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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-25
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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-25

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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-25

OF the great powers of the world and
touching its relations to one compare
lively weak and small should have
produced no better results.
The course to be pursued by the gov
eminent, in view Of the present condi-
ton. does not appear to admit Of serl-
Gus doubt. Having labored faithfully
for many Years to induce Great Bri
tam to submit this dispute to impair
tial arbitration, and having been now
finally appraised of her refusal to do
SD, nothing remains but to accept the
situation, to recognize its plain require
nents. and deal with it accordingly.
Great Britaln's present proposition
bias never thus far been regarded as
admissible by Venezuela. though any
adjustment of the boundaries which
that country may deem for her ad
vantage and may enter into her own
free Will cannot of course be objected
to by the United States. Assuming,
however, thatthe attitude of enezuela
will remain unchanged the dispHI-
has reached such Stage as to make it
now incumbent upon the United States
t. take measures to determine with
sufficient certainty for its Justification
what is true Divisional line between
the republic of Venezuela and British
Guiana. The inquiry TO that end,
should of course be conducted carefully
and judicially. and due weight should
be given to all available evidence, re-
cords and facts in support oftne claims
of both parties.
In order that such an examination
should be prosecuted in a thorough
aud satisfactory manner IsuGgest that
the congress make an adequate appro-
priation 'or the expenses cf a commits
sion 10 be appointed by the executive,
who shall make the necessary in+esti
cation and report upon the matter
with the least p ssible delay. Wheu
such reporti is made and accepted, it
will in my opinion, be the duty Of
the United States to resist by every
nIeaus III rs power, as willful aggras-
son upun its rights and interests, the
appr2rr!ation by Great Britain "S any
Iands o: th: exercise Of s-ovarnn Il: tai
jurisdiction over any lHrri"try wh:c,
after investiy yation, We have deter
mined OF right belongs TO Venezuela.
in making these recommendations,
I am fully alive to the responsibility
incurred and keenly realize all the
consequences that may follow. I ann,
however, firm in my convention that
while it is grievous thing to contem-
plate the two great English speaking
people of the world as being otherwise
than friendly competitors in the on
ward march OF civilization and strenu-
Gus and worthy rivals in all the arts
of peace, there is no calamity which
a great nation can invite which equs S
that which follows a suplne submIs-
sion 10 wrong and injustice and the
consequent loss of national self respect
and honor beneath which is shielded
and defended a people safety and
greatness. GROVER CLEVELAND.
Executive Mansion, Dec. II, 1895.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-25
Pcenarinc for Var.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-In the Sen
ate today MIR Chandler Of New Hamp-
shire introduced a bill to stregthen
the military armament, and it was re-
ferred to the committee on military
affairs This bill provides that the
President be, and is hereby author
lied and directed to strengthen the
military armament by adding thereto,
equipped for use, 100000 infantry
rifles, 1000 guns for field artillery
and not exceeding 5000 heavy guns
for Notifications, to be procured by
manufacture in the arsenals or by con-
tract for manufacture or by the direct
purchase this country or elsewhere,
according to the direction of the Pres
ident, who shall conform when prac.
licable. without unwise delay, to the
metdods prescribed for making con-
tracts and purchases by existing laws.
The sum of 500, 900, 900 is appropriate
ed to carry into effect the provision Of
this act.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-25
REBUILT BY THE DOCTORS.
Very Little Of the Original Left Of a
Minnesota Man.

Minnesota Man.
An odd character of Wipona, Mimi,
is George Burns, who has good reason
for his eccentricity. He has papers,
says the Minneapolis Tribune, which
show that he was head engineer on
the steamer City of Savannah, which
was wrecked off the coast Of Massa-
chusetts on January IS, 1884, while en-
route from Boston to Florida. He was
reversing the levers when the steamer
struck the rocks, and he was thrown
into the machinery, receiving injuries
which crippled him for life. There
were one hundred and eighteen lives
lost in the accident, and Burns is ono
Of the thirty-seven survivors. For a
long while he lay on q cot in the death
row of Bellevue hospital. New York.
DIR. Hayes Agnew attended his case and
removed FIVE ribs from his left side and
trcphined his skull, using six ounces of
silver sheeting for this purpose. Hc
was compelled to wear plaster paris
jacket for four years after the accident.
A portion of the lower end of his spine
and both elbow joints are gone. One
knee cap is on the back Of the leg, and
his heart is on the extreme right side
of his body He is now sixty-four years
of age and walks very well AMI has Z
cheerful disposition. lie Is member
of the Grand Army of the Republic and
served during the war on the gunbcat
Essex, which was stationed at Cairo
during the early days of the rebellion.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-25
To Pension Confederate Soldiers.

