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The record-union., 1896-12-20
Indisputable Evidence.

De Lole-Where do you intend to
spend your vacation?
De Pole-I am going to our milkman's IS
dairy farm. There is the finest kind of
fishing in that neighborhood.
Huh! You don't take his word for
IL, do you?"
mo, indeed. We've found young
trout in his milk."-New York Weekly.
The record-union., 1896-12-20
DAVID r. FRANCIS.
Successor to HOke Smith as Secretary
of the Interior.

David r. Francis, Ex-Governor Of
Missouri, who succeeded Hoke Smith
as Secretary of the Interior, is a native
of Kentucky, 46 years of age, and g.
Washington University graduate. He
entered mercantile life as a clerk in ST.
Louis when 20 years of age, later went
into the commission business on his
own account and became successful.
The record-union., 1896-12-20

Mr.. Francis in 1884 was President of
the st. Louis Merchants Exchange, and
the following year became Mayor of ST.
Louis. In 1888 he was elected Governor
of Missouri and served one term-four
years. When President Cleveland was
making up his Cabinet four years ago
Francis was slated for Secretary of the
Interior, but preference was given to
Smith. Francis is a gold Democrat
The record-union., 1896-12-20
The ElafterH.

OF all the friends have, the one
love the best is he
That seems to think the distant sun
Was made to shine for me.
He has high reverence for my mind,
He hangs on what say,
And when to drink he is inclined
TITS joy for me to pay.
The record-union., 1896-12-20

The candy tuft owes its name to the
sweetness of the blossoms and their
peculiar habit Of growing In clusters.
The record-union., 1896-12-20

Deviled sardines in one-half pound
cans 10c each at G. G. G.
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1t will pay you to read THE Model
ad. ON last page.
The record-union., 1896-12-20
SOME RAMBLING THOUGHTS
BY MEMO.
(Copyrighted.)

(Ihese Thoughts by a layman, are
read in five hundred thousand homes, scat
tered in every State of the Union. In this
county they will be found week by week
In the columns of this paper only, as We
have made arrangements with the author
for their exclusive publication.)
The record-union., 1896-12-20

THE Sanitarian" (Brooklyn, y. Y.) is
q monthly magazine. established In
1873, and than which there is no better
in its deld, nor any so good. 1t was
based at the outset upon medical knowf
edge and sanitary service, over an exc
tensive field of observation In various
The record-union., 1896-12-20

CONGREGATIONAL Work" is the title of
the new monthly publication devoted to
the Home and Foreign Missionary oper-
ations of the Congregational churches
in the United States. 1t has been start
ed in answer 10 q strong feeling in the
Congregational body that the mission
airy intelligence OF the denomination has
not hitherto been thoroughly dissent
mated throughout its rank and file. One
hundred and twenty-five thousand cop
les OF the first edition will be circulated,
and in view of the subscriptions already
received from the churches, the watch
word Of the paper. Into Every Family"
may be realized. Congregational
Work is attractively printed. ably ed
tied, and furnished to churches al the
cost of ten cents per year. 23 Bible
House, New York CITY.
The CULVER for January, 1897 (Cas-
sell Publishing Company, New York; is
freely Illustrated and for Sunday and
general reading presents among many
others these attractions: AN Artists
Life Work" Frederick Dolman dllus-
trated); Gods Workmanship" the
Lerd Bishop of Exeter; THAT Tantaliz-
ing Letter" by Margaret Macintosh;
Poverty in Gloves by T. Sparrow
tillustrated): "At Evening Time" a
new hymn tune, Professor Prout, Mus.
D.; "A Grain of Mustard Seed" Rev.
Hugh Macmillan, D. D. 0llustrated); i;
Mysterious John Smith, complete
story. by Ethel s. Turner; Sunday
With the German Emperor and En-
press" by Mary Spencer Warren Gl-
lustrated): Pressing Problems of the
Mission Field" Rev. H +. Fox, NJ. A.
Some Famous Primates.'' Rev. Mon
tague Fowler, III Al a Blessed
The record-union., 1896-12-20

Be patient at this season of rest and
diversion to ponder the words of a
humble soul gazing upward to interpret
to himself the lightning flash of unani-
nous thought that leaps from country
to country at Christmas tide
The record-union., 1896-12-20

