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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-19
Time Eo- Stiffness.

Mrs. MacLachlan was kind to her
American boarder, but sne did not pro-
pose to allow her to overstep the limits
Of boarder's privileges, and she made
1t very clear. One Sunday the boarder
returning from walk found the win
dows Of her room, which she had left
wide open, tightly closed.
"Oh, Mrs. MacLachlan, I don't Ike my
room to get stufy," she said when she
went downstairs again Il like plenty
Of fresh air."
seYour room VIII ma get stufy in one
day. said her landlady firmly. "'Twas
never our custom, miss, to hae fresh
air rooshin' about the house OF the
Sawbath."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-19
SIGNED IN A. HURRY.

cursous incident That Brought the
Savases 20 Terms.
The ambassador who would protect
his country's rights mrst exercise tact
and call into use the deepest learning.
And, after all, his plans may be frus-
trated or unexpectedly furthered by
some happening entirely beyond his
control. In biography Of Sir Robert
Hart, Juliet Bredon instances treaty
without parallel as case Of good
luck.
During one Of those terrible storms
which periodically sweep the shores
of Formosa an American vessel was
wrecked and the crew eaten by the
aborigines. The nearest American,
consul thereupon journeyed inland to
the savage territory in order to make
terms with the cannibals for future
emergencies
Unfortunately the chiefs refused to
listen and would have nothing to do
with the agreement prepared for their
signature.
The consul was irritated by their OBJ
stinacy. He had a bad temper and
glass eye, and when he lost the first
the second annoyed him Under great
stress Of excitement he occasionally
slipped the eye out for moment, rub
hed it violently on his coat sleeve, then
as rapidly replaced it This he alo
there in the council hut, utterly tor-
getful Of his audience and before
soul could say the Formosan equlva-
lent Of "Jack Robinson"
The chiefs paled, stiffened, shudder-
Cd with fright One with more pres
ence Of mind than his fellows called
for pen.
eyes, quick, a pen!' the word passed
from mouth to mouth. No more obst-
macy, no more hesitation; all OF them
clamored to sign, willing, even eager,
to yield to any demand that man
gifted with the supernatural power OF
taking out his eye and replacing it at
pleasure might make.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-19
A LIBERTY WITH TIME.
scastelar's Interrupted Lecture In the
University OF Madrid,

j Casteiar's Interrupted Lecture In the
University Of Madrid.
In Home Life In Spain is a fine
story Of the University Of Madrid.
which once haG among its professors
that Senior CASTELAR, who was for a
time president Of the short lived Span
ish republic But when Alfonso XII
was brought to Madrid after the fall
Of the republic CASTELAR,. with his com
panions, was eIled.
Some years afterward an amnesty
was proclaimed, and CASTELAR, returned
In triumph to Madrid to resume his
Office in the university. 4 vast gather
ing attended to hear his first lecture,
and the greatest orator il all Spain
mounted the rostrum, looked imper-
turbably ct, the sea Of eager faces sur
rounding him and began, "As was
saying yesterday" Como decla ayer).
Between that yesterday and this
Cay he had fought the battle Of the
fallen republic and had known the bit
terness Of years IN exile. AL memory
Of this, however poignant in the heart
Of CASTELAR,, had passed from the pro
sessor Of Madrid's university, and he
continued his lecture at the very point
at which it had been broken off.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-19
An Artists Joke.

Holman Hunt, who began life as
clerk to an auctioneer and estate
agent, was constantly drawing por-
traits when he should have been draw
ing up leases, and in his chosen pro-
fession he was never slow to seize the
aying moment. The windows In ms
room were made Of ground glass, and
as he had little to do he spent much
Of his time in drawing flies upon its
roughened surface. Abbot Of ink SUI
feed for the body and some delicate
pencil strokes for the wings, and at
distance the deception was perfect
Day by day the number increased, and
one morning his employer came IN,
stopped before the. window and eA-
claimed: .1 can't make out how it is.
Every day that come into this room
there seem to be more and more flies"
And, taking out his handkerchief, ne
attempted to brush them away.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-19
GETTING EXACT TIME.
A Very Simple Matter. According t.
This Mans Idea.

