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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-02
Her Ready Wit.

Though he had long adored her in
secret-worshiped, in fact, the ground
she pressed beneath the soles Of her
dainty little No. 3's-he had never yet
been able to screw up sufficient courage
to put his fate to the test. Poor fellow
He was one Of those shy, modest, self
depreciating sort of chaps that are grow
ing rapidly scarcer, or he would have
tumbled months ago to the fact that he
had only to 60 in and win. Gertrude
Alicia knew the state of his feelings
right enough, but it had pleased her
hitherto to keep him dangling in at
tendance. At last, however, she made
up her mind to land her fish as soon as
favorable chance presented itself.
And the opportunity came at the
Smythingtons' little soiree, when the
bashful swain, entering the conserva-
tory, discovered his inamorata looking
her loveliest amid the palmsAnd flowers.
"Are-are you alone?" he questioned
timidly.
In moment the fair and ready wit
ted girl saw her chance and took it then
and there. GA loan, Hen-er-Mr.
Finnikin," she said, with lowered eye
lids, "a loan: Certainly not-I'm a
gift
And Is minutes later, when they
emerged froH their retreat, Henry was
asking himself how he could have been
such Juggins as to postpone his hap
piness SO long.-Kansas City Journal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-02
The Golden Gray Eye.

might pile Ossa upon Pelion in the
way Of description of gray eyes culled
from fiction. There is, however, enc
type Of gray eye whose appearance in
story I hava not yet noted, says Nina
Allen in Lippincott's.
We have had gray eyes which ere
sembled nothing so much as moss
agates. % Sea gray eyes are not uncom-
mon. Amelie Rives has bestowed upon
llva, in "The Witness of the Sun, !"
great violet gray eyes, "like rain wash
ed amethysts, while Mr.. Paul Leices-
ter Ford has recently introduced US to a
pair of slate colored eyes.
But at the present writing have yet
to meet with golden gray eyes in fc-
tion. They are to be found, however,
in nature, the most luminous of all
eyes, I think, the iris about the edge a
soft old gold or golden brown, gradually
melting toward the pupil into warm
gray. This lovely color I have seen in
the eyes of a dog and Of child-the
eyes Of the dog wisftul, appealing, pa
thetic with unutterable things; the
child's speaking of a soul as yet undark-
ened by shades of the prison house and
splendid with the light that never was
on sea or land.
To the novelist desiring something
new in eyesI would respectfully recon-
mend the golden gray.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-02
IXnmen,s Sense OF Color.

The differences between men and
women are we'll marked in many ways,
but it may not be generally known how
great this difference is in the matter of
color appreciation, not to speak OF color
blindness. A large percentage of men
are impervious to the sensation of color :
they neither notice nor appreciate 1t.
Women, on the contrary, like many
animals, are strongly attracted and re-
PEELED by color, which to the average
male mind remains mystery. The Or
dinary man is quite satisfied if his help
mate dresses in black or in the proven
bialiy agreeable white muslin. Why she
should seek for harmonies and novelties
of color, why she should arrange and
match and discuss various hues with
the seriousness he would give to busl-
ness matter, passes his understanding.
And just as color leaves man cold,
50 does form a wu,::an: which accounts
for her indifference to statuary and her
frequent incapacity for drawing. Louisa,
msrchioness of Waterford, was an in
stance of this. Her coloring was superb
and the envy of artists, her drawing de-
fective and poor, and when she tried
late in life to learn to draw she only
succeeded in spelling her fne instinct
for color.-London Graphic.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-02
his Wife Won,

A Georgia man, who was unpopular
in his community, insured his life for
$4,000. He took the policy home to his
wife and said:
"Maria, here's life insurance docu-
ment for 1000"
"Thank you, DEAR said his wife.
Chow are you feeling today?''
"Not WE'LL" he replied. and don't
think am long for this world, and l
want to say to you that when I die it is
my wish that you devote 81, 900 Of the
money to defraying my funeral ex-
penses.'
"Mercy on me" exclaimed the wife,
"Why do you want such an expensive
funeral?"
"I'll explain. I'm perfectly satisfied
that nobody will attend my funeral,
and I want to hire people to go at SO
much a head. I'm going out today and
see what arrangements can make for
attendants on that forthcoming melan-
choly occasion. If they won't come
gratis, why-I'll just hire 'em an give
'em an order on you for the money"
He went forth and at nightfall re-
turned with detected look.
"Maria, he said, "it's no use. You
can have the whole $4,000. Just go to
my funeral yourself. "-Atlants Consti-
tuition.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-02
In the Dark.

