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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-08-19
SIBERIAN HARD TACK.
Many Uses of Bread Much Favored
In Cold Countries.

Of all the hard tack breads of the
universe have found by actual ex-
perience the small ringed bread OF
Siberia the most substantial. When
the Russian engineering parties
were constructing the Siberian rail
road this white ring bread with the
coarse rye bread) was their main
staff of life.
1t is made without salt or yeast
and is first stc&r0c ;hen lightly
baked to expcl the nci>turr. Some
curious uses were maj" Of these
breads BY the engineers. When
soaked in hot pure tallow for a few
k-moments till they sank they were
used in soups or soaked in and eat
en- with tea during the severe win
ter months. This tallow bread was
considered the most heat producing
article in the dietary. 1t should he
utilized by our arctic explorers.
/, Another curious use to which it
lis put is as an extempore candle or
coffeepot boiler. A nail is used to
make about eight holes in the tai
low ring bread Wax yestas are
placed in these and ignited. It will
burn slowly for about arA~hour,
emitting a strong heat, sufficient to
warm and light a small tent and
. boil the tea or coffee water. There
is rather strong odor of toasting
bread. but that is tolerated in pref
erence to smoke. While sojourning
with the engineers in Siberia have
also seen them using the larger
sizes of ringed bread as makeshift
quoits for Sunday afternoon sport
in their tents, and the bread would
stand the knocking about pretty
well and would eventually appear
in the soup at the evening meal.
Small Siberian storeSeepers also
use the ringed bread as an abacus
or primitive counting apparatus for
calculating small sums in rubles and
kopecks and simple figuring. Three
strings are suspended above the
counter. Ten breads are strung o.
each. The top line represents the
rubles, their money transactions
rarely going above ten, and the two
lower strings stands for the kopecks.
Of course the strings of bread can
be increased to mount into the
thousands and up if desircd.-Sci-
entific American.
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WITCHCRAFT IN ENGLAND.
The Last Of tho judicial Prosecutions
and Executions.

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r-;+,ho,,t+ ~ EngIan5 was in 1.3C
ono Iaun Wonbsm baing actually
fn,rd an;Itr accordinq to tie in.
- 49, - ~nnnrors;nc fomil;or-
~ u, ,.;.h ~ 1or;I ~ tba form, of .
catn The ipJga however nrocured
. , renr;cye for moor old Jane. and
sbo vas Intimately released, to end
her days in peace,
Last. the witchcraft act was re-
pealed for the United Kingdom in
the same year. 1t was quite time.
for only nine years earlier. in 1927,
a woman was brought before Cap
toin David Ross deputv sheriff of
Sutherland charged with causing
her daughter to be shod bv the dew
H." and so making her lame both in
hands and feet. The fact having
been proved to the captains salts
faction. the old woman was put into
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-08-19
Pretty Tough For the General.

A French generals wife, whose
tongue lashing ability was far
famed, demanded that an old serv-
ant, who had served with her hus-
band in the wars, be dismissed.
Jacques" said the general, ego
to your room and pack your trunk
Fand leave-depart:"
The old Frenchman clasped his
hands to his heart with dramatic
JOY.
sMe-I can gow he exclaimed in
axrery ecstasy of gratitude. Then
suddenly his manner changed as
with utmost compassion he added:
'But you-my poor general, you
.suust stay!"
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The Intellectual Aqe.

The women of certain town re-
ly organized a literary club, and
awhile everything was lovely.
Alice" asked the husband of one
The members upon her return
lie from one of the meetings,
at was the topic under discus
by the club this afternoon"
lice couldn't remember at first
finally, however, she exclaimed:
"Oh, yes, 1 recollect! We dis
cussed that brazen looking woman
that's just moved in across the
street and Longfellow." ."-Harper's
Weekly.
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Dancing Birds.

