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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-03-25
EIGHTY THOUSAND statesmen.
Important Items Concerning Their Busi-
ness-Home for the Disabled.

Important Items Concerning Their Busi-
ness-Home for the Disabled.
One of the leading dry goods statesmen
of the United States, tells me that there
are now about 80, 900 travelling statesmen
on the road in this country, and that
their expense accounts alone will aver
age $1,000 year each. This for expenses
alone means an outlay Of S120, 900, ,Ooo a
year and if you will count in an average
salary of $1,000 year each it will swell
the total to. 100000, 900 year. This
immense sum is scattered all over the
United States. 1t keeps up the notes.
and is one of the most important items
of railroad passenger receipts. Inc
character of the travelling salesman has
changed within a decade past. You
will find very few boys and fewer
drunkards upon the road. The compet-
ton is SO great and the expense so heavy
that firms have to send out their Des1
men, and salaries of $4,000 and S5,0oo 3
year are by no means uncommon.
Said this salesman: @These travelling
men sell all sorts of goods. Some, OF
them carry half dozen heavy trunks,
and others carry their samples in their
oyercoat pockets. One man I know gets
$4,000 a year for'selGng the skins which
butchers put around 'sausages. Ee
dresses like, o Broadway swell and carries
his; samples in bag no larger than q
lady's shopping sachel. The best OF, such
skins are made in Europe, and butchers
buy of him everywhere. Then there lS a
man know who travels from Boston 10
San Francisco and sells nothing but one
grade of boot blacking. Some travellers
sell by pictures of the articles they have
to sell. Clothing forms the largest class
of drummers, and next come those who
sell boots and shoes. Then we have the
dry goods statesmen, the grocer, the hard
ware men, hats and caps, and others as
numerous as there are trades and fac
tories"
Travelling men," this gentleman con-
tinued, 2are, as q rule, bright, generous
fellows. They spend freely, and many
of them, when they become cid and
leave the road, find themselves POOR. We
have now project to take care of dis
abled travelling men. It is a travelling
mems home, 70 be endowed hy travelling
men and to be devoted to their use. The
idea is that each one of the 10000 travel
ers is to give 81 year for the next three
wears to such an institution. This will
make a total of S24O, 900, and FROM this
we will buy farm in Kentucky, o. some
other good locality, and erect comfortable
buildings, with reading-rooms, parlors,
and chambers, so that the occupants can
have all the comforts of life during their
declining years. We will further endow
the home BY n year or two more of con-
tributions, and the institution will be
under the care of a competent board OF
managers. This project is, I understand
to be submitted to the next annual meet
ing of merchant travellers. It has many
supporters among travelling statesmen,
and will not be surprised if it is carried
out."-"Carp' in Cleveland Leader.
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How Woodson Saved Old Allen's Life.

It was in tho far west The village was
county seat, and ali political speeches were
made at the court house. The clans were
gathering early in the evening, for it was to
be great night among the politicians. The
Republicans, Democrats and Greenbackers
were holding q joint meeting to discuss
political issues. Governor Woodson was
running on the Democratic ticket for re-
election, and John Stokes spoke for him.
Said he:
'FELLow-C CITIZENS: I stand hero within
view of the classic shades OF Washington
and Jefferson to proclaim tho virtues Oh
Governor Woodson."
When he had finished grandiloquent
speech with this beginning he was followed
by old man Allen, who spoke in q humorous
vein and in squehky tone OF voice:
'tNow, gentlemen am not any further
from the shades of Jefferson than Stokes Is,
but know more about Governor Woodson
Now, to be honest Old Woodson saved my
life once, but don't thank him for 1t a bit.
1t happened in this way: twent a-huntin'
and took fine English twist, double
barreled shotgun with me. 1t began to ram,
and was afraid that gun would be ruined
by rust, so crawled into a'hollow gum log
with the gun. The log got wet and began
to swell, so was wedged in, I couldn't get
out I began to think Of death and eternity.
Horror Of horrors thought l.; to die in
this way is shnmefula but tho grim monster
stared mo in tho face. 4began to think OF
all the acts OF my past life, Of the crimes OF
boyhood days, the errors Of after yeara. I
sew my poor old mothers face, and her
dying words rang In my cars. I thought oe
now had wronged her by voting for old
Woodson, and felt so mean that shrank
up to the size Of q mouse and crawled out OF
the log. That is true, gentlemen, and I'll
never vote for Woodson. n."-Chambersburg
Herald.
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We Approye or It.

