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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-28
Will Have to be Dry Docked

Savannah, December H.-The transport
Chester will have to be docked in the dry
dock for repairs. One third of her pro-
peller is gone. The accident occurred
when the ship was twenty-seven miles out
from Havana and she proceeded here under
half speed. The quartermaster has asked
the quartermaster department whether he
shall send the ship to Port Royal dry dock
or put the Third Nebraska aboard and
have her docked at Havana.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-28
Mother and Children Drowned

Watertown, N Y, December IA spe-
cial to the Standard from Alexandria bay
says Yesterday three children of Charles
Hagerman broke through the ice in the
ST. Lawrence river and were drowned.
Mrs Hagerman rushed to the scene and in
her endeavors to rescue the children broke
through the ice and she, too. was drowned
Hagerman arriving home later, he went to
the river and alone recovered the four
bodies
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-28
Cans Defea Is DAILY

. New York, December 27.-Joe Cans, of
Baltimore, outpointed Jack DAILY, of Will
mington, DEL, in a twenty-five round bout
at 1876 pounds before the Lenox Athletic
club tonight and the referee decided in
favor of the Baltimorean. The decision did
not suit many of those who watched the
contest, but the conservative judges agreed
that the colored boy was entitled to ia
vorable verdict.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-28
The Hotkin Trial

San Francisco, December 27.-The defense
in the Botkn case has closed and the argu-
ments will begin tomorrow. Today was oc-
cupied with the introduction of testimony
in rebuttal and gathering up of odds and
ends of the testimony. Counsel will argue
tomorrow and Thursday, and the case will
go to the jury Friday morning.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-28
AMERICAN SOLDIERS FIRED ON IN THE
STREETS OF HAVANA AND RIOT WAS RESULT
SHGHSTH COMPLAINS BITTERLY OF
SPHIN'S TREATMENT BY HMERl6H

London @- O.
he
caused the
of
all the
largely thesed
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-28
e,2oO Hiies In Open Boat

/ San Francisco, December N-Captain
Mcdonald, of the burned bark C. ID.
Bryant accompanied by his wife and child
rem. arrived here today from Honolulu on
the steamer China. The Bryant, which
was bound from Puget Sound for Africa
with load of lumber, burned at sea on
November 5, and the survivors Travelled g.
2e0 miles in an open boat, when they reach
ed one of the Hawaiian group.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-28
nrerfus Going to- Paris

London. December 2s.-The Paris corre-
spondent of the Daily News, Mrs Emily
Crawford, says she has reason TO believe
that Dreyfus will leave Cayenne, capital of
French Guiana. South America, for France
on January 8 next.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-28

Washington December 27.-Admiral w. I.
Sampson, who arrived here yesterday from
New York, is confined to his room with
slight attack of the grip. His physicians
think he will be recovered in a few days.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-28
Romero Has Appendicitis

Washington, December N-Ambassador
Romero, of Mexico, is seriously i'll with ap-
pendicitic at his residence here. A consult
alton of physicians was held tonight, but
1t was decided to await the DEVELOPMENTS of
the next twelve hours before deciding
whether or not an operation is necessary.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-28
Philip viii Succeed Bunce

New York. December 2I.-It was said at
the navy yard today that Commodore ]. w.
Philip will succeed Rear Admiral Francis
M. Bunce, retired as commandant of the
Brooklyn navy yard on January Is.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-12-28

We will repair your burst pipe promptly.
Alabama Gas Fixture and Plumbing Co.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-10-19
A SAVAGE CRITICISM.
The Teachers Artistic C1everness Re
ceived q hard and Cruel Blow.

