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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-07-09
HERBERT WARD, THE EXPLORER.
Incidents of His Travels in the Congo
Country. Experience in Borneo.

Herbert Ward, the explorer, says the
N. Y. Herald, is but 26 years of age,
small and compactly built-what one
might call pocket edition OF Hercules.
His eyes are blue and expressive. his
manner modest and retiring, and it is
only when his face lights up in the
discussion of some interesting topic
that one may see the reserve force and
character that have carried him through
all his trials. Mr.. Ward is an English
man of wealthy parents. He had
natural fondness for adventure, and,
as his parents refused their consent, he
ran away to sea.
New Zealand was the first point
reached and soon after he went to
Australia In Borneo he met Hatton,
the famous Byrnese explorer and it
was not long before the two were in
the country of the hcad-hunting D.yaks.
Surrounded by high stockade he
could see and hear the Dyaks prowling
about and often he had narrow es-
capes from poisoned arrows that were
constantly beiug shot into the stock
ade
At Bangala, where Stanley had his
most serious fight with the natives IN
his memorable journey across the Dark
Continent, Ward was finally put in
charge of the station which had just
been established there. The Bangalas
are large and powerful tribe, and.
ia addition to being highly savage and
ferocious, are cannibals. They do not,
however, eat people of their own tribe,
but depend for this sort of luxury upon
such capti7es as they can secure, or,
failing in this, they purchase slaves
from friendly tribes.
This important tribe was governed
at this time by powerful savage, Mata
Bwiki by name. At the commence
ment of his command of this station
Ward was forced to undergo the blood
brotherhood ceremony" in conjuctlon
with the chief. This ceremony, said
Mr.. Ward, is common throughout
Africa. An incission is made in the
arm of each of the two participates in
it. When the blood flows the wounds
are sprinkled with potash, salt, and
powder made from a species of bran:
Then the two incised arms are rubbed
together so that the flowing blood
may intermingle. This done, the two
become blood brothers and both swear
to assist each other in times OF need.
At the end of his three years Of service
MIR. Ward started for the coast. On
reaching Stanley Pool he heard about
the Emin Pasha relief expedition and
that Stanley was coming. This settled
it for him. He would 60 with Stanley.
A short time aftorward he met Stanley
and volunteered his services, which
were accepted, he being appointed to a
command over one of the divisions OF
the expedition.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-07-09
ALTAR OF ROSES.
Eow It is Prepared and How American
Roses Waste Their Sweetness.

Here ware, gents! Hero y'arem /
yelled the street fakir. Here y'are,
gents! The real genuine otter OF roses
right fresh from the otter. the only
living animal beside the musk-ox that
gives up perfume for the hankychlt!
Here ware! Otter of roses, fresh from
the ottcr Five cents a bother
A Young man in the crowd became
seizei with an idea, SAYS the NY. Sun.
lie went 10 the nearest drug store.
How much is altar of roses a bot
tlc9" he asked of the druggist.
It'll cost you 500 an ounce" said
the drug man. The genuine India
altar of roses is worth 800 an ounce"
Got any?' asked the visitor.
Not to-day" said the druggist
We're are just out. >
What makes it cost so much9'
well, one reason is replied the
druggist, 1t takes $4,000 roses to
make i single ounce of altar. If you
can buy $4,000 roses for less than 500.
then maybe you can knock the price OF
altar down. Altar of roses, young
man, ant MIXED out of COWS. 1t is
made in India, although, if they only
know it, they could make it just az
well in California. The same rose
grows there from which the altar Is
distilled in India l have seen huge
hedee-rows near Samona.in California,
so dense with these roses that the odor
from them, on warm sultry day,
caused 2 feeling of peculiar faintness
and oppression to the passer-by. This
is the effect of the altar, which is dis
titled by the heat and moist air, and IS
held suspended, as it were, in the at
mosphere.
There is money in that cause Of
faintness and Incidence, but in this
country not only the sweetness, but
the great value of the flower, is wasted
on the desert air. In northern India
he roses are regularly cultivated.
They are planted in rows in the fields
and require no particular care. When
they begin to bloom they are plucked
from the bushes before midday. Ihe
work is done by women and children,
who seem to regard it more as pleas
IRE than pursuit of labor. The rose
leaves are distilled in twice their weight
of water, which is then drawn of into
opep vessels. These are allowed to
stand over night. being covered up
with cloths to protect their contents
from dirt and insects. In the morn
inc the surface of t. water will be
covered with thin oily film. This is
tho rare altar of roses. 1t is SKINNED
off with a fne feather and dropped in.
to vials. This process is continued
daily until the roses cease to bloom.
douSt see why any essence or oil that
requires the distilling of 50, 600 roses
to ill an ounce bottle hash. right *
have good price set upo San''
you think so?''
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-07-09
"FIe Evened Up"

