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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-06-11
THE SAGE Of P0SSUM FORK
GIVES AN INTERESTING OlSSER-
TATiOn ON PERPETUAL MOTION
No Perpetual Motion Can Exist Save
in nfinity--Points Out the Folly of
Something for Nothing" Schemes

In one of your late numbers IT
was said that a Sumter man had
patented a perpetual motion
machine in this and IN European
countries. 1t was stated too that
1t was 10 be put to "practical
work." hence it claims to be a
perpetual motor As well as per
petual motion.
| had been printing and swing
Ing round to give the inventor a
broad ide, when suddenly the
wind was taken out of my sails
BY the announcement that the
patent office commissioners had
given out an interview that no
such patent had been taken out:
so il was all a hoax.
1t was Said that a weight was
10 be raised closer 10 the axle OF a
rotating wheel and to descend
farther off from the axle to create
power,-something for nothing.
But | once thought | could make
a perpetual motor on the same
wheel and weight plan.
Imagine a wheel keyed to a
shaft revolving IN oiled boxes, no
rim 10 the wheel, but many
spokes, with a sledge-hammer-
weight on the end Of each spoke;
then the weights on one side OF
the wheel would balance those on
The other side of the wheel.
Now, let an elbow-joint be made
at the middle of each spoke, so
that all the weight on one side Of
the wheel would told inward and
downward toward the axle, but
those on the other side would lie
out at arms length and so over
balancing the wheel it would
have to turn, all the weights on
one side fold up and those on the
other side dropping out at arms
length, keeping up the motion.
/ thought the only trouble would
be 10 stop the thing at night when
done working. Well, ! lost my
time and work, but it was a
schooling. l came TO realize that
there is no something for nothing
in mechanics.
But the something for nothing
schemes advertised in I'LL the
trashy newspapers are causing
hundreds of thoughtless people to
give something for nothing. in
hopes OF getting something for
nothing.
Perpetual motion is described
by Webster as "a machine which
has within itself the means, when
once set in motion, of continuing
its motion perpetually, or until
worn out, without any new ap.
pllcatlon of external force" So
if a clock could be made 10 wind
itself it would be perpetual
motion.
Lynch's river runs perpetually,
but The heat of the sun evaporates
the water and the clouds and winds
carry it back to its source, which
is outside help. The heart beats
perpetually, but the food we eat
serves as fuel to keep up strength
and heat, which is outside help;
therefore, none of these is per-
petual motion machines.
But q perpetual MOTOR" such
as l and the Sumter man were
silly enough TO tackle, would be
far ahead of perpetual motion; for
the motor would not only keep
itself in motion with no outside
help, but have power to spare to
run other machinery and do. other
work; and that would be some
.IIzl
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-06-11

aUnmerciful disaster follows fast
and follows faster" seems to be
the mournful refrain of the cotton
mills.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-06-11

/; Editor William Randolph Hearst
seems to be "loaded for Baer."
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-06-11

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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-06-11
Brief Records

aHe that giveth to the poor lend
eta to the Lord"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-06-11

YOU KNOW WHAT YOU TAKING
When you take Groves Tasteless
Chill Tonic because the formula Is
simply lion and Quinine in a taseeless
form. No cure, no pay. Soc
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-06-11
&
CASH DRY GOODS STORE.

Ladies Skirts.
We have these up to date having had them
made to order.
Flannel Waists.
All Wool. in Black, Blue. Gray, Garnet
and Old Rose.
Ladies Jackets.
Come and see us. We can give them to Jon at
from 81. o to IS In Oxford Gray, Blue and
Black.
Hosiery.
We have a fine line Of these for Men, Ladies
and Children.
Furniture Department
SPOT CASH PRICES.
IO-piece Imitation Walnut Suits, Sl4.
lO-piece Solid Oak Suits, $40 to $75.
1O-picce Solid Walnut Suits, SIS, $65 TO
A full line of wardrobes. SO to 2s. so.
Solid Oak Extension Tables. s..
Centre Tables from SOC to 81.
Baby Carriages, 81, 81. 55 up to $12.
GO-Carts, So. 80 to $13,
Childpn's Chairs, Rockers and High Chairs,
selec. stock of Bed, s.. 80 to $13.
Lounges, Couches and Single Lounges.
Willow Rockers. 81. 75.
Wood Scat, High Arm Rockers, sf.5S.
White Iron Beds, 50. 80, $4.25, =, S.bO.
50. 81. and 50.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-06-11

