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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-05

b., N not a believer in patent medicine.
on ' . friend induced me to try Salvation
"a III ior my loot, which has been afflicted
I'LL ss rheumatism for several wears. 7
used II and the rheumatism ia en,;,.,I
Head u.,. john H. ANDERSON,
Nd. nouse' baltimore,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-05

Pocket Cutlery,
Kitchen Cutlery.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-05
M,rhty IittIe Java Coffee This Year.

WASHINGTON CRY, Jan. 5.-The bu-
reau of American republics has received
advices of the almost total failure or the
coffee crop of Java, which is estimated at
only about 10 per cent of former ANNUAL
averages
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-05
mo Quorum" VIII RreaI

.,o "HshiNGroN CITY, Jan. 5.-In prepara
'ioh Tor the expected fight in the senasa
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-05
.And You went:
" hell, I Ike 20 Obifge. =
"And YOU identified him.


''Vhell, when | knows he vhas Shon
White how could help it? Dot vhas a
bogus check for feefteen dollar, und
hat to pay it. doan' see how it vhas."
''Um! Anything moreT'
'SomepOdy doan' play me dot vhay
again. My eye teeth vhas cut awfully
queek. In two days a fellow comes
along init subscription paper. He says
he likes me TO put down dollar for der
poor. / ask him for his name. und he
says he vhas Peter Davis. Sergeant, you
should see me knock him oafer der mid
die of last Shuly."
YES, and you'll have to pay for it.
tie was at the police court this morning
TO get a warrant for You"
"A warrant for me- But he vhas a
shwindler!"
1sn't; he was all right"
ash vhen shump into
vhas | to tell aboudt
vhas two times alike. E"
Auytuiu, vIseI'
nell, you see, man comes in nv
place init package und SAYS vhas Carl
Dunder. lvhas. Here vhas some OK
press from Chicago, und he hat to collect
s.. Was dot all right, sergeanty'
IS -Looks that way"
'Of course she does, but after he goes
AWAY ind l open dot package 1 find
some brickbats in it. He vbas an awful
schwindler."
But you ought 10 have spotted him."
'Oh, yes! Spots vhas all right! In two
days how vhas she? In shust two davs
yhas you believe"
"Wen?'
hell, some ouder mans come in nit
package und says vhas my name Carl
Ne hat some package
York, und hat to pay
humps on dot man und
cold dot his own uncle
uOan und beliefs he vhas
younr Troy"
him.'
IS, 500 Gonna s,,,.-,
He belo. oxnrass Cor,
pauy, und IA, 20 mo for
hfe tousand doh. 800 how
she vhas, One tim, all WRONG
und der next time it VIII. right No
pody vhas two times alike in dis coup-
try, und now bid you good-by."
Going away"
"No matter. l vhas seexteen years in
dis country, ind all der time | yhas in
some mistakes. vhas now played out.
IL you doan' see me some more times re-
member dot doan' mean to do it. but
der country vhas to blame. Detroit
Free Press.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-05

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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-05
CARL DUNDER.
"s'.body Vhas Two Times Alike In This
Country"

"S''body Vhas Two Times Alike In This
Country"
well, where have you been for the
last three MONTHS queried Sergt Ben
dali yesterday. rs Carl Dunder softly
opened the door of the Woodbridge
street station about foot and squeezed
through the aperture.
"Oh, | vhas keeping quiet. | like to
shpeak to you Few words today"
''All right"
Der odder day man comes py my
place und plays me game of dominoes
md says his name vhas Shon White.
Dot makes no deeference TO me if he
vhas Sheorge Washington. He must pay
me shust so queek or | knock him out"
'Of course.
"Nhell, he pays me und seems like a
decent fellow, und poorly soon he says he
has check on Ger bank und likes me to
go and say he vhas Shon White"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-04-01
Smoking in Heaven.

