The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, December 21, 1894, Image 12
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TIIKV WON'T BIO SHOT. 8UBE SIGN OF £ AI,LV oecAY -
American Quail That Are Trou
bling Canadian Sportsmen.
The Itlnln Are So Swift of Whiff Thut tlio
IIimterM Arc ( noble to I’.aff 'i’lieiu -
Some Objection* to the Vnn-
keo InvmleM.
I’remulere lleveb>)oneiit in Chihiri n lien*
ernlly Itexolln In liiilieeilhy.
The pulilie prints liave lately been
Hietit ioninij the eireumstanee el'iin Al-
uhama woman who has naeinsl the
affe <>f nineteen years without ineivase
of stature beyond that of a babe of
ei”'lit months,
curious, and all
The east is indeed
Two years ago quail became very
scarce in this part of the provinee of
Ontario, says tlie New N ork Sun. and
some enthusiastic sportsmen imported
a eouple of hevies from the southern
states and turned them loose. This
year they are reaping their reward,
though it is not the kind they expected.
That live quail are plentiful everyone
agrees, hut up to date very few dead
birds have gladdened the hearts <d the
hunters. Whether the feathered col
onists have acquired new habits since
coming under the llrit ish Hug or have
simply brought with them the spirit of
independence peculiar to the republic
no one knows, but they arc certainly
well able to take care of themselves.
They are wild and wary and unlike the
native Canadian quail arc easily
flushed. When flushed they fly straight
for the thick woods, where it is dilb 'ult
to got at them. They think nothing of
flying half a mile to reach a thicket,
and often instead of alighting on the
ground they perch in the trees where
no dogs can lind them. The other day
tin; sportsman who had most to do with
bringing in the foreigners tramped
about from sunrise till sunset, and. on
being asked the customary question,
“What luck?” replied:
“1 am a sinful man, hut not a liar. I
didn’t get a feather. I never saw such
birds. They invariably flushed before
the dogs got within lifty yards of them,
and made for the woods, where it
seemed impossible to lind them.”
After dinner he lit a cigar and gave
his friends the benefit of his observa
tions.
“1 don’t believe there are more than
a dozen flocks of these imported quail
in the county,” he said, “hut they
travel around so much they are seen
everywliere, and in that way give the
impression that the Holds are full of
them. I asked every farmer 1 met if
there were any quail about. The an
swer always was: ‘Plenty of them. I
saw a big flock yesterday or the day
before.’ -Vow, I feel sure that many of
these farmers saw the same flock.
When the little native quails were
plentiful they didn’t travel about
much. A flock would mak<* its home
in u cornfield where there was plenty
of food and could be found there or in
a neighboring Held at any time. * The
dogs could get within a couple of
yards of them before they would rise,
and 1 never knew them to fly further
than forty or fifty rods. Uesidns, they
never flow exoept when disturbed, and
when the dogs struck a trail they could
find tlic flock by following it. When
hunted tlie birds would lly back and
forth in a couple of lields, and it was
easy to kill a whole bevy man after
noon. of course that was why the na
tive quail got killed off.
“Hut these new fellows seem to do a
lot of their traveling on tin: wing. If
a feeding ground doesn’t suit them,
they lly to another. Half a dozen times
n day my dogs trailed a flock oVer a
farm only to lind that the birds had
flown. 1 believe each flock now has a
beat of a dozen or more farms over
which it travels, and as the birds are
seen at diifcrcnt timeson all the farms,
each farmer thinks lie lias a Hock liv
ing with him just as in the past, and
that is the cause of the opinion that
quail are plentiful.”
The sportsman who brings home a
bag of half a dozen birds this year does
well, though it was by no means un
usual for a good shot live or six years
ago to make a bag of twenty or thirty.
Tiie men who imported the quail are
Satislied with the result, even though
tin y haven't killed many yet, for they
say that such wary birds can take good
care of themselves and will in time
become very plentiful. Hut some are
dubious of this and say that an old-
fashioned hard winter will kill oJV the
strangers. Tlie last couple of winicra
have been very mild, besides they
have noticed that the birds are rather
stupid and easily killed In cold weather
—in fact, there is very little use- hunt
ing them on line days, liut though
there are some doubters among the
sportsmen they all approve of the at
tempt to restock the county with
game. Col. Denison, of Toronto, how
ever, strongly disapproves of it. lie is
u descendant of the United Kinpiro
Loyalists, and so “truly loyal that he
thinks there should be a law passed to
keep rebellious American panic out of
the country, lie sees in this attempt
to colonize the lields and wood with
Yankee quail an cll'ort to foment an*
(luxation.
