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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-26
THE FISH IN HIS BED.
Funny Climax to an Angling Expert
ence of General Galiifet.

Long ago. in the days of the second
dc-canp OF Napoleon III. At ST Cloud
his quarters were just over the i'm
perial bedroom. Everything around
him was very grand and very gloomy.
The window Of his room looked upcl
the pond that washed the walls Of the
chateau. The water was clear and
the surrounding scenery was beautiful,
but the young lieutenant felt like a
prisoner Early one morning, while
seated at his window trying to drive
away the blues with q cigar, he espied
below in the crystal wa5er an enor-
nous carp. The instinct Of the angler,
strong in Gallifct, made the young
mans eyes snap and set his heart
throbbing
The big fish was the private property
of the emperor. Consequently Cor Gal
ltfet it was forbidden fish. But it was
such 4 fine fellow The resistance of
the soldiers conscience was useless. 1t
surrendered Internationally. The re-
naming part of the campaign against
the carp was simple enough. Gallifet
went to his trunk. brought out his
trusty line. to which ne fastened
hook and an artificial bait. With his
accustomed skill he cast his line. The
carp was hooked and hauled in through
the window.
Here the licutenant's fun ended and
his trouble began. The fish, landed
upon table. overturned large globe
filed with water and caTomed from
that to magnificent vase, which it
also upset and smashed to pieces upon
the floor Then it began to execute q
genuine pas de carpe among the smith
Greens
The emperor, hearing the strange
racket overhead and seeing the water
trickling through the ceiling, was as
to1lshed. He rushed upstairs to fnd
out what was the matter. Gallifet
heard him coming and endeavored to
grab the carp and throw it out Of the
window and thus destroy the evidence
Of his poaching in the imperial pond.
But the slippery thing was hard to
hold, so be tossed it into bed and
covered 1t up with the bedclothes.
When the emperor entered the room,
he noticed Immediately the quivering
bedclothes. he pulled them down and
uncovered the 1oundering fish His
majesty's face assumed an almost jim
jamie expression, which gradually
faded into 4 faint smile. He took In
the entire situation, saluted and left
the future war minister to mediate
upon the mysteries Of q fsherman's
luck
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-26
NAPOLEON's HABITS.
The Great Warrior Was FOND Of Per-
fume and Clear Linen.

The Great Warrior Was FOND Of Per-
fume and Clear Linen.
It Is pleasant to learn II one has Ma
poleon I. on the hero list that he had
very dainty habits in personal mat
ters; that he was fastidiously clean In
his person, according; to an article in a
French contemporary, and poured eau
de cologne into the water be washed
IN, then sponged his head with per-
fume and finally poured the remainder
Of the contents Of the flask over his
neck and shoulders. He was also ex-
travagantly fond Of clean linen and
during his campaigns had relays Of 1t
sent to different places. In those days
it did not cost farm to have starched
things laundered, for, In account with
a famous laundress in Paris, the en-
perors linen for one wash amounted to
3SG pieces and cost only a tride over
$50.
This strikes an American as very
reasonable, but his majesty never wore
any article but once, and, as he always
undressed himself without aid from
his valet, his garments were literally
cast to the four corners Of the room.
Napoleon's bill for eau de cologne,
however, exceeded the washerwoman's
by a large majority. It IS q relief to
learn that the Little Corporal was so
much dude. Some Of his predecessors
In the Tuilerie.s were not blessed with
such excellent habits if history Is to be
relied upon.
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70 Make Waxed Paper.

This is used for keeping substances
which contain either a volatile aromatic
ingredient or grease, which would pen
citrate through ordinary paper. On a
fat sheet Of copper over a gentle fire
place q sheet Of paper as base and
then lay second sheet on the top Of
the first Coat this second sheet with
yellow or white wax and distribute the
latter uniformly over the entire sheet
by means Of a sponge. exerting lit
tie pressure. till the paper Is every
where transparent and consequently
permeated by the wax. If the fire is
too feeble, the process will be retard-
ed. Too powerful q fame is still more
harmful, as the paper Is liable to be-
come brown or black. Stearin may be
used instead Of wax.-Der Ind,lstriose
Geschaftsmann-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-26
SAW 1T IN A DREAM.
A Lost Check and the Peculiar Way it
Mas Found.

