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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-04-13
FEMININE FANciEs.

Mrs. Charles Warner Fairbanks
holds three collegiate degrees. q
Princess Christian. one of King Ed
wards sisters, is interested in pana
charities.
Madame Zola has converted the now
elist's home at Medara into house
for nurses.
Miss Helen A. Knowlton, of Rock,
land. Me-, is the only woman lawyer
In that State.
The Canadian Arctic gold fields have
one female Government official, Miss
Ryan. For seven years she has held
the post Of inspector of gold dust.
Mrs. C. P. Woolley, a well-known
Chicago clubwoman and writer, is to
take up her residence in social set
tlement among the negroes OIL the
South Side.
Another woman has been appointed
postmaster in Indian Territory by
President Roosevelt Mrs. George Kea-
ton having been placed in charge OF
the Office at NARROW, !. I.
The St, Petersburg orresDosaepl 81
the Daily Mail says that Grand Dnch-
ess Elizabeth, accompanied by an aid,
visited the assassin Of Grand Duke
Sergius in his cell at Moscow.
Miss Luella Miner, graduate Of
Oberlin in the class Of 1884. and for
many years a missionary in China, has,
been made executive head Of the
Bridgman school for girls In Pekin,
China.
Miss Alice. Robertson, postmistress
at Muskogee, I. T., is the granddaush-
ter of the Rev. DR.. Worcester, pioneer
missionary among the Cherokees be-
fore their removal from Georgia to
the Indian Territory.
To- assist her husband aud son in
their Undertaking business, Mrs. A. J.
Glackman, Of Rockfort, Ind. studied
emblaming, and cares for the bodies OF
women and children. Mrs. Glackaan
recently received State license and
thoroughly understands her work.
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over and 60 to sleep."-Youth's Com.
panion.
COMING DOWN THE NILE.

Some years ago an Englishman was
coming down the River Nile, in Egypt.
on a large boat loaded with grain, ana
the birds came Off from every village
and ate the grain piled on the deck.
The Englishman asked the Egyptian
captain of the boat, who owns this
srain?" The Egyptian captain said,
II own it." Then the Englishman
asked, "Why let the birds eat up the
grain" The Egyptian asked the Eng
lis.,man, who made the birds?" The
Easlishman answered, God" The
Egyptian asked, Whether grain was
food which God intended birds to eat"
The Englishman said it was. Ihe
Egyptian said, "Can the birds SOW and
raise the grain for themselves" Inc
Englishman said, They cannot" Then
said the Egyptian, LET them eat; GOD
has provided enough for both them ana
us."-Our Dumb Animals.
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NURTURING A CHEERFUL SPIRIT


Lucky was the patient ir Cedarville
who could secure the services OF
"Aunty" Bond as his nurse, but he
must make up his mind that while all
his wants would receive due attention
and he would have a fair amount OF
coddling, there were some things in
which be could not count on having
his own way.
'Now you just take that look on
your face, won't you?" she half
coaxed, half-commanded a mali who
was recovering from pneumonia. "1ou
aren't half as sick as you were month
ago; let your thoughts dwell on that,
and let 'em dwell on this: There's lots
o. folks outdoors a-falling from the
tops O. buildings and a-getting run into
and over by automobiles and contrap-
tfons Of all sorts, besides those that
are yielding to temptation O. various
kinds and being sent to Jail, and then
to State prison. And while all these
dreadful things are going on outside,
what is happening to you? You are
getting we'll at home, in peace and
plenty, and what's more, in as hand
some a walnut bedstead as there is in
all Cedarville!
you let your mind dwell on these
things q minute, and then you turn
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missionary to china Is e

