THE FORT MILL TIMES
Published Every Thursday.
FORT MILL, 80UTH CAROLINA.
It Is up to the police to make safe
blowing unsafe.
If New York can't And a new sensation
it stirs up an old one.
Eggs are 3 cents per dozen In China,
and no china eggs at that.
Why not expand the antl-nolse crusade
30 as to Include the checkerboard
suit?
At the same time, don't wait for
your neighbor to swat the flies. Get
busy yourself.
A New York woman lost $440 which
she carried In her stocking. How, is
not explained.
No Booner are wo through with the
coal man than the Ice man becomes
our daily horror.
A new street dress for women has
side pockets In the skirt which can
be found by a tnan.
Milwaukee paper headline says a
horse waB bitten on the north side by
a bulldog. Figure it out.
A WelBh rarebit wrb employed to
put out a Are, being Impressed into
service as a flail, perhaps.
Experts tell ub how to achieve a ripe
old age, when what one wants is to
retain oiio'h verdant youth.
Not from nn artist's brush, but woman's
hat. do wo get the full force of
spring s variegnted beauty.
In Paris a hotel Is to be opened
without servants. One excellent way
In which to get rid of tipping
It Is said that Cleopatra danced the
tango and the turkey trot. Now let's
see, what bocame of Cleopatra?
Chances for the small boy to become
president some day are far better In
Mexico than in Uncle Sam's domain.
Some women have taken to wearing
watches on their ankles while others
are merely retaining their common
sense.
A Boston man writes: "If I had a
million dollars, 1 would go home and
kiss my wife." His wife's kisses must
come high.
The Benson approaches when many
will leave comfortable homes and hie
away to some mosquito infested watering
pluce.
Still, it seems like taking an unfair
advantage of a hard working microbe
when a human being saturates himself
with onions.
You may think when you buy lamb
chops you get the butcher's goat, but
when his hill comes in you realize that
he gets yours.
The owner of a stubborn auto
chopped it up and sold the Junk. The
same amount of energy might have
moved the car.
A Chicago barber gives a fresh egg
with every shave. Now if that action
is in lieu of conversation our approbation
lb manifest.
That business man who was arrested
and Jniled for being too full, wns
dealt with In a natural way. His
friend hailed him out.
Western man who thought he saw
snakes while on a spree and rnn Into
n train and was seriously injured.
Must have been rattled
The New York Sun says the only
plnce where a person can live cheaply
In Utopin. And it is not on the map.
Eastern police who nrrested cheese
dealers for selling over ripe product,
clnim to have strong evidence against
those arrested. Strange!
The price of artificial ice. it is announced.
will go up next summer. It
milfif ho fl*o nr( Iflnln I nniwlu ioaoa ?av?
on the Job during tho winter.
One statistician estimates thnt
there are 10.000.000 tunes in existence,
but the composers of modern musical
comedies do not seem to know of
more than two or three.
Somebody remarks that the guitar
may be a musical Instrument but It
was never known to pay any dividends.
Still. Its notes of hnhd are
usually accepted at full value.
A soiled greenback Is restored to
Its original pristine glory by washing
and ironing at the cost of 1-10 cent.
But the average man worries not at
all whether his greenbacks be dirty.
Fashion hook says tlint women of
America like tight gowns Well, a
tight gown does seem to be a little
full when It encloses a fat woman.
According to an Insurance statistician.
It costs |1F>,000 to kill a man. Oh.
well, the poor have no show in this
country. We can't afford It!
A Los Angeles Judge Just granted a
wife a divorce because her husband
apanked her. Probably he should
have used a club and have been given
* One for assault and battery.
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AMERICAN GIRLS
WHO ARE NEAR
FAMOUS THRONES
Many Prominent Philadelphia
Women Have Married
Into Noble Families
in the Various
Countries of
Europe.
HAPPY MATCHES MADE
Majority of the Alliances Have
Been Supremely Successful
in Every Way. 9
Evidently Not All Foreign Noblemen
Are Mere Fortune Hunters?Many
Matrimonial Prizes Secured by the
Fair Daughters of Uncle Sam.
