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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
4 Race Of the Caucasus Mountains
With u Georgian Dialect.

4 Race Of the Caucasus Mountains
With Georgian Dialect.
In the highest parts of the Caucasus
mountains, around the KasbecE region.
there is 4 tribe very tall and hand
some, which speaks its own peculiar
dialect of the Georgian language and
has it's own peculiar customs, differing
in many ways from those Of the
TscherkesseS, Armenians, CiIcassians
and other tribes that dwell In the same
country. 1t is the tribe Of the Ossetin-
ians.
Like the rest of the Caucasus tribes,
they have recognized Russia's authori-
ty. But they adhere to the claim that
they are not descended from Asiatic
races, like the other tribes, but that
their ancestors We're German knights
who had gone to the crusades and who,
after the disastrous end Of the last
crusade, had been driven into the wild
valleys of the Caucasus, whence it was
impossible for them to win their way
out and homeward owing to the Wig
lance of the Nloslcm foe. So at last
they settled down and took wives
among the Caucasus mountain women,
who have always been noted for their
beauty.
It is q strange fact that the Osse-
tinians understand the science Of brew
ing malt liquors, and they are the only
ones who drink beer, the other tribes
preferring Asiatic liquors.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
The ReoI Cnicorn.

Early in the last century the unicorn
Of ancient myth came within the realm
Of scientific knowledge in the form Of
the white rhinoceros, the largest, next
to the elephant, Of modern guadrupeds-
For long years the unicorn's only
known habitat was on q coat Of arms.
Ancient writers who had told Of it
were discredited until one horned
rhinoceros, found by Marco Polo in
Scnoatra, received this name And
early in the last century Burchell also
discovered in South Africa, between
the Orange and Zambezi rivers, the
huge white pachyderm. 1t had, in
truth, two horns, but one was so small
as to be scarcely perceptible, while the
other, tuftcd with bristles at the base,
was so many as four feet long, curying
and tapering to hard, sharp point.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
French and English.

The celebrated Mrs. Ticknesse un-
dertook to construct q letter every
word Of which should be French, yet
no Frenchman should be able to read
1t, while an illiterate Englishman
should decipher it with ease, and wrote
the following:
'Pre, dire sistre, CONNIE 6 Sc us, &
passe the de here if yeux came, &
chat tu mi dame; dine here, & yeux
mai go to the faire if yeux plaise: yeux
mai have fche. mutin, pore, butter,
foule, hair, fruit, pigeon, olives, sal
lette for ure dinner, s. excellent te, cafe,
port vim, &; liqueurs; 6; tel ure bette &
poll tn CONNIE; lie so tn the faire g.
visite the baron But if yeux don't
CONNIE to US, lie go tn ure house & Sc
oncle, & Sc houe he does; for mi dame
ses he beant H. But doux CONNIE, mi
dire; yeux came Ii here, yeux nos-if
yeux louve musique, yeux mai have the
harp, lutte, or viol here Adieu, mi
dire sistre." London Globe.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
Cloths For Presents In Japan.

Of one singularly attractive and dec
oratire detail of Japanese daily life lit
tie is known in this country. Yet it
touches all classes, from mobiles to
coolies-the use of present cloths.
These are squares Of all sorts of mate
rials, from twenty inches to two yards
across. They are used to tie up the
gifts which are exchanged On all posi-
BILE occasions. After the presentation OF
the gift the cloth is removed and re-
turned to the givcr by q servant. These
cloths are handed down from genera
ton to generation, and among them are
found some Of the finest specimens OF
the old embroidery and dyeing. Many
Of the square pieces Of japanese en-
broidery used in this country for pillow
and table covers We're originally used
as coverings for presents.-House Beau
tiful.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
Testing q Razor.

The economical young man took his
razvr to one of the best BARRIERS In
town to be horcd Returning to get it,
he found it ready for him.
'I'll warrant that edge" said the
barber.
''It does look pretty sharp" said the
man, and he began to feel Of the edge
with his thumb.
''But I won't warrant it If you do
that" declared the barber. Its the
worst thing you could possibly do. You
might better cut your nails with 1t
than run your finger across the edge
once. or shave with it for q month.
There's nothing like knowing q thing
or two" the barber added.-Exchange.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
1t Is Good to Laugh.

