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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-06-22

Worthwhile. No. ii. Nelson Wiley. John W.
Tredway, Alex. Gordon.
Dry Branch, Ee.-2-Henry-,B. SehillinE, E.
Nicholas Wiley, Vim: B. Wright.
F. Lytc, William F. Henderson.
Beatty, VIM. b. Gross.
Rutledge's, No. Cd. II. Hess, William X.
StandifUrd. VIM. Dat IN.
Hitchcock. Vim. H. Gray
BAPTIST, No. 7-Charies W. Amos, William
c, "bran, Benjamin Dixon.
.iarrettsville. No. S-George a. Carnes, N.
Oscar Stokes, Jesse c. Taylor.
Madonna, No. 9-John Il. Cathcart, Thomas
Fl. Nelson, Frank Pennington.
Mt. Horcb, No. 1O-Jas. Patterson, William
Durham. Geo. o. Richardson.
Mt. Pleasant, No. 11-Laban Lowe, G. W.
Shrodes, John McElwain.
Summit Hill, No. 12-James Richardson,
John a. C. Galley, y. F. owe.
Clermont, No. 13-John Webster, L. C.
Kearns Jas. B. Stansbury.
La Grange, No: 14-James Rampley, ]. Polk
Street,, Edw. Olddsld.
North Bend, No. 15-John Marklcy, J. Wilson
Galbreatb, Geo. o. Foard.
Chrome Hill, No. 16-Richard F. Bishop,
Lawrence Street,. Wilson D: West.
st. Paul, No, 17-Wm. Wright, Mrs. Alice
SIN thson, Nicholas Fletcher.
CooptOwn, No. 1S-W. A. Durham, Geo. w.
Morse, L. j. Onion.
Enterprise, No. 19-Howard Barton, NJ. ].
Kunkle, Martin W. Pyle.
Kirkwood, No. GOWN. p. jackson, Andrew
L. Anderson, VIM. McElvain.
High Point, No. 21-Oliver Foard, Jas. A.
Sarah Furnace, No. 22-B F. Daughton, C.
K. Stamford. Parker Famous.
Upper Cross Roads, No. 23..-Miles b. Curry,
Thos. Chenworth, Jno. Schafer.
Shawsville, No. 24-Thos. J. Ayres. Nelson
Gilbert Asbury Slade.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-06-22
SIXTH DISTRICT.
COLORED SCHOOLS.

High School, No. 1--Jas. W. Foster. John 4
Russell, F. H. Morgan.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-10-18
FURNITURE DEPARTMENT.

FURNITURE DEP
10 piece Walnut Suits s75 to s100.
10 piece Solid Oak suits S1S, S22, s25, $50,
s95, $40. ESQ. St5.
Oak Hall Racks. French Plate Glass, 81,
$3.50, $3.50.
Wardrobes S8 to S25.
Bed Lounges % to Sl6.
Bedsteads S2.25 to e10.
Iron Beds. Iron Cribs.
Parlor Suits SS6 to $50.
Baby Carriages $3.50, 81, $3.50.
Floor Oilclotb 90c.
Mating 10; u, IA. Is, lS, 20, %, 20, ~ and
S0c.
10-piece Chamber Sets e2.19to sS.
window Shades II. Is. 81, 95, 4Oc to sl.2a
Stoves $3.50. $3.50, sl0to s1A
Trunks $3.50 to $3.50.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-10-18
AGRICULTURAL.
Catching Crows and Hawks.

7 It is most easily done with the COM
mon steel trap used for woodchucks,
etc. Watch for some particular spot
where crows are frequenting for
something they like in the way Of
food, and as quietly rs possible place
one, or more if you have them, Of the
traps, somewhat concealed by little
earth, securely anchored by a strong
chain or rope. Sprinkle few kernels
of corn about for bait. Then retire Il
little way and watch the result. AS
soon as the birds return you will sure
ly get one or more. Hang on pole
at any point you wish to protect and
you will not see any crows about there
the rest of the season.
. Hawks are not so easily caught, but
with q little trouble some may be OBJ
1;,.~"A Fix little platform upon q
pest ct firmly in the ground and
place w.re box with n few chickens
in it Oh top. Place the traps around
the wire cage, and if the birds are
plentiful and hungry some will be
caught. Hawks have the habit of
alighting upon objects near what they
wish to devour, and an extra post a
little way from the chicken cage with
q trap ingeniously fixed at the top so
the bird will not suspect danger might
be the means Of securing some.-A. \.
Southwick, in New England Home
stead.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-10-18

