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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-12-05
BIRDS WEAPONS.
Fhey Are Not Confined to the seak
and the Spurs.


Many people are inclined to think
that a birds weapons are practical
" confined to beak and the spurs
with which the legs of some birds
are provided. There are, however,
a good many instances Of different
armament. \ moments reflection
recalls to any one the mulelike kick
delivered by the foot of the ostrich,
which requires no spurs to insure
effectiveness.
Besides this, many birds use their
wings very effectively as weapons,
People who have spent their child
hood in the country will recall how
fercely the domestic gander uses
his wings, and among domestic
fowls the cocks not only use their
wings to blind their adversaries, but
batter their opponents quite severe
|ly with them. Although doves have
been selected as emblems of peace,
Eyet they are rather pugnacious and
when quarrehng among themselves
bring their wings into play to good
advantage.
Birds using the wing to strike q
fblow usually attempt to- land on
their adversaries with the wrist
joint. This demand for q wing
weapon among birds has in some
tspeeies Wrought abont remarkable
and formidable developments. The
lspur winged geese Of Africa have q
Ispur ON the bend of the wing some.
times attaining a length of one and
tune-half inches and fully as savage
an appearing weapon as that OF q
lgsmeeoek. One of the wrist bones
lmoEn as the radiale projects be
| yond the others and is capped with
THE spur. FL = :.
A now extinct species OF bird
which formerly inhabited Rodriguez
was fiightless, but an outgrowth o.
bone at the joint of the radius ane
lmetacarpus formed knob that rem
dered the short wing as dangerous
among birds as a policeman's billy.
Some of the Australian pheasant
and other gallinaceous birds hava
blunt tubercles on the wings, m
creasing their effectiveness as weap
ons. Africa, Asia and South AmH
lea produce q number OF species o.
spur winged plovers- .
The jacanas, tropical or semi
tropical birds of both hemispheres
have many of them more or les
developed spurs on the wings, whil'
one genus, though without spurs
has the bone of the wing widene'
and Aattened, forming a sort o
scimiter.
The screamers, birds related Il
ducks, are the most formidably arm
ed birds as to wings. They are pre-
vided with two spurs on each wins
instead Of one, the inner and longe'
| one of which is three sided stilet
to of needlelike sharpness.
Some birds while young have I
claw on the wing which is used b!
the bird not as a weapon, but as al
assistance in dragging itself along
after the manner of a bat. The gal
inules are an example Of birds hav
ing such claws while young, tn
structure being lost before the bird
reach maturity. Cleveland Plair
Dealer.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-12-05
THE coLoNEL's STORY.
How Jim Adkins Went to War, Get
Buried and Was Resurreete6.

How Jim Adkins Went to War, Get
Buried and Was Resurreeted.
"Talking about war times" said
the old colonel, 'did any of you
ever hear the story of Jim Adkins !"
No."
swell, Pm surprised. Everybody
in the settlement knew it. Jim was
no count sort of a fellow, and the
old man was anxious to get rid of
him, so when the war broke out and
they were looking around for men
the old man gave him away"
"Gaye him away?"
eyes. Jim was in the hayloft,
and they were about to leave with
out him when the old man winked
and pointed to the barn. ~
sdTkat was enough, ,kana they got
him and marched him to the front.
"The old man was sorry after
Jim was gone, and his conscience
hurt him. bad But he hnpsd for
the best, until one day he got mes
SAGE that told him Jim had been
killed and buried on the battleish,
3Then he packed his grip and
started right off to bring Jim's body
home if possible, for The grief striek-
en- mother woald have nothing else
and made life miserable for. him
with her reproaches. !. - i .4- ;;
sHe went to Firginia and was
there informed that i would be inf-
possibleto remove the body So ne
stood over the SPOT where It ras
bdried and xept for three days.
Then be went sadly home.
~Ana, 10 and behold, the FIRST
man he met rs he neared his gate
was Jim safe ysoupd and right side
up with carel yEN ss ~
9It was some time before the lold
man could say q word, but VIXEN he
found it was really Jim-Sn flesh
and blood that they had got Jim
mixed mp with some other ADKINS,
and he hadn't been killed at all, the
old man was hoti he slowly divest-
ed himself of his coat, then rolled
up his sleeves and made for him!
1t was the fiyeEest Scrap You ever
saw-the old unan on top and the
tvo of 'em wallowing inthe dustl
at took the old lady and the
three girls and two stout darkies te
pull the old man of.
aHe never did explain why he e'did
it, and jim didn't ask any questions.
but the next morning he told mis-
mother that while his furlongh
wasn't out, still he knew his country
needed him and he couldn't stand to
stay at home under those circum'
stances, SO he left his blessings fol
the old man and took the first train
for the front."eAtlanta C0nstitu.
tiou.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-12-05

