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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-08-28
The Shah Gives OHense

The Russians are indignant because
the Shah announces that he will here
after seek the closest possible relations
with England, regardless of intrigues
hostile to such course. Hospitality on
a national scale pays, therefore, it seems,
especially when the guest IS an absolute
monarch. Nasr 'd-Din was treated with
scant courtesy by the Car, whom he
visited first of all, but in England he
was made lion of. The Prince OF Wales
did the honors, assisted by the first no
bility of the kingdom. BY the Queen
he was treated with the greatest con-
sideration. Naturally he was pleased,
and an impression was made which even
the fascinations OF Paris seem not to
nave erased. Yet it will not do for
English merchants to think they, have
Persia already added to the vast area OF
their markets. The Shah is very arttul
in his use of language That he says he
is going hand and glove with England
hereafter is not perfectly good ground
for believing that he will do so. To be
plain about it, Nasr 'd-Din is bit given
t. lying.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-08-28
Suparstitions About Plants.

L was an old belief that all baptized per
SONS whose eyes had been stepped in the
green juice of the inner bark of the elder
tree would be enabled to detect witches any
where. The same property, according to
German folk lore, is possessed BY the wild
radish. ivy and saxifrage on Walpurgis
night. Among other plants which have had
the reputation of averting the crafts and
subtleties OF witchcraft the juniper, holly,
mistletoe, little pimpernel, herb paris, cycla-
men. angelica, herb betony, rowan tree,
bracken and twigs of the ash may be men
toned. In the Rhine district the water lily
is regarded as antagonistic to sorcery. Law
ender is believed in Tuscssny to possess the
power of averting the 2t:il eye. Olive
branches are said to keep the witches from
the cottage doors in the rural districts Of It
ally, and the Russian peasantry will lay aspen
upon the grave OF witch to prevent her
spirit from walking abroad or exercising any
evil influence over her neighbors.-Gentle-
mans Magazine.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-08-28
The Shooting Of Convicts.

1t seems to be the rule at the South
Carolina penitentiarT to shoot a convict
when he attempts to escape. 1t IS not
clear to us that the superintendent OF
the penitentiary has any show 9i law,
human or divine, to warrant him IN
having escaping convicts shot. In case
of insurrection, when arms and torcc
are used and the lives of the guards in
great danger, there is no doubt as to
the right to shoot down the Insurgents,
provided they cannot be otherwise sub
dued. But when prisoners are sent
forth from the walls they should either
be manacled or guarded in such MN
ner as to prevent even the attempt II
escape. When one has the opportunity
to get away and does start, GUARD has
10 sort of right to kill him. His duties
are similar to those Of a constable who
has a prisoner arrested. The killing OF
a prisoner, or a convict, under sucn
circumstances is nothing but murder.-
Sparlaiebury Spartan.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-08-28
Witches' Pl8nts

In most countries certain plants are to be
found associated with witches and their craft
Shakespeare causes one Of his witches to dis
course of root of ''hemlock digg'd i the
dark likewise also Of slips Of yeT silver'd
In the &oQess eclipse. Vervain was IN olden
times known as ''the enchanter's plant" rue,
again. was regarded as an antidote against
their spells and Vaccinations Their par
tiafty for certain trees is well known. Ac-
cording to Grimm, the trysting place OF the
Neapolitan witches was walnut tree near
Beneveuto. In walnut and elder trees they
are also said to be in the habit Of lurking at
night fall. Witches, too, had their favorite
flowers. Among these the foxslove was
Known as the witches bells;;" the harebell al
the witches thimbles." Tradition asserted
that on moonlight nights they nigh. be seen
flying through the air, mounted on the stems
Of the ragwort, reeds or bulrushes. Through
out Germany it is believed that witches ca
reer through the midnight skies on hey.
Many plants were pressed into the service OF
charms and spells for the detection OF witches
and evil spirits when wandering about on
their nefarious errands, particularly the St
Johns wort. still largely worn by the Ger
man peasantry as kind of amulet on 81
Johns eve.-Gentleman's Magazine.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-08-28
Honesty is the Best Policy"

