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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-02-17

Cross 8 ON left side and hip. Ear marks,
crop and underslope LEFT ear, and underbiS
right ear. Range on Beaver and Hrnarron,
/ will pay 5 reward for information
that will convict any party or parties Of Kill.
ing OF stealing amy cattle IN the above brands
r.. N. ERR
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-02-17

Mrs. Lydis Hesiy goes to Bepton
to.say 10 visit with friends.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-02-17

Battered ct PO-oahes At Beaver o. :. a.
seesnd cisss matter April ie. lsQ5.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-02-17

y0AH DAWES. EDITOR and Proprietor.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-02-17
Beartr berald.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY.

Official County Paper.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-03-17

ssI never saw so mach genteel pow
erty before as exists in Washington,
d. c." writes a Cabinet members
wife in the Ladies' Home Journal.
ssYou have no idea how many OF these
department clerks tremble in their
boots for fear Of losing their positions
vitha change of administration and
enforcement of the Civil Service rules.
The departments unfit both men and
women foryany other occupation. You
would be surprised to know how
many of the fashionable society men
are department clerks. Some OF the
most attractive among them get ma
jofity Of their meals out of society.
They rent o room for small amount.
and dine out every, night, frequently
gettinga lunch or breakfast from a
friend. In return, they make it their
bhsiness to be entertaining end al
Ways Ia G good humor, ready to be OF
ssrvice and to initiate new people
into fhc etiquette of the place.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-03-17
Australian Fever Cure.

"What's that fred grave for?"
asked the recruit.
"Fells all sick; weather bad and
budgery no good down bout Womba.
Plenty rain one time, fella catch cold;
plenty fever this time; by 'm-by fetch'im
Tonga that place, explained Warrigul,
as litter emerged from q wurley OF
the camp, and the sick man was borne
to the curious grave. The doctor
walked in the rear.
Thrusting his hand into the long
ditch, to test its warmth, the doctor
signaled to lower the patient into it.
He was then covered from neck to
foot, feet and all. His head alone
rested above the dirt. Sergeant Dali
ton explained:
'sThe blacks put fever patients in
the ground like that, and steam the
fever out. They say the earth will
draw off the evil spirit, and then I'LL
him with life."
Electric currents, by Jove"
The next day the late patient was
bobbing around like three-year-old.
Outing.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-03-17
Feeling tho Earth's Pulse.

The fanciful notion which men used
sometimes to entertain that the earth
is, in some sense, living thing, would
probably have derived support from
the recent observations OF Professor
John Milne and others on the shivers
and quivers that frequentlyrun through
its rocky frame, but escape notice ex-
cept when watched for with specially
constructed and exceedingly delicate
apparatus. Professor Milne reports
that apparatus of this kind has now
been mounted in Canada, British Col
umbia, the United States, South
Africa, New Zealand, Java, India and
Argentina, as we'll as in England and
at various places on the continent OF
Europe.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-03-17

+ In many places agricultural fairs
have been diverted from their legih-
mate purposes and turned into mere
circus combinations, says Farm and
Fireside. In some places the evils
connected with the latter have grown
to be intolerable. Fakirs work ell
sorts offradulent schemes, disreputa-
BE showmen give exhibitions that are
grossly Immoral, and gamblers run
sw1ndling games openly. Such things
eventually kill the fair and drive the
agricultural society out OF existence.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-03-17
The Locality OF Disease.

