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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-10
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Long and Short Days.

At Hamburg, Germany, the longest
day occupies seventeen hours aDG the
shortest seven. At Stockholm, in Swe-
den, the longest has eighteen and a
half hours and the shortest five and a
half. At ST. Petersburg the longest has
nineteen and the shortest Ave hours.
In Finland the longest has twenty
one and a half hours. In the north
ernmost parts Of Norway the longest
day lasts from May q to July 2, the
sun not sinking below the horizan dur
ing this period, but skimming along
very close to it in the north. At Spit
bergen the longest day lasts three
months and half.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-10
The Mennest Mau,

The meanest man has been located
in Philadelphia. He dropped large
roll Of bills on the street, and q boy
WHO found it returned the money to
him. Counting the bundle carefully,
the owner put it in his pocket. my
son." he said benignly to the bog, II
am reioiced to see that you are guided
by lofty principles, and as an earnest
Of NV appreciation shall refrain from
charging YOU interest for the time you
have had my money.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-10
Is the Moon Inhabited.

Science has proven that the moon
has an atmosphere. which makes life
in some form possible on that satellite:
but not for human beings, who have a
hard enough time on this earth of ours:
especially those who don't know that
Electric Bitters cures Headache,
Biliousness, Malaria, Chills and Fever,
Jaundice, Dyspepsia, Dizziness, Torpid
Liver, Kidney complaints, General De-
bility and Female weaknesses. In
eoualled as general Tonic and Appe-
tier for weak persons and especially
for the aged. It induces sound sleep
Fully guaranteed by The Arant Co
Drug Store. Price only SOC.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-10
Don't be Imposed Upon.

Foley & Co., Chicago, originated
Honey and Tar as throat and lung
remedy, and on account of the great
meria and popularity OF Foley's Honey
and Tar many limitations are offered
for the genuine. These worthless
limitations have similar sounding
names. Beware OF them. The genuine
Foley's Honey and Tar is in a yellow
package. Ask for it and refuse any
substitute. It is the best remedy for
corghs and colds. The Arant Co..
Drug Store.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-10
OASToREA.
Bss.s tbe 1Ths Kind You Have Always Bought
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A Savage Poison.

The juice Of the green pineapple is
accredited in Java, the Philippines
and throughout the far east generally
with being a blood poison Of a most
deadly nature. 1t IS said to be the
substance with which the Malays pol
son their kreeses and daggers and to
be also the Finger nail" poison for
merly in use among the aborigine Jaw
anese women almost universally.
These women cultivate nail on each
hand to a long, sharp point, and the
least scratch from one Of these was
certain death.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-10
Why, Indeeds

At an examination Of Sunday school
children the following was one Of the
questions put upon the blackboard
"Why did your godfathers and god,
mothers promise these things for
you? The answer Of bright girl,
written neatly on the slate, was,
"Nhy, indeed% She got marks
Christian Life
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-10
Not to Blame.

Father (sternly)-Now, Sophia, some
thing must be done to reduce your ex.
penses. You are actually spending
more than your allowance.
Daughter-It isn't my fault, father
I've done my best to get you to in
crease it.-Brooklyn Life.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-10
Thcught4ul.

care you sure the sick man wanted
me?" asked the physician, reaching for
his hat.
"He didn't mention your name, but
he's screamin' for some one thatll put
him out Of his misery, and I thought
Of you right away."-Bouston Post.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-10
Just Badness.

Father-That kid ought to have a
spanking! He's altogether too preco-
cious; knows more than / do! Moth
er-But, dear, I wouldn't call that pre-
cocious.-Detroit Free Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-10
DOubtful.

Lady Gn dry goods store)-And is
this color also genuine? Salesman
AS genuine as the roses on your
cheeks, miss. Lady-H'm! Show me
another one.-kleines WitZblatt.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-10
Oidn,t Wait.

"Were you frightened when you
arose to make your first speech "
"What should frighteu me!' The
audience" 1.-The audience left as soon
as my name was announced"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-10

Only the iliterate and the social elect
can afford to treat the language reck-
lessly.-Bratnerd.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-10
A Hopeless Case.

II am in favor of spelling reform"
"Glad to hear it. Come around and
give my stenographer few points,
won't you?"-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-10
At the Wrong Counter.

