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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-09
The Warlike Beers

Whatever may be said of the relative
merits of the Boer and British causes,
it must be agreed that the world has
seldom seen such a stubborn struggle
against overwhelming odds as the Beers
are making. 1t was supposed that the
capture Of CroDje and his army, the
fight Of Kruger and toe capture Of
johannesburg and Pretoria would speed
lily end the war. But many months
have passed since these events. and
the Beers are not only still in arms
but have achieved, in rapid succession,
series of most remarkable victories
over foe immensely their superior IN
numbers and all sorts Of military eq nip
ment and supplies. According to an
oticial report. there we're In South
Africa on December l British force
available for duty which numbered no
less than 2l0, ,2U3 men, of whom l42,
893 are regulars. The highest estimate
of the Boer force is Is, QUO. This great
disparity of numbers represents by no
means the disadvantages uader which
the Beers are fighting. They have no
base of operations aud ooIy precarlous
supplies of food and ammunilion. Their
weapons are iLferlor to those of the
BRUSH. Ano yet the Beers, thus i'll
provided and scattered in small groups,
have recently struck some severe blows
and continue their wonderful and au-
dacious activity without the slightest
indication of relaxing their resistance,
hopeless as it seems. Since the begin
Mig Of the war the Beers have iLa
ed terrible damage upon the Bltlsh.
The Bnush killed TO Dec. l numbered
3,U15, wounded l3 SsS, dead from dis
ease or wounds I 7o6, sick in hospitals
in Sou:h Africa 1927, sick and
wounded sent back TO England 3o, 548.
The war has rot made or added to the
fame of single BRUSH commander,
but it has produced Two Boer generals
VINO will take historic rank amJng the
great soldiers of this generatien- CroDjs
and DeWet 30 the Atlanta journal Says
there Is nc telling how long the little
BJer army Viii BE- able to keep up Its
tight, for II does not yet show the slight.
.st disposition to yield, and the B1lush
even With their immense army, seem
to be able 10 do Very little With it.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-09
Strange Snow on Mars.

Prof. Johnstone stoney, in develop
ing his theory Of the escape of gases
from planetary atmospheres depend
Ing upon the force Of gravity of the
particular planets concerned, has con-
cluded that helium at present is slow
" escaping from the earth, and in Q
distant past time it probably escaped
much more rapidly. From Mars, he
says, water vapor must have escaped
with about the same readiness a.
heliun fed from the earth. and ac-
cordingly the variable white patches
about the poles Of Mars are not snow,
but probably are frozen carbon dio1-
ide. Other appearances frequently
observed on Mars are due, he thinks,
to low-lying fogs Of carbon dioxide
vapor shifting alternately between
the poles and the equatorial regions.
Youths Companion
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-09
hitevash for farm Buildings.

Nothing adds 80 much to the ap
pearance of farm buildings as bright
and unchanging colors. It costs a
great deal to keep houses and barns
psinted, but it is we'll worth the money,
not merely because Of the increased
durability, but because Of the improved
appearance. Nothing spells prosperity
in such fair letters, written large, as
we'll painted farm buildings. Paint,
however, is dear, and for long time
farmers who desire to keep things in
frst-class shape have been looking for
8 cheap paint or wbitewash that will
stand the weather and not become in
stead Of clear white q dirty drab in
a few weeks OF months. The United
States government has been looking af
ter this, as it does after almost every
thing touching farm life, and has hit
upon 3 whitewash for its lighthouses
which should stand rough conditions.
We give the receipt as follows: Take
a half bushel Of unslacked lime, slack
it with boiling water, cover during the
process to keep in steam, strain the
liquid through a fine sieve or strainer,
and add to it peck of salt, previously
dissolved in warm water; three pounds
of groundrice boiled to a thin paste and
stirred il while hot; half pound
Spanish whiting and one pound of glue,
previously dissolved by soaking in cold
water, aud then hanging over the fire
10 small pot hung in a larger one filed
with water, add FIVE gallons ofhot water
to the mixture, stir well and let it stand
few days covered from dirs. II
should be applied hot, fer which pur
pose it can be kept IN a portable furn
ace." There is nothing IN the above
that is not within the reach Of every
reader. He can buy the material, ex
cspt poss!bly the srouad rice, and he
can buy that and have it ground in the
coffee mill or With his Own farm mill
can do all the mixing, aud apply 1t, and
naving applied it to one bui! ding he
,sn svon determine whether he wants
TO 90 around tue farm and make his
farm the envy of all observers. The
east end of the Presidents house IN
Washing on is emoellished with this
whllewash, and if it is good enough for
tie White House it is god enough for
any body elses house or barn. A pint
of this mixture will cover square yara
and is said to be almost as serviceable
as paint for wood, brick or stone, and
there is no paint known that will equal
it in cheapness. Why not try i.f-
Wallace Farmer.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-09
SicnaiS AZ Sea.

