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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-05-31
PENCIL And SCISSORS.
Wayside Notes Gathered Here and
There by a Dispatch Han.

The drought still continues.
Many gardens are burnt up.
Ice cold drinks at the Bazaar.
Next month will be midsummer.
The street pump has been repaired.
Two more ba,becues are announced
in this issue.
1t is predicted that Court will last
about three days.
The cool nights are very injurious
to growing crops.
The hum of the thresher will soon
be heard in the land.
Work on St. Stephens new church
has not yet been resumed.
The absence of the farmers on our
streets these days is conspicuous.
Good family horse for sale. Ap-
DIV to W. B. R)berts, Lexington,
S. G..
Mrs. Jennie Holman of Orange.
burg, is visiting relatives and friends
in town.
We are indebted to Mr.. J. Boozer
Crews for catalogue Of Worford
College.
Supervisor Koon has the chain
gang at work between Summit and
Lewiedale.
It does seem that with three butch
ers this market could be supplied
with fresh meats every work day in
the week.
The Cubans have reconsidered
their first decision and are now taking
Uncle Sans s75 and laying down
their arms.
I have about 100 bushels of choice
seed pease for sale at Sl.0O per
bushel. II. L. Oswald, Rocky Well,
S. G.
The venerable Mrs. Jane Hendrix.
mother of our fellow townsman, Mr..
Scott Hendrix, is reported to be
quite i'll.
Ga account of the pressure on GU,
columns this week, the second install
ment of Col. D. J. Knott's article
has been crowded out.
If you want the highest market
prices for your eggs, chickens or any
other kind Of country produce, see
Meetze & Son before selling.
Mr.. B. D. Smith has built a hand
some country residence on his place
several miles from this place. 1t is
now receiving a dressing Of paint.
Drink Kola-P epsin for that pune.
tured feeling. Relieves headache
and aids digestion. At the Bazaar
Sc. a glass. Try it.
Besides those mentioned last week
DR.. J. J. Buckley, of Irmo, stood s
splendid examination before the State
Medical Examiners at their recen'
meeting.
We understand that the grain croI
of Col. D. J. Griffith, around Lewie
dale, was almost completely de
stroyed by the hail storm which visit
ed that section last week.
Editor W. A. Hare of Our News
Letter, of Summit, was in town las
week. Besides publishing the brigh'
little paper, he runs a large mercan
tile business at that place.
Those wishing the Home anc
Farm for rs cents a year had better
su},scrihe now as This offer will soor
be withdrawn.
We have seen samples of -four ane
seconds from the roller -four mill o
Mr.. N. Oxner, recently put up BY
Messrs. S. P. Georgeand J. NJ. Camp
bell. They were very fire.
The Lewiedale Democratic Club
will meet on June 10Th, for the pur
pose of electing a member to repre-
sent the Club on the County Demo
cratic Executive Committee.
Mr.. E. F. Bradford, of the Contra
railroad, with Office at Savannah, i:
in town visiting his parents, Mr.. anc
Mrs. G. S. Bradford, and shaking
hands with his host of friends.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-05-31
Barbecue.

T WILL FURNISH A NO. l BARRIE.
L cue and refreshments at Leesvil:e IN
County Campaign Day. August lst, 1893.
Candidates will be on hand and address
the peof lie. EverAb dy is invited and
should at'erd If they Wish to spend a
pleasant day.
L. P. ALEWINE.
May 3l-ti. pd
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-05-31
Barbecue.

WE WILL FURNISH A NO. l BAR
w becne and refreshments al the resi-
d=nte O Jchu Hammer near w. @. II
Ber!ey, Oh Saturday, July 18th, 1853
Every body is cordially invited to attend.
a royal ime guaranteed; a good dinner,
speaking By The candidates aid music ant
d.: cling for the .oang felix.
JOHN HAMMER,
=. LEE HARTMAN.
May Std.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-05-31
Notice. Club Meeting.

