ART IN THE HOUSEHOLD. Dun to Mnke the IliniiiK Hoom llrljihl uiitl Cheerful mill Itfulful to (lie K>e. All authorities agree that surround ings have much to do with digestion, end, as much of human happiness de pends upon digestion, it is certainly our duty to bend our efforts toward making the dining-room as bright and pleasant as possible. An east exposure is a very good one, as one gets the pretty morning sun end none of the hot afternoon sun shine. We cannot always decide these things for ourselves, but we can usual ly do much in overcoming disadvan tages by care in furnishing. If the dining-room is a dark room which the sun's rays cannot enter, it. is not a difficult matter to make sunshine from the inside. We know thn* the shades of yellow bring suggest" 11s of sun shine to our minds, so here we have our first idea. Let the walls be yel low. using several shades, but being careful to keep clear of the lemon or pumpkin shades. Have the woodwork a soft creamy white enamel. A green carpet looks well in a room like this, but great care must be exercised in combining these two colors. There are beautiful carpets and rugs in the rich shades of yellow running into the nut brown which have a dash of red in them. Such a carpet would be particularly effective in a yellow din ing-room. Some of the ingrains have beautiful brown effects, which would be most pleasing as well as inexpen sive. The Flemish oak finish, mahogany or dark shades of oak are the best woods for furniture. If you are fur nishing anew, do not select one of the heavy sideboards, unless you can af ford a very handsome one. There are so many less clumsy little buffets and tables which make a far better ap pearance for less money. For pic tures, avoid the print pictures which one sees in so many dining-rooms. Depend more upon fancy plates and odd dishes for wall decorations than upon pictures. The pictures you have should be those that rest the eye and '''\y '''\y '■ r A CHEERFUL DINING-ROOM. bring a quieting influence. The beer steins or mugs make very effective decorations for dining-rooms. They can be bought for a very moderate sum. for really good designs. If you can manage it, always have a blossoming plant or a green fern for the table, as they add so much. There are a number of inexpensive little mossy-like ferns which will flourish under most unpromising conditions. Have your curtains clean, and even though they be of the most inexpen sive of muslins they will add much to the room. The coarsest and common est table linen can be kept clean and white, and care should always be taken to have everything put on the table carefully and not thrown down any way. Just now there is a prefer ence for all white centerpieces, but this is a matter best deciued by per sonal taste.—Radford Review. Old-Time- CIIIIIIIIKC Salad. A good old-fashioned cabbage salad id made of one head each of cabbage and celery. Chop fine, mix well to gether and sprinkle with a tablespoon lul of salt. Into a double boiler put two tablespoonfuls of butter, and one teaspoonful of flour. Blend, then add a generous half cupful of cider vine gar. a tablespoonful of sugar, a lea spoonful of mustard, the beaten yolks of two eggs and lastly three table- Epoonfuls of cream. Cook, stirring con stantly until thick and smooth. Add a dash of cayenne, pour over the cab bage and stand away to get cool. Just before serving add a little whipped cream. Vegetable* with Roant Goowe. The vegetables to be served with roast goose are boiled or mashed pota toes, mashed yellow turnips or winter squash, apples stewed without sugar, or cranberry jam, boiled onions, pickles and dressed celery should be served fowl. Division of I<iihor. "There's nobody can say we don't live well," remarked Mr. l'neer. "We nearly always have oatmeal and mackerel for breakfast." "I know it," sighed his wife. "I eat the oatmeal and you eat the mack erel." —Chicago Tribune. Tlic Story Teller*. "Doesn't- it jar you when a woman tries to tell a funny story?" "Not so much as when some men try. A woman never attempts to use the Irish dialect when she doesn't know how." —Philadelphia Press, DAINTY LITTLE GIFTS. Ron- to Makr n Number of Pretty and l»cful Trifle* at Merely Nom inal Expeune. New ways of using ernpe paper fol decorative purposes are always suggest ing themselves to the imaginative mind. One oft he latest is a t wine-holder made from a little doll dressed in the figured paper. It makes a very pretty and use ful gilt, and is at the same time inex pensive. A 25-cent doll, half a roll of crape paper, a ball of twine and a couple of yards of ribbon are the only requirements. Remove tlx- legs from the doll and sew firmly to the end of the body a lit tle silk bag just large enough to hold the twine ball loosely. Then dress the doll in a biff, full skirt and two full capes. Fasten the capes at the neck with a long bow of ribbon. A jaunty little hat, made of tufted crape paper and trimmed with ribbon bows, adds DCV.L TWINE HOLDER. to the finishing touch. Sew the hat to the head and leave t ne long loop of rib bon by which to hangtothe wall. Dolls dressed in the crimson crape paper are