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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-08-08

Phoenix, Arizona, once sagebrush
desert, has $4,000 inhabitants and an
assessed valuation of 10000, 900, a.
due to irrigation canals brought from
distant streams. During the last ten
years 545 miles OF irrigation bitches
have been opened in Arizona at cost
of 81, sos, 469, and the Territory would
not part with tie system for ten times
the money.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-08-08

Rev. Harry Jones, chaplain of the
battleship Texas, thus disposed of a
lie: 81 have been charge with en-
dorsing the writer, Maclay. | never
even heard of him until read of him
in the newspaper and I never saw him
in my life l do not approve of Mr..
Maclay's work" That's the way the
lies against Schley will be disposed OF
when the evidence is all in.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-08-08

The New York Mail and Express
notes that many other ministers are
agreeing with the Jersey genius who
says the women are going to heaven,
bui the men are going elsewhere.
None of the clergy, however, expresse
an opinion as to how long the women
are likely to continue to 60 to heaven
if the men don't.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-08-08

There was bolt from the boilers
conventson held at Columbus, Ohio,
last week. One of the delegates got up
and scooted because he couldn't stand
the word "Democratic' in the resolut-
ions.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-08-08

Now that Kansas have learned the
efficacy of prayer it might be a good
idea for them to continue to cultivate
the praying habit instead of making it
an emergency ration.-Salt Lake
Herald.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-08-08
Annual Statement.

nilluOI SkokCiIVuA.
Annual report Of d. l.. Wertheimer
Company of De La Mar, Nevada. for the
year 1900:
January l, 1900, Capital stock S50,0C0 co
Janurry l, 1901. Merchandise Sl9,64S 90
Buildings Il fixtures $3.50 0
Book accounts--- Ais 90
Cash on hand- 637 90
Cash loans------- 10000 90
Treasury StOck---- 10000 90
$4,000 90
ID. L. WERTHEIMEE.
secretary
Dated August t. 1901.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
.JournalEstic Errors.

I do not allude to what are obviously
mere misprints, such as when The
Morning Post announced at the head OF
it's fashionable intelligence that LORD
Palmerston had gone down into Hamp-
shire with 4 party Of tiends to shoot
peasants, but refer to blunders due to
Grass ignorance Of pretentious order.
Perhaps the best instance was when
one of the young lions" of The Daily
Telegraph in q leading article enuner-
ated the great masters Of Greek seulp-
ture as Phidias, Praxitelcs and Milo,
ignorant Of the fact that Milo is not a
sculptor, but an island.
The Times was even worse when.
mistaking Prussia for Austria. 1t de-
voted whole leader TO discussing why
Prussia had joined the zollrerein- The
Saturday Review once explained at
great length that the population might
be nourished gratuitously on young
lambs if killed unweaned before they
had begun to crop grass. having there
fore cost nothing to feed. Many other
instances will doubtless occur to your
readers.-Notes and Queries.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
What to Read.

Read the good old. books that have
lived and held their own by the vital
ity of matter and style that makes
them standards. Don't read lot Of
new books about the Bible. Read the
Bible, and then you will understand
what you may afterward read about
the Bible. Read Shakespeare, not con-
troversles on Shakespeare; read Scott
and Thackeray and Dickens and George
Eliot. Do not be content with a short
history Of literature that tells you their
best works and makes q few discon-
nectcd extracts and tells you their
standing and what you should think
Of them.
Read lntelligently and with interest,
and every book you read will guide
you to the next, that is good for you
personally far better than strange
mentor can do, who is often full Of
theories ard prejudices or perhaps has
got up a course Of study as 6 "pot boil
er" and has no real love Of his subject.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
A Lesson to UurnOriSts.

