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The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-12-15
A PLEASANT OCCASION.

Given Last Night by Young Ladies of Center Church Mission Circle. Very delightful amateur theatricals were given last evening at Harmonic hall by the Young Ladies' Mission cir cle of Center church. The programme was as follows:
 MIR. BOB.
 Dramatia Personae. Philip Royson..... Henry K, Murphy Robert Brown Ca clerk of Benson & Benson).. .. .....Donald K. Johnston Jenkins (Miss Rebecca's butler).... .. .. Frank B. Makepeace, jr. Rebecca Luke Ca maiden lady) ...... ..... ... ... .......... Miss Sanderson Katherine Rogers Cher niece).. .... .. ........... Miss Bertha Bradley Marian Bryant (Katherines frend).. ..... ... Miss Theodora Van Name Patty (Miss Rebecca's maid).... .... ....... ... ..... Miss Katherine Beers
 Act i.
 Scene-Breakfast room in Tresham. Time-Morning.
 Act II.
 Scene-Same as act I. Time-Afternoon.
 Under the management of Miss Su- san Whiting.
 Songs. My Native Land. Won Suppe Auf Wiedersehen. ............ Cole The Vow. ...... ...... Meyer Helmund The Merry Lark. .. .Nevins Hertzen- -Fruhling Won W1ckede
 Wallace s, Movie Wallace s. Moyle, accompanist. "A SOUL ABOVE THE SKITTLES."
 A Farce in One Act.
 Dramatis Personae. Prof. Marcus Null, F. R. S., cele- brated savant).. Nathan A. Snlyth Leslie Lisle (his niece) a guardian angel. .. .....Miss Alice Twining Jack Null (his son), victim of cir cum&ances.. .. Henry H. Townshend Mrs. Weathersby (his cook), person of consequence. '. Miss Alice J. Walker Joseph Ca footman) .... Osborne A. Day Scene--The library in Prof. Mull's house, No. 26 Portland Place, London, W.
 Under the management of Miss Maud Watrous.
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SANITARY PLUMBING. And House Drainage a Speciality.

dHu IUuse DTHIHdEG H DpeTHItyy
 THOMAS E. MEAGHER,
 Successor to The Robert Morgan Plumhiny Co.,, 30 CENTER STREET, Whites BlocE' dealer in Gas Fixtures, Burners GIohaa etc.; Gas Fitting, Steam and Hot Wafar Heating. Estimates given. Special care in tary condition of the traps and draina~s system of buildings by smoke or pepperini5t under pressure; at nominal cost. Teie- phone call 267-12. iv1'Iv
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GATACRE's CASUAL
 TIES.
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Further Evidence of the Desperate Nn- ture of the Fight--Efrects of Boer sharpshoottng and British Artillery Fire Were Winston Church- HI Escapes from Pretoria.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-08-02
speckIed cigar Wrappers.

Some Of the tobacco imported from
Sumatra for making the wrappers Of
cigars has a cursously speckled appear
ance. In the minds Of certain buyers
this marking is evidence that the cigar
has a Sumatra wrapper. Such is not
always the case, for the artful manu-
facturer has learned how to spot
American tobacco artifcally, and he
occasionally does so in so clever man
ner that the uninitiated customer never
suspects the trick.
sumatra is a Dutch possession, and
the spotting Of the tobacco raised in
that island has been made the subject
of investigation by Professor Boyer
inck. of the Amsterdam Academy Of
Sciences. This learned man presented
to the Academy few weeks ago a pa
per in which he set forth the results Of
his inquiry. He described a living,
fluid contagton," which he declares is
the cause Of the disease. This disor-.
der also known as the mosaic disease
Of tobacco leaves, may be inoculated
into healthy plants by injecting into
the stem, near a bud, sap pressed from
infected plants. The active virus
passes completely through the pores Of
very dense porcelain, and lan even
oenetrate into agar by diffusion; there
fore it cannot be "contagium fxum"
in the usual sense, but 1t must be fluid.
Out of the tobacco plant it cannot be
made to multiply; but in the dividing
tissues Of the leaf-rudiments and the
meristems Of the buds it multiplies
freely and over great extent. a
very small drop Of the porcelain hltrate
can render all the leaves of the infect
ed plant entirely covered with spots,
and the sap OF these leaves would be
sufficient for the contagion Of an un-
limited number of healthy plants.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-08-02
DIsARMING THE CONsTABLEs.
Governor McSweeney Issues an Order
on the Subject.

