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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-12

tear. without one parting, without one
grief.
This last summer stood on Sparrow
hill, four miles from Moscow. 1t was
the place where Napoleon stood and
locked upon the city which he was
about to capture. HIS army had been
in long marches ard awful fights and
fearful exhaustions, and when they
came to Sparrow hill the shout went
up from tens Of thousands Of Voices,
Moscow, Moscow | do not wonder
at the transport. A ridge of hills
sweeps round the city A river semi
circles it with brilIisnce. It is spec
tacle that you place in your memory
as one Of the three or four most beau
,iful scenes in all the earth. Napoleon s
army marched on it II four divisions,
four overwhelming torrents of valor
and pomp. Down Sparrow hill aud
through the beautiful valley aud across
the bridges and into the palaces, which
surrendered without one shot of resist
ance because the avalanche of troops
was irres,ibIe. There is the room 10
which Napoleon slept and his pillow,
which must have been very uneasy,
for, oh, how short his stay! Fires
kindled in all parts of the city simul-
taneously drove out their army into
the snowstorns under which 5000
men perished. How soon did triumph
al march turn into horrible demolition.
Today, while I speak, We coue on a
high hill, glorious hill of Christian
anticipation. These hosts of God have
had long march, and fearfuI battles
and defeats have sgain and again min:
sicd with the victories, but today We
come up in sight Of the great city, the
cepit.l OF the universe, the residence
Of the King AID the home Of those who
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-12
AN OLD LayDyARE GONE.

The old home place of james K. Polk,
located in Polk Avenue, Nashville,
Tenn, is being rapidly demolished sud
An apartment house will be erected on
the site Mr.. Po:k died there. The
State Legislature has several times
considered propositions to buy the
house for gubernatorial mansion, but
the idea has always met with a mega
tive action.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-12
THE ASIA COTTON CROP.

The cotton crop Of Central Asia ia
expected to be excellent this year, &C.
cording to Vice Consul Smith, at Mos
COW. This years crop is expected to
aggregate between 1000 ard 5000
pools, or enough to meet half of the
general demand. The remaining cot
ton required for manufacturing pur-
poses in Russia will have to be i'm
norted.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-12-12
A DISASTROUS FIRE.

As the result Of 8 fire Wednesday
morning one life was lost, Eve people
were Injured and the large structural
iron works of George L. Mesker & Co.,
and Lowenthal's commission house at
Evansville, Ind we're totally destroyed.
The less is Sll0, 600.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-03-29

vent OF the Astoria, the finest hosiery
in this country or any other. William
Waldorf erected the Waldorf to spite
his counsin, and his aunt Mrs. William
Astor, and make the old home unten-
able for her by the INN ediate proxim-
ity of a great public house. He sue
ceeded in driving them away but John
Jacob turned the tables by putting up
hotel that overshadows the Waldorf
in every respect. Strangely enough,
however, the two hotels are conducted
as if they were one hotel. Family dis
sensions, no matter how bitter never
interfere with business in the Astor
clan and although John Jacob is GER
tain to be getting the lions share of
the profits, William Waldorf, with his
naughty pretensions upon Nsnglish
royalty, has bowed TO the COMMERCIAL
inevitable.
From the sidewalk to the topmost
cornice the Astoria is $50 feet. 1t Is
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-03-29
ABSENCE MAKES HEART FOND.

The inevitable periods of separa-
ton which come to men and women in
navy life act as preservation of a
lover-like tenderness in the relation
between husband and wife that is I'm
speakably touching" writes Anna A.
Rogers in Woman's Home Companion.
Wives, even amid the cares of
growing family and an all-engrossing
thriftiness of living find time to write
a batch of six or eight letters, to be
opened one a week at sea by the de-
parting husband bound on a long
cruise. And far out at sea he draws
his state-room curtain for the pathetic
tryst, with whispered Bless her
heart! on his lips. Christmas boxes
are prepared months beforehand by
loving hands, and marked with the
warning, Not to be opened until
Christmas day'-a defendu for once
cheerfully respected, knowing how
dreary would be that day but for the
waiting box. Many an officer has
confessed to sitting up in his bunk
bright and early. like the verest boy,
and unpacking that box with hands
that were not altogether steady and
eyes not altogether dry. Half laugh
ing. but with tears not very Or away,
a father--a manly giant of a fellow
took the writer to his state-room (that
cramped repository of an officers per-
sonal aura), and from drawer of a
so-called desk he drew forth an enve-
lope, and from 1t wee bow of baby
ribbon. Disappointed in his auditors
lack of instantaneous enthusiasm, he
held it up against the electric-light,
and there sure enough were two tiny
whitish-yellow hairs tied together
all he had ever seen of his frst-born,
thousands of miles away across two
oceans"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-03-29

