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
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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
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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.
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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.
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Our S4 Gilt Kdgel,liie IjM Af
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JH cyelftf. poiltively outwear
' S two pair* of ordinary
We are the largest makers of men's 93
and 83.50 shoes in the world. YVe make
and sell more 83 and 83.50 shoes than any
other two manufacturers In the U* »•
The reputation of W. L.
DCQT Douglas SB.OO aud $3.50 shoes for nr(*T
ULUI »tyle, comfort, and wear is known Ouul
everywhere throughout the world.
KH They have to Eire better satiifac- flff
«PO(UU tion thsn other makes because vDOaUIJ
the standard has always been
CUfIC placed so high that the wearers OUfIC
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than they can get elsewhere.
THE ICIO AttOM more W. L. Douglas fS and $3.60
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A**® III'ST. Your dealer should keep
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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.
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MISS HELEN MURPHY. V I'M VKm
Oshkosh, Wis. I J
Miss Ilelen Murphy, a popular society woman of Oshkosh, Wis., is an ardent
friend to Peruna. Ihe following i» a letter written by Miss Murphy, and gives
her opinion of Peruna as a preventive as well as cure for catarrhal ailments:
The Peruna Medicine Company, Columbus, Ohio:
Gentlmmmn "About threo montha ago / contracted m csvaro c old mt an
averting recaption, which aettled on my lunga and threatened to be very
aerloua. Aa my mother haa uaed Peruna with good reaulta, ahe aont for'
a bottle for me and I found that It gave ma bleaaed relief. Before thm
aecond bottle warn oonaumed # warn wall.
" keep a bottle of It on hand all the time and when 112 have been out In
Inclement weather, / take a doae or two of Peruna and It preventa my
taking any oold and keepa me perfectly well." Youra very truly,
HELEN MURPHY.
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