Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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w: ?THE COUNTY RECORD. Published Every Thursday ?at? CINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, j -B T? LOUIS J. BRIisTOW, F.ditor and Proprietor. China is to-day the scene of the . st ?aud-irrabbinfr raids that the ? ^ Xworld lias ever witnessed. At the >re6-.-nt rate it will be only a littlo while until there is nothing left of the ancient empire except its great wall md a job lot of musty superstitions. The Postofliee Department of Can- i ada does not pay expenses, but the , deficit last year was only $5S3,539, while in 1800 it was $781,152. Dur-j ing the last year 123,S30,000 letters and 26,140,000 postal cards j passed through the mails. Of the j tatters 3,509,300 were registered. The ! number of newspapers and books mailed in the year was 22,015,000. Canada looks carefully after its win XCT quail. xue iarmers leeumg auupiw r tecting them and the local protectors of the preserves making regular trips into the country to see how the iuno- ^ cent birds are faring. "Without such | attention to their needs the rigorous ; climate would exterminate them; with ' it they have come through the present winter remarkably well, and in the coming shooting season the sportsmen of Our Lady of the Snows will rise up and call their protectors blessed. Say3 the >7e w York Post: A timely rebuke has been administered by Justice DA?%na?*lv*an%A r\nf4iforr. U11CUC1I, U1 icuuojnauw, IV |/Gtuiv6 ging, or what the Pennsylvania court .calls "perverted ingenuity." The occasion was the filing of an appeal in the case of a man condemned to death I w pnthe morning of the day of execu* ^tonS^ot a ground of newly discovered cvidencen^UA^R^ed errors of the most formal and perfunctory' irfiiu;- " which had been already passed upon by the lower court in refusing a new : trial. It was simply a move for delay, | or, in the language of the court, "a flagrant example of the perverted standard of professional ethics, which assumes that counsel should help his client to escape the proper consequences of his act by any move or device, short, perhaps, of actual fraud or imposition. This is a very serious error and apparently becoming more widespread, especially in cases involving life. The boundaries of professional privilege and professional obligation are clearly defined, and in no wav doubtful. Counsel represents the prisoner to defend his rights. In i eo doing he is bound to exercise competent learning and to be faithful, vigilant, resolute. But he is at the same time an officer of the court, part of the system which the law provides for the preservation of individual rights in the administration of justice, and bound by his official oath to fidelity as well to the court as to the client." Japan's industrial enterprise continues to excite fresh wonder and as- ! tonishment. Without the least exag- j geration it may be affirmed that this | little island empire is entitled to the j world's record for its growth and pro- j mreis within the past few vears. | Prior to the recent war between Japan and China, the former country was little understood in this hemisphere. 2fost people labored under the iinpres ion that Japan was wedded to her idols, and that progress in the modern sense of that exjrcession was wholly ' foreign to the atmosphere which she ' inhaled. But even prior to the war , -which brought her to the front with so ; much prestige, Japan had seriously i commenced to rid herself of her en-, cumbering superstition* and to borrow ; western ideas of life. To-ilav the lo- ] comotive, the telephone, the tele-! graph and the electric light are mir* I Acles of progress as familiar almost to .Tnns as thev are to us. who lirst i produced them. From seme interest- j ing data recently compiled by one c* our consuls to Japan, it api>ears that i the manufacture of matches is extensively carried on in the kingdom. There are now some forty-five estab-, iiBhments in all, employing nor* less than 13,000 operatives. Since ISO'} the growth of this indu\ry, alt Lou h retarded by the recent war, has been phenomenal. In 1S96 the value of its total output aggregated .91,672,700 J and in 1897, $1,706,(>12. The wide.! awake enterprise of the kingdom is ] Btiil further illustrated in trie activity j displayed iu its navy yards. At the j present time Japan is engaged in the I -construction of seven war vessels. If1 Japan continues to develop at the present rate, there is no telling what possibilities of national expansion lie before her. if mmmM ' 1? { \ '' > 'I'll (,//& tj^S;-'-; 9,*rZ$. l&ft&j? >. TOtpS^^ssr