The freaks of fashion in women's apparel
are indeed wonderful and startling to the
masculine eye, and it is only now and then
that any Of them tho freaks, not the womon)
meet with approval from the men. There
is however, a new feminine hat struggling
for recognition among tho fashionables that
every right-minded man will indorse. 1t Is
built on the crush plan, like gentloman's
opera hat and no trimmings are allowed on
tie crown. II this headgear comes into gen.
ernl use for evening wear it will be great
boon to mankind, as the ladies will. of
courpe, collapse the thing after getting
seated at the theatre or opera, and the
people back Of them can got their moneys
worth of the entertainment Vive la crush
hat Packs Sun.
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Prepared to Knock EN- Out.

'Maria," said the preacher, Saturday
afternoon, after having read his sermon
aloud to her, ''whut do you think of It'll
Have l not portrayed tho evils of Sunday
newspapers in way that must affect tho
congregation"
-"Tndeed you have, John," was the reply.
II thoug bit so," suid the preacher: Il feel
that in this sermon I have fully DEMON
strated the iniquity Of Sunday publications.
trust there will be a large congregation to-
morrow By the way, Maria, did you at
tend to mailing the notice Of my sermon and
its subject to all the newspapers, so that it
will appear in the morning!'
She said she had attended to it-Chicago
Tribune
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Germsny,s Noted But Aged historian.

It is said that Leopold Won Ranke looks
like parfect specimenof those medieval
philosophers who spent their days and
nights in front of huge, outspread folios,
with no companion but pensive cat,
and no furniture or ornament to their
cells save skulls and cross bones, sand
glasses, elixir phials, and chemical re-
torts. His manners are described as
affable and unaffected, and he never dis
plays any Of the disagreeable, eccentrici-
ties of genius. The aged historian works
from 10 o'clock in the morning until 2
daily, and again from 9 o'clock in tho
evening until a. m. His best work is
done at midnight, Letter.
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Don't Be Too Hard on Carlo.

A great deal is being said about hydro
phobia that would be better unsaid, and
the dog will be charged with the killing
much oftencr than he should be. The
work of old rusty nails, whose wounds
have healed months ago, and the many
other producers of letouns will all be laid
at the kennel door of innocent "old dog
Tray" In ali the United States, with its
100000 of people, there have not been
in the entire year over thirty-fve deaths
from hydrophobia, by the agency of g.
600, 900 dogs.-Inter Ocean.
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English Soldiery and French.

An Englishman does not loose force
from being out of spirits, and an Eng
brigade will 60 on when officers and
men are half crazy with disappointment
and annoyance; but French army, to
do its best, must be q cheerful army
Spectator.
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A Surcestion in HcrnldryL

Emperor William has presented Wolseley
with the decoration of tho red eagle. We
are not advised Is 20 tho peculiar charac.
teristics of that bird, but we would suggest
that, if it is given for his conduct in the
Egyptian campaign, it should DO accom-
panied as a coat of arms by camel re-
treatant, on the sands of Egypt passant
with q well-armcd Arab pursuant and
an indignant Briton regardant-Nashville
IIninn
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auMMER AND WINTER.

There Is no blast howe'er so fierce it blows
Across wide Moorlands leaguered fast by
SHOWS,
That does not bear the presage Of tune
The thrush Will carol in the heart OF June.
&c. S." in Youths Companion.
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IT yyus Duly Received.

"Robby," whispered young Featherly
'did your sister Sadie got note from mo
last nightt 1t was written on pink paper"
81 guess she must have got it" said hoo'
by, "cause when she came down to break
fast this morning her hair was done up in
pink curl-papers. "-Harpcr's BaEar.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-03-25

4 southern critic ikens certain lit
orary lady's sonnets to @the silvery tex
ture Of cobweb endowed With the
durability o. psasl."
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4 Platinum Wire for Telescopes.

