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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-04-03

1t is often said that ''the best way to be
happy is to make others happy" Kindness
has reflex influence whose power is hard
to measure. Smiles are contagious. "he
singing heart will waken songs in other
hearts. He who knows what is in man
speaks to human need when he said: ut IS
more blessed to give than to receive. ~
United Presbyterian.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-04-03
TROUBLE AHEAD.
PROSPECTS OF A DIFFICULTY WITH
GREAT BRITAIN

In Consequence Of the Presidents Procla-
nation Declaring Behring Sea Closed
Seattle Talk About Annexing Canada.
What We Could Do in the Event Of
War
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-06-21
TO GIVE LusTRE TO METAL.

"All the lustre seems TO be disa,
pearing from my curtain rods and poles
fire irons and other metallic ornaments
and ] can't think what the matter is
All the rubbing and polishing in the
world won't bring it back again 7
think the man who sold them TO me
must have given me some CHEAP ar.
ticles," said one housekeeper recently
to another.
"You are entirely Mistaken" said the
second housekeeper; "tho articles I
have no doubt are Of the best quality.
but lose their lustre owing to oxides
forming on their surface. All the rub
bing in the world won't take these off
unless you set to work in the proper
way. This film may be removed by
dipping the articles into cold solution
of five parts of oil Of vitriol, two and a
half parts of nitric acid and two dracbms
of spirits of salts. Put the articles in
this solution and the oxides will entirely
disappear, and they will look just as
bright as they did the tlay 'rntiyT & ihio' 10
the store. Mail and Erprcss.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-06-21
A PRETTY HANGING BASKET.

A particularly rustic and charming ef
feet can be produced with the stems ofthe
grapevine and the iive-lcaved ivy or
wood ine. The former should be about
as thick as a slender finger and cut into
lengths of ten inches. These pieces
should be soaked in hot water that they
may be easily handled, and holes can
then be made with a penknile about an
inch from each end of the pieces. A
piece of steel hoop is then passed
through these holes and the ends burned
to make them bend, that it may be fast.
ened. The distances should be evenly
arranged, and another piece of hoop
passed through the upper ends in the
same manner, breaking off the steel so as
to make the basket thirteen inches in
diameter. The sticks should be two
inches apart, and three more pieces of
hoop should be put at equal distances
from top to bottom, that the weight of
earth may not split the sticks. Pieces
of hoop are then fastened across the
bottom, and vines of the fve-leaved
ivy are woven around the hoops at the
top and bottom of the basket, and also
around the middle, not forgetting a
long handle or supporter of the same
material. The basket should be lined
with moss, and it is then ready for the
earth and plants.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-06-21

against a device Of the enemy:
inst Iool.at the pictures of Washing
ton, Hamilton, Franklin, and Adams In
the Galleries Of the Metropolitan Opera
Holse. Imagine them in those twin
meal.secks. miscalled pantaloons, or IN
nobby cutaway coat and a shiny hat
1t takes our breath away. =,
The next dress reform for men viii
undoubtedly include knee breaches.
They cover up those physical deformi-
ties known as bow-legs, give one sense
Of freedom which creates the desire for
a long walk, and are altogether the
most picturesque covering for the
neither extromities of that "forked
radish" known as man.
Who will be the pioneer?-M y.
i
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-06-21
RECIPES.

Fried Cucumbers. Pare and quarter
lengthwise, dip in corn meal or wheat
flour, sprinkle with salt and pepper and
fry in boiling lard.
Curried Veal.-Fry brown four
onions, put them in saucepan with one
quart of water, add two pounds of veal
cut in small pieces; sprinkle with
pepper, salt and curry powder; stew
slowly two hours.
Raspberry Charlotte Russo. Line
mold with stale sponge cake; whip
pint of sweet thick cream; sweeten with
two tablespoonful of powdered sugar
and flavor strongly with fresh raspberry
Juice; set the cream on ice until solid;
fill the mold; garnish the top with rasp-
berry jelly.
Ragout of Mutton.-One pint of cold
mutton, cut in slice, one onion, one
turnip, one small carrot, salt aud pepper
to taste; cover with boiling water aud
simmer till tender; remove the meat and
vegetables, skim the gravy, season to
taste and thicken with a little flour wet
with cold water.
Cherry Tapioca-Wash cup of
tapoca and let soak over night; in the
morning pour over pint of boiling
water and let simmer until perfectly
clear; stem pound and half of sour
cherries and add them to the boiling
tapioca; sweeten to taste; take from the
fire, turn in a dish and stand away to
cool. Serve very cold with sugar and
cream.
Nameless Cake-One and one half
cups of sugar, one half cup of butter,
three eggs, one cup of milk, three cups
of -four, two teaspoonful of baking
powder; bake in layers and spread when
cold with an icing made as follows:
One cup of sugar and one cup of hot
water boiled till it strings; beat tho
whites of two eggs to a froth, pour over
the sugar and beat WELL
Frozen Matrimony-one quart each
of milk and cream, six eggs, three cups
of white sugar, one pint of fresh fruit;
heat the milk almost TO BOILING and add
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-06-21

