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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-01
Robet Edward Lee.

Last Thursday was the birthday Of
one of the best and greatest men Of this
or any other country or age. He com
bined in his life and beautifully Illus
trated by his acts those virtues which
make manhood noble and lovely. Rob
ert f. Lee was great as a soldier; he
would have been great as statesman
had he served in civil instead OF mill
tary Office. But, as the Atlanta Jour
nal says he was greatest as man. tie
won many Lattles; he put many armies
to rout; he took many cities. But a
mightier conquest than any and all o.
these was his mastery Of his own spirit.
No man who is conspicuous in history
ever held his powers under such COM
plete self-control. As soldier he was
almost beyond criticism. but as a man
he was spotless. No mean action was
ever charged to him. Many time he
t~ok npon himself the responsibility
or faults andfailures which were due
it others. His great heart went ou-
no tender compassion as readily as 1t
leaped forth to meet and dare the dirt
est dangers. Malice was alien to his
nature. TAe.petse55ealousies and hates
which have specked and married SO
many strong natures were absolutely
and immeasurably beneath him. His
whole life moved on the straight white
line Of duty. The ideals Of chigalry
never in history, legend or poetry had
finer or fuller expression than in the
actual life Of this man. He won the
respect of his foes even In the heat and
tempest of war; he captured the admira-
ton of the World; he went deeper into
the hearts Of his own people than ever
any. leader has gone since William the
Silent. 1t is we'll to give up one OF the
many days of the year to the contem-
plation Of such mans life and charac-
ter There can be few better iaspira-
tions to youth and few sweeter refresh
ments OF the faith which is often beat
en- down in the contact with ordinary
humanity.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-01
Andrew Jackson.

This county has produced no more
remarkable character than Andrew
Jackson, the first Of our presidents who
came from the loins Of the peoale. He
was a Democrat in every sense OF the
word. He had confidence in the peo-
pie and the people believed in him and
trusted him, and he never betrayed
their trust. Charles'.J. Ingersoll says
Of him: "He was combination Of wis
dom without learning, passion with
gentleness, animosity with benevolence
devotion with destruetiveness, homicide
with homily, seldom, if ever, seen in
any man. Nothing was wanting to his
amazing triumphs but that Wellington
instead Of Packenham, as was intended
should have headed the invasion Of
Louisiana, that Jackson might tear
from the brow of Napoleon's conqueror
the laurels of Waterloo. We find him
in Washington one day hurling defiance
at his political opponents in vollcys Of
language and the next day carrying into
the white house little girl and her
dog to warm at the FIRE because he had
found the child crying on the street.
In the intervals of political strife we
see him at his dinnor table. singing
songs with Daniel Webster and Martin
Van Buren, each laughing at the efforts
Of the other" The country has proba-
bly, ntver needed Jackson so badly
as now
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-01
The First r1yine Machine.

Roger Bacon, in his writings in the
thirteenth century, predicted the use OF
the balloon and flying machine. 1t is
said that Jean Baptiste Dante, an Ital-
ian mathematician, crossed Lake Trasi-
memo on artificial wings in 1400. Leon
ardo Da Vinci, in 1900, made some ex-
periments in aerial screws, designed a
parachute, and left some sketches Of
mechanical wings in his notebooks. A
famous bishop, named Wilkin, in the
seventeenth century wrote on the sub
ject Of artificial flight, and was so sure
of the practicability Of it that he de-
clared the time would come when it
would be as common thing to hear a
man, when starting on a journey, call
for his wings as for his boots and spurs.
In 1709 Friar de Gusman, of Portugal
asked and received assistance from the
King in plans be had for constructing
a flying machine. About the middle Of
the seventeenth century a Frenchman
named Besnier constructed pair Of
oscillating wings, with which he made
several experiments. He tried them first
in jumping from a stool, then from a
table, then from barn, when his
progress was interrupted by his falling
and breaking his leg. In France the
Marquis de Bacqueville, in 1742, at
tempted to cross the Seine on wings.
He launched himself from a terrace
and flew for a short distance, then fell,
landing in a washer-woman's barge,
breaking his leg, which discouraged
him from further experiments in that
direction.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-01
Keep Your Mouth Shut.

