The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-06-30
BRIC-A-BRAC:
Upside down-A feather bed.

this is world of pane.
Uniform prices-What the tailor charges
for soldiers clothes.
You can always get bottle of perfume
ry for a scent.
The fisheries question-ls there anything
left in the pocket flash:
If you find You cannot succccd->r1.
cumb.
One need not be brilliant writer to cX-
press himself in glowing terms.
Young man, never say to yourSirc: You
might 60, father, and fare worse.
Perhaps the music of Thomas and Maria
may not inaptly be called catchy.
The tramp who entered Il bakery and
stole a loaf of gingerbread took the cake.
Natures most becoming drcss-thc close
of the day.
Effcctual destruction of weeds marrying
4 widow
Man proposes, woman accepts, if the col
laterals are good.
1t is not believed that the President will
veto his wedding bills.
No chicken pie blooms on the ccholcss
banks of Salt River
Country cousins are beginning 10 receive
letters from their city relatives.
Better to have loved a short girl than
never to have loved tall.
Every nice young lady who haas Il bach
elor guardian slcul,t fuel encouraged now,
| II you want to communicate with the
finny tribes of the sea first drop them line
When one splits his side with laughter he
should run until ho gels Q stitch in them.
In answer to the question, is life worth
living we reply that it all depends on the
liver.
1t is between the acts at the thcatcr that
a man is most liable to have an attack Of
the g'out.
Buy bar soap by the quantity. Keep it
where it will dry, and it will go much
farther in using.
1t is q sure sign that the fools are not all
dead when fat man tries to be a dude and
wear tight pantaloons.
Letter so" exclaimed Flippant-.alkcr.
dropping missivc into TIC Eox on the-strcct
near DR.. Niot's drug store.
Maine seems quito willing to go over ard
thrash Canada, provided some one will hold
the Canadians till she does it.
We always knew this administration
would get itself into trouble before It .S!.l-
ished its term.
Rrotl.er Blame is everything and every
where in these days. isn't he little too
previous for the summer of 1882
If the poets can only be kept quiet tire
country may vet recover from the excite
ment attending The Presidents marriage.
With what 1icndish glcc the Frcnchm::u
will greet the news that tha bicycle has
been introduced into the German army.
Eyes" SAIL Podgcr's wife, '',hc devil
has cloven foot. and the man who has q
cloven breath is on the Way to him"
There is q .igunencss' about the girls
feelings who has been iavishing her smiles
exclusively on students.
Come, swallow, come, for thee wait >
sings poet, for whom, apparently, the s;l-
loon keeper will put nothing more on the
slate
What is home without s-.rc,', what
are all tie ,,oyo NC moot, when we're igno-
rant of the topics that are talked Of on the
street?
A Harlem girl wants to know If it is
true that kissing cures frecklcs" Wouldn'
say positively, but simple recipe like this
is worth trying.
4 Western journal heads sn article, "a
lunatic estapex and m:1ries i widow "
Escaped. eli: We should say he got
caught.
Il do love dress" exclaimed Il young So
CITY belle. "Then I should think you
would wear more of it, replied cynical
bachelor.
A contemporary says Miss Folsom's pho
tograph has been copyrighted Her news
paper pictures appear to have been al copy
wronged.
The blockade against Greece has just
| been, raised in Europe, while on this side Of
the water Congress is lcgislatins against
oleomargarine.
| # tie iailIoads continue to water their
stocks in the future as they have done in
the past Il locomotive that can't swim won t
be worth cent.
The Capitol says that interest in base ball
in Atlanta iswaning The cr2Vds are very
light and there ate not more than dozen
ladies in attendance,
Now that the funnyisms of the Lord
High Executioner in The Mikado' are
becoming stale don't style them chcstnuts.
Call 'eu 10 ko-nuts.
Senator Edmunds approves the Prcsi-
dents marriage in good round terms After
that there could be no possible Go 5icclion to
it even if it wcrG Lot top late.
That genial brute, John l.. Sullivan,
threatens to write book. He evidently
wants to fight tbree-ropnd match with The
helpless English Language,
lngersn!l's sweeping assertion 'that moth
ing is ever lost staggers our faith in him.
If he cxccpts umbrellas he can restore the
religious harmony between us.
Rip Van Wink;',e ~es FOOLISH to 60 out
and s!aep un damp mountain for twenty
years. He might just rs we'll have clcrkcd
in store that did not advertise.
An Atlanta man IS dying from the bite OF
mulo. When mule becomes dangerous
at both ends it is time to PROFOUND the CO.
nundrum: Whittier are We drifting%'
If mystic signs are in vogue among the
drummers; associations, ii may safely be
assumed that the new member experiences
little difficulty in catching on to the grip.
The question which seems to be troubling
some members OF the House is whether but
ter or butterinc would be the cheapest to