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THE COUNTY RECORD. Published Every Thursday AT KINGSTEEE, SOUTH CAROLINA, b r LOUIS J. BKISTOW, Kdltor and Proprietor. China's resistance to foreign aggression seems to be limited to wrapping + 1>ov ilAvr?tAi1 llAnib ilCi PS1"" ? T | burning joss sticks to her ancestors #nd making fac.es at the Towers. Says the Indianapolis News, the live stock of the country is worth today S23G,000,000, or fourteen per cent, more than last year, notwithstanding the fact that the number of nearly all kinds of live stock has decreased. The fact that South American countries and at least one European Powerare willing to sell their new warships ' to the United States rather than to Spain is a pretty good indication to the New York Tribune of the trend of their sympathies. Fifty years Loudon was live times larger than New York. At the present time it is barely more than twothirds larger, and if the two cities continue to grow in the same proportion it will not be long before the metropolis of the Western hemisphere displaces Loudon and becomes itself the metropolis of the globe. Some euterprisiug statistician on the New York Herald has reduced the statement contained in the foregoing para graph to actual figures, with this result: New York. London. 1340 373,000 1,950.000 1350. 690,000 2,600,000 I860.! 1,175, COO 3.200.000 1870 1,440,000 3,600.000 1880 2,000.000 4.000,000 1890 2.6:10.000 4.300,000 1898 3,400,000 5.600,OOo 1945 16,000.009 16 000,000 From 1S40 to 1830 Loudon's population increased 31 ner cent, and New York's 70 per cent. Since that time the percentages of increase have been as follows: Fiom ISoO to 18G0, London's 23 per cent., and New York's 70 per cent.; from 1860 to 1870, London's 13 per cent., and New York's 21 per cent.; from 1870 to 1880, London's 12 per cent., and New York's 43 per cent; from 18S0 to 1890, London's 13 per cent., anil New York's 31 per cent.; from 1890 to the present time, London's 24 per cent., and New York's 30 per cent. In the calculations which the foregoing table makes with respect to New York's future population, it is extremely conservative; for in all probability New York will eclipse London in population long before the approaching century reaches its meridian. From the military viewpoint the most interesting story of the Cuban war is told by Frederick Funstou, lfttfl nf the insnrcent artillew. in ^ o * ' Harper's Weekly. It is the tale of the first, and probably the last, charge o* cavalry on an infantry square armed with magazine guns Mauser sixshooters. The insurgents were, of course, the attacking party, and Colonel Funston is quite within his rights in calling Desmayo, the name of the action, the Cuban Balaklava. The charge cannot be said to have ^ succeeded, since the Spanish troops did not^ withdraw until attacked on the flank by Cnban infantry. Moreover, Gomez lost fifty-two per cent, of . his mounted force of -179 men, and this chronicler admits that if the infantry had not arrived he might l^ve lost all. Nevertheless the charge was a military marvel. It is not too much to say that the magazine gun was expected to do away with cavalry as a force to be fought inginass or used for other purposes than scouting, foraging and raiding. In fact, it has done away with the old close-order infantry charge, substituting for it the "rushes" in loose formation which so disappointed the war correspondents who followed Edhem Pasha's headquarters with expectations formed by traditions of Gravelotte and recollections of Kinglake and Napier. Hence the fact that the Cuban horse were able to cross a space of 400 yards and reach their foes in fighting condition, so that they disordered their tire and suffered comparatively little after the magazines were emptied with the first six volleys, must be a matter of surprise to military theorists generally. The incident shows that even this age cannot produce military contrivances the deadly efficiency of which brave men are not able to overcome with stout hearts and primitive arms. We may probably call this, as we have Baid, the last cavalry charge. Certainly Murat himself, with the pick of his cuirassiers, could not have made a better ending for the knightly arm of war than did Gomez, the bushlighter. with his ragged rough riders i W? - kI Ml B <wy p' "*** V-'.'"\ .1; ^.' o l* ^'A\v^"> *JK.