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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-22
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Another notable telepathist is
Bishop Samuel Fallows, Of the Re
formed Episcopal church. '"Telepathy
is no longer a theory" says Bishop
Fallows; 1t it is fact. have been
interested in it for years, and the
thing I am pondering now is how to
bring it into common everyday use.
It works on the same principle as the
new wireless teiegrapby OF Mr.. Mar
conf. I will hail him as a benefactor
Of the human race who will teach pco-
pie how to use this tremendous psychic
force"
A young merchant, who had sew
eral days before buried his wife, was
awakened in the night by her voice.
He heard her distinctly calling his
name and asking tor help. SO i'm
pressed was he by this mysterious
message that he sprang to his feet,
dressed and drove at once to the grave.
When he uncovered the coffin and
broke it open he found his wife alive
and moving in an unconscious trance
Lifting her into the carriage he drove
her quickly TO the house, summoned
medical aid, and had the unspeasaole
pleasure of seeing her regain her
health.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-22
SOME NEwBERRY CASES.

Here are some well authenticated
cases that occurred in Newberry IN
this State. They are related by the
Newberry Observer, whose editor, MI.
W. II. Wallace, is highly cultured
gentlemen, and who would not vouch
for thing unless it was absolutely
true. The Observer says:
On the morning OF the 25th day Of
February, 1877, just about daylight.
Mrs. George McWhirter OF that city
was gently reused from Sleep by feel
ing hand upon her forehead-wfich
she took to be the Rand Of dead
sister-and a voice said, Father is
dead" Her father was living in
Union, and when she last heard from
him previous to this time he was in
good health. In few minutes
she was again asleep. and precisely
the same message came to her in the
same way. and woke her. She drog-
ped of to sleep again, and the eS-
perience was repeated third time
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-22

The Bank Of England has pair Of
scales so accurate that an ink spot on
piece Of paper visibly affects the bal
ance.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-22
Her Bargain.

"Charley, DEAR" said Mrs. Torkins.
"I have such bargain"
"Indeed?'
eyes. You told me that poker chips
were worth a dollar apiece, and I got
whole lot Of them for IS cents!-
washington Star,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-27
WITHIN DEMOCRATS RANKS

In reading the history of the last eight years
we ma Mr.. Bryan supported at first bv tbree
allied partes-Democratic Silver ReDubIicoN
and Populist-then parties in fact as We'll as in
name In 1900 two Of them were mere shells
parties in name only; in 1904 they will be virtu
ally non-existent.
Inc Democratic problem then Is what To 10
~ MI the places or the missing allies To this
there are many answers, none OF which seems
10 satlsty more than very small faction az a
party now divided into great number of fac
IONS. a very powerful journalistic and fnaD-
Sldi interest In and about New York cries loud
~, henomlnate MIR, Cleveland: oppose. the
PoPuiistic Ideas of President Roosevelt. make
tne campaign on the good old Democratic issues
OF uriH reform. the gold standard economy IN
government. ant-imperialism" Further to tha
k Sou'h DISTINGUISHED Democratic Senator who
s &c Just carried ms own State, would make the
,dct that the President invited Booker II Wash
t ,u On TO dinner "a paramount issue" out IN
t tIe west MT Bryan and his friends are stand
a. ing stoutiy for the Kansas City platform thonSh
~ - not neheved that even they would insist an
Me, literal enforcement of the silver plank In
soTO, Sork again another elemeIf reinforced nv
tion % sentiment. Is asking the nomIna
TN distinguished Judge whose merit :.
' oe'hs on the bench. he has said nothing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-27
GEORGE B. cox.

Is this mans power absolute? An anecdote or
TWO VIII answer the question. John Sherman
senior Senator from Ohio had been made Score
tary or state. President Mckinley wanted Mar
Gus A Hanna to take Sherman's place in the.
United states Senate. Asa s. Bushnell was
Governor of Ohio. He owed nothing 10 NJ
hlnley Hanna had been against him for the
nomination. Foraker and Cox had made him
He wavered.
Appoint HANNAH
That was Cox's message to Governor Bush
neil Hanna was appointed. Cox believed that
10 defy the President would wreck the Renuh-
mean party in Ohio. Therefore he sent his Ia
comic message. -
was delegate from Cincinnati to the con-
EehUon at GAINESVILLE that nominated RusbDaU
George r. Cox was the chairman of the Hamil-
ION county delegation. To he quite truthful
ne was lhe Hamilton County delegation. On the
Hoor he found it necessary TO cOnsrIt NO ora
ne Hau a pad or paper and pencil and figured
on me distribution of the ninety odd votes From
ms county. When the county was called he
announced the votes.-(Gustav ] Karrar ~
Frank I>eslie's Monthly -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-27
GOT HIS DRUTHER."