ms Mans idea.
There is nothing like having one
timepiece to correct the mistakes Of
another. Those people who keep a
clock in every room Of the house will
no doubt be glad to learn Of the ex-
pedient adoptcd by an old colored JAM
tor in an Office building in Chicago.
One day man whose Office was un-
der this janitor's charge asked him if
he had the exact time. 'tJust i mo-
ment, SIR" he said and pulled out
battered silver watch from a vest
pocket, looked at it, put it back and
then took pencil out Of another
pocket and jotted down something on
the back Of an envelope.
Next he produced second silver
watch from his trousers pocket, looked
at it and began to figure out some
thing on the paper. By and by he
said:
srWhen you asked, sir, it were jest
twenty seven minutes past 3-that's
exact
Much obliged" said the other, who
had been lingering his watch nervous.
". "But will you please tell me what
you we're doing all that arithmetic
for?"
|sWhy, you see," said the old man,
''this watch that carry in my vest is
a mighty good watch, only it gains ten
minutes every day. And this one is
mighty good one, too, but it loses ten
minutes every day. So I just look at
them both and then strike an average.
You'd be surprised, sir, to see what
simple matter it s."-EScha1ge.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-19
rha Masnstie Poles.

The magnetic poles are not station
ary. The northern one is slowly NOV
ing westward along the seventeen
parallel and in the course Of three or
four hundred years VIII probably have
encrcled the geographic north pole
and returned to about its present loca-
ton. OF course the southern magnetic
pole follows corresponding course
about the geographic south pole. In
such cities in the United States as
Omaha, Sioux City, Topeka, Galveston,
etc, the compass needle would point
about in the direction Of the north
star and the north pole that Com
mander Peary. reached. This geo
graphic pole is about 1,5oo niles north
OF the magnetic pole, toward which
the needles Of all compasses point
ST Nicholas.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-19
Difficult Horseback Feat.


There are no better horsemen in the
world than the cavalry, officers Of the
Italian army yet even among them
there are very few who could perform
the feat achieved by one Of them. To
run an ordinary foot race is easy
enough, but to run at full speed for
several hundred yards holding in one
hand a spoon on which rests an egg
and to reach the goal without dropping
the egg is a feat which must be prac-
ticed carefully a long time before It
can be performed successfully, and as
8 result there are not many who can
be sure Of accomplishing It whenever
they try. Great, therefore, was the
surprise when an Italian officer mount
ed on horseback performed this diff
cult feat. Moreover, he selected
course in which there were two OF
three high fences, and these he cleared
at full gallop without losing the egg:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-19
The Sedan Chair.

The sedan chair is named after Sc
dan, the town where it was first used.
The earliest mention Of it in England
occurs in 1851. Early in the following
century the Duke Of Buckingham
caused much indignation by its use IN
London. People were exasperated at
that uobleman employing his fellow
men to take the place Of horses to car
ry him. Prince Charles brought from
Spain in 1923 three curiously wrought
sedans, two Of which he gave to the
Duke Of Buckingham. a few weeks
after their introduction Massinger pro-
duced his play, .sThe Boodman, and
in it he thus adTerts to the ladies':
For their pomp and care being borne
In triumph on mems shoulders
The reference is doubtless to BUCK
inghanl's sedan, which was borne Ike
q palaaauin.-''Bygone England"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-19
The souad Sleep of Good Health

Can not be over estimated and any all
menJ that prevents it is a menace to
health. J. L. Southers, Eau Claire,
Wis, says: II have been unable to
sleep soundly nights, because of pains
across my back and soreness OF my kid
neys. Ny appetite was very poor and
my general condition was much run
down I have been taking Foley Kid
ney Pills but shor5.ttme and now sleep
as sound as rock, nay general condition
is greatly improved, and I know that
Foley Kidney Pills have cured me-"
W. F. Brown & Co,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-19
Teachers Examination, May S, 1911.