Test of Colors. If von want to test which is the best sunvuer color, black or white, put botn hands in the sun, one covered by a white, the other by a black chiffon not, and note the result. A Novelty in Dress Trimmings. A novelty in dress trimmings is a fine fawn-colored batiste embroidered all over in a minute design of chenille. This is used for cuff's, collars and rovers on silk waists. Oriental embroidered insertions, set in between groups of tucks, form another mode of + Wr.ic+a r>'<iin silk in II iiUU-i-i.,. ?i ui-n J v* | medium and light colors are striped p and down diagonally across the sleeves with velvet nbbou of a darker shade. Ingenious Imitation Feathers. The demand for feathers for millinery purposes has developed the skill of New l'ork artists to such an extent that they arc able to imitate many expensive and rare kinds of plumage with the cheapest and commonest kinds of feathers. The tools employed are known as curling scissors, alkali, feather workers' paste and various dyes. The most ingenious application of these counterfeits was the making of an artificial bird upon a frame which was life-like in its naturalness and yet which was manufactured of feathers taken from ordinary barnyard fowl. The New Gauzes. A frock of one of the new gauzes is a peculiar shade of blue?something lmln-oon hnroholl ami irxliiro Tfc 13 VVM ? ?-O" strewn with blurred red and yellow blossoms, the red and yellow melting into the blue, of course, and not spoiling the general tone. The skirt is made over two underskirts, one of white niousseliue and one of.blue taffeta, and is finished. at the bottom \7ub-a {fe$p4fouuce of black Chantifiy. Lines of black lace are laid over the material at intervals of five inches apart all the way around the skirt, runniug from waist to hem. The bodice has the same lines of lace, but here there are inseriicus, showing the white niousseliue beneath. A deep collar of rich cream white lace is edged with long points, which also form epaulets. The pattern of the lace is set oil by a light tracery of gold thread. A simple stock, covered with the cream lace, deep frills of cream lace at the wrists and a ceinturo of blue tafi'eta fastening in the back, with a big flat rosette of light blue velvet and a buckle of steel and diamonds complete this odd and pretty I'uaiumc. Ladles and the Paris Exposition. The ladies of the country are demanding a share in the honors and responsibilities at the Paris Exposition. They 'want a separate organization and $150,000 of the $750,000 that is to be appropriated for the representation of our government. They want their own commissioner-general and staff, and object to being mixed up with the men folk. They have a committee in Washington composed mostly of - New York women led by Mrs. Ledyard Stevens, of that city, and command a good deal of social and political influence. They have seen the President, the Secretary of State, Judge Day, and members of the appropriation committees of both Houses. But thus far they do not seem to have made much of an impression. The President inclines to an arrangement by which there shall be a woman's board under the commissioner-general, but tliiuks that two organizations would result in frictiou and confusion. The Appropriation Committee is of a similar mind. They are perfectly willing to authorize the commissioner-general to appoint a woman assistant, but they do not see any practical use in having two separate and independent organizations. The ladies, however, will insist upon offering an amendment in the Senate if the Appropriation Committee refuses to comply with their wishes.?William E. Curtis, in Chicago llecoru. Tor the Finder-Nails. Even manicuring has its fashions, its phases and its reactions. Highly manicured finger-nails are not at all in favor just now. It was all very well when the fad was comparatively new to so to extremes about pinking and polishing your finger-tips, but now that it has had time to season, moderation is to bo observed. Nails so blushing and apparently so well polished that you van see your face in them are no longer good form. Hand mirrors at the chatelaine are preferre 1. The thorough-bred digit is all that is dainty, but it never attracts attention through artificial r>v. .tns. But iitt'e Cvdoring is used, the polish amounts to hardly more than nature's gloss, and the pointed cut has given way almost wholly to the less obtrusive crescent. There are also variations in the technique of manicuring. Where the ii!e with tlie sand-paper board as finish was formerly used for paring the nail, tlie sand-paper board is now used exclusively. Everything