Col. Mosby relates the following
amusing incident which occurred in o
cavalry fight in the Shenandoah valley
in 1864:
In the midst of q sharp cavalry en-
gagement with Sheridan's men In ;
charge near Berryville there came rid
ing into our lines like a whirlwind q
Yankee soldier on black horse. A
score Of men tried to stop horse and
rider, but the old blacks blood was up,
and he went on clean through our
lines before he was under control. The
rider was sent to Libby prison, and we
mustered the back charger into the
confederate service 4 few days later
we charged some Of Clusters men, and
that old horse WAS ridden into the en-.
gagement by one of our soldiers. The
black evened up things. too, for he
carried his rider into the federal lines,
and never came back.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-07-09

The river OF life never freezes over.
Icicles never hang on the caves OF
heaven. Soumdness Of intellectual
belief is beautiful cloak, well woven
aud well cut, but in the hour When
Gcd shall demand our souls it will
not CT itself be sufficient to hide our
iniquities.
Nv friends. can it be that l have
been urisinj!. and torn from YOU some
hone upon which youwere resting ior
time all eternity! VERIFY, | would be
unkird if, having taken away your
cloak. did not offer YOU something
better. This is cold world, and you
want something to wrap around your
spirit. Christ offers you robe today.
He wove Himself and He will nov
with His own hand prepare it just t
fit yo,u soul. The righteousness He
offers is like the coat He used towear
about Judea, without seam from top
to bottom. There is 4 day OF doom.
Coward would I be Il I did not dare
tell YOU this. 1t shall be day OF
unutterable disappointment to those
who have trusted IL theii: official
dignity, in then elegant manners, IN
their outward morality, in their
soundness ofintellectual belief. But
I see a soul stan@iag before God
who once was s:.x .oughly defled
Yet look at him and you cannot find
single transgression anywhere about
him. How is this. YOU ask. Was he
not once Sabbath breaker, a b!as-
phemer, robber, a perjurer, 4 tbiei,
a murderer? Yes. but Christ hath
cleansed him. Christ hath lifted him
up. Christ hath rent off his rags.
Christ hath clothed him in o spot
less robe of righteousness. That IS
the reason why you cannot see his
former degradation. This glorious
hops in Christ's name IS proftered to-
day. Wandering and wayward soul,
is not this salvation worth coming for,
worth striving for9 Do you wonder
that SO many with bitter weeping
have besoaght it, aud with a very en-
thusiasm OF sorrow cried for divine
compassion? DO you wonder ct the
ealnestness O; those who stand IN
pulpits beseeching men to be recon
ciled to God: Nay, do you wonder at
the Importantly Of the Holy Ghost
who now striveth with thy soulE In
many ct the palaces of Eulope the
wall a;n mosaic. Fragments of shells
and glass are arransedby artists and
aggregated into pictorial splendor:
Whst! made out of broken shell and
broken glass. On, yes: God grant
that by the transforming power Of
His Spirit, we mayan be made a part
OF the eternal palaces, Our broken and
fragmentary natures polished and
shaped and lifted up to make a part
of the everlasting splendors Of the
heavenly templel
For sinners. Lord, thou cam st To bleed,
And I'm siuner vile indeed
Lord, believe Thy grace IS free;
On magnify Thy grace in me,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-07-09
Blown ND by Powder and Dynamite.

Henry SchaHer, colored, was ser
iously and probably fatally injured
yesterday afternoon by an explosion
of powder and dynamite. Schafer,
Dan Allen and another colored man
were working at a well not far from
McCarter's Mill, in the eastern part
of the city. Dan Allen and one ne
$40 were preparing to make blast
in the bottom of the well. Schafer
was at the top of the well, in charge
OF nearly half keg Of powder and
four or five charges of dynamite, fuse
etc. He built a fire close to these
combustibles in order to have some
Goals to light off the fuse in the well.
His carelessness may cost him his
life. In some way the can Of pow
der was exploded, causing the dyna-
mite cartridges to explode. SchaHer
was thrown ten OF fifteen feet in the
air and when picked up it was
thought that he was dead. Dr.. w:
E. Wright was called, and attended
the injured man. The right side of
Schafter's body from the shoulders
to the feet was terribly burned, and
a piece of fuse had been driven into
the flesh. It is a mystery how he
escaped instant charlottesville
News
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-07-09
How to Brighten a Colcccd Man.

