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y. Thare is a gu deal of'd

tory. Ih@re IS a gt IDEAL ofd1hsf'
ence between the two. A dog can
get a fight.
can say dispassionately that my
brother Tom Waston in this district
seemed at every point to say, Il want
to fight" But my brother Black,
with noble courage, seemed to say,
II want a victory" And he got it.
There isn't but one way to do a
thing and that is to do it right.
like to e a nan map out his
course and stick to it and go it-like
the train on the Georgia railroad,
which goes on the course mapped
out and sticks to it, and has not been
to any other town but those on the
route.
The only absolutely unselfsh man
was Jesus Christ. OF all the acres
of land in the world he did not stake
off one acre, and say "this is mine"
When q fellow makes up his mind
he never gets left.
You may talk about a man being
intelligent. I have seen such men
failures. But whenever you find
him with a will he succeeds.
The will of a mar is that which is
in command of a man.
always did have a contempt for
n of those fellows who is waiting
for an iron, to get hot. But I have
respect for the fellow who pounds on
the iron until it is hot. Ialways did
have a contempt for the fellow who
is always waiting for something to
turn up, but I have the profoundest
respect and admiration for him who
turns it up and rolls it to where he
wants it.
Get in a hurry. The obstacles
will get out of your way.
like a man who believes in posi-
bilities.
I believe in a hard head and a soft
heart.
These wishy-washy fellows, they
don't amount to much.
Brother Timmons is a hard headed
man, but he has a big heart. I
know him. He wants to do the
right and tries to do the right.
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not to exceej
4accident Or other unaYoid-

oauoeeSYaceiueAI VI otHei uAafolu-
able circumstances; or to prevent all
such employees working such addi-
tional time as may be necessary to
clean up and make necessary repairs
of or changes in the machinery.
Sec. 2. That the words "manufac-
turing establishments where occur
ring in this Act shall be construed to
mean any buildings in which labor is
employed to fabricate or produce
goods, including yarns, cloth, hosiery
and other merchandise.
Sec. 3. All contracts made for a
longer days work than eleven hours
or weeks work longer than sixty-six
hours in said manufacturing estab-
lishments shall be, and the same arc
hereby declared to be absolutely null
and void and contrary to law, and
any person making and enforcing
such contract with an employee in
said establishments shall be deemed
to be guilty Of a m~isdemeanor, and
or conviction in a court of competent
Jurisdiction shall be fined in each
case a sum of money not less than
fifty nor more than one hundred
dollars, together with the costs of the
proceedings.
Sec. 4. This Act shall 60 into
effect on the first day of April A. D.
1893.
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Limiting Work il Factories.

Section l. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of South Carolina, now
met and sitting in General Assembly,
by the authority of the same, that
eleven hours shall constitute a days
work in all cotton and wooden manu-
featuring establishments in the State
ofSouth Carolinafor all operatives and
employees except engineers, firemen,
watchmen, mechanics. teamsters,
yard employees and clerical force,
Provided. That nothing herein con-
tanned shall be construed to prevent
any Of the employees in the asore-
said manufacturing establishments
fran engaging to work, or working,
- ILL., ~oE l. $1,000
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The Country Boy.
,a;nfea with and interes