Several sullivan County farmers met reeen~
in the postoftice at Higgins's Corner and stopP'-
as was their wont. to talk, From sheep sc'-
swine plague and hog cholera they went Oh
the breed of fowls and the hen industry IN -
eral, finally concluding with boil weeVh =
lsthmian Canal and Wall Street. They were
the point of quitting the glow OF the stove w.
a stranger. a farmer from Ulster County =
tered. bowed. was greeted cordially anu
down Chairs were again tilted back Asa
the wall and the sandboX in the centre Oh
room once more become an article OF utlhN'
Conversation flowed unevenly from the 50
because they had already run the sl"u'
worlds events: SO they drew nearer home y,
were soon at II. hammer and tongs. Pa'ri0Vs~ n.
haransuing over the respective merits OF '~
van over Ulster County. A,
The stranger. unalded bore the bruns "
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-27
BEATING THE WIND IN a ToBoGGAN

There are several other tracks at DavOs. such
as the Cldvadel, and the Schatzalp, but more
interesting still is the famous "CreSta' run at
St. MOTitz, which is considered to be the most
difficult course of its kind in the world and
which is undoubtedly the most carefully pre-
pared course in Switzerland. The run, from
five TO six feet wide and 1900 yards long, with
a fall of about $50 yards, is formed in the shape
Of 4 grove. on either side the snow is banked
up, particular care being taken at the curves
where the snow is raked at varying degrees.
and the banks thus built up resemble the curve
Of q bicycle track The entire run is thus
thanked by a wall of hard frozen snow. which
at some places is nearly twenty feet high Where
a road crosses the track. the bank is of course
broken. With the assistance of water and a
sharp frost the track, when thus prepared, is
covered with q coating of ice, and the great
'Cresta' is ready to receive the eager to5OS-
gamers who have come from all parts of the
world 1t Is, of course, neither possible nor de-
sirable 10 make the track in straight line;
IN fact, the great number and the difficulty Of
the curves form the chief attraction of the
'CreSta' to riders we'll 5 Spectators
CA Pitcairn Knowles. in Outing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-27
AN EX-sPEAKER ON PANAMA.

The South Americans are cratic revolution
airy and singular people who may condemn
thing to-day. approve of it tomorrow and wipe
out an interested State the day after. But the
United States Of America and it's plans and pur-
poses should and will survive. OF one thing We
can rest assured, that not dollar will be paid
by this government to the Colombian people not
authorized by existing law
I have too much faith in the sagacity OF Sena-
tor Morgan and of Colonel Hepburn to believe
that they will dash into action in the canal mat
ter without serious thought There are strong
men in the House who will be heard from Wig
Orousy on this great question. For instance,
there is Mr.. Sherman. of NeW-YOrk an excellent
counsellor; Burton, of Ohio. one OF the greatest
students of questions involving the water routes
of This country and OF the world: Richardson on
the Democratic side. and many others will not
be led into passing what must be understood as
cCndemnatOry resolutions because the President
has not seen fit to take I'D the Nicaraguan
route.-(David B. Henderson. in EverybOdy's
Magazine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-27
DUCKS LEFT THE CHESAPEAKE.

