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*< STOPPING RUNAWAYS HOW THE NEW YORK PARK POLICE HORSE ENJOYS THE WORK. Tk? Story of m Glorlooa Raa That Wo* Ooly no laeldeat In the LRa <of Sklpyrr?A Roee That Boded lo the Copt ore of tho Raaairhy Roan. How the horses of the New York park monntcd policemen enjoy catching rutin ways, which is the most exciting pnrt of their work, is told by Scwell Ford in "Horses Nine.". The author pays of his ctiuiuc hero: , For half an hour nt a time he would stand Just on the edge of tho roadway and nt an exact angle with it motion' less as the horse ridden by tho bronze soldier up near the mall. It eddy would sit as still in the saddle too. It was hard for Skipper to stand there and see those mincing cobs no hv. thoir ' ? * ? ' I pad bousing nil n-glittcr, errata on their blinders, jingling their polo clinlna and switching their nhaurd little stubs of j tails. But it was still more tantalizing to watch the saddle horses canter past j In the soft bridle path on the other side of the roadway. But, then, when you J are on the force you must do your I duty. One afternoon as Skipper was standing post like this he caught * new note that rose above the hum or the park traffic. It wns the quick, nervous bent j of hoofs which rang sharply on the j hard macadam. There were screams too. It wns a runaway. Skipper knew j this even before lie saw the bell-like nostrils, the straining eyes and the ' foam flecked lips of the horse or the scared man in the carriage behind. It was a case of broken rein. How the sight made Skipper's blood tingle! Wouldn't he just like to sho\w that crazy roan what real running was! But what wns Roddy going to do? He felt him gather up the reins. He felt his knees tighten. What! Yes, it must be so. It eddy wns actually going to try a brush with the runaway. What fun I Skipper pranced out Into the roadway nnd gathered himself for the sport. Before he could get into full awing, uowever, tl?e roan had shot past with a snort of challenge which could not be misunderstood. ? "Oho! You will, eh?" thought Skipper. "Well now, we'll see about that." * Ah, a free rein! That Is?al.f?ost free. b And a touch of the spurs! No need for b that, Reddy. How the carriages scat- n tori Skipper caught hasty glimpses of mart hackneys drawn up trembling g by the roadside, of women who tumbled from bicycles Into the bushes and of men who ran and shouted and a waved their hats. 11 "Just as though that little roan ni wasn't scared enough already," thought 01 Skipper. But she did run well. Skipper had to bl admit that. Site had a lead of fifty b' yards before he could strike his best gait. Then for a few moments he ** could not seem to gain an Inch. But _ the mare was blowing herself, and SM|I|W IIIW tiwwS fwn/r ?? <? putting the pent up energy of weeks Into his strides. Once he saw be was overhauling her he steadied to the work. .lust as Skipper was about to forge ahead Iteddy did a queer thing. With his right liaud he grabbed the roan with a nose pinch grip, and with the left he pulled In on the reins. It was a great disappointment to Skipper, for he had counted on showing the roan ? his heels. Skipper knew after two or three oxnerlenees of this kind that this was the usual thin;;. - Those were glorious runs, though. Skipper wished they would come more ' often. Sometimes there would be two and even three In a day. Then a fortnight or so would pass without a single runaway on Skipper's boat. But duty Is duty. Gnve ntm a Tarn. The Doctor?You regard society n9 merely n machine, do you? What part of the machinery do you consider me, for Instance? The Professor?You arc one of the t cranks.?Chicago Tribune. I E Giro a boy address and accomplish* meats, and you give hliu the mastery c of palaces.?Emerson. t CAN'T BE SEPARATED, j Some People Have Learn- ! ed how to Qet Rid of Both. i Backache and Kidney ache arc twin brothers. You can't separate them. And you can't get rid of the backache until you cure the kidney ache. If the kidneys are well and strong the rest of the system is pretty sure to be in vigorons health. Doan's Kidney pills make strong healthy kidneys. Mr. fl enry Murphy, of 084 Broadway, Memphis, Tenn , Professional nurse, says: "For a year or two pain and weakness across the loins and difficulty with my kidney excretions indicated ^ that my kidneys were either overtaxed or weakened. All my knowledge of * medicine failed to bring relief and ever anxious to get rid of the trouble before it became chronic, I got a box of Doan's Kidney Pills at Hamner <k Ballard's drug store. They performed their uarv naliafaotArilv I Irnnw nf A Rreat many others in' Memphis who ave been benefited by Poan's Kidney W. Pills." For sale by all dealers. Price. 