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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-20
Raw Opium From tae Poppy

The prenaration Of raw" opium In
North India is, according to the Trop-
ical Agriculturalist, carried out as fol-
lows:
In February, as q rule, the juice
Is gathered, the poppy plant being
tten in full flower and Of a height OF
three or four feet, each stem having
from two to five capsules Of the size
of ducks egg. Before the capsules
are pierced the fallen petals OF the
flowers are carefully gathered. and
sorted according to condition, in three
grades, and then are heated over a
slow fire and formed into thin cakes,
to be used for the covering Of the
drug when collected.
The piercing of the pods requires
great skill, and upon it largely de-
pends the yield. The opium farmer
and his assistants each carry small
lancelike tool, which has three or four
short, sharp prongs, and with this a
half dozen perpendicular cuts are
made, in each capsule or seed pod OF
the poppy. The juice begins to flow
at once, but quickly congeals. The
day after the thickened juice is care
fully gathered, being scraped of with
a small IRON trowel, and the mass
thus gathered is put Into an earthen
vessel and kept carefully stirred for
a month Of more, great care being
taken to have it well aired, but not
exposed to the SUD.
The material is now examined by
expert testers, who determine its
grade or quality, and then the whole
Is put into large box, where It is
worked very much in the same fash
ion as bakers dough, to give it the re-
ouired consistency. The opium 1s
now made into balls for export. The
natives wade about in the large vats
containing the paste Ike drug and
hand it out to hundreds Of ball makers
sitting around the room. Every man
has spherical brass cup, lined with
poppy flower petals, before him. Into
this is pressed the regulation guam.
tity Of opium. From this brass cup
when properly pressed, the opium ball
IS transferred to another man, who
gives it coating Of clay. This gives
the drug, when ready for shipment,
the appearance Of q fair sized cannon
ball
When well prepared In this manner,
opium will keep its properties for
fifteen years or more. Before it can
be used, the opium balls have to be
broken up and further treated.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-20

Mother After Joining.
O'ga Louise Cadi2h, q young OHIO
woman has turned on her sex who be-
ling 10 clubs and written dreadful
things which she defes club women to
deny. She pictures the club woman
as destroyer OF the home in the gen
uipe meanirg Of the WORD, a woman
who commits race su eide and en-
courages other women to do likewise.
The average number OF children to
married members OF the General FSd.
eration OF Womens clubs, she declares
Is two, while the average number Ct
children that blessed The mothers o.
these same women three and one.
| half.
The average age Of the member.
ship Of the women's clubs Ia the coun'
try Is thirty three years The average
age OF the youngest children OF the
married members is eleven years. &
careful Investigation Of the member
ship Of women's clubs shows that on
" one married women in sixteen be.
comes a mother after she has allied
herself with Wonenis s clubs, only one
in forty three during period OF eight
years has become tas motSer OF TWO
children after her alliance with tbs
women's clubs"
The college bred woman is put down
IS selfish. The auther next presents
the following statistics to show the
bearing OF the subject OF race suicide
on the modern church:
With 45,915 Methodist mothers the
average number OF children was 3.2l8.
With 20, 234 Episcopal mothers the
average number Of children was 2 g.
IL.
With 42,s25 Catholic mothers the
average number Of children was 3 3 I.
With 81, 1853 PRESBYTERIAN N others
the average number Of children was
3.1S.
With 2s,2 247 Congregational moth.
ers the average number OF children
Was 2 8 IA.
With 3l,626 Baptist mothers the
average number Of children was 3 4
10.
All the mothers referred to, the au-
thor declares, have been married from
ten to fifteen years.
Members Of the General Federation
Of Women's Clubs have gathered sta,
tistics to refute the charges OF race
suicide by Grover Cleveland. Miss
Jane Adams, Of Hull House, says:
There may be dissipation and over
indulgence In devotion to clubs, but
the figures We are gathering will re-
fute the aings made at tho club VIC
men on the home and Child ques-
tion."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-20
q Big Fee.