Philadelphia.?Dwelling amid mediaeval
surroundings in storied castles.
secluded in vast demesnes or iu
more modern* and incidentally more
comfortable palaces of various cities
of Europe, is quite a large group of
Philadelphia women who have become
the wives of noblemen and who with
characteristic adaptability have become
active helpmates In their husbands'
interests. Rare, indeed, have
these alliances between women of
this city and the men of titles from
abroad proved unhappy, and in the
main the noblemen who have bestowed
their rank upon maids of this
city have proved themselves worthy '
of the matrimonial prizes they have
won.
Some Have Succeeded in Business.
In not a few instances these men
have been in business quite after the "
t American fashion, and have made
successes of their various undertak- 1
ings, maintaining their personal inter- J
est in them even after their coffers 1
had been replenished by the dowries f
of their wives. They have done much *
to change the opinion prevalent in '
tliiB country some years ago that for- ?
eign noblemen were merely fortune- *
hunters and little else, and they have
reversed the Disraeli dictum that '
"men who marry their wives for love *
either beat them or run away from '
them." 1
The most notable instance of a *
young, beautiful nnd wealthy Philadelphia
girl murrylng a man of exalted j
title, but who before his marriage did
not deem it beneath his dignity to 1
work in a stock broker's oillce, was
Miss Margaretta Drexel, who was f
wedded several years ago to the Vis- !
count Maidstone. It waB a genuine
love-match, and the ceremony, which
took place in Ixmdon, was one of the
j most important matrimonial events of '
tl*at season, since, aside from the A
distinction of the bridegroom's family, '
the bride's mother and father, Mr. and 1
Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel, are among
the most popular Americans dwelling
I in the British metropolis. An exceedingly
important alliance was made by
Lady Maidstone's cousin. Miss Anita
Stewart, who is now the Princess de Braganza.
her husband being a son of
the pretender to tho present nonexistent
throne of Portugal. Miss
Stewart's mother is a sister of Mrs.
Drexel and the widow of James Henry
Smith, the multimillionaire, who died
in Jnpan shortly after his marriage.
The wedding of Miss Stewnrt and the
prince took place in Scotland, and
there was much discussion at the time
as to the lirnnrlolv /->f u><> k-?.i~
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groom's attendants wearing the na- ,
tlonal Caledonian costume, with the ,
plaid of the Stewart clan. There was }
also some nonsensical but romantic
talk to the efTect that the Smith mil- (
lions would be used to finance a revolution
which would have as its pur- ,
pose the placing of the prince upon
Portugal's throne, thus providing Europe
with her first American queen. (
About seven years ago there was a
noon wedding at St. Patrick's church, <
In Twentieth street, and this was of ,
so quiet and unostentatious a nature
that many parishioners who had merely
dropped into the church to ofTer up
a midday prayer were unaware that ,
by the ceremony they were witnessing
a Philadelphia girl was being made
the Countess ltorchgrave d'Altena. i
She was Miss Ruth Snyder, daughter
of Mrs. Thomas Alexander Iteilly by
her first marriage, and a niece of
Charlemagne Tower, former ambassador
to Cermnny.
Practical Nobleman.
Miss Emily Harney's marriage to
' itaron Krledrlch von Miller was also
; a comparatively quiet one. She Is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles D.
j Barney and granddaughter of Jay
I Cooke, the Civil war financier. The
i young, good-looking and most affable
! baron was at the time engaged tn
i business in Mexico, and in this he hns
continued since his marriage. Ho <s
essentially a sensible and practical
man, who, down in his heart of
hearts, really doesn't care much about
titles. He is much more concerned In
making a name for himself as a successful
business man, thus taking patI
tern after the family of hla wife.
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COUNTESS
(Miss Kathryn
Mrs. Jason Waters' daughter, Miss |
Cllen Nixon Wain, now the Raroness
facques de Meyronnet de San Marc,
s the chatelaine of one of the beautiul
homes of Paris, and by reason of
ter own charm and the distinction of
icr husband's family she has won a
ligh place in exclusive Parisian society.
There are many who will recall the
>eautiful wedding in the Church of
he Redeemer at Bryn Mawr, when
he lovely Gertrude llerwind. daugher
of the wealthy coal family, became
the Baroness Rocklin von Rockinsau.
