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St. Landry democrat., 1888-09-01
HI P TRADE.
Recent Discoveries Which Bid Fair tC
RevOIutionize 1t.

Recent Discoveries Which Bid Fair to
RevOIutionize 1t.
1--WE now make about every thing,
from a shirt to a car wheel out of paper,
but we are also making paper out OF
nearly every thing" said a Yankee
manufacturer.
The most recent invention in our
trade-and it is one which bids fair to
revolutionize it altogether-is the pro-
cess of making paper out of cotton. 1t
was recently discovered by a gentleman
from Georgia. who has thus opened up
another great industry to the South, for
the hulls of the cotton seed, hitherto
considered utterly worthless-a mere
waste, in fact-are now found to be the
most valuable for the making of paper
pulp.
1.-The discoverer, after much study,
came to the conclusion that the hulls
could be made into paper pulp. An
analysis of the hull showed that it is
composed of nine layers, the two upper
ones being black and coarse, while the
remaining sever are of very fine fibre,
and after being subjected to a certain
chemical process can be blanched a
heecy white. About five hundred
pounds of these hulls were sent to a
paper mill for experiment, and the re-
suit was the product of the finest textile
pulp that the chemist had ever seen,
while the paper woven from the pulp
makes a much better and smoother
article than ordinary news print, as
well as a good quality of writing pa
per-
Can paper be made cheaper from
this pulp than by the old process?'
1.-The time and cost of reducing tho
bulls to pulp is only so per cent. of
what the present process requires, thus
the price of paper will be reduced about
one-half, while the quality will be much
better. Perhaps | IAN Illustrate the
exact difference in this way: To re-
duce poplar wood to pulp it requires IL
deg. of baume liquid, with 12O pounds
of steam pressure, and the time con-
sumed is sixteen hours but with the cot
tonseed hulls the time is only eight
hours, with one-half the liquid and
steam pressure.
''In addition, the cotton stalks can be
used as well for the manufacture of
pulp and by the process stated above
can be made to produce a good class of
paper."-N 7. Telegram.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-09-01

Oofngton is in love with her, and I'm
trying to save him from making an ass
of himself without his fathers con-
sent. ] have seen his father, LORD
HeavisWell, and informed him OF the
facts. Ethel will be back tomorrow
in time for our wedding"
Blankford was never so puzzled as
on the following morning, when the
marriage took place at the parish
church. There was a crowded as
scmbly to witness the ceremony, and
the arrangements were upon the most
costly and fashionable scale.
Next day, BERTHE Ooington received
a letter from Scarborough, whittier the
happy couple had gone to spend thell
honeymoon, giving a full explanation,
but asking hat it might be kept secret
The young Lieutenant laughed hearth
ly, and vowed that 1.-The FOSSIL was {
brick after all.
Upon their return to Blankford,
Ethel took up her abode with them
and resigned her duties at the post.
office. Six months aftcrWard, through
the death of His Lordship, the Honor,
able BERTHE succeeded to the title ana
estates. He at once sent in hi i,apers.
and as soon as dccorum would allow,
made Ethel Lady EIcaviswoll.
But the good people of BlankforC
are still puzzled. They can not make
out nat relation she is to Captain
FIuker, though they feel certain there
must be some family connection
Ib091jlre' .T12,yry1/
St. Landry democrat., 1888-09-01
EXCITING SPORT.
Description of a Regulation Bear Hunt In
Lapland.

