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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-12
A FLOWER LEGEND.
How the Myosotis Came to Be Called
Forgetmenot.

How the Myosotis Came to Be Called
Forsetmenot.
Dr.. A. F. Thomson communicated to
Mills 'eHistory Of Chivalry" the fol-
lowing romantic account Of the origin
Of the popular name, forgetmenot, Of
the favorite little flower myosotis:
1.-TWO lovers were lettering on she mar
gin of & lake on fine summers even
ing when the maiden espied some Of
the flowers Of myosotis growing On the
water close to the bank of an island
at some distance from the shore. She
expressed a desire to possess them.
when the knight, in the true spirit OF
chi7alry, plunged into the water and.
swimming to the spot. cropped the
wished for plant, but his strength was
unable 20 fulfill the object Of his
achievement, and. feeling that he could
not regain the shore. although very
near 1t, he threw the flowers upon the
bank, and, casting last affectionate
look upon his ladylove. be cried For
get me notr and was buried in the
waters. AS the world insists upon a
reason, this story is as good rs another.
but the worthy knight mrst have been
sadly out Of bis elcmcnsElot to have
been able to return from 4 bank on
which his mistress could discern so
minute a blossom. unless. indeed. we
suppose him to have been clad In
armor, which was i habiliment Ill
adapted for lover By land or water.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-12
THE GERMAN CENSOR.
He Was a Terror to the Dramatist
Hundred Years Ago.

He Was Terror to the Draratist
Hundred Years Ago.
The way the censor worried the Ger
man dramatists Of q century or so ago
Is strikingly illustrated by book on
the censorship IN Germany published
by DR.. Robert Heindl at Munich. The
German theater used to be terribly
moral. III 1895 the viennese censor
laid it down that an engaged couple
ought not to quit the stage separately,
but that they should be accompanied
BY an official who should be under
stood to be about to make immediate
arrangements for their marriage. Even
In lS4S misalliances were prohibited
on the viennese stage, for, as the CEN
sor sa agely observed, these misfoEtunes
will occur in real life, but they should
not be allowed in the theater.
at Stuttgart the "Iphigenia in Tau
ris" of Goethe was nearly prohibited
because the Greek dress allowed the
actors bare legs to be seen. There
was a long dispute over this point, but
at last the censor permitted the play
on condition that the actors wore yel-
low tights.
Few would have imagined that the
Viennese censor was so careful Of the
morals Of the population hundred
years ago, but DR.. Heindl shows that
not merely political illusions were CEN
sored, but that the strictest decorum
Of word and Of thought was insisted
nnon
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-12
ORIENTAL PARAGCNS.
japan's Four and Twenty Models Of
Fila! Piety.

japan's Four and Twenty Models Of
Fila! Piety.
Filtal piety. as IS we'll known. is the
special virtue Of China and Japan.
From it springs loyalty to the emperor,
who Is regarded as 1.-The father and
mother Of his people" There are 20
greater favorites with the japanese
than the -four and twenty paragons
Of fliaI piety." whose acts Of virtue
are the subjects Of Chinese legend.
One Of the paragons had cruel
stepnother. who was very fond Of
fish Never repining at her cruel treat
pent of-him. be lag down or the fro
zen surface Of lake. The warmth of
his body melted q hole in the ice. at
which two carp came up to breathe.
These be caught aRd took home to his
stepmother.
Another paragon, who was Of the
female sex. clung to the jaws Of o t.
ger that was about to devour her ia
ther until the latter escaped.
The drollest Of all these stories is
that OF Rorashi This paragon. though
seventy years old. used to dress III ba-
6y's clothes and crawl about on the
floor. his object being to delude his
parents, who were really over ninety
years of age, into the idea that they
could not be so very old. after all. as
they had such an exceedingly intantile
son.-Sunday Magazine.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-12
WoODCRAFT.
Methods Of Canadian Indians In Trav-
ersina Forests.