III. W1lliau AftiulQ5e
missionary TO China, Is G
old.
DR.. J. G. Montfort. senio1
The Herald and Presbytef, pa
his ninety-ffth year
Signor Garofalo, the Italian
olog:st reckons that throueho
rope 10000 persons are annual
demned for murder. -
John Q. Packard, rich Califoea an.
is having a $4,000 library bupAsce
erected for MarysriIle. Cal, fbecauSe
he got his start in life tha-e.
Manuel Enriquez. one OF the oldest
pioneers of California and the last
survivor Of General Fremont's battat
ion in the Mexican war, has just died
at Los Angeles, Cal.
One Of the many private pension bills
which passed the House recently pro
vided for increasing the pension on ur
mund g. Ross from So to $50 m04p.
He was once Senator. ~
DR.. Nicolas Sem, of Chicago. H., the
noted surgeon, urges general support
Of the White Cross Society. saying
that II is destined to do In time Of
peace what the Red Cross society does
in war.
Captain T. c. March, who arrived N
San Francisco. Cal, recently from
Manchuria, where he was American
military attache with General Kuroki,
brought with him 500 photographs
taken on the field of battle.
H. w. Kapp, who has just been ap-
pointed general agent Of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad lines at Baltimore, Nd,
was born in Marietta, Pa, in 1874. be-
ginning his railroad career eighteen
years later in humble position.
Only one man in the city of London
outside the Tower possesses the pass
word which enables him to answer the
challenge Of the entries at any time.
1t is the Lord Mayor, and the pass
word is given to him by authority OF
the King.
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A SIMPLE EXPERIMENT.

Cut two slips Of paper long enough
for each to encircle the outside of a
bottle, leaving an uncovered space be-
tween the slips. Fasten them in place
by a thread and then wrap piece OF
twine around the uncovered glass be-
tween the strips.
To one end Of the twine tie nail or
some convenient hook. Hold the other
end with one hand and with the other
move the bottle quickly backward and
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-04-13
Eeonomieal john chinaman.

An amusing trait of the Chinese
character is pointed out In the last
report of the British consul at Foo
chow, says the London Daily Mail.
A British company started match
factory to compete against the "a
anese. It seemed to prosper, and the
stopped.
All the consul drily remarks is. !"
would be well, however, If they boI
in mind that the Chinaman not on
counts the number Of matches In
box, but also takes into consideratil
the number of those that break
striking or fail to ignite. these bel
the complaints brought against
matches hitherto turned out by
company"
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About Colds.

If annoyed by an attack Of catarrh.
the fumes of tablespoonful Of tine
ture Of benzoin compound in the room
at night will help to relieve it.
If the throat is affected by smart
ing and raspins, wet the end of towel
in cold water, bind it against the
throat and wind around the wet end
the dry, warm end Of the towel. In
the morning the soreness will be re-
.lieved.
To alleviate a cold, go to bed with
little eucalyptus oil upon an old
handkerchief, or with saucerful OF
the same on a table by the bed. Un-
consciously inhale this during the
night and it will ward off cold or
effect a cure when the cold Is devel.
oped.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Defe Es in Fog Signalling.

The pre- ent arrangements for fog
signalling ARE antiquated and out Of
touch 1th the requirements of the
times. While perfectly satisfactory
for theSsQre leisurely working Of rail-
ways preyAspt during the seventies
Of last centdyy y, they are not adopted
to the ideas of working and time
keeping held by the business depart.
ments of railways, or by passengers,
at the present time. Their defects are
uumerous.-Elecrical Review.
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IN MY DREAMS.

dreams often hear them, the far off calling
the hillside the road the rolling of pn
left altogether told the township
Is it really true, old fellow, will not back again?
In dreams often them the shadow people waiting
On the hillside waste
And certain,
But mokng Whispers not retu again.
In dreams l Ole standing,
With the brar playing
Nothing
kind of back a OF
And often hear the voices of the
Kind of little shadow children in of
And that
And the old
Shadow plains roll before charging,
And hear the yelping brindle
And, a shadow by the old waiting,
And the look longing in
Must the dreamer
Must he wake to find the a seldom
God! who fashioned all things
Sleeping the shadows
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"FOR DOGS AND CATS"

