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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-11-01
He Had Enough Of It.

A farmer who was possessed of
some means entered the Office of his
county paper and asked for the
editor.
The farmer was accompanied by
his son, youth of II years, and as
soon as the editor, who was in his
sanctum, was informed that his visit
ors were not bill collectors he came
forward and shook hands.
i came ter git some information,'
explained the farmer.
"Certainly," said the editor, "and
you came to the right place. Be
seated"
The farmer sat on one end of the
table, while his son sat on the floor.
This boy o mine," he said, "wants
ter 60 into the literary business, an
I thought yeu'd now eff thar wuz any
money in it or not. It's good busi-
ness, amt III"
"Wby-yes," said the editor, after
some hesitation. i've been in it
myself for Is years, and you see
where I've got to"
The farmer eyed him from head to
foot, glanced around the poorly fur
nished office, surveyed the editor
once more, then, turning to his son.
who was still on the floor, said:
"Git up, John, an 60 home, an go
back ter ploughin'!"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-11-01

A negro boy was accidentally shot
and killed at Waterloo. The deceased
and another negro were swapping
what they thought empty pistols at
each other and one went off.
Eat plenty, Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
will digest what you eat. It cures
all forms of dyspepsia and stomach
troubles. E. R. Gamble, Vernon,
Tex, says, 1T relieved me from the
start and cured me. It is now my
everlasting friend" j. E. Kauf-
mann.
A Chicago paper, having kept a
record Of crime for ten days, declares
that the saloon business in tie
United States is directly chargab,e
with total of SO, 1876 murders during
that time
1T did me more good than any
thing I ever used. My dyspepsia
was of months standing; after eating
it was terrible. Now I am WE'LL"
writes S. B. Keener, HoisingtoD,
Kas, Of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. It
digests what you eat. J. E. Kauf-
mann.
An expedition consisting entirely
of women, has been formed in Aus
tralia to explore the Solomon islands,
the home of the fercest cannibals
known. Hitherto white men have
been able to penetrats only a few
miles in the island.
The"Plow Boy Preacher Rev. j.
Kirkman, Belle Rive, ILL.,, says,
"After suffering from Bronchial or
lung trouble for ten years, I was
cured by One Minute Cough Cure.
1t is all that is claimed for it and
more" 1t cures coughs, colds,
grippe and all throat and lung trou-
bies. J. E. Kaufman.
BiDg-"Ies, that's old Spriggins.
Half a dozen doctors have given him
up at various times during his life
WiDg-"What was the trouble
with him.
Bing-"He would't pay his doctor
bills"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-11-01
Premiums to Wheat Growers.

Some merchants of Greenville are
Offering some handsome premiums to
the farmers who make the most wheat
to the acre, and the Roller Mills at
Anderson, S. c., offers FIVE dollars to
the person that makes the most
wheat on one acre; three dollars to
the second best, and two dollars to
the third best. No person will be
entitled to more than one premium.
The cffer is to those who bring wheat
to the Roller. Mills. Five dollars
worth of manure properly put on
one acre make lots of wheat. Now is
the time to plant il, so it will have a
good start before cold weather.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-11-01
Robbed the Grave.

A startling incident, of which Mr..
John Oliver Of Philadelphia, was the
subject, is narrated by him as fol
lows: II was in most dreadful
condition. My skin was almost yel-
low, eyes sunken, tongue coated, pain
continually in back and sides, no ap-
petite gradually growing weaker
day by day. Three physicians had
given me up. Fortunately, friend
advised trying Electric Bitters;' and
TO my great joy and surprise, the
first bottle made a decided improve
ment. I continued their use for
three weeks, and am now a we'll man
I know they saved my life, and
robbed the grave of another VICTIM"
No one should fail to try them.
Only so cts, guaranteed, at J. E
Ksufmann's drug store.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-11-01
Thomas Je&erson's Ten Rules Of
Life.

l Never put off till tomorrow
what you can do today.
2. Never trouble others for what
you can do yourself.
8. Never buy what you do not
want because it is cheap.
4. Never spend your money be-
fore you have it.
S. Pride costs us more than hun
ger, thirst and cold.
6. We never repent eating too
little.
7. Nothing is troublesome that
we do willingly.
8. How much pain have those
evils cost US that never happened.
9. Take things always by their
smoothe handle.
10. When angry, count ten before
you speak; if very angry, hundred.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-11-01
Obedience to Order.

