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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-12
Soldiers Homo Concert.

The band concert at the soldiers
home tonight will include the follow
ing numbers:
March. Kaiser Frederick" Friedman
Overture, "Reminiscences OF Verdi
Verdi
Intermezzo, 1.-THE Wedding Of the
Rose. Jessel
Gallop, "Di Concert Infernar.....
... Keller Bella
Caprice awakening Of the Lion
Kontssi
Rag, "Hungarian' .Lenzpers
National air
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-12

AS against 14O aviation fatalities in
! 1912 there were 1872 last year, twenty
| six Of them occurring in the United
| States.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-12

al.s... properly a.,.d. Hsilsere
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-06-04
Mikes Appearances.

By mistake a tramp knocked at
an Irish wayside cottage inhabited
by a policeman, says the Montreal
Family Herald, and was much as
tonished when that official himself
answered the door.
In evident alarm the man blurted
out, 'Does Mike McCann stay about
here !?
"What is he like? ?" asked the po-
liceman.
He received a very vague descrip,
ton in reply and made pretense Of
going inside to ask his wife. In
minute he reappeared with his hand
held behind his back and asked.
would you know Mike if you saw
him~
eyes," replied the tramp.
'1s this anything like him " ask.
ed the good natured policeman, and
he held out a substantial buttered
scone.
With a broad grin of relief and
satisfaction the tramp replied.
"Thats the very chap"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-06-04
Easily Pleased.

If you wish to make a Baganda
perfectly happy, all you need to do
is to say, "Way wally," which means
q sort of supremely earnest "Well
DONE" The moment this talismanic
expression has left your lips the ma
tive to whom it is addressed will
probably fall on his knees, and,
clasping his two hands together,
will sway them from side to side as
if he were 7 playing concertina,
while all the time his face beams
with most 5enignant and COM
pulsive smile, and he purrs GO,
40, a-o," as much as to say, "My
cup of joy is overAowing. ng."-Strand
Magazine.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-06-04
And the Fight Was On.

"Grandpa, l wuz over to Eddy
Slocum's today, an Eddy's grandpa
showed me his musket that he car
ried through tn war. l told him
you carried sword, cause it was
hangin' up in our parlor. An ne
said it must be cheese knife,
cause you wuz the company cook." "
"Wow! Did that dodderin' old
rapscallion say that? You go over
an ask him which side he wuz fight
in on?"
The boy departs. Presently he
returns.
"He told me, grandpa"
"What did he say?"
"He said he wuz on tn front side
of tn tree that you wuz hidin' be-
hind"
"Wowl Gimme my hat an coat
an cane!"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-06-04
Hay on Church Floor.

A curious custom is annually OBJ
served at Old Neston church on st.
Swithin's day. The church is dedi-
Gated to St. Swithin, and on festival
day the church is strewn with hay.
Many years ago some donor left q
field to provide money for bread
which is distributed four times q
year. The tenant of the field has
to supply the hay to strew the
church. The custom is supposed to
have originated from the fact that
on festival Sunday the parishioners
wear new boots, and the idea of the
donor was to have the hay laid
down to stop the sqpeaking incl
dental to new footwear.-London
Standard.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-06-04
How Pike Kill Porch.

From careful observation I am
satisfied that pike kill their prey
before swallowing them, and they
do this by holding whatever fish
they have secured crossways in their
powerful jaws for some time before
bolting it. I once watched pike
hold a perch in this way for twenty
minutes, and then he moved off out
of sight, but from five to ten min
utes IS the usual time. W. Il.
Armistead in "Trout Waters, Man
agement and Angling"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-06-04
YOU CAN'T EAT
APPETITE POOR

