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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1897-11-24
MR.. WILLIAM ARNSTONG.

"I have been sufferer FOR eight years
with that horrible disease, EczerIa, &C
times all over r.y body, and no person
can describe the burning and itching I
had to endure.
"The extent OF my suferngs can be
appreciated when l state that my con-
dition was such that 7 could not take
nv bed, and for three months | never
laid down, but was compelled to st in
nv chair when not moving around.
was treated by the best of physicians
with no success, and tried iil tie patent
medicines recommended for Eczema,
without any good results. J then went
to the Indiana Mud baths, with tic same
results, and then to Mt. Clements, the
celebrated medical resort, w:ie:e the
treatment partially helped NE, bat The
disease shortly returned. I went -
Florida, thinking that a change or cl!-
mate and water and the c!tror fruit
might cure me, but found 10 cure.
"Ithcn tried SIS. Sand after three days
the burning and itching subsldel, and
I continued 10 improve steadily until
was wel!-entirelv cured. After COM
1nenciig S. S. S. never put an cxter-
nal application to my limbs or any part
OF my body. You may refer 70 me any
person suffering from Eczema. I will
always keep the S. S. 5. IL NY house,
for consider it the best blood medicine
OF the present age. l 2n seventy years
Of age and am COW i'll perfect health"
For real blood diseases relief can only
be obtained by using real blood rene
dy. So many people who are sufferers
from an obstinate or deep-seated blood
disease make the mistake Of taking reil-
edes which at best arc only tonics and
cannot possibly reach their trouble. 1t
is in lust such cases which other so-called
blood remedies cannot reach that S.S.S.
has made some Of the most wonderful
cures.
S. S. S. cures permanently Cancer,
Catarrh, Rheumatism, Eczema, letter,
Contagious Blood Poison, Scrofula, ard
all other diseases having their origin III
the blood. It is a
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1897-11-24
- - .

From the Lone STIR State comes
tie following letter, written by ".
T. Gass, editor Of the Mt. Vernon,
TEX } Herald: II have used Cham
berlains Collie, Cholera and D!orlhna
Remedy il my family for the past
year, and find it the best remedy for
collie ard djarrLn,a that I have ever
tiled. It, effects are instantaneous
and satisfactory, and I cheeifully
recommend it, especially for cramp
collie and diarrhoea. Iudct d, We
shall try and keep bottle Of ii on
our medicine half as long as We keep
house" For sale by J. L. kauf
manu-.
You can't cure consumption but
y)u can avoid it aud cure every other
form of throat Or lung troub!" by the
nsa of One Minute Cough CNe. j
E kauf;nanu.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1897-11-24
NEky He Wasn't Invited.

Arthur T. Clark last spring purchased
a seaside cottage at Pay Ridge, \. y.
Bay Ridge las yacht club, and as 1t
costs pretty heavily to rent yacht for
a private sail somebody suggested to
Clark that he would better join the
club so that he would be invited to go
out with those who owned their own
yachts
This seemed to be good idea, and
Clark's name was soon enrolled as a
member of the club He was informed
that he would be expected to purchase
a yachting cap and wear it as the i'll
sigma OF his membership. Mrs Clark
accompanied her spouse to hat store
to help him pick ont his yachting head
gear. He selected one with blue band,
on which an anchor was embroidered i'll
gold lace. Mrs Clark thought two
anchors would look much prettier, and
so Arthur. like dutiful husband, yield
ed to her better Judgment and bought a
cap with 4 double anchor.
Day after day lie Wore that cap, but
no one invited him to 60 sailing. Every
body else seemed to be invited out but
that cap apparently acted as hoodoo,
and its wearer was compelled TO sniff
the seq breezes from the land Finally
one afternoon q regatta race was ar
ranged, and it was desired that all
available yachts should start. Clark
was urged to bring ont his yacht with
the rest.
"Why. bless your heart, lie protest
ed, Il have 10 yacht. -
"WhatH' cried several club members
in chorus NO yacht: Then what are
you doing with that cap
"Why, isn't the cap all right STAN
mered its wcarer
"Yes-Lut how about the double
anchor"
Mrs. Clark thought two looked pet
tier than one Does it make any differ
ence? What do the blamed ancn;r:
mean, anyhow
Two anchors, " they said, indicate
that you own yacht, and one that you
are q member entitled to sail free on
the clubs yachts.
MI CLARK still thinks that thsre L
no discount Oh his wife's taste Ill mat
tcrs OF dress, but he now buys whatever
he wears Chicago Times. Herald.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1897-11-24
HOW ANTHONY HOPE READS.
The Noted Novelist Doesn't Do HIS Lest
Hero Justice.

