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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-08-16
Tho Worth of a Match.

How much may depend on seeming
trife is shown in the incident on the
lumber schooner, Johanna Swan,
which was abandoned in gale off
Hatteras. The cabins were flooded
and the water supply had given OUT.
In four days the sailors had not tasted
water. To drink the brine Of the sea
was to induce tortures and endure
more deadly thirst than ever. There
was a tank holding three gallons that
could be fashioned into a condenser
and the mate and a sailor so convert
ed it. A piece of the schooner's rail,
dry and full Of resin, was chopped Oh
for fuel, and now all that was neces-
sary was match. A search revealed
Just one match, that the captain had
slowed in dry pocket. If that went
out, woe be to them. But after sput-
tering for a moment, it blazed up, the
shavings caught, the fire was set, the
water boiled and the drip from the
steam was enough to provide a drink
for every man-pretty smoky WaIer,
but as welcome as cocktails, under the
circumstances. A German bark heard
their bell and took off the crew before
it's perils and sufferings became more
serious. A condens;ng apparatus Of
simple sort would not be bad thing
to take on all craft, considering the
possibilities Of III fortune that follow
the toilers Of the sea.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-08-16
Touched" the Ex-Slaves.

An order forbidding the delivery Of
all mail matter was Friday issued
against Isaac /. Walton, the ex-slayc
petitioners assembly and the eN-slavc
assembly, Madison, Ark, on the charge
of operating through the mails scheme
devised for obtaining money under false
and fraudulent pretenses. The depart
ment states that "Walton is ar ex-slaye
who is at the head of an alleged imag-
mary organization having for its pass
law granting ex-slaves pensions. The
first remittance required Of the mem
bers of this organization was % cents,
and it appears that 1881 Negroes,
from the southern States principally,
have remitted that amountr Although
this money was to start fund for the
object above noted, not one cent can
now he accounted for by the managers
Of the scheme.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-08-16
THE CONVlCT'S STORY.
Strange Connection Of White Cat With
Burglars Life,

Strange Connection OF White Cat With
Burglars Life.
Its no secret that I've been in the
penitentiary," said the old man. "It
was white cat that took me there,
and white cat that saved me and
made me a better man.
"One winter, good many years ago,
I was in Houston, sick and dead broke.
An old pal Of mine meeting me on the
street took pity on me and soon helped
me out Of my troubles. But not for
nothing. AS soon as I recovered he
wanted me to join him IN some bur-
glaries that he had planned. At first
I refused Indignantly, for had some
rough notions of honesty; but little
talking-he was a fine talker-and
few drinks did the work and agreed
to go in with him.
"Conscience makes towards Of US
all, and I guess that was why Ed
trembled like a leaf when he saw a
white cat fash past us as we stood
shivering in the garden Of house on
Harris street that night. It was an
easy matter to break in, and we soon
had all there was worth taking. In a
little room at the end Of the hall a
child was sleeping. The dim light Of
lamp showed the pretty cot, the fair
flushed face of little girl, her golden
hair streaming over the snowy pillow,
and crouching by her side white cat,
whose pink eyes glittered like stars.
We had to pass through this room, and
1 could not for the life Of me help bend
ing down and touching that beautiful
hair with my lips-it looked so like
the hair of my darling who died only
the year before. 1t was her death that
drove me to drink and trouble" and
the old man Tiped away tear.
"Well, don't know exactly how it
happened, but the cat gave terrific
squall, and I had only just time to
seize it and stuff it in my bag when a
bullet came whistling by my head. I
got out Of the house somehow, still
carrying my bag Of plunder, and ran
down the road, out of town, f1cc,,,,JJ- tc!- 81
ing refuge in an old barn. was badly
wounded, and, to make a long story
short, they arrested NE and took me to
Jail. My partner was dead.
They told me afterwards that in
my delirium I cried continually for the
white cat, and when they brought the
animal into my cell-for they found it
unhurt in my bag-I nursed it and was
quiet. 1t was strange fancy OF sick
man, but it led me back to health. The
story was told at the house which We
had robbed, and the little girl and her
father came to see me. He was
good man, and she was an angel-God
bless her for her innocent prattle and
sweet eyes Of pity.
"The penitentiary was a rough
place in those days, and I believe I
would have died in a few months if
the child had not sent me tiny white
kitten, which I was allowed to keep,
and it saved me from despair and
death. Every time I looked at it I
thought of the little angel that gave
it, and of that other little angel-my
dead child-and made a new resolve
to be better man.
1.-TWO frail atoms of life-a kitten
and a child-but they were strong
enough to raise me out Of the very
depths Of hell"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-08-16
Fors Feat Ewes.