"Gunlons Magazine" for December
Union Square, New York; has these
papers: Meaning Of Bryanism in
American Politics." Futures of Gold, ~
Common Sense on Trusts" The
Greenback Controversy" Evidence of
Business Revival" Claims of Cuba for
Self-Government," Statistics of I'm
migration" Labor Insurance in Ger
many" New Political Deals" 'Edi-
torial Crucible," Economics in the
Magazines"
The record-union., 1896-12-20

The Coast Review for December
(San Francisco sends holiday greet
ings, hard and fast business as is its
method and purpose. The contents are
especially full of matter Of first inter-
est to underwriters and policy holders
The record-union., 1896-12-20

The great and the headwise are often
wrong; While the humble and obscure
serve to make and transmit the public
opinion that gradually overthrows err
ror Note that the wise men were
turned aside to Jerusalem while the
simple shepherds, patiently doing their
wearisome duties by night, untroubled
by the puzzling questions of the Mag.
learned more than these about peace
and good will"
The record-union., 1896-12-20

To you whose hearts are crushed with
dumb sorrows that you cannot tell; TO
You whose burdens are heavy and chat
ing; to you whose way is narrow and
dark; to you who are puzzled as to the
meaning of life and your own exist
ence; to you 1 write.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-10-28
Making Children Happy.

The rearing Of children is a sub
ject which always has been and al
ways will be source of much dis
cussion. We shall never arrive at
the point when the application of
labeled rules will meet each days ex-
perience; but there are general prin-
ciples which ought to give definite
aim to our government. We assume
that all good mothers wish to see
their children obedient, truthful, in
telligent, but do all teach them to be
happy? Some may say: This too
evasive thing to be controlled, chill
dren are naturally happy" Thank
God, the dear little ones do start
upon life's pathway with hearts ready
to absorb all the sunshine that comes
TO them, and now is the opportunity
to make their world so rich, so beau
tiful, that it's rays may stream over
into mature life, and carry with it
some of the freshness and enthusiasm
that gladden. childhood's days. No
hardships or trials can so paralyze
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-10-28
Ter Fsight:ul 1nexperience.

Into the Tailors presence she came
like shot from a gun and looked
such daggers at him he felt incline
to run.
Her black eyes flashed with anger
and her language was profuse, and
when she raised threatening hand
he trembled in his shoes.
"You ninth part of mani" she
yelled. I'll crush you as a fly! This
earthly planet never held, a greater
fight than 1.
Gaze on the bloomers which ]
wear. You made them sir for me.
Don't look with such stupid stare;
but scan them carefully.
You guaranteed a perfect fit to
measure, which I brought. Now dc
you think it strange bit, that I am
fighting hot?
p Gaze on them we'll you senseless
goose. Say, am not a fright
Where they are tight, they should be
tight.
She slowly turned that he might
scan the fitness of the clothes.
And as he gazed that Taylor man
blushed like red, red rose.
With laugh suppressed, and bows
profuse, he said she'd spoke Alright
where they were tight, they should
be loose, where loose they should be
tight.
These no doubt are the first, said
he, the madam ever wore. You've
made slight mistake I see; they
are on hind part before!
A redder blush, the tailor said be
never, never saw, and as she in con
fusion fed; he laughed haw! haw
haw New York World.
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Pine Ridge News,
To the Editor of the Dispatch.