: - t
The next Teachers Examination will
be held at the court house in Manning
On Friday, May 9Th. 1911, beginning
promptly at 9 O'Clock. Every holder Of
a second or third grade certificate which
has expired or about to expire, saould
stand this examination as otherwise,
they may fail in having them recog-z
nized at a time which might be very
embarrassing to the holder.
The State Board OF Education will
continue the questions on agriculture.
These questions will be- based on two
bulletins: ''School Lessons in Corn.
and School Exercises in Plant Produc-
tion.' These bulletins will be mailed
free to every teacher apply lying for them.
Address card to the county superin-
tendent. All teachers or those expect
ing to teach must qualify under the law,
Or give place to those who do take the
pains to abide by the law. :s..! ..5s5s.=
E. ,J.-BROWNE, :. :.
County Supt: Education.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-19
Patchwork.


The idea that patchwork had it's
origin in America is not founded on
fact. a thousand years before the
Christian era queen Of Egypt went
down the Nile to her last resting place
under wonderful canopy Of skins
that were dyed and pieced together in
mosaic pattern Years before this
work had reached perfection and ac-
quired definite place among the arts.
Then. too. patchwork quilts were made
in England in the eighteenth century,
as witness the lines written by Cow
per to a Mrs. King upon receipt Of 90
kind present Of q patchwork quilt OF
her own making."-Woman's Home
Companion.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-19
STATE or SOUTH CAROLINA
County Of Clarendon.

BY James IL. Windham,. ESQ.,, Pro-
Z s' bate Judge ss..aS:..
tOWBEREAS, John O. Martin made
suit to me- to grant him Letters Of:
Administration OF the Estate and
effects Of Marion Martin.
THESE ARE THEREFORE, to cite,
and admonish all and sing gplar the kin:
;dred and creditors Of the said Marion
Martin, deceased, that they be- andF
appear before: me, in the Court of Pro
bate, to be held at Manning on the.
14th day OF April next, alter publi-i
cation hereof, at IL o'c o'clocksin the fore.
noon, to show cause, il any they have,
why the said abstraction should not,
be granted. z.
Given under my: hand, this 223rd day
of March, A. %. :l910 sis:5s sisis15s
[sEAL. JAMES M. WINDHAM,
Judge Of Probate.A
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-19
NOTICE.

Pursuant to the direction of the
Board Of Directors oi Clarendon Tele-
ephonc Company, meeting of stock
holders is hereby called. and will be
held on May 1st, 1911. at the Office of
Abe Levi, Esq. in the Town OF Man
ming. S. c., attwelve o'clock noon, for
the purpose OF authorizing the issuance
of bonds of the Company to the extent
of S., 900 and the execution Of a mort
gage covering the property and prop
erty rights OF the Company to secure
said issue Of bonds.
ABE LEVI, President
ROBERT SHELOR. Sec.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-19
a Mighty Man.

Topham, the prince Of English
strong men, bad knots Of muscles
where the armpits are in the ordinary
man. he could take a bar Of iron one
ana one-haif. inches in diameter and
Eve feet long, place the middle Of it
over the back Of his neck and then
force the ends forward until they met
before his fsce. On one occasion he
called upon a village blacksmith and
made Of him an everlasting enemy by
picking up a number Of horseshoes
and swapping them in two as easily as
Il they had been pine sticks
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-19
One Conductor Helped Back to Work.

Mr.. Wilford Adams is his name, and
he writes: .sI was confined to my bed
with chronic rheumatism and used two
bottles of Folev's Kidney Remedy with
GOOD effect. The third bottle put me
on my feet and 1 resumed work as con-
ductor on the Lexington, KY, Street
Railway. 1t will do all you claim in
cases of rheumatism. 1t clears the
blood of uric acid W. E. Brown & Co..
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-19
Gives Aid To Strikers.

Sometimes liver. kidneys and bowels
seem to go on strike and refuse TO work
right. Then you need those pleasant
little strike-breakers-Dr. Kings New
Life Pills-to give them natural aid and
gently compel proper action. Excellent
health soon follows. Try them. 25c. at
all druggists.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-19
|, Reliable MeS:sI.a-Not a Narcotic.