tends to make the manicuring process les3 of a surgical operation. The cuticle knife is rarely used nowadays, the slender oarshaped orange-stick accomplishing the same purpose with less of force and friction. Cuticle scissors are dispensed ?jLfL-ft&8ypfe i m?m&^ i iH ! with almost altogether, save in the case of some very refractory ^stepmother." That good old standby, the ; pounce, is in danger of banishment. For insuring the just-right degree of nail polish, many manicures declare that there is nothing, after all, so efficacious as a good rubbing from the ' lleshy part of the palm.?Harper's 11azar. TI?v Oui-l)oor Woman. The sibieet of bicvcle tonriner is one I . J 1 Jf ~ . * ' I I which lias been widely discussed, an 1 i in regard to vrliicli a great deal of advice has been given. Lists of the necessary articles to be taken as baggage uja.ii the wheel have been made ( out atid a multitude of directions have ( been laid down governing the proper j equipment in general. Nothing that. the tourist could possibly need lias ! been omitted, but?aud here lies the | mistake?a vast number of things [ j which she could dispense with have ! 1 been included in the outfit. From I I this causo largely has come the dis- I satisfaction which has been expressed ! I regarding bicycle tours. Too many of them have been undertaken by persons so overburdened with alleged 'conveniences" that their trip has rcj sembled that of a freight-laden oarai van. The secret of a pleasurable tour lies, in a great measure, in the light; est possible equipment. The tourist cu a wheel cannot expect all the'traveling luxuries to be found in a drawingroom car, and the more strictly she limits her list the more comfort she j will liavp. A plan which has been followed with much sucoess by a man and his wife who live in the suburbs might well be followed by tourists in general. They carry with them as baggage little else besides a few toilet articles. These are packed into a strong bag of brown linen, made with pockets for the brashes, combs, soap, etc. This bag is put into the- fki luggage-carrier, of moderate size, which"- lite into the diamond frame of the man's wheel. The repair outfit for the two wheels also find plenty of room in this luggage-carrier, so that they need not be strapped elsewhere, and a drinking cup is another necessary article. No attempt is made to carry any extra clothes; but arrangements are made to have these sent on by express to the hotels or houses at which the tourists are to stop on their journey. This plan requires that the route shall be carefully planned before the start is made, and that the cyclists shall adhero faithfully to their programme. Arrived at each night's stopping place they find a bag of fresh clothes awaitiug them, and having taken these out they repack the valise with the thiugs they have been wearing and have it expressed home again. If they are to make a stop of unusual length anywhere they order a trunk instead of a Korr lio n* the r?lnr>r? nt the nroner vn^ *"v r - -1 i time. Fashion Xoles. Silk shirt waists ere completed with a stock and long tie of the sairo silk. Neckties of white chiffon trimmed across the ends with gathered narrow j white satin ribbon are the latest fad. Flower gardens on the head in the shape of hats will be prominent this F summer. They will be made of old garden posies and no ribbons will be used. . n %A novelty in long watch chains is made of black sewing siik, with either gold, coral, turquoise or some other (.j variety of fancy bead at ..liort inter- f. vals the entire length. J ('1( Veils are worn in (lots anil large } a] blocks, ami are the proper aecoinpainment of every big hat. They c.j come down below the chin ami knot ei comfortably at the back. <$ Never were finer woven or more w daintily fascinating designs and love- sc ly color blendiugs produced than are la shown in the organdies brought to view for the summer of '1)8. In Purple in one or other of its many ci ; tints and tones, including plum, w | violet, orchid, hehotro])e, petunia, ol iris, lilac ami wistaria, is everywhere in evidence in the exhibit of dress fr fabrics, ribbons and millinery. hi The riding habits are excessively a; simple, the skirt narrow and only long St : enough to cover the feet, with a tight- %v ; fitting, single-breasted coat of three! quarters length. These are made up ^ | in dark cloth and light-weight coverts, 10 , devoid of ornamentation, their beauty ' depending entirely on their cut and a( | fit. _ ? J The big dotted veil is a tiling 01 tne * ! past. It is not even carried in stock I at really swell places. The complex- :l1 ' ion veil has ousted it. This is very ' properly named, but it might be even ,:i better t<> call it the complexion beauitilier. It is astonishing how a piece of plain black net of crisscross or uia- c; I mornl design can enhance a plain woman's looks. ?