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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1897-12-22

E a RNESS
of all kinds on the Post Office Block, No.
1925. and We guarantee al! work and mate
rial for we use nothing bnt thc best Labor
and material in our business. $50 other
harness
We make single bu.gy harness from 80 %
up Doub.c hnrnce> Ill proportion. and
wagon and farm harness arc All made TO
suit tie times.
We also carry nice line o: Saddles from
- 90 up; also Collars. Collar Pads. Whips
and v,ry nice line OF Lap Robes
We are also handling B;ggicS, Phactons.
C.brioic:ters, Surrys. EIctoriaS, Eretts.
Llndans. Caupes and Doctors phactons.
Baggies from $50 % mp. We will make
this line spec al feature i'll our business III
the future aud will give you IL very close
price where goods are ordered direct.
We desire to thank oar customers for th"
kind patronage they have extended TO us
during the past year, and hoping that they
will continue to b,Stow their i;,vorS Oh Us
in the future for We Cnarantcc onr goods
to you. and beg to remain, Yours truly,
|. B. RAST, Agent.
COLUMBIA, S. G.
When money accompanies mail orders
for harness from 50 co uD We Pay freight
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1897-12-22
Executors Sale.

T WILL SELL. AT TIE OF D HOME
/ stead OIL. W. EI,lenilnc, deceased. on
the l>t day of January lS:IS, at ~ O'Clock
a H.. all notes and accolltS belonging to
,hc estate of J. W. B:licntine, 4, ceased
Terms Cash.
J. J. EAL: EN- fine Eyr.
II { y. 2H3pl.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1897-12-22

T WILL SELL AS 4 WHOLE OR IN
i three ST, e,arttc tracts, five thousand,
seven hundred and fifty acres Of land more
OF less TAis land is e!igibly situated on
Black creek. a never failing stream Which
furnishes ample power to run any kind OF
machinery. The land is divided in the
following tracts:
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1897-12-22

On Tie san day and place wc will sell
the real estate of said deceased, which WAS
not disposed of b the will, consisting Of the
River Tract, continuing tll!rtrncreS, more
CT less, on Saluda river and bounded by
lands IF Matthias au,i Hook.
u. A tract of LAID containing twenty-five
acres. more or less, sitult in said county
and State. bounded by lands OF Miss SlIlic
Scum, Martin puif and oth:r lands OF the
Estate.
TERMS One.third cash: balance on a
credit of twelve months with interest from
day CT sale, the credit portion to be secured
by a mortgage Of the premises soil. The
purchaser is given the option o! ptlinS Ill
cash Purchaser to pay for pa0sr$.
! Z. SlIlL
NJ. W. SKULL.
Executors of said Estate
Dec :mDer G. !SJ1 1WG
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1897-12-22

We desire to cal the attention of our
Lexington friends 10 the fact that we are
still manufacturing
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1897-12-22
Executors Sale.

ID the last Will and testament of Martin
A. Shull, deceased, we will sell . the high
est bidder, at the lac residence OF said de.
ceased in Lexington county. s. C. . five miles
west of Columbia on the River Rad On
the Boa! day of December, inst. The per-
sonal property belonging to said Estate,
consisting il payt OF one horse, hogs year
ing, wagon. buggy. one organ, household
aud kitchen furniture, corn. fodder. pea
vines, cotton seed, one small steam glist
mill. Trrms cash on delivery.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1897-12-22
THE HUFFMAN BURNT MILL

THE HUFFMAN BURNT MILL
Tract of l,2Gu acres, on which is n mill
dam, good water power and farming lands.
THE LOWER MILL TRACT
o. 2,i5O acres, with saw and grist mills,
round timber and abo t 2o0 acres OF open
farming land.
For terms and further particulars address
or call on,
J. DEMPSEY JONES.
North, OranSeburg Co, S {.
December -, 1861. 3w1.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1897-12-22
NEW MILL TRACT,

Consisting of 2,O29 acres. on which is To-
Gated a COED az mill. On this tract Is
some fine round timber. Il Splendid water
power. al excellent we'll of water and some
good farming land
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1897-12-22
LAND FOR SALE.

