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THE SLEEP OF DEATH Superstitions of Many Peoples In Many Lands. ODD RITES OF THE SIAMESE. Precautions to Prevent the Spirit of the Departed From Returning-Fu neral Procession of the Shans-Queer Belief of the Giliaks. When death comes to the head of a Siamese household the family gather ed about the deceased cry out: "Oh, father, benefactor, why leave us? What have we done to offend thee? Why depart alone?" The coffin, covered with gilded pa per and decorated with tinsel flowers. is removed through an opening in the wall made for the purpose and hurried three times round the outside of the house with the cautious hope that the bewildered ghost may thus losbe his way and be unable to return on any haunting expedition. It is then cere moniously borne upon a barge and placed on a platform under a dais. The barge, followed by many little boats, floats to the temple, where the cremation is to take place. At a rich man's funeral tents'are erected within the precincts of the temple for the indulgence of games anl gambling, while wonderful the atrical performances introducing mon sters and other thrills entertain the funeral guests. Among the Shans the eldest son of the deceased leads the funeral proces sion, a drawn sword in hand to ward off evil spirits, while the other rela tives dance as they go. Handkerchiefs, umbrellas and yellow robes, presents to the priest, give a gala air to the whole. Arrived at the grave, before the coffin is interred, the deceased's wife' and children and his brothers' wives march impressively around the bier with lighted candles. Unexpeetedly we find one of the na tive tribes of Australia bearing a very poetic conception of a spirit world after death. Souls, they believe, as cend to a future place among the stars by means of a rope. A meteorite is a falling rope cast aside by a successful climber, but should it burst with noise the rope has broken. A tribe in New South Wales has legends prettily akin. The Pleiades, they explain, were young women of unusual beauty who, pursued by lov ers, climbed up into the sky by means of the treetops, while the leader of the pursuers has become Orion. The Burmese also show poetry of thought in their belief that the spirit of man takes the form of a butterfLy which wings its flight whenever he is asleep, declining to awaken him sud denly "for fear that his butterfly may not return in time." When a Chin of Burma dies his body, dressed, fully armed and bol stered up in a sitting posture, presides over the entertainment given in his honor, relatives and friends drinking, dancing and singing songs in praise of the number of heads he has taken, the number of slaves he has captured and firing off their guns as they circle round the poor deaf, dumb, dead crea ture of their tribute. - The Karens of Burma celebrate mar riages and funerals together. The body of the deceased is placed on a bamboo platform in front of his recent dwelling. Young men and maid ens form separate choruses on either side of the remains. One by one the youths sing ardent love to the maiden of his fancy, who coquettishly sings back discouragement until finally won. When the general courting Is accom plished the young people withdraw and the funeral rites proceed. According to the belief of the Giliaks of Siberia, the soul passes from the body of the dead master into that of his dog, who is surprised by all sorts of dainty food until the guest within is prayed out, when the poor animal. equally mystified, is put to death on his master's grave. But In the glad, free days of primi tive savagery many tribes were not satisfied- with so petty an offering as a dog. They demanded human sacri fice to grace their graves. Such were the Sakalava of Madagas car, and later when forced to modify their views the poles erected around their tombs were garishly decorated with skulls and horns of cattle killed at their funeral feasts. The sign and symbol of the Malay Sakai's belief in a life after death is crudely expressed In the custom of burying a tobacco box with the body of a man, a necklace with that of a woman. But the Ignorant fear of the body's pollution seems highly devel oped, and the house of death is burned down and the site abandoned, even if it means a lost crop of sugar cane or tapioca. Lying betwveen the Malay penins-ula and Wales is a long sweep of map and civilization, but so remarkable a cus tomn was followed in the latter country "within the memory of men living to-1 day" that we cannot pass It by un chronicled. This was the presence of the sin eater at funerals. Bread, beer and cheese placed upon the corpse were consumed by the sin eater, who thus "appropriated to himself the delin quencies symbolized by the viands and prevented them from destroying the rest of the dead."