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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-22
Chinese Skill In Carving Ivory.

The skill displayed by the Chinese in
carving ivory balls within each other
has excited the wonder and admiration
OF the Europeans. Nothing can afford
greater proof Of The patience and per-
severance, u wrll ns of the taste of a
Chinese hanuicraftsman, as one of
these elegant baublcs, each ball being
eNquisitely carved, and no two alike in
pattern. Much OF thcscbaIls rolls free
ly within that which cncloscs it, and is
visible through apcrtnrcs; so that how
ever many there may be, the beauties
can be examined, and the number Of
the whole counted. Each time is spent
upon the carving Of these toys, for the
clcverest artist will employ Il whole
month in the execution OF each scpa-
rate ball; consequently the labor Of
two years isnot untrcQucntly bcstow
on the production Of single toy which
Is formed ont of n Soli'l globe Of ivory,
and has no injunction in any part. The
outside Of this globe Is carved in some
very open pattern, and is then cut
with sharp, fine instrument, through
the openings, till Il complete coating is
detached from the solid part insid
peel OF al orange might be looscncd
bya scoop from the fruit without being
taken of, One hollow ball is thus
formed, with a solid one inside of it.
The surface Of the inner ball is then
carved through tho intersticcs of the
OlltCr one and W bpn finishn1 ic onh
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-22
Changes In tho Moon.

Evidence OF changes may be. discov-
cred which can be explained. The
moon is exposed to the action of heat
other than that which prevailed her
own frame at the time ofhcr first form
alton. The SUMS heat is poured upon
the moon during the long lunar day of
more than fortnight, while during
tho long lunar night cold prevails
which must far exceed that Of our bit
terest Arctic Winters. We know from
the heat measurements made by the
present Lord Rose, that any part of the
moons surface ut lunar midday is fully
800 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than the
same part two weeks later at lunar
midnight. The alternate expansions
and contractions resulting from these
changes of temperature cannot produce
changes, however slowly, In the con-
tour Of the moons surface. Prof. Now
comb, indeed, considers that all such
changes must long since have been
completed. But cannot see how they
can be completed so long as the moons
surface is uneven, and at present there
are regions where that surface is alto
gethcr rugged. Mighty peaks and walls
exist which must one day be thrown
down, 80 unstable is their form; deep
ravines can be seen which must one day
be the scene Of tremendous land slides
50 steep and precipitous arc their sides.
Changes such as these may still occur
on so vast scale that telescopes may
hopc from time to time to recognize
them. But changes such rs these are
not volcanic; they attest no lunar vi.
tality. They are antccedently so prob.
able, indeed, while volcanic changes
are antccedcntly so unlikely, that when
any change is clearly recognized in the
moons surface nothing but the most
convincing evidence could be accepted
as demonstrating that the change was
Of volcanic origin, and not due to the
continued expansion and contraction
Of the lunar crust.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-22
A Word to tho Cornulant-

instead of regarding obesity as an
abnormal condition, many people have
enormously considered it az an evil
dence of health, and any agent that
reduces fat is therefore at once sus-
pected Of being injurious. Starting to
reason from the false position that fat
Is an evidence of health, 1t is not sur
prising that they should, very natur-
aliy' fall INTO the error of supposing
tnat an agent possessing properties ca
paole OF reducing corpulency would
prove Injurious to the health. Reason
ing, however, from the rational basis.
mat an undue deposition of fat, constl-
tuting obesity, Is not a healthy but a
morbid condition, it is quite as natural
.or lis TO arrive at the opposite conclu-
sionr which Is sustained by experience
ana observation, {. g., that the rcduc-
tion OF fat In cases Of corpulency is in
variably followed by an Improvement
OF strength, spirits and physical com.
Lorts. Allan's Anti-Fat will reduce A
iat person from 2 TO 8 pounds a week.
Sold by druggists.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-22
British Stock Yards.

