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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-30
Work Shoes

In the selection of our stock ample provision has been made for the la boring man. We carry dependable line of work shoes, either light or heavy weight, and suitable for all walks of life
 We extend cordial invitation to the working people to inspect our stock and solicit your patronage.
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Conditions Not Encouraging.

"'The rise has been greater than expected, said Observer Taylor at Little Rock last night Rains in Ok lahoma, Fort Smith and other points up the river have delayed the expected fall in the river at points below Fort Smith. The river is falling rapidly at
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-30

Hoard, and others are working like beavers to prevent d break in that .evee. If the leyee breaks in that sec
 lion the loss will reach thousands of
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-09
Philsntnro aic Misers.

In several remarkable cases real phi
lanthropy has been miser's motive
in spending and saving TO 4 grotesque
degree. Thus when the first PaSteur
institute was suggested in Paris to
keep green the memory Of the world
famous scientist i poor wretch who
lived in utter misery came forward
with I subscription of $500. And
when the city officials called upon him
with 2 message of thanks they found
him in an evi! smelling slum behind
, the Cathedral Of Notre Dame. When
the door was opened the miSer philaD-
thropiSt was found Quarreling violent
IL with his miserable looking Serv-
ant for throwing away 4 match that
had not been burned 1T both ends. y
similar case. but on much larger
scale, evas that Of Jacques Gurgot OF
Marseilcs Every one i'll the city knew
and hated him for his incredibly sor-
did life. vet when the old IniScrs will
was proved III France was amazed to
find he had left $250,000 TO his native
city especially to furnish the poor
with 4 good and cheap water supply.
Il know" the old man wrote. that
$4,000 of our citizens died Of the
plague during the epidemic Of l120,
which was generated by the noXious
eftiuvia arising from filthy streets that
were never cleansed." - New York
Tribune
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-09
A DUSKY CYNIC.
He Gayly Admitted That the Joke Was

He GayIy Admitted That the Joke Was
on Himself.
4 lady was walking along Fifth ave-
nue. I couple Of weeks ago when a big
negro stepped up TO her polj5ely and
asked her to give him q quarter.
Il am a shtpwrecked sailor" he told
her Three days ago the ship l was
on went ashore outside SanGy Hook.
Ever since then I've been wandering
around without being able 10 get 4
job
The lady gave him quarter and
passed on. \ week later while going
by the same spot on Fifth avenue she
was approached once more by rhc same
negro.
Il am shlpwrecked sailor" he be-
gan Three days ago
She let him finish. Then she re-
/ marked:
Two weeks ago when gave YOU I
quarter YOU told me that same story.
Then YOU said that you had been
wrecked thrc. days before. Now you
say the same thing"
And she looked at the negro severely.
He threw back his head and burst
forth into roarS Of laughter.
''Did-did 1 give YOU dat story last
week." he chuckled Did YOU give
NE 4 quarter? Well. if dat amt a joke
: on me-
And she left him standing on the
sidewalk convulsed with laughter
New York Times.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-09
The Poor ESsiqn.

The following story OF German mill
tary otticiaiism is published il Lon
don: One Ensign Flugge claimed COM
pensation for damage to kit caused by
mouse having gnawed Il hole in his
best tunic. The officer who had TO de-
eide the point dismissed the claim and
ordered the ensign TO be severely pun
isned on the ground that. contrary to
orders. he had hung his best tunic on
I nail when going on guard at night
in an inferior garment instead Of pack
inc it in his knapSack. thus enabling
mouse to Snaw I hole in it without
having to overcome the slightest i'm
pcGiment." Ensign Flugge appealed,
and on further hearing it appeared
that the officer who first dealt with
the case was mistaken in the facts,
the tuu," tavin= been slowed in q
knapsack at the time when the mouse
defaced it and not hung upon 4 nail.
The first decision was therefore set
aside by higher authority. and Ensign
Clugge was ordered to be severely
punished for having slowed his tunic
in his knapsack instead of hanging it
on rai!. thereby giving opportunity
to the mouse to knaw Z hole in it ''un-
der cover Of the darkness The senti-
ments Of Ensign Elugge are not re-
corded
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Decay of Building Stones.

