The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, December 12, 1901, Image 4
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BILL ARP'S LETTER
Bartow Man Tells of Some of His
Earliest Recollections.
MEMBERS NOTED SflOWER OF STARS;
I
Describes His Trip From Savannah to
Boston When There Was Not a
Railroad in the Country. ;
Shakespeare tells of a man's seven ,
.ges, but his seven does not fit our j
ay?nor indeed, did they fit his own
v.ay with any distinct lines of demar- |
' ation between them. They glide into
ach other and it is hard to tell where
he one quits and the other begins.
We have infants and school boys and
overs, but very few are soldiers, and
:ot one in a hundred ever becomes a
justice of the peace. His sixth age
oes not do justice to our men and wo.oen
of three scoro years and ten, for
Most of them grow fat instead of lean,
v "nd our big manly voices have not
urned to treble, nor do they pipe and
/histle in their sound. I can still sing
ass to the long-meter doxology and
My wife can sing "Mary had a little
amb" to the baby. As to the seventh 1
^ - ;ge, which he pictures as second child- I
- .ood and mere oblivion without teeth
r taste or eyes or ears or anything,
*7e never see them?our old people die
:efore they get to that. But in the life
f every man and woman there are
, pochs, events, mile stones, as it were.
.Hat stand out prominent in memory
;nd mark their progress from youth to j
r ' v Did age. My earliest recollection is
.he killing of our dog Hector, who was ,
supposed to be made, and it grieved us,
.or we loved him and he loved us.
Next I recall the falling of the stars in
1833. My father held me up and with
my feet upon the top railing of the
bannisters, I saw them come down in
myriads as quietly and softly as snowdakes
and they went out as they near- :
ed the earth. They were separate and 4
distinct as the stars, but as near together
as the sparks from the chimney
of an oldtime blasksmith shop. George
Lester was my playmate and lived
z~ close by and the next morning he and
I hunted all over his mother's garden
to find some signs of the stars that
fell, but saw none. While they were falling
our negro cook, Aunt Ailsey, was ;
down on her knees praying, and as she
?; ' * clung to my mother's night gown, she
called on Jesus to come and take us all I
to heaven. That nigh was an epoch !
and *t is worth being >5 years old to ;
have witnessed it. My next remem- j
brance of note is a journey to Savan- j
nah with my father and mother and 1
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brother, where we took a sail vessel
for Boston. I remember the magnifirnm
nf china traoc in +ho
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long street and I wonder now if there
is a person living in Savannah who
was living there then and remembers
that row of beautiful trees that are
long since dead and gone. I remember
that voyage of thirty-three da^s
around Cape Hatteras, where our ship
was almost wrecked, and mother held
fast unto her children and silently
' / prayed for d.eliverance. I remember
when we reached Boston and how, af:C;>
- ter our visit was over, father bougl/: ;
a carriage and a pair of horses, and
we journeyed by land from Boston to
Georgia and never crossed a railroad, i
p - for there were none to cross. I remember
our stop at the natural bridge
in Virginia, and how we walked way
down in the gorge and looked up and !
afterwards stood on the bridge and
looked down from the dizzy height
When I was about ten years old I
had another epoch, for I had a fight on !
Sunday at a camp meeting and got
licked and my fine Sunday clothes ;
were all spoiled with mud and dirt. A
* country boy said I was a town boy :
and was dressed too fine and he was
gwine to take the starch outen my
raffled shirt. And he did. I fought as
hard as I could, but he licked me and
I cried. I had gone to the spring to
get some water and the fight came off
there. My father whipped me next
morning and the school teacher started
to whip me again, but I showed him
my legs and he let me off with a talk.
