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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-02
WILKIE COLLINS.
Sketch Of the Career Of the Late Famous
Novelist.

LONDON, September 23.-Wilkie Col
lns, the novelist, who has been Sc.
riously i'll for some time, died to-day.
William Wilkie Collins who died Tues.
day, was born in London in January.
1924. His parents were both artistic
and his father a member of the Royal
Academy and painter of some emf
nence. Wilkie Collins received his edu-
cation at a private school, after which
he spent two years in Italy When he
returned he was articled for four Years
to a tea firm, but he left the business to
enter Lincoln Inn, where he was study
ing law when his father died. In 1S4S
he published the ''McmoirS Of the Life
of William Collins" His first novel was
in 1880, "Antonio; or the Fall of Rome"
In 1851 appeared "RlmbleS Beyond
Railways" in 1852, BASIL" i'll 1853,
Mr.. Wray's Cash Box" in 1854. Hide
and Seek" ''After Dark" 1856, and
The Dead Secret" Qs5S), were first
contributed Serlally to "HouSehold
Words" In 1859 he issued "The Queen
of Hearts" in 1860, The Woman in
White;;" in 1862, mo Name" The two
last appeared serially in "All the Year
Round" MY Miscellanics" appeared
in 1868; ''Annadale," in 1866; The
Moon-Stone," in 1868; "Man and Wife,
in 1870; Poor Miss Fiuch," in 1872;
Miss or Mrs2 and Other STORIES, III
1878, and in the same year "The New
Magdaien;" "The Law and the Lady,"
in 1878; 1.-TWO DeStinies. in 1876.
Later in the order mentioned, down
to 1882, he published The Haunted
HOTEL s'The Fallen Leaves" 'Jeze-
bells Daughter" and The Black Robe. y
He visited the United States in 1874,
and was much pleased with his recep-
ton. He wrote a few original plays.
One, called the lighthouse, was
played in 1855 by Charles Dickens and
an amateur company at TaviStock House,
Dickens residence, for the benefit of
the Guild of Literature and Art "The
Frozen Deep" had Il similar representa-
ton in 1857. ''Black and White, y
in which he had the aid of
Fechter, appeared in 1869. Quite a
number of the novels were dramatized
by himself and were played with great
success in England and America.
Among these are ''The Woman in
White" "Man and Wife" 'Annadale"
(under the name of ''Miss Gwilt'),
The Moon Stone" and ''The New Mag
dalen." Many of his novels have been
translated into French, German, Italian,
Dutch, Danish and Russian. Wilkie
Collins was the undoubted master of
mystery, and sklllfully reserved the Sc
cret of his story to the end. For a long
time he has been in ill-health and con-
slant sufferer He was related to Dick
ems by marriage, his brother marrying
Dickens's daughter, Kate, in 1860.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-02
Friendship.

There are few people, however worthy
their lives, that have entirely escaped the
venom Of slanderous tongues. Sympathy,
however, is foolishly expended when lavished
upon those that aIe constantly hearing all
the i'll natured remarks said Of them.
As general thing we have all the friend
ship and all the love we deserve, for we can
not possess either Of these unless we win
them, and with what measure we nlete it
shall be meted to us again, and does not
"love beget lovei'
Observe those who are most exercised by
ISLANDERS. Are they not generally lacking i'll
dignity9 Are they not lacking ir true
friends, and are they not generally prone to
the very vice they so loudly deprecate in
others!
The proof that they lack dignity is that
they are so easily approached by any one
bearing idle reports. The proof that they
lack true friends is that they listen to Sian
ders that are rife about them.
If A approaches you saying "B tells me
that lie thinks you are eaten up with vanl-
ty," does this n>t prove that B would not
have thus spoken, had he not found in A a
willing listener! Surely the simplest person
ought to learn this much of human nature.
People seldom carry their wares where there
is no market for them, neither will dog
fetch bone if he cannot carry one back.
Friendships unerring rule is, True friends
seldom hear evil reports, and if by chance
they do hear, they never repeat to any one,
much less to the friend slandered.-Fannie i
Fancher in Ladies Home Journal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-02
Ieol,orn Straw FARMING.

