The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, September 28, 1916, Page EIGHT, Image 8
MAKING RICE PAPER.
It la 8hav#d From tha Whit# Pith of
Troao In Formosa.
The so called rice paper is not
made from rice, as its name implies,
but from the snow white pith of a
email tree belonging to the genus
aralia. a genus represented in this
country by the common sars^parilla
and the spikenard. The tree grows
in Formosa and, so far as is known,
nowhere else. The stems are transported
to China, and there the rice
naner is made. It is used, aside
A *
from a number of other purposes,
by the native artists for water color
drawings and sometimes is dyed in
various colors and made into artificial
flowers/
The tools of the pith worker comprise
a smooth stone about a foot
square and a large knife or hatchet
with a short wooden handle. The
blade is about a foot long, two
inches broad and nearly half an
inch thick at the back, and it is as
sharp as a razor.
Placing a piece of the cylindrical
pith on the stone and his left hand
on the top, the pith worker will roll
the pith backward and forward for
a moment until he gets it in the
Teqnired position. Then, seizing
the knife with his right hand, he
will hold the edge of the blade after
a feint or two close to the pith,
which he will keep rolling to the
left with his left hand until nothing
remains to unroll, for the pith
has, by the application of the knife,
been pared into a square white sheet
of uniform thickness. All that remains
to be done is to square the
edges.
If one will roll up a sheet of paper,
lay it on a table, place the left
hand on top and gently unroll it to
the left he will hare a good idea of
how the feat is accomplished.?New
York Herald.
A Whittling Oyster.
The proprietor of a London chophouse
some years ago made fame
and fortune by the discovery of a
musical oyster. A distinct whistling
sound came from a newly opened
* * i rrr.'iL _
Darrei 01 oysiers. wim eagerness
he hunted for the cause and found
an oyster which seemed to amuse
itself by whistling. The innkeeper
advertised it, and hundreds came
daily to his hostelry to listen to the
musical ^oyster. In due time the
oyster died, and its secret died with
it. It is supposed that the sound
was caused by the inspiration and
expiration of air through a tiny hole
in the shell. To this day the inn is
known as the Whistling Oyster.
His Cynical Point of Viow.
There is a politician in Chicago
, who, though of rather a cynical
turn, tries hard to refrain from the
expression of his pessimistic sentiments
while at home or with his
friends. Now and then, however,
his cynicism gets the better of him.
One day his twelve-year-old son,
who had been reading, suddenly put
down his book and, looking up at
it _ 3
ni8 iainer, asaea:
"Dad, is it really true that there
is honor among thieves V*
"No, my son/' said dad, "thieves
are just as bad as other people."?
Everybody's.
The 8*a('s Marvelous I net! net.
The instinct of the seal is marvelous.
It will leave its young on the
ice in the morning and, going down
through a hole, remain away all
day swimming in search of food.
Beturning in the evening, it will
locate its offspring in the same
"patch" among hundreds of thousands
of other baby seals notwithstanding
that the ice may have
wheeled or drifted fifty or sixty
miles during the day from wind and
tide and notwithstanding that the
patch may extend thirty or forty
miles from one end to the other.
Had Enough.
"Having satisfied you, sir," went
on the book agent, "that you are
in constant need of our superb dictionary,
permit me to show you also
ite greatly enlarged appendix, wnicn
no family should be without."
"Nothing doing!" gasped the
prospective victim. "It's cost me
$500 to have one of those things cut
out, and I want no more."?Browning's
Magazine.
Misfortunes.
If all the misfortunes of mankind
were cast into a public stock in order
that they might be equally distributed
among the whole species
those who now look upon themselves
as the most unhappy oi
mortals would prefer the share thej
are already possessed of before thai
share which would fall to them bj
such division.?Socrates.
Not a Jelly Roll.
A sick little girl was ministered
to by her aunt, who administered e
pilL In order to have her swallow
it easily she covered the pill with
jelly.
The little one swallowed the jelly
and, taking the pill from her mouth
said, "Auntie, here's the seed."?
Christian Herald.
r FOOLED HIM BADLY.
i
Now Ho Kicks on Lettors Written In
tho Third Person.
