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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-11-04

and the two together tip the scales at
1900 pounds. They hold the worlds
record for one pull, having drawn
II, ,O6l pounds of stone, loaded on
dray, on level, just eight feet in one
draw. They are models of symmetry
in build, are extremely kind and do
cile and beautifully cclored. The
best of care is devoted to them, one
man spending several hours every day
in grooming and cleaning them. They
have been on exhibition at all of the
principal agricultural fairs in the
country.
In speaking of his handsome yoke
of oxen Mr.. Aver said: 'The oxen
have not by any means reached their
limit; they have gained in weight
some seven hundred poands the past
year and are capa bile of carrying an
other thousand pounds. Unlike other
large cattle, their flesh is distributed
very evenly, which adds very much to
their looks, and they stand on their
limbs as straight as pair of calves.
"They are remarkably intelligent
and well trained, as you can judge
from the position which they take in
the photograph. They are very active
and can easily walk mile in thirty
minutes. They are colored, like all
pure Holsteins, black and white.
There coats are as fine and glossy as
thoroughbred racers. They are still
worked moderately when at home.
Their yoke was made to order, and
probably is the largest yoke ever worn
by any team. It is seven feet in
length and weighs 200 pounds.
"Their crowning glory is their mag
nifcent set of highly polished horns.
For size, quality, mating, and beauty
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Pennsylvania's Road Law.

The Hamilton Road law, which will
not become operative until future
legislature shall appropriate one mill
ion dollars for the purpose, provides
That every township shall elect three
supervisors, who shall levy road tax
Of not more than ten mills on the
dollar, unless an increase shall be or
dered by the court, not to exceed ten
mills more. IN addition to the mileage
tax, the supervisors shall assess one
dollar upon every taxable resident, OF
which not less than one-fourth nor
more than one-half shall be exacted in
money, as the remainder may be paid
in work. An abatement of five per
cent. will be made on all taxes paid
before June l.
The township shall be divided into
districts with not less than FIVE miles
of road in each, under roadmaster,
who shall work thereon or hire la
borers, he an they getting wages per
hour, fixed by the supervisors, but the
work may be given out under contracts
Supervisors may join with like officials
of one or more other townships or
borough authorities in the same coun-
ty for purchasing implements and ma
chimes. The Treasurer of the Board
of Supervisors is to receive such com
pensation as the members may allow,
not exceeding five per cent. of all
money received and distributed by.
him. All the Boards shall make re-
ports annually to the Secretary OF
Agriculture.
Provision is made, through viewers.
for the laying out of private roads, un-
der or over the surface, or partly over
and partly under the surface of inter-
vening land or lands, to reach bitumi-
nous coal, iron ore or fire clay UNDER
lying adjacent land.-L. A. W. Bulle-
tin.
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The pearl boom is the latest sue
cessor of Klondike and its attendant
excitements. For several weeks the
people of Arkansas have have been
worked up over the discovery ofpearls
in some of the lakes and rivers of that
State, and in some places half the
population have been industriously
digging mussels in the hope of sudden
wealth, while the rest of the country
has been agitating itself on the sub
iect of dollar wheat. A New York di-
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ing, the baron has won for himself a
great name in science. His family
had long been eminent in scientific
pursuits, and he began his studies
with his father, Nils Gnstaf, who was
the chief of the Finland mining de-
partment. He entered the Uniyer-
sity of Helsingfors in 1S49, and spent
his vacation in the study of mineral
ogy. Of that science he soon became
an eminent expositor. He was forced
from his native country of Finland by
the Russian Government, and chose
Sweden to live in. He travelled to
Spitzbergen, and On his return to
Stockholm was appointed director OF
the neurological department. In
1868 he made his first great polar
voyage and attained o latitude of
eighty-one degrees and forty-two min
utes. In 1872 he decided to make
another trip to northward, and it was
on this voyage that he made the first
attempt to penetrate the inland ice
in the interior. His researches on
this voyage were OF vast Importance
to science. Nordenskiold now turned
his attention to Siberian exploration
and accomplished much in that direc-
ton. Backed by the Swedish King,
the doctor made an effort for the dis
covery of the northeast passage in
1878. His vessel was the Vega, and
she reached Japan one year after sail
ing. On his return he was made q
baron and appointed commander OF
the Order of the North Star. Baron
Nordenskiold has written volumin-
ously on scientific subjects.
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GOOD ROADS NOTES.
Thinks the South Ahead.

