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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-07-11
FLINT ANo FRICTION.
Methoss by Which Primitive Man Pro.
cured His Sire.

Doubtless the prod"ction of fire
by sparks from the flint was follow
ed IL the discovery that friction
would produce flame. In regions
where suitable stone was not easily
found. the inventive aborigine de-
xise1the whirling stick. or fire drill.
This Mas a stick of hard wood with
its lower end set in a hole in a
block of very soft, dry wood.
The stick was held upright be-
tween the hands and whirled by
nbbing the palms first one way and
hen the other. A moderate down
ward pressure was eyerted, and as
the hands worked down on the stick
they were occasionally shifted to a
higher hold.
An Improvement on the hand
whirled drill was the application OF
a bow for rotating it. The first
man to make a bow drill is entitled
10 fame as the first inventor of a
machine, for he combined several
working pieces in one apparatus for
accomplishing desired end.
This father of inventors must
have conceis ed the idea that if he
should make a turn of his bow
string around a stick and fix the
two ends of the stick in holes he
could rotate the stick much more
easily and rapidly than was possible
with the hands, producing great
friction and heat much quicker and
with much less e1ertion. We can
imagine we see him-a great,
brawny, hairy man, with bit of a
goatskin for clothes-sitting cross-
legged at the mouth of his cave and
rigging up the first operative ma
chine that was to produce fire.
He must have procured a large
piece of soft and dry dead wood and
followed a spot for the lower end
Of the stick. Then putting this un-
der a islanting rock he must have
wedged another block of soft wood
above the stick.
Having fixed them solidly in place
BY piling stones around them, he
would then take turn Of his bow
string around the stick and draw
it back and forth rapidly, securing a
blaze in a short time.
With what triumph he must have
viewed his work when the first jet
Of fame burst from the smoking,
charred mass that he had coa1ed
into fiery existence! 1t is easy to
picture him calling his family or
followers about him to see his first
machine, perhaps half consumed in
the fire it had made, and explaining
its operations with enthusiasm
Circle Magazine.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-07-11
She Won Out.
He-I love you.

He-I love you!
She-But | have not farthing
in the world.
He-Ah, but YOU did not let me
finish. | was going to say, 81 love
you not"
She-Indeed. | only meant to
put you to the test. The fact Is, /
have a fortune of EGO, 900.
He-Yes, but you again inter
rupted me just now. What meant
to say was, 81 love you not for the
sake of your money"
She-So glad to hear you say
that! 1t was all joke about the
ESQ, ,000!-London Mail.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-07-11
MEDICAL SUPERSTITION.
outlandish Practices Still! Prevail In
Parts Of Germany.

FarIS OF SSrHdny.
All sorts of outlandish medical
ideas and practices are to be found
in active prevalence in the marsh
lands of the Weser, north of Bre-
merhaven. and in the Luneburg
heath, barren region between the
Elbe and Aller, in Germany.
In both of these districts the
touch of corpse's hand is still re-
garded as a curative of many local
ills. In the Wesermarsch the prac-
tice is to steal secretly into the room
where the dead person is laid out
and with the dead hand stroke the
afflicted part. In the Lunebarg
heath the application is especially
used as a cure for warts and for
cramps i6 the stomach.
Less grewsome is the remedy for
hernia still applied in the marsh
country. On the night of st. John
the Baptist's day, June "a, the pa
tient must be dragged through the
split of cleft ash tree. Three men
bearing the first name of John
must perform the operation, and it
must be conducted in dead silence.
Some of the cures depend, on the
contrary, upon verbal formulas. For
hiccough the sufferer must cross
a little wooden footbridge over a
stream-an easy matter in the
marsh lands with their manv drain
age bitches. As he crosses he must
repeat the nursery rhyme:
Snip-op un TX gungen ober dat steg
Snik-op fuit herin I'm TX gung veg.
This bit Of dialectic German may
be translated:
Hicoough and / went over the bridge;
I went on. Hiccough fell in the ditch.
For erysipelas fire is lighted
and pinch of ashes from it is rub
bed on the skin to the accompani-
ment of saying to the effect that
the ashes and the sore went over the
Red sea together, the ash came
back, but the sore never again. Nu-
merous other sayings supposed to
have the force of charms, usually
when uttered simultaneously with
some action, are quoted. The Lune-
burger, for instance, who has warts
makes the sign of the cross on the
warts while gazing at the crescent
moon, saving, What see, that |
win; what l wash, that disappears
1t rhymes in the German dialect.
Sometimes the formula is not
spoken. The Wesermarsch folk
have saving which they write on
slip of paper when any one has
fever. Then they burn the paper.
The Luneburgers have no formula,
but they write the name, year OF
birth and birthplace of the sick per-
son in lonely place three nights
running. Other remedies for fever
consist in swallowing spiders or dust
filed from a church bell.
When a tooth comes out the loser
must throw it backward over his
head. Hair combings must not be
thrown out of the window, because
the birds might get them and fly
away with them. In that case the
person who was separated from
them would speedily become bald
Allgemeine Zeitung.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-07-11