Multitudes Of people lose their
appetite. Simply don't care for any
thing to eat. The dinner bell has no
interest to them. They loathe their,
breakfast. They may nibble little
of this and little Of that, but they
do not care for it.
Lunch has lost all Of it's charms,
although they try to eat something.
Dinner about the same.
There is something positively
wrong, Of course, but no disease that
can be named. Just out Of sorts.
That Is all.
It Is in this kind Of condition
that Peruna acts very beneficially.
After using Peruna, interest in food
Is revived. Beginning with a tea
spoonful Of Peruna before each meal
will generally quickly improve the
appetite and help the digestion.
Thousands Of people can testify to
this. Liberated from a slavery that Is
almost unbearable. The slavery Of
having no interest in life. All used
up. Yet one does not know exactly
why. Take Peruna before each meal
Skies will get blue again. Fields will
look green once more and life will
De pleasant. You will feel that you
are good for something and the world
IS a good place to live in. Peruna
will do it. Not as an artificial stim-
ulant. Simply tonic that stimulates
appetite in a natural way.
Those who object to- liquid medi.
cines can now obtain Peruna Tablets.
Ask your Druggist for Free
PeI'una Lucky Day Al.
manac for 1914.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-06-04
"Spoken English Very Good"

From an advertisement OF Dan
ish hotel: "The hotels charmingly
situation, surrounded Of a nice gar
den the good cuisine, the kindly ac-
commodation with moderate charge
and good conveyances, with easy
occasion for salmon and trout fish
ing, the ascending of the surround
ing mountains has done this place
well known and praised of all trav-
elers. N. B.-The landlord is spo-
ken English very good"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-06-04
Friendly Advice.

A very matter of fact Scotchwo-
man called to see .neighbor, an
elderly woman, who had been ailing
for some time.
"And how do you find yourself
today, Janet?' was the greeting.
"Ah, Martha, Pm very bad. This
cold, damp weather ii be the end
of me. I'll be a dead woman be-
fore very long"
"Hoots, toots, woman! You've
been saying that any time these last
twenty years. I've no patience with
you. III tell you what it is. You
want frmness of mind. Fix a day
for your dying-and stick to it."
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-06-04
DAzED THE WITNESS.
Ruse of a Clever Lawyer That Brought
Case to an ABRUPT Close.

Jeremiah Mason, a celebrated
American lawyer, possessed to a
marked degree the instinct for find
ing the weak point.
He was once cross examining a
witness who had previously testified
to having heard Mason's client
make certain statement, and so
important was this statement that
the adYersary's case was based on it
alone.
Several questions were asked by
Mason, all of which the witness an
swered with more or less hesita-
ton. Then he was asked to repeat
once more the statement he had
heard made. Without hesitation he
gave it word for word as he had CIV
en- it in the direct examination. A
third time Mason led the witness
round to this statement, and again
it was repeated verbatim.
Then, without warning, he walk
ed to the witness stand and, point
ing straight at the witness, said in
a perfectly unimpassioned voice.
"Let's see that paper you have in
your waistcoat pocket"
Taken completely by surprise,
the witness mechanically took pa
per from the pocket indicated and
handed it to the lawyer.
There was a profound silence in
the courtroom as the lawyer slowly
read in a cold, calm voice the exact
words of the witness in regard to
the statement and called attention
to the fact that they were in the
handwriting of counsel on the other
side. He then gathered up his pa
pers with great deliberation, re-
marked that there seemed to be nc
further need for his services and
departed from the courtroom.
Mason was then asked how he
knew that the paper was in the wit,
ness pocket.
"Well," explained Mason, "it
seemed to me that he gave that
part of his testimony more as il
he'd learned it than az if he had
heard it. Then, too, I noticed that
at each repetition of his testimony
he put his hand to his waistcoat
pocket and then let it fall again
when he got through"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-06-04
A Narrow Street.

The English town of Great Var
mouth contains a street that well
may be considered the narrowest
built up street in the world. This
thoroughfare is known as Kitty
Witches row, and measurement
gives its greatest width as ffty-six
inches. The entrance would seri-
ously inconvenience a stout person,
as twenty-nine inches is all that is
spared from wall to wall. The town
contains many such streets as Kitty
Witches.-Westminster Gazette.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-06-04
Constant Squeezing.

