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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-12
AuMoRs or DIVORCE.
Some Reasons Sor Untying the. Marriage
Knot Are Ludicrous.

Some Reasons Sor Untying the--MsrTtase
Knot Are Ludicrous.
Although is is happily not possible
in every country to dissolve the mar
rlage tie because a husband has an
aversion to soap or because a wife has
a tongue more active than her fingers,
there is a ludicrous facility in many
lands for getting rid Of an undesirable
wife or husband.
In Greece q wife, to maintain her
position, must be the very pink Of
propriety," and if she goes to theatre
or race meeting or even dimes with
friend without her husbands sanction
he may send her back to her mother
and bid her stay there.
Time was, and not long ago, in
Crete, when a man might divorce his
wife if she appeared likely to add too
many quivers to his bow; and in Rus
sia, if husband and wife wished to
part for any reason whatever, all they
need do was to adjourn to some pub
lie place, and in the presence Of on
lockers tear a strip Of muslin in two.
In Morocco it is not fashionable to be
attached too long to any particular
wife, and a mans social position may
be gagged by the number Of wives
he has divorced. 1t is quite common
for man to have married and parted
from a score Of wives before he has
| reached the age at which the average
tnglishman thinks it prudent to
marry.
In France, during the time Of
ba 1arInu ovnorjrnont
tried Of allowing divorces at will and
without any assigned cause. The re-
suit was disastrous or happy, accord
| ing to the point of view; for within a
year 1000 couples agreed to part in
Paris alone, and within short time
there were actually more divorces
than marriages every year.
| In Japan if an oblique-eyed beauty
| gives too much rein to her tongue,
''off she goes" to learn that discreet
reticence is virtue in wife.
| In Germany if the wife uses her
! husbands purse too freely he can keep
the purse to himself and bid her go,
while he looks out for fraulein Of
simpler tastes.
In Australia q man can divorce g
wife who is too fond Of her cups, or
rather glasses; and no Chinaman is
called upon to tolerate shrew
From the oldest times divorce has
been in some countries almost as
simple a matter as untying shoe Lace.
In ancient Rome man who wearied
Of his wife could free himself by the
simple process Of telling her to go.
| In biblical history, too, we learn that
| Abraham divorced Hagar by providing
her bread and a bottle Of water and
sending her away.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-12
SAVAGE AND FEROCiOUS.
Tho Devil Dancers of Ceylon and Their
Mysterious Ways.

Inc devil dancers OF Ceylon ana 1neH
Mysterious Ways.
The real Singhalese devil dancers in
Ceylon are ferocious and savage fell
lows. Their dances are revolving and
horrible. But their profession is popu-
lar and affords a royal living for the
men who go into it. There is a super
stition among the Singhaiese that
when a man falls sick he is supposed
to be afflicted by devil. In order to
rid him Of the disease the devil dane
ers are called in to propitiate the de-
mon. Two or more Of them 60 by
night to the sick mans house, in front
of which small, square inclosure
about six feet high, has been made
Of grasses and palm leaves. This
answers the purpose Of the green room
at theatre. The men appear at first
without masks and with long yellow
grass streamers hanging from their
head and waists. The only light cast
on the scene is by torches, made Of
sticks, round which pieces Of cloth are
wrapped, dipped in oil. To the music
Of a|tam-tam, kept up on one note the
dancers sing peculiar, wild funeral
dirge, in which the spectators often
Join.
The dancers begin by slowly moving
about, stretching the right foot and
bringing the left up to it, and appear
as if they were searching for some
thing, during which the singing sounds
like crying. They are then asking the
devil to appear. There are twenty
four different sorts Of devils, and after
the first part, the dancers are con-
stantly changing their clothes to repre-
sent the entire species; some wear
masks, some don jaws and terrible
teeth reaching to their ears. The jaws
open and close in very realistic man.
ner.
A dance lasts over two nights, as the
whole twenty-four devils have all to
be personated before the particular de-
mon who is affecting the man is pitch
ed on. When he gives signs Of his
presence the dancers go into a sort Of
frenzy, which increases as he takes
possession OF them; the tam-tam beats
faster and faster, the chanting grows
into yellS, the men whirl and stamp
and the bells on their ankles jingle
and clash.
At this stage the dancers appear to
be looking for some object to give the
devil in sacrifice, and into which he
may pass. a chicken IS usually offered
by the friend Of the sick man, and the
unfortunate bird is seized upon, twist
ed and tormeIted and bitten between
the false teeth, until the dancers,
worn out, move slower and slower,
and the chicken sinks into a sort Of
trance, which is q sign that the devil
has accepted the sacrifice. and is will
ing to pass from the man into the bird.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-12
rneror n Hard Worker.

