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THE FORT MILL TIMES NMMwj Every Thureday. FORT MILL, SOUTH CAROLINA. See a fly and kill 1,000.000. Pilgrimages to the summer cottagei will soon be under way. The S. R. O. Bklrt may not stay, bu' the C. O. D. variety we have with ui always. If the ham in some restaurants it cured, the eggs certainly are conva lescent. Nowadays it's impossible to tel whether It's Ignorance or slmpliflei spelling. Still, there are aviators who insist that aeroplanes do not need to b? made any Bafer. Many a daughter who can turkej trot all night in a ball room shies at c dish rag in the kitchen. Anyway, the man who is in churct on Sunday morning 1b not endangering anybody by Joy riding. The Boston police have started or an anti-hatpin crusade. The womei meditate a sharp resistance. Chicago girl dropped three Btoriei and is unhurt. As a boy. If we toll that many, wo got badly mauled. Harvard law students plan to giv? legal advice free to the poor. WI13 add to the tribulations of said poor? There is one personage at least whom we can depend on for the uplift of women. That's the elevator boy. The old-fashioned woman who usee to put fresh straw under the parloi carpet every spring?where is Bhe? A F*rench savant says that what women want 1h sun and air Hut most of them want a few other things be well. To make euro that he'll N comfortable nfter death, a Perth Amboy man is making his own coffin. It Is quartered oak, asbestos lined nnd has threo casters. Why for the asbestos? An eastern author. It Is Bald, makes a pood Income by raising mushrooms In the basement of his house. ThlB shall not tempt us. however, to make any remarks concerning "best cellars." A San Francisco phyRlclan testified that he held back a bill because he feared If he presented It his putlent would die of heart failure. The patient showed IiIb Ingratitude by dying anyhow. That preacher's wife who objected to his limiting her to eight matches a duy will remind many men that In some houses the protest on match extravagance comes from the other side of the house. In Doston a man has left a will In wnicn lie siaies a spinster (laughter of forty summers muBt wed nnd have children In order to receive $300,000,000. Boston always was noted for Its loklng propensities. One man In the west, according to report, 1h trying to Invent some apparatus for buttoning women's walsta up the back in lieu of calling upon poor hubby to perform tho duty. Why not use a carpet stretcher? A Milwaukee physical director in the schools has said the corset Is a menace to girls" health and that they are slowly but surely being ellml nated. Here's hoping he "stays" witfc the proposition until the end. Iteing the husband of a tempera mental woman of a certain sort might be classlfled as an extra hazardous occupation. Tho customs court has decided thai a soused herring is a herring. Whlcl should convince all wives that theli soused husbands are still men. French engineer has figured oui what he terma a feaaible plan foi reaching the moon, Hotter cross th< Atlantic ocean in a balloon first. There Is one drawback. If every body cleans up his premises the fl; swatting will not be half so good. Ir deed, there might be no files at all. A New York physical culture exper declares that nervousness will soon b a thing of the post. Still, each leagu city can not be sure of winning th pennant. Despite the fact that baseball Is th natlonnl gnmo a fat man can ge more benefit from 15 minutes of hoj skip and Jump than from a whole ufi ernoon on the grand stand. If living In a flat la degeneratln enough to prompt people to dra^ cubist pictures, what Is riding 1 street cars? Mind man of Ixmdoh trims hedfl better than seeing companions. Tb feat nppeals strongly to self-shavei of normal vision. Tho office boy will often bo mlssln for the next few months. His list < excuses are prepared and there Is n apparent valid reason for not accep inc them. r\ I SAVED THEJJMITED Ralph Walters Also Won Girl He Loved, and Outwitted a Miser. BY GEORGE ELMER COBB. A little incident like the crossing jf two pins on a railroad track was the starting point in a new destiny for Ralph Walters. It was at a little station where he had been waiting for : a train for Warburton. The through train did not Btop. He