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? HAS STEPLESS CARS Will Save Gothamites 125,000 Miles a Year in Steps. Governor of New York Expect**! to ftiQn Bill Doing Away With th? Ancient Type?Old More* Care Are Doomed. Nov York.?By the Introduction of A new Btyle of Btreet car the New Tork Railways company is about to save the good people of this city *u> annual climb from the level of the street of 125,000 miles a year, and descent to the street of exactly the ante length. It has come about throuah its engineers rermrnizlmr that it was ridiculous to make their passengers continue every time they boarded a street car to climb above *11 tbe machinery and that a little ingenuity would enable them to design a car with practically no climbing at all. Once the figures are given anyone can verify this calculation for himself In the year ended June 30, 1912, the New York Railways company and its predecessor, the Metropolitan Btreot Railway company, carried Just under 264,000,000 passengers. The height of the step of the socalled stepless car from the street Is ten Inches and the height of the old-style car. which it is to replace, is about 40 inches. Consequently there Is a saving of 30 incheB every time a passenger gets on or off the car, and this works out at 126,000 miles a year for the entire system. The double-decked, BtepleBB car, which bears bo strong a family re semblance to the other new style of car, will continue, however, for some time alone in its glory. It was only after considering carefully the many different brands of street car In use in other cities that the New York Railways company evolved the side-door, stepless, prepayment car Montreal, for example, h&a a Bide-door, prepayment car. and Phlh adelphia prides itself on its 'near-side oar " The latter was Inspired by the desire to provide room for more passengers and to enable them to enter and leave at such a point that they would encounter as little as possible of the mud of the street. While the newest thing in Btreet cars Is be'nr- installed in New York, the oldest it, about to be abandoned. New York has for several years been the only one of the big cities to retain horse cars. In some instances this was necessary because of congested traffic, but new subways have relieved this to such an extent that electric power now is practical. Governor Sulzer now has under consideration u bill reuuirlns all street car companies of the city to cease oi>erating horse cars after January 1 next. This measure has passed the legislature, and if accepted by the govrrnor, will affect six lines in Manhattan, but even without this legislation it Is probable that in a few months the laBt of the old horse car* will have been driven to the barns, never to run again. When the public service commission tock office on July 1, 1907, there were 16 horse-car lines in operation. Of these four have been abandoned and six are now wholly or partially operated by storage battery cars. The six still running are the Avenue C line, from the Desbrosses street ferry acroM town to East Twenty-fourth street; the Bleecker street line, from Bleecker street and Broadway to Fourteenth street and Ninth avenue; the Chambers street line, from Chambers Btreet ferry to Grand street ferry; tn Metropolitan cross-town line, from Desbrosses street ferry to Grand street ferry; the Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets line, from Broad way to the Twenty-third street ferry, and the Sixth avenue IJesbrosses street ferry line, from Sixth avenue and Third street to the Desbossss street ferry. BITING FLY PROVES AN ALIBI California Scientists Exonerate It as Paralysis Carrier After Experimenting. Sacramento, Cal. ? Sufficient evidence to corrvlct the stable, or Mtfng, fly aa a carrier of the infantile paralysis germ has not been established through the experiments which the California board of health has been conducting. Thus far the fly, which Harvard and Rockefeller institute scientists declare is an agent in transmitting the disease to human beings, hits proved an alibi in the California tests. Two full Bets of experiments havo been carried out by Professors Hunt and Sawyer of the state university. The flies have been permitted to bite each of 17 monkeys during al! stages of the Incubation of the dteesse. y Slegs of Crate. Crete deserves mention of our list of memorable sieges, for in Cretan history we find the longest siege on record, besides which Troy's ten years seem but a skirmish. In 1648 theTurks, attempting to conquer tho Island, laid wcgo m iun naynai cuy or (Jandla, which, however, did not surrender until September, 18C&, after 21 years. Again in 1821, when the Cretans revolted, tile defeated Turks were able to hold the fortified cities against all attaoks, and many of them were still uncaptured when the powers Inter.a?