The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, February 28, 1907, Image 7
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NATURE'S SECRETS.
Problems of Life Over Which Mt i
Can Only Theorize.
"You hear a great deal of talk
N'lO-it a woman not being able to
:eej> a secret." said an agnostic who
Tabbies in a dilettante way in nearly
all branches of human knowledge,
' "but a glance at the record of old
r Mother Nature will readily disprove
this time honored axiom. The mind
, of man since the first faint dawn of
time has sought to wrest from her
some of the things she knows, yet
her lips have remained as closely
sealed as those of the sphinx. In
many things she is as garrulous as
any other of her sex, but in many
of her moods no amount of flattery
or cajolery suffices to get even
the faintest glimpse into her real
thoughts.
"We might go back into the remotest
period of history for examples,
but a few that are well known
of all men will suffice to illustrate
what I mean.
"Perhaps the greatest secret nature
holds is the mystery of life and
death. Apparently there is no reason
why a man who Ir es a well reg_
ulated life should not continue to
live indefinitely, but the stem fact
is that his time is certainly allotted.
Men have sought in vain to
solve this problem. But not one
year has been added to the sum total
of human life by all the researches
of the scientists. Ponce de
Leon sought in vain the fountain of
external youth and Brown-Se
quard s elixir, that was to arrest tne
ravages of decay, proved as unavailV;
ing as De Leon's search for the
fountain.
1 "Alchemists of old devoted their
litfes to discover a chemical process
that would transmute the baser
metals into gold, but after centuries
of research only old Mother
Nature holds the secret of the formation
of this precious metal. Newton
worked out the correct theory
f the law of gravitation from the
icident of seeing an overripe aple
fall from a tree, but all the aero'auts
of all time have been unable
o discover a way to overcome this
iw, and we are still bound to the
arth as by iron chains as far as
aetical purposes are concerned, as
' diips and balloons are only danous
toys and bid fair to remain
to the end of time.
"Laplace mapped out the
urses of the stars and outlined
jarly all we know of the solar sysam,
but not a single fact of real
enefit has ever resulted from our
/ittle knowledge. We theorize, but
' cannot prove, and nature only
smile^Cour. defeat- JCbese examples
flight be multiplied indefiniteIj^rbut
these few of the bigger
^jpoblems of life show that nature's
^lecrets are safely guarded from the
prying eyes of man. We are but an
atom in the universe. We know
not whence we come nor whither
we go. All we know is that we live
and that our little life is ended with
?a sleep."?Birmingham Age-Herald.
Von Bulow and tha Playors.
v An amusing glimpse of Hans von
aw is afforded in this extract
4m one of his letters: "There
ere two bassoonists in the orchesi
? imagine, amateurs! They
re my dread and kept me con
? ? ra 11
ntly on tenternooKs. n iney
1 nothing to play, then I was in
itate of terror that they might
e in, and I was constantly warnhem
'Not yet,' but if they real
1 to come in, then I had not
ourage to give them the sign,
I warned them as before. An
'teur kettledrum player, on the
trary, who received honorable
ition, must have been a perfect
,vel of a timekeeper, for when he
very long pauses he counted
m inwardly and used to pay litvisits
to an adjoining cafe withendangering
the ensemble, as
always got back punctually to
s post in time for his next entry."
Unchanged.
After making a tour of the town
. local beggar arrayed himself in
the garments that had been given
/" him.
His toilet made, he looked at his
reflection in the pool in the wood
and shook his head.
"Here I am," he said to his com
panion, who was donning his castolf
clothes, '"wearing the boots of
a bank president, the trousers of a
shopkeeper, the shirt and coat and
vest of a doctor and a minister's
hat- Yet in spite of it all I look
lik# a tramp!"
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* Honor Srt.cHcd.
* "lizard of a man ike other day,"
said a member of the Xew York
bar, "who carried his ideas of honor
to an extreme limit. He failed
for an immense sum and settled
with his creditors for 20 cents on
the dollar. But he hunted up one
of them and paid him in full; said
he could not sleep well if he did
not do so."
'iWhy this one especially ?"
"It was a poker debt."
BOYHOOD'S HAFPY DAYS.
Why Men Dream and Woke to Wee|
For Times Gone By.
Yes, sir! Koyhood's happy days
of course. We know about that
We haven't forgotten tiie joy o
sleeping in an uniinisheil loft i:
winter when our breath froze t<
; tl,n lw.Uninnr ,.n,l v < to fhflV
UIV UVUV*ian uuu V ..
! us out with a hot flatiroil over;
morning.
Morning too! We got up at :
a. m., pitch dark, M below zero am
1 still going down! We had to gel
up, hustle out and feed and mill
i the lowing herd, curry the rear ele
! ration of the family mule, wak<
! the rooster up to crow, thaw oui
i the pump, chop four cords of woot
i and shovel away the snow to make
; room for the sun to rise!