*~~ ? -ot^,: . ( Horn- oti IJoine-tic Animals. .n--: . . ; o ^ All the reason lor horns on any tur domestic animal ceased when they 1ms came wholly nuclei- man's protecting \ hi care. ft was all right for the animal 1 of to defend itself with horns while cx- J grc posed to predatory animals, like wolves ' ran and bears. When cattle run wild, as pat they long did in the State of Texas, I soi anil a< they still do on the plains of sov South America, their horns constantly is 1 increased in length and formidable-1 ] ness. But under civilized conditions j par there is no need for horns. In some ! ma breeds they have already been bred thr oft", '["his will doubtless become more i grn general, as dishorning at least the I the cows has become a quite general prac- a tier. Calves may be prevented from I ma ever growing a horn by applying a the stick of potash on the head where the eel horns would start, and removing the l pre hair, so that the potash will make a jus ftlinrhf vrtVA on tllO i 11 | fr? fie] C?PS>i!!S fffielit of S!ocI:. It is surprising liow many farmers U10 who grov." live stotfk which they sometimo expect to sell on the hoof take so an* little care to ascertain its weight. ! ve* Their ignorauce in this matter often jlft. costs them dear, as the butcher or jy other person who buys of them gen- ; j*s erallv is supplied with scales, and; orj can generally guess within a few j pounds what au animal will weigh. . m 'i In the writer's boyhood, his' father ca!j frequently bought cattle and sheep to j ^]c be fed a while, and then butchered, to j supply his customers with beef and ' mutton. It does not take long to jea learn how to guess on the veigr.t of a j3 ( beef. The size alone is not always a a 1; criterion. Old cattle, aud especially S01 old cows, will not weigh so heavy as , rep they look, and will usually have more CU] of their weight in side fat, now worth ba, very little, owing to the competition Mc of cotton-seed oil and other vegetable i;ir oils.?Lostou Cultivator. ? Sow Spring Wheat Sparingly. The Indiana Experiment Station has received many inquiries concerning ' spring wheat, and to ascertain whether gn or not it can be grown profitably in- bd stituted an extended inquiry. From tio the reports received Professor Latta , concludes .that it does not seem desir- ! po: able under present conditions to sow j ma spring wheat in Indiana. Possibly it ' if might be experimented with in a very 1 Cl< small way. He suggests that farmers thi wait until the growing season opeim tin and perhaps the winter wheat will j j rally as it did last spring and produce ' eai a fairly good crop. sm If the wheat is killed and the soil is tin impoverished in any way, prepare a thi line seed bed with a disk or spring 111c tooth harrow, sow clover seed liberally wa and roll immediately. If a part of the ' wi1 wheat remains, use only a spike tooth i gr< harrow which will not seriously dis- su] turb the wheat, then sow clover seed | wL as before, using the roller or not as vei may seem best. If the clover does aff not catch and it is desired to grow gr< some other soil-renovaiiug crop, cow- fee peas might bo used. l)o not sow tin these until all danger of frost is past, ^x This crop is a strong growev and ' tin should be turned under before frost i ' in the fall. The advice given to In- ; tu; diana farmers applies with equal force I ' to those of nil the States in the Mid- | iru die and Central West. tin Eggs For Early Chickens. ^ It is a mistakeu custom of some' farmers to sell the first laying of eggs j m the rpring, because they are then wj. higher priced, and also partly because ! q<0 ""luce ovtim Aira ia nf tiio ohif?ks I UU4VUO v *" ~ ou many of tliem will perish from ex- 0f posure to cold and wet. But this sa, policy makes the chickens come too tnj late to be first-rate layers next winter. jtWhat is needed is fowls early enough m? so that they will get their winter coat ri of feathers, lay a litter of eggs and at have time to recover from this and get (^c to laying again before cold weather. f0] It is very raro that young hens begin laying during severe cold weather, and ' se. especially just after they have finished J (-j0 moulting. But let them be early: jec enough to lay one settiug of eggs, aud tbey will, if fed well with the proper f01 egg-making food, soon begin to lay pjt again. In winter the hens are much j u0 less inclineu to sit man luey are in jQ^ spring or summer. If tliey do seem j