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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-01-22
BUTLIsTENToTHESE bargains

10 Dozen Pictures left to be sold at
cost.
A few more Of those fine finished
oak suites, Go pieces) at S25 90.
My 81 IS Ladies' Rocker Reed
Chair is all the 80, few left.
I have determined to begin the
New Year with cut all down the
line, and especially in my Sewing
Machines and Organs.
Thanking you for your very liberal
patronage and wishing you a most
prosperous New Year, I an yours
for work,
.1 --
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-01-22
IN the KITCHEN,

Where I can place one of ny Tn
equaled Columbian Stoves or Ranges
that will keep the cook in a good
humor and insure you a tempting
meal-cooked so as to be envled by
the epicurean sayant.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-11-24
ARE GOOD AIARKsMEN.
Citizen Soldiers Wen Trained In
the Art Of Shooting.
Should the Country Ever Need Trained
Rihemen the National Guard Could
Easily Supply an Entire Army
of Thep.
[speeial chicago Letter.l


There is in this country an army of
trained rifemen, well qualified to take
the field against the armies of any other
nation, of which the average civilian
knows but little. This army is COM
posed of the sharpshooters and distin-
guished sharpshooters of the national
guard of the several states.
: The science of military rifle shooting
is every year receiving an increased
amount of attention from the citizen
soldiers. Officers high in command
recognize, as never before, the neces-
sity for a soldier, to be an eff
Gent soldier, to be a good marks
man, and are constantly providing bet
ter facilities and Offering new induce
ments to promote this branch of the
military service.
Every year large sums of money are
spent in providing and maintaining
rife ranges in the various states, and
on these ranges thousands of dollars
worth of ammunition are used annually
In teaching the national guardsmen to
shoot, and shoot to hit, in all kinds of
weather and in all sorts of conditions.
Any guardsman who masters the in
structions given him on these ranges
would be thoroughly competent to take
q place in regiment of sharpshooters
on a line of battle with the assurance
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-11-24

For further information, address
II. @. MoBsvE, A. ". ,,,,a "
WI. MMA,
Owenshoro, Ky.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-11-24
NO CHEAP DOLLAR.

The Logical Conclusion of a Leadlr Line
of Goldite Argument.
The gold men have founded all their
arguments against the free coinage of
silver on the proposition that free sill
YER means single silver standard.
They base this assumption upon the
workings of the Gresham law. This So
called law is but statement of the
observed fact that when two kinds of
money of unequal value are in circu-
lation the cheaper displaces the dearer.
You will see that in order for this law
to act we must have a cheap dollar and
dear dollar. l ask our goldbug friends
where the cheap dollar is coming from,
and he tells me that free coinage means
that the government will call so cents
worth of silver a dollar, and that these
SO-cent dollars would drive $6o0,OOO,OOO
OF gold out of circulation, and make
every dollar of our money worth but
so cents on the dollar. Let US take his
statement as true, and see what its eff
feet would be. Our circulation, accord
ing TO the treasury reports, is, in round
numbers, 81 ,600,000,000. Driving out the
S6OO,OOO,000 in gold we have $1,O00,00O,-
900 left, but as this is in 50-cent silver
dollars and their paper representatives
we find our stock of money has been re-
duced to $500, 100000. Free coinage
might ina year add $4,000, 900, making
our stock of money in circulation $780,
100000. Now, if the quantity of money
in circulation governs the purchasing
| power OF the dollar, the silver dollar
will purchase just three times as much
as it does now. Do you see what the
goldbug has Done? In trying to show
the disastrous Effects of cheap dollar
his Gresham law has created 3OO-cen.
dollar that even the Rothschilds would
| call honest. Z, AgEew, in Chicago
Record.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-11-24
lloyd 4 POO,
BARRIERS.
7th street, Hopkinsville, Ky

Esneeial attention to patrons, clean linen
sdsfastory service. Call and beconvtnced.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-11-24