The Teachers Artistic cleverness Re-
ce;ved Hard and Cruel Blow.
In one Of the Cleveland public school
rooms of the primary grade the teacher
has been reading Longfellow's "Hia-
watha" to her pupils. Of course this is
a rather ambitious work for the little
ones, says The Plain Dealer, but they
enjoy it, and the rhythm seems particu-
larly pleasing to them. When they come
to a hard word, the teacher goes to the
blackboard and draws picture to illus
trate its meaning. This the pupils find
highly entertaining, and it helps in
quite remarkable way to fix the text
in their minds.
a few days ago they came to this line
in the early part Of the poem:
At the door on Summer evenings sat the little
Hiawatha.
"At-th' door on summer evenings
sat th' lit-tle"-read the children.
go on," said the teacher.
But they couldn't go on. The name
Of Hiawatha was toe much for them.
They knew who Hiawatha was, but
they didn' recognize his name. So the
teacher went to the board and took con-
siderable pains in drawing:
First.-A wigwam with poles stick
ing up above it, and a rude aboriginal
drawing above it, and rude aboriginal
painting on the side.
Second.-LittleH Hiawatha, with feath-
ers in his hair, squatted at the wigwam
door.
Third.-A fire harvest moon.
Then she pointed at Hiawatha and
asked what it was
There was general craning Of necks
and shaking of heads.
Come. come" said the teacher,
"you know what that is.
Then one little girl spoke up:
81 guess it's mud turtle.
And instantly, with one accord, the
class glibly repeated:
"At tn door on summer evenings
sat th little muddy turtle. -
And tho teacher feels that her artistic
cleverness received hard and cruel
blow.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-10-19
THE CLEANLY ISLANDS.
a Region Where the Very Dust Is OF q
Cleansing Nature.

Cleansing Nature.
Fortunate islands, the ancients called
them. What measure Of good fortune
they associated with cleanliness is in
deed uncertain. From the duration and
elaboration Of their baths one might
presume that the Romans-not the holy,
but the pagan Romans-plnced it at
least a degree above godlincss. Yet
some influence surely must have trav-
ersed tho law of heredity, for they
scarcely seem to have transmitted this
disposition to their posterity.
Whether, however, the title of For
tunate, given to these islands, had Or
had not reference to this quality,
which we place proverbially only next
to godliness, the quality itself is strik-
ingly conspicuous. The islands had 9TH
er names The Hesperides is the most
familiar of them, and III Tenerife the
original dragon" tree may be seen be-
meath which that sleepless dragon coiled
himself who acted as watchdog for the
maidens guarding the golden apples.
Today we call golden apples oranges
in the language Of the country, ma
rangas. We have changed the name of
the islands, too, and call them the Ca
naries. No canary birds seem to live in
them, however, and there is q notion
that tho name is derived ultimately
from "canis, the dogs, especially those
of the island Of Lanzerote, the most
easterly, being famous The fora Of
the islands are subtropical, with palms
lis not the chief town of the Grand
Canary Las Palmas), bananas, eucalyp-
tus, cactus and the aforesaid golden
apples" Luxuriant vegetation is the
glory Of Tenerife; a climate wonder
fully eguable is common to them all,
but Grand Canary is especially blessed
in its dryness and freshness.
At Orotava are more grandeur of gar
dens and spacious hotels. At Las
Palmas, facing the northeast trade
winds, are the constant fresh breeze of
the sea, accommodation as comfortable
as could be desired and the quality Of
cleanliness in its superlative degree.
Where all is so dry it is difficult to be
dirty and q positive triumph of innate
instincts over circumstances on the part
Of the proletariat that so many Of them
continue to be filthy. The Englishman
may even be astonished at the dirt,
as he will be astonished at his own
cleanliness. The astonishment is the
greater because the place is pervaded by
fine dust, but the very dust is Of a
cleanly. almost Of cleansing, nature.
It lies in powder on the banana groves
and palm trees. After country drive
It may make dark coat look as if its
wearer's profession had to do with a
-four mill, but shower of rain sweeps
it of the foliage, and shake and a
brush Of the garment, and they are all
more spotless than they were before
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-10-19
ak Notice.
County Treasurer's Office, !
Clarendon County.
NTann;no. s. c.. Sept. q, 1898.

AGIu4uS, -. ", SSSI. -,
The tax books will be open for the collec-
tion of taxes for the fiscal year commenc.
ing January 1st, 1898, Oh the 10th DAY o!
October, 1898. and will remain open un'll
the 3lst day of December. following, alter
which time penalty OF 10 per cenI. az
taches TO all unpaid taxes.
The following is the tax levy;
For State purposes, five 90 mills: ,,>
For constitutional schoo! tax, three loJ
mills. .>.,.
For ordinary county tax four a. mills.
For oast Indebtedness, one-tourth OF one
mill q. o.,.o,
IS: Special two (2) mills, school tax, school
district No. "l9." Total III mills school
district "l9."
Special two (2) mills, school tax, school
district No. 30" Total 143 mills school
district 30"
Special three (3) mills, school tax, school
district No. ''2l." Total 154 mills school
district col
Special four a. mills, school tax school
district No. ~" Total 16l mills school
district 81"
Special four ~ mills, school tax, school
district No. 80" Total lG4 mills school
district 20"
Every male citizen between the ages OF
twenty-one and sixty years, except those
incapable Of earning support from oelns
manned or from other causes, except those
who are now exempt by law, snail DC
deemed taxable polls.
The law requires that COMMUNION 1oao
tax shall be paid for the succeedlns year
when State and county taxes are pal0:
S. J. BOWMAN,
Treasurer Clarendon County
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-10-19
BLUE LAWS.
Come Of the Peculiar Enactments ThGo
Obtained IN Old Virginia.

