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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-16
A Princely host.

One Of the most lovely Of Alpine
health resorts is Bad-Kreuth, q hamlet
Of some half dozen houses built by the
side Of sDring of mineral water. The
charm Of The resort is not, however, due
to its loneliness, nor to its healing
waters, but to the fact that its landlord
q Prince Ludwig Of Bavaria, courteous
host, who in his management Of the
la.ace combines q lucrative business with
a most generous Charity.
The prince, the eldest son Of Duke
Iaximi!ian and the brother of the en-
press of .:cs,Tia, surrendered to his
younger brother, Karl Theodor, all his
rights az the head of the family, because
he wished to marry q lady of inferior
social position, with whom he had fallen
in love.
The marriage proved to be happy
one, and 70 this day, though more than
thirty years have passed since they were
united, the princes manner to his wife
Is more that Of a lover than middle
aged married man. They have no chill
drea, and live for the greater part of the
year in 4 simple suite of apartments ct
Rad-Sreuth, where, according to q
WlitCf l.! tEe SCfIhltl 1:..sosaZIi1e, Sile Gil
fuses brightness and happiness around
her, and he shows how a prince may
earn an honest livelihood, and be the
first, not to receive, but to render aid.
The whole of the health resort belongs
to tho ducal family. The servants are
theirs, and the entire management Of
the place is under Prince LuGwig's su-
pccintendence. He is his own butcher,
6rewe-, Gsiryman and baker.
During June, July and August kreuth
is flied with southern Germans. who
pay literally for their rooms and board,
and male these months the princes
harvest time. During May and Septem-
ber the prince receives no paying guests,
but fills the house with those he calls bis
friends" They are those who are too
proud to ask for charity, but need little
help-cficers depending upon their pay,
university students, poor professors,
struggling literary men and artists.
Two or three hundred Of these
friends" are housed, fed and tended ct
the hotel during May and September as
carefully IS the wealthicst guests, and
that. too, without its costing them one
penny. If at the height Of the paying
saason room is left vacant, some poor
invalid is invited to occupy it, and no
one can tel from the manner Of the host
or his servants that the new arrival IS
not q millionaire.
Prince Ludwig never forSets face or
name, and has pleasant word for
every o2e, whether . paving guest or a
friend Ills manner is the same to ell,
tie sympathetic greeting OF a courteous
host and the kindly greeting of a well
L.nl NM
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-16
Severely Burned.

Miss Bette Brsswell, Of the Spring
Branch neighborhood, four miles from
Marion, during the convulsjons Of an epi.
leptic fit last Wednesday fell in the fire and
was so severely burned that there is little
hope cf her recovery. She lives with her
br6,her, Mr. ]. ". Braswell, and it was Al;
his h use that the accident occurred. Mrs.
Braswell, was away from home at the bed
side of her mother, Mrs. ". B. Gasque,
who was at the time very i'll, and no orc
was on the premises with her but her aged
grand mother, ard she was out IN the yard
Is soon as the rigor of the tit had spent it
self and consciousness returned She
screamed-thus bringing her grandmother
to her aid. Her cloti ing was almost COM
ple,ely consumed, her hair was all gone
and her person was horribly burned by the
time The old lady reached her side, DR..
Mcmillan was summoned, but he enter
tains but slight hopes of her recovery
Marion Index.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-16
4 Vicious Negro.

Frank Phillips, q negro, was brought
before Trial Justice McMaster this morn
ing charged with larceny and an assault OF
a high nature. he was accused by J. H.
Eil.ard, young white man. of having
stolen two quilts from his wagon while it
was standiUs in the streets yesterday, and
when accused Of the theft, Phillips (who
is an ex canvicD turned upon him with a
knife and threatened to cut him: He then
dropped the stolen prope ty and made of.
but was subsequently, arrested. In default
of $500 bail, he was committed to jail 10
await rial at the spring term of court for
both the larceny and the assault.
While IL the court room Phillips made
two attempts to strike another negro who
testified against him. and was only quieted
by policeman putting handouts on him.
-Colunbia Daily Record, January II.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-16
Effect Of the Copyright Law.

