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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-11
The NaIue of Diamonds.

The value Of the diamond is at so
much per carat. and up to q certain
limit the value per carat increases as
the size OF the stone increases. When
carat diamond is quoted at S121, 4
diamond weighing 1 half q carat is
counted ut the rate Of $75 per carat,
three-Quarter carat diamonds at $loO
per carat, one and one-Quarter carat
diamonds at $40 per carat, one and
one-half carat diamonds at $3.50 per
carat, one and three-quarter carat dia-
nonds at $50 per carat, and two carat
stones at 5000 per carat. Stones weigh
ing more than two carats sell at about
the same rate rs that quoted for two
carat stones, and do not increase as
rapidly owing to the more limited de
mand for the larger sized stones.-New
York Herald.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-11
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

You can waste good deal OF time
telling how reliable you are.
You never say a man won't listen to
reason if he agrees with you.
\ boy is literally abused if be isn't
polite. but how many say Thank YOU
to q boy:
No one seems to have as hard q time
earning money as the woman who mar
ries for it.
The average mans idea Of religious
liberty is the privilege of staying home
from church.
Having good judgment and being "a
fool for luck" are frequently the story
Of a single financial success told by
different parties.
How poor are they who have no
patience. What wound die ever heal
but by degrees?' Who is the author OF
the above? It is not important wheth-
or you can remember the author if you
can Sobcrly accept the lesson taught
Atchisoa Globe.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-11
CALLING IN PARIS.
The Concierge Is a Peculiar InstitH'
ton In Several Ways.

You leave Your card 1t the door Of
fbe person 10 whom YOU desire TO pre-
srot yourself. anG there it is taken iu
charge by that peculiarly French f1lnc-
;ionarv. the concierge. says ProfesSor
Barrett Wendell III ScribnerS. NJ
least in Paris. the greater part OF
French ncoplc live III large houses con-
tanning a number OF apartments wlte
common entrance and staircase
Close 10 the entrance door, or the level
&c 1h,. street. are some stuffy little
,oo,ns inhabited hy the concierge, or
,.r1,r. with his family. Their duty,
AMONG other things. is to keep strlcf
watch OH whoever goes in or out, and
ar least one Of them. often the porter's
wife or half grown daughter, is always
al hand.
The chief popularity Of their temper
ament seems to be Unsuitable appetite.
At whatever hour Of day or evening
YOU call on 4 concierge You are sure to
find somebody eating or just risen
from table. and the atmosphere inhab-
tied by this bustling parsonage seems
Immortality laden with the fumes CT
something recently boiled.
No matter whether you call on
friend who lives III some unpretentous
out OF the way place or on one VINO
inhabitS something like palace, the
concierge is always about the same.
1iffCTnncn
tween those in charge Of importar1
doors and of insignificant. They are
as like as house flies. Of course there
are private houses in Paris, with reSu'
ar domestic servants such as you
would find anywhere, but these, graho
or simple. are so unusual that You re-
member the concierge us everywhere
standing between you and further hu-
man intercourse.
IN response to Your card, which tha
concierge duly secs delivered. comes &
card, often With 4 note. in return. IT.
as is generally the case, this acknoWl-
cdsment Of your existence contains ali
intimation Of when your French ac-
nuaintance may be found at home, ci-
ther haDitual or for your special bene-
fit, YOU make your second visit at this
appointed time and thus enter into real
personal relations.
Otherwise, Your intercourse has limit.
ed itself to polite exchange OF cards.
Generally speaking, you never expect
or attempt to see French people socially
except when they have asked you to
one Of their regular days Of reception
or have made 4 definite appointment.
To call on 4 person at any other time
TO do more than leave your card with
the concicrge-would be an intrusive
pretense to intimacy.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-11
10 Calculate LONGEVITY.

