The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-01
ODDS AND ENDS.

The Hartford (Conn.) Courant has
entered upon It's l2tth year.
Ex-Congrcsslnan Stephen F. Will
son. of Wellsboro, Pa, has built for
himself a granite tomb in shape OF a
log cabin.
\ New YorI; paper is wrestling with
the problem. hitherto unsolved, why
fat men cvi,lcc such remarkable
fondness for baseball games.
At Plant City, Fla, there has been
found what seems to.be half orange
with a smooth skin and half lemon
with rough skin, the latter being
little larger, growing together as one
fruit.
The vote in Massachusetts, was very
heavy. More than twenty-five tons OF
paper were used in printing the ballots,
Siberia is commonly regarded as a
region of ice and cold; but in summer
time it is about as hot @ country as
there is on the face of the globe.
There are $3.50 newspapers and
periodicals in the United States, q
gain of 500 in twelve months, and OF
7,136 in ten years.
There have been two springs discov-
cred in Bramwcll, W. Va, which are
only about fifteen feet apart, the water
of one of which is colder than ice, II
possible, while the other almost reaches
boiling temperature.
Secretary Noble served notice upon
the cattlemcn who have leased Indian
lands in the Cherokee outlet that they
must vacate the lands by the 1st OF
next June.
San Francisco, with a population Of
about 100000, has only 12O churches,
with a seating capacity of 10000 and
an average attendance of $4,000. The
climate of San Francisco does not
seem to be conducive to church go
ing.
A sailor being asked to describe the
difference between hurricane and a
tvphoon, replied: In hurricane,
the wind blows as hard as it can right
straight along; but in typhoon, just
as it's blowing its hardest, 1t gives an
awful jerk.
Prominent colored men in Illinois
have formed national association for
the purpose OF erecting, in the city OF
Spring gfield, monument to Abraham
Lincoln, the emancipation. April 18th
next has been designated as day for
taking subscriptions in all the colored
churches and schools in the country.
I have seen many an excellent mat
ron, who could never in her best days
have been handsome, and yet she had
packet Of yellow love letters IN a
private drawer, and sweet children
showered kisses on her sallow cheeks.
Yes, thank God, human feeling is like
the mighty rivers that bless the earth
it does not wait for beauty-it flows
with resistless force, and brings
beauty with it.-George Eliot.
At a recent meeting of 1,5OO Con
fcderate veterans held in Birmingham,
Ala, for the purpose Of raising fund
to build home for disabled and home
less Confederates, the speakers stage
was decorated with both the national
colors and Confederate flags. The vet.
Grams cheered the stars and stripes, and
kissed the faded flags of the Confeder'
acy reverently.
The first white settler in the city OF
St. Paul came in the year 1882; today
the population of the capital Of Min
nesota is 100000. The first log cabin
was erected in 1888; today the city
boasts of some of the finest business
and residence buildings on the Ameri,
can continent. The town site was To-
Gated in 1S47; the capital in 1851. The
first survey of the city was made IN
1851; the chamber of commerce or.
ganizcd in 1867 The original st. Pau!
proper, plated in 1S47, contained
about eighty acres. The present area
of the city contains IS, 4s2 acres.
A minister OF the gospel, son Of a
prominent minister Of Lexington, Ky,
is attempting the extraordinary task OF
committing the entire New Testament
to memory. He has been working on
it for years, and, as he has wonder
fully retentive brain, the work is in q
fair way to early completion. As he
argues the plan is an exceedingly ~
| good one, because he can refer to bis
mind at any time much more easily
than to the pages Of any book ever
printed. If, for instance, he wishes
to quote any passage, he can do SO at
will, and at the very moment, an ac'
complishment which would make him
one Of the most fluent preachers in the
country.
The following facts in reference to
the new postage stamps will be OF IN
terest: The one cent stamps are blue
in color, and have the head of Frank.
lin; the two cents are carmine, and
have the head Of Washington; the
three cents are violet, and bear the
face of jackson; the four cents are
dark brown, with the head of Lin
coin; the five cents are light brown,
with the head Of Grant; the six cents
have Garfeld's head, and are vermil-
lion red; the ten cents are green, with
the head of Webster; the fifteen cents
are brown, with the face Of Clay; the
thirty cents are black, with Jefferson
vignette; and the ninety cents are
orange, with the head of Perry.
Tanners Fast Outdone.
A Bristol dog which was found IN a
deserted barn on Thursday had sur
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