ETHICS OF WIDOWHOOD. MnarnlnK Hetluced to ■ I'lue Art by Slew turk Womrn of H mlth • nil Leisure. One frequently hears that the wear ing of mourning is no longer fashion able. They who doubt should visil among the smart set in New York. On the day of the funeral a long Eng lish crepe bow is attached to tht knocker, with white Japanese chrys anthemums arranged at intervals down the streamers. For the first pe riod of mourning the coachman and footman are obliged to appear in black. The New York widow is graceful and quiet. She understands the chic effect much better than her western sisters. She has an air of individual ity which enchants even the casual ob server. She always uses correct ma terials and appropriate trimmings. Her veil is draped with a coquettish effect, but it is onlv in th? first weeks of her sorrow that it is ever permit ted to hang over her face. Soon she discards it, and a becoming short veil of Brussels is used instead. The New York widow is never seen with that narrow edge of whiteset in her bonnet. She looks on it with re pugnance, because it attracts atten tion It tells all the world that she is p. widow in the second stage of grief, and that is not consistent with the ethics of unhappiness. All the toilets of her first black are trimmed with English crepe, an expensive mel ancholy material that clings to the figure in a most graceful way. She be lieves in being eminently proper and doing all that etiquette desires of a mourner. When second mourning days arrive she wears soft folds of white crepe lisse at the throat; then come lav ji; THE MOURNING LAMP. ender and all the attendant shades of violet. There are many eccentric ideas in regard to the relations in New York, and in search for some of these nov elties the correspondent has come across a most unique bit of furniture. It is in the shape of a mourning lamp. In the New York home of a well known society matron, whose sister died abroad a few years ago. there is a room furnished in remembrance of the deceased relative. Everything in the room is black, save the carpet, which was made to order and has a violet background, with black flowers standing out upon it in somber relief. The furniture is of richly carved eb ony. The curtains are black sa*in brocade, and all the ornaments are black. But, says the Chicago Record-Her ald, the oddest bit of decoration is the lamp, the only light producing orna ment in the room. It is black enam el, and stands 18 inches high. The shade is made of China silk, and a miniature of the sister is painted upon It. Each year at the anniversary of her relative's death this New York ma tron has memorial services held in Ihe room, which is the only time that it i 8 ever entered. IVhnt Nenraattienla Mean*. No word is so common in these days as neurasthenia; yet it is not easy to define, and many of those who use it have only the vaguest idea of what it means. The word originated with a Mew York physician and the malady indicated thereby has usually been re garded as a distinctively American one, though it is found in most coun tries of the civilized world, and the unfortunate Mrs. Carlyle is now de clared by Sir James Crichton Brown to have been "neurotic." Wear and tear, storm and stress, a badly regu lated life, in short, are the causes usu ally assigned for this derangement of function resulting from the exhaustion of nervous energy, but defects of nu trition have much to do with it, and the solution of the problem, as in many other cases, may rest ultimately with the cook. —Chicago News. A CIiHHKe for the Better. "Farewell, them," he cried, melodra matically, "you will regret your refusal of my proffered love. I shall take to drink, and then—suicide!" "Oh, don't say that!" the fair girl pleaded. "I am resolved," he said. "I shall not change my plans unless —" "Oh, change them just a little. I should hate to think I drove you to drink; try suicide first"—Philadelphia Ledger. UNIQUE MUSIC RACK. H»n it Bright Woman I (Mixed llrooan. • Ilckn and Ilrnlii* lo KirrU l*»t Advaolugf, WXiat a perplexing combination If is. that of luxurious tastes and consump tive pocket books, ami bow many of us suffer from it in different degrees! To the very poor it is, of course, a tragedy, but to that great army of people whose moderate incomes supply them the neces saries of life, but to whom the luxuries are a forbidden joy, It i" formidable enough. How often the wife or daugh ter sighs for some dainty addition to the parlor or sitting-room, which the many demands on the purse make impos sible. To such a timely suggestion, to gether with a small amount of confi dence and clever fingers, is invaluable and will work