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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-05
Free

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Bladder troubles Other manufactur-
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cure we will refund your money" We
say "take a full 81. size FREE bottle
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-10
OVER SEA HABIT
Difference on This Side tina Water.

The persistent effect upon the heart
OF caffeine in coffee cannot but result
in the gravest conditions. in time.
Each attack of the drug land that
means each cup of coffee weakens the
organs little more, and the end Is
almost a matter of mathematical DEM
onstrstion. A lady writes from
Western state;
81 am of German descent and it was
natural that should learn at a very
early age TO drink coffee. Until | was
twenty three years old drank scarcely
anything else at my meals.
"A few years ago | began to be af-
fected by steadily increasing nervous
ness, which eventually developed into
a distressing heart trouble that made
me very weak and miserable. Then,
some three years ago, was added
asthma in its worst form. My suffer
ings from these things can be better
imagined than described.
During all this time my husband
realized more fully than l did that
coffee was injurious to me, and made
every effort to make me stop.
Finally it was decided a few months
ago, to quit the use of coffee absolute
IL, and to adopt Postum Food Coffee as
our hot table drink had but little
idea that it would help me, but con-
scented to try 1t to please my husband.
prepared it very carefully, exactly ac-
cordlng to directions, and was delight.
ed with its delicious favor and refresh.
ing qualities.
"Just so soon rs the poison from the
coffee had time to get out of my system
the nutrtive properties of the Postum
began 10 build me up, and l am now
fully recovered from all my nervous
ness. heart trouble and asthma. glad.
ly acknowledge that now, for the first
time in years, enjoy perfect health,
Snd that owe it all TO Postum.
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich.
There's reason. Read the little
book, The Road to MELVILLE" in pkgS
Postum Food Coffee contains no
drugs of any description whatsoever.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-10

To be such a successful wife, to re-
tain the love and admiration of her
husband, to inspire him to make the
most of himself, should be = womGnS
constant study.
II a woman finds that her energies
are tagging, that she gets easily tired,
dark shadows appear under her eyes,
she has backache, headaches, bearing
down pains, nervousness, irregularities
or the blues, she should start at once
TO build up her system by a tonic with
specific powers, such as Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
Following we publish by request
letter from a young wife:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:
Ever dncs my child was born have suf-
fersd, as hope few women ever have, with In
Examination, female weakness, bearing down
pains, backache and wretched headaches IL
Affected my stomach so | could not eu1o my
meals and half my time was spent in bed.
Lydia 3. PinkhAm's Vegetable Compound
made me we'll woman, and | feel SO grateful
that am glad to write and tell you Of my
marvellous recovery IL brought me health,
new life and vitality Mrs Bessie Ainsley,
OIL South 10th Street Tacoma, Wash.
What Lydia E. PinlSham's Vegetable
Compound did for Mrs. Ainsley 1t will
do for every sick and ailing woman.
II you have symptoms you don't un-
derstand write to Mrs. Pinkham,
daughter-in.law OF Lydia E Pinhham,
at Lynn, Mass Her advice Is free and
Always helpful.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-10
rha Lndae,. TIr.t ClIent.

Judge j. j. Banks, the well-known
Denver lawyer, is native of the
South says the Denver Post. 1t was
in Birmingham, Ala, that he hung out
his first shingle. One day an old
negro woman entered his office:
well, sah,' said the old woman, "Ah
wants ter Ak yO' advice. Now, yo' see,
All owes rent on ma house. All KANT
pay hit, en- de lan'lOrd say he gwine put
me out mex week"
Judge Banks told the old woman the
landlord could be compelled to give her
Il months notice.
"Wel, now, young man." she said,
"Ahs mighty much erbllged ter you.
Yo' suhtinly es smaht. Good mornin'!'
But" said Judge Banks, my fee
is 81. You must pay me for that adj
vice"
The old negress hestated. Then she
took hold of the dOorknob.
"Mistah," she said, "Ah doan' want
YOU ole advice. Keep hit. Dat rent
amt but foah dollars And out she
went
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-10