Notice, Club Meeting.
The Lewiedale Democratic Club
will meet at Lswiedale on Saturday,
on June 1Glh, 1899, at 5o'clock p. a.,
for the purpose Ct electing an Execu-
tive Committeeman.
By order OF the President.
S. p. Drafts, Secretary.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-05-31

KTDN nv Is a deceptive disease
IA1DIU thousands have it and
Edon't KIN W it. II you
ID q1ick results you
can make no mistake By using DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-R- 20: The great kidney remedy. At
druggists in fifty cent and dollar siz S.
Sample Lo:tIe by mall free also pamphlet
telling you how to find out if you have
kidney trouble.
Address, DR. ki,mer & Co., B~.nSham:on,
n Y.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-05-31

If you want fine vegetables, buy
your seeds at the Bazaar. Guaran-
teed fresh and reliable.
Don't wait until you come to town
to pay for your paper. but send the
money by your neighbor or friend
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-05-31

Gen. Otis has been spoken OF as
Governor General Of the Philippines.
A form of government has been out
lined in which the Fllipinos will
share in the emoluments of the
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-10-28
The Man.Eating Lion

The man eater is very different from
the ordinary lion that has not ac-
quired the taste for human flesh.
Lions. as a rule, are not such ferocious
and fear-inspiring animals as many
imagine them to be. They very sell
dom attack any one unless they are
persistentiy pursued or have been
wounded. If they see n person ap-
preaching them they usually prefer to
stink off into the jungle and hide in
its depths. They invite no attack and
are willing man should go his way
If he will let them alone. But it is
very different with the man-eating
lion. 1t marks the human being for
its prey, and killing mankind is its
profession. This Is the reason it is
very difficult to catch the man eater
in the traps that are set for it. A hut
side kid or goat is temptingly dis
played in such a way that if the lion
tries to carry him off, the rope that
ties the intended victim will release
the door through which the brute has
entered. 1t falls behind the animal
and it is trapped, and may be des-
patched at leisure. But nine times in
ten the strategem fails to work. The
king of beasts has not entered the viii
lage in the stiffness of the night for
goats or kids. 1t much prefers to dash
through the low doorway of habita-
ton and seize a sleeping man or wo-
man and then bound through the jun
gle with the victim in its powerful
jaws, and if in the morning the natives
are brave enough to beat the tall grass
around the settlement, they may find,
perhaps a mile away, the bones of
their unfortunate friend.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-10-28

Unless something is done to de-
crease the present rate of cutting red
wood timber from the California
forests the supply will be exhausted
within the next generation. The red
wood is of slow growth, the tree not
reaching marketable age in less than
fifty years, and then the timber is
only valuable for telegraph poles and
lesser uses of commerce, whereas if
the tree is permitted to attain its full
growth it's timber may be employed
for any number of ornamental pur-
poses. The tree itself is particularly
beautiful and is found only in Cal
ifornia, where in maturity it is from
twenty to twenty-five feet in diameter
and reaches q height of from 100 to
400 feet. 1t is perfectly straight and
for nearly half its height there is not
a limb. 1t lives to the age of 1000
years; some writer's say 1900 years,
estimating from the number of rings
around the trunk. The timber is
largely used for wainscotings, panels
and ceilings, and being of a smooth
grain readily takes fine finish. The
lumber is shipped to the eastern states
in large cargoes, also to Australia,
New Zealand, India and to other
parts of the world.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-10-28

Just as in the case of practically
svery great scientific achievement,
there has for some months past been
an active course of speculation in
various channels respecting the prob
able uses to which liquid air could be
put with benefit to mankind. The
X-rays came in for their share of this
sort of discussion, much of which was
uniformed, some of it harmful to the
accurate Judgment of the people, and
some of it suggestive. Liquid air has
been hailed as great power agency
and as refrigerant, capable in either
capacity of retolutionizing existing
methods. Later developments have
served to cast doubt somewhat upon
these sweeping claims. 1t is found
that there is serious difficulty in the
storing of the power, with an alter
native of running grave risk OF e1-
blossoms or of suffering loss through
waste. Thus far little progress has
been made toward the general adop-
ton of the liquid for either purpose.
Meanwhile new field for it has been
opened-that of surgery and medicine.
There is little doubt now in scientific
minds that this new agency will prove
of value in many branches OF their
work.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-10-28
In these days OF proposed interna.

