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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-24
HIDDEN TREASURE.
New Zealanaers Dig For Kauri Gum
La the Ground.

New Zealanaers Dig For Kauri Gum
In the Ground.
Many New Zealanders find it proflt-
able to dig for hidden treasure. That
for which they dig, however, is not
gold or Captain Kidd's i'll gotten
wealth, though it has a dull yellow
color. 1t is kauri gum, a resinous sub
stance which is the product Of the
kauri pine tree. The gum can be Sc
cured from the trunks Of trees while
they are alive, for it protrudes in
Jumps, but it is especially profitable
to dig for it in the soil about the
stumps remaining after the trees have
been cut down. Sometimes chunks
weighing as much IS 100 pounds are
taken up from the ground.
Digging for kauri gum is profitable,
for the gum is used in the manufacture
Of varnish, and apparently it is one OF
those products Of nature whose place
cannot be filed by anything else which
has yet been discovered. 1t has been
found that it can be used in certain
enamel paints, and this has had the
effect Of bringing the demand up to a
point above the supply.
The kauri pine is q magnificent tree
It rises as straight as a needle to a
height Of from $50 to 200 feet and
attains at times a diameter Of fifteen
H.
feet. It is noted for its dark, dense
foliage and is much used for masts
for vessels constructed for the British
navy
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-24
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
4 just complaint is an accommoda

4 just complaint is an accommoda
ton.
Talk happiness. People get tired cf
hearing of your woes.
The things you don't say cause you
less grief in this life than almost any
thing else.
Ever think how foolish it is to bear
a grudge? Unkind feelings have no
market value.
Il you spend your time in growing
about an imaginary wrong, you are
apt to neglect your own shortcomings
Every child is doomed TO disappolnt-
ment All children imagine that as
soon rs they are twenty-one they will
"do as they please.
State your views on any subject, and
if your listener says he hasn't made up
his mind it means he disagrees with
you and hates to say so. = Atchison
Globe
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-24
The Word "idiot." "

'Tdiot' is q word with q curious his
tory. In Greek ..idiotes' began by
meaning d private individual, as ap-
posed to The state or to state official
then it meant q noneXpert or layman
and finally an ignorant man or an
awkward fellow. It was left for Eng
lish to carry the meaning further to
mental deficiency. In "Piers Plow-
man. an idiot is an ignorant per-
son, and as late as 1903 it could mean
j person who knew only one language.
Wyclif and Jeremy Taylor used it In
the sense of "layman," and the latter
also in that Of private person" And
a professional "fooT' or jester was at
one time IN "idiot" too.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-24
Toast to LAUGHTER.

Here's to laughter, the sunshine Of
the soul, the happiness Of the heart,
the leaven Of youth, the privilege OF
purity. the echo of innocence, the treas
ure CT the humble. the wealth Of the
poor, the head Of the cup of pleasure.
It dispels detection, banishes blues and
mansles melancholy, for its the foe
Of woe, the destroyer Of depression,
the enemy Of grief. It is what kings
envy the peasants, plutocratS envy the
poor, the guilty envy the innocent. It's
the sheen on the silver Of smiles, the
ripple or the waters delight, the CLINT
Of the gold Of eladnesS. Without it hu-
NOR would be dumb, wit would wither,
dinlples would disappear and smiles
would shrivel. for it's the glow Of clean
conscience the voice OF pure soul,
she birth Cry Of mirth, the swan song
Of SadNeSS.-Iife.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-24
An Expensive Short Cut.

1t will certainly be news to most
people, says the London Globe, that
New York is q short cut for kilograms
between London and Paris and be-
tween London and Berlin. However,
the fact is youched for. The messages
are received at an agreed address IN
New York and are Immediately passed
on for London. Paris or Berlin, as the
case may be. The reason for this
amazing roundabout to save time is
curious. New York time being about
six hours behind European time, its
wire connections with Europe are al
most unoccupied during the London
forenoon, while during the same time
European wires are often congestec.
Via New York, therefore, is short
cut" but an expensive one.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-24
THE TCNSlLS.
Il Is Not Known What Purpose These
Structures Serve.

