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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-05-03
Probably YOU use il

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lnow all about how far superior 1t IS to
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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-05-03
THE HOMlNC INSTINCT.
Ability of Various Birds and Animals to
Find Their Way Home.

Find Their Way Home.
The homing instinct develops in
young ANIMALS almost as early as the
desire for food. In the wild state it
is a necessity, since without it the
young could never keep in touch with
herd or pack. Even after centuries
of domestication it is still acute.
Witness this tale of little pigs: They
were under month old when their
owner decided to move. He wanted
to fatten and Kill their mothers, so
offered the lot of forty ct bargain
price. A neighbor five miles away
bought the pigs, put them IN big
box, hoisted the box on wagon and
hauled it home. There the pigs were
put in closed pen, fed on milk and
mush for two weeks, then allowed to
run in small lot adjacent the pen.
Three mornings later every one was
missing. A small hole carefully rooted
under the gate was the sole explana-
ton of their disappearance. Their
buyer searched high and low for them,
sendip ven to adjacent farms, but
could no. find them. That afternoon
the original owner sent word he had
found thirty. nine of the forty stand
ing squealing at his gate when he
awoke. The buyer going to reclaim
the strays, found the missing fortieth
pig lying exhausted by the roadside,
still struggling to follow the trail OF
its mates.
Upon the same middle Tennessee
plantation a four-year-old mare was
bought from an Ohio drove. The
drove had been brought down on
stock cars to the county town, seven
miles away. The mare seemed per-
fectly content in her new surround
ings, so after a week or two she was
allowed to pasture with other stock.
For day she was happy, grazing and
frolicking with the rest. Toward
noon of the second day watcher saw
her suddenly fling up her head, cock
one ear forward, one back, as though
listening intently to far off call,
then start in q swinging gallop for the
pasture fence, clear it with flying
leap, cross q field of young corn, take
the boundary fence, much sitter one,
and go away due north. Nothing more
was seen or heard of her for three
months. Then by singular chance
she was discovered, impounded as an
estray, more than half way across the
State of Kentucky. She had swum a
considerable river to get so far, and
had been taken up, through breaking
into pasture to Craze. She was 60
ing home straight as the crow flies,
making no account whatever OF the
bends and turns in the route by which
she had been fetched.
Among fowls, domestic turkeys are
the most persistent homers. This
same plantations mistress found that
out in q way at once odd and provok-
ing. She raised brood of fourteen,
which turned out to contain thirteen
gobblers. They were fine lusty bronze
brown fellows, although this was In
the year when bronze turkeys, So
called, were unknown. She gave
away seven out of the thirteen to as
many neighbors, to put at the head OF
their breeding focks. AS a conse-
quence, almost every day for six weeks
she had to go out and help to sepa-
rate her own turkeys from some other
flock. Each of the gift gobbblers
came back home, not once but many
times, with his harem at his heels.
Cats are proverbial homers.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-05-03

is the latest advance in baking prepara-
tons, and if you don't use it you should.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-05-03

freight eharSesony when satisfied that
tney exactly represented. Where all cnsh-S 800
with order prepay freight In full from this end
Further we will make shipment with the under
standing that IT, in judgment the mattress alone is not
than s5O Gnd better than other atress
no matter how costly you can hive your money back .
The price of this mattress doe not begin to It's
value the real solid comfort found in its Nearly
everybody who has used it thus far has reported full
1880 value received in the first mouths use.
The premiums offered in connection with the mattress
lte free gift for the advertising which eect
wi obtain from the your part OF this matess
e by alone that its full merits be apprecisjed
On request will send duplicates Of personal tssssTs
D- j. b. Murphy; Washington Hesing late postmaster OF
GhieSso; Judge R " Clifford Of Chicago and many other
people, Of the merits of this mattress Ask for
Booklet "a"
e PE g SAMPLES Of covers and iustratet, eatai a
Wacbines n -. Acme Brasa Trimmed
Metal IiedA Mantle S.SsEI.EssA and Upright oidAS
Beds, Chairs, Rock <SegS5> rs, etc.
ACME SPRING w a3d oe.'
~8EJ CO.. chtCAOU.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-05-03
FURNITURE HOUSE
NEXT DOOR TO CASH DRY GOOD
STORE.
Low Prices for Spot Cash