wonders. Hroomstick9 and brains are especially a happy com bination. I have in mind a long cherished dream of ray own, now brought to full realiza- IMPROVISED MUSIC RACK. Sticks marked ], 2 and 3 should be ?8 inches long. 4 and 5, Sa inches; fi and 7, 22 inches; Sand 9, 23 inches, and 10 and 11, 18 inches. tion through the anove medium, the tilling of which may benefit some ambi tious sister. I had the parlor and piano, which are necessities, but I want ed a music rack or case, which in the condition of my finances then was a lux ury, so I set my wits to work, and this is what they evolved—a music-rack which answers every possible require ment of utility and beauty. Having collected 11 broomsticks, I cut them to the lengths desired —three of them 28 inches long, two 39 inches, two 32 inches, two 23 inches, and two IS inches, and whittled the ends round. Then with a gimlet I bored holes, and fastened the sticks together with screws in the manner illustrated. At the cen ter crossing of the sawhorse I fastened a thin, smooth board about two inches wide, and another on each side, making a sort of trough for the music to stand In. When completed it is just three feet high and two feet two inches long, and when painted white with a coat of enamel, it makes a pretty piece of furni ture. A dash of gold paint or a bright ribbon wound between the sticks would further improve its appearance. Now, I am only a girl, neither men tally brilliant nor physically strong, but the ideo is original with me, and my own hands did the work. The result was a piece of furniture that invariably calls forth the remark: "Where did you get such a quaintly pretty music-rack?" Try it., sister, and I think you will be pleased.—M. Estelle Smlth-Hymers, in Farm and Fireside. VALUE OF SOUND FEET. Ileiint y Don't* for Women W ho Wnnt lo Have Trim Feel it ml of Health. Don't neglect the care of the feet. There is an intimate connection between the feet and the complexion. It is only when the former are in good condition that a woman looks her best. Don't fail to put on a fresh pair of stockings daily. A single night's ex posure to the air is insufficient to free stockings of moisture. Don't wear woolen stockings. Cotton ones are always preferable, except for persons who suffer from perspiration. Don't wear tight, stiff or ill-fitting shoes or boots. They are the common cause of corns, causing pressure or fric tion on the projections of the bones. Don't wear rubber overshoes in the house. Remove them at once. They interfere with the proper ventiiation of the feet, as they are air-tight. If worn too much they cause tender feet, dizzi ness and headache. Don't spend so much time learning the art of manicuring that there is no opportunity to practice pedicuring. Take a few lessons fromanexpertchirop odist. Don't attempt to freat a corn without first bathing the feet in warm water. Don't use the chisel when a bit of pumice etone will jnswer the purpose. Don't cut the nails round. Make them square. If rounded like finger nails there is danger of their growing in, and nothing is more painful than an in grown nail. Don't goto bed with cold, damp feet, If you wish to preserve your health From a hygienic point of view, a wet back should be less shunned than wet or cold feet. Don't stand for any length of time on snow or ice or the cold ground. Many diseases may be traced to cold suddenly applied to the feet. Don't think that a foot is beautiful be cause it is small. It must be in propor tion to the stature—the instep moderate- I ly high, the toes regular, the heel non protrudingand the general outlinegrace- i fill.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. White Spot* on Farnltnre. White spots on polished furniture j may be removed by rubbing the spot «%h spirits oi camphor until the color is restored. W hat a Unmlion. Maud—l drove way over there to get him and then he was gone! Alice —He couldn't have seen you com ing, could he, dear ? - Town Topics. I CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. THURSDAY, OCTOBER r 5 , t 9 03. CHEAP PRACTICAL SILO. llintN (ii\rn to the Con noc*tleal I>n i r y III«*II'N AftMOctnt ion by tUluard \HI* Alntyne. The Kilo nuiHt be practically airtight. It must be strong and durable, and should be constructed as economically as possible. 