At the Wrong Counter.
The lady who went to the book de
partment Of big modern store and in
quired foy "Crabbe's Tales" was told
that fish and provisions We're on the
ground Aoor.-Boston Herald.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-10

Reprove thy friend privately, COM
nend him publicly.-Solon.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-05

ing evils are still in vogue and every
once in while a man is shot while
walking about apparently for no rea-
son. The murderer in many instances
makes his escape. But nevertheless the
law is regarded as seriously in the re-
mote parts of Alaska as in any city
in the United States.
Miners bring their families to
Alaska. Their children are sent to
schools and everything is as up to date
as is possible In an American city.
Thriving newspapers are published
weekly and daily. Churches of every
denomination are well attended. The
telegraph and the telephone are as
common there as in Los Angeles. COM
mess blocks are steam heated and cleo
trio lighted.
Going to Europe
For some reason or other 1 never
managed to get back to the states on
visit before. I have often made up
my mind to do SO, and when the last
steamer left in the fall for the states
big lump rose in my throat. But my
attention to business and persistency
has placed my and my folks on easy
street for the rest of our lives.
Il am now on my way to Atlanta,
Ga, where / shall meet one of my
brothers. Together we are going to
Europe to look after my business in
terest in London. / have hundreds
of thousands of dollars deposited in
banks on Piccadilly. On the compile
ton of my business there shall tour
Europe and will return in about eight
months-return to settle down Tor the
rest of my life.
"No, am not married 1t never oc-
Cured to me to get married Yes. |
look like man sixty or more, but |
am not quite forty. Perhaps 1 may
yet find mate for life, and perhaps
my honeymoon will be passed in
Alaska. Time alone will tell
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-05
WEIRD TALE RELATED
BY AN ALASKA MINER
Thrilling Adventures and Hair-Breadth Escapes
Crowd One Upon Another After Years Of
Hardships at Last He Finds Gold

whisky My partner who was also
saved from the wreck had likewise left
liquor alone. l sometimes attribute
our escape from the awful death that
overlook our companions to this fact
alone. But that was not all.
LAS the steamer went down rapidly
much argo was thrown overheard.
Among the cargo was tons of jute,
which foated upon the water like the
spars. 1t twas on a bale of this that
1 escaped as did my partner.
"The hours that we were in the
water before we reached land seemed
years. Several of our companions were
also in the water, clinglng to bales of
jute. What became of them 1 never
learned. This fact remains, that only
my partner and 1 reached land where
we did. And in my eight years in
Alaska / never met a man who was
board the Viscompte when she was
wrecked, so I am positive that we were
the only two who escaped.
Finally Escapes
"Rut the exposure told on us. When
we reached shore we fell into the hands
of some friendly Indians. who nursed
us back to life on their horrible foods
and with the assistance of their med
icine men. We could not understand
their language and could learn moth
ing of our whereabouts When we were
| able to help ourselves to a certain ex-
tent we wanted to strike out for
| somewhere. We did not care where.
1t was gold and riches that we were
after and in spite of the fact that we
should have been glad to give up the
chase, we were determined to reach
the fabulously rich fields that had Gre
ated the tremendous rush from the
United States.
For fully three months we remained
with the Indians and gradually ac-
| quired their habits and began to un-
derstand their signs, and even under
stand their language. Our life with
them was not exactly one of hardship,
but we were watched closely, and to
escape for long time was impossible
Why they should desire to keep us
prisoners we could not understand.
Finally one night we got away from
the village with the assistance of one
of the Indians whom we convinced
would become rich If he only followed
us. We took plenty of food supplies
with us, which consisted solely of the
horrible dried fish the Indians ate with
| great relish.
Indian Attempts to Desert
1.-THE Indian was about IS years OF
age, and he was easily convinced that
we We're in earnest in our assertions tc
him that he would become rich IL he
only would help us out of the village
He was exceptionally strong and could
stand more exposure than any human
being / ever met.
I'VE had been on our tramp for near.
ly two weeks. During that time We
had not seen a living thing or gained
any knowledge Of our bearings The
! Indian could not tell where he wai
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-05
FOR ENGAGEMENT LICENSES
To Be Issued by County or State on
Payment of Fee-Not an Actual
Marriage on Trial
Special to The Herald.