go. inclined to sit, give them lumps of ice J gr, for eggs and they will give it up. Not jia even this will stop a hen in summer, when her determination to sit is re] stronger. Late chickens do not usu- o:l< ally begin layiug uutil spring is fully so, come. It is better to trust an incu- all bator for the earliest hatching of eggs, , for not only is the hen's time more 1 gn valuable then for laying, but she can- j not be depended upon to sit steadily | until later in the season. ' (al i ke Sowing Peas anil Oats. i For the northern section of the , uo United States and south Canada, pos- ^ silily no forage crop is more valuable ex, than a mixture of field peas and oats needed in the spring as soon as the Sp ground is in condition to be worked. pe The common method of sowing is to ^ clear the ground, intended for the jui crop, of cornstalks or other rubbish, sow on the ground a bushel of pea seed to the acre, then plow under to a depth of about four inches. Before st< the field is worked further sow a th: bushel and a half per acre of oats and fir cover well with a harrow, continuing on the work until the ground of the seed in: bed is well fined and compacted. No "J further treatment will be needed un- tli; til the crop is to be harvested. to Some farmers prefer to plow the Yc v^* gaasaagaaaafl' ^iiMSmw > -<>:A:': I and as for oats, then make a mix0 of the seed in proportion to one hel of peas to 1J of oats and sow s, pntting*thc seed down to a depth about :V to four iuohes. If the mud is in first-class condition, this 1 be readily done and possibly more isfactorily, but in early sprint? the i.is usually wet and the method of . iug on broadcast as first described test. f this crop is wanted for the grain 'iicularly. allow the seed of both to tare, tli ?n cut, place in shocks and esh as any other grain crop. The iin is ground to a hue meal and is u ready for the stock. It contains lUigO J.TH'CUiayc U1 IIJ uugcutmo terial ami is excellent for balancing > ration. The crop is also an exleut one for soiling and for this i-pose should be cut just before or t about the time the bloom begins appear. By sowing a number of Ids at different dates the feeding iod may be extended over several nths. '.fixtures of peas, oats and wheat in i proportion desired, sown aud harmed as described for peas and oats, . e been found valuable, particularin sections where much attention given to furnishing animals for tieal markets or for securing high tde dairy products. These crops y be harvested for bay, in which e thcv should be got when in full iom, or just a little before, and iroughly cured. The difficulty with s eroj) is that because of the thick ves and stems of the peas, curing exceedingly difficult, particularly in eoist climate or during a wet seal. If properly cured, however, the tilting hay is as valuable as well :ed clever and is used on the same ?is. These crops are receiving re and more attention and every mer who raises stock should try a all lield this season.?American rieulturist. Artichokes for Swine. There is no doubt that swine? iwing pigs and fattening hogs?do trer on a mixed diet than 011 a rail in which there is no variety. Ft. is clearly established that cheaper rk and pork that meets the present rket at a better price can be made something besides corn is fed. jver in a large degree furnishes s something 011 many farms during ; spring and summer months. Late fall, during the winter and ly spring finds the hog without tculent food on most farms. To do iir best all swine should have some ng besides grain during these >nths. Some farmers supply this nt with roots, turnips aud beets or th potatoes aud pumpkins. A ;ater number let the want go unpplied. To these and to those, too, lo have heretofore depended on the ;etables named above, the artichoke jrds an excellent food cheaply Dwn. Excepting those wanted tc k1 when the ground is frozen hard, e crop may be harvested withoul pense just turn in the hogs and ay will help themselves. The yield is enormous and the cul re simple. There are.several varieties but the proved white French seems to be 3 favorite just now. Some raise an objection to artiokes by claiming that once planted sy cannot be gotten rid of should a farmer wish to devote the land on lich they are raised to other crops, i meet this objection we quote from e who has for years raised hundreds bushels of them each year. He rs: "Artichokes grow only