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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-01-03
Runaway Bows

Mr.. ". D Jacobs, Of the Richland
mill, is eudeavorlng to ascertain the
whereabouts Of his TWO runaway boys.
These lads, O.cAr aud james Jacobs,
who arc aged respectively II aud y
years, ran away from their home here
on December llth, over fortnigh hit ago
ana their parents have heard nothing
from them. Oscar has scar across
the back Of his left hand. When last
seen the lads were going towards Au,
gu>ta, Ga. Mr.. Jacobs would be glad
TO receive any Information Is to .helr
Observation-Disclosures State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-01-03
A DIuukaTd's Folly.

Two r.:1- wore L--"tee fr-:.n "a iali-
road bridge 70 feet high at ,.oudou,
Tenn, Tuesday under peculiar circum
stances. Sam EIdridge, colored, one
Of the men, will die. The other will
probably recover. John Weare, in a
drunken condition attempted to ride
across the high bridge aud had freed
his horse alorg about forty feet before
it fell between the crosstics. An on
coming triau was h'gsed jlst io time
to prevent horses ano rlder being killed
In att, mp,i ing to get the horse off the
bridge S4mue! Edridge and VIM. Rog-
ers were Knocked off the Structure.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-01-03
Forty Children Drowned.

Upward Of forty school children we're
drowned recently IN IN ice accident a,
Frelipgh>m Belgium, near the French
frontier. The cmld en- Of the distric'
had been given holday with peImls-
sion to play on The frozen river L!s
When the m, rriment was al full height
,he ice broke suddenly and the children
disappeared \ few were rescued halt
dead, but thu majority We're drowned.
Thirty. SIX DO lies have been recovered,
but others are still missing. The cat
a,trophe 5: read CONSERVATION through
the town, where nearly every family
suffered loss.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-01-03
Fined Five Thousand.

Capt. Rlssoe of the Italian steamer
Etra. from Potpi, by way Of Malta,
was fined IS, QUO by Collector Stone Of
Baltimore Thursday for being without
a bill Of health from the latter. Capt.
Ru-soe explained that he had not been
in Uuited States port since 1888 aud
was not aware that bill Of health fron
q Port of call was necessary. Uuder
orders from the treasury department
the extreme penalty was inflicted,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-01-03
To Be Garroted.

The supreme court CT Puerto Rico, at
Ponce, has sentenced five men to be
gsrroted. In October, 1898, 20 men
heavily armed with guns and machates,
robbed house at Yauco, province OF
Ponce, aud murdered rlan named
Prudencio Mepdez. They also danced
around the body with his daughters
who were under compuision. Seven Of
the men were caught, but subsequently,
one of the prisoners escaped and one
died in jail.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-01-03
A Successful Career.

The career Of the several Kelley In
stitutes in various parts Of the United
States attests the efficacy of the treat
ment employed for the whi>key, the
morphine aud the tobacco hs bit. NUM-
bers of men who have been restored to
usefulness ana good repute, through
their rescue from the thraldom Of The
battle r,joice in the blessed relief
which has come to them. The keeley
Institute is now located at Columbia,
S. 9.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-01-03
Making His Word Good.

According to some of the latest fgur-
ing the Bosrs have killed or captured
7S6 Britons since the racket began,
and it hasn't got good start yet. The
British are probably beginning to real
lze that there was something IN Pcesi-
dent Krlger's declaration before the
Fl ghtiug began, that England m "
.ase tha Transvaal. but she will pay a
pr,rn that will startle the clEaazsd
world"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-01-03
He Is a Renegade.

The Washington Post says: "ln
few days charges will be fled before the
finance committee of the senate against
the confirmation of ex-Representative
William D. Bynum, of Indiana, as
Democratic appointee for the New York
board of appraisers. The minority OF
that committee are determined to resist
lhe installment Of Mr. Bynum IN that
tosition. They will do so oc the grouod
ohat he IS not Democrat, but has
openly affiliated himself with the BE.
publican party.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-01-03
British Subjects Warned

The British privy council held a
meeting at Windsor Castle at which
Queen Victoria proclaimed a warning
10 al Blush subjects not to assist in
habitan,S ot the Trausgaal or OF the
O.auge Free State to sell or trans
port merchandise thereto under penalty
Of the law.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-01-03
Blew Of His Hand.

