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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-07
Tea kf,In oS White Hair.

This is white hair you are drink
Ing" said the Chinese undersecretary.
white hair, Nonsense! 1t is deli
cious tea.
The undersecretary laughed in his
lilac brocade sleeve. ''No. white hair"
he insisted. "White hair-that is, in
my language, for pekoe means white
hair. This tea is called pekoe because
it's leaves were gathered so young that
the white downy hairs still grew on
them."-Exchange
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-07
Up befo.e the Bar.

n. H. Brown, an attorney, of Pitts
field. VT, writes: ''We have used DR..
Kings New Life Pills for years and find
them such a good family medicine we
wouldn't be without them" For Chills,
Constipation. Silliousness or Sick Head
ache they work wonders, at DR.. W. E..
Brown & Co.. and J. E. Arant.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-07
Consideration.

The only true source Of politeness is
consideration that vigilant moral
sense which never loses sight of the
rights, the claims and the sensibilities
Of others. This is the one quality over
all others necessary to make gentle
man.-Simms.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-07
Very Formal.

Gould youse give dat gent at de
gate a small handout, NUM-
why doesn't be ask for himself?'
"Oh, it's up to me to 90 dat. I'm
his social secretary."-Louisville Cou-
rier-Journal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-07
4 Person of Note.

Colonel White-Your son is quite a
singer, isn't he. Busenbark? Brother
Busenbark-Yassah! Yassah! 'Bleeged
to go for AKIN. Dat boy, sab, am
suttingly de most malodorous culled
pusson in dis whole town.-Puck.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-07
Her Claim.

Mrs. Gillet-So there is tablet IN
your transept tdeher memory. Did she
do anything to bring people into the
church? Mrs. Perry-Well, guess!
She wore a new hat every Sunday for
three years.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-07
Not Her Fault,

'It is the duty Of every man and wo-
man to be married at the age Of twen-
ty-two," said the lecturer.
"Well," said a woman Of thirty, with
some asperity, you needn't tell me
that. Talk to the men."-Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-07
Then He Was Fired.

Editor Ito aspiring Writer)-You
should write so that the most ignorant
can understand what you mean. AS
pirant-Well, what part Of my para
graph don't you understand?
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-07
Mo4 NuekIike

Mrs. Yeast-And did you at one time
call your husband a duck? Mrs. Grim
sonbeak-Oh, yes. That was before
I found out that he'd never take to
water!-Yonkers Statesman.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-07
Very Wise.

Photographer-Look pleasant, please
Victim-I should say not. I want
to send this picture to my wife, who
IS visiting her parents If look TOO
happy she'll return home.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-07
RnIiHieiaa and Patriot

Teacher-What is the difference be-
tween a politician and a patriot?
Scholar-A patriot does something for
his country; politician does his coun-
try.-Pittsburg Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-07
An Essv Renedv,

He-Your milliner's bill cost me
last year as much as the salary Of my
two. bookkeepers. That is more than
I can afford. She-Well, discharge one
Of them.-Fiegende Blatter.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-07
His CIeverness.

Nell-Young Mr.: Bigwad is no fool.
Belie-No. He's clever enough to have
a rich father.-Philadelphia Record.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-07

Learn to see in another's calamity
the Ills which you should ayoid.-Pub-
lius Syrus
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-07

What the eye sees not the heart rues
not.-Canpion.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-07

1t is sometimes expedient to forget
what you know.-Syrus.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-07

Peace hath higher tests Of manhood
than battle ever knew.--Whfttter.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-07
Sinns Of Improvement.

Signs Of Improvement.
$50 your daughter is improving In
her piano playins?'
"Yes." answered Mr.. Cumrox.
You enjoy it?''
''No. But it doesn't make me as
nervous as it used to."-Washington
Star
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-07

Never disclose your schemes lest
their failure expose you to ridicule as
we'll as disappointment
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-07
~ Noiitce +.

