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SOME EXPENSES IN 1851. Interesting Disclosures Made by an Old Memorandum Book. An old memorandum book lias come to light in which some interesting prices are recorded. Thcv make us groan. As we read them we begin to believe what the old people tell us?that former times I were indeed better than these. The woman w1k> kept this account book paid, to be sure, $3.25 to go from Westfield, Mass., to New ii ork and $3 more to ge from New* i to Philadelphia, but she paid only 28 oents a dozen for her crashing?beautifully ironed and brought to her door?and $10 a month for her board and says that lit was good too. She had her daguerreotype taken, a 6ingle picture, and paid $1.50 for it. (We can improve on that price.) She bought a pair of shoes for $1.25 and had a dress cut for cents. The accounts bristle with half and quarter cents. Things cost sometimes a ''tip," sometimes a "levy." The former was GV4' cents, the latter 121 ? cents. She bought a pair of rubbers for 87V1? ^cnt? and wrote them down as ( "gums." For her pew rent at church she paid CG 2-3 cents a quarter. Iler gowns were made of "debage," "delaine" and "mull," and she paid $1.75 for the fitting on/3 to a H n <r nf nnp. She wore COU press gaiters and paid the exorbitant price of $2.25 for a pair. She bought a copy of "Agnes?The Key to Her Coffin," a book which ornamented parlor tables in the seventies. It was considered a wonder- j fnl work in its time and most'comforting to those in affliotion. For teaching school eleven weeks this woman received $82. ^>1 She paid 30 cents to go from .Westfieid to Springfield and $1 from Springfield to Hartford, with carriage hire. She usually went from Hartford to New York by boat, but she makes one entry, ; "Hartford to New York, across the land," and then neglects to record the price. She has a tooth drawn and pays 25 cents. We reflect that this was before the days of anaesthetics. She burned in her lamp "fluid," a highly inflammable oil which precofpr L-prncpne vcutu vav cuav* mv?vwv.mv. Those seem primitive and homely days to some who read these lines. It is true that life was simple then, but in New England and y eastern New York and the vicinity p, there may have been higher living ^ in many respects than now. ? Brooklyn Eagle. $ad, but Tru*. A precocious son five years old looked very philosophically at his mother one day and remarked: "Isn^ it wonderful how one's skin is put on? Is it sewed together or pasted with glue f Bealizing the folly of any physi-1 ?logical explanations, she replied, "No, dear; it is all in one piece." Still a quizzical expression o'er pread his face. Peering at his mother's forehead, he raised his finfer and exclaimed, "Well, mother, really think you have a seam H^acroes there." After the humor of the remark h&c passed it awakened a note of ^Hpathos, for that mother, -with the ^B&id of the mirror, discovered that the hitherto unobserved seam was Wgthere, her first wrinkle.?Philadelphia Ledger. Still Aliv*. ... "That flirt Miss Robinson has refused two suitors whom she distinctly encouraged. One of them threatened to leave this earth." 4 "And did he carrv out the threat ?" " "Yes." "How sad!" "Not at all! He simply went up in his airship! The second one told her that he would be beneath the waves in an hour." "Gracious! And did the poor fellow drown himself?" "No; he was a lieutenant on a submarine!" Thou-inf. To persons of lesser rank one i aaith "you" without thou-ing anybody, be it not some little child, and that thou wert much more aged and that the custome itself amongst the meer courteous and better bred were to speak in such manner. What concemeth familiar friends, amongst them the custome doth comport in certain places that they "thou" one another more free- j rjv, m otner places one s more reeerved.?Youths' Behavior, 1652. A Crowded Universe. In^New Haven the committee of a graduating class once went to a local jeweler with a commission for a class badge. They had in view a design representing a youthful graduate surveying the universe. "About how large would you like the figure?" the jeweler asked. ''Well," said the spokesman, "we thought the graduate ought to cover about three-quarters of the badge and the universe the rest."