The following dialogue current at
the time, between one Of Stonewall
Jackson's soldiers and the provost
guard, illustrates Jackson's tact at
eluding the enemy, and also the obe-
dience rendered and the confidence
reposed in him by his troops:
The orders read on dress parade
the evening before Jackson left the
Valley to take part in the Seven Days
Fight around Richmond we're, that
in case the army moved before fur
ther orders, the answer from every
soldier to any and all questions from
those not connected with the army
shall be II don't know" On the
march TIE provost guard found
a soldier in a. cherry tree helping
himself, when the following took
place:
"Who are you?' demanded the
guard.
Il don't know" replied the soldier.
"Where are you going?"
II don't know" which was no
doubt correct.
"Where have you beer?"
Il don't know"
"To what command do you beleng?"
Il don't know"
"What are you doing in that cherry
trees"
Il don't know"
"Are those good cherries you are
eatins?"
Il don't know?"
us there anything you do know"
"Yee."
'sWhat is i,?'
"Well, the last order I had from
Old Stonewall was that was not to
know anything until further orders,
and gentlemen I would see you all
dead before I will know anything
until Old Stonewall takes that order
off,"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-11-01
Chamberlain's Pain Balm Cures
Others, Why Not You?

My wife has been using Chamber
lain's Pain Balm, with good results,
for lame shoulder that has panied
her continually for nine years. We
have tried all kinds of medicines and
doctors without receiving any bene-
fit from any of them. One day We
saw an advertisement of this medi.
cine and thought of trying it, which
we did with the best Of satisfaction.
She has used only one bottle and her
shoulder is almost well.-Adolph L.
A1illett, Manchester, n. H. For sale
by j. E. Kaufman.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-11-01
Used by British Soldiers j!
Africa.

Capt. G. G. Dennison is we'll
known all over Africa as commander
of the forces that captured the famous
rebel Galishe. Under date of Nov.
1, 1897, from Vryburg, Bechuana-
land, he writes: "Before starting on
the last campaign I bought
quantity of Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy,
which I used myself when troubled
with bowel complaint, and had given
to my men, and in every case it
proved most beneficial" For sale
by J. E Kaufman.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-11-01

An attempt was made to assassi-
nate ". H. Amaker of Orangeburg a
few days ago. He was shot by a
party with rifle from an ambush on
the side of the road as he was return
ing home. 1t is thought that the
would.b be assassin was some enemy
in his neighborhood.
W. P. Taylor, of Greers, is the
owner Of bedspread brought from
England in 1893 by his grandfather
Gibson; also piece of marble said
to have been taken from the stone
used by the Jews to secure the body
of our Savior on the night after his
burial.
It will not be surprise to any
who are at all familiar with the good
qualities of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy, to know that people every
where take pleasure in relating their
experience in the use of that splen-
did medicine and in telling of the
benefit they have received from it, of
bad colds it has cured, of threatened
attacks of pneumonia it has averted
and of the children it has saved from
attacks of Group and whoopipg
cough. It isa grand, good medicine.
For sale by J. E. Kaufman.
MIR. D. H. Magill, member Of the
Legislature from Greenwood county,
is musical genius and the author of
several songs and other musical com.
positions which have been we'll re-
ceived by the public. His latest
effort is the "1IcSweeney March,"
named in honor Of the governor. Mr..
Magill has not yet had it published,
but it will be given to the publishers
soon.
Charleston is arranging to have a
gala week, beginning November 20.
Another big phosphate plant in
Charleston has been purchased by
the trust.
Weary women need an occasional
dose of DR.. NJ. A. Simmons Liver
Medicine to Strengthen their Nerves
and Invigorate their Systems.
The farmers in every section of the
State are sowing large crops of small
grain.
Range cattle in the southwest are
selling for $50 head more than they
brought two years ago.
To Purify and Enrich the Blood,
Strengthen the Nerves and Invigor-
ate the System, use Dr.. NJ. A. Sim.
mons Liver Medicine.
Furman University is perhaps the
only Institution in the State in which
Spanish is taught thoroughly.
Let disease come as they will,
Take Life of the Liver and be
healthy still;
Pleasant to take, unlike pill,
Regulates the system and cures
every i'll.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-11-01
Here is the Place to Find Them.