7 The giant cranes of India, some
of which attain to height OF six
feet, are in way queer birds. They
mate for life and as mates are SIN
gularly devoted to each other.
Among their practices that of dane
ing together is the most remarka-
bic. To and fro and up and down
beneath scraggy tree near a creek
or water hole pair of these curious
birds may be seen at tho hour OF
dawn footing it gravely in a sort OF
Grotesque minuet
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Notice TO Farmers.

will be at the following places
on and after September l next, rep.
resenting Maybank & Go, cotton
buyers: Greelyville, Salters Depot.
Lanes, Gourdins and all points or
the Georgetown & Western Railroad
Will pay highest market price fol
your cotton.
j F SCOTT.
Kingstree, S G, July l, 1909.
7 l 3m
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7 l 3n

If you want engraved visiting
cards or wedding invitations
we are prepared to fill your
order guaranteeing satisfaction
and price. See our samples
before ordering.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-05-27
Opposed to SLANG.


Donald had been to Sunday school.
and on coming home was asked what
he had learned. The lesson was the
story of Joseph, and the small learn
er was evidently very full Of his sub
ject.
"oh," he said. at was about boy.
and his brothers took him and put
him In a hole in the ground; and
then they killed another boy. and
took the first boys coat and dipped It
in the blood of this boy and"
"Oh, no. Donald. not another boy!"
his sister interrupted. Mortified. But
Donald stood his ground.
'It was. too," he insisted. Then he
added: THE teacher said KID but !
don't use words like that."-Woman's
Home Companion.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-05-27

little kloof which interviewed between
us before he could reach me, though /
did not anticipate this, l walked on
towards him, till / got to my side Of
the ravine. about thirty PAGES from
him. He now seemed as II he had
thought that he had permitted me to
encroach far enough on to his domain,
and raised himself on his forequarters,
the tip of his tail twitching in man
ner which l knew meant mischief
should I wound him. II he moved
away l might not get better chance,
though wished the distance had been
less; but on such occasions as these 1t
does not do to hesitate long, SO took
aim at his shoulder. which presented a
fair mark, and as / fired he fell over
with roar which was answered some
little way off, doubtless by his mate.
speedily got another cartridge in.
and, as he lay writhing, / ran down the
bank and up towards him. He re-
covered a little as got nearer, cover
ing him all the while, and made a
futile attempt to charge me. AS he
did 80. gave him another shot in the
chest, dropping him. though he was
up AGAIN uhrCty dibi 6idi lib a. ihc
viciously. Again his roars were an
swered, but could see no signs of
any other lions: In fact, dared not
take my eyes more than an instant
on the one l had in hand. l still kept
moving steadily up to him, and, hav-
ing got as near as I thought advis-
able, just as he seemed about to make
another effort to come at me. got
third bullet into him. this time catch
ing him right in the ear and finishing
him. He was fully-grown young
male. with pretty fair name. but
nothing like SO fine as others have
met with. measured him by step
ping, after I had stretched him out,
and his length. from snout end to tip
Of tail, was little over ten feet. I
had no time then to see farther to
him, but set about searching for the
other lions. which were still In the
underbrush adjoining. But though
beat almost every yard. as thought,
Of cover. could not come across
them. they lay 30 close. Had they
crossed the open. could not very
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-05-27
REACHED LIMIT OF PATIENCE
Woman Had Put Up with . Let But
Last Trick Of Monkey Was
Too Much.

George F. Freeman NO longer ownA
monkey. He did until q short time
ago. The simian was pet for Free
man. and a pest OF his mother. A.
though she loathed the creature she
tolerated its presence on account Of
the attachment between her son and
his pet.
One day Mrs. Freeman was planting
flower seed in q small patch of spaded
ground In her back yard. The mon
key had watched with interest the
preparation Of the ground for the
seeds. When the planting came his
curiosity grew as the work progressed.
Following Mrs Freeman as she
thrust the small sweet pea seeds into
the ground and covered them over
the monkey dug up each seed. but It
found each one alike in taste-and not
an altogether pleasant taste at that
--spat 1t out and moved ON In the
wake of the planter. Mrs. Freeman's
back was turned to the monkey until
she finished the last row, then she
turned and saw the results Of the
animals campaign in the place where
she expected flowers to bloom.
George" she said. when her son
came home. that monkey and can
not live in the same family"
The monkey has a new home now
indianapolis News.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-05-27

