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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-06
OUT OF TIE BEATEN TRACK.
Some Curious Facts, Unusual Happenings
and Queer Opinions.

Some Curious Facts Unusual Happenings
and Queer Opinions.
Out of 1913 members of the Illinois
Legislature 12S were born outside the
State.
Near Eckert, Ind, Saturday, while
three boys were hunting, they dug into
an old log after rabbit and discovered
a pot of gold coin. With the treasure
counted out, 81, 900 YVES found.
A farmer of Mercer county, Mo-, had
four daughters. two of whom eloped
With two brothers last week. The old
man pursued them with shotgun,
killed both of the brothers and fatally
wounded one of his daughters. He was
subsequently lynched.
Another victim of the March blizzard
OF 1855 is reported from Lsconia, N. II.
Lewis E. BprreIl, a farmer of that town,
iroze his feet badly IL the blizzard, and
and suffered so much that at last his mind
unbalanced, and be committed suicide.
J.L Babcock, of Ann Arbor, Mich,
who is to receive &500,000 from his
uncle's estate provided he marries in
five years after the latter's death, has re-
ceived 50 many letters from loyelorn
maidens that he proposes to select his
wife BY means of q competitive examins-
ton held by a committee.
On Friday last the grand jury Of
Petersburg, Va, returned an indictment
against S. J. Barham, of Southam pton
county. for felony in stealing a horse be
longing to bis brother. The horse was
recovered in Petersburg after it had besr
sold aud the owner wss not aware of the
name Of the party who brought the horse
to Petersburg until he confronted hum
in the police station.
4 Nation. His, dispatch to the New
York sun says: This has been a great
winter for snakes in this latitude. The
largest haul so lar reported WASH Union
township, eight miles east of Mason,
where men dug out 1913 rattlers, some Of
them five feet in length, and about sixty
black snakes and other reptiles. Pansies
are yet blooming in the door yards.
There was curious affair near Grad
dockyille, Va, on Friday. Ayoung man,
Andrew Ashmead, imagined that he was
q woman and made desperate love to
John Kellam, who humored the delusion
for his own amusement and engaged
himself to marry Ashmead. Friday
evening they quarrelled over the color
of the wedding dress to be worn and
Keliam undertook to frighten Ashmead
by fourishing 8 revolver. Thereupon
Ashmead drew a revolver too, and shoot
ing began in dead earnest. Both men
were badly wounded.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-06
WRAPPED IN FLAMES.
A Poor Little Negro Girls Awful Fate-A
Horrifying Spectacle in Market Street.

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Horrifying Spectacle in Market Street.
There occurred in Market street yester-
day afternoon one of the most horrible in.
cidents that has ever been witnessed in this
city. The time was about half-past 4
O'Clock; the scene South Market street, a
few doors east OF Meeting street. There
were comparatively few people in the
street, and these consisted principally OF
the drivers of express wagons and porters
of the produce stores in the neighborhood.
Suddenly an awful shrek was heard, and
in another moment little negro girl about
s years of age dashed out Of an alley open
ing IN the street and made her way across
the street to the market. The child was
enveiopets in flames from head to foot
Before she had reached the middle Of the
roadway she fell! Three colored men :
Joseph jenkins, James Wilkins and -
johnson rushed up to her, and in few
moments had stripped the burning clcth.
ing, and, horrible to relate, good deal of
the skin, from the child.
She was then taken up and the wrlthlng,
tortured body was carried back to the
place from whence the burning child had
come.
It is the old, old story: mother work
ing out, leaving her children at home, an
accident, and then what in this Case viii
prove ia I've terrible death.
The child was the daughter of Charlott"
Richards, a colored woman, appareatly not
over 80 years of age. The mother rented
the outhuuse on the premises, No. lG3
Market street. She had gone out, leaving
ner three children in the raara, a fire oi,
the hearth. The poor girl q d fallen
asleep near tie fireplace ard her clothing
lad caught fire. When she awoke, her
scanty dress was in fawes. aud, frightened
nearly to death, she H.; :pEted ou: Of the
room, through the ~ ow alley and into
the street.
When the men who had picked her up
carried her back iuio the kitchen iu the
rear Of the premises the child was burht 81
most I, crisp. a ha!f Gczen women.
white and colored, went promptly 70 her
ard did what they could TO relieve the ex-
crrciarirg pains Of the wretcaet creature.
Of coarse q crowd speedily gathered,
among ,hem two or three policemen, but
nobody seemed to be disposed to 60 in
search of doctor, and ~ one except the
wanlen attempted to do anything for the
relief of the sufferer Al length Lieut.
Mnllenhsuer. of the police force. cam u.
and ascertaining the state of affairs, ninunted
his horse ami rode of 10 the Station to
summons an ambulance.
Finally tae Hospital ambulance arrived
and the victim was conveyed 10 the City
Hospital, where, Of course. she will re.
csive the best attention. 1t is hardly pro-
bable, however, that She can survive The
burns. The child's ski was pealed from
almost every part of her body.-News and
Courier. Jan. 80.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-06
FACTS FOR THE FARMERS.
Meeting of the Board ofAsriculture-APre Pre-
MUM Offered for the Largest Yield OF
Corn Per Acro-The Monthly Report Dis
oontinaa6.
columbia Record, January Sly


