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The Monticellonian., 1903-05-28
1903 Delinquent Tax Sale.

parts of lets returned delinquent in Drew County together with the penal charged agreeby contained the following list,
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And notice given several tracts lots and parts of lots r 50 nuch thereof necessary the taxes penalty and cost due thereon the County Collector at the Court House Arkansas on the second said penalty and cost be Pad before that time will be continued from day to day. until lsad and lots and parts of lots be sold
 Witness hand and seal County Clerk on te's io'h oy ' May, 1903. tt " Ni s'''e1a -t'5 -
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AeeaY TSews.

Mir. Edgar Bland was here this week.
 See Chesnutt before you sell your wool tf
 Mir. P. A. Stanley was here this week.
 Free ice water and cheap goods, at Minter
 Buy your dry goods from Cbes- nutt--this month. If.
 Cotton-chopping is the general order of the day.
 Go to Winters for cheap goods and free ice water.
 Bordeaux Tetter Lotion cures letter, itch or eczema. If
 Big discount sale in dry goods this month, at Ghesnutt's. If
 Rev. E. P. Kennedy spent sev- eral days in Warren last week,
 Winters is the place to buy good clothing cheap.
 New line of wall paper samples, at Brown, McQuiston & Go. If
 have just received fine line of spectacles.
 If T. ". Loper.
 For combs, brushes and toilet soaps, go to Brown, McQuiston X Go. If
 Highest market price paid for wool.
 If Chestnut.
 For fine soda pop, see C. T. Kennedy, at Monticello Bottling Works. 2t
 Arkansas Liver Regulator is guaranteed, at Bordeaux Drug Store. If
 l make a speciality of fine en- graying.
 If T. W. Loperi
 Mir. Harry Hankirs, IT,, spent several days in Pine Bluff this week.
 Spend soc with Chesnutt and get one free chance at the S45. .oo china closet. If
 Misses Eva and Verna Bailey, of Warren, spent last Saturday in our city.
 Arkansas Liver Regulator, in big tin cans, at Bordeaux Drug Store, is the best. If
 Rev. II. H. Watson, of Little Rock, was business visitor to our city last week.
 Bordeaux Liver Pills regulate the liver and wards off swamp fev- CT and congestion. If
 Mir. Jno. Martin, of Lake Will lage, visited relatives and friends in our city this week.
 New wall paper-all grades, styles and colors, at Bordeaux Drug Store. If
 Judge II. ". Wells made a bus mess trip to Little Rock the first ef this week.
 For the greatest assortment and best values in toilet soaps, go to Brown, McQuiston x Go. If
 MT and Mrs. ]. II. Hammock spent several days OH the bayou this week.
 You can get all orders for soda pop filled by (. T. Kennedy at Monticello Bott,ing Works. et
 Dr. ". C. Kimbro, of Tyro, was here on visit to his son, MT. Jno. ". Kimbro, last week.
 Mrs. J. L. Allen and children are visiting relatives and friends in Memphis, Tenn, this week.
 Fry Bordeaux Liver Pills and you will use no others. They are guaranteed to give satisfaction. If
 Mir. J. L. Allen left last Satur- day morning for Cincinnati, where he goes to purchase buggics
 Go to the Ford stock for bar gains.
 w. NJ. Niinter. M JS p. IXy IT.
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Misses Bessie and Susie Ramsey after pleasant visit to friends ir our city, have returned to their home in Little Rock.
 Safe. swift and sure is the proper descrip ton of Cheatham's Laxative Tablets. Curt colds in one day. Can be carried in vesi pocket. Easy to take. Guaranteed Prict 25 cents.
 If you are troubled with ring worm, poison oak, letter, itch or eczema, Bordeaux Tetter Lotion will cure yon. If.
 The excursionists to the Confed- crate reunion at New Orleans have all returned. They report having had good time.
 You cannot afford to trite with cough. It may result in some serious # not fatal malady. Take time by the foreock and use Simthons' Congh Syrup, Guaranteed Price 25 and soc.
 We have the finest line of couch- es in town from the cheapest to the very best leather.
 Drew Furniture Go.
 Mr. John Collins prominent merchant and planter; of Tyroi Lincoln county, was most pleas ant visitor to our city last week
 Go to Winters and buy q suit of clothes at what they cost him. He can fit anyone. Wants to run down this stock for fall clothing.
 My friend are you suffering from any painful and annoying skin disease, such as ringworm; letter eczema or anything simi- far? If so, just try one box of Hunts Cure. It never fails Guaranteed. Price 60c.
 Tickets on sale to St. Louis and return for$Io.4s June 10th and 17th; limited for return until June 2snd.
 0. ]. Lindsey, Agent.
 From many kind words spoken of Monticello and it's people, by the editors who recently visited us, we are lead to infer that they were we'll pleased with their trip.
 The late warm weather has greatly improved the condition of growing crops. With favorable seasons from now on, nsbly good yield may be looked for.
 We guatantee our mixed paint to spread further and last longer than any other paint on the mar ket.
 If K. F. Vance Bordeaux.
 Parents do not neglect your childreH's coughs, sore thr oats, colds, etc. they often lead to iatal results. Try Simmons Cough Syrup. Pleasant safe and sure. Guaran- tced. Price 25 aud 90 cents.
 Drew county's delinquent tax list IS about the shortest in the state, containing only 64 tracts of land. This shows that people here appreciate their county and arei also, able to pay their taxes.
 See w. II. McQuiston about typewriters. He is agent for the 0liver-the standard visible writer. He can also save you money on cry other line typewriter you may wish to buy. If
 Tickets will be sold to Ashville, N. C. June 10th to Isth at one fare plus 25 cents for round trip, on account of students conference Y. Nj. C. A. limited for return June s5th.
 Q J. Lindsey, Agent.
 The Drew Furniture Go. carry q complete line of collins and caskets and are fitted up to do general uns dertakers work. They can be reached day or night, Sundays in. cluded, by telephones 45 and HIS.
 A fine lot of common cows, jersey COWS and durham COWS with young calves-sfor sale or trade also a few good harness and saddle horses and mules for sale or trade.
 et j. E. Shell.
 This IS to certify that after try. ing many liniments and medicines for rheumatism that Dr. Gibson Electric Plaster gave prompt re- lief ". NJ: Webb. These blast
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Notice

