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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-09-26
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPAa,
CGMPAGNlE GENERALE

IRA SATLAS THOU Il.
French Line to Eavrr.
COMPANY'S PIER (NEW), AZ NORTH x1r<S
~ River foot of Morton st. Travellers by Ns
this line avoid both transit by English railway and
the discomfort of crossing the Channel In small
boat.
La BoURGoGNE, Frangeul. ................
go. ....... Saturday Sept 27th. at 3:5OA. "
LA BkErAGNE, De Jousselin. MISREPRESENTATION.
- ................ Saturday, Oct 4tll, 9;OO A. N.
LA GASCOGNE. Santeili. .................---..-
......... -. Saturday, October 18th, 300 p N
LA CHAMPAGNE, Traub. ........................
.................. Saturday. oct. 49, at 80 A. NJ.
LA BOURGO6NE. Frangeui.. ....................
.............. Saturday. oct. 25th. 2:30 p NJ
Rd- For freight or passage apply to
A. FORGET, Agent,
No. Bowling Green, New YORK.
J. F. FUGAZ1 * CO., Agents, Montgomery ava.
San Francisco. MIRO tf
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-07
Death to the Crow.

The American agricultural depart
ment has been making careful inqAiry
as to the food of crows, and the result.
as set forth in the report by Walter s.
Barrows. is likely to surprise those who
have always contended that these birds
do very much more good than harm.
It is not disputed that they destroy in
furious insects. that they are enemies
of mice and other rodents, and that
they are occasionally valuable as scav-
angers; but these services are slight III
comparison With the mischief for
which they are responsible. The in
jury done By them to Indian corn,
wheat, rye, oats, and other cereals is
enormous. According to one observer
the crow eats corn from ten minutes
after planting until the blades are three
inches high, and more than score of
other observers testify thai he not only
pulls up the young plants, but digs up
the newly sown seed. His depreda-
tions extend to eotstoes, beans. pea
nuts, cherries. straw berries, raspber-
ries, and blackterries, and he widely
distributes certain poisonous plants.
the seeds of which are improved rather
than impaired by passage through his
digest.ee organs. AS if all this were
not enough it is shown that the :row
eats beneficial insects and that he
makes himself a most formidable NUS
auce by destroying the eggs and young
both Of domcsticated fowls and wild
birds
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-07
On The GrindStOne.

A hundred years ago or more it was
customary III some parts OF New Eng
land for men and boys to wear trousers
made of leather. says the IouM's CON-
r1niou The historian OF the town OF
Wells, Me-, remarks that such garments
were not altogether satisfactory, for
the rather curious reason that they
lasted too long
We remember hearing a matron OF
the olden time tell story OF the tw"
boys Of one of their ncighbors. They
had begged of their mother that they
might lay aside their leather trousers
and have pair made Of domestic cloth;
but all their cntreatics were in vain.
She would give them no other encour-
agement than to promise that when the
leather was worn out they should have
a pair of homespun.
They endured for a long time the
vcxation of the unyiclding garments.
which promised to be as lasting as the
raiment of the Israelitcs in the wilder
ness.
Finally all hope failed the boys and
their wits came to their aid. They took
to the grindstone. One sat upon il
while the other turned the crank. III
imagination they saw themselves al
ready clothed in the long-dcsired home,
spun.
But, alas, their hopes were suddenly
blasted. All at once their father came
round the corner OF the barn and dis.
covered them thus employed. They
had still to wear the leather-tor how
much longer the historian is unable to
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-07
Water Metaphors.

According to the New York Lcdgs7
there is nothing under the sun which
is the basi. of so large number OF
figures of speech as water It's flow
oceanward IS likcne,l to the lapse Of
time, and the ocean serves tho poots-
though not very happily-as symbol
Of eternity.
But It is IN the familiar figures Of ordi
nary con7srsasioa that enc hears most
Of water. A poor argument won,
hold water a habblcr Is q "leeky ves-
sel;n a hsif drunken man Is half seas
over" fishing in troubled wasers1 Is
another name for getting nso diff
Guilty; still waters run deep" Is hint
that your quiet and demurc person haa
more in him than the world Supposed;
strong dislikes arc compared to bis
satanic majesty's antipathy to holy
water" if 4 man is in bad predica-
msnt be is in "hot water" disappoint-
meut is wet blanket" with va
ter, of course; when lover gets the
mittcn. = -eo{d water Is thrown on kia
hopes;' the burgry msu'a mouth va
ters;n fortune has its ''tidcs' ~ veH as
the sea; the muse informs us that shcrc
are tongues in the running brooks
sometimes it rains blessings; and
when IN orator has exhausted his sub
iect and begins to be tedious. we say
he has run dry" news is always
"atloat;" spccu ators arc often SWAMP
ed;" many people find it impossible to
'kcep their heads above water. and
very often in the absence of dat, for
conjecture we arc all at sea.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-07
Depew ut Fassar.

