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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-04-04
4 WORD IN SEASON.

Everybody extraordinary for whatever y Stands
WelknoWn now
Remedy and nobody can bave hng the
ter with YOUR blood y single II IS d NJ natter
it bottle oOn uo So
IleavEyou Read these certificates:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-04-04

Augusta is pleased with the prospect OF
having TWO opcn-air concerts On April %
by Gilmores celebrated band, with cannon
chorus and fireworks at night.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-04-04
PITTS CARMiNATIVE! !
FOR INFANTS AND

TEETHING CHIL DIRE n.
An instant relief for colo Of infants.
Cures Dysentery, Diarrh@a, Cholera
Iufantum or any diseases of the stomach
aud bowels. Makes the critical period
of Teething safe and easy. Is a safe and
pleasant tonic. For sale by all druggists,
and for wholesale by Howard, WnnsT
& Co., Augusta, Ga
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-04-04
FROM A DRUGGIST.

PALATKA, FLA. May 81. 1887,
The demand for Botanic Blood Balm G3.B.BD
is such that now buy in nalf-grosS lots. and /
unhcSiiatingiy say that my customers are all
well pleased. K. kERST1NG.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-04-04
PRIVATE BOARDING.

ON THE FIRST OF OCTOBER, the
undersigned opened o
FIRST CLASS BOARDING. HOUSE
inaChar!eston, for the accommodation OF
both Transient aud Permanent Boarders.
The Building, located on the northeast
corner OF Wentworth and Glebe streets,
is conveniently near the business portion
OF King street, yet free from the noise
OF the thoroughfares. It is within easy
reach from the Academy OF Music and
from Churches Of al the different de-
nominations.
The house has been thoroughly re-
paired, and fitted up in good style with
new furniture and fixtures.
Terms reasonable.
For further information address
Ms. E. E. HASELL,
or Miss S. S. EDWARDS
Itf Charleston, S. O.,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-04-04

This grass is So common and so well
known, both for pasturage and hay, that
little need be said Of it. It is so univer-
sally difilsed through the Southern
States, that all is necessary to secure q
good crop is to have the land in proper
condition in the spring or early sum-
mer, free Of weeds and of sufficient
fertility. a bountiful nature does the
rest. There are several species OF tail
growing Panicums, natives of our State,
and generally found in rich low grounds,
which are valuable adiuncts to good
pasture, and many of them make a good
hay.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-04-04
Panicuu.

The genus Panicum contains the
largest number of species of all the
grasses. Many of them are very valu-
able, particularly those of large growth,
which are found in low grounds.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-04-04

Wells Co., Ind.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-12-22
Th6 burden of Criminal Exile.

It is manifest, think, that when food
IF 10000 vagrants, thieves, counterfeitcrs.
highway robbers and murdorers il
1oured into a colony, the class most In jurious
% the welfare Of that colony is the liberated
lass. II burglar or thief isscnt to Siberia
nd shut up in prison, he is no more danger
us to society there than he would be if he
gerc imprisoned in European Russia. The
lace of his confinement is iminaterial, be-
.ause he has no opportunity to do evil. II,
.owevcr, ho is sent to Siberia and there
urned loose, he resumes his criminal activ-
y, and becomes at once menace to social
r,ler and security.
For moro than half a century the people Of
iberia have been groaning under the heavy
5urden Of criminal exile. Moro than two
thirds of all tho crimes committed in the
,olony are committed by common felons
who have been transported thither and then
ct at liberty, and the peasants everywhere
.re becoming demoralized by enforced asso-
,iation with thieves, burglars. counterfeit
rs and embezzlers from the cities of Euro
,ean Russia. The honest and prosperous in
labitants of the country protest, of course
against a system which hberates every year
It their very doors, All army OF 1000 worth
ess characters and felona They do not OBJ
,ect to the hard labor convicts, because the
latter arc shut up in jails. They do not OBJ
joct to the political and religious exiles, be
,ause such offenders frequently make thu
best of citizens. Their protests are aimed
PARTICULARLY at the compulsory colonists. -
George kennan in Tho Century.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-12-22
Danger Of Malaria In Cities.

