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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-11-10

Solid blocks OF people filled every
street leading 10 the depot. and 'he city
was taxed to its utmost 20 care for lis
ruests. Ii seemed rs If the whole state
~ Kansas had come 20 town. and y =
estimated that fully 60.ooo outsiders
were here. Tons Of bunting had been
used in decorating the buildings ans
electrical and Other decorations were
used with a lavish hsrd The weather
vaS ylorfouS
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-11-10

BRIG. GEN. FRED FUNSTON.
reached Topeka. The three other Sec
lions followed closely. the last squad
Of soldiers being landed shortly be-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-11-10

reached Topeka. The three other Sec
lions followed closely. the last squad
If soldiers being landed shortly be-
fore four o'clock.
.-.r into the Arms of Friends.
So many thousands of people were
on the platform and the railroad tracks
that the train had 10 fairly crawl INTO
.b, depot. Whistles screechcd. cannon
loon.ed. dozens of bands played and
ia. cheers were almost dcafening-
From every car window leaned soldiers
waving hats and yelling and whooping
shriu hoorays They leaped from the
CIR steps before the train stopped and
on INFO the arms of friends. who
erasped and Rugged them and passed
Them on to eager relatives and sweet
hearts. Fathers and mothers pushed
through the crowd in a frantic endeav-
or 70 find their boy" Many affect
inc scenes were enacted.
Mrs Funston Kissed the Hnhie--
Gen. and Mrs. Funston were in the
Pullman of the first section. When the
train came to a stop there was rush
10 get them and II took halt a dozen
strong men TO keep the people on th'
car platform. a woman spied Mrs
Funston ut window. and pushed hel
labv up 10 be kissed by the general
wife. Mrs. Funston complied prompt
Il. and Immediately dozens Of mothe r
reached forward with their babies q
b. kissed. Gen. Funston was hardi'
of the cars before he was half-draggcd
halfcarried upstairs into the dinin.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-11-10

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 3.-A star
special from Emporia, Kas.. says:
The approach Of the train bearing
home the Twentieth Kansas regiment,
was announced by the blowing OF
whistles and ringing Of bells. Schools
and colleges were closed and business
practically suspended
To q Star correspondent Gen. Euns-
ton said, in regard TO the reported suit
fer libel against Archbishop Ireland,
that he did not intend bringing such
action. but that he would push the
suit against the san Francisco Moni-
tor
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-11-10

At thu state house the military or
ders were drawn MP in line at the
south side. Chief Justice Dostcr. IN a
brief speech introduced Gen. J. \.
Hudson. who. on behalf Of the people
Of Kansas. presented the beautiful 81
600 sword TO Gen. Funston.
APrediction-'Listrd for the War.
H. speech OF acceptance Gen. Fun
ston said he predicted that in one
years time the Island Of Luzon would
BE- as quiet rs Massachusetts,.
II return to Manila" said he. land
unless | get sick or disabled ] will not
return until the war is over
Col. Mctcalf followed Gen. Funston
in brief speech.
Later in the evening an elaborate
banquet was served in the new state y
brary rooms TO the soldiers and otiiccr'
If the Twentieth.
The day was closed with the mos
magnificent display Of fireworks in IN
evening ever given in the states has
tory.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-11-10

P--s nd
better appetite and after taking three bottles OF compound
and one box OF Liver Pills. say that am cured hour
Vegetable COMPOUND is a wonderful medicine
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
Chicago Ahead.

The Greenville News says lit was
supposed that Chicago had discounted
New York and Atlanta, when one Of
her ciuizens stole his neighbors well.
Chicago added to her laurels a few years
ago by gobbling railway freight train
with contents. Another incident has
come to light showing the superiority
of Chicago experts over the two rival
cities. About year ago fifty hospital
ambulances billed for Tampa, Florida,
we're loaded on seventeen freight cars
at Chicago, and from that day to this
nothing has been heard from cars or
ambulances. Something like ton OF
red tape, enough to reach from Chicago
to Tampa has been used to ascertain
the location Of the missing train and
ambulances, but the department can
get no clue either as to start or finish
of the transportation. The railway
company sclamoring for the missing
cars. claimed to have been in the hands
of the government and the government
is demanding return of the ambulances
or twenty thousand dollars, invoice Of
same. All that can be learned is that
train and ambulances melted away in
Chicago and indications are that they
will remain melted.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05

