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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-08-26
Put In Pickle.

.FREDERIcGsBURG, Va, Aug. 2l--
Dallas Bruce. white citizen of Caro-
line county, living some 26 miles from
here, disappeared at the Confederate
reunion in Richmond, July 1st. He
was known to have some $40O on his
person. He was separated from his
wife and had been living with col
ored woman in his neighborhood.
Wednesday afternoon late, his oody
was found in some pickle barrels at
the negro woman's house. The body
had been cut to pieces and q piece put
in each of several barrels and pickles
put on the top and the strong brine
over the whole. The pieces OF the
body were in sufficiently good condl-
ton TO be clearly identified.
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Per1shed In Their Home.

WATERFOWL, S. D., Aug 2O.-John
Felbach and his two daughters, Tlllie
and Hattie, aged 10 and 10 years, were
burned TO death last night IN the de-
struction of the family residence III
this city. The mother and one daugh-
ter We're saved, and one of the dead
girls lived two hours after being re-
moved from the building. The orig
in Of the fire is still unknown.
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Eoundered ut Sea.

LONDON, Aug. 2l.--A cablegram re
ceived from Santa Catherine says the
four nlasted ship Willie Roseuield,
commanded by Captain Duuphy,
which sailed from New York April %
for San Francisco has toundered 400
mile OFT the coast. Par. OF her crew
were saved and landed here, but two
boats containing II persons are miss
ING. The Rosenlieid is owned. by ar-
thur p. SewalI &L Co., OF Bath, Me.
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A Sensible & epublIcan.

While we are bidding farewell to
weakened Democrats like Brother
Hemphill, OF the News and Courier
and others like him, who have been
seduced from party allegiance we
have occasion to bid welcome to a
great many men VINO are breaking
the lines of the other parties and rush
ing to The Democratic army, which is
now in the field battling for the rights
Of the people. Judge g. M. Robins,
nominee of the Rspu ublican party for
justice of the Supreme Court of Flor
ida, is one of the latest accessious to
tue army of the people The Atlanta
Constitution says Judge Robins has
been life long Republican, so prom
inent in his party that he was nonlto
mated for one of the N most promine LII
Offices of the State. In view OF the
proposed division of the anti-R epubh
can vote, which, if successful, would
inure to Republican success, Judge
Robins had every reason to hopef for
victory, but like the patriot that ne IS,
he could not accept the platform
adopted in St. Louis, and ne denoua
ces that new R.publicanisn which
makes the gold standard its corner
stone and which seeks to immolate
the American people on the altar OF
organized greed" As consequence,
Judge R obins declines his nomination
and. declares himself in favor of the
election of Bryan and Sewall. All
over the country there are patriotlc
men who recognize in Mr.. Bryan the
only nope Of the American people,
and who refuse TO tie themselves TO
the gold standardism which RepublI
can success would be sure TO bring
There Is no doubt that the people WAL
arise as man ard go ahead ID this
work,
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Terror in Morocco.

LONDON, Aug 21.-A dispatch to
the Central News from Tangier says
that plot has been discovered al
Marasch aiming at the reinforcement
of the sultan of Morocco, MuIaI ADdel-
Aziz, in favor Of his eldest Brother,
MuIey Mahomet. -Four provincial
governors have been murdered by the
plotters. Wholesale arrests have
been made in connection with the
conspiracy and a general state Of ter
ror prevails among the Inhabitants.
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-Four Men Killed.

TOPEKA, Kas., Aug. 19.-Six cars
OF Rock Island stock train were de-
rallied live miles West Of here this
morning and four white men, riding
in the cellar or feed box underneath
one Of the cars, were crushed to death.
The head and limbs were completely
torn from one of the bodies and the
other three were horribly crushed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-08-26
.|usinn in Omaha.

OMAHA, Neb., Aug IA special
from Norfolk, Neb., says: The two
conventions OF the Populists and the
Democratic parties of the Third Con-
gressional District met last night and
declared for fusion. The conference
committee of the two parties We're in
authority to name candidate and to-
day selected Judge Maxwell, nominee
of the free silver party.
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Tn. worst Political Mlxtur. Yet.