'In the matter of building good
roads," says the Helena (Montanal In
dependent, cit is said that the South
is now ahead of the North, and that
North Carolina leads the South. I'M
der the law of that State, petty mis-
demeanants are employed at making
public roads, and convicts are en-
ployed in the same way. Under the
operation of this law the State roads
are being changed from mud to mac
adam. Tramps are included as mis-
demeanants, and, when caught, they
are set to work on the roads.
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has received an offer OF 500. He
found them all in the course of week.
Many of the natives in White County
have in their possession pearls of moro
or less value taken from the ponds be-
fore the excitement set in. Many of
them decline to say anything about
their finds, as they don't wish to en-
courage rush to the spot.
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In the Interest of Good Roads.

The farmer should be particularly
interested in having good roads, first,
because he is usually taxed heavily to
maintain them-as real estate cannot
escape taxation-and secondly, for the
reason that he has occasion to use
them to a greater or less extent In the
prosecution of his business. And the
last may often outweigh the first In
dollars and cents, when it is taken
into consideration the moving OF heavy
loads for q considerable distance over
poor roads.
Here is view of the case that should
not be lost sight Of. 1t is not those
alone who drive for pleasure or busi-
ness over our highways that should
ask for or demand their improved con-
dition. This is for their interest and
convenience, it is true, and rightly,
too. but the farmer who has to move
his produce to market or place OF
shipment, or in the daily prosecution
of his work needs to use the road,
gains or loses in this direction IN ac-
cordance with their good or bad con-
dition.
Good roads in such cases mean the,
saving of time, the greater durability
of vehicles and the wear Of teams.
Good drainage for roads should be-
sought for, as this is of the first I'M
portance. The bitches should be
placed we'll back from the roadbed, so
as to prevent undermining or gully
ing. ,
Hills should be carefully looked at
ter and the grade made as easy as pos
sible. The surface of the road should
be somewhat rounded, so that tho
water may readily pass off at tue sldes,
rather than run along on the wheel
tracks, washing away the dirt and
forming holes and gullies. The sur
face should also be kept clear of small
stones that are always so Troublesome.
Passing over the roads once q month
for this purpose should be more gen.
orally practiced.
Small repairs should always be att
tended to in season, as in this way
large expense can often be saved.
Il will pay to so two miles, if it can
not be obtained nearer, to get gravel
with which to fill bad places in roads.
In parts of the country where stone
is scarce and gravel can be had, good
roads can be made by using this ma
terial plentifully on the surface. OF
course this means that the road-bed is
first put in good condition for the
gravel. This method is used to some
extent at the West, and even here In
the East where stone abounds, gravel,
where it can be conveniently obtained,
is much priced.
It is possible that in the future por-
table stone-crushing machines viii be
largely used in road making in the
country, by means of which this plen-
tiful material can be put to some use-
full purposes.
Above all things, it should be the
purpose to get the best men possible
for the work of road supervision, and
having obtained them keep them until
others equally good or better can be
found to take their places.
In this way, going slowly it may be
bat surely forward in the right direc-
ton, the time will not be far distant
when @ great improvement in our
highways will be apparent all over our
land.-E. R. Towle, in Farm, Field
and Fireside.
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Cheap Living.

Paraguay, in South America, is
cheap place to live in. A house ser
want there costs only S2.45 q month;
and ordinary ones not SO we'll trained
only 81. 81 month. A cook can be
hired for abou. 81 a We d: for good
one, though fair one can be hired
for So. 20 month.
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Published After Fifty Years.

