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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-03-30
THE ENGLISH NAVY.
Fighting Ships Used to Sc Hired Out
In Times os Peace.

Fighting Ships Used to Sc Hired Out
In Times Of Peace.
In the earliest times OF the British
navy there was practically no distinc-
ton between the merchantmen and
the nan-of-war. In the rare times OF
peace men-c:war traded as merchant
rne.. while merchantmen always went
armed. Thus in time Of war the
trader became the warShip. and vice
versa. EroH she time Of the conquest
and probably earlier down to the days
Of Elizabeth this was the ordinary
practice. Elizabeth hired out ships OF
the navy for al. sorts OF purposes.
from piracy 10 slave trading, taking
her share Of tie profits when the ven
ture was successful and GiSclaiminS
al! responsibility when It wasn't
TcEry Ill. who may be described as
the originator Of the navy as special
fighting force. hired out the ships spe-
cially built for the navy in times OF
peace and even allowed them to be
taken away from their appointed sta
tons provided that the hirers depos-
tied due security for the return OF the
ships with their tackle and all equip
meat in proper state OF etnciency.
The practice ceased after the repu.Se
Of the Spanish armada. when the fight
ing ships, as such. became distinct
from the trader.-J.ondon Globe.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-03-30
Plant MIsers.

al LEAF buds. whether underground
or on the bare branches Of winter. are
plant savings put aside from the su-
perauity OF summer against the pro-
verbal rainy day. The starch OF
which such organisms consist IS to the
plant what his savings are to the pru-
dent man, and the common potato is
one Of the greatest ,nisers Of the vese-
table world in this respect, for almost
the whole Of the tuber is made up Of
starch food. left as legacy to the
young plants represented by the
eyes" This is true Of all plants that
grow from bulbs.
Some go further. for they run 4 say
ings bank IL the shape oc Z taproot.
which. 4 left undisturbed. grows lar
ger year By year. to be drawn upon in
seasons Of drought when other means
Of subsistence are exhausted. Among
these are primroses. carrots. beetroot
and turnips. and with these three last
this faculty OF saving has been deve!-
oped by man to make the plants
source Of profit to himself.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-03-30
The GIANTS clUsEWAY.
Formation and Appearance ef This Odd
Freak Of Nature.

Freak Of Nature.
The Giants c@uSeway is situated at
the northern extremity Of County An
trim, short distance from Port Rush.
Ireland. It consists OF countless hosts
o. basaltic pillars. varying in shape
from peutaGon TO an octaSon. the av-
eracc length OF each column or pillar
being about eighty feet. the whole
stacked SO closely together that knife
blade could hardly be inserted between
them. But the formation OF these pill
lars IS not the least wonderful part
about them, for. although they may be
counted by thousands and tens OF
thousands. each column is fashioned
with symmetry that suggests = ma
sons handiwork. Their composition IS
perfect fusion OF onc-haI hinty
earth, one-quarter lime and clay. one
quarter almost pure iron. each pillar
being divided into regular lengths or
joints which come together rs per
feet natural ball and socket union.
Although to be found in small! de.
tachmerts Embedded iE the cliffs.
sands, etc.l for some distance along
the shore, the principal agSTegationS
forming the cauSeway proper consist
Of three projections or tongues known
rs little. middle and grand causeways.
These singular columns arc OK differ,
ent lengths and present an astonishing
appearance as they stand. an army OF
ct least 10000 strong marsha!cd on
the shores Of Erin as If ever ready 10
do battle with the rising tide.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-03-30
CANARY BIRDS.
The Care That Should Be Bestowed
Upon These Sonssters.


Those who are charmed by the sing
ins Of the canary will find in the fol-
lowing directions much that will in
crease the happiness Of the sonssier.
provided the hints are needed
Place the cage SO that no draft OF
air can strike the bird. Give nothing
to healthy birds but rape and canary
seed, water. cu,tleish bone and gray
el paper or sand on the door Of the
cage: no hcmpseed: 4 bath three times
4 week. The room should not be over
heated-never above 20 degrees.
When moulting shedding feathcrs'
keep warm. avoid all drafts Of air,
Give plenty Of German rape seed. a
little hard boiled egg mixed with
crackers grated fine Is excellent
Feed regularly az certain hour IN
the morning. BY observing these s!!o-
pie rules birds may be kept in fine
condition for years.
For birds that are sick or have lost
their song procure bird tonic at bird
store. Very many keep birds who
mean to give their pets all things to
make them bright and happy aud at
the same time are guilty OF great cru
city il regard to perches. The perches
in q cage should be each one OF Gif-
terent size and the smallest rs large
as = pipestem.
Il percheS are Of the right sort no
trouble IS ever had about the bird S
toe nails growing too long. and. OF ali
thiags. keep the perches clean.-ES-
change.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-03-30
Eiliv Rice and . Pin.