The Supreme Court having recently
declared that officers, such as dispen-
sary constables, cannot carry concealed
weapons, the following order was sent
to the captains Of the force Tuesday
morning, with Governor McSWeeney's S
approval: ;.
''Dear Sir: Governor McSWeeney di-
rects me to have you instruct the con-
stables under your command not to car
ry concealed weapons. The Supreme
Court has recently decided that wea-
pom cannot lawfully be carried conceal
ed. If weapons are carried they must
be exposed. Respectfully,
"W. w. Harris, Clerk.
Mr.. Harris, in speaking of the carry
ing Of weapons by constables, says that
the State does not furnish them with
pistols, nor are they instructed to use
them. Whatever pistols are carried by
constables are their own property. 1t
has 5een generally believed that consta-
bles are armed by the State, but Mr..
Harris says that this is incorrect. Gov
ernor Tillman had them supplied with
pistols, but during Governor Evan S
administration they were all called in,
and since that time when constables
carried pistols they had to buy them
themselves. 1t is fact, nevertheless,
that the constabulary generally went
about armed, but if they do so hereaf-
ter they must carry their weapons as
policemen usually do.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-08-02
GENERAL WEYLER.
He Threatens, in the Senate, to Lead
a Revolution in Spain.

The discussion Of the army bill in
the senate at Madrid Wednesday led
to an exciting scene. Gen. Weyler,
arguing against any reduction of the
strength of the army, warned the gov
ernment that the present situation
made revolution highly probable,
since it had never been so easy for the
army and the people to make common
cause. He himself, he said, had never
thought of heading a rising, but it must
be confessed that revolutions some
times cleared the political atmosphere
and accomplished the work Of regeners-
ton. Senor Dato, minister Of the in
terror, replying, severely censured Gen.
Weyler, declaring that general who,
with 100000 men bad failed TO sup
press the Cuban rebellion, had no right
to make such threats and that any at
tempt at revolution no matter by
whom, would be proceeded against with
the utmost rigor Of the Law. The SEN
ators warmly applauded Senor Gato' 5
speech. TIE ARMY bill was adopted.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-08-02
Advertised a Wedding.

A novel advertising scheme was en-
ployed by one of the New York subur-
ban railroad companies Tuesday, which
drew many thousand persons to Lake
side Park, on the shores of Onondaga
Lake. 1t consisted Of bona ide we'd
ding ceremony, performed by city
pastor in the presence Of crowd OF
gaping rustics and city dwellers in
search of novelty. For percentage Of
the receipts young farmer who re-
ioices in the eupkonious name OF Berta
Marion Smith, and Miss Lillian Easter
brook, the daughter of a milkman, con-
sented to make their nuptial rites the
subject of public gaze. twenty-five
dollars vas offered the Rey. Henry o..
Manchester, pastor of Danforth Metho-
dist church, to perform the ceremony,
and he consented, not understanding
that the wedding was to be public.
When be learned that his fee was to
come from the treasury of the railroad
company and that the wedding was be-
ing advertised for all it was worth as
an attraction to the park, he declined
to have anything to do with it. The
services of the Rev. A. Oberlander, an
Evangelical Lutheran minister, were
then hastily secured and the nuptial
knot was tied by him. 1t is estimated
that the railroad company made the
scheme profitable to the extent OF
| $4,000. The percentage due the bride
and groom will set them up comfortable
IN housekeeping.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-08-02
Character in Smoking.

