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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-20
The Department Store.

The organization Of great depart
ment store is almost military in its
discipline and is one Of the best exam
pies Of what organization can accom-
piish The proprietor is commander in
chief, and under him are a number Of
assistants who are what might be con-
sidered district supervisors Below
them are the heads of departments,
who are responsible to their district
chief or to some other head. The floor
walker, the man who IS so much in
evidence because he spends his time
in the aisles, is, in fact, superintend-
ent or foreman in charge Of depart
me1t or series Of departments. Each
counter is under the general super
vision Of what is known as O head
salesman, but this head salesman is
subject to the direction Of the floor
Starting In Life" by n. c.
Fowler, Jr.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-20
High Priced Copy.

During the siege of Kimberley the
editor Of the only daily paper there
was often hard put to find enough
news. One day in q cluhroom be found
Cecil Rhodes reading a fairly new pa
per from Cape Town. He borrowed it
and rushed to his own Office, where It
soon reappeared as special edition,
selling like hot cakes. That same even
ing he met Rhodes, who inquired,
where's my Cape Town paper?' "Oh,
I cut it up for the printers" was the
reply. please don't do that again" "
said Rhodes mildly. THAT paper came
through my native runners and cost
me $1,000
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-20
YOUR OWN FACE.
Would Zoo Recognize It if You sa"
1t on Another:

1t on Another:
''How curious it is," sail the phllos-
opher, chat the person for whom you
care most on earth, the one you see
oftenest and who receives your most
constant attention, is the one whose
countenance is least familiar to you.
"Who is that:" asked the visitor.
yourself said the philosopher. 1T
is a fact that if people could be dupiL-
Gated and could meet themselves IN tue
street very few would recognize them
selves. We look at ourselves man,
times during the 3G5 days Of the year.
+; We say our eyes are blue or brown or
whatever other color they may be, our
hair black our chin peaked, our fore
head high. We know every lineament
of our face from constant study and
attention, yet when we turn away
from the mirror we cannot conjure up
picture Of ourselves.
1--WE know just how our friends and
even acqualntances look. In fancy we
can see them sitting so or standing so,
and their varying expressions under
different circumstances are clear to US
even though we may not have seen
them for years, but when it comes to
ourselves we cannot fill in even the
outlines Of the picture. We may laugh,
we may cry, we may frown, but we do
not know how we look while we are
doing it. Photographs do not help us.
We have never seen ourselves in the
flesh. Mirrors and pictures are poor
aids when we sit down and try to sec
ourselves with the minds eye.
''That is why people are so deeply
interested in anybody who is said to
resemble them Just say to q man,
4 know somebody who is the dead i'm
age Of YOU and he will never rest till
be sees that person. Then if the like
ness is really true he will own that
up to that time he had had no concer'
ton Of how be really looked"
The visitor smiled wanly.
Il wish you wouldn't talk like that u
she said. ''It makes me feel positively
uncanny."-New York Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-20
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

The doctor can't always cure you;
sometimes it's your mean disposition.
The trouble about good time is
that people seldom agree on what it is.
# q shiftless man in country town
doesn't keep greyhounds he usually
plays fiddle.
So many men fool away so much
valuable time doing things in which
there is neither point nor profit.
It is not recorded that any financial
genius ever got his start by purchas-
ing diamonds on the installment plan.
When a man is telling Of a quarrel
be has had and says, "I said to the
other fellow ne nearly always makes
what he says good deal worse than
it was
After q girl has married and left
home she sits up and takes notice ev-
cry time her parents buy an expensive
dress for the daughter still at home
Atchison Globe.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-20
The Nickname.

