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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-16
LITTLE MARY REPER'S STORY.
She Has Been Two Years Trampine from
the Pacific Slope.

New BRUNSWICK, n. J.. October s.
Mary Roper, girl of twelve years, ar
rived here Yesterday very tired, very
hungry, rather dirty, and somewhat in
clined to cry when questioned. Tne
child says she came from California, and
has for two years been travelling on
freight aud coal trains. She was bare
foot, wore Il thin gingham dress, and
was black with dirt and coal dust. a
lady found her crying on the street, and
after being fed and given coat and
pair of shoes and stockings she was
sent to the police station. Later the
OverSeer of the Poor took her in charge.
Mary said that her parents died four
or five years ago, when she was not
more than seven or eight years old.
Her fathers name was John Roper, and
his death occurred shortly before that
of her mother, who had consumption.
Their only relative, an aunt, took the
orphan, but before long the aunt died,
and for two years the little one was
cared for by neighbors, in return for
Nudl NOlh SuC COuAo w AOl tlISu.
When she was ten Years old she ran
away and began her journey East, steal
ing rides on freight trains. Brakemen
helped her, she said, and gave her
food, and she begged food elsewhere.
At many places she stopped for several
weeks at time and got work.
She said there were lots of things she
could do; she could scrub. sweep, make
beds and cook. She described her re-
cipe for making biscuit, and declared
she could economic by using sour milk.
Saturday she boarded coal train at
North Branch and rode to Elizabeth,
and she had ridden part Of the way and
walked the rest from that city to New
Brunswick.
Sne is small and thin, with straight
black hair, dark brown eyes, and com
plexion that, naturally dark, has been
bron2ed by exposure.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-16
cEIcAGo'S LADY BICYCLISTS.
About Thousand Ladies Who Ride for
Pleasure as Well as Health.

"There are now about Is, 900 veloci-
pedes of all kinds in Chicago, 1000 Of
which were sold this year" says dealer
in the Chicago Journal "There are
from 4,5CO to 4,S00 expert bicyclists,
and about 1000 ladies' machines in use.
BY actual count there were over 500 in
use last June, and the demand has been
very active all summer.
Il brought the first twenty-eight of
them to Chicago a year ago last June,
and the first ladies who learned to ride
were Miss Blackman and Miss Fehrman.
;.It is most wholesome and health
full exercise, and you would be aston
ished at the rapid Improvement OF
ladies who have taken it up. For in
stance, Miss Grace Lloyd, one of our
most expert riders, was ordered by her
doctors to have change of climate.
Instead of that she took to riding and
gained twenty pounds in few months.
ssFor amusement she rode alongside
of Tuttle when he was training for the
races, and she can now do quarter
mile in thirty nine seconds. Pretty good
going for a girl, isn't it2 How far can a
LADY ride2 Well, Miss Fehrman rides sixty
or sixty-fve miles every Sunday, and l
could name ten young ladies who, with
a weeks practice, could easily do 100
miles in day"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-16
KILLED BY PROXY.
A Man Supposed to be Dead and Buried
Turns Up Alive.

A Man Supposed to be Dead and Buried
Turns Up Alive.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, October Pa
trick Grogan, who had been employed
for number of years in the capacity of
engineer in the Delaware State Ann $
house. was reported killed by the cx-
plosiou Of boiler in that Institution.
His two nephews. George and James
Grogan, wac live at No. 3021 Ludlow
street, this city, and other friends Of the
dead man, were telegcaphcd for and ali
repaired Immediately 10 Newcastle. 4
coroner and jury were summonHd and
the verdict was that Patrick Grog;,n
came to his death from the effects Of
wounds received by the explosion Of a
boiler in the State Almshouse of the
State of Delaware.
After the inquest the body was imme
!iately taken to a f, lends house in Vii,
.nington. An old-faShioned Irish wake
was held, with plenty of pipes and to-
bacco. One of the most prominent un
dertakers in the city was notified to
make frst-clasS coffin and spare no
expense in regard to the funeral ar
rangements, as the dead man Vas con-
sidered wealthy, and that it was always
his desire that he should have a decent
burial. The funeral took place from
St. Mary's Catholic Church.
Patrick had property, mostly real es-
tate. worth $4,000 An administrator
was appointed and the property solo.
Just as the administrator was about to
distribute the money among the heirs,
Patrick appeared and frightened all his
friends nearly into fits. They took MIN
for ghost. Patrick explained that he
went to Virginia on hunting trip and
left pauper to run the almshouse en-
CINE and provided the pauper with his
own working clothes to wear in the en-
CINE room. 1t was the pauper who was
killed and mutilated by the explosion,
and whose body was given such a splen-
did burial by Patrick's weeping rela-
tiveS.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-16
In Famous Names.

