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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-03-28
1incoln's idea OF Hamlet.

It is related that Abraham Lincoln once
said 10 Haci,ett. the actor: ''Why Go you
actors always play Hamlet as an irresolute,
vacillating. vague, middle aged sort OF
man. because he was" said Hackett,
with an air of certainty. But he was
not" said Lincoln: she was young, i'm
petrous, full Of action, prompt. He is al.
ways doing something. TIE play is fuR
of il, and he ought to be played as q young
man" Walt Whitman thus expressed
his opinion: SIS not that the mystery,
the woadcr. the fun of it, as tie slang
word would have II, that Hamlet COM
binca both those phases, the i'ncontrolla-
Bic impulse. aggressive temperament, and
at the same time the meditative, philo-
sophie, anxious, hcsitating man? Is not
this the interest Of the character which
has caused it TO be oyerlaid with great ac-
cumulations, which have hidden the poet 5
real rGrDoSe-if he had one. .''-Brooklyn
Eagle.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-03-28
Concerning Opium Culture.

In u few states the farmers have expert
mentcd little with the white poppy, bu
we have not regarded opium rs ever
likely to cut much OF a figure among our
products Mr. Pratt, the United States
consul ct Tchcran. who has been study
ing opium culture in Persia, where q very
fine article is produced, says he believes
large regions in California and the
southern states are we'll adapted to
the cultivation OF the white poppy,
and in view of the superior quail
ity of Persian opium, he details the
methods Of cultivation in vogue there Us a
guide for onr poppy raiscrs. Though the
abuse of opium has made il, in tie opin-
ion Of many, Gisrcputable drug. it
serves Il large number of useful purposes,
and if we could raise what we require for
legitimate Uses opium culture would be 4
considerable addition to Or wealth pro-
drcing resources New York San.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-03-28
Scheme of the Brokers.

"Have you heard of the latest scheme
Of some of the Wall street brokers'" was
the query put to reporter by q Western
Union operator. ''They are deroting
their spare moments to learning telc::;;
raphy. A few days ago the regular oper-
ator in a New street brokers' office
was absent, and I was sent for to take lis
place for the day. I noticed an extra set
of instruments in the office, and supposed
that some of the Office boys or clerks were
learning to manipulate the key. l was
somewhat surprised during the day to see
q member of the firm come in and COM
mencc practising the Morse characters.
learned that he was paying his operator
extra TO remain after business hours and
practice with him. Upon quietly inyesti-
eating the matter, I ascertained that sew
eral other brokers were assiduously strug-
Cling with the Morse alphabet, with vary
ing success. One broker, who started out
with the expectation of becoming sufi'
ciently expert within six weeks to read
messages coming over the wire at ordinary
speed became somewhat discouraged
when, at the end of that time, he found
it impossible to catch even the small
words. Their idea is that if they can be.
come expert enough to read messages
passing over the wires it would be an easy
matter for them to drop into other
brokers' Offices and. by listening to the
click of the telegraph instruments, per-
haps gain some valuable information. -
New York Evening Sun.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-03-28
The Sewers of Paris.

The idea of keeping the sewers clean
had not thoroughly penetrated the minds
of the engineers early in the century, and
in none of the smaller ones was it possible
to stand erect. Many were built too near
the surface, and it was sometimes neces-
sary to climb 4 ladder to get into them.
Ii every case they were Of solid masonry
Until quite lately the Paris sewers were
built entirely Of cut stone or partly OF cut
stone and partly Of I; soft, excessively
porous. stone called meuliere. 1t is.in-
tended III future to build entirely of meu-
lierc. The manner OF using it is this: a
great trench is dug, in which wooden
frame is placed, the size and shape of the
desired sewer The meuliere is placed
about this frame aud concrete made Of
the bes cement is applied in such man
ner as to I'LL solidly all the cavities Of tho
stone and make q durable wall imperviouS
to moisture The frame is removed ana
the trench filled up as soon as the concrete
is sufficiently hardened.-Paris Cor. San
Francisco Chronicle.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-03-28
uideousness of Mourning Raiment.

