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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1883-08-30
PATS FOR TIE CURIOUS,
Piute Indians eat worms.


A double eagle weighs exactly the
same as thirty-four one-dollar bills.
tits estimated that the pawnbrokers
of New York city collectively have
fully s20000,000 Of pledges in their
possession.
The curious discovery has been
made that the microscope --ay fail to
show lines or errors III ruled lines
which may be detected with the un-
aided eye.
Chinese thieves are capable of cut
ting mans finger off in crowd in
order to steal a ring. They do this
with those broad knives which have
sheaths Stimulating fans.
The worshipful company of BARRIERS
In London has a gilt cup, given to it
by Henry VIII. 1t is ornamented
with bells, and every man who drinks
out of it has to ring them by shaking
the cup after he has taken the whole
of it's contents.
After the battle of Lut2en Wallen-
stein distributed 95,210 gulden among
officers who had behaved well; but he
executed as towards eleven officers by
the sword; he hanged others; some
had their swords broken by the hang
man under the gallows, and the names
of many were nailed in infamy on the
gibbet.
A cock book published in 1853 g,ve'
directions how to "unjoint a bittern,"
"unlace coney," "display a crane"
embrace duck or mallard," "rear a
goose" dismember heron" "wiDg
partridge or quail, " "allay apheas-
ant or teal" lift a swan" OF "thigh
a woodcock." To-day, the very mean
ing of many of these phrases is for
gotten, so much less elaborate has table
service become.
In the old Roman law if father
wished to disinherit a child he was
required to insert a'special clause to
that effect or such child could get the
will rendered void on the ground th1t
he had been forgotten. Blackstone, in
his Commentaries" conjectures that
this gave rise to the custom in Eng
land of leaving to disinherited child
the sum of one shilling to show that
he had been remembered. From this
custom springs the well-kncwn phrase:
"I'll cut you off with a shilling"
The most humble Of the civil func-
tionaries of the French republic are
the naval cats. Thee are some hum
dreds of them, and their Importance is
duly recognized by the state, which
supports them in such comfort and
dignity as bafts their official position.
The French naval cat enters the serv-
ice in his kittenhood, and spends the
first year or two of his active career on
board a man-of-War, where he is
berthed in the hold and permitted to
devour whatever he can catch. Having
thus passed through apprenticeship, he
is sent ashore and quartered. at one of
the five naval ports as a terror to the
rats and mice that swarm in the vic
tualing yards and store sheds. He is
then entitled to IN allowance of five
centimes day, and this sum is regu-
larly paid on Lis behalf to the director
of cats, who lays it out on horsefesh
for the use of his forces.
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An Exciting Trip

A short sketch of the memorable
trip of the Maid of the Mist on which
were the only persons who ever went
through the whirlpool rapids and the
whirlpool itself and came out alive,
will be of interest. The boat which
made this trip was built in 1854. For
awhile she took passengers from both
the American an Canadian shore, and
ran up very close to the foot OF the
falls. Owing to some change in her
appointments, which confined her to
tie Canadian shore for the reception
of passengers, she became Improbable.
Her owner, wishing to leave the place,
determined to sell her, and he received
an offer of little more than half her
cost if he would deliver her at Niagara,
opposite the fort. This he decided to
do after consultation with Joel r.
Robinson, who acted as captain and
pilot on her trips under the falls. Mr..
Robinson consented to act as pilot for
the fearful voyage, and the engineer.
Mr.. Jones, agreed to 60 with him. A
machinist Mr. Mcintyre, volunteered
to share the risk with them. The boat
was put in complete trim, all super
huous articles being removed from the
deck and hold. Notice was given OF
the time of starting, and large crowd
assembled to see the fearful plunge, no
one expecting to see either boat or
crew again after they should leave the
doc.i, with was just above the rail
way suspension bridge.
About 8 o'clock in the afternoon OF
June Is, 1861, the engineer took his
place in the hold, and knowing that
their fitting trip would be short at
the longest, set his steam valve at the
proper gauge, and waited the tinkling
signal that should start them on their
flying voyage. Robinson took his
place at the wheol and gave the start
ing signal. With Il Shrek from her
whistle and a white puff from her
escape-pipe, the boat ran up the eddy a
sh,r distance. cleared the smooth
water, and shot like an arrow into the
rapid under the bridge. She took the
outside curve of the rapid, and when
a third of the way down it Il jet of
water struck against her rudder, a COL
umn dashed up under her starhoard
side, keeled her ov r, carried away her
smoke-stack, started her overhang On
that side, threw Robinson Oh his ba"k,
and threw Mcintyre against her star
board wheel-house with such force as
to break it through. Every looker-oa
breathed freer as she emerged, shook
her wounded sides, slid into the whirl-
pool, and for a moment rode again on
an even keel. Robinson rose at once,
seized the helm, ses her to the right OF
the large pot in the pool, then turned
her directly through the neck of it,
Thence, after receiving another drench-
ing from the waves, she dashel on
without further accident to the quiet
bosom of the river below Lewiston.
The boat was seventy-two feet long,
with seventeen feet breadth OF beam.
eight feet depth of hold, and carried
an engine of 1OO.horse power.-B'y-
falo ErpresS.
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Enahion Notc5.