A count of the unoccupied
houses in London show 10000.
That is one house in fifteen OF the
whole city.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-06-11

During the last three years %
milIionaires have died In England.
Their average age was Is years.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-06-11

Pos:ofices we're first established
in 1861.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-06-11

THURSDAY. JUNE u. 1908.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-06-11

England and the continent OF
Europe have suffered from frost
and cold this spring more than
for 20 years.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-06-11

Special shapes made to orler. Core
spondence solicited before placing your
orders, w. Il. FUNK,
P. o Box l03. Kingstree, s. G.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-06-11
FOR SALE.

Brick in any quantity to suit purchas
er. The Best Dry Press Machine-made
SBRICK.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-22

The matter Of making q }rSvel drive
way down the levee in order to guard
against horses slipping on the stone 8
and breaking their legs. was referred
to the city engineer.
The matter of changing the Office
of Assessor Dick from upstairs in the
city hall to the brick building near
the city hall, was referred. This mo-
ton was made because it is hard on
ladies and old citizens to climb the
city hall steps in order to reach the
assessors office.
The repor. that Mr.. George @. Wal
lace had been overassessed $500 was
brought up but tabled, the board hav-
ing no authority to acs.
y The matter of giving to the Ohio
Valley Improvement assoc iation Si0O
to help IL the work was taken up and
the 500 ordered sent to the associa-
tion.
An ordinance was ordered drawn
fixing the salary of the city treasurer
and assistant.
The matter Of who shall have the
bond issue provision placed on ballots
to be vosed on in November was
brought mp. Councilman Hummel
wanting the county clerk to do this
work while Solicitor worten wanted
the city clerk to act and further stated
that it was the city clerks duty and
would he illegal IL he cid not. He Sc
cured law books, as Councilmen Hum
mel seemed to doubt his authority and
read the law. The matter had been
voted before he read the law directly,
however, and viii probably be revoked
as the solicitor says it will be illegal
Whether rhe question will be on regu-
lar or special ballots will also have to
be decided
The matter of the gas company
charging meter rent when consum-
ere gas bill amounted TO less than 40
cents per month, was thought before
the board by DR. d. q. Murrell who
informed the board that lie had been
"cut out" by the gas company for re-
fusing to pay this rent 1t was stated
that the courts had decided that the
consumer did not have to pay meter
rent and the matter was referred to
the city solicitor for an opinion.
The board then adjourned.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-22
"BALDY" IS BACK
Has Been Looking After Big
Land Claim.
4 Ninety -nine Year Lease to Mucn
{. Valuable Property Now Expired.

"Bsldy" Watkins. the barber who
has been east on business connected
with Philadelphia property which rep
resents in the neighborhood OF $780,
oOo, 900. stated this morning that he
had been deluged with letters from
persons all over the globe and had
hardly spent peaceful moment since
the fact that he held the deed to the
property became generally known.
II did not want the papers to get
hold of it yet awhile" he explained,
because wanted to work out my
plans thoroughly before it had been
announced that held any claim. You
see have held the original deed TO
the property for more than 10 years
and at the time it came into my pos
session there were that number Of
years lease time to expire. Last year
when the lease ran out made public
nv holdings and set about to secure
the property. have been at Wash
ington most of the time since leaving
Paducah nine months ago, and have
my claims in the hands OF the govern
ment. The property was never con-
veyed but simply leased and surveyors
who are at work for me tell me that
the property is worth OF least $780,
600, 600. have been offered . com
promise by an English syndicate ope-
rating branch offices in Boston but
cannot get my figures. IL it is neces-
sary to carry my claims 10 the courts,
1 will have il taken directly to the U.
8. supreme court where I am satisfied
will receive Justice"
Mr.. Watkins holdings represent
twenty-five acres Of property in the
business heart of Philadelphia and
when the lease ran out last year he
went east to claim his property.
Many complications had arised in
the meantime which made IL hard for
him to establish his claim but he says
IL 10 now recognised and he 10 push
ing 1t for all he 10 worth.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-22
MUCH IMPROVED
DR.. II. II. POORE HERE AT
TENDING HIS NEPHEW.

