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st. Paul, MINI.
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The Chinese Bamboo.

4 bamboo, be it said, can be put to
more use than any other thing of the
vegetable kind in the world. What
would our opposite neighbors in the
Celestial empire do without it? 1t is
employe for nearly all conceivable, be-
side some almost inccncelrable pur.
poses on land an water, land even in the
air: for kites are made of it, and so
are the queer little whistles bound tothe
tame pigeons to frighten crows from
the grain feliS. 1t can be u.ed IN
the whole cane, in strips, in segments
or in threads, anil no part comes amiss.
The tu! e; are suitable for water-pipes,
and 50 it answers for aqueductS; it is
so strong that foot-bridges are con-
structed of it, and light enough for
RATS; so available that whole house
can be built of little frame, the
thatch, the lattice*, the partitions; anu
it furnishes material for the tables and
chairs. and some OF the utensils and
decorative articles; it is so hard that
knive, are m de from thin slices, IN |
SO delicate that it may lie carved into
daintiest of boxes, and even thimbles
and necklaces; so elastic that baskets
are woven of it, so i5rous that it may
be twis ell into ropes and cordage. 1t
supplies lining for the chests of tea,
.trands for tishing-nets, strips for
fans, and canes still enough for oars
AMI spears AMI planquin-poles. 1t is
one of the four things without which
China would be China no longer-rice
for fco !. tea for drink, silk for wear,
and bamboo for everything.-Amondd
r. Ua2ris, in Wide Atcake.
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Not a Fashion Editor.

A young lady in the rural districts
wrote to US asking alvice about how
to have dress made. Now, we
didn't know any more about a dress
than single man ought to, and didn't
know what to say. But We wanted
to accommodate her, so we got a fash
ion magazine, copied a description of
a dress, and sent it to her. Yesterday
the queerest creature we ever saw
bounced into our Office. "Do you see
this DIR, s. p sha demanded; "l'ye
worn it in here to let you see it. This
is the thing you advised me to make.
Look at it, Then she went on. She
hal caused the dress to be made up,
and worn it to the city, expecting it
to be right in style, and found it to he
terror. Investigation showed that
the magazine was Of 1847. We hadn't
observed it before. Then there was
only one thing for us to do. We told
her that we were not the editor who
wrote the article. and took her to tho
Office Of the literary e1itor, whom we
pointed out as the man. Then we fled
the office. We hope We shall not see
the literary editor for a few days. He
is a man Of violent impulse, and some
body might get hurt.-Bostoaa Pos.
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The Cowboys Toy.

4 Valentine (Neb. correspondent
says: This is the home Of the cow
puncher. Here he stands, tall, we'll
formed, with muscles of iron and
bronzed, generally handsome face.
High boots a ways blue shirt and heavy
rants, An immense white hat. at the
hip a glistening revolver Of the largest
pattern, always loaded, and always ac-
companiel by Il belt filled with car
tridges. This is the cowboys toy.
He plays with this rs children play
with toy pistols, and fires it of wh?n-
ever he feels | ke it. The night is
merry with its general fu:illade. The
c,wbo: shoots dogs with il, shoots at
stovepipe hats if they app"ar On the
street, shoots at the ground in front of
the ten ''erfoot" and scatters the dirt
over his polished shoes; he tlourishes
it in the moonlight, he plays tunes on
it, he serenade, with it. The wind
blew off strangers stiff hat the other
night, an uIchin caught it and tosse
it into the air, twenty revolrers were
whipped out and the hat fell to the
ground riddled with holes. picked
up Il bullet last night which was iirel
into the hard ground two inches, just
in front of the leading store. 1t was
fired "just for fur"
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DlufinR n Boy.

A Detroit physician who had busi-
ness on Wood. ridge street yesterday
had his attention called to boy about
twelve years of age who had picked
up a cracked watermelon from a COM
mission house and was eating it in the
alley.
"Boy, that melon isn't 'tripe," warned
the doctor.
"I didn't say it was" was the blunt
reply. -,
"Well, I kin sweeten her, l guess. "
"You look out for the cholera NOR
bus!
"I'ye had 'er, and the smallpox,
too."
"See here, boy" said the doctor,
thinking to make a last appeal, @ if
you eat that melon you'll be dead in.
side of twenty-four hours"
"And you look a-here!" replied the
boy, as he cut off another slice with a
piece of iron hoop" "you may chin
and talk and scare all you want to, but
I'm no kid! / know what yer want.
but yer can't have it You can take
this melon home for fifteen cents in
cash, but yer can't scare me into let
ting it 60 for nothing! You'd better
buy your melons in the reglar way and
save yer chin for next years cam
paign."-Detroit Fee Press.
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Brothcr snrdncr's Rccipe.

