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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-05-13
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ss- Tho Editorial and Business Management Of
this Paper Guarantee this generous Proposition
Oats are not so high as some crops
get, but they will get amply high to
cut.
Gardens are not doing so well, and
it will take good hard rain to bring
them out.
A Western fever is beginning to
strike some folks, more so than a po-
itical fever.
The registration books will close at
this place next Saturday. Have you
registered
When you come to town don't for
get to call and settle your subscrip-
ton due the Dispatch.
The Lexington Literary League
will meet at the residence of Mr.. W.
P. Roof next Monday evening.
If soma men were as big as they
think they are, The world would have
to be enlarged.
The warm weather has brought
mosquitoes and flies in super abun-
dance.
A three-year-old colt belonging to
Mr.. D. J. DeHart, accidentally
recently snaged itself to death.
W. A. Goodwin, Esq, committed
to Jail yesterday, a negro from his
section for burglary and larceny.
Alwaysin season, Hopkins Steamed
Hominy (Hulled Corn.) Elegant
lunch in milk. Ask your grocer for it.
There are dull times on the farm
when the boy has to turn the grind
stone.
On the verge OF q decision we all
tremble-hope pauses with futterlng
wings.
Woman's genius. ifgreat and true,
equals and often surpasses that OF
the most gifted man.
The many friends Of Mr.. Boynton
O'Brien will be glad to learn that he
is conyalescing from stroke ofparaly-
sis.
THE Old 20th'' wants the names
of all persons who intend going to
the re union of the Confederate
Veterans at Richmond.
Mrs. Brodie, the mother Of Prof
P. T. Brodie, after spending several
days with friends at this place, re-
turned home Sunday.
Miss Maud Pitts is visiting the
family of Col. G.. T. Graham, and
'sPretty Jim's" smile is now from ear
to ear.
WANTED-A reliable lady OF
gentleman to distribute samples and
make a house to house canvass fol-
our Vegetable Toilet Soaps and
Pure Flavoring Extracts. $40 te
SIS month easily made. Address
Crofts & Reed, Chicago, Ill.
Mrs. P. T. Brodie, who has been
spending sometime with her parents.
MIR. and Mrs. G. s. Bradford, returned
to her home at Clemson Sunday.
Hon. J. VIM. Thurmond, of Edge
field, is announced for Solicitor Of
this, the Fifth judicial Circuit in
these columns.
A lot of beautiful stationery-gilI
edge, Illuminated tints, cream and
white linen, mourning paper and en-
velopes in boxes, besides all standard
articles in this line. An elegant as
sortment Of inks, pens, pencils, ETC..
just opened at the Bazaar.
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Barbecue.

THE UNDERSIGNED WILL GIVE A
l. Barbecue at Irene. (better known as
Red Bunk Mills) on July 4th. The public
,s cordially invited to attend. Interesting
public speakers will be present and en-
ighten us on the questions Of the day.
GEO. W. KLAPMAN.
HOMER WOODS.
May 13, 1896. Sw33
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Final Discharge.

ALL PERSONS INTERESTED WILL
n take notice that I will apply to the
Probate Court for Lexington county, S. c.,
on FIJI lay, the 22nd day of Nav,
1896 at 10 o'clock q. ni., for IA final settle
ment and discharge as Executor OF the Es-
tate of VIM. Bal]entine.
D. E. BAlLEN1INE, Executor.
April Is, 1896. GS27.
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The Lexington Dispatch
WEDNESDAY, MAY l3, 1896.
Index to New Advertisements.

1HUcA % NOW 30 TIVE
Announcements. A. Muller.
Final Discharges. P. Wingard.
Proclamation by the Governor.
Barbecue-Klappman & Woods.
Organs-M. A. Malone.
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Manchester's Pills

Manchester's famous English Pen
pyroyal Pills, for female ills. For
sale at the Bazaar.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-05-13
Professional Calls.

Any CALL LEFT AT THE BAZAAR
"A Tor my services will be promptly at
tended to. C. E. LEAPHART, NJ. D.
September lift.
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attention Mediterranean.

