The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, January 13, 1897, Image 3

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IU;LISHE:S ALL COUNTY AND TOWN OFFICIAL ADVERTISEM1ENTS. MANNING, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, JAN. 13. 1896. TO THOSE WHO DRIVE THE PLOW. janS pants ill all quali ties and sixes froini 50C per pair to $1.50. These pauts was bought specialy for the pm.v boys and those wh-o have heav fau wVOrk; tO < Large stock o, 'iluest qunality plow shoes at $150 - er pair, 'tut also lairge Stock of la e- e ainI CII dreus' sLo(s on batii _l1 the time. .DIn't for-,eut !'.ys that w'e a large stock of tie b Dixie boy plows at $1.15 eaeh. Points and slides at 6e. each, and all kinds of farming implements low down for the eloquent cash. We have great bargains to offer you in boys' aud mens' caps. A great large pile of boys' and mens' caps at 15 and 20c each, well worth 30 and 40c each. They must be turned into cash, so come up and secure some of the best bargains you ever saw. .00 bushels Red Rust Proof Texas oats at 45e. per bushel.' 200 busUels red rust proof North Carolina oats. 55c. per bushel. These oats are well 60 and 70e per bushel, but we bought them at a bargain and we give our customers the advantage of our close buying. Yours for the cash, W. E. JENKINSON. Cotton took a sudden drop yesterday. Onion sets at R. B. Loryea's. Read J. Harry Lesesne's new advertise ment. The grippe has got ossession of this en tire section. The auditor is now filling appointments in the country. Miss Delgar, of Sumter, i; on a visit to her brothers family. Solicitor Wilson went to Columbia to at tend the Legislature. Lied yesterday. Mrs. Emily Rowe, wife of Mr. James L. Rowe. Died in Sumter last 'Monday at the age of seventy-two years, aev. W. W. Mood. Died last Sunday mnrning. near Packs ville. an infant scip o: Mr. ,and Mrs. W. D. Barwick. Clarendon's newly elected coroner has not given bond yet. The old coroner holds I over until :iis successor qalifies. On account of siehness Captain W. C. Davis did not go over to Columbia yester day to the opening of the session. Neuraigia is the prayer of the nerves for pare blood. Hoods' Sarsaparilla is the One True Blood Parifier and nerve builder. Red and white onion sets for sale at 1t. B. L .ryea's. There is qrite a number of applicants for the magistrate's office at Silver, made vacant by T. B. Owen, Esq., going to the Legislature.( Constable A.lsbrook dispossessed some of Pinewood's merchants of contraband liquor one day last week, and he sent their cases to court for further investigation. The executive and legislative committees of the State Press Association meet to-mor-] row night in Columbia' The editor of this paper is a member of both of these com mittees and he expcts to attend. Try International Stock Food, the best powder for horses and cattle for sale by R. B. Loryea, the drnggist. Our beit-g without a magistrate at this place is considerable inconvenience to many people. We hope the representa tves~ will hurry up the appointment of some proper man for the place. Our farmers are taking considerable ride in raising hogs. Mr. R. F. Ridge y liilled two hogs 14 months old. One eighed 4->3 pounds mand the other 414 pounds. The editor was also promised a ess of sausage.1 Our cclomns this week are not as newsy as we would like, nor have we done our full duty in our editorial line, but we just could not work is the only excnse we have, ud we want our readers to look for a bet ter paper next week. Who ever heard of a mon with a beard six feet and one half inch long? We never td it, but there is a man in town who w such a thing, sure, and it is useless to oubt him. because he knows the differ ence betweenl a fact and a draumn. Mr. Ralph S. DesChamps wont into the heriff's custody last Saturday, and his at ruey, Hon. Joseph F. Rbame, went to umter last Monday to apply to Judge uchannan for bail under a writ of habeas pus. Bail was granted in the sum of 20,which Mr. DesChamps gave yester a and was released from enetody. Mr. E. L. Wilkins, ci Manning. was ong the visitors to our city this wveek. e is in charge of the tobacco warehouse Mlaaning, and s'mys that the farmes in at section are growing tobacco more ex tensively every year. They did not make. much money last year, but still they are preparing for a larger crop in 1897.