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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-10-06
Repartee.

Bluff lcol, upon you, sir, as ras-
cal. Biff-Ycu are privileged to look
upon me in nny character you desire
to assume.-Vogue.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-10-06
Tryina to Place Him.

Boody-I'd have you to know. sir.
that I'm not the idiot you think | am.
Knox-Oh. beg pardon. Which idiot
are you?-Chicago News.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-10-06

OEA 1852 ceres on Hardinsburg and
pC, >CO Falls of Sinking road, 2 miles
from Sample. improvements, two one-story
blacksmith shop, all necessary out-houses.
1870 acres under cultivation and pasture, 222
acres in timber, white oak, black oak, beech
and sugar tree, all good size. Plenty of good
water the year round. One-third cash and
good easv terms on balance.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-10
QUEER TITLES.
Bestowed on His Favorites by an En-
peror of Haiti.

Bestowed on His Favorites by an En-
peror of Haiti.
Among the whimsical titles which
appear on the pages Of national history
few are more apparently frivolous than
the Duke Of Marmalade, the Count OF
Lemonade and the Earl Of Brandy.
They are or were, however, real titles
bestowed by a genuine monarch On
three of his farorites, and that, too,
during the last century.
In 1911 a revolution occurred In
Haiti, and Christophe, a negro, declared
himself emperor. Through conspiracy
and plot, his life often attempted, be
retained power till 1920, preserving to
the last the pageantry Of royal court
and creating a numerous nobility.
Among them were the three already
mentioned, and the oddity Of the titles
has suggested to many writer's the
frirolousness Of the African character.
In fact, however. all three names
were those Of places, the first two be-
ing originally plantations, but latterly
towns Of some Importance. This not
being generally known, misapprehen-
sion has arisen with regard to the
titles themselves, which. however abb
surd. were scarcely more so than some
which were bestowed in France and
Germany during the middle ages
Pearson's Weekly.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-10
STUFFED OAKS.
Miniature Trees That Are Grown In
China Bowls.

IN the widow Of :; florist stood some
quaint china bowls; IN each Of which
grew a tree-not d shrub, but full
sized tree, dating back many years.
Yes replied the florist to the writ
er's inquiry, they are 'cal trees-oaks,
naples and beech trees. We get them
from Japan, where the secret Of how
to rear them is known only to few.
They are raised from seeds or special.
ly selected cuttings, which are watch
ed and tended with that marvellous
patience inherent IN the eastern rae"
Fifty years may pass before the tree
is considered salable During this Pc
riod thc plant is trained and its nat
ura1 tendencies Subjugated to the will
of the rcarer The gardener prunes
and trims ard rears and directs with
what Carlyle called genius-'an inf
mite capacity for taking pains Away
ward twig may be bound up for two
or three years to insure its correct
growth. Periodically the tree is re-
potted. Each time this happens the
roots are carefully examined and use
less fiber cut away. Everything is
done to concentrate the life Of the
tree in the smallest possible space.
And In time, after years Of labor, the
plant loses its ability to send out long.
lusty shoots and becomes delightful
miniature Of its larger brethren
Montreal Standard.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-10
SEEING AND LISTENING.
Nearsishted Man Wears Glasses In

Nearsishted Man Wears Glasses In
Talking, but Not In Reading.
"Here's sort Of queer thing" said
a nearsighted man. II am very near
sighted. Strong glasses are indispen-
sable to me for ordinary, general see
ing in my goings. about, but when I
sit down to read I take off my glasses
and bring the print up to within the
natural focus Of the eye. 1t seems to
me that reading with the natural eye
I read with a more intimate and a
clearer understanding.
$50 much for my reading without
spectacles, and now here IS the thing
that is queer to me. If when I am
reading thus, with my glasses of,
somebody comes along to speak to me,
why, then, to get a clear understanding
Of that question l must have on my
spectacles.
$50 say, or would say if this hap
pened at home where know the peo-
pie, Wait minute till l get on my
spectacles,' and I would put them on
and then say, Now go ahead and
really, with my spectacles on. with
my power Of seeing at its best. with
the sharpest definition Of things in
general to the eye, I get the clearest
apprehension Of things said to me.
$50 in reading / do best with my
glasses off, but in understanding things
said to me, in listening, do best with
my glasses on. There is one modifca-
ton to this-where there is no light
as in dark room, where I can't see,
I can understand equally well with or
without glasses. New York Sun.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-10
4 HUMAN GIBRALTAR.
The Story That Is Told Of the English
Colonel Rurnaby.

