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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-28
HM,t;no the Best of Things"

There are several injudictous ways
Of making the best Of things. One OF
them is illustrated by the humble
young curate, pictured long ago IN
Punch. who protested when the blsh-
90, his host, expressed doubts Of an
egg the curate was eating, "Oh, no,
my lord; assure you some parts OF it
are excellent Fancy looking on the
bright side Of a bad egg! The effort
was surely less 1ngratiating than the
curate supposed. Indeed, this habit OF
seeing good in everything may become
the most unendurable Of virtues-as
distressing as grim patience, which IS
a common and effective method OF
wearing out the mind. 1 like to re-
member the complacent old lady VINO
said when q friend reminded her that
she had had little trouble in life, Eyes,
but I've made the most Of what have
had" She chose more wisely than the
people who come exhausted out OF their
victories over circumstance. Wounds
Of the spirit are glorious only when
the battle has been mighty-Atanuc
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-28

the candidates now announced. l
believe it would be well anyway
for a tentative candidate to come
out now, so if one Of the present
already announced candidates re-
tires on something happens which
is calculated to cause the people
to turn from him, there would still
be Il choice to vote for. l know
this suggestion will not meet
with the approval of the friends
of either Jones or Blease, | am
sure Jones's friends would not
approve Of it because their rea-
son in getting him to announce
so early was to keep others from
entering. Blease l. do not sup
pose would approve because he
feels that he is entitled to have a
second term with a legislature
that is in accord with him, and
therefor any man Of his side to
enter now would be regarded III
the light Of opposition.
am frequently asked what l
think of the situation, now that
the legislature has adjourned, my
answer is to all. if the election
were to come off now Blease
would be elected by a larger ma
iority than before. The action Of
the legislature in my opinion,
has rather helped than hurt
Blease, ut the same time there is
much to be CONSIDERED when the
two candidates meet on the hust-
iugs, if Blease does not show to
advantage against Jones he IS
beat. if be does he will win. 1t is
on the stump that BIease relies
to get even with the members Of
legislature who permitted them
selves to be led by Stevenson, the
man who has personally been
the financial beneficiary Of legis-
lation for the past few years,
thousands of dollars have found
their way into his pockets by the
investigation and the rows had
of late years, and I believe he
will get his fingers into more Of
the States money as a result OF
the investigation now to be be-
! gun. With Stevenson it is always
something in a financial way for
Stevenson-hence he shrewdly
muddies the situation whenever
it suits his purpose to do so, and
there are any unexpected bal
ances to getaresolution for" The
fellows who were hypnotised by
him will hear from the governor
when he reaches their counties
in the campaign, and when he
reads their titles, some Of them
may exclaim "woe is me. A.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-28
Eabyhood In Japan.

The great day in the japanese child's
life is the Miyamairi, or the temple
visit, which may be said to correspond
roughly with the western christening
The infant, if boy, on the thirty-frst
day, and If girl, on the thirty third.
Is carried to the temple and is placed
under the guardianship Of a Special
deity chosen by the parents. For this
occasion the most beautiful Grape
clothes that the parents or grandpar-
ents can afford are used, consisting Of
a set Of three, the outer one being
marked with the family crest and gay
with silk Innings. Excep@.n dress. no
difference is made in the first year or
two Of q male or female Infants life.
White is the color OF mourning and is
never used for children Scarlet is the
baDy's color, but after the first year
the boy baby's clothing IS Of blue or
brown and black striped materials,
while the kimono Of the little girl Is:
much brighter. with large patterns OF.
birds and flowers and leaves, with &
profusion Of crimson and pink, which
diminishes with age.-Cbicago Record
Herald.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-28
a TimeIv Iioht.

