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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-10-07
PEARLS FOUND IN SCOTIA.
Ono From Aberdeenshire Said TO Forn
One Of the Queens Jewels.

Ono From Aberdeenshire Said TO Fornn
One of the Queens Jewels.
One is so much accustomed to assocl-
ate pearls with the eastern and gold
with the southwestern countries OF the
world that the discovery of pearls IN
Scotland and gold in Wales seems some
what opposed to the order Of things.
That gol5 exists il Wales is Of course
quite a recent discovery, and the small
and improbable quantities found have
now resulted in the abandonment Of the
mining operations commenced by Rich
ard Morgan.
But the pearls of Scotland have quite
a different history. For centuries pearls
have been found in the river Ythan, IN
Aberdeenshire, and only last year an
Aberdeen man made some notable hauls,
which he disposed Of to jewelers. of the
northern towns. It was recently stated
in London paper that a pearl taken
from the river Ythan is believed to
form one of the queens crown jewels.
1t is to be hoped that the belief is well
founded, for in that case it may be
reasonably claimed that the precious
stone in question is the only one con-
tributed by. the British islands, a
thought calculated to crafty our ma
tional pride, for Scotland might be
worse represented than by a pearl IN
the national regalia.
a story is told Of an Aberdeenshire
farmer who found very large and
perfect pearl in the shell of o mussel
taken from the Ythan. Happening to
visit London some time afterward, he
displayed his treasure to a west end
ieweler, who, struck with the size and
beauty Of the gem, asked the price. The
farmer demanded what possibly he re-
garded as big price-viz, 500. Now,
this was in, the days when Scotland had
her owp coinage, and pound (Scots)
was equivalent to Is. 3d., so that the
J. elaO he asked would only have repre-
sented s8 6s. Sd. English money.
His surprise and delight may be i'm
agined, therefore, when he received
for his pearl el00. It is doubtful,
however, whether the English jeweler
would have shared these feelings had be
known the exact meaning Of the "hun-
rer pun demanded by the owner OF
! the pearl. However, he had no occasion
to complain, for he is said to have sold
the geg< rbsgquentiy st large profit.
Scottish American.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-10-07
ADDreciStiOn.

An auecdote, illustrating the urbanity
of Dr.. Max Nordau's character, as well
as his keen sense Of humor, is told in
connection with a story of I. Zangwln.
Dr.. Nordau had never met Zangwill, J,
but was a great admirer Of "The Chill
dren Of the Ghetto and its authors lit
erary causeries. One day friend, know
ing this, came to him and said:
'.Mr. Zangwill has been writing about
you in The Pail Mall. y
Indeed" said Dr.. Nordau, with an
air Of great interest.
"He gives perfect appreciation OF
you" the friend continued.
"Do tell me what he said, - said the
author, relaxing into an attitude OF
pleasurable anticipation.
He says you're an idiot. %
The funny part Of the story is that
during recent visit to England DR..
NorGau met Mr.. Zangwill and told him
the incident.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-10-07
= paBner VINO owned Johannesburg.

Few people are aware Of the fact that
the site Of Johannesburg and a large
tract of the surrounding land were once
bought for $3.50. But such was the case,
and the purchaser now lies confirmed
invalid in the workbouse infrmary at
Guil6ford. The old man seems to have
had most remarkable career, having
been in the service Of the old East India
company, fought in the Crimea, being
seriously wounded at the siege Of Sevas-
topol, and afterward passed through the
Indian mutiny. He then went to South
Africa, where he fought against the
Zulus and the Beers. Before the Trans
vaal was made over to the Beers he pur-
chased for $3.50 some $4,000 acres Of
land near the source Of the Crocodile,
better known as the Limpopo, where he
made up his mind ultimately to settle.
But war broke out, and he took up arms
against the Beers and formed one Of the
party which held Pretoria. II 1880,
when the republic was declared, be re-
fused to accept service under President
Kruger, the result being that his land,
now estimated to be worth many mil
lions sterling, was forfeited.
minister Gazette.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-10-07
The CORN.