a~cSaaiased with and interest ~ Il al
the stock and poultry; he knows all
the country round; he is acquainted
with every bug and worm, biro~ and
animal, tree and flower, weed End
cereal on the farm. HeBasgo good
appetite and good digestion, and his
sleep is sweet and refreshing. He
reads thoughtfully the great book of
nature. whose leaves open before him
day by day. He loves his father and
mother and calls them such, and be
loves his sweetheart as no town boy
does, and he ie loved in turn by her
as no town boy is. He works hard
all day and when night comes he en-
joys a frolic with a healthy zest, and
then lies down to peaceful dreams.
He grows to mans estate with the
rich heritage of good health, a clean,
pure character, industrial habits, a
mind well stored with practical
knowledge, gained by the freside
and the reading of good books and
newspapers, afectionate and trusting
in disposition, polite and courteous
though perhaps somewhat awkward
in his manners, and in every way we'll
equipped for the battle of life. He
knows nothing of the follies and
vices, the mockery and hollowness so
often seen in city life. He is q grown
up man, and the chief places in bust
ness in the city and in the nation
come into his possession. He has
the stuff in him that qualities him
under guidance for eminent states
manship, for military renown, for
professional success, for judicial dis
tinction and for the grandest citizen
ship. The grandest men of our ma
ton have been, and the grandest of
the future will be found among the
country boys Of our land. He may
at times think his country home
plain and un~attractive, his life one
Of drudgery and hum drum, and
may at times envy the town boy and
his more exciting life and opportuni-
ties, but let him not worry. He has
/ far richer heritage, and the future
will be a satisfactory revelation to
God bless the country boy He is
the hope Of the nation.
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! ting in General Assembly, and Dg ~
authority Of the same:
Section l. That Section l of an
Act entitled can Act to authorize the
County Commissioners of Lexington
county and City Council of the city
Of Columbia to purchase the two
bridges known as the Broad Ri-er
Bridge and the Congaree Bridge,
near the city of Columbia, or to erect
other bridges across the Congaree
and Broad Rivers" approved Oath
December, 1889, be amended by
striking out the provisos to Section
one and inserting in lieu thereof the
following privisos to Section one:
Provided, That in case both of said
bridges cannot be bought for such
lice as the said County Commits
sioners and tSe said City Council
shall deem fair and reasonable, then
the said County Commissioners and
said City Council may contract pro.
visionally for the purchase Of that
one Of the said bridges which can be
so purchased, and for the erection of
a new bridge over the river which is
now spanned by the existing bridge,
which cannot be so purchased. Or
if Asithero Of sall bridges can be pur-
chased at such peice asis deemed fair
and reasonable by said County Com
missioners and said City Council,
they may contract Professionally for
the erection of new bridges over
BE- of said rivers.
Provided, further, That should the
said County Commissioners and the
said City Council deem it inexpedt.
ent to purchase or erect bridges over
both of said rivers, that they may
contract Professionally for the pur-
chase or erection of a bridge over
one of said rivers.
Provided, further, That the total
cost of the purchases and erection as
hereinbefore referred to shall not ex-
coed the sum of fifty thousand dol
lars, so that said Section as
amended shall read as follows:
Section l. That the County Com
missioners for the county of Licking
ton and the City Council Of the city
of Columbia be, and they are hereby,
authorized to contract Professionally
for the purchase of either or both of
the two bridges near the city of Co.
the one across Broad River,
as the Broad River Bridge,
and the other across the Congaree
known as the Congaree Bridge,
to be paid for in such proportions as
ire hereinafter specified, by the city
Of Columbia and Lexington county,
rs may be voted therefor under the
provisions of this Act: Provided,
That in case bothof said bridges can
aot be boughtfor such price as the said
Commissioners and the said
City Council shall deem fair and rea-
then the said County Com
n~issioners and the said City Council
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bly,. Then why should not each OF
the FIVE schools put in five dollars
and secure the air pump and make
due progress along that line. All
such apparatus as is needed only
for a short time each year might be
owned jointly by several teachers Or
schools. One dollar can be made to
90 as far as ten would on the usual
plan Of each school purchasing a
large amount of apparatus most of
which is used only once a year.
of the schools that already
have apparatus would probably join
in this to secure other pieces. We
would like to correspond with teach
ers who my wish to go into such an
arrangement to secure apparatus,
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in the South. You can rais@
with a negro and a mule, L
a big job to rails a man in tb
try.
You say, Every man
price," I don't believe that
Sel6shness is the fir
Avarice.
snt tr s Of God ,d'' today but
what is going begging from door to
door.
Cussin' is a very low down type
of a rascal.
Sin is in the blood like a cancer
A man may stop cussin' on his
tongue, but it will break out or his
hand, and he will get to stealing.
He who can eliminate selfshness
and a~varice from himself, is enabled
to stand on top of everything that
ever ruined q man.
The grandest manhood and woman
hood is that which has forgotten self
and is c~onsecrated to the service of
others.
There is the stature of a woman in
New Orleans, she has her hair combed
in the sweet, good old way, down
over her temples and she is holding
out baskets of fruit and children are
crowding around her. She lived
working for and helping the poor Of
New Orleans and when she died the
bankers and the brokers' and the
capitalists all came out in front Of
their Offices and stood in the sun
with their hats off while the funeral
procession OF her was one of the
grandest women in America went
by.
Convince a man in the church that
he will reap two for one and he will
plank down.
This country is running on the
dollar, and just as certain as Rome
fell because Of ton greatly central
lied military power, so certain will
the United States run into destruc-
ton on silver dollars as wheels, IN
less the course is changed.
It is not how much money have
you, but how did you get it? and
then which is most important, what
are you doing with it,
A reckless fellow always wants to
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CIAT1CN.
The Association met at st. Pauls
Academy, Jan. 7, 1893.
Opening exercise:-Prayer by Mr.
J,.F. Kaiser. Address Of Welcome:
MIR. A. Sease. Response by the
President.
Best means Of securing the coop
peration of Patrons: Prof. S. S. Lind
Ter.
Language in Primary work: Miss
Minnie Dicks. Miss Dicks being
absent, this subject was discussed
by Prof. S. S. Lindler, Rev. E. L.
Lybrand, and Miss Hendrix.
Best Methods of teaching History:
Mr.. J. E. R. Kaiser.
The subject, Manual Work in
schools: Prof. l.. B. Haynes, was
left for discussion at the next meet,
ing of the Association.
All members of the Association are
earnestly requested to attend the
next meeting. At that time, there
will be q nomination Of two teachers
to serve on the Examining Board
with the School Commissioner.
Resolved: That this Association
return thanks for the cordial welcome
and kind attentions Of the patrons OF
ST. Paul's Academy.
Resolved: That a copy OF these
proceedings be published in the Ed
ucational Column Of "The Lexington
DISPATCH" ELLEN HENDRIX,
Secretary.
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1t Should Be in Every House