Kitchen safes $500.
Kitchen chairs 30.
Oak chairs. split seats IS.
Oak chairs, cane seats, dining 80 FL. 90.
Reed rockers .75 to $50.
Children high chairs SOC to 2.5O.
10 piece solid oak suits 1900.
10 piece solid walnut suits, marble tops
1000.
Solid oak sideboards 1000
lint. walnut sideboards 100 to 500.
Bed Lounges 1000.
Couches 500 to 1000.
Parlor Suits 35 90.
Extension Tables s. 90.
Kitchen Tables 2.25.
Bed Springs 2.25.
Mattresses 2.25.
Stoves, Lamps, Easels, Window Shades,
Curtain Poles.
Chamber Sets, 10 pieces, ali, 4. 90.
$50, 800, $50. y pieces, 100.
C RPETS.
44Jute Carpet, fancy stripe, 20:.
"A Cotton Carpet, Ingram. 2Sc.
A Iugrain Carpet. wool, 80 ard 35c.
STAIR CARPET
1s;,cb Ju,s 1sc
% ;nab Jnte 9Oc
90 inrb Inyra;n 90c
20 iu'D "D Wv
q yard wide SOC
RIGS
Jute, 30x60 inches IS.
smyrna :sa;t ss sssss1,ss. =: 3
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DeSt qu"i'S "e''S '":'N" a1N4;i25. I'M IL;
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-05-03
ACME hYGIENIc MATTRESS.

This mattress depends largely upon arthe most res
snt to ce-for its luxurious comfort In
use having hollow central air tho length and Width
springs into woven wire fabrics s top and bot
white cotton felt The air under in
combination with the springs result In most rkabe
elasticity With other features make the mattress
hygenc pneumatic. seven tilsting and Of downy soft
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-05-03

A lighted lamp may saw 1lauts rrvr
frost bites.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-05-03

lIFc48 VIC Will tOf y
include with every
Brass Trimmed,
White Enameled
Metal Bed Free.
Ike ont your
choice of widths
8, So. 4 and ~
feet. and one Of our
Sele6rs;ed g 1 6M $ =, pasG patent
Springs same as
adopted By the q. g.
Army after three
months of the most
rigid tests as best
, combining the 8
great virtues com.
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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-05-03
Skin Diseases.

For the speedy and permanent cure Of
letter, salt rheum and eczema, Cham
oerlain's Eye and Skin Ointment is
without an equal. 1t relieves the itch.
ng and smartinS almost instantly and
It's continued use effects permanent
cure. 1t also cures itch, BARRIERS itch,
scald head, sore nipples, itching piles.
chapped hands, chronic sore eyes and
granulated lids.
Dr. Cady's Condition Powders for
horses are the best tonic, blood purifier
and vermifuge Price. 25cents. Soldby
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-05-03

size of Mattress
and Bed wanted
and we will ship .
them prnnptly.S
When they ar
i've at youi =
railroad station ;
you can eEam-E
Inc the goods -
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-12-06
CuApTER III. .Continued.3

The fact that my father had sent me
TO Mr.. Travers, by whom / had been so
warmly welcomed. viewed in the light
of my new knowledge. clearly indicat-
ed tina they were old friends. and his
being so. then could Mr. Travers most
probably enlighten me as TO the origin
of his and my fathers fears-could give
me, In fact, some history of the COM
mon enemy. But dare / ask him?
dare i stir up the past, with the sure
and certain result of clouding the flu
ture? For IL was evident, from the
peaceful way in which he was pursuing
his present occupation, that he was ig-
norant of the act that the suburban
outrage. which most people had Ions
since forgotten. was an outrage COM
mitted by his terrible foes. / felt that,
after the way in which my father had
refused to enlighten me, / had no right
to trouble him who had been so kind a
friend to me except under the most \
ceptional circumstances, and i. there
fore, settled down to work harder than
ever. for / vas to proceed TO Oxford in
the October of this same year.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-12-06
Cnusc of Its Gloom.