II a man smokes cigar only enough
to keep it lighted, and relishes taking
it from his mouth to cast look at the
curl of smoke in the air, set him down
as an easy-going man. Beware Of the
man who ne ,er releases the grip on
his cigar and is Indifferent whether it
burns or not; he is cool, calculating
and exacting.
The man that smokes a bit, rests a
bit and fumbles the cigar more or less
is easily affected by circumstances. If
the cigar goes out frequently, the
smoker has whole-souled disposition,
is a "hail fellow, well met" with a
lively brain, glib tongue and gener-
ally a fine fund Of anecdotes.
A nervous man who fumbles his ci-
gar a great deal is a sort Of popinjay
among men. Holding the cigar con-
stantly between the teeth, chewing it
occasionally and not caring If it is
lighted at all are the characteristics
of men who have the tenacity Of bull
dogs. The fop stands his cigar on end,
and an experienced smoker points it
straight ahead, or almost at right an
giles with his course.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-08-02
He Kent the Seat.

A man who had not been to church
for very long time finally hardened
to the persuasions Of his wife, and de-
cided to go. He got the family all to-
gether and they started early. ArriV-
ing at the church there were very few
people in it, and no pew-openers at
hand, so the man led his family well
up the aisle and took possession Of a
nice pew.
Just as the service was about to be-
gin pompous-looking old man came
in, walked up to the door Of the pew
and stood there, exhibiting evident
surprise that it was occupied. The oc-
cupants moved over and offered MIN
room to sit down, but he declined to be
seated. Finally the old man produced
a card and wrote upon it with a pen
Gil:
"I pay for this pew"
He gave the card to the strange occu-
pant, who, had he been like most peo-
pie would have at once got up and left.
But the intruder adjusted his glasses
and with a smile read the card. Then
he calmly wrote beneath it:
"How much do you pay a year?"
To this inquiry the pompous old gen.
tleman, still standing, wrote abruptly:
"Ten pounds"
The stranger smiled as though he
were pleased, looked around to COM
pare the pew with others, admired its
nice cushions and furnishings and
wrote back:
81 don't blame you It is well worth
it."
The pompous old gentleman at that
stage collapsed into his seat.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-08-02
SAILORS AND SHARKS.
Two Facts No. Generally Known by Those
Cnaccua1uted With the Sea,

Two Facts No. Generally Known by Those
Unacqua1nted With the Sea.
1.-TWO facts that may seem somewhat
peculiar to shore folks" said an ex-
sailor of the navy, "are, first, that only
about one-half Of the nan-o'-war's
men in our service or in any otner ser
vice, in fact, know how to swim, ana,
second, that sharks are the most cow
ardly Of all living creatures. It IS ooo
that so large a proportion Of the naval
sailors don't know how to swim, out
it is probably due to the fact that a
great number Of our man-o-Wars
men nowadays come from the interior
Of the country, where there is no water
COR them to learn how to swim. In
the old navy-and I put ell Of my ser
vice in in the old navy, so called-the
man who couldn't swim was, as soon
as the fact was discovered by his ship
mates, incontinently chucked over tne
side when swimming call went, and ne
just had to swim. OF course, the men
wouldn't let fellow who didn't
know how to swir1 drown before their
eyes, but they would see to it that he
made a hard stab at the art OF swim
ming before they picked him up. II ne
didn't succeed in swimming the hrst
time, overheard he would go the very
next time all hands took plunge over
the side at swimming call, and thus
all of the men serving on the old line
Of packets became swimmers before
they left the service It is forbidden
to throw a non-swimmer into the water
now, but 1 think it would be good
thing if the practice were still con-
tinued. The officers Of the ships to-
day insist upon the apprentice lads
learning to swim, but they let the nom
swimmers among the newly recruited
! landsmen go along without learning.
There have been numerous drowning
incidents in our navy within recent
years, owing to the inability OF men
who were otherwise excellent sailors
in the easy art OF swimming.
"As to the cowardliness Of sharks,
that fact is well known among men
who have been much to sea in southern
waters infested by man-eaters. The
fercest man-eater that ever bullied a
poor little pilot fish into acting as
food scout for hin will get out Of the
seaway in mighty big hurry if SWIM
mer, noticing the sharks approach,
sets up a noisy splashing. A shark is
in deadly fear Of any sort Of living
thing that splashes In the water. Down
among the South Sea Islands the ma
tives never go in sea bathing alone,
but always in parties Of half dozen
or so, in order that they may make the
greatest hubbub in the water, and thus
scare the sharks away. Once in a
! while a too venturesome swimmer
I among these natives foolishly de-
I taches himself from his swimming
/ party and monentarily forgets to keep
up his splashing. Then there is sud-
1 den swish, and the man-eater comes up
beneath him like fash and gobbles
1 him.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-08-02
SpoSiDr Under Fire

