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Strange Relic Found in the Den of a Showman. ONE CHRISTMAS DINNER Told by the Old Circus Man-A Strik. Ing Event in the Giant's Life Re .Called by a Singular Souvenir. "That?" said the old circus iman, following the eye of his visitor, which had rested upon something hanging on the wall of the old showman's den, "Why, that's an ostrich's wishbone, a souvenir of the great giant. It came out of an ostrich that we baked ono year for the giant's Christmas din. nor. "You see, an ordinary ten, twelve. fifteen-pound turkey would be to the giant about the same as a quail would be to us, he was so big; and every -winter we 1ied to scour the country 'round about the town where the show made its winter quarters for a twen ty-flive pound turkey so as to have a bird that would come somewhero near to being in proportion with him, for the great giant's Christmas din ner. Of course, even such a turkey Iused to look like a pigeon beside 1im, anid one winter, when we were talking over the giant's coming Christmas dinner the old man says. 'By gracious let's give the giant this year, for once in his life, anyhow something like; let's give, him a baked ostrich.' "That, of course, you understand, meant a very costly dinner. Now, when these great birds are raised in this country, I suppose you can buy good-sized ostrichs for somewhere about a couple of hundred dollars apiece, but the ostrlchs we had, at that time, cost us $750 a pair. But we had had that year a phenomenal. ly good season, with the great giant easily our greatest attraction, and there was never anything too good for the giant, anyway. and so when the subject. came up the old man says, like that: "Let's give him, this year, an' ostrich,' and wo did. "There wasn't any trouble at all about (looking the bird. We had a big brick oven, that we'd built ourselves to bake bread in, and we baked the ostrich in that, without the slightest difficulty, and beautifully baked It turned out, too: the chief cooc him self, ot' course. looking after the cook ing of it. "It took two men to bring the baked ostrich in, at thiat Christmas dinner, and the two men walking down the room with it, on a great wooden plat ter, keeping step all the way, was cer tainly a sight to see; and when they had set this great bird, nicely brownOd, down on the table in front of the giant, and you had looked from It to him, and from him to it, why, you felt that. it was worth the money; that this, as the old man had set. out to hav'e it, was t'or once, anyway, really something like. "Gireat as the old man was in plan ning on a great scale, he never for got or neglected the dletails; he hadn't providedl a baked ostrich for the giant's dinner and then left the great man to try to carve this great bird with an ordinary carving knife and fork. No; lie had provided him for this occasion with a carving knife hav ing a blade longer and wider 'n a sabre blade, and a fork to match. And this carving knife and fork the giant pick ed up and 'proceeded to carve with, just as if they'd been of ordinary size, which, of courso, they really wvas te him. S"The giant was as generous- as he was great, and it never occurred to him but what others could eat as much as ho did. Ho carved off a sec ond joint of the ostrich and sent ii aroundl to the 01(1 man, on one ot the platters that the cook had sent in to use for plates. 'No, no!' says the old man, when he sees that second joint coming. 'You keep that yourself. Don't rob your self.' "But the giant wouldn't listen to himi; he insisted on the old man keep. ing it. And ho would have sent me the other second joint, but I told him I'd rather have a drumstick. "That dirumstick, you know, had mere meat on it than a good-sized ham, so that there woiuld have been, even If I had liked it, a good deal more of it than 1 wanted anyway. But, say! While it may not be, as they say in the Congress debates, ex. actly germane to the subject. i'd like to say, just personally to you, that if I had money enough so that I could afford to buy pretty much anything I wanted to eat I never should spend very much of it on baked ostirich, That I had at the giant's dinner was th~e first I ever eat-I don't think 'A should mliss it much if I never had any more. "But the giant? Well, the great giant actually seemed to like it--he ate awUWr on it as if he did, anyway and in the course of time, in carving, when he camne to the wishbone and carved that out he held it .up and smiled. Hie didn't do this because it was so big, which