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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-10-16
Fashion Notes.

Lace mltts are again worn.
Striped and checked materials are all
the rage.
Lace nantes arc profusely trimmed
with beads.
Egyptian and Oriental lace are used for
~founces over colored and white dresses.
Satin duchess skirts are worn with
bodices and draperies of escurial grena-
dine.
Cashmere and camel's hair serge arc
serviceable materials for travelling cos
tunes.
Batiste and zephry dresses are trim
med with bands of white or colored EN-.
broidery.
Matinees Of lace, lined with colored
silk, are worn with dark silk skirts with
a demi-train.
Lustrous silk warp white materials are
employed for mourning dresses for in
formal occasions.
Embroidered Grape, gauze and muslin
are shown in most elaborate designs and
beautiful coloring.
Large buttons are used to tram dress
panels. The rosary beaus, now some
what passe, are utilized as buttons.
Brocaded sateens. in light colors and
white, have delicate vine. bud and fern
designs in the same color Us the ground
Beaded bodices glistening like Lohen-
grin's armour. and made in cuira~s form,
are charmingly becoming to divlnely tall
beauties.
Lawn and cambria dresses have the
skirts made with narrow founces, with
short drapery in front, that at the back
being pulled.
Coarse meshed nets have large or
small polka dots. They are TO be found
in all the fashionable colors. They are
made up over silk.
Thin black tissues richly embroidered
with jet AMI lined with some color, as
lilac, mauve, gray OF red, are among the
latest Partisan novelties for mansles.
Foulards are now shown in so great a
variety of c~oloring and designs that thew
commend themselves to every person of
taste. Their extreme lich,ness renders
them especially Attractive for midsum-
mer wear.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-10-16
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Does the sunlight falling upon an or
binary wood fire have any effect upon
its burn:ng2 1t is a popular notion that
the fire burns more feebly when the sun
sh;nesfull upon it. It is now alleged
by scientific men that there may be some
such influence produced by the action of
the sun,
An English statistical writer saws that
while population in Europe and the Uni
ted States has risen thirty-four per cent.
since 1850, working power has increased
lO5 per cent, AID as a consequence OF
this five men can O accomplish as
much as six in 1870 or eight in 1850.
The worlds steam power is now five and
I half times what was in 1850.
The motto of science is still excelsior
Held by wire ropes to the tip-top point
of Sonblitf mountain, q peak 10, 900 feet
high in the Tyrolese Alps, is o new
block-house. Thanking it IS a massive
stone turret. A wire ropeway 5000 feet
loec leads down the mountain. In this
block-house is to dwell a meteorologist,
and his observatory is higher than any
other meteorologist' in Europe.
A paradoxical observation is that while
menthrol, a remedy for neuralgia, i'm
parts sensation of GOODNESS, the parts
rubbed with it are really hotter than the
surrounding skin. This confirms the
newly-advancsd theory that sensations
of heat and of cold are conveyed by two
distinct sets of nerves, the menthrol
seeming to powerfully stimulate nerves
of cold.
Rev. F. Hewlett, of the London AS
Economical Society, has confirmed long
entertained doubts concerning the COR
rcctness Of the generally accepted theory
that sunspots are depressions in the solar
surface. Though himself an observer of
the sun for many years, neither he nor
friends requested to verify his results
have been able to see any spot as a notch
when at thesun's edge.
In Germany, Strasburger has success
fully grated stramonium species, COM
mon tobacco, henbane,7 atropa bciladon-
ma, and petunia upon the common po-
tato plant. The most remarkable result
is that. when datura stramonium was
grated upon a potato plant, the normal
appearing potatoes borne by the latter
were found to be impregnated with
atropine. 1t is not stated. however,
whether the tobacco gratis infected the
tubers with nicotine. Tschudy had al
ready grated the tomato upon the po-
tato, producing potatoes from the bot
tom and tomatoes from the top of the
same plant.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-10-16
Women Who Doctor Their Hair.

