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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-19
INVENTIONS LATEST FRUIT.
4 Marvellous Instrument for Writing at
Great Distances.

From his workshop iu Highland Park,
Chicago, Professor Elisha Gray is at last
able to lay on the desk of his correspondent
in Milwaukee fac smile of whatever ne
puts on paper at this ends of the wire. The
finishing touches to the tel-autograph will
be made within the peyt two weeks A
head company has been formed N New
York, and subordinate companies are "r ~
nizing over the country to put the inVeauon
in use.
''The instrument now reproduces each
stroke of the pen or pencil with almost ex-
act fidelity" said Professor Gray to Chi
cago Tribune reporte. yesterday. Tie
reproduction is Just up to the point Of not
being original. The difference is enough
to prevent long-dis:ance forgery. At the
same time the copy at the other end is SO
nearly like what you write, that for all
ordinary purposes it is your handwriting. y
Several specimens of copy, when com
pared with the original, showed slight
waviness of line as the only distinction.
One could come much nearer telling the
reproduction of a friends voice by the per
fected phonograph from the voice itself
than he could photographic copy of the
same friends handwriting from his true
fist
Il expect theinvention, continued Prof.
GRAY, at once to supersede the telephone
where accuracy is required and over long
distances. 1t will also be taken up imme-
diately as an adjunct to the telegraph in the
transmission of messages involving none
tary transactions. It can make no mistakes.
1t tells at the other end just what you
write, word for word and line for line. No
operators or third parties intervene as IN
te.preters between the TWO pieces of paper.
They stand as fac smile records, IN the
hands of f,trausmitter and receiver, Of what
has passed between the parties.
The machine is an artist as well as pen
man. 1t will reproduce any line drawing.
A girls head, the picture Of representa-
tive mugwump, bunch Of daisies. and a
suntiower were only limited in faithtulneSS
by the execution OF the draughtsman. An
illustrated telegram will not be one OF the
least novelties Of the future.
When Professor Gray's company gets its
lines established, the business man will be
able to impress on his dispatches the au-
thenticity of his autographs. A resident
Of jacksonville during the fever, can. at q
moments notice. show his anxious wife in
the North that his hand is still steady. The
lover can put into the swiftest message all
the dots and crosses and hourishes his
sweetheart has learned to love In short,
the tel-autograph is designed to dothe work
of the postofEce over the wires
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-19
life in Paris Studios.

In no place more than a%studio is it true
that the carly bird gets the worm; but IN
a studio that bird must be prepared to
defend i.er spols. Thus it is great thing
10 be among the first to pose the model at
s on Monday morning; but unless you arc
prepared to fight for the continuance of
YOUR pose. you will find that each conner
will want to alter it to suit her particular
taste. Unfortunately, malcontents hare
the right to put the pose to the vote, and
q not unfrequently happens that after
~ou have patiently blocked in the figure
daring the first hour, at o'clock, when
th, crowd arrives, fresh and totally diff
ferent position is voted for and carried by
a.. cxasperating majority, and all your
10 ho,. il iost.-Demorest's Monthly
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-19
An artfrl Little Dodcer.

4 lady came out on the steps of house
on Driield street and called aloud in
sweet. persuasive tones:
George. dear? -,
There was no answer, and she looked
anxiously up and down the street ano
arain called, but IN frmer voice:
George.
Not u word. Taking in the entire hor'
zon with one sweeping, comprehensive
glance, she made trumpet of her hand
and called shrill and sharp:
"Georgie!"
Then a little pair Of seurrying feet
came around the corner Of the house, &C
corapanied by . round, innocent face,
much stained with watermelon juice, and
a sweet voice inquired:
Did you cali me, manma?-Detroit
Free Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-19
LAWYER AND JUDGE.
An O1d-Tirne Missouri Attorney Who Was
Not Easily Put Down.