should be of good stiff timber. White
oak is good, and seasoned elm first
class. Slab off butt end to save hand
ling unnecessary weight. Have your
blacksmith make fork (b), and fit
In old buggy spindle on top of post
for fork to work in. The piece (c) is
made of straight grained 2x5, hinged
to post and bolted to pole. The two
hooks for pui!eys are made as Illus
trated to bolt through pole and short
end to enter shallow hole to prevent
pulley jumping off.
The derrick should be set to the
wirdvard Of the stack. and if it does
not swing over stack when load is
clear of ground tilt the far corner Il
little by putting block under it. If
properly made ard used it will be 4
valuable addition to the haying ma
chinery for those who stack their hay
in the meadow. The writer stacked
ten acres Of good clover last year in
little over half day, with no one else
on the stack from beginning to finish.
You would never dream there was so
much hay in the stack, it was so well
well packed by the dropping Of the
heavy loads-Orange Judd Farmer.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-10-18

insects IS in the destruction Of the
and immature fruit. Now the larvae
Of the codling moth produces the
wormy fruit on apple trees, and If
these deformed apples are pulled off
in the thinning out process scores Of
would-be codling moths will be killed.
The plum curculio produces the wormy
plums and cherries, and by destroying
this immature fruit we Kill them.
There are many other injurious worms
and insects that are killed in this i'm
mature fruit. and thus the seasons
crop Of destructive insects is limited
by just that number. Usually this I'M
mature fruit never amounts to much,
but eventually drops on the ground
and dries up. The insects and worms
then emerge forth and breed a new
crop.
In thinning out the fruit from any
trees all the undersized, worm-eatcn,
deformed and unshapely fruits should
first be selected when very young.
They should all be destroyed by fire
or some other way so that the larvae
Of the insects will not escape. Throw
ing them away or burying them mere
ly gives the insects another chance to
grow and mature. 1t is only after the
pooc fruit has been destroyed that tie
thinning process should be extended
TO the better class. Usually it is beg
ter to thin only n little at time, for
sometimes the fruit with worms in
them do not show any defect until
quite large. If the thinning out is all
done one does not feel like pulling oft
more fruit toward the end. BY lcav-
ing on the tree rather more fruit han
you intend to let mature you have q
chance to destroy those in which de-
fects appear very late in the seasop.--
s. W. Chambers, in American Guilt
vator.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-10-18
Thinning Fruit to XIII Insects.

In thinning out the fruit in the or
chard during summer growth the TO-
liage and fruit left on the trees are
not only benefited, but the general
health of the trees also. In my OVID
experience 1 have found that this
practice when judiciOusly followed
has a distinct benefit upon the health
of the trees, and hence enables them
to withstand the ravages from insects.
This is point that has not been en-
phasized much. but if you go into any
orchard where thinning out is prac-
ticed you will find that insects are
less destructive than in another where
tie let-2lone method is adopted. The
insects are destroyed by this process
in two ways. When you make trees
grow vigorously and thriftily you
make them less susceptible to disease.
Thus the yellows will rarely attack a
peach tree in good condition, nor the
blight and rot appear on apple and
cherry trees that have an iron-like con-
stitution. One way recommended for
combating fruit tree diseases is to fer
tilize and cultivate the trees so they
will be strong and healthy. The more
important effect that thinning out
fruits has upon the tree diseases and
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-10-18
A Strong Hay Derrick.

The base of this derrick should be
made Of 3x12 stuff, fourteen feet long,
the centre crosspiece of 3xS and the
outside crosspiece of 2xS, all mortised
in as show in cut and securely bolted,
one bolt at each corner passing
through foot Of brace, which should
be made Of AKA stuff. The post (e)
may be either round or square Gf
square SxS is none too large), and
should be nine or ten feet high.
The pole (a) should be thirty-ave or
forty feet long, depending upon the
size of stack or rick to be made, and
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-10-18
Registration Notice.