In 1888. the year OF the great blizzard the
mighty northwest storm of March 10 fairly blew
the water out OF the broad shallow estuaries OF
Chesapeake Bay, and the fierce cold that came
with it froze the naked mud OF the bottom
the garden soil of the juicy grasses that have
made the Chesapeake redhead and can
VaSback ducks known to cOnnOsseurs OF the
world When the tides came back they raised
bodily this frozen floor Of the river tearing u
tea grass and tape grass by the roots. This
ruined the feed over many square miles Of Ii.
choicest duck pasture in America.
In the very next year another CONFUSION o.
nature, disastrous flood. bore down the Sus-
quehanna River unprecedented masses OF eart5
and debris, that covered what feed was left
and about completed the destruction The year
after the blizzard the ducks appeared In nor
NAL numbers, but found not what they cams
for, and the Chesapeake shooting has neye'
fully recovered from these two disasters. Ths
wise ones of the ducking waters have figured
out that after year or two only young birds
were left. and these did not even know the va!
to the Maryland pastures
IL was a curious sight. in the early 9Ns. an
later, too when stray bodies of migratory ducS
reached the favOrite COves. alghted with conf
dence and appetite, and after thirty seconds Of
trultleSs diving lit out from those waters as I
they were boiling-(COUntTy Life in America
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-27
JAPANESE WIVES.

The position Of the japanese wife is not that
of equality with her husband. He is the Eegs
lord. TO be obeyed by her in the most servls
manner. He exacts from her the little atten-
tons that an American woman expects and
usually gets, from her husband. Without 50
much a murmur of complaint from his
spouse, who must always receive him with
bows and smiles and ever have her mind and
eyes on his comfort, he goes and comes when ne
pleases. When he fares forth socially, he does
not take her with him: when he receives gen
tlemen in his own hOuSe-a rare thing, by the
Way-madame seldom presents herself, unless in
some mental capacity. And while such thing
as cOnjUgal love must exist in Japan it usually
escapes the notice of the foreign SOjOuTIeT the
people considering il vulgar to exhibit emo
ton Of any kind in public. The wife as
social unit being completely submerged, it fol-
lows that others of her sex must take her place
socially, and in this Office the geiSha girls play
Set
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-27

but without results as yet Several months ago
the New-York Maritime Exchange appointed a
committee to prepare petition for presentation
before Congress- praying that steps be taken to
call international conference on the general
subject of daTeiiCts This petition Tecites IN
detail the serious peril TO marine commerce
presented by abandoned ships which are per-
mitted to drift at the mercy of the wind and
the waves, especially in the much-travelled
steamer lanes, and with emphasis a
recommendation made at the International
Marine Conference held at Washington in 1898
The general plan outlined provides
for a permanent station or headQ udrterS for this
picturesque dereliCt hunter at New-YOrk or
Norfolk. TelegTaphic communication will be
maintained with all the Atlantic coast ports
and on receipt of word that derelict has been
reported by some incoming vessel the little
cruiser will put to her mission of saving
or destruction. The work will require high
order of professional training, including a thor
Ough knowledge of ocean winds and currents. as
derelicts are not prone to remain long in one
spOt.-(Henry Harrison Lewis in Harper'S
Monthly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-27
THE GOOSE AND GRIDIRoN.

There existed long before the great fire. IN St
PauIs Churchyard, a very popular music house
called The Mitre." Here concerts were held
and the music at these performances had at
least the merit of volume and jOyousness But
the great fire laid the building in ruins and ban
lshed the music. When the place Was rebuilt
the new tenant, wishing to ridicule the charac-
ter of the former business, chose as his sign
goose stroking the bars of a gridiron with her
foot and wrote below. THE Swan and Harp"
At The Goose and GrdroE" Sir Christopher
Wren presided over the St PauPs Lodge of
Free Masons for over eighteen years. and he pre-
scented to the lodge the trOwel and mallet with
which he laid the first stone Of the cathedral
The goose is still preserved with her unmusicaI
harp in Guidhau-Julian King Colford, in
st. Nicholas
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-27
SEIZURE IN 1912.

bLILJKL IN IOIZ.
In candor to both the countries thus dragged
Lrresistibly to collision it should be clearly rec
ogniZed that the position OF the United States
though incOntrOvertbly logical, and containing
the modern doctrine, distinctly in advance
Of that then generally held; and, moreover, that
ii covered q condition of things grieVously in
furious to Great Britain, during emergency
the peril Of which she did not exaggerate. There
we're a great many British seamen in the Ameri-
merchant service They were sorely needed
In the British navy. the deterioration of which
in point of crews was notorious, and matter Of
widespread complaint. British naval authority
for removing them had precedent which was
well established though remote, and rarely ex-
erted vexatfous when the nationality of
neutral seaman had been sufficiently ascertalned
by his speech. 1t the appearance of an
English speaking neutral. to which this test did
not adequately apply, that at once raised the en-
forcement OF an obsolescent precedent to the
height OF national indignity and individual out
rage.-(Captain A II. Mahan, in Scribners
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-27
THIBETAN METHODS OF sEcLUsIoN.