A Saco, Me-, smoker named Frank
Durgin while filing his pipe lately in
advertently put in revolver cartridge
which he kept in pocket with his
tobacco, and started from home with
his dinner pail unconscious Of the extra
danger which Iurked in the pipe bowl.
It didn't result so disastrously as might
have been feared, however. When
about half way to his place Of work
there was an explosion, the pipe dis
appeared and the bullet whizzed past
the mans ear, nipping off an edge as it
paSsed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-08-02
WAR CORRESPONDENTS.
Complaint of Their Treatment by Otis
Sent to London.

An Associated Press dispatch from
London Tuesday says: A private let
ter received here today from war cor
respondent at Manila and dated June
II, say: 'There seems to be no end OF
the war in sight. The censorship is
constantly becoming more troublesome,
Gen Otis recently establised a rule
that any matter relating to the navy
must be taken to the commander OF
the feet for his approval and after
ward submitted to the military censor,
thus adding to our difficulties. For
some reason which the censor would
not explain, Gen. Otis refused to al
low us to send the death of the Monad-
nock's captain (Nichols) for two days
after its occurrence. The general also
refused to allow US to send news OF
the disappearance Of Capt. Rockefel-
ler (April 2S) on the ground that 1t
would worry his family, or the killing
Of Capt. Tilley, Of the signal corps,
until the next day. The correspond
ents are all very tired OF THIS arrange
ment, which simply means that they
must 60 out and run large chances OF
getting shot several times week with
no chance of making regulations, be-
cause their stories must always reflect
Otis view.
''It is impossible to write the truth
about the situation. The resources
and fighting qualities of the natives
are quite misunderstood by the Amer,
can papers and we cannot write the
facts without being accused Of trea,
son; nor can We tell of the practically
unanimous opposition to and dislike OF
the war among the American troops.
The volunteers, or at least portion OF
them, were at one time on the verge
of mutiny, and unless Gen. Otis had
begun sending them homewards there
would have been sensational develop
ments.
I've have been absolutely refused
all hospital figures. y
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-08-02
Art and Mechanism.

A new portiere is designed to obViate
the necessity of pushing aside the
drapery when you enter a room from
the outside. The rail may be rectan-
gular or semi-circular, and the rings
are connected with spring hidden in
a tube. which, in turn, is fixed on one
side Of the door. The act Of opening
the door actuates the mechanism, and
the curtain is drawn aside; on releas-
ing YOUR hold on the door the spring
causes it to shut, and at the same time
restores the curtain to its regular posi-
ton.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-08-02
COLLEGE GRADUATES.
some Statistics Concerning the Life They
Take Up.

