The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, March 10, 1898, Image 6
; JHE COU?TY RECORD.
Published Every Thursday
-ATtlNGSTREE,
SOUTH CAROLINA,
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LOUIS J. BRISTOW,
Editor and Proprietor.
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The Advance states that "Chicago
is a great theological centre,and sends j
forth a larger supply of young preach- j
ors than any other city in the coun- ;
try."
At the present rate of progress pub- j
lie sentiment and local legislation will
soon put the bathtub on that pinnacle
of honor and helpfulness w here it de- j
* serves to rest.
A New York man sixty years old,
who has been writing letters to "the
darlinge*t darling," is defendant iu a
> - breach of promise suit. We advise
y him to set up the plea of insanity.
The state of Colorado struck a small
bonanza when the reorganized Union
Pacific railroad, with a capital stock
of $136 ,030,009, applied for incorporation
under its laws. It cost that comlip'.**
'/ pany
just $20,402.50 for its certificate.
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George Washburn writing in the
Contemporary Review, says that there
is nothing absurd in the claim that
Uif Russia and the Russian peasant are
f'V to be the future civilizers of the
world. It is to be hoped that the
moujik will learn to wash himself before
his civilizing mission begius.
j Every seal needs ten i?oiinJs of fish
day order to live and keep its
health, and it is declared that the
Alaskan coast would become the
KV greatest cod-fishery in the world
tk't :i should the seal be exterminated in
. that quarter. Better the cod than the
; seal, protests Judge. The latter is a
??; ' source of great domestic misery at
i least once a year, and beyond the
Inancial reach of the poor; while ten
pounds of fish a day would suffice for
the largest family many times over.
,? .It is settled. The seal mast go.
At the first election for mayor of
<3reater New York, held in 1897, over
too, 000 votes were cast. This exceeds
the total vote for president in
7 1896 in the states of Vermont, Rhode
Island, Delaware, South Carolina,
Mississippi, Florida, Montana, North
Dakota, Idaho, Wyoming and Nevada.
These states constitute in nnmber
one-fourth of the United States, and
have a representation of twenty-two
in the Senate; yet their combined
voting strength is less than that of a
tingle municipality contained wholly
within the limits of the empire state.
(The recall of General Lockliart from
India is disgrace shovrs among other
jthings the hollowaess of the pretense
{that the British troops subdued and
'dispersed the border tribes, observes
the 8aa Francisco Chronicle. For
We?!;* the English newsmongers reported
victories and coughed down
* "de.'eat*, fi tally announcing the suc*
cess of the campaign. As a matter of
fact. the attempt to pacify the frontier
nras s ich a dismal and costly failure
th.it there is no hope oT saving the
'Bn;iih commander's reputation, unless
he can manage to foist the blame
on his brigadiers.
Becentlv the announcement was
made that the great Eiffel Tower at
Panris had began to bend. The government
delegated Colonel Bassot, of
the engineers to make a thorough examination
of the structure, and he reported
that in consequence of the expansion
and contraction of the different
pieces of the enormous metallic
mass, the tower i< iu a *tate of perpetual
motiou during ?very hor.r of
the twenty-four, which leads a French
journal to suggest that the tower is
'simply breathing. In spite of this per|r
petnal motiou. Colonel Bassot exFjo
.presses the opinion that the strnctnre'
W- m in no danger, and is as lir.11 as
m *ver- . - - --Tliat
history repeats itself has just
^ received another proof. Some years
ago the men of a Bavarian regiment-,
of which Prince Maximilian was chief,
Eg- ' in order that they might show their
devotion to him, cut off their rnns*
- taches and sent them to the priucesr,
^ who had just .become a mdther, that
he might nse them as a pillow.
Something like a repetition of this has
just taken place at. Rapplostweller, in
Alsatia. The chief of the fire brigade
was a few days ago presented with
,f his first child, a boy. The firemen
thereupon called a meeting at which
^ it was decided to make the baby boy
an honorary member of the corps, and
the men subsequently cut off their
mustaches and beards to form the
stuffing of a red velvet pillow for the
baby's use.
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I GOOD ROADS NOTES. |
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Missouri Koa<l Convention.
A large and harmonious convention
in St. Louis spent two days in debating
the road question. The principal
questions were the most feasible
means of improving the .highways, the
best method of utilizing the labor of
criminals, misdemeanants and tramps,
and plans for submission to the Legis
lature. A committee oi uiteen was
appointed to suggest a method of future
procedure.
