The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, January 09, 1913, Page SIX, Image 6
NAPOLEON AS A FARMER.
He Fathered Sugar Beet Cultivation
to Head Off a Revolution.
The method of extracting >ugar ;
from beet? by which more than half
the world's supply of sugar i> tjow
produced was the discovery of a \
German scientist, but tne credit for
establishing the culture of beets as
a world industry belongs to Napoleon.
In the course of his great struggle
with England the emperor o!"
the French issued his famous decrees
forbidding commercial rela- !
tions with that country and speciti- i
cally prohibiting importations from '
British colonial possessions, from
which at that time practically the
entire supply of sugar was obtained.
Cut off from this supply, the price
/N.* cnn.ir .n Vranno rnto within fl few.
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years to $1 a pound and threatened
a revolt among his own subjects.
Napoleon, however, had had eminent
French scientists studying the
sugar beet and experimenting to determine
its possibilities. As a result
of their investigations he was
able to meet the difficulty by directing
that 90,000 acres of land in various
parts of the country should be
devoted to the culture of sugar
beets. At the same time he called
attention to the fact, discovered in
the experiments conducted by his
experts, that "the growing of beet
roots improves the soil and that the
residue of the fabrication furnishes
an excellent food for cattle."
In such dramatic and arbitrary j
fashion did the humble beet make j
no a fonfnr /I colino^ 1
it? appctti autc OJ9 a xatvvi uvovtuvu
to assume worldwide and mighty
commercial importance. To Napoleon
it was only a minor incident in
his herculean struggle for dominion,
but it stands today as the most beneficial
single act of his career, for
the demonstration that beet culture |
improves the soil and increases the ,
yield of other crops used in rotation j
with this one has revolutionized the j
agricultural methods of the leading
countries of -continental Europe,
has halted the fiood of emigration
that formerly psured out of these
countries and has solved for a long
time to come, and perhaps lor an ,
time, the threatening problem with j
which they were confronted of providing
a food supply for their people.?National
Magazine.
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A Scot'u Strategy.
Sandy MacDougal was a braw lad
of twelve. One day he fell off the
roof and broke his leg. His parents
carried him ben the hoose and
stretchit him on the bed, where !
he groaned and gfat while the doctor
was 6ent for. When the doctor
came Sandy didna want him to
touch his leg for fear it would hurt. |
But the doctor explained that it
maun be done.
"Whilk leg is it, Sandy, lad?" i
speired the doctor.
"This ane," whined Sandy.
The doctor seized the ankle, pit
his fut in Sandy's oxter and gied '
the leg sic a yeric that the lad was
nigh pu'ed in twa. He yammert ;
like a boggle. Then the doctor pit ,
on a bit of bandage and went awa. !
"Did it hurt, laddie?" asked the '
auld feyther.
"Nae sae muckle as it raicht," |
answered the lad, grinning. "1 i
wasna sic a fule as to gie him ma
sair leg."?Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A Mother of Queene.
When Charles I. was king of Eng- !
land a country girl came to London
in search of a situation and applied
t il. w ?
lur vuc |/udiliuu vi tuu numaii) #
or carrier of beer at a brew house.
The brewer, struck by her good
looks, married her. In a snort
time he died, leaving her a hrge
fortune. She gave up the brewery
and for the proper settlement of
her husband's a:Iairs was recommended
to Mr. Hyde, a rising young
barrister, whom she afterward married.
This gentleman ultimately became
Earl of Clarendon, and from
ilia marriage *mi uex :ie uau uuc i
daughter, who became the wife of '
James II. and mother of Mary and
Anne, both subsequently queens of
England.
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8ound of Light
Curiously enough, a beam of light
may be made to produce sound. A
ray of sunlight is thrown through a
lens on a glass vessel containing
lamp black,'colored silk or worsted,
or any like substance. A disk having
slits or openings cut in it is
made to revolve svriftly in this beam
of light, so as to "cut it up," thus
causing alternate flashes of light
and shadow. When one places his
ear to the glass vessel he hears
strange sounds so long as the flashing
beam falls upon the vessel.