-Green ville Monntaineer. Come to the Times office and buy a Websters unabridged dictionary cheap. Governor John Gary Evans has sent his farewell message to the General .ssembly.I The document is a voluminous one arnd shows a thorouch familiarity with every) branch of tbe State government. It alsoI shows that the Governor has kept a watch ful eye on the State's finances and was careful to see that its monies were so in vested as to result in a profit to the State. His views on the .ispensar'y and the met-f ropolitan poilice system are very interest in, and his review of all the public insti tutions makes his message a very readable paper, This farewell miessage is an ableI state paper, in fact, one of the ablest we ae ever read. Governor Evans. in re tig from the gubernatorial chair. goes back into private life with a mission un fulfilled, and we predict a day will come when the people will remuember the wrong done 'him by unserupnlous politicians. Governor Evans was the logical candidate for the Umted States Senate. His services to is party won for him that prestage, but fate was against him: the place so Well de served by him goes to another. His defeat w's not brought about throngh his unpop ulrit, but it v"m~ the work of schemin~ politicians who coAld not man ige hisa' inistratioti- John Gary Evans was ile Governor and he made thouse aronn i hi feel it; for that rencon. somne of th~em, to gratify their revenge, r:-orted to the lowest kind of scheming to potttically aseasinate him, andl they met with t-tupola'v sucess 'KLEN'S Alt hICA ''ALVE. 'ive .n the woerld for ent-, ird It is guar faction, or muoneyr box. For sale~ by R. B. Lorvea. MR. RHIND'S REPORT About the South Carolina Bon Commission iMatter-Governor Evans Did no Wrong. At last Mr. Colden Rhiud. the At us1a, Ga., broker, who could not 1) Loested during the last c:mpaign, i his State whlen the question of th dl of the State bonds and Govern Evans's connection theiewith was th irder of the day, has spoken. II adoie his appearance in Augusta SOm e ago, but interest in the commin ion charges having decreased, ii paid partieuhir attention to Li returu. Mr. Rhiud has now wad public the following statement in rE .ard to the boud matteLr, wbich migh ,ave been made of peculiar iutere ad a few plain questions been aske, .im while lie was imaking it, bUt as i the state eur, being tLe first U Wuy description to come from 3i hiud, will doubtless be carefull. ead by hundreds of people in vari >us portious of the State: "The transaction was a busines me, and my first interview with Guv ,ruor Tillman came about from a let er which I had received from a Wal ;treet banking house to which I ha( ,ritten, calling attention to the Soutl arolina bonds, the letter saying tha hey had bought and sold $10,000, )00 of bonds within the last three o bur months, and would like for m o get for them all the information ould get in regard to the South Car )Iina debt and present the bonds fo heir consideration. This letter ;howed to Governor Tillman and i -esulted in his giving me a contrac :o sell at 4 per cent. 44-year bond fo :he State. The Wall street house, af :er looking into the bonds, decide< hat the credit of the State did no ,arrant it in expecting to float a >er cent. boncd, but said that if a 4 1-: >er cent. gold bond were issued, the; ould probably consider it. I et raged Mr. Evans to aid me in gath ring information necessary to pu he bonds properly before the bank ug houses. Mr. Evans at that tim >ad been a member of the lowe aonse of the Legislature, which tie. tood adjourned, and was afterwart lected to the Senate of the StatE l'he 4 per cent. bonds had been ad 7Ctised for sale, but uo satisfactor; >id had been received when the tim 'or the opening of the bids came. The bonds were refused considera :ion by mlany promiuent house 11 New York, and it was wit] nreat diniculty that auy of then ould be inducei to give the matte hearing. and I gave up the idea o elling theu. "After the 4 per cent bonds ha, >een offered in vain by the Stat, brough various people. I was au horized to negotiate for a 4 1-2 pe :eut bond at par, the negotiations ti )e made subject to the approval