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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-10-30
ARE YOU A CANDIDATE!

Out in the town Of Sottootast, where Tas
born and bred, =.
We want to make change or two before 'oo
year has fed.
The teacher Of our grammar school has grows
too wise Of late.
We wait some one to 1T the place. are you
candidate?
The preacher at our little church has so much
limo to spare,
He talks for hours on politics up in the public
square,
And though perhaps this might suit some. We
feel quite free to state
We wanta man to preach the word. Are you
oandidates
Our staten agent has become with such i'm
portance decked.
He does not treat the common folks exactly
with respect.
He snaps you up cen Il you ask Il tho next
We want q more oslising man. Arc you a
candidate?
Our postmaster 50 long has had his salary and
place
Se acts as Il to question him was almost dis
grace.
he tells you people should be prompt vhile he
IS always late.
SoN6hoU we want clnecehb m2o- are you
candidate?
And e'en our doctor has Of Late grown trenaen-
do1s big;
Ee dresses like an English lord and rides round
In gig.
Such mighty words upon bis lips appear TO coo-
We want one we can understand. Arc you .
candidate?
Naay place that have named you would like
to possess,
Send TO the town Of Nottoofast your full name
and address,
The number q: the shoes you wear. the inches
round .ur pate,
And this will tell rs fair and square you are .
Boston Globe.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-10-30

lowing him, had in about the same
words taken him for her lawful hus.
band.
"This was the actual truth, for il
so happened that Dick Sides and Jim
Sturtevant, who had been out huntin
cattle and had laid down in the shade
Of the grove, saw and heard the
whole business Of the queer Cali
fornia style of marriage. But the
two men agreed to keep the matter
TO themselves until it was wanted
and when II would do the most geod.
However, what the two men had
seen and heard did not come out till
long after. Besides this, itseems that
Ellashad heard Of marriage ceri6.
Gates and bad made Jack write out a
paper, which they had both signed.
Ella had this paper, and gave it to her
father, who found it was in effect a
regular marriage contract. However,
all this by no means satisfied him.
He swore that Jack should never
leave the country alive unless he
married Ella in the regular way and
without delay. No contract business
in the witds Of Utah would do for the
house Of Harl!
''Old Sam took down his rife, then
went to his stables, and saddGn his
best and swiftest hoss, mounted and
left. AL he would tell Ella as he
marched out Of the house with his
gun was that he was goin out to the
main wagon road to ketch Jack on
BIZ Esy baeS eyo@ Eagle ranch and
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-05-01
woman's Perfection Line.

Somewhat in despair at my own du1lness
on this question, I recently propounded it
before luncheon party where young girls
predominated and at dinner Illuminated
by the witty presence of certain men and
women Of advanced experience in society,
writes Mrs. Burton, Harrison in reply to
the question "At What Age Is a Woman
at Her Best, Mentally and Physically" in
the November Ladies' Home Journal The
voice of the young girls was almost unan-
imous in fixing a limit not greatly to sur
pass the age of 26. That of their elders
graciously extended the perfection line for
women to between the age of 30 and 40
But almost every one had some instance
to quote of feminine charm SO OUTLYING the
actual sum of years that its fortunate pos
SCISSOR remain as Indifferent to teeting
time as the fly in amber. A famous (but
apocryphaD instance of this is the story of
Theodore de Banville-of a young provin-
cial who meets at fete OF the great
world in Paris a charmer who sings and
dances his heart out of his keeping At
supper he sees the same lady presiding
with their host over the same table OF hon
or, where, in the act of giving a toast
with unequaled vivacity, she is stricken
with sudden Illness and carried out of the
room. Next day, when all Paris is mourn
ing the death Of the charming duchess, the
man asks the cause. But, my dear fell
low, do you not known was the wonder
ing reply ut was nothing more than old
oSv
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-05-01
QUEER PETS.
Pair OF Pet Wasps That Have Bee
Taught to Do Wonderful Tricks.