could hear it coining now. The local was not due for an hour. All alone on the bench outside the depot, he caught sight of the "through" coining around the curve. Then, chancing to glance the | other way, he Bprang to his feet with a cry of horror. A little urchin not over six years old had been placing two pins crosswise on the outer rail, to make "bcIbi Bors." A sight of the coming train startled the youngster. In his trepidation he slipped over the rail and rolled directly into the middle of the road bed. He was too far away for Ralph to reach him In time, and the latter 3nw at a glance that the onrushlng train would be upon the lad before he could get clear of the tracks. The young man knew that on the turn of a mo| ment hung a precious human life. His leisure waiting had given him, from observation, a practical idea of ' the switches. There was one thing to do, and that quickly. Ralph acted. He Bprang at a switch and pulled it over to outer clear. The fast Limited with a Jerk and a toot swung over to a Biding, the little boy rolled from his bed of danger, and, half, frightened to death, ran from the spot, screaming out his terror. There were explanations due the switched train, Ralph well knew. Refore he could make them, however, : something happened that neither he nor the crew of the Limited had expected. Around the east curve came a locomotive with full head of steam i on; It Hashed on Its way, and Ralph | realized that soraewhero there were crossed orders. The conductor of the Limited came rushing up to Ralph, hlB face white and excited. In a word he gathered an explanation of the motive of Ralph In switching the train. Then he dashed Into the station, to tind the operator away for dinner. He rushed to the telephone Instrument, j Realized That Somewhere There Were 1 , Crossed Orders. was busy there for two minutes, and came out swiftly. t t "Tho biggest thing you will ever ? do," he said in a strained tone, "is what you've dono in switching our train." t | "It waB an Impulse. The sight of i tho child?" began Ralph, almost apolr . ogetically. "If you hadn't," went on tho conductor, "you cuu guess what might have 1 happened. We had no notice of tho r special that Just dashed by. Tho ib3 sent operator here was expected to signal us. Say, you've saved tho Limi lted!" ' j The switched train stood stalled y where it had halted. It seemed that i- the minute the engineer struck the J siding bo put on tho brakes so quickly that a connection was brok t ' en. The train hands were trying to e i adjust this now. The passengers, e startled and curious, had come from ? the coaches. Ralph observed a group of them now surrounding tho conductor. Ho pointed at Ralph, nnd from e the actions of tho group tho latter knew that they were discussing him. ' j Ileing a modest young man, he | walked down the track to find tho j "scissors" beside it where the wheels of the great steam giant bad welded K the two pins. Ralph could not very " well evade a group which met him. n They congratulated him on his action In saving the train. One among them, a bright-eyed miss, plainly indicated in her grateful glance that she consldie ered him something of a hero. When "? the train was ready to start up, by chance, it seemed, she found a seat beside him. * "That must be a cherished souvenlr," she remarked, as she noticed ? the baby scissors in Ralph's hand. "You may have it, if you like," he said. ( "Oh, I shall value It so greatly! What a story I shall have to tell my friends concerning it!" They became quite friendly during the trip. She told Ralph she was on V her way to the home of a relative i who had adopted her, Mr. Morris Delmar, and she was Lucy Delmar. In sheer astonishment Ralph learned this, for Morris Delmar was his employer. At the terminus he was separated from the young lady, j but not until she had shyly asked him to call Borne evening, that her friend* might thank the man who had saved the Limited. Now, all this was a prelude to a closer acquaintance, and inside of a month of an engagement, and that in its turn, led to a stormy interview ^ with purse-proud Morris Delmar, in you which he angrily Informed Ralph that for he was presuming beyond his station, Ja" might draw what was coming to him. j and was forbidden ever calling at the ' 1 house again. i for Ralph had one staunch friend in Wb the city, hiB dead uncle's lawyer. He j pan always went to him when in trouble. tra He went to him now. , res "Glad you came, right in the nick brl' of time," declared Walter Moore. "I was just thinking of Bending for you. ; to see if you didn't want to go into business for yourself." 