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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-06
Disnaved the Drummer.

A Boston cigar drummer, whose resi-
dence is in Taunton, tells story on him
self with great glee. He was in Hartford,
Conn, one evening, and after loung1ng
about the hotel in disconsolsts loneliness
for an hour or two he asked the clerk If
there was anything going on IN town.
The clerk suggested taking in masque-
rsde ball that was ia progress. The
drummer thought tee idea WAS gooo
one. but ne hadn't any costume. The
clerk suggested that he should borrow
the colored porter's overalls and jumper,
black his face and hands aud go. The
suggestion was promptly acted upon, and
for an hour the bogus cclored man talked
African English and had high old tins
among the masked bellies. Finally the
signal to unmask was given, and when
the masks came off great wave OF dark
ness swept over the hall. Every blessed
man, woman and child in the place was
a full-blooded negro! The drummer cast
one panic stricken look at the crowd,
and then made for the door. When he
reached the hotel he resumed his old
time personality and set up the wine.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-06
The Scotch.Irish Race.

There will assemble at Columbia,
Tenn, on the 9Th of May ,ext, acongress
of the Sco.ch-Irish race. Every State in
the Union, Canada ard the Union King
dom will be represented by prominent
representatives of this race, who will
participate in the exercises of the con-
gress.
The object of the congress is to revive
the memories and compile the history OF
the race. showing its impress upon
American civilization. It will be devoid
of religious or political significance. DIS.
tirguished speakers and orators VIII
reau historical papers and deliver orstlons
conmemorating the deeds of theScotch-
Irish
The information thus gathered vail be
compiled into history and perpetuated
to prosperity. The opening address will
be delivered by Col Mcclure, of Phila-
deipnis. DR. John Hall and other emf
pert diyines and scholars have accepted
invitations to speak. The feature OF
especial interest in connection with the
congress will be the reunion OF ex.Con-
federate and Federal soliiers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-06
Tcrnrsor,s Little joke.

On one occasion it came to Mr.. Tenny-
sons knowledge that two men were hlc-
;ng behi.,! trees Oil either side Ct tie
drive, presumably to have look - htc-
VIXEN lie went cut for his Usual "'ai:i.
Lord Tvnlyson, ct once seeing q chance
cf Some fun, called in his gardener, al
old man. Ee toll him Of the two r.an.
AID riatie hi2, put en- his velvet coat a7c
wide awake hat. Then the Cd n;;.:
sailed fort:a aud made his w;:!!; to t!.:s'
drive, dow:n which he walked as though:
in deep meditation. He had not gone
very sir vixen he heard a mans voice
corning from behind, with strong
Yankee tw:.Yc, say: Now I've seer
Lord Teaay son; guess II! go EotHe tc'
AnuYik1 "-LoaGon Et2r.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-06
WATERMELON FARMING.
How the Crop Compares In LABOR ana
Profit with Cotton In Barnweu.


How tho Crop Compares in Labor and
Profit with Cotton In BarnweH.
tgamberg Special to Charleston worldl
There is much preparation going on
in this neighborhood for the planting OF
large watermelon crop. There will be
larger acreage planted here this year
than was planted last year. The induce
ments for planting are safer than hereto
fore. Buyers are offering 500 dollars
per carload for melons weighing from
eighteen pounds upward, payable with
an accepted draft now, so that, indeed,
all the risk to the planter now Is the
season. Formerly he had to risk making
the melons, and if be should succeed in
making them, he ran big risk of being
unable to sell them at fair prices he
was completely at the mercy OF the buyer
but now he has his accepted Graft. which,
by its terms, becomes convertible lnto
ca h upon th- delivery of his melons at
his nearest depot, regardless of the STOCK
en- hand or the condition Of the market
But even with these favorable Induce
meuts, the farmer prefers to take his own
risk and make no sale until his crops are
ready for market, when certain clrcum-
stances night make ctrcf melons which
now are worth sixty I've dollars, worth
double the amount when matured ana
ressdy for Shipment
Melon growing is moders tely, profit.
able in comparison with other crops OF
this climate.
1t is estimated that it requires an
average Of three acres OF ordinary land
to produce one Car of melons. 1t would
require about the sane acreage OF the
aaut,sy OF land to produce one bale Of
cuttcn. 1t requires 400 pounds of soin-
ble guano per acre on the melon crop,
and about 800 pounds on the cotton crop,
but It does not require more than hsif
the labor to cultivate an acre Cf melous
that All acre of cotton demands. 1t costs
about $40 70 gather and load csr OF
meio3s, "a 1t costs the same to gather
aud kin Z. 3ale OF cotton. The Car OF
melons wuep loaded is worth sixty-h7e
dollars cash in July and August. The
bale Of cotton is worth forty or forty i've
dollars cash IN September to Decem 'ef.
By the above comparison it would
seem that melon planting now was slight
ly more profitable than cotton raising,
but il should be mentioned that the same
land will not produces marketable melons
oftener than every third or fourth year,
while cotton will succeed itself on the
same land with fair results for number
OF yesrs, and, on the other hand, 1t
should be borne in mind that the farmer
has much time to devote to the prepzra-
ton and Improvement of his lands, and
to other employments and to other
crops.
The greatest difficulty in the way Of
melon farming is the hauling, which
cannot be done if the farm is situated ct
any great distance from tie depot. 1t
would seem more profitable than other
crops if the land be situated two miles
or less from the depot; over that distance
the hauling is too expensive to make
melon growing atan profitable. D. e.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-06
Some Figures by a Reporter.