A communication from Josephus
Jackson, an honorary member OF the
club residing in Washington, made in
uuiries if brother Gardner had 4
recipe for telling a ripe watermelon
from green one. If so, the commits
sioner of agriculture wanted it 1T once
and would send the club enough seed
to raise five acres of Canada thistles.
"Yes, reckon l has recipe dat
nebber falls replied the old man.
"When | feels d. need of Il water
mllyon tonic l goes down to lie mar
ket an looks around. In de fust
place, pick fur mellyon dat am we'll
built and we'll roofel over. Let yer
mellyon be all body an no legs. Pu!
it on de iloo' an press on it. Listen
fur Il cracklin' noise. Den thump on
it an listen fur al echo. Den roll it
along an see if it seems chunky. Den
AK de man if he am suah it am ripe.
Den thum it some mo-. Den remark
dat you won't take it unless it am
plugged. If dc plug shows up rel
an ]Iicy an sort . angelic, take de
mcllyon home. Oar am three chalces
outer five da. it amt ripe, but you kin
take revenge by dividin' wild you nay
Dor if it am green. ."-Lime-kilM Cl,tb,
Free Pr Ss.
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SmalIpox and Cream OF Tartar.

DR.. A. w. Cain, who lives in Ches-
ter county, not far from Christiana,
says he recently made a very interest
ing experiment, the result of which
seems contirmatory of the theory Of
the famous English physician who first
promulgated the efficacy of cream Of
tartar as a smallpox antidOte. The
doctor very naturally conceived that if
the drinking cream Of tartar dissolved
in water would almost Immediately
give relief to a person afflicted with
smallpox, it would also dissipate the
effects of vaccination which had thor
oughly taken. So procuring some
vaccine virus from DR.. Plank, OF
Christiana, DR.. Cain vaccinatel HIM
self and wife. Both vaccinations took
finely. When the swe:iings were a.
their height, and their arms sor'st,
each drank a pint of water in which
one ounce of cream of tartar had been
dissolved. In q few hours the swell
ing and soreness had entirely disap.
peared.-Lancaster (Penn.) } Inquirer
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4 SOcinl Hop.

Il understand you were at Il social
hop at Mr.. Browns last night, said
one young man to another.
Yes, 1 was there" was the hest
tating reply.
Ibid you have lively time:'
"Well, | should smile"
"Who VA; present on the oc; asion?'
ooh. there was the cd man. and the
old woman, the daughter Mary, She S
my girl YOU knuw, the three brothers,
and a neighbur or two"
NO more than that for hop?'
"If you'd seen IL, you would have
thought it WAS enough
"Why, what did. You do?
81 didn't do much Of anything. l
only went to see my girl, and the old
man, you know, didn't like it, and H.
walked in, and before knew anything
he hoped on to me. Then Mary
hoped on to him. and the old lady
hoped on to Mary, and the boys
hopped on to the others, and the
neighbors came in and / hoped on
to my opportunity and got out"
at wasn't so awful slow after all,
was it?"
"Was it2 Well, look at my eyes
and this arm In q sling, and this cot
OF, my head, and these Eewed.np places
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% WaSp.Waisled Vampire"

The military academy at West Point
was formerly an object of attack by
stump orators, anxious to excite popu-
lar pre- udice against an institution
which in the orators Judgment was
aristocra There is a story told of a
cadet, named Joe Blankster, who 81,
lencad stump crater in the days of
Tippecanoe and Tyler too:'
While Joe was home he went to a
political meeting. The orator spoke
of the tyranny of the government, OF
the President living in a great white
palace and feeling off of II gold spoon,
and of a place called West Point,
where wasp-wa:sted vampires were
educated at the expense of the people.
I'm one of those 'wasp-waisted
vampires, said Joe, as he stepped
upon the platform.
Joe's waist could hardly be spanned
with horses girth; and when tbs
people saw him they laughed and said
"If that is a sample we want more OF
them" Youths Companion.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1883-08-30
ing tides make the isherman's life one
of draarin egg attended with constant