It was resolved that the ninety
conntics in the State which are aui
thorized to levy a tax of sixty cents
for county purposes be asked to set
aside one-third of it for road improvement.
If this waa made law, good
roads would be built. A resolution
was adopted asking the submission of
a constitutional nmendment permit
ting county courts to increase the tax
levy for road purposes, and auother
resolution in favor of a State highway
commission. The Missouri Bond Improvement
Association was iuvited to
unite with their organization, and it
was decided to hold tho next conven- (
tion in St Louis.
To Locate Itoad* Properly.
The importance of locating a road
, correctly at the outset, according to
. competent surveyors auJ thorough exi
amination, can hardly bo over-estimated.
Where reports are rnad9 by
viewers to some superior body with
: whom the final decision rest9, it is of
great importance that the viewers be
; liberal minded, intelligent and public
spirited, aud that one of them should
1 always bo a thoroughly competent en|
gineer. A fall report of every exarn;
ination should be made, and should
contain sufficient data to make it pasj
sible to base an intelligent and accurate
opinion on it.
Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
j John Hamilton, of Hamilton, Penn.,
is endeavoring to secure better work
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I 121 11113 unci liuii, auu uao poj/uiwu ?u?
| following form of report, with the ob!
ject of securing full and explicit infor1
rnation in answer to each question:
no ad viewers' report.
All reports of boards of road view'
ers, to view and lay out new roads in
j this district, shall contain full and ex'
plicit information upon the following
points:
1. The date of the view.
2. Where held.
3. Whether proper legal noticci
were given.
I 4. What viewers were present?
5. Whether they were severally
' sworn or affirmed.
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O. .Deiween wum puiuta iuu ija.ltI
posed road is desired.
7. Is such a road necessary?
8. Should it be a public or a pri1
Tate road?
! 9. Submit a plot or draft of the
; proposed road, giving conrses and dis!
tances; also indicating where the line
| of the proposed road crosses other
! roads, property lines, streams and
| ravines; also shoeing location of buildj
ings and other improvements near
| which it may pass.
10. Submit a profile drawing show-1
I ing the elevations and depressions and
; contour of the surface over which the
| road runs.
j 11. Draw all maps and drafts to a
i scale. The vertical lines of the pro
file map to be upon a larger scale than
j the base line.
12. Show the number of degrees of
grade at various points.
13. Describe the character of the
I ground over which the proposed road
| runs, giving also the kind of sub-soil;
whether rock, clay, gravel, sand, mnck,
I etc.
1^ Mark on the profile map the
j cuts and fills, also the height and length
; of all bridges and culverts.
15. Make out and submit an estimate
of the cost of constructing the
road. #
| 16. State whether or not damages
are demanded; if so, how much, and
i by whom. ,
17. State whether any protests were
1 made against the laying out of. the
j proposed road; and if so, by whom.
18. State the objections, if any,
raised against granting the road.
19. Have you laid out this road
over the shortest and best practicable
route? If not, why not?
To be dated and signed by each
member of the Board of Viewers present
at the view, giving names in fall, I
and postoince addresses.
It?ntu of Inlereit.
Tu? common i >ad is to tlie farm
wagon what the steel track is to the
locomotive.
State aid id road-bnilding is a system
of co-operation by which good
roads can be economically and rapidly
constructed.
The general ignorance and poverty
j of the Turk, and his bigotry and j
t fanaticism, are largely due to the almost
universal absence of means of
intercommunication. ,
The bod roads of the South, eays
State Geologist Holmes, of North
CrrroTina, levy a mud and sand tax of
five dollars on every man, woman and
child in the Southern States.
Ex-Governor Northan, of Georgia,
! says that ho is in favor qI four reforms
in the State?first, textile training
.d.n^To. ao?<vTi<1 nnv nnlipv wilifth
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! will teach scientific farming; third,
i good roads, and fourth, a reformatory
j prison for the detention of youthfnl
l criminals.
At the next State election in Minnesota
an amendment to the State
! Constitution will be voted on providi
ing for a tax of one-twentieth of a
miil, to be added to the regular State
j road and bridge fund, and for the ,api
pointment of three State road coini
missioners. The present fand is
; about $12,500 a year and the new i&x
is expected to yield $28,750 more,
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HELPS FOR HOUSEWIVES.
A Fmnnus Cook'* Fried Applet.