Don't be offended. The admonition
is not meant as reflection upon Your
talkativeness. Talk as much as you
please, but keep your mouth shut when
you are not talking. People who keep
their mouth closed. except when they
arc talking, eating or drinking, rarely
ever contract colds or coughs. Savages,
even those living in Northern latitudes,
seldom take cold. Scientists say it is
because they are close-mouthed. Dis
ease germs floating in the air tiud di-
rect route into the lungs of a person
who brcathes through themouth. They
are arrested by the fine. sleve-llke net
work of hair in the nostrils Of the indi
vidual who breathcs through his nose.
Keep your mouth shut and you may
defy restilencc. The teeth suffer from
too much and too frequet exposure to
the atmosphere. Sudden changes of
temperature, whether liquid or atmo>
pheric, are hurtful to them. The b2st
teeth in the world are those Of the say
age tribes, whose owners always keep
their mouths shut except when talking
or eating. Throat and lung diseases
are often contracted by persons who 30
about mouthed. The frosty air
of winter, inhaled directly into the
lungs through the mouth, is i frequent
cause of bronchial disorders 'Ea:en
through the lose, it is modified and
sifted Of many OF its dangers. keei'
your mouth shut.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-01
Ready to Fight.

\ dispatch from Manila says the Re-
publican, the official organ of the Fill
pinos, announces that the congress at
Malolos has adopted the Philippine
constitution, passed u vote Of con-
6denee in Aguinaldo, and empowered
him to declare war on the Americans
Whenever he may deem it advisable.
At mass meetsng Of women at Cavite
yesterday, the paper adds, it was enthu-
siastieally resolved to petition Aguinal-
do for permission to take mems places
in defense Of independence and to bear
arms if necessary. Paterno has asked
for, and, it appears, has been granted
the privilege Of taking a prominent
place in the line of battle against the
Americans. y
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-01
THE MARKET IN HAVANA.
Picturesque Cooks, Unfamiliar Fruits and
Live Fish seen There.

Picturesque Cooks, Unfamiliar fruits and
Live Fish seen There.
The Havana market is crowded at
daybreak by Spanish, French, Chinese
and colored cooks OF both sexes. Some
chefs, who affect the dignity Of coat,
are accompanied by their apprentices
or scullions, who carry baskets. Span
ish cooks, who usually are employed in
second-class restaurants, wear fiat, red
woollen caps, and shuttle along slipshop
with their baskets. slung over their
shoulders, while oblique-eyed Chinese
wear all sorts of queer headgear; loose
trousers and blouses. Colored women
don bandanas, which lend dash Of
color to the scene, as they waddle along
through the market, their fat sides
shaking with laughter, while they
boisterously greet their friends as they
so from stall to stall, haggling with the
market men. Marketing is always done
by cooks in Havana, because employers
are aware that they can drive a better
bargain, even taking into account the
perquisites allowed them by trades
people.
Golden, juicy oranges are symmetri-
cally piled on the stalls, fianked by
punches of luscious yellow and red
bananas, and nutbrown zapotoes which
outwardly resemble an Irish potato,
but contain luscious pulp inside.
Green cocoanuts contain a sweet
LIQUID like water, as well as soft
white pulp. Other tropical fruits which
abound in Cuba are mangoes, chirimoy-
as and ciruelas, which are juicy and
sweet. Fish caught in Cuban waters
are especially nice, and the pargo,
species Of red snapper, is very tooth
some, as is the cherna, which tastes
like salmon. No Havana cook will buy
fish unless they are alive. and the fish
market with big tanks full Of fresh
fish, with white marble slabs and
scales, is very picturesque. Sea crabs
and land crabs are also good. The lat
ter grow to large size, and their
bodies stand high from the ground on
their enormous claws. Land crabs bur-
row in holes, and their locomotion is
clumsy, sounding like that Of
drunken man. Cooks feed these crabs
on corn meal for several days before
they cook them, as this makes them
more palatable.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-01
The Monkey Bread Tree.

