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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-11-25
4 DOGS CLUB.
London's Luxurious Resort For Aristc-
cratic Canine Pets.

London's Luxurious Resort For Aristo-
cratic Canine Pets.
London is the only city in the world
boasting dogs club. The club is in
pleasant suit of rooms near the Troca-
dero and close to Regent street. Hand
some rugs cover the floors. the WIN
dows are yelled in lace and silk, and
luxurious sofas are ranged against the
walls. while 4 profusion Of soft pill
lows are scattered about for the COM
fort Of aristocratic dogs who prefer
the floor for 4 nap. Dainty satin lined
wicker baskets are provided for the
smaller pets. The membership fee is
half q sovereign. but this does not in
cludc meals. baths or tips to the at
tendantS.
Ladies going shopping or to the thea
ter leave their pugs ard poodles at the
club and give the attendant in charge
at the time a few shillings for looking
after it, but if the dog is fed half a
crown is charged. This pays for NUT
ton chop and milk \ whole crown
provides the little animal with minced
chicken. For half sovereign Fido is
bathed. brushed and perfumed. and If
be is q French poodle his hair is care
fully curled. \ veterinary IS attached
to the club to see that only dogs in
perfect health are admitted. all sick
members being quarantined in a sepa-
rate room. Blankets. boots. collars,
harness. soaps and brushes and all the
accessories of. a fashionable dogs toi-
let as we'll as dog medicines are sold at
the club.-New York Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-11-25
8 sra,Aiul Eest:

Alfred Sommerild, musical directtH
OF the Deyonshire Park theater. East
bourne, and Edgar Batenan, the song
writer, out fishing caught an edible
crab" says an English periodical.
s'They tossed it back into the water.
At that moment al acciGental kick
sent the bait box after the crab There
was one fragment Of bait adherinG to
the hook, and this was lowered INTO
the sea. and the anglers left the rod
for q time. When they returned they
found their basket, which they had
left empty, full to overfowins with
fine founders, soles, rock, whiting
md plaice. The explanation was soon
Forthcoming. Painfully making its
way up the fishing line came the crea-
ture those life had been spared bear
ing in it's nippers q fine young conger
eel. which it placed with the other fish
on the basket. Then it dropped back
into tie water. Apparently the CRATE
full crab, knowing that he had caused
the b:it to be lost, had deposited If
teen and one-half pounds Of live fish
in the creel as thank offering for its
life being spared
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-11-25
Piracy's Romance.

Piracy is as old as history, but we
think Of it more particularly as woven
inextricably into the romantic youth
Of the new world. The word itself
SUCCESS first Of all to Americans at
least such names as Captain Kidd.
Bartholomew Roberts, Captain Ed
ward England, Captain George Low
ther and that terrifying and dashing
buccareer Sir Henry Morgan. and the
chief exploits Of these men We're ac-
compl;shed at the expense Of the coast
OF North America and the much har-
ried shores Of the Caribbean The his
tory Of piracy is full Of drama, stir
ring action and daring deeds, and il IS
on this account rather than because Of
its darker side of fire, murder, killing
and iahuman cruelty that children
even today, years after the last of the
genuine pirates has been swept from
the seas, are constantly playing in irni-
tation Of piratical exploits and that
men and women still find g unique
fascination in reading Of the followers
Of the black fag.-JackSon Cross in
Metropolitan Magazine.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-11-25
STAGE SCENERY.
Modern Settings Tax the ingenuity Of
the Builders,


The big scenic artists do little actual
painting beyond making the model,
unless they have 4 panoramic effect.
That they do themselves, standing on
the paint bridge, many feet from the
floor, while the canvas is raised or
lowered. The panoramic effects are
hard to handle. One difficulty is to
avoid futtcrins when draft sweeps
across the stage. Mountains that
tremblc hazily are not conducive to
illusion.
With the elaborate productions Of
late wears the Importance Of the build
er of scenery has increased. says Ev-
erybody's Magazine. Formerly, when
the scenery consisted merely Of can
vas stretched over 4 wooden frame, 1t
was simple enough But the struggle
for realism ana sensational effects has
developed difficult problems for the
builder of stage. scenery to solve.
Every piece of scenery must be made
so that it can be folded into strips FIVE
feet nine inches wide, because the
doors Of the baggage cars in which it
is transported are only six feet in
breadth. Also every piece must be
light and so constructed that ore
scene can be removed and another
put in place within ten minutes. It
NAV take thirty hours Of continuous
work to get the scenery .set up" to
use a technical expression, after it is
brought into the theater. After that
the work of changing a scene is COM
paratively easy.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-11-25
The Century Plant.