A bellboy at one of the big hotels had
queer experience the other night and
has not yet entirely recovered his pro-
fessional sang froid. ''It was about 1
o'clock in de mornin," he said, can I
was de only bell hop in de Office when
dis call come from de fort floor. Well,
I went up an knocked, an de man he
says, Come in.
'tI opened de door, an de room was
pitch dark. 4 want you to mail dis let
ter, de man says from de corner where
I knowed de table was, but wait a
minute, says he, till I write de ad-
dress Den heard de pen a-scratchln,
an he says, Here y are But I could
not see nothin at all. I was scared, 1
tell you. Where are you, mister?' says
I sort Of faintlike. Then he laughs and
says, 'Oh, I fergot!' an comes to de
door in de light an gives me de letter.
"It was pitch dark, I tell you-black
as dat hat of yourn-an when went
down stairs I studied an studied why
de mug should be settin dere without
tu1nin on de 'lectrics. didn't find out
till sec him next day, an den what
dye t'ip4-de mug was blind. New
Orleans Times Democrat.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-02
Mulberry Sellers.

One DAY while Mark Twain and
Charles Dudley Warner were walking
together they happened to begin dis
cussion Of the modern novel, and one or
the other suggested that it might be a
good plan to burlesque it. Later while
journeying together to Boston this sug-
gestion took definite shape, and on their
return the work was begun, one author
writing chapter, the other taking up
the threads of the story the next day,
and both critically examining the result
each evening and asking the opinions Of
their wives as to the success Of each
stage of the undertaking. Finally they
collected all the manuscript, Of which
there was too great a quantity, and
jointly condensed it. 1t was owing to a
suggestion by Mr.. Warner that the
chief character in the tale was called
Colonel Eschol Sellers, and it is fact
that the man whose name was taken-a
man supposed to be long dead-made q
fiery demand for satisfaction, visiting
Hartford for that purpose. In later edl-
tions of the story the name "Eschol'
was changed to Mulberry. ladies
Home Journal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-02
A Cemetery For old Clothes.

In the north of London there is a lit
tie plot of ground where old clothes are
buried and afterward exhumed for
curious purpose. 1t is fat, barren and
destitute piece Of ground and presents a
very melancholy spectacle. Little wood
en- stumps, bearing numbers, mark the
graves.
There is paper mill near by, which
finds it rather difficult to get suitable
material for the manufacture Of special
paper.
The ordinary old rags are no good.
The rags themselves have to be manu-
factured. Old coats, old trousers and
old dresses are covered with wet soil,
and after few weeks rotting are ex-
humed.
A corner is set aside for old linen
goods. The linen is placed in layers in
box, with soft rich soil between each
layer, and then buried.
Limewater is then sprinkled over
the grave, and after fortnight's rot
ting the linen is reduced to Il mere
skeleton, which is taken out Of the box,
laid fat in warm blanket and rush
ed off to the paper mill.
Though it is only the size of foot
ball ground, it contains 1000 graves,
which are marked by 1000 wooden
stumps, each bearing number.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-02
How She Got Her Name.

Mrs. Dayton of Highland Park had
just engaged new cook. The addition
to the servants looked promising as she
came in arrayed in all her fnery and
waited for "the missus'' to talk with
her before going to work.
"What is your name" asked Mrs.
Dayton.
Lay -ourie, ma'am," said the culi-
nary expert.
clay. y.ourie!" exclaimed the lady Of
the house. "What peculiar name! I
never heard it before in my life. Is that
nickname or was it given you when
you were christened?'
"It's my real name" said clay
ourie.' "I've gone by it all my life. !"
"How in the world did you come to
have it?' was asked.
"My mother got it out Of novel, !"
said "Lay-ourie.
Mrs. Dayton finally asked her to
write it. After much hard work the
owner Of the name wrote out in 8
cramped hand, "L-a-u-r-a.
"Why, that's pronounced Laura, !"
said Mrs. Dayton.
"Well, I don't know about that,
ma'am," said the new cook. MY ma
never heard it before, and she called it
'Lay-ourie.' I've been 'Lay-ourie' for
81 years, and I guess now it's too late
to make change. "
So "Lay-ourie' she remained.-Chi-
cago Journal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-02
: ak Notice.
County Treasurer's Office,
Clarendon County.
@ O., or ,ooo

