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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-02-26
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Facts 81 Interest Gathered from Vari-


DR.. ", J. Thomas, one Ct the mos3
prominent physicians Of North Caro-
iiaa, G:ad in Wilmington Tuesday,
OF diphtheria, aged severty-two
years.
"A serious coliicry cx olosion took place
Wednesday night near Decize, France.
Thirty four bodies have thus far been re-
coveid, The to:a: number Of victims is
not known.
The Railroad Commission has taken
action 20 have sheAtian:icCoastLine make
close connections at Columbia, Will the
train leaving la; city FOX SpaEtaabu'g
at 1910 a. n.
Mark Twain 6. L. Clemens) has
been invited to take part in the forth
coming London reception to Stanley,
ard be seriously thinks Of making the
ocean trip fer the special purpose.
Popular Branch Alliance, in North
Carolina, has got up mutual aid so.
ciety, and when a member loses a
horse or cow they contribute the
sum of one dollar each provided the
loss VIII require that much.
Henry J. FAM, the victim Of the
Aberdeen outrage, has been recon-
menGcd by Superintendent Porter 70:
appointment as special agent of the
eleventh census to collect statistics
relative to the recorded indebted,
ness.
-Four hundred thousand miners IL
Great Britain have decided to adhere tc
their demand for an increase Of ten pei
cent. in wages. It is probable that the
men will strike. Should they do so, the
coal output will be decreased three
quarters.
"A theatrical performance for the
benefit of Mrs. James G. Blaine, Jr.
cane off Wednesday afternoon in
Broadway theatre and netted 81, 900
Among the performers were Elsie
Leslie, William q. Crane and Mrs
Kendall.
The Paris correspondent Of the Lon
don News says Dom Hedro's nervous
disease Increases and partly unhinge
his mind. He lives in daily expectation
Of being recalled to rule Brazil, aud doe
not realize the precaTious state Of hi
own finances. he refuses to reduce hi
imperial suite. and maintains his cxpcr
ces on graud scale.
IS. P. Chandler writes from Max
Sumter County, S. c., as follows
"Our Alliance is thriving, and is still
growing. all seem much interested il
the progress it is making against trusts
combination ETC., and wish it success
Yo,i see from the way old subscriber
have renewed their subscriptions t.
The Cotton Plant that they know hoV
to appreciate it"
Washington Post: Senator Fanc'
says constituent Of his il PIN
woods district of North Carolina, t.
whom he sent copy of of the Pat
ert Office annual reports, spoke to hin
of the occurrence in this way: Gineral
I got them speeches O. yourD, but
couldn't read 'em through. Thar wa
le,-le too much Whig doetrin int
'em.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-02-26
Snake Charming Is a Gift.

Men with snakes in their boots are
of such frequent occurrence that they
have no attractions as curiosEics; but
. woman with snakes in her ha!r has
proved 4 great and drawing attraction
at Wonderland. Not only has she
snakes in her hair, but they are wound
about her white throat like q necklace
and twined about her wrists like brace
lets.
There. there. Samson. old fellow,
don't Get excited" she said il low,
purring tone to the great boa constrlc,,
tor that was wound about her and
which is vicious and ugly if teased.
He sprang at mans head once,
she said, make a leap of four feet With
his mouth open. but he missed, and we
caught him again
DOCS he knew your voice"
Indeed he does, just like a dog or
anv animal. When the man who takes
care of him puts tray of hot water in
the bottom of the trunk where the
snakes are kept Samson Kisses angri-
ly. Be quiet. Baby-there = there
pet"
color that Miss Fatima the snake
charmer wreathes in the electric hair
which ornaments her head. Python"
isa South American snake. Samson
she has raised from its infancy. This
snake could crush in her ribs with one
turn of its little body; but refrains from
love of its trainer.
How often do you feed them?'
"Once in six weeks. Then we give
them all a full meal of live pigeons,
rabbits and other things"
Miss Fatima was restoring them to
their warm blankets in the trunk.
They clung to her bare arms aud ran
out their pretty forked tongues and
seemed 10th to return to the snake
chest. One lay supinely along the
iron railing, moving its head to and
fro at the curious crowd that watched
its everv motion. The snake-charmer
picked it up with her jewe!ed fingers
and pressed its ugly muzzle against
| her delicate cheek. You wouldn't
hurt me, would you pet9" she purred
as she caressed it before dropping 1t
with its mates in among the warm
blankets.
you've got more nerve than l
have" said man who had been watch
| inc her. DO You use anything to
charm them With,
| Nothing. Snakc-charminS is . gift.
It was born with me-" she answered.
Detroit Free Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-02-26
A Pointed Incident,