A song Of the corn, the sturdy corn, which
brightens this land Of ours!
Its tender green, in the carly spring, IS falrer
than b!ossou2inS flowers;
It's amber silk, with its glossy sheen, IS ut for
q fairy's loom,
And dearer its dimpled. golden ears than the
rose or Ely's bloom.
For tbey bear the promise Of happy hours to
the man who tolls for bread,
When he need rot fear that his little ones n''isS
so TO their sleep rI.ted.
There are lovely flowers in this land OF ours
wherever the foot may fall,
Tho +orc1,e and the ear alike would tire should
try 20 tell them all,
From the arbutus On Atlantic shores to the
golden poppy's eleaIas,
As bright as the metal which AeS at us rooes
By Californian streams,
Bat never flower such gifts has gained from
the sun and dews Of morn,
: Or stands more fair IN the summer air ehan
the blessed, golden corn!
-Ninette II. Lowater.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-10-07
The Expansion Of Ice.

Ice never bursts from freezing. AS
soon as the liquid OF which it is COM
posed is frozen solid expansion ceases.
The cracking or bursting Of ice is
brought about in this way When water
is subjected to extreme cold, ice crystals
will gradually form on its surface until
the same are covered with thin coat OF
what appears to be wet snow. From
this outer coating Of ice crystals all sub
sequent freezing goes downward, the
ice thickening according to the degree
of cold. The water which is being con-
verted into ice now begins to expand,
creating a pressure upon the unfrozen
water below. This pressure is both
downward and outward, and in case the
water under observation IS N vessel
the sides and bottom Of the receptacle
supply the resistance.
As the freezing process continues the
pressure upon the confined water and air
in the interior of the bulk increases un-
I'll something yields. If the vessel be
stronger than the ice stratum that has
formed over the surface, the layer Of ice
will be bent upward at the center, that
being the weakest point, on account Of
the fact that the outer edges Of the con-
seaIed mass are frozen fast to the sides
of the vessel in which the experiment is
being made. In this condition the center
of the ice continues to rise or bulge
until it bursts from the resistance Of the
water below. Could the vessel be tap
ned from below and the water drawn
off, no amount of freezing would be
sufficient to crack or bulge the ice layer
on the surface.-St. Louis Republic.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-10-07
The Perspective.

She waved her hand imperioasly.
"Be very careful" she commanded
her maid, "of the perspective. You
made me look dreadfully shallow last
evening""
After that the making of her toilet
proceeded without further interruption.
Detroit Tribune.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-10-07
asa;, the New Woman.

care you doing anything with you;
CAMERA hows Madgs"
::@.;Yes, indeed. 4 burglar; got lnt9 ou' m
room The otaer night, and Nan helo-nlm
while j tosat bis photograph Ry'aaSs
ElishSS Chicago Record.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-10-07
Not Either 2S Vet.

'tEr-I Want some sort Of a present
for young lady
ssSweetheart or sister,"
sEr-why-sho hasn't said which
Sbe will be vet. Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-10-07

II is my opinion that mans soul
may be buried and perish under a dung
heap CT in iurrcw Of the field just as
well as under . pile Of money.-Saw-
thcr-1n
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-10-07
Next to Ice.

NJ. Hankerson-John, did you ice
two dozen bottles Of champagne, as !
told you?
The Bulter-No, sorr The iceboS
wasn't big enough for more than 20.
Hankerson-What have you done with
the rest?
The Butle--I set the cook aud maids
a-fannin 'em, sorr-Illustrated Bits.
The herald., 1896-01-28