The causes of decay in building
stones are various and depend on the
physical structure Of the stone, its
composition and the nature OF the sur
rounding atmosphere. The most de-
structive agent to which the stone is
exposed is rain or a moist atmosphere
and also in minor degree wind, frost
and smoke The air Of large towns is
usually charged with various deleteri-
Gus acids These acids are dissolved
by the rain, which penetrates the stone
in q greater or less degree, according
to it's physical structure, and combines
with the constituents Of the stone,
causing it to decay, so that any con-
trivance that will check the admis-
sion Of water will be most likely to
succeed in arrestiIg decay.-Building
World.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-09
Phenomena of Heredity.

1t is one Of the phenomena Of hered-
ity that boy wants to be what his
father was-if shoemaker. then 4
shoemaker; if IN ironworkcr. then an
ironworker; if an artisan Of any line.
then an artisan in that line-and the
father and mother who have come to
hate the smell Of leather or the CRIME
Of the smithy, the oil waste Of the ma
chine Or the sweat of downright hard
work cajole or coerce that boy into
something that is genteelly dull or
respectfully stupid and kill the germ
that would have produced the manu-
facturer, the mechanical engineer or
the capitalist-Philadelphia Telegraph
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BRASS RORNS.
The Way the Thin, Seamless Tubes
Are Bent Without Injury

ARE 6enE !" tInOut injury.
SaNhornS. So called after Il famous
Belgian family named Sax. who in
vented and introduced these instru-
lnents about the middle Of the last cel,-
tury. are the mainstay oi all modern
5rasS bands. They are manufactured
in many different sizes, from. high so
prano to the huge conrabaSs or bonn
bardon, and the most important Of the
lot is the euphonium. which supplanted
the now obsolete "Serpents' and opbi-
cleiGeS. The talleSt SaXhorn ever made
stands eight fee. high and contains
more than forty ieet Of tubing.
The advantage of seamless or solid
drawn" tubes for such Instruments as
trombones and horns is considerable,
since, no matter how good the join
may be, sooner or later the action Of
the breath will wear away the solder.
TO bend these thin brass tubes with
out splitting or denting the metal was
1T one time very difficult, but. thanks
70 9 most ingenious artitice. the opera
ton is now both safe and simple. The
tube is first washed out with I chem
ical substance. such as is used by
plumbers TO prevent solder from ad-
herring where it is not wanted. and il
is then completely filed with molten
lead poured in from ladle. Thus sup
ported from within, the brass is easily
and safely bent to the required shape.
the lead being afterwarG removed by
heat,-PearSoN'S
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-09
The Arab Mare.

The Arab is regarded Us the first Of
horse,nen and the Arab mare as the
perfect steed The Arabs idea of
horse tanning is Of the simplest The
colt is treated from the first Us a
member Of the family. 1t goes in and
out Of the tents and is so familiariZed
with the doings Of that extraordinary
creature, man. that there is never any
need of breaking it in. The Bedouin
is very careful Of bis mare. He does
not mount her when he sets out to
play his usual tricks upon travellers.
He rides a camel to which the mare
is tethered. Not until the caravan is
in sight does he mount the mare and
give chase. There is, by the way. an
impression that the Bedouin is a
bloody minded person who would as
lief take your life as not. This is un-
fair to him. Ee is thief Of very
peaceful inclinations and much pre-
fers to effect any necessary transfer of
property with as little bother as pos
sible.-London Graphic.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-09
Uses For Baby CARRIAGES

East SderS in New York use their
baby carriages until they literally fall
apart. OF course tie primary purpose
is served we'll and often. as the fam
lily is generally Il good sized one. Then
the carriage is used for 4 market and
shopping wagon. being piled high with
potatoes. greens. fruit and household
goods Of all kinds from neighboring
stores and push carts. The cast slider
doesn't often have his things sent
home He's not sure he would get
what he had bought. Then the little
boys are sent out to hover around new
buildings or old ones being demolished
and gather in wood to be pushed home
in the baby carriage On other occa-
sions it is piled high with garments
being rushed to or from the sweatshop.
Sometimes packages Of laundry are
delivered from it. and. again. it is
filed with coal When il is finally
worn out it furnishes little fuel and
four hoops for the children to play
with.-New York Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-09
WHAT IS A DAY?
You Probably Think 1t Is Twenty-four
Hours, but 1t Isn't.