One cannot safely assume 10 these
days that there is any region In which
such and such q journal is not read.
Recently q certain humorist needed q
rest and went and stopped IN cottage
in a remote village by the sea. His
sitting room opened on the kitchen.
where his landlady, woman widely
esteemed as 4 person Of great acumen
and a maker Of phrases. was wont to
receive the neighbors. He listened and
put both landlady and neighbors into
some amusing sketches which were
promptly published in q London maga-
zine. a month or two went by. Then
one afternoon he came back to the cct-
tage to meet and cover before an In
dignant matron. who told him. among
other things, that be had one hour Ill
which to pack his traps and quit the
village. She was not going to have an
ea7esdropper in her house. and she
added a significant hint to tie effect
that the people Of the village we're Of
the same opinion and might be betray-
ed into an attempt to give forcible
demonstration Of their views.-London
Post
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
SCRAPS OF SCIENCE.

A scientist who has made study of
the planet declares that there is snow
on the moon.
There are % pounds Of blood in the
body of an average grown up person,
and at each pulsation the heart moves
10 pounds.
While cyclones and tornadoes are diff.
ferent phenomena, the former appear
to give rise to the latter. Tornadoes
almost always break out, if at all, on
the southeasterly outskirts Of q cyclone.
A period Of 5 seconds between fash
Of lightning and thunder means that
the fash is a mile distant from the OBJ
server. Thunder has never been heard
over Is miles from the fash, though
artillery has been heard 120 miles.
Sir Robert Ball asserted that every
100 years the sun loses miles Of its
diameter. To allay anxiety, however,
he mentioned that the diameter Of the
sun is 100000 miles and that 10000
years hence the diameter would still
be S5s,OO0 miles.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
BRICKS WITHOUT STRAW.

More than a thousand years ago
Shadows OF time, how the days 60 by
There was man used to knoS-
May seem strange, but you'll sec it's so
After tell you the reason why
Worked in brickyard. same as you
And all OF Us have to do;
Mixed in the trouble and worry and strife.
The rirth and the o;Ecr things t! !!f@:
Stirred in the hopes and the pains AZ! fears.
Encaacl the mud with his >S:ea: and his tears
Hur,anegt mass that ever y:u >aS.
"Poor brick!" said the man. but | have no
straw
Up to his knecs in the miry pit,
pygny's way, but giants grit;
His back was chain CT throbbing aches,
Lifting the mold with its earthen cakes;
Elbows rusty as hinges OF steel,
Knees so lame be could hardly knccl;
Mud so stiff it would clog plow
And couldn't be stirred with wheel nohow;
Nights as short as the days were long;
Nothing seemed right but everything wrong.
sBest can do,'' said the man; "but, pshaw,
You can't make brick when you have no straw!
Taskmasters pit;less lashed the man.
Can't" sobbed Weakness, but Courage crleo'
CAM
"Doa't!" said Despair, but Duty cried, 'Do!'
"All right said the man, ''fll worry her
through!
Can't do much, and reckon you'll see
Brick won't be just what they ought to be;
Amt nigh so good as know could make
II Just had straw; but you'll have to take
The best can do for the works own sake"
He finished his tale Of bTick and then
Went home to rest, and .ae sons o. MIA
Looked on his perfect work and saw
He'd have spoiled the brick had he put IN straw.
Robert J. Burdette.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
When 6. Man Can See 200 Miles.

About 200 miles in every direction IS
the distance a man can see when stand
ing, on a clear day, on the peak Of the
highest mountain-say, at a height OF
26e6S feet, or q little over five miles
above the level Of the sea- An observer
must be at a height Of 6,667 feet above
sea level to see objects at distance of
100 miles. The distance in miles at
which an object upon the surface Of
the earth is visible Is equal to the
square root Of one and half times the
height Of the observer in feet above the
sea level.
Some allowance has to be made for
the effect Of atmospheric refraction,
5u. as the refraction varies at differ
ent heights and is affected by the vari-
Gus states Of the weather no precisely
accurate figures for general purposes
can be given. Probably one-fourteenth
to one tenth Of the distance given by
the formula would have to be deducted,
owing to the refraction Of the atmos-
phere,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
l.lNCOLN'S LOGIC
How Old Abe Learned to Tell WheE
Thing Is Proved.