ersine Forests.
4 Canadian Indian, states contem-
porary, never loses his way IN the
woods, being always able to find his
road over q route once followed by
him and also to penetrate forests that
he has never seen If only another In
dian shows him the general course in
rough draft on q piece Of bark.
Indians display marked ability IN
communicating with one another In the
woods. They telegraph by means Of
smoke, and 1t is astonishing how far
of they can scent it-always long
time before they can see it or could
hear a sound from its vicinity. If they
expect to be followed by another party
they stick a piece Of wood in the
ground on a portage. slanting 1t in the
direction in which they are travelling.
Those who find it will know by the de-
gree Of inclination whether they who
planted 1t are travelling hurriedly or
not.
II II De ID Suuuel, d SH4ai pooSA oA
piece Of a shrub Is fastened to the
stake, and by the extent to which it
has become vithered those who find 1t
will know when 1t was placed there.
# hunter, as very often happens, has
to make a detour or to remain behind
bis squaw in search Of game. she will
occasionally indicate the route she has
taken by sticks placed in the ground,
to which she has attached small por.
ton Of her skirt.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-12
OFFICERS CHARADE.
; One Of the Company Was an Expert
at the Game.

One Of the Company Was an Expert
at the Game.
A general arrived from st. Peters
burg in @ garrison town in the interior
Of Russia to hold an inspection Of the
troops. After the review be stepped
into the officers mess room, where be
noticed on the counter q row Of bot
ties, to which, instead Of usual labels,
white tickets, with single letter Of
the alphabet on each. were affixed
The bottles stood In rank and ile and
IN alphabetical order.
what does this mean" the general
asked the lieutenant who was show
ing him around.
That Is an officers charade. your
excellency," replied the officer, rather
embarrassed.
The ge-.g -al continued his inquiries
and eliciteu the following information:
Each bottle contains different
kind of liquor. at the meeting OF the
officers club one Of us mixes some OF
these varieties in glass so that the
initials spell a name, and the older
and more experienced members Of the
club after tasting it guess what 1t Is
composed Of and name the word in
tended"
'Very original idea," remarked the
general. "And are you able to make a
guess Of that kind?'
eff it is your excellency's pleasure, l
will try" the lieutenant replied.
The general went to the counter and
mixed glass, while the officer stood
at the other end Of the room with his
face to the wall.
"Now, guess what this means" said
the general as he handed the glass to
the officer.
The latter drank it at one gulD,
snacked his tongue and replied:
THAT was Anna your excellency."
Bravo exclaimed the general. 1T
requires lot Of practice, eh?'
"Your excellency, Anna IS easy
enough, but there is q captain In our
corps who can even guess 'Nebuchad-
neZzarr"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-12
LOST BOTH WAYS.
A Toss of a Coin With an Unexpected
Pae,,JI

A Toss Of a Coin With an Unexpected
Result.
A New York travelling man was tell
ing stories Of 'Toothpick Tom," fa-
nous Bowery character, who lived by
his wits as a gambler. Tom was
known far aAd wide, not only because
Of this gambling mania, which was Ill
satiable, but because Of his quaint wit
and originality. He was an illiterate
and could neither read nor write, but
In the course Of his career he handled
perhaps q little more than the average
gamblers share Of coin raked in across
the green cloth.
Zone afternoon Tom woke up with
a healthy appetite for breakfast" said
the New Yorker. HE found on IN
vestigatlns his pockets that be had q
FIVE dollar gold piece, and he set out
for the nearest cafe to appease bis
hunger. But just as he was about 10
enter the restaurant he suddenly rec
ognized the entrance to the next place
as the one leading to gambling house
which he had not visited for some
time. Tom paused. He felt himself
torn between two emotions. hunger
Az spirit Of gambling.
"Sh,Scld ie risk his gold piece on tle
faro tabl, - the roulette or should le
eat? That was the question. lie might
make a Killing in which event, Of
COURSE, be would eat sumrtIcus)y.
Then, again. he might lose and face
starvation. The natural thing for Tom
to do was to leave it to chance.
Heads up, eat breakfast; tails, l
play. said Tom and tipped the coin.
1t was heads up. and Tom scratched
his head thoughtfully and said:
"Well, We'll make 1t two out of
three
Again he tossed up, but this time
the gold piece struck crevice in the
sidewalk and disappeared. Tom look
ed at the crack and philosophically re-
marked:
eWhipsawed both ways '"-Milwau-
kee Free Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-12
The Old Tine Album.

