The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, May 12, 1898, Image 2
THE COUNTY RECORD.
Published Every Thursday
AT
KINGSTEEE, SOUTH CAROLINA,
b r
LOUIS J. BKISTOW,
Kdltor and Proprietor.
China's resistance to foreign aggression
seems to be limited to wrapping
+ 1>ov ilAvr?tAi1 llAnib
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burning joss sticks to her ancestors
#nd making fac.es at the Towers.
Says the Indianapolis News, the
live stock of the country is worth today
S23G,000,000, or fourteen per cent,
more than last year, notwithstanding
the fact that the number of nearly all
kinds of live stock has decreased.
The fact that South American countries
and at least one European Powerare
willing to sell their new warships
' to the United States rather than to
Spain is a pretty good indication to
the New York Tribune of the trend of
their sympathies.
Fifty years Loudon was live times
larger than New York. At the present
time it is barely more than twothirds
larger, and if the two cities
continue to grow in the same proportion
it will not be long before the metropolis
of the Western hemisphere
displaces Loudon and becomes itself
the metropolis of the globe. Some
euterprisiug statistician on the New
York Herald has reduced the statement
contained in the foregoing para
graph to actual figures, with this result:
New York. London.
1340 373,000 1,950.000
1350. 690,000 2,600,000
I860.! 1,175, COO 3.200.000
1870 1,440,000 3,600.000
1880 2,000.000 4.000,000
1890 2.6:10.000 4.300,000
1898 3,400,000 5.600,OOo
1945 16,000.009 16 000,000
From 1S40 to 1830 Loudon's population
increased 31 ner cent, and New
York's 70 per cent. Since that time
the percentages of increase have been
as follows: Fiom ISoO to 18G0, London's
23 per cent., and New York's 70
per cent.; from 1860 to 1870, London's
13 per cent., and New York's 21 per
cent.; from 1870 to 1880, London's 12
per cent., and New York's 43 per
cent; from 18S0 to 1890, London's 13
per cent., anil New York's 31 per
cent.; from 1890 to the present time,
London's 24 per cent., and New York's
30 per cent. In the calculations
which the foregoing table makes with
respect to New York's future population,
it is extremely conservative; for
in all probability New York will
eclipse London in population long before
the approaching century reaches
its meridian.
From the military viewpoint the
most interesting story of the Cuban
war is told by Frederick Funstou,
lfttfl nf the insnrcent artillew. in
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Harper's Weekly. It is the tale of the
first, and probably the last, charge o*
cavalry on an infantry square armed
with magazine guns Mauser sixshooters.
The insurgents were, of
course, the attacking party, and
Colonel Funston is quite within his
rights in calling Desmayo, the name
of the action, the Cuban Balaklava.
The charge cannot be said to have
^ succeeded, since the Spanish troops
did not^ withdraw until attacked on
the flank by Cnban infantry. Moreover,
Gomez lost fifty-two per cent, of
. his mounted force of -179 men, and
this chronicler admits that if the infantry
had not arrived he might l^ve
lost all. Nevertheless the charge was
a military marvel. It is not too much
to say that the magazine gun was expected
to do away with cavalry as a
force to be fought inginass or used for
other purposes than scouting, foraging
and raiding. In fact, it has done
away with the old close-order infantry
charge, substituting for it the
"rushes" in loose formation which so
disappointed the war correspondents
who followed Edhem Pasha's headquarters
with expectations formed by
traditions of Gravelotte and recollections
of Kinglake and Napier. Hence
the fact that the Cuban horse were
able to cross a space of 400 yards and
reach their foes in fighting condition,
so that they disordered their tire and
suffered comparatively little after the
magazines were emptied with the first
six volleys, must be a matter of surprise
to military theorists generally.
