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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-27
--erfui Paper.

a surveyor when inspecting one OF
the cottages under his care had MS
attention called By the tenant to a
large diagonal crack in one OF the
walls, close 70 which they were stand
ing, with the remark from Mrs.
Hodge, II am afraid, sir, as the oid
house be a-coming down, Sir"
"We will see to this said the
agent, and, taking from his pocket a
few strips Of stamp edging. be pasted
them tansyersely over the assure SO
that he might on his next visit see
whether the crack had extended ano
whether it was a settlement or not
On his calling about month after
ward be found the pieces OF stamp
edgins still remaining unbroken and,
pointing out to the old lady that the
crack had not opened any farther
was amused with this unhesitatns
remark: Yes. sir. but Whcd Ia
thought as two or three such bits OF
paper would ha' held un together"-
London Answers
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-27
The Man Guessed Right.

In church at Amsterdam there is a
very ancient funeral monument or
white marble on which are engraved q
pair Of slippers Of very singular kind
with this inscription. "Effen Nyt
which means exactly" and the story
Of this singularlty Is this: a man
who was very rich, but who was bon
vivant, took 1t into his head that he
was to live certain number of years
and no longer. Under the impression
Of this idea he calculated that if be
spent so much a year dis estate and
his life would expire together 1t hap
pened that he was not mistaken IN
either Of his calculations; be died pre-
cisely at that time which be had pre-
sented to himself IN fancy and had
then brought bis fortune to such q
predicament that after the paying Of
his debts be had nothing left but .
pair Of slippers. His relations buried
him In a creditable manner and had
the slippers carved on his tomb with
the above laconic advice.-Taies and
Anand0tpS
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-27
How They Did Hate Wagner

Wagners music was at one time yio
lently opposed in England, and Ford
MADDOX Hueffer. whose father was
musical critic Of the London Times.
gives in his Ancient Lights some
curious instances Of the lengths to
which the campaign was carried The
compositions Of Wagner were denounc'
ed as being atheistic. sexually I'M
moral and tending to further socialism
and the throwing Of bombs. Wagner
ties We're threatened with assassina-
ton, and assaults between critics OF
the rival schools were things not un'
known in the foyer Of the opera. |
have in ny possession three letters
from three different members OF the
public addressed to my father. The
writers stated that unless DR.. Hueffer
abstained from upholding the bias.
phemous music Of the future-and IN
each case the writer used the word
blasphemous-he would be respective
IL stabbed, ducked in horsepond ana
beaten to death by hired roughs."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-27
a Cusiaus Swiss Custom.

In one part OF the canton OF Ilclho'
Switzerland, a very quaint marriage
ceremony prevails. The bridegroom
dresses In his Sunday best and. ac-
companIed by Us many friends ana
relatives as he can muster for the fete,
goes t6 claim bis bride. Finding the
door locked, be demands admittance.
The inmates ask him his business, and
he solicits the hand Of his chosen
maiden. If his answer is deemed sat
isfactory he is successfully introduced
to a number Of matrons and maids,
some perhaps deforued and Others Old
and ugly. Then be is presented to
some large dolls. all Of whom be re-
iects with scorn amid general nerri'
ment. The bridegroom. whose temper
Is sometimes sorely tried. Is then in
formed that his ladylove is absent
and Is invited to come in and see for
himself. He enters and searches from
room to room until be finds her IN her
bridal dress ready to 50 to church.
Then all his anxiety IS at an end. and
the nuptials are duly celebrated.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-27
o.voen as a Cuttino Tool.