N. H. SAVAGE, r. NJ
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 Mir. F. L. Brown, of Yelling ton, Kan, was here last week on visit to his brother, Mir. J. T. Brown.
 Typewriting learned at home in 90 days and $Ioo Typewriter free. For particulars see w. Fl. Me Quiston. If
 If you need your watch or clock repaired bring 1t to me. l have the latest improved machinery and tools to do the work
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In Drew Chancery Court. .
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This IS to certify that after try ing many liniments and medicines for rheumatism that a Dr. Gibson s Electric Plaster gave prompt re- lief.-W. NJ. Webb. These blast CTS are for sale by Brown, McQuis- ton x Co. ct
 Five or six new residences are in process of construction in our city at the present time. Among them are those of Messrs. R. Il. Mccullough, J. D. Welsh, W. D Wood ana N D. Gotham. There is plenty of room for Monticello to grow, and 1t seems to be taking advantage of it, and is growing.
 The negro population are fleeing from Pine Bluff like rats from a burning ship. A crazy negress has prophesied that great cyclone and flood would destroy that city on the goth inst. Many of the negroes believe that the woman is r2sp7fed ana are i''er4Iiy "saSina ID sir. voetsa
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K. E. Vance Bordeaux.

Parents do not neglect your childreH'e coughs, sore thr oats, colds, etc they offer lead to iatal results. Try Simmons Cougt Syrup. Pleasant safe and sure. Guaran. tced Price 25 aud 90 cents.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-06
The Difference.

He was a man who was making sou
a week and was having luncheon with
his fancee in an uptown restaurant.
The lady ordered chicken salad, fol
lowed by black coffee and waters. The
man, who could have afforded every.
thing on the bill and not felt hole in
his pocketbook, had consomme and
Little Neck clans and drank water.
The waiter got 10 cents.
A clerk who was kept busy earning
his salary Of SIS took his sweetheart
to an expensive seaside resort. It took
twenty minutes to decide what they
wanted to eat. Finally the order came
heaped high up on a large tray.
At the lady's place the waiter de
posted roast beef, mashed potatoes
chicken croquettes, with peas, salad
of lettuce and potatoes and a cup Of
coffee.
The man, wondering how be could
get a winter overcoat, ate porter
house steak, with mushrooms, friet
potatoes, green corn and coffee.
For dessert they had ice cream ane
fancy cakes, with more coffee. The
waiter got a quarter.-New York Her
aid.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-06
THROWING AN OLD SHOE.
This Curious Wedding Custom Is OF
French Origin.

