Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, May 15, 1913, Image 2
THE FORT IWIll TIMES
hiWltfcii Evsry Thursday.
F?RT MILL, ??UTM CAROLINA.
But baseball Is such a strain on the
olce!
Thunder and lightning! 8eems
rather familiar.
"Swat the fly." Yes, swat It way
out Into the outfield.
ADout ttie only croaking one hear*
these days is done by tbe frogs.
Many persons do not like the cabaret.
preferring to know what they
eat.
St. Louis boy swallowed a whole
crawfish. Fortunately, it wasn'C an
eel.
Tombstone cutters are on strike?
an added argument for the lower cost
of decease.
About this time, the preliminary
step is taken in the formation of
June brides.
Only two per cent, of musicians are
bald, but it is too late for many men
to join a band.
As soon as all women wear fend
era on their hntplns tho men can quit
carrying nippers.
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The farmer ought to be a liappy
man about these times. Everybody
wants to help him.
Our opinion is that the world will
survive despite incomprehensible pictures
and slit Bklrts.
However, the kind of umbrella that
you cannot lose is not much good for
keeping out tho rain.
One trouble with simplified spelling
is that the authorities still fool
Ishly insist upon regular rules.
ExpertB tell us how to achieve a
ripe old age, when what ono wants Is
to retain one's verdant youth.
?
While adopting those dinky little
hats tho dear women cling obstinately
to tho old long range hntpins.
There Is a peculiar fascination In
tho accoutrements of angling now displayed
In certain shop windows.
Some persons do not like the pleasant
chorus of the frogs, but some persons
have no music In their souls.
A German hanking house has fnlled
and Its chiefs have fled. The examiner
over there has a fierce mustache.
A German banker named Puppe
has fled, leaving debts of $7,500,000.
Sort of going to the dogs, so to
Bpeak.
For the cure of cancer $2,500
worth of radium was applied. At this
rate few people will bo able to afford
to have one.
Have you heard the wall of those
who are humiliated TlPCause tho luxury
of paying an income tax Is denied
them?
Is the wearing of a green hat with
a neat little bow in the rear an Indication
that the wearer possesses
temperament?
A noston chiropodist has been ar
rested for bigamy. Possibly he has
been throwing himself at tho feet of
too many women.
Then there is thnt morbid form of
self-conceit that lends a man to conaider
himself n hoodoo bemuse tho
homo team always loses when he attends
a ball gnmo.
Climbing 200 steps nfter breakfast
took superfluous weight from a woman.
It probably- would have the same
efTeet upon a horse.
The fact thnt somo women can bo
Induced to resent bitterly the charge
of being too well dressed shows thnt
feminism Is mnrching.
And nfter it has taken us all these
long years to learn to spell, why inflict
misery through being compelled
to learn all over ngain?
Ilnschall becomes more scientific
every year Expert fans now have
telephone calls arranged In advance
to summon tliem rrom their work.
Only one child was born (o every
thirty families in Paris last year,
which city would not be a desirable
place for a baby carriage factory.
That Seattle Judge who made n
prospective bride and bridegroom
listen while he tried a divorce cnsc
certainly doesn't cater to the marrying
trade.
Influences of the season nre shown
to be affecting our courts, one head
line chronicling the fact that a "juror
was taken out of the box."
A man's throat was cut In a bar
ber-shop when a bomb exploded. He
complained bitterly because he was
not having his shoes shined.
On the latest and greatest steamship
just launched there are lifeboats
for 5,260 persons. Still, the proper
thing for a ship to do with lifeboats
It not to need them.
0
GENTLE ADA FERRIS
John Folsom's Mascot Saved
Him Just in the Nick
of Time.
When Folsom was sent to the Philippines
he told Miss Ferris that he
would have something very important
to write to her as soon as he had es
tabllflhed himself. It was something
which he could not say to her then because
Ada Ferris was rich and Folsom
had his way to make in the world. But
when he looked into her eyes he knew
that she would wait?that she was the
kind that would wait years?perhaps
for ever.