Cape de Verde, that is, the Green
Cape, is said to owe its name in part
to the foliage Of the Adamsonia digi-
tata which adorns the whole Of Sene-
gamble and Guinea with its green clip
tic arches; full-grewn tree presenting
at distance almost the appearance Of
forest. According to Adamson, trees
are met with having diameter of
thirty feet, although the height Of the
tree is moderate, varying from fifty to
sixty feet.
The lower branches, however, shoot
out to an incredible length, at first in
a horizontal direction. These are COW
cred with an immense foliage, which
from its weight causes them to bend
toward the ground and thus there is
presented a huge hemispherical mass
of verdure, 120, 140 or even $50 feet in
diameter and perhaps 60 feet in height.
The fruit is an oblong, dull green,
downy body. eight or nine inches long,
containing several cells, in which there
is a number of hard shining seeds, in-
mersed in a soft pulp, which is scarce
ly juicy. From this pulp the native
negroes prepare an acidulous drink,
much used in the fevers Of the coun-
try.
The bruised leaves in dry state
form substance called halo, which
they mix with their food, and imagine
it useful in checking or counteracting
the effects of profuse perspiration. All
the soft parts Of the tree are emollient
or mucilaginOus.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-01
~ ( l.:,, 4c. Prices.

Not OILY on Provisions, Clothing,
Furniture and all the actual neccssaries
Of living, but as we'll on things apper-
tanning t. our enjoyment and culture.
This IS specially true as to Pianos and
Organs. Wise Manufacturers realize
that in these close times prices must
be exceedingly low, and they are meet
iny the emergency. Notice the latest
advertisement of Ludden & Bates
Southern Music House, Savannah, Ga,
in this issue, and write them for their
Four Cents Prices. This is a wide
awake-never- left and thoroughly
reliable house, whose offers always
mean just what they say. 1t costs
nothing to write Ludden & Bates for
Catalogues, Prices and Easy Install
ment Terms, which they send with
pleasure.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-01
PURSUED BY WHEAT
Wor!lmrn Cha .ed Out OF a Warehouse
by Il Hood of Grain.

worl<mrn Chased Out of Warehouse
by Il Flood of Grain.
Six thousand bushels of unsacked
sheat got loose and went on tear. It.
happened in the warehouse of the +.
:. Ayers Mercantile Company at Den
:er. The scenes that followed were
something similar to those described by
Victor Hugo when a cannon got loose
rom its fastenings on board ship and
oiled and reared from one end of the
gun deck to another until the ship was
disabled and number of the crew
killed. Only nobody was killed by the
wheat.
In the rear OF the Ayres warehouse
ire four great bins. built up from the
ground floor and capable of holding
twenty-five carloads Of wheat al time.
The company's bookkeeper. sitting in
lis office at the front of the building,
100 feet or more from the bins, heard
terrific ripping, tearing, splintering
sound. as if the whole end Of the ware
house was being torn out by monster
hand. He rushed from the little box
Of an office out onto the main floor Of
the warehouse. He paused, gasped for
breath and threw up his hands.
What he saw was giant wave OF
wheat flowing toward him, licking at
the very heels of dozen laborers who
had been at work near the bins and
who were now fleeing for their lives.
The ocean of wheat moved onward
for a score Of feet or more and then
calmed down as suddenly as If barrel
of oil had been spread on its troubled
waves. The bookkeeper yelled to the
laboring men to stop running, pulled
his hands down to their accustomed
pockets, took a deep breath and
whistled.
BY and by the cloud Of dust that had
arisen drifted away and the bookkeeper
and the laboging men could see what
had happened. 1t didn't take long.
One of the stout beams had grown
weak from the burden on its back and
snapped in two. A hundred other stout
beams had followed suit. There was
nothing left for the imprisoned wheat
to do but make rush for less con-
fined resting place. There were 5000
bushels of it in the bin, and it was no
wender that its moving caused conster-
nation.
After the dozen laboring men had re-
covered their wits and gone to work
again the little bookkeeper in the front
Office said the damage done would not
exceed $50. All that was necessary to
do to save the wheat was to sweep it
up off the floor and pack it in sacks.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-01
COUNTY COURTS.
All Act Establishing Them Passed by
the State Senate.

