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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-13
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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-13
Sro1.ro ErCs.

The eggs Of some common birds OF
the present day have never been found.
There is the robin snipe; its esgs have
never been seen. An English zoologist
kept man going up and down the
coast Of Labrador for weeks purposely
10 get robin snipe's egg, but it was IN
vain. The bird is known by thousands
of people, but it breeds so far north
and so remote from any civilization
that no scientific observer can ever get
TO its nest ere the young are hatched
and have taken to wing. The frigate
bird that is so commonly seen at sea
on the Pacific and off the West Indies
is such a solitary bird and is SO seldom
seen in it's nest during the hours Of day
light that its egg is rare. 1t seems
strange, but the eggs Of 50 we'll known
q bird as the sandpiper have never
been found and. are almost priceless.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-13
MISSISSIPPI RoUsTABOUTs.
They Are Travellers, Eoaads, Auto
crats, Men Of Leisure.

They Are Travellers, Eoraads, Auto
crats, Men OF Leisure.
The black steamboat roustabout Of
tile Mississippi is as much part anu
parcel Of the river as is the water and
quite as necessary. There is an 1m-
preston that the roustabout is a much
abused Individual, an inclination to
class him along with the slayelike cir
Gus hand. This is wholly wrong. The
roustabout is traveller, nomad. auto
crat. man Of leisure. BE Is little seen
on the upper river, but in st. Louis,
Memphis and Orleans there are enough
Of him to man FIVE times as many
boats as touch at those ports. Yet
lower river packets have trouble IN
shipping full crews OF the blacks. They
are compelled to ship for each trip sep
arately, because it does not please the
rouster to take more than one trip In
month. The balance Of the time he
plays gentleman Of amuence. On the
Memphis levee listened to group OF
the brawny fellows as they lolled WITH
in the shade Of freight pile. Not one
was there who had not visited at some
time every point in the Mississippi val
ley at which the steamboat calls. They
were equally at home in Ptttsburg OF
Orleans, Little Rock or Chattanooga.
IN summer the rousters are fairly
willing to work, though they exercise
fine discrimination in the matter Of
boats, but in the fall, when steamers
are plentiful and labor scarce, they
become exceeding coy. They do not
gather around the hiring mate then.
he has to come to them. They regard
coldly the average monthly wage so.
They ask for 500 and even for:Ssa, aad
they get It. If they hold q gfslge
against the mate Of boat, they de-
mand his discharge and get that too.
But the moment summer or winter,
that the roustabout steps upon steam
ers foreeastle his hours Of ease axe
done. He works day and might, a ;sort
Of work no white man could staaa'for
even twelve hours. he sleeps at odd
minutes between landings spfaWied on
deck or cotton bale. BE wears ShSt-
usually-trousers and shoes and finds
them burdeasome. he lays aside his
powers Of sight and reaseaiRg, retains
only ears and muscles and becomes q
powerful machine, answering to the
slightest inclination Of mates will
Willis GibSan In ScribQer'S
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-13
WATERFALLS IN JAPAN.

They Are Almost Countless and Are
Used as Shrines.
The waterfalls Of japan are almost
countless. There is one at every turn,
and where there was not one ID the
beginning the Japs have made one, for
It Is their passion. Every little garden
has a fall or two, and it would not be
considered garden at all without II.
There are many very beautiful ones in
various parts Of the country, and they
are all of them shrines visited By
thousands Of pilgrims eTery yeas. They
do not pray 10 them as to a statue OF
Buddha, but they first pass up little
paper prayer on a convenient rock ana
then SIT down in rapt attention ana
gaze at the falling water for hours tax
ing an occasional cup Of tea at little
teahouse which always stands close at
hand
The Japs are great at making Pill
grimages anyway. When a man has
reached the age Of forty-fre, be ls sup
posed to have raised family which
will in the future take care OF him.
About the first thing he does on retr-
ing is to start on series OF pilgdmages.
Sometimes he joins band Of fellow
pilgrims, OF, Il comparatively wealthy,
be sometimes takes his wife and MI
nor child and makes the mlgrtnaages by
himself. These pilgrim bands can al
ways be seen moving about the coun-
try. They carry little banners with the
name Of their city and district marked
Oh them, and when they have received
good entertainment at q teahouse or
hotel they hang one Of their banners up
in a conspicuous plaee as testimonial.
Often band Of pilgrims will travel
from one end Of the country to the 9TH
er, visiting every temple and waterfall
in the land.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-13
STREET CRIES. IN CAIRO.
Sounds and Voices That Travellers
Hear In the Egyptian City.

