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The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-03-11
SOME FACTS ABOUT THE HINDOOs.

Synopsis of Missionary's Lecture Oh
! Their Beliefs and characteristics.
The Rev. DR.. n. L. Scudder, lecturing
on India, said the Hindoos had two great
beliefs. One was the doctrine of fate and
the other the transmigration of souls.
According to the former man was a mere
puppet, for with them everything was
settled by fate and everything was the
result of what they termed the decree of
the head. If Hindoo did bad thing it
was fate that impelled him, and ne had
to do good or i'll as it was decreed.
The doctrine Of transmigration was the
hardest thing to get out OF their heads.
They believed that good life here
meant an exalted birth and high station
in the other world. If a man lived a
mixed life here he would come back as
a man again, but If his life were totally
bad he would come back as a tree or
mineral. Their code prescribed special
birth for each sin. One who stole grain
would be born a rat, if he stole fruit he
would be born a'monkey, if he stole from
Brahman he would be born over again
1000 times and each time take the form
Of spider. There was no escape from
predestined birth. "
The Indians were noncommittal, but
very inquisitive and loquacious to a de-
gree. When one refused to talk he be-
Lied his races record. Their form of
reasoning was analogical, and, Like all
orientals, they preferred simile. Many
of them were possessed of great meta
physical sicimen. They were the great
est liars on earth, and could lie one out
Of almost any belief. They were sunk in
vice to low degree.
The worship Of snakes was quite COM
mon, and they believed the cobras had a
separate world to themselves. Snake
charming was a hereditary profession,
and they lured cobras from their holes
to destruction by playing softly on a
flute.
The women were weak and vicious
and by nature unfaithful, but were DOS
sessed of great ingual fe1ibility, being
able to out-talk their iege lords at will.
No language could describe their degra-
dsaion. Women there had but one gods
her husband, and her only religious oct
was to be his slave.-Chicago News.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-03-11
A Burmese Photographers Barbarity.

A Burmese scandal is now stirring
official blood at Mandalay, as it appears
that the provost marshal has a morbid
taste for amateur photography that has
led him to experiment upon the unfort-
unate Burmese DacoitS that have been
executed under his direction. Willis
"Parrhasius" has had literal exempli-
fcation in this official, who has on sew
eral occasions added unspeakable torture
to his victims death pang5 by delaying
the interval between orders to present
and fire" long enough to allow him to
take two or three negatives with the
camera he carries about with him.
Having had the prisoners drawn up in
line against wall, he would station the
firing platoon before them and get the
camera into position and calmly prepare
his plates. The officer commanding the
soldiers was instructed not to give the
fatal signal till the plate was exposed.
Thus the most interesting negatives were
obtained at the very moment of the
prisoners death agony. Fortunately
this barbarity practiced i'll the name Of
scientific interest has added nothing to
art, for the cruel operator was such bad
hand at the work that the plates wers
spoiled. The troops were anxious to
lynch the alleged artist, but the English
authorities have promised to make an
example of the amateur.photographer.-
Inter Ocean.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-03-11
The Famous Aerolite of Naples.

Interesting stories about the explosion
of meteorites are usually followed by the
explosion of the stories themselves. The
famous aerolite which fell in the Strada
Fiorentino, Naples, not long ago, has
just been examined by Professor john
ston-Lavis, the eminent seismologist,
reports that it is nothing but common
cobbler's lapstone made of Vesuvian lava
from In Scala quarries, and the wonder
full 4patina" is merely coating of wax
and dirt accumulated and polished by
long use.-Frank Ieslie'S illustrated.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-03-11
Regulate the Diet Of the Aged.

AS we increase in age, when we have
spent, say, our first half-century, less
energy and activity remain, and less e1-
penditure can be made; less power to
eliminate is possible at 30 than at 30,
7 still less at 90 and upward. Less nutri-
ment, therefore, says Sir Henry Thomp-
son, must be taken in proportion as age
advances, or rather, as activity dimin-
ishes, or the individual will suffer. If he
continues to consume the same abund-
ant breakfasts, substantial lunches, and
heavy dinners which at the summit of
his power he could dispose of almost
with impunity he will in time certainly
accumulate fat, or become acquainted
with gout or rheumatism, or show signs
of unhealthy deposit of some kind in
some part of the body, processes which
must inevitably poison, undermine, or
shorten his remaining term Of life. He
must reduce his "in-take," because a
smaller expenditure is an enforced con-
dition of existence.-Herald of Health.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-03-11
Relative Size of South America.