-Los Angeles Times. Highest Elevator Service. The hilghest elevator service in the. world Is that of Burgenstock, a moun tein near' the lake of Lucerne, where i.,urlsts are raised 500 feet to the top of a vertical rock. "Health Coffee." is really the closest Coffee imitation ever yet produced. This clever Coffee Substitute was re cently produced by Dr. Shoop, of Ra cine, Wis. Not a grain of real Coffee in it either. Dr. Shoop's Health Coffee is made from pure toasted grains, with malt, nuts, etc. Really it would fool an expert, who might drink it for Coffee. No 20 or 30 minutes tedious boiling. "Made in a minute" says the doctor. Sold by Manning Grocery Co. A Comparison. Mrs. Johnston (ov-er the tub)-Doan Ah mek yo' a good lvin', Hen'rv Clay Johnston? Mr. Johnston-Toi'ble, chile --tol'ble. But yo' sh'd have seen de way mah mothah suppohted mah fa thah--Puck. Nothing except It be a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won. -Wellington. Don': cough your head off whe:n you can :;et a guaranteed remedy in Bees Laxative Cough Syrup. It is especially recommended for chil dren as it's pleasant to take. is a gentle laxative thus expelling the phlegm from the system. For coughs, colds. croup. whooping cough,I hoarseness ano all bronchial trouble. G uaran MARSHALLIN DEEAT The Vote That Beat Him When He Ran For Congress. AMERICA'S GREATEST JURIST The Fam us Chief Justice Was a Great Lawyer With a Short Political Career - Washington's Snub and Subsequent Frank Apology. Judge Marshall was not only a great lawyer, but he was a fighter and mili tant to the last degree. Some insight into his character may be gained from his letters, one of which, dated March 27, 1794, is in the possession of his granddaughters. It was addressed to Archibald Stuart. a lawyer of Staun ton. Va., and a friend of Marshall. The second war with England. which did not actively begin until 1S12. was al ready brewing, and it was no small tribute to Marshall's prescience that he was able to detect trouble so far in advance. "Seriously," he wrote, "there ap pears to me every day to be more folly, envy, malice and damned ras cality in the world than there was the day before. and I do verily begin to think that plain, downright honesty and unintriguing integrity will , be kicked out of 'doors. We fear and not without reason a war. The mtn does not live who wishes for peace more than I do, but the outrages committed upon us are beyond human bearing." The chief justice. like General Wash ngton. was an aristocrat by birth and breeding, and he kept a retinue of colored servants, who were housed in a long, rectangular brick building, which is still standing at the rear of the Marshall home. Jim Actor was a character, but his position with the Marshall family was eclipsed by that of Robin Spudlock, the chief justice's body servant, who wore livery and long, fine stockings of brilliant color and traveled around with his master. His appearance was so unique that once in Philadelphia when he was walking alone with an air of considera ble Importance a mob gathered and threatened him with violence, as a black and liveried valet was quite un usual in those parts. No more faithful body servant ever lived, however, and the chief justice included in his will a bequest for his trusty valet, who was to have a room in the servants' build ing on Marshall street all his life and a womau to 'wait on him when he should become old and feeble. Once John Marshall was induced to undertake a political career, and it proved the most bitter experience of his life. In iTOS, the year before Gen eral Washington died, he summoned Marshall to Mount Vernon. Washing ton knew Marshall not only as a man of wonderful ability, but also as a Federalist in politics. Washington was anxious to strengthen the Federalist party ,'z congress, and his purpose in inviting Marshall to Mount Vernon was to ask him to run for the house of rep resentatives as the Federalist candi date from the Richmond district. Mar shall was opposed to the idea, and they argued the proposition until late at night without either bending his strong will to the other. At last Wash ington, with considerable heat, abrupt ly bade Marshall good night. At sun rise the next morning Marshall arose, intending to make his way to the Mount Vernon stables and ride off, trusting to time to heal the breach. Out in the gardens he met General Washington, who had divined his pur pose. The general begged his pardon for treating him so abruptly the night before and smilingly asked him what he was going to do. "Do?" said Marshall. "Why, sir, I'm going to congress." He returned to Richmond and began his canvass. The Republicans (now the Democrats) nominated John Clop ton on a state rights platform. In those days the formality of voting was quite different from the latter day pro cedure. A citizen would walk up to the election sheriff in full view and hearing of everybody, shake hands with him and say:. "I vote for John Marshall" or "I vote for John Clopton," as the case