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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1883-08-16
FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.
The palace of Sennacherib at Nine.
veh stands upon a mound a mile and

The palace of Sennacherib at Nine.
veh stands upon mound a mile and
a half in circumference.
The Hindoos dress their. dead in
white, with touches of red for crema-
tion, or sometimes in saffron,
Semiahmoo, in %Whatcom county,
Washington Territory, marks the ex-
treme northwestern corner of the Uni
ted States.
A German scientist claims that the
white pine is an excellent weather in
dicator. If we are to expect rain or
snow within a reasonably short time
the branches of the last two seasons
growth. will be pendulous. If such
weather be long way off the branches
will be raised rather than dropped.
Those who have confidence in their
guessing ability can exercise that
talent by giving their Judgment as to
how many new dollar-bills will balance
in the scales gold double eagle. At
a recent trial the guesses varied from
1000 to $50, but when trial was
made the beam tipped when thirty
four bills were placed in the pan.
Seaori Reynolds, of Black River,
may claim the distinction of being the
champion Bible reader. He is eighty
four years of age, and has always been
o reader of the Bible, but fourteen
years ago, after severe illness, he
began to give it increased attention,
and has read it through, on an average,
once in every twenty-five days.
Among the curiosities of ancient
credulity was the belief that certain
birds possessed stones of remarkable
talismanic virtue. One Of these was
supposed to be found in the brain OF
the vulture, which gave health to the
finder and successful results when So
Letting fayors. Dioscorides gives an
account of the use of an eagle stone in
detecting larceny. The aectorius,
stone worn by the wrestler Milo. was
so called from being taken out of the
gizzard of a fowl. A stone like a
crystal, as large as bean, extracted
from a cock, was considered Dy the
Romans to make the wearer invisible.
The Africa elephant hunters who
90 from cool and comparatively healthy
countries, brave the hottest and most
deleterious Ethiopian regions with
impunity, and this they attribute to
their habit of daily fumigation of the
naked body with sulphur. Again, it
appears that in Sicily, while most OF
the sulphur mines are in high districts
and free from malaria, few are at
low level, where intermittent fever
prevails; in the latter districts, it
seems, while the population of the
neighboring villages is attacked by
fever in the proportion of ninety per
cent, the workingmen in the mines
suffer much less, not more than nine or
ten per cont. being attacked.
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A Double Roof Hotel.

The Railway hotel at Yuma, Arizona,
correspondent says, is constructed
with double roof, a delightful feature
in hot countries, as it permits the free
circulation of the air between the two,
a great advantage for rooms in the
upper story, as they are thus protected
from the direct rays Of the sun. The
space between the two roofs is filled in
with lattice work, the upper roof ex-
tending out so as to form the roof for
the upper veranda as well and project
ing five or six feet even beyond that.
The verandas are also very wide, rang
ing from ten to fifteen feet, which
together with the projecting roof keep
the sun from striking the side walls of
the house, which thus escape becoming
superheated. Th"se precautions are
necessary in this land of fervid heat /;
but with them house may be made
extremely comfortable.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1883-08-16
Effect Of Floods.

In winter, when trees are dormant,
inundations which do not bruise, mu-
tilate or tear up trees, can do but little
harm, as they will then bear a months
immersion better than one days when
growing. A German journal states
that the resisting power of different
plants is very unequal. Grapes, ap-
pies, pears and plums, however, can
lear several days or even weeks flood
ing without harm; the cherry not quite
50 we'll, and the currant and gooseber-
ry still less. A few days under water
after the buds swell will kill lilacs, as
well as the philadelphus and spi-
rIas; but elms, ash, oaks and thoSns
have more resistingpowe Hyacinths
perish at once; tulips and crocuses will
bear water a little longer, while daffo'
dis and snowdrops are uninjured. The
late inundations in Germany appear to
have taught these facts in very dis
t:nct manner.
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Dentistry in the United States.

