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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27
POPULAR SCIENCE.
Montana is dredging by electricity

Montana is dredging by electricity.
Each year a layer of the sea four
teen feet thick is taken up into the
clouds.
Berlin now has electric street cars
with storage batteries that need to be
charged but once day.
The British Admiralty will furnish
two ships for the Antarctic expedition
which will start next year.
So dense is the water In the deepest
parts of the ocean that an ironclad,
If it we're to sink, would never reach
the bottom.
Among the botanical specimens col.
lected by the Cornell scientific party
in Greenland were some full-grown
forest trees less than three inches IN
height.
A French savant says that many
perfumes aid health by destroying dis
ease microbes. Thyme, lemon, MINT
lavender, eucalyptus and other scents
prove very useful.
When person steps on wire door
mat which has been placed before the
entrance of the new city market OF
ringfeld, Mass, the doors are
opened by electricity.
Experiments have been made IN a
Cincinnati hospital which show that
the wells now so much worn by women
are often the cause OF headaches and
serious injury to the eyes.
1t has been found by experiment
that tea retards digestion. An infu-
sion of one per cent. of tea causes a
perceptible delay; three per cent.
infusion will delay the digestion some
times as much as twelve times the nor
NAL period; ten per cent. decoctlon
arrest. the digestion of all starchy
foods.
A chameleon from the Cape of Good
Hope was seen by Mr.. Blalsiston to
turn white with fear, having been
saved from the attacks OF cat. The
most extraordinary thing about this
lizard is the wonderful way in which
the two eyes work quite independently
of each other and "enable it to survey
comfortably objects. in quito opposite
directions.
The cred rain" which fell in Mel
bourne, Australia, and it's neighbor-
hood seems to have performed one
useful operation. The governm ent
horticultural expert reports that the
red shower acted exactly as hellebore
in cleansing the pear trees from the
prevalent slug. He says that the trees
were completely cleansed, and that
the insects died instantaneously.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27
The Hon. William David Coleman,

The Hon. William David Coleman,
the president of Liberia, who was vice.
president until the death of President
Cheeseman, few months ago, was
born ON Liberian soil and is an Afri-
can. The term of Office for president
and yice-president of Liberia is two
years, elections being held in June of
the odd years, and the president and
vice president entering on their Offices
In January following the election. Mr..
Coleman has been elected for three
consecutive terms as vice-president,
and he is now the thirteenth to hold
the presidential Office since the Libe-
rian declaration of independence, July
s26th, 1847. OF these thirteen presi-
dents, ten have been elected by the
people and three were vice-presidents,
who were elevated to Office to complete
unexpired terms.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27
Electric Light by Wind Power.

Electric lighting is commonly In the
country regarded as exclusively city
luxury. 1t is likely that the expense
of carrying wires from house to house
in thinly settled districts would be too
great to make it possible to furnish
electric light on l:rge scale ocono-
mically. But the experience of Nan
sens ship, the Fran, on her northern
voyage shows that electric lighting by
wind power, transmitted to batteries
and stored as electricity, is, entirely
possible. In the high Northern lati-
tudes fuel was much too precious to
be used in making electric light. So
a big windmill was set up, which was
run whenever the wind Was favorable,
and by stored electricity made steady
light all through the dark northern
winter. Such windmills are often used
on Norwegian vessels to work the
pumps. We may yet see farm wind
mills providing power to run dynamos
and charge storage batteries with elec-
tricity to be used for lighting farm
houses, as we'll as to do much work
that now taxes human muscles
American Cultivator.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27
A Wildcat In the Car.

Engineer Frellcb, Of the, Southern
Pacific Railroad, has had most excit-
ing experience with q wildcat. As his
train was passing near Blue Creek Sta
tion, near the north point Of the Great
Salt Lake, Utah, a wildcat suddenly
sprang into the cab and savagely at
tackled the fireman. The engineer
came to the freman's assistance with
a shovel and tried to beat off the ami
NAL, but he in turn was the recipient of
the cats attentions. The animal
landed on the mans breast and began
sinking its claws into the engineers
face. The cat seemed possessed of
nine lives, and bit, clawed and screamed
every instant, cutting into the face
and chest of the engineer.
After few seconds of fighting the
animal sprang out Of the cab. When
the train reached Terrace Engineer
Frelich's face was found to be badly
cut up. The trainmen believe that
the cat was hiding in the bushes be-
side the track. and being blinded by
the glare of the headlight made leap
for safety and dropped into the cab.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27
A Costly Rats Nest.