* My next episode has left an indelible !
impression. We had to walk two miles '
to school and about half way there was j
a big gully that we used to slide down
in. One morning Bill Maltbie and j
Overton Young and Jim Wilson and |
myselp stopped to slide down and Bill
pulled out a deck of cards and said
he would show us how to play. I had
s never seen a deck before in my life,
but I had hearn tell of em. They were
mighty pretty, and he taught us how
to shuffle and cut and deal and turn
Jack and play seven-up. One morning j
Tom Wilson and Jim Alexander came
along as they were going to school and
heard our racket in the gully and they
caught us playing cards, 'i hey slipped
up on us, for we were completely ab- i
sorbed in the game, and Tom said: i
v-. "Weii, you are tne youngest set of
gamblers I ever saw in my life. The
sheriff will get you and put you all in
jail before night" I never was scared
so bad in my life. I couldn't study
my lessons nor eat my dinner at school
" , and watched for the sheriff all da/
long. But that cured me of card playing,
and I never handled a deck again
until I got to college. College was a
good place to play cards then; it is a
good place to kick a bau now. Tim
# Wilson and Jim Alexander were goodhearted
boys and never told on us.
Tom died years ago and Jim died last
month in Atlanta. He got to be a great
doctor and everybody loved him. When
yl received the telegram that told me
he was dead I felt like another prop
was gone and that now only one was J
Teft?his brother Tom in Rone. Maltbie
is dead and Young and Jim Wilson.
All my schoolmates are dead except
one and all my school teachers and
college professors are dead.
For several years there was no epoch
?no episode. Every day was alike un- j
til I began to notice the girls with a
peculiar longing emotion and brushed
my hair most carefully and carried a
cleaner handkerchief and wore tighter
boots well polished. In fact, I got to j
t)e a dandy in my dress. Shakespeare j
makes fun of the lover and dismisses
him with a line. Says he sighed and
wrote poetry about his sweetheart's
eyebrows. We beat that in our day.
I didn't sigh a bit, for my sweemeart
was as bad off about me as I was about
her, and we were too happy to sigh.
V/e scon oecame engaged, and she I
fixed the day away on in June, but I
!
judged it backwards to May, and then
to April and at last to March, to all of j
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which ehe blushingly assented. I i
wrote poetry, toe?not to her eyebrows
?but to her from head to foot. Here
is the last verse, which is only a sample
of what I could -o in thos c-halcyon
days:
"When incense on the sacred altars
burned,
Its odors seemed in fragrant clouds
to rise;
So may my wishes all to heaven turned,
Procure rich blessings for thee from
the skies."
This is pretty good, I think. In 1S64
some yankee soldier came along and
stole the album and carried it off as a
trophy and gave it to his sweetheart.
She kept it twenty years, and married
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iCiiviT auu tuv uiuu
back to him, and he mailed it to my !
wife with a nice apology. He is a
gentleman, though it took him a long
time to repent and reform. Of course
our marriage was an epoch?a big
mile-stone. My wife was. only 16 and
as docile as a pet lamb. I took ner
young, believing I couxd train her if
she needed training. For a year or
two I could make her do just as I
pleased, but later on I could make her
do just as she pleased, and now she
makes me do just as sh pleases, too.
But it is all right, and I have got used
to it.
Yesterday I received a letter from a
friend asking me to help him about
choosing a wife. He is a widower,
with one child, and wanted a woman
over 30 and under 40?a settled woman
?hnd he said he would make her a
good, loving husband, etc. Well, I talked
it over in the family and named
several good old settled girls, and my
wife stopped sewing and said: "i
don't think you are a very good judge
of marriageable girls. You had better
let this matter alone." I didn't like
that remark, and replied: "Well, when
I was a young man maybe I was a
poor judge, but I think i can do better
now." I am sorry 1 said it. for a
woman can't take sucn jokes and keep
calm and serene. I'll be more careful
in the future.
But I must reserve some epochs for
another letter. The birth of our first
child was an epoch, but afterwards
that business ceased to be a monopoly
and became monotonous.?Bill Arp, .n
Atlanta Constitution.
THE FIRE ENGINE HORSE".
In Many Respects He ig the Most Interest
Inj: of His Breed.
