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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-15

It is only concentrated manures that
can be proftably used in the hill.
Whenever stable or barnyard manure
is used in this way it aids in drying
the soil above, and thus often does
most harm just at the most critical
period of growth. The roots of all
hoed crops will more certainly reach
the manure if placed between the rows
that if the seed has been planted
directly over it. Both corn and pota-
toes, especially the former, bend their
leaves so as to turn the water that
falls in rains to the middle of the rows.
Scarcely any water except in heavy
rains with driving winds can reach the
hill whence the stalks grow.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-15
The Dreaded Poison Oak.

This beautiful yiny shrub is a con-
spicuous feature of the fora of the Pa
ciic coast from Southern California to
British Columbia. 1t is especially
abundant in the coast range, where its
slender stems, twining about oaks,
reach a height of twenty or forty feet,
with luxuriant leaves at the top. In
the spring and summer, its graceful
green adds an indescribably delicate
touch to the woodlands, and in autumn
the rich red of its leaves makes splendid
patches among the evergreen trees, or
lights Like fame the duller shades of
deciduous forests. It likes damp soil,
and when seen on dry, open ground,
Rhus is but an insignificant shrub,
with scant reddish leaves resembling
in shape those of the white oak. Poison
oak resembles the poison ivy, Rhus
To1icodendron, Of the Atlantic States,
and causes like cutaneous eruption.
Many cases of severe poisoning occur
where there is no exposure to the plant
other than sitting by the open window
of car, or riding in private con-
veyance through canons where it riots
gloriously over rotting stump and tree
trunk. And again persons equally sus-
ceptible find their hands and faces
break out with singing pimples just
from the handling Of wild flowers which
were picked adjacent to poison oak;
or the poison is. transmitted from
clothes worn by picnickers. Forum
ately, however, these are the excep-
tional instances, and ordinarily If one
avoids touching the foliage, the danger
is averted. The stockman and farmer
probably suffer the greatest annoyance
from poison oak. The worst cases
come passing to leeward of fire in
which it is burning, and grubbing out
a range or clearing off foothill farm
necessitates this means of ridding the
ground of brush. The hired man WHO
can handle poison oak with impunity
has an added value to the farmer who
suffers from the contact with this yexa-
tious bush. The antidotes recon-
mended are many but are well-nigh
useless. A few simple remedies, Like
the application of salt, soda and FREE.
quent hot bathing, can usually be re-
lied upon to modify the itching and
swelling of the parts affected, but the
sufferer, if he be no novice, is perfectly
certain that an affection of poison oak,
like other diseases, mustrun its course,
and so waits, with what stoicism he can
command, for the allotted ten or four
teen days to pass.-American Agricul-
turist. s
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-15
Farm and Garden Notes.

OF course it is better to hatch few
chicks late even of the larger breeds,
but they will not pay as layers.
For your own table it pays to hatch
chicks from February to November,
but the number should be limited.
Thorough culture saves moisture and
invigorates the plant, rendering it less
susceptible to the attacks of insects and
fungi.
The great object on the farm should
be to make everything pay, whether it
be livestock or farm crops. Are we do
ing it? If not, why not?
Fifty hens on a farm, properly
handled, will pay better the year
through than 200 in the same place or
roost. Quality rather than quantity
should be the rule.
Cutting off large limbs is best done
by first saving little on the under
side, so that when the limb falls it
will not split the wood nor peel the
bark down the trunk.
Eggs and chicken meat beat salt
pork all to death as an article of diet.
Use plenty of each. Do not expect that
the eggs will pay all the grocery bills
unless an abundance is produced.
One of the most effective means of
increasing the profits of gardening and
truck farming is to SO arrange the
planting that horse power may be
utilized in preparing, planting and
cultivating.
Some farmers think that money alone
should be counted to determine
whether thing pays or not. This is
great mistake. Fruit pays even if
we do not sell dollars worth. Itkeeps
down doctor bills in the family.
A liberal poultice Of fresh COW man
ure may not seem nice to tie onto q
tree that has accidently been peeled
with the single.tree or otherwise, but
there's nothing better to cause the
wound to heal over quickly and sound
ly.
Watch the young trees closely dur
ing the spring and summer; pinch back
and cut out where necessary to develop
perfectly formed head. The first
years of trees orchard life are the
best years for this work, and if it is
properly attended to there will be no
necessity for severe amputations with
the saw in after years.
A plot of ground on which brush
heap has been burned is and excellent
place to start plants for late cabbage,
as the weeds are not liable to bother
much here and the ashes, mixed with
the soil, cause the plants to grow
vigorously and strongly, providing
that they have room for best develop
ment, the plants standing about an
inch and a half apart. =,
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-15
ELECTRICITY FROM DUST:
An Economic and Scientific Experiment
Of Great Interest.


