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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-09-16
Business ard Farming Interests Oh
Solid Basis.

Business ard Farming Interests Oh d
Solid Basis.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 3-The Manu-
facturers' Record. OF this week, pub
fishes six pages OF special letters from
leading bankers in all parts OF the South
as to the financial cond!t!on and pros
poets Of general business and farming
Interests. These reports uniformly sho"
that Immediately after the Barring tal!'
urc, Southern bankers and merchants
pursued a very conservative policy ard
at once commenced 10 curta!l all thell
operations and to make preparations fol
a long period Of monetary strIngency.
if it should come. The effect OF this.
while lcssening the volume OF trade, has
been the reduction Of Indebtedness and
the placing Of all business AND banking
interests on very solid financial basis.
It also resulted in the borrowing vi less
advance money by cotto4 planters :hs!l
for many wears, and hence the present
crop has less Indebtedness against Il
than the crops Of former year. In all
parts Of the South farmers are reported
as less in debt than for years, many re-
ports saying that their Indebtedness is
smaller than at any time slucc the wal
due, ia part, to the enforced economy
on account Of tie monetary stringencY
since last fall, and in part 10 The large
crops of the last few years.
The low price of cotton in the spring
caused the planters TO pay more atiel'
ton to raising their own ipcd supplies.
and the South will probably he less de.
pendant upon other sections fer coru
and wheat than ever before. II IS est
mated that the grain crcp o. the South
this year will aggregate nearly l0O, ,OU0,'
900 bushels more thau in 1890, and
this, added to tlre larger yields OF fruits
and vegetables. will keep at home al
least $775,000,G00 that last year went
North and West fer tood<tuhs. This
will fully effect the low price OF cotton,
and if cotton should advance by reason
of decrease in yield there would be 4
clear gain to Southern farming interests.
The yield o? sugar, rice and tobacco
promise to exceed the crops Of 1880 and
to add acgely TO ;he general supply OF
the South.
Tie bankers in all sections Of the
South report that with business on 4
solid basis, with less indebtedness nu
the part OF the farmers and mechanics
than for many years, an! with crops
assured. prospects for The fall and WIZ
ter have never been more favorable.
A period Of great activity in solid, sub
stantial developnlrnt IS universally pre-
0ictcd.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-09-16

So | come TO Your timid ana shrink
ing soul today. .rd cone cut II the
presence Of tie Divine h,sjcian. He
vail not hurt you. He has been healing
wounds for many Years. and WI @l;t
| YOU gentle aud omuippieut rneicamclt.
But people. when they have trouble. go
anywhere rather than To tI"d. De
Quincy took opium to get rlH of his
troubles. Charles Lamb took u punch.
Theodore Hook took 10 something
stronger. Edwin Forrest took to the
earlical dissipation. Aud men i:avc run
all around the earth. hoping in the quick
transit to get away from their m'stor-
tunes. 1t has been dead failure. There
is onl Y one well that can s!ake the thirst
of an afflicted spirit. and That is The deep
and inexhausuole well oi the Gospel.
THE THOUGHT OF HEAVEN.
But SOME Que says. IN The Audience.
Notwithstanding all you have said
this moruln:, | find 40 alievis,lion for
my troubles" We'll. am Tot through
yet. lave lett Tie ulost yUtent con-
s;deratlon for tEo last. am g"ihg to
soothe you with the thought OF heaven.
However taikative may be, there will
cone lime when the stoutest andmost
emphatic interrogation will evoke from
US no ans cr. As soon as we have
closed our lips for The tina! silence no
power can break that taciturt,iLy, bat
where, oh. Christian, will be your spfll:
In scene Of intiuile .ladneSs. The
spring morning Of heaven waving its
blossoms n the bright air. NicLors
fresh from battle showing their scars.
The rain OF earthly sorrow struck
though with the rainbow o: eternal joy.
In one group, God and angels ard the
redeemed-Paul aud Silas. l.atimer and
Ridley. Isaiah aud jeremiah. PaYson
and John Milton. Gabriel and Michael
the arch angel. Long line Of chor!sters
reaching across tn. Hills. seas OF Joy
dashins to the white beach. Corlucrvrs
marching from gaze to gate. ou among
them.
On, what great flock OF sheep God
will gather around the celestial we'll.
No stone on the wells mouth while The
shepherd water the sheep. There Ja-
cob will recognize Rachel the shepher-
dess. And standing on one Side OF the
we'll Of eternal rapture your children.
and standing on The other side of the
well Of eternal rapture Your Christian
ancestry, you will be bounded on all
sides by Joy SO keen and grand that
no other world las ever been permitted
to experience it.
Out Of that one deep well OF heaven
the Shepherd viii dip reunion for tn e
bereaved, wealth for the poor. health
for the sick. rest tu- the weary. And
then all the flock OF The Lords sheep
will lie down in the green pastures. and
world without end we VIII praise the
Lord that on this Last autumnal Sabbath
of 1901 we were permitted to sluIy
among the blaalipg iccks and lowing
herds of this lair ground the story OF
Jacob and Rachel lhe sherherdess, at
the well in Mesopotam!a. Oh, plun%e
your buckets into this great Gospel well
and let them come up dripping with that
water Of which il a man drink ne never
again shall thir,t.
80
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-09-16