Bacon took 4 deep interest in
longevity and its earmarks," said a
physician, "anG Bacon's signs of long
life and Of short life are as true today
as they ever we're You won't live
long, Bacon pointed out, if you have
soft, fine hair, fine skin, quick
growth, large lead. early corpulence,
short neck, small mouth, brittle and
separated teeth and fat ears. Your
life. barring accidents, will be very
lengthy if you have slow growth,
coarse hair, i rough skin, deep wrtn-
kles i'll the forehead. firm flesh, I large
mouth, wide nostrilS. strong teeth set
close together and hard, gristly ear
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-11
DOGS That Worry

# :ou have ever seen dog that has
lost its master in q London street you
will wonder whether even the lower
animals have not the elements Of wor.
~ to disturb them. But the man wo1-
rieS about many other t!lings than
bones OF masters, and the dog never
suffers from insomnia through fear of
a future life or the state Of his bank
ing ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-11
WasteG SXmnsthY.

Benevolent Old Mani am sorry,
Johnny, to see you have black eye.
Promising Youth-You go home and be
sorry for your own little boy-he's got
two!-Illustrated Bits.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-03
REAR ADMrRAL MEAD RETIRED

wASHINGio ON, Feb. Orders were
ssued from the Navy Department
placing Rear Admiral w W. Mead on
he retired list February s.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-03
UNCOVER 4 PLOT
AGAINST GEAR

ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. A plot
evidently directed against the Emperor
came to light today through orders is
sued to the secret police to use every
effort to identify the purchaser of a
uniform of his Matesty's own Cossack
escort, which was found during a re-
cent raid Detectives have been d.
rected to visit every tailor in St
Petersburg. The searches may be ex-
tended to the provinces.
The use of regulation uniform is a
favorite device of the terrorists It was
employed In the attempt against the
life of Premier Stolypin and in the as
sassination of Military Procurator Paw
loff- The Cossack garb is an open
sesame to the precincts of the palaces
at Tsarskoe-Selo and Peterhof
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-03
DIVES CLOSED, BUT
LOTTERIES RUN

Following the orders of the Grand
Jury, Chief Of Police Jerry Dinan
closed up the notorious houses IN
Jackson and Montgomery streets last
night. At go Jackson street. the wo-
men were ordered out OF their rooms
shortly after o'clock by a posse of
ten policemen, who. under two SER
geants. made the rounds Of the ten
derloin in that district and closed up
the houses against which the COM
plants had been made.
A half dozen places In Montgomery
street Jared no better than the Jack
son street dive, and in all over a
hundred women were ousted. The po-
lice chief contented himself. however.
with carrying out the edict OF the
Grand Jury to the letter only and the
Chinese lotteries were allowed un-
limited freedom A dozen of these
places. in direct opposition to the law,
remained open and some OF them went
so far as to have their tables covered
with the little square papers marked
with the Chinese figures exposed to
the full view OF the street All night
long crowds Of young men and others
thronged these places and patronized
the lottery counters and slot machines
with which the rooms were filed
The bar In the house at $40 Jackson
street was not closed up and until
closing time did a thriving business
despite the absence OF the women.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-03
FRANCE ACCEPTS
LIBERAL VIEW

PARIS, Feb. z-The view of the Min
lister of Education that the Government
must continue along liberal lines in
the execution of the separation laws
seems to have prevailed over the stiff
necked view held by Premier Clemen-
ceau. It has been virtually decided to
instruct the projects that the contracts
for the leasing of churches offered by
the parish priests are acceptable, with
modification, provided they do not
vitiate the rights of the State to dis
affect" these churches.
In other words. the government
wants to test the sincerity of the de-
sire expressed by\ Rome to find basis
of settlement. Certainly majority of
the French clergy and people wish for
a peaceful adjustment, but whether the
Bishops, anticipating under the in
structions of the Vatican, will recede
from their position of AL or nothing.
remains a question.
In some quarters It is reported that
the Pope, in anticipation of the refusal
of the proposals of the bishops, has pre-
pared already an address to the Catho-
lies of France. IN which he places re-
sponsibility for the final action of the
Government. The situation is compli-
Gated by the contention of many COM
petent authorities that the Government
has no right to interfere with the vari-
Gus Mayors and that the churches in a
commune are the property of that com.
mune and entirely beyond the jurisdic-
tion of the federal authorities
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-03
NE MPH|S STREETS
UNDER WATER

