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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1893-03-15
The Drunkasd Give Up AL.

There's my money-giye me a
drink! There's the clothing and food
and fire of my wife and children
give me a drink. There's the edu-
cation of the family and the peace Of
the house-give me q drink, There's
the rent I have robbed from my land
lord and innumerable articles I have
robbed from my shopkeeper-give
me a drink. Pour me out a drink,
and yet more-I will pay for 1t!
There's my health of body and peace
of mind; there's my character as q
Christian. Igiye up all--giTe NE q
drink, More yet I have to give!
There's my heavenly inheritance and
the eternal friendship Of the re
deemed; there. there is all hope Of
salvation. give up my God! [ give
up all that is great and good glorl-
Gus in the universe! resign all for
ever that I may be drunk!-Catnolic
Review.
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Strength and Health.

If you r 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. If 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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bushel, can be raised with us for 90
to SO cents per bushel. Let us not
be apprehensive of Cutting the mar
ket. The South has been hungry
ever since the war. The rations is
sued by king cotton for two years
could have been devoured in one and
nobody hurt.
Senator Voorhees,, the great apostle
of whisky at the West,once in a speech
tried to brighten ;he farmers into his
destructive views by telling them all
their surplus corn would be thrown
upon their hands if the distillery of
whisky should be prohibited. Feeling
that he had availed himself of a form
liable argument, that the farmer
could not answer, planting himself
upon his Senatorial dignity, he called
out to know what the farmers would
do with all their surplus corn if they
were not allowed to make it into
whisky, and then paused for a reply.
Up rose an old farmer on the out
skirts of the crowd and said: "Sena-
tor, do you really want a reply!"
eyes" said the Senator, "what will
you do with all your abundance Of
corn if you cannot turn it into
whiskyT The farmer replied: "We
will raise more pork and less hell" I
commend to you the wisdom of our
Western brethren-let US raise more
pork and less hell.
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READING.
TEMPERANCE.

Hidden away in the crypt of each
skull is the night blooming cereus OF
God, the wonderful brain with its
fine flament of fancy and magma
ton, its broad, beautiful petals of
reason, its sweet perfume Of faith,
and to be re7erent toward it, to treat
it as a pure and holy thing, and to
do nothing that would tarnisb or
mar Gods hottest handiwork is what
VIC are here for. Was ever GRAND
more sacred outside of Paradise?
Pythagoras compared life to the
letter '. 1t is the diverging of the
broad and barrow ways. 1t is easy
to 60 in the right way at first; it is
comparatively easy to cross from the
wrong to the right at the beginning.
Each days progress widens the dis
lance; obstacles grow greater till at
last it isalmost impossible to change.
Notice, if you please, not impossible,
but almost impossible.
The inebriate makes a gospel for
himself which is of a purely human
invention. He says, "God never
endowed us with spiritual tendencies
as he did other men, and therefore,
we are not responsible. If we pay
our debts and are kind hearted no
body has a right to complain"
The inspired Apostle has told US
that no one lives to himself. Some
people seem to think'they exert no IN
fuence. Imagine a man cutting a
hole in the bottom of a ship inside
his berth, and then saying he is the
only one in danger.
If you never take the first drink
you will never become q" drunkard.
Not that the first drink makes you a
drunkard, but the appetite is sure to
increase. You may think you will
master the poisonous beverage, but
if you continue you will soon be its
servant.
Those Of YOU who are in the smil
ing bloom of youth have before them
lives broad hammered with glorious
opportunities. Let US begin at the
spring head, and then We will have
done more to purify this polluted
lsgislatsd. aos let tho fiery
demon of drih S@reck your lives,
bnt plant your feet firmly down upon
the rock of a strong determination
and say, Il will be true to a higher
destiny; I will cast off the letters and
scackles of the old bondage of drink"
J. A. ELL1soR,
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Eew's This!
HENRY GEORGE.