of drearineSS, attended With constant
danger, that tobacco comes to his so.ace.
All the fishermen chew and smoke
without stint. By9and-bye the tide
slackens and turns off at right angles,
preparatory to running with it's accus-
toned violence in the opposite diTec-
tion. A. blast from "a horn or a shot
from a gun on board the smack warns
the fisherman that it is slack water
and time to haul onsthe trawl. He
heaves up his anchor, and works with
q will, coiling away his trawl as he
takes it in. Then, no omatter how coic
the day is, nothing sbus warmth o.
body is felt, for the mind is bent
wholly on what the drawing of the
lottery will bring forth. Sometimes
the hooks, as far as the eye can see
under water, come upladen with han,l-
some cod, haddocl, pollock, and occa-
sionally halibut. Every. hook gene
rally has something, for tits poor boz
tom indeed that. clEhot furnish even
a c?nger eel, a "krissskonnere or a
dogfsh. Beautiful sponges and shells
come t, the surface. together with all
the varied brio a bracof. the bottom OF
the sea, for a trawl is a perfect s"aY-
enger, picking up rocks and
delaying work, SO that the tide begins
to run strongly agan, and the boat
man has to cut lolse and pull for his
life to reach tie smack. A horn is
kept blowing en- ths vessel till all
III, boats have returned from their
mornings work. Then dinner is eaten,
gears are re-bai:ei, fish are dressed,
and the "set" in the afternoon is re-
peated Boats are occasionally lost in
this fishing, and mon who have missed
their smacks have been picked up by
merchant vessels far out to sea. The
work goes on increasingly until fare
of fish is caught, and then comes the
welcome order to take TO the boats.
All hands shake ont the sails with Il
will, every inch of canvas Is spread.
the relics of slaughter are scrubbed
from the decks, and the vessel Is
washed from stem to stern.
The trip to Fulton market begins,
and in few holrs the flying craft
runs clear Of the fog and gets into CIV
ilized weather once. more. Making
passages and the week in New York
arc the fishermen's halcyon days, which
he more than pays for when encoun-
tar:ng the dangers Of storm, tide,
shoals and coll sions on the ever-shiftr
ing shoals Of Nantucket.
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Circumstances Alter Cnses.

Not long ago as an elderly couple
were out walking lady on the
opposite side Of the street tripped and
fell down. The old gentleman rushed
across the street, raised his hat, and
offered to assist her in any possible
way. His wife followed him across at
a slow pace, and witnessing his devo-
tion to the stranger, she got mad, ana
shook her fist at him. "1t's all right
its all right" he whispered. yes
T know it u.s." she hotly exclaimed !;
"here an unknown woman hurts her
toe, and you plow across the street to
eat her up with kindness. The other
day when fell downstairs you stood,
and laughed, and chuckled, and tickled
your ribs, and wanted to know II 1
was practicing for circus"
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1883-08-30

European :tatist'c clans are gradually
reducing their est IN te' of the poplI-
iation Of China. 1t used to pc pat at
over 400,C00,00l. Behm and Wagner
reduce the r estimate for China and
Corea from 434,50J.000 to 379, 5UO,00l.
Peterson reduces his tima.e by 75-
100000, making the present total $780,
100000. rr. Happe:-, miss onary, be-
lieves this can safely be reduced
another 50,000,00p. Dr. II PIP sleY,
acting comm: sSioner oil GU toms, thinks
250. .009, ,00) more near.y Y correct than
$50. .0)0O00. Thelosse, by the 'fasp ng
AMI Mohamme an rete.lions, and by
the famine and pc lence VII ch swept
the provinces of thili, tlia2tnng,
Shansi, Shensi anl Houan. are vari-S
ously estimated at from 81, eo0 TO-
S1,OOQC
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1883-08-30
How SpO0ls are Made.

