ART IN THE HOUSEHOLD. Tilmblr Hint* Concerning the Hang ing, Drying and Arrangement of Lace Curtain*. Hanging lace curtains and draping them is a severe strain on anyone ex cept a professional. The work done by the professional is often not so satisfactory as that done by the am ateur, as the work of the former is often too stiff and shoppy looking to cuit anyone with an eye for graceful lines and effects. If the curtains are new they are often easier to manage than the old ones which have been carelessly stretched. In stretching curtains too much care cannot be taken in getting them straight and even. If the curtains have a decided pattern, particularly in the border, it is wisest to put a pair together on the frame. Pin corresponding points in the pattern together at close in tervals, and see that the edges are even and the same. Much hard work can be saved by these precautions and a much more satisfactory piece «112 work can be done. There is a tendency just now toward the plain muslin ruffled curtain hang ing in straight lines from the top of the window to the sill. These are very dignified looking curtains and look best in a room furnished along the strong colonial lines. They are used alike in parlor, dining-room and bed-chamber. Many people of ex tremely good taste have the curtains «112 an entire floor just alike, and many persons of unlimited means select the AN IDEA FOR THE PARLOR. muslin curtains in preference to the expensive laces which savor rather of fancy work and are too dainty for the quaintly dignified furnishings which are in so much favor just now. Many people prefer a draped back curtain, and if the outlook from the window is particularly pleasing, it teems wicked to shut it out or else look at it through the foggy lights of the muslin curtain. In the design given herewith are Illustrations of some of the modes in greatest use just now in curtain craping. The amateur will, with a little hard work and care, be able to hang these curtains just as well as the paid upholsterer. The curtains, to look well, should both be as wide the window. Cross each curtain nearly together, allowing about six Inches on each curtain at the outside. That is to say, the unruffled edge chould come out beyond the ruffled edge of the other curtain about six Inches; this should be exactly the came on each side of the window. It is impossible to give exact meas urements, as much depends upon the width and texture of the curtains. Just now it is not considered quite bo stylish to finish curtains with the ruffle at the top. Run a hem in the tops of j our curtains wide enough to admit running the rod in very easily. Be sure not to put your hem in until you have basted your curtains to gether, if you are going to cross them, lie sure that your curtains are straight across the top, and drape them back as high or low as you like them. If a snia'.l room with only one window, a good effect is obtained by draping one side higher than the other. ]f the rosettes are alike, pull your cur tains back into position and tie light ly with a strong string, and make your rosettes out of the fullness which falls from the back below the string. I al i ||P ||j|! FOR A DOUBLE WINDOW. ways pin my rosettes, but many sew them. They may not oome right the first time, but with a little time and Ji *rs eve ranee you will soon be an expert, and find curtain dra ping a pleasant and satisfactory piece of work. The lace curtains which have been in use so many years wlil probably be used and liked by many for genera tions 10 come. Just now the artists Who devota their iSuie to house fur nishings and decorations are not in clined to use the style of curtain which our mothers and grandmothera have liked so well. Many people of perfect taste cling to the so-called old fashioned curtain and as yet there is little indication of their falling into disuse. These curtains are usually hung in straight lines from the t<yp of the window to the floor, and if they are of heavy texture it is useless to try to drape them gracefully. If they are of a particularly handsome pattern they do not show their beauty if draped. The cotton cord and tassel is the best to use, as ribbon looks too fussy. For bed-chamber ruffled curtaina iPSI" Hif FOR DEN OR BOUDOIR. made of figured chintz, silkollne, silli and several new materials are now offered in the shops, all of which make very pretty and dainty curtains and nearly all wash very satisfac torily. To my eyes bare windows are far preferable to windows curtained with soiled or faded curtains. Try tc keep your curtains clean and bettei buy inexpensive ones and send to the laundry than to have fine ones which you feel you must take care of your self, and then neglect to keep them free from soil. It is a good idea to put your curtains up so they can be taken down, rod and all, and given a good dusting every few weeks. You will be surprised to find how much dust you will shake out and you will also find that your curtains will last much longer, as dust rots any material very .soon if allowed to collect.