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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-04
japan in the Field.

San FRANCISCO, Nov. 24.-Under the
caption "a japanese Invasion" The
Daily Report last evening published a
story calculated to startle American
manufacturers. Japan isabout to in
wade the United States with the agents
of her factories whose ability to pro-
duce articles of necessity more cheap
ly than the rest Of the world can no
longer be ignored. Japan at least
recognizes its power, its ambition has
been aroused and it is now inaugural
ing an irresistible commercial cam
paign. This new and aggressive inva-
sion commenced q few weeks ago
when the agents of a powerful manu-
featuring and commission house,
whose headquarters are in Kobe and
Hiaso. arrived in this city and offer
ed such inducements to San Francis
co merchants that they were compell-
ed 10 place large orders with the
new commercial giant. a canvass OF
the San Francisco mercantile trade re-
veals the fact that an unprecedented
cut in almost every line Of staple
goods has been made By the Oriental
bidder. Buttons By the great gross
are delivered duty free at a fraction.
less than the actual cost per gross Of
the american article. Bicycles,
guaranteed equal to the best high
Grade, are listed at $12. japanese
matches are laid down at a low price
which is destined to close every match
factory in the United States. Sashes,
doors, blinds and all kinds OF wooden
ware can be delivered duty paid at 80
to 50 per cent. less than the wholesale
prices Of local manufacturers. After
placing huge orders in this city, the
agent left for the East where agencies
Will be established in New York, Chi
cago, St. Louis, and elsewhere for the
purpose of underseliing American
and European manufacturers as fast
as possible.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-04
Gen. Jordan Dead.

New YORK, Nov. 27.-General
Thomas Jordan died 'tonigh. at 1880
O'Clock at his home, No 24 East Twen-
ty-tourth street. The members Of
General Jordan's family and some of
his intimate personal friends were
present when he died General Jor
dan had been suffering long time
from tuberculosis. General Jordan
was born in Luray, Page County, Elr-
ginia, in 1919 At 16 he entered West
Point where he was g roommate and
classmate Of William r. Sherman.
General Jordan served all through the
Seminole campaign Afterwards he
was in the Mexican war. lie was also
with the troops in California and Ore
gon in the Quarter,naster's Depart
mert The highest rank that he OBJ
tanned in the United States army was
Captain. vt the outbreak Of the civil
war ne resigned and joined the Con-
federacy. He was made Brigadier
General and served as chief of stall
with General Beauregard and fought
at the first battle of Manassas and at
SQllOu. AZ TIC ClOSc VI lLlS WI ILS
took the side Of Gen. Beauregard IN
the latter's quarrel with Jefferson
Davis and wrote an article for a n!aga-
zine denouncing Davis. For this he
was criticised severely in some quar-
ters. He was connected with the
Memphis Appeal for some time after
the close of the war When the first
Cuban insurrection broke out General
Jordan enlisted and fought during
-1S69-70 against Spain. He eventually
became commander Of the rebel forces
in Cuba. At Las AIenas de Tana on
Christmas day, 1870, with nearly 600
men, he held in check thirty-tive hun
dred Spanish soldiers until his ammu-
milton gave out. He came to tie
United States in 1871 to intercede for
Cuba and endeavored TO have belliger-
ent rights granted the island. He was
arrested on the charge Of violating the
neutrality laws and held for trial He
was never tried, however.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-04
4 Banker ASSasinateG.

WINSTON, n. c., Nov 26.-John B..
Bonner, banker, broken and vestry-
man in the Episcopal church at Au-
rora, n. c., was shot and killed Sun
dav night in his yard by an unknown
person. His body was not found un-
til Yesterday. He was shot twice, one
bali taking effect in the left side and
the other in the forehead. His body
was thrown over the fence into the
weeds. Bloodhounds have been sent
for and every effort will be made to
catch the guilty person. Everything
valuable was taken from the body eX-
cept ring.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-04
Erirntful ECNcnwr.