was question for a long time and it
was feared at first that the beauty Of
the ballroom would have to be cur
tailed by the erection of, at least. one
line of supporting columns. Mr.. Aston
wouldn't hear of it, however, and then
a noted engineering firm was called in
to consultation. The result was the
construction of six immense trusses
each 81 feet in height, the heaviest and
strongest ever made. Three are placed
on columns OF prodigious strength
above the dining room and the other
three run from the fourth to the sixth
floors. They are so concealed in the
partitions of the building that their ex-
istence is never suspected.
One thousand employees were then
gathered together to operate the many
departments OF the hotel. The mag
n1tude OF the work done daily in this
miniature city can best be appreciated
from a few statements of the minor
duties. Three men for instance have
nothing to do but go from room 10
room and wind up clocks and see that
they keep correct time. AS there are
1900 rooms this job is not the sinecure
which 1t may appear to be.
Six men are employed continually
polishing the brass work on the cleo
trio light Jets. In all there are "a. 900
OF these, in the ballroom alone there
being 1000, and nearly that number m
the Aston gallery on the same floor AS
the ballroom, an apartment reserved
for large banQuets.
IL is estimated that 10000 pieces go
through the laundry in the basement
each day. or 100000 pieces a week. A
wash" OF this size might stagger the
average housewife, but II Is trihing
incident in the Astoria. Machinery
handles 1t with lightning speed. even
the drying being done In ten seconds
by the employment OF hot air pumped
out by special engine. Adjoining the
laundry is an icemaking plant which
can turn out twenty-five tons in a few
hours. In all there are eighteen diff
ferent sets Of engines below, each one
having a separate service to perform.
Only people who have money to burn
stop at this hotel, though modistes
from the country occasionally drop 10
for a dinner just to get pointers on
gowns-for the best styles OF ne world
may there be seen in abundance any
day.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-03-29
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

M
Vet the plural of mouse should nveer
ebut the plural of OK should be oxen.
not oxes;
Well begin with box, and the plural
is boxes,
The one fowl is goose. but two are
called geese,
be meese;
Aou may find lone mouse or a whole
nest of mice,
But the plural of house is houses NOT
hice;
II the plural of man is always called
men,
Why shouldn't the plural of pan be
called pen?
The COW in the plural may be COWS or
kline,
But bow if repeated is never called
bine.
And the plural of vow is VOWS never
vine.
II speak of foot and you show me
your feet,
And give you boot would pair he
called beet?
II one is tooth and a whole set are
teeth,
Why shouldn't the plural of both be
called beeth?
II the singular's this and the plural is
these,
Should the plural of kiss be nick.
named keese?
Then one may be that and three would
be those,
Yet hat in the plural would never BIZ
hose,
And the plural Of cat is cats not cose.
We speak of brother and also of
brethren,
But though we say mother we never
SAY methren;
The masculine pronouns are he, his
and him,
But imagine the feminine, she, shis
and SHIN
so the English, think you will all
agree,
Is the dod rottest language you ever
did see.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-03-29

