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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-11-21

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the rocks in safety, you could not con-
troll your JOY. And it is glad time
when the church of God sees men who
are tossed on the ocean of their SINS
plant their feet in the rock Christ
Jesus.
When prodigals come home, just
hear those Christians sing! 1t IS not
a dull tone you hear at such times.
Just hear those Christians pray, 1t is
not stereotyped supplication we have
heard over and over again for 20years,
but putting of the case in the hands
of God with an importunate pleading.
Men never pray at great length unless
they have nothing to say, and their
hearts are hard and cold. All the
prayers in the Bible that We're answered
were short prayers: God, be merch
full to me, sinner" Lord, that |
NAV receive my sight" Lord, save
me, or perish" The longest prayer,
Solomons prayer at the dedication of
the temple, less than eight minutes IN
length, according to the ordinary rate
of enunciation.
And just hear them pray now that
the prodigals are coming home: Just
see them shake hands. No putting
forth Of the four tips of the fingers III
a formal way, but a hearty grasp,
where the muscles of the heart seem
to clinch the fingers of one hand.
And then see those Christian faces,
how illumined thew are, And see
that old man get up and with the same
voice that he sang so years ago IN the
old country meeting house say, Now,
Lord, lettest thou thy servant depart
in peace, for mine eyes have see. thy
salvation" There was man OF Keith
who was hurled into parison III time
of prosecution, and one day he got on
his shackles, and he came and stood
by the prisoner door, and When the
iailer was opening the door with one
stroke he struck down the man who
had incarccrated him. Passing along
the streets Of London. he wondered
where his family was He did not
dare to ask last he excite suspicion;
but. passing along little way from
the prison. he was a Keith tan!lard, a
cup that belonged to the family from
generation to gencration-he saw It Ill
window His family, hoping that
some day he would get clare. came
and lived as near as they could to the
prison house. and they set that Keith
tankard in the window, hoping ne
would see it. And became along and
saw it and knocked at the door and
went in. and the long absent family
were all together again. Oh, If YOU
would start for the kingdom OF God
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-11-21

.@We claim to have the best stock OF
Druggists Sundries, Perfumery, Tooth,
Nail and Hair Brushes, Combs, Sponges,
Chamois Skins and Toilet Requisites IN the
City. We can mail over 1000 articles IN
the Drug line, anywhere, and pay speclai
attention to mail orders. We Will mall our
catalogue to any address about April lss
1894. While this catalogue is not complete
it will give some idea Of the stock VS.
carry.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-01-24
THE NICARAGUA CANAL BILL.

Senator Morgan of Alabama, who is q
very earnest champion of the Nicaragua
canal, has introduced a bill which pro-
vides for giving government assistance
to that enterprise. 1t proposes that the
capital stock Of the canal company shall
be 800, 900, 900 and authorizes the COM
pany to issue new bonds to the amount
of $40, 000, 900. Tho payment of these
bonds, principal and interest, is to be
guaranteed by the United States, all the
property of the company to be held as
security for the payment of the bonds.
The measure has been framed with an evil
dent purpose to protect the government
against loss, out none the less il contom-
plates involving the government in a
heavy financial obligation from which it
might possibly suffer loss. The security
of the government is the property of the
canal company and 81, 000, 900 of its
stock, and it is provided that in case the
company should default in the payment
Of the interest before the canal is put in
operation the president of the
United States can foreclose. OBJ
'A'uoAJ III oubh ~ ttSC bho d.
curity would be of little value,
but the government would be bound
to make good its obligation to pay the
principal and interest of the bonds. 1t
might be able to dispose of the property,
but if so it would have to accept a great
deal less than it cost. OF course there
is another alternative. The govern
ment might take the property and com
plete the enterprise, thereby protecting
itself, but once having got into this
business the chances are that it would
never get out without a pecuniary sacri-
flee.
There is a strong popular feeling
against the government identifying it,
self financially with projects of this
character, and although it be admitted
that the consummation of this enter
prise would probably be OF great benefit
to the country, commercially and other
wise, the majority of the people will not
be easily convinced that any advantages
reasonably TO be expected from it would
be OF such value as to justify involving
the government as proposed in tho bill
OF Senator Morgan. Yet it seems GER
tain that without such aid from the gov
eminent the undertaking will have TO
Omaha daily bee., 1894-01-24
NEBRIShI md NEBR4SKISy.

