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TOO MUCH FAITH IN SWOROS miion Why Many ?f Those CarrieO v Through tha Civil War Wara 9 * Brought Ha ma WaHfaM. \ A great many swords were brought home from the Civil war welded in the middle because tha young officers who owned them had bragged about their elasticity and had broken them in trying to demonstrate it. The,tragedy happened in this way: The young officer, in setting out for the war, had been given a fine i trwon^ by his admiring friends at home. He waa told, and made to believe, that his sword waa of tried Damascus or Toledo steel, and that, it would bend double without break- ( ing. In camp somewhere, the young captains and lieutenants would fall to vaunting their trusty blades and, on a bet, one of them would stick tb? point of his sword into a tree and begin to bend the hilt around to meet the point. And just as the hilt came around the blade snapped in two in the middle. (Very few of these presentation swords were as Damascus or as Toledo as they were supposed to be.) After that the two parts of the sword had to be welded, and the weapon shows the welding to this day. PICKED UP WRONG OBJECT ?____ ^ Force of Habit Cauaad Hurry to? Commuter to Mako Soma what Ember* raaoiftfl Mietaka. For years this commuter had come down in the morning, laid his watch beside his plate, drank off the cup of eotfee which an attendant wife or daughter placed ready to his hand, picked pp his watch again and bolted for the 8:11. This morning he had set his watch down and stretched out hia hand for (he cup which hia daughter placed l>eside him, when there was a crash of splintering glass and a little exclamation of dismaj from his wife, who had gone into the next room. He rose instantly, picked up something from the table, stuffed it into his pocket and went to his wife's assistance. The accident was of no moment, and he returned to the breakfast table, demanding, with .some irritation of a now somewhat hysterical little schoolgirl that she ? give him his coffee without delay, when a warm trickling down the side of his leg advised him of the lengths to which habit will lead one. He had pocketed the coffee. BRIDGE THAT PUZZLES DOM. Dogs, said Mr. A. M. Nortier, the other evening, in a lecture about the Tower bridge, occasionally get separated from their ownom when passing over the bridge. Lnpvitably (lie dog makes a holt for it as the bascules .'.re being raised, until he loans bis footing <m the bascule and rolls hack. On one occasion a fox terrier got to the edge of the bascule and sal there shivering until it wss lowered sufficiently to walk down again. Pigeons rear their young at the very point of the haacules, the nests being so built that the eggs do not tumble out when (lie bascule* am moving through an angle of 81 degrees. The old bird* sit on the bascules and rotate with the movement* of the bridge.?Ixmdon Mail. SLIGHTLY AMtlGUOUt. She?So sorry to hear of your motor accident. Motorist?Oh, thanks, it's nothing. P.xpect to live through many more. She?Oh, but I hope not.?Boston Transcript. CUBIST ART. "la the cubist fad doing yon any good?" "Well, I don't have to hire a model any more. The clothea horae aahwera very well." OF COURSE. Church?Do you believe in print* labor? ilotham?Sure; how else oould they build 'em? WISE. "He it a self-made man." "But he never brags about it as most self-made men do?" "No, he ia trying to live it down." WIRELESS TELERHONS. Sucuaas/ui wire! eat telephoning baa been uarriad on in (ivn; ami Aaafcran eve* a datnnan si Ml jmIsl I ' rr mm^?rnmmm???Mmmmmmm PLOWSHARE BEATS BAYONET Waata Spanish Soil Put to Excellent Use by the American Syetem of Dry Farming. Sixteen years ago we were slaughtering the blasted Spaniards. We, were firing red-hot shot through! their homes in Manila. We were blowing their head a off at Santiago. We were putting cold steel through their hearts at San .T nan. Wherever we could we made their blood run and Liked it. The war taste was in^' our mouth and we raged as legiti-' | mate butchers of men. Whatever tbe justification, the picture was awful after nearly 2.000 yean of Christ's I teachings. I TrtfllV WP liavu a nuKlnrrpatn -v " - v Madrid saving thai under instruc-' tions of our agricultural department vast tracts of semi-arid land in Spain are proving productive through! American dry-farming method*. Today we are shooting fiotahies, corn and carrots into the poor homes of Spain. We are blowing hojte into the heads of the hungry of Spain; We are (toeing the ftoor of Spain eat as they previously did not. It is a picture to illustrate the teachings of Christ after nearly 2,0tX) years. (ireat is our war department, which can kill two foes where one waa killed before. Ureater is our agricultural department, which can till two stomachs where one was filled before.?Cleveland Press. TOUGH ON THE PUP . V" y ^ i The Pup?Wow, ihe "Heart of the Wilderness*' bonks far boys ha* made ihings strenuous for us! AMERICAN NAVAL TRIUMPH. One hundred years ago the I'nited States aloop-of-war Peacock, in command of Captain Warrington. captured t.lte British slnnp-of-war Fpervier. after a sharp action, off the coast of Florida. The British lost V killed and M wounded in tlae engagement. The Americana suffered but little, only two men being ini ill red and these hut diohtlv Tl.o . ? ? -.