4 special dispatch from Bi>hopviile
to The State says Mr. I. NJ Muidrow
had his hand 50 terribly mutllated by
the premature explosion Of cannon
cracker that amputation was necessary.
The operation was successfully per
formed by Dcs. Dennis, Afford and
Manning. 1t is reported that DR.. Har-
ris of E!liottS met with a similar acct
dent, also that young man by the
name cf Atchison accidentally shot
himself through the hand while hand
ling shotgun.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-01-03
Killed in a Rabbit Hunt.

A special dispatch from Laurens to
The Nrws and Courier say In a rabbit
hunt "Wednesday near Cross Hill, Cas-
per Fuller, a young gentleman l9 years
old. was accidentally shot by Mr.. But
Ter Richardson. Young Fuller died
this morning. TLey are of our best
cltizrrs. The accident viii be greatly
dnu!Crrd
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-01-03
Killed Bo,h Brothsrs.

AS the result Of dispute between
John aud Jane, Garter, brothers, and
Bud Lync9, nci ish5or, a; II: In, Lick,
Putnam county, Ieun., quarrel en-
seed, terminating in Lyuen killing
the brothers. AL are farmers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-01-03

the rurnber in 1888 was l35 with So
Ti6 $50 Of c:lpilaI, as against l6o. com
qaui~> il 1899 VITA capitalization OF
SIC, 425. $50 -C1!um;ria State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-01-03
he prejudice against color II

122sle prejudice against color IL
9actions, however, is so general
nd .stense hat Discrimination IS not
nade between re worthy aud the un-
-or,hy.-The laws, either bv express
s,royi>ion or in-,he method cf their al.
5 ss,i,,istra,ion, diScsiuinate against all
Solored men alike. The colored mau
n6er,tauds. this, and, seeing no pros
Us OF improviog his condii"n, he Is
Ss;ng iuto hopelesSness. If the rep
ZZose,,tation of those states should be
-e5nced. as it ought to be, 1t would
onerste as a copntervailing force aud
80 TO establish a proper political
son;Iibrium. The importance Of a
Isrre representation IN congress and IN
The electoral college Is appreciated by
the white people Of the South, and they
would be prompted, on the one hand,
70 establish far laws for the protection
Of their domestic institutions, aud. on
the Other hand, TO honestly administer
them. and to accord the colored man
the right to participate in politics as
soon as he was fitted fer the privilege
in order to increase MISREPRESENTATION.
This would put before the Negro con.
slant inducement to equip himself and
itwould be powerful force toward the
elevation Of the moral aud intellectual.
tone Of the race.
s:The white people Of the South have
felt justified in resVrtiI 6 to sub,erfuge:
for the purpose Of evsdlng the fedora
laws, IN order TO protect themseIve:
against the colored vote, until there
prevails in many localiues genera
condition Of political GENERALIZATION
The cheating Of election laws has come
to be looked upon as virtue. The
respect for law, that is so coEsplcuou:
characteristic Of the American people
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-01-03

1t will be Doted thar there has b,.u
marked increase in the number. aud
something over two millions il capital
zalion.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-01-03
STAFF COMMISSIONS ISSUED.
Company Officers Will be the Next to
Receive Theirs.

The adjutant general has begun the
preparation Of the commissions for the
officers who are to he retained in the
reorganized militia force Of the State.
A start was made Friday when the
commissions were issued to the mem
bers of the governors staff, the gov.
ernor duly signing each. All the COM
missions bear date Of August % last,
save those Of Gen. Floyd and Col.
Frost, dated Jan. Is last. The official
list Of the commissions is as follows:
STAFF OF COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
Adjutant and Inspector General
" Floyd, brigadier general, Kersha"
county.
Assistant Adjutant and Inspector
General-Col J d Frost, Columbia.
Qlartermaster General-Col. W c
MauIdin, Hampton.
Commissary General-Col. W 3 Viii
son, Charleston.
Surgeon General-Col. E J Wanna
maker, Columbia
Paymaster Geueral-Col. Geo. D Till
man, Jr, Clar<'s Hill.
Judge Advocate General-Col. U x
Gunter, Jr., Spantauburg.
Chief Eogineer-Col. Jno. F Folk,
Bamlerg.
Chief of Ordnance-Col. Louis J
BIistow, Darlington.
AIDES TO COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
Lieut.. Col. H Fay Gaffney, Gaffney.
Lieut.. COL August Kohn, Columbia.
Lieut.. Col. Z J Watson, Columbia
Lieut.. Col. Jas. A McCarley, Whit
mire.
Lieut.. Col. C S Reddiug, Charleston.
Lieut.. Col. Jas. a Hoyt, Jr., Colum-
bia
Lieut.. Col. " G Hough, Lancaster.
Lieut.. Col. Tbos. Z Hamer, Bennetts-
Vile.
Lieut. COL A H Moss. Orangeburg.
Lieut.. CD G z Sullivan, Anderson.
Capt. S B Hyatt (courier), Columbia.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-23
viADucT TO Be TAKEN DOWN.
Inn mense Work of Engineering in
Pennsy1vania Will Be Destroyed.

