davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
Woman.

A plain woman takes pride in her
friends, a beautiful woman in her
enemies.
A woman will often say no when
she means yes: but never yes when
she means no.
The normal woman is capable Of
one love and fifty affairs.
A womans charity sometimes begins
away from home, and then remains
there.
A young GIRLS the nearest approach
to an angel that we have--and the
most eXaSperating.
It has not been decided whether 4
woman is happier when happy or
when miserable.
When woman is throughly tired
she finds nothing SO refreshing as a
nice long talk.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
Not In His Seat.

A certain congressman was very busy
at his desk in the house one morning
when a page announced, "a gentleman
in the lobby to see you. sir" Tell him
I'm not In my seat" said the congress
man after looking at the card. "he
boy, sturdy looking chap, did not
move. "But you are in your seat, sir"
be answered in matter Of fact tones,
"and I can't say you are not" The
congressman looked at the lad ansrny,
but, seeing that he was In earnest,
moved into the vacant chair Of his
neishbor. Now tell him I'm not In my
seat" Eyes, sir" said the boy briskly
and went to deliver the message.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01

me Stages OF ClSlil2atlOD, Uy MT.
Frank Orms, Of Atlanta. did not
think that the Frank Orme I used to
know was old enough to have written
an article so scientific, 50 philosophi-
cal. so Husleylikeon the races OF man
kind. Nest OF the article is an analy-
tical history Of the principal races and
the causes that contributed TO their
advancement or their decay, The
latter part deals gently and fairly with
the negro and our efforts to elevate
and refine him by education. From
| Mr.. Ornle's Viewpoint aad the laws OF
ethnology and biology this cannot be
done and the effort viii be in vain.
But have not tine or space TO re-
i vicw his admirable treatise. Let our
! thoughtful lncn. our wise men. our
! learned professors in the college read
F! It and they will find abundant food
/ for thought and serious reflection.
! Nr. Orme seems as familiar with en-
! Jhuoloyy, biology, anthrnpO!ogy, So
ciuiogy and all the otl:cr ologieS as
Huxley Or Humboldt or Darwin. we
old veterans are pleased to see our
Young men taking hold OF these
things. Ever since the war our pco-
pie have seemed almost paralyzeu Tor
fear CT making their condition more
intolerable by talking but Of late there
IS a renewal OF independence ana
Younger men are coming to the 1ropt.
/ The sale OF Henry r. Jackson, $ great
speech on The W2nderer has eA-
ceeced my expectations and II was a
Young man who projected tnat-ho.
for moaey but for the dllluSlon o.
knowledge.
And here is long article in a Des
NOMINEES paper from a woman VINO mas
been recently travelling through Texas
hunting for something she wanted to
find and she found it. 1t was some
very high weeds in the front yard OF
one home-and at another house was
a woman sitting on log dipping snuff
and she had lost all her front teeth
Another discovery was that Texas T'"-
men don't do anything. They VIZ ms
wo K t ie garden or raise chickens OF
churn the butter and il one WAS
caught ut it she would be taken up
and put in a glass case and sent to the
St. Louis fair as a curiosity. What
malignant slanderer she is. She
winds up by saying that the people
there hate the negro so bad that II
the whole race had but one neck they
would chopit off. l know Texas from
east to wes5 and north to south and
the people will average we'll with the
better class in the older States. When
will these SANDERS cease? The March
number OF The Review of Reviews has
a most excellent editorial on the South
and her people. 1t is kind and con-
siderate until it gets to Roosevelt and
it gives him the most falsome praise
and declares that he is our friend.
But want Mr.. Shaw to cell me it he
can about when will Roosevelt retract
his published SANDERS OF Jefferson
Davis and make ar apology to his
widow. That's what I want to know
and until he does that no words OF
praise will prove him to be either a
gentleman or a friend.-Bill Arp in
Atlanta Constitution.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
Ancient Rule. For Carving.

Our ancestors fully recognized the
value Of good carving, and many We're
the rules by which carver was e1-
pected to be governed. The ancient
'Boke Of kervyng," among other
things, admonishes him to touch venison
only with his knife and to "set never on
fyche, nesch, beeste ner fowle more
than two fingers and tbumbe." Fin
gers he was naturally obliged to use
since forks were luxury Of later date
and were not in private use until James
rs reign. Piers Gaveston. the favor
ite Of Edward H., had three silver
forks for eating pears, but this was re-
garded, no doubt, as great and spe-
cial luxury.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
His Fathers Eciend.

Thomas McNeal, Esq, speaking at
the banquet of the Kansas State Bar
association, told of a lawyer who col
lected $50 for a client and took out
S35 for his fee. He said as he hand
ed over the SIS, Il am your friend,
and l can't charge you d full fec. l
knew your father for great many
years" And the client in the full
ness of bis heart could only say,
THANK God, you didn't know my
grandfather Law Notes.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
An Ear1v Astronomer.