-r,... v. . allot of the enemy ha<] passed through the rigging of the Peacock, while the British sloop had been hulled nearly fifty times. The Kpervier proved to !* a valuable prize. In her hold specie to the amount of $118,000 was found. In addition, when the vessel was sold to the United States government, slie brought $.15,000. So thai each of the Ififi j men comprising the crew of the Peaoock received enough prize money to keep him in good humor for many months to come. HONORED CUSTOM. "You admire the custom of saving graoe at table?" "Yea. In addition u> its helpful religious sentiment it has tiie advantage of being about the only formal | dinner speech you can make without danger of starting an argument." Y WAY OF DEMONSTRATION. I _____ "So you are goinp: to adopt the fashion of wearing colored wigs?" "No," replied Mm. I.eedwell. "I I shall give a party at which they are worn, merely for the sake of demonstrating that they are too absurd to heroine fashionable." IMPORTANT DISTINCTION. "Mr. Kliggins talks a great deal about his family pride." "Yes," replied .Miss Cayenne: "only he it content to feel proud of Ilia family without considering whether hia family lias reason to be proud of hiin." WARLIKE ACTIVITY. "How does the battle go?" asked the Mexican general. "Fiercely," replied the press agent. uWe have just had three devastating paragraphs, and we're now advancing several oalaiaaa vf tierce 4*?? ? i ' HAD MORE THAN THEIR SHARE | Class of Englishmen Who Rivaled in the Number of Their Wives "Blusbearos" of History. X. It was formerly no uncommon thing, when journeying through the Essex marshes, to meet with fathers of families to whom the epithet "Bluebeard" might, without any im? propriety, be applied* retnarks London Tit-Bits. To bare married half a dozen wives was no unusual experience with these raeb, many of whom, indeed, had gone through the marriage ceremony with thrice that number. Even that total had on occasion been exceeded, as in the case of a native of Caudv island, who had espoused twenty-five different women, while his son. who was but thirty-five, had already been wedded fourteen times. Yet for the moat part these excessively connubial men were very respectable fellows, whose sole mistake was in choosiug wivea from the neighboring uplands instead of wooing those who had become acclimatized from having been born and bred among the marshes. Consequently the uewlv wedded brides, who had been accustomed to fresh and bracing air. on taking un their abode among the fogs and mists of the unhealthy Hats, soon succumbed to ague or fever, which generally carried them off within the year, leaving their husbands to console themselves with fresh partners, who in their turn rapidly gave place to successors. DEAD DOG .Josh?What's become of our doer? o I haven't seen him for a long time. Bosh?You notice what a cold i've got? Josh?Yea, but whaX'a that? Bosh?Well, a lot of people told me things to do fur my cold, and l was wise enough to try 'em ou him lirst. ALREADY INFORMED. Two ladies made a formal call on a distant acquaintance. The maid asked theiu to wait until she ascertained whether the person inquired for was in. Presently she tripped downstairs and announced that "the lady was not at home." One of the ladies, finding that she had forgotten her cards, said to her friend: "l.et me write mv name on your card ?" ''Oh, it isn't necessary, miss," put in the maid cheerfully. "I told her who it was!"?New York Globe. NOT UP TO DATE. Miss Fanny?Do you like apollinaris, Mr. Swarnley? Mr. Swandey?1 must confess Fanny, 1 never read huu. OBVIOUSLY. Gehang?What is the plural of brandy and soda? Brandies and soda or brandy and sodas? Uperdek?Neither. Plain drunk. A SURE PROOF. "Do you really Ijelieve the world is getting better?" Certainly 1 do. liaveu't they stopped killing umpires?" LIKE BENEFIT. "Why do stars and singers inaka so many farewell toure-;"' "Because they fare well on them, stupid." THE PROOF. "Do they adulterate ewn the dry goods "Certainly. Dou't th?v sell watered silk?" MIXED TERMS. "if I engage you aa a salesman, 1 want you to understand that this machine must be pushed." "Dm* ?kt|wi wvMtsft* ah*rar/* ' HOBBIES OF CROWNED HEADS | Mania for Making Collection* of Various Object* Seem* to Have Been the Chief of Them. The award to the king of Italv of a prize from the French Academic