it wasn't, in fact, to - him, but just as every carver does when lhe comes to ' the wishbone everybody holds up the wishbone; but the rest of us smiled a little over its size, when we saw it as you see it * there now on the wall;--a wishbone with arms two feet long. "After dinner the giant hung the ostrich's wishbone on a harness peg in the hall to dry, and a week later, one day, he asked me to break it with him and' Wish. And we two pulled on that Wishbone tiUl we pulled it i SATIRE ON AN ACTOR. rho Advance Agent. Tells a Story That is Not an Advertisement. "Satire is almost always wasted on actors," said the old advance agent, as reported by the Chicago "Tribune." "As a rule, they are so deeply im pressed with a sense of their own su peilative abilities that they take everything written about them in the most gerious possible fashion. "Some years ago I was Ptranded on the Pacific coast. I wanted to get back to Chicago the worst wiy possi ble, and finally, through a lucky acci dent, T learned thak Barney Ferguson, the Irish comediaW, who was just about to start East, was in need of an advance agent. The job promised transportation and spending money at least, and I was glad to get it. Nothing interesting happened until we struck Trinidad, Col. Trindad is a small town, but there happened to be a young man working on one of the papers there more for the benefit of his lungs than of his pocketbook. iHe was an experienced dramatic critic, and lie came to see my star. "At that period of his career Mr. Ferguson's chief dramatic feat was to sit in a large easy chair, with an Irish make-up on, and hold a humorous con versation with the soubrette of the company. When the proper moment came Mr. Ferguson, being busily en gaged in the debate the soubrette coyly set fire to the paper sole of one of his shoes. Never even glancing at the threatening conflagration, Mr. l4erguson reached into a capacious in side pocket and pulled out a loaded bottle of seltzer water. Still, without looking at the fire, which by this time had reached magnificent proportiona, Mr. Ferguson turned on the stream and extinguished the flame, all the time keeping up the rapid-fire conver sation. "This brilliant outburst of wit and humor was always good for a hearty laugh in the inining district. "The young Enstern dramatic critic, however, fell afoul of my star after the following fashion: "'Sir Henry Irving has his own in dividual methods of producing a dra matic effect; Mr. Richard Mansfield has his; but it has remained for Mr. larney Ferguson to make a seltzer bottle the hero of a farce comedy.' "When I read that in the paper the next inorning I trembled for my job. As I walked Into the hotel dining room Mr. Barney Ferguson was al ready reading the paper. I sat down at the same table. Presently the great man looked up. "'Did you see what they said about me in the paper this morning?" lie asked. "'I did,' I said, looking as sorrow ful as possible. "'You see, they compare me with Sir Henry Irving and Richard Mans field, don't you?' he said, looking as proud as a peacock. 'You'd better go out and bu y me half a dozen more seltzer bottles.' " Meat Killed by Dynamite. "A new use has ben found for dyna. mite." said a butcher, "and maybe, be fore l'ong. we wvill be eating dynamite killed beef. At the weekly meeting of my society last night a member told of some experiments with dynamite that he had seen in a Western slaugh ter house. These experiments had been successful, and had proved that a thimbleful of dynamite, exploded on a steer's or cow's forehead would kill it more quickly than the usual 'knock ing in the head' method. "Our brother said that three steers lad been placed side by side and about two feet apart. On the fore head of each a primer of dynamite with an electrical fuse had been fastened, and these primers had all been coninected with a common battery. A touch of a stud on thme battery had set oiY the dynamite, and the steers without a struggle, without a gi-oan, without a violent movement-had faleni back, stone dead. It was a fino amid impiressive sight, the speaker said,. and lie hoped to see the day when amll the meat of the world would be dynamite-killed." - Philadelphia Riecod. BlueJackets' Strange Pets. At the review before the King of Malta, the pet donkey of the Bae Chante, we are told, marched in front of tihe men. A donkey is a rather bulky sort of pet, but probably no more troublesome than the pet deer af the Terrible. The privilege of keep ing pots Is very muchi app~reciated by hbluejackets, who