'nK "That's a fine question to ask!" retorted Ralph bitterly. "What capital d?11 have I got?" Bes "Oh, I was thinking of finding the capital for you," explained Moore, i J?y "It won't take much. A sure, brisk 8ee business from the start will provide | the for the rest. I propose to lease the i store directly across the street from " Delmar. and put up a sign reading, the 'Jonathan Walters.'" ' bro "But that is the name that Mr. Del- but mar operates under now!" exclaimed tha Ralph. the "Precisely?until next Saturday |, night. After that?no." nil "Explain that!" gasped the bewildered Ralph. wh> "You remember when your uncle nnc failed, two years ago?" Rra "Indeed I do," assented Ralph, the gravely. "I had just come here, ex- j phi peeling to find a good position in his pic employ." the "Well, to satisfy his creditors, he Cer sold out to this shrewd speculator, jan Delmar. at a sacrifice. The latter anc was keen enough to value the good will the of Jonathan Walters, built up through ato thirty years' business. That name j an> was a magnet, so he made your uncle j Bei sign a contract, agreeing, for himself mu and his heirs and assigns, not to re- cui enter business under two years. The anc two years are up next Saturday." tes "Well?" vol "And then, as his heir, you are the for owner of the trade name, 'Jonathan dill Walters.' " "See here, Moore," demurred Ralph, ^ "you are pushing me into a hold-up game " ! net "Not at all," laughed the young attorney?"diamond cut diamond, that's Jn all. I intend that you shall win that mue gin you love anu uuiwii liub gruff bear of a miter. Leave it to (j(,j me" ph: The following Monday morning, Morris Delmar, in mingled rage and ,rb amazement, stormed into the new { store having above its door a great Bcj gilt sign bearing the name of "Jona- for than Walters." He demanded to know what it meant. [ Moore told him. Mr. Delmar : 1( p chewed the bitter cud of chagrin for wa a short time. Money counted against W(> pride. I ex( "Jonathan Walters is certainly a ( good trade name," gently Insinuated ^ the lawyer. | ^ "Yes," acknowledged the moneymaker, grudgingly. "I guess I'll have to keep it in the family. Tell young Walters it's a partnership?and a ~ wedding." b(M (Copyright. 1913, by W. O. Chapman.) I ba When Carpenter Swore. ' Fred W. Carpenter, who is now in nni the diplomatic service, and who was J?! at one time secretary to President 11 1 Taft, is one of the mildest mannered men in the world. Wade Ellis of Ohio tells of the only tl*ie he ever heard Carpenter break forth into violent ow talk. ky In Mr. Taft's first campangn for the I ta* presidency it had been arranged that wo ho and Senator Foraker. with whom he wa had been at variance on several ques- rnE tlons, should have a friendly meeting. 'n Immediately after the arrangement so- an vero charges were published In a news Bel paper againRt Foraker. I took the pa- l,e| per to Carpenter and showed him the ?e' article. He was all broken up, and I never ro1 saw a man so worried and indignant. pd After ho had read the story twice, he Ba' said tensely: ; "Oh, dear!" That was the only time I ever heard en that fellow swear.?Popular Magazine, th< , SO] Hair Not Right for Learning. fpt The Devon education committee has I'*1 received an inquiry from the board of to education concerning a girl who is said BO to have been refused admission to school because her hair was not 6: dressed in pig-tail fnshion. The com- l?l mittee has decided to leave tho mat- W( ter with tho local managers. J of Tho incident happened, it is stated, th at a little school near Hishopstelgn- ; 1 ton, South. Devon. The medical officer bu of tho county recently visited the co school and came to the conclusion that ne it would bo advantageous to the children's health to have their hair In pigtails. Of All the girls came to the school with Ju their hair plaited except one girl be- tb tween ten and twelve years of age, who insisted on wearing her hair