How Old Abe Learned to Tell Wher
Thing Is Proved.
A man who heard Abraham Lincoln.
speak in Norwich, Conn, some time
before he was nominated for president.
was greatly impressed by the closely
knit logic Of the speech. Meeting him
next day on train he asked him how
he acquired his wonderful logical pow
ers and such acuteness in analysis. .
Lincoln replied: at was my terrible
discouragement which did that for me.
When I was young man. I went into
an Office to study law. I saw that q
lawyers business IS largely to prove
things. said to myself, Lincoln,
when is thing proved? That was Il
poser. What constitutes proof? Not
evidence: that was not the point.
There may be evidence enough, but
wherein consists the proof? I groaned
over the question, and finally said to
myself, .Ah, Lincoln, you can't tell
Then I thought what use is it for me
to be In law Office if can't tell when
q thing is proved?
$50 l gave it up and went back
home. Soon after I returned to the
old log cabin I fell in with a copy Of
Euclid. I had not the slightest notion
Of what Euclid was, and I thought l
would find out. I therefore began at
the beginning, and before spring I had
gone through the old Euclid's geometry
and could demonstrate every PROPOSE
ton in the book Then in the spring,
when had got through with it, I said
to myself one day, 'Ah, do you know
when q thing is proved? and I an
swered, Yes, sir, do. Then you may
90 back to the law shop and I went." "
Exchange.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
a Mixed Wedding Party.

'sThe college roommate Of friend of
mine was engaged to lady in Naw
York." writes the Rev. D. Al. Steele in
his article on Some People l Have
Married" in The Ladies Home Jour
nal. His people are Congregational
lists, but while at Yale he became q
Unitarian. Her parents are Roman
Catholics, but she was member of The
Ethical Culture society at Carnegie
hall. In coEG'liance with her mothers
wish he asked five different priests to
marry them, but all refused. In despair
be came for me. married them. an
Episcopallan, with the ritual service In
a Presbyterian chapel The Roman
Catholic brother Of the bride and the
Congregational sister Of the groom
were present This sister acted as one
witness; the other witness was q Jew
esS."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
General Lees Answer.

After the surrender Of Appomattox,
General Wise came riding down the
road furiously to where General Lee
and his staff were grouped. He was
splashed with mud from head tc heels,
stnd there were great splotches Of mud
dried and caked upon his face Ad-
dressing General Lee, he asked in Z
theatrical voice, SIS it true, General
Lee, that you have surrendered"
"Yes, General Wise, it is true"
- wish, then. to ask you one Ques-
ton, What is going to become Of my
brigade, General Lee. and what is 60
ing to become Of met"
General Lee looked at the splashed
warrior for a full minute and then
said calmly and in q low tone, Gen
erai Wise. go and wash your face"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
The STRENGTH OF O. Shark.

Given special advantages, such as
that Of holding the end Of stout rope
at the other extremity Of which is q
hook fixed in a sharks mouth, man
may, with the assistance Of q number
Of his fellows, have the best Of the
shark. But alone and in the water the
advantage is wholly and absolutely the
other way, and the strongest swimmer
and the brarest heart fail when the
tyrant CT the sea seeks to make his ac'
quaintance.
The shark is q creature gifted with
great strength, q savage temper, dog
ged perseverance and exceptional pow
er Of jaw. The lion and tiger may
mangle, the crocodile may lacerate, the
bulldog may hold fast-the shark alone
Of living creatures possesses the power
Of nipping OF a human limb at clean
bite
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
CHEERED THE CENSOR.
Row q Gallant T-ish Regiment Took
an After Battle ScoIdlng.

