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SgRVr .V * ' ' r:r ;. rV: v * # . THE COUNTY RECORD KLNGSTKEE, S. C. * fcQUIS J. BRISTOW, Ei <& Prop'r. In all their wars the British have iron the average of eighty-two per fcent. of the battles. 1 If all the corn in the United States last year were in one field it would be twice as large as all Turkey in Europe and two-thirds as large as France. L -j . ====== * How long before the West and Bouthwest will wake up to the fact jjf&at it pays to manufacture woolens where the wool is crown? asks the American Agriculturist, At present, gnore than half (fifty-six per cent.) of the wool produced in the U.nited States is hauled across the continent ' to New England mills. . ' ====== * The Missionary Herald, quotes Captain Hind's assertion that nearly nil tribes in the Congo basin are or have been cannibals, and that the practice is on the increase, not merely for superstitious reasons, but Also for the provision of food. There is a certain ipturdy, fat race in Africa, which has never been famous for its prowess, but vhich is made a regular staple article of diet. I The patent baseball pitching gun vas used in a match at Princeton, N. j^"., the other day, and was said to be n decided success. Where the sport vide of the question comes in it is hard t* tell, confesses the New Orl eans Picayune. The patent catcher And fielder, with an automatic umpire, Drill come next, and the National Game Dill then be relegated to a place among the myths. *As an illustration dt the new methods for cheapening production that liave been introduced of late years, it { is noticed that during the visit of the .business men from South America to I Lynn, Mass., a day or two ago, they aaw a pair of women's shoes made in fourteen minutes and fourteen seconds. During the prooeas fifty odd pieces of leather passed through eighty-five B . V pairs of hands. The Teutonic race is proverbially rr prone to suicide, but even in Germany the suicide of a ten-year-old boy, Max Gehring, in Friedrichsha gen, a suburb of Berlin, is considered unusual. His little sister had her ?y\A ^iafriKnfincr flip uuuiua;, auu u d > birthday cake she got a piece more than he did. This seemed too awful to survive, so' he retired sullenly and silently to a neighboring room, -where he forthwith hanged himself to a door-knob and was found, rigid and ?' dead, hour* after. Aeempilstion of figures just submitted by 188 students at Yale University as to their expenses in attending that great school shows the following interesting results: Of students firing on less than $500 a year there were but eight freshmen, seven juniors and three seniors. Of those spending $1809 a year or over there were nineteen freshmen, seventeen junior*, and twenty-two seniors. From $1006 to $1200 a year is the range of expense quoted by the larg^ est'number in all classes. The average expense, however, foots up thus: IFVeshmen, $750; sophomores, S805; juniofs, $891; seniors, $971. These expenses are about ten per cent, less than they were in 1887. A growing practice among students at Yale of earning money to help themselves through college is noted, and the insuits once heaped on such students by the more aristocratic are now almost 01 '> - j unknown. The average age of the Yale graduates this year is twenty-two years and six months. Mm????????? ft Missouri has a law for the suppression of vagrancy that 13 in SGme respects peculiar. It provides that if any man is found loitering around, without visible means of maintenance, and who will not work at some honest calling to earn his living, he is to be putjip at public auction and his labor sold for six months. It is not explain* d how the purchaser of this labor shall compel its performance. After paying the costs of the court, what the man sells for is to be turned ,over to Vie man's wife ami family for their ma inteuance. It is probable that this lfw is meant more a9a bogey j than for practical use. Even the I threat of being put to work will cause i the army of tramps to gire Missouri a , wide berth. At harvest season of the j year there is always euougb to do iu , the country for ayy man who is able j and willing to put his hand at hard j work. The farmer way not be able tc | pay large wages, but it is better to be J self supporting than to b??nine a pan-' | per dependent on charity, L,\', : "v.* WF.'~; A Handy Garden Cart. The sketch herewith shows a cross between a wheelbarrow and a fourwheeled cart that will be found very convenient. It is long and light and fitted for carrying almost any kind of * loath Sides and a front end can be CART FOB THE GARDEN'. provided if needed. Let the rims of the wheels be wide, so that they may not cut into the ground. The rods at the rear keep such loads as cornstalks, branches from pruning, etc., from the wheels, but permit boxes or baskets to be set in between them.?Xew England Homestead. To Break Up a Sitting Ben. It is so natural for the hen to sit after continuous laying until her egg supply is temporarily exhausted that we use<J when keeping hens to let them have their own way generally an<l bring off their broods. One of the most beautiful sights in the farmyard is the mother. hen watching her little brood, calling