The retail dealer who adVertSeS IN MS
local paper, or papers, in such man
ner as to make the public believe that
the goods which he offers are worth
great deal more than he asks for them,
will find that many of those who call at
his store will 60 away without purchas-
ing, after having looked at the goods, ,and
most Of those who do purchase will not
continue te-trade with him. On the
.aEher hand, if the article is a little
better than the customer expected TO
find it, or if it is equally as good as the
advertisement led him to believe, the
dealer will not only make sale to him On
this particular occasion, but will be quite
sure to continue to sell him more or less
goods in the future.
am personally acquainted with a gen
tlemar who, for many years, was op-
posed to the large department stores
which are to be found to-day in all our
large cities. Sobitterly was be opposed to
them that be would not buy the most
trivial article in one of them. One
morning he CHANGED to glance at an ad-
vertisement in his morning paper BY
one of the largest department stores in
the CITY. As he did so, his eye rested
on the notice of special sale OF men $
shoes, whicn was being held IN the shoe
department of the store on that day.
Among other lines there were TWO nun
dred pairs of mems French kid shoes to
be sold at three dollars and twenty-five
cents per pair. The notice went On to
state that tte>e shoes were all custom
made, hand-Sewed goods, and that no
custom shoemaker in the city would
make similar goods for one cent less
than eight dollars pair. Now, our
friend considers himself something of
an expert in the shoe and leather trade,
and he instantly decided to 60 to that
store, look at the goods, tell the sales
men what rascally set of deceivers
they were employed by, and have tale
to tell about the department store for
the remainder of his life. He went to
the store; the shoe department was
crowded, but he elbowed his way through
to the counter on which the French kid
shoes were displayed. His mind was
filled with his high resolve to expose the
swindler, but he didn't make the expo,
sure. One look at the shoes convinced
him that no custom shoemaker would
sell a pair like them for cent less than
eight dollars, if for that. He was con-
verted instantly, and at once proceeded
with the greatest eagerness TO find pair
to fit himself.
From that day to this he has contin-
ued to read the advertisements Of that
house, and to say that he knows OF one
department store which tells the "hon-
est truth" in it's advertisements.-J. d..
Terru, IN Tie Art Of Advertlslng.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-08-28
Girls Kept in Cages.

United States Consul Griffin, stationed at
Sydney, n. S. W, tells of a remarkable Gus
tom Of the inhabitants of New Britain, as
follows: .'The inhabitants, it is said by Wal
lace, have peculiar custom of confinlng
their girls in cages until they are old enough
to be married This custom is said to be pc
culiar to the people Of New Britain. The
cages are made of the palm tree, and the girls
are put into them when or years OF age
The Rev George Brown established Nes-
leyan mission in New Britain in 1876, and
learn from him that these cages are built ln-
side of the houses, and that the girls are
never allowed to leave the house under any
circumstances The houses are closely fenced
in with a sort Of wicker work made Of reeds.
Ventilation under the circumstances is rem
dered e:taca:s The girls are said to grow up
STRONG and healthful in spite of these clsad-
vantaces. New York Telegram.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-08-28
An Indian l5OYears Old.

a dispatch from San Francisco says:
For several years there has been DOM
iciled at the Monterey County Hospital
an old Indian, known by the name OF
s:Old Gabriel" whois believed to be over
$50 years of age. Gabriel was born IN
Tulare Comfy, but during childhood
removed to the town of Monterey.
Father Junipero Terra arrived in Mon
terey in ITO, and it is well authenti-
Gated that at that time Gabriel was
grandfather. Father Junipero taught,
Gabriel the art of cutting and laying
stone, and at the time Of the building OF
the first chapel, in the years
1771 and 1772, Gabriel assisted
in the construction of the walls.
Gaberiel still speaks proudly of the
skill be acquired as a stoneeutters
Father Sorrentiui, the priest. and Bishop
Amat reached Monterey some time IN
the year 1S45. The former says that
"Old Gabriel was then living with his
sixth wife. He was then said to be over
10 years old. An old lady by the name
of Castro, who died five years ago. at
the age of 95, in testifying to Old
Gabriel's age, said that when child she,
saw Old Gabriel, and al that time he had
children several years older than she
was. Up to within Two or three years
Gabriel was a familiar figure on the
streets of Salinas City, but now ne IS
rarely seen. He has always been fond
of striking colors, and for years wore a
coat made of cloth representing all the
colorS of the rainbow.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-08-28
Made His Fortune on . Single Cargo.