10 science and revelation, is to be blot
ted out Of existence, for it is such
beautiful world. BIT here in this
layer of the heavenly wall, where the
numeral seven is to be imbedded. this
stratum Of green is to be photographed
and embalmed and perpetuated, the
color Of the grass that covers the earth.
the color Of the foliage that fills the for
est, the color of the deep sea. One
glance at that green chrysoli.e, 1,O0O.-
600 years after this planet has been ex
tinguished, will bring to mind just how
it looked in summer and spring, and we
will say to those who were born blind
on earth and never saw at all in this
world after this they have obtained full
eyesight in heaven, IF you would know
how the earth appeared in June and
August, look at the seventh layer of
the heavenly wall, the green of the
chrysolite. y
And while We stand there and talk.
spirit with spirit, that old color of the
earth, which had more sway than all
the other colors put together, will
bring back to US our earthly expert
euces, and, noticing that this green
chrysolite is the seventh layer of crys-
tallized negnlGcence. We may bethink
ourselves Of the domination Of that
numeral seven over all other numerals
and thank God that in the dark earth
We left behind US We so loug enjoyed
the light of the seven golden candle
sticks and were all of US permitted to
shine among the seven stars of more or
less magnitude, and that all the seven
seals of the mysterious future have
been broken wide open for US by low
ing Christ, and that the seven thunders,
having done their work, have ceased
reverberation, and that the numeral
seven, which did such tremendous work
in the history of nations on earth, has
been given such high place in that
Niagara of colors, the wall of heaven,
''the fsrt foundation Of which is Jas
per; the second, sapphire; the third, a
chalcedony; the fourth, emerald; the
fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the
seventh, chrysolite. "
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
4 QUEER CID WORLD.

Ii virtue would allure like sin
How easily might goodness win.
If right went laughing by like wrong
The devil would lose half his throng.
II day sought pleasure like the night
Dawn need not blush to face the light.
But virtue seems so cold and proud
That merry sin attracts the crowd.
And night has such a solemn air
Men follow wrong, the debonair.
And care so eats the daytime up
At night they seize mad folly's cup.
And drink forgetfulness till dawn,
And so the queer old world goes on.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05

wrUu cne .tor. auUp ne Tas goss--
and ! met Davis just coming in. He
walked leisurely into the cafe and
leaned against The mantelpiece. 10
my excited inquiries about Whiting ne
simply smiled and said he had not
noticed him going out, but l saw him
scratching a small red spot from his
cuff with his finger nail and felt sure
they must have met.
" Gentlemen said Davis, in his
drawing voice, 4 beg you will con-
graduate me on my approaching mar
riage, and pardon my not mentioning
lie lady's name in the club. Steward,
please take the orders
Most of us refused to drink with
him. for we despiSed the man, and
lett him chatting with a few OF his
particular cronies and went up to
Writings room. heard afterward
that Davis left very shortly after
did.
Whiting had not come home and |
spent the night hunting through hotels,
police stations, hospitals and even the
NIorgue. for | felt sure that he had
ruptured a blood vessel in his lungs,
which must quickly prove fatal. But
l could find no trace Of him, and final
". utterly worn out, went to my rooms
to toss aoout until midday with
horrible nightmare, in which Whiting
and Davis were struggling in one an
Others grasp, each striving to kill the
other.
AT lunch 1 picked up a morning
listlessly until my eyes lit upon the
rumored engagement of DR.. ]. II.
Davis, formerly Of New Orleans, and
Miss Isabene Wiley, the well known
belle, &c.
Il sat musing over the strange
vicissitudes Of fate and wondering
what had become Of poor Whiting.
Suddenly newsboy rushed into the
restaurant calling extras, and the first
heading l saw was:
Sudden death Of DR.. Davis I
eagerly read the usual detailed account
of how he had been found that morn
ing dead in his bed, evidently, the
paper stated, from a ruptured blood
vessel, as the bed clothing and carpets
were saturated with blood, but no
wound was found on his body.
strangely enough, he lived in one
of the old tenements back Of Writings
home, and measurements which l
made subsequently showed that his
rooms and Writings must have been
on similar floors and directly back to
back. Remembering the stolen note
paper l trieu to find some entrance be-
tween the two houses, but the walls
were solid, and even the wall papers
showed naught but few little cracks
due to their many years service.
This, gentlemen" said DR.. De
Forrest, drawing hls glass and taking
up his hat and cane from the sofa"
is a story of actual life, and il any
of you have an explanation to offer
l should be happy to hear it,
We could say nothing for moment,
and then the irrepressible Merton
found his tongue. But how about DR..
WhitingT' he asked.
LAS for him, gentlemen" said Dr..
De Forrest, solemnly, as he stood by
the open door, II know nothing further
except that he was never found. But
I have my theory. Good nightr' And
he closed the door.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
THE CROPe aND WEAT HEB.
What the Department Of Agriculture
Saws About Them.aaz