An economic and scientific experiment
has been begun at Shorediteh, London, in
the combined electricity and dust destruc-
tion works erected at a cost Of about $780,
900. The destructor cells are capable Of
burning q, 900 tons Of ashbin refuge yearly,
and the heat given out is sufficient for the
electric light and power Of the whole OF
Shoreditch, with population Of 124, 900,
besides supplying heat, to the adjoining
baths and wash-houses. In Paris lamps
have been lighted for the first time by
electricity furnished by destructor.
This unique municipal enterprise Is ex-
citing the hveliest interest In scientific and
municipal circles in Great Britain and
abroad. II successful It promises to revo-
lutionize tie public supply Of electricity, as
the yestry of Shorediteh promises to sup
ply electricity at four cents per unit in the
daytime, and eight cents per unit at night
time.
During a preliminary test $50 pounds
pressure Of steam was raised in the boilers
from dust alone, absolutely no coal being
used
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-15
Saws the Denver Times: The worl

Says the Denver Times: The work
ingmen of the country seem to be
uniting in a campaign for shorter
hours. One of the fundamental reasons
for this is the increased capacity OF
workmen operating labor-saving de-
Woes. The workingmen ask for an ad-
iustment between the old hours and
the new capacity, and therein lies an
economical problem that must sooner
or later be solved.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-15
God Give Ne Work.

And i?
Is there some desert or some pathless sea
Where Thou, good God Of angels, wilt send
me?
Some oak for me to rend some sod,
Some rock for me to break;
Some handful Of Thy corn to tako
And scatter far a-field.
Till it in turn shall yield
Its hundredfold
OF grains Of gold
To feed the waiting children Of my God?
Show me the desert, Father. or the sea.
Is it thine enterprise? Great God, send me-!
And though this body lie where ocean rolls,
Father, count me among all faithful souls.
Christian Register.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-15
Touching the ssabnormal fragility

Touching the ..abnormal fragility"
Rsshe bones Of the insane, two in
sssnces Of tl,is have Just occurred at
- English asylum In the first case
! patient fell down in fit, broke his
right leg. and died from "embolism
csnsed by \ clot Of blood entering the
circulation in the neighborhood of the
ftee4ure' The second case was that
sof s patient who died from congestion
a. Shslunes das 70 Ave Of his ribs be-
ins irestnred He hadto he held by
Attendants while the medical officers
ffex4ed him. Thus his ribs were
6foke
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-15
HELPS FOR HOUSEWIVES,
Chocolate Sauce for Ice Cream.

Chocolate sauce, to serve with ice
cream, is made by covering box Of
gelatine with half a cupful of cold
water; soak for half an hour. Put q
pint of cream in a double boiler to
heat; add to this two ounces of grated
chocolate; cook until smooth, then
beat we'll with a cream whip; add half
cup of sugar and the gelatine; strain
and then add a teaspoonful of vanilla
and set aside to cool; when cool you
may stir in whipped cream or serve
Just as it is.-NIrs. s. T. Roger, in La
dies Home Journal.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-15
A Good Co,npos. for Pot Plants.


D. s. tells how she secured a good
compost for pot plants:
81 want to tell the Housewife read.
ers how I made and kept on hand a
good supply of soil without costing
me much except labor. In fall, when
the frost comes, I cut down vines,
Gamma, dahlia and gladiolus stalks
everything in the garden, in fact, that
doesn't have life in it, and pile it in
q corner. mixing with it in layers half
rotted chips and refuse from the wood
pile, and anything else that seems to
contain nutriment. The next spring I
pour my soapsuds from washing over
it, and frequently turn it over with a
pitchfork. By fall I find that most
vegetable matter has decayed The
next spring I run it through coarse
sieve, and the fine portion, after hav-
ing some sharp sand mixed with it, is
used for potting plants. The coarser
portion is returned to the heap to rot
for another year. In this way l secure
a good quantity of very rich soil, and
manage to keep a supply on hand to
draw from as / need it."
This is good plan to follow. A sup.
ply of potting soil to draw from as
needed will often lead to our giving
attention to plants when it is required.
If such a supply is not at hand, in
nine cases out of ten the plants will
be neglected.-The Housewife.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-15
The severest Indictment of the Gree

The severest indictment of the Greek
soldier is that he is not amenable to
discipline. It is emo uncommon thing, "
says a correspondent, ''to hear the
word of command disputed or dis
cussed on the parade ground or on the
march" Discussion never makes a
soldier. Forensic disputes are out of
place in a camp. The first step to-
ward military success is to obey or
dars
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-15
TIE NV FORK Tribune thus neat