This Curious Wedding Custom Is OF
French Origin.
The origin Of the curious custom Of
throwing an old shoe after newly
married pair for luck has been traced
back to q French peasant origin Dy
Young man interested In folklore and
quaint customs. In southern France,
after the wedding ceremony, the girl IS
escorted to her new home by her girl
friends and left alone. The young nus
band. also in the hands Of his friends,
IS next led to a point a couple Of hun
dred yards away from the dwelling,
where q halt is made. Then the girls
rejected suitor, if there be such one,
arms himself with an old sabot, OF
wooden shoe, while the bridegroom,
duck.ng his head, makes dash Tor the
house. The disgruntled suitor throws
as hard and as true as possible, and
the crowd cheers or derldes, according
to the success Of the shot. y wooden
shoe Is a formidable missile IN the
hands Of an angry swain, and the
bridegroom is justified in having some
misgivings as he secs his defeated rival
practicing in anticipation Of the we'd
ding day. Just think, says the search
er into folklore, how great relief it
would be, even in this country, to take
q crack at the fellow who had done
YOU out Of your best girl without haV-
Ing the police step in! Over in France
the custom has wider meaning. 1t
signifies that the last i'll feeling is thus
thrown away, and it is the depth OF
disgrace for the man who has thrown
the shoe to harbor any further malice
against the young couple.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-06
A Heaven On Earth.

The ancient mogul buildings in the
palace Of the kings Of Delhi are mar
vels Of beauty. Two Of these the
Diwan-i-am, or hall Of public audience,
and the Diwan-i-khas, or hall Of prl-
rate audience built by the EN-
peror Shah Jahan about two and a
half centuries ago, when the mogul
style Of architecture had reached its
most decorative period. The smaller
Of the two, the Di1van-i-khas, IS IA
nous for its jewel-like finish, and 1t Is
round the walls Of this apartment that
the Persian inscription runs, IF there
Is a heaven on earth it IS this" The
larger hall contains the great mogul
throne. Both buildings are Of marble
inlaid with designs in precious stones.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-06
NoS In HIS Seat.

A certain congressman was very busy
at his desk IN the house one morning
when page announced, "A gentleman
in the lobby to see you, sir" "Tell him
I'm, not in my seat" said the congress
man after looking at the card The
boy, q sturdy looking chap, did not
move. "But you are in your seat, sir"
he answered in matter Of fact tones,
"and can't say you are not" The
congressman looked at the lad aDgrily,
but, seeing that he was In earnest,
moved into the vacant chair Of his
neighbor. "Now tell him I'm not in my
seat" Eyes, sir" said the boy briskly
and went to deliver the message.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-06
Coffee Chewing.

Coffee chewing" says a doctor, us
a habit easily contracted, for the taste
Of the crisp roasted berries is not IN
pleasant, and The e1hilaration, the stim-
illus, that the berries give is quite as
marked as that which would be obtain
ed from glass or two Of beer or from
a drink Of whisky.
"It is this exhilaration, I am conEinc-
ed, that causes the habit to be formed
and that makes it a hard habit to break
away from. Il should be broken away
from. It's effects are highly injurious.
They are more injurious than those OF
tobacco chewing.
1.-The coffee chewing habit wrecks the
nerves, it makes the skin sallow and it
destroys the appetite. have had &C.
casion to treat number of men for 1t.
T always advise such men to break off
by imperceptiio!e degrees; to give three
or four months to the task. Some sue.
ceed and some do not. Men who work
in coffee plants find it almost mpossl.
Bile to succeed" York Tribune.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-06
DUMAS AND HIS BARBER.
Origin of the Practice OF Specuiat-
ing In Theater Tickets.

Origin OF the Fract1ce u
ing In Theater Tickets.
The practice of speculating in thea
ter tickets, strange as it may appear
was started by the elder Dumas. he
patronized a Paris barber named For
cher, and one day this worthy while
shaving the novelist asked him why he
did not sell the tickets given him Dy
the managers Of the theaters where
his plays were produced.
"To whom could I sell them" asked
the author Of the '"Three Musketeers.' y
"Why, to me, if you like" replied Por.
cher. "And what would you do with
them:" asked Dumas. That's my
business" replied the barber, contin'
uing to lather the bronzed face of the
famous story teller.
But give you tickets whenever you
ask for them," said Dumas. "Ah! One
or two are not sufficient for my pur
pose," responded Porcher: Il must
have all your tickets, and every day
too" And you will pay for them?
said the dramatist Cash" was the
simple yet practical reply.
! Dumas at that moment was very
badly in need of money, so he at once
I concluded the bargain. Porcher, wht
shortly after this gave up shaving ane
cutting hair, made similar bargain:
with other authors and quickly became
! rich.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-06
A Irving Moment.

