The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-11-13

College presidents get aoouG 9o,oo'
a year, Jockeys get $4,000. In prac
tical America it pays better to ride {
real horse than It does to ride a
hobby.
Young men take care! A young
lady in South Salem, Ohio, is reported
to be at the point of death, as the re
suit of internal injuries caused by be
ing hugged too tightly by her sweet,
heart.
If the girls OF a family are gentle
and courteous one to another, the
bows are sure for very shame to rut
off the sharpest edges of their be-
havior, and be helpful and kindly tc
their sisters.
All men have their frailties, ano
whoever looks for friend without
imperfections will never find what he
seeks. We love ourselves notwlth-
standing our faults, and We ought to
love our friends in like manner.
Mr. Edison has succeeded in put
ting a very human cry into a lifeless
doll, but he has not succeeded IN re-
moving the vociferous cry from live
baby. There are feats beyond even
the reaches Of the genius OF an Edl-
son.
The Farmers Alliance has one
great thing to do, and that is to stick:
If the members will only unite and
pull together they will easily win and
control the cotton market, but if they
grow weak and divide then they will
be whipped.
English treasury officials are be-
ginning to wonder if the big guns Of
their navy are really worth what they
cost. Each time 110-ton gun is
fred $1,000 goes out of the treasury.
1t comes high, and there is a decided
disposition to abandon the big guns,
Judge Norton has granted bail to
W. B. Meetze who murdered James L.
Clarke in Columbia some time ago, and
who was tried for the crime he com
mitted at the recent term of court
and mistrlal was entered. Bail was
fixed at $4,000 which he promptly
gave and was discharged.
s'The last lie of the jute men" says
the National Economist, els to the ef-
feet that the cotton bagging is taken
from the bale and jute substituted at
the city compresses.. However vel.
stuck to, this is simply lie. Cotton,
covered bales go through and on
shipboard without discrimination.
The United States will this year
produce 35 bushels Of corn for every
man, woman. and child in the United
States. 1t must not be supposed that
every person in the United States
will be called upon to eat this amount
of corn, as great deal of it goes In
to pork, and very large amount In
to whisky.
The son OF farmer living in the
rain belt of eastern Colorado attempt.
ed to climb corn stalk on his fathers
place tie other day, but became dizzy
and fell 10 the ground, breaking his
arm. The boys parents talk of bring,
ing suit against the government fol
allowing crops to grow to such abnor'
NAL dimensions.
A European savant says that life
may be indefinitely prolonged BY reg,
ularly drinking the juice of the lemon
And another European savant, who
knows just as much--or as ittle-says
that the surest way to shorten life is
to drink lemon JUICE. Life would be
very plain and simple problem il
it were not for the advice of the wise
men.
London is threatened with bread
famine, not from want of material
but in consequence OF the prospective
bakers strike. The men feel aggriev-
ed at having to work so many hours
for such small pay, and consequently
they have given the masters notice
that they will cease work on Novem-
Der IA unless their demand is con-
ceded.
Mr.. John A. Pizzini, prominent
citizen of Richmond, Va, who ha:
been paralyzed for more than q year
did not fail to cast his vote Tuesday
for the Democratic ticket. He wa:
afraid to undertake to go to the poll:
in a carriage, but sat in a chair ane
was rolled to the voting place by
policeman. This is a sample OF the
spirit in Virginia which showed Ma
hone under by 10000 majority.
An editor works 365 IA days in {
wear to get out fifty-two issues Of
paper; that's labor. Once in while
somebody pays him years subscrlp
ton; that's capital. And once i,
awhile some son-of-a-gun-of-a-dead
beat takes the paper for a year or two
and vanishes without paying for it
that's anarchy. But later on justice
will overtake the last named creature
for there is place where he will Sc
his just deserts; that's hell-Er.
The late Governor John L. Man
ming sprang from families Whose son:
were prominent in the executive his
tory of South Carolina His father
Richard I. Manning, his grand uncle
James B. Richardson, his uncle, Johr
Peter Richardson, and he himself al
occupied the Gubernatorial chair o
His Commonwealth. Our preSen