In an interesting article on the
areas of disease the London Saturday
Review remarks upon the consensus
of medical opinion that diseases in
general have their local habitations-
some, like tropical animals and plants,
living only in the tropics; some, like
consumption, gradually spreading
over the whole earth, while others,
like leprosy and smallpox, are by de-
grees becoming limited in their dis
tribution, possibly tending, it may be,
toward extinction. On the other
hand. however, there are regions to
which diseases have never reached,
for instance, on the SUBMITS of high
mountain ranges and in the circum-
polar snowfelds of the earth and air
and water are as barren of the MI
crobes of disease as they are OF animal
life. The writer in the Review ad-
mits that in a country like Britain,
thickly populated for many centuries,
and with the freest circulation of popu-
lation, it cannot be doubted that every
yard of surface contains the germs of
the more common diseases, and the
native of some newer land, brought
over to Britain's shores, falls victim
to its plague-stricken soil; but by gen.
erations of destructive elimination
Britons have become highly restraint
to their native diseases-yet not fully
so, for cancer and consumption, two OF
the most common scourges, still hold
powerful sway.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-03-17
New Bicycle TIrcs.

The ingenuity Of inventors has been
exercised to the utmost on bicycle
tires that cannot be punctured in the
ordinary way. Various combinations
of springs. plates and rubber have
been made, and the number Of de-
vices registered in the Patent Office
in this line runs far up into the thou
sand. One of the latest models shows
series of springs placed underneath
small metal plates and covered with q
heavy rubber casing. It is claimed
that greater amount of elasticity IS
secured with much less danger of in
jury to the rubber. In passing over
very rough surfaces, the springs yield
to sudden pressure, and thus insure
more safety to the more fragile outer
portion. York Ledger.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-03-17
Endurance of Horses.

The Vedette, the regimental journal
of the Twenty-irst Lancers, gives an
interesting account of march carried
out between Cairo and the Bitter Lakes
and back-205 miles in five days. This
was done to test the relative merits Of
the three classes of horses in use in
the regiment, namely, Arabs, Walers
drought from India by the Seventh
Dragon Guards), and Hungarian re-
mounts lately supplied to the regiment.
The Arabs were six to ten years old,
the Walers fourteen years and upwards
and the Hungarians four to five years
old, "rather young for such trial. !"
The verdict was that, even allowing
for age, the Hungarian horses were
decidedly, inferior in breeding and
stamina; and the Walers, though in q
more temperate climate they might be
superior to the Arabs, under the pre-
vailing conditions Of service in Egypt,
with short rations and plenty of sand,
long periods without water, and the
temperature at 130 degrees in the
shade" were decidedly inferior to the
Arab, which, in desert march, showed
itself we'll able to carry the British
soldier, with his impediments. As
the weight carried was an average Of
nearly sixteen stone, the marches were
decidedly good, namely, thirty-fve,
fifty, thirty, fifty-eight and thirty-two
miles per day. One Arab, three Wal
ers and eleven Hungarians were 'laid
up in the sick lines" after the trial
London Sketch.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-03-17
Power Required on Grades.

American highways have often close
ly followed the old Roman model, and
run straight ahead regardless of OBJ.
stacles. 1t seems not to have occurred
to our road-builders that less power
is expended in going three miles
around hill than one mile up it, or
that it is easier to cut down q hill once
than for all travellers to climb it thou
sands of times, or that no heavier load
can be hauled than can be drawn up
the steepest part. To attain higher
levels the precipitous sides Of hills
have been scaled. requiring extreme
grades, when such could have been
avoided, and more circuitous courses,
not materially longer, would have ar
rived at the same spot with less e1-
penditure of energy. Mountain roads
can be kept in order only with extreme
difficulty. The work on them, the
time and unnecessary energy wasted
in surmounting them, and the half
loads that only can be hauled on them
ere sources of great and constant loss.
In foreign countries every effort is
made to keep grades down to four per
cent, that is, rise of four feet in
every hundred, as this has been shown
by experience to be the maximum on
which loads can be advantageously
hauled, and even it necessitates the
expenditure of as much energy in one
milo as in travelling three on level,
so that but one-third as heavy load
can be drawn. As the grade increases
above this percentage the labor in
volved becomes so excessive that q
maximum of ten feet rise in hundred
is used abroad for mountain roads,
and on this less than one-half can be
hauled of what is possible at four in o
hundred, and but one-sixth as much
as on the level.
So little attention has been paid to
this subject here that a rise of ten in
one hundred is often found on main
roads which are constantly used by
heavy traffic, and even twelve and
fifteen in hundred are by no means
uncommon. This is' wrong. The
courses of old roads could be slightly
altered in many cases to their great
advantage, and in other cases new
roads could be laid out. These points
ought to be thoroughly looked into be-
fore making hilly roads permanent by
macadamizing them.-L. A. W. Bull
letin.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-03-17
yyhy State Aid is Necessary.