Pair OF Pet Wasps That Have Been
Taught to Do Wonderful Tricks.
A young woman residing near Monroe
La, in the river country, has pair Of
pet wasps, which are as interesting as they
are unique In their way. says the Philadel-
phia Times. She has trained them to per-
form q great many wonderful tricks, and 1t
Is indeed marvellous to what degree OF In
telligence and agility her kindly care and
patient perseverance has brought them. AS
the young lady Is an invalid she manages
to get a great deal Of profitable diversion
from her queer little pets.
Among other things she has taught them
to drink water from q thimble and to per-
form the skirt "dance Dance" as she calls
1t. by iuttering their wings as they rest In
the palm Of her hand. They Will sing at
her bidding. making faint, almost in
audible cheep, and seem to be passionate
ly fond Of music. The young lady Is quite
q fine musician, and when she plays on
the piano the wasps take up their posi-
lions on the music rack and never bulge
until the performance Is over.
The wasps would seem to have quite a
good deal of vanity. and nothing delights
them more than to be allowed to walk
about and inspect themselves on a little
hand mirror. which is kept for their ex-
elusive use. Strange to relate. the wasps
have never been known to attempt to sting
anybody. although they have free access
to all parts OF the house, and are seldom
confined. even at night.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-05-01
"A CALL ON ROTHSCHILD.
A HfndOo OMcer's Account OF an In
terview With the Rich Baron.

HtndOO Omcer'S Account OF an In
terview With the Rich Baron.
On the ed of May, 1893. we were invited
by a Lord named Baron Rotschild, and
the place he has put up is called Allsbury,
which is 40 miles off London. We started
for the place in Mugalin dress at a. M,
with the Colonel and Captain. When we
reached the station in London to get UP In
the train for the place we were received
by a gentleman from the Lord. who was
waiting for u.s. He took US all In the first
class when we reached the place about Il
a. m, received by two other gentlemen Of
Lord who were waiting in the station
with required coaches. We got up in the
coaches, went at about eight miles from
the station. saw a big gate gilded with
gold opened by maid servant, entered it
thinking that we had reached the Lords
palace, but could not see 1t for six miles
from the gate, but the garden, field, etc.
Soon after we reached the palace. which, is
in comparison just like royal ones. The
Lord came out of it so yards to receive US,
and we got down from the coach and sa-
luted the Lord, who took us in the palace
which is very beautifully adorned and fur
nished with Incompatible materials in their
suitable places all gilded with gold and sill
yer, all different compartments filled In
with different valuable and worth-seeing
articles. We were led to a place where the
billiard table was and permitted to sit in,
our officers were playing on the table, the
Lord came in, took the commandant and
told us we will be sent for within 10 min
utes to take meal.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-05-01
PUNISHED.

IT hear that Charley Sloego has turned
pessimist.' remarked the girl with the
pale green gloves; "had you anything to
do with it?'
Perhaps had" replied the girl in the
Dutch bonnet. "but not just in the way
you imagine. 1t was all about theater
bonnet and nickel
eff you want to talk about something
nobody understands you might as we'll
lecture on the Ideal in Modern Art at
once, only 1 shant be in the audience"
retorted the girl with the pale green
gloves
"Oh, I'll tell you all about Charley, if
that's all you want to know. You see,
the last week of the opera found me with
just $40 in my pocket and not single in
vitatiOn to honor any one with my COM
pany. Tom said that his aunt was dead
and he was SO sorry, for he had wanted
me to go with him at least twice. but his
mother would never forgive him if he
did So
"Oh, his aunt is still dead, is she? She
was at the time the opera was here be-
fore, if I remember rightly
"M'hm. Jack regretted that his physi-
clan had forbidden him to breathe the
night air, and remained impervious to
hints concerning matinees. Harry re-
manned away and has since pretended
that he thought l was keeping Lent: so
Charley seemed my only hope. Well, l
spent my money for a theater bonnet and
some photographs of Nordica and Jean
de Reszke, cleaned my gloves, got Jim to
ask Charley to dinner, and waited
"And he never came?"
go, yes; he came. but he might as we'll
have remained away. for he talked of
nothing but the stringency of the money
market and the prospects of panic, un-
til mamma decided not to give the lunch
con I'd set my heart on; papa cut down
my allowance one-third, and Jim scolded
me for not saving my money for pair
of cork-soled boots and a gallery ticket"
What base ingratitude on Charley's
part!"
Wasn't it? Luckily Mollie fell ill the
evening she and Jim were to go, and as
he dared not take any other girl I got
one chance to go. l made up my mind
to punish Charley somehow, but not just
in the way 1 really did it,
"And how was that?'
I II had been shopping on Friday and
coming home in the car / was SO worried
because 1 had paid 371s cents a yard for
have gotten it for 81 that I didn't even
try to slip my fare. l just kept nickel
in my fingers and dropped it, as /
thought in the conductors hand before
he had even time to say, Fare, please"
''And did it roll away in a far corner,
or was it a bad one? Of course it was
the last one you had, as you were coming
home"
. mo, no. the fact is that it wasn't the
conductors hand at ali-it was Charley's
outstretched in greeting. The car was
full of people we both knew and as long
as he lives he win think that l really
knew it was him and intended a sarcas-
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-05-01
FIGURING THINGS OUT.