One of the problems with which report
e. on /. morning newspaper has to deal is
the probability Of hndiog at home the men
whom he is assigned to Interview after s
o'clock iu the evening. Long experience
teaches him that the vocation, age and So
cial position of the person sought will ena-
bic him to estimate the chance very accu-
rate!y. Assuming 10J to represent the
Certainty of finding his man, the pro5abill-
ties will run about as follows: Clergymen,
on Monday and Saturday nights; s6; other
nights, 40. Old lawyers, rs; young law
yers, unmarried, 25. Capitalists and ban
kers, rs. Politicians, between campaigns,
80; politicians, during campaigns, 5: Clerks
living at home, 20; clerks, boarding, 10.
Physicians, so. Merchants, so. Mechanics
70. Young women, unmarried, 90; mar.
ried women in society, so; married women
without special aspirations, So Old peo-
pc, past 70 years. 95 After 10 O'Clock al
blight the chances of finding lnidde-agrd
people at home are double the 5 o'clock
chances, while the younger ones on the
average usually come strolling in about II
o'clock. Buffalo Express.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-06
A New Danger.

The Introduction Of leprosy into the
United States must be stopped and the
terr;.!e disease stamped out at once, or
it will be tie most uEmanageable Of al!
epiderlic8 that ever visited our Land.
There is no longer any question Of It's
Being cc1nmunicablc. The lepers have
invaded British Columbia, and had such
free access to the Indians that the whole
race OF rcd rlen is infected. The antaS-
onisrn to Chinese immigration will be
more widespread than ever, and VIII ce
based en- something besides race pre]u-
dice I; would be far better to stop
qua-antinins against yellow fecer and
smallpox, FOR while the latter kill more
quickly. ley-osy devours its victims with
a living Death. When will our authcri-
ries get we'll aroused to appreciate the
danger TIA, IS coming upon us:-St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-06
4 Palace OF Salt.

The people Of Salt Lake City are con
te,nplating the erection Of q great Salt
Palace" It would Ee u structure that
would lay in the shade all the ice and
Corn nalaccs ever constructed. The main
part OF the structure could be Of the finest
specimens CT roci: s;slt to Ec found III the
qllarrics. cIlisclcG, carved and artistically
arranged; while the interior fittings
should be Of crystail:Zed work from the
lake on grand scale. Such palace
should be permanent if properly pro-
tected from the winter rains: it could Ee
made Of the most unique and striking
style Of architecture; it could lie made
one of the wonders OF the world When
Lighted by electricity the structure would
have all the sparkle and diamond glitter
of the great ice palaces, and with the
difference in tie salt palaces favor, the
heat wouli not melt or dim its glorieS in
the east.-Virginia (Nev.) Enterprise.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-06
Sow wounded Men Behave.