It was lonely In Manila, in spite of
men friends who took ono out to dinner
and whom one entertained at one's
bachelor quarters. In fact John Folsom
had only one real friend?Minnie,
his little monkey, who had been captured,
a tiny baby, in the forests of
Mindanao. She was the tiniest and
most affectionate creature that he had
ever seen. One day he found her
perched gravely in front of Ada FerrlB'
photograph, examining it, evidently
with approval, for she made a little
chattering noise that signified happiness.
"Some day, Minnie," said FolBom, as
Bhe snuggled into his coat, "some day
we three will bo in a world of perfect
happiness."
Then ho sighed, for he had not written
to Ada Ferris so regularly as he
had been uaed to do. Perhaps It waa
because his promotion came slowly.
It could not havo been because of Lilith
Aintree, Judge Aintrec's daughter,
I
Held It Toward Him.
who was tho belle of the American colony,
and who distinctly liked Folsom.
There could not have been a greater
contfast than between Lilith and Ada;
the one proud, mirth-loving, selfwilled;
the other gentle, sweet and afj
fectlonate. In his heart Folsom knew
that his now flame could not compare
with the girl whom he had left behind
him in Boston. But Ada P\?rris was
far away and L.illth was near, and in
his loneliness ho found it Impossible
j to resist her overpowering attraction,
hnr . noroft?oll*ir -- ? --a*
I MV* - |/ui ouuatu; , Viuiaill W1VII yuuin,
and his, ho know, an soon as he should
Bny the word that would make her his.
Minnie did not like Lilith Alntree.
; There had never been any love lost be,
tween them. The very llrst time that
i Lilith and her mother called at his
bachelor quarters?1 think he was giving
a tea that day?the little creature
ran screaming from her and, climbing
tho curtain pole, sat at that safe elevation
and mowed and grinned at her.
"Minnie doesn't seem to like me,"
said Lilith one day. "Don't you think
you ought to get rid of her, John?"
(They called ench other by their first
names now.) "I mean?"
She paused in well calculated confusion.
John knew what she meant.
They had been strolling along the water
front together and he had never
felt her Influence so strongly us that
day. Rut at the words a sudden chill
fell upon him and before his eyes
there rose the gentle image of Ada
Ferris, waiting.
Her letter never altered in tone, except
that they had become a little
more reserved, a littlo more distant,
in response to the unconscious change
in his. And ever ho halted between
| in a iv?w limn, IIUW ICKOIUieiV IlllUUUI
1 to Ada and now overpowered by the
exotic allurement of Judge Aintreo's
daughter.
The old life seemed very far nway
now. The new life was pleasant and
alluring. Ho had been taken up by
the colony; everybody believed that
bo and Llllth were engaged. Ho must
make his decision.
The day of his decision came. It
was a perfect afternoon in tho season
of rains. John Folsom, his little companion
perched on his shoulder, was
seated in a swinging chair in Judge
Aintreo's garden. He had brought
i Minnie with him becnuso she whim!
percd so when he left her, and because
ho felt, somehow, that sho was a talisman
to hltn. Deep in his heart he
knew that Lillth would never bring
him happiness, but her presence drove
reason from his brain and deadened
his heart against all memories of the
girl back east. Ldltth was seated in
tho hammock under tho tree, and all
the other guests had discreetly withdrawn
to. a distant*.
She had'meant to capture him that
day and never had she looked more
captivating. She was dressed all in
white, her little feet. In their neatly
fitting shoes, swung to and fro with
the motion of the hammock. Over her
mr L 1
head she carried a white parasol. John i
Folsom looked at her and the spell
was on hltn. He came to her side.
"Llllth." he began hoarsely, taking
her hand. "I?I?" He choked; he
could not contlnun. On hi? ihnntHap
one arm about his neck, Minnie was
muttering and acoiding. She meant 1
to warn him, but John was past warning
now.