?Success Magazine. r ACCEPTED HIS ADVICE. Then th? Tailor Was Sorry He Tackled the Lawyer. j The young lawyer had waited many days for clients, and still they did not come. His bills were mounting higher and higher, and, pad to say, some of his creditors were becoming impatient. At this very minute his tailor, whom he owed' for his last w inter's overcoat, J was sitting Inside his desk uttering ? all sorts of dire threats. ! "I'll pay you when I can," he said. "Well, that doesn't satisfy me," retorted the tailor. "What would happen, do you think, if I were to take this matter to the courts and sue vou ?" J "You'd get judgment, of course," said the young lawyer. "Then, in your opinion, you haven't a leg to stand on," insisted the tailor. "Not a leg," returned the brief- j less youth. "Very well, then, I shall proceed at once," said the tailor, rising. ( I "I certainly advise you to," said the lawyer, with a gleam in his eve. "I shall most certainly accept I your advice," retorted the tailor | sarcastically. j "Good!" said the lawyer. "What | is the amount of your bill?" i "Sixty-eight dollars and fifty ( cents." said the tailor. ( "All right," said the lawyer. | "Hand over six fifty, please." "Six fiftv!" said the tailor. "What for?" <rYou have just consulted me in the matter of a- suit at law and have stated that you accept my advice. My charge for that h $75, ( and the six fifty is the difference between your bill and mine," said ^ the lawyer. "If I don't hear from you by noon tomorrow I shall put the matter in the hands of mv at- ( torneys. Good morning, sir!" And the tailor went out, marvelling much that so ingenious a young gentleman should t>e a member of the great army of the unem- | ployed.?Harper's Weekly. Advance Knowledge. ' The disadvantage of too much knowledge in advance in his audi- ] tors wa6 experienced by that university preacher of whom all have read. Knowing the lesson which I he would read, irreverent undergraduates pasted together the page6 ; of the Bible which he would open. The result was that he read aloud, , "When Noah was an hundred and ' twenty years old he took unto him a wife who was"?and here he turned ] over?"one hundred and forty cuU.C4*. 1/vw/v fsw+tr onKifo Knf nf , j Ulbd JUli?} 1UI VJ VUUiVO niuv) WM* V I gopher wood and covered with pitch , inside and out/' Naturally the dear ( old gentleman was puzzled. "This j is the first time I have noticed this j in the Bible, but I accept it as an evidence that we are fearfully and j wonderfully made," was his mild comment. Making It Worth While. There was a man who dropped a penny down a crack in a board walk. I With a wire and a stick he tried to recover the penny for a long time. ' Then, shaking his head sadly, he went home. But the next morning he returned early to the spot, ana he was bending over the crack with a quarter in his hand when a friend happened along and said: ( "Hello, Joe! What are you doing there?" "Well, I'll tell you," said the other. "Yesterday I dropped a ; penny down this crack. Now, I reasoned that it wasn't worth while to pull up four or five boards to find a penny, but last night in bed an idea struck me, and I'm going to drop a quarter down to make it worth my while." Th? Satisfaction. "I 6ent you an account of ?5 for collection/' 6aid a man, coming into the office of a lawyeT. "Yes, you did." "What success have you had?" "Sued him last week and got it." "Thafs good. Give me the money, and tell me the amount of your fees and I will pay you." "My fees are ?10. I have given you credit for the ?5 collected. Pay me another ?5, and we'll be square." "What ?" gasped the man. "I don't see where I make anything by collecting the debt/' "Nothing, my dear sir, from a money point of view, but you have the satisfaction of knowing that a dishonest man has been brought to justice."