In a letter to the Chicago Leader
General FAM Sigel writer: '.If a soldier
is wounded his behavior depends on the
raanner II which he is wounded and
9hether he Is If qa;et OF excltsble
temper. Flesh wounos received. III &c
tiou are in many csses not fe,t at al,
until the blood comes and the MAI ge.s
exhausted. Wien bone is struck the
shock is crest ard accompanied by acute
pain. I have seen poor fellows struck IN
the breast by MIME balls remaining in
action for minutes. then sinking on their
knees or fling on their faces. Not ali
snch seve.',> wounds are mortal. Ssfet.
Ture, Of tue Twelfth Missouri, received
s bail which went rigat through both
temples, and he lived ior years after
ward; a soldier who was shot through
his left lung lived for whole year.
General Shields was shot through his
hreastin Mexico and reached an advanced
age. The worst hits are Of course those
by canister and round shot, and are
mostly mottal. They take off arms or
legs, or the head of man, as was the
case with the captain of q Southern bat
terry in the battle of Pea Ridge. Splinters
of Shells are less dangerous, but when
thrown into groups and columns may
disable many men. A single shell from
Pbaixhao gun sent from Port Duncan,
Maryland Heights, in my presence, to
Bolivar agaiDsS a group of Southern
horsemen killed General Lewis and
wounded or killed l9 of his companions.
have heard wounded soldiers groaning
under great pain, but never heard
them crying out or using profane Ian
guage. When halting on horseback on
the right OF the Twenty-fourth Massa-
chusetts in the bittle of New Market, the
regiment was under fire at close range
for about 40 minutes, losing 200 men IN
killed and wounded, but not a loud cry
was heard from those who were wound
ed"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-06
4 HERMIT FISHERMAN.
ae Lived on So Year and Has Accumu-
lated q Goodly Fortune.

"Zeb, the hexait fisherman" lives in
a filthy hovel down near the ocean in the
town of Stonington. He wears the old
time fisherman costume of blue overalls,
Jacket and skull cap to match. He, too,
was disappointed in love, and took to
fishing in solitude for a livelihood. He
next courted the Bible, and can repeat
it from Genesis through to Revelations
BY heart With capital OF 500, which
he invested in dory, he has amassed
fortune estimated at $4,000. For i've
years lie lived in shanty expending but
IS q year for food His clothes he wore
70 shreds, and his fGci he picked UP on
the beach During that time he saved
S425 with which he bought his present
home. Here for thirty out of thirty five
wears it cost hi:l but SO annually for the
necessities of life. while lis earnings he
invested in real estate.
The property purchased by hin lies
a!ony ,:.r water IrcE;, and at that time
u.as at the mercy Of the sea, which cast
is huge waves far inshorc during a gale.
leo Immediately began the laborlouS
work Of building a breaEv'2ter. or rather
4 se,a:":i!i Til; he t:i.. nc and IT,.
sisted. Il is Of stone. ;:iiy $50 feet il
lc:.gtf and five feet in i.,.i2ht The work
was al. douc hc hand, the big stones
b~i,l:, ca:tcd i: a l!Gule made wheelbar-
row ana cons::%iing year time.
After this joh had been completed Zcb
began the erection Of his first tenement
house. With pickax, q spade and a
whcel5arrow lie cxcavated for the cellar,
using the dirt to I'll in the hole back of
The spawa!l Ec walled up the cellar
with stHl> and thoil secured carpenters
to bulk! Il house This cost him 500.
The pa i:2;iiig ard papcri@S nc did himself.
s.; so0.l az this one was completed he
5cr.,,!n wcrk upon second. He continued
his labor, anu now has ten houses, side
bY side, ell built the same way. Each OF
these houses brings hi.il u monthly rental
CT s., ana they arc all occupied
but he las not neglected his fishing
during this time I!e has made from
$500 to $50, and sometimes $500 q year.
This moi:cy he turned into property or
place.! in tie savings bank. 1t is sup
pcacd by many townsfolk that he also
has considerable hid in his sleeping room,
the aY!Maments of which consist of q
three pronsed pitchfork, hatchet and
a stove poker The past five years have
been more expensive to him than any
previous oncs. His fortune has accumu.
lated to such an extent that his expendl-
lures now average 1925 year, which
includes insurance, taxes, food and fuel.
-Norwivl, Conn., Cor. Boston Globe.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-06
An OId-Fashioned Gun.