If there is anything that the Vir-
ginia darky is afraid of it is smallpox.
Yellow-feveI takes back seat when
the other disease is q subject Of con-
sideration by him.
"Whcn I was connected with the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad my Of
fee was in Richmond Va, where the
population is about per cent colorcd.
Some of the young darliies, or bloods,
as the Richmond people call them,
nave bad habit OF loafng on TIE
street corners and passing remarks for
the benefit of TIE white people VINO
pass by.
One night | went to the theater
with party of railroad men. One OF
them was trainman who was recover
ing from the effects OF an accident in
which he had been burned about the
face and hands, in consequence Of which
they were baadaged il white cloths.
On the way back to the hotel, after the
performance. we passed a corner on
which were congresated 3 gang OF
tough young darkies. We could see
them as they arranged themselves in a
half circle around the lamp-post pre-
pairing 10 give us q reception. As we
approached one of the boys took the
injured mans arm and marched up
ahead of the rest. He stepped in front
OF the group, and, before they could.
say anything, asked them where Tie
smallpox hospital was.
.i;..l, I ~ .r,c.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-07-09
a Down East Superstition.

Evidence of somebody's firm belief
in the old superstition about boring q
hole in a thrifty tree, placing therein a
lock of ones hair and pairing of the
nails and then carefully plugging the
hole in the hope that as soon as the
deposit became solid wood all fear of
future headache aud other ills would be
dispelled from the mind of him whose
lock of hair was contributed to the
tree. came to light in the quaint town
of Wells recently. While saving shin
giles from tree that recently stood
near the Boston and Maine station III
that town, William Maxwell came
across just such an exhibition OF
hpsnan deposit. The nails and dark
br5wn hair were firmly embedded in
the solid wood, being separated only
whe1, the machinery converted the
wood into shingles. The hair and
nails could be traced in four of the
shingles cut from that particular part
OF the tree. 1t is hoped that the bring
ing TO light of these emblems ID so rude
2 manner has not broken the charm.
LGELSton Journal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-07-09
A DEAD MULE" IN TOWN.
AZ Irish Squaw Man Gets Little tn
Best of Bushyhead.

Bushyhead, one of the members OF
the Cherokee Commission, is still in
Washington, and many one passes
the Indian chief without knowing he
is an Indian. He is tall, brown OF
skin, but has the features of the Cau-
casian race; and it is said he IS not
more than one-eighth Indian.
He married some years ago niece
of Senator Butler, of South Carolina,
who had gone out to Tahlequah as
teacher A good story is told Of him
when he was Governor of the Cherokee
Nation. The Cherokees are the most
civilized of all the Indian tribes, and
one of their laws is in favor Of prohlbl-
ton. The law of the United States is
that no one shall give or sell tirewater
to an Indian, but the Cherokee leglsla-
tors 90 further and prohibit the bring
ing Of it into the Territory.
In Tahlequah, when Bushyhead was
Governor, there was an Irish black
smith named Mike Delaney. Now,
Mike had been received into the tribe
because he had married seuaw, and,
strange as it may seem, was more OF
an Indian than any native. he used
to crate by the hour over his forge at
the wrongs of the red men, and one OF
his favoyite perorations was:
"We nave been pairsecuted by the
white man, dhriyen from our homes 10
Georgia over the mountains an val
!eys, an our noble inheritance stholeD
away from US.
Mike frequently delivered himself OF
this. and the more fire-water he had III
him the more fannel-mouthed and un.
Indian was his brogue. He and Bushy-
head were great friends, and one day
when the Governor was at the court
house presiding over the meeting OF
the Legislature, the squaw-man ap-
peared and beckoned imperiously.
"Come here" he whispered, Olive
something to tell you. There's a dead
mule in town" A dead mule" IS
Western slang for keg of whisky:
Give me dollar" continued Mike,
san' I'll buy a bottle an keep it in the
shop until yez can be afturr comm to
dhrink it,
The Governor gave the money, ar
half an hour later, deputizing some.
to take his place, he made his way
the forge. From afar of he heard th
inspiring strains Of the Irish Washer
woman and as he drew near he recog-
nized the oft-repeated refrain, Och
hone, Widow Nlachrec, och hone,
Widow Machree. ;" the melody stoutly
maintained by an anvil chorus. Rush
ing in. he was confronted by the hilari,
ous blacksmith, whom he at once asked
for his share of the dead mule. :"
..Be aisy, Guvner," cried the Irish
Indian, there's only two heels left, an
Ill dhrink that, as the laws agin, CIV
in an Indian whisky"
And he swallowed the rest, the Gov
ernor of the Cherokee Nation not dar-
ing to prevent him. Woshingto" Cor
~ Y. Tribune.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-07-09
Ecase-C.eaning