Attention, Washerwomen.
Thomas bluing, dry or in liquid,
for washing purposes, is the best.
5 cent and 10 cent sizes. For sale
at the Bazaar.
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Wanted d--Salesmen

ITO CANVASS LEXINGTON. RICH
l. lard, Orangeburg and Clarendon
counties. Profitable employment for re-
mainder of this year. Man who can fur
nish horse and buggy preferred. Those
interested should write for particulars and
arrange for personal business meeting.
J. F. HODGE, Manager,
1914 Taylor ST., Columbia, s. @.
Feb. 2G-tf
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-08-20
DYSPEPSIA PROOF.
One American Race That Knows Nothing
of the Modern Curse.

of the Modern Curse.
Much is said about American dys-
pepsia, but there is one native race Of
America that is certainly not greatly
troubled by the modern curse. The
sturdy little Eskimos defy all the laws
of hygiene and thrive. The Eskimo.
like the ordinary dweller in America,
eats until he is satisfied, but there is
this difference, that he is never salts
fed while q shred of his feast remains
unconsumed. His capacity is limited
by the supply, and by that only.
He cannot make any mistake, says
the Youths Companion, about the
manner of cooking his food-for as a
rule he does not cook it-nor, so far as
the blubber or fat of the arctic animal
is concerned, about his method of eat
ing it, for he simply does not eat it; he
cuts it into long strips an inch wide
and an inch thick, and then lowers the
strips down his throat as one might
lower rope into Well.
And after all that he does not suffer
from indigestion. He can make n good
meal off the flesh and skin of the wal
rus, provision SO hard and gritty that
in cutting up the animal the knife must
be continually sharpened.
The teeth of the little Eskimo child will
meet in bit of walrus skin as the teeth
of an American child would meet In the
flesh of an apple. And that when the
hide of the walrus is from half an inch
TO an inch and half in thickness, and
bears considerable resemblance TO the
skin of an elephant. The Eskimo child
will bite it and digest it, too, and never
know what dyspepsia means
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-08-20
NEW STATE SEALS.
Wyoming and Utah Have Recently Had
Theirs Made.

The states of Wyoming and Utah
have recently had their seals made, and
are now affixing them TO all public
documents emanating from the govern
or or secretary of state, says the Wash
incton National Tribune. That of Wy
oming represents g. pedestal showing
on the front an eagle resting upon a
shield. Upon the shield are engraved
a star, and the figure a." being the
number of Wyoming in the order of adj
mission to statehood. Standing upon
the pedestal is the draped figure of a
woman modelled after the statue of
"The Victory" at the Louvre, from
whose wrists hang the links of a broken
chain. In the right hand she holds a
staff, from which floats banner bear
ing the words Equal Rights" This
suggests the political position of a
woman in this state. On either side of
the pedestal, standing at its base, are
figures typifying the live stock and
mining industries of Wyoming. Be
hind the pedestal, and in the back
ground, are two pillars, each support
ing lighted lamp, signifying the light
of knowledge. Around the pillars sup
porting these lamps are scrolls bear
ing the words Live Stock" GRAIN "
"Mines" and oil" At the base of the
pedestal in front are the figures 1862
$780," the former signifying the or
ganization of the territory of Wyoming
and the latter the date of it's admission
to statehood.
The seal of the state of Utah is well
composed. An eagle holds in its claws
six arrows and a Norman shield. This
shield bears a hive on pedestal, about
which the bees are humming. The
word Industry" is emblazoned across
the top of the shield and the figures
"1S4T" are shown at the lower point
Behind the shield are crossed two flags
of the United States. Around the out
er edge of the shield are the words
"The Great Seal of the State of Utah
1896"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-08-20
SHOOTING WILDCATS.
Method In Which SpOrtsmen at Patch
ogue indulge In the Sport.

