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if THE FORT MILL TIMES , Published Every Thursday. FORT MILL, SOUTH CAROLINA. Qrip taken to the low-necked, low hoed girl. Many a bachelor will breathe easier, tor leap year has gone. This should be a good year, foi (here Is luck In odd numbers. Love Is the one game that has nc sode of rules, and wants none. How Is It that fudge can be sent by parcel post, though dynamite is refused? The get rich quick rascal always has a get rich quick victim. They g< together. Mules are no joke, at least not Missouri mules, for they now command 1212 a head. Make Courtship a Science is the dm tto of the Fathers and Mothers' club of Boston. Sir Thomas Lipton says liquor Irlnklng is ruining the nations. And lea is so cheap, too! "If society women Bnioke," remarks me of them, "that's their business." klso. the tobacconists. i ? A car horse in New York commttted fulclde. Another instance of human i- ~ i iv.w iu aaiwuia. Dr. Woods Hutchinson, as champion ?f pie and the hard-boiled egg. talks tike a railroad lunch counter. Going down to the sea in ships teems to be ubout as perilous in this enlightened age as ever it was. -I. ; Caging all available microbes In ?ne's living room is about as bright as warming a serpent in one's bosom. The world's aluminum industry is ( laid to be under control, but the spelling cf It lias never been regulated. A disagreeing pair were likened to kittens by a magistrate. Then, again, ihey are sometimes called panthers. Owners of automobiles muBt envy poets who exercise their own sweet will about taking out poetic licenses, j Germany's federal council refuses tc block dueling in the army. Its members may have feared being challenged. The seed catalogs are coming In and all your resolutions against garSen making this year will be met and France complains that the automoDiles are destroying her good roadB? the famous routes natiouales of the Napoleonic era. Surely the title of meanest man must he passed over to that fellow who sued tho man who took him rtdtng In his auto because he was hurt In an accident. A college professor declares It Is not always easy to tell the difference betwee.n genius and idiocy. One great difference Is that the idtcts generally escape consequences. Somebody lias Invented a cowcatcher for automobiles, which may or may not relieve the anxiety with which the klne have been afflicted ever since the advent of the petrol cart. It Is said In a New York college that more city boys are studying farming than country boyB. This, however, may be only tho natural reaction of wanting something different. Titled males are renting them fives oui as anernoon tea attractions In Ixrndon for from $7.50 to $15 a tea. The Impoverished aristocracy is learning methods of high finance. A baby girl in Itoston Is being trained up to become a perfect woman. If her ideal destiny is fulfilled, she is going to be so lonely that she will wonder if perfection pays. In Denver a bill has been Introduced threatening dire punishment for physicians who remove healthy appendices. Which causes the question: "Is a removed appendix a healthy one?" j The society to abolish useless giftgiving Is to bo extended to take in a crusade against useless tipping. Hut the trouble about the latter Is the gigantic dlfilculty of telling in advance when tipping is useless. A New Jersey judge rules that $20 Is enouah for anv woman m nnv for a suit. Hut wait until New Jersey I# annexed by New York city, and see how* completely he will reverrse himself. 1 ?] The flngerbowl of the restaurants Is to ko. It Is now classed with the roller towel and the common drinking cup. In even high class restaurants only a few finger bowls are kept, and these do service for many patrons. The message caught at Arlington. Vt.. from the Eiffel tower, in Paris, shows that the possibilities of the wireless are practically limitless. The , " girdling of the earth by the power o" I man will soon be more than a poetu fletkm. WHAT LOVE MEANS, _____________ * How Doris Lorimer Learned That One Person Had Become Very Dear. BY M. DIBBELL. Gilbert Far ran dale had reached the age of thirty-two without ever having had a serious affair of the heart. He regarded with rather a patronizing and pitying manner those of his friends who considered a wife and home the best that life could give them. "I would rather be free to go and come us I choose, than to be bound with the matrimonial chain," he told his friend Frank Whiting, having overtaken that young man on the street a few dayB before the date announced for his marriage to pretty Kitty Slocum. "I hope you will be haopy, Frank, but nothing cuts like the fetters with which one has manacled himself." He smiled with the complacency of assured wisdom. "Oh, rubbish!" retorted his unappreciatlve friend. "Wait till you find the right one and all the chains in creation wouldn't keep you from marrying her ?if she would have you." He turned and left Qilbert, who watched his retreating form with benevolent pity. "Poor chap, he has it bad," he said ' to himself, continuing on his home- \ ward way. Mrs. Horton, the housekeeper, had taken the best of care of the big Ftarrandale mansion for many years. Gil* a ?