One of the elders Of the seconc
Baptist church up on Third street, is
strongly opposed to the use Of tobac'
co, and never fails to see any of the
church members that he finds indulg,
ing in what he considers sinful hab'
it. Meeting an aged brother the other
day, with very strong smelling, old
clay pipe in his mouth, he accosted
him:
"Brudder Thomas, does you believe
dat nothin' unclean kin enter de king
DOM
Il does, brudder."
"Den you can neber enter, for your
bref smells worser nor slaughter
honse.
DAT may be, bruliler but when ]
goes to hebbin l 'spects to leave my
bref behind me.
And the aged man passed on, peace
fully smoking, while the elder gazed
after him in dazed way that wa:
painful to see -IIuA,inJtDn Post.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-04-01
$50 per Buslicl for Cotton Seed.

| am uow Offering 100 bushels of 4 new
variety of improved Peterkin Seed for sale
at $50 per bushel, or s. per peck. 1t IS u
lined cluster, very prolific, fruits from the
ground to the top, and natures every boil.
Not liable to dry forms on stalk like other
prolilics: not liable to fail out like other
clusters; makes about the same turnout OF
lint us the well known Pcterkin, (from 3S to
10 per cent
| have three years experience with this
cotton, and can say believe tito be the best
cotton now in existence.
l have never offered 1t for sale before, and
have only 100 bushels for sale Order right
away if Won want them.
l ;lm still Offering NY we'll known variety
at l.5O per busleI, price reduced on large
orders.
Cash must accompany orders and freight
prepaid, as railroad will not accept cotton
seed without prcpayng freight. The price
ON improved seed will not be reduced by
taking over Il peek bHt will be in the others
if ordered III large lots.
The farmer who buys Il peek OF the I'M
proved seed, will consider himself fortunate
next fall. | have never seen anything to
cqu,.! It. JAS. \. ~ lEhhlA.
Fort Motto, S. c., Jan %, 1891.
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An Old Darky's Philosophy,

"Boss," said an old negro at the
court house yesterday to a reporter,
ssdoes you know its fack dat all desc
niggers now filing de penitentiary is
young bucks dat's growed up since
de war? You seldom sees ady OBJ de
old slavery coons in de clutches OBJ
de law. / saw some Oh de young
coons in de court lie other day dat
LATED when de jedge sentenced dem
to seberal years. Dey care no mo-
for it dan if dey was goin' to
church.
The Old negro seemed to think it
was reflection on the young of the
colored race, and finished his re-
marks by saying: "Dere ought to
be er whipping post for desc bucks
and do EN- like dey did before de
war Dey would hate de post wus
dan de penitentiary, were dey git
good grub an good place to sleep"
The old negro is right. 1t is fact
that nearly ali the negroes sent to the
penitentiary are young men, and it is
rare thing to see an 'old time dar-
key" brought up for crime About
the only thing some of the old ne
groes have a fondness for is the chick
Ell roost.
The young negro, however, has al
most abandoned this haukerins Of
his ancestors, und has learned the
methods Of the white thief. He COM
mits burglary, steals cotton and other
property or kills some one. The
young white man is also developing
fast in criminal matters and, like the
negro, is leading his fathers by a big
per centage. He probably docs not
steal, but where he has peuchant
for wrong doing, he CANDLES and
shoots and cuts as quickly as the bor-
derer Of years ago.-Greeurtle Nelcs.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-04-01
Dis GS #| Mimi D IE#EE#|E =E###E

will be complete every line We have given unusual care to the sci
that will their interest to examine our stock before purchasing
lies Lawns Musns Embroidered Suitngs Outings and all the aes
elegant line trimmed and untrmmed Ladies Hats which are the
and Laces Of every design Our
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-04-01
4 Little ErrHnd for God.

Helen stood on the doorstep with
q very tiny basket in her hand, when
her father drove up and said,-
Il am glad you are all ready to go
out, dear; l came to take you to Mrs.
Lees park to see the new deer"
ooh, thank you, papa; but I can't
60 just this time. The deer will keep,
aud We can 60 tomorrow. l have a
very particular errand to do now,
said the little girl.
"What is it, dear?2 asked the
father.
ooh, it is to carry this somewhere,
and she held up the small basket.
"Who is the errand for, DEAR"
"For my own self, papa; but-ob,
no; I guess not; it's a little errand
for God, papa
"Well, will not hinder you, my
little DEAR" said the good father ten,
derly. "Csn help YOU any,"
NO, sir. l was going to carry my
big orange, that | saved from dessert
to old Peter"
rs old Peter sick?
''No, 1 hope not; but he never has
anything nice; and thought that an
orange would look SO beautiful and
make him SO happy! Don't YOU
think poor we'll folks ought to bs
comforted sometimes as vel! as poor
sick folks, papa?"
eyes, NY dear; and I think we Of
ten forget them until sickness or
starvation come. You are right;
this is little errand for God. Get
into the buggy, and I will drive YOU
to old Peters, and wait till you have
done the errand, and then show you
the deer. Have you pin, Helen?"
Eyes, papa; here is one"
"Well, here is ive-dollar bill fol
You to fix Oh the skin of the orange
This will pay old Peters rent for foul
weeks, and perhaps this will be a lit
tie errand for God, too,' said the gen,
tleman.
Little Helen who had taught wise
man lesson, looked very happy as
her fingers fixed the fresh bill on the
orange
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-04-01