J. B. Wilson, 81 Clay ST., Sharps-
burg, Pa, says he will not be without
Dr.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, Coughs and Colds, that it
cared his wife who was threatened
with Pneumonia after an attack Of
LA Grippe" when various other
remedies and several physicians had
done her nc good. Robert Barber,
of Cooksport, Pa, claims Dr. Kings
New Discovery has done him more
good than anything he w used for
Lung Trouble. Nothing like it.
Try it, Free Trial Bottles at the
Bazaar. Large bottles, soc. and
$500.
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t. Dyspepsia and indigestion

In their worst forms are cured BY
the use of P. P. P. If you are de-
bilitated and run down, or if you
need a tonic to regain flesh and lost
appetite, strength and vigor, take
P. P. P, and you will be strong and
healthy. For shattered constitutions
and lost manhood, P. P. P. [Prickly
Ash, Poke Root and Potassium is
the king of all medicines. P. P. P,
is the greatest blood purifier in the
world. For sale by all druggists.
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THE TEAcaGRE MUST READ.

The n requisite of good teaching
is constant learning on the part of
the teacher. No amount of previous
preparation, no training in normal or
training school, no college OF univer-
sity education will make a teacher of
one who shall cease reading to learn.
A man of seventy who is prosecuting
studies, who is still toning up his
mind to elasticity, is an infinitely
better teacher than a man of thirty
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requires
instead of one-third as
the old bill, and requires Lexington
to pay the one-third instead of two.
thirds, with perhaps a few other
minor changes, consequently the
present Legislature is not to he
credited with the bill only the few
amendments.
I am pleased to notice the interest
taken, as it is an important question
that will come before the voters of the
county and should be thoroughly
understood by every voter as to
whether they will vote to bond the
several townships, as per ratio men,
toned in the bill, Respectfully,
W. H. F. RAsT.
Swansea, S. c., Jan. 9th, 1898.
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One Of Sam Jones' Lectures.
Humor and Wisdom on the Subject
of Money and Manhood.

