The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-09-27

The terms "rlonk" and "friar" used
to denote respectively 3 smear and o
place which tie ink has not touched,
most probably originated from the asso-
citation Of Caxton with the Scriptorium
in Westminster abbey. The garb of the
monk was black, and that OF the friar
was white In printing Offices the term
father Of the chapel is applied to the
chief Of the compositors.
London is full of mysteries, but it Is
surprising thing to hpd that it is pos
sihle for woman to keep l20 dead cats
in wooden boxes without exciting mis-
givings amors her aeighborS. Yet this
is what has been discovered at Clerkeu-
well. A workman accidentally broke
into the family vault of cats, and then
the neighbors remembered that their
tabbies had strangely disappeared.
S Double Funeral.
"Haye you seen the nose, sir!"
"Nose, siry No, sir. What nose, siT?''
"Whv Cyraro's, sir. Funeral
strictly priYate).-L A. ". Bulletin.
FntteninE IoEs.
Amoug points in the fattening OF
hogs that a-c to be slaughtered. The
Southern CultivatCr gives the reminder
that they should he on u strictly corn
ration 20 give good favor aud quality
to their meat. No other food equals II
in this respect 1t is also important to
keep their food and water perfectly
clean. Troughs, 10th for food and wa
ter, should he so arranged that the ami
mails can get their heads to them, but
not their feet. The floors Of pens should
be of plarks, so inclined as to allow
good drainage, and kept scrupulously
clean by daily attention. If the food OF
hogs is mixed with filth it will injure
the flavor Of their meat. Give as much
food at tine as they will cat up clean,
but no more; any LETT over is apt to
sour and become foul. Protect from
rain and wind 50 that as little OF their
food as possible may b9 consumed In
generating heat, III place OF making
flesh and fat. Stock hcgs may be allow.
ed to CLEAN the potato feds and be fed
on late cut sorghum. Peanuts and arti-
chokes should lie kept for a later period
in the winter, as they will remain in
the gcound uniDjured.
white or Cream Colored Sectionsf
"Is it better TO use white or cream
colored sections or does iJ make any
difference which you ase:' This ques-
ton, discussed by the United States
Beekeepcrs' union, brought out the fol-
lowing among large number OF re.
plies, most of them favorable to white
eectious:
MIR. Masters-I believe that in my
market can sell comb honey IN white
sections for cent more per section
than in cream colored sections have
tried it. time and again. In the cream
colored sections it doesn't sell well.
MIR. Lathrop-I have tried both, and
find that the material in the cream
colored sections is very much poorer
than that in the white sections. There
is more bseakaSe II the cream cclored.
do not use them either for myself or
for my customers. buy nothing but
the snow white, and feel better satis-
fed.
MIR. Scott have sold more or lev
honey with both white and cream color.
ed sections to the merchants in Chicago,
Omaha and Kansas City, and I do not
know that tbers ID sny difference. We
have made no difference.
Mr.. Dnnzenbaker-I have recon-
nended in my book the best sections,
No. l. think il the honey was get
ting was dark / would use dark sec.
tioas, but if l produced white honey
believe / would like white sections.
Mr.. Rauchfuss--The past season we
sold about 100, 600 No. sections, and
pretty nearly every one Of the beekeep-
ers who bought them because they were
forced to buy them would come back
and say they wouldn't take any more
at any price We have concluded that
next year we will not sci! them. The
dark sections don't show of the honey
so.Ye!l
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