mating about these doctors; how many
would succeed and how many
wouldn't; how many would take to
drink and go to bad? How many
would drift away from parental moor
ings and become agnostlcs or scep-
ties or inidels? | thought how
much depended on their skill and
kindness, and how the loves and
hopes of fathers and mothers was cen-
tered in what the doctor could do for
the child OF some loved member of
the family. They say that Dc ctors get
hardened to suffering. May'"e they
do, but they ought not to. Ii I was
doctor I would make q show Of ten
derness and sympathy, whether l felt
it or not. 1t goes long ways with
the sick and the suffering, and with
the family.
How much depends on the doctors
skill in saving life can never be known,
but friend of mine in New York
told me that very eminent surgeon
said to him some years ago, Il am
responsible for Grover Cleveland's
election. If it had not been for me
he would have been defeated. That
man Burchard, who made the speech
about Rum, Romanism, and Rebel
lion," was about to die from kidney
disease. He sent for me as last re-
sort. I cut him open in the back and
took his old Republican kidney out
and cleaned it and put it back again
and sewed him up, and he got well
and made that speech that drove the
Roman Catholics away from Blaine
and elected Cleveland. Don't you
see that if had made a mistake in
my diagnosis, or q miscut with my
knife, Burchard would have died and
Grover would have got left. En-?
And there was that poor man Gar
field, the president, whom the doctors
killed. An eminent surgeon told me
that he was probed to death. They
hunted for the bail tor three days,
and bored new holes with their probes
until he was lacerated all through,
and for no good. He said that pis-
tol balls did no harm to stay in o
man, that they became incisted, and
it was better to let them alone than
probe for them, and that the present
practice in London and Paris was
never to probe, but let nature go to
work at once to heal the wound. Gar
field would probably have lived If
they hadn't probed him, and if he had
lived Harrison wouldn't have been
president, don't you see? But we
can't get along without the doctors.
They are our comfort and our securi-
ty by day and by night. They are
our hope and our trust in time OF al
fiction and peril. Then hurrah for
the new doctors. May they live long
and prosper 1t is long ways to the
goal of their ambition, but they must
have patience if they would have pa
tients. BILL ARP.
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SELL, AT SHORTER PROFITS

departments our store
ln
Manning Ou
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asks an
be- Never nrsoN
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-04-01

is filled with larger and varied stock than ever
oan TO the finest hand-Sewed calf and kangaroo shoes.
spring heel chldrcns shoes Our success with
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-04-01

mona 10 tfauSaiate their diplomas,
and then learn the English By heart.
Professor Lane gave the large audi
ence rare treat-a combination Of
wit and wisdom, that only Charley
Lane can make up. He rested his
manuscript on an hourglass about
four feet high, and all his serious,
scholarly thoughts We're there, but
ever and anon he stepped to the front
and illustrated his wisdom with hu-
morous anecdotes that kept his hear
ers' eyes open, and their mouths, too.
He was hard down upon patent med
idines, and told how Yacob Straus
got up a nostrum and hired fellow
to certify: 'This is to certify that I
lost one of my eyes and two of my
legs in the late war, and after using
six bottles of Yacob Strauss medicine
my blind eye come again, and so did
my legs" Openheimer had drug
store, too, and a patent medicine,
and when he saw the certificate
that Straus had gotten up, be
hired a fellow to certify some, too.
II certify that l was unfortunately
born without liver or lights, and
suffered untold miseries until L took
four bottles OF Openheimer's medi-
cine, and now l have as good a liver
as anybody and electric lights,
Professor Lane advised the doctors
to use common sense in their practice,
and said it was not called common
sense because it was common, bat be-
cause it was commonly needed.
Then we had beautiful valedlcto-
~ by Dr.. Park, and the presentation
of medals by Rev. DR.. Anderson, and
last ofall the boys called DR.. Johnston,
and then the benediction closed the
entertaining exercises. l was ruml-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-04-01

