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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-08-05
Men Who Represented Three States.

The only man who has represented three
states in the United States was the late
Gen. James Shields, who was senator from
Illinois, afterward from Minnesota, and
subsequently from Missouri. Matthew
Lyon was the only man who has been
elected representative to congress from
three states-tirst in Vermont, second in
kentucky and third in Arkansas. He died
August /, 1882, before taking his seat as
representative from the latter state
Chicago Journal.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-08-05
Dr!ll"i IN the Art of Swimming

Cavalry regiments i'll the Prussian army
are being carefully drilled in Tic ~: Of
swi:ulniH. ;h":t horses across rivers At
the wGr,l "Dis:auUnL:' The soldiers divcst
themselves uf their clothing, which. with
their w,Hpnns "t... is placed upon a raft,
which j. swiftly icrric' across the river,
while the men take the horses by the head
with "nr hand nnG swim with Tic other
The irI; i, ~aiI ~ h. performed with the
ut,n"-: precision nnh r:.pi'lity. who'll" rrssi
mcntS cro;sin" and McrnS>iHy i'll IN AS-
tonsl,i:,.:lv s!l.r; ,inlr. -Chico2n Tilnc.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-08-05
How They Build In italy.

The way they build in Italy is indicated
by the following passage from a letter
from Naples: u looked down from the
balcony of my hotel and watched some
masons at work just across the narrow
street. They were laying outside walls
three feet thick, and walls Of two feet be-
tween the rooms The rising structure
seemed to be Jail or bank. inquired,
and found it was designed for an elegant
private residence. ."-EXchange.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-08-05
4 Itrpurt on Railroad Axles.

y special committee on railroad aXles
l.l, reported that iron aXles are safer than
steel aXlcs; that all cranks should have
the webs hooped: that as iron cranks ap-
pear to fail after running some 100000
miles, ard steel after 17o,6O0, it is highly
desirable that they should be taken off
anI not again used on passenger engines;
and that crank aXles, properly construct
ed, arc rs strong as straight aSles.-Chi-
rurn TimeS
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-08-05
T.cy We're on Excellent Terms.

yes" said n barber to his customer,
"I'm an Italian count. My father is the
Duke Har;ccNi Nuscallonge Gnriba!di
Plaza. I'm his only SOM"
aren't you and your father on good
terms asked tine customer.
"Oh, yes IN fact send the old gentle
man - every week out oi my wages. -
New York Sun
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-08-05
Greatest Difficulty In the World.

Two friends meet: "W'ould You believe
it," said one, Il have just come from my
landlord and had the greatest difficulty
il the world to persuade him to accept Il
little money" Bah, That's NONSENSE
ind why.' e'Becausc he wanted SO much
more than offered him.'-F-cnch Joke.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-08-05
-fi:;t.,,.;.s. Ir't.lrv's L'rctrtn,o.

>r~ NH", !! iZ:a* Tx :"i.".,:,",r:
ri!n,,. ~. I,r ',g f:c:otum = y"nag
rn'"r,l ;:;n:!. w.. i"unagcs ;l.;:cA. &: !.ct
6;:-:ra5: a"A c'>,;,uct. Ear: IF her co7.f-
s;aI::.!a"S" -;Ihicl,ro Herald
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-08-05
Teaching Manners to the Acknowledged

= young Woman il Washington is said
@ b" rab!ng L good living by teaching
he youn- attaches Of the Chinese
and Japanese legations American small
talk al society manners. aahingt1n
Letter
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-08-05
= :..;iAe i..ue island Oyster Erds.

Oys.v.s n deep water discharge their
sn.,;:. ...:.y i. August, 1T wnC!: time
they .t. ..Iuv ::r! Ennt g. eat. BY trans
fcrrinc i,c.I 10 shHi!"W water the sun in
Cwu"a ;l":n II r!pc!r III July, and conse.
Quenris iwn or three weeks are gained.
Land ir.1un whicl? oysters lave hecA
taken for s!.ippin- purposes is now being
cc~cre,. :',th shell, anG stones, IN wl!ch
tnr yol:u : .t-.inlHis alter hntciIins will at
.tch T. ..lv's Nct 'lNIu some object
j. f"u"u =, v'i,ich il may cling does the
r..:,"r c,.,,".,.;c ca IA In"m is shell. Plant
e.. ~" using every "it,:rtn keep IN suhIrc-
.ioa H.. Hi.."u,G, rEc:av ii their crop, the
ster'~'. -t',.f'l >;2"a."re witty urrJ=,rS are
CCnsr"''!r tIh'r,- ~ rh' oysters, and.
Ser c.,ilr- u:it LNc >tHrS, spiders, and
..~i~.. x :. tie rlt|r.i uvS;"rS n" sf"v-
c'ol .- ".-. .r,l ~" G-r,',H! w!"r" Il" enemy
e.'.' go '"~. ,-." .iNl their wav L.
~ :. e. ,' }'oW"",r. aN! the operation
- ,..,. ...,. .,..; ,uI;lnC E,,S constantly 20
,,,r... ..'.. New En~E ~Nn
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-08-05