There are now, says the San Fran
cisco Scientific CalUomjt, about II,
900 dentists in the United States, and
they pack into the teeth OF the Ameri'
can people about a ton of pure gold,
and five times that amount of less pre-
cious metals (tin, silver. platinum,
etc., anLu lily. Now, these metals
are worth $I,O00,00O, and it will take
only about $50 years to bury all the
coin in the United States in the grave
yards (another feature in favor Of
cremation).
There are about 100000 of artif-
cial teeth made in tie United States
yearly, yet only one-third Of the people
avail themselves of this blessing.
Perfect teeth are to be found in the
mouth of only one American in eighty,
the dental organs Of seventy-nine being
more or less affected.
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DR.. Lunday lays down the following
rules for the better care Of the eyes:
/. Avoid reading and study by poor
light.
2. Light should come from the side
and not from the back or from the
front.
3. Do not real or study while suffer
ing great bodily fatigue or during re-
covery from illness.
4. d. not read while lying down.
5. Do not use the eyes too long at a
time for near work, but give them oc'
ca,ional periods of rest.
6. Reading and study should bedone
Systematically.
7. During study avoid the STOPPING
position. or whatever tends to produce
congestion of the head and face.
s. Select well-printcd books.
9. Correct errors of refraction with
proper glasses.
IL. Avoid lad hygienic conditions
and the use Of alcohol and tobacco.
ii. Take sufficient exercise in the
open air.
IL. Let the physical keep pace with
the mental culture, for asthenopia is
most usually observed in those who are
lacking in physical development.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1883-08-16
The Ross Family'S Sorrow.

On a porch overlooking beautiful
lawn in front of a quiet-looking resi-
dence on Walnut lane, Germantown,
sat three persons. An elderly-loohng,
gentleman, dressed in a plain business
suit. nice-looking lady of nearly fifty
years, clad in black, whose finely
nodded features bore traces of an
inward sorrow, and a little supple lad
of some sixteen years comprised trio
who have occupied more or less public
attention in the past nine years. They
were the parents and brother OF
Charlie Ross, who nine years ago
was abducted.
The grief Of Mrs. Ross has not been
assuaged by the lapse of all these years,
and, like her husband, she suffers
unto.d anguish from the feelings of
suspense in which they are at all times
kept by the fact that they do not know
whether the boy is alive or dead.
"Were we only assured of Charles
DEATH" said Mr.. Ross, cit would be a
relief, for we are tortured with
thoughts of him being reared among
thieves and outca,ts. If he is alivehe
is surely living among vagabonls,
b cause those who stole him, Mosher
and Douglass, could not have intrusted
him to others than footpads and
robbers. This is what causes us so
much worriment. for would rather
have him dead than grow to lead q
dishonest life. 1t is, indeed, a deep
nv. tcry to think that nine years could
pa without any trace of the boy
being 'scovered. His abductors were
traced, but never has anything turned
up concerning Charlie himself. If he
is alive my wife and l feel, somehow
or other, that we will hear Of or come
across him sometime. Why we enter
tain such belief, or how we expect
to find him, I cannot tell but, never
the!ess, we feel that, if alive, he will
be restored to us some day.
"I am constantly in receipt of COM
munications containing what the
writer's believe to be clews. never
fail to answer every letter thus
addressed me. and any thing that has
the faintest semblance of 4 clew I
always work up either personally or
BIZ correspondence. All letters I
have carefully filed away. The num-
ber Of children supposed to have been
kidnapped that hear of in a year is
simply surprising, and presume there
are many disconsolate fathers and
mothers throughout the country who,
like us, are mourning the dis
appearanoe of a loved hild."-PhilG-
delphiG Record.
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Hon. Preston Kings Duel.