The century plant. so named because
of the popular idea that it blooms but
once in a hundred years, in one sense
makes good its name, for it blooms
only once, then dies. In the genial
climate Of southern California it reach
es maturity and blooms in fifteen or
twenty years, while il colder climates
the period may range from forty to
fifty years. There are many species OF
the agave family native to northern
Mexico, where it is called the maguey.
The plant furnishes ''pulque," the na-
tional drink Of Mexico. At the time Of
blooming the plant throws up a single
stock of rapid growth to the height Of
twelve to twenty feet, from which the
tassel-like flowers sprout forth. This
great flower stalk draws all the sap
c-,1 vigor from the body of the plant,
,..hic soon withers and dies.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-11-25
HOW He %.EP.:
His Experience With a Noisy and PsaS
sistent Cuckoo Clock.

His Experience With Noisy and PesS
sistent Cuckoo Clock.
Wertz recently was presented with
sn OLD fashioned clock That evening
be hung it on his bedroon. vail, wound
it up and after admitting it awhile
went to sleep. He was drifting into
very pleasant dreams when he was
startled
"Coo-coo, coo-coor'
Wertz sat up with a start, but in an
instant recovered his wits and listened
70 eight more coo-coos with a foolish
grin. Then he lay back and went to
sleep again.
He lad got into fine doZe by the
time the thing went eff again. This
time he didn't grin.
WcrtZ is 4 light sleeper, and, though
be tried to get used to the thing, he
gave UP after the cuckoo had announc-
ed o'clock and got up and stopped
the clock
MAJ c' SlIIuSo w Cl JQdlOl. WIZ AoN
not seen the clock. went to look at it.
"Why, it's stopped" he said. what
Is wrons?"
Wertz senior stroked his chin.
Maybe I didn't wind It this morn
Ing" be replied. "Ferd.' he continued
generously, "if you will promise to
wind that clock every morning I'll let
you have it for your room"
Wertz junior was delighted, and the
transfer was made.
at the breakfast table next morn
ing the heir Of the house Of Wertz
looked tired and somewhat sheepish,
but offered no explanation. After con-
siderable general conversation his IA
ther said:
"You look tired. How did you sleep
last night?''
Wertz junior yawned-
by the hour" ne answered.-Kan-
sas City Times.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-11-25
The Weather House.

A very ingenious contrivance for
foretelling the weather is the old fash
toned weather house." largely made
in Switzerland. It is arranged in such
way that two figures act in response
to the twisting Of piece Of catgut.
The material, supported by wire, con-
trolls the movements of a little plat
form on either end Of which is placed
q model. Excessive moisture IN the air
causes the catgut to twist and turn the
platform round, so that the man
emerges from one Of the doors IN the
front Of the house. Reverse conditions
of the atmosphere bring about the con-
traction Of the catgut, and the plat
form swings back, thus bringing the
figure Of the woman into prominence
at her particular door. The making OF
a weather house is quite an easy mat.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-11-25
SAVED THE GIRL.
An Old Time Adventure With Solo
mon Island Cannibais.

