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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-09
A Song OF Motherhood.

Sew, sew, sew. For there's many
rent to mend;
There's stitch to take and dress
to make,
For where do her labors end?
Sew, sew, sew! For rent in dress
she spies.
Theu it's needle and thread and an
aching head
And see how the needle flies.
Brush, brush, brush! For there's many
a boy to clean,
And start to school with a slate and
rule,
With a breakfast to get between.
Comb, comb, comb. In the minute she
has to spare,
For what is so wild-unreconc!led- I'd
As the wastes of a youngsters hair?
Sweep, sweep. sweep! Oh, follow the
flashing broom,
AS with towel bound her forehead
round
She goes from room to room.
Dust, dust, dust! AS down on the
knees she kneels,
For there's much to do in the hour
or two
Or intervals 'twixt meals.
Bake, bake, bake. For the cookies jar
piled high
But yesterday, in some curious way
Is empty again, oh, my!
Stir, stir, stir! In a froth of yellow
and white.
For well she knows how the story
goes
Of a small boys appetite.
Scrub, scrub, scrub! For the floor that
was pick and span,
Alas, alack! has a muddy track
Where some thoughtlesS yonngstel
ran.
Splash, splash! splash! For the dishe;
of thrice day
Are piled up high to wash and dry
And put on their shelves away.
Patch, patch, patch! And oh for {
pantalOOn
That would rot tear, or rip or veal
In the course of an afternoon!
Patch, patch, patch! And see how the
needle flies,
For mother knows how the fabric
goes
Where the seat Of trouble lies.
Toll, toll, toll! For when do her labor:
end
With dress to make and cake tt
to bake
And dresses and hose to mend?
Stew, stew, stew! Fret and worry ane
fuss
And who Of us knows Of the fret
and woes
In the days when she mothered us?
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-09
"Thou Shall Not Steal"

DISCUSSING the epidemic OF graft
and the financial disclosures in con.
nection with great corporations, the
Lewiston Journal insists that what
we want, therefore, in this land is a
revival OF oldfashioned common hon.
esty. We want a eide Of pratice
which makes it disreputable for 9
man to be a thief. We want a class
OF educators who would scorn to be
seen In company with an unrepsntant
rascal. We want body Of voters
who will decline to support any
man whose garments are stained
by graft or Spoils or commission
on contracts for public works. We
want q church which isn't afraid
to preach this and press which isn't
afraid to stand out against it. We
want leaders who are not pharisees
and followers Who are not envious OF
ll-gotten gain. All over America a
wave of moral enthu ;iasm is moving.
People have at last begun to think.
It is a hopeful sign, and the sign will
be further given to tLis wicked genel-
alton when we common voters, all to-
gether, stand out firmly for unblem-
ished records in cur political canii.
dates and demand Of every man In
office a reputation above suspicion
and character to back it,"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-09
a Fight With The fireman.

Engineer Lucas, OF the Southern
Railway, whose headquarters are in
Greenville, had hand. to-. hand en-
counter with bis negro fireman at
Blacksburg, which resulted in the
formers arm being crushed with a
wrench and the latter being captured
by blood hounds and lodged in jail
at Gafney, where be will be tried
for assault and battery with intent to
kill.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-09
WILD LCVs RoNAECE.
Rich and Eccentric Russian Woman
Who Bas Just D.ed.