China Ware cups and saucers,
toilet sets, salad bowls, cake plates,
ETC., high quality and low
price, at Peoples Mercantile Co.'S.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-12-05

Call at once and see the beau
tiful line of Christmas goods at
DR. W V Rrockinton's drug store.
1875 2t
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-10
Spirits Turpentine 7s& bid.
Market firm.
Pensacola Cotton Market.
FRANKLIN EEK
WAS NOT CHOSEN
Committee to Decide Upon Oxford
Scholarship Announces
Decision.

Information reached the city last
night from New Orleans that c. Frank
Ign Geek, of this city. had not been
chosen by the committee as the
student to receive the scholarship in
famous Oxford University of England.
Mr. Geek is student of Tulane Col
lege of New Orleans, and in the com
petitive examination for the Oxford
scholarship, passed the required ex-
animation. Only one scholarship was
to be awarded, however, and a student
whose home is in Louisiana also
passed. This left the matter of ward
ing the scholarship to committee
composed of five and they awarded it
to the resident of Louisiana by a vote
of three to two.
While Mr. Zeek's many friends in
Pensacola will regret that he did not
receive the scholarship they will never
theless congratulate him upon the ex-
cellent record he made In the exam
nation He is eligible for appointment
each year should he desire to have
his name presented.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-10
MARKET REPORT.
NAVAL STORES.

Savannah. Ga. March 9.-The naval
stores market closed to-day Is folloH3.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-10

try asking that the monument be
erected as originally proposed, at An
Jacksonville.
AndersonvilIe The Place.
The proposed change in the loea,
ton of the monument was for the
reason, it was argued, that if erected
at Andersonville it would be the
cause of friction whenever Northern
visitors paid a visit to the cemetery
where their dead were buried 1t
was even stated that if the monu-
ment were erected at Andersonville
that it would be torn down, and
threats were made to this effect, ano-
nymously.
But for all of these letters Gen.
Young says the place for the monu-
ment is at Andersonville, and there
it shall go. He has received letters
from a number of old Confederate vet
Grams stating that if the monument
were erected at AnderSonville they
would volunteer their services to pro-
tect it SO long as they might live
Let them tear it down" said Gen.
Young. I'VE will built it up again.
and whenever they lay their fingers
of dissertation upon it the blood OF
the entire South will be aroused and
a larger, grander and more appropri-
ate shaft will be constructed TO the
memory of this much maligned man. y
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-10

Huehey's celebrated Chicken Gum
BIO at the Quick Lunch Room tonight
6 to II, zoe.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-10
ORDER YOUR CREAM FROM
.BosSo'S ICE CREAM FACTORY.
PHONE 1926. $50 A GAL.
CLAIMS SURE CURE
FOR SNAKE BITE
Iodine Said to Be a Sure Antidote
for Poison of the
Rather.

