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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
& Enth In Bubbles.

ITO take I bath at Titiis, in Russian
Caucasia, is to court a never to be for
gotten experience says one who
knows. The masseur who presides
over the toilet Of his patrons is a weird
looking figure His head IS shaved, a
rag is twisted around his waist, and
his feet are dyed beautiful red. You
are seized by this individual, rubbed,
pushed face downward on a marble
slab, find his feet in your spine and
bis hands upon your shoulders. Then
he grinds his feet up and down your
back. They are round your neck, on
your everywhere! Then he
vaults lightly off, and in q moment,
from a linen bag filled with soap, be
has squeezed clouds Of perfumed bub-
bles, and you are hidden In them from
head to foot as completely as If you
had fallen into a snowdrift. You are
not absolutely bruised, but you are
clean."-Kansas City Journal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
st. Nicholas OF Nyra.

All that is known with any certainty
OF Nicholas Is the bare fact that be
lived in Asia Minor somewhere about
the beginning Of the fourth century.
He was bishop Of Myrs, Lyc:an sea-
coast town. venerable, Of course, for
his piety and benerolcnce. and be was
revered In the east at leas! SIS early as
the sixth century. In the Greek church
he takes rank Immediately efter the
five great fathers, and under the name
of St. Nicholas Of Alyra he is esteemed
as patron saint of by far the largest
body of Orthodox Greeks, the Russian
empire. AS early as the year $50 JUS
tinian dedicated q church in CONSTANT
nople to the renowned bishop. In the
west, where for a reason be IS more
commonly known as st. Nicholas Of
Bari, he was acclimatized for good IN
the eleventh century. His vogue in the
north began with the twelfth, but ex-
tended 50 rapidly that by the reforma-
ton he probably possessed il England
alone more churches and chapels dedi-
Gated in his honor than any other holy
personag age.-Cornhill Magazine.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
Real Elixir Of Life.

Contentment is the real elixir Of life.
It is the real fountain from which
flow the waters Of perennial youth.
Sometimes it costs an effort, tremen-
dous effort, to say it is all right, but
the man or woman who can say it is
much better of for thus looking at
the sunny side Of the world than the
person who harbors grievance against
all mankind and walks through the
world burdened with the sonber
thoughts Of his disappointments. The
discontented perhaps never stop to
think how much worse of they could
be; that, no matter how few their
pleasures, there are those in the world
who have fewer or none at all; that,
given health and strength and the full
possession Of the senses, they are: ad-
yantaged and blessed in the race OF
existence.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
REFLOATING A SHIP.
Ingenious Expedlent Devised to Save
the Steamer F1avian.

Ingenious Expedient Devised to Save
the Steamer F1avian.
An ingenious expedieut was devised
some years ago to refoat, the steamer
FIavian, which struck on ledge near
Cape Race. she was fixed in an awk-
ward position for tugs to work at her,
and half her hull was submerged.
It was in the late fall, and proper
salvage outfits could neither be obtain
ed from abroad il time nar used .adYaa-
tageously, s0ta series Of holes were cut
in her sides below the tween decks
and huge pitch pine logs passed
through these apertures.. Meanwhile
two conerdams sixty feet long by
twelve wide and as many. deep had
been built: at st. Johns and, being
carefully calked, we're towed to the
scene and allowed to, sink by opening
a valve, being then placed beneath the
Iogswhich passed through the ship,and
protruded on each side.
The water in them was next pumped
out and as they rose they caught the
logs and fairly lifted the ship of the
rocks. she:::being towed to- st. Johns
with them upbearing her till peTnoa-
nent repairs could be. made, which in
yolyed patching her bottom for half
her length.-Technioal World.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
Ancient Indian Observatory.

At Jeypore. the pleasant, healthy cap
ital Of one Of the most prosperous IN
dependent states Of Rajputana, India,
is the famous jautra or observatory,
the largest Of the five built by the eel
ebrated royal astronomer, Jey Sing, the
founder Of Jeypore, who succeeded the
rajas Of Amber in 1893.
Chosen by Muhammad Shah to re-
form the calendar, his astronomical
observations were formulated in ta-
bles which corrected those Of De Ia
Hire. BE built five observatories, at
Delhi, Benares, Muttra, Ujjain and
Jeypore.
It IS not under cover, but is an open
courtyard, full Of curious and fantas-
tic instruments invented and designed
by him. They have been allowed to
go out Of repair, and many Of them
are now quite useless, it being impos-
sihle even to guess what purpose they
served in the wonderfully accurate cal
culstiols and observations Of their, in
ventor, but the dial, gnomons, quad
rants, etc, still remain Of great inter
est to astronomers.-Scientlfc Amer
lean
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
The Name Of China.

