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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23
All About Alphabets.

VIII my youngest American readers
my very youngcst-please give me their
attention?
.Aii, here you are. Well, my little
,oaeS, as you Very soon larc to begin 10
learn your letters, if, indeed, you are not
already learning them, it may interest
vou 10 iinow that the babies Of other
countries, as well as baby Americans,
arc expected 20 know their alphabets at
Il YER; early age; and some Of them, be-
cause there are moro letters III their
al;,!:nbets, have even Q harder time than
so" DO. Some again have less to learn.
For instance, asa sprightly and learned
correspondent informs this pupil, the
Sandwich Island alphabet has only II
l2ttgrs; the Burmese, 10; the Italian. 90;
the Bcugalese, 21; the Hebrew, Syriac,
Chal,lcc, Samaritan and Latin, % each;
the French. 23; the Greek, q; the Ger
man &nd Dutch, 26 each; the Spanish
and ::lavcnic, 81 each. But, on the other
hand, The Arabic has 2S; the Persian and
Cop:ic. 80; the Georgian, 50; the Arme-
Man, IS; the Russian, Al; the Muscovite,
43; the Sanskrit and japanese, so; the
Ethiopic and Tartaric, 202.
II this information bewilders you, my
Door little letter learners, don't mind it.
it will keep. One Of these days you will
be biz and able 70 play tag, and, later on,
baseball in these languages. Then, a few
letters, more or less, III any one of them,
will lie 4 matter Of small consequence to
you. Even now, dare say, after what
have told you, you'd be able to play
with the letter blocks OF any country. In
truth, if | were you, think I should pre-
fer box Of Ethiopic or Tartaric letter
blocks to begin with.-St. Nicholas.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23
IIhy the ISear Got IISd.

Said Mr.. Southnayd: 'When a man
goes out after them he wants to be sure
that his ammunition is all right. Three
weeks ago l was out cunning for birds
and happened to run across big black
bear. He was about ten yards away,
standing on log and looking at me in
the most impertinent manner.
81 always carry a couple Of buckshot
cartridges in my left coat pocket for
Just such occasions. Breaking open my
gun, extracted the cartridges OF small
shot, kept my eye on the bear and IN
serted two shells from my left pocket.
Then l confidently blazed away at
his head He didn't tumble over as he
ought to have done, but snarled wick
edly ard made a break for me. With
out rctreating 4 step let him have the
other barrel, and that didn't stop him
worth cent.
':About that time l began to suspect
that there was some hitch in my colnDi-
nation, and when he knocked the gun
out of nay hands l inferred that it was
time for me to get away. You ought to
have seen me go. / guess he would have
won the race if it hadn't been for big
split bowlder in the track. The split was
Just wide enough for me to get through,
and l went through there lively. He
reached out and got a piece of my shirt,
but he stuck fast in the cleft long enough
for me to get hundred yards the start,
and then was safe.
when l got home found two buck
shot cartridges safe and snug in my side
pocket. l must have dropped two other
Shells in with them absent mindedlyv,
and it was just my luck to grab the light
loads when I wanted big shot. had
penDered that old bear in the face with
quail shot, and don't blame him for
getting mad. was mad myself when l
found it ut."-San Francisco Examiner.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23
THE SJLTAN'S COURT.
Gow Abdul Hamid Lost the Respect Of His
PartisanS and People.

