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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-30
xss GRANDMOTHER AT 81. ~e-
tire. Sarah Davidson Wife at 13 and
Mother a Ecar Later.

lire. Sarah Davidson Wife at 1o ana
Mother IL Icar Later.
Living at SOL East I'D street, New
York, is q woman whose appearance
dispels forever the idea that gray hair
and other tokens Of advanced age are
inseparable from the proud state Of
grandmotherhood handsome and
happy, "a years old and easily mis-
taken for 25, she is the proud grandma
Of a lovely girl baby born ten days
ago. Mrs. Britz. mother of the baby, Is
just 20, having been born when Mrs.
Davidson was Il years old, just twelve
months after her marriage. Altogether
the three generations Of the gentler
sex have nothing to complain of on
the score of youth or good looks, and n
happy trio they make. There is lov-
Ing war between Grandma Davidson
and Mamma Britt as TO which shall
hold Baby Beatrice the greater num-
ber OF hours in the day, and thereby
discover all sorts Of remarkable infan-
tile charms.
Mrs. Sarah Davidson. the very youth
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-30
child Sent by Post.

A novel parcel for delivery by express
post was recently handed in at a Bir.
mingham postoffice. A wotliingman,
who had been out Of town with his
3-year-old child, arrived at Birmingham
IN time to reach his place Of business,
but not in sufficient time to take his
child home. He therefore walked into
the nearest postofice and rendered the
voungster as an express parcel. The
authorities, under the rule regulating
the delivery of live animals, accepted
the child and delivered it at charge of
ninepence.-St. james Gazette.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-30
Theories as to why Birds Eggs Are
Colorcd.

Theories as to why Birds Eggs Arc
Colorcd.
The why and wherefore of the colors
of birds eggs has been favorite
theme for speculation, from the quaint
surmisings of Sir Thomas Browne to
the solemn guess work OF Shufeldt, in
his ten Geological laws explanatory
of the variation in color of the shells
of the eggs in class AYES. Hewitson
piously concludes that the beauty of
these elegant and often exquisitely
attractive objects is. intended for the
delight of human eyes, hence, as he
says, eggs simply white are put out OF
sight in holes! He also sees in the
larger number of eggs laid by game
birds q provision by a benevolent
Providence for the Joy of the sports
man and the delectation of the epicure.
Next comes q man who assures US that
the colors of eggs are due to the in
fiuence of their respective surround
ings on the Imagination Of the hen
birds-the old story of Jacobs little
trick on Laban in the matter Of young
cattle. This school instances as an
example the red blotches prevalent on
the eggs of falcons, regarded by it as
q record of the bloody experiences
of the parents; but it does not explain
why the equally rapacious fowls pro-
duce pure white eggs, or the blood
thirsty skuas aud shrikes lay greenish
ones. Ernest Ingersoll, in Harper's
Magazine.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-30
Records Perishing.

The Prussian government is very
much stirred up over the discovery
that during the last quarter of CEN
tury many of the documents which
tell of the greatness of the Fatherland
have been threatened with complete
destruction. owing to the bad quality
of the paper upon which they were
written. Ten years ago Denmark
found that its records were incurring
a like fate, while in Italy the records
of the. young kingdom were actually
falling to pieces.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-30
A Blessing In Disguise.


The Montgomery Advertiser says:
.'The Selma lines, usually very cheer
full, gets blue and says that with 5-cent
cotton and dollar wheat staring Us in
the face the year 1898 does not look
hopeful to the South.
'Of course, the situation is going to
work some hardships, but the bulk Of
them will come from the lack of home
raised food supplies rather than the
low price of Gotten. Those farmers who
have raised plenty of bread aud meat
are not lying awake nights worrying
over 5-cent cotton or ways OF getting
along next year.
Looking az the situation from what
we believe the true standpoint, the low
price of cotton and the high price of
bread constitute most hopeful outlook
for this section. The disadvantages
and discomforts of the present are the
stimulus that will bring about happy
future. The bulk Of farmers are not
going to make the mistake next year
they have just made. They are not
going to plant the earth il cotton on
the hazardous speculation OF making o
big crop, getting fine price and using
it to buy bread and meat with. They
are going to set their pegs to raise q
living at home and have some cotton as
q surplus crop.
eff cotton would stay at cents ior
FIVE years in succession it wonld be the
greatest blessing concefval !, to the
South. 1t would educate our people
out of their bad habits Of all cotton
raising and make the farmers money
lenders instead of borrowers. The
present situation is really most hore-
full. 1t is blessing in disguise.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-30
New Illustrated Literature.