Did you ever notice how common to grea,
names the initial wv" is! No? Then just
run your eye over the following list: William
Shakespeare, Walter Raleigh, William Black.
stone, John Wesley, George Whitefeld, Will
lam Penn, Roger Williams, James Watt,
William Wilberforce, William Cowper, VIII.
lam Wordsworth, Richard Whately, George
Washington, Joseph Warren, William Pitt,
Wellington, William NJ. Thackeray, Winfield
Scott, William Henry Harrison, Daniel
Webster, Washington Irving, ". E. Chan,
ming, William II. Seward, Wendell Phillips,
Henry W. Longfellow, John G. Whittier,
William Cullen Bryant, Oliver Wendell
Holmes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Ward
Beecher, Walt Whitman, W. E. Gladstone,
George William Curtis, William NJ. Evarts,
William T. Sherman, and others too numer-
ons to mention. defy any one to produce
all equally illustrious list Of names with any
one of the other twenty-five letters of the
alphabet common to au.-New York Graphic.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-16
A Rad Character

A St. Louis paper of a recent date
says: J. J. Boyle, the ex-priest of the
Roman Catholic Church, who is now on
trial for his life at Raleigh, N. c.,
charged with outraging Geneva Whita-
ker in May, was well known in this city
year ago, and has been here at an
even later date. Boyle's reputation
while here was best known to the police,
and he is given very bad character.
About one year ago he oficiated at a
Catholic church in small town in
Illinois, but left in disgrace, having
contrived to raise a large sum of money
for the purpose of building a new
church, and having then come to st.
Louis to spend it among fast women:
About a year ago officer Carr arrested
the man at a house on Spruce street
for disturbing the peace, on complaint
of one of the inmates. He was let off
with an easy fine, but was subsequently
brought up in the same court a number
of times.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-16
KIDNAPPED FoUR YEARS AGO.
Little Frank Butt Of Minneapolis Found,
but His Mother Is Missing.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, October TO-
About four years ago little Frank Butt,
an S-year-old lad living with his wild,
owed mother at 110 Fifth street North,
was abducted. The police now claim to
have solved the mystery of his dlsap-
pcarance. Little Franks mother was
almost distracted by the loss of her son.
Every effort was made to find the boy,
but without success. Finally the search
was given up, and not very long after
ward Mrs. Butt herself disappeared. No
body in Minneapolis seems to know
where she went. Two detectives spent
all day yesterday searching in Mlnneap'
oils and St. Paul for some trace OF her,
but no clew to her whereabouts could
be found. The police have now, as q
last resort, sent the following notice TO
the newspapers:
'sMrs. Butt, who had a sou kidnapped
about four years ago, can learn some
thing of Importance with regard to
Charles F. Butt, her lost son, by calling
at police headquarters at once"
There is romantic story about the
little boys disappearance. Mrs. Butt
kept boarders four years ago. She was
a charming woman and the younger
boarders did not hesitate to show their
admiration. One in particular, ayoung
fellow named Price, was very attentive
both to Mrs. Butt and her boy. 1t is
said that he made the pretty widow an
offer of marriage, but was refused.
Then, in revenge, he planned to steal
her boy, SO at least the story runs. Price
took the little fellow to the theatre one
day and that was the last seen Of him IN
Minneapolis. 1t was rumored that
Price had taken the boy to Mexico, but
that was only a report. 1t is said that
the police have now heard that the little
boy is in small town in California,
alive and well. Meantime they are very
anxious to find Mrs. Butt.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-16
Peat at All Points