DR.. II. II. Poore, Of Pembroke, KY,
has arrived to attend his nephew, Dick
Poore, who was cut Sunday night.
The young man Is today much i'm
proved. and his uncle will remain
with him until he is entirely out of
danger.
Young Poore comes from a good
family and has had the training Of a
good mother, who is much distressed
over his present trouble. 1t is believed
he will recover.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-22
Yes OR NO?
PADUOAH PEOPLE ARE RES.
PEOTFULLY ASKED 10 AN
swER THESE QUESTIONS?

L. there ANYTHING in the evidence Of
ones senses?
Is there ANYTHING in the testimony
Of ones friends?
Gan reliance be placed upon the
statements from people we knowP
Are the opinions Of local citizens Of
any greater moment than those of
strangers?
Would YOU sooner believe people liv-
ing in some far away place than oiti-
zens Of your own city?
We think not! For home proof can
easily be- investigated.
j. B. Roark, Of 1927 South Fifth
street saws: ~ do rot want il under
stood that Doan's Kitney Pills. pro.
cured at Dubois & Cos drug store,
have radically cured me Of attsoss OF
hscksche, bnt have been benefited
incalculsblv nv the treatment. Inev-
or expect 70 be free from kidney COM
plant. for ! have suffered excruoiat-
,nglv when the attacks were at their
height couli not stonp without
p.in; could not strsiP hten after stoop-
| ing ithou' twinges and often was
nrable 70 turn ~ bed without actual
" rosning ANY remedy which gives
lie rrltf ina nran's kidney Pills
h W. give. r serves the endorse
( 80 ~ N n' lie "
f.r s.ich an res.ers. Price 90
f.s VI bum Co., Bnff.lo.
..l ruts for the United
Pc mber . nam -noan 's-and
ubsti n o.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-22
YEARS A DYSPEPTIC.

r. II. Foster, 3l8 South I'd St.,
Salt Lake City, writes: 81 have been
bothered with dy spepsia or indigestion
for 81 years; tried many doctors with.
out relief; recently / got a bottle of
Herbine One bottle cured me, | am
now rspering off on the second. have
recommended it to my friends; it IL
curing them, to-" 800 at Dubois,
Kolb and Co.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-22
BRICK STREET
NOTICES BEING SERVED ON
PROPERTY OWNERS.

II 10 not certain when work will be
gin on the paved streets. ~ no mate.
rial 10 yet In sight, and there 10 yet
much work TO do before the actual
work Of putting down shs paving can
begin.
Today Inspector George Gardner ia
serving notices on property owners %
follows:
Dear Sir: You are hereby notified
TO reconstruct your water and sewer
pipes at No. ---- street, within
three days from above date, in accord.
anoe with ordinance approved Septem.
Der IA, 1908, or the city will proceed
to reconstruct same at the cost of the
property owner.
Yours respectfully,
L. A. WASHINGTON.
City Engineer.
Approved: d. A. YEISER. Mayor.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-22
Pretty Necklace Effect.

The Bayadere necklaces. which con
sist Of ropes of colored or jet beads
finished in front with coquettish little
tassels, are quite "the thing" for even
ing gowns. AS finish for an other
wise plain evening gown they are un'
| equaled.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-22
HOPKINSVILLE EXCURSION.

The Illinois Central Railroad com.
pany will run a special excursion to
Hopkinsville, Tuesday, Sept. 22nd.
account Emancipation Celebration.
Tickets will be suld for 81 30 for
round trip from Pahucah, and will be
good only on special train having
Paducah Mt S:45 p IN. Returning
special train Will leave Hopkiusville
at 1880 pm. For further informa-
tion. apply to J. L. Donovan, Agent,
W. ii. Mustsin, ticket Agent UnIon
Depot.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-22
NEW STREET OAR SCHEDULE.

