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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-26
LIGHT AS CURE FOR MEASLES.
E7ne-,meot. show That sunshine
VIII Alleviate the Severity
of Disease.

Recent experiments indicate thatthe
sun may be potent remedial agent IN
the case OF persons attacked with
smallpox, scarlatina nd measles. These
experiments were made by DR.. Finsen,
of Copenhagen, and Dr.. Chatiniere, OF
St. MaDGe, and so novel were they that
they hare aroused good deal Of dis
cussion among the members Of the
Academy Of Medicine in Paris. says ihe
New York Herald.
DR.. ChatiDicre short time go treat
ed 12 children who had measles accord
ing to his new method, which IS scien-
tifcally known as phototherapie. Red
light was the only cure which lie used,
and this he mado seryiceable in the fol-
lowing manner: On the windows OF
the sick room he hung red curtains and
on the table near each bed he placed a
lamp which gave forth red light. lie
acted thus because he felt satisfied
that the irritation of the skin In cases
Of measles is due to the chemical rays
Of the solar spectrum, OF, In other
words, to the ultra violet rays. and not
to the so-called caloric or heat rays. II
this were not so how account for the
fact that the pustules and scars are es-
pecially deep and marked on the face
and hands, which are the very parts Of
the body that are most exposed to tie
solar rays2 The result showed that he
had not erred in arriving at this con-
clusion. His little patients rapidly re-
gained their health, and the virtue that
lies in red curtains and red lamps is
being extolled by many physicians.
Impressed, like Dr.. Chatiniere, By
the fact that the influence of the solar
rays is especially manifested on the
face and hands of patients, DR.. Finsen
conceived the idea Of subjecting per-
sons suffering from smallpox to the in
fuence Of ultraviolet rays, which
reached them after the light had been
filtered through thick red curtains.
The result was that the little 7esicles
or bladders gradually disappeared and
the patients did not suffer from the
customary fever and, furthermore,
were not pockmarked. The ultraviolet
rays, indeed, in the case of these pa
tients produced the same effect az ths
red light in that of Dr.. Chatiniere's,
the most nota bic token OF their efficacy
being the absence Of fever and the rest
lessness and the gradual disappear
ane OF the eruptions before coming to
maturity. It was also noticed that the
rays had a marked effect on the mala-
dies in so far as they affected the bron-
chial tubes.
DR.. Finsen's method Of cure has been
introduced into France By Dr.. Larat
and is being used not only IA cases of
smallpox, but also in cases Of certain
forms of skin diseases.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-26
q Great Pity.

The Greenville News, edited
by Prof. W. H. Wallace, one of
the foremost educators in the
State, in speaking of the adop-
ton of school books by the State
Board of Education. says:
I'VE cannot account for the
discarding of Maury's geogra-
phies, unless it is in obedience to
thenew craze for thenewmethod
Of teaching geography. Some
regard Maury's as antlQuated.
We regard this series as the
best of all. Though Frye's is eN-
cellent Of its kind-and that is
the kind that is in demand now
by most schoolmen. 1t does
look like a pity, though, that a
book by so distinguished a
southern author-the pioneer
of the sea'-shonld have to give
place to a New England book. .
Prof. Wallace is not the only
teacher who takes this view of
it. We have heard expression of
opinion from at least a dozen
teachers and every one of them
preferred Maury's biographies
to Frey's except one, and that
one admitted that she had not
compared the two books criti-
cally, but though it best to have
a change.
H. J. Behrends, of Tecumsh,
Neb., has ten grown up sons, all
of whom and himself will vote
for Bryan and Stevenson. Five
of the boys will cast their first
presidential ballot next Novem-
Der.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-26
The ssStar-EYed' a Cook.

'Ycars ago. when I belonged to a
ccrcrie Of young cavaliers in New York
CITY" said Col. Henry Watterson at
Ctarlherlin's. Il designed the dish now
generally known as lobster a Ia New
burg. l gave my idea to Charlie Del
nlonico. and he saw that it was carried
successful execution. John McCulioch
was one of us. and to John is due lie
appearance Of broiled live lobster in
the East. He had caught on To the
epirurean way Of preparing it duralls
his stay in California. In after vnacs
I attained some fame as a manipulation
Of certain dishes. terrapin, perhaps. be-
Ing MY masterpiece.
"Curiously enough. all the newspaper
stories have given me credit for being
IN artist in the preparation Of oyster
stews. but my experience with the BIZ
valves is limited. l always left them
to John Chamberlin. while he would
not allow any one but myself to attend
to the diamondbacks.
81 can't begin to tell you how much
Of this ingredient or the exact quantity
Of the other to PIT with the terrapin,
but I know how to blend them all in
an instructive sort Of way. and I've
never yet found the man who didn't
admit that my cooking was Of the
highest order."-Washington Post.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-26
A ROBINS APPETITE
THE DAILY RATiONS FOR A SONG
BIRD ARE STARTLING.