Recently at St. Louis, No, Pro
bate Judge Crows en- tered an
order allowing Dr.. W. E. F!schel
81, $40 for medical ssrvIces End Incl.
dental expenses attending Miss Elleo
Jane Mckee, q nilnona1ress, who died
In Asheyille, n. G. His claim was
S., $40. The amount allowed WIS
not con tested. Dr.. Fischel claimed
s165 for attending Mss MsKse in st.
Louis from January 2, last, until
March 80; IS. GEO for ten DAYS attend.
ance at Asbville; $500 claimed to have
been advanced or account Of the un-
dertakers bill, and s55 for railroad
fare and other experS g.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-20
PHONE ON STEAMSHIPS,
Lookout VIII Convey Warning Over
Wire Instead of Shouting.


Wire Instead Of Shouting.
When the lookout in the crc rs nest
Of the ocean liner Of the future sights
an object, in lieu of shouting he will
open q copper telephone Dox, and say
to the skipper through a transmitter:
There's steamers smoke ahead, sir.
Two miles off the port bow. -Four
miles away.
James H. Hills new steamship Da-
kota, the largest vessel ever built IN
America, and replica OF the Mime
sofa, now engaged in trans-Paclhc
commerce, is equipped with two dis
tinct systems of telephones, connected
with which are the newest Wrinkles
in both general and marine telephony.
Telephoning at sea has never been
success on account of vibration OF the
vessel, noise of machinery, the roar OF
the wind, and the admission OF mols-
ture to the parts.
On board the Dakota one system IS
an exchange, with instruments IN all
the staterooms, women's saloon,
smoke room, stewart's department
and executive officers cabins.
The telephone girl will be in the
stern. At command Of her deft hand
will be $50 stations. If a. passenger
wishes a steward he pushes a button.
On the switchboard drops target
disclosing the cabin number. When
Central" inserts the plug she looks
for a red lamp. If the red light does
not glow she knows that only stew
ard is wanted.
II passenger desires to talk the
receiver is raised from the hook, the
tiny electric lamp associated with
the plug reddens and the girl knows
that conversation is called for. ANY
number of passengers can talk tosetn'
er, conducting from as many different
parts of the ship a general conVersa-
ton. When the Dakota reaches her
pier a line is run aboard, enabling pas
sengers and crew TO call up their
friends ashore, or vice versa
The second system is the "intercom-
municating" The officers using this
do their own switching. It will large
ly supplant the gong and jingle sys-
TENS and the marine telegraph. 1t e2-
tends between the navigating and en-
gine-room stations.
The stations are the bridge, the att
er bridge, crows nest, port and star
board engine spaces, wheelhouse,
chief engineers room, chief electri-
clans room, central electric lighting
station and the dynamo shelf
The six exposed stations have weter-
proof instruments. The holding case
is Of copper. The talking and listen
ing part are connected, says the
American Syren and Shipping, so THAI
all the officer, or sailor has to do Is
to put the receiver to his ear
To pass hook up and down would
admit dampness or water.
Over the earpiece is placed rubber
cushion to shut out the throb OF the
engines. In signals requiring the
shutting OF water.tight. doors, engine
control, communications from look
outs and delivery and receipt OF mes
sages, the intercommunicating tele-
phone is expected to be Of superior
utility.
A mechanical arrangement OF the
parts is designed to do away with
the Objectionable feature Of vibration,
which on ships has been the great
bugbear in marine telephoning.-NeW
York Mail.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-20
Told 5. crer in Sleep.

MIS-. Jennie wilson, who was prom
iment in causch work and society,
at San Francisco, California, while
talking in her sleep revealed tc
her husband William Vinson the fact
that she vas bigsnlst. He awaken.
ed her, and she confessed that she
he had another husband living. Friday
sued for divorce. They were married
fye years ago.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-20
just IN V:lH~.

