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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
Lacking Self Control.

"And: to knowledge add tenn
perance." Temperance is self.
control. Each one is in himself
a whole army Of faculties,
thoughts, feelings, passions, pur-
poses. The efficiency of an army
depends on it's power to main
tain order and march together.
The general must command and
the ranks must obey, Or he will
90 down in defeat. A man must
Keep all his powers in subordlna-
ton and make them move to-
gether, or he will go to pieces.
If one of his lower powers, such
as appetite or anger, gets the
better of his, he is gone. A
mans power is in proportion to
his self control. However strong
he may be in his faculties, if he
lacks self control, he is weak. A
man in commissions is not a
strong man, though it takes ten
to hold him; he is the strong
man that can hold himself. Il
one cannot control himself, he
cannot control anything else.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
f,on,Juc,c,i by Pux,-i7c II. c. 7. L.
He Wasn't Fieud; He Was Merely Drunk

A Chicago man, sixty years
old, husband and the father
of two sons and a daughter,
came home late the other night
and taking a revolver from his
pocket, shot one son fatally and
the other so that his recovery is
doubtful.
Then he was taken to a police
station and went to sleep una
wares of what he had done.
When he awoke in the morning
and was shaken by the horror
and the wonder of them, for be
had no recollection of the night
and it's murders.
He was ordinarily good citi,
zen and good father. He had
killed his child when he crazed
himself with drink. That was
his weakness. He would drink.
His wife and his children used to
warn him and plead with him.
He knew his own way better
than any one else, and one night
it came to this end.
We suppose that this man, sit.
ing on his cot in the jail cell
probably quite sober now, can
remember very well when his
boys were born and how proud
he was of them. He can proba-
bly remembered when he used to
play with them on the floor, and
when they began to go to school
and when he used to bring home
Christmas things for them, He
can probably remember when he
courted his wife, and when they
were married, and the ideas he
had then of the kind of life they
would lead together. He can
probably see, if he tries, the first
house they furnished together,
and the cradle of the first baby,
and other things. And if he
thinks of all these matters, OF
the end his life has reached and
the difference between hopes
when he was young and his stu
alton today, it is likely he will
suffer more than if he shall be
hanged for his crime.
Whiskey did this. Whiskey
does this or like it for men every
day. The devil that invented it
and the devils that tempt men to
drink it must enjoy the wrecks
it makes of human life.-The
Christian World.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
Gratitude Of n Dog.

Olive Thorne Miller tells Of a dog
which belonged to a colonial family
and was particularly noted for his an
tipathy to Indians, whom he delighted
to track. On one campaign against
the French this dog insisted on accom-
panying his master, although his feet
were In terrible condition from hav-
ing been frozen during the previous
winter. During the fight which ended
in the famous Braddock's defeat he
became separated from his master, and
the latter, supposing him killed, went
home without him. Some weeks later,
however, the dog appeared in his old
home, which was many miles from the
battlefield. He was tired and worn,
but over his sore feet soft moccasils
were fastened, showing that be had
been among Indians and that they had
taken especial pains to be kind to him.
Thereafter, though he showed great
Joy at being again among his own peo-
pie, neither threats nor bribes could
ever induce him to track an Indian.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
ScuIntu1cd by Nature.

Nature through the active agency Of
the rains, winds and even the dust
sometimes performs wonderful things
in the strange fashioning Of the OBJ
durate stone into forms resembling the
human face. On the very summit Of
Mount Tamalpais, a lofty peak that
stands about twelve miles from the
city Of San Francisco, is q most re-
markable profile wrought in the solid
stone.
Just few minutes walk from the
end Of the railroad that leads up to the
mountains summit, on the trail that
circles the crest Of the peak, brings
one to the Old Lady herself. This
huge natural sphinx seems to guard
the path where it narrows on rocky
ledge.
The profile is perfect. The seams
and creases made by the centuries Of
weather are like lines Of care and age
worn in the human face. No one, how
ever aged in our worldly years, can re-
member when the Old Lady was
young. However, when one passes far
ther along the path and looks back
ward the outline Of the wrinkled visage
Is lost, and instead the eye can dimly
trace the features Of a woman young
and as beautiful as an Egyptian
Dri0cpSs
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
Marnefs and Macneti6n1.