A discovery important to buttermak.
crs has been made by the Agric lltural
Department at Washington. 1t has
been shown by analysis that butter do.
rived from COW fed on cotton seed
meal might be condemned as aduIterated
when judged by the amount of volatile
acids present. Besides possessing low
percentage of volatile acids, butter from
COWS fed on cotton-seed meal has n
strong persistence of the reducing agent
and phenomenally high melting point
1t IS butter recommended for warm
weather and hot climates. - Chicago Neps
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-06-21

Why should DR.. Piercs's medicines not dis
iance All competitors in amount of Sales as
they are doing nee they arc the only medi-
zines sold by druggists possessed of such won
derful curative properties as 20 warrant their
manufacturers In guaranteeing them { cure
he discusses for which they arc recommended.
You get a cure or money paid for them re-
turned Tho Doctors 20 ldcn Medical Dis
covery'' cures ali diseases caused by de angc-
ment OF the liver, as biliousness, indiges I'm or
dyspepsia also all blood, skin and soap dis
eases, letter, salt-rh num, scrofulous sores and
.welllngs and Kindred ailments.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-06-21

Are YOU troubled with sluggish, inactive
llyerY Are you bilious2 Do you euffer from
nundice9 Has your complexion aickly, yell
low finger The blood In It's passage through
WhlcnTiS1Itf fi;ssii6 nom II. fHt''iiupdffr
are stopped, and clogging up the duct. cause
dsordered condition, which will produce seri-
Gus results to your health, unless you take
Browns Iron Bitters at once. IL will cure
your biliousness and jaundice, and incite to
healthy action the sluggish liver.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-06-21

Can the sale of an inferior article con family
Increase for "A years? Dohbins's Electric Soa ,
has been on the market ever since 1895 and IS
'o-day as ever, the beat and plirest family soap
made Try 1t. Your grocer will get 1t.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-06-21
Ito Clenr the Score.


Two were walking ON i
street phen one said
~ street. There comes
nj. Apwe some money, and
! dc Ieet him"
you?"
~ e worst of it. He never
Aftll id crossed over the
debte some distance in
though zee. Then he said,
81 IL I'd man would get mad
about Z 90 at me with club. |
can't p, sm the money and | wish
he won u. Cash me like fury and set
lie the lnatter so that l wouldn't ever
be afraid again to meet him. y Wash
inginn Post
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-06-21
B. B. EarnShaw & Bro.
Wholesale and Retail GrOcers.
Flour, Feed, Grain & Liquor Dealers,
Cor. II and NJ SITS, ). f.,
tGaddis Old Stand,)
WASHINGTON, o. c.

HAyING greatly ENLARGED our business by
II securing two large warehouses Tor store
mo the immense stock of goods that we are
sompelled to carry to supply the extraordi-
sary increase in our trade. We will say, that
lse are now prepared to meet all demands for
Goods in our line at prices that will satisfy
IN bnvors. We are large receivers of Flour
Ind Grain from the West. Groceries and
6iquo,s from first hands and with the expe-
l1ence of twenty five years in the business
ye can safely promise our friends that we
vii meet their expectation s. Remember our !,
FARMERS Brands of Floar. "W hite and Gold"
fancy Mimi. patent, ''Trypheuia." Fancy
Winter patent; "Drusilla," Choice Winter
atent; "Our Secret" Fancy Fam ly; Sun
peam." Choice Family.
Goods packed and delivered to transport
alton companies free of charge.
Buists' celebrated Garden Seeds IN large
ssortment.
8 B. EARNSHAW & BRO,
Cor. II and NJ streets :. e.,
WASHINGTON. ID. q.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-06-21

