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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-05-06
ASAFENVESTMENT

Is one which is guaranteed to bring
you satisfactory results, or in case Of failure
return of purchase price. On this safe
plan you can buy from our advertised drug
gist bottle Of Dr.. Kings New Discovery
for consumption. 1t is guaranteed to bring
relief in every case, when used for any af-
fection of throat, lungs, or chest such as
consumption, Inflammation Of lungs, bron-
chitis, asthma, whooping cough, Group, etc,
etc. 1t is pleasant and agreeable to taste,
perfectly safe. and can always be depended
upon. Trial bottles free at J. G. D!nkins
& Co.'S drugstore.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-05-06
Pink Tea at Jordan.

JoapAS, May 4.-Circumstances nave con
spired to force posfpone!nent OF the Flns
Tea unit, the night OF Friday, the END O.
May All things will be IN READINESS at ina
time, and large crowd is expected.
The new academy is well nigh completed
as regards the wood work, and 'tpresents
very handsome appearance.
Mrs. j. A. Sprott. who has seen SICK fol
q long while, is gradually improving.
Mr.. 3. E. Clarkson, Of Williamsburg, F!s'
tied friends and relatives here last week.
VI. "
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-05-06
County Past Indebtedness!
OFFICE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, J
CI.AEENDON COIN rY
Manning, $. c., Nav ), 1891.

Manning, 5. G., y ay 5, 1891.
Notice is hereby giveu that the board Of
County Commissioners will be in session
Friday, May Sth, for the purpose Of paying
off as much OF tho past indebtedness Of the
county as the amount OF funds on hand will
permit. What money is reported as on
hand will be paid cot on such claims rs are
presented 10 the board at the meeting to be
held Friday, May Stl. and those persons
who hold claims of past Indebtedness
against the county, but who fail to present
them on that day will De barred payment
from this disbursement.
BY order OF the board.
P. G. BENB0W,
Clerk Board Co. CONS
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-05-06
RI1CKLEN,S ARNICA SALNE,

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and oil skin eruptions, and positive
ly cures piles or DO pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by J. G. Dinkils g. Co.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-05-06
Looking for the North Pole,

It appears that hunting for the North
Pole is about the safest business one can
engage in. In recent review Of explora-
tions it is found that ninety-seren out Of
every hundred men engaged in the work
have come back alive.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-05-06
STRANGE BUT TRUE.
Col. I. W. Avery's Remarkable Statement

Col. I. W. Avery's Remarkable Statement.
This gentleman was treated for years by
eminent specialists and the eBrown-Sequard
remedy was tried He states he had spent
upwards of seven thousand dollars with the
most eminent physicians, and otherwise,
but without the least benefit. He babe his
old comrades in arms an affectionate fare
well more than year ago, and yet, here is
what lie writes under fresh date. Could
ANYTHING be more wonderful:
GESrLEMEH:-I was in very bad fix. l
was beGridien Kidneys disordered, dl-
nestion torpid. arm helpless with rheuma-
tis,n and blood poison (the effect Of . wound
received during the war; and full of that
oaious disease catarrh The doctors said I
would no; live and quit giving me medicine,
as il did 40 good ;Iarc since used moth
ing bat Ge.mctrer My kidneys are we'll,
my digestion good, my palsicd arm is @e!l.
INV cai:y1.r;l removed, and my genera! health
is excellent. T. W. AVERY.
Colonel Avery was Cor several years editor
of the Atlanta Constitution and his vigor-
Gus and versatile editorials gave that sheet q
vivacity which won for him an enduring
reputation as irst-classs journalist. For
many years ne was Ex-Governor and Sena-
tor Colquittt's secretary, later, had charge of
the U. S. treasury department, and is to-day
a proud, living monument to the virtues Of
that great healing and life-siving elixir, Dr.
Kings koyal Germetuer.
Do. not class it with other proprietary
remedies. It is so far beyond all of them in
its beautiful proportions andaccurate analy-
sis ofall that constitutes a real germ destroyer
and a health giving compound, that all other
so-called remedies for the diseases which it
will cure must take a back seat TO give the
highway to this great and wonderful rene
dy for human health and happiness.
Price 81 90 per bottle. For sale by al
druggists and by Dr.. Kings Royal Germe-
tuer Co., II y. Broad St, Atlanta, Gu.
For sale in Manning by J. G. Dinkins u
Co. in Foreston by Dr.. L. W. Nettles.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-05-06
Peculiar