TIE Kalcsa ce"spapcrs report the 4
death and amazing burial Of Mile. =
Agafva Simbirski, che Of the richest
and most eccentric women in Russia.
When only twenty years OF age Nile.
Simbirski, by the deatn OF her father,
became possessed Of a fortune Of near.
ly three millions rcuples. Suitors
innumerable sought her hand, but
Gne enormously wealthy girl set her
affections on an ugly, red haired
gardener, Aodrei Vaaukhin by name.
Furious at her choice, Mile. Simblr-
skis brother ordered Vanukhin to
leave the neighborhood. The garden
er refused. Within week he was
found lying dead in paddock reserv-
ed for the use OF a half tame wild
boar.
Although an evident case Of murder
the family hushed things up, alleging
that Vanukhin had been killed by the
pig, which he well knew to be dan
gerous. Contrary to expectation
Mile. Sinbirski appeared to accept
this explanation. But the joy Of her
family was turned to despair when
the young LADY proclaimed her belief
that the spirit Of her dead lover had
entered into the body Of his slayer.
From that day forth Mile. Simbirski
consecrated her life to the evil-smell-
ing hog. To her order a firm Of St.
Petersburg contractors built palatial
sty OF granite and snow white mar
; bic.
The demanted LADY retained the
service OF an expert cook, who thrice
dailv prepared sumptuous repast for
the beDadS Of the grun.ing porker.
Mile. Sin birski was accustomed to
feed the hog with her own tair hands,
and cnly recently crder.d gorgeous
silver trough from q well known Mos
cow manufacturer. 4 few weeks ago
the unfortunate girl became extreme
" religious, and insisted that Andrei
for so she called the pig-should
fast when she tasted. One night she
visited the marble sty. From that
visit she never returned.
Early next morning the steward
discovered his nistress's body terribly
nutilated in corner of the pigs
bedroom. Again there were ru-
mo1s Of foul play, but again the fam
lily alleged that the pig was the
murderer. Color was added to this
story By the circumstances that the
fasting" and half famished boar had
mangled one Of the arms Of his mis-
tress. II the presence OF "a vast con-
course, Mile, Simbirsh's eldest broth
er shot Andrei through the hea-t.
Afterwards the body Of the bcas was
buried in a grave beside that Of bis
benefactress.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-09
Fell Sixty Feet.

a dispatch from GreenVille to The
State says P. S. Seay, native OF Vir.
ginia, was killed Thursday by fallinQ
from the top OF the Southern railways
new steel bridge over Saluda river,
The unfortunate man lost his balance,
falling upon bed OF rock so feet be.
low. The body was horrible mangled.
The remains we're carried to Green.
vile, where they were prepared fol
burial and thence shipped to Virginia,
Seay was employed by the American
Bridge company.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-09
Strung Him Up.

An unknown negro, who attempted
to assault two white women near
Avery was lynched Wednesday by a
mob OF several hundred men. The
negro attacked two women last Thurs
Gay, but was frightened away in the
first attempt and later attacked Mrs.
Aydelotte. Her screams attracted
her husband, who was knocked down
by the negro with al iron bar. The
negro fed but was captured and posi-
lively identified by both women. He
was taken into the woods and hanged.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-09
Rock Me to Sleep.

This is one of the songs which,
as LongfelloW said, ssguSh from the
heart Of "some humber poet" In
this country, at least, it has been ex-
tremely popular, having been set to
music and sung in lnrumerable house
holds. Elizabeth Akers Allen was born
in 1882, and still lives at Tuckahoe,
n. Y. She wrote poems from the age
of Is, ,and has published many volumes.
The poem here published first appeared
in 1859 a new volume of hec verse is
just announced in Boston.
Backward, turn backward, O time, in yoarfight
Mike me child again just for tonight;
Mother, come back from the ectoless shore,
Take me again to your heart as Of yore,
Kiss from nv forehead tie furrows Of care,
Over my slumbers your loving watch keep;
Rock me to sleep, mother-rock me to sleep.
Backward, flow backward, o tide Of the years,
I am so weary of toll and of tears
Toll without recompense, tears all In vain
Take them, and give me my childhood again!
I have grown weary OF dust and decay
Weary of hinging my soul wealth away;
Weary Of sowing for others to reap
Rock me to sleep, mother-rock me to sleep.
Tired of the holler, the base, the untrue,
Mott er, o mothe-, my heart calls for you!
Many summer the grass has grown green,
Blosson.ed, and faded our faces between!
Yet, with strong yearning end passion ste pain
Long I tonight FOR your presence again
Come from the silence so long andso despr
Rock NE to sleep, nvther-ro>k K ne to sleep.
Over nv heart in the days that are flown,
No love like mother love ever has shone;
No other worshi p abides and endures-
Faithful, unselfsh, and patient like yours;
None like a mother can charm away pain
From the sick soul and world weary brain.
Slumber's soft calm DER the heavy lids creep
Rock me to sleep. mother-rock meto sleep
Come, let your brown hair, just lighted with gol
Fall on your shoulders again as of old;
Let drop over my forehead tonight,
Shading my faint eyes away from the light;
For with its sunny edged shadows once more
Happy will throng the sweet visions of yore;
Lovingly, softly, its bright billows sweep;
Rock me to sleep, mother-rock me to sleep.
Mother, dear mother, the years have been long
Since last listned to your lullaby song;
Sing then, and unto my soul it shall seem
Womanhood's years have been only dream.
Clasp ID to your heart in ore long embrace,
With you- light lashes just sweeping my face.
Never hereafter to wake or to weep
Rock me to S eep, mother-1ockm me to sleep.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-09
A Shame.

