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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-11

GIRL WANTED-fOr general
house work in small family. See
VIM. NJ. Gage, west Broadway.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-11

Cove City ball club plays at Sterling
Thursday and Friday of this week
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-07-26
Perfectly Satisfied.

Carolina (Chapin) News.
The Columbia State, which has
always been the champion of small
counties, wants to consolidate Rich
land and Lexington counties with
Columbia as the county seat. The
change would be good.for Columbia,
but We doubt very much if the peo-
pie of Lexington county will agree to
the proposition. Orapgeburg Times
Democrat.
True brother. Richland comfy
has nothing on earth to do with our
affairs, and We are satisfied with our
"small towns" as the State says.
We don't feel like assuming part Of
Richards indebtedness, and we
won't do it, either. Our county is
free from debt and we wish to stay
so; we don't wish any "expansion" in
ours; oh, no.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-07-26
Brave Men Fail

Victims to stomach, liver and kid
ney troubles as we'll as womeD, and
all feel the results in loss of appetite,
poisons in the blood, backache, nerv-
Gus headache and tired, listless, run
down feeling. But there's no need
to feel like that. Listen to j. W.
Gardner, Idaville, Ind. He says:
Electric Bitters are just the thing
for a man when be is all run down,
and don't care whether he lives or
dies. 1t did more to give me new
strength and good appetite than
anything I could take. I can now
eat anything and have new lease
on life." Only so cents, at J. E.
Kaufmann's Drug Store. Every
bottle guaranteed.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-07-26
Millions Given Away.

1t is certainly gratifying to the
public to know Of one concern in the
land who are not afraid to be gener-
GUS to the needy and suffering. The
proprietors of DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs and
and Colds, have given away over
ten million trial bottles of this
great medicine; and have Il g
satisfaction of knowing it has abso.
lutely cured thousands Of hopeless
cases. Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarse-
ness and all diseases of the Throat,
Chest and Lungs are surely cured
by it. Call on J. E. Kaafmapn,
Druggist. and get free trial bottle.
Regular size 50,. and 81. Every
bottle guaranteed, or price refunded.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-07-26
The Summer School.
Office of County Supt. Ed.

Office of County Supt. Ed.
Lexington, S. c., July Il, 1899.
Teachers and Friends of Education:
it is with much pleasure that
announce to you the opening OF oul
County Summer School" for white
teachers, on the 9th Of August.
This school will be under the man
agement of Prof. ". K Sligh, ot
Newberry College, assisted by Mr.
James P. Bean, of Johnston, S. c.
and will continue one month, 4 weeks
A sufficient amount of funds has
been appropriated by the State to
run these schools, for the specia
benefit of our public school teachers,
the aim being to raise the standard
CT the profession, and this We hope
will be accomplished.
By ruling of the State Board,
County Boards are prohibited from
renewing the certificates of qualifca
,ions of teachers who will not attend
these Summer Schools" and we
wish to emphasize the fact, that it is
the aim of our County Board to
carry out this ruling and require
ment of the State Board.
Let all of our white teachers begin
at once to arrange to attend this
school at Lexington in August, and
prepare for more effectual and sub
stantial work in the respective fields
of labor in the future.
The good people of Lexington
have already intimated to me their
willingness and desire to entertain
those who may attend the Summer
School, and We believe will offer
board at actual cost.
If any of those expecting to at
tend the school, desire further infor-
nation I shall be pleased to serve
them to the best of my ability.
Very Respectfully,
J. E. R. Kyzer,
Go. Supt. Ed.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-07-26
Lament Of a Little Girl.

My brother Will, be used to be
The incest kind OF girl;
He wore little dress ike me
And had his hair in cu:l.
We played with dolls and tea sets then,
And every kind Of toy;
But all those good old times are gone
Will turned into boy.
Mamma has made him little suits,
With pockets in the pants,
And cut off all his yellow curls
And sept them to my aunts
And Will, he was so pleased, I believe,
He almost jumped With joy,
Bat must own I didn't like
VIII turned to boy!
And ow be plays with horrid tops
don't know how to spin,
And marbles that try to shoot,
But never hit nor win.
And leaping- can't give "back'
Like Charley, Frank or Roy,
Oh, no one knows how bad feel
Since Will has turned boy
have to wear frocks inst the same,
And now they're mostly white;
have to sit and just be good,
While Will can climb and fight;
Bu, must keep my dresses Eice
. And Wear my hair in curl.
And, worse oh. worstest thing OF all =
have to stay q girl
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-07-26