Recently visited the great live stock
market of London, known rs the Met
ropolitan Market. 1t Is situated in Is
hngton, and is a we'll planned and woll
kept business place, The yard has
long rows of open pens in which the
cattle stand, tied by the neck to the
cross bars. This leaves the beast
enough liberty to admit of tho buyer
judging Of him. Every pen has room
for 100 head. The sheep pens are also
open, and hold In the aggregate $4,000
head. Tho pens for calves are raised
above the level of the yards, and are
sheltered with roofs, the sides being
open. There Is room yet again, for
loo swine. These animals remain un-
der shelter. Four thousand head of
horned cattle have room at ono time,
together with the other numbers given.
The alley way, pens, and cause ways
are fioored with granite blocks. There
are four hotels, one on every corner of
the space occupied by the market, The
MOTEL, the Black Bull, kept by the
widow Dayis, appears the favoritc.
isl,ngton Market is most easy of access.
Eramways, omnibuses and RAILWAYS
lead to1t from all directions. A strong
paltsade Of wrought iron work sur
rounds these yards, the entrances to
which are wide and handsomely orna-
mented with bulls heads. In the CEN
tre of this enclosure Is a building for
bank and market offices, also telc-
graph and post office. The sanitary
laws are rigidly enforced. The market
1sswept outand flushed every day after
business hours. On Friday there is n
market for horses, ponies and dOnkevs.
also for miscellaneous articles, where
those who will can buy anything, from
pin to steam plow. Close to tho
i've stock yards, Is what Britons call n
Iairage, where weary beasts arc rested.
and where herds and flocks arc col
lected to await market days. This
lairage is sheltered and subdivided, and
provender can be had at fair rates. In
compliance with recent act of Parlia-
ment, spacious slaughter houses have
been erected adjoining the live stock
yards. The animals are slaughtered in
most merciful manner; one blow
from the pointed end Of pole AK stuns
the beast, the butcher then inserts tho
point of tho lance into the pith, then
one cash sewers the great blood vessels
of the throat. The blood flows freely.
there is no pain, no discoloration:
death having been instantaneous.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-22
Trappists In Pennsylvania.

The announcement Is made that the
Order of Trappists has bought num-
Der Of acres Of land in Western Penn
sylv"nta with a view of establishing a
monastery there. The community, to
consist Of 200 monks from France, Ire
land, and Turkey, will be the fourth Of
the order that has now settled on this
continent. The other three are at New
Haven, Ky, New Mcllcray, Iowa, and
Iracadie, Nova Scotia, the last having
been originally founded seventy-tivc
years ago Mt Cone WACO, Penn. The
Trappists who are coming are drawn
from divers trades and professions,
being experienced mechanics. dairv-
men, artists, architects, lawyers, and
physicians, some of whom had gained
reputation In their own country before
relinquishing the world and Its vani-
Ties. They intend to put up their own
buildings and do all the work of the
monastery, beginning their labors next
Spring. The Trappists, the most aus.
trc OF all the religious orders Of the
Roman Church, were founded in the
seventeenth century by Armand Jean
de Rance. They rise at two In the
morning; devote twelve hours of the
day to sleep and devotion and the re-
mainder to hard work, mainly in the
field. No secular conversation ia ner.
mittcd; OH meeting they salute one an
other with Remember DEATH (Mensento
mort)and speak no more. They subslst ON
water and vegetables; meat, beer, and
Wine being strictly prohibited. They
sleep on a board with pillow of straw
and never undress, even In illness,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-22
Ammonia in tho Air,

DR.. r. Angus Smith, who has done
so much for the chemistry of the air,
latcly read before the Manchester lit
erary and Philosophical Society, a
paper on the distribution of ammonia,
In which he described the simplest
method yet proposed for determining
the amount of ammonia in tho air.
And since such ammonia may bo taken
as IN index of the amount OF decayed
matter In any locality, the hygiene i'm
portance Of an easy test for it Is not
small. Tho availability of the proposed
test arises from the circumstance that
ammonia is deposited from the air on
every object exposed thereto. "If YOU
pick up stone in q city, and wash off
the matter on Its surface, you will find
the water to contain ammonia. If YOU
wash your hands you VIII find the
same, and your paper, your pen, your
table cloth and clothes all show am
monia, and even a glass cover to an Or
nsment has retained some on its sur
face" In short ammonia sticks TO
everything, and can be readily washed
OIL with pure water. Hence DR.. Smith
inferred that he might save himself
much OF the trouble he had been taking
III laborious washlngs Of air to deter-
mine the presence Of ammonia. and
gain the desired end by testing the su-
perftcial deposit Of ammonia which
gathers on clean substances during or
binary exposure. Accordingly he sus-
pended small glass TASKS in various
parts Of his laboratory and examined
them daily, washing the ou,er surfaces
with pure water, and testing at once
for ammonia with the Nesler solution.
Subsequently great many observa-
tions were mado by means of glasses
exposed to air in doors and out. where
tho air was sweet where it was foul.
BY using glasses Of definite size It was
easy to determine wheth the am
monia In the air was not in excess, In
hls laboratory experin ents, ammonia
was observed when the glasses had
been exposed an hour and a half.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-22
The Texas Cow Men.