The modern theory of magnetism,
known as Webers, aided greatly by
the work Of Professor Ewing, main
tains that even the smallest physical
quantity, the molecule, present in a
bar magnet is itself minute magnet
Hence the power Of the magnet de-
pends entirely, in the first place, upon
molecular arrangement.
This can be easily seen by filing
glass tube with steel filings, loosely
packed. at first these are all in disor-
der, but if q magnet is drawn over the
tube they begin to turn themselves
into one direction till perfect alignment
takes place, when the tube acquires
the properties Of a magnet
The breaking Of bar magnet into
pieces, each piece in turn becoming
magnet, confirms this theory. So does
saturation, as it is called, when the
molecules are arranged and no further
effect takes place. The theory Of mag
netic keepers closing the lines of force,
thus preserving and not dissipating
the power, is also in accordance with
this. The primary source Of magnetic
power is still unknown.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
He Hnd Money Before.

Colonel Carr was travelling in New
Mexico once. when he ran into party
consisting Of Senator Tabor and his
friends. It was only few months aft
er Tabor had "struck it rich" Prior to
that event he had possessed scarcely
enough to buy postage stamp, but he
was making up for lost time.
Carr had lost his watch key and be-
gan inquiring for one. Mr.. Tabor
thought this q great joke. The idea Of
a man wanting a watch key in the
nineteenth century" be said. After
chuckling over it for some time he
turned to Carr and asked an explana-
ton. 81 want to understand it-a
watch key! And man as up to date
as your
"Well, the fact is" responded the
colonel, "I had enough money to buy a
watch before stem winders came into
fashion"
It was center shot and was greeted
by roar from the entire car. Tabor
got of by buying champagne for the
crowd.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
An Intelligent Bird.

A species Of woodpecker tnhabits the
driest parts Of Mexico, where during
the droughts it must die Of starvation
unless it made store To prevent this
it selects the hollow stem Of species Of
aloe, the bore Of which is just large
enough to hold nut. The woodpecker
drills holes at intervals in the stem and
fills it from bottom to top with the
nuts, the separate holes being apparent
" made for convenience Of access to
the column Of nuts within.
The intelligence which not only con-
structs special storehouse, but teaches
the woodpecker to lay by only the nuts,
which will keep, and not the insects,
which would decay, Is perhaps the
highest form Of bird reasoning which
has yet been observed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
Bryinr n wi4n

In Uganda a man can buy hand
some wife for four bulls, box Of car
tridges and six needles, and If be has
the luck to so a-wooing when woman
happens to be a drug on the market
he can buy a suitable damsel for a
pair Of shoes. 4 Kaffir girl is worth,
according to the rank Of her family,
from four to ten COWS, and in Tartary
no father will surrender his daughter
unless he gets a good quantity Of but
ter in return, and in certain parts Of
India no girl can marry unless her IA
ther has been pacifed by a present Of
rice and q few rupees.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
The "seeond Samson


Richard Joy, who died May is, 1742,
at the age Of sixty-seyen and is buried
in the St Peters churchyard, Isle Of
Thanet, Kent, England, was known
throughout Europe as the "Kendsh
Hercules" or the Second Samson"
When but a youth Of seventeen years
be was invited to London by the king
to give an exhibition in remarkable
feats Of strength. Among the feats
Of bis more mature years were those Of
breaking with his hands and feet q
rope with q tensile strength Of thirty
FIVE hundredweight and the lifting Of
2,200 pounds. The following is copy
Of his epitaph:
Eerculean hero, famed for strength,
At last lies here. his breadth and length
See how the mighty man IS fallen!
To death the strong and weak are all one.
The same judgment doth befau
Goliath great and David small
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
Antiquity of Masks.

