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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-04-08
Capacity of the Kruppl Works.

In the Essen works there are 1, ,553 big
ovens, 439 steam boilers, 450 steam en-
gines representing together $4,000 horse
power), 1922 machine tools, 80 steam
hammers, 81 rolling trains-involving
daily consumption Of S,1Oo tons of coal
and coke by the 1,84S furnaces, wIiese
draught is through chimneys of which
one is 2s0 feet high, with a diameter Of
80 feet at the bottom. The daily con-
sumption of water-brought from the
Ruhr by an aqueduct-is A,7OO cubic
meters. There Its steel lamps and
Z IA cubic meters of gas have been used
annually, though this quantity has just
been diminished by the introduction OF
electric lights. The work ceases only on
Sunday and on two or three holidays.
The production is enormous. When
the Emperor William visited the place
in 1877, Mr.. Krupp caused to be set be-
fore him the productions of single day:
1900 rails, 100 wheel tires, 120 axles, 160
railway wheels, 430 railway wedges,
1000 bomb shells. The daily capacity Of
the works is much more: 2,700 rails two
and half miles,, $50 tires, $50 axles, 1870
wheels, 1000 wedges, 1900 bomb shells.
In month they can produce $50 field
pieces, thirty 5.7 in cannon, fifteen 9.33
inch cannon, eight II inch cannon, one Il
inch gun-the weight Of the last being 81
short tons, its length % feet inches. It is
one thing to read these figures on paper,
decidedly another to travel among the
objects they represent, and witness their
extent, their vomitings of flame, their
harnessed immensely and to hear their
voice.-Harper's Magazine.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-04-08
Tho Business of Street-Peddling.

There is not the money in this business
that there used to be. we'll recollect
the time when man with stock of
imitation. gold rings, sleeve buttons,
collar buttons, etc, valued at Ss to SIC,
could be easily make his IS and SO a
day. Country people are not the only
ones who buy, either. Those of the city
who do buy, though, belong to the
working classes. Occasionally q well.
dressed, stylish young fellow invests IN Q
asnide" diamond from us, paying ST fof
it and is as much satisfied as if it was a
genuine stone. But seldom does he
come along. If we make our dollar a
day we consider ourselves lucky. Some
days we make more than others, but,
taken on an average, 81 is fair estimate
of our daily earnings.-Giobe-Dem
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-04-08
Sold for a Hundred Cabbage Plunts.

The last sale of a slave in Virginia took
place in the spring of 1866. The facts
were the following: The confederacy
was on its very last legs, and the owner
of negro woman in Augusta, knowing
that slavery would be ended In q few
days, sold her for what he could gel.
As there was no circulating medium of
any sort then-for nobody would take
Confederate money at any value-the
woman's master bartered her off for 100
cabbage plants.-Chioago Times.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-04-08

The immense quantity of peanuts
grown in Africa, South America. and in
cur own southern states afford not onl.
e pleasant article of food, but yer!
large source of oil production. The seed
contains from As to so per cent. of a
nearly colorless, bland, fixed oil, not un-
like olive oil, and used for similar pur-
poses; it is a non-drying oil, which
changes but little by exposure 10 the air,
and remains fluid even at several de-
grees colder than a2 degrees Fahrenheit.
a very great quantity of soap is manu-
factured from this kind of oil; indeed.
some O: the finest toilet soaps imported
from France are of this material.-Chi-
cago Times.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-04-08
The Ventilation Of O Bed-Room.

1t is sometimes difficult matter to
ventilate bedrooms properly. Opening
a window often causes draught that
may be more injurious than air less
pure. A very simple ventilator, which
allows free current of air without pro-
ducing draught, may be made by any
one. Have apiece of inch board, four
inches or more in width, cut to fit the
window casing. 1t should be long enough
to preclude any draught entering on
either side. Raise the window and rest
it on the top of the board so that no air
may pass between the sash and the
hoard. A free current of air will then
pass between the upper and lower sash
20 comfortably ventilate the room.-
Chicago Herald.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-04-08
s,ennishes which Mar Our Books.