hanging down her back. She was sent homo. Day after day she presented BO herself at the school with the same dr ' result. Meantime she is receiving no to! ' education.?London Mail. 111 telMnONAL MfSOIOOI Lesson E. O. SKMiKHS, Director of Even liuc Depnrtment. The Moody Bible In stltute of Chicago.) LESSON FOR JUNE 1. >SEPH TESTS HIS BRETHREN. ESSON TEXT?Gen. 44:4-17. OLDEN TEXT?"Confess therefor r sins one to another, and pray on another, that ye may be healed.1 ies 5:16, R. V. -ast week we beheld Joseph gazin, the first time upon his brothers ille we witnessed his joy, at th tie time we noted another stron; it of character, viz., that of sell traint. In that lesson we studie efly the fear and the suspicion o guilty brothers and at the clos left them with feigned merrimen r their hearts were at unrest) seel to put on a bold front, if perchanc ir fears were groundless. It wa ibtless Joseph's plan to retain pof sion of his brother Benjamin am the others go (v. 2). In his presen and love for his brother Josepl ms to have forgotten for a momen aged father. Gladness Shattered. As soon as the morning was light, very earliest possible moment, th thers departed, and who can sa; that it was with a Bense of relie t they were once more well out o city and on the toad homeward? . The Plotting, vv. 4-13. Howevei of their gladness and exultatioi 3 shattered Bwiftly and suddenl; en Joseph's steward overtook thru I charged them not only with it titude, but worse still of purlolnin, cup of Joseph, who was "even a iraoh" (v. 18). It is easy for us t ture the consternation that filler m when after their protested iunc ice the cup was discovered in Iler lin's sack, and with what sham 1 fear they must have retrace ir Bteps. We cannot read into thi ry any idea that the brothers ha< r knowledge of the cup being ii njamin's sack, and therefore the st have considered him, upon cii nstantial evidence, as being guilt) 1 having made such a strong pre tat ion (v. 9) that they were ir ved in his guilt. They were, then e. in a place of great danger an Ilculty. Involved In Web. tgain, as last week, we do no nk at Joseph's deception and w ?d to remember that divinatio r. 5, 14) was later strictly forbidde the law, Deut. 18:t0-12. It is prol e, however, that Joseph did nc ictice that art. The profuse sel ense of these brothers (v. 8) in en isizing their honesty may, in th lit of their history, he questione< e return of the money was more t >id trouble than because of cor entious scruples. A proper regar the events of their former visl ?ht to have cautioned them agairn lue protestations or any though s promises in this instance. As s, they involved themselves in b from which they were unable t ricate themselves. If course the steward knew of the! locence, but notice how he prolong ir anxiety by beginning with th lest and going through each sac he reaches that of Benjamin ( I. Now it was their turn to ren ir clothes (v. 13); deception ha ?n practiced upon them even as the il practiced it upon Jacob. II. Pleading, vv. 14-17, and the bo ce or inp cnapier. vv netner or nc jeph foresaw the result of his plai emarkable thing happened. Thoug all probability these men judge njamln guilty yet they at once d led to stand by him, both for h n and for Jacob's sake. They then revealed the fact that a change ha ten place or else was beginning i irk itself out in their lives. Josep s waiting for them as though in th tin ho had all the details worked o\ his own mind. Yesterday feastln d making merry, today with abjee rvile fear they are on their face fore Joseph protesting their inn ace and through the mouth of Juda uuling for lfenjamin. We need 1 m>mhor thnt if wnu Tiirlfili whn an tho life of Joseph by advising h le into slavery, and it was Judu 10 undertook to be responsible f< njamin when they began this pre t journey. This is not the last tin ay were on their faces before J ph even so the day of co ssion before our Joseph Is comin ill, 2:10, 11. They are called upc give an account of their deeds, eve must we give an account of o? wardship and of our acts, 2 Co 10. Judah's plea is a fine bit < <ie and an appeal to compassion. 