The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, August 26, 1897, Image 2
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THE COUNTY RECORD j
i? KLNGSTREE, S. C
LOUIS J. BRISTOW, Ed. & Prop'r.
It says much for the recuperative
powers of St. Louis, Mo., when the
fact is realized that already 8000 of
the buildings blown down or damaged j
by the great tornado have already been
ither re-erected or repaired.
Massachusetts has established
eighty-five free libraries since the
publio library commission was appointed
in 1890; Connecticut forty
since 1891, New Hampshire 130 since
the same year, and Vermont fifty-nine
since 1894.
Says the Baltimore American: To
the honor of ei-Librarian Spofford be
it said that he was the father of the
plan to build the new Congressional
Library, at Washington, which is pronounced
by competent judges to be the
finest structure of its kind in the whole
world
Another idiotic exhibition of shooting
backward with a rifle at a woman,
the aim taken from a lookingglass,
* has proved fatal, this time at Berlin.
An expert named Kruger, after shooting
various objects from the hands
and shoulders of his sister, put a bullet
through her he-id in the presence
of 4000 persons.
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tAn attempt is being made to galvanize
into new life the mediaeval city of
Bruges, Belgium, and to shake off the
rust and dust of its long ages of
qniet by converting it into a seaport.
A great canal is now being cut from
the seashore at Ostend to Bruges, a
distance of twenty miles. Electrio
poorer is being extensively utilize^
iand this is the first application on a
grand scale of this agency in Belgium.
tNot only are the huge 250-ton
1 cranes operated by electricity, but
electrio power is being applied to the
bariek^naking machinery, and during
ihe present year will turn out about
18,000,000 bricks for the sluice works
and docks.
The widening market for fruit and
the action of the railroad companies in
giving the growers facilities for reaching
the market in the great centres of
populations have led to more serious
attention being given to horticulture
in many parts of the country, some of
which are more or less remote irum
the large cities, notes the New York
^ San. The oonditions in the central
Wast, the Southwest, and on the
Pacific Slope have been reflected from
U;: time to time in these paragraphs.
Just sow grape-growing, which for
k some time has lagged in Florida, has
as reached so prosperous an activity
about Orlando that grapes are being
shipped from the Niagara vineyards at
the rate of a oarload a day.
,-f In exploiting its resources Kansas
is now directing attention to its mineral
deposits and their possibilities.
It produces ooal, building stone, zinc,
salt, gypsnm, oil, gas, cement, minf
era2 water and day, the output of all
these in 1895 being worth about $5,g
, 000,000. This was triple the output
ei 1885. and is rewarded as Dromia
' ing much for the future. The State
standi first in the production of gypsum,
its output being more than doable
the eombined product of all the
other States, Michigan excepted. It
; is eleventh among the coal producing
States, eighth in oil production, and
fifth in gas, having an oil and gas
J-area ? 9000 square miles. Nearly a
million and a half barrels of salt are
marieted-'annually, and about 21,000
toaarm^zinc. The'zinc-bearing ore
is very rich, the yield being 66 J per
oent.
The system of vertical handwriting
v*. adopted by the school boards of many
of the larger cities is held to have
scored a triumph in Boston already in
turning out pupils who write rapidly
and legibly, the two prime qualifications
in chirography. The paramount
virtue in handwriting is legibility. No
matter how pretty and artistic handwriting
may be, if it cannot be read
fV easily it falls short of its purpose.
This is secured in a conspicuous deIgree
in the vertical system, -while a
majority of pupils add to it both sym'
metry and grace. With such results
K it will not be necessary for graduates
V "- of the public schools to take a course
in penmanship after they have entered
a store or office, as they have
frequently been required to do in
cities that boast the thoroughness and
efficiency of their public school
methods.
r A member of the Arkansas Legislature
was tiued $100 and sentenced to
one minute in jail the other day foi j
"shooting at and missing an editor."
It Is a serious offense In that State to i
miss ;acb an opportunity.
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WORK OF AMERICA'S HEN
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HER VALUE IS NOT LESS THAN
$290,000,000 A YEAR.
Worth More Than the Entire Wheat Crop
of the Conntry?Not So Far Behind
the Earnings of the Kiiliroatia? touiu
Easily Buy Several States of the Union.
H. W. Collingwood, of the Rural
New Yorker, save in the New York
World:
Mrs. American Business Hen is one
of our most useful citizens. She is a
shrinking, unassuming creature, too
modest at times even to cackle over
the birth of her own egg, leaving that
celebration to her husband; and yet
Mrs. American Hen has been quietly
paying off mortgages, driving wolves
from the door and hatching out nest
eggs for thousands of featherless bipeds.
