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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-09-18
Wl GURSE,P Preaden
The Merchants DupIicator Co.
OF CHARLESTON, g. C.
ISAAC NJ. LoRyEA, Secretary and Treasurer.
Extract from the best authority, the DR..
Goods Chronicle, of july "a, 1895.
AN INGENIOUS SAMplE.H0LDER.


Cutting samples off the end of piece
of cloth leaves q ragged edge which looks
bad. Then when some Of the cloth is sold
it must be measured from the point where
pieces have been cut of. Thus any part
projecting is entirely lost. To prevent
these$ $incouveniences and to always have
samples look fresh aad nice this device
has been invented. A piece of pa>teboard
%! inches long by IL wide is SO shaped
and folded as to form flat receptacle or
holder, 7iy4 inches. A sample Of desired
width is cut from the piece of goods--cut
straight across the end-then enclosed in
the pasteboard receptacle, with one end
h,:ncing ont an inch or two through a slit
in the .ul Of the boiler The latter is
t.int :,;;o the piece OF so"ds next to the
b:,arl, So ts,.t the sample end will show.
From this a portion as long as desired can
be cut without EVEN removing the bolt from
the shelf A ratcnt has been applied for
on this harry invention.
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CONvERsATIoN CLUB.
Ola Bell Hothams Sunday Excursion Wins
Under tho Guns" a Prize-Passing i'm
Review.

Ola Bell Hotham's Sunday Excursion Wins
Under the Guns" AS a Prize-Passinr i'm
Review.
on side Off paper. 3. Write 10 the point. g.
Write on one subject 5. Write your best 6. Each
week The names OF these writing The best letters
style. composition. spelling, pennisRshp and gen.
eral leTit consderce-will be named at the head
OF this column OIL the Honor Roll. First honor
VIII Include all Of these requirements Second
honor Wlll INCLUDE deficiency In some point.
PRIZE PAPER.
Olls Bell Hotham is awarded under the
Guns" by Annie Wittennyer, for her graceful
accsunt Of a Summer-dsy excursion.
OLA BELLS SUNDAY EXCURSION.
The sur was shining down through fog and
smoke. aud already, at z oclecE, the day rave
promise of being what is vulgsrly called a
"scorcher." No wonder we looked eagerly for.
ward 10 escaping from the heat and dust OF the
city.
AT 30 we were off, Past charming little
swiftly borne and after ride of four hours the
City by the Lake was reached.
Dinner WAS the thought uppermost in the
mind Of each enc who had rot brought lunch
We were among that number, aud. alth ough
we had consumed q goodly amount Of fruit on
tBs train, yet we were all hungry. So to din
ner we went
One CT our party, just from "Merrie Eng
land," was greatly interested in our American
WAYS. Roasting ears was something un-
known aud undreamed of, and SO the ear Of
corn as it lay on the plate was eyed distrust-
fully.
=" What is wrong?" we asked, and q finger of
seoTa MAS polnied at the corn.
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CHAT WITH CONTRIBUTORS,

Shoe Fly Is getting out what is. In many re-
speets, very good department., though he seems
to lack support. He puts some pertinent questions
TO veteran puzzlers this month"; wishing to know
of them IL the tyro editors aims and objects are
not as worthy encouragement as the veterans, and
If they are not for the upbuding Of the same
Gauss. II Is not unlikely the average old-tims
puzxler has In the past Jared roughly at the
hands of amateur praters ke has become fearful
of trusting his work to their mereies. Tredge Lar
yaster, and Sespeggiands are not easily reoog-
nized as Uredge, Zoroaster, and Serpeggisndo, Mr..
Shoe Fly and il occurs to that ones refusal to
edit q columa without being permitted to person.
ally read and revise tho proof might produce the
desired effact by eradicating the cause.-We mp
ora are most ready to dispense is advice and IL Is
very seldom presume TO offer the article. but il
all friends will give kindly ear for a moment
we will whisper n word or two rs to the sdvisa-
biIty of reading Better Than Pension" Ifyou
will all agree to act upon the advice II Is not likely
" Chatn will again be curtailed-as the case
last week-to press the matter.-We take
siderable pride in our last issue. which contained
contributed matter of the highest order not OBJ
sosto word appearing to mar the forms. The
rhym mad diamond q gem.-Rcx Ford is
than ed for the dollar and batch of pure eevens"
One is used vt once.-Calvin generously offers TO
send "Cabals" six months for the best diamond.
upon any given word, contributed to Mystery"
We choose the word HAZARDoUsLY.-Percy
Vere's Byronic characters In our Chat" of Sept.
20 should have read Percy Vsres Byronic charades.
Shoe Fly will please have a Cigar at our expense.
poser, well on toward 80years of age. Perhaps we
may finally oonvince Mr.. Pitcher that puzzIers
are not all "ohildrsn."
Ie-I0-'95. r. o. CHESTER.
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EUGENE LOST HER WAGER.
Boxed the Ears of a Royal Guard, but He
Did Not Move.

