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THE COUNTY RECORD _ KINGSTREE, S. C. jtOI^S J. BBISTOW, Kd. & Prop'r, ( r Philadelphia is a veritable Eden, at least to the street car traveler. One road at least runs its cars every minute, and limits the passengers to the %e - number of seats. ? Sir Walter Besant estimates that the Jiving descendants of the pilgrim fathers in the United States number * ' /VAA 1 * * * t ? A AAA 1 atxmt 10, wu, aunougn noi iu,wu, xm r- thinks, know tho relationship. ??. The supreme court of Georgia has >\ Recently declared that when a ruan has reached sixty-eight years of age he is "an aged man" in the eyes of the law. The law thus snips off four years from the allotted span of threescore years and ten. Speaker Gully of the British House ?f Commons, has just cast his deciding rote for the first time since as??* naming office, there being a tie fote for the second reading of an unimportant bill. It is thirty years I Since the speaker has voted. According to the latest statistics published by the Mexican government, the population of the city of .? Mexico at the end of 1896 numbered 330,698. The death rate daring the ^ear, exclusive ef infants still-born, ^ : iraa 47 per 1000 of the population. I I According to Dr. Flint of Scotland, the great creeds of Christendom are unifying rather than dividing forces. Tbia is a true, admits the Sew York Observer, though not perhaps a familiar aspect of the case. The great creeds assert more, and more important things in common than many people are aware. Swiss children are obliged to attend acheol six to eight years, fines being imposed on their parents in case of mnexcused absence. Bat as many parents are too poor to provide food and clothing for their children not a few of the cantons have undertaken to prdride assistance, and it is estimated that last year 40,000 children were Ohm aided hv the lists. I ? : ??, Mains has decided to celebrate the (jj birth of Guttenberg on midsummer dhj, 1900, in order not to interfere El with Leipaig's -celebration of the same event in 1899. to the exact year of |;> the iisnterdl printing's birth is not . too? the difference of a year or two In the shew a au ao of the 600th anni? fwpij will sot shock historical ao' * The National Educational association r . toe decided in favor of reformed spelling to the extent of 22 words, andin the twparte of the proceedings of the association heaea&ar the simplified epelli-y inge viB he employed. The department of superintendence of the -association voted to submit the selection of the emended spellings to a committee of tfciwq ?f which Dr. William T. Harris, United States Commissioner of K Education, waa chairman, and the committee decided en the following list of words: TW?(though); catalog?(catalogue); program?(programme); decalog?(decalogue)Aharo?(thorough); nlthe?(although) tthorofare?(fisorooghfare) ; Ant? (through); thruout | ?(throughout^; prolog? (prologue) ; demagog?(demagogue); pedagogic (pedagogue). The bicycle has probably done mors to develop the mechanical genius of the people of today thaa any other agency, remarks the Washington Star. ; With the old wheel, the ordinary, while " - a repair kit was carried, it was seldom needed, for the whole machine was J built for wear, weighing two and three ' * times as much as the modern safety, and having tires almost unbreakable. ' The only danger was from a loosened tire. Later on the narrow tire and then the cushion tire came in, each requiring more care, and with them eame the sprockets, chains and adjustable saddles and handle bars that required some skill to manipulate. Bat fv it jr*s with the advent of the eighteen to .tKenty-one-ponml pneumatic that skill was really called for, and today it is hard to find an owner of a wheel who is unable to take his machine apart, or who does not thoroughly |V understand its make-up. Good evidence of tlws is to be ha.l at any of the & cycle shows, or even in the regular f . sales rooms. At the former it is a coo a dMnn 1 F. lAnuiuva *v vvv ? ? vw?? ?%. . some new inodeJ, everyone?man or) woman, young or old?seemingly possessed of gecnrate knowledge nuu capable of weighing carefully the a l\au GOTHAM'S^UMMER DAY& GLIMPSES OF FASHIONABLE LIFE AND ATTIRE IN CREATER NEW YORK. I Hrlfn Gould and Her Simple Gown?Sonic ?w Costumed Worn by Prominent j j Women?The Latest Ideas in Hats and Trimmings ? A Jewel of Femininity, j (Special New York Letter). I New York has changed! So says the elderly beau of fifty years ago, and he sighs as his thoughts wander back into the mist of bv-gone years. Perhaps after all he is right, and yet as I stood before the full length portrait of Catharine Lorillard Wolfe at the Metropolitan Museum I thought that every uecade had its philanthropists and Miss Helen Gould is the Good Samaritan of to-day. I saw Miss Gould on Broadway last week. She was decorous, quiet, self-possessed, although many eyes followed in her direction. Stately as] always, wellgroomed and