The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, October 03, 1901, Image 7
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Not a Fsjper Though Barefooted.
For scute nnk' gentleman elegantly j
dressed. c>.cc >? a.s regards his feet, has ;
been walking -rr several hours daily in j
one of the j r.tlic gardens of Mo-cow. !
On hi- feet he wore neither shoes nor
stockings. ;.: d f r :h> reason he natural- j
ly attracted :ruch attention from the ;
crowds t!:..t frequent tile garden. That
he was a m..n of wealth many pcr-ons
.ro' :'r. hi. cxtremclv fa ll
ionablc at::rc. J)::: why he did no: c ?\cr
his feet they could rot understand.
l ite my-ti ry ha- now been solved. As
the odd locking pcdc-trian was walking
\ in the garden the other day. an elderly
woman, confident that lie was a beggar,
approached him. and. taking out her
purs* handed him twenty-five cents,
sayitvjft "Take this and go and buy
yourself a pair of second hand shoes.
I am only a poor w. man: otherwise I
would give you more."
Willi the-c word- she went away, hut
the gen.'crr.an followed her hastily, and.
holding i ;u the twenty-five cent-, lie
said: 'Tica-c take this hack, for I really
do not nad it. 1 can buy all the shoes
1 want, but am a disciple of Kneipp. and
I think it healthier to ?o barefooted."
The won?n. however, had never heard
of Abbe Kneipp.ar.d. -rill convinced that
the tuan was a beggar, she refused to
take the money, ard hurried off so fast
that the gentleman could not overtake
her.?Arte i on Jicrata.
High LijhtsThat
courte-y which is not oWquioti?
iicss is the finest grace of commerce.
Escape from yesterday and faith in
<to-morrow help us pud through to-day.
With the thing- which money will buy
human nature con- -ics itself for the
tlungs which money won't bny.?Chicago
A'?v< rd- He rani.
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To Your Kidneys
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nature intended they should.
Thev build ud the sic.-?'ken
walls of the kidneys, as no
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to do before.
As a cure for urinary troubles
they have no equal.
io, 25, 50 Cents us
DR. W. V. BROCKINGTON,
Kingstree, S. C.
|5ubtle |
Dyspepsia ii unrecognized in
55 liulf the rases, it deceives tho gK
unknowing sufferer. Its many w
Bg variations wcrk along the weakest BR
lines of the system. To buttle
against only one of them is vain. 3*.
H) Uur booklet explains its synip- (fin
^6 toms. Our DyspepsiaTabletsgivo dft
ma complete an 1 lusting relief. fx*
I DyspspsiaTablets 11
S ?3 Ino" SOC! ?
DK. \V. V. BROCKIXGTOX.
Kiugstree, S C.
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Your Boivel
with harsh minerals which
ilways leave bad after-effects
on the entire system, and where
their use is persisted* in, tend to
completely wreck the stomach
and bowels.
..USE..
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Confections
The cr.'y harmless, vevetab!cv
bowel regulator, and liver vitaiizer
known.
As pleasant to the taste 2.3
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C30 JO, 25, 50 cents.
Lit. \V. V. BUOCKINGTOX,
Kiccstree, S. C.
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Benefit to t!ic Farmers,
^?|?y HE question is often asked
your Commissioner how the
stone roads are of any partic?
ular benefit to the fanner,
and whether the increased taxation
resulting front the building of them j
docs not amount to more than the advantages
sained.
This question is more easily answered.
says the fifth annual report
of the New Jersey Road Commissioner.
by citing the practical results in
some sections of the State. Gloucester
County and the southern part of
Camden County are great producers
of watermelons, tomatoes, white and
sweet potatoes and many other varieties
of fruits and vegetables so largely
sold in the city markets.
Before the advent of stone roads the
leading highways not graveled were
almost a bed of sand, through which
teams struggled with forty to fifty
baskets of produce to the Philadelphia
market. The roads were so heavy
the farmers were largely forced to
ship by ivilroad and by boats passing
down the numerous creeks that intersect
this portion of the country. The
expense on the few baskets they were
enabled to carry from the farms to the
city wore so great they found it much
cheaper to send by car or boat.
