Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?PELTS AS CURRENCY ?WINKS AND OTTERS WERE LIKE UNTO GOVERNMENT BONDS. ^The Day? TT?en Haskrats and Coons - and Foxes and "Wolves aird Eor.r* Were the People's money. So to w Spent. In Xew York State. The man of leisure from New Tor!: city wno had been lazing a\T;:y fortnight or so of his not particular!, valuable time ut Kyserick, in UIsic : county, X. Y.. had made up h:s inl::d to return to his haunts in the mctrcpo Iis and nonchalantly tossed the ta von: keeper a one hundred dollar note o::: of which to take pay for his bill. Tb landlord could not change the note? Neither could Deacon Blimber. wu-.1 ?was by. . It was not until it had been sent r.:. about the neighborhood that any om teas found with currency enough on baud to "break" the bill. Farmer Beacks bad just received pay fer his season's tater crop and had change f<?; more than $100. "It beats all, an' it's singular." SJ:^ the landlord a?; he counted out the New ^Yorker's change, "what folks goes au *does with all their ready money. Thor?? don't seem to be no currency no more? no currency a-circulatin' at all/* This seemed to be Deacon Bomber's opportunity. , "You orto ben here, then," said he. "when my folks settled, sometbiri' like seventy-five years an* more ago. There -was currency enough then, I want to tell ye. It wa'n't silver, though. Nor it wa'n't gold. Nor it wa'n't paper, it was pelts. "The cire'latin' mejum o' the deestric ..in them days run from muskrat clean up to b'ar. There was minks an' there was otters, an* the man that could ^manage to harvest plenty o* them crit? ters was the man that stood way up in the money market. Bur it ws'n't ev? ery one that could pether in minks an' otters, an' so muskrats an' coons an' foxes an' wolves an' b*ars was the real cire'latin' mejum in them days. "Minks an* otters was what you mowt call gover*ment bonds. Muskrats an' coons an* foxes an' wolves an' b'ars was the people's morfey, so to speak. If you went to the tavern an' planked down your muskrat skin, you'd git youi snifter o' rum and tanzy, but yon wouldn't git no change, if you planked down a coonskin, though, you'd gil your snifter au* two muskrat skins change. "A feller that wen: iu with a coon skin -he was tora ble weil fixed, but with a fozsk?n or a wolfskin be could shop around quite some. A man with ?a b'arskin-ob, well: Nobody didn't ask no questions about a man that had a bearskin with him when he went trad -."It didn't seem pertie'lar queer in them do vs the way things was run on that pelt currency, but I've an ?dee it'd strike folks a leetle sing'lar nowadays. 'Pears to me I'd have to snort out laughin' my own self if a feller should come to me an' say: " 'Deacon, I'm a leetle financially em Jtorrassed today. Ken you lend me a foxskin for a couple o' days or sb*? "That surely would make me snicker if I h eera" it now. An* to hear some shoppin' goin' on today like I use to bear it many a time I bet would set me to gigglin' like all possessed. Some thin' like this, fer instance, over vender ta Usele Sile's store: f " 'How much fer them air cowskin boots. Uncle Sile? u Them? Why. a fox an* a coon.' " *Leetle high, Silas. Can't stan' it ^give you three coons fer 'em.' ".No. Can't be did nohow. Best I ben do is three coons an' a muskrat* "That'd be funnier to me than a nig? ger show now. An* somethin' like this -would bu'st my buttons, I know it .would: "'Deacon, ken you give me change fer a wolf? " 'Yes. bnt I'll have to give you al', muskrats.' "But we didn't think nothin' o* it hi *tbem days, 'cause it was reglar busi? ness. That cire'latin' mejum was a lee? tle onbandy ir? one way. though. Folks bad to carry their currency around in a bushel bag if they was out to do much cash business, an' if they was b'arskin men, why. Judas preachin*. they had to carry it in a wagon. "But them days o' pelt currency was the good old days, I tell you. Still." said the deacon after a pause, "I dunno but I ken manage to slide along jest as ?beerful in these days o' gold an' silver an' paper currency, even though it is jill pervadin' skecrce." - New York Times. Taste? Differ. People have different tastes. Do not grumble at your neighbor because he does not accept your opinions and does not like your amusements. The writer of this does not like football, and a party of students on the streets giving a "yell" annoys him, but other people like football, and we are willing to stand the "yell" and football. It is foolish to condemn a man because his Ideas do not agree with yours.