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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-06-10
,1;. Forcnoons Regan early.

When Philip D. Armour engaged q
new secretary. he did not tell him at
what hour in the morning to report.
The young man appeared at 8, but
found Mr.. Armour at work. Nothing
was said about the secretary bong
late.
The next day he presented himself at
half past S, only to find Mr.. Armour
ahead Of him.
So on the day following he came at
8 o'clock, with the same result.
Determined to be on hand before his
boss, he came at 7:30 the next day.
only to be greeted by Mr.. Armour with
the question::
young man, will you tell me what
you do with your forenoons"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-06-10
EXPERTS WITH THE WHIP.
One Man Could Crack Or n Snakes
Head 1T Twenty Feet.

Head 1T Twenty Feet.
THAT grabbed old German, SchoDen-
hauer, who said the crack Of whip
was like drink from the bad place,
would have found but little to COM
plain Of if he had postponed his pass
ing for awhile said a thoughtful
man. for the whip is getting to be an
awful scarce article in this Sge. sup
pose the whip will finally pass out Of
existence altogether unless it is put to
q new use. OF course the small riding
whip, the kind which jockeys use in
urging the horses they ride, will be
used as long as horselesh is used.
But the kind OF whip the old Ger
man lad in mind was of a larger, lon
ger and older type, the kind the OK
driver uses even now in some of the
more remote sections of the world
Whips Of this kind generally swing
easily on the end Of a long handle.
Frequently the handle is eight or ten
feet long and is made of hickory OF
some wood that is supple enough to
bend in the green state. The whip it.
self. which Is generally four and slN
plait rawhidc, is from ten to fifteen
feet in length, with sea grass cracker
on the end tightly twisted and knotte1
at spaces an inch apart. 1t is this art
Gle that makes the noise Of which the
old German pessimist complained, and
a whip of this kind in the hands of an
expert can be popped until it sounes
like the crack Of doom. In q quiet for
est where timber men carry on their
work this noise is even fercer than 1t Is
in the cities.
..Teamsters in the cities still use the
old whip to some extent, but it is grad
ually going out, and the sharp crack Of
the sea grass is rarely heard.
speaking of whips, I am reminded
of the marvellous accuracy some men
acquire in the use Of whips. l suppose
the Eskimo has reached higher stand
ard Of proficiency i'll this respect than
any other class Of men. have seen
boys of this race pop silver half dime
at distance Of twenty feet every time
they swung whip. They can simply
hit anything they want to hit as lorg
es it is within reach Of the whip. Eut
here in the south have seen OK cart
drivers crack off 4 snakes head at
distance of twenty feet. and they co1ld
do it whenever it pleased them to do
ft."-New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-06-10
WHEN THE SEAL DIMES.
Jugglery That Would Pat the HUI
man Performer to Shame.

Jueelery That Would Put the HUI
man Performer to Shame.
The keeper who was going to feed
the seal had reached the edge OF the
tank and was holding the fish tantallz-
insly at arms length over the water.
The seal was all interest and attentlon.
Round and round the tank he darted,
fipfapping, sidewheeling, leaping out
of the water and performing all sorts
Of aquatic stunts, all the bile keeping
up his cultural yelpings. There was no
question about his appetite. He was
hungry and didn't much care VINO
knew it, and his beady little eyes were
all intent on the keepers every move. .
WHY don't yer t'row him feesh? !?
demanded boy spectator, growing
impatient at the keepers leisurely ac-
tions.
"All right my boy; here goes" And,
suiting the uction to the word, up into
the air went one Of the fishes, dropping
toward the center Of the oval.
The seal at the time was at the ex-
treme end Of the tank, consluefaDly
beneath the surface, but even there he
must have been on the alert, for hardly
had the fish left the keepers hand
hen swish. a ightninglike somer-
81. ,llt, a shadowy streak through the
tank, and quicker even than thought
the seals gaping, whiskered jaws and
q length Of his eely looking neck were
protruding from the water immediate
" under the tidbit, which disappeared
into his willing nav to the accompani-
ment Of an intensely appreciative
smack.
It was all so quick and we'll calcu-
lated that the auditors stood amazed.
Without even the suspicion Of miss
the performance was repeated as rap-
idly as the keeper could toss the fish.
But the fun, fast and furious while 1t
lasted, is soon over with, and the seal,
after he had his fl, Immediately lost
all interest in his surroundings ana
waddled out on to his platform and
curled up for an afternoon snooze.-'
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-06-10
Co, q MuSic OF TbUuder.

