davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-04-21
clad servant 10 approach him, he said:

clad servant 10 a,mro9ch him. he said.
Some c;,stIr,,.rs h,,n inst come in
pr,n,rr on COL in thr n,asnncn of tbcsc
Gentlemen The man who evidently
ftoo,, Trnnt n,ijn in his worl, selectod .
yi@9r7r.I,. sG1irm;nr fish strucII its
10; SnS,rtlI MON , woo5nn lIonlS
,,,,~s tI,n noo,. ,nd l.nooI;no. b,. +
,,!,,,',,j "I tha oro,4,,ra, ,,nlI. ;n5,,to,, ~ ~
j?,,;[, j.; 10 ioft s;Jo ~ 10 ~ I."rtoi,r, o y
md md dcytero,islv r,n If down M to tho 1 tail:
thcn ronidIv onnlicd his instrument to
tbc ~ 1hdr siIn II tho bocl homo md "a,
ncatcI the nrocess leaving the eel snlit
omen HOLDING m the head TO which
was attocbcd fbc ycrtebrr and lateral
homo ;ncIosino tho ;ntns,inos he bowed
and s,id.
There is NOT 4 splintcr loft in the
fish
That is so" rroud]v remarked the
proprietor. II only employ the most
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-04-21
A Novel Enterprise.

\ Halifax, Nova Scotia. corrcspon-
dent of the New York Erening Post
writes: B. B. Barnhill, of Joggin's
Mines. Cumberland county, has under
construction an immense raft for the
purpose of carrying to New York about
100000 superficial feet Of piles. logs,
spars. hardwood timber, and boards.
lis dimensions are, length 40 feet,
width 55 feet, depth 55 feet, and it will
draw q feet OF water. The raft is be-
ing built upon well-constructed cradle,
which will be launched with the raft
and removed from it in the water, leaT-
inc the raft VIII its chains and binders
10 supro" elf. The structure is tor
pcdc- led at the bow and stern, and
:. crcSs-scction amidShip will be Of the
form of an ellipsc. When completed it
will weigh 5000 tons The weight isso
distributed over the four set of launch
ways as to exert 4 pressure of 50 pounds
to the square inch, which is about two
thirds OF the pressure allowable on or
dinary launchways. About one-siXth OF
the cargo has been slowed. When com
pletcd the cost will be about $4,000.
The raft IS to be towed to New York by
an ocean tramp, or by two tugs, as
soon rs launched, which will be about
midsummer. Should Mr. BarnhillS en-
cheering skill prove equal to his enter
prise and courage in planning and un-
dcrtaking so novel an operation he will
have provided I cheap method of water
carriage for the products of the forest.
Niany persons view the scheme with in
credulitv. and predict that it will be a
fril,,rr
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-04-21
Pea Sanders.

Ola man Pea Sanders is probably the
most notorious ''moonshiner'' in north
Georgia. He has been in Fulton
County Jail eight times on the same
charge.
We saw old man Pea on Saturday
nights north-bound train. He was just
out of Jail and on his way home.
The Toccoa people will appreciate the
old mans appearance when we say that
he would remind You forcibly OF Grip
Scott
With an old, fabby wool hat, rim
turned close against the corner on the
left side and 4 keen, searching eye that
was never dazed during his IS years Of
life, old man Pea is the perfect image Of
some civilized independence. Nothing
abashes him.
He is afraid of neither man, woman,
or beast. H. is an inccSsant talkcr and
loves 10 tell of his tricks on the revenue
officers.
His latest dodge. Just before his last
arrest an officer got off the train at Bel
ton, near which town he lives, and start
ed over TO old Peas house. He met an
old man in the road.
'.Old man, do you know Pea San
dcrs?''
70, yes; bought many cr gallon er
licker from him.
Where does he live?'
Right down thar;
rs he at home?'
Guess so; if he amt the old oman
is
Good day, SIR said the officer.
s:Good luck to ye." said the old man.
The officer marched on to old man Pea $
house. Old man Sanders turned around
rs the officer went on and muttered to
himself: Guess YOU won't find him to-
day, mister
We said to the old man, '.Mr. Sanders,
do you intend to keep on moonshining?'
Said he: Them fellers in Atlanta aNcd
me there and l told en- l never made
any rash promises.
Guess, then, you mean TO make some
more mountain dew. ;,
Let EN- prove it if I do
The old man seemed very well salts
fled with his Imprisonment and among
other things said ne had been boarding
ut the United States hotel in Autlanter.
They treated me very well. but like er
froze up in that cold spell.
4 young flour merchant from Atlanta
engaged him in conversation.
Said he: Mir. Sanders. did you buy
still befaSe YOU left Atlanta?"
"Oh! when l want another one, I
thought l would come around and get
you to make it for ne.
The old mans ticket gave out at
White Sulphur and the conductor start
ed to put him off. Col. T. Schafer, of
Toccoa, stepped forward and paid the
fare. The old fellow chuckling to HIM
self said: Good friends is better than
money."-Ioccoa (Ga.) News.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-04-21