A platinum wire too fine to be seen
with the naked eye is said to have been
made By Mr.. H. T. Reid, of Brooklyn. It
is to be used in telescopes as substitute
for the spiders web usually employed.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-03-25

It is stated that there are 100000
FITTINGS in the churches of the Anglican
communion in England and Wales.
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Where Nlnn DwindleS.

If man wants to know how Insignificant
he Is, just let him 40 with bis wife to tha
dressmakor s-Nevark AegtateE.
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Mirth is short-ived; cheerfulnesa
never ires.-Century Brio-a,brac
, 1886-04-30

| have asked-and 1t is a good test
can you. on a long railway journey,
think out Il problem on n great social
subject? VIII you begin TO think out
that problem when you have before you
two hours in a railway carriage, This is
simply n form of mental Incidence; they
eau not concentrate themselves and bring
their thoughts sufficiently together TO do
spontaneous work. 1t partly comes from
this, again, that they will not give them
selves time; from that they get out Of
the habit Of steady thought. and they
will not dwell long upon n subject.
Both in reading and in thinking you
never get far unless you will have a long
consecutive tete-a-tete with your book
" with your problem.
People read and think in the sane way
hat they visit their acquaintance and
friends. They have an exciting CONVERSE
ton for a few minutes, and then the
visit is over. II you wish 10 see a land
scape or explore a character you must
take time, and it must be done by steady.
consistent and continuous thought. |
bespeak, therefore, for reading and for
thinking greater deliberation, more care
ful choice Of material, more consecutive
ness and continuity and above all, that il
should never become necessary to hurry
through anything, whether it be lecture,
or book, or problem.-Mr. Goschen's
Lecture.
, 1886-04-30

Like all passions, anger has degrees,
ascending from slight ~vexation through
deepening clouds to rage and, finally, to
fury, which is a black and horrible
tempest. In its mid-region, where it is
neither too little to be motive nor too
furious to be ungovernable, it has its use
fulness. For all feeling is as fuel, and
where there is none life has no fire, and
then no flame of ascent, no glow and no
light. Wherefore anger bestows strength
as a motive, in this being like all
passions.
But it agrees with only some, and not
ably with fear, in that it is a waste of
force and speedily flags. Anger uses up
a vast force quickly, like a flash of ex-
p~losion, and her has none left to apply
to labor. Herein it is like a stimulant,
which sets either effort or pleasure
briskly forward, but o slips back by q
bitter and gloomy reaction.-~J. V. b '
in Globe-D Democrat.
, 1886-04-30

The works Of the immense clock which
has been put up in the board Of trade
building in Chicago are pronounced a
most perfect reproduction Of those of the
great Westminster palace clock in Lon
don, but with some additions and I'M
provemcnts adapted to its commercial
purpose. 1t is constructed of iron, bronze,
and steel, and weighs ten tons without
the bell. the latter adding some 1850
pounds more. The pendulum alone
weighs $50 pounds.
In its arrangement the works are di-
vided into a time train, a hand train. and
a striking train, these several trains com
prising separate machines, resting sids
by side, ON separate frames. Each Of
the trains is operated by a separate
weight, and the three weights together
reach some $500 pounds. The hammer
that strikes sho bell weighs eighty
pounds. the clock work is below the dials,
which are ten feet ten inches in diameter,
and the bell is above them, or $50 feet
above the ground. The pendulum
swings one way in two second New
York Sun.
, 1886-04-30

There is IA very common but mistaken
impression abroad hat there are no de
grees of skill in what is called ordinary
labur. A single illustration will show
the magnitude Of this error. Take the
simple operation Of handling a rock-drill,
for instance. One man will drill holes
true and parallel, while another, though
he may be quite as industrious and well
meaning, will do precisely the opposite.
The result is that the former uses less
powder for the blast, and the rock comes
out in shapely masses fit to be made into
dimension stone worth a good price,
while the product of the latter is only serv-
iceable for rubble work and not worth
as much by many times its cost. Yet
both the men rank as laborers.-W. II.
Swift in Globe Democrat.
, 1886-04-30
DREAMS AND ILLUSIONS.