In these days OF proposed interna-
tional alliances 1t is interesting to read
Of the little difficulty in which a Chi
cago newsboy found himself involved,
and how he extricated himself there
from. He had wandered over into one
Of the foreign quarters" on the west
side. where one can hear almost every
language except our vernacular, and
he was set upon by two or three boys
He defended himself bravely and was
holding his own fairly well. until the
two or three were Joined by as many
more, and then the battle began to 60
against him. "Say!" he yelled to
group Of boys watching the fight fror,
the sidewalk, as there an English boy
in the crowd?" YES" shouted q
stockily built urchin Of about. his own
size. Come yere. then!" painted the
Young American. laying about him
with all his might, AN we'll clea1
out the hull gansl" And they did.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-10-28

The sad story comes from the coast
Of Maine that the lobster crop is
failure-that an industry which was
once as steady as the ice harvest in
winter or the summer granite crop is
now on it's last claws states the New
York World, and that the Maine lob
ster is destined to 60 into extinction
with the dodo, the great aux and the
American bison. The Holsters OBJ
lection to living is based not so much
on the injury to his feelings caused
by the cruelty of the restaurants in
announcing ''broiled live lobster" as
by the precipitate haste of the Maine
fishermen in catching him before he
is fit to. be broiled at all, and sub
jccting him to the humiliation of
canning" If his feelings were re-
spected he would continue to furnish
gustatory delight to the gourmand in
limitless numbers for countless years.
As it is, the cardinal of the seas"
will take his place in history with the
canvas-back and the terrapin. the lost
heritages of generation unfit to ap-
preciate them.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-10-28
GATHERING OPIUM.

Thers is a revolution In opium pack.
ing In India which 1t Is calculated will
save the growers $5,00o.0 600 a year.
Formerly. on taking the opium from
the cultivators. 1t used to be placed In
earthenware Jars. and these jars were
packed with straw into wicker bas-
kets. This antiQuated method will.
however. be seen no more. for the jar
system is being replaced by packing
the opium in cloth and gunny bass. II
has undergone preliminary test Of
two years in one sub-agsncy. and ts
now being given q crucial test by be-
ing tried side by side with the jar
plan. half the opium OF this season
being packed in Jars and half in bags
There Ia little doubt, however. As to
the final opinion.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-10-28

1t is computed that in New York
City. there are 1900 barber shops
and 25, 900 BARRIERS. For long time
the BARRIERS were chiefly Germans, or
Americans of German descent, but
within ten years the Germans have
lost their control of the business,
having been superseded by Italians.
Some former German "nosses" are
now employees; others have retired
from the business and others still
have been obliged t seek other work.
Meantime their Italian successors are
making money,
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-10-28
A Satisfactory ExpIana ton.

Jim Frye, Of Hustonville, tells this
of Jim Coulter, of Middleburg: One
day when Mr.. Coulter was at Liberty
a very young man with a very bald
head came into the hotel. He was a
stranger, and Mr.. Coulter, by way of
commencing a conversation, said to
him:
MY friend, l am not asking to guy
you, but would like to know how it
comes that so young man is so
bald"'
1T was in this way" he replied.
when my time to get hair came they
said there was none left but red; so
told them / didn't believe / cared for
any"
AS Coulter has a very red head he
was satisfied to let the conversation
drop.-Stanford Interior Journal.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-10-28
BOSTON'S MUNICIPAL MUSIC
Its Recent Attempt Has Proved suoeess.
full In Every Way.