Very low cut slippers. with tie
across the inster, are the fa'orltes.
The shell-shapel straw hat meets
with only a lini.cd amount OF popu-
larity.
Jerseys are much worn, but only for
fatigue, shopping AMI travelling cos
tunes.
Short bodices, with long points back
and front, grow more and more nu-
merOus.
In Paris the tournure is growing
into crino.ine, anl often hoops are
worn under short skirts.
It is said that there will he as many
positive colors worn this fall rs inter-
mediate or mike shades.
parasols, sunshades and umbrellas
are in general large and of every pos
sible silk or cotton material.
Black stockings are worn with
dresses of any color anl on all occa'
sions by both ladies and children.
When the material permits, the
hounce scalloped into the form of dog
tooth molding is most effective.
Panniers are shcrt and full. made in
every variety OF shape, and often open
over the middle of the front breadth.
The Louis XIV. costume and every
thing which pertains to the Pompa'
dour period is more than ever il
vogue.
Back drapery must be ample
whether it descends below the large
pouf or falls straight to the bottom of
the skirt.
Soft twill plaid silks make elegant
skirts worn under crepe lie Chine or
Indian cashmere polonaIsei or basques
and draperies.
Underskirts are made very simple,
tile most frequent trimming consisting
of simple pla ting or full ruche
around the bottom.
The newest French dresses have
narrow skirts for the Foundation, upon
which are snperimposed full draperies
and hounces.
Anything like regularity in the ar
rangement Of drapery or dress orna
mentation is now considered the OF
posite of good taste.
Single colored muslins, in blue. pink,
ecru, apple green AMI lilac, and
trimmed with lace and ribbon, form
the prettiest Of summer costumes.
Many of the imported polonaises are
cut with easement or heart-shaped
bodices, or in graduated Vandykcs. the
longest reaching from the throat to the
belt in front. Underneath this open
ing is set an embroidered plastron OF
satin or velvet. and sometimes it is
covered with;appIique work in silk ant
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News md Notes for Women.

When an officer came to arrest the
thieving boys of a Wisconsin woman
she tainted and died.
The walters a. the Thousand Island
Park hotel are girls mostly from the
Oswego normal school.
The Russian woman has loud ways
and loud, unpleasant voice. She al
most invariably smokes.
Mrs. Hendricks and Mrs. Mcdonald
are said to be better politicians than
their respective husbands.
A Western lady has been sent to an
insane asylum because she thinks she
has bird singing inside Of her.
A few establishments where women
may stop to have their boots cleane |
and p ;lished may be found in New
York.
Helen Taylor, stepdaughter of John
Stuart Mill, is the first woman elected
to the presidency of standing COM
mittee on the London school bolrd.
Mrs. Henry Warl Beecher does not
bear her years SO lightly as her:
husband, and she is described as
looking bent, wrinkled, broken and
old.
A reward of 81 has been offered by
the Atlanta Constitution for the
woman who!7has learned the art Of
pulling the street car bell at the right
moment.
Two Chicago girls tested their abil.
ity to hold their breath. One could
not begin breathing again when she
wished to, ami was with difficulty re-
suscitated. 5 ~
Miss Lee, daughter of the late Will,
liam 2. Lee, Of Ney York, who LAST
winter was declared the prettiest TN
married woman in Rome, has been
betrothed to'sMr.TD enison, wealthy
London banker.
Miss Lillard did not die in Cincin-
natl, though the doctors'said that she
could not possibly recover, and she re-
CARDS the restoration of her health as
a miracle. Therefore, She is about to
open hospital in which prayer will
take the place of medicine.
Mrs. Myra Bradwell, Of the Chicago
Legal Neus, says an exchange, is one
of the intellectual and physical steam
engines Of that city. 1Sheis editor and
proprietor Of the Legal Neaos, an able
lawyer, a good wife, model mother,
a splendid housekeeper, possesses social
qualities of a very high order and does
more work every day Of her life than
twenty ordinary Chicago lawyers.
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A Diamond Story.

