The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, February 10, 1909, Page 4, Image 4
THE CHEROKEE ROSE.
Romantic Indian Legend of This Beau
tiful Flower.
There is a beautiful romance con
nected with the Cherokee rose. A.
young Indian chief of the Seminole I
tribe was taken prisoner by his ene-'
mies, the Cherokees, and doomed to
torture, but fell so seriousiy A11 that it
became necessary to wait for his resto
ration to health before committing him i
to the fire.
As he lay prostrated by disease in I
the cabin of the Cherokee warrior the:
daughter of the latter, a young. dark
faced maid, was his nurse. She fell in
love with the young chieftain and.
wishing to save his life, urged him to
escape. But he would not do so uni h
she would flee with him.
She consented. Before they had gone
far, impelled by regret at leaving
home, she asked permission of her
lover to return for the purpose of
bearing away some memento of it. So.
retracing her footsteps, she broke a 1
sprig from the white rose which climb
ed up the poles of her father's tent
and. preserving it during her_ flight
through the wilderness, planted it by 1
the door of her new home in the land
of the Seminoles. And from that day 1
this beautiful flower has always been I
known throughout the southern states j
by the name of the Cherokee rose.
Philadelphia North American.
A SCRAP OF PAPER.
Charred and Discarded, It Brought
Wealth to a Poor Widow.
Some years ago a poor widow kept a
small shop in a Berlin suburb. One
evening as she was serving a customer
a workingman stepped into the shop
and asked permission to light his pipe.
Drawing a piece of paper from his
pocket, he twisted it up and, after
lighting his pipe, threw down the spill
and walked off with a word of thanks.
When sweeping the floor the follow
ing morning the widow took up the
chareed paper out of idle curiosity and,
unfolding it, saw that it was a lottery
ticket, only a portien of which had
been burred. She folded it up. put it
away in her pocket and had almost
forgotten it, when the result of a large
lottery drawing caught her eye in the
paper.
She then remembered the crumbled
ticket in her pocket, and on producing
it found, to her amazement and de
light, that it had won a prize of $50,
000. She claimed the prize, and, al
though she advertised widely for its
original owner, with the intention of
sharing it wita him, she was left in t
undisturbed possession of her fortune.
--Exchange.1
When John Was In Doubt.
John was a coachman who took life I
most seriously and. being very particu
lar, would return frequently in the
course of the day to make sure he un
derstood the orders that had been I
given him in the morning. One after
noon he- presented himself before his
mistress and began:
"Mrs. T., Oi'm -not quite certain ez z
to Mr. T.'s ordher this mornin'. 01 1
was droivin' him to the thrain, an' he I
noticed that the horse was lame an'
he told me to do somethin' to him,
mum; but. sure, 01 don't know whither
he told me to shoe him or to shoot him.
Mebbe ye can till me."
A shoeing was evidently required.
but the execution of the order andi
likewise of the horse was deterred uin-1
til Mr. T. returned
Serious Interruptions.1
.*The ul lazy man is not a common
figure in this country, and when he
does appear he is not treated with 1
proper respect. Ideal inziness is an<
art as difficult as playing on the violin.
A writer in the Washington Star tells1
of one -member of the Sons of Rest
who deserves recognition.
"I s'pose John Is still taking life
easy?" said the woman in the spring<
wagon. 3
"Yes," answered the woman who1
was carrying an armful of wood.
"John has only two regrets in life.
One is that he has to wake up to eat,
and the other is that he has to quit eat
ing to sleep."-Youth's Companion.
Ancestral Pride.
"Do you still want this geneaology?"
asked the man who digs up such
things.
"Sure, I do. Why not?"
"Well, I've found that your great
great-grandfather was hanged for mur
der, your .great-grandfather was im
prisoned for robbery, and your grand
father was tarred and feathered for
beating his wife. That's not a very
~roud record, is it?"
'I should say it is. Shows how my
family is getting better each genera
tion. I'm an improvement on' the
whole bunch-never been. in jail yet.
Let mne have those records. I'm proud
of 'eml"-Cleveland Leader
Applo Pie and Melted Cheese.
Bake a pie crust in the bottom and
on the side of a pie tin; fill with apple
quarters stewed till tender and return
to the oven, pmtting a little cinuamon,
sugar and bits of butter over. When
it is baked enough to set, draw it out
and cover with a thick layer of grated
cheese. Return to the fire and let the
cheese melt and brown. Serve imme
dlately.-Harper's Bazar.
A Reminder.