There is very clever girl in Eng
land who reasons out a great many
things for herself, and who cannot be
deceived, as many other girls are, by
things that are told them :'for fun =
Having been told by, one of her .aunts
that the moon was made of green cheese
she Immediately sought out her grand
father to whom she said: Aunt J.
says the moon is made of green cheese,
but I don't believe it,
"And why not?" asked her grand
father.
Because I've been reading the Bible,
and it proves the moon amt made of
green cheese, because the moon was
made before the cows was."-Harper' :
Young People.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-05-01
HE MISSED CONGRESS.

IT certny am sorry congress went out
O. session." said Meandering Mike, plain
lively.
whats de matter?" inquired Flooding
Pete. was yer tryin' ter work t'roo an
appropriation bill?'
mo But sense desc fellers hez gone
out of de ring de newspapers is li'ble ter
make spread on mos anything dat
comes along, whur' dey used ter, have
more'n dey could tend 20 writin up de
scraps in de capitol. I'm gittin' so I'm
afriad ter hor school boy up fur is
lunch basket fur fear of SEEM a. column
about 1t in de paper. An hates motor.
Decentralization Star.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-05-01

tic reference to his poverty during the
opera season. What do you think OF
that?'
II think the punishment was made to
fit the crime" replied the girl with the
pale green gloves, without a moments
hesitation,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-05-01
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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-05-01
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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-05-01
CANUCK WHISKY.
Said to be Far Better Than the
Yankee Brand.