Mile en-. psoned to the very roots or
her hair
He told me so himself" said Louise
II never stopped TO ask him who II
was that was to desecrate our happy,
happy home. Just clasped my hands
ana cried Papa" and ran away, sob
biag as If my heart would break. Oh,
ana had so hoped that, when | was
married, we could stay on here Just the
same; bur, with stepmOther, Of
course, nothing will ever be the
sampw
you married, Louise" cried Mile,
Didn't he tell You? But it only
happened this morning. Charley has
asked me to he his wife,
But" faltcred Mile "lf your step
mother loved You very much in
deed"
"Flddlcsticks" said Louise; "as II Il
stepmotncr could love one! oh. hate
her already! And you, too. my poor
wounded Ea2elle, will he driven from
your refuge. If could only offer you
a home"
ITS SO good OF you. darling" wills
pered Mile. "Rut | don't really think
that it will be necessary, because, be-
cause"
You're not engaged to he married,
tOo?' almost Shricked Louise. struck
with certain consciousness in her
friends face.
Eyes, | am" said Mile, hanging
down her head.
"And to whom, you precious little
COnspiratOr?"
"TO-to your father" said Mile.
ooh, don't blame me, Louise; indeed,
couldn't help it,
Louise was a little staggered at first,
but she, too. was under the glamour
Of love, and the two girls flew into each
others arms.
"To think that you should be my
stepmother" said Louise.
Ana you my Sster-in-law," chirped
Millie. But I declare l don't know
how to tell mamma, after all that I
have said about second marriages, you
know"
Let me tell her" coaxed Louise.
Charley is going to take me to see
her. I am to be her daughter, you
know
And her stepgranddNughte at the
same time" gasped Mile. "Oh. dear!
what relation are We going to be 40
each other?
Mrs. Beverley received the truAnts
with open arms of welcome and con.
graduation. Her husband laughed UNI
til his pOrtly sides shook.
II told you they would learn wisdom
one of these days. said he.
But to this day the family have not
settled the complex problem of their
to each Other.-New York
Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-10
Where

The proprietor of the engineering
works was casting his eagle eye around
and, alacli! it fell upon an unhappy
apprentice who was. using his hammer
rather gingerly.
Look ye here, laddie,' he said 60
ing up to the youth and taking the
hammer from him; when | see a
man that takes his hammer by the end
Of the shaft, and strikes a proper blow
like this, | give that man 32s. a week;
but man that takes it in the middle
like this only gets 25s. week, and the
sack whenever we get slack See?"
Hoping that he had sufficiently well
driven home his point, he surveyed the
lad more in sorrow than in anger; but
the latter requested an extension Of
the lesson.
''riedse, SIR, he questioned, where
do hold it for four shillings a week."
--GlasgOw Herald
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-10
How She Escaped.

my darling" said Mr.. Spoonamore,
as he finished the third helping of his
wife's plum cake. the lightness ana
flavor of your excellent cake give n
grand and emphatic denial to all the
rubbish written in would-be funny pa
pers about the incapacity of young
wives to cook"
She n pes close t9nhinheu. II may
be that my own little wifey-pifey is
better than all others
"Oh, ducliy," she whispered, chow
happy you make met"
And then she thought how lucky it
was that she had had the sense to
buy that cake at the baker's.-Puck
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-10

81 ~ @kkREeeA@
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-10
HIs Impudence Settled II.

The friendly quarrel between two
acquaintance as to who shall pay car
fare when they happen to be riding
on trolley car together has come to
be considered bad taste. and among
the knowing it IS row taken as sign
of greenpeSs for ono person to try TO
pay for another. Nevertheless, the at
tempt is often seen. Yesterday two
gushing girls who fought over the
question ttracted the attention of all
in a crowded car with their CASTOR
and AlphOnse-lke perfOl nance. mo,
really" said on, you must let me
pay. You know you've paid for every
thing this afternoon, so far, and you
must let me reciprOcate." But didn't
you take me to the matinee last We'd
nesday? said the other. Il really
feel as though | must do something
to pay you back" When mOmentary
silence fell as each girl tried to hold
her money out further than tho other,
some rude man several seats away
said, loud enough for all to hear: Con
ductOr have you raised The price of Il
tide to 81, or is it still five cents?'
The silence Of the girls continued, and
their fare was paid without furth r
wrangLng. Philadelphia Record.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-10
TRUE JOY OF AuToMoelLlNe.
Better Than steam-Yacht or opsra
as an Advertisement of Prosperity.