"Pa," said Bert. '-won't you double
my allowance?"
"Why should I, sonny?"
"Oh. I thought if it was bigger it
would be. more on your mind and you
might remember to give it to me some
times."-London Telegraph.
The intellect Is perfected not by
knowledge, but by activity.-Aristotle.
An Old Idea.
Macaulay was not the first man to
frame the famous Image of the man
of a new civilization standing amid
the ruins of that which we know to
day. Long before he wrote of his
traveler from New Zealand meditat
ing upon London bridge Mrs. Barbauld
had used the same image, with the dif
ference that she applied it to Black
friars bridge. An earlier reviewer had
used it in an article published in 1767.
we are told by an English commenta
tor, and Horace Walpole says in one
of his letters, "At last some curious
traveler from Lima will visit England
and give a description of the ruins of
St Paul's."
Revolts at Cold Steel
"Your only hope," said three doctors
to Mrs. M. E. Fisher, Detroit, Mich.,
suffering from severe rectal trouble.a
lies in an operation." "'then I used Dr.
Kings New Life Pills." she writes. '"till
wholly cured." They prevent Appendi
citis, cure Constipation, Headache. 25c.
at Dr. W. E. Brown & Co.. and J. E.
AGED LIONS.
The Big Brutes Get Lazy and Spirit
less as They Grow Old.
As he grows old a lion gets lazy
Lnd spiritless, says Everybody's. The
iaughty beast that stares at the crowd
>utside his cage usually is as fierce of
;pirit as a fat night watchman who
)links out upon the dark world
:hrough the circle of light cast by the
amp at his feet.
With plenty to eat, nothing to annoy
im and a keeper to look after his
mge, the king of beasts becomes as
eaceful. portly and self satisfied as
ome of our latter day human mon
irchs, whose ministers of army, navy,
;tate and other things take proper
are of the regal edge and see to it
:hat the usual three square meals per
lay await the royal gullet at the prop
!r hours.
The story book impression that lions
ire always on the hunt in their native
iungle is quite at variance with the
:uth. Indeed, the older lions will fre
luently go hungry cr seek the leavings
)f another beast's kill rather than
;ummon the energy to huat prey for
:hemselves.
In a group of ten or twelve trained
ions two or three young, nervous ani
nals usually supply the act with all
ts dash and spirit. The others are
omnambulists.
Tigers, too, frequently grow lethar
ic with advancing years. but never to
;uch a degree as the aging lion. There
s always a pinch of ginger in the big
triped cat. For that reason he makes
i more spectacular performer than the
ion and usually a tougher proposition
'or the trainer.
THE-. PARANOIAC.
2ueer Delusions That Come With This
Curious Mental Disease.
"That curious form of mental dis
.ase known as paranoia is seldom or
ver cured," said a noted Chicago
lienist.
"A paranoiac may be able to trans
Lct business with a fair degree of effi
riency, but, as a rule, few of this class
:an be made to stick to work, as the
iature of the malady prevents concen
ration of mind. One so possessed is
fflicted with strange delusions, espe
ialy with the notion that he is being
)ersecuted. Many an individual who
s denominated a crank has paranoia.
'n general these unfortunates are mis
inthropic, have no social intercourse
xth their fellows and are brooding
md introspective. Very often their
nania leads them to the notion that
:hey have been born to lead mankind
n a religious way, and they proclaim
:hemselves prophets of God. Quite
fteu, too, they are discoverers of
;ome wonderful invention that will as
:onish the world.
"It was a paranoiac who followed
he great actress Mary Anderson from
lace to place, declaring himself her
'avored suitor and threatening to kill
my man who sought her company.
Chese threats were what led to the
ocking up of the iemented creature,
md I believe he finaly shot one of the
sylum attendants. Paranoiacs very
'requently develop homicidal tenden
-es, and it is prudent to watch them
t all times."-Baltimore American.
The Birds' Nests That Men Eat.
The swifts arrive in the Andaman is
ands toward the end of* November,
)ut they take their time in building
:e nests, which are formed from a
elatinous secretion from the salivary
;lands of those beautiful members of
:he swallow tribe. If there has been a
met D~ecemrber, the first crop of nests
s generally a poor one, being soiled by
:he damp and drippings from the roofs
>f the caves. Collectors, howevpr, be
rin in January to go around the Island
:o the different caves in an open boat.
Ehe best quality resemble pure isin
lass and are worth their weight in
slver. Afterward there-are two other
ollections. The caves in which the
ests are found are scattered about
:he Islands. Some are far inland. oth
ers n rocks concealed in mangrove
;waps.-London N'ews.