In one of the Paris restaurants a ;
party of literary men were discuss- or
ing the merits of various epistolary en
styles. One of them. Monsieur A.,: cu
made a fierce attack on letters writ- er
ten in the third person, such a- i
"Monsieur X. has the honor to in- ga
form," and so on. Another of the th<
party defended them, maintaining In
that they were not only more cere-'ve:
monious, but that they were more i ju<
polite. lat
"That's a good idea!" replied
Monsieur A. "The foundation of ho
all politeness in letter writing is to go
express clearly what you mean to
say. Now, nothing can be more it
ambiguous than these confounded ho
? ? T TXT 111 fit,
UUIC6 XJJ U1C kliliu J/CtOUM. 1. nil, | Ml,
jnst tell you what happened to my- | otl
self. I received from my friend D., hit
the chief of division, a billet doux. 1
which I will show you." tei
Taking the note from his pocket, ga:
Monsieur A. read as follows: lat
"Monsieur D., chief of division at sui
the war office, hastens to inform his hit
friend, Monsieur A., that he has ga
just been named chevalier of the im
Legion of Honor." ca;
"You can fancy my delight at
reading this note," continued Mon- rm
sieur A. "I was the happiest man pit
in the world. I ran to an engraver ini
and ordered him to make the flat- ca:
tering addition to my cards, 'Mon- cu
sieur A., Chevalier of the Legion in<
of Honor/ I ran to a mercer's and dr
bought a piece of the richest red ag
ribbon for my buttonhole. I ran cu
to the houses of my friends for the
pleasure of receiving their con- ea(
gratulations. At last I ran to my rc<
friend D.'s. As soon as I caught sei
sight of him I threw myself into his lui
arms. 'Ah, my dear fellow,' I ex- m<
claimed, 'you have no idea what th<
pleasure you have given. How shall to:
I ever thank you sufficiently ?'
" *You are an excellent fellow, my pu
worthy A., to sympathize thus with an
my happiness.* th
" Thank you for that expression; pa
the decoration is mine, and the hap- ar?
piness is yours/ nu
"'How is that? Have you re- fr<
ceived the order ?* ba
" 'Certainly; have I not?* m<
" 'No, my good friend; Jtis I who on
am now made chevalier/ th
'"You r
'"Yes. You deserve the honor rei
more than I do, but, nevertheless, bo
it has been conferred on me/ pr
" *But you wrote me word that I fo<
had received the cross/ I took his of
letter out of my pocket and showed ea
it him. Alas! I now understood wc
clearly what meaning I ought to as- L?
cirm +r> nmVncmnnfl T?hrnae_ The
deuce take you and your note/ I
said to D. ^Instead of your affected
and formal announcement in the he
' third person, why could you not pil
1 write to me simply and plainly, "My
dear friend, I have the pleasure of E<
; informing you that I now am decore
' chevalier T* *" gi]
The Mohammedan Judgment Day. as!
The Koran has this to say concerning
the general "judgment day," El
which nearly all religions teach in
common: "When the sun shall be
folded up, and when the stars shall
fall, and when the mountain shall El
be made to pass away, and when the M<
, wild beasts shall be gathered together,
and when the seas shall boil,
and when souls shall again be joined
to their bodies, and when the
girl who hath be'en buried alive shall we
ask for what crime she was put to
death, and when the books shall be
laid open, and when the heavens
, shall be removed, and when hell W1
shall burn fiercely, and when para- se'
disc shall be brought near, then m<
| shall every soul know what it hath
wrought."
of!
Drawing With Cloaad Eyes.
Charlet had seen Napoleon sev;
eral times in his youth, and the
image of the emperor was so strong- na
, ly impressed upon his mind that he .th
, could draw him with his eyes clos- bo
ed. He has frequently done this for th
me, once asking me where he should th
i begin. "At the heel of the right to
. boot/' I said. He did so and drew fe1
; the whole figure perfectly well.? ly
, Nolte's "Fifty Years/' co!
Window Mirrors.
in conuneuiui towns une irc[
quently sees a mirror at the side of inj
. a window so placed that people in du
. the room may see reflected therein co
i the view up or down the street. In m?