The qualified electors of Friendship
School District No. 3, are hereby notlh-
ed that an election will be held at
Browns store on April 9th, 1909, for the
purpose of voting or leVying a special
four al mills tax, annuallYsfor school
purposes in said district. Polls open
from S o'clock g. m., to O'Clock p. m.
BY order OF Trustees of said District.
G.. W. BROWN,
R. C. RICHARDSON, Jr., Trustees.
W. r. DAVIS:
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1909-08-10
Mdltana Earmer!

nabt Chr 0dier. peu. aartofieht. yseiser. Corn
&oa9er. Wcrite. Gier. Butter oDer l6erboliuf
irgenoiueltle yGrmproDntte in pertunieu? sserrr
y. oapu lcareibt erit al Sol. 3. maggie. 0ubuaae,
Soma. uio irdet Inn nm ielne Ireiie. AInf
aeIeiir &c siniad: y. !. 9aale, Dubuque, ,3opu.
N. Is. Qerr &agle tnuir nlo ~uerlauir auh
Staots nno 0armeinenthum1 \
Setm SHreiSen erpabne man sch. oieicS Slatt,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-12
LONELY LIFE OF A HERDER.
His Only Company Couple of Dogs and
as Many Thousand Sheep.

All farms of eight acres and up ought
to have a small flock of sheen. When
fenced for them there is little EXPENSE
IN keeping them as they eat mostly what
would be wasted by the other stock
They kill out the weeds and bring in
money for the wool mt time when the
farmer usually has little else TO turn into
money,
Nearly all the wool raised in the Unit
ed States east of the Missouri river is
medium wool. This is because the best
mutton sheep are of this class Tho
Ohio, kentucky and Indiana woods bring
the highest price; they are cleaner and
consequently shrink less and are mostly
staple woods
neighboring states are called bright
woods; those from western Minnesota
western Iowa, the Dakotas and eastern
Nebraska and Kansas are called semi
bright.
The range woods are usually known as
western wool and are quoted generally
by the name of the state in which they
are raised, such as Montana, Oregon.
Colorado aud Utah woods. They all have
characteristics that distinguish them.
owing. 10 the soil, climate and the range
conditions
The range woods, according to Fur
News, are much better in breeding and
SAup4t IMAM Il upAtn years ago, because
the sheepmen have been steadily grading
up their tocks with the best blood that
could be secured. regardless of price The
result is that their woods are bringing
nearly II not quite, as much as the east
ern or bright woods of the same grades.
Some of the wool growers of Montana
and Wyoming own or control 10000 TO
100000 sheep. Frequently these big
tlocks are divided up into half dozen
hocks in the hands of share men. who
care for the sheep for a share of the
wool and lambs.
Except in lamhing time the sheep are
divided into bands of about 2000, each
band in care of herder. During the
summer the mountains make the best
range, such as the Big Horn mountains
of Wyoming. In the winter when there
IS some snow on the ground lots of
ranges can be used that at other times
are useless on account of no water.
The sheep herders life Is very lonely
one. He is provided with covered
wagon, which is hauled out on the
range, where he is left with his sheep
and perhaps a dog or two and provisions
for Il couple of weeks. His duties con
sist Of following and watching the band
as they feed out (frOm the bed ground
around the wagon in the morning until
about noon when they lie down, rest and
chew their cuds. About o'clock he gets
them up and starts them back so as TO
Craze back to the bed grounds for the
night. In about two weeks the camp
mover comes around and moves him
three or four miles to another bed
ground.
When shearing time comes the bands
are driven up to some favorable spot in
turn and shorn. Oftentimes this takes
place on the open prairie. The wool il
sacked and piled IN and sometimes lies
there uncovered for month before it is
hauled, in some cases fifty to seventy
! five miles, to the railroad.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-12
GRAZING FOR GEE Sc.
A Lot of Pasturage Needed for These
Birds of Christmas.

