Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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FoR A SPECIAL TRAIN Quick Action Is Necessary When One Is Ordered. WORK OF THE DISPATCHER. This Official Has a Complicated Task In Putting the Special Through Without Interfering With the Run ning Time of Other Fast Trains. Suppose you wished to take a special trip to any place on the map and the hour of your sudden resolution was 2 a. m. The chances are against know ing how to make this masterly movc at such an unearthly hour. to say noth ing of knowing how to go about it during the hours of business. It is easier than the unitiated possibly may believe. Of course the principal thing money, the thing that makes both e are and the special train go. The train dispatcher is the official ho can start the train while his supe ors are asleep and when a wild eyed man who has a race against death to make halfway 'across the contineni dashes into the station looking for a train that will make the distance on its own schedule. What the chief dis patcher wants to be sure about is the identity of the applicant for the un usual privilege and in this connection whether he is able to pay for a spe cial. Five thousand dollars in bills will make the dispatcher feel very much like ordering out the train. A deposit of that amount in his hands will un doubtedly bring the train out in a few minutes after the order is given. Some times a call on the telephone to the residence of a well known citizen who says he will be responsible for the cost of the train will answer 'the require ments of the dispatcher, or the check of the applicant, if he is a well known citizen, is a sufficient guarantee. It can be made large enough to cover the bill for the special. In the case of a wealthy man who will let nothing stand in the way of eccomplishing his purpose the cost of the train Is not a previous considera tion. He simply wants to get to a cer tain point at a certain time. Getting there on time is the uppermost thought in his mind. He paces restlessly up and down the platform until the train "backs into the station or on to the sid ing where he is notified it may be wait ing,for him. Unless he stipulates that a private car be used In the train he will get a Pullman all by himself or those who accompany him. The use of a private car costs more, but is pre ferred by the wealthy patron. When e- -hing is ready for embarking the rk of the dispatcher has just begun. This official must put the special Sthrough without interrupting seriously the running time of other fast trains It takes some ticklish work, for the other trains must be "cut out" on side tracks just before the special Is to pass. In this way the schedules of the other trains are not broken more than - a few minutes. The special dashes past on the right of way, and the regu lar fast train follows it. Freight trains using the same track are apt to lie on the sidings longer than the passengers because they cannot make distances between sidings quick enough to cut out in time to give the special a clear track. The man who has paid his good money for the right to the track does not expect to be stopped en route, and It becomes the business of the railway or railways over which he is racing against time to afford him all the facil ities. Usually In case of such an ex traordinary emergency the railway takes great pride in making a record - run and landing its patron at his des tination in time to accomplish his pur pose. The best engineers obtainable and a trustworthy conductor are plac ed in charge of the equipment of one engine and one car, for the running Is at a rate of speed not undertaken in the passenger service. Usually the extraordinary passenger is required to give the railway comn-1 pany some form of release from re-I sponsibility for loss of life or injury from accident due to what might be regarded under ordinary circumstances -.s a reckless .speed, but~the man who Is racing to see a. loved wife or daugh ter or son is always willing to take a greater risk than at any other time in his existence. But not only is his own life, but the lives of the train crew, in jeopardy during a wild race over the rails. However, on such an occasion the whole crew is imbued with the~ excitement and heroic nature of the fast mission and contribute in every way to the fulfillment of the errand. Thousands of dollars have been paid by private citizens for just such races with death and sometimes where great financial crisis is at stake. The rail way companies, despite the large hono rariumn received for undertaking such journeys, are loath to accer t a passen ger on these conditions. The crisis must be one that involves remarkable stress of mind and money. Usually their acceptance of such great respon sibility both to the single passenger as well as thousands of others who may be using the tracks at the same te is governed by a great deal of sentiment-St. Louis Republic. A Mystery. Constable -Now, gen''men, we'v e aced these here eloos--the futprints the hoss an' the futprints o' the an-to this stump. From here on ar's only the futprints o' the hoss. -w the mmestnn Is Wot's beeome o' A CONTINGENT ASSET. The Court Didn't Appoint a Receiver to Administer It. A woman's way of getting around trouble, especially her ability to an swer a question without giving any in formation, is well known, particularly to the members ot the bar that have had occasion to cross words w;th her on the stand. A woman with a well developed sense of humor once foiled the persistent attempt of W. G. Cha pin, late editor of the American Law yer, to elicit