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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.
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* 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
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to New England mills.
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* 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
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> 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
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unknown. The average age of the
Yale graduates this year is twenty-two
years and six months.
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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,
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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'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.
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PrTNANT THOUCHTS PTCV THE
WORLD'S CREATEST AUTHORS.
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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.
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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 *
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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.
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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.?;
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