50 cents. Foster-MHburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.j sole agents for the United 8tates Remember the name? Doan's and take no substitute. f ?l + t I ?l ?! >M || BOWSER AJ < 4 ? ; [+?!? I I 1 I I ?i? I I ; ;; He Attends a "Marl !; Securer Some < < <g>-? < H I 1 I 1 I I 1 ; [Copyright. 1P03. by C. B. Lewis ] WllKX dinner wns over thf 1 other evening in the Row ser mansion, Mr. Bowsei slipped ont of tlie flitting room for throe or four minutes and re- 1 turned with n package Hint lie had lild- , den away when lie came in. "What is it, dear?" asked Mrs. Row- ? 6or as lie stood before her with a fatherly smile on his face. "You may guess," lie playfully re- ' plied. * "Rut how can I? Is it something for ' me?" "My dear woman, I want to talk to ,n you for a few minutes. Like all other 1 wives, you do considerable shopping. $ . TT I I CS1 lt, KIND BE JIANGED!" ItOARED MB. BOWSER. m ou flatter yourself that you are a close uyer. Almost every (lay you come as oiue to brag of the bargains you have ca uulo." of "Yes; I think 1 do pick up some bar- yo ains now and then." su "You think so, and, not wishing to ' urt your feelings, I have said nothing do bout it, not even when I knew you yo ad paid full price for things. As a T1 latter of fact, you have been swindled 75 a most occasions." rci "Where you would have tuade great 4 argaiiiB?" she sarcastically queried, sei nt smiling all the time. 4 "Exactly, my dear, exactly. I know co le value of things ten times better 4 THE UMBRELLA MAN WAS COVEI bail you do. Any husband Is a better tv >uycr tbnn bis wife. It stands to rea- b< on that bo is." h< "You might know more about sliov;ls and grindstones tbnn I do." sr "And about everything else, as I shall tl diortiy prove to you. It may surprise ei rou to learn that I liave spent the aft- gi ernoon in attending bargain sales at Y the dry goods stores. I had n double tl jbjeet in view?tlrst, I knew you needed several tilings for your wnrdrobe, a and, second, I wanted to show yon. that I could buy to better advautftgfl' it tbnn you could." | c "Well, I hope you have. Let's sea, b what you bave." B * 1 r "ino Iirsi l II11 IK Hint uppvuia iu um . gaze," said Mr. Bowser as he broke tho string securing the package, "la a pall ' of white gloves. Examine them, and fl you will find that they are the regulni ^ fl.GO glove, and yet I got them for 08 cents. I challenge you to any that you 1 ever bought as good a pair for the r money. Right here Is a saving of 52 cents, and It is only the beginning. 1 Anything wrong with them?'' * "N-o," reluctantly replied Mrs. Bow- c ser as sho turned thcin over and over. 1 "But you don't seem pleased." 1 "Well, you see they are No. 8's, and f my si7.e Is only 6. You didn't think ol ' that, you know." 1 "H'm. I don't see how that will make any difference. However, If they are a \ little too large, you can wet them and cause a shrinkage. It's all bosh to ' number gloves anyhow. "I now call your attention to two I 1 pairs of brown silk stockings. The reg-' ular price is $2.50 per pair, but I goi them for $1.75. Here is a saving oi fl.&O. I'll bet you never made sucb a bargain In your whole life." "No; I didn't," admitted Mrs. Bow-' ser. with a algh, "Tho only trouble ia"? "Trouble? Why should there be aoj trouble?" rj- - 'Tyfr^rTV - 1 ' 1 1 I 1 t 1 1 I?1?t t?t. I A BUYERi 4 < i ?i #1 I l'#i" i ; | ted Down" Sale end ; | Grea^t B\r^aim ;; -4 < I 1 I ? 1 I 1 1 * ?"Because I never wear brown stockings and because these are No. 10." "But what lias color to do with It?