Christina Rossetti left the MSS. OF
a story for girls, which is shortly to
be published under the title OF
MAUD" The story was written
nearly fifty years ago, and its history
is given in preface by W. NJ. Rossetti.
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knowledged that he was from "down
White County way" but refused to
tell where he had found the gems, as
he said that there were more in the
same place, and he was going back
after them.
A man named Deale, in Bald Knob,
sent dozen pearls to New York, and
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-11-04

for popularity of shape and color is
not equalled in the annals OF the barn
yard. Grocer Charles F. Meyersick,
of st. Louis, owns this remarkable
egg, and if it were a nugget from the
Ilondike he could not value the strange
-reak more than he does. In appear
auce the egg looks like mock orange
or a gourd. 1t weighs about half a
pound.
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Water That Petrifes.

Extraordinary qualities are pos
sessed by the River Tinto, in Spain.
1t hardeas and petrifes the sand of
its bed, and if stone falls in the
streara ind alights upon another, in a
few r,onths they unite and become one
stone. Fish cannot live in its waters.
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combined their equal does not exist
in the world. 1t may be of interest to
know that their food consists of eight to
twelve quarts of corn and oats ground
together, two quarts of fax meal, and
from six to eight quarts of bran each
day, with an occasional change to
suit their appetites.
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WORLDS LARGEST OXEN.

Weigh 300 Pounds-Yokcs Seven Feet
Lors-Have Hauled 11,o61 Pounds.
The greatest yoke of cattle ever
seen in this country is owned by J.
D. Avery, of 3uckland, Mass. They
are named Joe and Jerry. Their age
is eight years and they measure ten
feet in girth. They stand seventeen
hands high. and their measurement
from tip to tip is fifteen feet eleven
inches. There is not a difference Of
ten pounds in weight between them,
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-11-04

A Minnesota farmer has raised
enough corn on ten acres to heat his
house and feed two horses and e. COW
through the winter.
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Oueerest of All Eggs.

In an attempt to eclipse the efforts
of others of her kind an Okawyille
Ill.) hen has produced an egg which
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-11-04
BARON NoROENSXIOLD.

Career OF the Great Explorer-one OF
Sweden's Most Widely known Men.
Baron Adolf Erik Nordenskiold IS
the most widely known of Swede2's
great men. Although distinguished
for his family and hign social stand
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-06
BUCKWA A FAST
RUNNING nH0SS /"
The Pacific Union Selling
Stake a Walk for
Him.
The Roman Beat the Weakly
The Roman Beat the Weakly
Ridden Damien Out for
the Place.
Elsie Smith an Easy Winner-Her.
moso Finally Scored Again-Pres.
ton in Good Form.

The California Jockey Club was favored
with beautiful weather for the opening
day of its semi-monthly meeting at
Emeryville track, and as the card was
way and above the average, the attend
ance was large. No doubt the fact that
the Pacific Union selling stake, at one
mile and furlong, worth $1100 to the
winner. was to be decided was the mag
net which attracted many. T race was
a disappointment. There were but four
starters. and Buckwa. carrying 109
pounds, went to the post an IL to 20 favor
lite, backed down from to 10. The son OF
Buckra was in rare fettle, and after trip
ping off the first mile in 1:401l he won
eased up from The Roman in 1:54X.
Damien, the second choice. was an indif-
ferent third.
The track was fast and favorites more
than held their own, taking four OF the
seven events run.
The win of Devault at odds of 15 to ]
was one OF the biggest surprises of the
afternoon.
Elsie Smith. the to favorite for the
opening five and a half furlong scramble,
defeated her field with ease, winning
eased up from Grandezia after making a II
of the running. Cavallo was good third
Burns & Waterhouse also furnished g
hot fayorite IN the mile selling affair that
followed in Osric II, which ruled to II
choice. He was outsprinted the last quar-
ter by Don Clarencio, the to / second
choice, hich won handily by over three
lengths in :42L. Charlemagne, a so 10
chance backed down to 20, vas third.
The faSt Sir NJ I'D rad coli II m, 0e fir q III V
landed another race. With Mike Hen.
messy up he was a TO choice over his
| field, and won with little to spare, q
length in advance of Michael. against
| which Z TO / was laid. Bliss Rucker, q son
| of Salvador, was a fast coming third.
| OF the eleven starters in the fifth even;
| over one mile and a sixteenth, decided
under selling conditions Una Colorado
seemed the pick of the talent and issued
! from the paddock 2 to choice. He led
| the bunch into the stretch. and was then
| outfooted bv Devault, Is to l shot, rid.
| den by j. Shields. The ast Jump or two
| the favorlte was led out for the place by
Del Paso, 100 to shot.
The field in the sevep-furlong purse run
was reduced by scratching 10 six. Pres
| ton was always iavorite, and after being
cut off at the start won handily from
Torsina, which mare, at odds of II to l.
| cut out the race ana, although firing al
the end, downed Wheel of Fortune fol
| the place.
The final event of the day, five and q
| half furlong spin, resulted in dead heat
between Lost Girl, q Is TO shot, and Dun
| boy, which with Scotch Rose ruled a ia.
| voriie. The purse was divided. After
The San Francisco call., 1897-04-06
bond, here for the aid of the cause of the