The goose is not commonly regarded
as a cousin to the COW, yet one is about
as persistent a grazer as the other. There
are farmers who won't turn geese into
a meadow because they think the geese
make so clean a sweep of the pasturage
that it is spoiled for cattle.
An English authority says that geese
DO not eat an excessive quantity of her
bage if the goslings are killed off the
grass at the green stage or are kept till
after harvest and finished on the stub
BILE As for the common belief that
geese damage the pasturage the same
writer says that they destroy mainly the
tuberous roots Of the ranunculus, a weed
which could well be spared.
Nowadays in England the green goose.
or more correctly the gosling, Is more
generally esteemed than the fat goose Of
Christmas, says the Queen, and the lin
gering regard for the Michaelmas bird
is perhaps more sentimental than actual
The pOulterers tell Us that goslings are
in season from April 20 October, but
from the point of view Of the English
producer it must be admitted that a
home reared gosling Of satisfying proper
ti0ns is a comparatively rara avis in the
earlier months and that from July 10
October would more accurately describe
the English season.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-12
BEAVERS INSPIRE RESPECT.
Professor Who Was Afraid to Kill So
Knowing an Animal

Il have yet to meet the man who can
walk for the first time through beaver
works, as the range of a colony of bea-
vcrs is called, aud not feel something
Of the sentiment of human association.
says writer in Baily's Magazine.
1t is Il sensation very similar TO what
we feel when we come out Unexpectedly
into a woodland clearing after long day
spent in the unbrOkcn sOlitudes.
Il once stood with a learned professor
of Columbia college on the bank of a
stream in eastern Canada and looked
down ON a freshly made beaver dam
one of the best in point of construction
that / had ever seen. 1t was indeed n
really stupendous affair for a beaver to
have made, Built Of alder poles and
brush, weighted with mud and small
stones, it was fifty feet long, six feet
high and raised the level Of the water
by about sixty inches.
Seen from the upstream side it pre-
scented the appearance Of a more or less
evenly disposed array of short sticks
protrnding from a long mound of mud
just level with the surface of the re
strained water; from below the brush
wood supporting the dam proper was
plainly visible aud the ingenuity Of its
plnclng at once apparent.
There was Of course none Of that
pile driving or basket weaving which
at one time played 80 large q part in the
picturesque descriptions by fanciful writ
ers. but despite it's rOughness it was a
really remarkable piece of animal engi
neering. My companion inspected it for
several minutes in impressed silence.
i should be afraid to kill a thing
that knew so much, he said thought.
fUlhs -
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-12
Where Women Propose.

Tn the remote island of New Guinea
1t is leap year all the time in one impor-
tant sense. for out there all the proposals
Of marriage are made by the women
II is considered beneath the dignity Of
the male inhabitants Of New Guinea
10 even notice n woman, and consequent
~ the women perforce must notice the
men. and must start any idea Of we'd
diugs, etc. So when the belle Of New
Guinea becomes in love she promptly
sends a piece Of string to the sister Of
the lucky man. IF be has no sister she
sends it to his mother. or anyhow 10
some female relative. This because the
man and his male relatives are assumed
10 be above taxing any steps toward at
curing a wife Then the sister says 20
the man involved Brother. | have
news: so-and-sO Is in love with you.
II inclined to marrimOHy the brother
makes an engagement 10 meet the eHam-
ored lady. When they meet il IS alone
and they either decide 10 wed or dr0p
the entire proposition at once. There is
no counting for the man is not allowed
theoretically at least. to waste any time
on a woman-not even enough 10 allow
her to make love to him. The betrpthal
Is announced. and the engaged mao in
New Guinea is branded on the back with
charcoal. but the woman's mark Of en.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-12
A PUZZLE OF THE MOUNTAINS.
What Was the Origin of the Devils
Racecourse IN the Blue Ridge?