NEW STREET CAR SCHEDULE.
Night schedule for the street cars
hereafter 10 - follows: Cars will
leave Broadway and First streets for
Dossett's station on the Broadway line
and for the Trimble street division at
10, 1880 and 1 p m, and Fourth
and Broadway for Union station at
the same hours. Tho Jackson street
and north end division Of the Row
landtown line cars will stop howev-
err, promptly at 10.
Patrons please note.
PAD. CITY RY. 90.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-22
CAR AND WAGON
MARSHALL COUNTY MAN HURT
IN A COLLISION LAST
EVENING.

Grit MsCain's horses became fright
sned last evening about 8 O'Clock near
Sixth and Husbands streets and backed
into street car. wrecking the vehicle
and painfully injuring Mccain abou,
the head and legs. The wagon Wal
turned over and the occupants thrown
ont but fortunately none of them wa
seriously hurt. Mccain lives In Mar.
shall county and was on his way home
when the accident happened. One Of
the boys was slightly hurt on the arm.
Drs. Robertson and Hoyer attended
them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-10
When a Capuchin Dies.

Death in the eyes of the Capuchin
monks is chiefly terrible reminder of
the vanities of the flesh. Their ceme-
terry in Rome is a cellar whose walls
and ceiling are covered with the bones
of their predecessors. Skulls, ribs, thigh
bones and knuckles are arranged in
grotesGue designs, and even the chan
delier is constructed of parts Of skele-
tons.
When a Capuchin dies he is buried in
loose dirt without a coffin. AS there is
room for only forty bodies in this earth,
which was brought from the Holy
Land, the body that has lain in it lon
gest is dug up, the skeleton is cleaned,
garmented in monkish garb and placed
in a niche. To make room the oldest
skeleton in niche is dismembered, and
it's various bones are added to complete
some wall design.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-10

''The Russian moujik," says a man
who has seen life in the land of the
czar, lis naive fellow. He is some
thing like boy and something like an
Irishman. He is, as rule, very sim
pie, very kind.
GA typical moujik entered one day
railroad station. He approached the
agent and asked when a certain train
would leave for a certain place. The
agent told him distinctly, and, seem
ing satisfied, he departed. But a mo-
ment later he was back again, and
again he asked the agent the same
question.
"'Why,' the agent exclaimed, I told
you that only minute ago!
"'You did, truly the moujik an
swered. But it isn't myself that wants
to know this time. It's my mate out
side"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-10
The Troubles of the Coyote.

The coyote has small chance for life.
1t is hunted upon all occasions and by
devious and sundry methods. AS the
cowboy careers along the plains he
pops at it with his six shooter. The
wise ranchman has a shotgun or rifle
hanging in a convenient place await
ing the appearance of a coyote near
the ranch house. The hunter of more
choice game never misses a shot at a
coyote, while there are professionals
who do little else but pursue it from
one years end to another. Besides,
there are organized hunts inaugurated
in settled communities for both pleas
ure and profit, when large scope of
the country is swept clean and the coy
otes falling into the meshes of the hunt
are dispatched and their skins tanned
for rugs and doormats. Then animals
are baited with poisoned meat. This
method Of destruction is not only used
by ranchmen, but by persons who
make a business of killing coyotes for
a living-Kansas City Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-10
Tobacco For Wives.

In the early history of Virginia and
Maryland tobacco was by all odds the
most important crop, and it was even
possible at times to secure wife in ex-
change for a moderate amount Of to-
bacco, as in later days in the west a
squaw could be obtained in exchange
for a small amount of whisky. In 1882
at Jamestown tobacco was made le-
gal tender for all debts, including GUS
toms. In about dozen years after the
founding Of Jamestown by Captain
John Smith an English nobleman, Sir
Edwin Sandys, brought over with a
ship load of supplies ninety young Eng
lish maids, who Immediately upon their
arrival were wooed and married by the
colonists, each being paid for at the
rate of '12O pounds of good tobacco
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-10
An Old Time EXPLOSION.