South America is more than double the
size of the United States. The empire OF
Brazil seems On the map quite as large as
Australia, 1t is twenty-four times the
size of England. The Argentine Republic
is nearly as large as Europe, taking
Russia out. Bolivia and Venezuela are
each twice the size Of England and Scot
land, Ecuador something less, Paraguay
equal to Great Britain, Uruguay and
Chill about the same, and the little
known regions of Patagonia and Terra
del Fuego at least double the dimensions
of Great Britain; British, French and
Dutch Guiana are nearly as large as
Great Britain. Philadelphia Call.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-03-11
A Naval 1Iathod of Oruum

A simple method of ornamenting wood
or sized paper is to brush over it thin
coating of a very concentrated cold solll-
tion of some salt mixed with dextrine,
which gives to the surface a beautiful
mother-of-pearl appearance. To cause
the adhesion of the mixture to glass, an
extra coating of an alcoholic shellac solu-
tion is necessary. Sulphate of magnesia,
acetate of soda and sulphate of tin are
among salts which produce the most at
tractive crystalline coatings.-Frank
Leslies,
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-03-11
THE czAR's EDUCATED POOR
Russians Of high Station Who Fear 6;
Meet Their Grocers and Tai1ors.

Meet Their Grocers and Tailors.
A few days ago I saw regiment o.
the Imperial guards drilling in the Lars
field preparatory to a grand review to
be held on the day Of Epiphany. The
colonel in his glittering uniform, riding
On fiery charger, made a beautiful
picture, and I could not help expressing
my opinion to a Russian reporter that he
fhe coloneD occupied an enviable posi-
ton.
ION the drilling grounds" answered
the reporter, "he is indeed a grand fig
urc, but in private life he is as poor a
devil as the rest of us. He belongs to
the honorable but miserable class of the
educated poor. You ought to see this
brave Col. N. trembling before janitor
who comes to collect the rent which has
been two or three months due"
On the hint of my comrade I made q
little study of the educated poor III this
capital. learned of judge of the dis
trict court who, as rule, leaves his
house by backyard door for fear of
meeting clerks from the various stores
with their bills. I was told that Pro-
fessor R. of the college of this city, hav-
ing big family, never changed his
rooms without the policies assistance-in
other words, he was usually turned out
by landlords for non-payment Of rent.
I saw a chief Of one of the numer-
GUS departments of the imperial admin
istration, who lives in a distant suburb
and comes to his department by the 6
o'clock freight train (though the Office
hours begin at 81, for he is unable to pay
the fare charged in passenger trains. I
heard of several captains and majors
who never see their salary, for it is col
lected by landlords and different stores.
I have found out that, as rule; the
professors, doctors, and lawyers of
average ability, judges, the civil and
military officers of the middle ranks,
engineers, priests, journalists, and, in
fact, men of all professions to which are
admitted only those who have received
higher education, are working hard to
make both ends meet.
The common salary for the these men
only is about 1900 roubles year.
Twenty-Five years ago that amount of
income was considered sufficient, but the
conditions of life have greatly changed
since then. Still, the imperial govern
ment sticks to that 2, 900 roubles standard,
and the result is that the highly educated
and Woodworking men, who in all other
countries earn a comfortable living, here
n the czar's country are miserably poor,
always trembling for the fate of their
families. am told that most of the
professional mel 4 this country, when
they de- are buried BY subscriptions
among their friends, and that their
families become paupers.
The car controls the amount of salary
Of his officers; and all the educated men,
except merchants, are somehow imperial
officers; but his majesty can not control
the price Of the necessaries of life, and
hence the trouble.-St. Petersburg
Letter.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-03-11
THE CULTURE OF OPIUM.
Tho Industry in Malwn and Bengal
Gathering the Poppy's Juice.

Tho Industry in Ma1wa and Bengal
Gathering the Poppy's Juice.
1t is probable that very few owners of
aower-gardens are aware that the pop
pies cultivated merely for ornament will
produce opium. When the flower Pc
tails have fallen, leaving the seed capsule
bare, if an incision be made in that body,
sticky juice will exude. This juice is
opium. It varies in certain chemical
qualities, according to the country in
which it is cultivated, and the variety of
plant from which it is produced.
Although the plant will grow in almost
any climate, it is in India that it is most
satisfactorily cultivated, the opium rev.
enue of that country being derived from
two sources, those of Malwa and those
of Bengal. The Malwa opium is pro-
duced in the native states of the interior,
and is not controlled by the British gov
eminent, except BY a tax. Bengal opium,
on the contrary, is under the direct super
intendence of English officials.
When the land has been plowed and
narrowed, the poppy seed is sown at the
end of October, or the beginning of No
vember. Six pounds of seed are suffi-
cient for the third of an acre.
AS soon as it begins to germinate, as it
does in week after sowing, the land is
divided by burrows into rectangular beds,
about eight feet in length by four in
breadth. These channels are used for
N irrigation, as the plants need frequent
watering, sometimes requiring it until
the crop is matured. About seventy-hye
days after termination, the flower ap-
pears, and its four petals are gently re-
moved, on the third day after their ex-
pansion, to be pasted together with the
leaves destined to form the outer shell
Of the opium cake.
\ In the course of eight or ten days, the
capsules are lanced at night, and the
! Juice which has eXuded from the lnclslons
. is scraped off in the morning, with a
small scoop, and transferred to metal
\ or earthen vessel. This process is three
| or four times repeated, at intervals of
two or three days, and the result is
] crude opium. The flower petals and the
( plant-lcaves and stalks have also con-
siderable value for packing purposes,
\ and the thicker portions of the stalks are
\ used by the peasants for fre-wood. The
| crude opium, having been gathered, II
| stored by the cultivator, and watched
that it may remain free from mould OF
\ taint.
l At the end of March, or the beginning
\ of April, when the weather is furiouslJ
hot in Bengal, the oultivators, carrying
their opium, obey summons calling
them to meet the deputy agent OF thell
\ village. There the opium is tested, pait
for, and taken into the possession of the
government. ,. =,
Finally the opium paste is made inte
cakes, dried, packed in boxes, and re
\ moved to Calcutta, for sale by auction
Youths Companion.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-03-11
A BRUISED ROSE.