We speak of China and the Chinese,
little thinking that the natives Of the
Flowery Kingdom never hear those
terms until after leaving the place OF,
their birth or coming in contact with
some traveller. They have many names
by which theS' designate themselves
and the lanu which they inhabit, but
Chinese and China are not among the
number. The most ancient name OF
China is ,Tienhai, which signifies "be-
meath the sky" Since the present rul-
ing house took control Of the empire in
1850 the name Of TatsingkwohSas been
applied to. the kingdom as a,whole and
Chungkw5a-o that portion: known to
American readers as the Middle King
dom
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
wonders cf tac Eye.

Viewed as ali optical!instrument, the
human eye may we'll be called perfect,
for it is an apparatus contained ma
globe less than an inch in diameter IN
which is produced an image practically
perfect in form and color ana Wnicn
can be accurately adjusted almost IN
stantly for every distance from I'VE
inches 70 infnity, which is movable Id
everv direction, has an area small
enough for the detection Of the most
minute details and at the same ume
large enough for the appreciation OF
large objects, and which enables us 10
see all shades Of color and to estimate
distance, soNdiy, and, to- some extent:
the consistency Of objects, and yet THIS
wonderful instrument, perhaps the
most varied in its capabilities OF any
part CT the body, is persistentIy mis-
used and neglected. Is it any wonder
that some day nature resents this treat
ment and leaves the offenders IN total
on.1 ro-na+nol blindness?
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
CONCEIT CT THE SOMALl.
He Feels He Is About the Most Fer.
fort Mna In the World.

feet Man In the world.
Perhaps the most remarkable charac-
teristic of the natives Of Somaliland is
their unbounded, preposterous concelt.
Englishmen who know their language
have been appalled, by it. When wa
tering his camel or his horse the somall
encourages the animal tS drink by
chanting to it in monottne. 1t IS at
SUCH moments Of extemporary enuslon
that the man shines in all his glory.
The subject matter may be the expert
ences Of the days march, the virtues
of the animal beside him, the charms
Of his latest wife or his own prowess IN
some bloodless tribal raid. By great
good fortune the following literal trans
lation of one of these chants OF songs
came into my possession, and l insert
it without any comment:
will you see man? Then behold
me. I am Somali. as perfect in size
and form as Adam wassafter God had
breathed into him his immortal soul.
Look how beautiful my curly lhair is
and how majestic I look when wrapped
from head to foot in my snow White
or jungle colored tobe, although there
be sometimes only one pie "a small
piece Of money tied to It. My house
is the desert, and I am born free
man. free as the wind! I know nel'
ther king nor master. am as Adam
vas-my own master and king. In the
jungle I tend my camels and sheep.
Ny only labor is to watch them feed.
In my kerrier my wife, my dear slave,
does all the manual work, while tend
ing my offspring, and woe to her II she
forgets to prepare my evening meal.
The jedal (whip) shall then have its
turn to make her remember for EeXs
day. In such state is any man hap
pier than I?'-Go!den Penny.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
The Tenpering Of Copper.

The expression "the tempering Of
conner arises from a thirteenth cen
tury misunderstanding OF the Greek
word baphe-a word used by the
Greco Egyptian alchemistic writers Of
the third century Bertaelot, the emil
nent authority on alchemy, has. shown
that this word may mean tempering,
coloring (of cloth, glass and metals)'
the coloring materials or the coiorlns
bath. Egyptian alchemy was busled
originally in producing brilliant
bronzes on copper and the copper al
lows, and this expression ''the temper
ing Of copper" means, and always mas
meant, bronzlng copper so that it may
simulate silver or sold.-Arthur Jones
Hopkins In New York Times.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
The Diamond Cure.

The latest news from Paris is that
they have discovered diamond cure
for consumption. If you fear consump-
ton or pneumonia, it will, however oe
best for you to take that great remedy
mentioned by W. T. McGee, OF Vanleer,
Tenn. II lad a cough for fourteen,
years. Nothing helped me, until took
Dr.. Kings New Discovery Tor Consump-
ton, Coughs and Colds, which gave in
slant relief. and affected a permanent
cure" Unequalled quick cure, for
Throat and Lung Troubles. At The Il:
8. Loryea Drug Store. Price SOC. aud
81, guaranteed. Trial bottles free.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
Tax Returns.
Office Of
County Auditor Clarendon County.
N1annino. S. c., Dec. p, 1903.