Captain Geocgerzn ard the crew OF
cwalVa nen wro wsEs OF rsliof light
ship 5S az Nantucket shoals, which
sprung leak, are rom safe. They
were rescued bg Captain Gibbs and
c,ev OF Ghe AzJleo AMI vTsre landed
at Nsw B5dto1l. Mass, at 2 O'Clock
wednesday morning. The nEnt:hip
went down ten n.rutss after lae crew
wsre taken If. TIE men were in an
exhausted c4EG'r;O.i.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-20
CHINESE DOCTORS POPULAR.
Have Lucrative Practice In Western
Cities,

The method Of treating sick persons
in some cities Is similar to that Of the
other physicians OF the United States
and those Of Great Britain. Tkey de-
pend much however, on the eaamina-
ton Of the pulse. Their sense Of touch
is so wonderfully developed that it is
said they can determine the condition
of the heart as well as some of the 9TH
er organs merely by the feebleness OF
strength of the beats; but they say
there are no less than twelve different
movements of the arteries In the hu-
man body, all Of which can be detect
ed by feeling the fingers, wrist and
arm, says an exchange.
When patient calls on him for ex-
animation, the doctor first presses the
arm, wrist and fingers, touching nearly
every part. Sometimes ten or fifteen
minutes is occupied with this examlna-
ton. Then he may ask if the patient
is married or single, and also his age;
but this is about the limit Of the ex-
animation. Apparently he can tell the
nature of the disease without question
ing further, and if the caller wishes a
prescription he writes one in the orci-
nary Chinese characters on genel Gus
sized square Of paper.
Ringing bell, he hands the prescrip-
ton to the Chinese attendant who en-
ters, for each physician has his own
shop, filled with the ingredients which
| he uses in treatment. If he mas a large
practice he may employ a native chem
list, who makes up the prescription.
One of the curious features Of Chi
nese medical treatment is the way In
which LIE physicians administer their
remedies Nearly all the Offices Of the
principal doctors have what may be
called a tea room attachment. This Is
a spacious apartment, we'll lighted, fre-
uuently ornamented with oriental pot
| terry and pictures, and containing small
tables, each with two or three chairs.
| II the invalid does not wish to take his
medicine at home, he is ushered into
this room, and, while seated at one OF
the tables, drinks his prescription as he
would cup Of tea or a glass Of wine.
With but few exceptions the medicine
is in liquid form, and served hot in
dainty Chinese bowls, for most OF it Is
composed Of decoction Of herbs.
Each table contains bowl Of rails
ins, and when the attendant brings In
the medicine he also brings in a glass
| of tepid water. II the drink is bitter,
az 1t usually is, the patient can eat
some OF the raisins to remove the taste
while with the water he rinses his
mouth and throat. Then he is ready te
90 home, returning the next day fo7
another examination and dose.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-20
TO Stop Hazing.

Rear Admiral Sands, superinten-
dent of the Naval Academy, reached
the department. Friday morning and
conferred with Secetar5 BNaparts
and Rear Admiral Converse, cnief OF
bureau Of navigation, regarding the
haztpg at Annapolis. The confer
ence lasted until the cabinet hour,
and will be resumed Friday afternoon
when the details OF the condition OF
aFairs at the academy will be taken
up and a plan OF campaign mapped
out locking to the absolute abolish
ment OF hazing In all forms.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-20
Killed Hts Father

Wednesday night st Hills, Ca,
George Gibson, age about rs years
old, shot and killed his father; W. C.
Glisson. The young man came home,
it is alleged, In drunken condition
and was demonstrated with by bis "a
ther. The old gentleman retired to
his room and locked the the door.
Procuring q shotgun, George came
back looking for his father and find
ing the door locked broke it open and
fred onee, hitting his father in the
stomach, Wou15ipg him so badly that
he died in about an hour. Realizing
what be had done, the young man fed
from the house. He was pursued by
his younger brother, John, who fred
at him, wounding him In the arm.
George has not yet been arrested and
when last heard from was at W. c..
Parrish's, near his homo.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-20
Swrcn Easine Amuck.

At Evansville, Ind; a switch en-
gire Jumped the main track on the Il
hnois Central Friday norling anc
paoughed Tito the fcu: story building
Of the Indiana Stove company at
Pennsylvania avenue and Sixth Street.
Il buried The engineer and fireman II
the wreck and tteir boCies have no,
get been rescued. It is bell wed both
sre dead.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-20
Leather Railway Ties.