The rsvelry that filed the night is done;
flushed is the patter Of once dancing feet
The rustic Of rich fabrics, laughter sweetl
she music still'd, and morning, newly born,
Hears but its echo.
One poor bruised rose,
Let fall upon the floor from some falr oreasO'
Is all that tells it was no cunning jest
Wrought by the deft romancer OF repose;
The music, laughter-all fitful gleam,
Press'd from the pillow Of broken dream.
Charles w. Coleman, Jr., in Harper's.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-03-11
The Effects of Sudden Abstinence.

It is not safe for man who has been
in the habit for six, eight or ten years to
take eight or ten drinks day to suddenly
abandon the habit. ANY man who does
will, as q rule, die within six months. I
have found that to be my own experience
with patients, and have questioned
other physicians, and they have all
found the same result. You see man
who drinks daily accustoms his system
to certain amount of stimulation, and
when that stimulation is withdrawn at
once the weakest part of the system
gives way. 1t may be the liver that is
weak, or the kidneys, or some other
organ-whatever one it is, it gives way
and breaks down for want of the accus-
toned stimulation, and it is rarely a
patient in such n case survives six
months-Dr. William F. Kier in Globe
Democrat.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-03-11
a Petrified Daughter Of Earth.

Professor, Youngo of Princeton, says the
moon is petrified daughter of tho earth,
destitute of life, air, and water. The
temperature he estimates i'll the dark
spots at 200 degrees below zero, and at
other places at boiling water point. If
the moon was annihilated the tempera-
ture of this section would bo reduced one
degree
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-03-11
Monster Auunrium To BE Built,

Mr.. Sutro, of California, sabout to build
an aquarium 12O feet in diameter in the
bay of San Francisco. 1t will contain
every sort of sea anemone, moses and
shell fish.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-03-11

Opening of the Eleventh Parliament.
The opening by oueep Victoria of the
eleventh parliament Of her reign is c
circumstance o parallel to which cannot
be found siucsfShe Gme Of Henry VI.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-03-11

In Berlin there is house which con-
tains 239 compartments, and is inhabited
by nsaely 1000 6suersons.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-06-26
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This mistake about it, We propose
PARE TEZE FIND GIFT
The Boot Shoe and Hat Business.

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respectfully your those
carefully seriously publish every dollar
made copper these hard times:
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-06-26

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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-06-26

WALL PAPER, Window Shades, etc, etc, at
MUM q JOINS new store. Can't be beaten
in beauty, quality, variety or price. No use
talking, it can be done,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-06-26

Why Will you suffer from Ague and Mala
ria wien Gilmore Aromatic Wine will cur
you? For sale at Masons drug store.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-06-26

Mr.. A. Higgins, of Wyoming, n. y, say he
had the piles for nearly 10 years, and was
cured by using Gilmore's Pile Specific. For
sale at Dr.. y ]. Masons drug store.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-06-26

Dr.. Wilson, Dentist, from Cumberland, is
visiting Frostburg and will remain yet a few
days. All in need of fine dental work will do
well by calling on him. He is stopping at
the Grand Central Hotel
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-06-26
fremont House.
GEORGE L. LAYMAN, Proprietor,
South Mechanic ST., Cumberland, Md.

nHIS HOTEL has been refitted and refur-
i nished with everything convenient for
permanent and transient boarders. Excellent
table. Good stabling and yard for wagons
and buggies. Everything will be properly
cared for by the genial host, who hopes espec-
tally to enjoy the patronage Of lis numerous
friends in the surrounding country. MAY 20
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-06-26

