The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, March 05, 1908, Image 5
AFRICAN NEGROES. '
THhc Unschooled Natives Take Special
. Care of Their Teeth.
The whiteness and beauty of the
teeth of the African negroes have,
through a mistaken idea, been generally
ascribed to the food which
they eat and to favorable climatic
conditions. But according to a German
medical journal, the Muenchencr
Medizinische Wochenschrift,
these unschooled natives take special
care of the teeth and are fa
miliar with many remedies for the
jtffiatment of dental diseases,
^^rom the observations of officials
|| ^German colonies it appears that
U the natives exercise more care in
W preserving the teeth than do most
Europeans. They may owe the possession
of sound teeth of ivory
whiteness partly to the influence of
environment and habits, but in addition
they employ many herbs,
barks and juices as prophylactic and
curative agents.
Thus in N'egombo it is customary
when a child has finished teething
to rinse the mouth with an infusion
of the leaves of a native tree with
the object of tightening the teeth.
The action of the infusion is probably
due to the presence of a styptic
constituent in the leaves which"
causes the gums to shrink. The natives
living near the source of the
Nile employ the roots of a leguminous
plant, Dalbergia melanoxylon,
to relieve toothache, while the natives
to the west of the source of
the same river use an infusion of
the seeds of kasso, a climbing vine,
for the same purpose.
It is interesting to notice that the
use of the toothbrush is not restricted
to the so called civilized
- peoples. The African negroes fashion
toothbrushes out of the wood
of a species of adansonia and other
trees. In this respect the natives
probably have an advantage over
those who use an ordinary bristle
toothbrush, which is frequently
used for six months or even longer,
indeed untH it becomes too offensive
. ito be tolerated longer. The sticks
of wood such as the natives employ
are, on the other hand, easy to
make and vcost nothing, and they
are probably used for only a short
time. And they possess the additional
advantage of offering less opportunity
for particles of food and
other debris to be retained mechanically
than is the case with a bristie
brush.
""" Tales of Celebrities.
In the Duke of Argyll's "Messages
From the Past" the author
presents this picture of Tennyson
declaiming his verses: "He would
take us into the very center of a
large field at Freshwater, in the Isle
of Wight, to be sure that he could
not be overheard hy any one lurking
in the hedges, before he would
stand *nd declaim in a deep, running
bass voice any piece on which
he was at work at the time or one
that had been specially asked for.
I remember his thus declaiming the
whole -of his poem of TSoadicea'
with haTdlv a pause for breath."
In the same volume appears an
^anecdote of Prince Bismarck at the
Berlin conference: "At dinner the
prince drank only beer, saying that
he used to drink wine, and too much
of it, but that now be eeuld not
stand anything stronger than beer.
In obedience to Princess Bismarck
he made a good dinner, hut not
enough of it in her opinion, and
when she wanted him to take more
he turned to me and said the whole
object in life of a Pomeranian hausfrau
was to ruin her husband's stomach."
Th? Honor Appreciated.
Some years ago when Head Consul
Boak of the western jurisdiction,
Woodmen of the World, was
traveling through the south the
train stopped for some time in a
small town, and Mr. Boak alighted
to make a purchase. The storekeeper
could not make the correct
change for the bill which was presented,
so Mr. Boak started in
search of some one who could. Sitting
beside the door, whittling a
M? stick, was an old darky.
'Uncle," said Mr. Boak, "can you
fl^^change a ten dollar bill ?"
KpP The old fellow looked up in surM
' nriup Then he touched his can and
i replied, u 'Deed an' Ah can't, boss,
but Ah 'predates de honor, jest dt
Eg 6aine." Saturday Evening Post.
1 ^ 8h? Might.
BA^^Ihere is one tiling you don't
V yCave to do anyhow," growled Mr.
I Wipedunks through the lather that
W covered his face as he proceeded to
I strop his razor. "You're always
I complaining about your hardships.
' You ought to be mighty thankful
you haven't got a beard to bother
you."
"I don't know about that," replied
Mrs. Wipedunks. "If I was
a bearded lady, I believe I could
make a better living for this family
than you're making." Chicago
Tribune.
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" PROFANITY, prGrcwth
of Refinement Will End lie
Now Declining Use.
Words and phrases which are amply
sufficient for the understanding
are often altogether inadequate for
the expression of the feelings. The
result of this mental dissatisfaction
with the communication of mere
knowledge is most conspicuously illustrated
in the wide prevalence of
profanity.
Into the discussion of this practice
its moral and religious aspect
does not enter at all. It Is purely
from the linguistic side that it is
here to be considered.
So looked at, its existence and
the extent of the indulgence in it
bear out the truth of the principle
iust announced. Whatever intellectual
-justification there mav be
for profanity is based upon the fact
that men are aiming to state strongly
what they feel strongly.
The habit is in Consequence subject
to the general law governing
intensives. To a very great extent
the practice of swearing is specially
characteristic of a rude and imperfect
civilization. With the advance
of culture profanity declines.
It declines not so much because
men become peculiarly sensitive to
its viciousness, but they do to its
ineffectiveness. The growth of refinement
both in the individual and
in the community tends more to its
disuse than all the exhortations of
moralists or the rebukes of divines.
Much must always be allowed in
the case of particular persons for
the influence of early training and
association. Exceptions are, therefore,
too numerous to lay down any
positive rule. Still it is Bale to say
in general that a man's intellectual
development is largely determined
by the cxtent,of his indulgence in
profanity.
N* one, indeed, doubts its wide
prevalent e at the present time. But
compered to the practice of the past
? v i _ ? 1 . _1_
it nap r>een sreamiy, even u siowiy,
diminishing for centuries. This
doe? rot prove that men are better
morally or intellectaally than they
were.