Thales, born e4o B. c.. was the first
to note the four distinct divisions due
to the position Of the sun-namely, the
solstices and the equinoXes. He also
taught that moonlight was simply re-
fected sunlight and was the man who
first made q prediction Of a solar
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
Shot His Two Sons.

At Esankland Ind, as result Of q
family feud David Gaines Thursday
night shot two of his sons. Lloyd II
years old, was shot in the side and the
older son who interferred was shot
through the lett hand. The younger
boy will die. Gaines left home and is
being hunted by two other sons. Who
are armed and swear they will shoot
him on sight. Officers are also 10 1king
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
Served Them Right,

C. E. Sapp, former collector Of in
ternal revenue, Leonard Parsons, his
former deputy, and Joe Potoning, a
local Republican politician, pleaded
guilty in the federal court at Louis
vile, Ky, on Wednesday to indict-
ments charging them with assessing
federal employees for political purpose.
Sapp and Potoning were fined $500
each and costs, Parsons $500 and
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
a Horned Snake.

A very handsome species Of snake Is
the rhinoceros viper, which bears, as
it's name suggests, horns on its nose.
It is most beautifully colored when
freshly emerging from its cast skin, but
its form is by no means elegant, being
very thick In body, with a bulldogl1ke
head. It may attain length Of more
than six feet and is very deadly anil
mal.-Quarterly Review.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
Great Britnin's Beer.
Great Britain brews annually S34o,-
100000 worth Of beer.
4 Great Iron Mountain.

Near the city Of Durango, Mexico.
is an iron mountain GAO feet high, and
the iron IS from 60 to 10 per cent pure.
The metallic mass spreads In all di-
rections for a radius Of three or four
miles. The entire deposit is sufficient
to supply all the iron required in the
world for 1000 years.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
Honest Cinnamon.

Honesty is a prevailing virtue among
most Cinnamon. Some Of them, in their
native towns and cities, often leave
their places Of business unguarded
while they so off for half an hour or
more. Should customers arrive In the
meantime they find the prices Of goods
plainly marked, select what they want
and leave the money for them.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
Eject Of ehloroform on Cinnamon

Eject Of Chloroform on Cinnamon.
It takes "A very large dose Of chlo-
reform to anasthetize the Chinaman.
He passes under its influence more
slowly and rarely shows the excitement
often characteristic Of the initial stage
Of anasthesia. Still more rarely does
be suffer from sickness on his return to
consciousness. This greater apathy OF
nature helps to recovery from severe
accidents and operations.-Londop Hos
pital
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
How 1t Stands.

From several quarters in South Car
olina, as well as in other southern
States, reports come that traffic on
highway has been practically suspend
ed because Of the condition Of the
roads. II railroads suspended traffic
they would soon be bankrupt. Mer-
chants in the towns and farmers liv-
ing on these roads leading to the
towns, occupy the relative position of
stockholders Of railroads. Yet few
realize the heavy losses incurred by
suspended traffic on highways.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
Killed Her Aunt

at Chicago while iokeing with a
relative, Miss Nellie O'Day picked up
a small rifle yesterday afternoon and
accidentally touched the trigger. The
weapon was discharged killing her
aunt, Mrs. Margaret O'Day. The cor
oner's jury acquitted the young wo-
man VINO is prostrated with grief.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
AN unusual circumstance is noted

AN unusual circumstance is noted
in connection with the Office of pro-
bate Judge, or keeper Of mortuary re-
cords, etc. This year four counties
have lost by death the men who had
been holding this important office: and
it has not been so long since the pro-
bate judge in Chester died. The four
counties in which vacancies have oc-
CURED this year are Fairfield: Horny,
kershaW and Colleton.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
SHOWING THEIR TEETH.
The Blind Tigers in Charleston Claws
the Chief of Police.


A dispatch from Charleston to the
Augusta Herald says war against the
blind tigers OF Charleston has develop
cd quite sensation in which sone
startling assertions against the
character Of Charleston's Chief OF pol
ice have been made by means Of piac-
ing placards in the window OF one OF
the places recently closed up. Since
the first of his administration Cover
nor Heywartl has been keeping the
constabulary moving actively against
the blind tigers, of Charleston. The
developments in the Chicco affair were
spread broadcast and read with con,
siderable interest in great many
newspapers, but the latest affair is
the first of a. really sensational type so
far. Several days ago blind tiger
run by r. NJ. McManus was raided by
rider OF Mayor Smythe and ever since
there have been placardS placed daily
in the window knocking on the
character Of the chief of the police
department to stare pedestrians in the
face. The day following the raid this
one appeared:
This business was closed by
orders of a drunken, inc smpetent
Chief OF Police
No notice was taken Of the placard
by the officials, but it was read by eV-
erybody that passed the place. The
following day an even more sensation
al placard was exhibited in the win
dow, reading as follows:
'sWhy don't this drunken Chief
Of Police be as active in closing
other places as be has this. The
Governor could then call in the
conStabulary."
The affair did not stop with this
placard, nor was it allowed to remain
long in its place. Apparently not
satisfied with the effect single pla'
card was having, the advertisement
was changed this morning, and in-
stead of one card, the show window
was decorated with an array Of cards
that was calculated to stop anyone
who might be passing, and could not
help but have some resting place in
the minds Of the readers. The signs
displayed are as follows:
What the community wishes
to know is why this Chief of Police
disgraces the uniform that the
taxpayers put on his back. Who
pays the rent of No. 81 Coming
street? Who runs that den? Let
him ancuar that too p"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
Not Sure of Him.

