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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-09

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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-09
Wilmington CuIunbl, 3 Augusta Ralhsaa
September 9Th, 1888!

Daily. fDaily except Sunday.
Train on Florence Z r leaves Pee Dee
daily except Sunday 10 ", arrive Row
land 7GupM. Returning leave Rowland
6 80 NJ, arrive Pee Dee S50Ax
Train on Manchester d Augusta Z Z leaves
Sumter daily except Sunday 10 SO An, arrive
Richardson l2O1 n. Returning leave
Richardson l2l5p u, arrive Sumter 50
P. ".
T r KESLY, J. F. DIVINE,
Asst. Genl Mang'r Genl Supt. :,
T. N. EMERSON, Genl Passenger Agent
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-09

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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-12-12
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THE WINTER HOME.
why 1t should BE Made Bright, CHEEKY
and Attractive.

Why 1t should BE Made Bright, CHEEKY
and Attractive.
There are mistaken women who have
4 collection of second-best house furnish
ings, worn carpets, shabby rugs and cur
tains, and these are brought out because
winter wear is so hard on every thing"
because the boys must stay at home,
and the first best can not stand the wear
and tear of their heavy boots and rough
hands.
There is a difference between per.
missible exercise within doors and the
lawless rioting that means ruin and
destruction to every thing breakable.
The wise mother will not say don't &c
every ebullition of natural and innocent
boyish fun, nor will she permit wanton
foolishness. which makes the house UNI
endurable to every body but the rioting
youngsters themselves. There is a hap
Ply medium, in which the general happi-
ness. comfort and well-being may be at
tanned, and ii is perfectly compatible
with the best rugs and carpets.
Fortunately it is becoming the custom
in these, when houses are heated
throughout, for people to use the par
lOrs, which were formerly closed and
kept sacred to ceremonious occasions and
formal callers. Most mothers realize
that the best is not TOO good for their
own, and that familiarity with refined
surroundings tends TO permanent refine.
mcnt Of character.
The winter sitting-r0om ought to be
the rallying point of the family. There
should be easy lounges and comfortable
chairs, pictures, good books in album
dance, if possible, an open fire. The
hearth where the mother is should draw
the children to it, and it is here that
she should receive their confidence, ex-
tend to them her help, sympathy, coun
sci. and as they come home at nightfal
from school, or the brief play
hours after school, the glow
of its freight should be ;
beacon guiding their hurrying footsteps
The winter home whore noise could not
be tolerated, which had been stripped o.
all its attractions, given over to dismal
ness and ugliness, has been harmful "a
more lives than can be reokOned. Tho
world, the streets the saloons, are gay
and cheerful, and their attractions are
enhanced in contrast to its cheerless
ness.
Vice does not dwell or thrive in good
home. 1t has its abode without Yet
estimable people make it even so unat
tractive that it's purpose is perverted
and the children whom it should shield
and shelter are driven from it into evil
where they might be kept safely IL the
most were made of its possibilities
Cheerful conversation should lss en-
couraged: reading aloud. music, games,
are means of entertainment that lie
within the reach OF all, and they can
make home life so interesting, that nc
other will be needed or desired. Chi
.apo Tntpr-Ocpan
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-12-12
ECCENTRIC MUSICIANS.
The Oddities of Haydn. Beethoven and
Other Great Artists.

