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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-02-02
WANTED AGENTS.

1.-The Confederate Soldier in The Civil War
last published, contains $50 rnSes u Is
inches. and yer Ito large Battle SceIsS
Portraits, Maps. etc. The greatest and
lareest War Book ever published, and the
only one that does justice to the Conte Ier-
ate soliier and the cause lie fought tos.
Complete il one volrme. Agents wanted
everywhere to sell this book On oUr rev
and easy plan. Many OF the lady and gen
tiemen agents who are at work are making
from SlC0 to 500 per month. Veterans
Sens and Daughters of Veterans, and Others
interested are requested to send for beau
tifal illustrated descriptive circn'ar tree)
and terms to agents. Address, Couk1sE-
JoURSAL Jop PRINTING Co., Louisville. NY.
Nov. q, 3m Ia
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-02-02
ADVERTISING RATES.

Advertisements will be inserted ct the
rate of one cent per word for first inser.
ton, and one ha'f celt for each subse.
qneHt insertion.
L:bera, contracts made with those Wish.
ing to advertise for three, six aud twelve
months
Notices IL the local column cents per
line each inser ion
Obituaries charged for at the rate of one
cent word, WI en- they exceed 100 words.
Marriage notices inserted free.
Address
J. NJ. uARMAN, Editor and Publisher.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-02-02

the gold standard upon the country
would simply make of the people
hewers of wood and drawers of water.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-02-02

Many church goers, like little fish,
only nibble at the bait.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-02-02

Especially adapted for those desiring
Comfort, Ease. Home like methods.
Commercial travellers receive every &C
ccmmodation.
&yRATES. 81 sna $3.50 PER DAY. ~ss2S
June 2, lS97-tf
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-02-02

Gold Standard Evils-Would Make
the People Hewers of Wood and
Drawers OF Water. Debate Be-
comes General.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-01-22
Strategy of England.

The Falkland islands, near the straits
of Magellan. have been occupied and
are being fortified by the British.
There are about POO islands In this
South Atlantic group-most Of them
small, aud the two principal ones com.
prise an area of 1000 square miles. In
keeping with the policy Of England 10
police the seas, and to establish depots
of supply and repair for her warships
at all available strategic points this
station is being established.
The vast commerce that passes
around Cape Horn from ocean TO
ocean. says the Erie Dispatch, can be
blockaded or levied upon in time Of
war from the point of vantage that Is
afforded by the Falkland islands. As
Gibraltar commands the traffic of the
Mediterranean, so the Falkland Brit
lsh naval station Will hold the passes
to the Pacific Ocean. From the main
land at the extremity of the Pata-
gonlan peninsula supplies Of coal can
be obtained.
There Is ample anchorage at the town
of Port Stanley In the Falklands, where
o fine aud formidable fleet of warships
could hide In safety. With no colonies
of her own in this part Of the world
that looks to Great Britain for protee-
ton and commercial alliance, 1t Is GER
talnly plain that she has seized the
island territory solely by right of
might, and as a menace TO the trade
and commerce of other nations.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-01-22
How TO Run a Restaurant.

Tibbs stated that he went into
re ztaurant ON Decatur street Saturday
night, where Thomas Is clerk, and
called for a 10-cent lunch. The beef
did not suit him, and he asked that the
order be refilled. When the good beef
was brought Thomas took the 1O-cent
check and handed him one for II cents.
Tibbs declined paying the extra cents
and tore up the 15-cent check. This
angered Thomas, and he pasted Tibbs
over the left eye with his fist. Thomas
stated to the court that he gave Tibbs
no bone, but the meat had some gristle
on It. The fresh order called for an
extra 3 cents, and that was why he
changed the ticket. He did not strike
Tibbs until that gentleman had cursed
him.
Other guests In the restaurant who
were present at the time told the same
story as related by Tibbs, and stated
that Thomas struck him with little or
no provocatlon.
Then this Is the way the recorder
summed it all up:
look here, Mr. Thomas, you cant
run n restaurant that way. You must
run It to feed folks and not to whip
them. | will dismiss the case against
Mr.. Tibbs and will fine Mr.. Thomas 50
and costs. Atlanta Constitution.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-01-22
Has 1000 Miles of Railroad.