stand 10 or II others, a.ee to all chop.
sticks, and filled with bits of raw fish
boiled cabbage, pickles and queer-look-
ing, queerer smelling messes.
The babies on these boats being kent
firmly strapped on the backs OF their
elders, run no danger OIL unpremeditat-
ed baths, but the little more largee
plecee chiio," or larger child, frequent
ly falls overheard All, however, have
by way of life-preserver a large gourd
tied 70 the jacket, while always at hand
lies a long hook kept for fishing them
out of the water.
To provide for the wants of all boats
on the river innumerable sampans fly
0usily back and forth Some filled with
flowers look particularly pretty. their
closest rivals being those piled high
with vegetables and such fuuits as Gus
tard apples, lychees Buddha's hands
persimmons, deep red mandarin
oranges, pale yellow coolie oranges.
'loquots and compouts. Others carry
hsh, meat, cooking utensils, charcoal
kindling wood, few being fitted up as
kitchens, in which chow-chow is cooked
to order.
1t has been shown that the Pearl is
by no means a dull stream, and in ad-
dltlon to all the liveliness already mem
toned there goes on much joss pidgin,
involving the display of special decora-
tons, the beating of drums, clashing of
cymbals, exploding of firecrackers and
Tor about two weeks in summer casting
upon the waters of enormous Quanti-
ties OF lighted joss papers. At New
year time all craft, even the humblets.
are adorned by red lucky papers and
sprays of artificial flowers made of
brass or golden flowers, nor does any
boat fail to observe the feast of Ian
terms, the large junks, flower boats,
hoating hotels, and mandarins' house
boats, making an amazing display of
lanterns of all shapes and sizes.
But the PEARLS gayest day is the 5th
OF the NTH month, about June Is, when
the dragon festival occurs. From 10
O'Clock in the morning until in the
afternoon long narrow boats rowed by
60 men race up and down the river.
The boats are always accompanied by
a vast concourse of men and boys. who
run along the shore, shouting, waving
banners and beating gongs
In managing their craft the Chinese
show great skill, and considering how
these crowd the watery thoroughfares
of Canton there are not many accidents.
The dragon boats, however, owing to
their extreme shallowness and peculiar
build, are so easily upset that the festi-
val is apt to be marked by few mis-
haps.
This bright river picture is not with
out some somber tints. These are cast
upon it by special class of house
boats inhabited by lepers, who may
not mingle with other people, and by
gloomy looking sampans used to carry
away the dead.-New York Sun.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-03-29

can, at pinch, be fed at the same
time with all the varied delieacles com
posing a well-seryed feast.
This, however. gives but small
idea of the floor space OF the Astoria.
If all the floors could be spread on a
level plane they would cover an area
of almost 1,000,00o square feet. Near
ly 10000 tons of steel alone was used
in the construction of the building and
this gives some idea of its solidity.
There is one column of steel in the CEN
ter which bears a greater weight per-
haps, than any similar support in the
world. 1t is but thirty feet long aud
weighs 10000 pounds but bears the gil
gantic burden of 100000 pounds. as
much as good sized battle ship
weighs.
Another extraordinary engineering
feat in connection with the hotel re-
lateS to the ballroom, located on the
second floor, and rising through three
stories to a height of forty feet In
other words it takes in the second,
third and fourth stories, the ceiling
being against the iron Orders of the
fifth story. The dimensions of this
apartment are IS by 96 feet. the floor
space being entirely unobstructed by
pillars.
Yet above this space are many hun
dreds of tons of weight which must be
supported. How to solve the problem
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-03-29
THE GREEN WORLD.

rhe green world-the green world
there's never any show,
rhe roses never wither-the summers
never go!
The birds are ever singing-the skies
are ever blue,
And the winds that bend the branches
blow blossoms over you!
The green world-the green world
its loneliness and light
The sun that makes its morning-the
stars that gid its night!
There is no gloom-no darkness-no
SORROWS and no signs,
For the light Of Love is shining in the
rain around the eyes.
The green world-the green world
how dear its every clod.-
Its lilies are like affairs where the
wild winds worship God.
Its roses hide the thorn-spears-its
storms and rainbows fall;
There is light and love amending, and
love is over all.
Frank L. Stanton in Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-03-29

The greatest hotel in the world is the
Astoria, built by John Jacob Asror on
the site of the family homestead at
Thirty-fourth street and Fifth avenue,
New York city.
A detaile, description of this struc-
tural mammoth is an impossbility
within the limits of newspaper space
and only some of the startling facts,
indicative of Its vast magnitude and
splendor can be given
Adjoining it is the famous Waldorf
owned Dy William Waldorf Astor,
cousin of John Jacob, and until the adj
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-03-29
POSTMASTER EMBEzZLEs.