might be. There were two persons in Rich mond in whom the people had great confidence. They were Parson Blair and Parson Buchanan. Neither had been In the habit of voting or taking any part in politics, but Parson Blair, who was a stanch friend of Marshall, persuaded Parson Buchanan to go to the polls with him, assuming, as a matter of course, that his fellow par son agreed with him as to choice of candidates. Parson Blair cast his vote for Marshall. Then Parson Buchanan stepped up, saluted the sheriff and "I vote for John Clopton." There was a numerous family here then whose- surname was Enroughty. Just as Parson Buchanan pronounced Clopton his choice a large delegation of the Enroughtys put in their appear "What is good fon the parson is good for us," they declared, and all of them voted for Clopton. This elected Clop ton and defeated Marshall. The two parsons were never very good friends after that.-Richmond (Va.) Cor. In dianapolis Star. Audience Ready to Help. At a representation of Schiller's "Don Carlos" in Belgrade theater the pistol with which Don Carlos should have shot the Marquis de Posa re fused to go off and the discomufited actors fled behind the curtain. Offers of loaded weapons were at once made by several members of the audience. London Express. Weak women get prompt and lasting elp by using Dr. Shoop's Night Cure. These soothing, healing, antiseptic sup positories, with full information how to proceed are interestingly told of in my book "No 4 For Women." The book and strictly confidential medical advice is entirely free. Simply write Dr. Shoop Racine Vis. for my book No. 4. Sold by W. E. Brown & Co. The Sheik and His House. WIhen the French came into contact with the Bedouin in Algeria, it was thought that a ready way of civilizing him would be to assist him to build himself a permanent habitation. A sheik who was thus favored was full of gratitde to the French engineers who had built him a house. Since my house was finished," he said, "I have not lost a single sheep. lock them up In my house every night, and next mor'ning I find the..1 all in safety." Then where do you eX'. yourself'?" asked an officer In amaze:- ..' "Oh, for myself, a sheik ca. ! Compliments Aer Death. There Is a German proverb which says. --an darf nur sterben um gelobt zu werden" (We need only die in order to get praisnd). This, we cannot hell, but admit, is fairly true in a general sense, and if we required any proof or confirmation the epitaphs in ceme teries, churchyards and churches would readily furnish it. Indeed If we had no other testimony to go by than these pious inscriptions we might al most fancy that men and women had arrived at such a state of perfection that they were little less Van angels. Death, like time, Is a great healer of wounds, a great soother of passions. a great calmer of turbulent thoughts, a slayer of enmity. He is the peace maker par excellence, having caused the saying to gain general currency that we should say nothing of the dead but what Is good. Among the laws of the "Twelve Tables," compiled by the Deceiviri. there was one which, In fact, forbade to speak injuriously of the dead. It is In exchange for this doubtless that we are always doubly anxious and ready to vilify the living. -Westminster Gazette. A Spurgeon Rusc. Spurgeon, the famous English di vine, once passed a stonemason who. after each stroke of his hammer, curs ed and swore. 'Mr. Spurgeon laid his hand on his shoulder and, looking kind ly at him, said: "You are an adept at swearing. Can you also p)ray?' With anotlier oath he replied, "Not very likely." Holding up 5 shillings, Mr. Spurgeon said if he would promise never to pray he would give him that. "That is easily earned," said the man, with a fresh oath, .and put it in his pocket. When Spurgeon left the man began to feel a little queer. When he went home his wife asked him what ailed him, and lie told her. "It is Ju das' money," said the man, and on a sudden impulhe he threw it into the fire. The wife found it and took it out and discovered who had given It to him. The man took it back to Spur geon, who conversed long with him, warning him, and at length was the means of saving him. He became an attached member of his flock. 'Twas In Tater Time. The late Senator Platt of Connecticut enjoyed funny stories and could tell a good man. himself. Notwithstanding his long public life, he always remem bered a yarn that he carried from his school days. One year when the district schools opened in his town one of the teachers In making a record of the ages of her pupils, as required by law, found that one little girl, who came from a fami ly not noted for being especially brigl't. was unable to say when her birthday came. So In order to complete her records the teacher walked two miles to see the girl's mother one afternoon after school. Asked if she could remember just when her daughter was born, the woman thought for some little time and then, with a sort of puzzled look, said: "Well, the gal was born in tater time, that's sure, but I can't 'member whether they was a-plantin' on 'em or a-diggin' on 'em."