The following is the weekly bulletin
of the South Carolina section Of the
climate and crop service Of the United
States weather bureau issued last week
by Director Bauer:
The temperature during the week
ending June 26lh, averaged nearly non
NAL, with cool nights early in he.
week, but not cold enough to check till
growth Of crops.
The rainfall was confined to sn
areas in the southeastern portion OF.
the State, where light TO heavy show.
ers occurred On the 2lst, accompanied
in places by damaging hail and high
winds. A light shower occurred IN
other portions Of the State on the same
date. 1t is Very dry over the north
central and northwestern counties,
where crops CT all kinds, except pos
sibly early cotton, are suffering Tor
rain.
The weather vas favorable for cult
waiting field crops, and but few reports
of grassy fields were received. Bud
worms continue to devastate corn and
bacco. cattcrpi!lars to destroy rice,
d lie have appeared on young cotton
single county.
Cotton continues to do well, with
rapid growth except in the ''up-couu-
try" where the soil lacks moisture,
but the crop as whole is very Iroml;s-
ing. Bloou4s arc reported from nearly
every section Of the State. Sea island
cotton is in excci!eDt condition AID
blooming freely. 5
Corn improved generally, but is rot
promising except over limited areas.
Worms threaten its ruin on bottom
lands iu Pickeus county, and have in
iured it severely elsewhere. Laying
by is general.
Tobacco varies greatly throughout
the district. Reports Of damage by
worms are numerous, and many report
very poor stands. Cutting and curing
has begun. but this work will not be
general until tie first week in July.
Rice planting is finished. Young llce
is being injured by catterpillars. Flesh
water flooding is needed in some Sec
tions and is not available.
Wheat and oats threshing is nearly
finished; yields Of wheat fall below the
average. and Of oats are generally poor.
Melons are pocr iu places, and gen.
orally late. Grapes rottenlng some.
Aoples generally plentiful, but are
Gropping badly. Slow progress Is be-
iny made in setting sweet potato slips.
Irish potatoes area failure: Pastures
improyips slowly. Peas being sown on
stub5!e and in with corn where the soil
will admit
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
Mob Law in New England.

While the overly good people Of New
England have been holding up their
hands in holy horror because of an oc-
cassional lynching ia the South that
most brutal Of a.! mob law punish
ment, tarring and featAering, seems to
have become a favorite pastime among
our Yankee brethren. A few days ago
New Hampshire sheriff was the vic
tim in a performance similar to that
in which the Maine preacher had
starred week or two before, with the
exception that the sheriff was not rid
den on a rail, as it is said the preacher
was. The sheriff-Frank Iatter, OF
Haverhill-it seems had arrested
a citizen named Clark for drunkenness.
Clark pleaded guilty and was fined.
Two days later the sheriff was sum-
moned to quell all alleged drunken dis
turbance, when he was enticed into a
basement and tarred and feathered by a
mob. After his escape from the mob
he started in to have his tormentors
borught to justice, but the citizens
"made it so warm for him that he
fed the state into Vermont. A Han
over, n. H., dispatch to the New York
Press telling of the affair excuses it on
the ground that Yatters "neighbors
found him none too pleasant man to
get along with, and certain insults
which he is alleged to have offered to a
woman in Haverhill only served to make
matters worse" That justifes the
whole proceeding. The overly pious,
good people Of Haverhill did not like
the Sheriff, and therefore they tarred
and feathered him. There is 20 mob
law in this when it is done in New
England, but it is decidedly so when
done in the South. Oh, ye hypocrites!
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
Massacre by Filipinos

