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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-08
Testing Crock--y for the Government.

All crockery ware and glass furnished
to the Government must be severely
tested. One test consists in boiling
the ware from ten to fifteen minutes,
or until it is as hot as boiling water
can make it. It is then instantly re-
moved and plunged into water as near
the freezing point as possible and be
liquid. No Grazing or cracks must
show after the test. The tumblers are
put into water at 1924 degrees for one
minute. They are then dropped into
water at 42.H degrees Fahr. If they
show the least imperfection under this
test they will not be accepted.-New
York Ledger.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-08
Trapping q Mountain Lion.

'It was when I was sheep ranching
in the Hermosa district, in southern
California, that I was, in a way, con-
cerned in a very queer trapping. oper-
ation," said James Smith, of Geneva,
n. Y. 81 was partner in q big ranch,
and we were getting along swimmingly
when one spring mountain lionI Icame
into the neighborhood and set to kill
ing our sheep and lambs We tried
hunting, traps and poison to rid our
selves of the beast, but could neither
get him nor drive him away. The
beast not only killed our sheep, but
one night herder in our employ, s
boy from one of the middle Western
States, came running to the ranch
house a good deal frightened, and
complained that a mountain lion had
chased him. He had had long run,
and the creature had followed him to
within fifty yards of the house.
'With the morning light the boy re-
covered courage and went out to his
herding again, but he mulled over the
run and the scare the lion had given him
and vowed ne would get even with the
beast. Along the'creek that bordered
the range was good growth of timber,
and the boy, remembering his rabbit
snaring feats in the East, rigged up q
.jump-up' trap on large scale for the
benefit OF the lion. He built an in
closure that could be entered only by
a passage on one side. Then he bent
down . stiff sapling and secured its
top to notched tree stump in such a
way that if itwere moved, ever so little,
it would fly up. To this top he at
tached a stout rope, with slip moose
so arranged that any creature enter
ing the inclosure would be caught by
the moose and at the same time cause
the sapling to spring upright. When
everything was ready he put lamb in
the inclosure at night and waited
''The lambs bleating attracted the
lion, and at midnight the boy, who
slept in an outbuilding, came to the
ranch house to tell Us the beast was
caught Once awakened we needed
no telling of the fact, for the Lions
cries came plainly to our ears from up
the creek. We got our guns and
started for the trap. The night was
dark, and as we foundered along
among the trees and brushwood the
foremost man nearly ran bang into the
lion, hanging by the rope to the sap
Ling. The beast had evidently tried
to leap through the moose, for he was
caught, not by the neck, but round
the body, just forward Of the hind
quarters. AS he dangled from the
sapling, trying to turn so as to bite of
the rope, his clawings and contortions
were something wonderful to see, s.nd
at every failure he let out a screech
that could have been heard mile
away.
''Turn and twist as he might he
could. not get to the rope with his
teeth. But lest something might slip
or give way and let him loose We lost
no time in backing off to safer dis
tance, and then we finished him with
our firearms. We we're all mighty
pleased to get rid of him, butI reckon
the 10y that trapped him got the most
satisfaction out of the business-and
he got the skin and bounty"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-08
MOVABLE SUMNER POULTRY HOUSE. q

well under such conditions, and their
presence will be of great value to the
orchard. The lower sill of the sides
of the house should continue out and
form the base of the sides of the run.
New England Homestead. ~
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-08
Shot Glace Silk Trimmings.

Shot glace silks will be more used
than ever as trimmings as we'll as lin
ings. They appear in the forms of puffs
and accordion-pleated frills on hats,
mantles and dresses, and in some
cases two or three colors are used to-
gether, says the Lady. Pale fawn
cloth eapes and boleros are lined with
Q glace silk shot with blue, pink or
some other contrasting shade, and
killed frills of the same silk pinked
out at the edges from q full rufie at
the throat.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-08
Greenhouse to Cost 100000.

