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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-03
IN WRECKS AT SEA.

The Way Men Act When They Loss
Their Heads and Nerve.
What has most struck me in my
many experiences Of shipwrecks has
been the strangely diverse ways in
which the passengers acquit them
selves under intense excitement and
panic, said a lifeboat man to the
writer.
Women cry, faint and cling to each
other, but are least trouble. Men often
act very strangely. I remember one
man throwing into the lifeboat heavy
trunk which be wanted to save, bud
which we promptly heared overheard.
Some men become quite panic strick-
en-. I've seen strong men, probably
brave enough in other cases, fighting
fercely for the life buoys and thrust
ing the women and children aside IN
frantic endeavors to leap into the boat
first; yet, strangely enough, one man
who thus disgraced himself has since
obtained the Royal Humane society's
medal for saving life at sea, thrice vol
unteering with a scratch crew il aid Of
a distressed vessel.
I've known others who became so
stupefed with fright as to resist all at
tempts at rescuing them, begging to be
left to die and having to be forcibly
thrown into the lifeboat- Some per
sons frequently become half demented,
and I've known several cases where
they have in a frenzy committed sui
eide by positively jumping headlong
into the sea and drowning themselves,
and one man to insure his sinking
filed his pockets with coal.
Some years ago another passenger,
hearing the ship had struck, went and
drowned himself in the bathroom, an
ticipating his fate. as it were.
remember another case where
passenger hanged himself in his cabin
just as the lifeboat arrived.-London
Tit-Bits.
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I will mail you free, to prove merit,
samples of my DR.. Shoop's Restorative
and my Book on either Dyspepsia, The
Heart or The Kidneys. Troubles OF the
Stomach. Heart or Kidneys are merely
symptoms Of deeper ailment. Don't
make the common error OF treating
symptoms only. Symptom treatment
is treating the result OF your allmentt,
and not the cause. Weak Stomach
nerves-the inside nerves-mean sto-
mach weakness. always. And the Heart
and Kidneys as we'll, have their con-
trolling or inside nerves. Weaken these
nerves and you inevitably have weak
vital organs. Here is where DR.. Shoop's
Restorative has made its fame. No
other remedy even claims to treat the
inside nerves. Also for bloating, bill
iousness, bad breath OF complexion. use
DR.. Shops Restorative. Write me to-
day for sample and free Book. DR..
Shoop, Racine, Wis. The Restorative
is sold by W. E. Brown & Co.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-03
THE AIR BRAKE.
It Was Ushere6 Into Actual Use In
Most Dramatic Fashion.

X Was Usheres Into Actual Use In
Most Dramatic Fashion.
The air brake. was ushered into actu-
al use in most dramatic fashion The
trial trip occurred in April, 1859. The
train selected was the Steubenville ac-
conmodation, running between Pitts
burg and Steubenville, o.
When the train was going at frli
speed, suddenly as he came around
sharp curve the engineer saw q stalled
wagon in the middle Of the track dead
ahead. With only hand brakes moth
ing could have, prevented terrible
smashup. The formal time for the
trial OF the air brake had not come,
but the brake was there, and in des-
peration. not believing for moment
that the thing could possibly avail, the
engineer threw on the air. But it did
avail.
The observers in the rear were al
most catapulted out Of their seats by
the shock Of the sudden stop. But
when they saw the engine fairly pok-
ing its nose into the wagon bed, so mar
row had been the margin between
safety and disaster, they forgot all
about their shock and stood in awed
silence. The air brake had come into
its own-Everybody's Magazine.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-03
OLD SAYINGS.

Dean Swift is credited with Bread
is the staff Of life
It was Keats who said, "a thing OF
beauty is JOY forever"
Franklin is authority for "God helps
those who help themselves"
.Afan proposes, but God disposes, !"
remarked Thomas Kempis.
Cali cry and no WOOL is an express
sion found in Buffers "Hudibras."
It was an observation of Thomas
Southerne that "Pity's akin to love-
Edward Coke, the English jurist, was
OF the opinion that "a mans house is
his castle"
when Greeks joined Greeks, then
was the tug Of war;" was written by
Nathaniel Lee.
We are indebted to Coliey Cibber,
not to Shakespeare. for Richard is
himself again.
To Milton we owe "The paradise OF
fools,' - wilderness Of sweets and
"Moping melancholy and moonsruck
madness
The poet Campbell found that Com
ing events cast their shadows before"
and "'Tis distance lends enchantnens
to the view"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-03
His Iast Retort.