The leading regiment Of our column
was the Fifty-third, commanded that
day by Major Payn, afterward General
Sir William Payn, *. c. B., a very fine
regiment, who, being mostly lrishme2,
were eager to meet their enemy. Mean
while received orders to cross the riv-
er by ford and get round the enemy's
right flank, and l had gone for this
purpose and was crossing about quar-
ter of q mile lower down. when sud
denly I heard. loud cheering and .
heavy musketry fire, and then saw
our troops gallantly advancing across
the bridge to the assault.
It turned out to be the Fifty-third.
who, tired of the delay under fire and.
it was whispered, hearing that Sir
Colin had sent for his pet highlanders
to take the bridge, took their bits be,
tween their teeth and without any
further orders determined to rush the
bridge themselves, which they accord
ingly did, and with great success. The
enemy, once forced out Of their posi-
ton, showed but poor, dcsultory
fight and, as at Cawnpur, fell an easy
prey to the cavalry, who, having cross
ed, some by the bridge and others, in
Guiding myself, by the ford, fell on
them and pursued them with such sue
cess that we captured every gun they
had.
The Fifty-third were we'll pleased
with themselves and the result Of the
fight they had so suddenly initiated,
but we heard that Sir Colin was great
~ annoyed W Il them and after the ac-
ton rated TIN soundly for their in-
subordination. But little die these
wild Irishmen care. They had had
their fight, and real good one so far
as they were concerned, and as Sir
Colin concluded his speech Of rebuke
they gave him three cheers, and. giving
three cheers more for General Mans.
field, Sir Collins chief Of staff, who
had formerly commanded their regi-
ment, they quite upset the chiefs eQua'
nimity. but at the same time cleared
away his wrath.-"Old Memories"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
GREYHOUNDS.
They Are the Fleetest OF All -Four
Footed Animals.

They Are the Fleetest OF All -Four
Footed Animals.
Comparatively few people realize OF
what remarkable speed dogs are capa-
BILE. Some remarkable statistics in re-
gard to this have been gathered by n.
Dusolier, French scientist.
After pointing out the marvellous en-
durance shown by little fox terriers
who follow their masters patiently FOR
hours while the latter are riding on bi-
cycles or in carriages, he says that even
greater endurance is shown by certain
wild animals that are akin to dogs.
Thus the wolf can run between so
and 60 miles in one night, and an arctic
fox can Go quite as we'll, if not better.
Nansen met one Of these foxes on the
ice at point more than 70 miles north
west Of the Sannikow territory. which
Is 4SO miles from the Asiatic coast Es-
kimo and Siberian dogs can travel 40
miles on the ice in five hours, and there
Is one case on record in which Il team
Of Eskimo dogs travelled 6la miles IN
2S minutes.
According to N. Dusolier, the speed
Of the shepherd dogs and those used IN
hunting ranges from 10 to 10 yards
second. English settlers and pointers
hunt at the rate Of IS to 10 miles an
hour, and they can maintain this speed
for at least two hours.
Foxhounds are extraordinarily swift.
as is proved by the fact that dog OF
this breed once beat thoroughbred
horse, covering four miles in 61a min
utes, which was at the rate of nearly
is yards a second.
Greyhounds are the swiftest OF all
four footed creatures, and their speed
may be regarded as equal to that Of
carrier pigeons. English greyhounds'
which are carefully selected and which
are used for coursing. are able to COW
er at full galloD space between Is
and % yards every second.
How great an achievement this IS
may be judged from the fact that q
thoroughbred horse rarely If ever ex-
ceeds 10 yards. Moreover, it IS said
that O hare at it's greatest speed never
goes faster than at the rate Of IS yards.
These interesting statistics are e1-
citing much comment among sports
men and other lovers Of dogs, and the
opinion is unanimous that NJ. Dusolier
has fully proved the right Of the grey
hound to rank as the swiftest Of the
quadrupeds. Express engines only sur
pass them.-London Mail.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
CAPITAL TEN PERCENTERS.
Government Clerks Who Lend to
Their Fellow Workers..