11 >rds indicate tLut he knew that a the difficulties were the outcome i eir own sin, vv. 1G, 29 and 12:21, 2 Rod always finds out our iniqultic t blessed is that man whose sin vered by the "robe of his righteou ss." This new attitude of thei sn as voiced by Judah is a remar lo illustration of what the grace >d can do in the charncter of a ma dah's sin, chapter 38, is a typo at dnnger ever present to God lildren. Ono ought to study this entire cha r in order properly to teach this ic n. Tho story is one that Is full amatic power, but do not let tl lling of ft be so vivid as to exclu< e fundamental lesson. /\ a r?rs\ /rA ' Representatives' Hall Sue g UT ASHINGTON.?The new seating ' W arrangement in the representa0 Lives' hall suggests a Roman circus. g and the sittings of the house may sometime furnish a Roman holiday. 9 The 435 members sit on benches ar'' ranged In semi-circle, and rising in 0 steps to give all a clear view of the 1 arena In front of the speaker's desk, c" where the leaders in debate take their 0 places, and conduct thb legislative 9 contests. This new arrangement may conduce to more orderly consideration ^ of legislation, and it may not. It will, 1 however, centralize the proceedings. ^ and if they become dramatic, with 1 physical contests, it will be easy to confine the actors to the ring, and give all the members a better view than under the old arrangement. 9 Time has been when statesmen on y the hill used the old argument of '' physical force and pugilistic skill, and in most of these instances the dramatic features were marred by the *. lack of proper rules to keep the conn testants in the ring. They had a weaky ness for fighting anywhere in the hall, n and with anything that was within i- reach, and there have been a number r> ui ouv 11 vumrnva 111v.11 nui c n nucnoru a by few of the members because there I o d !*. Cannon's Poker Table Is o (j T HB last material tie that bound Joa 1 seph O. Cannon to the capital was J severed the other day when the fur^ niture and furnishings of the house y at 1014 Vernon avenue, where he r_ lived for many years, were sold under t the auctioneer's hammer. A few memy. bers of confess and a dozen promlnent society women were present, but j. most of those who made purchases jj at the dismantling of the house where history was made were dealers. There was a number of relic and souvenir hunters present. They got busy, especially when the contents of 0 Mr. Cannon's own room and the lin brary wert> sold. The library has n seen many a hard-fought battle at > draw poker, at which game the "Sage * of Danville" is reputed to be a genlus. In this room a sturdy oak table, around which Mr. Cannon and ? j his friends met at games that were not political was the object of lively ? bidding. It was knocked down to Dr. C. M. Beach of Morrow, O., for $1G. ^ The bronze electric lamp in this room " that was wont to shine alike upon the full house and the bobtail flush ** brought only $1.25. A grand piano, with keys yellow and a o ir Frenchmen Are Leaders ii )l r-SS^ -flMTTt jj nr HE remarkable advance nufde in i the science of aviation since OrP* vllle Wright made the first public 9 Might* in a heavier-than-alr machine at Fort Myer. Va , In 1908, is the subject of a statement compiled by the ? war department and just made public. 11 Although the honor of inventing and utilizing the aeroplane belongs to the 1 I United States, it is disclosed that vlrif? tually all the advances made in the t' i utilization of the air machines have been accomplished by foreign airmen, j principally Frenchmen. I In 1909, the records show, the great? est height attained by a heavier-thanair machine was 1,450 feet. The mark 19 . now stands at more than 20.000 feet. ih ; >r ,e Two Toms Are Confusec on. I'HOMAS R. MARSHALL, the prog 1 prietor of the Losekam cafe, is a >n native of Washington. ,n Thomas It Marshall, the vice presijr dent of the United States, is a native ir- of Indiana and a Washingtoninn only of by recent adoption. i3 These facts have not yet been sufLj] flclently clarified in the brain of the 0f employes of the Washington postoffice , who handle the mail of both men. The ,g same thing is true of the men who has charge of the local office of a certain l8. express company. 