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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05
No. Q is carried out in white moire

No. 2 is carried out in white MORE
uniquely decorated with black satin
ribbon. 1t is worn over gown Of
barege showing white and royal blue.
| The jacket is sufficiently short to per.
NIT of the wearing of a deep girdle.
The back is slashed after the manner
of the latest models and is joined by
shoulder and under-arm seams to the
fronts that close at the neck, gradual
ly separating below this point to show
the full waist beneath. The collar and
epaulettes are similar to those seen in
No. l. Jaunty little boleros of this
description can be made of silk, satin,
velvet, moire velours, canvas and other
fashionable weaves, and decorated ac-
cording to individual taste. Among
the suitable trimmings are ribbon ap-
| piled in straight bands, ruffles or mar
row quillings, lace, bands of insertion,
or heavy guimpe lace applique over
brilliant hued satin. Spangles and
sequins are frequently seen upon
black satin, the effect being exceeding
ly beautiful.
It requires but the merest trife OF
material to make either one of these
charming little boleros that can be
made either to match the waist over
which it is worn or of contrasting
fabric. Remnants can be picked up
at trifing cost, making it within the
reach of every woman to possess
stylish little accessory that will do
wonders in smartening up last sea-
sons gowns.
To make either bolero for lady in
the medium size will require one and
seventh-eighths yards of twenty-two-
inch material.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05

Missouri has law for the suppress
sion of vagrancy that is in some re-
spects peculiar. 1t provides that il
any man is found lettering around,
without visible means Of maintenance,
and who will not work at some honest
calling to earn his living, he is to be
.pntup at public auction and his labor
sold for six months. 1t is not eH'
planned how the purchaser of this Ia,
Dor shall compel its performance.
After paying the costs of the court,
what the man sells for is to be turned
over to the mans wife and family fol
their m, ,intenance. 1t is probable
that this lew is meant more as a bogey
than for practical use. Even the
threat of being put to work will cause
the army of tramps to gire Nissour: q
wide berth. ct harvest season Of the
year there is always enough to do in
the country for any man who is able
AID willing to put his hand at hard
work. The farmer aay not be able tc
pay large wages, but it is better to be
self supporting than to bscome pau
per dependent on charity.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05

: The Missionary Herald, quotes
Captain Kinds assertion that nearly
all tribes in the Congo basin are or
have been cannibals, and that the prac-
fice is on the increase, not merely for
superstitious reasons, but also for the
provision of food. There is certain
sturdy, fat race in Africa, which has
never been famous for its prowess, but
which is made regular staple article
of diet.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05

concealirg the seam. The sleeves are
one-seamed and sufficiently loose to
permit of perfect freedom of the arms,
feature necessary in gowns Of this
description. Gathers adjust the full
ness of the sleeves at the upper and
lower edges, and single band of in
sertion completes the wrists. The
neck finishes with a neat rolling collar.
Percale, dimity, gingham, lawn,
batiste and all washable fabrics are
adapted to the mode, or the garment
can be made of either French or out
ing-fannel, in which instance it can
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05

The Teutonic race is proverbially
prone to suicide, but even in Ger,
many the suicide of ten-year-old
boy, Max Gehring, in Friedrichsha'
gen, suburb of Berlin, is considered
unusual. His little sister had her
birthday, and in distributing the
birthday cake she got piece more
than he did. This seemed too awful
TO survive, so he retired sullenly and
silently to . neighboring room, where
he forthwith hanged himself to a
door-knob and was found, rigid and
dead, hours after.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05