An O1d-Tine Missouri Attorney Who Was
Not Easily Put Down.
Mr.. Peyton R Hayden was in his
time one of the prominent lawyers OF
Missouri; but he seldom read any
thing outside OF his profession, and
was laughably ignorant OF history and
geography. Once, in cross-examining
q witness, he said: Estate, if you
please, to what nationality you be-
long"
u am a Dane, SIR" answered the
witness.
"You are Dane, are youP Now,
will you be 80 kind as to tell us when
you left Dane?"
81 never left Dane, sir; left Den
mark"
Every one in the room laughed, and
the cross-examlnation came to a sud-
den end.
Mr.. Hayden was not always so easily
put down, however. He seldom used
the terms plaintiff and defendant, but
spoke of the parties by name. One
day he was pleading the case of a Mr..
Jones, and as he went on repeated the
name again and again. Finally the
Judge interrupted him.
"Mr. Hayden, viii you do me 8 ia
vor.''
"Certainly, your Honor, with pleas
ure."
II thought" said the judge, hesi-
tatingly, ''if you have no objection, you
might be willing to tell me the name OF
your client "
A general roar greeted this sally,
but Mr.. Hayden at once replied: "Of
course, sir; my clients name is William
Jones, sir. He lives down on the Moro,
sir, just below Jefferson City, sir. His
name is William Jones, sir
81 thank you," said the judge; PRO
ceed with your argument
Mr.. Hayden proceeded, and taking
up certain point, went over it and
over It, till the judge again grew Inn
patient
~ Wlsn 10 KNOW, Mr. dayoen, II you
will do me another favor"
Certainly, sir"
''Then wish to know whether you
don't think that when a lawyer has
said the same thing one hundred and
fifty times it would be well for him to
move on?"
'.No, SIR" said Mr.. Hayden; Il don't
think any such thing, and viii tell
you why. suppose. sir, that if I had
mentioned the name Of my client once,
I had done so a hundred and fifty times;
but after all, your Honor, sir, forgot
his name, and was obliged to ask me
what it was. So, now, my plan is not
only to say thing, but to rub it in II I
can."-You&h's Conpaniors.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-19
Fatal Fire in Edgefeld Comfy.

COLD SPRING, Edgefeld Co., Dec "a
Mr.. Lemnel Harlin had his house and con-
touts consumed by fire last week. He lost
$3.50 in cash in the flames. There was also
a little negro about 5 years old caught on
fire and so badly burned before its parents
could get to it from the cotton field that it
died that day,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-19
Shot While on a Hunt.

ANDERSON, Dec, 11-Near Starr, on
the Savannah Valley Railroad, Tobe Sher-
rard, colored, was out hunting last Thurs
day afternoon with several friends. A rab-
bit was started and ran into hollow tree.
Tobe cot to the tree first and set his gun
down by the tree to get the rabbit out. One
of the dogs ran against the gun and knock
ed it down. The fail discharged the load
into Tol.-'. abdomen. He lived long
to tell his friends how 1t happened. Coro-
ner Nance held an inquest over his body
on Friday.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-19
A Little Girl Badly Injured.

ANDERSON. Dec. 13.-On Tuesday Sc
rious accident befell a little daughter Of
Mr.. Gadsden Farmer. of York township
She approached too near cotton gin in
operation and her clothing became entan-
gied in the gin, causing considerable inlu-
ries to her head and parts of her body.
At last accounts she was still alive.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-19
Debtor and Creditor.

Bobley Gas his friend rushes pas)-
Good gwacious, Tom! What's your
hurry?
Wiggins-Don't stop me, please. Pm
going down town to settle bill.
Bobley (stupefed)-Running to settle
a bill? Impossible!
Wiggins-Yaas, dear boy; owe
Charley Grafton five dollars and ne
owes me ten, y know. I want to settlet
Vudge. :;
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-19

As the boy is the father of the man, 1t
follows that the girl is the mother OF the
woman: and together they are not slow IN
honoring their father and their mother.
Help somebody worse of than yourself.
and you will find that you are better Oh
than you fancied.
No man is not apt to get much religion
but he needs to keep lookout for counter
feits.
The statement that whiskey IS being
manufactured in Ireland from old rags
suggests the theory Of the etransmlgatlon OF
spirils. a good deal OF Whlskey goes INTO
the production of old rags.
George, dear, what kind of fruit is
borne by an electric-light plant? ''Elec-
tric currents, of course"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-19
Social Lxe in Early Davs.