When Anthony Hope ended his first
reading in America, i'll Brooklyn, fie
other night, he had created enc mild
sensation he evidently did not count on.
1t came when lie began to read chap
ter from his most famous romance,
"The Prisoner Of Zenda." \ distinct
GASP cf establishment and mild dl'aE-
proval went Up toward the chandelier
overhead when he called his heroine,
not "Flah via, as we are wont {" pro-
nounce it, but "Flavia, with the long Z.
There was scarcely che of his auditors
OH that occasion who escaped two Sens@-
tions, The first WAS on his entrance
from the doorway in the rear Of the
stage when he came forward toward the
table in the center holding four volumes
in his hand. He walked as if be WAS Ell
tering drawing room where sclLe one
was playing scft music and not at all as
if he was about to make q first lnpreS-
sion on the readers Of q nation Uf 49,
600, 600 people.
The interviawers had given the I'M
rression that Anthony HOPE rescnbled
his most l0vable Young hero. But 1t
was a middle aged. sharp featured man
upon whom their eyes rested. with only
his British clothes to mark him for an
Englishman.
While the chairman was making q
little speech Of Introduction the author
reader sat with his legs crossed, hoIdlng
his chin in the palm Of his hand and
smoothing his check with slnder
forciin.cr. surveying bis first American
audience with delightfully."- disintcr-
ested air. He was attllcu III convention
al evening dress, with tie falHlllar
square cu:. open collar, and Wore a
brilliant red calnation in the laTel OF
his coat.
If his audience had any misgivings
as to his ability to please them. they
vanished at the frst sound of his voice
clear, soft and with the quality that
carries. His are not the mcthGds Of the
professional elocutioniSt. He rarely ges-
ticulates. usually standing either with
arm behind his back or with his right
forearm resting Oh the upper edge OF
the reading desk, srasping it with his
right hand. Toward the end OF the read
ing he rested his volume on the upper
edge Of the desk, as if to sec more clearly.
The stronger emotions of the final
leave taking between Rudolf Ras>"ndyl
and the Princess Flavia affected him,
aud he knew it, for he read the chap
ter IF Love We're All' In Il dull mono
tone that gave every evidence of self re-
preston.
This Was the only note Of disappoint-
ment And it was summed mp by girl
in the audience, who declared audibly
that "Sothcru ought to give him per
formance Of The Prisoner Of Zcnda,
so he might hear him do that scene. .
He was at his best in the crisp humor
of the Dolly Dialogues. And, after all,
he was Anthony Hope reading Anthony
Hopes stories. s.-New York Press.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1897-11-24
TennySon's RELIGION.

It was fortunate, says Mr. Mahls IN
The Atlantic. that Tennyson' S biography
was not prepared by a biographci who
was anxious to minimize the religious
element in his life. On the contrary. it
is thrown into the boldc>t relief, and
the reader is let into those profound
convictions which gave the laureate's
poetry such depth and spiritual >plen-
dor The whole subject is dealt with,
in connection with In Mcmoriam,
with the most satisfying fullness. In
this valo of time the bills Of time often
shut out tie mountains of eternity
Tcnnyson once said The nobility Of his
verse had it's springs III those noun
tains, and they inclosed and gloritied
the landscape Of life aS lie looked over
it. He refused to formulate his faith.
but he has given it all expression which
is at once definite and poetic, illunlin-
ating and enduring Il hardly dare
name his name, he writes, but take
away belief in the self conscious person
ality of God, and you take away the
backbone of the world" And again,
"On God and godlike men we build our
trust" \ week before his death, his son
tells Us, he talked long of the personality
and love of God-"that God whose eyes
consider the poor, -" Who catcrcth even
for the sparrow. For myself, - he
said on another occasion. "the world is
the shadow of God" In Lis case, az III
Wordsworth and Browning's, poetry
issued out Of the deepest springs CT be-
ing, and he made it great by commit
ting to it the expression of the highest
truth.
Toa young man going to university
he said, The love Of Gcd is the true
basis Of duty, truth, reverence, loyalty,
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1897-11-24
The Allia.

The Allia, where Brennus and the
Gauls defeated the Romans, is small
creek flowing into the TiEer, not far
from Rome. The defeat OF the Romans
led to the capture and sacking OF the
city, and so much damage was done by
the invaders that July Is, the day Of
the battle, was ever afterward consider
ed in Roman annals an unlucky date,
and no public or private business was
transacted Gu that day.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1897-11-24
Beware
OF The Knife.

