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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-10-20
Eaisin. Potatoes without Weeds.

Before this year We planted our po-
tatoes by hand in burrows made with
shovel plow and covered with plow
or harrow, but always narrowing
ground down level, and if the weather
was unfayorable for keeping the har-
row going the weeds came up with or
before the potatoes, so we had plenty
of weeds all through the season. We
used a potato planter this year and
set the covers so they made a narrow
ridge directly over the row. The
field was then left until the sprouts
on the potatoes were well started.
We then ran through them with a
fve-tooth 1!-inch wide shovel) culti-
vator, running as close to the row as
possible not to disturb the potatoes
(the ridge showed us exactly where
the row was). Then slanting tooth
harrow was run crossways of the field,
tearing down those little ridges and
simply doing away with all weeds
that had started to grow in the row.
By this time potatoes were nearly
through. AS soon as they could be
seen in the row the slanting tooth
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-10-20
CAUGHT By THE "REvENUE2S."
WAYS OF an Atlanta Lawyer in Getting q
Mooushiner Oil.

Tho .'rpVCnucrS" caught him near AZ
lanta, Ca. bit off in De Kalb county.
They had had him spotted for month
or more. He was Il simple. honest
looking fellow. with face full OF
strength. face one now and then
runs across among the mountaineerS
in north Georgia. There were only
some honeSt-looking. harmless cans OF
buttermilk in his pine-madC wagon
which he was in the habit of bringing
daily into Atlanta. He had Spied the
revenue officers from the distance on
this particular morning. and, haltlnS
his team. jumped out. When the oifi-
GERS reached the hilltop he was off ii
the field at work with the cotton
pickerS.
Here. YOU" they shouted.
Me. SIR he responded innOcently,
after repeated calls and gestures from
them.
Yes. you. Come over here. Is this
your team. SIR"
Nay that belongs to Bill Hard
esty"
Who does this coat belong to:'
The man was in his shirt sleeves.
Hum" mumbled the officer. You
come along with us, brother"
The other officer had drawn six o;G
kegs of corn whiSkey. dripping with
buttermilk. out of the cans.
You'll lay in Fulton County Jail for
the next six months, young man
An Atlanta lawyer gave bond for
him.
Now. look here, when your time
comes. IL look out for YOU. You 90
back home. let your beard grow, geI
YOU 4 new suit. and then come 10 my
office" said he The man promised.
and for two months no more cans OF
buttermilk were carried into Atlanta
by him-juSt cracker chickens. which
weren't as suspicious looking as but
termilk cars When the young moon
sinner again appeared AT his friends
office he wore Il new Suit-a gentle
mans suit.
You come along with me. sir" The
lawyer roOk him TO the Turkish baths,
then 10 the BARRIERS. where Il Van
Dyke cut was given to his beard and
a curl or two 10 his hair.
Change? You never saw such a
change in Your life. man." cried the
lawyer afterward. telling his cot
friends about it. why, the fellow
looked like a young god."
In the court room his distinguished
appearance created 4 stir. The olti-
GERS and informant sat quietly await
ing their man.
Here is Richard Johnson, indicted
for moonshining."
The crowd stared with dropping
Jaws at 'Fthc gentleman"
Hes not the fellow we arrested.
There's a mistake somewhere" cried
one OF the ''revenuerS."
That hain't no mo- Dick JohnSins
than l be myself" muttered the in-
formant
This is Richard Johnson of -, De
Kalb county"
That's the place. Judge, but it Sin't
the man."
Case is dismissed
The lawyer took his man out
saved. The Tan quit wildcat still
ing" at leas, the lawyer says So
New York Sun.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-10-20
Keeping Corn Fodder Ont OF Doors.


I think most farmers make o mis-
take in their method of curing their
corr fodder in this section. 1t is
generally cut and laid upon the
ground to cure, where it remains ten
days or longer exposed to the rains
and sun until it is thoughtto be cured
sufficiently to bind in bundles andput
into shocks. Then it is allowed to
stand until needed for feeding, and the
result of this plan is bleached prod
uct of poor quality.
By the method employed I have n
superior quality of feed which is the
equal OF any hay grown. I take a
pole of any suitable length, set a
crotch one at each end and one about
the middle, and as fast as [ cut my
fodder, rest it against the pole Oh both
sides, making the rick about two feet
thick. continue until the corn is all
cut. The fodder stands in the field
until wanted for use. My experience
has convinced me that it Is not safe to
put corn fodder into now, because
of its liability to mold.
By the plan have adopted L think
it would be perfectly safe for the fod-
der to remain in the field all winter.
1t does not blow down if properly set
up against the pole, needs no binding
and I am convinced that it is labor
saving method as we'll as the best
manner of curing drilled corn for fod
der.-T. Lyon, in the American Agri-
culturiSt.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-10-20
Frightened Into Health.