A fashionable New York modiste has
given a Mail and Erpress reporter some
POINTS on ome doctoring their hair to
obtain certain effects in color. Said she:
"Wo omen are blessed with such luxuriant
hirsute adornments they rarely ever be-
come bald. If they did not attempt to
doctor their hair it would never fall out,
unless some scalp disease caused it. In
nearly every hair store you visit Will be
ound a hair lotion specially prepared to
do something wonderful either in the
way Of producing extraordinary growth
or changing the color from q sandy to a
golden, or as desired. Women have a
fondness for experimenting with their
1air, and cannot resist the temptation to
Try all the nostrums offered. | say nos
trums; some OF the stuff may be good,
used IN moderation, but moderation is
rarely observed. Women are all allopa-
thetic IN hair remedies. | have seen
many q beautiful suit Of hair ruined by
applications of lotions. l know a Young
married lady who moves in the highest
circles. She had long, wavy, blonde
hair, the envy of nine-tenths of her
friends. She concluded that she wanted
it a shade lightcr-some one had told
her that 1t would add TO its beauty. She
began by using borax and a lot OF pre-
pared stuff, guaranteed by each person
who sold it 20 do its work effectually
and without harm. Her hair is now an
ugly shade of sorrel and completely dead.
j. is also much thinner, and will all
come out, l think, in a few years. Her
case is but one of many. Ii women
would only take into consideration the
fact that health, as a rule, gives vitality
TO hair they would not use so many inef
fectual remedies. 1t is enough TO have
race of baldheaded en-ma the fe.
Iuales be spared"
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-10-16
A Mexican Custom.

When a Mexican lady is widowed
(says a correspondent Of the Kansas City
JournaD a family council is Immediately
called, her male relatives and those of
her husband charging themselves with
the education of her sons and the care of
herself and daughters quite as a matter
of course. Though the widow and her
grown-up daughters may be accom-
plished as we'll as poor, nobody dreams
of the possibility Of their doing anything
toward supporting themselves, and the
proffered aid is calmly accepted as an
hereditary right. Even if the widowed
mother is healthy she can by no means
be independent. Custom, which here
rules with iron hand, prescribcs that the
entire superintendent of her property
and the education Of her children shall
be delegated to her male kindred, and
unless she is really an aged woman she
must reside with her relatives. So
thoroughly are Mexican gentlemen i'm
bued with this idea of womanly Deepen
denc that they do not regard the care
of any number of bcreaved families as an
unjust, burden, but, on the contrary,
when 4 man marries he virtually CON
tracts to bcfriend all the female kindred
of his lady love and to provide for them,
if need be. This sort of knightly
courtesy makes matrimony a serious mat
ter, and perhaps accounts for the num-
Der of eligible bachelors with which
Mexico abounds; but, b~andinage apart,
it is a beautiful custom, and a strong
proof of the innate chivalry ~of Mexican
gentlemen is found in the fact that the
estates Of widows and orphans are in
variably administered with scrupulous
honesty.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-10-16
LADIES
Their Start in Life.

! The original occupations of prominent
actresses have been curious and diverse,
says che New York World. Maud Gran
ger, who was as fond of rolling up her
pretty eyes as Mary Anderson nov is,
earned her first money by going out by
the day as a sewing woman. Jenny Lind
used to help her mother to keep a board
inghouse in Sweden. Clara Louise Kel-
logg's mother used to give S~piritualistic
seanccs to raise the money to train her
daughters voice. Sarah Bernhardt
made ~buttonholcs for a little, unfashion-
able dressmaker in Paris. Rhea was a
harum-scarum French holden Of IA when
she went on the stage in the provinces,
and was continually in disgrace and
down for fines because of her lively be-
havior at rehearsals. There was a
stuffed tiger used in the play, q French
farrago of oriental impossibilities, and
one day at the rehearsal she stole behind
the leading gentleman with the tiger in
her arms and clapped it on his back in
the midst Of his most imprisoned love
scene. He was so startled he tainted,
and on the books Of the Lyons theatre is
still to be seen this entry under the head
of '%Hincs;" "Mille. Rhea, for frightening
NJ. Blank with atiger, 8 francs.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-10-16

A private letter published IN the Kan
sas City Times tells Of a party Of
biologists who were camped IN South
western Kansas one night when a meteor
fell near than. In the morning they
found . huge mass buried in the ground,
and still quite warm, They managed to
break oil 4 chunk o. about 4 pound and
a half weight, carried i, TO Denver and
had It assayed- 1t PANIED out abou. y
per { Of gold, 81 per cent. Of iron.
and II per cent. nicAle, with copper and
other metals. Tue party are going back
with dynamite and tools TO get the res.
OF the meteor, which they calculate
weighs five tons. 1.-THE essay holds GU,
they'll get a ton OF gold
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-10-16
The Department Women.