A curious Thibetan musket or match.
lock has found it's way from Sikkim,
where it was picked up alter a battle.
to Calcutta 1t is described in the In
dian papers as OF primitive design, al
though comparatively new. 1t is
smooth-bore muzzle-loader, mounted
on long, narrow stock. The barrel
is fitted with a double-pronged rest
the points of which are sharply shod,
30 that the rest itself may either be
placed firmly in the ground or used. II
necessary. as a bayonet. The contriv-
ance is ingenious, and the weapon Is
not altogether to be despised. At
tached TO it is a belt, on which are
strung nix hollow wooden plugs for
powder charges and a small horn for
priming rowder.-PAilaasl2hla Ledger.
The third game IL the Tchigorin-
Steinitz chess contest has been played.
1t occupied nine hours and fifty minutes.
Tchigorin, the Russian champion, began
the game with the Buy Lopez gamolt,
and after his eighty third move Stelnltz,
who used the black, resigned.
Senator Allison has returned to Wash
incton from his visit to General Harrison
at Indianapolis. As to the result OF ms
conference with the Presldent-elecs the
senator decline to say anything for publ
cation.
1t will be only few years before all the
space for interment in Englands most
historical abbey, Westminster, WILL be
filed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-06
GROWTH OF ALASKA.
Extracts from the Annual Report o.
Governor A. p. Swincrord.

Governor A. p. Swinc!ord.
The Governor of Alaska, A. P.
Swineford, in his annual report to the
Secretary of the Interior, states thai
the white population has greatly in
creased and he estimates that there
are $4,000 natives. The total popula-
tion is 49, $50 and of this number there
are $500 whites, 1900 Creo!es and g.
$50 Aleuts. In regard to the settle
ment of the public lands the Govern
or states that all settlers in Alaska
upon public lands are mere squatters
who are awaiting legislation from Con-
gress which will enable them to secure
titles. All the salmon factories in the
Territory, seventeen in number, are
located on the public lands. He asks
favorable consideration by the depart
ment of the bill pending before Con-
gress providing for the organization
OF the Territory. The Governor says
that as far as he knows there are no
practical farmers or gardeners in the
Territory. The only obstacle in the
way Of agriculture. in the opinion OF
the Governor, is that the lands are not
available for settlement. He says that
the climate is favorable and the soil
rich. He sees no reason why Alaska
may not ultimately rival Montana and
Wyoming as q cattle country. The
stamp mine on Douglass Island, which
the report states is lie largest in tho
world, has al estimated output OF
$150,000 in gold per month. Other
gold mines are being developed in the
same, and the report notes tho sale OF
four claims for sl,50C,000 Promising
silver discoveries have been made.
The Governor thinks that there is
enough coal in the Territory 10 supply
the whole of the United States for
centuries. There are fourteen pub
lie schools in Alaska, which last
year were placed under the charge
of the Territorial board. The Govern
or recommends that the general agent
be made more amenable to the authori-
ty of the board of which he is MEM
Der and secretary. Last year, the re-
port states, the general agent was ab-
sent for six months from the Territory
without leave. In addition to the
public schools, there are eight Protest
ant, two Catholic and seventeen Graco-
Russian mission schools. The Govern
or reiterates. the charges made in the
annual report relative to the violation
of law and the i'll treatment of the ma
tives by the agents of the Alaska Com
mercial Company. He credits the COM
pany with adhering faithfully to its
contracts with the Government as to
the number Of seals to be killed on the
seal islands and the treatment Of the
natives, butelsewhere in the Territory,
he says, where the company rule is
supreme, "the people are little better
than serfs oE tha. powerful coupany."
-, i/,5n
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-06
AN OLD ORGANIZATION.
Brief history of she Foundation Of the
Society of the Cincinnati.