"Men may rave about the splendid
evidences of pride to be found in the
ambitious race horse, or the good trotter
or pacer," said a lover cf horseflesh
yesterday, "but when it comes
down to dignity of bearing and a certain
commendable vaingloricusncss, J
you may give me the plain eld fire
horse. I am naturally foud of race
horses and have a special liking for
the trotter that can make it in a little
above two fiat. When they are really
blooded they are fine, game, dignified
fellows. But the fire horse that helps
to speed The engine through the streets
of the city to some place in danger of
devastation by the flames is simply
a dream iu what I may call a charming
air of self-sufficiency. I have been
watching this animal for a number cf
years, and I am convinced that he has
a very exalted opinion of the position
he holds in the community. He seems
to understand his importance. He
seems to know that much depends
upon the speed he displays in getting
out of the engine house and to the
point from which the alarm was sent
in. \ have had firemen tell me that
these animals learn to count the number
of times the gong sounds, and I
have no nesitancy in accepting the
statement as true. Certainly they
have learned the number of strokes
for the exercise run, and there is no
reason why long practice should net
teach them the number and location
of the different engine houses, and the
alarm boxes which are most frequently
used. But I had in mind the splendid
bearing of these animals after they
have made a hurried run to a lire.
Watch them when they are going back
to the engine house. Why, .they seem
to know that the men, women and
children along the streets are looking
upon them with a warmth of admiration
that almost amounts to worship.
TMioi- hicli 3n nir nnd
seem to think as they jog along that
they have kept the old world from going
up in smoke. Well, they have a
right to feel that way, and, whila, the
increased uses to which electricity is
being put may finally run them out of
business, the fire horse may retire with
the consolation that he has been a useful
member, and he may even feel an
inordinate pride if it pleases him to do
so."?New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Punishing a Petty Thief.
one of the largest silk importing
houses in New York's wholesale trade
discovered during the week that a seventeen-year-cld
youth outdid its up-todate
system for protection against any
method of stealing on the part of its
employes. The members of the firm
had prided themselves that the limit
of safeguard had been reached and it
was a "rude awakening."
The boy, it was discovered, had been
habitually forging the signature of the
shipping clerk, and presenting the customary
voucher at the cashier's window
for car fare to be used in delivery
^f city packages. Many of these packages
arc daily checked through in regular
routine, and the boy managed to
fake a couple at intervals, slip cut unnoticed
without any bundle, and thus
be "in" the alleged car fare. He
owned to stealing about $15 in this
manner before detection. He begged
for mercy because of the disgrace
the prosecution would bring upon his
parents. The firm had him toe a mark
in the private office for several hours
while a searcn was maae or uis nome.
?New York Herald.
i Has Monopoly of MoYing Coin.
One truckman down town lias for
many years had a monopoly of the
moving of bullion and coin, and he
could not probably estimate even
roughly the number of millions of dollars
that he has carried on his truck.
For the purpose of transportation, gold
is boxed in heavy packages. The truck
is guarded by several meu always, and
on one recent occasion when the
amount involved was very large. Wall
Street was treated to the unusual spectacle
)f the cashier and assistant cashier
of the City Bank riding on a load
of gold.?New York Commercial.
SELLING OUl.
'"But I thought that he was realty
selling out to quit business," said Ten- j
spot.
"Yes, he was." replied Gilfoyie; '"but
he found it so profitable that he resolved
to have a series of closing-out sales."
?Judge.
Kansas has 140,000,000 fruit trees 1*
kearlnx.
Beat of Fine Discrimination.
Morelia has some other odd things;
for example, the sweetmeat-stands under
the portales, or arcades, where
friendly bees and wasps devoured the
candies, and were not scared off. I
asked an old woman sitting behind a
large stand, loaded with candied fruit,
dulces of all sorts, sugar-plums, and
molasses candy:
I "Won't these bees sting a fellow?"
"Oh, no, senor, don't be afraid; they
are muy inteligentes, and can tell a customer
right off!"
"But would they sting a thief, for
instance?"
"Certainly, senor; they are very intelligent.
Poor things, they do no
harm and are much company. They
must live!"
I watched these winged insec:s with
all their panoply of war ready, and was
I fascinated. Then I asked another ques1
lion:
I "R,,t ,..r\n1r1 nr.t n Mnrolirm stinGf
I .1 Yankee?"
"Not if he were a customer, cabalfero!"?Mexican
Correspondence Boston
Herald.
A QUESTION OF NEED.