La Crosse, Wis, March 2O.-Anton
Y. Black, postmaster of the village OF
hoifnen, in this county. treasurer Of
the town and village and also Of many
secret ana church societies, has been
arrested, charged with embezzIemept
that aggregates about $4,000. No e.
tort VIII be made to secure bail. His
bondsmen at first endeavored to settle
ana Black placed his property in bank
ruptcy court, but as conditions de-
Yeloped more seriously, Black was ar
rested and wiifebe prosecuted on a
criminal charge.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-03-29

sixteen stories high. but there are
twenty story buildings down town
whose total height is less than 25O
feet There are two sub-stories. It
has a frontage OF $50 feet on Fifth
avenue and $50 feet on Thirty-fourth
stree
The main dining room IS on the
Fifth avenue front and merges into
that " the Waldorf giving length Of
almost 200 feet. A thousand guests
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-03-29
THE ANNUAL SENTENCE.

Society in wig and gown
sat in the judges place;
me sternest kind of legal frown
Upon her charming face.
she sadly shook her pretty head:
"on account of their wicked ways,
The World, the Flesh and the Devil -
she said,
Are sentenced for forty days!"
Carolyn Wells in Puck.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-03-29

He looked into Ter beautiful orbs
lovely girls never have eyes, and said I:
Darling love you better than life;
there Is nothing in this world I would
not do for you nothing | would not re-
frain from doing for your sake" Then
he reached over and grabbed the big
corner biscuit, leaving the little crust
less ono for the idol Of his heart
Boston Transcript
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-03-29
OUR BIGGEST HOTEL
AND FOR THAT MATTER THE BIG
GEsT IN THE WORLD.
WALDORF : ASTORIA


Round Thousand of Employees Nee
essary to Care for Its 1900 Rooms
Eighteen Engines in the Basement
and Laundry Which Does a Week
ly Wash" of 100000 Pieces.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-03-19
MODERN SLAVERY
Caused By Weak. Exhausted Stomachs. u
Almost Universal.

Caused By Weak, Exhausted St0mschs, u
Almost Universal.
You, reader. would not permit your
neighbor to call you out of bed at mid.
night and oblige you to walk the pave
mcnt for two or three hours every
night. You would not allow him to
burn your hand wilfully, nor to cut
your finger off. just to please him.
Why, then, do you allow your stomach
to cause you loss of sleep, nightmare,
and continual suffering? Every dys-
peptic. every sufferer from indigestion,
biliousness, heartburn, waterbrash,
catarrh of the stomach and other stoni-
ach diseases, is a slave to his or her
stomach. There is one way-only one
of breaking the chains of this slav-
cry. That is by using Dodd's Dyspep-
sia Tablets.
These digest the food you have eaten.
They don't need aid from the stomach,
which is therefore given time to rest
and gain strength. They regulate the
bowels, which carry off the waste por-
tion of tie food not used in making
blood. Thus the stomach is emptied
and prepared to receive the next meal.
No foul gas can form in the stomach
if you use Dodd's Dyspepsia Tablets,
for the food il digested by them at
once and does not remain in the stOmr
ach to rot and cause disease.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-03-19
REPAIRS ABOUT COMPLETE.

Rail Communication With tho Cape Soon
to He Resumed.
LONDON. March l9.-Lord Roberts
has sent the following dispatch to the
war Office:
"Blocmfontein. Friday. March l6.-
General Clements crossed the Orange
river yesterday. Repairs to the railway
b,idge at Norvalspont have commenced
and it will shortly be ready for traffic.
General Pole -Carew telegraphs his ar.
rival ut Springfontein, SO that Bloem'
fontein is now practically in rail COM
munication with Cape Town. My proc
lnmation is already having an excellent
effect. Several hundred burghers have
EXPRESSED their intention to surrender
their arms and return to their homes.
1.-The resident commissioner of Basu'
to,and reports that 500 Beers lately ar
rived from Bloemfontein and that a
further contingent from Aliwal North
was only waiting to know the terms Of
my proclamation to surrender. They
had refused to attend council d
Kroonstadt to which President Steyr
had summoned them.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-03-19
TREASURY OFFICIALS BUSY.

New Financial Law Gives Them Something z
to IbO.
WASHINGTON, March ~ The officials
Of the treasury are overrun with work
as result Of the passage Of the new
financial bill, which involves the fund.
ing OF the old long.tcrm bonds into new
gold bonds bearing per cent interest.
The applications for the exchange Of old
bonds for the new, up to the time OF
closing the department for the day,
amounted to about e27. .OcO 900. all but
about ~, 100000 soming from national
banks.
The clerical force in the Office OF the
comptroller Of the currency is busy ex.
amininR applications for authority to
establish national hanks under the new
law. Very many Of these come from
small towns which hitherto were de.
barred from national bank privileges by
the national bank act. About 200 OF
these applications have been received
and favorable action taken on number
Of them
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-03-19
TO EXPLAIN REyERSES.