Memories of three bonnie yellow hea ~
sleeping in the f1r-away kirkyard stirred
the ed mother. Her lips quivered and
shook; the tears came in quick shower be-
fore hcg broken answer:
81 am an ignorant auld woman, a puir
simple body. If it be wrong, may
God forgive me- But l wadna,
wadna hae wanted them to be buried with
out bit O prayer and Scripture
I'll gse wi ye.'
In town the funeral preparations were soor
made. The little coffn. painted white by
Bob's loving fingers, was ready for it's ten-
ant. Out Of the rare lace which was the
price of their souls the women who were
sinners had fdshi ned a dainty robe, sweet
ened with perfume and purified with tears
While Mrs. Marvin and Fay were being
| robed, men went about announcing the
| services, and at 2 o'clock the motley pro-
cession started for the cemetery on the
brow Of the hill.
"The preacher first, with corpse" Wheel
| er commanded "then the family and mourn
| ing friends
So at the head went the small Scotchwom-
an. with her big Bible in her hands, and tall
Bob Stedman, with the little white ccffin on
his shoulder. Behind the father and mother
came the crowd, two and two, in orderly
rank. None had stayed away.
I After the people had massed themselves
at the grave there was an awkward pause.
The ordinary method of procedure was
dump him in. Now blaze away. boys" !"
Plainly, that was out Of order, and Bob
held the coffin with an air CT embarrassed
defiance. Wheeler's whisper relieved the
silence:
Lay her in, Bob; then Mrs. Muir can
read the Bible.''
Logan had never known an orthodox
funeral service. Hence there was no expec-
tat 49,
surprise when the thin, high-pitched voice
began: ''Thy daughter is dead, why troublest
thou the Master" and read Marks tender.
dramatic story of the little daughter Of
Jairus, to whom the Nazarene said: "Talitha
cumi'' CMy little darling, come to me").
She stumbled over the Aramaic words, then
went on evenly to the end of the chapter.
She closed the book. folded it within her
arms and faltered timidly:
"Wel hae the bit O. prayer
The crowd stood with wide open eyes,
alert, hushed, expectant.
20 Lord, God of our fathers, who has
taken this wee lambkin, she gasped,
stipped-frightened perhaps, at her own au-
dacity; only the spring wind ruffled the still
ness. After a moments silence she started
again, in voice shaken with sobs "Our
Father, which art in heaven" and finished
the old, old petition without break or falter.
Buckskin Bill had once attended church in
Cheyenne. The repetition of the Lord S
prayer closed the services. 1t was years
| before, but, like most plainsmen, Bill had
long memory. At the sound of the familiar
words he gave snort Of approval
''What is it?" asked Tom Gibson.
"Hush!' Bill replied, "she saying the
doxology."
The prayer was ended, and the people
waited for the mourners to go. Logan was
satisfied the old Scotch woman was not.
The first answer in the Westminster cate
ohiem rested heavily on her soul and moved
her trembling lips to speech She handed
her Bible to Bob Stedman, turned and faced
the crowd and started:
eye heard the story, lads" she said, "and
it's like this: When ye come to narrown
The herald., 1896-01-28
THE DEAD HAN D.

Detective Beothy was in his cozy study,
cxultznt. He paced up and down the room,
or the sof. Kurdish carpets with which the
itocr was entirely covered, and he rubbed
his hands gieefully os he glanced now and
again at small mahogany box that stood
on his writing table. His high spirits were
not the result of the season of the year,
nor of the delightfully."- bracng sunny
weather, which was yare for December
morning. Beothy wds insensible to the
influences of climate, and being, like Me-
thusaleh, without kith or kin, Christmas
tide meant much less to him than to most
of his fellow citizens Of Budapest. His
good humor had it source in a magnificent
triumph of ingenuity which he had scored
the night before, and which was bound to
bring his name prominently before the
world. 1t was not, of course, all ingenuity;
he owed much to good luck, and not O
little to audacity of the kind that bordered
upon the Illegal but all that was forgotten
now, for there Is nothing SO successful as
success.
Beothy had been employed for some time
by the plaintiffs and the Government in
the cause celebre known as the Bieler-
stern will case. The wealthy banker, Jacob
Belerstern, had died, leaving his entire
property to the ballet girl. Laura Jasmn,
with the exception Of a paltry $780, which
he bequeathed to his married niece. The
latter and her mother-Bielerstern sister
brought an action to have the will set
aside on the ground of undue influence,
and also of the existence of another and
later will, alleged to have been stolen, in
which he was said to have bequeathed
$1,000 to the Government toward the erec-
tion Of military hospital, and the bulk of
his property to his sister and her children.
The case had been adjourned again and
again to enable the plaintiffs to seek for
and produce the lost will, and it was only
when they had abandoned all hopes of find
ing it that Beothy was instructed to give
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| Prince Lidsff, whose voice had become
fearful and trembling, paused. Thereupon
| the detective asked him to narrate the cir
cumstanees of the girls disappearance.
The Prince coughed. and, mastering his
feelings with perceptible effort, said;
Two years ago Olga fell In love with the
manager OF my estate in Tamboff, a Ger
man, from Riga, named Bitner. AS he was
-aid to be very well off, had no objection
to the match at first, but three months later
| | discovered that he had defrauded me OF
ever $4,000 roubles, and l had him privately
horsewhipped and dismissed. 1 preferred
| this summary treatment to public prosecu-
| tion. We told Olga that Bittner was un-
worthy CT her, and that she must learn to
forget him. Apparently she did. Knowing
that she is old enough 10 understand
| that
"How old is ehe?" asked Beothy.
| TWENTY-FIVE"
Thanks; continue, please"
well, I'm almost at the end OF my story.
Last summer We came abroad for the sake
Of my wife's health--she suffers from epi-
| leptic fts-and Olga accompanied US, mainly
| to lcok after the Princess, who was anxious
| to consult the medical celebrities of Vienna
and Paris. We spent nearly two months in
Cauteret les Faux, over month in Paris !;
then We went on to Berlin. Vienna, Carlsbad
and Abazzia and from there paid visit
to BudaDesth four days ago, on our way
home, via Odessa. Just before leaving
Russia my wife discovered a letter from
Bittner in Olga's room, but, as it bore no
date, we could not be sure that she had
received it after the fellows dismissal
But I am positively certain-well, morally
certain-that 1 cav him one day in the
Prster in Vienna, walking some distance be-
hind Olga. Hero, in Budapesth. too, my
wife told me that she noticed man follow
ing her and Olga as they crossed the chain
bridge from Pesth to this side of the city,
Then the next day--it wss the day before
yesterday-at about P. NJ, Olga left the
hotel while we were at dinner in the res
taurant, and she has not been heard of
since. She speaks very little German and
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their horses. The news had reached her,
and there was a CLEAN of reason in her wild

