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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-01-04
Purely Vegetable

and contains not 4 particle Of potash,
mercury. arsenic or other minerals.
Valuable books on Cancer and Blood
Diseases will be mailed free to any ad-
dress by Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-01-04
Standard Bred White Leghorns.

Standard Bred White Leghorns.
A few large, vigorous Single
Comb White Leghorn cockerels, just
the bird to cross with the common
fowls to improve breed and make
extra layers, for sale by Rice B. Har-
man, at this Office.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-01-04

of the disease has
returned, though ten
years have elapsed,
II. l.. ~MIDDLEBRooKs.
Sparta, Ga
The cures made by
S. s. S. are perna-
G II 1t is the only
blood remedy which
can cure obstinate
decp-seatcd blood
diseases, because it
Fis the only one
which acts on the
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-01-04
Home and Farm.

By special arrangements We offer
the Home and Farm, the leading
farm and home paper, published in
Louisville, KY, and the Dispatch for
81 rs. Those of our subscribers who
desire to subscribe for the Home and
Farm, cen do so by sending Csc in
silver or stamps to this office.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-01-04
County Alliance Meeting.

County Alliance Meeting.
The next regular meeting of Lex
ington County Alliance No. 72l, will
be held on the 7th day of January,
1899, with Ford Alliance at Midway
school house. A full delegation is
desired.
D. F. Efrd, President.
Jas. B. Addy, Secretary.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-01-04
Masonic Notice.

A regular communication of Pc.
maria Lodge, No. Isl, A. F. NJ, will
convene in Masonic hall, Peak, S. c.,
Saturday evening at Z o'clock, Jan,
uary 21st, 1859. A full attendance
is requested.
John G. Swygert, Master.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-01-04
ATTENTION, SOLDIERS!
Another Call Issued

TOR AN ARMY OF %SOLD1EES WHO
L are fighting for a living these hard
times In South Carolina. We, of the firm
of Burriss Il Rast, do hereby cordially in
vite any and all eligible men and women
who desire to save their hard earned money
to call upon Us when contemplating pur-
chasing buggies, carriages, etc., also har-
ness, WHICH we manufacture. and guarantee
all that we sell to be well worth every penny
which we AK for them.
We also take this opportunity of stating
to our numerous customers that we are very
sorry indeed that we have been unable for
the past seven moths to supplythe demands
made upon us, owing to the fact that We
have been quite unable to employ the skill
full labor necessary to keep mp a supply Of
goods to the standard which We promised
when starting out in this business. But
now, being able to employ to labor the
need We hope to be able to supply the
steady increasing demands upon US with
the same, if not a better grade Of work.
Hoping to see our old customers, with new
recruits coming to US in the future, We beg
L. saoo.;. ~. oL,l;opf carvoptc
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-01-04
DEBulIs
COUGH SYRUP

Will cure a Cough or Cold at once.
1t positively relieves all throat troubles.
Small doses. Price IS cents at druggists.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-01-04
Your Befie Is not Furnished ~~
Witbeat a zine Piano Or Organ.

One of Our Superb Mathushek Pianos or
Old Reliable Mason & HamIin Organs will
give your Family a Merry Christmas, all the
year around.
Two Grand Instruments, sold by us for
% years past, and immensely popular.
Quality, better than ever. Prices, greatly
lower under our new plan of selling-with.
sut Agents.
Agents Commissions Saved and given to
Purchasers. That's the New Schedule and
it works.
from our Savannah Warerooms, and save
you a lot of money.
Come TO Savannah and select for Yourself.
and we will pay your r. Il. Fare. Write Us.
LUDDEN & BATES,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Established 1870. over 1900 PiaToS and
Organs placed IN Southern Homes.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-01-04
Notice, T~respassers.

THIS Is TO NOTIFY ALL PERSONS
i that trespassing, either by fishing.
bunting. passing through, cutting wood,
or in any manner whatever, is positively
forbidden upon onr lands adjoining each
other and bounded by West I%onnginer,
Estate lands of J. II. Wyse and SalIda
river. those violating this notice will be
prosecuted to the full extent Of the law.
H. E. HARTMAN,
JESSE S. SWYGERT.
December %, 1898 -4wl0. pd.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-15
Man Makes Black Horses White.