very pretty, and look well with black ribbons. Larger dolls made with two twine bags, to hold string of two sizes, are very useful. These always sell well at church fairs. A pretty ribbon blotter for a ladies* writing table can be made by covering a piece of still' cardboard the size that the blotter is intended to be with silk or some prettily colored linen. Then cut six sheets of blotting paper a frac tion smaller than the pad and fasten them to it with broad bands of satin ribbon, embroidered in some dainty pattern. The ribbon should be firmly sewed down so that it will hold the blotters, but must not be drawn so tightly that soiled blotters cannot be removed and new replaced. A big bow of ribbon of any color may be tied on one side, which adds to the richness of this gift. Frames are always welcome gifts, and they can be made in so many forms that they are almost sure to suit all tastes. A new and very pretty one is made of Japanese crash, and decorated with a design cut from a wall paper and applied. In all cases it is bettter when making a home-made frame to have the form cut by a regular frame maker. It only costs a few cents and is so much more satisfactory, as it is al most impossible to get the edges regu lar without the proper machines, and nothing could look worse than an un even frame. Japanese crash costs about a dollar a yard, and one yard will cover a dozen frames of cabinet size. The large designs in the wall paper with a decided coloring are the most effective for applying. If the powers and leaves are carefully cut out they can be so arranged as to form a very pretty spray, and, if well done, they will look just like a water color. Sometimes a wall paper is found rich enough to make the entire covering for a frame. These are usually improved by having the bfick washed in with a little water color. Blotters and scrap baskets made in the same way are equally effective. The if intended for steady use, should all be bound and glassed. They will last indefinitely, and can not be injured by dust.—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, A FEMININE WEAKNESS. The Claims of .Scores of American Women to Arlntocrnvy Are Child ish and Ridiculous. Perhaps the fetish to which we women attach the most undue im portance is social position, writes "An American Mother," in the Ladies' Home Journal. '"We set out with the creed that we are all equal, and then spend much of our lives in struggling to force our way in o some petty cir cle which is barred against us, or to bar our own against some of our neighbors. Nothing could be more ridiculous than the many foundations on which we Americans L. <e our claims to aristocracy. The jclief is almost universal that the possession of a certain enormous number of mil lions constitutes a caste which stands on the level of royalty. Hut short of these stupendous heaps of gold, mon °y does not always command preced ence here, especially in our small towns and villages. We are all of us ready with our gibe at the new rich as if our own blood had been pure as that of Daimio for a thousand years. Our claims to high caste are often based upon some mythical judge or baronet far in the dim past; or that we live in the most pretentious house in the village. I have known the possesion of a Grecian portico to give social ascendancy to one family over a town full of neighbors, plebeian only in that they had no porches at all. So vague yet so strenuous are out ideas of caste." To Make Gravy Palatable. Tf the gravy is very fat take some of it off; put the pan over the fire, let it be come hot, then stir It into a thin batter. An old fowl is fit for nothing but soup. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1991 SMALL GREENHOUSE. Snltnhle for Premises Where the !Slo|»e of l.nnd Is \ot ItiKhi for the Ordinary llouae. A profitable greenhouse for a farm or village place where the slope of land is not right for the ordinary side hull house on a south incline may be made on the plan of the one operated by El lis Haynes, Middlesex county, Mass. This house is 100 feet long by 20 feet wide. It runs southwest and the roof has two equal glass slopes facing the northwest and southeast. It runs across the slope of a side hill, with a gentle slope to the northwest. Upon the upper or soutm ast side the ground comes nearly to the foot of the glass, SB* GREENHOUSE ON SLOPING GROUND. while on the opposite side earth is banked up to about the same height. Thus the part of the house below the glass is protected by earth on both sides and is very easy to heat, The roof and one end are of glass, single thickness, 11x24 inches. At the other end is located the building containing the office with the hot water heater in the basement. Hot water overhead pipes are used. The crop grown is cucumbers. These are grown on benches raised from the surface. Mr. Haynes thinks they would do as well on solid earth. He finds the cucumber crop most profitable of any, returning him from SSOO to SI,OOO per year and averaging from S7OO to SSOO. Two years ago the crop sold for SI,OOO and his coal cost him $lO5. The house and heating apparatus cost $1,500. Mr. Haynes