The story is told Of we'll known
Chicago criminal lawyer whose valua-
BILE services were retained by the
wealthy relatives Of man accused OF
murder in q southwestern state.
The case was bad one, for the eVl-
dence was Overwhelmingly against the
accused, Despite this fact the lawyer
contrived by the skillful exercise OF
every trick and maneuver known to
the profession to secure the disagree
ment of juries, delays, appeals, etc.
till at last the case was brought before
the supreme court Of the United States.
One day in an interview between the
prisoner and his counsel the former
asked, an case the supreme court
should decide against me, what will
be my next mover
ITO heaven, I hope,' was the candid
response Of the lawyer.-St- Louis Re-
public.
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oarson g-own!ow and the Democrats.

Parson B.own!ow and the Democrats.
One Of the famous retorts in history
occurred when Parson Brownlow was
war governor Of Tennessee. On one OF
his journeys he attended service at Z
small Methodist church in the upper
part OF the state. The parson was i
devout Methodist and seldom allowed
his political rancor to interfere with
the charity Of his religious faith. On
this occasion, being a visiting clergy
man. he was placed in the 'samen cor
ner' near the pulpit. The local min
lister was Us ardently Democratic i'll
his views us Governor Brownlow was
Republican. In the prayer which fol
lowed the lengthy sermon the minister
began to call on the Lord for grace
for his favorites God bless Felix
Grundy," he began. Parson Brownlow
moved uneaSily in his seat, but re-
sponded with conscientious amen. -
"God bless Robert E. Lee" concluded
the preacher. a fainter Amen from
Parson Brownlow. "God bless the
whole Democratic party cried the
preacher, waxing in fervor as he pro-
eressed. This was too much for the
governor. With a bound he was on
his feet, shouting:
God forbid! 1t would bankrupt di-
vine grace and exhaust the whole plan
Of Salvationr'
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Good For Twenty.

Lawyers get stung as easily as 9th
er people," said one who practices III
the criminal courts. Here's what hap
pened to me the other day: A friend OF
mine tipped me off that there was i
case coming up in special sessions ano
it would be easy to get the defendant
negro. free.
There's twenty in it for you,' NJ
added. I've got another case on up
stairs or I would take it myself.
Sure enough. got the fellow OIL
and when we reached the corridor
politely intimated that l had hcaro
there was a twenty awaiting me 1ol
my trouble.
".Sure thing, boss said the negro
diving into his pockets. 1t certainly
am worth twenty, all right Without 9
smile he handed over two dimes. -
New York Sun.
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MAKING THINGS DO.
Willing Sacrifices People Will Make la
Time Of War.

Willing Sacrifices People viii Make In
Time Of War.
Not the only heroes Of war. were
those who bore the musket and sword.
The women and children who stayed
Mt home and kept up heart in spite OF
the privations Of siege are to be num-
bered among the valiant. \ glimpse
of some Of the southern domestic econ
onlies during the, civil war is given by
Miss N. J. Walsh in her personal rec
ollectious printed by the Mississippi
Histor' n society:
Amons the glorious achievements of
shat time the makcShiftS at home de-
serve recognition, for they represent
ingenuity and willing sacrifice AS
various articles gave out substitutes
were found. If no substitute could be
invented for an article we simply did
without
Coffee. the southerners' daily bever-
age, was manufactured from parchea
corn, burnt corn bread. even burnt
molasses Sweet potatoes cut lnto
small squares. dried. parched ana
ground were also used. The stlmuiat'
! inr effect was lacking. but it was al!
| the better for our nerves For tea,
young raspberry leaves dried were
used.
Sugar was a serious problem, and
molasses was as precious as sugar.
What shall we do when the present
supply Of Louisiana molasses gives
out?' was q burning question, and the
only answer was, do without"
Grits were eaten for rice. When
we wanted soda we swept the fireplace
clean and burned corncobs.
Mustard and pepper were made OF
home grown products. Salt was cost
II. Every bit was shaken off dry
pork and used. All brine was boiled
down and dried. Still the supply grew
lower and lower. Some one discovered
that the dirt floors Of the old smoke
houses were salt mines, so to speak
The dirt was put in hoppers and run
down, the brine boiled and dried.
All new cloth had to be manufactu!.
ed at home from raw material. Inc
dvestuffs were made from roots, bark,
valnutS and indigo.
Shoes were rough affairs made from
the hides Of beeves, cured by the ne
groes. Buttons were made Of coarse
thread or persimmon seeds. Caps were
cut out Of cloth and Eats plated from
palmetto.
Letters were written on the blans
leaves Of books, the wrong side Of wal
scraps or old envelopes turned ane
pasted together.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-03
The DANGEROUS AGE.

