The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, July 25, 1907, Image 6
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A CASE OF COHSClEWt
Why an Editor Could Not Bo i?dgo 4a
? Literary Contoct.
Phe editor of a magazine was hinted
to act as a judge in a prize
ftory contest "Is it to be an
anonymous contest ?" the editor asked.
"Yes, indeed." "And I suppose
ail the stories will be typewritten?"
"Certainly. \Yc have particularly
stipulated thaL" "I'm
very sorry," was the reply, "but I
can't possibly."
"But?but you will be asked to
read only the best of the stories
submitted," reminded the publisher.
"A staff of competent readers will
gift the wheat from the chaff,
and"?
"I'm very sorrv, but 111 have to
refuse, and I can't tell you how it
grieves me to say this, for I appreciate
the great compliment you are
paying me, and I would appreciate j
equally the remuneration you offer.
But the fact is this?my conscience
would smite me if I undertook the
work. You see, I have had about
twenty years' experience in editorial J
work, and during that time I suppose
the manuscripts of every popular
and unpopular author of the
day have come to my desk for attention.
I have been in such long
correspondence with many of these
inthors that I know their handwrit- |
ings well, and even a glance at my
morning's mail will tell me who my j
correspondents are. And?do not
fmile?I know their typewriters.
equally well. I know the various
makes they own. and those who prefer
elite type to the ordinary size,
And those who use italics and in- :
erted quotation marks. I can even
recognize an author's peculiar method
of making a caret and his own j
manner of punctuation. But all
this is nothing to my ability to spot
at once an author's 6tyle. Attempts
have often been made to deceive me,
hut onlv on rare occasions have they
succeeded. But you must not think
this so astonishing after all. I have
been tied down to my one line of
work for a long time now, and the
jmmber of really successful writers \
is not bo great after all. It would
be quite remarkable if I had not
learned something about their characteristics
after all these years. Almost
all of them would doubtless
submit stories in your contest, and
perhaps the majority of their manuicripts
would be passed up to me by
your readers. If, recognizing any
i particular writer's work, I pretended
to give an opinion based on supposed
complete ignorance of that
writer's identity, I should not be
doing the fair thing. For that reafon
I must decline to act You understand
me, I hope." "Yes," said
the publisher, "I do. But whom
shall I ask in your place?" "Some
one who is not cursed with quite so
much conscience," replied the ed^or?Bookman.
Alligator m Food.
There is reason to believe that
the flesh of a young boiled alligator
if barely distinguishable from veal,
mvs an English traveler. It is prob
ably cleaner and more tender than
jnuch of the meat of the animals
that are usually consumed as food
on the continent or in the east end
of London. I have never desired to
taste the flesh of alligators, cooked
or uncooked. But in India I have
seen the Sontals and other casteless
natives greedily devour the flesh of
D alligator without waiting to
cook it The flesh was very pale in
color and probably was much superior
to tne flesh of snakes and
rats and such like vermin which
form the ordinary food of the predatory
Sontal when hunting in his
native woods.
V A Little Ambiguous.
A group of interested citizens
was observed standing in front of
a billboard in one of Chicago's suburbs
readine a large poster that had
just been put up. Some of them
were greatly amused, while others
were highly indignant.
A nearer inspection showed that
the purpose of the poster was tp
advertise a "genuine colored minstrels'
entertainment'' that was to
be given at one cf the local amusement
halls. The particular portion j
that had roused the emotions of the i
crowd was printed in great, flaring |
letters:
"It will be enough to make a mule
laugh! Bring your wives and children
!"
Lost Dignity.
Irish viceroys are stripped of
their sovereign attributes as soon as
they reach English waters, which
gives point to the following 6tory
told of one viceroy and a lady with
whom he was acquainted. They
both found themselves on board the
Holyhead packet. During the voyage
from Ireland the lady treated
the viceroy with ceremonious respect.
So soon, however, as the
packet entered Holyhead harbor she
aid to him, "Now, Bobby, you're no
longer viceroy, so take my bag and
make yourself useful." ? London
Truth.
Qmhm Steward en Pacific Liner*.