A peasant generally goes out in
search of a bears trail, and, having
found it, move in q ring some miles in
circumference, to make sure of having
him within it. He then gradually on
tracts his circles, till he m to the
sometimes expended in this search; the
pcasantry are then summoned to skall
by the LandshOroding, or Governor of
the province, and put under the direc-
ton of the jogmoestare, or ranger Of
the district, who marshals them, and
commands their movements. The
peasants are generally formed into cir
clcs. and come armed with whatever
weapons they can procure. Though
opposed singly to a whole host, the
bear often spreads havoc among his
a~ssaiIants. Every ball that enters his
huge carcass but adds fire to his fury,
and woe to the individual whom his
wrath has singled out. 1t ceases to be
a mere pastime, and nothing but the
greatest self-possession can save him
from a miserable death.
While at Hernosand | saw a repre-
sentation of an event that took place ut
a skall in the ncighborhood, III 1881,
and which shows that b~ear-hunting
must BE- quite equal to ti@cr-hunting in
e~Neito4le@t and peril. The bear on this
occasion was "ery large; nothing like
81, rr,nnto91 hApr. with t-hiGh M ~
dian can grapple, but an enormous
beast able to carry off a pony under his
arm. His temper, probably eve very
good, had been ruflied by ten shots
lodged in different parts OF his body;
all present intrenchcd themselves and
awaited some desperate effort OF his
part, should not a lucky shot through
the head speedily give him his quietus.
At this moment a man, holder than his
companions, advancing before them,
the bear rushed upon him, tore the gun
from his hands, and began to wound
him with his tremendous claws.
The wretched man was unable to con-
tend with his muscular antagonist; al
ready his wounds We're letting out his
life, when a young N~orrlander, unable
to look quietly on, rushed to his assist
ance. Besides the danger which he
himself incurred, and which, of course,
he had no feeling of. there was some
difficulty in shooting the bear without
striking the man. As he advanced, the
bear rose on his hind legs to meet his
e opponent: his victim dropped be-
fore him; the Norrlander Sc: ed the fa-
vorable opportunity, raised his gun
with both arms high above his head, to
bring it in a horizontal position on a
level with the bears, and, trusting to
feeling more than sight, discharged his
piece. An immediate death-wound could
alone a V either from their enemy.
The success which the brave nan de-
served attended him, and the ball passed
through the brain of the bear, which
fell dead on the wounded MANN. Y.
Ledger.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-09-01
SUCH a HAT.

IT'S torn and It's tattered,
IT'S bruised and it's battered,
IT'S ragged, and rlmless. and fabby, and fiat;
The ribbons are faded,
The feathers are jaded,
Did ever you see in your life such a hat?
'Twould surely take hours
To tell of the flowers,
The wreathing Of daisies with punches OF green
The dainty wee feather
All helping together
To make it the cunningest hat ever seen,
But, turn from its beauties
And think of it's duties,
It's thrilling adventures and sorry abuse;
For, over and over,
That r~ascally Rover
Has made it his plaything, to tear or to lose.
Twas left in the garden
OF course it was hard on
Those beautiful trimmings all out in the storm
'TiS flung up for cherries,
'Tis picked full of berries,
And Kitty has found it a nest snug and warm
But look at the glancing
And beaming and dancing
OF those onny eyes peeping out from the crown;
The f1aXen hair curling
And flowing and whirling
With crumpled old ribbons forlorn hanging
down.
Yes, take them together
In all kinds of weather.
The cheek like the roses, the laughter SO gay,
The dimples so merry
'Tis surely the very
Best hat you have looked on for many q day.
-Sydneg Ddyfe, an ". Y. Independent.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-09-01
MAKING TIME TABLES.
One of the Most Important Things in tho q
Management of Railroads..

Management of Railroads.
Railroad timetable governing the
running of trains on any road OF con-
siderable length is one Of the most I'M
portant things in the management. Inc
preparation of such a table Is d very
ingenious as we'll as critical bit Of work.
The means employed are OF the SIM
plest sort-common pins and spools OF
cOlOred threads, in connection with a
large sheet Of drawing-paper mounted
! on an easel. This paper is called time
chart.
The chart is ruled either for two,
five or ten minutes time by horizontal
lines and perpendicular cross lines. The
''time' is marked above the horizontal
lines and the distances OF stations ana
terminals down the first perpendicular
line. For illustration, II midnight Is
the mark on the first horizontal line
and each hour is marked until the
twcnty-fourth or the following mid
night hour is reached on the last hOri-
ZOntal line.
Between the hour lines the space is
divided into minutes and graduated az
fine as desired. On Il tWo-minutc chart
the space between the hours is divided
into ten minutes time. aud the ten min
utc5' time into two minutes time. The
hour lines are made heavy and the
lesser time lines are Of a lighter shade
to distinguish them.
One terminus Of the road is marked
on the first line beside the first time
mark y midnight. The other stations
follow down the perpendicular line until
the other terminal is reached. Then
all is ready to prepare for the running
arrangement, provided the pins and
thread are ready.
A blue thread means q passenger
train, a red thread a freight train, and
if the trains of other roads Use part of
the track, they are designated by a diff
fercnt colOred thread.
1t is calculated that the running time
shall be, say twenty-five miles an hour,
and for the purpose of illustration, the
tracing Of n passenger train will
answer the purpose Of explaining them
all.
Apassenger train leaves the first sta
ton say at 8 a. m. a pin is placed on
the horizontal line at the s a.. m. time
mark and the end of the blue thread
fastened thereto. If the train runs with
out stopping for fifty miles the blue
thread is stretched over opposite the
station at which the stop is made, and
directly under the 1000 a. m. time
mark another pin is stuck and the time
thread wrapped about it 10 keep it
taut.
If this is a stop of say forty minutes,
the blue thread is stretched to the 1O:4O
a. N. mark on a direct line with the
same station, and another pin stuck and
blue thread wrapped.
The train starts and its entire course
is thus timed and distributed along the
road. If the railroad has many pas
senger and freight trains running daily,
the time chart, when it is completed,
looks like a great spiders web stretch
ed with pins. But little work her re-
mains to transfer the time and stations
to the timetable, and the. schedule is
ready for the printer. Golden Days.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-09-01
CURIOUS OLD CUSTOMS.
ouperstitions That Seem ComicaI in the
Light of Modern knowledge.