In 1890 there were in this country
SUPREMACY C'F THE ASIERI
258,871,125 chickens and 26,738,312
other fowls. In that year the American
hens laid 9,836,674,992 eggs,
There are now 350,000,000 chickens,
which will lay this year 13,750,000,
000 eggs. These eg^s are wortb
$165,000,000, and the poultry meat sole
during the year will bring Sl'25,000,000,
"which gives $290,000,000 as a very low
estimate of the earnings of Mrs.
American Hen for one year of the
great depression.
The 350,000,000 hens are wort!
$105,000,000 of any maYs money, bul
we will not oonsider that, but take
simply the earnings of the hen. The
average length of an egg is two anc
one-half inches. The 13,750,000,00(
eggs will, therefore, make a chain
542,218 miles long, while the total
weight of this production of hen fruil
is at least 853,125 tons.
Does any reader of the World realize
what this immense production ol
eggs and meat means to the country?
Here are a lew figures for comparison:
Value of silver production $72,510,00C
Value of wool clip 3S.146.451
ValnA nf nil olippn fiX 1 f?7 725
Value of all swine 186,589,74!
Value of mules 103,204,451
Value of horses 500,140,18(
Value of petroleum products... 62,383.403
Value of potato crop 78,984,901
Value of tobacco crop 35,574,220
Value of cotton crop 259,164,640
Value of oal crop 163.655,06?
Value of wheat crop 237,938,99?
Imports of coffee one year 84,793,121
Imports of tea one year 12,704,440
Total of pensions 139,280,07?
Total of school expendituies?178,215,550
Total interest on mortgages 76,728,071
Cost of Postoffice Department... 90,626.290
Net earnings of railroads 323,196,454
Dividends or. rallro?*. stocks 81,375,774
The value of all gold produced in
American mines in 1895 was $46,610,000,
and all silver $72,051,000. The
value of all minerals, including iron,
gold and silver, taken out of American
mines in 1894 was $208,163,768.
Americans are given to bragging about
our immense mineral resources, and
yet you will notice that the hens paid
for it all one year and had enough left
to just about pay the interest on all
mortgages!
Mrs. Hen will earn enough this
year to pay the entire State and county
tax (which in 1890 was $143,186,007),
and have enough left for every
cent of pensions that are paid to old
t'oldiers.
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x ne average cow weigns 13U times
as much as the average hen, and yet
all the milch cows in the country have
a total value of but $263,955,545.
Mrs. Hen in one year will earn enough
to buy every cow, and put the entire
tobacco crop in her pc?cket as well.
She could pay out of her year's earnings
for all the tea and coffee imported
in one year and all the petroleum
products, and have enough left to buy
all the tobacco grown in 1896. # The
total assessed valuation of the following
States fall below the hen's yearly
earnings:
I New Hampshire, Nebraska,
Vermont, Alabama,
! Delaware, Mississippi,
j Arizona, Idaho,
West Virginia, Louisiana,
North Carolina, Arkansas,
South Carolina, Montana,
Utah, Oregon,
Florida. Wyoming,
North Dakota, Colorado,
South Dakota, . New Mexico.
Nevada,
In other words, Mrs. American Hen
could buy any of thes>3 States from
one year's egg and chicken money.
She could buy in this way New Mexico,
Arizona, Wyoming, North Dakota,
Idaho and Montana all put together.
The toi:al cost of conducting the
Postoffice Department last yea:: was
MS aad
890,626,296.84. We can pick out
50,000,000 of our best hens that will
cover every dollar of this outlay in one
year.
The net earnings of the railroads in
1895 were $323,196,454. The railroad
dividends paid amounted to $81,375,774.
The American Hen paid nearly
twice the profits earned by American
railroads.
The total earnings from passenger
traffic amounted to $261,640,598, or
less than that of the hens. It cost in
1895 slightly over two cents to carry
one passenger one mile, .0184 of a cent
a_ a r> m 1.a *1 .
mj carry one ion 01 ireigui one mue,
and ninety-one cents to run the average
train one mile. One single hen,
laying 150 eggs per year, could have
215 days of vacation, and would still
be able to pay for carrying one passenger
100 miles, or for hauling ten tons
of freight 10,000 miles, or for running
an ordinary train two miles. One hundred
and forty such hens would pay
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CAN HEN OVER COMXEBGE AND AGRICl
? the salary of the average teacher employed
in the public schools, while
seventy-five hens would pay the average
pension to old soldiers.
t OMAHA'S IMMENSE UMBRELLA.
I When Raised It Will Be 230 Feet Above
i - the Earth.