Wealth and Happinesa.
"Wealth doesn't bring happiness."
"You really believe that?"
"1 know it. It never brought me
any."
"1 didn't know that you were
wealthy ?"
"I'm not."?Houston Post. 1
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SALONIK! THE CONTINUOUS.
It May Ee Called the Eternal City of
the Near East.
The city we now call iialoniki has !
had a continuous history for more
than *i,500 years. Kven before it
was refounded and renamed by |
Alexander the Great, in the year ;
31.? 1?, C., a city had existed on thi>
beautiful gulf, facing mighty Mount
Olympus, lint its known history I
dates from this year, when Alexan- (
der rebuilt it and called it Thessaloniea
after his sister, tie wife of
Cassander. It is said that Philip of i
Macedon named his daughter The.? |
salonica because on the day he
heard of her birth he won a victory
over the Thessalians. Thus the vie
tory of Philip and the name of his ,
daughter, the half sister of the conqueror
of the world, are all em- !
balmed in the name of the city.
It was a great city, its harbor full :
of shipping, its houses rising in !
tiers one above another from the
edge of the water to the summit of
the acropolis behind the city and
around all a white wall five miles in
extent. Through the heart of the ;
city stretched forth the great artery
of trade, the Egnatian way. At the
eastern end it passed under a magnificent
marble arch, which was ;
Knilf i-n Vinnnp nf Iho vintnrv of Oo- !
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tavius and Antony over Brutus and
Cassius in the battle that took place
in the plains of Philippi.
Fortunately for Thessalonica, she
had sided with the monarchists
against the republicans in this battle,
and when it was over both Antony
and Caesar visited the city and
commemorated their triumph by
erecting the arch of victory, which
remains to this day. Under this
archway doubtless Paul and Silas
passed many times during their
somewhat lengthy stay in the city.
It has been my privilege more
than once to visit Saloniki, to en- j
ter it from the sea as one jour- ,
neys from Athens and to leave by
rmito whifh Paul entered it on
his first visit. It is interesting to j
note the characteristics of the city,
which are the same now as in Paul's j
time, as well as the changes which
the centuries have wrought.?Christian
Herald.
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Little Economies.
"I once made up my mind," said
a London man, "that I would be- j
come the possessor of a good gold !
watch. I saved up the money for it i
in this way: When 1 felt like eat- j
ing a shilling luncheon, as 1 often i
did, I kept it down to tenpence. I j
? . Xm. A A.iifeA *? I AmAW/] *> > *7
put nit; iw upeiiuw^ptt> eu iuhuiu uij
watch fund. You will hardly believe
me, but with little economies
like this I had in less than six
months saved enough to buy my
gold watch." "But," sai^ a listener,
"where is your gold watch? You
are wearing a poor little gun metal j
thing." "Well," was the reply, !
"when I found how easily I could j
get along without shilling luncheons
I concluded I could get along
with a ten shilling watch instead of
a ten pound one. So that the watch
fund grew until it purchased for me
my own house."?London Mail.
Didn'i: Depend Upon Noah.
Highlanders cling so tenaciously
to the honors and antiquity of their
kindred as to be amusing to others.
One day a Campbell and a McLean
disputed, and the latter insisted j
that his family was in existence as
a clan from the beginning of 'the
world. Campbell asked quizzically j
if the clan McLean lived before the
flood *that drowned all the world
but Noah and his family.
"Pooh!" said McLean. clan |
was before the ?ood."
"I have not read anywhere," observed
Campbell, "of any one of the
name of McLean going into Noah's
ark."
"Noah's ark!" retorted McLean,
in contempt. "Who ever heard of a
McLean that did not have a boat of
his own ?"
The Hessians Played.
It is a matter of record that upon '
the first official celebration of Inde- ;
pendence day by the Continental j
congress music was secured for the j
? L < / AMA1M M "Of AAfll an I
occasion Vy luruuig iuc ULCSOiaa
band, which had been captured by
George Washington at Trenton in
the previous December, to play in
the public square all day, to the
great delight and amusement of the
people. It is also stated that these
involuntary celebrants tfere obliged
to practice appropriate airs for three
weeks previously in order that they
could not plead ignorance as an excuse.