information In supple mentary proceedings. He tells the story of the failure himself. "I had been admitted to the bar but a short time and was a fair specimen of the average theory stuffed, practice wanting, law school graduate. How joyously were the commands of the managing clerk obeyed! Here was the looked for opportunity to demonstrate] my ability in the noble art of search ingly examining a recalcitrant wit ness, a woman! "Of the two, I fancy, however, that it was the lady who was more self possessed when the proceedings open ed. She was a dressmaker and had been sued for debt by a dry goods firm. The examination dragged its slow length along, revealing no assets, until finally came the omnium gathe rum query asked as a finisher. "'Have you any property of any kind or nature, real or personal, or, any right or interest in property that you have failed to mention?' "Perhaps it was my tone she dis liked. At any rate, her eyes snapped. 'Well, I've got what perhaps you wouldn't call an interest, but it's a] most as good. It's an expectation. Must I answer?" "'If you please.' I was encouraged. "'Well, you see, it's this way. I've got two sisters,-and both of 'em have married finely. Now, neither one cf them begins to be as good looking as I "'Yes.' She had me puzzled. "'Well, I really don't see why I shouldn't have the same show.' "It is needless to say that there was no receiver appointed to administer this 'asset.' "-Chicago Record-Herald. ,A CONFIDING CONSTABLE. The Way He Helped the Housemaid Repel the Burglars. A good story is told at the expense of a constable in rural England. says a writer in the London Telegraph. Not long ago a young and pretty housemaid arrived at the big house of the neighborhood, and it was observed that our friend's beat often took him In that direction. At first she seemed to resent his advances, but suddenly she changed altogether, and the course of true love appeared to run smooth for a time. One night he called rather later than usual. It was dark, and his fair one greeted him somewhat coolly, he thought. His doubts, however, disappeared when she suddenly declared that she would take him into her confidence. She had overheard the particulars of a plot to break into the house and steal the plate. "Now, Jim," she said, "here's a chance for promotion. The burglars knew where the plate was kept, so we've shifted it. What I want you to do is to get into the plate cupboard and wait till they come and open the door. Then you'll have 'em." Jim jumped at the chance and half an hour later was concealed in the cupboard. The burglars came, as ex pected, and promptly got to work. The constable chuckled to himself as he heard the muffled whir of a tool on the outside of the cupboard door, and he grasped his staff and waited. After some minutes' waiting he re solved to take a cautious peep. But the door was fast, securely screwed on the outside by the burglars. When Jim eventually roused the house and was released from his pris on the burglars and plate, together with the pretty housemaid (a confeder ate), had disappeared. Moreover, the constable's position took a good deal of explaining away. Awkward, but No Chump. Once there was a pretty woman who came upon a huge ostrich in the des "Foolish bird," said the pretty wo man. "You cover your head with sand and think you are out of sight." The huge ostrich laughed. "My dear madam." he chuckled, "there is nothing foolish about that. Don't you cover your head with a hat decorated with my feathers and think you are 'out of sight?'" Moral.-The ostrich is an awkward bird and eats horseshoes, but he can hit back in other ways than with his big feet.-Chicago News. Oddity of Dreams. "Nobody ever feels pain in a dream," said a psychologist. "Rage, terror. joy, grief-these emotions stab us as poign antly in dream as in reality. But physical pain, no. I have interrogated 2,000 persons, and none of them ever suffered dream pains. Yet they have dreamed of dreadful motor accidents, tortures, death. One young girl, in deed, dreamed time and again of be ing eaten alive by cannibals, yet even in that horrible nightmare she felt no pain." Got Even With the Clerk. Mr. Jawback-This- gown is not b,e coming to you, anfd it is ('exesive. Why did you huy it? Mrs.Jawbek Because the clerk looked as if he thought I thought I couldn't afford it. -Cleveand Lader. LANGUAGE UOF MUSIC. The Manner In Which It Appeals to the Human Heart. To those musical agnostics who deny to music any beauties save those of design and maintain that of itself it cannot express ideas and feelings Red fern Mason makes appropriate reply. But there is another side to the pic ture. What was It that made George II. rise in his place when they sang the "Hallelujah" chorus, thereby set ting an example which is followed to this day? What was it in the finale of the fifth symphony that drew the Napoleonic veteran to his feet with the exclamation, "The emperor?" What sanctity in the Ambrosian bymns moved St Augustine to tears? During the' wars of the French rev olution it was forbidden. on pain of death, to play the "Ranz des Vaches" in the hearing of the Swiss soldiers, for so acute a longing for home did it bring upon them that they deserted in hundreds. Are we to think that there was no virtue in the music itself and that the effect produced was the out come of purely accidental circum stances? The Austrian government forbade Berlioz to play the "Rackoezy" march at Budapest, fearful of its effect on the inflammable Rungarians. Was the fire of patriotisimkindled by the mere knowledge that the melody symbolized Hungary, or did the notes speak with tongues of flame?