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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-06
An Iajured Miners Nerve

A few days sgo at Quarssburg. II
Baker county, Theodore Eby, a miner,
Vas working alone III stope IN the
Clifford mine when q huge rock fell
from the hanging vsll and struck his
leg, breaking Il about half way be-
tween the knee and hip and pinioaing
the unfortunate man fast Within
arms length of where he stood vas .
pick. With this instrument he pried
the rock from bis leg and ertricatsd
himself. There was no assistance
nearer than Mr.. Glsordis house, Just
below the dump of the tun,lels aad the
only person there Was Ms Clifford,
her husband being absent
There Vas only one thing for Ehy
to do, and that Vas to get himself oat
the best way possible The journey
ahead of him required almost super
human effort He had to so down on
Q ladder in . sixty-foot shaft from the
stops to the tannel, which vas 800
feet from the entrance. He let him
self dosn the shaft by his hands, and
on reaching the tunnel crawied oot.
all the time suffering the raost intense
pain. On reaching the dump he called
for help, and Hrs ,ilford came TO his
assistance and help'sd him to the house
and to his bed. Later Mr.. Clifford re-
turned home and prccared physician
TO attend Mr.. E5y, rho Ii last ae,oants
Vas getting along IS well as could Be
expected-Marnirg Oregonian-
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Pursued By Black Bears.

Elmer TsornSars. q mining man of
Granite. Or, arrived at his home.
after having most exciting trip across
The nountIns on saoxshoes and mar
roviy escS,lng being food for . couple
Of fierce md hungry bears Thorn-
burg Is interested In mining ground
away down In . region known Is
"Desosasion, Vi in the lower North Fork
country. and one day recently he CON
cluded it voald be wisdom on his psxs
to take q trip down to see how the
camp ~ss prospering and take the
United States mail and extras In to the
boys The journey to within about
four miles of the camp was made with
out difficulty by Thornburg, mounted
upon . palr OF snovshoes. but at that
distance the snow Was all gone. and he
had to abandon his sacwshOes and
take to walking. This With his pack
On his back, Was no picnic When
within about two miles of camp he
sat down o. the sunny side of log to
rest
No soooe, had Thornburg settled
himself comfortably than he Was dis
turbed by several grants and . lot of
clswing and scratching beneath the
log. BE Was anarmsd. In . minute
there appeared from beneath the log
tso black uurEls<. followed BY the
bodies of two fall-sroSn, ferociols.
red-.ared, black bears, with hrissles
erect as they came from their coz
Portable barrow.
Thornbarg Jumped to his feet and
started down the trail On ran- The
heavy pack on his back iupeded his
progress, however. The hungry bears
quickly took&p the scent and we're
after hin When he sar that the race
would b. IN uneven ore, he dropped
his burden at the foot OF . young
black pine tree and climbed up among
the branches - ninhle Is . chipnonk.
The bears broke open his discarded
bardle and ate Al the bacon and other
good things Then they turned their
attention 10 Thornburg. Fierce with
hunger. their savage appesitss Just
xhetted good, the bears pat their huge
paws around the slender tree trunk
and eadesyorei to reach him
Breaking ofa branch of tts tree.
Thornburg raped smsrtly each black
nose that came within reach, sni bruin
vouI SO away growing. only to re-
turn when the psin hsd ceased This
Was the best and only defense the pur-
sued nan eoal6 avail himself Of. In
the meantime he began to yell at the
top of his voice II the hopes thas his
cries might reach camp. They finally
did, snd Mr.. Dickson xnd I'd
Flahssty came out with their trusty
riHes and made 4 possible for the un-
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-06
ThreaSh q Snau Hele.