A naughty leader Of city choir, on his
way to church, met an Irreverent ass, who was
practicing the fish scales as ne made his way
toward the thistly lanes Of the country side.
Peace" exclaimed the Musician; "save
your strength for your weekly burdens, and
90 not attempt to invade the sacred province
Of music" Hence with your puny pitch
pipe" said the Ass, ''lest I climb into the
gallery and kick your whole choir over the
rail" Heaven assoihe thee an ever thou
tryest it." returned the leader; ''thou talk
about kicking. Come in some Sunday and
see our soprano when give the alto solo,
and thou wilt trade thy legs for a pair Of
crut,hes, for very shame" So saying, he
smote the Ass in both ears with high c, and
left him for dead.
Moral-This fable teaches US that there Is
no slug but hath his slugger. in
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-16
The Preacher Got Excited.

''Yes," said an old sport in one Of the pool
rooms yesterday, there is thrill about a
horse race you cannot get in any other way
The thrill is intensified in proportion as your
money has gone up on the event. When
Smuggler beat Goldsmith Maid at Cleveland
back thirteen years ago the crowd almost de-
stroyed the grand stand. In illustration Of
the excitement which reigned I recall the
actions of preacher from Elkhart, who was
present with friend. AS the horses were
scoring the parsons friend, whose name was
Tracy, and who knew about as much OF
horses as he did Of the glacial period, re-
marked a belief that Smuggler might win
over the Maid. This was about as probable
to the experienced turfer as republic in
Russia, and one of the fraternity overhear-
ing the remark overfowed in proposition.
"'rl bet you 500 to $50 he don't, be said
.'The preacher was interested, but some
what shocked, and silently protested by
pinching Tracy's arm.
1.-THE start was made and with the word
20 the persistent sport renewed his offer, but
it didn't take. With the horses on tie back
stretch and punched be came again, but
Tracy wasn't game As they turned into the
stretch the astute Doble, who was behind the
Maid, with the assistance Of American Girl
had gotten the stallion in pocket, but his
driver, taking ell chances, pulled him COM
pletely up, and taking the center Of the track
sent him for the wire like ghost. No horse
for furlong ever made such speed before or
since, and as Smuggler came to the front
with the rush of storm he carried the spec
tators from their mental feet. Every man
was up yelling, and the Elkhart preacher,
who must have had latent sporting blood in
his veins, forgetful of his pulpit and pasto-
rate, was fourishing his cushion and Shrek
ing in reference to his proposition, Bet him,
Tracy; thunder and clans, bet him. I'll
split with you on it
1T was too late, though; so Tracy didn't
bet."-Kansas City Times.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-16
IS MAJOR BURKE GUILTY?
Attorney General Rogers Says He Cow
cred His Illegal Acts With False Vouch-

Attorney General Rogers Says He Gov
cred His Illegal Acts With False Vouch-
ers-
New ORLEANS, October S.-1 asked
Attorney General Rogers to-day about
the illegal issue of State bonds. He
seems to have been nettled by state
ment made by ex-Treasurer Burke iu
London that the Attorney Generals
action was guided by political animcs-
ity and spoke more freely than he has
heretofore.
Major E. A. Burke has committed
most grievious outrage agaiuS;a people
who had honored and trusted him"
he said: ''You may say for me that
Major Burke is guilty He has drawn
out of the State treasury and from spe-
cial fund $4O,s without right, and
covered up his act by depositing false
vouchers. He has put upon the market
1903, 900 of State bonds which had been
declared void and which had been en-
trusted to him to be destroyed. He re-
ported they had been destroyed. He
deliberately made further issue OF
$40. 900 of other securities and through
Others placed them in the various banks
of the city and money has been obtained
upon them. His only duty was to keep
these sucurities and turn them -sTer q
his successor. TMSef-sshhiFS, is enough
Without saving more" The Attorney
Generals view astc the liability Of the
State is not shared by the commercial
community, and if ex-Treasurer Burke
fails to make good his promise to pro-
tect holders against loss strong effort
will be made to secure recognition Of
the States liability and provision for the
bonds from the Legislature.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-16
Terrible Asian Heat.