Counting elevated, street surface and
steam lines Greater New York will
have within its borders over 1000 miles
of railroad. This is mileage larger
than some European countries have,
and a mileage remarkable In other re-
speets, the number of passengers car
rled being greater per mile than in any
other country and than in any other
city in this country. Philadelphia has
400 miles of street railroad. Chicago
has nearly GOO. Boston has $50. st.
Louis 295, Baltimore 225, Washington
40, San Francisco 231, Pittsburg 242,
Cincinnati 261, Cleveland 1872, Detroit
1866. Louisville $50 and Buffalo $50.
While the development of the railroad
lines of the country has been retarded
during the last few years in conse-
quence of the hard times, the mileage
OF the surface lines within the large
cities and connecting neighboring
towns has been increased enormously
by the Introduction of the trolley.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-01-22
lGl1.-l-s+'"-4+kf'1
t#AtoyYS~

Oysters live ten to twelve years when
they gave the chance. In this country
they don't have the chance.
dog fancer In New Haven is the
owner of a black -and-tan dog which
weighs not an ounce more than pound
and half.
The large horned beetle can carry 315
times its own weight. One has been
known to walk away with 2hs-pound
weight.
A hen belonging to Joseph Bishop on
Licking river, near Pleasant Valley,
Ky, discovered a large birds nest in
the top of an apple tree, and flew up
and deposited an egg In the nest.
The eye of the cat, like that of the
horse. is provided with false eyelld,
which may be moved independently of
the outer or true lid. 1t Is often EN-
plOyed by cat when obliged to face a
very bright light, and is believed to act
as n shade.
Live bees are sometimes shipped on
lee so as to keep them dormant during
the journey. This is particularly the
case with bumblebees, which have been
taken to New Zealand, where they are
useful in fertilizing the red clover that
has been introduced into the colony.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-01-22

The following story was told ON thu
late Speaker Crisp In Washington thu
other day: II was election day II
Georgia. and the Republicans had pui
up a strong fight. Prominent In thel
ranks was an old negro. Tom. All day
long he lowered around the polls, ant
IN an impromptu procession carried t
transparency. In the evening Mr.. CrisI
was standing In front of his hotel
when old Tom sidled bashfully up ant
requested the present Of dollar.
What. Tom. said Mr. Crisp. "yot
have the audacity 10 come here ano
ask me for a dollar after working hare
against me all day.
Well but. Massa Chawles, fst
known You cher since you was so high
and | suttlnly do need dollar bad"
Tom said Crisp, looking sternly
MT him. didn't you cast your yot,
against me today
Tom looked east down for a moment.
"Das's so, das'so, Massa Crisp but
Frightening up with an inspiration,
YOU know It gwlne to count foh You
ennyhow. Please gimme dat dolah.
Massa Chawles."
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-01-22
Gold .ancientlrelan

ireland Of prehistoric times was the
gold country of Europe, In no other
country. at any rate, has so much man
ufactured gold of early ages been
found; not less than 400 specimens OF
Irish gold antiques being contained In
the museum Of the Royal Irish Acad-
envy alone, while the British Museum
gold antiques Illustrative of British his
tory are entirely Irish. Trinity Col
lege. Dublin, has many fine examples,
and there are large private collections
Native gold occurs In seven localities
In Ireland aud the ancient miners may
have had sources Of supply that are
Low worked out or lost
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-01-22
chair, but the countryman was so IN
censed Mt the laughter of his associates
that he stalked from the floor"
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
The Strange Custom Observed by
Tribe of Farther India.

