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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01

last week that Sherman's army was
composed Of bummers, chicken thieves,
etc. The Spartanburg Journal thinks
these are mild terms to apply to the
perpetrators of wholesale arson and
robbery and the South ought to be
proud Of man who can go into the
midst Of the place where those he is
denouncing come from and express
the South's opinion of them. Senator
Tillman is engaged just now in stat
ing the South's position on the race
question, which has been so offensively
thrust upon US by an unbalanced Re
publican president. Only portion
of the northern people smypathize
with the president in his course, the
other portion, and a very large por-
tion it is, sympathizing with the
South. The subject does not furnish
occasion for the superb flights of elo-
quencc Of which the editor of the
Atlanta News is so well capable. but
requires just the kind of treatment
Tillman is giving it. Such words as
his may not please, but they make
their hearers go home and think,
and such thinking'willinevitably bring
them to better view OF the Souths
position and the absolute necessity OF
maintining it.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
Sit Down, Grover.

It is the opinion Of many that Gro
yer Cleveland is working for the
nomination for president at the hands
Of the Democratic party. In COM
menting on this subject the Louis
vile Courier-Journal states a well
known truth when it says to the
great body Of the Democrats Of the
west and south Mr.. Cleveland is an
eyesore, an otfense, a red rag, but to
those Democrats who, like ourselves,
would bridge the chasm of lS95-1900
he is merely an obstruction. He
stands right across the middle Of the
bridge, blocking the way. Except
for him there would be no serious
trouble. If we were his friend, and
assuredly we are not his enemy, and
believed in his lofty professions. we
should still counsel him to stand aside.
We should say to him: Mr.. Cleve-
land, the Democratic shipwrecl, came
to pass whilst you were on the bridge.
Many Of the crew. and some of the
passengers, hold you responsible. gull
ty of incompetency. if not of treach-
cry. Even according to your own
rating OF yourself, you have: done
enough for your party and your coun-
try. You are an old man. Why COM
plicate the situation, embarrassing
your friends and cheating your age OF
its repose by once more undertaking
to seize the helm and to steer the
Ship" This is simple truth plain
ly told, but Cleveland is too full ef
egotiSn to heed it. 1t seems hard
for Cleveland to understand that he
is oaly u has been. and that the rank
and tile Of tile Democratic party has
trusted him for the last time. He be-
trayed the party into the hands OF It's
enemies once, but he will never get
the chance to do SO again. Grover
should go away back and sit down.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
Honey.

According to writer in Health, hon
ey is a valuable medicine and has
many uses. 1t is excellent in most
lung and throat affections and is often
used with great benefit In place Of cod
liver oil. Occasionally there IS per
son with whom it does not agree, but
most people can learn to use it with
beneficial results. Children who have
natural appetites generally prefer II to
butter. Honey is Laxative and setla-
tive, and in diseases Of the bladder and
kidneys it is an excellent remedy.
1t has much the same effect as wine
or stimulants, without their injurious
effects, and is unequaled in mead and
harvest drinks. AS al external apph-
cation it is irritating when clear, but
soothing when diluted. IN many places
it is much appreciated as remedy for
Group ard colds. In preserving fruit
the formic acid it contains makes
better preservative than sugar sirup,
and it is also used in cooking and con-
fections. Honey does not injure the
teeth as candies do.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
Trick Candies.

The trick cigar has its counterpart
in confectionery" said a candy manu-
facturer the other day. The callow
youth who delights in giving explosive
cigars to his men friends demands
something similar for the candy con.
suming sex, and we have to meet the
demand
The possibilities Of cream choco-
late or a piece Of nougat are limited,
but we have a few contrivanees. We
make of very hard candy an imita-
ton Of tooth with a gold crown and
hide it in a cream chocolate. You can
imagine the rest-a party Of women
munching candy, one Of them discover
ing something hard and finding a gold
crowned tooth loose in her mouth!
Similarly we initiate bone collar
button in a hard white candy, Ltde a
candy shoe button in a piece Of nougat,
put q bit Of cork in caramel or fill a
candied cherry with red pepper. So
long as the sanity experts don't weed
out these alleged jokers the candy man
has to put, these trick candies for
them" New York Times.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
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iHE COLORADO APACHE.
ar SIN accufate Nan Tracker He Haa
No Enna1