Mrs. F. Marti. St. Joe. Mich, says:
"Our little boy contracted \ severe
bronchia! trouble and as the doctors
medicine did coc cure him, | gave him
Foler'S Honey and Tar Compound in
which [ have great faith. It cured the
cough as well as the chokiag and gag
ging spells, and he got well in short
time. Foley'S Honey and Tar Com
pound has many times saved US much
trouble and we are never without it in
the house" W E. Brown 4 Co.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-19
Earliest Use Of Mineral Ink.

In ancient tines india ink, made
from lampblack and glue, was used
for writing on papyri, but inspection
Of the earliest vellum or parchment
MSS. shows that iron gall inks were
introduced not later than the ninth
century. The reason for the change
was that, although a ca bon ink IS
more permanent, it has no penetrating
power and can be sponged from the
vel1um, whereas the iron ink bites IL
to the 6bers and resisE the destruc-
tive action Of both air and light.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-19
Aae and Youth.

". D. HowelIs said Of old age at
one Of his Sunday afternoons:
cage is modester than youth. I've
often noticed that when T tell moth
er that her daughter is the image OF
what she was herself at nineteen the
mother is delighted, but the daughter
looks startled"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-19
IT'S Ecrai Don't Exist.

No one has ever made salve. ONT
ment or balm TO compare with Buck
lens Arnica Salve. It's the one perfect
healer of cuts, corns, burns, bruises,
sores, scaIds. boils. ulcers, eczema, salt
rheum. For sore eyes. cold sores, chap
ped hands or sprains,it's supreme. In
rivaled for piles. Try it. Only 23c. at
all Gru ooiStS.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-19
rheumatism Relieved in s Hours.

DR.. DETcHoN's RELIEF For RHEU-
NATISM usually relieves. seyerest cases
in few hours. Its action upon the
system is remarkable and effective. 1t
removes the cause and the disease
quickly disappears. First dose benefits.
75c. and 81. Sold BY ". E. Brown & Co.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-19
Too Strong.

s.My boy tells me you discharged
him. said the late Office boys mother.
ssYou advertised for strong bog, and
I certainly thought he was strong
enough"
Madam replied the merchant, "he
was too strong. he broke all the rules
Of the Office and some Of the furniture
in the two days he was with u.s.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-19
a Ri4e and q Peck.

His Wife-This paper tells of wo-
man who suffered two weeks from the
effects Of a mosquito bite Her Hus-
band-That's nothing. 7 know a man
who has suffered for years from the
effects Of a henpeck.-ChcaSo News.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-19
vo,,r Vocatton-

It is well for a man to respect his
own vocation, whatever it is, and TO
think himself bound to uphold it and
to claim for it the respect it deserves.
Charles Dickens.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-19
Turn 70 the Light.

Il there is anywhere on yoC-' hori-
zon SPOT &C light, fix your eyes upon
it and turn your thoughts away from
the clouds which may cover the rest
Of the sky.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-19

Good results always follow the use of
Foley Kidney Pills. They give prompt
relief in all cases OF kidney aao bladder
disorders. Try them. ". f. Brown
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-19
Courage.

Courage that grows from constltu-
ton often forsakes the man when he
has occasion for it; courage which
arises from a sense Of dut- acts in 2
uniform manner.-AddiSon.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-19
His Fishing Trips.

"Pa, where d. -you go fshing?'
ssAIy son. never go fishing nova
days"
well, Mt. Snarler said last night
you were always throwing a sprat to
catch a mackerel."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-19
Your Occuoation.

Every occupation lifts itself with the
enlarsing life Of him who practices T.
The occupation that will not DO that
no man really has q right to occupy
himself about.-Phillips Brooks.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-19
Made 10 by Herself.

Made Up By Herself.
Si6cus-We hear Of many self made
men, but seldom Of a self made Wo-
man. Cynicus-How about the wo-
man whose face is her fortune?-Phil-
adelphia Record.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-19
.yus+ Ike Shoooinu.