Masks are Of very ancient origin. In
tomb 5000 years old at Mycene DR..
Schliemann found two bodies with
faces covered by masks Of gold. One
Of the masks represented the head Of
a lion. Among ancient Greeks the lion
mask was sign Of distinction. With
the Peruvians Of old it was a mark Of
royal lineage In a grave Of consid-
erable antiquity in Peru silver mask
was found on the head Of mummy.
The mummy Of a prince who lived IN
the reign of Rameses H., discovered in
q small vault at Memphis, in Egypt
had mask Of gold leaf over the face.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03

lOtal IuU
Three days will be required for this
examination.
Under the regulations of the Treasury
Department applicants must be not less
than IS or more than 25 years of age, of
vigorous constitution, physically sound
and well formed, not less than 5 feet 3
inches in height, of good moral charac-
ter, and unmarried The marriage Of
a cadet will be considered as equivalent
to his resignation.
Applicants are advised that cadets
may be commissioned by the President
as lieutenants after three years salts
factory service The salary of a cadet
is $500 per annum and one ration per
day.
There are in the Revenue-C Cutter Ser
vice commissioned officers. as follows:
Captains, about Sc, at a salary Of $500
per annum; first lieutene.nts, about 36,
at salary of 81, 800 per annum: second
lieutenants, about 80, at a salary Of
81, 500 per annum: third lieutenants,
about lat a salary of S,.t00 per annum.
Persons who desire to enter this ex-
animation should at cnce apply to the
United States Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. G.
Issued January 6, 1904.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
H{s Sinners.

A preacher admonished the men ID
his congregation not to let their desire
for "slippered ease' keep them from
church on Sunday morning. a young
man went home and inquired for his
"slipperedees." His slippers;have oeen
known by that name ever since.-Bos-
ton Christian Register.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
Lack Of Force.

More people fail from lack Of force
than from lack Of education or oppor-
tunity, says Success. a man may be
well educated or brilliant and yet for
lack Of force be complete failure in
his vocation. A man or woman may
succeed without education, but not
without force; without capital, but not
without energy.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
Legare Sends Us the Following
Which He Hopes Will Prove ofAdvantage
70 Some of Orr Clarendon Bows.

The United States Civil Service
Commission announces that IN view Of
OF the small number of applications filed
for the scheduled to be held on January
4, 5, 6. 1904, for the position of cadet
in the Revenue-Cutter service, the ex'
aminations have been postponed to Feb
ruary 25, 26, q, 1904, and will be held
at the places mentioned in the accom-.
panving list, to secure elegibilltles
from which to make certihcatlon to fill
vacancies in the position of cadet in
the Revenue-Cutter service.
The examination will consist the sub
jects mentioned below, which will be
weighed as follows:
Subjects. Weights.
!. Spelling twenty words of more
ii IAN average difficulty .......
2. Arithmetic las comprised in the
ordinary grammar school text
book. II
3. Algebra las comprised in the
high school textbooks, includ-
ing logarithms] ]............... Il
+. General geography las comprls-
ed in the grammar school text
books Observation-Disclosures.
5. Geomatry Including plane and
6. General Gene history and Constitution
of the United States las COM
prised in high school text
books. The questions on Con-
stitution refer to its general
provisions only ly)..............:.
7. Physics las comprised in high
school text-books) ........... Il
s. General information Questions
rela ing to well-known matters
of current INTEREST," ..,.........
9. Trigonometry Including ques-
tions in plane and spherical trig-
onometryl ...........,......... Il
10. Grammar, rhetoric, and compo-
sition (the questions in gram
mar comprise the work givenin
the grammar school teXt-books,
including parsing and analysis.
In rhetoric the questions COM
prise the work in the high
school textbooks. The test in
composition consists of the pre-
paration of an essay on one of
two assigned topics) ......... II
II. English literature las compris-
ed in high school text-books)
II. One modern anguage-French,
German, or Spanish-(competl-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
Water on Battleships.