The famous rats nest, which was
bnilt out of five 500 United States
Treasury notes in the end Of an old
box car on the Louisville and Nash.
vile Railroad in 1868, again becomes
a matter of public record in the Senate
files. John Veeley, carpenter at
Louisville, found these notes while
tearing out the end of the aforesaid
old box car. While tie notes were
pretty badly mutilated, there seems to
have been no difficulty in determining
their character, their denomination
and date. and the issue and series to
which each belonged.
Upon the advice of a friend Veeley
took the notes to the Louisville Gus
tom House, and at his request they
we're forwarded to the Treasury De-
partment for redemption, but the de-
partment refused to redeem them, and,
with the approval of the Secretary,
they we're returned to him by express
in February, 1869. BE then sold them
to one julius Wellman, broker, for
$500.
In March, 1869, WeIlman had them
sent again to the Treasury Depart
ment, and the matter was referred to
the First Comptroller, who decided on
the 31st day of July, 1896, that they
should neither be redeemed nor re-
turned to Wellman. Veeley then re-
turned the money to Wellman and re-
newed his efforts to secure payment
from the Treasury Department. Re
peated refusals were made until 1890,
when a bill was introduced IN the
Fifty-fifth Congress authorizing the
redemption of these notes. In each
succeeding Congress the bill has come
ND. but has never yet been passed.
Senator Pasco, from the Committee
on Claims, has just made favorable
report, declaring that his committee
was impressed with tho justice of the
claim; that although more than
twenty.seven years have lelapsed since
the find and the circumstances were
published in the newspapers at the
time, no claimant has appeared for
the notes. Each note is plainly de-
scribed and, in the opinion OF the
committee, the United States ought to
redeem its just obligations.-Wash-
ipoton Post.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27
Senator EarIe,s Funeral.

At Greenville, S. c., Saturday, the
grave closed over all that was mortal of
Joseph Haynsworth Earle, South Car
olina's late junior Senator. All the
stores in the city were closed during
the progress of the exercises. The
whole of Greenville mourned and the
people made no attempt to conceal
their feelings. Rich and poor alike at
tended the obsequies, and prominent
men from all over the State. as we'll as
the Congressional committee, paid
their last tribute TO South Carolina's
honored and worthy son. Handsome
floral tributes were sent from Washing.
ton, as we'll as from the townspeople.
Governor Ellerbe did not attend, owing
to illness in his family. The services
we're conducted at the First Baptist
churchh by Dr. c. S. Gardner, the pas
f0r
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27
CONGRESSMAN and Bear.

They were spinning yarns OF the
chase, and this was the contribution
of the Congressman: "After q pretty
hard campaign I went with hunting
party to the upper peninsular. I'm
not a Leather Stocking or Daniel
Boone with rifle, but I'm far from
having to go inside and close the doors
in order to hit barn. I'd brought
down deer and bagged any amount
of small game, but wanted bear. One
morning I had tramped an unusual
distance from camp and suddenly came
upon three half grown cubs rolling and
tumbling over each other in play. l
shot one and the other two beat Q
clumsy retreat. Setting my gun
against tree I reached my cub while
he was still kicking. !.
clearing noise, I whirled around
to find the mother coming at me, her
mouth wide open and her eyes glaring.
There was no chance to reach the
rifle. I'm no sprinter, and took tho
only alternative by shining up tall
pine tree. She stopped minute to
examine the victim of my shot and
was more enraged than ever as she
came climbing after me. Once in the
tufted top OF that pine did some
faster thinking, gentlemen, than l
ever did on any question of state. fhe
bear was coming and losing no time.
I was without weapon OF any kind. 1t
looked as though bruin had the drop.
"But man in my predicament over
looks no chances. In my vest pocket
I had a well-flled match safe. In my
hip pocket was pint of brandy, minus
one moderate nip. In my hunting
Jacket was bunch Of tow. I saturated
that with brandy, and, as the bear ap-
preached, I snointed her with the re.
mainder. Dividing the tow SO as to
have two shots, / lit the first half and
dropped it on the bear. I didn't need
the other half. There was flash Of
light as though pan Of powder had
been ignited. The air was filed with
the odor of burning hair. The bear
let 20 and fell down, because it
was quicker. Then she left fiery
streak toward the horizon and made
more noise than any ordinary thunder
storm"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27
Towed by a Sawfsh.