Oncer XhiliffH Aliout I utiiulii.
There are three things that attract
the notice of a traveler from the states
when he lias got into Canada, to say
nothing of the general dullness thut
prevades that provinee. One is I he dis-
upjieuruncc of window blinds and bare
ness of the house fronts. The other is
the presence of militiamen and police
men, who are as nearly copic as may
be of the Miiglish militia and Doudon
“hobbies.” The third is the impossi
bility of getting your sho< . blacked,
OXeept in tlie washroom ; of the hotels.
One pays ten cenls for a ' i>:i\e. and a
New York artist wliodid hiswoik o
shabbily would be made to do it over
again.
\ii W*nt w i .Ul l •»»
To fti’t i H -t 1»\ " l<*
somebody rl r e is cminnon auauip all
jirimltivn races. II eanuol he •aid thnl
in we nre not ju 1 a ' : elb h. nice
we dump on neighbor ; I lie filth of , w-
jCge. To follow out certain iticnnia
flons, and to fasten Ino diseare to a
plaster, or rmnethinf:' or oilier, was
ronclnded by flic burying of (lie plan
ter. Then, if anybody dug ii up ho
daiigbt the disease and tlie ill man wfll
freed of his malady. This is an old
Unman fancy, and Is earned Mil. ac
cording to Capt. Tiourke, by (he Mexi
can Indltitr To-dny. It is probably of
StBrnlsh origin.
the more so from the
fact that she remains in good health
and in possession of her physical
powers, indiscussing thislusus nutur;e
(i well-known investigator into matters
anthropological related to a reporter
for the < ineinnati Lnqnirer some ea .es
Indirect contrast with this, and two
or three are worth reproducing.
“The French Academy of Sdenees,”
said he, “has given much attention to
matters like this. They have on record
the description of u lad who at tlie age
of seven years measured four feet nine
Inches without his shoes. He lifted
with ease two hundred pounds and was
aide to do as much heavy work as a
perfectly developed man. Hat his un
derstanding was no greater than is
usual with children of his ape, and
their playthings were his favorite toys.
“Another hoy, a native of Kou/.an-
quet, though of strong constitution,
appeared to be stiff jointed till four
and a half years old. During this time
nothing further was remarkable about
him except an ‘Xtraordinary appetite.
Itefor reaching the ago of five his
limbs became supple and Ids body be*
pan to expand rapidly. At six years
of age his height was live feet and Ins
bulk in proportion. Iiis growth was
so rapid that every month his clothes
required to he made longer and wider,
yet lie had neither sieknes - nor pain,
lie could lift upon his shoulders a
weight of one hundred and lifty
pounds and carry it with ease. At the
age of live his voice changed and his
heard began to appear, and at six bis
beard was remarkably heavy and
all the unquestionable marl s of ma
turity were visible in him. It was
thought he would certainly grow to
gigantic proportions, hut such pros
pects very suddenly vanished. i.efore
he reached the age of eight his legs
crooked, body shrank, strength dimin
ished, voice became weak, and lie sank
into total imbecility.
“ills rapid maturity was followed by
an even swifter decay, and in bis tenth
year he wasted away to a mere skele
ton and died.
“The same authority vouches for the
account of a girl child, who, when four
years old, was four feet six inches in
height, with head and limbs well pro
portioned and breasts fully expanded,
like those of a young lady of eighteen.
She was mentally advanced for her
years, and at the ftge of six attracted
tlie notice of a young man who desired
to pay court to her. Her parents ob
jected, very naturally, to this proposal,
and when the childish years of the
girl w.-re given as a reason they were
compi lh d to i xhihit the public register
of birt-is to prove the truth of their
ivpr mentation. At liltccn this girl
began to show indications of decrepi
tude; at eighteen she gave all the
signs of old itge, and in two or three
year.-thereafter sank ii t > that mental
st*. 1 c known Us second childhood, ‘die
died in her twenty-second year, appar
ently of extreme age.
