least pay in terest and taxes. Never permit a piece of ground to lie idle because it is rough; stock it with sheep. At an auction of the Polk county (Ore.) mohair association the enjh'e clip of 0,000 Angora goats was sold at 33y 2 cents per pound. Large coarse boned ewes with big heads and thick necks seldom raise vigorous lambs. The best breeding ewe is a medium-sized animal of the breed in C[uestion. A good acre of land should grow 30 tons .of roots, with ths right cultiva tion. For six months this crop will support 30 sheep, and will form about two-thirds of their daily rations. —Rur- al World. Exporting I-Ikrh to Havana. A New York firm has been experi menting with the shipment of eggs and poultry to Havana, but not with encour aging success. Two carloads of live poultry and 175 eases of eggs were shipped, the stock coming from Ten nessee and going via Port Tampa, Fia., taking two days to reach Havana. The breakage of eggs was remarkable. One lot brought 19 cents per dozen; another 1(5 cents. The poultry was carried in the hold of the vessel dark, hot and badly ventilated—-and of the first lot 100 died; of the second, 200. The price at Havana could not overcome this loss. Chickens brought $7 a dozen. Still the demand is such that shipped in cool weather, and with better facilities, there will be profit in the business. Ileimlrtnic Hotted l'o»tn. Mostly when a post rots in the ground it is just at the surface, where the com bination of moisture, air and soil makes the conditions right for rotting. Often both ends for two and a half or three feet wiil be found sound enough to use. Such posts can be made serviceable by cutting away one-half of each post, leaving a flat surface, and putting two or three bolts and nuts through to hold them together, and then setting the posts in the ground again. A post thus repaired will often last as long in the fence as it did when originally set and new. In most places, unless a man is very handy with tools, the labor of splicing two old posts would be worth as much if not more than the cost of buying a new one. MAKING ENDS MEET. The Sin 1111 Th In km In Fnrmlnff Is Wlint Cnnalilulri the Profit at tile Knd nf the Yenr. There is no business which requires more thorough knowledge of every de tail from the arrangement of tield, preparation of the soil, planting of crops, silting and earing for orchards and small fruits, laying out lots for convenience and putting tip of the nec essary buildings needed on a farm than the business of farming. A man hir ing out to do ordinary labor on the farm can get say S2OO per year for his labor with board and washing addi tional, equaling In all S3OO per year. Thus the hired man's wages and board are equal to $3,750 of the moneyed man's money put at interest at eight per cent, per annum, off of which inter est the moneyed man expects to live. In order that the farmer may do better than the ordinary laborer he must try and arrange so as to have fruit trees which will furnish plenty of fruit for family use, and some to sell, and must have his herd of cattle in the pasture increase in numbers as well as furnish butter for family use, with some to sell. He should have some mares among his work horses and raise one or more colts every year, so as to have "them ready to take the places of the older horses as they are sold. He should also manage so the brood sows will raise a lot of pigs as fasl as the older hogs are ready for market. Hy giving the poul try half a chance lie should sell at least SIOO worth of poultry and eggs each year besides supplying the fam ily's needs. The care of this stock and poultry will not occupy much time in summer or crop season, provided the farmer keeps his pastures, orchards and lots well fenced and attends to his business as an intelligent farmer should. By arranging the business of the farm somewhat after the plan given above, Ihe farmer should be able to realize fully as much from his stock as he would from the grain and hay if it were sold at the nearest station, and should still have nearly as much grain to sell as he would have had had he fed no stock at all. This can be ac complished by the following method: First, cut up as much corn as you can; use the stalks for fodder to feed tha cattle, horses and other stock that will eat it. If you wish to fatten cattle cut the fodder and corn toget her into one half inch pieces by using a feed cutter which will split the fodder as well as cut it. By cutting the fodder tine the cattle will eat it up much better and by so doing one acre of corn will feed as far as two acres of husked corn would, and the cattle will need but little hay. Second, by going back 40 years and in quiring into the habits of some old farmers we find that for grain to feed the horse they used sheaf oats cut to the band, bran or shorts mixed with chopped oats and moistened. Ihe horse would cat all but the butts of the straw, and these were thrown into the manger for roughness, and were picked over by the horses. Third, hogs will make much of their living on the farm out of the stuff that would otherwise goto waste, such as sour milk and slops from the kitchen, provided they have plenty of pasture. The farmer should try and keep posted on prices of the ar ticles he has for sale so as to know when to sell. By so doing farming w ill pay as well as any other business.