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for and case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Props,
Toledo, 0.
We the undersigned, have known
F. J. Cheney for the last Is years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions and fin
ancially able to carry out any oblga-
tons made be their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists
Toledo o.,
Walding, Kinnan g. Marvin, Whole,
sale Druggists Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nauy, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system,
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists. Testimonials free. IS
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August A. Klages, $40 Charles
street, Baltimore, Md, writes: "From
my youth I suffered from a poison
Gus faint in my blood. My face and
body was continually affected with
eruptions and sores. Lam now AZ
years of age and had been treated
both in Germany and America, but
no remedy overcame the trouble IN
til I used Botanic Blood Balm. I
have used about twenty bottles, and
now my skin is clear, smooth and
healthy, and I consider the poison
permanently driven from my blood.
I endorse it as the best blood rem
edy." 10.
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Street-car drivers and~thers who
are constantly exposed to all Rfhds
Of weather, and cannot find time to
lay by, should ever bear in mind this
plain fact that DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup cures coughs and colds. It is
unequaled.
President Cleveland has ;ntimated
that he will appoint no man to office
who served under him his first term.
Senator Hill had a twenty minutes
conference with President Cleveland
last Thursday and as a consequence
those politicians and newspapers who
have been trying to u Mr.. Cleve-
lands Administration for him, are
wondering "what's up"
The Fire Department in every city
could not do better than to keep a
dozen of Salvation Oil at each sta
ton, 1t instantly relieves all burns,
scalds and bruises, and in a few days
makes an effectual cure of the wound.
25 cts.
The Richmond and Danville Rail
road Company will operate a line OF
barges on the Mississippi river.
Julia Force, who recently MUIR
dered her two sisters in Atlanta, Ga,
and afterward adjudged insane, has
been indicted for murder.
Postmaster Bissel is accredited
with the statement that he will ap-
point no local business nan to post
mastership.
A course of P. P. P. will Danish
all bad feelings and restore your
health to perfect condition. Its cur
ative powers T marvellous. If out
of sorts and in bad humor with your
self and the world, take P. P. P, and
become healthy and national.
Hon. VIM. Elliott, a relative of the
Editor Of the State, will, according
to that paper, be appointed to the
.. S. District Attorneyship. ave
shall see what we will see," and the
probability is that somebody will find
that they have counted chickens be-
fore they were Matched"
For Old Sores, Skin Eruptions,
Pimples, Ulcer and Syphilis, use only
P. P. P. and get well and enjoy the
blessing only to be derived from the
use of P. P. P. rPrickly Ash, Poke
Root and Potassium.
Gov. Tillman says he expects Judge
simonton to appoint a receiver for
the Covers office before his term ex-
pires.
Erysipelas, swoolen Limbs, Bad
Sores. Scales and Scabs on the leg
have been entirely cured by P. P. p,
the most wonderful blood medicine
of the day.
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a Necessity to Every House
Wife.

Why don't you use Pearline? 1t
is the champion of all compounds for
washing fabrics Oh hapds, and as a
general cleanser. It washes much
eases, makes clothing winter and
sweeter than it washed with soap.
1t is also a gem for cleaning hands.
It's superiority for washing dishes,
scrubbing, cleaning paint, marble,
tinware, silver, jewelry, and for re
moving ink, grease and blood-stains
is universally acknowledged the best
thing made. Price 5 cents, at the
Bazaar,
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Democracy, which is in reality the
revival of Thomas Jefferson's Repub-
licanism. Mr.. Cleveland's power and
influence may for a while prevent
open rupture, but the opposition be-
tween the two factions Of the Demo
cratic party must become more and
more pronounced, and transfer the
real battle between the spirit OF pro,
lection and the spirit of free trade
into the Democratic ranks. AS the
contest goes Oh, the conservative
wing will absorb support from the
protectionist element of what was
the Republican party, and the radi-
cal wing becoming more and more
radical, will gather to itself from the
Peoples party and non-protective
Republicans until finally when the
split between them takes open shape,
two great parties, to legitimate sue
cessors of the Federalists and Re
publican parties Of the beginning of
the century, and of the Wing and
Democratic parties of a later period,
will again draw a clear division i'll
our politics, in a party Of protection
and a party of avowed free trade; a
party of special privileges and a
party of equal rights.
These are the two coming parties
for they are the two natural parties.
What names they will assume or will
be imposed on them cannot Of course
before told, but it is unlikely that
Republican" will be one Of them.
That has served twice in our history,
and it is not likely during this gener-
alton to be called on again. 1t is
more likely that at first, at least, both
will assume the Democratic name.
But the party that represents the
idea of equal rights must 60 farther
than it's predecessors ever dreamed
of going, for beneath all the issues Of
our politics today lies the great ques-
lion of the, distribution of wealth
which, vaguely styled the labor cues
ton. confronts the civilized world.
And the growing element in our
political thought today is the single
tax idea. That alone has a definite
aim and a consistent policy capable
of being carried to it's ultimate end.
and a principle that arouses the
nizsZn or outward DEMONSTRATION it
has shown it's power in the election
of 1891. The next great surprise
that awaits politicians will be when
a clear issue is made upon it. When
that shall be is a question of time
and seeming accident, but it is along
the line drawn by it that the great
est battle of our politics must ere
long be waged. With the second
election of Mr.. Cleveland, old things
in our politics must pass away and
new things come.
HENRY GEORGE.
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WHEN THE WEEK IS ENDED.
Selected.