A new Presbyterian church will be erected
at Monroe.
Norfolk has an opportunity to secure an
oatmeal mill.
A Sons of Veterans camp is to be organ
lied at Benkelman.
G.. j. Brown has resumed the publication
of the Western Wave.
The Norfolk sugar factory has contracted
for 2,700 acres of beets for the coming sea-
son.
A sneak thief succeeded in getting away
with a $3.50 diamond from the store of
August Meyer of Grand Island.
Miss Lucy Cline of Nelson has %succumbed
to consumption after a lingering illness. She
was a leader in society and church circles.
While Sunday services were in progress at
the Methodist church of Sprlngview the
building caught fire and was entirely de-
stroyed. A defective flue did it.
Because the proprietor of q Blair hotel re-
fused to give an alleged newspaper man free
meals and lodging the blk sent a paragraph
to the sheet employing HIM libeling the
hostelry and the host, and his screed was
printed. The Merchants is the only hotel
in Blair, and Joseph Gutschow, the proprie-
tor, needs no defense from the attack.
Niles Coleman is a young man who figured
on having a bride last Sunday, but he was
most beautifully left by reason of the inter-
ferance of the "old man." says the Fender
Republic. The intended bride was a young
lady named Clifford, who resides with her
parents about nine miles southwest, and in
this, as IN many another case, it seems the
course of true love did not run smooth.
However, it was arranged that the young
lady should attend services at the German
church last Sunday when the would be
groom should appear and together they
would fly and be made one forever ana
inseparable, and settle down on a farm
near Blair, which Coleman owned in
his minu's eye. But loves dream wasrudely
awakened by the irate parent, who appeared
on the scene just as the flying operation was
about to commence, ana bundled the lady
into a wagon, where she was retained by
strong hands and avoirdupois, while the old
man drove triumphantly home and the we'd
ding was Indefinitely postponed. The Re-
public extends congratulations to the ''old
man. and the young lady should congratu-
Late herself
Omaha daily bee., 1894-01-24
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indianapolis journal: II the theory OF In
functions shall continue to develop as indi'
Gated by General Master Workman Sover-
oign Of the knights of Labor, the courts
Will be enioined from trying criminals.
Denver News: Master Workman Sover.
eign may not be able to stop tho issue OF gold
bonds, but he will impress tho euormity OF
tho crime upon the minds of millions Of
workingmen, who will render their verdict
at the polls.
Globo.D Democrat: Sovereign has reflected
moro discrcdit ON the Knights of Labor in
his two or three months service at the head
OF that order than Powderly did In the seven
on eight years In which he held that post.
Ho Ia more versatile aud multifarious In his
iollios than any other man who is at present
In the public eye.
Kansas CITY Times: There is nothing in
the constitution and bylaws Of the knights
OF Labor that makes 1t any part OF MIR.
Soverelgn's duties TO exercise u guardian
snip over the chief executive OF tho nation,
though such extraordinary assumption
ON his part will without doubt give him
notoriety. which is the only reward no can
expect for his patcrnal soliCitudc.
Chicago Post; This Mr.. Sovereign who has
succeeded Terrence V. Powderly as grand
master workman of the knights of Labor is
an astonishing chap. No one ever heard OF
him before he took the place, but he had no
sooner entered upon his duties than he put
his conCh to his lips and blew n blast that
threatened to crack the backbone of the
universe. Since then he has continued,
without rest for food or drink, to play his
MISUNDERSTANDING solo, therein drowning
the bombllatlons of all the little sovereigns
and distinguishing himself us tho boss
blower and one of the windiest men any
where.
Chicago Herald: What MIR. Sovereign and
his associates in this injunction enterprise
really want is to force an issue of some kind
of fiat money-paper if possible, but silver if
not paper. They have gone about it the
wrong way. They should apply to tho
mighty court of the District of Columbia for
n mandamus compelling congress To author
izc and the secretary of the treasury 10 issue
gold reserve at all to support it. That would
be asking honestly and squarely for just
what they want, unless they would prefer
to have their own due bills made legal tender
for the payment of their debts.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-01-24
TO ABOLISH TICKET SCALPING.