The public man in America who has
never been tagged with nickname
may be just as efficient and worthy Of
praise as his brethren who are known
as "Bilp' and "Joe," but be has not
achieved an equal measure Of popular
itv. Nicknames are oftener inspired by
affection than by aversion. "The men
OF the people," so called, are invari-
ably nicknamed. Venerable citizens
still refer to "Abe" Lincoln, dwelling
with reminiscent affection upon the abb
breviation. Nicknames both good and
bad are as old as history. In this coun-
try the people have way Of abbre7i-
ating the names Of the men they really
like and assigning their full titles to
the men who prefer dignity to popular
ity.-Pittsburg Gazette.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-20
ANCIENT LITERATURE.
Eow Some OF 1t Was Luckily Saved
From Destruction

Eow Some Of 1t Was Luckily Saved
From Destruction.
Considering that the whole Of ancient
literature was confined to manuscript,
it is wonderful that so much Of it has
come down to US. The preservation OF
some old writings has been almost
miraculous. To single copy preserv.
ed II q monastery Of Westphalia, for
instance, do we owe all that -e have
Of Tacitus- This is the more remsrka-
bic since the emperor Of that name
had copies Of the works Of his distin.
guished ancestor placed in all the i'm
perial libraries and caused ten copies
Of them to be transcribed yearly. STILL
only the one copy has been found IN
modern times.
4 page Of the second decade of Livy
we are told. was discovered by man
Of letters on battledoor while he was
amusing himself in the country. lie
rushed up to town, but he was too late
for the battledoor maker had used up
all his parchment the week oe1ofe.
Two manuscripts of Cicero on Glory
were presented to Petrarch, who lent
them to an old preceptor. This latter
gentleman, being pressed by want,
naUned them and died without reveal
ins the name Of the pawnbroker. Two
centuries afterward they were men
toned in a catalogue Of books be-
oueathed to q convent, but could not
be found It is supposed that Petrus
Aleyonius, the physician to the insti-
tuition, appropriated them and, having
transposed some Of the thoughts to
his own writings, destroyed the origi-
nails.
The original Magma Charta Of Eng
land has certain mutilations, presuma'
bly, from a pair Of shears. 1t is said
that Sir Richard Cotton, calling one
day ct his tailor's. discovered that thai
man was holding in his hand ready to
cut up for pattern q copy Of the
great Magma Charta. With all its ap,
pendagcS and seals.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-20
AN OCEAN IN THE AK.
The Queer Superstition Iha' oe7
Prevailed IN England.

inc queer SuDSESkttAoA>
Prevailed IN England.
The curious superstition that there IS
ali ocean ABOVE the clouds IS Illus
trated by the following strange sto1s
bv an old English writer: "One sunday
tho neon,e of Il certain village were
c,.n;no out OF church Cd thick,
cIn,6v day when they saw the anchor
of 8 shin hooked to one OF the tomb
s-cpes the cable. which was tightly
s,rarched, hanging down from the air.
The people were astonished, and while
they were consulting about it suddenly
they saw the rope move as though
some one labored to pull up the an
chor The anchor, however, still held
fast by the stone, and great noise
was heard in the air like the shouting
OF sailors Presently sailor was seen
sliding down the cable for the purpose
OF unfxinr the anchor When he had
Just loosened it the villagers seized
hold Of him, and while in their hands
he quickly died. just as though he had
been drowned
About an hour later the sailors
above. hearing no more Of their COM
rada, cut the cable and sailed away. In
memory of this extraordinary event
the people Of the village made the
hinges of the church doors out Of the
iron Of the anchor" It is further stat
ed that these hinges are still to be
seen there" bit of evidence much
like Munchausen'S rope wherewitE ne
once climbed to the moon. If you
doubted the story You were confronted
with the rope.
There is another queer tale about
this aerial ocean. a merchant OF BriS-
toll it is said. set sail with his cargo
for Ireland Some time after. while his
family We're at supper, 4 knife sudden
iv fell in through a window on the t1-
ble When the merchant returned and
saw the knife he declared it to be his
own and said that on such a day, at
such IN hour, whiIe sailing in an I'M
known part Of the sea. he dropped the
knife overheard and the day and the
hour We're found to be exactly the time
when it fell through the window" All
of which was o1ce implicitly believed
by many and regarded as incontrovert-
iole proof Of the existence Of a sea
above the sky One IS st loss to con-
lecture how that unknown part Of the
sea- connected with the rest Of it. a
physical geography showing this would
be no small curiosity.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-20
THE STICKLEBACK.

