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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-26
TWO FAITHFUL DOGS.
The Coroner Of Richland Had an EX
citing Fight With Them.

William Richardson, colorel man,
wa& found dead Wednesday evening
few miles below the city. He was
about IS years old and has been very
feeble. Notwithstanding the protests
Of his wife he went out in the morning
to shoot young rabbit as relish for
dinner The old single barrel gun he
carried has been patched up by having
tin twisted and nailed about the barrel
and stock. Even with the smallest
charge of powder and shot it was dan
gerous weapon to fire. Probably if he
had come across : young rabbit the
coroner Toul3. have had to hold an in
quest anyway and the rabbit would
have been safely ensconced in its bed.
But he hadn't gone far when bis physi
cal nature naturally gave way and the
old man naturally fell to the ground on
his face, his gun being under him He
had two dogs of dogs Of N can lineage
with him, one beinga half setter, and
the other common cur yellow dog"
But they both kept vigil over the body
Of their master. The first man to dis
cover the body ;7as a Negro who ap-
preached it, but the two dogs attacked
him savagely and he ran. They did
not follow but went back to guard the
body. Coroner Green was notified and
with DR.. G. C. johnson he went to
where the body lay. 3 man named
Williams was with them. Mr.. Green
jumped from his buggy and started to
the body, when the two dogs made
vicious onslaught on him. He defend
ed himself with his whip and notwith-
standing the lashes he gave Them, the
dogs still advanced and the coroner was
retreating. 1t looked for moment as
if the dogs would tear ;:im to ;'ieees,
and he called ?or assistance. Neither
of those with him coming to his aid, he
took the butt Of his whip and after
fight with the dogs, lasting full fifteen
minutes, the coroner succeeded in beat
ing them off. He now has great re-
spect for the much maligned ''yaller
dog" and believes a man has 40 better
friend, when they once become attach
ed to enc. The body of The dead was
brought 70 the colored hospital last
night and. after post mortem exami.
nation, the jury returned a verdict
that the deceased came to his death
from heart disease. e.-Columbia Record.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-26
THE CROPS End WEk1EER.
What the Department Of Agriculture
Says About Them.

At the beginning of the week end
ing July 18th the temperature was
lower than usual, but with steadily in
CT asing heat up to Saturday (l5th) on
which date it rose to from 96 to 105
degrees except on the Immediate coast.
The extreme maximum Of 105 is the
highest ever recorded it Columbia.
The tropic heat continued to the close
Of the week.
With the exception Of quite general
but light showers throughout the State
on the 9th. and in I few places on the
10:h, there has been no rain of any
consequence in two weeks, and over
TIE greater portion Of the State the
need Of moisture is urgent to maintain
the condition CT the various crops: in
deed, over the central and western
counties, crops are fast failing under
the combined influence of prolonged
torrid heat and extreme dryness Water
courses are very low, and stock water
is becoming scarce. Desicating winds,
too, aided in drying the soil and vege-
tation, but made the heat more cndura-
BILE for animals.
For the first time this season, the
majority Of the reports are u1favor-
able on cotton, relating that growth
has practically stopped, that the plants
are losing their prGyious healthy color,
and are shedding leaves and squares,
and are blooming to the very top. Gen
orally they are we'll fruited with bolls.
Ia Marion, Marlboro and Cherokee
counties the crop is unimpalred. Sea
island cotton continues to do well, but
in places is bligh.ing.
Old corn is suffering severely from
the drynoss, and much is injured be-
yond reccpcration even shoGld it rain
soon. Alta Few points only is corn up
to an average condition. Young corn
has not reached its critical stage OF
growth and generally maintains it;
color, but i, not making seasonable
growth.
Tobacco has improved. Gathering
and curing has made rapid progress.
The crop is yielding well, and some
fields excelientiy.
Nearly all but the very latest plart.
ings of rice have been laid by, and as
caterpillars are no lorger troublesome,
ne crop is in fine shape. Upland rice
is, however, suffering for rain.
Melon vines are falling. Peas dying,
ard a,reage reduced. Pastures ond gar,
dens are Turning up. Pears, apples,
grapes and figs are plentiful in Char.
Ie:ton, but the commercial crop oi
fruit throughout the State is snall.
Grapes are ripening over the eastern
counties.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-26
How a Gold Field Was Discovered.