"Why are you so sure that he loves
your
Because he stays away from me in
hopes he can overcome the fascination
Of my presence. And there IS but one
thing that bothers mel fear be will
succeed. ed.'-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
aIcoboIfn Russia.

The Russian ministry Of finance mo-
nopolzes the alcohol industry, and
some idea Of the value Of the output
may be gained by the fact that G.OOO,-
100000 corks are used annually. one
third Of which are produced in govern
ment works
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
.Sappho.

The one poem most often translated
into every language Of the civilized
and uncivilized world was written by
a woman-"The Ode to Aphrodite," by
Sappho. Shakespeare's works have
borne the test Of but three centuries
Sappho's have stood through twenty
five centuries.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
European Marriages.

The average duration Of marriages
In England is twenty-eight years. Rus
sia. with thirty years, is the only coun-
try to beat her. In France and Ger
many twenty-six years is the average
duration.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
An Object Lcsson.

A French reformer delivered lee
ture at Lyons against corSets and lac
ing. In course Of the lecture woman
tainted. 1t proved to be the lecturers
wife. who wore q corset and was too
tigh Il laced.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
co-1-sc-.w snb.titnte.

a convenient substitute for cork
screw when the latter Is not at hand
may be found IN the use Of common
screw with an attached string to pull
out the cork.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01

TIE Hon. Grover Cleveland rises to
remark that the scribe who quoted
him as saying that he is out OF politics
took unWarranted liberties with the
language, for he didn't say anything
OF the kind. Grover may as we'll say
it, as the people retired him long
ago.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
Bark Shirts.

Shirts and hats that are never In
need Of ironing are worn by the In.
dams Of the interior Of Bolivia. They
are made Of the bark Of tree, which
Is soaked In water until the fiber is
softened and then beaten with stones
to make it pliable.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
Crrst Coffee.

An old fashioned invalid drink IS
called crust coffee Over the equiva.
lent Of two slices Of bread toasted
golden brown IN the Lven pour one
pint Of boiling water. Steep gently
for fifteen minutes, strain and serve,
adding sugar and cream to taste.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
TuS'nnnfhCffC.

This is a cold, unfeeling world he
remarked bitterly.
"IIaw returned his companion. you,
too, have heard the ribald laugh when
you slipped on banana skin, nave
you?"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01

THE Washington Post says some of
the southern delegates to Republican
conventions have had the palms OF
their hands literally creased with
SOAP" The Gov of soap is older
than the door Of hope:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
A MisAc,s HOocd.

Four thousand pounds in gold, silver
and brouze has been found In the hut
Of an old beggar woman at Chabet-el-
Amen. Algeria.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
Acid FruIt ,yutce,

The JUICE Of any acid fruit can be
made into sirup by adding pound Of
white sugar to every pint Of juice and
boiling ten minutes. Seal in pint cans.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01


An unusual criminal case was re-
Gently tried in the court at Green
wood, Norman Hodges and Hargroye,
two white men, and three negroes,
Jim East, Kicking Bell and Robert
Coleman, were arraigned on the seri-
Gus charge Of highway robbery. 1t
is said that they held up" Gus Ar
mold, a white man. near Wares Shoals,
some time last fall and relieved him
Of s66 in money. Gus Arm Id is also
to be tried for killing negro on last
Thanksgiving day. The three negroes
pleaded guilty, but asserted that
Arnold only had s53. They claim that
he lost s13 gambling with them and
with two white men, Hodges and
Hargrore.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01

The biggest laundry In London has
seven miles Of drying lines, all under
cover. Eighty thousand pieces can be
dried at once In the space Of half an
hOI1r
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01

Ethel-A sixteen page letter from
George! Why, what on earth does he
say?
Aiabel-He says he loves me.-Pitts-
burg Gazette.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
4 Neat Bull.

