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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23
Steel Bead Ornaments.

As theswell girl goes down Broadway,
fur trimmed and soft as to visible sur
face. a chink chink of metal is sometimes
heard. That noise is made by the i'm
pact of her bead embroidered stockings.
it is q new freak to have our hosiery
heavily ornamentcd with steel beads on
the ankles ard calves. Now don't so to
suggesting that we might wear circlets
Of something just above our hoofs like
those put on horses to keep them from
interfering" We want to interfere
with tile heart Of man. Manya time
have you read in novels how the frou-
frcu Of dainty skirt or the swish of
mysterious draper.es have set a chap to
fluttering sentimen,ally. Well do we
know that nice little assaults On the mas
culine ear draw the masculine eye Well,
that is the principle of the clinking stock
ings. Il Is IS yet genteel device. Or
coarse, i: viii be quickly vulgarized, as
the metal keelcd CATERS were, and there
are women in New York naughty enough
to put not only bells on their toes, but
castinets on their ankles and cymbals on
their knees, if thereby they could COM
mand attentior,. S!---" Hnilo-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23
Play;p1 Cards.

The first pack Of playing cards Of
which any copy is preserved was in use
il. Venice in tl25, and contained seventy
eight cards in all, TWENTY-FIVE OF which
were picture cards CT very quaint char
acter. One picture card represented the
devil. another death, a third the moon,
a fourth the sun, while the fifth depicted
the Judgment day. The venetians called
it the game Of tarots, and it was no
doubt the original parent of the modern
card pack, with its kings, queens,
knaves. etc. The French developed the.
game greatly, and it became the stan.
dard pastime of all the royal courts Of
the Sixteenth century. Cards became so
prominent a feature of social life IL
france that when the revolution came
new card packs were devised in which
kings and queens were done away with;
philosophers and popular heroes and
heroines taking their places.-Boston
Globa
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23
Exceptions to the Rule.

Two negroes that worked fos Mr.. L. L.
Boozer, of No. 9 Township, last year de-
serve mention. One of those referred to is
Foster Eichel' erger He never lost day
(nf course Sundays excepted) from work
during the year and asked Tor only four
dollars Of his wages until the end OF the
year. Also, job. Boyd only lost two days
from work during the Year. and asked for
only fourteen dollars of his wages until the
end Of the year II is the rule with the
msjoris, Of the negroes to draw and spend
wages Us fast as they earn them. If the
example of these colored Lien was followed
by more Of their race, the colored people
would be in much more prosperous coa-
dition in few ysars-Prosperity 2epor-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23
The Women of japan,

The better class CT japanese women
are by no means unSdCcated. They re-
ceive, am told, better training than
the women of any other Oriental nation,
and they are better treated than those of
any other Asiatic nation. The japanese
girl can. as rule. read and write ia
panese She learns all about household
matters, and she takes the whole charge
of the household. This is her sphere,
and she is known as the honorable mis-
tress OF the household. Her husband has
no right to be meddling with the cooking
stove. She pays the servants and the
market bills. In the case of the poorer
merchants she often acts as one of the
clerks III the stores and takes the place of
the husband when he is not present.
In the country you will find her often
working in the fields, and at Nikko
saw great numbers Of women who acted
as the leaders Of pack horses carrying
copper and goods up and down the
mountains. Still, l think the women
here have an easier time than those Of
the lower classes Of Germany or Hol-
land, and you see fewer labor hardened
faces among the other sex here than you
do in many of the countries of Europe.
The wife IS, however. after all but little
better than the servant of the husband,
and the ties Of marriage and divorce are
here so loose that he can dispense with
her at pleasure. Marriage in Japan is
not attended with the solenlnity and re-
iSious ceremony of the American we'd
ding. 1t is civil contract, and the ne
gotiations fer it go on, as a rule, through
the parents. The young man and woman
have TO preliminary courtship, and the
seeing one another for one or two times
is the only chance they have of deciding
whether there is any compatibility of
elnpcrament.-Franli G. Carpenter.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23
STATISTICS oF BUSINESS.