After Winning Fight His Colors
Take on Brighter Eues.
Most courtly and gallant Of fish is
the three spined stickleback, the be-
loved fiddler" Of British youth. These
little fish derive their name from the
sharp spines with which they are
armed and which they can raise or de-
press at will.
The female stickleback IS the model
wife Of model husband. She does
not leave her eggs to chance. but es-
tablishes nest or nursery for their
reception, over which her irritated lit
tie husband keeps q jealous guard.
Woe betide the rival ''tiddier" who
rashly approaches too closely the domi-
cile of his neighbor during the breed
Ing season. With all his spines fixed
for action the warlike parent steams
ont to offer him battle.
The contest that ensues is desperate,
the ccmbatants darting ct each other
with lightning rapidity, biting and
striking at each other with their spines,
a we'll directed cut from which weap-
on of offense will often rip up the
body. of the adversary, sending him to
the bottom.
But most remarkable Of all is the
decoration which nature bestows upon
the victor. The brilliant green of his
mail becomes tinged with gold, while
his red throat bushes to deeper hue
than ever.
On the other hand, his vanquished
assailant, should he be fortunate
enough to escape with his life from the
battle, loses his brilliant and martial
uniform of red. green and gold and re-
tires to some obscure corner Of his ma
tive pond, attired in a humble civilian
uniform of sober and sorrowful gray
Dundee Advertiser.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-20
Courts Of Love.

Courts Of love" were established in
the middle sges, when ehiValry was at
Its height and love the serious occupa,
ton Of life among the higher class OF
society. The first "court Of love" was
established in the south Of France in
the twelfth century and was composed
Of knights, poets and ladies', and their
decisions on subtle questions connected
with affairs Of the heart were given
with great formality.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-20

Byron and His Title.

Professor Mason in the first pub
lished records Of the ancient gram
mar school Of Aberdeen recounts this
school legend about the poet Byron: IT
was said that on his coming to school
the first morning after his accession to
the peerage was Known and on the
calling out Of his name in the catalogue
no longer as .Georsi Gordon Byron but
as 'Georgi Baro de Byron he CD NOT
reply with the usual and expected 'ad-
sum, but, feeling the gaze Of all MS
schoolfellows. burst into tears and ran
out"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-20

Wild dogs never bark and so always
bite.
A gray horse lives the longest, a
black one the shortest.
A coon's fur is so thick that it can
rob bees without being stung.
4 blue eyed cat IS always deaf, but
all deaf cats are not blue eyed.
An Asiatic squirrel climbs tree like
q telegraph pole climber. 1t has large
horny scales on its tail for the purpose
The flying fox or tropical bat will
pass the night drinking from the YES
sells in which cocoa is distilled and go
home intoxicated in the early morning
OF sleep it off at the foot Of the trees.
The big snowshoe rabbit or northern
hare is something Of dresser. 1t
wears a white coat in winter and q
gray one in summer, the better to con-
ceai itself from its enemies by looking
as the ground looks in the two seasons.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-20
In the Eighteenth Century.

Women needed to be admonished re-
garding certain details Of good man
ners in the eighteenth century quite as
much as today. At the Handel festival
at Westminster abbey in 1880 notice
was posted reading, "No ladies' will be
admitted with hats, and they are par
ticularly requested to come without
feathers and very small hoops, If
anyV
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-20
Snniied Pleasure.

Mrs. Meyer-What's the trouble, Mrs.
Schulz? You are in bad humor this
morning. Mrs Schulz-You see, my
husband stayed at the club every night
last week until after midnight. Last
night sat up, determined to give him
curtain lecture when he got In late,
and what do you think? The fool
came home at Q o'clock!-Fliegende
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-20
Life Marks Are Indelible.