"FOR DOGS AND CATS"
Around the new, low fountains :,
The P. c. autocrats
Have placed sign of wisdom
That reads: For Dogs and CATS
Will it catch the eye of puppies
Or kittens, do yoI think,
And lure them from destruction
To strictly harmless drink:
Or will the knowing sparrow,
In thankful attitude,
Spy this and fit, rcmarking,
"Beg pardon, intrude?"
Do they expect the bison,
The sprightly kangaroo,
The graceful boa-constrictor,
Will want to drink there, too.
Or must the yak and emu,
On little city bats,
Be barred from this refreshment
Designed For Dogs ard CATS"
katherine /. Mead, in Life.
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forward. This is done in order that the
twine my rub upon the exposed glass
between the paper bands. This action
will shortly cause the surface Of the
glass to heat. After 1t is well heated
drc> some cold water on it. Now, by
a S ,rt stop, you may break the bottle
in l. II so evenly that there will not be
one lgged place in the entire circle Of
the .reak.
But of what use is this bit Of appar-
emily super1uous knowledgei Well,
suppose, for instance, the glass stopper
in your cologne bottle Gf you are a
girl got stuck and refused to bulge.
All you have to do to dislodge the stop
per is to wind a heavy cord around the
neck, get some one to pull one end taut
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-04-13
"BRoTHER, WHO KNOCKS"

Two players are blindfolded and sit
down back to back. Another player
creeps to them and taps one Of them
gently on the head. The child that is
So touched asks the other blindfolded
one:
Brother, who knocks"
If it guesses who it was, the knock
er" must take its place.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-04-13

take hold of the other end yourself
and work the neck mildly to and fro
in the string, just as you did in the
first experiment. This continued fric-
ton will cause the neck of the bottle
to become so hot that It will expand,
and the glass stopper will be loosened
enough to allow it to be pulled oat
without further trouble.-New York
Evening Mail.
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An English physician declares q
s1e eating of flesh meat makes a %
immoral There is no question
the paying for it makes him profa
declares the Washington Post.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-04-13

II is better to live one verse OF the
Bible than to be able to preach about
hem all.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-04-13

Here's a wrinkle for melon raisers.
A French farmer near Marseilles has
discovered that by watering" his mel
ons with milk they will grow to twice
their ordinary size. He carries of all
the melon prizes at local agricultural
airs.
When the electrifcation Of the rail-
ways which run underground in Lon
don is completed the traveller will be
able to traverse sixty miles under
ground by electric traction without
running twice over the same piece Of
track.
A gutta-percha and rubber manu-
featuring company of Toronto has
made a belt for a grain elevator at
ST. Johns which is one Of the largest
ever produced. 1t is of rubber. and
measures 3259 feet. Its weight is
nine tons.
Machinists and iron workers are
greatly interested in the discovery Of
the art of welding cast iron, which W.
S. and L. B. Schaap, of Loveland. Col,
claim to have made. They declare that
the compound which they have invent
ed also will braze aluminium as sue
cessfully as borax willobraze steel.
An institute for cancer investigation,
to be in the immediate ricinity Of the
Academy Hospital at Heidelberg. will
be begun soon, and its completion is
expected in the spring of 1906. 1t will
be the first large institution Of its kind
in Germany, and probably in Europe.
where scientific investigation will be
combined with treatment of patients.
Any one who can operate typewrit-
er can transmit messages by the Muir
ray system Of high-speed telegraphy,
which the British postal officials have
been testing. 1t resembles. in some re-
spects, the Wheatstone system. The
message is first perforated on tape,
in a machine resembling typewriter.
When the perforated tape is run
through q transmitter, facsimile Of
the tape is produced at the receiving
station. and this, upon passing through
an automatic typewriter, becomes a
printed message in ordinary letters.
Carlo Baese, Of Florence, has invent
ed a process Of producing bas-reliefs
by photography. The basis Of the in
vention is the property possessed by a
film of chromium gelatin Of swelling
in proportion to the intensity, so that
the light passing through q photo
graphic negative produces upon a
chromium-gelatin plate positive in
distinct relief. The transparency Of an
ordinary negative. however, is not only
proportional to the relief Of the orig
inal model. but by an ingenious auto
matte device. involving a double ex-
poSure. this difficulty is avoided, and
4 negative is obtained having its lights
and shades correctly graded to produce
the effect OF relief.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-04-13