has had better success with his cucumbers than many of his neigh bors. some of them having made an en tire failure of the crop. —Orange Judd Farmer. FIGHTING THE BORERS. Good, Clean Cultivation IN Hotter Tlutii All \\ umlm'm mid That Can He Applied. Ther? are many orchards that have suffered a heavy, and unnecessary loss during the last summer from the at tacks of borers. Many farmers do not notice that there is anything wrong with the trees until the leaves turn yellow and begin to fall in midsummer. After this stage has been reached there Js little hope for a tree and it dies be fore frost. A glance at the tree will be sufficient to see that the bark on the trunk is dead and black in irregular spols and Lines. Just beneath the dead bark is the borer's burrow filled with worm dust. The borer is too fa miliar to retpiire description. He works up and down the side of the tree and finally burrows to the center. When two or three burrows get into the same tree, the trunk is girdled and the tree is killed. In many casies the borer works on only one side of the tree. If a large spot of bark is killed, the bark and woods begin to rot and are soon filled with a mushroom growth. This mushroom breaks through the bark of the tree and develops the fruit ing portion on the outside of the trunk. The fruiting part is white and resem bles that which is seen on rotten logs. If the tree dies the rot is then supposed to be the cause of its death. The rot may hasten the death of the tree, but a tree that is sound and free from blemishes is very seldom if ever at tacked by this rot. The best thing to do is to keep the tree free from borers and other injuries. The Land should be kept free from grass and weeds and well culti vated. Good, clean cultivation is worth more than all the washes and dressings that can be applied to prevent borers. —Farmers' Review. I'nprotltnhle Dairy Cow*. One of the hardest things to get farmers to do is to cull out from their herds the unprofitable cows. The dairyman that carries on his business in a thoroughly scientific manner will be all the time culling out the animals that he believes to be unprofitable. Some of the heifers that are kept year after year in the hope that they may develop milking qualities. Vet some of these are so ill-formed in their udders that it can be easily seen that they can never be good milkers or profitable in any sense. If they are used for breed ers they are not likely to produce off spring that will be profitable. The ani mals that are unprofitable must be hunted out and disposed of. —Farmers' Review. UrnlniiKp for Crenmerle*. * Creameries should be so located that drainage will be perfect. Then the drains or drainage pipes should be carried so far that the slops will go into some stream or onto soil that will absorb it. At any rate the scent from it should not get back to the creamery. It is better to so dispose of the drain that it will be placed permanently out of sight. While the creamery men are looking after the sanitation of the creamery let them be sure also that they do not create a nuisance near the dwellings or business places of other people.— Farmer#' Review. Deafness Cannot Be Cnred by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by au inflamed condition of the mu cous lining of the Kustachian Tube. When tins tube gets inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is 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 eases of of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition ot tlio niuoouH surfaces. \\ e will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused bv catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, bend for fifrularK, free. , , F. .1. ( lienev & Co., Toledo, 0. Sold_ by Druggists. 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Never mention your own faults: others will attend to it lor you.—Chicago Daiily N ewe. Succeeds \\ here Others Full. Mr. W. (;. Roberts, at one time living at 24(i Kast \\ ashington Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, wrote: "Vour Lotion has complete ly cured n,e of barber's Itch, after having been treated in vain tor over three years by various M. The above testimony is corroborated by many others who have suf fered fr.;m virulent cutaneous disease wli'ich Pa.mer's Lotion never lain to cure, and all \yho have used it gladly recommend it to their friends and speak of it in terms of highest praise. If your druggist 'don't have 'it send to Solon Palmer, 374 Pearl Street, New York, for samples of Palmer's LcUoa and Lotion Soap. A llihlieal Joke. "When a man lias a family of growing children he learns tots of things that, while they may be old, are new to him." said a prominent member of the Produce ex change. "One of my youngsters sprang a 1 riddle on me which runs this way: 'Who was a well-known biblical character never named in the Bible, whose death was the most peculiar in history, whose shroud is a part of every household, and the cause of whose death was the subject of a widely read novel?' I'll wager none of you fel lows can give me the answer." Not being students of Biblical lore, they all gave it up. "Lot's wife is the character," went on the proud parent. "That's the only name by which she is known in the Bible. She was turned into a pillar of salt, consequently her shroud is in every household. Her death resulted from looking backward, the title of Bellamy's fsmous book. Rather ingeni ous, don't you think?"