Inn mense Work of Engineering in
Pennsylvania Will Be Destroyed.
1t is autheritatively stated that the
famous Kinzua viaduct, the gigantic
iron girder and trestle bridge in Nc
kean County, Pennsylvania. south of
Bradford. is to be replaced at an early
date by a new and wholly different
structure Work on it was begun on
May 5, 1882, and 1t was completed and
opened for traffic less than four months
later, on Aug. 90. 1882. 1t is 301 feet
high at the highest point and until
the completion of the Garabit viaduct
was the highest bridge in the world.
The Garabit spans the Truyere in the
south of France, is l.S49 feet long and
at the highest point the rail level is
401 feet above the river. 1t was de-
signed by NJ Eiffel. builder of the fam
GUS tower, and was completed in 1884.
The Kinzua bridge is 2,O60 feet long.
Its completion gave to the New York.
rect communication with the coal fields
Of Western Pennsylvania. The Buff
falo, Rochester and Pittsburg has a
traffic arrangement with the Erie for
the use of the bridge. The valley of
the Kinzua, which this great trestle
spans, Is fifteen miles south of Brad
ford and one of the widest regions yet
left in Western Pennsylvania. Until
recently, perhaps even yet, bear were
plentiful and deer occasionally found
in this valley. The Kinzua viaduct
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-23
woman,s MOST win.ome Ace.

Why do women hesitate to tell their
age? BY common consent it Is regard
ed as very rude and boorish to ask a
woman a categorical question regard
ing the number of her birthdays. Yet
there should be no diffidence on the
point, and reticence on the subject is
hard to explain. Except for some rea-
son connected with business which
may find in accumulating years ham
dicap, man is usually very open
about his age and as ready to proclaim
it as his wife and sister are to conceal
theirs. Probably the feeling In the
matter had its origin In the long ago
when matrimony was the ordinary
woman's only desirable goal, and when
as she grew older her chances of find
ing mate diminished perceptibly.
The situation has so entirely changed
and spinsterhood has become SO invit-
ing that we should expect to discover
an alteration in the manners of women
on this point and to find them quite
candid as to their claims to maturity
or the reverse. Fifty years to-day looks
as forty did score Of years ago. Thirty
always a very winsome age, the age
of woman's most captivating beauty
is not now to be distinguished in
freshness and bloom from twenty-five.
Outdoor life is doing for women what
nothing else can do-making them
beautiful and keeping them young
Golfers Weekly.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-23

had fastened the first bundle to the wire
and had launched it on its downward
course her wedding ring became caught
in the rope with which the bundle was
tied, and in a fash she was carried of
her feet and swept downward into the
valley. Half paralyzed with fear, her
little daughters watched her as she
sped from their sight with amazing
swiftness. and then they ran down the
mountain, fully expecting to find her
lying dead at the end of the wire.
And their fear was quite natural,
since the mountain top from which
their mother had been torn Is 800 yards
above the valley. Fortunately. their
fear proved to be groundless. They
found their mother entirely uninjured.
Yet, wonderful indeed was it that her
life was not crushed out of her at the
end of her perilous descent. 1t would
have been If her fall had not been
broken as she was reaching the earth
by some friendly branches. The bundle
Of wood, too. was in some measure
bulwark against the rock.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-23