Here's q man who can color your
horse to suit, and do it almost while
you wait. He can literally make black
white-in horses. He is George F..
Richings,a a professional horse painter,
who says that there are great POSSIBLE
lities in his method of changing q
horses color. How he discovered the
process, he describes as follows:
~ was treating horse for sore,
and found the lotion had run into the
hair and quickly changed its color. |
started experiments and have con
tinued them ever since. frequently
bought old crowbaits for SO or SO to
experiment on their hides, and finally
succeeded in getting the required Q
suits.
ST can make chestnut horse in
twenty-four hours, no matter what the
color of the animal brought to me. TIC
make black or brown horse requires
from six to ten days."
"Haye you ever tried to make 6
white horse out of black one?"
"Oh, yes frequently; but it is al
experiment attended with danger tc
the horse. The lotions have a ten
dency to weaken the skin and are ap.
piled with danger to the more tender
portions of the horse, more especially
about the tendons. New yarl
World.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-15
AS TRUE AS GOSPEL.

The best of living is living for the
best.
Some men have a regular Sunday
morning attack of homesickress when
the church bells ring.
There is not much lifting power in
the testimony of the church member
who does not pay his debts.
Know thyself,' said the Psalmist;
but he never said anything about
knowing thy neighbors affairs.
We know that the unseen world is
ruled by the same laws which rule
US here. In that world we may ex-
pect discipline. but we need fear no
evil
Resignation is not a passive and
unaspiring content with life and the
world as they are, but it is a faithful
acceptance of Gods sovereignty, and
Gods purpose, and Gods method.
Many a life has been injured by the
constant expectation Of death. 1t is
life we have to do with, not death.
The best preparation for the night is
to work, while the day lasts, dill
gently.
There is nothing purer than honesty,
nothing sweeter than charity, nothing
warmer than love, nothing richer than
wisdom, nothing brighter than virtue,
nothing more ateadfaet than faith.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-15
WORSE THAN TOBACCO,

Some Deadly Substitutes Which Are
Smoked in Rural England.
Tobacco is not the only weed that
is smoked in Britain-not by long
way-says writer in the English
weekly, Answers. There is no need
to go to the far East to ferret out
weird and poisonous smoking habits;
they lie all around us.
In Somerset and the southwest
counties great many persons smoke
concoction called ''sundew." 1t is
not new fad, but has been in use for
300 years there. Sundew is mixture
of sun-dried beet leaves, parsley and
peppermint-a very little of the latter.
1t is not very harmful mixture,
though it conduces to considerable
drowsiness, and is anything but good
for the teeth. You may notice in the
western counties a good many per-
sons with brown or blackened teeth; it
is the result of sundew smoking
The stuff is not pleasant to a stranger,
for it is very hot and choky and takes
great deal of getting used to.
Sundew is often homemade, and
most of the country people are ex-
perts at making it. They set apart a
week in July for the sundew harvest,
and it is always dried and mixed by
women. However, there are three
regular sundew factories in Somerset,
where bushels of the mixture are
turned out. 1t can be bought for
from twopence to threepence per
Dnnpn apnpr1i o 70 ono1;4,,
Going little further north-to
Gloucestershire and mid -Wales-you
will strike much worse habit. The
people there-town and country alike
are much given to smoking
''glissop." Glissop is a sort of dry
mash of hemlock leaves the young
shoots that grow in spring-burdoc
and ground chick beans. This can
also be bought at some shops, though
most OF it is homemade. When
bought it fetches fourpence an ounce.
This stuff is smoked in short wooden
pipes with very small bowls, and is
really disastrous in its effects, Like
sundew, it needs practice to get used
to, but is much pleasanter to the
palate than that compound. Its first
effect on a smoker is loss of memory,
and this increases till the smoker,
after six months of the habit, is quite
untitled for sny profession that re-
quires much thought. The eyesight
soon becomes affected by constant and
excessive indulgence in the habit,
which takes hold of man like NOR
phomania aud is almost incurable.
Even small children may be seen
smoking glissop, though but for the
shape of the pipe employed a stranger
would not know that they were not
smoking tobacco, unless he were very
close. The smell of the smoke, how
ever, induces tickling in the nostrils
and a sort Of giddiness which is quite
unmistakable
Tobacco is far less injurious, even
when INDUCED in to excess, than this
poisonous compound. Although it is
dearer than ordinary "shag" tobacco,
the poorest people who are addicted to
it always get it instead. They say
they cannot taste or smell even the
strongest tobacco any more than if it
were mist.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-15
Maine Gum Gatherers,

Some of the druggists in eastern
Maine have made contracts for spruce
gum aggregating several thousands of
dollars, and some have outftted gum
hunters and sent them away into the
woods, as hackers send men into the
Klondike. Year by year the gum pick
ers are obliged TO go further into the
woods. The quality of the gum must
be kept up. Most of the Maine gum
is sent away to the city market that
demands for consumption by the
society girls in their boudoirs the
round red Jumps that CLEAN with inner
fires like the bloodstone. This sort
of gum is sold readily by the Maine
wholesalers at 81. so per pound. Be-
tween you aud me, the metropolitan
prices for this tip-top gum are so allur-
ing to the Maine sellers that the pro-
vincials do not get it unless we go out
into the wildwoods and dig it for our
selves. The only peculiarly favored
mortals in this respect are the Maine
girls who have best fellows in the
woods.
Compared with his expenses, the
wages of the gum pickers are almost
Klondike prices. A few bushels OF
beans and some flour furnish him his
winters food. Frequently he gets
gum in one day that will net him 81
in the market. But the gum picker
isn't apt to be very energetic chap.
He makes short days and goes fishing
ana canning about half the time. He
doesn't leave the side of his cozy
campfire when a storm is on. And al
the end of the season, when he comes
out in the spring with his pack of gum
on his back, it will be found that he
has made but little more than, day IS
wages. Lewiston Me- Journal
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-15

William Carney, an engineer at the
Richmond Rolling Mills, Richmond,
Ind, met his death the other day by
falling against large gear wheel,
which tore off one of his legs. He
was alone in the engine room and
knew that possibly no one would en-
ter it for hours. Realizing that dis
aster would result if the fire under
the boilers were left burning, he
dra gsd his mutilated body fifty feet
to the boiler room and turned off the
natural gas which was used as fuel,
and then lapsed into unconsicousness.
Twenty minutes later the machinery
stopped, caused by a lack of steam,
and the employees rushed to the engine
room to ascertain the reason and found
the engineer dying. Such deeds
strengthen faith in our fellowman,
and while such brave men live we
should have no fear for the future.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-15
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

The Mexico dog has no hair. The
hot climate makes such covering su-
perhuous.
Experiments to reproduce dead
mems features from their skulls are
being made in Germany.
No human head was impressed on
coins until after the death of Alexan-
der the Great. All images before that
time were of deities.
Greek and Roman doors invariably
open outward; a person passing out
of the house was therefore obliged to
knock on the door before opening it,
to avoid collision with passerby.
The Tyrol had an extraordinary mild
autumn. On November Is flowers
were blooming, and ripe Strawberries
were picked, some at an elevation of
5000 feet. There were alpine roses
in bloom and plenty of June bugs !
In the archives of the Due de la
Tremouille have been found the min
ute books of the Sorbonne, the eccIe-
sias teal court, from 1905 to 1888, the
period of the strongest struggle against
Professionalism in France. They are
now in the Paris National library.
Golf was popular game in Scotland
in 1857. By an edict of James ",
issued in 147l, the games of golf and
football were prohibited in that coun-
try; that monarch opposed his own
edict by engaging iii the former game
himself, and was considered crack
nlaYer
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-15