Selected.
1t is good, when the week is ended,
to look back upon it's business and
it's tolls, and mark wherein we have
failed of our duties or come short of
what we should have done. The
close of the week should be to each
one of US like the close of our lives.
Everything should be adjusted, with
the world and with our God, as if we
we're about to leave the one and APP
pear before the other. The week is.
indeed, one of the regular divisions
of life, and when it closes it should
not be without it's moral. From the
end of n week to the end of an
other, the mind can easily stretch on
ward to the close of existence. 1t
can sweep down the stream of time
to the distant period when it will be
entirely beyond human power to reg
ulate human affairs. Saturday is time
for moral reflection. When for the
mercies of the week we are thank
full, and when past months and
years come up in succession before
us, we see the vanity Of our youth
full and the Yexations of manhood,
and tremble at the approaching win
ter of age. It is then we should
withdraw from the business and the
cares of the world, and giveathought
to our end, and to what we are to be
hereafter.
al. E.. RooF,
Leesville, S. G.
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written, a quarter of a century has
been added to the roll of years.
Often on pleas ant afternoons, so
people Whereabouts say, a couple, in
all the vigor and beauty Of youth,
may be seer placing flowers on a well
kept grave, and a chubby boy beside
them never tires of hearing how his
papa, when a baby, was saved from
his burning home By the brave man
who lies buried there
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1893-03-15

Col. Streator, the man who last year
disgraced the Pennsylvania military
by having Private 1ams cruelty and
brutally whipped for cheering the
Homestead strikers, has been re-
ported to the military authorities Of
that State as being beastly drunk dur
ing the inaugural ceremonies at
Washington. He should be made to
suffer the same punishment he had
inflicted upon poor Iams.
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81. E. RooF,
Leesville, S. G.
Superintendent of Press Work.
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 ard Colds, that it
cured his wife who was threatened
With Pneumonia after an attack Of
LA Grippe" when various other
remedies and several physicians had
done her no good. Robert Barber,
of C~ooksport, Pa, claims DIR. Kings
New Discovery has done him more
good than anything he ever used for
Lung Trouble. Nothing like it:
Try it. Free Trial Bottles at the
Bazaar. Large bottles, soc. and
Sl,G0,
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1893-03-15
BuckIen's Arnica SaIVe.

The best Salvc i'll the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains Corns, and all
Skin Eruptions, and positively cures
Piles, or no pay required. It is guar
anteed to give perfect satisfaction, OF
money refunded. Price Is cents per
box. For sale at the Bazaar
March 81.
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Rheumatism Cured.

PorspAMER's RED STAR STORE,
: LACE CRY, FLA.
p. P. P. MANUFACTURING Co.:
GESTs-Having suffered with Rheu
'matism for sometime, and tried great
many remedies, but could find no
relief until I used your great and
Beneficial P. P. P. I recommend it
TO suffering humanity. Yours,
J. POTSDAMER.
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''|ore Pork and Less HELL"

Whatever else a farmer may pro
duce he certainly should raise his
own provisions. Meat that is sold
from -! to Is cents perpound ought
never to cost us, raised upon our
farms, more than five cents. Corn
for which we have paid 21.00 per
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A. True Wife.

Tt is not to The house, make
the bsas; asEn :oezs and cook
wife. If this is all he needs, a sci
want can do it cheaper than a wife.
If this all, when a young man calls
to see q lady, send him into the pen
try to taste the bread and cake she
has made; send him to inspect the
needlework and bed making; or put
O. broom in her hand, and send him
to witness its use. Such things are
important, and the wise young man
will quickly look after them. But
what the true young man wants with
a wife is her companionship, sympa-
thy and love. The way of life has
many dreary places in it, and a man
needs a wife to 90 with him. Aman
iRsometimes oyertaken by misfortune:
he meets with failure and defeat;
trials and temptations beset him, and
he needs one to stand by and sympa-
thize. He has some hard battles to
fight with poverty, enemies and sin,
and he needs a woman that when he
puts his arms around her, he feels
that he has something to fight for;
she will help him to fight; she will
put her lips to his a and whisper
words of counsel, and her hands to
his heart and impart inspiration. All
through life, through storm and
through sunshine, conflict and victory.
through adverse and through favor
able winds, II an needs a wife.
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Fromstheus Bound to the Rock.