The Bazaar has just received one
of the largest aud best line OF
stationery ever brought to this place,
such as weekly and monthly time
books,' pocket memorandum books
an elegant line Of substantially
bound ledgers, journals and record
books, fine box paper, plain and gifS
edge note paper, fools cap, legal cap
and other varieties Of whiting papers,
tablets for pen and pencil in large
variety, envelopes Of all sizes and
shapes, pens, pencils, black, blue,
purple, green and red inks. School
children and others are invited to
inspect this stock.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-11-01

The Abbeville cotton mill has in
creased its capital stock to S50O,00O.
The Flashing Eye, Baoyant Foot
step and Rosy Complexion result
from the use of DR.. NJ. A. Simmons
Liver Medicine.
Small pox is reported in Hampton
and Laurens counties.
Admiral Dewey has promised to
visit Charleston next spring.
By vote of ITS to 81 Greenwood
has decided to have no dispensary.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-11-01
That Throbbing Headache.

Would quickly leave you, if you
used DIR. Kings New Life Pills.
Thousands Of sufferers have proved
their matchless merit for Sick and
Nervous Headaches. They make
pure blood and strong nerves and
build up your health. Easy to take.
Try them. Only 25 cents. Money
back if not cured. Sold by J. E.
Kaufman, Druggist.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-11-01
Medical Advice.

Patient-Well, doctor, what do
You think about the swelling on the
back of my neck!
Doctor-I don't like the looks Of
it, as i. is in very dangerous place.
My advice to you is to keep your eye
on it.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-11-01
a Frightful Blunder

Will often cause horrible Burn,
Scald, Cut or Bluise. Bucklen S
Arnica Salve, the best in the World
will kill the pain and promptly hcal
it. Cures Old Sores, Fever Sores,
Ulcers, Boils: Felons, Corrs, all Skin
Eruptions. Best Pile cure on earth.
Only 25 cts. a box. Cure guaran-
teed. Sold by J. L. Kaufman,
Druggist.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-11-01
ROKALSFsS*,'cSrSs
v ABSOLUTELY PURE
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome

opening of the Citadel Academy.
The attendance this year is l30 to
140.
Temporary Derapgement Of Diges
tiop, through overwork, worry or
emotional excitement, are quickly
recti6ed by DR.. M. A. Simmons
Liver Medicine.
Only three of Spanish vessels sunk
by Admiral Dewey in Manila bay and
subsequently raised will be Of any
use.
President King, Farmers Bank,
Brooklyn, Mich, has used DeWitt's
Little Early Risers in his family for
years. Says they are the best.
These famous little pills cure consti-
patton, biliousness and all liver and
bowel troubles. J. E. Kaufman.
Many negroes in Beaufort county
would like to go to the PHILIPPINES but
they cannot stand the physical ex-
examination.
William Riley a respectable white
man of Charleston, could not get any
work to do and he therefore COM
mited suicide.
"When our boys were almost dead
from whooping cough, our doctor
gave one Minute Cough Cure. They
recovered rapidly" writes P. B.
Belief, Argyle, Pa. 1t cures coughs,
colds, grippe and all throat and lung
troubles. J. E. Kaufman.
It is now stated that the dead
County Treasurer of Barnwell is
short about Sll 900. The bondsmen
will have to payit.
j. II. Lunsford & Son, Craft, Tex,
say that Ramon's Pepsin Chill Tonic
is certainly the best on the market.
They have never known it to fail to
cure. Have just ordered more and
must have it. Tasteless and guar
aDteed. SOC. For sale by G.. NJ.
Harman.
When man proposes to girl and
she aeks time to consider, it means
that she wants to consider her
chances of getting some other fellow.
IF you scour the world you will
never fnd a remedy equal to One
Minute Cough Cure," says Editor
Fackler, Of the Micanopy, Fla,
Hustler" 1t cured his family CT
LaGrippe and saves thousands from
pneumonia, bronchitis, Group and all
throat and lung troubles. J. E.
Kaufman.
The Southern Cotton Oil Company
of Barnwell, on the 9th instant, ship
ped from Barnwell to Liverpool,
England, via Charleston, 112 tons ex-
port cotton seed meal.
Mrs. F. J. Dickson, Westminster,
S. c., writes: Eleven years ago I
was for 6 months unable to do my
work, and DR.. NJ. A. Simmons Liver
Medicine restored me to good health.
Think one package of it worth
dozen of Zeilins
Norwegian Legislators propose that
girls who do not know how to knit,
sew, wash and cook, should be re-
fused permission to marry. Daugh.
ters of wealthy men are not to be
Millions of dollars, is the value
placed by Mrs. Mary Bird, Harris
burg, Pa, on the life Of her child,
which she saved from Group by the
use Of One Minute Cough Cure. 1t
cures all coughs, colds and throat
and lung troubles. j. E. Kaufman.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-11-01
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CAPITAL 500, 600 %
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ESTABLISHED 1871.
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EROME II. SAWYER, Cashier.
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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-11-01
ADVERTISING RATES.