MEMPHIS. Feb. with the Mis-
sissippi River tonight at higher stage
than ever before recorded here. at many
points tapping the summit OF the weak
ened levees. and a further rise antici-
pated before the crest of the flood is
reached tomorrow. the situation is
acute.
At Memphis many city blocks are un-
Of a protection levee IN the northern
section of the city.
Several hundred persons were forced
to leave their homes.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-03
RUsE OF SHERIFF
SAVES NEGRO

GLOBE. Ariz-, Feb "A mob con-
tanning a thousand people surrounded
the Gila County jail in this city intent
upon lynching William Baldwin. the
negro charged with the murder of Mrs.
Morris and her child at Roosevelt The
prisoner had been spirited out OF the
Jail. and hidden by the Sheriff. who
gave the keys to the leaders and al
lowed them to search the building.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-03
NEW UNION of SKATERS

MONTREALs Quebec. Feb. 2.-The
revolt of the National Skating Associa-
tion of the United States against the
Amateur Athletic Association and the
Amateur Skating Association of Can
ada over the control of the Canadian
Athletic Union was completed last
night, when new association was
formed for the purpose of controlling
all skating tournaments held upon this
continent. The name of the new or
ganization is the International Skating
Union of America. Virtually all of the
expert skaters who attended the Pom
tiac meeting and the Saranac Lake
meeting are here for the champion
ships.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-03
NOTED CHEMIST DEAD

ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 2.-Prof.
Mendeleff. the celebrated chemist. died
here this morning. Prof. MendeIefr re-
ceived at a meeting Of the Royal So
city, London. last year the Cowley
gold medal. esteemed among chemists
as being high honor. He was born
In Siberia in 1884 and in addition to
being distfng guished chemist. was a
geoIogist, philosopher and educator.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-03

this that the defense may have Its case
ready to follow"
This was taken to indicate that the
District Attorney intends to open the
prosecution with the bald establish
ment of the fact that Thaw killed
White and the fixing Of the time and
place. IT is thought that he will put
on three or four witnesses and that one
or more of them, probably the police
man to whom Thaw surrendered and
the sergeant of the tenderloin station
who took Thaw's pedigree. will testify
as to Thaw's apparent sanity.
The heat of battle will be on the re-
buttal testimony after the defense has
met the opening testimony presented
by the prosecution.
Attorney Hartridge will attempt to
show that Thaw was insane at the
time he killed White and the District
Attorney will have a chance to call his
alienists. who have been in constant
attendance during the selection of the
jury. The defense in turn will be able
to bring on their corps of experts in
mental diseases.
FoR ENTICTNG MINOR
+ PITTSBURG. Feb. 2.-Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Marshall of New York.
who is here looking up Harry Thaw.s
record, is reported TO have wired Dig
trict Attorney Jerome that Miss Ida
Fitch of Wilkesburg will go to New
York to testify against Thaw. An in
formation was made against William
Robinson in 1905, charging him with
enticing a minor. Miss Fitch is all
legged to have been the minor The
charges were withdrawn and the alle-
gation made that Thaw was Robinson
and that he gave the name of Robinson
to avoid publicity. Thaw's detectives
have denied this.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-03

