The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-07-11
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Buncned Together for the Benefit OF
Busy Readers.

suncned Together for the Benefit Of
Busy Readers.
We are told by the bug men that
there are 200, 900 different kinds of inss
sects. We believe it.
Some brands Of coffee are now adul-
terated with s.wdust. Lat US hope
the sawdust is clean.
No man has any right to stay In the
church baby carrisge when he might
be pushing its bread wagon.
When a man takes pride in being
considered rough diamond IL is
pretty certain that be would nou oe
nurt by a little polish.
Mary had a little lamb,
Aud when she saw it sicken
She shipped it of to Pack'ngto"n,
And now it's labeled chicken.
Little Boo Peep has loss her shsep,
and don't know whers tn1 'em;
probsbly up to the packing house,
With some dirty cuss TO grind 'en.
Next we will bs hearing about the
government prowling around trying
to fud out what tho cheap rsstau-
rants have been putting In the hash.
A man In Pailidelphia allowed 100
angry bees to sting him to prove The
stings cured rheumatism. Az least 1t
should prove a man can oiget rheu.
Hatism.
Il is hard for married mau to un-
derstsnd how his wife can dnc any
pleasure In watching another woman
as she enters into the bonds OF matr1-
nony.
Science informs us that 1t is the
female mosquito that does the sing.
ing. It has been observed, also, that
the singers are quite expert with
their stingers.
Steve Elkins notes that poor men
whistle more than rich msn do:
hence they are happier. But the
poor man frequently pays dearly fo1
his whistle.
It must not be supposed that the
manufacturers Of black pepper are
confined to the use OF lampolack and
tapiocs. They can make an excellent
article cut of ground cocosnut shells.
AS soon as it grows easy for a man
to get along without friends he be,
gins to find that their numbers in.
crease without any eff1rt on bis part.
a New Jersey girl weighing 26G
pounds in her hurry to greet her loy
or, tripped and fell on his neck, sreak.
ing it. Seven doctors could not save
ais life. Bsware OF the vg-weight
girls.
The cost Of living cannot be fixed
by any standard. 1t varies from $500
a year Tor some preachers to $780, ,0oo
a year tor some stock gamblers; but
some happiness is not In proportion to
income.
There are no orphanages In Aus.
tralla. Every child not supported b!
parents becomes a ward Of the state,
Is placed In a private family and pro-
Sided with board and clothes until
the fourteenth birthday.
Dr. E.ssmus Holt Of Maine says the
iighest possible value of any human
eing. is exactly $50. 344 68 The dec
aor is not optimistic enough, regard
ing the human family, 30 make sue
csssful life insurance agent.
Tee publisher OF several agricultur-
IL papers adveraisss the rural field as
the ''onlY enc unspoilsd left for the
advertiser" The country press might
lake notice OF the fact and impress
upon advertisers that the local home
paper is the best medium for this
ield.
Hasten the day when our intellect
ual life has so far developed that 8
clean paper will be in greater demand
nan a sensational one, when the
public shall eat of the meat Il knoWl-
isdge, rather than feed On the aroma
:ic husks that excite the passions and
tester a national lie.
Here Is where Cupid is put out Of
business. The little god is no audi
cor OF accounts. When he draws his
ooRstring be shuts his eyes and II
5he loosened snaft lodge in the heart
Of a plutocrat OF the breast Of a
peasant 1T Is all one to him.
The world is full Of 12ns, out Of
actual starvation there Is little. Want
and need are by no Eears synony-
nous. It is nice question whether
there are not more psople who have
more than Is really good for them
than people who have not enough.
1t is estimated by Darwin that
there are ore hundred thousand
sarthworms quietly at work for the
advantage of the upper SIX feet Of
every acre Of earth. They continual.
ly turn over the soil and drag down
leaves and grass, and thus they loose
en- the soil and fertiltZe the ground,
so that the necessary air can reach
the roots that spread and grow.
The meaning Of the word luck may
be fully explained In the following:
Luck meaDs rising not later than 6
O'Clock in the morning, living on 3
dollar a day If you earn two, minding
your own business and not meddllng
with other peoples. Luck means the
you have never failed to
Keep, the trains you have never failed
to catch. Luck msans trusting in God
and your own resources.
The Standard On Co., has discover
ed a way to avoid building sidewalks
in front Of their business building in
cities and towns all over the country.
They simply deed the land allowed for
and the cities and towns are
obliged to build the sidewalks them.
selves. The Waterloo Reporter, Qowa, }
says that is what they are doing there
and other places also. Rockefeller
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