Recent book-making has developed
many innovations in taste that are ques-
tionable. One Of these is the unpunctu-
ated title-page. The latest English and
American publications now display title
pages guiltless of punctuation of any
sort, save that which Is incidental to
abbreviations. There is no justification
whatever for this, more than there would
be for continuation of this state of af-
fairs all the way through the. book. A
common blenish Of English books is the
lack Of dates indicating the year in
which the book was published. This
fashion has only obtained within the last
twenty or thirty years. The reason
given is that booksellers do not wish pur-
chashess to know the age Of the books
they buy. Luckily in this country books
can not be copyrighted unless they are
dated. It d absolutely impossible to
learn without writing to the publishers
whss yeaz certain EnglSh magazines rep
resent, the month and the volume being
alone indicated.
Another; fault Is the omission of the
folio upon which a new article begins.
This is done to save @underlsying. Cata-
loguers and many such obstacles in Eng
ish books end magazines. Another snas
they strike is the English habit Of using
q mans title or office instead Of his given
nane, as Principal Sharp, Canon Farrar,
Prehandary REYNOLDS, etc. Until recently
few English magazines attached the
names Of authors TO the articles, and this
has been the cause Of no end Of mystery
and confusion. Harperb Magazine did the
same until about ten years ago. Authors
Of historical books often write the chap
bars full of references to months and
days, but to discover the year one has to
read: sometimes god share of the book.
These are but few of the blemishes
which keep our books from mechanical
and artistic perfection.-Cor. Chicago
News.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-04-08
English Shoriffs' and Judges Robes

English Shoritrs' and Judges Robes.
Between the sheriff's and the Judges
costume there is not much to choose, SO
far as grotesqueness goes. If anything,
the Judges is rather the more absurd.
But then his lordship carries it off bet
ter, partly, no doubt, because he IS more
accustomed to it, and partly because he
is paid for wearing 1t. I know, OF course,
the stock argument In favor of these
disguises-the majesty of the law must
be maintained. But why, I wonder,
does the law Qike the African chieftain
in the red weistcoat) only care to be ma
iestic by his clothing? A plainly-dressed
policeman captures the criminal, a
plainly-dressed magistrate sends him for
trial, and a plainly-dressed hangman
finishes him.
But ut his trial he must have sheriff
with sword and rufaes, and judge In
red cloth, rabbit skin, hersehair, and
black cap. Surely it would be better to
divide these properties among the varl'
Gus csiicers of the law employed In the
transaction. Let the policeman $50 much
exposed to the weather) have the rabbit
skin, and the magistrate the red cloth.
The wig alone would be sufficient to
maintain the dignity Of the judge, and
the black cap obviously belongs to this
hrncsneu. Truth.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-04-08
Nov 96-3nlOS
INSURANCE AGENCY
LICENSE.
COLUMBIA. S. G., April !. ISIS.

COLUMBIA, 5. G., April l. 1885.
T certify that Mr.. John y. Hamilton, OF
/ Orangcburg, S. G., Agent of the NORTH
BRITISH and MERCANTlLE, QUEEN,
WESTERN ASSURANCE, ROCHESTER,
GERMAN, Insurance Companies of North
America, HOME INSURANCE of New
York. CRESCENT, and FACTORS and
TRADERS of New Orleans, has complied
with the acquisitions of the Act of! the
General Assembly entitled An Act to rcel-
late the Agencies of Insurance Companies
not Incorporated in the State of South Caro-.
lima, and hereby license the said join
4, HAMILTON Agent aforesaid, totake
risks ami transact i'll business of insurance
in this State in the County Of Or.ngchur@
for and in behalf of said C"mnanicS. En-
pircs March 3lst. lSSG. W. l. STONEl,
Comptroller Geiieral.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-04-08
Curiositios OF an AntisoptIc Climate.