The Office of the Supervisor OF Reg
istration Will be opened on the first
Monday in every month for the pur-
pose of the registering OF any person
who is qualified rs follows:
Who shall have been a resident OF
tho State for two years, and OF the
county one year and of the polling
precint in which the elector offers to
vote four months before theday otelec-
ton, and shall have paid, six months be-
fore any poll tax thea due and payable,
AID who can both read and write any
section OF the Constitution OF 1895
submitted to him by the supervisors,
of registration, or can show that he
owns, and has paid all t,xes collectable
during the present year on property in
tlis State assessed OF three hundred
dollars or more. J. J. EADDY,
Clerk Of Board.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-10-18
THE CELESTIAL TIME SYSTEM.
Odd Things About the Chinese CAL
endar.

Odd Things About the Chinese CAL
endar.
Many perplexing problems were pre-
sented to Americans in the messages
from Minister Conger recently for
warded by the Chinese officials to the
administration in Washington, but
none is a greater Chinese puzzle to
the average system than the problem
of determining time according to the
Celestial system.
The Chinese have no use for the
generally accepted calendar. This re-
suited in the to us odd expression
which appears in the message sent
by the Tsung-li-Yamen to WI Ting
Fang, the Chinese Minister in Wash
ington. This message began: Your
telegram of the fifteenth day Of this.
MOON" Experts in the use Of the,
Chinese calendar readily understood
what was meant by the fifteenth day
of this moon," but they could become
experts only after long and earnest
study.
The Chinese month is the lunar
month, consisting Of twenty-nine or.
thirty days. 4 year may have twelve
months, and consist of 354 or 355 days,
or it may have thirteen months and
consist of 3S3 or 3S4 days. To bring
the calendar year into accord with the
solar year, the Chinese provide for an
extra month every second or third
year. This they call the second third
month" or the second sixth month"
as the case may be. With them IN
hour consists of 120 minutes. They
have no weeks and are content to d.
vide the months into thirds. Thus,
where the more modern nations find
weeks very convenient in the division
of time, the Celestials are satisfied If
they can keep within third Of a
month Of the actual time of any given
event.
That there should be many odd fea-
lures of the Chinese calendar is not
surprising when one remembers that
the yellow race still adheres to the
system adopted in the year 2300 B. c.
Yoa, who was counted a wise ruler
by his race. revised the calendar in
that year. decrceing that thereafter
time should be measured by the moon.
In order to make the calendar accu-
rate he further provided that there
should be seven extra months in the
course of every nineteen years. AS n
result Chinese time varies little more
than an hour every nineteen years
from the true time.
In a general way, time is counted in
China by two methods-first, by cycles
Of sixty years each, and, second, by
the reigns Of the successive Emper-
ors. A Chinaman, in giving his age,
may report that he was born on the
tenth day Of the third month. in the
fifth year Of Hien Fung, or in the fifty
second year Of the cycle. That year
corresponds to our own year 1855. AS
the third lunar month in that year
began on April 16, the English equiv
alent for the tenth day Of that month
was April %, 1855.
Another illustration Of the oddity Of
the Chinese calendar is brought out
in the despatch from the Tsung-li-
Yamen. By our calculation the day
to which he referred as "the fifteenth
day Of this moon" was the eleventh
day Of the month.
"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-10-18

La Nature reports the following Gu
rious origin of an epidemic Of tuber-
culosis at Krakow, city in Russia;
an unusual number Of cases of coa'
sumption were noticed among tho
municipal officers and clerks. Some
accidental suggestion finally led to a
archaeological examination Of the IL
brary where the city records were
kept. 1t was found that the depart
mental archives were literally covered
with tubercle bacilli. Further investi-
cation traced them to a consumptive,
employe, whose work led him to con-,
suit the archives very frequently. and.
who had the common habit Of wetting
his fingers with saliva to facilitate
the turning Of the pages, on each one:
of which he thus deposited colony
Of bacilli.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-10-18

Late English criminal statistics show
that GlamOrgan, after Monmouth, iS
the blackest county in the island fol
the number Of crimes in proportion tc
the population. The drunkardS' map
shows Glamorgan in bad light also
Northumberland is much the worse
county for drunkenness, London and
Lancashire have hardly half the pro-
portion of inebriety found in North
umberland.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-10-18
EIopers Mt the Barge Office.

