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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-22


SATURDAY. and continued Up to S to
night. when ii practically stop1ed
T!is is about the experience all
through Virginia. IN tals vicinity the
snow Is atoHt ! : inches deep on level,
bat IN ma@y places Is Grlftc1 70 CeP;n
Of / or > Feet. IN th!> city, street car
Traffic = suspended, ana there were 40
northern 9r southern ;r"lns II or out
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ctrr remains c;.se ;i'n''' y degrees
above zero, hug 8, near he Ger" point
rhi> aoroiuG There Is comparatively
littIc suffering among the poor. and
,l,gre Will be none tomorrow, as the
citizens have raised sufficient fund to
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-22
ALL IN ONE YEAR.
The Changes That Have Taken Place
IN that Time.

One yc1r ago last "Wednesday the
United States battltship Maine. Capt.
e. D. Sigsbee, lay at anchor in Havana
harbor, OF posite Moro Castle from
whose turrct foated the Spanish flag
Fuzhugh lee, former major general in
thc Confederate army. was consul gen
erai for til. United STATES in Cuba, and
Marshal B;tuco If Spain was governor
general Of the island To-day the United
States batlleship Texas, Capt. e. d.
Si-sbec. lies at anchor in Havana har-
Dor. opposite: Morro Castle. whence the
American Gag floats in the breeze; Fitz-
hugh Lrc, inajnr general. United States
army. is gove.nnr of Havana province,
asd Maj. Gen. j. r. Drcckc. Z. S A.,
is governor general cf Cuba. In the
foal waters Of the harbor lies tie
twisted frame # the shattered Maine,
AID ii the Colon cemetery repose the
bones Of near three hundred of tie crew
that manned her In this contrast lies
the story Of w"nd; rful year. The
Maine has been remembered and Spain
has departed forever from the Western
Continent. From February 18th. 1898,
to the same date in the present year,
events moved with great rapidity,
though az times they seemed to the i'm
patient to drag slothfuiy along. The
terrible shock which the whole country
received with the news Of the Names
destruction, will not be forgotten soon,
aor the tense strain OF the weeks when
the court Of inquiry was studying the
causes of the disaster The American
people, wrought through half century
by the suferings Of Cuba, were carried
to frenzy By the foul destruction Of the
Maine, and they were barely held in
momcntary check from spripging at the
throat of Spain. The exciting period
of debate ia Congress is well remem-
Dered; the presidents strong effort to
turn back the tide of war, or o del1y its
encroachments for a time: the retreat
forced upon him. the final swell, over
whelming all conservative regard, and
then war The rest was hurry and ac-
ton, less narrowing than the waiting
and preparation. a short and brilliant
war, a complete victory for the Ameri-
can arms, an empire lost to Spain, and
new leaf turned in the history of the
world All this since that awful Feb
ruary night in Havana harbor when the
Maine was shattered and her brave crew
sent to their doom. In Havana today.
memorial services are being held over
the graves Of the sleeping victims of
the Maine. Their fate has been
avenged. The red and yellow flag
which haunted in derision at the wreck
Of the proud ship, is no more in evil
dence. The Spanish warships that saw
the red flames leap from the Maine on
that fateful night or came later to view
the charred and wrecked frame Of the
great ship, are now in Spanish harbors
or rusting on Cuban beaches. The
American flag floats ever Cuba, and the
conditions, which made possible the
crime of February Is, are ended forev-
e1.-Charlcston Post.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-22
FOR THE FESTIVE PARTISAN.
Unmanageable Charges to BE Comfortably
Conveyed to Their Destination.

Conveyed to Their Destination.
A brilliant idea has struck the police
authorities in Paris. From this day
forward vehicles specially constructed
for the conveyance Of festive persons
whom an excess Of iced but strong
drinks, added to the effects Of trop-
ical sun, has brought to the verge Of
physical collapse will be provided for
use at all the police stations in this
city. Some of these new carriages
are already in view. The vehicles are
built on two wheels, and very much
after the pattern of the coster's cart,
save that they are lower, narrower
and longer. The passenger to be con-
veyed will be placed on the barrow,
and securely kept on by a belt which
is attached to the sides Of the vehicle.
It is confidently believed that the new
cart will prove comfortably for those
who travel in it, and will make it an
easier matter for the police officials to
convey unmanageable charges to their
destination.
"One more person drunk in a wheel
barrow" will in future be a familiar
phrase here, and the Partisan street
urchin may be expected thus uncon-
sciously to take 4 leaf from the books
of CAPTAIN Marryat.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-22
TIE RETIRED BURGLAR.
His Dif,icuItie. on Once More Taking Up
The Ordinary Ways of Life.