The Strange Custom Observed by
Tribe of Farther India.
Among the Shan Karens of farther
India funerals are made the occasions
of grand wedding festivals, in when
all the manageable young men ana
women of the village are privileged 10
participate. As it is not always con
venient TO hold these interesting cete-
monies at the exact time Yillagef
may die, 1t is customary TO deposit the
corpse In some temporary resting
place till the marriage market Is faVof-
able to giving It obsequies worthy OF
its former estate. Consequently SIX
months or a year may frequently pass
before the memory of the dead Karen
receives the honor which is its due.
When good time comes for wed
dings the remains are taken from theif
resting place and set upon platform
which has been prepared for theh' anu
the eligible bachelors and marrlaseaoie
young women are invited TO come ahd
compete in a marrying match. The
funeral service" Is then begun WIN
a chorus of men celebrating the beah-
ties of Karen maidens in general. Inc
girls respond in a drawing falsetto.
Tn bachelors, each in his turn, begin
usually, for the sake of peace, with the
most muscular maiden. If one OF them
is rejected, he waits till his turn come
again, and addresses, If he sees lit,
some other girl.
The girls receive the proposals IN per
feet self-possession, and respond 10
them in phrases like those with which
they have been addressed, the models
of which have come down from old
times. Reflections seldom occur eY-
cept when a man makes a mistake ana
applies to a girl who is known TO be
reserving herself for another. The
funeral service goes ON IN this way
till It Is plain that no more alliances
can be made when it is closed. and the
body of the deceased is buried. The
matches thus made are binding, and
no other way Of making them Is IN
favor.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-01-22
SINKS BENEATH THE SEA
Falcon Island in the Pacific Ocean
Periodically Disappears.

Far away out in the deep Pacific
Ocean exists small strip OF lana
which shows that IL has decided spirit
aud sweet little will of its own, for II
will not undergo allegiance to any couh'
try. Governments often experience
considerable trouble in preserving the
allegiance of peoples they have con.
quered, but, as rule, piece OF prop.
erty or real estate has been looked upon
rs likely to remain in the same place TOT
a considerable period of time. This Ill.
tie island. which has received the name
of Falcon Island, proves an exception
TO the rule, however. No sooner has II
been annexed than 1t disappears OFF the
face of the globe, leaving only dan.
gerous reef to indicate its former
wherea bouts, and coming up In Il few
years time, when the country which
has performed the annexation has CIV
en- up all claims.
Our old friend John Bull. always on
the watch to increase his imperial EN-.
pire, was the first 10 encounter 1t. In
1889 the British corvette Egeria was
sent on a cruise among the South Sea
Islands. with orders from the British
admiralty to seize upon any Islands or
coral reefs that had hitherto been I'M.
claimed and to take possession In the
name of the Queen. Cruising around,
she noticed from afar off "A prominent
island, toward which she sailed. Tall
palm trees were growing on It's south
ern extremity. which was command
ing blum. rising 100 feet above the level
of the sea.
Having reported the results of his
voyage 10 the admiralty, next year they
sent ont a transport ship with orders
TO make further discoveries and re.
ports. What was the dlsmay Of the
captain of the Egeria, who happened
to be in command Of the transport, on
arriving at the place where he had the
year before left the island sporting the
union jack TO find that 1t had disap-
peared from view, Instead of the
beautiful island standing ont so prom.
inently from the ocean was a low and
dangerous coral reef, with the sea
beating and surging up against It.
Two years later France. also seized
with the inordinate desire of annex
ing new territory, sent the cruiser
Duchaff,ault 10 the Pacific. Cruising
around. she found her way to Falcon
There, instead of finding sunken reef,
whltened with the foam of the break.
ers. the vessels crew discovered an isl.
and the exact shape of the island found
by the English corvette In 1889. Scarce
ly two years had passed away when
brig sent out by France 10 revisit her
possessions found her way TO Falcon
Island. 1t had again disappeared, II
being simply reef dangerous to nayi.
CATION. Whereupon France was obliged
to give mp all rights OF possession
New York Herald
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-01-22
S'MzHuu
CnRS