In the rs: ot the five largest cities Of tho
world, st. frtrlsburh stands last, and
p..ris is not Included.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-08-05

i naprrs for sale - this cr'ico
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-30
A SUBMARINE VOLCANO.
Millions of Lifeless Fish Floating ina Vel
low Scum on the Gulf.

Captain Robert M. Lavender, of the
schooner Alice Montgomery, which ar
rived at this port recently, with q cargo
of ice from Kennebec, Me-, reported
an interesting incident, He states that
on the 10Th of October. four days before
arriving at New Orleans, and south
ward of Rebecca Shoals, in the extreme
eastern portion of the Gulf of Mexico,
he passed through an extensive tract
of floating fish, dead and dying. As
far as the eye could reach this spectacle
met the gaze, and the vessel sailed
through it for twenty miles. The fish
were of great variety, and another
curious feature of the phenomenon was
that the sea was yellowish and streaked
on the surface with a yellow scum.
The supposition that these fishes were
destroyed by some sudden visitation of
an epidemic disease is scarcely reason
able. Of a variety of theories the most
plausible appears to be that which
attributes the destruction of the fishes
to the breaking out beneath the sea of
volcanic matter and poisonous gases
destructive to the lives of marine ami
mails exposed to them. Submarine
volcanoes are by no means unknown.
The fact of their existence has often
been attested in disturbances of the
ocean bottom, cases of the sinking of
coasts and islands into the sea or of
their elevation out of it being on record.
The opening of riffs in submarine
rocks through which poisonous sulphur
Gus or arseniureted vapors r driven
into the waters above, would be entirely
in accord with the rules of volcanic ac-
tion.-N. 0. PicaYune.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-30
A CURIOUS DREAM.
The Startling Manner III Which 1t Wa
Verified.

Mr.. Charles Knickcrbocker, a New
York broker, who is given to practical
jokes, is at present in Europe. He is
travelling for his health. He is spending
the winter in Rome. A few nights ago
his wife, who lives on Madison aven.e,
dreamed that he was dead. The dream
was so natural that it made a profound
impression on her. She felt sure that
something serious had happened to him.
She was filled with dismal forebodings,
although she is not what may be called
a superstitious woman.
A few days afterward she received a
and holding n hand to her beating
heart. she read:
ROME, Jan. 81, lss6.-In an hour from now
the dead. Before you read this 1 will be
under the sod
She gasped for breath. Every thing
swan before her eyes. The cablegfam
dropped from her nerveless hand.
II knew it! l knew it!' she shrieked,
as she sank in q swoon on the floor.
A moment later her faithful maid
rushed in. and with the assistance of
some of the family, who had been
startled by the heavy fall, the PROSTATE
woman was raised from the floor and
her apparently ~lifeless body placed on
q sofa. The family physician was sum-
moned in hot haste. DR.. Salts applied
r~estoratives, and in a few minutes the
unfortunate lady regained conscious
ness.
"You must not excite yourself. Try
and be calm," he said, soothingly.
she
said, gasping for breath and passing
her hands over her face, she exclaimed
in heart-rending accents, ''please read
the rest of that cablegram."
The doctors hand trembled as he
picked up the cablegram. He managed
however. to control his voice sufficiently
to read:
ROME. Jan. FL, 1sse,-In an hour from now
the dead. Before you read this 1 Will be
under the sod
Once more the poor woman was con-
vulsed with anguish. Her grief was SO
distressing that the doctor was obliged
to pause.
"Charlie, I'll soon meet you on the
other Shore" and, turning to the
doctor, she added, .'Read the rest. Let
me know the very worst" she sobbcd:
The doctor cleared his throat and
began to read:
ROME, JAM Fl, 1SS6.-In an hour from now
! will no longer be with the living, but with
the dead. 1 will be under the sod. l have
made arrangements with a guide who 10
coming to taA3 me through the Catacombs.
CHARLES kNICKERBOCKEit.
-7erus Sitlings.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-30
Moved Clock Construction.

