The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-07-14
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\ left whccl-pawniug Your bicycle.

y left whccl-pawuiug your bicycle.
Slight of hand-Rcfusing an offer
Wines and alcs often lead to whincs and
ailS.
The small boy now dreams of marble
hauls.
The frog is one Of the fellows that like 4
wet spring.
\ growing cvil-Your next door ncigli-
bor's squalling baby.
A prize fighter is always willing to take
his pay by the pound.
The mackerel are beginning to bite. SO
are the mosquitoes.
Could a bicycle trip be described rs Il
Circular saw
The pawnbrokcrs' shops arc full OF the
leaves of summer
Broken on the whccl-a bankrupt Jicy-
Gle manufacturer.
The shoemaker is IN authority OH sole:
the drcssmakcr on bodice.
Who will tie the knot? "Knot tie" says
the Rev. Mr. Burcfard.
1t is said that the dip theory originated
among the Baptists.
The pugilist ought to he good work
man, he always tries to avoid strikes.
The chaps that raise the most dust when
they strike are the carpet bcaters.
The dangerous dogs of the stock mar
kct are the pointers.
A man must not expect to live in clover
simply because he marrics !. grass widow.
Some American lorpcdocs would be a
good fish for the Canadian cruisers to seizc.
The hare is hunted by the hounds. but
the Welsh rarcbit is followed by the night
mare.
4 dispatch says: "Thc Indians arc being
hcmmcd in" Would it not he rs well to
rip EN- up?
At the present price Of the cereal the ey-
preston Good rs wheat needs modify
ing.
If the bakers could only persuade the
yeast to stop working, their strikes might
be more effective.
If the chins of some labor demasogucs
would knock off work for while there
would be less trouble.
When the plumbers strike for less work
it would seem that the climax of absur(iity
had been reached.
A mans domestic relations don't bother
him half so much as the relations of his
domestic.
A woman cannot love man with her
whole heart. She has to reserve Il little of
her affection for millinery.
George W. Varncy, one of the pail
bearers at a funeral in Dover, \. H., died of
heart disease while carrying out the caskct.
Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote: I'VE
are not very much to blame for Our mar
riages. We all live amid hallucinations.
The red flag Of the Anarchist like that of
the auctionccr, should be signal that every.
thing under it is to be knocked down.
Nothing but leaves" was the subject Of
q Boston clergymanS sermon. 4 great
many sermons are pothing but leaves.
A St. Louis man has received from Paris
a bust of Mary Anderson ca:vcd in wax.
It would be more natural if it were carved
from ice.
81" Thief" $5O,OOO-' Dcfaulter :"
500 000-'Shortagc" $500. 000-"Cana-
dian tourist $1,000, ,OOQ-"Brilliant finau-
cier,,'
Rose Terry Cook has written novel
we say we hope Miss Cooks Nos may
be read.
How docs the milk get into the cocoa
NUT" asks subscriber II docs not get
into it at all The cocoanut grows around
the milk. Ask us hard one.
Georgia, from present appearances will
hardly be able to save her Bacon We
would let John be Gordon but not Gov
ernor.
1t is said that 'lovc is blind" and per-
haps this may account for the fact that two
lovers never care for any light in the front
parlor.
An honest old farmer, on being informed
the other day that one of his ncighbors
owed him grudge, growled out, No
matter; he never pays anything.
Colonel Balm, of Kentucky, is spoken of
as an eloquent temperance lecturer. We
always thought whisky was the banc Of
Kentucky.
1t is announced that New York actor
will appear in The Toy Pistol" lie will
probably have 10 get "half-cockcd' to fill
his role properly.
A bachelor poet propounds the following
What is warmer than
womans lovc?' In response to which
marrid prose writer would like to inquire:
What is colder than I woman's fcet!"
Somebody says the American type of
manhood will steadily improve until it sur
passes all Others that are or ever have been:
Ill Of which it would be dreadful hard 20
make dude believe.
Black sashcs will be much worn this
We notice this in a fashion pa
Der, and hasten to give it wider publicity,
because some people arc painting their Win
low frames red
If baby cries" says an exchange,
warm its feet before you dose it 1t is
lothing new. we understand, to warm a
,aby when it cries; but, unfortunately,
parents do not usually confne the opera
ion to the little ones feet.