To the Editor of the Dispatch.
Never having seen any dots from
our section, we ask-space in your
columns for this, though all is quiet;
rain much needed.
Casper Debating Society reorgan-
lied one month ago and Saturday
night the 10th, discussed the ques-
tiop: "Resolved that the eloquence
of man is more persuasive to the
minds of men than the influence OF
women" Gentlemen for the affirm
atiye: R. L. Amick, j. S. Moore, }. /.
Amick. For the negative: J. West
Amick, B. L. Amick, j. F. Epting.
President W. S. Amick. After a
close of an animated discussion OF
three hours, the committee, COM
posed of Messrs. Jos. L. Amick, JAS
L. Amick and P. B. Lowmap, retired
and in thirty minutes deliberation
rendered a decision in favor of the
MIGHT'VE, which was more righteous
than some verdicts of the jurors IN
our criminal courts.
= Oct. II, 1896. Old Bear.
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She was also bothered almost con-
stantly with the headache and pain
in her side and back. She would
sometimes feel so weak she could
scarcely walk. She had rheumatism
in her lower limbs, too: They were
badly swollen and her people were
afraid she would have dropsy. She
was treated by two of the best ply
sicians in Freeport, but without the
slightest help.
One day her mother read about a
case similar to her daughters that
was cured by DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People. She told her
daughter about them and said Lot
tie ought to try them because the
doctors could not help her. So she
procured the pills and before she
had taken the first box che was very
much improved, her appetite grew
better and her sleep more refreshing.
She continued to take the pills for
six months. While taking the pills
she gradually improved until she
was entirely cured.
Now she is in robust health and
she is no longer troubled with that
tired feeling. She has no more
headaches and the pain in her side
is also gone. She has not felt any
symptoms of rheumatism since she
used the Pink Pills. Her complex
ion has lost that pale and sallow
look and she has gained in weight.
She is now in perfect health and feels
better than she had for years before
she used the pills. She feels conf
dent that she owes her health and
even her life to DIR. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People. She thinks
it is perfectly marvellous how well
she now feels after all she suffered.
She said: Il can heartily RECON-
mend the Pink Pills to anyone
suffering as I did,"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain
all the clements necessary to give
new life and richness to the blood
and restore shattered nerves. They
are sold in boxes (never in loose form,
by the dozen or hundred) at so cents
a box, or six boxes for $3.50, and
may be had of all druggists or di.
rectly by mail from DR.. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, n. Y.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-10-28
A Girls Recovery.
Miss Lottie Penticof Tells of Her
Long Illness The Story Should
Be Read by All Young Girls.
From the Democrat, Freeport, III

From the Democrat Freeport, Ill
A popular young lady is Miss Lot
tie A. Penticof, who resides at 2S3
Charles Avenue, Freeport, III. She
was engaged as clerk in a large
fruit market and grocery store for
over a year, but had to resign her
position on account of her poor
health.
When she was fourteen years old she
was troubled with irregularity OF the
menstrual periods and afterwards
with entire suppressions. She grew
pale, sallow and thin. Every trace
of color left her face and even her
lips were entirely devoid of color.
Her blood was entirely improverish-
ed. Her appetite was very poor and
she could not sleep we'll. When she
arose in the morning she felt no
more refreshed than when she retired
at night. She was always tired and
lost all ambition for everything.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-10-28
AVER
The Only Worlds Fair Sarsaparilla.
AYERS PILLS cure Headache.
The Tilles ef the Sell.

Great gains are made in the marts Of trade
Yet great losses on some must fall,
But a mighty yield from each seeded field
Is glorious gift to all
The keel furrowed sea would deserted be
Were it not for the furrowed land,
And without our farms and their yeoman
How long would our cities stand?
Merchant princes break, solid bankers
shake,
Even railroad kings give way,
But the farmers loans to the soil he owns
Ar'gh. generous interest pay.
Speculation crash at single dash
May the strongest s.houses" floor,
Bot disaster still does not cross the sill
OF the farmers open door.
Though his hands are bare of the jewels
That on daintier fingers glow,
From his forehead brown labor's pearls
drop down
With the grain he stoops to sow,
And he feels no fears that his hf-s last
Will in want or in sois>w end,
As he turns the sod with the barvests God
For his helper, guide and friend.
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The Best for Children.

81 believe Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy is the best for children I
ever used. For Group it is un-
equalled. 1t is a splendid seller
with US. T. Nj. Eckles, Ph. g.,
Manager Wampum Pharmacy, VAN
pun, Pa" When used as soon as
the first symptoms appear, that is as
soon as the child becomes hoarse or
even after the croupy cough has ap-
peared, it will prevent the attack.
The mothers of croupy children
should bear this in mind and always
keep the remedy at hand. 1t is also
the best medicine in the world for
colds and whooping cough.
For sale at 25 and 80 cents per
bottle by
J. E. Kaugffman, Lexington.
+. ". Oswalt, Barre's,
Oswalt & Son. Irene.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-10-28
The Life that is to Come.