This is a year of strange political
mixtures. The worst one we have yet
heard OF is the one proposed in Texas.
We learn fsom lhe Atlanta Journal
that plans ere on foot for a combi:
nation between the middle.o of-the ,oad
Populists, the Republicans and the
sound money Democrats in that State.
It would, of course, be. impossible to
make platform on which these three
elements could unite and there will be
no attempt Of that sort. The combi-
nation will be effected on basis OF
division of the spoils which the allied
forces expect to capture. Tue plan Is
for the Republicans to support the
Populist state ticket, the Populists to
vote for the Republican electors. The
sound money Democrats are to sup
port the Populist state ticket and the
Republican electors and in retura are
to receive the votes OF both the other
factions Tor their candidates for con-
gress. 1t will be hard for either fac
ton of this triple alliance to deliver its
full strength, but most OF the Popullst,
Republican md gold-bus Democratic
leaders seem to be oasuuslastlc over 1t
and predict that their combination
will sweep the state. The Texas Dem
ocrats who refuse to support Bryan
add Sewall will discredit themselves
by goiog into any such political trade
as is proposed. They have declared
that they have taken their stand on
principle and if they nuke 4 deal
with both Populists add Republicans
they will be justly suspected OF trying
to find the 70 I'd that leads to the OH
ces. Texas will stand steady in the
Democratic column 10 spite OF alllanc-
es and fusions OF whatever character.
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Two Men Drowned.

PlTTsBURG, Pa, Aug. 1S.-A skiff
in which were three men was capsized
in the Ohio River early this morning
bv the waves Of a passing steamer and
two of the men drowned. Their names
were VIM. Hickman and Thomas
Shaughenessy. The third man sue
ceeded in reaching the shore. The
bodies have not been recovered.
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of both sexes, in the name of every
age and rank, ] impeach him as the
common enemy and oppressor of all. "
But l turn from the recital of these
memorable occasions to a grander tri-
al, and l have to tell you that in this
trial Of the Christian for the life of his
soul the advocates are mightier, wiser
and more eloquent. The evidence all
being in, severe and stern justice
rises on behalf Of the prosecution to
make his plea. With the Bible open
in his hand, he reads the law, stern
and inhexible, and the penalty, The
soul that sinneth, it shall die Then
he says: 20 thou Judge and Law
giver, this is thine own statute, and
all the evidence in earth and heaven
agrees that the man has sinned against
these enactments? Now let the sword
leap from its scabbard. Shall man
60 through the very flames of Sinai
unsigned2 Let the law be executed.
Let Judgment be pronounced. Let
him oie. demand that he die.'
Christian, does it not look very
dark for thee2" Who will plead on
thy side in so forlorn cause2 Some
times a man will be brought into a
court OF law, and he will have no
friends and no money, and the judge
will look over the bar and say, us
there any one who will volunteer to
take this mans case and defend him!'
and some young man rises up and
says Il will be his his counsel" per-
haps starting on rom that very point
to a great and brilliant career. Now,
in this matter Of the soul, as you have
nothing to pay for counsel, do you
think that :suy one will volunteer?
Yes, yes; / see one rising. He is i
young man. only 333 years of age.
| see his countenance sutfused with
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-10-02
Nspoieon's Attempt at suicide