Food Of the Little Beings That tIu1-
ter. Fly and Fced-Their Value to
the Farmcr-Man's Attitude To-
ward Ills Most Industrious Friend.
If a man ate as much daily in pro-
portion to his weight and size as does
a wren or robin, 10 compass his fooo
his statue would need be so great as
to have the crown;Eg head several teeG
further from the ground than is the
c3pstone of the George Washington
monument at the Capital City.
This statue estimate is based on the
premise that the man with the big ap-
petite would only need to gain IN
heich. II he were 600 feet high and
ONLY q foot and a half thick he would
le somewhat ung:,inly, and to bring
him down from tbn clouds a bit, and
still keep up the bird and food compar-
iscn. the man, to eat as much daily
pronortionately as robin, must neces-
ssr;ly be thirty feet high, ten !ees
thick from back to front and nye feeE
bread across the shoulders.
Moreover, if a man did his duty OF
his fellows in the selection Of food, as
do the wren and the robin, MS diet
would consist in the main OF cenu-
redes. scorpions, skunks, rattlesnakes,
gophers. and tarantulas, anu other
creatures whose living is supposed 20
be a menace to the world.
1t has been freely asserted oy some
scientists within the last few years
that if all the birds which make the
earth beautiful and musical were TO
die, the departure of all mankind from
The world would not long be delayed.
From mans attitude toward the song
and iaSectivorous birds, killing them
and robbing their nests in the COM
punctionlesS way that he does, IT, does
not appear that man has much dreac
Of the fate which awaits him II MS
f:athered friends take their fight to
better land. Notwithstanding human
Indifference to possible impending an
nihiliation if milliners' agents ana
f,rnters 90 on slaughtering the song
s,ers, it is really not 4 difficult matter
to demonstrate fairly conclus1Vely thar
pathological students are not faf
wrong when they say that mans LIE
depends upon birds life.
AS plain matter Of fact it is be-
lieved by everybody who has watched
the little beings that "futter, fly and
feed about his door, that if their ap-
rctites were not as vigorous as they
are, and if the nature Of their food
were not such as it is, the insect plague
of Pharoah would visit the land, so
that it would be darkened with the
n.pltitudes of the visitants, and that
tl.ey would "eat every herb Of the land
a1d all the fruit Of the trees" and
there would remain mot any green
thing in the trees or in the herbs Of the
field" The farmer who sees robin
or catbird pecking away at a cherIy
is likely to shoot the bird. forgetting in
his wrath at the fruit theft the good
tEces of the bird in killing the insects
which would have devoured the hus-
tandman's trees, stalk. stem, leaf and
fruit
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-26
HOW 10 DRESS WELL.
A Woman's Identity Should Not Be
Sacrificed to the Taste of
the Drcssmsker.

II woman Is afraid to decide about
her own style, let her get an artist
to tell her what it is. and what she
can wear to the best advantage, says
the Ledger Months.
Having ascerteiued her style and
the colors she should wear, then she
should never deriate from them. She
must strengthen herself to ignore
wonderful bargains in the wrong
styles and colors, and prepare herself
even to endure certain amount Of
morotony in her wardrobe. But her
reward lies in being Invariably we'll
dressed and in having an air never
to be acquired BY sinking ones iden-
tity In the nondescrpt taste Of the
average dressmaker.
A business woman Is wise to select
some one standard color that best
suits her-say brown, or navy blue,
OF gray--and then, having bought the,
principal garments IN this tone. TO
buy all othe-s IN harmon! with II.
It affords o woman q wonderful op-
portunity TO appear smartly dressed
on the least possible outlay. And it
is remarkable how many pretty varia-
tions can be found to prevent any one
color scheme growing tiresome.
It is an excellent plan to begin this
simple method Of good dressing when
girls are quite young. 1t cultirates
their taste to very great degree and
enables them, az they grow up, to
dress well with but little thought or
money.
Wha. a wise pCeoauton It would be
to give every cir! her own pin-money,
however little, and teach her to be
self-reliant, for It - Esd fact thot it
10 usually the woman who has the
least ability to drcss veD who thinks
most about her clothes, always strug-
Cling for effects, and doomed to fall
ure; while the vonaR or girl who un-
derstands herseN, her style, color AID
the courageous aTt of selectiye shop
ping can get the largest returns for
her time and trouble.
The consciousness Of looking well
Is pretty sure to bring repose OF mind
and manne-en attitude IN which
woman Is best calculated to meet the
social and business world at her best.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-26
ETIQUETTE OF THE DANCE.
Few Things That Should De Known
by Ever! Devotee of Terp-
siehore.