What IS known Us Leghorn straw.is raised
on the hills which rise on each side Of the
rivers Pisa and Elsa, to the southwest Of
Florence, Italy. Its adaptability to the uses
to which it is destined depends principally on
the soil on which it is sown,~which soil, to all
appearance, exists only in this small district,
out Of the bounds OF which the industry is
unknown. Amy variety Of wheat which has
a hollow, flexible stem can be used for seed
The soil must be titled and prepared very
much as it is for corn, but the seed must be
s6wn five times aS thick as is usual for other
purposes, and this is done in the month Of
December or February. When the straw is
full grown, and just before the grain begins
to form itself III the ear, it is uprooted and
firmly tied in little sheaves the size Of a hand
full. Each sheaf or n,enata, as it is called, is
spread out in the shape OF fan, to dry in
the sun for three days, after which it is safe
lv slowed away in barns The harvest being
over and the fields empty, it is again spread
out to catch the heavy summer dews and to
bleach in the sun, during which process it is
carefully turned until all sides are equally
white. Here the work of cultivation ends
and the manufacturing begins.-New York
DISPATCH
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-02
a Human Stakeboat.

A young and promising oarsman OF New
York was telling several friends at dihnc.
last night that he just sent in lis entry foI
junior honors In the coming big national re
yatta of amateur oarsmen. II shall never
quite forget the first race that | rowed in,
he said. II entered the jamaica pond regat
ta, and from the field Of starters felt reason
ably sure that would prove to be the win
ner That is from the time which had made
in the practice spins. Well, when it came
time for me to select flag to be placed OF
the boat at the turn. selected white flag
That is just where lost the race. I Went
ahead easily enough at the start, and set the
pace for the rest Of the oarsrnen. kept look
ing over my shoulder, and in my excited STATE
saw what supposed to be the white flag.
kept rowing for it, and wondering why il
was that the other fellows were drawing W
80 closely to me. Ispurted in great shape
but still the other boys were coming up to Inc
as though was anchored.
again looked over my shoulder, saw the
auttering flag, and it appeared to mo to bt
rapidly moving BY this time the other COIL
testants had turned their buoys and were
squaring for home. Despairingly, this time
began rowing for the white flag with al
my might and main wondered why it WI:
my flag was 50 near the land, as l supposed il
to be placed about in the center Of the pond
A last squirt and ran into the bank and al
most frightened the life out Of what thought
was my flag. 1t was small girl who wore 6
white dress. Afterward they told me how
had rowed zigzag all over the course. The
little girl became frightened and thought
was trying to catch her, and she kept run
ming away until she had to stop from e1
haustjon. II her wind had continued good
might possibly have been rowing yet."-Buf
falo News
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-02
FireDrOOf HoilSeS.

They build Greproof houses in Buenos Ayres
and Montevideo without thinking Of it, and
while using all the wood they can afford to;
and they use neither iron nor the arch. Trees
are scarce in the neighborhood, and timber
has to be brought down from the upper
waters in hard woods. Being dear, little
of it is made to so as far as possible. The
floors and the roofs are supported by joists
of hard wood, as among us; across these are
laid fat rails of the same, and the spaces be-
tween these are bridged over by thin bricks
thirteen inches and half long, with their
ends resting on the rails; another layer of
bricks is then laid with lime and generally
on this q layer of fiat tiles The doors and
windows have no boxes, but simply frames,
which are set up when the walls are going
up and built in. There is no lathing or
wainscot, or skirting of the bottom of the
walls. a house thus built cannot be hrr:ed.
Popular Science Monthly.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-02
A Book AGENTS Great Scheme.

Said book agent recently: 81 was
book fenG ten years or more before the
idea dawned upon me, aud now | make
more in week than l ever did before
in month. I take out religious books
only and never one that costs less than
s. or S.. On striking a town l get
from the directory list of the pastors
not for the purpose of working them,
for l don't 80 nigh them. Then write
down the addresses of the trustees, in
case the directory happens to give them;
but if it does not, l make a round of
the janitors to get from them the names
of the richest men in the congregation.
l spend time enough in this preliminary
labor to get route comprehensivelS
laid out
"Next, l tell to one and another the
same story-that his minister is dying
for the book, but can't afford 20 buy it..
The wives and daughters of the church
pillars are easier to capture than the
brethren. It's the biggest thing il.
the whole history of book canvassing;
and the beauty of it is that the trick
seldom gets exposed. When the pastor
receives the book he's tickled and I'm
ickled and the donor is tickled and its
all right
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-02
Red a Lucky Color.