—O. E. Doublcday, in Prairie Farmer. DURABLE FARM GATE. Simple Kiioiikli In Construction for Any Man of Ordinary Intelligence to Construct. The gate portrayed herewith is light, neat and durable, made of yellow pop lar or pine, of 3%x 1 inch slats 10 feetlongand braced with 12-foot pieces. Use seven slats spaced right for tha ~ to fe r /" SN " Jf . A LIGHT AND DURABLE GATE, height of gate by laying them on one of the cleats, and nail with six penny nails to hold in place, and then put on the other cleats, and nail with ten penny and clinch tfght, using four nails at each end of every slat. Fit the braces as illustrated, and fasten with wire nails and clinch. End cleats may be made by sawing two slats in the it.id die. Use wire nails throughout. The gate may be hung on either end. —L. .M. Van Meter, in Farm and Home. lives Tliii t IJo Not Snarm. A paying feature in breeding bee« is to produce a nonswarming strain, or at least breed out of them to a great ex lent the swarming mania. Swarming with the apiarist is usually objection able, since .the profit is in the honey crop, and not in the increase of bees. Little if any surplus honey will be ob tained from a colony that turns its at tention to swarming, so that it 1s very desirable to have colonies continue to store honey right along without at tempting to swarm. Good results in this respect have also been obtained and the swarming notion largely bred out of some of the most carefully-bred strains. —Journal of Agriculture. The Two Cli nin |i l«in Ohnmiiß, The man who boasted of taking a oath regularly once a year, whether he needed it or not, was a brother to the wise men who repair their roads on the lame principle. The time to repair a oad is when it needs it. If you ride a wheel, avoid the mon tey-on-a-stick style. It is not only un graceful, but unhealthy and idiotic to vpe professional raettra. MA GETS PA'S ADVICE. But When She tieli It She 0,000 bed with its canopy more magnificent than any that covers a regal throne. In the gorgeous dining room lie had erected a disappearing table, which dropped through the floor when a course was finished, a rut in its place came up another, set and served. He desired this so that serv ants would be unnecessary in the room and the most secret state mat ters could be discussed in safety. Many people sought in vain to sec the f*» mous room at Herrenohicmsce. Once an actress pleased Ludwig so much by her recitation that she thought it an opportune moment to request permis sion to see his "most poetic bedcham ber." She was coolly dismissed for her effrontery, and the servants were or dered to fumigate the room in which she had been received. —Prof. J. 11. Gore, in Ladies' Home Journal. Conduct Accounted For. The Statesman —Why are you al ways writing those scathing articles against cigarettes when you smoke 20 or :i(i a day yourself? The Copymaker—lt is part of the job- like your shouts for purity in pol ities. Indianapolis lournal. The Nickel Plate Road, with its Peerless Trio of Fast Express Trains Daily and Un excelled Dining Car Service, offers rates lower than via other lines. The Short Line between Chicago, Buffalo, New York and Boston. A Clean Iteeord, "I wouldn't associate with her. Why, one of her ancestors was a charwoman." "Well, then, she's sure that one of them, at least, had a clean record." —Philadelphia Bulletin. To Cure a Cold In One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c. It is the agent's business to sell things; it is your business not to buy unless you need what he has to offer. —Atchison Globe. Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved me many a doctor's bill. —S. F. Hardy, Hop kins Place, Baltimore, Md., Dec. 2, '9l. It is humiliating to reflect that bad teeth are responsible for more silence than is al most anything else.—Detroit .lournal. Some things are better than o'.hers, but as a general thing man wants the others.