*" nine years later. ^ MaB^BMBBgirr iklSfbtr&j'' ?' \ . ?? ?? ? ci WHEN THE SWORD FELL c' By NELLIE CRAVEY GILLMORE. . ?????????????? | tl< I The head surgeon passed noiseless- ^ ly down the long, padded corridor of ap the hospital, through the great en- 1 ci trance door, and out Into the dimly ! cj lighted street. I : | Outside was an illy-clad woman, cfa whose eyes, strained and sunken, j were fixed upon him in the blankneBB by of despair. The old, gray-haired sur- te geon glanced pityingly at the hollow lei cheeks, the toil-hardened Angers?the ' m contracted chest. ! "What is it?" he asked, gently. | oh "You?you are the surgeon at the ex hoBpital? Tell me; is?is he dead? I wl The man who was injured this morn- ' ch ing?crushed between L cars on For ' th ty-llfth street; Dick Endell, you know, wi 1 saw it in the papers?all the whole J horrible story. He?merciful Ood? of he is?my husVind!" cli "He is not deud?yet. But the end nt is near, 1 fear, and?inevitable. I am ; pc olnrl vnu u ro V* nn? of lonf TK/??? J CM v UVI V OV IUOW. 1UV/ DCUl J/V for you right at once, but It seemed ba i you were not at home and the mes- : th sage was delayed. Come with me. uj There Isn't any time to lose." ' nc i Her heart was beating with the first ar Joy It had known for ten long years, ta He had wanted her to come?to be ! with him at the last! The years of wl loneliness and misery that had gone, of the empty, achtng years that were to bf | come?all were forgotten?swallowed cfc up In the one thought that ho still vc cared, after everything! ch I Together they passed noiselessly I through the long, deserted corridors, ht and up the heavily carpeted stairway re that led to the accident ward. vc j There was a haggard, leaden look about the face thnt rested so motion- nc lessly against the pillow and the pale nr lips were already smiling to meet i me K18B or oeatn. >>-. | Slowly, falterlngly, the woman stole V1 forward and knelt down by the cot She laid her hands on the Injured >' man's cold. Inert fire rs. "I I "Dick," she called, softly. The eye- a lids quivered for a second, then raised th themselves heavily. A faint look of recognition passed over the pallid features. followed by one of infinite despair. The fast dimming eyes lingered tenderly on the woman's worn face for a long time, then roved ^3 around the room as though in search m of something, and closed wearily v< again. There was an unbroken silence of several minutes. Presently the door opened and v< closed quietly, and the sound of quick, soft footsteps echoed through "| the room. The sharpened ears of the dying man caught the sound and he vv stirred restlessly. With a final effort h io olo n/*n aKrtll or V* V* a 9 #K/v nrl #r? n II?O ^lauw Diiuu^ui uiai ui kuc wuc Uk his Hide, a glance full of mute agony and appeal. I "Forgive!" he whispered thickly. A h< glazed light stole slowly over the tc pleading eyes and another soul waa (C with Its Maker. In a daze, the woman released hef | r hand from that other one, fast growing cold In death. She rose mechan- j Ically from where she knelt, and for the first time turned her eyes toward j the newcomer. A wave of sickening apprehension swept over her at a confused . eallzatlon of the wretched truth. This other woman, then?this child with the flower-like face and ' fragile form, with an Infant In her arms?this was the wife for whom he had sent, and the child?his child! There \Vas a terrible stress of silence. The older woman noted the spasmodic clenching of the hands fhnt rriifihoH thp hnbv tn t hn mnthor'a i breast and the piteous question In the eyes