Most people would 10 doubt be in
clined to fancy that the eye was the
gateway of quite the most delicate Of
all our senses. But this is not so. The
sense Of hearing has been proved to be
far the most delicate of all the senses.
And the sense of touch appears to be
perhaps the keenest Of all. The tests
are very simple.
For testing sight disc half black,
half white is revolved quickly before
the eyes. When it reaches a speed Of
twenty-four revolutions a second the
colors cease to appear distinctly any
longer to the eye, and the result is
gray. For sound revolving toothed
wheel makes series of clicks, and
these to the average man appear dis
tinct sounds up TO sixty a second. AZ
ter that they cannot be distinguished
apart. The sense Of touch is tried by
rapid blows of tiny electric hammer
on the skin. Up 20 1000 second
these blows have been felt separate
and distinct.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-08-16
An Unfortunate LinSuist.

John was an ambitious Chinaman.
He had made money in Chinatown,
San Francisco, but had devoted him
self to business so thoroughly that he
remained totally ignorant Of English.
He came to New York determined to
avoid his fellow-Chinamen, so that he
might learn to speak English during
his six months stay in the metropolis.
He took room in an East Side
house, paid promptly, made himself
agreeable to his landlord, who allowed
MIN to wait on customers in his little
grocery store, and he never went near
Pell or Mott street. After several
months residence in New York and
many hours Of study, the Chinaman
ventured forth among his people,
where he proceeded to give an exhibI-
tion Of his proficiency in the English
language What he said sounded
strange to the other Cinnamon, and the
ambitious one nearly swooned when he
discovered that he had learned Ger
man by mistake
His New York home was in the Ger
man part of the city where English is
an unknown tongue, and the poor fell
low had to begin his linguistic work
over again.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-08-16
UPPER REGIONS OF THE AIR.
Cne1plored Space More Interesting Than
the North Pole

Cne1plored Space More Interesting Than
tho North Pole.
Above there extends a vast unex-
plored space far more interesting from
a scientific point Of view than the icy
regions around the north pole. No one
can reach the limit Of the upper re-
gions Of the air and live, unless he car
ries with him air to breathe and fuel
to warm him, for at the paltry distance
Of ten miles above the earth the air
is too thin to support respiration, and
the thermometer would register far
below zero. 1t would be region Of
perpetual snow on a peak Of the earth
if it should rise to such a height.
person in a balloon could not hear a
friend in a neighboring balloon, even
If they were near enough to shake
hands. There would be no medium
for the propagation Of sound waves.
There would, however, still be a me-
dunn for the conduction Of electricity
"a medium in fact Of great conducti-
bility-almost as good as a metal, and
it is this medium al even less height
which Tesla proposes to use in his
methods of transmitting power hum
dreds OF miles through the air without
wires.
We live under a blanket Of air which
protects US from the extreme cold Of
outer space. This low temperature be-
comes evident fourteen or fifteen
thousand feet above the surface of the
earth, and would, as have said, reach
a point far below zero at height OF
ten miles. At this height we should
no longer observe the twinkling OF
the stars, for this scintillation is due
to the movements Of our atmosphere,
which at the height have mentioned
would be extremely rarifed. If one
could photograph the suns spectrum
at this altitude we could greatly ex-
tend our knowledge Of the shortest
wave lengths of light; for the atmos-
phere completely absorbs such wave
lengths as are concerned in the X-ray
phenomena. That this absorption
really takes place can be proved in a
laboratory.
The heat and light which We receive
from the sun are greatly modified by
this blanketing layer Of air. The eeng
waves Of the energy from the sun are
called heat waves. The intermediate
waves are termed light waves, and we
receive these in full measure. The very
short waves, however, are stopped by
our atmosphere and are transformed
into-What?
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-08-16
Paper Floors in Germany.

Paper floors are enjoying a steadily
increasing popularity in Germany,
which is readily explained by the
many advantages they possess over
wooden flooring. An important ad-
vantage consists in the absence Of
joints, whereby accumulations Of dust,
vermin, and fungi, dangerous to
health, are done away with. The new
paper floors are bad conductors of
heat and sound, and in spite Of their
hardness have 4 linoleum-like, soft
feel to the foot. The costs are con-
siderably lower than those Of floors
made Of hard wood. The paper mass
receives a small addition Of cement
as binder, and is shipped in bags, in
powder form. The mass IS stirred into
q stiff paste, spread out on the floor,
pressed down by means Of rollers, and
painted with oakNood, nutwood. or
mahogany color, after drying.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-08-16
sov y Cold Field Was Discovered.