MADRID, Nov. 2G.-Sixty-two bodies,
of which thirty-two were the remains
of women, have already been recov-
cred from the ruins OF the cartridge
factory at Palma, Island of Majorca,
which was blown up yesterday. 1t is
said that the explosion was caused by
q workman who had been dismissed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-04

The movement to offer prayer for
Col. Robert G.. Ingersoll at noon on
Thanksgiving Day met an enthusiastic
response al Cleveland, O. At the
May You Mission the Christian En-,
deavor Society held a special meeting.
The room was filled with worshlpers
and for an hour the most fervent ap
peals were offered for the conversion
Of the noted intidel.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-04
GERMANY has !; blacksmith who, as

GERMANY has a blacksmith who, as
a wholesale murderer, is probably
little ahead OF Holmes of Philadel phia.
Holmes is alleged to have planted
about half a dozen victims for business
purposes. The German blacksmith
killed hisfather. mother. wife, brother
in law and the latter's son, and an as
sortment OF other kin folks, not for
insurance money, but for the love OF
killing. His case will be tried this
week, and will add another chapter to
the histor Of curious criminalitv.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-04

Rev. J. T. Johnson, D. D., of JEFF
ferson City, No, who has just return
ed from Palestine. said in sermon
Sunday that Minister TerrelIa at Con-
stantinople had joined the Mohamme-
dan Church, was in league with the
Turks and ought to be hanged. The
statement created a tremendous sensa-
ton.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-04

\ WRITER 10 the Philadelphia Rec
ord has learned that Mr. Edison. the
inventor, Uses a large quantity of old
confederate bills. Hc buys them by
the pound, and il is said pays a good
price for them. Mr.. Edison uses the
bills to make carbons for his incandes-
cent electric lamps.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-04

TIE Atlanta Constitution has offer
ed to write up the South Carolina eN-
hibit for 15 cents a line That ex-
plains why the Constitution did not
mention the recent meeting Of the
South Carolina editors in Atlanta.
They didn't have the i cents per line
to spare after taking in Midway.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-04

ACCORDING TO the annual report OF
the Superintendent OF Education the
enrolment Of the colored pupils for
this year exceeds that Of the whites
over fifteen thousand.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-04
MURDERED By .M0SLEMS
REVIEW OF THE RECENT BLOODY
WORK IN TURKEY.

Over 10000 Christians hnown TO Have
Been Ki!led--Only One Instance of Sue
cesseul Eesistancc--a0O,0 900 Now De>ti-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-04
THE son OF DAVID,
eFv. DR.. 7AiMAGG breaches A SER
MON TO YOUNG MEN.

.,o,,e--In;lustrious HaSits--A
High Ideal Of Lifs--Respert For '"e >;''-
b.th-The Christian kelisioh--+1 i"'''-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-04
MILLIONS FOR MILLS.
BOUND TO COME TO DIXIE FROM
NEW ENGLAND.

AL National Advantages For Cotton
lIanufacturc in Favor of the South.
Northern 1Ien Who Protited by Fore
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-04

broke the Sabbrth who did not fail IN
mind, body or moral principle. 4
manufacturer gave this as his expert
ence. He said: Il owned a factory
on the Lehigh. Everything prosper
ed. l kept the Sabbath, and every
thing went on well. But one Sabbath
morning l bethought myself of anew
shuttle, and l thought I would invent
that shuttle before sunset, and lrefus-
ed all food and drink until [ had COM
pleted that shuttle By sundown | had
completed it. The next day, Monday
I showed to my workmen and friends
this new shuttle. They.all congratu-
lated me on my great success. | put
that shuttle into play. enlarged my
business, but, sir, that Sundays work
cost me $4,000 From that day ev-
evrything went wrong. I failed in
business, and l lost my mill" Oh,
my friends, keep the Lords day You
may think it old fogy advice, but I
give it to you now: Remember the
Sabbath day and keep it holy. Six
days shalt thou labor and do all thy
work, but the seventh is the Sabbath
of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt
not do any work" \ man said that
he would prove that all this was a fal-
lacy, and so he said, Il shall raise a
Sunday crop. And he plowed the
field on the Sabbath, and then he put
in the seed on the Sabbath, and he
cultured the ground on the Sabbath.
When the harvest was ripe, he reaped
it on the Sabbath, and he carried it in
to the NOW on the Sabbath, and then
he stood out defiant to his Christian
neighbors and said, There. that is
my Sunday crop, and it is all garner
ed. :" After awhilea storm came up,
and a great darkness, and the light
nings OF heaven struck the barn and
away went his Sunday crop.
| There is another safeguard that
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-04