When q death occurs in the family the
dressmakcr is instantly summoned and
everything that human ingenuity can de-
wise in the way of hideous and mournful
raimcnt is instantly ordered and worn in
definitely. In Europe the custom is diff
ferent ard much more sensible. Six
months is considered q sufficiently long
period for anybody to wear deep mourn
ing, and deep mourning abroad means
simply anything black. A widow i'll the
first days Of her grief will weara costume
Of glistenirg black silk covered with bril-
liant cut jet And pray, why should she
not? How much more elegant and suita-
Bile, not to say sensible, is a gown like this
instead of the dense somberness Of four
own mourning costumes that are enough
to alIlict every one with chronic blue
devils? III this country people are begin
ming 20 show more common &ense than
heretofore about the length Of tille mourn
ing should be Worn, but there is Sill much
to be desired il the character Of the dress
itself. These inky phantoms that parade
our streets are neither cheerful nor edify.
ing srectacles Clara LanZa's New York
I,etter
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-03-28
Oae Kind Of Reading.

And how few persons who can deyote
but an hour or half an hour q day to
reading and study, take due thought as
to how they can make the most of their
little leisure. They read in desultory
way whatever comes to hand, and think
that if they had more time for books
they would soon become much better
informed. But the half hour g day, If
used in the wisest manner, would make
vast difference in ones mental growth
as the years glide BY.
An incident occurs to me that well Ii
lustrates this. A pretty malden-hair
fern, growing in aower-pot, was given
to q young girl, hopelessly i'll with
spinal disease. 1t proved thing Of
beauty and of inexhaustible interest,
as the delicate, graceful fronds came up,
one by one, and slowly uncurled. There
was little pot beside the fern and
under its spreading fronds, in which
grew an aloe. By-and-by the sick girl
noticed in the little potso tiny ferns,
scarce an inch high, quite unlike the
maiden-hair. Whence came they? Her
interest was aroused. She was no
botanist, but she wanted to learn some
thing about ferns. She could use her
eyes for reading but five minutes at 8
time, and not more than twice day.
a book on ferns came to her, and an
other, and smother. Friends. knowing
her interest in ferns, brought them TO
her fresh and green from the woods, or
sent her pressed specimens OF rare
varieties gathered in distant lands.
Sometimes visitor would read to her
from one of her precious books. but
only for four or five minutes. Il can
not remember more st 8 time, she
would say, land you have read enough
for me to think about for long time"
1t is now some years since the maid
en-hair fern was given 70 her, and sne
has become an authority as to the
species and culture of ferns, and is an
enthusiast in regard to them. 1t is true
that she has become educated IN one
direction only, and is not particularly
well-informed in other respects. But IS
it not q great gain that she should talk
about her ferns and their wonderful!
method of reproduction, awakening her
listeners interest and teaching them
many things worth remembering, rather
than to dwell chiefly on her pains and
priyations? 1t is many years since She
was able to step out Of doors, but when
you are with her you do not think OF
her as an invalid, SO interested and in
teresting is she.
The growth of cryptogamous plants
would not be 8 matter Of absorbing IN
terest to all persons, but the habit OF
reading thoughtfully and carefully
what we read, and of retaining it IN
memory, IS 8 great factor Of mental
groyth.-Bosto1s Transcript.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-03-28
In Earana's Eating Houses.

The cafes of Havana are es bright and
winsome as those of Paris, but are more
attractive at all seasons of the year, for
the climate allows Of greater openness
to the street. This is taken advantage Of
in all little ways of decoration and ar
rangement that stand fcr invitation and
welcome. Some of them are very grand
affairs, but all possess an atmosphere Of
snugpess and daintiness that is delicious.
Indeed, is must be set down to the credit
of all these people that the delicate refine
ments of life are inherent. Courtesy, po-
liteneSs, consideration, or at least the sur
face use Of it, are universal. They are an
artistic people in the environment of little
things, though themselves unconscious of
that national characteristic; ard both
facts are delightful to one who tarries
with them.
These cafes and fondas (or eating
houses, for the latter are equally resorted
toy are the resting places of the gay city.
Their number and patronage are remark
able. They are all wide open to the
street the year round. One fancies they
are almost q part of it, as frequently more
than one-half tho cafc Is underneath long,
wide, huge pillared porticos. Here chat.
tering crowds by day and brilliant crowds
by night, under the flare of lamps in great
century old metal frames, never cease
cigarette smoking, gin and wine drinking,
although ali liquors, however frequently
ordered, are used in sparing quantities.
And between the shrill cry of the dulceros.
or confection peddlers, the hoarse impor-
tunities Of the lottery ticket mobs, the
ever minor music of the wandering street
minstrels and the marvelously gay but
never brutal and more than half Oriental
city life, the "click, click, click' of the
universal and never silent dominoes upon
the marble tables come to you as an
undertone staccato Of myriads of unseen
castanets.-Edgar L. Wakeman's Letter.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-03-28
No Such Thing as Waste.