The effect upon the book trade Of the
proposed copyright law is rot as yet
clearly understood. The law is demanded
not to protect foreign but native authors.
The American writer has for years been
struggling to get place in a buyers mar
kct. where be has had to compete with
tie work not Of men who were his equals
0: his suDeriors, but Of men whose woT:::;s,
whatever their value, could be got for
nothing. That American authors have
gained the place they hold in the fall oi
5l.c food Of English books which has
dclused this market is enormously to
tl.eir credit. They have forced people to
by by the real excellence of their work
in .!,a face of the most cruel kind of op-
position. The immediate effect OF Tie
Is: viii be to stimulate american
critters. 1t will also pat an erd to v:!.;::
AZ called cheap libraries, IS ever DOCK
s-o.th reprinting vii! be protected BY
;.,nvright. Literature.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-16
A Warm Reception.

Mr.. James Davis was united in the holy
bonds of matrimo:y on the 25th ult., to
Miss Amanda Beckham. The father in
law, Mr. Columbus Beckham, three Or four
days after the happy event. from some
cause ordered his son in-law not to put his
foot in his yard again. Davis not under
standing the old gentleman to be IN earnest
upon his return from bird limiting walked
up to the house, when the old man met
him and let iu upon him with stick. Da-
Wis bore the beating for time with TOR
bearance. but concluding the thing had
proceeded far enough, turned upon the ole
gentleman and fred load of birdshnt INTO
bis leg, which pacifed the irate pare sho
sough safety in fight, verifying &c old
adage:
THAT he who fights and runs away,
Lives to fight another day"
Lancaste- Ledger.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-16
JAPANESE ARTISANS.
Carpenters Who Work in Grade Ways, but
Achieve Superior Results.

The japanese artisan has four hands
ard twelve fingers. He uses his feet as
al extra pair Of hands, and his two great
ts:es can wrap themselves around the
articles with which hc works like an
americans thumb. | saw a cooper at
work n,endins bucket. Ee held the
bucket between his feet while he sat
down to his work and put on the hoops
with . hammer and wedge. His legs
were bare and his cue was tied in the
old Jauaaese fashion, while his almond
eyes closely watched the work he had
before him. After ten minutes Of pound
inS he laid down his tools and took a
smoke, and during the hour that I sat
rear him he smoked four times. The
japanese pipe only holds pinch of
.o5acco. ard he could Go this cheaply,
but the time consumed was at least
tvyen:v minutes. This perpetual siesta
is one os tie features OF japanese labor.
! arl told by Old american residents that
p Japanese workman will not do one
third as much a Gay as an American
workman, and in every case they seem
to do t!icir work in the =. est Of w::::;::.'.
The methods Of labor il, Japan ;tc2 the
carpenters, for instance, pull their planes
the other way, and when they use the
drawing knife they push it from them
instead OF pulling it towards them. They
do most Of their work sitting and they
90 all the work on the pull stroke in
stead Of the push stroke, and they stand
the board as rule at an agile of d degs.
against something rather than lay it On
a hcnc!, OF sawllo1sc as we do. They do
their marking, not with chalk, but with
a reel and an mixed string when they
wish to saw in a straight line, and the
whole of the work of turning the rough
LOGS into the finest Of cabinet work is
done by hand.
There are no planning mills in Japan,
and the sawmiils can be counted on the
fingers Of one hand The usual method
of saving logs into boards is to stand the
log at an angle against the support and
saw it by hand. The saw used is not the
powerful cross cut saw of America, but
wide short japanese instrument, which
has a handle about two feet long, and
which looks like q butchers cleaver filed
into saw.
The human sawnill stands on top Of
the log or under it, ana pulls away for
ten hours day for about thirty cents
Skilled carpenters IN cities get about
forty American cents q day, and the best
men in the business dohot get over forty
five. Still, you will find no better work
men in the world than here. Their work
is done with the use of very few nails,
and they have to be cabinetlnakers as
wellascarpenters. Every japanese house
has walls which must move IN grooves
in and out every day, and the ordinary
home is as finely put together as a bureau.
The joining Of everything is by dovetall-
ing, and the japanese could teach our
American worknlen much in the polish
ing and joining of Gne woods.
Speaking Of house building, the Japan
ese begin their work at the top. The
roof goes on first, and then they begin to
build the walls and toconstruc. the inte-
rior.-Frank G. Carpenter.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-16
The Beaufort Elections.