continued.
Columbia Record, January Sly
The Board of Agriculture held meeting
in this city yesterday afternoon and ad,
journed too late for the proceedings to be
given in TIE RECORD yesterday.
The following resolution was unani,
mously adopted:
"We, the board, would express our ap-
probation of the services of Governor Ha-
good as our presiding officer for the last
year His long experience in public Office
joined to his ability, emiuently ft him for
the discharge of the duties of the position
which be has filed so acceptably to US and
the people of the State.
General Hago d was reelected President
ard Mr. L. A Ransom Secretary.
DR.. J. NJ. McBeyde, Director of the Elk
pertinent stations reported that proper titles
If the Spartanburg station have been exc
cuted to The State. A committee WAS ap-
pointed to consider the whole matter of the
non payment of the cost Of the land by the
people of Spar'aubuTg and report at the
next quarterly meeting, al which time the
board will take action as to the continuance
of the experiment stat n in that county,
the promises made NOT having been ful-
filed.
II was decided te continue the Farmers
Institutes during this year in each county
that desires it.
The Commissioner was authorized TO
appoint patrols TO suppress illegal hsnirg
in the E tisto River and the rivers III
Ga"rgeInwn county.
The American hgriculfuralist' having
',ffercd premium c( $500 for '::e 'argeS
,ield at corn per acre produced anyw here
in the United States, loe board decided 1"
supplement this by ike premium, should
II be taken by a South Car"iua planter
in any case the board will give $iG0 II the
farmer in this Stale who secures the larg-
est yield.
The Commissioner was authorized to
have the partition wall, separating the
groanu floor of Agricultural Hall into TWO
balls, removed so as to make large hall
for the permanent museum Of the Depart
ment.
The Commissioner was also authorized
to sell the old carp breeding pond in this
city at the foot of Sumter street. Several
applications have been made for this prop
erty.
General rights phosphate licenses were
granted 10 E. c. Williams, Jr., snd 8. B.
Jennings.
II was ordered that the annual appropria-
ton of 80, 800 for the State Agricultural
and Mechanical Society, out of the funds
of the Superintendent of Agriculture, be
paid.
The publication of the monthly reports
was ordered discontinued, and the Com
missioner was authorized to distribute spe-
cial bulletins at various times.
The Commissioner was authorized to
establish river observation stations at what
ever places he thinks proper. They will
supplement the United Sts'es stations. A
daily record of the depth OF the water, the
state of the weather, direction Of the wind
and amount of rainfall since the last o.
servation, will be kept. During sudden
rises these reports will be transmitted by
telegraph.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-06
cone.rninr Hxdrophohia.

Our knowledge concerning the condi-
tons under which the poison which
creates hydrophohia acts has been some
what advanced by the recent expert,
ments of II. Galtier. of Paris. According
to the experiments the dried virus has
its poisonous properties C=scroyed IN fron.
four to six days. On the other hand,
earlier experiments OF the same savant
show that an animal which has died Of
rabies may retain the poison in that par;
Of the brain called the medulla obioagsta
for six or seven weeks. It is evident
that this fact may be Of Importance in
cases where persons have been bitten By
animals supposed to be rabid. # the body
Of the creature has been buried it may be
possible to exhume it after many days
and make experiments which Will serve
to show whether danger from the wound
is to be apprehended. In this way un-
founded anxieties may be allayed.-Pop-
ular Science News.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-06
Poetry and the Public.

