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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
: Box Kills Himself

4 dispatch from Newterry to The
State says Wednesday night Oliver
Jones. boy about 9 years old, while
playing with a gun at a neighbours
house shot and killed himself. He had
the muzzle OF the rifle in his mouth
and pushed the trigger with his toe
calling to a boy standing near to
look at him. 1t is supposed that the
shooting was accidental as the young
fellow probably did not know the gun
was loaded.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
Plenty Of Color.

sThat Mrs. Wadhams to whom you
introduced me the other evening re-
minds me very much Of portrait by
Rembrandt
as that so? Which one"
"Oh, any old one. They all look,
when you get close to them, as If the
paint had been thrown on by the
handful" l"-Chicago Herald.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
An Ontimistic View.

The invalid looked out Of the window
lust as a hearse went by. and he
smiled happily.
"D'ye mind, Biddy," he said, its
worth the dyin' to have ride in a
thing like that, with the feathers on
top an a man with bug on his hat,
an you bein' gr-reater an more nicis-
sary than the marshal " st. Path
rick's day parade. There's wanst in
ye're life ye're the whole thing, an
shat's whin ye're dead."-Chicago Post
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
Needed For Other Purposes.

4 Georgia justice recently married a
runaway couple who drove up to his
house and went through the ceremony
without descending from the carriage.
When the ceremony was over. says the
Atlanta Constitution, the groom fun
bled in his pockets and Eshcd up thirty.
six cents.
"Jedge.'' he said. this here's all the
money / got in the world. Eff you've
mind to take it, you kin. but III say
now that | done set it aside fer the
honeymoon expenses"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26

TIE Newberry Observer says: y
white South Carolinian arguing in the
New York Tribune for suffrage for
the negro. as \. c. Kaufman OF
Charleston does, is a spectacle for
men and angels" The Observer re-
member that Kaufman has been at
the pie counter long time without
being helped.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
Instinct of Horses In war.

Arabian horses manifest remarkable
courage in battle. 1t is said that when;
horse Of this breed finds himself
wounded and perceives that be Will:
not be able to bear his rider much
longer he quickly retires from the con-
fict, bearing his master to place Of
safety while he has still sufficient:
strength. But, on the other hand, If,
the rider is wounded and falls to the
ground the faithful animal remains;
beside him, unmindful Of danger.
neirbinc until assistance is brought.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26

According to adyiceS received from
Apia. Samoa. via Tonga, a volcanic
eruption has broken out in Savaii the
westermoSt and largest island of the
Samoan group. Six craterS are report
ed to be emitting smoke and flames.
In one village in the vicinity the
earth is covered two inches deep with
nSl1nS
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
-Tba Sensible Thing.

Schooimaster What IS the meaning
Of one twenty-fifth?
Boy-I-I don't remember.
Schoolmaster-If you had twenty-five
friends visiting you and only one apple
for them, what would you do?
Boy-I'd wait till they'd gone and
then eat it myself.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26

THE President voted without cere-
So Il dispatch says. and the
Houston Post is surprised. One
would naturally expect him to ride up
to the polls on a cow-pony, bucking in
rag-timo and shoot his vote into the
ballot box with a forty-fve, while the
band played on
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26

Doris-Yes, she was furious about
the way in which that paper reported
her marriage.
Helen-Did it allude to her age?
Doris-Indirectly. 1t stated that
Miss Olde and Mr.. Yale were mar
ried. the latter being a we'll known COL
lector Of antiques" News.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
lTr Rurlpr 4 Republican repreSen

Mr.. KutIer 4 HepUUIICdN TepTtSVH
tative from Pennsylvania, says the
PENNSYLVANIA Republicans are utterly
opposed to tampcring with the tariff
and that he was convinced President
Clereland's free tariff speech the
other day at MorriStown, New Jersey,
turned over 10000 votes to the Re
publican party in Pennsylvania. From
this it would seem that Cleveland and
not Bryan is the Jonah Of the Demo-
tic party.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26

Mike" So d Flooding Pete, don't
you wish yC was rich?"
"Kind o. answered Meanderlng
Mike. Course l couldn't eat any
more dan I uoes, but I'd be saved de
trouble @ sayin' much obliged so Of
en."-Washiugton Star.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
Unfortunate.

