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Mexico weekly ledger., 1901-03-28

The AuxyaSse Rerioe says. W. G.
Huddleston has bought the old Buck
ner farm about 6 miles southeast Of
AuxvasSe, from Thos. Harrison. There
are 2lO acres in the tract and the price
paid was 81, $50. This is a cheap farm.
II will be remembered that the house
on this farm burned a few weeks ago,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1901-03-28

Wanted-To buy a fresh COW; must
be young, gentle and a good mixer.
Mrs. CLENDENIN,
d&wlt 20S E. Lafayette st.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1901-03-28

What You Can Buy FOL
&c
| paper brass Pins.
l spool 5OO-yard Busy Bee Thread.
Shell Hair Pin.
1 bottle best quality Machine OIL.
l Pen Tablet.
Shields Crochet Hooks.
1 bunch Kid Curriers'.
1 Curling Iron.
l bolt Dutch Linen Tape.
No. l Lamp Burner.
l box Enameline Stove Polish.
/ box Diamond Axle Grease.
Stove Hook.
1 glass Salt and Pepper Shaker.
1quart Cup.
l quart Bucket with cover.
/ Wine Glass, imitation cut glass.
l tifty-yard spool Silk.
yard Cambria Lining, all colors.
l bunch Envelopes, good quality.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-08-07

For seven years unique pigeon
post has been in operation between
Avalon, on Santa Catalina island, aud
Los Angeles, in California, distance
of about fifty miles. Over twenty
miles of this distance is across the
Pacific ocean In the ordinary course
five hours are required between the
two towns, but the pigeons often
cover the distance in less than an
hour. Private messages, business
orders, etc, are forwarded at prices
varying from so to IS cents per
message.
Through the months of June and
July our baby was teething and took
a running eff of the bowels and sick
ness of the stomach" says O P. M.
Holiday, of Deming, Ind. His
, bowels would move from five to eight
times day. Ibad bottle Of Cham
berlain's C5lic, Cholera and Diar
rhoea Remedy in the house and gave
him four drops in at teaspoonful of
water and be got better at once"
Sold by J. E Kaufman.
In the lower corner Of Berrian
county, Ga, there resides a young
white man, aged about % years, who
for the past five years has been grad
ually growing black. In his boybood
days be was of fair skin; had blue
eyes and light hair. Five years ago
his skin took on sallow appearance,
bot no attention was psid to it.
Gradually the lad grew darker until
now his skin shows dark livid color,
while his hair grows blacker, it seems,
every day. Ooly the eyes remain to
remind one of his former days, 80
complete has the charge been. The
medical men are puzzled over the
case.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-08-07
OF the 2,0sO.Ooo, 600 bushels of