Just then he heard the judge calling
him. "Folsom, come here!" he yelled.
"Come and get some iced lemonade
for Lillth and yourself!" He hurried <
away, glad of the respite, glad to com- i
pose himself. He must be articulate, ]
he must be clear-headed, for he had to i
tell Lilith about Ada. ]
And yet he knew she would not
care. She would have no scruples ]
about usurping the other's place. I
To his surprise the monkey left his
shoulder and sprang to the lowest |
branch of the tree under which the i
hammock hung. Folsom hurried away |
and presently, coming back with the
lemonade, saw something which as- j
tounded him.
Lilitb, in an access of fury, had
reached up and grasped the monkey,
and now, holding her fast by the throat
with one hand, was thrashing her with
the other. The little animal was nearly
choked, she could not scream, but,
with both hands over her head, strove
vainly to ward off that shower of stun- ;
ning blows. Then Folsom came up t
as Lilith flung the creature from her. |
Minnie crept sobbing into John's
arms. He turned and faced the girl '
who, disheveled and flushed with passion,
stood gazing nt him uneasily.
"I thrashed the little beast," Bhe :
said.
"What did she do to you?" asked
John quietly.
"She sat on the tree and made faces ;
at me," Lilith answered petulantly.
"And 1 tell you, John, unless you get !
rid of the beast you must?"
!?.. -1 ^ *- ?
diiu imu iiit'iiiii 10 Bay " get rid or
mo," but (something in John's face
checked her.
"I'm sorry if I hurt her, John." she
said. "Hut the llttlo wretch hates me ;
and I can't hear to be hated. I want
to be loved, John," uhe added, lifting
her face toward his.
A sudden loathing for her came with
hiB new understanding.
"Ltlith," he said, "a woman whe
would beat a helpless dumb brute
would beat a child."
"What do you mean?" she cried.
But he said no more. Holding the
monkey tightly to him ho walked
away. And Lillth knew. She knew
that the mother instinct, which alone
can hold a man, had failed her; she
knew that she had lrretrivably lost
him. He had found her out at laBt.
"Little maBcot," said John, when he
set Minnie down upon his * table, '
"there's a long letter from some one
in Boston that we haven't answered
yet. Shall we write to her this afternoon?"
And Minnie picked up his pen just
at that moment and held it toward
him.
(Copyright, 1913, by W. Q. Chapman.)
SECRET OF NATURE FOUND i
Fact That It Is Possible to "Taste"
Electricity Has Been But
Recently Divulged.
In some forms electricity is Invisible,
while in others it may be seen, i
The lightning flash and the electric |
light are easily seen, but the current
itself is really invisible to the eye.
The sonso of feeling can detect the
presence of the mysterious element, !
and the sense of hearing may detect
u, una me sense of smell bus been
known to locate the presence of the
wonderful power, but It has Just been ;
discovered that we may tasto electricity.
Metals of an opposite nature will,
when properly connected, throw off a
small current of electricity, and thie
may be tasted by taking a piece of
bright, clean tin about the size of a
silver dollar, and placing either ubove ?
tho tongue or beneath It, with a silver
dollar on the opposite side. Keep
tho outer edges of the silver and tin
apart for a moment, and see if you can
detect any taste.
Then bring tho outer edges of the
metals together with one above and
tho other beneath the tongue, and instantly
there will be a sour taste in
tho mouth. This is actually tasting the
electric current that is produced by \
tho contact of the two metale. and
which in making tho circuit is passing
through the tongue which la very sen- !
sltlve.
Ambulance Miniature Hospital.
The new French Schneider ambu- ;
lance is a veritable portable hospital, j
being a truck probably the largest
size yet constructed and having an
operating room in the middle part,
with two smaller rooms at the ends.
It contains an electric plant which is
used for lighting, water pumping and J
sterilizing, and for surgical motors.