end truce in his battle for life and
liberty.
Thaw's attorneys were busy today
rounding out the mass of testimony
which the defense will put before the
jury. None OF them would venture a
prediction as to how much time will
be required to present the evidence
They will be ready to proceed Monday,
but were inclined to doubt that Dis
trict Attorney Jerome will find it pos
sible TO introduce all the direct testi-
mony the State has to offer within the
two hours and a half of the Monday
morning session.
Mrs. Thaw. wife of the prisoner, was
early at the Tombs today and spent
two hours with her husband It was
reported that young Mrs. Thaw's con-
slant companion, May Mckenzie, would
be on the stand among the first Wit
nesses of the prosecution, who hope to
prove by her that Thaw made threats
against the life of Stanford White.
Miss Mackenzie was subpenaed i'm
mediately after the tragedy.
District Attorney Jerome is spending
Saturday and Sunday with his family
at Lakeville, Conn, and no one at his
Office today would either affirm or deny
the report
Attorney Peabody of Thaw's counsel
was also a visitor at the Tombs today.
and in leaving took occasion to deny
that Thaw had decided to take the
stand in his own behalf While such
action might be possible he said, no
decision to that end has been reached
Rumors of possible changes in the jury
have been circulated, and 1t may be
when the trial is resumed Monday that
the District Attorney may spring a sur
prise. Thaw is pleased with the Jury
as it is now constituted, however. and
his lawyers are equally well satisfied.
Unless some extraordinary pressure is
brought to bear upon them 1t is not
likely they viii consent to any further
changes.
BATTLE TO BE IN REBUTTAL
1t is believed that the case against
Thaw will be quickly presented. but in
his statement just before adjournment
Jerome indicated that it would be even
briefer than expected. It would like
to say" declared Jerome. that the case
of the people will be ready on Monday
morning and that the people will open
and close on Monday morning. I say
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-03
Mother Likely to
Tell Of Change
In Will
Dlslnherltance a
Strange Mystery

PITTSBURG, Pa, Feb. e.
Even more carefully than when
the lawyers studied the will of
William Thaw to discover
grounds for a legal contest has
that document been perused by
experts since Harry Kendall
Thaw killed Stanford White. In
scrutable secrets of the Thaw
family lie hidden there. It is a
closed door to the skeleton closet
and only one person, possibly,
holds the key. That one is the mother
of the man now on trial for his life. II
she goes on the stand in his behalf
Pittsburg believes the door will be un-
locked and the unexplained reason for
William Thaw's disinheritance Of his
son will become known
It is not believed here that william
Thaw wrote the codicii cutting of
Harry Thaw with sz40o a year for life
simply because he was convinced that
the young man was not capable Of
using the fortune which was left him
in the original will. The conclusion
which Pittsburg has reached IN the
seventeen years since the millionaire
knowledge of William Thaw to con-
vince him that it was his duty to re-
woke the clause which left Harry Ken
dau Thaw an equal share with the
other children.
CHANGED MIND AS TO SON
The will and the codicil were both
signed on July 5. 1889. The will was
engrossed by a professional. with
scrolls and other ornamental penman-
ship. It appears to have, been the
handiwork Of woman. and it must
have taken month to complete it The
circumstances indicate that William
layed making 1t effective by his sigma
ture for some time. When he did de-
eide to sign 1t he had changed his
mind as to his son Harry, and in diff
ferent hand the codicil,. containing nine
sections, one cutting of his wayward
son. was added and the same witnesses
attested the signatures affixed on the
same day to both will and codicil.
Many have been the reasons assigned
by gossip for the practical disinherit-
ance OF Harry K. Thaw, including the
one upon which hope was based by the
young man that he could break his
fathers will. That idea was, aban-
doned when the family decided to give
Harry larger proportion of the es-
tate. It was suggested by his lawyers
that William Thaw's mind was falling
and that he cut his son off in a moment
OF impulse But this idea has never
had serious consideration. Pittsburg
is still waiting for the White murder
trial to bare the real secret of what
Harry Thaw did TO bring upon himself
the displeasure of an indulgent parent
PREPARING THE DEFENSE
NEW YORK, Feb. 2.-His trial hav-
ing been adjourned over from yester-
day to Monday. Harry K. Thaw sat i'm
patiently in his cell at the Tombs to-
day, regretting that some arrangement
could not be made to avoid the week
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-03
nowLERs GET Low RATE

DENVER, Feb. s.-The Western Pas
senger Association has notified Frank
c.. Barks. secretary of the Western
Bowling Tournament Association. that
the roads in that compact have granted
a one-and -one-fifth fare for round
trip tickets to the Western Bowling
Congress in Denver. March to IA.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-03
PREPARING THE DEFENSE

NEW YORK, Feb. 2.-His trial hav-
ing been adjourned over from yester-
day to Monday Harry K. Thaw sat i'm
patiently in his cell at the Tombs to-
day. regretting that some arrangement
could not be made to avoid the week
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-03
cANANEA GAMBLERs jailed

