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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1883-09-20
Gu purs lace is very popular IN Paris

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Gupurs lace is very popular in Paris
| for u m ng summe Dire O.. 1t is
very wide. ecru in color and the de-
| sign comes in relief. It is called gui-
pure kremlin, and it looks very well
onyelet crepe de chine or sateen.
Real laees are again worn, and
elderly women are bringing to light all
their treasures in the way of Venetian
rose point. Chantilly flounces, Brussels
thread and antique guipure laces. 1t
is said that lace points and shawls are
also to be revived.
dresses made entirely of lace are
|liraped with pompon bows over orange,
pink, straw and cream color. The
bodiees are generally Of velvet, the
LA ne color as the satin underneath the
lace, and are opened in the front and
l,ut square in the back, but not low.
a charming way of adorning the
numerous fancy muslins, now so much
worn . is to coil ribbons Of two con-
irasting shades-say pale blue and
pale pink-round the neck, thin carry
Them thus inter!aced down the center
Of the bodice, to terminate either at
the waist or lower part Of the pannier
in a shower of merry, dancing loops,
the twin ribbons being caught down
alltheir course by spr gs Of mignonette,
1orgetrme-not or red currant.
& a white satin dress, trimmed with
wheat ear, is very pretty. Fruit
comes into the trimming Of dresses for
evening wear more than flowers. a
pale pink satin dre;s, with short skirt,
effecte with a sort of founce of red
currants. is one mode, and a garland
OF apricots surrounds the square cut
bodice of white satin dress. Fruit
n sy be pretty, but there is nothing
that will ever take the place of aow-
ers-be ide, the latter are in infinitely
better taste.
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ElRm. F GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Ne,v :. wrin,,le 4, 8Eortlculttre.

500 ~ No. ~ ~ "a :
I" II Horticulturists, says the Formers
Uaio7a, care learning something new
every day in regard to the cultivation
and growing OF fruit trees. Hereto
fore it has been a common practice
with many in setting out orchards to
heavily manure the exact locality
where the trees were to be deposited,
without scattering it all over the sur
face. Practical experience has devel-
oped the fact that all Of the land set
apart Cor the orchard should be ma
nured. Spread it broadcast. so that the
extremities of the roots can be bene-
flied by it. Manuring heavily in a
small compass at the crown or foot OF
tree-atter it has been set out. or
even after it is in beariDg-only has a
tend ncy to aid the immediate part at
fected; while by spreading it all over
the surface ali the roots will be bene-
flied, and will be found much better
than confning the fel tilizer to the foot
Of the tree. At the same time, instead
of cultivating small circle about the
foot of the tree stir up the whole sur
face; cultivate all the ground alike"
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1Iiidew oil Cseaui.

Butter is one of the most COM
plicated products; its quality depends
upon great variety OF conditions
the cow, the food, the air of the stable.
the water, the milk pals, pans and the
place where the milk is set, beside
many other things. When cream le.
comes covered with a sort Of pimples
all over the surface. with here and
there yenowish or reddish dots or spots
upon it, it is attacked by specie OF
mildew or fungus, which very soon
spreads ali through it. This spoils the
flavor OF the butter. From some
troublesome and careful experiments
the past winter the writer Is convinced
that this is caused by too much damp
ness in the milkroom cellar and the
presence of germs of mildew. The
first was corrected by putting some
fresh lime in the milkroom, which ab-
sorbed the excess of moisture, and by
burning sulphur in it to disinfect it
and destroy the mildew germs. BY
burning sulphur sulphurous acid is
produced, aid this is a very active
l.ntiseptic and destructive of all kinds
of molds, mildews and ferments. 1t
would also be well to look closely to
the water drunk by the cow.-Er-
change.
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Old, but Good.