Billy Rice. the negro minstrel. used
to tel! the story OF man who picked
up 3 pin SIS be was leaving The Office
Of . great merchant after an unsuc-
cessful Guesc for work The mer-
chant. seeing the nau's action from
the window. called him back and gave
him employment. which kin6pess be
repaid by becoming owner CT the en-
tire business In al incredibly short
imS-
Billy used TO ED his story oy say
Ing tha. he tried :hac scheme once
when be was ioosinS FOR work. drop
ping . pin carefully on The aoor as
be entered he stated bis wants to
the proprietor. who not only had no
employment to offer him. but remark
ed 70 bis partner rs Rice picked up
the pin:
Say. II that fellows So small as to
steal pin OF the floor. how much do
you think bed leave in my tiil!'
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-03-30
Frank Stockton and Poetry.

Frank Stockton never could write 4
successful poem In this connection
the novelist frequently told q good
story on himself. In his youth IN con-
junction with his brother John be
wrote many poems. with which be az
ficted the editors Of various Canadian
periodicals. The illusions always
came back. Ttc editor Of one Uasa-
zine was an especial target Of the
S.ocktons. but as none Of their poems
was ever accepted the brothers came
to the conciuSioD that the editor had
no conception OF good poetry. 10
prove their belief they hunted mp and
dispatched 70 him al ode. little known,
by Milton. Within two days they re
ceived check and letter OF thanks.
~ ,erue to the conclusion that that
editor knew poetry when be saw it
after ALL" Mr.. Stockton used to say.
land gave up trying to write Il"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-03-30
Heart Protectors.

Curiosity is not my weak point"
said the tailor. Nevertheless can't
help wondering about some OK my
customers, especially those who order
little metal disks padded into the left
side Of their coats and vests. Several
Of them do thae-have been doing it
Sor years. The natural inference is
that they count on being shot at some
time. and they take that precaution 70
protect the heart But what should
really like to know IS what they have
done to make anybody want to shoot
them. Apparently they are inoSen-
sive. law abiding citizens. but there
mus: have been 4 time when they
were regular daredeviis and laid the
foundation OF an enmity that they ez-
pect to wind up some day in shoot
ing scrap."-New York Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-03-30
History of Anatomy.

The way IN which we are SO fear
fully and wonderfully made was
largely mystery to the ancients. It
may DC said that anatomical science
was practically unknown prior to A-is-
totle, 3Si B. c. Before that date near
~ all that was known oc anatomy was
derived from the dissection Of the low
CT animals. Aristotle did something
il the way Of science. but It was not
until the time OF the famous AleIan-
driao school. century before and 4
century after the birth Of Christ, that
the anatomy Of man began TO be fair
II understood. The Ptolemies were
great patrons Of the science AMI were
the first who enabled physicians free
II to disSect the human body. thus
frustrating the ignorant superstition
which had been so long compromising
the welfare Of hunanity.-E1cnange-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-03-30
The aMERiCaf. acCEi!l.
An English Writer Frees His Mind on
the Subject.


The Americam accent" writes q
contemporary correspondent. is far
less Irritating than The cockuey dla-
lect. and i, would be we'll foF US Il the
former. which is III least musical.
could be substituted FOR the c:'copho-
nous patois OF our east end
AS matter OF fact. we think tina;
the cockney accent h:ts 4 certain mum
Der OF real admirers. but what we
wish TO call to our readers minds par
ticular!y IS that America has its COCK
aey. so to speak. precisely rs we have.
People !n Kentucky have rather
bu-rish way Of speaking. and they
loathe and :'"tcst the fruity twanS
which overwhelms New England. The
weseerner. again. is responsible for the
dialect which was supplied on the
English boards by stage Yankees.
Whether you acquire the American
accen, or not depends on the length OF
dme you remain in America- English
men who stay IN New York FOR aro-
trac;ed periods preserve their native
cadences intact II IS the maj! who
pays flying visit to :he United States
who comes back and always says
mop" for no" and yep" for yes.
Once we met 4 man who had re-
turned from weeks stag IN Boston
Ee said he had heard 1t was easy 10
acquire the twanS and finally eyc!aim-
ed. WAL. stranger. / guess it may be
dead easy for some. but not FOR Blank
Z. Asterisk," meaning himself. Now.
what's your opinion: Am risht?-
London Globe
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-03-30
aMoY's GRsvEYsRDs.
The City and tho Cemeteries Are Hope
!essly .nssrmirc,e6.

