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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-26
The Grandest Instrument on Earth.

Professor George Davidson, of the
United States geographical survey,
accompanied by several friends,
listed the Lick Observatory on Mount
Hamilton, Saturday evening, by nvl-
tation Of Professor Holden. The
night was splendid one for observation,
but owing to the fact that III persons
were also on the mountain, it being vlsl-
tors night, no length Of time could 6e
spent at the great telescope, as that Is al
ways the great attraction for visitors. 1t
was the first peep through the S6-lnch re-
tractor that Professor Davidson enjoyed
since the completion Of the observatory,
and to say that he was pleased with the
experience is only half putting it.
eyes, SIR" he said the other day,
when spoken to about the matter, ''it Is
the greatest and grandest instrument on
earth. I an not at liberty to divulge
Just now what saw and what has
already been accomplished by the astron-
omers on Mount Hamilton. That glory
is for the astronomers themselves, and
when they do make public their discov-
cries, which I hope will be soon, it will
astonish the astronomical world as much
as any one else. Some of the discover
les they have made are, in fact, so novel
and wonderful that Professor Holden and
his assistants are really timid about an
nouncing them to the world until they are
entirely satisfied that they really do exist
and are not illusions Of some sort. I'M
portant discoveries have been made in
all of the departments-nebulse, double
stars, planets, etc.-and questions which
have been subjects of doubt and specula-
ton for generations have been entirely
put at rest and accounted for. The te.e-
scope exceeds my most extravagant hopes
and imaginations, ard the only way to
beat it is to build bigger one, put it on
higher mountain and in clearer at
mosphere, all of which would be diff
cult combination to get together. "-Ss2
Francisco Bulletin.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-26
Sawflust by the Bale.

Baled sawdust is the latest output Of
the saw mills Of Maine. 1t is put up IN
neat half cord packages covered with bur
laps A powerful hydraulic press is used
to press the packages, and the entire
supply is shipped to Boston, where it l.
used by the treet car companies for bed
ding for horses. A portion of it is used
for packing. The cost of transportation
is reduced about one-half by the bailmg
process. expect to see the sawdust OF
all the mills in the northwestern lumbei
district utilized in this way before long.
--Globe.Democrat.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-26
A Ride In a Barrel.

The latest amusement at Brussels is
riding on lie Chemin de Fer de Far.
nour, Or the "Topsy-turvv" railway
It consists of an enormous barrel opened
at the end, and grooved so as to run
upon set of rails which slope in the
center. On each side Of the barrel is a
seat, and on each seat three passengers
sit, being strapped round the waist, and
having their feet. in straps, while with
their hands they hold on to the seats.
Tie barrel is set in motion, and goes
down the incline and up the other side,
the passengers turning round and round
with it. The journey is short one, the
barrel rolling completely over only four
times, and then stopping with its passen-
gers seated right side up again. The
fare is 80 centimes. Many women ride
in it, their skirts fastened by a strap al
the ankle. New York Sun,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-26
How Senatorial Speeches Are Timed.

President pro tenn. ingalls, uses the old
fashioned time glass to measure the five
minute speeches of the senators. When
the senator begins the glass is inverted,
and when the-sand has ali run out he is
stopped promptly. The other day a
senator who thought his FIVE minutes en-
tirely too short demurred when the presi-
dent pro tenn. told him his time was up.
THE chair is guided entirely by this
glass;" said ingalls, firmly, holding up
the twin bulbs with the sand all in the
lower one. AS the president pro tenn. is
almost as absolute as baseball umpire,
nothing more was SAID. AS ingalls, re-
marked afterward to another western
senator, ''It takes sand to run the senate"
-3hiladelphia Reco1a
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-26
In Their First Battles.