Congressman Peter J. Otey of
Lynchburg, Va, has prepared bill
which he Uill present at the next srs-
sion of Congress, and which will
probably elicit considerable discus
sion. During the civil war the Unit
ed States captured from the people of
the Confederate States abandoned
prop .rty which was sold and covered
into the Treasury of the United States,
amounting to S27.0o0,O 900. Much OF
this property cou!d have beeu recov-
cred bat was never claimed. Con.
gresham O'ey now proposes to have
congress appropriate the interest on
tiis $27, 900. 600 to the use OF eX-Con-
faderate soldiers. He proposes to di-
vide it among the Confederate States
in proportion to the amounts which
each Slate has appropriated to the re-
litef of ex-Confederate soldiers, aud
clai,s:: the appropriation would not ne
IN the nature Of a pension. The
U.ited States" he sars, has rever
waited for pcecedent>. out bas cst4D-
lished them. This bill is but echoing
the magnanimi OF General U. S. Gram,
when he sent the prisoners away from
Appomattox, telling them to take
their horses, as they would need them
to raise corn.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-25
Too hInch Al, at Once.

Whatever may be the truth or the
falsity of the stories that are told Of
the scarcity of the funds in a country
editors pocket or the scarcity of food in
his stomach. the stories are always told,
and neither the progress Of education
nor the growth and development of the
press seems to have any effect upon the
crop. One of the latest comes from
Kentucky, where the mountain editor,
at least, rarely develops into Cresus
or an Apicius, and this one is concern
ing mountain editor. A subscriber
had remembered him very kindly and
a day or two later visitor called at
his Office. Can see the editor?" he
inquired Of the grimy little devil"
roosting on high stool. NO, sir" re-
piled the youth on the stool. Hes
sick" Whats the matter with him?"
Dunno" said the boy. "One of our
subscribers give him bag of -four and
bushel Of pertaters t'other day, and I
reckon he's foundared."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-25
Let COnEedS In.

RICHMOND. Va, Dec. 19.-When
MIR. Hathaway's resolution approving
the Presidents message on the Vene-
zuelan trouble came into the Senate
today, Mr.. Wlckham offered the fol-
lowing amendment: THAT this Gen
eral Assembly, in unison with all pa
triotic citizens, expresses hereby the
wish that the statute providing that no
person who held commission in the
army or navy of the United States at
the beginning of the late war between
the States and who afterwards served
in any capacity in the military, naval
or civil service Of the Confederate
State, shall not be appointed to any
position iu the army CT navy of the
United States, should be repealed. "
This was agreed to and the resolution
was adopted by a vote of q to 4.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-25
French Statesman's Views.

LONDON, Dec. ia special d spatch
from Paris gives an account OF an in
terview with VI. Hanotaux formerly
French ministerfor + oreign Affairs
in which he is quoted as saying, re-
ferring to the Venezuelan dispute,
that he thought a question Of this
character ought to be settled on its
own merits and not on general ques.
ton OF principle. N. Hanotaux added
that any bearing which Monroeism
might have upon this particular case
was a matter for Great Britain and
the United States to settle. He eX-
pressed the most implicit confidence
that the Marquis OF Salisburys frank
ness and fairness woulu find salts
factory solution for the difficulty with
out having recourse to force.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-25
THE NEW CONSTITUTION,
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

Office. State, county Or municipal, the
qualifications of electors shall remain
as they were under the Constitution
of 1868, until the first day of Novem-
Der, 1896.
Eighth. This Constitution. adopted
by the people of South Carolina in
convention assembled, shall be in
force and effect from and after the
31st day of December, in the year
1895.
Ninth. The provisions of the Con-
stitutioni of 1868 and amendments
thereto are repealed by this Constitu-
ton, except when reordained and de-
clared herein.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-25
Feeding Hogs.