Manning, S. c., Sept. %, 1888.
The tax books will be open for the collec-
tion Of taxes for the fiscal year commenc-
ing January 1st, 1898, on the 18th day of
October, 1898, and will remain open until
the 3ist day Of December. following, after
which time penalty of Is per cent. at
taches to all unpaid taxes.
The following is the tax levy:
For State purposes, FIVE (5) mills.
For constitutional school tax, three 81
mills.
For ordinary county tax four (4) mills.
For past Indebtedness, one-fourth Of one
mill q.
Total 123 mills Outside of special schoo.
taI).
Special two (2) mills, school tax. school
district No. 'l9." Total 144 mills school
district s19."
Special two (2} mills, school tax, school
district No. .16.' Total l4& mills school
Spa s27ee (s) mills, school tax, school
s,.ags;cS 80. s'2l." Total l5} mills school
DISTRICT -:
se.s $ 1acr a. mills, school tax. school
f;5.;ic: y az" Total 16} mills school
Sge.s: ar ~ mills, school tax, school
district NO. ''2G." Total l64 mills school
district $50"
Every male citizen between the ages OF
twenty-one and sixty years, except those
incapable of earning support from beng
MANNED or from other causes, except those
who are now exempt by law, shall be
deemed taxable polls.
The law requires that commutation road
tax shall be paid for the succeeding year
when State and county taxes are paid.
S. j. BOWMAN,
Treasurer Clarendon County.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-02

AN ELECTION WILL BE HELD OF
Tuesday, the 6th day of November, 1898,
st the legally established polling precincts
in Clarendon County, for Representative
of the 9Th Congressional District of South
! Carolina, in the term of the 56th Congress
of the United States.
The polls will be opened at Z o'clock, q.
NJ, and kept open without intermission OF
adjournment until I o'clock, p. m.
At the close of the election the Managers
shall Immediately proceed to publicly
count the ballots. Within thee days there
after the Chairman of the Board of Mana
gers. or one Of them, to be designated in
writing by the Board. shall deliver to the
Commissioners of Election the poll list,
the boxes containing the ballots, and o
written statement Of the result OF the cleo
ton at his precinct.
The Managers of Election shall require
Of every elector Offering to vote, in addition
to the production of his registration certi-
icate, proof 0: the payment of poll tax SIX
months before said election ofany poll tax
/ then due and payable.
The Managers shall administer to each
person Offering to vote au oath that he IS
qualified to vote at said election. according
to the constitution Of the State, and that
be has not already voted in said election.
The following named persons have been
appo :nted to manage said Election by the
| Board of Commissioners of Election for
Clarendon County, to wit:
Fulton, at Fulton-P H Broughto1, D "
Brown, L R Gibson.
Calvary, at Hodges Corner B Stuk es,
| Paul 3 Hodge. Z Griffin.
Friendship, at Panola-S P Holiday,
Felix Chewing, W + Davis.
st. Paul, at St Paul-W II Shiras, r NJ
Mcknight, j P Butler.
Santee, at Jordan-John G Graham, 7
| Morgan Davis, L L Wells.
St. Marks, ct Duties Old Store-W Z
Cannon, G G Thames. Milton Stukes.
Concord, at Summerton-G " Dingle,
H K Meldeau, H A Iisdale.
st. James. at Davis Cross Roads-Geo
Lesesne, J B Walker, H Horton.
Sammy Swamp, at Packsville &C c
Thames, James McCauley, j c Frierson.
Manning at Manning-W Rawlinson,
r a Ridgill, J w Strange.
Mt Zion, at Wilson's NJ Strange, "
C White, JEFF D Holiday.
Brewington, at Foreston-T L Bagnal,
NJ McRoy, Col johnson.
Plowden's Mill, at Alcolu-J j Nettles,
Harvin, D Reese.
Harmony, at Chandler's-W I Hudnal,
Plowden, a H D Chandler.
Midway. at Midway-G D Smith, W
Harrington, j W Barrow.
New Zion, at Boykin's-EG Green, Il S
Fleming. A Boykin.
Douglass. at Coles Mill-W J Turbeville,
F n Thomas, A Hicks.
Sandy Grove, at Barrlneau's-W H This.
pen, E 6 Barrineau, R r McFaddln.
One of the above named Managers al
each box will call upon the Board OF Com.
missiopers at Manning November 3, 1898
to receive bollot boxes, poll list and in
structions, and to be qualified.
LOUIS APPLET,
A RICHBOURG,
ALONZO SMITH.
Commissioners Congressional Election.
Manning, S c, Oct -, 1898.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-02
The Mote and the Beam.