The last Paris exposition had its Eif'
fel tower, Chicago had its Ferris wheel,
! Nashville has its giant see-saw. The
department of concessions of the Oma1
?ri.n..,?;nnAf mao
ua u auo ui AUVU
has also received an application for
5 space for the erection of a novel me-,
i chauical device. It resembles the
framework of a gigantic umbrella more
than anything else which might be
J mentioned. The part corresponding
to the stick of the umbrella is an imc
mense cylinder, thirty feet in diameter,
constructed of steel plates firmly
. riveted, making a standpipe which
[ rears its head 250 feet above the level
of the ground. At the extreme top of
this cylinder are fastened twelve long
1 arms, resembling the ribs of an um!
brella. These are steel trusses, reach;
ing almost to the ground. At the lower
f end of each of these ribs is suspended
| a car for carrying passengers, each car
having a capacity for twenty persons,
i These monster ribs are raised by hy
draulic power, acting by means of steel
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I cuuies uperauug tuiuu^u tuc ujiiuuci't
i aided by a mechanism greatly resemi
bling that portion of an umbrella which
\ comes into action when the umbrella
! is opened. By means of this mechan;
ism the gigantic arms are raised until
i they are horizontal, the cars in the
1 meantime being carried outward and
i upward until they reach a point 250
GIGANTIC UMBRELLA FOR
feet above the ground, the diameter of
the huge circle formed by the suspended
cars being also 250 feet. When
the highest point has been reached another
mechanism comes into play and
the suspended cars are gwung slowly
around in a circle, after which they
are lowered to the ground. The sides
1 of the cars are of glass, so that the
| passengers may secure an extensive
| view of the surrounding country.
An octogenarian vagrant was lodged
at a St. Joseph (Mo.) police etation
one night*
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REMARKABLE PEAR TREE.
Trained tc> Grow at the Side of a Home In
a Wonderful Way.
One of the most remarkable of old
trained pear trees that we are acquainted
with is the splendid specimen
of Uvedale's St. Germain at Weston
House, Shipston-on-Stour, the
residence of the Countess of Camperdown.
The accompanying illustration
is published in the Gardener's Magazine.
Mr. Masterson, the gardener at
Weston House, writes that "the tree is
admired at all times of the year, but
more especially when covered with
large handsome clusters of dowers.
In autumn, when laden with quantities
of bi 5 fruits, it also presents an
attractive appearance, and there are
many who also admire the tree when
the stems are bare, and certainly at
this season it is interesting, as the
training is very remarkable. The tree
seldom fails to ripen a heavy crop of
fruits, cropping right down to the
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ground. It has never been fed or root
pruned, a^d its roots are in the bed of
the carriage drive, gravel also encircling
the stem at the base, where it
measures six feet in circumference. It
is, however, very probable that the
roots have penetrated a considerable
distance and come into contact with
the stable drains, thus deriving the
nourishment required by so large a
tree. The fruits are seldom thinned,
WIJTCEB VIEW OF THE PEAB TBEE.
as the tree is so vigorous as to be capable
of carrying very large crops, and
yet the fruits weigh from 'half a pound
to one and a half pounds each. The
+/% a 1 nT^irrVti svf a I aaf rflor u'oa
w/uai nciguv vi ?uo no* j n?o
two hundredweight. Many first prizes
have been won from this tree, including
firsts at the Crystal Palace in 1894
and 1895." "
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The Flint Prepaid Poat.
According to M. Piron the idea of a
postpaid envelope originated early in
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THE OMAHA EXPOSITION. j
the reign of Louis XIV. M. De
Velayer in 1663 established a private
post, placing boxes at the corners of '
the streets for the reception of letters
wrapped in envelopes, which were to
be bought at offices established for
the purpose. And it is said that a
Swedish artillery ofioer, in 1823,
petitioned the Chamber of Nobles to
propose to the Government to issue
stamped envelopes for prepaid letters.
In most - 'arts of Asia where coffee i3
used, the younds" are drunk with
the i'tf usion.
WAIST TOE EARLY FALL.
A NEW AND ATTRACTIVE DESIGN
FOR HOME WEAR.
The Material la of Fonlard Silk, Showing
Leaf Pattern, and the Decorations
Are of Lace and Narrow Passementerie
?A Waist In French Bine Tafleta.
With the established popularity of
the stylish little Etons, blazers and
top coats, writes May Manton, there
is a constant demand for new designs
WAIST OF FRENCH-BUTE TAFFETA.
in separate waists that can be made of
silk or wash fabrics. A stylish example
is here given, developed in French
blue taffeta. It is made over a g e-fit
- ATTRACTIVE WAIST FOR'
ting lining that is trimly adjusted to the
figure by means of the usual seams
and darts, and closes as does the
waist, invisibly at the centre-front.