"Yes," she sighed, "the world is
hard, especially to the poor. 1 often
think that the good people who eulogize
work so highly do not know much of
overwork." "Quite true" assented
Mrs. Sotheran. "Poor Sarah Demp-
ster, yonder (she pointed to neighbor-
ing tombstone), was of your opinion
her epitaph, unlike those of most of
us, paints her life as it really was. If
YOU never read it, 1t is worth your
while to do So" The tombstone is in a
neglected corner Of the churchyard,
overgrown with nettles and long
grasses, but its inscription was still
legible:
Here lies poor woman, who always wa
tired,
Who lived in house where help was not
Tired:
Her last words on earth we're, "Dear friends,
Where washing amt done. nor sweeping,
nor sewing:
But everything there is exact to my wishes.
For where they don't eat there's no washing
| up dishes.
I'll be where loud anthems will always be
ringing,
But having no voice, I'll get clear of the
| singing.
Don't mourn for me now, don't mourn fol
me never,
Pm going to do nothing forever and ever. u
"That may not be poetry" observed
Mrs. Sotheran, with unconscious pla'
giarism, "but it's true. There is moth
ing much worse than overwork."-
James Payn, in LongmGp's Magazine
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Put Out His Eye.

There is a lady in London, the
daughter of a Dobleman, who is con-
spicuous for her affection and devo.
ton to her husband, who has lost one
of his eyes. The story is a sad one.
During their courting days the gentle
man used to spend his Sundays at her
fathers villa, not far from London
One Sunday morning the lady went to
church without him, and on her re-
turn saw him sitting at the open draw
ing-room window nodding over
newspaper. For a joke she threw her
prayer-book, intending to hit the news
paper and so waken him, but she
missed her aim, and the sharp corner
Of the book entered his eye, depriving
him Of the sight Of it forever.
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Mitts are not worn with full dress.
Dark blue canvas grenaoine, draped
ever silk and tasteful ytr mmed, forms
most becoming co.tume.
In.h-wide ecru linen braids have
embroidered figures worked in India
red and indigo blue cotton.
Nuns veilings, though pretty, have
become very common, and are now
only worn in the morning.
A rich arriage cloak in blue satin
is studded with plush flowers n the
faded shades known as old gobelins.
The English fashion of wearing
light gray or drab riding habits in
summer is gradually being adopted in
this country.
4 late costume of ecru batiste is
embroidered with small corn flowers.
The hat is of ecru lace, trimmed with
corn flowers.
Oval medallions of leather basket
J work are set on Guff linen bands
which have their edges wrought with
blue and gold.
White linen sco|loped borders have
beautiful Persian designs stitched in
bright red and blue and embroidered
with gold thread.
An evening dress of pink shows a
!, bird of paradise, with outstretched
wings, perching on a bouquet Of flow
ers, embroidered on the train.
For cool days there are short, c'ose
fitting jackets in blue rigogne, trimmed
in silver and black braid, and fastened
with silver FURNISHED buttons.
A new pelisseSS in bronze velvet,
embossed with large palms; velvet
sash, with large tassels at the side.
Russian sleeves. fuA at the top.
The Langtry" method Of wearing
the hair is going out. By Christ:uas
ali the women and girls will be wear
ing their hair on the top of theiE
headgs
The lawn tennis blouse is gath
cred belted waist Of white or light
cloth with a deep blLe'sailor collar. I.
IS worn with a sailor necktie and wide
canvas belt.
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RagOrS.