a French minister tells Of an incl
dent during a voyage to India: "One
dark evening I sat in my cabin feel
ing thoroughly unwell, as the sea was
rising fast and I was but poor sailor
Suddenly the cry Of Man overheard!
made me spring to my feet. I heard
a trampling overhead, but resolved
not to 90 on deck lest / should inter-
fere with the crew in their efforts to
save the poor man.
"sWhat can I do? asked myself,
and, instantly unlocking my lamp, /
held it near the top Of my. cabin and
close to my bullseye window, that its
light might shine on the sea and as
near the ship as possible. In a half
minutes time I heard the joyful cry,
its all right; he's safer upon which
I put my lamp In its place. The next
day, however, was told that my lit
tie lamp was the sole means Of say
Ing the mans life. 1t was only by me
timely light which shone upon him
that the knotted rope could be thrown
so as to come within his reach,
Christian Herald.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-28
Believed In Closed Windows.

An old Yale man, giving bis remnls-
cences Of President Noah Porter, re-
called a talk the kindly gentleman
gave to his freshman class. young
gentlemen said the president, the
air Of New Haven is especially heavy
and damp at night, owing to the pro3-
unity Of the city to the sea, and wish
to advise you always to keep your win
doHs closed at night; otherwise your
health will be likely to suffer" Inat
was the advice Of the president OF the
institution. 1t is significant OF the e1-
tent to which ideas change with the
years. Now everybody is for out Oh
doors air, and the person who followed
the advice Of President Porter would
be condemned out Of hand; and yet, II
we are not mistaken. that gentleman
managed to live out his threescore
years and ten and do them about
eleven better. He was born in ISL
and died in 1892. he believed in closed
windows.-Hartford Courant.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-28
Tbev Sink Backward.

seHippopotamuses are the only water
animals that sink backward when go
ing under the surface Of the water
said a keeper in the Central park men-
agerie to group Of visitors in front
of the animals tank.
aquatic animals. as rule. owe
into the water head first and make
more or less splashing. But the hippo
goes down so quietly that if hunter
were standing near the edge OF an
African pool the big river horse would
disappear without attracting attention.
They keep up the custom in captivity
where there is no necessity Of guard
ing against enemies AS they so down
they throw up their noses and MI
their lungs. have timed this specl'
men and found that she can stay IN
der water for five minutes. She then
comes up with q snort and takes a
fresh supply Of air. Perhaps she
could stay down longer Il she was
trying to avoid danger.''-New YORK
Sun.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-28
Famous Snuff Takers.

The eighteenth century was the age
Of snuff taking par excellence. The
custom was general among all classes
of people. 1t was an act Of politeness
for well bred men to offer their snuff.
boxes to we'll bred women. Women
themselves carried their own boxes
and interchanged pinches with the gen.
tlemen. at fashionable dinner parties
after the cloth was removed snut-
boxes were passed around. Pope and
3olingbroke. Swift and Congreye, Ad-
olson and Steele, all INDUCED In the
pleasures Of snuff Dr.. johnson car
ried his snuff In the capacious pockets
Of his waistcoat and would convey 1t
to his nose without stint he could
not abide the narrow confines Of box.
Frederick the Great resembled him in
this respect Both Napoleon and wei
lington were prodigious snuff takers.
but Washington INDUCED only moder-
ateiy. jefferson was fond OF snuf1. as
bis wafstcoat and frill often showed.
Henry Clay was another famous snuff
taker and often needed the stimulus OF
a pinch when making a speech.-Pear-
sons.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-28
Nothinn 20 Wear.


The fact is that women are uncom-
Portable II they are not fashionably
dressed. No man understands the sub
tie and complex significance OF the
phrase nothing to wear" Witness
the distressed but utterly puzzled eS-
preston that overspreads mans face
at the words. BE knows that his wife
or his sister looks charming In the
blue one" or 1.-The lace one" or the
one with the jet She has looked
charming in it often enough for him at
last to identity it. and that. unless he
is an exception to Ills sex. IS very or
ten. He is cheerfully getting into his
evening coat for the ifticth time. NO
wonder be does not realize that some
frock which the first time 1t is worn
made for triumph should the tenth
time make for humiliation. But the
most strong minded woman-the Wo-
man who will, II necessary. go to the
opera on 4 gala night in coat and
skirt-at heart eEonerates the woman
who so foolisnly. for the reason naen-
toned. stays at home.-Atlantc Month
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-28
In japan the r: kn Pay Mers,