An elephant and a donkey were Jog.
ging along the road, side by side.
You seem downcast, my friend" OBJ
served the elephant. Doubtless, YOU
are comparing yourself with me. and
wondering why. relatively, you are so
Insignificant. Let it console you to re-
fleet that mere bulk does not bring
happiness. 1t only increases the num-
bed of your enemies, the parasites that
may prey upon you, and makes you an
easy mark for the arrows ofthe envi-
Gus. Think, besides, how much larger
and more stately you are than the
opossum or the chipmunk. To them
you are probably an object of envy"
"You mistake me-" replied the donk-
ey, "ff you think I am dissatisfied with
myself because I am a donkey. The
cause of my detection is that I am ev-
erywhere pictured as the sign and SYM
Dol OF the Democratic party"
There could be no consolation for
this palpable injustice and humiliation.
and the two trudged on in silence
Chicago Tribune.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-12-06
r FELL VICTIMS.
A Romance of the Plague In Perth,AI
Scotland.

A Romance OF the Plague In PerthsAI
Scotland.
The last time the plague vIdt
Glasgow with excessive yirulens 4
in August, 1915. Then, on the 18th
that month, the Marquis Of Mouua
who fought under the STANDARD
Charles l., signally defeated the Col
nanters under Gen. Bailie at KilsH}
Thereupon the provost and corpQj
ton of the pestilence stricken city u
ENJOYS with a message Of c~ongratal
ton to the marquis and a warm Ind
tation to him and his soldiers to m
take OF Glasgow's hospitality. Nod
rose, at the head Of his troops, ens3
the city and was sumptuousiy entl
tanned, but would not stay on ac@1]
OF the epidemic. However, as q nd
ter of business, apart from sentinel
he levied a heavy tax for supplies up1
his Glaswegian hosts, to their hl3
disgust. A memento OF a pathetic \
nance connected with the l645 pag1
visitation in Scotland Is a rallied 4
closure on the bank OF the Almond,
the parish of Methven, Perthshirs
marks the spot where lie inferred 4
hapless Bessie Bell and Mary CAD
famed in Scotch song. Daughters q
spectively Of the laird OF Kinyaid n
the laird Of Lynedoch, the MADE
were much attached to each othG, y,
when they heard OF the ravages q z
plague they retired to a bower hs1
the Almond and dwelt In perfect 'aa1
sion. The fair recluses, however Y
their place OF retreat discovered y
young man Of their acquaintance u
supplied the twain with provisions Il
caught the plague himself, unius1A]
and communicated infection TO Ss1
and Mary, to which the girls lal y
tins. According to the stern ea'u3
of the time their bodies were na Y
lowed interment in Methyen klrk'A]
60 they were buried together In y
contiguous to the bower.-The D0ha1
Chronicle.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-12-06
for, strain my ears as ! would. / could
not detect the slightest sound.

for. strain my ears as i would, / could
no detect the slightest sound.
/ cannot explain why / lay there
passive, or why / did not spring from
the couch and see for myself what
motive power was pushing 1t open.
II was not fear that held me inert.
1t was, perhaps, because i was unwill-
ing to move about the room, lest I
should wake Mr.. Travers, and I knew
that in his present condition every
minutes slumber was of the utmost
Importance.
And then another curious circum-
stance arrested my attention. The
light was becoming brighter, and the
flame Of the gas, as I looked at 1t, was
slowly increasing. My eye travelled
along the string by which, as I have
explained, the gas could be turned on,
and there, about a foot from the end
nearest Mr.. Travers, I saw a hand
moving slowly over the bedclothes. 1t
was the hand of a nan who might
once have earned his living by the
sweat of his brow, for it was large and
showed the signs of wear, but now IL
was well kept, and a heavy gold ring
encircling his third finger.
If you were t. ask me the motive that
governed my next movement, / am
sure l could not tell you. The couch
on which 1 lay had no sides TO 1t, and
so, without making a sound hat could
be heard across the room, / slipped on
to the soft, thick carpet, and, gently
lifthing the Counterpart. crept under
the bed, and there, in the interval be-
tween h ov~erhanging coverings and
the floor, l saw two feet covered with
thick wooden socks.
Even then I thought I had only to do
with an ordinary burglar, although in
that case the encounter might easily
prove a desperate one, seeing that 1
had nothing wherewith to fight but my
naked hands, and he, most probably,
had both revolver and loaded stick.
Suddenly there was a convulsive
movement above me. Then came the
sound of a voice. and though the words
were Kissed out rather than spoken, /
heard them plainly:
You don't know me, Rupert Star.
leigh, but you knew Brian Lennon.
The Ragged Thirteen have got you. I
shall tighten the gag presently and
suffocate you. and I'll leave YOU the
cards to play with. The next man I
a them to shall be Morton, and III
find him If he's alive!"
The e shook again with the move
ments of the man upon 1t.
Go BE C~ontinued)
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-12-06
bound to Borrow Something.