The Blue Ridge mountains abound in
natural wonders" observed H. A. Barnes
of Pen-Mar. Most wonderful Of them
all, iii my Opiaion. is the Devils Race-
course, which is but short walk from
Peu-Mar.
AT first view this strange natural phe.
uOmenon appears like broad roadway
Of great stones which extends away up
the mountain ~ path no human hand
could ever build. Many Of these great
stones weigh tons, while others are only
a few bundredweight. Lying close to-
gether by the thousand they present an
extraordinary spectacle.
Tradition has il, and scientists agree.
that a thousand or more years ago this
strange track was the bed Of an ancient
river. The conclusion is drawn from the
looks Of the stones; they are all well
rounded and worn smooth, showing the
action Of water, which had polished their
rough edges, no doubt, for centuries
but the mystery is If this theory be
true 10 explain how the great body of
water was confined at the sides for the
course is not hemmed in by high banks
nor Is it located in n ravine. In fact il
stands somewhat higher than the natural
side Of the mountain. This puzzle only
iBtensiiics interest i'm the queer place and
multiplias the arguments and theories Of
| IFS prehistoric origin. Baltimore Amer
| lean.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-12
A PLAGUE OF BABooNs.
They Ate the Crops in Nigeria So Fast
Natives Gave Up Farming.

In many parts Of Nigeria, and espe-
CHILLY among the hill regions of the
northwest provinces, balloons are one Of
the greatest plaques to the farmer and
a source of menace to property and
even to life A protectorate officer while
engaged in business in n mountain vii
lage was informed by the local queen
that her people could not continue their
farming owing 20 the raids of balloons
During the absence of the men a few
weeks previously these beasts had actu-
ally come into the heart of the village
and destroyed the crops, according to
the Wide World magazine. The natives
are in constant dread of them and CON
tiuually fear for the safety Of their chill
dreu.
Sir William Wallace relates that he
has seen droves of fifty TO a hundred Of
these animals all in single file, aud
that lately he himself shot two enor-
nous brutes who were grinning at him
from the cliffs. They utter nerve shat
tering and horrid bark.
They possess regular system of de-
Tense aud always have signalers out TO
watch for the approach of possible
enemy. These scouts are always the
biggest monkeys and they signal by
banks to their comrades when strangers
are approaching.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-12
DOWN WITH COOKS.
Tbs Slogan of Upton Sinclair's Campaign
for Raw Food.

After the fire at Helicon hall and the
STRAIN and worry caused by serious finan-
elal losses. writes Upton Sinclair in
the Independent. Il was in very bad
heaith and my wife in ever worse. So
for the first time in my life | began
Of diet. - '''' 4'''s''o''
~ good many of the members Of the
colony had been yegetariauS before they
came there; but we had served meat for
the meat eaters and the result was that
All the yegetarians had fallen from
grace.
Now. however | became vegetarian
for Keeps, living for the most part on
the germ proof food preparations of n
well known manufacturer of that Sort
very little
LAS fan / found myself in such a
condluon OF nervous exhaustion that
went away by myself to California. VOW
ing that | would not come back to my
family and my friends until | had made
myself a well man.
Il got a little bungalow. and because
dld not want to have to bother with
servant and wanted to be alone Mt meal
times took 60 eating food that did
not have to be cooked. | could not get
the prepared stuff | had been eating. but
| was in a land of fruits and fresh
vegetables. and so | lived on these
In this blind way and quite without
guidance l stumbled on what l new
know to be the greatest discovery of my
life; the deadly nature of the cooking
process. which destroys the health Civ
ing properties of foods. incites to glut-
tony and is the cause of % per cent. of
the diseases of the human race
II used kind of whole hard wheat
cracker; but for this | ate no cooked
food for five months | lived on nuts,
ripe olives, salad vegetables and a va
riety of the kindly fruits of the earth,
both fresh and dried. | was indoors
most of the time, for the climate was
yile--it rained nearly every day all win
ter through.
Il worked harder than | had ever
worked in my life before, and yet my
troubles fell from me like caStoff gar
ment. My stomach ceased from growl-
ing, my sluggish inteStines awoke, my
nerves became calm and my headaches
We're forgotten. | was a picture of radi-
ant and rejoicing health.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-12
HoLLYH0CK RAILWAY FLOWER.
Planted in England to Beautify Barren
Land Beside the Tracks.