ar an accurate Nan Tracker He Haa
No Equal.
AS q trailer the Colorado Apache has.
no equal. He possesses the acute In
stinct OF the hound combined with an
accurate sense Of vision. 4 turned,
leaf, a teck OF gravel cast aside. the
displacement Of u pebble from its bed.
all aTe clear, readable pages.
They ask few if any particulars Of
the man they are to follow. They will,
as they progress on his track, gather
up for themselves one by one little
items Us to his personality. which are
nearly always verified in the end:
When following 1 trail over the iron
capped rocks and stony arroyas OF Ari-
Zona, his face is picture Of intense
concentration. Not 4 syllable escapes
him. His pace varies from no visible
cause. At times he almost runs; then,
with rapid glance behind, he glides
along slowly and With eyes glued to
the ground possibly for hours. Here
and there may be few stretches Of
sand, but dry sand leaves after the
footStep only an indentation, closing
after the pressure, SO that to the mex
periclced eye it might have been a
horse Or 4 mule that made it and not a
man. = Man Trailing With Human
BlooGbounds" in Outing.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
Some Wholesome Truths.

Some newspapers and people, who
are everlastingly trying to turn their
sails to catch every breeze from what
ever quarter it come, get the cold
shiverS every time Senator Tillman
goes into a Northern city and in his
forceful, sledge-hammer style tells
the Northern people some good whole
some truths. The Atlanta News be-
longs to this class Of newspapers, and
it is now frantically calling on Sena-
tor Tillman to come home and hush.
Well the News does not know Senator
Tillman as well as we do nor does it
understand the purpose of his mission.
AS the Spartanburg Journal expresses
it Senator Tillman does not soft-soap
people, and his audiences does not ex-
pect him to. In fact. they would be
greatly disappointed if he did not in
ject considerable vitrol in his talks to
them. The people that the Senator
talks to in these Northern towns know
what they are going to get when they
20 to hear him and have no cause to
complain when he gives it to them.
He told them at Detriot one night
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
CAPTURED TIE TOWN.
Trouble With the Landrones on the
rSJop3 Of NIip3anaO

A dispatch from Manila says the
town Of SurigaI, in the nor ,heasterh
part of the Island OF Mindanao, which
was captured Sunday by laaroneS, was
relieved Wednesday. Tne American
officials and foreigners were found 10
oe safe. Secretary Ro"t received d
cablegram from Governor lait Sl'iHs
the following account OF the a1'acA
of Surigao: -,
Affair at Suriga, turns OUT |" ~
The escape oi 10 prisoners sentence"
20 long terms for ladroniSm. VINO;
with 90 or 50 OF their fellows returned
10 Surirao, succeeded in surprising
and rushing the conStaDu!arE Hl>pec-
tor. Lewis NJ. Clarke. and thus taxing
command Of the town. Eln2 Amerl-
cans, including two women, retreateH
tc the provincial building, where, un-
dcr the direction of Luther ). Kelly,
nroyincial treasurer, formerly captain
Of volunteers and still carrier an In
dian scout. known as Yellow Stone
Kelly. barricaded the building against
the attacking party. The Americans,
armed with only a few shotguEs and
short of ammunition. maintained
their defense against the ladroneS, re-
fusing to yield to an ultimatum de-
nanding guns by the reply Of Kelly
that they would not give up single
gun and would kill on sight any Ia.
drone within range. Assistant Chief
TAYLOR arrived at Surigao with con-
stabulary force, about is hours after
the attack. On his approach the la
drones disappeared and columns arc
now following them. Surgao, eX-
treme northeast Mindanao: is so fal
removed that l have concluded to cal
upon George w. Davis to put military
in command with hope that a large
force of ladrones and their guns may
be captured and they may be prose1u
ted for murder and ladronism. So fal
as advised Capt. Clarke only American
killed. The cable from Surigao land
ed near provincial building in which
Americans took refuge and they were
thus able to communicate with mill.
tary commander at Iligan and will
constabulary headquarters at Ceou
Two constabulary inspectors were ab
sent from Surigao in Cebu, where
they were passing their examination
for promotion. Surigao had been re
garded as a quiet province since The
capture and sentence Of ladrones. bu1
their escape led to the difficulty. L
deemed necessary by the military
commander the commission will SuS
pend the writ Of habeas corpus fo1
Surigao, but it is to be hoped thai
this measure can be avoided.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
Coffee Chewing.