“Wi frequently hear of :i::iilarprod-
igi 1 s in our own eountry, hut they arc
shortlived. i’iieiiometia! maturity al
ways promise-, early tie. ay, and we
may lie sure that in noceewill nature
he cheated of her rights.”
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itirtiis mill Kea.llm for One Year In
Ilio Stale of MiiKSaeliiisi. l Is.
From the annual report of births,
deaths and marriages in .Masem husetts
for Is'.ill, which was lately made 1 y Dr.
Francis A. Harris, it appears, say:, ihe
Huston Transcript, tlnii the number of
living births registered in tlie year
was nr,It*”, which was t.Biis larger
than was reported in isiiv. ami la, er
than any other year siii'. s the begin
ning of registration in Ms saclm • ■! ,s.
The execs-, of living births over the
number of deaths was ls,liw, being
gn ater than tlie cxci • i any other
year. There were registered . li
nisi riages. being greater than were
regi lefed in any i>revious year. .More
marriage, were soleniiiized in ti»o
month of dune than in any other
month; li men and 1 womu i were
more than seventy-five and I were
more than eighty years old at thy
time of marriage. The number of
deaths was 111,usi, being It”:.’ more than
the number reported in istr.’ and ay pH
IlioiV tiiiili tlie Jilllidn r reported 111
1 s’.d. '1 he death rate for tlie year was
”(».lit i. r 1.000 of the estimated I
I : popuh.l ion livin'!', which is .-14
ii" ■. than iiu rate of l'‘.i.*. 'I’lni ga at-
est uuiiiber of diriths i"! iirivd in .\ti-
gust and the third quarter ot tliv year,
and tiu* least in dune and thcfouilh
quarter. In the previous year tlie
greatest number of deaths ecciirivd in
danuary.
Six iiumired and ten pairs of twins
were boi ii in the state had yi si and
niiiesetsof triplets. II i noi ictv l.le
thal nearly lti,0*iu inmv eliildreii of
foreign tliau of nalive parenlagi'were
burn in Host mi dm ing the nar.
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V. S' el i rni ii||iIih ftvi-r ii 111 irsf*.
th- .I'l.i hied race horse is be-
I 1 ' be the .viffest animal on the
. -Ii v> hen t lie king of racers, Sal-
, eovi red a mile on a straight
at Mois.iouth park on August ”8,
in 1: whieh is still the record
probably went the distance in less
it wa - ever traversed before or
by a living creature of any kind
,i unaided over tin* surface
i in
li ve,
g! .be
vat. >r
tiak
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than
since
Hi w i.' uneided over t he surface of the
earth. Had anyone at that time predict
ed that within live years a mail on a bi-
Cyele would propel himself over the
same didance on a similaror any other
track in faster time than that of the
thoroughbred, he would, says Harper’s
\Vi ckly. have been considered some
thing more than merely visionary. At
thal lime the bicyclist was competing
with t!i • trotting horse, hut that he
would ever '.junl the runner was not
dreamed of even by ultra enthusiasts.
Ain’t vet thi- undreamed-of feat has
now been accomplished. Since the ad
vent f Um pn ii uatie-tire wheel with
1 .'! In 'ii;"!' . iv.Mrds have 1h*i*ii fall
ing before the bicycle more rapidly
th '.n before the trotter notwithstand
ing the phenomenal advances of the
lati.*’ - until if late several wheelmen
Imve been going miles below two min-
iites, leaving the trotter quite out of
the race. Hut no bicyclist lias come
within striking distance of the speed
of even an •■irdinary thoroughbred, un
til of a sudden a professional racing
cyclist. .John S. Johnson, the “western
wonder.” took fourteen seconds off the
bicycle record at a single clip, and
odips. d not only some but all thorough
bred -by riding a mile in 1:35 The
feat was accomplished over a straight
course at I’.uibdo, X. y., October ”4.
The pacemakers were four men
mounted on a quadruplet machine.