ment. All OF these New England has
in abundance; but she cannot prevent
their free migration. They are all the
creatures of opportunity, and If the
| south offers the opportunity, capital
and skill will 60 south and quickly
create the varied Developments.
This IS not mere theory; 1t IS a
plain statement of what is actually
happening now every day, and with
daily growing momentum. 1t IS the
bare truth that the south today has
better mills than the north-they are
the product of the best engineering
skill obtainable. and in every detail OF
construction and arrangement are Of
the highest and most scientific type.
They are equipped with the most mod,
ern machinery, embodying the latest
desirable labor-saving improvements,
and are Of higher average efficiency,
attested by quality and quantity OF
output, than any but few northen
mills. Moreover, they have been con
structed at far less cost than other
mills and represent much less cost per
spindle or per loom than the less etii-
cient northern mills. With less capi-
tai invested, they have greater earn
ing power than their northern COM
petitor.
The test of the relative skill em-
ployed is the quality ard quantity of
the output In the comparison Of sim
liar grades the output Of the best south
ern mills is as great, and in some cases
greater, than that of the best northern
mills. 1t is produced with the same
number of machines and the same
number of operatives, and it is pro
duced al much less cost than the pro-
duct of the northern mills. Finally
ii is Of higher average quality than the
northern product. So much for the
results Of skill and experience.
'As to capital, hardly a leading
southern mill but numbers among its
stockholders many northern investors.
Southern energy, southern capacity
and business shrewdness have been
the organizing forces. They have
shown that southern men have ali
the qualities needful to command sue.
cess, ard can without foreign aid de-
velop great opportunity until it be,
comes a great success. Upon the
l foundation laid by southern men. sa-
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-06-22
A Remarkable Pulpit.

The Mechlin cathedral pulpit is re-
garded as the second finest i'll the world,
the finest having been done by the same
artist for TIE cathedral in Brussels. The
writer, who has seen both, while ad-
mitting points of superiority i'll that of
Brussels, prefers this, which is i'll the
cathedral at Mechlin. 1t is made of oak
and the figures Of Christ and of the wom-
ell are life size. The sounding board is
formed by oak leaves twined with those
of grapevine. The stem of the latter
rises naturally from the ground at the
entrance to the pulpit, which is appar-
emily hewn out of rock The preacher
stands under tie shadow of the leaves,
the cross at his right hand. Below him
and in front Of the pulpit, forming q
part of the ba&e, is horse which has
thrown its rider. 1t looks as though
some impious horseman had approached
Calvary hccdlessly and been hurled to
destruction over precipice. The ex-
PLANTATION Of tho design is not given by
the guide at the cathedral nor in any
book, SO visitors and regular worshipers
are at liberty to interpret it to please
themselves. .-Broolllyn Eagle.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-06-22
ALL ON ONE "SPLlT."
Run of Luck Which Enriched an I'm
pccTniots Gambler.