Since 1908 he had worn about his
neck as a kind of amulet a little bag
said to contain a deadly poison, one OF
the salts of prussic acid. That night,
when the terrors Of a shaken reason
oyerpowered him, 1t is believed that he
swallowed the drug. Instead of OBJ
livion came agony. and his valet, rush
ing to his masters bedside at the sound
of a bitter cry, claimed to catch the
words: "Marmont has struck me the
final blow! Unhappy man, l loved him!
B~erthier's desertion has broken my
heart! My old friends, my comrades
in arms!' Ivan, the Emperor's body
physician, was summoned, and admin
istered an. antidote; the spasm was al
layed, and after a short sleep reason
resumed her seat. 1t Is related In the
| memoirs of Caulaincourt, and probably
with a sort Of Homeric truth, that when
the reputed writer was admitted in the
early morning N~apoleon's ivan ana
sunken eyes seemed struggling to re-
call the objects round about; a uni
verse of torture was revealed In the
vaguely desolate look" Napoleon is re.
ported as saying: 1T is not the loss of
the throne that makes existence unen-
durable; my military career suflces for
the glory of a single man. Do you
know what is more difficult to bear
than the reyerses of fortune? 1t is
the baseness, the horrible ingratitude,
of men. Before such acts of c~Owardice,
before the shamelessness of their ego
tism, l have turned away my head In
disgust and taken my life In horror.
What l have suffered for
twenty days no n can understand
Century.
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are dizziness, faintness, extreme lassi-
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fatulency, melancholy, or the blues"
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carsing pain, weight, and backache, is
instantly relieved and permanently
cured by its use. 1t is wonderful fos
Kidney Complaints in either sex. =.
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Not to preach SO that somebody will
van to know Christ is to fail to preach
the gospel.
Every mar should remember that
other people are setting their watches
by his clock.
Too many are ready to shut up the
Bible and quit whenever a famine
comes in sight.
God does not trust important matters
to people who have no business Of their
W to attend to.
If men had the power to call for FIRE
from heaven, the world would have
been destroyed long ago.
Gods law ia that unless a man will
do good with his money he cannot get
any lasting good out of it himself.
Don't expect much from the man who
is always talking about how much he
would give If he had some other mans
purse.
The devil has yet taken a pris-
oner who had on the whole armor Of
God, and was armed with the sword Of
! ths SRiriA
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sICYCLE POSSIBILITIES
The Mechanical Limitations of tho
Wheel About Reached.


Here we reach the domain Of specu
lation. The bicycle has changed many
times In its form, and always for the
better; each form has taken on Its null
titude of improvements, and no part
of the modern wheel has escaped the
ingenuity of the mechanic In his aim
to secure better material, stronger con
n~ections, lighter weight, greater speed,
grace of design, and comfort to the
rider. Every day Is a day of new rec
ords and of the reVealment of new
possibilities. Four hundred and odd
miles for a single day; thirty miles in
an hour; a hundred miles in three hours
and forty-seven minutes; a single mile
In one minute and-but a statement of
the seconds here would be true only
for the week In which 1t was written.
Six year ago on of the bestinformed
and most progressive OF u cycling
authorities, Mr.. F. P. Prial, editor Of
THE Wheel" writing Of the safety
bicycle of that day mentioned the draw
backs Of the pneumatic tire as being
'its large size, and the necessity of
| replenishing the air to keep 1t properly
distended." He advised that the ideal
safety should not be geared too high,
but only to ifty-four or f~fty-seven inch
es. except in the case of strong riders
The gearing Of the mans wheel Of 1896
Is from sixty-three inches upward, a
gearing of seventy inches being about
the average, and eighty not at all I'M
common; while the woman's wheel of
| to-day, when geared at sixty, is easily
propelled by new and inexperienced RI
ders. Saddles, tires, frames. bearings,
handle-bars, cranks, spokes, and rims
have been lightened, simp1ified, I'M
proved, and from year to year made
to displaoe the cruder product OF the
year before.
Where is the limit? No man can tell
but so far as 1t relates to the common
pedomottve bicycle Of to-day, the prac'
teal limit would seem to be not far dis
tant. A year or two hence will prob
ably witness the Introduction Of a prac-
teal motor bicycle, and the more gen
eral adoption of motor carriages in
certain parts of the country where the
roads have been improved. Meanwhile
the bicycle now in common use vii
hold Its way, with such improvements
In detail, and perhaps in form, as vii
add to its usefulness, and to the com
fort, convenience and security Of thu
rider.-Century.
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They Have Their Grievances the Same
as In THE Land of the Free.

