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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
An ENGLISH Iuri TraaedY.

Half an hour before the race for tt e
Two Thousand Guineas of 1888 Prince
Batthyany, who bred St. Simon and
who was one Of the most popular rae
ing men of any time. was talking with
Lord Cadogan in the luncheon room OF
the Jockey club stand at Newmarket.
when he suddenly reeled and fell.
He was carried to Weatherby's Office,
and doctors were summoned, but the
prince was beyond all human aid, and
just before TIE bell rang for the race
for which his colt, Galliard, brother OF
st. Simon, was first favorite he breath
ed his last.
A few minutes later 'the clear blue
sky rang with cheers and shouts as the
horses came laundering along, which
rose into a roar as Galliard won by
head" while behind the drawn blinds
Of Weatherby's Office Galliard's own
er, who had been looking forward so
eagerly to this moment, was lying
dead. It was owing to: the death Of
his owner that Galopin's great son
could not run in the Derby Of 1854,
which he would almost certainly have
won.-St. James Gazette.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
Costly Jar Of the Subway.

The tuppenny tube, London's sub
way, once set fire to q house in :, man
ner so extraordinary as to merit atten-
ton. In mansion beneath which
runs the subterrarean railway one Of
the bedroom freplaces was fitted with
q b:ower-a sheet Of iron inside the
CRATE which can be raised or lowered
to regulate the draft. The blower rest
ed on I series OF iron nosc4es. One
afternoon q servant kindled I fire in
the crate and when it was well alight
raised the blower, so that the coal
would burn but slowly, and so left 1t
Wills she went downstairs. Presently,
deep in the clay beneath the founda-
tions of the house, train rusSed along.
The vibrations from IFS passing We're
sufficient to jar the blower from the
notches on which the servant had left
it 1t dropped down. The draft in
creased; the fire ragged madly.- The
flames were enough to set the chimney
on fire, burning SCOT set the water tank
on the roof alight, and there resulted
q considerable coafa agration.-PittsburG
poct
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
Cerebral Emboiisr.

Cerebral embolism, or the occluslon
or plugging Of an artery in the BRAIN
causes sudden death. Growths or veg
citations form on the valves OF the
heart While attached they are harm
less, but the instant one, large or small,
becomes loosened and enters the rapid
arterial current a very perGous cond1-
ton obtains. The embolus, or piug'
enters a vessel that becomes narrower
and narrower and at last it is arrested
and occludes or plugs the artery, there
by cutting off the blood supply. The
force Of the blood current back Of the
enbolus keeps it at the seat OF arrest
In brain cases the middle cerebral ar
tery, at the base Of the brain, is af-
fected. Once lodged unconsciousuess
follows and soon death Some Of the
symptoms resemble those Of q true
cerebral hemorrhage OF apoplexE:-
New York Herald.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
Crossing the Ocean.

The following bits Of conversation
may be heard several thousand times
each day:
"I think those people down in the
steerage have much better time than
we do. But don't they look just like so
many animals?'
Don't those clouds over there look
just Ike land?"
Somebody said we aren't far from
an iceberg, but don't know whether
It's so or not. You hear so many false
reports on shipboard."
"Have you met the captain yet? l
hope you didn't ask him any foolish
questions, poor man"
"No; haven't seen a whale yet, but
there were lots Of porpoises around the
ship today"
"Who is that man? I haven't seen
him before. He must have come on
board during the night" always fun
N.Y.
"Did the postman bring you any
thing this morning?" Gsure OF how'll
els this your first trip to Europe?
Ny, but you have treat in store"-
Princeton Tiger.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
Crows and Strings.