8 TIE NSw York Tribune thus neatly
sixes up the present political situation
in shc East: The Powers will medi-
ate, 61 Greece win mediate. But
de En3 % mediation proposed is ac-
eurascly psed By q cartoon in the
New York Press, which represents a
burly brute Of q Turk bulldozing a
sGresh upon whose PROSTATE form rep
ressntativss Of the Powers are prepar-
ing to jump. Above is the sarcastic
iinsceipe peon: t'The Powers intervening
ii behalf Of Greece"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-15
PECULIAR METHODS OF DISCIPLINE
An Iowa Teacher Made q Pupil Act BE
triever For Books.

An Iowa Teacher Made q Pupil Act Re-
triever For Books.
w. Duff, Burlington Iowa) teacher,
who has just been expelled from the public
schools, was in the habit of furnishing his
pupils by compelling them to crawl
on their hands and knees after book
thrown by him and bring 1t back to him
like dog. Another favorite trick WAS to
compel. papils to write on the blackboard
II am fool" and sign their names. The
writing was left on the board for several
days, in sight Of all the school, for the hu-
initiation Of the pupils. AS soon as the
school authorities got wind Of Duff's pecu-
liar methods Of discipline, they made an in
vestigation, found the charges to be true,
and promptly bounced him.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-15

4 The State of Indiana, through its
Board of Charities, has undertaken the
custodial care and control of all =
orphan, dependent and abandoned
ichildren. No other State has ever
taken such an advanced step in this
direction, and the success of the ven
ture will be watched with great inter-
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-15
IN THE QUIET HOURS.
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLDS GREATEST AUTHORS.

Gods Unchanging Love-Grow Downward
and Upward-sunny Side to Life ASK
Help at Every Tangle-God Give Me
Work-Business and Sentiment.
Father it is enough My full soul drank
Such deep draught Of beauty and de-
light
From this fair day. just fading into night.
How shall my lips thy goodness ever thank:
All is so fair: the clover-dappled bank,
The tendrilled branches dropping from
the vine,
Through whose Tapped leaves the glow
ing clusters shine;
The giants of the forests, rank on rank.
Into the misty distance far withdrawn;
And through them all, around, below above,
Felt like presence thy unchanging love.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-15
STRANGE EVIDENCE FOR A COURT.

The Murdered Woman's Spirit Accused
the Husband of the Crime.
Some time ago the wife of E. S. Shue
wrs found dead In her home at Ronce-
We te, ". Va. A coroner's jury rendered q
verdict, Death by heart disease" Neigh
bors were not satisfied. The woman's body
was exhumed and her neck was found
broken.
Shue was indicted, convicted and SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for life. The
principal direct evidence was that Of Shue's
mother-ln-law, who testified that her
daughters spirit had come to her at a
seance and said Shue had killed her by
breaking her neck. All the other evidence
was purely circumstantial.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-15
Opportunity Comes.

Mrs. Peck--If had my life to go
over again wouldn't marry the best
man alive.
Mr.. H. Peck (his chance at last)-
You bet you wouldn't. I wouldn't
ask kyouto.-Philadelphia North Ameri-
can.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-15

price if you don't furnish the
best goods. In Mr.. Howard's expert
ence, in buying eggs for eight years,
he has found those who keep the
Brahma, Wyandotte and Plymouth
Rocks and their mixtures get as many
eggs in the number for the year as
those who have Leghorns and a good
deal more in weight. He believes that
eggs ought to be sold by the weight.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-15
Entire Family Burned.

Hugh Joeson and his family Of Ave, who
lived fifteen miles northeast Of Pineville
Ky, were burned to death, being unable to
escape from their cottage, which was fired
over their heads. The remains Of all six
were found In the debris. The fire was un-
doubtedly OF incendiary origin.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-15
DEATH OF SENATOR HARRIS.
He Passes Away in Washington After
Long Illness.

Senator Isham c. Harris, OF Tennessee,
expired at his home in Washington after an
illness which has lasted nearly year. He
had almost completed his seventy-ninth
year, having been born in Franklin County,
Tennessee, in February, 1918, while his
Congressional career began in 1910, earlier
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-15
Selling Tramps for 81 a Head.

SeIIfnH Ifdfnps IUr S1 uedus
Freight train crews running through Kan
sas have opened new and very profitable
industry. They encourage tramps to go to
the wheat belt, where men are wanted to
save the wheat, and then sell the tramps to
the farmers at 81 head. The brakemen
refuse to unlock the box cars and deliver
their tramps until the farmers put up the
.uaOney.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-15

God can make the grief grace. the bur-
den blessing, and light up the disappoint-
ment so frat i. becomes the torch OF hope.
The rod ilSelf shall bud and blossom and
bring forth almonds. so that the very thing
that chastens rs shall present beauty and
frUit.-Anon.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-15
City Boys Poor Physique.