\ young Bostonian has written to sew
eral prominent generals asking how they
felt in their first battles. Gen. Sherman
says that such questions are hard to an
swer. Admiral Porter says his first battle
occurred when he was 10 years of age,
and that ho did not feel much afraid.
Gen. Pleasonton remarks that his first
battle was in Mexico in 1916, and that
he felt that the sooner the enemy was
3hrashed the better it would be, while
Gen. Averell says the battle of Bull Run,
1861, was his first, and that when he saw
the enemy he thought that great and
useless crime was about to be committed.
New York World.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-26
The Canadian .sea Cucumber"

In the waters surrounding the Atlantic
provinces holothurian, pentacta from
dosa, Jaeger, very similar to the trepang
of the Malay and Chinese coasts, is found
in great abundance. It IS called by our
fishermen the ''sea cucumber or ''sea
pumpkin" A few experiments have
been made on it as all article of food,
and it has been pronounced good, with
the flavor of lobster meat. Trepang, IN
the east. is prepared hy dipping the live
s.sea cucumber for two minutes N
boiling water, then cutting open, then
throwing into a second caldron OF boil
ing water and Eimosa bark. tits finally
dried in the sun and pressed for. .stowage.
The market value has been quoted at
from five to six dollars per hundred
pounds, and the fisheries are consid-
ered of industrial importance. VIII
not some of our ingenious fishermen or
6sh dealers make thorough test of our
own '.sea cucumber" and settle the
ouestion whether there IS to be any Cana
dian trepang or not?-Educatioaal Re
view.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-26
THE OLD SQUIRREL RIFLE.
The Ancient Arm OF a Kentucky Hunter
Loading a Flint Lock Gun.

The Ancient Arm Of Kentucky Hunter.
Loading a Flint Lock Gun.
I will describe the genuine ancient
Kentucky squirrel rifle, sketches of which
I have in my possession, made from the
best models.
The barrel is four feet long and nearly
an inch in diameter, while the bore is bt'S
little larger than common round lead
pencil; just great enough. in other wor4S.
to take into it a round leaden bullet Of
about one-tenth of an ounce avoirdunoiS
in weight, The stock is of curly maple,
elaborately carved out Of single piece or
wood, and extends from the semi-circular
trass heel plate to the brass half ring OF
mounting under the fore tip Of the barrel.
What is called the "drop,' or bend OF the
lreech, is very slight as compared with
The fashion of the latest guns; indeed,
some Of the old guns have almost straight
stocks and most of them have a grease
pot either opening in the heel plate or IN
the left side of the stock near that plate.
The trigger guard is of brass and fancl-
fully curved, while the thimbles fer tie
ramrod are placed under the barrel stock,
in which is a semi-circular longitudinal
groove that becomes round hole in the
wood of the lower part of the stock.
The lock is the best model of flint and
steel mechanism, elaborately carved and
perfectly fitted into the right side of the
stock near the lower extremity of the
barrel. The trigger IS double, the pos
terror one setting by q hair spring ar
rangement, regulated by an intermediate
screw, the forward one at the least touch
releasing the hammer that bears the flint,
which in turn strikes open the steel pan
and drops its spark into the printing In
the under part of the stock, just behind the
guard, is a tiny hole into which is thrust
a small quill, probably primary quill OF
the golden winged woodpecker. This
feather is used to put into the ''touch-
hole to prevent the powder from run
ming out during the process of loading.
The ammunition for this gun is the
finest Kentucky powder, leaden bullets
nodded by hand ard some sUrong, thin
white cotton shirting for patching" The
bullets are carried in pouch, the pow
der in a finely carved horn, and the charge
is measured in boar's tooth charger.
To load the gun, put the feather in the
touch hole at the pan, pour in boar 5
toothful of powder at the muzzle and
then, spreading the patching cloth over
the mouth of the bore, lay on buuN
and press it down even with the rim Of
the barrel, cut of the c!oti, as close to the
lead as possible, and with tho ramrod
push tie missile hoDae to its bed on the
powder, Put the ramrod back in the
thimbles, take out the feather and fill the
pan with pozder for printing; close the
pan and your rifle IS loaded.-Maurice
Thonnns0n
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-26
TRAVELLING IN SIBERIA.