Hundreds of imitation brands are
on sale that look like Schnapps to-
bacco. The outside of the imitation
plugs of tobacco is fue cured the same
as Schnapps, but the inside is filled
with cheap, flimsy, heavily sweetened
air cured tobacco. One chew OF
Schnapps will satisfy tobacco hunger
longer than two chews of such to-
bacco. The color, size and shape
of the tags, plugs and packages OF
certain imitation brands of tobacco
have been made so much like
Schnapps that they have often been !
accepted by buyers under the belief
that they were getting Schnapps:
Sufficient proof has been secured
to establish the fact that certain
brands are infringements and in vlo"
lation of the trade mark laws, yet the
trade will continue to be imposed
upon by these infringers until the suit
already entered and now pending to
protect schnapps is decided. A
great many of these limitations are
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-07-11
Ri!ey's Rye Patch.

Whitcomb Riley was looking over
q fence on his farm at field Of rye
when neighbor who was driving by
stoned his horse and asked:
"Hello, Mr.. Riley! How's you,
rye doing?"
eFine, fine" replied the poet.
"Hov much do you expect h
clear to the acre"
"Oh, about four gallons" q"
swersd Mr.. Riley soberly.-Success
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-07-11
Suspicious.

"I am in terror" said Mrs. Good
son. Every time l hear the bell
ring I know III hear something
dreadful about Jack. I'm sure he's
been in some mischief"
~What makes you think so% ask-
Cd her husband.
"Oh, he came straight home from
school this afternoon, sat down end
sfudied his lesson for tomorrow for
nsaxly two hours and has been a.
.sood a. IN angel ever since"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-07-11
sehnapps Tobacco is Made ENTIRELY from Flue Cured
Tobacco Grown in the Piedmont Country.
The Imitation Brands Have Schnapps
Quality Only On the Outside
OF the Plug

claimed to be "just as good" as
Schnapps, but there is only one gen
uine Schnapps. Be sure the letters
on the tag, and stamped on the plug
under the tag spell S-C-H-N-A-P-P-s
and then you have 1.-THE most
wholesome tobacco produced, with
just enough sweetening to preserve:
the mild, juicy, stimulating quality OF
the leaf tobacco. Expert tests prove
that this hue cured tobacco, grown
in the famous Piedmont region, re-
ouires and takes less sweetening than
any other and has a wholesome.
stimulating, satisfying effect on
chewers.
If the tobacco you are chewing
don't satisfy you more than the mere
habit of expectorating, stop fooling
yourself and chew Schnapps tobacco.
Schnapps is like the tobacco chewers
formerly bought costing from 75c.
to $1.oo per pound; Sehnapps is
sold at soc. per pound, in SC. cuts,
strictly 1oc. and l5c. plugs.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-07-11
PETITION FOR BETTER
PASSENGER SERVICE.
TRAIN BETWEEN LANE And FLORENCE
WOULD MEAN MUCH FOR
WILLIAMSBURG.

The following petition will be cir
euiated in Kiugstree, Lake City and
Scranton with view to obtaining
better passenger facilities for points
north of Lane on the Northeastern
railroad ard along the Central road,
When signed by sufhcieut Number
of the people interested the peti-
tions will be forwarded to the prop
er authorities for their considera-
ton:
STATE oF SOUTH CARoLINA,l
County of Williamsburg.l
To Mr. W N Royal, General Man
ager of the Atlantic Coast Line Rail.
road Company.
The petition Of the undersigned citi-
zens Of Kingstree, in the county OF
Williamsburg and State of South Car
olina, respectfully represents:
/. That the section of country locat-
ed upon the North Eastern Railroad
between Lane and Florence is very
rapidly developing in its business re-
sources, and the travelling public are ir
need of greater accommodations be-
tween the various poipts on said road
between Lane and Florence, and, il
our opinion, the present passenger &C.
commodations are totally inadequate
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-21
ONE LAST QUESTION.