Some years ago, when gambling flour
ished in Washington, two of the most
enthusiastic votar:cs of faro were old
Bill Lunsford and Adam Koch. They
usually bucl.cd the animal together, and
when they had a winning streak the
bank proprietor was apt to walk the
floor ncrvouslv, and there would be shift
ing of dealers every quarter of an hour
or so. When the ficklc goddess frowned
upon them, however, there was Joy in
the heart of the man who carried tho
roll, and pheasants and venison We're liza
bic to mark the next nights supper.
They always played the limit, which
was s'25 to leases" i'll most of the rooms
i'll their day whether their luck was
good or bad. and consequently they won
big money or lost their stakes in short
order
One night Koch went up into Jones'
place, over Charlie Godfrcys saloon, on
f street, without Il cent in his pocket
Lunsford was spread out before the faro
table, with red chips at $1.25 apiece
stacked up i'll front of him and stacks
covering the case cards on the board He
was tipsy and unsociable, and when Koch
suggested the loan Of couple of stacks
he was met with Il stormy refusal.
He sat down and watched the play how
ever, and at last Lunsford, who was
calling for II small bottle every other
turn, got drunkcr and put Il pile of chips
on the king, of which only one had
shown. In o moment two kings followed
each other in the deal, and Jim Davis,
who was dealing, took down half of
Lunsford's bot. In doing so he found the
latter had put 10 chips instead of 20 on
the card, and consequently he left nine
chips and split, or half check, on it.
Lunsford was wild. he hated split
worse than any gambler who ever played
a system, and he turned on Koch.
"You wanted stake, durn you, and
now you can have it," he exclaimed,
and he threw the split at Koch. The
latter coolly picked up the G21a cents
and put it on n card. Itwon. He shifted
the chip to another place, and it won
again. Here and there he moved the
chips over the table, now coppering
them and now playing them open, and
every time he won. At tho end of the
deal he had $50. At the end of the next
he had $245. The news got out on the
street that Adam Koch had struck
winning streak. This was enough to
crowd Jones' place with curious and ex-
cited spectators AT midnight Koch was
81 400 ahead of the game. At o'clock
i'll tho morning he arose and called for
a bottle Of wine and paid the boy with
Il $40 bill ont Of roll containing just
$4,000. That was the luckiest gamble
ever known i'll Washington. And Luns-
ford went broke trying to copper Koch s
steady luck.-Chicago Times Herald.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-06-22

AS soon as she is able to run about
each daughter of a German farmer's S
family is presented with linen bag
marked with her own NAME into which
she puts all the feathers she can pick
up. Not the slightest downy bit escapes
her, and the sooner the bag is filled the
greater the praise she gets from the
parents. The bag being full, it is emp
tied into larger one, which hangs in
the garrett or elsewhere, and when there
are feathers enough they are made into
pillows or holsters or beds or cushions
for easy chairs, We waste a great deal
i'll this country. Although we do not
keep so many geese as Germans keep,
chicken feathers are plentifully strewn
about most farms and mako good beds.
New York Dispatch.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-06-22
Electric Candles.

The electric candle is in great request
in England for the lighting and decora-
ton of dining and other tables. An in
genious device for lighting the candle is
provided by placing small pads under
the tablecloth and taking the current
from them by means Of two pin points
in the base of the candleStick The can
dies of course are eXtinguished on being
taken from the table and are relighted
when they are replaced in the proper
position. They are so arranged that the
bulb and glass imitation of wax can
die can be removed, when the candle
stick can be used for amy ordinary can
die. When used with shades of colored
silk, the electric candle makes one of the
prettiest additions to dinner table that
it is possible to imagine. .-Pittsburg Dis
patch.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-06-22
A DOG ON HIS TRAVELS.
He Had No Ticket, but Knew Where lie
Wanted to Leave the Train.

Hibttd 10 ASaNS tne lTaln
"Iwas witness the other day" writes
correspondent Of the London Specta-
tor, "of what had only heard of before
Il dog travelling yriil on his own nc
count | got into the train at Uxbridge
road and the compartment being vacant
took up the seat which l now prefer
the corner seat at tie entrance with the
back TO the engine. Presently whole
crowd of ladies got i'll, and with them
dog, which supposed to bolong to them.
All the ladies except one got out at
Addison road, and then the dog skunk
across the carriage to just under my seat.
l asked my remaining fellow passenger
whether the dog was hers. She said
No No one got i'll bcfc"e she herself
got cut Ct Fc!sth Kc;.s:nS5::cn, v-hc:o the
dog remained perfectly quiet, but at
Sloane square man Was let in, and out
rushed the dog, the door actually graz
ing his sides. Had he not taken up the
precise place he did, he must have been
shut i'll Or crushed. That dog is stow
away observed to the porter who had
opened the door. i suppose he is, the
man answered.
"The dog was making tic best of his
way to the stairs. Clearly the dog meant
to get out at that particular station, Che
had had ample opportunity of getting
out both at Addison road and South
Kensington), and had, as soon as be
could taken up the best position for do
ing so. How did he recognize the Sloane
Square station, for he had had only
those two opportunities of glancing out?
1t seems to me it can only have been by
counting the stations, in which case lie
must be able to reckon up to five.
'"The dog was very ordinary London
cur, white and tan, of a greatly mixed
Scotch terrier stock, the long muzzle
showing greyhound cross. He was
thin and apparently conscious of break
ing the law, hiding out of sight, and
Sinking along with his tail between his
legs, and altogether not worth stealing.
suppose that he had been transferred
to new home, which had proved rn-
congenial, and was slipping away in
fear and trembling to his old quarters.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-06-22
Reached the Point at Last.