1 believe a Rood silo is the round silo, but whether the round silo is going to give the satisfaction that some think, lam not so sure. In the stave silo the lumber being uneven, it may be inclined to rot out in some places, and give more or less trouble. One thing is certain, if you build a round silo, you must build a good deal better one than if you build a square one. For hoops, flve-eighths-inch wire rope is very satisfactory. It can be bought for the same price as ihe rods, but the PI ,AN" rr tensile strength of the flve-eighths-inch rope Is very much greater than the ten sile strength of the iron rod, and it has this advantage, that it gives and takes the expansion and contraction of heat and cold better, and only needs one buckle or coupling, and it is very much more easy to put around. The round silo is best in one respect , and that is be cause it has no corners. The picture shows a silo that any body can build, who has the lumber. It is economical, strong and tight. I have three of this kind, and speak whereof I know. One has been filled, this is the thirteenth winter, and an other one has been filled for nine win ters. Anyone can build one of this sort who can handle a level and saw, or use a hammer and nails, and a good thing about them is that they can be set any where and made to conform to the size of the barn, if you want to putt hem inside. The picture shows clearly how the silo is built. The foundation is below frost, made of stones laid in cement mortar. On this is placed sills of two by six or two by eight. Matched pine siding is stood up and braced by two by eight or two by ten-inch scantling, placed as shown. The corners are put in on a bevel to avoid the square cor ner, and also tp allow of braces to strengthen the silo. A second thickness of siding should be put onto break joints. Do not use paper between the boards, as it will rot out. I have a silo built of single boards of six-inch matched pine. The lumber was as dry as I could get it, and put to gether as tight as possible, but I found after the first year that those boards would shrink apart a little, and that many places would never get tight again. That is the danger of the single board silo, and also the danger of the poorly constructed round silo. TEMPORARY GOOD ROADS. The "DrnKßlnK" S>ntem It no Many I'olntN In Itn Favor ami Cer tain!}- I« Worth Trjlng, Even the most ardent advocate of road dragging can claim only that it is an excellent makeshift. Its chief ex ponent, Mr. D. W. King, of Maitland, Mo., has written at length on the hows and whys of this system, and his arti cle, "The What Next of the Good Roads Problem?"' has been published in a bulletin by the Missouri board of agri culture. The matter is receiving con siderable attention throughout thestate, and many smooth hard stretches of road testify to the efficiency of this system as a substitute for the perma nent stone road. The stone road re quires attention. Let no one think that a pike once made takes care of itself. The writer knows of several miles of excellent macadamized and graveled roads in St. Louis county, which, un der the pressure of excessive heavy hauling during the freeze-and-thaw pe riod this spring, became cut through so disastrously as to require considerable expense in repairs. It is fair to say that in this case the drainage, while ?ood, was not perfect. Whether a sim ilar expenditure of time and energy de voted to grading and smoothing our common dirt roads at exactly the crit ical moment will justify the claims of the adherents of this system is a ques tion easily disposed of, as theequipmcnt is inexpensive. An eight-foot eight inch log split in two. the pieces fastened together with the fiat sides to the front, is all. We are not apt to be troubled with muddy roads for awhile, but the j results secured by smoothing the roads j after each spring rain are so satisfactory as to warrant a trial of the split log drag. As a Missouri man said recently: "You cannot talk long enough or hard enough to a man to make him believe what it will do. The only way for him to com prehend it is to build a drag and use it." —Rural World. BETTER ROADS to ANTED. Tritna-MflnAlsailppl Commercial COB »'«•« Favorably luiprrmrd by llrunnluw Hill. The Trails-Mississippi Commercial congress, which held its fourteenth an nual session at Seattle, Wash., not lonjj ago, took up the subject of good roads for consideration for the first time. II was a noticeable fact that whatever dif ference of opinion there might have been as to other questions under con sideration, there was absolute unanim ity prevailing as to the good roads ques tion, and the necessity for a general cooperation between the United Slates and the different states or civil subdi visions thereof, to hasten their perma nent improvement. The subject wai thoroughly dismissed by R. W. Richard son, of Omaha, Neb.; Janies W. Abbott o 1 Nevada, Col.; Hon. Martin Dodge, di rector of the office of public road In quiries, Washington, D. C., and many delegates from different states and