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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-22
Trying to Be Cheerful.

Don't you wish you were a polar bear %
asked the perspiring friend
No gently answered the man who has
had so much hard luck that he has become
humble Il don't wish l Were a polar bear.
II l were 1t would be my luck to be one
who has to live in geological garden and
wonder whether the keeper is going to put
any fresh water in his fcur-by-seven
basin. It's sad lot, but I'd rather be a
human being and be able to go over to the
ice-water tank when feel like it and help
myself -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-22
Maintain a Firm Stand.
From the New York Mail and EXPRESS

If the government at Washington has
finally decided, in the matter of the Alaska
boundary modus vivendi, that it will de-
cline to accede to the demands for conces-
sions To Canada IN any territory now held
by Americans, and to insist upon the pro-
yisional line suggested by Secretary Hay
it viii be upheld by popular sentiment
throughout the country. Better indefinite
postponement of all the questions involved
with this one than the sacrifice of Amsli-
can interests and national seif-respect
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-22
Toilet Supplies.

Coz. bottles of Petroleum IeIly
like vaseline. .......... ac
Bay Rum Toilet Soap. ...... &c.
Quart box of Napier Sea Salt. &C..
Browns French Shoe Dressing.7c.
Lavender Smelling Salts. $50. DC.
Bailey's Talcum Powder, borated
and perfumed. ..... 1oc.
Beveled Edge Hand Mirrors. roc.
Woodwork Extracts. all odors, in
spankler-top bottle. ......... roc.
Shefheld's Dentifrice. ....I7c.
Glyoerole Shoe Dressing. nc.
Rubifoam Tooth Wash. ....I5c.
Bulb Syringes. ......... 2Ic.
Java Face Rice Powder. PIC.
500, bot. Shampoo Bay Rum. 22c.
Malvina Cream and Lotion. .3,c.
Bailey's Rubber Complexion
Diusiles .'......... 33c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-22
SHOOTING STARS.
A Dilemma,

ITS no use remarked Mr.. Blykins, as
he looked at the thermometer.
whats the trouble?"
"A man can't tell what to do It's so
warm that / can't get along without a fan:
and if l fan myself sufficiently to make any
impression I'm sure to overexert myself
and get still warmer"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-22

1t is now being reported that Carter Har-
rison never wore a silk hat in his life. Nj
Simpson of Kansas is in a position to IN
form the Chicagoan that mems furnishings
do not amount to much as political adver-
tisement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-22

IL is scarcely reasonable to object to the
dum-dum bullet in wars against poison
welding savases- The continental Euro
pean governments should give the world
some assurance that the Punishment of the
leaden mushroom is not due to the fact
that some civilized nations think of ex-
changing a few shots
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-22
a Geometric Diffcuity.

What do you propose to do about this
round robin?"
i don't know" answered the military
man. Il suppose wen have to square it
in some way"
And he became once more absorbed In
impenetrable thought.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-22

Men of prominence in the democratic
party may have some little difficulty in
saying exactly how great their friendship
for one another is until after the presiden-
tial nomination
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-22
100.

Aguinaldo will never understand why
there should be any differences of opinion
IN the U. S. War Department When he
has an unruly general he disposes of the
entire case by a prompt and simple assas-
Sination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-22

They praise the bee for industry;
I'd hustle, too, no doubt,
Eff life were nothin' else fur me
Than a grand, sweet free lunch route
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-22

The manner in which newspaper reports
are handled at Manila Is not calculated to
give the Filipinos a clear idea of the free
dom of the press an American fnstitu-
ton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-22
Less Terrifyiny to Him.

why did you decline to press the case
against that footpad?"
"Oh. answered the Newport millionaire,
The wasn't so bad as l supposed. 1 thought
he was a snapshot photographer, but he
was only trying to rob me-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-22

The death of Robert G. IngersoIl will pre-
cipitate a number of melancholy efforts to
MI the unique and abnormal place in public
attention which his abilities as a rhetorician
won him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-22

The management will see to it that the
Chicago platform will be reaffirmed in such
a manner as to leave time and space for
the discussion of more recent topics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-22

Mr.. Bryan does not show many signs OF
fear that in order to prove his sincerity he
will be obliged to make speeches to ad-
vance the presidential ambitions of some
other man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-22

Dom Paul relieved the situation sufficient
ly to prevent England from going to ex-
tremes and threatening to lombard his
favorite brewery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-22

Mr.. Goebel may have been deliberately
advertising himself as a bold bad man, in
the hope of making friends in the Green
River district.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-22

The MolineuX trial ought to be a wholly
satisfactory affair when concluded. 1t is
costing a great deal of money
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-22
The Wanted Things
For Summer i.