If a man is going to commit crime
during his lifetime the chances are
that he will do it at the age Of twenty
nine. It is q curious fact that stat1s-
tics have shown that man IS more dan
gerous at this period of his life than
at any other. The majority Of crimi-
nails in the state Of New York have for
some time been Of this age. The gen.
eral supposition IS that men have at
tained the highest development Of their
mental and physical powers at twenty
nine, and they are supposed to be able
to distinguish between right and
wrong and to realize the consequences
liable to follow the indulgence Of Ell
ther Next to the age Of twenty-nine
the greatest number Of criminals have
been twenty-one. twenty-seven or for
ty-fve years Of age. The intervening
years, in which men do not commit
as many crimes, have not been explain
ed by expert criminologists who have
made investigations proving the above
statements to be true and who are still
working on a solution Of the problem.
New York Herald
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Endorsed by a Minister.

Rev. Parker Holmes, pastor OF the
first NJ E. church, South Hickory, n.
c., says: 81 have used Rydale's stomach
Tablets for indigestion and regard
them as perfect remedy for this dis
ease. I take please in recommending
them to all sufferers from indigestion. .
Use Rydale's Stomach Tablets for
your trouble and you will join DR..
Holmos in this strong endorsement.
These tablets will enable your stomach
to digest your food, and thus nourish
the body and prevent the partia starv-
alton from which all dyspeptlcs suffer.
These tablets relieve disagreeable SYM
ptoms at once. They will increase Your
strength ard flesh almost from the first
days use, and will soon restore you to
perfect health. w. E. Brown & Co.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-03
a MANcHURIAN INN,
Chinese Food and Beds-High Walls
to Protect Against Thieves.

Chinese Food and Beds-High Walls
to Protect Against Thieves.
The inn at Telling, which was similar
to the inns a! over northern Alanchu-
ria, had big compound surrounded
by a high mud wall with gates. The
long distance carts going down the
country with beans and bringing back
goods are driven inside these COM
pounds for safety from robbers each
night, says the South China Post, and
during the great hauling season in win
ter these inns are crowded.
The walls of the inns are Of mud
plastered on a center wall made by
weaving reeds together. The windows
are mostly OF oiled paper, with posi-
bly, one small pane Of glass in the
center. The rafters are rounded tim
bers on which are spread reeds, then
layer of coarse mating and then
packed mud. In the cities the better
inns have brick walls and tiled roofs,
but are otherwise about the same.
1t was necessary to sleep on the
"k'ang' and eat Chinese food. In
these inns the first place entered is the
kitchen, square space with mud floors
and raised mSd ovens with clay and
iron pots. Prom this one passes
through a cloth hung doorway into the
inn proper. At Telling this was twen-
ty to sixty feet, down the middle OF
which was an eight foot aisle with
packed mud floor.
On each side were ranged the
''k'angs," raised mud embankments'
brick faced, some thirty inches high
and six feet wide. On these are spread
mattings, and here all guests roll them
selves in their own blankets and sleep
side by side, with their feet to the
wall and their heads to the center
aisle. A fire underneath runs the
length Of each range" and a fire at
one end furnishes the hot air, which
passes through and out at muc
chimney and warns the sleepers.
The meals are served on these
"k'angs" on little tables about foot
high. At these inns teapot is al
ways kept warm over fire in raised
mud embankment in the middle Of the
main aisle.
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Looked into the Wall.

a rather peculiar case Of absent:
nanoedness was that related Of Peter
bnrrowes, an Irish lawyer. A friend
who called on BrIrowes at an early
hour one morning found him shaving
with ms race held close to an empty
wall. what on earth are you assum-
ing that attitude for:' he asked
ITO look in the glass" was the re-
ply.
"But there's 10 glass there" laugh
ed the acquaintance.
'sBless you! I didn't notice that be,
FORE" said Burrowes, and then calling
his servant he asked him what had be-
come Of the mirror.
"Why, SIR" said the man, 'tt wa.
broken six weeks ago."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-03
Colds and Bald Heads.