In his recent lecture on the influence OF
poetry Mr. VIII Carleton intimated with
accuracy that most of the newspaper poems
so-called, were trash, but that good deal
of real poetry was found in the prose Of
.he day and even in newspaper reports.
Those who read the best of the latter care
fully and appreciatively must have OBJ
served that during the last few years there
has been distinct gain in the style, grace
of expression and phraslng. a record OF
fact may frequently find favor IN reader
eve because Of the sparkle of the narration.
In these days of hard physical and mental
toll very few people read anything which
boldly claims to be poetry. But they are
ever ready to appreciate the poetry Of life
which hides behind the fact and which
proves that the ''stlll sad music of humani-
ty" is flowing on unbrokenly as ever
Buffalo Express.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-06
MISS rULLEk's STARTLING GOWNS.
They Astouish Washington Society, but
She Doeen't Mind 1t q Bit.

l
WASHINGTON, January 30.-The s.F'ul-
Ter girle," as the Chief Justices daugh-
ters are termed, are in demand as assist
ants at receptions. Their originality has
taken hold OF official society, particularly
originality of toilet. Miss Mary Fuller,
who sails for Europe next week to con-
tinue the study of music, Is original to
tue verge of eccentrioitv. She is a vivn-
cious brunette, and clever. Her gowns
are astonishing creation, and are all OF
the ex,reme Empire fashion. 1t is said
she will buy the material in the morning,
make the gown in the afternoon, aud
wear it in the evening. Whenever she
appears in evening or afternoon toilet
she presents the striking and, 1t be con-
fessed, startling figure Of woman out
growing her clothes. Her gown is very
scant aud ciinging in the skirts, and the
waist is quite up ucder the arrns. Above
the arms it is very low necked, so there
is scarcely any waist a. all.
At Mrs. Carlisle's Wednesday after
noon reception she was one Of several
assistants. She .culd have delighted an
artist who wished to psint-well, beauty
of the Josephine period. Though not
strictly beautiful. the effect was that Of
a picture Of the First Empire" age.
The visitors were not artists, however,
and they simply aszec' at the eccentric
daughter Of the Chief Justice as curl
osisy. Miss Fulier's self-posssssion was
supreme. She sat under the full blaze
of gasIisht with graceful Inconsistencies
of being stared at. The really beautiful
dark eyes showed no annoyance, the
br:ght color in the chesss did not change,
and altogether the yang woman was
apparently well satisfied 10 be the ''star''
upon which sli were gazing.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-06
OUT IN THE COLD WORLD.
A Widow and Three Children Sleep Four
Nights in the Open Air.

NlShlS AA S3O OPSn -AAA'
ST.. LOUIS, Jan 30.-Mrs. Anna Raas, q
widow with three small children, slept last
week for four nights on the ground IN the
rear of a tumble down tenement which she
had formerly occupied The rent was only
s., and, failing to pay this, she was evict-
ed last Tuesday. Her possessions consisted
of stove. some bed clothing and kitchen
utensils. These were tossed out in the back
yard She pacedsher children under the
clothes and went about the streets applying
for work. Repeated refussls rendered her
almost insane, and all she could do was to
beg morsel of food for the children.
They slept in the open air from Tuesday
until Saturday night. Saturday night the
temperature fell to ten above zero and at 8
o'clock in the morning a policeman tum.
bied on the family huddled up in the bed
clothes et,sh the snow beating down upon
them They were taken coro OF BY TIC
police and fund is being raised for them.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-06