Take Up.
One hundred years ago more grad
yates adopted the ministry Of the Cos
pei as career than any other calling.
The proportion was little more than
one-third Of the total number Of grad
yates. The law followed next in Or
der, but taking a considerably smaller
number Of men. Gradually the law
gained on the church, until it took first
place, about 33 1-3 per cent. Of the
graduates becoming lawyers.
The standing Of these two profess
sions remained about the same until
within the last ten or fifteen years,
when the law slightly increased its
lead. From ten years ago up to the
present time, however, commerce has
been forging to the front, and at the
present time it appears that more grad
yates engage in commercial pursuits
than in either the law or the ministry.
One-third Of the men who now come
from college go into business, a con-
siderably smaller number go into law,
and a very much smaller number be-
come preachers. The conditions have
been reversed in 100 years. Then the
law and the church were regarded as
being pretty nearly the only learned
professions. Now the formerly de-
spised trade" is taking more highly
educated men than either the law or
the church.
The marvellous growth and expansion
of commercial enterprises during the
hundred years is responsible for the
changed conditions. 1t requires men
OF brains and education to plan, organ
ize and erect the monster enterprises
which are to be seen on every hand at
the present time. Commerce has not
only become respectable" but it Of
fers inducements to young men such
as are not duplicated by the learned
professions. AS matter OF fact,
should not commerce, since its higher
branches now require the services Of
so many highly educated men, be in
cluded among the learned professions?
The commercial development is des-
tined to undergo still greater exDan-
sion and the probabilities are that the
demand for college men in its service
will go on growing for many years to
come
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-08-02

Ts5 good ani hol3 and energstic and
tremendous, and the have become the
frcnt men ir Christ's army as we'll as
lighthouses N the great world CT traf-
fc. But business has been perpetual
depletion to many man. 1t first
pulled out of MIN all benevolence,
next all aniability, next all religious
aspirations, next all conscience, and,
though he entered his vocation with
large heart and noble character, he
goes out of it a skeleton, enough to
scare ghost.
Men appreciate the Impotence of
having good business stand, store
on the right side Of the street or in
the right block, yet every place Of bu-
sinessis a good stand for spiritual cul-
ture. Gods angels hover over the
world Of traffic to sustain and build up
those who are trying to do their duty.
Tomorrow, if in your place of worldly
engagement you will listen for it, you
may hear sound louder than the rat
tie Of drays and the shuttle of feet and
the chink Of dollars stealing into your
soul, saying, Seek ye first the king
dom Of God and his righteousness, and
all other thipgs shall be added unto
you.
Yet some of those sharpest at a bar
gain are cheated out Of their immortal
blessednesS by stratagems more pal pa
Bile then any ''drop game" Of the
street. They make investments in
things everlastingly below par. They
put their valuables in safe not fire.
proof. They give full credit to in
Auences that will not be able to pay
one cent on the dollar. They plunge
into labyrinth from which no bank
rupt law or 'tvo-thirds enactment"
will ever extricate them. They take
into their partnership the gorld, the
flesh and the devil, aud the enemy Of
all righteousness will boast through
eternal ages that the man who in all
his business life could not be outwitt-
ed at last tumbled into spiritual defal
ca ton and WIS s1indled out Of hea-
ven.
Perhaps some Of you saw the fire in
New York in 1888. Aged men tell US
th.t it begeared all description.
Some stood on the house tops Of Brook
lyn and looked at the red ruin that
swept down the streets and threatened
to ob!iterate the metropolis. But the
commercial world will yet be startled
by greater confagration; even the
last one. Bills of exchange, policies
Of insurance, mortgages and bonds and
government securities will be consum-
ed in one lick of the fame. The
'.ourse and the United States mint will
l:n to ashes. Gold will run molten
.nto the dust Of the street. Ex-
changes and granite blocks of merchan.
disc will fall with a crash that will
make the earth tremble. TIE flashing
up of the great light will show the
righteous tle way to their thrones.
Their best treasures in heaven, they
will go up and take possession Of them.
The tolls of business life, which rack
ed their brains and rasped their nerves
for so many years, will have forever
ceased. "There the wicked cease
from troubling and the weary are at
reSt
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-08-02
Bill Posting by Machine.

Successful experiments have been
made in Paris with a new bill posting
machine, which does away with the
use of either ladder or paste. 1t can
be used to post bills at height OF flfty
feet from the ground and is being put
into practical operation.
a somewhat paInetlc letter comes
from an old colored citizen. 1t is as
follows:
"De rain has done beat down my cot
ton, an most er my con is done ruint.
NV son wuz a sojer in de war wild de
SDaniels. He lost two legs in it. Do
YOU reckon de guY-ment will give him
50 a leg fer 'em?"