o he Legislature, and after trying sow ime in vain to find a buver for thi )onds, I spoke of them to Mr. Lan ~aster, who said that he thought li ould find a man who would organiza syndicate to take the bonds. I of ered him one-third of my commiis ion to introduce me to such a mai mud was introduced to Mr. F. C rnench of the Manhattan Trust Com >any, who undertook to organize vndicate, and had nearly complete t when he was stricken with illnes LUd withdrew. In the meantimE noney began to be stringeut an, ythers withdrew from the syndicate ['hen Mr. Lancaster organized a syn icate that mnade an offer for th >onds at the price and on the term Lt which they were finally sold, h greeing that my commission shoul< >e paid by the syndicate and not b; he State in consideration of the con ~essions made by the State of the in erest azcruing between Januaty an< luly. This contract was accepted b; be State late in December, 1892 bout the 24th, I thbiuk. Subsequent y, .I am told, some of the member >f this syndicate withdrew and the' Sr. Laucaster organized the Balti uore syndicate, which undentool tud fully carried out the contrae with the State that was made by th riginal syndicate, but i had no di ~eet transaction with the syndicate. "I can only add that I have neve aid a dollar to Mn. Tiliman, nor ha mne word in relation to the transac ion passed between us which vould be unwilling for the public t ear-. Mr. Evans's connection wit] he transaction has already bee; tated, except that he contined ' ounsel in this litigation till electe< ~overnor. "I would say in conclusion, tha myone who wvill dispassionately comn mae these 4 1-2 per cent. 20-40 bond that is the State has the option c edeeming them in 20 years and cai ben probably refund them at 3 1 ~er cent.) with the old 4 per cent 4-ear bonds will see a large saving o the State and further, the sink-in ~und will reduce the debt in the firs 20 y-ears considerably over $1,500,00C bus cutting off after 20 years $67. 00 a year from the interest to b paid by the State. That this trans iction was a good one for the Stat, will be shown by the accompanyin; irticle from The Newvs and Couriei which was very antagonistic to th State governmeut; and the furthe fact remains th~at within twvo or thre weeks after the bonds were paid fo :hcy were selling in the open marke it about 90 cents on the dollar. "The money that was recentl warded to the syndicate was mone >riginally to thme credit of Mr. Lar! -aster with the Baltimocre Trust an Guarantee Company, representiu :he comrunissionis against wvhich h bad given me drafts for my portio of the commuission. The compan was restrained frcm p)aying out th money by iuenbers of the Baltimor syndicate, wvho claime<' that no meir b'er of the syndicate (Mr. L. being member) was entitled to receive an part of the commission. I had neve ad any dealings with thisi syndicat excep't through Mr. Laucaster, an teefore there was no issue betwee tWe syndicate and myself as to th terms of the agreement. The muone :rdered pail t> the syndicate he never been in my possession, but we hed in t he hands of the court." The above statement. accompani. by the clipping referred to, appeart ii thec Aug.usta Chielel of veste da, on whichi paper it was prepare b.Mn. Rhind.-Cumzbia State. Ripans Tabules. Ripans Tabules: at druggists. Ripns Tahnies cure onstpaionm Not a few who read what Mr. Rober Ro)wl, o! lblhant. Va., has to say below will wn'tbtr their own experience unde d lhike cr n :: ',-. --L:t-t winter I hat lat zri-pp * hh-h ieft m,, in :i W state o bdti:. I: ied nmr.rcs remws, ront of Wh. nid me arlV god u:i I wa indne--t: a b t!!- of Chamber.:.in 1 Cn1h :1ly. Tw first btth-Lb. of it y f~r reiev1.iv tha.t I w11Z enaLb'e'l t.) at teni. vo n: ork :!l the vecool hottle ef t'-e d :t . rs'.e at 2_ an. c .ent: r per bottle iy 1. B. Lorvea, the <niu t. A CAlID. Mr. E ditori:-Please announce t( the farmers for me that I have a lol s of Dixit Bi~v plows. at 51.15, also i lot of iron heel plow stocks, eastings bridles, o'lairs, hia:nes, collar pads etC. Tiey are to be sold for cash, I anld the prices will be very close. I i-tve j.