Now. since the leading roads have
been macadamized toward the (lloucester
City ferry, there are from 1000
to 190o teams a day passing to and
fro on this ferry, where probably front
200 to 400 was the maximum before.
These teams now carry from 100 to
173 five eighths bushel baskets of vegetables
and fruits, while before they
only carried from forty to tifty baskets.
They are now carting to market
instead of sending by boat, as they
once did, and returning with "three and
five ton loads of manure. Their reason
for so doing is that they offert a
very large saving. Their experience
Is that the average basket of fruit or
vegetables sent by boat to Fhiladelphia
markets costs from six to eight
cents a basket; the items of expense
by boat are two cents for attendant,
and one and two cents for carting in
city; total, scveu to eight cents: then.
If the commission be added, it would
average three to four cents more; total,
eleven to twelve cents. By carting
an average load of 130 baskets the
farmer saves by the use of his own
team about ?10 a day. so if he were to
cart about five days in a week tliere
would be a saving of $."0 a week, less
ihe ferry expenses of seventy-five
cents a day. Another advantage consists
in the produce being landeu at
the commission or consumer's door,
thus being in a much better condition
for sale than when going through its
different stages of handling to and
front the boat or cars and the rough
usage of carting to the consignee's
door. Then the farmer by marketing
bis own produce very often saves the
commission by being enabled to directly
dispose of it to the consumer.
The charge of selling is ten per cent.;
021 an average load of loO baskets the
commission would be somewhere in
tlie neighborhood of $t>. This, added
to t!ie $10 saved in transportation,
swells the saving to $10 011 each load.
This calculation seems large, but if
It were one-half realized it shows how
the stone yards benefit the farmers.
Tiie result has been, where the early
opposition of tiie farmers of <Gloucester
County was marked by the sending
of numerous persons and petitions
to the Legislature to have the stone
road law either abrogated or the mandamus
or forcing clause stricken our.
that applications are being rapidly sub
h.uuu'u ior ule remonstrances. making
it impossible with the limited appropriation
to come anywhere near meeting
their petitions.
Another one of the results is that
the far:n::v are rapidly buying larger,
heavier wagon's with broad tires, and
ir' the present rate of increase keeps on
the capacity of each wagon will he
almost equal to that of the small boats
formerly need in this carrying trade.
The Sand Itnad.
Shale harms a loam or clay road,
but improves a road of sand or broken
: :o : . since u prevents the evaporation
of the moisture from the roadbed.
Th -ivfore a sand road can be
permanently improved by planting
trees so as to shade the traveled way.
They will prevent, in part, the drying
effect of the winds, as well as intercept
the rays of the sun.
A road on pure sand improved
temporarily by covering it wl.h a
layer of any vegetable libre. as <! -;
raying leaves.straw marsh hay. waste j
i: >; rnr.ni i1
Oi* Si.n\iZiS-T. ClC. *1 1 i;S
li'.rcr.s maiorial s . >n in- 'uMcs i:u-.. - '
Voraud vitb th* sand and deer. a- s
Its inobiiii.v. The vi'^.-taLlc ma
d cays .and v.vnrs out, : !: ] < ;
rncntly ilie i-: is contniraiivdy
tent vy. The ii ny'.n of time s-mdi ,
enpcdiiuts will last depcuds u>)jn the
climate and the amount of travel. I
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Sand roads Improved with three to
four inches of shredded wood (excelsior)
have kept in reasonable condition
for a year or two.
The only thorough and permanent
improvement possible for a sand road
is to add a layer of tough clay and incorporate
it with the sand. This is expensive
at best, and it Is difficult to get
the sand and clay thoroughly incorporated
in the right proportions.
Inllnettce on Farm I.lfr.
The inllucnce of good roads upon
farm life is to dignify it. They make
country life hotter worth liciug: they
broaden, educate and uplift this most
important branch of the commonwntiltli
iliov hrim? the mlvnntflfes nf
tlio church and lecture platform to the
residents of country districts: they relieve
the country dweller of isolation
and drudgery.