Manning, S. c.. Dec. p, 1903.
The Auditors Office will be open
from the lst day of January, lsoS> to
the 10th day OF February, 1906, to re,
ceive returns of real estate and personal
property in Clarendon county for the
year 1906.
Tax payers return what they own OF
the first day OF January. 1906.
In the reassessment OF property com
mencing January lst, the County Audi
tor will require OF all taxpayers an
itemized return of all property SUBJECT
to taxation at its true value IN money,
which is construed to mean the sum
for which said property under Ordinary
circumstances would sell for cash"
All returns must be sworn to ana no
return will be considered either by the
County Auditor or boards OF assessors
unless sworn to. a penalty OF nifty per
cent. will be added after the 2Otn Gay
of February. ,,
The Auditor will be at the following
places in person, or by proxy, TO re-
ceive returns:
Turbeville, Thursday, February l.,
1905.
Gowdy's Store, Friday, February ,,
1906.
Workman, Saturday. February ),
1906.
E. C. DICKSON,
Auditor.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
A, ach,ntee Belle.

On the Ashanti Gold Coast the. COS.
tune Of a reigning belle is less a mat
ter Of we'll fitting clothes than Of well
spiked hair. The hair Is first divided
into a half dozen braids; then these
bra1ds are stifened with wax and tar
until they are as hard as kindline
wood and stick out straight from the
head in a se.nicircle like the spokes OF
a wheel Thus coifuTed the belle is
ready to conquer all hearts.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
Earliest THeGter.

What was probably one Of the ear
liest theaters built was the theater Of
Dionysus, which was begun five CEN
turies before Christ. The seating ca
pacity Of this remarkable building IS
said to have been $4,000, nearly tour
times that Of OUT largest amusement
palace. The. theater Of Dionysus was
erected when Greek art and literature
were IN their prime. Here were pre-
sented to appreciative spectators tne
wonderful works Of iEschylus, sopno'
cles and Euripides.:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
Englssh Law OF Arrests.

No arrests may be made IN England
on a Sunday, except for treason, felony
or a breach Of the peace, and freedom
from arrest at any time on civil proc
ess is a privilege enjoyed by members
Of the royal.family and their servants,
bishops, peers and peeresses and mem-
bers Of parliament during the sitting: of
parliament and forty days before and
after each session.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
Don't Talk Of Torr Health.
re YOU are not we'll don't talk about

To do so only exaggerates your con-
sciousness Of physical discomfort; also
it casts Q shadow of gloom over other
people. They grow hesitant about ask
ing YOU how you feel. 1t gives them
cold chills to be continually told that
YOU are mot very well' or mot SO
well' or "about the same
Do you know that a good deal OF
this is Imagination? If you braced up
and told people cheerily that you felt
tiptop nine chances IN ten you would
feel tiptop pretty soon. You'd forget
the ailing habit.
Don't let yourself become slave to
such q miserable little absorber Of
health and happiness as the perpetual
habit Of mot feeling well."-Boston
Travelar.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
stu Had q Litt1esP Prtae

=. stiIi Hao -, ~,
:.What Is this man. charged WITH
asked the police justice. +:
Stealing dog, your honor" said the
officer
Wei, sir, what have you got 70 say
for yourseif?" =
.Your honor" answered the prisoner,
drawing grimy coat sleeve across n1S
nose, IT you'll pake it embezzlement
III plead guilty. I may be thief, out
I'VE got feelings. Chicago Tribune.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
A Thousand Dollars Worth of Good:

\. H. Thurnes, well known coal
operator Of Buffalo, o., writes: Il have
been afflicted with kidney and bladder
trouble for years, passing gravel and
stones with excruciatiug pain. got no
relief from medicine until I began TAX
inc Foley's Kidney Cure, then the re-:
suit was surprising. a few;doses started
the brick DUST like fine stones and now
l have no pain across my kidneys and |
feel like a new man. It has done me
81, 200 worth of good. The Il. B. Loryea
Drug Store, Isaac M.zLcrE ca, Prop.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
Real Progress,

CHOW Is father getting on with his
riding lessons?'
every well. We children are allowed
to watch him .now."-Tales From b'iie-
cende Blatter.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
Eo Raaf4d-

. Good morning, Uncle. Charles Hld
you sleep well?. I'm afraid your oeo
was rather hard and uneven. but
"Oh. it was all right. thank Eou. l
got rD now and then during the night
and rested O bit, you know.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
Another Victim.

Poor Mrs. Boozer suffers terribly
from the liquor habit" said Mrs. Gaoo.
"Row is that" inquired Mrs. Chtnn,
scenting gossip.
:.Wlcn her husband comes home at
night is be is too far gone to pay at
tentlon to her remonstrances and the
next morning he has such a headache
he can't listen to her."-Portland Teie-
gram
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
un,,Se Fishing lines.