The mass Of work which Emperor
William does is apparent by the fig
ures of last year, just issued from the
chamberlain's Office. His majesty re-
ceived 1925 Immediate reports, gave
751 decisions, signed SO2 cabinet or
ders appointments, and other docu-
ments, 1851 reports were presented to
him personally, while the civil cabinet
dealt with $4,000 documents addressed
to the emperor, and about 400 letters
or telegrams were received by rim
Soi1v
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-12

It is we'll known that the rustlng OF
bright steel goods is due to the precipi-
tation of the moisture in the alr upon
it. This may be obviated by keeping
the air surrounding the goodsd dry, and
saucer of powdered quiekllme placed IN
an ordinary showcase will usually suf-
fee to prevent the rusting Of the cut
lery exhibited therein, asserts The
jewelers. Review.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-12
Blown Over a Fence.

\ cyclone struck New York State
near Glens Falls Wednesday afternoon.
Large trees were up-rootea and other
damage was done. James Nesbltt, a
farmer living east Of Lake George was
driving, was blown, with his horse
and buggy from the road over fence
and into a field. He was injured SO
severely that he died.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-12
An UNQUALIFIED Success.

The News and Courier, Of Thursday,
says: "Col. Asbury Coward, superin.
tendent of the South Carolina Military
Academy, returned to the city from
Orangeburg Tuesday night, and was
yesterday asked about the encampmeut
and the prospects of the next session
of the Academy. Col. Coward said
that unquestionably the visit Of the ca
dets to Orangeburg had been one of the
most pleasant incidents in The history
of the school, and he was inclined to
think one of the most useful. The
people of Orangeburg were untirlng IN
their Efforts to make the stay Of the
cadets and officers agreeable and they
succeeded most admirably. The ca
diets, by their soldier]y conduct and
gentlemanly department, he was sure,
had made an excellent impression upon
the people of that section, and it was
thus mutually beneficial. In talking
of the next session Col. Coward said
that the future of the Academy seemed
very bright. lhere Will De nine DeDe.
fciaries admitted at the next term, and
these will come, one each, from the
following counties: Aiken, Anderson,
Clarendon, Greenville, Horny, New Der
ry, Orangeburg, Pickens and Charles
ton. Blanks of application to enter
competitive examination, with sheet
giving necessary information, can be
obtained from the respective county
superintendents of education. All ap-
plicat;ons, fully and clearly made out,
must be in the hands Of the chairman,
Col. C. S. Gadsden, by August /. Be-
sides these there will be one vacant
scholarship in the disposition Of the
City Of Charleston. Information con.
corning this scholarship can be obtain
ed from the city authorities
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-12
a Fair Exchange.

A Perkins, Okla, bachelor started to
Joplin, Mo-, not long ago with wag-
onioad Of peanuts, and on the way he
met widow with seven children. 1t
was case of frst-sight love, and
marrying her the next day, he carried
wagonload Of family back home with
him
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-12
DIsannearino Islands.

The islands in Chesapeake Bay fre-
ouented by fishermen and duck-hunt-
ers are so rapidly disappearing be-
meath the assult of the tides that in
few years there will be none left. A
striking instances is Tangier Island,
where the British fortifcatioEs Of 1872
are under water.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-12
Distance in China

In China there is no regular standard
of distance. n Chinese mile may be
from a quarter Of an English mile
to q mile and three-quarters, according
to the province.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-12
Indian Income Tax.

The .ncome tax in India is levied on
all incomes of S165 and upward, and
then only one man in 100 comes with
in/itS scope.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-12
Salaries of Presidents.

Very few persons would suspect how
small the salaries of presidents of re-
publics are, when the enormous sums
crowned heads receive are taken into
consideration. The foreigner often
thinks the $4,000 salary of the Presi-
dent Of the United States is merely
a joke, and that he receives ten times
as much in reality, but the same for
eigner may not know that the French
President, in a country where the
wealthiest monachs once reigned, re-
ceiyes only S120,000 4 year. The
President Of the little Andorra Re
public contents himself with a salary
Of SIS a year, and the President Of
the Swiss Republic must be satisfied
with $4,000
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-12

The golu contained IN the meuais,
vessel, chains and other objects pre-
served in the Vatican would make
.oore gold coin than the whole Of the
present European circulation.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-12
The Ceylon Silk Spider.
Illustrated by e Fable.