Better Than steam-Yacht or opsra
as an Advertisement of Prosperity.
Il want an automobile, but If
thought it would save me car-fare
I'd be ashamed to have one. I'd rather
ride in one of these five-cent automO-
biles with a pole on top. Surer to get
there.
What makes it desirable is that it
is an advertisement OF the fact that
you have so much money you don't
know what to do with it, The steam
yacht used to be the best for thai; but
the reason why the automobile has
such vogue is that with it your adj
Vertisement, for less nancy per agate
lines, gets a op-of-the-column, next
to-pure position in a medium with as
much larger circulation that the
yacht, as roadways all over this broad
land are more "poputous than the
waterways around the edges of this
broad land. 1t beats getting your
wife all sleety with diamonds and
planting her in box at the opera;
beats it to death, for there's only one
genuine, yellow-label Grand Opera in
this country, and there are roads al
most every place; the opera is only
seventeen weeks at best, and the pro-
gram of the Metropolitan Opera
House, with its list of box-holders, its
stingy Mr.. Delaney Jones, every
other Tuesday'-why, for all folks
know, you might save up for that,
whereas the automobile is continu-
Gus expense, winter and summer,
" -, out DO | Want
an AutOmobile?" by Eueena Wood in
Everybody's Magazine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-10
Value For His Money.

Three young fellows went to North
Wales to spend their holidays. The
train was not a fast express, and the
passengers were long time on the
journey.
At one station one visited the re-
freshmen room for cup of tea, and
in few moments his companions were
astomished to see him rush back to the
carriage with a cold ham. On making
inquiry the young man said he gave
the waitress half sovereign to pay
for the cup Of tea, but the engine
whistle blew before he received his
change. and lie meant having his
money or its value.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-10
Points for Yankee Visiting London.


London, like many another capital,
is not without interest DO not as.
sumo that every cabman You see Is a
distressed duke. Some have been
found to be not even earls.
The Zoo was established in 1926
The present House of Commons. on
the other hand. was not erected until
1870.
Whitehall-Here Cromwell cut off
the head of Chorloo l. because il
wasn't Round enough.
If you are in danger of thinking
London is to be preferred TO your own
MI ;.ia;1I 90 and look at the Albert memo.
The City Fathers may be found at
the Guild Hall. The City "Uncles." or
some of them. in Petticoat Lane.
Across Waterloo Bridge you may en-.
ter Surrey the population of which
consists mostly of captains of the
County Cricket Club first eleven.
DO not confound the Chamber of
Horrors with the Royal Academy. The
former is in Tussaud's wax works,
and does not leave a permanently dis
agreeable effect.
If you find London so fascinating
that you never want to leave it, take
Southeastern and Chatham train
from London Bridge.
The Thames-Literary and artistic
incendiaries sometimes make an at
tempt on this river, but without much
success.
The Docks-If you want to see a
London dock. throw half brick
through the nearest window pane
London Bystander.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-10
Disconcertinu.

Now, boys" said the schoolmaster,
during an examination in geography,
what is the axis Of the earth?"
John raised his hand promptly.
We'll, Johnny, how would you de-
scribe it?"
The axis of the EARTH said Johnny
pI oudly, lis an imaginary line which
passes from one pole to the other,
and on which the earth revolves."
"Very good" exclaimed the teacher,
Now, could you hang clothes on that
line -.Inhnpy p
Eyes, sir, was the reply.
Indeed said the examiner, disap-
pointed; land what sort of clothes?"
imaginary clothes, sir. -Harpers
Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-10
A MODEL WITNESS
Avoiding the Issue the Main Object of
the Man ON the Stand.