well-togged, her simple gown of rich blue checked cloth made with an open front jacket, with which a [front of soft crepe du chene was worn looked verv attractive on a dull day. Speaking of new gowns, quaint Katherine Florence of the "Never Again Company," who has not yet packed off to ! "urope, occupied a l>ox at Keith's Monday afternoon. Miss Florence looked smart in a short Eton jacket with revered fronts. She had on a soft shirt front with high turndown collar and cravat a la "My Friend From India." Miss Shannon, who is like some fragile bit of delicate china, accompanied her. I noticed her gown of green whipcord fitted her trim figure closely, and was ornamented with black braid across the front and on the skirt Her hat was trimmed with berries, leaves and ribbon. ||There is such a variety in hats that one knows not what to choose. In the window of a shop on Fifth avenue I saw a round hat made of fine straw which is worn cocked. The brim rolls slightly at the right side and the flat tPLSIN FROCK 'OT CHOCOLATE CHE^ wrown -was surmounted by a ehaplet o aroses of the Louis XVI period. Th< left side was ornamented with a bow of ecru lace and two white ostricl plumes stood upright is the centre ol the bow. The profusion of fichus, Tests and herthee is simply fascinating. Thej juce made in silk, mulls, organdies and COWX OF GREEN' WHIPCOF.D. n a in cook ami trimmeil with Talenciennes ami Mechlin laces. Greua lines?gossamery in "web and delicate in texture' are legion in d?; -'? - - : ... sign. No wardrobe is complete with- . out one gown at least. Leather trimming is still much in j vogue, particularly the white kid | GOWN OF HICH BLUE CHECK CLOTH WITH AH OPEN FRONT JACKET. elaborately embroidered. The latter is used to a vast extent for boleros, caffs, collars, etc. Gowns of to-day?snch as those used for golfing, tennis, boating and the like must have a strict tailor finish to i be correct. "Reggy" Arnold and his fair fiancee, i Miss Yiolet di Zerega, have been the ; recipients of many congratulatory din riOT. SHORT ETON JACKET SUIT. f tiers of late. They are both popular in ) the jonnger set, and Miss di Zerega is r so fair to look upon, that one can well t understand all "this fussin 'round" as 1 Aunt Jane would say. Miss di Zerega stood at the counter near me At Tiffl any's the other day. She was "exr changing gifts," and her flushed face [ and perplexed brow made her a very . attractive picture. She wore an exceedingly plain frock of chocolate cheviot, consisting of a well hanging skirt and blazer jacket, which displayed a soft front of pink mull and a crush collar of ribbon and lace. Her hat was a "dream," but the sunshine of her face put everything else in shadow, and I sincerely congratulate Mr. Arnold nrwin Mmnsincr this eiiuisite ~ o jewel of femininity. The costumes illustrated herewith were designed by The National Cloak Co., of New York. . Indian AcricnlturUta. The Indians on the Shoshone reservation have to the present time this season sown 125,000 pounds of grain, and it is expected they will sow as much more before the close of the planting season. The Department is not giving the seed to t ie Indians this year as heretofore, but is loaning it and expects the Indians to repay it when they harvest their crops. The pupils of the Indian school are farming extensively under the direction of the Indian agent, Captain "Wilson, and the teachers of the school. They have put out 12,000 cabbage pl&nti and have a model garden. A test will be made on the farm with sugar beet seed, the Department having furnished a large quantity for experiment. Under the present management of Indian affairs the Indians of the Shoshone reservation are improving rapidly in condition, and the majority of the tribe will soon become self-supporting. Great interest is being taken by the Indians in school work, and th^J I agency school is^having a very sue* i c?ssful term.?Omaha (Nety.) Bee, A WONDERFUL REPTILE. Caught by a James River Fisherman | an<l Just the Shape of the River. A New York traveling man recently arrived at Norfolk from a trip through Yirgiaia and tells of a remarkable discovery which was recently made by fishermen up the James river near City Point a few days ago. "I bad heard a good deal about the scenerv along the river," said he, "and wanted to visit two or three of the battle grcunds of the late war, so I finished up my business at Petei sburg an 1 we it over :<> City Point. General Graut's old headquarters. A great many of the darkies get their living up that way by net fishing. The morning after I ron/died Pitv Point. a man told I rae some of the fishermen had caught a strange animal, and if I \<ent an to Peter Jackson's shanty I eoulc. see it. Accordingly, I got into a boat and paid one of the old Uncle Tom darkies a quarter to row me npto the place. He had heard of the discovery and sf.id it was some "wonderful beast" that 11 d one in those parts had ever seen before. Fully a hundred colored brethren of all sizes