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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-23
WORSE THAN WAR.
Tho Maine Disaster Furnished an Une1.
ampleo Death Roll.

Never in the whole history OF the
United States has there been naval
catastrophe so destructive to human
life as tie wreck of the Maine. More
brave men were killed by the destruc'
ton of the Main in Havana harbor
than have perished in any single see
fight cf the Republic. The bloodiest
day in our naval history was that fatal
Ssh CT March, 1862, when the iron
mailed Merrimac came into Hampton
Roads and crushed successively the
frigate Congress and the sloop p.of-war
Cumberland. Though these two ships
were defended with extraordinary
heroism, hurting their last defiant
broadsides st their imprssnable fee
Just as the flames and the waves ever
whelued them, the deaths on neither
vessel were equal to those on the
Maine. The Congress lost 130 out OF
a complement of 434; the Cumberland
120 out OF 376.
Strange as it may seem, the dead OF
the Maine outnumber several times
over allthe men who fell in the Union
fleet ct Farrsgut's first victory OF New
Orleans. Thirty-seven officers and
sailors gave up their lives in that
fierce night battle on the Mississippi.
One hundred and forty-fve perished
in the fercer encounter of the Mobile
Bay, but ninety-three OF these sank at
their posts with the torpedoed monitor
Tecumseh. Only 20 fell in Admiral
Porter's first attack on Fort Fisher,
on December q and 25, 1864, snd 81
was the total loss of the fleet in the
second and victorious combat.
Not only is the death roll OF the
Maine greater than that Of any sea
battle which the United States las
fought, but it is greater than that Of
any battle save one Of the British
navy in the past hundred years. The
British loss was somewhat larger at
Trafalgar, reckoning the casualties OF
the entire feet, but no single ship
suffered more than a fraction of the
loss which the Maine sustained by
this terrible explosion. Nelson's flag.
ship, the Victory, was under fire for
FIVE hours, and was reduced to mere
wreck. but her killed were only 81 out
of full crew of 600. at the battle OF
the Nile the Bellerophou, which was
mos. cut UP of all of Nelson's ships,
lost 49 men out Of 5S4, and the whole
fleet lost 2i3. Jervis won his Esrldom
at Cape St. Vincent with 3 loss of 73
men, and 2O3 fell on the British si6e ct
Campsrdown.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-23
THE STORY OF a COLO NIGHT,
The Mishep that Bsfen Two Ardent Young
LCys-o.

Taking about the cold saap re-
minds me OF funny thing that hap
peoed cut our way" said tie little
man with 8 ead cigar as be tilted csck
his chair and put his feet On the steam
coil
"You see, It was this way-out
maybe you fellows don't want to hear
this story" he went On as he glanced
around suspiciously st the crowd.
4 chorus of approval moved him to
proceed.
"Well. you know, live out South
IA fiat, and it's the coolest flat IL the
world. I alwsys thought the south
side was cooler than any place else,
but any how this house | live in is q
corker. Why, these cold mornings /
hsve to hurry up and drink my coffee
as soon as it is poured to keep it from
freezing, and the he'd clothes are stuck
to the be6stesa every night But, as
stared to say. down stairs, n the
fat below me, lives a couple who
have 9 daughter, 3 fair and fascinst-
ING maiden. Now, that wouldn't be
so bad, only she has fellow who
comes to see her, as usual.
Funny thing, amt It, how these
girls viii? Bat, anyhow, this fellow
comes to see her. Aud they do have
an awful time Saying coed night. /
can hear him start to go, and about
az hour sitter thst hear him shut the
door, and he's gone. Butt was telling
you about the cold snap. It was the
coldest night we had, I guess. I got
sick looking 81 the thermometer, so l
just went 70 bed and listened to the
sidewalk crack when people went by.
could hear the nails flying out OF
the house-say, if you fellows don't
want to hear this, way, all right"
Once mere the crowo begged him TO
&C on.
well, this night, as I was saying,
heard the fellow start for the hall
door, and there they stood chatting.
was Just dropping to sleep when |
heard great clatter down on the
,, front porch. Seemed as if some one
was trying TO kick the door IL. |
| thought the house was on fire, so l
Jumped up and made break for the
door. When I got down on the porch,
alnost fell in q fl.
THAT fellow had started to kiss
thst girl good night, and they frozs!
Yes, sir; fact: he was sort OF a slow
fellow anyhow, I guess, and he TOOK
his time to it, so when he tried to
break away be found their lips were
frcze together, and he kicked on the
door for help. Well, sir, we had to
get salt and les water to get 'em loose,
and he amt been up there since.
Funny thing, wssn's it," and re
glanced about him.
But the crowd Of listeners gazed on
him sorrowfully, and silently and
reyerently withdrew.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-23
PEACEAT ANY PRICE.
This is Said to bo the Programms OF Presi-
dent Mckinley.