Avoiding the Issue the Main Object of
the Man ON the Stand.
The opposing counsel: "What is your
name?"
The witness, appealing to the Judge:
Gam l obliged to answer ths?"
The Judge: you are"
The witness: MY name is TodgPrs.'
"First name"
II decline to answer"
con what grOund?'
~. -''"nld be construed into n retlrc.
tlOn on the good taSte or my g.
Where were yOu born"
81 decline to answer"
"Why?"
Because all my information OH The
subject is Of the hearsay character.'
But you were there at the time:'
81 decline to admit H."
"What is your age"
Before answering | desire to consult
with my attorneys"
"What is your Ostensible business"
81 do not remember
care you in any way connected with
the 40 MG6p4f eTHphi55,e,r
"What is its capitalizati IN"
81 do not remember
"What is your Salary?"
81 do not remember"
"Are you married.
81 do not remember"
The Judge: The hearing will now be
adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning. And 1 want to cOngratua
the opposing counsel on the marked
progress they have made in advancing
the case. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-10
The Critical Bookseller.

A lady went into booksellers shop
and asked for Browning.
II haven't got it, madam" answered
the bookseller. 81 make it a rule never
to stock any books | can't understand,
and can't make head or tail of Mr..
Browning. Can you?"
The customer asked for another
book, without comment upon the sales
mans mental limitations
Have you Praed, them
Eyes, madam" this skeptical person
assured her. i've prayed, and that
don't help me, Lady Phillis, in the
Bystander
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-10
A TRULY ideal WIFE
HER HUSBANDS BEST HELPER
Vigorous Health IL the Great Source OF
Power to INSPIRE and Encourage
An Women Should Seek It.

One OF the most noted, successful and
richest men of this century, in a recent
article, has said, Whatever I am and
whatever success have attained in
this world owe all to my wife. From
the day first knew her she has been
an inspiration and the greatest help
mate Of my life
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-10
PRICE
A Five-Year Diary.

BY means of the five year diary one
may compare the happenings of one
day with the same day in the years
before. 1t is something new and not
in use as yet by many enthusiastic
diary-keepers. Each page is given over
to Il single date, and is ruled off into
five sections, so that at glance one
may see just what he did min other
years on the same day.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-10
A Lively Catch.

Mrs. S. And so you are leaving us,
Bridget? And what are you going to
do?
Bridget-Please, mum, I'm going to
get married.
Mrs. S.-Dear me! Isn't that rather
sudden? Who is the happy man?
Bridget-Do you remember, mum, me
aslin' you about four weeks ago to go
TO the funeral of friend. Well, | do
be gon' to marry the corpse's husband.
Sure he told me then | wuz the life
O the party.-Harpers Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-10
Not Worth 1t.

Laura" said Mr., Ferguson, hurried
~ explaining matters in the kitchen.
II didn't want to bring the man home
to dinner, but he kept staying and
staying at the office and | just had to
ask him. You will have to put as good
a face on it as you can
IF you think I'm going to change
my face on his account, George Fer
guson." said his spouse, red and angry.
you'll have TO think again! You may
bring him out to dinner right now"-
Chicago Tribune.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-10
Beware of Ointment. For oatArrh That

Rsmercury will surely destroy the sense o.
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
tenn when entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputable ply
siclans, as the damage they will do is ten told
to the good you can possibly derive FROM
them. Halls Oatarrn Cure, manufactured
by F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o., contains
no mercury, and is taken internally, actin :
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
otthesystem. In buying Halls Oatarrh Cure
be sure you get the genuine. 1t is taken In
ternally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by +.
j. Cheneyt Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists; price, 75c. per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-10
TEACHING SPARROW 70 SING,
Raised with canaries He Soon Learn
ed to Initiate Them.