BEAUFORT, Jan. S-Che decision Of
Judge aldrich in the mattec OF TIE dis
pu,ed title 10 the county Offices was hlao
here today His Honor has rendered sr
elaborate and wen-digested decree. render
ing decision that: is nos only justified by
The numerous authorities he cites, but BY
every notion OK public policy. the con-
clusioa With which VIC are mostly con-
cerped is that the Probate Judge, the Ccuu-
ty Commissioners and The Coroner, who
have beer holding on ard refusing to sur:
render the "books. papers, records and
furniture" are ordered forthwith to turn
them over to the newly-e!ected officers IL
their tead.-Spec;al 70 Charleston World.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-16
THE REV. WIN. MARTIN.
A Short Account of the Life of One Of the
Oldest Citizens of Columbia.
columbia Record, January H.


Columbia Record, January ~
The Rev. William Martin, notice OF
whose death appeared in TIE RECORD OF
yesterday, was born in Mecklenburz coun'
ty, n. c., on March 4th. 1907. He entered
the ministry Of the Methodist Church at
about the age of 21, becoming a member
of the South Carolina Conference in 1925.
Since then, for sixty years, he has labored
nard in the service of the Lord.
sssHis ministry in Columbia has been logger
than that of any other Methodist preacher,
and II is thought that his service as min
ist,r has been longer than that of any other
one of his denomination in the South.
He vas one of the founders of the Fe-
malesCollege Of this city, and was its presl-
dent for three years For eight years he
was chaplain of the Penitentiary and for
one year chaplain of the Lunatic Asylum.
He spent eight years in mission service
among the negroes.
Early in his ministry he worked throush
the yellow fever scourge in Charleston. He
contracted the disease himself while en-
gagged in this noble work of work.
But for Mr. Martins devotion to his
church, and his energy and courage amidst
poverty aud encouragement, the present
Washington Street Church would not haze
been built. He collected and paid out
every dollar for the erection of the Marion
Street Church, ard founded the Columbia
City Mission, which is now located on the
corner of Green and Assembly streets.
His influence here was strong and cx.
tended. He has minis,ered to all classes OF
society, and was beloved by rich and poor:
He married Miss Margaret Maxwell, OF
Scotland. and through her he has been con
nected with the education OF girls for
nearly fifty years.
He was the founder Of the famous Way
side Hospital. where so many sick Confed
crate soldiers were tended, aud he devoted
himself to its charge
Tue Rev VIM. Martin leaves q widow,
:. daughter, Miss Isabel D. Martin, Of this
city, and q son, DR.. Henry Martin, OF Sum-
uicrvilse.
The Rev. Messrs. James H. Carlisle, A.
Coke Smith and Wm. T. Caprrs hsve been
4elecrapheG Tor, asd will come to attend
'he funeral, which will take place at the
Washington Street Methodist Church to-
morrow, at 10 NJ.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-16
Bcran Life Over Again.

rode up town from the court with
man who is now p1ospering II rcspoa.
sible business position iii New York, and
who holds the respect and confidence Of
his EMPLOYERS, who, wher WAS il the
far west a dozen years back, was in state
prison on the Pacific coast for forgery:
lie had been employed in commercial
house, had been bitSn 10y the mama ior
stock gambling, and landed behind bars;
When he was released he came cast ana
began life over again, and lis record
shows, IS clearly as any record can at
least, that he gathered wisdom from
chasti4ement, and really comm! need .
new Life with his new name.-fittsburg
B;ilatin.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-16
INVITATIONS given out by the friends 0

INVITATIONS given out by the friends Of
General Harrison furnish ground for the
belief that there will not be an immediate
clean sweep of Office holders. A CORES.
pondeut recently asked Senator Frye OF
Maine whether he expected rapid changes
in the offices in that State, and he replied
that be did not. He expressed the opinion
that General Harrison would allow compe-
tent men at least to serve out their terms
I'VE have promised not to make clean
sweep said the Senator, '.anc l think we
ought TO keep the promise" Congressman
Miliken, of Maine, is not very enthusias-
tic reformer, but he said the other day: Il
think that we shall treat the Democrats as
well as they have treated US. They have
left goodmany postmasters in my district
for two or three years, and shall not urge
their that successors be turned out at once
unless there is some special reason.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-16
Found Dead in a Barn.