In the days Of the commonwealth
Christmas was threatened with e1.
tnction.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-04-13

When the electrifcation Of the rail-
ways which run underground in Lon
don is completed the traveller will be
able to traverse sixty miles under
ground by electric traction without
running twice over the same piece Of
track.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-04-13

Here's a wrinkle for melon raisers.
A French farmer near Marseilles has
discovered that by watering" his mel
ons with milk they will grow to twice
their ordinary size. He carries of all
the melon prizes at local agricultural
airs.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-04-13

A gutta-percha and rubber manu-
featuring company of Toronto has
made a belt for a grain elevator at
ST. Johns which is one Of the largest
ever produced. 1t is of rubber. and
measures 3259 feet. Its weight is
nine tons.
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LIBBY, THE =.


BBy ANDERSON hung
tne dishcloth on its accus-
toned nail. and stood there
surveying 1t. 1t was plain,
fro,,, tho WOW Sha looked.
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mended for doing something to earn
an honest penny. If his pay is not
much, his duties are not particularly
onerous, and il ambitious he will have
plenty of spare time in which to look
around for a better job. Meanwhile
he is comfortably domiciled at Dor
chester House, the marble palace in
Park Lane, which Ambassador Reid
has taken as his London residence.
The Hon. Walsh is engaged to be
married to Lady Norah-Spencer-
Churchill, the youngest sister of the
Duke of Marlborough. Though she
can hardly be called youthful. she is
several years younger than her hance.
AS far as pedigree counts for any
thing, however. the Hon. Walsh is no
bad match for her, for he can boast
ducal blood, too.
If the Duke of Devonshire's rule
against. any Of his servants accepting
tips" could be successfully introduced
in this country all would be well. There
are a few of the old nobility of Eng
land who set laudab BILE example of
prohibiting their servants accepting
gratuities from visitors or guests. The
Duke of Devonshire, for instance,
makes it an inflexible rule that no
servant OF his shall take tip. When,
however, a party of Americans recent
ly visited Chatsworth, the Dukes Der
byshire seat, and were entertained to
luncheon and shown over the beautiful
grounds by the Dukes steward, the
leaders of the party thought the usual
shell out" must be the climax of the
days enjoyment. The party consisted
of four men and three women, and
among them $35 was subscribed. With
commendable discretion the money was
not offered to the steward, who, OF
course, is above accepting recognition
of the kind, but to an underfootman.
who saw the party to and from the
railway station. But the footman
pointed out that it was against the
rules of the Dukes establishment to
accept gratuities 'in money" That
seemed 10 suggest a way of getting
around the rule. The next day various
articles of jewelry reached the stew
ard from London with the request that
they be distributed among the staff at
his discretion. The leaders of the party
were Edmund H. Abbott, of New York,
and Alexander Cattanach. of Salem.
Mass, and both had introductions
from Sir Thomas Upton. The Duke
and Duchess were not in residence at
Chatsworth at the time of the visit,
but the latter sent one of her maids
specially up from London to look after
the ladies. The beauties of Matlock,
Buxton and Bakewell were fully ex-
plored before they returned to town.
Van Calava.
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He Trnste0 Rockefeller.

DR.. Gustav C. E. Weber, of Cleve-
land, Ohio, recently consul at Nurem-
burg is one of the pioneer doctors of
his city. Years ago he was visited by
young man who required surgical
operation. but explained that he was
only getting fifty dollars month and
would have to pay by installment
Weber said he would risk it and it took
the youth about year to pay up
The lad was John ID. Rockefeller, and
only a short time ago he sent fol-
Weber, asking for medical advice, there
having been recurrence of the trouble
for which Weber had operated forty
years ago. Weber made an examina'
ton and told Mr.. Rockefeller that any
medical student could do it and that
he hims elf was out of practice. Rocke,
feller opened drawer, counted out
$500, and handing the roll to Weber
remarked. 1T does not take so long
to pay the bill this time" Weber de
clined the money, saying he wished no
fee for friendly visit. Take it, said
Rockefeller, land give to some poor
medical student, who is struggling for
his education" Weber remarked in
telling the story that he couldn't think
of any struggling medical student just
then and, but what was the all
ment that required surgical opera
ton?
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-12-29
THE FIRST COMPLETED GOVERNMENT IRRIGATION CANAL