4 common comple apt made by tour
lists in Japan is thak they ass obliged
to pay for every thing far higher prices
than the natives ana charged, or, In
! other words, that because they are for
eieners they are being feeced, but a
glance at the social G. bnd3tons by which
the people have been educated would
reveal the curious fact that throughout
Japan's long period OF Isolation it was
an accepted principle that the rich
must live for the sadze Of the poor. and
! prices have always been based upon
the purchasers rank: In society OF upon
his presumed ability to pay. This un-
derstanding remains; largely in force
today, being fully recognized and acted
upon by all favored classes throughout
the empire.
The occidental. coming from lands
where the reverse practically holds
good-the poor living for the sake OF
i the rich-naturally complains OF being
robbed, as from his point ct view be
really Is, but 1t Is not because ne is
! foreigner, but because, being tourist
he is presumably wealthy.-ATthur May
/ Knapp in the Atlantic.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-28
1he Annse,s P.doneters.

The whorls Of hair on the coats OF
horses and other animals are natural
pedometers, inasmuch as they register
the locomotive activities Of the AMI
mails on whose bodies they are found.
The best examples and the greatest
number Of these hairy whorls and
crests are found on the domestic
hozse- 4 notable instance is the grace
ful feathering that extends along the
hollow oS the flank. dividing the trunk
Of the animal from the hind quarters.
There are also crests and whorls on
the borse's chest and other parts Of its
body. A study Of the action OF the un-
derlying muscles explains the origin of
these pecu1iarities in the lay OF the
hair and furnishes the justification Tor
calling them pedometers, although the
analogy is. Of course, merely superb
cial.-St. Iouis-Republic.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-28
q Cnnnaisseur.

4 great painter was asked by his lit
tie sen. Father, what is Q connois-
seur?"
well, my son." the father answered,
Ibid you notice that tall, white haired
gentleman at my studio tea yester-
day."
The one with the sable lined over
coat, father? Oh, yes. l noticed him."
"WeN, my son. be Is a connoisseur-"
But how do you know he's con-
noisseur, father?"
'By lis actions, my son.
But, father. he acted Ike every one
else at the tea. didn't he?"
Certainly not, my son! Certainly
not. The others drank my Russian
tea, ate my fo!e gras sandwiches and
took leave. But he-he bought q pic
turer'
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-28
Welsh Bulls.

Ireland's position as the country in
which bulls" blossom best IS being
seriously challenged. 1t was a Welsh
member Of parliament who crushingly
remarked to an opposition member:
THE honorable member has attempt
ed to throw a bombsbell at the gov
ernment. but in the hands OF the
chancellor Of the exchequer it was
turned into q cooked hat long before
it was thrown"
1t was also a Welsh member, though
not the same one, who, speaking
against a proposal to fortify London,
began earnestly with: "Our navy IS
our only defense. If our navy tenn
porarily left the seas And then ne
had to stop. Delighted members. with
visions Of battleships swooping over
green fields or climbing over house
tops. we're in roar, and it was some
minutes before business could pro-
ceed.-London Answers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-28
Saved.

A lazy negro who let his wife take In
washing without demuf had a dream
one night and a policy dream at that.
He borrowed money from her to play
the combination, and before he LETT
home he stated his conviction.
Mandy" he said, "Ah's goin' up
town to play dis combine, what am
sho' to come out. When you see me
comm home In a hack you break up
go wash tubs"
The combine" didn't come out, and
Sam, In great detection, acquired lot
Of gin. Then he was messed up a bit
by a dray, and some other negroes
hired q hack to take him home. Sam
was nearly out and was breathing
heavily when the hack turned a faml-
lar corner, and his wife was standing
in the door. With bis last ounce OF
energy be stuck his head out OF the
window and yelled:
Mandy. spare dem tubsv-Chicago
Post
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-28
Whistler Was a Dandy.