It is stated in the official report that 702
timo, at Bokhara, of heat; and the figures, it
is expressly added, do not include children.
II this amazing calamity be not due to any
atmospheric violence, as a Bad-i-simoon, for
example, it is probably unequsled in authen.
tic records. But when We think Of the agony,
the horrible wretchedness in which the whole
population must have been living, it may
well seem that those who found escape in
death are not to be pitied. The horror OF
heat is unknown to US, or indeed to any part
Of Europe, though Naples and Athens are
desperately trying sometimes But to the
native Of Scinde, Central Asia, the shores Of
the Persian gulf the sun of Greece is but
trihe. The utter helplessness Of man under
this inf1iction adds horror to his sufferings.
There is no hope and no resource when the
red hot air penetrates to those underground
chambers in which the summer is passed in
Central Asia. The inhabitants" we learn,
ARE shutting themselves up to escape
probably closing all the apertures OF their
subterranean abodes, except those absolutely
necessary for ventilation. The air down be-
low, under those circumstances, cannot be
imagined by one who has not a touch Of ex-
perience Houses Of good class are solidly
constructed under ground, with chambers
and doors and corridors, but the mass Of the
people inhabit big holes, rooted over, with no
kind Of permanent convenience. Every win
ter the frost and snow and rain play mischief
with these rough pits, and the damage is not
always, nor often, repaired by the following
summer. Fancy thousands Of Mongols in
these dens, pursuing their filthy habits in
senli-darkness, suffering the awful torment
of heat, children wa;ling, adults raving, al
ways in want Of water and generally of food,
in an atmosphere beyond conceiving. That
is the picture which those few lines Of tele-
gram suggest to readers who know.-London
Standard
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-16
rHENEGRo QUESTION.
Foolish Utterences Of Conference c
Hnlnrad Man Of Illin0is

Colored Men Of Illinois.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, October 9.-The
State Conference of colored men ad-
iourncd last evening, after issuing an
address to the colored people of the State
and the Nation, which sets forth the
object of the organization just effected
to be to advance educational interests,
the abolishmcnt of separate schools.
and to secure employment of competent
colored teachers. After reviewing the
condition of the negroes in the South,
the outrages to which they are subjected
and the fact that it is not a party, race
or State question, but one Of national
importance. the League makes the fol-
lowing appeal:
we appeal to the American people, to
Congress and to the Executive head of
our government, to men of all parties,
to rise above partisan hate and bitter
prejudice and bring to bear the majesty
of the law, to the end that the life and
property of the American negro may be
as safe in Louisiana, Mississippi, South
Carolina, Georgia and Texas as IN the
Northern States.
The address also calls attention to the
fact of the opening of The new States in
the Northwest, and advises the colored
people of the South to secure homes
there, as one step toward overcoming
the Southern question,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-16
CANADIAN CANNIBALS.
Indians Who Have Practiced Anthro
pophagy in Northwestern Ontario.


pophagy in Northwestern Ontario.
OTTAWA, October Ga gentleman
who has just returned from an eXplor-
ing expedition in the wllds of North
western Ontario said TO- day that he had
discovered during his travels tribe Of
Indians who have practiced cannibalism
up to wirhin a few years ago, when the
country was first visited by French mis-
Sionaries. In the vicinity of Abittibee
Lake an Indian child was pointed out to
him whose grandmother had killed and
eaten seven of her young children, the
child's father being the only one to
escape. He made h,S mothers terrible
deed known to the chief of the tribe,
who sent his men to arrest her. On en-
tering the wigwam they found the head
of the last child boiling in pot over
the fire. She was ordered to be shot,
lots having been drawn to see who the
executioner should be. The unlucky
straw fell to an old Indian, who success
fully removed the unnatural mother
from doing further harm.
On the Quinze Lake, several years
ago, he found that full.blooded war
rior had killed and eaten four of his
sons. but was afterward shot and killed
by his fifth son.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-16
Too Sick to Stand His Trial.

