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FIND THEM TRUE
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REPORT IS SUBMITTED ON OLD
SOLDIERS HONE.
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CONDEMNS CONDITIONS
Leglolativo Committee Declares Practicnlly
All Charges Drought
Against Management of Com fed or
ate Infirmary at Columbia Have
lleen Sustained by the Testimony.
The legislative committee appointed
to investigate the Confederate infirmary,
or home, made its report
Thursday to the general assembly.
The report reviews the testimony
taken at several sessions of the committee
and culls attention la a number
of changes it thinks should bo
made in tiie administration oL 5tfi alNlaiis.
The committee thinks there
is lack of discipline at the institu
N tion and condemns the practice of
members of the commission electing
themselves to sallaried positions,
stating that this was never the intention
of the act. The committee
making the report consisted of Senators
Hough, Epps and Crouch and
Representatives James, Nelson and
' > Greer. The report is given below:
Your committee, appointed under
a concurrent resolution to investigate
"certain reports concerning the management
of the Confederate VerorInfl.mu
cir " anil i ft roiinrf "till* I
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results of its investigation at this
session of the general assembly,
begs leave to submit the following:
f? Three afternoons were spent in examining
witnesses. A stenographer
^ , was found to bo necessary and A. M.
Deal was employed to >,ake the testimony,
which is herewith submitted,
consisting of about 225 pages of typewritten
matter, and th<3 same is made
^ t a part of this report.
Among the witnsssBi examined
rg, were Maj. H. W. Richar Ison, C'.ipt.
J. P. Cladweli and I)r. Butler. We
likewise took the testimony of a
number of the inmates of the soliers'
homo, as well as the testomony
- of others.
Among the complaints of charges
* alleged were:
(a) That there was drunkenness
and profanity allowed on the part of
a few of the inmates to the discom
* fort of others.
(b) Partiality in some respects in
the treatment of the inmates.
(c) Lack of proper discipline,
sick.
(e) Pad bread furnished, or brea.d
mntfe from musty meal, for a short
time last summer.
(f) That the home, or some of the
rooms, are allowed at times to get in
a very filthy condition.
Aside from these charges there
were others of a petty nature and
testimony was taken along the lines
The results reached by your committee
are as follows:
(a) That the charge of drunkenness
on the part of some of the inmates
and unbecoming conduct resulting
therefrom seems to be sua
tallied by testimony, it appears tnat
the pension money received by many
of the inmates goes for whiskey (see)
testimony of Maj. H. W. Richardson,1
pago 31). It also appears from his
testimony (page 31) that the inmates
"have no use for it (the pension
money) except for what they consider
luxuries," and that the "luxuries"
alluded to aro "whiskey and a
little tobacco."
(b) As to the charge of partiality
the testimony is conflicting, but Capt.
J. P. Clad well, on pages 91, 9 2, 93,
testifies that during last summer ho
saw what he regarded as partiality
used.
(c) The testimony convinces tho
committee that there is great room
tor improvement in the matter of discipline,
as well as in other matters,
Myaj. Richardson in his testimony
(seo page 37) says: "I will admit
that we all have been too lax in discipline.
1 have been." The conclusion
forces itself on the committee
that IT the ouices or ireasurer auu
cornmandant were bestowed upon
one man?a man of executive ability
and a strict disciplinarian?conditions
generally would be improved
and the saving of several hundred
dollars per annum to the State would
bo effected. Capt. Caldwell in his
. testimony states that the $100 a
month now paid to Maj. Richardson
is "thrown away". (Pago 97 of
testimony). Tie also says that Capt.
Starling performed all the duties now
supposed to he performed by himself
and 'Maj. Richardson. The inference
f- is that two men are being employed
to do what one could do, and if, as
stated, a man of good executive ability
, were chosen, matters could bo
improved and money saved to tho
State. At present, judging from tho
' testimony, there does not seem to bo
head to tho institution?such
employee is rather a law unto himself.
And in this connection we wish to
out tho stamp of our disapproval \ipon
tho practice of members of the
commi' .ion electing themselves to or
holdin , salaried positions. We are
compelled to believe that this practice
is not only contrary to the act
creating the home, but is responsible
In some measure for the troubles referred
to in this report. It is not a
good thing for an employer and emm.
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SHE WANTS HEART BALM
YOUNG WOMAN SUES FOR THE
LOSS OF HER LOVER.