It was proved centuries ago that a
crow can count up to three and no
more. I met a farmer once who said
that his corn crop had not failed in
twenty years owing to his habit OF
stringing his field. He explained:
'sNo crow will enter an angle formed
by two strings stretched on poles. I
illustrated this to some friends sew
eral years ago by sowing small field
in corn for fodder, protecting it by a
zigzag string running from one end to
the other. Within the angles formed
by the string not blade Of the young
crop was touched, but close without
them, at each end, the whole crop was
demolished. 4 crow is very wise
fool, and this is an effective and cheap
way of circumventing him" New
York Press.
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This is what Hon. Jake Moore, State
Warden of Georgia, saws OF hodol For
Dyspepsia: ''E. c. Dewitt X Co,
Chicago. Ill.-Dear Sirs:-l have sui
fered more than twenty years from IN
digestion. About eighteen months ago
I;ha6 grown 50 much worse that coul4
retain anything on my stomach: |
lost 25 lbs; in fact made up my mind
that | could not live but short tune
when a friend of mine recommended
kodol. consented TO Try 1t 70 please
him and was better IN one day. now
weigh more than | ever dlo IN my l1e
and am in better health than for many
wears. kodol did it. l keep bottle
constantly, and write this hoping that
HUMANITY may be benefited. Yours
very rruly, Jake c. Moore, Atlanta,
AUG. 10, 1904. Sold by w. E. Brown
& Co
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
As Arranoed For Older Children.

AS Arranged TOT SiSct S'hS'S'
Miss Mary was the .possessor OF a
diminutive and immature specimen OF
the Owls aires, wool bearing and ru-
minant Quadruped, whose flesh is high
ly esteemed by persons to whose gus
tatory organs its favor is agreeable.
The shaggy and agglomerated fla
ments constituting in their collective
capacity it's natural outer covering, in
tegument or garment presented to the
vision surface absolutely etiolated
and albifed and rivaling In inmacu-
lateness the lustrous mantle Of crystal
lized vapor that commonly character
ICES the winter landscape.
And to whatsoever locality, contgu-
Gus or remote, whittier Mary's vagrant
fancy, the call Of duty or, perchance,
the parental mandate impelled her,
when not otherwise engaged, to betake
herself, this juvenescent representative
Of the genus Owls aires, with fidelity
remarkable IN one so immature and In
experienced, could be counted upon
with absolute and entire certainty to
accompany her.-Chicago Tribune.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
An Cnium EARN.

Not far from Macao, at the mouth OF
the Canton river, China, is an opium
farm" Standing in courtyard is
the great wooden building devoted to
opium manufactures, and in its veseI-
bules are heaps of brown balls, not un-
like cocoaluts. Tive coolies. seated,
cut them open and remove the black
jamlike substance they contain-the
compressed poppy, The outer covering
is a thick layer Of dried leaves. In
e4de the building the whole place is
full Of smoke, arising from a hundred
charcoal fires in open ea-thenware
"chattis," placed in row around the
walls. Over each fire rests shallow
brass pan in which bubbles mixture
OF poppy and water This mixture IS
strained through paper and passes on
to be more carefully boiled in the next
room, where the process is exactly
similar. From there it goes to another
room. where the sirup is reduced to the
consistency Of treacle over slow fires.
In another building the opium is pack
ed in tiny cans and placed in cases and
sealed with the government seal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
The Safest Way.

"My friends dragged me into this
wretched affair."" shiveringly said the
first duelist to his adversary as the
seconds approached with the deadly
weapons. II never pulled the trigger
Of a pistol in my life, so if I hit you it
will be an accident"
'Nor is this awful duel to my liking"
whined the challenger, white to the
gills. Like you, a pistol is strange
article to my hands, and If I shoot you
it will be with stray shot"
'sThen, for heavens sake" exclaimed
the first duelist, with q ray OF nope,
"let's aim carefully at each other or
one Of US may get hit"-Kansas City
NeWSbook.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
Feeding the Stock.

The victim of the following story,
told in Mrs. Henry w. Coles "a
Lady's Tour Around Monte Rosa,"
was possessed of q keen sense Of hu-
NOR Otherwise his dignity might have
been ruf1ed by the unconscious revela-
ton which came to his ears. In the
course of Mrs. Coles travels she met
the Rev. Robert Montgomery, the poet.
who told her an incident Of his early
career in the pulpit. When he was
first admitted to holy orders be was
appointed curate in rural Scotch dis
trict and lodged in the house Of
small tenant farmer. Notwithstanding
his Office Of clergyman the family did
not appear to hold their boarder In
high vereration, for one day he heard
the woman servant call out to her
mistress:
"Missis, shall I feed the pigs first or
gle the mon his dinnerF'
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
BURNING A DIAMOND.
The Experiment as Made by Davy and
Faraday.