Of the various novelties in clock con-
struction none have excited more gen.
eral interest, perhaps, than those which
consist of a plain glass dial suspended
by a fine thread or wire, having the
motive power-an ordinary watch move
ment-concealed in the central boss of
the hands, or in the enlarged counter
balance of one of them. Another con-
t~rivance in this line of note consists of
two circular plates of glass. mounted in
a metal frame or border, and connected
by a slender column, or foot, to a ped
estal. In these the figures are marked
on the front plate, the hands being at
tached to the back plate, which is ce-
mented to a brass Kim, toothed as a
crown wheel and driven by a pinion,
the stem of which rises from the works
in the pedestal. The necessary hour
wheels, to give differential motion Of
the hands, are hidden between the
center bosses of the hands and the
brass washer on the back plate. Where
three glass plates are used, the short
and long hands are fixed to the second
and third plates, and two pinions drive
the toothcd rims of these two plates.-
N. Y. SIN.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-30
A FIERCE STORM.
h Remarkable Phenonemons Witnessed
on the San Miguel River.

o =
"Some ten years ago." said a veteran,
prospector, II was travelling on foot.
from Ouray, in the San Juan, across.
the country at the head of the San
Miguel river. The time was in the
forenoon of an autumn day, and a dense.
mass of threatened clouds we're rolling
up in the west over the Western San
Philippe Range. was in a hurry to
cross the Fish lakes, and concluded to.
go up through Bear creek, a stream
putting in the San Miguel from the
south. The stream headed in a semi
circular basin bounded by immense
precipices of basaltic rock, at whose
base were vast quantities of broken
rock, varying in size from the bowlder
weighing a few pounds to masses of
many tons in weight.
How these rocks came in that posi-
ton was a source of inquiry to me, but
1 had an opportunity of solving the
mystery before l reached the summit of
the divide l intended to cross. The
clouds [ spoke of seeing in the west
had in the meantime come rolling up
and accommodating in size and density,
also becoming darker and more heavily
charged with electricity. Thunderrolled
and lightning flashes played above and
below, and it seemed as If all heavens
artillery was concentrated at this par
ticular point. Instead of rising high
in mid-air the clouds rose lust high
enough to clear the tops of the dense
forests that lined the approaches to
Mount Wilson.
feared to proceed, and sought shell
ter beneath a huge pile of rocks about
THO center of the area, and some half a
mile from the south end of the semi
circular basin mentioned. In less time
than | have been writing these notes
the clouds swept eastward with inn
mense velocity. The low altitude
which they maintained was not great
enough to clear the precipice on the.
east side of the basin, and they swept
against it with terrific force. There
was such a vast weight of water con-
tanned in them that the conclusion
when the clouds struck the precipice.
was so great that immense quantities
of rock were broken off, and fell with a.
shock like an earthquake to the foot
of the cliff. Like a ba%ttering-ram the
body of clouds was thrown back and
again advanced until three distinct
blows we're struck at the cliff. By this
time the water was pouring over the
mountain in a N~iagara-like flood,
bringing down additional quantities of
rock. The occurrence lasted only a
few minutes, but in this time it vas
easy to perceive how the masses of de-
bris were placed in the position they
occupied. The storm was over, the air
cleared up, and l was able to pursue
the projected journey.-Dcnver News.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-30
A FIERCE BATTLE.
How q Virginia Dan'l Boone Owed Unde
q Deer and Stabbed 1t.