Boxed the Ears of Royal Guard, but He
Did Not Move.
Nothing could be more magnificent than
the appearance of everything appertaining to
the court on all public occasions. The balls,
especially, in the various splendid rooms,
particularly in the immense "Salle des Mare
chaux," were sight not to be forgotten,
from the first entrance, and ascent by the
great staircase adorned with flowers and
shrubs, where on each step stood two of the
"Cept-gardes" (the Emperor's body-guard)
as motionless as statues. Nothing was more
remarkable than the drill which enabled
these men, on all occasions when on duly at
the palace, to remain without moving q
muscle. The fatigue of this immobility is
said to be so great that it could not be en-
dured beyond certain time, but it was so COM
plete that to come suddenly ON one of these
gurads in the palace was positively startling.
1t was scarcely possible to believe that they
were alive. They were all remarkably fine
men, sub-officers chosen out of various regi-
ments; and when the war came they proved
that they were not merely parade soldiers,
for they figured among the best and bravest
troops.
One day the little Prince, when young
child, in the hope of making the sentinel
move, poured whole bag of sweets into his
boot, but without elicitinS any sign of life
from the military statue before him. This
play of the child being mentioned in the
presence of Col. Verify, who commanded the
regiment, he declared that nothing could
make one of his men move when on duty.
The Empress would not believe this assertion,
and finally laid wager that she would con-
trivs to make one of the guards move. Col.
Verify having accepted the wager, the Empress
went with him into the neighboring gallery,
where they walked backward and forward
before the sentinel, the Empress trying by
every means to attract his attention. The
guard stood as if turned into stone. Col.
Verify smiled. The Empress, with her charac-
teristic impetuosity, then went straight up
to the soldier, and, according to familiar
speech, "boxed his ears" Not muscle
moved. The Empress then acknowledged
that Col. Verify had won the day, and sent
handsome compensation to the soldier, who
proudly refused it, saying that he was suffi-
GENTLY compensated by having had his
sovereign lady's hand on his cheek The |
October Century.
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WHY \ AN SINGLE.
An Argument ia Favor Of the Single Standard.
By Amos i. Seaman