The question of establishing county
courts occupied the senate Thursday
and after over two hours Of debate, re-
suited in big victory for Senator Cru
Der and his bill. providing for the for
nation Of such courts. The bill was
called up as special order immediate
ly after the morning hour, and Senator
Archer moved to strike out the enact
Ing words. Gruber arose to the defense
of his bill and made an able argument
in its defence. The debate then be-
came general and a number of speeches
were made for and against the bill.
Finally vote was reached and the bill
passed by the following vote:
Nays-Aldrich, Alexander, Archer,
Brown G. W., Brown ". A, Connor,
Graydou, Ragsdale, Suddath, Sullivan,
Wallace, Waller-12
Yeas-Appelt, Blakeney, Bowen.
Dean, Dennis Douglass. Glenn, Cru
Der, Hay, Henderson, Hough, Ilderton,
Livingston, Love, Manning, Marshall,
Mauldin, Maytield Mower, Sarratt,
Scarborough, Sheppard, Stauland, Tai
bird, Walker, Williams-26.
The first section Of the bill provides
that whenever one-iifth Of the qualified
registered electors Of any county in this
State shall file petition with the clerk
Of the circuit court Of such county pray
ing for an election to be held in such
county on the question Of the establish
ment Of a county court therein, it shall
be the duty Of the said clerk within ten
days to mako an order thereon, and
serve the same or the commissioners Of
election requiring the said commission
ers of election Of such county to hold
an election. after first giving at least 30
days notice thereof in The newspapers
OF such county, upon the question Of
establishing county court in such
county. not later than 10 days nor
earlier than 10 days thereafter. Said
petition shall be accompanied bp cel :
tifcate Of the board of supervisors Of
registration that the names appearing
upon said petition constitute one-ifth
of the qualified registered electors Of
such county.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-01
Disguised With Political Life.

Robert l.. Taylor, thrice governor Of
the State of Tennessee, man much in
public life, has evidently discovered
the path Of politics to be rough and
not entirely pleasant one. Read an
extract from his farewell speech:
while l believe that the good in
politics outweighs the bad, vet how
thorny is the path and how unhappy
the pilgrimage to him who dares to do
his duty2 There ale no flowers ex-
cept few bouquets snatched from the
graves of fallen foes: there is no happi.
ness except the transient thrill of cruel
triumph, which passes like shadow
across the heart.
Every honest man who runs for Of
fee is candidate for trouble; for the
fruits Of political victory turn to ashes
on the lips.
80 me there is nothing in this
world so pathetic as a candidate. He
is like mariner without compass,
drifting on the tempest-tossed waves
of uncertainty, between the smiling
cliffs of hope and the frowing crags
Of fear. He is walking petitioa>and
a living payer; he is the pack horse Of
public sentiment; he is the dromedary
IF politics. And even if he reaches
the goal of his ambition, he will soon
feel the beak Of the vulture in his
heart and the fang of the serpent in
his soul.
II am no longer candidate. Never
again will be inaugurated into public
Office. The ark Of my humble public
career now rests on the Arrarat Of pri-
vate life, and stand OF its peaceful
summit and loo: down on the recedlng
food Of politics. The dove of my des-
tiny has brought me an olive branch
from happier fields and I 60 thence to
labor and to love.
And be anticipates that Benton Nc.
Millin, his successor, is going to ind
thorns among the roses in the guber-
Material career, for he says:
II now have the distinguished honor
to close the scene, so far as | am con-
cerned. Benton McNIillin has given his
heart and hand to Tennessee. I now
pronounce them husband and wife
and may the Lord have mercy on their
souls"
Our young men should read and re-
member what Bob Taylor says.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-01
Storm-Swept South Seas.

The steamer Aorangi. from Austria
liza, brings the details of the terrible cy-
clones which swept the south seas about
the middle Of December, devastating
villages, wrecking shipping and causing
many deaths. In the Solomons the
hurricane did most damage, whole vii
lagos being destroyed. Hundreds of
cocoa plantations were uprooted and
YAM patches leveled. Over 500 natives
are reported 10 have been killed. Capt.
Pentecost, of the yacht St. Aubin, who
brought the news of the disaster to Syd
ney. says be saved woman who was
to have been killed as sorceress, she
being accused Of having caused the hur-
ricane. He bought her. the purchase
price being pig, and took her to an,
other island, where she was released
THE most diabolical revenge ever
conceived was perpetrated upon aSouth
Dakota soldier while he was in the
Philippines. He insulted some petty
Spanish officials who had him wine drug
ged and the blood of leper injected in
his veins. Hanging is too good for such
an Infamous wretch, in fact any death
would be. The poor Dakota soldier
must have died a thousand deaths.
One of these geniuses that is always
planning for the good Of the country
says that the cotton can be brought up
to 25 cents pound, if Congress will
furnish rations 10 the tenants of the
cotton States for twelve months.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-01
National Impoverishment.