It does show, however, that there
exists now a higher average of cultivation
which Tenders the habit distasteful
To increasingly large numbers. Darner's.
Antonhr* AuraHu*.
Antnnius Awvlius, king of Araucania,
the first and the last of his
dynasty, had once his day of fame.
He was the man who would be king,
and for a short time he was one.
Aurelius began life as an ambitious
Frenchman; he ended it as a German
under the name of Herr von
Tonneins, dying in great poverty at
Marseilles, but foT a brief period in
the fifties of the last -century he
was king ever the Arancanian Indians
in South America. When
Von Tonneins founded his monarchy
he found it necessary to have
his court, so he traveled over to Europe
and created his own orders and
titles. Then he reigned till his
court was broken up by the government
?f Chile, and Avrrelius as a
roi en exile returned to Marseilles.
A Poor Dog.
A man in Missouri recently sued
a railway -company for damages for
the death of a hound killed on the
track. The company defended itself
upon the following paints:
[ 0*iu UUg was CUMllig ? iovuiv
defendant's track in violation of the
game laws.
Said rabbit lived on defendant's
right of way and was therefore the
property of the defendant
Plaintiff's dog was a trespasser
and was hunting defendant's property
without permission.
Said deceased was not much of
a dog, anyhow, or it could easily
have kept out of the way of defendant's
trains.
And, having fully answered, defendant
prays to be discharged.
It Q*?? Fact.
"My son," said an economical father,
"an express train attains great
speed, lightning is proverbial for its
rapidity, comets are supposed to
* ' At 1 11 V
nun uiemseivea uuvu^u ep<u.c ?v
the rate of millions of miles a day;
but, comparatively speaking, all
these things are snails, my boy all
gnails."
"Why, father," replied the young
man, lazily puffing a cigar, "what
can possibly go faster than lightning
?"
"A ten dollar bill after it is once
broken, my 6on."
Why H? Didn't Cart.
"Mark mv words." declared Mrs.
Ferme, laying down the law to her
long suffering husband, "by the end
of the century woman will have the
rights she is fighting for."
"I shan't care if she has," replied
Ferme.
"Do you mean it?" cried his wife.
"Have I at last brought you round
to my way of thinking? Won't you
really care ?"
"Not a bit, my dear," returned
her husband resignedly. 'Til be
dead then." London Express.
] A RES01
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\ home not secui
j Whereas it is not earni
Whereas if it was in th<
Bank, Lake C
safe,
Whereas they can take
earn me FOl
Iinierest,
Whereas they will app
gardless of si
Resolved that I will op
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UNPENS HAPPENINGS.
Fatal for Between Negrees-Drilaa?e
taiprowemeit Other News.
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Harpers, March 3: A negro
named .Tim Murry was fatally shot
on Mr W S Camlin, Jr's place Saturday
night, February 29, about 9
o>J?ck, by another uegro John Megett.
Megett is still at large although
the town no hoe, assistedby a posse of
citizens searched for the murderer
ail Saturday night. The wounded
man was taken to Georgetown to an
infirmary ami everything possible
done for him, but be died Saturday
night. Botii negroes involved were
employees of the ACL Corp, and
the trouble grew out of Megett's attention
to Muny's wife. This is
the second murder within twelve
months that has occurred in our little
town, in each cAe all the parties
being negroes.
Our town's long needed drainage
system is Hearing completion. We
have large canals runniug through
town nearly a mile long. Already the
effects of this drainage are seeu and
it is confidently hoped that we shall
be free from fever this summer. The
si/Minnil arirt thpcitizenftdeserve
ivn u vvuuvn mum
much credit for this work.
All our trouble with the G & W
railroad has been settled satisfactorily.
The railroad has agreed to
pat iu certain improvements as to
passenger and freight depot, also as
to draining their real estate in town .
This work is being done by Mr
Springs, their track foreman, and it
would do creditto anv towu. Mr
Springs will be remembered here long
and favorably.
Farm work is very backward on
account of the continued wet weath.
er.
Ur Danipl 7 Martin is still verv
sick,'not being expected to live, pis
many friends greatly regret his affliction.
Good luck to you Mr Editor, and
also to your valuable paper. May you
both live long and prosper.
Subscriber.
Tickling or dry Coughs will
quickly looeen wheu using Dr
Sboop's Cough Cure. And it is so
thoroughly harmless that Dr Shoop
tells mothers to use nothing else,
even for very young babies. The
wholesome green leaves and tender
stems of a lung healing mountainous
shrub give the curative properties to
Dr Shoop's Cough Cure. It calms
the cough and heals the sensitive
oroDcnitii memurauues. upium,
no chloroform, nothing harsh used
to injure or snppress. Demand Dr
Shoop's. Take no other. D C Scott.
Read the Farmers & Merchants
Bank's ad. this issue.
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Body Discovered is Pond-Bad Bees f
Bead a Month. U
Oo Sunday, March 1, Magistrate G
S G McDonald of GourdinB held aD 2
inquest over the remains of a negro,
whose body was found in a pond
near Gourdins by a colored boy.
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rne oouy wasiaentinea as momas
Henderson, a negro who had disappeared
from the community
some weeks before. The exam- ySj
ining physician, Dr Rich, testi- (?)
fied that from the appearance of *(?)
the body, the man had probably igj
been dead a month and on account
of the advanced stage of decompo
sition it was impossible t?> tell (?)
whether or not death resulted !@
; from violence. " jgj
The verdict of the iurv was that
the deceased, Thomas Henderson, ?
came to his dea'h through causes ?
unknown to the jury. (?)
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