The Passenger Department Of the Sea board
Air Line has st issued two new illustrated
books; one entitled Education in the South, '
giving full d complete list and description
OF tue Scho Is, Colleges fsnd Universities
along the Seatoard Air Line; the other en-
titled .sWinter Excursions va Seaboard All
Lines" Ia wh ch ap 1ears descriptive and illus
tratad sketches of the numerous Winter
Tourist Points reached via the Seaboard All
.Anexceptionally convenient feature of this
hook. is the ARRANGEMENT ot excursion rates
and routes to the principal Florida, Texas,
Mexico and G tlifornia Resorts which show
conside able reduction in total rates, espe.
cially to Southern p mes, n. c., the famous
Winter Health Resort, which was 50 WI
patr niz d last ,eason-
Copies of these .o1Ks can be secured by ad-
dressing 4. J. Anderson, General Pas engei
Aren't. Portsmouth, Va, enclosing five cents
In stamps to cover postage.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-30
A Drummer's Mistake.

The Kennebec Journal tells Of q Ban
ger drummer who tried to save a
lady from leaping from rapidly NOV
ing train. After he had thrown his
arms around her and dragged her back
into the car she recovered from her
surprise enough to call him all the
names in the feminine vocabulary and
explain that she went out on the plat
form to wave her handkerchief at some
friends. The passengers appreciated
It all, but the drummer" didn't seem
to enjoy the situation.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-30
A Beautiful Sight

A Detroit philosopher says that abb
solute confidence and trust between
man and wife is the most beautiful
thing in the world to observe, and then
he goes on to state that the most per-
feet illustration Of 1t can be had by
watching the expression on the faces
Of a man and his better half when she
arrives at the depot from her summer
trip purposely one day earlier than she
telegraphed she would arrive, and
finds him there watching to see II she
came in.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-30
Spelling for a Fight.

"And so Miss Gilman declined your
offer of marriage"
@Yes; can't understand why she did
It."
SYou can't? My dear sir. let me
shake your hand. used to think that
no man was entirely free from vanity,
buf at last / have found one who is" !"
s "W;hat do you meanT'
"You say you can't understand why
she refused you. therefore it is clear
that you never stand before the mirror
and look at yourself"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-30

also reflects the end Of the fabric hang
ing down In front Of the table and
makes it seem as II part Of the cloth
were also hanging over the rear end Of
the table. Then, too, the mirror 10
nects the floor 50 that the spectator
seems to be looking right under the
table and thinks he can see the floor be-
yond 1t. Tho girls head is thrust
through hole in the table. Ouriously
enough. the effect is more perfect when
the spectator Is quite near.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-30

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured By
Halls Catarrh Cure.
- u. F. J.. CHEN.;Y d Co., Toledo, 0.
We. the undersigned, have known J. Che
ney for the last Is years, and believe him per-
foct5y honorable in all business transactions
aSd financially able to carry out any obliga-
ti0n made by their firm.
WEr q TRuAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
WAIDINo, KEENAN, g. MARVIN, Wholesale
- Druggists, Toledo. Ohio.
Halls Ca5arrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur.
faSes of the system. TESTIMONIALS sent free.
HALLS Family Pills are the best.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-30
FAMILIAR TRICK EXPLAINED.

How the Talking Head Upon the Table
Is Arranged.
One Of the most familiar optical
tricks Is the talking head upon a tn
bic. The Illustration almost explains
Itself. The apparatus consists Of a
mirror fixed to the diagonally opposite
legs of the table. The mirror hides
the body Of the girl and by reflection
makes q fourth table leg appear. 1t
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-30
WHY the Rats Prospered.