There are 1000 women in the govern
ment departments at Washington, and
among them are some of the best-looking
.:nd most Intelligent ladies of the CAPT
tai. They come, as a rule, from good
families. Many of them are the widows
of noted generals, the daughters OF ex-
Governors and ex-Congressmen, and now
end then you will find the relative of a
President or q Cabinet Minister. MANY
of them have travelled widely and the
great majority are educated and refined
ladies. They do all kinds of work and
receive salaries ranging from $73o &c
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-10-16
In q Doll Factory.

There is much that may be seen by a
visit to a doll factory, that would have
for many people all the force of a revela.
ton. Few probably realize what a num-
her of processes are necessary before even
the tiniest of dolls is ready for the
nursery. There is certainly a bewilder-
ing number of suitable substances. Be-
sides the various kinds of wax from the
best English to the foreign
sorts, there are spermacetl and various
kinds of compositions; india-rubber,
guttapercha, wood and rags, not to men
tion various judicious combinations Of
these and other materials. But the best
dolls are made only Of the best English
wax. Then come the composition dolls,
which are much more durable, and some
Of which have their faces protected by a
thin piece of muslin, and SO on through
the whole list. It is, however, the waxen
dolls that appeal most powerfully to the
affections and the admiration of the girls
of England.
The construction of the molds in
which these are made involves soma
knowledge of modelling. The molds are
tions being deity joined together with
SUCH ulCCby DIS ~ ltuFc DuL lew III ms VI
the Joints. Into this the melted wax is
poured, while still very hot, and a thin
film Immediately adheres to the sides of
the mold, which is quickly inverted in
order that the molten wax in the center
may flow out. But although this rough
mask is fairly complete in point
of outline, much remains to be
done before it can be regarded
as possessing those charms which are
commonly believed to be a dolls right
full inheritance. The ro~ughnesses have
to be smoothed down, a distinctive
character has to be given to the mouth
and nose, the eyebrows have to be deli
cattly pencilled in: and we may well
cease to wonder that Shakespeare's lover
should have written an ode 'to his mis-
tress's eyebrow" when we see the won
derfm effect produced on a dolls face
by various arrangements Of brow and
lash. Then the eyes, which are like
beau iful shells, although they can be
bought by the gross, Of any color and
size, have to be fixed IN. which is done
bv plastering them at the back with a
little soft wax. The method of fasten-
ing the hair so as to give it a natural
appearance. is one Of the best tests Of
the care with which a doll has been
made. In the best dolls almost every
strand is attached separately to the wax
itself, while in the cheaper kinds a wig
is roughly stuck OF the dolls head. This
is q very important point. which doll
worshippe.s will <roperly apprecia;e, for
is not the most delightful part OLA dolls
daily toilette the brushing and combing
of her hair? Then there are many quail
tiles of hair, from the best mohair to
common flax.
We lave sail little about the tintinp
of lips and cheeks. processes which in
volve q nice appreciation Of effect. SO
far doll f~ancieTs seem to be believers ia
the rudy hue OF health, for we have
never yet seen an interesting" doll with
cheek Of the color OF undcrdone pastry.
But il would be rash TO speculate upon
the future, for the Rew science OF taste
may yet influence even the nursery and
the dol trade.-Cyss-l.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-10-16
Making Her Things Last.

