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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09
Hanks sauntered Gacay.

or am to suffer in the future, I shall
never, never be sorry I knew her. You
say women are ali alike. can never
agree with you, but even if she be-
comes his wife, and is proud in a way
to bear his name, there will still be
something, sir, behind-something thai
1 have almost seen and grasped-sone-
thing, Mr.. 'Hillyer, that came upsin her
eyes once, only once, and then darted
away as if frightened at the fear OF
the worlds opinion. But, my God, Mr..
Hillyer, for one second it was mine,
and I have lived on it ever since and
shall take its wonderful warmth to my
grave"
"Oh, George, you scare mew gasped
the merchant. II didn't know you
could''-
"Lets dron ~ subject forever"
Buckley brc'' r!denly. You've
confded in me; I have in you. God
knows you have hope; I have none
none at allv'
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09
Herb ". Edwards Injured.

Herb w. Edwards of Des Moines,
Iowa, got fall on az icy walk last win
ter. sprainiug his wrist and bruising
his knees. The next day." he says.
they we're so sore and stiff was afraid
1 would have to stay in bed: but [ rub
bed them well with Chamberlain's Pain
Balm and after few applications all
soreness had disappeared" The r. B.
Loryea Drug Store. Isaac NJ. Loryea,
Proprietor.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09
TO Cure q Corgh.

The coughs so prevalent these days
usually develop before you realize what
has happened. Now the best thing to
do is to take the most reliable cough:
cure you can get. None better than
Murrays Horehound Mullen and Tar.
It is made OF the purest ingredients
and can be given to infants as we'll as
grown people Above ali else 1T
CURES. You will find it at all drug
gists. 25c a oottle-extra large bottle.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09
Donkeys In Egypt.

In Egypt the women still follow the
ancient custom of riding on donkeys.
The animals are small and well train
ed and carry their burdens about with
out remonstrance. The riding unoer
these conditions demands no especial
skill of horsemanship. The women
make great convenience Of these lit
tie steeds, riding them to market or TO
their shopping as well as on considera-
bic journeys.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09
TIE KITCHEN DRESSER.

It was Originally Bench on Which
-Eeat Was Dressed.
Dr.. johnson tells us that the kitchen
dresser was a bench in the kitchen on
which meat was dressed, or prepared,
for table and gives the following lines
in support Of his view:
'Tis burnt, and so is all the meat.
What dogs are these? Where is the rascal
cook?
How burst you, villains, bring it from the
dresser.
And serve thus to me that love 1t not!
Shakespeare
A maple dresser in her hall she had.
On which full many a slender meal she
made.
Dryden.
Wright, in his Domestic Manners of
the Middle Ages" says: Zone Of the
great objects Of ostentation in a rich
mans house was his plate, which at
dinner time he brought forth and
spread on the table in sight Of his
guests. Afterward, to exhibit the plate
to more advantage, the table was made
with shelves or steps, on which the dlf-
ferent articles could be arranged IN
rows, one above another. It was called
in French, or Anglo-Norman, dres-
soir. because on it the different articles
were dresses, or arranged
It is this to. which the modern poet
refers:
he,pcwter plates on the dresser
Caught, and reflected the fame, as salelds
{, armies the sunshine.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09
CheapiuE.

In parts Of Switzerland the bakers
wife carries round the bread IN sori
Of hamper, and she has not fixed, I'M
mutable charge, but chaffers for pr1ce
with the customers. The old Engllsf
word for this process was "cheapng,,
which in many places in England has
been corrupted into chipping. Chip
ping Norton, for instance, is really
Cheaping Norton, or the place where
goods were cheapened-that is. sold by
chatter.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09
3 Good Complexion,

'sspsrSling eyes and rosy cheeks re-
stored by using DeWitt's Little Early
Risers,; so writes S. P. Moore, of Ma
cogdoches, Tex. A certain cure for bill.
liousuess, constipation, etc. Small pill
easy to take-easy to act. The r. p.
Lorvea Drug Store.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09
Thousands Crrec,

DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve has cured
thos ands of cases OF piles. y bought
abox of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
On the recommendation Of our drug
gist,' so writes c.. Fl. LaCroiX, of Zav-
ALA, Tex, ':and used it for a stubborn
case of piles 1t cured me permanently. "
The r. &. Loryea Drug Store.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09
A Sad Predicament.