A correspondent OF the New I ork
Sun recalls Preston Kings duel when
young member Of the legislature Of
the Empire State. The writer says:
He was a man of great sense as
well as humor, was for many years
member of Congress from st. Law
renee county, and 5afterward senator
from New York. His melancholy fate
by suicide from insanity while holding
the position Of naval officer Of this
port (by jumping into the river, with
loaded pockets, from a Hoboken ferry
boat), is still sadly remembered BY
many friends and admirers.
His pungent wit in a speech in the
legislature once irritated fellow
member, who gave the measure OF his
own intellect by addressing him a for
NAL challenge, from which resulted a
correspondence between the two, run
! ming through several days. King
began by foregoing his right to hold
himself not responsible for words
spoken in debate, but presumed that
his adversary would concede to hin
the rights allowed by the code of honor
to the challenged party. Each one OF
these conditions time, place and
weapons-became the subject of an
interchange of notes. He claimed
that, as he had accepted the charge Of
the interests of his constituency for
that session Of the legislature,
and had various bills in charge
pending which required his atten-
tion, he could not consistently with
duty and honor fight before the
close OF the session. This point being
conceded, he next claimed as reason
able, since the combat was forced on
him, that BIZ was not bound to impose
on his friends the trouble and expense
of carrying his body home for inter
ment, in the event of a fatal issue,
and he therefore claimed that the en-
counter should take place near his own
home in st. Lawrence county, and he
named the banks of stream called, II
l remember right, the Black river. His
antagonist accepted, and was the more
earnest in pushing the affair as Mr..
King seemed to be somewhat less so.
There remained only the question OF
the weapons. Mr.. King then, under
his right as the challenged party, re-
ouired that they should stand, the one
on the one side of the stream and the
other on the other, and that the wea-
pons should be broadswords. But he
added that, as his opponent might not
b, familiar with the broadsword eXer-
else, if he should prefer pistols he was
will ng to accommodate him, though
he had never in his life fired any other
than a Fourth of July pistol. He
| named a certain conit al hill on the
Black river, and proposed that they
should stand back to back on the top
of it, and walk off in opposite direc.
tions till they got to the bottom, and
then turn and fire. The history of this
mo.lel duel stops there. The sensa'
tons of the young fire-eater from the
metropolis q belieye) when he next
dav watched the circulation of this
correspondence around the l2o seats OF
the assembly call for no historical
| ronord
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1883-08-16
Elements of Feminine Benutys

When it is considered how exceed
ingly arbitrary is the idea of beauty, it
will he admitted, says an exchange
that it is impossible to give detail OF
the leading points of it that shall be
satisfactory to all. Every one then
will, in the following list, make such
alterations as his taste or fancy may
suggest:
l. Youth.
9. Neither too tail nor too short.
3. Neither too fat nor TOO lean.
4. Symmetry and proportion to all the
,rarts.
S. Hair long, fine, curly, and silky soft.
6. Skin smooth, delicate and of fine sur
face.
Z. Complexion clear, white and red.
8. A smooth, high forehead.
8. The temples prominent.
10. The eyebrows arched like two pen.
ciled lines.
II. The eyes blue or hazel, with orbits
well-shaped, and of sweet expression.
II. Thenose rather long than short.
Is. TIE che eks rounding away in softened
profile, and dimpled.
IA. An agreeable smile.
Is. Pouting coral lips.
16. A small mouth.
II. Tech pearly white, even and well.set
1S. Chin rather round, plump and ending
witha dimple.
10. Ears small and close to the head.
20. A neck like ivory.
81. Hands white, plump and long.
%. Fingers tarering.-
%. Nails of pearl and oval.
"a. A sweet breath.
25. An agreeable voice, "gentle and low"
26. A free, unaffected manner and elegant
iemeanor.
27. A noble, free and graceful carriage.
%. Modest department and gait.
But ladies, however wondrously
beautiful they may be, should always
remember that they are no longer
beautiful when they cease to be so in
the eyes of their lovers. Like coins
that are not current when kings are
dead, their beauty is called in when
their lovers are gone.
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FOR THE FA1R SEX.
Must Make Her own standard.

ukuDG HXUAe O"u
This is the opinion Of Mrs. D. 81. b.
Goodale, in an article in Education,
on g Mothers as Educators: If God
made man and woman unlike, for diff
ferent work-and this We believe
then no man can teach woman what
she most needs to know. In the field
Of life there is great realm Of COM
mon riches, common pursuits, which
may be shared or divided into thou.
sand varying proportions to mutual
advantage and delight; but for the
most specific and individual work she
can take her orders from that power
alone which rules all. She must see
clearer, determine more firmly, act
more enthusiastically and deVoutly on
her own true lines than man can do or
suggest. She must make her own
standards, her own methods.
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Anew Opening for Women.

a. new opening for women. Jeames
having become almost unbearable by
his conceit and his laziness and his
drunkenness, some Londoners have
been employing lackeyesses, if we may
coin that word. Certainly if there is
no conservative like John Bull, there
is also no one who will 60 as quickly
and as far in innovation when the
whim seizes him. A German, invited
to dine lately with a member Of par
lament, was admitted by FORTRESS in
a very tasteful and becoming livery.
A black and white cap on powdered
hair, a standing collar, with white
cravat and pin, brown cloth coat with
livery knots; cut like a hunting coat,
and yellow waistccat; such was a
part of the uniform of the pretty door
opener. The table was served by four
mattresses in the same livery. and the
guest declared he had never been better
served.-Chicago Herald.
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I: ceiling Yaiu,e., of EnsiInpa, I.