One of the most curious results of my
observations is that the climate OF
Oamarsland possesses what we might
call an antiseptic character for several
months of each year. The quality Is an
attendant of the long annual drought.
Every living thing suffers during that
period from the excessive heat, and
much comfort is impossible, even In the
shade, while in places exposed to the
warm winds the thermometer has risen
to 1928 degrees; and the sand, unmoistened
for six months, becomes 80 hot that l
have seen eggs hardened in it. This
arid heat is opposed to the propagation
of fer1nent, for it dries up everything
that is exposed to the wind before it has
time to sour. No manifestation OF tuber-
culosis are known.
W, unds Of every kind heal remarkably
quickly and well, without enough sup
puration taking place to make the ban
dages stick. The manner in which large,
neglected wounds heal themselves would
form an interesting study for profes-
sional surgeon. I observed case OF a
Herero whose right lower arm had been
shattered in battle by musket-bal.
The healing process had worked itself
out in such way that the whole lower
arm with all It's muscles had become
withered and useless, while the upper-arm
bone was whole and covered ut its lower
end only with the brown skin. All the
muscles and Igaments of the elbow
Joint had vanished, while the shoulder
muscles remained, SO that the unpleasant
spectacle was presented of the man ap-
pearing to gesticulate with his bones-
Popular Science Monthly.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-04-08
Statue Of tho Famous Pharaoh.

A great red granite statue has been
discovered ten miles away in the debert
near Alexandria, in Egypt. 1t represents
tfle famous Pharaoh. who was response
bic for all the Egyptian plaques, and on
one side of it is statue Of little baby,
said to be that of the next Pharaoh, who
persisted In his rash attempt to drive
through the Red sea. 1t has been lying
there 5000 years.-Chicago Journal.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-04-08
Co-Operative Embellishments in France

Cooperative establishments in France
Paris has seventy-four cooperative
establishments, with 500 members
printers being the most largely rep
resented-andf furniture makers, builders,
carpenters and jewelers. also having their
cooperative concerns. Their combined
capital is little over $5,000,00O, but
this, as we'll as their number, can not
make much of an impression in great
center of industry like Paris. The most
successful of them are managed by men
of shrewdness, on strict business princi-
pies, and not as philanthropic schemes,
and they employ outside labor, getting
the full amount of work or wages with
out giving these recruits any participa-
ton in the profits.
There are only tllirty-nine CO operative
stores in Paris, with 10000 members,
and in all France not over 15O, as against
the 1000 and more in England. Never
theless, the system of participation in the
profits is favorite panacea in France,
and it is proposed that in Paris and else
where all public contracts should be
awarded only to those employers who
are willing to adopt this as part of their
method of dealing with their "workmen.
The greatest of the French insurance
companies and the largest French print;
ing establishment have tried it for many
years, with fair success; but the employees
in both cases are very different from
those employed in ordinary work, shift
ing and changing as work and wages
very.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-04-08

EIost Permanent OF Vegetable Cdocs.
Patchouly is supposed to be the most
permanent of all vegetable odors. The
plant resembles mint, and is native OF
various parts Of India.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-04-08
A Diamond Belt In Georgia.

Diamonds in plenty, geologist who
has studied the subject says, will yet be
found in Georgia, in belt that be To-
Gates between Atlanta and the Savannah
river, distance of about 100 miles from
ten to thirty in breadth.-Chicago Her
olS
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-04-08
The Immense Size of Sun Spots.

A sun spot measuring one second Of
distance is $50 miles In size. No teles-
cope can deal with a smaller spot. A
spot large enough to be seen with the
naked eye must measure 100000 square
miles
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-04-08
The ruberoae % q Field PIant.

The tuberose is now cultivated exten.
sively as field plant in Natal, South
Africa, and 30 favorable is the climate
that flowers in open air may be had
every month in the yer.-Arkansaw
Traveller.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-04-08
TO tI,cE'lIDIir.

TAKE PLEASURE l. IN \ n
I nouncing that will run the Ice Busl-
ness from Nav 1st, 1886. Customers please
reserve your orders and oblige.
Yours truly,
Ja1 -. CHARLES l.. BRUNSON.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-04-08

Ventilation in the Mont Gents tunnel il
60 defective that trainue1 ocesslonSSSS
Tall iusensihle dssSing mPA.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-04-08

Dress and business suits for Men, Youths
and Boys. This is the largest stock ever
brought to this city. particularly ask an
of these goods now, in order that
/ may have your verdict of approval. And
after YOU have seen this display of Tailor.
Made Clothing, Gents Furnishing Goods,
Fine Shoes, Hats and Neckwear, feel as
snrcd that you will be pleased not only with
the goods but the low prices l am selling
them at. 1 desire you to handle them, to
bring all your experience to bear in Judging
them; critically examine their make, fabric
and trimmings, test the sewing, try them
on; in fact make study of them as well as
the prices. then goto other houses and make
the comparison. l am satisfied that you
will return and make your selection out OF
this beautiful stock and to find tile goods as
l represent them to be, and give you full
satisfaction in every instance, as my goods
are made by first-class workmcn. All Or
ders sent to my care will receive prompt
attention. Respectfully,
VI. L. KINARD, Columbia, S. c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-01-09
Thebnw's Rubies.

