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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-04-04
Tyndall on Lightning Rods.

Professor Tyndall, in letter on light
ming conductors, points out that the
abolition of resistance is absolutely neces-
sary in connecting lightning conductor
with the earth, and this is done by closely
imbedding in the earth plate Of good
conducting material and Of large area.
The largeness Of area makes atonement
for the imperfect conductiTity of earth.
The plate, in fact, constitutes wide door
through which the electricity passes
freely into the earth, its disruptive and
damaging effects being thereby avoided.
\ common way of dealing with light
ming conductors adopted by ignorant
practitioners is, DR.. Tyndall remarks, to
carry the wire rope which forms part OF
tie conductor down the wall and into the
earth below, where it ends without any
terminal plate. Such ''protection" is
moclzery, delusion and snare. Some
years ago rock lighthouse on the Irish
coast was struck By lightning, when he
found by the engineers report that the
lightning conductor had been carried
down the lighthouse tower, its lower ex-
trelnity being carefully imbedded in q
stone perforated to receive it. If the OBJ
ject had been to invite the lightning to
strike the tower, a better arrangement
could hardly, he believes, have been
adopted. He vetoed the proposal to en-
ploy chain as prolongation of the con-
:luctor, as the contact of link with link IS
:aever perfect-Scientilc American.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-04-04
The Vanderbilt Children.

Mrs. William H. Vanderbilt, relict OF
the man, who, when he lived, was the
richest man on earth, was q Miss Kissam,
daughter Of an American clergyman,
whose stock was originally English. She
had the extreme good fortune to marry
Vanderbilt when he was working for his
father for 81, 600 a year, poor, dependent
and as thoroughly in awe of the old COM
modore as when he was lad She bore
Vanderbilt eight children-Margaret, now
Mrs. Eliot F. SHEPPARD; Cornelius, VIII
liam r., Emily, now Mrs. Emily Thorne
Sloan, wife of the great carpet dealer;
Frederick w, Florence Adele, now wife
Of W. Nick. Twombly, the pushing
westerner, now in charge of some of the
heavier Vanderbilt interests; Leila; who
married DR.. W. Seward Webb, son of the
old fighting editor, DR.. James Watson
Webb, and now head of the New York
Central Parlor Car company, and George
w. the eighth child and fourth son. Not
a girl has married what in England is
called an "aristocrat'-an idler. Every
one of their husbands made his way in
the world before he married a Vanderbilt.
The boys also took care of themselves
The ArGOnaut.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-04-04
Hog Guessing on Long Island.

The season is rapidly approaching when
harvest homes will be superseded by hog
guessing, the favorite amusement of Long
Islanders The manner Of proceeding is
as follows:
Handbills are printed announcing the
time and place of the proceedings. The
name and assumed weight of the hogs, to-
gether with the cost of the tickets, are also
advertised. Each person registers his es-
innate of the weight upon the ticket be-
fore surrendering it. Then a hog whose
name and assumed weight has been ad-
vertised is killed and dressed. The per-
son who guesses the exact weight of the
slaughtered animal takes him, or the
guess nearest the correct figure entities
the guesser to the meat. ''Reckoning"
or ''allowing" is not permitted. Par
ticipants, however, can guess as many
times as they are willing and able to pay
for the privilege. Some of the swine
slaughtered are of enormous dimensions
and tip the scales anywhere from 400 to
GOO pounds.
Various articles are resorted to by
which the weight of the animals is ascer-
tai1ed or approXimated beforehand. Ere
Guentlv measurements are taken upon
which guesses are based, and sometimes
the actual weight is ascertained at night
New York Evening Sun.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-04-04
The Colored Folks in Maryland.

The average negro cares only for the
present. He forgets the past and disre-
CARDS the future. Prospective rainy days
have no terrors for him. If he makes 81
today instead of his usual fifty cents, he
will not work tomorrow. There are four
preferences which are common to colored
Inen-linen busters, raZors, chickens and
cathartic pills. To the country darky a
linen duster is the insignia of prosperity.
He generally gets it o size or two too large
and has it we'll starched He wears it as
often as he possibly can. Not long ago
au excursion, by water, Of colored people,
came here from over the bay. Nearly all
of them, women as well as men, wore
linen busters. Just why nine negroes out
of ten carry raZors cannot be explained,
but that they do carry them is fact, and
in every free fight some one always gets
Slashed. At colored camp meeting held
u few weeks ago this notice was conspicu-
ously posted:
Dinner, a5 cents; with chicken, 50 cents.
1t was the most eloquent kind Of evil
dence as to the negro's appetite for this
fowl The boarding tent keeper was
man of experience, and although chicken
was very cheap in that section, he knew
that twenty-five cent dinner would not
pay for the chicken colored man could
eat. AS to the pills, the darkies are al
ways imagining themselves sick. They
know of but one remedy-pills.-Cor.
New York Times.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-04-04
Cats in BustIes and Dogs in a1uffs.