The Oddities of Haydn, Beethoven and
Other Great Artists.
Haydn liked to dine alone, and he was
such great eater that he was some
times called the greedy musician" 1t
was his custom to order dinner for five
persons at his favoritc hotel. and at the
appointed hour 70 devour the whole ban
quet.
Serve dinner" he ordered, on one
occasion, to a new waiter, who was not
aware of the musicians way of sustain
ing himself.
0''The dinner is ready" returned the
waiter, but the company is not come"
DE company" Haydn retorted con-
temptuously. Pooh! de company! l
am de company"
The dinner for five was forthwith put
before de company" and not an eata-
BILE scrap of il found its way back to the
kitchen. Beethoven, when thinking
over one of his sonatas, would walk for
hours with companion without utter
ing a single word. At other times he
would sit and play for hours at ,'is
piano. and was very much incensed ii
any one happened to overhear him.
But his strangest habit was to walk
about his room in a reverie. pouring
pitchers of water over his hands alter
nately. till the floor was completely
drenched. and people came running
upstairs to learn the cause of the
deluge. The country people who knew
him were careful not TO disturb him
when the mood of composition was upon
him. Once troop of charcoal-burners
met him in a path, and they all stepped
to one side, though laden with bushels
of charcoal, to let him pass for fear of
disturbing his meditations. Meyerbeer
found his Imagination most lively
during thunderstorm, and the
re verberations are heard in his
music. lIalevy liked to sit by
his fire and listen to the sing
ing of the kettle. Auber received most
of his ideas while on horseback, and his
music is light and rapid. Sacchini
worked surrounded by his pet eats.
Paesiello composed his best music while
lying in bed. Sarti found that his inn
agination had free vent in a dark room.
Adolphe Adam got his ideas while
buried under an elder down quilt.
Gluck composed best out of doors in a
meadow. with his piano and bottle of
champagne. Magazine.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-12-12
ILL-TlMED ADVICE.
A Story With a Moral for men who Talk
Before They Think.


Before They Think.
A clerk in a warehouse near the foot
of Griswold street was struck for quar-
ter the other day by seedy-looking old
chap who told pitiful story.
''IIow was it last year?' queried the
clerk
''Samo as now
'How will it be next year?"
Don't expect any improvement"
"Say, if ! were you I'd end this. You
are no good on earth"
'No, not much"
''You can do some good by going to
the bottom of the river, however. The
coroner can make several dollars out of
the inquest, the undertaken will be
ahead and the grave-digger will get an
extra dollar.
Il see. That's your candid opinion,
is it?"
1T is"
every we'll" replied the man, as he
turned away, and he went straight to
the edge of the wharf and jumped off.
The clerk was the only one near by, and
he had to run For the life preserver, yell
for help. assist to draw him out, and
then, in obedience to the voice of the
crowd, take him into the Office to dry
his clothes and buy him big drink of
whisky.
"Well?" queried the man, as he got
through shivering,
"Well. replied the clerk, I've been
thinking it over. Here's your quarter.
/ guess you had better live on."-De-
troit Free Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-12-12
THE SIGN LANGUAGE.
Its Development Outlined by Deaf-Mute
Missionary Mann.

ha"faphhAt
The sign language has found its great
est development in connection with the
intellectual and religious advancement
of deaf mutes, in which its efficacy has
been abundantly proven. 1t is I'M
cqualod as a definer of words, since it
is a pictorial language The motions of
the hands and fingers fash ideas upon
the minds of deaf mutes with great
clearness. They help them to the acqui-
SitiOn of another means of expression
written language-which is the real OBJ
iect of their being sent to school. The
impression on many minds is that
they are sent there solely to
learn the sign language. The sigh Ian
gauge IS also unequaled as a means of
conducting public worship for deaf
muteS. Il is far more distinct to the
eyes than the motions of the lips,
which are really another form of the
sign language. In lip reading il is inn
possible to catch every word # a rapid
discourse, so that the words must be
framed slowly on the lips. \ discourse
in this fashion is tedious. hfeless I'M
profitable. The minds of the silent
congregation are not stirred. In
very decided contrast is the presenta-
ton of the same Gospel truths by the
distinct and graceful gestures of mas
ter. They are TO deaf mutes what pleas
ing speech and sounds are TO their hear
ing brethren. Deafness is more COM
mon than is generally supposed. One /
in every three grown persons has his
hearing more or less impaired. BY the 1
deaf" as class, are usually meant I
only those who can not hear the voice, I
and who, having been thus disabled 4
from birth or childhood, can not attend 4
ordinary schools and must be taught by 1
some special method. There are nearly 4
40. 900 such people in the United States. !
They are commonly all called deaf I
mutes. but this name properly applies to 1
those only who can not speak. In nearly I
every instance however. especially IL !
the hearing is lost in childhood. or the 4
person afflicted has been disabled from
birth. the speech rarely remains with I
them. Being oblivious of what Is being .
said to them. except in the sign Ian
guage. they naturally contract the habit .
Of using the same method to reply. and /
so very seldom make use of speech that 4
it becomes lost 10 them st. Louis
Globe n mocrat
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-12-12