These should now be pushed to ma
turity as fast as possible by giving
them all the grain they will eat up
clean Feed them either from trough
or on clean, dry floor. Don't let
them have 70 root for the corn
amongst the mud and filth, as we too
often see, and let them have plenty OF
clean, fresh water to drink. The price
Of hogs has been much depressed of
late. This has been mainly caused by
the terrible epidemic OF cholera in the
West, where the hogs have been dy-
ing by thousands. Every one having
hogs in the States suffering from chol-
era has ben rushing them into the
market, whether fat or thin, in order
to escape from the disease. This p,ust
cause scarcity later, and we believe
prices will advance.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-25
DON'T WRAP UP THE LAMP.
Disastrous Attempt to Regulate AN In
candescent Lamp.

candescent Lamp.
Several hotel men were standing in a
group in an uptown hotel recently.
chatting The conversation turned
upon the eccentricities of guests. The
many odd ways in which different peo-
pie handle electric lights came up, says
the New York Tribune, and one hotel
man said:
IN early everyone now knows how
the incandescent lamp is operated, but
still we meet with some funny in
stances of ignorance. Last week we
nearly had our hotel set on fire on ac-
count Of piece OF stupidity Oh the
part of guest. The building being
freproof alone prevented Z coaaagra-
ton. 4 woman came to the house who
was in the habit Of sleeping with dim
light in the room, and the electric
lamp bothered her.
She either had to let it burn brightly
or else turn it off altogether. Finally
she hit upon the idea of wrapping
towel around it. Then she began to
question whether the towel would
catch fire. Then she adopted the happy
expedient Of wetting the towel. That
was the worst thing that she could do.
She soon dropped asleep, and, of
course. the towel soon began to burn.
A blazing piece dropped on the cur
tains, and soon the whole room was
afre. She was badly scared, and, Of
course, the contents of the room were
ruined
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-25
CHRISTMAS AT BLACK MAMMr's.

Tmor' gwine be Chri>'mus: ch''lunS'
But dunno bout Sandy Ga. :.
speck de ole uan'S brose oiS CnriS mu,i
Al Z no wo'k fo' 5 ole ca"S
he bank d1ne bus; he los his money;
He wo'kmeo gu t, dat hat osy said.
Snec h.. kee ava, bis CHRIS mus
Mout be aat de ole ruan'> dad.
What's dat, Dinah? Whar yo' git it
Dat big box So' >ertln ON?
Full u cuts an toy an candy
bore brung heah by Ma>Sa John?
Mas>a's might. goNd dis Cnu-' mus.
M-ks my oe h'ah leap wild jW
Dat be 'membahS his black mammy
Wha' ru>Sed him wnen be il no!.
Huh! Marse John he seen poS>um?
Praise de LawG fo' dat good meat!.
T'mor' suah be Chrl>'m honey
Dat de day We wine eat
CraT off t bed. now, you chi''unS.
Doan' yo' hsah me wha' >aI?
Tine heah dem sle,g, be'is r,pgin',
Tine dem reiS, deer> jig way.
GAVIN t bed an out dat tsEkin';
D,s here aiu't ua time tur play.
Ef you ch,llun> duan' be quiet,
Yo' sca'h ole Sandy Claws away.
Pull dem knivers up ar"un yo:
shet yo' eyes up 6 A'd and G. ht'
Ti'mor' gUi b. hr's'mus. chliiuns.
And sandy Claws ne cum tonight.
-CnIcago Times.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-25
CANAL LOCK OPERATION.
Electricity Preferred Because It WIN Not
Freeze Up.