The incident shows that even this age
cannot produce military contrivances
the deadly efficiency of which brave
men are not able to overcome with
stout hearts and primitive arms. We
may probably call this, as we have
Baid, the last cavalry charge. Certainly
Murat himself, with the pick of
his cuirassiers, could not have made
a better ending for the knightly arm
of war than did Gomez, the bushlighter.
with his ragged rough riders
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Horn- oti IJoine-tic Animals. .n--:
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All the reason lor horns on any tur
domestic animal ceased when they 1ms
came wholly nuclei- man's protecting \ hi
care. ft was all right for the animal 1 of
to defend itself with horns while cx- J grc
posed to predatory animals, like wolves ' ran
and bears. When cattle run wild, as pat
they long did in the State of Texas, I soi
anil a< they still do on the plains of sov
South America, their horns constantly is 1
increased in length and formidable-1 ]
ness. But under civilized conditions j par
there is no need for horns. In some ! ma
breeds they have already been bred thr
oft", '["his will doubtless become more i grn
general, as dishorning at least the I the
cows has become a quite general prac- a
tier. Calves may be prevented from I ma
ever growing a horn by applying a the
stick of potash on the head where the eel
horns would start, and removing the l pre
hair, so that the potash will make a jus
ftlinrhf vrtVA on tllO i 11 | fr?
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C?PS>i!!S fffielit of S!ocI:.
It is surprising liow many farmers U10
who grov." live stotfk which they sometimo
expect to sell on the hoof take so an*
little care to ascertain its weight. ! ve*
Their ignorauce in this matter often jlft.
costs them dear, as the butcher or jy
other person who buys of them gen- ; j*s
erallv is supplied with scales, and; orj
can generally guess within a few j
pounds what au animal will weigh. . m 'i
In the writer's boyhood, his' father ca!j
frequently bought cattle and sheep to j ^]c
be fed a while, and then butchered, to j
supply his customers with beef and '
mutton. It does not take long to jea
learn how to guess on the veigr.t of a j3 (
beef. The size alone is not always a a 1;
criterion. Old cattle, aud especially S01
old cows, will not weigh so heavy as , rep
they look, and will usually have more CU]
of their weight in side fat, now worth ba,
very little, owing to the competition Mc
of cotton-seed oil and other vegetable i;ir
oils.?Lostou Cultivator.
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Sow Spring Wheat Sparingly.
The Indiana Experiment Station has
received many inquiries concerning '
spring wheat, and to ascertain whether gn
or not it can be grown profitably in- bd
stituted an extended inquiry. From tio
the reports received Professor Latta ,
concludes .that it does not seem desir- ! po:
able under present conditions to sow j ma
spring wheat in Indiana. Possibly it ' if
might be experimented with in a very 1 Cl<
small way. He suggests that farmers thi
wait until the growing season opeim tin
and perhaps the winter wheat will j j
rally as it did last spring and produce ' eai
a fairly good crop. sm
If the wheat is killed and the soil is tin
impoverished in any way, prepare a thi
line seed bed with a disk or spring 111c
tooth harrow, sow clover seed liberally wa
and roll immediately. If a part of the ' wi1
wheat remains, use only a spike tooth i gr<
harrow which will not seriously dis- su]
turb the wheat, then sow clover seed | wL
as before, using the roller or not as vei
may seem best. If the clover does aff
not catch and it is desired to grow gr<
some other soil-renovaiiug crop, cow- fee
peas might bo used. l)o not sow tin
these until all danger of frost is past, ^x
This crop is a strong growev and ' tin
should be turned under before frost i '
in the fall. The advice given to In- ; tu;
diana farmers applies with equal force I '
to those of nil the States in the Mid- | iru
die and Central West. tin
Eggs For Early Chickens. ^
It is a mistakeu custom of some'
farmers to sell the first laying of eggs j
m the rpring, because they are then wj.
higher priced, and also partly because ! q<0
""luce ovtim Aira ia nf tiio ohif?ks I
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many of tliem will perish from ex- 0f
posure to cold and wet. But this sa,
policy makes the chickens come too tnj
late to be first-rate layers next winter. jtWhat
is needed is fowls early enough m?
so that they will get their winter coat ri
of feathers, lay a litter of eggs and at
have time to recover from this and get (^c
to laying again before cold weather. f0]
It is very raro that young hens begin
laying during severe cold weather, and ' se.