Tho fonsils are two collections of
alandlike structures at the BACK part
of the mouth, one on each SIDE, be
tween the piHars Of the palate. II IS
ROT known what purpose they serve.
Some have supposed that they arrest
the germs sf disease which may DC III
hailed or taken in with the 1oou' out
they evidently can catch very few OF
the germs which rapidly pass them III
+ba food or water or in the air which
is inhaled. and it is we'll they cannot
for they are themselves very seSeep''-
bIe to disease, as some sufferers KNOW
+o their sorrow. Others have thought
they serve an evil purpose, acting as
portals Of entry for many alsease
germs into the body.
The tonsils are very liable TO oecone
infamed. This condition constitutes
tonsilitis, or, when an abscess FORMS
quinsy. Young persons, over h1teeh
and under thirty. are most subject 70
Inflammation of the tonsilS. although
children and even those we'll along IN
l:fa NAV suffer. 1t occurs with Speciai
,reoreacy in those whose tonslls are
enlarged and usually III persons who
arc run down" in general health or in
whom the power of resistance has been
lowered as :; result of worry or over
eNertion.
The extra study in preparing for a
difficult examination in school or col
lege and the anxiety concerning the re-
suit not uncommonly bring on an at
tack of quinsy, especially in those OF q
SO called rheumatic tendency
There are various kinds of tonsilitls.
but the symptoms Of all are quite sim
liar in the beginning. The patient feels
i'll, has chilly sensations, loss Of appe-
ttte, more or less headache perhaps.
constipation, feverishness and a feel
irg of discomfort or actual pain in the
throat. Soon the fever becomes high.
the throat is dry, swallowing is pain
rml. there is often more or less c;,rache.
and the patient seems seriously H.
Suppuration may or may not occur.
The pam and throbbing are most Sc
we're When it does.
The attack lasts usually from two Or
three days to week and is apt to ter
inmate quite suddenly, although if but
one tonsil has been affected recovery
may be delayed by an extension of the
Inflammation to the other tonsil. In
that case the whole tiresome process
must be gone through with again.
The disease is almost always serious
enough to require the physicians care,
for the treatment calls for internal
remedies as we'll as local applications.
| Whatever else is done, the bowels
should be kept open from the begin
ming of the attack-Iouth's Compan.
ion.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-24
FLY FISHING.
The Expert Angler Explains Why p

The Expert Angler Explains Why =
Is humane Sport.
sNeu,'' said Chichester, ..if it comes
to suffering I doubt whether the fish
are conscious Of any such thing as we
means by it. But even if they are they
suffer twice as much and thousand
times as long shut up in this hot, nasty
pool as they would in being caught in
proper style
s.But think of the hook!'
sHurts about as much as pin
prick
.:But think Of the fearful struggle
and the long, gasping agony on the
shore
There's no fear in the struggle. It's
just a trial Of strength and skill, like
q game Of football. 4 fish isn't afraid
Of death; he doesn't know anything
about it. And there is no gasping on
the shore, but e quick rap on the
head with stick, and it's all over
.eBut why should he be killed at all:'
well" said he, smiling, there are
reasons Of taste. You eat salmon.
don't you?"
"Ye-e-es,'' she answered q little
doubfully, then with more assurance,
s.but remember what Wilbur Short
says in that lonely chapter on Com
munion With the Catfsh'-I want them
Brought to the table in the simplest
and most painless way"
1.And that is angling with the fly"
said he, still more decidedly. The
fly is not swallowed like bait. It
sticks in the skin Of the lip, where
there is least feeling. There is no
torture in the play Of salmon. It's
Just fair fight with an unknown op-
ponent. Compare It with the other
ways Of bringing fish to the table.
If he's caught in net, he hangs there
for hours, slowly strangled. If he's
speared, half the time the spear slips,
and he struggles off badly wounded,
and if the spear goes through him he
is flung out on the bank to bleed to
death. Even if he escapes he is sure
to come to a pitiful end some day
perish by starvation when ne gets too
old to catch his food or be torn to
pieces by a seal, an otter or a fish
hawk. Ely fishing really offers him
'Never mind that said Ethel.
t'What does it offer you:"
"a gentleman's sport, suppose" he
answered rather slowly.-Henry van
DYKE in Scribner'S.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-24
NlX's MATE LIGHT.
Curious Old Legend OF the Spot Mark
ed by the Beacon.