?London Express. Libeli on Dogs. After all, man does not remember i the dog's good qualities as he I should. Look at the similes he | uses?"you lying hound," "mean as a hound dog." "dog" and "low j down cur." Man hardly can think of a lower name than one connected with dogs. And in horse racing i the worthless ones are called | "dogs." It seems a little ungrate! ful when one remembers all that a i dog will bear from a man and still I love him. / I k Announcement /j Having removed my business into one of the new brick stores near the railroad 1 beg to offer a select line of jewelry, Clocks, Watches Silver Ware and Gold and Silver Novelties. : : : Also n u iv. n unu clock repair work done on short noticeatcompetin^f prices. Look for the Watch Sign. E. A. WATTS, Kingstree, S. C. 3-29-tf OUR CLUBBING RATES We oft. x^cheap clubbing ratea | (vith a nun. of popular newspapers and pen dicals. Head carefully fqjlow. g list and select the o LY at you fancy and sve r pieaseU to send in your jrd These rates are of course all ;af advance, which means that h he Kecokd and the paper ,?d must be paid for, not 1, 2. 3, u, ?, o, y, if, 1i, uui i w t.i>> t.! XTHS ahead. Below is the list of tr best clubbing offers. The Record and News & Courier [Semi-weekly,) $1.60. The Record and Home & Farm [twice a mouth,) $1.35. The Record and New York World i [3 times a week,) $1.75. The Record and Atlanta Consti:ution (3 times a week) $1.85. The Record and Atlanta Consti-1 Lution (weeklv $1.50. The Record and Bryan's Commoner, $1.75. The Record and Cosmopoliton Magazine $1.75. The Record and Youth's Companion (New Subscribers) $2.50. The Record Semi-Weeklj State, R2.50. The Record and Lippiucott's Magazine 1 year each *2.75. The Record and National Magazine, 1 year each, $1.60. N. B. We do not club with any laily papers. The first issue you eceive of the paper or periodical is ividence that the money for same las been forwarded by us. We are lot responsible af?r that. THE COUNTY RECORD Kings tree, S. C. ' I ? K.olP. yjsfy Kingstree Lodge jBfif Kniyfyts of py tfjias Regular ConTentions Erery li^iad 4th;Wdati4iy elfhtaj Visiting brethren always welcome, 3 as tie Hall 3rd story Gourd in Building. ~H. A. Myer, C. C. A. C. Hinds, K. R. S. SmS8 iiUUlu uull.. 8 SATIS * ?' ! ! X -7^115 IiAAGSSl 9 We cut fine piece goc * stores right next door to 3 O Priecess Dresses aid [Jump< ft J Sots. O Balance of our ladies' white ai ft colored lawn and lingerie princ( Q dresses and juniper suits on si X at the following reductions: at $ 4 00 Dresses reduced to $ 2 V 5 00 Dresses reduced to 3 O 7 50 Dresses reduced to 5 i ft 10 00 Dresses reduced to 6 * -- T\ 1 f\ 10 Ul> l^rebstiB rcuuucu vu xv X 18 00 Dresses reduced to 12 < St 20 00 Dresses reduced to 13 I N/ 30 00 Di esses reduced to 20 i X Ladies' Walking Skirts of Bhu X and Navy Blue Panama. Fan X mixtures and Black Chiffon Ta V feta Silk. Deduced ONE-THIR Q OFF FORMER PRICK ft We carry a large assortment ft WRITE FOR PR xxxxxxxxxxxx> wwy. ifloroi -<_Zbehvee Norths FloridaA passenger service and comfort,equipped u Dining, Sleeping and 1 For rates, schedule, tion, write to WAV J. Gene STOLL BR !WE I-5TDC jBU* BDN | A> 0 AND SELL j LAN It will pay you to always any business of this kind. t&~ OFFICE OVER BANK ( P. JE (Prickly iik, Poke Be vim positit* cures or ix PfcyafcUa* endow* P. F.P.UI rpltn?!J comblnatioc, a&d pnaerlb* It vtth HBB C'?*t **ri*f*ctioe for th* can* of form* *nd iti(M of Primary, S*eond*ry end Trrtlxry Sypkfli*. Byphilltle Rh*a- B n.?i jna. Scrofulous Clean end Son*. Gl?t.dul*r Swelling*. Jth*um?Hrra, Ridsty Complaint*, eld Chzeeie Clean Del CATARRH g k*T*ml*1?d ?DlwS?ei,(kkPk,BdB MBI Pi******. Irwmi, Cknni* Panel* flamnlktel*. Mercurial Peine. Wks tte. T. powftl tad* Mi m * ? nnllMt ftpplttMC. VsIldlBf wp ft* JJS ijrtni impidly. If 70* w* wt Mi fub^al M k*ily try P. P. 7, Mi RHEUM 00000000000000 1 k cow FACTION Of 1 mm MS RETAIL 1 * ? ~U? 4-r- ln nnv lonrrtll )Q5 lor II1CI IHdllO in anjr icu^m /ou. fr Ladies' Lace Waists in black, | white, cream and ecru colors from $ j $2.98 to $25.00; BIhck from $6.50 iga to $25.00. 8 Tailor Made Salts at Half Price. ] Every one this season's styles < 6" and most wanted fabrics, in Prince 37 Chap and Madame Butterfly ef00 fects. 67 $12 00 Saits reduced to $ 6 00 , 00 is oo Suits reduced to 7 50 , 00 20 00 Suits reduced to lOOOj, 37 25 00 Suits reduced to 12 501 00 30 00 Suits reduced to 15 00; ? 