Some Interesting Suggestions of the ssun
Thxt Dreams Are Made of
Wundt regards most of dream repre-
sensations as really representations, since
they emanate from senatorial impression
which, though weak, continue during
sleep. An inconvenient position during
sleep causes the representation of pain
full work, perilous ascent of a mountain.
etc. A slight intercostal pain becomes
the point Of an enemy's dagger or the
bite OF an enraged dog. Difficulty in
respiration is fearful agony caused by
nightmare, the nightmare seeming to be
n weight rolled upon the chest, or a hor-
rible monster which threatens to stifie
the sleeper. An involuntary extension
OF the foot is a fall from the dizzy height
OF a tower. Flying is suggested by the
rhythmic movements of respiration.
Further. -those subjective visual and
auditory sensations which are repre-
sented in the waking state as a lumin-
GUS chaos of an obscure visual field, by
humming and roaring in the ears, and
especially subjective retinal sensations,
nave an essential role" according to
Wundt. There are shown to us innum-
cradle birds. butterflies, fish, multicol-
ored pears. flowers, etc" But If there be
some irritation these visions
are usually changed into caterpillars or
beetles crawling over the skin OF the
sleeper.
The sleeper sometimes dreams Of his
appearing on the street or in society only
half dressed; the innocent cause is found
in some of the bedclothes having fallen
off. An inconvenient position of the
sleeper, a slight hinderance to respiration
or interference with the action of the
heart, may be the cause of dreams where
n seeks an object without being able
to find it. or has forgotten something in
starting upon a journey. The move
ments of respiration may suggest to the
sleeper, as previously mentioned, flying,
but this flight may be objective, and in
stead of himself flying he sees an angel
descending from the heavens or a lumin-
Gus chaos where birds are swiftly NOV
ing.
The representations of dreams having
sensorial origin may have mingled with
them those which arise solely from the
reproduction of past memories. Thus
parents or friends cut off in the flower of
life ordinarily appear in dreams because
of the profound impression which their
death or burial has made. hence the
general opinion that the lead continue
during the night their intercourse with
the living. Medical News.
, 1886-04-30

LInooin.s Contempt for ConysntlonAiIties
Mr.. Lamon describes Mr.. Lincoln as
pre-eminent in moral courage. eloquent
in speech and possessed Of great com
mon sense. With him there was method
in every move. He never trifled. He
was charged with overmuch SERIOUSNESS
and melancholy, which was often nis
construed for encouragement. He never
told an anecdote that did not point Ia q
moral. This character often subjected
him to adverse criticism among the Ill
ira fashionables, especially when this
class was made the object Of his satire.
1t was said OF him that he lacked ven
Grafton amounting almost to moral OBJ
liquity. He stopped TO no vindication in
life, leaving that for history. Mr.. Lin
coin was e-pigrammatic in calculating his
ideas, indulged in no studied phrases,
was no fumbler of works.
II will be acknowledged that Mr.. Lin
coin lacked dignity in outward appear
ance. He fully realized that he was
formed by nature all right, but was not
moulded by art, In speaking Of his lack
Of polish he said: Il guess will leave
the fancy work 10 others and viii browse
around the utility department as best l
can" Mr.. Lincoln, however, showed
that he wa master Of n forci-
BILE nondescript sort Of dignity
never before recognized by orthodox
diplomats. No American at any period
in our history could write a paper Of pub
lie import with more iDipi essive serious
ness, circumspection and grave dignity.
lie was even genial. tender and social,
never bewailing his hardships or exult-
ing in his triumphs. His great ambition
was to leave the world better than he
found it.-New York World.
, 1886-04-30


In many Of the southern states the me-
gro farm hands work on wEat is known
as the share system. The landowner
furnishes the land, mules and farm i'm
plements and advances the supplies. AT
the end Of the crop season the laborer
usually gets one-third of the product,
corn, cotton, etc. A farmer in Sun
flower county. Mississippi, in re-contract-
ing the first of the present year with his
laborers for the year 1886 found several
Of them who were unwilling TO remain
with him for one-third of what they pro-
duced. "How much more do you want p
inquired the farmer.
We wants a fort; OATS what Mister
Mitchel's gwine to glib hes hans dis
yearh."
The farmer laughed, and calling to his
wife, asked her to bring out a couple of
apple pies she had just baked, and when
the pies were produced he cut one of
them into three equal parts and the other
into four and invited the darkies to help
themselves, each to a piece. 1t is need
less to say that the pie that had been cut
into three pieces was the one first at
tackled.
Now said the farmer, pointing to
the thirds, ~that is what l propose to
give you, and that pointing to the
fourths, lis what you say Mr.. Mitchell is
going to give you; which had you rather
haveg7
The darkies opened their eyes and
stared at one another, when the spokes-
man exclaimed;
"Welll dot pie business do prove dat a
free is bigger'n a TO. Whar dat contract,
Marse Bob -
The contract was produced and the
last one of them signed it.-Detroit Free
Press.
, 1886-04-30