Popular male speakers declare that
the hardest audience in the United
States to face is the 400 or 500 girls
who are attending Vassar College.
There isn't woman's face upturned
toward the lonely masculine person add
dressing them but expresses 10000
shafts Of Wit upon his bearing. gesture,
voice, AID upon what lie says. Yet
our own Chauncev. a few days ago,
went up to poughkcopsic and daringly
and unllnchingly endured this ordeal.
Nh Depew was introduced to the Vas
sar girls by one Of their number. u
Miss Sanders, IL pretty and bright
woman. AS she was cscorting Mr..
Depen up the aisle Of the college hall
she was observed to speak to the orator
quietly, w!!creupon he almost laughed
loudly, and, with his face overspread
with merriment replied to what she
had said. There was 4 good deal OF
curiosity felt as to this chat, and finally
one VaSsar girl said to Miss Sanders:
What did you say to Mr.. Depew when
you wero walking UP tho aisle with
bimp"
Il was wearing my first train" said
Miss Sanders, and Mr.. Depew went
too fast for me, and so l said to him,
Whoa, whoa. you'll break my train. ~
You didn't dare TO say 'whoa- whoa,
TO such q man as Mr., Dcpew?'
Il did.--whv not? And he said he
would slow up At once. Being 4 rail-
way man he knew what breaking trains
meaut."-N. y. S!In.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-07
Tho Maunfkin Mamlotta OF Africa

Nelson had curious account to give
of the dwarfs OF the Congo Forest He
describes them as the uglicst and mos,
depraved specimens of humanity he
ever heard Of. They struck me as
the dark and forbidding features Of a
nightmare, he said, rather than
actual human beings, when we first
saw them. o. they're bad lot. I tell
sou. Sometimes we struck district
where theS seemed tride less wild or
more confident, and they used to come
in swarms 70 the camp. They. OF
course, had never seen a whieo slan
before.
The most ttisagreeable thing about
them was their guilty. sneaklng ez-
preston. They are cennibals, OF
course, and it always seemed to me
that they came into our camp for the
purpose Of fcaSting ,''eir eyes on us, as
pack of hungry dogs might gaze
lon ngingly at leg of mutton. They
could never look us in the face. |
have felt their bs.ciul gaze on me as |
sat at my tent door, and the moment
that looked all cyos would instantly
be dropped. But have detected them
sizing up the others, and fairly licking
their chops. Il used to make my flesh
creep. they used to pay more atten-
ton to Jephson than any OF US We
wero none of us ovcrburdened with
Drawn in those days. but Jephson Is OF
plumper build than any Of the others,
hence his popularity with these impish
cannibals. They admired Jepnson be-
cause they saw at glance that he would
cut into more steaks and better rib
roasts than we others.
Il tell you what" continued the gal
liant Captain, somebody ought to call
the attention Of the missionary societies
70 these depraved manikins. 1t would
he Christian and : civilized act to
send out to these benightcd beings
twenty or thirty plump, rosy-cbeeked
young missionaries and few bottles
Of ofWorcestershire sauce. There is no
such field for missionary usefulness in
all Africa as in the Congo Forests.
Africans, | know, are as a general
thing ungrateful and unappreciative,
but I assure you there is a positive de-
maud for missionaries among these
dwarfs. and will guarantee that every
one sent will lie duly appreciated. with
or without the Worcestershire sauce. y
Thomas StcrcssS.
John h Curtis Of Portland Me-. has
made nearly 81. .M0.MU IN the manu-
facturc y: c..c" ili.:-5uni.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-07
GoUl and IeutOn.