Miserable Horses of the Yakoots-Thu
Gentle Reindeer and His Driver.
Reindeer are much swifter and more
reliable than dogs or the miserable horses
of the Yakoots. And yet these horses are
not to be despised, for they supply need
that 1t would be difficult to reach with
other animals. They are very hardy and
require scarcely more attention than the
wilder animals in that country. 1t is not
necessary to provide food or shelter for
them. They thrive and do much hard
work upon dead grass, twigs and dried
leaves that in winter they find by paving
off the snow from the ground. In sum-
mer it would be impossible to keep up
communication with the Russian outposts
in Siberia without these horses of the va
koots. Upon them is packed the mer-
chandise for trade with the outlying tribes,
and they bring back the furs that have
been gathered during the winter season.
Upon the obscure trail through those wild
Siberian wastes the summer traveller often
meets long lines of these animals trudging
patiently along, sometimes twenty-five or
thirty in number, each one tied to the tail
of his file leader.
During the winter, however, the gentle
reindeer move gaily along at swift and
easy trot, two attached to each sled, and
fastened by line from the antlers of one
to the sled in front of him. There may
Se but one driver for half a dozen OF more
sleds, and he sits on the right side of the
leading sled, guiding his team-with line
attached to a halter around the antlers
and under the throat of the off leader.
A steady pull directs the team to the
right, and series of jerks is a suggestion
to 60 to the left. If, however, the leader
neglects the signal, the driver jumps
from his seat and runs alongside of the
obstinate animal, which Immediately
makes rush toward the opposite direc-
tion.. An active and attentive driver oc-
cupies himself necessarily in keeping bis
team under full headway, and for that
purpose wieids long, thin stick or wand
with which he continually prods the poor
reindeer in the rear. Eventually he gets
little sore place there by continued
prodding, and plies his relentless rod
upon that tender spot with the best re-
suits. The conscience that exists even in
Yakoot or Tunguse yemshik has in
spired him to put wooden or bone but
ton upon the end of his goad to keep it
from penetrating too far.
When a reindeer is tired, it lies down,
and no amount of punishment will get it
on its feet again until another is brought
to replace it from a number of spare ami
mails that are always tied behind the rear
sled for that purpose. No matter how
much exhausted the weary animal seems
when removed from harness, it recuper-
ates very rapidly while running behind
the sleds, and is soon ready to take its
turn at pulling. The usual gait of a
reindeer team is long, swinging troJ;
out when in a great hurry, which is sell
dom the case with those lazy people, the
driver urges his team into gallop, and
under such circumstances It is not un-
usual for them to make over twenty
vcrsts (about fourteen or fifteen niics)
an hour. William II. Glider in Outing.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-26
CRUELTY OF PEDDLERS.
An Indignant Housewife Emphatically
Demands Protection.

An Indignant Housewife Emphatcally
Demands Protection.
Said an avenue housekeeper to the Chica-
go Journals sidewalk stroller lately: "a
society is needed for the protection Of
housewives and house girls from the cruel
ties Of book agents, peddlers, canvassers,
circular distributors, beggars, buns and
beats generally" Asking her to relate her
experiences, she said: "Well, it is fact
F.. that one Of the most Wearisome things about
housekeeping on nice avenue and In a,
nice house is the constant ringing Of the.
front-door bell by the class Of people whom
I have mentioned, and who think have no.
more business to ring it than they have to-
fire gun at the house. In my house the
calls sometimes average twenty day, and
what does it involve! III tell you. From
the kitchen IN the back basement, one hun
dred feet away, my girl has to climb a
fight Of stairs, 90 through short hall, a.
dinin groom, a library, middle parlor and
a long hall to reach the front door, there to-
be confronted and detained three minutes
at least with a conversation about Like
this: ''Is the mistress ina" ayes"
"Can see her:n s'What business7" 81
must see her myself" "But she will
not see you, I think" $50 ask her to come
here" ETC., etc. Sometimes am reused
from sleep, or sewing, or looking to the
children, or entertaining friends, only
to 60 to the front door and sweetly smile
and refuse and waive away the intruder
one or another Of the class mentioned. So
figure for my girl-extra walking per day,
nearly half mile; loss Of time, over one
hour, and say nothing Of accidents to food
on the kitchen stove and wear and tear to
carpets. And now why can't we have
some law" she earnestly added, "to save
US from these daily pests and help make
home ones castle, as it should be, whether
in tha CITY or the WilderpesSlN
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-26
Fountains in Trees.

The great cottonwood trees in the
swamps of Tennessee contain veins OF
clear. sparkling water which tastes some
what like unsweetened soda water and
which spurts forth as if under gaseous
pressure when vein is punctured. 1t is
SAID to be deliciously refreshing, and
hunters are in the habit of carrying gim-
lets with which to pierce tine veins when
they are thirsty. It is point of honor
with them to plug up the orifce when
their thirst is satisfied, that the next
conner may lot be disappointed.-New
York Evening World.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-26
Indiana OF Arizona.