"Now, Algernon," said Miss Fuss
anfeathers as she was tightly held
in the embrace of her fance, "they
tell me that men get tired of squeez-
ing after they are married. Will
you promise me not to give it up
after we are man and wifer ?"
"Oh, 1 assure you it is not neces-
sary to make any such promises" !"
replied the young man. II guaran-
tee you'll have all the squeezing
you want to do to get along on 81
a week."-Exchange.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-06-04
SOLDIERS IN BATTLE.
Standing MotionIess Under Fire 10
Most Terrifying Ordeal.

Every cne of US must have won
dered how he would feel in battle
for the first time. We may get
some idea of how the average man
feels under such circumstances from
study of the psychology of battle,
published in Italy. Lieutenant Colo
mel Mangiarotti of the Seventy-sev-
enth infantry carefully examined
more than 1000 soldiers who first
faced fire in the war between Italy
and Turkey, and he summarizes
their statements in the Rivista Mill
tare. He questioned them one by
one.
Out of 1000 men 1,700 confessed
that their most trying moment in
the whole campaign was when they
first heard hostile bullets whistle
about their ears. But almost all OF
them said they were much less
frightened than they had expected
to be and that the scare diminished
with each battle.
The average soldier finds the
most terrifying position to be that
of standing motionless in the front
rank, exposed to the enemy's fire
without being able to reply. The
order to advance or to charge with
fixed bayonets is then received as a
release from agony. Movement,
even into greater peril, distracts the
mind and greatly reduces the men
tai anguish.
Soldiers are seriously affected by
the trembling Of their superiors.
An officer who shakes in his shoes
is a coward in the eyes of the rank
and file, although the men know
that many military heroes-Henri
", Turenne and Frederick the
Great, for instance-trembled on
going into fight.
Colonel Mangiarotti says that Of
fcers must understand this feeling.
This is especially true for ieuten-
ants, for this inquiry reveals the
fact that in battle all officers from
captains upward are nonexistent SO
far as the common soldiers are con-
cerned. They keep their eyes on
their lieutenants exclusively. This
was brought out when Colonel Man
giarotti asked the men what sentl-
ment animated them when the bull
lets were falling all around them
was it love Of country, religion,
their oath of fidelity to their king
'1 went ahead" they replied al
most unanimously, "because my
lieutenant went ahead"
1t seems that once the battle is
on and the first feeling of terror
has vanished soldiers feel as if set
free. The fever of combat takes
possession of them, and they think
about nothing else.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-06-04
Color.

Of the light rays that fall upon
an object some are taken up by the
object and others are reflected. 1t
is to the reflected rays that we are
to turn for the explanation of color.
For instance, a sheet of white paper
is "white" because all the seven
kinds of light are reflected from its
surface, while the sunfower is "yel-
low" because when light falls on it
the violet, indigo, blue and green
rays are selected for absorption,
and yellow principally is reflected.
The reflective rays, received by the
eye, produce the sensation OF color.
This is an explanation of nearly
all the colors that exist.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-06-04
Very Old Custom.

The custom of saying "God bless
you" to person when he sneezes
originated among the ancients, who,
fearing danger from it, after sneez-
ing made short prayer to the gods,
as "Jupiter, help me-" The custom
is mentioned by Homer, the Jewish
rabbis and others. Polydore Vergil
says it took its rise at the time Of
the plague in 55s, when the infect
ed fell dead, sneezing, though ap-
parently in health.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-06-04
Climax Of Courtesy.

The extreme of courtesy seemed
to have been reached by the owners
of a mine in Colorado when they
placed at the mouth of the mine
shaft this notice:
"Visitors will please not fall down
the mine"
However, one visitor who disre-
garded this polite request and was
picked up at the bottom of the
first level with some dislocated ribs
and a broken arm, outdid even the
courtesy of the sign. He said:
'Beg pardon, gentlemen; beg par
don."-New York Post.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-06-04
FORECASTS THAT FAILED.
John Jay Said Our Supreme Court
Would Be a Failure.