Primarily razor, to be good, New
York expert said to a Sun reporter,
must be made of good steel, but it
must also be ground properly to be fit
for shaving. Everything, in fitting
any edge tool for use, depends upon a
correct understanding Of the service
it is expected to perform, and a nice
adaptation Of its edge to just
that service. A carving-knife, for
instance, must be ground fat on one
side and wedge-shaped on the other;
pocket-knife must be ground convex,
and have sufficient thickness behind
its edge to keep it; and razor must
be ground thin and concave. See this
one, for instance. 1t is, as you will
observe, thinner a little back Of the
edge than close to it, hardly thicker
than sheet Of paper. Nip the end of
its edge with your thumb nail, and you
will hear it ring like little silver bell.
More razers are spoiled by improper
grind ng than in any other way. The
only way to know positively whether
razor good or not is to shave With it.
The eye viii not determine its quality.
But even if a "a :or is Of the best steel,
and faultlessly ground, it may be
spoiled and rendered quite unit for
shaving by improper stropping. A
little too much stropping, or not quite
enough, and you will have bad edge.
Thsn the razor, which is really not all
to lame, is conde nned as no good.
A razor is supposed to be better
for a rest after it has been used for a
good while. And it is. My idea
a out it is that an imperceptible rust
gathers on it in dsuse, and when that
is honed and stropped off its edge is
thinner and sharper than before. But
you will not infrequently hear bar
Der speak of a razor as being tired
and needing rest" Many men avoid
wearying razor by constant use by
the expedient of having several and
using them in turn. Here. for exam
pie. is what we term " ca endar case"
got up to meet the requirements of
gentlemen who take that sensible view
of their razors. It contains, as you
will observe, seven fine razors, lettered
on the backs for the days of the week.
Such cases are sold at various prices,
all the way up from 81 to $50. Why
do call It "a sensible viewp Be-
carIse, naturally, sew \ razorS, by such
changing round, will each do but one
seq qenth Of what would be required Of
onsi razor in constant use, and conse-
gu.ntly the evil day Of regGinding is
put seven times further away. Some
men have a great number of razors,
and keep adding to their collection all
the time.
4 good razor is worth from $3.50
to 230, but there are cheap kinds
sold as low as 50 dozen. There are
infinite number Of styles and sizes Of
razors. Some like a big, heavy blade;
others 3 small, light, very narrow and
deeply concaved blade. Irather think
the latter are least liable to cut the
skin. In all cases the blade and han
die of the razor should balance per-
fectly when it is held in position for
uSe
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F0R ME FAN SEX
ceursIng Is N1axie 8.

q Counting, from all accounts, is a
pretty tough job in Mexico. The
young man is first supposed to mset
the young lady on the plaza. They
never speak, but they Ssa1ss gaze at
each other as they pa zen the
lady does not make her appearance on
the plaza the young man viii repair
70 the street fronting the house, and
walk up and down in front OF it for
several hours. He viii always gaze
earnestly at the window as he passes.
The young lady and her female friends
are inside, and she will return his
glance. After 10 o'clock the young
man viii go horne. Ttis performance
is continued for a copole of months,
and at last the young man
{ VIII knock boldly at the door
and ask for the sady Of the
) house. He viii tell her he is in de-
SPAR. That her daughter is an angel
from the Paradise valley of Heaven /;
thatshe is beautiful beYond compare;
that she is better than she is beautiful;
that he is idly in love with her,
and that life has no possible intere t
ss0r him unless he can. win her. He
Z viii then tell Of his pr aspects in life,
whas ne is possessed OF and h5pes to
be possessed Of. If this latter is sat-
5 slsfactory to the mamma, she will COM
miserate with him tell him that she
has noticed his attentions to her
daughter, and finally conclude by in
Fiting him to the inner circle and in
Producing him to the Ronng lady in
the presence Of the a sem led family.
The grandma if there is grandma
in the family WI sit between the
young peop.e and witneSs their cooling.
All the rest Of the family remain in
the room also, unless they are other
wise engaged, but under no Cir
cumstances must the young peo-.
pie be left alone a second. This, you
win admit, is pretty tough, but that
is not half what the young man must
suffer before the padre closes the bar
gsin and gives him a propr etary inter-
est in his lady love- If, perchance, the
young lady has a pair of big brothers-
and such is generally the case-the un-
fortunate swain is, expected to treat
them to mescal and cigarettes every
time they meet. If acircus or a the
atre company visit the town 1t is the
prerogatiYe Of the young Ia y to ask.
aIiker female relatives to accompany
her to thu show, and the young man,
Of course, is expected and required to
foot the bill But the worst part Of
the business for the love-sick young
nan remains to, be told He cannot
walk by the side Of his afianced on the
way to or from the theatre. She will
start off ahead in company with some
female friend, while the young man
viii bring up the rear on the arm of
his grandmamma, or some equally VEN
cradle dame. This is the recogn zed
and inyiolable custom Of the country,
and while it exists the American
young man will n be a social success
( In Mexico. He cannot stand the
ra ket. If the young couple are very
spoony they can be married in six
months, though wellregulated society
demands a twelve months courtsh1p.
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Rn-tinnnd TaNaY.