sounds and Voices That Travellers
Hear In the Egyptian City.
Take q chair outside a busy cafe
near the market place and tram center
and watch street life. There are no
hungry men, no starving, pinched child
faces, no finger worn mothers, for this
Is a hand OF plenty. and the peoples
wants are few and simple. Thus sun
shine and laughter spray welcome
fragrance over the novelty and TO
nance of the gay csty's streets. Here
is street nelodist t~angtng monster
one str,nsed something" and accom-
painted by a nose ringed girl VINO taps
defrfy on species. Of tamborine,
while bystanders calculate Allah, al
lahm-the Arabic wcrd for applause.
II not quite in accord with your pre1u-
dices concernsag music, well, maa2a!sh
(never mind), It Is not nearly so dis
tracting as street corner at home, and
they viii go away if you ten them to.
The baboon, the donkey and boy are
in evidence, with score Of performing
tricks that are very original and Ger
tainly funny, and you console yourself
With the hope Of minimum Of cruelty
in the training.
4 fruit seller, basket on head, with
luscious grapes and figs, saunters BY
singing in a quaint minor: 20 grapes,
O sweet grapes, that are larger than
doves eggs and sweeter than new
cream! O angels food. delicious figs,
bursting with honey, restorers OF
health!' There is drink seller, bent
under the weight Of the odd shaped jar
slung over his shoulder, lump Of Ice
projecting from its mouth, conjuring
custom to a similar strain as he struts
up and down, making the air resound
with the rhythmical clap clap Of two
brazen saucers: 20 refreshnnent Of the
weary! o quencher OF pafched lips!
o blessing Of heaven!"
Another street cry which may be
heard In the main street Of Abbassieh,
q suburb, contains the following enttc-
ine announcement: Tomorrow, 0 peo-
pie, am going to kill camel! The
doctor says, it is young and healthy.
Oh, its flesh Will be tende.. as the quail
and juicy as lamb. It's price is but 17a
piasters & cents a pound. Do you love
the sweet flesh Of the camel? Then
come early and be satisfied" Not the
least picturesque figures In the streets
are the city police, in their neat white
drill and red tarbouches IN summer and
blue serge in winter.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-13
TEA ROOT CARVINGS.
Fantastic Wooden Objects That are
Fashioned in the Orient.

Fantastic Wooden Objects That Are
Fashioned In the Orient.
The fantastic wooden objects which
come from tie far cast and are known
as tea root carvings have long been the
basis Of prosperous industry in the
populous city Of Fuchau. Strictly
speaking, the name is a misnoner.
Some Of the carvings are made from
old tea roots and tea trunks, but the
vast majority, nine-tenths at least, are
made from the roots and trunks OF
hardwood trees.
The carvings are almost invariably
made in two parts, a pedestal and one
or more human figures fitted to the lat
ter by pegs and holes The former Is
made from root and the latter from a
trunk. Bhe roots are selected with con-
siderable care. They must be compara-
lively free from dry rot, decay and
worm holes and must possess a rude
symmetry. They are cleaned, scrub
bed and scraped and sawed to about
the desired size; then the artist with
chisel, gouge, knife and pinchers re-
moves reotlets and roots until the tg-
ure is completed.
The simplest design is three legged
pedestal, Of which the base is rougn
cylinder Of wens and knobs. Any num-
Der Of legs may be used. A curious
specimen seen by the writer In the
Grand hotel, Yokohama, has fifty legs
while the body has been so treated as
to suggest horny centiped- A second
type Of pedestal is the mushroom. a
third type is an animal form, such as
the buffalo, tiger, unicorn, elephant or
dragon
Nearly always the chisel Is guided by
huroor or satire. If Il be saint who
is depicted the look of piety or suffer
ing is replaced by a leer or drunken
grimace; If it be warrior, every limb
and muscle is nodded so as to suggest
deoepkude OF desire to run away.
Ouang II, the havincible soldier
prince, is frequently portrayed stand.
lag on one leg, with the other extended
like a professional rope balancer.--NeW
Fork Post
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-13
Food Alters Animals.

It is surprising how circumstances al
ter animals The savages Of the ANA
zon region feed the common green par
rot for generations with the fet Of GER
tain fishes, thus causing it to become
beautifully yeriegated With red and
yellow feathers. In like manner the
natives Of the Malay archipelago, By
q process Of feeding, change the talka-
tive lory into the gorgeous king lory.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-13
A struzx1e with English.

American tourists abroad often CON-
ment upon the literal translation into
English Of notices in foreign languages.
The well meant efforts Of landlords and
others to convey In the language Of the
visitor the meaning Of the native often
produce lauShable results.
a Washington citizen found this no
tice posted in his room IN an Alpine
hotel:
sAdisters, the venerable voyagers are
earnestly requested not to take clothes
Of the bed to see the sun rise for the
color changes" ."-Washingt Star.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-13
A Rt~.i Dutch Law.