their mammas. The fronts are with
out darts and there are straight backs,
which are laid in underlying plaits at
the waist line, side forms and under
arm cores by means Of which the mt
ting is effected. The sleeves are two
scanned and show the regulation slight
fullness at the top. The fronts are
reversed to form lapels which meet the
rolling coat collar in uneven notches.
AS shown, the material is light
weight covert cloth, but all-wool stuffs
as we'll as pique, linen, duck, crash
and cotton cheviot are we'll suiSed to
the style. Whatever the material, the
finish is an important point, and Glfters
according as the material is washable
or is not. All goods classed under the
latter head are made unlined, the
seams being neatly bound and both
collar and revers simply self-faced
without stiffening.
Wool goods OF all sorts call for q
lining of taffetas and for an interlining
of tailor's canvas in both collar and
revers, as we'll as two-inch facing
round the lower edge and at the wrist
of each sleeve. When so treated the
blazer takes that set that nothing else
can give, and should be quite as
stylish as though made by an expert.
The revers and collar are invariably
faced with the material, but the facing
may be either the severe machine stitch
ing or an applique Of narrow braid as
indicated.
To make this blazer for a lady In
the medium size will require two and
one-quarter yards OF forty-four-inch
material.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05
To Break Up a Sitting Hen.


1t is so natural for the hen to sit
after continuous laying until her egg
supply is temporarily exhausted that
we used when keeping hens to let
them have their own way generally
and bring off their ebroods. One OF
the most beautiful sights in the farm
yard is the mother hen watching her
little brood, calling them to favorite
morsel, or uttering the warning cry
which every little chick understands
when some strange object above her
gives the alarm. A piece of news
paper blown by the wind is to the
hens imagination dangerous bird of
prey. While the hen is sitting, if she
is fed and watered twice q day she is
probably recovering her strength and
bringing forward another lot of eggs
quite as fast as she would be if run
ming at large. 1t really does the hen
good to raise her little family, and
with the Asiatic breeds we doubt
whether you will lose any eggs by it.
The trouble is that while the hen is
sitting she is usually partly starved,
and so it takes longer for her to re-
cover. If fed only wheat with plenty
of pure water, and in separate dish the
curd of milk, Plymouth Rock hens
will often begin to lay eggs while kept
in the coop with chicks too small to
care for themselves Yet it is not
hard to prevent the hen from sitting
if you want to. Place the hen in coop
where she can have no place to make
a nest, and with young rooster from
another pen, if possible. After few
days of this treatment, giving only
water and wheat grains, the hens may
be turned out and will soon 60 to lay
ing again.-Boston Cultiyator.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05
Growing Fall Turnips.

Where the land is fresh and free
from the seeds of foul weeds, fall
turnip seed may be sown broadcast
from the first of July until the middle
of August, depending on the season,
and covered with light smoothing or
brush harrow. Prepare the land very
carefully and pulverize and compact
the seedbed thoroughly. New ground
the second year from sod gives best re-
suits. The soil is then rich in plant
food and in good tilth. A piece of
sod ground broken during the sum-
mer and seeded to wheat in the fall
makes an excellent turnip field the
following season, after the wheat has
been harvested. Ordinarily such land
will not produce sufficient number
of weeds to interfere with the full de-
velopment of the tIlrnips. Four or
five pounds of seed to the acre will
give about the right stand.
In sections of the country where
new land is not available, truck
patches from which early vegetables
have been removed will answer
admirably. Often wheat land is
plowed as soon as the gain has
been removed and seeded to
turnips. The ground must be rich,
for turnips are gross feeders. but soil
containing an excess of vegetable mat
ter will cause an excessive growth of
tops. TO the detriment of root devel-
opment. A cool, moist climate is very
favorable to the growth of turnips and
for this sreason the seed should be put
in late if the season is dry, then most
of the growth will take place in fall.
While broadcasting answers very
we'll on new land, the best results are
obtained only when sown in rows and
cultivated. Have the rows about two
feet apart and the plants anywhere
from SIX to twelve inches apart in the
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05

AS an illustration Of the new meth
DDS for cheapening production that
have been introduced of late years, il
Is noticed that during the visit of the
business men from South America to
Lynn, Mass, . day or two ago. they
saw pair of women's shoes made in
fourteen minutes and fourteen seconds.
During the process fifty odd pieces Of
leather passed through eighty-fve
pairs Of hands.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05
Pattern After Christ.

