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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-08
Prehistoric Man In Belgium.

Prehistoric man has been traced In
several periods in Belgium. and NJ.
Putot, a Belgian geogogist, has made
a novel attempt to estimate the popu-
lation at different stages. In the lower
Aurignacian period FIVE Of BelGum's
numerous caves seem to have been In
habited, their capacity being fifty to
sixty persons. In the Magdalenean
period the population was probably
sixty. Retreat of the ice permitted
leaving the shelters at the close Of
this period. and the settlers on the
banks Of the lakes may soon have
numbered 100 or $50. The coming Of
the Cervides forests perhaps developed
a population Of 1000, which may have
increased to 1000 or 5000 at the be-
ginning Of the polished stone age
New York Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-08
EASTER ISLAND.
A Deserted Land and Its Mysterious
Crude Stone Statues.

A Deserted Land and Its Mysterious
Crude Stone Statues.
Huge and groteSque stone images
stand and lie over the fertile surface
Of deserted island far south in the
Pacific. 1t is L place that Poe might
have sung into existence or Rider Hag-
gard created for the scene Of some
fantastic romance. Even its name
Easter island - seems more literary
than geographical. Easter island,
1000 miles from South America ana
1.4OO miles east ccc Pitcairn Island, mas
on all the forty-fve square miles OF It's
area less than 200 people. But 1t has
other inhabitants. great masses OF
rock, COO in number, each carved INTO
the semblance of human figure, the
origin OF which is i mystery. Inese
statues weigh on an average from ten
to twelve tons each, some of them
reaching i weight Of forty tones. A
few of them stand on strong platforms
400 feet tong, and many similar plat
forms stand ilntenanted.
at the quarry, which IS a crater tfor
Easter island is of volcanic origin), a
number Of these images lie half form
ed rs the vanished sculptors left them.
There is another crater where the
crowns of the figures were made from
rock of a different sort. Here, too, are
found unfinished specimens.-Church'
man
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-08
The Garden Mole.

Do not condemn the garden mole
without evidence that he is harming
our garden. Except he burrows under
he lawn or young plants. the chances
re strongly in favor Of allowing him
remain. Personally the writer IA
,ors his early determination. being
..arful of his doing immediate harm
he food Of the mole IS moi vegeta bic.
: Is the case with the pocket gopher.
III consists Of earthwormS and insects
hat livs: in the soil. and be haStens
through the rich top soil bunting for
food His eyes are largely rudlmen-
tary. inasmuch rs he can barely distin-
:.uish light from darkness. Moles are
easily scared away and shun. so Tar az
they know. the hsuntS Of man.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-08
DODGED THE WASPS.
Simple Trick by Which the Woodsmen
Escaped Singing.

Simple Trick by Which the Woodsmen
Escaped Singing.
4 man on his first trip into the wilds
and marshes Of an unknown country
with the United States drainage engi-
neers was struck by unique method
they have to escape from the attack
Of wasps and hornets. The country
traversed is generally covered with
thick underground, and a path has TO
be cut through this all along the line.
So when big wasp nest IS reached
there is very little warning, some
times the axmen cutting into a big one
with their machetes.
The person relating this experience
was some sixty feet behind the az
men with the instrument when all
at once the two axmen dropped IN
their tracks as if they had been si"2ck
BY a thunderbolt. The maA behind
and the two chainmen did likewise.
While they were lying prone on the
grass and wet marsh they heard what
sounded like bullets zooing over their
heads. One after the other they came
with angry zips. When things had
auieted down a bit work was con-,
tinued, and the new man found that
to escape from wasps or hornets the
thing to do was to drop instanter.
The insects seem to be so mad that
they fy in straight lines along
level and do not have time to hunt
around for you.
1t Is said that hornets are not so
prone to follow this rule as wasps,
but the wasps never vary. Men have
been stung to death by hornets, and
horses and mules likewise.-Chicago
Record Herald.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-08
PLAGIARISM.
Only Crime When One Filehes From
the Comnonpiaee.