Water Is pumped in l>y hoso from a
well or pond, and, after passing '
through tho ultra-violet ray sterilizer,
it is stored in a tank. When the ambulance
Is brought to the spot, for
instance, on a battlefield, a wing in
tho shape of a tent is formed by a .
tarpaulin on each side of the wngon, !
and the two tents are electrically |
lighted through windows in the sides
of tho car.
Many Years on One Job.
For continuous service on one Job,
Councilman Henry Glace of Mauch
Chunk, Pa., thinks he is entitled to
first place. Mr. Glace entered the
service of the Lehigh Valley Railroad
company, at the Packerton car shops.
In September, 1874, more than thirtyeight
years ago. He was then put to
work on the bolt machine and he haa
been at that particular work aver
since.
VIRGINIA DOG BROKE
UP A SWELL WEDDING
t
Animal Attacks Usher He Found
Wearing His Master's
Dress Suit
Cape Charles, Va.?A big dog caused
a panic among the wedding party
and the guests at the marriage of
Harry Roberts and Miss Mabel Hemming,
a daughter of the Rev. Ernest
Hemming, at Eastvllle, recently.
The animal dashed up the aisle behind
the wedding party, proceeding to
the altar, and sprang upon the back of
Arthur Addison, one of the ushers,
grabbed the coat he was wearing between
its teeth and tried to tear the
garment from the man's back.
Many of the women guests rushed
from the church, believing the dog
was suffering from rabies. The" cere
| ^ALr-rm H3 I
Tried to Tea* the Garment From the
Man's Back.
mony was halted until the animal was
put out.
It appears that the dress suit worn
by the usher had been borrowed from
the doc's master,' C. T. Cobb. The
animal wandered Into Its master's
room, and, taking a scent of the missing
clothing, following it into the
church and made the attack.
GOOD LOOKS WINS ACQUITTAL
Women Jurors Refuse to Convict
Prisoner Regarded as' Too Handsome
to Steal Horse.
Redwood City. Cal.?"He's really
far too handsome a man to be a
horse thief."
"Still, he admits stealing the horse."
"I don't care. No man with such
heavenly eyes should be put in prison.
We must acquit him."
And so they did.
Briefly this Is the synopsis of what
happened behind the doors of the
jury room when ten good men and
true, In company with two women,
said to possess the same attributes,
were considering the case of ITgo
Diando, charged with horse stealing
SherifT J. II. Mansfield, who has
heen Diando's custodian for three
weeks, admits that his prisoner is the
most handsome that ever ornamented
the San Mateo county Jail, and when
two women were drawn to serve on
the llirv before whh-h the rnoe won
tried by Judge Puck was heard to express
substantial doubts regarding? the
conviction of this man. who had previously
admitted his guilt, but pleadpd
"not guilty."
The foreman of the Jury was Mrs.
Alma A. Monroe of I.omita Park, and
Mrs. Violet L. Fine of Daly City was
the other woman. Notwithstanding
the fact thnt Diando's testimony at
his preliminary hearing, in which he
admitted stealing the horse, was introduced
as evidence, the jury, after
being out twenty minutes, returned a
verdict of not guilty.
QUICK ACTION IN ACCIDENTS
California Woman Breaks Foot, Arm,
and Leg After Dropping
Soup Tureen.
Pasadena. Oal.?Miss Belle Sams of
this city was the victim of a peculiar
series of accidents the other day, all
occurring within a counlo of sernnria
While washing dishes Miss Sams
dropped a soup tureen on her foot,
breaking one of the bones. She put
out an arm to save herself from falling,
and struck the edge of tho kitchen
sink so violently that the arm was
broken. Collapsing In a faint, the
young woman fell to the floor in such
a manner that one of her legs was
twisted under her and broken.
Had Their Nerve.
Munich.?Thirty-three girls of the
municipal cooking school were made
seriously sick by eating a "'.r'al stew"
of their own concoction.