Nr. Lincoln Nelson, of Marshneia, me-,
writes: "For six years I have been 3
sufferer from a scrotulous adecton o.
the glands of my neck, and ali etoss
of phvsicians in Washington, D. e.:
Springfield, ILL.,, and St. Louis jailed &c
reduce the enlargement. After sls
months constant treatment here, my
physician urged me to submit 10 re-
moval of the gland. Atthis critical /; mo- a
meut friend recommended S.S.S''
and LAYING aside a deep-csated Pre]u'
dice against all patent medicines De-
gan its use. Before I had rsed one bot
lie the enlargement began to disappear,
and now it IS entirely gone, thoSgh am
not through with my second bottle yet
Had only used your SIS. long ago,
I would have escaped years OF misery
and saved over SI5o."
This experience is like that OF al VINO
suffer with deep-seated blood troubles
The doctors can do no good, and even
their resorts to the knife prove either
fruitlcss or fatal. SIS. is the only
real blood remedy; it gets at the root OF
the disease and forces it out pe-r1a'
nently. ,>
& G (eu1,urksea b47cly 1CCctl3Ae)
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1897-11-24

love. virtue and work, and hc ;;dGoc
charactcristically, "but dom be a rrig. y
Through his verse, as through BIS lie
there ran this deep current of faith, but
the expression of it was free from the
faint aud distortion OF dogmatlc or &C.
clesiastic&l phrase.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1897-11-24
70 Cure Catarrh

Do not depend upon snuff, iuhalauts
or other local applications. Cata1h
is constitutional disease, and can
be successfully treated on!y by means
Of constitutional remedy Ike
Hoods Sarsaparilla, which thoro-
ughly purifies the blood and re-
moves the scrofulous taints Which
cause catauh. The great nuncst Of
testimonials from those who have
been curei Of catarrh by Hoods Sar-
saparilla prove the uneuualled power
of this medicine to conquer this dis
case. If troubled with Ca.arlh give
Hoods Sarsspalilla fair tlia! at
once.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1897-11-24
4 RpSc Shoc:,.

Uncle George-Youd better take ~
with Miss Gordon, Harry. They -: six
is worth u million
Harry-You don't mean 1t. LEcit
George!
Uncle GeCrge-Of common wo@icn.
-Hm!-BoSton Transcript.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1897-11-24
Boring a Square Hole.

The aug2r that borcs a square hole
consists of screw auScr III Il square
tube, the corners Of which are sharpen
ed from within, and as the auger ad-
vances cuts the round hole square.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1897-11-24

known. Mt ONLY should the oEt-:Gn
rf the body be perfectly cl-an. but TIC
Interior Of tie bo;ly As we'll. C."an
teeth, mouth, &c n thro::t, clean nasal
passages, are all I: Q1i.ites Of perfect
health. The Whole body, as well as
every organ in the body, is lined with
mucous membrane, which is even
more liable than the skin to become
very dntv. The most frequent
cause Of unclean mucous membrane
is catar1n. Cltarlt creates urna-
tural s,cretioGs, even though the
catarlh be very slight. II this con
dition good health is impossible.
DR.. Hartman has made q speciality
of treating chvcnic catslrh foy nellly
~ years. His great remedy (pc-lu-
ma has become known Throughout
the United States and Canada. 1t is
certainly the best, and probably the
only effective internal remedy for
chronic catarrh. lis cures are per-
mancnt. The Doctor is also the
author Of many books on chronic
catsrrh. His latest book Oh the
subjec: will be sent free for short
time by The Pe-ra-na Drug Mfg
Co., Columbus, O.
Ask your druggist fcr free Pc
ru-na Almanac for 1898
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1897-11-24
Not Qualified to Judge.

Maude-What' the luckieSt day tC
be born on:
Claut!e-DCn t know. Only tried one.
Detroit Free Press.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1897-11-24

"Soms fcpd iLcarnate,' says a
Mississippi editor, with the roaring
furnaces Of hell staring him il the
face, entered tle residence Of John
Jones Sunday night, and stole the
Presbyterian Sunday school co}lec
ton.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1897-11-24

A fresh supply Of lem ms, oranges,
apples and banan S Just received at
the Bazaar.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1897-11-24