Only Crime When One Filehes From
the Commonplace.
Plagiarize all you please, provided
you steal from the right sources, for
the secret Of individuality is familiar
ity with the masters. The great gen-
fuses were meant to be objects OF
plagiarism. To be plain, the more you
absorb Of a first class mind the more
your own originality is fed. Plagia-
rism is only & crime when 1t Is
theft Of commonplaces from mediocre
sources.
Let the young musician soak full Of
Beethoven. Wagner, Mozart and Men
delssohn. That is the surest way for
him to find himself. To absorb comic
opera music is the way to smother,
lose and kill himself
Let the young preacher preach Bush
nell, Robertson and Brooks. So doing.
he Will come to preaching himself.
AS for writers. there is truth IN the
advice given By a great man that the
best way to acquire good style Is to
read Addison and exercise oneself In
endeavoring to rewrite him.
You cannot plagiariZe the Bible, nor
Shakespeare. nor Homer. nor Dante,
nor Milton. These have ceased to be
men: they are humanity. You can
plagiarize Shaw, or Brete Harte. or the
last "beSt seller"
To isolate oneself from the mas
tiers is not the road to originality; It
is the road to vulgarity.
Few English authors" says Ham
merton, studied past literature more
willingly than Shelley and Tennyson,
and none are more original."-Frank
Crane in Woman's World
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-08
WOMAN SUFFRAGE PERIL.

am led to make q few re-
marks on woman suffrage. It IS
a beautiful dream that female
suffrage vii! purify politics.
But the vital and important
thing for US to consider is the ef-
feet on women themselves. We
had better endure the evils OF
corruption in politics and de-
bauchery in our government
than bring about q condition
which will mar the beauty and
dim the luster Of the glorious
womanhood with which we have
been familiar. ! know the. de-
mand for suffrage on the part
Of women is growing too fast for
old fogies like me to stop it. eX-
cept possibly iE the south and
New England. where conserra-
tism IS more strongly intrenched
than anywhere else in the coun-
try. sincerely believe that the
usefulness and goodness Of wo-
man vary inversely as the extent
Of her participation in politics.
I believe she will improve poll
tics, but ultimately politics will
destroy her. And when our good
women are no longer to be found
the doom Of the republic is near.
Senator Ben Tillman.
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His Cood Eye.

4 man who had lost the sight OF
both eyes trained his hearing until ne
could tell by the sound Of bis footsteps
on the sidewalks rs he made his way
about town whether >he was in the
middle Of the walk or at one slae,
whether he was walking past brick
or frame house or a fence or open
ground. He knew in what part or the
town he was not only by his memory
or sense of general direction. but BY
the difference in the tones OF his
footsteps, and he walked about freely,
seldom running into anything or any
body. Some one in his presence once
called in question his total blindness.
Which eye do you think can see
with:" he asked the skeptic.
THE left one, Of course" vas the
reply. 81 can see that the right one IS
blind"
In reply the blind man merely
opened his penknife and tapped the
left eye with the little blade.
1t was q glass eye.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-08
Freaks Of Nature.

Monument park. near Colorado
Springs, Colo. contains some queer
freaks Of nature. Among the most
singular is a group of light srayish-
yellow sandstone pillars twenty or
more feet high capped with a thin
layer of dark colored rock which re-
semble the tops Of giant mushrooms
which have shriveled and partially
dried up. The dark co!ored Gaping
being Of a much harder Gronstone)
rock than the pillars has to some ex-
tent protected the latter from disinte-
grafton Especially ut nightfall is the
traveller impressed with the weird ef'
feet Of these gigantic and grotesque
forms, which in the uncertain light
assume the attitudes Of huge human
or animal shapes.-Argonaut
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a Record In Eleteherizine.