-Atchi Bon Globe. Ea?y Fiarnrfnsr. Aseum-I suppose you haven't had time to figure out yet how much youi ?cashier took? Bank President-Oh. yes. We knew in a very short time. Ascum-Why, 1 thought be took 8 great deal. Bank President-Exactly. We mere? ly had to count what be left.-Philadel? phia Press. International Inquiry. f "Why do you English people insist On calling an elevator a 'lift' and a pie u tart?"' inquired the young woman. r "Really," answered the young man who came over to get married. "I can't say. I was about to ask you why so many people here call a lift an 'ele? vator' and a tart a *pie.' "-Washing? ton Star. aB?nM?IMMMMBB?W--M?TM I I-IIP PILLSBURY TO RETIRE. " Americaa Chess Champion to Be? come a Lawyer. It is stated on reliable authority that I the professional career of Harry N. Pillsbury as a chess player will come to an end in about two years, after which he proposes to devote himself in earnest to the study of law. Before that happens, however, some important events are likely to take place, not the least of which will be a match for the championship of the world with Lasker. When the latter was in New York three months ago, he and Pillsbury had a private confab, and the subject of a match between them was touched upon. Nothing defi? nite can be had concerning this inter? esting affair until the American cham? pion goes to Europe, which he intends to do early in 1902, to be gone a year or more. Pillsbury's fourth tour of this coun? try will be a brief one, beginning about the 1st cf September and lasting until Jan. 1, when he and Mrs. Pillsbury will sail for England. While abroad he will enter all the large tournaments in Eu? rope, including those at Hanover, Monte Carlo and Berlin, and will also tour the continent When Pillsbury leaves the profession? al arena for good, there will be no one to take his place in the realm of blind? fold chess, for here he has done what no one else ever attempted. His record of 20 games simultaneously without sight of boards or men-stands alone, aside from the fact that he is able to combine both checkers and whist with his blindfold chess playing. The cham? pion has such a mastery over the art that he is confident of his ability to handle no less than 30 games of chess In this manner. It is a feat he is ex? pected to accomplish before he retires. -New York Sun. A Costly Job of Painting. Eighteen years ago., says the Kenne bec (Me.) Journal, a Northeast Harbor man wanted to paint his house. He ap? proached an Ellsworth man and told him if he would let him have $50 to paint his house he would give him the deed to a piece of land which he owned I at Northeast Harbor? It wasn't much good for farmiig land, but might be worth something some day. The Ells? worth man gave him $50 and took a deed of toe land. A short time after? ward he sold a half interest in the piece ? to another Ellsworth man for $1,200. A few years ago they were asked for an option on the land at $10,000, of which $2,500 was paid down, to be forfeited if the land was not bought The pur? chase was not made, and the Ellsworth men pocketed the $2,500 forfeit. A year or two later they sold one-quarter of the piece for $7,500. They still own three-quarters of the original piece, and lt would take something like $25,000 to buy it How that Northeast Harbor man must wish he hadn't ^painted his house! Host Desirable Home In thc World. Stafford House, the London residence of the Duchess of Sutherland, is said to be, taking everything into considera? tion, the most desirable of any home In the world. You can't express the value of Stafford Housy in coin any more than you could put a figure on St James' palace, just around the cor? ner. Conceiving such a thing possi? ble, Stafford House would bring much the better rate of the two at an auc? tion sale. Although it is not so vast as Buckingham palace, it is infinitely preferable as a ?place of residence, -a fact that the late Queen Victoria neat? ly expressed on one occasion when she was the guest of the late Duchess of Sutherland, mother of the present duke. "Duchess,'" said the queen on her ar? rival, "I come from ray house to your beautiful palace." Value of a Bee's