The bass Of thunder is considerably
lower than the lowest sound produced
in an orchestra = below the zero Of
music, we call it, at which all positive
apprehension Of musical sound ceases
and our senses are merely conscious OF
a roar. In observing the music OF
thunder our attention, however, may
be most proftably directed to the ex'
preston rather than to the notes. The
musical diminucndo is more perfectly
represented by thunder than By any
other form of sound in nature. After
the first clap is over the ear will pursue
with pleasure the rolling away and
gradual fainting Of the peal, until at
immeasurable distance it sinks into 81.
lence.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-06-10
e,,-,,e1m and the Students.

spurzheim, the father Of modern
chronology, while staying In Ed1n-
burgh, where he had a great vogue
was the victim Of laughable hoax. a
number Of medical students submitted
for the opinion Of the phrenologist the
plaster cast Of what they said was a
remarkably formed human skull. AS a
matter Of fact it was the model OF q
biz Swedish turnip Called in the Scot
tish tongue "neip'), and Of this Spur
helm gravely wrote out the phreno-
logical character. \ few days later tae
following skit appeared In the leading
journal Of the city:
The tide OF fame to SpurzheimS name
Rolled o'er the German deep;
The tide was spring: but, tickle thing,
It now has ebb'o. to 'neip."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-06-10
Getting to the Point.

John (sheepishly)-I-I s'pose you'll
be gittin' married some time?
Betty with a frightened air)-Oh,
dare say shall some time.
"I dare say I'll git married too.'
"Oh"
"P'r'aps we might both git married
at the same time"
'Womdn't it be awful, John, If the
parson should make q mistake and
marry US to each other?
Ell shouldn't mind
"No; neither should I, to tell you the
truth, John"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-06-10
Rama;nes In Nezo,s Time,

Bagpipes are generally ascribed to
Scotland, where they have been in use
for a long time, but it was an instru-
ment upon which the ancient Greeks
and Romans played. Nero is said to
have performed upon it, and an old
niece Of Grecian sculpture represents
q player on the bagpipes dressed in the
fashion that is known today as the
highland costume.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-06-10
why the Editor skipped.

An editor Of a small American paper
recently stated that he had been kissed
by one Of the most beautiful married
women in the town. He promised to
tell her name in the first issue Of his
paper next month. In two weeks the
circulation Of his newspaper doubled.
But when he gave the name Of his wife
he had to leave town.-Fourth Estate.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-06-10
Winthrop College
Scholarship and En-
trance Examinations.

The examinations for the award OF
vacant scholarships in Winthrop Col
lege and for the admission OF new STU
dents will be held at the county court
house on Friday, July 10th, at a. m.
Applicants must not be less than IF
teen years Of age.
When scholarships are vacated after
July 10th, they will be awarded to those
making the highest average at this ex-
animation.
The next session will open about Sep
tember Is, 1902.
For further information and a cata-
logue, address Pres. D. B. Johnson,
Rock Hill, S. c.
ma20junlTjulS
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-06-10
was wan Made For Microbes,

Some contend that the earth was
made for ants rather than man, since
the former are so much more nuner-
GUS. Others still, reading about how
many million bacteria inhabit every
cubic inch Of air and water, are in
clined to assert that the world-and
man, too-was made for them. Each
variety or living creature probably
thinks everything made for 5t.-Balti-
more Sun.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-06-10
His Only Comment.

s'One wife too many" exclaimed Mrs.
Wederly as she glanced at the mead
lines of her husbands paper. II sup
nose that is an account of the: doings OF
some bigamist."
eSot necessarily, my DEAR" replied
her husband, without daring to look
up.-Toronto Moon.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-06-10
Mistaken identity.