Carried to Exces*.
"My husband is too tender hearted
altogether to get on," said Mrs.
Muggins dolefully. "It shows his
good points, certainly. Why, he
won't even speak a cross word to
me, nor whip the children, nor even
kill a fly."
"Oh, that's nothing," said Mrs.
Buggins. "My husband is so tender
hearted that he can't even beat the
carpet."?London Stray Stories.
DEEP SEA WONDERS.
Life Where Light, Sound Nor Change
of Any Kind Can Enter.
What happens in those impenetrable
depths of the ocean where it
is %ur and live miles deep? What
manner of life do their weird denizens
lead? Some of the conditions
liave been conjectured by Mr. 1\ L.
Lowe in "A Naturalist on Desert
Islands:"
"The creatures of these nethermost
depths brood forever in the
appalling silence of uttermost
night, preying one upon another in
constant carnivorous strife, living
under a pressure that is almost inconceivable
and in a temperature so
low that it actually seems to defy
the possibility of organic life.
"Every hour of their life, every
day, every year, is passed in the
same stagnation of hideous changelessness
in circumstances of almost
absolute uniformity. For them
there is no night; there are no seasons;
there is no Sun, no moon;
there are no changes from warmth
to cold or from cold to warmth.
We cannot even conceive that there
in Aotliro CAIinrl
IB tiling Hi IIIC .11 al UA v VA UVUUVlt I
There is absolutely nothing to mark
the flight of time.
"The great cold of the < bottom
water of the ocean is best brought
home to those who have examined
the contents of a haul of the trawl.
The bottom ooze in intensely cold,
and it is a strange sensation, while
your back is broiling beneath a
tropical sun, to have your hand
nearly frozen off by the stiff cold
mud or ooze that you are compelled
to handle wfiile sorting the contents
of the trawl.
"The pressure at a depth of 8,634
feet amounts to nearly two tons to
the square inch. We ourselves, living
at ordinary levels, are subjected
to a constant pressure of nearly fif
teen pounds on every square inch of
our bodies. We can calculate, but
only feebly conceive, what the pressure
must be at the bottom of those
abysses.
"Take again the question of
light. Photographic plates let
down beneath the surface of I^ke
Geneva showed that at a depth of
510 feet the effect on the plates was
no more than that which would be
produced on a dark, moonless night.
Similar results in the Mediterra- ;
nean, whose waters are unusually
clear, were reached at a depth of
1,200 feet, so that we may conclude i
that in general at any depth below 1
this a profound darkness exists.
This complete absence of sunlight
at once puts out of account the possibility
of plant life. And this all i
important factor in the economy of ;
animal life, human or otherwise, at ;
once raises the question, How do i
deep sea animals ultimately live?"
Bamboo In the Orient.
Bamboo, one of the most provi- ,
dent gifts of nature to a people, is
pqt to so many uses by the natives
of the tropics, especially in the
orient, that it is difficult to see how (
they could live without it. Among ,
the principal uses to which it is (
put may be set down: Building (
houses, furniture of all kinds, casing
of artesian wellSj water buckets,
rafts, pipes, window shades and
blinds,, mats, umbrella ribs, hats,
raincoats, outrigger on native (
prows, cover for junks, palanquin i
? -1 1-1 mno
puititt, UlUHfJlJTCB, nail n;o,
decorative purposes, including paint- .
ings; paper and paper pulp, baskets, j
small bridges, walking sticks and (
flutes. ,
Gold Horeeahoes In Olden Times.
Koman writers inform us that '
Commodus caused the hoofs of his
horses to be covered with gold leaf '
and even the fetlocks to be gilded. 1
Nero's short journeys were invari- '
ably performed on white mules '
wearing gold shoes on their fore 1
feet and silver behind. The beasts ;
which drew the chariots of his wife,
Popoae, were shod all around with 1
gold. Several others among the :
dignitaries and potentates of the
riotous days of the Roman empire ]
shod their horses with gold and
used the same material for bridle
bits, buckles, spurs, etc.