We nailed from San Francisco, bound
for Honolulu, on a ship whose steward*
and sailors are Chinamen. Even if all
does not go well with the boot's motion
in day# of storm, one cannot fail to be
entertained by these spry sons of the
orient
The costume worn by the stewards is
juite remarkable. For ordinary, everyday
wear tln-y don white garments
that lesemble American pajamas Id
their style of cut and fit For dinner
each evening and on Sundays the white
suits are exchanged for light blue garments
of the same description?rather
en odd livery to our prosaic minds! Of
course, every Chinaman preserves a
habitual, solemn silence. If. owing to
an interesting conversation, the passenger
fails to notice the dish with which
the table steward is trying to serve
biiu the patieut Chinaman stands immovable,
with outstretched band and
sphinxlike countenance, until attention
is drawn to him, after which, his duty
done, he slips in silence on his way.
Plodding, silently, the sailors attended
to their duties with mournful faces that
strongly appealed to me. They ate
with chop sticks, sitting on their heels
the while, and were. In fact, eminently
satisfactory s|?ecimeus in every way.?
Travel Magazine.
A Hopeless Case.
A Scottish paper tells a story of an
old Scottish woman who was "unco'
droutble," without tbe money to boy
"a drappie." "Lassie," she said to
ber little granddaughter, "gang round
to Donald McCallum and bring me a
gill. Tell him I'll pay bim 1' tbe morning."
Back came tbe child with a refusal.
Donald declined to part with bis whisky
without the cash. Eager and irritated.
the old woman cast about for
some means of "raising tbe wind." and
ber eye fell upon tbe family Bible.
"Here, lassie." she said, "gie him this
and tell him to keep It until I bring
him the siller." Off went the little
girl, but she soon returned, still carrying
the Bible. Donald was obdurate.
"He says be maun hae the baubees
first, granny."
In anger the disappointed grandmother
threw up ber bands and exclaimed:
"Losh. did onybody ever bear
tbe like o' that! The man will neither
tak my word nor the word o' God for
a gHl o' wbusky!"
A Can in* Shirker.
Rex, a thoroughbred Spits, must perform
th? natnfnl dntv of eecoirtlng a
certain neighbor borne wben she baa
been calling at our house. However,
It it not without a show of reluctance
that be doet It Recently our friend
misted her escort, and no amount of
whistling proved equal to recalling
him. This occurred several times and
It was always in about the same place
that Rex disappeared. One night oar
friend determined to discover Rex's
little game. After whistling and ceO* j
Ing she mads s pretense of going on.
She stopped Is a deep shadow.
Around the corner of the nearest bouse
appeared slinking figure. Stealthily i
quitting the shadows Rex coept out
tDd peered long and anxiously up the
street whither, as be well knew, be
should have continued to conduct the
lady. After this he turned shamelessly
around and lit out for home.?Chicago
Tribune
Baby's Share sf Blame
She had been fitted for two gowna,
the total coat of which wti neany
$600.
"Now," she aaid to the saleswoman,
"I want yon to do me a favor."
"Certainly," waa the prompt response.
j
The customer colored deeply. *1
want yon to make out the bill partly
for gowns for me and partly for baby
dreaeea and a baby's cloak."
The saleswoman waa naed to the
whims of fashionable women, bnt this
was something she was a little slow In
comprehending. The customer explained.
"Ton see," she said, "my bos band Is
very fond of oor baby, and If be sees
that the bill la partly for dresses for
her?well, he won't mind so much."?
Exchange.
Takes His Own Medicine.
In Baluchistan when the physician
gives a dose be Is expected to partake
of a similar one himself as a guarantee
of his good faith. Should the patient
die under his hands the relatives,
though they rarely exercise it, have
the right of putting him to death unless
a special agreement has been
mads freeing him from all responsibility
as to consequences, while If they
should decide upop Immolating him
he is fully expected to yield to his fats
like a man.
Man's Ruling Wish.
There Is one wish ruling over mankind,
and It Is a wish which Is never
In a single Instance granted?each
/nan wishes to be his own master. It
Is a boy's beatific vision, and It remains
the grownup man's ruling passion
to the last Bnt the fact is life Is a
service. The only question Is, Whom
shall we serve??W. F. Faber.
Still In ths Dark.
"Does your maid object to being
called a servant?" "I don't know.
We've only had her two weeks and
she hasn't really permitted us to get
on speaking terms with her as yet"?