Children are like clocks; too much
regulating is apt to. make them 60
wrong.
The crooked horse race is the re-
suit OF lack of straightness in the
human race.
eWhat might have been"-if that
little cough hadn't been neglected.
is the sad reflection of thousands OF
consunptives. One Minute Cough
Cure cures coughs and colds. J. E.
Kaufman.
Hunger is a terrible thing, but
some men consider thirst more so.
The silent watches of the night
hang in front Of jewelry stores.
E. F. Kenemur, Pickens, S. G.
writes: DR.. NJ. A. Simmons Liver
Medicine has for 10 years greatly
benefited me and many others.
think it better medicine than Black
Drsught; use it in preference as it
is milder, yet more efficient.
Oaly strong-minded woman can
keep her calendar torn off up to date
The good may die young, but the
bad nearly always outliVe their use
fulness.
To arouse q Dormant Liver and
secure permanent regularity OF the
Bowels, use DR.. NJ. A. Simmons
Liver Medicine.
The man who goes through life
alone generally las poor company.
For disobedience the small boy
frequently takes the palm.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-07-26

Spain has had thirty-one wars ir
the last one hundred years.
Ones memory is stronger in sum.
mer than in winter.
The Dangers of Malarial Atmos'
phere may be averted by occasionally
Iaking DR.. NJ A. Simmons Liver
Medicine.
Two Thousand saloons have been
opened in Cuba since the war.
The tandem cycle is all right in it's
way, but it will never see the day
when it can supplsnt the hammock
built for two.
Cooling ard soothing in its effects
you will find DR.. Sawyer's Arnica
and Witch Hazel Salve for eczema,
piles, hives, burns and cuts. j. E..
Kaufman.
An umbrella offers good opening
for people who have laid away money
for rainy day.
If an orator is a word painter a
lecturer in a deaf-and, dumb institute
must be sign painter.
Sour Stomach is one Of the first
symptoms of coming Bilious at
tack. Cure it with a few doses Of
DR.. NJ. A. Simmons Liver Medicine.
The fruit crop in and around
Ridge Spring, Edge6eld county,
which usually brings from 100000
to $4,000, this year sold for a few
hundred. It was almost an entire
failure.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-07-26
RO|XALkFs$**'"*ts& |
" ABSOLUTELY PURE
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
His Revenge.

One of Detroit business men, wht
has delightful summer home on tn
top of hill between Birmingham
and Pontiac, tells of an experience
be had last season:
"When out there I always take 8
nap after my noon meal. No trop
ical resident thinks more of his siesta
One afternoon I was awakened by s
loud shouting at the front gate
which is at least 600 feet from the
house. I went to the front door
rubbing my eyes and badly out o]
temper What do you want?' I
called out sharply to the man, who
sal coolly astride his horse, as though
1 had no rights that he was bound
to respect.
"'Haven't you seen a stray dog
pass here in the last hour?'
"'Nor I snapped, and turned
back into the house. Here the
thought and inspiration for revenge
seized me sim ultaneously. I hur-
ried in the kitchen, grasped the big
dinner horn, returned to the porch,
waited till my tormentor was at the
top Of the opposite hill, half a mile
away; and then blew blast that
seemed to echo from the horizon.
He turned to see me wave a towel
over my head, and, recognizing the
signal, dashed recklessly down the
hill, spurred his horse to the top Of
the bluff on which,I live, and fairly
threw him on his launches at the
gate. Did you recall seeing him,
after all! ? he halloed. ,
"Oh, no. I answered pleasantly, 4
just wanted to know whose dog he
was
Il don't think that I ever heard
any other man swear so Auently."
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-07-26
The Facts Of ths Situation.