\ baldheaded physician said: ~ used
to be dreadfully subject to colds even
in the summer. had to wear q black
skullcap all the time. The minute |
took it off I began to sneeze and
wheeze. But now for year l have
not once worn a skullcap, and have
not once had a cold. Why, I could so
and stand bareheaded in snowstorm
without any i'll effect. Ny immunity
to colds comes from this: Every morn
ing I put my head under the cold wa
ter spigot and let the cold water run
for minute on my bald crown. This
is a refreshing thing. and since I be-
gan to do it I have never had cold.''-
Milwaukee Journal.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Too many Of US consider an excuse
q reason.
Everything sounds like an encore to
some men.
The philosophical person is apt not
to be when considering troubles Of his
own
Many man who thinks he is getting
into peach orchard really finds his
way into lemon grove.
There are lots Of answers to the ques-
ton, whats the use" but the man
who asks it never wants one.
When an acquaintance says to you,
zs'.I am going to be honest with you,
brace yourself to hear something dis
agreeable
Most Of US when we ride a free horse
start out on q walk, quicken into a
brisk trot, then break into wild gal
lop and are thrown.-Atchison Globe.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-03

Get a free sample of DR.. Shops
"Health Coffee" at our store. If real
coffee disturbs your stomach, your
heart or kidneys, then try this clever
Coffee imitation. DR.. Shoop hes close
ly matched Old Java and Mocha Coffee
in flavor and taste, yet it has not a
single grain of real Coffee IN it. DR..
Shoop's Health Coffee Imitation is
made from pure toasted grains or
tereaIs, with Malt Nuts, etc. Made IN
a minute. No tedious wait. You VIII
surely like 1t. Sold by The Manning
Grocery Co.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-03
peculiar Vienn1 Custom.

The Eiennese take their pleasures
as regularly as they do their meals,
but they do not neglect business or
keep late hours. One thing perhaps
which helps to keep the young Viennese
Of moderate means and economical
mind regular in his evening hours is
the fact that he must pay to get into
his own rooms after 10 o'clock. Wen
ma is one vast system Of apartment
houses, and a house master is in
charge Of each one st 10 o'clock he
locks the front door, and any one de-
string to get n after that hour must
pay for admittance, and the old resi-
dent has no more right to a key than
the ephemeral lodger.-London Graph
=
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-03

Nearly all old-fashioned Cough. Syrup
are constipating, especially those that
contain opiates. They dont't acts just
right. Kennedy's Laxative Cough
Syrup contains no opiates. 1t drives
the cold out of the system by gently
moving the bowels. Contains Honey
and Tar and tastes nearly as good as
maple syrup. Children like it. Sold by
W. E. Brown & Co.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-03

Doyou really enjoy what you eat:
Does vour food taste good? Or do you
have heavy, dull feeling after meals,
sour stomach, belching gas on the
stomach, bad breath, indigestion and
dyspepsia? 1t so, you should take a
little Kodol after each meal. Kodol
will nourish and strengthen your diges-
tive organs and furnish the natural d.
gestive juices for your stomach. It will
make you well. It will make your food
DO you good. Turn your food into good,
rich blood. Kodol digests what you
eat. Sold by ". E. Brown s. Co.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-03
Was in Poor Health for Years

Ira W. Kelley, of Mansfield, Pa,
writes: IT was in poor health for Two
years, suffering from kidney and blad-
der trouble, and spent considerable
money consulting physicians without
obtaining any marked benefit, but was
cured by Foley's Kidney Cure, and l
desire to add my testimony that it may
be the cause of restoring the health Of
others" Refuse substitutes. The Arant
Co. Drug Store.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-03
The Moorhen.