A series OF interesting experiments
IN which English sparrows have been
taught to sing sweetly is recorded by
Dr. Conrad The aim Of the expert
menter has been TO determine what are
the conditions under which birds learn
and cling to their traditional notes.
For this purpose he has taken very
young birds Of musical species
and kept them entirely with songsters,
to determine whether they would thus
acquire the musical notes.
In July, 1893, he put four ncdgling
English spawOws into the nest of q
pair of singing Canaries, Three OF
them died hut the fourth survived.
This one had already acquired a spar
row chirp; but, hearing thenceforlh
only the notes Of the canary, he went
no further with che language which
was his birthright Instead, he came
gradually, when among the canaries.
to give notes different from sparrow
talk. Even when he was silent II the
canaries were singing he could be seen
moving his throat, as if he were try
ing to form the sounds, much rs Il
person often inaudibly follows Il song
which another is singing. At last
these sounds began to be audible and
increasingly so. lie began to give
notes in rapid succession, three or four
tones up the scale, and then repeating
the top note five or six times.
A.. -.
sound of his own voice, he soon indulg-
ed three or four runs in succession
with eight to twelve notes in each; and
in the last days Of September, when
three months old he went up and
down and up the scale, all in one run.
All this while his voice had been
changing. At first it was harsh as IL
natural with English sparrows; but
gradually, with the effort or with the
subconscious influence of the sweeter
sounds about him, it became softer
and acquired something of the canary
quality.
At first he sang on low scale and
tried the top notes vainly, but as his
voice became milder, he went higher
and more easily. He was three months
old, when growing bold, he aSSayed his
first thrill. 1t was short but musical
and he evidently liked it, for he re-
peated II, and continued steadily to
practice It, 1t was done modestly, and
after each trll he sat still and APP
peared to be listening. A year later,
however, when the report was being
written by the eXperimenter, he had
grown to be quite an adept in canary
song, and would trill and sing con-
tinually, punctuating his song with
complete circles and semicircles on his
perch.
To try the effect of association upon
him, DR.. Conrad removed him for Il
time, in his first year from the ca
naries, and put him where he heard
only sparrow chatter. Gradually he
ceased to sing and began to return to
the neglected sparrow tongue; but
when he was again hung with the ca
naries he regained all he had lost in
less than month.-American Journal
of Psychology.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-10
DOCTOR CURED Of ECZEMA.


"Nly face was afflicted with eczema in
the year 1897. | used the Cuticuru Rene
dies and was entirely cured. | am a prac.
tlcing physician, and very often prescribe
Cuticura Resolvent and Cnticura Soap in
cases OF eczema, and they have cured
where other formulas have failed. am
not in the habit OF endorsing patent medi-
cines, but when find remedies possessing
true merit, such as the Cuticura Remedies
do, l am broad-minded enough to pro-
claim their virtues to the world. | have
been practicing medicine for sixteen years,
and must say find your Remedies A No.
=. "" - ''L""tY to nuhlislI this let
ter. G. NJ Fisher, NJ D., Big Pool, Ma,
May "A, 1906"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-10
Fearful of the Elnancier.

"You don't approve of the govern
ments taking any hand in the rail
road business"
NO" answered Farmer Corntossel,
81 believe in keepin EN- apart. Some
O these railroad men is mighty smart.
The first thing we know, they'll be
ownin a controllin' interest in the gov.
Gr'ment. Washington Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-10
Woman Drives Hearse.

The unusual sight of woman driv-
ing a hearse caused considerable inter-
est in public square at Independence
the other day. She was Mrs. c. ID.
Carson, the wife on an Independence
undertaken. He had funeral set for
that day. but at the last moment he
was called away.
The funeral had to so on, however,
and Mrs. Carson promptly took her
husbands place on the wagon.-Kan-
sas City Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-10

Tourist-"What's. that crowd down
at the court house," Native-"Oh!
they're tryln' the case o Sam John
son, sub" TOurist-"Sam Johnson?
why, he was the man who was lynched
yesterday, wasn't he?" Native-"Yaas,
sub, but today some O. the boys got
to feelin' curious 10 know whethah he
was innocent or guilty, suh."-Phila-
delphia Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-10
Her PardonabIe Resentment.

"Let me see," said the minister, who
was filling out the marriage certificate
and had forgotten the date, "this is
the seventh, is it nOt?"
mo, sir" snapped the bride, with
some show Of indignation; this is only
my third. if any one should ask you."-
Chicago News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-10

Senator, do you think the railroads
get too much for carrying the malls?"
Too much! Aren't they getting the
same they were before they stopped
our passes? OF course, they're getting
too muchw
Burning with Indignation, he sat
down to draft a slashing bill.-Phla-
delphia Ledger.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-02-10
Not to BE Disturbed.

"Sody crackers? Yes'm," said the
country storekeeper. II got EN-. I'll
er-send 'cm up to you"
We'll" replied Mrs. Nfedders, II did
low to take 'em with me-
"Yes'm, but We see, Bill Bruser he's
a-dozin' on top o the bar'l jest now an
he amt in the best O. humor to-day
Philadelphia Press.