Advices from Washington say that
it is a notable fact that there is great
deal of talk around the State Depart
ment about arbitration in respect to
the Maine disaster. It is further said
that the more important features
brought out in the investigation Of the
matter is known to the President, and
that his mind is made up as to what
that report will bs. It will declare
that the Maine was destroyed By ex.
ternal causes. The Spanish version,
however, is directly opposite to this
and the impression IS strong that the
president and his advisers are serious
| Iy contemplating letting other ma
tlons have hand in the settlement Of
the differences. The president knows
that such step will meet the almost
unanimous disapproval OF the people
| OF this country. Hs knows that such
a step cannot be entered upon OF &C.
ceded to except at the cost of the ma.
tional honor, and yet so anxious is he
to prevent war that he is listening to
/ gUS SLECA sung VI Luo 4ItLIC CObCIIC
about him which is calling for peace
at any price. It is pointed out to him
oy the people who are the mugwumps
of Diplomacy that now that the Span
ish board, under Captain Pearl, de.
clared that the destruction of the
Maine must have besn due to accident,
the only way to satisfy the nations OF
Europe to the contrary is by submit
ting to al International board OF arbi-
tration or inquiry, both the American
and the Spanish reports. As long as
Congress Is in session the President is
afraid to adopt the peace at,any- price
policy, but as soon as that trouble.
some body adjourns ne will taSe the
bit in his mouth and decide the mat
ter in accordance with the wishes Of
Hanna s. Co., who are willing TO com
promise the matter on a money basis.
In the meantime the preparations for
war will 60 OF. built will msan noth.
/ ing, except to deceive the people.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-23
Chicago Names.

4 man OF humor and statistics has
discovered thai tbs Chicago city direc.
tory contains D9adman to % Cot.
ms, l Pail, Spade, 5S SextGas and 3
Shades, which seems out Of proportion.
An improvement is noticed in / Dam.
row, l Cuss, l Gosh, 3 Puncaes, ;
Peeiers and 3 Calls. Then there are
% Bards 70 50 Springs and IS STal
lows to 10 Summers. Wearing appar
el is scarce. There are only 3 Cofs, /
Corset, Sairt, I Snocks and l Bon
net, and there IS only ! Bare. The
provision department IS represented
cy l Butter, 3 C2icks, s Hams, Egg
aud II Peppers, and fruit Oy l Or
ange, 19 Plums, + Peaches, 5 Pears, i
Peanut and u Apples. There are be-
sides enough animals, Wild and tame
to stock uozen menageries, IS Loves
and some GoodfelIo1s and 22O SAINTS.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-23
HOW WAR is DECLARED.
The Code OF NasionE. as Some Diplomats
Understand Il.

How is war declarsd2" some one
asked 3 statesman this week. Usual
iy BY cannon shot," was the reply.
This country did 60 to war once by
adopting a resolution. Most Of the
fighting had begun without legislative
preliminaries. The civil war opened
with the firing on Fort Sumter. Just
how the war with Spain will begin, if
there is one, cannot be forecast from
anything in the rules of Congress. It
may be that war with Spain has al.
ready started. That will be known
when the court of inquiry on the
Maine reports. II the ship was de-
stroyed by torpedo, that was an act
of war, whether Blanco knew the tor.
pedo was to be dragged against the
bow of the ship or not. If only half a
dozen. Spanish officers were in the
plot and towed the engine of destruc.
lion to Its place, Spain has committed
the over act of war just as much as if a
gun SQUAD had wheeled one of the big
guns OF Moro Castle into position
and sent shell into the magazine OF
the Maine.
AL that the court must do is to re-
port to the President that the Maine
did not blow up, but was blown up.
Tnat will mean the war has started.
Uncle Sam must get ready to fight.
The chip has been knocked from his
shoulders. There is nothing for him
to do but to come back at MS enemy.
II there is to be any parleying, it must
come from Spain. Tha! country can
offer defence, or explanation, or in
demnity, or rsparation. II Spain does
nothing after the court reports that
the Maine was blown up, return
blow must be struck by Ine United
States and as quickly as the ships car
move. Such is the code OF nations,
as some OF the best diplomets e!
/ WASHINGTON understand it.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-23
AGAINST WAR, he SAYS.
Former Astache OF the Spanish Legation
Tslse OF Mckinley.