Was Found.
4 wealthy New York lawyer sa; up
late one night writing letters he had
not been able to finish during the day.
It was past midnight when he went out
to mail them, and when he returned
and was undressing he paused in dis
may, missing a check for large sum
received during the day and taken
home with him. In vain was the house
ransacked at that late hour. He went
to bed convinced that the lost check
must be in the house. an hour later
he fell into uneasy slumber and beheld
as with his eyes Of the flesh the pink
check curled about an area railing four
or FIVE doors from his own house.
So real was the dream that the tou-
bled man woke up, dressed and, Slip
ping down the stairs into the street,
walked along the sidewalk to a spot
still seen vividly in his mind, and there,
sure enough, standing edge upward and
partly curled about the iron, was the
missing check. II think" he reported
to the Psychical Research society, "my
subconsciousness must have noticed it
fall from my pocket as walked to the
mail box and my subliminal self point
ed it out to me in sleep."-William G.
Fitz-Gerald in New York Tribune.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-26
SARTORlAL DlLEMMAS.
Weishty Problems That Are Fuz-lins
Our English Cousins.

Our English Cousins.
4 problem is put forward by writer
in contemporary which gives food
for thought. 1t is this: Suppose by
some combination Of circumstances you
were faced by the alternative of wear
ing frock coat with brown boots.
Which would be the better way out Of
ito wear 4 bowler or q tall hat? AS
the writer justly remarks, If you wear
a bowler then the thing you have to
explain away IS the coat. If you wear
tall hat, you have only the boots to
account for. We should advise those
o. our readers who find one morning
that all the wearing apparel IN the
house had been stolen during the night
with the exception o. frock coat,
waistcoat, trousers, shirt, collar, vest,
tic, pair Of brown boots and two hats
one tall, the other rcund-to cut the
Gordian knot by staying in bed An
other Of LIES dilemmas which may
face the traveller down the worlds
dusty highway has to do with collars.
Suppose On arriving at house for a
week end and starting to dress for
dinner you find that your evening col
lars have got wetted by your sponge
or otherwise defaced. Should you wear
q clean double collar or a dirty ortho-
doS evening collar? In the former case
you will be natty, but thing Of
loathing to all properly constituted
men. In the latter you will give the
impression that you cannot afford the
services Of laundry.-London Globe.
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IRVING AND MONTAGUE.
One Of Their Practical Jokes That
Scared Their Friends.

One Of Their Practical Jokes That
Scared Their Friends.
In SCOTS The Drama Of Yesterday
and Today" the author tells of prac-
teal joke played by Henry Irving and
Harry Montague upon number Of
their friends, and "in its execution was
seen the first dawning glimmer of that
tragic force that was ultimately to find
expression in Hoods Dream Of Eugene
Aram' and The Bells" Irving and
Montague, hitherto the best allies, be-
gan to quarrel on their way to O picnic,
and their friends feared some tragic
consequences. After luncheon both Of
the men disappeared.
Smaies face turned deadly pale. lie
felt that his worst fears were being
realized. With one wild cry, They're
gone-what on earth has become Of
them?" he made dash down the Oar
gle over the rocks and powders, With
the remainder Of the picnic party at his
heels.
At the bottom Of O dreadful hollow
behind the little wood a fearful sight
presented itself to the astonished
friends. There Oh q stone sat Henry
Irving in his shirt sleeves, his long hair
matted over his eyes, his thin hands
and white face all sneared with blood,
and dangling an open clasp knife.
he was muttcrlng to himself IN o
savage tone: I've done It! I've done it:
said I would! said wouldH'
Tom Smale in an agong Of fear
rushed up to Irving, who waved him
on one side with threatening gestures.
For Gods sake, man." screamed the
distra cted Smale, "tell US where he is"
Irving, scarcely moving muscle,
pointed to heap Of dead leaves and
in sepulchral tones cried: Hes there
there I've done for him! I've mur-
dered him.
Smale literally bounded to the heap
and began finging aside the leaves il
every direction. Presently he found
the body Of Harry Montague lying face
downward Almost paralyzed with
fear, smale just managed to turn the
head around and found Montague con-
vulsed with laughter, with a pocket
handkerchief IN his mouth to prevent
an explosion. Never was better acting
seen on any stage.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-26
The Doo Morland Painted,