If they learn the art Of chewing
even people whose food expense IS only
threepence day can make their meals
last a long time A chewer, according
to dietetic experts, is one who cheWs
all things so long as they have any
taste left in them. Gladstone. we are
told, used to take thirty-two bites TO
every mouthful Of food. The modern
school Of chewers would regard this
as dangerously rapid eating. Il have
tried chewing conscientiously," writes
Mr.. Eustace Miles. "a banana mas
cost 500 bites. small mouthful or
bread and cheese 240 bites. a greedy
mouthful of biscuit (while was walk
ing on Yorkshire moor over l,OOo
bites. 1t still seemed to taste about as
much as at first, but knew that taste
by then, so swallowed. London
Chronicle.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-08
NAMING A TOWN.
Concord Was Selected After Fifty
Years Of Controversy.

Years Of Controversy.
The name Of Concord, \. H, was
given to the town after controversy
which lasted fifty years. In 1I23 the
land now within its bounds was grant
ed to the colonists under the name Of
Peacock by the colony Of Massachu-
sets: This claim was disputed by the
colony Of New Hampshire, which two
years later granted this same land to
the township of Bow. 1888 Massachu-
setts Incorporated Peacock into a
township uamed Rumford, and for
more than forty 'ars fierce legal
controversy was Cared on. No agree
ment could be reached, and the mat
ter was taken to the authorities IN
England, but even then there was no
satisfactory nor permanent settlement
In the face Of an evident leaning
toward the claims of Bow, both in
England and in America, the little
band Of colonists in Rumford' fought
on valiantly. and in l1G5 an act OF
incorporation was granted to the IN
habitants of Rumford. This was still
highly unsatisfactory because it only
made them . parish in the town Of
Bow.
The controversy continued until 11I4,
when it was finally settled and an
inGependent town was formed under
the name of Concord. 1t was due to
the devotion Of the little band of
settlers to their cause and the unity
which existed among them that the
independent incorporation Of the town
was finally obtained, and 1t was emil
nently fitting that the concord which
existed between them during the strug-
gle Of nearly fifty years should be
memorialized in their towns name
Ladies Home Journal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-08
SHOULD BURN ALL WEEDS.
Trouble Next Season Would Then Be
Greatix [ eSSeneS,

Trouble Next Season Would Then Be
Greatly Lessened.
II all the weeds upon that vacant
lot next to q garden have not been de-
stroyed they should be burned forth
with. Burned at this time, the greater
portion of the seeds will have been
burned. and you will not then be so
hadly troubled With weeds next year.
Mature weeds should be burned
where they grow. If possible, and not
be staked up in heaps. for any move
Of dry weeds shakes out the seeds and
leaves them on the soil. to be started
nto life and more weeds with the first
ain Of the season. Burn the crop as
stands. II possible.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-08
Tidy to the Last.

IN "Glimpses Of the Past" Miss ENz-
aDeth Wordsworth tells this story:
One stormy day Il fishing smack was
wrecked an,l fast sinking. When the
skinner came OF deck he found the
mate busy Swabhin".
"What'S tie use of that. Jack: Don't
YOU see she's sinking:
Yes. master. know it; but. for all
thar. Ill like the old gal to go down
clean and tidy"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-08
THE BACK YARD FENCE.
Wire Division Covered With Flowers
Would Improve Appearances.

Wire Division Covered With Flowers
Would improve Appearances
One of the greatest disdsurements 10
the landscape as one looks out tne
back window Of the average house Is
the row after row Of unsiShtly WOODEN
fences which vigorously mark OF eacn
Twenty-Five or thirty feet CT land ano
constitute barrier Of exc!uslVeness
very chilling in its effect on one 8
friendly disposition.
Think of the beauty of such an out
,ool, and the aesthetic humanlzlnG ei'
feet such q display Of floral weaitn
would have on the minds OF young ano
cid. Ii might possibly result also N
breaking down some Of that proVerola'
coldness and hauteur which Is salo &c
characterize city neighbors. Lie. Is
short at best and sufficiently LACKING
in familiarity and cordiality to war
rant some attempt to reform the "ooo
on back fence out Of existence.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-08
HE GOT HIS PRICE.
In Fact He Had to Have 1t and Fer
Very Good Reason.