1t takes some persons long time to
come to the point of story. They are
lacking in that quality which newspa-
per men term "news sense" or, in 9TH
er words, they do not appreciate the
value of giving prominence to the i'm
portant factor of their information.
1t was such a one as this, Pennsyl-
vania Dutchman, by the way, who par
ticipated in brief dialogue with a
newspaper correspondent one day last
summer The man had been sent on a
long journey to obtain some information
and eventually brought up at house
which proved to be vacant
Proceeding to the house of the nearest
neighbor, the Dutchman, he asked:
"Can you tell me where I can find Jane
Smith? She's not at homer"
"Nein, Chances nod ad home. "
"Well, where is she?"
"She's gone the cemetery down."
"Can you tell me where the cemetery
is? But never mind. Perhaps you know
when she'll come back?"
"Oh, she won't come back already
any more. -
"Why?'
"'Cause she's gone to stay. She's
detP'-New York Herald.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-06-22
WHY POETRY is PLENTIFUL.
Views of an English Critic on Americas
Minor Bards.

With Transatlantic Bardlets" as his
headline, writer in the London Satur-
day Review prefaces some rather savage
criticism of several books of verse recent
ly published in America with the fol-
lowing lively remarks:
They are uncommonly like the Eng
lish poetlings, these transatlantic bard
let's, but there are more of them. This is
not because the States are less poetical
than the mother country, but because
they have more people. Moreover, "cul-
ture" is generally held in higher esteem
there and to appear in print is an un-
doubted mark of having obtained it, just
as a university degree is proof, among
the English middle classes, of it's proud
possessor's right to be regarded as a
scholar and gentleman
But if the authorship of book is o
certificate of taste and reading it be-
comes diploma in honors when that
book consists of metrical matter. Now,
about IS per cent of moderately educat-
ed persons can write lines which some
times scan, often rhyme and occasional
ly make sense, and ii painfully large pro-
portion of these are imrelled to establish
their characters in the eyes of their
neighbors by the publication of these SO
called verses. A little money Or the
power of deluding publishers reader,
simple tribe, is all that is needed 1t
must be added that at times the poems"
are genuine trade success, as are in
England, for instance, the innocent
maunderings of Sir Edwin Arnold and
Mr.. Lewis Morris, fact which encour-
ages scores, nay, hundreds, of other am
bilious and avaricious rhymesters to
emulate the lucky mon.
In the States, too, they have their dear
little cliques of mutual admirers, like
our fair brotherhood of the Rhymers'
club and the Bodley Head, who gener-
ously praise one another's songs-which
they read (or neglect to rcad) i'll presen-
tation copies-and they thus maintain
one anothers spirit on little butter.
And then, of course, there are always
ones aunts and sisters and wives and
that sort of thing. There are more of
these III the United States than here !;
hence there is more minor poetry.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-06-22
Sufficiently Rewarded.

The latest joke at the expense Of the
French Society For the Protection of
Animals is to the following effect A
rountryman, armed with an immense
club, presents himself before the presi-
tlent of the society and claims the first
prize. He is asked to describe the act of
humanity on which he Pounds the claim:
~ saved the life of a wolf," replies
the countrynan. Il might easily have
killed him with this bludgeon," and he
swings his weapon i'll the air, to the i'm
mense discomfort of the president.
But where was this wolff" inquiries
the latter. "What had he done to you?"
HE had just devoured my wife"
was the reply
The president reflects an instant and
then says, my friend, l am of opinion
that you have been sufficiently reward
ed. Now York Post.