The Story That Is Told Of the English
Colonel Rurnaby.
In the biography Of Colonel Fred
Burnaby there is a characteristic
story, told by his friend Lord Binning,
Of that soldier Of hercuIean frame aud
reckless courage:
We were engaged in football
match on the green inside Windsor
cavalry barracks, and the verandas
were crowded with oalookers as the
colonel, dressed for London in frock
coat and tall hat, with a cigar IN his
mouth, came out Of the officers quar-
ters and proceeded slowly across a
corner Of the ground, apparently OBJ
Hvious Of the fact that match was In
progress at the time. At this moment
our fullback, a gigantic Yorkshireman
named Bates, who must have weighed
nearer fifteen than fourteen stone,
charging impetuously for the ball,
dashed full into Burnaby. The impact
was terrific, but while the Yorkshire
man, hurled backward by the shock as
though he had couided with g noun
tain, lay gasping On the ground, neither
Burnaby's hat nor the angle Of his
cigar was in the smallest degree dis
turbed. In fact. he scarcely seemed
to realize that collision had taken
place. When be did so he removed his
cigar from his mouth and, with his
pleasant smile, said, Dear me, do
hope I am not interfering with the
game" The shout Of delight which
went up from the-verandas was a
thing to remember
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-10
THE NiGERIAN BABY.
Water Soaked Inside and Outside at
the Morning Toilet.

Water Soaked Inside and Outside at
the Morning Toilet.
Matrons of the west may be inter-
ested to hear the details Of the Nige-
rian native baby's morning toilet.
Anything over three months old is no
longer baby" to the native mater
faniias and is bathed with the other
children, generally a numerous brood,
In the chill morning air before sunrise.
The little mite yells Justify while the
cold water is splashed over its brown
body and generally continues the cho-
rus when put aside to dry. Towels do
not form part Of the household equip
ment. The bathing process finished,
the infants are subjected to sort Of
water cure treatment The mother
seizes a child, scoops up a handful Of
water and, using her thumb as a kind
Of spout, squirts it with extraordinary
dexterity into the youngsters mouth
and down it's throat Protests In the
shape of loud gurgles, horrible chok-
ings ard desperate struggling are quite
unheeded. The steady stream Of wa
ter continues to pour down the child's
throat until the mothers practlced
touch on the patients distended stom-
ach tells her that the limit Of capacity
has been reached. All babies are sub
nnitted to this treatment, which Is be-
heved to have a most Strengthening
effect.-London Standard.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-10
THE SUBTLE FEMALE.
How She Wheedes and Bullies the
Poor Man Creature.

How She WheedIes and Bullies the
Poor Man Creature.
AS woman gradually impressed upon
man the futility Of strutting around il
6nery and the necessity OF being prac-
tically useful his garb has become more
and more sober and wor!aday in ap-
pearance. Ethnologists tell US that
the decorations of primitive man were
intended to fascinate feminine eyes
but woman presently began to make
it clear that she was not hunting for
"a fine, snowy article" but somcrhin.
solid and plain and useful, warranted
to stand wear and tear As for the OF
namcntal role, she was going to repre-
sent the family herself in that line.
In fact, when one reflects how mau
has been stripped Of gauds and whee-
died out Of his fipperies one by one,
one cannot help feeling tender pity
for this victim Of feminine self aggran-
dizement. Poor. tilnid treuabler! \
vague, general fear Of the female sex
haunts him. Afraid of being married
against his will. he is circumvcnted by
some subtle female creature VINO makes
him think that it is his will to marry
her. IN observer remarks that l man
very often in running away from the
right woman runs straight into tie
arms of The wrong woman. AND the
wrong woman, that great opportuuist,
is always waiting there to block his
headlong fight and switch it toward
the altar.--New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-10
Studyiud The Crowd.

