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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-09-19

A still extant letter of Mr.. Warning
ton, of Virginia, who was famous
broad jumper in his day, tells of his
jumping twenty-three feet three
inches, and says that there was only
one man in the world that could outdo
him, "Colonel G. Washington, Of
Mount Vernon" who could beat him
by good foot. The father of his
country was something of an athlete.
New Orleans Picayune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-09-19

the summer time. It is more timid
than many of its kind, and less dis
posed to crack its beak and make
bluffs. This may be due to an excess
of wisdom. It is remarkably hand
some bird. It's head is dotted with
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-09-19
A Chinese Beauty.

If China were only as beautiful in
its personnel as in its scenery! There
are not over many beautiful women IN
China, says a traveller, and fewer
handsome men; but the Chinese wo-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-09-19

men at high rank are, to the best of
my belief, always intelligent and
charming, and usually highly edu-
Gated, often intellectual; and in Hong
Kong I knew at least one Chinese wo-
man, whose picture I secured, who
would anywhere take rank asa beauty.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-09-19
TIL. True Laxative Principle

OF the plants used in manufacturing the pleas
ant remedy, Syrup Of Figs, has a permanently
beneficial effect on the human system, while
the cheap vegetable extracts and mineral solu
lions, usually sold as medicines, are perma-
nently injurious. Being well informed, you
win use the true remedy only. Manufactured
nv the California Fig Syrup Co.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-09-19
Beware of Ointmeuts for Catarrh That
- Contain, Mercurv.

Contain MercurVs
rs mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
smell and Completely derange the whole system
when entering it through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used except on
damage they will do Is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Halls Catsrrh
Cure manufactured by F. J. Cheney q 20,
internally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system. In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure to get the genuine.
It is taken internally, and is made IN Toledo,
E-Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-09-19

To Emerson is this story attributed:
On being asked by a friend what he
lectured for, he replied: "F-a-m.e. I"
"What do you mean by that9" in
quired the other. "Fifty and my ex-
penses."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-09-19

Three-tenths of the earnings of q
Belgian convict are set aside for his
benefit on release.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-09-19

DE-. Hoxsie's Certain Group Cure
Acts directly on the membranes of the throat,
and prevents diphtheria and mem braneous
croup. A. P. Hoxsie, Buffalo, n. Y, NIT.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-09-19

For a Cough or Sore Throat the best medi-
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-09-19

Dr.. Kilmer's SWAMI Root cures
all Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Pamphlet and Consultation free.
Laboratory Bin ehamton, N. Y.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-09-19

Printing in colors was done in the
fifteenth century.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-09-19

Ifafaicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25c per bottle
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-09-19

TIE war over Korea has practically put
stop to migration Of Chinese to Canada.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-09-19

There Is one milch COW in this country to
every four inhabitants.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-09-19

Karl's Clover Root, the great blood purifier,
gives freshness and clearness to the compieSHI-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-09-19

Over ShrAe fourths of the voting
strength of Minnesota and Wisconsin
is foreign.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-09-19

lustration will be found very servlcea-
BILE. 1t is simply light rack frame
that can be attached to the barrow IN
the same way that the ordinary sides
are attached, the addition Of a couple
of sockets near the handles being the
only necessary addition to the barrow
in order to accommodate the rack.
The construction is so plainly shown
in the sketch that added explanation is
not needed. Agriculturist.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-09-19

Vermont merino sheep imported to
Australia are proving very successful
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-11-07

The dispatches from over the State
indicate that John Gary Evans and
the entire ticket of the regular Dem
ocracy is elected. From the cities
and court house towns, the vote as
far as heard from was, Evans l4,O63
Pope 11.e4O. Constitutional conyen,
ton, yes, $3.50; no 15,0S5. All o!
theDemocratic Congressman received
handover majorities. Every Inde.
pendent ticket put out was showed
under. Pope and his friends are
crying fraud and swearing that I'LL.
man shall not be seated in the United
States Senate, and they also say that
Irby shall be unseated. From the
temper of some of the opposition it
would not surprise US if there is a
lot of schemins to throw the election
into the courts. Some think that
Pope and his allies will set up dual
government and call upon the United
States government to take a hand
but we take no stock in such and dc
not believe anything of the sort
There will be a lot of wind expended
and then the election will pass away
as all other elections do.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-11-07
Tho Experiment Proved Expensive

A lawyer took in a new boy the
other day, and as he had suffered tc
some extent from the depredations
Of the former one be determined te
try the new lads honesty at once.
He therefore placed s5 note under
a weight on his desk and walked out
without saying q word. Upon his
return half an hour later the note
had gone, and half crown was in
its place.
boy, when went out I left s5
under this weight!'
Eyes, sir. But, you see, you hadn't
gone five minutes when a man came
in with a bill against you for "a It's.
Cd. I think the change is correct"
"You-paid a bills"
eyes, sir. There it Is, all receipted.
The man said it had slipped your
mind the last four years, and so"-
He didn't get any further beforeh be
was rushed down the stairs, and he
isn't in the law business uow.-Lon-
don Tit-Bits.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-11-07
Rattlesuoke Weed.

