The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, November 25, 1903, Image 6
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.
Just out of the City of Meces, Ma
homet was born ini the year . 574, is
pointed out the hill whore, it is said,
Abraham went to offer up Isaac, in
the vear 1871, befere nhrist
WEAK LUNGS
Afflict niany olen and Women and Lead to Pneumonia, Grip and Consump
tion, If the System 11 not Kept In Healthy Condition
'Strengthened with Duffy's Pure fialt Whiskey.
Throat And lung troubles causo more deaths in this country than all other diseases
comlined.'At, least one half could be cured if taken in time.
STOPPED HEMORRHAGES
Gentlemen-My lung trouble is two years old. I bad
about eight or tenl hemorrhages, winch broke mae down in
weight and strengt I. The last, in Februaiy, was the
worst of al, so trat I honestly believed I could not live to
see another suinier. W hen I coiiienced to take lDui'y's
Pure MAlt Vhiskey my weight was 317 pounds; today I
weigh 129 pounds, and have made good inrovenent in
every respect. 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.
DUFFY'S PUE A WESKEY
cures consumption, coughs, colds, grip, bronchitis pneumonia, catarri, asthma, pleu.
risy and all diseases of the throat aid urr1;1. intli:mest ion, dyspepsia aid every form of
stomnuh troitble; malaria and all low fever1s. it is an absolutely ,ure, gentle and in
vigorating stimulant and tonic; builds up the nerve tiinues, tones up tire heart, gives
power to tihe brain, strength and elasticity to tie nurscles and richness to the blood. It
b rings into action all tire Vital forces aid enables you to get, from the food all the iour.
Ishmenit it contains. It is invaluable for overworked iren, (elicate women and sickly
children. It strengthens and sustains tire systenm; is a 1proimiter ot good health ard
longevity, mrakes tire old yoni ard keeps tire yoig s rong. It is abstlitely pure, con
tains no fusel oil, and is the only wiiskey recognized by thre (overnment as a medicine;
this is a guarantee.
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,