very 1CSS thScSS'"
Tody Hamilton had an experience
with an editor of a weekly paper ID
Michigan when he was general press
representative with the Barnum y
Bailey show that gave him new vie"
of finance.
The big show was billed to appear
at Owosso, Mich, and the contract
agent with the No. / advertising car
had failed to come to terms with the
editor Of 4 weekly at little junction
| point twenty miles distant Hamilton
went to the little town, sought out the
editor and prepared copy for double
column advertisement.
"Tll give you $40 and twenty tickets
for two weeks service in your paper,
two columns. mostly cuts" said Ham
ilton to the editor.
"Oh. no, you won't! You'll give me
S6S or the advertisement won't go"
replied the editor coolly.
"Sixty-three dollars! Great Scott"
roared Hamilton. That's more than
YOUR Internal paper is worth. I never
give more than $40 and twenty tickets
for our stuff in any country weekly.
Man, you're crazy, stark mad"
All efforts at persuasion failed. The
editor remained obdurate. It was S6S
or nothing. Finally in despair Hanh-
ton exclaimed:
"Why do you make it $63? You
might as we'll make it s163. It's just
as unreasonable
'Tu tell you, friend "''' ed the eq1'
tor calmly. Il have :; note coming
due shortly for just 1T amount, and
you have got to pay
Hamilton did, for he needed the ao'
vertising in that particular weekly, and
tl}e editor knew it.-New York Sun.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-08
Whist.

Whist undoubtedly is derived from
the old game Of trumps. which has
purely English lineage. There Is no
record Of the origin Of this game nor
Of it's development into ruff and hon.
ors. which was the parent Of whist.
The earliest reference to it is believed
to be in sermon Of Latimer about
the year 1929 The name probably Is
derived from the hist or silence"
which close attention to play demands
of the players.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-08
Giascow's Pavements.

According to an excellent custom In
Glasgow. before any street Is paved
or reDaved all city departments that
may be likely to open the street are
communicated with so as to give them
an opportunity to examine their pipes
or make necessary repairs. alterations
or renewals before the paving is laid.
Chicago News.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-08
A Life Saver.

NO" said the timid man, Il don't
want any flying machines today. I'm
afraid Of them
"Why, sir" said the persuasive
salesman. "a flying machine might
save your life"
How
You might be out riding in one
when an earthquake takes place.
Washington Star.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-08
Stuns!

The amateur gardener saw an ad. ID
q farm paper. The ad. read as follows:
"How to remove weeds without Ia.
i,or. Ten minutes does the trick. Send
So for recipe"
The amateur gardener sent the 81.
Two days later he received the recipe.
It read as follows:
Marry q widow."-Cincinnati En-
Quirer
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Comfortind.

"Alr. Chairman" said the orator,
who had already occupied the plat
form for twenty minutes. amid many
interjections from the audience. MI
Chairman. may appeal on point OF
order? There is really so much desul'
tory conversation going on in parts OF
the hall that it is impossible for me TO
hear a word am saying.
Voice from the back Of the hall
Don't be downhearted. You're not
missing much.-New York Globe:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-08
Sandwich Man Is Old.

The walking advertisement known
as sandwich man" is by TO means
z modern idea In 1916 procession
of men dressed to represent straw COW
cred wine bottles used to parade the
streets of Florence. Italy. being hired
by the wine merchants there.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-08
While There's Life

Mrs. Matchem-Forty years old. Mr..
Singleton. and never been married.
Dear me! But surely you have not
given up ali hope? Singleton-No. in
deed! hope I au safe for another
forty years, anywsy.-Boston Tran
script.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-08
All His Fault.