A young woman with some ambitious as Q
painter submitted specimens Of her skill to
a successful artist "Don't copy copies"
said he. "You have copied this landscape
from picture that was itself an imperfect
COPY, with the result that all its errors are
REPRODUCED and magnifed. Go out into
nature and paint directly from your own
landscape. Or, il you must copy, copy
from masterpiece. Anything else is not
worth while" Yes; and, young Christian,
do not pattern your life after the life OF
some one else, who at best is only an imita-
ton Of the perfect One. Initiate for your
self the only life that is worth initiating.
Look unto Jesus.-GoldenR Rule.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05
They That Sow Must Rssp.

Our deeds have an inescapable reflex In
fluence; what we do helps to make US wha.
we are. All our activities both manifest
character and shape character; deeds are
never trivial. You think, perhaps, that you
may do many things now which you will not
do by-and-by, and that these will have no
permanent result In your future condition.
1t Is dangerous mistake. Many q young
man INDUCES himself In sowing Wild
oats" and forgets that every sowing has
it's harvest Thsy that SOW the wind reap
the whirlwind. The sins OF youth are the
seeds OF many grievous harvest reaped in
old age with remorse and unayailing tears.
Philip S. Mo1om, D. D., in THE Aim Of
-
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05
The patent baseball pitching

!. The patent baseball pitching gun
was used in a match at Princeton, N.
J., the other day, and was said to be
q decided success. Where the sport
side of the question comes in it is
hard to tell, confesses the New Orl-
cans Picayune. The patent catcher
and fielder, with an automatic umpire,
win come next, and the National Game
will then be relegated to place among
the myths.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05
High Farming on Cheap Land.


The greatest difficulty in the way Of
good farming in this country has al
ways been that prices of land were so
low that those engaged in farming have
been tempted to buy more land than
they could proftably work. There
should always be an amount of work
ing capital equal to at least half of
what is invested In land. This should
be done even though the land be only
partly paid for. 1t is much better to
leave part of the cost of land put in
a mortgage whose interest can be met
every year, than to pay all the money
down and leave nothing to work the
land with. In a great majority Of
cases it is the floating capital, rather
than that invested in land, which pays
the greatest rate of profit. Farmers
have been complaining for years that
the merchant, who makes ten to twen-
ty-fve per cent. on his merchantable
stock, has the advantage of them.
They are tied to their farms, and like
the man holding fast by the VOLTS tail,
cannot, safely, let go, whileit takes all
their energies to simply hold on and
prevent the wolf from turning and
rending them.
On high-priced land near cities most
of the high-priced farm stock is kept.
1t is usually far more profitable than
the stock of the merchant, for that, ex-
cept in case of change in the mar
kets, cannot increase in value, and is
much more likely to decrease. The
merchants stock cannot increase in
amount as can that of the breeder. To
be sure, the breeder has losses by
casualties to animals, but these are
fully offset if not more by the bad
debts that the merchant accumulates
on his ledger. II the breeder manages
rightly his stock may be made to in
crease with its product thirty to more
than one hundred per cent. There is
no kind Of business so safe from loss,
other than farming, that pays so we'll
as this. Why then is it that so many
farmers are poor? It is because they
trust too much to their land to sustain
them without having the capital to
make the best use of it.
Most low-priced land is so because
it is far from market; that may make
such land unsuitable for growing the
fancy breeds of stock that can usually
only be sold by having those who in
tend purchasing visit the farm and in
specting stock on the ground. Yet
when a farmer is known to have an
extra good class of stock he will find
customers for it, even if they do find
it not very convenient to visit and in
spect it. There is no surer way to
make the farm richer than to use it for
stock-breeding purposes. If the fer
tility is put into the soil, there need
be no fear that some means will be
found for making it profitable. Itwas
the virgin and fertile soils of the
Northwest tnat attracted settlement
from all parts of the world. Increase
fertility anywhere and the land will
never lack purchasers. American
Cultivator.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05
Horse Hints,

