The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-01-25
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''Give me kiss, my darling, 90,
He said, as he gaZcd in her eyes so blue.
Il won't" she said: you lazy elf,
Screw up your lips and hep yourself.
A letter hcad-The postage-stamp.
No man should be judge in his own
cause.
There is not much color to gin. yet it can
scarcely be called sober tint.
Strange as it may appear, it is usually a
cold day for man when he is Tired.
woman feels where man thinks, says
a writer. Yes, that's why man is bald.
The Virginia Republicans have organized
State League.
A year of time brings wisdom. The
trees are not so green as they were last
summer.
If there is anything more contrary than
an obstinate woman it is right-handed
lock on left-handed door
Coal is so high in Chattanooga that the
coal dealer barely speaks to an ordinary
editor or colonel.
Looking at it from feminine point OF
view, q bridegroom is always insignificant
until he becomes wldower.
MANY q man mounts the roStrum" now
a.days who hasn't real ability enough to
warrant his going on the stump.
It is true that the busiest man is the hap
piest man, but he often doesn't have time
to realize it.
A cold is now defined as state Of ncr-
yous collapse, and a stimulating plan OF
treatment is advised.
1t is not the cloven foot but the cloYen
breath that gives q man away after he has
been out to see another man.
"Yes, said the landlady, sadly, cap
pearances are deceitful, but disappearanceS
are still more so.
The days begin to lengthen, and SO does
the face of the man who looks at his
emptying coal-bin.
Economy is the road to wealth. bu: a
great many people keep wearing themselves
out upon the road after they get there.
This is leap year, and the favorite eXcla-
nation of the waiting maiden is: why
don't you speak for yourself, john
A man cannot always remember thing
by pasting it in his hat Some method
should be contrived to paste it in his head.
'What is more lovely than peaceful
erandmother?' asks an exchange. Her
| granddaughter If this is not the right
answer, we give it up.
The woman who married her husband
for money never complains that he doesn
kiss her as much as he did before the we'd
ding took place.
He-This must be the place. She-Stop;
| don't ring: this doesn't look like board
ing-house. He-O, yes it is. l smell the
| onions.
For every ten hundred dollars expended
| for flour in this country, it is said that
fifteen hundred dollars are spent for to,
bacco.
Teacher-Correct the sentence: The
liquor which the man bought was drank.
Smart Boy-The man which bought the
| liquor was drunk.
The cold was so severe at Monterey
| Mexico, a few days since, that circus
proprietor had to build fire around his
elephant to keep him from freezing.
Il don't mince matters. I can tell you,
| observed Mrs Brown at dinner yesterday
81 shcnld say not, Judging from this mlnce
pie, G:dmbled Brown.
Old Man calling down stairs to daughter,
-Claral Daughter-Ies, papa? Old Man
Ask that young man in the parlor which
he prefers for breakfast, milk rolls OF
| Vienna bread?
A Florida paper complains that there arc
in that State too many lawyers, doctors,
preachers, editors, and tramps, and not
enough men who earn their living by the
sweat of their brow"
Nervous lady passenger in train, after
| passing temporary bridge)-Thank good
ness, we are now on terra firma! Facetious
gentleman-Yes, ma'am; less terror and
| more firmer.
Last year bread and butter cost less than
in the previous year. but cheese, pork and
canned goods were higher. Coffee, which
advanced in price, decreased largely IN con-
sumption; while tea, which declined IN
price increased ten per cent. in use.
Matter-of- Fact Mother Ito fashionable
daughter who is going out)-Clara, think
your hustle is altogether too large to look
well. Fashionable Daughter--1 know,
mama; but you have no idea how slippery
the sidewalks are.
A Chicago woman, the wife of a police
man, rugged up in her husbands. uniform,
and nobody detected the disguise until she
allowed herself to be found when row
was going on. Then they knew she wasn't
one Of the force.