When Lord Morris was chief justice
Of Ireland, q young junior barrister
arose in his court one day to make his
first motion and spoke in the hard
brogue Of the north of Ireland.
"Sape1," said the judge in low
voice to the registrar Of the court, "who
is this newcomer"
ellis name is Clements, my lord. !"
"What part Of the coonthry does he
hail from in the name of all that's wun-
dherful?" asked the judge.
"County Antrim, my lord" was the
reply.
"Well, wellr' said the judge. "Did
you liver come across sich froightful
accint in the whole coorse of yer born
loife?''
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-02
How Miniatures Are Destroyed.

The chief agent in the destruction Of
a miniature is perhaps sunlight. The
direct rays of the sun should never be
permitted to fall upon the portrait, and
especially should it be remembered that
the glass Tor crystaD covers to the
miniatures, and the glass Of the cabinet
in which they are kept, all help to in
crease the powers of the sunlight and
to give to its feeblest rays ability to ex-
ercise destructive force. Very many
lovely old miniatures have been prac-
tically ruined by light.
Hung upon wall or in case, they
are exposed to full sunlight, and the
carnations quickly fade, the value Of
all the colors is reduced and whitened
and the paler and more delicate tints
vanish altogether. If the exigencies of
space demand that wall opposite a
window (the worst position in room
for miniatures) must be used, then a
blind or curtain should be supplied to
the cabinet containing the treasures,
and as often as possible the window op-
posite the cabinet should be shrouded,
so as to prevent the light falling upon
the cabinet and its contents Portrait
Miniature" by G. G. Williamson.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-02
Verdi md the Priest.

Verdi, when boy, had a gift for
Latin, and the village priest advised
him to become priest. Meanwhile the
lad became an cfice boy in Barezzi's
wholesale grocery store, and for little
over 81 a year played the organ in the
church at Roncole, but one day it hap
pened that Rev. DR.. Seletti, who had
decided that the boy should be monk,
was officiating at mass while Verdi
played the organ. The priest was struck
with the unusual beauty of the music,
and at the close Of the service expressed
desire to see the organist. Verdi ap-
peared, and the priest recognized him
as the pupil whom he had sought to
turn from music to theology.
"Whose music were you playing"
asked Seletti. cit was beautiful. %
Verdi said shyly that be had brought
no music with him that day and had
been improvising. $50 I played as I
felt" said he.
"Ahl" exclaimed Seletti. "I advised
you wrongly. You must be no priest,
but musician. :"
After that the way was easier. The
priestly influence on his side opened
many a door to him.-Youth's Com
panion.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-02
Gamer sauce Capers.

The caper, familiar in caper sauce
and usei also as garnish for salads, is
imported from Spain and France. Capers
are grown in Italy, but none is import
ed from there into this country.
Capers are sorted into four sizes, Of
which the smallest are known CONNER
cially as nonpareils, and the next larger
as surfnes. The next larger in French
capers are capucines, and the largest
capotes, while the next to the largest
and the largest Of Spanish capers are
known respectively as capotes No. 1
and No. 2. The smallest capers are the
most desirable and bring the most mon
ey. French capers sell for more than
Spanish. Capers are imported almost
wholly in bulk in kegs Of 10 or 16 gal
Ions and barrels Of about 40 gallons in
b-ine or vinegar. A few capers are i'm
ported in glass, but they are mostly put
up in this country. Capers grow on a
bush.-New York Sun.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-02
Gods Perfect Flowers.