New York World.
Although the war in the Philip
pines is Mr.. McKinley's own-Con-
gress never having declared 1.-THE
American people are fighting and
paying for it. They are, therefore,
entitled to full and trustworthy in
formation concerning it. A double
censorship at Manila and at Wash
ington Keeps this information from
the people. But these facts are not
denied:
l. The war bas now lasted for 139
days, or 25 days longer than our war
with Spain. We hold, after this
period, less of the territory than
Spain occupied and less than We held
in August Of last year. The rebel
forces are now more troublesome
than at any former time.
2. The war has cost nearly 700
men killed, $500 wounded, 10000
invalided. It has cost S63,OOO,000
in money and is costing nearly $780,
900 a day. Our losses in the fight
ing in Cuba which resulted in the
surrender Of Santiago and the end
of the war with Spain were about
23O killed and 1900 wounded. Our
losses in Porto Rico were 3 killed
and 40 wounded.
3 There have been sent to Gen.
Otis $4,000 men. Some 4,500 more
are under sail orders. The Presi.
dent has decided, it is said, quietly
to enlist the $4,000 volunteers he
was authorized by Congress to add
to the army for temporary use.
4 According to the best expert
testimony 1t will take from 100000
to 15e, 900 'roups to subdue the Fill
pines aud nolI the principal points
in the Islands.
5. The rainy season will soon put
an end to campaigning. Fifty per
cent of our men will be incapacitated
by sickness and the territory over
run will have to be abandoned;
Manila will be in a state Of seize
again" This is the testimony Of
Dr. McQ leston, late of Gen. OTIS
staff, and health officer at Manila.
6. The Presidents peace commits
sion is a total failure, owing largely
to its inability to consider any terms
except unconditional surrender and
absolute submission to the "sovereign-
ty of the United States"
This is not pleasing picture. 1t
is neither benevolent assimilation
nor successful conquest. 1t has all
the appearance OF foolish and futile
and endless guerilla war. If Mr..
Mckinley can "crush the insurrec
ton by an overwhelming force as
his supporters are urging him to do,
it is manifestly the part of wisdom
for him to do so. There is neither
honor nor profit in permitting this
unnecessary and Un-American war
to drag Oh into another year.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-07-26
LEXINGTON S. c., WEDNESDAY, JULY 26 1899
w. e. AGoNCE<I0I

science permit him to describe as
ssdroughts." Whatever portion OF
his vocabulary has not already been
exhausted in describing the "cyclone'
is at once available for writing up
the "drougbt." Through him
wondering world learns of the alleged
Kansas ferryman who has to haul
water 10 months in the year in order
to keep his boat running; OF the
families who each morning are COM
PEELED to run their wells through
clothes wringers that they may Oh.
tain water for cooking purposes; OF
neighborhoods where it is so dry
that water is wet only on one side,
and where fish, to allay thirst and
rinse tie dust from their throats,
swarm out on the prairies and lap
the boiling dew from the buffalo
grass. He it is who says this dis
tressing scarcity of moisture is forced
upon us by the corporations that
have cornered the water supply to
put into their stocks, and to such an
extent that farmers have to soak
their hogs over night in order to
make the NJ hold swill.
DROWNED IN THE AIR.
Another remarkable story is told OF
a man who was driving over the
divide north Of Dodge City, when a
shower came up. He was riding a
blackboard, which has a bottom
made by fastening cleats between
the axles with spaces of half an inch
between the cleats. The water fell
so fast that it could not run through
the bottom of the blackboard as fast
as it fell. Rushing down the side of
the divide the water struck barbed
wire fence and damned up until the
water ran over the top wire Of the
fence. This was because the rain
came so fast that it couldn't get
through between the wires OF the
fence. On the same trip the tray
eler says he saw jack rabbit drown
while it was jumping through the
air. The same traveller declares that
within half an hour the water was
three feet deep on the ridge and fall
ing faster on the ridge than it could
run down both sides Of the hill. We
have supposed that possibly the
traveller in his excitement might have
exaggerated, but there are residents
in Dodge City who stand ready to
prove the truth of the story by show
ing the ridge where the blackboard
stood during the rain, and the place
in the air where the jack rabbit was
when it drowned.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-07-26
An Exception.