dreamy eyes, the exact color of wood
violets; to the great black forest of os-
trich plumes that formed her hat; to
the geometric curve of the towering
collar of her cape. At any rate, she
looked as If she might have sauntered
out of the pages OF some journal of
fashions beautiful denizen of picture
paper land, where skirts always hang
in just the proper folds and trousers
never bag at the knee.
Everybody looked at her, the men ad-
miringly and the women coldly, as they
always do when another woman Is bet
ter dressed. and she withstood the scru-
tiny with regal composure. She did
not seem aware that any body else was
present. At last the car neared her
corner. and when she had pressed the
button and the wheels were almost at
a standstill she arose calmly and glided
down the aisle. She was at the door
when the car came to full stop. and,
seeing her stagger slightly from the
shock, the conductor instinctively laid
his hand upon her arm.
1t was courteous and respectful act
and one that might have saved her
from fall. but the instant his fingers
touched her sleeve the naughty beauty
leaped backward as IL she had seen an
apparltion. Her delicate face went
pale and her dreamy eyes blazed.
Don't touch me, sir!' she exclaimed,
with a harshness that shocked and as
tonished every hearer. The conductor
was plain. kindly man, and, flushing
with modification and chagrin. he
turned back to his platform, while the
young woman gathered her skirts and
passed swiftly through the door. well,
l must say" remarked an elderly gen.
tleman who had taken in the episode
over the top of his newspaper, "that
was about the most painful exhibition
of superciliousness ever witnessed In
my life. Pshaw! No wonder the poor
are embittered." There was growl
of approval and the conductor thrust a
smiling face through the doorway.
Don't blame de young lady. gents"
he said, cheerily. "She explained it all
when she was gettin' off. She didn't
mean nothin'. You see, she's just been
vaccinated."
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-23
LAW AS INTERPRETED.

Anagreement by a member of a build
ing and loan association to insure his
life and permit the policy to be used as
collateral security for loan to the as
ISOLATION is held, in Tate VS.. CONNER
.ial Building Association (Va.), As l..
a. A. 243, to be void as against public
policy.
That corporation organized to fur
aish railroad terminal facilities has au-
thority to maintain hotel, restaurant
and news stand at passenger station
Is held, in Ryan VS.. Louisville & Nash
Vile Terminal company (Tenn.). 45 L.
r. A. 3O3, insufficient to preclude the
corporation from exercising the right
Of eminent domain on the ground that
it would be taking property for private
uses.
A man who has cold, on account Of
which he is in bed, is held, In Barnes
vs.. Fidelity Mutual Life Association
Pa.), As L. r. A. 264, to be, neverthe-
less, sin good health" within the mean
ing Of a clause in life Insurance pol
Icy which requires the premium to be
paid while he Is In good health, al
though pneumonia sets in, in day or
two after the premium is paid, and
proves fatal.
Giving the exclusive right to stand
hacks on an area owned by railroad
company adjacent to passenger sta
ton for the purpose of soliciting busi-
ness is held, in Indianapolis Union
Railroad Company VS.. Dohn Qnd.), 40
Z. r. A. 427, to be unlawful on the
ground that the company, having ac-
quired its grounds, whether by pur-
chase or condemnation. through the
sovereign right of eminent domain, cam
not grant any special privileges and Inn
munities that the State could not, and
that such action is also against public
policy as tending to restrict competi-
tion and enhance prices.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-23
MYSTERY OF THE HANDSPRING.
Some Breakages Not Yet Understood
Despite Much Investigation.

Some Breakages Not Yet Understood
Despite Much Investigation.
Despite the inyestiga tions regarding
the structure of mainsprings and the
efforts to improve them; despite the ex-
perilnentation and theorizing on the
subject, some of the causes of the
breaking of mainsprings remain an un-
solved mystery. Many, indeed. are the
known causes responsible for breaking.
such as faulty construction or temper
ing, careless handling. leading to the
formation of rust and poor fitting. but
after all these which are recognized
have been eliminated there still re-
mains the fact we'll known to watch
makers that the best springs will. in
spite of the most careful handling and
proper adjustment, unexpectedly
break, sometimes in a number of
places. 1t will thus happen that or two
Springs made at the same time by the
same process, of the same material
tempered in the same way and handled
with the same care. one may last for
wears, while the other may break after
two weeks use, or even while being
placed in the barrel.
When it Is considered that the spring
fs but from .OOS to .OO9 of an inch In
thickness; that the material must be
subjected to process which shall give
1t high state of elasticity. and at the
same time enable it to do its prescrib-
ed work for years. a slight molecular
disarrangement in its structure may be
expected to occur from causes too in
significant for observation.
Many jewellers state that 1t Is their
experience that they have many more
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-23