them to a favorite morsel, or uttering the warning cry which every little chick understands when some strange object above her gives the alarm. A piece of news paper blown by the wind is to the hen's imagination a dangerous bird of prey. While the hen is sitting, if she is fed and watered twice a day she is probably recovering her strength and bringing forward another lot of eggs quite as fast as she would be if running at large. It really does the hen good to raise her little family, and with the Asiatic breeds .we doubt Whether you will lose any eggs by it. The trouble is that while the hen is sitting she is usually partly starved, and so it takes longer for her to recover. If fed only wheat with plenty of pure water, and in separate dish the curd of milk, Plymouth Rock hens will often begin to lay eggs while kept in the ooop with chicks too small to care for themselves. Yet it is not hard to prevent the hen from sitting if you want to. Place the hen in a coop where she can have no place to make a nest, and with a young rooster from another pen, if possible. After a few days ot tnis treatment, giving only water and wheat grains, the hens may be turned out and will soon go to laying again.?Boston Cultivator. Marking the Milk. Where the milk is set in shallow pans it is wise to mark each day's milk, as "Tuesday morning," 4M\ ssday night," eto. In this way one can see at a glance just when to skim, and does not have to stop to reckon up the number of pans used each day. It is HOW TO MAJRK MILK. also often desired to mark a particular cow's milk, in order to observe its quality. A label and method of attachment is shown in the cut. A strip of pasteboard has its end bent over and wire inserted as shown. The fold is glued down, thus holding the wire. Bend the double wire and hang it over the pan's edge. Growing Fall Turnips. "Where the land is fresh and free from the seeds of foul weeds, fall turnip seed may be sown broadcast from the first of July until the middle of August, depending on the season, and covered with a light smoothing or brush harrow. Prepare the land very carefully and pulverize and compact the seedbed thoroughly. New ground the second year from sod gives best results. The soil is then rich in plant i itkki ana in gooa tntn. a piece 01 sod ground broken during the summer and seeded to wheat in the fall makes an eicellent turnip field the following season, after the wheat has been harvested. Ordinarily such land will not produce a sufficient number of weeds to interfere with the full development of the turnips. Four or five pounds of seed to the acre will give about the right stand. In seetions of the .country where new land is not available, truck patches from which early vegetables have been removed will answer admirably. Often wheat land is plowed as soon as the gain has been removed and seeded to turnips. The ground must be rich, for turnips are gross feeders, but soil containing an excess of vegetable matter will cause au excessive growth of tops, to the detriment of root development. A cool, moist climate is very favorable to the growth of turnips and for this reason the seed should be put iu late if the season is dry, then most of the growth will take place in fall. While broadcasting answers very well on new land, the best results are obtained only when sown in rows and cultivated. Have the rows about two feet apart aud the plants anywhere iron} tjLX to twelve inches apart in the row. Give level culture, keep the , land free from weeds and stir the sur! face often. j Turnips are a valuable winter feed for sheep and cattle, particularly the T\TKAM fn r?-? i 1 lr r?r\Tl*Q nrivA , 1U1 UiCX. fl UUXl 1CU IV Ulivk VV ?I " | just after milking. Otherwise the : milk may be given an unpleasant odor ; and the butter an undesirable taint. ' They must not be fed in excess to any stock but when other succulent feeds cannot be fed, turnips are invaluable. ?American Agriculturist. High Farming on Cheap Land. The greatest difficulty in the way of good farming in this country has always been that prices of land were so low that those engaged in farming have been tempted to buy more land than they could profitably work. There should always be an amount of working capital equal to at least half of what is invested in land. This should be done even though the land be only partly paid for. It is much better to leave a part of the cost of land put in a mortgage whose interest can be met every year, than to pay all the money down and leave nothing to work the land with. In a great majority of cases it is the floating capital, rather than that invested in land, which pays the greatest rate of profit. Farmers have been complaining for years that the mereh&nt. who makes ten to twen ty-five per cent, on his merchantable stock, has the advantage of them. They are tied to their farms, and like the man holding fast by the wolf's tail, cannot, safely, let go, while it takes all their energies to simply hold on and prevent the wolf from turning and rending them. On high-priced land near cities most of the high-priced farm stock is kept. It is usually far more profitable than the stock of the merchant, for that, eicept in case of a change in the markets, cannot increase