-a- - - l we l udu uupii; inio possession 01 mis , fine old place upon the passing of his uncle, and Mrs. Horton was part of the Inheritance. Gilbert Farrandale was left an orphan, and his bachelor uncle had adopted him as his own child Un- | doubtedly living all these years with ; a confirmed celibate had much to do with the nephew's profound knowledge on the subject of love and marriage. Gilbert had received an invitation to young Whiting's wedding. Appointed day and hour found him waiting in tho Slocum home for the coming of two foolish yooungster8, as he regarded them. Kitty Slocum in filmy white advanced down the long room with Frank Whiting at her side. She was pretty enough to touch even a harder heart than Gilbert's. Gilbert's eyes fell next on the cousin who, with Kitty's brother, Krnest, followed the bridal pair, and the delights of bachelor freedom began suddenly to fade for him. The clergyman joined the young people in marriage, and Gilbert was among the first to offer congratulations. Then he turned to speak with GrneBt Slocum. and obtained an introduction to the cousin, the mere sight of whom had given him a new outlook on life. Doris Lorlmer was the picture of youth and happiness. Her big brown eyes were enough in themselves to hnVe made her beautiful. She had come from her home in a distant part of the state to act as her cousin's lady in waiting, and she was to remain with the Slocum family indefinitely. Hers was the office of smoothing over the parting of Mr. and Mrs. Slocum from their only daughter. After the Slocum household had settled back into its regular routine Gilbert Parrandale found his way there frequently, but his friends were no longer favored with anti-matrimonial lectures. Doris always met Gilbert with perfect friendliness, but there was nothing in her manner to Indicate that the arrow which hud pierced hlB heart had even touched her own. Gilbert was only too well aware of this fact, but he tried to reassure himself with the hope that as he really knew so little of feminine ways hers might be the usual attitude in such a case. Finding D<?ls alone on the piazza one evening, nbout six weeks after his first meeting with her, Gilbert resolved to know his fate, and her glance of kind greeting gave him courage to say: "Doris, I love you; will you marry me?" then he thought. "I must be crazy to put it so stupidly." and waited in an agony of uppreiienslon for her answer. Doris' smile broadened, and she replied calmly. "Why, Mr. Farrandale, 1 could not think of being so cruel as to lot you manacle yourself with the fetters which cut so deeply." Gilbert's heart seemed to sink into the earth on hearing these fateful words. "I was a fool to say that," he declared. "I thought I was so wise, when in fact I had no ideu what love meant. Hut now I have learned. I love you, Doris. Do not punish me mr ignorance?1 Know inn truth now." He held out his hands to her in frank appeal. Doris' look grew kinder, but. alas, there was not love for hiin in the brown ryes. "Love cannot be forced," she said, "and sometimes 1 think it Is not my nature to love any one person, but to care for each of those who are dear to me. and they are mnny." Had Gilbert been in the right mood, he might have smiled at this Minervalike utterance from one who was no plainly made for love. But he was fur too much in earnest to see anything humorous in her remark. "I shall win you awgy from all the others," he said positively, and here their conversation ended, the family coming out to Join them. Later as Gilbert walked homeward hia thought went over the scene with Doris and he had tn *rknnii-lwi? that hid suit had received no encouragement. "But I uhall not give md?ahe ppp * I shall love me," he said to himself with a firm setting of the Hps. The week end brought the hrlde and groom and a surprise Kitty's relatives had been planning. This was the presentation of a handsome pair of saddle horses to the newly married couple with a third beautiful mount for Doris. It had long been Gilbert's I habit to take a daily gallop, and it became a regular custom for the four young people to enjoy a morning ride together. Gilbert continued his efforts to touch the affections of the little cousin, but at times he almost despaired of ever attaining the desire of bis heart. One morning in early September the four started on their usual ride, choosing a beautiful path through the woods. Doris and Gilbert rode in kdvance of the others, and after cantering for some distance under the dense shade of the massive oaks they slowed down. Suddenly at the left side of the road ahead of Doris there appeared a giant hound with a broken chain dangling from his collar. He was a fiercelooking animal, and his swift and silent coming had startled them. Instantly be made a spring at the neck of Doris' horse, and the frightened beast reared backward. Doris was a good rider and retained her seat, but as her horse's fore feet touched the ground again the hound made a sav- I