December l., iS97.-2w7.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-04
Always Uncle Sans Policy to Build the
 Finest Warships Afloat.
Picturesque Incident-Fu Details of How Captain Dewey
 Robbed Old ronsides" of Her Figurehead
Copyright. 1S97.l

What may fairly be called the cen tennial of the United States navy is to be observed this year.
 The celebrated frigate Constitution "Old Ironsides'-was launched on Oc- tober r, 1797, and on the corresponding date this autumn she will personally attend a celebration in her honor in Boston. 1t isn't often that ship or wom- an or man reaches hundredth birth day and in consideration of this fact Secretary Long, who is a Massachusetts man himself, and knows how the old Bay state feels about it, will order the entire North Atlantic squadron to sail to Boston, where it will hobnob with the veteran. One may imagine that the white. wall-sided war ships" of to-day, with their thick steel plates and armor- piercing guns, their electric batteries and searchlights and tremendous en- zines, will listen with interest to what the old ship can tell them about actual hand-to-hand conflict when the locked yards fretted against each other, the oak deck was slippery with blood, and the little old guns were coughing solid shot at short range.
 The Constitution was ordered by con- gress soon after the adoption of the federal constitution, at 3 time when the future looked dark enough, and war seemed threatening, but she had to wait 15 years for proper chance to show her powers. The colonies had practically possessed no warships dur ing the revolution, except sloops and long boats carrying small cannon, and the British had easily been able to oc- cupy any harbor or ravage any coast as they would; and even less than a hundred years ago, such men as Preble, Decatur and Bainbridge had met and thrashed the Barbary pirates in little
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-04

The secretary of war fthe navy de- partment was formed two years later) reported to congress that these frigates would be separately superior to any single European frigate of tle usual di- mensions; that if assailed by numbers they would always be able to lead ahead; that they could never be obliged to go into action but on their own terms, except in calm, and that in heavier weather they would be capable of engaging double-decl1ed ships"
 The same high standards prevail in the navy department 100 years later. For the past dozen years or so we have been building perhaps few ships, but certainly good ones.
 Of the six original ships of the navy that won such laurels in 1872 only the Constitution and Constellation are left. It is possible that the latter may also be seen in Boston harbor during the celebration, for she is in use in Newport as receiving ship and is probably i'll good enough condition to be towed the short distance necessary. The Constel- lation was the costliest ship of the group, and in many respects the best. She is the only living ship in our navy and probably in any navy-that was i'll action in the last century. Nelson's Foudroyant, another famous old ship, was wrecked only the other day. The Constellation captured the French frig- ate L'Insurgente in February, 1799, more than 9s years ago-the United States being then on the point of going to war with France-yet she still has
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-04
 Tor thc Bicycle Girt.

Cycling golf stockings are beng adopted universally. At last women are waking up to the fact that legglnsl are uncomfortable end everything puO neat looking after they have been worn two or three times. end that the picyeic boot is next to impossible in hot weaeh- CT. This boot is even warmer than eho leggin and destroys 8 perfect ankle mo ton, which is the secret of easy fioiiig 2 The golf stocking is both comfortapie and good to look at. One of the prettiess patterns is a dark brown and red mlA- ture. Instead of having q cuh q. 'no ton it has simulated cuff about wieto walking boot would come on the leg. Then there gre quite rich looking piaiae and stripes in blues and greens piaeAs and browns. grays and blacks, anu :. on. Brighter eolors are also con1ln 2 into favor. Golf stockings are all "ossi. ofwooi, and for this reasonmang peopia r : cannot adopt them. For such 'nel aai in 7, . g. footless stocking intended for wsali,,,' yea ad. over the ordinary kind. It mas .',e sbs sl, vantage Of not increasing the size oi 'a' Cincinnati Enquirer.
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PUSSY WOMEN
They Are Not All siena
 HOng to Anx, er-oon,s