Secretary Wilson is q harmless, dull
old bureaucrat, who has held the ag.
ricultural portfolio since 1897, simply
because nobody else wanted it. It Is
a shame, like robbing the children's
banks, to take advantage OF him and
locate costly leaks in his department..
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-09
Huge Affair.

There are now 32,0 ,058 rural free de-
livery mail routes in the country and
the government received nearly 40 900
petitions for more routes last year
There could be no better evidence OF
the possible value and usefulness OF a
parcel post system to everybody but
the big express companies.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-09
Two Deaths at Sea.

Two deaths and one burial at sea
among passengers OF the North Ger-
man Lloyd steamship Bremen we're re-
ported when the liner arrived at New
York Wednesday. Mrs. Dollie Ed
moDson Vedder, aged 81 years, a first
cabin passenger and widow Of Captain
o. O. Vedder, United States army,
died July 27. Her body was brought
to port. A Child died In the steerage
and was buried at sea.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-09
Will GET Well.

The Columbia State says that Ed.
Reese, the mau who vas shot at Gas
ton on the Fourth Of July, has recoV
cred and gone to his home. 1t was
thought impossible for him to live.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-09
A Live Wire.

At Memphis, Tenn. Thomas Brooks,
a lineman employed by the Western
Union Telegraph company fell 80 feet
from a telegraph pole Thursday and
died a few hours later. Brooks acei-
dsntally touched live wire and lost
bis balance. His relatives live a0
Greenwood, S. @.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-09
He Earned lie.

The Jackson, Ga Herald, says: "a
young man by the name OF Denton
swan FIVE miles In the lake at Chat
tahoochee Park, Gainesville, on last
Sunday, to win wager OF KISS ee:>5a
from two young ladies, who had bet
him that he could not swim that dis,
tance.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-09

would drive me mad they took his
confession, hanged him, and ridd,ed
his writhing body with rife shots.
BE died saying be had made bis
peace with God. II that is true that
is indeed merciful to sinners.
ELSIE MORGAN.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-09
Boat Blown Up.

The Swedish naval boat while en-
gagged ia roaneuVers near Helsingous'
Fair land, struck a submarine mine
ard was blown to pieces. Seven men
were killed and eight we're wounded.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-09
MISS MoRGAN's ACCOUNT.


The following article was prepared
for the New York American by Miss
Elsie Morgan:
That awful night comes back IN ali
my dreams. I shall never forget it..
That black beasts nurdercuS fury,
the grcans Ct his victims, the leeTing
smile On bis lips as be threw my Sis
ter'S baby into the sea, the fate he
promised ne, viii BE- with ne always.
It was most beautiful night, with
a soft blesze blowing and the heavens
ablaze with stars We were on deck
till after 10 O'clock, my sister and l,
her husband and tee other passen-
gers, and it seemed q pity to go below
with such lov93ne>s al abooJ. am
sure that no one suspected TIE slight
est danger.
I went 10 ny cshic with Mrs. Rose,
mF sister, and tee easy, and sooa we
were asleep. II I'D not seem that I
had Slept Ec-e than q minute when a
sound OF sc.th .2g On Geek awakened
me. Thea several shoIs were fred.
We wcre so alarmed as this tna5 my
sister ard I r&n TO tie hascnway.
Captain Bush YVES ascending tee lad,
dsr. We hailed rim and he TUNED.
SO back to your caoin,' said the
captain. And uaen he bounded OF
deck.
We remained ct the foot CT the lad
DER wondering. Su3osnly there was
another succession Of saotS in quick
succession, mingled with sounds OF
falling bodies acd The screams OF men
It was horrible We couls not re-
main where We ware il uncertainty.
We noupted e..2e ladder acd peered
out on Geek. T2s sight ~as awful.
The sailcr, Bc1Ge2, wlou we had
seen ct the wh5el, lay lace down on
the Geek quite sill. Between the
mainnasa md TIE wEeel, looking big
ger than ever in the food OF starlight,
almost bare to his vaist, with rife
in his hand. stood ths big negro,
Robert McFieid. I had seen him
n,any times eud kew hin instantly.
SIZE SAW THE FIGHT ON DECK.
In bis belt was a revolver. Smoke
was pouring from the muzzie OF his
rifle. A few feat il front cf him lay
the body CT the nate, rolling with the
motion OF the vessel.
AL at once TIE negro raised his rife
and began firing over ny head toward
the bow Of the ship. saw Captain
Bush run from behind the foremas5.
McFie,d started for him, firing as be
ran. The aotain was unarned, but
he had seized several Delaying pins
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-08-09