Money will buy almost any thing.
from a postage-stamp to a peerage OR
Why not reverse the ancient order
OF things? Let trouble go to protest
and borrow happiness once in way.
It is not always an easy matter to
succeed gracefully; but it requires a
much finer equilibrium to fail success
fully.
Every thing becomes an old story.
It is doubtful whether five people on
earth would be happy in an unchange-
able Heaven.
It is easy to be noble among the no
BILE. The difficult thing is to keep the
nobility Of ones nature unperVerted
among the petty and ignoble.
Personal dissatisfaction may be the
cause of our being so critical with
others, and of our bitter disappoint-
ment when we learn that none are ex-
empt from defects.
1t is pusillaninous desire which
would prevent earth from returning to
earth. Nature lends us a cloak for the
convenience Of a days journey. When
It is done with, 10 you! we take the
cloak and seal it apart and lock it away
in lavender and musk. Then let her
get it how she can.
Children were formerly required to
honor their parents, and to support
them in old age; but we of the new
heraldry seem to expect that parents
will accumulate sufficient property
and reputation to last two or three
generations.
There is a sensation upon glanclng
over ones first printed article which
is no more susceptible of reproduction
than are the summer days of childhood
or mothers first Joy. That which
approaches it most nearly is, perhaps,
the emotion felt when one for the first
time holds in his hand twenty-dollar
check payable to himself. The whole
world is poor in comparison.-Kath-,
rins GroSjeau, i:a Judge.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-06
Shot by Her Young Daughter.

News reached here Yesterday Of the ac-
cidentsl shooting of Mrs. Mills on farm
in Trappe district, about six miles from
Salisbury. Mrs. Mills was sitting in her
library doing some fancy work when her
ten-year-old daughter entered the room,
and taking a small pistol from the cabinet
pointed il at her mother and said: IL OK
out mamma, l will shoot you" The moth
er looked up just as the child pulled the
trigger. The pistol, which was supposed
not to be loaded vent off, and the ball en-
tered the left breast Of airs. Mills just
about the nipple. The patient may re-
covcr.-Saiisbury Special to the Baltimore
Sun
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-06

According to Henri Labouchere, there
are over million girls in England, who
are not likely to get married. 1n order to
remedy this state of things he suggests that
girls should be allowed to propose; in fact
that courting and proposing should hence
forth be business appertsining to both
sexes.
A facetious old lady, describing the ram.
bling sermons of her minister, said, IF
the text had the smallpox his sermons
would never catch 1t.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-06
An Exclamation.

There was company at dinner and
Eobbrs mother was somewhat surprised
when Bobby refused pie.
Why, Bobby" remarked Gre CT the
guests, saren't you fond OF pie:
"Yes, marn. I'm rs fond of 1t as any
little boy, but my sister made that pie.
New York Sun.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-06

The best way to avoid will contest is
to give away all during ones lifetime.
1t is bad plan for men who owe money
ever to make public exhibition OF extraVa-
gance.
All things come around to him who
waits, including bald head, false teeth
ear trumpets, and heaps of miscellaneous
troubles.
The manufacturers of perforated chair
seats have combined 1t need occasion no
surprise if the people sit down on this COM
bination.
People confident of their own social po-
sition never resort to rudeness, or adopt
the "cold naughty stare" to convey an idea
Of superiority.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-06

Al recent session of the Parnell COM
mission the reading Of the
speeches produced in evidence was con-
tinued. 1t is reported that witness
Thomas o. Conner, who charged Timothy
Harrington, NJ. P, with employing him
as a mocnlighter, is on his death bed,
and has signed confession In which be
withdraEs bis accusation.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-06
Proeeedinos bsya been Instituted

Proceedings have been instituted
against the Berlin Kieuz Zaitung for
high treason, for printing an article de-
scr,bing as dangerous to the monarchlal
feeling of old Prussian patriots, the pub
lication OF the Indictment against Prof.
Gefcken, with the object Of appealing
to public feeling. Parliamentary circles
are much excited over this action of the
government.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-06

Senator Berry has been reelected to
the Senate by the Arkansas Legislature.
The mail steamer Sam sunk opposite
Appalachicols Monday. No lives were
los1. Overlooking and rough weather
caused the disaster.
Contracts have been signed in Pensa-
cola lately, under which 5000 tons of
Alabama coal will leave that port
each aoonth for the West India islands.
The contract for the granite wharf at
Charleston, S. c., awarded to D. A.
J. Sullivan, has been revoked and new
contract made with the Southern Con-
struction and Quarry company to perform
the work st $lO7, 500.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-06
A Wise Father.

