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twin - - - -t ? r FREAKS OF SPORT. How tho Q?mi Boat tho Turkoyt In a Ton Mil# Race. The history of sport is made fascinating by many strange incidents. From the days when John Mytton accepted a dare to hunt over frozen fields in his nightclothes at midnight up to the last election the annals of wagers are full of the. most extraordinary incidents. No more curious examples of one of these side issues of sport can be found than is offered by a match made when George IV. was still Prince of Wales. The match was a famous one in its day from its exceptional nature, the parties cngag (ed in it and the unexpected denouement. The ITon. George Ilan^er, afterward Lo - ' (>! rrine, was one of the celebru.e 1 and ocfer.tr":* personages of the day. At one of the gay parties at Caricton IIou?c Mr. Hanger was led, in the coarse of the conversation, to declare that a tarkey could tr:;v.! fa-ter than a goose. The Prince of \V:>!c~. who had great confidence in !*is j" hTmcnt as to all matters of "e nd, K'.ib and speed," agreed with hhn in this declaration. A Mr. Berkeley di">rcd from them, and a match was at once arranged. Twenty turkeys wore entered against twenty geese. The distance to be traveled was ten miles. The race was for ?*00. Indeed, the confidence in the turkeys was so great that odds of 2 to 1 were offered? and taken?that there birds would win. The prince al -once arranged to have twenty ?T the finest and gamest turkeys collected. At the I time ana pi*t* iippu.uvru uc met. Mr. Berkeley math .'his entries of geese. The race began. From the start there was ever}' indication that the turkeys would <come in winners Viands down" ?*r wings down. They tripped onward at a brisk pace, which the geese, with their heavier waddle, were not able to equal. Indeed, at the <end of three hours the tnrfceya were Wading by\wo miles. But naght was falling. As the light grew less the turkeys displayed signs of raseesmess. They began to look at the trees that appeared by the wayside and .edged toward them. The prince, with a pole to which was fastened a piece of red cloth, did what he could to urge them forward. First <ane escaped and, raising itself to a pendant limb, settled itself down comfortably. This one was we sooner dislodged than another established itself in a like manner. Barley scattered along the road did not aid in the least. The turkeys had concluded that it wa6 time totuin in, and turn in or turn out they did. in a few minutes all of the twenty were roosting in trees, ffrom whirh it was impossible te drive them. "Meanwhile the geeee m . came lumbering on. They slowly "passed their slumbering competitors. The race finished with the geese first and -the turkeys "nowhere/'? George Hibberd in Metropolitan Magazine. The Nose Lasts Longest. Bone and cartilage enter so largely into the structure of the nose and determine its characteristics that it undergoes little perceptible change, as * rule, with the lapse of years. The brow becomes wrinkled, and crow's feet gather round the eyes, which Themselves gradually grow dim as time rolls on. Cheeks lose the bloom which cosmetics cannot ntplace .and lips their fullness and color. The .chic, dimpled in youth, develops angularities or globukrities, as the case may be, -%nd the eyebrows become heavy BL with the crop of many years' ?B growth. The nose shows no mark comparable to these familiar facial S^B indications of the .approach of old ^B[ age and practically enjoys immuni rty from tne ravages wnicn ume matpm on the other features of the face- Next to the nose, prpbably the ears, as a rule, show the fewest and least obvious signs of old age. Waters of the Ooeane. The oceans occupy three-fourths of the surface of the earth. A mile down in the sea the water has a pressure of a ton to every squat* xnch. If a box six feet deep was filled with sea water, which was then allowed to evaporate, there would be two inches of salt left in Ihe bottom of the box. Taking the average depth of the ocean to be three miles, there would be a layer of salt 440 feet thick covering the bottom in case all the water should evaporate. In many places, espe ciany in tne iar norm, me water freezes from the bottom upward. Riawn For Hio Aboonco. "I never see Crocket down here any more/' said the artist as he toekja seat in the most comfortable i chair. "Why is it? It used to be that I never came down but Crocket was here. If he wasn't actually HM here, a knock at the door, and |^^^Crocket." ^^HB^^^I^^medown not long ago," "and said he was ^HHHm^BB9H>- I offered him a fl K it. That's why." Bss. I 1 THE TAFLOR TENOR. , How tho Great Rubini Cam* to Cul- I tivata Hit Voice. ; Among the choru6 singers of the theater of Bergamo, Italy, there , was a tailor of very moderate means and resources, who employed ail his taients and ability toward I the support of a beloved mother, j Ore day as it chanced the celebrati ed singer Xozari went to the shop | of this modest artist in man's weari ing app.uci to place an order for an ' pvi?nin?