The extent of the government irri-
cation problem is indicated by a rec
ent schedule issued by the Recla-'a-
ton Service of the Interior Depart
ment, showing that the work Of re-
claiming the desert is well under way.
At this time the government plan in
various stages OF progress requiring
the expenditure Of 32.S70,OOo, which
viii supply water for the irrigation of
1 $50 900 acres of land, the expense
being S1T.5O per acre. Other govern
ment reports estimate that there are
about OO,OO0CoO acres of so-cnlled
arid land, whose chief products are
sage brush and cactus. This amounts
TO more than one-tnirh of the United
States, and out of V 'ch might be
carved four countries the size of
France. four more rs large as Ger
many and two states as large as New
York. Private enterprise has reclaim
ed about 1O.OOO.OOO of this domain.
which is to-day the backbone Of the
West. The enormous possibilities or
the government irrigation work is
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Humor of King Edward.

Returned tourists who have been in
touch with the nobility in Europe
bring back a few good stories of King
Edward. One tale runs like this: The
King was driving alone in a dog cart
near one of his country palaces one
day and caught up with an old fish
woman, who was trudging to the viii
lage to sell her wares. She did not
recognize the king and asked him for
lift. He responded graciously and
helped her into the cart. AS they
her fish pleading poverty and a big
family at home. The king said he had
plenty of fish at home and would not
buy any. However, he would give her
his portrait which he thought would
be just as good as buying her fish
"Ye are fine looking man, but your
portrait would not buy shoes for the
children" said the old woman. "Oh
I think it will help you," he responded,
and handed her a sovereign which has
on one side his profile. When she saw
that she was riding with the king ana
spilled her fish. The king handed her
another coin and dropped her out at
her destination. At another time
when he was Prince and attending a
theatre, fire broke out near by and
every one helped to quench the blaze
The Prince in evening dress. worked
with the others in passing buckets of
water. A big pompous man was stand
ing by doing nothing. why don't
you help?" asked the Prince. The
pompous man swelled up and remarked,
Il am a gentleman, sir. and do no such
menial tasks" Don't let that hurt
you." responded the Prince. II am
only the Prince of Wales"
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shown by the various expert estimates
which place the additional area which
can be irrigated at from 75,ooo.Ooo to
1OO,OOO,OO0 acres. 7 he government
plan ns provided for in the irrigation
law is to store the flood waters of the
western rivers. reciuiming this land
as fast as possible; but the settlers
who take the land are required to
pay back to the government the cost
of the construction of each project, so
that the actual expense to the gov
ernment will all be paid. The final
estimates of the possibilities of in
creased population are one person to
each irrigated acre, so that there
seems n future population for the
West as great or greater than the to-
tai population of the country to-day.
Ten or twenty acres, in the more high
ly developed irrigation sections of the
West Is stated to be sufficient for the
support of family, owing to the
fact that under irrigation numerous
and sure crops can be raised. In the
Southwest, three or four crops are
grown on the same land each year.
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Cost of Discovering America.

The great extent and value of Queen
Isabers jewel bag. the proceeds OF
which fitted out Columbus, is more or
less of myth. But in these days. when
millionaire yachtsmen spend a hundred
thousand dollars for little racing
yacht and think nothing of it, the ex-
pense of Columbus's whole feet seems
entirely insignificant. The sum Of
$1,000 covered the whole outlay neces-
sary to secure and equip the three ves-
sells, while the Great Admiral's salary
was $500 per annum. The two other
commanders We're paid 5000 each, and
the wages of the crew We're $3.50
month. OF course, money in those
days was worth n great deal more
than now, and there We're not very
many places in America at that time
where the sailors cared to ask for
'shore leave" SO that their wages were
a clear -Lying.