The Washington correspondent of
the Atlanta Constitution says: It is
conceded on all hands that Thomas
Bracket Reed is the House of Repre-.
sentatives, that he IS the only mem
Der, aud that the others who hold
seats are merely honorary members.
AN incident showing this was when
the clerk of the House went to the
Senate this morning with a batch of
bills that had been passed by the
House. Either Inadvertently or pre-
meditatedly, as the clerk was intro
duced, and placed the bills in the
hands of the secretary Of the Senate,
he said:
MIR. President, am instructed by
the House Of Representatives to in
form the Senate that the Speaker of
the House has passed the following
bills"
The digni6ed Senators were quick
to detect the error, and laughed hear
tily. Some one on the Democratic
side was heard to say:
SO the Speaker passes all the bills
in the House, does he?'
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-02-26
To Start an Alliance ORGAN.

CoLBNDIA, S. c., Feb. 2e.-It is re-
ported that at an early day some OF the
wealthiest Allispce farmers Of several OF
the counties will meet in this city to
organize JOINT stock company for the
purpose of publishing "a purely agricul-
tural paper" for the benefit OF tie farm
ers of this State, and that the very best
talent will be employed that can be
found in the South to conduct it-men
who can Instruct the farmers not only in
the scier ce Of agriculture, but in all the
practical methods and reforms necessary
10 make farming a success. The projec-
tors cay that some Of the papers have
become politico-agricultura!, and have
failed SO far in iustructing the farmers as
to their agricultural wants. The capital
will be ss5. 900 at 500 per share. The
paper will be published in this city.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-02-26
A Midnight Funeral.

A midnight funeral is queer sight.
Shortly before that dismal hour Sun
day night long line of carriages trail
ed through the mud and mist Of Madi-
son street. The plate glass sides o.
the sable trimmed hearse flashed back
the struggling CLEANS Of the electric
lights and the dull rumble Of the We
hicles sent shiver through the peo-
pie who faced the fog and chill of the
night. a dozen carriages followed
the black transport of the dead.
Weeping women in mourning wells
and relations and friends of the dead,
with bowed heads, were seen as the
carriages passed beneath an electric
lamp The body had evidently arriv-
ea by late train and the'last rites of
the dead we're being performed in the
darkness ofthe night. 1t was a gloomy,
sorrowful procession-the weather, ths
hour, the grief, the pail, all midnight
bIackness-nota 2 ray Of light.-Chica-
go News.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-02-26
DlSCRAcEFUL DEATH RITES.
The CHASTITY Nerriment That Prevails a
Many English Funerals.

It has been asserted with tedious r.
ritation that the English people take
their pleasures sadly. says the London
Pefcrec. No one will deny the truth OF
the indictment, but it is seldom urged
that in revenge we take our sadness
pleasantly. Nevertheless, IN English
funeral is often merry-making. q jovlal
excuse for dance and song and the pass
inc of the flowing bowl. To 90 to a
funeral is with some Of us equivalent
to going out for 4 festive holiday.
Let any one who is anxious to study
the manners and customs Of the En-
glish mourners spend an afternoon
Monday afternoon for choice-in the
neishborhood Of public house near
cemetery III warrant me he'll come
away with all his preconceived notions
of '.eoing to funeral knocked into
the cocl1edest Of cooked hats.
The other day it was my good-or evil
fortune to have an hour to spare IN q
northern suburb of London. l had
driven some distance, and wanted to
give nv horse rest, and so I put up
for an hour and then wandered away
to public house in the neighborhood,
to which I was attracted by q large
number Of empty hearses and mourn
ING coaches drawn up in picturesque
confusion around it. Outside the un-
dertAkers' men were chatting together.
with their hands in their pockets, and
were smoking short clays, and passing
the pewter along. Inside the bar was
crowded with men and women dressed
in deep mourning. explored the
house and found mourners in the
coffee-room, mourners in the smoke
room. It was case of mourners-
mourners everywhere, and-1 can't
finish the quotation, for there certainly
was drop to drink. The mourners in
the cotfee-room were more subdued
than the mourners in the bar, but
they were merry. Here was a widow,
who had just left the dear departed
"up the road" smiling at story which
another lady mourner was telling
about ''old Jones'" There was 4 young
man with a black band mp to the top OF
his hat coaxing girl mourner to have
another whisky. I looked round the
room for tears, and l saw but few.
One or two eyes were red, but smiles
were in the ascendant, and, altogether,
the various belonging to the hearse out
side seemed disposed to have pleasant
hour at the pub before they went
home.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-02-26
a Sad GiistaEs