Remarkable Record.
Ix>ndon.?Sir Thomas Dewar killed
four running cheetahs In threo minutes,
which sportsmen consider a remarkable
record, cheetahs being greaf
sprinters.
Selling Bonds Now.
New York?Rev. Joseph Lambert,
the Providence minister, who married
Col. J. J. Astor and Madeline Force,
ta now selling bonds for a ltvlna.
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Handling of White. Hous
WASHINGTON.?Silent, smooth, efficient
is the business force in the
office of the nation's chief executive at
the White House. The total business
staff, including ushers, messengers and
so on, numbers little more than 40. And
the modest one-story office annex to
the White House does nqt represent
more than a fraction of the floor space
occupied by many a large corporation.
Handling the White House mail is
one of the heaviest responsibilities of
the business done there. It is doubtful
if there is any other place where
the incoming mail varies so tremendously
from day to day. In addition,
there is a rule that every letter addressed
to the president shall be acknowledged
from the Whito House,
| even though it is referred to some govi
ernment department.
Moreover, there is a rule also to the
efTect that every letter received must
bo answered within 24 hours unless
j exceptional circumstances make this
; impossible. This policy of promptness
taxes the resources of the White House
business establishment when, as sometimes
happens, the daily receipts jump
Mann Said He Knew Wh
JAMES R. MANN of Illinois, Republican
leader in the house, bears the
i reputation of knowinc more than nnv
\ other man in the houso about the legislation
before that body. He has
also a well established reputation for
being ready and able to talk on any
subject at any time.
In the midst of one of tbe long
night sessions near the cloBe of the
last congress some one proposed that
tho "private calendar" should be
I taken up, and that minor bills pending
should be passed under suspension
of the rules.
"I object!" shouted one member.
"No man in the house knows what
these different bills are!"
Mr. Mann, who was standing,
ed into his desk and pulled out two
big bundles. Holding them up, he
said:
"Here are all the bills on the prl|
vate calendar, and all the reports on
those bills. I've read them all, and I
know what each one means!"
Heforo the congress ended, Mr
; Mane's colleagues in the house pre,
sented him with a costly watch, the
presentation speech being made by
| "Uncle Joe" Cunnon, and seconded by
Speaker Clark.
Horseless Age Near, Is
{{j EXTECT to live to see tho day
1 when tho keeping of horses in
Washington will be prohibited on sanitary
grounds. Just as the keeping of
pigs has been and the keeping of
cows greatly restricted." This is a statement
made by C. G. Bell, one of the
experts of tho department of agriculture.
Mr. Bell believes that Washington
is a much cleaner city because of
the introduction of automobiles, and
that the tendencies of the day is to
eliminate horses in cities and restrict
them to the country.
According to figures published by
I the department of agriculture, horse
breeding is about the worst paying
business that any one c?#n go into. In'
quirics were seut to 10,000 cor'respoudents
and the average for the cost of
She Thought "Ze House
| .1 SPEIGHT, clerk to the house
committee on judiciary, is not at
ull the serious young man that any oue
would take him to be. Not at all. In
splto of the fact that Speight sits in
that largo and impressivo committee
room, which probably is worth more
: money than all the halls the continental
congresses ever dreamed of.
and in splto of the fact that ho is
1 steeped in tho lore of trust investlga!
tions, Judicial secrets, possible con'
atitutlonal amendments, impeachment
trials and Alabama politics, Mr.
Speight is always ready with a nifty
little yarn.
He says that one day the house of
representatives was in & terrifllc uproar.
Progressives were hurling Bolid
masses of objurgations against the reactionaries
Representative Cooper of
Wisconsin, who refuses to go into caucus
with any one, not excepting himself,
was hurling defiance at Cannonism
from the rear line of trenches,
while ever and anon Representative
Mondell would chirp feebly In reply.