which her lips refused to frame. Tor 0 moment she was torn by battling emotions. A wild impulse rushed t over her to denounce him, his treachery?three ruined lives the forfeit. After awhile the younger spoke. Her voice was harsh with pain: "Tell me?for Qod's sake?are you ?was he anything?to you?" For ten seconds the other woman's face was as waxen an that of the dead man's lying near. Into her face had cornea new light and her voice sounded low and sweet and full of pity. "No," she said, "there was a mistake. The name was the same. I gi heard rumors on the street and was Yi frightened?alarmed, and ran up here, w Your?your husband was dying and w I?he was expecting you. He thought th that it was you who had come when I entered the room. We?we knew ut that he was dying and?and had not ss the heart to undeceive him." hi I She went down the stairway as one in a dream, and on out into the dim. sa deserted street. di (Oopyrlfcht by I)?tly Story Pub. Co.) til Worth the Money. gi Sam, the chore man, returned from S< the city with a scarfpln that contain- dt ed a "diamond" of no usual size. It a\ waa the pride of his heart and the envy of bis village companions. He ! treated all Inquiries from them as to I its value and Its authenticity with I high scorn. nr His employer, after a week of bask- -0 Ing In Its radiance, asked Sam about lf Its history. "Sam," he said, "Is it a real dtamond?" "Wall," said Bam. "if it ain't I*ra been skun out of a half dollar."? bo Judge. to W( Di Hits the Jersey Mosquito. "t Ridley Park, N. J.?To rid this town 1,4 of mosquitoes this summer the borough council has placed 200,000 pike perch In the lake here so that thsar may feed upon the mosoulto earss A- ilffiitirl THE LANCASTER NE^ ITY GETS MODEL CHARTER eveland, O-, Is to Abolish All Party Elections and Have Recall System. Cleveland. O.?Non-partisan elecms, with the absolute abolition of illtlcal parties, u? far as municipal fairs are concerned, Is assured to eveland in the terms of the new ty charter, which has been <*>meted Experts declare the proposed larter Is a model. Nominations by petition Instead of ' primaries and the preferential sys- i m of voting In elections are to be adlng features of the new goveruental system of the city. It is aimed to simplify election mailnery and give the greatest possible , presslon to the will of the voters, i bo not only are to hav* their first idee for each office counted, but elr second and other choices as 1 ell. The mayor and twenty-six members the council are the only city ofllals who are to be elected under the >w charter. All the others are apilntive. Candidates for the elective >Hitions are to certify their names icked by the signatures of voters to e board of elections and be placed >on a non-partisan ballot, carrying > party designations of any kind, id on which the names are to be roted. There are to be three columns In hich cross marks indicating the will the voter may be made. These will > headed. "First choice." "Second lolce" and "other choices." Each iter may mark his first and second lolce for each office, and theu may signate as many 'other choices" as > Bees fit. If no candidate for office ceives a majority of the first choice >tes, then the second choices are to ? counted with the first choices. If > nnc has a majority of both first id second choices, the "other loices" are to be added, and a majory of all reckoned In determining the ctor. The recall is to apply to all elective ficials. The mayor may be recalled >on the petition of 15,000 voters, and councilman may be recalled upon le petition of 600 of his voting conltuenta. The mayor and councilman are ected for two-year terms. The mayor is to have the veto, but is to be nullified to a large extent / the provision that any measure ay be passed by the council over the ?to by a majority vote. Ordinances may be initiated by petlons which contain the names of 5.000 iters. 