Government Clerks Who Lend TO
Their Fellow Workers.
81 reckon III sell my salary this
month" remarked the young census
clerk.
"To whom" asked his friend.
"Why, to one Of the ten percenters,
Of. course was the reply.
Dialogues such as this are Of fire.
quent occurrence between government
clerks in Washington toward the end
Of the month. When clerk sells his
salary to ten percenter, he gives the
latter an I O y for the entire salary
due him on the following pay day and
receives in exchange 90 per cent Of the
amount. The man who makes the loan
retains the remaining 10 per cent
whence his name Of ten percenter.
The ten percenter is said to exist
under one name or another in all OF the
great federal department buildings IN
Washington. He is invariably shrewd
government clerk who has q bit Of
money Of his own or has saved his sal
ary until its accumulation represents
a tidy little sum. This capital he is
ever ready to lend in sums Of from $40
to 500.
, In q majority Of the Washington Of
fees the laws against usurers are so
vigorously enforced that the ten per-
center is unable to transact business
in safety as an Individual; he exists
nevertheless under the protecting title
Of a beneficial society. These fake So
cieties should not be confused with
the mutual beneficiary organizations
which have been established for a
number Of years IN many Of the de-
partments, notably the government
printing Office, for the purpose Of aid
ing sick or disabled members and their
| families and Of burying the dead. The
ten percenters' society never includes
more than I've or six members. They
have their charter and 2 carefully
drawn constitution and bylaws.
Each member contributes a certain
amount Of money to the funds Of the
concern, and the other employees Of
the Office are quietly informed how
they can be accommodated with loan
for o small bonus On the first Of every
month the pool divides its profits.
These organizations are usually short
lived, as they become unpopular when
the business begins to grow large. The
death of one fake association is rapidly
followed by the birth Of a successor,
differing from its predecessor in name
only, so that the ten peccenters are en-
abled to ply their trade without much
interruption.-NewY York Sun.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
He Didn't Complain.

Young Wife-This talk about men
being so impatient when g woman Is
getting ready to so anywheso IS all
nonsense.
Friend-Doesn't your husband COM
plain at all?
Young Wife-No. indeed! Why, last
evening l couldn't find my gloves and
had a long hunt for half dozen other
things, and yet when l was finally
dressed and went down stairs to my
husband there he was by the fire read
ing and smoking as calmly as If
wasn't half an hour late.
Friend-Well, I declare! Where were
you going?
Young Wife-To prayer meeting
New York Weekly.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
Horses Sunbonnets.

The wearing Of sunbonnets by horses
in hot weather is by no means mod
ern invention. In an old Italian print,
dated 1912, a gentleman is shown rid
ing on horseback with an umbrella fix
edSver his own head and another over
that Of his horse. In Mexico horses are
often protected by small parasol ris-
ing over the head, and horse similar
ly accommodated has lately been seen
in Regent street. Unfortunately this
headdress annoyed the conventional
"horse in the street." and it came very
near causing more than one disaster on
the way to Langham place.-London
CslaS,2zSa
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
AS She Saw It.

Mrs. Kleener-What is the matter
with you this evening, John, that sou
amt smoking?
Mr.. Kleener-The doctor says
mustn't. He says I must stop smoking
or die.
Mrs. kleener-Oh, I'm so glad! You
won't be scenting up my curtains any
more, will you?-Boston Transcript.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
Not Needed.

According to the London Vanity Fair,
q celebrated surgeon met young Off
ccr In Plccadilly one day and greeted
him with surprise. "Well, am pleased
to see you! I am surprised! Do you
know I have c portion Of your brain
IN q jar at homer
"Ah, WELL" laughed the other, " can
easily spare that. I have got berth
in the war Office"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
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WRECK ON Pennsylvania.
New York Express Crashed Into
> by Switch Engine at a
Columbus.
TWO PASSENGER COACHES DEMOLISHED.
Disaster Occurs in the Depot Where
the Train Was Standing-NIany
Passengers Are Injured, Some of
Them Seriously-Partial List Of
the Injured.

Columbus, O., July 9.-The New
York express on the Pennsylvania
railroad, due here at 1928 Monday
afternoon, was run into by switch
engine and a cut of cars at the en-
trance to the Union depot. Two
coaches of the passenger train were
demolished and about rs persons
hurt, some seriously.
Most Seriously Injured.
The following were the most seri-
ously injured: ...~@ +
]. w. Chaplin, Indianapolis. Ind; side
crushed.
Helen Chavous, Marion, O.; badly bruised
about head. a... !
Cora Jennings, Orrville, O.: right arm
Sprained.
Mrs. Flyn, Elwood, Ind; head bruised.
Mrs. James Coan, Elwood Ind. probably
Internally injured.
Leon Coan. Elwood, Ind; head badly
bruised and bad scalp wound.
Samuel c. Fulson, badly bruised and cut
by broken glass.