AS nearly as possible 5000 gallons Of
fresh water are used in large battle
ship daily. About tWo-thirds Of this is
taken up by the boilers, and the re-
mainder is used for drinking, washing,
cooking, etc. When the store which
she has taken out with her from port
has been used up a vessel has to de-
pend upon her evaporators for further
supplies. Every modern warship Is
fitted with evaporating machinery to
distill the salt sea water.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
A WITTY Scot.

At an auction sale in Scotland vii
lage the auctioneer was trying to sell
q number Of domestic utensils, includ-
ing a porridge pot AS usual he was
making a great fuss. Finishing, his
keen eye caught a well known worthy,
the beadle, standing at the back Of the
crowd, and he shouted out:
'3laister McTavish, make an offer for
this pot! Why, 1t would make splen-
did kirk bellr'
"Aye," replied the beadle, "if your
tongue was in itr'
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
"A. q. LATIMER
Washington, D. c., Jan. II, 1904.
Cures Rheumatism and Catarrh-Medieine
Sent Free.

Send no money-sinply write and try Botanic
Blood Balm at our expense. Botanic Blood
Balm o. B. b. kills or destroys the poison in
the blood which causes the awful aches in back
and shoulder blades, shifting pains, difficulty in
moving fingers toes or legs, bone pains, swollen
muscles and joints Of rheumatism, or the foul
breath, hawking. splitting, droppings in throat
bad hearing, SpeckS flying before the eyes, all
played out feeling OF catarrh. Botanic Blood
Balm has cured hundreds OF cases OF 80 or 40
years standing after doctors, hot springs and
patent medicines had all failed. Most Of these
cured patients had teken Blood Balm as last
resort. 1t is especially advised for chronic,
deep-seated cases. Impossible for any one to
suffer the agonies or symptoms Of rheumatism
or catarrh while or after taking Blood Balm
1t makes the blood pure and rich, thereby Civ
ing healthy blood supply. Cures are perDoa-
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Balm sent free and prepaid. also special medi-
cal by describing your trouble and writing Blood
Balm Co, Atlanta, Ga. 4 personal trial Of
Blood Balm is better than thousand printed
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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
Garden Seed.
The Manning Times.

Special to The Manning Times.
[ am sending you number of pack
ages Of garden seed. which I would be
glad to have you distribute as equally
as you can among the people of your
community who will most appreciate
them.
Having only limited number OF
packages. and it being impossible to
send to every one in the State, I have
thought best to adopt this method, in
the hope that the seed will reach the
largest number and do the most good.
If anyone who has not received seed
will write to me, I will try to supply
them.
I will esteem it a courtesy if you will
publish this letter in your regular issue.
With best wishes.
Yours very truly,
A. G. LATIMER.
Washington, D. c., Jan. II, 1904.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
Charity Begins Mt Home.

Wealthy Merchant Qt an evening
party)-Gentlemen, we will not allow
this festive occasion to pass away with
out remembering the poor. In one Of
my houses there lives a poor clerk
whom l shall have to eyict tomorrow
unless he can pay his arrears Of rent
by then. Fritz, hand plate around
Dorfbarbier.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
Dana's Ten Books.

Charles 4. Dana once made list OF
ten indispensable books" They were:
The Bible, Shakespeare, the Declara-
ton OF independence, the Constitution
Of the United States, Bancroft's "H1s-
tory Of the United States" IrV1ngs
Life of Washington" Franklin's eau
photography" Channing's Essay on
Napoleon Bonaparte," Gibbons DE
cline and Fall Of the Roman Empire"
and Tarbell's early Life Of Lincoln" :"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
Transformation.