The sloop yacht Bull arrived in the
harbor Sunday night, says a recent
issue of the Florida Times. Union, OF
Jacksonville. She had on board john
P. Roberts, of Chicago; W. ]. Pur-
cell, of Washington, and Charles
Christian, OF Miami. The party had
been on cruise through the Keys for
the last two weeks. The cruise ex-
tended as far as Flamingo Flats and
Cape Sable, where they went to pro-
cure specimens OF birds, fish, ETC., for
the National Museum, Washington.
A thrilling episode OF the cruise was
the capture of a saw6sh measuring
eighteen and one-half feet. Cruising
off Madura Key they came upon the
huge fish, and Roberts, who was keep
ing q sharp lookout, seized harpoon
and sunk 1t deep into the monsters
body. Quick as flash the fish darted
down the channel, making the line
whiz out of the boat. Roberts, whose
hand was burned from the running
line, called to Purcell to make turn
around the mast. The latter had no
time to do go before the end of the
line was reached, SO he seized it with
Roberts, who had nearly gone over.
board, and together they managed to
hold it until Christian contrived to
make the end fast. Then the fish
towed the boat down the channel.
Christian maneuvred the boat into
shallow water, and here Roberts put
the grains into him again. Then the
fish made things fly, throwing, in his
frantic rage, sand and water high into
the air. Roberts. contrived to get
caught in the line, and was in an In
slant pulled overheard a distance oi
forty feet from the boat. Being ar
expert swimmer, he got back without
any damage. The towing process ther
again began, this time with two lines
and the cruisers went flying down th'
bay like sports behind a spanking
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27
Two Men and q Mountain Lion.

One of the most thrilling encounters
with q mountain lion ever known in
Idaho occurred near Ola few days
ago. A Denver Republican telegram
says:
Charles Bannister and Jake Woods
were passing along a trail leading
from their work to their camp. There
Was no thought of danger in their
minds until there was fash in the
air and an enormous mountain lion
landed on Woods's shoulder. The i'm
pact knocked him over, and his COM
panion thought he was certainly
killed. Reaching for stone, Ban
mister instantly attacked the beast,
breaking its shoulder blade. The
lion then sprang upon him, when
Woods came to his rescue, also armed
with rock. As the lion was attempt
ing to tear Bannister's throat Woods
struck it on the head and fractured
its skull. The creature still fought
desperately, but the men finally
managed to kill it. 1t measured nine
feet from. tip to tip, and it was found
that il had leaped thirty feet in
springing upon Woods.
The mountain lion never attacks men
unless driven to it by hunger. The
SHOWS in the mountains had probably
deprived the beast of food, and it was
ready TO spring upon the fret living
thing It saw.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27

ne murder of the aged cashier OF
the New Hampshire bank adds another
to the crimes of violence which have
robbery for their purpose, and which
have come fast and thick of late, OBJ
serves the New York Journal. These
crimes are perpetrated in broad day
Light and meet with no opposition.
The very audacity of the perpetrators
adds to their success. The science OF
bank protection has made the old sys-
tenn Of looting almost impossible.
Steel safes and electric alarms have
stopped the midnight raids. But now
the robbers walk in at noon day,
knock down the cashier and help
themselves. This ingenuity has been
met by audaeity.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27
From England comes the announce

From England comes the announce
ment that Mr.. Gomess, chemist of
India, has patented process of work
ing up the fibre plant, ramie, into
condition ready for spinning. The
London Spectator announces that Mr..
Gomess' method turns upon the en-
ployment of zincate of soda. A COM
pany has been formed, patents taken
out all over the world, and sort of
experimental factory is actually at
work in London which turns out about
two tons a week of ramie ready for
spinning. If this be true, the South
ern planter in this country is deeply
concerned in two ways, says Farm
News. In the first place there are
some portions of the extreme South
where ramie can be proftably grown
as soon as there is market for it; but
of greater concern to us, is the effect
upon cotton. Ramie will undoubtedly
supercede cotton fabrics for many pur-
poses, and while We all rejoice in the
advent of any discovery that adds to
the wealth of the nations, it takes a
broad minded people to rejoice at the
depreciation of its cotton fields.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27
Gold DiscoYerer Hanged.

The first man who discovered gold
in Australia was hanged for his pains.
He was one OF the first convicts trans
ported to Botany Bay, and when he
learned the great secret he brought
sample to show his success, and was
promptly hanged by Governor Phillip
for attempted escape and to keep the
demoralizing discovery unknown !.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27

Chicago seems to be getting all the
plums nowadays for educational pur-
poses. 1t has been found impossible
TO run the university of that city on
$500, 900 year, and in response to an
appeal for more funds, it is announced
that John D. Rockefeller of the Stand
ard oil company, has promised to
augment his past gifts, aggregating
$S, 900, 900, by further sum of SO,
ono 600.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27
M,LAURlN FOR SENATOR.
The Youngest South Carolina Con
gresham Looming Up.

u
gresham Looming Up.
There is little doubt as to the Sue
cessor of Senator Earle, OF South Car O.
lima, and as Governor Ellerbe thinks
the Democrats should have their full
strength in the United States Senate at
once, he will probably make the sp-
pointment before many days. :.
Congressman John L. McLaurin Is
looked upon as practically certain to
receive the appointment. If appointed,
he will be elected, whether there is a
primary next fall or not, for it is left
entirely to the Legislature.
McLaurin is the youngest man In the
South Carolina delegation. He was
attorney general for four years and was
elected to Congress for his second
term last fall. He is a member OF
the Ways and Means committee
and recently spoke in favor of a duty
on cotton
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27
Proviu. u success.