An inhabitant of the Scilly islands
was struck by the fact that the rats
there seemed to prosper greatly, al
though the place is very barren. He
resolved to investigate the cause of
this, and digging up some of the nests
by the seashore found that the rats
had dragged crabs into their holes, and
in order to prevent their escape had
bitten off their legs.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-30

full grandmother, lives In pretty fiat
with her husband End four children
two boys and two girls. At first glance
one would hardly take her to be over
25, there Is such an air Of cheerfulness
and vitality and magnetism about her.
When she smiles there is a parting Of
full red lips and a fash Of perfect
white teeth. Merry brown eyes give
one an impression Of an amlable tenn
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-30

F7Tfs Rev. Mr.. Rappsport, forty-two years
id. Rabbi OF the B'nai Scholom Synagogue,
M New Haven, Conn, died few days ago
sokblood poisoning caused by q cut on the
middle finger OF his right hand, with Q
Knife used In slaughterin1 cattle.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-30

The man who made $4,000, 900 out
Of cigarettes is finally going to join the
army that his cigarettes have sent
ahead Of him to the house-boat on the
Styx.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-30

FrThe report Of the New Jersey State Board
cf Assessors shows that the taxes assessed
Iris year against railroads and other cor
'iporakions amounted to S2.180. .5G9T.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-30

A Topeka (Kan. man took three
collar buttons for insomnia, mistaking
them for pills which had been pre-
scribed by q medical student. He
slept.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-30

.g Secretary Gage reported to the Senate,
1nsresponse to aGesolusion, that there were
no supexnrmerary employees in his depart
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-30

Nrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
! 4eething softsns thu gums, reducing inhama-
Hon, ,alisys pain, ,curs wind collie, 25c. q bottle.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-30

rde Slays are taking kindly to Social
tsSic propaganda in Austria, which may
tend 70 further eompfcate matters In that
country.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-30

Ffts rerrnanentiy cured. No fits or nervous.
ness alter first days use of DR.. kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. S9trial bottle and treat atise free
DR.. r H. KLINE, Lti.. 93i Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-30

Chew Star TobEco-The Best.
Smoke Sledge Cigarettes.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-30
Comfort Costa go Cents.

3 Irritating, aggravating, agonizing letter, &c
xefpa RingWorm and all other itching sSin dis-
eases are quickly cured by the use OF Tetterine.
IL Is soothing. cooling, healing. Costs 81 cents
box post psid-brtngs comfort atonce AooresS
J. T. .Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-30

TO Cure q Cold in Ono Day.
rake Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Drucgistsrefund money lit fails to cure. &c.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-30

could not get abng wi hout Piso's Cure
: for Consumption. Railways cures.-Mrs. Z. Q.
MouLfoH, Needham Mass, October =, 1884,
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-30
MelaEchoIy.

Where there exists peryoue distnoznl
OF the sexual organs, there " trequen1y
great pain felt during menstrnation ysa
fian irritation and o so-called s'irritaDie
sensitive uterus, giving rise 70 m ~.
ferer Is agitated about tribes and uorIico
by the fear that everything win 30 wronS:s
The condition is q serious one as 10 may Gu
in persistent hypochondria, followed ~ M
sanity. ~. ,.,..,.
latfnc the digestive organs with DE-. ~, =.
Gim1nons Liver Medicine, and DE-. b1
mons Squaw Vino Wine viii reEuiaie tno
p,enstrual function by tonip9 up the t'ssoss
of tho uterus. - -
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-30

Four thousand United States pension
, ers now live in foreign countries. They
draw 100000 annually.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-30
Pregnancy
a. ~ R,,eEe

Jeunef, ALA, Wnre3s
For indigestion and
BifiouSnesB have used
DR.. II. A. 6inmonn
Liver led 1eine -
yean It cured NJ
CLARK Of CrAznps n
Stomach. and did,
more for Nh NIL
CLARK IN Change %
Life than the docsoz3
had done In fonryeazB
/ think Il Is far Snpo.
rior to'sBleck DrGughts
or "Zeiltn'sR Regulator.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-20

AZURE in the world and requiring all its
tables to be translated into foreign
measure, merely to obtain the advan-
tages of decimal system which, as
have shown, we already have to all in
tents and purposes in a far more con-
venient form than we should obtain
from the introduction of the meter and
its derivatives? Besides, these two
unit measures-the inch and the foot
we also use the cubic yard in civil en-
gineering. for excavations and earth
work, but for mechanical purposes we
could get along very well with no other
unit but the inch.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-20
Quecr Case of Insanity,

Perrin Cover, one of the wealthiest
farmers in North Carolina, committed
suicide by drinking an ounce of lauda-
mum. He was confederate soldier, and
until the last campaign a strong demo-
crat. He became apopulist last fall and
voted ticket composed of populists
and republicans, including a negro can
didate for the legislature. Afterward
Cover brooded over having voted for
the negro, and his mind became unbal-
anced,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-20
Driving n Close Bargain.