Many Maine fortune was made in tho
West India trade in olden times, but few IN
Ge wsy told OF q Portland captain. Towazss
the close of the last century this captain
sailed from Portland with cargo Of lumber
for San Domingo. Arriving at his destina-
tion, be found Tcussaint, the negro leader, Il
possession of the island and was afraid to
land. AS he was about to put to -, again
his ship was boarded by squad of negro
troops under command of the renowned
Chrisrophe, and urged to land, as lumber
xas much needed on the island. Noticing
that the ships papers bearing the autograph
Of the president of the United States, as was
the custom in those days, made q great I'M
preston on Christophe, the captain concluded
to Try their effect on Toussaiuc. Accordingly
he landed, and, furnished with an escort by
Christophe, marched to the camp of the
leader This parsonage upon being told that
a messenger with letter from the president
OF the United States desired an interview
with him, readily accorded it, and the result
Of the interview was that the lumber was ex-
changed for an equal quantity Of coffee,
sugar and other goods Of the captains selec-
ton, exchanging bulk for bulk. No ship
ever sailed carrying so rich a cargo obtained
upon such favorable terms The fortune of
the captain was made. He retired from the
sea and settled down to q prosperous life IN
Porrland-Lewlston Journal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-08-28
The Negro in Southern Politics.

The New York Tribune quotes with
evident satisfaction the assertion OF Mr..
George W. Cable, the novelist, that the
question at the South is not one OF the
negro's right to rule, but of his right to
choose rulers. Mr.. Cable, who is often
trotted out on Northern platforms as a
representative Southerner," IS not re-
sarded BY the great majority OF the
Southern peopleas qualified to speak Tor
them. and the half truth embodied IN
his definition of the negro question IN
Southern politics proves that he IS but a
hasty and superficial observer. No one
would question the negro's right to
choose his own rulers if it were practl-
cable in all cases for him to do so, With
out, at the same time, choosing rulers
for his white ncighbors also. The eolored
people of the South unfortunately have
not yet reached that stage of enllghten-
ment which prevents them from becom-
ing the dupes and tools of unprincipled
adventures, and it is for this reason
that the intelligence and property of the
South are SO solidly arrayed against an
the attempts to re-establish negro do
mination, the disastrous effects Of which
in the past have scarcely yet passed
away in some portions of that section
Baltimore Sun.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-08-28
Another Trial for Colored Cadet.

NEwBURGH, n. Y, Aug. 2O.-Charles
Young, the Ohio colored cadet at West
Point, who failed last June to graduate
with the rest of the first class because
he was deficient in military civil en-
cinecrins, will be examined this week,
and should he be successful, will be
graduated and commissioned an officer
in the regular army. This is said to be
an unusual proceeding. Ordinarily,
when cadet fails to obtain sufficient
marks at theJune examinations, he Is
dropped, but in Ycung's case it seems
to have been thought best, on account
of his colo:, good department and ex-
cellent qualifications in other branches,
to give him until September to make up
deficiencies. If Young succeeds, he
will make the third colored representa-
tive in the army, the other two being
chaplains.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-08-28
South caroinians Going to Texas.

The Atlanta Constitution OF Wednes-
day says: Mr.. J. A. Gee, travelling agent
of the Georgia Central Road, arrived IN
Atlanta yesterday from South Carolina.
He has with him a party of twelve pros
pectors, who were on their way to Texas
to to look over the country with the object
of founding colony of South Carollha
families in the Lone Star State. Inc
prospectors left Atlanta at 1:15, under
the care of Mr.. ". J. Walker OF the
Texas and Pacific, who will see them as
far as New Orleans. They will then go
through to Waco, Texas. and from there
will radiate all over the State, examining
the farm lands as they move from
place to place.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-08-28
The First Parting.
"Come, Eva, kiss mamma good night, and