Coffee chewing" says a doctor, lis
a habit easily contracted, for the taste
Of the crisp roasted berries IS not un-
pleasant, and the eXhilaration, the slim
ulus, that the berries give is quite as
marked as that which would be obtain
ed from glass or two Of beer or from
a drink Of whisky.
at is this exhilaration, am conyinc-
ed, that causes the habit tc be formed
and that makes it hard habit to break
away from. 1t should be broken away
from. Its effects are highly injurious.
They are more injurious than those Of
tobacco chewing.
"The coffee chewing habit wrecks the
nerves, it makes the skin sallow and It
destroys the appetite. have had oc-
casion to treat a number Of men for it.
1 always advise such men to break of
By imperceptible degrees; to give three
or four months to the task. Some sue
ceed and some do not Men who work
in coffee plants find it almost impossi-
Bile to succeed. d."-New York Tribune.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
MUST tE CRAZY.
Mad Act Of Norman Elder in Will
liamsburS County.

4 dispatch to The State says there
was considerable excitement at Lake
CITY in Williamsburg County on last
Thursday caused by two Mormon eld-
ers. About 10 o'clock that morning
one of the Mormon elders entered the
home Of Mr.. A. c. Stewart, farmer
living a few miles below Lake City.
The men folks were out in the field at
work, no Cne being in the house bat
Mrs. Stewart and her daughter. He
talked inSultingly to Mrs. Stewart
and her daughter. causing them to
run out of the house with fright. the
young lady jumping out Of the win
dow and running across the field to
Mr.. S. Ed. Floyd's screaming for help
with the Mormon elder chasing her,
1t seem the other elder tried to stop
him.
Mr.. Floyd and others got him and
tied him and after he was tied he
went into the house of a Mr.. Mcken-
zie and used insulting language to a
young lady there. He fought to a
finish and was knocked down into a
clay hole of water by Mr.. Floyd with
a large paddle used in boiling clothes.
He begged Mr.. Floyd to pull him out,
and when out he fought Mr.. Floyd
again, and the latter had to knock
him down several times before he con-
ouered him.
Mr.. Stewart was Informed that
two men were attempting a cri-ne
u pon his daughter, and it took hard
work to get his gun away from him:
as he wanted to kill this fellow, the
other having gotten away.
\ courier went into Lake City with
the report, saying they had one bring
ing him to town and wanted dogs to
catch the other. Suon after they
came in with the man they had cap
tured, tied and bloody, wet and cold,
and shivering like he had an ague.
An excited crowd soon assembled,
but nothing rash was attempted. He
did not ask to have his wounds dress
ed, but begged for some one to do
something to get him warm. His
wounds were dressed by DR.. Courtney.
He was having preliminary trial for
attempted rape when your correspon-
dents train arrived. Your correSpon-
dent had talk with the prisoner and
believes he is not in his right mind.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
The First Statue to q Woman.

New Orleans claims the honor of
being the first city in the United
States to erect statue to woman.
The monument stands in Margaret
Place. at the intersection of Camp
and prytania streets. Itcommemora-
teS the charities Of Magaret Haughery,
a woman reared in poverty, who accu-
mula!e a fortune in the milk and
bakery business. She spent freely IN
the care and help of the poor in the
city. and when she died her money
was divided among the charitable in
stitutiOnS Of New Orleans. Margaret
was a young. ignorant woman when
she lost her little boy, and although
she had but servants wages, she
began at once to spend her money for
the children Of the poor about her.
Size used to carry bread and milk to
the orphan asylum when She had no
money to give and no matter how little
money she possessed she divided with
those who were poorer than She, when
she died the people Of New Orleans
erected this statue in her memory.
Margaret is represented in the wollen
shawl and cotton dress familiar to resi-
dents OF the city for so many years,
with little child by her side.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
when Ice Covered Europe.