** persisted Mr. Bowser as he Hushed up. "Nothing perhaps, hut they are a size iml a half too large, and I can never ivear tliein. It was owing to their size hat you got them so cheap. If you had inly known"? "I know that those stockings are all Ightand the biggest bargain on earth," le Interrupted. "After being washed wice they will probably be too small or you. I expect you will also find nun witn tne next purchase, which is . regular six dollar shirt waist reduced o $4.50. Here Is another saving of 1.50, and what have you got to say bout it? Is that a size and a half too irge?" "No, dear, but"? "liut what? Out witli It." "It happens to lie two sizes too.small >r mo. This is 52, while I wear 30. It as awfully good of you to think of uylng me a shirt waist, and I premie I can exchange it." "And wasn't it a bargain far $4.50?" "I?I think It was." "H'm. This is the thanks I get for inning around for half a day. Here a remnant of blue velvet I got to alio you a dross waist of. I heard you lying you wanted something of the <rt. The regular price was 05 cents a ird, but It was markd down to 47. Ifl a bargain or not?" "I'm rather sorry you got it," relied Mrs. Bowser, who wanted to tare his feelings and yet felt obliged i answer his question. "It's blue, and can't wear blue, and it's what they 41 cotton backed. I'll try to exchange however, and I thank you very ueli." "Oh, you do!" sneered Mr. Rowser, i he stood off and looked at her. "You n bet your boots I won't make a fool myself again.' Ilere I have saved at hundreds of dollars, but nothing its. "This is the last purchase?half a zen handkerchiefs?and perhaps iu'II say 1 paid too much for them. Hi regular price all over the world is w.ir., u?n on ims occasion it was [111cod to 48." They are very pood," said Mrs. Bowr as she examined them. 'But you are not overplensed. Ton 11 Id have done better?" 'Well, they are about the same as the J UNO FIVE FEET AT A JUMP. renty-five cent handkerchiefs I night last week. It was kind of you, >wcver, and"? "Kind be banged!" roare<l Mr. Bow>r, who bad wanted to break loose for le last ten minutes. "You know that rerytlilng here is a tremendous bariiin. but you don't want to admit it. nit nniililn't lint-n liniiclit nror tinlf tlio ilngs with tlio same money." "It?It was nice of you, but, you see, man doesn't know"? He does know! He knows nil nbout :! We won't dispute any more, howrer. I might have known how It would e, but I go and spend my timo and hell out money to be called an Idiot, ty thunder, but I can see now why the est of husbands are driven to drink." "I say it was awfully kind and conidernte of you," began Mrs. Bowser, iut ho interrupted her with: "I say kindness lie hanged! I nm gong out. As I may not return before nidnight you needn't sit up for me." lie inarched down the hall and got lis overcoat and lint and banged the rout door after him. Ho was boiling >vor, but luckily them was nu escnpc rnlve at hand. A belated umbrella uender on the opposite side of the itreet uttered his weird call, and Mr. lowser let out a fierce warwboop nnd rushed for him. There was a shock which carried the itinerant and sis old umbrellas against the fence, and then Mrs. Bowser, who had come to the iloor, heard the clatter of footsteps [lown the street. Mr. Bowser had Btruck a hot trail nnd was pushing it tor all it was worth. The umbrella man know that an epoch had come iuto his existence niul was covering five feet at every jump. M. QUAD. Slit* Doom, r.ntl Slit* Darm'l, "Doesn't she put on lots of lugs?" "Yes; she even has a maid to lug her packages."?Philadelphia Bulletin, ' turning gray very fast. But your Hair Vigor stopped the falling and 1 1 restored the natural color."?Airs. E. Z. Bcnomnic, Cohoes, N. Y. It's impossible for you not to look old, with the color of seventy years in your hair! Perhaps you are seventy, and you like your gray hair! If not, use Aycr's Hair Vigor. In less than a month your gray hair will hnvr* oil a dark, rich color of youth. | $1.00 a bollte. All ' * If your drn?::rl?t cnnnot supply you, g 8?n?l 113 nno dollar niul we will express jJ you a Imr.tlo. Ilo 8uro and rivo tl>o nnino I of your nearest express oOico. Aildross, I ?urnwwh ii i?r' HURRIED THE WORK. Peeulfnr Rxperlcnec of n Turlrlali Mlernry Mnn. Onco upon a time a certain Turkish literary man living In Constantinople arranged to translate for a daily newspaper a novel, then popular In England. Each day ho rendered a sulliclent part of It into the Turkish language to till the space reserved for it. One day his peaceful home was entered l>y the police, who peremptorily arrested the man of letters and dragged him off to prison. No explanation was given for his arrest, the novel reflected In no way