WAR sreEIs TO ht brewing ii Edrope.
When i comes it viii be (. death &truS-
gle, as all the great powers Will ne Ell
gagged.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-09-16

\ man ma? go to heaven without
health. without riches, without honors,
without learning. without friends; but
he can never get there without Christ.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-09-16
GETHER YOUR FLOCkS.

But gather all the promises today in
a group, and ask the shepherds to drive
heir tiocks OF lambs and sheep up to
the sparkling supply. Behold, happy
the man wnom God correcteth." }"
Though he cause grief, yetwlll he have
compassion Many are the atliictions
of tie righteous, but the Lord de!ivereth
him out Of them ALL Weeping may
endure for night, but Joy corneth in
tue morning." l am determined today
that no one shall 60 away uncontrolled.
Yonder is ttnlid and shrinking soul
who seems to hide away from the con-
solations l anu uttering, as child with
sore hand hides away from the physl-
clan lest he touch the wound too roughly.
and the mother has to 90 and compel
the little patient to come out andsee the
physician.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-09-16

III. SCs JIG, k.Loer.G Appropriate by
the Fact Ta.t They Are Holding an In
mon, Geusss xAix. $.
, 1891-10-06

"A n rev moments a nne gold cord ap-
peared dangling between them, and
gradually lengthening till it reached the
floor. 1t increased rapidly, coiling itself
as it did so, until as much of it as could
be contained in a hat lay at the mans
feet. He now grasped the end of it in
his right hand and shook it out in the
air, until the whole length of the cord
was undulating before him in a thou
sand flying curves. Suddenly the move
ment changed from vertical to horizon
tai, until it seemed as if the cord were
weaving itself into a fabric before their
eyes; and, in fact, in a wonderfully brief
time a mat a yard in diameter had been
thus manufactured, which the man spread
out on the floor and seated himself upon.
He lifted his eyes and gazed upward,
and the audience, following his gaze,
perceived a scrap of white tissue paper
floating downward toward him. He
held out his finger and the paper rested
upon it; it futtered there for a moment;
he breathed upon it and it grew rapidly
larger; it was now a white hen, which
tapped its wings and clucked. The man
placed it on the floor; it ran about, but
finally settled down and Immediately
laid an egg. No sooner had it done this
than the man seized it by the neck,
whirled it around and it was once more
a scrap of white tissue paper, which
hoated up and disappeared in the vault
ed ceiling.
The man took the egg between his
foreinger and thumb, looked attentively
at it and put it on the floor again, bal
ancing it IN its end. Then, lifting his
hand a little, he pointed downward at
the apex Of the egg. Presently a steam
or smoke began to issue from the apex,
arising like q vaporous pillar and aug
menting in volume until it was several
feet in height and girth. 1t now took
on a revolving motion. which became
exceedingly rapid, and it was seen that
it was assuming shape and solidity; and
amid a general murmur of anlazement
from the audience it stood before them
as a human fgure-a beautiful girl, en-
veloped in a white robe as soft as mist.
She remained erect and apparently I'M
conscious of her environment, her dark
eyes were fixed in a gaze of profound alb
straction, as If, just created, she were
m~arveling at the mystery of being.
cam Iawake?" exclaimed Mrs. Van
derdonde in a cracked voice; "because,
If 1 am, l want to get away. This is
wickedr
"You have hit upon the true explana-
ton, as ! understand it, madam" said
the count, who sat beside her, smiling.
''This is all illusion. 1t doesn't really
take place. These jugglers have the
faculty of hypnotizing their audiences
just to the right point, so that one i'm
agines one sees all that the juggler wants
him to see, and yet remains, in the
ordinary sense, awake. But you are not
awake; you have been dreaming, and
so have we all. Let us see what the next
variation will bel"
ITO be continued.
, 1891-10-06
Tie eozzzng zno1zan

