The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-03-22


General Brooke will propose th'
formation of colonial militia il
Cuba under direction of American
officers.
The Curative Properties, Strength
and Effect of Dr.. NJ. A. Simmons
Liver Medicine are always the same
1t cannot be equalled.
If marriage is lottery love lette,
should be excluded from the mails.
The irdolent man is always the
first to claim he had never had an
opportunity.
II a man is a particular friend OF
yours he may not be so particular
after all.
The total forest area in the United
States is estimated at 48l, ,764, ,599
acres.
Cuban newspapers urge the natives
to turn banditti because the United
States is giving the island an econom
ical government.
The governor Of Illinois has signed
a bill appropriating $4,000 for a
statue Of Frances E. Willard, to be
placed in the rotunda Of the Capitol
at Washington.
To restore the Clear Skin, tie
Bright Eye, the Alert Gait and
Sound Health, use DR.. NJ. A. Sim.
mons Liver Medicine.
Sweat-sbop investigations in New
York have found that men, women
and children work as much as Is
hours daily, the men for 45 cents a
day and women and children for
much less.
Young husband-I'm just about
dead from putting down this carpet
Wife-The carpet is not heavy. mo;
but I have to work in such a cramp-
ed position" Nonsense; just i'm.
agine you are on your bicycle"
The gnnboats Princeton and Cas-
tine are now on their way from The
Red Sea to join Admiral Dewey, and
the Oregon is travelling through the
Pacific to the same destination
These vessels will add to the naya.
force at Manila SO officers, 739 mer
and 81 marines.
Shears no bigger than a pin is one
of the exhibits of the skill Uf Shef
fed workman. A dozen of these
shears weigh less than half a grain
or about the weight Of a postage
stamp. They are as perfectly made
as shears of ordinary size.
A young woman, who is very pop
ular in social life, was asked why
she did not marry. Her answer viii
furnish young men who are forming
habits something to think about
Here it is: II have considerable
money Of my OVID; I have a parro
that swears, a monkey that chews
and a stove that smokes. SO yol
see am not very badly in need OF
husband"
Flushed Cheeks, Throbbing Tenn
pies, Nausea, Lassitude, Lost Appe
tite, Sallow Complexion, Pinpies
Blotches, are warnings. Take DR.
| NJ. A. Simmons Liver Medicine.
"How did it happen that Mis'
Singleton refused to marry the young
clergyman?7 "Wby, when he pro
posed to her, she being little deaf
thought he was asking her to sub
scribe to the organ fund. So sh'
told him she had promised her none,
to some other mission"
The great ocean is in a constan
state CT evaporation. 1t gives bacl
what it receives, and sends up it
waters in mists to gather into clouds
and so there is rain in the fields, ane
storms on the mountains, and green
ness and beauty everywhere. Bu
there are many men who do not be
lieve in evaporation. They get al
they can and keep all they get, an'
so are not fertilizers, but stagnan
miasmetic pools.
The Confederate Veterans are be
! ginning to look forward to their ar
nual re- union in Charleston next a1a
With Joyous expectation. They ar
anticipating royal welcome and
high old time in general, and in thi
they will not be disappointed.