Hours, but 1t Isn't.
Nine persons out of ten-yeS. 800 out
of every 1.NO0-if asked how long it
takes the earth to turn once on its
axis would answer twenty-tour hours.
and to the question, How many times
does it turn on its axis in the course
of the year: the answer would be
3GJM times. Both answers are wrong.
1t requires but twenty-three hours
and iifty-siX minutes for the earth to
make one complete turn, and it makes
3GGh turns during the year The er-
ror springs from q wrong idea Of what
IS meant by 4 day.
The day is not. rs is commonly sup
posed. the time required by the earth
TO make one turn on its axis, but the
interval between TWO successive pas
sases of the sun across the meridian
that is to say, the time Which elapses
after the sun is seen exactly south IN
its diurnal course through the heavens
before it is again seen in that position.
NOW. III consequence VI lue S>st III ,
revolution in its orbit or path round
the sun, the sun has the appearance
Of moving very slowly in the heavens
in q direction from east to west. At
noon tomorrow the sun will be short
distance to the east Of the point in the
heavens at which it is seen 1T noon
today, so that when the earth has
made one complete turn it will still
have to turn four minutes longer be-
fore the sun can again he seen exactly
south.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-09
Tobacco and Tin Foil.

General Winfield Scott was response
BILE for tin foil being wrapped around
tobacco That fact came out in the
legal contest over the will Of the &C.
centric millionaire tobacco dealer, John
Anderson. Early in the forties Of the
last century Mr.. Anderson kept q pop
ular cigar store on Broadway. Felix
McClosky, for many years the sobac-
conist's salaried companion and agent,
testified that one day, in 1S43 he
though, General Scott came into the
store and asked Anderson if he
couldi't devise some way Of keeping
tobacco so it would not be affected by
age ard changes in climates. Ander-
son thought about it and shortly after
bit upon the plan Of wrapping cigars
and chewing tobacco in tin foil, there
by keeping the tobacco moist for a
long time. His tin foil covers became
popular. and his preserved tobacco was
much in demand during the Mexican
war and the California gold rush,
swelling his business to enormous pro-
portions and soon making him a multi
millionaire
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-09
The Nine Tailor Saw.

The railor-he was a cutter at big
salary-sighed as he looked about his
luxurious apartment
''She refused me-" be said Why:
Because she didn't love me? No. Be-
cause OF that old saw about its tax
ing nire :ailors to make man. And
that saw IS a mistake It is u cor
ruptior Of nine .tellers mark man
1t doesn't signify that tailors are eff
teminate. 1t simply shows that man
kind is liable to error. The toll Of a
bell in the olden time was called q
teller. and in the olden time the church
bells tolled nine times for every mans
funeral: hence the saying nine tellerS
mark Z man. In our stupidity we
have corrupted that into nine tailors
make man or it takes nine tailors to
make Z man"
The cutter sighed.
This rank error" he said. "dooms
me to bachelorhood."- Orleans
Times Democrat
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-09
THE ANCIENT SPARTANS.
They Floeged Men Who Grew Too Fat
For Military Service.

They Floeged Men Who Grew Too Fat
For Military Service.
Among the ancient Spartans every
thing was considered secondary to mil
itary efficiency, and with view to Sc
curing this the boys and men were by
law kept in continual state Of train
ing No deformed child was allowed
to live Boys were taken from their
homes and subjected to military regu-
laticnS At the age Of seven. They were
compelled to wear The same single gar
ment winter and summer. At twenty
they joined the ranks and from that
age till they reached sixty were re-
quired to dine at the public tables,
whe-e only q certain quantity was sup
Piled for each man. The magistrates
interfcred in absurdly small matters.
They regulated the degree of fatness to
which it was lawful for any citizen to
extend his body.
Those who dared to grow too fat or
too soft for military service and exer-
else were sometimes soundly fogged.
Aelian in his history relates that
Nauclis. son Of Polytus. was brought
before the ephors (magistrates) and the
whole assembly Of Sparta, and Ibis un-
lawful fatness' was publicly exposed.
and he was threatened with perpetual
Punishment if he did not bring his
body within the regular Spartan conl-
pass and give up the culpabe mode
Of living. which was declared to be
more worthy Of an 1onian than a
Spartan.
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A Poor Bath.