Said to be Far Better Than the
Yankee Brand.
Up in Canada the tax on one of our
proof gallons is about $3.50, IL we are not
misinformed, and yet the best grades of
Canadian WHISTLES retail in the leading
saloons of Toronto and elsewhere at 8
cents per drink. says the Bonfort's Gasette
This. too, notwithstanding the fact that
the grog of Canada calls for more spirits
than the toddy of this country.
In the United States, though. the retailer
charges the consumer Is cents and higher
in all of the better places, and even then
hands cheap grade Of stuff to the avert
age consumer. Saloon men in this country
are not unlike the balance of our popula-
ton, in that they want to grow rich in d
year. and they are always on the lookout
for short cuts. They will fit up saloon re-
CARELESS OF expense, put mirrors up for
ceilings pave the floor with mosaics and
$40 gold pieces, finish in the most expensive
hard wood, and decorate with artistic
bric-a-brac, pictures, etc. And yet this
very place will not hesitate ITO pass q
$3.50 gallon whisky over the bar and
charge Is cents drink for it.
The trouble is that distillers pay no at
tention to the retailing of their liquors in
this country. while in Canada they give
much attention to this matter.
Songs for a Contralto Voice.
: The contralto voice is best adapted to
solo singing. but it may be excellently COM
bined in duets with the soprano and tenor
writes Jessie BartletlDavis in practical
article on the uses of a Contrato Voice..
in the April Ladies' Home Journal. In solo
selections the voice seems to peculiarly
adapt itself to sacred music, and to the
dramatic and more serious styles of ballad.
Sacred songs, dramatic or pathetic ballads,
love songs and lullabies seem the especial
field of the contralto. For the lighter
songs. Molloy's are always good and in
variably popular. Hope Temples songs for
contralto, especially my Lady's Bower
by this author, are beautiful. The love
songs of Frederick H. Cowan and Sir Ar
thur Sullivan are known the world over
The ballads written by John W. Mullen are
AL good for contralto singing. The beauti-
full songs by Tito Mattel are SO many as
TO he almost innumerable. Tosti and Tours
have also been prolific writer's Of contraho
music. We have some new composers who
are giving us very beautiful contraitD
songs. OF these are thu Cradle Song
and "Good-by, Sweetheart" Of Kate Won
noh. and some lovely ballads by. Anita
Owen. There are so many good sacred
songs for contralto that have not suff1-
Gent space in which to enumerate them
The same may be said of the classical
songs. The best way to secure the latter
is to purchase the scores Of the great con-
tralto operas, "Orpheus,' ''Trovatore, /"
Carmen" La Prophetic and many oth-
ers and select the contralto songs from
them
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-05-01
MERRY QuIPs

"Did the doctor seem to understand
Hicks case?''
Yes, perfectly. He collected his mon
ey after each visit."-Chicago Inter.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-05-01

Darling" he cried, ''then you have
enough confidence in me to marry me?"
NO." replied the practical girl, "but
have enough confidence in myself."-De-
troit Tribune
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-05-01

Jimson-Now. you wouldn't marry me,
would you?
Miss Sears-Most certainly not. but
why do you ask such a question:.
Jimson-Just to decide a bet.-Kate
Fields WASHINGTON
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-05-01

Mary had little hen 4
With feathers white as snow,
And every time she won a fight
She tried but failed to crow.
Boston Courier
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-14
HURET.

which is known as the "Bol dor"
and placed the Neutrality-suspicious. figures
at 45s miles. Shorthand, of England,
soon after succeeded in going 461 miles,
but it was admitted that when he fin
ished he was the worst "baked" man
that ever went for a record. Huret
had finished strong, and his admirers
then said he was better rider than
Shorthand, statement which the Eng
lishmen resented.
1t must be admitted now that Huret
is the foremost rider of the world for
long distances above 100 miles. He is
of the plugging" kind, not as speedy
as the little Michael, or as Linton of
last year, in the first two or three
hours of contest in which the hardest
kind of pacing is brought to play, but
he appears to last better than all
others and goes at a strong rate the
last kilometer of the distance. Last
fall, in 100 kilometer (62-mile) race in
Paris, Huret was run off his feet by two
or three of the "hour specialists" but
after a time his competitors ran them
selves out and he won the race alone.
In his last great race Huret lowered
all records from $50 miles up. The $50
miles were covered in 6:05:51 As, and
the 200 miles in s:26:24. This meant an
average of almost "a miles an hour, and
he went the entire lis and a fraction
miles at a rate of 21H miles an hour,
including stops. At the Tooth kilo-
meter in the race Lesna, who was seen
last winter in New York, was leading,
and the time was 2:2S:58 Is, as against
the existing record of 2:1s:50 s-5 held
by Michael and against the equivalent
in this country of so miles in 2:4e:20 by
Harding, of st. Louis. At $50 miles
Huret was almost three hours ahead of
Shorland's time. Huret was a bakers
boy before he became cyclist.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-14

spot where no mortal man had ever
been before, the first on, earth to see
the whirlpool of the world as it really
was, he learned, and he has brought
back tangible proofs of the uElying
lens, that the maelstrom is simply
succession and conglomeration of tor
rents, eddies and currents in which no
small boat could live, but through
which any large vessel, properly
handled, might pass to safety.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-14
ABOVE THE. MAELSTROM.
A Daring French Scientist Photographs
the Famous Current.