that his shots would count for the cause
for which he was fighting.
OF these state ranges the largest,
most widely-known and best equipped
are probably those at Creedmore, N. Y;
Sea Girt, N. j.; Mount Gretna, Pal Ord
way, D. c.; Springfield and Camp
Logan, Ill, and Camp Douglas, Wis.
On all of these ranges historic compe-
titions take place nearly every fall. At
Creedmore the New York state matches
are shot; at Sea Grit the competitions
of the New Jersey Rife association be-
tween carefully selected teams from a
dozen eastern and southern states;
at Mount Gretna, the Pennsylvania
state matches; at Ordway, the matches
conducted by the National Rife asso-
citation, in which teams from several
states and the army and navy COM
pete; at Springfield or Camp Logan the
Illinois state matches; at Camp Doug
las, the Wisconsin state matches, and
on either one of the Illinois
ranges, Camp Douglas or the Min
nesota army range the matches of
the Northwestern Rifle association,
between teams from Illinois, Iowa,
Michigan, Wisconsin and Mime
sofa. This competition Is for an ele-
CANT silver trophy, presented by Sen
ator Washburn, of Minnesota, to the
association.
Besides the ranges named, others are
provided by the states of Vermont, Mas
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-11-24

kneeling and lying down, showing onll
head and shoulders, are employed.
The instruction is divided into two
classes,the ordinary and distinguished
The ordinary class consists of mer
who are as yet amateurs in the science
of military rifle shooting, and to these
men every encouragement is offered to
become interested and to devote as
much time as possible to it.
In this class the men shoot at known
distances at 100, 200, 300, 500, coo, 800
and 1000 yards, and also fire ten shots
on a skirmish line, two each at 600,
500, 300, 200 and 100 yards.
In the known distance shooting at
100 and 200 yards the only position
allowed is "off hand"; at 300 yards any
kneeling or sitting position that does
not provide an artificial rest or support,
and at all other ranges and the Skin
mish what is known as the Texas grip"
position is used, usually as a matter OF
preference.
To earn the decorations offered by
the various states for this class an az
erage qualifying score of so per cent. is
necessary. To get this percentage,
however, the competitor may fire from
four to eight Strings" of five shots each
ut each range and at the end of the
season select the best "string" at each
range as his qualifying score.
Before soldier can enter the distin-
guished class he must have passed
through and qualified at all the ranges
in the ordinary class, and cannot shoot
in both classes the same year.
To qualify In this class it is necessary
to fire 20 shots each at the 200, 300, 500,
600 and 800 yards ranges, and two sldr-
mish runs of 20 shots each at unknown
distances at silhouette figures. The SOL
der is in nearly all states allowed as
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-11-24

My thoughts, when | was at the
runs of Silchester, we're that hun
oreos of antiquariaus all over the
country would have given gold to
anyone Who should have told them
Oh Uhe RrSat Find" that was there
anu 'hen 70 be safely brought to
hanu' = send and myself strolled
over rom ASermaston to view the
runs anu y ANY of the finds" as
F.S.A., at pre>pt experimenting
ULe ope5aU.cn NAMED to us how,
when SsnE an old well, he
.lnSue IIe iuoa pvery of a tap-
ancient gate, the exN, 49, - U,hiah
had not been before ~ VI 1n'',i
windlass had beei fl 80 ~ o,,or "a a
well l8 feet deep, an up 0vo a,, I"
digging out pailfuls of . IL -,, I!sH
were being diligently ~ W. "u ,,a
For two weeks the VIC pp,
point had been going %, a, az ,t tnt'
the last week it had been d mi'Ll u
that this was an old RoEset0tt
well. The wood seemed sol i. Suo
rotten, as might be expeote tt 40
1900 years, so that the rais 'e :,
the tub caused the greatest arA y
The tub had been ingeniously hfi
by Mr.. Davis with two woot
shelves running all round it-one
the top and the other at the botte
which both served to protect 1T IT
any strain during the preparat
for hosting it and also relieved
tub of it's own weight during
process of hosting. AfteT one !
successful attempt to bring 1t
during which small portion OF
was knocked off, it was triumpha
ly raised to light in a comparatlV
perfect state of preservation.
! expect that the tub will shortly
on view at the Reading muse'
where there is already a beaut
j collection of Silchester relics. -
! don Times.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-11-24
A PECULIAR

And most beneficial effect upon
coughs, cold, sore throat and hoarse.
ness is felt at once upon taking dose
of Voelcker's Cough Balsam; there
s no other remedy that exerts this
same peculiar soothing effect or that
gives such prompt relief as does
Voelcker's Cough Balsam. In asth-
matte and bronchial coughs, whoop-
ing cough and for throat and lung
affections it has proven to be the most
valuable remedy extant. Others have
tried to initiate but none have been
successful. Buy only that which the
name of the Voelcker Medicine Co., Of
Louisville, KY, on the package. The
price is 25c from your druggist. Be-
ing of superior quality and low in
price you cannot afford to be without
Voelcker's Cough Balsam when in
need of good cough cure.
MoRAT's BLOOD AND LIVER PILLS
For Billiousness,
For Constipation,
For Jaundice,
For Sallow Skin,
Regulate the liver
And bowels. 25c Box.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-11-24