How Abdul Hamid Lost the Respect Of His
Partisans and People.
Round the Sultan moves little world
OF marshals, chamberlains, secretaries,
dragomans and eunuchs, who interiors
in all matters of state. The principle
which guides His Majesty in the selec-
ton OF these officials MAJ be guessed
from the mixture of slavish tattery Of
his mental abilities and insolent trad
ing on his weaknesses which alone en-
ables them to maintain their posts and
influence. All of them have ups and
downs Of favoritism; but among them
there are invariably two Or three suffl-
ciently strong TO get the most inn
portant measures blocked for weeks if
it suits their purpose, and not unfre-
quently rejected entirely, even though
unanimously recommended by the cabi-
net, the members of which have grad
ually sunk into mere heads of depart
ments. Witness the recall of the Am
bassador from Rome without the
knowledge of either the Grand Vizier
or Foreign Minister, and an order for
torpedo boats kept secret from the
admiralty. Against the power OF this
secret council it is futile to struggle,
and people dealing with the Govern
ment and palace must accept things as
they are, and pay court to the para
sites, VINO rapidly acquire wealth by
turning their influence to the worst
account. Of the Sultan,.s nervousness,
that tremendous lever in designing
hands, enough has been written to the
English journals, where every body
has read of the fortified seraglio and
and the mosque built at its
gates; Of the elaborate precautions
against imaginary conspiracies, and
of the host of unscrupulous spies. To
his fears and indulgence in costly fol-
lies Abdul Hamid owes the loss Of his
peoples respect and much of the bad
luck which is dogging his footsteps.
At heart he means WELL and is proba-
bly, unconscious that his selfish whims
and fancies are always allowed to out
weigh the good of the nation, but the
effect is nevertheless deplorable. He
enormously believes himself to be a
reformer, though he may fairly claim
to be an innovator. Pious he is, and
sober. uxorious also, and squeamishly
merciful toward non-political offend
ers. He will not sanction the death OF
the vilest murderer, quite forgetting
that, especially in Turkey, leniency to
criminals entails misery on the law
abiding. Music is his greatest pleas
ure, though he does not despise
conjuring tricks and puppet-dancing.
But, to do hin justice, these are the re-
laxations, not the business, OF life,
which is TO plot and scheme and labor
to restore the caliphate to its ancient
splendor, and the Ottoman empire to
the ranks of the leading powers. Ever
dreaming, never acting. Abdul Hamid
loiters in his chateaur e', Espagme, hug
ging himself in the illusion that he is
q mighty monarch and spinning, with
the aid of soothsayers and toadies, in-
Vulnerable cobwebs OF future triumphs,
while the country over which he yet
rules is reeling to its foundations, and
threatens to overwhelm him and his
projects in a common ruin. Fortnight
In RerisaU.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23
A GOTHAM ROMANCE.
An Auction Sale Behind Which, Lay the
Tragedy of q Life.

An Auction Sale Behind Which Lay the
Tragedy of q Life.
A mysterious and striking auction
sale took place in New York the other
day, in an uptown fat. 1t had evil
dently been occupied by a woman,
young, beautiful and refined, and she
had gone out of it without removing
even her rings that lay7in the jewel
stand on the dainty dressing-table-
Every thing was sold unreservedly.
A piano, with a pile OF songs and sheet
after sheet of classical music; a library
containing all the best of the modern
authors, and many whom the verdict
of the ages have consecrated; books
finely bound and artistically illus
trated, showing that the reader liked
to have her mental food served up on
dainty dishes; pictures that, while
they were not, perhaps, very costly.
showed the owner knew the best and
appreciated it; br:c-a-brac OF all sorts
and well selected; a table service,
consisting of napery-like satin and
china, showing the best of the Wedg-
wood, Sevres and Worcester manu-
factures. And wearing apparel dainty
enough for a Princess-tiny Satin slip
pers, tive-and-a-half gloves, stockings
like silk cobwebs and handkerchiefs as
fne-quaint, picturesque, made evi-
dently for q tall, slim woman; Eastern
shawls. delicate lace-trimmed lingerie
all the beautiful things with which a
high-bred and luxurious woman sur
rounds herself. Apparently no selec-
tons had been made, nothing kept
back, and the woman had walked away
beyond a doubt with nothing but the
clothes she wore. The auetioneer said,
briefly, in answer to all interrogations.
that the owner had suddenly deter
mined to go into convent, and had
directed thai the entire contents OF the
flat be disposed of for the benefit OF the
institution she had entered. 1t was
plain that the great tragedy OF life
lay behind it. but what 1t was, the de-
tails OF it. will never be known.-N Y.
Cor. San Francisco Argonaut.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23


1t is stated that vessels built Of
African teak wood have lasted 100
years, to be then broken up because Of
faulty models. It's weight is from
forty-two to fifty-two pounds per cubic:
foot; it works easily, but wears the
tools rapidly on account OF the guam
tity of slick in it. 1t also contains an
oil which prevents the iron in contact
with it from rusting.
"A lady of Wrightsyille, Ca, put
up a lot of preserves and seasoned
them with what she supposed to be-
ginger What was her horror to find
afteryard that instead OF ginger she
had used snuff. a.,e,. ssz.;:,,-. .;,.sssssssass
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23
Still Hone for Him.