sight of a lion, SO ! started on myself
and tramped about until 1 was pretty
we'll exhausted, without finding any
further indications of "Isilouan." Much
disgusted, returned to camp, pleased
that l had not decided to inspan and
trek farther, without satisfying my
self that I had not passed lion by;
for meant moving as soon as ever the
moon was old enough to guide us at
all. That evening l whiled away the
time while daylight lasted in cleaning
the skull of the Honess and entering
up my diary for the last week or SO.
My clothing also sadly needed patch
ing up after the waita-bit thorns of the
day before Then l turned in early
and was soon in the realm of dream
land, to be awakened by the unmistak.
able roar of a lion.
had been right after all, but only
felt half pleased at being disturbed.
There was nothing for 1t but to mount
guard again, and another broken
nights rest was the consequence. Still
the animals did not seem to approach
any nearer. By the sound they were
evidently close by the water AS soon
as the morning snack was over l set
the boys to work to get everything in
readiness for inspanning, and started
on once again, this time keeping close
along the bank Of the river as the most
likely way of coming across the spoor
of the lion. still thought 1t prudent
to rest my horse, as when we got far
ther out into the veldt should find 1t
much more dificult to dispense with
him than where then was, with pretty
well of cover. A couple of miles down
the river / found where the lions had
bcen drinking. There were several of
them-three, anyway, as could dis
tinguish from the pug marks-two full
grown ones and cub. or cubs,
This discovery caused me to reflect
a bit as to the wisdom OF proceeding
single-handed. However. I must either
give up the idea of the hunt altogether,
or tackle them myself; for 1 had no
confidence in the boys at such work,
and would much rather be without
them than with them Yet felt It was
a risky undertaking and recollections
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-05-27
THINK HARD
It Pays to Think About Food.

The unthinking life some people lead
often causes trouble and sickness, H.
lustrated in the experience of lady
in Fond Du Lac, Wis:
About four years ago suffered
dreadfully from Indigestion, always
having eaten whatever liked. not
thinking of the digestibIe qualities.
This indigestion caused palpitation Of
the heart SO badly could not walk up
a flight of stairs without sitting down
once or twice to regain breath and
strength.
II became alarmed and tried dieting,
wore my clothes very loose, and many
other remedies. but found no relief
Hearing OF the virtues of Grape
Nuts and Postum, commenced using
them in place of my usual breakfast of
coffee, cakes. or hot biscuit, and in
one weeks time I was relieved of sour
stomach and other ills attending indi-
gestion. In a months time my heart
was performing its functions naturally
and could climb stairs and hills and
walk long distances.
Il gained ten pounds in this short
time, and my skin became clear and
completely regained my health and
strength. continue to use Grape
Nuts and Postum for feel that I owe
my good health entirely to their use.
There's q Reason"
Il like the delicious favour Of Grape
Nuts and by making Postum accord
ing to directions, It tastes similar to
mild high grade coffee"
Read The Road to wellv!il> . in pkgs.
Ever read the above Iettsrs A new
ens aDDesr. froa tfne e tize. They
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-05-27
Tracking on High Ground.

The spoor led away towards some
higher ground, intertwined with tan
gled growth of creepers. and which
looked just like the kind of harbor my
game would be likely to take refuge
in. even thought ! could discern
some moving objects there. Anyway
followed the spoor right to where /
had calculated l should find recent
traces of the lions II they had not left
the vicinity, and suddenly in the sun,
at full length among the rocky boul-
ders, ! came across one. AS ap-
preached, he lazily raised his head and
looked at me, at the same time utter
ing low growl. as II annoyed at my
intrusion. AS he did not seem in
clined to move further. and must have
descended and climbed the side OF the
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-05-27

OF previous encounter In which had
been knocked senseless by lion In q
death charge fitted through my BRAIN
II had only had dog should not
have thought anything OF 1t. but my
doubts were speedily dismissed and
stepped briskly forward. A lion dies
a lot easier than grizzly bear or q
jaguar. as l had proved, and even a
deer with bullet through its heart
will go farther before it succumbs. OF
the tiger / cannot speak, but the
leopard and the jaguar, as also the
puma. or mountain lion. partake more
OF the cat" tenacity of life than does
the lion of South Africa
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-05-27
Lion
Hunting
in the
Mo1opo
Country
BY Percy SeIous