If taking infinite pains with his ap-
pearance means dandyism. then Whls-
tier was q dandy. The very word
pleased him, and be used it often, IN
American fashion, to express perfec-
ton or charm or beauty. Never was
any man more particular about his per-
sol and his dress. BE was as careful
of his hair as woman, though there
was no need of the curling tongs with
which be has been reproached; the dill
fculty was to restrain his curls and
keep them in order. The white lock
gave Just the right touch. However
fashion changed, be always wore the
mustache and little imperial which
other West Point men Of his genera
ton retained through life. Even his
thick. bushy eyebrows were trained.
and they added to the humorous or
sardonic EXPIRE! sion Of the deep blue
eyes from which many shrank.-Pen-
nelps Life Of Whistler"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-28
p.n.,,,ciation La ireland.

Many persons seem to see, or to hear,
rather, something to be amused at III
the soft Irish brogue- as matter OF
fact, most Of the words OF the Irish
dialect are not Irish at all, but the
purest of Engllsh-English tr1de an
tiouated. it is true, but nevertheless
the real thing. The ears OF Milton,
Dryden, Spe2ser and Chaucer would
not have beeo surprised to hear an
Irishman speak of "a rough say" or "a
cIane shirt" At the court OF good
Queen Bess the cultured EnGlishman
carefully garnisbed his conversation
with 'goolde" rings and brave
'swoordes' and bored his friends with
accounts OF the smart sayings Of the
"childre" at "hoom." This was the
English originally imported into Ire
land by the cultured Irish, and the
Irish have found 1t good enough to pre-
ser7e.-Chicago Tribune.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-28
A Bitino Retort.

Lady Wortlev Montagu, one Of Eng
lands most brilliant women, incurred
Pope's undying hatred in the following
manner: The poet. who was deformed
and very dark and addicted to ques-
tioning everybody, once asked her to
define an interrogation mark. She de-
fined It as "a little. crooked black
thing that asks questions"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-28
Catarrh Cannot be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they cannot
reach the seat Of the disease. Catarrh is j
blood or constitutional disease, and in order to
cure it you Must take internal remedies. Hail S
Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts direct.
" on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall
Catarrh Cure is not a auack medicine. It was
prescribed by one Of the best physicians in this
country for years. and is q regular prescription.
1t is composed Of the best tonicS known. COM
bined with the best blood purifiers. acting dl.
rectly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect
combination of the two ingredients is what pro-
duces such wonderful results in curing Catarrh.
Send for testimonials free.
F. J. CHENEY s. CO.. Props, Toledo, 0.
Sold by druggists. price 75c
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-28
Over the Phone.

"He hasn't slept all night doctor"
said Mrs. Blinks over the phone, de.
scribing her husbands symptoms, land
this morning he complains Of aches ID
his bones and general headachy feel
ing. Is there anything can do?"
Just then the wires crossed with the
phone connection Of the dog fancier.
"Sure!!" came the response. Bring
him in this afternoon and I'll cut his
ears for ."-Pittsburgh Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-28
Two Evils.

There are two things in life that a
sage must preserve at every sacrifice
the coats Of his stomach and the enam-
el Of his teeth Some evils admit OF
consultations; there are no comforters
for dyspepsia and the toothache.-Bul-
wer-Lytton.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-28
His Use For Soap.

Lady" said Meandering Mike.
s'Tould you lend me a cake Of soap!"
"Do you mean to tell me you want
soap?"
.Yes'm. Me partners got de hic-
cups an want to scare him.'-Wash-
ington Star.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-28
Particular Wcnan.

