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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-11-27
BADGES OF MATRIMONY.
Worn by All Other Nations, But Tabooed
by American Women.

Worn by All Other Nations, But Tabooed
by American women.
Americans are the only women in the
world who do not exhibit some sign
of matrimony, says writer in the Buf-
falo Express. OF course, those who fol-
low in the wake Of European etiquette
would not appear with their daughters
wearing a hat without strings, bat the
universal American woman buys w.jat-
she likes. regardless Of whether it be
natronly or not, and her daughters will
select articles Of dress only suita bic to.
married women.
IN no other country is this the case.
Among the Germans the badge Of 4
married woman consists Of little cap
or hood. of which they are very proud,
and "donning the cap is feature Of
the wedding day among the peasants OF
certain localities.
The married women OF Little Russia
are always seen, even in the hottest
weather, with 4 thick cloth Of dark hue
twisted about their heads In New
Guinea q young woman lets her hair
hang about her shoulders, bat when
she is married this is cut short. Chinese.
women braid their hair like helmet.
In Wadai the wives color their lips by
tattooing them with the thorns of the
acacia and rubbing them with iron
filings IL parts of Africa the married
women pcrforate the outer edges Of
their cars and lips and stick rows Of
grass stalks in them, and among cer-
tain Nongolian tribe of people, the
Manthes, the womc, wear suspended
from their ear little basket full of
cotton, to which Z spindle Is attached
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-11-27
WILD PRANHS OF LIGHTNING.
Followed Il Piece OF Timber from One
Tree to Another.

While the thunderstorm was at its
height on a recent Sunday the light
ming played peculiar prank out at
Lvnwood. says the Minneapolis Trib-
une. In front of 4. Eichorn 5 cottage
stand two enormous oak trees. each
something like one hundred feet high
and from two and onc-half to three
feet in diameter The trees stand
about twelve or fifteen feet apart and
are connected. as it were. forty feet
from the ground by a piece OF timber
four inches square, which has been
placed in fork Of each for the pur-
pose of furnishing the children Of the
neighborhood a swing OF unusual
capacity for making aerial trips.
While the storm was raging lightning
struck the top Of one of the oaks, the
electrical fluid passing down the tree
and tearing several limbs from the
trunk on its course.
On reaching the timber supporting
the swing the bolt shot across 1t as
though it had been metal conductor
provided especially for the occasion
and tore down the trunk of the second
oak, finally spending its force IN the
earth, leaving 4 large hole to mark the
spot. The force of the electrical cur
rent was so great that in its passage
down the trunk of the second tree
struck it rcnded off pieces Of timber
six feet long and as large through as
the body of an ordinary sized man.
Smaller pieces were hurled through the
air distance of three hundred feet.
Mr. Eichorn. with his family. was sit
ting on the porch at the time the shaft
did its work, and all We're badly fright
encd by seeing a stick as large as 4
good-sized piece of cordwood come
whizzing through space in their dircc-
ton. 1t struck on the roof OF the porch
above their heads, however, and did no
more serious damage than to tear off a
patch of shingles.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-11-27
a Dastartlly Murder.

The most dastardly murder in the
history of crime in this State was COM
mitted near Collesbury, on last Thurs
day night. Miss Narcissa Bagwell, a
young lady Of respectable family,
while on her way to Greenwood to
take the train for the Atlanta EXposi-
ton, was robbed and killed and her
body burned in an old barn of fodder
in the field. The coroners jury CT IN
quest has caused John Richards and
Thomas Watts, colored. to be arrested
on circumstantial evidence pointing to
their guilt. Watts has confessed to be-
ING a partner in the crime but lays the
burden of it on Richards. The two
negroes, in tie keeping of well armed
constables. are now on their way to
Abbeville jail. Great Indignation and
excitement prevails and there was i'm
mediate danger Of lynching bee
The opinion is now that the law will
be allowed to take its course. The
prisoners in an interview say that
they killed the woman for her money
and that no outrage was attempted
Thirty dollars in money and some
Jewels were obtained. One clue othe
guilt Of the negroes was the fact Of
their spending toe much money. Ev-
dence before the grand jury makes
the negroes desperate characters.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-11-27
Whining Children.