Tongue. In the new apiculture the length cf the bee's tongue is looked upon as a matter of importance. The longer the tongue the greater' is the insect's honey gathering (.rapacity, and a new French apparatus, the glossometer, is designed to aid the apiarist who by judicious se? lection seeks to develop a long tongued race. The apparatus is simply a glass vessel for sirup, with a lid containing numerous small perforations and a floating scale to slow the height of the liquid when the bees just reach it through the holes. It is estimated that the ordinary bee can draw sweets from a depth of about a quarter of an inch and that selection can increase its range a twenty-fifth of an inch. Hi? Particular Muse. He had been calling on a young lady and had been talking against time for several hours, not noticing that she was, to say the least, slightly wearied. "Do you know." he said, after com? pleting a monologue of several thou? sand words and thinking a little flat? tery would be appreciated, "while talk? ing tonight I have felt as if 1 were in? spired by one of the muses. And which one do you think it is?" He looked searchingly into her beau? tiful face. The modest blush for which he was watching proved to be a wide yawn, which grew wider as she an? swered: "1 guess the muse that inspires you tonight must be Euterpe." Ile didn't really know anything about j mythology, so he couldn't tell just what she meant. Hui when he got home he took down his encyclopedia, and there in cold type, staring bim in the face, he saw: "Euterpe-the nuise who presided over wind instruments." Ilia Ignorance. "I am always putting my foot in it," said Mr. Curros sadly. "What's the trouble?" "I am always displaying the fact that I have no taste or refinement Mrs. C. asked mo which of two gowns I preferred, and I immediately betray? ed my ignorance. 1 admired the ono which cost at least seventy-five dollars less than the ot h er."-Washington Star. HUMOR OF THE HOUR A Vain Horse. "How do I look in my new hat?" asked the near horse of its mate as it tossed its head and flicked its ears. "Don't be vain." sa.id the off horse, whose hat was perched on its forehead. "Yen cannot afford to be as silly as a .woman." "Why, Dobbin, I feel like that now. I would give a peck of oats to see if my hat is on straight. Haw, haw!" And the vain quadruped gave a horse laugh. "How could it be anything else but straight when your ears are pulled through it to keep it in place? You look fine. Jess. Who is your milliner, my dear?" "Don't know, I'm sure. Thank good? ness I don't have to pay the bill. But say. Dobbie, isn't it too plain? Doesn't it need a wing to give it tone?" "No. Jess, dear. I think our ears are too tony for anything for hat trimming. But suppose that some woman should admire them and want them to wear in her own hat, what is to hinder her from' distinguishing herself with our fine pointed ears?" "Gee! Haw! Get up, there!" said the owner of the horses. "I wonder what those two animals are laying their heads together for? I'll bet there's a kick coming?" Moral.-All flesh is grass, and imita? tion is the sincerest flattery.-Chicago Record-Herald. Bat Johnny Didn't Appreciate the Chance. "Hum!" murmured Johnny's anxious pa. "This noise isn't pleasant Still, if Johnny is so anxious to stick to the vio iin -"perhaps I can so arrange matters that he'll get just as much exercise brushing boots -"and cutting wood for the fire to save coal." And Johnny got the exer? cise, but he wasn't grateful somehow. A Boy's Strenuous Life. Bobbie had great ambitions as a fighter, but had been whipped by every D03- on the block. One day he said: "Say, pa, I kin lick that Gilligan girl." "Tut. tut my son! You mustn't fight with girls." "Well, pa," Bobbie said plaintively, "I just got to lick somebody pretty quick or stay in the house ali the time!" She Was Satisfied. "Don't you ever feel that you would like to have a husband?" asked the young bride. "No, I don't," snapped the spinster. "I've got a parrot that swears and a hired man that comes home drunk, so what more do you wan? ?"