An Old Time Adventure With Solo
mon Island CannibaIs.
One Iay on a Solomon beach little
girl ran to me and, before was aware
Of it, placed my foot on her neck. One
knows what this means well enough.
In hot war it means that if a chief al
lows his foot to rest on the defeated
ones neck the mans life is safe, but he
is slave forever, rescue or no rescue.
I was puzzled at the child's action. 1t
was soon explained. Shortly afterward
down came a lot Of villagers and in
sisted on taking the youngster. told
them what she had done They said
they Gid not care Her mother was be-
ing cooked in the town, and the child
should go to the ovens with her.
'Neverr' + said. What! We, who
have eaten betel nut together many
times, to quarrel for mere child TO
whom I have granted life in your own
wayr' I swore they should Kill me
first. They replied:
"Oh, that is an easy thing to do.''
4 bold front was the only thing now.
Luckily had ny sixteen shooter.
Springing back and putting L mark Oh
the sand with my foot, swore would
shoot the first man who crossed It.
They knew I could answer for dozen
Of thenl or SO, and. although clubs were
up and bows bent, they hesitated, as
we'll they might. and / knew I had
mastered then. Then one proposed I
should buy the child fairly. TheE
cared not to fight a friend. To this I
a: once agreed, and {; muss was thus
avoided, and mission ak worth ten
pence made me slave owner
Among the Man Eaters" by John
Caggin.
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Stern Talk.


''Shipwreck affects people in odd
ways" said the captain, beaming
brightly on the two rows Of ladies at
his table in the saloon.
The wind roared, q great wave shook
the boat, and matron, with low
cry, received 4 plate of hot soup in her
lap.
An Indian colonel" the captain re-
sumed, rushed to the bathroom when
his boat sprung aleaN and drowned
himself in the tub out Of sheer terror.
There was an Anglo-Indian ACTOR
who broke 4 pretty girls leg by hurl-
ing his heavy cabin trunk down into
the lifeboat on her. Of course we
slung the trunk overheard at orce, but
there was the broken leg, not so easy
to get rid Of.
"Sone men in wreck proceed to get
drunk. They think if they secretly
drink 4 lot they'll appear Very game.
The result is that when the rcscuing
party arrives these men are lying par
alyzed about the deck."-New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-11-25
PHARAOH THE OPPREssOR.
This Is the Rameses Who Looms Over
the Egypt Of Today.

This Is the Rameses Who Looms Over
the Egypt Of Today.
Like a cloud. a great golden cloud, a
glory impending that will not, cannot,
be dissolved into the ether, he Ram-
eses) loomed over the Egypt that is
dead; he looms over the Egypt of to-
day. Everywhere you meet his traces;
everyv here you hear his name. You
say to Q tall young Egyptian, Glow
big you are growing, Hassan"'
He answers, Come back next year,
my gentleman, and shall be like Ram
eses tie Great"
Or you ask of the boatman who rows
you. How can you pull ell day against
the current Of the Nile?' And he
smiles, and, lifting his brown arm, he
says to you, Look; am as strong as
Rameses the Great"
This familiar fame comes down
through some 1920 years. @rved
upon limestone and granite. TOW il
seems engraven also on every Egrp.
tian heart that beats not only with the
movement Of shadoof Or is not buried
in the black soil fertilized by Hapi-
Thus can inordinate vanity prolong
the true triumph Of genius and i'm
press its own view Of itself upon the
minds Of millions This Rameses is
believed to be the pharaoh who op.
pressed the children Of Israel-Robert
Eicheas in Century.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-11-25
Ant Pupil.

Captain Jones giving short lee
ture to the recruits oe his company on
their demeanor in pubhc)-If q civilian
should make offensive remarks in q
public house and try to induce 4 quar-
rel the we'll conducted soldier should
drink up his beer and go quietly
away"
After his address Captain Jones
questioned his audience to ascertain
If they had comprehended his re-
marks.
''Now, Private Jenkins, what should
you do if you were at an inn and a
civilian wanted to quarrel with you:"
'T should drink up his beer, sir, and
'0ok it."-London Pick-Me-Up.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-11-25
The PIGEONS WON.
In Spite Of Clipped Wings They Get
Back on Time.

