The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, June 26, 1903, Image 3
*< 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 '
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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
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Giro a boy address and accomplish*
meats, and you give hliu the mastery c
of palaces.?Emerson.
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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. $
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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
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"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
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ted Down" Sale end ; |
Grea^t B\r^aim ;;
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* ?"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
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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
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$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.
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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.
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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.
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X. C. DaWITT * CO., CHICAQO
^ Don't Forgot tho Name. ^
EARLY RISERS
Dr. R. M. Dorsey,
Specialist
on diseases of the EYE and EAR
?and?
OPTICIAN.
Successor to H R. Goodell.
Klexander's Music Ilall, Spartanirfy
S. C. 47-lyr.
BEGI
SATURDAY,
and contin
Saturday Nij.
We I'lit 011 sale all men'
fancy and outing Suits, !
Shoes at
25 per cent. Less T
In this sale you will find
Sell loss make in clotl
Quality Shoes. This sa
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'IVit in I ii k n Ynclil.
The nnniin:; of a hook Is no holiday
task, ami authors particularly proud of
a title aro tolerably sure to discover
that it lias been already used. Hut the
naming of a yacht is almost a greater <
perplexity. Plagiarism may in this case
result in practical confusion carrying <
the most awkward consequences, and 1
not all titles to which, in search of va- I
riety, recourse lias already been had l
are satisfactory from all points of <
view. 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
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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
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jht, July 4th,
rt youth'* and children's
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many of the celebrated
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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.
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