A novel way Of discovering a gold
field was recounted by the agent gen
eral for western Australia. In 1883
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 a 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, 1899-07-26
O6orlcsa FLOWERS.

Most people will be surprised to learn
that the majority Of flowers have no
perfume whatever. An Austrian chem
list, who has been making researches
into the subject, declared that out OF
s.1l0 varieties known and cultivated
In Europe, scarcely 400 have any odor::
and Of these nearly fifty have an odor
which is, il anything, disagreeable.
Queer Custom Of Quito.
# is customary in the town Of Quito,
when a visitor takes OF his nat upon
entering a room, to beg him to put 1t
on again, and, in the absence OF per-
mission, leave is generally requested
This, it is said, arises from apprenen-
sion that cold will be taken by re-
mainine uncovered.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-26
UPPER REGIONS OF THE AIR.
Cnezplored Space Moro Interesting Than
tho North Pole.

tho North Pole.
Above there extends a vast uneS-
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. It would be a region OF
perpetual snow on peak Of the earth
if it should rise to such a height. A
person in balloon could not hear a
friend in 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 at 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 I have said, reach
a point far below zero at a height o.
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. II 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 2
laboratory.
The heat and light which We receive
from the sun are greatly modified by
this blanketing layer Of air. The long
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, 1899-07-26
TIE STATE MILITIA,
Adiutant General Floyd Issues Very
1n,nor+on% nrdor

The Columbia State says: A great
many difficulties have been encountered
in the effort to bring the State militia
up to a creditahle standard and much
tiU,v has been consumed in getting the
various organizations to understand
what would be expected of them under
the reorganization. The following gen.
erai order issued Wednesday, however,
shows that the time has arrived to
shape things and that Gen. Floyd pro,
poses to have militia force that will
be credit to the State or none at all.
The last two paragraphs Of the order
make such provisions:
Columbia, July 20, 1899.
General Order No. i.
Par. l. 1he mastering of the State
volunteer troops and national guard
that have net been mustered into SER
vice, and the annual inspection of com
panies that have complied with general
orders Nos. 2 and 3, will commence
Aug. 10, 1899, and continue until com
pleled.
Par. 2. Companies will be inspected
at their respective places o. meeting
and timely notice of the arrival Of the
inspecting officer will be duly forward
ed to all companies enrolled.
Par 3. The comanding officer Of COM
panies are hereby ordered to have all
State property, funds, books, etc., on
hand ready for inspection together with
complete inventory Of same in order
that delay may be avoided.
Par. i. In conducting the approach
ing inspection companies are hereby
warned that unless creditable knowl-
edge Of the manual Of arms, eyolutions,
ETC., is clearly demonstrated at the in
spection, and mark Of 60 attained dis
bandment Of companies failing will be
ordered.
Par. 5. While geographical condi-
tions and the distribution of companies
according to the statutes of the State
must and will be duly considered, nev
ertheless the report of the inspector as
per paragraph four will be strictly ad-
hered to, aud assignment of companies
to the active Or reserve branches Of the
service thereby determined.
By order. Gen. Floyd.
Official:
John D. Frost, A. A. and I. Gen.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-26

THE Grand Army post at Spring
hill, kas is getting blasphemous.
Recently it adopted resolution that
lit is just and proper to invoke just
God to remove president that retains
H. Clay Evans as pension commission,
er." When God removes a maa he
is dead. This Kanoas post. therefore:
wants the death of the president. But
it should g. .nore specific. Harrison
and IL, ior Gied during Office from nat
ural causes, Lincoln and Garfield by as
sassination. Does the post want the
president promptly murdered or does it
merely want some mortal disease to
smite him?
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-26
Street Car Strike.