their horses. The news had reached her,
and there was CLEAN of reason in her wild
eyes.
"she can't co. said Jim.
81 WILL" she walled. "They are going to
pray over my baby. Let me go!'
'She shall go. Hitch up, Marvin"
Bob spoke as one having authority, and
no man demurred.
The Scotch grandame sat in her doorway,
rocking to and fro in the late spring sun
shine. She was short and slender, with a
scanned face and faded blue eyes, shaded
by square-bcwed spectacles. Her shabby
black print gown brought out her slight
figure in sharp relief. The men hung back;
net so the mother. Her black hair had
loosened in the wind, and hung about her
in an unkempt, tangled mass, as she ran
forward. She dropped on her knees in front
of the old matron. laid the shawl-wrapped
child on her lap and reiterated the plaintive
appeal:
"Pray over my baby; for Gods sake,
pray over my baby!'
| Scotch Ike's mother looked puzzled The
men came forward and explained, 10 Mar
vim referring brokenly to his wife's dis
| turbed mental condition. AS they talked
| the older woman cried softly and stroked
| the mothers hair.
"Pur lass! Puir dear lassie!" she qua
vered. "All We hazel Yer firstborn!"
She kissed and caressed the half-crazed
creature, babbling on in her soothing way
After while she spoke gently to the men.
"But couldna do that, ye ken. 1t wadna
be RIGHT. I'm Covenanter, and the domi-
nies said: Let the women keep silence"
Mrs. Marvin looked up at the wrinkled,
tear-staned face with sane, anxious yearn-
ing:
II don't care what the ministers said,'
she asserted. You are woman. You've
had children. Perhaps you have buried
some Would you want them put under the
ground like dogs, without anybody praying
over them? never prayed. Nobody
taught me. My mother"-she sobbed, and
her voice broke-"my mother died when
I was little. You pray. won't you? For
Gods sake, won't you pray over my baby,
as somebody PRAYED over YQurs2n
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sions and entreaties, she wandered on, re-
1 peating the cry. At nightfall her husband
led her homA but through the long dark
ness she shrieked continuously:
"Pray over my baby; for Gods sake pray
over my baby!"
Just before daybreak she quieted, and the
exhausted watchers flep1 While they
slumbered she slipped out; and all day
Wednesday she wandered and walled her
sentence OF entreaty. Words were unheeded
and unheard. The ravages of death, so plain
to the men and women who plead with her,
seemed unnoticed by the crazed mother.
1t was an impossibility to get the child
from her. She held her three-year-old
darling in a grip no man could loose with
out rough handling, and no man in Logan
had heart for violence. The town was sick
of soul. 1t was 10 o'clock at night before
they got her back to the cabin. Then Buck
skin Bill wiped the cold sweat from head
and hands, and said to his mates:
eff something amt done quick, we shall
all be as crazy as she is
All night they vainly talked and planned.
Thursday morning, about o'clock, Jim
Steele came on the group at Wheeler's cor
ner. He was excited and eager.
"Say, boys, I've got it! You remember
Scotch Ike?"
Eyes; quit sheep herdfn' and went over
to South Pass to work his claim,'' Bob Sted-
man answered, listlessly.
"Well you know, he left the old woman
his mother-behind Too freezing cold over
there. She lives out here five miles, by the
creek
| Eyes; saw her in town last month get
ting grub. How is that going to help this
layout?"
Jim shouted in his exhllaration of spirit:
| "Why, she's pous, don't you see? Got a
Bible-a big one. Saw her reading it in
the door last summer. She can do the pray
ing racket
Bob's composure had been outwardly I'M
disturbed during those days of dire strain,
but there and then the hero Of five Indian
fights whitened, muttered "Thank God!'
and tainted.
| By the time he was resuscitated half
Logan had heard the good tidings. Bob and
Bill, Tom and Jim, were the committee.
Mrs. Marvin came while they were getting
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place in the canyon, and there's a stane in
the way, and the sheep will ma gae through,
We take the least lamb, the wac ane, and lift
it over the stane, and it's mither jumps after
it, and a the rest follow. That's what the
guild Lord has done here.' He has taken
the wee lambkin, the BARN ye all lo'ed, and
lifted her over the stane. Ye Gamma see
her, but He wants her mither to come after
her, and a. the rest O. ye 10 gang alang. He
has called the BARN to himself because He
wants ye a.; and, oh, lads, dear lads, will
ye ma Gomez
She stopped a moment for breath, raised
eyes and arms to the heavens, and prayed,
in an irregular crescendo:
go good Lord, lead these wandering sheep
into the fold! o Lord God, lead them, lead
them, lead them a to thyself!" and fell back
in Whecler's outstretched arms with
Wheeler's tears falling on her upturned
face
The Christianity Of a COW camp Is mus
cular and ephemeral. Cowboy preachers are
made in the East, not born on the plains.
Passing strange, then, that the church at
Logan bears this inscription:
In loving memory Of {:
FAY MARVIN, (:
"And Jesus called little child unto Him.. |:
The herald., 1896-01-28