Red was considered very potent in ward
ing off the evil In q eir"oaf- trouble,
when the evil eye was especially triumphant,
all the red tape in a certain county Of Eng
land was bought up to ward off its baleful
influence. The remains Of this superstition
still remain, for many people believe that a
red string around the neck is al excellent
remedy for asthma, measles and mumps.
The preservation OF faith in red still exists.
as is shown in the great confidence which OBJ
tains in the medical virtues of red flannel and
the belief that the milk of the red cow is bet
ter than that of COW Of another color. The
German peasant, if he cuts himself, thinks he
stanches the blood better with red ribbon.
This may be accounted for not only because
of tradition, but the fact that blood would
not form so startling a contrast when wet
ting red ribbon as when wetting white
one.
A southern friend tells me that the negroes
make doll of red flannel, with the five
needles stuck in it crosswise, and place it in-
side Of child's bed or mattress to keep off
all of the diseases to which children are sub
ject.-Dr. Grace Peckham in Nome Maker.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-02
Mother and Widow at Twelve.

a Huntington CIV. Va dispatch to
the New York Press says: "Mrs. Bloc
del, twelve years old and widow, has
given birth to a well-dereloped, healthy
girl baby. A letter from her father,
Samuel r. Jarvis, South Carolina
farmer, confirms her statement that she
is but twelve years old. She looks no
older. Mrs. Bloedel says her father en-
ploys a large number of men on his
farm. Among them last year was a
German, Jules Bloedel, seventeen years
oh,swho worked about the house. The
two young people fell in love, and Bloc
del asked permission to marry Agnes.
It was refused, and Agnes was sent to
an aunt in Columbus. Bloedel was dis
charged. He learned of Agnes's where
aboutS. and started for Columbus. He
met the girl without her aunt's knowl-
edge. and after few days they ran
away, the girl selling her jewelry in
order to get money to pay her expenses
They were married and came to Hunt
ington, where Bloedel assumed a ficti-
tious name. He secured employment
and they were living happily, when
Bloedel fell i'll with typhoid fever and
died in week. The young widow was
very poor and suffered much. She was
induced to acquaint her father of her
condition, and he has forgiven her and
will take her home"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-02
A NEW DEPARTURE.
The Government Competing with the
Country Job Printing Offices.

At the recent meeting of the National
Press Association at Detroit the Hon. E.
\. Snively, one of the oldest and ablest
newspaper men Of Illinois, in his address
strongly presented Il point of special in
tereStto the country newspaper office.
Hc held that the postal department
was needlesSly interfering with a branch
of their traffic in printing envelopes for
business men with a virtual advertising
feature. Under the present administra-
ton there is also announced a combina
ton that includes the inside stationery
1t is urged that the postal department.
in its enormous business, can do this
work and furnish the stationery cheaper
than local dealers and country printing
Offices. This is evidently true. Ii the
government should go into the clothing
busireSS, and, by way rf illustration,
operate through Wanamaker. there is
no doubt that it could uuderSell smaller
dealers, and all the poStmasters of the
country could be soliciting agents.
This cut on their envelope business
has been matter of complaint by
country printers and stationery dealers;
and the present extension of the system
TO the varieties of letter and note paper
Will add to the grievance. 1t is we'll to
be conservative in these matters and re-
strict the functions OF the government
to those essential to the public conven-
lence. There should be Us little invasion
us possible of the business activities of
the Citizen P1ul GiObe.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-02
Sad Times for civil-service Reformers