OF the many stories Of the seemingly
unconscious heroism Of Newfoundland
dogs none is more interesting than the
one concerning the noble dog which
Morland afterward painted.
When William Phillips, bathing at
Portsmouth. ventured beyond his depth
and was downing, two boatmen, in
stead Of setting out to his rescue, hag-
gled about 4 reward from the bystand-
ers, who were urging them to so to
Phillips rescue. In the midst Of the
controversy Newfoundland dog
leaped into the water and brought the
exhausted bather to shore. Mr.. Phil
lips bought the dog from its owner, a
butcher, and yearly gave festival in
honor Of his rescuer.
It was for Mr. Phillips that Morland
painted the dogs picture, and Barto-
lozzi engraved It
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-26
BERLIN BEER HALLS.
Where One Must Display Great For
naIity and Preeiseness.

Berlin is organized for eating and
drinking. and SO are the BeriilerS or
ganized for it. Scattered Ill over the
city are enormous ..!aces where food
is served, wine halls where only wines
are served and beer halls which deal
in beer alone, some Of them most re-
spectacle and some not SO impcccable.
1t is the rule that it is perfectly proper
to take your mother or your wife or
your sister TO q beer hall or Il wine
hall that is frequented by the officers
OF the army. They 80 only to the prop.
er ones-publicly.
The etiquette Of these places is most
formal. If the hall is crowded and
tables are scarce, before you sit down
you draw your heels together and make
military bow to everybody sitting at
the table you select; then also you
raise your glass or stein to those at the
table when your refreshment is served.
On leaving you bow all around again,
or the other people at the table bow if
they leave before you do. The Ameri-
can way Of asking the others at the
table for permission to sit down is not
ceremonious enough for the Germans,
who are the most formally polite peo-
pie in the world.-Samuel C. Blythe in
Everybody's Magazine.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-26
A Psychic Phenomenon.

An extraordinary incident IS connect
ed with Professor Won Herkomer's ia
nous painting, THE Last Muster"
which was the picture Of its year at
the academy.
One morning soon after the exhibi-
ton was opened the artist was aston
ished to receive letter from lady, a
perfect stranger, who said she was
not aware until she saw '1The Last
Muster" at the academy on the previ-
Gus day that her mother, then dead,
had ever sat to the professor for her
portrait
Now, the figure in the picture was
painted solely from imagination, and
the artist fastened to explain this fact
to his correspondent. She thereupon
asked for an appointment and took an
oil painting Of her mother, asserting
that it was faithful representation Of
that lady.
The academiciau was astonished to
perceive that he had really portrayed
on his own canvas facsimile Of the
figure in this other painting, although
It was that of woman whom he had
never seen in his ife.-London AZ. A. z.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-26
STRAIGHT From the Animal

a London gentleman, having taken
q small farm IN the country as being
the correct thing to do. as well as to
get a little fresh air, had invited some
Of his friends down to see his new
possession.
Having viewed the domain END not
ing the absence Of creature life about
the place, one Of his friends remarked:
''With a nice, open place like this, l
wonder you don't have some animals
about as Is usual on a farm. Some
cows, for instance, so as to have your
own butter and cream"
"No-o," drawled his host don't care
about butter or cream"
"Some chickens or ducks, then 1ou
surely like fresh eggs:'
"No-o, don't care for eggs. But I've
sometimes thought I'd like sheep.
rather like kidneys for breaRasT'"-
Liverpool Mercury.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-26
A FAMILY MIX.
The Story as It Is Recorded on the
Tomhstones.

The Story as It Is Recorded on the
Tomhstones.
In the early part Of the last century
there lived in an old New England
town Mr.. Church, who, in the course
of his pilgrimage through this vale OF
tears. was bereft Of four wives, all Of
whom were buried in the same lot. In
his old age it became necessary to re-
move the bodies to a new cemetery.
This melancholy task the much be-
reaved widower undertook himself,
but in the process the bones of the Ia
mented quartet became hopelessly
mixed. Priding himself on possession
Of a New England conscience, Mr..
Church would not, under the painful
circumstances, permit :he use Of the
original headstones, but procured new
ones, one Of which bore the following
inscription: "Here lies Hannah Church
and probably a portion Of Emily" An
other: Sacred to the memory Of Emf
ly Church, who seems to be mixed
with Matilda" Then followed these
lines:
Stranger, pause and drop a. tear.
For Emily Church lies buried here,
Mixed in some perpleIing manner
With Mary. Matilda and probably Han
nah
-phj1o3aIDh{o Iadoor
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-26
Postage oramp Gum.