To itself in many important particulars, Hoods
Sarsaparilla is different from and superior to any
other medicine.
Peculiar in combination, proportion and prep
aration of ingredients, Hoods Sarsaparila pos
sesses the full curative value of the best known
remedies Of the vegetable kingdom.
Peculiar in its medicinal merit, Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla accomplishes cures hitherto unknown.
Peculiar in strength and economy-Hood's sar-
saparilla Is the only medicine of which can truly
be said, 100 doses one dollar" Medicines in larger
and smaller bottles require larger doses. and 90
not produce as good results as Hoods Sarsaparia.
Peculiar in its "good name at home there IS
more Of Hoods Sarsaparilla sold in Lowell, where
tits made, than Of all other blood purifiers.
Peculiar in its phenomenal record OF sales
abroad. no other preparation has ever attained
such popularity in so short a time, Do not be in
ducedto take any other preparation. Besuretog ge.
Hoods Sarsapariila
Soldby all druggists. 81; SIX IS. Prepared only
byC.L. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries. Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
Iron County register., 1891-10-29
FARM AND FIELD.

Flax is again destined to play an i'm.
portant part in our agriculture, as its
cultiva lion is now on the increase in
many portions of the country. A care
full investigation made by the Kansas
agricultural department shows that
during the past year it has paid better
than any other crop.
BY increasing the yield of wheat per
acre, through the agency of fertilizers,
the land is also left in better condition
than before. as it is often the case that
but single ingredient of the soil is
necessary to induce a larger yield, and
by supplying it to the plants the ferti,-
ity of the soil is balanced by the excess
OF the ingredient.
THERE are many advocates of mulch
ing, and it is generally regarded as
very necessary and profitable course.
One of our contemporaries asserts.
however, that thorough cultivation is
better than mulching. Besides, it says
that in mulching there is danger from
fire in dry time. and also that the roots
run up toward the surface, which is al
WAYS moist from the mulch.
FEEDING experiments by II. Weiske
with two sheep, in which the effect of
nitrogen from vegetable sources thay
and ground oats) was compared at sep
arate periods with that from an animal
source dried ground nsh), led to the
conclusion that the nitrogenous sub
stances of ground fish were capable OF
replacing like quantities OF aibunold
materials from vegetable sources.
FLAvoRING butter with the sdor OF
fresh flowers is one of the arts of the
French peasantry. The process is very
simple, and consists CT putting the
little prints, which have first been
wrapped in a thin cloth, into tight
porcelain dish on bed of roses, or
whatever blossoms are chosen. Among
the flowers which give the most de-
sirable results are clover and nastur-
tiums.
T. B. TERRY says he depends on
clover to keep up his farm; that he
used to be too crazy after stable ma
nure. but little by little the wonders
that could be done with clover were
found out. His rotation is clover one
wear, the first crop cut for hay usually,
and the second left on the ground until
time to plow for potatoes the next
spring: potatoes the second year, fol-
lowed by wheat in the fall, without
pl owing the ground.
AS SOON as the corn fodder is cut 1t
should be carefully shocked and al
lowed to cure well, when it should be
carried to the barn or placed uiider the
covering of shed Fodder that has
been exposed to the frost and ali kinds
of weather loses its bright color and
deteriorates in quality. If in good
condition all classes of stock highly
relish it, but when injured in quallty
stock will simply pick it over, leaving
much of it to be wasted.
Iron County register., 1891-10-29
Wide Ava ke for November.