1t is common idea that greater risk Is run
from this cause Of disease in the country than
in towns and cities, but there are strong rea-
sons for doubling that such is the case, SO far
as any unheal hy influence of the country it
self IL concerned. II farm house be placed
N n low, swampy situation and town in
similar locality tho dwellers in the one will
be no more liable to malarious diseases than
the inhabitants of the other. In large cities,
where the ground is being constantly turned
up for the purpose of laying water and gas
mains, constructing sewers or for any one Of
the hundred other purposes for which con-
tinual upheaval of the pavements goes on.
diseases OF malarial origin will almost con-
stantly abound. Some parts of New York
city, or Of Philadelphia, for instance, are
nearly as full of malaria as are the worst
parts of Florida There is nothing, there
fore, to he gained in this respect by hasty re-
turn from the seashore or the mountains to the
pent up atmosphere OF a large town in which
excavations OF some kind or other are at GER
tain seasons of the year carried on with more
than usual vigor.--Dr. VIM. A. Hammond in
New York World.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-12-22
Tho Fool's Nlmble SiN,ences.

Some clever rascal in London advertised
that he would, on receipt of sixpence In
stamps, return to the sender one shilling.
The advertisement was published promi-
nently enough to attract considerable atten.
tion, and it naturally excited remark. To
most persons it seemed very transparent
humbug, too silly to be called n fraud, but
there were few curious individuals who de-
termined to see whether the advertiser was q
crank OF whether he had some game, so they
sent on their sixpences. By return mail each
one received tho shilling. A few days after
the same advertisement appeared again II,
several Of the newspapers, and everybody
who had tried it before told all of his friends
about it The result was that several hun
dred sixlences We're received, and next day
as many shillings went back. The third time
the advertisement appeared the mail received
by the clever sharper was simply enormous
Letters came from all parts Of tho kingdom
and from all sorts OF of people, high and low
rich and poor. The rogue pocketed severa
thousands Of pounds, and, curously enough
neglected tc make any returns.-Tho Argo
4 naut,
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-12-22
Golden Rods and .Astcrs.

Vick's Magazine thinks that these grouped
together should be accepted as our national
dowers-"cmblems of endurance, light and
freedom" After midsummer, in this coun-
try, our rural landscape is everywhere bright
ened by the golded rods and asters; they form
q distinct and beautiful feature of the scenery.
The eyes of our countrymen are everywhere
gladdened by their smiles, north and south,
cast and west, on the hills and the noun
tain sides, in the valleys and on the broad
prairies, by the roadsides and the streams,
nnd in the field and copses they stand as
tokens of the genial heat that brings from the
soil the golden grains aud the beautiful, lus
cious fruits No other country in the world
is thus characterized; these plants belong to
America, and as such should be our pride
and delight.
While on this continent there are from SIX
ty to seventy species, and perhaps more, OF the
solidagos, or golden rods, and nearly all OF
them of vigorous habit, growing from foot
to eight feet in height, all the world besides
affords less than dozen, and these for the
most part of small size and confined to few
localities Of limited area, and always in such
small numbers as to make them rare plants
The species OF asters in this country are still
more numerous tllln those Of the golden rod
| Both are tho children OF tho sun, basking in
his favors and rejecting his smiles. Although
many indigenous species Of flower are pecul-
lar to this country, yet none SO abound and
| apparently claim possession as these.-Aome
| Journal
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-12-22
Refugees for tho EalIen.

New York has no less than ten rcforma.
tories for the rescue and help of fallen VIC.
men. Philanthropy is in the ascendancy,
for fifty years ago the poor outeast was com.
PEELED to seek a temporary shelter in the de-
grading atmosphere of the almshouse, or end
her isolation and misery by destroying her.
SELF But in this benefcent age generous
hearts and wise heads have laid a foundation
for the solution of very difficult and ancient
problem. THERE'S an air of mystery gathered
around the various Magdalen houses in thiA
city. The matrons of these institutions are
shrewd and discerning class of women who
seem born to fill some mysterious and pre-.
carious position in the world. They can tell
at single glance "who is who" cad "what is
what" For the good Of their Cause fow Of
them are willing to relate anything that
transpires behind tho scenes. The inmates
who really reform generally 60 out west
somewhere. Their histories are rs safc in the
hands of the good matrons as they would be
| if they were not known to IA human Icing
! New York Press.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-12-22
a.. paul's Indian Scare.