DR.. F. w. Brown writes in the Lees
burg Commercial as follows:
/ have treated Is cases of snake
bites in my practice with simply mar
yelous results-even restoring to life
and health when supposed to be dying.
Ny first case occurred many years ago
A little child. say three or four years
old, was brought to me with two ugly
gashes on the instep by fair sized
rattler. / suppose 1 saw the child
about an hour after the bite, with limbs
badly swollen and in great pain.
applied iodine to the wound and gave
the child drop doses every ten minutes
for an hour, then every half hour until
decided Improvement The child took
ten to fifteen drops in ALL Next morn
ing the father reported the child per-
fectly recovered and playing around as
usual. My last case was about one
year ago. A lad about Is years old
while reaching under some boards for
some hen eggs, was bitten on his
right hand by a large RATHER. He was
brought to me with hand and arm enor-
mously swollen and scarcely able to
stand on his feet. l pursued precise
ly the same treatment as in my first
case, except doubled the dose. He
took in perhaps twenty-five drops of
the iodine He recovered rapidly with
ne outward results. Some of my
cases were much more remarkable
than these: each one recovering
quickly with no outward results.
1t is equally eficacious in the treat
ment of dumb beasts. A neighbor of
mine had a COW bitten and when found
was unable to stand. / advised him to
go back and drop ten drops upon her
tongue every ten minutes for an hour,
and every hour for a time. He did so
but came back in an hour or so and
reported that it was too late as the
COW was nearly dead. In the morning
he went back to see what had become
of the COW, and to his surprise, found
her up and feeding. Her recovery was
rapid.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-10
A Flint For Ama.eur Ju<rler..

The amateur conJurer should, as far
as possible. endeavor to juSSle only
with the ordinary commonplace articles
that are invariably at hand Cards are
to be found in almost every house,
hats, handkerchiefs. glasses. coins and
paper are always handy. and the man
who conjures with these with no ap-
parent preparation will both please end
mystify his audience much more than
he who brings along bagful OF pre-
pared tricks and spends half an hour
behind Il screen.-Strand Magazine.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-10
VESSELS IN PORT.
Steam1nW8.

3tcamunID8.
Ben Cruchan, Br IS, Freeman. z216,
Funchap TO the W. s. keyser Co
Birnan Weed. Br IS, Archer. 1858, San
Cambria, Br IS, conroy, 1861. Cardiff
to the W. S. Keyser Co.
Kiora, Br IS, Tose. 1899. Faro to mas
ter.
Sh.S-
Kerriemoor, Br SIS, Scover, 2lo9, Vim
cent, to Pensacola Lumber Co.
Samuel hansen, Nor ship, Juell, l2eo'
Montevideo to A. ZeliGs-
Themisto. Dutch SIS. TeenSma, 2Szs,
Rotterdam to A. A. Brown & Co.
Alfhild. Swed blk. S-e1scn. 1882, Dur
ban Export Lumber CO.
Campbell Nor blk. Haasken. 100.
Charlotte, Nor Blk, Hnsen, 1243, for
Rosario, with $4,000 # lumber
Cristoforo Colombo. Ital blk, .Cordiglia,
S32. Matanzas to order.
does to Rosaseo BroG-
Fratelii Bianchi. Ital bk. Mari. lilo.
Montevideo to RoSaSco Bros
master.
Helen A. wyman, Am blk, vanhorn,
1871, Swapopmund. to master
Hereford, Nor Dix. Jensen, 1855, ROSARIO
Heimdal. Nor tk. Hensen. 1854. Hull
to order.
Ingebiorg. Nor blk. Eid. 1850. East Lon
don to order.
Ivanhill. Swed BIZ, Ivenssen, 1884, St
Thomas to master.
Lila, Nor blk. Aanonsen, 1880. Santos
to order.
Luigini, Ital hlz, Marini 1913. Havana to
Southern States Lumber Co.
Olivari, 1tal bk, Costa, Genoa to or
der.
Orion. Nor bk. Rommetvedt, sss. Para
to order.
Prosperino, Ital blk, Palarvo, SIG. Genoa
to RosaSco Bros
Ramon Planiol, Urug Blk. Cassanoves,
1870. Havana to 1t Bars & Co.
Sciilin, Ital blk, Zuis, 1l2o, Havana 70
master.
Skiold. Nor blk. Walls. 1897, Nantes to
Southern States Lumber Co.
Schooners.
Donna Christina, Am sch. Mcleod. 165.
Belize to J. A Merritt & Co.
Fredersbrrg. Dan sch: kisby, 2SS,
Copenhagen to H Baars & Co.
John Maxwell, Am sch Foss, AS, San
Juan 10 John A Merritt & CO.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-10
Golf sticks.