Lieutenant Commander Sobral, Tor
mer naval attache CT the Spanish le-
CATION st Washington in an inter
view at Barcalona on his arrival there,
is quoted SIS saying be is convinced
that President Mckinley, who IS q
correct president, and the government
of the United States do not wish war
''and will resist to the utmost the in
trigues of the war party" Continu-
ing, Lieutenant Sobral remarked: ::
Thoughtful Americans also oppose
war, which is solely desired by the
adventures and agitators who compose
the iingo party. The msiority of
of the house OF representatives is com
posed OF men without prestiege and Of
little education, who regard politics
as q trade and VINO would have al.
ready voted the jingo proposals if they
had not encountered the strength OF
character of President Mckinley whose
authority is dictatorisl. The serious
opinion of the country, composed
business men breads war with Spain,
which they believe would be verits-
bic misfortune, as shown by the fact
that the new Spanish squadron had
hardly started for American waters
when q panic seized al commercial
and industrial centres.
"The jingo campaign is fomented
chiefly by two American daily news
papers, whose insolvent language is a
positive shame to Americans.
''It is evident that the United States
inten6s Spain shall be the actual de.
clearer CT war"
Lieutenant Sobrsl added: "If the
ISpanish government decides 10 issue 8
national loan and build squadron,
the patriotism ofiSpaniards residing il
America will impel them to subscribe
s third Of the amount and they will
give their money without regard to
the issue price and without considering
the conditions of the law"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-23
How 30 Gats Ella PAY.

Although the Shah OF Persia does
not devote q penny to supporting his
ambassador at Constsntinople, Mira
Mahmoud Khan, his representative at
at S5amooul mas q handsome income,
raised By means charac!eris.ically
Oriental. The Saah has IL Constan-
linopIe about $1,000 subjects, and
these are taxed for the purpose. Mira
Mahmoud has no reason 10 complain
OF the arrangement, for By the help Of
half dozen aols bodied collectors ne
sscIres an income Cf abau: 500. 900.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-23
They Win Tlghr.
The Southern paonle to q

ne EoUtnern people 70 nlsn,
says the Topeka, Kan, Capital, will,
if necessary, embark their last life and
their last dollar for the cause OF
TIE Urion. Taere is no doubs Of it.
Tbs Southern people showed in the
rabellioc their ability to suffer and
die io7 cause they believe il. When
they are right they are an Invaluable
element of the people and on the cues
tion of tbs Unicn they are and al
ways will be right.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-23
sLaysl headed Judze.

Judge Smith, OF the County Court
OF East Liverpool, OHIO, has moi only
declared that man is justified IN kill
ing or attempting to xii another who
mad broken up his home and led his
wife astray, ous scoIded tae grand
jury for finding an indictment n
sucn case. Henry Meininger, who
was tried before Judge Smith Tor
shooting and Wounding john Mectz,
the co orsspondent IN Meininger's di-
vorce suit, was let of with dae ofSl.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-23
ISIi;s6 His Snarn

"Ojibwsy Joe," a Chippewa chief,
who died il Superior, Wis, not long
ago, is said to have killed more North
erners than any other man IN the Con
federats armies. He is said to have
killed 113. He WAS q sharpshooter,
having joined the Confederacy DE-
cause OF Il personal grievance against
the national government.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-23
Gan. Graham IN Arlanss.