James Eldridge of Hartford Conn, has
bought the sword and handouts worn by John
Brown from Daniel Lizer of Wabash, Ind, for
SOL. The relics have been in Lixer's posses-
sion for many years. and he had no intention
OF parting with them. Mr.. Eldridts heard Of
finally Lizer wrote that he would take so Tor
them, thinking this would prove an e3estivo
bar to further efforts for their possession. nut
$51 to the Mayor of Wabash with Mr.. LlEer'H
letter, and the latter, much against his wiz
stood by his offer. -
The herald., 1896-01-28

Count Nicholas Esterhazy, liberal patron
of the fine arts, has been in the habit Of hiring
artists to paint exclusively for him. Among
those he employed was Bella Pollik, the ami
NAL painter, who left him four years ago be-
cause his engagement prevented his name
from becoming known, and who then sued the
Count for 10000 forins, the value he set on
two frescoes he had painted in the Counts
Castle of Totis, in Hungary. The Austrian
courts have just decided that the artist had no
right to extra payment for work done while
drawing salary from the Count.
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Tickle Weather.

The ode | wrote on snow is lost;
The weather's warm as May;
There is not even a hint of frost.
And winters far away.
But be thou comforted, my muse!
For, ere this ink be dry,
The tickle weather'll change Its views,
And icebergs kiss the sky!
The herald., 1896-01-28

Nothing can check the American spirit of
enterprise. A lot of Nebraska counterfeiters
were able to make money in the very peni-
tentiary itself.
The herald., 1896-01-28

"IIealer" Schlatter may be as big a humbug
as the pugilists, but he certainly is not as big
a nuisance. Up to date he has not asked the
papers for a line of space in which to make
personal explanation"
The herald., 1896-01-28
In loving memory Of

: Died June O. 1887, Aged years I month II days.
'And Jesus called little child unto Him.