An Irishman, prosecuting another
man for assault, was asked to explain
the accused's black eyes.
"Ah." he replied readily, before he
had time to hit me hit him back"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01

The Kansas City Star say: 1t is
certain that if Henry Ward Beecher
were alive he would admire Grover
Cleveland as much as Mr.. Cleveland
admireS Mr.. Beecher.H
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
The Cradle of the Race

DR.. A1oritz Alsberg in his work on tt
descent Of man accepts as plausit {
Schotensack's idea that Australia W
the cradle Of the human race.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
Hat Tax.

In the reign Of George III. hats were
taxed. The last tax was 6 cents.
Those above So in value paid a tax Of
30 cents.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
School Gar6cns,

In many Of the continental cities and
In some few American cities gardens
are laid out In the neighborhood Of
public schools, and the children are
taught to cultivate them.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01

Organ grinders in Vienna are not al
lowed to play in the morning or even
tng-only between midday and sunset
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
The Eorfh.

If the earth were equally divided
among its present inhabitants, each Of
US, man, woman and child, would get
twenty-three and 4 half acres.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
Work For Prisoners,

Prisoners in England awaiting trial
can elect to work during the period and
receive payment accordingly.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01

Closed by order OF that De-
baucher, Imposter upon the tax
payers us the Chief Of Police. Had
he been sober instead of state of
beastly intoxication on the night
of the murder of Young Pinckney
the perpetrators OF that foul deed
might have been apprehended.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
Egyptian Specialists.

The ancient Egyptians had dentists
as we'll as specialists for diseases Of
the eyes and ears.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
Our EsS Product.

The 650.o0o,O00 eggs produced yearly
In America would. if laid end to end,
girdle the earth twelve times at the
eCpator
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
Berlin Bridges.
A Monster Laundry.

After Venice, Berlin has more bridges
than any other town in Europe.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01

"Who but this rotten Chief of
Police is responsible for the rob-
berry of the old Veterans during
the reunion in the year 1898? A
privilege was granted an imported
gambler and ex-convict, at the
cost of $4,000 to do the work.
Why was such a privilege granted?
Not for the love Of this convict.
Who got the privilege money?
Let him answer that"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
Cho1iy's Good One.

"Oh, Miss Perkins, l have conun-
dwum for you. What is the dif'wence
between Tilted fellah who pwetends
he doesn't care and 4 dish Of Dutch
cabbage?
Miss Perkins-Well, go on. What's
the answer?
Cholly-One's souah gwapes and the
others sauaukwaut- Ia, haw! Isn't
that doosid cleyah?-New York Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
4 Bad Mess.

It runs in the family-a woman's
topgue.-philadelphia Bulletin.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01

graduates couldn't teach them the
lost art Of making wooden nutmegS,
but they could teach school and preach
and the New England people could
pay them for it and keep their money
at home. Something must be done
and done quick. or the old Puritan
race will become extinct. | reckon
these colored graduates would make
good missionaries. They have never
tried anything else.
When my good friend Mr.. I. *.
Oglesby sent me his book, Some
Truths of History-The South Vindi-
Gated" I was too sick to peruse it
carefully. Since I have gotten better
I have reread it-every page-and am
free to say it is the mcst comforting
little book Of 260 pages have yet
found. It is mastery and as true
and solid as a stone wall. He has
certainly vindicated the South and
nailed the lies and SANDERS to the
masthead. I feel like I have de-
fender in mine own household, and
yet there is not malignant express
sion in it. 1t is gracefully done and
would bring conviction to any mind,
North Or South, that was open to
conviction. Every youth in the land
should buy a copy and absorb It's con-
tents, for it is as readable as a TO-
nance. l regard it as the best con-
tribution 70 Southern historical litera-
ture that has Yet appeared. Send
sl.25 to Mr.. Oglesby, No. S South
Broad street, Atlanta. Ga. 1t seems
to me that this book would convert a
Northern fanatic and if it converted
only one it would save soul from
death and hide multitude OF sins.
And there has recently come to NE
the March number Of The AlkaheSt, a
frst-clasS Southern magazine, and [
ind in it a very remarkable article,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01

''This drunken Chief of Police
occupied the time Of the special
detectives in bounding down
those>that are distasteful to him,
while the thieves have their own
way and the taxpayers pay the
costs"
1t is the chief Of police, ". A,
BOYLE, who S referred to in the sign!
or cards that appear in the window
and everybody in Charleston expects
that some serious trouble will be the
result OF what many of the test peo-
pie here are referring to as "a dirty
piece OF WORK" on the part Of ,'blino
tiger keeper" meaning McManus.
While Chief Boyle has taken nc
action in the matter, treating it appa
rently with contempt, it is plainly
seen that the manner in which his
name is being handled by the blinc
tiger is not at all appreciated by him
The chief of police is pretty well likec
by the best element of Charleston'>
people and the community is siding
with him in the work he is doing,
while on the other hand McManuS has
very little standing here at all. The
fair-minded element OF the city are
referring to his action in using the
placards the way he has as "a stab in
the dark