In the poorer parts Of some towns a
very popular custom is that of borrow
ing from neighbors when short of little
articles Of grocery, etc.
The other morning, in Reading, a
child came from two doors up the
street with the message: o.
please, Mrs. So-and-so. mother saws
would you lend her a little bit of black
lead and some pepper, and the big fiat
iron for an hour?"
Now. Mrs. So-and-so was very busy
just then, and rather put out about
something, so she said:
No; I haven't got time to look for
them. Tell your mother I've got other
fish to fry this morning"
The girl went, but was back In two
minutes. with a dish and another re-
quest:
Please, mother says could you lend
her some Of the fried fish?"-Tit-B Bits.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-12-06
Good Cause of Action

In Louisiana, If a creditor nnus
his debtor intends to leave tas ~
and stay away he can, without $50
bothering. get out an attacnnie."
seize whatever property the unl1s :,
ate may have, says the Chieaso III
nal. A creditor, who was one n
Proudfoot's clients, performed ~ MI
Grafton one morning and tns 81
was so hurt about 1t that ne ien ~
The debtors heirs went 10 -. n
and claimed the properly y NJ
grounds that the death maze ~ "a
ure invalid. "The law IN = i,
gentlemen, is very clear 4
colonel, when his chance ca ,ad
says that If a man is about 49,
the state permanently his PVT 1,Srpl
may be seized. If our lats :. ~
friend was not about to lease s,,al
permanently I never want
another case"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-12-06
Identified.

Max Muller is dead" remarked the
Literary Man.
Who was Max Muller?" grufiy In
CURED the Sordid Politician.
He was a brother to Maud Muller
answered the Literary Man, with a
panied expression on his face.
20, 1 see!" said the Sordid Politi-
clan, the girl that raked the hay?"
yes said the Literary Man, "he
drove the horse-rake while Maud was
flirting with the Judge. He was the
one for whom she was figuring on buy
Ing a broadcloth coat IL she had
caught h Judge."-Buffalo Express.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-12-06
svr,... r,r.tLunatio Asylum

There has recently been I'm, IA
one Of the lower slopes Of Mau', n
banon, Syria, near the rU "Ss IA
Beirut to Damascus, hes saaoda
hospital for the insane is . yetsp
Mr.. Theophilus waldmeier, cvri.
missionary in Abysslnla and s s,rss
considerable area of land anu .,rss y
for the growth of wheat ,s 0
other fruit surrounds the y, ssys
is the first organized lunau' sneh J
in Syria, where the need f0r
stitutions is said to be sieas
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-12-06
why 1t Was All Right.

A fragment from the conversation of
two Socialists:
Let US remain yer faithful to our
glorious principles to divide every
thing
But would that be really advantage
eous to us in the end?"
idiot! OF course 1t would be advan-
tageous to us, since we have nothing,
Exchange.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-12-06
Not Exactly what He M.,n,

"A member Of parliament. after a long
and tirescme speech, in which he went
into the dismal depths OF political
economy, whispered to a friend: st
e~ndeavored to use nothing but classic
language throughout my entire ad-
dress"
ana you succeeded admirably" said
his friend. at was all Greek for vo,r
audience. Exchange.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-12-06
AT EAST LAy,no-
Inc Grave OF Cardinal Nan.
Is NepIec,..