The Ceylon yellow silk spider mas
q body that weighs nine ounces.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-12

IL the newspapers they have n1 tine 20
90 abroad. On the day when there arc
four or five columns Of delightful prl-
va,c letters published in divorce case
she stays at hone and reads and reads
and reads. Nc tine for her Bible that
dav, but to ward night, perhaps, she may
find time to run out a little while and
see whether there are anv new develop
mentS.
Satan does not have to keep very
sharp lookout for his evil dominion IN
that neighborhood. He has let out to
her tee whole contract. She gets hus-
bands and wives into quarrel and
brothers and sisters into antagonlsm,
and she disgusts the pastor with the
fock and the flock with the pastor, and
she makes neighbors who before were
kindly disposed toward each other over.
suspicious and critical so when one CT
the neighbors passes by IN carnage
they hiss through their teeth an say,
All, we could all keep carriages II we
never paid our debts!
When two or three whisperers get to-
gether, they stir caldron Of tloubIe,
which makes NE think Of the three
witches of Macbeth dancing around
boiling caldron IN dark cave;
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-12

well Sue1IeISu.
Let me charge you, MY friends, to
make right and holy use of the tongue.
1t is loose at one end and can swing
either way, but it is fastened at the
other end to the floor of your mouth,
and that makes you responsible for the
way it wags. Nautilus, the philoso-
pher, told his servant that on the NOR
row he was going to have some friends
to dine, and told him to get the best
thing he could find in the market. The
philosopher and his guests sat down the
next day at the table. They h:,d moth
ing but tongue-four or five courses Of
tongue-tongue cooked in this way and
tongue cooked in that way, and the
philosopher lost his patience and SAID to
his servant, ''Didn't l tell you to get
the best thing in the narket??" He
said: II did get the best thing in the
market. Isn't the tongue the organ Of
sociality, the organ Of eloquence, the
organ Of kindness, the organ Of wor-
| ship?'
Then Nanthus said, Tomorrow |
want youto get the worst thing in the
market. And on the morrow the phi
losopher sat at the table, and there was
nothing there but tongue-four or five
courses Of tongue-tongue in this shape
and tongue il that shape, and the phi
losopher again lost his patience and
said, Didn't l tell you to get the worst
thing in the market?' The servant re-
Piled, Il did, for isn't the tongue the
organ of blasphemy, the organ Of defa-
nation, the organ Of lying?"
Oh, my friends, employ the tongue
which God SO wonderfully created as
the organ Of taste, the organ Of jeglu'i-
ton, the organ of articulation TO max
others happy and in the service Of God.
II you whisper, whisper good--encour-
agement to the fallen and hope to the
lost. All, my friends, the time will
soon come when We will all Whisper
The voice will be enfeebled in the last
sickness, and, though that voice could
laugh and shout and sing and halloo un-
til the forest echoes answered. it will be
so feeble then We can only whisper con-
ISOLATION to those whom we leave be-
hind and only whisper our hope Of hea-
ven.
While l speak this very moment
there are hundreds whispering their
last utterances. Oh, when that solemn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-08

week by the Commission, which went out of ex-
istence. The building has cost S5,I50,OO0. but
it cannot be called an architectural adornment
to the city, as IL Is built on old lines of con-
structiOn, and what little beauty the plan origi-
nally possessed was ruined by selling the lots
on Market-st., upon which buildings have been
erected that hide nearly all parts Of the City
Hall. The building is constructed Of brick COW
cred with plaster, and the result is that, unless
this plaster is frequently renewed. 1t will bear
an ancient and dngy appearance. far better
building could be constr Icted to-day Of steel
and stone for half what tlis has cost the city.
The success of the new cruiser Chitose built
for the japanese Government. adds another TO
the many achievements of the Union Iron
Works, OF San Francisco. She averaged 22%
knots an hour. which makes her the fastest
vessel Of her class afoat She also developed
such fine seagoing. qualities and steered so like
a steam yacht that the japanese naval officers
are delighted with her. After 4o-knot run out
side the Golden Gate. the Chtose will stay
here fortnight and then go to Yokohama.
Pasadena's annual midwnter rose tourna
ment was held on New Years Day in heavy
rain All CaifOrnians were so greatly pleased
to see the rain, however that il did not dampen
the enthusiasm the beauty OF the
unique turnouts decorated with blossoms
Prizes for the finest six-in-hands were given to
the High School and Throop Polytechnic In
stitute coaches.
The representations from the Klondike while
they show large gains made in few districts
indicate a widespread restitution among those
who rushed into the Arctic region without
proper equipment or money The labor market
has been glutted. and hundreds who counted
not only on paying their way. but making
grub stake, have found they could not secure
work. Probably before the winter Is over the
Canadian police will send out in one large party
the men who are a burden their fellows
This would rid the camp Of the element which
promises to be a source Of danger should there
be a shortage Of provisions. Though San Fran
cisco does a large trade with the Yukon coun-
try, and though many Californians are at Daw-
son and other camps It is remarkable how the
war and present affairs in the Philippines have
destroyed interest in the Klondike.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-08
THE OLD GTARD RECEPTION.