Freeze Up.
The gates and gate valves OF the
great lock in the new Canadian canal
at Sault St. Marie, connecting Lakes
Superior and Huron, are operated by
electric power. The lock is built OF
masonry, is nlne hundred feet long,
sixty feet wide, and has a depth OF
water of over twenty feet. General
electric apparatus is used, and the
power generators and lighting dynanos
are driven by turbines. The reasons
which led TO the adoption OF electric
power on the Canadian lock are stated
by J. B. Spence, chief craftsman OF the
department of railways and canals, IN
the Canadian Electrical News as fol-
lows:
LAS regards economy, think the
difference between electric and hy-
draulic power will be very trihing. and
here the point of economy was not
taken into consideration. One Of the
main objects of using electricity was to
overcome the great trouble caused by
frost when hydraulic machinery is
used During the closing weeks OF
navigation the cold is so great that oil
has to be used in the hydraulic engines
placed on the lock walls, and even then
the cold causes the oil to thickcn and
makes the action of the engines slow
and tedious. Of course, frost would
not have interfered with hydraulic
valve engines placed at the bottom OF
the lock, but in this case eight engines
have been required, while only four
screw power machines are needed with
the machinery as designed. These
considerations seemed to make it ad-
visable to use electric power through
out, and I have every reason to think
that everything will operate success
fully when we open for navigation"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-25
4 Legend OF the Mistlsroe.

4 MYTH q: ire middle ages says tnst
before the ccrcihXiou of Christ toe
:";;s;:wo: was . forest tree: but, OWN:
to its supplying the wood f'r the c<,ss
:. fell into disgrace and becsme a mere
parasite as lasting memorial OF Us
ignuminious use. II froln folklore
and myth We turn TO philoloEy, we
ind another point of interest III this
associate OF the Christmas feast. Its
uame consists of two words, 'mistle'
and "toe." Tie former of these
comes from mist, an Anglo Saxon
root which had different meanings
mist, gloom, darkness, the meaning;
now used by the former in "mlstle,
and in old Dutch glue or bird lime.
In TOE final IL is dropped. and the
syllable represents the Anglo, saxon
''tan," q twig, so that the whole WORD
is equivalent to bird lime twig and is
so called from the viscid matter which
surrounds the seed within the berry.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-25
Meaning of Christnl as.

Long, long ago, so far back that it
cannot be definitely traced, the latter
days of December were set apart for
the festivities pertaining to pagan
worship. Perhaps its earliest observ-
ance began with the celebration Of the
winter sojstice and of festivities held
in honor of Saturn and Bacchus. To-
day Christmas is celebrated through
out the world not for its pagan ances-
try, but for its meaning as the Chris
tian festival of the nativity.
The keynote of Christmas JOY is
peace on earth. good will to men. >
The first Christmas day that ever
uawned brought rejoicing in its W ke.
On that day there was born in Bethle-
hem, Jud8a. a Saviour, who is Christ
the Lord For those weary with sin,
for those oppress. d with sorrows, for
the troubled in mind, for the weak
and Helpless he came. But not to
these alone. To the joyful and happy
ones, to those rich in this world S
goods, to the successful and prosper,
Gus he came To thu whole world he
appeared None was forgotten by him
And now to the outcast and to the
weary one. to the rich man and to the
joyful child he says the words, Learn
Of me
If you suffer, Christ pities you.
If you be louely, he is with you.
If you repent of sin, he will keep you
in safety.
If you have great possessions, ne says
unto YOU,
Give to tie poor"
On Christmas day al least ''let all
wrath and clamor and evil spaaking
BE- duue away and let every one sing,
with thr heart, Glory to God in the
highest"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-25

EN-SPEAKER Grow, Of Pennsylvan-
ia, goes the President one better.
He proposes to allow the National
Banks not only toissue circulation up
to the par value of their deposits, but
to deposit 500 and issue $40 in circu-
lation. He goes further and recon-
mends that they be allowed to deposit
instead Of government bonds green
backs and silver certificates, to becan-
celled when deposited.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-25

THE Spartanburg Herald says is
President Cleveland would do hif
party real service, aud save his
friends from making fools of them
selves, he should take time between
ducks to tell the country that he
wouldn't have third term if he could
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-25

CHARLES A. Dana, editor of the
New York Sun, urges fraternal
meeting of the survivors of the Blue
and the Grey at New York on the 4th
of July, 1896. The proposition is at
tracing powerful backing and is an
assured fact. 1t will probably Prove
one of the most beautiful and delight
full events of the century fast folding
its tents.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-25
The total fund, 31st October.