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fCSTRDW^
B(Q)SSD0>
^e^Wail~ls Gigantic^(aslT
to 1,000 letter* or more, oft** note.
It 1b only fair to say, bow<- |r. that
such circumstances are except) fu'J, although
many newspaper real< u .iave
been led to believe that the p; t si dent
received at leaBt 1,000 letter o\ try day
of his occupancy of the office Kb a
matter of fact, there are we^l.# at a
stretch when, under normal con ulons,
the dally mall will seldom exc< ,-d 200
letters and the average for iohg Intervals
during the last administration
was In the neighborhood of 350 letters
a day.
Hut this normal volume map be
quickly changed to the abnormal The
appearanec of some new natlo* ul Issue,
an international crisis, an It iportant
declaration of policy by the :>rest:
dent, a proposal of new legislati n. or
; any one of a number of turns of affairs
| is likely to bring down upon the \Thlte
| House an avalanche of letter or ln'
qulry, advice, commendation andlwit{
ticlsm. 1
Tlie president of the United Saates
subscribes in effect to the policy otj the
man who has no mail delivered by carrier
at his place of business, but instead
rents a lockbox at the local postI
office or nearest postal station. No
' mall is delivered by regular cat n. r at
the White House. In fact, the president
has his own special postmar , a
{ member of tho messenger force at the
I executive offices, who is pi ?vided v itb
a horse and buggy and \y.b<: makes 1 wo
i or three trips daily to the "Washing on
postoffice dispatching tfca outgo ng
. mail and returning with the incoml ig
at All the Bills Mean^^|
"It gives mo great pie sure." sald^B^f
"Uncle Joe," amid the laughter of the^^^H
house, "to present you with a 6t ;>B B
watch." _ - Jl B
During one of the lively debates IB
incar tue end of the session a con- ^^Bj
*troversy arose as to whc> was "enti- ^^B
tied to the floor." Speaker Clark B^|
tried to straighten it out, and in the ^^B
midst of the discussion Represent*tive
Moore of Pennsylvania inter- ^^B
rupted:
"Is not tlx,' present pi rllamentary
situation this, that tin gentleman from BH
Chicago (Mr. Mann) has been caught |^B
asleep at the switch?" BH
"The chair is not go.ng to rule |^B
that the gentleman from Chicago ever
got caught asleep at the switch," re- BH
plied Speaker Clarli. B
the View of experts H
raising a colt to three ybars old was
taken for the entire country. |H
Counting the service fee, feed, veterinary
bills and breaking, the cost of
raising a colt to three yei.rs old, even
when* making allowance lor the farm
work lie does up to that age, is $96.54.
The Belling price averages $136.17.
This is making no allowanco for the H
marcs that do not produce foals or V
for those that die prior to three years V
old.
Officials of the division of animal I
husbandry who are co-operating with V
the array in raising remounts for the
cavalry, say that the only hopeful
thing shown by these ligures is that
tlio government free service and theprlce
of $150 paid by the army for
three-year-olds helps out the average
somewhat. Mr. Hell in discussing the
matter said:
"While I think the government offer
for army remounts is as fair as
could be made under the circumstances,
I certainly should not adviso >
any ono to go out and buy a lot of
mares for the purpose of raising
horses and selling them. There isno
question that the automobile ishurting
the horse business."
Zey Tek Things So Calm" I
I The speaker's gavel was tattooing vol- H
{leys of protest and tho intrepid Mann
of Illinois was upsetting all hopes by Hi
his constant objections. There was a HI
| din that gave one a headache. A
French woman was In one of the gal* ^H
leries, the guest of some member of
the Judiciary committee, and Mr. ^H
| Speight was showlug her around, and
at tho particular moment when the j^H
noise was at Its height in the bouse
she turned to her guide and said: flH
"Ah, Meester Speight, you have rea- I H
son to be proud of ze house! I* I I
France /.ey are so boisterous. Here in
ze bouse zey tek teengs so calm." ^HH