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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-16
Ecl,cw Fever.

Dr.. G. II. Stcrnberg, who was COM
n,iss;cncd hy the College Of Physicians
81 Philadelphia to investigate the
methods Of protective inoculation as
practiced in Brazil (by DR.. Domin-
gos Frcire) and in Mexico (by DR..
C2rgona Vaie), reported that facts
concerning the endemic and epidemic
prevalence CT the fever justify the belief
That its cause is micro-organism, which
can, under suitable conditions, Ee propa-
gated outside the body, as well as be
capable Of transport to distance; also
that, as 4 single attack Of yellow fever,
however mild. mostly protects from
future attacks, there is reason to hope
that such protection might be gained by
incubation.
The yellow fever germ probably gains
entrance into the body by the respir-
atory or alimeHtary tracts, or through
the surface of the body, or it is possible
that it mUltiplies in insanitary localities
and develops volatile poison which
contaminates the air. The former hypo-
thesis, that it enters the body and null
tiplics within it. is, he thinks, the more
probable. Hitherto the germ has not
ieen found il the blood and tissues Of
these attacked, for DR.. Sternberg does
hot confirm the alleged discovery made
i:y Dr.. Dom;ngos FreiTe. Nor is there,
in Or. Sternberg's opinion, any satisfac-
tori evidence that the method of inocu-
l:.::on practiced by Dr. Domingos Freire
has any prophylactic value, and the
same applies to the claims put forward
hJ Dr. Cafmona y Vale, of Mexico
Lancet.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-16
4 Spider That Was a Spider.

4 correspondent Of the Calcutta E n
giisi.naa3s sends description of an
enormous spider which was killed in
house. The creature was found cling
ing to a door curtain, and when
alarmed emitted o grating sound, but
whether with its manulble5 or with its
feet could not be ascertained. It
showed no disposition to run away, or
even to move from the spot where it
was till it was thrown down, when it was
killed with blow OF q stick. It is
quite two inches in length and half an
inch in breadth, and the two segments
of the body are equal in size. 1t is dis
tinctly short legged ior a spider, but
the eight legs aro very strong and
heavy. The body, too, is covered with
fine short hair, and is all Of dark
skirt Put this over your head, draw
all the fullness II front, and form OF
this large plat; put round your waist
to hold it q cord with a rich tassel de-
pending, or gay silk sash. Then put
on dressing jacket of fine lawn, trim
med with lace; loosen your hair and
let it fall down your back; slip your
stockingless feet into Indian-looking
pantofies, with gilt or silver embroid-
cry. Take now fan in your hand and
promenade before your mirror.-ES-
persemces IN the Eastern Archipslago By
Efrs Tnr.bes
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-16
:: Convict Cemetery.

\ half mile cast Of the prison, upon q
woody knoll, the convict burying ground
is situated. It is IN inclosure Of about
two acres, and the only resemblance the
spot !.as to a City Of the Dead is in the
Iong rows Of mounds that extend cast
and west. derctirg The resting place OF
the unhono-cd dead. 10 stately Gionu-
nlcnts here, no marble shafts or 6roEen
columns erected by loving hands in
memo.y Of the departed; 70 beautiful
flowers or grassy lawns, not cvei! !. re-
spectacle marble slab OF any ki::,: TO re-
call the memory Of the nlalcfactors. Ill
identity is lost When the dead is buried
here the grave is marked by I. small pine
board, on which IS printed the Vr:son
number, nauc, age and date Of death;
the elements soon erase these, and il a
short time no one can tell the occupants
of these narrow homes.-JoIiet Cor. ~.
Louis Post-Ulspatch.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-16
Weakening Our Eyes,

l wish l could move cut to Dakota,
twenty miles from the nearest school
house, and bring the children up myself.
They would know hawk from hcrn-
shaw Us far as any one. See those boys
with big: handsome eyes going from
school. Half can't sight a target Or 4
duck III . marsh or :. ship down tie Lay.
If the country should have another war
the government wou!G have to find regi
mcnts in spectacles. Nine hours da,,;
do those public school children pore over
school books with the vilest print that
ruins eyes. Between the poor print Of
school books and tie newspapers, and in
cessant reading, we are losing eyes as
fast rs possible. The big, handsome eyed
women have to use atropine to see at all,
and the clever women all have coz
tracted. sy;nken eyes from reading too
much. They begin at 5 years old and
keep tasking the eyes till the aInaurosis
sets in. DO you know there isn't one
person in SEQ with really good eyes, and
fewer childrcii:-Shir!ey Dare.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-16
EnnY Mines, Epr,na.