age leap, and this time fastened his fangs in the shoulder of the animal. Gilbert sprang to the ground and brought down the handle of his heavy hunting crop with nil his strength upon the hound's head. The crushing blow dazed the brute, and he looosened his hold. Then he made a fero- ! clous spring for Gilbert's throat. "Oh, Gilbert, Gilbert!" It was the first time I)orlR had ever , called his name, and her love spoke I in the cry. It seemed to give Gilbert j superhuman strength, for as the hound leaped he struck it again with the loaded crop square on its massive ' head; the blow crushed through into ! its brain, and the furious monster j dropped at his feet, lifeless It was a very thankful but very nerve-shaken party of four that turned 1 homeward. The wound which the hound's teeth had given to Doris' i horse was bleeding freely, and the ani- | inal was trembling from shock. l>oria ' dismounted and Gilbert placed her upon his own mount, leading her wounded one. ( "Gilbert, you are a brave man." said Frank \Vhltln?r ? .... ...v.MQt ua kuvj rvai icu uuilir* j ! word. "We ull owe you a debt of grat: itude for acting bo promptly and so | well." "Indeed 1 thank you for my life," ' said Doris, eagerly, i "I did only what you would have j done had you been nearest, Frank. ; And I am sorry, Miss Lorhner, that I j was not In time to save your horse from all harm, though I think the ' wound Is only a slight one, and will heal rapidly." i Gilbert received a very different answer from the flrst. when he next appealed to Doris for her love. ' "As* that awful beast sprang at you I learned that one person had be come very dear to me." sho said. (Copyright, 1913, by tlie McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) ANTS SHOW MUCH INGENUITY ( Remarkable Thought That Is Not At All Appreciated by People Who Are Made Victims. In the telephone system o? the canal zone steel rails are used as poles. According to a correspondent of the Telephone Review wooden poles cannot ; be maintained any great length of time on account of the ants that will i cut into a wooden pole and before long leave nothing but the shell. Creosoted cross arms are used as a protection against, these pests. "I might relate one instance." he writes, "where even the ants discovered the value of having a telephone In the house. They had followed the twisted wires into an oflice building and Into the hell box. which was fastened to the side of an oak veneered llat top desk. i ney oorea through the hell box into the interior of the desk and had removed practically the entire pine wood of the interior, when the desk suddenly fell to pieces. "These busy ants, in their operations, when they feel that their presence might be discovered, construct a kind of tunnel of tnud extending ulong I the floor beums for the entire length 1 of the building and come and go through this concealed passage." * School Lunch. One mother lias procured a small earthen jar about the size of a teacup. When baking beans, she fills this and bakes them for next day's school lunch ! for her little daughter, says the Mother's Magazine. They are not mussy, as they are apt to be if dipped with a spoon from the family jar. Add to this a sandwich or two of thin slices of bread spread with butter, a crisp cuI cumber pickle wrapped In wax paper, an orange or a good apple, two or th-ee crisp cookies, all neatly packed in a clean, well-aired lunch box, which hr.s been lined with a paper napkin, and you have u wholesome, attractive lunch. The cup may also be used for custards, a favorite pudding, scalloped , potatoes, or any baked dish that is relished cold. Sew Eyelid on Horse. VVilllain, a large draft horse belong: ing to 11. G. Grey of lirooklyn. Acne Arundel county, Ind., lost bis eyelid j when It was ruught on a hook in a stall. The parts around the eye were treated with an antiseptic and the lost eyelid was sewed on. In a short time I the eve will be as good as ever. v niHT-ri'x cr ~ 'SUSP'S ** '-'T'S" " ' -V ./T^r4 ?Ep' ':" r- ' x ' ' X *'r'tT%- * * ' t ' OLD FOE RECALLS GUNMENJF WEST Says Some Outlaws Left Particular Marks on Victims. TALKS OF BERT CASEY Former U. S. Attorney for Oklahoma Telia How Marshal Fossett Inspired Three Desperadoes, His Prisoners, With Respect by Rare Rifle Shot. i Guthrie, Okla.?"It has been the case frequently that It was possible to | identify the slayer in outlaw davs in i Oklahoma and other sections of the southwest either by marks on the body of the slain person or the position in which the dead body was found," says Judge Horace Speed of Quthrie. who was United States at- j torney for Oklahoma for sixteen years ; und prosecuted many outlaws and gun- ' men. Speed was first appointed when Oklahoma was opened to settlement, in | 1S89, by President Harrison, and later served under several other adminis- j trations. During his days as chief ; prosecutor here for the government ' he was active against members of the j Dalton. Doolin and other outlaw gangs. 