and descriptions had gathered around by the time we had arrived. The night before, while Jack-. sou and his brother had been hauling their :^et. there was an unusual commotion. and, after dumping the fish, they were astonished to find a remarkable looking reptile, a little less than three feet in length. It at first made a lively fight, bu*. was finally laid out by a blow from an oar. The superstitious negroes were almost afraid to row ashore with it, but curiosity finally overcame their fear. I do not wonder that the darkies were so scared. It had fourteen or fifteen claws attached to short legs something like an alligator, also an enormous mouth, which had been pried open and was lined with nnrii- vwro nf t*pth. The tail was shaped like that of a whale and the web-footed claws showed that it belonged to a species which conld swim. Its color was dark green, the claws being red, also port.ons of the tail and the inside of the month as well. It had-one large eve, and a long slim tongne like that of a snake. Iam frank to say that I never saw anything like it before, and if I had been ont with the boys any dnring the week, would have thought sure that I 'had 'em,' but I had been sober as a judge for months before. " I'he thing wae taken up to Richmond, and from there sent North to some naturalist I believe. It was sent on the steamer Virginia, of the James rirer route of the Old Bay Line. I crme along on the same trip, and the officers of the boat had quite a discussion about the animal or reptile. We spread it out on a piece of paper, and one of the pilots while examining it, suddenly made on exclamation. Before we could ask him what was the matfer he hastened out and came back with a map of the James river. Wonderlul to say, the shape of the thing was almost similar to the many curves in the stream. The Chickahominy and other rivers which flow into the James river, corresponded with the legs of the animal, and where the river was largest it was broadest J*he tail was located near Richmond, and its mouth when opened was very similar to the shape of the Hampton Roads between Old Point Comfort and Norfolk. The officers of the steamer were so impressed with the likeness that one of them made a drawing of it, I believe, and sent it to the headquarters of the Baltimore Steam Packet Company, which operates the James River Line of steamers between 1 Baltimore and Richmond. I should think that the Smithsonian Institute at Washington wonld like very mncb to obtain this Cariosity. It majr have been a Southern alligator, which had gotten out of his latitude and into the James, but I have never see:i an alligator before which had a red tail and tongue and was of such a vivid greanish tint" BIGGEST SEESAW IN THE WORLD I J Ton Can See More than Ton 8a*s from the Ferris Whc.I. Visitors to the Tennessee centennial exposition at Nashville may be tossed In the air and from a dizzy height cat:b a fleeting glimpse of the show around them. In an attempt to get up a feature which would rival the FeiTis wheel the management has constructed an Immense see-saw on the familiar principle of the board laid i across a Dile of lumber on which chll drer. bare played since time Immemorial. The affair Is of bridge construction anr made of wrought Iron and steel. A t>eam 160 feet long carrying at either end a carriage which will hold twentyflvo persons is erected upon a tower seventy-five feet high. When the car Is at its highest point the passengers art 150 feet from the ground. Electrhrity furnishes the motive power and llgats the structure at night. The cars being evenly balanced do not require FERRIS WHEEL OF TENNESSEE FAIR. much power. The engineers in charge of the affair declare it is perfectly safe and no fears need be entrtained of its collapse. At the base of the tower is j an inelosure given up to cafes, dancing j plai.forijja and refreshpieoi booths. I V BILL ARP'S WEEKLY LEnER.! ? I THE WRITINGS OF INFIDELS AND ATHEISTS CONDEMNED. SHOCK WILLIAM'S SENSIBILITIES. The Great Mysteries of Nature Refute Their Agnosticism and Ordinary Mortals are Satisfied. These modern agnostics, skeptics, atheists and infidels are having a lively time in the New York papers. The columns are open to them and it keeps our Christian and God-fearing people busy in replying to their assaults upcn the Bible and Christianity. No 1wo of them seem to have the same faith or to be fighting under the same general, but thfy are all engaged instorminc the citadel, some on one side and some on another and with different weapons of warfare. They are pnlldowners instead of bnild-nppers. . One Ret assaults the miracles and seem to have a special spite at Jonah and the whale. Another set denounces Jephtha for sacrificing his daughter and denounces God for permitting it. They are equally indignant against David for having Josiah slain and against Samuel for ordering Saul to slay the women and children and cattle of the Amalekites. They declare that all these stories are fakes or, if