against the politics of the j state, and he had broken no laws, lie was not even given time to bid farewell to his family, but he was comma nded to bring the work under trans- , Intion with him. Arrived at the prison. , he was given pleasant quarters, good food and drink and sternly command- , ed to complete his task. So for sev- . eral days the frightened translator . worked arduously, says Town and | Country. When the work was done, he was. to his astonishment, instantly liberated and presented with a large sunt of I money. I'pon further inquiry as to his treatment it was explained that ^ the sultan had become interested in the 4 story as it appeared from day to day l( niul was too impatient to wait for the , end. lie wanted to read all the rest of y It at once! Truly, there are certain l advantages In being a sultan. a AS IT IS WRITTEN. ,] A. ll>t of ?lio Greatest Ten Men the '' World linn Known. p tl!ic grontest men the v hammed, Voltaire, iiaoom XfTRTOtm.Goethe, Julius Caesar, T.utber ami Plato. "The method 1 followed," says the uthor, "to discover the 1,000 men who are pre-eminent was this: I took six biographical dictionaries or encyclopedias?two English, two French, one a German and one American?and found a the 2,000 men in each who were nl- ' lowed the longest articles, in this way some 0,000 men were found. I then so ? lectod the men who appeared in the lists of at least three ot' tlie dietiona- ' rles and from these selected the thou- ^ Band who were allowed the greatest avernge space. Thus was obtained not only the thousand men esteemed the most eminent, hut also the ordei in which they stnnd. According to this list, tho ten most eminent are given c above. It is curious that these ten preeminent men are so widely separate in race and age?two Greeks, two French- 1 men, two Germans, two Englishmen, \ one Roman and one Arab and two in the fifth century and one In the first . century before Christ, one in the sixth, one in the fifteenth, two in the six- 1 teentli and three In the eighteenth een- j tury. The ten names last on the list are Otho, Sertorius, Maepherson, Clnudlan, Domitinn, Hugeaud, Charles I. of ' Naples, Fauriei, Enjantln ai#l Uarhery, 1 names hardly ever heard." ? Philadelphia Record. Easy Pill D Easy to take and easy to act Is 0 that famous little pill DeWitt's Little Early Risers. This Is due to the fact that they tonic the liver InVtead of purging It. They never gripe nor sicken, not even the most delicate lady, and yet they are so certain In results that no one who uses them Is disappointed. They cure torpid liver, constipation, biliousness, jaundice, headache, malaria and ward off pneumonia and fevers. rKBrARBD BY X. C. 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Not long ngo. for instance, a 1 very grave British cabinet minister, perhaps wishing for once to he spright- i ly, called ids yacht Flirt. lie had not 1 consult^ his family, who were, howev- < or, quife sure, he thought, to delight in 1 his outburst of gayoty. However, his i da ugh tors naturally remarked how 1 very disagreeable it would be to go I ishorc with that label around their i iats. . f FREE TO OUR READERS. [ Jotanic Bloxl Balm for the Blood, p If you suffer from u'c is. ccz uia d crofula, blood poison, cancer. ?:i? It p b ores, itching skin, pimples, bt.i's, lioi.i ains, swellings, rheum Winn, caiarih. o r any blood or skiu disease, we advis. o on to take Botanic Blood Bdni (B B p I ) Especially recommended iVn old. r, bstinate, deep seated cases,cures when ti II else fails, heals everv ?,?..i-..? lie blood pure and rich, gives ti e skin tie rich glow of health. Druggists, *i c' er large bottle. Sample s *ct free In n Tiling Blood Balm (Jo , Atlanta Ga * 'escribe trouble and iree medical ad- ^ ice sent in seal leiter. Medicine oerd F Tfio " firsfllhy o?