In the report of Isaac B. Brown,
superintendent of the Pennsylvania
Bureau Of Railroads, made year ago,
some comment was made regarding
the bicycle as a competitor of the
street railway. Observations made on
Third street in the city of Harrisburg,
with view of showing the number of
persons riding wheels and the number
riding in the cars, were given 1t was
found of the G07S persons who passed
given point between seven in the
morning and six in the evening, dur
ing two days in the month of October,
1862 rode in cars and 4l16 on bicycles,
or G7.7 per cent. on bicycles and 81. 3
per cent. in the cars. A comparison
of the figures obtained this year with
those of last year is therefore of CON
siderable interest. This year the num-
Der counted at the same point in the
same length of time was 5819. of
whom the number in the cars was
237O and on wheels 3449, or 59.3 per
cent. on wheels and 4O.7 in cars. The
conclusion drawn by Mr.. Brown is
that the bicycle is not so keen a COM
petitor of the estreet-cars as it was year
ago. Another conclusion drawn is of
interest. OF the 5S19 persons count
ed this year l470 passed between the
hours of u noon and p. m, OF
whom 1926 were on wheels and 442 in
cars, or 10 per cent. on wheels and &c
per cent. in the cars. These figures
show very clearly that the clerk ant
the laborer in going to and from theil
work use the wheel quite generally
But the figures bearing ON the use o
the wheel during other hours of tn,
day indicate tnat fewer persons ar
using the wheel as sort of pleas
ure. This Harrisburg condition ma.
be purely local one, but Mr.. Brow
draws the general conclusion that tn
wheel has reached the highest point q
competition with the street railway.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-15

Fsoe a host of little men
Troop by from school at half-past three,
And presently troop back again,
Skates on their arms, in highest glee.
The cleaning blades throw back to me
A shaft of sunlight and are gone;
And then, as In dream, see
The old-time skates that buckled oni
They all come back-the good old waysl-
The legend that to boy and man
The cars showed on propitious days
GOOD skating on Branch Brooi it ran.
From that hour Boreas began
His reign till disenthroned anon,
There were no dearer treasures than
The old-time skates that buckled oni
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-15

To New Orleans or to Jacksonville via tho
Queen 6' Crescent Limited trains from Gin
Florida-Quecn & Crescent Two Fast Vesti-
buled trains daily Cincinnati to Jacksonville.
Queen & Crescent Route and Southern R'y.
Indies Asheville-Only Through Car Line is
via Queen G. Crescent Route and Southern
R'y from Cincinnati. Cafe and observation
trains. Queen & Crescent Route from Gin
cinnati South.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-15
A BALLAD OF OLD SKATES.

Good skating2 Welll Four months OF It'll
(The winter months then got their dues!,
And many night saw bonflres lit
Upon the Iceland barbecues
At six, with heel-plates In my shoes.
My best boast was that could don,
With all their clumsy straps and screws,
The old-time skates that buckled onl
Young ,ithe modern skates a "champ'
And "iust perfection" you declare;
But I'll be bound the clever clamp
Does not increase the sport II hair.
Pm In the fOrties now, my share
Embonpoint; but, by Helconi
II could skate l still would wear
The old-time skates that buckled oni
Edward w. Barnard, in Puck.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-15

ST. JACOBS OIL 3ures rheumatism
ST. JACOBS OIL cures Neuralgia.
ST. JACOBS On cures Lumbago.
ST. JACOBS OIL cures Sciatica.
ST. JACOBS OIL cures Sprains. q.
ST. JAcops OH cures Bruises.
ST. JACOBS on cures Soreness.
ST. JACOBS OIL-cures Stiffness.
ST. JACOBS on cures Backache.
ST. JACOBS OIL cures Muscular Aches.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-15

There are two islands in New Zea-
land set apart for the preservation Of
Its remarkable wild birds and other
animals. All hunting and trapping Is
forbidden thereon.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-15
Grows stubborn.

Any complaint becomes chronic by neg
lect, and rheumatism grows stubborn by
not using st. Jacobs OIL, which is Its sure
cure and conquers the pain promptly.
Every sufferer should use 1t.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-15

Next to New York, the largest city
in the United States in point of area
is New Orleans.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-15

The births in Buffalo last year num-
bered 1885, as compared with 9,146 in
1897 and S,414 in 1886.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-15

Light-haired people, 1t is said, as q
rule live longer than dark-haired.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-15
To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic 10c or ESQ
u Q. G. G. fail to cure, druggists refund money

Blood flows through the bones of
very young children almost as freely
as through the veins.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-15

Manila has already had an illustra-
tion of the difference between the
American and Spanish way of doing
things. Two hundred men were for
merly employed in the postoffice at
that place, and the office was kept
open only every other day. Now
twenty Americans do all the work, AMI
the Office is kept open every day.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-15

In 1900 New York City got its
water out of wells.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-15

To date the United States has is
sued 616,441 patents
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-15

No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood pure. soc. 81. AL druggists
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-15

