AS STRAIGHT MEN SEE HIM.
The Dead-Beat Is Probably the Most
Despised Creature That Walks
the Earth.
No man is wholly free from sin, but
so many lesser evils are tolerated that
a man should hesitate long before be
coming a dead-beat. Criminals are de
spised and abhorred, but to the dead
beat all that is coming, as well as the
contempt of his fellow men. There is
something at once so mean and so lit
tle in taking advantage of the confi
dence which comes with friendship
that the hand of every man is turned
against a dead-beat as soon as his
reputation is well established. The
dead-beat may fondly imagine he is
living easy and making money with
out work, and, of course, he takes no
account of the confidence he violates
and the hardships he inflicts on oth
ers. But, that aside, he really has a
harder time than the man who is
honest and fair. He is compelled to
move a good deal, and peace of mind
he knows not. Like other types of
crooks, he doesn't prosper, and his
finish is more unpleasant than the be
ginning.—Atchison Globe.
CHILD "HAD SIXTY BOILS.
And Suffered Annually with a Red
Scald-Like Humor on Her Head.
Troubles Cured by Cuticura.
"When my little Vivian was about
eix months old her head broke out in
boils. She had about sixty in all and
I used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura
Ointment which cured her entirely.
Some time later a humor broke out be
hind her ears and spread up onto
her head until it was nearly half cov
ered. The humor looked like a scald,
very red with a sticky, clear fluid com
ing from it. . This occurred every
spring. I always used Cuticura Soap
and Ointment which never failed to
heal it up. The last time it broke
out it became so bad that I was dis
couraged. But I continued the use of
Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Resol
vent until she was well and has never
been troubled in the last two years.
Mrs. M. A. Schwerin, 674 Spring Wells
Ave., Detroit, Mich., Feb. 24, 1908."
Drag ft Chem. Corp., Solo Props., Boston.
Almost Any Mother.
The mother of a large family fell
ill and died and the attending phy
sician reported that she died of star
vation. It was incredible, but he
proved it: The woman had to get the
dinner and then spend the next two
hours in waiting on the family and
getting the children to the table. It
was never on record that she got all
of them there at the same time and
they came straggling in all the way
from potatoes to pie. By the time
she had wiped the last face, her own
hunger had left her and she had no
desire to eat. Chickens, the doctor
said, come running at feed time, but
children don't. A hen has a better
chance to eat than a mother. —Atchi-
son Globe.
Starch, like everything else, is be
ing constantly improved, the patent
Starches put on the market 25 years
ago are very different and inferior to
those of the present day. In the lat
est discovery—Defiance Starch —all
injurious chemicals are omitted, while
the addition of another ingredient, in
vented by us, gives to the Starch a
strength and smoothness never ap
proached by other brands.
Tea Possibilities.
"I have just had an invitation to an
electrical tea to be given by a woman
doctor," said the bachelor girl. "I'm
looking forward to it and wondering
what is going to happen to us —
whether she will give us a little bat
tery and let us entertain ourselves,
make the tea on an electric stove, or
just electrocute the bunch of us."
Important to Mothera.
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTQKIA a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
Bears the s/&/>
Signature of
In Use For Over Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought.
Couldn't Bla.ne the Boy.
"Young man," said the stern parent,
"when I was your age I had to work
for a living." .
"Well, sir," answered the nivolous
ly inclined youth, "I'm not to blame
for that. I have always disapproved
of my grandfather's attitude in the
matter."
Then He Moved On.
"Hello'." said the bore, leaning over
the ofllce railing, "what's new this
morning?"
"That paint you're leaning against,"
gleefully replied the busy man.—Cale
donian.
Pore throat ia no trifling ailment. It
will sometimes carry infection to the en
tire system through the food that is eaten.
Hamlins Wizard Oil ia a sure, quick cure.
When you hear a girl speak of a
young man as being a bear —well, you
can draw your own conclusions.
Bags of
Leather and
Others
There has been a new favor ac
corded to patent leather and many of
the smartest new bags for practical
use are in this leather. It does not
wear so well as many other black
leathers, but It has a brightness for
eign to any of the other leathers, save
morocco, a youthful air, and made up
In attractive shape with lining of some
gay color, it certainly deserves popu
larity, even If It does show wear ra
ther quickly.
The patent-leather bags are in al
most every case more effective than
any of the other leathers. The de
tails of the bags give them individ
uality even when shapes vary little
and the last word seems to have been
said In the matter of fittings. Vanity
cases, opera glasses, tiny fans, card
cases, change purses, pencils, address
books, all are packed into miracu
lously narrow limits.
The ingenuity exercised in the plan
ning of the bag fittings deserves un
stinted praise. Many women, how
ever, prefer to distribute these fit
tings among various bags instead of
crowding them into one. There is
the ample shopping bag of pigskin,
morocco, patent leather or other leath
er. It has purses for change and for
bills and it has a card case, but the
rest of Its space Is left free for small
articles and packages.