Mabel was so mortified at the
Pouch mansion the other night Flo
What happened? Mabel wanted to
laugh in my sleeve, but I had on my
decolette gown and had to hide the
laugh in my glove.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09
Nothing Free

Bacon-Do they give you prunes
often at your boarding house? Egbert
They give US nothing! We have to
pay for prunes, and we get 'em six
times Eeek!-Yonkers Statesman.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09

Look On the bright side. If there is
a baby in the house, there are also
enough safety pins for the grown folks
TO help tnemselves-Atchison Globe.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09
a Rnn,nrlcahIe Feat.

Old Salt-Oh, the oceans a big place,
dearie! Why, many's the time I've
stood for three days on one tack, and
'My sakes, grandpa! I hope you had
your shoes onw-Brook1yn Life.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09
v}suds; ;Sm,exeme

.po.you t1nttn1ssS;'' said ,Aalle, that 4!
actually hrEts a .man-to sbe shit with
one.ofE Cupid's.arEows?"
mo" replied Bell. "Asssa rule, b:
merely becomes senseless+for: time" J"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09

To pity, distress Is but humans 10 7e-
lieve ir-isi sigodhke:-Manp.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-09
IHHER!r1E22 "a !

When child I had very severe at
tack of Diphtheria, which came near prov
ing fatal. Upourecovery the glands of the
neck were very much enlarged, and after
the free use Of iodine, the right one was
reduced to its normal size, but the left
one continued to grow-very slowly at
first, until it was about the size of a goose.
egg, which began to press on the wind
pipe, causing difficult breathing, and be
canevery painful. An incision was made
and large quantity of pus discharged.
The gland was removed, or as much as
could with safety be taken ont. For ten.
years. wore a1ittle piece Of cloth about an
inch long in my neck to keep the place:
open. During this time I had to have it
cut open by the doctor every time I took:
cold or,theopening clogged In the Spring
OF early Summer Of 1884 I was persuaded:
by my wife to use S. S. S., which I did,
strictly in accordance with directions. I:
took twenty-sx large bottles, ard was en-
tirely cured, for have not suffered since.
that time. B. S.RAGLAND.:
Royal Bag Mfg. Co., Charleston, S. G.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-09-15
THE PANAMA CONSPIRACY.
Morgan and His Pals Show Gratitude
by Contributions to Repub-
lican Slush Fund.

The attempt to throw dust into tho
voters eyes by the %pretense that the
republican national committee is short
of cash is hardly consistent with the
report that the head lobbyist Of the
Panama canal steal has paid to Mr..
Cortelyou S400, 900, which he promised
Senator Hanna if the treaty was rati-
fed. There was considerable conster--
nation when Hanna died amongst the
principal republican leaders as to-
whether that promise to Hanna would
be kept, but the chief Panama conspir-
ator kept his word and came up to the
captains office and settled like a little
a 1t was also reported that a
large sum, said to be $500, 600, has been
forthcoming from ]. Pierpont Morgan,
as part of the bargain that gave his
firm the control of the Panama pay
ment to the French company. The
support Of President Roosevelt by the
New York Sun, which is largely owned
by Morgan, is doubtless part of the
same bargain. Panama has been an
unsavory mess from its inception and
does not seem to have improved in
flavor since it has been transferred to
this country. That President Roose-
welt should be even cognizant of the
bribery and corruption is unfortunate,
but that he is beneftting by it per-
sonally is d%eplorable.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-09-15
Wisdom of the Cat,