me coming 2O0nza8
can be healthy. She will be,
if she's wisely cared for. AS
she enters womanhood, DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription
builds up and strengthens the
system and regulates and pro-
notes the functions. It's a
supporting tonic, and a quiet
ing, strengthening nervine. 1t
corrects and cures all those
delicate arrangements and
weaknesses peculiar to the
sex. In every case for which
it's recommended, the Favor
lite Prescription" is g14a,antsed
to give satisfaction. If there's
no help, there's no pay. 1t
does all that's claimed for it,
or the money is refunded.
It's a risky way to sell it
but it isn't your risk.
, 1891-10-06
LEGAL NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that by a certain
deed of assignment made Sept. %, 10y,
BY Samuel g. Wilcox, and by the propc,
proceedings thereun Ter, the undersigned
has been appointed and has qualified as
assignee Tor the benefit of all the creditors
Of said Samuel q. Wilcox.
Notice is further gwen that all claims
against said estate must be presented to
this assignee within six months from the
date hereof, in order that the same may
share in the distribution of the proceeds
of the estate in the hands of this assignee.
ROBERT u. MCCORMICK,
Assignee.
Dated Cheyenne, Wyo., Sept 90, 1891.
, 1891-10-06

For a number Of years | have been sub
iect to violent attacks of iniammatory
rheumatism which generally lasted about
two months. On the first OF this month
l was attacked in the knee and suffered
severely for two days, when | procured a
bottle of Chamberlain Pain Balm and it
relieved me almost instantly. | therefore
most cheertully recommend it to those
who are similarly afflicted everywhere.-
r. d. WHITLEY. Martindale, n. c.,
February, 1888. Mr.. Whitley Is a very
man in this place and his DIS
ease was very widely known as he suffered
such severe pain. w. NJ. Houston &
Co.. M~ariindale, N. G. Fifty cent bot
ties for sale by druggists.
, 1891-10-06

1t will cost you nothing and will surely
do you good, it you have a cough, cold,
or any trouble with throat. chest or lungs.
DIR. Kings New Discovery for cJnsump-
ton, coughs and colds is guaranteed to
give relief or money will be paid back.
Sufferers from la grippe found it Just the
thing and under its use had a speedy and
perfect recovery. Try a sample bottle at
our expense and learn for yourself just
how good a thing 1t is. Trial bottles free
at A. e Roedel's drug store. Large size
so cents and 81.
, 1891-10-06

Courtesy of Hyo. Archives & Histori
, 1891-10-06
Ruc.,en. nrn,ru .aIve.

The best salve in the world tor cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum. fever
sores, tstter, chapped hands, chilblains,
oorns and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price % cents per box.
For sale by A. L Roedel, %drugn.sL.
, 1891-10-06

For round trip to Denver Oct. 3, ! and
10, good to return till the 18th, for Over
land mark races.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-21
Kite-Flying in Japan.

Japanese children wait with longing
for the time to come when they can fly
their kites in the green fields. 1t is
generally early in March when the
southern breezes begin to blow, which
are so favorable for this sport. AT this
season great companies of children
gather together in the fields or school
grounds, and many kite. birds are flying
and making whzzing and whirring
music in the air. Then there are the
kite battles, which give great pleasure
to children. Even grown up people
take part in these kite battles. When
a favorable day comes, the people of
the town go to the soldiers parade
ground and watch the battles between
different kites There are kites repre-
senting such birds as eagles and hawks,
others made like the dragons and
heroes of ancient Japanese history, and
sometimes the devil himself is repre-.
sented as taking part in the fray. All
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-21
Fruit i'm Alaska.