MRS. Woodbe." says the caller, II
am chairman of the committee on APP
plications for membership to our club.
and | have called 30 see you relative
to your desire TO become a member"
81 am glad to see you" smiles Mrs.
Woodbe.
II hardly know how to say what I
mus, say, but. Mrs. Woodbe, we have
It on good authority that for a consid-
cradle time you were demonstration
for some kind of a complexion beauti-
fer. and that even now there are in
existence testimonials signed by you,
claiming that you owe your clear skin
and pink cheeks to the use of this To-
ton
Signing deeply, Mrs. Woodbe ac-
knowledges that the charges are true.
Then you can readily See" pursues
the caller, that 1t would be impossible
for us to take you into our society,
which includes in it's membership the
most refined and intellectual portion
of the community"
Mrs. Woodhe mutely signalizes her
understanding of the verdict, and the
caller prepares to take her departure.
At the door, however, she turns and
asks:
Would it be presumptuous in me il
| were to ask you to tell me the name
of the complexion beautifer you
used?"-Puck.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-21
PLACES TIES ON TRACK, THEN
FLAGS TRAIN.
TELLS TALE OF NJ .
Chicago Boys Scheme to Get Free
Ride and Reward Fails to End
According to Programme
Wreck Narrowly Averted.

indianapolis, Ind.-There was a TEN.
porary feeling of gratitude in the
hearts of a Big Four train crew on the
Cincinnati division of the road the
other day, when the train was tagged
at the Tannes creek bridge by the
wild waving of a youth. The big en-.
CINE and heavy freight train came to
a stop near the bridge, and before the
eyes OF h crew were -four heavy ties
piled on the rails on the bridge. A
serious wreck and, perhaps. death to
the men on the train had been narrow.
ly averted.
The youth who gave his name as
Chris Daus. Is years old. of Chicago,
came In for his share of praise. The
trainmen pressed around him and he
told a lurid story hat would rival in
sen~sationalism any tale of trans
wreckers found in yellow back novels.
The boy said he was walking along
the track when he saw two roughly
attired and low browed men piling
the ties on the rails. When they saw
him, Daus said, the men ran behind
a section Toulouse near the bridge.
Realizing the danger of a serious
wreck, Daus said. he caught hold of
the ties to drag them from the track,
when the alleged train wreckers
sprang from their hiding place and
pointed revolvers at him. They
threatened to blow his head off and
Daus said he turned and ran south
along the tracks. In Dearborn county,
south of the bridge, is a cut through
which the trains approach the bridge
on an up grade. The boy said he
took his stand at the head of the cut
and when he saw the train coming he
tagged it.
The trainmen were loud in their
praise Of the boys alleged heroism.
and after dividing the contents of theii
lunch buckets with him they took hin
on the train to Sunman, in Ripley
county. Here the authorities were
notified that a desperate attempt had
been made to wreck the train. ant
Daus promised to give the authorities
all possible assistance. He was &c
be rewarded for his alleged bravery.
The sheriffs Of both Ripley ant
Dearborn counties were notified, and {
search for the train wreckers was be
gun. News Of the matter was etle
graphed to Indianapolis, and Lawrence
p. Grady, chief of the Big Four detec
tives, went to the place. He talked
with Daus, and the boy told him al
the details as he had given them t.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-21