"What have you done wiiTi all the
money I gave you for campaign purposes?"
asked Senator Sorghum .
"I Have put it where it was needed,"
answered the agent.
"That's what I thought," was the
disconsolate answer. "Before I can rely
on getting it all placed, I suppose I've
got to wait until you get more than you
need "
{ A Crrlorit: Custom.
No document can have the authority of the
imter'al throne of <. h ito unless it be::r? a red
[ mark p'.ared there by the sovereign. With i
this seal upon it, the paper become? official.
I The genuine Hostetter's btomach Bitters mu3t
have their Private Die Stamp over :he neck
of the bostle. Fcr fifty years it has been the
rccojnized remedy for stomach, liver and
kidney complaints. It vrill cure dyspepsia,
indigestion, t oastipadon and biliousness, also
pre.ent malaria, fever and c.guc.
The furrier sometimes makes things
warm for his customers who don't pay
their bills.
We refund 10c. for every package of Putxam
Fadeless Dte that fails to {jivo satisfacCn
T7nir?n\dllp 7rTo.
MUli. XUVU&W A/4 w., V? ??,
The Japanese earthquake of 1703 was
the most destructive on record. It killed
190,000 people.
There Is more Catarrh in this section of the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few year3 was supposed to be
incurable. For a great many years doctors
nroncunccd it a local disease and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing to j
cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable.
Science has proven catarrh to bo a
constitutional disease and therefore requires |
constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, j
manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, j
Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the j
market. It is taken internally in doses from
10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on
the blood and mncons surfaces of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for any case
it fails to euro. Send for circulars and testimonials.
Address F.J.Chexet Co.,Tolodo, O.
Fold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills arc the best.
Some naturalists say that no insect except
the silk worm feed upon the lcave3
of the mulberry.
advertisement of KE-M Catarrh Cure In
another column tho Lest renvdy made.
A woman can't throw a stone, but she
can heave a sigh.
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A Valuable Cement.
To make a cement for rubber or
leather, dissolve one ounce of chloroform.
Clean the parts to be cemented.
Cover each part with the solution, and
let dry for twenty or thirty minutes.
Now warm each part in the flame of a
candle, and press very firmly together
till dry.
Tlia lla'hrnotn Windour.
It is occasionally desirable in a
bathroom window or in one having an
objectionable outlook to have an
opaque pane. The pretty frosted effect
often seen in restaurants and
saloons can be readily produced at
home at little cost. To a pint of stale
ale add a handful of Epsom salts.
Mix and apply with a brush. This
makes a hard finish that will remain
indefinitely, or, if desired, may be
removed by scrubbing at any time.
Art of IMnno Draping.
An excellent way for screening the
unsightliness of the back of an upright
piano when turned away from
the wall, as all pianos of that design
should be, to improve the tone and
prevent a singer's facing the wall, is
one in which a three-paneled screen
is hung on a rod attached to the back
of the piano at the top.
The screen is made of three panels
cf black satin embroidered in gold
thread after the style of Japanese
screens, the panels being laced together
with gold cord drawn through
small brass rings sewed at intervals
of two inches on the edge of'the satin,
ending in gold tassels at the bottom.
The whole thing is then edged with a
heavy black silk or gold cord. The
effect is uncommon and adds much to
thp furnishing- of a drawing- room or
music room, especially where the room
admits of the piano being placed at
one end, with the keyboard facing the
wall.
Other material may be used, always
selecting something of simple
decorative pattern or one to match
the other hangings of the room. In
Paris draperies are made especially
for this purpose, but there is danger
of having them too close and heavy,
thus deadening the tone of the instrument.?Washington
Star.
Housework C'ontnmeii.
A teacher of physical culture, asked
by the present writer if women could
make housework easier by a knowledge
of how the muscles ought to be
used, said, "Yes, most decidedly."
"It is not," she explained, "because
household labor can be done very differently,
but by knowing how to rest
in breathing spells between such work
and by dressing hygienically. If public
opinion would not forbid, I would
declare for every woman doing housework
in a gymnasium suit. I adopted
it years ago, and I know a number of
women who wear it when they sweep
or scrub. At house cleaning time it is
a genuine emancipation. Watch a
man and a woman do housecleaning.