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Blames the Telegraph Company,
Which Faile<] to Deliver Telegram
In Time, She Claims*
At Charlotte Miss Anna DeMoss
has entered suit against the Western
Telegraph Company alleging
that the negligence of the telegraph
company in failing to deliver a message
to her lover, one Joseph Flynn
apprising him of the fact that she
was en route to Charlotte "ready,
willing and anxious to enter into the
holy bonds of matrimony" as previously
agreed upon, resulted in the
breaking asunder of the aforesaid
ties which in turn occasioned great
mental anguish to wit $2,000.
Extracts from the complaint are
herewith reproduced: "That the defendant,
Anna DeMoss, further alleges
that on or about the 20th of
December, 1912, Bhe had agreed and
contracted to become married in lawful
wedlock within the courso of a
few days to Joseph Flynn of the city
of Charlotte and had made arrangements
with a priest of the said city to
conduct the ceremony.
"That on the 24th day of December,
she went to Burlington with full
arrangements as to the wedding, save
as to the date.
"That on the 2 3th day of December
she received letters from Joseph
Flylnn, asking her to leave Burlington
the next day. The plaintiff wired
in reply that she could not do as
requested. This telegram was delivered
in proper manner.
"That on the 2 9th day of December
plaintiff found that she could
leave Burlington at 11:17 in the
morning and go to Greensboro. She
then sent a telegram to josepn v iynn
apprising him of her intent to arrive
in Charlotte that night his telegram
was not delivered until a week later
but, acording to information was
left in the custody of a ticket agent.
"Wherein," the complaint continues,
"the plaintiff contends that the
telegraph company was unduly and
grossly negligent in not making
proper and reasonable effort to locate
the said Joseph Flynn and deliver
said telegram to him in person.
"The plaintiff further alleges that
because of the negligence of the said
defendant in not delivering the said
telegram the said Joseph Flynn believed
that the said plaintiff had no
desire to becomo married to him as
they had before agreed* and that she
wanted to withdraw from the marriage
contract entered into. That as
a reiult of the aforesaid negligence
of the defendant company the said
Joseph Flynn quarreled violently
with the plaintiff and hroko off the
engagement and withdrew from the
contract entered into with the plaintifT.
That as a result of the defendant
company's negligence, the abovementioned
break between tho plaintiff
and the said Joseph Flynn resulted
and tho said plaintiff is deprived
of the company and affection of the
said Joseph Flynn for life, that sua
has endured much mental and physical
anguish and is damaged in tho
sum of $2,000."
ployee to be the same person when ho
has the right to fix both salary and
duty.
In short, your committee is of tho
opinion that too much of the appropriation
for the old home goes for
salaries. One man of the right kind
could perform all of the duties now
supposed to bo performed by Maj.
Richardson and Capt. Caldwell, and
if he possessed proper executive ability,
considerable improvement in the
management of the home and a large
increase in the products of the farm j
could be made.
(d) The testimony shows lack of
proper nursing for the sick.
(e) The testimony shows to our
satisfaction the charge that for a
short time some time last year there
was bread furnished to the inmates
made out of musty meal. (See page
90, Caldwell's testimony.) This was
likewise testified to by others. It is
but proper to add, however, that such
bread was served only for a very
short period of time.
(f) As to the charge that the
home is permitted to get in pretty
filthy condition at times, or portions
of it, this is perhaps true. It la also
likely true that this condition would
improve were the rules of the homo
iwnnnrlv nn fnppod
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As to the other charges referred
to at the outset as "petty in their nature",
wo do not wish to refer to
them specifically, but your committee
would call attention to the testimony
concerning those matters.
Your committee is inclined to the
opinion that $.15 per month would be
good pay for the physician to the old
home, since it appears from the testimony
that about all that can be
done for the inmates, on account of
their lack of recuperative power, as
shown by Dr. Dutler's testimony, is
to give them cathartics occasionally
and "something to ease pain."
The practice of dealing out daily
supplies of whiskey to a certain element
at the old home, it appears to
your committee, should be discouraged.
Court Resumes Sittings.
The Supreme Court of the United
States, which took a recess on February
8, resumed its sittings Monday.
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'COLE SETS HIM FREE
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TURNS OUT HAN WHO TOLD HIM
ABOUT ELLIS CASE
BROUGHT HIM LIBERTY
F. J. Nichols, "White Convict Who
Wrote ttlease Concerning Alleged
Cruel Treatment of a Negro Convict,
Handed a Parole by the Governor
While Testifying in the Case.