Captain johnson Spicer, Of the Brit
ish ship George T. Hay, recently from
Manila, has received letter from his
brother, Capt. George Spicer, of the
British ship Glooscar, saying that all
the adult male Spanish residents of
Bal$bac, the extreme southwes. island
of the. PHILIPPINES, had been massacred
bv theI natives. The letter was given
20 J. +. Whitney & Co., shipping
agents offs New street, and they sent
it to the maritime exchange, where it
was posted\on the bulletin board.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
G,nrn Stalk Trnst.

And now it is said thata corn stalk
trust will be organized. The cornstaik
is used in the manufacture of cellulose.
Only few thousand tons Of stalks are
now used, but it is said the trust will
build other factories in the great corn
belt, and it is the expectation that the
stalks will sell f)r s. or Sc a ton.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
He Was Lucky.

The northern newspapers are making
a big fuss over the fact that young
woman ran away and married man
who was to be an usher at her wedding
to another man. The man who was
left is certainly lucky. The other
elbows case has not yet been settled.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
The Venerable Senate.

The senate Of the United States that
will meet at the opening Of the fifty
sixth congress will be body Of mature
men. The average age of its Sc mem
bers is Sc years and months, or iit-
tie more. The aggregate years OF these
SIS men are 1864. The oldest senator
is Edmund Winston Pettus, Of Alaoa-
ma. who is IS, and the youngest sens-
tor is Marion Butler, of North Carolina
who IS IS. The Sc senators may De
classified hv aras as follows:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
Negro Robber LYnched.

Heary Stevars, the negro who robbed
and seriously shot Gail Hamilton, a
resro, aud robbed NJ. Choate, a section
foreman, Sunday morning, at Fulton,
Ky, was taken out at midnight Tues
day and lynched by supposed Negro
and white mob. The excitement is
high among the negroes.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
Five Drowned.

Five men were drowned Thursday in
the Mississippi a mile above Clerks
vile, Mo-, by the overturning of skiff:
iThey were government laborels engaged
improV ment work.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05

CHICAGO; ! has gone to Dragging again
about her population. The Atlanta
Journal thiaks that if the Windy City
continues to: brag New York will have
to find somthing else to annex.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
THE WIDOWS CHAIN. "
4 Gift to the Epworth 0rphanage and
Its Effects.