We are not writing in the sand. The
tide does not wash it out. We are not
painting our pictures on the canvas
and with a brush so that we can erase
the error Of yesterday Or overlap it
with another color today. We are writ
ing our lives with q chisel on the mar
Bile, and every time we strike a blow
we leave a mark that is indelible.-
Lyman Abbott, y. D.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-20
Rising From the Grave.

A prominent manufacturer. VIM. y
Fertwell, of Lucama, \. c., relates j
most remarkable experience. He says:
After taking less than three bottles OF
Electric BitterS. feel like one rising
from the grave. Ny trouble is Bright's
disease. in the Diabetes state. fully
believe Electric Bittecs will cure me
permanently, for it has already stop
ped the liver and bladder complications
which have troubled me for years. "
Guaranteed at The Arant Co Drug
Store. Price only SOC.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-20
Tho Long lived Orchid Flower

Even when orchid flowers are fully
developed they may remain uncut up
on the plants for two or three weeks
without apparent deterioration. This
gives them q manifest advantage over
most flowers that have to be cut i'm
mediately upon or even in advance Of
reaching full maturity.-Country Life
in America
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-20
Hope.

"Mr. Merchant" said the new clerk,
preparing to ask for more money, Il
think I understand the business pretty
we'll now, and'-
"Yes?' interrupted his employer.
"Well, keep at it four or five years.
Perhaps you'll understand it then as
we'll as you think you do now."-Phil-
adelphia Press
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-20
A Cynic-

In the "Cynic's Word Book Am
brose Bierce, himself cynic, gives
the following definition Of cynic: "a
blackguard whose faulty vision sees
things as they are, not as they ought
to be; hence the custom among the
Scythians Of plucking out q cynic's
eyes to improve his vision"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-20
Taking Papa Down.

First Daughter-Oh, papa, dear,
two young men we've met down here
have asked US to marry them. Father
They'd better see me first Second
Daughter-Oh, they've seen you, papa,
and they love US Notwithstanding.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-20
4 Fateful Day For Catholics.

One of the most wonderful contrasts
! in history was made manifest on the
day Of Newman's entrance into the
! Roman Catholic church. On Oct. s,
1916, Newman made his conversion to
the Passionlst Father Dominic at Lit
! tlemore. On the same day, Oct. s,
! 1916, Ernest Renan LETT the seminary
! Of st. Sulpice and went out Of the
church into the Wocld.-London Stand
! ard.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-20

This goes to show that composers be-
tween thirty and forty created the
greatest masterpieces. Yet the compos-
ers above forty should not despair. see
ing that Bach composed his mass IN
Il moll at the age Of forty-eight, Wag-
ner his "Meistersinser' when fifty,
Handel his Messiah when ffty-six
and Haydn his Creation" when sixty
FIVE years Of age.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-20
Good Reason.

''Why did Mrs. Fickler sue her hus-
band for divorce?'
81 suppose he was the only man she
could sue If she really wished to get
one.''-Hlilvaukee Journal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-20

\ tissue builder, reconstructor, builds
up waste force. makes strong nerves
and muscle. You will realize after
taking HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea
what a wonderful benefit it will be to
YOU. 35c., Tea or Tablets.
DR.. w. +. Brown & Co.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-20
The Grc.t Co1rnosers.

at what age did the great composers
write their masterpieces? This ques-
ton is answered in the London Musical
Times The following table gives the
composers name, his recognized mas
terpiece, the age at which it was COM
posed and the composers age at death:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-20

Foley's Honey and Tar cures the
most obstinate coughs and eXpelS the
cold from the system as it is mildly lax
ative. It is guaranteed. The genuine
is in the yellow package. The Arant
Co. Drug Store.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-20
Safe to Love Them Then.

Il like dear little babies before they
have learned to talk, don't you, Mr..
Smythe?"
Indeed I do! Before they have
learned to talk there is no danger OF
their parents telling you the remark
able things they have said" Stray
Stories.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-20
NeTcC.