Health, an English publication, says:
"It is good to laugh. There is prob
ably not the remotest corner or little
inlet Of the minute blood vessels Of
the body that does not feel some wave
let from the great convulsion produced
by hearty laughter shaking the central
man. The blood moves more rapidly.
Probably its chemical, electric or vital
condition IS distinctly modified. 1t con-
veys a different impression to all the
organs Of the body as it visits them
on that particular mystic journey when
the man is laughing from what it does
at other times. The time may come
when physicians shall prescribe to a
torpid patient so many peals Of laugh
ter to be undergone at such and such
q time"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
Old Maids.

The true 'old maid" like the true
poet, is born. not made, old maidish-
ness being a question Of innate char
acter rather than of incidental condi-
ton. There are old maids Of every
state and age and sex, says Ellen
Thorneycroft Fowler, creatures who
revel in fuss, and batten upon detail,
and abide in the narrowest Of narrow
ruts. Do we not all know married
women with large families who are,
nevertheless, old maids to the back
bone, just as we know adorable elderly
spinsters who have the minds Of girls
and the hearts Of mothers? And do we
not also know numbers Of the $50 called
stronger sex whose absorption in trifes
and aridity for gossip proclaim them
old maids of the purest water?
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
,ihn Ca.,..: 80. t...;. {iat.

One day U.i.i.c It gentleman Of Port
hallow, St. Nevcrne. was walking past
q farm il Tie i.eighborhood he was at
tracted by 4 robin. which flew about
him, tapped It's wings in lis face some
two or three times, and appeared great
" excited and distressed. He watched
the robin for some time, and followed
it toward Il hedge l short distance
away. There he found rat when
had got into the birds nest and was
devouring one CT the young birds. At
tue sight of the gentleman the rat
jumped out and was promptly knocked
senseless. When the robin saw the rat
lying on the road she flew at him and
pecked him viciously. There were four
young birds in the nest; one was Killed.
but the other three were unhurt.-St
James Gazette.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
Tho Passion For Giving.

Giving becomes a disease IN time'
remarked a West Philadelphia woman
who had had some experience in very
practical forms Of charitable work. III
is delightful to most Of US to be as
sured that some deed Of ours has
given great pleasure or done much
good. Indeed, it gives more satlstac-
ton than many deeds acted out from
the most purely selfish motives and
will appeal TO US after these more SELF
ish pleasures cease to please. 1t taxes
q terrific hold on many people. Women
who have been able to give hberaliy
have continued after they bad nothing
of value, sending silly, wornout hnery
that could not possibly be Of use TO
ANYBODY. But they have tasted the JOY
Of comforting benefits, of receiving
gratitude, and they simply can't deny
themselves. Why, people have stolen
that they might not have to give up
the pleasure Of bestowing gifts! Moth
ing can exceed the lengths to which
this passion for giving will carry Its
victims. Philadelphia Record.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
CIRCULATING LIBRARIES,
They Were Started by the Stationers
OF the Middle Ages.

They Were Started by the Stationers
OF the Middle Ages.
The earliest form Of circulating IL
brary was the lending out Of books for
hire By stationers Of the middle ages,
but this was of very limited extent.
In the reign Of Henry ", Richard OF
Bury, bishop of Durham, left his valu-
able library for the use of Oxford stu
dents. Two provisions are very prac-
teal, one being that no book was to go
into circulation unless there was
duplicate; the other, that the borrower
had to deposit security exceeding the
value Of the book.
Dunfermline, Scotland, established
the first proper library Of this descrip-
ton in I'LL, Edinburgh following in
1925 with one founded by Allen Ram
say. The first public one in England
was established il Salisbury by q
clergyman. Fancourt. in 1740. This
failed to survive, but others in Bath,
and at London in the Strand, succeed
ed in becoming popular. Many London
scientific societies established circulat-
irg libraries in the eighteenth century,
and in the nineteenth they became far
more widely spread.-London Globe.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
SAVED BY A GYPSY.
An Incident of the AuStro-Prussian
War Of 1866.