Horse Hints.
Being gentle with horse will help
him to be gentle.
Keep the colt fat and he will make
an easy-going horse.
Sores on horses shoulders are large
ly the result of ill-fitting collars.
An excess of food weakens a work
ing animal and disables it from work.
If young teams are overloaded they
are apt to become discouraged or
vicious.
Take the horse to the harness shop
and see that collar fits him before
you buy it.
To very considerable extent the
most costly farming is that done with
poor teams.
The farmers will always be poor
who continue to raise $50 horses at an
expense of 800.
Blood, food, care and training are
the essentials necessary for producing
q hrSt-claSS morse.
There are few diseases to which
horses are subject but are easier pre-
vented than cured.
Good grooming does not only add
to the animals comfort, but to its
healthfulness as well.
The best farm horse is the one with
a kind and tractable disposition, we'll
broken and serviceable.
Feeding little wheat bran with the
other grain will help to make the
horses hair sleek and glossy.
The feed and care necessary to raise
a poor horse costs as much in every
way as it does for one of the best.
A horse needs exercise every day
to keep his system properly regulated
and make his hair bright and sleek.
When the horse is brought in from
work he should be given a good drink;
if too warm to drink he is too warm to
eat.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05

, How long before the West and
Southwest will wake up to the fact
that it pays to manufacture woolens
where the wool is grown? asks the
American Agriculturist. At present,
more than half (ifty-six per cent. of
the wool produced in the United
States is hauled across the continent
to New England mills.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05
IN THE QUIET HOURS.
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FECM THE
WORLDS GREATEST AUTHORS.

Cu1e md culy Climb Up to Coda Song
OF Praise Trust God for Zach Day
They That Sow Must Reap-Pattern
After Christ-What You DO, Do Now.
June, with sunshine in her eyes,
Passed her hand across the skies,
Then, with archly smiling lips,
Blew upon her finger-tips.
Soon the air grew wondrous = Iect
Overhead, and under feet,
Under feet. and overhead.
Trooped the roses, white and red;
Trooped the roses-crimson, white,
Pink and yellow, pale and bright
Till they perfumed earth and air,
Roses, roses, everywhere.
Wearied then, she shook her head,
Ard the petals, white and red,
All the petals-crimson, white.
Pink and yellow, pale and bright,
Fluttered slowly, softly down
To the border of her gown.
Half dismayed to see them fall,
Quick she turned to leave them all,
Looking back to say good-ly.
She met the warm glance OF J"ly.
Anna ]. Grannis, in Congregaticralist.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05

row. Give level culture, keep the
land free from weeds and stir the sur
face often.
Turnips are a valuable winter feed
for sheep and cattle, particularly the
former. When fed to milk cows give
just after milking. Otherwise the
milk may be given an unpleasant odor
and the butter an undesirable taint.
They must not be fed in excess to any
stock but when other succulent feeds
cannot be fed, turnips are invaluable.
American Agriculturist.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05
Neat and Useful Wrapper.

A neat and useful gown is here
shown composed Of polka-dot percale,
trimmed with bands of insertion. The
upper portion consists of short yoke
that is simply adjusted by shoulder
seams, and has a straight lower edge.
The full portion has side seams, and is
gather ed at the upper edge and joined
to the yoke, single band Of insertion
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05
BLAZERS AND B0LER0S.
FEATURES OF WoMAN'S DRESS THAT
ARE AS POPULAR AS EVER.