Last night, about half-pasi Q O'Clock, a
colored man named George Washington
johnson called at The Police Station and
sad he had found the dead body of a colored
man il his barn, at the Belmont farm,
about four miles aboye the city. johnson
said he did rot know who the man was.
He had gone iuto The loft Of tic barn 70 get
some fodder for his horse and STOPPING
down to pick up bundle of fodder he
picked up mans les instead. He was
very much frightened, and he waited only
long enough to discover that the man was
col0red and that he was dead. He then
came to the city and notified ne police au-
thorities. Deputy Coroner Rivers VIII go
Up torhc place this morning snd hold an
inouest.-News and Courier.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-16
Co1ored Woman on Fire.

About 7 oclock yesterday morning an
old colored woman named Cipdy Washing
ton was burned accidentally at her residence
at No. 30 King street 1t seems that she
was near the fire and that her garments
caught fire. Before she could extlngulsh
the flames her lower limbs were painfully
burned. Her screams, however, brought
assistance and her garments, which had
not been torn from her body, were envel-
oped in blanket, which extincuished the
blaze. The womap's injuries are painful,
hut not serious.-News and Courier.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-16
Death ofa venerable Preacher.

One bg one the old Landmarks pass away
and but few years more, we, who were
boys thirty years ago. will live to see the
last lines obliterated. The Rev. Adam
Ivy, whose name was familiar to every
household in Lancaster county. died at
Bushnell, Fla. at the residence OF bis SON
!n-law, Mr.. G. NJ Blake, December SO
1888. at the advanced age Of 50 years, 5
months and 20 days He was born in this
county, Qa,;ian Land) and lived here all
MS lifeuctil recently, when he went with
some Of his children to Florida. he was
;wice married, an,i was the father OF thir-
.een children, al! - Thon grew 70 .nanhoo
enG womanhcod. .-Larcae: ct Leo ser.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-16
a REVOLUTION IN Fannie.
A Secret that Solves Difficult Problem
and that will Prove Mine Of Wealth to
From the News and courier.)

t-le Soutn.
CFrom the News and courier.)
A discovery that promises to be of the
utmost importance to the Southern
States has been made by DR.. G. +.
Panknin, of Charleston. It is not prac-
ticabIe or proper at this time to give the
details, but sufficient can be said to show
the nature of the discovery and Its value.
At different times many experiments
looking to the. cultivation Of ramie have
been made in the South and the plant,
it has been found, can be grown without
difficulty. It will grow anywhere that
cotton grows at no expense whatever
for cultivation. It grows ike a weed
and is not subject to the ravages of
worms, nori is it liable to any of the other
maladies to which the more tender cotton
is subject. Ramie then can be grown
without difficulty. The trouble hitherto
has been to ind quick and inexpen-
sive way in which the bark of the ramle
plant could be prepared for manufacture
without injury to the peculiar quality
aud value Of the fibre. It is such pro-
cess as that which has been SO long
sought which DR.. Pankriu has discoV-
cred.
Without any mechanical process Of
conse quence and by simple chemical
treatment. occnp: ing in all from forty
e;xht to sixty noars, TIE bark Of the
ramie is brought into condition to be
carded and spun, SO thatin this condition
it is available for al: asShe various
uses for the different textile materials,
such as the finest cotton and silk. DR..
Pankuin has been engaged on his ex-
pertinent tor a considerable time, and
has row brought it to a satisfactory
conclusion.
The process, as has been said, is OF the
simplest possible character. the only
difficulty being to find cut the process
Rsmie is cultivated and is manufactured
Tor use III fine domestic goods, linens
and similar cloths, but che process is
kept secret and the right to make use OF
Il is NOt sold,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-16

''You know that the poet said bars do
not make prison. y VERY true; but they
sometimes get you into one.
1t is mistake to think that you cannot
have mourning goods dyed. Take them
to the colored man; he dies black.
The work Of lighting th@ Hoosac Tunuel
with electricity is probably one Of the most
difficult electric light ventures ever brought
to successful issue
They have church for deaf-mutes in
Philadelphia. The people who occupy
the back pews are never heard complaining
that they can't hear what the minister says.
However, front seats are desired, as all
want see the sermon.
Western sportsmen complain that wild
duck are becoming very scarce, and attrib-
utetheir scarcity to the use of duck eggs in
making new glue that is manufactured in
Canada. The eggs having become valua-
hle, hunters despoil nests and thus mate
rally reduce the supply of young ducks.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-16
The Department OF Agriculture.