A let of burning oxygen from a
blowpipe mag be successfully employ
ed to cut sheet ron, iron tubes and
small bars. The cut made IS almost
as sharp and thin as that made by
saw. In earlier attempts difficulty was
encountered in clearing the cut or
LIQUID metal and in preventing the
spread OF the melting effect beyond the
borders Of the cut In later processes
two blowpipes we're used. The first has
an ordinary ozyhydrogen fame, which
heats the iron to redness at the place
where the cut Is to be made. This IS
followed Immediately by the second
jet. composed Of pure oxygen. which
instantly burns the metal without
melting. The liquidized iron is blown
swiftly from the assure, so that there
IS no serious spreading Of the heat to
surrounding parts.-st- Louis Republic.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-27
Natures Rifle Bullets

What man has learned by dlnt Of
thought and experiment some Of the
lower animals appear to know through
instinct. An instance is furnished By
what Is called the spiral swimming
Of certain organisms, such as the
spherical shaped volvox and several
elongated irfusorians. as these re-
yolve about the axis Of progression in
the manner Of a projectile fred from
o rihed gun, the consequence IS that
they are able to travel in q straight
line, as they could not do otherwise,
the revolution compensating with abb
solute precision Tor any tendency to
deviate from a straight course. With.
out such a device many Of these
minute creatures would simply de-
scribe circles, making no forward prog
ress
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-27
Two DAYS In One.

Chatham island. lying off the coast
of New Zealand, in the south Pacific
ocean, is peculiarly situated, as 1t is
one of the few habitable points Of the
globe where the day Of the week
changes. It is just on the line OF the
demarcatiop between dates. There at
12 noon on Sunday Sunday ceases. and
instantly Monday meridian begins.
Sunday comes into mans house on
the east side and becomes Monday by
the time it passes out of the western
door. A man sits down to his noon
day dinner on Sunday, and it is Mon.
day noon before he finishes it-Lon'
don Globe
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-27
Wonder What Tennyson Said.


In his volume Of "reminiscences Pro
fessor E. B. Poulton writes of a visit
to Boston, where he met several nota-
bles.
Holmes spoke Of Emerson stamping
his foot with rage when he could not
remember name He mentioned the
Corbett-A1itchell priZe6ght, which had
lust taken place. and said. II own to a
lurking sympathy with prizcfghtins,
perhaps because I am so untitled Tor
the ring myself" He told Professor
poulton he would never repeat 10
any one what Tennyson said to him
when he entered his house. William
James pressed him to do so with the
assurance, There are no reporters
here" But Dr.. Holmes replied with
emphasis: "I have said that will new
er tell any one. It was not a thing
that / should have supposed any man
would say to a guest be had invited to
his house.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-27
A Great Advantage to Working Men.

J. A. Maple, 125 S. 7th ST., Steuben:
vile, o., says: ''For years suffered
from weak kidneys and q severe bladder
trouble. learned of Foley Kidney Pills
and their wonderful cures so began
taking them and sure enough I had as
good results as any I heard about. My
backache left me and to one of my bust
ness, expressman, that alone is great
advantage. Ny kidneys acted free and
normal, and that saved me lot OF mis-
cry. It is now pleasure to work where
it used to be a misery. Foley Kidney
Pills have cured me and have my high
est praise" Dicksop's Drug Store.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-27
Forced To Leave Home.

Every year large number of Door
sufferers, whose lungs are sore and
racked with coughs, are urged to go 10
another climate. But this is costly and
not always sure. There's a better way
Let DR.. Kings Dew Discovery cure you
at home. st cured me of lung trouble, "
writes W. r. Nelson, of Calamine, Ark,
"when all else failed and gained A
pounds in weight. Its surely the king
of all cough and lung cures" Thous-
ands owe their lives and health to it.
It's positively guaranteed for Coughs
all Throat and Lung troubles. SOC and
ST LOO. Trial bottles free at all druggists.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-27
Quick Acticn.

! southern farmer was trying to sell
q mule to :. negro who rwo years be-
fore had been kicked on the head by
the animal.
'.Of course" said the farmer, this
mule kicks. but
Il don wan him." objected the col
ored MAJ emphatically.
"Just because he kicks:' asked the
farmer, with an air of contempt.
"Humph!" grunted the negro. Dat
mule dom kick; he shoots. Popular
Magazine
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-27
Snanish Etiquette.

There is curious story Of how the
Duke d'Aosta when king OF Spain
told a muleteer to whom he was talk
ing to cover himself, the sun being
hot, forgetting that by so doing be
made the muieteer grandee- Mar
shal Prim, to prevent this catastrophe,
knocked the mans hat out Of his
hand, and, according to some, the mule
teer had something to do with the as
sassination that followed few days
afterward.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-27
Rooms to Let Sims In Paris.