In addressing the Maryland State
Grange recently, General Stone spoke
of conditions which may exist in other
States as we'll. He said in part:
sI find that the question of State
aid is eliminated in Maryland by g
constitutional provision which pro-
hibits the use Of State funds for such
purpose. Get up a sentiment strong
enough, and amend your Constitution,
like other States are doing. 1t is q
vicious system that requires localities
to keep up the roads. 1t is work
that concerns the people of the whole
State, and is not local question.
Roads'are of vital interest to the cities.
Blockade your country roads to-day,
and tomorrow your city will begin to
scatter. The benefits of good roads
are equally shared by the cities, but
they must assist in the work of con-
struction before they con reap tho ad-
vantages.
About three-fourths of the prop
erty interests of the country are to be
found in the cities, ,fand held by the
corporations. Now, the farmers, repre-
senting about one-fourth of the prop
erty interests, have been endeavoring
to keep up the roads for the whole
country. The result is obvious. The
burden was too much, and bad roads
nre to be found everywhere.
"There exist in some places strong
objections to employing convicts upon
public roads. A happy solution Of
this difficulty, however. presents it
self. Employ your convicts in pre-
pairing material for building goodroads.
This has been tried in number Of
States, and has proved to be an econom-
ical as we'll as healthful way of work
ing convicts. lam satisfied that Mary
land could employ its short-term
prisoners and House of Correction in
mates in this way, and deliver road
material at fifty cents ton in any
part of the State.
"You must convince your legisla-
tors that the State of Maryland is en-
titled to justas good legislation as any
other State Of tie Union. You must
stir them at home, and follow them to
Annapolis. - You can tell
them what you want in general way,
that is:
"First-A complete reform in the
local road administration, SO that you
will get your moneys worth for the
money you now pay.
''Second-You want more money
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-03-17
How 1t EeIped the Farmers.

'The beauty of good roads was ex-
empliied Saturday" says the Quincy
Ill.) Herald, "when the farmers OF
Riverside and Ellington townships
came to town with loads of hay and
straw and produce, aud the farmers of
other townships had to stay at home.
The Riverside and Ellington township
farmers came to town via the Locust
street telforded boulevard. The farm
ers of the other townships had to re-
main at home, because the roads were
too muddy. To start meant to be
mired, and so no start was made. And
all because of lack of enterprise In
providing good roads"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-03-17

Efforts are being made at Richmond,
Va, to transport the old Libby prison
back to that city from Chicago, Ill.
Marshall Ross Smith. of Morley,
No.. while locked up in Jail, set fire
to the building and was burned to
death.
During the cattlemen's convention
at Fort Worth, Texas, stock to the
value Of 81, ,00G, 900 changed hands.
GRAY wolves in enormous numbers
are praying upon the stock along the
Laramie river, Colorado.
The Republican State central COM
mittee of Kansas met at Topeka and
authorized the holding of the State
convention at Hutchison on June 8. A
full State ticket will be nominated.
About two miles from Henrietta Mills,
N. c., Mr.. John Green, township con-
stable, attempted to arrest negro
named Blake, who had run away from
South Carolina for wife beating, and
for which crime Constable Green held
a warrant AS soon as the negro heard
of the officers business he opened fire
with pistol. The constable fell to his
knees, mortally wounded, but drew his
pistol, firing three shots at the negro. all
of which took effect, one ball piercing
his heart, killing him instantly.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-03-17
PORT ROYAL DRY DOCK.
1t VIII Soon be Available for Our Big
Wasships.