1 and studied their ways and methods as a means of helping himself in prosecutions of criminals. "Nearly every outlaw who was a killer had a different method of treat- ! lng the bodies o' his victims," says ! Judge Speed. "As a rule, the outlaw was very superstitious, and it was for this reason mainly that he would show the greatest respect for a victim's body, ' in many instances performing the last rites in a truly ministerial manner. \ Other outlaws, and these were always of the most wicked brand, would maltreat and dlBfigurp the bodies of their victims, and it was easy for an officer who understood these things to tell at a glance who the killer had been "The most bloodthirsty man that ever came under mv r?liservn?tr?n 1 liert Casey. one of the last outlaw I leaders In the southwest. He was al| ways 'with his boots on.' always ready to kill, und invariably he marked tho ' victims' bodies in a manner that never ; 1 failed to reveal that Casey was the I | killer. . "Casey's mark was a kick in his | victim's face. He would turn a dead , body over after having killed in order ; to kick the face, leaving a heel imprint on his victim. This, in ray opin- j ion, was because Casey was so thor- I ; ouglily wicked. "His victims, too, wt e many, and j the list included not only some of the i hr.ivest officers in the country, but al- ! so members of his own band, for ; Casey was also treacherous. If it happened that he did not like some mem- j Many a Poor Fellow Died Because of the Bandit's Bad Temper. ber of his Rang he would kill the j follow simply because he loved to kill, j Many a poor fellow died because of the bandit leader's bad temper. | "Casey would shoot, and kill. too. I In the same manner that many men | ' hunt and kill wild animals. For instance. on one occasion Casey shot a distance of 400 yards and killed un old farmer just to see if a new Winchester rifle would carry that distance and kill. The old man was plowing j In a field, unconscious of approaching .... BV! nuu uuanoic U1 lilt; IH'clIIlfSS of the outlaw. Casey called the attention of a companion and then fired at j { the farmer. Casey laughed and rej marked that the gun seemed to be a dandy. "Other outlaws showed the greatest i respect and reverence toward the dead bodies of their victims. 1 knew of one prominent gunman, in particu- 1 lar. who nfterward became a good citizen, who always laid out the bodies of the men he killed, performing the last rites in a religious manner. He v.ould close the eyes, place the hands by the body's side or fold them across the bosom, and remove the boots. This man was one of the best shots the west ever knew. I do not kuow that he ever killed unless It was deemed necessary by him, for he was unusually kind hearted." \ I i .. r-.1V- ' ( \ f I J MsniNGjt Uncle Sam Wants Goats I WASHINGTON.?Whether for administrative purpose* a shorthaired goat should be classified with a paste pot, a fumigator or a sixinch gun is a question now demanding the serious attention of the wise men of the war department. The war department wants goats. : Goats that will eat mosquitoes, or at ; least that will eat the foliage where i the mosquitoes breed and congregate, ! are particularly desired. Just how many goats the department will want ! has not vet been settled hemiine the ' acreage capacity of a goat for weeds i and browsing has not yet been accurately determined. However, the ofll- i clals are looking for goatB if they can j And the right appropriation to charge them to, and it has not yet been decided whether this should bo equipment. sanitation or miscellaneous expenditures. The root of the trouble Ib Fort Washington, down the Potomac. Thl6 has long been known as one of the most unhealthy posts in the urmy. The hospital there usually has the There Is Balm in Gileai LET Joy expand like a choking ca- I nary and pleasure spout forth as j water from a broken pipe. There is still balm in Gilead and salve in Africa There will be a grand inaugural ball. It will be such a scene of gaiety as the modest electric light bulb seldom smiled upon. The die is cast. The gorgeous event will come to pass despite the prohibition of President-elect Wilson. Prepa- j rations are going forward like a de- I taclimeut of Turks retreatlne from the Balkan frontier. While the event may prove a trifle disappointing to the ultra fashionable set, and somewhat dazzling to the new chief magistrate, there will be all sorts of compensa- j tions. The tickets will cost less. I There will be more room in which to ( swing partners. The colored brother has beaten everybody to it. He has put the in- j augural committee on music up a tree . and circumvented Governor Wilson. ' He has chartered Convention hall, the largest auditorium In this city. lie will have an affair that will make j former events look like pine cones falling from a redwood tree. The National Negro Woodrow Wil-' Spirit Squad Is Needed AS AN innovation, a "spirit squad" | has been suggested as a desirable addition to the Metronolttnn nnllr>? : force. This, it Is argued, would great- j ly tend to clear up some mysterious j robberies that have been reported to i the central office. The reason why a spirit squad is 1 necessary was told the