The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, February 14, 1907, Image 7
FLAGS IN THE NAVY.
Each Vessel Must Have 250 on Hand
All the Time.
''Did you ever happen to think 1
j^rhen yon saw a cruiser or battleship
'dressed' in its full outfit of
Hags what a big item flags must be
to the navy?" an official of the navy
department recently remarked.
"Just think of how many vessels,
large and small, there are and that
every one has to be supplied with
250 flags, which have to be renewed
every three years! The annual cost
1*5 about $60,000. and a hundred wo
men are kept busy at the Brooklyn ,
navy yard the year around.
"The foreign flags are rather!
elaborate as a rule, especially the
American republics, and their cost
is consequently considerable. Each
ship must have forty-three foreign
flags constantly on board, the standard
size being 25 by 13 feet. The
cost of making one will depend upon
the design. A simple flag, as that
of France, costs comparatively little,
while to make that of Salvador
means just $52.50. it being a veritable
landscape. China's flag amounts
to about v-!;) ar.! that of Costa Rica,
which runs to s.v.ro effect, nearly!
$50.
1f \ mnrioan flmr iicpil
X lie lai^rci .iui\.nvuu UU& ?wvv.
is 19 by 30 feet and costs $40. There
are eight sizes of the American flag 1
used altogether, and they'are less
expensive than the foreign flags by
reason of the fact that they are
largely machine made. There is e
special machine that cuts out the
stars, stamping out 100 at evenstroke.
. "Then there are the special flags
of the president, the secretary and
of the flag officers. That of the
president, while simple, means lr-g
and careful work. This fh. * is a
blue field, with the arms of the
United States in the center. The
design is entirely hand embroidered
with the finest silk and requires a
month of constant oiFort.'' ? New
York Ilerald.
A Dangerous Cargo.
There was great excitement one
day some years ago at a small Uussian
port on the llaltie. The captain
of a newly arrived foreign vessel
was arrested for the alleged
crime of having attempted to bring
a lar<re number of dvnamite bomb.
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into the country of the czar. They
brought the unhappy man before.
the judge, who happened to be one
* of the few intelligent men in the
" town.
, "Where are the bombs?" said the
?~ judge.
"On board the ship," said the police.
"There is a small cargo of
them."
"Go and fetch one," said the
judge.
"It is dangerous to touch it," said
the police.
"1 cannot convict," said the
judge, "unless I have the material
evidence. Bring me a bomb."
With much trepidation and many
precautions they at last brought one
on a cushion of cotton wool. The i
j idgc laughed a most unjudicial
~ laugh.
"That," he said, "is a coc-oanut."
And so it was.
A Lcng Game.
In the summer of 1810 Henry
Clay went to Kentucky on his vaca-'
tion. Three nights after his arrival
at a certain springs a sociable
. 1. ? ? l? On i.omA wnni
gaint? ut'^ciii. in 11lv. ^un.v ??v*v- ,
Mr. Clay, Josiali Blackburn, .Toliu
II:.ruin and Sam Clay, a cousin of
the statesman. It began on Friday
night and ran along with varying
luck. They were all old hands and
had the nerve to back their cards.;
At 1? o'clock Saturday night Blackburn
quit a little ahead, lie had
been married only two months and
was afraid his young wife would
think he was dead. Sunday morning
at 9 o'clock some one rapped on
the door. It was opened, and a negro
girl stood in the hall. She had
a clean shirt in her hand, and on
the bosom was a note from liardin's
wife. '"'For ?dr. John Hardin,
wherever he can be found." The
door was closed and play resumed.
Hardin changed his linen at ihe
table.
The Turkey Buzzard.
!,ac t-ih.in lln> t "(in111P
liuo itiuvit <j>v .
to search out an attribute ' '>eauty
in the coninion an/1 rc lisive
lc?ckin;_r bird known as the turkey
buzzard. His fligld; is said to he
the perfection of aerial navigation,
and the manner in which 1 'loats
* upon the still, soft air .f t\ .-oiitli5rn
climes is a dr. ; >?! grace and
loveliness. ]>ut '..la n he alights
poetry takes its flight, and t lie marvelous
soarer is found io be the
homeliest and most unattractive of
birds. His tastes are law, for he is
a natural scavenger. He is bald,
scraggy, rusty looking, awkward
and repulsive. Pride seems to have
been left out of his nature, and his
jm.nuers are simply atrocious. No
self respecting bird will associate
. . with him.
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HE GOT COFFEE.
The Major Asked For Tea, but T'
Made No Difference.
Back in the seventies of the last
century, when the Kansas division
of the Union Pacific was called the
Kansas Pacific, Major E. I). Bedrlinctori.
who had served with dis
tinction in the civil war, was paymaster.
At that time the paymaster
was the biggest man connected
with the road in the estimation of
the employees and the people living
in the towns along the line, and his
arrival in the pay car was usually
the occasion for a great outpouring
of the people.
One night Major lleddington's
car pulled into the town of Wallace.
The major and his clerks were given
a grand welcome by the people.
They were escorted to a railroad
boarding house and treated as royal
guests. It was conducted by a buxom
Irishwoman, who boasted that
she set the best table of any town
along the road.