1t Will Soon be Available Tor Our Big
Warships. 25
Reports received at the navy depart
ment from the contractor in charge OF
dredging new anchorage ground for
vessels at the entrance to the dry dock
at Port Royal, 8. c., encourage hope
that the work of getting sufficient
anchorage to accommodate vessels Of
war may be successful before long:
Heretofore ships have been compelled
to come into the dock proper from be-
low at high water and then get out
again under the same circumstances:
The adaptability Of the dock TO United
States war vessels at all times is greatly
to be desired, since south OF New
port News it is the only dock on
the Atlantic coast available for use OF
the vessels of the North Atlantic
squadron. sss
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-03-17

The diplomacy OF Russia has always
preseused. remarkable combination
Of suppleness and extreme tenacity.
She has learned by long experience
10 understand the oriontals, and while
she is ready at times to make substan-
tiai concessions, she never makes
formal ones. But Russian diplomacy
has another advantage over that OF the
Western powers. 1t never NEEDLES
vita those endless discussions which
srs every day provoked by the pres
snce OF Christian missionaries in the
Celestial empire. There are deeper
causes, however, for the intimate con-
nerlion between China and Russia.
The Chinese are keenly alive to their
eva interests; and between those in
interests and those Of Russia there is
no contradiction, but rather q great
similitude. The sole aim of England,
ST the United States, Of Germany and
,cf France is to find =. China vast
outlet for the products of their indus
try;s in other words, to impose their
manufactures upon her, if need be, by
force. On the other hand, both Rus
ssia and Japan desire to facilitate the
sxpcrtation to- EpYpe OF Chinese
nroducsa Russia has not the slightest
apprehension OF that approaching peril
of which we hear so much. Thanks
to her great railway, she is going to
be the intermediary between produc-
ing China and consuming Europe.
Her nascent industries will not suffer
by comparison with the skilled labor
Of the yellow races, but she will be
able, in case Of need, to employ that
labor for the purpose Of inundating
Europe with cheap wares. The agri'
cu,tEral or mountainous provinces OF
Russia yield nothing at all resembling
the main products Of China. They
have nothing to lose and everything
to gain by being brought in contact
with the innumerable subjects OF the
Celestial empire; and the immense
current of exchange which will be SET
up between China and Russia will
bear life and prosperity to the steppes
Of Siberia, causing them to become II
q short time one OF the worlds great
centres of agricultural production
J Nothing but profit can accrue to Rus
sia from the economical development
Of China.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-03-17
HEAVY SALES OF FERTILIZERS.
They Are Shown by the Big Receipts
From the Privilege Tax.

They Are Shown by the Big Receipts
From the Privilege Tax.
Judged by thereceipts from the priv
iege tax, the amount Of fertilizers sold
up to this time of The present season is
far in excess of that of any recent year.
For the months of January and Febru-
ary, 1897, the tax netted $40, 900. while
for the same period this year the re.
ceipts amount to S46, 379, an increase OF
s., 479.
The opening days of March show no
evidence of decrease in the sales OF fer.
tilizers, so that the privilege tax will
probably give an excess of $1S, 600 over
the revenues derived from the same
source last year.
The receipts of 1897 amounted to $50,
352, an increase of nearly S., 600 over
those of the previous year, 80 it looks
as if the fertilizer industry is getting
on its feet again. The State.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-03-17

Much is being said over the bill
that has been introduced at Albany,
N. Y, prohibiting the corporeal
punishment of pupils in the public
schools. aud making tho penalty for
inflicting such punishment imprison-
ment for any time under year.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-03-17
GOOD ROADS NOTES.
proddine Turnpike Companies.