A novel way of discovering a gold
field was recounted by the agent gen.
eral for western Australia. In 1888
the Mallina gold field was discovered
by a lad in this wise: The boy, in
picking up stone to throw at a crow,
observed a speck Of gold in it, and re-
ported it to the nearest resident magis-
trate. The magistrate was so excited
at the news that he telegraphed to the
then governor, and stated that a lad
picked up a stone to throw at crow,
in his excitement omitting to say "and
saw gold in it." So the governor wired
back these words, What happened to
the croW?"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-08-16
Notable ccntennials Of the Year.

The following centennial celebra-
tons will be held this year: The
490th anniversary OF Vasco da Gama's
discovery Of the way to India by way
of the Cape Of Good Hope, at Lisbon,
in May; the burning Of Savonarola, at
Florence, in May; the birth Of Hol-
bein, at Basle, in June; Montpelier will
celebrate the Tooth birthday Of Angus
te Comte; Ancona that Of Leopard,
and Paris that Of Michelet, the histor-
ion
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-08-16
Killed by LIGHTNING.

A dispatch from Ridge Spring to The
State says Wednesday two young sons
of Mr.. John Black drove home from the
postottice through the storm, and on
reaching there one went into the house
while the other, Ira, stopped to fasten
the mule. He was struck by lightning
and instantly killed The mule was
killed also. The young man was about
IS years old and worthy, upright son
of a good father
A scientist say that wasp may be
picked up in the bare hand if it is done
gently. OF course it can; it's when the
wasp is laid down again that the trouble
begins.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-08-16
THE PENITENTIARY.
Coatinucd from First Page. /

being generous with the States assets
and especially to himself. We hold
that both W. A. Neal and j. B. Wat
son are liable for the convict hire for
convicts to be worked on Meals planta-
ton for the years 1896, 1897 and 1898,
for the reason that Watson contracted
to pay for them and Neal got the bene-
fit of the labor and violated his duty ia
procuring them to be worked for his
benefit and deceiving the board of d.
rectors. Their labor was an asset Of
the penitentiary as much az the pro-
ducts of the labor on the State farm,
and he cannot take either md refuse
to pay for it. 4 conversion of one is
the same as conversation of the other
We also condemn the practice of the
superintendents endorsing paper as
superintendent and thereby pledging
the credit of the penitentiary without
express authority from the board of di-
rectors in each instance. We especially
condemn Mr.. Meals action in endors-
ing the $3.50 note for J. B. Watson and
thus making the penitentiary borrow
that amount Of money merely for Wat
sons accommodation. We also con-
denim its use in the Ragsdale notes and
w. ". Russell note.
The following are the amounts now
admitted by Mr.. Neal to be due from
him to the penitentiary, it being ac-
knowledged that there is shortage to
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-08-16

Il
We find that he is liable in addition
II the following amounts, which are
contested by him:
Convict hire on the Watson
contract for the years 1896,
1897 and 1898. ...........S I, 400 90
We think he should refund
stable rent which should
never have been paid -. 40 90
s11,724 Al
There appears to be due the peniten-
tiary the following items which have
not been properly charged on the books
or collected, being found on an old
brickyard book and commissary book
and which the parties are no doubt
ready to settle on presentation Of bills:
Hon W H E.lerbe, commissary
account .Sl34 III
Hon John Gary Evans, commits,
Sary account -. .-...... Iol II
Hon B R 1illman, commissary
account :........: :.:.a % 10
Hon B r Tiliman, carload OF
brick OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. - w
Hon B R Ti.lman, oats, no
amount given; he simply in
forms US that he owes for
them and we do not find any
record Of it.
We append as Exhibit A statement
of the property purchased, improve
ments made and labor furnished to
public institutions by the penitentiary
during Mr.. Meals administration, ag-
gregating in all sl75, ,S45 II, being the
value placed upon the sane in the re-
ports Of the board for the six years.
The evidence taken is herewith sub
mitted. The proper steps to be taken
as result of this report and the evi-
dence will be determined no doubt by
yourself and the attorney general.
Respectfully submitted,
W f Stevenson,
] T Hay,
Knox Livingstone,
Thos T Mellow,
H Cowper Patton.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-08-16

In Boston it is regarded as almoe' "a
crime to lie down on the sacred g'a>s
of the Common and twenty-one uD:"r-
tuoates who slept there on recent bot
night were wakened early in the mrn-
ing by squad of vigilant Pol:c' ,"'"
and marched eff to magistrate. Each
of the victims WAS hned $3-the price
Of lights loiging in first class
hotel.
TIE Washington. correspondent of
The News and Courier reports that
Postmaster Genera! Suit'. is inclined
to re establish ,he Lake City post
Office and to remove it from politics by
the appointment OF woman postmas-
ter. This is good solution of the
trouble.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-08-16
N5orIeSs Flowers.