This was an unusually im- |
)ortant matrimonial event, for the '
jaron's family is one of great emi- I
icnce in the kaiser's domain. The 1
roung nobleman at his wedding gave
evidence of the much discussed Gernan
"thoroughness." by replying to |
he clergyman Is various questions In j
he marriage ritual in so loud and
Irm a voice as to be heard in all
larts of the church, a circumstance
vhich caused many to smile, since it
ifforded so marked a contrast to the
iaanl tremulously whispered answers.
Two Sisters Marry Noblemen.
Two sisters. Mary and Clara, of the
'amous and wealthy Roberts family,
svhose classic-looking home at Nineeenth
and Walnut streets is such a
loy to those who love the simplicity of
he antique, married noblemen of |
much distinction. The former is the
Marquise d'Eskens de Frenoy, now ;
living in Paris, while the latter, who
lied last September, was the Countess
loffredo Galli. an Italian, whom she
met while he was consul to this city.
Miss Myra Dick is another Philadelpliian
who chose a Frenchman of title
Tor n husband, and now as the MarTuise
de Brevlaiere d'Alaimcourt she
occupies a high place in the social life
if her adopted country. Then there
ire the Rareness von Frteaen who
was formerly Miss Florence Smith,
unci the Countess Georges Ginoux de
Fermon, who was George Cochran's
daughter. Miss Elizabeth Cochran. |
The Count and Countess Traugott
von Bethusey Hue live in mediaeval
Btato near Breslau. Germany, and St
will be recalled that their wedding
ceremony was carried out with an
elaborate regard for ancient family
traditions. The countess was a Miss
Reddellen of this city.
Another of the leaders in the group
of titled American women now dwelling
in Paris is the Viscountess Jules
Henri de Sibour. who is a dnughter of
Charles W. Bailey, of 21st and He Lancey
streets, and who takes an actlvo
part in Parisian society.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred C. Harrison's
daughter. Miss Mildred Harrison, is
now the Countess von Holnstein, hut
she and the count have spent most of
the time since their wedding in this
country. Still another Philadelphia
woman of title who prefers to live in
this country is the Countess Eulalla.
the former Mrs. John B. Stetson. Her
linmn Irlm nn thp Hid YnrU rr*n/l ic
built in the likeness* of a French chateau.
and is exceedingly beautiful.
Some Other Noble Marriage*.
Rodman VVanamaker's daughter.
Miss Fernanda Wanamaker. was wedded
In Paris a few years ago to Arturo
de Heeren, who will inherit a
title from his father. Another Phlladelphian
who. although not bearing a
title, Ik married to an English jurist
whose position is a most important
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DE SIBOUR.
Louise Bailey.)
one In Cairo, is Mrs. Verr Speke-Al- (
ston, who was Miss Anne Chew, i i
About her family home. Cliveden, in , i
firrmantown, center many historic as- 1
sociations. I
One of Rome's social leaders ami j i
who, by reason of her exalted posi- j i
tion, is frequently hostess to royalty, j 1
is Mrs. George W. Wurts, si sister of ! 1
Charlemagne Tower, while occupying
much the same sort of a position in j (
Paris and at Diuard is Mrs. Hughes- ' j
Hallett, the former Emily Schaum- |
berg.
BASK IN FORTUNE'S SMILES
Sailors From Nev? Zealand Port Are j ]
Reported to Have Made Rar;
Find of Ambergris.
In the old days, when the sturdy |
men of New lledford and Nantucket
put out to sea in chase of the mighty 1
whale, they used to dream of finding
ambergris. A streak of fortune which |
carried a 111 HI II nf this stufY across Ihn I
bows of an old square-rigger might 1
make a small fortune for all hands, ;
even to the lowest one in a hundred 1
laymen stowed away in the forecastle. I
Hut the streak of fortune seldom !
came.
However, the sperm whale continues
to give us this concretion and the
navigators of the far-off waters sometimes
find it. The whaler Norvegia
comes hooting into Christchurch, New
Zealand, jubilant in the possession of
ambergris to the amount of half a ton
?at least the cables to the newspapers
say it's half a ton. Inasmuch as I 1
ambergris has seldom been discovered
in quantities exceeding 100 pounds. '
the accuracy of the scales may perhaps
be doubted.