Tn very much worried about my
SON.
Whats the natter
"Why, I've spent thousands of dollars
educating him in elocution and Oratory,
and ho can't make living, af,c: all. .
"Why don't he start in business as q
prize fighter?'-LincolnJ Journal
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23

While colored laborer was upheav-
ing the sell in the lot Of j. r. Broad
street, of Talladega, Ala, he unearthed
a silver spoon having. on it the initials $
"NN. II. c." and the date, "July, 1850"
The spoon had lain there over twenty
Eve years, and was in good condition.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23
An IAccumulator.

Swipes-Is that watch you bought any
good:
Bodkin-Good3 Well, ] should say sol
Last week it gained enough time to pay
for itself, Yenowine's News.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23

Moderate work, alternating with mo.l-
crate rest, gives q brain which, taking
the whole life through, will accomplish
the most and the best work of which i
human being is capable. The brains arc
to be improved and developed by reason-
able exercise and reasonable rest. The
one is as essential as the other.-Oncc
Npol-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23
WAvERLY HOUSE, IN

~ cne b5Hu 1'nS
The Waverly, having been thoroughly
renovated the past summer and newly fur
nished throughout, makes its sccommoda-
tons unsurpassed. Incandescent Electric
Lights and Electric Bells are used IN all
rooms and Railways Rates $500 and $50.
G. T. Afford, Proprietor.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23
Manning Shaving ParIOr.

HAIR CUTTING ARTISTICALLY EXECUTED.
and Shaving done with best Razors. Spec
ial attention paid to shampooing ladies'
heads.
have had considerable experience IN
several large cities, and guarantee satlstac-
ton to my customers. Parlor next door to
MANNING TINES.
-N>-'''' ED. HAMILTON.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23

Digby-Aw're jawst thawt awf aw
scheme taw keep thaw mawths avt ;I~.i
nav clawthes, daw vaw knaw?
Bigby-Whawt is it:
Digby-Aw-give awm awway-haw,
haMi-Life.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23

Found In The annals OF Philadelphia
He Saw His Father Chasing Jug-The
Incident of the Stolen Pocketbook-The
Seer Eventually Becomes Wreck.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-12

IT would be difficult for the angel of
death to have selected more conspicu-
Gus figure In congress than the Hon. s.
s. Cox. He was one of the oldest and
ablest members OF the house of represent
tatives. A democrat from principle. he
WAS always found on the side of the peo-
pie. and though thorough partisan.
commanded the respect and hearty good
will of his political opponents. During
his long career in congress not breath
of suspicion against his honesty was
ever raised, and to this sterling quality
was added that of generosity and un
bounded kindness While his reputation
for wit and humor was national. his
prominence in public affairs was due
solely to his gigantic intellect, which
made him a leader on his side of the
house. His numerous literary efforts al
so displayed his rare mental power.
Withal he was man of whom there are
not enough representatives in this day
and whose loss will he almost national in
its scope
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-12
ABBREVIATED TELeGRAMS.

The st. Paul railway directors have dc
clared dividend Of 2'S per cent on the pre-
ferred stock, payable Oct 81.
The annual report Of the Fairbanks Scale
company, of st. Johnsbury, VT, shows a
profit of ~ per cent. ON the total stock
II Is said that the Remington Paper com
pany hns sold ~ plant at Waterto wn, ~ Y,
To nn English syndicate for ST. sal. 900.
The bo-iy Of Mss Mead, of Binghamton,
" Y. whose sensational suicide at Niagara
Fills Wa report..i rec 'utly in TIE dispatches,
Wa taken from the Whirlpool Tuesday.
Tn Burton hlOrk corner of Van Buren,
anil Clinton strc'ts, in Chicago, was de
stroyed 10y fire W sln-s lay for the second
rue within i've months, ut n los OF sI5, 900.
limrad
Queru N,ctorin's grand-son-in-law is still
Ia luck tits great horse Donovan won the
st Lrger stakes Wednesday. BY an alleged
agreement with his wife, Princess Louise,
the mnurv hr wins on horse races is all 10 e,
& charitable purposes.
Heary Johnson, n colored deck hand, was
with five companions prrcipitntei into the
Chicago river Wednesday 10y the breaking
Of n gHng-pl1nk. Johnson was the only one
--of ih' ak who could swim and heroically
ua-d his -k,h 10y r-sruing four ut the drown
ing mon Edward B,dse was drowned, t..-
fore johnson ruuld rsnch him
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-12