James sullivan, Of Salem, Oregon, says he
was cured OF the Asthma by Gilmorc'S Mag
nc.!c Elixir. Sod by Dr. Mason.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-06-26

My reason for wishing to sell Furniture at
the cheapest prices ever known in this coun Y
is Il valid one | must sell my stock or move
it elsewhere until can rebuild, and | prefer
to sell. Come and see. c. 4. NICKEL.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-06-26

New Business locals.
If you want fine Dental Work done call
on DR.. Wilson at Grand Central Hotel. He
will guarantee every operation.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-06-26

DR.. Ficeland of the NJ, L. Church, says
that two bottles of GiImOre's Aromatic Wine
cured his wife of Nervous Debility and Sleep
lessness. For sale at Masons drug store
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-06-26

OI IHt aHOUHI OF VOHI SHIPptU lTOM
this region this year 5S233O, tons have
gone from mines on the Maryland side
of the Potomac.
The Clearfield output to above date
is 1872, 1862, tons in excess of Georges
Creek including the Beech Creek por-
ton, 506,Gl3 tons.
Our calculations, all given in gross
tons, show for competing regions to
date above given as below:
ClearlieId. Observation-Disclosures. 7H,G92
Chesapeake & Ohio railway, WA. SOC, 1871
Pocahontas, Observation-Disclosures. 349,0G6
Beech Creek. Observation-Disclosures. 344, 251
Broadtop, Pa. Observation-Disclosures. ia, $50
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-06-26

No end Of Wall Papers, Borders and Ceiling
Decorations. Price of white-back Wall Paper
portion. Don't make the mistake, now, of
buying elsewhere. DOUGLAS G. PERCY.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-06-26
ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS.

Georges Greek Coal Trade.-The
record of shipments from the mines
of the Georges Creek coal region for
the week ending Saturday evening,
June 10, 1886, closed as follows,
Total tons for week 65,7S9
" " year ................. G62 337
Compared with corresponding period
last year, a decrease of. ....... $50, 429
Total tons to B. & o. railroad forweek 1887
q year. 533, 400
Compared with corresponding period
last year. a decrease of. ......... 3S4, 797
Total tons to Pa. railroad for week E. 9,55S
% " year.. 106,O94
Compared with corresponding period
last year, decrease of......... S0,45i
Total tons to c.. & Q. canal for week. 6,354
d" g " year.. % 1856
Compared with corresponding period
last year, decrease of.......... IS, 16S
Total tons shipped over C. & P. rail-
road for week ................... 4,157
Over same for year. ................ 444061
Compared with corresponding period
last year, decrease Of.......... 350,029
Total tons shipped over G. c. e C. rail
road for week. .................. 1880
Over same for year. observation-disclosures. 13S, 1876
Compared with corresponding period
last year, decrease of.......... S9,GO7
Total tons shipped over w. Va. CT
and Pittsburg railroad for week. G,1Sl
Over same for year. S0,O07
Compared with corresponding period
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-06-26

Gl7 SAMSON Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Iune l2-1m
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-21
a STATUE TO DE KALB.
Congress Pays a Debt Contracted a

Congress Pays q Debt Contracted a
Century Ago.
ANNAPOLIS, MD, July 19.-Jobn De
KalD was born in Alsace, Germany, about
1872. Though grated by all historians
as baron, it is asserted that this title Of
nobility was assumed that he might enter
the French army, when he djd, and III
1852 visited the Anglo American colonies
Is the secret agent Of the French govern
ment He had reached tue grade o.
BrigadiaT in tue French army when N
Nov, lIGG, he made an engagement
with Benjamin Franklin and Sllas Dcane
to serve in the American army. In III
he accompanied Lafayette to America,
and Sept. -, 117T, he was appointed by
Congress a Major General, as which he
Joined the main army under W asbiugton,
and was active in the events near Phla-
delphia which preceded the terrible n
ter at Valley Forge. He served in New
Jersey and Maryland until. in April. 1880,
be was sent to reinforce Gen. Lincoln
then beseged in Charleston, but arrived
too late. He was second in command
under Gen. Gates, and i'm the disastrous
battle OF Camden, Aug. 1G. 1850. he was al
the head Of the Maryland and Delaware
troops. There De Kalb fell ms ne was
leading his Marylarders in vigorous at
tack, pierced with eleven wounds. Lieu
tenant Colonel du Brysson, his aide.de-
camp, embraced him, and, announcing
hi- rank aud nationality to the encircling
foes. begged them to spare his life. The
gallant Englishmen responded with
soldiers answer to tho generous c0mrade
who. in protecting his General. received
several dangerous wounds, and who with
De kalb was taken prisoner.
Although the brave General received
the most careful assistance and consider
atn attention from his captorg, be died