I used to sing Il want to be an
angel, and with the angels stand
Now I have begun to pray over the
matter, and I say Il want to be a
man-and with the ladies stand"
Imet a grand man once. The
longer I stood with him the smaller
1 got, and the bigger he got. After
a while I had to get up and go to
have anything to 60 with.
I have met some littl.s fellows
whose eyes were so close together
that they could see through a key
hole with both at once.
I do not believe in evolution, of
conrse I don't. I do not believe We
sprang from monkeys. But when I
see a great many people I believe
they are headed that way and that
they will get there if they don't
stop.
have a great deal more respect
for Nancy Hanks than I have for
Sullivan and Corbett. Nancy is a
daisy, she can 60 in 2:40. God made
her to 60. But two old fop-eared
mules can stand up in q lot and do
as much as Sullivan and Corbett,
knocking the filling out. Ct one
another.
never 60 to horse races-not be-
cause I do not like to see them, but
because of the small, scrubby set
that is always there.
Some itch men say when you 60
to them for money for a good cause:
"Wait until I get fxed!" Fixed!
Fixed! Fixed! when you are dead;
fixed for the fire; fixed into a back
log for the devils sitting room!
"Country facts" are a scriptural
animal, and you need, not be afraid
Of it.
There was an cd farmer in North
Georgia who said one day: II am
going to save; I am going to lay up;
I am not going to be poor when l
get old and can't work" And he
did save s15O,O00 One day neighbor
went to see him and said; "Brether,
eft for meat?" ] have
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1893-02-01
STRENGTH and Health.

If you are not feeling strong and
healthy, try Electric Bitters. fila
Grippe" has left you weak and weary,
use Electric Bitters. This remedy
acts directly on Liver, Stomach and
Kidneys, gently aiding those organs
to perform their functions. II you
are afflicted with Sick Headache, You
will find speedy and permanent relief
by taking Electric Bitters. One trial
will convince you that this is the
remedy you need. Large bottles
only soc. at the Bazaar.
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Canned salmon, mackerel, HOLSTERS.
oysters, potted ham, sardines, toma-
toes, okra and tomatoes, corn, pine
apple, %jellies, dessicated cocoanut
ready for pies and custards, con
densed milk, Worcester and pepper
sauce, pepper and mustard,-at the
Bazaar.
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ES3sEsSs HAS CURED HUNDREDS or
&&S CASES OF SKIN CANCER.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
free. SWIFT SPECIFIC Co, Atlanta, Ga,
MaY-25 Nv.
Female Weakness Positive Cure.

To The EDIroR:-Please inform
your readers that I have a positive
remedy for the thousand and one ills
which arise from deranged female
organs. I shall be glad to send two
bottles Of my remedy FREE to any lady
if they will send their Express and
P. O. address. Yours respectfully,
DR.. A. G. M~ARcH1s1, UTICA, N. Y.
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no time"
George-"What was it?" III
Charley-"Simply blood eruptions.
Took a short course of P. P. P. [
tell you, it's the boss blood corrector.
The governor had rheumatism so bad
that you could hear him holler clear
across the country every time he
moved. He tried it, and you know
what an athletic old gent he is now.
If somebody would give Miss Daisy
a pointer, she would thank them af-
forwards. All the drug stores sell
it,"
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TEACHERS LIBRARY.

We are glad to announce the re-
ception of five excellent little volumes
for the Teachers Library from
Messrs. Eldredge & Bro. Their
titles are: 1. Cultivation Of the
senses. 2. Cultivation of the mem
DRY. 3. The use Of words. 4. Dis
cipline. 5. Class teaching. These
are a valuable contribution, and can
not fail to benefit every teacher who
will read them. We have promise OF
other books and hope to report them
soon. Shall we not have a contrbu-
ton of one book from each member
Of the Association?
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A BILL

To Amend Sections 1, 2 and of An
Act Entitled "An Act to Authorize
the County Commissioners Of Lex
ington County ard the City Coun-
Gil of Columbia to Purchase the
Two Bridges Known as the Broad
River Bridge and Congaree Bridge
near the City of Columbia, or to
Erect Other Bridges Across the
Congaree and Broad Rivers"
Be it enacted by ths.Senate and
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1893-02-01

Perfumery of all kinds, Hoyt's
and Taylor's cologne, bay rum for
the hair, pomade, hair oil, sweet
soap, toilet and tooth powder, hair
and tooth brushes, combs, etc, at
the Bazaar.
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who knows it all, or who is sc econo-
mical or ambitionless that he has 10
money for new books or time for fresh
intellectual conquests.-New Eng
land Journal.
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DEPOSITS RECEIVED SUBJECT TO CHECK.