'I think / have met you before,
Aren't you timekeeper for the Bloss &
Goss company?
'No, sir; I am singer of topical
songs and know nothing at all about
keeping kansas City Journal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-06-10
Two OF q Kind.

81 took great pains with that pud-
ding we had for dinner" remarked the
young wife.
'tAnd SO did l, my DEAR" rejoined
the husband as he poured out double
dose Of cholera mixture.-ChicaSo
News
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-06-10
The NoHel Reader.

Coddle-Wheneyer see you, you are
reading novel You don't mean to
say you remember all Of them?
Short-Dear me, no! It's because l
don't remember them ! like to read
them.-Boston Transcript.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-06-10

You can always find some one TO
agree with you even if your conclu-
sions are not complimentary to your
self.-AtChison Globe.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-06-10
A Cold.

There are some things in the world
that one can't understand. One is that
you catch a cold without trying; that if
you let it run it stays With you, and If
you stop it il goes away.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-06-10
Avoiding II.

ssWe women" she was saying again,
suffer in silence"
81 can readily believe that you do
suffer IN silence" the man replied.
"You take so much pleasure in talk
philadelphia Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-06-10
Proveds

"Your son Is q philosophical student,
I hear"
eyes, I believe he IS. l can't under
stand what he's talking about."
troit Free Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-06-10
A Handy Trick,

sBessie," said the teacher to a small
pupil, "can you tell me what memory
isw
After a moments reflection the little
one replied. Memory is the thing peo-
ple use to forget things with"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-06-10
EEIh1e to Him.

oYou say" Uttered the fancee Of the
vegetarian, ssthat you could fairly eat
me. Now, isn't that; contrary to the
tenets Of your belief?'
sNot at ALL" asserted the vegetarian.
s'But If you ate me-
sI should simply be eating q peach"
No use talking, the meat diet isn't
the only thing that makes the mind
active.-Judge.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-06-10

It ves to combat and expose quacks
and fools that laughter was invented
Thacker0y.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-06-10
Carolina Portland
Cement Company,
Charleston, S. G.
GAGEREs'S White Lime

Has no equal for quality, strength and
Cooperage. Packed in Heavy Cooper
age and Standard Cooperage.
Also dealers in Portland Cement,
Rosendale Cement, Fire Brick, Roofing
Papers, Terra Gotta Pipe, etc.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-02-19

Objection is made to the army BILL
that Congress hesitates to appropriate
so much money for the army when the
near approach of the pacification of the
Philippines takes away the need of a
large army. At the same time it is
reported that the murder of Ameri-
cans by bolomen is on the increase
The situation in the Philippines has
been well in hand" and the "pacifica-
ton of the Filipinos" has been almost
completed for the last four years. Is
it to be our lot to repeat the experience
of the Dutch and the Spanish in deal
ing with the same kind of people? They
We're not able to "pacify" them in two
hundred years.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-02-19
PROFESSIONAL PHILANTHROPY

The spectacle of Clara Barton, who
almost since the organization of the
Red Cross society has been its head
and inspiration in the United States,
repudiated by the President and pillo-
ried by congress, is pathetic. She is
accused of having invited members to
send her their proxies to be used at the
annual meeting "to make some slight
changes in the bylaws" and then US
ing them to make herself president for
life, to remove practically all check
from the disbursing agents, and gen
orally to make herself, and whoever
she should in effect choose to succeed
her practical autocrats OF the whole
machinery of the American Branch of
the Red Cross society. Miss Barton
has been for a long time at the head
of the organization, and because of her
ability, entrusted with very large dis
cretonery powers. The lust of power
grows with it's exercise, and in nothing
does it grow so exuberently and unres-
trained as where power is coupled with
the odor and sanctity of benevolence.
The professional philanthropist, par
ticularly tie professional almoner Of
other peoples philanthropy very fire.
quently, and often very soon, becomes
the most selfish self-seeking, intoler-
ant of restraint, and avaricious of
power. 1t has even been suggested
that it is due to this very widely re-
cOgnized fact that in spite of the in
crease in the number and field of bene
violent and charitable efforts, the
misery of the world seems little as
suaged, and not at all diminished.
1t may be however, and it seems quite
likely that it is so, that in Miss Bar
ltons case, what appears as rank
Overgrowth of this lust of power, is
really only indirectly such. 1t seems
more probable that self seeking ad
Visers, hattering her vanity and her
love of power hace suggested to her
these changes which President Roose-
welt, EX-Secretary of State John w.
Foster and others have repudiated, in
order that they may benefit by them
rather than she. The proposal that |
agents in the field may collect and dis !
burse money in the name Of the So
ciety without accounting for it except |
in a simple statement of amount re-
ceived and expended, makes it look as !
though Miss Barton had been the vic
tim of bad advice rather of self in
terest. But the fact remains that ex-
cept for the effect that long service as !
a professional philanthropist seems |
to have left on her, it is hardly posi- |
Bile she could have consented 20 any |
such proposal, downright dishonest on
its face.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-02-19
ROOSEVELT.