The cattle men Of Texas are not all
the same. Some bought or earned
their stock; others accumulated them.
When the war ended some who had
large herds returned homo from the
conflict to find their stock scattered in
all directions. Others started In after
the "onpleasantness, and by industry
and unscrupulousness progressed from
small beginnings often only a
branding iron and poney-to the pro-
prietorship Of big herds. Had they
been driven to accumulate their'wealth'
In any other and honester channel 1t is
safe to say they would never have made
very rapid advances. This sort of COW
man Is no more remarkable for intelli-
gence than integrity. Often he passes
for q "good fellow" in his immediate
neighborhood; but this Is because he
never stole much around home. Be-
sides, that term "good fellow" is one
of many meanings. Such cow men are
generally cow boys grown old, with all
their early vices we'll fedged and thor
oughly developed. Their most joyous
recollcctions are of the good days, now
fortunately passing away, when they
would with impunity blotch brand or
seize "maverick." Outside his circle
Of immediate friends this kind of cow
man is generally very reserved and
evasiyc in his answers, regarding all
strangers, especially lnquiring travel
ers, with suspicion. When asked a
question he does not wish to answer in
a straightforward ma nncr he assumes
puzzled air and congresses all his
pretended confusion in an interroga-
tive "which?" Then if your question
be too plain to admit Of misconstruc-
tion, and he still desires to evade you,
his drawling reply will be "Dogged ef
L know" while you are convinced
from his manner that he does know all
about 1t. There Is distinction and Il
difference, too, between the stock man
and the cow man. Many of the better
class of stock men are recent arrivals
in the State, having been attracted
thithcr by the great extent Of free pas
turage and the comparatively mild win
ters, which latter advantage 1T has been
Thought renders it unnecessary to put
up any fodder. Experience shows the
advantage Of some preparation, how
ever, for n short spell Of severe cold.
But it would be next to impossible to
provide for the big herds as they are
now disposed. OF late some advance
has been made in the handling of the
great herds that are scattered over the
State. From an era Of pure indiffer-
ence an approach has been made to
some sort OF system. Formerly they
were permitted to roam at will, and
were only looked after in the branding
season, ana when the becves were "cut
| out" along In the summer. Now the
cattle men of Northwest Texas employ
range herders, and hold their stocks
within limited areas,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-22

PREJUDICE KILLS. -" "Eleven years
our daughter suffered on bed of
misery under the care Of several of the
best (and some Of the worst) physi-
clans, who gave her disease various
names but no relief, and now she is re-
stored to us In good health by as simple
a remedy as Hop Bitters, that we had
poohed at for two years, before using
1t. We earnestly hope and pray that no
one else will let their sick suffer as we
did, on account Of prejudice against so
good medic'ne as Hop Bitters. ."-TAe
Parents
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-22

HAUNTED ME.-Debt, poverty and
suffering haunted me for years, caused
by sick family and large bills for doc
toring, which did no good. was COM
pletely discouraged, until one year ago,
by the advice of my pastor, procured
Hop Bitters and commenced their use,
and In one month we were all we'll,
since; and want to say to all poor
mon, you can keep your families we'll a
year with Hop Bitters for less than one
doctors visit will COSTA Workinq,nan,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-22

SrEwED RAnnITs.-Cut the rabbit up
in nice-sizc pieces, wash we'll and dry.
Then fry them a nice brown. Take two
large onions, slice very thin, fry and
dredge with flour. Put all in sauce
pan, with pepper, salt and some good
stock-or water, with herbs mixed, car
rots and turnips-but if possible the
stock, as only the onions are served
with 1t. Let 1t stew gently for two
hours; rub down piece of butter with
a little catsup or hot sauce. just ten
minutes before serving, stir it all to-
gcther.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-22

SARATOGA PoTAToEs.-Pecl and wash
the potatoes and cut them into thin
slices. This may be done with the slaw-
cutter; lay them in cold water until
wanted; then take them out and wipe
them by putting them in towel and
lightly rubbing them; have in frying,
pan on the fire sufficient lard to swim
the potatoes; when boiling hot drop in
a few at Il time and let them brown; {;
then lift them out with a fork, so as to
drain off the fat; set them in the oven
to keep hot. If properly done they will
be crisp and brown.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-22

MIR. D. is one Of those who think
Sunday was given for the purpose of
enabling him to do little odd Jobs about
the house. His little three-year-old
was coming down stairs one Thursday
me cfning, and seeing his father pass
through the front hall with his tool-box
In hand, she cried out innocently, ooh,
papa, Is this Sunday ?"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-22