Won Blumer-I wonder what kind OF
peoole hare taken the house across the
way.
Mrs. Won Blumer-I don't know. l
was out the day they moved in.-New
York Herald
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26

BRYAN stumped the State of Mis-
souri, for the Democrats. and in con-
sequence they made almost 4 clean
sweep. losing only one congressman
out of sixteen. The papers that de
light to misrcpresent and abuse Bryan
seem to have lost sight Of the above
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26

CONGRESSMAN Rhea, of the Ninth
Virginia district, has refused a certlh
cate of reelection because votes which
would have elected his Republican op-
ponet were thrown cut by the authorl-
ties on the ground Of irregularity. He
saws it is so manifest. notwlthstand-
ing their irregularity, that these votes
were intended for his opponent. he
cannot conscientiously accept a seat
in congress won on any such techni-
cality.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
WHY q Man Shouldn't.

There are two things that should
Keep man from worrying-if he have
no reason for worrying, there's no use
worrying; If he have reason. there Is
no use.-Los Angeles Herald.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26

The ATLANTA JOurNaI asks: EIUW
much longer vii! the Democratic
party suffer itself to be made ridicu-
lous hy one MANLY d prophet who
his had repeated chances u make
good and made i worse failure every
time: How long: The Augusta
Chronicle says the reference is to one
William j. l:yan. We would like
the journal or The Chronicle to tell Us
what Bryan had to do with the late
election.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26

40 doubt the Republicans having
again fooled the people into contiau-
ing them in power will make bluff at
tariff and trust control. but that will
be all
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26

A dispatch from Washington to
The State says Booker Washington
appears to have superseded John e.
Capers Dis the presidents adviser in
federal appointments for South Caro-
lima. There is a strong probability
that Dr.. Y. y. Crun vii! he appoint
ed collector Of the port OF Charleston
Washington is backlog Crlm and Ca
p2rs is supporting r. r. Tolbert.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26

THE Efforts being made by some
newspapers to hold Bryan responsible
FOR the disastrous effects OF the late
election is prepoCterous. He had no
more to do with it than any other
Democrat who cast his ballot. In
most Of the Eastern States. where the
reorganizers headed by Cleveland had
things their own way, the Republl-
cans swept every thing before them.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26

The WEATHER. Hicks predicted
the present very pleasant weather in
November Word and Works The
pleasant weather is about over how
ever. as one Of the marked storm
periods of the month he declares COW
ers the period from the 18th to the
23rd. Between these dates he thinks
we are to have cold wave which will
reach crisis about the 22nd and 23rd
of the month. From the Goth to the
9th it will be cloudy and unsettled
weather. with plenty Of freezes and
disasteriOus to shipping.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26

THE great results that were expect
ed to result in the East from CleVe-
lands participation in the campaign
did not materialiZe.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-05-14
CHARGED 10 Pirates
the Beautiful but Unfortunate Of


gis, Mich, in my fathers home, where
many Chicago newspapers came into
my house. Even as to-day. | read the
papers then with the deepest interest.
and was both surprised and pleased
to come across a short article CON
cerning Theodosia Burr 1t was a re-
view of an address given in 1873 by
Col. j. II. Wheeler before the North
Carolina Historical Society. in the
course of which he made the state
ment that he had recently seen a por-
trait OF painting owned by DR.. Pool
of Elizabeth City. N. c.. which pur-
ported to represent Aaron Burr's
daughter.
The portrait of Theodosia is on
wood. beautifully executed. and quite
evidently by master. 1t shows her
in white empire gown-such a gown.
undeniably as a woman of Theodo-
sie's cast would wear-and with her
hair DIRE sed in a style most common
a hundred years ago. The portrait
may be ~ by IS inches square. AS
the photograph shows, 1t had been
damaged by FIRE at the time | saw it
by the fire wrich destroyed the man
sion OF the Pools at Eyrie.
THE picture was originally in the
possession of Mrs. Mann, who lived
near Kittyhawk, Mass. She told how
1t came into her possession.
Years before" she said, she had
been wooed by a youth who was a
fisherman. One day he brought her a
number of gifts, among which was the
portrait. There were also two silk
dresses, one black and the other white,
and lace head covering, such as
southern women wear. The dresses
were made of beautiful material-of
such material as Theodosia Burr
would certainly affect. The woman
who subsequently became Mrs Mann.
asked her lover where he obtained the
presents, and he replied that he found
them on vessel which he and other
fishermen had boarded
Mrs. Mann's lover recited to her
how that morning. just at dawn, he
and his companions had deserted a
small pilot boat driving straight to.
ward Nag's Head, with rudder set and
all sails drawing. Not soul was Wis.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-05-14
PRESTON =. SHAW.