An Incident of the AuStro-prusSian n
War Of 1896.
An incident of the -Austro-Prussian
war of 1906 was told rs follows by the
Archduke Joseph: ''On our retreat be-
fore the advance Of the Prusslan
army" said the archduke, 1--WE campeu
in the neighborhood of q Bohemian
town. was lodged in 4 peasants cot
tage when about midnight I heard the
sentry challenging some newcomer.
My adjutant entered and reported that
q gypsy wanted to see me in private.
\ soldier "a gypsy entered, and on my
asking what was the matter he told me
that the enemy was approaching to
surprise US.
"'The outposts have not heard any
thing suspicious I said. No, your
highness, because the enemy is still q
long way off, But how do you know
this? I asked. Come to the window,
your highness,' answered the man. DO
you see those birds flying over the
wood toward the south:' Yes, I see
them. What, then: What, then? DO
not birds sleep as we'll as men? They
certainly would not fly about if they
were not disturbed The enemy is
marching through the wood anu. has
frightened all those birds
Every we'll, my lad. You can go
I at once ordered the outposts to be re-
enforced and the camp to be alarmed.
An hour later the outposts were fight
ing with the enemy, and our camp was
only saved by the keen observation OF
a simple gypsy"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
THE WORD LIVERY.
It Originally Meant Something De-
liyered or Freely Given.

It Originally Meant Something De-
livered or Freely Given.
Our word livery is derived, through
the French, from the Latin liberare, to
deliver. Hence a livery originally
meant something delivered or freely
given, and cane to be applied to an
allowance Of food or clothes.
From Norman times an English no
bleman allotted a fixed "livery" Of
bread, wine and candles to his servants
for their private use. A remnant Of
this system still survives at Oxford
and Cambridge, where the fellows of a
college are entitled to daily allow
ance Of food called commons"
An allowance Of provender for q
horse was also called livery, and a
horse fed and groomed for its owner
at a fixed charge was said to be "at
livery"
In the middle ages 'livery" was worn
by any one who was in any sense IN
the service Of another Of superior rank
or station.
The trading companies Of the city OF
London used to provide special attire
for their freemen, who became known
as liverymen, title which they still
retain.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
Eusy Stairs.

The very acme Of ease is reached in
stairs that have treads twelve to fifteen
inches broad and risers Ave 70 seven
inches high. The run or distance in
most houses is too short to allow Of
this, but they should come as near 1t
as the architect Of the house will ger
NIT. It Is 50 easy to climb such stairs
that one hardly is aware Of any effort.
Numbers of incurably broken down
women owe their bad health to the
steep stairs which they have been
OBLIGED to climb daily.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
A Sweet Breath

is Il never failing sign OF u healthy
stomach. When the breath is bad the
stomach is out of order. There is no
remedy in the world equal to kodol
Dyspepsia Cure for curing indigestion,
dyspepsia and all stomach disorders.
Mrs. Mary S. Crick of White Plains,
KY, writes: II have been dyspeptic
for years; tried all kinds of remedies
but continued to grow worse. By the
use of Kodol | began to improve at
once, and after taking few bottles am
fully restored in weight, health and
strength and can eat whatever like. =.
KodoI digests what you eat and makes
the stomach sweet. Sold by The Il. IS.
Loryea Drug Store.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
The Crucial Moment.

One of the favorite maxims Of Gen
eral Grant and one certainly in ac-
cord with human nature was that in
every closely contested battle there
comes a time when both sides are ex-
hausted. When this condition arises,
he said, the army that first breaks the
lull and puts itself in motion is likely
to win. 4 blow then is worth dozen
previous ones.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
A Summer Cold.

a summer cold is not only annoying.
but if not relieved pneumonia will be
the probable result by fall One Min
ute Cough Cure clears the phlegm,
draws out the inflammation, heals.
soothes and strengthens the lungs and
bronchial tubes. One Minute Cough
Cure is an ideal remedy for the chill
dren. 1t is pleasant to the taste and
perfectly harmless. A certain cure for.
Group, cough and cold Sold by The r.
B. Loryea Drug Store.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
Escapad an Awful Fate.

Mr.. II. Hu4gins of Melbourne. Fla,
writes, My doctor told me I had con-
sumption and nothing could be donesfor
me. was given up to die. The offer
of free trial bottle Of DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, induced
me to try it. Results were startling.
am now on the road to recovery and
owe all to Dr. Kings New Discovery.
1t surely saved my life" This great
cure is guaranteed for ali throat and
lung diseases by The r. B. Loryea
Drug Store. Price SOC and 81. Trial
bottles free.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
Sick Headache.