There doesn't seem to be any diff
ference between a crowded train In
the morning and a crowded train at
night, does there?" queried subway
traveller Of his companion. "But I
could distinguish one from the other
even If I had no idea Of the hours"
"Ask the guard"
tNo. All you need to do is to meas
ure the buzz Of conversation. In the
morning, when the crowd is fresh and
on the way to business, the conversa-
tion is at least ten times in volume
what it is at night, when the crowd IS
tired and on the way home. Often
times at night I've been in a crowded
car for ten minutes without hearing q
sound save the rattle Of newspapers
and an occasional cough That same
crowd in the morning would be full
Of dialogue. punctuated here. and there
with laughter.
Its just g wee study IN human ma
ture, that's ail"-New York Globe.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-10
THE PLOT or A PLAY.
How Sardou Came to Write "Les
pattes de Mouche."

How Sardou Came to Write Lies
Pattes de Mouche."
Sardou sat working at scenic adap-
tation Of Volraire's "Candide,'' and it
hung fire not because there was no
prospect Of a dinner. but because his
pipe was empty and he had not 4
penny wherewith to buy tobacco. Sud
denly on opening q drawer Of his table
be uttered cry OF JOY at the sight OF
five or six tickets Of a Wine company
which gave Its customers voucher
for 20 centimes for every bottle pur-
chased a quarter Of an hour after
ward be was the happy Dossessor Of
o silver franc piece and some sous be-
sides.
Picking up a scrap Of paper OF the
sanded floor Of the tobacco shop, he
was about to light his weed when the
words Marie Laurent caught his
eye. The "unconsidered triae' turned
out to be the fragment Of q letter from
the well known actress to her son
Charlie. Sardou put his find in his
pocket, but on his way home his
plot weaving faculties. stimulated By
the fumes Of the tobacco, at once re-
asserted themselves.
"This is the innocent letter Of q
mother to her boy" he said to himself.
"Supposing, however, It had been the
letter Of g woman to her lover and,
falling by 4 similar accident into the
hands of the woman's husband, wish
ing to light his cigar
The suggestion led to his play Les
Pattes de Alouche." Chron-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-10
An tInsocial PecIars.

"At Trinity, Cambridge, the great
Dr.. WhewelI was the incarnation Of
masterful unsociability," says MIR.
Tollemache In his "reminiscences. "A
Trinity friend told me in the ffties
that Whewells evening parties Went
by the name Of 'perpen6culars' be-
cause the undergraduates were expect
ed to remain standing all the time,
though he himself sat down whenever
ne chose. It is also related that. being
shortsighted, be inspected each man
in turn at unpleasantly close quarters,
and it was a high crime for any one
to speak until he was spoken to- On
enc occasion under the trying scr1tiny
an unwary freshman remarked that
the weather wcS fine 'Si--,' replied the
pedant, are you not aware that if you
have any communication to make to
the master of your college You should
make it through your tutor:"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-10
Huoo and Merimee.

It is probable that with the excep-
ton Of Byron no great literary genius
ever was greeted with such storm
Of yilifcation and abuse as Victor
Hugo when he published Les Miser-
ables." While the book took the pub
lie literally off their feet, almost all
Hugo's rivals united in condemning it
and its author.
Prosper Merimee wrote in reference
to dinner given to Hugo at Brussels:
"Hare you read Victor Hugo's
speech at the dinner given to him by
Belgian librarians and other scoun-
drels Of Brussels? His statements
we're without depth, solidity or COM
mon sense. He is man who intoxi-
Gates himself with words and does not
take the trouble to think
Victor Hugo retorted by writing to &
friend, an. Merimec is a man natu-
rally vile"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-10
The Old Eco.

New York is no longer young and
unsophisticated, said 4 lnal. who has
visited all the old world capitals ''She
has now all the WEAKNESS and vice OF
Paris, London and Rome They who
still speak of New York as young.
childish. innocent, remind me- Of Lord
Exc of the Carlton.
Lord Exc, at seventy, tried to lead
the life Of youth Of twenty-five. he
dyed his hair, wore corset and fire.
quented the music halls. Piccadilly
circus and the Burlington arcade One
afternoon as be drove from the Carl
ton in his brougham member said.
smiling:
There goes Exc. He told me over
q whisky and soda just now that he
felt as fresh as a two-year-old.'
Another member sneered.
He probably meant two-year-old
egg he rlurmured"-New York Sun.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-10
How Pike Kill Percn.