-Philadel? phia Record. Lifting Ijy Masrrcts. The most important employment of the magnet in the mechanical indus? tries is in lifting and handling such masses of metal as ship platos, boiler plates and parts of machines which it would otherwise bo difficult to get hold of. It effects an average economy in time and cost of handling, stacking, loading raid unloading of from SO to TC per cent. To meet the possible danger that from any cause the current from the dynamo might be' cut off, causing the magnet to drop its load, it is usual in well appointed plants to install a stor? age battery, which effectually guards against such accident. In handling billets and material of convenient I shape a number ol' pieces may be pick? ed up at one time. The same is true of thin plates. The type of magnets used in most American works has a lifting capae I itv of five tons. It makes a stranger nervous to see them at work, and he generally does not need to be reminded that unless his life is insured at its full value be would do well to stand from under. But slings and chains break under loads quite as often as magnets drop their loads by accident and in wrong places. - New York Times. I The Kir i Ton Have Always Bought, and which has been, in UPJ for over 30 years, has horne the signature of and has been made under his per? sonal supervision since its infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in this. AH Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good" are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children-Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare? goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep* The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend? GENUINE CASTOR!A ALWAYS Bears the Signature of The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THC CENTAUR COMPANY, TT MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK CHT. orses^Mules. We took iii a lot of s Good : Young : Stock i Which have since fattened up, and being acclimated are really more fit for present use than fresh ones. The time approaches when planters are pre? paring for the next year. Come an d see them. They will be sold worth the money. HARB Y & CO. Deo 18 MRS. L ATKINSON IS PREPARED FOR The Fall and Winter Season "With a large and artistic collection of The public are requested to call and see the display. The largest assortment of Pattern Hats ever shown in Sumter. Hats for all tastes from the "Picturesque Gain bow" to the simple street hat. Misses and children are not forgotten. Styles for them this season are quite ele? gant. Tailor-made Hats are all the go in New York. We can show you quite an assort? ment of them, and at reasonable prices. We are in our new store-three doors below old stand. Come and see our hats, and we are sure you will buy, for they are quite irresistible. Yours to please, MES. L. ATKINSON. Oct 9 THE STANDARD Warehouse Co. COLUMBIA, s. c Hap a Storage capacity of 20.000 Bales of Cotton Stores insures Cotton for 15 cen? s per B*'** p<M month or fractional month Lower ratp^ on 500 Balea and above. Spe cia! rates for six months hnd season contracts All railroads running into Columbia permit Cotton to be stopped for storage and reshipped at any time during the sea? son at the through rate from original start? ing point, with only a trifle charge for re-handling. Cotton consigned to Columbia has the advantage of active competition when sold, and loans can always be secured on our Warehouse receipts at minimum rates. No commission or other charges for selling cotton. Correspondence solicited. H. L. ELLIOTT, Manager. Nov 13 v MONEY TO LEND. ON LONG TIME at 7 per cent interest LEE & MOISE. Oct 9-3m Sumter, S. C. Tte Lamest il Most Complete EstaMin? Soil Geo. S. Hacker & Son, - MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASH, BLINDS; Moulding & Building Material. office and Warerooms, KiDg; uppo9ite Cit non Street, CIIARL?STON9 S. C. ^S" Pnrr?H?p onr make, which we guaran*? superior to any sold South, and fherebr .?ave money. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty October 16-o FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN. For Cash or on Approved Papers. 