Buffalo is rejoicing in the prospect
of possessing within the present year
a fine greenhouse, all crystal and steel.
The structure will be 200 feet long
and will have an octagonal dome about
Is feet high and 60 feet in diameter.
It will cost about 500, 900.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-08
Hens in the Orchard.

Many farmers and orchardists would
like to have hens in the orchard for
the good their presence would do the
trees, were it not that the fowls must
be kept confined because of the dam
age they would do the adjacent gar
den and flower beds. The sketch
shows a way to keep one or more hocks
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-08
Sowing Late Cabbage Seed.

1t is not too late yet to SOW cabbage
seed for late planting. Caution is
needed not to SOW the seed too thickly.
That makes its growth. so spindling
that the successful first transpianting
is very difficult. After the second
transplanting the plants will be ready
to set in the open ground. The cab
hage sown now will make much of its
growth after the first frosts, and on
fairly rich ground will not need much
manure.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-08
About Perfumes.

The perfumes which are most agree
able to the senses are not always the
most helpful to the nerves. Amber
girls, for instance, is positively often
ive to many, yet it is said to possess
= wonderful power of clearing the
Drain and driving away those evil
pirits known as the "blues. On the
dher hand, altar of roses, with it's
Gggestion Of glowing suns and gor-
eous eastern colors, predisposes one
3 tears. A faint odor of musk acts
q q tonic, while civet brings drowsi-
ress of soul, for which the best anti
6te is the pungent odor of sandal
Wod. The fragrance of citron and
aDe wood is as soothing to nervous
p,ople as far-off music.
Many perfumes delightful in the
olen air become particularly disagree
abe in a close room. A whole even
ine can be spoiled by the presence of
tuhroses or lilies in areception room.
Thir strong fragrance has very bad
effst. Magnolia blossoms. too, have
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-08
A Hint About Diet.

!. Cheese should be eaten once o day
ct least. 1t contains two or three
times as much nutrition as the same
moneys worth of meat, and is, there
fore, the most valuable animal food
obtainable. The woman who imagines
that q cup of chocolate and few
crackers constitute a. square meal, will
do well to add cheese to her menu.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-08
An extraordinary Advertisement.


An extraordinary sign of the times
Is the following advertisement, which
recently appeared in London paper:
NTLEMAN WISHING TO ADD TO AN
" inadequate income offers his services
TO ladies desiring an escort for theatres,
amusements, social functions, or extensive
travelling. For terms and interview, ad-
dress CONFIDENTIAL" 1921, u. P. ONCE,
Strand.
Here is a man, presumably young,
who will hire himself out to unattached
womankind promiscuously, attend her
to tea-parties, allow her to pay his
supper bill when on duty after the
play, and enact the role of tame cat,
in fact, generally, 'for q oonsidera-
ton"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-08
Brooklyn Women Discard Birds.

The members of the Civitas Club, of
Brooklyn, have set their hearts and
heads against the wanton destruction
of birds to crafty the feminine desire
for fine hats. They are to give prac-
tical illustration of what can be done
with ostrich plumes and featherless
millinery effects in their own hats and
bonnets this year, and are to give an
exhibition of humane headwear. The
Civitas includes in its members 200
young women and matrons from cult
vated Brooklyn's most cultivated circles
and has also long waiting list OF
would-be members in sympathy with
its aims, so that whatever the young
women undertake in the way Of fash
ions must have a wide influence
throughout the city.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-08
woman's Interest in sporta.

Woman's increased interest in all
kinds of sports is evidenced by the
trade in women's sporting goods that
is done by the large sporting goods
house on Twenty-third street The
woman cyclist is largely responsible
for this, but the golfer and tennis
player has her share, and it may sur
prise some to hear that even hunting
goods and fishing outfits are sold in
considerable quantities to the gentler
seq. A new design Of Hubert skirt IS
q feature. It is put on and taken off
like an ordinary skirt When off the
wheel it has the graceful appearance
Of the full ripple-back short skirt. By
. simple contrivance q saddle pocket
is drawn into the back, giving per-
feet riding habit effect. A particular
advantage is the perfect freedom of
motion that the skirt allows.-New
York Tribune.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-08
A High-Price Boar.