We may like cats or we may not like
cats, but we must all confess that the
cat is our superior. He Uses us, in his
eyes we exist for his delectation, we
provide warmth and milk, we are a
hearth rug to be jumped on and sat
on, a curry comb to titillate him. In
this aspect the cat is vastly superior
to the dog, which Is faithful to those
who maltreat him, while a cats fidelity
takes the form of gracious adherence
ito those who serve him. He has proof
of his philosophy. We knew an old
lady, lodging in the suburbs, who
spread bread on the lawn every morn
ing for the sparrows. Every morning,
as the sparrows ate, the kind old lady's
cat ready behind the box brush, took
his toll. How could he doubt that his
mistress, his servant, was at the nor
NAL task of doing his service?-Satur.
day Review.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-09-15
HARVESTING BUTTERFLIES.
Trees Containing Them Are Wound
UP in Gauze, Presenting Tes-
tive Appearance.

Travellers in Berlin visiting the ad-
jacent country in the spring are sur
prised to see the trees in the woods
gayly dressed in gauze as if for a
ball. The gauze, which is put around
the short branches, is tied up near the
trunk of the tree and is not intended
for decorative use, but is the work Of
the butterfly harvesters.
1t Is well known that many butter
flies are valuable, and unique speci-
mens in good condition will bring good
prices. In catching a full-fiedged but
terfly there is always danger OF ihjur-
ing it's delicate wings and destroying
or lessening its value. To obtain the
butterflies in the most satisfactory
manner the collectors raise their own
specimens, and they choose the woods
for the grazing ground. With boxes Of
caterpillars on nests of leaves they re-
pair to the outskirts of Berlin, and
place the worms on the limbs, where
they will have a sufficient quantity Of
food of the proper kind and live under
natural conditions. The gauze Is placed
carefully over each limb after a sufi-
cient number of the caterpillars have,
been placed on it, and left to make
their cocoons, when the harvest is
gathered. Trees dressed in this way
present a peculiar appearance.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-09-15
New Kind of GeoIogist.

An English professor Of geology says
that he once received a call from a man
who was at the head Of a large COM
mercial enterprise. He wished to CON
suit the professor about the instruc-
ton Of his son, who would ultimately
inherit his vast business and wealth.
But mind you" said he, IT don't want
him to learn about stratums or dips
or faults or ~upheavals or foundations,
and | don't want him to fill his mind
with fossils or stuff about crystals.
What / want him to learn is how to
find gold and silver and copper ir pay
ing quantities, sir, in paying qeanti-
ties" Unfortunately for such people
the preparation for no business Iii life
can be kept down to such severely
practical NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-09-15
THE FIRST AMERICAN COINS.
They Were Copper Half Cents and
Were Issued from the Mint
in 1898.

The treasurer of the United States
on May 6, 1903, redeemed two half cent
pieces. This is the first time in the
history of the country that such coins
have been presented for redemption.
1t is more than a century since the
first half cent piece was coined, and it
is nearly so years since the govern
ment discontinued minting them, says
the Gateway Magazine.
Possibly not one person in a thou
sand now living in the United States
ever saw a half cent piece.
The last annual report of the direc-
tor of the mint, page 50. shows that
7,S95,222 of these coins, representing
$~39,476.11, were issued. For almost
half a century each annual report Of
the treasury department has included
them among the Outstanding" obliga-
tons of the government.
The half cent piece was the coin OF
the smallest denomination ever made
by this country. 1t enjoys the distinc-
ton also of being the first coin issued
and also the first whose denomination
was discontinued. The United States
mint was established in 1892, and cop
per half cents and cents were issued in
1893. Half the total number of half
cents issued were coined previous to
1910, after which year their coinage.
with few exceptions, was limited. None
was coined for circulation from 1872
to 1924, nor from 1886 to 1S4S. Final
ly, in 1857, their coinage, with that Of
the big copper cent, was discontinued.
On account Of their limited issue in
the last years of their coinage they
practically had disappeared from the
channels of trade.
The needs of adopting the half cent
as the lowest value computing factor
for a coin were made in the early days
OF the republic. Colonial half cents
and British farthings of the same COM
mercial value were then in circula-
ton, and many articles were priced
and sold in half-cents. With the prog
ress of the nation values rose and the
needs for a half cent disappeared. and
their use following the first decade of
the century was almost entirely con-
fined to multiples.
While all other discontinued types
and denominations of United States
coin save found oblivion, the half cent
is the only one of which the treasury
reports do not record some portion Of
the issue redeemed. This singular and
unexplained fact has been one of fire.
quent comment and inquiry from mint
and treasury officials.
Large stocks of half cents are to be
found in the stocks of coin dealers.
The most common dates are sold at a
good premium and the extremely rare
ones are worth their weight in gold.
Farran Zarbe, of st. Louis, was the
NAL who sent the two half cent pieces
to Washington for redemption. He
now prizes highly the little voucher
calling for zone cent" which was sent
to him with that amount of current
coin in exchange for the two half cent
pieces he had forwarded.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-09-15
THE CANYON IREsILE.