AS 9 person enters Boston harbor oJ
the main ship chanrcl. having threaded
his way between Loyell's island and
Gallup's island, and Just before pass
ing between Long island and Deer IS
land, lie sees at his left :: unique mo2u-
ment marking q dangerous ledge ana
shoal. So peculiar is its appearance
that every stranger is sure to ASK,
"What is Jhat:" To this some local
wiseacre promptly responds. ''Nix's
Mate" but usually he cannot explain
its meaning or even spell the name cor
rectly.
The Mate" is q massive piece OF
copper rivcted masonry, forty feet
square and twelve feet high. with
stairs on one side, upon whose top
rises a black wooden pyramid twenty
feet high. Two hundred years ago
where this weird pyramid now stands
there was fertile island Of twelve
acres. furnishing excellent grazing and
called in consequence Green Island
So much is history 4 curious old
book. long out OF print. has woven the
legend OF the name into pleasing ro-
nance. which in brief is as follows:
When Sir William Phips made his
celebrated expedition to the Spanish
main in 1857 under the auspices Of the
Duke of Albemarle, in which he recov-
cred some millions Of sunken gold and
enriched himself for life, he was ac-
companied by one Captain Nix ana
his first mate, Edward FitzvasSal AS
the first expedition was so wonder1uliy
successful, Captain Nix went out on
another search and raised another pre-
cious cargo from the bottom OF the
deep. But on his return the ere" o.
his vessel, the Dolphin, mutinled un
der the leadership Of the mate ana
turned. pirates.
CAPTAIN Nix and six others were set
adrift early in the year 1859 IN an
open boat and left to their fate. After
Incredible hardships they reached land
only 10 be captured by savases. 10
ward spring they escaped III canoe
and finally landed on Green lSl2na'
June /, 1850. They contrived to reac1
Boston Town, and there they found
the Dolphin and Fitzvassal, too, VINO
had assumed the name Of Captain Nix.
Fitzvassal was tried for piracy. con-
yicted and sentenced to be executed on
Green island on June 5. But for some
service which he had rendered to the
colony while bearing his assumed name
be was pardoned by the governor
Bradstreet. Before the news OF the
pardon reached him, however, he took
a fatal dose Of poison.
He was buried on Green island. ana
his sole mourner was an Indian maid
and sibyl who had loved him. sne
prophesie6 that the island would WASH
away, and her prediction was fulfilled
Little BY little the earth slid OF the
rock into the sea, and now nothing re-
mains but dangerous ledge upon
which stands the curious beacon, Nix s
Mate.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-24
BIG CARNATIONS.
They Were Cultivated In England la
Shakespeare's Time.

STdhSSPS0iS lliISs
A florist says that we pride ourselves
NOWADAYS on the size Of our carna-
tions, but the florists Of 800 years ago
grew carnations three to four inches
across. as large rs any that we see,
and thought nothing Of it.
"All through Spain, southern France
and Italy the carnation is the favorite
flower and has been for hundreds Of
years, but along the Mediterranean
there are few glass houses, for in pro-
tected situations aud on southern
slopes Of hills even delicate flowers
grow outdoors all winter long and
bloom as freely at Christmas as in
July.
'rThe big carnations, however, were
not grown in Spain or Italy, but in
England outdoors during the summer
time and before glass houses We're
known. They may have grown just
as large carnation flowers in Spain as
in England at that time, but in Eng
land there was record made Of the
fact and also cf the size, while in Spain
there vas not. Shakespeare mentions
carnations and gillyfowers, or July
flowers, together as blooming at the
same season, which shows that the
carnation was then a summer flower,
whereas in our greenhouses it is now
a winter bloomer. How the florists OF
those days treated the plants to OBJ
tain blooms Of such size nobody knows,
for old time florists grew flowers in
stead Of writing books about them. So
all we know is that they had very
large carnations in Queen Elizabeth's S
time without knowing how they were
grown."-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-24
Short Stay Neiehborhoods.

a man who contemplated going into
business for himself looked around for
a good location. He rejected the adj
vice Of two friends who had suggested
neighborhoods which they thought de-
sirable
81 don't like either Of the places" he
said. Business can't be good around
there. I have passed through those
streets many times, and always I have
been struck with the frequency with
which the names on the shops are
changed. That doesn't look promising.
Wherever q man finds trade profitable
he tays; contrariwise, he moves. None
Of the short stay neighborhoocs for
me"-New York Post.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-24
Doing Business Again.