Ell PAso. Feb e2.-George Arnold.
Mayor of Cananea. Mexico. his brother
and forty Americans have been Jailed
by the Prefect of Hermosillo for gam
bling, and permitting gambling in
Cahsnea after the Governor had or
dered it closed The Mayors brother
was operating a gambling house. it is
charged.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-03
LACK OF AMERICAN SHIPS TO
CARRY GOODS TO PHILIPPINES
Foreign Bottoms to Send Sup
<plies to the Islands

WASHINGTON. Feb 2.-The quarter
master general is confronted with a
situation which probably will compel
authority~to be given for the trans
portat'on of supplies to the Philippines
in foreign ships. Every effort has
been made to induce American owners
to submit bids, but the only proposal
received was from the steamship China.
which would not, 1t is said. make more
than couple of trips a year. If it ap-
pears impossible to conform with the
rule that requires the shipment of Gov
ernment supplies in American bottoms,
it will be necessary to make arrange
ments with owners of foreign ships.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-09-07
BONNER IN LEAD.
Largest Railroad Assessment in the State and
Shows Greatest Growth

Bonner county leads all other
counties in the state in railroads.
In assessed valuations, it is a half
million dollars ahead of Bannock
county, its nearest competitor for
the honor. The railroad assess
ment OF Bonner county is $780,
995. The railroad assessment will
probably reach 100000 next
year, because the Corbin line was
assessed at less than half this year,
owing to the fact that it is a new
line, hardly completed, and in adj
dition thereto the Blackwell line
now building in the south part of
the county will be on the rolls.
The total assessment of Bonner
county as figured out by the state
board of equalization is $5,498,-
4O7.55. This places Bonner the
sixth largest county in the stale,
and it is certain that it will pass
two of these in the next year. 1t
is an interesting fact to note that
the assessment of Bonner is over
81 100000 greater than the mother
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-09-07
Will Look After Fair Visitors

The Spokane chamber of COM
merce is now perfecting plans for
the care of visitors to the inter
state fair this year, and it is prob
able that the same plan followed
last year will be adopted, during
the coming fair, which will be held
in Spokane from Sept. % to Oct. 6.
The Chamber of Commerce will
list all rooms which will be avail
able during the fair, these lists be-
ing kept st the rooms of the cham
Der. Strangers arriving in tn e
city who do not care TO go to a ho-
tel, or who cannot be accommo-
dated at any of the hotels, and
making inquiry at the rooms of
the Chamber of Commerce will be
directed to one of these house, be-
ing told in advance just what the
charge for room will be.
Last yeai a man was employed
by the Chamber of Commerce to
meet all incoming trains, but this
practice will not be followed this
year. A man will be on duty con-
stantly at the rooms of the cham
Der, and strangers applying to him
will be looked after.
George Dresher. assistant to Sec
rotary l.. G. Monroe, will have
charge of the matter this year.
Persons expecting to visit the fair,
and who may wish to arrange for
rooms in advance, may do so by
writing to Mr.. Dresher, care Cham
Der of Commerce, Spokane.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-09-07
Just Learned of Brothers Death

Mr.. and Mrs. James w. Bacher
of Heron, Montana, were in Bon
ner's Ferry last Satur day, Mr..
Bacher being a brother of the late
Capt. Chas. Bacher, who was acct
dentally killed near Revelstoke.
He had Just learned of the death
of his brother, and that by acct
dent. He happened to be in Sand
point on business and registered
at the Hotel Casey. Mr.. and Mrs.
Casey formerly resided here and
were well acquainted with Capt.
Bacher. Attracted by the similar
ity of the names, they inquired as
to relationship and learned that
their guest was brother of the de-
ceased. The conversation brought
out the fact of Capt. Bacher's death,
which was the first the brother had
heard of it. He came to Boomers
Ferry to learn further particulars,
and called at this Office. When
shown the funeral announcement
card. he broke down completely
and it was several minutes before
he could discuss the matter. He
had not heard from his brother for
two years and the sudden informa-
ton came as a great shock. Mr..
Bacher has been running a steam
shovel on the railroad construction
work near Heron for the past two
years. He had drifted away from
his relationship and communica-
ton between them had ceased.