Concerning King Thebaws rubies, q well-in.
formed correspondent writes: 'It is certainly
curious that We have heard nothing of tho
Mandalay palace gems. The value OF the oh.
ects discovered there we have been told ia nat
great. Yet the capital has been undisturbed nv
war Tor over thirty years, IL We omit the r,s-
belhon OF 1866 when there was no plunderine
During ali thdt time the previous store of the
lords Of the Ruby mines and Of the Noble Ser.
penHne has been steadily added to- MANY is
the poor wretch who has been crucified for
chipping down gem that, from its size Dug nj
10 have been handed over to the arbiter of !. "
Istenee. Gentlemen who, in the time of The.
baws father, the convener OF the NTH great
synod, were much about the palace have
spoken OF silver bowls the size of WASHING this
filled 10 the lip with uncut rubies: and az least
one spoke enthusiastically OF the occasion on
which ne was allowed 10 thrust his bare arms
OF these gems There was in particular .one
great stone called the Nan-zin Budda.mva
which by It's magnincence, supposed to
typiy the dynasty. 1t was unmounIed and
therefore, cannot be the gem In his ring con-
corning which the dethrOned King was so nlain
tive, and IL was guarded with the most seuuIOus
care. Nevertheless in 1850 q maid of honor
managed TO parloin IL, and actually sucxeeded
In getting ii out Of the palace concealed % her
person IN a very extraordinary way. She was.
however, captured before she got rid OF the
stone. 1t was restored TO It's place and more
jeelousiy guarded than ever: and the haDiess
damsel was Ut to death with the dendisn in
genuitles In which Soo-payah-lat, the queen,
was a past master. One of the newspaper dis.
patches tells US continues the same correspOn.
dent that the palace had been very much
looted by the royal bodyguard. No doubt these
gentry made for the store OF rubies first Of all.
There was not much else that was really valua.
BILE, except the royal utensils, the gold spittoon
and betel-hox, the model OF the Hentha the
carrying bird oil Fishnu, the jewelled cups and
trays and what not, be si3rs the hundreds OF sill.
yer bowls kept tor dom sstic and Ior presents
to visitors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-01-09
A silly Girl Undeceiyed.
From the San Francisco Alta

THE DANGER OF CORRESPONDING WITH UN-
KNOWN ADMIRERS "a e. t..
A telegram from Elmira, N. Y, Jan. 6. saws.
A very interesting episode has Just come To
light illustrating the evils arising from cores
pondlng with strangers. A beautiful and in
telligent young lady stepped from a train at
Canisteo yesterday, inquired the way to the
residence of George Benjamin, who lives in the
town of Huntsville, Steuben county and hur-
riedly hired u liveryman to take her to the
place. She returned In the afternoon a sadder
but wiser lady, and told her experienced. Sew
eral months ago, she said, she answered the
correspondence In newspaper of q WelI-to.dO
young and handsome man who desired an in
terchange OF views with view to matrimonv
The lady, who Is young and handsome daupl,-
ter OF well-tOdo parents at Rollin. -LenaWee
sounty Mich, and whose name is Theda A.
ton, and correspondence was opened and kept
up until her visit east yesterday. of''
although they had never met they became
"Wednesday last at her home. He had her pic
ure, but she had none of him, but he had sent
black eyes, hair, and mustache and was GOOD
looking. He failed to put in an appearance on
the day set for the marriage. and instead sue
George Was unable to come, as he was yery low
with typhoid fever; that he was continually
asking for her, and If she would consent to
saving his precious life. When she arrived At
the residence of her aff1anced instead of find
Ing q Dlock-na1reQ ana muStached. ROOd.lOok.
ing man. near unto death, she found, rs She de-
scribed him, red-headed, cock-eyed, pug-nosed
chap, who was not sick. and had not heen
sick, and who bore the name of George Benia.
min, but who endeavOred to convince her that
he was not the sneak with whom she had been
sister, had got her to Hartsville ON q iool's
errand. She utterly refused to have anything
to do with him, and demanded her letters and
photograph, which he refused to return. The
young woman. brooding over her disappoint.
ment trouble, and expense, took the earliest
train for her home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-01-09
A Vealy Young Naval Qmcer
From the Philadelphia Press & -