Ne have recently secG printed letter
gotten out by an Alliance man who wants
Office. It sets forth in gcod style his
fitness for the position and gives Hlas
ne cOaceves to bc GOOD Tr4suus WY he
should be supported. This raIng, Ia
ken aside FROM the mats connection
with the Alliance, would not cause anv
comment upon cur part, but when mcu
try to use the Alliance is asteppios stone
to office, we most seriously object. The
aspirant IS not in any way connected
with the State Alliance, either as an ofi-
Ger or as committeeman, and does not
aspire to he governor. but he wants :
position of public tru,., aud his printed
l.'fc'S give tie as'i!c If toe Alliance ,c
1h'&h he belongs
Ii 4 man "Ant: The aouina'ion Of the
DctEocIaiic party We want TO sec him
seek it as Democrat, but not endcavcr
to constitute himself al Alliance caudi
date, and serd bis rlinted campaign
circulars to ::!T;re1t Alliance men Of
prominence, seeking their endorsement
which ne IN turD would add to his can
pa!gn literature. II z brother is so we'll
known ana bis fitness for position is so
evident that the people throughout the
State want him to serve them. be will
not have to send out letters to the order
telling them who be is and how he is
urcded 10 "ffice. These of cur brethren
who are now or ever expect to indulge
IL that kind Of policy will fud hat they
have made great mistake Simply be.
ing an Alliance mau does no: Ct one for
office any moe than it unGls him for it.
The order will always condemn such at
tempts to use its influence. That is the
kind Of politics We are to fsar.-Soath-
ern Alliance.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-02-26
\ Profound IounSster.

Thers was convention Of Sunday
school teachers ia Illinois, and the
teachers of three counties were there
to the number of 400 On the last
day of the convention the chairman
anrouced that he would be pleased to
have the knowing ones think up
some hard questions on subjects per-
tanning to their work, write them on
slips Of paper, aAd submit them to
him, and that evening at the last ses-
sion, which was to be a sort Of enter
tainment, he would answer them.
A lot Of people wrote these ques-
tions, and gave them to the great pro
fessor, and when evening came ne had
about fifty good old problems in his
bunch of paper slips.
The evening exercises began with
reading and answering tue questions,
and though some of them were very
obtuse, the professor coped with them
successfully, and impressed the great
gathering with his vast knowledge.
Finally he ran against a question
thas made him knit his brows; He
scowlcd at it moment and then laid
it aside. When he answered the rest
he picked up this query and said:
'Here is question which confess
l am unable to answer. I submit it
to the audience, and ifany one is able
to give the answer I will be glad to
hear what it isl
Then he reeS This r,,erv.
"Who was the boy, and what was
his name, who held the basket con-
tanning the Eve loaves and two fishes
which FED the nultitude?''
Nobody made any effort to ansve
it, and the professor said:
''It seems that nobody knows any
more about it than 90. I will have
to call on the person who submitted
the question to come forward and
answer it. Will you please do so?''
To the great surprise OF the 400 2eo-
pie, and his mother as well, Frank
Jones, thirteen year old school boy
got up and modestly walked up the
aisle. Everybody looked at him
amazed.
The professor said: Did you sub
nit this question:"
eyes sir"
"Can you answer i:?"
eyes SIR
swell, I am sure everybody will
be glad 10 hear it"
THE boy" said Frank, quietly but
steadily, was Ben Ezra, son of Niri-
| am, who was sister of Philip, one
of the twelve disciples"
A murmur Of astonisnment ran over
the audience. Here WAS something
TOO deep for even the professed theo-
logiaDs in convention assembled. The
professor turned to the boy.
"Did you find that in the Bible?"
''No SIR"
"Where, then, did you get it?"
''In Greek history"
That was the cap sheaf. 4 lad oi
thirteen bowling down 400 declared
teachers in the Christian cause, and
telling them in an unassuming way
that he dug the information out o!
Greek history.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-02-26
Negroes in New York.