1 I DECAPITATED" HIS AUDIENCE ( , Washington Negro Expresses His | Opinion on Lecture to VicePresident Marshall. Washington.?The vice-president, as 1 s told the story to a group of sena- 1 irs in the lobby, while on his way 1 i the capltol, was accosted by a ne- 1 ( I Vice-President Marshall. o. an ambitious member of the oung Men's Christian association, ho asked him deferentially If he ould not deliver an address before ie association. "It would sho'ly be an honah foh i to have you, Mr. Vice-President," ild the negro. "We'd 'predate it ghly, indeed." "It would be a pleasure for me," ild Mr. Marshall. "Some time later, iring the winter, perhaps, I might id time." "That'll be fine," exclaimed the ne o. "We enjoys the talks so much. I mator Works gave us one last Sun- ' iy and he completely decapitated the idience." Much Money Fails Due Shortly. Industrial and public service ?or >rations will, it Is said, be called on meet $300,000,000 In abort term < >fr*n before 1914. For Cats, Burns and Bruises. In every home there should be a x of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, ready apply In every case of burns, cuts, >unds or scalds. J. H. Palauco, dvalle, Tex., R. No. 2, writes: lucklen's Arnica Salve saved my tie girl's cut foot. No one believed could be cured." The world's best Ive. Only 26c. Recommended by incaster Pharmacy and Stqndafd rug Company. WSy JULY 15, 1913. YOUTH WINS RICH POSITION B Foster Son of Irvin G. Hooper 8uo- M ceeds to His Business?Was Kind to Mother. New York.?George Wallace Hooper, for yars a member of the house- M hold of Irvln G. Hooper, a Newark h' architect, having wou the regard of Mr. Hooper by courteouB treatment of elders and kindliness to his mother, has become head of the Arm of Hoop er & Co., architects. hi Young Mr. Hooper, who was named " George Schanf when taken Into the 'r home of the Hoopers, changed his name by act of legislature. He married Miss Ada Cook of Asbury Park. He and his wife moved to the reel- '3 rience of Mrs Anna V Hooper, widow of lrvin G., and will reside there The 1' widow has inherited all her husband's ' i-state b it has pn* 1' ' f'n-ge of ?' the young tnsn. to ? ?o~-> ? >*?quenthed JUDGE AND JURY IN CLASH a! Jurist Orders Verdict of Acquittal, 1" but Jurors Are Obdurate, and M Refuse to Sigh, ti Memphis, Tenn.?Judge and Jury ol clashed in the second division of the * criminal court here, and as a result, n' u verdict ucniiif tino o mun ?* ?%*?? ' der charge was made a part of the ' court's record without the signature of the jurors. C. E Murrell, railroad fireman, was charged with having inurdeied Moss Todd. Presiding Judge Palmer ruled ^ that the evidence showed self-defense, ft and directed a verdict of not guilty. After consultation with members of *1 the jury. Foreman Cooney refused to write the verdict. Judge Palmer explained that he could permit no other j verdict to stand, in view of the teBtl- ci mony. "You have a right to your opinion." ci retorted Cooney, still obdurate, "but si you are not the keeper of my tl conscience." h Finally, however, the verdict was o written, but the jurors carried their tl point to the extent of not afflxing their signatures French Discover New Fad. Paris.? Foot-reading as an alterna I tlve to palmistry is now the fashion ?v.i? f?a in u.it-io A ......... ?_ nine ia\i in "no. mi wun ? lit- I f 111 > ardent adepts of the all *ed -oi-'tice ' the Countewe Mel' 1 >t. . I.- I'o > foucauld, a desc ;\i * writer. She deti guished nun of I >? o.' the cult of tli Cm-prislng Cure of,Stomach Trouble. When you have trouble with your stomach or chronic sonstipatlon, don't Imagine that your case Is beyond help Just because your doctor falls to give you relief. Mrs. G. Stengle, Plnintleld, N. J., writes: "For over a month past I have been irouoiea wun my stomacn. Kverythlng I eat upset It terribly. One of Chamberlain's advertising booklets came to me. After reading a few of the letters from people who bad been cured by Chamberlain's Tablets, 1 decided to try them. I have taken nearly three-fourths of a package of them and can now eat almost everything that 1 want." For sale by all dealers. OF PEPSI-Cola 71 ever fails . to cool ? i nvi gorate?refresh! It has aflavor all its own ?rare and delicious. This and its healthy effect garin and hold friends everywhere. . Try it, and Pepsi-Cola will be your favorite? VOiir rlnilv nrpfprpnr#? In Bottle* or At Fount* 5c Pepsi-Cola Bottling Works Lancaster, S. C. j "' ( - ' !G PLYING BOAT IS FAST cCormick'B Craft Covera