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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-07-04
THE TWIN COMMANDMENTS.
Winner OF the Mcmillan Medal-De q ee
Copferrsd-Liet of Gradustes.


Copferrsd-Li.t of Graduates.
GREENv1LLE, S. C., June 2l.-Yes.
terday the annual commencement OF
Furman University was held IN the
opera house and large crowd was pres
ent to witness the young men carry ott
their hard earned honors. The follow
ing gentlemen were selected from the
graduating class to deliver orations: Il.
J. Alderman. 1.-The Dignity OF Labor'';;
Thomas NJ. Norris, "Architects ofMod.
ern English Literature"; Joseph E. Ed
wards, Darkness and DAWN; William
n. Jeferies, "Education of Woman"
Diplomas were awarded to eighteen
graduates with the following degrees:
Bachlors of Arts-George S. Andrews,
Edge6el5; J, B. Atkinson, Chester;
Paul T. Brodie, Spartanburg; Baylis 7.
Earle, Spartanburg; Alopzo Finch,
Spartanburg. Bachelors Of Philosophy
Robert J. Alderman. Clarendon; J.
B. Boseman, Darlingtop; B. NJ. Cheat
ham, Abbeville; Joseph f. Z lwards,
Chester; J. X. Hair. B ,rnTell; William
n. Jeferies, Uniou; Within Lott, Jr.,
Eigefeld; James A. Merritt, Barnwell;
Thomas M. Norris, Orangeburg; l.. L.
Sans, North Carolina; E. G.. Stuart,
Abbeville; G.. B. Toole, Barnwel!; J.
H. Walden, Spartanburg.
The Mcmillan medal for defamation
was awarded to r. K, Taylor and was
presented in very graceful manner by
Mr.. Joseph Mccullough. The degree
Of Doctor of Divinity was conferred
upon Rev. r. T. Vann OF Scotland Neck,
n. G., Rev. r. W. Sanders OF Florence
snd Rev. f. J. Forester OF Greenwood.
After the regular exercises were over
a memorial service was held IN memory
OF DR.. H. 2. Griffith and Rev. John
Stout. Addresses were made by DR.. I.
M. Bailey and Rev. E. J. Forester.
The next session will begin September
&c. At night the opera house was filled
to ove1nowing, the occasion being the
annual commencement of the Female
College. The salutatory was read by
Miss Bessie Bostick and the yaledlc-
tory by Miss Lillian Mattison. The
anniversary address before the Judson
Literary Society was delivered by Rev.
H. <. Buckho!z Ct Chester. His sub
iect was "Asplrations." The following
were the degrees conferred: Full Grad.
uates-Misses Lillian MattIson, Able
vile; Autho Pope aud Alice Watson,
Greenvllle. Bachelor of Arts-Mlss
Lula Young. Bachelors OF English
Misses Eliza Bsattie, Adele Hayne,
Mamie Mauldin, Ellen Mcpherson,
Be,sie Bostick, Eleonora Brown, May
Burgiss, Rosa Eskew, Mary E. Hull
house, L nilY Thackston. Margaret
Ware, FraDces Whitmire, Idle Miller.
Bessie Mobley all of GreenVllle; Misses
Sallle Norwood, Kershaw; Anna Rich.
ardson, Anderson; Myrtis Smart, Abbe'
Vile; Salle Trapp, Eiyafeld; Elizabeth
Zeigler, Orangeburg; Josephine Martin.
Graduates in piano, harmoy and theory
Misses Eleanor Earle, Roselle Wad-
dill, Octavia Williams. Grace Watson.
Greedville; and Lula Young, Abbeville,
These young ladies have recently given
piano recital5 which showed the degree
Of culture to which they have atteained.
The college has had very prosperous
year.-CoIumbia Register.
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INFANT Il ANDS

Fair beacon lights at duSky eve,
In cottage door and palace hail;
They beckon man from busy marts,
Those dimpled hands outstretched and
small.
Herculean powers within them lie,
Wee finger tips with rosy palm;
One magic touch on cheek or brow
VIII quell an angry rising storm.
Ofttimes they vanish from the sight,
Those darling hands more priced than
gold;
Passive in deaths chill hand they lie
Like frozen lilies pure and cold.
God says: ga little child shall lead"
And c2ear-eyed faith diScerns afar
Those cleaning hands at close Of day
Are beckoning home through gates
aiar.
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Slauphtered Like Rats.