Bogus Antiques.
Old statuary is made in great quan
ities in Italy.- Bohemia and :Bel
riulm furnish glass of the middle ages.
md every European capital has its
nakers of antiques. Berlin and Vien
ra makers are kept busy with the
dome trade, but Paris, London, Brus
sels, Rome, Florence, Smiyrna and Mu
aich are commercial centers for this
lass of merchandise. The business
ds grown to such proportions that
Nuremberg, Vienna and Livorno have
useums where counterfeit works are
xhibted and where their style of
Eanufacture may be studied.-Berlin
Post
Chinese Flat Noses.
"The Chinese mother," the ethnolo
gist explained, "carries her babe in a
sack on her back. The babe's nose is
pressed against her. Day in and day
out, all through Its babyhood, the lit
tle ting's soft and malleable nose Is
pressed against its mother's back.
ence it is no wonder, is it, that the
Chinese are a fiat nosed race?"
Too Much.
"Of course," said the lady with the
steel ound glasses, "1 expected to be
:alled 'strong minded' after making a
speech three hours long in favor of our
sex, but to have it misprinted into
strong winded' was too, too much."
He Traveled Light.
"That hall room boarder moved to
aay."
"I didn't-see any trunk go out."
"There was none. I guess he placed
his effects in an envelope and mailed
'em to the new address."--Kansas City
Journal.
Interference.
Magistrate (to burglar)-Look here,
my man, if you don't mend your ways
you are sure to come to grief. What
made you take to such a miserable
business? Prisoner-The business Is
good enough, only between your wor
ship and the police It has been ruined.
Broke the Rule.
Creditor-Say. I sent you my bill a
month ago. Edits -Yes, but you wrote
across the back of it, "Please call and
settle." We make It a rule to pay no
attention to manuscripts written on
both sides.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Uncetain ways ursafest are and
dot a greater mischief than despair.
-Denham.
Foley's Honey and Tar clears the ait
assages. stops -the irritation in the
bhroat, soothes the inflamed membran
as, and the most obstinate cough disap
ears. Sore and inflamed lungs are
ealed and strengthened. and the cold
s expelled from the system. Refuse an;
ut the genuine in the yellow package,
DIGNITY OF OWNERSHIP.
The Feeling of Pride That Is Born of
Paying Taxes.
"Many a time," said a policeman in
the southern part of the city, "when
arresting men, especially intoxicated
men, I have been told by wygrisoner
that he was a taxpayer and that he
helped pay my wages.
"I always regarded this sort of back
talk as merely drunken insolence and
never paid much attention to It until
about a year ago, when I bought a
house and lot and became myself a
taxpayer. I had always rented be
fore and never gave a thought to taxes,
but as soon as I moved into my own
bouse I began to appreciate the feel
hAgs of men who resented arrest be
cause they paid taxes.
"There is certainly a considerable ad
dition to the dignity of the man who
helps support the government. He
feels a degree of responsibility that a
renter or roomer never understands,
and my idea is that every man in the
country ought to become a taxpayer
as soon as he can. And the mere fact
that he does help support the govern
ment and bears his share of the ex
pense' makes him a better citizen.
Habitual criminals are rarely taxpay
ers. They know they may have to run
,auy day and perhaps never come back,
so they do not buy real estate, but are
roomers and lodgers all their lives."
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
A WHISTLER DINNER.
Sealing Wax Played an Important
Part at the Banquet.
In the Pennells' "Life of James Mac
Neill Whistler" is the story of a din
ner given by the eccentric artist in
which be was assisted by Mr. Luke
Ionides, who describes the banquet:
"I remember calling one early after
noon, when Jimmy was busy putting
things straight. He asked me if I had
any money. I told him I had 12
shillings. He said that was enough.
We went out together, and he bought
three chairs at two and sixpence each
and three bottles of claret at eighteen
pence each and three sticks of sealing
wax of different colors at twopence
each. On our return he sealed the top
of each bottle with a different colored
wax. He then told me he expected a
possible buyer to dinner and two other
friends. When we had taken our seats
at the table he very solemnly told the
maid to go down and bring up a bottle
of wine, one of those with the red seal.
The maid could hardly suppress a grin,
but I alone saw it. Then, after the
meat, he told her to fetch a bottle with
the blue seal, and with dessert the one
with the yellow seal was brought, and
all were drunk in perfect innocence
and delight. - He sold his ,picture, and
he said he was sure the sealing wax
had done it."