bonds here for the aid of the cause of the
oppressed.
1--WE received "a letter from Colonel
Ethan Allen OF New York to-day" said
President Jones. land he asks that we Co.
operate with William O. Mcdowell of
New York in the sale of Cuban bonds for
the aid of the cause. He says the more
bonds that are sold the more he will re-
joice and he guarantees that Mcdowell is
a genuine agent of the Government
The following is the full text of Nc
Dowells letter on the bond question:
NEW YORK, March 80, 1897
John H. Jones, Esq, zoos Aeson Street. street
name has been given rs that of an earnest
American, II lover of liberty and friend OF
Cuban independence who would be likely to
purchase one or more Cuban bonds. These
bonds are issued under the authority OF the
Constitutional Assembly of the Cuban Rspub-
lie, and are in denominations of $1,000. SOU,
800 and $50. They are ten-years 6-per-cent
gold bonds, interest payable April and Octo-
Der. with provision that payment can De de-
ferred until six months after the evacuation
OF Cuba by the Spanish forces.
We are selling these bonds at the pIeseht ln
time at 30 cents on the dollar, ana Win the
success OF the republic, which seems near at
hand, they should be not only gooo invest
ment but great speculation.
Allen, which please remail to me aIter read
ing. l would appreciate 1t II, Win your an
swer, you would give me the names anu az.
be possible customers for the bonds Very
truly yours, w. y. MCDOWELL.
A great many signatures 10 the petition
for Cuba's cause are coming in daily from
all parts of the State. Secretary Mascher-
ini says he got more than seventy-nve
names by mail yesterday and Sunday,
and that each day brings forth many
anxious inquiries. The petition is as fol-
lowe.
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At the Baldwin,

AL Cn0 bdlOWins
Otis Skinner opened his second week at the
Baldwin last evening in his own play, "a Sol
dier of Fortune"
IA Soldier OF Fortune" Is a penny dreadful
in romantic dress. 1t seems as If Skinner
had taken all the characters identified with
the dramas of the past and endeared by long
association to the habitual theater-goer and.
shaking them together with uncertain touch
aud unskillful hand. produced his Torelli,
soldier of fortune.
To place the action of his drama in the six
teenth century is the only concession the
actor-playwright has made to the prevailing
taste OF the day.
The occupation OF Italy by the French army
under Louis XII, and the ceaseless skirmishes
between the forces of the BOrgia and the
equally feared and hated Macchiavelli, give q
slim poll tical interest to the play.
The author has kept himself constantly in
evidence. He continually holds the center of
the stage. He Is ready with his sword and
prepared to fgh. at shortest notice, either for
his friend, his foe or his breakfast Skinner
has gwen too much evidence of tact, savoir
faire and more than the usually allotted in
telligence to keep 1.-THE Soldier in his roper
toiIe.
Charming Maud Durbin is given but scanty
opportunities in the play. In the third act
hose and compels attention by her womanly
attractiyeness.
AS for the other characters they receive no
more atten Iion than they merit.
Macchiaveh and Borgia are but sorry con-
| spirators. The dreaded Lucresia at times re.
calls memories of the many Lady Cav Spankers
it has been the misfortune of a scoffing pubic
TO see, and the Cardinal in his makeup out
mothers Mother Goose.
On Thursday night Skinner is to produce
"Hamler again, for which the public is clam
oring, and at Saturday matinee Romeo and
Juliet" will be the bin.
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At the A.cazar,