DR.. M.ry Wood Allen writing in
Womankind OF breaking children of
the habit of whining says: 'In this
case, should say that the first thing
to do is to secure the cordial co-opera-
ton of every other adult member Of
the family. Let there be united pur-
pose never to give to the child that for
which he whines, even if it would be
given him otherwise. Give him to
understand this in a firm but gentle
way, and if possible secure his APPROX
al of the idea. Tell him kindly Of the
evil of the habit, the unhappiness it
causes him and every one else, show
him that it is creating habit for the
future years and tell him you are 60
ing to help him to overcome it. Let
him feel that your refusal to grant
his whining requests are to aid him,
not to punish him. Then steadily,
persistently, sweetly and firmly adhere
to this policy. Never once yield to
his insistence, but ALWAYS recognize
his attempt to meet your wishes in a
pleasant manner. If the thing he
wants is something he should not
have, tell him so, and assure him that
no amount of whining Will secure it,
and then let him whine. Wait, don't
scold, don't tantalize, don't appear to
be either disturbed or moved by his
whining. If what he desires is some
thing he can have, and he whines for
it, assure him that as soon as he asks
pleasantly he can have it, and then
give him time to make up his mind to
be pleasant We are too apt to drive
our children rapidly from one frame
of mind to another. Wait patiently,
and if possible help him by diverting
his thoughts to something agreeable.
In few minutes he will propably get
control of himself. It is often very
touching sight to witness the efforts of
children to gain self-control, some
times under the stings of the tantaliz
ing reproaches OF their elders.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-11-27
REFLECTED HER PROFESSION.
Her Dress and Eair Betrayed That She
Was . Schoolna'am.

Her Dress and Eair Betrayed That She
Was Schoolma'am.
'How unconsciously men and women
take on the atmosphere of their sur
roundings and avocations," remarked 4
man recently to a New York Adver-
tiser reporter. Il can recall an Illus
tration of that fact in an experience
had some years ago. I had been so long
accustomed to the association of women
school-teachers that am rarely mis-
taken. when come in contact with one.
A prominent woman teacher from
northern city was expected at an
educational meeting. l had never seen
her, but received telegram asking me
to meet her at the train. was sure l
would be able to identity her. I went
through the train, which was crowded
with passengers. looked around and
soon found the teacher. She was per-
fectly astonishcd when l came up and
said: Is this Miss Blank?'
Yes, that is my name,' she replied,
but how did you know me?'
Il did not explain, but it was easy
enough. at first glance l saw her hair
was short, that She wore eyeglasses
and had on a plain looking sort of gray
cloth dress. ANY doubts might have
had were soon relieved as l noticed
hanging from her watch fob a small
globe, being . miniature of the earth.
Another carmark WIS = small hand
satchel that snapped loudly when
she closed it. I knew I could not be
mistaken, and results showed I cor
rectly diagnosed the profession of that
woman
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-11-27
CLEVELAND SILVER SPOONS.
The Presidents Grandfather Made Them

The Presidents Grandfather Made Them
in an Eastern Connecticut Village.
William Cleveland, grandfather Of
President Grover Cleveland, was sill
versmith in drowsy Norwich Town,
among the hills of eastern Connecticut,
and deacon for more than a aquarter
OF century in the village Congrega-
tional church, says the New York Her
aid. The house in which he spent his
long life is still standing. His shop, a
weather. beaten roohery, was torn down
several years ago.
The deacon" as he is always ad-
dressed. was an expert workman, and
his goods were always in demand. As
consequence, the country families
about Norwich Town have Cleveland
silver spoons in abundance, coming
down by inheritance from old-time an
cestors.
A Norwich Town woman's legacy OF
two of the spoons-eXquisltely wrought
specimens Of painstaking work-was
recently transmitted to Ruth Cleveland,
and in return a personal letter OF
thanks was received from her distin-
guished father.
President Cleveland's great-grand-
father, Aaron Cleveland, was a business
man and politician in Norwich Town in
post Revolutionary days. He was ac-
tive in speaking and writing, and took
the lead in opposing slavery in Con-
necticut. introducing the first bill for
it's abolition, and being dissatisfied
with the gradual emancipation measure
adopted in 1890. Later he became a
Congregational minister.
The old village records Of Lebanon,
twelve miles north Of Norwich Town,
declare that Mrs. Cleveland is a agreat-
granddaughter Of Mrs. Mary Rogers,
. Lebanon woman.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-11-27
South Carolina Day IN Atlanta.