Fall fashions can never be popular with an
ierOnaut.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-06-21

It's hardly possible to prepare medicine
which IA pleasant to the palate as are Ham
burg Figs, or which is so efficacious In cases of
constipation, piles, torpid liver or sick-head-
nche. % cents. Dose one Fig. Mack Drug
Co.NY.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-06-21

Don't hawk, hawk, and blow, blow, disgust
ing everybody, but use DIR. Sage's CatarTh
Remedy and be cured.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-06-21
Baltimore i Potomac Railroad.

After Sunday, December Goth, 1873 +, the
aims on this road will run as follows:
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-06-21

Mid, equable climate, certain and abundant
crops Best fruit, grain, grass and stock coun-
try IN the world. Full Information free. Ad-
dress Oregon Im'igrat'n Board, Portland. Ore.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-06-21

Natures serial story-The spinal column,
continued in our necks.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-06-21

Afoul tip-Feeing the waiter with lead
quarter.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-06-21

Ifaitisciel with sore eyes use DrIsaac Thomp-
cons EyeWater. Druggists sell at Deeper bottle
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-06-21

We're the dead LANGUAGES talked to death
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-06-21

Ine Businessman who shot an Indinn
corpse didn't know IL was Lc-dead.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-06-21

Song OF the drygoods clerk: "swining in
Melnlnn y
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-06-21

Will practice in the Court Of ApposIs and
b the courts Of Charles, st. Mary's Calvert
Aaps Arundel, and Prince Georges counta "a
~AsSA he vi J attend regularly.
Eiice <ed address, Annapolis, Nd.
ssayS-iI
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-06-21

Fried Cucumbers. Pare and quarter
dip in corn meal or wheat
flour, sprinkle with salt and pepper and
fry in boiling lard.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-06-21

x1E 10 S15O A MONTH can be made working
wv for us. Agents preferred vino eau furnish
a horse and give their whole time to the business
Spare moments may be probably employed also
A few vacancies iu towns aud cities a. r. JOHN
SON & CO., 1909 Main st., Richmond Va. NJ D.
Please state age aud business experience Never
mtnd 1bout sending stamp for repy. u. FJ G Co.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-06-21

, IS Liuer Complaint.
~ CostiVCncss, Bilious
3Vha At druggists. 20 c.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-20
Prom Portland to Nevy-Yer.s 5n lse1.

The. diary of onc-time governor and Congressman Williamson of Maine has fallen into the hands of C. |. Allen of Dresden, and he finds somo curious cl- tries. The following notes of the jour hey from Portland to New York in 1891, when MT. Williamson was sent to con- gress, will give our readers q better ap- preciation of tho benefits we now enjoy. The congressman wrote:
 Dee. 6.--Left Portland ct ) a. m. :; breakfasted at Saco , td, arrived at Bos- ton at in the morning. having supped in Salem, B. Sd. Faro from Portland to Portsmouth, S4 thence to Boston, S4.
 Friday, Dec. From Boston to Providence, F miles, fare, 8. From Providence through Pomfrct to Hartford is 70 miles; fare, S1.9O,
 ''Sunday, Dec. 9.-kcft Providence for New-London, distant 51 miles stage fare S375 dinner and sling at East Green wich, 50 cents. Tho Thames at New London between one-half and ono milo wide Boat will carry four stages at q time five or six horses work 1t.
 Monday, Dee. l0.-From Ncw-Lon- don to New Haven, 5l miles; arrived at f p. m. Fare. including board, from New London to New-IOrk, SS. From New Haven to New-Y ork, 99 miles, changed boats at NewHaVen; got under way at : P. m. Arrived at Ncw-York next morn ing"
 The journey occupied five days and cost S2I .65.-LewiSton Journal.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-20
No One Else Could work this Trick.