ter ritories. Director Dodge has just returned tc his desk in Washington. In an inter view with a representative of the press Mr. Dodge has the following to say re garding the sentiment for better roads at the Trans-Mississippi congress: "'1 he point was clearly made thai many of the interior states and terri tories, especially in the mountain dis tricts, have no navigable rivers and harbors, and that, therefore, they re ceive only remote and indirect bene fits from the expenditure of the vast sums of money appropriated for the im provement of rivers and harbors, and that it would be just and equitable il the general government should lejid its assistance to the building and main taining certain public highways through such states and territories It was not contended that the United States government should bear the total cost of building such roads, but that they should pay a contributory share not to exceed one-half, as pro vided for in the Brownlow bill. This was thought to be more just on ac count of the fact that the burden of raising the enormous revenues of the United States government rests as much upon the people in the rural states and districts as upon all other classes com bined. The revenues of the general gov ernment approximate ten dollar per ca Pita per annum, whereas the rev enue of the state governments is only about one dollar per capita. The rev enues of the general government are so large, and are raised in such a man ner by indirect taxation, that there would be neither hardship nor inequity if the United States should bear a con siderable portion of the costs of improv ing some of the principal highways in tho various states and territories. It would seem that the best and most equi table method would be to require the United States to pay a portion of the cost, the state a portion, the county a portion, and the property owners In the vicinity of the road s portion." A STONE FENCE POST. Where Permanent Improvement la Dculred It Ml«kt Be Well to «ive It n Trial. The Idea Is worth trying. A stone fencepost will not rot. On ground alternately wet and dry, wooden posts do not last long. Make an open box for a mold, of the shape and size de- •- _ L THE MOULD AND THE WALL, sired for the posts. Bore holes in the bottom where holes are desired in the posts. Insert long wooden pins, as shown. Make the sides and ends of the mold slightly flaring, that the post may be gently turned out. After the box has been filled and the cement has "set," the pins can be pulled out, leav - ing the holes in the post, through which fence wire can bo passed to bind the boards or stakes, as shown. Dry grad ually, out of the sun, to prevent crack, ing.—Farm Journal. Good Itoadu and Schools. Good roads are absolutely essential to the development of good schools in the rural districts, and both together are necessary to the progress of civili zation in this country. Good roads are scarce, partly because the need of them is not sufficiently recognized and partly because so few know how to make them even when they try. Good schools are scarce for precisely the same reasons. When a country schoolhouse looks like an abandoned outbuilding and has the worst piece of road in the neighborhood leading up to it, that district may al ways be considered an excellent district in which not to buy a fs.rm.—PraiTle Farmer. Water ltcqulrcd by ilornen. Less water is required when the ration consists largely of concentrated feeds than when large amounts of coarse fod der are consumed. Of course when green, succulent feeds are given the amount of water needed Is comparative ly small. Horses consume from 25 to 90 pounds of water a day, depending upon the amount of labor they perform. At the Oklahoma station a pair of mules during hot weather drank 250 pounds in one day. The feed at that time con sisted of kaflr corn, ordinary field corn, oat« and bran. —Oranga Judd Farmer, ICuny to . iui i.ci, a aian now over seventy one $ ears ot age, and wnose home is nere. For many years this old geiLtleinan had suffered Willi a very unpleasant Joini ot Kid ney Trouble, a kind taut very olten burn ers aged people, lie would ha\e to get up lour or live tunes every night, and tin- verj tiresome disease was last wearing nun out. At last after having; almost made up his mind that tie would never lie able to get re lief, he stumbled over a medicine winch re lieved him almost immediately, and has cured nifn permanently. It. is so very easy togci and so Minnie tiiat Mr. Turner tuinks every one .should know it. livery dealer in the country lias it, and all you have to do is to ask for Dodd's Kidney Pills. Mr. Turriei says:— "I can heartily arid honestly recommend Dodd's Kidney I'ills, tor they cured me. Sev eral others in the family have used them, too, and always with the best results. 