A friend who has just returned from
Paris tells NE characteristic anecdo:e,
says the Critic. During the recent ex-
position there was little railroad, 1--WE
miles in length, running around the
grounds. Ths track ran in and out
among the trees and buildings, and 50
near them that passengers head or
srm thrust ont Of the window was Ia
danger of being Knocked off. To pre-
vent accidents Of this sort warnings
were printed on large posters and
tackled up at intervals Of few Va rls
along the entire trsck. They are pri.,s-
cd in almost cvory known Language,
including Asiatie and Artisan tongues
shorthand and yolapuk. My friend
counted over thirty languages and dia-
.ects, You would have supposed tina,
none was omitted in such q list But
thero wa. one omission, and a vor! i'm
portant one Not 8 single word Of
warning WAS printed in German. Some
one ssid to the manager OF the road:
ut looks IS though you don't caro-
whether t!:9 Germans got their heads
and arms Knocked oil or nos." He
smiled quiet smile. and replied: 1T
does look that way, cure enough
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-07
Something Substantial.

NO, si.," said the new senator from
Maine. rs ne sat down in the new
restaurant. 81 don't like all this fancy
business, with your big bill Of fare, aud
these darky walters III drcss-SuitS
standing round. 'Tain't that l mind
en- at all. but man can't get a decent
meal in Il place like this with all these
fancy iixin's $; that's what l object to.
What | want, sir, is Il good. substantial
meal, and | intend to get it. Here.
waiter, bring Inc :. piece o cu,tard pie
an cup q coffee" jLtrr,uu Lun.D~Du
When L woman fanclcs To herself the
husband she would like to have, he is
generally different in important re-
spects from the husband that she has
already -SOUaerriile Journal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-07
Tho Lame Walk.

Pitif;:l indeed is the condition OF
those who are confined to their beds
or chairs unable to walk How CRATE
full ali such mast feel when they re-
cover from their helplessness. B. B.
B. BOTANIC Blood Balm) has made
more than one lame person happy.
Mrs. Emma Grifhths. Unltla,
Tenn, writes: MY little boy had
scrofrla 50 bad his knees were drawn
up and knees stiff, and he could not
walk. He derived no benefit from
medicines until I tried B. B. Is. Al
ter using it short time only, ne can
walk and has no pain. I shall con-
tinue to use it. "
Mirsle 81. Tanner, Boonville, Ind,
writes: Il had blood poison from
birth. Knots on my limbs were as
large as hens eggs. Doctors said [
would be cripple, but B, B. 3. has
cured me- sound and well. | shall
ever praise the day the men who III
vented Blood Balm were born.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-07
MEMS WOMEN.
What They Are and Why They Charm
the Masculine Sex.

What are mems women9" asked
only the other day the most charming
of her sex Men are forever saying
OF So-and-so, whom, by the way, I de-
tcs:. that she is a mans women
Teach ME how to be one, please? Where
in lies the charm? Must smoke like
your VcnctianS? Must I talk horse?
Must adopt all the other OF your
dreadful ways?"
Certainly not dear madame. Yet 1t
is quite true that while one mans ideal
differs most fortuitousiy from anothers,
rs one star diifereth from another star
in glory, there are those who are known
amoug US mems women" for happy
combination of qualities somewhat dif-
ticult to describe. "A mans woman,
to begin with, is old enough to know
the world thoroughly; yet, though, she
need never have been beautiful, she must
have kept her youth. She is in no sense
light woman. neither is she over -intel-
lectual; she would not speak Greek.
even if she could. She is a creature OF
infinite tact. whom every being with
the outward semblance Of man IN
terests profoundly. With him she is
always at her best and contrives to get
out OF him the best there is. She listens
well, and grows sympathetic as she
listens. Has he special weakness? She
half tempts hin, to believe it is d virtue.
An adept in the subtlcst forms OF fat
tery, she would force the meaneSt OF
us to shine even when he is Ill at ease.
And yet. above all, she remains sim
cere. Her interest in him is real, and
survives the tiecting moment. He is 3
man; that is to say. for her, the bright
est page in natures book. She re-
spects convention well when she may
venture to be unconventional; yet she
is upapproachable and irreproachable.
In return he adores her.
This is all very well, you say, but l
don't like that woman. Dearmadani, as
it never enters into her calculation that
YOU should, she docs not take such pains
with YOU. She makes dear foes among
YOU, of course. Sometimes, even, she
does not escape calumny. But this,
having no actual basis, fails OF its own
weight, and in the end, as you yourself
will admit, you stand in awe of her:
Your question proves it. have tried
to tell you why we like her; and if you
mus, have word definition, here it is:
She is one who has the gift to study
men, and who, having studied many.
finds the process still amusing. If you
lack this primal requisite, abandon the
unequal contest; you will never be-
come like her by :. serviie imitation OF
tricks and her manners. In spite OF
these, which set you so against her, let
me entrcat you to believe her deserT-
inc woman indeed.-Scribnor's WGgo-
zi1le
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-07
Aspestus Mining in Canada.