They Are Not All s,e..
 song to Amy ps.rticn,sr Bs
 Of what use is < fussv ,'' ' Caste. emergencies |. Of lifes Sic ,an ,'. ln th head fguratiyely, in sn - 'oSes i'd fidgets the patients nersa acclden strings in sielS-room and h ~ nddl pine and hysterieal in a ado dopsstIa pSs9msa e'ysin. Does the fussy. fdgetv V Sy,.I Sat ever enjoy herself on a plss Monst O, as important. does she are as'a triE ,.as.lale members of her party to enjoy ths' a0g selaesY $ Rarely I think. took ok . 'pslq hs holiday excursion trip to Maraata z oank 2, E year in search of ''oopy,n and eaes ts snl a significance of the fussy wo,aa .ne fu1 borne in upon me by one of fha ons. was pants or the third class carriage tbss ss'1; elected to honor with my comaa' ,aa' she was large woman witb PahY party. sne Upset one of my preoa eei3ee notions that fat women peD D tuss' for hhe was very large and sSs fussed very conspicuousIy. S sis
 l had watched her on tba ,Ia4s before the train came in sight. She n,a3 making spasmodie dives after her ,1 n,,s ' ' her tickets, her children. her lunch 1as ha 5 kets; she was evidently possessed a,; \ the notion that she was about fa ta them When she had eackled all in4 the carriage her fussing was not ea ished; she fussed because she oarl, not see where the 'am sandwiches ,,, got put to; she fussed because Gearo had lost his penny; she fussed becans saeeould not make Up her mind wbetha it would be better 10 have the windo, up or down; she fussed because some body thought es 'ow it might be Fin ing in Margit. and she omitted to brin tlle macs,
 The climax of her fussing was see when the departure bell sounded an Sandy, presumably her husband ha not come back from having a "arf-ane e.f'' with his mate in the resterong.p
 Sine was q specimen of the lower-elas sfusser," but l have encountered quit es bad fidgets among women of hight grade, and am not sure that their flls ing is not more trying than the fussin Of the Iower-elass woman, who ma perhaps be pardoned for not lknowir any better.-Daughter.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-04
His Idea of What Would Be Associate
 Perfect Blfss.

Perfect Bliss.
 The American newsboy can almost be said to have created genus for hin- self. If he has any, he has certainly created it, for of all the inhabitants of this planet there is none wheis so abse- lHtely independent, so thoroughly con- fdent of his own exertions. He has self-importance, derived from his ebii- fly to support or partially support him. self, which places him high above the rank of the ordinary gamin. and he generally possesses what is far more fm- portant in any community ready money. He is the capitalist of our junior civilization, the Count Ester hay of newsboys' alley. He can play craps for money when other boys are constrained to pursue this delectable amusement with only the miider if more intellectual pleasure of studying the fluctuations of fortune, or. at most, hazarding cigarette pictures.
 He may swear little more than is necessary, but in general is not half bad. His train of thought is usually healthy and vigorous and has robust ness born of the outer air in which he spends so much of his time. Physically, he is agile and almost tireless. While apparently reckless in most things. he is, on the whole, careful of his health he is scarcely ever known to smoke a whole cigarette at time. His intel feet is as keen as a razor. He keeps it continually honed on the strap of ex- perience. Everything carries for him lesson. From the sale of the largest Sunday paper to that of the most ua- pretentious weekly there is nothing he does not profit by.
 He is a born statist, a self-educated strategist. He has the nice art of going for enough and yet never oyerstepping himself. On the eve of such an occasion he will yociferate: "All about the cleo tion," but don't ever expect of whom until you buy the paper, Pleasure and other things occupy fair proportion of his time, but with him the distribution of news is always uppermost. It even permeates his sleeping hours. One of them was heard to remark between sales to another day or so ago: ttSay, Jim, had de finest dream I ever had las night"
 Was it about angels ?" inquired Jim.
 Nav" was the contemptuous re- sponse, q dreampt dat der was a awful smashup, six fires, four double mur- ders, an tree suicides, all in one day. Chicago Times-Herald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-04

4be h1.use of one of the Messrs. Lincoln. He obtained the hundred dollars prom ised: but having sworn his employers to secrecy, his connection with the af- fair was not known until long after.
 Subsequently, the head was placed in a champagne basket and removed to the house of Parker H. Pierce. No. Stamford street, and given place of honor in large room kept carefully locked, where many glass of wine was drained over it by those in the se- cret. Finally MT. Pierce gave dinner to some 50 or 60 whig sympathizers. and as the entertainment progressed napkin was removed from a large center piece. revealing the head to the aston ished guests.
 Later, Capt. Dewey took the head to New York, where it was seen by Dam iel Webster, if my recollection is cor rect. Afterwards it was removed to Philadelphia, where Nicholas Riddle made much political capital of it.
 Eventually the captain took the new historic trophy to Washington. and pre- sented it to the secretary of the navy, McLane. He insisted that the secre- tary should give him receipt for it. as government property returned. Having left the sea, he settled down in Virginia, I believe, where his death occurred some 15 or 20 years ago.
 A day or two after the decapftation reward of S1, ,oo0 was offered for the cap ture and conviction of the offenders. but nothing came of it. The frigate proceeded to New York a few days after the occurrence. with the fgurehead minus it's head. A new one was ordered carved, but no immediate steps were taken to put it in place, owing to the strong anti-Jackson feeling in New York. Finally the frigate proceeded to the lower bay, where the new head was put in place.
 These facts were related to me per sonally by MT. Parker H. Pierce, who was connected with the affair as pre- viously stated, and the story as given is absolutely true in all particulars, Some of the dishes in use at the ban quet, including the platter that held the head. are preserved by members of his family.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-04
formidable