The great maelstrom of the Nor
wegian coast has been robbed of its
terror by scientific research. Its le-
gends, romances and terrors have been
wiped away with one fell sweep.
A daring Frenchman, Costellani,
SKINNED across its surface the other
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-14
Lost Ills Brothers. Ashes.

A novel claim is being made upon one
of the great French railway companies.
A gentleman, who came to Paris to
have the body of his deceased brother
cremated at the erematorium at Pere
Lachaise cemetery, took the ashes
away in handbag, and, previous to
setting out on his return journey to his
home in the country, deposited the bag
at the ''consigne," or cloakroom. Of the
railway station. When he came back
to claim it it had gone. Some one had
come and claimed bag, and it had
been given up, probably by mistake.
Inquiries were instituted, but the miss
ing bag could not be discovered. The
gentleman. has therefore brought ac-
ton to recover damages for the loss he
has sustained, and the judges will be
called upon to decide what Is the money
value of brothers ashes
Turn About.
'What are you so much worried
about the future of the country for"
asked Mr.. Smiggles. Haven't you got
enough to bother you right here at
hemef"
Eyes, JOHN" she answered, "but /
thought Chat after our twenty-five
years of married life it was about time
tSf ne to take my turn at saving the
eesSsry, while you did some of the
speculation on where the kindling and
grocery honey was coming FROM
wasaipsssp star.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-14
huRET's GREAT RECORD.
Rode Five Hundred and Fifteen Miles In
Twenty-Fcur Hours.

Twenty-Four Hours.
In twenty-four hours, on the Velo-
drome Buffalo in Paris, Constan Huret,
the celebrated long-distance cyclist,
reeled off SIS miles and 612 yards, thus
raising the worlds record made last sea-
son by Shorthand, the English leader at
this style of riding, by about fifty-four
miles The performance comes, in the
light of latter-day cycling wonders,
along with other record breakings, ex-
cept that it is such startling piece of
work that even those who have posed
as not being surprised at anything
new in cycling are forced to open their
eyes in establishment.
Last season Huret ran all his COM
petitors off their feet in the same event,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-14
PHoToeRAPHINe A MAELsTRoM.

day in a basket that swung hundred
feet below the car of balloon, and,
suspended 'twixt heaven and the tor
rent, unconcernedly took instantaneous
photographs of the whirlpool's seeth-
ing waves, says the New York World.
He found that, after all, the mael-
strom was not the frightful watery
abyss that tradition and folklore had
been depicting it for centuries. Down
In his little basket, osoillating to and
fro, almost within reach Of the slappinR
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-14
FOOD FOR THouGHT.

A home costing $1,000 can be
paid for in full during 81 years, at
the rate OF 45s per day, this pays
principal and interest.
6 80 tt j. w. DAIRY Il Co.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-14
AUCTION AND COMMISSION.

Auction and Commission House, old
Green Front, 1O3 to 100 North Flores.
Satisfaction guaranteed. Outside sale
promptly attended to. Secondhand fur
niture bought and sold. Watches, dia-
monds and jewelry at private sale or
auction. My motto is Prompt Sales and
Prompt Returns.
725 I'm A. BERGER.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-12-20

Consumption, LaGripps. RReumonis.
and all throat and Lung diseases are
cured by Shiloh's Cure. For sale by
B. e. Jones.
Major @. T. Pieton is manager Of the
State Hotel, ~ DensioB. Texas. which
the travelling men say IL one Of the
best hotels In that section In speak
ing Of chambcrlain's Collie. Cholera and
Diarrheea Remedy Major FICTION says:
Il have used II myself and in my fami-
ly for several years. and take pleasure
in saying that consider IL an infzllibIe
cure for diarrhoea and dysentery.
always recommend It, and have fire.
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In the hotel. and in every case Il has
proven itself worthy of unqualified
Enforcement. For sale by B. z, Jones,
Druggist,