SAQoX
q Deer and Stabbed 1t.
Deer have not been so numerous for
years in the Capon Mountains as they
are this season. BY the help of legis-
lation they have increased greatly.
Sportsmen from the Shenandoah valley,
the nearest civilized country, rarely
get further than the North Mountains,
the first distinctive range of hills west
of the Blue Ridge. So the mountain
GERS have the fun and the profit of the
hunt to themselves. During the win
ter they do little else than hunt. Be.
tween the little mountain ranges are
sWift-running streams, the principal
ones being the South Fork, North Fork,
Capon and Lost river. Muskrats, otter
and mink are found along the rivers,
and %'coons, 'possums. wildcats, wild
turkeys and deer are thick in the
wooded hills.
The most noted hunter in the State
west of Moorfield is Gabriel Cooper,
whose deeds have caused him to be
known by his neighbors as Dan'l
Boone. Dan'l keeps two dogs and a
brown mare and he knows every hog
path and deer trail in West Virginia.
1t is said that the wild animals know
Danl SO we'll that when they see him
and his brown mare they flee the coun-
try. What Dan'l Boone cannot tell in
the shape of hunting adventure is not
worth hearing. Every streamin Hamp-
shire County has his traps set along it's
banks. With his trusty Winchester
rifle he has brought down twenty-eight
deer this season. One day Dan'l was
visiting his traps on Lost river. A mile
above where this river disappears in
the earth is a bend where the stream is
broad and deep. Dan'l keeps a little
feather-weight skiff in the bend for his
private use. While sloshing up and
down the bank of the river he started
a big buck with six prongs. The ami
NAL sprang from cover into the water
and headed for the opposite side.
Dan'l leaped into his skiff and a few
powerful strokes brought him nearly
alongside of the buck. His purpose
was to secure him alive, but when with
in ten feet of him the buck turned
about and swan straight at the boat.
The hunter, recognizing his peril,
drew his sheathe-knife and caught the
creature by the horn as he made a
vicious lunge at the boat. Dan'l held
on to the horn, and the buck lunged
and butted furiously. The hunter tried
to get at its throat, and in the effort
the skiff upset and Dan'l and deer
were left to fight their battle out in the
water twelve feet deep. To escape
from the maddened buck was impossi-
BILE, and instead of swimming from it
the experienced woodsman divedunder
the water, and, coming up by the bucks
side, stabbed it in the belly again and
again until he was force to come to the
surface himself for air. The wild
plunges made by the wounded beast
were terrific. The river was dyed red
with blood for twenty feet around
where the combat ragged. AS the hunter
poked his nose above the surface to get
air the animal cut with it's horn a long
furrow in his side. 1t was the bucks
last expiring effort. With u gasp and
a shivering moan it sank out of sight
and the battle was ended.-W Wheeling
(W. Va.) Register.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-30
GRATITUDE TO A DOG.
An Invalid Lady's Memorial of q Faith
full Pet.

An Invalid Lady's Memorial of a Faith
full Pet.
The Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals recently received
the following letter from an invalid
lady, who wishes to make her gratitude
of practical value: I
Enclosed find a check for one thou
sand dollars, which sum, through you,
1 offer to the acceptance of the Massa-
chusetts Society for the Prevention Of
Cruelty to Animals, as a grateful me-
mortal of my dog, who through four
teen years of seclusion and pain has
been my constant, faithful, devoted.
friend and companion"
If all whose lives had been made
happier by dumb creatures would i'm,
itate the example of this good lady, the
Massachusetts, society would have the!
e not only Of vastly increasing it's
work in our own State, but also of,
reaching out a helping hand to stop theI
abuses by which hundreds of thousands
of animals annually die on our cattle
cars, and other hundreds of thousands
die in our extreme western and south
ern States and Territories of neglect and
starvation, and other hundreds of thou
sands die in slaughter-houses with great
andunnecessary suffering. The sending;
of checks, Of the dalling at the rooms
of the society and having without cost
a legacy added to a will, or giving the
society the use of money on condition
that it shall be repaid, if ever needed
by the giver-these are forms of prac-
teal gratitude which will give material!
aid to the men who without p%ecuniary
reward are now giving heart, brain
and energy to the protection of dumb
animals.-B0Ston 1r0nScTSW.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-30
RAPID TRANSPORTATION.
The Factor Which Has Produced an Era
of CheannesA.

of C~heapncss.
The economies brought about by
cheap and rapid transportation, as well
as the inventions which add to the re-
suits of human labor, is working to the
disadvantage of the agriculturists Of
the hitherto favored nations. Time was
when the "beef of old England would
command higher prices, but the killing
of cattle in distant regions, such as
South America, Australia and New Zea-
land-the freezing of the dead meat
and it's transportation to western
Europe in swat steamships--has ruined
the markets of those who bred choice
cattle at home, and the consequence is
that the cattle Of eastern United States
as well as western Europe, will not be
worth more intrinsically than the cattle
at the Antipodes. In other words, the
world hereafter will have all the beef,
mutton and hog flesh it ear use at
steadily cheapening prices. What is
true Of meat has been true some years
past of wheat. The old-time figures of
two and three dollars a bushel will
never again be quoted during this gen.
Grafton. The wheat fields OF the entire
globe are at the command of the con-
sumers of western Europe. While these
facts arc not cheering to agriculturists,
they are very reassuring to the consum-
ing poor of all countries. There may
be distress, but famines are at an end
so far as the civilized and semi-civilized
world are concerned.-Demorest's
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-30

hines, and
expect /
b, the eli
pit of full
INT 7aaaI
will do lid
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will hayd
patshcl.
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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-30

A kindling wood factory at Mount
Tom, Mass, turns out over ten thou
sand bundles a day.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-30
Women's Union Missionar

Tho Women's Union Missionary
Society celebrated its silver wedding
recently, it being twenty-five years
since it was incorporated. The North
crm Christian AdvocGte says: cit was
the American mother society, and has
done good work itself and inspired
others to do still greater work"
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-05-01
Gard OF Thanks.