The full fronts have clusters of tucks
that are laid at yoke depth, separated
by bands of insertion that have mitred
points. The back fits smoothly across
the shoulders with a slight fulness at
the waist line. The two-seamed
sleeves fit comfortably close with a
fulness at the top, caught through the
centre by bands of insertion that can
be omitted in favor of a small puff, as
shown in back view of engraving. The
neck band is concealed by a stock of
satin relieved by the inevitable touch
of white lace or chiffon above. The
belt that encircles the waist is of silk
with handsome metal buckle.
Light inexpensive silks can be purstViaaad
at n triflincr cost, so that everv
woman can number among Tier outfit
several dainty waists. The readymade
garments are invariably highpriced,
but with these reliable patterns,
a few yards of material and a
little ingenuity, satisfactory results
may be obtained.
To make this waist for a lady in the
medium size will require five yards of
twenty-two-inch material.
A Waist for Early Autumn Wear.
The attractive model shown in the
large illustration is well adapted, according
to May Manton, for early
autumn wear. As illustrated, the material
is of foulard silk, showing a leaf
pattern.^The decorations consist of
lace and narrow passementerie that defines
the edges of the rever and the
wrists of the sleeves.
The waist is supported by a glovefitted
lining having the customary
seams, double bust-darts and smooth
under-nrm gores, and closing invisibly
at the centre-front. The back is wide
and seamless, fitting smoothly across
the shoulders, with a slight fulness at
the waist line. The right-front shows
fulness at the shoulder edge, with for- <
ward-turning pleats at the neck edge, i
while at the waist line the material is
drawn well to the centre-front by over- ;
lapping pleats. The left-front lies ;
smoothly at the shoulder and neck, 1
with the additional material at the 1
waist laid iu forward-turning pleats. [<
On the edge of the left-front is a fall 9
rever that falls in jabot effect from
the shoulders to the waist. The neck
is completed by a smooth band over 3
which is a stock of ribbon. A soft - M
frill of lace rises above the collar, af- ^jj
fording a stylish finish.
The sleeves are mousqnetaire, following
the arm closely from the wrist ' ' 'M
to well above the elbow, where they J3
are finished by a puff of moderate di- " ^
mensions. The waist is encircled by N.
a wide ribbon girdle that finishes with
a bow and ends. All varieties of silk, ' ; S
including taffeta, foulard, India, etc.,
are adapted to the style, while soft.
wool textures, or silk and wool, will
develop equally well, lace, ribbon,
passementerie or insertion forming
suitable decoration.
To make this waist for a woman ot
mArdinm si7A tuill rannira tn-n and ?. J
quarter yards of 44-inch material. M S& *
Jannty Suit For a Little Boy. . j
The jaunty suit here represented is
made of dark blue serge, with a wide If&fM
sailor collar of white. It is neatly fin* fSfl
ished with machine stitching and decorated
with narrow braid. The coat, of .5
becoming length, is simply shaped by '>Jj
shoulder and under-arm seams; the ^"8
back is wide and seamless, and has a
slight fulness at the waist. The cldaing
is effected in the centre-front, with *3
button and buttonholes. Above the ^
closing the fronts open upon a shieldshaped
portion, the neck finishing *JB
with a narrow braid. On the left front :
a useful pocket is inserted. An attractive
feature is the wide sailor col
lar, falling deeply across the back and VwM
shoulders. The sleeves are provided
with inside seams only, and are arranged
at the wrists in small box- .'..-a
pleats stitched to position, while the .. 'M
fulness at the top is collected in '-M
gathers. The short trousers, extend- ?-'*m
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EARLY MORNING WEAR. ' ^ *
ing to the knee, have inside and oat- "a
side leg seams, and close at the side, J,
where pockets are inserted in the oat- ^
side seam. Inside bands are provid* .
ed at the top, having buttonholes to hsfl
attach to buttons on the shirt waist. f
The trousers display a fulness ft the ;
knee in knickerbiocker style, which is
regulated by an elastic run throagh ; ?JI
casing.
Useful and becoming suits for small
boys can be fashioned in this style in . ^
tweed, cheviot, serge or light-weigh}
BOY S RUSSIAN SUIT.
cloth in shades of blue, tan, gray or
cardinal.
To make this suit for a boy of four ^
years will require one and five-eighths
yards of lifty-four-inch nfaterial or "Vffl
three yards of twenty-seven-inch ma- , ^
terial, with five-eighths of a yard of iji
contracting material tor coiigfc J3|
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