What could be more perfect defense
than the device Of the moorhen? She
sinks herself in the water beneath an
overhanging root or bank, leaving only
her bill in sight. And that looks like
a fallen leaf. You may stand within
six feet Of her, and she will not move,
so sure is she that her ruse will sue
ceed.-London Standard.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-03
A Charming Woman

is not necessarily one of perfect form
and features. Many a plain woman who
could never serve as an artists mode, !,
possesses those rare qualities that all
the world admirers; neatness, clear
ewes, clean smooth skin and that
sprightliness of step and action that
accompany good health. A physically
weak woman is never attractive, not
even to herself. Electric Bitters re-
store weak women, give strong nerves,
bright eyes, smooth velvety skin, beau
tiful complexion. Guaranteed at The
!Arant Co Drug Store, SOC.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-03
Pale People Made Rudy by Rydale's Tonic.

Pale people are pale because the
blood is deficient in quantity or poor
in quality, or both. This impovished
condition of the blood is almost invari-
ably caused by some wasting disease.
The cause may be a chronic disease
such as dyspepsia, consumption, ma
laria., etc., or may be the result OF an
acute disease such as fever, etc. 1t mat
tiers not what cause produces this i'm
povished condition of the blood, Ry-
dale's Tonic will restore it to It's nor
NAL state and bring back the hue OF
health to the pale cheek. Rydale's
Tonic is put up in SOC. and 81 sizes.
The large size contains 2 IL times the
small size. W. E. Bnown & Co.
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Gent and Gemman.

This slang word seems to have come
il at first as a mere written contrac-
ton. l have found the word laygents
in law reports Of the seventeenth cen
tury, particularly those Of Popham and
Of Davis. In Sir John Northcote's S
ssNote Book" Dec. 2, 1910, Lord Gray
Is described as saying Of one Hallford
or Holford 'sthat he is no gent; that in
memory Of divers he kept hogs" The
cognate word gemman can be traced
about century earlier-London Notes
and Queries.
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A Wonderful Eappeaing.

Port Byron, N. Y, has witnessed one
of the most remarkable cases of heal
ing ever recorded. Amos F. King, OF
that place says: ''Bucklen's Arnica
Salve cured sore on my leg with
which I had suffered over 80 years. !.
am now eighty-6ve." Guaranteed to
cure all sores. by The -Arant Co. Drug
Store, 25c.
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G. B. Burhans Testiaes After Four Years.

G. 3. Burhns, OF Carlisle Center, n.
Y. writes: about four years ago I
wrote YOU stating that had been en-
tirely cured OF a severe kidney trouble
bv taking less than two bottles OF
Foley's Kidney Cure. Ii entirely stop
ped the brick dust sediment, and pain
and symptoms of kidney disease disap-
peared. I am glad to say that I have
had return OF any of those symptoms
during the four years that have elapsed
and am evidently cured to stay cured,
and heartily recommend Foley's Kidney
Cure to any one suffering, from kidney
or bladder trouble !" The Arant Co..
Drug Store.
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Heart Strength

Heart Strength, OF Heart Weakness. means Nerve
stronoth. or Nerve Weakness nothing more. Pos
iave1y. not one weak heart IN hundred Is: In It
sell. actually diseased It Is almost m a!%ass s,,s
THIS obscure nerye-the Cardiac. or Heart Nerve
simply needs, and must have, more power. more
stability, more controlling. more governing
strength. without that tthe Heat must SonIars m .s
TO fail, and the stomach and kidneys also nave
these same controlling nerves. .,.. -.
This clearly explains why, as medicine, ".
shoon's Restorative has in the past done so much
for weak and ailing Hearts; Dr. shoop frst sengat
in1 SeaTt Gstress. Dr. Shops Restoratre-th1s
S popuiaT % p1escription-s alone directed t9 these
WeaE and wasting nerve centers. It builds;
itstSengthens: it offers real. genuine heart help;
III you would have strong Hearts. suonS, a.
eestion. strengthen these nerves re-estaonsn
them as needed, with
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-07-03
A Stubborn Cough Quickly Relieved by
Rydale's Corgh Elixir.

Mrs. ynnie Creech, Selma, n. c.,
writes: II had very severe and stub
born cough and was splitting up blood
nearly all the time. I began using Ry-
dale's Cough Elixir. 1t stopped the
blood at once, / began to gain flesh and
strength. believe your cough midi.
cine is the best in the world and will
do all you claim for it. Rydale's Cough
Elixir is especially valuable in chronic
throat and lung diseases. 1t is sold uo-
der guarantee. Your money will be
cheerfully refunded if you are not salts
fed. Trial size 25c., large size 30. w.
E. Browr & Co.