j des Inscriptions et Belles Lett res in connection with his numismatic work suggests some other hobbies . of. crowned heads. King 'George is an ardent stamp collector, and his sister,' the queen of Norway, is said to derive much amusement from her collection of press clippings giving inaccurate ae! counts of her own doings. King F.dward had a most curious ! hobby, the collection of the avoirdupois of his friends, all of whom had to undergo the ordeal of the Sandringham scales, the host himself keeping the records. * Queen Victoria's hobhv in collections was a rather melancholy one, taking the form of sepulchral memorials of her friends and relations. The kaiser, of course, has innumerable hobbies in art, music and letters, and ifi addition he has the , finest collection of imifnpmu in tl>.? world. Louis X V1 'a tastes ran in the direction of docks, and iloorgo ^ IV made one of the finest collec-! ^ tions of snulT boxes ever assembled, in addition to ."><)<> whips and 500 * poeketbonks, which were found at his * death. 4 LONDONERS HAVE LONG LIFE 1 Recent Figures Show That British Capital Is a Healthy Place In Which to Live. < The assertion of its admirers that i London. Knglund. is I lie healthiest < city in the whole world is evidently not without some justification. Once it used to he said and he-? lieved that the true Londoner, the I "Cockney.*' died out in three generations. This may have been true 4 once, but it is not the case now. In- * deed, a report of the London county < council proves that Londoners are < living longer, while statistics of old < folks indicate that the capital is ri- < valine Brighton in the longevity of many of its inhabitants. , Last year, for example, there were deaths'of Londoners who lutd I!.. 1 f - ? ' 11vi*(i Mir over seveniy-nve years. \ mean future life lalile has'ed <fu modern statistirs shows that the lamdonor who is seventy-live is due to live for another five or six years and that those who have reaehed eightyfive ean rely on an average of another three years of life. The man of thirtv-five has an average future of twenty-six years, hut the woman of the same age will live for another twentv-niue years; for in all the age groups the women hold to existenee with a greater tenacity. Hut the notable point is that Londoners do not in these davs automatically die otT at the third generation. i j ' Particular Mechanics are always pleased when they ' goon a job to find that the Linn her to be used came from our ( Lumber Yard. It makes work easier if good , material is used, and the work is better, too. Let us figure with t you on your next bill. Fort Mill Lumber Company, RIIPKI PN'<v IS THE ONLY I GENUINE mm salve 4 York i County Fair October 14, In, 1(>. 4. i k a?i I 'ft at < k l* I i ik K i ill- I U|IUI I'.V. 1 I I?, I I I Daily. New Fair (?rounds. II o 1* se Races. Hii?er Pre-if in in nis. (iet live- ) stock and Farm J 4 exhibits ready. 4 \ ' ?????? ' ? We are distributers of Blanke's Pure and Delicious India sea.' With each package we give ^ one Measuring Spoon, which makes two glasses. Fresh vegetables em Kniulinf - ? - ? v V v* * 1 M V* A * V4 nit all times. jones, the grocer. Phones 14 and S. :s . + > <> > v V ^ ?1? v <' o- V C > ? mi! ? i'^icgi4aikiatsa?s^Ai:n.fc: -:-: > Overtone j New Supply Just Received. I > Get it While Its Fresh. > Parks Drug C r pany, * ? - <, > The Dike St. . e. - o . + . ? v <f * * ?> </ .? ?> ..i > - i> r> ! A Bank Book Will Lighten I i m ... B 11 I ipV j"BA N ?\ I i'<?sit ynm| /' 1^ \ Savings Bank of Fort Mill, W. B. M EACH AM. President W. P. MEACHAM, Jr.. Cashier | HHrlla MHHMB ?? ianSuHEBMsfn* vMUMMaa TSSSSMSmmhbJ ak * f "Cleanliness is Next? to Godliness." f ? t There is a great clean-up movement paf ingover the en f tire Country. Civic Leagues, Women's Clubs, and other or f ganizations are pleading for a ( :u i'p ai i Paint-Up Cam- * paign. Andther fight is being made for the extermination T ^ of flies and other perm-carrying insects. I Join in the Clean-Up Campaign ; You can aid in buiuling a city-beautiful by first making * ' your home beautiful. We can ail you by supplying the t Housecleaning Paints. Disinfectants, (ieinticides. Etc. Also ^ Paints, Wall Finishes, Furniture Polish. Etc. Healtli protection is another important factor in favor of * ^ a clean up movement. . . Massey's Drug Store. "Get It at Masscy's?There's a Reason." ' > s/? H. Dl D MV TICU roO- OOO I^IVI yyjjj cure Rheumatism, NeuThi. is a prescription prepared especially ralftia, I Icuduclies, Cramps, Colic or MALARIA or chills A ER Sprains, Bruises, Cuts, Burns, Old five or stx dote* "will Drear ony caic, ana * Jv. ' T ? tni.cn then an a tonic the Fever will not oorcs, 1 titter, Ktn?-Worm, licIt rrts 0/1 the liver better th e. y.ema, etc. Antiseptic Altdyae, L^iauti -cd Joe. aot ^jr^pcToraicLeu ustrd internally or uxternaUy. 25c I I 4