4 female burglar, tEsaty-one years
of age, recently sent 30 ial IN Lon
don, vas proved to nave worked her
Way through 81 openingnine sad one
quarter inches square, and on . pre-
yioas occasion had vriggied through
hole eight inches square.
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ooxxzvrY7oS os soa xo,SCEx

coSAzyLy7oN oF snl HoENUEE
In he discussion Of ahsoihng, the
sta4sz.eat has often been made that
poroas sanity land Is injured more
than benefited BY deep stirring. writes
Professor ]. L Raii, Iowa This Is
xadoabteaiy rue, bat the best soils
sof hortc1ftursl uses IN the prairie
statas are those with large mixture
af clsy, which pack re.dily under the
pressare Of the plox and the tread of
she horses N the fnrrox- A veil de-
6Hed cxrst Is formed n the bottom of
he furrov. which holds the water Of
Asaxy rains. forming little rivalets
dat not only cArry Of the moisture
but toas OF the very finest and best
sod particles Even the favored Loex
scik, of Iowa soon show this crust IN
der the plov-
"A pecaiisrity OF western climate Is a
teA>ning u orchard and garden yield
by = shortage Of earth moisture when
the crop 3 maturing. Daring the
pass four years premature dropping
md npeniRg OF apples ~as the resalt
Of tso little water IN the lower levels
reached by the feeding roots As
orcAard fruits do best on high lands
with more or less slope for the drain
sge. the loss from sar.sce drainage of
uxssf L more xPparsnf than On those
places nearly level In dozen places
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A Minnesota Legislator introduced a
bill providing for the appointment OF
3 State phrenologisi, At q salary OF
5000 year, with q $500 assistant,
and 81 expense fuH.d CT $500 year Al
their disposal; teer business to be the
examination of "ros less than 20oo
heads year"
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An fruit trees, except the peach and
al the small fruits except the black
cap raspberry are best planted IN The
autumn, and the esrier after the
leaves fall, the better. The advan-
tsgss Of fan planting nay Be Summed
up ss follows:
1. Nurseryaen have fuller snd bet
ter stocks OF trees N the autumn
when the sales begin The best .re
sold Srst. and later orders are 6lled
With the EassriAl which remains On
hand. Sometimes it Is Impossible 10
have an order for certain varieties
filed N the spring, al of thai stock
being sold There Is frsqusntly OBJ
served . marked superiority N stock
received IN the tail
2 II trees are properly planted IN
the early autumn almost every one L
sure 30 live aid thrive the next SEA
son. while of those planted In the
spring . considerable per cent viii
die the first wear. The explanation Is
that during the warm days Of altaun
the trees become establixhed In their
new locatianS Having no leaves they
do not need moisture as they do IN the
spring. The earth becomes COM
pacsed about the roots, which form
eaIiasses over the cat and torn ends.
and even begin to emit snail raotlets
before the winter sets N, % that On
the earliest warm DAYS Of spring the
young orchard Is ready TO start OF 10
make . full growth.
5. Another reason for fall planting
Is thst the nursegymea then have more
tine to dig and pack the trees. and
there i less liability OF err,rs. which
xrs very provoking when discovered
after the lapse of eight or ten years
when the tree begins to truit The
planter, too, has nore time to properly
DO the work OF planting. 80 that sn
orchards planted n the autumn have
8 better chance Of saoeeeiing.
Strictly 6rst-class trees and vines
should alsays be parehassd Other
qualities nay live, but they vii sener-
aIly come 10 bearing 50 far behind
krst-class stock taxt more VIII be lost
than Is gained To illustrate this:
Some years aso the writer purchased
8 thousand thira-elass currAat bushes
They nearly al grew. bat failed TO
fruit the second and third years with
any degree of profit, so th.s the loss
EAs considerable. so With pear and
apple trees Of the ssooad-class more
Win die and the remainder vii be
longer In coming into bearing.
NurssryDea often advocate the
planting of very young trees This
vii do If the trees are TO have garden
culture. bat where trees sre 70 b
planted In IN orchard and VIII receive
only ordinary care the larger tree.
three o, four years old, viii stand
much the better chance OF living and
early trliting. Always order straight
thrifty, clean snd healthy stock from
the NURSERY. and insist thai it be
free from Sll insect and
fangus diseases
After the trees are planted pail the
earth up around each one to slpPort
il against the vints, winds In sS-
ceptioaslly windy places II may be
s6visshle to stake each tree, but
orchards shoaid not Be planted IN saea
locations. tor the truit vii stasd bat
little chance Of remaining upoa the
trees TO naturity.-New YORK EaS-
lne-
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TIE FIELD OF ADVENTURE.
THEuLINa INCIDENTS AND OaS.
ING DEEDS ON LAND AND SEA.