—ltadford lie view. HAS A RICH EFFECT. Oriental Embroidery Which Will Be One of the Popnlnr Fads of the Coming Season. All indications point to the fact that oriental embroidery will take precedence over all other forms ol fancy work this coming season. Iti popularity is secured for the reason of the simplicity of execution and richness of coloring. The charm of this coloring is in the artistic handling of brilliant primary tints. They should be so deftly inter mingled that no one color stands oul glaringly, but all blend in a har monious whole. The most effective of this oriental work is executed with jewels and silks or flax threads or both, and almosl any material may be used—colored art linen looks well and is inexpensive. The simplest designs are drawn on the material, and are worked in floss silk—red. green, yellow and blue, with red, gold and green spangles mixed. The diagram pictured is a quickly worked design, and a most effective one. Being so geometrical it may be AN ORIENTAL DESIGN. easily drawn on the fabric with a foot rule and a crayon pencil. Work the squares (a) in red silk with four long stitches, and put a pale green spangle in the center. The dots arc done in French knots with yellow silk. Buttonhole stitch the lines (b) in pale blue silk, put oblong gold spangies in between, and at the four corners (c) put a round gold spangle. The lines (d) are in red silk and (e) in yellow. The center space has a round gold spangle, and the others pale green ones. Other oriental work which is unique in its rich beauty is wrought on Ber lin canvas, with the new art embroid ery material, which is mercerized cot ton, but nine persons out of ten would pronounce it silk. It is soft, brilliant and lustrous, and will wear and wash better than silk, and costs about one half as much. A novel material, also, is colored arras, stencilled with richly colored decorative designs, which may be rapidly and effectively outlined with coarse gold thread or arras cot ton, a thick, silky looking substance of moderate cost.—X. Y. Tribune. Tomato Pante witli Steak. Many first-class cooks like a littU tomato paste served with their steak. This is inexpensive, and is made by boiling dov.n tomatoes to a solid mass. A quart, of it will last a year; a tea spoonful laid on the bottom of the plat ter sufficing to season a large steak. Keeping Unity's Sleeve* In I'laee. A new device for baby's comfort is the little armlets used to keep the short sleeves in place. These are made of ribbon mounted on an elastic, like a rather fanciful garter, and are used in place of pins to keep baby's sleeva just where you want it to stay. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1900. MELTING OLD COMBS. Hint* on Winding I'p the Season's AtTulrx In the Apiary and Dispo sition of the Hives. November should be spent in winding up the affairs of the apiary. All hive parts which have been used during the summer should, before being stored for winter, be scraped clean of lumps or ridges of wax and propolis. Especially should the combs not in use be sorted and the exposed parts of their framel scraped before storing. While doing this quite a lot of beeswax can be kept separate from the propolis and saved. We divide combs into three classes: First, brood combs; second, extracting combs, and, third, combs to be melted up. Brood combs may have a few drone cells in one lower corner, but otherwise must be all workers, be straight and contain very little pollen. 2. Combs used for extracting may be partly or wholly of drone comb, but should contain no pollen. If a comb would belong to this class except for patches of pollen, cut them out and let the bees fill up the holes next summer with new comb. In class 3 are the ones rejected from 1 and 2; combs heavy with pollen, old, CANADIAN WAX PRESS. crooked and unfinished combs. These are cut out of their frames and melted up. Where two or three rows of cells next the top bar arc good worker cells, leave them in the frame as a starter for the new comb next season. These use less combs, and all odd bits of wax, may be melted and purified into nice bright cakes of commercial beeswax. First put them into a rather long, narrow box, and pour cold water over them to clean them as far as possible of pollen and whatever else the water will carry off. Chop them fine with a spade, and scrape to one end of the box, which has been raised higher than the other to allow the pollen water to d'rain off. Change the water often for two or three days until the mass is thor oughly soaked and washed. Then put It into a cauldron kettle, with enough water to float it nicely. The kettle should be in an arch, which prevents the fire coming higher up the sides than the level of the contents, else the wax may burn at the edges. When the mass ! has boiled well for a few minutes, press out the pure wax. To do this you need a bag of burlap, such as binder twine is shipped in, I about 10x18 inches, with two loops at ! the top to hold it open by when pouring ! in the hot wax. The press is made ol ' two strong boards, 1 inch x Ixs feet; I laid one on the other, and strongly ' hinged together at one end, the other ' ends being trimmed down for handles. ' Sharpen it board and drive it into the j ground beside the kettle for the press to rest on.and another for the end of the lower handle. Let an assistant hold I the bag open while you dip it about three-fourths full from the surface ol the kettle with a dipper, then lay it in the press with the open end folded un der. Strips of wood three-eighths-inch square and one-fourth-inch apart are Bailed across the lower jaw of the press where the bag rests on it. Under the press a tin box-about 20 inches each way has been set to catch the wax as it runs out. Press by putting your weight on the upper lever; shift the bag, and press again. This may be repeated un til the beeswax is practically all out. Empty out the refuse which remains in the bag, refill from the kettle and press again. .Repeat the operation until nothing remains in the kettle but hot water. Now wrap the box in old quilts or anything to hold the heat and cause it to cool very slowly, to allow any dross which may still remain to settle to the bottom of the wax. If it remains liquid for several hours before forming a cake, the under side will be found coated with a dark substance, which should be scraped off before selling the Wax. Be sure to choose a still, mild day foi melting up old combs. With a cold wind it is almost impossible to get the was pressed before it "freezes" all over the press and hangs in icicles in the box.