ogue indulge In the Sport.
The New York Sun told recently
about some cats which had been liber-
ated and had gone wild on an island.
There is similar colony on an island
three miles off Patshogue, L. !.
When Patchogue cats get too numer-
Gus, the kittens, instead of being
drowned or dropped on the neighbours
door steps, as in ordinary country
towns, are taken out to the island and
liberated. They find there plenty to
eat-birds washed ashore, as well as
fish and mussels, while there is fresh
water a-plenty for their needs. Now
when Patchogue man gets his sport
irg blood up he takes a boat and goes
wildcat hunting. He takes pretty
stable fish with him, or, maybe, y
large bird-a hen or duck or gull, say
or a sleeps head or a chunk of meat,
lie starts after supper in the summer
time, and arrives at the island about
shutdown. Then he proceeds to gather
driftwood, and by dark he has pretty
stable fire blazing. He looks to- his 12-
gauge or 10-gauge duck gun, and loads
It with double BIS. Then he hangs up
the bird, head, meat, or fish so close tc
the fire that it sizzles and burns, and
sends forth an odor most appetizing to
wildcats. This done, he goes away
about seven rods from the fire and sits
down behind the brush and waits.
Pretty soon he hears a yeowl away
down wind. BY and by he sees n
shadow approaching. The killing OF
the wildcat isn't much. 1t come sout
into the opening and goes toward the
fire, whereupon the watcher shoots 1t
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-08-20
BELIEVES IN SEA SERPENTS.
Monster Deep-Sea Dwellers That Possess
Extraordinary Powers.

Extraordinary Powers.
"Do | believe in sea serpents?" re-
peated Eugene G.. Blaclford, formerly
state fish commissioner, to n reporter
for the New York Times. 81 certainly
do. Of course, / don't believe in all the
details of sea serpents as seen at the
summer hotels. | do believe there are
huge marine monsters which appear
like serpents, and cause these tales
about sea serpents to be told"
"How is it that none of these has ever
been captured?"
Their enormous size and swiftness,
their extraordinary powers, and the
fact that they are shy and seldom ap'
pear"
"Why are their bodies not cast
ashore?"
''They are probably deep-sea dwell
ers. The bodies of the deep-sea fish are
not cast ashore. except on rare and
abnormal occasions. For instance, IS
years ago about 100000 deep-sea fish
were found floating dead on the surface
of the ocean. 1t was supposed that a
submarine explosion had killed them.
Deep-sea fish cannot get to the surface
under ordinary conditions, or, if they
do. they cannot get down again"
Wouldn't that keep the sea serpent
up if he once came up?"
Not necessarily. He may be con-
structed on different plan. / think
the sea serpent is a survival of the great
reptiles of the Plesiosaurus species. 1t
is quite possible that, though dweller
of the deep, he may be able to come to
the surface of the sea and go down again
at his pleasure"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-08-20
A NOVEL ADVERTISEMENT.
Built Monument In the Cemetery fol
the Purpose.

the Purpose.
A splendid monument of Pierre Ca
bochard, grocer, stands in conspicu-
Gus position N the cemetery of Pere la
Chaise. 1t bears a pathetic inscription,
ending:
Ills inconsolable widow dedcates
this monument to his memory, and con-
tinues the same business at the old
place, 1G7 Rue Mouffetard."
A gentleman had the curiosity to call
at the address given, says Tit-Bits.
~ came to see the widow Cabochard,"
said the caller.
"Well, sir, here she is" said the man.
II beg pardon" said the gentleman,
''but I-wish to see the lady herself"
Sir" was the answer II am the wild
ow Cabochard."
Il don't exactly understand" quoth
the visitor. 81 allude to the relict of
the late Pierre Cabochard, whose mon
ument I saw yesterday at Pere la
Chaise.'
81 see. l see," was the smiling re-
joinder. "Allow me to inform you that
Pierre Cabochard is a myth, and there
fore never had wife. The tomb you
admired cost me a good deal of money;
and, though 10 one was buried there, it
proves first-rate advertisement, and !
have had no cause to regret the expense.
What can l sell you in the way of gro
ceries?"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-08-20
SECRET OF LYING ABLY.
Short Dissertation Upon tho Art of Sue
cessful Mendacity.