BosroN has fashionable and very
tony" confectioner, who has decided
where tho line must be drawn. A lady
from Chester Park called the other day ,
bought some cake, and ordered it sent
home. The saleslady said it would be
impossible, awe deliver to the West
End and Back Bay. but not to the South
End"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-22

SCENE Union Railroad horse-car.
(Party ofsophomores coming home from
II "littie supper). No. l: "Don't make
so much noise, Fred you'll give your
self away to those freshmen opposite" ."
Fred: (hic) "I don't care, freshie (hic)
3 goods any other man; mere acci-
dent Of BIRTH"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-22

SYMPATHETIC sister: "Don't be so
cross, Billy. "What's the matter with
your" Billy: "Why, Tommy Stubbs
has got tho measles, and aims" SIS. ::
"Never mind, there'll DC plenty of
measles left when he's done with 'em.
BE good boy and mind all your Sun
day school teacher tells you, and per-
haps you'll have 'em. 100, some Of these
days.'
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-22
WIT AND HUMOK.

The OLD PELIcAN.-Young Bilkins
went to serenade his girl. The amateur
orchestra, Of which he was member,
had hardly squelched out the first two
bars Of "Come Who're My Love Lies
Dreaming" when the second story
window went up and Old Boggs, Ame-
lia's father, stuck his head out an | re-
marked:
,Is there no way Of compromising
this thingP"
"What-what9 gasped Bilkins.
81 say, can't we make some ar
rangement to get out of this matter.
How does 81 and an old gas stove strike
yOu?"
"Why-this-this is serenade |" ex-
claimed Bilkins.
"Exactly; 80 l see. Now suppose l
were to stand tho beer and car-fare all
round, wouldn't you 60 out into the
suburbs somewhere and work off the
rest Of 1t In front of some deaf and dumb
asylum or otherp"
"Well, Pm blowadl'' calculated the
crushed lover.
II should think you would be, ,hitched
to the end Of that big trombone. Don't
point 1t this way, for heavens sake; it
might go off,
"Come down here and say that like
itAth3 AooASu Iho IhH uium, WuO was
full of Budweiser and fury. "You
bald-headed old pelican, come down."
"I-I-think we had better-better
go, as 1t were boys" murmured the
mortified Bilkins, and the disgusted
band walked sadly of, scornfully igno-
ring Boggs' parting injunctions to re-
form and lead better lives after the thing
blew over.
He Cor THE SHow-An emaciated
individual walked up to a very dlgnified
looking man who was standing at his
gate, and said:
"Sayl''
Don't SAY me, sir; Pm John Jo-
sephus Mordaunt, late Of Mordaunt
Hall, and I want you to understand
1t, sir!"
els that so?'
eyes, sir, that's so;" shrieked J. j.
NJ.
"Well, then, Pm John James Simp-
son, late of the workhouse, and want
to get show to shovel the snow off
your walk"
He got the show.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-22
THE HOUSEHOLD. -

greenness In onions and potatoes that
renders them hardest to digest. For
heaIth's sake, put them in warm water
for an hour before cooking.
The only kind of stove with which
you can preserve uniform heat Is a
gas stove; with it you can simmer pot
for an hour or boil 1t at the same rate
for twenty minutes.
Good flour Is not tested by Its color.
white flour may not be the best. The
test OF good flour Is by the amount of
water 1t abSorbs.
In cooking a fowl, to ascertain when
1t Is done, put skewer into the breast
and If the breast is tender the fowl is
done.
A fe" dried or preserved cherries,
with stones out, are the very best things
possible to garnish sweet dishes.
Single cream is cream that has stood
on the milk twelve hours. 1t is best for
tea and coffee. Double cream stands on
Its milk twenty-four hours, and cream
for butter frequently stands forIy-eight
honrs; Cream that is to be whipped
should not be butter cream, lest in
whipping it change to butter.
10 beat the whites of eggs quickly
put in pinch Of salt. The cooler the
eggs the quicker they will froth. Salt
cools and also freshens them.
In boiling eggs hard put them In
Dolllng water ten minutes and then
put them In cold water. 1t will prevent
tho yolks from coloring black.
You must never attempt to boil the
dressing of clear soup in the stock,
for it will always discolor the soup.
IN making any sauce put the butter
and Hour In together and your sauce
will never be lumpy.
Nynt L.
from the side of the pan you may know
your flour or cornstarch is done.
Boiled fowl with sauce, over which
CRATE your yolk of eggs, is a magnitl-
cent dish for luncheon.
Icpld water Is produced by COM
bining two-thirds cold and one-third
boiling.
10 make maccaroni tender, put it in
cold water and bring it to a boil. 1t
Will then be much more tender than If
put In hot water or stewed in milk
The yolkof eggs binds the crust much
better than the whites. Apply it to the
edges with brush.
Old potatoes may be frcshened up by
plunglng them into cold water before
cooking.
Never put a pudding that Is to be
steamed in anything else than dry
mould.
Never wash raisns that are to be used
In sweet dishes. 1t will make the pud-
ding heavy. 10 clean them wipe in a
dry towel.
10 brown sugar for sauces or pud-
ding put the sugar in Il perfectly dry
saucepan. If the pan Is the least bit wet
the sugar will burn and you will spoil
your saucepan.
Outlets and steaks may be fried as
well rs broilcd, but they must be put in
hot butter or lard. The grease Is hot
enough when it throws Oft blush
smoke.
The water used in mixing bread must
he teptd hot. If it is too hot, the loaf
will be full of great holes.
10 boil potatoes successfully: When
the skin breaks, pour Off the water and
let them finish cooking in their own
steam.
In making crust of any kind do not
melt the lard in the flour. Melting will
iniurc the crust.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-22