The City and she Cemeteries Are Hope
!cssly !nserminsled.
The city Of Annoy Is OF an island OF
the same came For upward OF 1000
years It has been an Important trading
place. The population OF the island
Is estimated at over 10000. and it has
been said that there are something like
Sooaooo dead bodies packed in its soil
Fer many centuries the hillsides OF the
city have been used as buryinS
ground Now the city and the ceme-
se-y are hopeleSsiy mixed The graves
touch one another at every point and
FORM solid white surface Of rock,
brick, porcelain and cement. covering
mere than 1.o0G.oO square feet. Near
one OF the joss houses 5000 bodies are
buried vertically to save spece. They
stand on plot OF ground Of as many
feet square.
The wells from which the city draws
It's water supply are shallow and are
sunk op the edge Of graveyaccS and
eyea among the touos themselves
TIE water is muddy and IS co;ored by
the perpetual turning up OF the soil.
It has no sewers, and the streets vary
from two feet TO six feet in width. No
wheeled vehicles can use them Here
2al there is az open place or plaza,
dug ont so IS to be huge receptacle
i1to which the streets discharge their
refuse. With aboun6s. and its twin
sister. disease, Aourishes. The atnos-
phere IS laden with noxiouS smells,
and the burial Of the dead goes or at
an alarming rate
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-03-30
Curious ootieal Properties.

Asterism is the beautiful name given
to curious optical property of Ger
tain minerals. They show star
shaped figure where light IS reflected
from them or transmitted through
them. This IS seen IN the star stone.
which is sort Of sapphire. and IN
the star ruby. There IS asterism also
in mica. The photograph OF lamp
fame taken through plate OF mica
shows six rayed star, with six faint
er radiations between. Outwardly
star mica resembles the ordinary form
and shows the same phenomena under
poIarized light. When examined IN
der the microscope. however. the star
mica is four,' to contain fine needles
Of another mineral And these are
regularly arranged at angles OF l2o
degrees. To these needles is due tie
star seen by transmitted !iSht.-Chica-
go Tribune.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-03-30
Tho Zulu diamond Miner.

As showing the loyalty Of the Zulu
diamond miners Sir William Crookes
described an amusing incident whics
cane to his knowledge when at Kip
dam. The Zulu had been superintend-
ing a gang Of natives On small claim
at the i've washings. Il yielded but
few stones. ad the owaer sold the
claim. banding over the plant and the
small stat. the Zulu remaining to look
after the business TIL the new owner
.ook possession. IN the course OF
few months the purchaser became dis
satisfied with his bargain, not single
diamond having turned Up sirce the
transfer. One night the Zulu came 20
his old master in mysterious manner
and. laying handful Of diamonds on
the table, said: There, boss, are your
diamonds. ! was not going to let the
new man have any OF them
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-03-30
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
Feeding Family OF Fivo On 81 :
Week

Week.
"Nfy husband" said the woman with
the optimistic face. gives me 81 4
week tor keeping up the table for oar
family. and it IS simply wonderful
how we do it.
y should think so" observes the wo-
man with the grim smile How big
4 family have YOU:
My husband. myself. three boys and
one girl
"Aad you keep up your table with
81 4 week: What DO you have:'
For breakfast we have cereal,
fruit, coffee and sometimes bacon and
eggs: for luncheon cold meats or GRO
quotes or something made OF the left
overs from dinner the night before and
q simple dessert; fov dinner we have
soup. chicken or roast meat. two
vegetables. salad. coffee and deS-
Sert''
MY goodness: What prices do you
pay for groceries and meats:
Mercy me. never ask. just tel
ephone to the grocer and meat man
and tell them what want. and my
husbamd gets the bills the first OF the
month
But thought you said he allowed
you only 81 week.:
$50 he does. and by charging nearly
everything. do you Know. actually
save IS or $40 month from that al
lowance,"-JudSe'S Library
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-03-30
HOUSES OF scUTARl.
A eossib.e Season Why Their Win
doss Are Iron Barred.