90 The result of this is that the vicejj. president has been supplied with 0f ' enough rye whisky to last him a year n i had he an appetite for it worthy of of one whose birth among the blue grossly ; es entitled him to the designation of I colonel. Also the wife of the I^osekam p. I proprietor has sent back to the manu,8. ! facturer a dress which which was deof | livered to her matked "Value, $150." The trouble started with the mall. "Tom" Marshall, the cafe proprietor, began to receivo mail addressed to pn igests a Roman Circus H van no ring and no rules and no pro;ram. There have been lights on the loot with fists, with finger nails, with :anes and pokers, with books, pens ind Inkwells, and they have so far ^B gnored the rules as to engage in hair- ^B . lllno nncntnMnn O r* A Kit i T1 CT Dili ^^^B JUlllUK, Dtittituiuft auu tvlth no Inkwells or pens or books or ?okers lying around, there will be less IV ibuse of the rules governing fair fight- B ,ng. The speaker can better referee B Lhe contests, too, as they will be down B in front of his dqpk. where he can see I every move made in the ring. I In 1856 Representative Galusha I [Jrow of Pennsylvania and Representa Live Keith of South Carolina had a bitter controversy, in which the latter called Grow a "Republican puppy," and Grow retorted with "negro driver." There was a free fight on the door, and among those wbo became Involved were Elihu B. Washburn of Illinois; his brother, Cadwallader ? Washburn, and Representative Potter of Wisconsin; Representative Barksdale of Mlssi8sissippl and several others. In this Instance passion gave way to ridicule when Cadwallader Washburn seized Barksdale by the hair and lifted the whole poll from a perfectly bald head. Waving the wig in the air as a wild Indian might wave a scalp, Washburn danced about the floor until the whole house was convulsed with laughter and the light was forgotten. Potter was afterward challenged to mortal combat by one of the. southern men, and he named Boston Common as the place for the duel with clapboards for weapons. The sense of the ridiculous again spoiled the seriousness of the quarrel. AnntinnpH fnr $1R00 w-wvawsawM Wl W WW discolored from age, was sold for I $G5 to a dealer who said he bought j it for speculation. Two leaded glass I panels that had formerly graced the I transom over the front door of the | house were sold for 50 cents apiece. - ^ 1 Mrs. Robert McCormick. wife of the former ambassador to France, paid ] $35 for a small painting, evidently i aged, which, according to a notation on the buck, had been bought at Christie's, in Ixmdon, in the early 80s. IHH Mrs. Ponierene, wife of the senator from Ohio, and Miss Flora Wilson, daughter of the former secretary of agriculture, were among the bidders. as were Congressman and Mrs. Nolan of California, Congressman Langley of Kentucky and former Fish Commlssloner Mrs. M. n Navigation of the Air ^ while the heicht nf onm othlnw nvav 1 10,000 has been attained by a dirigible balloon. The aeroplanes, however, have demonstrated that they can rise higher and much more rapidly than the balloon type of air craft, and for that reason their efficiency In a military sense Is regarded as much greater. In both speed and duration of Might the strides since 1909 have been remarkable. In that year the speed record was 48 miles an hour, while the length of time that a machin# kept in the air was 4 hours and IT fninutes. The present record for speed now is 108.9 miles per hour made by Verdines of Prance, while another Frenchman, Fourncy, raised the record for duration Might to 13 hours and 17 minutes. Iiusson, still another Frenchman, also recently established a record for speed with passengers. With Mve persons with him in his machine he made 54 miles an hour in sustained Might. i Tho war department records show that six jK'rsons have been carried to j a height of 2,053 feet. I i by Mail and Express i "Hon." Thomas K. Marshall," and postmarked Indiana. He suBpected that some friend was trying to play a joke on him, but investigation established >hat the postman was the humorist, and that bis jokes were perpetrated involuntarily. He had only to open a letter before the mail trouble was straightened out. The vice-president's troubles did not end there, however. The vice-president, It Is understood, is not a drinking man. Hut secretly he received a barrel of a popular brand of rye whlrky. The vice-presl\lent is not through explaining the affair yet.