The Irish have a strange fancy that
on St. Johns Eve (June 24, while
people sleep, their souls wander AWAY
from the unconscious bodies to the place
where they are to leave them at last;
and in England it was thought that
whoever sat wakeful to watch, fasting
all night in the church porch, would
see souls come up and knock softly at
the door, in the very order their bodily
wner were to die. Both these were
varieties of the idea that the s%upernat-
ural is at the height of its power during
the short hours Of darkness on this
midsummer night: and many a weird
story might, no doubt. be told by those
who, o~ver-wrought by want of food and
excitement, kept their lonely watch in
the church yard. Other customs sa-
vored of the purely comic or curious,
and, in the light of the ~present-dav
knowledge, eve a child might well
wonder how any one could be found
silly enough to do things such as the
following, with a full belief in their eff
ticacy: At midnight on St. Johns Eve
young men would go out armed with a
plate to try and catch fern-seed without
touching the plant-no easy task, as
you will see, if you care to try it. And
if successful, what happened? WHY.
the lucky possessor of the seed fancied
he would become invisible to the eyes
of his fellows at pleasure. Whether he
was ever ~undeceived the story does not
60 on to say. Others vent out bv
moolight to gather certain herbs and
flowers, said to have magical properties
such as the rose, and SIS. Johns wort
but what the properties were, or what
next happened to the flowers, | can not
tell you. In the middle of the last CEN.
fury the making of adumb cake for this
festival was in high favor among wo-
men, and the ceremony was something
IN this wise: In strict silence two girls
made the cake, two more baked it. in
the oven, and two more broke il to
pieces when drawn, hot and tempting,
from it's hiding place. Another couple
distributed the pieces under the pillows
of the whole party, who. if thew s,1c-
ceeded in holding their tongues for such
4 long time together, might certainly
hope to dream of the future husband.
1t must be allowed the chances were
rather against it h0mber'S JsnrmoI
St. Landry democrat., 1888-09-01
She Knew Him Well.

Miss Clara (blushing)-Doyou know,
Ethel, that young Mr.. Sampson pro-
posed to me last night, and l accepted
him?
Miss Ethel (heartily)- congratulate
you sincerely, Clara. Mr.. Sampson is
a noble young man.
Miss Clara-Do you know him very
well?
Miss Ethel-Oh, yes. It was only a
few months ago that | promised to be a
sister to him.-7Ime.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-09-01
-Perehed high upon a rock from

-Perehed high upon a rock from
whose summit a be caught glimpses
of the Hudson through riffs in the
foliage that still clothes the lower
ground is a small portion of the "house
by horror haunted" while Edgar Allan
Poe was its occupant. Poe's cottage
was nce EMPOWERED in trees, but New
York City has grown up around 1t, and
now the last remnant of the building is
to be wiped out to make room for d
new structure.
St. Landry democrat., 1888-09-01

An English spirit medium claims
20 have paid a visit to the planet Mars,
She says that the inhabitants of that
planet are great engineers, that they
are Of large, powerful physique, and
that the men are very handsome
St. Landry democrat., 1888-09-01
Potts. with a small ! and a

Z John Potts, with a small and a
large ?, writes to a South Missouri ed
itor to stop his paper for reasons which
he thus explains: ii hev pade to mulch
already and yu don't give US emmy fun
ME eyctums you ar awl the time riting
up pollyticks en- wot yu no abot a pol
lytick woodent fiji a fees year."
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WORKING 1T UP.
An Ex-Californian Who Wants the Dem
ocratic Convention Held Here.