.The terrors Of the autograph al
bum" must have been more general in
the middle Of the last century than
they are now. The volume had en-
bossed pages OF various colors and
showed alternate literature and art
original verses and drawings Of ruins
and bridges heightened with white
chalk. Girls presented it for contribu-
tions so universally that Charles Dick
ems was on one occasion much aston
ishnd to ind none forthcoming. He
had actually brought with him some
verses addressed to beautiful maid
en-, Oh whose parents he was calling,
and be carried them away again.
Sending them to her By post, ne wrote
81 had meant to put these lines into
your album. but you. who do nothing
like anybody else, did not produce
one."-Lordon Standard.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-12
Pet Names.

Every one likes to see husband and
wife on afectionate terms. but Snaggs-
by. the toyshop keeper. rather over
did the thing. Little Johnny Bisgs
had si1pence. and he had bought a
toy. but little Johnny's fancy is way
ward, and be discovered that clock
work railway engine was poor fun
compared with q horse and cart. after
NIL. Therefore he went to ch2nge
the railway engine. You say you
bought this here yesterday" said
Snaggsby obviously. Who served
you?" "The-goosey gander. SIR said
Johnny, pointing to Mrs. S And when
Snaggsby remembered that be had so
addressed his wife in the presence Of
the boy on the day previous he flushed
8 pretty pink and changed the toy
London Sphere.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-12
Wby the Menu Was Changed.

The culinary department of an East
Indian household, if the story OF an
American traveller who has recently re-
turned from Calcutta is to be believed,
is managed far differently from an
American kitchen. Here We emnloy
an Ethiopian expert at so mucn a
week." says the Philadelphia Record.
There a cook would disdaln to place
q weekly valuation on his services.
his conditions Involve flat rate Of so
many shillings weekSISfcT the furnish
ing and preparation OF provisions. This
system Of putting the culinary depart
ment out to contract causes 4 rc1uri-
BUSINESS on the part Of the chef which
frequently is not for the lest health
and welfare Of the household. Short
" before last Christmas the above
named American tourist had ordered
his cook to have steak for dinner.
Broiled chicken was served instead.
Pressed for his reasons for disregard
ing the command Of the head Of the
household, the cook explained that the
chicken had taken sick and if i!Ghad
not been killed and served that day he
was afraid he would have lost tt.'
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-12
A Fearless Prince.

Victor Emmanuel when prince royal
held the rank Of colonel in q regiment
Of artillery. and Euubert l. was on
the throne. A new explosive had been
Invented. and the young prince was in
vited to be present at some expert
ments that were to be made With It
At the first shot the cannon being used
burst with terrific force, scattering
pieces of metal in every direction. but
luckily cot seriously injuring any one.
Nevertheless the natural impulse to hy
from danger seized officers and experts
alike. and of they rushed with more
unauimity than dignity. Only Victor
Emmanuel remained at his post he
watched them for moment and then,
in a quiet tone of kingly. tenor. called
them back.
'.No use running uow," he said. with
a ghost Of smile playing about his
lips. "All danger IS over"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-12
Conscientious Bill.

"Bill had charge of the animal tent, J."
said the old circus man. and among
his pets was leopard, the only one we
had with the show. and quite enough
too. This leopard gave Bill more trou-
BILE than all the rest Of the menagerie
put together 1t was certainly an ugly
brute.
"Well, one day when we were show
ing In the Midlands I had come up to
London to arrange about some advance
business. / was eating my dinner in
the hotel when a telegram was handed
to me. 1t was from Bill and read:
The leopard has escaped. Prowling
about town. What shall l do?'
'That was just like Bill. He had to
have explicit directions, even in an
emergency like this. BE didn't want
to make a mistake.
II Immediately wired back to Bill,
Shoot him on the spot I didn't think
any more about it until a couple OF
hours later, when | received another
telegram from conscientious, careful
Bill, asking, Which spot?' "
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-12
Fraternity Pins.

Fraternity pins are seldom lost, and
when they do disappear they often
turn up again. sometimes years after
ward. IL the most out Of the way
places. AS they always bear the own
er's name and chapter engraved on
the back It is not difficult matter to
return them. One "o!d grad" who lost
his pin shortly after be left college
and bought another now has two. the
original emblem having been returned
IN singular manner. A brother"
had observed the familiar token re-
posing upon the bandanna Of an old
coiored nanny in little town in Tir-
.ginia. Upon questioning her be
learned that she had come by It tax
Ing in washing" After much persua-
sion she was prevailed upon to sur.
render the trophr.--New York Post.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-12
In Morocco.