For luncheon downtown there is a
smaller bag (also used for matinee
purposes), containing the Indispens
able vanity equipment, mirror, pow
der puff or cloth and possibly other
items. It may have the little opera
glasses and fan, too.
For visits a flat envelope bag or
small handsome bag with handle Is
the thing if one carries anything in
leather. A purse or bag of netted
gold, silver or gunmetal is often pre
ferred, but it should be large enough
to hold cards as well as handker
chief,-and if one Is traveling by car a
small change purse.
Lizard skin Is considered a good
skin for dressy occasions, but the
leather workers are so clever in their
use of dyes now that one may have a
bag to match almost any costume.
The very pale biscuit and gray tones
and white are used for beautiful
purses and small bags, often gold
mounted and having precious stones
set in their clasps. A new shape as
shown by one well-known leather
goods firm shows a succession of
overlapping (laps inclosing separate
pockets. This model has taken ex
tremely well. Another well-liked mod
el has its original note in the smooth,
plain mounting of metal curving down
ward slightly in the middle, and in
the plain metal handle, which seems
a continuation of the mounting. From
this same shop comes a bag with
right angle double handle of leather,
beneath which the bag Is cut down a
little, the sides being left higher. The
flap of a small change compartment
buttons down on the outside of the
bag.
Neat Candle
Design for Candle Shade, with One-Fourth Pattern.
ALL manner of fairs, bazars and
lawn parties are being held for
one purpose or another and those
In charge are on the lookout for things
both novel and useful. Attractive
candle shades fill the bill admirably,
as they prove ready sellers. One of
the most effective and at the same
time inexpensive variety of shades is
made on a frame of heavy water
proof paper, painted black, with a thin
paper, such as Japanese rice paper or
very thin water-color paper, painted
In beautiful bright colors and lined In
India ink to give the effect of leaded
glass. It is very simple to make and
charming when finished and lighted.
The design for a round candle
shade is given and one-fourth of the
pattern. The pattern given Is merely
repeated four times, with a half-Inch
seam at each end, to be turned In at
right angles to the shade and fastened
with brads. Another way to finish is
to leave a flap on one side only and
glue the other side over It. A strong
glue must be used; mucilage or pho
tograph paste will not do.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1909.
Proper Service
at Dinn
Table
The young housekeeper, setting np
her own establishment, sometimea
finds it difficult to instruct the maid
who serves the family meals to do the
work noiselessly and properly. Per
haps the first principle to learn is
that everything should be handed to
the left side of the person who is sit
ting, which enables them to serve
themselves easily with the right.
In laying the table one must have
an eye to preserving balance with ev
erything that la put on. That is, If a
salt cellar is placed at one side there
must be another in the corresponding
place on the other. A fern or a dish
of fruit or even an empty dish, if it
is a pretty one, must always be placed
in the very center. Around that are
the extra forks and spoons, as attrac
tive as you can arrange them.
In front of the places of persons
who are to be seated there must be a
plate. The knife is put at the right
side and the forks at the left, the
tines pointing up. If there is a soup
spoon it goes beside the knife. The
oyster fork also is next to the spoon
and knife, but that for oysters is the
only fork that is placed at the right.
All the others goto the left. If more
than one Is required, as for salad
after the meal, the larger fork goes
next to the plate. Spoons for dessert,
whether they are large or small, are
over the plate; that is, are across the
top. The napkin should be folded
with two points under and laid in the
plate, a square of bread being tucked
away in it if the meal is dinner.
To give exact directions for serv
ing a meal is almost impossible, for it
depends entirely upon the mistress
and whether she wishes it done for
mally or simply. According to present
custom a plate should always be
placed before a person as soon as one
is removed, so that the place is never
empty. In very simple living this ia
not done.
Few housekeepers have more than
the roast on the table these days, veg
etables being at the side table frojn
which they are handed by the maid,
who returns them there after each
person has been served.
If they are to be kept on the table
one would be at one side, another at
the other side of the meat, or two
dishes might be put at the foot of the
table. That is a matter of individual
preference which each housekeeper
decides.
The maid serving should wear a
small white cap and a big apron with
bib and straps over the shoulders and
crossing at the back. It is most be
coming.
Quiet in the dining room is a thing
that must be striven for by the maid.
A noisy person is an abomination and
the rattle of dishes and clash of silver
should not be permitted.
New silk parasols have handles to
match, made of enameled or lacquered
wood.
The first step Is to trace the pattern
on the heavy water color paper by
means of carbon paper, then paint it
black and cut it out The frame will
then look like the small diagram in
the upper right-hand corner of the
sketch.