Copwiga, 1855, by the California associated Press
WASHINGTON, February 7th.-Ex-Goy-
| ernor Rodman NJ. Price, of New Jersey,
who is in the city to-day, sent letter 10
each member of the National Democratic
Committee, at the request of prominent
San Francisco Democrats, urging that that
city be selected as the place of meeting of
the next Democratic Convention. Gov
ernor Price suggests, by making the date of
the Convention July 7th, that the occasion
may be made highly commemorative of
the celebration of the first raising of the
American flag over California on July /,
1916, the acquisition of the territory under
President Polk, and its wonderful develop
ment since its acquisition.
Price is an appropriate person to address
the National Committee in behalf of San
Francisco, having landed as a naval officer
with the force that first raised the Ameri-
| can flag in California at Monterey. in 1916.
He read the proclamation of the military
| occupation on that occasion, and during
| three hours of such occupation was on
duty in the service. He was member of
the Convention that framed the Constitu-
ton of California in 1S49 and was one OF
the first members of the City Council of San
Francisco. He drove the first piles for a
San Francisco wharf, was the first Demo
cratic candidate for Congress from that
Territory and has always shown a warm
interest in the welfare of the Pacific Coast
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AT THE BAY.
Death of o. Il. Hopkins-Attempt a
Rape-Horace Davis Accepts.

Death of o. X. Hopkins-Attempt at
Rape-Horace Davis Accepts.
SAN FRANCISCO, February 7th-[Special. I
No new cases of smallpox were reported
in the twenty-four hours preceding 10
o'clock tonight.
o. K. Hopkins, nephew of the late
Mark Hopkins, died in Oakland of small
pox this evening.
A. Beaumond, sailor, was arrested this
evening charged with an attempt to rape
the wife of James Foster, conductor on
the Haight-street line, at her home on Holt
street to-day. She says he seized her, and
when she attempted to escape he threw
her down and choked her. The prisoner
denies the accusation.
Horace Davis in an interview with q
Call reporter tonight, said he will accept
the Presidency of the State University, to
which he was elected to-day. He says be
will endeavor to perform the duties of the
office in manner to meet the expectations
of those who insisted that he be placed in
charge, and the people at large.
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wishes of his best friends. Had he been
renominated he would in all probability
have resigned.
A Boom for Oklahoma.
WASHINGTON, February 7th.-The bill
forming the Territory of Oklahoma, which
wds reported favorably from the House
Committee on Territories to-day, pro-
vides that what is known as the public
land strip, and all that part of Indian Ter
| ritory not actually occupied by the five
civilized tribes of Indians, shall be created
into temporary Government under the
name of the Territory of Oklahoma. The
President is required to appoint Commits
sion OF tve persons to open negotiations
with the Creek, Seminole and Cherokee In
dians
Diplomatic Expenses.
WASHINGTON, February 7th.-The Diplo-
matte and Consular appropriation bill, as
reported to the House to-day, makes a total
appropriation of 81 ,403, ,S65, as against an
appropriation of 81 ,4I9 ,942 for the current
year. The decrease is accounted for by the
omission of appropriations for the Haytien
and Venezuelan Commissions, which are
not required this years.
Call for a Democratic Caucus
WASHINGTON, February 7th.-Represent-
atiye Cox of New York, Chairman of the
House Democratic caucus, has issued call
for caucus to be held tomorrow, after the
adjournment of the House, for the purpose
of selecting members of the Congressional
Executive Committee on the part of the
House.
Conflicting Ship Canal Interests.
WASHINGTON, February 7th.-Sherman
presented a protest from the American.
Atlantic and Pacific Ship Canal Company
| against the passage of the bill to incorpo-
rate the Maritime Canal of Nicaragua. The
protesting company assert that they have
| the exclusive right to construct and main
| tain shipc anal across Nicaragua.
The President Declines.
WASHINGTON, February 7th.-The Presi-
dent has been compelled to decline the in
vitation to attend the dinner to be given in
New York on Thursday evening next, in
memory of Ex-Governor Samuel J. Tilden,
| for the reason that he has arranged to give
| a reception 10 the army and navy that
| evening.
California Postmasters.
!Copyight, 1885, by The ifo,ria associated Press
/ WASHINGTON, February 7th.-The follow
| ing iourth-class Postmasters have been
| commissioned for California John w.
| Duncan, Alila; Henry Rudelman. Etna
Mills; Elias Wolff, Ocean View Frank NJ
Coppell, Penryn.
The Point Reyes Telegraph.
ECopyig1t, 1sss, by &s California Associated Press
WASHINGTON, February 7th.-The House
Appropriations Committee to day agreed
to insert in the urgency deficiency bill an
item of S2,474 IS TO construct a telegraph
| line between San Francisco and Point
| Reyes.
California Pensions.
lcopyright, 1885, by The California Associaed Press
WASHINGTON, February 7th.-California
pensions have been granted as follows: A.
j. Putnam, Eureka w. g. Lee, San Fran
| cisco; W. r. Barber, Lompoc; J. C. Deull
| Colusa c. H. Dial, Lockeford.
Washington Notes.
Copyrig, 1855, by the California associated Press
WASHINGTON, February 7th. - Charles
Joslyn and Jerome Hart, of San Francisco,
arrived here to-day.
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IN ORANGE GROVES.
The HorticuIturists Attend the Citrus
Exhibit at Riverside.