The raisOn d'etre of the Thibetan government
IS the preservation and maintenance of Buddh-
ism. So the policy of the closed door and Sc
clusion was originally adopted for the same rea-
son But this policy has now undergone a
change in character. and has become vital
principle of national preSerVatiOn-vital con-
sidered by Thibetans Several foreigners. Euro
peans, have entered Lhassa since the expulsion
of the French priests Hue and CADET in 1916
From what heard. think they were Christian
(RomanisD priests in disguise; but instead Of
being sent away, they were cared for. and given
much good food, in which was poison.-(T The
Rev Ekai kawaguchi in The Century.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-27
IN THE COLOMBIAN REVOLUTION

Inc troops were lined up at that hour OUTSIDE
the hotel and the general strUtted to and NJ
waiting for his coffee and telling everybody
what terrible things he was going 70 DO 70 ths
enemy But complication arose. Perez hal
not been general long, but he wanted mlA %
his coffee, whereas nine COlombanS out or IN
are content with black coffee. There was a
milk The cows are kept three OF four nous
Journey out of town. and of course. milk cann'
be Kept overnight in that tropical climate y
hotel folk figured that the milk could not aF'.'
before IL O'Clock
The general fUmed and fretted Some o. ~
officers suggested that he had better start VI
out the milk or the enemy would escape. eut p
said II was impossible To fight on black CON-
lie sent a soldier post haste 10 fetch the ma
and then another after him to hurry him U.
Meanwhile the army stood IN the br0uns 81
for hours. awaiting the order to march II W.
nearly noon when the messengers returned
mo milk" they reported
"Caramba! Then l won't march till to-mS
row."-CThOmaS s. Alexander. in Worlds Wo'A
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-27
JANUARY.

"Oblfge me with Hat" said Time
The PrestidigitatOr,
And Mr.. World with trust sublime
Uncovered his Equator
Time waved his wand and Presto! drew
IN cOiling cOnVOlUtiOnS
From out the Hat a roll of New
And PiOuS Resolutions.
-(OIiver HEREFORD, in The Metropolitan Magazine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-27
FUTURE MANDARINs WANTED.

Three of Sir Chentung's daughters are living
and the eldest, Miss Wun Mel. has come to this
country with her father and two small brothers
There IS a little family joke connected with the
young Wonan's name. which doesn't detract
however, from the statement that girls are wei
come in intelligent Chinese households.
Still to have future mandarins about the
house. there must be boys.
The first child in Sir Chentung's household
was "A little girl. That was it should be. But
the second a girl too.
Just for luck they named the second baby
Wun Mel, which means Change" That Is
Wun means change and Mel means the Intel
That a hint that the third baby should be
a boy. But the stork flying about KwaRg -TunR
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-27
THE DERELICT HUNTERS

The subject of derelIcts ia oro -,
importance TO seafaring men In general brt
80 80 70 the large transatlantic steayoN
nrasar, IL seems strange. In view of the
aSrelicts' that no systematic plan has 10y oy
tiI go looking to their destruction Fron,
80. 20 .e sPasmodic efforts are made In IN
N' TIC 'Hiious governments Ia the suhiact
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-27
TUNNELING OUT OF IJBny pp1eoN

Aside from the effects of b,,r,r IT,,
icing OF unrest among many of the nrisorors
snnn5a,n II yielded TO- often led to serious de-
Was dor;Syo5 anu f even insanity. Plan after pan
IMP riprLctlcable In the dead hours Of the niebt
IN th coHla De seen prowling around the prison
oner Often on dark stormy nights t 1pe might
c ~Uaiu come up for temporary shelter nndaT
e aUy OF me prison walls where unobserved b
co1on c rom me outside they would enter into
1,p, e3sloIs or sympathy. Among them fra
Is was found a man of Northern 49,,
80 ~ nau Deen conscrpted into the Confaderati
$50 t anu WIS at heart UniOnist. Bribes 49,
1p offered by the prisoners and taI, =,
mes guards; put attempts to escape by thai
handna semet any resulted in the prisoner helm,
VglS!ae ana given up his valuables-1IaI'ue 1
"ehS' n McClures Magazine \'H'es NJ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-27
From January Magazines.