An Argument ia Favor Of the Single Standard.
By Amos L. Seaman
Why i was asked 10 read paper upon a
subject langnishing for want of better fate
i do not know. What should / know abont
q question which m ght seem to be designed
for some crnsty, antiquEted fossil Of antediiu-
Wan origin to answer; or possibly some Jolly,
fat parsonage. who has lived a life of expert
eDce in publication, with no dreams OF the
terrorizing parsgorc-bottle or halluciDations
that beget bedposts aud tacks at every turn
upon the cold floor OF the midn ight-dark ened
room2
IL were better far for those 10 answer who
nave not, alter years Of mental and / might
say sentimental reflections, concluded TO corr
init the suicide Of happiness and bliss sweet
peace and joy, by taking unto themselves a
spouse.
have heard. however the ever-rationt. toll.
ing Benedict picture Ia eloquent terms. such
~ we will not always End in Webster or saRc-
toned by the Bible, dreams that meier were
dresmpt before. Again sea the patisEt Bene-
dict, aroused from bis nocturnal s!umber pacing
mp and down the E0or hnniiag paregoric, step
ping on tack or pin which someone has kiRd D.
ly lett there, well knowing If il could be found
iiis feet would discover it's hiding piscs; tneH
nc trles 10 knock the kcdp0st down with his
Bittle Toe. Man, poor man. All this aud then
you ask why ] am single!
nave been allowed only - minutes to tell
my tale Of woe, aud am thinking that wisdes
should have prompted them to make n i've
instead OF 10 minutes
In The lrgt place. I'm single because / was
born that way. aud, secondly. because | have
never been sufficiently encouraged to take on
plurality. ] am open 10 conviction. that is.
am open TO any reasonable or scasonable argu-
ment WIN smack Of sentiment 10 il, as TO
why should leave my singular state
Il RAJ hat a 4
that oil many young men. The ago is heavy
Tor the ephemeral income. Living Ia a flat or
on the eth floor OF an apartment house has no
charms for me.
Aud as for The table-well. that would be
someHhat like the little girl who tooA dinner
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entirely, and hence it is found necessary TO
buy from others. The advantage of this
arrangement is equally divided. In June
last found that as much as S. Sd. was paid
for nine and 10-weeks-old chickens of a kind
suitable for making first-class table poultry.
Farmers and cottagers alike lay themselves
out for this work, finding il profitable. az
may be imagined. But it must be stated
that more is now done by fatters in the way
Of breeding than formerly. So enormous is
the demand that the district does not meet
it, and vast quantities of Irish chickens, es-
timated at something like 100000 per an
mum, are brought over to meet the require
ments of the fattening establishments. I
have no doubt whatever that the supply 10
increasing, but, at the same time, it is un-
equal to the growth of demand. Breeders.
however, recognize that there is money in
the business, and during the earlier and
later months of the year chickens appear to
be verywhere-under almost every hedge
and by every roadside.
While it is true that there are many differ
ent methods of rearing snd of fattening, still
one general idea seems to prevail and the
principles which must underlie business Of
this kind are more or less accepted. During
the milder months of the year many fowls
are fatted in outside pens, placed under the
lea of some hedge row, or where they can be
protected from wind and rain. In the Uek-
field District and in Kent q large quantity
of fruit is grown, and these orchards are also
utilized for the accommodation of outside
cages.
Many fatters complete the process entirely
in, these cages, but others only keep the birds
therein whilst they are feeding from ths
troughs which can be seen in front. After
ward they are removed to inside pens, when
the actual work of examining commences.
These outside pens or cages, as in fact are
those inside, are very simply made, consist
ing of laths of wood generally about Ii inch
wide and placed about the same distance
apart. Each cage is usually diyidedint0 six
compartments, and these latter are about 81
inches long, is to Is inches wide, and the
same hight To every compartment is fitted
asliding door in front, fer obtaining access to
the interior. ar3
The cages, which are in single tiers, are
raised about three feet above the ground
upon stages, supported by posts. In not
few instances everything is of the simplest
and cheapest kind, and the opportunity ia
taken of slack season to put together what
further cages are likely to be required, either
for renewal or extension of operations.
Mention has already been made of the fact
that shelter is given by thick hedge against
the wind, which is, perhaps, the most to be
avoided, but ID is also necessary to shelter
against rain, and to secure this the tops are
either covered with sloping roof, with
branches of trees, or with strips of corrugated
iron. The branches of trees are regarded as
the best of all, by reason of the fact that they
are coolest, and also allow somewhat for the
escape of air. Hundreds of thesSOpen-air
cages are TO be seen in Sussex and Wess
Kent, even from the railway train now and
Gentleman. ."-
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40. 2053-CHARADE.

Save when the lightning's fash illumes the wave
The hideous night upon the world frowns dark
The wind. with shrill and eerie cries and signs,
Now shreks. now sobs, around fsted bark.
All, all is black; single hope to cheer,
No star to shed friendly TWO around;
No welcome ONE appears to glad the eye
All lost alike amid the night profound.
Such fearful scenes the gayest heart becloud,
And m ock the skiiIfu artist to COMPLETED
Next morn above the fateful spot there rolls
A smiling sea, wsrm-kissed by zephyrs sweet.
-COMRADE, Baltimore, Md.
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NO. 2055-DouBLE rRANsPosITIoN.

ITO Eugene)
The Iadian smiled primal smile
On two who would the time beguile
With mystic memories which lock
Round one carved from the living rock
Where through the PRIMAL winds the Nile.
cTwas cigar.store in the block
Where stands the {nter-OcedR clock,
In front of which they FINAL whilo
The Indian smiled.l
"Back In ten minutes; but they file
For hours on. For fine mile
Eve run, but here "-ah, what shockI
The spot was barren "a a dock,
And on him. in sardonic style,
The Indian smiled
SWAMP ANGEL, Rock Falls, III,
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NO. 205l-DIAMoND.

/. A letter. q village of France, In Ardeohe.
g. Colors. 4. Besmears with bird-lime. B. Things
held sllodialy. 6. An instrument consisting of
tube having one end open and the other covered
with a thin, flexible membrane, to the center of
which is attached a small mirror. z. Frankish
dagger about two feet long. 8. Wolf fishes. g.
Deer-trscks. 10. A spring of mineral water. IL.
A latter. REX FORD Alplsus, N. Y.
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Consumption Cured.