The Partisan householder who has
more room than he requires does not
simply put out a card printed in small
type which will lure from across the
street weary man or woman who
Is in search Of "unfurnished," but finds
that here are only furnished rooms"
or the other way about. 4 white card
on Partisan dwelling means that
furnished apartments are to let and
all who run may read. 4 yellow card
conveys to the passerby the knowledge
that unfurnished lodgings are there
ayailabIe.-Boston Post.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-27
a Witty Thief.

Munich has been visited By thief
with q sense Of humor. Several days
ago all the clocks in the ministry OF
railways came to a standstill. The
central or master clock" which con-
trols all the others, had been stolen.
In its place was sheet Of paper with
the words, "Time was made for
slaves"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-27
When kniahthood Was In Flower.

When kniehthood Was In Flower.
Mrs. Liteknight-Could you oblge
me with heavy hammer, a chisel,
your pincers and half dozen rirets
Mrs. Knightlight-Certainly. Are yo.
doing a little sewing for the children
Mrs. Liteknight-No. My husband
ripped his Sunday coat yesterday, and
I want to mend It.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-27
Fo1ey's Honey and Tar Compound

still remains its high place as the best
household remedy for all coughs and
colds, either for children or grown per-
sons. Prevents serious results from a
cold. Take only the genuine Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound, ard refuse
substitutes Dickson's Drug Store.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-27
Before You Reach tie Limit

of physical endurance and while your
condition is still durable. take Foley
Kidney Pills. Their quick action and
positive results will delight you. For
backache. nervousness, rheumatism,
and all kidney, bladder aud urinary
troubles. Dickson's Drug Store.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-27
Easier Way.

Don't you think it must be dread
full thing to live from hand to mouth? ?"
. 81 don't know. I live myself FROM
hand to foot"
'How's that?"
"My tradesman hands out the bills.
and my husband foots them. ."-Balti-
more American.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-27
MAKING a Hero.

\ rourishing supper, good nights
sleep and 9 fine morning have often
made a hero Of the same man who
by indigestion, restless night and a
rainy morning would have proved d
coward Chesterfield
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-27
Pen and Sword.

DO sou believe the pen is mighter
than the sword?"
'.Of course it is. Who ever had to
pay S25,Oo0 damages in q breach OF
promise case on account Of the sword
be carried ?"-Chicago Record-Herald
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-27
Comma Down.

The Madam with hand to her
head)-Is my hair coming down, Kate?
The A1aid-Yes, ma'am, in q minute.
I'm going right upstairs for it now
Yonkers Statesman.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-27
The HOME BANK AND TRUST CO..
MANNING, S. G.

Banking is all Ladies need Bank in
their affairs also ladies to have it known that
they money the house, temptation to robbers Be
sides this although ladies seem money better than
even hev can save by deposn in Bank and hay
inc all expenditures than by keeping the cash
There is another very good why this should be done
YOU place IN our savings will be earning four per
cent interest, computed quarterly for you
We large number Of lady depostos and are
making a special effort to please them
The Washington herald., 1911-10-01
ARITHMETIC.
By Marguerite Ogden Bigelov

By Marguerite Ogden Bigelow.
HERE are two ways of doing arithmetic and two
sorts of examples to do. Some people do sort,
some the other.
There are those who add plants to the gardens
before their doors no comforts to the houses
where they dwell new ideas to the business
at which they labor
Who by their pessimism subtract from the courage
of their friends and by their lack Of interest in
the common veal subtract from the beauty
and ideaIity of the community life
Who multiply causes Of dissension between acquant
ances, causes Of friction between employers and
employees, causes of strife in families and causes
Of failure in those too closely associated with
them.
Who divide nothing Of their but their anxietes.
doubts and fears, sharing these freely that others
may worry and doubt and fear with them.
There those who give but fractional part of the
love and service they owe.
AND
There are those who add fair flowers and luscious
fruit to their own gardens and the gardens Of
their neighbors, who, aided by sun and rain,
create pleasure for every passerby who make
homes out of houses in which they live, leaving
them more beautiful than when they found them;
who bring a new spirit of intelligence and power
into every business at which they labor. -
Those who, by their optimism, subtract from the
weakness or their friends ana take away from une
community life only those elements that make for
sickness, stupidity, evil, ugliness and death.
Who multiply reasons for loyalty and good faith in
the home and the Office the school and the church,
joining hands in friendship that are already near
enough together and forming partnerships founded
on integrity.
Who ready to divide their enthusiasm with you,
to share their courage and their life as well as
their books, their flowers and their dinners.
And there are those who are always striving to push
the decimal point to the right past the place
where they must stop giving.
Which is the better way to do arithmetic and which
are the better xamplesl
The Washington herald., 1911-10-01