More than 200 years ago the Dutch
rulers Of Ceylon, anxious to retain their
monopoly Of the prec!ous spice Ior
which that island Is famous. enacted q
law which made It capital ofense to
buy OF sell the Wild jungle cinnamon.
then the only sort known. The plants,
wherever found, were held to be the
property Of the state. If g shrub
CHANGED to spring up In mans door
ward, he could neither destroy nor use
it under severe penalties. Things are
happily different now.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-13
ozr Pa,er Money.

The man who Is ever ready to bet on
anything said suddenly to- g gzeap Of
members Of the club, Tibet e case OF
catchup to a bottle OF curry powaes
that there isn't naa in the party that
can name the denominations CT United
States paper money" All lost and2aa
were abashed when he mentioned So,
So, IS, $40, $50, $50, S1oo, $500, $1,000,
$1,000 and $4,000 Nest men ere uu-
accustomed to handing notes above
500, and few ever saw one Of $4,000.
New York Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-13
A Beautiful Rlall.

An Irish editor being unable to obtain
a sufhciency Of news for his daily pa
per, made the following. extraordinary
announcement: Owing to an unusual
pressure Of matter we are today oblig-
ed to leave several columns blank"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-13
The Grayed{SEer.

4 grayedigger, walking in the. streets
the other day, Glanced to turn and no
tced two doctors walking behind him.
He stopped till they passed and then
followed on behind them. "And why
this?" said they. Il know my place IN
the procession" returned he.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-13
The Manager Realizes It.

There is something elevating In nu-
sic," said the artist
"Yes," answered the manager. "Mu-
sic certainly has the effect Of stmu-
Eating lofty ideals as to salary. ry."-Wash-
ington Star.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-13
Enr1ash as She Is Spoke.

Tourist-Say, my good fellow. am l
on the right road to the'town?
Native (after a pansea--Ya-as, stan-
GER. but I reckon you're goin' IN the
wrong Observation-Disclosures
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-13

The first Ice cream ever sold as reg.
ular article Of commerce was shipped
BY q Boston merchant named Tudor IN
1905. He sent load to Martinique.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-13
A Fatal MiE.

Cholls-I would have bought box
Of candy this evening, Gladys, only
you're training for basketball game,
you know, and
Indignant Asiden-I'm not doing any
thing Of the sort!
Cholly turning pale}-Then I've got
my girls mixed!-Chicago Tribune.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-13
AFTER She EXPULSION

EVe-1m so sorry!
Aelam-Toe bad! It was feors par
Set.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-05-13

It is 8 great deal easier to teach al
Old dog new tricks than it Is to make
him forget his old ones,
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-02-25
RIOT CARTRIDGES.

The war department has sent no
tees to governors Of each state that it
is prepared to supply them upon de.
mand, and according to their legal al
~lowances, with riot cartridges" This
is a new form of ammunition prepared
by the experts of the ordnance bureau
to enable officers of the law and sol
diers to repel rioters with the least
possible loss of life to the innocent
spectator.
The shell is like that of the regular
shell used in the army, with the i'm
portant exception that instead of the
long nickel plated and steel clad bull
let two balls are placed in the mouth.
The design was apparently to secure
something of greater range than buck
shot, yet not dangerous to persons at
a distance. The cartridge is charged
with about "a grains of smokeless pow.
der. The balls are made of a mixture
of lead and tin, in the proportion of II
to /, and slightly coated with paraf
fine. The diameter of the ball is OBS
inch. and the weight is AZ grains. The
service primer for smokeless powder
is used.
The cartridges have sufficient accur
acy for effective work at 200 yards.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-02-25
C

If New Mexico and Arizona should
be admitted as one state the new state
would have IN area of 235.555 square
miles and only be exceeded in size by
Texas with 266.0l1 square miles. Cali
f%ornia. 15S,2S3 square miles. which now
holds second place in point of size
would be exceeded by the new state
by a territory as large as the state OF
Missouri and MASSACHUSETTS combined
and have some left for good measure.
The population by the census of 1900
mot including Indians not taxed
would be 31S 241. which would be as
large as North Dakota, but not as
large as her twin sister, Oklahoma, by
10000. New Mexico alone is exceeded
in ares by Texas, California and Mon.
tana. while Arizona holds fifth place
in territorial area. New Mexico has a
larger population than three of the
present states, while Arizona exceeds
two.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-02-25
NEW CURE FOR NERVOUSNESS.