Brig. Gen. William Il. Graham,
the commander Of tae new department
of the South, and his chief OF staf,
Lieut.. Adams, arrived in Atlanta
Thursday. Gen. Graham will, IL is
said, at once establish his headqUar-
ters, and remove the office OF himself
and staff from San Antonio.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-23
Fearful Eclocusr,

The worst fire that has occurred in
Chicago since the cold storage ware
house nolocust at the Worlds Fair
broke out IN building, corner Wa
bash avenue and Jackson boulevard
Thursday. The death list will proba-
bly, reach fifteen and may excede that, d,
The injured number 80.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-23
Cl.nnsoa In Coed shapa.

Clemson College has money to burn.
The treasurer has received $50, coo this
season from the fertilizer tag tax. At
q meeting Of the trustees recently i
was decided to appropriate S12, 500 OF
this surplus to the erection Of q textile
mill. Work will De begun on The
building at an early day.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-23
EEojectlles Toc Spain.

\ dispatch from Birmingham, Eng
LAND, says tae hynochs Company has
alreadv dispatched part of large
Spanish order for specisl projectiles,
Standing II feet high, the largest ever
made By the KYnochs.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-23
Methodist Claim Bll, signed.

The president has signed the oil
aoproprIating $25S, 900 10 De paid 10
tle book Ggents Of :1e Methodist Eols-
copal CnUcch, Souta, as full compen-
salion toc .ne properly OF !4at copora-
tion, used, taken away, injured: con
SumeQ CT destroyed by tne \ nltea
States, or is army, a. Nashville, Tenn,
during the IEar.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-23
Five New Dry Docks.

TIE naval committee OF the House
has agreed to provide for the consruc-
ton OF FIVE dry docks. The docks are
TO be located at Boston, Portsmouth,,
n. &, Algiers, La, Mare Island, Cal.
ana League Island, Pa.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-23

smaller pieces. Il is 3 tremendous
war power thst is represented by all
these costly and formidable fghling
machines, and we are assured that ''lt
is much more than 8 match for Spain 5
besides having the incompsrale ac-
vantage Of 8 base on the Cuban side
Of TIE Atlantic.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-23

The Secretaries OF the Navy snd stste ard
Othev Eminent Persons We're Instantly
Kuled-Many O.hers woundcd-A Can
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-23
OUR AVAILABLE NAVY
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES THAT WOULD
DOUP SPAIN.

an Irtereaticx Article on The Condition
OF Tho Ships OF tbs United Ststes Navy
and Where They Arc a. Present
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1898-02-03

THAT President Mckinley has little
sympathy with the latter part of the
Teller resolution is shown by his ad-
dress at the annual banquet of the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers in
New York last Thursday evening, in
the course of which he said:
''There is another duty resting upon the
national governmental coin money and
regulate the value thereof. This duty re-
quires that our government shall regulate
the value Of its money by the highest
standards of commercial honesty and ma
tional honor. The money of the United
States is, and forever must be, unques-
toned and unassailable. If doubts re-
main, they must be removed. If weak
places are discovered, they must be
strengthened. Nothing should. ever tempt
us, nothing will ever tempt us, to scale
down the sacred debt Of the nation
through legal technicality. Whatever
may be the language of the contract, the
United States will discharge all its obi
cations in currency recognized as the best
throughout the civilized world at the
time Of payment. Nor will we ever con-
sent that the wages of labor or its frugal
savings be scaled down by permitting
payment in dollars Of less value than the
dollars accepted as the best in every en-
'ightened nation of the earth"
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1898-02-03
HOW TO FIND OUT.

Fill a bottle or common glass with urine
and let it stand twenty-four hours; sedi-
ment or settling indicates an unhealthy
condition OF the kidneys. When urine
stains linen it is evidence Of kidney trOub-
lie. Too frequent desire to urinate or pain
in the back, is also convincing proof that
the kidneys and bladder are out Of order.
WHAT TO DO.
There is comfort In the knowledge so
often expressed, that DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, the great kidney remedy fulfil1s
every wish in relieving pain in the back !,
kidneys, liver, blader and every part of
the urinay passage It c0rrects inability
70 hold urine and scalding pain in passing
it. or bad effects following use of liquor,
wine or beer, and overcDmes that un-
pleasant necessity of being compelled to
get up many times during the nighe to
urinate. The mild and the extraordinary
effect of Swam-ROot is soon realized. 1t
stands the highest for it's wonderful cures
of the most distressing cases. If you need
medicine you should have the best.
Sold by druggists, price fifty cents and
one dollar. You may have sample bot
tie and pamphlet both sent free by mail.
Mention THE WEEKLY ISLANDER and
send your address to DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y. The proprietors of
this paper guarantee the genuineness of
this offer
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1898-02-03