This has man wrought; to span the I'M
tanned flood,
To link the hoary sundered cliffs in
bands,
To cleave his pathway straight with
sweat and blood
Up the white silence of untrodden
lands.
Measure the man against the foe he
fought,
Invincible-and chained. This has man
wrought.
Deem not the mountains holy place de-
When the black smoke-cloud blots out
slope and scaur;
Think not its silence desecrate, when
wild
Long warning whistles thrill the SHOWS
afar.
The way of toll is sacred. Rock and sod
And forged steel are holy things of God.
Nay, not for gold alone the toilers
wrought;
Nay, not for fame or pride the pulsing
Flung out across the cliffs its splendid
thought,
Looped the wild pine-lands docile in
its chain.
Brothers by danger shared, strong, pa
tient, still,
Men wrought in steel the signet of Gods
will.
The scroll is graven large for eyes tina
see,
A writhing on the wall in storm and
sun:
Here shall the highway of the nation be,
For scattered peoples gathering into
one;
Kindred unknown from unknown shores
and lands,
Brought hither in Gods temple shall
touch hands,"
This has man wrought-his manhood's
gage and pledge.
What might was his who stormed the
mountains strength,
Rocked not of topping crag and icy
ledge,
Bought by sheer will his path, held at
arms length
Disputing death! Read in his rock-cleft
plan
Gods measure of the stature OF a man.
A stature that shall shame our petty
strife,
Laugh down our l~ittleness of selfish
fears,
Flash on dim eyes the splendor of the life
Which set it's token here for unborn
years-
Wrung. from the jaws of death, sweat
stained, blood-bought,
The sacred way of toll, this has man
wrought.
Mabel Earle, in Youths Companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-09-15
FRESH POLITICAL NOTES.

Motion raises temperature. The
republican committee keeps Mr.. Fair
banks moving with the idea that he
may warm up before the campaign is
over.--N. Y. World.
Big trusts contribute $40, 900. 900
toward Mr.. R~oosevelt's campaign. The
magnates are paying for those white
house lunches and for what they took
away.-St. Louis Republic.
AS a matter OF secret fact the re-
publicans are not worrying half as much
about the seasoned age of Mr.. Davis
as they are worrying about the mental
%youngness Of Mr.. Observation-Disclosures
Constitution.
Senator Depew brought home
some %brand-new jokes from Europe.
Here is n of them: He says that the
republican party is going to win this fall
by the greatest majority on record
Boston Globe.
On his way to Oyster Bay, Mr..
Roosevelt was delayed by a flood.
There may be a tidal wave next No
vember-but it won't keep Roosevelt
away from Oyster Bay; quite the con-
trary.-Albany Argus.
An esteemed contemporary has
been mourning the decline Of fiction
during recent years. But the mournfui
be it understood, were made be-
fore the republican campaign textbook
was issued.-The Commoner.
a New York supporter Of the ad.
ministration affirms with great con.
fidence that imperialism Is d myth be.
cause It could not exist in free Amer.
lea. Nobody is afraid of it here. But
1t can exist in the subject Philippines,
-Philadelphia Racnrd.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-09-15
PARKER'S GOLD TELEGRAM.
Facts Regarding It's Transmission to
st. Louis Which Can Be Main
tanned by Proofs.