\ young real estate msa who has
charge Of the renting OF coed deal of
property tells ne that be would rather
have coloTed people for tenaa;s lhsa any
other class. Some years ago lie cot hold
CT block Of teDsnents and rented them
ont to colored people. The owner of
the buildings va, highly iucensei, but
has since changed his vic1s. Where be
previously got but 5 OF 8 per cent. on
his investments he now gets 10 or -,
and be is loud in his praise Of his agents
sagaclty. ColoFed people, the real es.
tate men have just begun to realize, are
a very desirable sort Of teuonts. They
fad It so difficult 20 secure good ou.r.
ters IN this city that when once settled
they remain for an indefute period
They pay promptly, complain little and
give Infinitely less trouble to thcil
LANDLORDS than do any other race of peo.
pie. am told they are charged on ar
average 10 per cent. more than white
people are, but they make 10 protest
The only objection real estate men have
to renting buildings to colored people il
that they are neEer able to got white
tenants to occupy tbe apartments after
warGs.-N. I. Letter.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-02-26
Many Eiocl5ilg Birds.

4 writer who has recently visited the
Bridal Veil Falls in the Yosemite Val
ley thus describes the mockiag birds in
thas vicinity in the New York Press:
'Milllons Of brown-coated birds there
were everywhere, until 5ae whole of
our very nature seemed pecmeated with
their music. Sometimes low and sweet,
again sad and plaintive, and then full,
rich and triumphant, like pecan OF
Joy and gladness while we looked at
each other in wondering silence. Just
as it seemed that the melody was un-
supportably sweet. and that our hearts
could not contain more without the re-
lief OF tears or shouts, the wind died
away AID the water aysin struck with
an aweSome roar into its rocky hollow
with 4 force that maze the earth trem-
bic, and was again !;she,! to furious
foam and the song Of the lHocl>ing birds
hushed. J!,us il goes on sTer and ever,
alternately, and has ior ages the song
OF the birds and the thundcrous reTer-
Eeration of the cataract"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-02-26
YOUTH UNDER THE Ak,
Remarkable Nerve Exhibited BY tat
Youngest Victim OF the Guiilotine.

.'That man has recently witnessed Q
rare and infrequent sight, said well
known man-about-town TO New Iork
Journal reporter on Broadway, point
ing to a ioreign-looking man who was
lust going into the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
The reporter approached the gentle-
man, who gave mis- name as George
Eerbillon, q well known Partisan jour
nalist. He left Paris about ten days
ago.
Yes have witnessed strange
sight, and one l don't care about seeing
again." he said. with strong foreign
accent.
He then related the incident. He
had seen the guillotining, about TIVE
week. ago, at Paris, of the youngest
person who had fallen victim to the
grim AZ in Paris since the French Rev
olution.
1t was q bov of IS who had suffered
the awful punishment. His name vas
Georges Henri Kaps. He had murder
ed his sweetheart in May last. at the
trial for this crime it was shown that
Young, beardless kaps, at the age OF X,
had assassinated an old man in dark
side street.
When arrested for this last murder,
boy though he was, he threatened his
guards with death.
Il have seen many persons die, !"
said M. Herbillou. Il was in the COM
mune in II and at the executions after
it, but never saw anything so distress
ing as the end of this young murderer.
9.He was only boy fit still for .
mothers caressing," went on N. Her.
billion, ''but he displayed the most re,
markabIe nerve during the trial and
greeted the verdict of death with a
SMILE
When the officials came in to the
prison to announce that his hour had
come he showed no fear, though till that
moment he had expected communication
O. sentence.
He dressed himself with out assist
ance. When priest approached he
motioned him to leave with wave OF
his little hands.
Afterw.rd he gayly skipped to his
place in the sad procession for the
guillotine.
When he arrived at the place of the
AK he glanced curiously at the few
spectators. Catching sight of the
deadwagon that was soon to carry
away his lifeless body he smiled visibly.
Standing beneath the glittering
knife, the priest extended the crucitiS
to tho boys lips, but he turned aside
his head.
The victims manner was so naive
that movement of pity made a muir
mur in the little throng as the e1ecu-
TONERS forced him back and laid his
neck in the fatal groove.
'.As he lay for second before the
blade dropped" said Mr.. Herbillon,
81 caught lingering smile upon his
lips.
"Then turned away" he said, ''and
the sound of the falling knife was
heard. The boy died more like my
idea of Christian martyr than any one
ever saw die"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-02-26
Artificial Lightning in War.