The annual circular Of R. G. Dunn &
Co. presents some interesting figures and
comparisons According to the estimates
of this agency, there were last year IN the
United States ,046. 662 business houses, CT
which number 1859 failed during the
vear-these representing 1928, S29,913 OF
liabilities. In the Eastern States there
were 1884 failures. with $23 ,042, ,253 Of
liabilities: in the Middle States 2,6o2 fail
ures, with 500, $50, 43S Of liabilities; in the
South 1,446 failures, with $2l APE. l2O Of
liabilities; the Western States had ,22S
failures, with S35. .554 ,219 of liabilities;
and the Pacific States and Territories 1,2l1
failures. with S14.191, ,303 Of liabilities
Compared with 1887, the last year showed
4 considerable increase in the number OF
failures, but large falling of IN the
amount of liabilities. While the 1854
failures of 1887 represent $167, ST., 944 lia-
bilities, the TO- 67s failures last year repre-
sented only s123, ,S29, ,073 liabilities an eX,
cess for last year over 1887 OF e45 fall-
ures. hut a decrease OF nearly S44, 200, 600
in liabilities The circular REPORTS that
there were in Georgia last year. Is, III busl-
ness houses and 213 failures, representing
s., zoe, ,491 liabilities. The report contains
statement OF the failures for thirty years
past, which is quite interesting. The
greatest number of failures during that
period occurred in 1885. when there were
l0, ,26S failures. with 1925, 343, ,427 liabili-
ties; but the heaviest liabilities are recorded
for the panic" year 1857, when 4, ,932 fail
ures represented the enormous sum of
1921, 750, 600 liabilities The lowest mum
Der of failures occurred in 1868, when only
496 houses went to the wall. with $780,
500 liabilities These low figures are due
to the fact that the business OF the whole
country was then almest paralyzed by the
civil war.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23
DELAwARE's NEW SENATOR.

Some interest attaches to the recent e!ec,
ton of a Senator from Delaware, The
Augusta Chronicle gives the following
sketch OF that gentleman:
The newly elected Republican Senator
is Anthony Higgins, Of Wilmington He
is u sen Of the late Anthony n. Higgins,
of Red Lion hundred. He was born in
Red Lion hundred, New Castle county,
October /, 1910. He graduated from Yale
College il 1861 With the degree Of \. b,
aud was admitted TO the bar OF New Castle
county il May, 1864 He at once opened
with the late Edward J Bradford, after
wards United States District Judge and the
founder of the Republican party in Della
ware. Higgins was one of the original
three hundred persons in Delaware who
voted the Republican ticket. The. same
year he was admitted to the bar he was ap-
pointed Deputy Attorney General of the
State under Attorney General Jacob Moore,
serving two years, y pronounced and
active Republican, he was made chairman
of the State Committee of 1868, and in
1869 was appointed by President Graut
United States District Attorney for Della,
ware. which Office he held until June, 1876.
He was IN unsuccessful candidate for Con-
gress in 1884. He took q front rank as a
lawyer from the very first. He has been
the leader of that faction of the Republi.
cans of Delaware who hare been favorable
to Blaine He has travelled extensively
and knows personally probably more prom
inent men in the country than any other
Delawareau.
The Philadelphia Times seems to enter
tain very great respect for Mr, Higgins,
expressing itself as follows:
'He is an educated gentleman, in the
very prime Of life; an able lawyer, bril-
liant speaker, an honest man. He is,
moreover, a politicisn who believes il prin-
cip!es and who, as Republican in Della
ware from time when Republicans there
were scarce, has shown the courage of his
convictions. He is not one of the Bour.
bons. He recognizes that the ideas and
demands of 1889 are different from those
of 1865, and his aim will be not only to
complete the disenthrallment Of his State.
but to bring his own party everywhere
abreast of the progressive spirit OF the
times. Such men, by whatever party name
thev may be called or from whatever Com
.noEwealth they come, are doubly to be
welcomed in public life at a time when tn"
battle is every Shere to be fought agsinst
prejudice and chicanery and the brute
power of money, and all patriotic people
may joia in congratulations to the Repuh-
licaus Of Dcla ware On the worthy outcome
of a contest that at one time seemed to
threaten them and ali CT US with shame
and dagger.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23