Thus f,.r tin* lirst. time in the world’s
history a man has propelled himself
a mile purely by muscular exertion
f: ter tlm u the muscles of any otlu
living creature ever carried it over
t!i ■ earth'. surface. As a triumph of
human development, aided by the in
ventions >f human ingenuity, over
mere animal development, thi.snchieve-
ineiit is therefore unique and worthy
of record quite apart from its interest
to the sportsman.
SOME AILE5BURY HEIRLOOMS.
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has beini pract ic-
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EFFECTS OF A
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HEART DISEASEI
Fluttering;, No Appetite, Could Not
Sleep, Wind on Stomach.
^ “For a long time I had a terrible
pain at my heart, which fluttered al
most incessantly. I had no appetite
and could not sleep. I would be com
pelled to sit up in bed and belch gas
from my stomach until I thought
that every minute would be my last.
There was a feelling of oppression
about my heart, and I was afraid to
draw a full breath. I could not sweep
a room without resting. My hus
band induced me to try
We come here to stay, and we will sell you
at prices that will enable you to stay.
We Knock Out All
competitors on Flour. On To
bacco, we seem to have nocom-
petition—it is going
At Wholesale.
Try our : 5c Tobacco and be fully
conveneed as ;• i.fte s, jjho say it
is the finest on ear
tn
Our Con
fectionery stock is complete.
Dr. Miles’Heart Cure If you want to be sweet
and am happy to say it lias cured
me. I now have a splendid appetite
and sleep well. Its effect was truly
marvelous. ”
MItS. IIA UR Y K. STARK, I'ottsvllli*, l';i.
Dr. Miles FIoart Cure in sold on a positive
guarantee that tho tirst butt lo will hencii'
All druggists m*II it at #1, 0 buttles fi>r*6,c
just give usacall. We have now
about 4,000 pounds on hand.
henilit.
.or
ItWill be sciit, prejiaii), bn n.velnt of pi icu
Co, Elkhart, lud.
by the Dr. Miles
We can sell
prices.
you at New York
"The Gaffney Roller Shop. For a Nice Xma
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JOHII CRECORV. PropY. and Gen. ITji'r.
They liii tiiile :i Snoril Halit to Hav« Iloen
Owni'il liy IColiert llriiei*.
Tlie sUtteuient that tho missing
Aik* bury In ii liioiiis have been discov
er'd 1m ., doubtless, been read by many
who do not know of what these family
treasim-s consist, says the Westminster
Kudget. Among tho principal curiosi
ties at Savernako were three ancient
swords, one of which is said to have
belonged to Robert Hence, king of
Scotland, an ancestor of the marquis of
Ailesbury, whose family mum is llruce.
Tim "t'iMt arms are repeated six or
eight timi's .'ii tho hilt of this sword.
Another was the sword of tho Dlack
Douglas, and the hilt, inlaid with sil
ver. bears tin: cognizance of the Doug
in . Then: is also u magnificent hunt
ing-horn formed of an elephant's tusk,
with enain led silver mountings, which
h i d" •ended to the llruce family.
Tin' p '• ■ -.--ionof this horn is said to ho
tin title tinder whieh the wurdenship
i Sa v, .-na! . forest is hold under a
charier granted by Edward VI. to the
i’r licet'*r Somerset. The horn is about
t Vo feet 1. ngand fifty-three inches in
diameter at tho largest end. Tin* en
ameled ilver mountings represent in a
n rie . of eompartments tho liguivs of a
kh:' . a bishop, a huntsman or warden
of tiie forest, with different animals of
tiieeha-e. There is a radition among
t he keepers of Saverimke forest that
thi, iioiai was formerly carried and
so;:ii lisl by one of the keepers in Ids
uniiorm before tin* king when ho
pas-ed. through the forest. When
<h rge II. was entertuiiii'd nt Saver
imke th' Ling, on taking hi:; leave of
the marquis of Ailesbury of tho day,
ie .uivd him thut In* was greatly
]>! •.I'.ed uitti his visit, but that there
had been one omi'-sion. “You have for
gotten,” said his majesty, “to blow
your tenure horn. When a king of
England here and that born is
ii"l blown your property becomes for
feited to the crown." "Well, sire,"
wa: tlie reply. “1 couldn't get anybody
t" et ;i!' , ' uad out of it." This plea
ot Mint tiie lawyerseall confession and
avoulaui'e prevailed.