--Boston Herald. Retaliation. A man who was a guest at one of the. summer resorts In West Virginia tells of a wvedding ceremony he wit nessed In the town near by. The minister was young and easily embarrassed. It was the first wedding he had ever undertaken. The prospec tive bride and groom were both youn ger and still more easily embarrassed than he. Wh'en the minister had finished the service and muttered a few kindly but halting words to the young couple he had just united the bride looked at him, blushing, but confident. "Thank yer," she said clearly. '-It's shore kind o' yer to congratulate us, an' as long as you haven't ever been married yit maybe we'll have a chance some day to retaliate." - Harper's Weekly. Legal Absurdities. Some absurd clauses have found their way into certain acts of the Brit ish parliament. One statute enacted punishment of fourteen years' trans portation for a certain offense, "and upon conviction one halt thereof should go to the king and the other half to the informer." Then there Is an act of parliament for the rebuilding of Chelmsford prison which stipulated in one clause that the prisoners should be confined in the old prison until the new one was built and In another-an amending-clause that the new prison. should be constructed out of the ma triai of the old one. He Didn't Put It Off. "Gracious:" exclaimed MIr. Staylate. It's nearly midnight. I should be go. ig pretty soon, I suppose." "Yes," replied Mi1ss Patience Gonne, "you know the old saying, 'Never put off till tomorrow what you can do to day.'"--Philadelphia Press. Stationary Waltzing. "You let 1im hug you in the con servatory." "I did not. I made him remove his arm every time the music in the ball room stopped."-- Louisville Courier Journal. Sour Stomach No appetite, loss of strength, nervous ness, headache, constipation, bad breath, general debility, sour risings, and catarrh of the stomach are all due to indigestion. Kodol relheves indigestion. This new discov ery represents the natural juices of diges tion as they exist in a healthy stomach, combined with the greatest known tonlc and reconstructive properties. Kodol for dyspepsia does not only relieve Indigestion and dyspepsia. but this famous remedy helps all stomach troubles by cleansing, purifying, sweetening and strengthening the mucous membranes lining the stomach. Mr. S. S. Ball. of Rai'enswood. W. Va., sars: "I was troubled with sour stomach for twenty years. Kodol cured me and we are now using it in milk for baby." FOR BACKACHE--WEAK KIDNEYS TRY DeWITT'S KIDNEY 'and BLADDER PILLS-Sre and Safe Prepared by E. 0. DeWITT & CO., ChicagO W. E. BROWN & CO. LEE & McLELLAN, i ii Engineers and Land Surveyors. SUMIT, S. C. odol Diyspepsia Cure Digests whmat yeu eat. amf3lO01TYTAR C..... Poes Preventr. Pneumonal FARMERS:1 We ara selling this season IMPLEMENTS of known and tried value only; we enn safelv assert that everothing we are . offering is beyond the experimental stage. Do not let the season - 2 advance too far without inspecting our stock. Everything we 'a sell in implements will lessen your labor bill for the year. We want.every farmer to read Mr. T. C. Owen's testimonial 2 concerning the Cole Corn. Cotton, Pea and Millett Planter. Too ' much cannot be said regarding the efficiency of this machine. * We consider it the most perfect ever offered the farmer and will R : carefully explain its inerits whether you wish to buy or not. K. P. Guano Distributors. 3 We have a full stock of these. No farter has used this imachine and give it a fair test without pronouncing it the most perfect machine yet made for distributing guano. WE SELL Eclipse, Dow Ltw & Farquhar Cotton Planters, I)onble and Single Steel Plows, Syracuse Two-Horse Plows aad Middle B3reak ers, Smoothing and Harrows. These splendid plows are without doubt the best that can be made. Builders' Hardwear, Nails, Etc We have the best stock of the these to be found out of our largest cities. Do not fail to get our prices on everything in our e line. we are here to serve you and save you money where it is possible. SNI ANNING HARDWARlE. CQMP'NlY FONICEL LO LITHIA SPRING, W. G. TAVLOR, Prop., Richmond, Va., U. S. A. What Leadir~g Physicians Say. Dr. Froehling. the well-known Consulting and Analytical Chemist: "Fonticello Lithia Water is absolutely free from all onganic impuri ties and perfectly pure, and as an unquestionablo proof of my faith in the wvter, I use it altogether.' '--Richmond Times. Geo. Ben. Johnston, M. D , Prof. Surgery Medical College of Vir ginia: "I have never used any mineral water so extensively as the " cello, and it has given uniformly good resnlts. I prescribe it in - and bladder troubles very largely, and also in stomach and ner S disorders, with splendid effects." Carried in stock by DR. W. E. BROWN & Co., Agents. Stop! Listen! Be sure to inspect our Line of Perfumery before buying elsewhere. Also a com plete of Camphor Ices, Cream, Massages, Shampoos, Etc. Don't forget us when want your Pre scriptions filled, or need anything in the way of medicines. Yours for Business THE MANNING PHARMACY A CARLOAD OF. and three carloads of Buggies now in-I Sstock, and I solicit your inspection. Come ~and at my large, room~y stables. Good stalls. Igood and careful attention to your horse Satdbu, and your patronage appre FP.C. T HMS TIHE BANK OF MANNING, MANNING, S. C. apitl iStock . .. . .. . - - - -- - - - - - -. . . . .. . . . . . N 000 Surplus,........