The Columbia Register SAYS next
Thursday will be one Of the biggest
DAYS at the Atlanta Exposition, for
South Carolina viii be represented
there in full force. Thousands will
60 over from this State to spend one
day at least at Georgia's capital and
those who do not attend from the Pal
netto State will miss a sight that all
should see. Every section of the
State will be represented, headed by
the Governor and staff and twelve
hundred soldiers in full uniform. The
railroads have goae to much trouble
in arranging suitable schedule Of
trains and have given & rate that is
lower than half cent per mile. By
this means thousands Will 60 over
next week and the State will have no
reason tc be ashamed Of her represen-
tatives. Every one who can should
go over, for the trip will be a most
pleasant one in every respect. The
following official interview was had
with General Watts, who hes just re.
turned from Atlanta, where he las
been to arrangefor Carolina Day, and
also to arrange for as cheap lodging
and board for the militia as possible:
Il have arranged for lodging for the
troops at 25 cents per night. meals
from fifteen cents up. Very good
meals can be had for % cents. The
troops need not eat where they sleep
If they do not desire. They can get
their meals as they see fit. l would
suggest that they eat their breakfast
where they sleep After they get to
the exposition grounds they can secure
meals at whatever price they desire
to pay. On Carolina Day all the
militia will go into the grounds free.
After that day they will have to pay
80 cents, with the privilege of gong
out and returning as they see fit. All
the troops will 60 by the Southern
Railway on special trains, as per rates
that have already been sent to the va
rious captains. | tried to get satisfac-
tory arrangements on all the roads,
but have only been able to secure the
same on the Southern and South Car
DINA and Georgia. The militia will
leave on the morning Of the 9th, ex-
eept the Fourth Brigade, which will
leave Wednesday evening. expect
to carry at least 1900 soldiers. Yes.
Governor Evans and staff will 60 and
also Senator Tillman. Clemson Col
lege, the Citadel Academy, South Car
olina College ard the Winthrop stu
dents will go. l will issue orders as
soon as possible IS to the line of march
and as to the order Of troops. I have
arranged 50 that officers can get
hoases at So. All companies that are
going must notify me at tonce the num-
ber of men they expect to carry and
also officers that desire horses.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-11-27
s Hereditary Post Office.

The Office of postmaster of Vienna.
the capital Of the Austrian empire, was
created by Empress Maria Theresa
over q hundred years ago. and has re-
manned hereditary and sala able-a queer
institution in our time and day. al
though no quecrer than the hereditary
succession II nsonarchs. The post
master Of ,|.r2na has 70 furnish all the
vehicles necessary for the service. and
the drivers thereof are in his personal
employ. At present he employs three
hundrcdand forty drivers, blacllsmiths,
etc, and five hundred and thirty horses
are uader his whips.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-11-27
TOOTH OF 4 SAURIAN.
Remarkable Specimen Found In n Mary
land Iron NIine Recently.