rn,.a-First Monday in Ee6ruas d,0 emn
ai third Monday in May-senn .b wv y
s We frst Monday in Septempei
"CHRlsrrAN Fourth Monday In February
term six weeks; First Monday III Sunem Sen III
UOrfAI1rowAY.-Second Monday in April-term
.,,rea weeks First Monday In August-term
Two weeks: Second Monday in November
fyoNy-First Monday in May-teEm two
xveeKs: frst Monday in August-term two
weeks first Monday in September term two
weeks.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1896-11-24

frasetts, Connecticut, Ohio, Mich
Son Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia,
H. carolina, Iowa, Missouri, Nebras-
N&aisiana, Minnesota, and. others.
eitherall the regiments stationed
ranlseshe large cities in states where
their 81 not provided have provided
Thesy
in all thep of instruction in vogue
and is ,res is practically the same,
in use matted form of the system
such chaneeegular army with only
the need are necessary to suit
only such timeops, who can give
their regulaf bhey can spare from
service. Wkess pursuits 10 the
For all knoWN
targets used vance shooting tho
eyes of varyin Taper with bulls
distance to be shS ccording to the
yards target w loo, 900 and 300
eye is used; for srinch BULLS
with an 1s-inch bd 700 yards one
and 1000 yards a Band for 800
Paper targets are als - baIfseye
years sixirnish firing! p the first
ond years skirmish sb5 3 the sec
figures representing y chouett'
Hding
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-10
WOMAN VS.. MAN.

N"'n editors ct to scrap
ing" each other it IS about time
for everybody else to quite tht
business.
Att la, Ala, a young lady
-ditoi Miss Emma Monroe
let VIM. III. Gather, heI
brother editor on a contem-
porary, on the streets and pro
seeded % cOwhide him becaL ae
no published sor thing about
ner father being short in his ae-
counts. The editor did not
want to hurt Miss Monroe, who
,ttacksd him, so he darted up a
flight of steps to get out of her
way.
is a bad thing to fight, and
especially so with a woman, but
if he had ''lit into her" in a reg.
ular trough and tumble" fight
no one could have blamIG him.
When a woman puts herself in
the place of a man aud so far
forgets her womanly ways as to
assault a man on the streets she
should be treated IN exactly the
same way as a man.
We have no patience what
ever with a woman who thinks
.'because I am a woman | can
do SO and so and no one will
bother me-" When she steps into
mans place she should be treat
ed as man.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-10
ToMMIE SETTLE TALKS.

Representative Tommie Settle,
talking in Washington with a
correspondent Of the Baltimore
Sun, said:
"The trouble with my state is
that there are too many silver
men there. ] believe the proper.
ton Of silver men 10 gold m Ia is
as great in North Caroline as il Ii
in Colorado"
The Raleigh News and obser
yer copies the above and then
say. "As TO the white popula
ton of the state, Mr.. Settle is cor
ret. OF tie 2OS.OO0 votes casi
bv the white men in the state
Bryan received 174,0OO. Th'
negro IL not 10 be considered. H'
votes the Publican ticket, wheth
er il is for gold, silver, pewter u
brass"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-10
WILL co AGAIN.

The plucky little vessel, the
Three Friends, which has beeD
arrested several times for
carrying arms and men to Cuba
to assist the Cuban patriots in
throwing off the CALLING yoke Of
oppression, has been admmitted
10 bail for It's last "crime"
and will start for cuba again in
a few days.
A Telegram from jackson
vile, Fla, where the vessel wa
last seized. says: 1.-THE owners
will furnish bail after which
/ icy will load arms for Cuba,
bit will carry no men, so as not
20 be amenable TO punishment
un,.r the statute referring 10
arme,. expeditions, as pass d
upon by the Supreme court.
Cubans have quantities Of arms
IN Florida, which they VIII. send
10 Maceo at at the earliest op'
portunity, he having notified the
| iunta that the supply was runs
ming low"
The "F lends" have not o,.l'
persisted in suppl, ing Cuba witt
arm and ammunition but on one
Occasion skipped off with Q
United States office on board
The United States is simpl.
acting as police detective foI
spain but in spite Of all theiI
vigilence the Three Friends goe'
on with It's work.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-10
WHAT rs THE MATTERq