lcopyigd, 1855 by the Cdtt toT1dd 4tssocidted Press.
RIVERSIDE, February 7th.-The Conven-
ton of the American Horticultural Society
was well attended this afternoon. After
the opening addresses an interesting paper
on fruit growing in Nevada was read by
Ross Lewis, of Nevada, which was dis
cussed at some length. L. A. Goodman, of
Westport Mo, read paper on practicable
landscape improvement for country homes,
which called forth warm discussion as to
methods.
a committee of one from each State was
appointed on nomination of officers, to re-
port tomorrow.
The members will be driven through the
valley tomorrow morning at o'clock, and
in consequence there will be no session OF
the society until afternoon.
The pavilion is crowded tonight with
citizens and visitors attending the recep-
ton given the American Horticultural So
ciety. AS one stands in the gallery and
looks down on the main hail it presents a
dazzling sight to the vision.
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WHOLE NO. 11,4S5.

was followed by Guerrero, thirty minutes
later, with Hart fourth at 645. Between s
and 8 o'clock Panchot spurted and gained
mile and half on the leader. In the
evening rain set in, and the attendance was
light
THE SCORE AT MIDNIGHT.
New YORK, February Sth-A. M.-At the
end of the first forty-eignt hours of the
match Albert led with score of 23S miles.
twenty miles behind the worlds record of
25S miles, made by Rowell in 1882. His
score, however, was u miles ahead of the
highest record by winner of any six days
race.
The full score at midnight was Albert.
25S; Gonnors, Ia; Nint. 1863; Sinclair,
160i; Hart, 22G; Panchot. 234; Herty. 221 ,
Guerrero, 222; Stokel, 207; Moore, 2O5 );
Noremac. 1S7; Cox 1913; Golden, 2I2:
Collins, l45; Tilly, l39; Day. POI; Taylor.
l60; Stout, l34; Sullivan, 1872; Dillon. TO-
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THE SEVENTH WONDER.
A Foot-Race that is Said to Have been
on the Square.

fcopwtgtt, 1ssS, by the California associated Pres
Los ANGELES, February 7th.-A square
foot-race took place at Washington Gardens
this afternoon between Harry Bethune and
an unknown. The match, which was pri-
vate, was for 1880. The unknown gave
the name of 0. D Hart. He is 6 feet 3
inches, and weighs about 180 pounds. He
is wonderful runner. His backer had
great confidence in his ability to beat
Bethune or any living man.
Bethune, who stripped in the pink of
condition, beat him by four feet after a
hard and desperate race, in the remarkably
fast time of nine and three fifths seconds.
Several watches made it 81 seconds.
Hart is a great foot-racer, but Bethune is
"a world beater.n The Canadian will train
here for a couple Of weeks, when he goes
north to attempt to lower the 100 and 125-
yard record at the Olympic sports, and it
is three to one that he beats all existing
records. The race to-day was undoubtedly
the best and fastest that has ever taken
place in this country.
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A GREAT DRIVE

Ladies Boucle Jackets in black and 68
French ribbed color finished Is cents
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MULLAN,s REroRT.
He Denies Governor Waterman's Author
fty in His Case.

Copyright, 1885, by the California associated Press.
WASHINGTON, February 7th. - Captain
Mullan, State Agent of California, has re-
ceived a telegram from Governor Water
man refusing to recognize him as a repre-
sentative here of the State, and it is said
that the Governor has notified the Califor-
mia Representatives to that effect and ad-
vised them not to treat him as such. 1t is
difficult to comprehend what authority the
Governor possesses to direct members of
Congress not to recognize Mullan as the
State agent. Whether he is the lawful
Agent, or not, Mullan says is matter for
the Courts to determine, as he derived his
authority to represent the State, not from
Governor Waterman, but from the Cali
fornia Legislature. Mullan says he wishes
to see the direct tax bill before entering
into any controversy as to his status to rep
resent the State