He can wash, paint, dust, scrub, hang
. pictures readily and with little effort.
At 6 o'clock the woman is completely
fagged, her skirts tire draggled and
dirty and a score 'of times through
the day she has been in danger of
breaking her neck. If you should
once sweep or scrub in bloomers you
woul.d never do the job again in skirts
if you had to lock every door and draw
down the shades. Of course a ring at
the doorbell would throw a woman
into a panic unless custom were -to
sanction the gymnasium suit. Women
must do the next best thing, wear a
short skirt and a loose, comfortable
waist. Corsets should never be worn
at work; it makes every task more
toilsome because the greatest freedom
of movement is required. If absolutely
necessary, don a loose, unboned
waist or a bust supporter. Then
lay aside tight collar j, which compress
the neck as uncomfortably as a corset
does the body. The high, close collar
which has been in -vogue is to blame
for throat troubles, and if women
could only be brought to believe it,
they are ruining their necks. Ugly
wrinkles and a darkened skin are inevitable
results of shutting from the
throat every breath of fresh air.
"A working blouse may be comfortably
made with the neck open and a
sailor collar. Wear bloomers under
the short skirt instead of petticoats,
and for housework there is no footwear
so comfortable and cool as canvas
shoes with a thi a leather sole and
half-inch heels."?Good Housekeeping.
M&SfOLfSgfoLQ
amK R
Puree of Turnips?Peel, slice and
boil in hot salted water eight turnips;
rug through a colander; return to the
fire; mix in a large spoonful of butter
roiled in flour and two tablespoonfuls
of milk; season wit a a shake of pepper
and salt; stir five minutes and
serve.
Cannelon of Beef?To a pint and a
half of cold meat chopped fine add a
cup of cracker crumbs, which have
been soaked in milk, and a well-beaten
egg. Moisten the mixture with rich
stock or gravy. Season with paprika,
salt, chopped parsley or tomato sauce.
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jvuueu iiilu a, luug loai aim piace in
a buttered bread tin. Baste frequently
with hot butter or rich stock. Bake
about three-quarters of an hour or until
it is firm and brown. Serve hot
garnished with parseley.
Rice Muffins?One and one-half cups
of flour, one cup of sweet milk, one
cup of boiled rice, one tablespoonful
of melted butter, two teaspoons of
baking powder, two eggs. Sift the
baking powder, a pinch of salt and the
flour into the mixing bowl; add the
milk and yolks of eggs; beat until
very light; add the melted butter, then
the boiled rice, which stir evenly
through the mixture with a fork, and
lastly fold in the whites of the eggs
beaten stiff. Bake half an hour.
Apple Caramel Pudding?Peel, core
and slice enough sour apples to measure
one pint. Cook them slowly in a
saucepan in two tablespoonfuls of butter
until soft; then add one cupful of
sugar, one-quarter 01 a teaspoonm 01
cinnamon, two tablespoonfuls of caramel
and simmer for twenty minutes.
Mix together one and one-half cupful
of stale bread crumbs, one-half cupful
of crumbled stale macaroons and
one-half cupful of seedless raisins.
Butter a deep dish and fill with alternate
layers of the apples and bread
mixture, having crumbs on top. Bake,
three-quarters of an hour in a rather
hot oven, and serve cold with whipped
cream.
ANTS AS MATCHMAKERS.
SULJ MAIDENS SECURE HUSBANDS
BY THEIR MEDIATION.
How the Strange Affair is Marja^ecHGirls
of the Age of Fourte?i<Are Deemed
Marriageable^Aftif the Ceremony the*
Ants A rotate n.
Who ever heard of ants in the role
of matchmakers? Yet in the island of
Suln, one of Uncle Sam's recently ac- '
quired possessions in the Philippine archipelago,
the maidens cannot find husbands
without their intervention. A
gentleman who recently visited the
island has this to say of the curious
stat: of affairs:
"A most curious custom is to be
found in that island. It obtains only
among some of the more savage tribes
U1 LUC ICl I 11UV.1 1U1 , LUllLU L i 1 C 1\UIVIKV
hattochochka (I won't swear to the
spelling) tribe. These savages are
very primitive people indeed, and very
savage in all their manners of life.