Come oack!" b. shouted. Sharks
Without stopping to think, Issarteo
back toward the boat. Suddenly the
negro, who had one Of the heavy oars
in his hands, brought it down on my
head. II 1t had not glanced on a heavy
coil CT hair would have been killed
instantly. That fact proved my saliva.
tion. I sank, and when ( came up
under the boats stern I seized hold OF
it and 7 vas able to cling there un-
noticed while the negro pulled for the
shore. At length I let 60 to give
him time to disappear In the wco1s
before could swim to the beach.
LEFT IN THE SEA FOR DEAD.
It was a longer swim than antici-
pated. I was exhausted at the erd.
But the negro was out Of sight, and I
felt safe.
Then came those six terrible days OF
wandering, some Of the time lost in
thickets; sleeping on the ground, sub
s;sting on the milk OF cocoanuts;
gradually losing my mind because Of
those awful scenes always with me,
waking or sleeping. A party OF cocoa
nut gatherers found me, twenty miles
from where I had landed, and took
me to Ell Proverno. Until I told my
story it was thought that the Olympia
with all aboard had gone down in a
tronica1 hurricane
They went out and found McFfeld.
TIE police took him, but British and
American men took him away from
the police. When they brought him
to me, and knew that he was the
man they would have burned him at
the stake. When I begged them not
to 60 that, because bis screams
bringing to me more vividly yet the
murder Of my sister and her child
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-08-18
WING Shots at Sea.

Outing: One morning the yach- Linda
steamed out OF the Bay Of Avalon with
two or three friends and myself sitting
on the upper deck, about eight feet from
the water, each armed with a shotgun.
The Linda was headed up the coast and
was presently running at full speed, and
in q short time into the flying fishes,
which rose at or near the bow and went
skimming away in graceful lines. The
first flyer went to the left, and was clev-
eriy dropped by one of my companions,
who killed another with his left barrel.
feet ahead with a vigorous trembling of
the body, produced by the screw-likc mo-
ton, and dashed away three feet above
tine surface. As IL swerved to the right
/ fired, dropping 1t; as it fell the splash
startled another fish from the water,
which came straight toward the boat, ris-
ing slightly on the stiff wind. / did not
fire, as the fish was too near, n II
passed over the boat into the preserves
of my companion, who dropped II when
fifty feet away.
There was something essentially novel
In this sport. The fish appeared as
though by magic, shooting out of the
water with little or no splash, often ap-
parently sailing along a foot above the
surface, which it SO resembled thar 1
was as difficult to drop them as 1t woul
be the woodcock darting over cover tina
1t perfectly resembled. There was one es-
sential lacking In this novel sport-a re-
tricver. Many of the fish sank before the
small boat could be cast off to secure
them.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-08-18
TcMAaAsen H

continue to suffer rather than submit
to examinations which SO many physi-
clans propose in order to intelligently
treat the disease !, and this is the rea-
son why so many physicians fail to
cure female disease.
This is also the reason why thousands
upon thousands of women are corre-
spending with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn,
Mass. To her they can confide every
detail of their illness, and from
her great knowledge, obtained from
years of experience in treating female
ills, Mrs. Pinkham can advise women
more wisely than the local physician.
Read how Mrs. Pinkham helped Mrs.
IT. C. Willadsen, of Manning, la. She
writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
II can truly say that you ave saved my
words. Before | wrote to you telling you
how | felt, had doctored for over two yeaes
steady, and spent lots of money in medicines
besides. but it all failed to do me any good. |
had female trouble and would daily have faint
ing spells, backache, b~earing-down pains, and
my monthly periods were very irregular and
finally ceased. i wrote to you for your adj
vice and received a letter full of Instructions
Just what to do, and also commenced to take
Lydia K. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
and l nave been restored TO perfect health.
Had it not been for you l would have been in
my grave to-day"
Mountains Of proof establish the fact
that no medicine in the world equals
Lydia f.. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound for restoring women's health.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-08-18
Woman's Ready Wit.