in value, and is much more likely to decrease. The merchant's stock cannot increase in amount as can that of the breeder. To be sure, the breeder has losses by casualties to animals, but these are fully offset if not more by the bad debts that the merchant accumulates on his ledger. II the breeder manages rightly his stock may be made to increase with its product thirty to more thau one hundred per cent. There is . . . - - . \. I no kind of business so safe from loss, I other than farming, that pays so well as this. Why then is it that so many farmers are poor? It is because they trust too much to their land to sustain them without having the capital to make the best use of it. Most low-priced laud is so because it is far from market; that may make such land unsuitable for growing the fancy breeds of stock that can usually only be sold by having those who intend purchasing visit the farm and inspecting stock on the ground. Yet when a farmer is known to have an ! extra good class of stock he will find customers for it, even if they do find it not very convenient to visit and inspect it. There is no surer way to make the farm richer than to use it for stock-breeding purposes. If the fertility is put into the soil, there need be no fear that some means will be found for making it profitable. It was the virgin and fertile soils of the Northwest that attracted settlement from all parts of the world. Increase fertility anywhere and the land will never lack purchasers. ?American Cultivator. ITorsp Hints. Being gentle with a horse will help him to be gentle. Keep the colt fat and he will make an easy-going horse. Sores on horses' shoulders are largely the result of ill-fitting collars. An excess of food weakens a' working animal and disables it from work. If young teams are overloaded they are apt to become discouraged or 1 vicious. Take the horse to the harness shop 1 and see that a colla:* fits him before 1 you buy it. To a very considtrable extent the : most costly farming is that done with poor teams. The farmers will always be poor who continue to raisu $50 horses at an 1 expense of $100. Blood, food, care and training are | the essentials necessary for producing a first-class horse. There are few diseases to which ( horses are subject but are easier pre! vented than cured. 3 3 1 1 .33 uooa grooming uoes nox oniy auu to the animal's comfort, but to its healthfulness as well. The best farm, horse is the one with a kind and tractable disposition, well 1 broken and serviceable. Feeding a little wheat bran with the I other grain will help to make the horse's hair sleek and glossy. The feed and care necessary to raise a poor horse costs as much in every way as it does for one of the best. A horse needs exercise every day to keep his system properly regulated aud make his hair bright aud sleek. "When the horse is brought in from work he should be given a good drink;1 if too warm to drink he is too warm to eat. The largest estates in Austria are those of Prince Schwartzenlmrg, 510, 000 acres; Prince Lichtenstein, 4?0,- j 000, and Archduke Albert, 305,000. I BLAZEES AND BOLEROS. FEATURES OF WOMAN'S DRESS THAT ARE AS POPULAR AS EVER. Simple and StylUh Design of a Blazer Thai In Suitable For Either Ladies or M lnnes? Handsome Boleros o 1 White Organdy and Moire Uniquely Dei orated Nothing seems to hold popular favor more completely than the Mazer, writes May Manton. The style shown in the illustration is both simple and * mTfc' avn UTcarc' TJT.4 7T7P stylish. The pattern is given for misses as well as ladies, there being absolutely no difference in cut b? tween those worn by the growing girls and Tr4Vn*n*fp *-\D SJ their mammas. The fronts are without darts and there are straight backs, which are laid in underlying plaits at the waist line, side forms and underarm gores by means of which the fitting is effected. The sleeves are twoseamed and show the regulation slight fullness at the top. The fronts are reversed to form lape's which meet the rolling coat collar in uneven notches. As shown, the material is light weight covert cloth, but all-wool stuffs as well as pique, linen, duck, crash and cotton cheviot are well suited to the style. Whatever the material, the . finish is an important point, and differs according as the material is washable or is not. All goods classed under the latter head are made unlined, the seams being neatly bound and both collar and revers simply self-faced without stiffening. 1 Wool goods ot all sorts call for a lining of taffetas and for an interlining of tailor's canvas in both collar and revers, as well as a two-inch facing rotiud the lower edge and at the wrist of each sleeve. When so treated the blazer takes that set that nothing else can give, and should be quite as stylish as though made by an expert. The revers and collar are invariably faced with the material, but the facing may be either the severe machine stitch ing or an applique of narrow braid as indicated. j To make this blazer for a lady in the medium size will require two and one-quarter yards ox forty-foui-inch material. Ladies' Boleros. The models illustrated in the large engraving, and described by May Manton, show two different styles of the ever popular bolero. No. 1 is composed of white organdy tuck ed in clusters or groups that are joined by bands of insertion. The garment is simply adjusted by shoulder and under- 1 arm seams. The back shows a straight lower edge while the fronts are shaped . in rounding outline. The collar is a 1 close band overlaid with violet ribbon ? stylishly bowed at :he centre-back. ? To the upper edge of the cidlar is sewed a full divided ruche of lact- providing a soft and becoming fulness. Epaulette frills bordered with ruffle 3 of lace, headed by a single band of insertion, droops over the sleeves of the bodice which is composed of white 1 spotted muslin over violet batiste. 