especially just after they have finished J (-j0
moulting. But let them be early: jec
enough to lay one settiug of eggs, aud
tbey will, if fed well with the proper f01
egg-making food, soon begin to lay pjt
again. In winter the hens are much j u0
less inclineu to sit man luey are in jQ^
spring or summer. If tliey do seem j go.
inclined to sit, give them lumps of ice J gr,
for eggs and they will give it up. Not jia
even this will stop a hen in summer,
when her determination to sit is re]
stronger. Late chickens do not usu- o:l<
ally begin layiug uutil spring is fully so,
come. It is better to trust an incu- all
bator for the earliest hatching of eggs, ,
for not only is the hen's time more 1 gn
valuable then for laying, but she can- j
not be depended upon to sit steadily |
until later in the season. ' (al
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Sowing Peas anil Oats. i
For the northern section of the , uo
United States and south Canada, pos- ^
silily no forage crop is more valuable ex,
than a mixture of field peas and oats
needed in the spring as soon as the Sp
ground is in condition to be worked. pe
The common method of sowing is to ^
clear the ground, intended for the jui
crop, of cornstalks or other rubbish,
sow on the ground a bushel of pea
seed to the acre, then plow under to a
depth of about four inches. Before st<
the field is worked further sow a th:
bushel and a half per acre of oats and fir
cover well with a harrow, continuing on
the work until the ground of the seed in:
bed is well fined and compacted. No "J
further treatment will be needed un- tli;
til the crop is to be harvested. to
Some farmers prefer to plow the Yc
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and as for oats, then make a mix0
of the seed in proportion to one
hel of peas to 1J of oats and sow
s, pntting*thc seed down to a depth
about :V to four iuohes. If the
mud is in first-class condition, this
1 be readily done and possibly more
isfactorily, but in early sprint? the
i.is usually wet and the method of
. iug on broadcast as first described
test.
f this crop is wanted for the grain
'iicularly. allow the seed of both to
tare, tli ?n cut, place in shocks and
esh as any other grain crop. The
iin is ground to a hue meal and is
u ready for the stock. It contains
lUigO J.TH'CUiayc U1 IIJ uugcutmo
terial ami is excellent for balancing
> ration. The crop is also an exleut
one for soiling and for this
i-pose should be cut just before or
t about the time the bloom begins
appear. By sowing a number of
Ids at different dates the feeding
iod may be extended over several
nths.
'.fixtures of peas, oats and wheat in
i proportion desired, sown aud harmed
as described for peas and oats,
. e been found valuable, particularin
sections where much attention
given to furnishing animals for
tieal markets or for securing high
tde dairy products. These crops
y be harvested for bay, in which
e thcv should be got when in full
iom, or just a little before, and
iroughly cured. The difficulty with
s eroj) is that because of the thick
ves and stems of the peas, curing
exceedingly difficult, particularly in
eoist climate or during a wet seal.
If properly cured, however, the
tilting hay is as valuable as well
:ed clever and is used on the same
?is. These crops are receiving
re and more attention and every
mer who raises stock should try a
all lield this season.?American
rieulturist.
Artichokes for Swine.
There is no doubt that swine?
iwing pigs and fattening hogs?do
trer on a mixed diet than 011 a rail
in which there is no variety.
Ft. is clearly established that cheaper
rk and pork that meets the present
rket at a better price can be made
something besides corn is fed.
jver in a large degree furnishes
s something 011 many farms during
; spring and summer months.
Late fall, during the winter and
ly spring finds the hog without
tculent food on most farms. To do
iir best all swine should have some
ng besides grain during these
>nths. Some farmers supply this
nt with roots, turnips aud beets or
th potatoes aud pumpkins. A
;ater number let the want go unpplied.
To these and to those, too,
lo have heretofore depended on the
;etables named above, the artichoke
jrds an excellent food cheaply
Dwn. Excepting those wanted tc
k1 when the ground is frozen hard,
e crop may be harvested withoul
pense just turn in the hogs and
ay will help themselves.
The yield is enormous and the cul
re simple.
There are.several varieties but the
proved white French seems to be
3 favorite just now.