40 00 Suits reduced to 20 00 j 2k I cy Ladies' Waists Gronped in Tbree if- Special Lots. D LOT 1?Ladies' White Lawn : Waists, trimmed with laces and|j of embroideries ?1.25, ?1.50 and |!j JCES AND SAMPLES. oooooooooooooo A 1C(<ySTl]NE| JOHFAREoFJ^VEL n ffee? ID SOUTH ?Cuba. unexcelled for luxury /ith the latest Pullman 'horoughfare Cars, maps or any informa\ CRAIG. ral Passenger Agent, j Wilmington, N. C. j OTHERS Iks" we DS BUY AND ds SELL I see us when you have 5P WILLIAMSBURG HU Z I ? nEaT" ?t tod Pttanioa.) I. rOBXQ AKD 8TAGXS 07 ? 7 on will Tfttn Utah tad rtroagth. a Waste ofonotfy sad til dlMMMnraltliif 0 from *rartexiD( tin ijrtaxn *i* cur*d bj tho woof P. 7. P. LtliMTbtN ?y?teoj?M*polorm#dknd % WfcoMbloodisl&knImpaxoeondltioadM " ItBMittuliiNiBlirlUMtNpteslkrlj ^ benefited by tho voBdofal to&ie ud j SCROFULA blood ihM^Kproportteo of 7. 7.7, Prickly iik,NMloo? ulMwtUb old by *U Snfctete. F. V. LIPPMAN ' frtprltttr tfivtnnth. Ct. ATISM OOOOOOOOOOOOO JV 232 8r 23< 11 fCharleston, ? MONEY MAIL OEM HOUSE II at wholesale prices. Your ne $1.75 qualities. Clearance pric >1.00. pi LOT 2?Ladies' White Lawn cii ind Lingerie Waits, beautifully :rimmed with laces *nd embroid- lie ?ries $4.00 and $4.50 qualities. ? Clearance price $2.98. LOT 3?Ladies' White Lawn, Lingerie and Linen Waists. Some S band embroidered, others trimmed Si with laces and embroideriers, S $6.00 to $10.00 qualities. Choice ? it $5.00. IHosquito Nets. cc Full sized Mosquito Nets and g] Canopies complete and ready for _ use. Value $1.25. Special 93c. Extra large size Mosquito Nets and Canopies complete. Special Ji ?1.45. st ? ? ? TRY US c xxxxxxxxxxxx FOLEY'S KIDNEY CURE WILL CURE YOU of any case of Kidney or Bladder disease that is not beyond the reach of medicine. Take it at once. Do not risk having Bright's Disease or Diabetes. There is kir /l?1 nxr iiuuuiig gaiuvu uj uvtnjr< 50c. and $1.00 Bottles. REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. W. L. Wallace. Wanted! to help you own your home, business house, farm or to lift a mortgage. C+rkrt pa ying" rent and pay <^lUp tor a home with the same money. The $1,000 Guarantee Investment Home Purchasing Bond,, issued by the Southern States* Trust Company of Columbia, S C, upon which they are granting 6 per cent loans for 10J years will enable you to buy or build anywhere or to lift your mortgage. Be your own landlord. Worth investigating. Do it now. Address W. C. Furse, General' Agent, Columbia, S. C. 5 7 tf THE THRICE-A-WEEK WORLD I IX FBESIVEXTUL miPAICN More Alert, More Thorough and More Fearless than ever Read in Every Englfsb-Spoken Country. A president of the United States will be elected this year. Who is he and who is the man whom ^he will beat? Nobody yet knows, but the Thrice-a Week World will tell you every step and'every detail of what promises to'be a campaign of the most absorbing interest. It may not tell|you what you hope but it will tell|you what is. The Thrice-a-Week World long ago established a character for -impartiality and fearlessness in the publicacion of news, and this it will maintain. If you want the news as it really issubscribe to the Thrice-a-Week edition of the New York World, which comes to you every other day,except,Sunday, and is thus practically a daily at the price of a weekly. The |Thrice-a-Week World's regular subscription price is only*$1.00 per year, and this pays for 159J*j)apers. We ofer this*unequalled newspaper and The County Record together for one year for $1.75. The regularsubscriptinn price ot the two papers is $2.00. ocxx xxxxxxxxx l[King Street, x South Carolina g BACK 5 TIE SODTI-^? 8 iarest mail box places our * Dixie Frames and Nets com- V ete for wood or iron beds. Spe- V al $2.98. 7) Fall line of American and Eng- P> ih Bobbinet 75c to $10 a piece. 3C )rch Blinds Keep lour Piazzas Q Shady and Cool, tl ize G feet by 8 feet $1 00 ft ze 8 feet by 8 feet 1 25 P\ ize 10 feet by 8 feet 1 50 ^ tring in One of Our Hammocks, ft We have a full line in pretty O dors. Pillow and full value, ft I to 510 eacn. Special. r O Ladies' Chiffon Taffeta SiTk.O jmper Suits. Solid colors and'O ripes. Valne$13.50. Sale 10"-^ ft ON AN ORDER ' /* / O i /