At supper that night every regular
boarder turned up at the tab1rt
looking his best. The Irish "landlady,"
as they called her, appeared
in a neat blue calico dress, ail
primped up and smiling.
"Tay 'r coffee?" she asked, with
a pretty courtesy, as she passed
from one guest to another.
The regular boarders understood
it all, and they answered, "Coffee,
please, mum." Major Iieddington,
however, was a down east Yankee'
and not much of a coffee drinker,
so when the question was put to
l.Jw. n-ifll Vlic 11311:ll nn.
uiiu iiv- .vj/.n.u ...... ...? rli
tort ess:
"I v. ill have a cup of tea, if you
pieaue."
It almost took her breath away.
The look of disgust on her face
caused the regular boarders to titter.
Then she flared up.
"Say oolTee, ye omadahn, f'r we
have no tay," she said as she poured
the major's cup full of steaming
coffee.?Kansas City Star.
Prorrpt Action Necessary.
"Is this Lawyer Sharpley?" asked
the caller, who appeared with a big
lump on his jaw. The man in the
swivel chair admitted that he was
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.nr. Miarpiev ana aiso umi iiu sa.v
the lump.
"Yes. it is quite noticeable," said
the caller, with a cheerful smile. "I
got it a couple of days ago while I
was stepping on a street car. The
motorman started too soon, and lie
made me hit my jaw against the
side of the car. I thought at first
that it had broken the bone, but it
hadn't quite. I: hurt me awfully,
though, and 1 want you to bring
suit against ti e company for damages."
"1 am very busy just now," said
the lawyer, "but I can take it up
for you in the course of three or
four days."
"That won't do at all."
"Why not"'"
"Hcoause," answered the caller
hesitatingly, "that might ho too
1 ^ ~ i rrrvf 'in rr emillflr
1UIC*. 1 11C lilllij' ? > pVu:;ip ciuuuvi
every day."
Scntirr.ert In the Wedding.
A'erv few persons have the courage
to he marrieiWauictly, without
fuss or expense. 3Ten have sometimes
pone through the ceremony
and left their wives at the church
door. But in such cases the marriage
was one of compulsion or
state necessity and in nowise affected
the general custom. The old
fashion of the posy ring, given on
the wedding day, was pretty, and
these rings, with their quaint conceits
and affectionate mottoes, are
now eagerly sought after as curiosit"o>.
In those prosaic times lovers
no longer share broken coins or
the halves of a locket ? r rive minia*.
r?*s to wear around the neck, as
even George IV.. that heartless and
sell'sli monarch, did. being buried
with the picture * f Titz-llerbci
t hanging on his I,re;; \ T.ittle
items of sentimcn.t are gradually
disappearing, but not the fire
clothes, tiie parade, the extravagance,
tii" crowds the chainnomiA
1 Ar?/^Ar? / lror. ?
The Black Maria.
111 Boston's earlv days a licgress
named Maria Lee kej>t a sailors'
boarding house near the water
front. She was a woman of gigantie
six" and prodigious strengthand
was of great assi-taneo to the authorities
in keeping the peace.
When an unusually troublesome fellow
was on the way to the lockup
Black Maria, as Maria I.ee was called,
would come to the assistance of
the policeman, and her services
were in such requisition for this
purpose that her name was associated
with almost every arrest made.
Black Maria often carried a prisoner
to the lockup on her shoulder,
and when the prison van was instituted
for the purpose of earning
prisoners it naturally enough was
styled the Black Maria.
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Pinesaive cleanses wounds, is high- j
' lv iuitaseptec, uneoualeil t >r cracked i
J hands. Good for ewts.? Sod! bv V." j
I L Wallace.
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Girls Ars Ss Queer.
j "Xo, I never did like him. Why,
when he used to write lie glowing
O O
j love letters I would only glance,
j over the:.! once."
' Only once, dear?"
' V.'eil?<r?sometime.; when I
couMn t r-.aiio out n.s uoonunaoie
scrawl I would glance over them a
second lime."
' Indeed! Ar.d was that all?"
"Except sometimes at night I
would take then from under my |
pillow and read them just to kill |
time."
"Ar.d that was the end?"
"Ye*. o:i!v on rainy days I used
to look over them just to see how !
sillv a nu.:i can be when he starts !
writing love letters. But I only i
glanced o\er them, dear. I never!
did like him."?Chicago News.
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A Clover Lawyer.
An old lawyer in Paris had in- j
strutted a very young client of his j
to weep every time he struck the I
desk with his hard. Unfortunately :
the barrister forgot and struck the
desk at the wrong moment. The:
client fell to sobbing ar.d crying. j
"What is the matter with you?":
asked the presiding judge.
"Well, he to.d me to cry as often j
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iiS lit" Mlul'S Hit: IU.I.1%
Here was a nice predicament, but
the astute lawyer was epia! to the
occasion. Addressim* the jury, lie
j said:
"Well, gentlemen, let me ask you
how you can reconcile the idea ? . ,
crime in conjunction with such e ?dor
and simplicity. 1 await your <v|
diet with the most perfect fm.!-,
! dence."
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