WouIQ be FdHure.
Alexander Hamilton predicted
that the house of representatives
would have mo small advantage"
over the senate in any dispute,
since it would be the popular branch
of the government and because 1t
would have the power Of origlnat-
ing all money bills-a strong weap-
on in it's hand. But the senate soon
became the dominant partner, and
the house found that the power to
amend money bills exercised by the
senate nullifed the advantage of
originating them.
At the close of John Adams ad-
ministration it is said that John
Jay refused the appointment OF
chief justice on the ground that the
bench would never attain "the en-
ergy, weight and dignity which we're
essential to its afording due sup
port to the national government" :"
This forecast John Marshall made
absurd.
When Louisiana was annexed
Senator White remarked in debate
that gentlemen on all sides, with
very few exceptions, agree that the
settlement of this country will be
highly injurious and dangerous to
the United States" and that its in
corporation into the Union would
be "productive of innumerable ills"
In 1911, in a speech on a bill to
permit the organization of a state
from a section of the Louisiana pur-
chase, Representative John Quincy
Adams of Massachusetts asserted
that if the measure should pass "the
bonds of the Union will be virtually
dissolved"
In the thirties Scotchman, Pat
rick Shirreff, made journey
through the United States and pub
lished the results Of his observa-
tions. At that time Chicago was a
town of $50 houses. Of it's future
the traveller wrote, Chicago will in
all probability attain considerable
size, but its situation is not so IA
vorable to growth as many other
places in the Union"
In 1862 Lincoln in message to
congress predicted a population OF
139, 100000 for the United States
in the year 1910 and of 1S7,0o0,-
900 in 1920. The estimate for 1910
was 100000 too great. The diff
Guilty was that the country did not
continue to increase in population
after 1860 in the same proportion
that it had prior to that year.-E1-
change.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-06-04

The general education board, which
administers the John D Rockefeller
fund, has announced appropriations
totaling $1,400,O0O to universities
and colleges and for The purpose Of
carrying on farm demonstration in
struction and boys and girls clubs
in Maine and New Hampshire. The
college and university appropriations
include the following: Washington
and Lee university, Lexington, Va,
100000; Wofford college, Spartan
burg, $4,000.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-06-04
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS
And Devises Ways and Means
for Primary under New Rules.

The Democratic executive COM
mittee of Williamsburg county met
at IL o'clock noon in the court
house here Monday. Of the twenty
eight members that constitute the
committee all were present except
three. Solicitor P H Stoll, chair
man of the committee, was one OF
the absentees, attending court at
Manning.
The meeting was called to order
by the secretary, A C Kinds, Esq,
and MIR ] E Davis was elected chair
man who took charge of the meet
ing. The following business was
transacted:
1t was proposed and adopted that
each member of the executive COM
mittee, except those absent, name
and fix the voting place in his club
district. For the absent commit
teemen the voting places were
named and fixed by the committee.
A rule was adopted by the COM
mittee requiring each enrolling Of
ficer in the county to ask each and
every applicant for enrolment on
the various club rolls which of the
voting places is nearest his place OF
residence.
1t was also moved and ordered that
a special committee of three be ap-
pointed and sent into the Sandy Bay
district to determine upon the ad-
visibility of organizing a club dis
trict, and that the committee be
empowered and authorized to or
ganize such club district if in their
judgment, such an organization be
deemed necessary. And, if organ
lied, the voting place IS to be Sandy
Bay school house. The committee,
consisting of Messrs R S Burgess,
Barlow Smith and L M McCants,
was instructed to do their work
within the next ten days.
If new club district is decided
upon at Sandy Bay it is empowered
to name its own enrolling commit
tee. The enrolling committees TOR
the various clubs of the county wera
appointed and the secretary was in
structed to prepare and have pub
lished in the county paper a list of
their names.
Enrolling books will be mailed to
the club secretaries as soon as they
are received by the secretary of the
executive committee.
Each executive committeeman is
required to furnish the managers of
his club district with two wooden
ballot boxes. The secretary was in
structed to notify the absent COM
mitteemen of the adoption of this
rule.
The meeting adjourned at $3.50
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-25
VARIOUS USES FOR HERBS
Have Their Peculiar Qualities
That Should Be Understood.