Every time person licks United
States postage stamp he gets taste
Of sweet potato The gum with which
the stamps are backed is made from
that succulent vegetable because Uncle
Sans lieutenants consider it the most
harmless preparation Of the sort. All
Of the gum used Oh American postage
stamps is mixed by the government at
the bureau Of engraving and printing,
where the stamps are made. It Is
spread On the sheets after the stamps
have been printed. The gum, in q
liquid FORM is forced up through pipes
from the basement, where it IS made.
These pipes lead to series Of ma
chimes consisting Of rollers, between
which the sheets Of stamps are fed, one
at time. a continuous fine stream
Of the liquid gum falls upon one Of
these rollers. The sheet with its wet
coating Of sweet potato mucilage passes
from the rollers into long horizontal
fue filed with hot air. When it
emerges at the other end Of the due
the gum is dry.-New York Telegram.
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he who Is feared by many fears
nany.-German Proverb.
japanese cempositors.


japanese typos" have their troubles.
K. Sugimura, literary editor Of the
Tokyo Asahi Shimbun, says that he
especially admires the linotype type
setting machines 'Unfortunately we
are unable to use them in Japan, for
our language has forty-se7en letters, as
well as over 5000 Chinese characters,
and such a number Of types Is, Of
course, beyond the capabilities Of any
machine yet invented. In the printing
Office Of our newspaper in Tokyo the
compositor must often walk the whole
length Of the room to fetch one char
acter, instead Of standing in one place
before single case, as the English or
American compositor can do"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-26
The Star Arcturus.

It is probable that the. star Arcturus
is one Of the six greatest Of all the
stars in the sky. Notwithstanding its
brightness, it Is SO far away from US
that it is not displaced In position 10
the slightest measurable degree, as
we change our position lS6,0O0,000
miles in our annual journey around
the sun. Could we be placed midway
between Arcturus and our sun we
would receive thousands Of times more
light and heat from the star than from
our sun, and this notwithstanding that
the stars radiation is smothered by
a dense blanket Of metallic vapors. In
spite Of its immense distance the star
is drifting slowly in southwestward
direction over the face Of the sky, Its
motion changing Its apparent position
by an amount equal to the diameter
Of the moon in the course Of about
1000 years. So great an apparent mo-
ton must indicate an enormous veloci-
ty in space.-New York Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-26
FOODS or ITALY.
speciaIties Of che Frigsitrici In Naples
and Genoa.

sPeeialties Of che Frissitrici In Naples
and Genoa.
Huge meaty chestnuts are found ey-
erywhere in Italy. Peeled and boiled
In reddish broth seasoned with lau-
Eel leaves and caraway seeds, the nuts
>ze pasatable. About two dozen Of the
large kernels are sold for penny. IN
both Genoa and Naples the friggitrici
are Interesting, and some Of their spe-
cialties are well Worth trial If one
can forget the unappetizing appear
ance Of cooks and cooking appliances.
One friggitrice attracts attention to a
tray Of golden balls which she piles in
a pyramid. The golden balls are arti-
chokes. They are boiled in salted wa
ter until tender and are put in pan
over steam to keep them hot until a
customer appears For threepence the
vender will take one from the steam
ing pan, dry it, dip it into batter and
pop 1t into the hot oil. 4 moment
later a golden brown ball, delicious
dAO Sl1Spy OA llC OCSS1OC dLQ ISANSA
aud succulent on the inside, is handed
to the purchaser. The frying IS man
aged In such O way that when the
fritters are taken from the kettle they
are very hot, but so dry on the outside
that they scarcely soil the fingers when
eaten from the hand Another frig-
gitrice specially is that Of cheese balls.
They are made Of paste filed with
grated cheese and fried. Mashed chest
nuts, rice, chopped chicken and many
vegetables are used to vary the filings
for the popular fritos. Some Of the
frying kettles are portable, and the
friggitrici have regular routes like the
milkmen, where they tap at the base
ment door, get their orders, take their
tiny bellows and blow up the char
coal until it glows and then cook the
breakfast of meat balls or rice cakes
or artichokes, which are sent in hot
Leslie's Weekly.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-26
a Dream Warnind.