Fear is sometimes curative, al
though vastly less SO than the oppo-
site emotions of Joy and hopeful ez-
pectation. DR.. Tuke reports the case
of man suffering from rheumatic
fever who was instantly cured by the
shock and fright of railway ac cl-
dent. Sharp relates a similar his
tory. Hysterical paralysis has been
cured by sudden fright, although such
occurrences are rarer than is gener-
ally supposed. Michea, celebrated
physician, one of the most profound
in the knowledge of mental diseases,
used to write insulting anonymous
letters to some of his patients in or
der to cure them, and with good re-
suits in some hypochondriacal cases.
Physicians have sometimes had re-
course in hysterical cases to threats or
sudden fright to check dangerous
symptoms when all other remedies
have proved useless. Amann tells OF
a hysterical patient who suffered from
tetanic commissions and frances, and
whose father treated her with blows
and cured her. Pansanicis relates
that youth recovered his speech IN
the fright caused by the sight OF a
lion; and Herodotus, in his history,
narrates that the son of Croesus was
dumb, and that at the taking of Sardes,
seeing a Persian with drawn sword
about to kill his father, he cried out,
overcome with fright, "kill not
Croesus!" and from that moment he
was able to speak.-Tit-Bits.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-10-20
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
Plum Preserves.

Make and clarity a syrup Of sugar
and water and pour it boiling hot over
the plums. Let them stand for two
days, then pour off the syrup, heat it
to the boiling point, skim and pour it
over again. Let the fruit and syrup
stand for a day or two, then put the
whole in preserving kettle over the
fire and simmer gently till the syrup
is thick and rich. A pound Of sugar
is to be used for each pound Of the
fruit.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-10-20
Economy In Cleaning Gloves.

The usual methods of cleaning gloves
entail more or less expense, and fre-
quently unpleasant odOrs. Try the
following one, which is as success
ful as it is cheap: Have ready a little
new milk in one saucer, a piece Of
towel or cloth folded three or four
times. On the cloth spread out the
glove smooth and neat. Take piece
of flannel, dip ii in the milk, then rub
off good quantity of soap with the
wetted fianuel and commence to rub
the glove downward toward the fingers,
holding it firmly with the left hand.
Continue this process until the glove,
if white, looks dingy yellow, though
clean; if colored, till it locks dark and
spoiled. Lay it to dry, and old gloves
will soon look nearly new. They will
be soft, glossy, smooth, we'll shaped
and elastic.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-10-20
Suicides on German Steamers.

1t appears from the results of care
ful Investigations lately made that the
average annual number of suicides
during the ten years which occurred
among all persons belonging to the
engine room staffs of German steam
ers was 2.59 per thousand, while the
average number for firemen alone was
LOS per thousand. and for trimmers
9.24 per thousand of the respective
categories mentioncd; against, ii may
be added. .46 suicides per thousand
persons of the male population of Ger
many employed in various occupa-
tionS on shore.
1t will perhaps cause surprise to
learn that most of the suicides among
the engine room StaffS are stated TO
have taken plaoe. not as might be sup
posed. during voyages to or from the
tropics, but in the North American
trade, and in the best appointed steam
ships. viz, in those belonging 10 the
North German Lloyd Company of
Bremen and TO the Hamburg Ameri-
can Steamship Company, where the
best possible accommodation and hy-
gienic conditions are provided for the
men: and it would, indeed, seem rs
if there must be some connection be-
tween the frequency of desertions and
of suicides.
All these facts are considered to
point toward the necessity of seeking
for the cause of these suicides, more
esDecially in the circumstances that
a large number of men engage thenl-
selves for this hard and unpleasant
service who have been unable to find
employment in any other way, or who
have come TO grief, and who are
neither physically nor, more especially
in mind, fitted for bearing such severe
harShipS-London Times.
-----.---.GE---
"Now." said the lady who goSsips.
"I am going to tell you something. But
vou must remember that it was told
me in confidence and you mustn't re,
neat it," Perhaps" suggested Miss
CAYENNE. lit would be better for you
pot to tell me" why not:' was the
nunrv, in establishment. If lady Of
yeur self-command can't keep from d.
rulging it, shouldn't like to trust my
self with it."-Washington Star.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-10-20
Fire Burns n NIenarerie.