Come Of the Peculiar Enactments ThGa
Obtained In Old Virginia.
Those who fancy that strict laws
were peculiar to New England in colo
nial days should read some Of the enact
nents of the Virginia assembly.
cit was enacted" writes Professor
John Fiske in "Old Virginia and Her
Neighbors,'' that any person found
drunk was for the first ofense to be pri-
vateiy reproved by the minister; the
second time this reproof was to be pub
licly administered; the third time the
offender must be put in irons for 12
hours and pay fine; fer any subsequent
offenses he must be severely punished at
the discretion of the governor and coun-
Gil
"To guard the community against ex-
cessive vanity in dress it was enacted
that for all public contributions every
unmarried man must be assessed in
church according to his own apparel,
and every married man must be assess
ed according to his own and his wife S
apparel.
mot merely extravaganza in dress,
but such social misdemeanors as flirting,
received due legislative condemnation.
Pretty maids were known to encourage
hopes in more than Ole suitor, and gay
deceivers Of the sterner sex would some
times seek to win the affections Of two
or more women at the same time.
Wherefore it was enacted that every
minister should give notice in his
church that what man or woman soc -ar
should use any word or speech tending
to contract of marriage to two several
persons at one time as might entangle OF
breed scruples in their consciences,
should for such their ohense, either IN
dergo corporal correction (by whipping)
or be punished by fine or otherwise &C.
cording to the quality Of the person SO
offending"
Men were held to more strict account
ability for the spoken or written word
than in these shameless modern days.
One Of the most prominent settlers we
find presenting o petition to the assem-
bly, to grant him due satisfaction against
a neighbor who has addressed to him q
letter wherein be taxeth him both un-
seemly and amiss Of certain things
wherein he was never faulty" Speak
ing against the governor or any member
Of the council was liable to be punished
with the pillory. It was also imprudent
to speak too freely about clergynen,
who were held in great reverence. No
planter could dispose Of so much as a
pound Of tobacco until be had laid aside
q certain specified quantity as his assess
ment toward the minister's salary,
which was thus assured even in the
worst times, so far as legislation could
90
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-10-19
EDMUND BURKE.
An Able and Versatile Statesman VINO
Never Attained High Office.

An Able and Versatile Statesman " 10
Never Attained High Office.
Though Burke never attained high
sasce his abilities were so versatile as to
pualify him for any post which cabi-
net minister could fill. His practical
wisdom was as conspicuous as his power
If Generalization No one had clearer
son,prehension or firmer grasp Of great
principles of universal application; at
she same time his policy in every de-
partnent of English politics rested on
q wide and solid basis of information
and experience. He was stepped in the
history Of the past, yet penetrated
through and through with the reality CT
the present and ever and always mind
full of that future in which the specula-
tions and measures Of the day We're to
be tested and finally approved or con-
demned. His prodigious activity IL pub
lie affairs sprang not from an intellec-
tual source alone, nor from his lmperla!
patriotism. It was constantly led from
an inexhaustible store Of moral energy,
He was animated by detestatlon OF all
forms Of oppression, whether by kings
or governors, parliaments or peoples,
which was in him consuming passion,
from which his noble nature could only
obtain relief by denunciation Of the op-
pressor and the destruction of his power.
I cannot help thinking that Burke
must have been stimulated, too, and
sustained by delight in his studies and
his work. 1t is impossible, without
counting this as an additional incentive,
to understand the amazing industry
which he devoted to the elucidatlon OF
all the great questions dealt with in his
speeches and writings. How his method
reproves the habit, too common in our
day, as in other days, Of debating SUBJ
jects affecting the fate Of millions of our
fellow creatures as if they could be dis
posed Of by echoing the chatter of igno-
rance, or prejudice, or vanity, or self in
terest! When we read Burke's speech on
Fox's East India bill, we say, What a
great proconsul he would have made !"
When we read his speech on concilia-
ton with America, we feel that the
greatest of colonial ministers was lost
in him, and when we read his speech on
economical reform we exclaim, Here is
an ideal chancellor of the exchequer''-
J. O'Connor Power in North American
Review.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-10-19
Doubtful Compliments.