Advertisements will be inserted at the
rate OF Is cents per square Of one inch
SAGE 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 s cents per
line each insertion.
Obituaries charged for at the rote OF ono
cent word, wien they exceed 100 words.
Marriage notices inserted free.
A dress
G. NJ. HARTMAN, Editor and Publisher.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-11-01
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Crippled by
Rheumatism.

Those who have Rheumatism find
themselves growing steadily worse all
the while. One reason of this is that
the remedies prescribed by the doctors
contain mercury and potash, which ul-
timately intensity the disease by caus-
ing the joints to swell and stiffen,
producing severe aching of the bones.
8. s. S. has been curing rheumatism
for twenty years-even the worst cases
which seelSed almost incurable.
Capt. O. f. Hughes. the popular railroad
conductor, Of Columbia. s. G.. had an expn,
encc win rheumatism which convinced him
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-11-01

that there j. only orc
cure r that painful dis
caSt. He says: Il was q
great sufferer from mus
cular Rheumatism for
two years. | coald get
no manent relief
from any medicine pre-
scTihed by my physician.
Itock about a dozen bot
ties Of your 5. s. s.. and
now | am rs we'll as l
eyer was inmy life. lam
sur" that your medicine
cured ne. and ! would
recommcalit to any one
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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-11-01

Everybody knows that Rheumatism
is diseased state of the blood, and
only blood remedy is the only propot
treatment, but remedy containing
potash ard mercury only aggravated
the trouble.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-11-01
W. A. RECkLlNG,
A.RllSl

COLUMBIA, -. c..
rs NOW MAKING THE BEST PIC
/ lures that can be BAD in this country,
and all who have never had real fine pic
ture, should now try some Of his latest
styles Specimens Can be seen at his Gal.
lsry, up stairs. next to the Hnb
At LEXINGTON OCT. 25-27.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

taken with liquid after food, and moat
slowly Of all when taken after food In
the absence OF liquid. To secure the
most speedy absorption Of any drug,
therefore, It should be administered
with water on an empty stomach, and
in many cases It will be found that q
definite effect will thus be produced,
though no effect would be perceptible
II the same dose we're administered
shortly after food.
OF late years much attention has
been paid to the subject Of color blind
ness among railway employees, but
acuteness Of hearing has not been
equally we'll observed. The New York
Medical Journal quotes DR.. Stein, who
has examined forty-four hremen and
thirty-elght engine drivers. and finds
only three out OF the whole number
TO possess perfectly normal hearing
power. He finds. however. by fire.
quent excursions on locomotives that
these employees hear sound signals
under favorable circumstances, except
those Of the whistle. Nevertheless, he
thinks that there should be an estab-
lished or minimum standard of re-
Quirements as to hearing. These views
are the result OF continental expert
ments, and it would be interesting to
know what the figures would be as
regards the hearing Of railway en-
ployes in the United States.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