Judge-She insisted on having a wo-
man lawyer secu her divorce.
''Why was she so particular?
"She did not want to 60 contrary to
that portion Of the marriage ceremony
that reads, Let no man put asun-
der."-New York Herald.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-28
More Like It.

do you wish to call your husband
up on the phone"
"No, l don't. l want to call him
down. n."-EXchange
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-28

Despair alone makes guilty men be
bold.-Coleridge
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-28

UuID, OuG I'LL SdGiSuSO Guey dlS
coming back in more violent form.
The "citizen" billrefered to above
is ouly the opening wedge for
the effort to cut down the popu-
lar vote; the next move will be
made in the county conventions,
and I say, the people regardless
| Of who they will support for
governor or anything else should
not fail to attend the club meet
tings which are to send delegates
| to the county conventions, and
then watch as they have never
done before who go to the State
convention to represent them. [
say that if the people desire to
keep their primary free aad un-
trammelled so that every white
man shall have the right to vote
just as he has the right to pay
taxes, then watch out for the
club meetings and take part in
the selection Of delegates. Re
gardless of whom | shall sup.
port for office, [ want every man
in this county and the State for
that matter, to feel it q patriotic
duty to attend bis club meeting
and aid in sending delegates
who Will represent the views Of
the majority; if this is not
done, and after the convention,
number of people find them
selves deprived of the rights
they should be entitled to, they
will only have themselves to
blame, when a rule has been
adopted to make a white man,
before he can vote, exhibit his
tax receipt and his registration
certificates at the primary, the
same requirement as is made for
negroes in the general election.
White men. do you want this
condition: II not, then take some
interest now that your rights
will be preserved.
There is al element in the
legislature determined to find
all manner of excuses to COM
plain. and to put the delay for
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-02-28

look for interesting develop
ments when the committee to in-
vestigate the winding-up COM
mission gets through with its
work; this committee is made up
Of six persons, all Of whom are
antagonistic to the governor
and at least five Of them are
warm friends to some of the old
winding.up commission they are
to investigate; the attorney gen
eraI is an enemy of the governor,
and he too, will have an influence
in the Investigation, but notwith-
standing this, when that commit
tee has reported, the people will
be able to sift the evidence: and
Judge for themselves: in my
opinion, this investigation will
have some weight upon the vot-
ers, if after an investigation by a
strictly partisan committee their
is no proof to show corruption
on the governors part, then the
opposition had just as well fold
its tents and get out Of the race,
but should this partisan commit
tee report an opposite conclusion
it will put men to thinking. Be
cause of this situation, it is to be
hope the committee will do what
it is going to do before the time
comes for filing pledges, so,
N case there should be something
scandalous unearthed, and the
people find they want a change,
they will not be forced to accept
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-02-13
Lincoln Day Exercises in Local
schoos-VariOus Items of Local In
terest.

Monday the pupils of grade eight of
st. Mary's school held Lincoln day eX-
ercises in their class room, which was
tastefully decorated with flags and
bunting for the occasion. Thee follow
ing programme was successfully car
ried out:
Music, Red, White and Blue, class:
reading, Why Should the Spirit of
Mortal Be Proud, Anna NJ. Aubrey;
essay, Abraham Lincoln from Ken
lucky to Washington, John Donahue;
defamation, Linceln's Gettysburg
speech, John P. Sullivan; extracts from
other speeches. Joseph Connell, Imelda
Oulett, Jennie Sullivan, John Donahue.
A. M. Aubrey, Maurice Carroll; anec-
dotes of Lincoln, William Burns, REM
Oulett, Raymond Burke, August Four
nier, Mary Walsh; tributes to Lincoln,
Jennie Tomlinson, Eleanor Shea, Jen-
ME Feeley, Jennie Reed Teresa Mar
shall. Anna Lynch, Marjorie Shea;
music, America, class; essay, Flag of
1777, Mary Barry; recitation, The Ban
ner Betsy Made, class; essay, Our Flag
of Today, Mary Barry: tribute to our
fiag-Liberty. Equality, Fraternity
Helen Shea; colrs, red, Margaret Belle
fieur; white Margaret Driscoll; bluef
Rose Dupre; toast, Our Flag, John Sui
Ivan Pledge of Allegiance to Flag
class; song, Flag Of the Free, class.