Mr.. Hunnawe3 gives some interesting
giimpses of social life in Charlestown
Mass, in :Ae history of that town. He
says: Drinking habits, in varying de
gree, continued some time into the pres
ent century, so that it was hardly civil te
receive call even from minister with
out an offer Of glass Of somethins-tc
the minister it would be wine. AS late
as 1918, church council of eisntyfour
persons had at their dinner 9 decanters
of brandy, 40 bottles of wine, and IA
cigars, besides pipes" Concerning dress,
lie says: The fashion followed those Of
town life in Europe. A few of the earlier
prominent men must have had an impos-
inr look. = Thomas Russell,
nearly six feet high, appeared on Change
in hair powdered and tied, cooked hat.
and sable lined silk great coat from Rus
sia, while he carried "a gold headed India
cane. Magazine Of American History.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-19
An ORIGINAL Young Miss.

A little miss of this city, 8 or 4 years
old, was in one Of our shoe stores the
other day, and after she had been fitted
she was asked by the salesman II she
wanted them put on. She replied: u
dess will wear EN- home In the box. -
Burlington Free Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-19

"a tinker's dam" is a wall Of dough
raised around place which plumber de-
sires to food with solder.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-19

Charlotte, n. c.. is moving for an expo
sition of the two Carolinas in that city next
fall.
To keep vanished wood looking fresh
and bright, rub it thoroughly with oil from
time TO time
Clean oilcloth with wet towel pinned
over stff broom, and rub with long,
sweeping strokes.
Of course you associate plumber with
pipe. but when be smokes it during work
irg hours your job does not progress very
rapidly.
THERE'S no change in thefashion of we'd
ding cake It is as black and heavy as
usual, aud guaranteed to produce the same
distressing dreams.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-19

Nobody has been able yet to convince
the coal dealer of the error of his weighs.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-19

This is the season when young man
wishes be only had one ''best" girl.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-19

Birds are not so fashionable on ladies'
hats now as they have been, but husbands
still associate winter hats with large bills.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-19

Goncourt, the French novelist, suggests
as definition for pride, That form OF Vanl-
ty which prevents one from doing mean
things.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-12-19

Nature uses a good many quills with
which TO make goose. but man can MAKE
a goose of himself with only one
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-05-12

This is how the Philadelphia
Record draws the lines on the tariff
question: ga ship that comes to
the wharf in Philadelphia loaded
with pauper laborers can disembark
them, without hindrance, to COM
pete with American workingmen in
whatever work they may find to do.
But ship that comes loaded With
wool, jute, salt, sugar, lumber, ore,
coal or other raw material out Of
which food, clothing, shelter. fuel
and tools for workingmen may be
made, and the making of which
would give them additional employ
ment, is forced to pay 4 heavy tariff
fine, averaging 10 per cent, before
the goods can be used. What a
farce this protective policy is that
keeps out of the country the cheap
necessaries of life which the work.
ingman needs and lets into the
country cheap labor to contend with
him IL the open market for his
daily breadp'
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-05-12

liz the support of President Cleve-
land and tax reduction be the broad
road, as protectionists assert, to
political psrdition, the Democrats
all over the country wherever heard
from are trotting that road at a
lively gait. The tariff must be re-
vised, taxes reduced, and thereby
the surplus in the treasury curtailed
and distributed among the people
who demand it.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-05-12