by ReArs-A Mountain Lion At
tacks an Ensineer. Etc
THE Northern Pacific Railway
Conpsays Once IN HelsaA,
Mont, viii soon be osaA'
meatsi with tvo Of as fine
specimens o; the American eagle fam
ily - Are II existence TIE birds are
tie property Of E I. Barnett, North
ern Pacific mineral land examiner,
Who obtained them sometime ago
while IN Flsthead Coanty.
Mr.. Barnett tells an interesting
story OF how he cane by the big MraS
he xSs on the upper koosenM River,
in the northwestern part Of the State,
having charge OF q party examining .
large trsct Of land On the river. The
country there IS almost primitive IN It's
condition, there being little evidence
OF civilization about II Is . wilder
ness OF forest and mountains and Is .
fsvorits hunting place for rowing
bands Of Indians
Near where Mr.. Barnett and party
we're ai work Vas . camp Of Indians
The LODGES were scattered shoat pro-
mis,aously II Indian fashion near the
rivers edge There vss Little activity
about the camp The bucks we're for
the most part oas hunting AMI the vo-
nea kept inside the lodges il being 8
particularly warm day. At the edge Of
the camp vAs group Of dirty. naked
little Indian ehiliren, ronping On the
grass together.
Al Of . suidsn the qaiet Of th.
camp Vas broken by the Sudden intro
dncssoa of two great eagles. vhiel,
svoopei down upon the sroap Of chil,
drsa- Apparently not frightened IN the
least by their cries, one of the eagles
fastened its taloas into the back ot
the smallest child and then, after 8
mighty sweep o: its wings lifted Il
into the air. The frightened little
parooss yelled With al its might bui
the eagle dragged 1t mp the hlaf forty
or fifty feet and then dropped II, .p'
psrently becoming exhausted Then
the other eagle grabbed the boy and
started with him mp the bank, which
at thst place arose almost perpsndica'
hr 400 or 500 feet.
All that happened II . moment
Tie camp which had been 30 qaies BE-
fore was inneiiately tarned into 8
place os confusion. The sauavs, hear
ing the cries of the children, cane
running ont OF the loiseS When
they saw what vss the matter they
rushed rp the hlut ss hard ss they
could 60 Bat even then the eagles
did not want to give up their prey.
They we're not frightened by the morse
and kept dragging the poor little
Indian boy farther and farther up the
hluE
Mr.. Barnett, attracted by the cries,
took n the situation at Q glance and
raa for the bllf With his rife, which
he happened to have with him Be-
fore he reached the child aa Indian
buck had cone up with the eagle
having the boy IN his tAloas and killed
1t With . club. Mr.. Barnett had been
afraid to shoot for fear Of hitting tie
child, the mark beng . moving one
BE shot the other eagle, however, I1si
IS 1t commenced to soar away. Strange
to say, the little boy vas not seriously
in!ared, although nearly frightened TO
s3eSfh -O-,sha Pa.
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armed and unharmei nan to descend
trom his perch
nornbars viii not make any more
trius on snosshoeS across the moan
txins sithoat his gun Portland Isle-
Scan.
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EXTRA FEEDING raTS --.NSS