A Queer Trunk Problem.
One of the minor problems that pre
sent themselves to managers of homes
for elderly persons is the accumulation
of trunks. Each new arrival brings
one or more tranks, often several, and
it Is not expected that these ever will
be taken away, as the inmates are to
remain permanently. It is not, how
ever, considered safe to sell the trunks
or give them away, as they are the
private properly of the inmates, and
there is a. possibility that the trunks
may be needed again through some
change in affairs or fortunes. The
trnks therefore pile up until they
become the despair of managers, and
It is a relief. when some of the older
or least substantial boxes break apart
from mere decrepitude and can con
scientiously be consigned to the scrap
heap.-New York Press.
-Napoleon's Bible.
An Italian journalist has the copy of
the -Bible which Napoleon used during
his compulsory sojourn in the Isle of
Elba. It is a copy of a cheap popular
edition, illustrated with rough wood
cuts, with the initial N.- and the in
peial crown stamped upon its back.
A number of texts are underlined, and
the inference is that the exiled em
peror searched the Scriptures for pas
sages appropriate to his misfortune
and his hopes. "I will smite the shep
herd, and the sheep shall be scattered,
is perhaps the most significant of them.
The Bible was discovered in the sanc
tuary of the Madonna del Monte, in
Elba.
Strategy.
Rodrick-Great Scott! Has Bilkins
lost his mind?
Van Albert-I don't think so. Why?
Rodrick-Just look at the Illumnina
tion in his house. He has had every
gas jet burning all day long.
Van Albert--Oh, that's just a little
scheme Bilkins has to increase his 'gas
bill this month. His wife Is coming
back to-morrow, and he told her hE
had been remaining at home and read'
ing every night since she went away.
If she looked at the gas bill and found
It to be only 32 cents, he would be
cornered for an explanation.-Chicage
News.
Eternal Fitness.
"I see a retired knockabout come.
dian is going to buy a title and have a
coat of arms."
"Ha.s he decided on anything?"
"I think he is considering Ph-o slap
sticks crossed over a seltzer s?Qhon."
Pttsburg Post.
The Poor Sheep.
Mr. Foolish-Why are sheep the most
dissipated animals? Mr. Silly-Be
cause they gambol all their lives, spern
most of their time on the turf, many o:
them are blacklegs, and all are fleeced
In the end!
Endeavor to do thy duty and thot
wilt know thy capacity.-Goethe.
The Coatly Brier Pipe.
"People don't understand brier pipe
making," said a dealer. "If they dk
they wouldn't consider a five or sib
Mir brier extravagant. Did yoi
know, for Instance, that a brier pip<
after its complefeion is ' put away t<
season .for-nine or ten years? Frenc1
brier is the best material for thes
pipes. It isn't, though, bridr, and 11
doesn't' come from France. It comes
from - etymologically speaking - thi
word 'bruyere,' which means "furze.
French brier is really Italian furzs
root, a growth of the Tuscan Alps
The plant is as carefully cultivated af
tobacco itself. All the sprouts an4
leaves are kept well pruned; thus al
the sap goes to the root's nourishment
The root is cut when fully develope(
and boiled and dried before shipment
Afterward the pipemaker boils ani
dries It again. And when the pipe Il
finished* he stores it away for furthe:
drying-a matter of eight years or sc
The best brier pipe is one cut cross
wise of the grain, and the grain shoul
be birdseye. Such a pipe lasts a life
time-can be handed down from fathe
CHINA'S GRAND CANAL.
Sometimes It Holds Water Enough to
Float the Boats.
Of some of the crude and outgrown
methods used on China's Grand canal
a writer in the North China Daily
News remarks: "The junction of the
real canal with the Wei river was not
by means of a lock, but simply a high
and steeply sloping mud bank, over
which the grain vessels had to te
dragged by the force of perhaps many
hundreds of men. It should be borne
In mind that in China the lock of a
canal is not much more like our Idea
of what that name connotes than it is
like a padlock. Amid constant and
often serious changes of level, with an
uncertain and not infrequently a
scanty supply of water, and with a
grain fleet which traveled in blocks of
some eighty vessels under one officer,
it was necessary to devise some way
for keeping them together and for
transferring them as a consolidated
unit with tMis in view.
"For this reason a Chinese lock on
the Grand canal is nothing but a stone
gateway into which large boards may
be lowered through a groove in the
stones, restraining most of the water
from its flow, until there is a depth
sufficient to float all the craft. when
the boards are pulled up and the en
tire fleet passes through.