They Have Their Grievances the Same
as In THE Land of the Free.
1t Is probable that London servant
girls of fair Intelligence will not long
consent to spend their days In cellar
chambers and their nights In such In
human attics as we have described;
nor yet remain without an opportunity
for business-like improvement, owing
to the incapacity Of mistresses to telcf
them. Women of the middle class who
need domestic help had better, there
fore, become wise In time: and, nrst'
they should reduce the style OF their
establishments and raise their charac-
ter. The present state Of things Is evil
and absurd; 1t tends to make the pub
lie In their sections mutually contempt
uous instead of universally respectful
and 1t thus becomes a means ana
cause of social degradation. The ont
cry of our Lopdoners about bad trade
is otter a result of feebleness ana
want of clear discernment. There Is
In fact, excess of trade In unproduc-
tive vanities, diverting capital from
reproductive work, and people IN the
main are living much above a prudent
scale Of outlay. A few save 'heir
money and invest it; but the majority
seek merely to appear perhaps a quar-
ter richer than they actually are ara
thus they make themselves at once
ridiculous and impoverished.
Were they to rid themselves OF hall
their foolish furniture and duly SCRUB
their floors they might live decehtly
without dependence upon ill-condition-
ed servant girls, and might also mutt
| ply deposits at the bank. What VT
have now declared Is no new thing
no hrst discovery. Some forty years
ago a London preacher found II need
full to exhort his congregation to a gen
eral abatement of their annual eN'
penditure and style of living. The
advice, like much advice or value,
firmly given, without vanity was
taken in good part. and the result was
good. Why cannot other ministers IN
London do the same? Economy III
habituds Of life, in family and per,
sonal expenditure, Is the Foundation oil
a multitude OF virtues, and especially
Of individual self-respect n OF man
clal nberahU.-Quarteriy Review.
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exhibit his bottle-shaped cucurpoer al
the fair. He thinks it will be the ouu'
est vegetable displayed.
Another bottle experiment when W.
has tried has not turned out so wen.
He inclosed a young apple in an oVi
ink bottle, tying the bottle to the hhno
above. The apple grew larger an"
larger in spite of Its close quarters an"
Ran was certain that he was going u
have a bottle-apple to so with his oot.i'
cucumber. But the apple refused to Dc
thus restricted. and one day when Kan
wasn't looking it burst the ink botti@
in two and began to grow out through
the crack. An ink bottle may be pref
ty strong and an apple rather soft, but
the glass could not Withstand the
steady pressure of the growing fruit
But Ran has still other kinks, one
day not long ago Rams father brough!!
a big watermelon to the house n MIS-
Hughitt cut 1t in two, 1t looked us red
and juicy and lueious a. any melon
and big slices Of 1t were passed around
Little Nance Hughitt was the first to
bite into the rich fruit. She smacked
her lips and blinked her eyea-
This melon ID vanilla favored" she
said, suddenly,
Mrs, Hughltt. who had Just eaten a
bit Of the watermelon, tasted the vanli'
Ia plainly.
Ran" said Mr., Hughftt. severely, FOL
he knew In a moment who vas to
blame. whats the meaning Of thisr
Ran hung his head and explained
He had tapped the melon a few days
before and poured a little Of his moth
er's ffavoring extract into 1t, aud he al
mitted that there were lemon-havored
melons as well as vanilla melons. Rams
father said, Next time, my son. In
such a voice that Ran win never flavor
any more melons, although he says hG
likes them better that way.
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Mountain climbers will be interested
to read Of the successful experiments
Of DR.. Person of Stassfurt, who. by
means of bottled BREATH" has beer
enabled to ascend to great heights,
both on land and in balloon. The doc
tor, when endeavoring to get further
above the level Of the sea than anyone
else has ever climbed or flown, carries
along a cylinder of compressed oxy.
Jet. fitted with Il tuEe for breathing
Whenever he experiences discom'
Sort on account of the rarity Of the
atmosphere n few whifs from the
cylinder suffice to restore him. DR.
gerson. by means Of this device, re.
Gently assembled to an altitude of 81
zoo feet. which is 2.o00 feet higher than
the summit of Mount Everest.
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of the year he has to work pretty hard
but this does not interfere with his hav
ing a good deal of fun in a quiet way
No doubt he would like to rig up a sail
boat or play baseball, but not havins
the opportunity to enjoy either of thes'
sports, he makes friends with tn.
squashes and cucumbers in his faith
er's garden.
Take a walk with him some after
noon, and he will show you ONE very