A fire occurred in a menagerie in
Liverpool, England, and burned to
death more than forty animals, in
cluding five leopards, four lions, a
tiger, puma, and jaguar, and suf-
located a number of other animals and
birds.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-10-20

The value of the gold and silver
produced in Oregon during the calen-
dar year 1897 was 81, ,354, 592. 43, and
s1O9, 963.6S respectively. Correspond.
ing values for the year 1896 were ST.
300, 963. 68 and ST., 711.37.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-04-21
soMETHlN is LAcKlN',

let me introduce a gentleman you may
have net ere now:
Hes a dwelling or 4 fertile farm, n
keeps 4 horse and COW,
Nd eleven dogs, cat or two, ten fighting
cocks-but say,
He viii swear by all tn stars, tibet farm
in doesn't payi
He hez acres Wv good plantin' lazd-th'
finest ever seen.
Whar tn weeds is waviu' DER tn soil in
tranquilaess serene;
Yit by diligence he manages t raise his
winters hay,
But he swears with great yehemence, tibet
farmin' doesn't pay.
Oh, tn daisies grow luxurious whar ia
tiers Oughter be,
Nd tn pizen-ivy climbs around each
shade n apple tree,
So he spends his time in 1lshin' Ges' I drive
his cares away.
Nd cussin' all creation cause his farmin'
doesn't pay.
Nd the cracks betw!xt tn shingles on his
roof lets in the rain,
Nd a cardboard er a piece Nv tin replace
each broken pane
In TIL window NV his house, because il
amt nc use, no way,
T expend a cent III fixin' up while farmin'
doesn't pay.
Oh. tn troubles an tn trials Of old Farm
er Sykes" is great;
An it would set tn world a-weepin', ef
tn hull 1 should relate,
Nd know he's perseverin', f'r I've seen
i'm sit an fish
F'r day, n never ketch enough I fill
sarcer dish.
Nd tn laws Wv this creation isn't what
they oughter be,
Nd thar's somethin' sadly Iackin' in this
country, great m free,
When a perseverin' tiller NV tn soils
obliged t say,
Thet with all his perseverance, he he2
never made il pay.
--WeSrprr RIIrs1
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-04-21

port made upon the Cub n resolutions. but We
favor immediate recognition OF the republic OF
Cuba. IS organized in that island. Us free, in
dependent AMI sovereign power among the ma
tiOns OF the world.
1t was signed by Senators Turpie,
Mills, Daniel and Foraker.
Following the presentation OF the
reports and after Mr.. Hoar had insisted
that consideration OF the resolutions go
over until Thursday on a point of or
der, came two of the most remark
bic speeches yet delivered on the
Cuban question. Mr.. Foraker and
Mr.. Lodge, both brilliant and iupas-
stoned orators, presented different
phases of the Cuban situation Mr..
Foraker advocated the direct recogni-
ton OF the independence of the Cuban
republic and with an eloquence and
vehenence seldom heard in the senate
spiendidly maintained his position. A
sharp colloquy between him and Mr..
Elkins caused excitement.
Mr.. Lodge followed with an appeal
for action in preservation of the ma
tons honor and in wiping out the
stain of the ''atrocious murder in Ha-
vana harbor. His words so reached
the heart that the galleries were swept
with a tremendous wave of applause.
Mr.. Lindsay (ky.) concluded the dis
cussion for the day with a powerful
speech in which he advocated the rec
Ognition of the Cubans and concert
of action between the lnsurgent army
and the United States troops in driv-
ing the Spanish forces from the island
of Cuba"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-04-21
Supreme Court Sustains the Foot
Ease Trademark.