Colored diamonds are supposed t.
be manufactured nowadays for the un-
wary, but have heard of new dodge,
saws letter in the Boston Journal
"A photographer who has had consid-
cradle experience in expert detective
cases said to me: eve have new u.e
for photography-the testing of pre-
cious stones. The business began in
this way: One day last year diamond
expert with quite reputation in the
business va, asked by a stranger to
buy remarkably fine diamond. Eight
thousand dollars was asked for it. The
expert tested in every manner known
to the bus ness and examined it
carefully with a G ass. 1t was Il mag.
nificent St, ne. Of superb color and
shape. He o.Iered $1,000. and the man
took the money and went away. A
day or two after that the stone was
shown as a great largain to some
other experts, one IF whom, after ex.
amining it. closely for long time, de.
clared that there WIS something very
peculiar about the way in which the
light came through tile stone. The
owner was advised to take it to me
and have it tested by ray of sunlight
sent through a camera. Itwa' brought
to my studio with several other dla;
monds, ad whereas one diamond
would allow a beam of light to pass
clear and straight, the seven-thousand-
dollar stone seemed to have something
in it which stopped the bear. a
powerful microscope WAS then brought
into play, and the fine diamond vas
found to be two stones Joined together
with marvellous dexterity by the aid OF
what is known as Canala balam, the
material used by all opticians in join
ing two lenses. Each stone was worth
about 1880, and the loss on the trans.
action was $500. The stones camo
apart upon the application of certain
rham;cals."
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uS 1CCh1CoOhSSo "1Sll " A34Sh
Captain Webb threw away his life re-
calls the words of Shakespeare:
-hs Giel
As one Il at had been studied
To throw away the dearest thing he owned
AS 'twers cal le!ess trltle."
The earliest records contain iilustr;t
tions of the same temerity. There is
Milo, who, to show his strength, at
tempts to rive an oak by sheer muscle,
but is caught in the tree and is de-
voured by wolves. In later days thtre
is Green, the aeronaut, who attempts a
descent from q balloon by the use of
parachute and is picked up corpse.
There is Sam Patch, of Genesee Falls
notoriety, who was possessed with a
mania for dangerous leaps, his compen.
satien being fame and a collection
taken up in the crowd. Like Webb, he
became the victim of his own
folly. During my boyhood Sam
Patch was rather a distinguished
character. I was then living at Sand
lake, and well remember that Isalc b.
Fox (who was then leading business
many returned from Western tour
and mentioned that lie saw Sam Patch
take his list leap. lie stool on a
plank pro. .ected over the falls, and a
breathle,s multitude saw him takehis
farewell to life, dying a' the fool dieth.
No one has since then essayed the
Genesee falls, and no one will ever
again attempt the Niagara whirlpool.
No one has under! aiken the ascent Of
the Matterhorn since Lord Doug.as
anil his companions, Hudson and
Hadow. together with their guide, per-
ished in III: attempt" he. mtt," IN
Troy Times.
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The Good Old Times.