A six-ycar-old son of c. NJ Shortt, of
Sugar Grove, \. Y, swallowed I toy
knife while using it as the dart of =
blow-cun formed of q hollow metal pen
holder The knife, which was open,
measured III inch and tive-eighths in
length. and Went into the stomach ham
die first. AS soon as the boys grand
father. Emri Davis. heard of the acci-
dent he prescribed Il diet of buclswhcat,
having read Just the night before how L
Young Californian had 20: rid OF 4 knife
which lie had swallowed by eating
heartily and frequently of half-cookea
buckwAcat. The little boy WAS given
all the backwhcat cakes he would cat
and no doctor w#s called in. He rccov-
cred.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-04-21

The annals Of modern diplomacy de-
scribe no event more important and
unique than the spectacle OF Queen Vic
tori: and lir> Minister Phelps sit
tinc in 4 co.'s room ii Windsor Castle
drinking tc:l ANA comparing their re-
spcctiyc views on establishing the auto
nomv Of raspberry jam. This occur
renee, SAYS the Philadelphia Press, cam
not fail to draw the two great English
speaking nations closer together in the
bonds Of common siStcrhooI
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-04-21
Under the Snow.

June. with its roses. went long ago:
Tonight the carth'S lying deep under the
snow:
Hopes richest treasures, like roses Of yorc.
Arc scattered and vanished, to come never
more.
Tic breath Of thy blossoms, o, lovc-haunted
days
The Sot,-S;chinS zephyrs, thy birds tender
lays.
Thy f,r-away Sky,anG!s. SO hIlc and so fair,
The miSts OF thy mornings, roSc-tinted and
rare.
O:.e ;,o:cc made thy music. its silence is pain;
On@ f:cc made thy beauty, twill! come neer
again.
WEi!c chill! winds are blowing I weep in my
Ger the love that lies buried deep under the
STOW.
Boston Transcript.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-04-21

The ancient Egyptians were simple in
their diet. rs were the early Greeks. We
know from Homer that his heroes ate
like barbarians. In later age profess
sional cooks arose, some of whom could
serve up L rosted pig on one side, boiled
on another, and so delightfully."- stuffed
that the parts tasted like different dishes.
Archestratus, poet and epicure, tray
eled far and wide, enduring hardships
and defying dangers, to add to the lux
uries of the Athcnian table.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-04-21
After the Fall OF Troy.

Troy has fallen: ard never will be
War ike The way that was waged Tor me-
Cau.d hat huv.. thoS. ten years back a%;iih
VIII, The love anu the glory. the pleasure Ike
pam.
The clash II arms and the din Of the light.
The Teasing and music, the color and hight.
Yet. mixed with i al, there sounded 10 me
Evera mean from the FAR oil sea.
There still! remains this for ali time to be:
The Wa: OF the world waS fought for me.
Give them no pity who died for me there;
Men can ncVcrmorc die for Il face so fair.
All what does II matter that now they lie,
Qu:ct and silent. beneath the Sky?
Remember that none crermore can be
Back for those years in Troy With me-
Florence Peacock, in Academy
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-04-21

The Senate very graciously passed
Mr.. Edmunds's resolution for him and
then proceeded very graciously to con-
firm Mr.. Cleveland's appointments for
him. The United States Senate is 3
very obliging assembly.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-04-21

The Loyal Orange Institution of
England has issued a manifesto de-
nonncing Mr.. Gladstone's proposed
Irish measures. 1t summons Orange
brethren everywhere to remember
their special and solemn obligations to
defend the Protestant succession, and
to make all necessary preparations to
prove their loyalty to Orange princi-
Dles.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-04-21

The intended journey of tine Gar
to Nova Tscherkask, to present his SON
to the Cossacks as their chief, has been
prevented by the discovery of dyna-
mite plot to assassinate the imperial
party. A Cossack officer and his
brother, the latter being q student in
St. Petersburg, have been arrested in
connection with the crime. They are
believed to be Nihilist agents.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-04-21