There's world of interest among
the Summer Wearing Apparel and
other things for personal use, as well
as the hundred and one contrivances
that help make the home life pleas
anter and the work easier. MANY
things bear reduced prices; all arc
extraordinarily low.
Thorough ventilation, broad, I'M
ebstructed aisles, abundant elevator
service add comfort to summer shop
ping.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-22
A Direct Question.
From the Kansas City Star.

hNakSdE Ofty y
What is the status of persons who seek
to prevent the enlistment of United States
troops to suppress q rebellion against the
government?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-22

Mr.. Barschkies, Mr.. Rnzzsn ard Mr.. Everett
smiled on same steamer for Europe in the interest
of their respective departments Dress Goods,
China Ware Lamps 1ousefurnishings, Baskets etc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-22
Woodward
L0throp,
store closes at O'Clock: Saturdays at o'clock.
10th, nth and F SITS. N. w.

Miss RubensteiR sailed this Saturday on the
steame- 'Iennsylyania for Europe. in the interest
of Millinery and Wo.aen's Neckwear Departments
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-22

MEMS FAST BLACK AND TAN COT -
ION son. SPl-ICED HEELS AND Tues. NO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-22

French Organize Raye.
Manufactured to our order in 2zIL~
France by Koechlin and eros Ro- IZ2S
man. Plain tints and exquisite
printed effects. yard
Regular price, SOC
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-22
Hosiery.

LADIES' FAST BLACK COTTON
HOSE. FULL REGULAR MADE H QDT
SPLIT WHITE SoLES NORTH So II ~
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-22
DANGEROUS Smells.

Some smells are dangerous. A single
sniff Of highly concentrated prusSic
acid will kill a man as quickly as a
shot through the heart
The odor Of a bad egg is due to the
presence of sulphuretted hydrogen, and
the Objectionable perfumes OF sewer
and bone factories are attributed chief
ly to the same gas.
Chemical labatories are famous for
bad smells. Berzelius, who discovered
the element called "selenium," once
tried the experiment of permitting q
bubble Of purehydrogen selenide gas
to enter his nostril. For days after
ward he was not able to smell strong
ammonia. the olfactory nerves being
temporarily paralyzed.
Selenium gas has the odor Of putrld
horse-radish. Tellurium is even worse.
There is q story of q physician whose
patient, a lady, refused to take an alb
solutely necessary rest because she
was so fond Of being always on the
60 in society. He gave her 4 pill con-
tanning a small quantity Of tellium, and
her breath was affected by it to such
an extent that she was not able to
appear in public for month. She
never guessed what the trouble was.
The volatiZed essential oil Of roses IS
supposed to cause rose cold" This
peculiar complaint is so far nervous in
it's character that paper roses impreg-
mated with this Oil sometimes excite
the trouble.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-22
CAPTURE OF ILOILO.
How the United States Troops Cap
tured the City.