— Philadelphia Rec ord. "Wdl you he satisfied with love in a cot tage? ' he asked. "Yes," she replied, con fidently, for she had heard that the cot tage was located at Newport.—Philadel phia Record. "Of course, John," said his wife, "I'm obliged to you for this money, but it isn't nearly enough to buy a fur coat." "Well," replied the brutal man, "you'll have to make it go aa> fur as you can."—Philadel phia Press. Floss —"I did a very tiresome thing to-day; I read all the magazine advertisements. Ida "I did something twice as tiresome." Floss—"You did?" Ida- "Yes; I read all of the magazine poetry."—Philadelphia Rec ord. "I wonder why Kaleacre puts all his •avinps under his pillow every night?" "Reckon he wants people to know that he hais enough money to retire on."—Philadel phia Record. "What kind of a man is this John Smith?" "Oh, he's the kind that thinks he can hold onto his umbrella by having his name en graved on the handle." Y. Lveiiimt World. I YOU'RE WEAK I I instead 1 1 | Make Yourself a New Man I I 6REENES | r - GREF.NK, 3-"S West 14th St., New York City, is the most successful specialist in curing nervous and chronic ifii I diseases. He has remedies for all forms of disease, and offers to give free consultation and advice, personally or m--' VI" ' c ' ter - You can tell or write your troubles to Dr. Greene, for all communications are confidential, aud letters Ss£" ' I are answered in plain sealed envelopes. , Thorp In a Clan* of People Who are injured by the use of coffee. Re cently there ha* been placed in all the gro cery stores a new preparation called GRAIN-O, made of pure grains, that tike* the place of coffee. The most delicate stom ach receives it without distress, and but few can tell it from coffee. It does not cost over t as much. Children may drink it with /reat benefit. 15 cts. and 25 cts. per pack age. Try it. Ask for GRAIN-O. A Completed "Job. Hicks—When D'Auber went to Paris a year ago he told me he wae going to be come a finished artist. How is he getting on ? Wicks- He's quit. The committee of the salon rejected his masterpiece and that fin ished him.—Somierville Journal. A Itemed}' for the Grippe. Physicians recommend KEMI"B BAL SAM for patients afflicted with the grippe. as it is especially adapted for the throat ana lungs. Don't wait for the (ir»t (symptoms, but got a bottle to-day and k<-ep it on hand for use the moment it is needed. If neg 'tV,*.'?!. • t ' le B r 'Pl' e brings on pneumonia. KKMI'S BALSAM prevents this by keep ing the cough loose and the lungs free from inflammation. All druggists, 25c and 50c. Some men arc like telescopes; you draw them out, .-ce through them, and then rbut them up.—Chicago Daily News. Lane's Family Medicine. Moves the bowels each day. In order to be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick bead ache. 1 rice 25 and 50c. If you have kept a secret, the time al ways comes when you will be proud of your self.—Atchison Globe. Drugs have their uses, but don't store them in your stomach.' Beeman's Pepsin Gum aids the natural forces to perform their functions. She "Did you ever take part, in amateur theatricalslit—"Once; but I'm all right BOW. —Town Topics. Don't talk. There is no truth in the world so apparent that ?ome one will not disagree with you.—Atchison Globe. I'iso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli ble medicine for coughs and colds.—N. W. Samuel, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900. The average man isn't willing to admut that he has enough until he gets too much. —Chicago Daily News. To Cure »i Cold In One Day- Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All ! druggist srefuntl money if itfailstocure. 35c. I Courtesy is never costly, yet never cheap. —Ram's Horn. Tor Infants j Off p Over Thirty Years # The Kind You Have Always Bought TMC CENTAUR COMPANY, TT MURRAY ITRtCT.NCW YORK CITY. ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Genuine Carter's Little Liver Pills, Must Bear Signature of See Fac-Slmile Wrapper Below. iVr-rr emnll and as t'tufjr L to take as augur. headache. ( uAMI tKu FOR DIZZINESS. Kittle for BILIOUSNESS. Mi VFR FOR TORP,D liven. M piV|"S FOR CONSTIPATION. 11 FOR SALLOW SKIN. MU>T KAVZ 2S c«irtj I Pu'.-cIT CURE SICK HEADACHE. READERS OF THIS PAPER DESIRING TO BUY ANYTHING ADVERTISED IN ITS COLUMNS SHOULD INSIST UPON HAVING WHAT THEY ASK FOR. REFUSING ALL SUBSTITUTES OR IMITATIONS. PATENTS EXPERT SERVICE. CHARGES MODERATE. D. W. GOULD, LL. M., Atlantic Building. WASHINGTON, D. C. DPADQV NEW DISCOVERY; (fires ® ■ quick relief and cures worst, cases. Book of test itnonials and 1 o tinyn* trt it trnpn J Fre« Dr. 11. H. (iKKKN'S SONS. Box 1). Atlanta. Ua. Vi 111 V WRITING TO AUVCUTISKUA l»l<-une mate thut you law the AJvertla*. muut In llih paper. 7
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