Tare and core the apples, keeping '
them whole; cut into slices erosswise,
sprinkle with cinnamon, sugar and a
little lemon juice. Stand aside for
fifteeu minutes; then dip each slico
into a batter; slide quickly into the
hot fat, fry on one side, turn and ny
on the other.?Mrs. S. T. Borer, iu I
Ludies' Home Journal.
Caramel Sauce.
One-half cupful of granulated sugar,
one even teaspoonful of flour, one
cupful of boiling water, a lump of but
ter tlie size of a hickory-nut, vanilla
flavoring. Heat the sugar in an iron
skillet until it melts and is of a light
brown, and stir continually. Add the
flour, mix well,the boiling water next,
and boil until it thickens. Just before
serving add the butter and vanilla
flavoring; then your caramel sauce
is ready for use.?Woman's Home
Companion.
Ileal <)l?l-Ka*hloned Cake.
A real old-fashioned cake?almost
coeval with the "old oaken bucket"?
is the dried apple cake. Although ancient,
its merit entitles it to an introduction
to this generation, who will
doubtless appreciate it as much as
their "forbears." Soak one and onehalf
cups of dried apples over night
in cold water and then stew soft the
day before using, in one-half cupful
of molasses. Add to the apples oneliiilf
fMinfnl nf butter, stir to a cream
with one capful of sugar ami twothirds
of a cnpfnl of sour milk. Add
again two well-beaten eggs, one teaspoonful
cloves, two teaspooufuls cinnamon
and half a grated nutmeg.
Roll in flour, one cupful of stoned
raisins, two-thirds of a cupful of
washed and dried currauts and an
.eighth of a pound of* citron, shaved
jn tine bits. Line a cake tin with buttered
paper; put in a layer of the batter,
then a sprinkling of the raisins,
currants aud citron;then batter again.
Fill the tin to the top in a moderate
oven.
Handsome and Delicious Dessert.
Chestnnt cutlets is the somewhat
substantial title of a very handsome
and delicious flessert which Mrs. Borer
made at a public lecture. A pound of
chestnuts is washed, blanched, boiled,
drained and mashed. A pint of water
and 1 lb.of sngar are boiled 5 minutes.
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TO iae.se are auueu iue urmtu juiaa
of six eggs. Tbe mixture is cooked
a moment, then taken from tbe fire
And beaten nntil cold aud until it looks
like sponge-cake batter. The chestnuts
ure then added, the whole pressed
through a sieve, aud with a teaspoonfnl
of vanilla and one pint of cream it
is ready, when cold, to freeze. The
mould should be one made for the
purpose, and can be secured from any
tinsmith. It is a large one, holding
two quarts, with lids on the ends, and
is made in the shape of a mutton cutlet.
When the frozen pudding is
turned out it is cut in slices, iu excellent
simulation of the "little meats."
These are dusted with powdered macaroons,
to give them the appearance
of being breaded, and are served with
a fruit sauce. Mrs. Rorer gives directions
for an elaborate one; but auy
simple cold fruit sauce can be used.
They were seen served not long ago
with the hot chocolate that has been
a popular accessory of ice-cream and
frozen puddings of late. It had the
effect of a rich, brown sauce accompanying
the cutlets, and it is, of
course, quite possible to make this
Chestnut frozen pudding, and pack it
in any mould, omitting tbe macaroons
aud sauce, or substituting whipped
cream.?New York Post.
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Ilouneholtl Hints.
Clean brooms by dipping in and out
of ammonia water. ,
If you would insure your dried fruits
from becoming wormy, scatter sassafras
bark among them.
After washing lamp chimneys, rub
them with dry salt, which will give a
brilliant polish to the glass.
If oyster shells are occasionally
placed in kitchen stoves it will be
found clinkers never appear.
Put a little ffcit in the water if yon
wish to prevent black calicoes from
fading when they are washed.
All beaus and leguminous vegetables
should be cooked with the cover half
off the stewpan in order to be digestible.
To cool a hot dish quickly, set it in
cold water and salt; this will cool it
far more rapidly than if it were stood
in cold water only.
If an oil or gas stove is used, a box
of sand should be kept handy in case
of accident, as it is the best thing with
which to put out fire.
It is said that vinegar may be
strengthened by allowing to freeze
and removing the ice which forms on
the surface. It is the water only that
freezes.
To prevent the wick of a candle
from smoldering, hold it higher than
the mouth when blowing it out, and
blow upward. If lamp wicks are
soaked thoroughly in vinegar before
being used, they will not smoke.