Uncomplimentary Huebande. 1
In China the wife is seldom men- i
tioned by her husband, but when he i
does mention her it is always in ]
some roundabout way. He has some ]
name that he calls her in his flowery 1
language which takes the place of j
the word "wife." One man calls i
his wife "my hand the clothes," an- ]
other calls her "my dull compan- 1
ion," another "my thorn in the <
ribs," another describes her as "the 1
mean one of the inner rooms." 1
Helping It Along;
"It's' almost certain that (he'll
marry that good for nothing chap." (
"Has the engagement been an- j
nounced ?" j
"Not yet. But they'll get mar- t
ried all right." \
"What makes you think so?" t
"Her mother and father hare j
both started in to knock him."? ,
Detroit Free Press. <
HOW MUSSELS ARE CAUGHT. !
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And What Happens to the Mollusks j
After They Are Landed.
The gathering of mussels forms |
an important industry in the middle
west. The mu.-sel fisherman's
outfit consists of a boat and a pair
of dredges. A dredge is composed
of ordinary gas pipe whereto a limn
ber of hooks are attached, each
hook showing four prongs.
Fastening a stout rope to his
dredge, t he hunter drops it overboard,
and as the boat drifts-with
the current the dredge drags along i
the bottom of the stream. The j
mussel lies with shell open, and
when the prong of a hook strikes ;
within the opening of the mussel's .
two shells the deluded mollusk, un- i
der the impression that it has cap- |
tured something edible, closes down
on the hook with a viselike grip.
After flowing twenty or thirty
yards the dredge is pulled up and
the remaining dftdge is dropped
from the opposite side of the boat.
It is not unusual for a fisherman to
capture as many as a hundred mussels
at a single drop of the dredge.
When the fisherman has got as
many mussels as his boat will conveniently
carry he rows ashore and
undertakes the "cooking out" process.
The mussels are transferred
from the boat to a tank that holds I
from 500 to 1,000 pounds. Here the
mussels are boiled for one hour, a
process that loosens the meat from
the shell. The shells are placed
upon a platform, where they are
sorted and cleaned for shipment.
The price paid for the shells in too
lots frequently touches the $10
mark.
While the shells form the prin- i
cipal p-oduct of mussels, the fisherman
not infrequently has the luck
of finding a valuable pearl in his
catch. A pearl to be of first qual- |.j
ity must be of good luster -and ai a :
round, button or pear shape. If
it is irregular in form, but has a
brilliant color, it has some value.
An irregularly shaped pearl is called
a baroque. A pearl to be of any
great value should be not less than
one-eighth of an inch in diameter
and in color should be white, pinlj,
purple, brown or black.
Frequently the mussel fishermen
find pearls of perfect shape, but of
a dull lead color. These are worthless
and are known as "dead pearls."
Another product of the mussel
deserving mention is the "slug."
The "slug" is always irregular in
form and is composed of the same
matter that goes to make up the
pearl, although it does not possess
sufficient brilliance to be classed as
a baroque. "Slugs" are employed
in the manufacture of cheap jewelry,
and the price for them ranges
from $1 to $1.50 an ounce. ;
Pearls, baroques and slugs are
thought to be formed by the mussel
as a means of protection against irritation.
A foreign substance, such
as, for example, a grain of sand, effects
an entrance between the
shells. This irritates the mussel,
and to protect itself it envelops the
offending object in a coat of nacre
of varying thickness. ? Harper's
Weekly.
The Cauliflower.
Of the word "cauliffower" a writer
in the London Chronicle says:
r'The modern spelling is artificial,
and if we were to write it as we pronounce
it, 'collyflower/ we should
he taking a step hack in the natural
direction. 'Coleflorye,' as they spelled
it in the sixteenth century,
brings out the true meaning of the
vegetable's name?'fiowered cabbage'?'cole'
being an old word for
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JUUUa^K ttllU UUIJIC lCJJlCDCiiuiij
the French 'flori/ or 'fleuri/ flowBred.