Editor ST.. L4NDHY DHMotRAT:
Please allow me the privilege OF return
ing my heartfelt thanks, rs well rs
those of my family, to my immediate
neiyIibors and friends, as we'll a. to
quite Il number OF good citizens with
whom it has never been my good for
tune to meet for their many words Of
encouragement aud evident sympathy,
In my late misfortune in losing, by fire.
nv residence and most of its contents,
in Bellevue prairie, near Opeluusas, La,
en- Thursday, 22d day OF April. They
were not content with expression OF
regret, but were prompt to offer their
aid in the most substantial form, in
various ways. Homes were thrown
wide open to us by scores, money was
rendered, and assistance i'll various
ways, in labor, hauling, &c, and heart
felt soEicitude WAS manifested as to our
welfare which, ii tears of gratitude for
their kindness would express, an ocean
of them on our part could not suffice.
Being too many, who have bestowed
their Kindness upou US, to M ntlon by
name, fearing some might be overlooked
truly and sincerely we can say, from
the inmost recesses OF orr hearts, "God,
bless them all.
Very truly, r. T.. STOKES.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-05-01
M ass Weeiieag.

At Mass Meeting of the citizens of
Big Cane, April "A, 1886, Mr.. T. A. Hicks
called to the chair and after explaining
the object of the meeting, was elected
president of the meeting. and W. H..
Haw, Secty. Tile Following resolutions
were read and adopted.
Resolved, That we endorse the resO-
buttons passed by mass meeting of the
people of Morrow station held on the 18th
inst, looking to division of the parish
OF St. Landry and the formation of a
new parish along the line OF the Texas
aud Pacific II. II. to embrace portions of
the territory OF Avoyelles and st. Lam
Resolved, We believe that any policy
calculated to throw distractions in the
way of the formation of new Parishes,
when they can be legitimately maintain
ed is oppressive and should be abandon
ed by an intelligent and progressive peo-
pie.
Therefore we call upon our Represen-
tatives in the Legislature from this Par
ish and urge upon that body to take steps
such as the Constitution of the State may
require to have that Article SO amended
that new parishes may be organized with
an area of 400 square miles instead of 625
as now provided and that the necessary
population should he only sufficient to
entitle the new Parishes TO one Repre-
sentative ain the lower Branch Ill the
Legislature.
On motion committee of ten We're
appointed to wait upon the J7itizens OF
Opelonsas and Rayne composed as fol-
lows. PIG. Callihan, DR.. W. T. Clopton,
Otis Collins, f. E. Bell, l.. s. Hazard,
Aug. Reiber, j. +. Lowrey, E. 0. Hayes,
NJ. l.. Swords, J. Nj. jackson.
On motion committee OF was APP
pointed as q corresponding committee to
assist the Secretary composed as
follows: Otis Collins, Writ Collins, j. t.
Lowrey, aud J.. e. Bell.
. On motion visiting committee OF 4
was appointed to visit the Southern por-
ton of Avoyelles, Com. Bell, Sword,
Morrow and Reiber. Gu resignation OF
Sec, J. +. Lowrey was elected Sec.
We respectfully inviis@your paper to
publish the proceeding of this meeting,
Opelousas DEMOCRAT.
There being no further business before
the meeting we adjourned.
T. A. HICKS,
J.F. LoWREY, President.
Secretary.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-05-01
NOTICE..

HDUBI.IC notice is hereby given iEaccordance
IL with Art 48 of the constitution that Bills
will be introduced al the ensuing session OF the
General Assembly of the State of Louisiana for
the purpose of providing for the restoration Of
the public records of the pa ish OF st. Landry
and State of Louisiana, destroyed by the burn-
ing of the Court Honse at Onelousas, viz: the
together with the records of the tax collectors
office and records and archives Of the Supreme
Court of the State of Louisiana and to COM
pensate the assessor of said parish for extra
work done by him in consequence of the des-
strIlef OF of the assessment lists.