— Boston Courier. The present difficulty of achieving suc cess may be due to great men having car ried away more or less of the sands of time on their boots. —Detroit Journal. Its Name Against It. —"That new ladies' magazine proved a complete failure." "Did it? What was the cause?" "Why, it was called The Age of Woman, and of course that's something the women don't want to come out." —Philadelphia Bulletin. She Knew Him.—"Long before I met you I had heard of your family," said the count. "Yes," replied the beautiful girl, coldly, "I believe papa is quoted in Bradstreet's."— Chicago Post. — "Generally," said the Cornfed Philoso pher, "when a man of mature age begins to be worried about his soul there is some thing wrong with his body."—St. Louis Re public. "I believe, donclier know," said young Mr. Goslin to Miss Keediek, "that the pwopaw study of mankind is man." "Then why arc you so inconsistent as to be always thinking of yourself?" replied the young lady.—Detroit Free Press. Williamson—"You can get anything you want- now in one of those big department stores." Henderson—"Yes, everything but your change when you are in a hurry."— Ohio State Journal. He —"Dearest, say the little word that will make me happy for life." She —"Have you spoken to papa?" He —"Oh, yes: he says the money is all your own, free from incumbrance." —Boston Transcript. A Highland lassie on her way to Glasgow passed through Oban. Her luggage consist ed of a huge, roughly-made trunk that ex cited mu<«h comment, and an unwieldy number of shawls. When she entered she tackled porter after porter, excitedly, with the mysterious request: "Will ye gi eme a plaister for my chest?" It was a quiet faced youth, who had the Gaelic, that di* covered at length that she only wanted a luggage label for her box. Melbourne Weekly Times. New Through Sloepfn* Cnr Ijinr Be t\v<'(*■! M. Lotili antl (lcuv«r. Only 2(i Hour* Kn Ituine. The Missouri Pacific I lai I way, in connec tion with the Rock Island Route from Knnsas City, is now operating through deeping cars between St. Louis and Denver, leaving .St. Louis 'J a. in.daily, arriving Denver 11 o'clocl; the next morning This is the cjuicUest line between these cities by over two hours. A Man of Thrift. She—Where are you going to >•; end the summer? He I 'in not cninj: to spend it >• a i I'm to save il ti'. ii Vi i-.* ' ■ ■ see if I can't get the janitor of the Hat to use it in the rooms I occupy. —Detroit Free I'resn. 1.n.!i.« < .iii *tv<-:ie S..c«-« fine size smaller alter using Allen's Foot- Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or new shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweating, iu'liin'j feet, ingrowing! ai ; -. corns and bunions. At all C'">{!•• si- nd shoe stores. "J3c. Trial pucka.!'! I K 'IM hv m .11. Address Allen S. Olmsied, Le Key, Is. Y The Conclusion. "And you say the idiot of a teacherto!d von that you had an extravagant fool of a father?" 112 "That's what he meant?" "Hut what did he say?" "Me said it was criminal folly to waste money on the education of s=i:< h a chump as I am."—lndianapolis Journal. Lunr'o Funilly Meilifine. Moves the bowels each day. In order to be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures sicii head iche. Price 25 and Site. A Dash of Gnyety. The doomed man feared the people who waited along the way to the sc.-iflold. "See how they stare at me!" he cried, agonizingly. "Yes, that's what you might eal! rubber ing it in!" observed the e.xeeutii nor, play fully, deeming it not amiss to inject ::n e merit of gayety into this otherwise somber affair. —Detroit Journal. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is a Constitutional Cure. I'iiee, 75c. It's a cold day when the nalni-lcaf fan geti left.—Cliieago Kvcning New.-. IstoriKK j We never did; but we have Ha seen the clothing at this time l> jra of the year so covered with g 3 dandruff that it looked as if it 112 fl had been out in a regular snow- p 3 No need of this snowstorm, f| As the summer sun would J j M melt the falling snow so will p jfi melt these flakes of dandruff in £ fl the scalp. It goes further than W J this: it prevents their formation. B It has still other properties: pP mit will restore color to gray hair ® jj in just ten times out of every & ten cases. W <<2 And it does even more: it jjV J feeds and nourishes the roots & <8 of the hair. Thin hair becomes BP M thick hair; and short hair be- L U comes long hair. K We have a book on the Hair W & and Scalp. It is yours, for the p If you do not obtain all the benefits Jj you expected from the use of the Vigor, flfcfl write tli*> doctor about it. Probably V 3* there is some difficulty with your gen- & M oral system which may be easily re- DR. J. C. AYER, Lowell, Mass. As Black WYE Your