Cne CT the finest sanitariums il India
(; tisat of Berlard-Myo, on the broad
.-oiiiHg plains Of Enjouk, on the north
GIN slopes Of the hills bounding the ruby
mining district of Mogok, Burma Ber-
rarli-Slyo is over 6,000 feet above sea
level. The ruby mining district may
have population Of over 5000 people
belonging to many different tribes. The
r.;ncs are of three kinds-the working
Of assure veins, washing in a somewhat
similar manner to the hydraulic mining
in California, and what may be called
placer diggirgs. The third class Of
mines is at present the most important.
At depths varying from ten to thirty
feet, in the fatter lands of the valleys,
t:?cre occurs layer Of corundum from a
few inches to few feet in thickness.
When this corundum is brought to the
surface n1yriads Of small rubies glitter
il the sun. Almost all the stones are
water worr or Of irregular shapes, and
it is rarely that fawless ruby is found.
So rare is a ruby of the finest water,
that one Of three carats is worth ten
times the value Of diamond the same
size. The district Of Mogok is situated
between SIandalay and Bhamo, and is
nearer to the former place.-Scientiho
American.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-16
American Song Writcrs.

The most successful of all living popu-
la: song writers-that is, those who have
made the greatest number OF pronounced
Eits-are unouestionably Will S. Hays
and Dave Braham. The former is .
journalist, having been the river editor
of The Louisville Courier-Jourral for
several years past. He has probably
written greater number of songs which
have become universally popular than
any other composer, except Stephen G.
Foster. He first became generally
known through his Write Me Letter
From Home" which was sung from one
end Of the United States to the other.
This he followed up in rapid succession
with We Parted by the River Side" )"
Beautiful Dreamer" Mora O'Ncil,' y
",lHollic Darling and Driven From
Home" OF every one Of these songs
more than 100000 copies were sold,
while "A;ollic Darling" had sale Of
more than 300, 900, making a fortune for
its publisher, J. L. Peters. OF minor
successes, any one of which would have
been a glorious triumph for less for
tunate composer, Mr.. Hays has made a
host. Prominent among these are ''Ill
Remember You, Love, in My Prayers y
The Moon Is Out Tonight, Love" and
"Gcnevieve." The last named must not
be confounded with ''Sweet Genevieye,
an entirely different song, written by S.
G. lucker.-G. w. Christine in Chicago
Journal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-16
A Csptire 70: .iirteen Years.

Miss Jessie L.acomber. who is making
a short visit to this city, says Tie San
Francisco Call. has romantic history.
She is the stcpdaughter of Gen. Lagre;:to,
a .ctircd Mexican officer, who became I
citizen Of the United States many years
ago
Miss Josie was stolen from her parents
in 1871 bv thv B;u:;tto tribe Of In;:ians
of northern Idaho. For thirteen years
her parents were unaware of her where
;bo,lts. and many times had given her
up for dead The matter was brought to
tie attention of the United States gov
erumcnt and search begun. Gen.
Sheridan was the man selected to look
III, the case. and after a protractcd in
vcstigation. in which the department at
Washington expended many thousands
of dollars, and during which many lives
were lost she was rescued Aug. 7, 1851.
The guide whom Gen. Sheridan cm-
pioyed during his search was the famous
Dosil kensington, q great Indian scout
and frGEtiersMan.
Miss Laccmber is woman perhaps 2G
years of age and although giving no evil
dcnce OF careful education, is quite intel
iiSCIL, i!iu ID uO' III any "ISS !NIiSSiit
about rci2ting tn history OF E"r cap
ti:itv.
When she arrived at the age of l3 one
Of the chiefs of the Danittos decided that
he would make her his wife. She inGig-
nantly refused. declaring that she wished
to go back to l:er parents.
In order to force her 70 marry the
copper c"lored captain the Indians re-
sorted to easy methods CT torture, bat.
finding it impossible, gradually increased
the dose. AS evidence OF the ordeal which
she suffered Miss Lacombcr now exhibits
sixteen wounds. the result Of knife
gasiies. Oh her person. Finding they
could moi prevail upon her to comply, the
barharians forSook their brutal methods,
and for the remainder of her stay con-
tented themselves with keeping Q strict
watch upon her movements.
After being rescued Miss Lacomher
went to her home only to find that her
father had been killed by Mexicans along
the Rio Grande for participating in clear
ing some rencsades from Texas.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-16
4 French Bill Sykes.