Hitherto it has been supposed that
the record of national impoyerishment
was furnished by the Transvaal, in the
treasury of which, when Great Britain
took it over, was the magnificent sum
of about SO. But Sir George Bowen,
when he went as the first governor to
Queensland, found in the public chest
no more than II cents.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-01
An Explanation.

A recent issue of the Hardemau
(Tenn.) Free Press contained the fol-
lowing paragraph: I'VE wish to explain
our lack of editorial this week. We
was down to Memphis, and a smart
Alec at the tavern put train oil on our
greens, and said it was vinegar. OF
course, we were horse dew combaw fol-
three days, and now that we are able
to talk, our language is not fit for pub.
lication.''
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-01

JOHN Ideson, farmer. of Livingston
Comfy, \. y; seventy-six years old,
writes to the Rochester Times: Fifty
years age there was not fram in my
tow1. under mortgage: today there are
but thirty-two which are not mortsa-
ged. The conditions prevailing in
Farmer ldcsons county are duplicated
in every other section of the country.
The trouble is, the farmers cannot
organize themselves into a trust: they
are the natural victims Of these COM
mercial cormorants. and exist, un Ter
the present form Of government, only
to be preyed upon by the plutocrats.
Kill the trusts.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-01

THE Oceanic, the largest steamer
afoat, was successfully launched at
Belfast. She is owned by the White
Star Line and is 104 feet long and
weighs 1900 tons. Her coal bunk
ers will hold enough coal for her to cir
cumnavigate the world without recoal-
ing. She is built upon different lines
from the Great Eastern" and will be
used for freight.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-01
4 Big Apple Tree.

Alexander Bates, a Bowdoinham, Me,
orchardist, has just sawed down a
mammoth apple tree, the biggest in the
town and perhaps in the whole state.
It was 2S inches across the stump, six
feet trunk, then branching out in long
branches. 1t must have been nearly or
quite 100 years old.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-01
Action of sca-watcr on Cast Iron.

Some cast iron cannon balls were re-
Gently recovered from the sea near
Brest. They had been under the Wa
ter for over a hundred years. They
could be cut with knife, a great part
of the iron having disappeared. Ex-
posed to the air, the interior became
quite hot, OF course losing the heat in a
short time, after the oxygen Of the air
had ceased to act upon it.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-01
Water Dearer Than Champagne

SDeaking at 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, 1899-02-01
The Dromedary's Hump.

The hump on the back of the drome-
dary is an accumulation Of peculiar
species Of fat, which is a 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, 1899-02-01
A Bird Habit.

Among the many mysteries Of bird
migration is the fact that oversee
Journeys are generally conducted in
the darkness and invariably against 4
head wind.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-01
A girl can't be in love and have a
had cold in the head at the same time.

VALUE OF CRoPS-The North Caro-
lima labor commissioner has prepared a
statement showing the average profit
per acre of seventeen Of the principal
crops grown in the State The figures
are: Cotton 1892, wheat Sl.e7, corn
50. SO, tobacco S20.971, sweet potatoes
1856, Irish potatoes S2S.37I, peanuts
s23.23 sorghum Sl9.S5, hay sl4.9S,
rice 1925, beans $3.50. barley -. "a,
peas s5.G71, broom corn $3.50, fax
s.. Is, rye S2.93. oats S2.ll
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-01
We All Kro1r Him.

The man who has most eXasperat-
ing laugh is the man who laughs the
longest and the loudest. 1t must be
great joke to him to think Of the
misery he is intlicting upon humanity.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-01
Life Of the Mushroom.

The mushrooms life is measured by
hours, but it fourishes long enough for
an insect to hang its eggs on the edge
Of the umbrella" and for the egg to
become an insect ready to colonlze the
next mushroom that springs up.