She was a nice little cousin from the
country, and she had come to city
luncheon given by some swell friends
says a New York paper. She was haT-
inc beautiful time and chatting away
merrily when the salad course came
on, and the butler passed g small
cream cheese 1t was on dolly placed
ON a fat plate, and 6; silver knife lay
by IT.
The country cousin was busy talking,
and without an insta1lt's hesitation she
took the plate, cheese: and all, and set
it down by her own salad plate. The
butler gave a decorously repressed
start Of horror, the other guests began
to talk very fast and the little cousin,
suddenly appreciatin5 what she had
done. turned scarlet and sat and gazed
at that cheese in dumb agony and
wished she could die then and there.
But the hostess, WHO sat by her, SAID,
gently putting the action to the word:
'sDo let me cut you a piece Of the
cheese
and then the plate was passed on,
and everybody began. to breathe once
more. But the cousin didn't speak
again for ten minutes.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-06
John Y. to the Front.

'I had been abroad for three years.
said the judge, "and, as the people in
my native town labored under the Idea
that was man Of some consequence,
they welcomed me home with a brass
band and dinner. was about to re-
ply to the address Of welcome when the
village cooper. approached me with e1'
tended hand and said:
$50 you've got back home, eh? Say
judge, when you went away I was DO
ing all my own work and had my shop
in the woodshed; Row I've turned q
boss barn into cooper shop and am
bossing two journeymen and making
fifty barrels a week. Don't forget to
say that while you've been wasting
your time in Europe John Y. Higgins
has come right to the front at home
My little speech to my fellow towns
men didn't arouse much enthusiasm u
said the judge, "and that cooper was tc
blame for it. He simply wilted me"
Detroit Free Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-06
When Ice Covered Europe.

During the long tertiary epoch, when
opossums disportel themselves on the
site of Paris and mastodons tramped
along the valley of the Thames, the
earth was in the throes of mountain
making. The Alps, the Himalayas,
the Alleghanies, the Andes, attest the
power of her activity in those days. At
their termination our continents stood
greatly higher than they do now, and
this aided their glaciation, although it
does not fully account for it.
But as they became loaded with Ice
Europe and America gradually, and we
may venture to say contemporaneously,
sank. This was inevitable. Owing to
the extreme heat and pressure prevail
ing il it's interior the earth is an en-
inently elastic body. Its surface ac-
tually bulges in or out with = q very
slight increase or decrease of the load
upon it.-Edinburgh Review.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-06
Reduced Rates Via Atlantic Coast Line.

Savannah, Ga. = Southern Baptist
Convention and Auxiliary Societies.
Tickets on sale from all points at one
fare for round trip, plus . cents. May
ith to 7th. inclusive. Final limit May
Goth. 1903. An extension Of the final
limit until June 1st may be obtained by
deposit of tickets with joint agent at
Savannah cn payment of a fee OF % cts.
New Orleans. La.-United Copfedei'-
ate Veterans Reunion. Tickets on
sale May l6 to p, inclusive. Final
limit May "a, 1903. An extension OF
final limit to June Is may be obtained
by deposit of tickets with joint agent
at New Orleanson payment of fee OF
80 cents. Rate, one cent per mile.
Call on ticket agents for exact rates
and any other information aud see that
your tickets read via the Atlantic Coast
Line. ". ]. CRAIG.
Approved: Gen;l Pass. Agt.
H. NJ EMMERSoN,
Traffic Manager.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-06
A Ready Answer.

Not all visitors to the country are as
ignorant Of the farmers surroundings
as the farmers sometimes suppose
Browning's Magazine gives this In
stance:
"Waal," said Farmer Wilkins to his
city boarder, who was up early ano
looking round, "ben out to hear the
haycock crow, s'pose." And he wink
ed at his hired man.
NO." replied the city boarder; '1'Ve
been out tying knot in a cord OF
wood"
Farmer wilkins scowled at the hired
man and wanted to know why he was
not getting to work at milking those
COWS.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-06
Seeing Snakes.