"Come, Eva, kiss mamma good night, and
60 with nurse to bed.
What, tears? For shame! moment since,
you would be good, you said.
You're quite too big a grille now to sleep IN
baby's place;
Why, soon you'll be tall enough to go to
school with Grace;
SO kneel beside me, darling, here, and say
your prayers, and
Will sing that little hymn you love, OF guard
ing angels nigh.
And when the brides wake you up, tell Mary
you may run
To have romp in mammals bed; just think,
what lots of fun"
The mother in the morning cane, In long
ing, anxious mood;
With throbbing heart and deWy eyes, beside
the bed she stood,
Where Eva still slept soundly, her arms EN-
bracipg tight
The gown her mother wore when she had
kissed her pet good night.
Its ribbons with her silent tears were stained
and limp and wet,
Around the white and dlTple neck an
empty sleeve was set;
While Mary slept she stole away, ere dawn
had lI the sky,
That something of her idol near her slnless
breast might lie,
Unheeded save by Him who marks each grief
endured alone
She sought and found her solace for the first
that she had known.
"A. II. H., in Philadelphia Times.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-08-28
Come South, Young Man.

The San Antonio ErpreSs of Texas
advocates the sending Of boys from
Northern States to be educated in South
err schools with a view partly to the
excellent education to be had in the
South at reasonable cost, but princi-
p;llly to escape the sectional prejudice
which exists in their own. section. The
youth of the Ssutttu, the E1preSs shows,
are being brought up free from the
domination of one set of ideas They
read the Northern papers every day as
well as their own Southern papers.
They often travel in the North. They
have the affairs of the whole country
before their minds, and they form large,
liberal and comprehensive views. Not
so the Northern boy. He reads no
Southern paper, but is restricted to
papers, periodicals and associations that
give him not only very narrow, but
also very distorted, conception of the
south and West. These and other
t%cts," says the Express, ''empha-
size the value of the suggestion
that the youth Of the two sectioGs
should be brought together rather
by bringing those of the North here
than by sending ours there. Another
reason is that the South is bigger and
broader than the North and West. There
is more out-of doors here. There is
larger opportunity for the development
f individuality, less danger from the
formation of habits by contact with the
multitude. Men think more largely as
they breathe more freely; their opinions
narrow as the circles of routine and
business contract about them. There
are other more practical reasons why
the future capitalists of The North should
spend some years of their life III the
S u,h. The South is the section Of this
country now that has most development
in store for it. 1t is the section in which
to make most money. Our mines, our
cotton, our forests, our soil, our climate,
contain the promise Of the future. The
New Orleans Picayalne commendS the
advice the Express gives, and adds that
the best interests OF the country as Il
whole will be promoted by ''thc ma
tional man." North and South, learning
the true state Of affairs. ''Sectionalism, "
says the Picayune, ''is the curse Of our
political system. Sectionalism exists
chiefly among the people in the North
ern States. Abolish it by educating
their youth in Southern schools. They
will then become national and patriotic,
no longer prejudiced sectional parti-
sans" Travel, study and residence
away from home will serve to broaden
and liberalize people capable of growth.
Baltimore Sttn.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-08-28
,Iapauese Horticulture.

Japanese horticulture shows wonderful
patience and a sort of III directed skill The
object of the japanese uyekiya, like that OF
his Chinese brother, but in a greater degree,
is to deform, MAIN and cripple nature, as we
see especially in the dwarfing Of trees and
as DR.. Rein somewhat
pedantically terms the process, which consists
mainly in starving the plant and cripphng
the circulation OF its juices. Kaempfer IS
quoted as describing trio he once saw IN
small box one and half inches broad. four
inches long and six inches deep, for which the
price Of elOo was asked The three denizens
et the box were bamboo, a blossoming plum
Hes and a pine tree, perfectly formed, but In
piccolo.-New York News.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-08-28
E;eb License in Massachusetts.

The reports from the experiment OF
high license in Massachusetts, seem to
be altogether favorable. Not only have
the number of saloons been diminished
more than one-half, with an increase IN
the amount of license fees, but the ac-
tual sales of liquor have been considera-
bly diminished. The law has been thor
oughlv enforced and no increase in the
number o unlicensed places or in illegal
selling has been noticed. Altogether
the friends of temperance have reason
to congratulate themselves on the result
of high license in Massachusetts, :
Providence JOetrnat.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-08-28
The Rice Crops.