Extensive preparations are being made
by the Presbyterian board of Indian
schools to educate the Indians of Arizona.
At Tucson they are building an $4,000
school house. Fifty acres Of land have
been bought on the Santa Cruz river,
where the young Indians will be instruct
ed in farming, and another building, to
cost $1,000, will soon be erected, where
$50 pupils can be accommodated.-Chi-
cagO News.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-26
Catching EattlesnakeS.

A novel industry has been started by
BOYS in the San Monica mountains in
California. They catch rattlesnakes by
means of q slip moose of cord, box them up
and take them to Los Angeles, where they
sell them. The Chinese are the purchasers.
They use them as medicine. and the snakes
sell for from fifty cents to 81 each. 1t is
said that the Cinnamon handle them fear
lessly and never get biUten.-Chicage
Herald.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-26
E,ner;ence in Dreams.

There are some very remarkable things
about dreams. In the first place they are
twice as real as reality. Did you ever
fall down stairs in dreams? If you have,
YOU must have observed that it is much
more terrible experience than falling
down stairs when you are awake-eScept
that YOU don't have the bruises to nurse
afterward. But the mental experiences
of falling down stairs in dream is some.
thing awful. Leader.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-26
Evolution OF Words.

It is interesting to trace the evolution
of words and expressions. CultivateS
people say: "How do you do?" Those
who are less precise say: "Howdydoo?
In the backwoods Of Tennessee they sas
:'Howdy?" The noble red man Of tbs
west says "How?' While the cat on the
fence says "Ow?''-Norwich Bulletin
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-26
Willow and Oak.

The willow which bends to the tempest
often escapes better than the oak which
resists it; and so in great calanlities it
sometimes happens that light and frivo-
lous spirits recover their elasticity and
presence Of mind sooner than those Of ?
Iofier charaetere-Sir Walter Scott,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-26
Five Years Without Winding.

\ clock has been invented, and is com
ing into use in Europe, which is war
ranted byjts manufacturers to run for
FIVE years without either winding or ressu-
lation. The Belgian government placed
one in railway station in 1881, sealed
with the government seal. and it has kept
perfect time ever since.-The Argonaut.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-26
Love One Another.

A few more smiles, few more tears,
some pleasure, much pain, a little longer
hurrylng and worrying in the world, some
hasty greetings, abrupt farewells, and life
will be over, and the njurer and the in
juzed will be laid away and ere long forgot
ten. 1t is not worLA gbile TO hate sacaa
eishea &S>>, ~
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-26
CoMMUNION

Love for moment makes life whole;
Nothing is common Or unclean,
Where and my sweet friend convene,
In that still chamber of my SOUL
Joseph Dana Miller in Boston Transcript.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-26

Taree horticultural schools, free to
ssa, have been opened N Denmark.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-07-13
BOTTOMS BARGAINS.

Two carloads bedroom suits just
received, of excellent quality and ex-
ceedingly cheap.
New buggy harnesses at give-away
prices. III. H..
One grand square Wagner piano,
$125. .L......
Magnificent oil paintings.
Two iron safes, metal cheap.
Large variety Of clocks and notions.
Latest styles ladies' and gents reed
chairs.
A fine lot of flexible wire door mats.
Upholstering goods from rs cents
per yard.
Kitchen and dining-room furniture.
Beautiful upholstered lounges, 81 to
SIS.
Two billiard and pool tables COM
plete.
Stoves, new and secondhand, from
So to $50.
Stereoscopian cases with so views,
So.
Baby buggies, new and second
hand, So to So.
Furniture repaired, packed and
shipped on short notice.
Mattresses of all kinds made at my
own factory.
Seven new fire proof iron safes and
one burglar proof steel chest, ditto, at
prices to defy competition.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-07-13
Worth Knowing.