This unprecedented figure. was re-
Gently paid in Illinois for the Poland
China boar named, the famous hog
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-08
To Acquire . Gr.ceful Peso.

A traveller gives the following hint
to seekers after grace and dignity. he
says: 'tIn my limited experience with
queens, I have never seen one walk so
well as does the stately working NO.
man of Ahmedsbsd. This is partly
due to the fact that the latter wears
only short skirt and q sash, with
sometimes . loose half bodice. Ease in
attire is not, however, the main reason
for the free gait and lofty carriage 30
conspicuous here; yet the secret is so
simple that it is strange no fashionable
boarding school has caught it and sd-
vertised to turn out American girls
that can walk, Let any young woman
Try this receipt: Put 2 wad Of cloth or
straw on the head and balance on this
. small Jug or pail, walking around in
the position enforced by the balance.
. / think an hours daily exercise of this
sort might improve health as we'll as
carriage; at any rate, it would produce
something better than the dragon stride
OF the English girl or the usual amble
of her Yankee cousin"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-08

going to a syndicate of Missouri breed
ers. At the same auction sale, S1575
was paid for q Poland China brood
SOW.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-07-08

as If from huge boxing glove. MISS
Miss scrambled to his feet. The next
glance explained matters. Like him
self the bear was o veteran. It had
lost its claws long since. Miss-Miss
lodged round and round his tree and
from one tree to another. The bear,
whose sight was dim with age, aimed
blow after blow, with no other effect
than that Of bruising its paws against
the trunks. The fight went on and
Miss -Miss's strength was giving way,
whe n through an openingin the forest
he espied the blaze of the camp fires
close at hand. The bear saw it too,
and with grunt of disgust and disap-
pointment turned round and trotted
back into the depths Of the foa-t to
resume its meal.
Miss-Miss fastened back to the
camp and called the oldest of the boys
together. Take your lss..oes,' he
cried, and We will capture grizzly
alive! So out they went. When the
party arrived within range Miss Miss
whistled. The bear raised its head snd
the boys cast their lassoes. One moose
fell over the brute's neck.
"When the braves returned in the
evening, prepared to chase Miss Miss
into the wilderness, they found huge,
roaring grizzly tethered in the middle
of the camp. No one of the tribe ever
had done such deed. They concluded
the Great Spirit had willed that Miss
Miss should live, and Miss-Miss is
alive to-day and in high honor with
the tribe. New York Sun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-28
A Murderer Oonfesses.

Aspecial to The Boston Journal from
Montreal says that Joseph E. Kelly
has confessed to the murder of Cashier
Stickney at Somersworth, N. 81. He
admitted that he committed both the
murder and robbery and says he had
no accomplice. He vehemently in
sisted, however, that he had no inten-
lion OF killing the cashier, but he had
to because that gentleman recognized
him. After telling Mr.. Stickney with
blows on the head, when he showed
signs of regaining consciousness, he
stabbed him with a knife. Kelly sent
for Detective Early and asked him il
it would be better for him to tell all
he knew. Early told him it was the
best thing he could do. In talking to
EARLY, Kelly told a great many strange
incidents about his trip, among them
he intimated that he had stolen the
clothes with which he was disguised
from an old woman whom he met at
st. Justice de Newton. At Aggie Ash.
toms house in Montreal, Kelly, said
that he and man was out for lark.
The woman suspected Kelly and tele.
phoned for the police. When he left
the house he said: "Well goodbye,
girls, the next time you hear of me 1t
will be at the end of rope" and he
laughingly made a sign that meant he
was going to be hanged.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-28