But because in Latin it was
Bailed 'cauliflora' it began to be
written 'colieflorie' or 'collyflorie' in
English, probably by deliberate assimilation
to the* Latin, and eventually
even to be written 'cauli/
though still pronounced 'colly/
Meanwhile the second part of the
word got popularly corrupted to
flower.'"
"Naming" a Mtmbtr.
It is an ancient belief that a
man's name has some mysterious
sympathy with his nature, whence
irise such stories as that of Rumpelstiltskin,
whose power ever a human
being vanishes the moment
that his name is pronounced aloud,
[t has been suggested with some
show of reason that the modern
practice of "naming" a refractory
member of the British house of
lommons is merely a survival of
this belief, which the Norsemen
Drought into England.
St nrlv Vnursalf.
In order to judge of the inside of"
others study your own, for men in
general are very much alike, and
though one has one prevailing pasnon
and another has another, yet
their operations are much the same,
ind whatever^engages or disgusts,
Dleases or offends you in others will
engage, disgust, please or offend
>thers in you.?Chesterfield.
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Why live on bare floors v
roundings when you can
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scrviceauie anu aiiracuvc
Carpets, Matting, R
on easy payments if you
cash. Our line is larger,
tractive than it has ever I
Dining and Bedroom Suit
ing Chairs, Wardrobes, e
and service of the best m;
We carry a big line of Quns, B<
Edison and Columbia Phonagrt
popular musical hits.
Iron Beds in many styles, Sprli
Carolina Furnil
mers all over the
South are satisfied ^
with results obtained
from our fertilizers.
Ask our agent.
PLANTER
FERTILIZER'
PHOSPHATE (
^CHAF^ESTONjS
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Mr. Stock
do you give yoiu
doped medicines
ever think of th
Many animals d
ment with dop<
which are worse
all.
An animal with a w
down condition can
drugged. When the
they usually die.
Yqu Should take t
doctoring your 9tod
your family.
Noah's Horse
are medicines?not d
safe side by giving yc
tested remedies.
Noah's Colic Remedy la 1
moat dangerous disease, Col
its eilect. Simple to adm
tongue. Cheep m price?60
ISO to any stock owner.
Noah's Paver Remedy is
coughs, colds, distemper, in
and the treatment oi milk
on the tongue. Two sizes,'
Noah's Liniment Is the bet
stable remedy on the mark*
hoi, chloroform, ammonia,
poisonous drugs. 26c, 50c
Gallon cans at 10.00.
These remedies are sold ?
cine. Made tn Richmond by
? "I have been as brig
Noah's Liniment ana .
Noah's Colic Remedy
on our stock with the
best results, and find
them to be the best
remedies of the kind I
have ever used and
recommend them to
1 stock owners.?D. J.
Orlfflth, Sup't 8. C.
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otection against inferior
rtilizers.
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Thii Giant Lizard?a land animal,
weighing 25 to 30 tona, lived in
Sooth Carolina during the form*
tion cf our phosphate bsds. \
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Remedies I
ope. Be on the ;
tur animals these 1
ecommended for that I
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lnister?given on the I
io a bottle, and worth *
a medicine for fever,
fluenza, lung troubles,
ferer in cows. Given
0c and $1.00.
it all-round family and
st Contains no aloonaphtha,
benzine, or
5, and |LOO a bof.le.
it
all dealers In medlthe
Noah Remedy Co.
tnr 1>auu
V BlfcUlO
;he Noah Remedies are BWWBH JD|
he best he ever used,
specially the Unlment j^H
or the cure ot sore flB
ihooldere, with which *8<W$8H H|
ire have had so much QTjj^J
rouble He also eo- TT7VvVy3
lorses your colic rem- i llfllaKl m
>dy as be tog toe and a LIVmIBISI
ture cure?T. J. Davis,
3up^ State^ Farm, &H
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tree Drug Co. and M. L. Allen. J
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