The code of signals used by vessels as
sea is prepared by committee ap-
pointed at the international marine
conferences that are held every few
years. We had one at Washington IN
1890, another one held at Copenhagen
two years ago, at which reVisions were
adopted, which extended and simpli-
aed the code considerably. Each ship
Is required to have set OF flags and
supply of rockets which represent 200
or 300 combinations. These can be in
terprted by the cookbook into SEN
tences covering almost every possible
situation or communication which any
ship might want to send to another.
Ships that pass in the night make sig
mails by 6re; in the day by aags.-N.
7. TimeS.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-09
COUGH Up
Said a Bold Eighwaym n 10 Drum.

The mil stage bouod for the health
resort at Harrison Hot Springs was held
up at noon Wednesday, six miles out
Of Agassiz, by three robbers. This
place is about sixty miles from Van
couver, B. G. There were nine passen-
gers in the coach one OF whom was
woman. All the robbers wore black
masks. Oae of them grasped the horses
brides, while the others covered the
occupants of the coach with rifles.
There were dozen mail sacks in the
ccaach and the driver was told to put
these out on the ground.
"No~, if you will please step down
and line up, We won't keep you wait
ing long politely remarked the tall
est bandit, and the frightened passen-
gers obeyed. They held up their hands
and TWO of the robbers quickly and sy-
scientifically emptied their pockets.
The woman was poor. Her clothes
vcrs shabby AMI her purse contained
only IS cents. This the dashing leader
of the highwaymen returned to her
With an added S. gold piece taken
from the pocket Of q commercial traV-
eler.
"Msdame, be said, "We do not rob
hen roosts. If you will kindly accept
this with our compliments We shall
be really indebted to you. Allow US to
wish you very happy New Year
The passengers in all contributed
50 72O in cash, besides watches, rings,
diamond stud, and gold sleeve but
tons. The commercial traveller at first
yielded only about slS, but the stage
robbers we're dissatisfied with this
sum and accused him of bad faith.
You're holding out on Us, partner
said the leader. Now, if you do MT
cough up in just thirty second, We will
pump yeu SO full of lead that you will
never know what struck you.
The salesman trembliogly told about
q belt with money The leader Of the
robbers, afssr apologisiOs to the Wo,
man for his necessary action, removed
the commercial travellers coas and vest
and trium phantly produced belt con,
tanning 81, 5000 In gol coin.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-09
TRAGIC SCENES.
Three Hen Killed, One Being the
Sheriff, in Abbsvllle.