Fashion has long been favorable to dogs.
Cats are now coming forward. Some
charming bellies at Luchon thought this
season Of using the Pyrenean cat-which
IS pretty creature, and not so wild rs it
looks-as suivez moi, jeune homme.
The notion sprang up in this way. a
beauty down there was given, In one of
her excursions, a lovely cat. But as her
arms were laden with mountain flowers,
how carry it? A peasant suggested cut
ting hole at one of the ends of a hand
basket for needleWork, just large enough
for the cats neck to be held in without
strangulation when the lid was fastened
down. AS the basket was padded and
lined with satin, and bediZencd with
fringe and ribbons, pussy did not object
to being prisoner therein, and to being
placed on. the lady's hustle as a pack.
There was no other means of carrying the
feline unless there. So the basket was
fitted up with strings to tie on to the
waist; and so borne into Luchon. The
arrangement was daring, original and
pieuant. 1t found imitators, and in a few
days there were not Pyrenean cats enough
for the ladies' bustles. Fashion even
dared to invade the sanctuary at Lourdes
with a mountain tom or tabby on the dor-
sal hump.
A fashion prophet tells me that next
winter the back part of the muff will con-
tain pouch in which cat is to lie. A
contrivance OF this sort was first hit upon
by M>le. Schneider for her black and tan
terrier, which regarded the inside Of the
no1ff sc 1,~ico0 and wanted to look about
when keeping the hands Of his mistress
warm. The Duchess de Bauffremont
then took up the arrangement and used to
carry about as many puppies as could tit
into the pouch. Princess 1sabeau de
Beauvais Craon used to remind me of
maternal kangaroo. Her muff had the
pocket in front and parcel of pups
heads of various breeds peeped from out
of the opening at the top.-Paris Cor.
London Truth.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-04-04
how Charles summer M:.ae Tea.

Mr.. Sumner was man OF simple tastes.
When he dined alone and knew that he
was to have no company but one dish was
served and that was often q porterhouse
steak dressed with oysters. This, with
bread and butter and glass Of claret,
composed his solitary dinner. Occasion
ally he would treat himself to dinner Of
ccrned beef and cabbage, if lie was sure
there would be time enough before the
arrival of visitors to disilfect his house Of
the scent. His breakfast, when alone,
would be without meat or fish, and would
consist of tea, toast, eggs, fruit and some
sort Of pancakes and butter; but the tea
would be selected as carefully for the
breakfast as the wine would be for the
dinner. He would brew it himself with
great care. He took the tea from the tea
caddy himself, placed it dry in cup,
which had previously been heated by fill
ing with boiling water from the urn; q
teaspoon, which stood in the cup when,
the boiling water was poured, remained
IN the cup: than boiling water was drawn
from the urn on to the tea; saucer was
inverted over the top, and after it had
stood for several minutes 1t was considl
cred ready for drinking.
Once when I was breakfasting with
him he asked my opinion of the particular
tea he had given me, and he was disap-
pointed in my answer. He seemed sur
prised as well, and tasted the tea from his
own cup, snuffing its aroma. Then dip
ping teaspoon in hot water, he tasted
the mixture in my cup and inhaled its
perfume. This seemed to solve the riddle |
"Why," said he, 81 must have given you
cold spoon; that spoon in your cup car
ried off the flavor. Throw out those slops
and let me give you fresh cup. AR
mold Burges johnson an The Cosmopol- !
itnn
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-04-04
Financial e,ackmai1ers in London.

It is = favorite plan Of the promoters Of
American enterprise to seek capital IL
Europe, notably in London and -Anster.
dam. 1t is not an easy task by any means
to induce foreign capitalists to invest IL
new projects on this side of the water,
especially since there have been so many
enterprises taken up by them in which
their money has been spent without re
turn, and they are apt to look upon every.
thing that has all American stamp as 8
wholesale swindle until they have looked
closely into it. But they are not without
tricks themselves in London. The prcsI-
dent of L leading railroad corporation wl:t
has raised large amounts Of money ,."fe
at different times FOR various enterprises
said the other day: "You can be sure o.
nothing in London in raising money Until
you have the cash in bank. had 81, O0O,-
900 already counted out for me and tie
papers drawn and ready to sign, and yet
had the money put back in the vaults and
the papers back into my pocket. London
Is full of financial Dlackmailers. and ii
was one of these that rung in his little
game on me. It cost NE at least $lC0,GUt
to get my negotiation through, but | had
the satisfaction of knowing that the black
mailer got no money from it.
''They watch the American newspapers
for accounts of new enterprises that are
likely to seek capital abroad, and then
they watch on that side of the water fo1
the man who is negotiate the securities
and cleverly manage to ingratiate them
selves by proffered assistance and other
wise, so as to be in position to know
every stage of his progress. They will
wait until the last moment before his
negotiation is conducted and then strike
him. They generally have a newspaper
at their back and frequently succeed in
soaring their victim into paying good
round sum to prevent an attack on his
scheme, which he knows will be disturb
ing and disastrous to his enterprise, even
though unfounded upon any reasonable or
just claim. After one or two experiences
in London, have always made my trips
there with the utmost secrecy, allowing
no newspaper mention to be made at
home of my departure. On my arrival
there have gone to unfrequented hotels
out of the way of friends and acquaint-
ances, until all my negotiations were con-
cluded. That is the safest way."-New
York Tribune.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-04-04
United States Troops in Mexico.