Leather is being used on the Russian
government railroads All sorts OF
material have been used for this puT-
pose, but chiefly tarred wood and iron
No tie has given perfect satisfaction;
the wood decays and the iron changes
under the influence of temperature. II
is expected that leather ties will not be
perceptibly affected by either air OF
heat. nor will they split when nails are
driven into them. If leather ties prove
more durable than wooden ones, they
may in the long run be even less ex-
penSiye
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-20
The Power Behind the Purse.

The determining factor In all modern
life is money. The hand that holds the
purse rules The world, though tho spirit
must requisite It. Man Is the wage
Garner, but tho purchasing power o.
the nation In In the hands OF the wom-
an-that 10, among the only women
who are Of any account In the empire,
the women Of tho middle Qn all Its
tiers) and the lower classes.-London
Mail.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-20
TIE ED OF A DRUNK.
A Man Pays Dearly for His Sunday
Fun and Imposition.

a white man named Botten from
Greers section, visited Spartanburg
Sunday and secured a physicians pre-.
scription to get gone whiskey from the
dlspensary. He then hunted up Mayor
Floyd, who has to sign these pre-.
scriptions In order to make them va.
lid.
To the doctor and to the mayor he
related the story, which was to tie
effect that his wife was a very sick
woman, and that be wanted the
whiskey to carry homs to her. Be.
fore signing the paper, Mr.. Floyd
said to the man, If you are fool
ing me you'll regret it," This caused
the stranger to vociferously and We
hemently repeat his story, and his
anxiety about his Wife's condition,
and bis desire to get back to bis home
seemed to be real.
No sooner had he sacured the quart
Of booze from a diipensary than he
hastened In rear Of the building, un-
corked 1t and began drinking freely.
After several liberal applications Of
the red" be hired a hack and be-
gan taking in the city. The police
soon steered him to the lookup.
When he greeted Miyor Floyd
Thursday morning, on charge Of
drunkenness, be had no talk to make
about the sick folks at home; but
begged the mercy OF the court. His
indisposition was too much for bis
honor, however, and he was ssntenc-
ed to pay fae OF s25, the exsrsme
limit. He paid up and left the city
sadder, but wiser man.-Spartan-
burg Herald.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-20
Nt:l !; . q.

The Cooper tuiding, a fve.story
structure, at Fulton and Bedford
streets, Brooklyn, was destroyed by
FIRE early Thursday morning. The
loss will exceed $3.50 900, including an
art collection OF the value Of $50, 1000,
owned by Senator Charles Cooper.
After the fire was ext!nguished the
police and q member Of the Twenty
third regiment guarded the safe Of the
Brooklyn Trust company, In which
was between 81, 800, 900, and s2,000,.
900.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-20
Murdered snc & BIB %.

Physicians have foucd tas5 chloro.
form was used to Kill MIS-. Morri: Naf-
tai, the aged woosn who was nur-
dered and rohbad yesterday in her
apartments a. .a.bury Park, n. j.
Her husb.nd a1d her four sons an.
nouDcsd vhas 81 ,0C0 il cash was So
cured from Ms. Nsttal The Wo
mans ears were badly lscerased By
her assailap:S who violsnaly tore a
pair Of diamond earrings from her.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-20

Dear Sir: I have just received a
picture from Mr.. G. B. Kittrell OF
Cope, S. c., which be says is the PIC
ture Of D. c. Murphy. II it is lis
picture, I have the man. do not
understand why Mr.. E ,bsrts did not
take him for I and everybody that
has seen the man and picture knows
that it Is the same man. So the mat
ter seems to be In rather bad shape.
Yours verv truly,
J. W. Fields,
Sheriff OF Emanuel County.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-20
LyrcnCu.

John Green, colaTe5, vas l.nched
by me&453rS u lis c@D race Dear
Memphis, IanD., on Monday, for as
saul@!cG g col01ed girl eight years old.
He was taken by Then TO The scene Of
his crime and hanged.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-20
Made Love To ADummy-

J. P. Kimbrough Is native Of Ger
man town, Tenn, and was appointed
to the naval academy by Representa-.
tive M. R. Patterson Of the Tenth
Tennessee district. Relatives say that
recent letters from young Klmbrough
tell Of some of his experiences at An
napolis. One letter states that a
broomstick was dressed in female ap-
parel, and that the young man was
forced to make love" to the dummy.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-20
Another C.cy2nIIon.