EXTRA FEEDING TuTN lA&SS
Not leas sso farmer remarked tass
he SrS not see muca advantage y hav-
src svss that bred twins The extra
sanh he remarked, took part OF the
tccd needed for one after the second
week, and caased both 10 be second
os>ss and perhaps not worth more
tAaa one IN prime condition No
Soahs this estimate vSS Correct 80 fAr
as hss sxpsrisRc. went bat il SIMPLY
showed that the farmer was not alIve
10 The opportunities which tvin lambs
rave him Al lambs shoa,d be fed
sonesainy besides their mothers mix
after they are two weeks old In the
case OF txia lambs this IS especially
ne,sssa-y. Al fsrst the feed shou.l Be
Of the simplest character AID not ot .
kini 10 temps the appetite A snail
vixp OF clover hay. al the better II o.
second i-Sroxth clover, Is enough to
begin with When this : eaten greed
Isy, Is il probably viii be, and after q
fes e.ys sill OF whole oats PEP dAy,
gwen half at noraips aaa bali 8;
nsrht To this nay Be saded afts,
awhile q teaspooafai and ultimately .
tablespoonful OF oll meal per day.
When this is eaten without injury sdd
10 the clover hay ratSca al tie Aah
VIII eat clean II this way, with the
addition OF is mothers mix. tvo
anbs FROM eve can he grown with
better res1its than one lamb can which
depsaas only on its mothers milk saa
what hay 1t caa pick up while running
with It's dan. What IS more, tgin
anhs thns reared viii make thrifty
sAeee, and viii be good feeders al
thesr lives hec2ase as 10 tine hxs then
digestion besa injured 5y being
starved or stinted N their food
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OATS FOE ySES EooN

In planting trees pat n oas peek ct
saks xt the roots before Slaas u the
dirt They vii draw moisture So- the
roots untl the tree has started 10
yroy.
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Coafassing . taalt makes hall
.nenda Denying one doubles IL
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NyLxCoa

III money Is to BE made from cors Il
Is esseatial that they be nllksd at reg
llar hours morning or evening. SAYS
the Estroa's Ballsxin, aad the nearer
the tune Is divided equally the bette,
II IL
In = also aivssable 20 milk them IN
TIE sane order every tine; Il prevents
them fson treftins. Personally I have
folnd no satisfactory rssals unless j
managed 10 make frieods with the
eos. or. If You please, induced her to
look rpoa ne rs a adopted caif p
While pure food AID WAFER are essen.
t1ai 10 the pcoaact,oa of perfect milk.
q has been proven that many Of the
sainss skscA ~s thought we're intro
dnced In the milk while Il : elaborated
n The cog are due 10 direct eoatani-
rattan iron the dust cf dried urine
and excce1erts xs well IS Of the foa-
der itself N the stable. When the Gov
converts the food into blood and then
into milk, most. If not al, Of the i'm
pzritSes are separated u that wonderful
6lter-tks hdasys-xn5 the geras are
soznd not IN the ailk bat IN the urine
and excre2eass 4 healthy COW fed
c2caa and healthy fodder and water
wil always produce psrfecs milk We
have been looked, IS, for instance, by
the fact that milk from oess fed On
tusnips had q tcrnipy favor, but care
sal experiments have shown that this
dxSos vas pro6Uced by bActeri0n
found on the turnips and In the sxcre-
neass xad introduced IN the milk di-
rectay by dust falling iaso it while
Milhag in . stable where tarnIps were
led While milking or shortly after. or
where the e1crs0sass had . chance 30
dry and float Is dust II the air
These facts make il clear thsI re
should roi feed the COWS while milk
ng. and should Tot clean the stable
inst before milking, IS the dust then
raised Hsy drop In the milk. Nor
shoald se keep 3 stock OF saeh fodder
1 the stable.
o. course there are certain weeds.
sacA &s leeks, rag-weed, etc, which
sI saint the milk Is proaueed IN the
,ov. and too much Of certain food VIII
x&ecs the milk N various vayS Thus
nnre than tEo pounds OF Enseei meal
per Gov vii make the batier soft. xnd
% VIII rapesesi and peanut meal
While more than tEo or three pounds
Of costa1-sse 81 lsal VII make It hard
ana hike stsarine-
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Partisan rsgpicksrs earn SC. 90. coo
aysar.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-06-24
Alpine Augurin's.