That fishing song in the new opera
IS clever, don't you think?' asked the
critic.
"No," replied the hard luck angler;
"it isn't at all natural"
"Now
"No; the lines are too catchv.'
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
EIattered Her.

yes" said the fair young girl, "ey-
erybody says I'm just the picture OF
mamma
.:Well," replied the gallant youth,
..you're certainly a fattering picture"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
Stimulating.

She-Whcre do you get your insplra-
ton froml The Author-Fron my cred-
ttors.-Life
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31

Humility hath depressed many gen
itfs to q hermit, but never raised one
to fame.-Shenstone.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31

.sNo; simply changed from second
hand clothes to secondhand dishes and
furniture. Life.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
Evolution.

"Has be changed his style Of living
much since he Inherited this vast
-oo I+b o,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
A Rarcain Rush.

GLOW did the manager get all those;
women out Of that burning theater.
quickly?
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31

While:it rs true that Scro1ula ma
it is usually inherited. Parents who
have a consumptive tendency, OF tam
to transmit it to their, children IN
brittle, bones, poor Digestion weak
eyes, Catarrh, emaciated bodies and
general weak constitutions are the
principal ways in which the dis
ease IS manifested. The blood has
been diseased from birth, and being II
this condition cannot properly nour'
ish the body and Scrofula 10 the re
suit: A. hereditary disease ike this
can only be reached, by a constitu
tioua1 remedy. and nothing equals
S. S. S. as a cure for it. It cleanses
drives out all scrofulous and tubercul
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
REAL ESTATE
AND INSURANCE.

I have special facilities Tor buying and
selling
Residences.
Building Lots
and Farms
wherever located.
!. TNSUR q NCE
placed in good Strong Companies.
Your business solicited.
g. L. WII.aSON.
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"uewent on the stage and announced
that a man down at the entrance was
giving away samples Of baking pow
der
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31

Inherited Scrofuia, and about seven
years ago suffered intensely, from
It. Tried every doctor available at
great expense, but grew rapidly worse;
IN fact, had given up all hope Of being
cured, and as dying man will grasp at
a straw, was persuaded, by my
brother, much against my will, to Try
wonderful change for the better. con-
tinued to take It for about six months,
taking in all about fifteen bottles,
which entirely cured me. .-n
Montgomery, Va. W. &. SToCAIcA'
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31

BETWEEN MILLARD AND ST. PAUL

FEOS. WILSON, President.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-01-31
SCR0FULA ,zssa71zs5r N aHzS5

v be acquired under certain conditions,
are related by the ties of blood, OF who
ily bloodtaint of any character, are sure
:he form Of Scrofula. Swollen glands,
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uft1h ~ t0RrOR IfION.
after = Nssr bths,s the senate Herom.
ml,s tnI tnrfeaslRa fteir ta,es

WAsniS1toS NAV ~ Chairman Oallin-
grr u tho senate COMMITTEES On the District
of Columbia orsatei q lively debate In tbs
senate 10 day by moving 10 reoommit tho
bill increasing tho taS"s ~ N. street rad
ways and other plpiio services corporations
81 tho District. which wa reported 10 tho
Senate yesterday,
lie explained that some members NJ ths
comm itec had voted under a miSpprehen-
sion. and that certain corporations. notably
the ga light company and telephone coin-
prny. had not been heardN
Mr. Han.brough opposed the motion. and
sharp words were exchanged betWeen h in
and hartman Call niger.
SIR. Patterson Dem. Col) arraigned
tho corporations az corrupt. lie said
franchises for street railways, formerly
given away, were now known to be worth
two-thirds the value Of the entire property.
he declared that New York, Philadelphia
and other large cities had been corrupted
10y the corporations.
On what theory do you propose to tax
these corporations II per cent Of their
net earninGs?" inquired Mr. Pettus.
Mr.. Patterson replied that ond reason
was that street railway corporations had
franchises, for which they paid nothing,
worth thirty-one millions.
Mr.. Hansbrough added that IL the tax
rate recommended by the oominittee-12
per cent on net ea~rnings-were adopted
the public service corporations would still
be paying less than the citizens OF the Dis
trict.
Mr.. Gallinger insisted that If it were done
the corporations would pay three times
as much rs the citizens.
He admitted his belief that the corpora
tions Of the District were paying less than
their share Of taxes. At present they were
taxed only 1 per cent. or the gross receipts.
Mr.. Patterson asserted that the cost
to replace the entire street railway system
Of Washington would be only SIT 900 900,
but the companies mad SIS 900 900 OF bonds
and ?3l 900 900 Of capital stock. After fur
ther debate the bill was recommitted with
out a roll call.