1t is worth erybody's while to buy
the November Wide Awake. for three
notable features: 'The Boyhood of
Hawthorne, by his relative, Mrs Rich
ard Manning, of Salem, Mass, which is
full of family anecdote and gives q
photograph of the first portrait painted
of Hawthorne; the closing chapters of
Margaret Sidney's famous serial, Five
Little Peppers Grown Up" and
Nolan" ballad by Mrs. Laura E.
Richards, giving the tragic story Of the
bearer Of Raglan's dispatch to Lord
Lucan's Light Brigade" when they
made the famous charge" ut Bala-
klava; sure to become favorite with
boys for Defamation Day. Margaret
Spencer has capital story, "Gladys
McLean's Halloween Party;" Mrs
Kate Upson Clark has a Thanksgiving
tale, mistress Esteem Elliott's Molas-
ses Cake;" "Old Adams, the Bear-Tam-
err" is bit of Western biography by
Charles Howard Shinn. William Zach
ary Gladwin has good story of a
plucky boy. called Johnny O'Dowd's
Chance" Men and Things Is rich in
anecdote, and readable poems and
articles are contributed by Mrs. S. NJ.
B. Piatt, Amanda b. Harris, "M. E. B., :"
Mrs. William Claflin, Clara Doty Bates,
Caroline Hunt Rimmer, L. j. Bridg-
man, and many others.
Wide Awake is 81 40 a year; 90 cents
a number A specimen (back number)
will be sent on receipt of cents. d.
Lothrop Company, publishers, Boston.
Iron County register., 1891-10-29

THE GROWN BoRER (a) grub; Cb) side view OF
beetle; (c) beetle seen from above. The
hair lines show the natural size.
spots on each side of the back: these
colors seem to be acquired slowly, and
examples not fully matured often occur,
which are of nearly uniform yellow
ish brown color.
A single brood develops each year,
larvae occurring in the burrows from
July to late in September. The beetles
desert the crowns shortly before will
ter sets in to hibernate in the earth.
This species appears to feed exclusive
ly on strawberry plants.
The crown-borer is generally most
common en- old straw berry land, where
it has been known to ruin whole plant
ings. 1t is to be feared mainly because
from its small size and retiring habits
growers generally have no practical
knowledge of it. Its injury may con-
sequently be accomplished before the
culprit is detected.
The beetles are incapable of fight,
having no functional wings, and are
thus dependent for LOGON motion on the
usual three pairs of legs. These they
use with no great facility. and as the
SruDS lack legs altOSeCner, lne species,
as may be supposed, does not migrate
readily from infested beds. There is
little danger of the borer getting
among plants on new land at a dis
tam: from infested beds as long as the
plants for new beds have not oeen OBJ
tar. ed from infested ones. Grubs and
pupa spend all their lives in the crowns
of plants, being found there from the
rrlidG le of June until late in Septem her.
Plants removed from infested beds dur
ing this time are therefore liza bic to con-
vey the borcrs to localities to which such
plants may be transferred Those who
have had experience with the borers
have found that care with regard to Sc
lecting plants and ground for new beds
was their best means for avoiding in
jury No fear need be entertained of
the borers attacking seriously other
crops which may be grown on infested
land, and there is every probability
that one season in corn or potatoes
would rid land of them. No practica bic
method of using insecticides against
the crown-borer is known to me
Prairie Farmer
Iron County register., 1891-10-29
RICH AND UNIQUE.

Various Articles Recently Introduced by
the Jewellers.
A gold ship on waves of olivines is a
new brooch.
A geranium leaf of green enamel is a
new design for a brooch.
back coIaD with rays crowned by
moon-stones iS 4 lovely ornament.
The circulat ms with fine designs in
black enamel are adapted for mourning.
diamond heart enwrapped with a
glittering green serpent is a character
istic ornament.
Cloak clasps of perforated silver, or
namented with colored enamels, are
among the new and pretty things of the
season.
Some of the new sleeve buttons are
interesting. Turbine wheels made of
small jewels of different tints attached
to bars are a new design.
Large round convex gold single but
tons with a dead finish are decorated
with a wreath in relief in a silver finish,
acccntuated here and there with a dia-
mond.
Little square cups of repousse silver,
in form resembling the paper cups for
biscuits and ices, are intended for the
same purpose. They come in cases ac-
companied by suitable spoons.
Nothing is probably more useless, or
perhaps it should be said, less used
than a bon-bon spoon; at the same time
they are so pretty that there is no abate-
ment in their favor at present
Chatelaines for watches are rivalinp
queen chains in popularity. Wrought
gold resembling old-fashioned twisted
brooches and terminating in two short
chains to hold the watch are produced
in numbers. They are very pretty and
also have business like look, which
the more fanciful chatelaines they SUI
perseded have not.
Back combs and hair pins are more
popular and more enriched than ever.
Amber she'll sticks never more than
three in number are surmounted by the
richest tops in gold and jewels. Some
of the designs are worth a word: one
has hoop twined with green ribbon
and diamond flowers. Within hangs a
branch of jeweled fowers.-JeweIers'
Cirop1ar
Iron County register., 1891-10-29
Infantile Silrewdness.