HiG Difficulties on Once More Taxing Op
The Ordinary Ways of Life.
For long time after had given
Gp business said the retired burglar,
/ had great difficulty in accommodate
ing myself to the ordinary conditions
Of life
There were soiae curious things
about this that might never occur to
you 1T all. For instance, in those days,
if come home latc at night, that is,
at the hour at which formerly l had
gone into other peoples houses, never
went in at my own front door; I used
to go in 1T 4 cellar window. And then
| made it easy for myself, too,. When
| locked up the cellar nights used 20
leave Il cellar window unfastened so
that it was perfectly easy for me to
get in.
But one night. or one morning
cather. about . O'clock, when I got
around to that window, l found it
fastened. and l knew well enough what
had happened. Ny wife had per-
rcct horror Of burglars. and knew She
must have been around the cellar after
me and seen the window unfastened
ard turned the buttons. But that was
no impeachment to me; 1t MADE me
laugh to myself to think how easy
it was. and I opened the window aud
slid in as usual.
Besides having horror Of burglars
nv wife was great on pickles and pre-
serves and jellies and that sort Of
thing. which she used to put up her
self ard keep down cellar on a hans-
irg shelf, consisting Of nice oroad
olank suspended by side pieces nailed
to the floor beams overhead. don't
know how I did it-as a general thing
we never do know how we come to 90
things-but when slid in that night
cot turned in some way so that
was in danger Of falling, and l threw
out nv arm instinctively to save my
self and my hand touched the end Of
that shetland naturally enough 1t
closed over the board. And the sport
IF it was that 1 yanked that end OF
the shelf free from its support and
pulled it down, and the bottles and
lars went slam-scattering down on the
cellar bottom-and I went down among
EN-.
The upshot Of that experience was
that I STAYED in the house six weeks
10 repair damages, and as a matter OF
fact that Gid more to bring me back
% the ways Of other people than any
hing else. I was half helpless at first,
and l gradually became accustomed to
the habits of the house. By the time
[ was able to go out again, indeed, I
aad quite fallen into the ordinary ways
and hours Of living. I got up when
other people did and came in early
nights. and came IN with night key
instead of jimmy, just as natural
rs could be-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-22
Eour Children Burned.

\ special dispatch from Dubois, Pa,
says: A dwelling house al French Run,
35 miles cast Of Dubois, belonging to
woodsman named Carlson was burned
Friday morning. Carlson was away
from home, but his wife and FIVE little
children were in the house The moth
er was awakened by the noise Of crack
ling wood, and had jrst time to grasp
her baby and jump from second story
window into the snow. She was then
obliged to stand and witness the burn
ing to death Of her four ether little ones
aged twelve. seven, five and Two years
respectivelv.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-22
Coolest on Record.

\ dispatch from Chicago says not
since 1872 has Chicago experienced
such intense cold as that which pre-
vailed Wednesday. The lowest notch
reached since the establishment of the
weather bureau in Chicago was % be-
low. At II o'clock Wednesday night
it was 10 below. Reports from points
in Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois show
temperatures ranging from 16 to 81 de-
grees below zero, the elatter at Lacrosse,
Wis. There is much suffering in the
interior towns among poor people.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-22
Atlanta in Luck.

Andrew 'arnegie has offered the city
Of Atlanta 500, 900 for free public
library. Mr.. Carnegie makes his offer
conditional to the extent that Atlanta
shall furnish the site and appropriate
s., 900 Thursday for the maintenance
of the library. Mr.. Carnegie recently
gave $780, 900 to the city of Washing
ton for a public library.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-22
Col0est Ever Known.

The Oldest inhabitants Of the South
say that the recent cold spell was the
coolest the South has ever knowH In
many places in this section on Monday
morning the thermemcter was as los as
y degrees below zero. 1t went below
even in some parts OF Florida.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-22
Animal Instinct.

The moment that a young croco-
die breaks it's shell it is to all intentS
md purposes as active as it is at any
lime during its life. It will make
straight for the water, even if it be
out of sight and a good distance off,
and it will pursue its prey with eager
ness and agility during the first hour
,f it's free existence.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-22
Water De.rcr Than Champagne.

Speaking at a meeting Of the London
Corporation, Mr.. Miller said that owing
to the system Of the water companies
Of charging for water upon the ratable
value Of premises instead Of for the
quantity used, water in Newgate street,
where he had premises, was dearer
than champagne.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-22
The Dromedary's Hump.

The hump on the back Of the drome-
dary is an accumulation Of peculiar
species of fat, which is store Of nour-
ishment benefcently provided against
the day of want, to which the animal
is often exposed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-22
Aluminium Instead Of Linen

Collars, Cuffs, shirt-fronts and like
articles usually made Of linen are be-
ing made Of aluminium, coated with
white japanese varnish, On which de-
signs in imitation Of weaving and sew
ing are marked.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-22
We All KnoYT Him.