The large trunk lines centering in
New York are again considering meas
urcs aimed to do away with ticket
scalpers and ticket scalping. The rail
road men claim that the business of sell
ing unused railroad tickets at reduced
rates is no necessary adjunct to the rail-
road system. The scalper and q small
portion Of the travelling public are the
only ones who really gain by the tran
s%action, the former in his commission ON
both buying and selling, the latter on
the discount secured by purchasing
railway tickets at second hand.
The scalping business, moreover, has
given rise to various abuses that have
reacted to the detriment of the rail
roads, while comforting but little or no
benefit upon the public. Inscriptions
railroad managers who have been desir-
Gus of cutting rates, but who have
shrunk from dong so openly in defiance
of tariff agreements, have found in the
scalpers convenient means for attaining
their ends. They had merely to make
them the agents of the railroad and to
issue the cut-rate tickets exclusively
through them. Thus the appearance of
adherence TO the printed schedule could
be feigned, while the traffic of compet-
ing lines was being stealthily UNDER
mined. This system has also resulted
in an abnormal stimulation of the cheap
excursion tickets, which are bought by
people who have no intention of partici-
pating in the excursion, but who use
them one way, sell the return coupon
and find that they have managed to save
money, comparing their expenditure
with that called for by the regular
tariff.
The only basis for the existence of the
ticket scalper is the fact that the policy
of the railroads has been such as to
compel passengers holding unused
tickets either to sacrifice the whole
amount invested or to.sell at a discount.
The profits of the sealper and the saving
of his patron all ome out of the rail
road or the unfortunate possessor of UNI
used transportation. This fact suggests
the remedy. The passenger who finds
himself with an unused ticket remaining
on his hands seeks only to get back what
he has expended for il. He deals with
the scalper only because no N else
offers to relieve him. 1t is proposed
that the railroads themselves buy back
the unused tickets at rates so high as to
Omaha daily bee., 1894-01-24
Globe Democrat.

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1t is q rather encouraging circumstance
that the weekly financial journals unite in
saying that ''the tide has turned" There
certainly does seem to be some justification
at least for this declaration. Business fail.
ures, it is true, still continue at high figures,
and the drift of money toward New York
from all parts of the country is in as great
volume as ever. n n = There are certain
favorable indications, however, which must
be taken into the account. Reports of re-
sumption of work come from all parts of the
country. Factories and mines which have
been idle for several months are again start
ing into activity, although not in all cases
with their full complement OF operatives or
at the old wages. Nearly every week which
passes sees an increase in the output of the
iron and steel mills. There was an increase
in loans, too, of 81 800, 900 last week by the
New York banks, as compared with n falling
off in that item In the preceding week. The
commercial agencies report that collections
are better thar they were a few weeks ago,
and that a feeling of greater confidence in
the conditions Is being manifested every
where.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-01-24
A Big Scheme.
Atlanta Constitution.


DIR. John Z. Maggie Of New York has
evolved the idea of a continental boulevard,
wide, we'll made and fine, reaching clear
across the country, taking in, of course,
many towns and cities, giving each of these
one handsome thoroughfare and furnishing
the country people one of the good roads
we hear so much talk about. 1t is suggested
that the construction of this road would be
u boon just now as furnishing work to I'M
employed people. 1t will be remembered
that there is a precedent for such a work in
the famous National road, a macadamized
wagon road built by the government, which
crossed the Alleghanies, connected the east
with the west and was of great advantage
to immigraJion.-Sprlngteld Republican.
Congress has the power under the con-
struction TO authorize and pay for such a
road, but with our numerous railways tho
proposed highway is not necessary. This IS
u sufficient objection, To construct a fine
road from the Atlantic to the Pacific mainly
for the purpose of giving employment to idle
labor Is no part of the business of the gov
eminent. If we start such a policy where
will it end2
When public work is absolutely needed
the government should have it done. But
the majority of the people are not willing to
be taxed for an unnecessary enterprise Tor
the benefit of a few.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-01-24