SDeClal TO ne i1eTdiu
CHICAGO, Aug. 4.-Prof. Charles
Zueblin of the University of Chicago,
who has startled the world with his
reported plan for marriages on trial."
today modified his declaration in such
a way as to make 1t more sensational
than before.
While declaring that he does not fa-
vor marriage on trial. he declared
himself for a probationary marriage,
in the form of a legalized engagement.
In other words, he proposed that
there shall be two marriage ceremonies,
the second to be the real and binding
ceremony. six months after the first.
Here are the outlines of his plan:
Engagement licenses to be issued
by the county or state on payment of
a fee.
Engaged couples to have more lib
erty than they are allowed at present
Engagement 10 last for six months,
and marriage to be prohibited before
the end of the term.
Betrothed couples to be given every
opportunity TO learn each others faults
and foibles.
II did not intend to be understood as
meaning there should be a probation-
airy marriage" he said. but that there
should be some legal engagement that
would give the engaged more liberties
than engaged couples now enjoy. II a
couple had to take out a license for
an engagement 1t would become public.
They could then have an opportunity
Of studying each others characteris-
ties, and. IL they found they were not
suitable to marry, they could get a
legal separation in time to prevent a
great deal Of trouble"
Prof. Zueblin declared that women of
the present day are held as chattels
by their husbands.
Women should have all the liber-
ties allowed men, both as to conduct
and TO property rights" said the pro-
fessor
when a man has made any money
he should deposit 1t i'm the bank IN
equal shares-half TO his wife and half
to himself. He should have no further
right TO her half Of the money She
does half the work. She should have
half the returns Of their joint labors. .
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-05
MAYOR MAILER DENIES
He IS OUT OF POLITICS
FURTHER THAN THIS HE Is
SILENT
Chief Executive Declares That Im-
presslons and Statements Regard
ing His Future Course Are Erro-
neous and Without Foundation

Nay nay, not so, says Mayor Me-
Aleer to the persistent rumors and
newspaper reports that he will forever
cast aside all desires for the cares
and emoluments of Office when his term
expires and go back to boilermaking.
He issued the following notice yester'
day:
THE Impressions and statements APP
pearing In the daily press relative to
my retirement from political life are
entirely erroneous and without founda-
tion.
"OWEN McALEER, Mayor"
Just what Mr.. McAleer means by
that, and whether or not he expects Ia
be reelected mayor, he falls to state
and refuses 10 state.
He is general manager Of the Repub.
lie Iron and Steel works, a new con
cern that has just entered the field, and
he has already secured several large
contracts. AS this works viii require
the greater part of his time II had beer
inferred from this and from remarks
which the mayor had let fall that there
would be no more politics In his.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-05

and in spite of the horror of the thing
my heart leaped.
1.-THE Indian and myself took the
miners tools and commenced prospect
ing. AS we worked our way across
the hills we came across other camps
and found the dead bodies of three
other Americans. Starvation seemed
to have been the cause of death in
each instance. There were no outward
signs of violence. In one of the camps
we found Winchester and plenty of
cartridges.
Fearing that If we did not get away
from that locality similar fate would
finally overtake us, we packed our
sledges with the remaining food and
started out in what ] believe was a
northerly direction.
Make Rich Strike
I'VE got into very rich district.
The gold was found In threads in the
ore and this we stored away by bury
ing 1t. BY several roundabout jour-
neys from our camp we at last met
some American miners who had come
up from the United. States the year
before, and they put us on the trail for
Nome.
! 1t was only after we had reached an
tagreement regarding the division of
the properties that they consented to
accompany us to Nome. Those men
were men. They kept every word of
their promise, and l was only too glad
to keep my part of the agreement.
All / wanted was to get back to civ
| ilization, mingle with men of my own
tongue, get the legal claim to my
properties and sell out,
when we arrived in Nome, a month
later, it was in August, 1900. Hundreds
of Americans were coming to the port
on every steamer. and l met several
prospectors whom l had known in
Montana. They would never have
known me, but / recognized them and
made friends that I shall never for
| get
Sells Out for a Fortune
Il found an easy market for my
stuff, and after making the promised
deal with the American miners who
helped me out Of the wilderness l de-
cided to stay in Alaska, as everybody
around me was getting rich. After a
| months rest in Nome my Indian
whom l called Joe, and myself went
back to the rich camp we had dis
covered.
"A year later + sold out my interest
located another near Nome. The prop
erty / sold is still on a large paying
basis and is located in the Tanana dis
trict. Since the day of the discovery
by myself and Joe it has been known
as Dead Mans" camp. There are nc
fewer than fifty rich ore bearing mines
near it today.
my life in Alaska became more an6
more fascinating. | made many ex,
plorations trips and on one occasion
discovered a great cave lined with the
bones of mastadons The cave today
bears my Bullard.'
Great Future for Alaska
Alaska is yet in it's infancy. TIL,
pioneer days We're hard ones and many
a man gave up his life I'm search o.
her hidden gold. But those who stucl
1t out in spite of starvation and al
other adversities are today among thu
richest men in the world. Every yea
sees a great influx Of new capital anC
brains. Developments are being car
ried on more extensively each year
and In the course of another decade
Alaska will be the greatest mining
camp in the world.
THE primitive wildness of the mel
who came there is still feature In tn
camps. Gambling and the accompany
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-05
FORE DAY OF
TRAIN THEATER
THOMAS. c. PECK SAYS SCHEME
PRACTICABLE
Veteran Passenger Agent Says Road
Which Adopts Method of Enter
tanning Transeontinental Trav-
eIers VIII Reap Harvest