For several years my wife was trou-
bled with what physicians called sick
headache of I very severe character.
She doctored with several eminent ply
sicians and at a great expense, only to
grow worse until she was unable to do
any kind of work. About year ago
she began taking Chamberlain;s Stom-
ach and Liver Tablets and today weighs
more than she ever did before and is
real WE'LL says Mr.. Geo. E. Wright of
New London, New York. For sale by
The +. B. Loryea Drug Store, Isaac N.
!. I.oryea, PrOp.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
pisr.c,;,s GORGEOUS Costume.

When Disraeli was young man ne
once went on a vacation trip to Corfu
in this extraordinary costume: "A
blood red shirt with silver buttons as
big as shillings, an immense scarf for
girdle, full Of pistols and daggers, red
cap, rcd slippers, broad blue striped
Jacket and trousers. His servant, en-
gagged Cor the occasion, wore 4 Name
luke dress OF crimson and gold, with a
white turban thirty yards long and a
saber glittering like rainbow"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
A Man to Dodge.

Look at Baker, out on day like
this without an umbrella. Is he
crazy?"
I'm afraid he is. Let's hurry on.
I don't want to meet him"
"Why not?'
'He may recognize this umbrella.
It's his"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
Dutx Before prea.rre,

Hostess Ito new curate)-We seem to
be talking Of nothing but horses, Mr..
Soothem. Are you much Of sports
man? Curate-Really, Lady Betty, I
don't think ought TO say that am.
used to collect butterflies, but have
given up even that now.-London Tit
RffS
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
A IoSf ResOrt.

Little Boy-I want you to write me
an excuse for being late to school yes
terlay. Jeweler-Eh: You are not my
son. Little Boy-N-o, but mamma says
had plenty of time to get to school,
so 1 guess the clock you sold her
doesn't so right.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
Among Them.

Clara-Do you know, Maud, Mr.
Smithers paid me great compliment
last night?
"No. What did he say"
s'He said was among the prettiest
girls at the party"
'.Yes, I noticed you were among
bo,, -
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
Notice.

The County Board of Control will
hold a meeting September 9Th 10 elect
a County Dispenser. Applications to
be considered must be filed with the
Board twenty days before SAD oate.
EDWARD S. ERWIN.
w. H. MULDROW,
3. F. RIDGILL.
County Board Control.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
uuder Cross Examination.

Counsr1-Your age, signorina? Young
Lady bashfully)-Oh, I hardly like to
tell you. Counsel-Yet must insist on
knowing it. Pray tel me how old you
were ten years ago. Young Lady
(cheerfully) - Oh, twenty-three! Fan
fulla.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
A Schemer Spotted

'oThe young man talks great deal
about his estates abroad"
eyes" answered Mr.. Cumrox, "he's
like one or two others who wanted to
marry into the family. He's anxious
TO trade his imaginary estate for some
of nv real estate."-Washington Star.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
The Proper Term.

Cholly Gayboy-I heah you Ncmark-
ed that no girl would be wise to mar
~ Gussie Whitless or me because we
were too fastidious Miss Sharpe-Iou
haven't got it quite right. I said you
were "two fast diots."-Philadelphia
ledger.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
Different Points Of View.

The Proverb Girl-A burned child
breads the fire, you know. The Bach
elor-Oh, but don't know. Inc ma
jority Of widowers marry agaan.-Pitts-
burg Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
1t Didn't Pay.

Jones-Morris is now convinced that
advertising does not pay. Smith-Why,
I thought he advertised for wife and
got one. Jones-So he did, and that's
why he says it doesn't pay.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
EnrGnS0uah1R

Customer-The last fish had from
you didn't seem very fresh. Fish
deaIer-Well, mum, low can you ex-
pect fresh fish to come out O. salt
water?-New Yorker.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
u5tb Resneo+ to Fisb Stories

Harry-Fish diet is said to be good
for the brain. Uarriet-That may be
so, but going to catch fish seems to be
awful hard on the morals.-Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31

The masses procure their opinions
ready made in the open market-Cot-
ton.
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To All to Whom These
Presents May Come:

This Diploma is testimony that S. L.
krasnof1, +. D., by Il full course of in-
structions given by The Cincinnati Col
lese of Embalming, has qualified him
self in the art Of Sanitation. Disinfec-
ton. Embalming and preserving dead
bodies.
Given uoder the hand and seal of the
faculty this the 20th day of July, y. d.
1901. at Cincinnati. Ohio
!. H. CLARKE, N. D.. Ph. D.:
G.. II. CLARKE, President.
Secretary.
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orthwestern R. R. of S. c..
lime TABLE No. 6,
In effect Sunday, June S, 1904.
Between Snn.ter and Camden.
Southbound.