Next the panels may be traced and
painted In water color, using these
colors: Clouds, white; sky, light co
balt blue; water, darker blue; trees
green; land in foreground, a shade
darker green; hills in middle distance,
yellow green; hills in distance, vio
let; castle, medium gray, with roofs
in soft old terra cotta; windows, pur
ple; bridge, darker gray than castle,
underneath part of bridge purple; re
flection of bridge in water, purple;
reflection of clouds in water, white
When the paint is perfectly dry ga
over all the lines with India ink and a
coarse pen. The panels are now ready
to glue into the frame.
The tiny thumb sketch In the up.,
per left-hand comer of tho cut 6howi
the completed ehade.
PRESERVE FARM FENCE
POSTS FROM ROTTING
Labor of Replacing Them and How to Secure New and
uurable Ones Are Sources of Constant
Annoyance and Expense.
Every farmer is familiar with the
rotting of his fence posts at the sur
face of the ground. The labor of re
placing them and how to secure new
and durable posts are sources of con
stant annoyance and expense. Even
the more durable woods such as
chestnut, white oak and cedar, decay
in eight, or ten years. It is true that
there are a few kinds of woods in the
United States, such as locust and
osage-orange, which give much longer
service, but their supply, never very
large, is rapidly becoming exhausted,
Treating Posts for Preservation.
and the farmer just now look to
some other source for his posts. Per
haps directly on his farm there may
be a patch of woods which includes
such trees as black oak, beech, maple
or pine, and cottonwoods and willows
may grow along the banks of his
streams. These are trees which here
tofore have been thought of little or
no use for posts, because of the rapid
ity with which they are attacked by
decay. In their natural condition, they
will rot in two or three years—too
soon to pay for the labor of setting
them. The forest service in its study
of prolonging the life of fence posts
has found cheap and simple methods
of preserving them in a sound condi
tion for an indefinite time, even
though they are the poorest and nat
urally least durable woods.
Decay is not a simple process like
the crumbling of stone or the rusting
of iron. It is caused by low forms of
plant life which thoroughly permeate
the wood, discolor it and cause it
to become disconnected and "rot
ten." To preserve the timber in a
thoroughly sound condition, it is only
necessary to render the wood unfit for
the growth of these organisms. This
is done by injecting into it substances
poisonous to plant life.
One of the most widely used pre
servatives is creosote, one of the by
products of coal tar. When it is in
jected into the wood, decay will be
retarded indefinitely and an old-field
pine or a cottonwood fence post when
properly treated, will easily give a life
of 20 years or longer. Such a preserv
ative treatment costs about ten cents
per post. The creosote can be applied
by painting the wood with a brush or
dipping it into the liquid, but much
better results will be obtained if it is
actually Injected into the wood instead
CUTTINGAND
SHOCKING GRAIN
There Are Certain Stages in Ma
turing to Cure for Storing
in Mow.
There are certain stages in the ma
turing of grains when it is safe to cut
and shock in order to cure for the
storing in the mow or stack. The old
rule of cutting the wheat when the
kernel is in the dough is hardly appli
cable at present. It should stand un
til the kernel has hardened, but
should be cut while the joints of the
stem are yet green. Bearded wheats
can stand a little longer than the bald
varieties, as they do not shell as read
ily, and the beards are a protection to
a certain extent. Bald varieties of
wheat sprout during moist weather
sooner than the bearded varieties.
Barley should be cut at that stage
when the most of it has turned white.
If allowed to turn yellow there is dan
ger of loss, as the heads, after they
turn down, which they do when they
turn yellow, break off very easily and
are lost. For malting, the barley must
be cut while it is whjte, and if it can
be secured without any rain, it is
considered in perfect condition.
Whether for malting or feed, the
white stage, just before it is ripe,
is the proper one at which to cut bar
ley in order to get the most,grain and
best results.
Movable Farm Schools.
The United States department of ag
riculture recommends the establish
ment of movable schools of agricul
ture by the state experiment stations.
Where 15 farmers can be secured as
students the schools may be conducted
lor a year or longer. The kind of in
structiou will depend on the needs of
th« section.
of merely coating the outside. If the
"brush" method, or painting, is used,
the creosote should be applied at a
temperature of about 180 degrees F.
Two coats should be given at least 24
hours apart. If the posts are dipped
directly into the preservative, the
creosote should be heated to about
the same temperature. The best re
sults of all can be obtained by first
heating the posts in a bath of hot
creosote and then either transferring
them quickly to a bath of creosote at
a lower temperature, or else shutting
off the heat and allowing the posts to
remain in the oil as it cools. B,y such
a method, the sapwood will become
thoroughly permeated with the creo-
Dipping the Post.
sote. Full details and specific direc
tions for the treatment of different
kinds of posts may be obtained by ap
plication to the Forester Washington
D. C.
Feed and Pasturage.