We have s2equiifies concerning the
fssa value Of ensilage, some of
which show some confusion of mind
In regard to the subject. Bearing in
mind a few general principles will help
to a better understanding:
First--The value Of food preserved
in silo depends very greatly on what
was put in-its nature and condition.
The material used and the degree of
maturity Of the crop will greatly affect
the value.
Second Putting grass, cornstalks or
sother substance in a silo does not add
anything to the nutriment contained
in the material. We cannot take out
what we cid not put in. Cutting and
storing the green food in a silo may
make it more digeStible; may and
often does make it more palatable than
when the food is dried in the open air.
Letting the moisture dry yfrom meadow
grass or from green cornstalks in itself,
should not make these substances less
desirable as food. In fact it does
make them less palatable. Preserving
much OF this moisture in the ensilaged
food may be help.
Third--If fermentation goes on in
the silo to any considerable extent
there's absolute less of food value.
Fourth-Reason and experience
alike lead us to conclude that we can
not make ensilaged grass or cornstalks
alone fully take the place of good grain
feed. The latter should be given in
.coRnection with the former.
Fifth-Reason and experience alike
show that almost any palatable, nutri-
tious, succulent plant. kept in silo,
with reasonable exclusion of the air,
iaakes a palatable and fairly satisfac-
tory food.-Breeder's Gazette.
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When iyorss fs'ss "
yeii0@ they ia fotagg
them brislsly WITH emery or sand
paper.
Furniture needs cleaning as much
as other woodwork. 1t may be washed
with warm soapsuds, quickly wiped
dry and then rubbed dry with an oily
cloth. TO polish it, rub with rotten
stone and sweet oil. Clean Oft the oil
and polish with chamois skin.
If your lace bedspread and pillow
covers are soiled, wash them, and,
instead of bluing them, dip them in
some very weak cold coffee, and they
will receive from it a delicate shade OF
ecru, which is so popular for laces Just
now. Curtains and other articles OF
the kind may be treated in the same
way.
Moths can be successfully removed
from carpets in the following manner ::
Wiring a coarse towel out of clear
water, spread it smoothly on the
carpet, iron it dry with a good hot
iron, repeating the operation wherever
the moths are supposed to be. No
need to press hard, and the ply or color
of the carpet will not be injured, as the
moths are destroyed by the heat and
tho ctoom
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TWben fowls are confined in close

When fowls are confined in close
quarters and have very little exercise
they get into the habit Of scratching
the straw in their nests for want OF
some other exercise. After an egg
as once broken they, of course, eat it,
and in this way the habit is formed
This as well as all other habits are
formed only when the fowls are con.
fined in small yards and have very
little exercise, and anything that offers
they are ready and willing to do. This
is one of their worst habits and very
hard one to break. Much mas been
said on this subject; however, preyen-
tion is far better and easier than cure.
To avoid all this trouble the fowls
should have plenty of occupation
outside of the hen-house. Give
them corn on the cob and
let then labor a little for their
focd-the more the better. Another
bad habit, and one that is extremely
Yexasious to the fancier, is that of
feather eating. This habit is a'so
formed purely from want of something
better to do and an appetite is soon
acquired. When fowls are allowed to
run at large they gather innumerable
insects as wei as vegetable food of all
kinds, and if a good supply Of animal
and vegetable food is not given them
when confined these habits are easily
formed. Both Of these habits are ac-
quired by all breeds, but the rapid
layers and non-setters are the worst,
for they possess an almost irresistible
appetite for animal food, and it is the
gratifyingof this appetite that gives
us so many eggs. Another habit Is
high-fying, which is formed by placing
the roosts high in the coop, and it Is
for this reason principally that low
roosts are recommended. Remember
when fowls are confined they depend
entirely on their keeper for their feed,
which should be given them regularly
and in such quantities that none will
be left TO spoil on the ground.
Fowls delight to scratch in loose
ground, and if a portion of their yard
IS dug up at intervals it will afford
them the exercise they so much need.
II. s. Walds, n, South and West.
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TransplnntinB Celery.