/ s:.it. After converging for some little time upon the all absorbing subject of fit ami finish the singer noticed that the face of the tailor was familiar and, making inquiries, discovered t!iat lie belonged to the opera c horns. "Have yoa a good voice?" asked Xozari. "Not particularly," replied the tailor. "I can scarcely reach A." "I.et me hoa?" demanded Xozari, stepp:ng to a piano that stood in one coner of the shop. "Begin!" The tailor with difficulty reached (J. "Now the A." "I cannot, sign or." "Sing the A! I command you!" cried Nozari, showing signs of anger. Again a great e.Tort was made, and A was readied. "And now the B flat!" oricd Nozari. The unfortunate tailor protested, but all in vain. Nozari was determined. "Indeed I am not able." "Sing it or by my soul I will"? "No, signer, do wot be angry. tt will try," The B flat was .accomplished und in a manner that fairly astonished the quondam pupil himself. Hie ambition besran t? manifest itself. "Sow you nee that it is possible," said Nozari in triumph, "and II tell yon, ny son, if voa will but practice assiduously you will become the 'first tenor of Italy." Neaari was inot mistaken, 'for the poor tailor end chorus singer became afterward the great JRubini.? Chicago Heoord-Herald. Animals' Fright Is "Short. A question that has often been asked is, How long doe3 fright last in a wild creature? The close observer will be surprised at its brief deration. They arc not subject to "nerves" like human beings. A rpartridge after running (or rather .flying) the gaDtlct of half a dozen guns?if we may be allowed a mixed metaphor?drops on the other side ?f a hedge and begins calmlv to neck as if nothing had happened. You wguM think a rabbit after hearing a charge of shot whistling about its haunches and just man;agingto escape from a yelping spaniel would keep indoors for a week, hut out it pops iquite merrily as soon ae the coast is clear. A fox pursued by hounds has been known to halt and kill a fowl in its flight, though -we may assume that his enemies were not close to reynard at the time. We have been led into thinking about the matter by noting I ?-lia+ >nn!f nlano of a pnvar aftpr b?* ! ing shot >over.?Pall Mall Gazette. An Actrtu In Africa. One erf the young ladies of the company?who, 'by the way, never seem to understand that black people are men?thought it great fun to^o-to.a Kaffir's loraal, peep in and kiss her hand to ihe chief inside. He immediately came out to buy her and was very much in earnest about it. "No, thank you. I am not up for auction today." "Three oxen." "Really very good <rf you, but"? "Four oxen."" "No, thanks. I'm not for sale." "Five oxen." "No. Let me go." He let her go, with a 'Zulu oath, and her friends, who had missed her, congratulated her cm her safe return, which they had reason to do. ? "Random Recollections," by R. Ganthony. In the Wrong Pow. In Cornish chapels the rule is for the men to sit on one side of the building and the women on the other. A visitor and his fiancee recently went to chapel. Just before the service began the young man wm ?rro?tlv Astonished when the chapel steward, observing that the couple were seated in the same pew, came over to him and in a penetrating voice said: "Come on out of that, me son. We don't 'ave no sweetheartin' 'ere!" Tough on Papa. Margaret has learned to spell a few words, among them doll, pig, J boy, papa, etc. Recently a visitor, learning of the new accomplishment, asked her, "What does p, i, g, spell?" "Why, papa, of course," answered Margaret. Every one laughed except papa. Somehow he couldn't see the joke at alL ? Washington Star. I UlA PUSS IN HISTORY. Th? Cat Haa Been an important Pjr? sonage in Many Nations. Miss Pu$sy not only boasts an : ancient history, but as far back as ' history foes she lias been quite an important personage. The Egyptians reverenced cats. They had a hospital for sick kittens, and such as died were embalmed