1 think they have no equal." "Tried to skin me. thnt scribbler did!" "What did he want?" "Wanted to get out a book jo'ntly, he to write the book and I to write the advertisements. I turned him down 1 wasn't going to do all the literary work!" —Haltimore News. A l.oinl Tliinn. Every issue of The Four-Track News makes it easier for ticket agents and ticket sellers to secure passengers lor distant parts of the country, fur the reason that every artieleand every illustration 111 The Four-Track News is an inducement for readers to travel and see what a marvelous variety of scenery and jlimate our own country possesses. Tiie more these facts are impressed upon the aver igc person, the more certain lie or she is to have a desire to travel. Therefore, The Kour fiaek News is not only in the interest of all the transportation lines and hotels, it also bears out the legend of its title page of "An Illustrated Magazine of Travel and Educa tion."—From the Buffalo Commercial. When a man's sunstruck he faints, but when ne's moonstruck he proposes.—Chicago Tribune. St»>ih tlie Coup.lt and works off the cold. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Price 25 cents hack is important, liut tor luck, the tool might never have any money to part with. — Puck. Three trams a day Ch eago to Califor nia, Oregon and Washington. Chicago. Union Pacific & North-Western Line. He—"And at last they agreed to marry." She —"Yes, and it was the last thing they agreed on."—Denver Republican. Do not believe Piso's ( ure for Consump tion ha.s an equal for cougns and colds.—J. F. Boyer,Trinitj Springs, Irul., Feb. IS, 1900- The trouble peddler will never 'lack cus tomers in this world. —N. 0. Times-Demo crat. Three soliu through trains daily Chicago to California. Chicago. Lnim Pacific - North-Western Line. He who begin® low can go up higher.— Farm and Home. Economy is the road to wealth. Putnam Fadeless Dye is the road to economy. The affluence of a fife may be known by its infuence. —Bain's Horn. r.very man ionaiy thinks he 1s a little oaa. —Washington (la.) Democrat. . He laughs best who sees the point of th« joke first. —Chicago Daily News. # # Mr. Borem—-"I can't imagine why she wan out when I called." Miss Pert—-"Why, didn't you just tell me she knew you were coming?" —Philadelphia Ledger. 1 he leading literary man of this community informs us that he will not make eonugh on his cotton to pay off the mortgage on his latest novel.—Atlanta Constitution. l*ond Mother (who is sure the visitor would like to hear her infant prodigy on the violin) —"Johnnie is so far advanced that now we can almo-t tell whether he is tuning or play ing."— Punch. Airs. Killings—"My husband is immoder ately fond of poetry." Mr*. Folair— "That is what J was thinking when 1 saw him read ing one of his own poems this evening.''— Boston Transcript. P s, said Miss Ho wells, after her solo. 'I intend togo abroad to finish my musical education " "Hun!" snorted Miss tiro well*, "why not finish it right now, and save the ex pense?''—Philadelphia Press, Stranger—"Are the waiters here attentive to you.'" Pretty Cashier—"Sir-r-r-r!" Stranger—-"Oh, no offence, 1 assure you. I was only carrying out the instructions as printed 011 the bill of fare, which says: 'Please report any inattention of waiters to cashier.' And I thought if they were inat tentive to you 1 would report them—that'* all."—Baltimore American. Keep Their Jawa Free. Twenty-five years ago college students cul tivated the hair on their laces more than do the students of to-day. A picture of the Columbia college boat crew which won the Henley challenge cup in 1878 discloses the fact tnat not one of the young men had a smooth face. Two of them wore mustache#, two mustache* and side-whiskers, and one had side-whiskers only. The present-day student cultivates the hair on the top of his head, but leaves his jaw and mouth un encumbered for tine college yell,—Youth's Companion. Younsjora Clear Head* mc , BROMO-SELTZER, IVjr Q OL,n JB-vjeryiiwje 7?JET I Cure Colds J by keeping' your bowels open. CASCARETS will do it without & grip or gripe and drive the cold right out of YOU. Just as soon & as you "feel like taking cold" take a CASCARET— there is » Oj NOTHING SO GOOD. K | I § A sweet bit of candy medicine, purely vegetable, absolutely harm- ® less, never grip nor gripe. A sale of over TEN MILLION boxes J§, S a year—loc, 25c, 50c—proves their great merit. He sure you get fif CASCARETS, the only original, genuine Candy Cathartic. 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