Its Recent Attempt Has Proved suoeess.
full In Every Way.
Indoor concerto, though carried on
by many European cities, have prob
ably never before been undertaken by
any American municipality. Two Sc
ries OF six each. however, were actually
given in Music hall during the last fall
and winter, under the charge o. the
new music commission. Having been
successful In organizing municipal
band Of 81 pieces for summer music
In the parks, the commission proceed
ed In the fall to organize q municipal
orchestra Of IS pieces for winter con-
certs. The programmes were rendered
n Sunday evenings, usually to full
houses, made up chiefly o. wage-earn-
ers. and were Of a high order. The
admission ranged from 10 to % cents,
and practically met the expenses. 1t
10 Intended next fall to open another
series OF these concerts. Chamber
concerts, rendered by string quartet
with the assistance OF soloist, and
costing from $50 to $50, are also given
by the commission on week day even
tngs in the more remote districts OF
the city. These are free, the cost be-
Ing borne by private donation. No
money has been appropriated by tho
city for any OF this winter music. but
1t 10 quite reasonable to expect tina.
when It's standing and the demand for
It has been more clearly defined 1t may
be put upon permanent basis at pub
lie cost. A pipe organ. however. has
been recently purchased by the city.
to be used under the direction OF the
commission for regular recitals by
municipal organist, and other popular
projects are in mind.-Review Of Re-
views.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-10-28
MALTA FEVER.

Malta fever takes It's name from the
fact that It was first studied among
the British troops in the Island OF MAI
IA. II occurs along the shores ana
among the islands OF the entire Meoie-
erranean sea. In this country II mas
become Of interest from the fact that
among the troops returning from CUBA
last autumn several cases were fcund
OF a disease which closely resemoled
1t. Indeed, 1t Is now believed that NAL
Ia fever prevails in the Mediterranean
OF the western hemisphere as wen as
in that OF the eastern. 1t occurs IN
Hongkong, and doubtless also ~ 'ne
Phiifppine Islands.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-10-28
south African Natives Who Can See 70,
Many Miles.

.outh African Natives Who Can See 70,
Many Miles.
II has often been remarked tina,
civilized people tend to become short
sighted, says writer in an English
periodical. This Is because In towns
and cities their vision is most con-
fined to short distances. Savage races.
on the other hand, are generally gifted
with remarkably keen sight. and few
tribes are more noteworthy In this re-
spect than the African bushm en-. whose
eyes are veritable telescopes. This
power Is no doubt wise provision OF
nature, for bushmen are a small race,
and II they were not able to see dan
ger q long way of they would be ex-
terminated by their various enemies.
whether savages Of other tribes or wild
beasts. A traveller in South Africa
relates that while walking one day In
company with q friendly bushman the
savage suddenly stopped and, gazing
across the plain, cried out there was
lion ahead. The traveller gazed long
and earnestly in the direction indi-
Gated by the bushman. but could see
nothing. Nonsense" he said, there's
nothing there" and he went forward
again, with the bushman following at
his heels, trembling and unwilling, and
still asserting that he could see lion.
Presently the native came to a dead
stop and refused to bulge another
inch. for this time, he declared. lie
could see Z lioness with a number Of
cubs, q fact which made the animal
moro dangerous than ever. But the
European. who could see NO lioness.
much less its cubs, pushed ahead.
After walking q quarter Of mile.
however. he could dimly make out an
object moving across the horizon. Still
doubling that It could DO the object
which the bushmaa said he had seen.
he continued to advance, and at last
was able to distinguish q lioness, with
her cubs around her, walking leisure.
iy toward the woods.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-10-28

According to recent report issued
by the French bureau Of agriculture.
Spain, and not Italy, should have the
adjective sunny" placed before It. On
the average. 1t Is said. Spain enjoys
about 5000 hours OF sunshine q year.
while Italy has $500. France has A.
most as much sunshine as Italy, her
figures being 1900. Germany has at
her disposal no more than 1.700 hours:
while England. the land of fogs, has ia
get along with 400. less than half Of
SPANS amount
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-10-28

The advantages arc obvious-nrst
no breakages can occur, and there Is
much less lost by the amount Of opium
sticking or adhering to the sides. In
the latter case 1t Is estimated that one
pound per jar Is saved; while about
per cent is lost In breakages. or about
four pounds per jar. There Is, there
fore, saving OF about Eve pounds per
jar, and as each sub-agency sends
about 10000 jars. the saving amounts
to 10000 pounds.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-10-28