THE United States Supreme
Court recently rendered decision
which will have the effect of saving
to the Treasury much money. 1t
was in the case of Charles Ii. Page
VS.. the United States for salary as q
member of the last Congress from
the State of Rhode Island. Page
was elected on February 25, 1887,
to fill vacancy caused by the
House holding that the sitting men,
Der was not entitled to his seat. 1t
has been the rule that when a con-
testant has gained a seat, even
though it were in the expiring hours
of the session, he should be paid for
the full term of the Congress, not
withstanding the contestee had been
prid for the same time. The court
holds that so far as the pay goes the
contestee is a member while he &C.
cupies the seat, and the contestant
can draw the salary only after the
contestee has been ousted.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-05-12

TIE argument that under the
present unjust war tariff the coun-
try has grown rich will be combated
BY no one. 1t has grown rich, and
this vast wealth is in the hands of
the monopolists. boarded away by
the few, while the people, the
withdrawing instruments have
not their just propotion to show for
their labors. II any danger in the
near future threatens this country
internally it will come through the
arrogant oppression of monopolistic
rule through the too great concen-
tration of wealth.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-05-12

EVERY effort that has been made
to bring the exactions of tne govern
ment down to peace establishment
have been resisted, step by step, and
every effort has been defeated.
There was tax on railroads, but it is
gone. 1t did not live long after the
war. 1t was tax on wealth. 1t
Was said to be oppressive to tax the
wealthy. There was tax on in
surance companies. 1t is GONE
There was tax on express COM
panies. 1t is gone. There was a
tax on bank deposits and bank cap
ital. 1t is gone. Three hundred
millions that were paid by the
wealthy of the country have been
swept away, and the burden of tax
alton has been made heavier, as it
has been loaded upon the shoulders
of those who have to support them
selves and the government Chair
man Nilsson the tariff.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-05-12

Do not be afraid toscome
and examine.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-05-12
A COOP many stale Jokes are q

A GOOD many stale jokes are got
off over the statement that man
III Nebraska stole roof from a
neighboring shanty to cover his own
dugout. Pshaw That's nothing.
Many years ago the copper roof was
stolen of the Blockley AImshouse,
Philadelphia, BY those appointed
to look aftor its interests.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-05-12

We have thousands of acres OF
good land in Maryland which should
be an attraction to immigrants
No State has more advantages. and
better schools and more accessible
markets. This is unquestionably
the place fOS settlers who want ex-
cellent homes.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-05-12
SYRUP OF FIGS

Is nature own true laxative. II Is the
most easily taken, and the most effective
remedy known to cleanse the System
when Bilious or Costive, to dispe. Head
aches, Colds and Feyers; to cure Habitu-
ii Constipation. Indigestion. Piles, etc. =
Manufactured only by the California Fig
Syrup Company. San Kkancisco. Califor-
MIA. For sale BY ). II Hodges. City Drug
Store.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-05-12
Our Firth Anniversary.

To-day TIE CAPITAL enters upon
its fifth anniversary, and in doing Sc
we can say with confidence that il
is no longer an experiment, but
has become one of the fxed institu.
tions of our city. With the same
pride that the parent looked upon
his first offspring, and watched its
constant growth. so have We with
the same care and tenderness watch
ed and labored for the success of
our little paper--until it has reach
ed that age when it is able to stand
alone, and battle with the more
sterner things of life.
From its entrance upon the field
of journalism, it has labored-well
how diligently and successfully the
public know-for what has appeared
to us as the right, urging improve
ments, where needed, eschewing
evil, recording local, State and ma
tional events, chro1icling marriages
and deaths and kindred joys and
sorrows, pleading for religious and
moral preceptsy and denouncing
fraud and lawlcssness in whatever
shape and form it appeared.
The CArIrAL has not been afraid
to express its opinions on all occa-
sions, and elare gratified to be able
to say sss.sstrits course has been recog-
nized and endorsed as conforming to
the general advancement and good
of the community. Its short-com
ings we acknowledge and deplore,
but that same generous time that
has dealt kindly with us in thepast,
we trust, will give us wisdom and
energy to correct the things that
ought not to be and strengthen the
good that has already been and |
may yet be accomplished by its eff
forts.
AS it has done in the past, so
will the work be pursued in the
future, guided onward in the work
for the public good, for business
prosperity, for the cause of right,
morality and the common general
welfare of the community.
With these views before US, aud
thanking akind and generous public
for their past support and encour
agement, and at the same time So
liciting their further patronage, that
we may be better able to make 'PHH
CAPITAL what we desire to Nuke
we enter with renewed encourage
ment upon our new volume.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-05-12