The victories won by the United States
troops in Mexico years ago have generally
been ascribed to the superior fighting quail
tiles of the Americans over the MeXicaus.
But Capt. Lester S. Bartlett, of the Spen-
Ger Rifle company, who was recently in
Mexico, mentioned this theory: IAN old
Mexican soldier told me that it was the
American sharpshooters that broke up
their troops All over Mexico you will
find what are called arroyas. They are
what we would call gulches, and occur
everywhere on the plains. They have pre-
cipitous banks and sometimes men walk
into them without seeing them. They seem
to be the riffs ut the bottom of L sea which
one day may have covered the country.
The American riflemen would drop into
these arroyas, which formed natural rifle
pits for them, and having superior rifles
for those days were able to pick off the
Mexicans before the latter got within
shooting distance with their bell mouth
guns. The slaughter that resulted always
broke up the MeXicans before they got
within lighting distance. New York
Tribune.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-04-04
Soldiers, Webs in Washington.

The use of electric light or public
buildings 1T Washington has led to
great increase in the number OF spiders
webs. The lights attract multitudes OF
insects, and these in turn attract the
suiders. In many cases architectural
outlines have become badly obscured by
Tic webs.-Chicago Times.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-04-04
Frnnch Love of Glory.

The French claim to be Che Romans,
and almcst everything they undertake to
do they refer to . Roman precedent. Glory
is one Of these things. The English dwell
upon the idea of power. The Frenchman
has 10 particular care for power unless it
brings him action, admiration and artistic
tribute. Gath in Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-04-04

MANY q poet has pu; his hardest work IN
to long poem. wishing thus to give his
name 70 postcrity ;,ad make 1t immortal.
He may succcett. bu; is likely to fail. The
large work stands d2solate, distinguished
by nothing but It's size. while his fame IS
connected with / Verse or line, the pro-
duction OF which caused him no effort, and
hardly a thought y line full Of soul is
battar than ! volume without it.-CnitsG
Presbyterian.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-04-04

member, tina. maks; Us learned. 1t is not
what we intend, but what We do that makes
US useful Il is not Il few faint wishes, but
a lifelong struggle that makes us valiant.
-BAp,;st Weekly.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-04-04

\ public school system is to be estab.
lishetl in Alaska by agents Of the Federal
government.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-07-11
My Dog.

L love my dog-a beautiful dog,
Brave and alert for a race;
Ready TO frolic with baby or man;
Dignined. too. IN his place.
Ike his bark,-a resonant bark,
Musical, honest, and deep;
ana his swirling tail and his shaggy coat
And his sudden, powerful leap.
oh, never n corpulent pug for me,
Nor SpitZ with treacherous snapi
never trembling, pattering hound,
Nor poodle TO live on my lapI
No sOtt-lined basket for bed has Jack,
Nor bib, nor luxurious plate;
nut the doorstep brown. that he guards so
well,
And the lawn are his royal state.
No dainty leading ribbon of silk
My grand, good dog shall fret;
No golden collar needs he, TO show
He's very expensive ret;
But just my loving voice for a chain,
his bound nj my slightest sign,
And the faith when we look in each other
eyes,
Proclaim that my dog is mine.
He'll never be carried in arms like babe
Nor be dragged like a toy. all a-curl;
TOR he proudly knows he's \ dog, does
Jack,
And I'm not that sort Of girl.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-07-11
Rag, Tag and BobtaiI.