At the request of an esteemed cor
respondent the tribute OF Bryan to
the Immortality of the soul is repro
duced below. It constitutes a part
of his eulogy on the death of the
Hon. George W. Houk, of Dayton,
Ohio, one of his colleagues, and is
as follows:
IF the father designs to touch
with divine power the cold and pulse
less heart of the buried acorn, and
make it to burst forth from it's prison
walls, will he leave neglected the soul
of man who was made in the image
Of the Creator9 If he stops to give
to the rose bush, whose witherd bios.
SONS float upon the autumn breeze,
the sweet assurance Of another spring
time, will he withhold the words of
hope from the souls of men when
the frost of winter come? If matter,
mute and inanimate, though change
by the forces of nature into multi
tude OF forms, can never die, will the
spirit of man suffer annihilation after
it has paid brief visit, like a royal
guest, to this tenement of clay?
''Let US rather believe that he who
in his apparent prodisality wastes
not the rain drop, the blade of grass
or the evenings signing zephyr, but
makes them all to carry out his eter
nal plans, has given Immortality to
mortal and gathered to himself the
generous spirit of our friend"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-10-28
Fads in Medicine.

There are fads in medicine as in
every thing else and 'new thing
frequently sells for short time sim
ply because it is new. But in med
icine, as in nothing else, the people
demand and will be satisfied only
with positive, absolute merit. The
fact that Hoods Sarsaparilla has
stood its ground against all competi
ton, and its sales have never waver-
ed but have remained steadily at the
top, demonstrates, beyond any doubt,
the intrinsic virtues of this medicine.
The new things have come and gone
but Hoods Sarsaparilla rests upon
the solid foundation of absolute mer-
it and it's power to cure, and its sales
continue to be the largest in the
world. 81
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500 Reward 500.

The readers of this paper will be
please to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that sciense has
been able to cure in all it's stages, and
that is C4tarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh be-
ing constitutional disease, reqoires
a constitutional treatment Halls
Cltarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system, thereby
destroying the foundation OF the dis
ease, and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work
The proprietors have so much faith
iu it's curative powers, that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for sny csse
that it fails to cure. Sand for list OF
testimonials. o0
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-10-28
Tha Road systam--suggastioas.
To the Editor of the Dispatch.

To the Editor of the Dispatch.
I stated to you sometime ago that
would give my views Oh the road
law. The present law is an old slave
institution. In that period when a
wealthy man passed the age of fifty
he still owned slaves that worked on
the road. As it stands today, it
makes no difference how much real
estate man owns if he has passed
the age of fifty or lives outside of
the county, he does nothing for keep
ing up public highways. The thing
in a nut shell is, a mans sons are
paying his tax and the poor men are
paving the tax for the rich. AS
rule a rich mans sons do not work
on public roads. You may turn the
question of road duty as you please
it is tax. The greatest benefit OF
the public highway is to the real
estate through which it passes. There
is one body of land lying in Fork
township containing seven thousand
acres, the parties who own it live out
of the county, there is public high
way through it for six miles, besides
there is other public roads touching
the same lands. Now what is the
remedys Pass law requiring pres
ent road hand to work one day
annually or pay fifty cents commuta-
tion tax. Five thousand dollars a
year for two or three years will put
the roads in good condition. The
communication tax will raise at least
two thousand, five hundred dollars.
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A Valuable Prescription.

Editor Morrison of Worthington,
Ind, "Sun," writes: ''You have a
valuable prescription in Electric
Bitters, and I can cheerfully recon-
mend it for Constipation and Sick
Headache, and as general system
tonic it has no equal" Mrs. Annie
Stehle, 1925 Cottage Grove Ave-,
Chicago, was all run down, could not
eat nor digest food, had a backache
which never left her and felt tired
and weary, but six bottles of Electric
Bitters restored her health and re-
newed her strength. Prices so cents
and s1.O0. Get a Bottle at J. E.
Kaufman's Drug Store.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-10-28