SIT is difficult to realize" said lady who
has resided IN st. Paul from the carly days,
''that We had such u scare about tho Indians
in this city twenty-six years ago. during tho
Indian troubles. There was q good deal of
excitement all over the city for two or three
days. l remember one day an old colored
woman came in great excitement to my
house and said she had heard the governor
had ordered the whole population to leave tho
city at once--the Indians were marching on
us, fully armed and thirsting Tor our blood.
She rushed away, saying she was going to
pack up and leave. A German woman who
lived on the other side Of the block, and
whose lot was opposite mine, barricaded her
door with her bureau and bed, and got her
AK ready to defend herself and, in an extrem-
ity, to chop down tho fence and take refuge
in our house. Sd, was fully convinced an
attack would be made that night.
''Toward evening on that day several OF
my neighbors began to pack up, having heard
that the Indians had captured St. Anthony
and were about to give their attention to st.
Paul. One or two families living near me
packed up what they could conveniently
carry and rushed down to Bridge square,
where many persons were assembled, expect
ing every moment to hear the war whoop Of
the savages Our carriage horses were taken
by the state for service during tho campaign
| One Of them, a very fine horse, was shot dead
| in the first battle with the Indians. ! con
| fess | was somewhat nervous. These wer.
really very trying times; but ST. Paul, o
course. was in no danger of attack. "-Th'
Casual Listener in Pioneer Press.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-12-22
A Typ,ca, Adiro adsck Guide.

The great character of our party was the
driver, Charley-a chap who is as hard to
catch asleep as au old weasel. lie is as trim
built as an Indian runner, as quick as a
greyhound, aud can SO exactly Initiate the
bound in full chase that 1t will puzzle an old
hand to tell which Is the real hound. lie
seems made Of whalebone, trimmed with
india rubber. He will start out towards the
east with couple of dogs attached by
chain to his waist, another he leads, and his
own two travel in front, with them he holds
general conversation on tho way. Within
three hours he will start each dog after
separate deer, and by short cuts or by sons
BOGUS pocus, he will be up with one or more
Of them coming In from the opposite dfrec-
ton, Join his voice, and by the time the deer
b killed, he is on hand to join In the hiIarity
and fun usual on such occasions. 1his In
lmitable fellow has but one fault, and do
! not know that you would term it such; you
might say it was proof of his game-he can
aot eat venison; 1t makes him sick, and We
aad to feed him on pork.-Forest and Stream
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-12-22
Coal Mining by Machinery.

1t will only be matter Of a few years
when hand mining Of coal will only be fol.
lowed in the proportion that scythes are run
in opposition to reapers. Heretofore the
great cost of the complicated machine used
for mining coal has retarded tho develop
ment of machine mining. There are seventy
pieces or more in the older machines. A st.
Louis inventor has come to the front with a
coal drill, to be operated with compressed
dir, as are the older machines, which actu-
ally consists Of but five pieces. i is now in
operation in several southern Illinois mines.
Mr.. G. T. Chouteau, who is great hand to
encourage inventive genius, has betrayed
the expense OF the experiments for three
years. 1t is almost sure to revolutionize the
mining of coal. 1t will not throw miners
out of employment, as tho experience in ma
chine mines thus far has shown increased
and steadier mployment.-Edward Dewey
in Globe-Democrat.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-12-22
Meu,a, Effect. of the Weather.