A eossib:e season Why Their Win
dows Are !ron Barred.
OF all villainous roads those outside
Of Scutari are the most depcaved
They are not roads at ali. but just
washes and waElows and bitches and
stone 4guilies- I have seen bad roads
Sn parts OF our own country. roads
surveyed by George Washington and
never touched since. but they were z
dream o. luxury as compared with
these OF Turkey. Our carriages BIZ
lowed and bobbed and pitched and
bumped themselves until got out and
walked to keep from being lamed 20.
lie.
And then the houses-the villas I
had expected to see-dear me. how can
/ picture thuse cheap, rsiy. uapainted,
oyer6ecorated architectural crimes:
They are wooden and belong to the
iisssw period gone mad They sus-
gest an owner who has been too busy
saving money for = home TO acquire
any taste. who has spent bis savings
FOR lnmbe7 and trimmings and had
nothing left for paint. Still he man
aged 70 reserve enough 10 put iron
bars on bis windows-that IS. on part
Of the house, the haren-eyery man
becoming his own jasler. as st were.
remarked:
''T suppose that IS 20 keep the neigh
bors from stealing their wives
But the horse doctor. wiser and
more obseryant, said:
no: it IS to keep neishbor from
breaking IN and leaving another
Albert Btselow Paine in Outing Maya
zine.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-03-30
He A.e His Own WORDS.

Not long ago the punishment for IL
bel il Russia was the requirement
that the lbe!er literally eat his own
words. A man who published small
volume rejecting on the unlimited
power OF the sovereign was seized.
tried in summary way and ccn-
demned to consume the Objectionable
words. In one Of the public streets
the book was severed from its binding.
the margins cut Of. the leaves rolled
up one by one and fed to the unfortu-
nate author \ surgeon was in attend
ance to pronounce upon the number
possible to give without endaIEering
his life. but he is reported to haze set
the limit 1T something Ike 200.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-03-30
BREAKING Up Chatter

The famous painter Fuseli had .
great contempt for chatter. One az
ternoon party Of friends paid visit
to bis studio. and after few moments
spent II looking at the pictures they
seated themselves and proceeded p tn-
dulge Il long and purpcseless .--.k.
At last, in one OF the slight pauses,
FuseH said earnestly. = bad pork 70.
dinner today"
why. ny dear Ir. FuseN." ez-
claimed one Of the startled group.
what an extremely odd remark"
lis it.? said the painter tnsenuousiy.
.'Why. Isn't It as Interesting and in
portant as anything tkat has been said
for the last houc:"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-03-30
THE VORRclOUs TUNAS.
What Happens When They Meet :
School Of Flying Fish.

What Happens When They Meet j
School of Flying Fish.
One time at San C!cmente we sight
ed feeding schoo! Of tuna. an exhiI-
arat!ns sight a dying fish weighing
4 pound and 4 half OF more would
start from the water and soar an cx-
traordinary distance. nearly out OF
sight, but every inch OF that aight |
knew WIS covered by = biz tuna keep
ing his place just beneath the 1ler and
ready to seize /: the moment IL Eel!
into the water. This rarely failed.
The moment the fish began 70 drop
the tuna would spring IL Il Ike 4
tiger. turning and tossin. the spume
into the air with splendid and cleo
trifying rush. = inaneuvcr that WAS
repeated all over the blue channel.
The sensational charge meant that 4
school OF tunaS had discovered school
Of its natural prey. flying fishes. a.,
once the lust for blood ard food was
on, and carnage WAS the result
have observed some curious scenes
at sea. but never have ! seen fear so
forcib!y expressed as By school OF
Hyin: fishes. exhausted and st the
mercy Of the yoracious tunas. | haze
had them gather about my boat and
cling to It's keel as closely as they
could. while the air was fui! Of leap
Ing tunas and soaring fish. Al such
tines when school OF Sardines IS
rounded up the fishes are so terrified
that men have rowed up to them and
scooped them in by the pailfui.-Out-
iO~
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-03-30
Out Of Iune.