odd things. One Of these Ia HIS bottled
cucumber. This suggests q pickle bot
lie, gayfs labeled and sealed With red
wax. But Rams cucumber Is an en-
tirely aifferent AFFAIR. 1t Is a fuil-size.
living cucumber, and it has grown In
side If a bottle until 1t is almost bot
tie shape, and 1t could not possibly
be removed without breaking the glass,
When the cucumber was small Ran
thrust 1t into the narrow neck Of a
bottle, and there, safe from insects, II
has grown until 1t has attained I'M
usual size. Next fall Ran proposes to
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what matter so long as I gain n
arposef' retorted the lieutenant bru
ally. No. take the others and sal
way II you please. As for me, nothing
vln move me unless l can take the fai.
lille. Dempster."
Captain Fourier bit his Lip, hut gav'
n. At most II only meant waiting un
il the close Of the service, which cOult
rot now be long deferred, and 10 tn,
eclusion Of the manor house ground:
he presence of the landing party
would, In the meanwhile, remain un
detected.
But when the minutes grew into al
TOUR and a half. yet no signal was givel
" the man posted In the shrubbery tc
watch the church door, the captain be
gan to fume and stamp with rage.
He finally threate enc to turn the pre-
Cense of a forced abduction into a real.
lty and carry Camille on board the Fire.
ny whether or no.
"If you do that" said the lieutenant,
my first act on reaching France will
be to demand Of you satisfaction"
AT last the elder Fournier's patience
was exhausted.
Fall In. men," he said to his crew,
I'VE will put the cloture on this Ioqus-
cious priest, and take the girl from un-
der his nose. Perhaps that will satisfy
you, Migrate" turning to Camille.
"Excellently WELL" replied the lieu
tenant, and with the jaunty qulckstep
IF France the column tramped into the
shady churchyard, where the sonorous
tones of Mr.. Gillyfower were plainly
audible.
"Peste upon the fellow" muttered the
captain, telling off twenty men to ac-
company him and his brother into the
church.
Greg, who had followed closely at his
elbow, plucking him by the sleeve, said,
quietly:
ut will be a long time before you see
France again, captain. See there!"'
And, leading him to the churchyard
wall, he pointed mockingly at the Fire
hy. The brigantine lay high and dry
ON the mud at her anchorage, and
would not float again for ten hours at
least.
For a moment the brave lads life
trembled In the balance. Then, with a
bitter oath, the captain put up his pistol
be had drawn.
IF you do the folk no harm you'll be
made comfortable. | expect" said Greg.
with a grin, for he had foreseen that,
with retreat cut off, Fourier would
dare no excuses. You see, | remem
Der how the tide would serve to-day
and | timed so as to run you in at
church time. l knew Peggy would be
there with the choir, and that that
spark would never move without uy-
Ing to take her along. allowed that by
when the people came out the vessel
would be hard and fast, but 1t was you
who gave me the chance to tip the par
son and hint to let 'em have an extra
dose and send word to the volunteers
from Chichester. Till you gave me that
note l was getting anxious lest the
brigantine find enough water after all,
Parson must be about winded by now,
but there are the drums of the volun-
teers. There's 400 of them, so you won't
be disgraced by receiving 'em civilly."
So, after all, that was the kind OF
traitor Greg was. His chief reward lay
In the removal Of all the French prison
ers-uew as well as old-to safer quar-
tiers. as he had hoped from the first.
And Peggy said: ut would have been
nicer of you to have given NE that note,
silly. You were never that foolish as
to think l would have goEe with him"
-Tid-Bits.
The Penn's Grove record., 1896-10-02

A gentleman who employed a large
number of men in his business, and
who had influence to cur positions
elsewhere, received a letter from a
boy asking him to find him an easy
berth. To this letter the gentleman
sent the following reply:
You cannot be an editor; do not try
the Ia W do not think of the ministry;
let alone all ships, shops, and merchan
disc; abhOr politics; don't practice med
icine; be not y farmer nor a mechanic;
neither be a soldier nor a sailor. Don't
work; don't study; don't think. None
of these are easy. o, my son, you have
come into a hard world. l know Of
only one easy place in it, and that is
the grave"
The truth of the matter was that the
boy was lazy. He was like a man va
know of who is out of work. He has
a family of little children, who need
| shoes, clothes, and healthy food, Who
provides these articles? The father;
No. indeed. He loafs around Will,
the mother goes nj to sew, or do house
work for the neighbors; in fact, she ID
willing to do anything by which she
can carr an honest penny. The father
says he Is waiting for a certain mar
ITO find him a nice easy job" The
trouble is, he is naturally lazy, and
beer-drinking has made him more so