In Monterey, as well as Santa Clara
county, there grows a weed called
the rattlesnake weed. It issonamed
from the story that when rattle
snakes get to fighting and bite each
other this weed, if eaten by them,
will prevent death. It grows about
six inches tall, has red stalk and
slender leaves. On the top Of the
stalk comes a head of flowers, and
the seeds of these flowers are said to
be very annoying to one in passing
through a mass Of them, as they sre
furnished with sharp barbs common
" called stickers. The early settlers
who had herds Of sheep always made
their hardsmen keep with them q
bottle Of strong tea made Of rattle
snake weed, and when any Of the
sheepwere bitten they were drenched
with this tea, which always saved
them.-Pacifc Tree and Vine.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-11-07
Close Dealing In Maine.

A woman sold pig to a butcher
the other day, and he killed it on the
premises. Now, it is superstition
with some butchers that to cut off a
pigs tail insures the preservation OF
the meat. The pigs little tail was
cut off. But the woman was on the
watch. She picked up the tail and
gave it to the butcher to be weighed,
saying, Il want pay for the whole Of
him" But the butcher got even with
her. The reckoning came to a half
a cent, probably because of the ad-
ditio2 Of the tail. sheswanted the
half cent, of course. She always
does. So the butcher placed cent
on the block, cut it in two with his
cleaver and gaye her the half cent
Portland Daily Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-11-07
The election of 1894 is over, an

The election of 1894 is over, and
we hope the people will content them
selves with the result and 60 to work
to bring about more kindly state OF
feeling. We had our preferences,
and others had theirs; now We are
ready and willing to shake hands
over the past, and do all in our pow
er with voice and pen towards the
healing of the scars brought about
by our past differences. The white
people of this country must come to-
gether, and right now is the time to
make the start towards letting the
past be buried.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-11-07
DYING, HE KILLED HIMSELF.
His WiSe's Aoquiesoence In tho Act Raises
Question OF Ethics.

His wife's Aoquiesoencs In tho Act Raises
Question OF Ethics.
A nice question in ethics has been
raised by the suicide of an English
journalist named Adams under very
peculiar circumstances Adams was
the victim of rapid consumption.
His physicians had informed him and
his friends that by no possibility
could he recover, end that the re-
naming period Of his sojourn on this
mundane sphere wes exceedingly
short. He fully apprehended that
the end was approaching and had
prepared for the worst. st this stage
of the case he was taken with vio-
lent hemorrhage. When it ceased,
he remarked quite calmly, ut is all
over" So saying and with great de-
liberation he ereached over to a bureau
which stood near his bed and from q
drawer in it took o revolver and shot
himself dead.
The strangest part eS the story re-
mains to be told. His wife was a
witness Of the whole transaction, but
moved not a finger to prevent him
carrying out his purpose. When ex-
anained by the coroner at the inquest
which followed the suicide, she ad-
mitted freely that she could have
prevented the act, but did not. When
she saw what her husbands inten-
ton was, she merely remarked, mot
that, dear" His reply was, IF you
love me, you will let me do it," and
she did. Without another protest
she watched the suicide put the pis-
tol to his head and FIRE, but did not
attempt any interference. When
asked by the coroner if she could
have prevented him had she tried,
her reply was. Certainly, but I
should have considered myself q
coward and brute if I had inter
fered."
It does not appear that any further
proceedings were taken in the case
after verdict Of suicide had been
returned by the eoroner's jury.
Doubtless in the eye of the law the
woman was an accessory to the act.
Had the law been invoked against
her she could have been held and
punished as such. But the question
suggested by all the facts is, What
was the extent of her moral respon-
sibiity in the case2 Are the friends
of the dying bound to stand by and
see that their suferings and dying
agony are prolonged by every means
that professional skill and scientific
knowledge can conceive Of when in
any case it is well known that the
term of their earthly existence is
question of a few hours at most, and
that they can never rise from their
beds of sufferinga Some otherwise
good people have recently been bold
enough to affirm that no moral prin-
ciple would be outraged, but an act
Of mercy performed, if under such
circumstances some strong an@s-
thetic were administered, even if the
result was the cessation of the heart
pulsations few minutes sooner than
would otherwise be the case.-Chi-
cago Post.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-11-07