LONDON. June 26.-The further ex.
ploration of the Point Y-Peidd mine
which an explosion occurred yesterday,
has shown that the disaster was far
beyond anything imagined last night.
The number of dead is Psi. The orig
inal report that only 200 men were in
the mine at the time was due to a mis-
understanding on the part OF the man
ager, who thought that shaft OF min
ers had just come up. Many OF the
dead bodies were mangled beyond re-
cognition. Crowds Of women, who
have not slept since the explosion, still
surround the pit, awaiting news from
husbands and brothers. Exploration
of the mine is slow and difficult, owing
to the blocking of the galleries with
dead horses.
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he had been born in q village in tbs pro-
vince OF Milan, Ita.Y.
Santo held a newspaper IN bis band
as he pressed through the crowd and
sprang upon the steps Of the carriage
in which Caruot eat. He suatched a
dagger from the folds Of the newspaper
and plungedi IL into the Presidents ab-
domen near the liver. Caraot sank back
unconscious
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A Sad Tale

COLUMBIA, S. G., June 2l.-Al! re-
momber the famous Charles +. IL.
Gates, the sailor detective, who came
to South Carolina some years ago. Ihe
story of bis thrilling experienced &c the
Lexington jail when the negro Leap
hart was shot to death IS famlliar.
After that, as all know, he came back
to Columbia and soon became farmer
near Columbia in the sand hills, marry
ing a widow Of some means. After
a while be craWled into Columbia one
night with his right arm shot Off, say
ing his Wife's relatives mad tried 10
murder him. Then he became travel.
ing salesman, and about a year ago ne
disappeared altogether. 1t Is another
remarkable chapter now that has to be
added to this stirring story. His wife
was a Mrs. Doland. Her first husband
died leaving her. nice place aoout
four miles from the city and consider
able means. Gates soon managed 10
make way with all her available pro-
perty and skipped. The State represen-
tatiVe is now told by reliable parties
that the woman who seemed to be In
fatuated with the rake has for some
time been living alone in her house,
eating berries from the woods, etc;
She has evidently lost her mind and
is trying to starve herself to death.
she won't receive help from any one
and locks herself up when any one
comes about the place. There is MOTH
ing in the house for her to sleep upon
but a pile of straw. She carries a
large pistol strapped about her waist
and every one is afraid to approach
her. The States informant says that
unless something can be done by the
officials to take control of her she will
soon succeed in starving herself to
death. The story reads like romance,
but il is true and some action should
be taken by the proper authorities
State
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The New York Times has published
a astatement showing that Senator Al
drich. of Rhode Island, who had as
much to do with making the Mckinley
tariff act as any other man, and VINO is
the foremost opponent of tariff reform
in the pre-ent Congress, is partner of
Mr.. Searles the treasurer Of the sugar
trust, IN street railway speculation
to which the trust has advanced $500,
600. This statement makes clear Mr..
Aldrich's activity in seeking 10 pro-
mote the interest Of the trust, and fur
nlshes to the pIblic further proof OF
the farreaching coTIuptions that have
grown up uDder the wing of protee-
tjOn.
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VeDCe, revenge" w alVlnS MS nauQ lOr
silence, Rivaud spoke again, saying:
do not make my mission more painful.
We left NJ. Carnot in the hands Of doc
tors. You understand that under these
conditions our hearts are filled with sor-
row and that the proposed performance
in the Presidents honor, cannot take
place." The audience then left the
BUILDING, many Of them proceeding al
once to the Prefecture, where they stood
in the streets waiting for reports.
Santo, the assassin, is beardless
young man, 20 or 25, years old. When
arrested he was arrayed in broadcloth
suit and wore peaked cap that matched
the suit in color. AS he marched under
his police gusrd from the de Ia Republi-
que to the station he held his head down
but his eyes glanced furti7ely
around as though he was seek
ing an opportunity to escape from his
captors. To have made such an attempt
however, would have been the height of
f0olhardness unless he desired to COM
nit suicide, for there is not the slightest
doubt that had he got away from the
protection afforded him by the police be
would have been tom limb from limb
by the crowd, whose everV action
showed that they were thirsting for his
blood.
Santo, who speaks French badly,
when questioned by Prefect Lepine at
the police station in Rue Moliere, said
he had lived at Cette, department OF
Herault, for the past six months, and
had only come to Lyons today. He
gave his age as % years. His replies
were given coolly, but without any
sign of bravado. He refused, however,
to answer any OF the many questions
put to him regarding his motive Tor
stabblng the president, declaring that
on this subject he would speak only BE-,
fore the tribunal. When be was searched
by the police book was found IN one OF
his pockets in which it was written that
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Chinese Learn From Foreigners.