being. ...S145, 731 80
The 'erGls Of the act of 1892 in re-
gard to these investm. uts are some
what indefinite, rendering it doubtful
whether any portion OF this fund could
be placed in certain securities that
could have been obtained at reason
able cost. The cash remainder Of
s110,002 SO has therefore been placed
on dep Isl: arawing interest at per
cent. in ur bank repositories desig-
nated by rne fuanci.l board. These
deposits, viii of course, be. subject 10
sucn furti@r action IS may b" taken
Dy the general assembly. on otherwise
may be continued until favorable op-
portulitieS for making further invest
menls Shall be presented.
The annual statements are herewith
presented, as follows. viz:
/. Debtors and creditors.
2. Receipts and expenditures.
;. Clemson bequest.
4. E>cheated estate Malone
). Escheated estate Burton.
6 Downer fund
Z. Contingent fund state treasurer.
s. Treasury reserve fund.
9. Collection of fertilizer privilege
tax.
10. Brown consol bonds and stock
redeemed in cash.
II. Bonds and stocks funded into
new A per cent. R. B. consols.
II. Statement of the public debt.
Respectfully submitted,
w. T. G. BATES,
State Treasurer.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-25
THE STATES FINANCES.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
OF interest on the public debt becom.

OF interest on the public debt becom-
lug due lst January next.
On 10Th August last the state dispen
sary commissioner returned TO the
state through this office. from the pro.
ceeds of the dispensary. the sum of
$50. 00G. which was appropriated by act
of Drcem Der. 1892. as loan. On the
I'd inst the commissioner deposited in
this office the furthersum Of $50. 600 as
surplus from his recceits. Both of
these payments have been placed to
the credit of the general account OF
the treasury.
1t will be seen that the balance to
credit of the dispensary on 31st Octo-
Der was s73, 076.5S.
Si"king fu"d for the reduction of
the Brown A. PER cents created by act
OF December, 1892 -Tne commission
appointed By act of December, 1892.
and charged with the management of
this fund have invested the receipts
from phosphate royalty from 1st Jan
uary, 1894. to the amount OF S35, 72S. :
SO. in the II per cent. bonds and stock
to this state, viz.
Brown Il per cents. .......S 35, 600 90
and Blue II per cents. 72S sc
Thus leaving cash balance on
3lst October, 1895, not yet in
vested, of.............. ITO, ,002 So
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-25
There is Little Rope.


RALEIGH, Dec. 19.-Advices at 6
o'clock this evening from Colon re-
garding the coal mine disaster at
Cumnock was that 43 persons were
caught by the explosion, and that all
hope of rescuing was abandoned, ow-
ing to the FIRE damp, which at several
times nearly overcame those who at
tempted to rescue the imprisonhd men.
Once TWO of the rescuers were IN sight
of some of the victims, but had to re-
tire in the face of overpowerl ng tire
damp. A telegram received here at Z
o'clock says there are 3S dead and that
FIVE escaped. Telegrapaic communi-
cation with the scene of the disaster IS
GifEcult
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-25

THERE are, acc oding to the Wash
nglon Post, 23S lawyers IN Congress,
forty one-farmers, twenty-seven edl
tors, twenty-eight manufacturers, one
railroad manager, two steamboat
owners, fourteen teachers and college
professors. twenty-five bankers, twen-
ty merchants, one house builder,
three clergymen, seven who say they
are engaged in business" eight doc
tors, one architect, one music teacher,
one owner of oil wells, five miners,
two insurance agents, one theatre
manager, one manufacturer of ice,
three civil engineers, nine lumbermen,
two owners OF stone quarrles, two
real estate agents, one pharmacist,
and one steamship captain.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-25

\ NUMBER Of wealthy citizens of
Georgia have given an order to a
sculptor for marble bust CT President
Cleveland, to be presented to the city
of Atlanta.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-25

Juba uo and juba down.
.Juba all q ouud de town.
SIT de meal and gimme de husk,
Rake dc cake ard gimme de cruS', /,
Fry de pork and mlne de SKIN,
Aynl wnen I'm conin a, in.
Juba! II juoa!
Ju5a in and jub. out,
JuDa juba ali about.
Uinah, stir de po>sum fat;
Can'E,o hear de juba pat?
Jub:!
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-25
Seven Men Killed,

NEW YORK. Dec. 1S.-Seven men
were killed and four injured this
morning by the explosion of the main
steam pipe on the American Line
steamship st. Paul, while the vessel
Law at her dock at the foot of Fulton
street. North River.