Mr.. W. Il. Morgan, merchant, Lake City,
Fla. was taken with 0 severe cold, attended
With distressing cough and running into
consumption in its first stages. He tried
many socalled popular remedies and sfeakily
grew worse. YVES reduced in flesh, had diff
Guilty in breathing and was unable to sleep.
Finally tried DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption and found immediate relief, and
after using about a half dozen bottles found
himself well and has had no return of the
disease No other remedy can show so grand
Q record Of cures, as,Dr. Kings New Discovery
Tor Consumption. Guaranteed to do just what
IL claimed for 1t. Trial bottle fsee ct A. Driess
drug stors. kAlly
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-07-13
Administrators Notice.


THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF BEXAR.
County court in matters of probate, to July
term, 1888.
The State of Texas to all persons interested
in the administration of the estate of Elisa
Meyer. deceased.
Fred Meyer, administrator of the estate of
Elisa Meyer, deceased. has filed his final &C
count in the county court of Bexar county,
which will be acted on at the July term. A. b.
1883, of said court at the courthouse thereof in
the city of San Antonio after this notice shall
have been duly published for twenty days in
some newspaper published in Bexar county,
Texas. at which time all persons interested in
said estate may appear and make objections
thereto, If they see proper.
Witness, Thad. W. Smith, clerk of the
county court of Bexar county and
L. s. seal of said court at my Office in
San Antonio, this day of June, A. D.,
1888. THAD. W. SMITH,
Clerk County court Bexar County.
Came to hand June 18th. 1888 at 10 o'clock q.
m, and publication ordered In the SAN AN
TONIC DAILY LIGHT, on June 18th, 1888.
NAT LEWIS.
Sheriff Bexar Co.
By W. G. NJ. SAMUELs, Deputy. cot
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-07-13
Three Extra Bargains.

One six-room frame house, nearly
new, good neighborhood, corner lot,
65x90 feet. Price $1,000.
One five-room frame house, new; lot
50xS0. Price 81, 200.
One four-room house, new; also
small store building on lot, on corner.
Price 81 $50.
Or will sell all four houses and lots
for $4,000; one-half cash, balance II
and Is months. Property now paying
in rents over Is per cent. For further
particulars call on
T. B. JOHNSON, LIGHT Office.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-07-13
A Woman.a pIaooyery.

Another wonderful discovery has beer
made and that too by Q lady In this county
Disease fastened Its clutches upon her and for
but her vital organs were undermined and
death seemed imminent. For three months
she ooughed inoessantly and could not sleep
Discovery for consumption and was 80 much
relieved on taking first dose that she slept ali
night and with one bottle has been miracu,
lously cured. Hor name IL Mrs. Luther Lutz,
Thus write w. o. Hamrick q Co., Of Shelby N
Get free trial bottle at A. Dreiss Drug
store d&w-o1-y
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-07-13
Electric Bitt0rN.

This remedy 10 becoming % well known And
20 popular as to need no special mention. All
cong of praise.-A purer medicine docs not
exist and 1t IL guaranteed 70 do all that 10
claimed. Electric Bisters will cure all diseases
of the Liver and Kidneys. VIII remove PIN.
ples, Bolts, Salt Rheum and other affections
caused By impure blood.-Win drive Malaria
from the system and prevent - we'll a. culs
all Malarial fevers.- For cure of Headache,
Constipation and Indigestion try Electric BfS-
ters.-Enttre satisfaction guaranteed, -
money refunded.-Price 30 cents and SLIGO Per
bottle, at A. Dreiss drug store. N(oH
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-07-13
Their Business Booming.

Probably no ono thing has caused such Q
general revival Of trade at A. Driess' drug
store rs their giving away to their customers
New Discovery for Consumption. Their trade
10 simply enormous in this very valuable artt.
Gle from the fact that 1t always cures and
oever dissppoints. Coughs, colds, asthma
bronchitis. Group, and all throat and lung dis
eases quickly cured. You can test II before
buying by getting . trial bottle free, large sise
81 Every bottle warranted. (3-pI2ly
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-07-13
How Doctors CONQUER DEATH.

How DOCTORS CONQUER DEATH.
Doctor Walter K. Hammond says
"After long experience I have come
to the conclusion that two-thirds of
all deaths from coughs, pneumonia
and consumption, might be avoided if
Acker's English Cough Remedy were
only carefully used in time" This
wonderful remedy is sold by
RAGLAND & Co. 3