The followingis is from the last is
sue Of the Southern Christian Advo.
cate:
We are pleased to publish the cor
respondence and appeal below. Such
self-sacrlfce as this woman shows
should be known and recognized. South
Carolina Methodists can contribute the
thousand dollars called for by Brother
Waddell, and the sum should be placed
where in all time to come men may
learn of the "Widow's Chain.
We give Brother Waddell's letter en-
tire:
Dear DR.. Wilson: On the 9th of June
l received an express package in which
there was valuable gold chain. 1t
was from an unknown donor to the
Epworth orphanage. The following
letter was enclosed in the same package
with the chain:
Dear Brother: AS I listened to your
talk how I wished for money; but l
had none to give. I enclose a chain
placed around my neck when bride by
my dear husband, long since gone to
rest. You can imagine the renem-
brances that cluster around it. | will
say no more. The chain is worth $50,
sold as old gold valued by jeweler. At
least you can get something for it. 1t
is all | have to give. May the Lord
bless you in your work and open up the
way to greater things is the humble
prayer Of A Widow.
Of course the chain must 60 back to
the unknown glver, when she is found,
but the men and women Of this State,
of good impulses and noble sentiments,
should put up at least 81, 900 as re-
demption money for the chain. AS the
widow who contributed her two mites
and the woman who broke the box Of
ointment over the head Of the Master
are perpetuated in history because Of
the noble inspiration that comes to US
through their deeds, so should this no.
BILE act of self-denial inspire us to sac
rifces for the Masters sake. This wo-
man gives, possibly, one Of her dear
est possessions to bless and to help
others.
See what Brother Mcleod says about
it:
Dear Brother Waddell: Find my
check for $50 on the "Widow's Chain"
as my part. l hope to raise as much
more in day or two and send it.
Your brother,
J. W. Mcleod.
Naming, S. c.
See what Brother Strauss has to say:
Dear SIR and Brother: Enclosed find
my check for $50 sent by Trinity Sun
day school, Yorkville, S. c., for the
gold chain sent to you by the unknown
widow. When you find her please re-
turn the chain to her with the compll-
ments of Trinity Sunday School, York
vile. Yours fraternally.
II. C. Strauss.
If this noble, self-sacrifcing deed is
worth anything to you, send US the
amount and let the chain be redeemed,
not by its intrinsic value in dollars and
cents, but according to the greatness Of
the sacrifice. Such deed as this is
worth something.
Yours truly,
e. H. Waddell,
Columbia, S. c., June 10 1899.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
ppblfc Drinking Trouphs.

Public drinking troughs for horses
are condemned by a well-known veter-
mary surgeon on the ground that they
propagate certain diseases peculiar to
horses.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05
The shovel Fish.

The shovel fish is so called because
it uses it's nose to turn over the mud
at the bottom Of the sea in quest Of the
worms and small shellfsh on which
it feeds.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05

Skate $50 Miles Day.
Laplanders think nothing Of covering
$50 miles a day on their skates.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-05

The ministers are not all Pecksnifs
and cant;ng hypocrites, as some would
have you think! Forgive me if, hav-
ing at other times gloritied the medical
profession and the legal profession and
the literary profession, glorify my
own. l have seen themin their homes
and heard them In their pulpits, and a
erande, array Of men never breathed,
and the Bible figure is not strained
when it calls them stars. And whole
consultations of glorious miRisters
have already taken their places on high,
where they shine even brighter than
they shone on earth. edward n. Kirk
of the Congregational church, Stephen
H. Tying of the Episcopal church, Mat
thew Simpson Of the Methodist church,
John Bowling Of the Baptist chuch,
Samuel X. Talmagc Of the Presbyte-
rian church, Thomas Dewitt Of the
Reformed church, John Chambers Of
the Independent church, and there l
stop, for it so happens that | have men
tioced the seven stars Of the seven
churches.
I pass on to anothe. mighty Bible
seven, and they are the seven seals.
St. John in vision saw scroll with sew
en- seals, and he heard an angel cry:
''Who is worthy to loose the seals there
of" Take eight or ten sheets OF fool
soap paper, paste them together and
roll them into a scroll and have the
scroll at seven different places sealed
with sealing wax. You unroll the
scroll till you come to one Of these
seals and then you can 60 no farther
until you break that seal. Then un
roll again until you come to another
seal, and you can go no farther until
you break that seal. Then you 60 on
until all the seven seals are broken and
the contents of the entire scroll are re-
vealed. Now. that scroll with seven
seals held by the angel was the proph-
ecy Of what was to come on the earth.
1t meant that the knowledge Of the fu-
ture was with God, and no man and no
angel was worthy to open it, but the
Bible says Christ opened it and broke
all the seven seals. He broke the first
seal and unrolled the scroll, and there
was picture Of white horse, and that
meant prosperity and triumph for the
Roman emSire, and so it really came to
to pass that for 80 years virtuous en-
perors succeeded eacn othec-Nerva
Trajan and Antoninus. Christ in the
vision broke the second seal and unroll-
ed again, and there was a picture Of a
red horse, and that meant bloodshed,
and so it really came to pass, and the
next 90 years were red with assassina-