Since Second Lieutenant Paul d.
Stockly. Twenty-hrst Infantry. disap-
peared in Philippine forest, or Jan.
IL, 1901 nothing has been heard II ON
him. The war department mas contia-
ued his name on the army register,
but has now decided to drop il short
ly. Had not a block In the promotion
OF second lieutenants occurred 1t is
said that Stocklys name would have
been dropped before this; at present
II Is 10. IL on the list.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-05-14

ut is almost a century long-this
story" said Mrs. Drake to a Boston
Sunday journal writer. Il believe
what | am going to tell you. even as
! believe that | am alive this very
moment. IL is story which time has
made a part OF my own life. II is in
very clear to me. Some OF it is ira
dition; some of it is fact because
know what / have seen. But | not
only know and believe what | have
seen; believe the tradition, too; ira
ditions which have been handed down
IN my family for many years.
When "a little girl my mother used to
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-05-14


dosia Burr.
ible on the craft, and after she struck
the men boarded her. Careful inspec-
tion revealed nothing as to her iden.
tity. Abandoned. she had headed for
Cape Hatteras in the height of a ter.
rible gale. One of the cabins had eyi
IDENTIFY been recently occupied by a
woman. and in that cabin was this por
trait and the articles of feminine
wearing apparel. These the lover ap-
propriated as his share of the salvage,
and afterward presented them to his
sweetheart.
There is no doubt that Theodosia
Burr set sail from Charleston for New
York to meet her father, but whether
she took with her portrait as a gift
is to certain degree conjecture. In
view of the extraordinary facts con.
cerning this picture now owned by
Mrs Overman | am certain that she
did. In view of the facts concerning
the deathbed confession of the pirate
| am equally cer'ain that she met her
death at the hands Of a lawless band
vi WHICH nc was HltulDeT. III view
of the possibilities offered by the pres.
ence of warships in the waters near
Cape Hatteras at that time, there is
ample reason to believe that the pi-
rates were fightenoi away before they
had chance to scuttle the Patriot,
and that it subsequently came ashore
with those things in the cabin which
Mrs. Mann's youthful lover found and
presented to her.
ITO my mind everything dovetNils
in to a nicely. settling without ques-
ton the manner in which fair Theo-
dosia met her fate. She died at the
hands OF lawless men near Cape Hat
teras-times before and since the grave
of the fearless and gallant-with the
wild foam OF the Atlantic for her wind
ing-sheet and the fierce northwind for
her requiem"
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-05-14

A friend devised a successful plan for
preventing waste in gas stove. Her
house was lighted by electricity, but
she had it piped one spring for gas
cooking The meter man assured her
that with washing, ironing and all the
cooking required by a family of six.
her bill ought never to exceed $4 The
first month brought her bill of S6.25
She discovered that it was caused by
carelessness in the Kitchen; by such
event as her cooks going to bed and
forgetting till morning that she ha1
left both burners going all night. Thd
cook was a good servant. but carelessl
talk with her. The gas man gave tht|
cook a demonstration lesson on RUM
ming the stove economically. The misl
tress made the proposition that shd
would allow 81 a month for gas, nd
more, no less. II the bill amounted I'd
more than 81 the difference would b{
deducted from the cooks wages. II
less, she would receive the difference
The next bill amounted to 1920. and
yet it included weeks when consideraI
BILE preserving of fruit had been dons
and more gas honestly burned than tb4
month before. AS the girl became
miliar with the art of baking by q
burner and cooking slowly over th{
simmerer the bills dropped still lower
till now there is scarcely a month whei
a dollar of the gas money does rot ,gj
into the cooks purse. She has neVd
had dime deducted from her wages.
Minneapolis Journal.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-05-14