That F. J. Nichols, a one armed
white prisoner, wrote tho letter to
Gov. IJlease containing the charges
of cruel punishment of the negro,
Simeon Ellis, because the latter spoke
to tho Governor in spite of the
guard's refusal, was brought out before
the committee 011 penal and
charitable institutions, which Is in
vestigating the charges, ut the hearing
Wednesday afternoon. The letter
was smuggled out of the prison
through a prisoner, but who, it was
not stated, it was written on the letter
head paper of the State Senate.
The investigation took place in
the hall of the House of Representatives,
Senator Laney presiding. Gov.
Blease was present and read the letter
of Nichols to him about the alleged
treatment of Ellis and then]
gave the author. Nichols had been
brought from the Penitentiary and
was sitting in the rear of the hall.
The Governor called him to come
forward and when bo did Gov. Blease
said: "Nichols, you are a free man,"
and handed him a parole.
The committee examined the negro,
Simeon Ellis, whom it is alleged,
was unmercifully beaten in a committee
room as to the nature of his
beating. Before the committee in
open session the negro repeated the
charges contained in the letter printed
Thursday morning, making the admission
that the "battery treatment"
given him by Dr. Jennings was for
an epileptic fit, to which he was subami
thnt ho hnrl often been
given this treatment.
It was stated by Nichols in his letter
to the Governor that the cries
of Ellis when he was being given the
"battery treatment" could be heard
all over the grounds, and it had been
made to appear that this was a form
of punishment, Ellis himself admit
ted that it was given him for fits, and
that 110 burns had resulted.
P. J. Nichols, a one-armed white
convict, a native of Michigan, formerly
employed by the Southern Railroad
as a telegraph operator, working
in Atlanta, Chattanooga and Columbia,
and who was serving a second
term in the penitentiary, having served
one from Richland for larceny,
and serving a second from Fairfield
for housebreaking and larceny, followed
the negro Ellis when under the
treatment of the "battery" in the
hospital and that he had gone to his
cell and eeen the impressions of the
lashes on his back.
foil wlin cm 11 trcr] od out
the letter he wrote the Governor telling
him of the thrashing of the negro
j and admitted that he had never seen
| the "battery treatment" imposed;
however, charging that it was frequently
given for punishment, according
to what other prisoners had told
him. He said that prison officials
had treated him all right, except
once he had been "tanned" in the
"leather house". Nichols said that
he has two children who are now
living in Georgia.
The negro Simeon Ellis, testified
that he had been placed in the stocks
in the "leather house" and beaten
with a leather strop about two feet
long all over his hack, from head to
foot. lie said that it was on Sunday
that ho was called from the
chapel by Guard Boy kin, who had
been in charge of the detail when he
was working on the streets Saturday
and had spoken to the Governor
without permission; that Roykin carried
him before Capt. W. II. Sondley,
related the occurrence of his speaking
to the Governor, and the latter
ordered him to the "leather house".
Ho said that Messrs. Boykin, Wilson
and Grant accompanied him to
the "leather house", where ho was
stripped, placed in the stocks and
then given 75 Lashes with a leather
strop in the hands of 'Mr. Wilson.
He said that once he was knocked
down in the stocks by the licks and
then was whipped from the other
side.
ITe said that on Monday, when he
was taken to the shop to be shackled
he fell into a fit. and then was taken
to the hospital and given the "battery
treatment". He didn't seem to
remember much what happened at
the hospital, except that he said several
men were sitting on him and
l the electric current was applied. He
said that he yelled and screamed, also
that Dr. Jennings, Dr. Dobbins,
i Mr. Wilslon and two other men were
in the party. lie admitted that the
treatment was given him for fits and
no burns resulted. The negro charged
that he had been whipped many
times.
Dr. Dobbins said when Ellis was
brought to the hospital he thought
he was "faking" about his having a
fit, but the treatment was given him
as a test and was never given as a
punishment.
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The Bryan-haters have our sympathy,
but they will have to bear it.
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TRAPPER WAS STARVED
HE BECOMES INSANE AND TURNS
TO CANNIBAL.
Foodloss for Eight Days, Kills His
Sleeping Companion and Eats Part
of His Body.