Mrs. Styles-Nfy husband has the ut
most confidence In me. Mrs. MEles-
Did you ever ask him to let you cut
his hair?- ?-Yonkers Statesman.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-20

If some people did more hard work
perhaps they would have less hard
luck.-IlIinois State Journal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-20
No Danger.

Stella-Does she complain Of being
misunderstood? Rella-No; her mc2ey
talks.-New York Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-20
GAS ORA
Fer Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature szssz s5e Of N@XzzZzzu
Result Of Lazioess.

when Mark Twain was q boy at
school in Hannibal" said veteran
Missourian, the schoolmaster once set
the class to writing composition Oh
Tile Result of LaZiness.'
young Clemens at the end Of half
an hour handed in as his composition
q blank slate
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-20

He who restraints not his tongue
shall live in trouble.-Brahman Maxim.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-20

That which is seen at a distance Is
most espected.-Tac!tCs.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-20
Hence the Tears.

"It is strange how some people cry
: Mt weddings"
Eyes. but you've probably noticed
that it's never the single people who
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-20
t'Well!'

"Nell!"
"WeH, it is only the married ones who
realize the tragedy Of it."-Houston
Post.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-20
Her Valuation.

Her Valuation.
elizabeth, has that man any expec
tations?"
Zine, mamma"
What do they consist of?'
Me"
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q "a. - E 4
Bears the oh: Kind You iiaYs Arrays Bought
Signature at, I@zN<zzx
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.

Wild dogs never bark and so always
Evening journal., 1907-09-06

New Castle hricklayers win begin
the work on Mr.. Deemers new houses
next week.
A good game Of baseball is expected
at the Battery Park tomorrow
The New Castle News and its Job
printing plant viii be sold tomorrow
morning. Local parties are expected
TO be the purchasers.
ST. Peters n. A. B. Society win at
tend first mass in ST. Peters Church
on Sunday morning.
IL has been suggested that owing 70
the number of accidents happening in
New Castle and surrounding country
a hospital should be established here.
The doctors woold find the hospital a
very convenient place for patients.
During the past week the city was
searched through and through in an
effort to get a nurse TO take care OF
sick person. No one could be se-'
cured and the friends of the sick peo-
pie are Obliged TO attend TO the duties
themselves
Some of the farmers in this Sec
tion have commenced plowing.
Farmers I'm this part of the county
complain of the yield of the potato
crop.
Evening journal., 1907-09-06
COUNCIL TO make
IMPROVEMENTS
Public Comfort Will be In
stalled in the Basement
Of City Hall Building

Members Of City Council were in a
public improving mood last night. Among
the things discussed was public COM
fort to be installed in the basement OF
the city Han, the Improvement of the
Council chambers and tho building of a
suitable vault for the use of the tax
collectors, city auditor and city treasurer.
All three matters were referred to the
public building committee with power to
get estimates for the work and report
back to Council
The city engineer viii be requested to
draw plans for the vault in which to keep
tho records of the tax office and offices Of
the city treasurer and auditor. IT was
pointed out that the records of these Of
fees were not properly kept for want OF
room and were I'm danger OF obstruction IN
the event of fire. The vault will prob
ably be built in the rear Of the tax Of
fee.
The Council chambers will be .papered
and the nilings separating the desks of
the heads of the various city departments.
who are ex-ofhcio members OF Council.
removed and desks provided for them the
same as the CoVnclmen occupy.
Mr. Cassidy, of the First ward express
ed the opinion that the heads OF city de-
partments were tardy in their attendance
at Council meetings because of the ac-
commodations provided for them. For the
past few weeks there has been "a small
attendance Of these city officials and last
night the only one present was President
Shaw, Of the Water Department.
The members unanimously favored the
plan for public comfort. which matter
was brought up by Mr. simmons of the
Fifth ward. It will be fitted up in an up
to-date manner sufficient to meet the de-
mands Of the public.