\ most dangerous species of Bill Sykes
has; Eecn arrested, together with . fero-
c:ous maStiff which he owned, by the
PERKS police. The malefactor was the
t.IGo. Of the Ternes district, and his
specially in crime was to prowl around
tie neiShborhocd at night and set ms
&c; 1T the throats Of bclated wayfarers.
Ii,r lnastiiT only know and obcyed his
master. &nd 1t a word from that worthy
..:u;, ~ ct the tiiroa. Of 1 passer BY,
a.. .!..vc relax his iiold until the pockets
o2 i; i:..,::a !.2d Lce. completely riL.ed.
liz !::;e:t victim was q government en-
rioy" w:lo has almost succumbed to the
injuries which he received from the dog.
:::::::::cs. ":i:o was known by the appropri-
n. r::::ac Of The Butcher" has been
s;::cly lodged in the depot, and his enor-
nions dog will be shot after the condem-
aat;c.. ol its plaster.-Paris Cor. London
'Icie:::::;iIll.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-16
Lcnrnsy Is Con.ecious.

That Icprosy really IS contagious dis
cc&c scc,ns to l>c pretty well proved by
e.. documents which the Rev. II. p.
wright communicates to The Times. 4
Hawaiian convict who was conde1nned
70 Gcath had lis LIE spared on condition
t!s;t lie should bc inoculated with leLrcsy
by way OF experiment. The inoculation
tool; place three years ago, and the TN
fortunate man. who would surely l:ave
G9::::c Better togo TO the scafcld, is row
c t;lhcrcu!ar lercr. The experiment was
pcrlcn hardly necessary. The fact that
Father Da.Aicn has become lcper since
he wcn+ 70 reside in Q settlement Of
iepors is surely proof enough that the dis-
c..:sc i; contagious. Now. however, there
is 20 longer room for any doubt which
t:v have been felt upon the matter ut
cn@ tin" Hall Gazette.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-16
STEAM VERSUS MUSCLE.
The Immense Gains in Force of the Men o
the Present Time.

The Immense Gains in Force of the Men OF
the Present Time.
What science and invention is doing
for the human race was tersely and
plainly presented. Note the following
illustration:
Compare galley, a vessel propelled
by oars, with the modern Atlantic
liner, and first let us assume that prime
movers are non-existent and that the
vessel is to be propelled galley fashion.
Take her length as some 600 feet, and
assume that place be found for as many
as 400 oars on each side, each oar work
ed by three men, or 2,400 men; and al
low that six men under these condi-
tions could develop work equal to one
horse power; we should have 400
horse power. Double the number OF
men and we should have S00-horse
power, with 4,S00 men at work,
and at least the same number
in reserve, if the journey is
to be carried on continuously. Con-
trast the puny result thus obtained
with the 1850 horsepower given
forth by a large prime mover Of the
present day, such a power requiring,
on the above mode of calculation, Ill.,
900 men at work and III, 900 men in re-
serve; and these to be carried in ves-
sci less than eco feet in length. Even
if it were possible to carry this num-
Der of men in such vessel, by no con-
ceivable means could their power be
utilized so as to impart to it a speed OF
twenty knots an hour, Weighing as it
would some 10000 tons gross.
Prime motors can do what human
muscle can never accomplish. Take a
railway locomotive-500 horsepower
developed in wagon which does not
occnpy fifty square yards OF space, and
that flies at the rate of sixty miles an
hour with it's heavy train! How weak
and puny human muscle toward at
tanning such results!-Sir Fred :Brans-
bill to the British Associd ton.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-16
Too Much for the Indian.