AS one result of President Roosevelt's
love for athletic exercise the reading
pupllc now has some small idea of
what periostities is.-Boston Globe.
1t must be that President Roosevelt is
telling trees in order to become eligible
to membership in the Modern Wood
men,-St, Louis Globe-Democrat.
President Roosevelt is now chopping
down trees for EXCISE. If this does
not suffice, he might try his hand at
Topping off few of the trust privileges.
Boston Traveller.
President Roosevelt believes in the
strenuous Gladstone exercise of tree
chopping. But If he Is not careful, he
may hear from the folk who make a
specially of forest preserva tom Wash
ington Post.
The President is giving the country
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-02-19
Electricity

1t occurred in a class in physics in
a prep school. The student in ques-
ton had never felt the warm blood of
ambition coursing through his veins
and looked with superb indifference and
contempt on the subject of study of any
kind. In fact his study bump was fiat.
The subject before the class was cleo
tricity. Prof Snyder propounded the
question to the youth,
What is electricity?"
The young man arose, scratched the
place where his study bump ought 10
have been, gazed blankly into space,
and replied:
Don't KNOW
Fright! Right" exclaimed the pro-
fessor. First question you have an
swered right since l have heard you re-
cite. Mark you perfect! No one knows
what electricity isl"
The same student was asked later in
regard to the Douglas and he readily
replied:
The Douglas Patent Closet is guaran-
teed against leakage and the annoy
ance of running water. Bath the plum
Der, installs the Douglas.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-02-19

John Hay, Secretary of State. and
Daniel S. Lamont, secretary of war I'M
der Cleveland, are sufficient precedents
if Roosevelt either needed or wanted
presidents, for the appointment of his
private secretary George b. Cortelyou,
to a cabinet office. But it is to be OBJ
served that in all these cases, Lincoln,
ClevelaInd, Mckinley and Roosevelt,
all had private secretaries of the cali
ble of cabinet officers. The honor in
the whole matter to the president and
to the private secretary, is that in each
case the president had the good sense
to appoint capable men for private Sc
cretary, so that the subsequent promo
ton had no element of personal bias
in 1t but was the appointment of cap
able men to important office The men
gave dignity to the office of private Sc
cretary; it was not the office of pri-
Nate secretary serving as stepping
stone to mediocrity. The moral of
it all is that great men, capable men,
do not find it either beneath their
dignity or endangering their own repu-
tation, to have capable men for private
secretaries.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-02-19
ROCKEFELLER,s NEED

Mr.. Rockefeller would enjoy his
wealth great deal more if he could
only induce his digestive apparatus to
abandon It's characterization Post.
The esteemed Mr.. Rockefeller is get
ting great deal of information about
million dollar stomachs. His own is
worth about thirty cents.-Birmingha
Age Herald.
Rockefeller's advertisement for a
panacea has fetched plenty of willing
sacrihces to the temptation of his mil
lon-doliar offer. All are willing to
Kill or cure him. 1t is worth a risk,
and the risk is worth the money Day
ton (Ohio) Times.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-02-19

The plague invaded Kahului and
dengue raVaged Lahaina, but Waikiki
smiling from her hill tops, defied them
both. We never have nothing that we
hadn't ought to.-Maui News.
Cynical friends and unkind knock
ers'' of Editor Robertson say that this
is true, that the Maui'News bears heb
domadal testimony to the fact that
nothing ever happens in Wailuku.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-02-19
A SINECURE.