More Than h< Mile a Minute in Hammonds- to port, N. Y.. Trial. dl ? cc Hammondsport, N. Y.?Harold F ai cOormlck's big flying boat, designed n< f Glenn H. Curtlss, was tried out m ?re and proved successful * beyond 61 urttss' expectations The new flying ?at is large and heavy, as compared 1th previous machines of this type .mi in America. It has a Bpread of 8< ore than -to feet and weighs, when li nded. considerably more *han a ton. at The power plant consists of a motor sc > Irhing more than 300 pounds and e: veloping irtfi horse power. It was J1 t pec ted that the boat would be sea- cj orthy but not pariicularlv fast. The e] ials proved that It would make more t:.n a mile a minute flying in the air id about f>0 miles an hour when used * a motor boat in the water. C Mr Cur?iss made the tirst trip, acmparied bv I, A Vilas of Chicago id another flying boat owner Withu hundred yards from the starting oint the boat rose from the water nd sailed gracefully down the lake. ^ 1? is said to be McCormlck's Inten- ?' cr< to use the flying boat between his IF.ce in Chicago and his home at l^ako &1 or-st. 25 milrs distant. The Mc- a ilck boat was taken back to the fac- b ry for the final touches and will be si any tor shipment to Chicago within Mort time J Cruel Maid. Hp (nervously)?Margeret, there's ? sen something trembling on my llpB >r tnonthB and months. Rh'?Yes. so I see; why dont you q javp ft off??Tiger. tt ei Fears to Be Soldier; Dies. u Geneva.?A Swiss, twenty years old, a ommitted suicide at Schaffhausen by , ? hooting himself with a revolver in ai"| afe because of his fear of military prvlce It was said at the inquest p let he communicated his intention to Is younger s' t r red Meet), who ffered to f : ' < r'>#' > Ivv le yt U'v ' ' : .j.in ?And Ja Don' I want a Pearl To< nlf R^vqII XnntK Po W ? A % Vi\Ul A M, V/ V/ Li J A C4 Dulce Talcum Pc Violet Dulce Toile of Lord Baltimore and a box of Nuni Remember you can get the Standard Dri "The Rexal Agents for Nunnally's Fir Old Shoes Take a Long J us soon ns thev see our 4 ? Gregory-Hood i LANCASTI , If We ] YOl wo: SHC They'll last you twice as save you the price of i You have several pair: GIVE rs A CHANG SHOES IN OL'li We mend them so well t for a change-off. Visit RepairJDepartment?it i V Notice of Election. Whereas, one-third of the freojlders and one-third of the eleoirs residing In Flat Creek school .strict. No. 43, have petitioned the >unty board of education to order i election to determine whether or 5t an additional tax of three (8) His on all real and personal prop ty In said district for school purrees. We hereby order the trustees of ild Flat Creek district. No. 43, to old the election at Flat Creek .1, /*?! ^/vnaA on TXToHn ooHov JflW - I1UU1 UVUOC Vl? ft i ? 5, 1913. At which election only ich electors as return real or per>nal property for taxation and who ihlblt their tax receipts and regieatlon certificates shall be allowed > vote. Rules for opening and oslng to be the same as In all genral elections. A. C. ROWELL, A. DINGLE, J. O. RICHARDS. c. ounty Board of Education, L&ncaster County, S. C. Final Discharge. Notice Is hereby given that Mary C. Brewer, guardian of the estate of ara B. Brewer, minor, has this day lade application unto me for a nal discharge as such guardian; nd that the 30th day of July, 1918, t 10 o'clock a. m., at my office, has een appointed for the hearing of lid petition. J. E. STEWMAN, udge of Probate, Lancaster County, s c July 1. 1913. Final Discharge. Notice is hereby given that Wylie j. Caskey, administrator of the esite of Clarence W. Caskoy, deceasd, has this day made application nto me for a final discharge as such dministrator, and that the 7th day f August, 1913, at 10 o'clock a. m. t my office has been appointed for -? ? V? ? ( ? rm /> f entrl nniiilAn ir ucni 1115 vi oaiu ^rviuuu. J. E. 8TEWMAN, robnte Judge, Lancaster County, S. C. Subscribe for The News. ck, ^ t Forget: 3th Brush, a tube LSte, can of Violet >wder, bottle of t Water, a pound 5 Writing Paper nally's Candy. jse only at .am ntinv ^ vnrin 1 Store." te Candies. Etepair I ur r i >ES i long?we'll probably i new pair of shoes, s "kicking around." 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