In Morocco the prevailing tone is
crayish white, mems clothes and
houses. towns, bushes. tall umbelll-
terae, nodding like ghosts in autumn
all are white; white sands upon the
shore and in the Sahara and over all
white and saddening light. as II the
sun was tired Of shining down for
ever on the unchanging life. In no
part Of Morocco l have visited does
the phrase gorgeous east" have the
least meaning. and this is always poted
by the wandering easterners, who ind
the country dull and lacking In color
compared with Asia. or, as the Arabs
call it, "Blad Es Schark. "A Journey
to Morocco"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-12
a Rats Tail.

A rats tail is wonderful thing
The great naturalist Cuvier says that
there are more muscles In this curious
appendage than are to be found IN that
part Of the human anatomy which Is
most admired for its ingenious struc'
ture-namely, the hand. To the rat, IN
fact. its tail serves as a sort Of hand
bv means Of which the animal IS en-
abled to crawl along narrow ledges Oh
other difficult passages, using 1t to bal
ance with or to gain hold. 1t Is pre-
hensile. like the tails Of some mon
keys. By means Of 1t the little beast
can Jump up heights otherwise 1nac'
cessible. employing it as q pro1ectile
spring.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-12
Tricked Of the Time.

a Philadelphia lawyer who spends
most Of his time at his country estate
employs sturdy Irish gardener whose
one desire In life IS to live until the
banner Of freedom is unfurled over Ire.
land.
One evening the lawyer strolled
through the grounds Of his place and
stopped - have a chat with the gar,
dener
Michael, do you know that while
we are here enjoying the beautiful
twilight It IS dark midnight In Ire
land" he asked.
Faith, an Oi'm not surprised" re-
piled the gardener. ireland niVe1
got justice yit."-Judge.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-12
SEARCHED CLOTHES.
Tho Fashion Was Started In England
by Queen Elizabeth.

Tho Fashion Was Started In England
by Queen Elizabeth.
The practice Of starching linen IS
at least 400 years old. 1t is said
to have originated under Queen
Elizabeth. Its inventor was q Dutch
woman, the wife Of Mr.. Guilheem,
who was driver at the royal court.
Mrs. Guilheem understood so vel! how
70 improve O small deficiency In the
bust Of her royal mistress by means OF
stifened collars, frills and laces that
Elizabeth overwhelmed her with "a
vors and privileges and finally elevated
her to tie rank Of chief inspectress OF
the court linen.
The fashion introduced by the queen
was Of course soon followed by al!
the women Of rank The fad for this
new art" finally degenerated into c
veritabie mania for stazchinG. iren1ng.
plating. etc. Later special profess
ors' Of. the art Of starching estab-
kshed themselves IN London. among
whom 8 Flemish woman Of the name
Of Dnghen van der Plasse seems TO
have occupied the highest rank Those
privileged to be initiated by her In the
art had to pay no less than 65 for a
lesson.
Later they began to add blue color to
the starch. Queen Elizabeth. who was
very anxious about her questionable
beauty. found that the addition Of blue
gave green hue to hec complexion.
She therefore prohibited her subjects
wearing any other than pure white
starched linen. claiming that blue
washed linen was injurious to health.
But fashion proved superior even to
"good Queen Bess." They continued
merrily to use blue starch. though one
woman after the other had to go to
prisea for transgressing the blue
!aw."-Eoston Post
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-12
LABRADOR MOSQUITOES.
Terrible Post to Travellers and Natives
In the Northland.

In the Northland.
No account Of travel In Labrador can
be complete without some mention OF
the terrible pest Of mosquitoes. These
were always prssent in immense
swarms from the beginning Of our trip
TO the end, and sometimes they made
life almost unbearable.
Nothing. could be heard but their
buZzing. Whenever we attempted to
eat they were down our throats and
IN our eyes and faces, and in spite OF
cur head nets and 6y dope We were
always badly bitten. The natives
seemed to mind them almost as much
as We did, their remedy being rancid
seal OIL. am satisfied that were one
so unfortunate as to be caught out at
night without protection be would be
either crazy OF dead by morning.
Our tents were provided with fne
mesh bobbinet inner tent, bat some
would always fnd their way aside or
come up from the ground At times
our light so attracted them we went
outside to see If It. were not raining.
sor the constant tapping Of the mos
ouitoes against the canvas sounded so
exactly like rain that it was impossible
to tell the difference.
On many nights I had to give up the
observation OF stars for latitude and
longitude because q candle could not
be kept lit long enough to adjust the
artificial horizon. We unfortunately
had no chimney, and the mosquitoes
swarmed so thickly that without this
protection the fame was quickly
snothered. There were but few nights
cool enough to afford US any relief.
We found that It required tempe7a-
ture within g few degrees Of actual
freezing to subdue them.-Forest and
Strne m
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-12
Russian Vengeance.