From g,areful observations am sat
isfed tLat pike kill their prey before
swallowing them, and they Go this by
holding whatever fish they have Sc
cured crossways in their powerful
Jaws for some time before boiling it..
I once watched q pike hold j perch in
this way for twenty minutes, and then
he moved off out Of sight. but from
FIVE to ten minutes is the usual time
". II. Iarmistead in :'Trout Waters,
Management and Angling"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-10

W. IT. Jones, a wealthy white
man Of Union county, who was
charged with killing his wife
with strychnine after maltreat-
ing her for many years, was found
guilty of murder last Saturday
with a recommendation to mer-
cy. The recommendation for
mercy could only have been bas-
ed on the fact that the evidence
was largely circumstantial. From
the testimony deduced it is plain
that the man deserves to be hung
on general principles.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-10
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by yiocalappllcatlons as they cannot reach the
diseased portion OF the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness. and that is by constitu.
tional remedies Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition OF the mucous lining OF the
EuStachian Tube. When this tube gets infianl-
ed YOU have L rum bling sound or imperfect hear
ing and when it is entirely closed deafness is
the result and unless the inflammation can he
taken out and this tube restored to its norma!
condition hearing will be destroyed forever: nine
cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is
nothing but an in1iamed condition Of the mu-
couS surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY s. CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists IS
Halls Family Pills arc the best.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-10

Next Friday: February 18th,
will be celebrated as the Tooth
anniversary of Abraham Lin
coins birth. That is very we'll,
for all concede that Lincoln was
a great man and a. great presi-
dent, but the reasons that many
people have for praising Lincoln
are anything but praiseworrhy.
Lincoln did not do many things
that some people praise him fer
doing.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-10
WHAT SOUTHERN FARMERS NEED.

Captain j. G. Strlollng. OF
Pendleton, a live, wide-wake, sue
cessful farmer, has recently
written an article that should be
read and pondered by every far
mer in South Carolina. It has
the ring of sound doctrine in it,
and be has personally demon
strated the truth Of what he
says. Read carefully the follow
ing expressions of Captain Strib-
ling, remembering that he is
writing from the up-country and
simply substitute ''stumps"
where he says terrace banks"
What we need in the Cotton
States more than anything else
just now is more brains, more
horse sweat, more interest bear
ingfarm machinery and less man
sweat ard muscle.
s;We must plow deeper. rotate
our crops, and dc away with the
useless, wasteful and unsightly
terrace banks. When we have
utilized these terrace banks and
need more land, we must go
down underneath our plowed
lands and get all we need with
out paying out many dollars in
interest for it. We must pay out
more cheap horse sweat and in
terest on improved labor-saving
implements and make better use
OF our brains.
we already have too many
one horse, two- times.in arrow cot
ton implements. When terrace
banks are gone, we can use more
tGo-horse cultIvators and four.
horse breaking plows.
'sWe need at oace two Or
three horse combined cowpea
planter and stubole breaker tc
follow the harvester with COW
peas and soy beans. This com,
bined machine will cut out at
least five hands per day at hac-
vest time-the most costly labor,
ing season Of the year.
<:ln these days OF conservation
of Americas resources weshoulo
never forget that the South s
greatest wealth lies i'm a few
inches of the top soil Of her
arabic lands, and that the South
ern agriculturisJ is alone respon.
sible for the reckless waste and
destruction of this great gold
producing resource.
''On all sides now We see the
painful spectacie-the destruc.
ton Of the humus. aud the wash.
ing and teaching away Of the
richness (the gold that is within
the soiI-this being the unfailing
result of continuous clean cul,
ture Of hoed crops.
'"Ien years practlce IN not al.
lowing one acre to be planted
two years in succession IN any
clean crop, but Instead having a
good rotation, with COW peas OF
soy beans after small grain,
would make this Southland
bloom again with all her old.
time indepenence and greatness.
:1Tnis writer practices what
he breaches. All terrace banks
have about disappeared from my
farm and ! have been selling
some of nine Or ten different
crops every year for some five
years, besides selling a few COWS,
hogs. colts and poultry and
everything that grows upon the
farm excepting children.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-10

Foley's Orino Laxative cures ccnsti-
patton and liver trouble and makes the
bowels healthy and regular. Orino is
superior to pills and tablets as it does
not grippe or nauseate. Why take any
thing else. W. E. Brown & Co.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-10
lse maanln!) Uinles.
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY.