The complete erasure Of the word
waste from the dictionaries, at all
events in so far as it has any relation to
industrial products, is, if not quite an
accomplished fact, undoubtedly becoming
more ard moro imminent: and we may
thank the chemists OF this generation for
teaching rs how TO recover and utilize in
Vulnerable substances which in their ig
norance, our grandfatherS threw away.
Thirty years ago the manufacturers OF
iron. gas and chemicals, everywhere neg
lected all but the prime objects of their
industries. whereas today, On the s.-stcm
of taking care of the pennies and allow
ing the pounds to take care of them
selves, competition has induced rs to re-
gard our legionary by-products as so
many integral parts or branches of each
enterprise. If the intelligent men who
have ''gone BEFORE" and who were looked
upon by their contemporaries as wise III
their generation, could by any chance re-
appear among Us, we might conduct them
to our gas works, and with q certain pride
explain the origin of our sulphate Of am
monia, our aniline dyes, and our hundred
other extracts from coal tar.
From the contemplation of gas VIC
would turn with them to some of our
smelters and furnaces, and point to the
mineral wool, the cement, the glassware,
the pottery, the fire bricks and the fcrcil-
iZcr, all derived from our furnace Stag;
and finally, entering a great chemical
works, we should show them how the
once devastating gases, so fatal to life
and vegetation, are no longer sent free
into the air, but are condensed aud trans
formed into staple articles of trade, and
how by an ingenious and, to them, un-
dreamed of process we extract the
precious metals from our exhausted sui
phur ores. TO their wondering question,
GLOW can these things be-" we might re-
ply that all these marvelS result from q
modern and enlightened policy. which, in
many countries, has fostered every species
Of research in every branch of science en-
couraged great minds to ponder over and
gradually unravel the m ysteries CT natCGe.
and stimulated general tilirsting for
that knowledge which, properly applied,
must ever ameliorate our condition i'll this
s'vale Of tears. THE Age of Steel.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-03-28
A Domestic Picture.

The people who pass to and flo across
one of the north side bridges are treat
cd every now and then to scene from
4 pretty domestic drama that is enacted
in one of the many happy homes in this
city. About $50 o'clock almost any
morning there may be seen crossing the
aforesaid bridge pretty young woman,
apparently about % years OF age, al
ways neatly and beconingly dressed,
with sweet, good face, and quaint,
matronly air that renders her perfectly
charming and coniures all sorts 0,
visions Of a snug little home, hearth
that is in reality an altar of honest.
true affection, and e sturdy. strong
hearted young husband. Perhaps
who knows?-there may be q bright
faced, prattling little boy who rules
automatically this model little home.
Although this young wife is alone on
her morning trip, yet she never comes
back alone in the evening. The hus-
band, who must get to work earlier in
the morning, always guides her home
ward steps with that air of proud pos
session and absolute love and trust that
is as charming as it is rare, and than
which young husband can have no
more graceful attribute.
The constant sight of this couple
prompted curious inquiry, with result
in perfect accordance with the prima-
facie evidence in the case. The facts
are these:
The husband is one of many clerks in
a large establishment here. His salary
is but $50 month. The wife is we'll
born girl, but one. of that great number
who have suffered deprivation through
the dishonesty of others They were
engaged three years, and the marriage
postponed for prudential reasons. at
last the young people took the law into
their own hands, and casting fear and
doubt to the winds entered hand in
hand on the rough path of life. Three
months after marriage the young bride
obtained position rs assistant cashier
in millinery store. Their total income
is S125 per month. On that they not
only live well but happily. Their
house is small one, but piece by piece
has been prcttily and neatly furnished
and in every corner there is perfect evil
dcnce of the touch of q woman's hand,
whose labor is love. For three years
they have been married and in that
time this brave little woman has saved
over $500 Think of it, We hundreds OF
Young men and women who fear to
marry on less than $4,000 a year, and
We young men who keep seltishly the
honest heart OF a girl waiting in patient
expectancy while you waste annually
enough to give her the comfort both Of
a roof of your own snd your love! Last
night this happy family went to the
theater. Both were neatly and even
stylishly dressed. They sat in breath
less absorption. 1t was rare treat
which will last rcminiscently a long
time. Every good point was gravely
marked by mutual glances OF apprcclA-
ton, and when the drop curtain fell,
with 4 sigh Of regret the young Wig
took Ler husbands arm and together
they went to that house where tia
siren nth OF affection and the energy OF
endeavor are blended into one SYM
phony OF happiness.-(hicaGo New2
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-03-28
A Mans Yearly Food.