Brown laughed Read that, too" he said, giving
Moran another paper also embossed with the official
stamp. 1t a letter from the Prime Minister to
the Home Secretary, and it read:-"I sending you
the draft of the Railway bill again. Clause " is still
not quite clear it might be- Passed as it stands
1t might give the debenture holders opening for
litigation. If you agree with you might look in at
Downing street tomorrow morning before the Cab
met meeting. 1 shall be back in town about eleven
and you might have lunch with me If the notice is
not too short. We will settle the wording them"
1t was in the handwriting Of and signed by the
Premier, and the date that of ten days ago.
Does that convince your"
ut convinces that there is a railway BILL but it
does not prove that this is it, Moran said putting
his finger on the copy of the draft.
IF you look at the bill again you will see altera
tions in the writing of the Premier" This
do you know why there has been delay in bring
ing 1t before Parlament?'
Yes"
What is the reasonT
4 won't tell 5ou that 1 do not know how far 1t
would harm my brotherin-law."
Wont the fact that the draft has been taken do
that?"
mo. The bill is printed now, though not published
My brother-in-law is away leave. Before he re-
turns shall put 1t back in his desk"
Moran went back to McVitee
ITS all right" he said; we've got the SCOOP viii
you print another edition?"
"Yes. How did you get it?"
"a man has sold me the news, and he backs it I'D
with the loan Of copy Of the draft of the bill and
letter concerning it in the Premiers own fist"
who is the man?"
81 can't tell yod."
you can't, eh? Well, get the stuff turned out
can give you thirty-hve minutes"
Telefer Moran went away to his desk and wrote:-
The State is about to assume ownership of the
railways Of the country.
The Morning Record is in a position exclu-
sively to announce that the government intends
shortly to introduce bill to nationaIIze all the
railways in Great Britain and no further atten-
tion need be paid to the none too scrupulous
denials Of what this newspaper has now estab-
Hshed to be fact.
The provisions Of the bill as follows-
He copied them verbatim and concluded by state
ment Of the capital Of each of the railways of the
country. He was too-utterly weary to attempt to
simplify the language Of the bill He took his copy"
to Mcvitee
'Will you sub 4? be said. "n you feel fresh
enough perhaps you will put in a couple of para
graphs telling people the exact effect Of the bIll"
The Washington herald., 1911-10-01