In the manufacture OF spools Whlte
birch is used exclusively. The wood
is first sawed into pieces four feet in
length and of nine sizes, varying by
sixteenths from an inch to an inch
and half square. It is then dried as
thoroughly as it can be out of doors
Inside the factory it first goes to the
rougher, where the strips are first cut
into cylinders the length of q spool
and the hole bored. the turning and
boring being performed at one opera.
tion, and the cutting off with a small
circular saw at another, all on one ma
chine. These little cylinders drop
from the rougher into barrel, from
whence they are removed to the rollers
or revolving slated cylinders, in Which
the fine dirt and fuzz left by the saw
and bits are removed. The pieces are
then picked over by hand and all i'm
perfect ones are sorted out to feed the
ever hungry fires under the boiler.
The next process is more thorough
seasoning of the blocks in loft, and
then they 60 to the reamer, where the
center holes are made to the exact size
required, which cannot be done by the
rougher on account Of the shrinking of
the wood a ter leaving that machine.
Until lately the roaming has been done
by an ordinary roaming tool working
in q lathe, the work being fed by
hand; but new machine has been
recently put in which will ream the
spools as fast as two boys can feed
them into the spouts. At each oscil-
lation of the shaft two spools are
reamed, one at each end, the machine
turning out about 240 per minute.
The next machine is the tinisher,
which is an attachment to an ordinary
lathe, ty which the spools are turned
into shape by enc operation, at the rate
of 1000 to 1900 per hour. There are
eight cutting knives on this machine;
one at each end, standing up perpen'
dicular to the length Of the spool fol
trimming the end; one at each
end, horizontally, for turning
Che OUTSIDE OF Ine HduBei
between these, two others, standing
diagonally, for the inside of the tlange:
another, horizontally, for turning out
the space between the two tlanges, and
a Small circular chisel for cutting the
finish on the top Of the spoo'. The
spools have now received their shape,
and need only the finishing touches.
These are given first by the polishers,
which are the same as the rollers
above, the friction Of the spools against
each other giving them the required
polish. After remaining in this from
four to five hours they are again sorted
by hand and all imperfect ones re-
moved, after which they 60 to the en-
bosser, a sort of printing machine,
which stamps the number of the
thread and some ornamental devices
upon the head of Zach spool. They
are then packed in stout sacks, accord.
ing to the size of the spools. s.-Nanat-
tact,trer and Builder.
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TO) Late.

DR.. Stephan, secretary of state, is
director general of the German tale-
graph system. On recent tour of in
spect:on he entered an office just as a
dispatch was Icing received addressed
to the operator. The director general
demanded to see it. The operator
tremblingiy handel it over, but the
good-humored director only laughed on
reading: "Be on your guard, Stephan
is on the rampage, he puts his nose
into everybody's pie" He took his re.
:venge by debating the following reply:
'"Too late-nose is already in my pie" ;"
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S.sa So
- -L------

q. j. j, ,;,,,,,,, : :, AZ +hs white
{ .sor..ss,,. 77I7
Ts,s ds,s s, ,vss tba e,ariIen i saw not the
s: 3 81
s.No, = si'. shsra Ia footstsns ba comes INV
4. q. !, I....,-.
5,,h 80 ,;,bt;n.,le Kin. bnoh IN sweet night.
8. inss,ale Sa;t q ,i,...s
MN r ,;ston nrd hoo,
sTs !. s,,tas,s I, "a -.
For nv s,ioIy,a he slate 8
!,
.Tsa sl;ss Il, ,tbe DARKNESS stoop nearer and
nearer. Is
g A eluste. Of stars hangs nan, like fruit in the
tras: s3:
me fall Of the water comes sweeter, comes
clearer.
;,rr, ,vbat ar, tt,on listenino. and What dost
tthou see?p
Lat the et,ar.clnsters crow,
css;, acssss Ist the sweet waters fiow,
And cross quickly to- me-.
:,
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The Earthquake that Came from PeNr O. ina
an Elephant.