Justice Laughlin, in Supreme Court, Buff
falo, has just ordered a permanent injunc-
ton, with costs, and full accounting OF
sales, to issue against Paul b. Hudson, the
manufacturer of the foot powder called DIR.
Clark's Foot Powder" and also against re-
tail dealer of Brooklyn, restraining then,
from making or selling the DR.. Clark's Foot
Powder, which is declared, in the decision
of the Court, an imitation and infringement
of "Foot-Ease, the powder to shake into
your shoes, now so largely advertised and
sold all over the country. Allen S. Olmsted,
Of LIE Roy, \. Y, is the owner of the trade
mark ''FootEase," and he is the first indi-
vidual who ever advertised foot powder
extensively over the country. He will send a
sample Free, to anyone who writes him for
it. The decision in this case upholds his
trademark and renders all parties liable
who fraudulently attempt to profit by the
extensive '.Foot-Ease" advertising, in pIac-
ing upon the market spurious and similar
appearing preparation, labeled and put up
in envelopes and boxes like Foot-Eas Sim
liar suits will be brought against others who
are now infringing on the Foot Ease trade
mark and common law rights.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-04-21
1ne CROWN OF Athena.

Athens, IS years ago a squalid Turk
ish village of huts and ruins, has be-
come a city of $4,000 inhabitants, a
center of intellectual life, the seat of
a great university, an influence to be
reckoned with in the councils of the ma
tons. Factories hum and smoke in
the haunts of idyllic tradition. Busy
seaports have sprung into Importance,
and a mercantile marine, ranking
eighth among those of the world, car
ries on the memories of the ship Argo.
The masses of the people are indus
trious, temperate, shrewd, brave and
remarkable for the chastity of their
domestic life. They are all PATRIOTS
Illustrated American.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-04-21
Drainage of wheat Fields.

Where fields are not tiled and are too
wet for natural drainage it will pay to
pillow burrows to provide surface drain
age. Every wheat grower knows that
if water is allowed to stand upon the
ground in the fall the crop will not only
be directly injured thereby, but viii
also be liable to be severely damaged by
winter killing. A heavy rain will do
but little damage to a wheat field, if
provision is made for the prompt re-
moval of all surplus water. A mod
crate rainfall upon undrained land
which is already too wet will injure
many of the plants and largely reduce
the yield of the crop. Although good,
thorough drainage with tiles is much
better than any makeshift which can
be invented, it is much better to adopt
the above plan than none at all.-Ira
GRADER, in Farm and Fireside.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-04-21
Rational Dict for Pigs.

The younger an animal the more min
eral matter it requires in its food.
When very young pigs are growing they
are producing bone very rapidly in pro-
portion to size, and consequently re-
quire more phosphates in their food, es-
pecially of lime in a soluble condition.
Milk contains all the necessary sub
stances for pigs, but after awhile they
become of such size as to be unable to
consume enough milk to supply them,
as they must drink about eight times as
much water in the milk as there are
solids. To supply this deficiency corn
meal is added, but cornmeal is deficient
in mineral matter. Bran, ground oats,
shipstuff and finely-cut clover hay
(scaldedl, in addition to the milk and
cornmeal, should be used instead.-Da-
kota Field and Farm.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-04-21
SIZE OF SUGAR BETS.
charine Matter and the Most Prof
liable for the Grower.

At a discussion upon sugar beets re.
gently among the members of Wiscon-
sin farmers institute Prof W. y. Hen
ry, dean of the Wisconsin agriculture
college, said, concerning the size OF
beets: The best sugar beets weigh
about two pounds each. Do not try to
grow great, large beets, thinking they
are the best. Years ago when [ was
looking up the beet sugar question in
California | had a conversation with
some Of the officials of the Southern
Pacific Railroad company in their Office
in San Francisco. | was urging upon
them the Importance of beet sugar pro-
duction in California Col Crocker. the
leader, showed much indifference, say
ing that ne had lost $4,000 in trying TO
promote this very enterprise. l told
him that that was not necessarily a
reason why beet sugar production could
not yet be profitable. Later on in our
conversation. when talking about Cali
fOrnia's wonderful productions, he said
that in his experiments he had grown
beets that weighed 20 or 80 pounds each.
AS soon as he told me this l replied:
There, Col. Crocker. is one of the rea-
sons your factory failed. You thought
large beets were good beets, when in
truth they are poor beets, and helped
wreck your factory. You should have
tried to produce small beets, but many
to the acre; and such, if grown proper
ly, would have been rich in sugar, and
these would have brought you success
instead of faiIure'"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-04-21
PASTURE FOR STOCK.
Eight Months in the Year of GrasA
Feed Is Sure to Produce Good
Results with Feeders.