The life of the British army in Egypt
is described as '.all beer and skittles. !"
1.-Two years ago. says the Boston
transcript, ''it was all scare and bat
ties"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-04-21
DELICIOUS i.s,i4S.
Thc Japanese Mod" OF A:aHia;: &c Ser
pcntinc Ei-i; = Drii"h!fC: NGrSrl.

streets cn.raccl in wateai.i.: the III
terc>tinr occH,a,!ai!.: o! t!lcDcoplc, when
| met :. Young Japanese WHO had been
educated at Harvard. and who aD-
preciare,l :! slice Of the breast Of 4 can
vas-back d.;ck and i tcn,!arlo;n steak rs
uerfectly rs ..onc of the manner born.
| HAVING politely >:litnd me. he rc-
marked,
II an on NIX way 70 AIanoki's.
Would vol, like TO Join me- in :: feast of
broilcd ec!So 1t is said that this month
the una@i IS Il !it morSal for the gods.
replied, with :; somewhat dubious
shake OF til" head. Il never vas very
fond of those marine ,GaNc>.
Probably YOU have never tasted them
prepared b; ny c0&a;ryMII. he slyly
returned. =: remember once eating
some at N,:mon;co's (shudtlrr.n~.)
They were so:;. ;l:yo:!ess r.orSclS. IN
closed in q ouiycrinr jclly. Come alorr
Win ne
Are fEc GELS ncoG to-,iay9" patron
izircly innrired nv friend OF t he pro
pricior II have heard TIA: their flavor
IS not cutie what it usc,! 10 be. Do Won
procure them from tn" city canals. or
are thcy from In" Suin,i;i ;'iver?'' The
proprietor bowed. lhcn tw;!c!.rd the left
corner OF his mouth. after the fashion OF
L japanese ut,"ring I Ioh2, and an
swarcd:
honorable sir. DO yo'! for 4 moment
imagine should oArr canal-brcd cciS to
such iul~c rs vo@:s2li? No, no.
You know ,:!at have = :!i@il reputation
and buy nothing but The mos; beautiful!
ccis that colnc from The Sumi,:a Re
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-01-15
FOREIGN.

. AT a cost of $4,000, 600, the infantry
of Hungary is to be supplied with re-
peating rifles recently invented by an
engineer on the Northern railway of
Austria.
UNEMPLOYED citizens Of Glasgow, to
the rumber Of six thousand, held a
meeting and resolved to appeal for as
sistance from the wealthy.
GENERAL STEPHENSON, in command
of the British forces in the Soudan, ad-
vices the maintenance OF strong force
of troops at all the advanced positions
on the Nile, IS he anticipates that the
Soudan Arabs will resume their assaults
unless prevented.
MIR. GLADSTONE has summoned the
Liberal members of Parliament to a
meeting on the 10th inst. He privately
promises them that he will then make
frank statement of the principles upon
which he proposes TO settle the Irish
question.
THE government of India has intro
duced in the legislative council bill
imposing a tax of 2 per cent. on the in
comes of classes hitherto exempt, to
cover deficit of e2,000009, caused
chiefly by military preparations.
THE whole country north from Man
dalay to tie vicinity of Rurmah and
east to the China frontier is a prey to
wandering bands of plunderiBg soldiery.
The Indian government is organizing
three flying columns to sweep northern,
central, and eastern Burmah.
a LONDON dispatch says: the number
of people who smigrated from England
TO the United States in 1880, shows a
decrease, as compared with 1884, of 10,-
OOO, and a decrease of 5000 in the mum
ber who emigrated tc Canada, and an
increase of 1000 in the emigration from
Ireland to the United States, and of
1000 from Ireland to Canada.
ADvICEs from Warsaw say that forty
persons have been arrested there on a
charge of being implicated in nihilistic
conspiracies. An unsuccessful attempt
was made recently to murder two po-
lice spies. The official investigation
which followed these attempted assas-
sinations has led to the arrests that have
Just been made. A majority of the al
legged conspirators are Russians and are
of good social rank.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-01-15