The first publication of a painting of
this famous and beautiful American.
rock me to sleep telling me a wonder
ful tale of pirates and how they had
caused Theodosia Burr to walk the
plank to a fearful death beneath the
waves of the ocean. Again and again
she told the story. | never tired of it.
Repetition made il almost real. NV
grandmother was the first to hear it.
and she told it to my mother. 1t came
about in this way:
I'm 1850 an old man. who years be-
fore had been a sailor then an inmate
of the Cass county poorhouse at Cass-
opolis, Mich. In conversing with a
lady. Mrs. Parks, the wife of a Meth
odist minister, about his past liS.
filled with wrong doing and chine, said
caused him the most remorse was the
tipping of the plank on which Mrs.
Aston, the daughter of Aaron Burr,
walked into the ocean.
The tale of the dying sinner was
substantially as follows: 1 was once
sailor on pirate vessel. We cap
tured the ship on which this lady, with
others. was going to New York When
told she must walk the plank. she
asked for few moments alone, which
were granted.
Finally she was informed that her
time had expired, and without hesl-
fancy she came forward, dressed beau
tifully in white, the loveliest woman |
had ever seen. Calmly she stepped
upon the plank, and with eyes raised
to heaven and hands crossed reverent-
ly over her breast, she walked slow
and firmly into the ocean, without an
apparent tremor. | had no time to
really tip the plank. but watched her,
transfiXed at her marvellous beauty,
amazed at her indescribable fortitude.
Had | refused to perform my alot-
ted work, as | wish with all my heart
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-05-14
COpyrlght Furever.

The publications issued by the XII
of Great Britain are entitled to enjC
the benefit of copyright forever. II
king, in his capacity of publisher. i
sues all charts to be used by marine
and no one else has the right TO pu
lish those charts. 1t is the same wi
the ordnance survey maps; these a
issuec by the king alone. The XIII
also has the right, shared by the o
ford and Cambridge universities.
publishing the Bible. - Pearson
Weekly.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-05-14
GREAT BRITAIN's NEW DEBT.
Enormous Figure OF National Obligation
at HIgh-watcr Mark.

Enormous Figure OF National Obligation
at High Water Mark.
At the end of that gigantic war. the
last great struggle between England
and France, the united debts of Great
Britain and Ireland stood at the enor-
nous figure OF e902, 600, 900. involving
an annual charge of E32 ,045, 900. writes
Harold Cox in the North American Re-
view. That is the high-water mark of
the British national debt. From 1915
down to the time when the heavy eX-
penditure upon the South African war
began, there was fairly steady reduc-
tion-the only important exceptions
being, first, in the years 1886 and 1897,
when G20,000,000 was borrowed to
compensate the owners of slaves in
British colonies, and, secondly in the
years 1855 and 1856. when the debt was
increased by &35, 900 900 on account OF
the Crimean war. At the close of the
Crimean war the debt stood at fS42. 4
000 000 involving an annual charge OF
e25, 942, 600 for interest and manage-)
ment. By the year 1900 the capital
had been reduced to G639, ,000,0 900 and
the corresponding annual charge to
eli, 900. A year later, in conse-
quence of the South African war, thS|
capital had risen to e703 900 900. n
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-05-14

curious feature to travellers in the
nigh roads OF Norway is the great num-
ber OF gates-upwards of 10000 in the
whole country-which have to be OPEN
ed' These gates, which either mark
the boundaries of the farms or separate
the home fields from the waste lands,
constitute considerable inconvenience
and delay to the traveller who has to
step his vehicle and get down to open
them.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-05-14
BEAuTIFYINe A PALACE.
Work OF Romodeiing King Edwa- d's
New Home In London"