Prof. A. II. Sayce is adding still an
other volume to the long list of his pub
lished works. THE Early History OF
the Hebrews" Is just announced Tor
publication by the Macmillan company.
Besides the prosecution of his work as
Professor of Assyriology at Oxford,
this author has been an indefatigable
student of and writer on subjects cog
nate TO his own particular field of re-
search.
Mrs. Morris has given up Kelmscott
House, Hammersmith, and the lease
has been taken over by II. G. Marillier.
Besides the interest conferred upon
Kelmscott House by Mr.. Morris, VINO
made 1t the central scene of his Utopia
In "News from Nowhere" and erected
his presses next door, there Is an older
legend attached TO it. Sir Francis Ron
aids ,one of the pioneers of electric
telegraphy, lived there and built what
was practically the first experimental
long line, carrying several miles OF
wire up and down the spacious garden,
which is one OF the principal charms OF
the estate.
The Engineering Magazine, in a lead
ing article by Hiram S. Maxim, upon
''The Effects of Trade Unionism upon
Skilled Mechanics" furnishes a most
important contribution TO the discussion
/ of one of the fundamental problems
confronting the modern Industrial
world. The great engineering strike
which now conyulses England uses the
+ demand for shorter hours as screen
+ for the enforcement of trade union
/ principles and domination which
i threaten her manufacturing suprem-
acy.
i The London Saturday Review greets
4 the appearance of the Times new mag
f azine, Literature, with a long and acri-
monious article predicting the speedy
+ downfall both of the Times and of its
magazine on account of its ultra-con-
servatism and because of the "odd
4 brain structure of its editor and man
/ ager" 1t twits the Times on its fam
Gus error In allowing itself to be duped
by the Pigott letters, and says it is so
hopelessly out of sympathy with cen
fury end thought and feeling that it
can never awaken public interest. Even
the Saturday Reviews praise of Mr.
Trail, the editor of Literature, is tenn
pered by CHASING him with the fossil
lied gentlemen from the British Muse
um," who are TO write for the new Mag
azine. Clearly the amenities of Brit
lsh journalism are not so much sweeter
than those OF the American country
editor after all.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-01-22
From the Land of No Drinks.

A veteran fisherman of Portland,
Me. says that when he was boy his
mother sent him TO get his fathers
glasses mended. The boy INDUCED in
n little fishing en- route and lost the
glasses overheard while landing II
sculpin. He went home, got intimate
" acquainted with his mothers slip
per, and went hungry to bed. Six
chilly months passed before he dared
to go fishing again.
But when at last he threw his line, n
big Goldfish rose to the surface nenr by,
and there on the flsh's nose rested the
gold bows that had cost the spanking.
or course the cod was safely landed
and the bows recovered The Juvenile
fisherman didn't go to bed on an empty
stomach that night.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-01-22
WHY MEN AND WOMEN MARRY.
The Frenzy of Love Does Not Make
the Most Matches.

the Most Matches.
To say why people marry would be
as difficult as to say why they travel,
or love life, or weary of it, or esteem
their neighbors, or despise the human
race. But, underlying all differences
of decision or action, there Is neverthe-
less certain uniformity in human hab-
its and motives. Let our reasons for
wedloek seem as diverse as they may,
let us think we marry for ambition, or
spite, or greed, or love, or to serve our
country, or crafty our friends, or found
a family, the motive, fined down till II
lies unadorned and bare before us, Is
the need of companionship. We want
TO be loved; we want some ones
strength to supplement our weakness;
we crave someone's faith In us to fortl-
fy our wayering faith in ourselves. CIV
en- certain conditions. often of very
commonplace description, and we con
clude that we have found what we
sought. Our Imagination Is satisfied
for the time; we consider ourselves in
love, and all Is we'll.
In observing our nelghbors, 1t often
strikes us how oddly they choose their
partners; how far otherwise we should
have chosen for them. The poet mar
ries woman of the simplest domestic
mind; the beautiful woman, who, for a
season or two at any rate, has the
world at her feet, selects IA raw-boned
Hercules, and forglves his plalnness
of feature because of his strength. or
his moral excellence, or his good heart.
People say that love is n frenzy, a
raptures, brief madness; 1t may be
SO in certain cases. but as a rule 1t
seems to be much soberer thing. De-
llriums and ecstasies are probably as
rare as heroisms or crimes. The ma
jority of people go about their wooings
practically enough. If frenzies and
fevers accompany the initial stages,
the later ones-which involve learning
the price of furniture, where TO buy a
marriage license. and how many
changes of raiment are expected for n
respectable start-are sufficiently hum
drum.
If love has no serious consequences,
n proportion of us might be as volatile
as a certain notorious novelist advises
us TO be. But happily the consequences
are there. and the rlght-minded study
them seriously If they are given time.
II Is this underlying seriousness that
constitutes a danger unsuspected till
we feel its tough filaments about us.
Because marriage involves career as
well as condition, custom, the usages
of society. and the disabilities of their
sex train women to make such set
Element in life an object of ambition
from their earliest years.
If loneliness, disappointment and
self-pity keep aloof. | believe a con-
siderable proportion of women would
remain unwedded from choice; but
those familiars seize or threaten even
the most fortunate of us now and then,
and we think to defy fate and build
against the future the bulwark of af-
lection. Also, woman hates to seem
left out.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-01-22
RECENT INVENTIONS.