At the reception given to Lawrence Barrett
by the Penn club the other night an American
who had just returned from Europe after long
residence there, said: Marriage abroad 4 3
business. Just before LEFT Marseilles a great
trouble grew out Of the circumstances that an
American naval officer then there did not Know
or forgot that fact. A beautiful French rirl was
singing at musical party at nobIem am.
house. The naval officer, who was present. was 3
SO smitten with her that he burst into tears =
the ,d song ,t before all the company. he after.
cepted q sutton before he knew t. ~ Van ~. ~
first feeling had worn OF he saw the sien.tss
he had gotten himself into with mamma. snsi
went TO Nice to get ont OF 1t. The mother. how.
ever, iOiioWed nlm there and insisted On his
he had made. He declared that he had never
offered himself as candidate for the Cjri,s
hand. The mother, all the same, threa tened
MIN With suit Before there had been any
question OF intention, however, she ma. Hkee
the m prudent mamma she was, written TO
cial condition. She now received 9 reply a.
forming her that he had nothing beyond his
good looks and his pay. She dropped hun
without more ado"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-01-09
The Bang.

The Bang.
THE ORIGIN OF THE UGLY FASHION OF DOCK
ING THE HAIR.
From the Boston Times.
A careful historical chase of the bang through
many countries finally locates the frlzzle bang
as native of Africa, the ladies' OF that CONT
nent having advantages for producing this style
of hirsute ornament which their sisters further
north never possessed Established as a fashion
in Africa it lost no time in passing over into
Asia, the African slaves assisting in its transit
But the Capillary att ractlons OF Asatic ladies'
were by no means suited to the African style.
and, all efforts at friZZing their hair proving
failures, the curly bang was evolved as the near
est approach to the African style. Thus did the
bang traverse thousands Of miles, and so
adapt itself TO circumstances that some ethnol-
ogists have studiously maintained its Asiatic
origin.
Exactly when the bang came into Europe is
q matter OF DOUBT, some placing its advent in
the latter days OF the Roman Empire while
others insist That it was brought back from the
east by the Crusaders; but whenever il came it
found that the front hair of European ladies
hair-dressers being unable either to curl or to
frizzle, the saucer-bang, stiff, straight, soaped
and piastered down AS htdeous as a nightmare,
was finally evolved. This being settled there
remains only the concluding inquiry, whence
came the first bang? The most formidable Of
the animal kingdom is the much-dreaded GO
rilla. This beast, among other attractions
carries head Of short, bristly hair, and one of
the animals preparations for battle is to pass
the paw rdplOiy QOWn the crown OF the head to
the eyes, thus bringing the front hair straight
out. and giving an aspect OF ferocity that never
fails to inspire the utmost terror. So well un-
derstood IS this gesture that among the gorilla's
fellow-countrymen it is the signal for an instan-
taneous and headlOng scamper from the SPOT
and as the female gorilla In defense OF her
young Is even worse than the male, certain
African dialects have an expression, "a female
gorilla with her front hair down." TO Indicate
the extremity of ferOcous bearing.
In time 1t came to pass that when African
ladies were abused by their husbands they
adopted the same gesture and, SO far as the
hair was concerned, with the same result
Then certain wives, TO indicate their readiness
for battle at all seasons, took TO wearing their
hair drawn over their lOreheads, and the fash.
ion rapidly spread to young ladies, who wore
their hair In this style as insinuating their re-
solve never to submit to matrimonial TYRANNY
The idea spread, and the bang dourishes alike
In African deserts. on the banks Of the Ganges
OF the Thames and Of the Mississippi. Thus does
scientific research shed light on social topics,
and even the monstrosities of female costume
are shown to have their origin In Intelligent
action; for nothing is more reasonable than
that, as one animal taught man how to build
his house and another how to catch his dinner.
his vile from third should learn how to dress
her hair.