from bers ami blossom; iu September, not allowed to bloom, they will nol ike tubers, and therefore cannot ow the following year. If destroyed any time after the old tubers havf cayed, and the new ones not ye1 med (thi3 is from May to Septemr), they will not come up the next won. Mr. W. T. White, of Ranlph Countv, 111., says on this sub;t: ' 'I have raised the Frengh artichokes several years and never hesitate to rnt them in any convenient field, r to rotate with other crops. Folring with corn destroys them. Bj tying to oats, the next spring quite a awtli of stalks come up,! which 1 rvest and bind altogether. Right re let me say that these tops are ished equally as well as the sheal ts. This settles their future. Have iveil grass in February after digging d pitting the artichokes the previous 1. They came up thick with the ass in the spring, and were cut with in July. This also destroys them. "If pastured in the growing season id tbfey make fine jmsture) the stock ep them eaten down, so they will t bloom. If no bloom, there can be tubers and therefore no growth e> following year.^I have obtained cellent results both for pasture and y, by plowing an old field in the ring, sowing to cow peas, lj bushels r acre. The artichokes hold up the a vines but do not grow the followt "__Povm ar?/1 b Jv,u> , ~ -w ? The Provident Widow. 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My back ached and my skin turned a$, ^ ^ yellow as saffron ; I becajne unable to do any work, and at last was confined to my bed too ^J V weak to move without assistance. I commenced the use of Ayer's Pills and less than half 4 a box cured me. I owe my present good health to their use, and I am never without thdm." WM" OAKLEY, Lobelville, Tenn. HH ^ ' ?' T haw Ivor's Pills with esrellent results for COnstiD.ltion. I find that thev do ^ not gripe nor purge, but do give relief." CHARLES R. WHITE, Pittsgrove, N. J. 4 "I have used Ayer's Pills since 1845, and consider them superior to all other pills on . the market. I always keep them in the house in case of emergency, and at one time tfiey . cured my wife of dyspepsia. I have found them good for all diseases caused by the ^ Southern climate." A. L. J ONES, Elizabeth City, N. C. 4 jBBBls! \ S A South American Suake Story. There is more than one way of Sgbt* lng a snake. In XataJ, South Africa, 1 where lives the deadly inamba serpent, I a party of fifty or sixty Kaffirs were ' building a road. In the course of their work they came to a huge stone, under 1 wntcn uweu a large okick iuamuu, 1 well-known to the neighboring inhabi! tants as being very tierce and venom1 ous. The superintendent anticipated trouble with the rock and so he offered ' a reward to the Kattir that would bring | liim the snake's skin. For a time none ' of them dared make the attack, but a ! slim youth finally sauntered forward. " and amid the jeers and protestations of the rest declared himself equal to the ' task. He took from his neck what looked like a bit of shriveled stick, chewed it. swallowed some of it. spat out the rest on his hands, and proceeded to rub his glistening brown body and limbs all over. Then, taking up his stick, and clianting a song of defiance, he advanced with great confidence and swagger to the boulder. There he : roil sea up xue nun mm, wno in great | fury at being disturbed bit liini in the ' lip with great venom. Tlie boy took 110 i notice of the bit. but broke the snake's back with his stick and bringing him ? to his master asked for the reward, J obtaining which, lie went back to his work, and the bite of the reptile had no effect on him whatever. No tribe, not even that of a cow (better than any gold in the eyes of a Kaffiri, would iuduee this native to dis| close the secret of his antidote, which, | he said, had been handed down in his family for generations. The snake was I a very long one, and so old that it had i a inane. It is a well-known fact that , certain of the Zulus have antidotes for the iuore deadly snake poisons, which , they preserve as a secret within their . own families. First .\rctic Explorer?"! have always considered Ctyluinbus a some- \ what over estimated man." Second I Arctic-Explorer?"Why?" First Arctic Explorer?"He discovered America the lirst time he went to look for it."