The directors of the Smithsonian about employ official
snake catcher His duties require that he shall dwell in the
Dismal Swamp of Virginia The salary is $4,000 There
plenty Of who would be willing take the place Such
position would be snecure from financial standpoint There
would be way spending that salary and all that the
catcher would have do would be to stand by his job for few
years and then into civilization and spend the
laon his income To make the position thoroughly snecure
he should be sent to the Hawaiian Islands
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-02-19

a. magnificent illustration of genuine
energy in the White House. He has
convinced Congress of the necessity of
antitrust legislation and the result
promises to be prompt relief from the
evils attending the existence of certain
trusts-La Crosse CWis), Republican
and Leader.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-02-19

ceeded John Sherman as Secretary of
State during the Spanish War. He
was one of the American Peace COM
missioners who negotiated the Treaty
of Paris which ended the war, he was
then appointed United States Circuit
Judge for Ohio, and has been on that
bench ever since.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-02-19

Now that the United States has made
good with the Monroe Doctrine, the
spirit of commercialism appears to
have seized her and she has Joined the
concert of nations with a claim against
Venezuela.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-02-19

1t seems that it isn't shrievalties alone
but county superintendencies of schools
and other large salaried county offices
that offer the patriots opportunity to
serve their country, at their countrys
expense.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-02-19

Candidates for sheriff bob up serene
ly in several of the prospective coun-
ties even before the county bill has
been introduced 1t is easy to under
stand now why many people are in
favor of county government.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-02-19

Mr. Bryan does not appreciate how
humorous he is when he says that he
will not be the democratic candidate
for the presidency at the coming cleo
ton
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-02-19

President Palma of Cuba is a prac-
teal joker. He refused to give the
United States a coaling station near
Havana when there was coal to burn
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-02-19

An immense meteor which shook the
surrounding earth fell in Utah the
other day. The average man on earth
would prefer to shake" the meteor.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-02-19
OMAR"S SAUNDERS DISTURBED.

correspondent whose smber have been disturbed by what
he describes sends the following dedicated to Kanho the
author OF the celebrated Ladydog Bill of the last legislature
Wake! For the Moon who rules the Summer Night
Throws DER the Hill her slvry Shafts of Light
Drives Darkness from the slumberng Scene and calls
A thousand Dogs to watch Her Heavenly flight!
And as the cocks crow Those who slept before
Waken and Open wide the Door
Or Window and hurl wildly into Air
Some Missile from the Bedrooms plenteous store.
A Brace of Dogs meath every slvered Bough
A score OF cats ROSTERS crow and Thou
Beside snoring in the skeeer Net a.. .
o. but the Night resounded with Row!
Some for the joys of Midnight Games and some
Sigh for night of Sleep come
Ah kill the Dogs and let the Sleep be ours
Nor heed the Owners who may make things Hum.
There Bed to which, exhausted We
Lay down to rest when Dogs wandering free.
Some little Sleep awhile for ME and THEE
There was-and then no Sleep for THEE and ME.
A Moments Sleep, momentary Taste,
OF Blssf1 Slumber while the Seconds raced
And Lo,-the Caravan of Dogs has reached
Our Home, from Someone elsewhere chasedl
O, Write the Lesson he who Reads NAV run
TO carry until the Night is won
So shall we early find the Dognights done
q, read the Lesson: Go and get a Gun!
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-02-19

The recent German ambassador who
was recalled appears to have gotten
into all sorts of trouble on account of
wine without any help from woman or
song.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-02-19

Another son of his father has been
given a fat government position. 1t is
well for the political parties to take
care of the widows and orphans.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-02-19

Veterans may come and veterans may
go, but the pensions go on forever.
Three hundred private pensions were
passed last week by the House.