Yesterdays election was landslide
for the Republican party and if the
reports are correct a Democratic
congress is thing of the past.
South Carolina will send a full De-
mocratic delegation but how long
they will stay depends entirely upon
the kicking powers of the Republi-
cans.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-11-07

The Republicans have swept New
York like a cyclone. Hill made a
brave fight for his party. The En-
pire State can no longer be looked
for in the Democratic columns, and
Mckinley or some other Republican
will get the vote of that State in 1896
for President.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-11-07

English SPAWN Linlment removes al
hard, soft or calloused Jumps and blemishes
from horses. blood spavins, curbs, splints
sweeny, ring-bone, stiles, sprains, al
swollen throats, coughs, etc. Save $50 by
use of one bottle Warranted the mos
wonderful blemish cure ever known. Sold
by J. G. Dinkins j. Co., druggists, Man.
ming S. G.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-11-07

President Cleveland has recently
signed orders that places a number
of Democratic employees in the de-
partments under the civil service,
which will have the effect of allowing
the appointees to hold their positions
in case the next administration is
Renublican.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-11-07

Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic is a perfect
malarial liver tonic and blood purifier. Re
moves biliousness without purgiIg. As
pleasant as lemon syrup. 1t is as large as
any dollar tonic and retails for SOC. To gel
the genuine ask for Groves. Sold on its
merits. No cure, no pay. Sold by J. G.
Dinkins & Co.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-11-07

Captain John G.. Capers, of Colum,
bia who was Senator Buffers conf
dental secretary during the cam.
paign, has been appointed to $4,000
position in the Office OF Attorney
General Olney, at the department Of
Justice, in Washington.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-11-07

Malarial produces weakness, general de-
bility, biliousness, loss of appetite, indi
gestion and constipation. Groves Taste
less Chill Tonic removes the cause which
produces these troubles. Try it and you
will be delighted. so cents. To get the
genuine ask for Groves. Sold on it merits.
No cure, no pay. Sold by ]. G. Dinkins
4 Co.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-11-07
Manning CoIIeciate Institute.

The following are the names of thos
who are entitled to the Honor Roll for o.
tober, as determined by the regular month
ly examination:
Julia Mood, 97.5.
Lutte Harvln, 94.G.
Mamie Harvin. 94.5.
Lizzie Wells, 93.4.
Oddie Stukes, 93.4.
Bonneau Nouzon, 9S.4
Hattie Nelson, SO.
Hugh Plowden, 49,
Blanche Wells, 92.4
Jane Ingram, 92.4.
Joseph Rhame, 92.
Murrett Mouzon, go.
Ethel Howle. 9l.S.
Cammie Rarvin, 81.
Ben Walker, 81.
Bertha Briggs, 90.7.
Milton Weinberg, 90.7.
Lionel Stukes, 90.5.
Annie Harvin, 90.5.
Leon Weinberg, 90.5.
Keith Howle, 9O4.
Olivia Ingram, 90.4.
Inward Walker, 902
Evadre LoyDs, 90.1.
Mary Snyder. 90.l.
Essie Davis, 80.
Bessie Galluchat, 80.
Gertrude Bradham, 80.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-11-07

Itch on human, mango on horses, dogs
and all stock, cured in 80 minutes by
Woolfords Sanitary lotion. This never
fails. Sold by J. G. Dinkins & Co., drug
gists, Manning, S. c.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-11-07

Dyspepsia seldom causes death, but per-
mits its victims to live on in misery. Hood S
Sarsaparilla cures dyspepsia and all stom-
ach troubles.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-11-07
LocKHART, TEXAS, Oct Is, 1889.
Messrs. Paris Medicine Co.,

Paris, Tenn.
Dear Sirs:-Ship US as soon as possible
gross Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic My
customers want Groves Tasteless Chill
Tonic and will not have any other. In our
experience of over 20 years in the drug
business, we have never sold any medicine
which gave such universal satisfaction.
Yours respectfully,
J. S. BROWNE & Co.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-11-07

President Cleveland has issued his
proclamation making the 29th day of
November the national thanksgiving
day.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-11-07
School Notice

OFFICE SCHOOL COMMISSIONER, J
CLARENDON COUNT.
Manning, S. c., Jan, 4til 1893.
Until further notice will have my otfic5
open on Saturday OF each week. The
other days will be spent in visiting the
schools of the county
L. L. WELLS,
School Commissioner G. C.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-11-07
I894. FALL Goods! 1897. /.