A strange story comes from Calabria.
One Braccala, a resident Of Pizzo, had
a dream in which he saw his son,
twenty years of age, being attacked by
two men, who were stabbing him with
knives. Braccala awoke and, arousing
his wife, told her what he had seen.
She tried to calm him, but while they
were still discussing the matter a
noise was heard In front Of the house,
and, Fastening down, Nine. Braccala
opened the door just In time to catch
her son In her arms as he fell swoon-
ing to the ground. BE had been at
tackled and stabbed and died shortly
afterv1rd
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-26
SoIenoScns,

Only two species Of that singular In
sectivorous mammal, the solenodon,
are known, one inhabiting Haiti and
the other Cuba. They differ chiefly in
the color and quality of their fur.
Solenodons are quaint looking animals,
rather larger than rats, with long fexi-
ble snouts and naked tails. They are
nocturnal and obtain their food by
digging in the soft ground for insects,
etc., with their snouts Their brain
capacity is small, and they are said to
have the curious habit when hunted
by dogs Of hiding their heads in the
nearest holes and leaving their bodies
exposed.
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Peppermint and Tobacco

If you have q boy who has begun
smoking too early and whom you wish
to cure OF the habit, feed him pepper
mints. Dr.. O. Clayton Jones Of Silver
ton, England, writing in the London
Lancet, is authority for this simple
cure. DR.. Jones writes: "To break the
smoking habit in youth there is moth
ing better than peppermint drops. he
cannot smoke with 'bullseye' in his
mouth, and even for some time after
it is dissolved tobacco will not blend
kindly with the taste that remains.
Socially the cure may seem worse than
the disease, but from a medical point
Of view the sucking Of peppermints Is
far less hurtful. a common 'bullseye'
will prevent smoking for nearly an
hour, so the amount Of sweets used
need not be great
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Sure to Be There.

An old Scotch farmer was lying on
what he thought was his deathbed. He
began to give orders to his wife about
his funeral and the people to be lnvit-
cd. His wife, knowing that he was not
dying, paid but little attention to his
requests, and this so enraged the farm
er that he rose on his elbow and cried
out:
"What need I speak? Tnerell be
naething dune RIGHT unless I'm there
myself"
His wife, patting him on the shoul-
der, replied: 'Toots, man, Bauldy!
Keep yer min easy. Yell be the prin-
cipal man there."-Glasgow Times.
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Not Hersaif.

Farmer Ito medical man4If you get
out my way any time, doctor. I wish
you'd stop and see my wife. / think
she amt feenn' well. Doctor-What
makes you think so? FarmeF-WeH,
this mornin', after she had MIXED the
cows, an fed the pigs, an got break
fast for the men. an washed the
dishes. an built fire under the cop
per in the wash 'ouse, an done a few
odd jobs about the house, she COM
planned O. 9eelin' tired-like. fancy
she needs dose O. medicine.-London
Scraps.
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She Likes Good Things.

Mrs. Chas. E. Smith, of West Frank
lin, Maine, says, Il like good things
and have adopted Dr. Kings New Life
Pills as our family laxative medicine,
because they are good and do their
work without making fuss about It,
These painless purifiers sold at Arant's
Drug Store. 25c.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-26
The Clock Was Wrecked.

Blway-Use an alarm clock nova.
days? JIgsup-No; never tried one
but once. Biway How was that:
Jigsup-Well, you see, the first time II
went Of didn't exactly know what ii
was, and so said, "Oh, for heavens
sake, Maria, shut up" Maria hap,
pened to be awake, and-well, that Is
how it was.-Liverpool Mercury.
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Chivejrous CHICAGO.

IL Chicago more than in any other
place is woman regarded IN the light
Of a thing Of beauty and q joy forever.
There Is hardly a man in Chicago who
does not esteem feminine loveliness as
something beyond price something to
live for, to strive for, to suffer for and
Il necessary to die for.-Chicago Inter
Ocean