Every housekeeper knows how careful
treatment keeps table linen and house
hold furniture. Girls do not always know
or remember that great care of their own
little possessions will often enable them to
dress nicely on very little money. A lady
says: "When | was a girl there was one of
my young friends who was distinguished
for making her things last Her dress,
hats, gloves and ribbons were a marvel
Of durability. | used to wonder how she
managed to make them last so without
their looking shabby, but l ceased to do
so after | had visited her at her own
homo. The reason why her clothes wore
SO long was that she took such care Of
them. Her dresses were brushed and
folded away carefully, and the slightest
spot on them was removed as soon as it
was discovered. Her hat was wrapped
in an old pocket handkerchief, and put
away in a box as soon as lone with, the
strings and laces being Strengthened and
rolled out most svmmetrically each time,
Her gloves were never folded together.
but were pulled out straight and laid fat
in a box, one upon the other, each time
they were used, the %tiniest hole being
mended almost before it had time to show
itself. But the thing that Impressed me
most was the care she bestowed on her
ribbons. When making up bows she
used to line the upper part of the ribbon
with white paper, and this not only pre-
vented the ribbon from becoming limp
and creased but kept it clean, so that
when the bow was soiled on one side she
could turn the ribbon, and the part that
had been covered came out looking new
and fresh. That girl married and brought
up a large family. Her husband had to
fight his way, and did so bravely, and
was unusually successful, for he became
wealthy. But his prosperity was due
quite as much to his wife's care and
economy In saving money as was to his
in making it.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-10-16

By excuses or lrapruieace IN eating, we can
not nope 10 escape the consequences for any
great length q time The most robust d!ges-
ton must sge1NFno 70 abuses % that important
function. Bat supposing that We nave been
foolsn enough 10 eufe-bIe the stomach. Is the
DAMAGE irreFarab.es b no means Tie dys.
pepSic has only 20 do two things % insure his
ultimate recovery. First. he should adop. an
easily dtg-stad diet second. he should use
with regularity and persistence Hostetter's
stomach Bitters. the leading gastric luyigorans
e the age. The muItiform symptoms OF dys-
persia. and the almost Invariably attendant dis
orders u.IonSness and coustl patton. will as
surely cease 10 prosecute the sufferer If the
aoaTe advice 8 attended 10. Who that. has
suffered the ;ornents that chronic indigestion
iu1icss Will neglect TO take advantage OF q
remedy which. Il the most positive evidence Of
tie medical profession and the public Is 70 be
received with d1s credenca. In a ahnnlpto
UAGkAs l9 tks eoupiAtnk
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-10-16

"THosE who use our goods are very
much attached to them, us whata poiouS
plaster company advertises.
AN Illinois man recently sneezeo 50
hard that he fractured one OF ms tbs
He was evidently not quite up 10 SKULL
CANADA would be wiser to d
three-mile limit for American ueiaui'ei'
rather than for American fishermen.
CANT something be done to dsii-eyes
the tribe of young savagss VINO SUITE d.
all our pretty young ladies on our streets
A STORY entitled The PENNIES,
Maiden" has just been issued. IL VII
have very little interest for the mooerl
youth.
WE see a lengthy article gong the
rounds of the papers headed no" =
Manage a Wife, We didn't read II; nc
use.
No MAN appreciates more the irreslstl
BILE power of the press than the uniucS!
wretch who has just got his hnger
caught in the machinery.
A YOUNG man has a scrap book con
tanning the marriage notices OF all tn
women that he has loved, and he SITS GU
in the moonlight and reads It and cries
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-10-16

$500 q year. As money counters they
are much more expert than the men, and
the rapidity with which they can
thousands upon thousands OF dollars
without making a mistake makes your
brain whirl as you watch them. These
money counters get about S15 a month,
and they count millions of dollars every
month. At one side of each one on the
table lie great piles of ~greenbacks, done
into packages as they come from the
press. l am speaking now of the redemp-
ton bureau of the Treasury. These
bills are old and dirty. The strip Of
paper around each package Of 100 bills
states where they came from and who
counted them in the country. The young
lady takes this off, and, m~oistening her
fingers with a wet sponge in front of her,
she counts the bills like lightning, and if
the package is not right she reports to
the chief, and the banks from which the
bills come must stand the loss. The girls
seldom make a mistake, and if they do
SO or pass a counterfeit without noting
it they must make the mistake good, and
the amount is taken out of their salary
They can tell, however, a bad bill Simply
by feeling it, and a bank cashier will
make a hundred mistakes where they
make one Washington Letter.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-10-16