\ Frenchman was talking in New
York about the excellent bathing
beaches Of America.
There are no such beaches in Eu-
rope" said he And the sea over
there is not so pleasant tc bathe in.
Frequently. you know. great pipes
empty sewage into it. They who stay
late for the bathing in Nice, for in
stance, swim about among lemon peel.
orange skins. melon rinds, soaked but
still buoyant newspapcrs-fearful rub
bish. once bathed in Nice. The Med
iterrapean was warm and pleasant.
but it resembled soup or something
worse. heard an American after
coming out say to the bathing master:
look here. friend. where Go stran-
gers 90 for a wash after bathing
here:'"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-09
Two Previous.

\ Richmond woman has in her en-
ploy a little darky, Milf Cole. One day
Milf became confidential and told his
mistress he was 'goin' to the cimitery
next Sunday"
But. Milf, that's long walk. You
know it is more than five miles
"Oh, missus, amt goin' to walk.
Is gcin' to ride
How is that, Mfr"
us goin' in a kerridge t my urcle's
funeral
All day Saturday Milf could talk OF
nothing but the approaching affair
Sunday his mistress excused him, and
she expected that on Monday she
would be regaled with a full account
Of the funeral But Milf turned up
with a most melancholy face. In an,
swer TO her inquiry he said:
u didn't go, missus. He amt dead
yit."-New York Herald.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-09
A Comprehensive Word.

The word '.vermin'' seems TO have
become exceedingly comprehensive in
scope now that the society which is
devoted to the destruction Of such
creatures has included not only rats,
mice, cockroaches and such small deer
among them. but even cats, dogs, spar
rows and canarieS, on the ground that
all these transmit disease to man. By
derivation Catin 'vermis') vermin
ought to mean only worms and the
like. in which literal sense Tennyson
writes Of the "vermin in nut" But
the term has constantly been loosely
applied to all sorts Of Objectionable
animals, from crocodiles to foxes.
Purchas told Of the people Of Java
how they "feed on cats, rats and other
vermirs,'' and Izaak Walton denounc-
ed "those base vernin, the offers.
He used the word exactly in the tenn
per in which a naughy little boy is
berated as a young varmint.
don Chronicle.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-09
Marked For Death.

Three years ago | was marked for
death. : graveyard cough was tearing
my lures to pieces. Doctors failed 10
help me. and hope had fled. when my
husband got Dr. Kings New Discov-
cry" saws Mrs. A. c. Williams. OF Bac.
Ky. The first dose hel ped me and i'm
provemcnc kept on until l had gained
IS pounGS in weight and my health was
fully 70 ,,ored." This medicine holds
the woF d's healing records for coughs
and CO.. : and lung and throat diseases.
II pre- pts pneumonia. Sold under
guaran at Dr. w. T. Brown & Co.,
and J. Arano'S drug store. SOC and
81 90 Trial bottle free
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-09
A CURIOUS WORD.
Twists That May Be Given to "Sa' In
the Chinese Language.

Twists That May Be Given to "5a' In
the Chinese Language.
In the Chinese language the same
word may be given several different
meanings by the modulation of the
voice. The same thing may happen to
the English YES" which may be pro-
nounced so as to mean Il assent to
that" or i am doubtful or indeed
An eminent authority on philology
gives an amusing illustration Of these
modulations in the A2ramitic Ian
guase. 4 -oonosyllabic tongue spoken
by the people Of Tonquin and Cochin
China.
In this language the syllable "ba
pronounced with Z grave accent means
q lady. an ancestor Pronounced with
the sharp accent, it means the favorite
Of prince. Pronounced with the semi
grave accent, it means what has been
thrown away. Pronounced with the
grave circumfeN, it means what has
been left Of fruit after the juice has
been squeezed out Pronounced with
no accent, it means three. Pronounced
with the ascending or Interrogation ac'
cent. it means box on the ears.
Thus the word .'ba," in the order Civ
en- above, is said to mean, if properly
pronounced, Three ladies gave 4 box
on the ear to the favorite Of the
prince Chicago Record-Herald.
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An Old Time Guack.