\\V lii'o- in eg11 yniir Mitcn-
tion to the l - ;irl ill,qt \Y<• ;I!‘I duino
tin* In st
just look at our Jcvveiry—the
most complete iine ever in the
city. A complete line of
Heavy and Fancy Groceries,
lower in proportion than 5c cot
ton.
We are located near I he Cotton
Mill,
I
Top Roller Covering
Yours to serve,
('oltmi Mill* nt any mi" rn ^
he -.uiii ii, haring leine.
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ill n ii u l’i rfei't lUanU.
• In the village uf l.tibee.” says the
Ee’.i is*; ai i .tie.) .lnurual, ’Ttve.s Clem
W',! His. W hen he was a boy about
lit!ecu years of age he went out to
his father' pa*tare to eatcli a frisky
eolt. .'*.•. lie was about to place ii halter
ai'oiiuil hi-, nei'k the eolt liieked him in
the head, making a ragged wound
The wound healed, hut it soon became
apparent that the man was slightly
demented, and his hallucination took
peculiar forms, lie would travel up
and dovvu the hay on thi* steamboats,
clai'iiing the proprietorship of the hit
ter sni'i rei'u-.iiig to pay fare. Tlie
i.teamhoiit iiieii liiitiioreil him, ;i . he
I daft, and he \v:is the
w;i eoiisideri'i
hill t of t in
ill hi! . HV
now six!'
.lai ;"i
i"'l ll -
1 I'ina,
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iii:i ll.
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ill, ' li
lt fur-
: the
inall Iw iys’jokes si nil hantei
.1 in t he village since, and is
years of age. About six
ii.ik.ago the local physicians deter-
i I "1 t ii • pi rimi-ut on his ease. They
f. 'ii"| (li: * a portion ot lii- skull had
• i, f..| ed inlo eontaet with tin*
, P | he Mow. ;ind by ii skillful
i • i-in 11 moved till* pressure
Ihe man Inis now re-
ai. illnl ! he III - t qltes-
hii.
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the o|
a w a \ '
l>iM f"iiy
perf' I M
say
i' a
'<I w hen hi
reel ivel'eil
from
i.ili'iu was: •Did the eolt get
W i lli* i -perfeet Iv sane now,
livt* yr;ifu <
uk to him.'
•f hi*- life ii re si
Ci nli‘r of 1 hi . sirii' i h* '*1 the de-
V' j'‘i;iiiti iiM>f Ihe Ja ..nne wilh ii i el-
lug itkin H> iinatzetiK'iii: pis ' ix ' u mil*
ly pf.vei f ili wilh fl slow Mi p lull in
lh*'new .lapatt H giM'.s wllh h*nps Unit
oan he felt nmi rnrn.
t one; I Ow. < .
I 11 . . ,i • . ur ;i fl< i \ In . \v» i*» l«* I in
Ihe di lei' si I I amlLlv ina, in Xiilu-
1; ' |i e i|ot"l of till* 'I'-V'I li'V film lh
lei e . it 111" South W’ak:- Hol'd' Il l's,
iuiv" 'in ivixwcreil. They eatne in
r.nme way into Ihelinnil'- of a r’ri'Ueh
nobleman, who hrn ju *t IrilitRfi ried
Htrtn D'lhe Htitl'-h mililftry ailnrhe at
PnriH.
W eld l I Ie.'.•••»! 1
IMRIICI SAI.SFV.I
and wc \\ il.i *AR I ’ i
one of mi r SI Ok I* lk»i -i s
from the fadorics.
i; I •ll*,; \ on jo ii < ,li'i* J V !ii ,;n;i *a UtC* 0 » . .* .*1 ' •. v ■ i
• i Stores .'ind ,i M.ini.tioiii M.*ck i .>* • * .* • . * ;
111, I i III UN \\ e hav c t ho I A S I s sok ; .i> id • • c.
HI IN(i COiTPI I III \ I li 1 i It, niorc ot theu in th’. ii< i i a e>
Mi* will give
loiter*
in th* Stite;
c on the way