Five years ago broke down with kidney
and liver complaint and rheumatism. SlnSo
then have been unable to be about at az.
My liver became hard like wood; my limbs
were pufe3 up and filled with water. AL ths
best physicians agreed that nothing coul9
cure me. resolved to ry Hop Bitterss !!
have used seven bottles; the hardness has al
gone from MY liver, the swelling from my
limbs, and it has worked miracle in my
case; otherwise I would have been now In any
grave. y. w. AloAE1'
Buffalo, October, 1881
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grandpaallowelh his cows to be milked."
Do not feed for the purpose of in
creasing the mi K pr duction at sach
times, and if possible reduce it by re-
ducing food in quantity or in nutritive
quality, but if the milk is there draw it
off, if you wish to avoid garget, milk
fever, and ch other diseases as may
come from al overloaded udder and
milk glands, OF from a too sudden
change in the whole system Of the
animal.-An,ericG7s CatlttratoT.
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FACTS FOB THE CURIOUS.

Among the curiosities in the great
cave at Luray, Va, is a birds nest
containing three egg-ike pebbles
rounded by the action Of water.
"Live" ostrich feathers repel sand,
and the dealers test is to rub the
feather over loose sand, which clings
to the feather if it be plucked from a
dead or from tame bird.
In the German empire there are
sixty manufactures Of playing cards,
which produced during the last fiscal
year ,264, ,349 packs Of less than thirty
six cards each, and 1,028, 1926 packs Of
more than thirty-six cards each.
It is found that the antlers Of tbs
British deer are growing smaller
owing to the practice Of killing the
finest specimens, so that even a stag
of ten is not often found, although on
the continent sixty branches are often
seen on antlers.
The number Of coins issued by a
national mint in a century is stupend-
GUS, considering the durable nature OF
a coin. Between 1895 and 1882 the
mint of France sent out 8,651,264,3lO
francs in gold, and 5,5l9,846,6l7
francs in silver.
Missoula, Montana, has a curious
we'll, containing but eighteen inches
of water, which never lowers an inch,
though water is constantly pumped
from it to supply a steam boiler. at
a depth of thirty feet sol d ice forms
around the pipe in the hottest weather.
AS strong draught Of air comes from
the bottom, the well is supposed to tap
a subterranean channel.
A cutlery manufacturer found at
one time large portion of his goods
being returned to him as inG damaged
condition, with rusty. deeply oxidized
blades. Finally it was located upon
the man who sorted and wrapped the
knives in packages. Everything he
touched was found to rust, from the
peculiar acid character Of his skin ex-
halations. 1t is well-known that some
persons cannot carry pocketrnives or
bright iron articles, as keys, etc., about
their person without the same becom-
ing very rusty.
In Ceylon there is a cast lower than
the Pariahs, the Rodiyas, whose cattle
are belled to mark them out from
others, and who, when on the road,
have to shout to warn any one who
may be coming toward them. Even
below the Rodiyas are the BARRIERS and
betel-bOx makers, and the Rodiyas, who
can only communicate with men of a
higher caste through a representative
appointed them by the common hang,
man, tie up their dogs to prevent
them from running into BARRIERS hut,
and thence bringing pollution to their
masters.
It may interest our readers, and give
them some insight into the productive
capacity Of the Bank Of England, to
learn that in the course Of five years
the paid notes at the bank have
amounted to 77,745,000 in number,
and filled 13,400 boxes, which, if they
had been placed side by side, would
have reached two and third miles. If
the notes had been placed in a pile
they would have reached to a height
of five and two-third miles; or, if they
had been joined end to end, they would
have formed ribbon 12,445 miles
long. Their superficial extent is said
to have been rather less than that OF
Hyde park. They weighed over nine
ty tons, and their original value Wal
e1,756,626,600.
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The postoifice department, in aGcord4
ance W tn requirement. to that effect,
recently sent notice to a woman in
Ohio Lnfo1 ming her thai letter ad.
dressed to her was held ON account OF
insulic eut postag'. She didn't send
the required sta up for it, but, instead.
she sent note, and this is what it sal /:
"Whell pumpkins arc ripe will send
YOU one that has more brains than ever
had the man who made this ruling on
postage"
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Rnin,ut Testimony. e