In Spite Of Clipped Wings They Get
Back on Time.
The colonel was something Of a
pigeon fancier and had SO much con-
hdence in certain strain of homers
he was making q hobby Of that when
his friend the major proposed j wager
the colonel removed the limit.
Wen make 1t u suppuh,' said the
major. .'Yo' black boy will tote & paiah
ovah to the cyahs an ship them to St.
Louay, whaah they all to be libahrated
on arrival I wagah they ah not back
in two days, sab"
The colonel accepted, Grated his FIJI
est pair and included L note to the e1-
press agent with the charges. Mean
while the prajor communed with Joe,
the colored boy, and after the tender
ing Of certain half dollar and prom
ises Of immunity from the corse-
querces Of the coloners wrath later
Joe agreed to clip the pigeons wings
sub rosa.
wv OaS p1SSSIA, >l1iO lHS AAt1JO1 pc
sented himself duly at the coloners.
The colonel eyed him with suspicious
narrowneSS-
Have they ahrived:" asked the ma
jor gayly.
They hev, sah,' said the colonel.
with dignity; they hey, but those two
pidgins, sab, hev the so'est feet eyah
saw on q bird, sah."-Browning' Mag
aZine.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-11-25
THE 0PsoNIc TEST.
What It Showed the Man Who Smoked
a Great Deal.

Great Deal.
His friends knew that he would rath-
er miss half an hour OF a play than
cat short his after dinner cigar, ard
they we.e astonished when he an
nounced that he had quit smoking.
What's the trouble:" he was asked.
"Opsonic test" he replied gloomily.
What in the world is that"
GIVE been run down Of late and feel
sng pretty blue. AS there is consunap-
ton in my family, consulted a spe-
cialist. He said I didn't have the dis
ease yet, but he would tell me what
my chances were Of getting it. We
are constantly breathing tuberculosis
germs, he explained but healthy blood
has the power to destroy them. So lie
took a drop Of my blood and inocu-
lated it with certain number Of
germs. In half an hour he examined
it under the microscope and found that
only half as many germs lad been
killed as should have been the case.
Normal, healthy blood is said to have
an opsonic test Of 100, so my test was
only So He advised me to build up
my strength by sanitary living-lots OF
fresh air day and night, plenty Of
sleep, wholesome food and moderation
in work and pleasure"
"Where does smoking come ir?'
"He said that tobacco had an ex-
traordinary effect in decreasing the
power of the blood to destroy germs.
Some men who smoke q great dea!
have An opsonic test Of zero-that Is,
their blood has no effect whatever on
germs. I am fond Of my cigar, but
when a specialist levels an opsonic
test all cooked and primed at your
head and says, Tobacco or your life
what are you going to do but throw up
your hands?''-New York Tribune.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-11-25
HIS PASSPORT NO GOOD.
italy Holds That "Cnce an Italian Al.
WAYS an Italian"

italy Holds That "Cnce an Italian Al.
ways an Italian"
When on my first visit to Italy after
an absence Of twenty-five years, fur
nished though I was with q passport
from Washington with the great red
seal Of state and with my raturaliza-
ton papers. was amazed when was
arrested and put in 4 den Of q prison
reeking with filth and vermin because
I had paid no attention to the Italian
laws regarding the matter of military
obligation. I was under the impress
sion, IS I am sure many Americans
are. that when once I had sworn off
nv allegiance to the king Of Italy and
had become aD American citizen
would be recognized as such and nvt
be required to fulfill the obligations Of
an Italian citizen.
The experience was not amusing. and
yet as I look back upon it there was :.
ridiculous side to it. When with great
dignity and pride I pulled from my
pocket my passport / expected to see
the little Italian official gasp for breath
and humbly beg my pardon. Imagine
my feelings when. glancing at the
American eagle on my papers and the
signature of the secretary of state. !
at the same time eXclaiming. "SOno
citadino Americana CT am an Amer
lean citizen'). he turned his back upon
me and said most indifferently. "Fa
niente: IA niente" C'That's nothing;
that's nothing') was led away by
two carabinieri and turned into large
room. where I found seven prisoners
who were to be ms companions for
that day and night. The next day
was taken before the prefect CT the
province, and then it was learned that
was not obliged TO serve the regular
three years in the Italian army, not
because I was an American citizen
that WIS not recogniZed-but. because
I was the only male in my family.
The italian theory IS ''once an Italian
always an Italian" The government
does not recognize the change Of al
legiance on the part Of any Of its sub
jects.-Anton!o Mangano in "Charities
and the Commons"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-11-25
Takine Their Temperature.