HONEST JOHN PATTERSON IS in trouble
sga;n. Mrs -,lary R. Fleming Of Pbila
Gelphia charges that he won her affections
and declared his purpose TO marry her.
Patterson Indignantly denies the charge,
and says that Mrs Fleming has sought to
hlackmail him. He declines TO make terms
with the widow. Patterson was married
about 2 year ago to Miss Frank Of Nau-
keeSha, WIS, a lady Of great beauty. ant:
OF wealth il her own light; Honest John
appears to have improved somewhat in
character since his declaration, while q
Senator of The United States, that there
were yet five years of good stealing in
South Carolina.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23
A Trip TO the holy Land.

An expedition, composed of Roman
Catholics of America, is shortly to begin a
pilgrimage to the Holy Land. The start
will be made from New York on February
%. Rome, Palestine and other points are
to be visited, and at jerusalem, where
Holy Week will be spent, memorial pan
ncr is to be placed upon the tomb OF the
Saviour. On Easter Sunday the pilgrims
expect to celebrate the resurrection at the
tomb. On April "a portion OF the COM
pany will begin their homeward Journey,
while others will proceed into Gali:ce and
then 90 on to Smyrna, Ephesus, Constan-
tinople and Athens.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23
A Model Verdict.

An Alabama man charged with steal
ing calf made the following statement:
ii was always teached to be honest an
most always have been, but when / seed
that calf cared. never wanted a calf
so bad in all my life, an you all know
that when man wants calf he wants
him."
The jury returned the following YER
dict: I'VE, this jury, air satisfied that
Steve stold the calf, but as the feller that
owned the animal is considerable Of q
slouch, we agree to clear Steve an make
the slouch pay the costs. Atlanta Con-
stiJltiOn.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23
For the Paris Exposition.

The Special Agent Of the Department OF
Agriculture at Washington has applied 20
DR.. Loughridge, Professor Of Agriculture!
Chemistry at the South Carolina University,
for tie display Of cotton fores that have
been prepared by students under the guid-
ance of the professor !, is the desire o.
the department to place the display of fibre
as it now is in the Ia,ional exhibit at the
Paris Exposition. In toe display the seed
OF forty varieties, with The fibre attached
aud combed out, aIe shown. 1t is probable
that DR.. Loughri3gc will allow it TO be
used. Columbia Record, Jan. II.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23
Mrs. whitney,s scathing Rebuke.

Mrs. Whi,uey's arlipathy to the brilliant,
sarcastic S-naroT from Kansas has long
been al open secret. 4 story is tod that
on the occasion of the last dinner 8; tie
White House which Mr.. ingalls, attended,
.Mrs Whitney remarked to Mr. IuSslis that
the next tine she inTited him 10 dioner she
would iosi,t on his sitting beside her Mr..
ingalls, bowed. Because" added Mrs.
Whitney, before be could say word,
then | should feel safe that while you
were breaking N: bread YOU couldn't
break my character"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23
PUTTING ON LADIES SHOES.
a Dealer Discusses the Ques tion of Male
and Female Clerks.