The soil best adapted to the perfect
growth of celery is deep, mellow,
Sandy loan, rather moist in character,
but well drained. The soil, Of what
ever character, should be rich and
thoroughly pulveri ell. Land lnanured
the fall previous makes an excellent
bed, so does ground that has been lib
orally manured in the spring for some
early vegetable crop, as onions or
beets, if rep.cwed and narrowed after
tho, first crop has been harvested.
Fresh manure is injurious to the
plants; it induces rough growth and
renders the stalk pithy instead of
crisp.
In the Northern States celery plants
are SEE during the month of July and
at the South month or six weeks
later. Deep trenches have. for the
most part, been abandoned for the less
laborious and expensive mode of fur
rows drawn the same as Tor beets or
mango'ds.
Select cloudy or wet weather for
transplanting celery when possible. If
done in dry weather the plants will
require 4epeated waterings and shad-
ing until they are established. The
rows may be marked of four or five
feet apart and the plants separated
: eight or ten inches in the row. Many
cultivators practice cutting back the
tops at transpianting to render the
plants stocky.
A mixture recommended by some OF
our correspondents to incorporate with
the manure used in the burrows con-
sists of salt, SCOT and lime. This, it is
believed, not only acts as a preventive
to worms but promotes the growth OF
the plants.
There is no doubt but that the rust
on celery is caused by particles of earth
which ia in among the stems during
the process of hilling when there is
rain or dew on the plants. The remedy
is obvious avoid hilling or earthing
up the plants except when they are
quite dry, and at the final occasion
neatly slant and smooth the soil so as
TO throw off the moisture.
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Pure Sympathy.

"What have you got for dinner?'
inquired disgusted drummer of the
waiter. The drummer had been in the
town twenty-four hours without TAX
ing an order.
"Roa,t duck, sir"
"Ah was the duck shot on the
wing?"
II presume likely enough, sir
Good bird; sagacious fowl; rara
avis. 1 admire his pluck and pity his
misfortune. You may bring me that
duck. I'll take the whole Of him. Ill
help him along on the road" -SJtings.
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How to Preserve Lemons.

"My guess is" said the man at the
hotel, THAT before long lemons will be
worth their weight in gold, and now
while they are cheap I'm going to get
in stock
"How are you going to save them"'
was Herald mans inquiry.
"There, now, you're asking ques-
tions," said the man, who makes a
breakfast off lemon juice and egg,
land now il you'll get up close, where
the man who runs the fruit-stand can't
hear, Ill tell you. Put them in but
termilk. Leaves an orange or lemon in
that stuff one, two or three months,
and when you take it out 1t will be
fresh as daisy. This is pickle that
I've got a patent on, and I want you
to understand it can't be beaten."-
Syracuse Herald.
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A n old butcher wav out in Missouri,

An old butcher way out in Missouri,
With neuralgia he suffered like fury,
st. Jacobs Oil banished
The pain which all vanished
And prevented a corOner's jury.
A cranky old man named Blake,
Saws st, Jacobs Oil "takes the cake.
He gave it one test,
And says it's the best
Cure in the world for backache.
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Tunnfy Ycnrs n Sufferer.

Twcnty cnfs SuIerEF'v r
sirGTwenty M r years ago was shipwrecked on
III, The Atlantic ocean, and the cold and e1-
,ns o:ure caused a large abscess to form on
each leo, which kept continually discharging,
After s5ending d hundreds of dollars. with no
henetiti I tried your "Golden Medical Dis
coyery" and now. in less than three months
after taking the first bottle, I am thankful to
say am completely cured, and for the frst
time in ten years can put my LETT 6eel TO tne ne
ground. I am yours, MIILIAH hfDER' o.
Joffarson Street. Buffalo, N. Y.