most of her original timberS, and is con- sidered good for many years port serv- ice. She proved her prowess in Feb ruary 1900, against the French frigate Vengeance, which escaped her i'll the night to avoid capture. She was for years the fastest ship, naval or mer- chant, on the seas, and was retained in active service long after the Constitu- tion was permanently shelved. She is. in fact. good illustration of the fact that the most expensive article is some times the cheapest in the end.
 Though the Constellation was the first ship of the new navy to win the red badge of courage, the Constitution gained the greater fame by meeting and defeating a British frigate on approxi= mately even terms. It was held in those days that there was more glory and more difficulty in defeating the British upon their chosen element than the French; and the Constitution had the luck to do in the war of 1912 twice as much work as any other one ship. It was her chance, and she improved it.
 For long time she has been in- capable. Forty years ago or so 1t was proposed to break her up as worthless, but there was such an indignant pro- test that the idea was abandoned. Twenty years ago she was sent 10 carry various exhibits-herself being one-to the Paris exposition. On her way back she came near going to the bottom She stayed for some time in the Brook lyn yard and was then lowed to Ports mouth. where her sticks were taken off and she was roofed over and disman- tied. Congress recently appropriated S12,0o0 for her repair, and Chief Con- 1 struetof Hichborn is so directing the work as to give as good an idea as possible of her original appearance. This is not an easy task. for she is some thing like the old knife which had noth- ing about it except an occasional new blade and two or three new handles. Portions of her original painted cabin work are. however, in good condition. and her rudder and some few timbers of the 1797 outfit remain. The Boston Historical seeietsss ' ;s wiling Dfese1ye the old ship. but if is not iilStely thaA the United States government will bt
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-04
DAINTY COTTON MATERIALS.
Make Pretty Costumes for the Warn
 Season.

Make Pretty Costumes for the Warns
 Season.
 Grass linen, il piaids, stripes. laesz effects, embroidered and plain agaiH1 is prepared to lead all transparers fabrics. It is to be found for twentyN five cents up to five dollars yard and in several shades of the natural color. The heavier linen crashes ard of an improved smoother weave, andS are gray and natural colored at 15 toS GO cents for odd skirts and jacket suits < Striped and lowered dimitles are i'd light green. blue, pink, yellow and gioS let shades at f5 to 60 cents for dressess and shirt waists. 0rgandies are eyeIs prettfer than they were last summer in natural-looking blossoms over deli5 catalY-tinted grounds, and will retais at from 25 to 50 cents. Their rival is' Swiss muslin with small or medium| dots and all of the light tints for thel ground, which may be plain or in f1orall figures. Piain-coiored lawns will selll chiefly for lining these transparent ma terials. Piques will flourish in spite of| Inc crash lever. Ill tueoiuH colus LII oHS3 or swo eolors. and gre only intended for| jacket suits. Plaids in every materlals silk, wool and cotton, are among the| promised successes. Pereale instripes.] dots and small figures sells tt from teil| to twenty-five cents for shirt wastsl and morning dresses. 4 touch of black in the figure is very stylish in cottonl fabrics. In white goods dimity, Swissl muslin, nainsook. organdie and lawnl have the preference, and are ranked| among the cheapest as we'll as the mostl expensive goods. Foreign and domestlcl gipglams show plaid, striped, ehecked'l etc, patterns, in which green is proml'l nent, as it is in all wash goods Ging-I ham ia not as popular as it was ow1ngl to the craze for sheer goods, but it was| too useful fabric for women and chli1 dren to be without. This is in medium- sized plaids, stripes Of immense variety and checks of various kinds. Green,l red, strong pink, yellow and touch ofl black are prominent tints introduced in ginghams Vivid colors predoml- nate in all spring materials Ladies Home Journal
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-04
They Were MnnzIed.