(olt completed iy pureLast for suinmer shoes, and have made some selections that are bound to please. The styles this spring in ladies oxfords are particularly beautiful. I am very careful in baying shoes. I make a specialty of them. Remember that I carry a good line of dry goods, and prices in staple tgoods and dotnesties are cut to suit . the hard times. I keep only the best groceries I can buy. I am not working to make big profits this spring, and am satis fied with small ones. I propose to do a fair and honest, but cold blooded t cash business this spring, and the p public are invited to come and see me. . J. H. LESESNE. t A 3lan of Autlty. Tomso'-Johnson has no ability of any kind. Jackson - No ability? Nonsense. - Why, he can ask you for a loan in such t a way that you thank your lucky stars - fr the opportunity to accommodate him. -London Fun. Parrots are good barometers. Just befome a rain the most talkative and gabby parrot becomes silent. The first postoffice in this country was that of New York, established by act of parliament in 1710. ELECTRIC BITTERS. E!ectric Bitters is a medicine suited for any season, but perhaps inore generally ncclel. when the languid exhansted feel ing prevails, when the liver is torpid and sluggish and the need of a tonic and alter f ative is felt. A pronpt use of this medi cine has often averted long and perhaps fatai bilions fevers. No medicine will act uiore surely in conutoracting and freeing the systeni from the malarial poison. Head - ache. Indievstion. Constipation, Dizziness viell to Electric Bitters. 50c. and $1.00 per botle at R. B. Loryea's drug store. A Liberal Minded Loser. "What is that big book in the cor ner?" said the young munwho had call ed at young Mr. Easylad's apartments. "That's my scrapbook." "Full of pictures and poetry and -stuff, I suppose." "No. Souvcnirs. Take a look into it." Lifting the ponderous volume to a ta -ble, the visitor opened it and exclaimed, S"Why, this looks like a collection of lottery tickets." "That shows you never played the races. They're tickets that the book makers gave me in exchange for a lib eral percentage of my income. They're -certificates of stock in enterprises that - never declared a dividend. They're re Sceipts for a liberal fee in a long course s of tuition in the school of experience. " S"Most people tear things like these I up, do they not?" "Yes. But I saved them. I wanted them to remind me of the good times I paid for and never had. They represent experiences that belong to the poetic past and which will neversbe repeated. " "You mean that you are going to stay away from the race track hereaft S"Yes." 3 "That showsyour good sense. It costs - a lot of money in the end." "I don't begrudge the money so much. t It wasn't my cupidity that rebelled. It was my pride. "-Detroit Free Press. Animat Remains In Coal. Most people know that coal is full of Svegetable remains, but comparatively s few are aware of the fatct that animal - and insect bodies by countless millions [ also go to make up the great beds of > fuel that are now being so extensively Sdrawn upon. The vegetable impressions Sfound in coal or in the shale just above Sthe vein are very beautiful as well as numerous, not less than 1,500 different kinds of plants having been noticed in the carboniferous seams in the different parts of the world. Some of these plants are very much like those now living, a but the majority of them, even though f found in Nova Scotia or Iceland, appear 1to be representatives of what are now tropical varieties. Many animals and insects arc also found foselized and thoroughly pre .served in tihe coal beds. These petrified creatures cf the bygone age called the "coal period" are of various kinds. Huge toadlike reptiles with beautiful teeth, small tree lizards, great fish with Stremendous jaws, tiny water mites, - snails "hundred legged" worms and Sthousands of insects of the grasshopper Sand dragon fly tribes are also found. -,The curious fact is that there is not a Ssingle representative of these fossilized r creatures now living.