Harrie J3 dan has Issued a call for
genera. coavart.an CT farmeTs, ban
kers, merchants and oohe-s through
out the SluEn 10 be he'd IN New
ORLEANS January li5h, l2sh and
l39h, vito reference TO hald!ing tie
crop O: 1895 aad other matters pre-
tanning 10 the cCtlCn ass &c;aticn.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-20
According TO a French internationa

According to French international
almanac the czar draws annually from
the Russian excheQuar s40,000.000.
Reduction Proposed.
Representative Bennett OF New
York introduced bill to cut down
the representation OF Southern States
in congress because OF the disfran-
cbisement OF tbs negro vote. The
bill reduces the entire number OF rep
resentatives from 1856 to $50. The
several States would have their dele
cations reduced as follows: Alabama
from 9 to 5: Arkansas from; ! 10 Flor
ida from 3 to 2; Georgia from II to g.;
Louisiana from ! to 4; Mississippi
from to 3; North Carolina from 10
to I; South Carolina from I to 3;
Tennessee from 10 to s; Texas from Is
to l3; Virginia from 10 to 7.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-20

Liberia exports about 5o.ooo,oou gal
Ions of palm oil year. It Is made from
the outer part Of the palm nut, not
from the kernel
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-20

The religious revival in Carnarvon,
Wales, has resulted in its prohibiting
the landing OF Sunday ezcursionists
from Liverpool upon its piers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-20

In Bangkok you travel from the
steamer to the hotel on the back OF an
elephant.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-20
MURPHY IDENTIFIED.


a special 10 The Savannah Morn
ing News from Szatnsboro says: D.
@. Murphy alias Frank Smith, has
at ,st been identified as the murder.
er OF County Treasurer Robert Copes,
and G. B. Klstrel OF Cope is ex.
to arrive here for bis prisoner tomor-
row. Smith was arrested in this
county lass Nay for horse stealing.
He was convic5ed II Ostooer, and has
besn serving his time on the county
changing An Cfioer sent here from
South Carolina 10 Gays ago failed to
identify the prisoner but photo
graph OF Smith sent here by Kittrell
made his positive identification com.
plete, AS Jequisition papers bavs
already been granted Smith will Do
tsken to South Carolina at once.
GONE TO SEE THE NAN.
Capt d.. GTiffizh, superintendent
OF the State psnltentiary, Nh. Geo.
Ban K;Ltrell, former auditor Of
angeburg c1unty, who prosecuted
Dan S. Murphy for the killing OF
Treasurer Copes, and Corporal Hardy
OF the psnisentiary guard went to
Swainso2ro. Ga, Thursday to take
look at the man Smith" in jail there
for horse stealing. Sergeant c. c.
Roberts o: the peuitentiary guard was
unable 20 fully identify the prisoner as
Murphy.
The following letter was received by
the governor Friday from the sheriff
of Emanuel county:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-20
RACE SUICIDE LAID TO CLUBS
Mother After Joining.

One woman in Sixteen Becomes =
The Republican journal., 1905-06-29
What Americans Spend Abroad.

In recent issue of Public Opinion
H. c. Nicholas declares that experts on
foreign exchange agree that for the
last five years an average of more than
s100,00O,0o0 a year has been spent by
American tourists abroad. Present in
dications are that fully 10000 cabin
passengers will cross the Atlantic east
ward this year, and the cost of the va
cations of these 100000 tourists will
amount to not less than S15O,OOO, 900, or
an average of about 81. 900 apiece. Of
this $37, 100000 is passage money paid
to steamship lines, an est mated average
of $3.50 round trip for each cabin
passenger. According to well-informed
steamship officials, this estimate is, if
anything, too conservative, According
to foreign exchange experts, the
average tourist spends abroad three
times the cost of his round-trip ticket
across the Atlantic This would give
an average expenditure abroad per
tourist of $3.50, which would indicate
that the 100000 tourists who go to
Europe this summer will spend total
of SIP, 100000. Add the passenger
fares across the Atlantic and a grand
total of $3.50, 900 is the result.