THE denudation of our American
timber land IS greatly to be deplored,
rs It not only threatens the supply of
lumber in the near future, but also
tends 10 unfit The land of the sur
rounding country for agricultural and
residence purposes. For this reason
there are other motives than the
merely selfish ones Of the present for
encouraging tho use Of iron in many
cases where wSod has hitherto been
employed almost exclusively. The
Chicago TrisuEe, in an article on the
subject, justly says: Tho railroad is
great destroyer OF wood. 1t is eS-
tImated that the ro&ds use not far
from Is ,0CO,000 ties in the United
States every year. 1t requires at least
500 ties per mile per auuum TO keep
road bed in repair, and IN tho build
ing OF new lines the estimate is 2,7o0
ties for each mile. The proposition
to employ iron instead of wood for
this purpose is one which alone of
fers an almost indefinite extension to
the life of our forest system. and all
the more so as the substitution of iron
for wood on the road bed would be
followed by similar change in many
other lines Of consumption. The
metal tie would cost more to begin
with, but would prove TO be much the
cheaper in the end, especially now
that the price of iron has fallen to
such low point as to make it cost
vastly less than it did 81 few years
ago. About the only wear of the iron
tie would be that due to its slow oxid-
alton owing to exposure, snd even
that might be reduced to minimum
by the use of known methods for pre-
venting its disintegration by the
evaporatiug of moisture from its sur
face.n
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-01-15
TELEGRAPHIC.
GENERAL NOTES.

The sugar crop of Louisiana is larger
by 10 per cent. than the average of pre-
vieus years.
East st. Louis have secured charter
for cable railway company with a
capital stock of $500, Geo.
THE total amount of the national
debt January l, was 81, $40, ,713,715. The
debt. less the cash in the treasury, was
$1,452, sd ,766, there being $494, 361, ,954
on hand, as shown by the treasurer's 3
general account.
THE Unite d Lines Telegraph Company,
of New York Edward s. Stokes, Presi-
denD. filed nortage for 81 100000 at
Decauter, ILL.,, Tuesday, executed in
favor of the Farmers Trust and Loan
Company, of New York.
THE stockholders of a natural gas
company at Fort Wayne, after vainly
driIly to depth of 1850 feet, resolved
to abandon the bore and go down 600
feet in another direction.
A NUMBER of human boses, some of
the bones being covered with shri veled
flesh, were found Thursday in an alley
at Decatur, Ill. The coroner and the
police are now inVestiga ting The mat
ter.
A NEW crematory on sixth avenue,
Pittsburg, has just been completed, and
will be tested IN few days. The fur
mace will be heated bv natural gas to
at least 2, geo degrees. 1t is expected
that, with the improved appliances and
the great heat, body weighing $50
pounds will be consumed in two hours
SERIOUS hostilities are in progress at
Howell, Mich, between gangs of track
layers employed by the Toledo and De-
troit railroads. Each company has
from two 10 five hundred men on the
scene. The Toledo managers appealed
to Gov A ser for troops, but he made a
suggestion that civil law might be q
good thing to try first.
a WHOLESALE hardware house in
Pittsburgh has been forced into bank
ruptcy because of the failures of skat-
ingrinks in various parts of the coun
try to meet their "promises-t -to-pay"
for skates scld them on time. The
recent skating rink epidemic has been
"delusion and a snare" to many peo-
pie, i'll various ways, morally and tinan-
cially.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-01-15
FROM THE CAPITOL.

SENATOR LOGAN intro duced bill to
give rank to the military teiegraphers
of the war. This is the matter in which
Mr.. Plum, an attorney of Chicago, who
was himself telegrapher, had in
charge for some years. Mr. Logan also
introduced bill for the relief of mill
tary telegraphers.
The Register and Receiver of Public
lands, at Pueblo, Col, reports 20 the
General Land Office that be recently
had q hearing in 25 cases of illegal
homestead entries which had been in
vestigated by special agents of the de-
partInent. None of the claimants ap-
pe2ring the entries were Cancelled.
1T is understood that Secretary Whit
ney is entirely satisfied of the sea-
worthiress of the Dolphin, as shown by
her recent trial trip, and will formally
accept the vessel as soon AS certain
preliminaries can be arranged. 1t is
not thought necessary to have another
sea trial
SEN. MANDERSON offered resolution
calling on the secretary of the Interior
for Information as to whether surveys
of public lands have been made within
two years in Nebraska, and if there are
any unsurveyed lands in that State.
and what recommendation have been
made in the asst three years by Survey
or General of Nebraska as to the dis
continuance of said office.
THE expenses of the funeral of Gen.
Grant, which were assumed by the gov
ernment, have not been paid. They
amount only to $14, 153, although news
papers have frequently estimated them
as high as $50, 900. The money was ad-
vanced by Stephen Merritt, an under.
taker of New York. His bills are III
the hands of the quartermaster general
of the army, and have been pigeon
holed four or five months. Mr.. Merritt
came over here last week AID succeeded
in having them taken up, but it was
discovered that there was not sufficient
money in the contingent fund of the
war department to pay them. An order
will be given Mr.. Merritt for portion
of the amount and congress will be
asked to make an appropriation for the
balance.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-01-15