Il is Of the utmost Importance that
the golfer should be on terms Of the
most complete confidence and intimacy
with all the clubs in his bag. and par
ticuiarly the wooden clubs. from which
he gets his length. Such confidence
cannot be established during the first
few seasons OF a golfers experience.
It needs long time and much thought
to grasp what are the essential fea-
lures of q wooden club that make 1t ex-
actly suited TO the peculiarities Of q
particular player.-Fry's Magazine.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-10
FELINE FISHERS.
An Cats Apparently Are Not Afraid
OF the Water.

An Cats Apparently Are Not Afraid
OF the Water.
Judging from my experience. cats,
when living near water, are generally
fond OF fishing l have personally
known three feline fishers. One was a
mere acquaintance and used to fish in
a trout stream. The other two lived
with US and during the summer
months used to fish in the lake nearly
every evening. They would crouch on
the shore and suddenly jump into an
advancing wavelet very frequently
bringing out a small fish When they
had kittens. have sometimes seen
them bring up TO the house three fish
In the space Of an hour.
/ know of a cat. whose home was in
Westmorland, close 10 q stream, that
was a regular and accomplished fisher.
She was half Persian. Her daugh-
ter belongs to friends of mine, and
have myself seen this latter watching
the goldfish in the children's aquarium,
which at that time was open at the
top and on a broad window seat Puss
put in one paw and stirred the water
violently, then sat down to watch with
apparent satisfaction the terror of the
fish, which she could not on that occa-
sion reach. Once the family found she
bad caught one and killed a second, so
the aquarium was afterward always
covered by wire or net. One of this
cats kittens belonged to me and was
for her short life of under year very
dependent on human companionship.
She came up to my bedroom frequently
the first thing in the morning and al
ways took great interest in the wash
hand basin, from which she would fish
out the sponge or soap, and liked to
have her paw in the water. She had
to be kept out of the bathroom, as
more than once she deliberately jump
ed into the bath when il had in it a
depth of two or three inches Of water.
If this daughter and granddaughter of
the original fisher had lived near wa
ter, / think the fishing instinct would
have developed. as the three genera
tons all showed a fondness for this
element, which cats, as rule, are sup
posed to ayoid.-London Spectator
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-10
A FARM IN THE CITY.

THERE is ONLY ONE CHANCE IN
A LIFE TIME TO GET IT. SAND
RIDGES IN SOME SECTIONS ARE
SELLING AT TEN TO TWENTY
DOLLARS PER BLOCK IN THE
WILD SCRUB. you CAN GET A
LITTLE FARM INcoMPARABLY
BETTER LAND WITH GREAT I'M
PRovEMENTS IN BUILDINGS, AND
MORE THAN A QUARTER CEN
ruRY,s SUCCESSFUL GROWTH OF
THE WORLDS cHolcEsTs SHRUBS
AND FLOWERS.
FOUR BLOCKS IN ONE, AND a
HUNDRED FOOT SHADED AVENUE
ALL AROUND FOR LESS THAN
FOUR BLOCKS OF WILD SCRUB IN
OTHER SECTION.
A. ". CLUBBS.
Representing Executors.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-10
Irremediable.

FAM wasn't expecting to be called
on to say anything. you know, and
when the president of the club asked
me to make few remarks just went
all to pieces. Nan-fou remember
told you those buttons on the back OF
your waist wouldn't stand the slightest
strain, don't you2Chicago Tribune
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-10
Rahyss PROGRESS.