During the long tertiary epoch, when
opossums disported themselves on the
site Of Paris and mastodors tramped
along the valley Of the Thames, the
earth was in the throes Of mountain
making. The Alps, the Himalayas,
the Alleghanies, the Andes, attest the
power Of her activity In those days. At
their termination our continents stood
greatly higher than they do now, and
this aided their glaciation, although it
does not fully account for 1t.
But as they became loaded with ice
Europe and America gradually, and we
may venture to say contemporaneously,
sank. This was inevitable. Owing to
the extreme heat and pressure prevail
ing in its interior the earth is an en-
lnently elastic body. Its surface ac-
tually bulges in or out with very
slight increase or decrease Of the load
upon it--Edinburgh Review.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
NEGRO BLOOD IN THEIR VANS
Henry Watterson Takes Notice OF
Recent New York Escapade.

Henry Watterson finally has taken
note Of the entertainment on the part
Of New York's 400 Of a negro woman,
Aida Overton Walker. The Cou-
rier-Journal:s editor does not appear
to have been greatly shocked. He
saws some Of these swells need not 60
far back to find negro blood in their
veins.
SAYS Mr.. Watterson: The news
papers are making an ado over the in
cident which came to pass at Delmo-
nico'S the other evening, where at a
function by some members Of the
smart set a colored lady became the
piece Of resistance, as we Irish say.
1T is due to the truth that history
observe that the colored lady was not
among the originally invited guests.
In point of fact, she belonged to a
company OF show people exhibiting at
a Broadway theatre, and that she
came to instruct the swells into the
mysteries of the cakewalk. They
took such liking to her. however,
that the line of distinction was quick
ly obliterated, the host leading the
Queen of Midnight through the giddy
mazes of the dance. and the lily white
bellies Of the court circle, making her
at home and inviting her to other en-
tertainments, pledged her in fagons
Of fGarrip,r rhamna oI,e
The Courier-Journal has been
asked by several esteemed contempo-
raries for an expression as to this new
departure. It is not, we take leave
to remark, an altogether new depar-
ture. Several SwellS named as Of
those present are known to have acted
within their rights. If questioned,
these might trace their own origin
back to the rich, red blood of the
Ethiopian, in some cases not SO very
far back, either. They did but honor
their race in honoring the dnSky rep
resentativeS Of the vaudeville stage.
The Courier-Journal is not en-
gagged in the work of sensational speci-
icaUion. II it was 50 engaged, it
might reduce the great question to the
dimensions of a vulgar scandal.
Washington Post.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
Scarcity ofLeap Years.

1t is very unusual but still it is a
fact that the completion of the month
Of February marked the first time in
history for 100 years when seven sue
cessive Februar,s of only IS days
have occurred and it will be 200 years
longer, or the year 2,l00. The unu-
sual occurrence is due to the workings
of the rule OF astronomers for calcula-
ting leap years. The rule by which
the present or Grcgorian Calendar as
calculated is as follows:
Every year divisible by four shall be
a leap year except the centuries and
these shall be leap years if they are
diyiSible by 100. According to this
rule the year 1900 was not leap year
and therefore the present year, 1903,
is the seventh year since leap year
occurred. The year 1000 will be a
leap year because it is divisible by 400
so that the next time when seven COM
mon years will be from the year 2096
to 2lO3. the year 2l00 not being a
leap year. The above rule was in
stituted by Pope Gregory IN an effort
to keep the solar and calendar years
together.
The solar or sun year is 365 days, .
hours, 40 minutes and 4IsecondS long,
so that every four year the solar years
gets nearly but not quite q hours
ahead of the common year and ac-
cordingly one day is added to February
every + years to take up the discrep-
ancy. There is, however, still slight
difference. the calandar gaining on
the solar year by about one day in
every 10 years SO that on every cen
tury year divisible by 400, the extra
day is not added.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
isriiicry iu Boston.