It is surprising to many that foot
ball players and other athletes re-
gard sprain or bruise of so little
consequence. One reason OF this is,
they know how to treat such injuries
so as to recover from them in a few
days, while others would be laid up
for two or three weeks, if not longer.
Writing from Central State Normal
School, Lock Haven, Pa, Mr.. ". II.
Losch, captain of the base ball club
and gymnasium says: Il take pleas.
ure in stating, that members of our
base ball club and myself have used
Chamberlain Pain Balm with most
excellent results. I unhesitatingly
recommend it as the best remedy for
sprains, swellings, cuts and bruises,
of any that know"
For sale by
J. E. Kaugbman, Lexington
+. ". Oswalt, Barres
Oswalt e. Son, Irene
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-10-28

Now raise an equal amount by taxa
ton and work the road by contract.
The assessed value of the property
of the county is S3,471,43o. To raise
a fund of $4,000, tax payer whose
property is assessed at one thousand
dollars, would have to pay one dollar
and fteen cents. I could 60 on and
show how it would effect different
families, but no more at present. Ii
it takes more talk am ready to give
t. J. H. Counts.
Irmo, S. G, Oct. %, 1896.
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A movement is on foot at Green

A movement is on foot at Green
wood to have Abbeville county divid-
ed, and that portion Of it in which
Greenwood is located made into an.
other county. 1t is thought the leg
islature will order the necessary
election.
In Union, two white men, George
Fowler and Redmond, the mail ilrider,
were arrested for being drunk and
put in Jail. Fowler drew knife on
the officer and was knocked on the
head with billy and seriously in
jured.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-10-28
Kindness Of the Daath Anssl.

If we could see what dying means
to our beloved one, we would not
weep. There is beautiful story of
boy whose young sister was dying.
He had heard that if he could secure
but little leaf from the tree of life,
that grew in the garden Of God, the
illness could be healed. He set out
to find the garden, and implore the
angel sentinel to let him have one
leaf. The angel asked the boy if he
could promise that his sister should
never be sick any more if his request
was granted, and that she should
never be unhappy, nor do wrong,
nor be cold or hungry, nor be treated
harshly. The boy said he could not
promise. Then the angel opened
the gate little way, bidding the
child to look into the garden for a
moment. "Tben, if you still wishit,"
said the angel, Il will myself ask
the King for leaf from the tree of
life to heal your sister," The child
looked in, and after seeing all the
wonderous beauty and blessedness,
he said softly to the angel. Il will
not ask for the leaf now. There is
no place in all this world so beauti.
full as that. There is no friend SO
kind as the angel of Death. I wish
he would take me, too"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-10-28

Il had chronic diarrhoea for ten
years" says L. ". Kichlein, a justice
of the peace at South Easton, Pa.
"No remedy afforded me real relief
until I was induced by Chas. T. Kill
ian, the druggist, TO try Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. 1t cured me and for a
year I have had no return If the
trouble" 1t has also cured many
others, among them old soldiers who
had contracted the disease in the
army and given up all hope of re-
cove1y. For sale by
J. E. Kaufman, Lexington.
F. ". Oswalt, Barres.
Oswalt l. Son, Irene.
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A. Life Saved.

jamestown, Tenn, October Is, 1891
My daughter tried physicians and
nearly all remedies for Female irreg-
ularities, but received no relief or
benefit whatever. We had nearly
despaired of her recovery when we
were induced by our postmaster,
MIR. A. A GoodiDg, to try Gerstle's
Female Panacca, and after using
four bottles she was entirely cured,
for which 1 feel it my duty to let it
be known to the world and suffering
humanity, for believe she owes her
life to the Panacca.
A. J. MACE,
Sheriff of Fentress County, Tenn.
For further informstion call on j. E.
Kaufman and get free, pamphlet
entitled, "Advjce to Women and
Other Useful information
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-10-28
The Ideal Panacea.

James L. Francis, Alderman,
Chicago, says: Il regard DR.. Kings
New Discovery as an Ideal Panacea
for Coughs, Colds and Lung Com
plants, having used it in my family
for the last FIVE years, to the exclu-
sion of physicians prescriptions or
other preparations"
Rev. John Burgus, Keokuk. Iowa,
writes: Il have been a Minister OF
the Methodist Episcopal Church for
so years or more, and have never
found anything so beneficial, or that
gave me such speedy relief as DR..
Kings New Discovery. Try this
Ideal Cough Remedy now. TRIAL
Bottles Free at J. E. Kaufman s
Drug Store.