"After this the boards are again
lowered for another division of the
grain boats. In case the water gives
out-a by no means unlikely occur
rence-there Is nothing to do but to
wait until more comes from some
where."
THREE EMPIRES.
Governments That Practically Sprang
Into Being Overnight.
Prior to Jan. 1S, 187:1 the German
empire, as we know it today, had no
existence. Instead it was a jumble
of kingdoms, states, duchies, grand
duchies and principalities, all joined
together by a like language and com
mon political aspirations, it is true, but
otherwise quite separate and distinct.
Then came the historic ceremony .in
the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. Par
is had just been captured by King
William of Prussia, and it was held to
be a fitting time and place to proclaim
him the first German emperor. Never
since the dawn of history was an em
pire born more dramatically.
By a strange irony of fate, too, its
birth took place amid the-ruins of the
French empire, itself the creation of a
day, or, rather, to be strictly accurate,
of a night. France went to bed on the
evening of Dec. 1, 1851, a republic.
When it awoke next morning it was
an empire. During the hours of dark
ness Paris had been occupied by
troops, and the prince-president had
become Napoleon III.
Equally sudden and almost as sensa
tional in its way was the birth of the
modefn Greek empire. After the yoke
of the Turks had been thrown off in
the war of Inde endence the country
became a repuylic. But the people
soon tired of that democratic form of
government and promptly proceeded
to assassinate their first and only pres
ident. Then they met together, elect
ed a king and settled themselves down
to be ruled by him in a quite orderly
and contented fashion.-San Francisco
Chronicle.
Exploiting the Antique.
A gang of swindlers arrested by the
Toulouse police had for stock in trade
a beautiful antique cabinet and a con
siderable stock of audacity. With
these they took, for a short lease, a
historic chateau near Toulouse. in
stalling a venerable old lady to play
the part of owner. Then they found
a collector of antiques, persuaded him
to visit the chateau and sold him the
really valuable cabinet at a good
round price. After the bargain was
concluded they invited the victim to
lunch, and while he was eating the
meal the real cabinet was replaced by
a perfect imitation, which the victim
carried off with him. The swindlers,
before their arrest, succeeded in selling
their cabinet thirty-three times, at
prices varying from $500 to $3,000.
When Animals Are tII.
Said a prominent veterinarian: "An
imals when sick are the most helpless
and appreciative of' all creatures, and
the way of administering relief and
medicine In many instauces is as novel
as it is effective. The most savage and
revengeful animals during spells of se
vere paIn are, as a rule, as docile and
tractable as a child. Relief must come
from a human being, and come quick
ly, and they seem to know it. The
most vicious horse when groaning
with pain would allow a mere child to
administer relief, and many of the
wild animals when in sickness seem
to forget their savage instincts."
The Greyhound.
Various explanations, have been giv
en of the origin of 'the term grey
hound, some authors claiming that the
prefix grey is taken from Gralus,
meaning Greek. others that It signifies
great, while still others say that it has
reference to the color of the animal.
In no other breed of hounds Is the
blue or gray color so prevalent, and
consequently the last mentioned deri
vation seems the most plausible.-Lonl
don Notes and Queries.
.Thought He Knew.
Mrs. Gewjum:--John, do you know
what you said in your sleep last night?
Mr. Gew~tum-Oh, yes; I suppose I
said. "Maria, for heaven's sake.. let me
get in a word edgewise!"-C~hicago
Tribune.
Strangely enough, It's when a man
comes right to the point that he Is con
sidered blunt.-E:hiladelphia Record.
Then He Subsided.
"I have made It a rule through life,"
he said at the table the other day to a
man at his left. "never to meddle with
another man's business."
"That's right--perfectly right," was
the reply.
"But I see you have a new confiden
tial clerk."
"Yes, sir, yes."
"He's a hard looking case. I have
seen him intoxicated a dozen times.
and I wouldn't trust him out of my
sight with a sixpence. Took him out
of charity. eh?"
"Well, not altogether, you know. He
happens to be my eldest son."--Lon
don Mail.
C R. Kluaer, the Jeweler. 1060 Vir
inia Ave., Indianapolis. Ind.. writes:
"was so weak from kidney trouble that
I could walk a hundred feet. Four bot
ties of Foley's Kidney Remedy cleared
my complexion, cured my backcache and
he irregularities disappeared, and I
can now attend to busmness every day,
nd recommend Foley's Kidney Remedy
to all sufferers, as it cured me after the
doctors and other remedies ha~d failed."
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