The people of the North in general,
and New England in particular,
delight in charging all manner OF cleo
Iion frauds on the South TO hear
these people talk one would think
that such u thing as cheating at cleo
lions among them is 4 thing unhtard
of But they are not half Us free
from wrong doing in the matter nf
elections as they pretend TO be. In
fact the cheating in elections have
became so notorious in Boston even
that the Legislature Of Massachusetts
has been compelled To take hold OF
The matter. Recently evidence. of
wholesale repeating III the eighth ward
OF Boston at the State election last
November startled the legislative
committee that Was Investigating the
charges made about that sanity city.
One Of the witnesses before the COM
mittce, Henry Brown by name. de-
c,,ared that he voted no less than
seven times between 3:i3 and 3:35 in
the afternoon under promise OF re-
ceiviug S for each vote. AS he WAS
paid at one time s. the afternoons
work nettee him SIS. he said. He
thought this was (; pretty good day $
pay. until later he ran across another
man. who said he knew of man who
voted uwerty-fpur times between 6 and
S o'clnck in The morning, receiving 81
each time. Brown added that he met
parties on Election Day going from
precinct to precinct, and voting in all
OF them. In each case he voted for
John \. keliher for Congressman and
Daniel J. kiley for Representative.
Brown also said that he was induced
to vote at one Of the places by Repre-
sentative kiley.
Nothing half as bad as this ever &c
Cured in the South, and yet these
self-righteous Boston people lay awake
at night trying to devise some means
to prove that the South commit all
sorts OF election frauds. Some how
or other they won't see their own
rascality during election times: but
worry themselves sick about the sins
OF the people Of the South. They are
the worst kind Of hypocritcs and no
one know it better than they them
selves. If they would sweep the trash
from their own doors and let other
peoples trash alone they would be a
great deal more consistent than they
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
DO Not Laugh,

Do not laugh at the drunken man
reeling through the streets. However
ludicrous the siehI may be, just pause
and think. He Is going home to some
tender heart that will throb with
iptense agony; some doting mother,
perhaps, who will grieVe over the down
fall of him who was once her sinless
boy: or perhaps a fond wife, whose
heart will almost break with grief as
she views the obstruction of her Idol;
or maybe a loving sister who will shed
bitter tears over the disgrace OF her
brother, shorn of his manlinesS and
self-respect. AS your eyes follow the
drunken mans uncertain footsteps
record a solemn VOW that, while yoli
live, you will do all that within you
lies to avoid drunkenness.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
Cuckoo Customs In England.

There are or We're not long ago IN
different parts of England remnants Of
old customs marking the position which
the cuckoo held in the middle ages. In
Shropshire till very recently, when the
first cuckoo was heard, the laborers
were in the habit Of leaving their work,
making holiday Of the rest Of the day
and carousing in what they called
cuckoo ale. Among the peasantry in
some parts Of the kingdom it was con-
sidered to be very unlucsy to have no
money in your pocket when you heard
the cuckoos note for the first time in
the season.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-01
Ti1E TARTAR CUE.
Said to BE Worn out of Gratitude
to the Horse.

Said to Be Worn Out, of Gratitude
to the Horse.
Herbert Allen Giles in China and
the Chinese" says that there !" are
strange misconceptions as TO the mean
ing Of the Chinese cue, which has
really been worn by that nation for
only about 250 years.
Itwas imposed by the Mantchoo Tar
tars, the present rulers Of China, as L
badge Of conquest Previous to 1914
the Chinese clothed themselves ald
dressed their nair like the modern Jap
anese-that is. like the Japanese who
! still wear what is incorrectly known
/ as the beautiful native dress Of ia
pan" AS 4 matter Of fact the Japan
ese borrowed their dress as we'll as
their literature. philosophy and early
art from the Chinese. The Japanese
dress is that Of the Ming period iE
China, 1863 to 1644.
But where did the Mantchoo Tar.
tars get the cue? They depended as a
race almost for their existence upon
the horse. The accepted theory IS that
out Of gratitude and respect for his
noble ally the Tartar, so far as ne
could, took on himself the equine form
and grew a cue in imitation Of
horses tail. This somewhat grotesque
theory might fall to the ground save
that it is supported by striking ev1-
dence.
Official coats as seen in China at the
present day are made with peculiar
sleeves, shaped like a horses leg and
ending in an unmistakable hoof, Gov
ering the hand, which are known as
Horseshoe sleeves" Incased therein
O Chinaman's arms look much like a
horses fore legs. The tail completes
the picture.