Simple and Stylish Design OF a Blazer
That is Suitable For Either Ladies
OF rMisses-Handsome Boleros OF White
Organdy and Moire Uniquely Decorated
Nothing seems to hold popular favor
more completely than the hlazer,
writes May Manton. The style shown
in the illustration is both simple and
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05

also often desired to mark particular
cows milk, in order to observe its
quality. A label and method of at
tachment is shown in the cut. A strip
ofpasteboard has its end bent over
and wire inserted as shown. The fold
is glued down, thus holding the wire.
Bend the double wire and hang it over
the pans edge.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05
CART FOR THE GARDEN.

provided if needed. Let the rims of
the wheels be wide, so that they may
not cut into the ground. The rods at
the rear keep such loads as cornstalks,
branches from pruning, ETC., from the
wheels, but permit boxes or baskets to
be set in between them.-New Eng
land Homestead.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05

be used as a nightdress when travel
ing. Ladies contemplating sea voy'
age will find gowns of this description
exceedingly comfortable and practica-
BILE.
To make this wrapper for a lady in
the medium size will require eight
yards of thirty-six-inch material. E.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05
A Handy Garden Cart.

The sketch herewith shows cross
between a wheelbarrow and four
wheeled cart that will be found very
convenient. 1t is long and light and
fitted for carrying almost any kind of
load. Sides and front end can be
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05
What You Do, Do Now.

Let US put out OF our minds forever the
thought that thirty years from now we are
going to do something. You will not unless
YOU do it now. There Is more time wasted,
more sin committed. waiting for a mere
propitious opportunity than from any other
one cause. "Behold, now"-not thirty
minutes from now, not ten seconds ahead,
but now; the "now" of Scripture has not
the duration Of a thousandth part Of sec
ond. Now Is the accepted time" not only
to believe on Jesus Christ, but to serve
Him."-H. C. Mabie, D. D.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05

The largest estates in Austria are
those of Prince Schwartzenburg, 510,-
900 acres; Prince Lichtenstein, 49, :
900, and Archduke Albert, 305,QQ0.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05

Great occasions do not make heroes or
towards. they simply unveil them to the
eyes OF men. Silently and imperceptibly as
we wake or sleep we grow and wax strong,
we grow and wax weak, and at last some
crisis shows US what we have become
CanCn WeStcott.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05
n all their wars the British have
Ron the average of eighty-two per
lent. of the battles.

If all the corn in the United States
last year were in one field it would be
Twice as large as all Turkey in Europe
and two-thirds as large as France.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05

II this great world Of joy and pain
Revolve in one sure track;
II freedom, set, will rise again,
And virtue, flown, come back;
Woe to the purblind crew who fill
The heart with each days care;
Nor gain. from past or future, skill
To bear and to forbear!
William Wordsworth.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05
Marking the Milk.

shO 4oAAAs
Where the milk is set in shallow
pans it is wise to mark each days
milk, as Tuesday morning." "fl ss-
day night" etc. In this way one can
see at glance just when to skim, and
does not have to stop to reckon up the
number of pans used each day. 1t is
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-08-05

Japan has ordered four thirty-one-
knot torpedo boat destroyers of the
YarroYs, Of England.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-11


The following are recent charters:
Ship State of Maine, Ito arrive) $4,000 cases
oil to Hong Kong, 20 cts.
Brig H. B. Hussey, Jacksonville to Portland
or Bath, lumber 81 BIN coal out from fniia-
delphia, so cts.
Schr Edward E. Briery Norfolk to Portland
coal p. t.
schr Douglas Haynes, New York to Augusta
coal S5c.
g. sohr Gertrude Trundy, New York to Portland
coal. p. t.
Schr Charles H. Trickey, Kennebec to Patch-
ogue. L. l., lumber So. loaded and KenneDec'
towages.
scbr Leander " Beebe Kennebec to Phila-
delphia or Baltimore, ice 4kc
Shcr Lucy A. Davis. Philadelphia to Portland
coal, p I.
schr Matte j. Allies, Hillsboro to Newark,
p aster. 81 40.
Schr sebago. New York to Cayenne, general
ca go, PIT.
Scar Mabel Hooper, Charleston to Portland,
lumber 81 20.
Schr Maud Briggs, Philadelphia to Portland,
alum 81 rs.
Schr Grace Webster, Pr. Reading to Bangor,
Goa Doe.
schr sam'l Dilloway, Philadelphia to Port
land, coal 65c.
Schr Matte B. Russell, Philadelphia to Port
land, coal zoe.