Short Dissertation Upon tho Art OF sdc-
cessful Mendacity.
In treating this subject 1t should be
clearly understood that Il is not my in
tention to speak of the man who lies
to benefit himself, or the one who lies
maliciously. The other grand division
of this great genus, whose talent is
along the line of poetic and picturesque,
Is by far the most interesting. A liar,
saws the Louisiana Commercial, can
never lie so we'll unless he thinks you
believe him. Whenever he becomes con-
WINGED that you are swallowing every
word he says, he throws his whole
soul into it, and lies with all his might.
New scenes and conditions rise rapidly
in his fertile brain, one after another,
and his active tongue sets them forth
in glowing words.
Now, there is nothing more entertain
ing than good, well-told lie-one that
does not draw too largely on the SUI
pernatural. In nine cases out OF ten
there Is as much entertainment in liz
tening to good lie rs we are led to I'LL
derstand there is In telling one. So q
good liar at his best Is really q sort of
O mutual benefit arrangement, furnish
ing entertainment for both himself and
his fellow men. He also runs the risk
of getting caught, which to most of the
fabricators of the first class is dis
agreeable. The best liars never build
or airy nothingness. Far better re-
suits are obtained by taking subject
and charging on it. In this way the i'm
agination can act with more freedom
than when it has to hold the original
lie in sight all the time.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-08-20
THE kARAlM JEWS.
One Way by Which Russians Snub Ortho-
dox Hebrews.

dox Hebrews.
The Karaim Jews number 5000 or t.,
600, and live principally in the Crimea.
They speak Tartar dialectamong them
selves, and ethnologically are much
more like Tartars than Semites, says
the Saturday Review. Their own le-
gends, in fact, permit the assumption
that they were KhaZars, and We're con-
verified to Judaismint the eighth century.
Their form of Judaism differs from that
of the 100000 or more orthodox Rus
sian Jews in rejecting the Talmud and
traditional theology altogether, and
combining itself strictly to the Mosaic
revelation. 1t has been a favorite amuse-
ment with the Russians for generations
to pretend the greatest admiration and
affection for this obscure little tribe.
Nine Novikoff had her joke on the
subject in London when she gravely
assured an interviewer some years ago
that there never had been law of any
kind issued in Russia against the Jews.
When this amazing assertion was ques-
toned, she coolly explained that she
referred to the Karaim Jews, as in Rus.
STA they did not consider the disciples of
the Talmud were Jews at all. Inasmuch
as the Karaimites constitute only two
thousandth part of the Jewish race, if,
indeed, it be conceded that they belong
to it all, the insolence of the Russian
attitude toward them is peculiarly ex,
asperating to Hebrews in general, and
the spectacle of their being brought for
/ ward at Moscow as the sole representa-
! tives of Israel will smart and ranklt
| just as the genial Slavonic character
| desires that it should.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-08-20
LAST OF THE OLD CAPTAINS.
Capt. Tom Leathers. of Mississippi River



Fame.
The death of Capt. Tom" Leathers-
"Old Pushtamaha," as he liked to be
called, after one of his early friends,
a Choctaw chief-removes the last and
greatest of the old Mississippi river
steamboat captains and closes the final
page in that part of the history OF
the southwest, says Harper's Weekly.
1t was GO years ago, during the
flush" times of river boats, that Capt
feathers went into the steamboat bust
ness-the era of big and fast steamers
and of gay life on the river, and the
era, also, of river gamblers, and races,
wrecks and explosions.
From the very start he was "the big
man" on the river, the builder OF seven
steamboats,, all named Natchez, and
each grander than its predecessor. A
firm believer that the Mississippi river
afforded the best means of travel and
transportation for the entire valley"
he stuck to his boat, like Jim Bud
soe," to the very end. 1t was brave
fight, but very much like that the
plucky Texas bull put up against the
first locomotive that invaded the state.
Capt. feathers ran his boats against
the railroads long after it was forlorn
hope and when it meant steady loss,
season after season. He gave the rail
roads a great deal of trouble, fought
every proposition for bridge over a
navigable stream and every other fran
chise asked for by them, and sunk most
Of his money in the struggle.
And so, when he was killed by a
'scorcher" the other day there were 25
carriages of pall-bearers at the funeral,
for every man who had ever been in
''the river trade" turned out to honor
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-08-20
FASTIDIOUS PIKE.
Want Young Ducks for Dinner-Wail OF
ON EnglishmaD.