The compliments paid by the poor are
often put in an amusing way. One old
woman who was very fond Of the rector
said to Mr.. Bernays: "You know, sir,
Us likes the rector; is ears are SO
clean" Surely an odd reason for pa
rochial affection. Another admirer once
declared with regard to the whole staff
of clergy, "You are all SO plain" "a
word of high commendation), "but as
for the vicar, 'e's beautiful. " The great
est compliment, though at the same time
the most curious Mr.. Bernays ever heard,
was paid by a workingman to certain
bishop, famous for his simple kindli-
ness, "What likes bout the bishop is
'e's not gentleman. "-Westninster
Gazette.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-10-19

AN ELECTION WILL BE HELD OF
Tuesday, the 18th day Of November, 1898,
at the legally established polling precincts
in Clarendon County, for Representative
of the 9Th Congressional District of South
Carolina, in the term of the 56th Congress
of the United States.
The polls will be opened at Z o'clock, a.
NJ, and kept open without intermission or
adjournment until o'clock, p. N.
At the close of the election the Managers
shall Immediately proceed to publicly
count the ballots. Within thee days there
after the Chairman of the Board Of Mana
gers. or one Of them, to be designated in
writing by the Board. shall deliver to the
Commissioners of Election the poll list,
the boxes containing the ballots, and q
written statement of the result of the cleo
ton at his precinct.
The Managers Of Election shall require
of every elector offering to vote, in addition
to the production Of his registration certi-
6cate, proof o: tie payment of poll tax six
months before said election ofany poll tax
then due and payable.
The Managers shall administer to each
person Offering to vote an oath that he is
qualified to vote at said election, according
be has not already voted in said election.
The following named persons have beea
appointed to manage said Election by the
Board of Commissioners of Election for
Clarendon County. to wit:
Fulton, at Fulton-P H Broughton, D F
Lide, L R Gibson.
Calvary, at Hodges Corner 8 Stakes,
Paul Hodge, Z Griffin.
Friendship, at Panola-S P Holladay,
Felix Chewing, " r Davis.
st. Paul, at St. Paul-W H Shiras, Il u
| Mcknight, P Butler.
Santee, at Jordan-John G Graham, T
Morgan Davis, L L Wells.
St. Marks, at Duties Old Store-W L
Cannon, G G Thames. S Il Tobias.
Concord, at Summerton-G W Dingle,
H r Meldeau, H 4 Iisdale.
St. James, at Davis Cross Roads-Geo I
Lesesne, J B Walker, J H Horton.
Sammy Swamp, OF Packsville - G c
Thames, James McCauley, J C Frierson.
Manning, at Manning-W J RawlinsoD,
r A Ridgill, j W Strange.
Mt. Zion, at Wilson'S N Strange, W
C White, JEFF D Holiday.
Brewington. at Foreston-T L Bagna!.
" McRoy, Col johnson.
Plowden's Mill, at Alcolu-J J Nettles,
J Harvin, D Reese.
Harmony, at Chandler's-W I Hudnal,
s Plowden, 4 H Chandler.
Midway, at Midway-G D Smith, " F
Harrington, " Barrow.
New Zion, at Boykin s-EG Green, Il S
Fleming, A Boykin.
Douglass, at Coles Mill-WJ J Turbeville.
F n Thomas, J P Turbeville
Sandy Grove, at Barrineau's-W H Thig-
pen, E 6 Barrineau, + r McFadd,n.
One of the above named Managers at
each box will call upon the Board of Com
missioners at Manning October 9th 1898.
to receive bollot boxes, poll list and in
structions, and to be qualified.
LOUIS APPELT,
4 J RICHBOURG,
ALONZO SMITH
Commissioners Congressional Election.
Manning, S c, Oct y, 1898.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-10-19
Road and River.