An English farmer had a number Of
guests to dinner and was about to help
them to some rabbit when he discoy-
cred that the dish was cold. Calling
the servant, he exclaimed, "Here,
Mary, take this rabbit out and eat 1t
and bring it back a little 'otterr'
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
Too Cousiderate.

Mistress (returning from holiday
Why, Bridget, whatever has become OF
the parrot?
Bridget-Well, you see, mum. after
YOU left it looked a bit pining like and
didn't talk much, so the cook and I put
It out of it's misery, poor thing, and l
had it stuffed for my new 'at-Judy.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
John Bunyan.

The bill Of indictment preferred
against John Bunyan ran thus: John
Bunyan hath devilishly and pernictous-
" abstained from coming to church to
hear divine service and is a common
upholder Of several unlawful meetings
and conventcles, to the disturbance
and distraction Of the good subjects
Of this kingdom, contrary to the laws
Of our sovereign lord the king" He
was convicted and imprisoned twelve
years and six months.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
Suicide Prevented.

The startling announcement that a
preventive OF suicide had been dlscor-
cred will interest many. a rundown
system or dependency invariably pre-
cede suicide and something has been
found that will prevent that condition
which makes suicide likely. At the
first thought of self-destruction take
Electric Bitters. 1t being great tonic
and nervine will strengthen the nerves
and build up the system. It's also a
great stomach, liver and kidney resu-
lator. Only SOC. Satisfaction guaran.
teed by The R. B. Loryea Drug Store.
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No nnthcr Whatever.

"Do you ever have any trouble with
the plants when your wife goes away"
asked the hatchet faced man sadly.
"None whatever" replied the cheer
full chap. They always die within a
week after she leaves, and all I have to
do is to put them away until she comes
back" Cincinnati Commercial Trib-
11np
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
Story md Everett.

Chief Justice Story attended a pub
lie dinner in Boston at which Edward
Everett was present. Desiring to pay
delicate compliment to the latter, the
learned judge proposed as volunteer
toast:
Fame follows merit where Everett
goes"
The brilliant scholar arose and re-
sponded:
"To whatever heights judicial learn
ing may attain in this country, 1t will
never get above one Story."-Success.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
Came Out Strong at the End.

Chippy--I was not at all up to the
mark last night; tried to say something
agreeable, but couldn't do it somehow,
so at last I bade them goodby.
Jones-Ah, then you did manage to
say something agreeable after ALL
Stray Stories.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
A Sander.

The Lady-I gave you piece Of pie
last week, and you've been sending
your friends here ever since.
The Tramp You're mistaken, lady.
Them was my enemies.-Judge.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
Exercise For Both.

"Dces your wife so in for athletics"
"Um-yes, in a way. She went out
yesterday to take exercise; said she was
going to walk up long hill"
"And did sheY'
"No; she got into the dry goods dis
trict and ran up a long bill instead
You can easily see that l am the one
who was exercised" Kansas City
Journal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
EcnnnmScaI.

Doesn't it cost you good deal to
run this yacht, old man?"
"Yes, but my wife can't spend cent
when she's here"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
P1eosurable.

It tickles a woman to death to plan
If she had an income Of $4,000 a year
how much good she could do with the
500 of it she could not spend fer
clothes.-NeW York Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
Why not Take a Trip This Winier Through
Florida to Cuta,

This beautiful State and Island has
been brought within easy reach by the
splendid through train service of the
Atlantic Coast Line, the great thor
oughfare to the tropics. Winter tour
ist rates are now on sale to all points in
Florida and to Havana.
For rates, maps, sleeping car and
steamship accommodations, write to
W. J. CRAIG,
General Passenger Agent,
Wilmington, n. G.
''What to Say in Spanish and How to
Say it," sent to any address upon re-
ceipt of a two-cent stamp.
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"Fate is awfully funny sometimes.
Ten years ago, when we were boys to-
gether, his one ambition was to be a
mighty hunter and catch mountain
lions with @ lasso."~