An Englishman is in straits because
the young ducks are all being caught
and eaten in a loch at Pitgeveny, Elgin.
He writes to the London Field:
Il am just broken-hearted because
the pike are eating all my young ducks.
We shoot them, catch them, and kill
them ali the year around by fair means
and foul, three or four every day, and
some have young ducks in them. In
one was young black headed gull.
young duck, and the toes and skull of
another; in another were two small
ducks and two small coots. There are
thousands of young coots on the loch,
but the brutes of pike prefer the ducks"
Fish are notorious eaters of ducks, and
what is the Englishman's misfortune
has been the luck of many a fisherman
for bass pickerel and trout. \ live young
bird tied to hook, not impaled. east
gently on a still water of an Adiron-
dack stream, has raised many a trout
"as big as hand saws" and resulted in
the death of a few, but the boys who
use birds as bait are not usually skill
full enough to land the big ones. a
small bird is as good as a young field
mouse for trout bait, and that is say
ing a good deal, as any woodsman will
admit.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-08-20
THE TIcHEBORNE CLAIMANT.
One of the Most Remarkable Trials In
the HistorY of British Courts.

the History of British Courts.
The Tichborne trial began, says the
New York Sun, in London, in the court
of common pleas, on May II, 1871; the
case of Tichborne against Lushington,
the defendant being trustee for Sir
Henry Tichborne. The case was tried
steadily until July Z; it then went over
until November 7. On December Fl
the plaintiffs case was closed and the
case went over until January IS, 1872.
The attorney general, for the defense,
spoke &c days; on March 4 the jury de-
clined to hear any more, and on March
the plaintiff was formally nonsuited.
The next day he was arrested for per-
jury, and on April 0 was indicted there
for by the name of Thomas Orion,
alias Arthur Castro. His trial began on
April %, 1873; the prosecution closed
its case on July 10; the defense began
on July 81 and closed on October 81.
An adjournment was taken from Oc-
tober 81 to November 81; DR.. Kenealy
summed up for the defense from De-
cember 2, 1878, to January ] 4, 1874; Mr..
Hawkins (now Ri. Hon. Sir Henry
Hawkins, judge of the queens bench)
summed up for the prosecution from
January Is to 90, 1874; the chief justice
charged the jury from January 20 to
February IS; and on the last date the
jury brought in a verdict of guilty
Orion (Castro) was thereupon sen
fenced to IA years penal servitude at
hard labor. He was released in 1878.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-08-20
ALONG, LONG SIGH.

Pope talks about waiting sigh
from the Indies to the Pole. A long,
long sigh that would be. Talk about
signing. why, if all the signs of the
women of the world. for just one day,
could be gathered in one sigh, it would
be long enough to reach from here to
the farthest fixed star But thousands
of women suffer and sigh because the
victims OF disease. Others would suf
fer as sorely and sigh as often if they
had not been wise enough to use DIR.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription This
is wonderful recuperator of wasted
strength and of sovereign efficacy
in all those arrangements and mala
dies peculiar to their sex, by which
the vitality is Slapped and the seeds Of
death are sown.
DR. II. V. Pierce: Dear Sir have
taken the "Favorite Prescription" and
l can recommend it to any body that
suffers with any female disease Z
have tried several doctors prescrip-
tons but none did me the good that
yours did.
Yours respectfully,
MATTE TERRY.
Post Mistress, Sherrer Hill, Dallas
Co., Ala
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-08-20
PORTABLE DWELLINGS.
Ii Is Now Quite the Proper Thing Il
Take Your House anu Go Home.

i. Is NOW quite the Proper Thing to
Take Your House anu Go Home.
Portable houses are made of almost
any size and Tor great variety of uses
There are portable dwelling houses and
portable lighthouses, and portable bar
racks, and portable clubhouses, lawn
paylllions, engineers contractors and
other offices: bathing houses, hospitals,
and SO on. There have lately been made
two-story portable houses. \ two
story portable house of 10 rooms costs
Sl,oOo. y house of one room, Sx11, with
one door and one window, can be bought
for $50; with two cots, two tables and
two stools, for $50.
Sometimes a man who owns a porta-
bic house hires land on the seashore or
in the mountains and sets his house up
there for season, takes it down and
stores it in the fall, and next season
hires land in another place and sets his
house up there.
Portable houses are set on stones or
blocks and on posts, and sometimes
they are set on permanent foundations.
People sometimes have chimneys built
where they set up their houses The
portable house manufacturers sell terra
Gotta chimneys in sections to be stacked
up, and II Is not unusual for the house
owner simply to run out stovepipe for
q chimney.
We export portable houses to Cuba,
South America and South Africa.