Alli.nceman that he must not expect
his pathway through lifeto be sprink-
led with altar Of roses, will be spec
ial reminder to you of the offensive
manner that you spoke of our leaders
and friends during your recent cam
paign. The conductor will now con-
vey the candidate to the High and
Mighty Hister for further instruction,
while tie brethren will please sing:
On Jordan's stormy banks | stand.
The H. and NJ. Hister was squat
ting between the handles of a plow
stock. Without further ado the can
didate had an iron hook fastened in
the seat OF his pants, to which rope
was attached and thrown over a beam
above. With steady pull by two
sinewy Alliancemen the distinguished
gentleman was soon dangling in the
air, with hands and feet vaiuly clutch
ing at the floor.
''Now hold the candidate in that
position, where he can better appre-
ciate the beautiful lessons iuculcatcd
by the Alliance" remarked the G. and
N. H. 1T is needless for the parti-
ally initiated brother to longer clutch
at the floor. He has already had some
experience at resigning, and the Wis
est thing he can do is to put into
practice that virtue and be resigned
to the position We have placed him in,
and not postpone this matter until he
gets to Washington again.
chat hook, the High Hister ex-
planned, "illustrates the firm hold the
Farmers Alliance has on mankind.
Your struggles in the ait shows the
folly of candidate trying to gain his
equilibrium while i'll the mighty
grasp of our order Italso illustrates
our political power to elevate or lower
man at will Your futile clutches
in the air is to show the folly OF q
candidate irving to reach for office
through politicians. The candidate
can now be released aud carried be-
fore the Supreme Spanl;er for further
enlis shtenment; and while he is max
ing the circuit of the room the broth
ers will sing, On Greenland's icy
mountains. as / notice that the candi'
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-04-01
sPICE : OF LIFE.

WHY hetu OF
the merchant
aemvnga xN
uy h n
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If y3E. E.i!E ICEES
Or YOU are al! wo:a ont really good for nothing
il is general debility. Try
BROWf'S IRON ETTTERS
It will cure you and give Il good appetite. SOLO
by all dealers in medicine.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-04-01

An attractive
Com.,in.I POCKET ALMANAC
and IGnORhSDCN BOOK
advertising BROWNS IRON BITTERS
the best Tonic, given away at Drug and
general stores. Apply at once.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-02
a Four-Legged Thief

A butcher 1T Berne was astonished
one day recently at seeing his dog run
into his shop ami lay down at his feet
the sum of two hundred and fifty francs
in the shape of two-hundred franc
note and one flfty-franc note. He car
ricd the money Immediately to the po-
lice Office, but it was not until some
hours later that the owner was dis
covered. Another butcher sent notice
that he had suddenly lost two hundred
and fifty francs and could not discover
the thief, as it had happened while he
was alone in the shop, and had been In
his hand moment before he lost it.
The dog thief, according to the Bcrner
Zcitung, had paid visit to his colleague
in the shop of the owner of the notes,
and when the owners back was turned
had stolen the money and scampercd off
with it to his own master. 1t is possible
that the dog had como to his own con-
clusion about the value of the bank
notes.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-02
Wnrsiiip a Lor.