? i Puck. I liuuic t/i nic cue. [ Nearly every man^woman and child r in Egypt is a smoker of cigarettes and a i pipe is hardly ever seen in the mouth of a native. A Sober-Faced Humorist. From the present Lord Tennyson's I "Memoirs" of his father we take the leo following story: nu: "Another most amusing friend of pos mine was Edward Fitzgerald, an Irish- Ka man, the specialty of whose humor ?it St. was that, the more comical wore his tht words, the more solemn his face always PO' became. I remember an illustration cf this. After a large evening party, c,'l when nearly all the guests had departcd, the rest remained to smoke. In that *ey jKirty was a man celebrated for his 1 passion for titles. On rhis occasion he ^ ... .. ...... , ? ve; exceeaea mmseir. -\u ins tjuk was ul the rich and preat. 'Yesterday, when T** 1 was riding with my friend, the Duke " str of 'On Tuesday last the Marquis of remarked to me.' " jj^ "It went on for a long time; the ,. party listened, some amused, sopie liored. Edward Fitzgerald was the first jjc to rise. He liphted a candle, passed out ^ of the room, stood still with the lock ^-a of the door in his hand, and looked js back. He could chanpe his eounte- qjj nance into anythinp he pleased. It WJi had then exchanged in a moment its pa; usual merry look for one of profound tin nay. hopeless dejection. Slowly and to sadly he spoke thi " 'I once knew a lord, too; but be is (lead!' wa "Slowly, sadly, lie withdrew, clos- uo ing the door amid a roar of laughter." 4 Bo Petrified human remains are made to tui order, they say, at Crookston, Mo. Pheenie Finn, a colored woman of the place, serves as the model from which * plaster casts are made for fraudulent of v museum exhibits, and she has earned ?P a comfortable living in this way for many years. The average price of a "n"11 ? * ? r*rvi petrified human body made 01 piaster of paris and clay, and so skilfully not treated as to appear genuine, is $100. *hr Here is an Idea from Freiburg, Ger- hoi many, which is worth the considera- eig tion of American colleges. The university of that city has instituted a of scheme of student insurance which ver r.nvora rereived in evmnas- i dot tics and duelling. Think of the rush of young men, eager for knowledge, ha1 to the gates of the American temple tiir of learning which shall first announce an insurance fund devoted to those g maimed on the football field! And &lx then the effect of such an insurance on the sprightliness of theggame! *h / / / A Lock of Napoleon's HiHHB l unique souvenir of the greaH^H|H n is kept in the family of iHBHH rse and attendaut, being now (session of Prof. Bagley, of n. He is a native of the islai^|^Hg Helena, and his mother was on^B^H > intimates of the guardians of eon. When the Emperor Jay dyl^HH old nurse stole to his side pped from his head a lock of hail^H rt of the lock she gave to Mr. Bag^^H 's mother and she gave it to her son.^H t is kept in a bottle and is black and V ly, with a trace of brown. For forty B ir s the bottle has been kept in a dark 1 ?m. that the hair may not be injured I the light. There are about forty .1 - ?ll T1?a haIia ic hnlH nt fl alius iLI uil. A uu itiiv, *o u\..v* M? M ?at value by the possessor. He has 0 some cloth from the coffin, a medal en by Napoleon and some other nor souvenirs from the island of St. lena. ["he only other per? ion of the body of poleon known to be on this continent a single hair that Richard Watson Ider once owned. He kept it in his itch case. When the watch was reiretl he forgot to tell the jeweler of 1 precious contents. When he went get It he asked: "Did you Gud an>ng in the ease?" 'Yes," replied the workman, "there is a hair in there, but it is all right w I blew it out." 'You blew out a piece of Napoleon naparie, saiu iuc wjuw wi >ue ^c-uT A Day's Variance in Weight. lave you ever tried this experiment veighlng yourself in the morning and lin in the evening? It is one of the t ways, so doctors say, of finding ether your health is good or not. If i are thoroughly well there should be a difference of more than two or eo ennees either w.iv in the twelve irs. If you lose or gain as much as ht ounces you should Immediately isult a doctor, Avhlle the gain or loss a pound Indicates you are on the ge of serious illness. This, of course >s not apply to one just recovering m illness, for convalescents who re been much reduced may someles gain 15 to 20 ounces a day. TT-\\S\ n O 1 TT'OTTC OIQV iliCLL ?uv aic ainajo i?uaui^ >ut the treasures they are laying up heaven will come very near losing