The Terrible Last of Lamar Under
Which Zach Chandler Writhed.
Richmond State.
The death of Justice Lamar has
recalled his we'll known devotion to
the Confederacy, and his love for the
leader of the lost cause was produc-
tive of one of the most dramatic
scenes in the history of the Senate.
The Mexican pension bill was under
consideration and an amendment
pended, extending its provision to all
veterans, irrespective Of their course
in the war between the States. It was
near adoption. Congress, it was said,
could best show its desire to forgive
and forget by extending the benefits
of the measure to those who had
once borne arms against the common
country. The amendment was near
adoption when Senator Zach Chand-
Ter came to hisfeet with short speech,
in which he said that while in the
main he agreed to the general tenor
Of the amendment, yet underits pro-
visions even jeff Davis would be re-
stored to citizenship. "And." he
added, Il am not prepared to go so
far as that.
Lamar arose. His intense excite
ment was evident. Between him and
Chandler a strong personal antagon-
ism existed. An outburst was ex-
pected, and it came.
"Mr. President" said the Missis-
sippian, with outstretched finger
pointing at his foeman, his tall
form trembling with emotion, but his
voice bell like in it's clearness and
without a culver in it, "when Prone
theus lay bound to the rock it was1
not the kings of beasts who ava
themselves of his distress.
not any other of the nobler
of the field or birds of the air&
was the vulture, the scavenger q
animal kingdom gluttoning upd
rion, which preyed upon his \
knowing that in a defenseless
who could move neither hand
foot, he had one into whose Yitals1
could dig his beak."
He sat down amid a stiffness 81
profound that a rustic of as
des male. Drons of nersnirafi0H
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ADVERTISING RATES.,

Advertisements will be inserted at the rate
Of - cents per spare of one inch space for
first insertion, and 30 cents per square for
each subsequent insertion.
Liberal contracts made with those wishing
to advertise for three, six or twelve months.
Notices in the local column 10 cents per
line each insertion.
Marriage notices inserted free.
Obituaries over ten line charged for at
regular advertising rates.
Address,
G.. NJ HARMAN, Editor.
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The good people of Coon Hollow,
N. c., r greatly exercised over the
disappearance of Henry Simpson,
colored, his wife and two sons, who
reside near the edge of Bullfrog
pond, four or five miles from Coon
Hollow.
Unusually cold weather has pre-
vailed in Eastern North Carolina.
Bullfrog pond, which is fed by sub
terranean springs, covers an area Of
only an acre and has never been
known to be frozen until this winter.
A week ago while the :nofG:ce of
every stream for miles aeoa was
CONCEALED to a depth be Or
fifteen inches, the waterd Bullfrog
pond were absolutely free from ice.
During the afternoon Of that day the
largest focko of wild geese ever seen
il that portion Of the State came
from the @2d In
By - freak of nature, on that
night, for the hrt time in its history,
Bullfrog pond was frozsAayer, and
the next morning the whole focE~d
geese were, to all appearances, help
less prisoners, bound one to another
by an u~nyielding cake of ice several
inches in thickness.
When Henry Simpson discovered
this state of affairs he rushed among
the geese, followed by his wife and
two sons, and began, as they sup
posed, the work of determination.
But the negroes had made a woeful
mistake. An old grey headed gander,
the patriarch of the flock, gave a loud
squawk, which was Immediately an
swered by his lieutenants from every
quarter of the pond. simultaneously
more than three thousand wings be-
gan to flap. In an instant the geese
arose above the tree tops, carrying
with them a solid cake of ice and
the Simpson family.
From that hour to this not the
slightest tidings have been received
from the unfortunate negroes, and
their fate will doubtless ever remain
a mystery.
Simpsons taking away gathers pc
culiar sadness from the fact that he
leaves behind an aged grand mother,
who is entirely dependant upon the
charity Of n~eighbors for support.
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Valuable Book.

Every farmer and mechanic should
have q copy OF "Ropp's Commercial
Calculator" It shows at a glance
the value Of grain, stock, hay cotton,
lumber and merchandise, also the
exact interest at any rate; the per
cent Of gain or loss, tables Of wages,
and shows contents Of lumber, logs
larns, bins, wagon beds, corn cribs,
e~ordwood, and carpenters, plasterers
and bricklayers work and also solves
many practical problems in daily ex-
perience. For sale at the Bazaar.
For Corns, Warts and BUn:ons
Use only Abbott's East Indian
Corn Paint.
For Sapolio, stove polish or kitchen
soap, call at the Bazaar.
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VAO W.
AND
GRNTy FURNISHINGS,
Trunks, Valises, SatcheIs,
Umbrellas, India Rubber
Goats, Mcintosh
Goods

OF all grades, together with
a complete line Of Boys and
Mems Overcoats. Also a
mice line of Jerseys, Children
Suits, something nobby, from
two and a half to six years,
eeeoead at slanghter prices
You can save money by call
ing on
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deaspale. DropsIof perspiTati0k
stood upon his forehead and he
clinched the arms of his chair until
the strained wood creaked. It was
expected that he would reply. Twice
@e4Haslf arose, then sank back. He
did not rely:
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For Corns, Warts asi Bun:oas
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1893-03-15

ForSapolio, stove polish or kitchen
soap, call at the Bazaar.