When the curtain rolled up on "Wild OATS
at the Alcazar last nights the patrons Of that
cozy little theater wore an expectant air re-
garding Hugo Toland's tights. 1t was not
till the third act, when Mr.. Toland strolled on
ga 10 Beau Brummel." that the audience rea-
lized that whatever reasons Mr.. Toland may
have had for objecting to don the director e
costume the fear oil 'cutting an awful figure" I"
WAS not one of them.
One of the hits of the performance was made
by Gordon Foster, whose clever impersonation
of good-humored but emphatically 'coun-
Powers looked decidedly handsome, and did
his customary good work as Rover, the
sirOlling Rentlemanly PLAYER. George 0s-
bourne played Ephraim Smooth, o very qua
kerry Quaker in his usual finished manner.
The rest Of the cast do their usual good work.
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making the running Scotch Rose tired the
last sixteenth. finish ing third.
NOTES.

Tod Sloan. disappointed that the
Legislature ordered no buildings or
streets named after him, followed in the
wake OF his scattered army of followers
and departed for the East last evening,
and with him also went brother Cash.
Tod showed himself no wonder and his
absence will hardly be felt. Racing will
progress just the same.
The California Jockey Club is making
an effort to bring the starters in the
Derby together again. 1t will add $1,000
for another race to be decided on Wednes-
day of the coming week, the owner OF
each entry to deposit $50; the entrance
money to 60 to the second horse.
Advices received from Chicago state that
the Wisconsin racing bill will come up for
final passage on Thursday. For the sake
OF honest sport it is to be hoped Ideal
Park will become thing of the past.
Tommy Griffin and his string of horses
will de part for the East on Wednesday.
In the same car Mr.. Benson will send
honest old David.
While at the post in the opening race,
Receive, along-priced outsider, vas kicked
in the shoulder ana badly cut by one of
the other starters. He was allowed to be
drawn.
Nineteen bookmakers did lively busi-
Gene Leigh left for Kentucky last even
ing TO look after his summer string.
Don Clarencio was bid up $500 over his
entered selling price.
w. H. Moloney. who spends his winters
on the California tracks. together with his
three sons. departs for New York to-day.
Mr. Moloney takes with him about $1,000,
earned in well-placed bets.
Some time ago the Ingleside Association
advertised TO receive bids for privileges to
be let for the fall meeting of 1897. In
| furnishing the list it is just probable that
the directors omitted the cigar-stand priv
| ilege. Are certain plums reserved for Ger
| tain ones on this now queeriy conducted
| racecourse?
| There have been many inquiries Of late
as to why, Joe Piggott is not seen in the
saddle any more. 1t appears Joe is a
victim of circumstances. Some time ago
| the local boy signed a contract tu ride fol
| Edward Corrigan, and suraightway he 60,
! in trouble. Soon after donning the greer
| with white sash, colors of the master o
Hawthorne, Joe was given the mount OF
| Satyr.
The stable orders were "if he could no
| win not to punish the horse to fnisl
within the money" Piggott managed {,
get away poorly from the post, but afte
| going half the distance moved up, and a
the end was beaten but neck and a heas
by Tulare and TreacEery in the orde
| named. 1t was an error of judgment, ant
it looks as though Mr.. Corrican was work
| ing hardship in keeping the lad on th
| ground.
The following weights have been issue,
by the official Handicapped for the entrie
in the Burns handicap to be decided Of
| April 10: