Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, February 25, 1915, Image 4
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KNOW LITTLE ABOUT CLOUDS
Scientist* Admit They Can Only Quaes
as to the Manner of Their
Formation.
Many scientists have told us how
clouds are made. Most of the text
dooks on pnysical geography tell all
about them, but it is all guesswork.
Clouds are a mystery. It is true
they are composed of moisture floating
in the air, but how did the moisture
get there?
It is held that particles of moisture
are evaporated from the earth's
surface by the heat of the sun. This
moisture does not form into clouds
immediately. Indeed, the passage
of the moisture from the earth to the
upper air is quite invisible. It was
formerly supposed that this moisture
was condensed by the cold of the
upper air into rain droplets, which j
fnrni&A +V10 nlnmlo
But scientists hold that the tiny
particles must have something to
condense upon. They used to tell
us that the moisture collected upon
dust particles to form into raindrops.
Now they are practically agreed that
it is something else, but they don't
know what.
Anyway, when these drops gel ;
large enough they accumulate into
vapor, forming clouds. When the ;
droplets get too large and heavy to
float in the air they fall to the earth
in the form of rain, and this is about
all we actually know about clouds.?
The War Cry.
MAKES FOR MINERS' SAFETY
New Detector of Fire Damp Said to
Have Been Tried Out With
Success in London.
A now fire-damp indicator was
recently demonstrated in Ixmdon.
which will give increased protecfion
to the workers in coal mines. It is
based on the well-known principle
of catalytic combustion resulting
from placing platinum black in certain
explosive gases.
The device is in the shape of a
torch with two differential thermoelectric
couples connected in series
with a sensitive galvanometer. Each
thermo-couple is embedded in a bead
of porous material, one of which
beads is impregnated with platinum
black so that in the presence of firedamp
it will become heated above the
other and generate a thermo-electric
current which will deflect the galvanometer.
In order to make the platinum
black as sensitive as possible, each
bead is heated by a resistance coil
to the required temperature. As
both of the beads are heated alike,
there is no deflection of the galvanometer
under normal conditions.
FIGHTING FOR AN IDEA.
There is a great deal more camaraderie
between soldiers and officers
in Russia than anywhere else. "As a
rule," writes Mr. Stevens, "the relations
between officers and their subordinates
are quite paternal, and an
officer when addressing a soldier calls
him 'Little brother,' 'Friend,' 'Little
pigeon,' and the soldier in tarn calls
his commanding officer 'Little father*
or 'Brother.' The Russian soldier
will fight with incredible devotion
for an idea, particularly if it be
religious.?Manehester (1 uardinn.
ADDING INSULT TO INJURY.
"Madam," exclaimed Dudcleigh,
as a lady seated herself in a chair in
which his new silk lid rested, "because
of youah blundah, 1 am?aw?
out ten dollars, doncher know."
"Serves you right," rejoined the
female of the species, as she stood
up and surveyed the wreck, "for
blowing in ten dollars for a hat to
cover at ten-cent head."
NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.
"Is your business an art or a
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nam' r nrtKca rne inquisitive caller.
"Both," answered the jokosmith. ,
"Writing jokes is an art, but ex- i
changing them for real money is a
trade that is anything but easy."
CERTAINLY CERTAIN.
Mr. Askitt?I suppose Miss Overton
is what you would call a woman
of uncertain years, isn't she?
Miss Knoitt?No, indeed. She has
been the same age for at least ten
years.
QUICK, OFFICE?THE WAGON.
Snicklcfritz ? Say, I've got a
n over-failing scheme for making
money fast
Diii&iebatx?Put me next.
S7uckiefritx?Glue it to the floor.
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INDEX OF. THE CHARACTER
One 8houtd Always Be Able to Judge
Boy's Mind by the Contents
of His Pooksts.
The contents of a boy's pockets are
a pretty good indication of the boy's
character, and any mother who
studies them carefully will find lWl
for thought in plenty.
The boy who loves Nature will fill
his pockets with pebbles, shells, bark
of trees, bugs, worms?in short, with
anything that he desires to study.
One boy of my acquaintance went to
school with a couple of snakes in his
pocket, but to his great sorrow the
reptiles were taken from him.
The boy with a mechanical turn of
mind will be pretty apt to treasure !
in his pockets a good, sharp knife, a
six-inch rule, a peneil and some bits
of wood, wire and twine. He will
also be apt to have half a dozen
queer contrivances, the result of his
inventive genius.
The idle, thoughtless boy will put
anything and everything into his
pockets, without regard for "rhyme
or reason." Articles wholly worthless
will predominate.
The teachers in our great public
si-iiuum itrtiiize cicany mat to Know a
hoy one must first know his pockets.
They have made some astounding
discoveries, some pathetic ones, and
some that were tragic indeed.
Maternal love ought to make a
mother wiser than a teacher. From
even a hoy's pocket she should he
ahle to gather inspiration for his betterment.?Exchange.
NOT WORRIED
Dobbins?Doesn't it make you
nervous to have your son play football?
Bobbins?Oh ! no; I don't mind it
a bit. He is only my stepson, you
know.
AEROPLANE POLICE SQUAD.
The Twos Angeles police force is to
have an aeroplane squadron. Its
purpose, however, is not to ameliorate
traffic congestion in the air
lanes. The point is that recent experiments
made by a professional
aviator in tracking fugitives over
rough country in the vicinity of the
city proved so successful and superior
to the old methods that the Los
Angeles police believe the proposition
to be a very practical one. The
bold, bail villain in I/>s Angeles will
in the future not only his-s-st twice,
peering to right and left, but will
also send several Denetratine ehmecs
I ) O
toward the sky before proceeding
with his deviltry.