trne, that God is a brute for allowing such outrages. Some believe in the New Testament, but not in the old, while others ridicule the miraculous conception of the virgin Mary and pronounce it a woman's trick to hide her shame. Some write from a medical standpoint and assert that man is by no means a perfect creature physically, but could be improved on in many particulors? for ir stance, the calf of the leg should have been in front and there should have been one eye in the back of the head and the elbow joint should have had a back action, so that a man could scratch his back and a woman button her dress or fasten her skirt more conveniently. They declare that a perfect man should be built to run like u horse and swim like a fish and fly like a bird, and Shakespeare they say, was only indulging in a little taffy when he wrote "what a piece of work is man. How noble in season; how infinite in faculties; in form and moving; how express and admirable; in action how like an angel; in apprehension how Uke a god!" Some of these writers talk ab9nt sacred and divine things with the most shocking contempt and intimate that notxdy bat cowards and lunatics believe in them. They would make Voltaire and Tom Payne ashamed of themselves. Now, if a man has doubta Iva mifaolaa fka A irin ifvr A# I OLA/i K UiO tuuavivo vi vuv UA* ui*y vt Christ and is really seeking after the truth and expresses himself in language that shows respect for the faith of h s fellow men, it is all right; but we s re too helpless to be vain or conceit* d. If I knew where I came from or i . here I was going or what would be ;ny future state or if I could prolong my existence or could foresee the cala nities of life and prevent thera, I conl 3 afford to strut around and play Sir i)racl<5. But I feel my helplessness more and more every day, and like a child in trouble I want to go to my 1 ather. Whether there be a God or not, all the good people I have ever known or read about believed ther b is, and it is disrespect to them to take His name in vain. Addison says that Sir Robert Boyle, who was the greatest naturalist that England ever produced, had the most prof ound veneration for the Supreme Beiiig and never mentioned the name of Cod without a pause?a visible stop in l is discourse. No well-bred man is e1 er profane or speaks the name of God irreverently. I cannot understand how medical men who have studied the anatomy of the human bodf?this complex and wonderful mac line?should ever be skeptical about God's existence. If I knew how my sill, which is immaterial, controls my nuscles, which are material, and make me extend my hand or my foot or c ose my eyes and open my mouth, I u iaht boast of a little knowledge; bat as it is, the raising of my arm or | the writing with this pen is a greater miriicle than Jonah living three days in t le whale's belly. Every seed that geminates and makes a flower is a miricle to me. Sometimes I wonder if I had a glass that wonld magnify a million times could I see the embryo oak in a little acorn; could I see the orar ge tree in the seed of the fruit. A 1 nature is full of miracles. Winding ip the canes in front of my veranda are madeira vines that climb one way and hop vines that climb the other way and jasmine vines that cliirb both ways. Every plant has its own laws, and they are unchangeable. Jusi sq with the beasts and birds and inserts, and I almost envy them in thei: happy ignorance of death and a future state. Hundreds of katydids are unging in the grove while I w. ?ie. The males are making music for their nnn nsical mates. They will sing on i and be happy for three mouths and j thei. die. The form and structure of their little bodies is a miracle, for the utmost ingenuity of man could not mate one. The two little drums that' eveiy cicada carries for sounding boa ds and the tiny frets on their win ;s that scrape each other with in conceivable rapidity make a musical not?- that can be heard half a mile on a st: 11 and quiet night. And then their sen: e of hearing is so wonderfully acu- e! For what child has not tiptoed to he tree and touched it ever so gea ly and closed the orchestra. Dr. Holmes calls the katydids "this testy ; # little dogmatist," for they never tire of faying "katy did" and "katy Bat about this improved man and J8 v.'oman that these skeptics would make > :M. if they coald. Sometimes a man does " J[ , fall over a wheelbarrow in the night 3 and braise his shins, and I remember ' well ho\J many hard licks we boys got when we played shinny at the old ?9 schoolhonse on top of the hill, bat the )j * sores got well and no bones were broken. * If the calf was in front the '{a braise woald be as bad and it woald ; jgj make a man's pants bag at the calf 4J& instead of the knee, and a woman's calf when riding a bike would look ~ ?1 1 1 linn f fVittt iKifd PVA in the onxuii auvuv vu?? back of the head, it would very much vg| interfere with our sleeping position f-vflj and give no room for a woman's back ?