* TbsV*.. ^ oar's feasts is called Bird's day (Kay- M at) and is supposed to bring to mind n lie utility of the feathered tribes as F ihhI. On this day all orthodox Chinese li bstain from eating tlesh, and they 11 ometimes observe it as a day of fast- o lg. Tl.e second day is Dog's day (Ku- p 'at). This day is especially held sa- e red to the canine hosts of the Flowery g| kingdom. The Chinese, notwlthstandug the fact that they eat the llcsh of v lie dog and esteem it a great delicacy, t( lonor tlieir dogs more highly and take ti otter care of tliem than any other race s f people. In every large Chinese city a lien: is ?i win i\iliaii h iium' wu' inmr is r lint of making collins for departed a unities. o The thinl day, lion's day (Clion-Yat), s s celebrated in honor of a hog that li nice drew a valuable manuscript out r if a bonfire of trasli. The fourth feast, ii 51ieep's day (Ynong-Yat), is honored in a neiuory of Tun Koon Venga, a shop- e icrd who clothed himself in leaves, ;rnss and bark of trees, refusing to make use of any part of the sheep, either for food or clothing. The lifth day , Is Cow's day (New-Ynt). This day is . consecrated to the cow that suckled the orphan who afterward became rich and , built the celebrated Temple of Cows. ( Tlie sixth day is Ma-Yat, or Ilorse day, , nud is set apart to call to mind the use- ] fulness of that noble animal. To Cure a Cold In One Day Take Laxative Urrmo Q-huine Tablets All druggists refund the in ne> if it fails ' to cure. E. W. Drove's signature on i each box. 25c. Oly ?R?ES St OH THE SUMN #VmiTurnu ' ' ? IfUUinLKN ?\w? 001,1 "l ill Mail Kailw/ET W AT?? ~ r Pass. Traffle f.'gr WASHINGTON. D.C NNING . ? JUNE 27TH, ming until jht, July 4th, rt youth'* and children's Straw Hats and Oxford han Former Prices. many of the celebrated aing and Arnold King le is strictly spot cash, reduction. HEN. INVISIBLE LIGHT. Only When It Striken the Retina mt the Kye ( nil It He Seen. What is the simplest demonstration ;>f the faet that light is invisible? The bhiekness <>f a midnight sky lemonst rates tliis faet most readily. tVe may see the planets of the moon brilliantly Illuminated by "the sun's rays, lmt the surrounding spine Is lark, although we know that light oust he passing there. The passage of a twain of light through a darkened room is only visible on tlie dust in the air, and the <*onc ;>f light seen when the sun slilnes through a small hole in a shutter Is lot visible, hut only light relleeted 'rom tin* motes in the beam. This can >o easily and simply demonstrated by llaeing in the beam a glass vessel rom whieh the dust lias been carefully emoveil. The beam then may he seen leforo and after entering the vessel, mt is invisible within. A Ilunsen ittrncr or a ml hot poker held so as to iin- moles win also render the enin invisible at that spot. Light is only visible when It strikes n the retina of the eye, and it enn nly do so when it reaches it in a diect line or is turned hy a reflection or efrnction into a direct line. Jnst as he hnllets from a gun do a man no arm unless aimed or turned in their -?? ottrse toward his body, so light is dtliout effect unless iLJs-rCarson's irned toward ** irst Wonifn on the Knullnh Stn?o. n^Ar.iriAmsr'^ 4l?o otft/WlHult ^CTWJl [aria, wife of Charles I., had enrly lade a vain attempt to introduce the 'rencli fashion of female players into er adopted country hy the estahlishjent of a French company composed nly of women in London. Hut the exorlment was premature, and the forIgners were hissed and |>?*lt?Ml off tlie tage at their ilrst perfortannce. Until 10t?0 the female parts had always been taken by boys, and tlie cus3in survived even after women had rtken their place upon tlie stage, since ome of the more famous of the boy ctors (grown into men) continued oeasionallv to nhiv their favorite role* a Into as tho end of tho seventeenth ontury. Kynaston, the chief l?oy nctor, Urvived till 1G110, long nfter the Indies lad ousted lilin from the principal mrts, and in 10(11 Pepys, who snw him 11 the "Silent Woman," speaks of him a "the liveliest lady for a boy" he had vcr seen. A (aentlomnn. What Is it to he a gentleman? Is It to have lofty nims, to lead a pure life, to keep your honor virgin, to have the ?steeni of your fellow citizens and the love of your tircside, to hear good fortune meekly, to suffer evil with constancy, and through evil and good to maintain truth always? Show me the happy man whose life exhibits these qualities, and him we will salute as gentleman, whatever his rank may be. Show me the prince who possesses thein, and he may be sure of our love and loyalty.?Thackeray. ? ? - INE FOR BUSINESS, INE FOR PLEASURE, INE FOR ALL THE BEST IER RESORTS plete Summer Resort Folder ed Free to Any Address. S. H. Hasdwick, W. H. Taylor, Con'l Pass. Ae?nt, Asct. Csr.'l Past. . washington . d. c. atlanta. ca. 9