The more you find out about the
mnch yaunted g good old times" says
an English paper, the better pleased
you are not to have lirelin them. The
people did not only live like dogs but
they fed like hogs. A pauper in a
workhouse would kick now at the
meal which a noble used to devour
then. The roast beef of old England
was nnheard of: beef was only eaten
ssasted and boiled, and bread was q
great luxury, not in common use even
by the mobiles. The records of the
Percy family, in the time of Henry
VII, show the extreme coarseness of
the mode of living. and an extract or
two from the household book of that
famous family will give a good idea OF
the manner in which the most famous
noble of the time lived. The perman-
.ent household numbered l66 persons
and the average of guests was fifty,
and the whole of the washing for these
ZIG persons was for one year 4Os., q
sum probably equal to 81 in the present
day, most of which was for the chapel
linen.
From midsummer to Michaelmas
was the only time they indulged in
fresh meat, and the instructions say:
Z" Ny lord has on his table, for break
fast, ct in the morning, a quart of
ibeer and wine, two pieces of salt fish,
six red herrings, four white ones; and
.on flesh days, half a chine of beef or
3mutton boiled" Atdinner, men rank
ing as knights had table, cloth, which
was washed once month; and as
they had no napkins, and the fingers
were extensively used in feeding, this
portion at least of their linen must
have been in a sad condition. Until
the thirteenth century, straw was the
bed of kings, and before that date the
king and his family slept in the same
chamber. The first change was to
throw coverlid over the sleeper; then
another was used, and the persons un-
dressed, their linen being substituted
for blankets. Beatrice says she would
"ief sleep in woolen," which shows
that such a thing was done even in
.Shakespeare's time. The use of moth
ing but coarse dirty woolen next the
skin, seldom changed, and the heavy,
exciting nature Of highly-salted food,
on which all lived, of course tended to
produce those diseases for which hos
pi:a's were founded ali over England,
hospitals for leprosy in particular
ahOundinp.
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An Alarmed Maiden.

"I'm s. alarmed, Lizzie" excla med
a St. Louis girl, who was engaged to
be married to young army officer.
HE hasn't written me in three
days"
"There is no occasion to get en-
cited" was the rea suring reply. che
is out of the reach of Indians; there is
no epidemi; where is stationed, and
when he lat wrote you he was in per-
feet health"
>"Oh, yes, know all that, Liz ie."
said the timid, agitated creature, but
then there's the army worE.'--.BTook:
I'm Eagle
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POpuLlR I sCIHSCE,

Tho Attoch bridge, in British India,
wien completed viii have FIVE spans.
zswo osf sos feet each and three of 251
Feet It VIII be entirely OF iron.
The conjunction Of two heavenly
bodies in eclipse; Of this sun and their
opposition in eclipsesof tbemoon nave,
no influence, . u Denza states on
the magnetic elements Of the earth.
For a period of forty.four years
Ione OF the men employed IN a Ger
man ultra-marine had been observed
to suffer from consumption. The im-
ul1nity of the employees is attributed
TO the constant production of sulphur
ons acid by the burning OF sulphur IN
The course of the making OF the ultra.
mar ne.
Brohrne's experiments seem to show
that in the plant there are two opera
sti6ns taking place making sugar from
tcafbonic. acid and the conversion o.
the same sugar into starch. Tbs IS
net a very new fact, however. 1t is
vel, though, Is be reminded OF it now
and again, if only for the sake Ct re-
fsesllng the memory.
The number of eggs varies greatly
IN different animals, as it is in proper.
ton % the,risSs during developments.
Thus, tae eggs of aquatic tribes, being
unprotected by the parent, and being
largely consumed by many animals,
sare multiplied to prevent extinction.
The spawn Of a single cod contains
millions of eggs; that of the oyster
s6,0G0, Goa. A queen bee, during the
fye years of her existence, lays about
,e0o COZ eggs.
Take a slim glass tube, eight or ten
inches in length, closed at one end,
and as large as your finger, or, as one
might say, a 81 lss tube a little larger
Than the usual style. put in an ounce
COR two of oil, paste a pie e OF paper on
the outside of the glass so that its
lower edge will be even with the top
Of the oil; add to the contents of the
tube two or tFr9e times as much soft
water as the suspected sample, and
5stiRke the whole well up for several
minutes. When the mixture has
settled, which will take an hour or two,
the contents of the glass will be di-
gided into three parts. Below the oil
will show, above viii be the oil, and
above that again the water with the
alcohol absorbed from the oils.
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Resfpes.