LICHTS ON IN THUNDER STORM.
Trolley Car Order in Torce in
Kanun* City.
During a thunder storm at any time
of day the lights in the trolley ears
of the Metropolitan system arc always
turned 011 by order cf the company,
says the Kansas City Star. There arc
two reasons for it. One is for the
protection of the car and the other
for the protection of t' e passengers.
When tlie lights a'*e on and the ear is
at a standstill the trolley pole becomes
a lightning red. When a car is in motion
the electric current, which leave- I
tlie power house and is carried along
011 the trolley wire, passes through
a wire in the trolley pole, into the
motors of tlie ear. setting them in motion.
anil then down through tlie J ]
wheels into tlie rails, by which tli3 I
current returns to the power house. |
Thus the trolley wire, tlie car and the 1
rails form a complete circuit. When J 1
d.f. mi. !c o ctmdstill thr? cnnnec- i '
tion between the trolley and the motor j
is rut off. breaking: The circuit. However,
turning: 0:1 the lights lias the
same effect as putting: the car in nio- ,
tion: that is, it complet s the circuit. <
That is the exact reason why the
lights arc 011 during: a thunder storm.
Should lightning: strike a trolley '
wire the flocd of current would ho J
carried with a rush to the nearest
car. If this car should he in motion
< r the lights ho turned on so that ,
the circuit with the rails was complete
there would he a chanco that
the extra current of the lightning's
stroke would pass down the trolley
pole and Through the ear into the rails .
without doing any harm. The principle
is the same as that of a lightning
rod. which carries the electricity of a
holt of lightning into the ground. But
when there is 1:0 connection the current
of a holt of lightning would hum
out the motors of the car. and if 1
?? ?i. wrvtiia tiio ear
Ml'OIJJi riiuiirii 11 uu?>
and injure the persons who mlgh
l>e riding in it. |
Tiie Metropolitan Compnny lias had
the rule for turning on the lights In
trolley ears during a storm in effect
for a long time, and it is believed that (
by 1 hi-; simple fact many serious accidents
have heen prevented.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
" " ' ?W|,l?l, nrnUs the '
^OUMICUiil! I 2* in.?i m miv..
beggar above the dignity of a king.
Life, without tlie absolute use of
the actual sweet therein, is death, not
life.
(Irani causes are often made to appear
as fanaticism through too much |
talk.
He who always complains of the
clouds receives little of life's sunshine
and deserves less.
In this world it is necessary to look
at things in their host light. Life is
so beautiful and so short!
Slow natures are often, at critical i
times, most decisive. Itight and j
wrong stand out to them in distinctive
colors. There is 110 such thing as
self-deception.
It is easier to find an old friend than
an old mother. Friendship begins .
with liking or gratitude?roots that m
can be pulled up. Mother's love be- ~
gins deeper down.
If a proneness to egotism has been
brought about by too narrow a life,
the evident remedy is to widen it. To
come into frequent contact with many
people of different occupations, tastes,
opinions, standards, who look at life
and men l'rom utterly different points '
of view, will do much to unseat the I
solf-sutlicicuey which is so displeasing [
aiiJ so often attacked in vain.
Ttic "Cl?l 3Irtt?" Z'luiit. |
la neai.y e'ery old-fashioned tardea j
i:i the no:i!) of Europe, says Median's
Monthly, a plant of wormwood is regarded
as essential. Tlie leaves dried,
r df.e.il i ) powder, mined with bread
into a i ill. is a a infallible remedy as a
vermifuge. It is li.-o called "old
j an"?but why is :. it on record.
.va.r.Iariy. on the IVcilie. Artemisia
t';.ii.'i r::ia i< a I.-.- ceiled "old man."
Ti e Indians la-lieve they can foretell
the weather. ! ' before the rainy sea?!
a < r.m s. the root.; are not mere than
ijit- hes long, there will be ph ntv of
rai::?if over a foot, there wiil be a
dry season. It is supposed that the
pram knows beforehand that there j
will be little rain, and so seeds its |
roots deep, in order to prepare for l
the drought at the surface.
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