A four-year-old subject of the late
lamented king of Portugal named
Jorge, one day had an apricot, and 60
ing out to play left it lying on the
kitchen table. Returning presently he
missed his apricot and made inquiries
of the cook. Receiving an unsatisfac-
torily vague response he increased his
approximations until the cook became
impatient and told him to look around
elsewhere.
''Yes, may look around" said Jorge
slowly, raising his finger accusingly and
eyeing the servant as if he would ex-
tort n confessional may look around,
but first let me smell of your mouth"
Upon another occasion the little fell
low lay i'll at his grandmothers. An
elder brother went over to see him, and
sitting down at the bedside inquired if
he were sick
''If am sick!' repeated Jorge. with
languid pride in the Importance of his
position and some scorn at such need
less Question-"If / am sick! Just look
at my eyes!''-Pharmaceu Era.
Iron County register., 1891-10-29
HOW TO MAKE SILROUETTES.
simple Directions for Producing Portraits
in Black and White.

simple Directions for Producing Portraits
in Black and White.
The candle or lamp may be placed on
the table at the distance that is found
on trial to make the plainest shadow.
The light should be on level with the
head of 4 subject, so that there will be
no distortion e the features by the
rays casti2,r t..c shadow in a diagonal
direction. IS t,.Tning the head slight
ly and Slowly a few times from side to
side the profile can be cast perfectly in
shadow, as it is easy to see when the
head is turned either too much to one
side or the other. Have the ''model"
sit up erect, that the chin may not be
sunk in frills or high collar. Throw
the head well back to give an indie
pendent, striking, lively attitude, yet
not so far back that it locke strained.
If the head droops the silhouette
will probably look downcast or
hump-shouldered. Don't let the
model assume an expression
for preservation Let him talk a
moment or SO while you watch the
shadow in profile on the paper before
you. Catch the most natural set of the
lips or toss of the chin, and then let the
subject maintain that position and ex-
preston, easily and naturally, with no
pursing-up of the mouth or nervous
gripping of the jaws.
While he sits steadily for moment,
quickly and firmly trace the outlines
OF the shadow upon the paper with your
pencil or crayon. Watch the sweep of
the hair and indicate it easily in its
waves, though that is matter of sec
ondary Importance. See that you pre-
serve the angles of the face, the bend
of the brow to the bridge of the nose,
and the squared, pendulous, rounding.
snubbed, pointed or Roman turn of the
nose itself. Catch the sharp angle or
curve where the nose turns into the up
per lip as exactly as possible and the
exact turn of the lips, thin and firm or
| tenderly pouting. closely set or softly
| dropped apart See that you have the
| turn of the chin and the lower lip above
| it. Indicate the neck, shoulders and
coat by strong, expressive outlines that
| will preserve the characteristics. And
| there you are.
| This is the simple silhouette. and for
| it but few moments are required. A
| round dozen can be drawn in a very
1
| lamps are lit. They may be filled in
on a holiday, a spare evening, or a
rainy Saturday. For hasty work, liquid
backing or black ink will do to fill in
the outlines, using either the sponge in
the backing bottle or a marking brush.
The penciled outlines must of course
be carefully followed.
Do not finish the silhouette out to the
| edges of the paper. Let the lower part
of the shoulders and bust go uncon-
sidered. Draw a curve downward from
back to front, beginning just below the
coat-collar and touching the front OF
the outline at about the center of the
| chest or a little above. This will give
the effect of medallion head and a
much more finished look to the work
when completed.-St. Nicholas.
Iron County register., 1891-10-29
A BOSTON "souARE MEAL >,