The meanest, most low-down political trick of the season is reported in s pri- vate letter from the little Michigan ham, let of Howell, place of about 1,5OO souls. There are something like eigh- teen candidates for the position of post master, and each one is hustling around with petition. Neighbors are afraid to recognize each other for fear they will have paper showed under their noses and an automatic pen thrust in their hands. In addition to the postoff1ce light the village is stirred up over great temperance awakening. Signers of the pledge arc coming to the front in great numbers.
 Al recent temperance meeting for men only, one of the eighteen candidates occupied q prominent position on the platform, and was given the job of taking care or the pledge, pointing out the line for the signatures and dipping the pen in the ink for the slgners. His petition was In his pocket and its general resemblance to the pledge suggested to him great scheme. He adroity substituted the one for tho other, and mon who. supposed they were swearing off were in reality helping along his postotIice boom.
 Ii worked like charm until one old citizen who had previous Acquaintance with lfghtnmg-rod sharps and Bohemian oat operators, and had learned that un- read documents arc sometimes loaded, insisted on hearing the little preamble gone over. This was done and when tho temperance rally learned it was only a disguised postotElce mass meeting people fell off their seats ill horror. There are now but seventeen candidates for the Howell postmastershtp.- Inter- Ocean
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-20
Advising His superintendent

superintendent Cudahy, of Armour's. big packing house, tells a good one on. himself. Every few days he makes tour of the big building just before and imme- diate!y altep the dinner hour, as some of the la2ler hands are liable to loaf on the firms time, while others evade the strict rules by indulgiu& in . quiet smoke. In making his rounds ono day, just after o'clock whistle had sounded, he came upon an old Irishman who was sitting on a barrel calmly smoking his pipe. MT. Cudally looked at the man moment, but he kept on smoking. Do you know who l am, sir?' thuudered the superin- tendent. No, sor,' coolly replied the Irishman, never removing his pipe from between his lips. "Wcll, I'm Superin- tendent Cudahy of this house" he said. ''Is that so I" drawIed the fellow. ''Wal, Mr. Cuddy, ye havo Q good job, and my advoice t'yo IS to lape it. and the man slowly knocked the ashes from his pipe, put it his vest pocket and started back to his work.-Chieago Herald.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-20
The Presidents Messenger.

MT. Octavius L. Pruden is officially known as the assistant private secretary to the president, but from the nature of his duties his more popular title is presi- dents messenger. Pruden Is holdover. He camo to Washington from Glcns Falls, N, Y, at the beginning of Grants first administration, to take the office, which he has held ever since. Cleveland found that he could trot around about as we'll as any democrat In his list of ac- quaintanccs and made no effort to dis place him
 As a matter of fact, though, Mr Prudon's trottin9 is usually done by two fine horses, driven by an elegant colored man in livery. The assistant private, etc, sits in dtgnifed ease within the ye- hicle and looks with lofty contempt upon tho uniformed district messengers run ming their dear legs off in their anxiety to b. prompt and saVo their customers any annoyance. rrudcu's salary is S2, 200 an nuaIly Incidental to his erfand-running in q special carriage he looks after va liou5 details which are. beneath the at tention of LjEe that Is and Danl and others that were
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-20
Smokers Heart.n

Within the past twenty years the med ical faculty has come to clearly comprc- bend and to accurately diagnose disease which they now denominate as smokers heart Excessive smoking, whether by pipe, cigar or cigarette, affects the action of the heart and diSturbS tho circulation. The pulse will intermit, not with any reg ularity-sometimes one beat ill four sometimes one in ten, sometimes two or three at a time, and then comes trouble. The brain, missing it's regular pulsations of blood, wavers, the heart tlutters, and then follows temporary collapse.
 Strong cordialS are $'indicatcd." Strong coffee Is good-strong spirits better. But tho remedy, too often relied upon, iS as bad as the disease, and the subject grows slowly worse. Angina pectoris is said to sometimes result.
 One of the leading physicians of this city relates a case in point. A patient suffering from smokers heart" believed that he had chronic heart disease. and came for a careful examination early in the day--before he had eaten any break fast. The stethoscope showed the heart to be sound as dot-he had not smoked for twelve hours. Greatly relieved at he verdict he lighted a big black cigar, and sat eI>'3lling, upon an empty stomach. while he talked. In few minutes, as he ros" to e, his feet failed him and he fell in 8 momentary faint The heart was tiuttCring wildly, but yielded at once and re6EM"d it's normal action after a strong stt!iui;nt. The moral of the story is thGt. it you smoke at all, yon should sniol:H in moderation and on a well-tillcd stomach. It is recklessness that hurts. -OuciUnaJi Enquirer.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-20
NOT FfGGzT.tEERs.
snVaSes yvko are Ignorant of ssn eae
 Methods or ProdUcfnc- Fire