< For golliug costumes the circular a' skirt of double-faced material is much j used, and the simple golf cape is con- ^ sidered better style than the fanciful : shawl cape. A uew golf dress is made 01 ' of smooth brown cloth, finished with 0( . , . . i,, rows of stitcbing. Tbe jacaet lsquua ~ short and is worn with a scarlet waist- v'" coat, which opens in a square at the neck over a stiff shirt and a mannish 1" , tie. Of course, there is a brown cape ; with a tartan lining. _ ^ ?r vy \/ '-^ '^' V V ^ : "R >"*^ >&? bA- -A^ ^L. Lyy^./V -^- >&>. -A^ -^i <^ii |A. -^- -^- -A . I FOR THE BLOOD lf h .... R y / is as necessary as a broom for the house. For in the blood accumulate * 1 the germs of disease which, if not swept away, become manliest in boils, < blotches, sores, ulcers, eruptions, eczema, tetter, and like diseases, that ^ 4 flay the flesh and scar the skin. > 4 > [ MAKES A CLEAN SWEEP ' 5 r 4 of .nil diseases that begin in the blood. What other medicines drive in, ^ ' ^ , Aver's Sarsaparilla drives out. Where other medicines make a surface f 4 show of health by cleansing the skin, Ayer's Sarsaparilla lays the foun- 4 dation of health by cleansing the blood. It is conceded that * ? OF ALL DISEASES : [4 the largcj((jiirf1!Toi'i have their origin in impure blood. Cleanse the blood r J and yon cleanse the skin. Foul blood cannot make a fair body. The * )> shor^st way to a sound body, a clear complexion, and a vigorous life, is < ^^fcfr'purily the blood with Avers Sarsaparilla. < (i * r . " I car. truly say that Ayer's Sarsaparilla saved ny life after doctoring for years for ^ # , 4 blood poisoning Not one bit cf help in ant* way, shape, cr manner did I receive before, r ^ by advice of a friend, I took Ayer's Sarsapariila. It made me a nev.* nan, and completely . . * , A"v [ 4, cured mc." HARRY L. 1JROWN, at Ilanover St., Manchester, N*. II. f j "Last year I was badly troubled with boils which I could not pet rid of, until I procured ^ L Ayer's Sarsapariila. Two bottles relieved ir.e o: my tormentors, and they have never P made their appearance since." B. B. BRADLEY, Danburgh, Ga. ^ ^ "Five years ago my little boy became blind from the effects of scrofula. Our doctor ^ ' ' ? e:_, c t w'? 'i-roreiril'a and two hottles cured him.1' ^ L ^ C. C. GOPETT, Canes, Ky. T J i ^ 'After six years' suffering frern blood pobwjr.tng, I began taking Ayer's Sarsaparilia, p p 1 and although I have used only three bottles of this great medicine, the sores have nearly I ^ ? all disappeared." A. A. MANNING, Houston, Tex. ^ F ^ f "I was afiiictcd with catarrh a number of years, none of the doctors being able to L ' help rac. When almost hopeless of cure, a friend advised me to try Ayer's Sarsaparilla, ' y and after using only three Lotties, the cure was effected, and to-day I am perfectly healthy." . ^ ' JOSEPH IIUUPIIV, 173 Mulberry St., Newark, N.J. v. v / v-v.v v" vv v v y ^ v V LOOKING FOR 45 CENTS. t ifty 3Icn Tearclicd Nine Hours Hcfore the Error Was Located. Book-keeping has been reduced to f; ich an exact science in the big metro- p >litan banks that the clerks are ex- a Krted to strike a correct balance at the q ose of each day's work, no matter if p ie transactions run into the millions of s, >llars. "When the books fail to bal- c. tee, the whole force of the bank is put e > work to discover the error, and no p erk starts for liome until it is discov- f ed, whether it amounts to 2 cents or ^ .',000. Generally a quarter of an hour ill bring the mistake to light, but p mietimes the hunt is kept up until te into the night. c Such a search was recently conducted i a New York bank located in the vi- + uity or wan savor, ioriy-uve ci-uu t as missing. At (> o'clock not a trace : the errant sum could he discovered, f inner was sent in for the whole force i_ oni an adjoining restaurant, and after t tIf an hour's rest the search was ^ rain taken up. Midnight came, hut n ill no clew, so sandwiches and coffee r ere served. ^ \ "Hello!'' saiil a clerk. "The Blank j ^ ational people are wotking to-night, j , it. Guess they're In the same hox." ; ' Sure enough the windows of the hank j ross the street were brilliantly light- ; ., 1. The incident was soon forgotten j hen the wearying hunt after that usive i." cents was resumed. Shortly j :"u r one o'clock iu the morning, as ; v ley were about to give up for the ! ighr a loud rapping was heard on the out door of the hank. "llello! Hello! What's the matter?" ; ^ died th.e cashier through the keyhole. | "Matter, you chumps. Why, we've i s >t your blamed old 4b cents: come \ Ions home to bed!" Outside stood the crowd of clerks ; j1 om the neighboring bank. It appear- j , 1 that, in making a cash transaction, j 10 of the banks had paid the other 45 j a mts too much. As a result fifty men j id worked nine hours, and the .