1 " TT-"' '< '(! No. 2 is carried out in white moire uniquely decorated with black satin ribbon. It is worn over a gown of ; barege showing white and royal bine. The jacket is sufficiently short to per- I mit of the wearing of a deep girdle. ' The back is slashed after the manner | of the latest models and is joined by shoulder and under-arm seams to the j fronts that close at the neck, gradually separating below this point to show j the full waist beneath. The collar and epaulettes are similar to those seen in No. 1. Jaunty little boleros of this description can be made of silk, satin, velvet, moire velours, canvas and other fashionable weaves, and decorated according to individual taste. Among the suitable trimmings are ribbon applied in straight bands, ruffles or narrow quillings, lace, bands of insertion, or heavy guimpe lace applique over brilliant hued satin. Spangles and sequins are frequently seen upon black satin, the effect being exceedingly beautiful. It requires but the merest trifle of material to make either one of these charming little boleros that can be made either to match the waist over which it is worn or of contrasting fabric. Remnants can be picked up at a trifling cost, making it within the reach of every woman to possess a stylish little accessory that will do wonders in smartening up last season's gowns. To make either bolero for a lady in the medium size will require one and seventh-eighths yards of twenty-two inch material. Neat and Useful Wrapper. A neat and useful gown is here shown composed of polka-dot percale, trimmed with bands of insertion. The | upper portion consists of a short yoke that is simply adjusted by shoulder seams and has a straight lower edge. The full portion has side seams, and is gatheied at the upper edge and joined to the yoke, a single band of insertion % ! ^ 'YLISH BOLEROS. soncealirg the seam. The sleeves are nne-seamed and ^sufficiently loose to permit of perfect freedom of the arms, i feature necessary in gowns of this lescription. Gathers adjust the fulness of the sleeves at the upper and lower edges, and a single band of insertion completes the wrists. The neck finishes with a neat rolling collar. Percale, dimity, gingham, lawn, natiste and all washable fabrics are idapted to the mode, or the garment ;an be made of either French or outng-flannel, in which instance it can ladies' mother hcbbard wrapper. je used as a nightdress when travelng. Ladies contemplating a sea voytge will find .gowns of this description ?xceedingly comfortable and practica)le. To make this wrapper for a lady in he medium size will require eight rards of thirty-six-inch material. Japan has ordered four thirty-onemot torpedo boat destroyers of the i'arrovs, of England. v :i I j-. . . t* v y . .' ^ . a ' ~IN TDEOniET HOim" '1 ^, , \ ''3 PrTNANT THOUCHTS PTCV THE WORLD'S CREATEST AUTHORS. * uih? and .Tuly- Climb Uj? to God-A Song of Praise Trust God for Iiucli Day? llicy That Sow Must Heap-Pattern After Christ?What You I>o, Wo Now. Juno, with sunshine in her eye9, Pissed her hand across the skies, Then, with archly smiling lips, Blew upon her flnger-tips. So'>n the air grew wondrous r led, Ov? rhead, and under feet, Under feet, and overhead. Trooped the roses, white and red; Trooped the roses?crimson, white, Pink and yellow, pale and bright? Till they perfumed earth and air, lioses, roses, everywhere. Wearied then, she shook her head, And the petals, white and red, All the petals?crimson, white. I iuk and yellow, pale and bright, Fluttered slowlv. softlv down To the border of her gown. Half dismayed to see them fall, i'< Quick she turned to leave them all, Looking back to say good- by. She met the warm glance of J- ly. ?Anna J. Grarnis, in Congregaticn?li3t. CDiul* l"p to God. Byron makes the lll'-istrlous Bonnivard dig footh.dds in the wuhs of his dungeon, by which he climbs to the lofty window or his cell to get a look at the Impressive mountains of his native Switzerland. For weary years he had been confined In the prison of Chillon below the level of the waters of Lake Geneva. He could hear the f ' waters ripple day and night. They formed, as it were, a second prison wall. One day a bird sang at the prison window the sweet- ?. est song he had ever heard. It resurrected i his heart of stone. It created a yearning for a look over the land which was free to the bird. So the prisoner dug footholds in 4 the plaster of the wall and climbed to the window above. He looked out and he saw the mountains unchanged. He 6aw the snow of a thousand years and learned / patience. That look put new life Into him and gave him a vision that lasted him to ? the end. From that sight he obtained rest, strength, solace. I mean to climb up to God that I may get God's vision of life and be forever consoled by the sight of some imng grana anu inviting uevuiju una uu, in which I am now as in a prison. I mean to catch a glimpse of the towering peaks of immortality. 