Wherever guns are made and sold
and game is hunted for the sake of
the sport of it the name of Selous
IS familiar. The stories of his
achievements circle the globe and
tens of thousands of lesser hunters
feel honored to haze hunted NTH
him on occasion or to hdpe crossed
his track or followed his trail. A
confirmed nomad, soldier of the
chase by irresistible prediction, he
has spent his life hunting, trapping
and travelling, sometimes in the Ca
madam moods, sometimes in the for
ests of the Andes, sometimes in the
passes of the Central Asian noun
tdins, sometimes in the northern ice,
sometimes in the African jungle,
and the story of his hunting cape
rtences is a romance of fact and ad-
venture. A member of this famous
family of hunters is accompanying
Theodore Roosevelt into the jungles
of East Africa.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-05-27

case. and her rich, tawny skin was
sufficient temptation for me; so
aimed at her throat, which presents a
much easier and safer mark than that
of the lion, with It's matted and tan
gled manc, sufficient at times to offer
considerable impediment to a bullet.
She must have raised her head as
fired, for my ball passed harmlessly
by; fortunately. too. for me. missing
the youngster Immediately behind her,
or pretty hullabaloo might have
been the result All the same, was
in no enviable position, with my car
bine empty. In close proximity to these
three cats. l followed the old adage
of keeping my eye intently fixed on
that OF the lioness; whether that had
anything to do with her refraining
from charging I win not pretend to
say. but she did remain still whilst
mechanically reloaded and as me-
chanically brought up my weapon.
Taking more careful aim this time, I
potted her right in her white cravat.
sending her In a somersault over the
young ones to their no little astonish-
ment, and, what with the roaring of
the lioness and the row made by the
cubs, there was quite Bedlam. Then.
appearing to realize their danger, they
suddenly vanished into cover again,
rather to my relief. My lioness strug
gled so violently that 1t was dif1cult
to finish her on. but at last she gave
me chance to put her out of her
misery by bullet through her brain.
AS soon as she lay still seated my.
self upon her and waited for the reap
pearance of the cubs, but. although l
stayed until the sun had got very low.
never saw anything moro Of either
of them. therefore whipped on her
hide. and rolling It up returned to the
lion, and served him likewise. getting
through with the job before dusk. The
hyenas could now worry at the car
casses. though I hoped might find
the skulls IN the morning. Making
my two skins into bundle, though
an unwieldy one. carried 1t all right
back to the wagon.
BY permission OF Lonsmars, Green .
Co.. New York.
copyright, 1909, by Benz. B. Hamptou-)
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-05-27
FIahtIna TubercuIosIs.

Three large fraternal orders arc ct
present conducting sanatoria for their
tuberculous members. The Royal
League. the first order to take up this
form Of work in the United States.
has a sanatorium at Black Mountain,
North Carolina The Modern Wood
men have recently opened a sanator-
ium at Colorado Springs. and the
Knights of Pythias. one at the East
Las Vegas. New Mexico. The Royal
Arcanum and the Brotherhood of
American Yeomen will consider prop
ositions at their coming grand coun-
cils for the erection of similar insti.
tutiOns
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-05-27

well have missed seeing them. as
there was quite a distance of bare
veidt all around the cover was hunt
ing through.
l was just persuading myself that
they must have sneaked away, when
. cub. about the size of Newfound-
land dog, jumped out of thick patch
and stood gazing steadily at me.
did not dare to empty my barrel at II.
for ] felt that its mother was near
by. In a minute or so another cub
followed the first and also took a
good look at my doubtless unexpected
person; and whilst my ideas were
somewhat confused as to the really
best course to pursue. a fine old lioness
marched grandly out and stationed
herself beside her progeny; at the
same time fixing me in anything but a
pleasant manner with her penetrating
orbs OF almost indescribable green.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-05-27
Memorial to Brave EXPLORER.