Saturday December 80. IS result Of
drunken mans spleen snd malice, three
men were killed, one OF whom was the
sheriff Of the county. Nine O'Clock
that night in the ofi,e Of the Mil
ler hotel, several gentlemen we're haV-
ing social game Of cards. Ole Of the
players was William Kyle, norsherner
Who hss been experimenting the build
ing of the addition to the Abbevllle
cotton mile. While the game was In
progress John Dansby, . somewhat no
sorious character, entered the room. He
vas drinking and in quarrelsome mood
It is said that he had difficulty With
Kyle in the afternoon. Ia few mo
nents Dansby managed to have sons
words with Kyle and applied vile
eplthet TO him.
According to the story Of witnesses
K , lie got up from his chair aud r,m>ns
.ratel with Dandy, but without max
lug any demonstration Of violence
Daosoy drew his pistol, 45-c.liorc
Colts, and when a bystander grabbed
his arm he quickly changed tie gun too
the other hand aud tired, ,he bali strik
lug K, lie in the abdomen. The shooting
occu red 50 q liokly tnst those present
hardly realized what had happened.
Dansoy then backed out of she room,
declaring he would shoot any man who
attempted to stop him, and started to
the home of his father-in-laW, Tom
Cres#elI, who lives nianr the cotton
mill.
The Dews of the shooting quickly
spread, aud Policemen johnson and
Bc1eu starred in pursuit of the murder
er. They overlook him pear CressWells
house, but Dsnsby stopped them with
his pistol and said he weuld shoot If
they advanced, The police then went
to a nearby house and telepnoned mp
town for assistance.
In short time Sheriff R. L. Ken.
oedy with several citizens responded
TO the summons. They surrounded the
house, the policemen being stationed
at the windows and Kennedy going to
the front door. Kennedy called to
Darsby to come out and surrender.
Dansby came ont, closing the door
behind him, snd With the remarks
We'll, we'll go to hell together" com.
menced fripg. Dansby was shot twice,
once in the leg snd once full in the
chest. kennedy was struck once IN
the left breast near the heart. Both men
empted their pistols Kennedy fell as
soon as he was hit, but Dsnsby walked
Some 80 steps and was reloadiog his
pistol when one of the policemen ran
up and grabbed him and took the gun
out of his hand. Several others Of the
party were 6rlDg at Dausby st the time
ard there is some uncer cainty as to who
fired the shots that struck him, but it
is thought that they we're 6rsd by Ken
nedy.
Handouts were placed on Dansby
ard he was carried 20 the jail, but died
soon after reaching there, about an
hour after the shooting h did not
speak after being shot. Kennedy was
carried to the Jail sud expired within
few minutes after DsusOy. Kyle, who
was first shot, lived until 2 O'Clock
Sunday, when he orsathed his last.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-09
gna1lese OF the Small.

While we are accustomed to think
Of atoms as the smallest possible
particles into which matter can be
divided, recent experiments, particn-
larly those Of DR.. Gustave LIE Bon,
have indicated that. through cleo
trical dissertation, atoms themselves
are capable of subdivision into parti-
cles of amazing minuteness. Many
years ago Lord Kelvin calculated the
probable size Of a molecule OF air, ana
according to him about 25,Ooo:ooo such
molecules laid in a row would meas
ure an inch. There would be 600 air
molecules in wave-length OF ordi-
nary light. Every molecule is COM
posed of atoms smaller than itself.
Now, DR.. lie Bon calculates that the
particles dissociated by the electric
energy which produces such phenom-
ena as the Becquerel rays are so
small that even atoms would appear
to be infinitely large" in comparison
with them.-Youth's Companion.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-09
How France Got Into 1ado.ch,aa.

The connection OF France with Indo-
China dates back to 174s, when ware
house and trading station were es-
tabiished in Anan. The old customs of
China still prevailed, the whole coun-
try having been under China for many
centuries, until native vice king led
q successful revolt about the year 1880.
During one OF the internecine conflict.
which broke out with due regularity
among claimants and pretenders the
aid Of Louis XVI. of France was So
licited, and treaty of alliance was en-
tered into in 1857. Thus originated tho
first claim Of France upon Indo-chisa.
Consul John G. CoTeyt.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-09
A Novel Marriage.

a novel marriage took place at An
deroon Oh Dscem Der 81. The contract
ing parties were Jnon D. Norris, son of
Capt. z. K. Norris, one Of our most
prominent citizens, and Miss Helen
Hill, of North Carolina. Watch
Night" services were being held at st.
Johns Methodist church, and many
persons We're present. At ll:57 the
orldal party walked down the central
aisle and took their places in front Of
Rev. J. B. Campbell, VINO performed
the ceremony. Durl6g tae ceremony
the town clock Was distinctly heard to
strike she hour. All present we're i'm
pr .ssed With the solemnity of the oc-
oasioa.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-09
Motor Posts in Australia.