China SO long the most stationary Of
all countries, is decidedly marching on.
The Viceroy Ii Hung Changes Medical
school at Tientsin for the study Of the
western arts and sciences Of healing Is al
ready in active operation, and it is stated
by Chinese paper that the army and
navy will in future depend upon 1t for
their supplies of medicines as well as for
the appointment of efficient medical men
for both services.
The same authority states that the Chi
nese druggists are totally ignorant of med
ioal chemistry All prescriptions are filed
with raw drugs, and the patients take the
medicine in decoctiOns. Chinese surgery
Is based upon brass model representing
the structure and locality Of internal
organs in the human body. The model
Is vague and unfit to be used by students
of such an important subject, Whereas,
says the writer, 1.-THE anatomical works Of
the west are written upon the exact knowl-
edge Of the human body. There are no
guessing works done in the west Every
tissue of the body is infinitely described
Ind located. London News.
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English School Pictures.

Outlandish pictures are a subject of
complaint in the report of Mr.. Rankine, a
London school inspector. The walls Of
our schoolrooms are frightened with
pictures, but why do so many publishers
buy their pictures abroad? The conse-
quence is that the scenes depicted have an
unfamiliar look. Our peasants do not
smoke long china pipes, nor is our harvest,
as a rule in June, nor did we ever see in
this country a grouse perched on tree.
"There is, adds this officer, "a fish, too,
with beard, no doubt capital subject
for an object lesson, but have not found
the teacher who can tell me its name"
Mr. Rankine is of opinion that the best
pictures, both as works of art and for
teaching purposes, are not infrequontly
colored illustrations from the Christmas
numbers and the show cards of some of
our great trading flrms.-London Tele-
graph.
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HOW TO BE CLEVER WITH BOTTLES.

What to Do In the Lack of COrkscrew or
When There Is Cork In the Beer.
During the season of out Of door enjoy
ments and open air lunches one Of the
things that will often bother a party will
arise from the neglect to provide the lunch
outfit with q corkscrew. OF course If tho
drinkables happen to be in patent stop
percd bottles, like those that lager beer
usually comes in, a corkscrew will not be
necessary, but suppose the beer Is in cork
ed BOTTLES or that it is ale-how shall 1t be
opened?
There Is O trick Of taking off the heads
Of bottles that is worth knowing. You are
pretty sure to have at hand table knife
or a good sized pocketknife. The case knife
is to be preferred
Grasp the beer bottle in the left hand
and the knife in the right hand. Lay the
bottle on your knee and draw the knife
vigorously across the neck of the bottle
Just back Of the rim that tncloses the
cork, just as If you were going to saw the
head off the bottle. You will not, of course,
be able to cut the head off the bottle, but
If you bear on pretty hard and turn the
bottle around gradually until every part
of the neck has been under the knife's
edge you via scratch the enamel Of the
glass all around. This is the purpose Of
the saving When this Is accomplished,
lay the knife blade flatwise on the bottle
and with the back Of the blade strike the
bottle rim two or three sharp blows
lengthwise of the bottle as If you would
knock the head off. Presently you will
hear 1t break under the blows, and 1t will
break Just in the line Of the scratches on
the enamel.
The cork in an ale bottle extends below
the break and holds the head on. Put
napkin over the head and draw the cork.
Head and all will come off as clean as
whistle. You need fear no chips of broken
glass If the saving has been well done.
The old bottle man will not thank you for
the trick, but you will not need to worry
about corkscrew when you have acquir-
ed it.
Another little bit Of manipulation Is
good to know about Corks in all bottles
are often bad, and in drawing them they
will crumble. If the ale is poured directly
under these circumstances, bits of cork will
appear in some of the glasses. These bits
Of cork are easily got rid of. Hold the
bottle upright and tap its side sharply.
All the bits of cork will rise into the neck
of the bottle, and presently the ale will be-
gin to send out bead Of foam. On top
of this the cork crumbs will rise. Blow
off the head of the foam, and all the bits
of cork will be gone. Then you can de-
can't the ale and have 1t clear and ready to
drink.-New York Sun.
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REORGANIZATION.