A little girl who makes the stems Of
artificial flowers for living was sent
to the country by benevolent woman.
On the day of her arrival the child was
taken into the garden. She marveled
at the growing pansies. She felt of
their petals and shifted incredulously
at the purple and golden blossoms. 81
never knew that they were reel fow-
ers," she said. ct didn't know that
velvet could grow" A giant rosebush
in full bloom was greeted with: "Ain't
they lovely? They're much better than
Felice could make, and she's the best
hand in Fleurette's factory
She picked rose and carefully pull
ed it apart. "I'm going on flowers next
year, but won't make roses like this.
They don't give you time to stick 'em
together this way" The benevolent
woman thought this a good opportunity
to awaken the child's soul and pointed
out the why and wherefore Of the roses
perfection. The child sighed when she
had finished and said simply, II should
think he'd be angry when he sees the
flowers they make at Fleurette's. -
Paris Messenger.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-02
When $1,000 Looked Big.

Divide anything up into pairs and
you magnify it. A certain wise man
took this way to give his wife an idea
of how much $1,000 is. She had no
idea of money. Her purchases were
enormous. 1t happened one day that
her eye fell upon magnificent ring,
and she coveted it. It cost 81, 900. But
what was $1,000 to her in comparison
with the ring? Of course her husband
consented to the purchase. What else
could a dutiful, afectionate husband
do? But be tried this method Of educat-
ing his wife concerning the great price
of the ring. He instructed his banker
to send her the 81 900 in small pieces
pennies, dimes, quarters. In came the
money, bagful after bagful. She never
had such an idea Of $1,000 before.
When the money was piled before her,
it alarmed her. The price Of the ring
went up hundredfold, and was con-
sidered at once an extravaganza which
she of her own option Abandoned
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-02
ROYAL Hotel Keepers.

The king of Wurttemberg may be re-
garded as hotel keeper as well as a
monarch. This has long been tradi-
tion in his family, but not until lately
was it discovered by the rulers of the
beautiful little German kingdom how
profitable innkeeping can become. When
Peter the Great was travelling incognito
through Europe, he refused to stop any
where but at an inn. To circumVent
this whim the then king of Wurttem-
berg put tavern sign outside one OF
the royal palaces and, dressed as an
innkeeper, himself welcomed the czar.
This royal personage's descendant now
owns two large hotels, from which be
is said to derive revenue equaling
$50, 900 year.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-02
A Similar Case.

The Indian may be unsophisticated by
the side of the white man, but Bishop
Whipple, writing in The Temple Maya
zine, shows that he has dry sense of
humor.
His Indian flock was visited by a
speculative Yankee who hungered after
their good lands and tried to persuade
them to exchange their reservation for a
worthless tract Of country elsewhere.
4 council Of the tribe was called togeth-
er, and the Yankee addressed the assem-
bly,.
"My friends, I have lived IS years in
this world" he said, "and the winds Of
55 winters have blown over my head
and silvered it over with gray. As a
true man advise you to accept this
new treaty at once. "
He sat down, and at the same mo-
ment an old chief sprang to his feet.
"Look at mel' he said. "The winds
Of So winters have blown over my head
and silvered it gray, but they nave not
blown away my brains.''
"That conference was ended" said
the bishop laconically.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-02
Pats Correction.

Two men, German and French
man, who met in New York, had a
heated argument over the question
whether the wife of state governor
had an official title or not. One con-
tended that she should be addressed as
"Mrs. Governor So-and-so. The other
stoutly insisted that she was simply
"Mrs. Blank, wife of Governor Blank. :"
They finally agreed to Leave the matter
to the first man they met. He proved to
be an Irishman. They stated the case to
him and asked for his decision.
"Nayther of yez is right, he said
after moment Of severe cogitatlon
"the wife ava governor is governess. !"
-Exchange.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-11-02
Weeds as Food.

What is even regarded as vile weed
can, with little stretch Of magma
tion, be turned into an ornamental plant
or delicious vegetable. This is especial
~ the case with the common burdock,
Lappa major. Schoolboys all know it
from gathering the burs and compress
ing them together by the curved points
Of the floral involucre. This is all they
know about it. It is difficult to see any
thing more to be despised in the bur-
dock leaf than in the leaf Of the rhu-
barb. 1t appears that it is largely used
in China for food, but it is stated that
if the stalks be cut down before the
flowers expand and then be boiled the
taste isrelished equally with asparagus.
The leaves when young are boiled and
etaten as we eat spinach. In Japan it
is in universal use. Thousands Of acres
are devoted to its culture, but in this
case the root is the object. It requires
deep soil to get the roots to the best ad-
vantage. ge.-Meehan's Monthly.