We had very eventful experience '' said the colonel, who had just re- turned from western hunting trip. .On one occasion while we lay in camp. pack of wolves, rendered desperate by hunger, pressed so closely upon us that we could see their red muzzles gleaming in the moonlight" stIow very exciting" exclaimed Mrs. Cobb. enthusiastically. "But I presume, colonel" she continued, you were glad the horrid creatures had their muzzies on. Military Gazette, Chicago.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-04

craft about as formidable as a Hudson river brick sloop.
 But the Constitution was a big ship. She was and is more than one-fourth as long as tirst-class passenger or war steamer to-day. and two-thirels or one half as wide. Her dumpy proportions are the most noticeable thing about her. As l stepped upon her deck some years ago, before she was dismantled and housed over it seemed to me that her bow was rather after the shape of a tub. and that it was only few paces back to her high quarter deck. Her tonnage, or taldisplacement, as stated in the English authorities with prob able eXaggeration, was 2,200 tons, and her dimensions are thus given: Length lo7 to 175 feet, beam 45 feet. She eer- ta:nly does not look to modern eyes either sc long or so heavy as the fig ures given by James and other British writers. Ones first impulse on board- ing her is to exclaim: Why, how little she isl"
 Little as sine seems now, the Consti- tior 3eyer met a ship of her size in  combat. The Gaerriere, over which she gained her greatest victory, is said by British authorities to have been 155 feet long, of 40 feet inches beam and of l.5oo tons displacement, and to have carried 3S guns and about 300 men. The same authorities give the Constitution a rating of A guns and 47o men. Amer icau writers state the disparity as some what less. but both sides are agreed that Old Ironsides was the larger ship. Capt Daeres, of the Guerriere, seems 10 have been a kind of salt sea Brad docl1-bold as lion, but utterly unable to comprehend that an American crew cauid by any possibility prevail against British seamen, sin.
 In short, as is usually the case, Prov idence was in 1872 on the side of the largest battalion and the heaviest ship The captain and crew of the Constitu- tion deserved, and have received. much credit for their pluck and scamanship but the congress of the little nation Q! century ago deserves quite as much for it's enterprise and foresight in build s:::;sgs E such fire urge ships. These were ss authorized by the law Of 17s4:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-04
The Wearing of Tucks.

To be really fashionable one must wear tueks. They are seen on every thing, and the work on some of the new blouses and bodices is enormous. Not only are quarter-inch tueks closely set in groups all over the bodice and up the sleeves, but these are frequently supplemented by tucked bolero and by groups of tucks on the skirt Even low cut evening bodices are arranged with tucked draperies of lisse. Some times the tnelss rre horizontal, but more frequently they are arranged to run around the figure.-Ph Philadelphia Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-04
Bicycle Wheel without Smokes

Application has been made for a pat ent to construct bicycle wheels without spokes, substituting therefor two disks of thin steel riveted together at the rims and axle holes. In very strong side wind it would seem that this solid wheel would present such re- slstance as to make wheeling as hard as sailing would be with a wrong ad- Justment of the sails. These solid disks might, however, be made as ornamental as the new flag tops, with the coiors, stars, and stripes in vivid shades.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-04
row Tir.ed Eycs.

When awaking in the morH1IlB rub the eyes; indeed, one ousli, sa;,sf tbe to rub or press the fingers aga'n,o as neonge , ees If they feel at all irrltateo' ,i sppas ,as,. them with cold water. Cold Wa.e' ., aTes. l ,osf beneficial effect upon ,ne ad s5t, to and the strongest will ind s,d !, goD water. da,iIv @ bathe the eyes in cola IasI, helps TSis M insigoretes them . and l.,orsipg hsipr to keep them in gooa remenl- order. But it must p1 ,o,,ld only bersd that quite cold water shoa,a d Ss ate bs, used when ti,e ;bosiy is haated temperature. When one ls ,c sels y, aff inc or Nsrn the chill must be taken or ssas ,st wat,r fo avoid sudden shock.- 0s' Louis Republic.