Years ago an old hard shell preacher,
who lived on the border in the days
when the Indians were at war with the
whites was making preparations one
morning to go to his church, miles away,
through country infested with savages
He was carefully loading his old hintlock
rifle to take along when a friend present
remarked:
What are you going to take that gun
along for, old man? Don't you know that
If it is foreordained for the Indians to kill
you the gun won't save your"
That's very true" said the old man
as ho deliberately rammed the ball home,
"but suppose it is foreordained that the
Indian shall be killed. Now, how would
the good Lord carry out his purpose if
didn't have my gun along'" That closed
the debate GA News.
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gold OF the great mine, on which the life
of the town depended, seemed inexhausti-
BILE. What could happen to disturb their
increasing prosperity 1t was only coin
cidence, Of course, that before summer
lived again, from secret and unexpected
channels among the hills there came q
deluge which flooded mine and town with
water. Many persons were drowned and
those saved, sickened and discouraged, left
the place. The great expense of removing
dnhrie md tho foH~ 20 tN~+ |i71or, 6--'g-o~
OF hoou have prevented the reopening OF
the mine. For all 1 know the coyote and
the lion may prowl unhindered now amid
=. q Sc II -. lie, Tn dead Upon ,-C
hillside, making their lair in deserted
houses along the desolate streets or in the
abandoned prospect holes among those
lonely hills,-Francita Trujillo in Phila
del9hia Times,
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Invention of the Screw Propeller.

The introduction of the screw propeller
into use was accomplished simultaneously
by Smith in England and Ericsson in the
United States. Both were men of great
ability. Each considered himself the in
ventor of the screw propeller. Each took
out patents in England In 1886 and In the
United States two or three years after
ward. Each patent differed radically from
tLe other. Neither patent, fof the general
application of the screw propeller, was
sustained either here or abroad, and neither
Smith nor Ericsson patented additional
improvements on the screw propeller.
Each built small screw vessels in England
that were successfully tried in 1887,
Smiths being of six tons burden, with o
wooden screw, driven by six horsepower
engine, and Ericsson's, named the Francis
B. Ogden, having about double the ton
mage and power.
Each built larger screw vessels that
were successfully tried in England in
1889. Smiths vessel, the Archimedes be-
Ing upward of 200 tons burden and driven
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THE BATH AFTER EXERCISE.
Unless 1t Is Taken at Once 1t Should Not
Be Cold One.

Unless 1t Is Taken at Once 1t Should Not
Be a Cold One.
The popular notion of the injurious eff
feet of a cold bath taken by one who Is
overheated from exercise must possess, as
all such ideas have, some basis in expert
ence, and yet it is falsifled by the expert
ences of athletes from the days of the
Greeks and Romans even until now, who
find in this procedure a refreshing and
stimulating tonic after the exertion they
have recently undergone. And, physio-
logically speaking, cold plunge or douche
taken Immediately after the physical eff
fort, when the skin is acting freely and
there is q sense of heat throughout the
body, is as rational as in the experience
of the athlete, 1t is beneficial. 1t is paral-
leled by the tonic effect produced by the
cold plunge when the skin is actively Sc
GREETING after Turkish bath and finds its
rationale doubtless in the stimulation Of
the nervous system, in the increase Of in
ternal circulation and also in the renewal
Of activity to the cutaneous circulation
after the momentary contraction Of blood
vessels due to the cold.
The popular belief doubtless rests ON
tho injurious effects which may be in
duced by the bath in one who does not re-
sort to 1t Immediately, but allows time for
the effects of fatigue to show themselves
on the muscles and nerves, and for the
surface Of the body to get cool. Taken
then, the bath is more likely to depress
than to stimulate; there is less power of
reaction and greater liability to internal
inflammations. At such time warm
bath rather than cold one is more suit
able and moro safe.-London Lancet.
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e. Estabrook.
FitchbuFg Railroad,
HOOsAC TUNNEL ROUTE.


On and after July 9Th, 1894, trains will run 81
follows
LEAVE BENNINGTON VIA. BENNINGTON & RUTLAND
RAILWAY.
Leave Bennington &c a m, arrive Troy s So,
m, New York 20 p m, HoosicE Fels 81, North
Adams SO, Greenfield II u2 m, Fitchourg 80,
Boston 10 p n, INTERCHANGEABLE 9 %, Saratoga, SO
Leave Bennington 70 40 M. arrive Troy g 10
New York %, Hoosick Falls 3 81, North Adams
46, Greenfield 90, Fitchburg % Boston 015p
IN.
Leave Bennington 25 p. M, arrive at Troy
40, New York 80.
Leave Bennington IS m, arrive Troy IS,
pm, Hoosick Falls s II, No. Adams7 90 p N.
Mechanicvllle 6 46, p. M, Saratoga 33p. m.
Leave Bennington II Is a. N. arrive Troy 10
New York Aba m. Leave Bennington for the
north 10 Is. 6 Is and 9 10 m, So. 6 10 p m.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT BENNINGTON.
VIA. BENNINGTON & RUTLAND R'Y:
/ 20 a m, from New York, Albany and Troy.
81 from New York, Albany, Troy Hoo
sick Falls, No. Adams, Saratoga and Mechanic
vile.
3O5 SPIN, from New York Albany, and Troy,
25 from New York, Albany and Troy.
3Sp IN, from Albany, Troy, Hoosick Falls. No,
Adams Boston, and Saratoga. Arrive at Ben
nington from the north 1 20, Is m, O5, 80
J.R. WATSON, Genp Pass. Ag't.
G. 4 N1MMO Boston.
Genl Western Passenger Agent, Troy.
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A FuHskKEN IDOL.