A memorial has Just been erected
in Kensington cemetery, London. to
the memory of Admiral Sir Francis
Leopold McClintock. the Arctic ex-
plcrer and discoverer OF the lost
Franklin expedition. 1t takes the
form of an old style wheel cross
standing on a massive nodded base.
reaching to a height Of ten feet and
erected in rough silver-gray Cornish
granite.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-05-27

could make out the form of q
lioness in the gloom, l concluded 1t
was not best to fire, as, in the event of
my only wounding her, she would have
had much in her favor should she have
attacked us In such darkness
All we had left of the giraffe was
represented by few splinters of bones
which the hyenas had polished after
the lion had gorged himself For some
distance along the river bank the
country was pretty well wooded,
whilst away to the north stretched the
Kalahari, dotted here and there with
scant timber clumps, but otherwise a
vast sea Of sand. did not take my
horse, as he was bit stiff from the
tumble of the day before; he had also
somewhat renewed his lameness, which
was scarcely to be wondered at, consid-
ering the country l had ben galoping
him over.
On the Track of a Li0ness.
The brush was SO thick that it was
next to impossible to get through 1t,
and therefore, as it was clear around,
and there was no fear of making a con-
flagration, set fire to It as the best
apparent means of ousting our game.
Telling Bob, my Kafir driver, to keep
close behind me, went little fur
ther round the cover and was just In
time to see lioness break away, but
so far of that did not fire, preferring
to let her go. in hopes of getting a
more favorable chance for a shot. By
this time the blaze had got SO powerful
that we. too, were glad to get away
from 1t.
The lioness made straight for an
other bit of brush, whittier we went
after her, and, though the thorns were
quite thick enough, decided to follow
her in. My boy did not relish accom-
panying me, nor could exactly blame
him; for, though fair hunter and a
brave enough lad in ordinary, he did
not like lions, his father having been
killed and his brother badly mauled by
one. It was rather diff1cult keeping
her spoor. but after some trouble and
considerable wear and tear, espied
her lying on bare spot, watching me
intently. Her head was resting be-
tween her paws and, as quickly as pos
sible, fired between her eyes, and
could have sworn l planted the bullet
there. for she was not above thirty
PAGES from me. Turning to take my
spare carbine from Bob, found that
he had vanished. But the lioness never
stirred. and was hurriedly reloading
when she suddenly jumped up and
dashed further into the thicket.
Unparliamentary language relieves
the feelings, II nothing more; SO. after
having mathematical poor Bob. once
more plunged after the lioness, won
dering how our next meeting would
come on. There was plenty Of blood,
Just where her head had lain. and also
enough to guide me easily on the
tracks she had taken. Indeed. before
was aware of Il, was almost ON top
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-05-27

Q HAD had very little sleep
all night, owing to the
prowling around and roar
ing of lions. attracted by
the offal OF a giraffe
which l had shot the pre-.
vious afternoon, and had
had dragged bodily up to
the wagon. The night was,
however, SO dark that l
could not get a view, and.
although / once thought l
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-05-27
Getting a Lioness with Her Cubs.

don't think she meant charging,
however; one can tell intuitively pref
ty correctly when this is going to hap
pen, and l believe she would have
gone quietly away and taken her cubs
with her, II hai not interfered. The
tenets ventilated by a certain ex-
plorer of prominence. who evidently
considers 1t heinous crime to kill
lions and similar gentle. useful crea-
lures. had not then come to my imowl
edge. not that they would have infiu-
enced me a bit. IL such had been the
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-05-27

OF her. Stepping steadily back-she
lay directly from mel drew another
bead between her ears at the base OF
her skull, and let fly. This time there
could be no doubt as to its being ef-
fective. for, as / stood, could see
where the bullet bored right into her
brain. The lioness never SO much as
moved. SO 1 stepped up and examined
her. My first bullet had struck her too
low beneath the eyes to reach her
brain. 1t had torn through the cartil-
age of the nose and down her throat,
momentarily stunning and SO stupify-
ing her that her last rush was a ran
dom one; but she was dead, to all In
tents and purposes, and doubtless was
not in need Of my second ball. Her
skin was simply of no value. and could
only have been an eyesore, SO l did
not bother to take 1t on, only keeping
her skull, and returned to the wagon
to rate my needless driver soundly.
Awakened by the Roar of a Lion.
My theory was that lioness would
probably not be altogether solitary, as
is sometimes the case with animals of
the male sex. Acting on this hypoth-
esis, l determined to cast around and
see If could not make out further
signs of lions. / did not need meat
There was plenty for some time, and
the additional excitement attached to
hunting such game as was after had
a great fascination. 1t was no use my
talking to Bob, and the other boy
would probably have fed at the first