Society of the Cincinnati.
A short time before the disbanding
Of the Continental army, in 1888, an
association called the Society of the
Cincinnati was formed among the Off
GERS OF the troops stationed at New
burg, N. Y. General Knox was the
one who first suggested the society, the
object of which was to be the promo
ton of friendship among the officers of
the army and the assistance of such Of
its members as might need help.
Washington was chosen the first presi-
dent of the society, and remained pres
ident-general until his,death. General
Knox was the first secretary-general.
Subsequently State societies were
formed, auxiliary to the general soci-
ETY.. In order that the society should
not pass away with the generation
that formed it, its constitution pro-
vided that the eldest masculine
descendant of an original men,
Der should be entitled to wear the
order and enjoy the privileges of the
society. if accounted worthy of these
by the other members. There was so
much popular prejudice excited by
what was considered to be the germ
OF an hereditary aristocracy," that the
right of succession was thus made SUBJ
ject to the vote of the society on the
worthy character of the eldest male
descendant. A number OF French Of
6cers were made honorary life mem
bers of the society. Washington was
reelected tri-ennially to the Office of
president general as long as he lived.
He was succeeded by Hamilton and the
Pinckneys, and the society was in all
it's yigor in 1920, when Lafayette,
then the only surviving Major-General
of the revolution, visited this country.
The Connecticut society was dissolved
in 1904. At near the same time the
societies OF New Hampshire, Rhode
Island, Delaware and Georgia were
discontinued. Robert Burnet, of New
York, who died in 1854, was
the last survivor OF the original
members Of the association. The
general Society Of the Cincinnati is still
in existence, and also State branches
in Massachusetts,, Maryland, New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania and South
Carolina The State societies have an
nual meetings; the general society
meets tri-ennially. The order, or badge,
worn by members, consists Of golden
eagle, suspended by ribbon of blue
and white. On the breast of the eagle
is medallion, on which is a repre-
sentation of Cincinnatus at his plow,
receiving the Roman Senators, who
offer him the Office of chief magistrate
of Rome. The order worn by the pres
ident general is adorned with jewels.
and was presented to General Wash
ington by the French officers. The
President General of the Society Of the
Cincinnati in 1880 was Hamilton Fish,
then Secretary of State, son Of Colonel
Nicholas Fish, one of the original
members, who still, we think, fills this
ofice.-Chica1o Inter- Ocean.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-06
How Americans Rush Through Life.

One has only to contemplate the men
and their movements about one OF the
larger hotels to understand just how last
the Amei ican people are really living.
The commercial men, especially, are living
on the lightning plan, and the rest OF us
are not very far behind. The man who
travels extensively today rarely receives
any communication except by telegraph.
He figures his days work by the minutes
and half minutes and estimates just what
every second is worth to him. Even the
hotel registers are illustrations Of the econ
nmy of time. The man from Chicago
writes i, Chi" Phila3 e:phia is Pill. .
Cleveland ''Clev i" harrisburg "H'burg,"
Cincinnati Gin" and SO on through the
entire list OF American cities with the eX-
cen,ioo of the nan from Boston, and he
invariably writes it Boston, Mss" He
can't sffoId to sacrifice so great distinc-
ton.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-06
a Girl Who Works.

A reporter has window that COM
mands a view of /. sewing room over
gentleman's furnishing store. Every
morning when the reporter gets UP lie
sees slender girl sew ing<by the work.
room window. Otten when ne cOn.es
home at night she is still there and still
sewing. She is making cyelets in shirt
fronts 1t is nice ard delicate work,
though she does it with the persistency
of machine. She takes thirty stitches
every minute Tha. is l,S0O every hour,
or is, coo every day. In q week she
takes lC3, eco stitches. Her hand moves
q yard for every stitch In week she
measures off precisely six miles and a
quarter of space with that hand: The
pay for this prodigious amount of efIec-
tive labor is 81 day, and SIZE is con-
sidercd high priced, skilled work
woman. philadelphia Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-06
A Whole Mountain of the Queer substance
In North Carolina.
(From the Washington Sta-.)

(From the Washington Sta-.)
There lay this morning on the desk OF
Mr.. Samual Hodgkins, acting chief clerk
OF the War Department, astone wrapped
in bro wn paper. It weighs about q pound
and vas perhaps L3,inches in length, q IN
width and onethird OF an 1ucn tnlol.. Tho
texture OF the stone was fine and present
ed no evidence of stratjfctlon, and was
smooth over the entire surface. A knife
blade made no impression on the partlc-
les. There was no doubt as to its being
a genuine stone, but it is nevertheless
possessed of the fsxibility OF apiece OF
India rubber. When taken in the hand
and shaken in the direction OF its hat
surface it would bend back and forth
with q dull, mufaed sound. The move
ment was more of g laxity in the adhe-
sion apparently than an elasticity. When
held horizontally by one end the other
would drop and remain in that position.
With the two ends supported on rests,
the free centre could be pressed half an
inch below the middle line. With one
end held firmly on the desk the other
end could be bent over an inch. The
movement was not Confined to the one
direction-in the pl.ue OF the fat sur
faces but the entire stone seemed to De
constructed on the principle Of nniver-
sal joint, with movement In all direc
tons under pressure.
It came from a mountain in North
Carolina, and bears the name of "hsxlbie
sand stone" The entire mountain Is
composed of this material, and pieces
cut at random exhibit the same flexible
properties.