The Brooklyn Eagle is in a position
to affirm and to maintain by proof
these facts:
That Alton Brooks Parker wrote the
famous gold standard dispatch to Will
liam F. Sheehan. then in st. Louis, on
Saturday morning, July 8, at IL
O'Clock, and sent the same from the
Esopus telegraph station.
That the dispatch was so written
and so sent on Judge Parker's own
initiative, without consultation or CON-.
munication with a single soul.
That the dispatch was not written and
sent in pursuance of a pre-arrangement
and that those who advocated and adj
yanced his cause in st. Louis had no
foreknowledge of it.
That Judge Parker reached his deter
mination to send the dispatch after he
had been informed by the New York
papers of Saturday morning, and by
that means alone, and had comprehend
ed in its entirety the situation as to the
platform in st. Louis.
That Judge ParkeF did not anticipate
or foresee the final action of the COM
mittee in it's 16 hours session; that he
did not have and could not have had
knowledge of the events as they devel-
oped on Friday and Friday night at st.
Louis, until eight o'clock Saturday
morning; that during the 80 hours pre-
ceding the sending Of the dispatch he
had no communication whatsoever with
any leader of the New York delegation,
with any leader in the convention, OF
with any person of that convention or
with any person in the east on any mat
ter which could be construed as po
litical.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-09-15
ADAGES ABOUT WEATHER.
Observations Of the Prophets Compiled
by the Clerk of the Weather
Bureau,

Recently the United States weather
bureau compiled a list of the more
common weather adages. From this
the following examples are taken:
when bees remain in their hives
or fly but a short distance expect
rain"
Men work better, eat more and
sleep sounder when the barometer is
high"
do business with men when the
wind is from the westerly, for then
the barometer is high"
I'm summer, when the sun burns
more than usual, expect thunder
storms"
IF the temperature increases be-
tween nine p. m. and midnight when
the sky is cloudless expect rain, and
If during a long and severe period of
low temperature the temperature in
a between midnight and morn
ing expect a thaw."
"a red sun has water in his eyes,"
GA piece of seaweed hung up will
become damp previous to rain"
"a rising fog indicates fair wealth
er; If the fog settles down expect
rain"
"Hoar frost indicates rain"
THE larger the halo about the moon
the nearer the rain clouds and the
sooner the rain may be expected"
Snakes show themselves on the ap-
proach of rain
Human hair (red) curls and kinks
at the approach of a storm and re-
Strengthens after the storm"
when a cat washes herself good
weather may be expected, but if she
ticks her coat against the grain bad
weather is indicated, or if she washes
her face over her ears or sits with her
tail to the fire."
when the birds cease to sing rain
and thunder will probably come"
Pigeons return home unusually
early before rain"
when fish bite readily and swim
near the surface rain may be ex-
pected."
ga bee was never caught in a
shower"
When flies bite greedily expect
rain"
Cottonwood and quaking asp trees
turn up their leaves before rain"
when the leaves of trees curl with
the wind from the south it indicates
rain"
when the sun draws water rain
follows soon"
'Red skies in the evening precede
fine tn-morroUcp
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-09-15
Canal Across Florida.

The project of building a ship canal
across Florida has again come to the
fore, and there is a strong probability
Of its being carried out. A canal,
known as the Florida coastline canaI,
Is rapidly nearing completion, and
o extends from st. Augustine on the
north to Key West on the south, a
complete inland way of over $50 miles.
~-Scientificfi American.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-09-15
Waste Of Public Money.

The republicans admit the increased
cost Of running the government under
the present ~extravagant administration,
but claim that it is necessary, as the
growth Of the country demands it. But
the cost per capita should not increase
faster than the population increases, as
it should be relatively cheaper to run
an 10000, 900 country than one with 49,
900, 900 of people; but the cost is increas-
ing at a much greater ratio than the
population, which shows extravaganza
and waste of the peoples money.