II reckon the most excitin' race I
ever see" observed the man with the
faded hair. after an interval Of ST.
lence, was between two Mississippi
river steamboats,. The engineers
crammed the furnaces with bacon and
everything else in the cargoes that
would make a hot fire. The Prairie
Rose was the name of one boat and
the Minnesota Belle was the other,
but everybody knowed it was a race
between the engineers, for the reason
that they'd had a fight in st. Louis
once. / was on the Rose, and we was
chinnin' the passengers on the Belle.
1t wasn't more'n forty feet away, and
the boat that got around the Big Bend
first we knowed would win the race
49," (which got there hrst?"
asked one Of the listeners, tired
Of the oratory. We'll, the en-
gineer Of the Minnesota Belle got
there first" rejolned the man
with the faded hair. "Or parts
Of him did. His biler exploded Chi
eago Tribune.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

all the frewood of the natives, and
much that is used by the Europeans
in the towns, is drift that is brought
down periodically from the uplands by
freshets that follow heavy rains. There
is nothing strange in all this, but what
is strange is the way the natives gath
er the wood. Pick it up on the beach?
Not at all; at least, very little is OBJ
tanned in that commonplace manner.
Much Of the island timber is extremely
heavy, and instead Of floating in ortho-
dox fashion, as wood should do, 1t
promptly sinks to the bottom. AS the
freshets gather Roadway, down come
the heavy tree trunks and branches,
dashing hercely against the rough lava
sides of the stream and humping
against the bottom till all semblance
of their original shape is lost, and
they are bruised into shapeless blocks
or split into kindling.
The current carries them we'll into
the ocean, where they settle into the
sand. The first stage of their journey
J.. oyer now for the second. In a day
or two the ocean rises in its might, aad
sends in huge breakers upon the shore.
which catch the blocks and splinters
and roll them over and over, still on
the bottom, toward the beach. Here
is the natives chance. He has been
waiting long for just such an oppor-
tunity. Down to the shore come the
Kanakas in troops. No n is left be-
hind save the sick and the blind. Men,
women and children are all on The
beach, having an eye both to business
and to pleasure. The men dash into
the breakers, diving under the big
combers and rising on the crest % the
smaller ones tin they are out shoulder
high; then they feel around with their
feet until they find a piece Of wood
it may be only a splinter, or II may be
a log so large as to require the aid Ct
a rome to pull It IN; but large or small.
no matter, down dives the Kanada
head foremost to seize the prize. The
women and children wade In a little
distance TO catch the smaller ptsoes
that get past the men. and soon the
niles on the shore grow from nothing
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

A violin has been made by a Missouri
man which is decidedly unique in de-
sign and in the material from which
1t Is constructed. The back is OF cher
~ from a table than a century
old, which formerly belonged to the
Howard-Payne college. In the center
Of the back are inserted "a pieces Of
wood from the Holy Land, n Icing
from a grapevine that grew In the gar
den Of Gethsemane. Around the mar
gin are set in a row small pieces Of
wood, diamond shaped, gathered from
all over the civilized world. In one
end Of the back is inserted a horseshoe
made Of castor wood, and in the other
end is the image Of a rabbit carved in
cherry. There are In an over 100 pieces
Of wood, and the only tools used in
the manufacture Of the instrument
we're a pocket knife and a half-inch
ehisel.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-25

DAILY, driven to desperation by the
pangs of hunger, roasted his dead body
and held a feast ghoulishly upon the
remains.
The party who made the terrible
discovery were appalled, at the revela-
ton. They continued their search,
and soon afterward located the frozen
bodies Of Edlar and Provost. The lat
ter were at least five miles away from
the tent, and from their position t
was evident that their death must
have been long p%rotracted.
When the steamer Rideout arrived
here yesterday the terrible tale was
extensively circulated. It is said that
in the tent was actually found scraps
Of moose hide and moccasins, from
which the men were endeayoring to
make a stew.