steady source of income for the Island.
or they can be allowed to be wiped out
at one fell swoop of the lumber dealer.
He is reported to be already In Cuba,
preparing to make to the owners of the
forests tempting offers of little mon
ey SO much needed that the natives
will be apt to overlook the value of
what they own and forget what is to
their future advantage. A few saw
mills erected, railways built and the
means of getting the lumber to the sea
provided, and it will be all over with
the Cuban forests, while an ounce of
protection for them now will save the
young trees and cause an intelligent
care of new plantations and preserve
to the islands one of Its best means of
revenue.
It is marvellous how rapidly a wood
can disappear and be lost to even mem
ory. An English traveller in this coun-
try not many years since, In writing
of a part of Connecticut where the for
est is now practically unknown, spoke
of "the everlasting forest. from which
in America we cannot fly. l cannot re-
member that, except in some part of
the prairies, was ever out of sight of
the forests in the United States, and l
am sure l never wished to be SO. 1t
was like the 'terdurous wall of para
dise,' confining the mighty southern
and western rivers to their channels.
We were, as it appeared. imprisoned
in 1t for many days as we traversed
the Southeastern States. We threaded
it In Michigan; we skirted 1t in New
York and Pennsylvania; and through
out New England 1t bounded every
landscape. 1t looked down upon us
from the hilltops; it advanced into no.
tice from every gap and notch in the
chain. To the native it must appear
as indispensable in the picture gallery
of nature as the sky. To the English
traveller it is a special boon, an added
charm, newly created grace, like the
infant planet that wanders across the
telescope of the astronomer.
Next to the solemn and various beauty
of the sea and sky comes that of the
wilderness"
Looking at 1t in a wholly utilitarian
spirit, the mind reverts to the property
loss to the country in letting these mag
nificent woods be the prey of the greed
of the lumberman. who has cut with
out knowledge or pity, stamping out
behind him all the forest wealth as he
goes on his devastating career, cutting
right and left, without care for the
coming years. If forestry had not for
SO long been made science in Europe
we could have an excuse. but there is
only heedlessness and greed that can
account for what has been done.-New.
port News.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-23
CAMEO CARVING.

A Description of the Tools and the
Method Employed.
All the tools used by the cameo carv-
err would make but handful. says the
New York Evening Post The worker
sits before wheel turned by pedal;
tools occupy a small corner Of the ta-
BILE surface on which the workers
hands rest while he holds the shaped
stone or shell beneath the needle-like
drill. The little pointed instruments
which are used to drill resemble those
employed by a dentist, and, indeed, 1t
was from the cameo carver's kit that
the dentists got many Of their ideas
when the tools now in use by them
came to be manufactured. thirty years
ago. The drills vary In thickness ac-
cording to the portion Of the figure or
design to be executed. Some are as
fine as the point of a cambric needle.
A small china receptacle also stands
near, filled with oil and diamond dust
and into this the workman frequently
dips his tool during the progress Of his
work.
The cameo cutters occupation Is very
exacting. He can put in only few
hours work alta time as usual thing.
because of the tension on his nerves.
A quavering hand may be responsible
for the single stroke which will spoil
a weeks work. He must have an eye
almost like microscope and very
delicate touch; he must be an artist
in soul and as skilled a craftsman as
matchmaker; he must know how to
model and draw. and he must have
knowledge of chemistry, SO as to re-
move offending spots.
The work is executed in relief on
many kinds of hard or precious stones,
but essentially the chalcedonic variety
of quartz and on shells. The cameo
cutter himself prefers onyx because
of its dark and light layers. which
throw out in bold relief white head,
say, against a black background. He
evolves his picture by removing all
that portion Of the white stratum re-
naming after the head has been COM
pleted. Sapphire blocks are used, car
nelian. turquoise, amethyst and nu-
merous other stones.
1t takes about . month to execute