The Old Guard Veteran Battalion. Major s. Ellis
Briggs commanding will give its annual reception
in the Metropolitan Opera House on Thursday even
inc January 2s The opera house will be trans
formed for the occasion into scene Of picturesque
military display and beauty. The several COM
mittees have abored jealousy to perfect all details
TO make tie ball worthy OF the Guard. The accept
ances representing the principal officers IN thls
,niobhorhoOd Of the Army and Navy officials prom
inenf in pubc life leading citizens In civil walks.
,ooe her with the officers Of the various local reg-
nents viii make II an unusual gathering Profess
sor Rampone OF the Old Guard Band, is preparing
The rrogramme 10 crafty the lovers Of the dance
and promenade Tickets and boxes may be obtained
of Cantain James r Wenman treasurer at No. u
Old Slip. and at the OLD Guard Armory' rory
ninth-st and Broadway
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-08
SUPPOSED sMUGGlED DIAMONDS SEIZED

Special Treasury Agent Theobald, armed with
search warrant issued by United States Commits
sloner Shields on Friday seized lot Of diamonds
which, It is alleged by the Custom House author-
ties were struggled into this country The seizure
was made in the office occupied by Solomon lnfeld.
in the rear OF BARRIERS shop at NO. loo East
Houston-st The value of the diamonds seized Is
be,ween 81 600 and IS 900 The facts relating TO the
seizure have been laid before the United States
Dlstrict-Attorney and the arrest Of 1nfeld and
others may follow. According to Agent Theobald
Infelds office was the headquarters OF dealers in
Struggled diamonds He had safe In the room
but usually carried his stock in trade on his per-
son. $500.
Theobald replied: Smuggling He continued
''These goods brought over here in NoVem-
her last by Infelds wife on the steamship Saaie
a. the time when were busy with the Lasar
trial.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-08
ENLARGED OFFICIAL REGISTER.
THE NEW NATIONAL GUARD DIRECTORY is THE
LARGEST EVER PUBLISHED


The Official Register Of the Organized Land and
Naval Forces Of the State of New-York, which has
lust been issued by the Adjutant-Generals Depart
ment at Albany. is the largest document OF the
kind ever published by the State Of New-fork'
Last years register had 235 printed pages the new
register 402. and this increase In volume Is &C
counted for by the fact that in addition 10 the
examinations Of the National Guard as II was
before the war with Spain the register contains
the regular information concerning the provisional
organizations many Of which ceased TO exist beiore
the register made It's appearance.
Two pages devoted 10 the stan OF Governor
Black and the Staff Department Of the State. and
this ornamental feature, with Its one maJor-geh-
eral ten brigadier- generals. twenty-nine coones,
eleven lieutenant colonies and six majors, VIII
probably never again take up space In the register
The STAFF OF the major-general commanding the
Guard is given. but the matter had evidently gone
10 press before General Roe had completed the
body and for that reason the following names nave
heen omitted: Lieutenant Colonel Frederick PMS
terer Colonel Edward NJ Hoffman. Lieutenant
colonel William Cary Sanger. Leutenant-Colonel
n. B. Thurston and Major William NJ. Kirby.
The First and Fifth brigade STAINS nave places III
the register for the first time.
When the register was compiled the "uaru nau
the following officers: Major generals, !; orlgadier
generals. 5; colonies. %; observation-disclosures. %;
majors IS: captains. sl5; first eutenants $685. sec
d-lieuenants 2S ana onapidIns, McIeer Of
the second Brigade; the senior colonel; Samuel
Wech IT, OF the 65th Regiment, with Daniei
Appleton Of the IN second tS senior aSp ad on
cor Of that rank being Thomas B. Rand. OF the
9Th Regiment or the majors the s hrss n of he
ssth Regiment al the head. the first Held oihcer
being Charles s. Burns. of the 18th Regiment, VINO
is No 10 on the list, with James l. Abrams OF 'ie
7th Regiment, next on the list =, ~
The list of captains is headed by Henry Il; hen
aarson of the Sth Separate Company, and Laurel
7 Olmstead, of the 9th Battery. Is second Joh nm
~ Underwood of the 9th Battery STANDS az i s.s
-. "a ~ the list Of first neutenants. and the oth
Watterv is again represented at the heaG OF me
Isl OF second lieutenants by John n. Sros h o1d
Iiss chanlain is William l.. DunneH. or the ia
Regiment ,, - honorable discharges includes
ne az. uis General Louis Fitzgerald. Lieutenant,
Sineis Ezra De Forest William vinton King ana
Wallace A. Downs, and chaplain ueoise nut va"
DE Water
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TILLINGHASTS LAST ORDER.
FULL AND HONORABLE DISCHARGE OF THE
ORNAMENTAL OFFICERS