. some bygone periods of English soi
| street architecture it was customary wc
r to bay almost all the windows at wl
; least enough to enable the occu- fle
r pants of the houses to look along to
the streets.
Going Some.
I The New Hat Tree?And you're tai
i a centenarian? By George! Aside wa
r from a few cracks in your face, you all
i hold your age mighty well. What's rei
[ the secret? ?
r! The Grandfather's Clock (serene- m<
, | ly)?I keep regular hours and al- per
i ways find something for my bar.'?- do
i to "do.?Puck. G i
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INVESTING MONEY.
ithods by Which Fortunes Havs
Been Made In Wall Street.
Some persons iike to throw dice
play poker for money, while oth}
buy real estate, Wall street serities,
wheat, cotton, wool or othproduce.
In the former class you find the
mblers. They do not bank on
eir judgment, but on their luck,
the latter class you find the instors,
who buy because in their
igment they can make money
? ? t... ..-l'l:
*ZL Uil UV BCllillg.
A man who buys a house with the
pe of selling it at a better price
es and looks at it.
He finds where it is located, how
is built, whether the neighbored
is improving, what it rents for,
e taxes it must pay and all the
ler incidentals on which to base
? best judgment.
This man, in nine cases out of
l, will make money, while the
mbler will just as surely lose. The
;ter may have a little temporary
ccesa, but the chances are against
n, as they always are against the
mbler. On the other hand, the
vestor wins out in the majority of
ses.
The fortunes that have been
ide in Wall street?and there are
mtv of them?have been made by
restors, seldom by gamblers. How
n one determine the value of serities
before he buys them? By
quiring into their earnings, their
ridonds, the character of the manement
and other matters not diffilt
to ascertain.
Because so many persons are
ger to make money in stocks, proit
ers of questionable enterprises
ad out circulars of the most airing
character, promising enor)us
returns to those who will buy
e shares of securities that invesrs
never touch. ^
In these davs the corporations
blish their earnings more freely
d accurately than ever before. On
e financial pages of any leading
per these reports appear. They
e the best barometer of the stock
irket, much better than the tips
>m brokers' offices and even from
nkers, for both are sometimes
jre interested in selling securities
a good commission than in anying
else.
A man who would buy a piece of
il estate in an undesirable neighrhood
and where property was deeciating
would be looked upon as
olish, but men will buy the shares
securities that show declining
rnings and bad management and |
tnder why they lose.?Jasper in 1
tslie's Weekly.
Historical.
Miss Smith, the teacher, was
aring the history class. The puis
seemed unusually dull
"Now," she said, "Mary followed
Iward VI., didn't she?"
"Yes, ma'am," replied a little
rL
"And now who followed Mary?"
ked the teacher hopefully. All
sre silent for a moment, then
sie raised her hand.
"Yes, Elsie?" queried the teacher.
Vho followed Mary ?"
"Her little lamb, teacher," said
sie triumphantly. ? Harper's
onthly.
The Thirsty Elm.
It has been computed that if the
ives of an elm tree sixty feet high
ire spread out on the ground
go to edge they would cover five
res of land. These leaves, averagI
7,000,000 to a full grown tree,
II absorb water to the amount of
ren tons during the normal sum?r
day. Were it not for the inthering
by the stomata during the
*ht a few elms would soon draw
: all the water from a district
Growing Bodies.
Growing bodies have the most inte
heat, they therefore require
e most food, for otherwise their
dies are wasted. In old persons
e heat is feeble and therefore
ey require little fuel, as it were,
the flame. On this account, also,
rers in old persons are not equalacute,
because their bodies are
Id.?Health Culture.
WnAlaatharina.
"For one's wits to go woolgatherf'
is an allusion to a pitiful instrv
sometimes seen in older
untries. In parts of France, Geriny
and Spain very old people are
metimes employed in gathering
>ol from bushes in sheep pastures,
lere it has been plucked from the
ece as the animals pass too close ,
the branches.
"The Fourth Estate."
The expression "the fourth es- 1
te" as applied to the public press
is first used by Edmund Burke in
usion to the three estates of the
ilm?lords, clergy and commons
constituting the British parlia?nt.
The indication was of the
eat influence of journalism in the
nicotic and foreign affairs of
cat Britain. i
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