Patriots who could not vote for Mr..
Cleveland last fall on account of his al
legged lapses from the spirit of civil
service reform are having a sad life
nowadays. They voted for the other
candidate partly because the Chicago
platform promised great things, and
partly because Mr.. Harrison, in his
letter of acceptance, promised the ut
most devotion to the letter and spirit of
the civil-service law They preferred
the bird in the bush to the bird in hand,
with the usual result. They find them
selves laughed at for their simplicity in
believing party promises made at elec-
ton time. They see the spoils idea
again in the ascendant. Offices are
used to reward politicians, to muzzle
the press and to buy politica! support.
Clevelaud'S motto, ,''Public Office is a
public trust" is ignored, and there is
substituted for it the principle that pub
lie office is private opportunity. 4 test
of the attitude of the administrations of
Cleveland and Harrison toward the
'sSpirit" Of civil. service reform is found
IN removals from Office. From March
:, 1885, to June 80, 1885, there were
399 removals of fourth class postmas-
ters, while in the first five months OF
the present administration nearly 10000
were removed Ii took the Cleveland
administration 80 months to remove "A
per cent. of the fourth class poStmaSterS,
but its successor has removed IS per
cent. in five months. This ought to
be very depressing, of course, for those
members OF civil-Service reform clubs
who were so Jealous year ago. But
it probably is not. One hears very little
from them now.--BQltimOre Sun
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-02
The. Paris Exposition Overrun With
Eleas.

One of the remarkable features of the
exposition year in Paris has been the
scourge of fleas, which has taken un-
compromising possession of all strangers
arriving from parts of the world where
Aeas are not so previous. No Partisan
can ever be gotten to admit that
the feas are born here. They
may come from Puy-de-Dome, from
BoisSy-leS- -Vaches, or be brought here
by the Arabs and Algerians at the expo
Sitiol, but toe fact that public vehicles
and hotels swarm with them, is inconceir-
able to him. IN the United States 1.-The
wicked flea when no. man purSueth"
Sticketh unto the yellow dog and va
grant cat, but in Paris his feashlp dis
dains any kind Of game but a writhing
human victim. The flea of 1889 is as
agile as chamoi>, and as he skips
gleefully from one square inch of Gu
taneous territory to the next the flesE
rises behind him in tall welts as big as
50-centime pieces. These wounds dc
not heal with time, but are red and an
cry for at least week, and one small
aud active flea can produce them at the
rate of one minute. Paris may off,
cially deny the existence of tieas within
her walls, but a chorous of American
sufferers at the exhibition and elsewhere
will readily attest.-PriS Register.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-02
Fell Dead Beside the Pastor.

In New York, Sunday evening last,
Miss Elizabeth D. Mccormick, organist
of the Mission Church of the Heavenly
Rest, dropped dead while in the COM
pany of two intimate friends and OF the
rector of the church, the Rev. D. Par
ker Morgan. Miss Mccormick played
the organs of both the church and mis-
sion for years At 7:30 O'Clock Sunday
evening the organist called for her
friends. Miss Nellie Blanchard and Miss
Williams, at No. 81 West Forty-fifth
street, intending to attend service at
the mission, No. 21S East Forty-ffth
street. The three called on the rector
of the church on the way TO the service.
According to Mr.. Morgan, all were ap-
parently in gay spirits. During the
walk the rector remarked: Il am going
to preach tonight on the text, The
Precious Blood of Jesus What shall We
sing2' ''Well," replied the organist,
Il think There's Fountain Filled with
Blood Jesus, Lover Of My Soul and
Rock of Ages would be appropriate.
I'll play them" As she spoke the words
she stopped suddenly, and with gasp,
fell to the sidewalk. A physician was
summoned and found that Miss McCor-
mick had died instantly from hemor-
rhage of the brain.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-02
Mormons Whipped.

Several years ago Mormon mission
aries attempted to spread their belief in
the Western section of this County, and
they were warned to leave never to
return. Since that time none of them
have made an appearance there until a
few weeks ago. This aroused the good
people of that section, and on Friday
last they determined to give the sym
pathizers warning which they would
not soon forget. About 100 masked
men went to the house of a white wo
man who had been guilty of harbor-
ing the missionaries and took her out
and gave her severe whipping. Their
next subjcc: was white man who had
been converted to the faith. They
gave him a sound thrashing and warn
ing to turn from his evil way. This
will doubtless end the work of this re-
ligious sect, in this vicinity, at least
York Enterprise.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-02
Th.re'll be no parting there!
In Heaven above. where all Is love.
Thsre'u be- no parting there.
Interesting Relics.