The man who has most exasperat-
ing laugh is the man who laughs the
longest ard the loudest. 1t must be
a great joke to him to think of the
misery he is inficting upon humanity.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-22
Greatly Dana ced-

The Atlanta Journal estimates the
damage to the wheat and oat crop Of
Georgia by the late freeze at one mil
lion dollars. No doubt the damage in
South Carolina has been very great too.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-22
Errs For .albumen Paper.

More than 100000 eggs are used
every year in this country for making
the albumen paper that is used IN
photographs.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-22
RooL of Marble.

At the Strozzi palace, in Rome, there
is g. book made Of marble, the leaves
beine Of marvellous thinness.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-22
COST OF PRODUCING COTTON.
Facts and Figures Gathered by Gov
eminent Officials.

Under the supervision OF the Statls-
tician. Hyde, of the department Of ag-
riculture, the cost of growing cotton
has been ,estigated and the results
of the investigation are to be publish
ed within a few days in pamphlet.
This report will show that the average
cost Of producing an acre of upland cot
ton in 1898 was Sl5.42, sub-divided in
to the following items:
Rent S2. IS, plowing q 81, seeds 21c.,
planting seed 25c., fer ilizers 81 80, dis
tributing fertilizers 16c., chopping and
hoeing sl.3l, picking S3,31, ginning
and pressing sl.02, repairing imple
ments 4Qc. all other expenses 4lc.
1t was ascertained that the pounds of
Iiut produced per acre We're 2J5.6 SOLD
Tor & &c. per pound; bushels OF seed pro-
dlce3 Is, prize per bushels ll.9c. The
,otal return to the planter w"s $l9 O3,
hich gave him a net profit OF So 81
per acre. The cost Of picking cot ,on
s'cr hundred pounds was 44c., while
tie cost Of producing the lint per pound
VAS 81 cents. Several thhusann
,"tton planter> coutrib ibu,ed to the>.
ta.isii.:s ana Of the entire uambrr rep
e,-nled ~ per cent. reported loss.
argvy ) due to efficient production.
owing to drought 0. other causes.
The sea island cotton costs S2l 95
ger acre, or al average of ll.59c. per
p1uuG and the total return for lint aud
seed Of sea island cotton was S2S 65,
which gave the planter net profit of
S6 20 per acre.
The planters that report profit in
the raising Of upland cotton produced
275.9 pounds per acre, while those that
reported loss produced only ITS
pounds.
The effect Of the use of fertilizers in
the raising of cotton is very distinctly
disclosed, and the general result is
that. in proportion as the quantity of
fertilizers used increased, the profit Of
raising cotton per acre also increased.
1t has been discovered in this inves-
tigation that cotton is produced to a
limited extent, but at high rate cf
profit, by means Of irrigation ii west
ern Texas and the southwestern part oi
Utah. In Texas irrigation had the e.
feet of producing 512.4 pounds of lint
per acre, which is 1908 pounds greater
than the average for the whole State.
For 1896 many special inquiries were
made by former statistician of the
department and the estimated cost of
producing lint cotton per pound, in
gold, was S.32 cents. One Of the re-
narkable revelations is the compare
tive cost Of marketing cotton in 1910
and in 1897. The comparison is item
lied and shows that in 1910 it cost
SIS. Is to market a bale Of cotton from
Alabama to Liverpool, while in 1897
this cost was S7.S9.
Mr.. James NJ Smith of Columbia. S
C. writes: Dear Sir-lt gives ne
great pleasure to say that the Old
North State Ointment bought Of you
has entirely cured me of eczema when
everything l had used previously failed
to give any relief. 1t is great medi-
cine, and l would not be without it in
my house. l use it for almost every
thing, where any medicine is needed,
and have gotten the best of results
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-22

A girl can't be in love and have a
had cold in the head at the same time
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-22
s Fitting Union,

Miss Mamie Witless and Henry
Foolfellcr Were married in Lincoln
county, Ca, last week. Heaven will
surely smile upon such fitting union
at that.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-22

North Carolina tobacco growers are
said to make from S5Oto Sl32 per acre.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-22
Cattle and Sheep Killed.


The estimate of losses to the cattle
and sheep interests caused by the re-
cent storms in Colorado made by State
Veterinarian Charles Gresswell. reports
total Of 5000 900. covering 4, 200 head
of cattle and 1880 head of sheep \
large number of sheep and cattle were
killed in Wyoming and northern New
Mexico atthe same time, but Mr.. Gress-
well has no data from which to base an
estimate
The whole country from Maine to
Florida and from the Atlantic to the
Pacific is frozen hard So we have
plenty of company in our struggles to
keep warm.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-22
Cold.

5. T. Brachfeld was found dead in
his room at No. 3O7 Broughton street,
Savannah, Ga, Oh MonGay, February
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-22
AT CAMP MARION.