lavish their sparo time and some of their spare cash on strange animals. Time Centurion (says lie Court Circular) once had a monkey that used to eat with a spoon from a plate and drink from a glass, with a dinner napkin tucked under his chin the while. The Caesar had a pot goose some tinie back. Cats and dogs, of course, are common on board ship. The Frmench warship Marceau had a bantam cock named lioulanger as pet, wvhich crowed whenever the guns Sred. The Geirimn Prinz Wilhelm had a gray stork, and time United States Chicago had a pig. Doves, pigeons, blackbirds, and peacocks are popular with Italian seamen, and the unfortunate Almiirante Oquondo of Spain had a pair of cossowaries as pets.-St. James' Gazette. We prefer to live in a small town where all the people sympathize with you in trouble, and if you haven't any trouble will hunt up seome for you. Formosa (Kan.) New Era. 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I feel stronger from day to day and have had no heuorrhage sinco I conimenced to use 'Duffy's.' 7G1(OTTFRIED EBER, Scranton, Pa. We havo thousands of such letters as these: "LUNS AS STRONG AS EVER" - "IDear Sirs-Ihaving suffered with weak lungs severe cough and loss of appetite, 1 tried nearly all medicines, but without benefit. A few weeks ago on advice I commenced the use of Dufl'y's Pure Malt Whiskey. Mi~iy alppetiteitmproved alhost imimeliately, my cough stopped and my lungs .- arie as stVrng as ever; my strength has return. epl, and I shall continue its use as a prevent. 'va ninisrrtr all (liseases." FLORENCE WHl ITNO, No. 1160 0 St., Washington, D. C. 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CAUTION.-When you ask for Dufvyt'o Purn dalt Whiskey be sure you get the genuIne. Unscrupalours delers, mindful of trhe etcefncc; u this pie partizion wir try to sell you cheap int. Itations and malt witiskey substitutes, wicr arc p. on t1he erurket ior profit only, and which, far from relievln-; the sick, are posit Ivcly barirpul. Deniand " otif y's " anl be sure yotu get it. It Is the only absolutely pure riaIt Wh.'ckey which coneirins m.iwino, heal(h giving qualities. Dully's Pure Malt Whiskey Is old In -scied bottles onl$ ; never ii !rlask o.- bulk. Look for the trade-mark, the " Old Cherniet," on the label, and bc crt-ihd the'seal -ver Ire cork is unbroken. Beware of refilled bottles. Sold by all (iruggists and grocei, or direct, $1,00 a bottl<. Interesting medical booklet postpaid to any address. Dully Malt. W hiskey Cu., Roch;,t(r. New York. FOR SA L.E IN SOUTH' : . T Treasurel s Notice STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ( County of Pickens. Office of County Treasurer, Pickens County, S. C. Pickens, S. C., September Ith, 1903. THE TREASURER'S OFFICE WILL 13E 01PEN FROM THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15th UNTIL T1I IURSDAY, DECEMBER 31st, 1903, WITHOUT PENALTY. The Rate of State, County. School and Special Tax, Including One Dollar Poll Tax and One Dollar Commutation Road Tax. In accordance with an Act to raise supplies fur the fiscal year commencing Janunary 1, 1903, notice is hereby given ti t IIe ofilice of County 'T.'reasurer of Pickero Conity will open foa the collection of t:eix for s!! i isci yo.ar from T HURSDAY, OCTOBER 15-rn, until THURSDAY, DECE3MBER 318T. Rates per cent, of taxation are as follows: Levy For State Tax -- - -- - 5 Mills. " "Ordinary Counly tax - - 4 " ("'onstitutioral School tax - 3 " "' Past. Ii debteid~rness - -. 1 ""County Rtoadsl - - -- 1" " "Siukirg Fitnd - - - 1} Totail levy for State and County Taxes - - 17 Mills. Levy for interent en Pickens R1. R. bonds, Pickens 0. H. Townlshrip, :31 mills. Levy for irnterest on Pickens R. R. bonds, Hurrricano TJowrnshrip, 23 mils. Levy for interest on Pickens R. RI. bondil, Ealiiao Townip~, 31 mls Special Levy For S3chool District No. 8 2 Mills. " " " " " " 9 2 " " " " " " " 10 1. 