New York and Brooklyn are now hav.
ing to contend with strike of conside-
rable magnitude from the operatives Of
the rapid transit lines Of the city, and
hundreds of policemen are constantly
called into service to quell alleged dis
1urbances from the strikers. 1t seems
the strikers have much sympathy from
the public.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-26

The Chinese are said to remove the
pulp from oranges and substitute vari-
Gus jellies. The closest examination
fails to reveal any opening or incision
in the skin Of the fruit.
Very few persons would suspect how
small the salaries Of presidents Of re-
publics are, when the enormous sums
crowned heads receive are taken into
consideration. The foreigner often
thinks the $4,000 salary of the Presi-
dent Of the United States is merely
i joke, and that he receives ten times
as much in reality, but the same for
eigner may not know that the French
President, in country where the
wealthiest monachs once reigned, re-
ceives only S120,000 q year The
President Of the little Andorra Re
public contents himself with a salary
Of SIS a year, and the President Of
the Swiss Republic must be satisfied
with $4,000
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-26
A Curious Collection.

One OF the most remarkable collec-
tiors or souvenirs ever made is a COL
lection Of male opera hats by one Of
the actresses Of a London company.
She owns no fewer than 216 Of these
articles, for it was her whim to make
every young man who was introduced
to her give her his opera hat as a
souvenir. She not only keeps them in
their pristine condition, but converts
them into all sorts Of other things,
such as photograph frames, work
baskets, and some are even used for
the purpose OF holding flower pots.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-26
r,e pocketbook Register.

A useful attachment for pocket.
hooks consists Of a register by which
the amount of money on hand can be
indicated at a glance, a series of dials
being placed inside the cover to be
turned until the figures show the right
nnm hers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-26

The latest wonder to have been dis
covered by Kansas is the raspberry,
strawberry" grown by one ?. ii. Hart
man. 1T is beautiful red berry, "
says the Kansas City Journal, looks
very much like stawberry. 1t has
n flavor resembling mixture of straw
berry and rastberry. 1t is easy of cul-
tivation, and is very handsome fruit.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-26

The first honor man of the South
Carolina College this year is J. f.
Swearingen, blind man and a nephew
of Senator Tillman. Mr.. Swearingen
is totally blind and studied his lessons
by getting his college mates to read to
him. He is said to be possessed of a
wonderful mind, and he proposes to
become a lawyer.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-26

| paiity Of which the Trites IS the chief
executive officer the police have not
made an arrest for drunkenness since
| July Ist.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-26

THE Lexington Dispatch meets the
proposition of The State to consolidate
Richland and Lexington counties with
ridicule. The Dispatch will find that
ridicule will not do in this case. Look
at the States proposition from any
standpoint you please and there is
merit in it. We would therefore ad-
wise The Dispatch to treat the matter
more seriously, andhu ut up some facts
to offset the ones presented by The
State. The proposition cannot be
rediculed out Of existence. twill take
stubborn facts, and plenty of them, to
kill it. Can the Dispatch array them?
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-26
& Good Showing.

Reliable poultry statistics that arc Of
practical value are difficult to get. for
the reason that not one poultry raiser
out of hundred in this section even
pretends to keep a record. Mr.. Brooks
Inman: of Iorkville, however, gave the
reporter of the Enquirer recently some
figures that are quite interesting.
"Since January last up to today" said
Mr.. Inman, II have had 26 Brown
Leghorn hens, and in the time mention
ed they have laid 225 dozen eggs. \
great many Of these eggs, | have sold at
a dollar setting, but at II! cents PER
dozen the gross income would lave
amounted to S2S 12!. During this
time, the hens have cost on account Of
feed and other expenses $1l.S0, leav-
ing a act profit Of 1852, and the hens
practically of the same value as at the
beginning of the year. According to
these figures it would seem that chick
en- raising is pretty good business, es-
pecially ii the chickens are locked after
properly, and accorded intelligent at
tention. The Enquirer says there are
several other poultry raisers in York
vile who are in the business as exten-
sively as Mr.. Inmau, and perhaps some
of them may be able to report results
even more satisfactory.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-26