and buried with much ceremony. Mourning was also worn by the family to I whom the beloved kitten belonged. ! This mourning was not black 1 clothes, hut shaved eyebrows. Though the Egyptians do not do quite so much in these days, they still think a great deal of cats. They have a high officer called father of cats, and near Cairo is a building where every day a least is spread, to which are invited all the eats of the city. No doubt you have heard the 6tory of Cambyses coming to fight the Egyptians and taking advantage of their reverence for cats by fastening before every soldier's breast a live cat. Of course the Egyptians dared not hurt these cats, ana so they were conquered. The Chinese are likewise fond of oats, but, sad to say for the cats, it is in stew. In Koine ar.d also in London the owners of cats pay a man a certain sum of money monthly, and every day he walks through the streets uttering a peculiar cry. All cats know him and come from all directions to get their dinner. He is called "the cats* meat man." Cats have always, been highlv valued in Wales. They are kept a'bout gtanuries to catch rats. In the old days anybody stealing one of these cats had to give for her a sheep or a lamb. Should the cat chance to be killed she was hung up by the tail until her head touched the floor and wheat poured over her until the tip of her tail was covered. All this wheat the thief had be give to the oat's owner. The United States government keeps more than 300 cats in the Tvvstnflire department to guard the mails from rats a?3 mice. Before tke.?e cats were employed valuable letters were often 'destroyed. These pussies are well fod, $40 a year bein^ allowed for each cat's meat. The-Japanese frighten away their mice and rats with china cats. These are made so lifelike that when a candle is placed inside the figures the mire imagine them to be real cats and Tun for their lives.? Brooklyn Eagle. The End of tho Earth. The ancient Persians believed in the Tenovation of the 'earth. A comet in the course of -its revolutions will strike the earth and set it on fn-e. Hirers of molten metals wlH "float Sown the mountains and deduge the valleys. All men must pass through these Streams. The good will find them "like baths of milk. The evil will find them like torrents of lava, but they will be purified thereby and finally will join the good upon the mew earth and sing praises to the eternal source of *TL This 'belief was held also among the American Indians and the Hindoos. The Egyptians'believed the earth would be destroyed by fire and water. The Chaldeans said that when all the planets met in the aim of Capricorn the earth would oe overwhelmed with a del? ? ? I uge ol "water, ana wnenever uiey all met m Cancer dfc would be consumed by fire. N? Distinguishing Mark*. "Were .there any marks about him by which he <could be described?" asked the detective. "Yes," eagerly replied the father of the runaway bey, "his trousers were nearly worn through at the knees, and he had in one of hi* Sekets, as I beard my wife say a y or two ago, a knife with a broken blade, a pistol cartridge that had been fired off, a match, 6ome of the wheels of an old watch, a leather shoestring, a broken key, a bunch of twine, two or three white pebbles, a piece of lead, some buttons from the last bkycle show, a stump of a lead pencil and a bit of red chalk." And the detective wrote in his memorandum book, "No distinguishing marks." How tho Lantern Wat Invented. King Alfred the Great is credited with originating the lantern. He was so bothered by the candle flames blowing in the wind that he protected them by putting the candles in cow horns, which he ordered to be scraped thin. Our grandfathers made lanterns by punching holes and slits in properly shaped pieces of tin, which were then soldered together. The light which dime through the little cuts was always very dim and flickering. It was this kind of lantern which the old town watchmen used to carry when they went about calling the hours and the weather in rhyme: I 'Tla om o* the clock; midnight la peat Sleep on, good friends, the time thou heat. For rise re must at early dawn. 'Tla one o' the dock and Tuesday mora. 4 d::ui v 'V*- - A GREAT DETECTIVE. 