One of the closest bargains on record
is thus described by Phillips (Me. man.
He says the trade involved pair of
steers with a sled, a horse and sled, and
a side of beef. Finally he offered TO the
other man a big cut of the beef to bind
the bargain, and he supposed it would
be speedily settled, until his friend CON-
menced to hesitate and look the beef
over critically. Finally he said. Meow,
William, If you'll make it one more rib
it's trade"
A Swfndler of Farmers.
A man has been getting his board
free in the eastern part of Vermont by
representing that he wants good farm.
He looks over farm, decides to buy 1t,
and agrees upon price. BE then says
he will receive the money in few days,
and the farmer boards him free. When
the swindler is ready to go he gets his
osttocarry him to another place, where
heplays the same game. He usually bor-
rows a small sum Of. money at each
place. he has engaged farms in An
trim, Roxbury and Westmoreland,N N. H,
and was last heard ofin Westminster.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-20
TIE Daify liqRt
THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1897.
SQUIRREL PROTESTS.
Escapes from Its Cage md Stampedes
a Group of Women.

When P. NJ. Corbly, farmer So years
old, and his good wife, only three years
his junior, got off the Missouri Pacific
train from southwest Missouri at the
Union depot at Kansas City the other
morning and walked to the ladies' wait
ing-room, carrying between them a
rude-looling cage, in which their pet
fox squirrel, Maggie, was peacefully
sleeping, they attracted but little at
tention. They were returning to their
home in Fresno county, CAL, after q
long visit with relatives in Bates and
Vernon counties, and were taking back
the little animal to show to the little
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-20
A Devoted bicycle Cat.

There is a cat ia Danville, Pa, that is
a victim of the bicycle craze. Being
unable to pedal himself, this feline takes
his rides perched on the shoulders of
bicycle riders and never misses his hold
after being placed in a secure position.
When a boy starts for a ride the cat
follows and meows pitifully until as
sured that he is to take part in the sport.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-20
NO USE FOR THE METRIC SYSTEM
We Would Gain Little by Adopting
Continental Europe's Measures.


Why should we change these units to
adopt one which agrees with neither of
them, and which, at best, was originally
the visionary scheme of congress of
philosophers? We have little to learn
or gain by adopting the measures of
continental Europe, says Casters Mag
azine. Three-quarters, or nearly so, of
the commerce and traffic of the world
is carried on by some form of appliance,
whether moved by wind, water or steam,
which has been built from English
measures by some English-speaking
people, and the proportion is all the
time increasing.
Why adopt another and more incon-
venient system which will render all
systems of screw threads, gear teeth,
foundry patterns, shop drawings, etc,
obsolete as well as shelving the most
valuable collection of mechanical liter
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-20

ones at home. But about an hour later
they were the cynosure of all eyes.
The waiting-room was crowded with
women and children, when Maggie, the
squirrel, awoke from her slumbers.
Judging from the smoky Kansas City
atmosphere around her, she evidently
decided that she was unjustly impris-
oned. Accordingly she set to work to
free herself. After working hard at
the latch on the little tin door of the
cage she succeeded in her efforts, and.
with a flying leap, landed in the midst
of group of ladies who were discussing
spring hats.
A chorus of shrieks that resounded
from one end of the building to the
other, and brought every woman in the
room to her feet greeted Maggie's sud-
den and unexpected appearance. There
was wild scramble TO get on seats, and
inside of 30 seconds there wasn't a
woman in sight who was not standing
on bench holding her skirts and
screaming. The frightened Maggie
scampered wildly around the room, and
every time she came within ten feet OF a
woman a blood-curdling yell would re-
suit. The entire depot was in an up
roar.
At last, after long chase, Maggie
was caught in one of the fruit stands
and Teturned to the old couple, who were
bemoaning their loss.
IF there hadn't a ben so many folks
around she would jest have come right
up into my lap and set there" quietly
remarked Mrs, Corbly, as she carried
the precious burden TO the train which
was to carry the three to their home in
the west
NO USE FOR THEMETRIC SYSTEM
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-01-07
4. RAUSCHEHPLAT
San Juan Puerto-Rico.
Tetuan IS