-St. Louis Re Spublic. _________ rsaddleback Ledge Light. t' This is one of the wildest and bleak est of light stations of that savage re Sgion, and, according to a story told e thcre, it was once the scene of a remark - ably plucky adherence to duty on the Ipart of a 13-year-old boy. He was the son of the keeper, and on this occasion was left alone in the tower while his e father went ashore for provisions in their only boat. Before the latter could return a violent storm arose, and for e the next three weeks there was no time e in which the keeperts boat could have - lived for a moment in the wild seas that a raged about the lon~ely rock. Still the y~ light wais kept burning by that 15-year rold boy, who had little to eat and but a scant time to sleep. Night after night jfor three weeks its steady gloam shone Sthrough the blackness of the pitiless storm and gladdened the father's strain ing eyec. When the ordeal was ended, the~ boy was so weak from exhaustion sas to be barely able to speak. At the s sam'e time there was no proudecr father nor happier young light keeper on the a Maine coast than those who met on the I storm swept ledge of Saddleback that day.-Kirk Munroe in Scribner's. Ripans Tabules cure dyspepsia. - ipans Tabules oure liver troubles. Ripans Tabules cure indigestion. Ripana Toabules cure headache. Ripans Tabules: one gives relief. Why Do people buy Hood's Sarsaparilla in prefer ence to any other,- in fact almost to the exclu sion of all others? Because they know that Hood's Sarsapa rilla cures when others fail. The question of bcst is just as positively de cided In favor of Hood's Sarsaparilla, as the question of comparative sales. Remember, Hood's 1Sarsaparilla rs the One True Blood Purifier. All druggistS, $L Prepared only by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, M. cure Liver Ills, easy to li0d's Pills take,easytooperate 2% IAPPY NEW YEAR! With iy best wishes for a happy a-ud prosperous New Year I again ap pear before you, and I trust the many New Year wishes that have been made you in the past have been realized by you and that many New Years to follow may find the same pleasant business relations between my customers and myself as now exist. Friends, we still have bargains for you in our different departments and if you want to get on this turn now is your chance. We are now closing out our linE of Gents', Youths' and Boys' Clothing1 it 35 per cent. discount. In fact we ,an sell you a suit at almost any price you mention. Our Dress Goods Department still bas bargains. Come quick. Ladies Cloaks at a greatly reduced price. Comforts w11rth $1.00 at 75c. fliankets worth $1.25 at 9.5c., and s0 on. Men's, ladies', misses' and chil lren's rabber shoes from 25c up. The3 best pebble grain button shoe in the market for 85e We have oth 3r shoes proportionately low. We ,an suit you. 'Schcol boy jeans from Se up. Hats and caps from 15c up. A large lot of canton flannels from 3 3-4ce up. Ouings from 4 7-8 to 12 1-2c. Remember, we keep the best gro eeries. Stand up and tell us if you -an where goods can be bought t-heaper, for none are allowed to un dersold. Youts truly, S. A. RIGBY. R.B.LORYEA,. The Druggist, Has secured the atz'ncy for Manning for the sale of the celebrated INTERNATIONAL STOCK FOOD, The latest improved medicated food for r:ing and preventing diseases in horses, eattle, sheep, hogs, colta, calves, lambs and pigs. Insures health and rapid growth for all young stock. Peculiar combination of medicinal ingredients makes this a sn perior and perfectly safe medicated food for stock in growing, working, breeding, fatteninog. milIki ng, and diseased. Saves grain by causing assimzihti on. Invigorates the entire system. Cures anid prevents hog ebolera. Satisfaction gnaranteed. Put up in 2.5e and 50c packages. Call and get a pamnphlet giving fall particulars. I am also agent for INrERNATIONAL WOR.\ POWDER. INTERNATIONAL POULTRY FOOD, SILVER PINE HEALING OIL. R. B. LORYEA, The Druggist. GeoS. Hacker &Son C,,= C~ -4 i DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, MOULDINO AND BUILlDINO -MATERIAL CHARLESTON, S.C. SASH WEIGHTS AND CORDS AND BUILDERS' HARDWARE. WINDOW AND FANCY GLASS A SPECIALTY. REMEMBER THE PLACE: Dr. W. M. Bl'okilllo0N UP-TO-DATE DRUG STORES Prescription Work Our Specialty. Good Goods and Pu re G~oods Gur Motto. GRAPHOPHONE! This (Great Wo'nder of the Wonders of the Age is to be GIVEN AWAY FREE. Jewelry of the best guality fror :30 to 50 per cent,~cheaper thani anywhere else. Petroleumo JIeiy, same as VatselinQ, puxe. for 5, 10 and 15e per bottle for Conghs and Colds. Cares in