permanent bitches already contruct-
ed than to locate and e~xcavate bitches
to suit land that has been graded and
leveled.
Farm bitches should be located in
the right place at the start. 1t is a
mistake to build bitches for the lower
part of a farm and then in after
years, when there Is a desire to irri-
gate the remainder, to be obliged to
build a second series of bitches for
the higher land. Sufficient water
should first be conveyed from the
canal or other source of supply to the
highest point and from there dis.
tributed to the various subdivisions.
In laying out these permanent bitches
an effort should be made to locate
them along field or fence boundaries,
If possible, in order not TO obstruct
the passage of teams and implements
in fields. When the grade is too
steep to permit this a curved location
through fields should be chosen.
These curved locations for supply
bitches can be so laid out as to add
greatly to the beauty of an irrigated
farm. They become the margins of
fields. by the side of which lanes are
graded, fences built, and shade trees
planted. While the plan of locating
supply bitches around the margins
of square or rectangular tracts is per.
haps more convenient for farm opera
tons the curved lines produce a more
pleasing effect.
1t often happens that a farm is
more or less cut up by ravines or de-
pressions which intersect or separate
fields, and the supply bitches have TO
be extended across these low places.
This is usually done in one OF three
ways. When the depression is not
more than a few feet deep levees are
built on each side; in other cases
fumes are built on grade from side
to side, and, lastly, the water may be
carried across in a pipe laid In the
form of an Z inverted siphon. The
earth levee is the cheapest, but il is
subject to leaks and washouts for the.
first few years. The wooden flume
nswers the purpose well, but it is
subject to early decay, and the clay
or cement pipe laid beneath the sur
face. although dearer IN first cost. is
really the cheapest in the end.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-21

shovel and o part of a shovel.
ful of earth. The level is then car
ried forward until the shorter leg oc-
cupies the position vacated by its
mate, when a second mark is made.
This operation is repeated until the
line is laid out and a furrow is run
connecting all the temporary marks.
Tracts which produce native
grasses, low cacti, rabbit brush, and
the smaller forms of brush can be
readily plowed without first removing
the larger plants. Such land should
be plowed deep, the larger growth af-
forwards removed and the surface
thoroughly narrowed, graded and
smoothed. In blowing for the first
time two acres is a fair days work
for a man and three horses, and the
cost of removing the larger plants sell
dom exceeds so cents an acre. Tracts
which produce tall, coarse sagebrush
from three to five feet high, in clumps
from four to eight feet apart, with
more or less nutritious grasseS grow
ing in the open spaces, are more diff.
ANuie W pun al oidDC lOI llIl6dllOu.
The methods used to remove native
vegetation of this kind In the Yakima
Valley, Washington, are described by
Prof. o. l.. Waller in the Report Of
Irrigation and Drainage Investigations
for 1904. and the following brief de-.
scrlptions of methods employed and
estimates of cost have been obtained
chiefly from that source The brush
is first rallied by dragging a 60-pound
rail from ~ to 16 feet long across and
back over the same strip In opposite
directions by hitching a team of
horses or mules to each end. Some
times the rail is bolted to a heavy tim
Der. Others use a chisel-sharpened
p~low-share steel bolted to a 12x12 inch
timber and dispense with the rail. The
loose brush is then gathered into wind
rows or piles by a brush rake and
burned. These rakes are made either
OF wood with teeth of round oak or
pine joists or of steel and resembling
a strong and heavy self-dumping hay.
rake. The brush which is not torn
out by the rail is grubbed out with q
mattock.
The cost of removing and burning a
heavy growth of brush in the manner
Just described is about $3.50 per acre
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-21
IRRIGATION ~DITCHES-METHODS
OF SOIL PREPARATION
Much Depends Upon Right Location OF bitches and
Thorough Cultivation of the Land.

The margins of supply bitches on
most irrigated farms are the breed
ing ground of weeds. The seeds of
these fall into the water aud are
widely scattered by the irrigating
stream. The banks of bitches should
be graded and smoothed so that the
weeds which grow along the sides can
be readily cut and burned. A rapid
growing forage crop like alfalfa also
tends to keep down the weeds and
may be sown along the banks for this
purpose.
In laying out supply bitches an en-.
gineer's level and rod are the most
convenient instruments. The dis
tances may be estimated by pacing.
When such instruments are not avail
able, n useful substitute consists of an
ordinary carpenters spirit level at
tached to a portable wooden frame, a
sketch of which we show. When first
made and placed on a level surface
the bubble should be in the center of
its run. Then one leg is shortened by
the amount of the grade per rod (see
table of grades). The device Is oper-
ated by n man, who first places the
shorter leg at the surface of the water
in the main canal or supply ditch and
swings the other end around until the
bubble comes to the center. The 10.
cation of the longer leg is then
marked by a helper, who carries a
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-21