Tortured by the furies of an Alaskan
winter, subsisting thirty days on
skins of dead animals and Anally
driven Insane by an eight-day period
of starvation, Henri Le Caire, a
French trapper, killed and partially
ate the body of Len Lemleux, a
guide of the Hudson Bay Company,
near Mile 53, B. C. Such was the
tale unfolded in a letter received at
Cleveland, O., from a former Cleveland,
Frank Richardson, twentythree,
of No. 33 91 West Twenty-fifth
street.
In the letter to his father, from a
log cabin at Mile 53, Richardson
gave a graphic word picture of the
suffering undergone by men on the
snowy trails when the wind sends
flint-like flakes of snow driving into
a man's face until ho is nearly blinded.
The elder Richardson, who is
stage director at the Euclid Avenue
opera house, also received a halfdozen
pictures, one showing the dismembered
body of the murdered
guide.
Richardson Jr., has for a partner
in British Columbia Einmett Thorpe,
formerly captain or tne Luncoin nign
School foot ball team. Roth departed
in 1012 with an engineering crew,
but have since given up that work
and are now contracting on their
own initiative.
In his letter telling of the tragedy,
Richardson says the trapper and the
guide, Lemieux, departed from Mile
52 on an extended hunt, and as they
had but a small supply of provisions
they were warned against making the
trip. This was in December. A
third member of the trapping party
dropped out at the start and the
guide, Lemieux, and Le Caire continued
on their way.
A storm overtook them, and when
miles away from the nearest settlement
they were compelled to travel
with the mercury at 5 2 degrees below
zero. Finally they stumbled on
a deserted cabin about seventy-five
miles from the settlement. Here
scratched with a knife point on wood,
was written the last chapter of a
gruesome tragedy.
For eight days Le Caire and Lem1
I r? n t /\ /^l mnranl nf o n V lrin/1
I'J li A Lcvr> icu 11U iiivn out vsi. (ill J Jiiuvii
While tho wind howled and snow
banked up against the cabin walls,
the men were starving. By day they
sat at the bare table, each man furtively
watching his mate. By night
they wero afraid to sleep, but terror
and suffering closed their eyes and
at times both men slept for a few
hours. Each man, afraid of tho oth,
er, awaited a chance to kill. For the
killing of one meant food for the
other.
As the ninth night came on T,e
Cairo watched Lemieux nod and fall
asleep. With a bound the trapper
was on his guide burying his knife
in the sleeping man's heart eight
times. Twenty-three other knife
wounds were also inflicted.
Bo Caire ate parts of the dead
man's ,body and then scratched with
his knife on the cabin door the story
of Lemieux's death. Tho carved part
of the door now is in the hands of
Ken McKenzie, an engineer from
Montreal, but Le Cairo has not been
found.
A picture forwarded to Cleveland
by the younger Richardson depicts
the finding of the body, the wooden
box in which it was placed and the
IMIHHI cmiiTid.
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TREY HAD A TOUGH TIMR.
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The Terrible Experience of Three
Men in the Ice Regions.
Of the threo prospectors who started
a month ago from Atin, a placer
camp on tho Yukon line, in search of
gold, 0110 nearly starved to death,
one lost both feet and one became
insane from cold and died. Tho men
headed for Silver Creek. They had
to break their own trail and traveled
light, expecting to replenish their
stores at a trading post near Jeslin
Rake. The trading post was found
abandoned. One man, sent back for
more supplies, lost his way and was
rescued by Indians when nearly dead.
Tho mind of one of the two remaining,
a Swede named Lindemann, becamo
affected and in his desire for
warmth, he jumod into a camp Are.
Redmond, his companion, pulled him
out, but ho died. Redmond buried
Tiindemann in the snow and Mirned
tho Holts loose, following them wlier
over (hoy went. They finally led him
lo an Indian camp and Indians took
him (o Atlin, where hoth feet were
amputated.
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Annual (fathering in Pittsburg.
Delegates to the annual convention
of the National Association for
Standardizing Paving Specifications
are arriving at Pittsburg .Monday for
tho session which openes with a reception
to tho delegates. New standards
in paving were discussed.
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Strange Ifor.se Disease.
Spartanburg County farmers are
alarmed by a disease which is attacking
mules and horses and which in
the last few weeks has caused the
death of many valuable animala in
various sections of the county.
ANTI - FUTURE BILL
SENATOR E. D. SMITH PLEADS
CAUSE OF FARMER
?
DEMAND EQUAL CHANCE
The South Carolinian Stirs Up Hornets*
Nest by Pressing for Actioa
on the Measure to Place the Cotton
Buyers and Sellers on Same
Level.
Senator Smith of Soutn Carolina
stirred up a hornets' nest in the
senate Wednesday morning when he
amlpnvnrftil to tret action unon his
bill to regulate contracts for the futuro
delivery of cotton. After addressing
the senate for more than
an hjOur on the subject, Senator
3 mil It iiiovKii to have the committee
on the judi' iry discharged from further
consideration of the house measure
and his bill substituted therefor,
the bills being of similar purport.
This brought Sen. Clark Wyoming,
chairman of the committee 011 judiciary,
to his feet with vigorous opposition
to the motion, claiming that
the committee had n?t had an opportunity
to give the bill proper consideration.
Senator Clarke of Arkansas came
to the support of Senator Smith, urging
that some action be taken upon
a measure so important to the South
and to the country at large. Senator
Hoke Smith and Senator Gronna, a
Republican, also joined in the demand
for a vote 011 the motion. This
was oposed by Senator Percy of Mississippi,
who said that while Senator
Smith had not overstated the importance
of the proposed legislation,
he was opposed to the measure 011
constitutional grounds.
Senators Lodge and Warren objected
to immediate consideration 011
the ground that the cotton exchange
people were entitled to a hearing before
action was taken. This objection
was met by Senators Smith of
Georgia and Gronna of North Dakota,
both members of the committee
on agriculture, who stated that
the New York and New Orleans cotnvnlinnirn
intnfncft! ll !) il honil pi V.
IV.'il i:av I I Cl 1 I ?-> Vj ill tv/i v/ovu iuvv? n . v
en a full hearing before their committee.
At this point Senator Warren
still further pressed his objection
by reference to the pending appropriation
bills and the brief time
in which they have to bo considered.
It was agreed to allow the matter
to go over until Thursday for final
disposition.
Senator Smith spoke for more than
an hour, elaborately discussing in
detail every phase of the cotton situation
from the time the ground is
broken for the seed until the white,
fleecy staple is carried to the gin,
then 011 to the mill, where it comes
out in cloth. There was no feature
which he left untouched.
In part he said: "We are reckoning
with a force to-day that the law
of heredity and habit and the consentient
inertia make us slow to real
ize. Wo are living in an ago unparalleled
by any other age; not that
human nature has changed, and I am
glad that it has not, but the means
of expressing the desires and hopes
and ambitions of each neart are more
perfect than ever. The facilities for
transportation and communication
and education are so perfect that
the man in the woods who has been
the victim of the shrewd and the
heartless becomes like the man who
walks the streets of the city and
with better training and with faithful
work, with honest mother and
father, he has had ground into his
bones tho intrinsic principles of
honesty and integrity. He demands
no more, he will accept no less, and
the government has yet to reckon
with that class of our people who established
it.
"The bill that I propose, reduced
to its simple terms, means that a
buyer and seller shall have the same
chance; that what a seller proposes
to sell shall bo specifically and definitely
named, both as to quality and
price, and that ho shall deliver that
and shall deliver it at tho price
agreed upon and t.he grade agreed
u;)on; that the sotting aside of fair
competition shall cease and that so
far as interstate commerce is concerned.
and in so far as congress can
regulate that commerce, the law of
supply and demand shall obtain.
"It is an easy matter, it seems, to
dismiss this question and leavo the
farmer to take care of himself. It
seems to he the sentiment of some
that he is doing very well; that he
ought to ho satisfied with what he
has and thank God that it is no
worse. One reason that this sentiment
is prevalent is because the far
mor lias nor yet roanzeo mar one reason
that he is in the condition that he
is, is that the legislators of this country
have been really indifferent to his
welfare.
"It is an easy* matter for a man in
easy circumstances to take an optimistic
view of things in general and
of the individual or peoplo who are
in a bad fix particularly, but wo are
going to have this legislation.
"In conclusion, T desire to say that
the senator from Massachusetts (Mr.