There is alog ofyellowish coiorcd wood
standing just outside of Chi Iua gate,
Pekin. This log has remained in its
present position since the fall of the
old Wing dynasty. 1t is in good preser-
walton and has commanded the respect
of all classes and conditions of people.
Insects in China usually make inroads
'on timber in n very short while, but
they arc said never TO alight upon this
sacred tree trunk, and it is true that
they have not left n single trace of their
work upon it, while the timbers in every
direction are perfect honcycomb Of
insect work. The Chinese people believe
that the log is the habitation of some
god, and on that account gather and
worship at it's base at least once year.
Among tho higher classes the day for
this unique species of worship is the first
of each succeeding month unless that
day should happen to be new-moon
day. October of every year the en-
peror commands the board of ccremon-
les to appoint {. committee to pay their
respects to the deified log,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-02
INCREDIBLE STORIES.
Toid CONCERNING South America by Walter
Raleigh and Othor Travellers.

hhielgh and Other Travellers.
IL was in 1850 that Raleigh pub
dished the highly-colorcd story of his
discovery of the Large, Rich and
beautiful Empire of Guiana" Most
writers OF the day were led by Indian
reports to affirm that the golden citv of
Manoa, upon the banks of Lake Pnrinc
was to be found near the Maroni river
an what is now known as French Gpi,no
!" Wherever 1t was, Raleigh did not hest
tate 10 inform Queen Elizabeth that
1hese reports were true. Finally, tho
Spaniard, Martinez, who had a most
brilliant imagination, declared that he
mad spent nearly n year in Manoa, of
winch he gave an elaborate description.
TIC SAID the city was of enormous size
and It's population almost innumerablc.
Not less than three thousand worsmen
could be seen at their daily toll in tho
principal street. The cmperor's palace,
Quilt OF white marble, ornamentcd with
gold, occupied IL beautiful island,
Three artificial mountains cnvironed
the palace. One of them was of solid
gold, another of silver and the third of
salt, which was protected in some mys-
tcrious manner from dissolution. Tho
palace was supported on columns Of ala-
baster and porphyry. Around it were
galleries of ebony and cedar, tho wood
work lavishly inlaid with gold and
precious stones. Two towers guarded
the entrance, each twenty-five feet In
height, and surmounted by Immense
moons of silver. Two living lions wcro
attached to the foot of the columns by
chains Of gold. In the palace was n
large square, adorned with silver foun-
tains and vases, into which water ran
through four gold pipes. The king was
called El Dorado, on account Of the
splendor of his costume. Among tho
mountains all around wcrc incxhausti-
bic mines, the source of this splcndor
European crcdulity was strong enough
to give life for years to such nonscnsical
yarns, says the New York Sun, and
probably no traveller in the Maroni val
ley from Crcvau!l 10 Brunctti has failed
ITO contrast the actual poverty of the ro-
Gion with the glittcrng descriptions of
Raleigh and Martinez
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-02
WHITES OVE.FITTING
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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-02
A STRANGE STORY.
Tho killing of II Great Serpent No Les
Than 115 Years Old.

Tho Killing of Great Serpent No Less
Than 115 Years Old.
Early In January of the present year
n woodman engaged in chopping some
'of the monster oaks in the northern
part of the great 'sBlacls Forest Ger
many, and who had built fire against
n large dead log, preparatory to partalS-
ing of his middle meal, was surprised
TO see serpent of gigantic proportions
crawl from tho log rs soon as the rot
ten wood had got we'll warmed through.
The day was bitter cold, and the snake
only made few yards over the frozen
ground until his convolutions became
Smaller and smaller, until he finally
ceased to wigglc and quietly coiled up
near large pile of brush. The sturdy
German chopper, who had been more
surprised than scared, waited until the
creature had become thoroughly be-
numbed with the cold, and then ND
preached and dispatched him with his
AK. Measurements showed the slimy
creature to be twenty-seven feet, six
inches in length, and nearly fifteen
inches through the body in the middle.
But the most curious part of the story
is yet to be told. Just back of the i'm
mense head, which was eleven inches
In length and almost as broad. littlo
gold ring had been put through tho
skin. 1t was in the form of two rings
rather than one, being shaped not un-
like figure S. One part of the ring
was through the skin, whilc the other
was through n hole in n small copper
coin bearing date of 1919. One side of
the coin was perfectly smooth, with
the exception of these letters and fig
ures, which had evidently been cut Oh
it with a poskctl1nifc, the workmanship
being very rough: Louis Krutzer, Is.
C. o. 1881" Some of the older inhab-
itants of the "Black Forest" remember
hearing their parents tell of ''Krutzer,
the serpent charmer," and they all unite
In declaring that this gigantic serpent
was formerly the property Of the old
'charmcr," and that it was at least one
hundred and fifteen years old when
killed by the woodchoppcr on that cold
January day Of 1901.