The Farthqunkc that Came from Pepr O. ina
an Elephant.
Sam Wah, Of Wilmington, Del, as
mild.eyed a Celestial as ever sprayed a
linen shirt, visited the Philadelphla
Zoo, and after having "heaplee fun
in the monkey house, stopped over al
the elephants home. A party OF
wicked lads beguiled the innocent flat
iron artist into conversation, and fin
ally persuaded him to give one of the
elephants a ginger cake which they
had dosed with red pepper. They then
retired to watch for the result. Sam
patted the ANNALS trunk softly with
one hand. and remarked: "Eat!es
muchee." The elephant closed its
eyes lazily, and reached out for the
cake with its long trunk. Sam gazed
with placid satisfaction at the beast as
it curled up trunk and poked the cake
down its throat. Then the elephants
little eyes snapped yiciously. Sam did
not appear to notice this, and turned
around to get another cake. AS he
did 80 the elephant reached out his
long trunk and wound il about the
luclless Chinaman's body. Then there
was q whirl, and the thud Of a China
mans body twelve feet outside of the
ropes. The keeper rushed to the
scene, and promptly pulled Sans head
from a parrot cage, where he had been
jammed, and carried him out for dead.
at the Goor, however, Sam revived
opened his eyes and remarked: "Muchee
eartquakee." Then he got on his feet
and walked reAectively to the station
He took the next train for Whining
ton, where he confidentially said to q
friend: "Chinaman heaplee foollee
ale same like Mclean man. Me
washee ale time now"
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1883-08-30
The Plant OF the kissing Tradition.

The cultivation of that singular
parasitic shrub, the mistletoe, for orna.
mental purposes is recommended in
foreign papers, and y,nns trees with
mistletoe growing on them are offered
for sale in English nurseries. 1t is
generally found on branches O; apple
trees, but it is not very particular in
this respect and takes It's habitatioa
al: O on different other trees. 1t may
Le raised from seed placed i'll the
crevices of tn: bark Of young, healthy
branches, or it may be pror agated by
grating, in which case a portion of
the bark of the tree from which it il
taken has to be cut with the piece and
Gemly secured to the new position
american Garden.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1883-08-30

The famous packet liner Great West
ern, now sailing between San Fran
cisco and other Pacific ports, is already
twice as old as ships usually get to be.
She first sailel from New York to
Liverpool forty years ago, and re.
mained in the ! .tlantic Heeti twenty.
nine years.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1883-08-30

To cleanse brGgS-catch your ook
agent, hold him ulsser the pump and
sponge him with a gear Of sand soap.
TO destroy weeds-introluce your
widow to bachelor, and let nature
take it's course-A.AuTcthon I1oaepe'aa.
eHt
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1883-08-30
Tho PnrnSOi.

Before marriage: Excuse Inc.
George. Did my parasol hurt your
"Oh, no, my dear. 1t would be a
pleasure if it did"
After marriage: "Great heavens !!
There was never q woman under the
sun that knew how :" carry a parasol
without scratching a fellows eyes
out"
"And there never was man that
knew enough to walk on the right side
Of woman with a parasol."
A"There isn't any right side to a
@oman with a parasol." .".-HaTJora
Conn., Post.
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in my clothes, and then go up and
take squint at Mary and the old man.
and the old woman, and the boys and
the furniture. Slow? Slow3 Well
don't bill me for any more social hops
till the spring of 1888"
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1883-08-30
PHYLLIS.

Tho shadows closed on the or;hari glooms,
The scent of the locusts filed the lane
Ths light winds kissed the mist-trees
plume5
And bore on their wings the kiss OF rain'
Couds in the red west dimmed the skies
With aeecy fingers, cold and gray,
Ar the sveet-bre ,theil kline with Junos
eyes
Came down the clover-perfumed way.
And the shepkerdess there, in tho moFnius
light,
With red lips fashioned like Cupid's DoW'
Her clear gray eyes so tender bright,
And white brow catching the sunsets
glow; s
I will hear her speae, when the loWlnf'
herd ,E
Is folded under the walnut trees,
Soft as the note of e singing bird
And I'd give thousand dollars right out OF
the Office il could thiuk Of any rhyme fos
,"trees'. except "breeze," but can't All
the same, I heard her voice she hit a brind 9
COW over the hip with cedar pal, ana sold;
$50, brute, sol Huddllp your 9ocs! Stand
over! I'll spike your tail to the fence II yo7
strike me with it again! 90, brute, so!-
Burlington Eawteye. ~
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HUMOROUS SKETCHES.
It Was the Girl.

a travelling man, noticing pretty
girl alone in the car, went over in her
direction, and smilingly asked:
"Is this seat engaged, miss?
"No, sir, but 1 am, and he is going
to get on at the next station"
"Oh-ah-indeed thanBs-beg par
don" and he pi ked up his feet, after
stumbling over them, and went into
the smoking car to lie alone awhile
Merchd72t.I TaUeEer.