"When my friends thought I was
about to take leave of this world. on
account of Indigestion, nervousness and
general debility" writes A. a. CHS.
holm. Treadwell, n. Y, land when it
looked as if there was 10 hope left, /
was persuaded to try Electric Bitters,
and I rejoice to say that they are cur
inc me. I am now doing business again
as of old, and am still gaining daily"
Best tonic medicine on earth. Guaran-
teed by The Arant Co. Drug Store. SOC.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-24
''Pneunonia's Deadly Work

had so seriously affected my right
lung" writes Mrs Fannie Connor, of
Rural Route l. Georgeton, Tenn, that
l coughed continuously night and day
and the neighbors' prediction-cor-
sumption-seemed inevitable, until hus-
band brought home a bottle of DR..
Kings New Discovery, which in my
case proved to be the only real cough
cure and restorer of weak, sole lungs" :"
When ali other remedies utterly fail
you may still win in the battle against
lung and throot troubles with New
Discovery. the real cure. Guaranteed
by The Arant Co. Drug Store. Soc and
and s1.O0. Trial bottle free.S
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-24
Causes Of Headache.

People get headache because they do
not take sufficient active exercise to
keep the blood circulating actively, be-
come excited and often about things
that do not concern them at all, neg
lect daily action Of bowels, bathe in
cold water without wetting the head
sleep on a low pillow, take too much
alcohol allow the feet to get cold, take
iron and ouinine when these drugs do
not agree with the system.-Pittsburg
Press
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-24
He DID SLEEP,
The Result Of Taking peanuts and
Milk For Insomnia.

The Result Of Taking Peanuts and
Milk For Insomnia.
Yesterday q friend who had heard
that I sometimes suffer from insomnia
told me Of sure cure, says Good
Health Clinic. Eat pint Of peanuts
and drink two or three glasses of milk
before going to bed" said lie, "and I'll
warrant you'll be asleep within half an
hour" did as he suggested, and now
for the benefit Of others who may be
afflicted with insomnia ! feel it to be
my duty to report what happened, so
far as am able this morning to recall
the details. First let me say my friend
was right. I did go to sleep very soon
after my retirement. Then friend
with his head under MS arm came
along and asked me if I wanted to
buy his feet. I was negotiating With
him when the dragon on which I was
riding slipped out Of his skin and left
me floating in midair. While I was
considering how should get down a
bull With two heads peered over the
edge Of the we'll and said he would
haul ne up if would first climb up
and rig q windlass for him. SO as l
was sliding down the mountain side
the brakeman came in, and asked
him when the train would reach my
station. Eve passed your station. 400
years ago." he said, calmly folding the
rrain up and slipping it into his vest
pocket.
At this juncture the clown bounded
into the ring and pulled the center pole
out Of the ground, lifting the tent and
all the people in it up, up, up, while
stood on the earth below watching
myself so out Of sight among the
clouds above.
Then I awoke and found that had
been asleep almost ten minutes.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-24
The Watch Habit.

'Ain't it funny how little man
seems to use q watch and yet how he
misses one if be hasn't got it with
him." said Il man on the street car
Yesterday who had forgotten his. l
don't suppose l really need my watch
more than three or four times i day,
he said. There's always plenty OF
clocks in sight, but must look at my
watch dozens Of times without know
ing that I do ii. I haven't been gone
from home now more than twenty min
utes. and feel as if had left Off my
collar, and yet I know within few
minutes Of what time it s."-Cleyeland
Plain Dealer.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-24
Chewing and DYSPEPSIA.

The lean dyspeptlc, taking mouth
full Of chop, chewed it interminably.
"Forty chews," be paused to say
"for every bite" And his jaws began
to grind again.
'.You make me laugh" his compan-
ion, physiologist, returned. Meat
requires little, if any, chewing. You
must have wasted q lot Of chews IN
your time
.fGo on!''
Its true. Vegetables require chew
ing. for they arc digested largely by
the alkaline mouth juices. but meat Is
digested by the acid stomach juices,
and to chew it more than enough to
make it go down easily does harm IN
stead Of good. The mouth alkalis, ad-
mixing with it, hinder the stomach
acids work
"Chew vegetables indefatigably, my
friend, but let your meat slip down un-
sround.''-New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-24
The Temperance OF Miss Willard.