NEXT to the mossback who is opposed
to all improvements that involve taxa
ton, the man who is opposed to every
important enterprise because somebody's
property will be enhanced in value more
than somebody %elso's, or that one part of
town would be benefited more than an
other part, is the greatest drawback to
the growth of a city. Suppose the men
who have built bur business blocks,
hotels and factories had held back be-
cause their investment would improve
somebody else's property in the neigh
borhood, what would Omaha amount to
today? Suppose that south siders lad
objected to tho expenditure of several
hundred thousand dollars for straight
ening out North Omaha creek and con-
yerting it into u sewer? And suppose
that the west side had objected to the
building of viaducts and sewers on the
south side? What would have become
of the town?
Omaha daily bee., 1894-01-24

NEBRASKA was pretty we'll repre-
sented in the debate on the sugar sched-
ule of the Wilson tariff bill or Monday.
Out of her six representatives in tho
lower house of congress, four succeeded
in becoming implicated in the discus
sion and contributed materially to the
enlivenment Of the scene. Only the
two populists refrained from participant
ing in the melee. None of the four who
spoke got what he wanted, but the act
ion of the house committed of the whole
may possibly have suited the two silent
populists from Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-01-24
RECEiVERsHiPS AND LEGISLATION.

RECEIVERSHiPS AND LEGISLATION.
On the one point that the large num-
Der of railway receiverships instituted
gree due to hostile legislation by both
congress and the various state lcgisla-
lures the various high railroad officials
who have contributed to the Chicago
Iribune'5 symposium on the causes of
the present railway depression show
an agreement of opinion that is re-
markable, although in no way sur
prising, Taking into consideration the
fact hat no law imposing the
slightest regulation upon the conduct of
railway managers has ever been enacted
except in the face of their most deter
mined and persistent opposition, it is
only to be expected that upon those
laws should be placed the blame for the
reverses that have been the results of
numerous c~onspiring forces. Some OF
the expressions employed by the rail-
way potcntates have u more bitter ring
than others, but all of them Indicate Il
desire for the repeal of much, If not all,
legislation Of this character.
In regard to the interstate COM
merce law ii is tho consensus of their
opinions that it has worked nothing but
injury to the railroads without
corresponding advantages TO the public.
According to Mr.. IL. IL. Porter of the
Chicago & Eastern Illinois railroad the
interstate c m cree law, as it now is, is
Omaha daily bee., 1894-01-24

be abandoned, so far as the present com
pany is concerned, with the danger that
1t will be taken up by European
capitalists and thus pass under
foreign control. AT present both the
canal company and the construc-
tion company are in the hands OF re-
ceivers and nothing whatever is being
done, so far as the public knows, to
advance the enterprise. A reorganiza-
ton plan was proposed some time ago,
but thus far nothing practical has come
Of 1t. 1t was recently reported hat the
government Of Nicaragua had informed
our government that unless work was
resumed within six months after the
stoppage the concession of the former
would lapse. More than four months
Of this time have passed and there
is no prospect of work being re-
sumed. 1t will be- seen, therefore, that
the question whether the construction
OF The Nicaragua canal Is to be continued
under American auspices is becoming
urgent.
1t was said in q recent Washington
dispatch that no European power will
ever be permitted to complete or control
this project. Everybody who believes
that the canal would have important ad-
vantages for the United States feels that
1t should be owned and controlled by
Americans. But If our people will not
build it can we reasonably interpose an
objection, having asserted its Importance
to the of the world, to its be-
ing constructed by English, or German,
or French capital?
Omaha daily bee., 1894-01-24
Union Pacific Reorganization.

STT tTD7VtFU VTItS5'7 ItJPHHTFtttTE'
Later plans for the reorganization of the
Union Pacific road, as well as some of the
earlier ones, suggest the resting of the con-
troll of the road in the government. If this
means anything more than the old plan of
giving the government a few of the directors
it is of some significance. What the stock
holders have now to fear is Il foreclosure on
the part of the government. To save the
road from that fate they would doubtless be
glad TO hand over control to the nation on
the theory that it could not do much worse
for them than some past mismanagements.
But while government control might be of
doubtful expediency in any case, it would be
particularly foolish to accept the manage
ment of the property with its present load
of water in capitalization added to by one of
these ''reorganizations" so popular in recent
years.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-01-24
LINES TO A DRUGGIST.
PILck.