The Russian revlutionaries have
absolutely no mercy on those who be-
tray them. 1t IS well known that In
the year 1903 traitor caught at
Odessa was bricked up alive in {: Gel
lar.
Regnier, French spy in the pay OF
the Russian police. for long time
eluded the vengeance Of the reTolu-
tionaries. But they caught him at last.
and that just at the moment when he
fancied himself safe. His body was
found in his cabin on ship which
reached Antwerp. he had been suffo-
Gated by fumes OF sulphureted hydro
gen. How this was done was never
discovered.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-12
Won't Slight q Good Friend.

eff ever l need cough medicine
again l know what to get" declares
Mrs. y. L. Alley of Beals: Me-, 'for,
after using ten bottles OF DR.. Kings
New Discovery, and seeing its excel
lent results in my own family and 9TH
ers, am convinced 1t is the best medi-
cine made for Coughs, Colds and lung
trouble" Every one who tries it feels
just that way. Relief is felt at once and
its quick cure surprises you. For Bron-
chitis, Asthma, Hemorrhage. Group,
LaGrippe, Sore Throat, pain in chess
|or lungs its supreme. SOC and S1.00.
Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by all
druggists.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-12
The Precise Scientist.

4 Pennsylvania official said Of a
poted Philadelphia scientist:
''He is the most exact man 1 ever
met. He believes in nothing but proved
facts. Continually ne pins you down.
''One day I said to him:
'Cannibalism-what an abomina-
ton. To eat Of human flesh. Br-r-r"'
The old scientist frowncd
Pardon me, but have you ever
eaten Of human flesh? he said severe
".
"'No,' said I.
"'Well, then he demanded, why do
you speak Of things that you know
nothing at all about?' '"-Philadelphi
Record.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-12
The Sidht Of The PIGEON,

A friend Of mine ridicules the idea
that in the carrier pigeon 1t can be
sight which guides 1t on It's home
ward trail But my friend should
really study the mechanism Of the eye
Of the bird before he skepticizes. !
am sure that from heights at which It
IS Itself invisible the falcon can note
its prey. and its eye IS simply self
adjusting telescope. The careful dis
section Of the eye Of the bird Of prey
IS an absolute revelation rs to creative
ingenuity.-Dr. Dabbs in Fry's London
Magazine.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-12
Rev. I ". Wifliauson's Letter.

Rev. T. ". Williamson, Huntington,
W. Va. writes: This is to certify that
l nsed Foley's Kidney Remedy for ner,
vous exhaustion and kidney trouble and
am free to say that it will do all that
YOU claim for it." Foley's Kidney Rem.
edy has restored health aad strength &c
Thousand of weak, run down people.
Contains no harmful drugs and is pleas
ant TO take w. E. Brown & CO.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-12
Hurt Worse Thsn the Razor.

The Ba7ber-You've got nasty, deep
lot Of crows feet. sir. and them lines
runnin' down from the corners Of the
mouth IS scmethin' fierce. 4 mas
sage The Patient (iercely)-Iou'Te
got a hump like camel and chest
like doughnut. and / don't believe.
with legs like those. you could stop an
elephant Up an alley. let alone a pig
But, hang It, man, do you want to be
reminded Of 1t every time you set q
shave?-New Orleans Times-Denocrat
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-12
Hatmaking In the East Indies

The making of bamboo hats IS one OF
the chief industries Of the natives Of
the East Indies, and quite often the
children are more expert than their
mothers IN weaving the strips together
and> forming the designs, their fingers
being younger and more supple. In
transporting the long stalks Of bamboo
to the factory the natives tie the ends
Of two stalks together, spread them
apart a short distance forward Of the
center, tie a crosspiece between and
carry them on their shoulders.-Popu-
lar Mechanics