The Exposition of the CaroiinaS,
which is now opened at Charlotte, y.
c., is proving a decided success in
every particular, and the largest at
tendance in one day was 1000, and i
constantly increasing, owing to the
fact that those who attend find so much
more than they expect and go away to
advise their friends to attend. Last
Saturday was Children's Day and wss
O great success.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27
A Bust of Raleigh.

A memorial bust of Sir Walter Raj
eich has been unveiled at Westminster
Abbey, in London, England, by the
Duke of Buocleuch, in the presence OF
distinguished assemblage. Among
the eulogies delivered was one by Col;
John Hay. ambassador OF the United
States.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27
DEMOCRATS CAUCUS
And Decide to Fight Tariff Bill.
Down on Dear Beer.

And Decide to Fight Tariff Bill.
Down on Dear Beer.
The Democratic Senators held q eau
,us last Saturday and decided to in
.ugurate their fight upon the tariff bill
IS soon as the bill is taken up in the
Senate by motion to strike out the in
;ernal revenue features of the bill relat-
ing to beer and tobacco. This result
was reached after discussion in which
practically all the Senators present par
.icipated. The talk was based largely
upon the proposition to increase the
lax upon beer, which was generally
criticised as an effort to increase the
price of ''the poor mans beverage, "
which was pronounced wholly unjusti-
fable in time of peace and with S120, :
300, 900 of idle money in the treasury.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27

The London Chronicle is reviving
the scandal of the immense incomes of
the city churches, which are practically
without congregations. 1t publishes
q letter giving startling figures, and
showing the Wears live far distant
from the churches, and they have
nothing whatever to do except spend
their immense stipends.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27

Colorado has voted to allow women
toibecome members of the state mill
tia. This probably is a concession to
the ''new woman" because of her
abilities in the line of dress parades.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27
BIG STRIKE ENDS.
After Four Years. Struggle the Flint
Glass Workers Give Up.

At Pittsburg. Pa, the strike of the
American Flint Glass Workers Union,
which was inaugurated four years ago,
has been declared off, The dispute was
over working the unlimited turn" and
of the $500 men connected with the
American Flint Glass Workers Union,
1900 struck.
The strike cost the Glass Workers
Union over 81, 900, 600, and during the
four years 400 strikers died.
Now that the strike is over it Is
thought the United States Glass Com
pany will reinstate large number OF
mon
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27
Cuban-Americans Needing Relief.

\ telegram received at the State De.
partment at Washington from Consul
General Lee indicates that the number
of Americans in need of relief in Cuba
is much larger than was supposed at
first. The Consul-General says that
the number may reach 1.200. The
consul at Matanzas reports ESQ there
and the consul at Sagua $50.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27
The Rouss Monument Dedicated.

The monument given BY Charles
Broadway Rouss, the millionaire New
York merchant. to the Confederate Yet
erans' camp has been dedicated IN I.
iiore cemetery, in WeStchester co&a;. j.,
New York
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27

: On the government pay rolls are
several Indian women-Pauline Nc
Gov. assistant at the Sac and Fox
agency, Oklahoma, Elizabeth Burnt
Thigh. servant at one OF the agencies,
and another Indian woman, custodian
of the abandoned military reservation
at Fort Ripley, MINI.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27

1t is said that at least dozen valu-
able articles of commerce, including
ceilulose, culluloid, smOkeless gun
powder, lacquer, roofing material, glu-
cose and papier-mache can be made
from corn stalks, and that they will
soon be worth S25 per acre.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27
More Trouble at Homestead.

Italians at Homestead, Pa, have
twice been attacked by idle men, who
believe thev should have been given
the work the Italians received louiid-
ing a street railway. Officers are pro
tecting the Italians and iurther trouble
is feared.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27

A New York paper expresses surprise
because "the Chicago aldermen get
only So week." This is an error; their
salary is So. but they get great deal
n, &c.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27

A public benefactor has risen in
California. A man has invented
machine which launders collars and
cuffs without producing a saw edge.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27

From the salt wells at Hutchinson,
Kan, 1000, 900 barrels OF salt were
obtained last yer.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-05-27

The administration at Washington
have determined to so slow as to Cuban
matters.