The baltimore Herald says: The vicinity OF
NIAGARA Fails would be a very sulta Die spot
for the establishment and maintenance or an
international 'unatic asylum just now. There
are enough barred crankS in the nelghborhood
to give the Institution a fine start.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-10-16

The editor of the Corsicana, Tex, Observer,
Mr. G. +. Miller, had a severe attack Of rneu-
matisn in his left knee, which became so
swollen and painful that he could not walk up
the stairs. He writes that after q few applica-
tons of st. Jacobs Oil, the pain entirely disap-
peared, and the knee assumed its normal pro-
portions.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-10-16

The great success of many agents employed
by b. f. Johnson & Co.. of Richmond, is a
pretty good evidence of the excellence and
popularity ofthe books they offer to sell through
their agents. This is a reliable house, and any
contract made with them you can depend on
will be faithfully carried out
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-10-16

The Rural NeU Yorker condemns the prac-
tee of scraping the trunks of fruit trees, as
some people do. We never heard Of anything
so small Is that. We have known farmers so
mean that they sold off all the fruit, leaving
none at all for the family to eat at home.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-10-16

Summer coughs and colds generally com to
stay, but the use Of Red Star Cough cure in
yariably drives them away. Safe, prompt,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-10-16

The purest, sweetest and best Cod Liver OIL
In the world, manufactured from fresh, healthy
livers, upon the seashore. 1t is absolutely puro
and sweet. Patients who have once taken it
prefer it to all others. Physicians have de-
market. Made by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New
York.
CHApPED HANDS, face, pimples and rough
skin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap, made by
Caswell, Hazard & Co.. Now York.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-10-16

The farmers, in their swamps, we're sure.
Could find the roots and plants that cure;
If by their knowledge they only knew
For Just the disease each one grew.
Take courage now and "Swamp-Root" try
for kidney, liver and bladder complaintsl,
AS on this remedy you can rely,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-10-16

Gray or sandy boards are colored bro,n
black by BuckinghAm's dyefor the wbisranW
One bottle of Ayers Ague Cure viii 80
cate maiarlal poisons from the system @o-
After all, this world Is q dangerous p,,..
very few ever get out OF il alive.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-10-16
When We Demoralize the stomach

In Europe cocoaine has been found eff.
eient in the treatment Of asthma
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-10-16
HON TO USR
CREAM balm

Place a PARTIES @.
Balm into each noe.
and draw long h,ea,.
through the nose, Ii ~
be absorbed aad iN1,
its work of c.e.nns
and healing The d.sea
membrane. Il .llsgs
Illumination and ia
vents fresh colds.
Not a LIQUID o, Srs
No poisonous da& Y,
offensive oSor.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-10-16

PREVENT crooked boots and blistered heels
by wearing Lyons Patent Heel Stiffeners.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-10-16

Relic. is Immediate, and a cure sure. Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-11-12
The ShOplifter's Work.

The amount of goods stolen from n
large dry gods store during the year is in
significant, when you consider how appar
entity negligent merchants are in piling
articles upon the counters. When a shop
litter is caught and her deeds are written
up in paper the readers at once conclude
that stores are. constantly preyed upon
by the professionals. Bat professionals
are scarce and they do not last long, for
their very actions while making Il raid
confess them to the clerks. Oh, there is
no necessity for detectives, assure you,
for it is an easy thing to detect thieves,
and detectives are liable to enter into col
lusion with them. Understand that these
shoplifters are always women, for men
are so out of place in a dry goods store
that they always feel as if cyerybOdy's
eyes were upon them when they enter.
do not believe women become skillful
thieves, and if they do their greed gener-
ally leads them to try TO carry away too
many things. 1t is only during rush
that the shOplifters dare try TO ply their ne
fariOus trade. For instance, when a sac
rifice sale is advertised, our clerks look
out for them, and if you have noticed
you will see that when shoplifters are ar
rested it was during a rush at a store.
Holiday times are occasions for their
depredations, but they escape with only
trifiing spOils. Probably a large store
only loses few hundred dollars worth
of goods in year, and that amount is not
missed from a big stock. Demo
crat Interview