stacks Of the paper came in through the open window
he woke the sleeper.
'You must give me your name and address" he
said.
my name is Done Brown and my address is the
ground floor of Hades If the documents intend to
show you do not convince you I'll say good morning
and SO. But touching that bread and cheese?'
That's on the way over by now"
And what about the money!"
"Ill write you out promise to pay you that. Nat
urally If it's not true you won't get anything"
The man rose and put his hat on -.
o.. "Il advance you pound on account out of my
own pocket II you'll give me a receipt"
"An right though don't know what the signature
Done Browns worth. That bread and cheese is
long while coming"
came along the passage "and here's the sovereign
He sat down and wrote an undertaking to pay the
balance Of f49 If the news proved true.
Brown" started to eat at This is English
cheddar," he commented. well, read these papers,"
He handed a long envelope to Moran, who drew out
two sheets Of official foolscap, closely covered with
writing 1t the text of the Railway Nationalist
tIon bill. He pushed a copy block across the table
to Brown and pencil.
Write BE 1t enacted by the Kings most excellent
Majesty" he said.
"Oh you make me tired
Write it."
well, just to humor you. He wrote the words
rapidly without hesitation and Moran compared them
with the handwriting Of the draft and found sim
ilarity.
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was not likely to get confirmation Of 1t until after one
Of the liberal papers had had It But If he could 6eat
the Monitor the paper the Cabinet spoke through all
the greater triumph. e..
The ethics Of the thing did not be conceived, con.
Germ him at all. On his own confession or boast
had tried to levy blackma the strength Of threat
to publish it. -. = 80 .-' "a.
But that was matter for his conscience, not for
Morans who; though his personal code was high as
any ones had no scruples where news was concerned
If the Morning Record had known one or two things
he had DONE he would not have stayed the paper;
but also 1t would not have had quite such reputa-
ton for scoops. What was known was that TeIefer
Moran never "Iet them down" He delivered the
goods" he accurate in his facts, though he
very often reticent as to how he got them
When the two got into the office Moran went to
hnd the night editor but he had gone McVitee, one
last edition through 1t already in the press and
he was the point Of going home.
What you doing here at this hour Of the morn
ing, MoranT"
II think-Tm not sure yet-that l have come In
with of the biggest beats have ever had Will
you stand by for half an hourT'
What is your SCOOP"
The Railway Naturalization bill 1 think it's
going to be introduced"
You're not sure?"
II shall kuoy in half an hour"
"If 1t any but you. Moran, who came in here
saying he had scoop, but he wasn't sure, Id tell
The Washington herald., 1911-10-01

your money. What about that bread and cheese and
beer: he asked again. You may find that bread and
cheese and beer well spent" He spoke convincngly.
You shall have it. What is your name"'
My name is Done Brown. What it used to be has
ceased to be matter of moment. Spell it D-u-n-n-e
and call 1t aristocratc, Are you walking to High
gate?"
No"
Shall fetch taxicab?" the constable asked
Moran.
DO, there's good fellow" The policeman went
on his errand
Now, Mr.. Journalist" said the man, II may as we'll
tell you that unsuccessful blackmailer and
thief. That will obviate misunderstanding
You begin to interest me-" Moran answered.
Whom did you try to blackman and what have you
stoen?"
The Prime Minister and copy of the draft of the
Railway Naturalization bill"
Why you not arrestedT'
You probably know that the blackmailer does not
son."
81 have gathered so much"
Very we'll. Now, if 1 give you copy of that bill
what will your paper pay me?
Fifty pounds if it is a scoop. How did you get tT'
THAT is of those intimate details that cannot
enlarge upon. But 1 have brother-fn-law who is
something under government, and more than
thing careless in his habits. not a successful
blackmailer because the Prime Minister has told
in the daintiest official English, by means of an ad
vertisement in the Times, to go to Tophet and stay
there. am down the ground floor of it now. But
here is your friend in blue with our cab"
Moran thought swiftly. If he took the man home
to Highgate and found that what he said was true,
he would not be able to do anything with the infor
nation until the next day. Therefore he ordered the
chauffeur drive to the offices Of the Morning Record
There would just be time to bring out special edi-
ton with the scoop, if it scoop. Twenty-four
hours delay might mean that every paper in London
would have the news.
He had no doubt in his own mind that the man was
telling him the truth Rumor had been very persistent
that the about to introduce this meas
ure The Morning Record. as an opposition paper.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-01

him to go to hell But your ways ways Of mystery,
and your end will be dark. Go and make up your
mind in your own secret way, and God have mercy
you I'm drunk with sleep"
Moran went back to the waiting room having first
sent across to the club for food and found the man
asleep two chairs His mouth was open and he
snored. Down in the basement the presses were
roaring and the building shook with the vibration Of
them The noise Of carts Gathering away laden with
The Washington herald., 1911-10-01
TELE F Err
MORAN
AN EPISODE OF
FLEET STREET
By T. DoP9gs7n @ Be1lsy

-k Co. All rights reserved0
as whether it is true or not tnat the government
means to nationalize the railways"
IF I could find that out for certain"-
Yes if you could. What about that bread and
cheese and beer?"
"Oh, here's shilling" Moran felt utterly weary.
Il can accept your hospitality but cannot accept