And here's another thing. The same i ]
dispatches place the value of the am- j
bergris at $300,000. That is a lot of '
money for a crew of hard-bitten
whalemen, yet perhaps it would not i
be grudged them by a world always ,
ready to applaud good fortune. Hut j
armbergris is usunlly quoted at $5 the j
ounce. What has caused this tremen 1
dous advance? A decline would seem \
more probable because the discovery
of such a quantity might easily overstock
the market. j
It's a good yarn of deep-sea treas
ure. Don't let's scoff at it. It seems !
fairly sort of a contribution to the |
men of the Norvegia. and that the I
men of the Norvegia are joyful there- I
at. And iny lady's next bottle of su- .
perior perfume from Parts may con
tain, under the name of some sum- j
i mer blossom, its share of the essence j
' which had its origin in the bleak ant
arctic.?Hartford Times.
Woman Rat Catcher.
One of the earliest of oiTlcial rnt i
' catchers appears to have been a woman.
An English warrant dated 1672
i announces that, "whereas, Elizabeth
Wickley is employed in killing of ratts
and other vermins. In and ubout His
Ma'tn's Stores and Houses In ye Tower
of London. I have therefore thought
fit to allow her ye sum of eight ($40)
pounds per annum." During the next
I century the office was invested with
. great dignity, and the "Gentleman's
I Magazine" for 1741 recorded the appointment
of Mr. Gower as rat killer
, to his majesty, "a place of ?100
| (|600) a year, an honorable office."
Apollo Is Dead Again; Over
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IfTASHINGTON.?Apollo is dead , f
ff again. And buried. His fu- gjio
leral obsequies were in classic keepng
with his standing as the hand- ,
somest god in the mythological output ^
?though, incidentally, it was his 1 jan
standing that caused his downfall?
ind he now lies under the campus j ^
<rass of a gray stone col'.ego out mQ
Brooklyn way, with spring blossoms
>n his grave. QVt
A tragedy, filtered through hearsay \
channels, is apt to be diluted in its ' mo
'acts, and watered as to poignant de- j scj,
.ails, but even the weakened flavor the
of the incident is worthy a sip, be- the
muse Apollo is always interacting? tha
0 say nothing of pretty girls. tha
The students gave a Latin play at 1
he college a little while ago, and the
1 statue of Apollo, on a pedestal, ser
gleamed white and classic in oue cor- | the
tier of the dramatic atmosphere. Ap- inn
parently. he was as safe from harm ter
is his original in the belvedere of the to
Vatican museum, but you never can ligl
tell! Most anything is liable to hap- /
Worn-Out Flags Destroyed
|lf ORN-Ol'T national flags used by |
W the United States government in 00
the army and navy, on public buildings,
etc., never become mere pieces
of waste ragsp The government sets
an example for the whole country by
requiring that worn-out flags shall be
burned. Whether or not any special
regulation covers the disposition of | i
old flags, the universal practice of the ' /army
and navy whenever a flag is no r< c
longer fit for service is that it shall ^
be destroyed. |
When a Hug used at an army post or ret
on a naval vessel is no longer service- soj
able, requisition of the quartermaster (]rc
is made for a new one and the old one j q
is burned. The same disnosition i?
; ui
made of flags from public buildings. so,
Whether or not custodians of build- ' i)UI
ings outside of Washington follow the an(
official plan of destroying flags is not i 550
known. mu
Flags borne in battle are invariably yat
preserved, either by the commands pot
which carried them, or under instruc- 1 ste
lions by the war department, by the the
government at Washington. A whole six
roomful of battle flags is on exhibition the
lit the war department, and it will be j ser
Two "Bill" Murrays, Each W
^rrgr1'
rllERE are two William Murrays in "
the house of Representatives, and
each one is known among familiars as
"Hill" Murray. J
One is "Alfalfa Hill" Murray of Oklahonia,
and the other is "Hoston Hill"
Murray from the Hub. Each one is ^
famous. tQ
Now, the mail at the house of rep- >]
resentatives post office these days is lo
cluttered and jammed with letters
from constituents, protesting, clamor- \yj
Ing, arguing about some feature of the \yj
tnrifY Tho rifiutnl fibrilc 11 linr/l ?
time getting the letters for the two str,
Murrays separated, and Alfalfa Hill
was getting a lot of Boston Bill's bet
mail, and yice versa. tbc
Finally the postmaster hit upon the for
How Townsend Interviewet
Representative townsend ;
of Michigan, author of "Chimmie
Madden," served his apprenticeship on 1
i New York newspaper. Mr. Town- j <
tend sayH that it was hearing a newsle ' k
say, "Aw, wat t'ell," that gave him the A
nspiration for "Chimmie Fadden." ^
With much relish the New York 1
Oiigressman told a group of newspaper
men at the Press club about his -=
Irst assignment.