Again to the people Clarendon that to 90 osl
ness this business progress must first understand
business s and confne himself strictly to business principles
which are to study of the people m then study the mod
of fabrics and articles that the consume
must hae ascertain the best and reliable
and only deal with such thus insurng to the patrons
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-08-22

and his hook was baited for him Then his father threw in the line and he was told to keep pulling it up and down in the water, so he might feel if he had a fish. As he is but q bit over feur years old the plan of waiting for a nibble was somewhat complicated for him, and the father thought that he would soon tire of the sport and run up the bank and play.
 The small boy did as he was told. He drew the line mp and down through the water, and once gave it q tremendous fling and landed fish on the dock
 It wasn't much Of fish, It was sunfish about three inches long, but it was bigger to the boy and better than if it had been forty-pound musltel- lunge. His eyes stuck out like door knobs and he danced about the dock and shouted at the top of his voice for all the folks to come and see his fish. He had hooked it through the back when he was drawing up his line. but that. too cut no figure with him. He man as the sportsman who gets tar pon after q three hours struggle.
 He determined then and there to take it home and have it cooked. After he had exhibited with the greatest pride to everybody on the bank he put il in the pocket of his llnicl5erboekers. He didn't want to lose it. 1t was safe enough for other persons to string their fish and leave them in the water, but this was particular fish. He had eaughtit and he was afraid some one might grow jealous of him and wish to take 1t from him. So he slowed it away underneath his handkerchief and his other small treasure, and whenever he thought of it during the afternoon he would take it out and fondle it's bright sides and cautiously try the spines of it's fins with the ball of his thumb
 Father and son went home and got there toe late for supper The small boy decided he would have fish for breakfast He went to bed and next morning his mother looked for the fish, which she had placed on a dish in the pantry. 1t wasn't there. Search was instituted while the boy slept, but no fish was to be found With fear and trembling his mother went to his bed side and awakened him. She knew she would have to tell him of the loss of his beloved fish, but she feared an out burst. The moment the small boy got his eyes open he made grab under the clothes He had taken the fish to bed with him.
 When he gets bigger and studies chemistry and all that sort of thing, and comes to know about the disin- tegration of tissues and the like, he will understand why he didn't have that fish for breakfast. Buffalo EX- press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-08-22
aAsooNs AND eAscoNADEs.
How the Inhabitants of Old Gascony Gave
 Two New Words.

How the Inhabitants of Cid Gascony Gave
 Two New Words.
 Tn days gone by there lay in the southwestern portion of France the province of Gascony This has now been divided into four sections, which are known as the departments of Iandes Gers, Ariege and the Upper Pyrenees, containing, it is estimated, no less than one million inhabitants. A great pe- euliaritv of these natives is their ire quently-manifested tendency to boast, and so strongly developed has the qual- ity of the blusterer been in them from time inmemorial that both our own and the French language have been en- riched by words derived from the name of the province. Thus Gascon is set down in the dictionaries as a s'boaster or braggart; yainglorious person. and a gaseonade in English, or a qasconnade in French. is the name given to all boastful, vauntfng talk. For instance, the dictionary of the French academy, to illustrate the mean ing of gasconnade, gives an example; 'Il dit qu'i 50 battrait contra dix homnles: c'est une gaseonnade' vi. e. He says he would fight ten men; tis gasconade.
 Of course, however. the fame of gas conades does not depend entirely on mere fat boasting like this, but on the intermixture of wit and piquancy with the most prodigious self-exaltation. The following are some examples we have met with.
 A Gascon preacher stopped short in the pulpit It was Tn vain that he scratched his head; nothing would come out. My friends, said he, as he walked quietly down the pulpit stairs. my friends l pity you, for you have lost a fine discourse.
 A young Gascon arrived at Paris for the first time. It was in summer and he went to see the Tuileries immedi- atelv on his arrival. When he saw the gallery of the Louvre, .sUpon me hon or, said he, II like it vastly. Me thinks see the back of my fathers stables.
 A Gascon officer hearing some one celebrating the exploits of prince who. in an assault upon town had killed six men with his own hap@F