heSipcSs
CORN OYsTERs.-Mix we'll together
one quart grated corn, two teacups
sweet milk, one tescup -four, one tea
spoon butter, two eggs we'll beaten;
season with pepper and salt, and fry
in butter like griddle cakes.
MASHED PorAToEs.-Peel one doz:n
large potatoes and when they are cool
drain dry, put in little salt, pepper
and butter add little butter while
beating. Beat briskly with fork for
FIVE minutes until light and creamy,
and serve Immediately.
LEMON P1CKLE.-Put in a jar one
teacup of common salt, pour over it
one pint of boiling water and put the
lemons into this; cover it over with a
plate and leave it for five days. Drain
off the old salt and water and add
fresh, and at the end of ten days let
the lemons drain again. Then pour
over them as much hot vinegar as will
cover them, with plenty Of cayenne
pepper and ginger and a little shalot.
Tie down the pots and look to them
occasionally, as the vinegar wastes.
RuUBARB JANA correspondent
of the New York Tribune says: Cut
into pieces about an inch long; use a
sharp knife in cutting and leave the
skin on. Put a pound of sugar to
every pound of fruit and leave till
morning, pour the syrup from it and
boil till it thickens then add the rhu-
barb and boil gently. Put up as you
do Jelly in tumblers it will keep well.
have read that rhubarb can be used
with more expensive fruits in making
marmalades without it's presence being
detected.
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Household Hints.

Spots may be removed from the car
pet by an application of ox.gall or am
monia and water.
10 remove mildew, rub the spot
we'll with soft-soap, then cover with a
mixture of soap and powdered chalk,
and lay upon the grass in the sun.
For macaroni with cheese, or for
Welsh rarebit, cheese which is too dry
for the table may be used; when 1t is
grated and melted, If it seems at all
stiff, add very little cream to moisten
it.
Curtains are draped much higher
than they used. to be. 1t is no longer
considered essential that they shall
meet low down, but it is good form to
tie them back so that one may look out
of the window, or so that small table
may be placed close to the window.
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The Message OF the Milestone.

In the great church at Raskild, Nor
way, there is shown large milestone,
which was sent to the celebrated
Queen Margaret by Albert, king of
Sweden, in derision, intimating that
women should sharpen their ne dies,
instead of aiming at war. The wit.
which is very poor, was. better an
swered b. the queen, who replied that
she would apply it to the edge of her
soldiers swords. She was rs good as
her word; she fought Albert in a
pitched battle; gave him an entire
overthrow and made him prisoner. In
that situation she kept him seven
years and then released him on verv
la d conditions. ,......--...,..
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ur1f, nv C,se Erocfly.,,

Please allow me to speak in the highest
terms of Hunts Remedy, for it hit my case
rretty bad. l was recommended Hunts
Remedy. took one teaspoonful as directed:
felt decided change at the first dose. I
took two bottles, and have felt like q new
man ever since. Please receive the sincere
thanks of myself for the benefits which l
sought vainly for and found only in Hunts
Remedy. I will cheerfully give this same
opinion of Hunts Remedy to any one who
wishes it, by addressing .
81 Linnard Street, Philadelphia
Morch IA 1855
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quality OF the various grasses. Timothy,
for instance, cures more readily than
herds grass, while the common grasses
require still longer time than the
herds grass. Timothy will dry sufR-
GENTLY in one day. if the weather be
propitious. During the early part of
the season two days ara usually re-
quired for properly curing heavy
grass. Later, when the grass Is nearly
ripe, it car be cured in one day.
Glover contains more water than
ether grasses. consequently it requires
a longer time to cure it properly. Cur
ing is better accomplished in the C, ok
than in the sun, for the succulent
leaves and t,nder blossoms of clover,
if exposed to the scorching heat, are
auickl ~ Drowned and lose their sweet
ness. Previous to storing in the barn,
the cock ought to be turned over and
exposed long enough to dry the hay
which lies close to the ground.
Clover, rs it lies s atterei by the
mower, will be injured # the dew falls
upon it. Clover hay W II not shed
rain, and hence when stacked out in
the fields should be protected either
with patent covers, that hing or a
thick empowering of wheat straw.
Great care should be exercised in
properly forming the cocks, in view of
wet weather, when meadow hay IS to
remain in the cocks for an indefinite
time. First of all, do not make the
cocks too large, and let them be as
sharp at the top as possible, with the
sides nearly perpendicular, and finally
provide them with cl>th caps.
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How to Shorten Life.
g tho rrcat English surgeon,

Aberucthy, the great English surgeon. asked lady
rho told him she only had cough: What would
,ou have The plague ?" Beware Of "only coughs +
The worst cases can. however. be cured by DR.. Vim.
Halls Balsam for the Lungs In Whooping Cough
md Group it Immediately allays Inflammation. and Is
rrc TO prevent u fatal termination OF tho disease
Sold by all druggists and dealers In medicine.