a s.hort time. See his display. Be sure and do not forget that there is onty a few' more tiehets leit wnich hie giveS t- everone spending 50e in cash. DUCKE & BULTMAN CO., S1-TER, S. C, I n. . t 0 k i . Our rp. s ou 1- tPI II lilt ar.gument. We do niot sell trashy goods. if we kn' LOur rapid sales k-eep) our stock bright and fresh always. No grass grows on our goods; we keep them moving. We give you low prices consistent with true quality. We are still sehling Swansdown Flour for $5.75 per bbl. As the mar ket is very strong we cannot hold prices open very long. Swansdown is the leadiug Flour of the South and with even a slight advance we could not give these low prices. 1-2 Patent, $4.25. You will look long and in vain for better Coffee thau our fancy washed rio at 20e, would be good value for 25c. We sell good, clean Coffee at 16c and fair Coffee at 12 1-2c. When you come to Sumter, do yourself and your pocket-book the justice by consulting us in any line- - in Shoes, Clothing, Dry Goods, Plan tation Hardware, Groceries of all kiud. We have drives not to be found elsewhere. 20 lbs Granulated Sugar for $1.00. Try our bleuded Tea at 25c per lb. If you don't come up send us your mail orders. Will fill the same day. No charge for drayage and packing. The Ducker & Bultman Co., Sumiter, S. C. WHE N YOU COME TO TOWN CALL AT GALLOWAY'S SHAVING SALOON Which is fitted up with an eye to the comfort of his customers.... .. .. HAII-CUTTING IN ALL STYLES, S HAV I NG AND SHAMPOOING Done with neatness and dispatch.... .. .... A cordial invitation is extended... A. B. GALLOWAY. Xmas is now Coming and will soon be here ! We have a nice line of Toys which we are selling cheap, VASES, NICE CUPS AND SAUCERS, and a lot of other goods which we cannot mention here. We have also a lot of COMFORlTS which we are selling at 73c, $1.00, and $1.25, worth double. BLANKETS are going still lower. We are leaders in slhoes. We can give you a fiue Ladies' Shoe for 75c and a good Man's Shoe for $1.00 an d up. Clothing! Clothing! We cannot be beat in style, quality and price, and if you want a nice suit for Christmas you will do wvell if you will give us a call and let us show you what we can do for you. But Dry Goods! Tou will surely be suited in that line as Mrs. Riff has the entire charge of this department and can give you satisfaction. Oh, The Millinery ! Special to the Ladies: We are now offering big bargains in millinery. Satisfaction guaran teed or money refunded in this de partm ent. mH, D. RIFF,4 At the BEE HIVE. DltR. J. FR ANK GEIGE1R, DENTIST. .MANNING, S. C. OFFICE IN MANNING IlOTEL. Ripans Tabules: gentle cathartic. Ripans Tabules: pleasant laxative. Ripans Tabules cure biliousness. BUSY CL|FF DWELLERS. The Pueblo Women Are Literally Em presses of Their Homes. "The cliff people are a busy folk," writes Hamlin Garland in The Ladies' &1-me Journal, in an article describing tiim- homes, home life and custcms of the cliff dwellers of the southwest-"the nist n:ysterious people in America, " as he designates them. " The women grind nrc':l and weave blankets and baskets a:l make very interesting and Gften btautifcl pottery. The old men make n(ccasins very deftly, while the young er :::en go down from the cliff to the f-i!ds to tend the grow irg erep, to watch the struggling corna it battles against drifting hot S:ii:d and against sulden floed'-sueh are the extrinities of their climate. Each norniig while 1 j .i 1o I heard the n:en at carly d: ::n go singing down the step trail down into the purple plain. Their qua vcring songs floated up to me with a strange beauty. Each morning, while it was still dark, the women woke me by entering the room where I lay to grind corn, and each night I went to sleep to the regular rhythm of the meal ing stone timed to the mystical reli gious chant of the toiling women. "Let it be said that there is no wom an slavery among these people any more than among the Navajoes. The women are chief property holders. The house is gencrally the woman's, and descent is through hcr and not thr-ough the father. The men are seldom severe in manner, and in Acoma and Walpi, as well as in Laguna and Zuni, I saw the men tak ing care of the babies and doing it with great tenderness and smiling patience. I saw no evidence