te didn't take the hint The third and
io !r children were girls, too
Cnehtuns as he finished the story of his da1,q-b ;
go name; lie can spring a purely Yankee
50Ae WSth oriental gravity and never misses an
Pearsons Magazine - SeAucA' III
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-27

that could give anybody idea Of AZ position
on bitterly cOntrOVerted questions OF economics
or pOlitics-CWllis ]. Abbot. IN The BOOkIov-
ers Magazine.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-07-03
UNCLE SANS NEW RIFLE.
Old krag Being Put Away to Make
Boom for the New Snrinnfiald

Old krag Being Put Away to Make
Room for the New Springfield.
The work Of replacing the old black
powder Springfield rifle in the National
Guard with the Krag- Jorgensen is only
now fairly under way and already the
Krag is obsolete and is to be superseded
by new Springfield. This weapon,
which is now undergoing its service
tests, is officially described in the cur
rent number of the Journal Of the Mill
tary Service Institution.
1t is magazine rifle, centrally fed by
clips.
1t has rod bayonet which may be
used also as a cleaning rod.
Its caliber is 30
1t fires a 220 grain bullet-say half
an ounce-with 1873 grains Of smokeless
powder.
The bullet starts of at velocity of.
1900 feet per second, and is still going
at the rate of 958 feet per second when
it has Travelled 1000 yards, at which
point it has left striking energy Of
All. 9-foot pounds. The energy. at the
nluzzle is 2,581.6-foot pounds, and the
bullet will penetrate oyer four ami a
half feet Of white pine ct a distance oe
fifty-three feet.
The new rifle is made of eighty-two
pieces.
It is to be provided with riot
cartridges, each containing two round
balls made OF lead and5tin in the pro-
portion Of 16 to luminous ratio-anG
propelled by 81 grains of sinpkelesa
powder. These bullets will have an ef-
fectiEe range of 200 yards.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-07-03
STRIKE is SETTLED.
Dubuque Car Men Reach an Auree.
ment With Their EN-
pIoyerS.

Dubuque, Ia, June 25.-The street
car strike, which for the past six weeks
has completely tied up the traction
lines and which for the past week
has filled the streets with soldiers, was
nmicably settled last night at IL
o'clock.
Terms Of the agreement were reached
by o'clock, but formal acceptance by
the principals was not obtained until
the hour stated.
The committee rejected the original
demands of the men for exclusion OF
non-union men from the company's
service and for requiring the COM
pany to submit to the union it's rea-
sons for the discharge of any man.
The cause Of the strike May 6 was
the discharge of Deveraux, Noonan and
Hennessey, who had appeared as a
grievance committee. The company
contended that they had been dis
charged for violation Of rules. The com
mittee awarded them clearance cards
and a letter of communication for vol
UNFAIRLY withdrawing.
The company agrees to reinstate all
other men, discriminate against no
union man, receive the unions griey-
ance committee, and allow appeals on
grievances from the general manager
to directors.
Adjutant General Byers will order
the militia away today.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-07-03
BLACKS ARE BARRED.
Negro Pupils Could Not Graduate in
WASHINGTON Public Halls.


Washington, June 27.-All Washing
ton theaters have closed their doors
this year to the graduating classes anc
commencement exercises of the negro
public and private schools. For TWEEN
ty years past all the commencement
of negro public schools in this city
have been held in some one of the the
aters. The managers of various the
ators solicited engagements for the
commencement exercises of the white
schools.
When the negroes made their appli-
cations, the managers of five theaters
in succession announced that thei1
houses had already been booked. The
negroes We're early in the field anc
We're willing, to make their date con-
form to the engagements. They re-
ceived no further satisfaction than the
reply that bookings ran until late in
the summer. All the commencement
exercises for the negro schools have
been held in negro churches, and the
indignation among the negroes is in
tense.
Washington has been for years the
Mecca of educated negroes. Although
Its negro population is one-third Of the
total population, the fact that the fed
eral government controls the District
of Columbia has prevented the street
railway companies from introducing
JilS Grow cars and the railroads which
entsa the district from adopting the
plans of southern railways. The ne
groes have appealed to the district
commissioners, but the latter could not
help them.