Among the original documents preserved
in the interior department at Washington,
the most interesting are the relics Of 1850,
about twenty y-hve Of which, averaging about
the Size OF an encyclopedia, are safely stored
whore lock and key protect them from the
casual visitor. The most striking feature Of
these books is the remarkably legible writing
with which the founders Of the republic re-
corded the name Of every head OF house
hold in the United States The census takers
Of that period did not use printed forms on
which to tabulate this information, but ruled
blankbooks for the work, and i'll many cases
made the books from blank paper, which
they bound by inclosing within old covers OF
books the leaves Of which had been cut out.
However crudely these books are shown to
be made there is not one instance In which
careless work can be charged, and in no case
was there any sloveniiness Of penmanship.-
Chicago Tribune.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-02
MURDER IN YORK.
All About Woman-The Murders
Escapes.

All About Woman-The Murderer
Escapes.
4 murder was committed near Flick.
Inns Gross Roads Church, in Ebenezer
Township, last Wednesday night, says
the Rock Hill Herald The murdered
man was Alfred Barnett, and the muir
derer is Coot Pettus, alias Allen Part
low The weapon used was a pistol.
Pettus and Barnett some time ago had
a difficulty about woman, which was
not settled. Last Wednesday night they
met at the church named, when PettuS
asked his rival to walk off with him a
short distance, to talk over the trouble,
and while they were in conference two
shots were heard. An investigation into
the reason disclosed the lifelcsS form of
Barnett lying upon the ground, but his
murderer was not to be seen. Barnett
had been shot through the heart.
1t was developed by the Coroner's IN
quest tha. Coot crossed at one of the
ferries on the Catawba River, and that
while crossing he told colored man
that he shot Barnett with Andrew Bar
ron's pistol. The jury therefore found
that the deceased came to bis death by
a gunshot wound at the. hands of Coot
Pettus, alias Allen Partlow, and that
Andrew Barron was an accessory before
the fact. Barron has been arrested and
placed in jail. Pettus is still at large.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-02
A Tragedy Of the War.

CHARLESTON, West Va, September 20.
Mrs. Mary Pierson of this County has
just received a large pension, which re-
calls an unusual tragedy not noted at
the time and almost forgotten since.
At the breaking out of the war her hus-
band Was an ardent Southerner. She
favored the Union, as did her children:
Finally the Oldest son, Harvey, Joined
the Union army. His angry father
swore he would kill the first Yankea
soldier he saw. In 1861 a squad of
eighteen Union soldiers stopped in front
of his house. The Lieutenant, not
thinking of danger, climbed upon the
fence and sat down. Pierson shot him
dead. In revenge the soldiers killed
PierSon and three of his children. The
son Harvey was killed in battle. The
mother, with several children, has
lived in poverty until now. She is 10
years old.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-02
The Cost of Good Roads.

The road making III this counlry is in
its infancy.
The demand for good country roads
is imperative, and yet we are doing COM
paratively nothing. Every civilized
country is ahead of US in this respect.
Even in our older States the highways
are inferior to those of every country
in Europe.
1t is somewhat encouraging to find
newspapers and thoughtful farmers
agita1ing the matter Mr. J. F. Pope,
of Texas, has given the subject consid
cradle study, and some of his facts will
attract attention. According to Mr..
Pope, good road, eighteen feet wide,
with four feet margin on each side, can
be constructed for 81, 100 a mile, and
kept in repair at an annual expense of
$100 mile. Such a road should be
well drained and be covered with fine
broken stone nine inches deep in the
centre and four and a half inches deep
on the sides.
1t is estimated that these roads would
save their cost every ten years, and
heir interest every six months.
Now, all this is us interesting to Geor-
gians as it is to Texans. We waste
enough on bad roadsto build good ones,
especially when we take into considera-
ton the fact that the highways described
by Mr.. Pope could be constructed here
for between 81 900 and 81, 800 a mile.
This difference in cost is owing to
cheaper labor and more favorable con-
dihons of soil.
One more point about roads. When
we make permanent public improve
ments the entire burden of the expense
should not fall upon one generation.
When posterity is to reap the benefit of
our work it should pay its share of the
bill. The Counties should raise the
money needed for q permanent system
of good public roads by issuing bonds.
and our successors should be taxed to
redeem them.
This is the common sense of the situa-
ton. We must have good roads, but it
would be unjust to pay for them our
selves and present them as free gift to
our posterity. y.-Atlant0 Constitution.