Attorney General Osborne aas
submitted his biennial report.
In his report he says that dur
ing the past two years there
were eighty two murder cases,
first degree; seventy six in the
second degree; twenty eight
rape cases; fifty,nine assault
with intent to rape; forty-seven
arsol; fourteen burglary, fir /
degree; fifty one burglary, sec,
ond degree; thirty.three man
slaughter; fifty six house burn
ing. He then closes the para
graph with this sentence: mot
a single execution was reported
during the two years, and this
is very remarkable. There
we're two lynchings-James +.
B4rgerson. white, in Beaufort
county, charged with murder,
and Robert Chambers, colored,
in Mitchell county, charged with
chloroforming and attempting
to rape a white woman"
The above shovs that there is
something radically wrong n
our laws or else a lot uf inno.
people have been made to suffer
by being wrongfully arrested
and tried for their lives.
General osborne's report says
that two hundred and twenty
seven people were charged with
d clime that required a life 10
atone for il, vet there was not a
single execution in the state. 1t
does not speak we'll for the
state Such a showing is dan
aging to 3 +. state for good cit.
izens do not want 10 live where
1vrr two hundre1 capital crimes
nave been committed and nc
. single person made TO suff' r
So ong a. the above stat "f
,ffi-s z!st there win by iy.cH.
in2s aud IL is a wonder tha;
there has not been more than
two in the past two years.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-10
HIS LATEST WHINE.

OF all the offensive dogmatists
who figured in the recent politi-
cal campaign none out-ranked
Mr.. Henry Clews, the resuscitated
Wall street speculator He un-
derstood precisely what would
happen should the democrats
triumph and he predicted with
exactness what would follow Nc
Kinley's election. He foretold
perfect flood tide Of prosperity,
But row he bobs up with pitt
ful whine about the dull times. In
his latest financial circular -Clews
says: ...
ave are now withinthree weehs
Of the beginning of the winter
holidays, and during the interval
financial operations NAV be ex-
pected to lapse into comparative
dullness, 1t is not easy to form
any defiuite o j ion upon the
course Of our securities in the
foreign markets during the next
few weeks. The effects Of the
election abroad have certainly not
been what was expected on this
side cf The Atlantic; for we have
had to take 20 millions of return
ed securities where we had antici-
rated sending out about that
amount.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-10
WHAT NECESSITY BRINGS.


ization, followed in the wake of
the Star of Bethleham, and
threw its effulgient light of
christianity over awaked hu-
manity, men have oft had wild
weird personal experiences, both
N war, in contact with the
elements, and with beast more
savage than the men who claim
to be formed in the image of the
great Creator and arbiter of all
things, which happen here in
the mundane sphere of trial ana
tribulation. ILL., ...@. #
As one of the SIN cursed sons
Of Adam, we heve been there.
While meanness and venalty
may dominate the world by a
large majority-while there are
lots of hypocrites in the church
es, who take high seats in the
amen corner, and cover their
pecula'ions in the gambling and
cheating world with the Dor.
rowed cloak of Heaven. Man.
kind are not all mean, nor is re
ligio. a myth. Faith in one, and
trust in the other is the only hope
peace here or happiness in that of
nearby, but never ending flu
ture, to which an Advise Prov
iGence has assigned that intr'-
cate part of humanity of which
we have only inmate definition,
known as the soul.
A great many people, we
doubt not, viii reach the 0eau.
tifui shade under the trees be.
yond the river Jordan without
Effort. and with a moderate
charge by the ferry man, They
were born so, and the accident
Of fortune had placed them be
yond those trials and tetnpta
tions which show the darker
side of humanity, and cause un
voluntory, or irresistible sin,
Who shall assume to be his
brothers keeper? Today is Sun
day-set apart by Jesus Of Naz'
arath as the one in which we
should render thanks to Him aud
His father, that if we will only
knock, the door shall be opened
20 the beauties and enjoyments
of eteI nal bliss in the New Jeru.
salem.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-10
DOES NOT LIKE THE PARLoR

Barrie, the novelist, took q
dislike to the American parlor,
and in the course of some re-
marks in Washington about i;
he said: "The idea of having th.
largest and best-furnished
room in the house reserved for
infrequent callers, instead OF
allowing the children Of the
household to enjoy it, was never
a pleasant one to me. 1t was
once told by a bright boy that
he seldom was allowed to ente'
the rarlor of his home unless il
was during a funeral ceremony
or something like that This
may have described the situa-
ton too strongly, but it was
much nearer TO the truth than
otherwise"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-10
DOES NOT LIKE THE IDEA.