Particulars Of the capture Of 1loilo
by the United States forces under Brig.
Gen. Miller, on Saturday last, have
been received. On the morning of Fri
day, Feb. 10, Gen. Miller sent an ulti
matum to the commander of the rebels
OH shore, notifying him that it was MS
intention to take Iloilo, By force if nee
essary. Noncombatants and foreign
ers we're warned to leave the town with
in u hours. The rebels were alSp
warned that they must make no fur
ther belligereut preparations. Th'
.unboat Petrol was then moved to a
pnSition close in shore and Rear the reb-
el fort, while the cruiser Boston took
up her station at the other eud Of tn,
own.
Friday passed quietly. During tn,
lay many refugees left the town Of llo
10. The majority Of them were taken
N board foreign sEips lying in the har
nor. Searchlights from the Uniteo
States warships were kept all nigh
long illuminating the town aud its de
lenses. The rebels, 50 far as the look
outs on the ships could discover, re
NAMED quiescent throughout the day
1t s clock on the morning Of Satur-
day, Feb. II, the gunboat Petrel sig
oalled to the cruiser Boston that the
rebels were working in their trenches.
In return the Petrol was ordered to fire
warning shots upon the town from hel
three FOUNDERS, This was done, and
the rebels replied with harmless fu
silade. The Boston and Petrol then
bombarded the rebels trenches, com
pletely clearing them of their occupants
in very short time.
Soon after the bombardment began
flames broke out simultaneously in va
rious parts of the town. Thereupon IS
marines, acting as infantry and artillery.
were landed from the Boston, and a
company was sent ashore from the Pc
trel. These detachments marched
straight into the town Of Iloilo, and
hosting the Stars and Stri pes over the
fort. took possession in the name of the
United States. The capture Of the
town AID it's defenses having been &C
complished, the marines and soldiers
who had been sent ashore proceeded to
save the American, English and Ger
man c0nsulatcs from destruction by the
fire which was raging among the in
fammable buildings Of the town. The
SWISS consul's residence, which was in
the same row as the consulates named.
WAS burned, but foreign mercantile
property escaped with slight damage.
There was some desultory firing BY the
enemy in the outskirts of Ilollo, but
not a single American was injured.
Gen. Miller's force had complete con
troll Of the situation when the Petrel
sailed from Iloilo for Manila. The
Sixth [. S. artillery regiment occu-
pied position commanding both the
bridges leading into the town, and the
tennessee volunteers and the Eigh-
teenth t. S. infantry were occupying
the trenches that had been constructed
hV tie :llcis.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-22
snaiIs Are in Favor in France.

The stories about the Frenchmen
aatins snails are believed by many
people to have no foundation in fact,
but snails are eaten and to very con-
siderable extent in France. Nearly
100000 pounds weight Of snails are
sold daily in Paris markets to be eaten
by dwellers in that city. They are
carefully reared for the purpose in ex-
tensive snail gardens in the provinces
and fed on aromatic herbs to give them
fine flavor. One such garden in Di-
Ion is said to bring in to it's proprietor
several thousand francs a year.
MANY Swiss cantons also contain
large snail gardens, where they are
reared with great pains. They are NOT
only regarded as great delicacy, but
are considered very nutritious. Hy-
gienists state that they contain II per
cent. nitrogenous matter and that they
are equal to oysters in nutritive prop
critics.
Snails are also extensively used as an
article of food in Australia, Spain,
italy and Egypt and the countries on
tfe African side Of the Mediterranean.
indeed. the habit Of sralis as food mas
existed in various parts Of Europe for
many centuries.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-22
Newspapers IN the World.

a statistician has learned that the
annual aggregate circulation Of the
papers of the world is calculated to be
12O0O.000000 copies. To grasp an idea
of this magnitude we may state that it
would cover no fewer than 10,450
square miles Of surface; that it is print
ed on 7S1.25O tons of paper. and, fur
ther, that if the number, 100000.
represented. instead Of copies, seconds,
it would take over 333 years for them
to elapSe.
In lieu of this arrangement we might
press and pile them vertically upward
till gradually reaching our highest
mountains. Topping all these, and
even the highest Alps, the pile would
reach the magnificent altitude Of 490
miles, or, in round numbers, 500 miles.
Calculating that the average man
spends five minutes reading his paper
in the day this is very low estimate).
we find that the people Of the world
altogether occupy time equivalent to
100000 years reading the papers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-22
Railroad Eccident.-