Some raise an objection to artiokes
by claiming that once planted
sy cannot be gotten rid of should
a farmer wish to devote the land on
lich they are raised to other crops,
i meet this objection we quote from
e who has for years raised hundreds
bushels of them each year. He
rs: "Artichokes grow only from
bers ami blossom; iu September,
not allowed to bloom, they will nol
ike tubers, and therefore cannot
ow the following year. If destroyed
any time after the old tubers havf
cayed, and the new ones not ye1
med (thi3 is from May to Septemr),
they will not come up the next
won. Mr. W. T. White, of Ranlph
Countv, 111., says on this sub;t:
' 'I have raised the Frengh artichokes
several years and never hesitate to
rnt them in any convenient field,
r to rotate with other crops. Folring
with corn destroys them. Bj
tying to oats, the next spring quite a
awtli of stalks come up,! which 1
rvest and bind altogether. Right
re let me say that these tops are
ished equally as well as the sheal
ts. This settles their future. Have
iveil grass in February after digging
d pitting the artichokes the previous
1. They came up thick with the
ass in the spring, and were cut with
in July. This also destroys them.
"If pastured in the growing season
id tbfey make fine jmsture) the stock
ep them eaten down, so they will
t bloom. If no bloom, there can be
tubers and therefore no growth
e> following year.^I have obtained
cellent results both for pasture and
y, by plowing an old field in the
ring, sowing to cow peas, lj bushels
r acre. The artichokes hold up the
a vines but do not grow the followt
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The Provident Widow.
A Washington widow who had be>wed
herself on a second husband
inks herself fortunate because hei
st husband's last name and her secd
husband's first name both had the
itial "W." "Just think," she says,
Jr. W.'s handkerchiefs are just the
ing for Willie. I haven't even had
have the initials changed."?Nev*
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S A South American Suake Story.
There is more than one way of Sgbt*
lng a snake. In XataJ, South Africa,
1 where lives the deadly inamba serpent,
I a party of fifty or sixty Kaffirs were
' building a road. In the course of their
work they came to a huge stone, under
1 wntcn uweu a large okick iuamuu,
1 well-known to the neighboring inhabi!
tants as being very tierce and venom1
ous. The superintendent anticipated
trouble with the rock and so he offered
' a reward to the Kattir that would bring
| liim the snake's skin. For a time none
' of them dared make the attack, but a
! slim youth finally sauntered forward.
" and amid the jeers and protestations of
the rest declared himself equal to the
' task. He took from his neck what looked
like a bit of shriveled stick, chewed
it. swallowed some of it. spat out the
rest on his hands, and proceeded to
rub his glistening brown body and
limbs all over. Then, taking up his
stick, and clianting a song of defiance,
he advanced with great confidence and
swagger to the boulder. There he
: roil sea up xue nun mm, wno in great |
fury at being disturbed bit liini in the
' lip with great venom. Tlie boy took 110
i notice of the bit. but broke the snake's
back with his stick and bringing him
? to his master asked for the reward,
J obtaining which, lie went back to his
work, and the bite of the reptile had
no effect on him whatever.
No tribe, not even that of a cow (better
than any gold in the eyes of a
Kaffiri, would iuduee this native to dis|
close the secret of his antidote, which,
| he said, had been handed down in his
family for generations. The snake was
I a very long one, and so old that it had
i a inane. It is a well-known fact that
, certain of the Zulus have antidotes for
the iuore deadly snake poisons, which
, they preserve as a secret within their
. own families.
First .\rctic Explorer?"! have always
considered Ctyluinbus a some- \
what over estimated man." Second
I Arctic-Explorer?"Why?" First Arctic
Explorer?"He discovered America the
lirst time he went to look for it."?
i Puck.
I liuuic t/i nic cue.
[ Nearly every man^woman and child
r in Egypt is a smoker of cigarettes and a
i pipe is hardly ever seen in the mouth
of a native.
A Sober-Faced Humorist.