If the stock is kept in the best health
and thrift through what may be termed
the growing season, more or less pas
turage will be found advantageous
But in making the most out of the pas
lures it will be found best TO divide into
at least two pastures and in many
cases three will be still better. One
should be convenient to the barn and
should be reserved especially for the
teams. With cattle and sheep, and
horses and hogs, not only is a change
of pasturage beneficial, but the pasture
will be eaten down much more evenly.
When all stock pasture together in one
field there seems to be natural in
clination to keep a part of +hc grass
eaten down close while part of the
grass will be allowed to grow up and
mature seed. But where the stock are
changed from one pasture to another
every two or three weeks all of the
grass will be eaten down more evenly
and there will be much less waste. To
provide the necessary pasturage 1t
should be arranged for in good season
so that after grass starts up in the
spring they can be ready for use when
needed. While it is an item to have
plenty of good pasture at the same time
it is not advisable to have so much in
such shape that more or less would be
wasted. Pasturing cattle on grasses
nearly eight months in the year is the
cheapest way to raise good feeders, and
there should be no waste.-Dakot1
Field and Farm.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-04-21

There is more Catarrh in this section of
the country than all other diseases put to-
gether, and until the last few years was
supposed to be incurable. For great many
years doctors pronounced it local disease,
and prescribed local remedies, and by con-
stantly failing to cure with local treatment,
pronounced it incurable. Science has proven
catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and
therefore requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only
constitutional cure on the market. 1t is
taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a
teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any case it
fails to cure. Send for circulars and testi-
monials. Address F. j. Cheney & Co., To-
edo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c.
HALLS Family Pills are the best.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-04-21

There are thousands of people suffering
from blood poisoning who have almost
herrared themselves in buying medicines
from which they have obtained no help.
There are thousands of others who first or
last have tried Dr.. Ayers Sarsaparilla and
found perfect healing. One of these
others, Mrs. A. F. Taylor, of Englevale,
n. OAK. relates the following experience:
"About two years ago. I nursed lady
who was suffering and finally died from
blood poisoning. l must have contracted
the disease from her; for shortly after her
death, I had four large sores or ulcers,
break out on my person. doctored for
long time, both by external application
and with various blood medicines; but, il
spite of all that could do. the sores would
not heal. They were obstinate, very pain
full, annoying, and only getting worse all
the time. At last, purchased six bottles
of Dr.Ayer's Sarsaparilla, thinking would
give it a thorough trial. Before the first
bottle was taken, noticed decided i'm
provement in nv general health; nay ap-
petite was quickened, and I felt better
and stronger than I had for some time
while using the second bottle, noticed
that the sores had begun to look healthier
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-04-21

and to heal. Before the six bottles had
been taken, the ulcers were healed, the
skin sound and natural, and my health
better than it had been for years. ! have
been well ever since. I had rather have
one bottle of DR.. Ayers SaTsapariila than
three of any other kind"
This is but one example of the remedial
value of DR.. Ayers SarsaparilIa in all
forms of blood disease There is 10 ether
blood medicine that cures SO prom. pity,
SO surely and so thoroughly. After yearly
half century of test and trial il is the
standard medicine of the world for all
diseases of the blood. Sores. ulcers, bci1s,
letter, rheumatism, scrofula and every
other blood disease is durable by DR.. Ayers
SaTsaparilia. The success of this remedy
has caused many limitations to be put On
the market. Imitation remedies work i'm
itadou cures. The universal testimony IS
that "one bottle of DR.. Ayers Sarsapar1lla
IS worth three of any other kind" II you
are interested in knowing more about this
remedy. get DR., Ayers Curebook, story
of cures told by the cured. It is sent free
on request by the J. c. aver Co., Lowell,
Mass. Write for 1t.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-04-21
BATHS in the White House.

President Van Buren, was charged by
political adversary and scathing critic
as being the first of our presidents to
discover that the pleasures OF the warm
or tepid bath are the proper accom-
paniments of a palace life. For it ap-
pears that our former presidents were
content with the application, when nee
essary, of the simple shower bath. Mr..
Van Buren's critic then refers with high
approval to the salutary side of Mr..
Adams heroic habit of bathing in the
Potomac, between daybreak and sun
rise "-EX-President Harrison, in
Ladies' Home Journal