\ construction train on the South
Carolina and Georgia Railroad was
completely wrecked by the spreading Of
the tracks about fifteen miles of Char
lesion onlast Tuesday. Two men we're
killed, eight were more or less seriously
injured. The engine had gone out cf
Charleston with crew Of five ruen and
carried five others, who were ia the
employ Of the long distance Bell Tclc-
phone company. now constructing lines
between Charleston and Augusta.
When eleven miles out tie engine
wasrunning on strOight track at about
fifteen miles speed. Without a mo-
ments notice the track spread and the
engine was thrown into a ditch. With
one exception the men who had been
on it were caught under it.
THE DEAD.
VI. B. Jackson Of Atlanta, telephone
employee.
Fred 3. Fopbes, OF YpSilante, Michi-
gan, telephone employee. He leaves
a widow.
THE INJURED.
". R. Ethcr;Jsc of Nlvon, Internally
injured and ,ra;, die.
i: HriIigan. Augusta, Ga, cut and
b:,l>cd about body and face.
W. i. Wells Of Atlanta, bruised
about the body.
Conductor Edward Coughman, frac-
turcd collar bone.
". D. Norman, engineer, dislocated
shoulder, fractured collar-b bone.
J. Z. Clark, fireman, wounds on hand
and head and legs.
John Doyle, brakeman, legs mashed
Mr.. Mulligan was the only ore of
the entire party who was not caught
under the engine. He assisted the
other men to escape from their perilous
position Another train that was due
at the II mile post was tagged before
it ran into wreck, and FROM it assistance
was obtained from the city. During
the afternoon all the wounded men were
brought here and cared for. They are
all doing as well as could be expected.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-22
poDular Beliefs.

The research into popular DeileIs IS
an absorbing and not a prohtless STUDY:
Scarcely a day passes that we DO NOT
rTn across some piece of superstition
+hat dates, IN one form or anotner;
rom a far antiquity. Salt is spiiieo
Of table. and we jest with our nelsaooS
over the prospect Of a quarrel, han
believing in the sign, though we may
not know tnat the Romans DID tne
same So1 A dog howis at night, and we
Tecaii T the widespread belief that the
to-rlirr Of the dog foretells death, but
foreet "A that our early Aryan ancestors
assigned to the dog the officer OF mes
senser from the world OF spirits.
The everyday custom IS as oie as
,,nnsnitv; the rursery jingle may be
+roced back to IN origin in the Werlo,s
hahvbood: the familiar fairy tale
which delights nineteenth century emu,
Gren is found in varying forms IN al
countries, pointing to common ollgln
in a remote age, enbodying old Aryan
MYTHS, and giving US interesting IN
formation of the conceptions OF our
ancestors regarding nature ana huinan
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-22
GlP'S LIVELY EXPERIENCES.
4 Remarkable Dog and Some Incidents OF
His !uSy Iife.

a Remarkabls Do. and Some Incidents Of
His Hu>y Lifo.
There is i small 60" named Gyp liv-
ing at Ramsey'S. y. J.. and belonging
to Jacob Storms, that has had at one
time and another lot OF lively eX-
periences; perhaps not as any dog IN
Ramsey'S.
Gyp's first experience was with q
passing freight train, which threw him
for a considerable distance. He was
picked up for dead, but found to be
alive after ali No bones had been
broken. and, carefully treated. itwasn't
very long before he was around again.
With another dog much bigger than
himself Gyp was playing one day in
shop that took fire. Not much dam
age was done by fire, but the shop was
filed for time with suffocating smoke.
The big dog was found later lying on
a bench dead; Gyp, down On the floor,
off in one corner by knothole, with
his nose to the opening. living.
Later Gyp fell out Of q second-story
window of q barn and sprained one Of
his hind legs. Lying in the road one
day. and Of about the same color as
the dust, he was run over by a team,
and cne of his forelegs was broken.
It was set and done up in sprints, and
In due time it healed all right and Gyp
went about with sound legs again.
Gyp's most recent lively experience
was with muskrats He is great
ratter, and he has the pluck and grit
Of q bulldog, but muskrats were just
little bit too much for him. They
bit him and tore him and scratched
him and used him up very badly, and
poor Gyp had to be carried home in
wheelbarrow. 1t was thought at first
that the right thing to do would be to
chloroform him to put him out Of his
misery, that he couldn't live: but when
it was considered what he had lived
through before it was thought that he
might come out all right even from
this: and Gyp has justified this eNpec-
tation. He is around to-day as lively
as ever. and as sound. barring his teeth
and his tail He has lost nearly all
his teeth, ard the few he has left are
loose; and for tail he has but stump
Of a few inches, the rest was gone
when he came to Ramsey's. 1t Is be-
lieyed that Gyp lost his tail by some
lively experience, and that he has had
other vicissitudes besides those record
ed; but this is only an account of what
has happened to him since he has be-
longed to his present owner.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-22
n,saase. O, tha MEMORY.