II the right hands it is q poor root
tnat viii not work both ways. An old
Quack doctor. according to the Wash
instoE correspondent Of the Boston
Herald. was once called to see boy
who rad chills and fever.
He proceeded to scratch the bark of
roo; and put some in one glass Of
water and some in another glass Of
water
Give the medicine in this glass for
the chiilS." be then said to the lads
mother, "but give this in the other
glass when the fever comes on
But. DOCTOR" the mother protested.
st is exactly the same in both glass
es.''
"Oh. not at ALL" declared the quack.
"Bur I saw you scrape the bark of
the same roet and put it in each
glass
Yes" admitted the Quack smoothly,
'but You didn't see how I did il. my
dear lady. This for the chills 1 scrape
up on the root. and that makes it high
cockalorum. This for the fever I
scrape down on the root, and that
makes it low cockahighrum."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-09
Suicidal Flying Fish.

The Indian ocean is singularly de-
void Of fish and bird life, but one night
dozens Of dying fish few on board q
vessel there. They were attracted by
the lantern on the foremast. agaipst
which they dashed and fell stunned to
the deck. In appearance they are very
like sand nluliet. The wings resem-
Bile an extended dorsal fin and open
and shut like a lady's fan. Not only
are they edible; they are dish for an
epicure.-Sydney q. S. w Freeman's
Journal
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-09
How We Fall Asleep.

1t is not generally known that the
body falls asleep III sections. The mus
cles of the legs and arms lose their
power long before those which sup
port the head and these last sooner
than the muscles which sustain the
back. The sense Of sight sleeps first,
then the serse Of taste, next the sense
Of smell, next that Of hearing and last
IL that Of touch. These are the results
Of careful and lengthy Investigation by
a French scientist, NJ. C;baniS.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-09
Medicine That Is Medicine.

4 have suffered good deal with ma,
laria and stomach complaints, but ]
have now found a remedy that keeps
me well. and that remedy is Electric
Bitters: d medicine that is medicine for
stomach and liver troubles, and for run
down conditions. says W. c. kiestler,
OF Halliday. Ark. Electric Bitters puri.
fy and enrich the blood, tone uD the
nerves, and impart vigor and energy tC
the weak. Your money will be refund.
ed if it fails TO help you. soc at DR.. w.
E. Brown & Co.. and DR.. J. Z A"ant' 5
drug store.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-09
Makinc Practice.

These mere vaSSalS Of the town
have the audacity 10 say my poems
make them sick" said the. proud bard.
You don't object TO them. do you.
sir
No, indeed" answered the stranger.
"And may ask who you are:"
why, am the town physician."-
Chicago News.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-09
He E,ioves the Rest Of the Game

He Enjoyed the Rest Of the Game.
"Now. that is what is known as a
safe hit" volunteered the escort, "and
entities the runner to take his place on
the second base"
Yes responded the dansel, and If
that duffer had the base running abil-
ity Of an ice wagon he'd have stretch
ed that bingle into three bagger.
Louisville Courier-JournaI.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-09
Fulton's Power OF Thought.

Robert Fulton possessed TO remark
able degree the power Of concentrated
thought. He studied French, Italian
and German and acquired prohcien-
cy in the three languages. Higher
mathematics, physics. chemistry and
perspective also demanded his atten-
ton as he progressed in scientific re-
search.-Century-
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This Is Worth Reading -.

Leo +. Zelinski, Of IS Gibson St.
Buffalo. y y. SAYS: Il cured the most
annoying cold sore | ever mad. with
BUcklen's Arnica Salve. applied this
salve once i day for TWO days. when
every trace OF the sore was gone" Heals
all sores. Sold under guarantee at DR..
W. f. Brown X Co.. and DR.. j. +.
:Aranc'S drug store Pc.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-12-09
a Golfers Tools.

One Of the most striking features Of
modern golf is the variety OF clubs
used tc persuade the ball into the hole.
AS q matter Of curiosity kept count
Of the different putters used by my
partners and opponents in the course
Of fortnight's play The total num-
Der of species observed is over twenty.
London Post
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Cab Hire.

The price that one pays for 1 taxi
today is just q little different from
what was paid for, say the hire OF a
sedan chair in days Of old. In the do
nestle accounts of Mistress Nell
Gwyn' we read: For chairing you to
Mrs. Knights and TO Mrs. CasSell's
and to Mrs. Churchill's and to Mrs.
Knights, i shllings For chairing YOU
yesterday and waiting eleven hours.
u shillingS 6 pence. Paid 18th Oct,
1675."-London Chronicle