LANGsToS. the negfo. who Is contest
ant for a seat in congress from the Fourth
Virginia district. announces that he will
support Malone. provided that Malone,
the Virginia state republican committee.
the national republican committee and
the administration will support him
(Langston) in his contest for seat in
the house. To appreciate the GOODNESS
Of this announcement IL must be remem-
bered that Langston ran for congress on
an independent ticket, the regular re-
publican nominee having been named by
Malone. A democrat was elected, and
Langston IL contesting the seat on the
ground that the Malone people stole
votes cast for him. No matter what Ma
hone and the rest may promise, it is very
safe to say that Langston will not occupy
that seat in the next congress.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-12
Rr.curd In Boats.
ROUGH ON THE YACHTS.
scores of the salt Water Racers Scat
tered Around.

Scores of the salt Water Racers Scat
tered Around.
NEW YORK, Sept 1.-The river fronts
yesterday began 10 assume their wonted ap-
pearance, the rise of water having to a great
extent diminished, and nearly all the cellars
and warehouses which were flooded Tuesday
by the extraordinary high tide been pumped
out The damage will he very great. Along
the Harlem river 10 the Harlem bridge
every house east of First avenue was flooded
in the cellars By far the greatest losers
are the yacht clubs along the river front
Out of fleet of thirty yachts only one
remains in front of the Harlem Yacht club
house. Some are sunk, and others are
high and dry in the club yard, cast up by
the heavy seas, while the balance of the
fleet dragged thsir anchors, and are distrib-
uted along the river from Hellgate to Fort
Schuyler. The big feet of the Knicker-
booker Yacht club Is also scattered. Out of
sixty yachts not one held to It's ancqorage in
the teeth Of the gale, and the NorKville
club Is also loser by the disappearance of
two OF its Yachts
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-12
TANNER RESIGNS.
The Pension Office to Have a
New Chief.
GEN. MOBILES ALLEGED ULYIMATUM

Tho Corporal Must Go or q New Interior
Secretary BE seiected-The Cabinet
wrestles with the Dificulty for Two
Hours-Col. Dudley Called from Phia-
delphia to Advise the Commissioner. and
the neutrality-suspicious. as to the Com
ing Man-Cause of the Row.
CHICAGO, Sept IA special to The
Herald from Washington City says Corporal
missioner of pensions to the president last
night at midnight by Marshall.Daniel Rams
dell, who has been the mutual friend in the
matter. The special further says that Col.
w. W. Dudley, who has been in New York
and Philadelphia on business. while in the
latter city, received several kilograms from
Mr.. Tanner. In response to them he took
the limited to Washington City last night,
and as soon as he arrived in
the city, drove ont to Tanners
suburban home, and there discussed the sit
uation with the commissioner and several
other mutual friends, and helped them in
dits the letter of resignation. There is a
story that Tanner will not accept any other
government position if it is rendered him,
but that he will go into the pension business
in this city 1t is also said that both Dud
Icy and Lemon are already making offers
10 have him join their offices.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-12
ROCK BLAND
300 Reward 800.

The readers of the DAILY ARGUS will
be pleased to learn that there is at least
oRe dreaded disease that science has
been able cure in all its stages. and that
is catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the
only positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease, requires consti-
tutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure
is taken internally. acting directly upon
the blood and mucus surfaces of the sys-
tenn, thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease, and giving the patient
strength. by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work.
The proprietors have so much faith in its
curative powers. that they offer one hun
dred dollars for any case that 1t fails to
cure. Send for list of testimonials. Ad-
dres, F. j. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists. 75c.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-12
SITUATION AT OCEAN CITY.