Faraday.
That diamonds will not only burn,
but will blaze, was proved as long ago
as 1914 by Sir Humphry Davy and
Michael Faraday. The experiment was
carried out at Florence. where the two
scientists were visiting the great Duke
Of Tuscany, whose burning glass was
the medium through which the sun
was induced to operate. This bum
ing glass consisted Of couple OF con-
rex lenses, distant from each other
about three and a half feet, the large
lens being some fourteen inches IN
diameter, the smaller about three
inches. The diamond rested on rod
OF platinum which had a cup shaped
receptacle at the top, pierced with holes
to admit Of free circulation Of gas.
This rod was fixed in the center OF
glass globe Of twenty-five cuolcai
inches capacity, exhausted OF air and
filed with pure hydrogen.
Intense heat was brought to bear
upon the diamond when it was ex-
posed to the sun. the second lens great
" reducing the focus. In the course
Of three-quarters Of an hour 1t was
necessary twice or thrice to cool the
globe. Then it was noticed that the
diamond was slowly diminishing and
becoming gradually opaque. Suddenly
it burst into fame. They removed the
stone from the focus, and it blazed
away merrily. It glowed brilliantly
with a scarlet light inclining to pur.
ple, and continued to burn for about
four minutes.
The glass was then cooled and the
diamond again submitted to the action
Of the sun. Again it blazed. but not
for so long a period as at first Twice
more this was repeated. and then the
diamond was totally consumed This
was the first occasion on which, so far
as is known, a diamond had been seen
to Chicago News.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
There's 4 Hare In the Moon,

Equally famous with the man Ii the
moon and the woman in the moon Is
the hare in the moon, says Garrett z.
Serviss in his Astronomy With the
Naked Eye" The original is Bud
dhist legend. The god Sakkria, dis
guised as Brahman, pretended to be
starving and went to the animals for
help. The monkey got him bunch OF
mangoes; the coot picked up q fisher
mans neglected string for him; the
fox stole him a pot Of milk At last
the god approached the hare. q have
nothing but grass said the hare, and
you can't eat that" ''But your flesh IS
good" suggested the pretended 5rah-
man. The hare assented. "Then," said
the Brahman, "I'll kindle a fire at the
foot Of this rock, and you jump OF into
it. Thatu save me the trouble OF Kill
ing YOU The hare assented again,
but as be leaped from the rock the god
caught him in his arms and then drew
his figure in the moon as a perpetual
reminder Of the excellence Of self sac
rifica
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
A sanker,s Generosity.

One cay Humboldt was dining with
Mendelssohn, the banker, and, an un-
usual thing for him. was very silent.
His host, remarking it, observed to
Humboldt that he was sure be must
be Ill.
no" said Humboldt, but am in
great trouble. Only ten minutes be.
fore leaving my apartment 20 come
here l received from ny landlord j
note informing me that he had sold the
house in which I reside and that |
must move. The very thought drives
me to despair. really cannot bear TO
move again"
Mendelssohn gradually led Humboldt
into conversation, during which he
found time to write a note and receive
an answer TO it. He then took Hum
boIGt aside and said: by this note l
learn that l am now the owner Of the
house in which you reside. re condi-
ton, however, upon which have be-
come its possessor is that You continue
to occupy your apartment in it as long
as YOU live"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
PSYCHIC FORCES.
Their Existence Proved, Vet Scientists
Cannot GRASP Them.

Cannot Grasp Them.
I have seen enough tc make me be-
lievc in Zollners fourth dimension,
but don't Ny mind is SO constructed
that SUCH wonders as We meet III
seances produce very little effect on
me. They are as normal 70 me now
as the popping Of corn or the roasting
Of potatoes. But as Cor belief-we!l,
that is not 4 matter OF the viii, but OF
evidence, and the evidence is not yet
sufficient to bring me to any definite
conclusion. In fact, in the broad day
and especially the second day after
have been through one Of these eX-
Dcricnccs ! begin to doubt my senses.
Richet speaks Of this curious recession
Of belief and admits his own inability
to retain the conviction that at the mo-
ment Of the phenomenon was complete.
NO sooner is the sitting over than my
doubts come swarninS back upon ME"
he says. The real world which sur
rounds US, with its prejudiccs, its
scheme Of habitual opinions, holds US
in so strong grasp that We can
scarcely free ourselves completely.
Certainty does not follow on demon
stration, but on habit"
Maxwell says: 81 believe in these
phenomena, but I see no need to al
tribute them to any supernatural inter-
vention. I am inclined to think they
are produced by some force within our
Selves Just what he means by that
cam. precisely explain. It's harder
to Understand than the spirit hypoth-
esis. He goes on to say that, while he
is certain that we are in the presence
Of an unknown force, he is convinced
that the phenomena will ultimately be
found orderly, like all other facts OF
nature. s.Some future Newton will
discover more complete formula than
ours" he prophesies. Every natural
fact should be studied and, if 1t be
real, incorporated in the pauimony OF
knowledge" He then adds, with the
true scientists humble acknowledg-
ment of the infinite reach Of the undis-
covered universe, "Our knowledge IS
very limited and our experience young"
-Hamlin Garland in Everybody's
MAGAZINE.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
a Chapel on a Bridge.