These military anecdotes remind me Of
a story heard Gen. Sheridan tell once,
and which do not remember having
seen in print before. The general at the
time was in command of some western
troops fighting the Indians. A band of
the latter had made sudden attack on
a detachment of his men, but fortunately
they had mountain howitzer mounted
on mule. Not having time to take it
off and put it in position, they backed up
and blazed away at the Indians. The
load was so heavy that the mule and al
went tumbling down the hill toward the
savages, who, not understanding that
kind of fighting, took to their heels.
.Afterward one of them was captured,
and when asked by Sheridan why he ran,
replied:
Me big Iniun, not afraid of little or
big guns, but when white man fires
Whole iackass at Injun, he don't know
What to do. New York Tribune.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-16
careful not to cover any OF the holes

careful not to cover any OF the holes
in the bottom of the sawdust box.
On this box place the egg drawer
and on tie egg drawer the heater with
the zinc side down. Place a
shaving between the egg drawer
and the heater to give
the egg drawer room to slide out and
in easily. Now take two boards ten
inches wide and nail to each side on
both the sawdust box and the heater,
and also a board on the back end.
Now we have the incubator but it
must be surrounded with eight inches
of sawdust. TO do this lay down two
boards on the bottom cross pieces;
these boards should be eight inches
wide and three feet and eight inches
long. Across the back end place
another board in the same manner and
build sides and end up eight inches
above the top Of heater, then fill with
sawdust.
Now 60 to the tinshoD and get eight
half-inch tubes, 16 inches long and
eight Z inches long; also an elbow, 9
inches in diameter, one end 8 and
the other II inches long. Put the
short tubes in the lower sawdust box
and the long ones in the holes in the
top of the heater, so that the lower
end will come down to within an inch
of the zinc bottom. Put the long end
OF the elbow through the hole in the
outside box, which must be directly
opposite the one in the side OF the
heater and covered with tin in the
same manner.
In order to save heat you can build
a small box over the portion OF the
elbow outside the incubator and fill it
with dirt. Put dirt around the elbow
where it runs through the sawdust.
Place a lamp under the end of the ell
bow and shove the chimney as far up
as it will go.
Do not put the eggs in until you can
keep uniform heat Of 100 degrees to
104 degrees. Keep your thermometer
in the egg drawer and sprinkle your
eggs every day with tepid water.
Turn the eggs twice each day.
7 have sometimes made a door to
cover front, but an old piece OF car
pet hung over the front will do. I
hatch about SO per cent. OF my eggs
Walter 4. Rutledge, IN Toledo Blade.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-16
Divorced Women.

What becomes of divorced women? \
vast field of unexplored territory is
opened by the question. Just as mules
are supposed to seek for their death
some spot where no eye can behold
them, so divorced women, once divorced,
are believed to withdraw to some nlyste-
rious limbo in which the rest.of their
lives is spent unobserved. But The
Tribune has been at the pains of collect
ing statistics about them, and it finds
that they can accurately be divided into
the four following classes:
Remarked within year, IS per cent;
waiting for an offer, 10 per cent; fallen
into evil ways, 10 per cent; devoted to
ceiibacy, per cent.
These figures have been compiled from
comparison Of the divorce lists with
the marriage registers; from the state
ments of judges, justices of the peace,
clergymen, lawyers and court officials,
and from personal inquiry among those
who have been divorced. They can be
accepted as fairly and substantially cor
rect.-Chicago Tribune.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-16
Pope E.eo's Abs.cmious Lie.

Like Napoleon, Leo XIII does a great
deal Of work and takes very little sleep.
He rises at 5 in summer and G in winter.
His toilet occupies half hour, after
which lie passes an hour in prayer and
meditation IS a preparation for mass,
which he says every day in one Of the
private chapcls Of the Vatican. He
ci!iciates at the altar with exemplary de-
voticn, ard there IS an exceeding grace
in al his movements. whether in the
sanctuary, in his garden, in his library
CT when holding public audience. At
9o'clock the pope takes his cafe au lalt
ard roll. Leo XIII is one Of the most
abstcmicus Of men, and the entire ex-
pcases OF his table do not average more
than 81 day the whole year round. 1t
must be remembered that the pope al
ways tal:cs his meals alone.-Eittsburg
IoHs.+
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-16
Dnrrin~ Grain.

One of the largest nillers in the United
States, G.. a. Piilsbury, is credited
:"iith asserting that american mllers do
ret Gampen their wheat before grinding
i. This is correct of some ,nillers, but
not OF I'll, and the reason is not attri-
butable to differences in lnillers. but to
differences in wheat. Most OF the Cali
fc..lia wheat ground in this state is
inoistencd, because it is found necessary
70 60 SO. On the other hand, Oregon
wl:cat will not stand darpening, as it
contains enough water without this
treatment.
Cn this account local millers prefer
California wheat, as they can add the
necessary water for nothing, which they
have to pay for in the Oregon article.
When shipped abroad OF stored for.
months at tidewater, there is less differ
cnce, as wheat which is not moist will
become so when in damp atmosphere.
California wheat when ahoat gains Q to
) Fer cent. from absorption of moisture.
! certain percentage Of water in wheat
is essential to render it fit for grinding,
and the moisture has to be either found
il the grain Or applied artifcially thereto.
San Francisco Grocer.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-16
Get Married.