Charleston. Feb. l3.-A special to
The News and Courier from Camp Mar
ion says: The soldiers suffered consid
erably by the blizzard and snow storm.
Today there was an insufficient supply
of wood, and none could be gotten in
the town for love or money.
THE SNOW IN VIRGINIA.
Richmond, Va, Feb l3.-The di-
rector OF the weather station here re-
ports tba. the present snow storm IS
the heaviest on record in Virginia, It
commenced showing here at 2 o'clock
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-22
SENTRIES sUCCUMBED.

Admission, Ala, Feb. I3.-Danlel
Chairman, Negro, was found frozen in
his bed this morning. The tempera--
ture this morning was II below, the
coldest ever known. The enlisted mea
at Camp Shipp are well equipped, and
suffered no Inconvenience from the
cold. Many sentr;es, mainly Negroes,
however, fell on their beats from numb
ness, and had to be taken to the hos
pitalto be thaWed out.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-22

The style and contents of the letter,
though it abounds in repetitions and
wild expression natural to one in Brach-
fields condition, indicate, nevertheless,
a man Of considerable feeling and edu-
cation. 1t expresses we'll the condi-
tion of perfect dependency and Of utter
and absolute despair, that the unfor
tunate man must have been in, when
he took his ewn life.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-22

Lexington, Ky, Feb. 13.-Attested
thermometers registered q degrees be-
low zero this morning. The poor have
been fed free at q soup house all day,
and various citizens have donated coal.
Only one or two coal yards in Lexing-
ton have any coal, and they will not
furnish to any one person more than a
ton. Coal has jumped from 1925 to
S4a ton.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-04-28

fined to his home From this attack he
rallied finally, but never fully regained
his former strength. Of late he had
appeared to be in fair health and dur
ing the winter was not confined to his
home except by the bad weather. He
visited this city frequently and was
here week ago. His trembling walk
showed the weakness of the body. He
had complained of nothing save this
weakness, and there was nothing to in
dictate anything dangerous in his con-
dition, and his family was totally I'M
prepared for the shock of his sudden
death
At 11:45 yesterday morning he went
to a closet, opening from the large re-
ception hall at his home. Twenty min
utes later his son, Captain John Ogles-
by went to call him for lunch and found
him lying on the floor in an unconscious
condition. He had been stricken appar-
emily with vertigo and in falling hit
upon the corner of a small box. A wound
was made upon the left temple, causing
conclusion Of the brain. He was re-
moved to his room in an unconscious
condition and DR.. Taylor, the family
physician, summoned. 1t took but a
glance to tell the doctor that no possible
hope existed and he SO informed the
family. All efforts to restore conscious
ness were unavailing and the ex-gover-
nor DaScpd AWAY 9t n m
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-04-28
Those Modest Japanese!

Here is matrimonial advertisement
that is hard to take seriously. A lady
who calls herself Hosuijoshi seeks a
husband in the Kanazawa Shimbun, a
Japanese paper She describes herself
thus:
81 am beautiful woman, with
cloudlike hair, fiowery face, willowlike
waist, and crescent eyebrows. have
enough property to walk through life
hand in hand gazing at flowers in the
day and the moon at night. If there is
a gentleman who is clever, learned,
handsome and of good taste, will join
with him for life and share the pleasure
of being buried in the same grave.
To this an answer comes from gen.
tleman who signs himself Ariwara Nit
sunni, whose advertisement runs as fol-
lows:
II am the greatest genius of the
present time, and people regard me as
the handsomest man in Kanazawa. If
the lady sees me but once, she will be
unable to restrain her love for me.
will fix any place and time for our meet
ing
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-04-28
"GoinE Out to See Man."

''Going out to see man. was the
invention of Artemus Ward. One night
in the winter of 1865, when the humor-
list was about half through his lecture,
he paralyzed his audience with the an.
nouncement that they would have to
take a recess of Is minutes so as to en-
able him to go across the street to "see
a man." II. R. Tracey, the editor of
the Washington Republican. was in the
audience, and, seeing an opportunity to
improve upon the joke, penciled these
lines and sent them to the platform:
''Dear Artemus-If you will place
yourself under my guidance, I'll take
you to see man without crossing the
street.
Artemus accepted the invitation, and
while the great audience impatiently
but with much amusement awaited the
temperance of the humorist the lat
ter was making the acquaintance of
Aman, a well known restaurant keeper
at that time, and luxuriating at a we'll
laden refreshment board. Of. course
every body ''caught on to- the phrase,
and men became fond of getting up be-
tween the acts and ''going out to see
Aman.' The restaurateur's business
from that time forward doomed. Men
who would ordinarily sit quietly
through an entertainment and behave
themselves allowed themselves to be in
fuenced by the contagion. Louisville
Courier journal.