From the present Lord Tennyson's I
"Memoirs" of his father we take the leo
following story: nu:
"Another most amusing friend of pos
mine was Edward Fitzgerald, an Irish- Ka
man, the specialty of whose humor ?it St.
was that, the more comical wore his tht
words, the more solemn his face always PO'
became. I remember an illustration
cf this. After a large evening party, c,'l
when nearly all the guests had departcd,
the rest remained to smoke. In that *ey
jKirty was a man celebrated for his 1
passion for titles. On rhis occasion he ^
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exceeaea mmseir. -\u ins tjuk was ul
the rich and preat. 'Yesterday, when T**
1 was riding with my friend, the Duke "
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of 'On Tuesday last the Marquis
of remarked to me.' " jj^
"It went on for a long time; the ,.
party listened, some amused, sopie
liored. Edward Fitzgerald was the first jjc
to rise. He liphted a candle, passed out ^
of the room, stood still with the lock ^-a
of the door in his hand, and looked js
back. He could chanpe his eounte- qjj
nance into anythinp he pleased. It WJi
had then exchanged in a moment its pa;
usual merry look for one of profound tin
nay. hopeless dejection. Slowly and to
sadly he spoke thi
" 'I once knew a lord, too; but be is
(lead!' wa
"Slowly, sadly, lie withdrew, clos- uo
ing the door amid a roar of laughter." 4
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Petrified human remains are made to tui
order, they say, at Crookston, Mo.
Pheenie Finn, a colored woman of the
place, serves as the model from which *
plaster casts are made for fraudulent of v
museum exhibits, and she has earned ?P
a comfortable living in this way for
many years. The average price of a "n"11
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petrified human body made 01 piaster
of paris and clay, and so skilfully not
treated as to appear genuine, is $100. *hr
Here is an Idea from Freiburg, Ger- hoi
many, which is worth the considera- eig
tion of American colleges. The university
of that city has instituted a of
scheme of student insurance which ver
r.nvora rereived in evmnas- i dot
tics and duelling. Think of the rush
of young men, eager for knowledge, ha1
to the gates of the American temple tiir
of learning which shall first announce
an insurance fund devoted to those g
maimed on the football field! And &lx
then the effect of such an insurance
on the sprightliness of theggame! *h
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A Lock of Napoleon's HiHHB
l unique souvenir of the greaH^H|H
n is kept in the family of iHBHH
rse and attendaut, being now
(session of Prof. Bagley, of
n. He is a native of the islai^|^Hg
Helena, and his mother was on^B^H
> intimates of the guardians of
eon. When the Emperor Jay dyl^HH
old nurse stole to his side
pped from his head a lock of hail^H
rt of the lock she gave to Mr. Bag^^H
's mother and she gave it to her son.^H
t is kept in a bottle and is black and V
ly, with a trace of brown. For forty B
ir s the bottle has been kept in a dark 1
?m. that the hair may not be injured I
the light. There are about forty
.1 - ?ll T1?a haIia ic hnlH nt fl
alius iLI uil. A uu itiiv, *o u\..v* M? M
?at value by the possessor. He has
0 some cloth from the coffin, a medal
en by Napoleon and some other
nor souvenirs from the island of St.
lena.
["he only other per? ion of the body of
poleon known to be on this continent
a single hair that Richard Watson
Ider once owned. He kept it in his
itch case. When the watch was reiretl
he forgot to tell the jeweler of
1 precious contents. When he went
get It he asked: "Did you Gud an>ng
in the ease?"
'Yes," replied the workman, "there
is a hair in there, but it is all right
w I blew it out."
'You blew out a piece of Napoleon
naparie, saiu iuc wjuw wi >ue ^c-uT
A Day's Variance in Weight.
lave you ever tried this experiment
veighlng yourself in the morning and
lin in the evening? It is one of the
t ways, so doctors say, of finding
ether your health is good or not. If
i are thoroughly well there should
be a difference of more than two or
eo ennees either w.iv in the twelve
irs. If you lose or gain as much as
ht ounces you should Immediately
isult a doctor, Avhlle the gain or loss
a pound Indicates you are on the
ge of serious illness. This, of course
>s not apply to one just recovering
m illness, for convalescents who
re been much reduced may someles
gain 15 to 20 ounces a day.
TT-\\S\ n O 1 TT'OTTC
OIQV iliCLL ?uv aic ainajo i?uaui^
>ut the treasures they are laying up
heaven will come very near losing