-Atlantic Monthly. A LION HUNT. Usually a Case In Which Hunters Goad/the Game Into Combat. There is a distinction in Africa be tween ordinary lions and "man eat ers," says T. R. MacMechen in Mc Clure's Magazine. The ordinary lion does not willfully attack man. The presence of lions roaming at night on the veldt is not disturbing to any na tive nor to whites who have come to understand the beast. Persons return Ing to their camps after nightfal! do not notice the roaring of lions or thc. cries of leopards or hyenas. It Is seldom that people beit upen domestic errands carry weapons in the darkness, although at night the veldt of British East Africa is alive with roaming beasts, Nhich may be heard from the verandas of the houses. Lions give the passing man a wide berth, day or night, when it is appar ent that he means no mischief. An ordinary lion, even when wounded. will try flight before fight. When its escape is disputed It will, especially if wounded, try to maul its enemy with teeth and claws. A lion hunt is usually a chase in which the hunters goad the game into combat. Once a lion has tasted human blood, however, it is no more afraid of man, but learns that he is the weak est of animals and the choicest of meat- Such a lion is known as a man eater because now he hunts man. Ready Replies. One of Lord Carmarthen's future constituents once asked the youthful candidate his opinion upon some ab struse question of which he knew nothing. "Let him alone!" cried an other derisively. "Don't you see he's nothing but a baby?7" "What do you think?" reiterated his inquirer, heed less of the interruption and deter mined to have an answer. "I think," said Lord Carmarthen, with ready wit, "that it is high time for all babies to be in bed," and so saying he gathered up his papers and disappeared from the platform. Again-and this last anecdote is so well known as to have become well nigh historical-at a crowded meeting just before his election, he was inter rupted by the question, "Does your mother know you're out?" "Yes, she does," was the instant retort, "and by Tuesday night she will know I'm in." His prophecy proved correct, and he headed the poll by a large majority. A Batch of Bulls. An Irishman .excused himself from going to church by saying he had such an excellent telescope that with it he could bring the church so near he could hear the organ playing. It was Pat who observed, after watching two men shoot at an eagle and kill it, that they might have saved the powder and shot, as the fall alone would have killed the bird. And it was Pat again who, telling a story as original and being informed by one of his auditors that he had read it in the translation of a Latin work, cried out: "Confound those an cients! They are always stealing one's good thoughts." The Real Scrap. Two muscular individuals were ham mering at each other in the ring. "Horrible!" ejaculated a tender heart ed spectator. "Horrible nothing," said a regular patron. "If you want to see a real scrap get next to them when they divide the purse."-Philadelphia Ledger. in a Safe Place. "We have a man in this prison who never tried to escape," declared the head keeper. "What's he in for?" inquired the vis "Bigamy," replied the head keeper. Bohemian. Recipe For Goodness. Half of the wickedness of life is owing to misery. Make a man happy and he is good. He revives like a flow er refreshed by the dew of heaven; he becomes sanguine, enthusiastic, nergeo Ti.Lnann Gapnhic. Newberrg Hordwor Compony eft C)0 m -= ;;0 r :0 C2 M oO O--. 00 CC) -CA U) NEWBERRY HAR DWA RE COMPANY. OUR LINE IN m z :wm x z "w ... and . . ELEGANT COTTON STUFFS Is Fine. Crepe effects in all the new shades. LAVENDER, PINK, BLUE, WHITE, &c., &c. Mercerized Cotton as soft as Silks and fully as pretty. Every one who wants it can certainly have a Beautiful Dress as the prices are.very low.for these beautiful creations. COME AND SEE US. AN ANNOUNCEMENT. A number of gentlemen, residing in Newberry County, and desirous of imroving the stock of Newbierry County, have formed themsenms in'C a copany, known as The Carolina Stoek Breeders Association. The As.so ction are offering the sercees of their richly colored staa:-d-l bred h3rse i$25.00, to insure a cot The pedigree of this horse is as follows: CERTIFICATE No. 65,123. THE TROTTING STANDARD. AMERICAN TROTTING REGISTER.4 OFFICIA L CERTIFICATE. This is to ertify that Prince Cecilian, 41558, has been duly registered sstandard under Rule 1, in Vohune XVII, of The American Trotting Re iter, and the pedigree can there be traced in the following form: 458: Prince Cecilian, (1) brh foaled 1903; by' Cecilian Chief, 33698, dam Condula, by Princeps, 536; grandam Miss Fanny, by Hamlet,. 160, etc. ( See Condula, Vol. V.) Bred by J.. G. Cecil, Danville, Ky. Cecilian, 11,907 Cecilian Chief, 33,698LayNret,21 RINCE CECILIAN, C4ndu5a Princeps, 536 C o d l . . . . .(. , M iss F a n n y iven under my hand and seal at Chicago, Ill1. this 29th day of March, (. 96Signed) Frank E. Best, Registrar. his horse will be fou.nd at the feed and livery stable of Mr. B. T. Bishop, wh has full charge and management. This is such a rare opportunity to bain the services of a highly bred animal at such a reasonable price ht it is deemed unnecessary' to say more than to invite those wishing to rase colts to an inspection of this animal. YOUR BANKING! THE NEWBERRY SAVINGS DANK. apital $50,000 - - - Surplus $80,000 No Matter How Small ite Matter How Large, The Newberry Savings Bank krili give it careful attention. This message ppies to the men and the women alike. AS. McINTOSH. i. E. NORWOOD; resien' Cashier.