Marvellous, indeed, is the age in
which cowless milk is sold from horse
less wagons, exclaims the Chattanooga
News.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-07-26

dividends and has outriders in equip
age. Many man is riding TO perdi-
ton, position ahead and lackey be-
hind. 70 steal one copy of a. newspa-
per is gnat to steal many thousands
of dollars is camel. There is many a
fruit dealer who would not consent to
steal basket Of peaches from neigh
boris stall, but who would not scruple to
depress the fruit market, and as long as
l can remember we have heard every
summer the peach crop Of Maryland is
failure, and by the time the crop
comes in the Misrepresentation makes a
difference Of millions of dollars. 4
man who would not steal one basket of
peaches steals 50, 900 baskets Of peaches.
Go down into the public library, in
the reading rooms, and see the newspa.
per reports Of the crops from all parts Of
the country, anc their phraseology is
very much the same, and the same men
wrote them, methedically and infam-
ously carrying out the huge lying about
the grain crop from year to year and for
a score Of years. After awhile there
Will be a "corner" in the wheat market,
and men who had a contempt for petty
theft will burglarize the wheat bin Of a
nation and commit larceny upon the
American corn crib. And some o
the men will sit in churches and in
reformatory institutions trying to
strain out the small gnats OF
scoun6relism while in their grain eleva-
tors and in their storehouses they are
fattening huge camels which they ex-
pect after awhile to swallow. Society
has to be entirely reconstructed on this
subject. We are to find that sin is
inexcusable in proportion as it is great.
| know in our time the tendency is to
charge religious frauds upon good men.
They say, "Oh, what host of frauds
YOU have in the church Of God in this
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-11-04
LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO, November 3.-The small
supply of cattle to-day were quickly
disposed of at unchanged prices. Good
to fancy grades $5.50@670; common TO
medium $4.00@5.5.45; stockers and
feeders $2.75@4.75; cows, heifers and
bulls s1.5005.10; Texans $3.40@4.I0;
calves s3.75@7.90.
Trade in hogs was active at steady
prices except for light weights, which
were weaker; fair to prime lots s4.12h
@4.271a; heavy packers $3.75@4.10;
mixed $3.95@4171a; butchers $3.50
AIS; light weights $3.e5@420; pigs
$3.50@4.10.
The supply of sheep and lambs were
excessive for Friday. Butchers held
back and the market closed weak with
lambs from 15c to 25c lower and sheep
5010c lower; common to prime lambs
sold at s4.0O05.50; poor to prime sheep
s2.000400.
Receipts-Cattle, 5000 head; hogs,
21,000 head; sheep, $4,000 head.
EAST LIBERTY, Pa, November g.
Cattle, steady; extra s5.So@6.0o; prime
S5.70G5.90; common S3.00@3.S0.
Hogs, active extra heavy $50 pounds
and upward $4.3504.4 40; heavy Workers
and prime mediums s4.3O@4.35; light
Workers $425G4.30.
Sheep, steady; choice wethers s4.15@
AIS; common s1.5o@2.50; choice lambs
S5.00@5.25; common to good $1,000
400.
Veal calves s700@7.75.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, November 81
Hogs, fairly active and strong at $40
@4.20.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-11-04

tion that there are hut few 4 any
roads III the United State that can
show Tor the period through which the
w. va. b r. has passed a lower per-
centage OF operating expenses. From
1890 to 1899 the average operating ex-
penseS to gross earnings did not ex-
coed fifty per cent. Every one con-
nected with the road did all in his
power to make 1t a financial success,
but the road was handicapped by UNI
fortunate conditions. do not assume
to myself the credit of whatever sue
cess was achieved, but gladly divide it
with those who have so cheerfully as
sisted in conducting its affairs.
/ can say that we have all worked in
harmony and there was no employee
from the highest to the most humble
man on the road who could not at all
times, without fear, approach the man
agement upon any matter affecting his
personal interests.
AS I have now retired from the ac-
tive management of the road, may be
pardoned in ildulging in a short retro
spect of its history.
Here the Doctor took up the history
of the road from its incipiency and
treated the matter in a very interesting
manner, frequently alluding in the
most complimentary terms to many OF
the officers and employees.
This is an occasion to which my mind
will frequently revert with unspeak-
able pleasure. am truly glad to have
you with me and shall always regard
the employees of the w. Va & P. as
amongst my warmest friends.
Much more was said by the Doctor,
but we have not space to include it.
Mrs. Kunst, who had previously had
an intimation of the happy event, pre-
pared a very elegant repast to which
all did justice. Quite number OF
friends were present.