SLEEPING CAR SERVICE.
DDu5:e daily passenger service between For
Id. and New York.
Nos. >. a!,: ::,--N a>hin:,. on and SoT thwes:cvn
limited SOiG Ec>; ihIri train with C,iniug
cars ana FIRST ciaSS c"aC!!"- mort. .. Charlotte.
Pullman Grawir" room S'".'!i;g ca l"rN'r'n
Tampa. jacksonville, Savannah, Washing siOn
and NJ" York.
y MIN s:"r:.ins car between Augusta ana
E"w York.
Nos - ar,l 3S-Ir. 6 last Nail Through
Pu!ln.:"! drawing !"o!1 G':iI": Stepping cars hc
tween Iacii2jI::i..1 3I:i ErW ir'H and All
guS;a and traTn.tc. Pullman sleeping cars
l"tw""I .;ar!i>'i.%ii:. and C'I:ln' IL. cH route
daily i-H cen jackson .llic aud Cincinnati, Via
A>!"r:!r.
". Il. GREEN. !. ". CCI.P.
&. Supt., Washington. r: H.. Washington.
". \. IH'itK. =. Il HARDWiCk,
g. p. -. Wa.hi1g;on. !. &. =. A., .,!laata'
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1897-11-24
A Real Blood Remedy.

and gets at the seat Of disease and forces
it out promptly even after other So.caiie
blood remedies have failed. S. >. ,. IS
guaranteed purely vegetable. -,
Books on blood and skin diseases Will
be mailed free to any address by swirl
Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.
Pay YOUR sui Scrll t!,n.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1897-11-24

A strictly high grsde SIG0 gents
"Windsor" bicycle, latest model, 81
most new, for sale at bargain. Cill
on Rice 3. Harmon at the Bazaar.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1897-11-24
4 Who1s Ill.

\ whole mai:
is auO: her name
for 4 healthy
nan. Oae Of
lie prime
;!ll5 O! Ilealtil
is cleanliness.
The first step in
Ills direction is
a ci"&n = skin
This fact is well
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1897-11-24

Pay your snl SCRIP t., n.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1897-04-10
A Sea Shore Prophet.


The PascagouIa Democrat Star
has gone into the prophet business
on large scale. Listen To wLal
this esteemed contemporary says
about the special session of the Leg
lature
"Ihere will be no issuance of
bonds, no borrowing money, nor will
the rate Of taxation be raised. The
June distribution Of the school fund
viii nokhe made. This will work
against the Fall terms OF the public
schools in some Of the counties.
But IL Is better this way than to keep
on running the state in debt. A bill
viii 5e passed separating the levy
for the school fund from that of gem
eral state purposes, and providing
that the poll taxes shall remain in the
counties IN which they are collected,
the counties not being credited WITH
same. A $3.50, 900 state house will
be built on the site Of the present
one, and paid for in bonds to run
about thirty years. the state reserv-
the right to take them up in ten
years"
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1897-04-10
From the IconocIast.

The place to take tue measure of
a man Ia not the forum or the field,
not the market place or the amen
corner, but his own flresido There
he lays aside his mask and YOU NAV
Judge whether he's imp or angel, king
or cur, hero or humbug, L care not
what the world says about him
whether it crowns him with rays or
pelts him with bad egGsLscare never
what his reputation or his religion
may be. II his babies dread his
homecoming and better half swallows
her heart every time she has to ask
him for five dollar bill he's a fraud
of the first water, even though be
prays night and morn till he is black
in the face and howls hallelujah till
he shakes the eternal hill. But IL
his children rush 10 the front gate to
greet him, and loves own sunshine
illumines the face Of his wife when
she hears his football, you may take
IL for granted that he's true gold, for
bis homes a heaven and the humbug
never gets that near the great white
throne of God.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1897-04-10
How TO Build Up a Town.

The true secret OF the growth Of
any place, says an exchange, is
mainly OWNS to the Inducements aud
encouragement held out to strangers
TO settle among them Encourage
active and worthy men, whether they
have money or not. Stimulate every
legitimate enterprise by giving il all
me and 10 Jour power Cultivate a
pnblic spirit and hgIp your no;gllbor
u he ls ia danger OF breaking down,
ha'p him up. II he gcts fairly down
before you know bis situation, ses
him on his feet again, his misfortune
IS TO be pltled, not blamed. and mis-
talent and labor arc worth money Go
The community, Besides, it may
somo day be your turn to need cor
responding sympathy Let us speak
well of our neighbor Talk well aid
encouraglngly Of our town, Of it's
growth, Its prospects. It's advantages,
ond in short, everything likely 20
advance its welfare. Stimulate the
canse of education by giving help
Ing hand to advancement, also to all
necessary public buildings.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1897-04-10

Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Jones.