The new settler in an irrigated dis.
trict seldom appreciates the import
ance of preparing the surface of fields
so that they may be cheaply, easily
and properly watered. Crops in an
arid climate are as a rule good or
bad, according as they have received
the proper amount of water at the
right time, and when the ground is
left so rough and uneven that water
can not be evenly applied the effect
is shown in the reduced yield. The
preparation of the land is a first cost,
and If done thoroughly during the
first or second year little expense
need be incurred afterwards. The diff
ference in cost between a smooth,
well-graded field and one which is
poorly graded and rough may not ex-
coed SIS per acre. yet this sum is
often lost in one season by diminished
yields due to imperfect watering,
caused by a rough. uneven surface.
Thorough preparation of the surface
applies with particular force to a crop
like alfalfa, which grows years after
year from the roots. and which is cut
from three to six times each season.
But the preparation of land for ir-
rigation should follow the building of
supply bitches. While this rule is fire.
quently disregarded it will be found
better to grade land in conformity to
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-21

becoming hopelessly confused in re-
lating the details. ne finally confessed
that the work at the bridge was done
by him.
When closely questioned as to his
reason, the boy said he was on his
way back to Chicago and wished to
ride. He said he had seen a NOV
ing picture exhibit of train wreck
ers, and the idea anne to him to
Stag a train and maybe get a ride to
Chicago and some money as his re-
ward.
Daus admitted that he did not
know the time of the trains and
merely took a chance that the first
train along would come from the
south.
what IL a passenger train had
come from the north?" Grady asked.
The whole train would have been
wrecked and gone down the creek"
Say. They would have been up
against 1t. wouldn't they?" said Daus
in an interested manne 4
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-21

the bear vas evidently out 10 get its
morning meal of sotol roots.
Gordon stuck his rails into his
horse and took after the bear. The
chase did not last long. Gordon un.
loosened his rope, which was coiled
over the pommel of his saddle, and
when he got within throwing distance
of the fleeing bear he deftly circled
the moose owe the animals head.
The COW pony sat back upon its
launches and drew the rope taut.
The bear got one of its paws UNI
derneath the moose and prevented the
rope from choking 1t. Then began
a struggle that lasted for more than
an hour.
Ordinarily a horse is desperately
afraid OF a bear. but the cow pony
which Gordon was riding stood the
ordeal feariessly. 1t maintained It's
position while Gordos dismounted
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-21
HALF BEAR AND HALF DOG.
Strange Looking Freak Of Nature is
Found in Nebraska.

Kansas City, Mo.-Half bear, half
dog, a remarkable prodigy of nature.
has been found in Nebraska by |. Pin
ter. II is the only known example of
the crossing Of the dog and bear fami-
lies, hitherto considered by biologists
so distinct and separate that they
could not possibly be brought to-
gether.
The creature is now IL months old
and weighs about So pounds, but looks
much heavier. At first sight the ami
NAL gives the impression of q peculiar
kind of dog, although on closer exam.
nation the bear peculiarities are more
evident.
The ears are long and dropping. like
those of a spaniel, the tail is also that
of a spaniel, The eyes are larger and
have the mild. doglike expression. A
bear has short. outstanding ears. a stub
tail never more than a couple OF
inches long.
But the bear hump is very plain
above the headquarters. The legs are
bear paws, thick as a mans arm and
short, with pads that will in time
make an impression similar to the hui
foot, and the claws are long.
has never been heard to bark.
but will occasionally give a modest
bears growl. In habits he is more
like a bear than a dog, lying down on
his side like bruin instead of uprigh
as is the fashion in the canine world.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-21
Taken for Granted.

And 1t came to pass that silk waists
a1d picture hats were seen in the
Jury box.
Excuse me, ma'am,' said the
strange young man in the courthouse.
"bGt-er-is this the grand jury?".
OF course it is the grand jury" re-
piled the stunning blonde who was
forelady. "All juries composed of
ladies' are grand" With an awkward
bow the young man excused himself
for not knowing better, and vanished.
Chicago Daily News.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-21
In Old Rome,

After the feast of peacock tongues
Nero ordered his hilarious guests to
partake of the flowing bowl.
"Ye gods of Greece" exclaimed one
old senator, after his seventh cup,
this Roman punch is the limit. Why,
it makes a man feel funny
The wicked emperor laughed.
Funny" he chuckled. We'll, I
should say it does. 1t makes him feel
even funnier than London punch"
For even in those days Britannia
was known for her wit.-Chicago Daily
News.