An English murderess has been
hanged in spite of strenuous efforts
to obtain her reprieve. The lady
seems to have gained great sympathy;
her only crime was that she sent
poisoned cake to her sister, whose
life she had insured for her own
benefit. Such q thrifty use of re-
latives seems to have caught the pop
ular fancy, and had she been freed
she probably would not have lacked
marriage opportunities. But Eng
lish justice refused to be swayed by
the merciful heart of the public, and
the lady was prevented from enjoying
the fruits of her enterprise
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-10-28

1t is an extraordinary thing that in
the international college games IN
1924 and since the Englishmen carried
off most of the honors in the runs.
and the Americans excelled in hammer
throwing and weight-putting. AS re-
CARDS the running, the Englishmen
must be credited with more endur-
ance, and the conclusion seems just
that the American college has more
muscular strength. for III feats of
strength the Englishmen made a
sorry showing.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-10-28

The second years trial OF manual
labor teaching in the Garrison colored
school of Kansas City according to
the Kansas City Star has abundantly
justified the wisdom OF the experiment.
The boys have got on we'll with the
woodwork, and the girls have pro-
fitted by the winters course in sew
ing. The pupils have not lost ground
in the scholastic department., but
furnish their full proportion of grad
yates who will enter the high schools.
Books have not suffered from the use
Of ehisel and plane and needle and
thimble. It is suggested that this
good work among the colored scholars
be extended and that something like
an industrial high school shall be es-
tablished, something on the line of
the industrial high school the white
children enjoy, at least the selection
OF school where pupils from all the
eolored schools who desire industrial
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-10-28

The Rocky Mountain states-Mon-
tana. Idaho, Utah, Colorado, and
New Mexico-where silver mining
was the chief industry a few years
ago, have all found compensation for
the decline in this industry by going
diligently into gold mining. and their
total annual production of precious
metals is actually greater in value
than it was in the great days of high
priced silver bullion.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-10-28

Some friend of the English sparrow
which SO infest our cities, has started
the story that the expulsion Of the
sparrows from Boston common has
been followed by an invasion of cater
pillars which are destroying the foli-
age. The story fails through the de-
NAL that the sparrows have been driv-
en- of, and from the added fact that
the public experience with the spar
rows is that they will cover field to
pick off seeds and leave the cater
pillars and other insects to ravage
the plants around them. The spar
rows have driven away birds which
are wholly insectivorous and them
selves seek other food. They are q
public nuisance.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-10-28

A German legal decision holds that
the Understanding of the Prussian
Court are servants. Almost any
American household will testify that
the reverse is here true and that do
mestic servants are simply ladies-in-
waiting.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-10-28

A record has been made in the
Schuylkill County PENN Court that
was never before equalled. In one
day the grand jury ignored forty-nine
bills of indictment ont of sixty-one
that were passed upon. The costs
were placed on the prosecutors in all
but one case for bringing before the
court trivial cases, and the magistrates
escaped.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-10-28

City Council of Oakland, Nd, has
taken advanced ground by passing an
ordinance prohibiting the throwing
of rice at newly married couples in
that place, and providing severe
penalties for violations of the act.
The practice appears to have been
seriously over worked in the town,
so much so in fact that the neighbor-
hood was recently threatened with a
rice famine. The custom might be
tolerated if the rice throwers would
only tie their offerings in stout bags
or put it into barrels, SO that the re-
cipients could take the grain home
with them for household use. There
would be an element OF utility in that
sort of thing that sensible people
would appreciate, whereas the present
method is inherently pernicious' in
that it sets an example of extravaganza
to young persons at time of life
when they should be Taught the i'm
portance of domestic economy.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-10-28
A Problem Solved.

There's the smartest little woman
tlat ever took hold of this servant
girl problem" said the old gentleman,
pointing with pride TO his only
daughter.
"How's she going at it?"
'Nettin' mp popular song to ideal.
lie dish washin'. Free Press