DR.. Jacques Loeb, of Chicago, has
discovered hat muscular and nervous
diseases, such as st. Vitas' dance, par
alysis agitans, locomotor ataxia and
sleeplessness can be cured by admin
istering calcium salts; hat is, such
salts as are found in we'll water and in
any foods.
Announcement of this discovery in
scientific research by the former head
of the department of physiology at the
University Of Chicago has just been
made, In one of the publications just
turned out by the University of Chi
cago press, DR.. Loeb tells of his expert
ment on lower forms of life and the
conclusions suggested in regad to hui
mar beings. The subject of his paper
is The Production and Suppression of
Musculcr Twitchings and Hypersensi-
tiveness of the Skin
In this article DIR. Loeb scientifically
avows a pathological object in the eX-
pertinent on this subject-that is, an
interest in the effect of diseases.
Simply stated the whole story is
that the presence of calcium salts in
the muscles il what prevents their
twitching; that practically all nervous
diseases are caused by the absence of
the calcium, and that, therefore, to re
store the normal conditions and effect
a cure the thing to do is to administer
a dose of calcium salts. DR.. Loeb
says:
Our muscles do not normally con
tract, or twitch rhythmically, but they
do so in certain diseases, From expert
ments | have concluded that we owe
1t to the calcium in the blood that our
muscles do not twitch or beat rhyth-
mically like our heart.
"A series of observations confirm
the idea that it is due to the calcium
salts in our body that the muscles do
not show any mythical contractions
or t~witchings. When we inject into
the body of an animal any salts that
are liable TO p~recipitate calcium, we
notice almost Immediately ~twitchings
of the muscles. II seems, therefore,
rational that Ia the pathology of mus
cular twitchings, the concentration of
the calcium ions, Very minute parti-
clss, in the blood should be taken into
consideration"
To work out the problem DR.. Loeb
and his assistants experimental to
find the complete list of salts that pre-
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-02-25
TO AMEND ELECTION LAW.

Hon. w. A. Hawkins has introduced
ton law of the territory Of New Mex
leo. 1t was referred to the council
committee on privileges and elections:
An act to amend the election law of
the territory Of New Mexico.
Be it enacted by the legislative as.
sembly of the territory of New Mex.
leo:
Section /. That section seventeen
hundred and n Q701) of the com
piled laws of 1897, is hereby amended
by adding thereto, the following
words.
Unless he shall tender to the judges
of election an affidavit. signed and
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-02-25

instituted under the direction of the
attorney general of the United States
for the purpose Of restraining the col
lection Of taxes on permanent improve.
ments and personal property used on
lands in that county owned by Indians,
the lands being allotted and held in
s%everaity.
The opinion was held that neither
the lands held by the allottees, the
permanent improvements. nor the per-
sonal property used for the cultivation
of the lands Is subject to taxation. He
said that as the lands are held by the
United States in execution of its plans
/ relating to the Indians, without any
rights in the Indians to make con
tracts in reference to them, or to do
more than to occupy and cultivate
them. there is no power in the state
to assess and tax the lands for state
or municipal purposes. This right
could not, he said, accrue until the
lands are patented.
This opinion holds good elsewhere,
where an attempt is made to tax the
lands and improvements of the In
dams.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-02-25
ARRESTED FOR SPLITTING.

Forty arrests were made in New
York recently within five hours of per.
sons violating the anti-spitting ordin.
ance.
If Albuquerque would take up this
matter with the same energy. it would
materially check this unclean and un
healthful practice.
A good way TO get the matter upor
the minds of the violators of the ord
nance is to that one victim
will be arrested every day.
The matter would not be overlooked
for every splitter would be expecting
to be next"
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-02-25
FRENCH TANsY WATERS.

Ladies can depend upon securiI
permanent relief from irregular {,
painful periods by using these wafer
Safe and sure at all times.
Avoid worthless substitutes by pur'
chasing only from our agent.
Paris Toilet Co, Lowell, Mass, i'm
porters.
W. Y. Walton, prescription druggist,
corner Railroad avenue and Third
street, Albuquerque, N. NJ, sole agent
for Bernalillo COUNT.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-02-25

sworn to by himself, and by two quail.
fed voters Of the precinct in which he
offers to vote. showing him to be a
qualified voter Of such precinct at such
election; but his vote may be chal-
lenged and he may be examined by
such judges touching his qualifications
as a voter. Notwithstanding such aft
davit, and in the event that such
judges shall determine that he is not a
qualified voter at such election. they
shall reject Lis vote, and enter his
name. and the names of the persons
he offers to vote for. in the manner
provided in section sixteen hundred
and siXty-eight C1G6S) of the compiled
laws of 1897, for entering rejected
votes.'
Sec. ,. That section seventeen hun
dred and six G70G) of the compiled
laws of 1897 is hereby amended by ad-
ding thereto. the following words:
Provided that it shall be lawful for
any qualified voter. whose name has
been omitted from the registration list,
TO vote upon presenting to the election
judges his affidavit supported by the
affidavit of two voters, as provided in
section seventeen hundred and one
G70I) of the compiled laws of 1897. as
amended by this act
Sec. 3. This act shall be in full force
and effect from and after its passage.