The horses are mostly kept up the
year round, fed hay in winter and
soiling crops in summer. All the
young cattle and dry cows are stable
fed on soiling crops during the sifm
mer. The cows iu milk only are go
ing to the fields, where instead of be
ing turned loose they are secured by
tethers.
The tethers are of rope and chain
(the chain part has a swivel on it)
and are about ten feet in length, and
are fastened to a chain about the
horns. An iron pin about ten inches
long is driven into the ground with a
mallet to keep the animals in place
These pins are pulled up and moved
a few inches or a few feet forward
two or three times a day, according to
the growth of grass in front of them.
A heid oi milch cows in that way will
start at one end of a field ten feet
apart, each one eating a swath across
the field, when the part first eaten
over is ready to be gone over again
In this way a field is gone over a
dozen times or more in a season. If
the grass in June, as it usually does
gets the start of the cows, it is cut
| into hay. The winter feed of the
cows is a little lock of hay night and
morning, possibly four or six pounds,
and a bushel or more of cut mangles!
It is safe to say that 75 per cent, or
more of a Jersey cow's feed in winter
is roots.
Alfalfa on Sheep Farms.
I have been much interested in the
use of alfalfa on sheep farms, both as
a pasture crop and as hay. Last sum
mer, while in France, I saw many
flocks hurdled on rape and sainfoin
fields, this being their only food dur
ing the season. The Frenchman is
a very light feeder of grain at best
to any kind of stock. In fact, sheep
get very little as concentrates in
France. Yet, over there, alfalfa is a
universal and popular crop.—K»-
change.
Reslnol Is Appreciated and Highly
Recommended by Intelligent People
in All Parts of the World.
I highly recommend Resinol Oint
ment to all persons who are troubled
with skin eruptions of any kind. I
have found these preparations most
useful and efficacious in many cases.
M. F. Ryan, Bedford Sq., London.
A Trying Time.
Judge Why did you strike this
man?
Prisoner—What would you do,
Judge, if you kept a grocery store
and a man came in and asked if he
could take a moving picture of your
cheese? —Harper's Weekly.
With a smooth iron and Defiance
Starch, you can launder your shirt
waist just as well at home as the
steam laundry can; it will have the
proper stiffness and finish, there will
be less wear and tear of the goods,
and it will be a positive pleasure to
use a Starch that does not stick to the
iron.
If a man never told a lie it's be
cause no young mother «>ver asked
him what lie thought of her baby.
Mr*. Wlnnlow'® Poothlnjj Sjrrnp.
For chthlrcri tectMitir, Rofu*ns the winreduce* li>
Humiliation, allays pull*,cured wlutl colic. l&cu bottltt.
An easy beginning doesn't always
justify the finish.
OWES ~
HER
LIFE TO
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Vienna, W. Va. — "I feel that I owe
the last ten years of my life to Lydia
ir —. ; —E. l'inkham's Yege
table Compound.
Eleven years ago I
far*.-"'} was a walking
•Mb 1 shadow. I had been
Wff under the doctor's
m W&2 carebutgotnorelief.
Zt'C j: My husband per
• t ike- ™ #• suaded me to try
•. % 112 Lydia E. Pinkham's
s ,'y<li'>y' Vegetable Com
pound and it worked
like a cliarm. It re
lieved all my pain©
and misery. I advise all suffering
women to take Lydia E. Pinkliam'a
Vegetable Compound."— MlLS. EMMA,
W IIEATON", Vienna, W- Va.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or harm
ful drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number of actual cures
of female diseases of any similar medi
cine in the country, and thousands of
voluntary testimonials are on file in
the Pinkhain laboratory at Lynn,
Mass., from women who have been
cured from almost every form of
female complaints, inflammation, ul
ceration, displacements, fibroid tumors,
irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
indigestion and nervous prostration.
Every such suffering woman owes it to
herself to give Lydia E. Pi kham's
Vegetable Compound a trial.
If you would like special advice
about your case write a confiden
tial letter to Mrs. Pinkhain, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free,
and always helpful.
LBbby's Cooked
Corned Beef
There's a marked distinc
ti on between L/hby's I
Oooked Corned
Boot and even ■ the best
that's sold in bulk.
Evenly and mildly cured
and scientifically cooked in
Llbby's Great White
Kitchen, all the natural
flavor of the fresh, prime
beef is retained. It is pure
wholesome, delicious and
ready to serve at meal time,
Saves work and worry in
summer.
Other Libby "Healthful"
Meal-Time-Hints, all ready
to serve, are:
Peerless Dried Beef
Vienna Sausage
Veal Loaf
Evaporated Mttk
Baked Beans
Ohow Ohow
Mixed Pfoklea
"Purity goes hand in hand
with Products of the Libby
brand".
Write for free Booklet,—
"How to make Good
Things to Eat".
Insist on
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