The Aiken recorder. [volume] (Aiken, S.C.) 1881-1910, June 19, 1891, Image 8
ted at her breast. She
}aeen. I said ‘‘Good
lurued away quickly to
^arrange my old black
\y old black dress,
hand touch my hair,
she said.
the glass. She had taken
tae from her breast and
ig it iu my hair,
ce dark hair is; it sets off
She stepped back and
“It looks mush better
round and looked at her.
fe so beautiful to me,” I
she said, slowly; “I’m
>d looking at each other,
jy came in and swept us
|1 that evening we did not
to each other. Only once,
sd, she smiled at me. ’
U morning I left town.
[saw her again.
(fter I heard she had married
to America; it may or may
-but Use rose is iu the box
sw York World.
Ijr Russian Obsequies.
lit became evident that the
ike Nicholas could not sur-
lore than a few days, an or-
jnt from St. Petersburg that
(was to be concealed and that
7as to be secretly brought to
|l, in order that it might be
that he had died on the
The object of this maneuver
re the fearful expense which
itiquette prescribes on the
)f the death of a field mar-
;h includes the stationing of
line of soldiers all along tl o
reen the place of death ai.d
|of burial, and what this sig-
|the case of Nicholas will 1 e
fed by any one who reflects
distance between the Crimea.
Petersburg.
indiscretion of some func-
(who has, no doubt, been
ff to Siberia), the fact of the
f the grand duke was allowed
lire, so the elaborate scheme of
n which had been arranged
udoued, to the rage and dis-
hc emperor, who lias not rel-
expeuditure of $250,OOu at
on the obsequies of his dis-
e uncle, whom he would have
banished iu 1878 if he had
m czar. The coffin of the
luke was escorted from the
!o St. Petersburg by a military
about 200 persons, including
jls, and, in order to comply
usual ceremonial, whole
the south and centre of Itu^
been displaced. — [New York,
cial Advertiser.
girls alike have cigars in their mouths
in the usual Paraguayan fashion. The
rapid movement of brightly-clad fig
ures passing in opposite direc
tions, with the glare of the
yellow mountains *of oranges and
of the dazzing white tent on
the shore, ends by hypnotizing one,
and yet the scene is so original that
one continues to watch it iu spite of
one’s self. For that matter, there is
nothing else to do. The village,
buried in orange trees, is soon visited;
to walk for any distance along the
river is rendered difficult by the over
hanging trees, and so one remains
leaning over the rail, and watching
the women and girls toiling, while the
men—husbands, fathers or brothers—
loaf on the shore, smoke and play
cards, accord’ng to the custom of
Paraguay, where the women do the
work while the men enjoy life. The
steamer was supposed to take 250,000
oranges; but there being no
means of control, it is probable,
that, in order to allow for loss, the
shipper put on board at least 300,000.
These oranges, of fine flavor and as
pect, are worth one Paraguayan dollar
a thousand at San Antonia. The
women, who carry the baskets on their
heads, are paid eighty centavos a day,
and the harvest of the fruit lasts eight
months, beginning at the end of May.
The freight from Paraguay to Cam-
pana, and from Campana by schooner
to La Boca, together with the loss
from putrefaction and rough handling
during the journey, brings the retail
price of a good orange in Buenos
Ayres to about two cents. — [Harper’s
Magazine.
point or fact it nas oeen tuc
tice among manufacturers to treat it
as a better class of gutta percha, and
its name has consequently never been
prominent.—[Commercial Advertiser.
Where Flesh Turns to Stonth
The character of the soil iu and
around Rapid City, Sou'll Dakota, has
a peculiar and marvelous property; a
wonderful characteristic which com
pletely controverts the Biblical injunc
tion, “Dust thou art and to dust thou
shalt return.” For the last fifty years
the “Bad Land,” lying seventy-five
miles to the southeast of the little city
above mentioned, has been the won
derland of America, it being a locality
unequalled in the world as a recep
tacle for petrefactions of animals of
both the land and water kind. But
the wonders of the “Bad Lands” are
equalled in one respect at least, by the
mineral-saturated soil at Rapid City.
True, petrefactions of remote geologi
cal ages are not found iu such profu
sion iu Rapid City as the.r are
farther south, but, what is
equally as wonderful, human bodies
which have reposed but a short time
in the soil of these South Dakotean
hills are transformed into statues of
stoue as hard as the hardest marble. But
few of these last resting places have
been disturbed, and these ouly wheu
How to Eat Radishes.