l San Juan Puerto Rico. Tetuan 8.
~ Aver fueron conducidos s la preven-
clon, Assclo Escobar Ramos, Toribio Lopez
Ramirez Jose Escobar Ramos por sospecha
de haber hurtado cartera conteniendo 85 Pc
SOS, don Constantine VilIamil JESUS Melen
dez Vermejo por hurto de un par de pulseras y
4 pesos so centavos Il Simplicia Disdier y
Enrique Blanco Juana Lanas por esodndalo
rina de Ia que result6 la Ultima herida.
-. Tenemos en- cartera la traducc6n de
la notable carta diriji por Madame Camille
Flamaron esposa del ilustre astr0nomo al ge-
neral X en- su calidad de vice-presidenta de la
Ljga International de neaJaes p0r0 eJ des0rnae
general. Es documento interosantfsimo que
sera le1do con gusto cuya traducci6n debe-
mos al senior don S. IglesIas que nos ha favo
recido ella. La publicaremos probable
mente mailana.
*** Esta noche las siete media celebra
ra junta general ordinaria en- segunda convo-
catoria Ell Ateaeo Puert0rYjquej5o. Sc suplica
la asistencia de los senores socos.
* Segdn Ia prensa madrilefla,-d La
Dem0cr0ci0-han solicitado pasar Puerto-R-
co, con arregIo Ia Real orden del ministerio
de Ultramar del cinco de Noverobre hltimo,
creando doce plazas en- el cuerpo de Comunioa-
clones de esta isla, ounce jefes de estaoi6n,
veinticinco oticiales primeros, treinta oficiaes
segundos dos aspirantes primeros; total:
setonta dos candi tatos
Cast tanto como empleados de tel6grafos
tenenos en- Puerto Rico.
De donde resulta que. 49,. -.
Xxx Personas respectable de Ma lrid nos di-
cen entire otras cosas 10 que sgue:
clos asuntos de que Sc ocupa 10 comisi6n
autonomista marchan a mcrcejlc. ST el pals
obra con cordura; 81 Sc deja de romanticismos,
ell turno q que aspira llegara pronto Es el uni
co medic de matar monopolios integrstas que
aumentan como auxliar eicasissmo la bogah0-
ME de los polfticos de aquel pals, de los aman-
tes plat6nicos de repdhlica que cada dia
miro mas lejana.o
**m Don Manuel Lopez, ibrero impre-
sor de Ponce, nos participa ell atenta circular
haber conferido poder general a don Miguel
a. Rivera para que lie represente EN- los asun-
tog corcernientes q su estabIecimiento.
~ Deseamos saber el paradero de don
Antonio Solely, que estaba en- 6sta Capital en-
Agosto, dando funciones en- el 4Centro Gale
60, para informarle de algo que lie interesa no
pubiquemos en- ell peri6dico. 5-5
*** Ha cesado en- sus operaciones la casa
de comerco que en- Manati giraba bajo la Ia
zdn de Fidel Benero, haci6ndose cargo de su
iquidaci6n la nueva que Sc ha fundado con la
frma de Benero SantaHaya, de la eual son
socios gestores don Fidel Benero y don
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-01-07

fst6 deeos de oirlas las ev6 consigo Vile dAvray
hizo ALI.
partir de aque momento, madre hiia Sc habfan lido
inroduciendo la tornado confanZa ella, atest
guando indiscrecon tenfa gual
No contentas nvitadas de tempo tempo, nv
aceptaban siempre llegaban af
cuando las esperaba-como aque
empre momentos de la hora de comida
las invitara a
ataban de siempre de las
quienes conocfan.
En- cuano vida privada, la sonora Badly desconocia
que ella relacionaba Saba
hja saban todas las festas diversones la madre
10 esperaba todo de casuadad obsnaba evar
diyersiones ha la cua arroaba brazos de los
hombre de ella sino
do amigo formal protectors; Marta, que morfa
de envda haca odo 10 uio benestar obedeefa Las
para gran pies enamorado Ia
proporonaa las comoddades ena dereoho por beeza
Durane aquel verano Juan de Laboise vi6
aqueas senora Vile dAyray las aeompan6 los bos
dues FaussesReposes.
invierno las odos los de la
Badly las aenda obsequiaba hasa que por fin acabo
por realizar conquista.
i Es muy bueno muy agradable!-decfa Ia madre.
Marta atreva por las conveniencias, formular
rubor que cooraba melas la marcada compacen
entaba al piano. cuando ell de Laboise
10 ogaba vefa ben caro Juan agraaba
la madre cada hombre
mado para ha habfa deado palabras
frfendose al senor de Labose:
No me desagradarfa para yemo.
Pero la sonora Badly lie habfa arrancado brutamentede
usiones dcendo que de Laboise
que viudo haca tres AMOS de ioven la cua haba do