SCENE-Dinner party OIL the finish of
second course. Mr.. Host: "Oh, Mrs.
Brown. could l assist you to q small
piece more flsh?" Mrs. Brown, (who
has been raised above.hcr original posi-
tton): "Oh, no, thank you; am quite
satisfied - leastways as regards the
fish,"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-22

BRIaHr little girl: "The robbers
can't steal my mammals diamond car
rings, 'cause papa's hid them" Visitor:
"Whcre has he hid them?" Little girl :
"Why, [ heard him tell mamma he had
put them up the spout, and he guessed
thcy would stay there. :"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-22

GARDENERS are said to have discover
ed that the third transplanting of let
tuce. cabbage, celery, and cauliilowcrs
increases their size and body nearly
one-half beyond the first removal.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-22

TOTAL abstainer: ooh, Shuflles
Shutfies, Intoxicated againl Do you
know the place where drunkards 70 p
Shutfles: "Coursh do-(hic)-tht
plas'h where they.-(hlc)--cansh ge
mosh for their monish."
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-22
Worms. worm
Worms.

Il. Is. Kunkels Worm Syrup never fails to
destroy Pin, Scat and Stomach Worms. DR..
Kunkei the only successful physician who re-
moves Tape Worm in two hours, alive with
mead and no fee until removed. Common
sense teaches II Tape Worms can bo removed
an other worms can be readily destroyed. Ad-
vice at Office and storo, free, The doctor can
tell whether or not the patient has worms.
thousands are dying daily, with worms, and
Go no1 Know 1t: Fits. spasms, cramps, ohok-
rs 9 anu ssHnocation' s saliow complexion. circles
around the eyes. swelling and pain in the
st 'mach, restless at night. grinding of the
10 ,th, picking at the nose cough, fever. itch.
ing at the sea-, headache, foul breath, the ps,
.e uent grows pale and thin, tickling and irrita-
more @ 10 come ane annsa iro these and
WORM SYRUP never fails TO remove them
Price: u per ottle. or six bottles for S6. 90.
lfor Tape Worm write and consult the doctor
Tor iTn all others, bny, Of your druggists the
worm Syrup, and II he has it not. send to DR.
e. +, KuNKEL, 269 N. Ninth st., PHILADELPHIA
ia. Advice by mail, free sond three-cent
stamp. 9'
X. +. Kunkeps Bitter Wine of Iron.
The great sucot ss and delight Of the people
In fact, nothing Of the kind has ever been
ofered TO the American people which has go
quickly found it's way into their good favor
and hearty approval as T.. f. KUNKEI,s BIrrEn
WINE or IRON. 1t does all 1t proposes, and
thus gives universal satisfaction. f is guar.
anteed TO cure the worst case Of dyspepsia or
indigestion, kidney or liver disease, weakness.
nervousness. constipation. acidity of the
stomach. DO Get the genuine. Sold only In
$i'g bottles. or six bottles for $500. Ask for
take no other. II your druggist has 1t not. send
to the Proprietor, f. T. KUNKEL, 260 Moth
Ninth Street. Philadelphia, Pa Advice free
enclose three-cent stamp.