LANERING HARD-WOODED PLANTS
sharp penknife, edge downward. clear
through the center, cutting downward,
remaining in the center for nearly three
inches, and finally cut TO the outside
with smooth slanting cut. A small,
thin piece of wood is now to be inserted
in the Slit and the free end slightly but
carefully bent outward. The plant APP
pears now as shown in Fig at the left:
piece of tin is then bent in funnel
shape around the branch operated on,
usually held together by tying with
wire and fastened to stake, as APP
pearing at the right. The lower end Of
this funnel is filled with moist sphag
mum and the balance, up to within an
inch from the top, with sifted mixture
of sand and leaf mold. To prevent rapid
evaporation layer of moist sphagnum
is next firmly packed on top.
The soil in the funnel has to be kept
watered whenever necessary to keep
continuously moist In the beginning
of autumn, or soon after, a careful ex-
animation of the soil viii reveal the
presence of roots. and the branch can
now be severed from the parent plant
by smooth cut Immediately below the
funnel.
This latter is now carefully opened
and removed, and the young plant, with
ball of soil adhering, potted off in a
reasonably large pot, and in good rich
potting soil 1t is then treated in same
way as other plants of its kind, and in
the spring following will be large
enough for sale. The tunnels are usual
ly made from four TO seven inches long
and two to four inches across the top.
The described mode is much en-
ployed by Italian growers in the prOpa-
CATION of camellias, rhododendrons, box
woods, olea fragrans, magnolia fusca.
ericas and many other shrubs, also Of
var,- choico rocas
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-12-12

One of the most peculiar branches Of
industry in this country is the manu-
facture of slate pencils. There is only
one slate pencil factory in the United
States. IL employees p hands. who
turn out $4,000 slate pencil every day.
The method of manufacture is a good
deal in advance of the primitive meth
DDS employed some years back. Not
long since the blocks of soft slate from
which pencils are cut were sawed IN
lengths and distributed among the
neighboring labOrers' families to be
whitfield down to pencil shape. Those
working at them could earn about fifty
cents per thousand. Now the blocks
are put into a machine and cut into
square lengths by re diving knives and
the lengths are afterward rounded and
polished by emery LcltS. One man can
cut and finish about 5000 pencils per
day.-BOston letter.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-12-12
THE FAT MANS STORY.
lie Tells How He Successfully Fooled
Kansas Prairie Fire

tie Tells HOW He successfully Fooled a
Kansas Prairie Fire.
The boys had been looking at the fat
man for some time as he strolled up and
down the depot platform, smoking good
cigar and his face wearing look of con-
tentment, and one of them finally OBJ
served that it was a good time for him
to tell story.
Eh? a story TO pass away the time
certainly" he replied, as he sat down on
baggage truck, recently painted sky
blue color.
You must know. gentlemen" he be-
gan, after getting his legs crossed, that
/ was not always at the head of the lead
ing clearinghouse of Chicago. No All
my life, up to ten years ago, was passed
in the far West, on the plains and prai-
ries and among the hills and mountains.
] had. as you may suppose, numerous
adventures. ! was just thinking of my
escape from prairie fire, but the de-
tails might not interest you."
''Oh, yes, they will" we all cried in
''Well, one day in the fiftieS | vas
journeying across Kansas prairie on
foot. One morning got up to find fifty
AAAAAtS VI leiAAs VI aoH biNhlNAA hsN oAAA
the hills. 4 strong breeze sprang up
with the sun. and | had scarcely started
on my way before | discovered a great
smoke to windward. The Indians had
set fire to the prairie TO kill off the rat
tlesnakes, you know"
by George! but you were in for it,
exclaimed the hardware drummer from
St. Louis.
YES; l realized that in a moment. In
five minutes | could see billow of flame
to windward. IL was at least twenty
miles long, and spreading as it came. IL
was coming faster than "a horse could
run. ! figured that it would be upon me
in five minutes"
And you dug a hole in the earth?"
queried the glue man from New York.
Il had nothing to dig with. If had
had the proper tools the time was too
short"
''Then the wind changed?" put in the
Yankee notion man from Cincinnati.
Never point. As stood there that
great ocean of flame came roaring down
toward me like the bosom of destruction.
lost fully two minutes before | got to
work. | could even feel the heat of the
fierce flames scorching my flesh"
But. hang it, man, you escaped?'
~ did"
'You don't show any scars or burns"
''No."
''Well, get to the pOint."
Il will. l waited until the flames
We're not over a mile away, and then |
took my balloon off my back, pressed the
button which permitted the natural gas
TO flow in from the reservoir, and, TAX
ing my seat in the chair, | shot up into
the air about five hundred feet and let
the flames sweep under me. One of my
boot heels was a little scorched, but that
was all the damage done"
DO you tell that for TRUTH" angrily
demanded the starch man from 0swego.
''The solemn truth, gentlemen. Our
company is now doing general banking
and balloon business-same style of bal
looms. We can and do undersel all
others. Send in your orders early and
avoid the winter rush. That's alL"-N.
u. sun.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-12-12
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.