New Home In London"
Between now and the coronation
over 500 British laborers will have pos
session of Buckingham Palace, says the
London Express. Already signs are
not wanting that the British workman
is ruthlessly demolishing portions CT
the royal residence. Masses of wood
rafters. mortar and other attendant
evils of the housebreaker heap up the
courts and yards; huts wheelbarrows
and workmens tools are scattered
around. and above all towers the pro-
sale scaffold pole. Preparations for
the reception of a monarch are not
undertaken lightly, and the altera-
tions now being made will lie heavy
on the office of works for some time
to come. 1t is at the rear of the pal
ace that improvements are being con-
Quoted on the largest scale. Already
one huge wing is in course of entire
remodeling, its apartments making
room for more modern and therefore
more useful galleries. Interior decora-
tion will be no small item in the eX-
pSnSe. FOf mOnlnS ueCOTdtlNe dIlleIS
will hang like spiders from the roofines
OF the kings private apartments chip
ping ana painting away for dear life
in order to captivate the royal eye.
Buckingham Palace may have been
the ugliest house in Europe" as it
was once called, but certainly after
everything is completed that judgment
ought to be reversed. Surroundings
are everything, and the king intends
not only to have fine surroundings. but
also more light than other monarchs
were content with to view them. Con-
sequently electric light will be installed
throughout the building. Among other
improvements lifts will form no small
part, and several of them are to be
erected when the new wing is up.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-05-14

Vermont has had less tnan its pro-
portionatc share of representation in
the cabinet. In 1SiJ Jacob sCollamer
OF vermont was for one year postmas-
ter general, and in the Harrison ad-
mini'tration, from 1889 to 1891, Red
helu Proctor. now one of the Vermont
senators, was secretary of war. These
are the two cases in which Vermont
has received recognition in the cabi-
net-New York Sun.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-05-14

twenty-five years ago potatoes were
so nigh in price in certain towns in the
Rocky mountains that the merchants
handling them often reserved the right
TO retain the peelings, which. in turn
were sold for planting purposes. the
eyes OF the potatoes thus having "A con-
siderable commercial value. obviously
III proportion to the distance Fl nm the
nearest railroad or steamboat line.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-05-14

Elaborate experiments in feeding
wheat to farm animals and swine have
been made this year at the Kansas ex-
pertinent station, and also in other
rtates of the corn belt. The experts
conclude that wheat has greater nutri-
tive value than corn, and may be used
either crushed, mixed with oats or
corn, CT in connection with straw in
time OF extreme scarcity.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-05-14

The duke of Gallarani. prince of Mol
ietta, recently entered a cage contain
ing four polar bears belonging to the
bernard menagerie, which is at present
steying in Milan. He provoked the
animals. which roared furious =. but
they were soon mastered and he put
them through several exercises. on
coming out of the cage the prince was
heartily cheered.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-05-14

lady recently returned from Eu-
rope, while entertaining a party of
friends with descriptions of the won
derful things she had seen abroad,
mentioned the clock at Strasburg. One
young lady thereupon remarked: "Oh.
yes; have heard all about that. And
did you see the watch on ,ne Rhine.
too"'-hew York Times.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-05-14

Golden square in London, immortal
lied by Dickens in Nicholas Nickle-
by was originally, according to Pen
nant, called "Gelding square" from a
tavern known as the "elding" which
stood in the neighborhood. The square
was built before the revolution of 1888.
II is mentioned in an advertisement in
the Gazette OF that year.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-05-14

Burr League.
had, my death would have been sure
and certain
That was the pirates story, | be-
lieve II. for it is the testimony of an
almost dying man, the confession of
the most terrible act of his life. And
II seems TO me that when an old man.
bemoaning his life. filled to the brim
with sin, makes such a confession
without any provocation whatever
other than the unburdening OF his
soul during his preparation for an
other life-his death came soon after
there must be truth in his state
ments.