II confess this Philippine problem
puzzles me-" remarked the man with
the high forehead. II don't know
what I should do if I were in Presi-
deu' MrK'uley's place." The man
With tue short neck jumped up and
grasped him by the hand. II am
delighted to meet you, sir" he said.
You are the first and only man
I have seen yet who couldn't take
right hold Of this Philippine business
and jerk the dayligbts out of lt!'
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-07-26
Red Hot From The Gun

Was the ball that bit G. B. Stead
man of Newark, Mich, in the Civil
War. It caused horrible Ulcers that
no treatment helped for 20 years.
Then Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured
him. Cures Cuts, Bruises, Boils,
Burns, Felons, Corns, Skin Erup-
tions. Best Pile cure on earth. 25
cents a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold
by J. E. Kaufman, Druggist.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-07-26
VOL. xxx.
very badly. No damage was done to
the monument, however.

very badly. No damage was done to
the monument, however.
Speaking of the monument, it is
not generally known that when the
memorial blocks were being sent by
the various States and friendly na-
tions to be put in the shaft, block
came from the people of Rome.
When it became known that the
Vatican had sent stone to be put in
the monument there was fierce op-
position to accepting it, and before it
was decided what to do some one
stole the stone.
Col. Bingham. superintendent Of
public buildings and grounds, who
has charge of the monument, says
oneof the greatest troubles the watch
men at the monument has to contend
with is the chipping of these memo
rial stones by relic hunters. Zone
of the strangest things about these
relic hunters" said Colonel Bingham,
s'is the fact that more than one-half
Of the men arrested for clipping off
relics are clergymen. When the po-
lice arrest these despoilers and start
with them to the station house the
man will begin to ask what is the
penalty and try to beg off. He is
told that the fine is heavy one, but
that SIS security can be put up for
appearance in the police court. Then
the prisoner explains that he is
minister of the gospel and meant no
harm, and that he could not stand
the disgrace Of appearing in police
court. He ends up by giving up the
collateral, after generally trying to
cut it down to $40, saying that he
has only that amount him"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-07-26
ADVERTISING RATES.

Advertisements will be inserted at the
rate of IS cents per square Of one inch
sTace for first insertion, and so cents per
inch for each subsequent insertion.
Liberal contracts made with those WISH
ing to advertise for three, six and twelve
months.
Notices in the local column cents per
line each insertion.
Obituaries charged for at the rate Of one
cent word, VIXEN they exceed 100 words.
Marriage notices inserted free.
Address
G.. NJ. HARMAN, Editor and Publisher.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-07-26
Select Kansas Yarns.
States -Notoriety Due to Eastern
Correspondents,

Who Invent Fabulous Stories to
Regale Their Readers-Cyclones
That Blow Cracks Out of Fences
and Bung-Holes From Barrels.
During the last quarter of q cer-
tury Kansas has come in for a good
ly share Of notoriety as land of
strange happenings, and this atten-
ton which it is claimed is attributed
by Mr.. Coburn, the agricultural COM
missioner of the State, to correspond
ents from the east who, he claims,
after having visited the common
wealth tried to interest their readers
by inventing fabulous stories.
The finest work of the eastern cor
respondent, says Mr.. Coburn, has
heen his treatment of weather condi-
tions, especially ourimpulsive zepbyrs
and periods of procrastinated rainfall.
The lines of thought always discerni-
bic in his work are that we are in a
chronic condition of cyclone, drought
or blizzard, variegated by invasions
of devastating cinchbugs and grass
hoppers. In dealing with the former
he describes the wind which be says
blew q cow up against the side Of a
barn and held her there for IL days,
or until she starved to death. The
same wind, says this veracious chron-
icler, blew the cracks out of the
fences, sucked q cistern from the
ground, moved the township line and
CHANGED THE DAY OF THE WEEK,
while it yanked the bunghole out OF
a barrel and buried it in a sandhill
so miles away. On another occasion
as he AYERS, while stopping at farm
house, cyclone came. up and be,
with the family, went into the cellar.
The house was soon blown away;
presently the cellar went to, rolling
over and over like silk hat. He
was early spilled out, but with in,
finite labor dragged himself back in
the teeth of the wind, intending to
take refuge in the hole the cellar
came out of, but to his great con-
sternation he found that the hole had
been blown away also. Shortly after
this, a farmer was riding along the
road with a jug of sorghum tied with
a strap to his saddle horn. Acyclone
came up and after it had passed the
Jug handle was found inside the Jug,
and the strap was sticking out Of
the jugs mouth, the jug having been
blown inside out without having
spilled q drop Of molasses. During
the same blowa goat happened to
get in It's path, and his hair was
blown Of until be looked as clean as
a skinned banana. This made the
goat look so much like q Mexican
dog with horns that it was placed on
exhibition at the Worlds Fair, at
tracing attention as one of the great
curiosities of the century.
SOME YARNS ABOUT DRoUGHTs.
The eastern correspondent is tqral
ly at ease in dealing with the inter-
vals occurring between Showers
which the fertility of his imagination
and the extreme elasticity OF bis con-
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-07-26