Writing of diseases Of the memory,
Russian doctor gives an interesting
account of some Of the eccentricltles of
his patients. In the case of a literary
man. some time previous to MS seeking
advice he had been troubled with IN
absolute failure Of memory.
He could remember exactly every
thing he had done more than year
ago. but occurrences Of later date ne
had entirely forgotten. When attack
ed by the disease he was engaged IN
writing a novel, which he had half
finished. He remembered the frst
half. but could not t"ll how ne had
in1ended to finish it. He was at last
unable to remember whether ne had
dined. IN, 20
his travels. but reports the taies
dozen times an hour, with the same
nbrases He would play a game OF
cards carefully and well; five minutes
ofterward he would mention that ne
had not played for weeks. he Wousd
cav coed morning" when the doctor
made his first visit Of the day, but ol"
not remember the visit three minutes
later if the doctor again looked IN.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-22
&c Cotton Makes &c. Prices

Not OILY on Provisions. Clothing,
Furniture and all the actual neccssaries
of living, but as well on things apper-
tanning t5 our enjoyment and culture.
This Is specially true as to Pianos and
Organs Wise Manufacturers realize
that in these close times prices must
be exceedingly low, and they are meet
ing the emergency Notice the latest
advertisement of Ludden & Bates
Southern Music House, Savannah. GA,
in this issue, and write them for their
Four Cents Prices. This is wide
awake never get. left ana thoroughly
reliable house, whose offers always
mean just what they say. 1t costs
nothing to write Ludden & Bates for
Catalogues, Prices and Easy Install
ment Terms, which they send with
pleasure.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-22
ARCaER's LOCAL OPTION BILL.
The Text of the Measure as it Passed
the Senate

The Archer bill, as it passed the
Senate; anG as it CONES before the
House, reads as fellows:
T'rere may b. one or more county
dispensers appointed for each county,
,xccot lie r;;urucs Of Horny and
:;r..,.., ,,,,cd the lace Of bu>inrs> OF
a;:;..,,f n;,om shall be DESIGNATED by
Tic cuul,tl board of coutrol, but the
State board OF control must give con-
sent before more than one dispense: can
he appointed in any county, except
thar III tie county Of Spartanburs only
on" dispenser shall be appointed and
Oh enc d!sprn>ary shall he establish
I'd; and when the county board Gesigna-
ses locality for a 1ispensary. twenty
day public notice Of which shall be
given, it shall be competent for a maio
rity Of the qualified voters of the town
sklp in which such di>peusary is to be
locatcd to prevent its location in such
township by signing petition or petit
lions addressed to the county board,
requesting that no oispensary be estab
lisned in that township.
Any county may secure the establish
ment Of dispensary or dispensaries, or
the removal of dispensaries, within
its limits, in the following manner:
Upon the petition Of onefourth of the
qualified voters of said county praying
for an election upon either the question
Of the establishment or the removal of
dispenSaries therein being fled with the
county supervisor Of each county, he
shall forthwith order the commissioners
Of State md county elections to hold an
election within thirty days, and Oh at
least twenty-one days notice in the
newspapers Of the county, submitting
the question Of ''dispensary" or mo
dispensary" to the qualified voters Of
such county, which election shall be
conducted as other special elections,
and if majority of the ballots cast be
found and declared to be for dispen-
sary, then dispensary may be estab
!ished in said county, but if a majority
OF the ballots east be found and de-
clared to be against the dispensary,
then 40 dispenSary shall be established
there in. and any dispensary already
established shall be closed. Elections
under this section can be held not Of
tener than once in four years.
No dispensary shall be establishedin
any county. town Or city wherein :
sale of alcoholic liquors was probib
prior to July /, 1893. except as helm
permitted: Provided, that where di>
pensaries have been established IL sNch
county, town or city they shall rcr,ain
as established until removed or closed
as permitted in this Act.
That all Acts OF parts Of Acts incon-
sistent with this Act be, and the same
are hereby, repealed