PUCK,
Oh, man of mystery and mixtures.
Why hide myself behind the fixtures
While stirring up those horrid messeS
That cure our bodily dlstresscs?
Thy owl like look dcfes description
When reading DER each now prescriptions;
But, know you, we have some conception
OF all thy manifold deception.
Bring out the bottles, tubes and glasses.
And mortars filled with sticky masses,
And let us view the slow compromising
or drugs with Latin names high sounding.
Learn why IL takes an hour TO make them;
To measure, weigh and stir and shake them;
And know, by sight grown comprehensive,
Why aqua pura's 50 expensive.
Thou need'st not scowl and glare terrific
When mixing up IA soporihci
Nor makey your art seem half historic
In adding squills to ~paregoric.
Then hide no moro behind the grating
While we grow old with anxious waiting,
But let us see what means this Sanscrit
OF which thou makeSt careful transcript.
Mix not our physlc In seclusion-
We're not mislead by such delusion-
But rather let us watch the making
Ana hnow what's In the stun were taking.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-01-24

GOVERNOR ALTGELD has seen tit to
refuse to grant another request for the
eXtrudition of an offender apprehenled
in Illinois, this time ON requisition
papers issued by the governor of
Georgia, for the alleged reason that the
prosecution has beer instituted solely TO
insure the collection OF n debt. Gov
ernor Altgeld, it will be remembered,
did the same thing with reference to ex-
tradition papers issued by the governor
of Nebraska not very many weeks ago,
and his successful refusal in that in
stance has, no doubt, encouraged
him in the present instance. The
duty to surrender up fugitive Grim
inals is one unequivooally i'm
posed by the federal constitution upon
the executive Of each state. 1t gives
the governor no discretion 10 inquire
into the motives which may lie behind
the party preferring the charges or to
refuse to honor the request in case he is
dissatisfied with the supposed object Of
the extradition procedure. Unfortu-
nately neither constitution nor laws at
tach any penalty to such violation of OK
press constitutional provisions. The fact
that Governor Altgeld can shirk his
duty with impunity does not make his
refusal any less Illegal.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-01-24

drive the scalper out Of business. Tho
rates for repurchaso by the railroad are
to be fixed at full fare for unused regular
tickets and proportionatcly for unused
parts OF regular tickets, excursion
tickets and special rate tickets. The
scalper will then be unable to get tickets
unless he pays equally high rates and at
these rates will be unable to make any
profit whatever.
The continued existence Of the scalper
lies entirely with the railway managers.
They can abolish scalping If they will,
and II they do not it must be solely for
the reason that they wish to use tho
scalper to promote their own schemes.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-01-24

MESSRS. HOWELL and Elsasser are
put upon the rack and asked to deny
that they have ever consulted THE BEE
on public matters in which they may
have had a personal interest. We hope
that this new menace does not fore
shadow another plot looking to the i'm
parchment of these gentlemen. Incl
dentally we might add that bigger men
than they have consulted The BEE to
their personal and political advantage.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-01-24

GOVERNOR FISHBACK of Arkansas
does not propose to let his senatorial am
bition suffer from delay in asserting
itself. Now that the governor has
served notice that Senator Berry's place
would be satisfactory to him it must be
a presumptuous citizen of Arkansas who
will venture TO cross him in his plans.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-01-24

No RESIGNATION from his Brooklyn
church will be able to prevent DR.. Tai
mage from continuing his weekly SER
mons through the press. DR.. Talmage
has come to look to the press for both
reputation and remuneration and has
found through it his most a~ppreciative
audience. These sermons will be sold
regularly by cheap s%yndicates, whether
delivered before a congregation or not.
Omaha daily bee., 1894-01-24

THE voters of this city will suspend
judgment upon the merits of the Metro
politan Union depot project until the
proposition shall have been formulated
in the shape of an ordinance. They do
not know at this time what the depot
company has to promise or ask. What
little is known Of the enterprise has met
with public favor. The people want the
bars thrown down and a general invita-
ton extended to ali railways to enter
our gates.