The greatest thing to daze a man was
TO have artillery fired over him at short
range. There were occasions in the army
where the infantry were thrown to the
front Of our OWL artillery, directed to lie
down and hug the ground close, so that
our own guns might be fred at the adj
vancing enemy without injuring us.
This was IN exceedingly trying ordeal.
To nave the hurting shot and shell fly
over you only a few inches from your
PROSTATE body was an experience to daze
a man. After such an experience at
Stone River 1 can remember hat for
got my own name.-Inter Ocean Curb
stone Crayons."
, 1886-04-30

a practical draughtsman in Wood and
Iron gives the following simple sugges-
tons. which will likely prove useful to
some reader. In mixing up inks, the
process is very much expedited by heat
ing the dish and water in which it is
mixed before commencing. 1t often
happens in the summer that the flies
walk over a tracing and eat off the ink
in a very provoking manner. The use o.
vinegar instead of water will prevent
this. In making a tracing. the cloth will
take the ink much better if it is rubbed
over with chalk. Tracing cloth that has
been rolled up may be Strengthened out
etTectually and expeditiously by draw
ing it over the edge OF a table or draw
ing board, holding it down meantime
with an ordinary three-cornered SCALE
Scientific Exchange.
, 1886-04-30

All travellers stopping for a time in
Cheyenne can find the best accommoda-
tons in the city at the Western Hotel on
Fifteenth street. The location is agreea.
bic and convenient, rooms pleasant and
newly furnished, meals the best a first
class cook can prepare from the finest
materials in the market, walters who un-
derstand their business, the best liquor:
and cigars in the bar room arc among the
many attractions Of this popular house,
HERMAN KDME, proprietor.
, 1886-04-30

IL is strange, but nevertheless true,
that a broker never loses his anxiety. |
have been on this street now twenty
years. but the failure to get a telegram,
or n letter, or a reply when l should get
it, makes me just as nervous as it did
during my first year. One would think
that a man would become accustomed TO
it. and accept the inevitable, but it is
easier to talk hat way han it is to do
it; that is, than it is to keep cool and be
able to smile on everybody that says
this is a nice day, isn't it," l have
gone though a great many cases of this
kind, and have never been hurt much.
but | have seen the time when an hours
or ever a minutes delay would have
cost the profit Of a whole year, or even
more.
Now, the other day l was disappointed
in the receipt of a telegram, and ! wasn't
fit for any other business. 1t was an
important transaction. l had given or
ders and was relying on them being car
ried out, and supposed they were, but
still l had no knowledge of it, and there
l was; | didn't know what to do, and all
on account of what may nine times out
of ten be merely a little business negli-
gence. No, sir, a horse may become ac-
customed to war, but a mans delicatf
nerves can e be adjusted to the rip.
saw tension Of this business .-Globe-
Democrat Interview.
, 1886-04-30

a remedy, one unequaled indeed fos
ear-ache, is that in use among the sailors
aud bathers at Viareggio and Leghorn,
and indeed all along the coast of that
p.rt of Italy. A piece of old linen is
spread with melted beeswax-the purer
the better-and then rolled tightly into
II c%ornucopia shape, the small end of
which is introduced into the patients ear
a. he lies down. The cornucopia should
not be less than three, four, or ever five
inches long. Flannel cloths are then
laid over the read and face, the cornu-
copia is set alight. and burns slowly rs
long AS the patient can bear it, until
burned quite near the face, when it is re-
moved from the ear. This proceeding
gives almost instant relief, and if the
pain happen to have been caused by the
presence of any foreign substance in the
ear, it will come away with the cornu-
copia.-Launt Thompson in London So
ciety.