It is curious to think how Indifferent are
ZONE people TO those atnospherical changes
which SO signally affect the health and tenn
per of others. You viii see one man of
rainy day, or a cold day, SO transformed
from good nature to acidity and bitterness
that his best friends would fain get out OF
his way-at leass till the "wind changes"
Those OF loss sensitive organization have
little patience and less pity for what they
cannot understand; yet this unfortunate
class are not for that reason to be shut out in
the cold till they "coms to-" A little sym
pathy-some cheerful topic Of conversation
adroitly NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. pleasing little
personal attention at the right moment-and
loi tho mental clouds disperse, and all again
is sunshina-New York Ledger.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-12-22
An Expcriment in Evolution,

A striking illustration of tho influence OF
environment on animal forms may be quite
easily produced, according to DR.. Winslow
Anderson. Ii the embryo of tho land sala-
mander be taken from the egg and kept In
water of moderate temperature, abundantly
supplied with oxygen and amply fed with
small water animals, the organism is remark
ably changed even in single generation.
The embryonic lungs remain undeveloped
and gills grow instead, rudder tail and
even fins are gradually developed for the new
function of swimming, and tho unnecessary
feet and legs become mere rndimentary ap-
pendages -Arkarsaw Traveller
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-12-22
FoRETELLERs OF STORMS.

Tho saw like note Of the great titmouse II
said to foretell rain; that Of the blue tit.
cold.
Various proverbs would seem to indicate
that the cry of the owl, II heard in bad
weather, foretells a change.
Herons, says an old author. flying up and
down in the evening as If doubtful where
to rest, '.presage some evil approaching
weather"-a legend as old as Virgil
In Germany dwellers in the country lack
faith in the skylark as announcing fine
weather, but when the lark and the cuckoo
sing together they know summer has come.
In Hampshire swans are believed to be
hatched in thurderstorms, and it Is said that
those on the Thames have an instructive pro-
science of floods. Before heavy rains they
raise their nesta
In the south OF France 20 much store Ia set
by the wisdom OF the niagpie, that II 1t
builds its nest Oh q summit OF tree the
country folk expect a season Of calm, but II
lower down, winds and tempests are sure to
follow.
The abhorrence In which mariners hold tho
swallow like storm petrol is well known. 1ts
Appearances is believed to denote wild weather.
This little bird Is the Mother Carey's chicken
of sailors, and is also called storm finch and
water witch.
Concerning g,lls in general children who
live by the sea say: 'Seagull, seagull, sit ON
the sand; it's never good weather while you're
on the land;" and fisher folk know that when
the seamews fy out early and far to seaward
fair weather may be expected.
When rocks fly hig' and seem to initiate
birds of prey by soaring, swooping and fall
Ing, II is almost q certain sign Of coming
storm. Staying In the vicinity Of the roak
cry, returning at midday or coming to roost
In groups are also said to be omens to the LIKE
effect.
The constant iteration Of the green wood
pecker's cry before the storm has given It tn.
names Of rain bird, rain pie and rain fowl
Stormcock i. provincial name shared b.
this bird and the missel thrush, the latte
often singing through gales of wind an!
rain. Storm bird is also applied to the Held
fare.
To Scotch shepherds the drumming OF tn
snipe indicates dry weather and frost
night, and Gilbert White remarks that wooo
cocks have been observed to be remarkabl
listless against snowy, foul weather, while
according to another author, their earl
arrival and continued abode "foretells
liberal harvest. Chicago News
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-12-22
A wedding Ring Motto.

The word Mizpah is of Hebrew origin, and
literally translated, means beacon, or watch
tower. From this 1t has come to mean tho
memorial or reminder OF covenant. The
earliest mention we have Of this word in tho
Bible Is when Laban, pursuing tho fleeing
Jabob, finds and becomes reconciled to hirl,
and the heap of stones piled up by them both
on Mount Gilead servod double purpose
Is witness to the covenant between these two
and as landmark of the boundary between
them. Laban called the place Mizpah; for,
said he, tho Lord watch between thee and me
when we are absen. from ono another. The
word Mizpah is frequently, in thc sig1iifica-
tion thus expressed by Laban, engraved in
engagement or wedding rings, both as a
token Of the covenant and as a prayer that
the watch angels Of God will hover over the
taloyed
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-12-22
THE BANANA BUSINESS.