GGTIRST performance in the the
ater car" That is the cry
that T. c.. Peck. assistant
general passenger agent of the
Salt Lake railroad believes will
be heard on all trains de luxe
of the great trunk lines within a very
short time. All that seems to be want
ing in the way of luxury on the light
ming limited trains of the various roads
Is amusement for the passenger, and
this want Mr.. Peck believes will soon be
provided. Here are Mr.. Peck's views:
For several years all the big lines
of the country have been constantly
Vying one another in eqEipping their
fast through trains with all modern
comforts and oonveniences in their
efforts to make the journeys of their
patrons as pleasant and luxurious as
possible. In this respect number of
the crack flyers have about reached
perfection. But in spite of all the lux
ury and elegance with which some of
these trains are equipped the traveller
Is obliged to provide his own entertain
ment and amusement. No matter how
luxurious a car may be most passen7
gers usually find a long journey mo-
notonous and tedious before they reach
their destination and would hail with
delight any form of amusement,
"Take, for instance, the trip from
Chicago to the Pacific coast. That
journey takes three days. Very few
passengers can amuse themselves all
that time in reading, playing cards or
looking at the scenery, and they would
gladly welcome any diversion to break
the monotony. It would be very easy
to provide a theatrical performance or
concert on a train have seen 1t done,
and it proved big success.
1T was on special train In Texas
in which a party of railroad officials
were making tour of the south. One
end of a private car was fitted up as
a stage, and the members of the party
gave a minstrel performance.
"What was done to anuse those Off
cials could be just as easily done TO
amuse regular passengers, and the ex-
pense attached TO such project
would in my opinion, be very small
In comparison to the great amount of
added patronage the road would de-
rive from such an innovation, | am
sure that many talented actor and
actress would often gladly volunteer
their services IN exchange for trans
portation. l am convinced that such
a plan for entertaining travellers would
meet with such success that In less
than six months after ii was inaugu-
rated all the big trunk lines Of the
country would have II"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-05

idea of where we had landed when
we reached shore from the wrecked
steamer. =
"One day the Indian grew morose,
and we could see that trouble of some
sort was brewing and that it would
perhaps be well for us to watch him
closely. Twice during the day he
wanted to turn back toward the vii
lage from which he came.
"Relentlessly we urged him on until
nightfall. During the early part of the
day a snow had commenced to fall and
by evening it was almost a binding
drizzle.
Dogs Tear Indian to Pieces
"Our dogs, too, had been restless all
day, and during the afternoon for the
first time they fought with each other.
One of them was wounded so badly
that we were obliged to let the other
dogs eat it,
"That night while we were asleep the
Indian arose and tried to make his
escape from the party. 1t would have
been all right if he had not tried to
take the dogs with him, but their
barking aroused us, and as result we
had a fight with the Indian. Even
the two of us against the one Indian
were heavy odds against u.s. he was sc
powerful.
Finally we knocked the Indian
down. The dogs were upon him in an
instant. They literally tore him to
pieces, and although any interference
on our part would not have made the
slightest difference we did not inter
fere, as we knew the Indian would
take our lives the first opportunity
he had.
Meet More Indians
"The following day my partner anG
myself started out, not knowing in
what direction we were going and
realizing that our food supplies woulC
not last more than three more days
The snow storm of the day previous
grew worse and worse. At last We
could not make the slightest progress!
and we were obliged to hide from the
terrific effects of the binding sleet anC
wind.
1--WE had no means of telling the
time of day except by guesswork
When we made our way out of the
snow, about day later, we were fam
ished. The dogs had torn open all thu
supply sacks and had simply gorgeC
themselves. We gathered togethe
what we could and started out again
The sun was shining brightly and thu
terrific wind and storm had complete
ly subsided, but it was exceedingl.
cold.
His Partner Dies
"Our journey was continued TO
about one day longer At the end o
that time we came upon another In
dian village, and to this day / hav
never learned the name of the trib
nor can / say in what part of Alask'
II was that we were
"In the Indian village / spent full.
one year. My partner was taken sud
denly Ill one day and died. After hi
| death we found that we had eatei
some meats that were laid out to xii
wolves that visited the village durin
the nights and stole a great deal o
food as well as killed several of tn
Indian children.
II tried my best TO get some ide
| of where l was but II was useless
one of the Indians again came to tn
front and was willing to accompany m
on a journey TO the great gold fields
One day we took a trail which we fol
lowed four days and nights On tn
road we came across a deserted cam
and found the bodies Of two men.
was a gruesome find, but the bodies @
the miners were those Of Americans