FULL AND HONORABLE DISCHARGE OF THE
ORNAMENTAL OFFICERS.
The last order issued by c. Whitney Tillinghast.
3D. as ant-General gives notice Of the ap-
pointment Of the Assistant Adjutant-General. in
spsctors and inspectors OF small-arms practice on
the staff Of General Roe. and OF the discharge by
expiration of term OF service" Of Major-General
Tilllnghast and the other members OF General
Blacks staff.
Full and honorable discharges have been granted
20 the following officers: Colonel Francis Vinton
Greene Captain George W Rand. Captain Charles
A. Smylie Captain Jesse H. Behrends. Captain
George T. Bowman Captain Edward c. Gale. First
Lieutenant William +. Schasty. Second Lieutenant
Alexander Stevens. Captain William Steele. Lieu
tenant Edwin c. Weeks and Ensign Stewart w.
Griffith.
supernumerary list includes the following; 1oi0nei
Brock Colonel Arthur Macarthur, Colonel Good,
man James Greene ColoRe rrederi FIX sne enen
William verbeck Colonel Royal Emile Moss Moss
Colonel James Thomas Low T9lonel George Wssn
Colonel Isaac Fonda Handy, Colonel William Nor;
lanes NJ b. O'Grady. Colonel George Porter Hill
ton. Colonel Henry Graf Trevor. Colonel EdWard
Elwood Osborne Roessle. Lieutenant Colonel hey
wood c. Broun Lieutenant-Colonel Frank Jucson
Hess Lieutenant Colonel John Jacob Behringer
Lieutenant Colonel Edward Foote Dwight. Lieu
tenant COlOnel George Stanton Sickes Lieutenant
Colonel William Rowland Amory. Lieutenant,
Colonel William Fries Endress, observation-disclosures
William Edward Spencer Lieutenant Colonel John
Flynn, jr.. Lieutenant Colonel Allan CamgoelI
J2akeWelI Iieutena Colonel Frederick Eugene
Weeks. Major Lewis Bach Major Aex an Ter
Edward Bernard Ives Major Frederick Ross Lee.
Major Charles Frederick Van Benthuysen
Lieutena t-Colonel Blackwell was appointed Leu
,enant-Coonel AT The request OF Lafayette Post No
llo G. A. r. before he went TO Porto Rico win
the flags which the post sent to the scnoos oi tnt
erai Daniel sickles. received eutenant-coloneIs
commission from Governor BACK IN ordsr may ne
rnieh. he enabled to wear uniform and stand IN
he military circle at European society functions
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everything in sight there was a rumor which
started with no less a man that Captain Frank
Bigelow that Harvard and Yale would withdraw
from the intercollegiate Association and that Q
conference with this end in view was TO be held
at once. Just what happened nobody ever knew.
bur the next day Bgel0w serenely changed h8
mind and the repor, was denied from the New.
Haven end well II was supposed at the time
that Harvard had asked Yale to confer with her In
regard TO a withdrawal, and when Bigeow made
his first announcement no answer had been re-
ceiyed from Yale: that the answer was not favor
able so Harvard dropped the plan Ike hot coal
Now IL turns out that Yale has been the first to
resign while Harvard has made a decided state.
ment that she Will not get out.