Sometimes we went to school it
the winter?not often, only or
the days when it was too cold am
stormy to go outdoors. Then w<
sat on a nice cool board about fift>
feet away from the stove and gavlj
blew our fingers and picked icicle:
from our hair. And as we sat w<
listened to a wooden image with f
teacher's license as he handed u:
misinformation and permanently
crippled our intellects.
Then came the merry springtime
Rise at 2:30 a. in. More lowing
herd, the herd lowing to the sup
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piy 01 ioaaer ucmg iu?. xncn
hired man, who had hibernated ir
the forest, came forth seeking
whom he might make happy witl
his presence. And we, being ii
need of extra joy, were allowed t<
sleep with this woolly hireling, wh(
snored like the boom of the sad se*
waves. He was a good fellow, this
hired man. He taught us to chev
tobr.cco and swear. These genth
pastimes procured us more violeni
lickings than any other joy in oui
whole young life.
No memory is more loaded witl
joy germs than- the spring crop
" ^ x iL,
working, uaij we ever iorgew iu?
plowing?how we held the plov
when we had to reach up with i
pike pole to get the handles; hov
we drove the old plug team with th<
lines around our neck; how whei
the clevis broke the mares walkec
away with our frail body dragging
behind by the ears? When dark
ness came we stabled the plugs am
went forth to milk the brindh
heifer. The heifer kicked us acroa
the bam floor, and an old cow oblig
ingly kicked us back again. Then
when the milking was over, wha
fun to turn in and teach a fool cal
to drink! This acting as dry nurs<
to a bandy legged calf was one o
the mo6t unmixed joys of all. W<
tied the calf short, set the bucke
in front of him, got astraddle of hi:
neck, stuck two fingers in his moutl
?? '* '1 l 5 _
and witn tne oi,ner nana jammei
his head into the pail. And all th<
time we were emptying out abusi
on calves in general and this loj
eared idiot in particular. This wen
on until dad came in and with lov
ing patience horsewhipped us al
about the place.
Then when we had carried in thi
wood, brought forty gallons of wa
ter from the spring and eaten abou
eight pounds of solid food we wen
joyfully upstairs?and came dowi
again immediately to breakfast.
We often dream and wake up t<
weep for the days gone by when thi
hay was ripe. We recall the ol(
swamp that always had to be cu
by hand. We recall little stone
that we rasped the edge of ou
blades on. W? "recall the prett;
snakes we steppro on with our ban
feet. We remember it all with sol
emn gladness.
Well, well! How it all come
back to us!?Chicago News.
The Cab Horse Won.
A gentleman who was anxious t<
catch a train hailed a hansom, gavi
instructions as to his destinatioi
and jumped in, but the horse madi
terribly slow progress, and tin
iroo +V?o+ Vi a nrnuli
laic nao an urn viiuv uv ??
miss his train.
"Look here, cabby," he said
"can't you make your jyie-gee g*
faster ? I must catch the 3:45."
The cabman winked knowingly.
"Yes, 6ir, he can go faster," wa
the reply, "but it's like this: Ye
see, my horse is an old racer, an*
the best way for you to make bin
go faster is for you to bet me hal
a crown he won't catch the 3:45
That'll put him on his mettle, an*
he'll fly like the wind."
The horse did it. ? London Express.
Poor Judges.
Two Marseillais, who have a wel
deserved reputation for tall storiei
were discussing the relative merit
of various cheeses.
"Why," said the first, "the chees
I'm talking about is so remarkabl
that at the last show the judge
uncovered when they came to it."
"That's nothing" retorted th
second. "The kind of cheese I'r
telling you about is superior ii
every way. It wins a medal at ev
erv show, and it walks up to th
judges to get it."?Indiscret.
THE SPERM WHALE.
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Some Interesting Facts About This
3 Mor.stcr of the Sea.
The common .sperm whale, or
, cachalot, has a very wide geograph.
ical range. It is said that it inhabi
its all seas except those near the
i poles. It is much sought after be)
cause it furnishes us with sperma.
ceti, ambergris und much fine oil.
r ! As a rule, it is from seventy to
| eighty feet in length. Its head is
I immense, being equal to one-hall
1! of the entire bulk of the animal and
t, more than one-third of its length.
; I The right side of the head and nose
- is occupied by a cartilaginous, tri}:
angular shaped cavity, called by
II whalers the "case," which is the
I : main receptacle for spermaceti.
> The ease is divided into compartments
communicating with each
i I other, and it often contains as much
II as ten large barrels of spermaceti.
1 : Though the head is large and
; clumsy looking, it does not impede
; the whale's movements in the least,
; for it raises its head above the sur3
face of the water when swimming
? and keens it above when at rest.
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I It is not very well known of what
; use the spermaceti is to the whale,
except that it gives buoyancy to
tha#iore part of its body. Ambergris
is a fragrant, waxy secretion.