At st. Ives, the little old Hunting
donshire town in which Oliver Crom-
we'll lived for several years, there is
bridge spanning the lazily flowing
Ouse, and on this bridge is quaint
building which at one time did duty as
q chapel. The structure has been IN
existence for something like 500 years
and was, according TO local historians,
originally employed Us 4 beacon light
house. After that it was turned 1or
time into q hostel and e:e2tually be-
came an ordinary dwelling a"Tse
Some Of the rooms in this curious
building are below the level of the
water in the river.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
Waits Who Became Famous.

The list of waits who have become
famous, says the Delineator, IS long
one. It includes Sir Henry Stanley,
Queen Catherine the Good, Alexander
Hamilton, Rosa Bonheur, Edgar Allan
Poe, Rachel, Leonardo da Vinci and
dates back as far as Moses. All these
were homeless children children who
if left to their fate would undoubtedly
have drifted into evil ways. Instead
they have lived to add glory to their
naraes and have contributed to the
knowledge Of the world at large
through the fruits Of their genius.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
Why James Lee Got Well.

Everybody in GAINESVILLE, o., knows
Mrs. Mary Lee, of rural route s. She
writes: my husband, James Lee, firm
ly believes he owes his life to the use
use of DR.. Kings New Discovery. His
lungs were so severely affected that
consumption seemed inevitable, when
a friend recommended New Discovery.
We tried it, and its use has restored
him to perfect health" Dr. Kings
New Discovery is the king of throat
and lung remedies. For coughs and
colds it has no equal. The first dose
gives relief. Try it! Sold under guaran.
tee at Arant's Drug Store. SOC. and
81. Trial bottle free.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
A LITTLE LEARNING.
Some Amusing BlEnders Made BY
English School Children.

EnSIlSn SCnCoI CrlloEen.
Here are some amusing blunders, or
''howlers," made by English school
children: Q. How were soldiers in ear
ly times different from those Of today?
4. They weren't; they had big darck
eyes and long black hear. "'Ich diem
is the motto on the Prince Of Wales
features "The Dutch and English
after the armada struck a medal; Je-
horah blew, and they We're scattered
on it, John Baliol was persuaded to
rebel and fed to France. where he
afterward died In mental agony" "ln
So 3. C. julius Caesar crossed over to
Britain and conquered II, and in 81
B. C. he crossed over again to drive out
the Danes; this shows, therefore. that
he laid the foundation of the French
language and French civilization and
also made Italy safe from any attack
from the barbarians." "Hamilcar has
a touring show, panorama, etc, and
acrobats in the Curzon hall. Birming-
ham," Cicero was Grecian histo-
rian; he led the 5000 Greeks after
Xenephen was killed"
Social questions are sometimes treat
ed after this fashion: I'm one Of the
slums Of Liverpool, in the back yard,
was q girl filed up with cabbage stalks
and tea leaves" I'm the houses Of the
Door the drains are In fearful state
and quite unfit for human habitation."
I'm nearly all poor houses the land.
lady lives In the center Of the room.
keeping tenant in each corner" 1.-The
best way to improve poorhouses would
be to put a thick plank on the floor
and cast iron beam on the ceiling"
The Bible provides some quaint In
stances: "When Lots wife looked back
she was turned into pillar Of cloud by
day and a pillar Of fire by night" The
city Of refuge was heaven" Amos
was very doleful person or an opti-
mist" "a. synagogue was not used as
a swimming bath or tanners shop"
1.-THE Passover lamb might not be older
than eight days or younger than one
year."
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CUBE ROOT.
Do You Know the Method Of Extract
inc It Without Pain7