of any severity except in case of the old women. They seemed to be the drudges of the household in Walpi and in Acoma, carrying wood and bottles of water up the steep trail, bent, withered, morose and complain ing. They alone of all these people seemed saturnine." Ingenious Peruvian Potteries. A long, slim neck is a distinguishing feature of much of the Peruvian pot tery, and nearly every vessel is orna mented with a figure of some sort, hav ing holes to represent eyes and other openings. These afford a passage for the air forced out by the liquid when pour ed into the vessel. Ey an ingenious con trivance the air in escaping produces a sound similar to the cry of the creature representeJ. Thus a utensil decorated with two monkeys embracing each oth er, on having water poured into or from it, would give a sound like the screech ing of those animals. One decorated with a bird would emit birdlike notes, while a mountain cat on one jar would mew; snakes coiled around another would hiss. The most curious that we have seen was the figure of an aged woman. When the jar was in use, her sobs became audible, and tears trickled down her cheeks. The manufacturers seemed to have known all about atmos pheric pressure. Dr. Le Plongeon had in his own collection a piece that dem onstrated this. It represented a dou ble headed bird. The vessel had to be filled through a hole in the bottom, and yet in turning it over not a drop would spill, but the liquid would readily flow out when the jar was simply inclined. -Popular Science Monthly. Cautious Prophet. In these days, when people are wont to complain of any mistake made in the prognostications sent out from the weather bureau, it is amusing to read of the complaisant manner in which Clough, in his "New England Alma nack" for the year 1702 and later, pre dicted the weather. 'Perhaps," he says, from the 15th to the 23d of January, "it will be very cold weather if it frese by the fireside or on the sunny side of a fence at noon." In April he says: "Perhaps wet weather if it rains." "Now fair weath er if the sun shines. "" Windy or calm. " And in July he - rites pleasantly, "If now the weathedro prove fair, peo ple to Cambridge do repair." It appears that Mr. Samuel Clough knew how to secure himself against The wheat of southern countries con tains more albuminoids than that grown in temperate or northern zones, and hence is better suited for the manufac ture of macaroni. In 1828 Havana was desolated by a fire which destroyed 350 houses in the best quarter of the city. STATEMENT OF the condition of The Bank of Manning at the close of business. DE C. 31, 1896. Loans and dis counts ....... .$ 61,885.l1G banks and cash 29,974.11 fleal estate and far- -- niture ....... ....038 48-$99,.89-7 ASSE'Ts. Capital........ ...$ 30,300.0 Surplus and pro fits (n et).. . ... .. 1,073.27 Deposits.......... 5S54.4---$99,897.75o State of South Carolina, Clarendon County. ( I, JOSEPH SP1R0TT, Cashier of The Bank of Manning. do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my k-nowledge and belief. .JOSEPH SPROTT, Cashier. Sworn to before me this 13th day of: Jan., 1897. [sEAL] LOUIS APPELT, Notary Public. A. Levi, W. E. 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State AgEnts for te. sle of Who'esal e Tn laT , i Gord, utter H a-ters Over 200 d:ife.rent tyles- of Cooking an(l Ho:aing store-. A!so 1l C7 io1crs and1 Jeateis We want the leai.in merchant in everv town i tie :1at to >-!i our lin of Steves. We gnaran'tee fuil proteci n in his territorv to cach Xw 0::t w '.)n I not sold in orr town Send t, us for Cu:s ni:. On the American and European Plan. A DELIGHTFUL AND COMFOL~ PLACE FOR COII ~VISITORS. BWM AN & _L E MPalETO King Street (Business Centre of City), Rates $2 and $3 Pear Day. FlN HORSES! THOMAS &BRADHAM Has just received a load of the FINEST HORSES that ever came to this town. DiRIVERS, SADDLE HORSES AND WORK HfORSES. If' you want a Inic hors~e be sm'e and see them at once. They wiL be sold at prices to meet com petition. THOMAS & BRADHAM. Percival Manufacturin g Co. 478 to 486 MIEETING ST., CHIARLE~STON, S. I Ripans Tab-s -ue izzm s J. L.~ R S I 'ipans Tabules eure had breath. NOTARY PUBLIC... --AG.ENT FOR- . Ra n . - C. 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