8ome of the Tricks Played by a Noted English Sleuth. It was in 1881 that Thomas Gregory joined the London metropolitan force. In his time Gregory arrested many notorious criminals. He captured a gang who were known as the "Cabinet of Crime" and under whose guidance all big robberies wore carried out. Gregory was gifted with a faculty for dis* 1 _ guising, and he appeared in niauv characters^ In order to enter and raid a club in Solio he was given the task of gaining admittance to the premises. At an appointed time, dressed as a poor old man, he was lurching up against the door laden with a basket of groundsel. The doorkeeper, a pugilist, knocked him over into the road, but this gave the ' waiting officers an opportunity for getting inside and effecting their mission. t)ne 6ummer for weeks he might have been 6cen daily outside the general postoffice as a boot cleaner, and eventually he brought off the arrest of a gang. f Obtaining the position of valet to a wealthy coiner, who kept a mansion in Westminster, Gregory, with other officers, contrived a big coup, four confederates being sent to penal servitude. An amusing story is told of one of Gregory's adventures. He was keeping observation on the corner of Dean street west and hod adopted the plan of selling matches. He had only two boxes, a large and a small one. A Scotchman went up to him and offered a halfpenny for the large box, at the same time handing the officer a penny. Gregory said he could not let him have that one, but would try to get one for him. Just at this moment the man he was watching passed by, and Gregory went after him and located his residence. Some forty minutes afterward Gregory returned to the corner of Dean street and found the Scotchman awaiting him for his matches and change. A Bond street capture is quite a dramatic little story. One morning Gregory noticed in Bond street a landau stop outside a jeweler's shop. A woman dressed in the height of fashion alighted and looked into the window. She somehow attracted the detective's attention and was seen to drop her parasol through the grating under the window. The shop assistants noticed her trouble and came out to help her recover the article. No sooner had they left the shop than two "swells" entered and proceeded to fill their pockets with jewelry. The detective got assistance and arrested all three, who turned out to be old convicts.?Pearson's Weekly. Food For Canaries. Th-? best of food for young canaries is hard boiled egg mixed with a little wheat bread. Cut up the egg fine and add to it a part of a roll that has been soaked in water for a few minutes and then squeeze dry. Great care must be taken that the food be fresh, for if it be the least sour it will kill the birds. The voting ones are nearly always iea Dy the male bird, but in about two weeks they will feed themselves. When they are a month old put them in a cage by themselves. Feed them on the egg and bread mixed with some of the seed that you give the old birds, and, having continued this diet for four or five weeks, you may treat them as you do the old ones. Keep your cage perfectly clean, give the birds plenty of light and fresh air and keep them out of drafts. Sudden changes of temperature will be sure to make them sick.?Scotsman. Funny Irish Sayings. Here are a few Irish bulls: An Irish member of the Yentnor local board some thirty years ago proposed chat St. Boniface down should be planted with some fine old oaks. Horace Walpole records one which he pronounces the best he I ever met with. "I hate that woman," said a gentleman, looking at a person who had been his nurse. "I hate her, for when I was a child she changed me at nurse." This was a perplexing assertion, but a similar instance is recorded in the autobiography of an Irish man, who gravely ujlonns us tnat he ''ran away early in life from his father on discovering he was only his uncle."?London Telegraph. Try This. Without any preliminary ask a number of persona to kindly draw from memory the figure which indicates 6 o'clock exactly as it appears on the dials of their watches. Now ask them to take out their watches and look at them. Most of them will discover that the characters they saw so clearly at the foot of the imaginary watch floating before their mind's eye have no existence at all on the dial of the real watch, where its place is taken by the small seconds hand dial.?Strapd Magaune. HERE | to stav^ j With Prices Hammered down. TWO CAiiS FLOUR, ANY GRADE. Q ONE HUNDRED SACKS COFFEE ANY GRADE. >Ch FOUR HUNDRED SACKS RICE ANY GRADE. IT ONE HUNDRED BOXES CRACKERS. Jl M Big Assortment Can Goods to Move Uheap for Uash. , j . Yours to please, | WT Wilkins, KINGSTREE, S. C. 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