The latest news in reference to the
disastrous freshet in the Pee Dee River
is that, with the exception of Mr.. B. W.
Cannon's plantation, Enfield, the rice
crops as far down as Springfield will be
a total loss. The plantations thus far
devastated are Holly Grove, Hasty Point,
Glenmore, Bi1dfeld, Exchange, Belle
Rieve, Pipedown, Chicora, Guendalos,
Arundel and Springfield. Mr.. Cannon
will probably save a part of his crop.
On the Waccamaw River the loss will be
almost total on all plantations above
Waverly Mills.-Georgetoecn Enquirer.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-08-28
cnnnd Of TornadoeS,

Professor J. P Finlay gives the width Of
the path of destruction in tornadoes, as de-
termined from the records of Lightweight
wears, at from 10 to 1850 feet, the average
being 1869 feet. The length Of the tornado
track varies from 800 yards to about 200
miles, the average being 24.79 miles. The
velocity of progression Of the tornado cloud
varies from to 100 miles an hour, the aver
age being f. II miles. These extremes may
often occur in different portions Of the track
Of a single tornado. The shortest time occu-
pied bv the tornado cloud in passing given
point varies from ''an instant" to about 20
minutes, the average being q seconds.-De-
troit FREQ Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-08-28
elixir Experiments at Williamson.

Gl1xlr" experiments AG w 44A1slAno1oH.
Dr.. B. F. Brown and DR.. H. l. Ep-
ting of Williamson have recently ex-
pcrlmented with the DR.. Brown-Sequard
so-caled elixir of life" on themselves
and two others, with the result that
only one claimed to be benefited. DR..
Brown informs us that he has no conf
dence in the elixir, and believes that, in
the cases of those claiming to be bene-
flied, it is purely imaginative. He says
there is certainly some risk in it, as
more than one of the pa1ties referred to
have suffered, and are still suffering,
considerable constitutional disturbance,
as we'll as being afflicted with local infam-
nation and assesses. DR.. Brown does
not give the elixir his endorsement, and
thinks that in a short time the craze will
die out.-Anderson Journal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-08-28
Alert Nirht-WatcherS.

Dwellers in Florida who are fortunate
enough to possess pet sand-hlll
cranes have discovered that they are
alert night-watchers. No tramp or
thief can approach the premises without
hearing clear bugle note of alarm.
The cackling of e goose saved Rome,
and the cry of sand-hill crane per-
forms the same service for the Florida
ben.roost and smokehOuse.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-08-28
A POINTER FOR COTTON PLANTERS,
Good Demand and High Prices for the
New Crop Likely to Rule Between Now
and October 1st.

Good Demand and High Prices Tor the
New Crop Likely to Rule Between Now
and October 1st.
MONTGOMERY, Ala August 22-Leh-
man Durr & Co., cotton factors, have
issued a circular, in which they say:
''The general cotton crop of the coun-
try for the present year, 1889, promises
to be the largest ever produced in the
United States; but on account of there
being of the stocks now carried by spin
ners so much poor cotton, they the
spinnerS) will be compelled to buy of the
first picking this year in order to get a
better goods with which to work of their
old stock; so that, for a time, at least,
there will be a good demand for the new
crop and at high prices. It looks reason
able to US that cotton will bring higher
prices from now until the 1st of October
than at any time during the next season,
and, if this be true, then it behooves
producers to pick and get to market
every bale they can between this and
the 1st of October, in order to avail
themselves of the high prices likely to
prevail"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-08-28
rn,leceivinr the Young.

The San Francisco Chronicle tells point
ed story about the danger Of undeceiving the
extremely young. The gist of it IS this: A
little boy began to 90 to school and his eou-
scientious teacher thought it well to explain
70 him that Santa Claus IS myth The
little boy was not exactly satisfied and re-
serred the matter to his papa at home. The
father was constrained to admit that what
Ehe teacher had said about Santa Claus was
true. The little boy went awaS sorrowful to
led: but he returned, and as he neld on to
Che door knob and peeked in with his night
dross on he sid, "Weu, there's devil, amt
there, papa; yo1 haven't been filing me up
about him, have yoa|