4 piano tuner employed oy 4 city
firm was sent to Q certain suburb TO
tune piano. de found the instru-
ment in good condition and not in the
least need OF attention. a few days
later the firm received letter from
the owner OF the piano. lady OF mu-
sical intention. saying that the piano
had not been properly tuned. It was
10 better than before. After receiving
. repr;mand from his employer the
hapless tuner made another trip to the
suburbs and again tested every note
only to snd. as before. no fault with
the instrument. This time he told the
lady so.
Yes" she said. 1T does seem all
right. doesn't II. when you play on 1t.
but as soon as begin to sing 1t gets
all out Of tune again"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-03-30
Damascus -cisy OF Magic"

An oriental city OF magic called up
by g slave Of the lamp to realize ones
dream Of the orient: city ethe-eally
lovely. ezquisitely eastern. epheDerai.
to be blown away By breath like 4
tuft Of ,hist!edown. not white, bur
delicate!y pale with pallor holding
the faintest hint OF 4 seaShell flush. 4"
city slender. calm, almost mystic il is
fragile grace. set in the heart Of .
great wonder OF green. 4 maze OF
bright and arden. woods. beyond
which lie the desert sp2ces-this IS
Damascus from the mountain Of Jebel
kasyuu. II holds one almost breath
less seen thus from afar. Robert
Eichels IN Century.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-03-30
HIS Quaint Suggestion.

\ Frcnchman WHO appears 10 have
been Of : thrifty turn Of mind con-
ceived the idea in 1878 that too much
valuable time was being wasted n
cleaning sardincs when preparing them
for the market lie found 4 way OF
preparing them without cleaning them.
ard on this be took out letters patent
Apparently lie had some slight miSgiv-
ing as TO whether the public would be
perfectly suited with his invention.
and SO in his claim be makes this
parcnthetical entry:
Fish put up by this process may be
slightly unpleasant to the customer at
first. but he soon gets used 70 IL.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-03-30
AN INFANT PRODIGY.
Sir John Evelyn's Tribute 60 His Won
Gersui Child.

Ge-sui Child
OF ali the stories OF infant marre!s
the most touching IS that told by SIR
John Evelyn IN his diary when he re-
cords n his euaiDt. disni6ed style 'ee
death Of his wonderful little boy:
Died my deare son Richard. 10 our
toe1press;ble sriefe and a9:ct!"n. hv"
years and three days one!y. hut l, that
tender age 3 prodigy for wit; aud
learning. To give only 4 little TASTE
Of them and thereby glory TO God.
sense Of God. i; two and q halle old
be could perfectly vcade any OF yr
English Latire or French or Gothic
letters. proooupc!nE the drS; three
languages exactly. He had before th,.
9th yeare or IN thar yeare got by
heart almost the entire ocaouiarie o.!
Latin and French pr!mit!ves and
words. cuId make coograous syn,aS.
turne English into Latine. and vice
versa. cons,rue and prove wha: he
read and did the government ano Use
Of relatives. verbes. suhstan,iveS.
elipses and many figures and ;roDes
and made considerable progress 10 Co
menus Janca. began for himself 20
write legibly and bad z s,ronSe pas
sion for Greek. As TO his piety. aston
Ssh.ng were bis applications Of Scrip
tuce to the occasion. He detained
against ye vacicies OF the world before
be had scene any. So early kuowl-
edge. SO much piery and perfection!
SCch child I never ssw. and for
such a child blesse God. II weose
bosom, be ts."-ESchanse
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-03-30
The Butcher Birds Larder.

It IS possible that the butcher bird
curious and cruel habit Of inpalinS
various creatures upon hedge thorn IS
his way Of supporting bis wife during
her period Of seclusion. OF many spe-
cies the female IS fed By the male on
the nest. but the butcher birds prey
consists often Of creatures which are
too large 70 be eaten 1t mouthfIl.
Even II the male could always drag
these carcasses to the nest it is obv!'
Gus that the female could not eat them
there. so the Harder" may have been
hit upon as happy device 20 get over
the difficulty. the female fittin5 thith'
er to help herself whenever she IS hun
gv.-Country Life.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-03-30
a Solar SiexrL

On one occasion Sam Berger. the
bcawny fight manager. was in sna!!
California town sounding some OF the
residents as TO the possibility Of hold
ing prizeSSht- The local police force.
. c!owaish looking individual. with a
huge badge. heard Of Sans inrestiGa-
tons.
You can't hold no prlzedshc IN t:is
here town" said the police force
,hreatenins!y IN his best y be the
marshal" tones 1t is agin the law.
and won't stand for it,
law. beat It" said Berger in dis
gust. What do you know about law:
Why. your very appearance in public
IS a rnisdemeanor."-Lip