--. --- ------ ................ ................%000 Stockholders' Liability............--------........... ... .000 Total......- -. -----. ----------------... .............. ....... 2 000 YOU CAN TAKE T-HE TESTIt1ONY of a'Jr man of e-xper-ienlce as to the a'lvanmtage~ of paying by cheek ins: ad of in cas.' Therec is never any- dispute about a chelrek. It speaks for iuself unrd is the best. possible kind of receiplt for your money. CHECKS ON THlE BANK OF rIANNING are honor-ed in ev-ery part of the country. Why not open an account, even if it be a small one, and'enjoy the safety and convt..nience of paying by check-~ A BANK OF CLARENDON, Manning, S. C. ~ We solicit your banking busines-s. It is to your interest to -9 patr-onize tiiis safe and strong bank, Font- years of cou Stinued growth and oper-ation without the loss of as much as a dollar, speaks for itself, does it not? -We '-ant to be your bankers. if you arc not already a customer, come and see us ahout it 'and tell us why. If you arec, come and see us anyhow. It is never too late to - ilo a good thing for- yourself. -~ Interest Paid on Savings Deposits. nam BAN OF CARENDON, Manning, S. C. Ctires Biliousness, Sick Headache, Sour Stom ach, Torpid Liver and Chronic Constipation. L Pleasant to talie EE.S LA An improvement o F Z system of a cold by satisfaction or mone: Sold 1 P.BMouzon has one of the best Cold Storage plants in town. We are the house keepers deligit. At our Grocery every thing is clean arid fresh, and only the best goods are handled. CANNED GOODS, COFFEES AND TEAS, CAKES AND CRACK ERS, FRUITS AND CONFECTIONERY, CHOICE BUT TER, HAMS AND BREAK FAST STRIPS. Everything that is handled in a First class Grocery. It is my object to please and I invite your patronage. P. B. Mouzon W H EN YOU COME TO TOWN CALL AT WELLS' SNHAVING SA)LOON which is fitted tip with an eve to the comfort of his nisto-ners..... HAIR CUTTING IN ALL STYLES, 8 H AVINi AND SHA M POOING Done with neatness and dispatch. . . . . . . A cordial invitation is extended. J. L. WELLS. Vauning Titnes Block. GooS. Hacker &Son sAUFACTUE Bid Moligad ulie Maeil CHARL SO , _.C Dosh Weigh Bnd Crs, Window and Fancy Blass a Specialty. Bank of S8immerton, Summerton, S. C. 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It is guaranteed The Arant Co. Drug Store. X'fA TIVE COUGH SYRUP CONFORMS TO NATIONAL PURE FOOD AND DRUGS LAW. rer many Cough, Lung and Bronchial Remedies, because it rids the acting as a cathartic on the bowels. No opiates. Guaranteed to give r refunded. Prepared by PINEULE MEDICINE CO.. CHICAGO, U.S. A. >y THE MANNING PHARMACY. ~e1 dI LEON WEINBERG MANNING, S. C. Cull t In. 500 Mile State Family Ticket, $11.25 Good over the Atlantic Coast Line in each State for the. Head or dependent members of a family. Limited to one year from date of sale. i,ooo Mile Interchangeable Individual Ticket, $2o.oo. Good over the Atlantic Coast Line and 30 other lines in the Southeast aggregating 30,000 miles. Limited to one year from date of sale. 2,000 fliue Firm Ticket, $40.00. Good over the Atlantic Coast Line and 30 other lines in the Southeast aggregating 30,000 miles, for a manager or -a head o firm and employees limited to five bat good for only one of such persons at a time. Limited to one year from date of sale. ,oo0 Mile Southern Interchangeable Individual Ticket, $25-o0 Good over the Atlantic Coast Line and 75 other lines in the Southeast aggregating 41,000 mIles. Limited to one year from date of sale. All mileage tickets sold on and after April 1st, 1908, will not be. honored for passage on trains, nor in checking baggage (except from non agenevy stations and stations not open for the sale of tickets), bat must be presernted at ticket office and tnere exchanged for continuous tickets. i5 Cents Sav~ed in passage fare by purchasing local- tieiret 'from our Agents. ATLANTIC COAST LINE T. C. WHITE, Gen. Passenger Agt., W. J. C RAIG, Passenger Traffic Manager, Wilmington, N. C. Lower Prices. than we quote mean but one thing- f the goods are of inferior quality Remember, "The best is none too good." And the best is the cheapest, q@ be it Dry Goods or Groceries. SUMERON S C BRING YOUR 4JOB WORKE TO THE TINES OFFICE.