WANTED-Csse Of bad health that RI.PAN.G
W will not benefit Send cts. to Ripans Chemical
Co.. NewYork for 10 SAMPLES and 1000 testimonials,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-27
The Origin of the Term w.,cber"

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: 1t would be a
matter Of interest to know tho derivation of the
word "welcher." used in the excellent editorial
article published in THE Sun on June % The word
is not Of frequent occurrence and its etymology is
uncertain. The Century Dictionary" considers
the derivation as possibly connected with thicving
propensites on the part OF tho Welsh according to
the well-known rhyme in Mother Goose" which
begins:
Tally was Welshman. and TAffy was a thief"
have. however. heard 1t asserted that this word
hrst came into use at about the time tho old race
track at Long Branch closed its career. 1t is said
that its origin duo to knavsh on the part OF
the junior member of a certain firm Of bookrnakers
In an important race in which large sum of money
wasinvolved this firm on the losing side and ono
Welsh absconded with the funds placed in his care
There was great Juror at tho time and welsh's
partner was unsuccessfully sued by the winning
bsttors for the amount OF their bets 1t is said
from this occurrence arose tho verb Ito welsh /"
and its derivative. "a welsher."
Doubtless some OF the readers of THE SrN can
testify as to the facts concerning this matter 1t is
noticeable that the Century Dictionary" and the
American Encyclopaedia Dictionary" prefer the
orthograpny Of "welsher" to that of "wslcher"
and that Webster does not refer to the word at ALL
PHILADELPHIA. June "a. q. @, TAUGHT.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-27
THE CENTRE OF POPULATION.
Where It Has Been, and Where the Next
Census May Show 1t to He.

BY the first national census taken In 100.
when the population OF the country was not
much greater than OF New York city to. day. the
centre OF population was twenty three miles
east OF Baltimore. 1t was still In the neigh
borhood OF Baltimore. though to the west OF
that city. In 1900. In 1910 IL was near Wash.
ington. In 1920 It was at Woodstock. Va. and
In 1890. 1910 and 1850 in tho present State
OF West Virginia. In 1860 1t was q little to
the south Of Chilicothe. o.. this being the first
official appearance OF Ohio as the centre CT
population. though 1t has remained the po
litical centre OF population steadily ever since.
In 1870 the centre OF population was on q
line In Ohio between Chllicothe and Cincn-
natl: In 1880 II was in the neighborhood OF
Cincinnati: and In 1890. the year OF the last
national census. 1t was in Decatur county.
Ind. near the Ohio BOUNDARY. and on a limo
between Cincinnati and Indianapo lis. The
Government estimate OF the present popula-
tlon OF the United States. exclusive OF coun-
tries over which its sovereignty has been ex-
tended. was 75.O00.000 on juno !. and all Sec
lions OF the country have participated though
not equally. in the growth OF population since
1880. when It was 02.000.0O0.
BY the coming census the Ohio and Mis-
sisslppi Valley States will probably be shown
to have gained less from direct foreign immi.
grafton than In any previous decade. while
the citizens OF the Middle. and New ENGLAND
States have relatively. gained more. There
has been su SUBSTANTIAL increase In population
larger. probably. than in any period since the
close OF the civil war. in the. Southern and
South border States. and a much larger in
crease In those OF the Southwest most otably
in Texas. the total vote Of which increased
from 100000 in 1890 to 100000 in 1890 and
$4,000 In 1896. The population OF Texas o.
100000 In lS9O) 10 probably near 100000.
State census taken OF Kansas In 1895.
on tho other hand showed the population
OF that State to be less than In 1890.
while In the same period the population OF
New Jersey had increased IL per cent Be.
tween 1880 and 1895 the population OF FlorI-
da increased from 100000 to 465 900, while
the population OF. South Dakota t32S.OOO 10
1S0o) was returned as $4,000 h7e years later.
The growth Of population in American States
between 1880 and 1900 will be in accordance
with the.increase OF the urban population In
each rather than with tho gain In agricultural
districts. As majority OF the cities are In
the North. 1t appears likely that tho centre
OF population" In 1900 will DO on or near tho
banks OF the Wabash In the State Of Indiana
at some point northwesterly from tho present
centre and pearer the Illinois than the Ohio
State line.