For three days on a transatlantic
cattle steamer, with passenger accom-
nodations, Mrs. Billings had been en-
deavocing by persistent and continu-
Gus qLestionings to obtain some ideas
as to nautical proceedings. and the
other passengers had about reached
the end Of their patience.
well" remarked Miss Talbot at
dinner as she passed the salt, Il am
glad to find that they treat the cattle
so humaneIy on board. Why, they
take the temperature twice day reg
ularly''
oh cried Mrs. Billings in a high,
piercing crescendo. "do they really?
I'm so glad to hear it, but I shouldn't
think they could very well.'
"Why not, MADAME" inquired an eld-
erly nan on her left.
''WelI-well. why said Mrs. Bill
linss, "I should think that it would be
hard to keep q clinical thermometer in
a cows mouth long enough to get any
temperature without having it crush
ed."-Youth's Companion.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-11-25
a Candid Critic

"a criticism that has helped NE .
great deal in my work came from q
man to whom I took q picture to be
framed" said young woman who
spends much Of her time copying in the
Metropolitan Museum Of Art. "As the
picture progressed my friends told me
it was fine Some of the other copyists
said it had value. character, good color
ing and all those things, and even one
of the guards in the gallery got real
friendly one day and remarked that it
was the best copy Of that picture he
had SEEN I began to think that maybe.
after all, NY several years Of study
were beginning to bear fruit. At the
trainers picked out a nice frame, and
the framer began to figure on the cost.
"1'll tell you, miss he said, that
frame will come to S3.9S. If I were
you I'd get something cheaper for that
picture New York Sun.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-11-25
GOOD HORsEMANSHIP.
An Old Hunters Illustration Of the
Gift az "Hande' ~

Gift Of "Hands."
Your heart and your head keep ue.
Your hands and your knees keep down,
Your knees keep close to yol: horses
sides
And your elbows 10 your own.
This old bit of advice for the would
be horseman is quoted by writer in
Baily's Magazine and declared to be
perennially sound.
He quotes another old hunter on the
subject of what he calls the divine
gift of hands" in riding. This old
hunter, John Darby, used to attach
two pieces Of twine to the back Of an
ordinary chair and draw the same
tighter until the chair balanced on its
fore or hind legs. according TO his own
position.
Then when balanced he would keep
it, so to speak, on the swing by gently
manipulating the twine or reinS he
held in his hand Y rough pull would,
of course, have upset the chair one
way, whereas the fact Of not checking
it in it's movements at all would have
caused I total loss Of control over it
in the opposite direction.
And that" when the exhibition was
concluded he would add, is hands,
gentlemen
Jogging to the covert, continues the
writer, you may notice one fine horse,
the owner fully equipped, throwing its
head up and down like pump handle,
another sweating profuSely, although
the pace has not exceeded five miles
an hour since it left the stable. and !
third snorting and prancing about all
over the place.
Why is this so: Simply because the
rider of neither Of them is possessed
with the divine gift Of hands
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"Settino the River on Fire"

In cd English times. when each
family was obliged to sift its own -four,
it sometimes happened that an ener-
getic nan would turn his sieve so rap
idly US to cause it TO catch fire The
style Of sieve used In those days was
called tense and it became GUS
tonary saying that a lazy man would
never set the tense on FIRE. Now, it
bappeus that the name Of the river
Thames. IS pronounced like the name
Of this old -four sieve, and after many
wears. when the old fashioned tense
was fo-~Sotten, 1t was thought that set
ting tie tense on fire meant setting
the RI r on fire. and that is why to-
Gay We say that I stupid person Will
never set the river on IRE.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-11-25
Too Cheap.

The class at kirk haG been reading
the story Of Joseph and his brethren.
and it came to the turn Of the visiting
minister to examine the boys.
The replies to all of his questions had
been quick, intelligent and correct,
such as:
what great crime did these sons Of
Jacob commit
'sThey sold their brother Joseph"
'sQuite correct. And for how much"
Twenty pieces Of silver
"And what added to the cruelty and
wickedness Of these bad brothers"
a pause.
what made their treachery even
more detestable and heinous?'
Then a bright little fellow stretched
out an eager hand
'SWell, my MANI"
Please, sir, they self him over
cheap"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-11-25
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