Jacob buried his gods at Shechem-
CASTOR idols of stone and wood.
Well he wot they would ne'er bespeak him
Further evil nor future good.
Nevertheless he would not treat thom
Just like pieces Of wood and stone
When he thought how he'd tried to seat them
Up aloft on an altar throne.
Once an idol 1 fondly cherished,
Which was known by the name you bear,
When found it was false as fair.
Nevertheless l could not break it,
Like an image ofaorthless clay,
VIZ l-g.. i .-yT .'-si 10 make 1t
All ever could hope or pray.
In my heart, down shady hollow,
Where the willow of weeping waves
Hide false gods, l was wont to follow,
Out of sight in forgotten graves.
There you lie with no name above you
With no epitaph false or true,
Save the fact that used to love you
Ere at Shechem buried you.
Pail Mall Magazine,
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INPRIYATR PRACTICE.

Such strong proofs of the marvellous
cures made by DR.. David Kennedys Fa-
vorite Remedy have been brought to
public notice lately, through the various
newspaper investigations, that it has be-
come now the standard medicine for the
diseases for which it is prepared.
DR.. G. H, Ingraham of Amsterdam,
n. Y, states, where the regular prescrip-
tions used in q case of kidney disease
and gravel utterly failed, he prescribed
Dr. Korredv's Favcrite Remedy, ard il
cured the patient.
DR.. VIM. Smith of Jewetts Heights,
n. Y, prescribed FavOrite Remedy for
Mrs. Casper Brooks of Athens, n. Y,
who was suffering from kidney disease,
liberation of the stomach, complicated
with sickness peculiar to her sex; after
the second day, steady improvement
was noted, and final permanent recovery.
DR.. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy acts
directly upon the kidneys, liver and
blood, in cases of nervousness, dyspep-
STA, rheumatism and Brights disease; it
has made most pronounced cures, after
all other treatments have failed. Drug
gists sell it.
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THE BREAKING OF RECORDS.
What Science can do in this Line when
she tries.

What Science can do in this Line when
she tries.
Steamship captains, horse owners, bicycle
riders and lot of other people are making siren
uous efforts to "break the record" The great
public looks on at IKE game with good natured
interest.
Once in while sober science does little rec
latest and greatest achievements is the discovery
and application of process for artifcially di-
rosfirs fond 60 tha' It Sc ahoorHa1 i~,., d'at,l--
by the system, without Imposing the least labor
on weak stomach. This food is called Paskola
1t restored the debitated, and gives fat to the
thin because it is starchy. Only starches add
real, solid lasting flesh to the body. Oils and
fats don't and never Will.
Mr.. II. o. Mahood Of Er,ieuton, venango Co.,
Pa, says. II Ta5 so weak and run down that
thought would have to give up my business.
could not eat nor sleep. After one bottle Of Pas
koa began to gain at once and have gained
over Aiteen pounds in less than three weeks, and
now feel like new man"
No wondcr.
Mrs. S. c. Stonch Of Wellington and Dauphin
Sts., Philadelphia, writes; Il have been sick
nearly three years, at times suffering terrible
pains in my back and then cold in the lower part
of the bowels. Sometimes I thought should die
Ali this time was constipated. When first be-
gan taking Paskola. was tempted to give it up,
thinking it would do me no good, because L had
taken so much medicine. 1 feel Paskola begin
ming to do me good, and to-day took longer
walk than have been able 10 take for three
years. lam much stronger. 1 am taking my
fifth bottle of Paskola, and 1 eat almost every
thing now. lam Sc years old, and was Away
active having worked hard"
Paskola may be bought of any reputable drug
gist. An interesting pamphlet on food and di-
geslion will he mailed free, on application 70
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Not Exacting.

Young Muney-Ah, fair one, be mineI
will give up wealth, fame, position-yea,
even family-for you.
Miss Pretty Shopgurl-Well, Henry, If
you still insist, 1 suppose must say yes
but won't be hard upon you, dear. You
need give up only the naturalization
Courier.