4 frequent difficulty encountegs1by
postal authorities in Australia Is tho
cheap and expeditions delivery Of mails
10 outlying localities. Many Of these
places are hundreds Of miles from the
nearest railway line, and the route 10
apt to be through drought-strcken
country, where the dry roads are at
times impassabls even by camelp. This
is conspicuously the case in tropical
Queensland. But the government OF
that colony has risen to the emergency
and has decided to try the experiments
of dispatching mails to 'out back" By
motor car. The result is likely to 30
awaited with interest in other places
than Observation-Disclosures Daily Mail.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-09
Germany Crowds England on the Sc,

Germany Crowds England on the Sea.
The naval weakness of Britain is no.
toriously the subject of earnest pro-
test By some Of our most efficient ad-
mirals afoat, says a London CORE
spondent. German efficiency has al
ready secured formida bic and homo
geneous feet. Already Germany holds
the Atlantic record for speed. Her
system of mail subsidies has secured
large portion OF Asiatic and Australian
trade. Her rate of increase in ship
building, for the first time in history,
has exceeded that Of Great Britain.
Germany has already stretched out her
hands for the trident. Neither France
nor Russia is impatient to assist US to
recover the supremacy which we have
listlessly allowed to slip from our
hands.-Detroit Free Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-09
Right Mr.. BRYAN.

Acting upon the advice Of Mr.. Bryan,
the Y j. Bryan Associstion Of Gleva-
land, Ohio, has changed its name to the
Cuyahoga Association Of Democrstic
Clubs. Writing with respect to clubs
which bear his name, Mr.. Bryan says:
81 think it is better that they should
drop my name in order that 10 mistakes
that may make may enbarrasS the
cause in which ne are al enlisted, !"
Incidentally he sgain remarks that
circumstances will determine who
should lead the next 8sht."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-09
A Bold Attack.

Sadie Hudson, aged nineteen years,
Of Washington, Pc, Wss attacked 10 her
fathers yard by sn unknown white
man Friday evening The girl struggled
desperately, bat her assailant slipped
8 gag into her mouth and bound her
hands behind her back. Her father
heard the struggle snd hurried out. The
fellow escaped.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-09
British Like Our Census Methods.

Inquiries have been received from
the British government concerning the
methods OF taking the American CEN
sus, because it has never been able to
secure such comprehensive data, or
even as complete count Of population,
in ten years Of continuous work as the
American system has secured in u
months. With "a potential facts con-
corning each individual accessible, the
sociological and Psychological prob
lens OF the present time, growing out
OF the assimilation Of large masses of
foreigners with the American people,
become fascinating study-National
Magazine.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-09
A Fatal Accident.

A dispa:ch from Winnsboro to The
State says the little daughter Of Dis
penser Stevenson vas killed by fall
Ing granite post. Several of the chill
dren we're playing in the back yard,
and had built FIRE at the foot of the
stone column. The little girl was stand
ing near. A Negro boy, unaware Of
the fact that granite cannot resist heat,
climbed to the'top, the cyumbling bsse
gave way and the post fell striking the
child on the head. She vas picked up
unconscious and carried into the house
where she died about 4 in the after
noon.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-09
WHERE? On, HERE?-The prin

WHERE? On, WHERE?-The prin-
ters oollars-where are they? ssks the
Palmetto Post. A dollar here and 3
dollar there, scattered over numerouse
small towns, miles and mi e. apart.
How shall they be gathered in9 Come
homel You are wanted Come in sim
Gle file that We may send you cut az .iu
to battle for US and vindicate our credit.
Reader, are you sure you have not one
of the printers dollars sticking to the
bottom Of your trousers? Feel down
and see if We are right. If you ind 1t
send it home.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-09
A DiafurbinE Element.

Lawyer-Are you acquainted With
the defendant in this case?
Witness-Yes; I've known him Sor
years.
"Have you ever known him to Be
disturber Of the public peace?"
"Well-er-he personally conducted
q number Of trolley parties last sum
ner."-Chicago Daily News.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-09
Lynched by Negroes.

A special from Q litman, Ca, says:
A Negro, whose naue canrot be learned
was lsnched BY a mob Of his own color
Wednesday night nine miles north OF
Qutman, for sssau.risg small Negro
glzl. BAil.f Pace, of this county, had
the Negro IN charge and was making
his way here. When about to board q
train near Kennedy, mob Of Negroes
who were on the train, prevented him
from doing SO, and taking the prisoner,
shot him, with no attempt at conceal
mnnt of their crime.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-09
nnr BAD Manners.