It is a gray substance and when
heated or dissolved in alcohol gives
out a peculiar, agreeable odor exceedingly
diffusive. It also has the
power of increasing the odor of other
perfumes. Often it is found
floating on the sea or lying on the
seacoast and is valued at about $5
an ounce.
Sperm whales traverse the seas
in herds called schools or pods bj
whalers. Five hundred or mon.'
have been seen in a single school,
following a leader, whose dut;
seems to be to keep a close lookout
for danger. In case of threatened
harm he sounds an alarm by a peculiar
roar.
Htr Idea of Remembrance.
v southern man tells of a conversation
he overheard between his
cook and a maid, both negroes, with
reference to a recent funeral of a
? momlwr nf their race, at which fu
' neral there had been a profusion ol
* floral tributes. Said the cook:
5 "Dat's all very well, Mandy, bul
i when I dies I don't want no flower?
on my grave. Jes plant a good old
? watermelon vine, an' when Bhe gits
| ripe you come dar, an' don't you eat
* it, but jes bus' it on de grave an1
' let de good old juice dribble down
* thro de ground!"?Harper's Week;
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Phyrtcicai endorse P. P. P. M * cplen
did combination, tad preecribe It with I wg
t great aatiafaction for the eoree of all I %
t forma and ftaffee of Primarr, 8oeoadnry I
1 and Tertiary Syphilis, Syphilitic Fw I ?
matUm, Scrofolosa (71 car* aad S ?> * E
O land alar Swellings, Bheuraattaa, 1 ** J gg
nay Camplaiata, Old Chronic Ulcers ft - I ^
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Diana sac, Ecsema, Chronic Pa mala M
Com plain ta, Mercurial Poiaca, T attar, %
Scaldhaad, ate., ate. ?
8 P. P. P. la a powerful tonic aad aa ^
excellent appltlzer, building op the
cyatam rapidly. If yon are wank aad
fcable, aad feel badly try P. P. P., aad
! RHEUM
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1 ?j ing:
J* Boys' Suits, Shoes, Rubt
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49 Ladies' Gloves, a few pi<
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, 49 three pieces of nice Whi
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49 This is a genuine closi
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SCHNAPPS has been a<
paper so that every chev
opportunity to get acqua
i facts and know that drug
i to produce the cheering <
the famous Piedmont cot
tobaccos, and that SCHNA
i ought to chew. Still the
who accept other and cl
that do not give the same ]
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Fire Insurance.
The largest and most liberal com|
panies in thd world, such as,
. Insurance Company of North America,
Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.,
Hartford Fire Insurance Co.
f The best is none too good when it
comes to Fire Insurance. You have to
; pay for it, see that your risk is carried
1 in a company of unquestionable reputa^
tion.
; For rates call on or write to
L. H. FAIREY
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loot ud PotoMlna.)
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JO* will ratals laah aid atraiftb.
mm Waatoof aaarty aid all dioaaaaa raaaltlaf
Ar Aoai OTartazlax Oi 171 tan ara cured by
Un naa of P. P. P.
Ladlea whoa* ayatama ara poiaoaod aid
wboM blood la n aa Impure ooadltloa dm*
to naailrml lr wgaJaritlM ara poeuliarly
lUlF baaadlad by tM woadarfal tonic aid
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blood aloaaaiar proparttae of P. P. P.,
^^0 Prickly dab, Poka Soot aid Pataaalam.
Sold by all Draff iota.
*gP F. V. LlPPM AN, Proprietor.
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1ATISM
Decided ?
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rchandise I will offer for the
nal bargains in the follow- J
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>er Over-Shoes, Boys' Sox, ^
ices of Dry Goods, Linings,
te Flannel, fine line Men's
ing out sale and the goods
ardless of price.
3urtney,*|
ree, S. C. ?
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bought a supply of tobacco with- |
r himself with the distinctive taste
? Tobacco, which has the cheering J
Ratify his desire to chew, and at J?
an cheap tobacco.
lvertised in this Some day they'll get a taste of the real
ver has had an Schnapps?they'll realize what enjoyment
inted with the they've missed by not getting SCHNAPPS
luahty "fovmcHn theyTl feel lie kicking
intry fine-cored themselves.
PPS is what he _____. _____ . .. . . ire
are chewers SCHNAPPS is sold everywhere m 5
leaper tobaccos cent cuts, and 10 and 15 cent plugs. Be
pleasure. sure you get the genuine.
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| Coffins, Caskets and Undertakers' Supplies
and render services day and night. *g 'HfiSi
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fj Gasoline Engine for any purpose. 8 '
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| Tils Parlor Market I
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?? Dressed Bleats. Fish, Game, Poultry j*
?j Oysters, Eggs and Full Line " " ?
% G-rocenes $
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? hides wanted highest market ?
w prices paid.: 03; ?
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| T. B. Arrowsmith, Agent., j* ;
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