"How is Bilkins' baby boy getting
along?
Fine. was up there yesterday and
was surprised to learn that he is be-
ginning to talk"
'Does he pronounce his words plain
Typ
Not very. They sound like a rail-
road brakeman calling out stations
Milwaukee Sentinel
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-10
Nerve,

Lazy Lary-Say, lady, I'm dat hun
CRY l don't know wat to do. l amt
had nothin'- Mrs. Goodart-Walk
around to the kitchen. poor man. and
you shall be fed. Lazy LarrJ-Aw.
say, OATS a purity long walk, lady.
Couldn't yer hand 1t out here jist as
well ?-Catholic Standard and Times
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-10
SPECIAL NOTICES.

Pensacola Lodge No. ~, =. & a. NJ.
n Called meeting OF Pensacola
"A. Lodge, No. AZ, F. & A. NJ, at
N8X 7:30 p. m. Wednesday. March
M Is. 1907. Work in +. c. degree.
Visiting brethren are cordially
invited BRUCE s. WEEKS.
/. Z. HARVEY, Secretary.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-10
SHIPPING NEWS

Arrived Yesterday
Fernando, Ital bk, Vale, 1229, Buenos
Ayres TO nsaSIeE-
Cleared Yesterday.
Fantasti, Ital bk, Dapelo. 1885. for Ge-
nea, with SIS, geo # sawn timber. q 900
S # lumber.
Sailed Yesterday.
Due SoreIle B., Ital biz. for Aontevideo.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-10
LAWN PARTY

Lawn party on April 4. to 10 D. m.
at the residence OF Mr.. ]. n. Coe, I13
West Gregory. By the ladies of st.
GATHERINGS church.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-08-23
~Barrymore's Dilemma.

Maurice Barrymore, the once famous
actor, was once in London with a new
piece which he was anxious to have
produced. He had read 1t to a man
ager, and it had been decided that he
was to play the leading role. About a
week after it was supposed to have
been definitely settled Barrymore re-
ceived a note from the manager ask
ing him to call. Barrymore called, and
the manager said: 81 like the piece,
old fellow, but l don't see how 1 can
use you in the cast. Your beastly
American dialect won't do at all, you
know. They won't have it."
"Well, that's strange" said Barry
more. 'They told me on the other
side that they wouldn't have me on
account of my beastly English dialect.
What am 1 to do, give recitations on
the transatlantic steamers?'
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-08-23
c. R. Woodwork & Co. Successful.

After a great deal of effort and CORE
s~pondence G. r. Woodwork & Co., the
| popular druggists, have succeeded IN
getting the DR.. Howard Co. to make a
| special half price Introductory offer OF
| the regular fifty cent size of their cele-
brated specific for the cure of constipa-
ton and dyspepsia.
This medicine is a recent discovery
| for the cure of all diseases of the stom-
| ach and bowels. 1t not only gives quick
| relief but it makes permanent cures.
DR.. Towards specific has been so re-
markedly successful in curing constipa-
| ton, dyspepsia and all liver troubles,
that G. r. Woodwork & Co. are willing
to return the price paid in every case
| where it does not give relief.
The old-fashioned idea of dosing with
mineral waters, cathartic pills or harsh
purgatives will soon be a thing OF the
past The best physicians are prescrib-
| ing DR.. Towards specific because it
really gives the desired results and on
| account of the small and pleasant dose
| that is needed
So great is the demand for this specl-
| fc G.. R. Woodwork & Co. have been
| able to secure only a limited supply,
| and every one who is troubled with
dyspepsia, constipation or liver trouble
should call upon them at once, or send
% cents, and get sixty doses OF the
| best medicine ever made, on this special
half price offer, with their personal
guarantee to refund the money il it
| does not cure.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-08-23
From Obscurity to Renown.