Chleogo Record-Herald. '
The Return.
Mneiatrate?What! Do you mean to
say your husband struck you, and be
that physical wreck? Mrs. Mnloney?
Yes. yer honor, but he's only been a
physical wreck since he struck me.?
Independent
Discontent Is the want of self reliance;
It is the Infirmity of wflL?Emerson.
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Free Madieal Adviea. *
A well known London physician at a Tobacconist's Effigy.
dinner party one evening was much One of the most peculiar things
worried by one who waa seeking gra- in the whole history of signs is the
tnltooa advice. "Do yoo know, doc- fact that while all other shopkeeptor,"
said his questioner, "1 know a j erg were patronizing the embrvo
man who suffers so terribly with Indl- pajnters the tobacconist always callgestlon
that at times he can do noth- fj
ing bat howl with pain. What would J? p. woodcarver on the conyoa
do In that case?' tment 88 wel1 88 in England. As
j "Well, I suppose," responded the loDg ag? ^ Elizabeth's reign the
medical man, "I should howl with pain wooden image of the black boy was
too."?Westminster Garette. the favorite sign of the tobacco
dealers. Later the customary sign
Flabbergast*d Pa. was the highlander or a figure of
"Ah, pater, I am no end glad to be Sir Walter Raleigh. In Holland,
"WtJSr-' ' *?r SOine stran^e reason> the tobac"lamtolly'wellnlensed
y'knnw" c<mist adoPted the dalr3'mald 48
"Han*, clean oat tie' old ,U|U ! their swi, with the motto, "Conso
There's a new critter on the place."? lation for sucklings. The Indian,
Louisville Courier-Journal. j naturally enough, has always been
: the predominant sign in this counA
Thorough Sport. j try, although once in awhile a reThe
Deacon?Young man, don't you ! version to tvpe crops out with the
know that there's a rainy day com- 1 ancient blacic bov.
* " ? a.l IM U.VV.. tk... I. knt !
mg : cpeuuiuntl?JJCUU; ucic ID, UU> j
I've got $5 that says the weather man
won't call the turn. Come, now, If _ Has No Wash Day.
you've got any nerve, show your Fans sends all her washing out
money. in the country?that i6, the bonton
Parisian. The city laundries that do
A Good Imitation. up the linen of the foreigners from
The other day an amateur artlat waa England, Asia and America wash by
producing com. rapid tfctcbe. to machine and dry by steam heat onamuse
his children. He drew a sketch ?_ ? _
of . hen ? n*tnrnlly that wbeo It wn. P*"ment ? * ?"
afterward thrown In the wart, paper "tenet. It u against the law to
basket it laid there. out wash. If a tenant put a
pocket handkerchief or a towel in
A Lfttio Different the window to dry the concierge
T suppose," she said with fine ear- would have a fit, and if he couldn't
catm, "you were sitting up with a persuade her to remove the nuisance
friend?" "No, m'dear," replied he gendarme would. Large and
tra^Lfu^; *2 TV cm ^ wlth small concerns send delivery wagons
a e on Post about for work, which is expressed
Hard to Fit. *? 1111(1 1D
She?He bae a moat extraordinary week or tc? day8- 7116 *ork 11 ?*"
figure, hasn't be? He-That'e so. I quisite ana prices are reasonably
beliere an umbrella is about the only but the strain on the garments if
tblng be buy ready made.?Ally treble the wear.
Rop?r.
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Weak Kidneys
.Weak Kidney*, ratly potat to weak kldtaay
arret. Tbt Kidney*. like the IHean, tad the
mm*, find their fDMt Ml in the organ
Itnll. bat la the nerrtt that control tad tulde
lad atnofthea them. Dr. Sboop'i Reetoraare it
I medicine ipedflctlly prepared to reach thctt
controlling nerree. To doctor the Kidney* alone.
It futile. It U a watt of tirna. and of money aa
veil.
If your back achet or b weak. If tha urine
tcaldi. or it dark tod itroog, If you bare lymptom*
of Bright* or other dlstreatint or dangerou* kid.
aey dlieaae. try Dr. Shoop'i Rectoratire a month?
Tablet* or Liquid?end aee what It can aad will
lo lor you. Drugyirt recommend and tell
Dr. Shoop's
Restorative!
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