A bottle washing machine recently
patented has rotary brush mounted on
the end of hollow shaft with perfora-
lions through which water flows to
cleanse the bottle as the brush reyolves
and loosens the dirt
Clothesllnes which need no pins TO
fasten the clothes are being made OF
wire links with the ends of the wire
lying parallel with the side of the link
TO form spring clamps into which the
cloth is forced to hold 1t fast.
A New York man has patented a re-
versible street car, in which a turn
table Is mounted on the truck to sup
port the car, which Is turned by n
crank on the front platform geared to
a circular toothed track inside the
turntable
Washington man has patented a
boat which has the rear end submerged
with the seat overhanging an open
well, the front of the boat being raised
above the water line, the advantage
being that the boat is not easily rocked.
Tailors will appreciate a new spool
holder which has two wire spindles to
enter the ends of the spool and is sup
ported by hook which can be attached
in handy position on the coat, so that
the thread is always ready to be un-
wound.
Circular saws are being used in
butcher shops, n frame being attached
to the block and extending over It to
hold the saw in position on n spring
arm, so 1t can be depressed as II is rap
idly reyolyed by means of crank and
chain gear.
a new combined spring pedal and toe
clip consists of steel plate riveted to
the pedal shaft with teeth at the rear
edge to grip cleat in the shoe sole and
the front portion elongated and curry
ed over at the end to form a toe clip.
A current motor, for use in running
streams, consists of two Hanged cylin-
ders, piyoted end TO end in a floating
frame, with cogwheel mounted on n
shaft and meshing into circular tooth
ed gears on the inner ends of the cylin-
ders. The fianges are mounted in oppo-
site directions on the cylinders. so as
to net on both sides of the cogwheel.
Compressed air is used in place of
the old-fashioned well sweep to raise
water from a well. the bucket being
hung on one end of a rope with a hol-
low air chamber and number of
weights at the opposite end. The air is
pumped into the reservoir TO raise the
weights and lower the bucket, which
is raised by exhausting the air and
allowing the weights TO fall to the bot
tom of the well.
A Texan has invented a machine to
resuscltate drowning persons, which
has supporting table with an opening
nj one end to receive the mouth and
nose of the patient, kneading devices
to engage the sides and back of the
body, and a single operating mechan-
ism to alternately draw them in, the
supporting table being raised and low
cred at the foot while the operation Is
going on.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-01-22
Napoleon's WI.

The giving up of the log of the May.
flower to the United States and the
suggested return TO use of the recently
discovered parliamentary journal from
New York call TO mind what was prob.
ably the most interesting former occa-
sion of similar international courtesy.
says the Westminster Gazette. Ma
poleon's will which was made at st.
Helena. was proved In London shortly
after his deeease. and for long time
remained in the fireproof room OF the
Registry Of the Prerogatlve Court of
Canterbury. where II was n standing
object for the inspection of the curious
After the restoration of the empire.
and In the year of the Napoleon. Eu
genie marriage, the French made ap.
pllcation for II. and IT was handed over
10 them by Lord John Russell. For
formal purposes an official notarIal
copy of 1t was made for preservation In
England in place of the original.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-01-22
Women's Feet bigger.

Are women getting bigger? Amerl
can women are surely getting to have
big feet, or at least bigger feet saws
some one who has made close study
Of the matter and who finds reason for
congratnlation In the fact. The Amerl
can woman's foot has grown percepti.
bly, within very few years. The WON
an who wears No. 3 shoe Is consld-
cred to have small foot, and the aver
age woman wears No. 3. but in the
last generation women who wore twos
and even ones. We're not uncommon
But women walk more than they used
10, and are great deal more comforta
BILE and healthy as n result. The lnves-
tlga tor Will not admit that women are
less vain, but says that their vanity Is
more generally distributed about their
frames.