* hair and utterly paralyze her devotion* " / in chnrch. If we are to have a third eye the optical nerves and musclea should be so arranged that when, the two in front are open the one in the M rear should be shut, and vice versa. But this third eye would of course necessitate a larger cerebellum to hold the machinery, and that would give a man the big head. As to a doublejointed elbow for scratching purposes, I've no particular objections, though ou a pinch a man can do like Sidney }l Smith's pigs: He can rub up against a post or the edge of a door and get relief. As to that Munchauson business of running and swimming and /'< dying, it is folly to discuss. Man has *f no need of such powers, and if he had four legs like a horse and fins like a fish and wings like a bird he wouldn't ' ] be a man, but a sort of quadruples ,**|j amphibious aerole, too smart for this world and not good enough for the .*91 Good gracious! what a world of new theories about man and the creation these modern thinkers have got up. They can't fool the old folks, but 1. / '??? a*\ /Iama*e 1 i70 anm a nf tliftl'jOsSAI 1COX IUCJ UV VtWlAaV?* HtlMV ? _ ? ^ young. Young man, stop and think 1*8 before you desert the faith of the fath- -. , ers. It is safe to say that such great T and good men as Calvin and Luther ijEyJ and Knox and Wesley and Whitfield ^lf and Sir Isaac Newton and Addison >3 and Pope and hundreds of others who , lived and died in the faith were not mistaken. Wait until these agnostics i j and skeptics all agree on a religion >)l that will give comfort in adversity and peace in the hour and article of .4jl death. No, don't wait, for they have jj had time enough and offered nothing. -Bui A hp, in Atlanta Constitution. KILLED ABOUT A SCHOOL. Two Neighbors Quarrel and a Fatal Affray Results. . ffl Wahee secticn, about eight mile* .-JaB west of Marion, was on the 20th the' .*1 scene of a bloody and fatal affray be- ^ tween Wallus H. Altman and Phillip Bullard, in which the former was killed. *3 . The two men lived on adjoining farms. 'jSM : For some time past they have disagreed I as to the management of the neighborhood school, each having his favorite 5fl candidate for the principal ship. They met in a neia near nuuara ? honse when, it ia said, they quarreled \:l#S again over the matter. Bullard claims 3 ^ that Altman struck him first with the rod of a sorreyors compass which he ',-M v was carrying, and chased him in sight * A ~ of his house, beating him over the heed. * and body, when he called for his gun, which was brought by bis lit* /*? tie daughter. He then shot Altman, *when the latter turned and seized the gun. In the struggle which followed the gun was broken, and Billlard, seizing the barrel, struck Altaian. Jgj with it, dealing him- his death blow. The gun that Bullard used was loaded with bird shot, some of which struck Altman in the back of the head and un- ? der the shoulder blade. It was tha blow that killed him. Bullard has been arrested by the Sheriff The affair is greatly deplored by tha v people of that section, as both men had many friends. Altman was a Mormon, and it is said that he has had the body 1 of his deceased wife locked up in hie yjB house for some time past, intending to * shin the same to Utah for interment ? * JH The State. ANNUAL REUNION Of the Confederate Veterans at Greenville. The following order has been issued: -J Chablestok, 8. C., July 15, 1897. General Orders No. 29. ? 1. The annual reunion for 1897 of < this division will be held at Greenville, S. C., commencing at 10 a. m. August it 25th. The low railroad rate of 1 cent per mile, which will be given from all points within the State, will allow a v largo attendance of delegates. All comrades of the division are earnestly invited to be present. Whether delegates or not they have a right to be in the J convention. Confederate Veterans who have not jet joined the U. U. V. are jg cordially asked tD join their former ' w comrades in this grand reunion. The division now has nearly one him- / dred camps, and this reunion is apt to ' y be the largest ever held of ex-Confederates in this State. The good people of Greenville are . making every arrangement for the entertainment of the veterans, and we be sure of the most hospitable and loV- '?Ja ing reception and care. 2. Each camp will appoint one young lady as sponsor, whose duties and place at the reunion will be designated in subsequent orders. j 3. As soou as further details of the Aw arrangements are fixed, they will be communicated to the division. By command of Major General C. Irvine Walker. % Jas. G. Holmes, Adjutant General, Chief of Staff* * Dobell's solution, a mixture that is v.- / much in favor with nasal catarrh sufferers, should be used with an atomizer several times daily. Any person can ^ prepare it on the following formula: - ? Take one-half dram of pure carbolic , v-j acid, two drams of bicarbonate of soda, two drams of borax, one-half ounce of glycerine and enough distilled water to make one pint M