GENERAL LEW WALLACE, late Unit
ed States Minister to Turkey, in an
interview printed in the Cincinnati
Commercial G4zatte, makes the fol
lowing statement: General Grant 4,
in his report of 1865, says emphatical-
ly that the battle Of MonOcacy did
save Washington. / have no hesI-
fancy in saying that it saved the
capital contrary TO the wishes of Cen
Halleck. / am convinced that at that
time, out OF jealousy Of Grant, Hal
Ieck was willing to betray His coun-
try and permit Washington to be
captured knowing that such thing
would destroy Grant. Until Gran!
was called East, Haleck had been
Commander-in-c He was then let
down with the title of Chief of Staff,
but nobody has ever been able to dis
cover whose staff he was chief Of. 1t
was this that made him envious of
G rant.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-01-15

ARSENIC EATING is common in many
parts of the world, and is practiced to
a greater or less extent throughout
the world, notably by women who
wish TO improve their compilations.
But its use is not confined to these. 1t
acts as a sedative aud also as a stiEau-
liant, and ss such is IN considerable
demand The mountainous OF SLyria,
in Austria, are habitual arsenic eat
ers. They are better able TO climb the
mountains after eating the poison and
their explanation is a perfectly rea-
sonRbIo one, rs arsenic acts as a sed-
ative to the hearts action. The habit
rs also prevails st in the Tyrol and in
the Alps. Bat IT has been reserved
for DR. Gotchel, Of Philadelphia, 10
make the discovery that the poor
white trash of central North Caro-
lima, who cat the clay Of that region
SO greedily, are nothing moro or less
than arsenic eaters, a rec mt analysis
of this clay establishing the fact that
it contains the poison.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-01-15

SOME interesting facts concerning
the relative vitality OF males and fe-
males are shown in the forty fifth
report OF the English Register Gener-
al. In each LOCO living persons there
are 4S7 males; and BIB females;
but for every 100 females
103 laales were born. Al every
age of life tho death rate was lower
in the females, and the difference is
greater IN early years. In both sexes
diminished death rate is taking
place. This is mors marked in fe-
males than in males, at al! ages. The
improvement is especially notable in
women up TO forty five and in men
TO thirty y-fiye, The mean expectation
of life of male at birth is Al 80 and
of female 4iG2 years. The annual
expectation Of illness is, counted by
days, nearly the same in both sexes.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-01-15
Larmar'S Decisions,
Concerning Half Pay for Sol
diers' WidOws-Regard-
ing Land Claims.
General Crooks Friends Are
Assured That He Will
Not Be Removed.

A Washington special says: There
has been number OF appll-
cations received recently at the
interior department from wild
ows Of soldiers in the late
war for the half pay which was gcant-
ed by section 1850 OF the revised stat
utes, but which has b8en superseded
by pension act granting pensions to
widows. 1t is found that these appli
cations are made at the suggestion of
attorneys who supply the necessary
blanks accompanied by the statement
that such widows are entitled tc half
pay in addition to their pensions.
This is not the case and an effort will
be made to stop such practices.
Ia the case of an application
of a man, who had relinquish
ed land entry TO make a
second entry where no specific tract
is specified, the secretary of the in
terror has decided that such an appli-
cation amounts simply to arequest for
a decision as to whether it wo1ld be
allowed to make an entry if it should
at any time hereafter be desired, aEd
that it is therefore a Hypothetical
question which the department has re
fused TO answer The commissioner
of the general land office is directed
to refuse hereafter to consider ap-
plications for the restoration of the
right to make preemptory fling Of
homestead or timber entries, except
when accompanied by an application
to make the fling or entry for the
same specified tract.
Senator Van Wyck and Rep
resentative Dorsey, of Nebraska,
Judge Carey, delegate from
Wyoming, and Msjor L.ewellyn,
lately agent of the Mescalero Indians,
called upon the president to- day in
reference to the reported purpose to
remove Gen. Crook from the command
of troops operating against the
Apaches They represented that
much anxiety has been created in the
west by this report where Crook, by
reason OF the bravery and skill he
had evinced in many Indian wars.
was held iu high appreciation. The
president spoke admiringly of Crook
AID assured the visitors that no serious
purpose 10 removing him had been
entertained. He said Crook should
have all he wanted, the whole army if
necessary, to quiet disturbances, pro
tect the settlers and punish the sayages
He (the prasidenD was determined
these objects should be accomplished.
The gentlemen then called upon Gen.
Sheridan in reference to the same sub
ject and were assured by him as by the
president, that Crooks removal was
not contemplated. g