One of the best cosmetics for bicycle
riders or persons upon the water
is fresh encumber juice. To extract
the jnice first peel the cncnniber, then
cut it into thick slices and press the
juice out with a lemon sqneezer. A
simple and harmless remedy for sunburn
is to bathe the face ill buttermilk.
The Decorative Oraie.
"Does your wife do much fancy
work?"
"Fancy work? She won't even let a
porous plaster come into the house
without crocheting a red scollop round
it and running yellow ribbon through
the holes."?Puck.
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diseases of the throat;
soothes the irritated
t use. No mother fear
> children, with Ayer's
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^ quently cured severe <
4 of Consumption. It i:
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^ cough, and nearly all
k recovery; but having r
try that preparation. 1
^ I am now seventy-two
my life by this imcomp
^ "I have used Ayer's
^ remedy for all bronchia
1" My first remembra;
mother used it for cold
attacks ot that sort ami
^ 1 always keep this med
^ or any inflammation of
"I have sold Ayer's
4 Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
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of the best of its class
4 stages."
" Some years ago Aj
^ skill had failed to give
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Ontaaable.
i Taming of the shrew Is a task for
Iwhlch some men are not fitted. I'm one
of them." Then the honest-spoken man
had to be urged before he entered upon
a personal explanation.
"In some respects matrimony may be
a lottery, but I made my own choice
?nd lots of the boys envied my 'prize.'
he was pretty, smart and full of push,
and had as much ambition as the first
'Napoleon. But what a temper! Whew!
She literally made my hair stand ou
end just as though it were cut pompadour,
and without touching It, too.
^Fifteen years ago I left her. As Is
(often the case, our quarrel was over a
trivial thing. I had carried some mud
on to the hall carpet, when going in
after a rain. She took me to task about
it, I talked back and pretty soon she
was doing that hair raising act in a
way that made it impossible for me to
get In one word to her hundred. I stood
it for a little while in hope she would
run out of steam or material, but she
gathered force as she went. In the
flin tnrn-Kfln I tnnk IT1Y hat ?Ild
walked out
"Ten years later I went back and sat J
down before the sitting-room grate as
[though I had only been out for part of
the day. There had been no noticeable
change, and everything Indicated prosperity.
When my wife came In upon
me she neither started, screamed, looked
surprised nor turned pale. And
what do you think were her first
wot-ds?"
: "Give It up."
"'Well, did you wipe your feet this
time?* Yes, sir, that was her exact language.
I left without a word. When
lthe second ten years are up, I'll go ,
again and I'll bet odds she'll ask the
6ame question."?Detroit Free Press.
It Is a great advantage to a person to
be trustworthy In the midst of a populace
which nobody can trust. When
Korea was lately torn by contention
and the Queen was assassinated, the
King shouted for the American missionaries,
ami when one was admitted,
threw his arms about his neck, clung
to him like a child, and kept him all
night by his side. To affirm that the
missionary Is without political Influence
Is erroneous. He may have the
best sort of Jnfiuence. _
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rs the popular medicine for co
and lungs. It cures Asthma an'
tissues that a refreshing sleep ii
s an attack of Croup or Whoo]
Cherry Pectoral in the house.
La Grippe. It prevents Pneur
:ascs of lung trouble marked bj
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\y, after a severe sickness, I was left with we
the symptoms of consumption. My d'xrtor 1
ead the advertisements of Ayer's CTierry Peetc
! did so, and since that time, I have used no otl
years old, and I know that at least fifty years 1
arable preparation." A. W. Sl'El<Jj|
Cherry Pectoral for nearly fifty years aiyl'CTni
1 and throat diseases."
L. If. MATHEWS,'Editor A'twDirfa
ice of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral dates back thirty'
s, coughs, croup, and sore throat. She used n<
ang her children, and it never failed to bring pn
icine in the house, and a few doses quickly che
the throat and lungs. J. O'DONNEL
Medicines focforty five years. I know of no pr
for the cure of bronchitis, it never fails to gii
C. L. SHERWOOD, Druggisl
Cherry Pectoral both in my family and practic<
for la grippe, colds coughs, bronchitis*aud con
W. A. WRIGHT, M. E
rer's Cherry Tectoral cured me of the asthma a!