The etiquette Of the ballroom or the
private dancing party ought to be IA
miliar to all who attend such diver
sions, but. if 80, its observance is far
from universal. a few general rules
should always be borne In mind, says
the Chicago Chronicle.
When a man is presented to young
woman at dance be usually says al
most st once: May l have the pleas
ure of this dance?" After dancing and
walking about the rooms two or three
times the young man may take the girl
back to her chaperon and plead anoth-
er engagement, or, better. she suggests
that he take her to place near her
mother or chaperon. The lady is the
one to fr7t intimate her desire 20 stop
dancing.
II man holds girl too tightly she
should drop her hand from his shoul-
dor SO as to bring it between her part
ner and herself. II ne does not take
the hint let her stop dancing at once
under some pretext so evident that be
may realize her dlspleasure or clsap-
proval.
A chaperon should not be lacking in
personal dignity; nor should she dance
while her charge Is unprovided with
partner. a girl should be attentive to
her mother or her chsperon. presenting
her friends to Aer and occasionally
stopping to say few words.
Both young men aad naidens should
be careful to remember that their dan
cling engagements nust be kept. A girl
must not refuse 70 dance with one man
under oone pretext and then dance
With another, neither nhould she dance
with the same man more than two or
three times.
A young man invited to house
should dance ss early as possible with
the daughter Of his hostess and pay
them every possible attention.
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A robin nesting. two-thirds grown.
S fed By the mother bird every day
food to the amount Of four times the
little ones weight. The mother bird,
and the father bird, too, for that mat
ter, probably eats proportionately the
same amount. Now, little calculation
will show what this means. An aver
age robin household contains four chill
tiren. Let it be assumed that each lit
rle one weighs three ounces. This VIII
make food supply Of twelve ounces
eaily for each nesting, or forty-eignt
ounces for the four birdlings. During
the same time the father and mother
unless they are starving themselves
the benefit Of the young, as sometiis
seems much more than probable, W.
cat one pound Of food apiece, making
a total for the robin family Of five
pounds of provender for the day. Dur
inc some months almost every bit OF
food consumed by old and young birds
ls Of an insect nature, fruit forming
but a smaller part Of the diet Early In
summer robin family was watched
hourly, the head Of the observer being
within five feet Of the nest, which the
OLD birds visited fearlessiy and
their young, utterly ignoring the prs
cnce of six feet Of humanity and
pair Of staring eyes. A large part q
the food which the redbreasts broughc1
consisted of those green slugs which
are seen so often feeding on the leaves
and tender stems OF the trees. IS
this creature which invariably 'lumps
itself as it moves on its devastating
way. Angle worms were, perhaps,
more in evidence as food than any
other single species Of craWler.
though caterpillars were fed frequent
~. at times each bird would bring as
many as three insects at once. Inc
feeding process was constant from sur
rise until sunset. the old BIRDS gong
rot more than fifty yards from nome
for their food supply.
Angle worms, grubs. slugs, ana lhe
like are heavy proyender, and the es-
innate Of twelve ounces day for the
younc and sixteen ounces q gay ior
the cid Is doubtless on the under Sloe
Of extravaganza. If a man should un:
dertake to eat as much IN proporIlo1
to his size as does robin ne wouto
srnnIv his stomach every day with pc
tween 600 and 1000 pounds OF soild
matter the amount varying. OF course,
With his weight and stature. a man
six feet tall. weighing $50 pounds, IN
order to keep pace with the robin. must
need eat 40 pounds of solid matter
day. and if he would do the same
amount of good in proportion to ms
size that single redbreast does ne
vn1lld confine his diet to pestiferous
.,1 ,,1 ,,1a-,- -,-i~o-naa
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-26
FREE BLOOD CURE.
An Offer Providing Faith to Sufferers