Mining is carried on by cutting down
the hills of notwithstanding serpentine,
much as farmer cuts down q stack OF
hay or straw. or by open quarrylng on
the level. The rock IS blasted out, and
the asbestus, separated from the con-
tanning rock, is "cob5cd"-i. G.: separ-
ated by hammering from adhering for
eigu matter. This "cobbing is COM
paratively easy matter in the case OF
the finer quality. as it usually separates
readily from the gangue, bat in the
lower grades much difficulty is expert
enced in separating the flbrous matter
from the non-hbrous. At best there is
great waste Much of the asbestus is
In thin or narrow veins, and is wasted.
as by the present mode Of operating It
does not pay to separate this from the
serpentine. A machine that will enable
these narrow veins to be utilized is
desideratum.
When "cobbed." the asbeStus is
graded according to purity, color, and
length of fiber into three grades and
ba.sged for shipment. The finest quail
ty ef "hrsts" iinds ready sale at prices
ranging from $50 to $40 per ton;
seconds" fetch from $50 Il $40 per
ten: white .'thirds" may be valued at
el3 to SIS per ton. Ia good mines the
Yield OF asbestus is from 3 to } per cent
of the rock quarried, aud TIE cost OF
mining may be put down al S25 to $50
per ton. Returns obtainc by the
Geological Survey of Canads show that
for the year 1888 Canada's output was
5, 404 tons, valued at the miuc' at S223,-
coo. and the output of niny different
mines. Over three-fourthS of the
whole output was shipped to ne United
States; small quantities goin5 to Great
Britain, Germany, France, Be. rum. and
Italy, and being used IL domestic
manufacturing
Mrs. tsadabout-"O Mrs. Snappy
saw your husband in the park with
three or four ladies around him. Mrs.
Snappy-''That's all right; but let me
catch him with one lady around him
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-07
Laughed.

The word hell" among Germans is
not looked upon With horror that It
Is among Americans, and even the
most cultured German wouM not hesi
tAe to use 1t any more than he would
the werd ''heavon-' A young lady
who learned the English language in
her home in the old country and can
speak it fucntly went to fashionable
party the other day. A gr;rso fire had
~cceH kindled and tle room was uncoDs>
fortably warm. There was . pause in
the conversation, whom in rather
load tone Of voice vas heard the re-
mark in English, but with q pretty
German accent: lit is hot as he'll in
this room. The electrified guests sat
Ms ii stunned for moment. and then
as if by piralTan2ed sigma. ali broke
out in . laugh. Up TO this date the
German girl docSn know What the
laugh was all ;,bout.--Gcrtand Floio
Dealer.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-07
ON CRUM6lINO Le.VEsS.
Many People in Louisiana fn Deadly Jeops
ardy

Many People In Louisiana in Deadly Jeop;
4 special to the Daily State from
Bayou Sara, La, says: The relief
steamer 'Doctoah' reached Bayou
Sara landing yesterday evening. She
has made q trip to point Rupe and
come back to Bayou Sara Her al
rival was a Godsend to the people
whose lives are in jeopardy, for sine
has not only already saved any
amount Of property hut :oodly
number of lives. The real condition
Of things in the overfowed district is
just coming to light. No pen is
equal to the task of picturing the de,
vastation and desolation Of the peo-
pie. More OF the levees bas gone
The water is backed up all around
the surrounding country, aud hun.
dreds Of lives are in Jeopardy. The
small stretches of levees still stand,
ing are crowded with men, women
and children side by side with horses
and COWS. Ii an old raised gin
house five huntlred negroes were
found huddled together. Their con,
dition WAS pitiable. They were
afraid OF their lives, and were pite-
ously begging to be taken to place
OF safety. The creyasse at Allen,
dale will overflow thirty of the finest
plantations of the river. The dam.
age is mcalculable. The distress in
the ovorhowed district cannot be
told. The Texas 4 Pacific boat ''E
B. Wheelock" succeeded yesterday
in saving 200 people from the back
country around Morganza-s
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-07
THE BIGGEST SYNDICATE YET.
A Corporation Formed to light Two Hem
iSuhereS