Waves breaking Into Second Floors Of
notwithstanding the Women.
SALISBURY, Md, Sept 12.-The destruc-
tion wrought by the storm at Ocean City is
great. All the porch colunps at the hotels
and cottages are washed away, the doors
and windows broken and furniture is float
ing about the beach. The seas Tuesday
night we're breaking into the second story Of
the Atlantic hotel and Congress hall, and
waves ran six feet deep through the hotels
The furniture is floating in the rooms. A
train was ssnt Tuesday night to rescue the
jewellers on the beach. The work was done
by a large number Of men joining hands and
wading through the water waist deep They
brought the women TO the cars one bY one
seated ON their Joined hands
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-12
Dnzena Of Wrecked Xe..nIa-

LEwEs, Del, Sept 12-The storm was
still raging here yesterday morning. The
names are given OF eleven wrecked vessels,
and there are probably dozens MORE to be
heard from. The ship William T. Grace,
for Philadelphia, Is ashore at the Capes, with
masts gone and the sea breaking over her
Risley, coal from Philadelphia, went to
pieces ON Fourteen Foot bank Tuesday night
The crew came ashore ON pieces of wreck,
but four Of the crew are undoubtedly lost
One man on the raft died and wns thrown
overheard
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-12
CONGRESSMAN oops FUNERAL.
a List of PAIL Hearers and AIternates
Me.aanas nf o.,

A List of Psll-Bearsrs and Alternates-
Messages of ~ mpathy.
NEW YORK, Sept l2.--Ths funeral of S.
s. Cox will take place tomorrow morning
at the Presbyterian churca, Tenth street an
University place The following gentlemen
have been selected as pall-bsarcrs, but sew
eral changes in the list may prove necessary
Gen. Sherman, Vice Pros dent Morton J. T.
Aenew, Senator Dawes. Superintendent
Kimball, Gen. F. A. w llker, ex- Attorney
General Garland, Ex-Governor Hoadly,
Charles A Dana and Col Cockerill list
Of alternate pall-bearers includes the names
of ex-President Clevela nd, Governor Hill
Hon. A G. Thurman, Chief Justice Fuller
Senator Beck, Thomas Ewing and Senator
Payne.
Letters Of sympathy have been received by
Mrs. Cox from many noted personages, in
Guiding ex-President Cleveland, Governor
Hill, Senator Voorhees,, W. s Holman anC
Senator Hiscock. Among those who lef
cards at the door yest5 rdsy were Murat
Hastead, Clifton r. Breckenridge, Mayo
Grant, o. b. Potter, s. V White and Post
master Van Colt
Flags on municipal buildings will b.
placed at half mast during the funeral
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-12
M'AUlIFFE STOPS KlLLEN.

The Pacific Coast Champion a Winner in
Seven Rounds.
SAN FRaNcIsco. Sept IA fight to q
finish, Queensberry rules, between Pat XII
len, heavyweight champion Of the north
west, and Joe McAuliffe, ex- champion heavy
weight of the Pacific coast, for a purse Of
s., 500, $500 to the loser, took place at the
Golden Gate Athletic club last night Mo
Auliffe weighed 203 pounds and Killen 1876.
The fight was Macs from the beginning,
Killeu getting the worst of it in each round.
In the fifth Killen was dazed by the last
blow and could have been knocked out but
Mac did not follow him up. The fight was
finished in the seventh round, by an upper
cut while Pat was clinging to the ropes, al.
most done for
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-12
Lynch Disposes of Two Men.

CHARLOTTE, N. c., Sept IA special to
the Chronicle says that Frank Stack, a
white man, and Dave Boone, colored, were
lynched at Morganton, Burke county, about
= o'clock yesterday morning, by mob OF
$50 men, who overpowered the jailor and
broke open the prisoners cell Stack was in
Jail on the charge of shooting Robert Parker
last August, and Boone was charged with
killing Eli Holder, a white man. at a camp
ing ground about two weeks ago. 1t is said
that Boone confessed, but that Stack pro-
tested his innocence to the last. The jailei
claims to have recognized three of the lynch
ing party, and warrants have been issued
for their arrest.