cardinal Mau0,,
Is Neglected.
some interesting passar..
early life of Cardinal Msass.
recalled by a writer in i
strand. We are tola tina, t = y
OF his life Manning had 90 I "a
70 him every spring and srn,'
2 little village in sussex-East
ton by name. why tas,.
should the great cardinal ree ~ Y
ers from this little placer Ts
sWer lies in the fact that las|
early summer Of 1888 70 :. IRON
Isoo ne was rector of the nat. II
that for four of these Years s't nasl
ne enjoyed a married life the, .' :
fectly happy that from t lae's 81
wire died down to that upo ~
he himself folded his hands Sp -, \
ms eyes Tor the last time ~
he could never even trust \, "a 9,
breathe her name to a livlng i
Mrs. Manning was Caroline :. \
OF the four daughters of the Rsv
Sargent. One of her sisters ~.
OF the Rev. Samuel Wilberfo,'.s s
wards the well-known bisbo. y
grave is neglected TODAY. n =
the writer says, the only oDs =
little churchyard that has y,
stone nor cross upon it, and +. ~
Is fast moldering away. o..
Manning's wish that II sbo,,d
Late in life he told his tria,s
biographer-the late Edmurs D..
that he had received a ,otA, .
the churchwardens announcirs !.
the grave was falling into decsv
asking for instructions as n NM,
1t and keeping it in order. HI !,
was: 1t is best SO. Let II ba =
effaces all things But he wac !,
taken. Time had not effaced M,
1t efface, the memory of that i
idyll." The house at Layippto
which was Manning's home-ls !,
occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. R, G !
berforce and their family. II was,
WHEREFORE who, in old age, sent
cardinal day by day flowers from |
ington.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-12-06
Advice to Weary Willie.

i see yer movin' out, boss" re.
mareked a very looking
Weary Willie. who had stopped to
watch the operation. "Is dey ANYTHING
you don't need at I might take?"
"Yes!' snapped the crusty suburban
lite, tossing a bundle into the van. "a
bath!"-Catholic Standard and Times
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-12-06
Long Existence Of Band

The Hawaiian band oil .oup5
just completed thirty years ssot NJ
ous existence. and the us,gsf, .
master, Captain Henri l Ds,s
been In charge OF the y thss
during twsnty-eight years
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-12-06
Fan icconomx

what a pretty felt hat that is of
Mrs. Flypp's."
Yes; that's her summer hat turned
around with the back to the front..-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-12-06

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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-12-06

Va sally HourS Oh the morning had
settled upon the house. I was wide
awake. The bed upon which Mr.. Tray
ers lay was an old-fashioned, half-test-
err, standing very high. / had drawn
the curtains forward on my side. SO
that / could see his face by looking
round the hinder edge.
The gas jet was fixed in the side
wall. and a string, one end of which
lay close to Mr.. Travers' hand. hao
been attached to the clip in such a way
that he could, by pulling the cord, turn
the ga on full if he wished to do SO.
The night was very warm, and sine.
IN the old-fashioned house ventilation
had been entirely forgotten. 1 had left
the door aJar and n OF the windows
a little open. The gas, as I have said
had been turned low, but there was
still plenty of light in the room TO read
lily distinguish the different objects
and from my position as / lay I could
see the door plainly by reason of the
fact that the curtain had been pulled a
foot or two forward.
The handle Of the door was of a me-
culiar construction, and every time T
glanced at the sleeper II had caught
my eye, being so exactly In the line OF
sight. 1 was lying thinking. and look
ing at 1T, when 1t began to move. but
so slowly that I had to take a pro-
longed stare at 1t 10 make certain Of
the fact.
Yes! surely but steadily II was ap-
preaching the edge of the curtain, and
as / watched. 1t passed out OF NV
sight, and there could be no doubt
that the door was opening.
There was no draught that could
have moved 1t. for there was scarcely
a breath. OF air stirring. not even en-
oubh to shake the light curtains OF the
opeu window II was mont unoa...
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-03-30
Found Dead Together.

Last Friday the startling announce
ment was made that two old persons
were lying dead in a house on the
Norfolk and Western railway, about
two miles east of Farmville. A crowd
soon gathered about the place. The
dead people were Romeo Skipper, color
ed, and his wife Mary. Each Of them
was over eighty years of age, and al
most helpless. The last time that they
had been seen alive was on the Satur-
day before, and it was not clear how
long they had been dead when their
bodies were discovered 10y neIghbors
who CHANGED to call at their home.
They lived over the Cumberland bord-
er. and Acting Coroner and Justice f..
J. Penick, held an inquest Friday
afternoon. There were no evidences OF
violence, and the jury after hearing all
the testimony Obtainable rendered their
verdict that the two died from natural
causes. The jury was composed Of the
following persons: ID. l.. Traylor, Nj.
X. Penick, G. w. Price, II. II. Budd,
J. r.. Palmore and B. J. Smith.