.sWho is your family doctor, Bobby"
CDR. Green
"Whv, l thought you had Dr.. Brown. :"
$50 we did until Dr.. Green began
courting sister Sally. Pop gets even with
Greeny for coal and gas by. .havin' him
keep the rest Of US healthy for nuthin'. !"
-Harpsss Bazar.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-06
Electric Fire indicators.

Electric heat indicators, consisting OF
thermometers incased and protected by
iron tubes, provided with platinum wires,
and connected with system Of electric
bells and indicators On deck, are the
latest invention for preventing spor-
taneous combustion among ship cargoes.
Should any undue heat arise in any part
Of the cargo, the mercury in the ther-
mometers viii rise, make contact with
the platinum wire. and give an instan-
saneous alarm on deck, indicating at
the same time the exact spot where the
heat exists.-New York Telegram.
With shortage in one of her treasu-
ries, there is no longer any reason why
Dakota should not become full-dedsed
State.
The report that Lord Sackville would
succeed Sir VIM. White as British en-
bassador at Constantinople is officially
contradicted.
TEE LATEST ABOUT THE CABINET is
Blaine for Secretary Of State, Allison for
Secretary of the Treasury, Alger for Secre-
tary of War, and Wanamaker for Post
master General. There is not single sur
prise in this "slate."
Most any man can set clock, but 1t re-
Quires genius 10 set hen.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-06
WITTY AND WISE.

Observations Of Woman Who Has Stud
led Human Nature.
Money will buy almost any thing.
from postage-stamp to peerage Or
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-02-06
FLEXIBLE STONE.

-WUStiNQt0N i...<s,.:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-12-04
Criminal Notes.

JoHS VAN SACK murdered Mike Zovet-
skin at Vanderbilt, Pa. The murder was
committed at a welding. Both men were
drunk
HATTIE LANG and Minnie Snyder broke
n plate-glass window at Wooster, Ohio,
and stole a quantity of goods They con-
fessed the crime, saying they WANTED to
do something devilish. F"
FLANK HARRISON, for over twenty
years an employe of the postofiice at Phil
adelphia has been convicted in the United
States court of stealing letters containing
checks Sentence was deferred.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-12-04

A cAsT-sTEEL gun. weighing 235 tons,
has just been shipped by Messrs.
Krupp from Hamburg for Cronstadt.
The caliber of the gun is 134 inches,
the barrel is 40 feet in length, its
greatest diameter being 81 feet. The
range of the gun is over eleven miles,
and it will fire two shots Ter minute.
each shot costing between 1850 and
1900.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-12-04


perhaps, but what use has q stone for
moss anyway?
While Won are abusing the dude,
Just remember that he will go TO all
sorts of trouble To keep himself clean.
The ground that is capable of rails
ing the best crops will raise the biggest
weeds if allowed to go without cultiva-
ton. The smart child will become
either an honored man or a particular
ly dangers thief.
Some folks seem to think that when
they are married they are out of this
troublesome world and have nothing
more to strive for.
The old hen does very little scratch
ing where there is no prospect of find
ing bugs.
The culture and refinement that en-
able one to appreciate the higher
pleasures of life also render one more
susceptible to the annoyances and in
conveniences attendant on human ex-
istence. The world is pretty evenly
balanced, and while the civilized man
has various pleasures that are denied
to the savage, he also is compelled to
bear miseries of which the savage
knows nothing.
The working horse needs no clock to
tell him when dinner time comes.
The mocking- bird is sweet singer,
but when that is said all is said. He
is not big enough to make it worth
while to eat him.
Things balance all right in this
world. The young man who is in love-
is put to some expense to treat his girl
nicely, but he usually saves something
in the way of food during the continu-'
ance of the attack Chicago Ledger.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-12-04

Mr.. SMART (as the church goers
pass)-Tm surprised that Miss Sweet
permits Bodworth to accompany her.
He's about the freshest young fellow /
know. Mrs Smart-Perhaps that's
the reason why she let's him carry her
Psalter.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-12-04

IT may be remarked, for the comfort
of honest poverty, that avarice reigns
most in those who have but few good
qualities TO recommend them. This is
a weed that will grow only in barren
soil.