More than sixty young Methodist
women have taken up the course of
study for evangelists and deaconesses,
under the instruction OF the Rev. ID. A.
Wright in Chicago.
There are 2,34O Catholic priest with
1858, ass Catholic population in England,
and S29 priests with S3s,643 Catholic
population in Scotland Ireland has
S,254 priests and 3, 792, 357 Catholic popu-
lation.
The Baptists in London are to be-
gin the forward movement which they
have been long contemplating, the OBJ
ject of which is to carry on the work of
the Gospel much more energetically.
Special services will be held in the John
Street Chapel.
Prof. Thayer tells of Yale grad
uate who. after wandering far and long
in sl1epticism and regaining his spiritual
equipoise, confessed that there was one
thing which, all through, he could never
quite get away from, and that was Pres
ident Woolseys pra yers."
This three-fold repetition, Il will
instruct thee, Il win teach thee, u
will guide thee" reveals the three
properties of good teacher. o. to
make the pupils understand the way to
salvation; (2) TO go before them; go to
watch over them and their ways.-Old
Writer.
AT oxford. in England, it is an
nounced that women ''who are graduates
OF colleges included in the Association
of Collegiate Alumne, L. ;. A., will be
admitted to the Honor Examinations
without further condition. All other
women must first pass certain examina-
tiOns.
President Patton, of Princeton Col
iege, in a recent address to the students,
advised them not to forget their religion
when coming to college, but TO be sure
TO bring it with them, and not to lose it
while there. Religion that is really
anchored in the heart will always bear
transportation. Y. Independent.
During the past year British For
eign Missionary Societies have con-
tributed S6.134. 600 for work in Pagan
and Mohammedan lands. OF this amount
81. 800, 600 came from societies connected
with the Church of England; Si,SS5, 900
from English and Welsh NOncOnfo:nists;
81, O14, 900 from Presbyterians in Scotland
and Ireland.
"A royal decree has been promul-
gated in favor of the American mission
established in Congo for evangelizing
blacks. Another decree accords TO the
Governor General of the Congo the
power of expelling from the State
all persons whose presence may be con-
sidered dangerous, and also those who
have undergone criminal condemnation
in other countries.
THE Japanese are equally ready to
believe or disbelieve in God and future
life" is the opinion of recent traveller
in that country. "And which they will
do depends on the question whether
faith or infidelity is most in accordance
with reason. They are acute metaphy-
sicians. and have the most profound re-
spect for logic. If they become Chris
tians they will strip Christianity of
great many of its traditional dogmas
that seem to them to be irrational. But
they are so mercurial in temperament
that they can not take even religion Sc
riously."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-12-12
EXPOSED ORCHARDS.
The Importance of Selecting Favorable
Sites-A Cold Valley.