— larmers' Advocate. Hens Are Killed by Ont«. Oats are a good food for hens, for a change, but they should be boiled before feeding. A neighbor of mine who keeps a good many hens was favored with a surprise party this fall, the party being held> in a grove, in the form of a picnic. The visiting friends helped to make their call pleasant by bringing a nice present. \Vlii 1 e the friends stayed, the grew hungry, and in the haste ol the moment, they were given a lib eral feed of oats, as it was just afte! thrashing. After the visitors had gone an account of stock was taken, and it was found that there was ar increase in resources to the amount of a new sewing machine, minus the value of about 75 hens, the numbei found dead. The oats had so swalien in the crop of the fowls that the croj was actually-broken open by th« pressure.—Sural Kew Yorker. HOW A PRETTY SOCIETY GIRL ESCAPED DREADED CONSOMPTION. Peruna Used in Time Saved Her Life. All's Well That Ends Well. It is the same old story of exposure to cold. The cold passing down the bronchial tubes to the lungs; the developing of a set tled cold on the lungs, coughing, expectora tion. This is a short road to consumption. Thousands of people have traveled it. Thou sands more wiil travel it and the coming winter will develop an untold' multitude of new cases. fn the case of Helen Murphy, the ending was a happy one. She started on the road to consumption after catching cold at a re ception. Instead of waiting until she be came incurable, Peruna was resorted to and her life was saved. It is a nity that everyone else in this wide land could not know of this very effective remedy in such cases. The news is spread ing fast but a great many people have not yet heard' that Peruna is a sure cure in these cases. Peruna cures acute catarrh and chronic catarrh; catarrh of the head and catarrh of the lungs; catarrh of the throat and catarrh of the stomach. Wherever catarrh may have located itself, whether in the digestive organs, kidneys or pelvic organs, Peruna is sure to eradicate the disease promptly. Another case where consumption was cheated of its prey occurred in the state of lowa. The report of the case created con siderable attention at the time and was fur nished us unsolicited by Mr. Henrickson. In a letter to Dr. Hartman he sets forth some interesting details of his rescue from consumption. lie made use of the following language: "I have been for years a constant sufferer from chronic catarrh of the head and throat, which finally worked down into the air passages. In the spring of '9B I took a Severe cold' and coughed all summer. I thought I had consumption. Then I had a bad attack of la grippe. After taking a course of Peruna I feel cured of all these troubles. "Wheneveranyof our children get sick we give them Peruna, and it never fails to cure them. I most heartily testify to the value of Peruna in cases of catarrh and la grippe. I hope this may be the means of others suf fering as I did to take Peruna and be cured. We would not be without it in the house." Henry Henrickson. ! Generally the first cold of the season i« ! caught, in November. With some people this lasts all winter and lays the foundation of chronic catarrh. In the beginning a few ■ doses of Peruna is sufficient to make a per manent cure. i fend for Dr. Hartman's latest book on j chronic catarrh. Address the PerunaMed ! icine Co., Columbus, Ohio. Her Biscuit*.—"These aren't the kind of biscuits my mother used to bake," he said. "Oh, George." she faltered on the verge of tears. "\Veli,they're not!" he repeated em phatically. They're enough sight better." And' then the sun came out again.—Phila- delphia Evening Bulletin. HH • CT W I It Cures Coughs Colds, Croup, Sore Throat. Influ enza, Whooping Cough, Bronchitis and Asthma. A certain cure for Consumption in first stages, and a sure relief in advanced stages. Use at once. You will see the excellent effect after taking the first dose. Bold by dealers everywhere. Price, 25 and 50 cents per bottle. ■ 1 M UNION MADE___ The real worth of W. JfT 1.. 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Your dealer should keep *« w ® '* ve one dealer exclusive sale in each town. Take no substitute! Insist on having W. L. Vouglss shoes with name and price stamped on bottom. II your dealer will not get them for you, send direct to factory, enclosing price and 25c. extra for carriage, rtate kind of leather, site, and width, plain or cap toe. Our shoes will reach you anywhere. Catalogue /ren. lv.Aj. Douglas ShoeC'u. Jfrock.ton, What Shall We Have for Dessert? This question arises in the family | every day. Let us answer it to-day. Try j JbII-O, \ a delicious and healthful dessert. Pre pared in two minutes. No boiling! no 1 I baking ! add boiling water and set to i cool. Flavors:—Lemon, Orange, Rasp- '< berry and Strawberry. Get a package j . at your grocers to-day. 10 cts. HO! FOR OKLAHOMA!' acre, new land* to open to settlement. 1 Subscribe for THK KIOWA CHlEF,devoted to infor illation about these lnnds. One ,1 ear, 61.00. Fini;|<* i copy. 10,.. 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