Remarkable Specimen Found In Mary
land Iron Mino Recently.
Charles E. Coffin, of Muirkirll. Nd,
has lately placed at the disposal Of the
Woman's College museum for study and
description, in connection with other
collections from the same region. a re-
markable saurian tooth, recently cX-
umcd from his iron mines in Prince
George county. 1t measures three
inches in length, and the herbivorous
dinosaur to which it belonged was not
less than twenty-five feet in length.
The dentine of the tooth, with it's
beautiful polish and characteristic
transverse markings, is almost perfectly
preserved, and the delicate serrations
Of its edges are as sharply defined as
when the reptile was imbedded in the
Ignite clays of the Potomac forma-
tionS.
The mine from which the tooth was
eXcavated, says. the Baltimore Ameri-
can, is the same as that from which
Prof. O. C. Marsh, Of Yale. several years
ago, obtained considerable collection.
These remains were SO highly priced
by this distinguished Investigator that
several men ana an engineer were en-
ploycd for number of weeks in max
ing excavations for the same.
Though the Maryland dinosaurs were
huge animals in comparison with rep
tiles now living, they are but dwarfs be.
side some of the gigantic species which
inhabited the western North America in
jurassic time. During recent visit to
the Woman's college. Prof. Marsh re.
marked that one of the fossil species he
discovered in the west could stand on
the lawn in front of Goucher hall and
eat with comfort from the roof. This
terrible lizard" was one hundred feet
long, and the largest animal ever known
to inha bit the earth.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-11-27
LyncheG for Murder.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Nov. 21.-
Charles Hurd, a negro who murdered
Jasper Kelly, young farmer near
Hartman, a few weeks ago, and who
confessed to the crime yesterday was
taken from the jail at Wartburg, the
county seat of Morgan county, and
lynched at midnight last night. A
mob of two hundred masked men gath
cred at a point three miles from the
Jail and marched in fours to the prison.
\ demand was made on Jailer Lang
ley to open up" This he refused to
do and the door was broken open
with a sledge hammer, When the
mob was on the inside the jailer was
placed under the point of pistols and
guns and finally gave up the keys.
The negro was taken from his cell and
rope placed around his neck. He
was dragged to an oak tree one hun
dred yards distant where he was
swung up. Afterwards he was cut
down and dragged to another tree and
hung up again. 4 card was pinned
on his breast commanding that the
body should not be removed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-11-27
Cruelty Murdered by spanisi, Soldiers.


TAMPA, Fla, November 21.-Col-
onel Fernando Fegueredo, the Cuban
leader, Of this city, is in receipt of a
letter from Havana, giving details Of
atrocities which were committed By
Spaniards in NTatanzas province.
Colonel Melino, who commands a
Spanish regiment, recently en-.
countered the advance guard Of
Gomez's army in Matanzas, and was
defeated While soldiers under Nell
no were in retreat, they met group
of women and children near little
town called Cayopino. AS the sol
diers passed, one Of the women made
asneering remark about the Spaniards.
The remark was overheard by the
soldiers and SO enraged them that
they butchered everyone Of the wo-
men and chiluren. There were ten
women and about a dozen children in
the group. The letter says that the
Spaniards after shooting down their
victims, stabbed them with bayonets,
intlicting the most horrible wounds.
One baby was killed at its mothers
breast. and the bullet that passed
through the infant, also passed through
the mother. Colonel Melino made no
report Of the butchery, bat it happen
ed that two of the women murdered
were wives Of the Spaniards engaged
in the sawmill business in Matanzas.
When they learned how their loved
ones had beeen slaughtered they sent
DeCampos information of the horrible
affair and demanded that Colonel
Melino be punished. I. is stated that
DeCampos has ordered that Melino be
courtmartialed and it is thought the
butchers will be sentenced to death,
as the massacre is condemned as bitter
ly by Spaniards as by Cubans.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-11-27

TIE effect Of the decision of Judge
Earle recently in the dispensary cases
appealed from the mayor is that the
man who takes money to 60 off and
buy whiskey for another IS not the
messenger of the other, but in the
eyes OF the law is really the seller Of
the whiskey and subject to the penal
ties of the law.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-11-27
Where tho Democratic Party l..

\ comparison Of the election figures
for the eight States named below in the
year proceeding the Presidential cleo
ton Of 1892 and the year preceding
the Presidential election of 1896 is sig
nitcant First we will give the ma
jorities of the year preceding the
Presidential election of 1892, and then
the majorities Of the year preceding
the Presidential election of 1896. Here
they are.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-11-27

THE Democrats of New York last
week elected James G. Matthews, q
negro, ss Judge of the Recorder S
Court in Albany. The office carries
with it powers of a Supreme Court
Judge, and the New York Herald saysit
is the highest judicial office ever held
bv negro in this country.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-11-27
Oddities of Maria re.