"The city editor called me and told
ne to go to William K Vanderbilt's ^
louse and get an interview. With a i ? '
tulp In my throat I listened as he 111 '
asped out the questions 1 was to ask ai|'
he New York millionaire.
"Somehow or other I finally found
nyself nt the door of the Vanderbllt ;
nansion, and in a cold perspiration *ke
*ang the bell. A tall, dignified man. I or
with great English sldewhiskers aa'<
ipened the door. > [ "
" 'Oood evening," Idr. Vanderbilt,' I but
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zeal Was the Cause
t in the danger zone of an amateur
'he tragedy, according to the hearversion.
was caused by a studentyer
whose overzeal to voice her
re of dead language with a full a>ance
of histronic emphasis led her
butt into Apollo's pedestal. And
body who lius ever owned a
tue on a pedestal can guess the
ifter the play the students decided
t having "killed" Apollo they
mid bury him In state. So they
de themselves into a procession
white-robed mourners. They chantu
dirge. And they carried gards
of woody blossoms. And after
handsomest of the 12 great godeI
been interred with rust-right cerenies
under the campus grass theite-robed
ones scattered flowers*
r him and chanted some more.
Vhe - the rites were ended and the
urners had got back to their
oolgirl selves they chipped in with
lir pocket allowance to pay for
1 statue they had broken. And
t's all there was to it, except
t?
f Apollo could have had a say In*
matter he would doubtless obve
that he would rather be under
! college campus with flocks of
ocently joyous schoolgirls to scatflowers
over his smashed bits than,
stand, a perfect whole, in the spot:?t
of the Vatican'p belvidere.
tnybody would.
by the Government
ailed that one of the most striking
the mural paintings which decorate
statehouse at Hoston depicts the
urn of the battle flags by the Union
diers in 1SG5 to Gov. John A. Antw.
The flag-making plant of the navy is
the Itrooklyn navy yard, where
lie HO women are employed. The
nting comes from Massachusetts,
1 every case costs the government
10, or $11.25 a roll. Every piece
st weight live pounds to every 40
ds and stand a weight test of 70
mds to two pquare Inches. It is
eped in salt water for six hours and
tn exposed to the sun for another
hours. If strength and color hold
i fabric is then pronounced fit for
vir>r>
'ith the "Hon." Prefix
n of sending ull mail postmarked
rn Oklahoma to Alfalfa Bill Mur ,
and all Massachusetts mail to'
ston Bill Murray, and to take a
ince on any scattering stuff.
I'he other day a letter arrived ad ssed
to "lion. William Murray,"
1 it bore a postmark from a town
Oklahoma, It was sent to Alfalfa
l. and when ho opened it he saw
was meant for his Boston friend. I
happened to be written by a for- |
r Bostonese who had moved to
lahotua. i
tlfalfa Bill sent tl?e letter to Bosi
Bill in one of his new envelopes,
rked for Mr. Murray of Massachuts.
but simply because'the letter
e Alfalfa Bill's frank, back It eamo
the Oklahoma Muray.
rhen Alfalfa Bill went personally
his Boston namesake.
Ixtok here." he said, "my name is
iliam II. and yours is William F.
ty not inform our constituents of
difficulty and get these thipgs.
aight ?"
No," said Boston Bill, "I have a
ter plan. I'll take credit for all
i good things you do and blame you.
all the bad things I do."
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J will. r\. vailUUIUMl
3^S| w*at M
fffyy ^ YOU DO ^
;an. '1 camp ujt from the newspaperce
to ask you what you woutd do
?ase we declared war with Canada.'
I 1 continued with the questions
ich the city editor had hurled at me.
Looking me straight in the eye,
Ich only added to my discomfiture,
man waited until I had somehow
other faltered through. Then he
I. frigidly:
'Mr. Vanderbllt is hout. Hi'm the
ler. (iood night!"