"Of runaways there are scores
every year at the Barge Office. Ii
seems that whenever q married man
has deserted a wife and children for
comely young girl, or 4 married
woman forSaken an elderly husband
for younger lover, they make
straightway for New York. as If 1t
were the universal haven Of refuge.
In most cases the officials Of the Barge
Office manage to get at the eXac1
truth. for, having no marriage papers,
husband and wife are separately
questioned as to the time and the place
the ceremony was solemnized. As
both are lying, their stories frequently
do not agree. 1t is usually the man
who is first to confess to the runa-
way. This is because the woman has
everything to lose and the man every
thing to gain, for he can desert her
at will, even as he deserted wife and
children abroad. and with even less
compunction of conscience. The wom-
an, and sometimes the man, suffer de-
Dortation. If the later has money, he
is allowed to remain, since there is no
law to prevent him, unless, Of course,
the wife across the water has caused
her husbands arrest through the for
eign Consul here. There is usually a
property as well as a personal crime
in these runaway events. .'-Ainslee's
Magazine.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-10-18
Chinese comfort For Hot Weather.

There are no pillows in Chinese beds.
They have instead hollow square
frames of rattan or bamboo or blocks
of wood fashioned so that they fit the
nape of the neck and support the head
when lying on the side. People who
have used these substitutes for pill
lows say they are much more comfort
able than soft, hot feather or hair
pillows, especially in warm weather.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-10-18
Cause of Lessened Mortality of Late Wars

The lessened mortality in recent
wars is due especially to the "first-aid'
package with which the combatants
are supplied. Without this, the results
now would be practically the same as
during the times before the packet
was used.-Toledo Medical and Surgi-
cal Reporter.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-10-18
Skin Diseases.

For the speedy and permanent cure o.
letter, salt rheum and eczema, Cham
berlain's Eye and Skin Ointment is
without an equal. 1t relieves the itch
ing and smarting 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. Sold by
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-10-18
POPULAR SCIENCE,

Among some remarkable lunar pho
tographs made by MesSrs. Loewy and
Puiseaux. of the University Of Paris,
Is q stereoscopic image Of the whole
hemisphere Of the moon, the direction
of light giving relief and showing
very strikingly the details Of craters
and mountainous regions. The picture
was obtained by taking q plate Of the
moon at ten days and another at twcn-
ty days. enlarging these sixty times,
and carefully placing side by side. IL
The atmosphere Is divided into
sharply marked layers, generally two,
sometimes three, between the ground
and 10000 feet elevation, the upper
layer potentially warmer than the
lower. Two borders Of these layers
are marked by sudden changes in tenn
perature and moisture absolute as
we'll as relative), and in wind direc-
ton; they also indicate the places of
maximum wind velocity, and are gen.
orally recognized by cloud formation.
The Austro-I Italian system Of cannon
firing for preventing hail was recently
put to a severe test, with results that
exceeded expectations. Threatening
clouds collected in the neigh6orhood.
of Rogeno, in the province of Como,
three times in succession on one af-
ternoon, and each time they were
bombarded by fourteen special can
non. The clouds were scattered, only
little sleet falling. In the vicinity
Of Alessandria great damage was
done by hail, which in some places
piled up to depth Of twenty inches.
In low-pressure areas the air OF the
upper layer is cold and very dry, while
over high-presSure areas it is always
warm and generally moist. In one OF
the cyclones recently observed there
were three different systems Of wind
circulation. The surface cyclone had
height of but 2600 feet, over which
was q cyclone with warm centre
$500 feet high, accompanied by clouds
and rain, and above this another NOV
ing about an area Of low pressure with
O cold centre. When the wind In the
middle cyclone was north that in the
upper was south. r.s,,s.ay
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-10-18

Trains Nos. 78 and 50 run via Wilson and
Fayettevilie-Short Line---aud make close
connection for al points North.
JSO. r. DIVINE. Gen'L Sup.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-10-18