Commissioner Butler has received 2C0
copies of the following circular letter to be
sent to various persons in the State:
AUSTIN, Texas, December 20, 1898.
DEAR SIR: At the last Southern Inter
state Immigration Convention, which con-
vened at Montgomery, Ala, December
f2-14. the following resolution was unani-
mously adopted, to which your sttention
is most respectfully solicited.
Convention, il Montgomery, Alabama, as
sembled.
BE IL Resolved, That those of the South
ern States whose legislatures are now in
session, or when heteafter next convened,
beaSd they are hereby prayed to make
suitable and ample appropriations to pro-
mote the cause of immigration, and TO car
~ eut to the highest success the plans and
purposes promoted and promulgated by this
convention.
Resolved further, Thst the secretary of
this conyendonSbe. requested promptly to
transmit TO the Governors of the respective
States and Territories represented in this
meeting, certified copies of the foregoing
resolution, with the ree6est that they cali
taaatten1or@fg the egislaSuress of their
St&ss tSghe SanHe.s sE Ss
TheEaNowiDg states were represented in
this great convention: Alsbssna, Arkan-
sas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louis
lana, Mississippi. Moth: Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee TeSasg Virginia, and
the territorg5f New .Mexieo, and each
member ofshe executive committee repre-
senting said Statesins $Sathern Bureau
has 5ees supplied with tive hundred cop
les of this circular IN order that the COVER
nor and each member of both houses Of
the legislature of their respective states
may be supplied with this certide copy OF
ssid resolution as ;ordered BY the conven-
ton at Montgomery.
In bis admirable speech before the 1mm!-
grafton Convention, Governor ,Seay de-
elare6 that ''our faces are forever set to the
essswsgd4 apdeferWaIa is the best word in
the language Alabama has 20 copgratu-
late herself that she has q governor who IS
IN sympathy With every progressive move
nent, and WhossToice gives no uncerrsin
sound on,the great Questi,es tha. are. pi esS-
ing for asteDifon aud soluti, y; and IL is BE-
beyed that there is no State IN tine South
but will, through It's governor and legisla-
lure place itself on record in the march OF
progression and advancement of its hest
interests by speedily taking steps to aid IN
this great Southern work for all of which
We pray. Respectfully,
F. 3. Chiffon,
General Manager Southern Inter State In.
migration Bureau
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-16
Harrtson's Latest Gift.

General Harrison has received present
that is not likely to be placed among bis
collection of gifts. Itwas an advertising
sign.fron q Milwaukee brewery, giving In
bright colers view of General Harrison
and Grover Cleveland sitting at q table
drinking overfowing glasses OF beer. served
to. them by female in scant dress, with
an outline of the White House in the back
ground. It was sent to the President elect
by express by the audacious advertisers
lndianspolis News.
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! new reporter was sent to investigate g
rumor that q well.knowl citizen had be.
come insane. The next morning the 1ol-
lowing paragraph appeared IL the paper:
There was report yesterday that some
thing was the matter with Mr.. Saunders S
head. 1t is as sound as it has always beea.
There is nothing in ii" The reporters
csfcer ended there and then.
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i London paper says that the art of the
goldsmith is disappearing, owing to the
cheapuess of diamonds. Tne value Of jew
ELY now depends on the precious stones II
CO .ains, rather than upon the beauty OF
workmanship.
You can never judge mans sorrows by
the size of his nat band
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-16
A misfortune much sought by young

men-A young heiress.
The abolition of slavery in Brazil is said
to have had deplorable effect upon the
industries of the empire, and financial
crash is anticipated. The wants of freed
men being few, they will not work stead
ily. Habits of industry and thrift are yet
to be acquired. The financial outlook is SO
unfavorable that bank shares and similar
securities have suffered decline Of thirty
TO fifty per cent.