Eating Sores, Tumors, Ulcers, are
all durable by B. B. B. Botanic Blood
Balm, which is made especially to cur,
ali terrible Blood Diseases. PerSiStcn,
Sores, Blood and Skin BlcmiShes,
Scrofuia, that resist other trcatucuts,
are quickly cured by B. B. B. (Botanit
Blood Balm). Skin EruptiouS, Pim-
pies, Red, Itching Eczema, Scales,
BIisterS, Boils, Calbuncles, B!otches,
Catarrn, Rheumatism, etc., are all due
to bad blood, and hence easily cured
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One bottle will test it IL an case. For
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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-26
IN OREAMlANN

D-eam,a7d, D-eam!and. n your magic
raaZes
have l!ved and wandered through hap
py hours and long.
Flower strewn. moss mats. shine and
shadow patterns.
3oushs which b.Ad beneath tae b!-da
singing Natures song:
Scented b-eezes blowing. ever flied with
scents Of summer,
?e;aled blossoms bending low clad N
garments gay,
Fa,ry folk In happy mood dancing MD
sunbeayas be- spinning webs 0. sold all the
perfect day.
Dream,and. Dream!and, in thy !eafy tenn
navs ave worsA!pe'. God and good many
Joyous hour,
10th 10 leave thee for this "o1!o WIN
awake but troubled.
RaptvreG by thy calm content. perfect
ness and power:
Angel voices IN thy cnoiTs cha1l1t1l5
PRAYERS ard praises,
Lov.nS friends OF other days who mao
gone before.
Clasp of hands and touch OF hearts true
and tried forever.
All our brightest and our best greeting
Us once more.
There among them. best beloved, one
with eyes OF amber.
Face as fair as any saint IN that lano
Of calm,
Lips which blessed me with their touch'
hair happy halo,
Voice whose notes were silver eoneo
singing Eden's psalm;
WHY should I return to earth from that
land Of loving,
Why como back to earthly HE with its
curse and care?
D-eanlland is the perfect cline with ita
sunlit spaces,
Th.taer Will I guide my oaroue. cast
Ing anchor there.
/ EDGAR JONES.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-26
Betraying Pens.

"Killed by a letter" was the signif-
cant heading of q Havana newspaper
over an article telling Of ex-9iinister
De Lome's fall This legent would be
an appropriate epitaph over the politi-
cal graves of many public men. The
rivalry between Hamilton. the leader
de facto Of the Federal party, and
Adams, the leader de jure. melted
Hamilton's letter during the campaign
of 1916. arraigning Adams, which was
one of the causes Of the rupture and
overthrow Of that party and the
triumph of Jefferson and the Democ-
racy. Hamilton's letters attacking
Burr were the cause Of the duel ID
which Hamilton lost his life.
Jefferson'S letter to his old neighbor,
Mazzel. in 1896 in which, by pretty
plain implication. he traduced Wash
incton and other men whom the Amerl-
can people honored. kept Jefferson de-
nyins and explaining for many years,
his historic letter to Van Buren on this
subject having been written shortly
before his death and twenty-eiGht
years after the MaZZel epistle vas pen
ned. The reservation and publication
Of Jefferson's "AnaS.' or dairy, which
is really a sort Of letter to posterity,
with it's spiteful assaults on the
memory Of Hamilton and other emin-
ent men. showed an amazing lack OF
diScernment on Jeferson's part. and
has called out from all his creditors
and biasraDhers excuses which accuse.
"Never write letter" said Talley-
receive" If Nicholas Biddle had OBJ
served the first part Of this injunction
the fate Of the United States bank,
over which he presided, would prob
ably have been different. Jackson
would not have been able to perform
that second labor Of Hercules in slay-
inc the bank hydra" and the politics
of the '30s would have lost one Of its
most picturesque episodes.
An interesting and usually level
headed parsonage. Biddle. had what
.Juvenal called an "incurable itch for
writing" and this led him and his in
stit,ltion to their doom. defeated Clay
and the national Republican party in
1882. and. as one Of the consequences
of tie banks overthrow. brought on
the panic Of 1897. The "Rhea letter.
precipitated the contest Of 1880 be-
tween Jackson and Calhoun out Of the
line of succession to JackSon's poll
teal heir. dwarfted Calhoun from
national to a local figure. and turned
him to the partisan metaphysics out
of which were evolved notification and
that morbid and wire drawn political
philosophy in defense of slavery that
brought on the war which destroyed
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-26
ARAB ACTORS AND THEATRE
}. z. Woolacott Describes Perfor-
nance of "Romeo and Juliet.