A Corporation Formed to Light Two Hem
spheres.
@Finauclers in PhiladelpLie and III
New York have succeeded during The
past week in placing stock for the
biggest syndicate ever formed on the
face of the globe. The syndicate
embraces i'll the plans of its prodlgl-
ous enterprise no less a feat thar the
lighting Of two hemispheres, and the
| requisite cash is now III hand.
The incorporators of this great
| concern expect to meet during the
coming, week and perfectan orsaulza-
ton under the title OF the Anglo
..ra :rirai: Gas Lighting Company.
| Arrangements have already been
| completed to list S5O,OoO,OOo of stock
| on June l on the Philadelphia and
| New York exchanges. The person.
mel OF the PLllalelpIn;. contingent Of
of the syndicate has Il decided ''trac-
tiou" aspect, i'll the leading capital
| lists oi ti.at network OF street rail-
ways tigur1ng prominently in the
gigantic alnalganl.tion. They a.e
reinforced by the leading spirits OF
the old Gus Trust. and by no less
important individual capitalists. v.
". Gibbs, President Of the United
Gas Improvement Company OF Phlla-
Gelphla is the leading spnlt OF the new
| enterprise. His subscriptions aggre-
| cate nearly S5.O0O.OOo. He has been
at work on the scheme, which ollgl-
mated il. his brain. for nearly eight
years, and such has been his success
that he ls already alluded to AZ the
Jay Gould of Philadelphia Eight
years ago Mr.. Gibbs was unknown to
local fame. Then he occupied Il
| small office in New York city as the
| president of company similar III
character to the vast enterprise now
successfully launched, but ON Il de-
cidedly miniature scale. Mr.. Gibbs
removed to Phila., and his estab-
lishment of the now great United
| Gas Improvement Company was at
tended with phenomenal success.
4 number Of leading citizens were
among the incMporators. including
William G. Warden, George Philler,
Thos. Dolan. Henry G. Gibson, Will
liam S. ElEns, P. A. 3. Widener,
John Wannam..kcr, Henry Il. Hucs-
ton and c. 4. Griscom. During it's
existence of nearly decade the Uni
ted Gas Improvement Company has
secured ownership of the sas-lsght-
ing franchises of more than forty
cities, the most important of which
are Kansas City, Omaha, Des Moines,
Allentown. Jeresy City, Patterson,
Atlanta, Savannah, Columbia, Water-
bury and Lewistorn.
When English capitalists, following
their lucrative experience with
American breweries, began casting
wistful eyes upon general American
industries and examining their earn
ing capacities, their attention was
quickly attracted by the alert and
entcrprising Gibbs to the United
Gas Improvement Company. English
agents who are now in New York
city were sent out to negotiate with
the Philadelphia and New York share
holders of the plant They repre-
sented Sir Julian Goldssind, Lon
don banker, and the Imperial Cont
mental Gas Company Of London. Mr..
Gibbs spent Friday and Saturday in
close conference with them in New
York.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-07

The English horse, employed in
the streets Of city or on the roads
of the country. does twice is mu"h
work as The American hoIsn similarly
placed. How Why? L, tic En-
clish horse better than the American!
Not at all. L. he uvr.work,R |
have seen no evidence that he is. l
have seen but one lame horse Ill Lon
don. The simple explanation is. the
English have invested in perfect and
permanent roads what the Americans
expend in pelishable hols". that rc-
quire to be fed. We are supporting
hundreds of horses to drag losds
through holes that ought 10 be illed,
over sand that should DO hardened,
through mud that ought not to be
permitted to exist We have the
misery of bad roads, undaro actually
OF practically called upon to pay a
premium for them. /! would be
lemonstrably cheaper to have good
roads than poor ones. 1t is SO here.
\ road We'll built IS eusily kept in re-
pair. 4 mile OF good mac"d;lmized
l oad Is more t."Oily supported than q
poor horse. D.li .,.t"l' I'll. the broad
tires OF Enslish vt'E':rl.', :l..va much
10 do with saving til l"tls, wlllle
o:.r u,.1l ow u.t... -. in. i'p badly
Springfield Republican.