Lodge) the other day stated a thing
that struck me as being so forcible
that I recognized Its truthfulness at
once. He said that the poet by virtue
of his high genius and his intui
PERIL IN FILM POSING S
TRAGEDIES THAT MARK MOTION ft
PICTURE PRODUCTION. 9
It Is Not Such an Easy Thing as Peo- I
pie Think.?Much Danger is En* 1
countered. .|
Acting In front of the camera for j
moving picture isn't quite so soft a
job as people are apt to imagine. I
Grave risks have to be taken and H
more or less serious accidents are
common. Sometimes these result latally.
The other day, for example, a man
named BJttner descended in a parachute
from the Column of Victory in
Berlin with a view to being cinematograplied
as he was falling, but
something went wrong with his ap^
paratus and the parachutist wasv
clashed to death.
Similarly, a picture player named
Dunne was k 111'd 011 the railway
while acting a i>??rt. The unfortuate
man was only supposed to bo run
over by the approaching train, it being
the intention to substitute a dummy
at the last moment. llut the
rails were slippery, the driver was
unable to pull his engine in time and
tho actor was mangled to death beneath
the wheels.
Not long ago an actor plalying the
part of a cowboy in Chicago fell and
was killed during the reliersal.
Miss Alice Hollister, whose face
aiul furore are familiar to fre.iU'jnt
ers of picture shows nearly lost her |
lifo while rehearsing in Egypt. Attired
in the voluminous draperies of
an Arab phesant woman, she was
seated on a primitive wooden wheel
which brought up from a deep well
water for Irrigation purposes.
At acertain moment she had to
bring the camel which worked tho
wheel to a halt and descend from her
seat. Unfortunately the camel re- r
sumod its walk too soon, the wheel
started revolving again and Miss
Hollistor was jerked into the well,
which was more than 100 feet in
depth. 1
Luckily her cumbersome garments
caught a projecting stone in tho side,
and, being of athletic build, she
managed to hang 011 until she was
rescued by means of a rope in the
hands of her dragoman. But it was
a narrow escape.
No one viewing 011 the screen tho
superb riding of Alice Joyce, exponent
of "cowgirl" parts in Western
drama, would suppose that any iiorse
could ever succeed in throwing her.
As a matter of fact, however, she has
met with several accidents.
Miss Gene Gauntier, a moving picture
company's leading woman, has
been exceptionally unlucky. Only recently
she was attacked by Bedouins
in the Sahara and had to fight hard
to get away. I11 Florida she was
nearly engulfed in a quicksand. In
a battle scene she was kicked by a
horse and nearly killed. In another
war scene there was a premature ex
plosion of a caisson that liurleld her
high in the air, and the fall made
her unconscious, but it made a great
picture.
Once when she was to be rescued
from a burning house, the company
bought an abandoned farm house in
the country and set it afire. The fire
burned more rapidly than had been
provided for in the reliersal, and
Miss Gauntler was unconscious and
almost dead when the rescuers chopped
a hole in the roof and pulled her
out. They had intended to take her
out through a window, but the real
thing made a much better picture.
A naval lieutenant is another picture
player who has had many nar
row escapes, his latest exploit in this
direction being a fall from a high
cliff near Brigton, England. Once,
too, ho was badly wounded in a
sword duel with a picture player antagonist.
Of course, the injury was
quite unintentional and accidental.
Alfred Brighton, a young American
picture player, lost his life in
the Hudson river, a year ago. Ho
had to leap into the water and rescue
a girl who was supposed to ho
drowning. While swimming toward
her he was observed to throw up his
arms, sink once or twice, and struggle
franctically on coming to the surface.
Tho spectators on the bank applauded,
imagining it to be part of
the performance, and the operator
kept turning the handle of the machine,
while shouting to the drowning
man, "Keep it up!" Only when
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I ho h;v.(l SllMK ror U1W liuru ttuvi Itioi
I time did anybody suspect that anything
was wrong.?Chicago Tribune.
tion. saw deeper into the heart of
things than another, and in verse ho
was very often able to express it
more clearly and tersely and powerfully
than another. T came across
this verse subsequent to that and it
was so appropriate that I shall quoto
it. We sit here in better circumstances
and do not feel the cry of
poverty and the humility of its attendant.
evils. We are optimistic in
general, and wo are forgetful of our
more unfortunate fellows. These
were the lines that illustrate the attitude
of those whrr can help the farmer.
The attitude of those who are
indifferent to him is aptly expressed
j in these lines:
"The toad beneath the harrow knows
exactly where the toothpoint
goes;
The butterfly upon the road preaches
contentment to the toad."
j