Members of the party which recently
went to Alaska to fix and mark tie
boundary between that country and the
British possessions, give surprising re-
ports Of the vegetation which exists in
the r, gions visited. In the three months
Of the higher temperature the maturing
of vegetation is very rapid. DR.. Harry
n. Kierulff, who accomp MED the party
as surgeon, says: I" found grasses six
feet high along the Yukon and Porcu-
pine lowlands, more remarkable fact
when you consider that the Porcupine
extends many miles above the Arctic
circle. There were also salmon berries,
blueberies, currants and raspberries in
profusion, and hundreds of acres of
cranberres. OF the latter fruit, the
Indians store large quantities for win
ter food" On the site of Fort Yukon
was found the weather vane placed in
the folt at the time of its erection, two
hundred years ago. 1t is in the form of
a rooster, carved out of oak.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-21
Timely Recipes.

GREEN TOMATO CATsUP.-Slice one
peck of green tomatoes and ten large
onions, and sprinkle one half pint of
salt among them, aud let stand until
next day. Drain on towel and add
four tablespoonfuls of black pepper,
one of celery seed, one of ground cloves,
one of allspice, and one of mace. Stir
thoroughly, add one quart of vinegar,
boil two hours and bottle.
GRAPE CATsUP. Pick the fruit from
the stems, and cook until it can be
strained through a colander. To ten
pounds of fruit add four pounds of sugar,
one tablespoonful of celery seed, in a
bag, one Of cinnamon, one of cloves,
one of allspice, one teaspoonful of
black pepper, and one quart of vinegar.
Boil slowly, and be very careful that it
does not adhere to the kettle. Bottle
and seal, or put in glass jars.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-21
IN General.
Men Growing Scarce.

Statistics show that the male popula-
ton of the civilized world is falling
further and further behind the female.
According to the last British census,
the excess of women and girls over
men and boys in Great Britain is about
900 900, an increase in ten years of
nearly 100000. The German census Of
last December places the number of
females about 100000 above that of the
males in the kingdom of Prussia, or
nearly three times The excess two nty
years ago. There are 1000 900 more
females than males in the whole Ger
man empire. In Sweden and Norway
the weaker sex" are in the ma jority
by 100000, in Austria-Hungary by 600,.
900, in Denmark by 10000, and in eve ry
European country they outnumber the
males. In the United States, Canada
and Australia, the males are in the ma
jority, though not so largely so, the es
timated excess of males in this country
being only l 100000 or 100000. 1t is
plain that, but for immigration, which
furnishes much greater number of
men than women, the latter would soon
be in the majority here. There is a
large preponderance now of females in
New England and in some other sec
tons of the United States, and if i'm
migration were to materially decrease,
undoubtedly the surplus of males would
soon disappear in the whole country.
In less civilized countries, where
women are lightly esteemed, it is other
wise, India having about 8 900 600 more
men than women, while the males
largely preponderate in China. The
obvious deduction is that the higher
civilization is most favorable to ir-
crease of the female sex, and this sug.
gests the interesting question whether
civilization is doing the best thing in
the world in producing the result A
fact of hardly less interest brought out
by the British census is the marked de-
cline of the marriage rate, which has
been almost steadily tending down
ward for nearly two decades. Mean
time, there has been an even more de-
cided decline in the birth rate, so that
not only is marriage d creasing, but
marriages are becoming less prolific on
the average. There is the same tend
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-21
National Floral Emblems.

The origin of England's floral en-
b!em, the rose, that of the feur-de- lis
of France, and the shamrock of
Ireland are all better known than
THAT emblem grand of bonny Scotland,
That bold and burly thistle.'
About the middle of the fifteenth
century, on the eve of st. Giles day,
and within the walls of the old council
chamber of Edinburgh, a number of
Scotch mobiles and Highland gentlemen
met in solemn conclave to deliberate
on the disturbances of placing the
thistle upon their banner instead of the
figure of st. Giles, which they had
hitherto used" They are described as
brawny," big-bearded men, dressed
in Highland costume, and, as was the
fashion of the day, with swords and
dirks.
Long before this the thistle had been
the recognized badge of the house of
Stuart; and this fact, in connection
with an older one, that warning was
once given of night attack in progress
by the Danes on Scotch camp, by one
of the enemy accidentally putting his
foot on thistle, which made him cry
out, was probably the chief reason of
its choice instead of the heather. AT
any rate, it was chosen at that council
as Scotland's floral emblem.
Erelong America may also boast of
her national flower, and
To the f1eur-de-lis and shamrock,
The thistle and the rose,
Add the bright Yankee golden-rod,
The bravest flower that grows,
as emblematic of this rich, free country;
for it is not only native of the soil,
but grows in every state in the Union,
and in one or more of them is in bloom
the year round. Its meaning, accord
ing to the language of flowers, is
encouragement
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-21
This Is Valuable News.