From the army and navy diet scales
of France and England, based upon the
recognized necessities Of large numbers
of men in active life, it is Inferred that
about two and onc-fourth pounds avo;r-
dupo;s of dry food per day a!'e required
for each individual; OF this about three
fourthS are vegetable and the rest AMI
nal. At the close of an entire year the
amount is upwards Of SEQ pounds.
Enumerat!ng under the title OF water
ali the various drinks, It's estimated
quantity is about 1890 pounds per an
mum. The air received by breathing
may be taken st 500 pounds. With
these figures before Us We are able to
show how the case stands. The food,
water. and mir which a man receives
amount, in the aggregate, TO more than
5000 pounds a year-about q ton and q
half, OF twensy times his weight
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-03-28
Jeannette's Hair.

sbsen the curls that you wear. Jeannette.
$me tapgle my hand in your hair. my PeS,
X ~ the world to me had no 6aintler sgnt
ssan your brow0 hair yelling your shooioets
sSas white.
was brown. with golden gloss. Jeanne;te,
'E4 WAS finer than the silk Of floss, my pei,
sFfwas thing to be braided, and jewc!eo' ana
u kissed,
F1was the loveIiest hair in the world. my pet.
Ny arm was the arm Of clown, Jeanette,
It was sinewy. bristied, and brown. my pet
But warmly and softly it loved to carcsS
Your round white neck and your wcai'n o.
tresS,
Your beautiful plenty of hair, my pet.
Your eyes had swimming glory, Jeanette
Revealing the old, dear story. my pet;
They were gray, with the chastened unSe OF
the sky
When the trout leaps quickest TO snap the fly,
And they matched your golden hair.
And your Nps--but have no words, jean
nette,
They were fresh as the twitter of birds. my
pet,
With the dewdrops i. each red bosom SCI,
And they suited your go!d-brown hair, my pet
o, you tangled my life in your hair, jean
Twas silken and golden snare, my pet.
But so gentle the bondage, my soul did I'M
plore
The right to continue your slave evcrmore,
With my fingers euseshed in your hair, my
pet
Thus ever dream what you were, Jeannette.
With your lips, and your eyes, and your halrs
my pet,
In the darkness Of desolate years moan.
And my tears fall bitterly over the stone
That covers your golden hair, my pet.
Miles O'Seilley.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-03-28
Oririn of the Blizzard.

Where is its cradle, its home?
The Arctic regions. The papers talk
about q blizzard having started from
Manitoba, but that is not its home-its
starting point. Manitoba is only its half
way house.
Why do blizzards come by way Of
Manitoba, and make themselves most
felt upon the west side of the Mississippi
river? Why do we never hear of blizzarls
in Canada, New England and the middle
states?
Because the Laurentian range of noun
tains stretches westward from Labrador
along the southern line Of British Amer
ica 5000 miles, skirting the north shore
of Lake Superior, and tapering out in
northeastern Minnesota, furnishing q pro-
tecting wall of solid rock 4, 900 feet high
against billiards for ell the region south
of it. Biologists tell US that this range is
formed Of the Oldest silurian or sedimen-
tary rock to be found upon the globe, and
that it extends 0,G00 feet below the
surface.
From northeastern Minnesota to the
Rocky mountains is an open, treeleSs
plateau-a great doorway 1000 miles
widc-throuSh which the ice king rusheS.
From that line southwark is, i'll the main,
the same treeless prairie al the way to
the Gulf Of Mexico, forming west Of the
Mississippi river the royal toboggan slide,
5000 miles long, upon which his ice
crowned majesty, the blizzard, sweeps in
all his jeweled robes to swoon in the
arms Of the tropical sun. The Texas
norther is only the frayed fringes of the
blizzard kings mantle as he whirls past.
&C. NJ Cady in New York Sun.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-03-28
4 Curious Nurse.