Half the weddings in the country are
celebrated on Wednesday and Thurs
day. Saturday has more than the aver
age number. Friday is not Il favoritc,
as few marriages are celebrated on
that day. Widowcrs are more inclined
to marry than bachelors, and widows
more inclined than spinsters. Both
facts are eloquently in favor of the
comparative advantage of inatrimony.
For one bachelor that narries between
the ages of fifty and ffty-fvc seven
widowcrs rcmarry between these ages.
These arc marriages out Of an equal
number Of each class; the actual num-
Der OF bachelors married will be the
greatest only in proportion as they cx-
cecd b.: seven to one the actual mum
Der of widowers living ut these ages.
Under the same conditions. for every
sp!nstcr married between thirty and
SiXty-fvc two widows arc remarked.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-11-27

The Athens, Ga, Banner notes that
Prof. William Rutherford has made
an invention which will doubtless do
great good in the farming world
The principle involved in the inven-
ton is that OF manuring cotton with
liquid instead Of fertilizers The ma
cline consists of barrel arranged
above number OF little plows. The
liquid fertilizer is distributed evenly
and the plows open the furrows and
cover them up again.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-11-27

Two full moons will come in De
cembcr Adventists say this has not
occurred since the coming of Christ,
1896 years ago, and from the colnci-
dence argue his second coming during
the approaching holidays.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-11-27
Steering 2 Parachute.

The aeronart. Ca.yazza, claimed re-
Gently that his parachute was so con-
structed that he could. to 4 certain ex-
tent. control his Ei9slt through the air,
ard to prove his assertion designated
before his last ascension at Paris the
spot where !:c would effect his descent
lie rose with lis balloon to height Of
twelve thousand feet. and actually
came down on the appointed spot, a.
though the wind was no. favora BILE to
his descent. 1t scCms. therefore, that
his steering apparatus works satisfac-
torily
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-11-27

II VIII thUs be Seen That The year
preceding the Presidential election of
1892 the Democrats carried six of the
eight of the above State, but how
stands the record of the same States in
the year preceding the Presidential
election Of 1896. Here are the figures:
1SQ5
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-11-27

THE other day a kodak liend photo.
graphed Justice Gray asleep on the
Supreme Bench during the argument
OF case. The picture has oeen pub
licly displayed to the chagrin OF the
Supreme Court, and an order has
been passed for bidding kodaks in the
court room. It might be more to the
purpose TO pass an order forb;dding
Judges to sleep during the trial OF cas-
es and requiring attaches Of the court
to wake up nodding justice.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-11-27

The president and Secretary Of
War Lamont have changed the name
of Sandy Hook to Fort Hancock, in
honor of General Hancock.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-11-27

The New York Sun is right when it
says there has been no political move
ment so violent as the above figures
show, since the secession of the
South practically wiped out all
opposition to the dominating party
on either side of the line OF hos
tilities The result is the same al
at every point. The Cleveland man
who would pick out Maryland or Ohio
as an illustration of the fate of anti
Administration, will have to give it
up when in sight of the returns in
Massachusetts,, New Jersey or New
York. In Massachusetts, the friends
Of Clevelan have monopoly OF the
State Machinery and candidates; in
New York Mr.. Cleveland took per
sonal hand in the canvass. One idea
governed in all the States named above
and that was, @hen frankly summed
up, the determination to condemn and
crush the Democratic party, at the
head of which is Grover Cleveland.
If anyone wants an answer to the
question, why the Democratic colors
have thus been trailed in the dust, he
can say in brief that it is because
Cleveland by his home and foreign
policies, by the reputation of the
Democratic platform, by his shifty
pretence of selling bonds to maintain
the gold reserve when it was to pay
Federal expenses unprovided for, by
his attempted overreaching of Con-
gress, and secret restoration of the Ha
waiian monarchy, by his attitude to:
ward foreign insolence, by his general
contempt for the idea Of party govern
ment and his effort to get himself nom:
mated for third term, has trampled
on the rules, the pride, the sentiment,
and the flag of the United States.
Cleveland, as a political influence in
the United States, has been from the
first utterly incongruous. He has
been Ike white man ruling black
country, or black man ruling a
white country, irreconcilably different
in ways and thought. And now the
people know Times and Democrat.