Mezsrs. John e. Holmes, M. A. Car.
Isle and w. A. Templeton, Mr..
Holmes being elected with Mr.. Tenn
pleton as alternate.
The individual members of the
Grand Lodge contributed the amount
of $91. 20 to the fund which is being
raised in various ways for the erection
of a monument to the memory OF the
late G.. w. Holland, formerly the
grand reporter of the order in this
State. A considerable fund has al
ready been raised for this purpose and
this is supplementary thereto.
The usual resolutions of thanks
were adopted.
Reserved for the last was one of the
most important resolutions looking to
the admission of women as members
of the organization in South Carolina.
It was offered by Ex-Governor Shep.
pard and was adopted in the following
form:
Resolved, That the Grand Lodge of
South Carolina hereby reiterates its
judgment, heretofore expressed. that
the best interests of our order will be
promoted by the admission of females
into our order under such restrictions
as in the wisdom OF the Grand Lodge
may be just.
The meeting was entirely harmoni'
Gus and pleasant.
After the installation of the grand
officers, the Grand Lodge, which was
composed largely of members who
had been present before, was adjourn
ed until next April.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-28
Fleeing from the Flood.

The Spartanburg Herald relates this
sad story: 1t was pitiful sight-one
that would appeal readily to the sym.
pathetic heart. An old and decrepit
man and his aged wife wandering
about the streets, homeless a1d penni.
less, with no immediate or material
means of relief. The man claims that
his name was Jones, and that he lived
in little village in South eastern
Arkansas, until the floods of the Mis-.
sissippi swept the country and took
away his little all with the property
of all the inhabitants in that section.
He says that he and his wife are no W
on their way to Mecklenburg County,
N. G., where they have relatives and
that 90 far on their trip they have had
to depend entirely on the cnarity of
the world. When asked why he
should suffer deprivation and rebuffs
in journeying so far. only securing
transportation when fortune favored
them; and why they did not share in
the general relief fund appropriated
by Congress and charitable associa-
tions generally, his reply was that the
means were not sufficient for the ends
and that by the time each sufferer
secured his or her prorata share of the
fund, it would be about 35 cents each.
The man and woman left on the after
noon train for Charlotte.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-28
The Vast Floods I.

A Washington dispatch says the to:
tai area submerged by the Mississippi
river is over 90, 900 square miles. 1t
contained at the last census 46,352
farms with total area of 1900, 466
acres nearly half of which was i'm
proved and a total population, agrl.
cultural and otherwise, OF 462, O4l. Ii
to the value of its farms, farm build
ings and farm machinery, according
to the census of 1890, there be added
the value of its live stock on
Jan. 1, last, 50, ia, 636, and of its pro,
ducts of last season still on hand
March l, last 81, 554. 754, the total OF
$50, 176, 1T will represent the approx
mate value of the agricultural proper
ty of the submerged region. Among
the products OF this region last year
were 466, ,056 bales of cotton worth $l6,-
312, ,O6O; IL, 525, 065 bushels of corn 3d.
995, ,27S and 9, ,033, S78 pounds of sugar,
worth $27,Ol The total production, {,
including minor crops representing
value of $3l, ,722, $50 on the plantations.
The latest reports to the war depart
ment from the stricken section are
not cheering.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-28
Hungry for Sugar Beets.

A Washington Dispatch says the
agricultural department is being I'M
portuned from all parts, OF the coun.
try for sugar beet seed. In view OF
the unsatisfactory price received Tor
staple crops during the past few years
and the prospective increase in the
duty on the sugar, farmers in all sec
tions of the Union evidently intend to
experiment with sugar beet culture.
Heretofore sugar beet growing has
been confined almost exclusively to
Nebraska, Kansas and California.
The agricultural department has sent
beet seed this spring to about 80 States
and territories, the demand!comes from
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, the
Dakotas, Texas, New Mexico, Iowa,
Missouri, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Ken
lucky and Virginia. There have also
been requests from Pennsylvania and
New York. A Nebraska sugar rein
ing company donated five tons of beet
seed to the department and the depart
ment purchased two tons additional.
The supply is about exhausted by the
demand. Ifsuccessful, the industry
will probably be developed in many
of the States in which experiments are
made this year, supplanting corn and
wheat.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-28
Important to Owners Of Cows.