Tie married are longer lived than the
single. and, above al, those who observe
q su:,er ;;!:d industrious conduct. Tall
rlc,1 live .onger than short ones. Wo-
men have more chances of life in their
favor previous to 80 years of age than
men have, but fewer afterward.-Phila-
delphia Call
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-16

A freight train on the Southern Pacific
railroad ran into q herd OF cattle, striking
4 yearling calf, which jumped at one
bound on the rilct Of the locomotive. 1t
lay down quietly and rode for nine
miles. As the train approached Tucson
shc signal whistle aroused it, and 1t
Jumped from The pilot and scampered
scross the range.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-16
Only Il Triie.

Recent calculations so 10 show that
the mean distance CT tie earth from the
sun WAS wrongly estimated Ey l33,GG0
English miles about twenty years go.
But nobody minds Little thing like t:l1t
ia view CT the fact that the distance is
now figured to 10 O., 1855, 900 miles.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-16
Manning Shaving ParlOr.

HAIR CUTTING ARTIsT1cALLY EXECUTED.
and Shaving done with best Razors. Spec
ial attention paid to sbampooing ladies'
heads.1
have had considerable experience IN
several large cities, and guarantee satlsfac-
ton to my customers. Parlor next door to
MANNING TINES.
Ed. HAMILTON.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-16
NEW WAVERLY. HOUSE, II

IN the Bend Of King Street, Charleston.
The Waverly, having been thoroughly
renovated the past summer and newly fur
nished throughout, makes its accommoda-
tons unsurpassed. Incandescent Electric
Lights and Electric Bells are used in all
rooms and Railways. Rates $500 and $3.50
G. T. Afford, Proprietor.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-03-15
SEATTLE. fnrDAr. Maaca


IL is quite evident that the United
states viii never maintain any posi-
ton on the seas ~ steamship-caTry
ing nation unless the general govern
Esent Is more generous 10 any lines
that are now or may In the future be
established. The people OF this eonn-
try seem 20 be opposed 10 subsidies
and, as result. other maritime powers
which do subsiaize hountiEniiy are dor
ing the carrying trade Of the world
and reaping the benefit which natural
~ arise thercfroIn-
No country has built up larger for
eign trade without using its own YES
sels. and assreat lines have been es
tahiished without government assist
anee. England, whose steamers now
plow every sea and who has communi-
cation with nearly every important
port on the giohe. began building up
her trade witt. foreign countries by
Substituting her steamships and her
immense commercial dealings with
the great cities Of both hemispheres
are the ousgrowth OF this policy Of Civ
ing substantial aid 90 steamboat COM
panies willing To forward regular COM
sngnseation with countries which
would otherwise be reached only by
sailing vessels.
Within 3 comparatively few years
Germany has adopted the same pol
ICY. and to-day the North German
Lloyds Company is one of the strong
est Ia the world. and its steamships
are fonnd touching al ports ia Asia.
Africa. North and South America and
AustfalaSis. Trade with the outside
world has increased amazingly rs re-
suit Of this policy. and every year
German branch houses are being es-
tablished in faT=away places which q
few years sgo were supposed TO be
given over for all time TO the control
OF Englishmen. The demand for Ger
man manufactured goods is OF course
far greater than il was before the new
lines were established, and theexports
of the country are enormous compared
with the quantity exported prior TO
the opening of direct communications
with the new markets.
There are no doubt many countries
which could be supplied with Ameri-
can made goods. were il possible 10 Sc.
cure easy aud rapid transportation.
Large English and German houses are
now flourishing In South American
countries simply because the English
and German governments have assist
eli steamship lines flying their respect
i've flags and have furnished the mer-
chants Of the two countries with faeili-
ties for regular transportation between
the home ports and the large South
American cities. Tho outlay in the
increased amcant of exports and the
profits from reciprocal commercial
dealings viii SO far TO prove that the
sahsssting policy has been ,wise one
and that the nations adopting il have,
rs result of il. become Weather,
stronger and more respected by those
countries with whom they are brought
into close contact.