There are hundreds of our people
who are suffering from lingering dis.
eases who have not received benefit
from their family physicians. Such
sufferers should write description of
their cases to the famous DIR. Greene
of "a Temple Place, Boston, Mass, the
discoverer of the renowned remedy,
DR.. Greene's Nervura, and successful
specialist in the cure of all forms of
nervous and chronic diseases. He can
be consulted free of charge-that is, a
full description of the case should be
written him, and he will return his dag
nosis of the case, whether durable, and
advice in regard to the treatment, with
out charge. In his carefully-considered
answer he will fully explain your dis
ease and give you perfect understand
ing of all of its symptoms, free of any
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-21
He Was Fresh.

A freshman in college in this city
was anxious to mail letter. Having
been told to drop it into the box at the
corner, he hurried out of the building
and ran down the street. He saw red
box, but could find no opening in which
to put his letter. He searched for any
possible direction on the box and no.
ticed in large letters, "ring twice"
He rang twice and waited to see what
would happen, expecting door to
fly open into which he could drop the
letter. Suddenly an open buggy dashed
up and man in blue uniform jumped
out. "Where is it?" he demanded.
Here it is, thank you," said the fresh
man. "Please mail it at once.' The
fire captain looked at the letter and
then at the retreating students figure.
Then he dropped the letter into the
box across the street, reported the
alarm false, and went back to the sta
tion.-Erchange.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-21
Handy, and Easily Made.

Those who admire "crs ~ fans" for
wall decoration, can make very pretty
one of three sheets of brown wrapping
paper, not too heavy Cor good quality
of newspapers), and all the scraps Of
fancy paper you possess, three and one
half yards of narrow bordering and the
same of wide border. Cards and all
fancy pictures, if not too large, should
be used, as they only increase its beauty.
First paste the foundation papers
together in a strip ten feet long and
twenty inches wide. Then leaving a
strip for the upper and lower border, as
wide as you desire, fill in the central
portion with your scraps of fancy paper,
cards, etc, in crazy fashion. When
filed, put on the borders as smoothly
as possible, and fold in narrow folds
about an inch and a half wide, then
put it under a weight to dry. When
dry, bore hole through the lower bor-
der and secure it firmly with stout
wire; cover this point with wide rib.
bon bow and you will have a very
pretty wall decoration.
A very useful article for the prote c.
ton of knives and forks is made of
scarlet, double-faced Canton flannel.
This case should be twenty inches long
and eighteen wide. Bind one end with
pretty contrasting braid, then turn it
up five iaches or more, according to the
length your knives, and stitch from
the folf > the bound edge, at intervals
of an il 4, with silk to match the braid
used. Bind the three remaining sides
with the braid, and fasten strip of the
raid in the center of the back. The
op portion or flap can then be folded
yer The lower part and tied. If pre-
,rred small cro' cheted rings can be
lsteped to the upper part and the case
ing on the cupboard door.
bag for soiled linen can easily be
de out of two 'arge towels having
'red borders. Place them together
lily and overcast the sides, then
the bottom with the fringe out
lie top over on the right side and
sheath, with two rows of stitch
1T an inch from the top, through
drawstring. An initial or
n may be outlined on the front
bag Observer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-21
Bric-a.Brac.

"THE coming man" is the fellow
who holds your note.-ColumbuS Post.
THE girl who has faithless lover
should be sharper the next time-she is
a cutlass. -LotceU Courier.
LAURA: "What clever girl Jennie
is! She had sixty-seven offers of mar
riage within week after she left
college," Clara: "Indeedl And she
is not very good looking" Laura
" But the subject of the essay that she
read at her graduation was How to
Keep House on $12 Week. '"-Mun-
sey'S Weekly.
A SHORT time ago an old negro was
up before Judge Query of Dawson
charged with some trivial offence.
" Haven't you lawyer old man p"
inquired the judge. "No, sah."
" Can't you get one 2" "No, sah."
A." Don't you want me to appoint one
to defend you ?" mo, sab; 1 jes'
tho't I'd leah the case to de ign'ance OBJ
de co't."-Quitman Free Press.