This IS the ace of patent new inyen-
tions for killing bodies and for saving
souls is what Byron wrote nearly i
century ago. There is 4 man over in
Trenton who comes forward today
with scheme for killing bodies which,
he thinks, when duly patented, will
reyolutioniZc modern warfare. Unless
he is in error, the plan will certainly
serve to put IN end to battles, because
the inventor will by this ingenious de-
vice kill whole armies in i day. The
mans name is Grinneil. He is aJersey-
man and feels 4 little anxious to know
what the effect of his plan will be be-
fore getting patent on it. He wants
it used only il case it wouldput an end
to wars. The JcrSeyman, YOU will see.
is kind-heartcd destroyer. His in-
vcntion resides in the power to pro-
ducc lightning by artificial means.
BY the use OF = small dynamo GriEnell
has already Killed :hc flies in 2Ox2O
room, and by 4 little Work in pcrfcctine
his scheme lie expects to be able to kill
an army any fair day in the week. The
act of wholesale destruction will have
to be suspended on wet days.-N. T.
Yefi9r
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-02-26
North Carolina Negroes Mad,

A Washington letter says: The
negroes of NorthCarolina are raising a
great howl because the administration
has giuen all the Offices in that State
to white Republicans. There is a
gang ofa dozen negro politicians here
from that Stale, and they are raising
much ola rumpus. They say there
are 10000 colored voters in North
Carolina, and they have not single
Office. They send the only negro to
Congress in that body, yet he cannot
get al office for q constituent above
a job as laborer to haul wood or clean
spittoons. They swear thai although
Harrison made dicker with some of
the white Republicans iu the Tar Heel
State, giving them the control of pat.
ronage for the promise of a solid Har-
rison delegation in '92, the negro vote
of North Carolina will be cast against
him, and the delegates will so instruct,
ed for another man.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-02-26
VOOLFOLK SEES HORRORS.
and lie Describes sE,cm IN Z Leiior so
Governor q GsrdcE

and lie Describes ihcM IN Z Leiior so
Governor Gordon.
ATLANTA, Feb 2G.-Tom Voolfolk has
written :. letter 70 Governor Gordon
begging to be removcd from tie Jail in
Macon.
The story he tells is not credited
the executive department, as it is writ
ten in wandering way toward the les
although the first part is coherent
After begging to be removed Tom
says: 81 could give you dozen rea.ons
for this, bus one viii DO.
"In the cage below ny cell are be-
tween fifteen and twenty prisoners l
don't know for certain, but I earnestly
believe it, that white people, men, wo-
men and children, have been trapped by
the jailer ard some OF bis assistants and
tortured.
Il believe these people trapped are my
witnesses and friends.
They are first arrested, tieG, gagged,
thro~u Into bath tub, while one Of
the asss!lants sis oa him till he
browns.
They are then throva out among
the negroes while somc Of the prisoners
put on boiling water srG then I'll the
hair is scalded of tie drowned men OF
women.
Zone of the assistants, who is = pai2-
ter, then paints the white bodies black o1
covers them over very nicely with sou,'
piece, Of seal skin, and when the cficeE:
come the js!ler tells them 3 risser i;
dead.
He continues, saying thai the mer
who do this are in gang tnge:her aud
open al letters sea; 20 prison rs and
take out all money thatis IL thea, before
they receive the Letters.
He continues, saying that many drum,
ners and other strangers in Maaon have
been trapped by tie jail gang whiah las
beea organized for tnc pu:poee ef max
ing money. The drummcra, Tom thinks
arc CARED into the cciar at the Jail ol
thrown into the sewer which opens intt
the Jail and empties into the river, hrs
being cut W so that they can DC easil,
| handled.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-02-26
An Interesting q Time in Maine.

The skunk is mighty. He always IS
for that matter, but just now he rules
three or four villages in the vicinity OF
Bangor with an irresistible and odorif-
erous rule. Hampden has been ever
ridden of late with herd of active and
strong-breathed skunks who have made
things interesting ferfolks who ventured
out at night a whole prayer-meetlng
was demoralizcd by them recently
when the worshipers were returning
home. That was the only nice thing
about it. Had the attack been made
on the way to prayer-mceting It is
doubtful if the exhortations would have
been delivered in the same spirit Of
good will and peace. They might have
been more earnest and fervent though.
The up-river towns have had similar
experience. A fellow and his girl 60
inc to q ball met skunk and didn't
90. The fellow swore and the girl
cried, and then they went home and
put their clothes in pickle. The skunk
can be spared. He is unnice.-Bangor
NeICS