+ the Mills bill does not pass.
that settles It. War taxes will still
e enforced. Then, we will see the
fur fly when the people come to the
polls next fall. The party that is
responsible for the defeat had better
hunt shelter.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-05-12

Everybody ought to buy
flowers for their yards at
the rate of cheapness that
they are offered.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-05-12

In the spring, hundreds Of persons suf-
fer from bOiis, carbuncles and other erup-
tive diseases These are evidences that
the system is trying to purge itself Of i'm
purities, and that it needs the powerfp,
aids which is afforded By The.
Ayers Sarsaparilla. -
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-05-12

Everybody will be pleas
ed to have their yard look
pretty.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-01-30

society out here" said a Boston nee.
phyte to a Dodge City merchant, II
have heard that it is as refined aud cul
tivated as that of the East
"You bet it is" said the mercha Mt,
proudly. "We amt no slouches when
it comes to serciety frolic out here. You
just slip round to the back door Of my
place at midnight tonight, and bring q
black mask and two or three good six
shooters with you. There's a chup down
in our Jail that we're going to have n
little frolic with. He was caught with
six horses that wasn't his'n. All you
got to do is to come along and see the
fun. I'll furnish the rope, and the
other gentlemen will 'terd to kicking in
the Jail door and getting the fellow out
and down to the tree We gen'rully use
for such festivities. Amt had sich a
party for most month, aud I'm glad
ones comm off now SOS you can see
a little of our serciety. I tell you it's
first class. ~ Detroit Free Press.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-01-30
The American Magazine

For February comes to our table filled
with the usual quota of choice litera-
ture, interesting alike to old and young.
The opening article is by the we'll
known naturalist, c. +. Holder. He
takes his readers into "The Heart of
the Sierra Madre, leading them through
dense forests and gloomy canyons, to
Climb steep precipices by narrow lodges
where q misstep means instant d ath.
Here are the resorts of variety of
game, and the favorite haunt OF the
mountain lion-presumnbly the king of
American beasts.
j. Macdonald Oxley contributes an
interesting and valuable resume of the
results obtained by expeditions which
.he Canadian Government has rece utI Y
sent to explore Hudson's Bay. Toe
object Of the explorations is to deter
mine the feasibility of u northwest pas.
sage to the N ,rth-west itself. MIR. Ok.
ley aids an entertaining account of the
natives dwelling on the margin of "rhe
Inland Ocean of the North"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-01-30
ALSO,
ssalxc ne Mistake.

by dispelling the symptoms go often misiak
On for Consumption. SANTA ABLE has
brought gladness TO many household. by Its
prompt use FOR breaking up the cold that too
sften devolopes into that fatal disease, thous-
ands can be saved from an untimely gave.
You make NO mistake by keeping bottle OF
this pleasant remedy im your houss. GALL
FoRHlA CAT-R.cURE 10 equally effective Ia
Graduating all trscsr es SaG4i Catarrh. Both
Of these wonaetful California remedies arc
sold and warranted By >. F. MULLER. u a
package, 8 for 81.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-01-30
sullivan.

John L. Sullivan has challenged both
Smith aud Kilrain to contest wherein
the llttrr ave nothing to lose and all
to gain in the match; that is to sny
Sullivan will put up G20O that he will
knock out either Smith. or the So called
champion, Kilrnin in six rounds with
nnlnll gloves. If he wins Sullivan gnins
nothing, but if he loses his antagonist
wins the H2OO. This is a fair PROPOSE
ton, but it is not probable that either
Of the bruisers Will risk the chances of
n passage at arms with the recognized
champion pugilist Of the world. Sulli-
vat will return to America in April.