This is probably an o.d hunting ex-
preston TO signify herd of deer. In
Prescott's "Philip the Second" quoted
by Strype and Hollingsheai, is the fol-
lowing: "They hunted the deer, aud
were 50 greedy of their destruction
that they killed them rag and tag, with
hands and swords" The word tegg,
or tag, signifies, according to Bailey,
"a doe in the second year of her age"
Rag Is defined by the same writer as
"a herd of young colts" but older
writers have raeg to signify herd of
deer at rutting time. Bobtall means a
fawn Just after it has been weaned.
Tag and bobtaiI are used in the same
sense when speaking or sheep, but rag
does not seem to be known In this con-
nection. The complete original sense
of the phrase tag, rag and bobtail'
seems to have been a collection of
shs ep or deer, or all sorts mixed indis-
crimirately
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-07-11
aFashIonabie woman's whim.

The extent towhich money Is wasted
at a fashionable woman's whim was
illustrated to me the other day. / was
in the shop OF a well known florist on
Broadway when a lady came in from a
private coach She purchased three
huge roses, for which she paid s5, and
carried them daintily away by their
long stems. An hour afterward, going
by Dellmonico's, saw my lady Of the
roses lunching at one of the windows
with a companion OF her own sex.
Fifteen minutes afterward, returning
by the same way, noted that the table
where they sat was vacant Three bare
rose stems lay amid the dishes. which
were buried in rose leaves. The lady
of the roses had plucked S. worth Of
flowers to pieces in q few minutes idle
conversation after her luncheon.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-07-11
HE had a great fall >,

''Good. Fall then. Fall, all TO-
gether. And what Ompee Dompee do
next? He got up againr"
NO." cried the childrenI
.An the kings horses and all the kings
men
Can't put Humpty Dumpty together again" /"
sAhf" said Novi simo. Then stay
where you fell. I cannot get you of
the stage If the rhyme says you remain.
Hh, this stupid rhyme. All, this foolish
Madre Goose. Who the devil she was,
this MadIe Goose idiotic?"
Then, with BecchaualIan air and
arms appraised, the Bottles OF Cham
payne bore down on the puzzled bal
let-master. DRY Champagne on one
side," he directed. "Sweet Champagne
on the other, my DEAR" he added. ad-
dressing a pretty little girl. "Why,
you dance with the Drys. You not
Dry. You are Sweet"
$50 the boys tell me-" she said, and
cast down her eyes.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-07-11
Selling Souvenirs of Sedan.

A camp following tourist" found
himself caught in the railway station
at Sedan during the engagement OF
course he could not go out except At
the risk OF his life. So he amused him.
self within the Innermost doors of the
office. "Look here" he said 10 friend
afterwsrd, opening a small bag full OF
railway tickets. "I've got some souve-
Mrs of Sedan" They were all marked
sedan, September ]" and indicated
an immense number of quite impossible
Journeys, such as that to Metz, as hav-
ing been made on that day. While the
storm was raging around, he had
stamped all the tickets he could lay
hands on with the date OF the battle
till the ink gave out. "These will be
curiosities," +" said he, adding. land I've
got money out Of the pocket OF dead
soldier; they say it's lucky" He
showed some silver OF which he had
robbed a corpse.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-07-11
Getting Square With His Dad.

He was the son of a worthy
Chicagoan, and he had just returned
from college. The father was brusque
matter-of-fact man, who had no liking
for anything dudish, and he noticed
with sorrow that his son returned with
bangs and various other insignia of
dudeism. The old gentleman surveyed
him critically when he appeared in his
Office, and then blurted out:
young man, you look like fool. ~
Just at that moment, and before the
young man had time to make a fitting
reply, friend walked In.
"why, hello George have you re-
turned?" he asked. "Dear me, how
much you resemble your father"
80 he has Just been telling me-" re-
piled the youth, And from that day
TO this the old gentleman has found no
fault with the bangs.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-07-11
Does it Pay?

"Does it, after all. pay to be honest?''
a disappointed. young man writes. No,
my son, not If you're honest for pay, it
doesn't. Not if you are honest merely
because you think 1t will pay; not If
you are honest only because you are
afraid to be a rogue; indeed, my dear
boy, 1t does not pay to be honest that
way. If you can't be honest because
you hate a lie and scorn a mean action,
if you can't be honest from principle,
be a rascal; that's what you are in
tended for, and you'll probably succeed
at it. But you cannot make anybody
believe in honesty that is bought and
sold like merchandise.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-07-11
His EyeIid Saved Him.

A farmer living In Fayette county,
w. Va, became suddenly i'll, and Re-
fore a physician could reach him he
was apparently dead. All efforts to
bring him to "life'' seemed fruitless,
and preparations were finally made for
his funeral. While taking last look
at the supposed dead man, it is said, a
friend noticed twitching of one of
the eyelids, and when medical aid was
summoned and restoratives applied he
regained consciousness. He has since
fully recovered from his culious attack.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-07-11
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And Eveline said yes.

Idleness Is the hotbed of temptation
the cradle of disease, the waster
met the canker-worm Of felicity.