Preparing tho Soil-Putting Out the
'.sussscrs''-Deadly Focs.
Mr.. Kennedy took me in charge early, and
on the wharf ton the shady side of the shed,
gave me the account OF the banana business
that shall try to reproduce ! cannot do
better than imagine that the reader Is about
to settle In Jamaica to engage in raising |
bananas, and that am telling him what | !
have learned about the industry. The land |
used Is likely to DO either an unused sugar
estate, or what is known in Jamaica as
''ruinate;" that is, land that has stood idle SO
long that it has become overgrown with tall
bushes and small trees. The first cost Of
land of the latter sort is OF course much less,
but the expense Of clearing 1t is SO much
greater that 1t is doubtful whether good cul
tivable land is not cheaper in the end.
The ground having been cleared and
plowed, banana suckers" arc set out, the
distance between them depending very much
upon the quality of the land. In from ten to
fourteen months after planting the tree has
reached its full size, ten to twelve feet in
height, the stalk then being about eight
inches In diameter at the base, and the
bunch Of fruit is ready to out for shipment.
| The fruit Is always cut while yet green, and
each stalk produces only one bunch. When
the fruit il cut that is tho end of that
stalk, and the stalk Is cut down. Fresh
suckers" are produced from tho roots, how
ever, and several OF these are allowed to
grow for the next crop. For the first few
months good deal of cultivation is necessary
in the banana field to keep it clear of weeds,
1 but when the stalks gros and the leaves be-
gin to sprsah they etrectually choke down
the weeds, and little more attention is needed.
From $50 to $50 an acre is fair estimate of
the cost Of plowing planting and cultivatins
for one year, but wN,re the lapd has to be
cleared of trees this increases the cost con
siderahly. Once started, tho plantation is
good for five or six years without much fur
, ther labor beyond keeping it clear OF weeds
at certain seasons.
But the banana planter has deadly
foe in the hurricanes and high windi
> that frequently sweep over the Yves
I Indies The banana tree has very smal
: roots and is easily knocked over Some
> times even with nothing worse than livel.
: : "norther" an entire plantation Is destroye'
= in an hour, and there Is nothing tor it but t
start over again. As to the risks and profits
. Mr.. Kennedy says: "From my experience
do not think the banana yields the plante
:, very large profit, though there are exceI
y ;, tions to tho rule. A tropical hurricane wi
:. sweep banana cultivation level with tn
. ground in an hour Besides these hurr
= canes, we usually have very strong wind.
= tnorthers during the winter months, tho
- often blow down acres of bananas The tire
y is easily blown down, especially when it ha
:. large bunch Of bananas hanging from il
70 top Were it not for these great drawback
- planting bananas would be profitable il
)" vestment. 1t is important that a plan.'
understands the business, and knows how
work tho jamaica labor"--William Dry
iale In New York Times
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-12-22
Hans DreltnanIi.

This is the nom de plume of Charles God.
frey Leland but is now little used by its orig
inal bearer. Mr.. Leland was born in Phila-
1elphia, Aug Is, 1924, and became Il member
Of the bar Of that city, May 8, 1851. Litera.
ture, rather than law, has proven his voca.
ton, ami to it he has for many years devoted
bis time. He Is distinguished for his llnowl-
edge OF the Romany tongue, being, it is said,
the only American who has mastered the
speech of that strange nonadic people, the
gypsies. The dilisent study of and acquired
familiarity with the history and customs of
this interesting people, which distinguished
George Barrow in England, likewise distin-
guishes Charles Godfrey Leland, who is also
widely known through his Indian researches,
especially for his works upon tho language
and legends Of tic Algonquins Mr.. Leland
Is at present residing abroad.
Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-12-22
An Old Couplet.
The couplet
For no that fights and runs away

no COupAcV y
For no that fights and runs away
May live to fight another day,
will bo found in Gol,isluiths "Art Of Writing
Poetry on New Plnn." Buffers "Hudihras,"
written about 1CU years before Goldsnith's,
version, contains tho following:
Fer those that fly may fight again,
Which can never do that's slain.
Rays "History Of the Rebellion" u15s) and
Udalls translation of Erasmus QA@) ex-
,ress the same idea in almost the idcnti
cal language Of Goldsmith, allowing f'r the
moro primitive state of the lan., ..,c in
Udalls time. Ray gives it:
He that fights and run away
May turn and fight smother day.
In Udall's translation from Erasmus the
.ouplet is:
That same man that runneth awae
Maize again fight another daie.
The last Is tho earliest English expression
,f the thought, which can he traced to Ter.
tullian, who lived in the Second century.