Il we could get q consensus Of hon
est opinions from foreigners we should
no doubt be told that our dominant
national trait is-bad manners. We
probably never shall live down the e3-
feet produced by the staggering, rich
''trippers" and shriekiag girls who first
represented us in Europe. They stiH
are believed to be the true American
types. The American vulgarizes all
that he touches" has everywhere passed
into an adage.-"An American Moth
er," in Ladies Home Journal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-09

District Visitor-Well, Mrs. 0'Tls-
herty, I hope your daughter hss .
good place.
Mrs. O'Flaherty-Oh, it's mighty
3oine place, enturely! Sure, Bridget
says that her mistress is 50 rich that
ell her flannel petticoats is made Of
silkl-N. Y. World.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-09
Where II Would Not Work.

Johnny, dear, did you try to mind
the golden rule in your dealings with
your playnates at school to-day?"
"Yes'm; till we had recess. You
can't use it in football, you know. Ito
kill the game deader'n door nail
Chicago Tribune.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-09
No Need Of Bait.

Crabshaw-I don't see where woman
acquired her extravaganza in dress.
Eve wasn't that way.
Mrs. .Crabshaw-Ofc course not. There
was only one man in the world then
and she had hin.-Puck.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-09
The Fashionable Front.
s'She is

The EashioQab1e Front.
"Madge Mizzle il awfully conven-
tional."
s'She is?"
ayes; she will have gold monogram
on her note-paper even If she hasn't
got shoes. Indianapolis Journal
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-09

A dispatch from Pekin says Sub Hal,
the man who killed Baron von Ketteler,
the German minister to China IN June
last, was beheaded Wednesday in the
presence Of large number Of Dpecta-
tors.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-09
Sport for Real Fishermen.

opoCt ZOE nea4 44S0SEAS0'
At Kyak, Alaska, are great fishing
grounds. Halibut are caught there
weighing $50 pounds, cod 42 pounds
and salmon IS pounds.-N. Y. Sun.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-01-09
ena-d. on European Royalty.

Guards on European Royalty.
Every royal palace in Europe has isa
special private police, who, in one guise
OF another, are always on the LOOKOUT
for suspicious persons.-N. Y. Sun
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-09
PETER DEMPSEY SEEN AGAIN
He Was Visible to the Naked Eye at
Tunis Two Weeks
Arn

Edward O'Connor, who until about
two weeks ago was employed as fire.
man on a freight train on the Great
Northern railroad, is reported as hav-.
ing made the statement that he saw
Peter Dempsey, the convicted murderer
CT his wife, who escaped from the coun-
ty Jail several weeks ago. at Tunis, the
first small station east of Benton. This,
however, was only a little over two
weeks after the escape. Dempsey, it is
alleged, was in box car headed in the
direction Of the rising sun. 1t is claim
ed that O'Connor is personally ac-
quainted with Dempsey and talked to
him about the escape. and that Demp-
sey told him he remained in a cabin in
the southern part of town two weeks
after getting out of Jail: that an officer
finally learned the locality of his hiding
place and asked a boy to show him
the cabin, but the boy gave the officer
the wrong steer and then apprised
him, Dempsey, of the fact that an Off
Ger was on his trail. Dempsey then
made himself scarce.
This makes S14 places in which Demp-
sey has been seen since he left the Jail
and there are few more localities that
have not made returns.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-09
Mckinney Lost His Roll.

In the case Of the state against Frank
O'Neill, charged with having been re-
sponsible for the disappearance of some
of Hiram McKinney's cash, August list.
the deposition of Mckinney was taken
by the county attorney today and it
showed that ONeilrs chances for escape
are 80 per cent fine. Mckinney said he
met O'Neill in the evening of the LIST
and drank with him several times. He
~"got pretty full" as he expressed it, and
while he knew he had lost some money
he did not know that O'Neill was re-
sponsible for its disappearance. O'Neill,
he said, had helped him search for it
after it was missed. So far as he knew,
he had not met any of that class of
women who seem to be able able to pick
a mans pocket with gap CT 50 feet be-
tween them.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-09
Taken to Deer Lodge.

Hugh Downey and John ONeill, who
burglarized room 6 in the Maule block
and We're sentenced to the pententiary
for five years for the offense, were
taken to Deer Lodge today by Deputy
Sheriff Dobson. Willie Sullivan and
John Rivet who tapped Rosenstein's
store in West Broadway while waiting
for the morning papers to go to press,
will be transferred from the county jail
to the penitentiary tomorrow. With
good behavior they will be at liberty in
eleven months, but if they bother the
blood hounds or violate the rules of the
prison in any other way they will be
kept twelve months.