1 am outting footholds for my faith in the promises of God, and I have no time for ease, and I want no ease. The joy of such work is far better than ease. I want not rich living, I want only a rich ife. ?David Gregg, D. D., in "The Heaven Life.* A Song of Praise. 0 thou who art our Father, we pour out our hearts in a psalm of gratitude unto thee. We thank thee for the great saints and heroes whose names are household words, and also for the unnumbered and unnamed who with common talents have done great service for mankind, whose holy life thou hast blessed for all the world. We praise thee for the prayers, the toils, the tears, the blood, the manly and-womanly endeavor whereby the wilderness has been made to blossom as the rose, and the great victor!e? of mankind have been achieved for us. We remember our own lives before thee, the lines of our lot cast in this pleasant land, and we ask that we may faithfully do every .A duty which the age demands of us. Inheriting so much from times past, quickened by ' the inspiration of great men, and still more feeling thee a presence ever near to our heart, we pray tnee that there may be such religiousness of soul within us that we shall make every day a Lord's day, and all our ; work a great sacrament of communion with : thy spirit. So may thy kingdom come and thy will bt done on earth as it is in heaven. Amen. ' ' V Trrut God for Each Day. Today Is ours. Tomorrow ia not ours. We need, and we can have, strength and support for our duties of tod iy. These are promised to every child of God who asks and trusts. There is no promise for the needs and responsibilities of tomorrow. To that day we may never come. That day ~ may never come to us. If we do our duty today that is all that God requires of us. If we neglect today's duties our life is so far a failure, and we must answer to God for, this neglect. Faithfulness in our day is a hijjh attainment. Being anxious for to- v- * morrow displeases God and unfits us for His service. Only by fidelity in today's duties can we make wise preparation for tomorrow. When the children of Israel in the wilderness attempted to lay up of today's manna for tomorrow's food, their plan i was a failure. When they were willing to trust God for each day by itself, God's daily provision for them was ample. Thus with all of us. There is daily strength for daily needs: such strength is sufficient for u? CA each and all.?8. 8. Times. They That Sow Xmt Sup. Our deeds have an inescapable reflex Influence; what we do helps to make us what we are. All our activities both manifest ?? character and shape character; deeds are never trivial. You think, perhaps, that you may do many things now which you will not do by-and-by, and that these will have no fermanent result in your future condition. * t is a dangerous mistake. Many a younj? man indulges himself in "sowing wild oats," and forgets that every sowing ha? its harvest, insv mat sow uewma reap the whirlwind, The sins of youth are the seeds of many a grievous harvest reaped in old age w;th remorse and unavailing tears. ?Philip S. Moxora, D. D., in "The Aim of * | Llfe'" Pattern After Christ. A young woman with some ambitions as a, painter submitted specimens of her skill to a successful artist. "Don't copy copies," said he. "You have copied this landscape | from a picture that was itself an imperfect copy, with the result that all its errors are. ; reproduced and magnified. Qo out into nature and paint directly from your own landscape. Or, if you must copy, copy j from a masterpiece. Anything else is not ' worth while." Yes; and, young Christian, do not pattern your life after the life of some one else, who at best is only an imitation of the perfect One. Imitate for yourself the only life that is worth imitating. Look unto Jesus.?Golden Rule. What You Do, Do Xow. Let us put out of our minds forever the thought that thirty years from now we are going to do something. .You will not unlesa you do it now. There is more time wasted, more sin committed, waiting for a mere propitious opportunity than from any other one cause. "Behold, now"?not thirty minutes from now, not ten seconds ahead, but now; the "now'' of Scripture has not ilnratiAn r\f a t hrm CM n A t h nftft nf A HPP ond. "Now is the accepted time," not only to believe on Jesus Christ, but to serve Him."?H. C. Mnbie, D. D. If this great world of joy and pain Revolve in one sure track; J If freedom, set, will rise again, And virtue, flown, come back; Woe to the purblind crew who fill The heart with each day's care; Nor gain, from past or future, skill To bear and to forbear! ?William Wordsworth. ___________ Grent occasions do not make heroes or cowards, they simply unveil them to the eyes of men. Silently and imperceptibly as we wake or sleep we grow and wax strong, we grow and wax weak, and at last some crisis shows us what we have become.?; Concn Westcott. A -.H ' 'A