An old physician, retired from practIce had
placed In his hands by an East India missionary
the formula Of n simple vegetable remedy for the
speedy aud permanent OF Consumpiion
Broschitis Catsrrh, Asthma and all THROAT and
Lang Affections; also positive and radical cure
for Nervous Debility and all Nervous Complaints
Having tested its wonderful curative powers In
thousands of cases and desiring to relieve hutnnn
suffering, VIII send free of charge 10 all who wish
IL this recipe in German, French or English with
full directions for preparing and using. Sent by
mail by addressing, with stamp. naming this
paper. W. A. MOVES, $40 Potesrs' Block. Rochester,
N. r..
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''Don't ToDacco-spit or smoke Your Life
ANYarv

Name of the little book just received-tells
about Notobac, the wonderful, harmless, eco
nomcal cure for chewing, smoking, cigaret, or
snuff habit. You run no physical or financial
risk, for Notobac is absolutely guaranteed to
cure money refunded. Your druggists got
it or will get it. Write for the book-malsd
free. THE STERLING REMEDY Co., Box 3. In
diana Mineral Springs Ind. Agents wanted.
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NO. 2054-DIAMoND

/. A letter. 2 To wrap up in. cover with.
eowI. 3. Food. 4. Wood pigeons s. Spanish
diplomatist; d. 1887. 6. naeEus. T. Kinds of
primroses. 8. italian pianist and composer; b.
1911. 9. Insidious 10. Yellow or gold oolors.
IL. A letter. -RoKEBY. Ridge, o.
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NJ, the subject OF our sketch. has bean
prominent in the puzzle world for upwards of ~
years. Whole. soued and untiring, he has ever
worked zeslousIy. with the interest OF the Sphinx
OF heart and now. with falling eyesight. due to
his rearing four years in life, he writes that he
feels quite lonesome that he ~ obliged to reluctantly
Law aside the old friends which arrive by nearly
every mail Back in the days OF Cerebratons,
Salnlneundi, and Our Puzzer we find his name
among our foremost puzzlers. and in our lster-day
departments we still find evidence of his great
ability as q solver. J. G.. NJ. constructed the first
I3-letter diamond, though 1t lacked one letter OF
being complete q matter the lexicons of to-day
would easily have remsdied. IL was considered a
great achievement. and the diamond appeared IN
Our Puzzler i'm 1873. At that time he was also an
adept in the Maude style of verse work, but later
has given us chiefly squares and diamonds H'5
first solving he writes was in 1871 in the Chronicle
Sitting with his four-ycar-old grandson upon hrs
knee he came scross a charade for the solution OF
which a gold pen was offered Reading it over. he
readily solved it and said. In loud voice: have
found it," The little boy asked him what he had
found and he told him. Then he asked III ne
would get the prize. No" replied our friend;
- 1t il for boys and girls, and ann 10 boy Well
said he. put my name to it.p This was done, ana
the answer took the prize. The grandson's name
was J. G. MiIIigsn, and from first signing hrs
initials the veteran puzzler came to adopt his NOM
de plume, "a years ago After all these years,
forced to succumb to the hand OF Time, we can but
wish him God speed. trusting his good. kind lace
will occasionally be seen at Sphinxs shrine.
FRANK LYNN.
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RUTH's CHOICE.

Data.
Ruth, /: 1922.
Time
B. c. l176. This is the date of the separation
of Orpah from Naomi and Ruth also. the year
OF the arrival Of Naomi and Ruth in Judea
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EDITORS REUNION TOKENS.

Echoes from Sixth Annual Reunlon-Sreet-
ngs of National Chaplain-Nhy secretary
Seaman is single.
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A Study of the International Sunday
School Lesson Appointed for Oct.
13, 1895.
Subject: The Triumph OF Gideon. judi,
7:13-23.
INTRODUCTION.