When you come or send to pay
your taxes, be sure to call and pay
back arrears to the Dispatch and re-
new for a year, which will only cost
you one dollar.
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family circle. Writers who steal the
livery of heaven to serve the devil in
obtrude their wares upon us, and we
are ~powerless to avert the evil be-
cause it finds us so unprepared.
Publishers whose names have
heretofore been a guarantee of purity
and uprightness, accept a story from
some noted author whose name is
one to %conjure with, and sends out
to the world the connections of an
impure and fevered mind. How
shall we remedy this condition Of at
fairs, how quarantine our literature
until it can come to Us with a clean
bill of health that we may welcome
it to our families9 There is but one
way. Vigilance is good, and indeed
imperative. With the wide range OF
reading at our command we must
no more permit literature with the
faintest tinge Of impurity to sully
our home, than we would place a
loaded bomb shell down by the ge-
NAL warmth of our fresides expect.
inc it to remain their harmless.
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as WoRsT FoaMs.&

T HAp scRoFuLA in 1884, and clean.ed my
l system entirely from it by taking seven
bottles of S. SIS. ! have not had any symp.
toms since. E, w. Wilcox,
SpartanburH, S C,
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SCHOOL APPARATUS.

This is a hard problem because 1t.
financial one. Do you need
know YOU do,
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OF THE TEACHERS Asso-
CATION.
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CONTINUED ON THIRD PAGE.)
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-03

Mr.. Jones had just taken high
degree In a secret society to which
ho belongs. and which carries ON its
meetings in the still hours of the
Into night and early mornings. It
was 8 a. IN. when he reached home
and found Mrs. Jones, contrary to
custom, sound asleep.
"Wako up, Maria" he shouted,
brandishing new sword which had
been added to his regalia; wake up
and congratulate me. l am now u
Prince of Jerusalcmn
Mrs. Jones sat up and looked at
her husband by the waning light OF
q 3 o'clock moon and the night lamp.
"Jepthaw she said, in voice that
chilled him like u Manitoba wave In
january, when man comes home
at this hour Of the morning and says
he is a Prince Of Jerusalem, there is
something the matter with him and
he should be treated accordingly"
Aud he was.-Detroit Free Press.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-03


IL is No news that cannon balls and
bullets can be Photographed as they
dart through the. air, but Professor
c. V. Boys has recently made some
experiments in photographing flying
bullets that cast new light upon their
motion ana their erect upon the air
through which they pass go
Professor Boys hres the Dulle'
througha oox Ilned with oiack cioth'
and so arranged that the passing
bullet ITSELF completes an electric car
cut ana causes iiash Oh hght IN tne
box, which, though iastlng Only one
mii'ionth OF q second, sulnces 70
imprint a photograph OF the ouliet
on a sensitized pi@'e conta'heu III inc
box.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-03

Tradition has immortalizcd one
Adargoma, OF Grand Canary, who
could wres,lc for two consecutive
hours, and having been thrown I'M
dermost In a certain contest got his
antagonist between his legs and arms
and squeezed him so that his bones
began to crack.
The native was subsequently sent
as q prisoner to Spain, where ho as
founded the people by his perform
ances. One day in Seville he was
visited by brawny youth OF Ia
Mancha, who was anxious to try u
bout with him. my good friend.
said Adargoma, 'as we are going &C.
wrestlo together II is only reasonable
that we should begin by drinking
something"
A large bowl Of wine having been
brought, no took this in one hand
and continued 10 address his chal.
lenger; IF with both your arms yo,.
can overpower one of mine. so ~ TO
hinder me from drinking every drol
OF this wine. we will try our strength
together. II not youLnay return to
your home" Tho struggle took
place, and Adargoma by degrees
drained the bowl in the coolest man.
ner without splitting u drop of the
wine. His ono hand was more than
match for tho others two.-Na
tiunal Review