Do You Know the Method OF Sxrraes-
inc 1t Without Pain7
Think Of the inestimable value OF
knowing how to extract cube root. All,
there is the priceless boon! knowing
that has saved US money many and
many time, to say nothing OF the
social blunders it has assisted US to
avoid. Do I know yet how it was
done? Certainly. I know it just as
well as if it were yesterday that stud
led il. You take the number whose
cube root IS paining it so that nothing
but extraction can relieve it, put 1t
down on q piece Of paper or on your
slate and divide it of into periods OF
three figures each Write 4-1144 to
the left, multiply that by 300, divide it
by something, then pour some red ink
on your handkerchief, tell teacher you
have the nosebleed and so home.
That's the way I usually did it. No
doubt it is done much the same way
by the ingenious youth Of the present
generation.
Is there successful man living to-
day and holding up his head among
other successful men who cannot pain
Iessly extract the cube root without
giving the number an anaesthetic: If
so. he should he ashamed OF himself.
He is a freak, and he attained distinc-
ton by a fuke. Some day the muck
rakers will get to probing around, and
when they discover that he can't eN-
tract the cube root of anything his
career will be ended and his gray hairs
will sink in sorrow to dishonored.
jimson grown grave. The jails and
asylums are filed with vacant faced
and craven hearted wretches who
never learned the way to remove
cube root, no matter if the number con-
tanning it was threatened with blood
poison. They don't know whether to
run a horsehair loop down its throat,
as in the case Of gapes, or whether to
use tweezers.
Let US try to impress upon our chill
dren-by precept-the Importance OF
cube root extraction, but let US have
business elsewhere in case they ask
US to show them how.-Strickland ".
Gillian in Chicago News.
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An Erratic Echo.

The late Sir John Leng had Travelled
in most quarters Of the globe. On one
occasion when visiting Spain be was
asked at q certain spot by travelling
companion to test the powers Of what
was declared to be wonderful echo.
Sir John. slowly and deliberately, In
rounded tones uttered the words,
Dundee Advertiser" the name Of
the paper he owned. Dundee Cou-
rier and Argus" the name Of the oppo-
sition paper, came back as the echo!
Sir Johns friends had played him a
trick.
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University of
South Carolina.

Wide range of choice in Scien7
tifc, Literary, Graduate and
Professional Courses leading to
degrees of Bachelor of Arts,
Bachelor of Science, Licentiateu
Instruction, Bachelor of Laws,
Master Of Arts, Civil Engineer
and Electrical Engineer,
Well equipped Laboratories,
Library OF over 400 volumes.
Expenses morderate, many
students make their own ex-
penses.
Next Session (104th) begins
September %, 1908.
For Announcement write to
the President. Columbia, S. G.
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Excellent Health AyiCe.

Mrs. M. NJ. Dawson. of No. 3T9 Gift
ford Ave-, San Jose Cal, says: "The
worth of Electric Bitters as a general
family remedy, for headache, bilious
ness and torpor of the liver and bowels
issso pronounced that I am prompted
to say work in its favor, for the bene-
fit of those seeking relief from such
Affections. There is more health for
the digestive organs in a bottle of Elec-
trio Bitters than in any other remedy
I know Of" Sold under guarantee at
Arant's Drug Store. SOC.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
SelHyn,s Curious Taste.

George Selwyn had q strange but not
uncommon passion for seeing dead
bodies, especially those Of his friends.
He would so any distance to granfy
this pursuit. Lord Holland was laid up
very i'll at Holland House shortly be-
fore his death. George SelWyn sent to
ask how he was and whether be would
like to see him. Lord Holland an
swered: "Oh, by all means! If I'm
alive tomorrow shall be delighted to
see George, and I know that If l am
dead be will be delighted to see me"
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Nanishinc France.

Old France is slowly disappearing,
and its local customs, picturesque cos
tunes and the language peculiar to its
ancient provinces will very soon be-
come nothing more than precious SOU
venirs preserved in faithful memories
or related in works Of tradition, which
will charm our descendants.-Pedt Pa
rfS;en