4 " "' "4 "4 " " 1( 2 '" " " ' ' " " " 1) 2 " 44 "4 " 4" " 4" 55 3 "4 A Poll Tax of One Dollar por capita on all maile citize~n~s beatweeni the ages of 21 and 60 years, eycept such as are exempt by law, will be collected. A commutation Road TIax of One D)o'l.r will be collected aii fte same Iiti as5 other taxes frori all male citizens liar w4en the i a of 18 arid 50 years, excet'1 su~ch as are exempted by law. Unless said ta4x is panid by lire llst of D~ec. 19J03, eight days work up'or tire public hiighwmays will be raqurired unrit i a i c monttor. Taxes are pamyable only in gold arid silvar coinl, Uniitedi Sltates currency. Nt tional Brink Notes aud1 Copuon of Sitate Bonds wh'lichi) bem payabnle during tire year 1903. Parties desiring inf!orrmatiorn by mail in roga'rd~ to their taixesi will please slate the location of their p~rortuy, rand incliudo postagie for a reply. an 1 throse payinig taves by cheek must include the ebiorgesi f~r collecting. S< pt. 15, 1903. td. Tr' asirrer i of Picktens County. FOR EB that, thero bi wilbero n offanre' Drughto NME W -COODS tAN D-" N W RIES! For both old and new customers on all Fall and Winter Goods for and during the Autumn months of the new year 1903. I want all who read this to take fair notice not to buy goods from me unless you want to buy at the lowest prices iat they can be so!cd at and guarantee fair dealings and hon-. est prices. For the next 3 months I will sell to all who trade with me for every $5.00 purchase worth of anything in the dry goods line I will give 20 lbs of granulated sugar for $i.oo. I will not sell sugar at the above price only when a $5.00 purchase is made all at one time, and the above demanded by the cus tomer. With each 50 lb sack of my "ROLLER EXTRACT" lour I will give free a pound package of Arm & Hammer soda or a 5c can of Good Luck baking powder. Give me a part of your trade and be convinced that I will sell you good goods as cheap as the cheapest. (quality considered.) I now have a complete line of Broadcloths, Percales, Flannels, Sterling )ress Goods, Henriettas, Nainsook, Cali, coes, Eiderdown-white, pink and blue. A nice line of Gents fine shirts, 50 to 75c. Rubber col. lars, Ladies and Gents Hosiery from 5 to 25c per pair. A few old goods consisting of Suits, Overcoats and shoes at your own price. Yours for trade, JOHN F. HARRIS. IM T A T ~2-TO OUT-OFs= ~ iTown Peop.e'-, Of course, we had much rather have you call at our store, but, if you can't-a mail order is the next best thing. We handle many things, that can be bought really easier than if you were here in person. Take Wools For Instance.... Fairy Zephyr, 19c the hank-3 for 50c. Shetland Wool, 124c the hank, or $1.75 a pound of 16 hanks. Saxony Wool, 10C straight. Germantown 15c straight. C00m1rnbia Zephy r-2 or 4 fold Se the Oz. Crochet Cotton-theo kind that looks like silk, but wears better 5c the hall or 0 for 25c. T1urkey Red Cotton--the sort that can't fade, 2 balls for 5c. Old time Trke1~y lRed Cotton, boiled in oil, big haitks 20c. One pound of Black Ball Cotton for 10c. Some Silk Specials.... Black Tafibta Silk, same width as the yard wideO Sea Island, 75c, 85c and $1.00. Black Pean de Soi Silk, full yard wide--worth $1 .50 at $1.33. Antherea Silk, 19 inches wvide, all colors, every thread silk both ways at 58c the yard. Black Austrian Silk, one and a quarter yards w'ide., 75c. Black IDress Goods.... We wish we had space to toll you ahout our Black Dress Goods Stock. This one Item will givo you an lidea of how the prices run: BLACK HENRIETTA-38 inches wide, all pure wool, both warp and woof, 50 cents the yard. It may not be of interest to knowv that for every yard of this number, we pay 47 cen~its, Mighty little profit, but then noth is too good f'or peoplo who buy black goods over our counters. A postal card request will get a sample. We have about Thlirity thousand yards of the hest drill inadlo -WVater' stained in the Pacolet flooll-its the 8c quality. Our price 5c the yard. Water stained Canton.Flannels--two, threo and four cents off the price per yardl. 100 pairs of Sample Blankets-They are worth from 75c the pair' to $7.00 the pair.- We have muaked them from 50 cents to 41.50 the pair. A big saving to folks who buy them. BAR R'S R'. STOREK i14-116 Main St. GREENVILLE, S. C. Stradley & Barr's old stand. 051EeI6a1to8F Fl Bale. .BUY YOUR 1HOME and! STOP PAYING RENT. 4 lots 100 X 200 for $175.0) chcl. 21 necre farm lt mniles from Picions, One-half in cultilvationi for $854.00. "" 133 6-10 neres~ within one mile of Norris 0.atton 1Mill. 45 acres in cultivation ailance in original forest. Nearly wood enough on this place to pay for It. Good water. T1wo frame dlwellings and out houiros. Going at $12 per acre. 130 acre farm near Six Mile church, 2-story dwelling, (SO ri, .good beart timber ; GO'acres in cultivatIon; plety of runining strr-1 1804 acres one mile of Eney, plenty or water. An ideal stockc{'Armn, $2,000 150 aicres on Crow Orcek. f60 acrea in cultivation, 16 acres goo'd bottom land %ood 4 room house and out houses. $950.00. Real estate Is going in a rush now. Come soon and got pick and choice. For further information call on J. D. 1HIOL DER& Co, REAL ESTATE D)EALdIIS,