INsE York VTtneal, Angus ., IsSJ.1
at find that in addition to tho pure spirit
Contained In their composition, they contain
the extracts Of hore and other well known aEa
highly approved medicinal roots, lesTes end
tinctures In quantities sufficient TO render fho
article what the makers claim it to be, to
wit, q medicinal preparation and not bow
erage-uniit and unsafe to be used except 9
amedicine. From careful analysis Of their
formula-Thich was attasted under oath
[ find that in every wineelassful OF EoD
Bitters the active medicinal properties, aslcS
rom the distilled spirits, are equal to q fuN
dose for All adult, which fact, IN my opinion,
subjects ii to an internal revenue Sa1 as u
medicinal bitter"
GREEN B. RNuM, US. Com. In. Rev.
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Use Of the Small Boy.

It has: b en- the habit of the brother.
hood Of newspaper parag :apheEs to say
bitter and even cruel things of the
small boy. Like that part OF the COM
munity knownsas the mother-in-law,
the small boy has had no rights which
these manly wits felt bound to respect.
and yet it is evident that the small
boy has his uses. An example Of his
usefulness was given at the burning
OF the kimbal house, at Atlanta, Ga.,
where the horrors Of the Newhall
house disaster in Milwaukee came near
being repeated. But for the energy of
a couple of newsboys, who went
through the building arousing the
guests by their shouts, many of them
would have continued to sleep until
too late to save themselves. These
two unknown small boys of the news
variety prevented terrible tragedy.
And perhaps hundred people owe it
10 the enc. getic screams Of these
youngsters that they are still alive
The small boy has his vices. He is
addicted to mischief. He teases dogs
and is death to cats. He plays practi-
cal Jokes on his elders whel he gets a
chance. There is nothing aesthetic
about linn, nor comely either. But it
will be remembered that when the old
World building was on fire, and es-
cape from the flames was next to i'm
possible, it was little bootblack who
had the foresight and courage to cut
the telegraph wires, and in this way
was instl umental in saving several
lives. He was properly recognized as
a b y hero. And the youngsters whose
shouts savel many lives at Atlanta,
are certainly deserving of honor. In
fact, there are small boys who have
in them the elem ents of noble aud
useful manhood. And if the small
boy were cuffed less and encouraged
more he might be found good deal
more useful than he is.-Ne1o York
Star.
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IT is said that 100000 cattle graze on th
ranges, valued at $13,C0), ,00a.
To Consumptiyes.

af1icts one-third of mankind with disease
for which there is no remedy? DR.. R. Y.
Pierce's "Go.den Medical Discovery" has
cured hundreds of cases of consumption, and
men are living to-day-healthy, robust men
whom physicians pronounced incurable,
because one lung was almost gone. Send two
stamps for DR.. Pierce's pamphlet on Con-
sumption and Kindred Affections. Address
WolLD's DIsPENsAnY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION,
Buffalo. N. Y
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uennehoid Hints.

A little tomato catsup is a great ad-
dition to a mixture of cold boiled ham,
mustard, etc. for sandwiches.
If nutmeg is grated and mixed with
the ginger in hard gingerbread, a
piquant flavor is given to it.
When making soup in which roots
or herbs qre used good way is to put
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p,,,.~,v ,nd snasr;rn,

/ was dragged down with debt, poverty and
suffering for years, caused by q sick family
and large bills for doctoring. was com-
pletely discouraged until one year ago. BY
the advice of my pastor, commenced using
Hop Bitters, and in one month we were al
we'll, and none of Us have eeen a sick day
since, and want to- say to all poor men, you
cln keep your families well year with hop
Bitters for less than one doctors visit will
cost. I know it. A WoRENGIAN. 2