Take one room II a time and haze
the work done quietly IL the oft DAYS
;r which there is neither washing r2r
ironing nor the usual claaniG@. Bec!l
at the &ttic ed clean downward. J. g,
providing there be al attic. All city
houses are not supplemented. If not,
then upon room OF closet used for can
eral storage of trunks and iIcidcntaIs.
Spare not the purifying clements. Let
every corner be laid bare: Sti3t not the
calsominc or chloride. There are times
when brown soap and Il sound scrub
bing-brush are better than sermons
and this occasion is one Of them. Then,
after the cleansing process is quite
complete, see that no unpurged odds
and ends find lodgmcnt; overhaul re-
positories for rags paper and matches.
Half dozen wall pockets or reti-
cules, made of cretonne, drawn with
colored tapes, will simplify the b1lsi-
ness of caring for the fragments. Each
receptacle should be labeled, every bit
of string and vcstige of old soft linen
should be garnered; sickness brings
needs, and this trying season has
taught housewives the efficacy of saw
ing every scrap of material.
Having completed the garret or store
room, the offal from apartments may
find lodgment in their proper reposi-
tories.
Take each floor in its order after the
closets are overhauled and arranged; I
room at time, say one each Week, so
that the regular household routine be
not interfercd with.
If the carpets are worn and dirged,
rip the center breadths. and turn the
outer edge toward the center; and re-
fresh with border en- suite. Then
wipe with cloth, wrung out CT alum
water; and frequently sweep after a
sprinkling of tea leaves.
a fresh covering of cretonne viii re-
fresh dingy chairs, and all classes OF
curtain draperies are so cheap that
even when economy is necessary one
need not do without hangings at doors
or windows. They soften hard out
lines and tone the glare Of light, and
should harmonic with the general
character of the furnishing j'oman's
Illustrated Work..
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-07-09
A Reasonable Suggestion

Representative Allen of Mississippi
was requested the other day by one of
constituents-it was colored friend
and brother"-to give him a recon-
nendation in writing by means Of
which he hoped to secure a situation as
watchman or something equally i'm
portant. Mr.. Alien complied with
readiness. is he new the man to be ca
pab!e and trustworthy. In f ct, the
.'certilicate OF character" was so excep-
:ionai!y complimentary and set forth
Sam mbo,s qualifications in such glowing
terms that, turning to Mr.. Alien, he
said:
''Lcoil he,.l, Marsc Allen, can't you
gib ne something 70 90 yourself on dat
Ceco2,u. cn,iation?"
1t tcoH scmc time on The part of Mr.:
Allen 70 c;,pE&:n TO the colored friend
and brother ;hat just now he possessed
oct much .'innoocncc."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-07-09
Albert EdUard's g Rudeness.

A strange story of the rudeness of q
member of the royal family of England
comes to The Man About Town direct
from lady correspondent at Edin-
burgh. a fair was in progress there
and Mrs. Langtry was selling coffee at
one Of the booths. Enter the Prince OF
Wales, who asked for cup of the de-
iicious Mocha. Mrs. Langtry served
it in delicate Worcester, and just as
she handed it to HIN threw dainty
Kiss into the cup.
How much?7 the future monarch Of
al he surveys queried.
1T was 10 shillings," answered the
lily of the Jersey Isles. until threw
kiss into it. Now it is 20 shillings" :"
What will you charge me for a
clean cup9' retorted the Prince, very
ungallantly, as he returned the coffee
rntastcd.
ii the story is true it indicates that
TIE P.incc of Wales is getting to be
less and less Of a gentleman us he edges
nearer the throne.-jSt. Louis Repub1ic
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-07-09
One OF Franklin's Stories.