Most people will be surprised to learn
that the majority Of flowers have no
nerfume whatever. An Austrian chem
st, who has been making researches
into the subject, declared that out of
s.11O varieties known and cultivated
In Europe, scarcely 400 have any odor;
and Of these nearly fifty have an odor
which is. II anything, disagreeable.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-08-16

Yes, this chimera Of the gospel is
not satisfied until it goes OF and builds
itself into the most permanent archl-
lecture, so it seems as if the world is
never to get rid Of it. What are some Of
the finest buildings in the world? St.
Paul's. st. Peters, churches, cathedrals
of all Cf1ristendom. Yes, this imperti-
nence Of the gospel, this vast delusion,
is not satisfied until it projects Itself
and in one year gives, contributes,
ST, 80, 600 to foreign missions, the
work Of which IS to make Ounces and
fools on the othe side Of the world
people We have never seen. Deluded
doctors-22G physicians meeting week
by week in London n the Union Midi
cal Prayer circle to worship God.
Deluded lawyers-Lord Cairns, the
highest legal authority in England, the
cx-adviser of the throne spending his
vacation in preaching the gospel of
Jesus Christ to the poor people Of
Scotland. Frederick T. Frelinghuy-
sen Of New Jersey, once secretary Of
state, an old fashioned Evangelical
Christian, on elder in the Reformed
church: John Bright, deluded Quak-
or: Henry Wilson, the vice president
Of the United States, dying deluded
Methodist or Congregationalist: Earl Of
Kintore dying 'deluded Prcsbyteri-
az.
And to show the immensity Of this
delusion, this 2wfal swindler Of the gos-
pei Of Jesus CHRISTI, open hospital
and | bring into that hospital the
death beds Of great many Christian
nnonln and | take rn11 hu the h md and
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-08-16
$4,000 90

A dispatch from Santo Domingo says
two Of the assassins of President Hen
reaux have been captared and shot.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-19

auspices Of Lord Kelvin something over
a year ago. This issue also presents an
illustration showing the construction and
operation of the much talked of auto
truck, in which Richard Croker and Jo-
seph Letter are interested, and which has
been the subject of so much activity in
speculative circles.
The Conservative Review. quarterly
from the press Of the Neale company.
Washington, is the latest addition to
periodical literature. volume 1, number 1,
bearing the date of February, 1899. The
opening number contains articles covering
topics of political, historical and critical
interest The leading article. ''The Con-
situation on Absolutism, lis by Isaac Lobe
Stratus. Current political topics are treat
ed by Hon. A. Leo Knott and Hon. Clamp
Clark, who discuss respectively ''The
Treaty With SPAIN and the american
Policy of Expansion" Other articles are:
"Stonewall Jackson" Randolph Barton:
1.-THE Prose Writings of Hine." William
T. Bentley; Richard Malcom Johnston"
Bernard c. Steiner; capt. John Smith,
Kate Mason Rowland; "Childe Rowland"
PIERCE Bruins; '"The Poet Of Manhood" E.
A. Valentine, and New England States
man." H. B. StempSon.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-19
LITERARY NOTES.

The Arena for March contains an arta-
Gle on THE Legislature That Elected
Hanna" by Hon. John T. Kenney.
"Cyrano de Bergerac; What 1t Is. and
What 1t Is Not" is a feature Of the cur
rent issue of Poet-Lore.
The Northwestern Miller's sPerfect
Bread-How to Make It." by Marion a.
Holloway. ought to find its way into the
hands of every young woman who has
just got married or who intends to eel
married Men who get good bread are SO
much more likely to make good selec
tons Of Easter bonpets.
Solomen's declaration that "there Ia
nothing new under the SUM- is exeinpli-
fed tn the translation of the Book of
Ezekiel, the latest volume in Prof. Paul
Haupt's sPoiychrome" Bible, which Dodd
Mead & Co. are bringing out It appears
that the ancient Assyrians had a method
Of initiating skins. which custom was the
fererunner OF the pneumatic tire of to-
day.
The recent announcement by the Mac
milan company that they have arranged
with Mr.. Hamlin Garland to bring out
revised edition Of 'The Rose of Dutch
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-19

CIGARS as he held out a box. and l want
to say right here that never had a more
delicious smoke. He took me to the lit
tie room he had rented and showed me
hundreds of boxes on which he had paid
the duty and I let the matter drop. 1t got
into the papers, even to my verdict as to
the quality of the cigars.
Then my honest Yankee made special
Christmas sale, patronized chiefly by
ladies who did not care so much about
price as they did about the credit of hav-
ing once selected good goods. He was
closed out in no time and disappeared
There was rank odor In the local atmos-
phere that Christmas. The cigars were
cheap Connecticut filters and cheaper
Pennsylvania wrappers. The cigar he
gave me was a ringer Uncle Sam got
money that did not belong to him, but it
was an advertising scheme out of which
the Yankee made Il fat thing
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-19
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