Some Queer Discoveries About Dietary
Practices of the Modern Athens.
suppose that man who is LOOKING
Tor odd manners and customs of peonle
can ind about as many of them in Bos-
ton as IN any other place in America.
A New York man who went over there
on business last week thinks that in
two days he picked up enough of the
strange and outlandish to make a book.
For instance:
The first day this man was there,
falling i'll by reason of too free iudul-
gence In the peculiar beverage dis
pensed by the Boston water works sys-
tein' he went to a drug store not far
from his hotel to get a household
remedy for cramps. 1t was just at
noon. To his surprise he found
the front of the store SO iammed
with people that it was next to impossi-
bic to get in. A huge soda water foun-
tain stood along the wall near the door
ana before it was mass of struggling
people. Six or eight perspiring clerks
were working like beavers to prepare
beverages for the thirsty crowd. The
rest of the store was deserted. The
New Yorker stood and observed the
scene. He noticed that very few of the
customers indicated what they wanted
to drink, but the clerks seemed to know
1t by intuition, and prepared it with
amazing rapidity and discretion.
The New Yorker wandered aimlessly
up and down, but nobody came to wait
on him, nobody took any notice of him.
After fifteen or twenty minutes he edged
himself into the crowd at the fountain,
and when he got near enough to one of
the busy young men he said:
Who can get to put this up for me?"
showing the prescription.
The young man barely glanced at
him with an expression of surprise and
some disdain, and, jerking his hand to-
ward sign conspieuously displayed on
the opposite wall, went on drawing
soda water. The sign read:
No prescriptions filled here on week days
between twelve and two O'Clock.
So the New Yorker went sadly away,
and comforted his cramps as best he
might with the brandy of Oshkosh and
the rum of Medford until after two
o'clock. Then he came back to the
drug store to find the crowd disap-
peared, and eight tired-looking clerks
lounging about and doing nothing. He
was waited upon with politeness and
dispatch.
When the medicine was put up his
curiosity got the better of him. He
asked the clerk if he would please be
good enough to explain the mysterious
sign.
''Oh, yes" said the clerk. eve had
to put that up because nobody here has
time to fill prescriptions during the egg
phosphate hour
During the what?" gasped the New
Yorker.
The egg phosphate hour" said the
clerk. ''From twelve to two is when
tie crowd comes for luncheon
''Well,'' said the New Yorker, feebly
''do you mean to say that any consider
able number of Boston people make
their monday luncheon on an egg phos-
phate in a drug store?"
II should say about one hundred
thousand OF them do six days in a week.
Why not? An egg phosphate is food
and drink and costs only five cents.
One is luncheon and two are square
meal. Have one?'-N. Y. Herald.
Iron County register., 1891-10-29

apart, and the intervening space is
utilizede for tie first year or
two to grow early potatoes or
beans. For the same period it
is necessary, in addition to fre-
quent wedding and pruning in order to
get rid of noxious growths, that a strict
watch be kept upon the young plants
that they may be protected from the
voracity of the insect which eats the
stems and swarms at times in such ex-
traordinary numbers that the plants
actually bend beneath the weight The
mode adopted for getting rid of these
insects is to go round with tin can and
place it under the plants, which are
then shaken. The insects fall down
into the can and are put into boiling
water, the great thing being to do this
before they lay their eggs. In the third
and fourth year, if the plantation has
done well, few heads will probably
be gathered; for l should have said
that French growers do not speak of
cutting" asparagus, but of gather
ing" the knife being only used when the
action of the hand is not sufficient. 1t Is
not, however, until the fifth, or even
the sixth year that an asparagus bed
is in full growth, when the crop may
be expected to continue from six weeks
to two months. An asparagus bed will
last for fifteen or twenty years when
properly cultivated and looked after,
the annual yield being at the rate of
nearly four tons per acre. The aspara-
gus is gathered in the early morning,
while the dew is still on it 1t is then
bundled and kept in the growers sheds
till the late afternoon, when it is sent
into the Paris central markets, where
it is sold by auction to greengrocers,
hotel-keepers and others buying upon
a large scale. There are bundles of
different sizes, so that it is impossible
to give any idea of the prices paid, es-
pecially as these vary very much ac-
cording to the time at which the aspara-
gus is put into the market.
Argenteuil and other villages around
Paris are not the only places where the
cultivation of asparagus is carried on
upon an extensive scale. In the Bur-
gundy district asparagus is cultivated
as an agricultural rather than a garden
product Asparagus of good quality is
grown both in Algeria and the south of
France. The Algerian asparagus comes
to market in March, while the Argen-
teuil beds and those in other places
around Paris may be regarded as ready
by the beginning of May.-Americar
Agriculturist.