It might be we'll for the conceited
man to remember that the smallest
onion is stronger than the largest
pumpkin.
Capital and labor 60 we'll enough
together, but the trouble is too many
men are trying to get capital without
labor.
A tired, sleepy, bilious i'll is cured
by DR.. Sawyer's Little Wide Awake
Pills. Little Wide Awake Pills reg
ulate the stomach and liver and fill
the bill. J. E. Kaufman.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-07-26
A Trade Getter.

We have lost trade by being out of Ra-
mons Liver Pills and Tonic Pellets. We
can seldom ever induce customer to take
any other as substitute for them when
they have once tried Ramon's. Justice Il
Fletcher, Crossville. Ala. For sale by G.
NJ. Harman and J. E. Kaufman.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-07-26
Working Night and Day

The busiest and mightiest little
thing that ever was made is DR.
Kings New Life Pills. Every pill is
a sugar coated globule Of health, that
changes weakness into strength, list
lessness into energy. brain fag into
mental power. They're wonderful
in building up the health. Only 25c
per box. Sold by J. E. Kaufman.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-07-26
Arairst Annexation.

Carolina (Chapin) News.
While the "expansion" theory is on
foot we would like to say few words.
We are told that Editor GoDz lies has
a large influence over the Columbia
city aldermen; that he caused them
to raise the amount fer erecting a
city hall twenty better" and that
some "cranks" have an idea that be-
cause E]itor Gonzales has 'ft in the
Spanish war that he is q
"whopper." Oar esteemed friend
may rule the city council of C,lum-
bis, be may even get part" of Lex
ineton annexed to their "commercial
capital" but our old Dltch Fork, if
she has any thing to say, will show
the States Editor a thing or two.
We are satisfied with our lot, iii it is
not q corner LOTT and want no one to
instruct US as to our duty. II there
is any change to be made we could
60 in with Newberry county or have
a county of our own. We have troa-
bic enough with getting to court
uow, ard what would the citizens Ct
the north western part Of the Fork
do about getting to court. Our idea
is for the Dutch Fork to be ''cut ctf
instead Of "annexed" We would
like to hear from some of our leading
Fork landowners in regard to this
issue.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-07-26
SOME YARNS ABOUT DROCGHTs.

oONE 1-11H-So H1O0f INV VIII
The eastern correspondents tqral
ly at ease in dealing with the inter
vals occurring between showers,
which the fertility of his imagination
and the extreme elasticity of his con-
The Advocate and news., 1899-01-18

which Captain and Brevet Lieutenant
Colonel Lawrence had been treated, be
succeeded only In entombing che paper
in some private pigeonhole, whence it
was resurreoted long months after, too
latS to be Of use.
After the manner Of the army, the
garrison at Worth had ceased all out
ward sign Of mourning by the time
Barclay reached the post, and almost
everybody was ready Co devote himself
or herself to the ameliOratiOn Of his
condition. Mrs Frazier, with a moth
erIy eye to business, had lost no time
in urging upon her liege the propriety
indeed the imperative neCessity-of
his riding ont 30 meet the wounded
officer and moving him at once under
tho shelter Of their roof. Amanda could
and should give up her room (she was
only too glad TOY, and the girls could
sleep together, then the mother and
daughters would have sole charge Of
the nursing Of this most eligible young
man. What might not be accomplished
by such q matron and such dear girls
under such exceptional circumstances?
Indeed Frazier was given to understand
that he must do it, for if Barclay was
allowed to return to his own quarters
right next door to the Winns'
Mr.. Winn away-who could say what
couldn't be said-what wouldn't be
said?
Everybody knew that Laura Winn
had been doing her best, said Mrs.
Frazier, "to reset her nets and lure her
whilom lover within the meshes, " and
this would give her opportunities i'm
measurable. Frazier had a sleepless
night Of it. He could not combat his
wife's theories, though he would not
admit the truth Of all she asserted.
"But, said he, Everybody will see
through the scheme at a glance"