}. z. Woolacott Describes Perfor-
nance of "Romeo and Juliet.
]. E. Woolacott writes from Carlo,
thus describes a performance Of "Ro-
neo and Juliet by Arab actors:
from our box facing the stage we
look down on q sea Of red tarbooShes,
broken here and there by the turbao
Of q sheikh. On our left few harem
boxes with white lace curtains drawn
tightly across the front indicate that
the fair sex are not entirely shut out
form the joys Of the drama. The peep
holes originally cutt to enable the
ladies to obtain q clear view Of the
stage have been in several instances
materially enlarged by the hands Of
the fair playgoers, and we catch now
and then a glimpse Of face, the fash
Of an earring, and the red glow Of
lighted cigarette.
impatient for the play to begin,
the occupants Of the back benches
stamp their feet with dogged persist
ance, and after ten minutes Of this
amusement the curtain is rung up, re-
vealing the entire company, stiff and
erect, formed in two rows, the princi-
pals, Of course, in the foreground.
In doleful chant, punctured with
mournful groans, we have the pro-
logue. and aSsuredly the 'misadvent-
ured, piteous oVer-tbrows' Of the lovers
Of Verona never fathomed the depths
Of woe suggested by this Arab choir.
The curtain falls amid vociferous ap-
plause, and five minutes later rises
again. revealing the amorous Romeo
clad in red doublet and sky-blue
trunks, gazing with rapture at the
balcony Of his lady-love.
MY mentor assures me there is good
literary workmanship in the version
Of Romeo and Juliet that is being
played. But the story itself has been
materially tampered with. The gar
rulous old nurse does not appear, and
the Count of Paris furnishes all the
comic relief vouchSafed by the trans
lator. This doughty nobleman's CO.'S
tune consists Of a brown velvet doub-
let, sky-blue combinations, which only
continue to the knee ending there in
little lace frill, striped socks, and
brown slippers. Juliet fouts him to
his face. whereat the Arab playgoers
howl with delight"
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Four Men Hung.

4 dispatch from New Orleans says
''in Bloody" Tapgipoah Friday Eight,
four negroes were hanged, after the jail
in the village Of Pontchatoula had been
broken open and the prisoners accused
Of robbiDg the family Ct Henry Hol-
felter, had been taken from their cells.
Mrs. Holfelter, who resisted the col
ored men was checked and beaten SO
unmercifuliy that she lost her mind.
Wholesale lYnchings are feared.
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AS a whole, the Boer struggle
for independence must stand in
history as one of the most gal
liant. They fought solely for
their liberty. That independ-
ence is lost, but the spirit that
defended it will live aud secure
for South Africa the largest
measures Of freedom consistent
with orderly government. The
present English purpose, ex-
emplifed in the "treason act,
is not to accord to the Afrlkan-
ders any consideration, but thai
intention cannot hold.
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"Now." said the enserprising tnte

"Now," said the enterprising inter
viewer, please read this over and hold
up your right hand?"
But" said the public man, this
Is merely an interview"
That's all it is now. But though!
It would be good thing to be appoint
ed a notary public. We've had too
many denials. and this articles going
to be an affidavit before it gets into the
paper. Washington Star.
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The Blskely, Ga, Reporter says
'the man who will dead beat the aver
age county publisher: poor aad needy
as he is, would pull up young corn in
the field Of his ncighbor from whom he
constantly borroRs meal.
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PROF Frederick Starr. of the
Department of Anthropology in
the University of Chicago, it's
reported, announces his belief
that 1.-The American people are
becoming Indians, and will
eventually revert to "the abo-
riginai type
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-09-26

P. s.-I an using it nov nyself.s'
It's doing ne good.-Sold by The Mur;
ray Drug Co., Columbia, S c., and sll
druggists. Il
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Gaine,v,le, Ga. Dec. 8, 1899
Pitts Antiseptic lnvigorator kas
been used in my family and | an per-
feetly satisfied that it is all: snd will
do ali. YOU claim for it. Yours truly,
4. 3 c. Dorsey.