Save:
Mint, for meat sauces.
Angelica, for flavoring cakes.
Lavender, for oil and distilled water.
Sage, for sausage and meat dress
ings.
Sweet fennel, leaves used in fish
sauces.
Dill, the seeds are used to favor
pickles. -,"
Borage, leaves boiled as dandelion
or spinach.
Thyme, in gravies and dressings Of
stuffed meats.
Chives,' leaves used for flavoring
soups and salads.
Borage, balm and catnip are useful
where one has bees.
Tarragon, leaves useful in giving
flavor to vinegar and pickles.
Coriander, fennel and caraway seeds
are used for flavoring fruit sirups and
cakes.
Among those having medicinal value
are arnica, hops, catnip, bene, penny
royal, belladonna, sage, rue, horehound,
marshmallow, NORWOOD, hyssop and
peppermint.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-25
SAVING ON LAUNDRY BILLS
Frequent Pressing VIII Do Much To-
ward Preserving Appearance Of
the Thin Garments.

The woman whose ambition 1t is to
always look we'll dressed will pay spe-
cial attention to the pressing OF her
garments. A linen shirt waist or suit
should be pressed after each wearing.
All thin waists and dresses can be
worn twice as long before being laun.
dered If they sre pressed often. They
are usually more mussed than soiled
whsn'put in the wash. Garments which
must be pressed on the wrong side,
but which need touch on the right
side, may be pressed very nicely pro-
vided piece of smooth tissue paper Is
used to protect the goods from the hot
iron. When ironing silks and ribbons
the use Of tissue paper will prevent
them from becoming shiny.
A white frock or blouse that is soiled
In places, but not enough to require
laundering, may be much improved
by the following method: Dissolve
some gloss starch in warm water,
moisten the soiled portions with this
mixture and press carefully. The gar
ment will look almost as good as new
and may be worn several times with
out laundering.
Lingerie waists will not get mussed
nearly as soon and are much easier to
iron when subjected to the following
method: Wash as usual, but do not
starch. When dry, dip in borax water,
using one tablespoonful Of borax to
one quart OF warm water. Wiring out
and fold in towel for few hours,
then iron dry.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-25
Gathered to Defend Country.

One hundred years ago the State
Fencibles, q volunteer corps raised In
Philadelphia, marched from that city
to the rendezvous at Kennett's square.
When 1t was learned that the British
had descended on Washington, great
alarm was felt in every city along the
Atlantic seaboard, and everywhere
hasty measures were being taken 'fo1
defense. The sending out Of the
State Fencibles was one of the steps
taken by Philadelphia in preparation
to resist an attack by the enemy. The
corps was organized by Capt. Clement
C. Biddle. son Of the Clement Biddle
who is known in history as "the Quak.
er soldier" In his youth Capt. Biddle
served for a time In the navy. As cap
tain Of the State Fencibles he took
part in several engagements in the
war of 1912, and was later appointed
colonel of a Pennsylvania infantry
regiment, #4
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1914-09-25
Fla and Nut Jelly.

Wash cupful of pulled figs in cold
water. Put over slow fire with two
cupfuls Of cold water and stew figs IN.
til tender. Skim out figs and to the
juice add one.half cupful of sugar and
boil until it is like thin strip (there
should be one oupful Of liquid. Chop
figs and one-quarter cupful of shelled
pecans not very fine. Soak one-half
box of gelatine in one cupful Of cold
water for half an hour. To the gela.
tine add one.half teaspoonful of lemon
Juice, and to the fig strip add one-half
cupful of boiling water. Strain through
fine sieve or piece of cheesecloth.
When nearly set, add nuts and figs.
Turn into molds and set in cool place
for three hours. Serve with whipped
cream.