THE lumber shipments from this
state during 1897 amounted to more
than SOC, 900, 600 feet, exclusive of lath
and shingles, nearly one-fifth of that
amount having been cut by the great
Port Blakely mill. The returns. in
money, runs well up into the millions,
and yet they are small when compared
with the prices that were realized a
few years ago and which should be
realized now to enable one to contem-
plate, without large measure of re-
gret, the rapid destruction of the great
est and grandest resources of the state.
Modern men and modern machinery
are fast undoing the work of centuries
of forest growth, aud one of the noblest
heritages of the people is being rapidly
aud ruthlessly sacrificed with little
profit to the great majority of those
engaged in the work of destruction
and to the serious detriment of future
generations.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1898-02-03

schools is to direct the minds OF the
scholars toward literature and the pro-
fessiOns, and to cause dislike to the
cOlnmOner walks Of life. This very
thing has done much to draw the clev-
crest minds away from the farm.
The school course should be framed
for the greatest good to the greatest
number. Hence agriculture should pc
taught in our schools-country and vii
lage at least.
But instead of any instruction upon
subjects most familiar to the pupils ana
with which many of them will be
idetified all their lives. they are taught
geometry, algebra, Latin and Greek.
These studies may bo all right In
their proper places, but our children
need to know something which will be
of practical everyday value TO them.
II agriculture and the practical side OF
farming-such as the making of butter
and cheese, the maintaining the fertili-
ty of the land, the different breeds and
characteristics of farm animals, the
growth of plants-if these subjects were
taught it would invest farm life with a
new interest and uplift the general SEN
timent held in regard to it. The coun-
try boys and girls would be imbued
with a nobler conception of the avoca-
ton of their. fathers, and would not
care to leave their country homes to
seek their fortunes in the city. What
is needed is text book upon this sub
ject which would cover the ground and
be written in unscientlfic language.
The agricultural papers should agitate
the question, and continually urge it
upon the attention Of the people. When
this is done a great benefit will follow,
which will be felt by all classes of the
community.-G. H. Burnett, in Prac'
teal Farmer.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1898-02-03
THE MOST WHOLESOME MEALS.

Mrs. Rorer Tells the Best Foods for
Different Times OF Day.
In the January Ladies' Home Jour-
nal Mrs. s. T. Rorer writes at length
to show that Americans eat too much
meat. but says she does not want to be
understood as condemning meat en-
tirely. Individually, she uses tall
with the exception of pork and veal
in moderation, and toward the close
of the day. From long experience"
she says, N have found that a heavy
mornings work can best be accom-
plished on breakfast composed of a
well-cooked cereal and fruit, with, per-
haps, cup of French coffee, or cereal
coffee, and a piece of well-toasted whole
wheat bread. The MONDAY meal,
if work is to be continued in
the afternoon, should be composed of
cream soup, with whole wheat bread,
an omelet, some of the lighter forms
of heterogeneous food, in the proportion
of one-third to two-thirds carbonaceous
food. Fruits, again, may be partaken,
if they agree-a baked banana, baked
apple, peaches, pears, or any Of the
very ripe, sub-acid fruits.
CATER the days work is over, and
one can take time to rest and thorough
ly digest meal, dinner should be
served. A warm beef soup, stimulat-
ing rather than heterogeneous, should
form the beginning of the meal. This
may be followed by some light entree,
either Of fish or vegetable, then the
red meat, either boiled. broiled or
roasted (never fried), with its accom-
panying vegetable. With beef, serve
potatoes or macaroni as the starchy
food; with mutton or chicken, rice. A
green vegetable should be added for
its salts, and this may be onions or
young peas, beans, 'cauliflower or
spinach. The salad should follow,
and with 1T tiny bit of cheese, with
a piece of whole wheat bread, bread
stick or water biscuit. Then simple,
light dessert may be served"