Sites-A Cold Valley.
We furnished to the public many
years ago. says the Country Gentleman,
full statement of many instances in
which crops of half-tender fruits, such
as peaches and nectarines, were ie-
stroyed by the frosts of winter wien
planted in sheltered valleys, while
those on exposed hills escaped. The
soil was rich in the valleys and favors-
BILE to the free growth of the trees; and
sheltered from the bleak winds of ele-
waited grounds, they were enormously
supposed by some persons to be safer
there than on more exposed localities.
The cold air on sharp winter nights,
made heavier by the exposure, rolled
down the sides of the valleys, and filled
the bottom with lake of cold air, while
warmer air remained above. The ac-
companying figure represents this re-
suit distinctly. We have known a diff
ference in sixty feet of altitude to make
all the difference between an uninjured
crop of peaches on the hill and its en-
tire destruction at the bottom of the
valley.
This effect is increased and the trees
as we'll as the crop sometimes destroyed
on account of the rank and succulent
growth in the richer soil below, render
ing them liable 10 winter-killing, while
the well-ripened and well-hardened
growth on a drier and more compact soil
were proof against the frost. 1t some
times happens. however, that trees grow
ing low down on compact, well-draincd
and moderately fertile soil will succeed
better than those higher up, if on a
mucky and water-soaked piece ofground.
In a climate Of milder winters, and
where the peach crop is never killed by
weather below zero. a late English
writer says: Il do not believe in plant
ing fruit trees in the bottom of valleys.
This is often done 10 secure the rich soil.
"But it is oflittle benefit to the grower
to realize a strong growth and an
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-12-12
FASHIONS SLAVE MART.

There are no chains upon her wrists,
Save gives If gold and amethystS;
No crycr's bell rfugs out behold,
Another female slave Is sold"'
Her new lord comes across the sea,
He bids her follow him; and she
Must 20, for those who bred her set
Their hopes upon coronet!
Twas her own parent took the block;
'W hat lao there here's your likely stock
she never did a lick Of work
Except to read Debrett and Burkei
shes up at aueticni Come who'll buys
Ntidier maid ne'er filIed your eve:
And. faith, si.e'll iii your Golfers, too
Come. all ye princelings, bid and-wOO!
"She's fair to see. no grief has laid
Its wrinkling fing' r on this maid
Her feet have tro, path 81 rUses-
What roue for her hand proposes
"NO coarse words ever shocked her car,
No violence provol ed her tear.
She's been brought up in luxury
Who bids the most her lord shall be-
''The tcrmss Just this. For me the right
To kneei and thank my Lord al night
That have lived at last to be
Akin to the nobility
"FOr her a title; take her. sir,
You may curse beat and p,llagc her
Humiliate her as Won will,
She'll be my Titled daughter still.'
n. Y. World.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-12-12
A COLD VALLEY.

abundant Towering if his crop is de
stroyed in the Towering by the spring
frosts-which has repeatedly happened
the last few years in certain localities"
This further illustrates the same diff
culty-that of frosts in valleys for ten
der growth.
Tn all cases, whether high or low in
situation, thorough undertakings
should be always given to the ground
where orchards are to be planted, unless
n good natural drainage already exists
with the soil. Those who are about set
ing out new peach and other orchards
the present autumn, or preparing the
land and trees for them next spring, viii
find it advantageous TO select situations
least subject to sharp valley frosts, and
to provide in advance ample drainage.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-12-12
Permeahilltr Of cements.

Experience has shown that brick tun-
nels and drains can not be made water
tight when exposed to considerable
pressure. as water is forced through not
only the bricks, but the cemcnts an
mortars. In experiments last year by
Mr.. J. b. Francis, about fourteen gallons
of water per square foot of surface
passed through a thickness ot nearly
sixteen inches Of cement in twenty-four
hours. under pressure OF seventy-seven
pounds per square inch. Other engineers
have concluded that i is not practicable
to build tight buikhead OF cement-laid
bricks when the pressure exceeds sixty
four pounds per square inch.-Arkansaw
Traveller.