CommunIcatloIS must De accompanied oy the
real na,ce and address OF the writer n order 10
receive attention.
No communication OF G personal character
will he ouhIiSheG except as ;.n advertisement.
Entered 1T the Postof3ce ct Manning as Sec
ond Class matter.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-10

The Arrangement Of The
Times 7oiW hereafter 60
oUer the mailing lists every
Week, u3ad zcithoWt further
notice ere1,y subscription IN
arrears oUer one year 1clLl
be stricken off. This is done
In compliance zcith the
postal eg1tzutiio7as. So Wutch
the label on The Times, 1t
zciJZ tell you when yo1tr
sIbscrlDtl071 eID1res.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-10
FERTILIZERS
For All Crops and For Big Crops.

The Fertilizers that have been known
For over forty years and profitab1y
Used by two generations of farmers
The Fertilizers that contain the
RIGHT materials and make your crops grow.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-10

A juror in York county, drawn
to serve in court last Monday,
arrived in Yorkville on a train
that was a little late and hasten
ed on foot to the court house.
When he got in hearing distance
he heard his name called and
then ran the balance Of the way.
but shortly after arriving he fell
over dead. Few enough jurors
hasten to get to the court house
on time, and it may be feared
that this sad Incident may tend
to deter others from attempting
to do so.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-10

About three weeks have been
consumed by the court in Nash
vile in determined efforts to keep
from trying Duncan B. Cooper,
Robin j. Cooper and John D.
Sharp. charged with the murder
of former =. S. Senator E. W.
Carmack. Why should it be SO
hard to get q jury to try those
men when it was found easy to
rush through the recent trial Of
the Reel Foot Lake night riders:
Is it because the Coopers have
more money than the night rid
ers had?
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-10

the House refusing 10 adoDo any proal-
bition Legislation.
The travelling men. known as Drum
mers have been here in force to get the
legislature to require the railroads to
change their rule with regard to mile
age books, as it is now the railroads re-
ouire those holding mileage books to
exchange their mileage for tickets be-
fore boarding a train. The Drummecs
claim this requirement makes 1t lncon-
venien5, and causes them TO lose time.
The railroads claim that on account OF
the books being interchangeable, Gooo
on different systems, the requirement IS
necessary for the proper checking OF
mileage.
There is u bill requiring the railroads
to put electric headlights on all OF their
engines. this bill is being urged by the
locomotive engineers association, who
say it IS in the interest OF public safety.
while the railroads argue. the electric
headlight tend to confuse and blind en-
glneers from seeing switch lights: and
thereby cause trouble. Besides the cost
entailed thereby is enormous, wlthou.
being necessary. Several engineers
were heard before the committee. and
like all other questions there was much
difference of opinion.
I received a letter from Mr.. G. NJ.
Hicks. asking me TO require the express
company TO establish an office az New
Lio2, but as this is Z matter which comes
uuder the coutgcl of the railroad COM
mission, sent Mr.. Hicks letter to them.
with request that they take immedi-
ate action.
The delegation expect to have a meet
ing Monday TO consider the matter CT
the county tux levy. This matter has
given me no little concern, and I cannot
see how we can prevent making u raise
in the levy. All OF US realize the fact.
that taxes are high, but we must face
conditions as they are regardless Of
consequences IF we leave the levy as
it was last year: the deficit will be great
and must be met eventually. Now the
question for us TO determine is, shall we
provide for the deficit by meeting it. or
shall we lei it accumulate? 1t is my
Judgment to provide sufficient levy to
catch ap, so that next year provision
made to reduce. Besides having de-
felt from the year 1905 to provide for,
we must take into consideration the cut
tiuy down of $4,000 OF the county's rev.
enue by the voting out of the dispensary.
AS stated this problem is giving me
much trouble, and sometimes wish it