other day by MaJ. Richard Sylvester, superintend- ! ent of police. Major Sylvester de- ; clares that many of the robberies which have been reported to the police occurred only in the dreams of those who reported them. Speaking of the queer kink in the human brain which permits such things to happen. Major Sylvester said: '"In every walk of life we meet with queer and at times surprising experl-' Politics at a Funeral Lei Aid, THREE of the big political parties were involved in the row over the corpse of ('buries Curtis, a colored messenger at the cupitol, and the funeral was delayed one day. Curtis, who was a strong Democrat and organi/er of the Personal I liberty ; league, died Tuesday. His erstwhile ! friend and political ally. George Hob- I inson, head of the house of repre- | sentatlves' tonsorial parlor, called upon the widow with his condolences ' and was horriiled to find that a Romiblican undertaker had been en Raged for the Inst touches. Robinson ' prclested and the widow allowed him to go forth and hire a Democratic un- j dertakor, who, he Buid, would not ; present so large a bill Robinson went on his mission. A few hours later two undertakers appeared at the house and the ensuing argument drifted from business to polities, and finally to fisticuffs, and tho two men had to hunt up Robinson at tho house barber shop to try to settle the matter by arbitration. They all made such a row there that ^Gossip For Service in the Army "S. R. O." sign out, an? the conrpounders of quinine an.d kindred remedies have come to look upon the post as a regular meal tioket. All that seems to ail the fort is malaria. Now, as every one knows by this time, the malaria mosquito is the only insect to carry malaria. Usually it is a rather Bin&ple matter to get rid of the mosqnitoes by eliminating their breeding places, which are always collections, large or small, of stagnant water. But In the case of Fort Washington there has been trouble getting at the breeding places. There is a stretch along the water front that is not wet enough to drain and yet Is too vr-et for sanitary purposes. The grass and weeds there have been cut and recut, but they will not Btay cut, anL an impoverished government cannot let tho war department have money onoueh for a sea wall or other sort of permanent binding on the edge of the river. So the war department l?as put in a requistion for goats, twenty of them, and they, being cheerful and pretty constant feeders, it is thought they can be depended on to keep the vegetation in check so that the sanitation experts can find the wet spots on the ground and standard oil the mosquitoes out of existence. This start of twenty sounds modest, but it is as many healthy goats a* the government can afford to buy Hillies and nannies both are desired j and Salve in Africa son league of Richmond, Va , has la ken the initiative. Also it deposited the necessary caHh guarantee. Giles B. Jackson, the negro millionaire, ie president of the league. The inaugural ball under negro auspices is scheduled for the night of March 5. It was de* ferred a day in order that all might recover from the frolics and follies of March 4. Go'd pieces at half price never went off like the ticketB for thin ball. tween five and six thousand have al ready been sold. The price per is $2.50. President-elect and Mrti. Wilson have been extended a cordla> invitation to attend a reception which the league will give prior to the opening of the ball. V * as Adjunct to Police etices, but the police hear and see more that tends to question humanity than employes in any other line of work. "It seems strange, but nevertheless It is true, that persons have dreams and hallucinations whioli to the police an facts for inveslgation Dreaming of robbers, they have awa kened suddenly with all the excitement and alarm that would attach tc the genuine case, fired revolvers at thf supi>OBed intruder, and only been reconciled to their mistakt after close inquiry proves it such. "The greatest imposition is that which occurs a great many times a year when persons who cannot or dc not want to pay their just debts report that they have been robbed of sums of money. They will prearrange to give color to the truth of their report, but are generally found out in the end. "The public should not believe everything they read and hear about burglaries and highway robberies, for many of the cases so reported, after investigation, are shown to be without foundation. "So, the 'spirit squad.'" ids to Swift Arbitration the capitol police gathered in al.hands and took them before Captain ^ Megrew, superintendent of the capitol police. He Is a wise roan, but he had to acknowledge the complication* were too swift for him. As a last, resort, the interested parties bethought tbem of Jerry South, the plain and unvarnished son of Arkansas, chief clerk of the house and steam roller savant. He decided the matter in a terrific hurry.. Ho fired both colored undertakers, the Hmdac rn t onH PonnhH/tott ??a uuu hired a white undertaker. And the odd part is that the final undertaker is a Bull Moos* enthusiast. 0