The colored people take things
easy as a rule; and even the edu-
Gated negro refuses to become
excited about as small thing as
general overflow. Yesterday as
the water came stealing into the
yard of Sallie Jones, Lizzie Brown,
the next door neighbor, with con-
siderable "school learning" Yell
ed across the partition fence in
this language: "Mrs. Jones, by
observing closely it seems that /
can perceive that you have con-
cluded to irrigate your premises"
And both Jones and Brown pre-
misses were soon thoroughly irri-
gated with Mississippi river until
tered. .-Greenyille Democrat.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1897-04-10
Patriotic coIored People.

We have always contented that
lssaquena county had the best
sort of colored people than any
county in the delta. .A.aWe were
moro impressed s,|''T the belief
last Mondayhssciic mass meeting
than eysr, by seeing them come
voluntarily asking to be put on
duty to guard the leyees, without
money and without prico. 1t but
goes to show the good feeling that
exists between the whites and
blacks. May it ever be thus. -
Mayersville Spectator.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1897-04-10
Constable Sale.

vs.. Coets m On gif'~i
'ho a. Erlerson.) Total, Sl751.
by virtue Of the above stated execu.
;;ioe, 10 me directed, by Geo. w. Seal, n
justice IN ana for the second district of
Hancock county, Mississippi, I will on
monday, the 26th day of April, 1897. al
inc front door of the courthouse Of said
county, in the city OF Bay st. Louis, ex-
pose to sale at public outcry, within legal
nourS, 70 the highest bidder for cash, all
the right, title aud interest the defendant
mas IN and to certain tract of land sItu-
ated, lying and being In Hancock county.
State OF Mississippi and described as fol-
lows; Lot 3, section 20, T. G, O. II, aud
containing l45 acres, more or less, which
has been attached as property of defcnd-
ant and Will be sold TO satisfy the iudq-
ment and all costs.
This The LIST day OF April. 1897.
j. L. HERRIN, Constable,
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1897-04-10

At last n monument Is to be
erected to the memory of Francis
Scott Key, the author of "The
Star Spangled Banner. His
grave is in q small cemetery in
friedrich county, Nd, just out
side of Washington, and is now
unmarked. The statue will be
nine feet high on a pedestal thir-
teen feet high and fifteen broad
at the base. The funds were part
ly appropriated by the legislature
of Maryland and partly by popu-
lar subscription.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1897-04-10
WHICH,?
To be or not to be, which?

TO be or not to be, which?
AT a regular meeting of the
board of mayor and aldermen, hold
last Saturday, Nas will be seen by
reference to the proceedings, that
body by n unanilious vote save
one resolved on the issuance of
bonds to the amount of $40, 600
to give that to Bay ST. Louis
which justly belongs to Bay st.
Louis--improvements Mainly,
electric lights, and this, so pro-
posed, to be supplemented with
an adequate system Of waterworks
best adapted to the place, and a
public market.
This move, in the face of the
very fact that the city is somewhat
in debt has caused by a number of
people to question the econ
omy of the board, and to be brief,
in the absence of characterizing,
opinions that have been wrought
over the matter are without num-
Der, without end. There is no
doubt that the question involves
u great deal of thought be-
fore giving it condemnation, and
it is safe to Judge that many minds
have been first expressed before
that weighty deliberation due, yet
men of thought applaud while
others of u same mind bitterly
denounce the scheme. But if the
majority counts for anything and
if a community for the people is
to be by tho people, then The
Echo, without fear of contradic-
tion unless tho influence of oppo-
sition ultimately gains, can say
Bay st. Louis will have The ne
cessary improvements suggested,
$4,000 bonds be issued and the
finances Of the municipality will
be such as to enable the redemp.
tion of its paper at par. No raise
Of taxes the board promises, and
it does seem to us the question of
improvements is now or never.
Under the state code any city in
debt cannot for improvements is
sue bonds if twenty per cent of
tho people within thirty days of
promulgation rise in opposition,
and in the face of this precaution
against haste or extravaganza, and
if the course prescribed should
prove to their displeasure,s they
should be resigned TO the rulings of
the majority. However the pub
lie, il is gratifying to say, is unan-
imous in recognizing the necessity
of these improvements, but all
cannot see way clear.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1897-04-10

The departure of the Bradley
Martins and their poodle to Eu-
rope has caused distress. The
Meridian Post says "The loss of a
pure bred poodle is to be regret
ted, just as we were getting our
dogs bred up to a high standard. "