DIR. W. E. A. Wyman finished last
week delicate and important examl'
nation of the dairy herd and calves
belonging to Clemson college. Al.
though the doctor never suspected
any tuber eulosis (consumption) among
the COWS of the college, he neverthe.
less injected all the COWS with tuber-
culin furnished through the courtesy
of the bureau of animal industry at
Washington. This tuberculin, at one
time supposed to be cure for con-
sumption, is an exceedingly valuable
diagnostic agent in the hands of the
experienced veterinarian, as its intro
duction into a tuberculous animal
causes a decided fever. DR.. Wyman
was assisted by the senior class of
Clemson college, these young men at
tending to all the minutiae Of the test
under him. The test proves conclu'
sively an absolute freedom OF even a
suspicion of consumption in that herd.
When it is taken into consideration
that these COWS were brought from all
parts of this state to Clemson:C College,
that they were highly fed and the
large percentage of consumption
among the herds of the northern
states, it is matter of congratulation
since this test, especially in the hands
of qualified veterinarian, means, to
all probability, a general freedom
from consumption in the dairy herds
of this state.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-28
Desperate Act OF a Madman.

A sensational shooting affair occur
red at Jacksonville, Fla, one evening
last week. Miss Mary Louise Cato, a
beautiful Cuban woman about 20
years old, the daughter of E. II. Cato,
manager of Ell Modelo Cigar Manufac.
turing Company, being critically
wounded. Edward Pitzsr, a young
man of about the same age, the lover
of the girl, under arrest, charged with
the crime, although he denies it. Just
as the girl was about to enter her home
she was fred upon from ambush, the
first bullet passing through her left
arm. Another bullet entered the
right side of the back, penetrating the
liver, and another the left side, pass
ing through the lung. A fourth bul.
let in the back was stopped by steel
rib in her corset. Another bullet went
through her hat. Pitzer and the girl
had been keeping company about three
years, but it is said that she did not
favor his suit, although he continued
with great persistency. He is the son
of a prominent merchant.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-28
Curious Cases of Cruelty to Animals.

The Boston Society For the Proven
ton of Cruelty to Animals was very
active last year and investigated 5000
cases of cruelty. One man, who
drove his horse to death, was sent to
Jail for six months. For overdriving,
two other men were sentenced to
three and four months respectively
As usual, there were number of con-
victions for beating and kicking ami
mails, one man being so gratuitously
brutal as to beat a gray squirrel. An
other man, while drunk, bit three in
ches off the tail of a cat. 1t cost him
$5 an inch. Two Frenchmen were
fined S. each for exhibiting a bear.
The animal was con6scated and killed,
so that there will be no more cruelties
practiced on that bear, at any rate.
u butcher was fined $40 for hanging
up steer before slaughtering him.
Two men, while drunk, attempted to
kill a hog with an ak. Taey mangled
him terribly and were each given ten
months in the house of correction.
Two cases of docking horses tails cost
the offenders 500 each.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-04-28
Six Feet Underground.

Professor Ferris, hypnotist, placed
a subject in a trance at Sincae, Ont. /,
Friday afternoon, and buried him six
feet Underground, there to remain
three days. Sheriff Jackson and q
posse of officers appeared on the,
scene as the grave was filled and or.
dered the professor to take the man
out or suffer arrest. The professor re-
fused, stating that he was violating no
law, and after a consultation with the
county attorney, the sheriff finds he
can take no action. The subject Is
supplied with air through box. HIS
face can be seen. It resembles that OF
a corps, but has not the extreme pal
lor. There is good deal of excite
ment over the case.