Senator Wilson, Of Washington,
takes very little stock in the idea
of passing the D;ngley bill this
winter. "History shows" I've said
a few days ago, "that every party
which has undertaken to make 4
tariff bill has been beaten on it at
the next election. We have
enough risk 10 run 10 trying to
pass one bill. What is the use of
becoming responsible for two?"
Wilson's plan is characteristic
of him. He wants to have all
extra session called and nave a
complete tarifbill introduced and
passed in the House the first
week. Then j. is to be sent over
to the senate and reported back
from the Finance Committee
without any long hearings: "After
that is DONE" he says, "let Aid
rich and Allison and a few of the
big men make their speeches and
explain the bill. That is all the
country wants to know. After
they have got through taking
they can turn the bill over to the
other side and tell them Now j.
you want to filibuster go ahead.
You have got eighteen months to
filibuster in.' How long do you
suppose they would keep i: up"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-10
INDIANS INcREAsIxG.

An exchange says that the In.
dians now under the direct care
Of the government number 177,.
235. exclusive Of the remnant Of
the Five Tribes Of the state Of
New York. The number indi
Gated represented the red men
Who formerly possessed the grea,
territory Of the West. They are
fragments Of the powerful tribes
which had 10 be subjugated e
make way for the Western ad'
vance Of American civilization
and now that they enjoy the
greater comforts Of better food
better clothing and better shelter
together with more settled habit
|of life and labor, their number II
stendily increasing. The appro
Ipriation for the benefit Of the ~
ldians for the fiscal year Of 1885,
Iamonnts TO s7,is9, ,4o6.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-10
WHAT Ais THE "JUNTA9"

As time passes it becomes clear
.er that General Gomez has other
obstacles than the Spanish troops
to overcome. Not the least Of
them is the strange apathy and
apparent incapacity Of the Cuban
Juntl in New York. What is
the matter With Senor Palma and
ard his associates? No doubt
they mean we'll; no doubt they
have the interestof their unh"p-
py country at heart. But are
they doing all that is in their
power to do in behalf OF the
struggling cause Of liberty and
patriots N?
II does not seem so to even the
least sympathetic Americans; aud
to more than one devoted Cuban
it seems that they are doing the
very least that is consistent with
their making even a pretence Of
activity.
What the Junta appears t.
ck most Is enthusiasm-t'..
kind Of enthusiasm that keel j..
the hot blood rushing though
the brain, enriching il with an in
exhaustiblt supply Of ideas, pro-
iects, expedients. II j: had $ int
Of that kind of enthusiasm il
would be playing strongly end
tnremittingly upon the rcody
sympathy Of the American people
4 would be holding public meet
ings ard making public opinlof
in favor or Intervention by III,
limited States. Il would be rais
ing money in the great sums tha'
need only to be asked Tor adj t',
to be obtaiped. In a y .H :
would he Of some use h IlIr brov,
aud indefatigable men vino ".'
doing the hard work IN Cuba.
Somebody in The island shoulC
. stir Senior Palma and compan.
up with a sharp stiek.-N. y
Journal.
Il
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-10
.dIrAToRs WANT No AGITATION

The gold organs, says the At,
lanta Constitution, seem to be
very much disturbed because
Mr.. Bryan has announced that
the movement which the people
have made him the leader of is
TO 90 on for the next for years.
Some Of them go so far as 10
deprecate the continuance Of
"th tree silver agitation" But
why do they not show some con-
sistency IN the matter? The an
nouncement that has been made
in Mr.. Bryan's behalf was some
days behind the happy declara.
tions Of the gold STANDARD her.
aids that Mr.. NJ. A. Hanna had
been onrsged for another four
years, and that he would i'm
mediately proceed to open head
quarters to the end that the peo,
pie might have some more tdu-
cation on the money question.
What is this but an announce.
ment that the agitation" is to
be continued by the ''sound"
money forces ?" When the
gold men propose to renew the
agitation, why should they go
blubbering about IN the public
prints deploring the continu>
ance Of a campaign that they
themselves boast of having in-
augurated? Why should the
ridiculous Editor Godkin in one
colum applaud H~nna's pr.
posal 20 "agitate" and in the
other weep over the q nonnce
n nj OF the free coinage men
ttdt they will meet Mr. Hanna
al pillipi, or porkopolis ar
wherever the neering is TO b.
and help him nbitate.