First Sufra gette-1f you were run
ming for Office, would you buy votes!
Second -Sufra agette-Not unless they
could be changed or credited--Llfe.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-19

Misfortunes have their dignity and
their redeeming power.-Hillard
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-19
Then He Know Of Course

Then He Know Of Course.
Husband-Does that new novel turn
out happily? Welt doesn't say. 1t
only says they were marriea.-St> Louis
9tar.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-19

The man who owes everything to bis
wife seldom pays it back.-Life.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-19

Come and look our Line over for
values i'm Lace and Embroidery. we
have the leadership. The important
feature of our Goods is that Our
price is no higher for spring 1911
than 1910.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-08-15
The Good Work Of Agricultu-
raj Colleges.

1t is no uncommon thing to hear
criticisms of our Agricultural Colleges
on the score that many OF their grad
yates turn to other lines of work than
that of farming after passing through
college. Is that a valid criticism?
No. | would not have son of mine
pass through a college of any kind
with the idea that he is to be drilled
for special kind of work and nothing
else. The real work of an educati on
is not to stuff young person with in
formation, however valuable, but to
develop his mental faculties so that
he may be qualified to carry on his
persuit after his line OF work has been
chosen. The young man who steps
from the college with his diploma in
his hand is not a finished product, he
is merely qualified with disciplined
mind to take up some particular line
of work and prosecute it successfully.
after he has left the college walls.
The man who stands in the shade and
whets his scythe is doing very neces-
sary work toward cutting the field of
grass, but he becomes an expert in
moving only by swinging that scythe
as he lays the cut grass in swaths.
He will make far better Roadway in
the hay field than the one who has
dull scythe. So the educated man
with his disciplined mind will far
outstrip the one with an unframed
mind in any of the persuits of life.
We do not go to college merely to ac-
uuire knowledge but to fit ourselves
to acquire knowledge in our chosen
line of work. And this acquisition
of knowledge goes on during all our
lives. l am acquiring knowledge now
after having passed my "three score
years and ten" and can do such work
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-08-15
THE GREEN APHlS.

According to letters that have come
to me judge that the ravages of the
green aphis must be bad in certain
localities this summer. ] am not
surprised at this. Up to the middle
of July the spring and summer were
remarkably cool. Cool weather is
favorable to the aphides of all kinds.
These insects are classed as the soft :
shelled insects as all lice are. Very
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-08-15

hot weather is very destructive to
these soft-shelled insects. 1t would
greatly surprise any one. who has no
experience along this line, to see
what havoc will be wrought among all
forms of aphis by few hot DAYS. If
the springs are cool in the Yakima
valley the aphides multiply very
rapidly, but as soon as tie mperature
of 80 or more is reached, they are
cooked so completely that no further
harm is done that summer. Somehow
few survive the heat, Just enough
for seed," but their damage is not
perceptible. Now in sections where
the summers remain cool, these in
sects continue their destructive work.
1t is claimed by one of the best in
formed horticulturists on Puget
Sound that the green aphis does more
harm in this region than the codling
moth. The same is true in the higher
and colder regions of Montana. 1t
follows, therefore, that in any section
where the temperature rarely reaches
80 above, the ravages of the green
aphis will have to be fought.
What is the best way to destroy
this pest? One of the best things to
be done is to render the eggs nonfer
tile. The eggs of the green aphis can
be found on the young twigs of in
tested apple trees. II we spray in
the winter or early spring, before the
leaves put out, with the lime-sulphur
wash, it will destroy the fertility Of
the eggs. A strong solution of kero-
sene emulsion will accomplish the
same result. Where the San Jose
scale has to be dealt with, the lime
sulphur wash is to be preferred, for
in this way we kill the scale and de-
stroy the eggs Of the green apbls.
Prevention is always better than a
cure if it is equally effective. In
the summer we can use kerosene
emulsion, a strong solution of whale
oil soap or almost any sticky sub
stance. We can not use strong caustic
sprays in the summer time for these
will injure the foliage. We must use
a spray that will close up the breath
ing pores of these insects. They have
no lungs but breathe through small