It has been seriously asserted by
many people that we are naturally
lighter after a meal, and they have
even gone the length Of explaining this
by the amount Of gas that Is devel-
oped from the food. Average observa-
tions, however, show that we lose
three pounds six ounces between night
and morning; that we gain one pound
twelve ounces by breakfast; that we
again lose about fourteen ounces be-
fore lunch; that lunch puts on an aT-
erage of one pound; that we again
lose du"lug the afternoon an average
of ten ounces, but that an ordinary
dinner to healthy persons adds two
pounds two ounces to their weight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-16

speedy playing at right tackle and is now one OF
the fastest members of the team. He will certain
ly give the Tiger captain a good argument, as he
is in perfect physical condition. The other tackle
has been awarded to Bloomer. who since he re-
turned a week ago has made creditable showing.
Hamlins leg is troublesome. and this has made him
slower than his rival.
There is still doubt In the minds of the coachers
whether Rafferty, Coy will play right end The
latter is in the best of physical condition and
Will not last more than one half. He will probably
be saved for the game with Harvard. Gould will
play left end, and although he Is still slow. his
Improvement has been steady. His faculty OF al
ways doing better in a game than in practice makes
it likely that he will prove strong against Prince
ton Wear the quarterback, has overcome his
tendency to tumble and is playing star game
He runs the team with good judgment and is strong
in the interference Fincke the former quarter
back will play left half where he has played clev-
erly during the open practice. Chadwick will prob
ably start the game as his running mate, but he
too, is not in first class condition. He is good
line breaker and difficult to down Perry Hale will
surely play fuback and will play 1t in great style
His fierce attacks have fairly crushed the college
line. and he should find many nice hole through
Princeton'S centre In punting he has improved,
and now boots the leather better than OF Yales
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-16
HEELS FOR BIG STEAMERS LAID.

New-London. Conn. Nov. 15.-Actual work began
this week on the laying of the keels to the NAM
moth iron steamships to be built at the works OF
the Eastern Shpbuilding Company. Groton. OPP
postte New-London, and from this date the work
OF putting together the hulls of the ships VIII go
rapidly on There was issued from the ofhce Of
the company to-day an authoritative Statement
regarding the size of the ships now building at
the works which shows the projected ships TO be
larger than any vessels in the world now building
Nv MANNED The new vessels will be Of 10000 tons
ravister and 5000 tons displacement. The new
steamers which are being built primarily for
cargo carriers not long as many Atlantic
liners but are much wider and deeper. 1t is esti-
-nated that when completed the steamships will
cost fully S. 600 600 They intended to run from
the Pacific Coast to Oriental ports IN connection
The Eastern shipbuilding Company az the pres
ant time has several hundred Its payroll
hut when the work gets well under way II is esti-
mated that fully two thousand men will be EN-
ployed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-16

believe that in way the coaches expect to win
The coaches have been hard at work for two
weeks and IT would be strange II q dozen fine FOOT
ball strategists had not thought OF
tricks in that time. The offensive plays OF the
varsity have all been operated against the scrub
during the secret half of practice and not even
Princeton students know what of plays the
also make changes in the lineup that Is ex-
pected. that will not be known until the teams
face each other.
Trainer Robinson makes just statement:
Barring the injured Joints of of the play
ers" he says every man is in condition to put up
the game OF his life"
Apropos OF this, II Is rLmored that Dewitt. who
broke both his hands carly in the season. and who
broke training consequence, win be able TO play
during part of the game and that Dana. the other
guard whose head seriously injured in the
Columbia game. will also play during the first half
men than the substitutes. by virtue of being pos
sessed of more skin and football knowledge would
The nearness of the Yale game Is apparent IN
the air of nervous excitement about the campus
and the only subject discussed at the clubhouse or
the students is exactly how their representatives
win from Yae's veterans, although they really
do expect victor to perch on inc pr'hGet"n pan
must mean something. they argue, and all believe
that Captain Pell has few tricks up the sleeve OF
his padded jersey which will work all sorts OF
havoc with the Yale defence. Another hope is
founded Underhills drop kicking. Princeton
Alexander Moffatt kicked Ave goals from the field
and they know that Mofatt has been teaching IN
derhil. and that early in the season the graduate
pinned his faith the freshmans ability 10
learn the trick.
Final arrangements have been mede for handling
the crowds that will attend the game. In addition
the local force, fifty policemen from Jersey city
will have charge of the field some Of whom VIII
be sworn in as regular borough officers, Besides
these men. several detectives viii be In and about
the grounds and at the trains to protect tho
DiCkDOCketS