Deputy Sheriff McCool went to Meade
Monday.
The river people are getting ready to>go
into the hay fields. Hay is fine, and there
will be dead loads of it put up
VIM. +. Evans has gone 10 Barton county, ,
Kansas, to work during harvest.
Messrs. Coffey and Murdock's children
have about recovered from their sickness
SO we are informed.
VIM. Maple and Clay Bender were brand.
ing their calves Monday. How many they
branded we are not informed.
VIM. Maple cut and stacked his alfalfa
last week.
Mrs. Lizzie II. Pine of Lexington, Clark
county, Kansas, filed on quarter~section of
land adjoining Joe Carter's on the west, the
latter part of last month. and will fence il ia
the near future. This closes up the Beaver
river from the east end of Naples pasture
to, Beaver City.
Mack Boren, wife and child were guests
of Tom Judy and family Monday evening.
Frank Neal, the scheol teacher at Cline,
passed up the road Monday, en- route TO
Paloduro to visit his folks fer few days.
Uncle John Beebe was around The other
day trying to hire boy with strong lungs
to breathe and perspire for him till cool
weather comes
If this hot weather continues it will knock
the romance out Of the Fourth for old people
and little children B--T.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-06-24
From Over the Countu.
Hardesly Happenings.

We are needing rain badly in this vicinity.
John Donaldson visited his parents the
latter part of last week and returned 10
Texas Monday.
Mr. Sullivan visited his fimily in McPher-
son. and was accompanied home by his
daughter, Miss Oiean, who will spend the
summer he,e.
Mr.. Bsosh Of Eubank was in Liberal one
day last week.
Miss Hattie Edwards Of the Paloduro WAS
in town Friday.
Miss Donaldson has returned from her visit
10 Texas.
Perry Raudebaugh and Willie Williamson
came in from Kansas Monday with load Of
lumber and brick.
j. Brown of the OK ranch came to town
Sunday. and filed on claim Monday.
Mr.. Slaughter was visitor in thi- local
ity Sunday.
Miss Della Hitch of Roy had the nisfor-
tune TO sprain her ankle Wednesday.
Mr.. Naylor of the Lv ranch was in town
Thursday.
Mr.. McCord of Grand Valley was in town
Monday.
Mrs. Pierson and daughter, Mrs. Shore,
are expected home from Texas this week.
F. A. Davis is burning drift of his place
this week
Mr.. Pierson aud Tom are branding their
calves to-day--Monday. LA Rue.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-06-24
8HERIFFS SALE

Notice is hereby given, that by virtue OF IN
execution issued by. the Probate Court OF
Beaver County, Territory of Oklahoma. IA
favor of s. b. Weir, Special Administrator:
and against VIM Parker, B. +. GhoIstop
Be tha Gholston and Mamie NJ. Rho es, and
to me directed as Sheriff of said county, I will,
at two O'Clock p. m on the 5th day OF August,
1897, at the court house door in Beaver pre-,
cinct, in the County Of Beaver. Territory or
Oklahoma, Unsr for sale at public auction the
following real siatc and the appurten ances
thereunto belonging, to-wit:
The individual one half interest In the vest
half Of the southwest quarter OF section IA,
and the west half of the southeast quarter or
section Is, in township nnr.h Of range 2S
T.. e. NJ F., except one acre In the northwest
quarter of section l5. !ewnsh p north, range
% east, used nr burying ground, and the un
divided half interest In The west hall Of the
southeast quarter, and tho east half of the,
southwest quarter Of section 3S, township 1
north, range 26 e. &. NJ.
Terms of sale, cash.
Taken on said execution TO satisfy judgment
of SS9s. 30 found due plainiff, and costs, as the
property o. Bertha Gholston.
Dated this slst day OF June, 1897.
II. j. REAS, Sheriff
First pub. June 81, '97--w3.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-06-24