Zone reading these notes should first carefully
study the paragraph from the Holy Scriptures as
indicated above.I
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one day at friends, and on returning home
told her mamma how fine it was. Her mother
wishing to know what it was that was so fine
which she had had, was informed, "Oh, we
had bread and moasses and molasses and
ad"-ditto and ditto. That would be our
fix, guess, with plenty of molasses.
Now i want to live, and ! want something
more substantial 10 live on than love. In these
DAYS Young man who wishes to marry is only
expected to be the possessor Of private mint,
aud sometimes of a title. 1t calls TO mind the
lines which run
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An Old Soldiers Widow, Duluth, Mimi.
IN MEMoRY OF EpwYN LEpcu

Whereas in the dispensation of Divine Previ-
dence, who has again seen fit 10 deplete ranks
here earth and take to Himself our enthusiastic
Brother. Edwyn II. Lerch, of Erie Pa: Therefore.
bs il
ResoiCed, That We recognize In the loss of aoble
Loyal Home Worker a gain in the realms thai we
all seek TO reach at His call, while we bow our
heads in submissive sympathy for the sorrow
stricken parents OF cur departed brother whose
nsse and brilliant talents scintillated alike with
admirable examples of his many virtues And i'm
token OF this recognition tender TO his loaely
parents, to the utmost of our power, our earnest
consolation.
ResstUed. That. in token Of our high respect for
the departed, copy of these be sent to
his beraaved parents. to the Inv Columns ~
THE NArosAL TRIBUNE and for our record page.
ia menioriKm.
A. III. Mundt
Matte Elliott,
Zoe Z. Owen
Thee. K Stout,
Committee
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l9T5-Practical.
1972-Mend-i-ca
NEW PUZZLEs.-NO. I'll.

Authors of word-fornns: Cloves (2), Rokeby. J. z.
W., Dan ID. Lyon (2l, Phil Down, Phil.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-02-15

ter thought more, and marriage OF great
benefit to De Staal was the result The
union allied him to the rCigning family,
for he became a nephew of Prince AleXan-
der Gortchakof, who for SO many years
controlled the foreign relations Of Russia
as chancellor of the empire. Several of
the baron's wife's ancestors have been
czars, and tho founder of the house OF
Gortchakof was the Grand Duke Rurik,
to whom it, is said, the imperial Romanoti
family traces its origin
Tho baron s marriage gave great impe
rus to his career and he represented the
czar as envoy nj several minor German.
courts While in this capacity at DARN
stadt his daughter became an intimate
friend of the daughters of the late Grand
Duchess Alice one Of whom Is now the
consort of the cIar. When NJ de Gier'
passed away recently, Prince Lnhanult
was quito generally regarded as the most
formidable candidate for the chancellor
ship, but It is believed the czarina in
duced her husband 10 award the post e.
NJ de Staal, who. aside from royal favor,
is well qualified by age, experience and
natural ability for his high post
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-02-15
Rumford,s vindictive wife,

Count Rumford, the scientist, mar
ried Nine. Lavoisier, the widow of "A phi
losopher and herself deyotcc Of philoSo-
ply In ono of his letters still extant pooi
Rumford wrote, Il have the misiOrtun,
to be married to one of the most uniDrl
ing, imperious, tyrannical women that cN'1
existed, whose perseverance in puratia-
an object is equal to her profound Wl'@tu.
ness and cunning in framing IT, W ".
she was veXed, which was nearly all t-n
time she vented her spleen by urcn' 4"
the bottles that contained his anatorir'
specimens, by upsotting his apparatus 81!
the floor, throwing his books out ut III
windows and pouring boiling watci CA
his botanical collections.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-02-15
NEW GOLD DIGGINGS.
PLENTY OF THE YELLOW METAL IN
WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

How Six Lucky Miners Made Fortunes by
Striking the Londonderry Mine-Unted
States Stands First In Gold Production,
Australia Second, South Africa Third.
About year ago two miners named
Mills and Dawson were prospecting for
Cold near Lake LEROY, in western Austria
liza They were hungry and sat down upon
ledge of rock that cropped out of the
brush The moment they did so their
eyes fairly bulged from their heads in as
constituent Yellow gold was protruding
from the reef in great Jumps. They called
to their four NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Car
ter, Huxley and Elliott-and the six exct-
ed miners, forgetting their lunch, fairly
tore the reef to pieces in their feversh
eagerness to learn the value of their find
A few moments work clearly demonstrat-
ed that veritable bonanza lay at their
feet
Their mining machinery was of the
most primitive character, but in six weeks
they took out T. 300 ounces of gold valued
at $50, 600 Each wa } naturally so pleased
with the idea of doing business Mt profit
of So 500 week that the secret of the
great strike was carefully guarded. The
fear of murder and robbery was another
incentive to concealment. The only work
done was carried on at night and al
though the six bonanza kings were often
followed and watched by men who sus-
pected they were concealng a rich find
the secret was kept for weeks. At last
Elliott, the oldest man of the party, quar-