me relief." F. S. HASSLER, Editor Argus,
had at Hall
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From New York comes a story or rnc |
collapse of a glgaailc corporation organized
to deselop mineral claims In *
the Klondike regions. It Is said that I
fully $3,000,000 had been drawn. Into <
the scheme in question, a large part of 1
the stock having been sold to pour per- i
sans who were eager to get rich quick- '
ly. The exact condition of the affairs i
of the company referred to Is not 1
known at tills time, bat It Is hoped a > t
large portion of the money can be re- <
(claimed. It Is significant, however, that 1
when this Eastern concern collapsed 1
the names of several well-known busi- i
ness men in various sections of the <
country were involved, and they have i
hastened to disclaim all connection. 1
real or Implied, with the scheme. It i 1
seems almost a certainty that the ]
names of these men have been nsed i
wlthont their knowledge or consent to j
bolster np a doubtful enterprise. This j
is regrettable, to say the least. The 1
Klondike region undoubtedly offers an 1
inviting field for legitimate Investment, l
and many of the companies recently ]
organized for such purposes unquestionably
are reliable. But under feverish
conditions mushroom concerns of
tea are organized whose highest motire
Is to fleece the unwary. Unusual
care should L"> taken to Investigate
Alaska n#nterprlses before Investing In
them. Men of wealth and standing In
the business world cannot be too careful
about lending their names te mining
and development schemes with
which they are not thoroughly familiar.
The unpleasant Incidents and accidents
of the Indoor bicycle race In New
York degraded a sport and added nothing
whatever to our knowledge of phy-1
sical prowess, nor does such an exhl- j
bltloa In any way encourage a whole- |
some development of an outdoor sport I
which Is doing so much to Improve the |
health and raise the vitality of the j
American people.
Was a Desirable Clerk.
Merchant?Have you had any expedience
in chlnaware?
Applicant?Years of it, sir.
Merchant?What do you do when^ou !
breai*. a valuable piece? , I
Applicant?Well?er?I usually set it
together again and put It where some .
cu comer will knock It over. [ ]
Merchant?You'll do.?Tid-Blts, <
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herrjjpgb- medicine. .
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ditto be an excellent 4 1
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ompt relief and cure. ^
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epat at ion that equals ^
re prompt relief." *
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sumption in its early ^ J
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A BSeTBErSr ?i .a
The rarest species of bird now extant,'
icd one which Is almost extinct; hasf
Its home In the Jangles of South Amerl-1
n. The ornithological curiosity 1d
known to science as the palamedra cor-j
i. jda, and to the common people as thej
"horned screamer." As a rara aria
nothing could excel the cornuda, unless
It should be the accidental discovery of
i living moa, or an opinornls. Bnt few
of the bird books even let yon know
that such a horned paradox^?er
Isted, let alone telling yon that lhrfatatiHH
jpeclhoens of the queer creature
occasionally met with. The only
now In captivity In North America,
he writer was not misinformed. Is
belonging to the aviary of the Phlladt^^HHH
ohla Zoological Gardens, and which a H
rived In this country about three yeai^^B^H
igo. The creature is about the slse o B M
i full-grown turkey hen, and of ?
olacklsh-brown color. One of Its dls;
:lngulshlng peculiarities Is a raffle
-1- whl^a mhloh wirsftnnila the
iiaCk <UIU WUHC *VU4VM TTTl? MM
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Popular Songs SfiortTved.
Perhaps not one of rhe songs of thef^ '
noment will lire, though the rising!
feneration will more or less dimly re> t
nember them always. Each one ot I
hem is a kind of reminder of some 1
une that went before It, and it will be \
he fittest, the really most original and
salient of the resembling tunes which \
.rill be the one to live. The succession \
>f tunes remaining in any one's recolection
is like the succession of human
icqualntance8. Some stand out boldly
ind lneffaceably in the memory, harng
something, either in their own
juallty or in our sympathy with them,
o command our thoughts and hold our :
sense; others, meaning not much to us,
oon slip their moorings in our souls
ind drift out to the sea of oblivion. We
rake up a friend, as we pick up a tune,
because other people we know are tak- & .
ng him up, but in due time if he does
not accord with our own Internal har- '
monies he is forgotten.?Philadelphia
Ledger. ^
A Slight luver^u.?-mere is some
mistake," said the returned Klondlker, ^
as he crawled from the box car, "about
the fabulous amount of gold In Alaska.
As to there being an amount of fabulous
grid?well, that Is different."?Cincinnati
Enquirer.
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