We don't approve of newspaper
making practice of reprinting compi-
mentary notices OF itself. but it is all
right occasionally, to show its readers
what other people think of il, The fol
lowing Is from the Folsom, New Mex
leo. Independent, paper whose up to
date appearance shows that its editor is
competent to judge:
The Herald, of Beaver. Oklahoma,
that newsy and well edited paper pub.
lished by |. $. and w. |. Drummond,
has reached its eleventh milestone. The
editors Of which are proud of the results
of their work, as well they may be. -
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this place was simply tho forming point.
The writer watched the formation OF
the storm closely. and to as IL looked
like :here were al least three email whirl.
winds operating in the clouds at the
same time before the storm reached us.
From the condition things were left in
by the storm We Judge that one Of the
small whirlwinds struck west of the
draw running wost Of the court house.
hut that the worst damage was done by
the straight. harder wind east Of that
draw We do not saw that this is posi-
lively the fact, but ii looked that way TO
US. However. we can't see much choice
in n straight wind and a whirlwind
where the damage is as great by one as
the other
The truth in regard to cyclones and
ternadoes seems to be that no part of
the world is entirely exempt from them.
but that some localities are much more
subject to them than otbers, The terri>
tory between the Tooth meridian and the
Rocky M,untains, and north of the 35tb
parallel. appears TO be freer from these
storms than any other territory Of equal
size. The worst and most destructive
storms of this class occur on the islands
within the tropics, and those of greatest
extent expend themselves on the broad
bosom of the Pacific ocean. But no part
of the world IS exempt from tornados
or whirlwinds and cyclones. In regard
t, the storm here. there is one point
that we haven't heard disputed, and
that is the wind did blow, and it did
tear buildings to pieces. In our opinion
the effect was the same, no matter what
n ame you give it,
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The storm of last Thursday has caused
much discussion among the weather
wise, some oonterding that 1t was simply
straight wind" and others asserting
that it was 'twister. Judge Tracy
aud Others contend thnt il is impossible
for that kind Of u wind known as a cy-
clone TO form here on account of the
altitude aud other conditions surround.
ing us. That seems 20 be all right in
theory. but we think II would be hard TO
opviuce a good many people that IL is
an actual fact. There have beea very
destructive cyclones west of us at an al>
tiiude OF two or three thousand feet
greater than this. The storm of last
Thursday seems to have been mixture
of straight wind and wbirlwind. and
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-06-24
Cline Clnikers.


s. b. Weir and daughter Ada were in
Cline Thursday and Friday last. Miss Ada
made application for the Cline school.
W. l.. Graves is attending the Chain c
roundup.
Robert Maple was in these parts last week.
Rev. A. Comet held services at the Cline
school house Sunday at 4 p. m.
Misses Chattie and May Maple were in
Cline last week visiting their sister, Mrs.
Belle Miles.
The Cline store has just received new
stock sf goods,
J. E. Over viii start for Denver, Colo 1,
in few days.
Frank Neill went to Englewoed Friday
and returned Saturday. He reports having
q good time
Mrs. Cora Hubbard is accepted as teacher
of the Cline school Cor the coming term.
Normal Bender was in Cline one day last
week, when John Over rounded up his pas
ture. Also, Messrs. F. Gray King, Nelson,
and many others.
l guess that the moving is about finished
for this season. as we do not see many nov
ers' wagons here lately.
Mr. Huret has been suffering for several
days with the toothache, but has found a
remedy in DR.. Mains toothache powders.
j. E. Over branded bis calves Thursday
and Friday. FINS.