The Temperance of Miss Willard.
met Walt Whitman once in Ger
mantown at a home famous for it's
hospitality and the notables who loved
to 60 there and know he was urged to
leave out Of the next edition certain
poems. But NO was the only answer.
It was art and must never be disturb
ed. Miss Willard was also q guest,
and Walt was rude to her; said he
hated a crusading temperance fanatic,
especially q woman. She was perfectly
unrulied, and he left the room, out
before long he returned and apologized
in the sweetest way. Upstairs Frances
said to me, "What grand old man TO
be willing to own he was sorry FOR ms
remarks u Kate Sanborn in New
England Magazine.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-24
An;na,s That Are Trained.


The animal trainer paused in his
midnight supper
"It is strange be said. "how train
ing increases Ill eanimalS value. l
can buy Il ycua- lien for 500, train it
and sell it for $3.50 ai,erTard. Take
the group | performa;: with tonight
three liens, three ii. :e:..;. two leopards.
four bears an& four boarholnds. They
are all young ad;iltS il t.l2 pink OF con-
dition, but unframed they wouldn't De
worth more than $3.50 Or 5000 at
the outside. Yet the boss was offered
SGO,OCO for tAem last week. The train
ing sets the price. and no wonder. 1t
took four years to train this group OF
mine, and. though there are only Six
tecr animals in it now. no less than
seventy had to be tried and discarded
before we got together the sixteen we
wanted"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-24
Smoke Bad Tempers Away.

Bad weather and bad tempers Go
our business good" said tobacconlst.
What other business can you say
that Of? You see, the more dismal the
weather is the more men seek the SOL
acc Of tobacco. In consequence the
more money falls into the tobacconlst's
till. Bad tempered men are always
the cigar dealers best customers. The
i'll natured man not only flies to his
pipe or weed oftener than others, but
he smokes twice as rapidly as his
placid, mild tempered brother."-NeW
York Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-24
Eishiau Line Worth $4,000.

~ fishing lire worth S2.000?''
'.YeS. sir
u don't believe it,
Its the truth. It's a Goldfish line.
It's one Of those lines to which you
owe your Sunday morning Goldfish balls
and your less appetizing but equally
helpful cod liver oil. These Goldfish
lines, YOU see. are frequently eight
miles long. They have 1850 hooks.
THEY'LL often land $500 cod. No Won
der they cost $1,000. eh?'-Cincinnati
EOo;,irer
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-24
The Price Of Health.

THE price of health in a malariouS
district is just 25c: the cost of a box OF
DR.. Kings New Life Pills" writes Ella
Slayton. of Noland, Ark. New Life
Pills cleanse gently and impart new
life and vigor to the system. 23c. Sat
isfaction guaranteed at The Arant Co..
Drug Store.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-24
LIQUID Spirits.

II don't give money to tramps.
What do you do for a living"
"Please, mum, I work for the Soci-
ETY. Of Psychical Research
Indeed! And what work do you
do for the society, pray?'
81 help in the Investigation Of mate
rial rits."-Baltimore American.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-24
The Nsw Pu1e Food and Drug Law.

EWe are pleased to announce that
Foley's Honey and TAI for coughs,
colds and lung troubles is not affected
bv the National Pure Food and Drug
law as it contains no opiates or other
harmful drugs, and we recommend it
as safe remedy for children and
adults. The Arant Co. Drug Store.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-24
Where Her Father Was.

The daughter Of the house had just
returned from boarding school. Her
finishing branches had made her q lit
tie sensitive
'Is your father out in the wood shed
splitting wood?" the caller asked her.
NO" replied the naughty girl; pa
pa is at the town meeting splitting in
fnitives.' s.'-CleveIand Plain Dealer.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-24
The Return.

"I believe" said the CHEEKY philoso-
pher, that for every single thing You
give away two come back to YOU"
That's my experience said Phan-
ley. Last June 7 gave away my
daughter, and she and her husband
came back to us in August"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-24
This Nav Interest Yon.

No one is immune from Kidney
trouble. so just remember that Foley,s
kidney Cure will stop the irregulari-
ties and cure ahy case OF kidney and
bladder trouble that is not beyond the
reach of medicine. The Arant CO. Drug
Store