Cecil Rhodes says the British Exageer.
ssed the Number Of Roers Engaged.
LONDON, March l9.-The Daily Mail
publishes nn interview with Cecil
Rhodes. secured by Julian Ralph, in the
course Of which, complaining of the
''bungling Of the home authorities" he
said:
General Bullcr's extraordinary or.
ders TO Lord Mcthuen were to relieve
Kimberley, to take all the people away
and 10 fall back To Orange River. You
people III England have such wonder.
ful idea about Buffers gcncrnlship. but
such retreat would have been mon.
strous.''
Mr.. Rhodes declared that there had
only been $4,000 Beers in the field alto
gether and that the foreign mcrcenaries
Were only about $1,000. The numbers
of the Bocr>. he said. had been exagger-
atcd i'll order Ia explain the British re-
verses.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-03-19

Big rrnnamitt~r Placed In Columbus
VD.) hurCi.
COLUMBUS, o.. March l0.-Rev. II. II.
Barbour, pastor Of the FIRST BAPTIST
church Of this city. proposes to dispose
his sermons to those who are unable to
attend services at the church by tele-
phone.
The church has been wired by the
Citizens Telephone company and Dr.
Barbour will cause big transmitter TO
be hung on the front Of the gallery.
which will supply as many private lines
=. are connected with it. DR.. Barbour
explained tnat III this city the members
of the church can stay ut nome ana
hear all tho service. including singing
nrayers and the sermon.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-03-19
CALLING FRENCHMEN HOME

Many II THE Country Receive Motto. q.
He Ready to Fight.
INDIANAPOLIS, March ia ,,;snatch
20 The Journal from Wabash. Ind
says:
French residents Of the Indiana pas
OsN-and there are many Of them EN-.
ployed in the various manufacturing
establishments therein-are receiving
from the department of war at Paris
notices that they may be called on ut
snort notice sor military service by the
French government.
The notification contains the suppes.
non that they hold themselves in readi.
ness to respond to call to return to
france. Many Frenchmen are working
IN the glass works in the gas field, and a
large proportion Of these are natural.
ized. but some who have become Amer
lcan citizens have received notices.
1.-The recipients Of the communica.
lions think that war between France
and England is imminent and that
France is preparing for the struggle"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-03-19
MINERS GET AN INCREASE.

Scale Asre I'd on by Iowa Operators and
Their Employees.
DEs MONIES. March l9.-The confer.
ence of coal miners and operators which
has been in session since Feb. 26 has ad-
journed after adopting uniform scale
Of prices for mining which amounts to
about Is per cent increase for the min
ers. Under the agreement the opera.
tors will work in harmony and there
will likely be an increase in the price of
coal Of about 10 per cent to meet the in
creased cost of mining.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-03-19

Pa. says. .'As aspeedy cure for coughs.
colds. Group ard sore throat One Minute
Cough Cure il urequaleo. 1t is pleas
ant for children to take. l heartily
recommend it to mothers" It is the
only harmless remedy that produces i'm.
med,ate results. It cures bronchitis.
pneumonia. grippe and throat and luLg
diseases. 1t will prevent consumption.
Cook & OpEE
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-03-19
strcet Rail- way the Issue.

MILWAUKEE. March l9.-Compie'e
returns from the Republican ciucusscs
Tor the election Of de egates to the CITY
convention show that Henry }. baum'
GARNER will get tho nomination by an
ovcrwhel,niag majority. The street
r.;lwav issue will be the feature OF the
campaign. Baumgnrtner Is an anu
erect railway candidate while tho pres
ant administration which is out Tor re-
eisction L enacted partial 4.cent faro
msasure aud will seek ratification at the
POLLS.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-03-19

man government would awaken .n;,1
c'ons and have other than q hum.n;.
M1lan view. The increased mistrn. =
sneleoy engendered would not promote
peaceable settlement. The reoue,t -
sne republics to transmit their anneal
ior mediation to the Austro. Hunosr;a ,, =
and Swiss governments. whoss no. 20.
eses are watched by the German consnl.
ate' mas been Immediately fulfilled !"