Not everybody knows how to eat
radishes—yet everybody thinks that a
very impudent thing to say. Wash
them, peel them,cut off the green tops,
lay them to soak in salt and water?
Nothing of the sort. Radishes are a
delicious little vegetable, be they the
globular or the long roots. A story is
told by the elder Dumas which is
worth repeating with reference to
those wholesome and nutritious little
dainties—for, common though they
may be, they are decidedly dainty. It
was at a big dinner given at Lyons,
France, at which Dumas was one of
the principal guests. On bpiug
handed the radishes the great
novelist seemed of a sudden to be be
side himself with rage,and so terrified
the poor garcon that he didn’t know
what to do. Presently, however, the
great man’s anger subsided, and then
with a graceful apology he explained
the cause thereof. The radishes had
been scraped or peeled and all the de
licious green leaves had been cut off.
These, M. Dumas declared, were the
wholesomest portions of the radish
and were required to assist in the di
gestion of the rest of the root There
fore, mesamis, always leave a few of
the tiny, sweet youngshoots at the top
of your radishes, and if the radishes
are young you need only pick oft' the
outside yellow leaves. Bo’icve me,
you will not regret it. By the way,
did you ever try a dish of boiled rad
ish tops? Try it.—[New York Re
corder.
“Sleepy Grass.”
A curious variety of grass known
as “sleepy grass” has been found in
New Mexico, Texas, Colorado and
some parts of South Dakota. Its pe
culiarity consists in its power to in
duce sleep in horses and cattle. It
begins to take effect very soon after it
js eaten, and the condition of sleep
continues from twenty-four hours to
sevcu days, according to the quantity
eaten. No evil effects follow the
sleep, but cowboys and ranchmen
very much dread its appearance among
the herds, as it is almost impossible to
keep the animals moving while iu this
condition, and the entire herd is often
delayed until the sleep is over. A
horse or cow never touches the grass
the second time. The narcotic juice
is found only in the fresh blades of
the grass. The botanical name of this
curious growth is Stipa Vividula, var
iety robusta, and no other variety of
this species is known to possess the
game properties.—[The Ledger.
LOUI
is the matter, Captain Quarterdeck?
Captain—The fact is, my dear young
lady, we’ve broken our rudder*
Young Lady—I wouldn’t worry about
that. The rudder is mostly under
water anyway, you know, and it isn’t
likely people will notice it.
Bread Laws.
“The laws regulating the manufac
ture and sale of bread iu France are
very strict and arc enforced with the
utmost vigor,” said a promincut bread
maker last mouth. The baker is not
only required to conform to laws
garding weight, but he is also told 1
what price he must sell his bread. Il2
is further required to deposit a cer
tain sum of money in the hands of
municipal authorities as a surety of
good behavior. In the large fortified
cities he has to keep a specific quantity
of flour on hand to provide for war
like emergencies. In Germany laws
of similar import are iu existence,
and are enforced with such relentless
severity that no baker ever dreams of
defying them. The British law regu
lates the weight of loaves and makes
provision for the cleanliness and ven
tilation of the bake shops. The price
is left to regulate itself by trade com
petition. The Ontario act empowers
municipalities to engage officers for
the prevention of fraud, and clothes
them with authority to confiscate all
bread found to be of light weight.
The bread seized in this way is turned
over to charitable institutions for the
use of the inmates.”—[Baker’s Helper.
A New Dyeing Industry.
A new industry in the line of dyes
is becoming of considerable import
ance. Lower California has long been
noted for the variety of dyes which ii
produces, such as orchilla weed, etc.,
but the torote-tree bark, recently dis
covered, has come into great demand,
and several large shiploads have Leon
exported to Europe. As yet there
-coins to be but little demand for the
nriicle in the United States, although
it. is cheaper than orchilla and other
dyes, producing iu its natural state a
• lurk red color, which is quite indeli
ble. It is now collected and sold in
this market at the price of $1 to $1.50
j>er 100 pounds, and the supply seems
to be enormous.— [Boston Transcript.
Satisfactory Explanation.
American Heiress—All is oyer be
tween us, sir. I heard General Know-
all say you were no count.
Count Dollarseek—Ah, but you haf
made meestake. General Knowall not
say I no count; he say I was no ac
count.
American Hciresss — GhI I am
yours.—[New York Weekly, ■