John 7. Lyon, who is in the Abbeville
Jail under charge of murder in the kill
ing of D. L. Mabry, is now in critical
condition. 1t is thought that the chances
of his recovery are against him. Yes
terday evening his friends interested
themselves in making him more COM
Portable. He was removed to another
room in the Jail, and Sheriff Mann did
everything in his power for the comfort
of the sick man and his friends who
are attending him night and day. He
seems to be in nervous condition, ex-
ceedingly feeble, and suffering from in
digestion. or other stomach troubles,
having been unable to take sufficient
nouris',ng food for the last week or ten
days. Owing to his extremely low con.
dition, and his age, it is not now deemed
at all probable that he will be able to
come to trial, even if he lives until the
sitting of the court next Monday
A6JerUe Press and Banner.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-16
Teaching Patriotism.

1t has been proposed, in recent address
by gentleman of New York, to teach
patriotism in the public schools, as if it were
not done already. The suggestion is that the
American flag be hoisted over every school
house in the country, and kept ahoat as long
as the school is in session. In that case there
would be flag raising every morning and
flag lowering every afternoon at the close OF
the school, as there is at sunrise and sunset
over forts and on board Of men .of-war.
There are better ways of teaching patriot
ism than this Make the pupils well acquaiut-
ed with the history of their country. Our
school histories are much too short. Most
school books are the better for being of small
size, but history for young people should
tell all the true anecdotes and stories at full
length.
Boys want pages and pages about Wash
ington, Old Put, Old Hickory, The Three
Militia Men, Commodore necatur, Commo-
dore Perry, Admiral Farragut, the battle OF
Bunker Hill, the coming over of Lafayette,
Tecumseh, Ben Franklin, the pioneers of the
great west, the building of the Brooklyn
bridge, the jetties Of the Mississippi river,
and the oratory Of Patrick Henry, Clay and
Webster.
These things captivate the young only
when they are related in detail, with SIM
plicity and truth
By and by they will want history of an
other kind, which will relate few stories, pass
lightly over most wars, and dwell only upon
events which affected the lot Of the people
permanently Boys and girls want to know
e.: IL he
and how thick the rope was with which Far
ragut tied himself to the rigging. Such facts
are the vehicle through which more impor-
tant truths find lodgrnent in the young mind.
After all, our boys and girls are already
very patriotic. What they now need is to
be taught the duties we all owe to such
country as ours-to keep it pure and good
Youths Companion
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-16
How Cheap Gloves Are Made.

It may perhaps, interest readers to know
some Of the secrets Of cheap glove making.
Ny facts relate to Bohemia, from which coun-
try many cheap gloves are imported. Befors
the inm oduction Of the glove sewing machine,
which took place about 1870, e simple appara'
tus was in use consisting Of two brass plates,
in which the stitches were incised, holding
tightly together the leather parts Of the glove
while the needle of the sewer followed easily
these incised stitches. It was an easy work,
not at all injurious to body or eye, and an in
dustrious and quiet girl could, without any
exertion, sew two pairs Of gloves day, for
which she received from two and haf pence
to three pence each, equal to about 1vepence
to six pence day. Very poor wages. But
the money was earned in comfortable way.
Let US now compare what progress these
girls made in the golden era of machinery.
The poor sewers are never in position tc
acquire the requisite sum to be owners OF
these machines. The district to which refer
is poor, mountainous part the men mostly
miners of all imperial silver mine with daily
wages of sixteen pence. The requisite ma
chimes are owned by middlemen, called fact
ors, TO whom the glove manufacturers from
all parts OF tAuSLFla SGLO lQSu C1uulSIcN
gloves for sewing. These factors ore pro
prietors of a certain number Of machines
from twenty upward to hundred-which
are fitted up in workrooms, most of them
very inditPerently suited for the purpose.
The poor girls from the neighboring district
have often to walk distance Of eight miles
to find work in such workrooms. They leave
their miserable cottages at 4 a. N. to be-
gin their days work at g. m After a
hard labor of twelve hours on most compli-
Gated machine, and after having passed an
other two hours on the way home, their
whole earnings consist of seven pence. In
cluding the hours she loses on the road, she
works ninety-six hours week for shil-
lings pence. her body continually bent over
a most complicated machine, her eyes watch
ing leather, thread and needle incessantly,
her foot moving continually, amid the rattle
of many machines, in most sickly atmos-
phere This is how cheap gloves are made
Pail Mall Gazette.