Senator Depew, at a dinner I'm Wash
ington, was praising the wit Of women.
Against this wit" he said. I'VE men are
powerless. Even when all the right and
logic of an argument are on our side,
woman, with her wit, will, nine times out
of ten, put US TO shame.
Thus 4 man once found that his wife
had bought a few puffs of false hair.
This displeased him. He hid in the hall
one day, and. just as the lady was fixing
the false puffs upon her brow, he darted
In upon her.
Mary he said reproachfully, why do
you put the hair of another woman on
your head?"
why, his wife answered, do you put
the skin of another calf on your feet7'"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-08-18
What To Do If Constipated
Summer Bowel and
Stomach Trouble
Q. What is the beginning Of sickness?
A.. Constipation.
q. What is Constipation

~ "hd 10 a bNStNhAHH
A.. Constipation.
q. What Is Constipation
A. Failure of the bowels TO carry off the
waste matter which lies in the alimentary
canal where II decays and poisons the en-
tire system. Eventually the results are
death under the name of some other dis
ease. Note the deaths from typhoid fever
and appendicitis, stomach and bowel trou-
bic. at the present time.
.. What causes Constipation?
A. Neglect to respond to the call Of Ma
tue promptly, Lack OF exercise. Excess
proper diet.
@. What are the results Of neglected
Constipation?
A.. Constipation causes more suffering
than any other disease. 1t causea rneuma-
tism, colds, feyers, stomach, bowel, kidney,
lung and heart troubles, etc. 1t is the one
disease that starts all others. Indigestion.
dyspepsia, diarrhea, loss of sleep and
strength are its symptons-piles, appendi-
citis, and fstula, ore caused by Constipa-
ton. Its consequences are known TO all
physicians, but few sufferers realize their
condition until It is too late. Women be-
come confirmed invalids as a result of Con-
stipation.
Q. Dc physicians recognize this?
A. Yes. The first question your doctor
asks you Is Are you Constipatedr' That
is the secret.
@. Can 1t be cured?
A. Yes. with proper treatment. The
common error Is TO resort to physics. such
as pills, salts, mineral water, castor oil, iu-
~jections, etc, every one Of which is in.
furious. They weaken and increase the
malady. You know this by your own ex
perience.
Q. What then should be done to cure il?
A. Use the free coupon below at once.
Mull's Grape Tonic will positively cure Con.
stipation and In the shortest space of time.
No other remedy has before been known
to cure Constipation positively and perma.
penfly.
What Is Maiis Grape Tonicf
A. 1t Is q Grape Compound that exerts
n peculiar healing influence upon the in.
t~estines, strengthening the muscles of the
alimentary canal so that they can do their
work unaided. The process is gradual but
sure. 1t is not a physlc. IL is unlike any.
thing else you have ever used, but Ii cures
Constipation. Dysentery, Stomach and
Bowel trouble. Having a rich, sfruity grape
flavor, 1t Is pleasant TO take. As a hot
weather tonic IL is unequalled, insuring the
system against diseases SO fatal In hot
weather.
Q. Where can Mulrs Grape Tonic be
had?
A Your druggist sells 1t. The dollar
bottle contains nearly three times the 30
cent size, but IL you write TO-DAY you
will receive the first bottle free with In
structions. This test will prove its worth.
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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-08-18
Had a plenty.

Judge: "Yassuh," said Unc' Nose
Lille Hossfut done got smaht down ter
de 'tracted meetin' las night, an dey
p'intedly 'jected i'm rum de chu'ch-
dat what dey do"
Not old Deacon 'Lije?" says the lis
tener.
"Yassuh; OF Deacon Lie Hossfut--
yassuh."
why, ! thought he was n OF the
pillars OF the church."
Reckon he war. but he amt no mo-. ("
That must have been a great take-
down for hin. Wasn't he put out a
great deal e it?"
mo, sub; not err great deal. Des'
opce seemed ter satisfy i'm"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-08-18
The Brindle Heifer.

Pa sold some cows; l didn't want
Our brindle heifer sold;
For she's so kind, and gives more milk
Than any 5-year old.
! knew the man would have his pick;
For pa had told me so,
And / felt bad-I couldn't bear
To have our Brindle go.
So / just took a rope and tied
Her fore leg TO her head;
And when the man came to the field,
He spoke right up and said.
IN not take her. l wouldn't care
To buy that sort of coW!"
And pa cried out: You rascal boy,
Why did you do that, now!"
The man he said You won't fool me
With no softsoap, you bet
Now, / don't know just who was fooled
sui we've got Brindle yet.
By Cora A. NJ. DolSon.