2 *.'0 SHW Lua n<D9 Gins w;?b Feelers and Coodeofere 1 60 S-.w H*l> Gin with Feeder -ind Cih* denser 1 Exira bOHvy Wicsb'p prese, A fine orr-. comt>!f-:e. 40 feet of 2 intb Shafiias Ail in goort repair Apply i<> W W DBS" HA M PS k CO . Wiprtckr. S C Or -o A. A STRAUSS, Aprii 17-rf Mrtveevilie, S C. NOTICE. HAVING secured offices upstasir over DeLorme's Pharmacy, we are titting them up temporarily and will bo ready on and after January 1st, to resume our practice. ALFORD & ALFORD, -gggpii" i- Dentists. Clark & Parrott, Dr. Clark is an expert of many years experience with defectivs vision. His new system of correcting all defects give the best results. Tl^g^Ask any citizen of Sum? ter or Sumter Co., who we are. Personal ? interview at Dr. Hughson's Drug Store. Dr. L. Clark, ocui?st-opt?c?ag. L. I. Parrott, Business Manager. I am offering Eggs from a yard of extra fine, large, pure bred BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS. Eggs in season $1.00 per sitting of 13* Or? ders filled promptly. W. B. MURKAY, Sumter, S. C. Feb 5 THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. C0TT2TTY 07 S??25TSE. By Thos. V. Walsh, Esq., Probate Judge. Whereas, Henry S. McLeod made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration with the Will annexed of the estate of and effects of Annie Jane Walker, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and .creditors of the said Annie Jane Walker, late of said County and State, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Sumter C. H. on Feb. 19th, 1902, next, after publica? tion thereof, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 5th day of February, A. D. 1902.. THOS. V. WALSH, Feb ? 12-2t Judge of Probate. Ul RETURNS FOR 1902. OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR, SUMTER COUNTY SUMTES, S. C., Dec. 2 1901. NOTICE is hereby given that I will attend in person or by deputy, at the follovring ?ilaces on the days indicated respectively, or the purpose of receiving returns of real estate, personal property and poll taxes for the fiscal year commencing January 1st. 1902. At office. Sumter, S. C.. at all other times up to Feb 30th, 1902. inclusive. Tindall's Store, Thursday. Jao 2d. Privateer (Jenkins' Store), Friday, Jan 31 Manchester (Geo T Geddings), turday. Jan 4tb Wedgefield, Monday Jan 6th Stateborg, Tnesday, Jan 7th. Hagood, Wednesday, Jan 8th. Rembert. Thursday, Jan 9th Smitnville, Friday, Jan 10th. Gallard's X Roads, Saturday, Jao lith Gordon's Mill, Monday. Jan 13tb. Mayesfille, Tuesday, Jan 14tb, i-cottBville, Wednesday, Jan I5th Shiloh, Thursday, Jan 16th. Norwood's X Koads, Friday, Jan 17th Lynchburg Saturday, Jan 18tb? Magnolia. Monday, Jan 20lh Reid's Mill. Tuesday. Jan 21st. BiehopviUe, Wednesday ai?d Thursday, Jan 22d and 23d jMannvili*. Friday. Jan 24?b Boasard, Saturday, Jan 25th. The law requires that all persons owning property or in anywise having charge of such property, either as agent, husband, guardian, trustee, executor, administrator, etc.. return the same under oath to the Au? ditor, who requests all persons to be prompt in makins; their returns and save the 50 per cent, penalty which will be added to the propertv valuation of all persons who fail to make returns within the time prescribed by law. Taxpayers return what they own on the first day of January. 1902. Assessors and taxpayers will enter the first given name of the taxpayer in full, also make a separate return for each town shin where the property is located and also in each and every case the number of the school district must be given. Every male citizen between the age of twenty-one and sixty years on the first day of January. 1901. except those incapable of earning ? support from being maimed or from ot her causes, are deemed taxable pools, and except Confederate soldiers 50 years of age. on January 1st. 1902. All returns must be made on or before the 30th dav of February, next. I cannot take returns after that date and all returns made after the 20th day ol* February are subject to a penalty of 30 per cent. J. HIGGS WILDER. . Dec 4-t f Auditor Sumter Couuty. ll %Cav3at?, and Trade-Marks obtained and all Pat-j( fer.t bu ?ncsscon?uctpu for MODERATE FEES. <{ W t OFFICE is OPPOSITE U.S. PATEr.rOvncc<J ianu svc can secure water.: ia less tune ta?\a ?tose j? ?remete from Washington. . . <* i Scad mcdei, drawing cn photo., with oesenp-c ?tion. Wc advise, it patentable or not, free ofi ?charge. Oar fee not due till pater.: is secured. \ A "PAMPHLET, 1 Kow io Obtain Patents," with fcost of same in* the U. S. aad foreign countries fsent free. Address, C.A.S&IOW&CO.! s OPP. PATENT OFFICE. WASK::;OTON. D. C BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS. ? have one Cock and four Hens full blood Buff Plymouth Rocks for sale. They are large, beautiful birds. N. G. OSTEEN.