Better lap up that split milk said
the first cat. If the missus sees that
mess you'll catch fits"
"Not me-" said the second feline
The woman live with biameS every
thing what happens on her husband
Pittsburgh Post
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-08
The Manifestation.

"Papa." said the young girl sweetly,
Il feel it i'll my bones that You are
going to buy me Il new hat
'.Ah. do you:'' chuckled papa. In
which bone DO you feel it,
We'll. I'm not sure. but l think its
in my wishbone."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-08
Where the Trouble Came.

We'll. how did you get on at your
first appearance" asked man Of an
ambitious friend who had just joined
the theatrical profession.
oh. got on well enough" was the
reply, but couldn't get Off half quick
enough. ."-London Mail.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-08
All Sorts.

First Diner-Let me see. | think lE
order some lamb. Second Diner
Don't, never order lamb in this
place: it's mutton before you get 1t
Boston Transcript.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-08
Much Harder.

ut is hard for one to have to live in
the past" announced the melancholy
man who had retired from business.
'yes. but often it is harder to live
down the past" Buffalo Express
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-08
Malaria or ChiIS & Fever

Prescription No. 66S is prepared especially
for MALARIA or CHILL S & FEVER:
Five or six doses will break any case, and
if taken then as a tonic the Fever will not
return. 1t acts on the liver better than
CaIomel and does not gripe OF sicken. 2oc
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-08
IemporarilY Handicapped.

Mr.. Doughleigh-I met that French
nobleman. Count de Brie. today. Dot
ty Doughleigh-Really. Is be bril-
liant conversationalist? Mr. Dough
leish-Well. no. not at present. BE has
rheumatism in his houlderS.-Judge.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-08
PIacirc the Blame.

Mr.. Knagg-It may be true. as you
say, you were too young to marry me.
Mrs. KnaGg-Don't try to SHIFT tne
blame: You were TOO old foS me.-Chl'
cago News.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-08
Tip For 2 College Graduate.

My son has just graduated from
college. What would you advise him
to read:"
THE help wanted column. Ne"
York Times.
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Alike.

MY dear, having your father to live
with US won't work
"But neither Will father.'-Baltl-
more American.
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In a Way.

".Are You acquainted with Mrs. Hify
your fashionable neighbour
Only in roundabout way. Her ca
boards at my house. kansas Cit!
Journal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-08

The happiness Of life consists IN
something to do. something to love 0"o
something to hope for.-Dr. Chalmers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-08
Entertaining.

One of the most entertaining sights
In life is to see two people who know
st all attempting to Instruct each other.
Puck
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-08

The cvcntless tine is the happy
time. but we DO not realize that TIL we
have had the exciting experiences
which break ns.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-08
Cures Old Sores Other Remedies Won't Cure.

The worst cases, no matter Of how long stanolnR'
are cured by the wonderful, old reliable DI.
Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It reheves
Pain and Heals at the same time. 2sc, SOC, 9l'V1
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& moral. sensible. wei! bred man
will not insult me- No other can
Cowper.
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testers mast be content to taste
their broth.-I.atin Prnverh
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WOULD YOU BE YOUNG
AGAIN?

WOULD YOU BE YOUNG
AGAIN?
Would you be young again:
So would not |!
One tear to memory given
Onward I'd HE
Lies dark food forded Ger,
All but ut rest on shore,
Say, would you plunge once
more,
With home so nigh:
IL you might would you now
Retrace your way?
Wander through stormy w!lds,
Faint and astray?
Nights gloomy watches fed,
Morning all beaming red,
Hopes smiles around Us shed.
Heavenward away!
Where, then. are those dear cneS,
Our Joy and delight?
Dear and more dear, though now
Hidden from sight!
Where they rejoice to be,
There is the land for me.
Fly, time. fly speedily!
Come, life and light!
Lady Marine.