In India, where the elephant is treated
by his mahouJ almost as or" Of the family,
the grateful animal makes a return for
the Kindness shown it by voluntarily
taking care of the baby. 1t will patiently
permit itself to be maulcd by its little
charge and will show great solicitude
when tie child cries. Sometimes tie cle-
phant will become so attached TO its baby
friend as to insist ur--- its constant pres
ence Such :. case is known where the
elephant Went so far as to refuse to eat
except in tho presence of its little friend.
Its attachment was so genuine that the
chlld's parents would not hesitate 10 leave
the baby in the elephants care, knowing
that il could have no more faithful nurse.
And tie kindly monster never belied the
trust reposed in it.-St. Nicholas.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-03-28
T'hc Snt;-CcsSjp Club,

If YOUR friends faults annoy you, tel!
him so: but for heavens sake keep silent
about them in the presence OF other people.
You will never reform him by calling the
attention OF the world to his errors. !
have made Il resolution which l would like
to ernbody in an organized society, and
call it the Anti Gossip club. The rcsolI-
ton is this: Whoever speaks ill of another
person To nc must meet that person IN my
presence villain weeks tiHlc aE,, repeat
the words, thus giving the accused az
opportunity to defend, explain or reform
his error l think y few experiences OF
this kinC! would deter people from coming
to us with umkind sossip.-El!a Wheeler
N.iicOX
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-03-28
Traps fo7 EsoIl Agents.

ssYou seldom see an advertisement for a
book agent IN these days." remarked a
veteran canvusser, 'but that doesn't sig
Nifty that the much abused man is no
longer seen abroad in the land. There is
q certain stigma attached to the business,
and i man is deferred from becoming q
book agent for the same reason that
prompts Il woman to do anything rather
than go out TO service. The houses that
deal in subscription books are well aware
OF this feeling, and unscrupulous publish
ers resort TO the most ingenious plans to
word their advertisements so rs to con-
ceal the real nature of their business.
Ii they made direct call for book agents
they would receive very few applicants,
but by COUGHING their advertisements in
ambiguous and alluring language they
are sure to get the pick of the unemployed
men and women. Their main object is to
get the people TO call, for it is then easy
enough to induce the most likely to try
their luck by holding out fiattering prom
iSeS. The scheme most usually employed
is to advertise for collectors at q fixed sal
ary. When a man calls and proves salts
factory he is told that he can have the JOB
as soon as it is ready, being made to be-
lieve that he is to have new route as
soon as the canvlSSers have drummed up
enough subscribers.
''In the meantime the man is advised to
do a little canvassing himself. He will be
able to make living wages and familiarize
himself with the business. The man is,
OF course, little disappointed, but at last
consents to become book agent for the
time being in anticipation of getting q
place as collector at fixed salary. An
iron bound contract is then drawn up.
for the sake Of formality, he is told,
by which he agrees to sell the book on
commission. He is then required to de-
posit so as security for the dummy copy
he is to carry with him. Time passes,
and the route on which he was to serve rs
collector is as far from completed as ever.
He has found that canvassing is hard
work and doesn't pay his board. He gets
discouraged, turns in his dummy copy
and demands the return Of the deposit he
paid on it. The firm refuses to return the
and point to the clause in the
agreement that refers to breach OF con-
tract. The firm has the law on its
side, and the man has no redress. The
cost Of manufacturing these dummy
copies is not one-tenth of the security de-
and many firms pay their rum
ming expenses with the money received as
deposits. New York Evening Sun.