MI8SING EARMARKS.
"I saw a stage Englishman in n
play last night who didn't use the
adjective 'bally.' "
"Is that so?"
"Yes. And he didrft say 'My ,
word !' either."
"Strange. At least he wore a
monocle ?"
"No."
"Then how in the deuce did you
know he was a stage Englishman?"
MILITARY TACTIC8.
"My wife is going through some
army maneuvers with her last year's
hat."
"What d'ye mean, army maneuvers
?" I
"Well, she's turning the wings." '1
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A SUGGESTION.
She?I don't like my new photo- ]
graphs at all. They look years older
than I do. ! j
He?Well, the best plan is to put <
them aside until you eatch up with i
them.
PLEA8ANT EXPERIENCE.
Mollie?Did you hate a pleasant
experience at the beac^ last summer?
Chollie?Oh, yea, very. I met a
tailor I owed money and he didn't j'
recognise ma
FAIL TO ACHIEVE RESULTS
Large Industrial Concerns in China
Seldom Make Money for Men
Who Originate Them.
Though generally adroit in launching
an undertaking, the Chinese are
a people very pdor'in bringing it to
a final success. The number of native
industrial companies promoted
in China in the last dozen or more
years has been very great, but extremely
few of them live today to
show any favorable financial results.
All these modern companies in China
start with plants of the latest and
most approved type, employing foreign
experts, who are generally assisted
by Chinese newly returned
from abroad with a store of scientific
knowledge. But as a rule they seldom
reap profits from their enterprise.
It is not that the experts are
incompetent, nor tluit their outputs
are of an inferior quality. They are
overtaken bv deficits that interfere
with their work, and bv contracting
loan after loan they sink lower and
lower into the quagmire of debts
with no hope of ever getting out of
it. In their desperation the promoters
abandon their work, and in
many cases the oflicers run away.
NOT TO BE CAUGHT.
Bneheldore?Is Miss Brown
clever ?
Howard?Yes; nothing escapes
her.
Baeheldore?Heavens, man ! Don't
ever introduce me!?Judge.
READY FOR IT.
"Driver, is this taxicab equipped
with a shock absorber?"
"Yes, sir."
"Then tell me the amount of mv
bill."
PARTED.
"Mv wife lJRnrl trt he o irrnnf />Knrr?
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of Mrs. Spendcrby, but I'm afraid
they will never again be as friendly
as they used to be."
"You are pessimistic. Why not?"
"Spenderby has prospered so much
in recent years that he has bought a
limousine, while I have never been
able to buy anything more than a
runabout."
NO WONDER.
"Miss Clara has such ringing
tones."
"Naturally, when she's a great
belle."
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Use a gallon out of any you
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made, then return the paint
and get all your money back.
J. J. Bailee. Fort Mill
Luther Hdw. Co.. Columbia
W. W. Coogler & Son, Cheater
J. W. Copeland Co., Clinton
J. D Wood. Crier
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TALK IS CHEAP
and is alright in its place, but it
won't run the furnace nor hake
bread. If you have hot air in
your house or oven, it must be
produced by burning fuel.
WP H SJ rwl 10 f Ko \?ortr Kon? LI -> ?/4
.. V oxnuiw 111V ?VI J UL'Dt lltllll
and Soft Coal and our prices are
way down. Phone orders to 72.
Quick delivery.
Fort Mill Lumber Company,
A. A. BRADFORD,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER,
Estimates cheerfully furnished on all
classes of brick and wood work.
TdopkoM No. 30
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LAND
In Pleasant Valley S
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Sub-divided Into ?
This property is on the Camden and C
in good School District and near Baptist ai
ly located for Dairy, Truck and Poultry Fa
water, and faces the public road. There i
and outhouses on the place,
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Sale Monde
At lO:;
Penny Bros, and Thomas
m.1 r -* -?
aucuuneenng rorce, with the
Company, Greensboro. N. C.
Terms Very Easy.
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BAG OF GOLD AND SILV
This Property
And this will be a chance of a life time to
to be sold to the highest bidder. Don't fa;
the same time and in the same tone of voi
for selling lots and it will be well worth yo
On the above d
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A. A. YOU
Located one-half mile south of incorporate
buildings, and running water on each tracl
A |Cf., On the above dal
_offer for sale to
HOUSE
On Forest street. Fnrt Mill 1 nt ennfain.
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dence, one tenant house, outbuildings, wel
DIXIE REALTY
B. C. ALBERTSON, Representative.
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ALL FARM
Several Small Tracts. a
Charlotte Highway, six miles from Fort Mill:
id Methodist churches. The land is beautifulrms;
each tract has some timber and running
s a new seven-room house and several barns
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rER WILL BE GIVEN AWAY
Is Nicely Located
buy lots at your own price, as they are going
il to hear the Auctioneers who each speak at
ce. These Auctioneers hold the world's record
ur time to witness this sale.
late at the hour of 2:30 P. M.,
ises, we will sell at auction the
ING FARM,
; limits of Fort Mill; dwelling, well and outSuitable
for Dairy and Truck farming.
te at about 2:30 P. M., we will
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? highest bidder the A. A. Young
AND LOT
little more than one acre; has six-room resi1,
good garden and fruit trees.
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