An ancient well, once surrounded by
walls eight feet high, In 'Yeoing field"
Trewsbury Mead, a valley about three
miles from Cierencester, near the vii
lage of Kemble, is the source known
as Thames head. In summer no sign
Of water or Of water plants can be
found near it. It's walls are now down,
and thickly interlaced vines and brush
hide it from view. In winter 1t over
flows, floods the valley and contributes
it's little force to the greatest Of island
rivers. Thus from an obscure, hidden
and neglected origin England's historic
river swells and flows on until, upon
its pellucid bosom above Folly bridge
to it's brackish waters below the Tower
Of London, it nurses everything from
an infants gentle pleasures to the sim
lister tragedies Of the greatest city in
the world.-From "In Thamesland."
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-08-23
WIFE OR CHILD, WHICH?
An Ingenious Problem With Two In
terestina Equations.

Some time ago George was Dragging
about never having told a lie, and he
said he never would. An Irishman,
hearing the assertion, made a wager
with George that he could make him
tell q lie in two minutes.
So Pat began: "Supposing you and
your little child and her friend were
out in a boat for a row; the boat sud
denly capsized, and you were all
thrown into the water. Now, which
child would you save?" asked Pat.
"Well," answered George, under the
circumstances I should save my own
in preference to any one else's child"
every good" answered Pat. "Now,
suppose you and your wife and child
were out for a row and the boat again
capsized. Now, which Of them would
you save, your wife or your childF"
After a thoughtful pause, George an
swered that he would save his wife.
There you are" cried Pat. "You
said at first that you would rather save
your child in preference to any one
else's, but now you say that you would
save your wife, who is somebody else's
child."-Pearson's Weekly.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-08-23
The prsssmaker's Diploma.

Many New York women who patroit
ize a new dressmaker for the first
time PROFOUND an embarrassing que0-
ton.
"Have you q diplomaT p they ask.
81 didn't know what answer to make
TO the first customer that put that
question to me-" ssid one dressmaker.
81 certainly did not have a diploma.
l knew how to sew, but l had no GER
tiicate to that effect. Finally ] found
that many women have suffered so
%grievously at the hands of incompe.
tents that they were unwilling to trust
their work to a person who could not
show some guarantee Of experience
and efficiency, 80, although 1 knew
more about sewing than half the fash
ionable dressmakers In town, l actual
ly worked In n such establishment
for four months so that I could point
10 a printed diploma which says, For.
merly with Nine. A. of Fifth avenue
1t pays any dressmaker to arm herself
with credentials Of that kind. She
ought to have her diploma framed and
hung on the wall like q doctors dfplo-
ma, so as to give confidence to doubt
ing customers."-Nsw York Sun.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-08-23
Great Schemers.

"These travelling men are great
schemers when it comes to getting
rooms assigned to them ahead Of other
guests who registered first" said a
hotel clerk. "1here were several guests
on the waiting list for rooms yester-
day. One travelling mar came up to
the desk holding his hand to his
stomach, saying he was so sick he
must have a ROOF at once. He was
accommodated. In q few minutes an
other travelling man who was among
the list of guests waiting for rooms
came up and said he had boarded a
sleeper at 2 o'clock in the morning and
tried to get some sleep, but that it ran
into an open switch and gave him such
d shaking up he couldn't sleep. He
said he was almost dead with eXhaus-
ton and loss of sleep and must have
q room at once. Hardly had he gone
to his room when a third n came up
and said he, too, must have a room I'M
mediately. What do you suppose his
reason was? He said a horse fell on
him the day before, and he thought he
was injured Observation-Disclosures City
Star.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1907-08-23
They Disaqreed.

"These fellows were fighting" said
the policeman.
"Your honor" began n of the pris-
oners, 81 beg of you not to accept so
crude a misconstruction Of our acts.
Doubtless o have heard Of a gentle
mans agreement"
Certainly"
"Well, we had one, but 1t had pro-
crossed to the stage where it became a
'gentleman's disagreement"
Yet was the judge deaf to reason
Philadelphia Ledger.