Out Of forty boys taken from the News
boys Home, New York City, with view to
placing them in the Navy, only two passed
the requisite physical examination.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-15
Marketing Eggs.


At the meeting of the Snowville (Me. J
grange 81. B. Howard spoke upon the
question of how to realize the most
from eggs. His advice was to get eggs
into market within twenty-four hours
of their being laid; then there will be
no reason to complain of the prices re-
ceived. If you can send them to mar
ket in such shape that customers can
depend on them every time as being
strickly fresh and all alike there are
customers who will take all they can
get the year round. The egg that is a
week old is we'll on the road of being,
if not exactly stale, quite near it. A
farmer who has sent his butter to one
place for eighteen years always gets a
good price, for he makes an extra arti-
Gle, and his customers can depend on
the uniformity Of its quality. This
man had some friends who asked him
if he could not get a market for their
eggs at their place. He replied that
they could not send the eggs fresh
enough, for the firm kept the man go
ing over the same territory every day
TO pick up the eggs in order to make
sure that they were strictly fresh for
the table. Many farmers O. things
which, if they were in the customers
place, they would be the first to make
fuss about, and they would never
trade with one who would give them
the same quality Of eggs that they carry
to market. Small, dirty eggs are not
fit to send to the market, as they lower
the price for the whole case if there is
q dozen of them put in. The price for
the whole is made by that one dozen,
and it reacts on the whole of the eggs
that are sent from that place. If the
market calls for large, brown shell
Leghorn egg, furnish that kind. Find
ont what your market calls for and fur
pish it; don't expect to get the best
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-15
Americas Gift to India.

The New York Christian Herald forward
ed $40 900 by cable to the India famine suf-
ferers, making in all 100000 sent by DR..
Talmage's paper.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-15
!. Ainsworth. of the War Depart

: Mr.. Ainsworth, of the War Depart
ment, has compiled some statistics of
mortality among the survivors of the
Union armies. There are now 1885,
62S. and that the number will decrease
IS follows: SaSAsaa
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-15
Corn-Fodder for Stock.

We have no silos here, as the mater
ial for making them comes so expen-
sive that the farmers are not able to
build them. / think that one would
be an excellent addition to farm; bat
corn sown for fodder, and taken care
of at the proper time, makes good
feed for milch COWS. Last year I
sowed five acres, using the wheat drill
to do it with. It was sown twenty-one
inches apart, but I did not get it quite
thick enough. This year I shall SOW
one bushel to the acre, and fourteen
inches apart and drag it, and I think
it will give better results. It was
plowed out several times to keep
it growing nicely. I cut it before frost
came, with a binder. 1t was then
shocked up and left to dry before
stacking. 1t was stacked close to the
barn in ricks. This not only makes
good fodder but enriches the ground
for grain. Three years ago I had
twenty acres of corn; which I sowed
the next year with wheat The yield
on this piece was five more bushels to
the acre than other grain sown by the
side of it. I think it will pay to SOW a
large field of corn for fodder, or else
plant it for the corn, in order to have
a good yield of grain the following
year. I think it pays to grow a diver
sity of crops, and that the yield will
be much better than growing one kind,
year after year. This year I shall also
try growing the "silver beardless bar
ley" The straw of this is stiff, and
does not fall over with high winds
which we have here. It is a six
rowed barley, and is said never to be
affected with smut. When properly
harvested it is silvery-white color
and has no beards.-R. A. o., of South
Dakota, in the Epitomist.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-15

The black horses used by English
undertakers are all bred byl Dutch
farmers, who make this distinct
business.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-15
First Car of Winter Wheat.

st. Louis received the first car of new
No. 2red winter wheat this year June l9.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-14
ARMY NEWS.

The health of the post was never
better than it is at present.
Infantry dress parade on upper
grounds Friday evening Immediately
before sunset.
Colonel Perry has arrived at Fort
Robinson and taken command of the
Ninth cavalry.
In the January mental eXamina-
tionS at West Point thirty members
of the various classes flunked and
were discharged.
Private Wilson. of the band. CTug),
who recently deserted and didn't go
to Cuba. is back again in the guard
house. General court martial.
Lieutenant Griffith, of the Eigh-
teenth infantry. now stationed ut this
post. has been appointed ~Quartermas-
er of his regiment with station AT Fort
Bliss.
Lieutenant Avis resigned the quar-,
tprmaSterShip.