A Dealer Discusses the Oues tion of Male
and Female Clerks.
EErom the New York Tribune.
The introduction Of women as clerks
In shoe stores began IS an experiment a
few years ago, and considerable interest
m the success of the scheme has been
manifested By the shoe trade. The ex-
pertinent may now be regarded IS sue
cess within certain limits, but it appears
to be equally sure that the female clerks
VIII never entirely drive out the men,
even from the departments for women's
and children's shoes.
An experienced clerk in a well known
uptown establishment said recently to a
Tribune reporter that the tendency
among large dealers now is to employ
both men and women, and then let the
customer choose for herself between the
two. ss1t is purely matter of taste, y
said the clerk, s'and should say even
that it depended on the customers mere
whin. Some women profess to b..
shocked at the immodestT of having q
man put on their shoes for them; but on
the other hand many Of the most refined
ladies In the city always insist on having
man serve them, and there will always
be this same demand"
And what is the cause of this prefer
ence?" asked the reporter.
Simply that man can fit shoe to
the foot better thsn q woman can. The
majority of women wear tight shoes,
even those who have no claim to place
In the world of fashion, and it takes 3
strong hand and arm to get a tight shoe
on customers foot easily. Most women
are too weuk in the wrist for this sort OF
work, and they will toll and struggle SO
over the task that many customers be
come completely diseusted, and learn to
avoid store where there are no male
clerks to wait on them. a man by su-
perior strength ana dexterity will sorce
s. shoe two slzes too small on woman's :
foot with comparative ease, and she will
leave the store CONSCIOUS of having Sc
cured 8 small shoe thss Is q perfect fit :"
now about the question OF
mo0essx?'
'Wsi5 ashoe store is good place t.
stuGy the Easares OF prodes. Uaduiy
sensitive women do find 1t an ordeal to
have meE wait on them, and for such
cases the female clerk is q business neces
asy. Most women, however, are not
so sensitive, and as for the male clerks
themselves, they would always rather
VISIT on.a man than on a woman any
time. a very young clerk sometimes
feels that he is pretty near heaven when
2 he Is directed to assist q handsome young
woman in getting satisfactory foot gear,
but the novelty soon wears off. Women
are SO much more particular than men,
! especially In matters of shoes, that 1t is
by no mesns coveted privilege to wait
4 on them. One annoyance to which ladies
are not now subjected in the Larger
establishments is the impudent staring
of dudes and other csllow youth who
snsed always 10 spend half an hour try
ing on shoes themselves, whenever they
went to shoe store, just to get a
glimpse of@ pretty ankle now and then.
Now separate rooms are provided for
The ladies, but the male clerks viii never
he entirely banished from these sacred
precincts.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23
MI, Treaholm's Good Fortune.

Hon. William L. Trenholm, of this city,
the present comptroller of the currency,
has been elected president of the American
Surety Company, of n. Y. He will assume
his new duties as soon as the administra-
ton with which he is connected delivers the
reins into the hands of General Harrison
and his party. Mr.. Trenholm's family and
friends in this State will be delighted to
know that fortune has so favored him. He
has proved to the satisfaction of everyone
that be knows how to control the cur
reacy to the very best advantage, and it
was his success in this Office that won for
him the w.-Charleston World.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23
A Chester Farmers Heavy Loss.

CHESTER, Jan ;"-,':r. j. t. Cornwell,
one of Chesters progressive yeung farm
ers, met With severe loss night before last
in the loss by fire Of his barn and stables.
The fire is supposed to have been of incen-
diary origin, tie flames having been kin
died, it is said, at both ends of the build
ing at the same time. Mr.. Cornwell lost
several head Of horses, among them being
two colts. Ills fodder was also destroyed,
although his corn was not lost, being in
an another ilding.-special to News and
Courier. -----------..
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23
= Successful Nan.

III we-e asked to define The meaning
oe . successful man, l should say man
Who has made happy hcme for lis wife
and children No matter wha. he hGs
not done in the way Of achieving wealth
or honcrs. e he has done that he is a
cra:;d success. # he has not done that,
an! it is lli& Own fault, though he be the
highest in the land, he is a most pitlahle
faiIu... Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23
A Case of Infanticide.