Prodding Turnpike ComPanies.'
A law has been passed by the Michi-
gan Legislature requiring the turn
pike companies in the State ito con-
struct, reconstruct, repair and main
tain their roads in good repair, and
of the same material and in the same
manner as required by their charter,
within six months after the passage OF
the Act" If they fail to comply with
the law. the roads are to be considered
rs abandoned, and no further toll can
be charged on them.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-03-17

Meat three times d day is harmful to
any person Of sedentary habits, and
even a laborer is better or with meat
but twice day, as it contains so much
nitrogen that the liver and kidneys are
given too much work to do. Meat In
moderation with plenty Of vegetables
and fruits should be the rule.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-03-17
TAE COUNTY RECORD.
Pnblished Every Tharsday
KIsGsTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA.
LOUIS j. BRIsTOw,
Editor and Proprietor.

3 <span. according to recea. census,
has i22,rS,264 inhabitants. That is
seons;derac!y more then she will have
If she gets into military fuss with
Russia.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-03-17
HEAVY SALES OF FEKTrLIzERs.
They Are shown by the Big Receipts
From the Privilege Tax.


Judged by the receipts from the privS
leee tax, the amount Of fertilizers sold
up to this time Of the present season is
far in excess of that Of any recent year.
For the months of January and Febru-
ary, 1897, the tax netted $40. 800, while
for the same period this year the re.
ceipts amount to s46, S79, an increase OF
$5, 479. ,gL,
The opening days of March show no
evidence of decrease in the sales OF fer.
tilizers, SO that the privilege tax Will
probably give an excess OF Sls, ooo over
the revenues derived from the same
source last year. ,r,,s
The receipts of 1897 amounted to S59.-
$50, an increase of nearly S.. 600 over
those of the previous year, so it looks
as if the fertilizer industry is getting
on its feet again. The State.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-03-17
pAvID,s SLING.

Investigation L. Said to Show that II
Was No Shoestring Affair.
Now comes some iconoclast and de-
clares that 1t was no miracle by which
David slew Goliath. Investigating
shows that the famous sling that shot
the stone was no mere shoestring af-
fair. And the stone was no mere peb-
BILE. The Asiatic sling is two yards
long, and as thick as mans finger.
David could have hanged Goliath with
1t had he happened to catch him, and
II would have borne a giants weight.
The sling throws its missile so that 1t
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-03-17

Mrs. Conners, Of New York, whose
goat swallowed her pocketbook con-
taing a $40 bill, waiting too long for
expert opinions as to whether II she
should resort to murder she would lose
both the money and the goat. Her SIT
nation offers something Of familiar
object lesson in human affairs.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-03-17

Mexico now has lady bull fighters,
Brooklyn has lady football players
and Middletown, N. Y, has a lady
street-car motorman. If this thing
keeps up we shall ultimately have
lady everything except lady women,
predicts the Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-03-17

A man who Is well up in dog lore ad-
yises intending purchasers of q puppy
20 let its mother choose for them. In
carrying them back to tfeir bed the
first that the mother picks up VIII al-
ways be her best. !,
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-03-17
fer roads, without m5 Ia taxes on iarm

property.
''Third-You want an efficient
State supervision to, make sure that
.he new money spent on roads shall
be spent to the best possible adyan-
tage.
"Fourth-You want to make sure
for the future that all property, and
all the people interested in or bene-
fited by good highways shall contribute
their proper share toward building
and maintaining those roads.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-03-17

travels at the rate of about fifty miles
an hour. A stone as large as hens
egg crushing into a gentleman's head
at that rate would naturally prove
more or less fatal.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-03-17

Seeing that there are $4,000 justices
of the peace in Massachusetts,, there
ought to be justice in abundance and
plenty of peace.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-03-17

Hospital statistics prove that ampu-
tation is four times as dangerous after
the age OF 30 as before.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-03-17

Show us man who has malaria, and
we will show you a man who eats too
much.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-03-17

During the cattlemen's convention
at Fort Worth, Texas, stock to the
value OF 81, ,00G, 900 changed hands.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-03-17

Gray wolves in enormous numbers
are praying upon the stock along the
Laramie river, Colorado.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-03-17
PlTHY ITEMS.

Efforts are being made at Richmond,
Va, to transport the old Libby prison
back to that city from Chicago, Ill.