Mixed-Dsily except Sunday.
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Beginning April lst this bank will
close at , D N.
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THE OSSETlNiANS.

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WE ARE AGENTS FOR THE
CELEBRATED HELMERS BET
MANN & CO.'S SHOES.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1904-05-17
THROWN UPON TIE STAGE.
The Wa, English tH't!"HCy> =ttrsesrfd
Popular Players ~ 1th t.5tts

I6erp= hTy9,z iz.ft54 a. tzls no
l4,-=.tl several ~en~.4f.aua5 tt
hraDJnrnt the;1er~= " AeU-tz,=5
tzr~t performance 81 :. i5r.I g.5E.5,H= Ha
IA #zl5-a.,zte,z Of aifte Ha5.p a,5.3 tz#,z
l5lt,,a flif.=~t;sgt for the brNeGf 4t pops.
an, t4rs.tef48,I...
II! 4}.4~,, .lcetlliutrd tor Ia'Z- $3.50
eafr= HHers Az of tilc thrdlrjea. ~
z.z4a =,.z.A =lrH ~oalt =rraafi.t3l,# sja=z=
~ f,=5-5=5 e5tf>=,4t~l ul4aa the ~tztze.
Ft,.f c,511i zr9tr! ana universal a. tsa'==
rrI.lta@ 10 i lady Who once held
f.4ff4l pos On Of the lease OF Il Feol
ItG55t s6Il,lDn theatcr While=tais lad3
v..l, SttIl an actress only and Hni =
ll#sl,., s,.,,,.>-. an actress ol great tal,1..
and be,fl1y. there WIS one night on tAe
,irS, t,r,ulnftion of The piece Il small
hoall4n1 cast upon the stage at her
fe.t Xtt3rh,.l 10 the bolla,lrt WAS a
stt4all Russia leather card ease, and in
side III. were bank notes to the value
~ II Dpo exactly on no fewer than
seven different occasions with a toler-
,hly lone jplervaI between. did the
Same thiu,, o,.cIIr and the lady. as al
Ieood has never from that day to this
discovered who her admirer was.
thouuh all manner of romantic coniec-
tures we're made at the, time.
Even within the last few weeks an
unknown elderly gentleman threw an
env.lona wejyhted with nennies and
containing a five pound note TO n tiny
child nerforminy in a London subur-
han nautomi1ne Some theaters have
han,, cnInhr,tad for thair GIFT NIGHTS
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1904-05-17
JAPANESE PROVERBS.
The error of a minute. the sorrow o
A lifetime

The error of a minute, the sorrow Of
a lifetime.
After having tasted bitterness one
becomes Il man.
1t is more difficult to keep fortune
than to make one.
The lie of an Old man is Ike light
"a candle in 4 draft.
1t IS eaS:er to fra Il thousand re-
crafts than one general
The capital and the f:essde have
each their can attract iONS.
Before we can Sy!apath.Ze with 9th
prs we must have Sutlprft! ourselves.
DO not be slaves to yOur children,
They will have their happiness later
The wise man shapes himself accord
ing to circumstances, as water takes
the shape of the vessel into which It Ia
poured.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1904-05-17
Advertisement. ON the Flag.

The denial Of the power Of state
legislature to prohibit the use Of the
national flag for advertising on the
ground that it is not proper exercise
Of the police power implicitly denies
that any question Of public policy Of
the state is involved in such use Of the
flag or else denies that the legislature
is the proper authority to determine
what such public policy is. Though
two able courts have decided that such
a statute Is unconstitutional. there
seems to be nevertheless much reason
in contendinG that this is 4 question
of public policy, which 1t Is the bust
ness Of the legislature and not Of the
courts to decide But if it be correct to
hold that the state law cannot prohibit
the use Of Il representation Of the flag
in connection With advertising it does
not follow that congress might not do
so-Case and Comment