Persons suffering from deliriun ire
mems usually imagine that they are
surrounded by snakes. An explanation
of this hallucinaton, says the Family
Doctor, is offered by the result Of some
recent experiments. Sixteen alcoholic
patients were examined with the oph-
thalmoscope, and it was found that%the
minute blood vessels in the retina OF
their eyes were congested. In this con-
dition they appear black and are pro-
iected into the field Of vision, where
their movements resemble the squlrm-
Ing Of serpents.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-06
TIE TARTAR CUE.
Said to lie Worn cut of GEatItcae
to the Eo=se.

Said to lie Worn Cut of GTat1rcce
to the Hozse.
Herbert Allen Giles in "China and
the Chinese" says that there are
strange misconceptions as to the mean
ING of the Chinese cue, which has
really been worn by that nation for
only about 25o years.
twas imposed by the Mantchoo Tar
tars, the present rulers Of China, as a
badge Of conquest. Previous to l644
the Chinese Clothed themselves anu
dressed their hair like the modern Jap
anese-that is, like the Japanese who
still wear what is incorrectly known
as the beautiful native dress Of ia
pan" AS matter Of fact, the Japan
csc borrowed their dress as well as
their literature, philosophy and early
art from the Chinese. The Japanese
| dress is that Of the Ming period in
China, 1865 to 1914.
But where did the Mantchoo Tar
tars get the cue? They depended as
race almost for their existence upon
the horse. The accepted theory is that
out of gratitude and respect for his
noble ally the Tartar, so far as he
could, took on himself the equine form
and grew a cue in imitation Of a
horses tail. This somewhat grotesque
theory might fall to the ground save
that it is supported by striking eyi-
dence.
Official coats as seen in China at the
present day are made with peculiar
sleeves, shaped like horses leg and
ending in an unmistakable hoof, Gov
ering the hand, which are known as
':horseshoe sleeves" Incased therein
@ Chinaman's arms look much like a
horses fore legs. The tail completes
the picture.
|
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-06
Eloxers on the Stage.

Nc, actor who is imbued with the su-
persttions of his profession will give
yellow roses to a friend, nor will he
accept them himself, as he fancies the
flowers are harbingers Of misfortune,
jealousy and loss Of friendship. Some
managers will allow no natural flowers
whatever to be used by way Of prop
critics" upon the stage, but that is car
rying the matter further than Is usual
" considered essential.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-06
A Turtle Race,

zone of.the most curious races ever
saw" writes q correspondent Of the
London Taller, "was on Mr.. Carl Ha-
genbeck's lawn at Hamburg. Some
seven children mounted on the backs
of large turtles or tor:oises raced across
the lawn. To give impetus to their
queer steeds most Of them armed them
selves with cabbages, which they tied
to the end of sticks, ever and anon
dangling them as tempting morsels in
front Of the turtles. 1t was strange
race and occupied some time. Every
now and then a turtle would grasp a
piece of cabbage and then quietly eat
it before resuming its journey"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-06
Happy Day.

What are you writing" asked the
freshman.
Just dropping line to my governor,
wishing him many happy returns OF
the dav," replied the sophomore.
why, is this his birthday?
"No; pay day. He sent me check
,llis Observation-Disclosures Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-06
A Horned Snake.

A very handsome species Of enake is
the rhinoceros viper. which bears. as
it's name suggests, horns on its nose.
It is most beautifully colored when
freshly emerging from its cast skin, but
it's form is by no means elegant, being
very thick in body, with a bulldogl1ke
head. It may attain length Of more
than six feet and is very deadly AMI
mal.-Quarterly Review.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-06
A Deserved Fate

Some poet wrote the following:
"Lonc is that morn that brings no
eve; tall is the corn that no cobs leave;
blue is the sky that never looks yeller;
hard is the apple that never grows
meller; but longer and bluer and hard
er and tall is my own ladylove-my
adorable Poll" P. S.-The author has
since died in great agony.-London
Tit-Bits.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-06
Silk AGulteration.

This country is not the only one
where unconsdered trihes are snapped
I'D bv manufacturers and put to prac-
teal use. In China the down OF the
thistle is gathered and mixed with raw
silk so ingcniously that even experts
are deceived when the fabric Is woven.
1t is also used to stuff cushions as
substitute for eiderdoWn, and a very
good substitute it makes.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-06
Uncomfortable Position

Finnicus-I wonder why it is that
those who attain the pinnacle Of sue
cess never seem to be happy.
Cynnicus-Because the pinnacle OF
success is like the top Of particularly
tall lightning rod with particularly
sharp point, and those who succeed in
perching temporarily upof it usually
find that they are targets for all the
worlds lightning-Town and Country.