-enroll i as only ended then because a bright i J erk. noticing the light In the bank op- c >site. shrewdy guessed the cause, ^ Ltuted up the cash slip and discovered 1* le error. 1 * A YOUTHFUL EXEGETE. [is Interpretation of the Scriptures Was Not Orthodox. Strange are the workings of the inint mind. The little son of a wellnown naval ortieer stationed here has dvaneed a new version of an old text, 'lie wife's mother, who makes her eme with her daughter, is of the old cliool, a dear creature, with puffs and aps, who reads her Bible front prefernce. It is a custom for her to teach er little grandson every day a verse rom the Bible, and on Saturday of last reek the verse selected was: 'Ttemember the Sabbath day, to keep : uoiy. The child had unusual difficulty in ommitting the verse, but, once masE-red, It must have settled deep Into lie very largest brain cell possessed by he little fellow. Sunday morning the youngster came, resh, white and starched, from his urse's hands, and was deposited on the ront porch until the family assembled or church. Emerging at the hist moment, the mother was horrified at the ight of her small offspring seated up11 the terrace digging with all his :iight into the moist ground. ;'Baby, baby, come here this min;te. Don't you know it is naughty to lay on Sunday, and get yourself all irt?" cried the mother. The little fellow looked up wtui a i uzzled air, and made answer: "Why, luvver dear, I Is digging holes for i lunday." "Digging holes for Sunday? What onsense! You had. bad little son." reamed the mother, none too gently, rying to rescue the once immaculate u it. "Now. muvver, dear, I did learn ve erse from grandma, and it was Tteiieniber ve Sabbath day to keep it io!y,' and I is only digging ve holes or Sunday to make it holy, and I isn't bad 'ittle son at all." There was a suspicions trembling bout the mouth, but it is needless to elate that the little philosopher was aught in his mother's arms and kissed efore the cry developed, and that he ras given two plates of Ice cream for lis Sunday dinner, all because of his iriginal theory. Washington Stan SECLUDED CHINESE WOMENMany of Them Die Without Ever Having Left Their Homes. How can we expect much of the Chinese women? They spend their time, shut in their own apartments, gossiping and reading novels, says Mrs. Gilbert Iteid, who has been a missionary in China five years. The gentlemen who prepare onr course in Chinese literature say they've found only one Chinese novel, a historical romance, fit for us to rend, and yet the Chinese women live on Chinese fiction. They talk with their servants, smoke water pipes, and most of them get drunk on hot wine. A' Chinese woman of any position or re-i speetability never goes out of her house without a special invitation, and many of them grow old and die without ever having set foot outside of their front door. No thought from the outside world can get to them. As I said, they read, gossip, cultivate their long, yellow. claw-like linger nails, paint their faces, lips and eyebrows and dress their hair elaborately. That's the way they spend their days. They are jealous of one another, jealous of attention, and envious of anybody who has fine clothes. They are now getting to wear foreign things and are especially fond of our watches and trinkets. They are crazy over American music boxes. At one place I visited they had an organ brought up to hear 1110 play on it, and T 4..1* T o?fno f chnti' f Cl thom. l It'll Jk UU i. ? iio ?i ^icai kjuv ,? ?w They have 110 carpets in their houses and neither do tlicy have tires. When it is: cold the women sit up in fur-lined garments from morning until night with their tiny feet 011 a foot stove and read those fiendish novels. Chinese women never see a man except their, husbands. Chinese girls never see a A man other than their fathers, or at least that is what the Chinese say themselves. You know the general idea prevails that a Chinese girl never sees the face of her betrothed or he hers until they are married, but I have good reason to believe that boy and girl human nature is the same in China as it is here, and I think that such things as secret meetings between lovers are not unheard of in the Celestial empire. " " '