An old chronicler tells a curious story
Of an explosion which occurred in Lon
don Jan. 4, 1919. A ship chandler, 1t
seems. ''about of the clock at night,
being busy in his shop about barrel
ing up of gunpowder, it took fire and
in the twinkling of an eye blew up
not only that, but all the houses there
about to the number Of fifty or sixty.
The number of persons destroyed by
this blow could never be known, for the
next house but one was the Rose tav'
ern. house never Cat that time OF
night but full of company. And in
three or four days, after digging, they
continually found heads, arms, legs,
etc" The most interesting part of the
account comes further on:
I'm the digging they found the mis-
tress of the house of the Rose tavern
sitting in her bar and one of the draw
ers standing by the bars side, with a
pot in his hand, only stifed by dust and
smoke, their bodies being preserved
whole by means of great timbers fall
ing across one upon another. There
was also found upon the upper leads Of
Barking church young child lying in
a cradle as newly laid in bed, neither
child nor cradle having the least sign
of fire or other hurt. It was never
known whose child it was, so that one
Of the parish kept it for a memorial,
for in the year 1866 saw the child,
grown to be then proper maiden"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-10
How Planets Are Weighed.

The planets exercise as certain an IN
fuence upon each other as do two
pieces of wood floating upon water in
basin. AS they fly through their pre-
scribed orbits and approach or travel
from each other they are observed to
deviate from the course which they
must have pursued but for the increase
or the decrease of some influence of at
traction.
By making observations of this tend
ency at various times and by cOmpar
ing number of results it is possible to
weigh accurately any planet, however
vast and however distant.
All such calculations are founded
upon the law of universal gravitation.
The mass of a planet attracts other
masses in the solar system, SO that GER
tain movements result. We can OBJ
serve the character of these movements
with our telescopes and ascertain their
amount, and so from our measure
ments and estimates we can calculate
the mass and weight of the planet by
which such movements have been pro-
duced
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-10
Rather Pointed Titles.

The following incident is told Of a
popular and well-to-do Thirty-second
ward bachelor, who is a patron of the
Wagner institute branch of the free
libary:
II am going to the country, Miss
Blank" he said to the young lady at
the desk. "and went to take couple
Of interesting novels, but can't make
up my mind which two to select.
Couldn't you help me out?''
Il am afraid my selections might
not prove interesting to you,' replied
Miss Blank.
"Just pick out two books for me,
and I'll guarantee to like them" he re-
piled. calamity.
'Have you read Berries or Reade's
novelS?" she asked.
''No; get me one of each, and I'll be
satisfied" he replied.
She selected two and handed them
to her spouseless acquaintance, who,
after warmly thanking her for the ia
vor she had done him, turned up the
backs of the books and read these IT,
ties:
''When Mans Single" sit Is New
er Too Late to end."-Philadelp
Ledger.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-10

The popular impression is that the
Legion of Honor is the only French
decoration, but that is not at all the
case. France possesses orders quite as
though the oldest Of them, st. Esprit,
st. Michel, st. Louis and st. Hubert,
dating from the fifteenth and sixteenth
centuries, are no longer conferred.
Since the Legion Of Honor, which was
founded in 1902 by the first consul and
modified by statute in 1916 and 1852,
there have been established no fewer
than seven decorations. The Legion is
the only honor that can be bestowed on
foreigners.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-10
The Apeists In Society.

To ape anything is sign Of vacuity
of mind to ape the follies of those
above you is one Of the most offensive
forms of vulgarity. Yet we see the fol-
lies of the uppermost classes steadily
initiated all down the different sets of
society, and the popularity Of every
book dealing with the peerage is a
proof, if one were needed, Of what alb
sorbing interest our failings are to the
public. There is nothing we will not
write upon to crafty this vulgar curl
osity; nothing is in too bad taste if by
its publication we can raise a little of
the "needful." Our scandals, our in
trigues, our inane conversation, our
bills and even our menus are recorded
for the benefit of public which, while
processing to be Mortified, greedily
cries for more.-A Countess in London
Outlook.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-10
Joke was ON the Doctor.

One Of the best stories told of the
late Sir Andrew Clarke is the follow
ing:
At dinner party one night he no.
ticed that the lady sitting next to him
at table passed dish to which he
helped himself plentifully.
He asked If she did not like it, as
it was excellent. She replied:
"Oh, yes, like it. but my physician
forbids me to eat it."
''Stuff and nonsense" said Sir An
drew. sit could not hurt any one.
who is your physician?"
To which the lady, whom the medi-
cal magnate had forgotten, answered
with demure twinkle in her eye:
''Sir Andrew Clarke. London
Spare Moments.