The supreme cottage flower the Eolly-
mock, which has won score of local and
poetic names in the last 400 years is
now the chief glory of the biggest as of
the smallest gardens The zeal for tile
rough border has brought back the holly
hook, which comes to perfection when
the gush of color is over. Even florists
have recently been taking ii in hand
with great success, and one can have
hollyhocks of lemon yellow, of every
shade of red and pink and of many
variegations. 1t can be hal single or
as thick with petals as cabbage rose.
Some years ago the flower was almost
distinguished by peculiar disease which
always theatenS il. but this year has
been favorable, and some gardeners say
they have kept the disease at bay by
getting rid Of the mallow which Is said
to be the host Of the disease spores.
For some reason the hollyhock grows
supremacy well by railways. Fine 6-foot
plants grow in little headlauds between
the metals just outside Victoria station.
London. But the paradise Of the flower
is the embankment along the midland
railway just before it escapes into the
country.
just when the incoming traveller ex-
poets the banks to he particularly grim
and barren they are crowned for nearly
a mile on end with hollyhoclSs of every
conceivable color, standing straight and
! tall like uniformed sentinels. The spec
| tacle is wonderful object lesson Of
what might be done with the acres of
waste railway banks by expert garden
| erS-l .ondon Daily Mail
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-12
ODD WORD HRS LONDON.
"Swank" Mystifes All, but Proves to
Be Good Old English.

a little while ago the word ''swank -
the "A pronounced as In sank burst
into vigorous life in london. 1t came
with all the suddenneSs of the new slang
word. One day it was unknown, the
next it seemed TO be in every cockney
mouth. Everybody knew what it meant.
but why it should have that meaning and
where II came from and who brought it
10 town remained il profound mystery.
The root idea of swank is humbug
Last Saturday when the stage hands
and the company of a certain West End
theater turned up at the stage door they
found the theater closed A paragraph
IN the papers the next morning stated
that the piece had come To Il sudden end
ON account of the equally sudden illness
OF the gentleman who was running the
season and acting in the play. This was
probably the excuse given by the one an
fortunate representative of the theater
who was On the spot TO an irate body of
deadheadS who had orders for the nit
When told of the unfortunate illness they
probably said "swank," where six weeks
ago they would have said Yes. 'e's I'M
| don't think" Side" combined with
humbug is also "swank."
couple of days ago the word turned
up IN court and the judge complained
mat he knew 1t not. Now il has been
hunted down and found to be a good old
English country word of whose acquaint-
ance nobody need be ashamed.
1t exists as dialect word i'm thu mid
lands and south and west country in all
It's modern sang meanings But how il
came 10 loadon Is still mystery. But
II IS the word of the moment and will
reign as so many others have done tiu n
new one takes its 9kce.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-12
Where Women Vote.

With all this agitation by the women
who want to vote, there is a strange ST.
lence from the women who really do
vote. Out in Colorado, where women
have the franchise for iustance-what
have they done? These are the ques-
tiOns that many serious-minded women
who cannot sanction the violent suffrag-
cite clamor are asking.
DO the Colorado women use their right
to voter
If So whyI
How do they vote?
How is their vote securedE
How do they work as women politi-
clans?
A prominent Denver politician who
has worked with women at the polls and
in many political conventions answers
these questions in the November Wom-
ans Home Companion IN an article
called Votes for Women-What They
Look Like from the Inside 1t is n fair
presentation Of conditions in Colorado
today. and it's a wonderful answer to
many arguments put forth so strenuousiy
~ the Suifragettcs.