It Is not often that explorers discovar savage people who are ignplant of the art of producing fire. As far as is known lire has been necessity even among tho rudest savagos for many cenJIri, .. ;.,ld 1t always excitcs wonder when ..e l.2.,I at rare intervals of people who, while en- toying the blessings of fire, express them selves as wholly ignorant of the methods of producing it, and who imagine that il by some calamity all their fires were cx- tinguished they could never kinuie them.
 Such tribe has recently been met by Dr. Finsch during his travels in New Guinea. He says the people in the large villages that are buried in the forests along the shores of Astrolabe bay know of no means by which they cars produce fire. It is therefore q duty dev0lying upon every member of the community to aid in preserving fire. All their cooking Is done outside their huts in the open air. but in the center of each hut Is a fireplace and it Is 0 crime to permit the fire to 20 out. They use hard wood that burns very slowly, and their aim is to keep good bed Of coals on which the wood burns without bursting into flame
 Dr. Finsch asked the natives if they never lost their fire. He was told that such 6 calamity had occurred and that they would never have had fire again if 1t had not been for a very fortunate cir cumstance. They know tribe in the mountains away from the sea who pos sesS the art of making fire, which they guard as a secret. One time the people HWcre compelled to go to these iiremakers for the spark that would rekindle tho dead embers in their huts, They carried the fire for many miles. They were de- termined never again to be reduced to this necessity, though it made. them feel very comfortable to think that they knew where they could get fresh fire if they lost their own.
 l. It Is to be presumed that these simple minded natives have now ceased to guard the smouldering embers in their huts with such jealous care. X white man has been among them, one of the sort who brings blessings instead of evils in his train. and they know now that even If they never see white man and the wonderful little fire sticks he carried with him again they can, with the aid of friction and tiuder be their own tiremakers.-N. \. Sun.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-20
shin Canals np NIRss.

Tho French are not more noted as scientists than a9 romanccrs, and the following speculationa by the French as- tronomor, Cammiilc Flammarion, who seems to combine both qualities, are in- tere4Jing and instructive: Few persons now doubt Mars Is actually inhabited uy q more advanced race of beings than ourselves, less material, and, without doubt, more intellectual. The namc of the planet, another anterior to ours, its more rapid development, it's in- feIiu. weight and density, it's general transparent atmosphere, it's seasons an- alogous to ours in intensity, it's loDgCr years, it's climate no colder than ours in spite of tho distance, since we can ob- serve every summer that its polar snows melt even more completely than on earth.
 Its system of geography, marvelOusiy in- tcrsected by interior seas and innumer- able shores, its rivers and it's still cnig- nautical canals, which seem to put all MH,tian seas into communication, one with another-all these elements, deter mined today, by direct observation, lead us to consider Mars as more advanced world than our own, inhabited by hut manity superior to ourselves.-N. !.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-20
ToLDeBY THE CABLE.


 The sultan's presents to Emperor Will liam exceed $200, ,OOO in value.
 The Prussian government has tempo rarily reduced freight rates on all lines in order to alleviate the distress arising from the dearth of coal.
 The czar of Russia has addressed to M. Durnovo, the new minister of the in- terior, rescript in which he elogizes the late Count Tolstoi and charges his suc- eessor to continue his policy. 1t is re- ported that Gen. Ignatieff will be ap- pointed chief of the state police for the purpose of assisting M. Durnovo, in the performance of his duties.
 King Humbert started from Rome for Berlin yesterday, accompanied by the prince of Naples and Premier Crispi. A large number of societies, with bands and banners, and large and enthusias- tic concourse of citizens gathered outside the railway station to witness the de- parture. Inside the station were assem- bled the cabinet ministers, members of the chamber of deputies, the syndic of Rome and others.