There are not above 10,000 of this
tribe, and they live in the mountains
of the interior. The way their young
women are given in marriage is worth
going miles to see. I saw the ceremony
las? month, and I shall not soon
forget it.
"When a young woman comes to
the-age of fourteen she is deemed marriageable.
A notice is given out by
the town crier that on a certain day
the young woman will be given in marriage.
This day is within a month of
the fourteenth birthday of the lady
concerned, and is chosen by her, according
to ancient custom. And the
choosing of the day, by the way, is all
the bride has to say about the marriage.
The crier also, a few days
later, calis out the dowry of the bride
and proclaims her charms aloud in the
market place. So all the population
is notified and a goodly crowd of admirers
gather to take their chance for
the fair lady. The near relatives of
the bride and the contestants?who
have previously given their names in
to the father of the girl?and a crowd
of perhaps 100 persons, if the young
woman is the daughter of a man of
importance, gather to see the show.
"On the morning of the marriage
the bride is taken out by her maids
and crowned with lilies and clad in
white. Then witn much drum beating
she is led forth and passes among the
suitors and kisses each in turn. Then
she is wreathed with more flowers and
is seated to watch the fun.
"Now. on that island of Sulu thev
have a kind of ant that puzzles the
scientists, for it has a double set of
mandibles, one above and one below
the head, and both entirely independent
in action. These ants play a leading
part in the marrjage ceremony.
The night before the ceremony the village
priest goes out by the light of
the moon and opens an ant hill with
secret rites and carefully selects some
ants equal in number to the number
of suitors. These are kept with care.
After the bride has kissed all the
suitors in turn they go out to the hut
where the ants are kept. The priest is
there and he takes an ant by the body
and allows it to fasten the lower mandible
to the forefinger of the right
hand of a young man. These ants are
about an inch and a half long and have
the most ferocious bite you can imagine.
Then, each suitor with an ant
hanging to his forefinger, the young
men go back to the presence of the
bride. Then there are long and elaborate
rites, while the young men go
around and dance before the bride,
each with a monstrous ant hanging to
his. finger. Then she is blindfolded
and the young men are lined up for the
selection.
"The drums are beaten with renewed
vigor and the bride goes along the line
of the suitors and inserts her forefinger
in the upper mandible of the ants that
hang to the fingers of the suitors,
each in turn. The first ant that closes
his pincer on the digit of the fair lady
wins her for. the man to whose finger
it is hanging. Then the chosen bridegroom
strikes the ant to the ground
and crushes it with his heel, and in
comes the priest and marries the
couple. Afterward the ants that have
been used in the ceremony are taken
out and cooked and a portion is given
to each guest to be eaten like the wedding
cake in civilized lands."?Chicago
Record-Herald.
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Dr. C. I. S. Cawthoa, of. Andalusia, Ala.?
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Some people never attempt to do anything
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No Way ofClosely Imitating This Beautiful
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^Tne best glass.for cutting purposes
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and is extremely heavy. Despite the
fact that in cutting out the design half
the raw article is removed, a finished
bowl or jar of moderate size will
weigh as much as six or eight pounds.
The work is done by holding the object
at just the right angle against a
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glass being kept wet by a stream of
water. The first work in the process
is to mark the design on the glass
with a pigment, and after the glass is
deeply cut along the lines traced the
pattern is gradually developed. Naturally,
the tracing being quickly removed,
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The cutting is first done coarsely
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known as roughing. The roughing is
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is accomplished by means of a rapidly
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in the process of smoothing, so
that in the roughing-in process care is
taken not to make the cutting too
deep.
Cut glass is particularly liable to
breakage on account of the difference
in its thickness. It may be half an
inch thick in one place- and only an
eighth of an inch thick in another, and
as variations of temperature naturally
cause the different thicknesses to expand
at a different rate, cracks, are liable
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One of the chief beauties of cut glass
to those who can afford to pay for it
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