GREESvILLE, Jan. 1G.--Lizzie Gold
smith, negro woman of unsavory repu-
tstion, took her infant. about four months
old, and in broad daylight last Monday
tossed it into Laurel Creek and drowned
it. The body was recovered today and an
INQUEST held, the jury finding the mother
guilty of deliberate infanticlde. When
arrested and placed in jail she acknowl-
edged the act and said she did it 80 as to
have 3 better chance to get work"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23

The PRESIDENT Of the United States
receives an annual salary of $50, 900, while
the Emperor William draws 81, 900, go a
wear out of the Germau treasury. But
then royalty is not only expensive but
grand.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23

The Jamaica ginger habit, which pre-,
walls in some prohibition localities, Is sald
TO be one of the most dangerous forms OF
inebriety Known. The deleterlous enects
of the gingeE when constantly taken into
the stomach are sufficient to render the
habit fatal in very short time.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23

AMONG THE 4 CTS passed al the late ses-
sion OF the LEGISLATURE vas one abolishinS
tie Office of highway supervisor, and de-
volving lis duties upon the County Com
missioners.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23

George Meadows, a negro, was hung
by mob at Pratt Mines, near Birming-
ham, Ala, on Tuesday. BE WAS accused
of an outrage on white LADY, but she
would not be quite positive in identifying
him. But it was shown that he had pre-
viously assaulted colored girl, and be
was hung. The proceeding was very
quiet.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23

ACCORDING 10 az Atlanta dispatch to the
New York Tribune, Governor Gordon OF
Georgia purposes to reIira froro politics
and become stock farmer" Georgia
Central!
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23
Lost His Leg Getting on a Train.

FLORENCE, Jan. 17.-Isaac Williams,
colored, in attempting 10 board the south
bound passenger train No. % while in mo-
ton, at Kingstree, last night, missed his
footing and sustained serious injuries. de
was brought here, where it was found
necessary to amputate his leg. Drs. James
Evans and J. w King performed the ope-
ration successfully. Williams is doing
well and admits carelessness on his part,
attaching no blame to the railroad CON-
pany.-Special to News and Courier.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23

During hard winter the plumber and
the coal dealer usually have soft thing.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23
Eyery man owes a debt to mankind.

One of the few remaining lineal descen-
dapts of Martha Gusts Washington, living
at the national capital, is g practicing ply
sician of some local celebrity.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-11
CONTRADICTIONS.
prohtb,tson tu Kansas.


 To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 was sorry to find in your paper this morning the misleading article entitled ''Pro- hibition in Kansas" Please give place to the fo1ling reply to it.
 The United States government licenses no one to make or sell intoxicating liquors in any State which has prohibitory lay. But it requires everyone who sells them in any form to pay a revenue tax. Therefore every druggist or legally appointed agent to sell for legitimate purposes must pay that tax, and 90 vigilant are the United States officers, and so severe the penalty for selling unless the tax is paid, every would-be violator of the prohibitory law, no matter how small his stock in trade or difficult to find his place of business, will of his own accord go to the revenue collector and pay his tax. How very much the first named class of dealers will diminish, if deducted, the total of those who MT. Tomlinson says have taken out United States licenses, and how much less harmful the last named are than licensed dealers sell- ing openly with all enticing accessories any intelligent reader can see at glance, and thus perceive how unfair MT. Tomlinson's arry of internal revenue statistics is.
 Again, take it that the governor of Kan sas is quite as good authority as to the work ing of prohibition in that State as the editor of the Daily Democrat. Within year Gov. Martin has declared: "At the present time there is not within my knowledge a single open saloon in the State of Kansas. Fully nine-tenths of the drinking and drunkenness prevalent in Kansas eight years ago have been abolished. Many of our jails are empty and all show 8 marked falling off in the num- bers of prisoners confined. The business of the police courts of our larger cities has dwindled to ene-fourth of it's former propor- tions, while in cities of the second and third class the occupation of police authorities is practically gone."
 Your readers can take their choice between this statement by the governor of the State, who has no motive to lead him to distort the truth, and that of the editor of an obscure newspaper who "has come to Massachusetts to help the anti-prohi bitionists."
 ALPREUS WINTER.