In the third year of the revolution
the British government proposed to
make peace and grant the colonies tho
privilege they had demanded on the
condition that they should pay The ex-
penscs of the war Franklin replied
that the proposal reminded him OF
something that happened when he
lived in London. AFrencaman, who
was little out of his hesd heated a
poker red-hot and then dashed into the
street, exclaiming to the first man he
met: Me stick dis into you six
inches" ''No you don't" was the re-
ply. We'll. den me stick it in nSrce
inches.> No, sir"' was the more Ia
phatic reply. Well den, sare,
will of course pay ME for hcatingf
poker ",-New HGuc,a Pa3lGt'iuna
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-07-09
Against Taking Off hats.

Vienna dispatches to London Meacs:
A movement is on foot in Austria and
Hungary just now to do away with the
form of salutation customary among
men-that of taking off the hat. At
Gratz committee has been formed
which passed resolution and called
upon the civil and military governors,
Baron Kuebec and Count Wurmbrand,
as also on the mayor of the city, beg
ging them to sanction the resolution
accepting the military salute from
interiors The three gentlemen gladly
gave their consent. The wish has also
beel expressed that the dangerous Gus
tom of uncovering the head for a
length of time at funerals should be
done away with. 1t is pointed ou'
tnat the military salute must neces-
sally imply at least as much respect
rs lifting the hat, since = common SOL
dier thus salutes the highest command
er in the army. In the middle ages
the hat or cap was not dotted.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-07-09
AN ODD KIND OF TELESCOPE.
How to SEQ What Is Going On IN the
water.

No doubt good many Of our boys
and girls are ignorant of the fact, says
the n. Y. World, that they can, with
very little trouble and at almost no eH'
pense, construct an instrument with
which they can plainly see what is 60
inc on under the water over which they
sail their boats. The very idea OF such
a thing is attractive. and we propose tc
tell YOU how it can be done.
The water telescope may be made OF
wood or of tin, whichever you prefer,
and we will describe both. The tin is
better, because it is lighter and move
easily handled. It's manufacture is
very simple. Get tinsmith to make
for YOU funnel-shaped tin horn about
three feet long. 1t should be eight or
ter. inches in diameter at the bottom,
and broad enough 1t the top for both
eyes TO look into. Into the bottom put
a piece of glass, cut to fit. and make 1t
perfectly water-tight. Leave the top
open. The inside should be painted
black to prevent the reflection OF the
light upon the surface OF the TIN.
Around the outside of the bottom solder
on several sinkers to offset the buoy
.ancv of the air in the water-tlght horn
and make it easier to submerge. Ii 1t
is not convenient to get round piece
of glass, have the large end made square
and use square glass. That's all there
is of it. and when you sink the lnstru-
ment down into the water and put your
eyes to the small end, you will be per
fectly aslonished at the plainncss with
which YOU will see all kinds of lish and
water animals swimming around IN
state of nature.
A wooden water telescope is made o.
q long, square, wooden box, say ter
inches square at the large and four OF
five inches square at the other. Make
all the seams water-tight by means O.
putty and paint Put piece of glas
in the large end and leave the small
end open to look into, as you 90 Will
the tin instrument.
A great many of you 90 on boating
and picnic parties, and you can imagine
how much such a contrivance Woul(
add to your amusement and pleasure
to say nothing of the instruction derived
from studying the inhabitants OF tn
water at home.
Using the principle Of q water tele
scope, wcll-known naturalist had
boat made with glass in the bottom
through which he could see ever.
movement of thousands OF fish as the.
swan along through the clear water
Fishermen in Norway use the waite
telescope at their work with the bes
results, sometimes discovering q neS
kind of fish that might otherwise haV
escaped their notice
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-07-09
Railroad Up the Jungfrau.

French engineers are planning for an
attack upon that hitherto virgin peak
Of the Alps the Jungfrau. They
propose to continue the present line of
railroad from Interlaken to Lauter-
brunnen as far as Stockelberg, at the
foot of the Jungfrau, and thence to
mount up by succession of slanting
cable roads, forming Zig-zag, to u
height of some $4,000 feet, landing
yearly at the summit of the mountain.
where there will be hotel for the ex-
cursionists who are expected to make
the trip by thousands daily. There
will have to be five steps to the great
staircase, and separate railroad for
each step, making five changes of cars
necessary to reach the summit.