The brave Pierre 'Stuppa, the Swiss
general, having been deputed by the 13
cantons to solicit the arrears of pay
which had been owing for long time
to the Swiss officers in the French sery-
ice, NJ. de Lorvois, the war minister,
who was present, said to the king,
Louis XIV:
s'Sire, those Swiss are very importu-
nate If your majesty had all the money
that your royal predecessors have given
to that people, it would form road
from Paris to Basel. -
"That may be-" observed Stuppa
with an air of 6rmness, "but at the
same time if your majesty had all the
blood that the Swiss have shed IN the
service Of France it would form q river
from Paris to Basel"
The king was so struck with the OBJ
servation that he ordered NJ. de Louvois
to pay the whole of the money without
delay.-Nuggets
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-10-19
SPLIT HER LUNCH.
Sorry Accident to Stylish yonng WON
an In Train.

Sorry Accident to Stylish young Won
en- In Train.
The passengers on an early morning
train connecting with this city were
treated to a thoroughly enjoyable scene
the other morning. At one of the small
stations a young lady boarded the train.
She was dressed rather stylishly, but
a veil covered a rather plain face. She
switched down the aisle like queen.
She barely deigned to glance at the
other passengers in the car, and when
she did her nose rose perceptibly at the
tip in manner that spread the impres-
sion Of contempt.
She carried Boston bag and the air
Of millionaire There was but one seat
vacant. This was beside good looking,
nicely dressed young man who was read
ing paper.
When she came to this seat, she fop-
ped down heavily and tossed her bag to
the seat between herself and the young
man. Two seconds later the young man
leaped from his seat, and string Of
earnest words Of doubtful origin fell
from his lips like vipers from the lips Of
the young woman in the fable.
The startled passengers looked to see
what had caused this outburst. They
saw, and then they laughed. The nice
looking Boston bag contained an ordi-
nary, everyday working girls lunch.
One Of its features was jar Of coffee,
which had broken in the descent and
flowed freely over the young mans new
fail coat and trousers
He went into the smoking car, swear
ing profusely. She uurmured weak
apology and spent her time in mopping
up the seat.-Brockton Enterprise.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-10-19
THE EMPEROR WORSTEDs

4 Plucky Little Hungarian Girl Got Re-
venge For Sadowa.
The present kaiser would probably
not admit that he had often been
thwarted in any of his plans, but an
anecdote has recently become known
which shows that he at least once "gos
the worst of it, =" and it is al the more
piouant from the fact that he was de-
feated by girl.
When the kaiser, who was then
Prince Wilhelm, was about 10 years
old, he and Prince Heinrich spent some
time at Cassel with their tutors, who
sometimes allowed the little princes to
play with other children. One day when
several of them were gathered together
it CHANGED that little French girl was
among the number, and the young Ger
mans conceived the brilliant idea OF
making her representative Of the coun-
try they all so cordially hated. The de-
lightful plan was Immediately put into
execution, and the poor child was tied
to q tree Then began fusillade OF
pine cones, sticks, etc., and whenever
anything struck her there was cry OF
Here's for Sedan!" This went on for
few minutes, when little Hungarian
girl, Helena Won D., who was watch
ing, could bear the injustice no longer,
and, singing out Prince Wilhelm as
chief offender, she threw herself on
him. The attack being unexpected, he
was completely taken by surprise and
fell down, whereupon she began to
pound him, crying out at each blow,
Here's for Sadowa!''
The prince was fast getting the worst
of it, for his little adversary was thor
oughIy in earnest, when the imperial
tutors, hearing the noise, rushed up and
separated the combatants. After that
the princes were more carefully watch
ed, and Wilhelm had no opportunity to
"get even" with the little champion Of
Justice Some days afterward, hearing
that the princes were leaving, Helena
went down to the gate to see them 90
by. AS they passed Wilhelm spied his
foe, and leaning out behind his tutor he
stuck out his tongue.
Helena was the daughter of titled
parents, and later she was married to
an Englishman. When the kaiser was
in London, she told this story to one OF
his gentlemen in waiting, who in turn
repeated it to his majesty. The latter
exclaimed: "Is that devil OF girl here
now? would like to see her" A meet
ing was arranged, but Helena became
i'll, and so they never met after that one
encounter to make friends or renew hos
tilities. York Tribune.