OF the 2,OSO, ,0OU,UuU bushels OF
barley produced by the civilized
countries of the world Russia pro-
duces by far the largest amount.
Next in order comes Austria, which
is followed by Germany, the United
States, England and Spain.
"My baby was terribly sick with
the diarrhoea, says J. Fl. Doak, of
Williams, Oregon. 1--WE were unable
to cure him with the doctors assist
ance. and as a last resort we tried
Chamberluin's Collie, Cholera aud
Dlarrboea Remedy. am happy to
say it gave immediate relief and a
complete cure" For sale by j &
Kaufman,
At the navel training station at
Port Royal there are over four hun
dred and all uncommonly fine looking
lads recruited from various sections
Of the country, who are undergoing
the preparatory training and dis
cipline for naval service.
The laws of health require that
the bowels move once each day and
one of the penalties for violating this
law is piles Keep your bowels
regular by taking dose Of Caam-
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
when necessary and you will never
have that severe punishment Inflicted
upon you. Price, 25 cents. For
sac by J. E Kaufman.
A bulletin issued by the census
Office shows that there has been de-
crease of tho Chinese population in
the United States since 1890 of IT,
SIS, the number now here being &c.
800. The Japanese increased during
the past ten years from 2,037 to a,
800.
In cases of cough or Group siVe
the little one One Minute Cough
Cure. Then rest easy and have no
fear. The child will be all right in
little while. Il never fails. Pleas
ant to take, always safe sure and
almost instantaneous in effect. j.
E Kaufman.
Charbon has killed so many mules
and horses in several Mississippi
counties that not enough work ami
mails are left to finish laying by the
crops. Several negroes have died of
the disease, and others refuse to work
for fear Of contracting the fatal NAL
ady.
What most people want is some
thing mild and gentle, when in need
of a physic. Chanberlain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets fill the bill to
dot. They are easy to take and
pleasant in effect For sale by J. E
Kaufman.
The amount of wages lost a day by
the present strike in the three trades
is estimated at from 100000 to $780,
900, or nearly million and balf
dollars week The loss in output
in the companies, all OF whom have
their produce sold for months to
come, cannot be estimated now.
p. Il. Thomas, Sumtervlle, iAla
Il was suffering fcom dyspepsia
when l commenced taking kodol
Dyspepsia Cure. | took several bot
ties and can digest anything" kodol
Dyspepsia Cure is the only prepara-
tion containing all the natural diges-
tive fluids. 1t gives weak stomachs
entire rest, restoring their natural
condition. J. E Kaufman.
Let us have your dues for your
paper,
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-08-07

Don't be satisfied with temporary
relief from indigestion. Kodol Dys-
pepsia Cure permanently and COM
ple:ely removes this complaint. It
relieves permanently because it allows
the tired stomach perfect rest. Diet
ing won't rest the stomach. Nature
receives supplies from the food we
eat. The sensible way to help tie
stomach is to use Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure, which digests what you eat
and can't but do you good. j E..
Kaufman.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-08-07
e g;S
Z CURES WHERE AL ELSE FAILS. S
a Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use Il
ii IN time. Sold by druggists. K
SgSlSgSgyA MT X

II is all well enough to give credit
where credit is due, but it is better
still to pay cash.
The coming Tsmmany platform
will contain no reference to Bryan or
to the national platform.
The first bale of this years cotton
crop has been marketed in Texas
1t is few days later than usual.
Kansas has taken up Ka6r corn
as substitute for corn and hay,
which will be scarce in that country.
O. o. Buck, Beirne, Ark, says: I
was troubled with constipation until
I bought DeWitt's Little Early
Risers. Since then have been entire
ly cured of my old complaint. I re-
commend them. J. E Kaufman.
The small boy who politely refuses
q piece of pie at dinner when he seen
the supply is running short is true
hero.
Before steel pens were invented
the pinions of one goose were
often used to spread the opinions of
another.
A recent rain in Southern Cali
fornia increased the Lompoc valley
mustard crop from three sacks an
acre to thirty sacks.
Eruptions, cuts, burns, scalds and
sores of all kinds quickly healed by
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Ger
tain cure for piles Beware Of Coun-
.erfeits. Be sure you get the original
-DeWitt's. J. E. Ksufmsnn.
Three of the provisional govern
ments tried in the Philippines have
had to be abandoned and a return
made to military rule.
The female who is fat, fair and
forty may be attractive, but she isn't
in it for a minute with the one who
is slender, saucy and sixteen.
James White Brysntsville, Ind,
saws DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
healed running sores on both legs.
He had suffered 6 years. Doctors
failed to help him. Get DeWitt's.
Accept DO limitations. J. E Ksuf
mann.
A fungus which gets into cotton
plants from the soil is killing the cot
ton in the country round Valdosta,
Ga. 1t is said to stay in the soil and
kill cotton every year.
All told over hundred thousand
little mules have been sent from the
United States to South Africa for the
use of the British forces. They cost
from s85 to 500 apiece.
Mrs. S. H. Airport, Johnstown,
Pa, says: "Our little girl almost
strangled to death with Group. The
doctors said she couldn't live but she
was instantly relieved by One Min
ute Cough Cure. j. E Kaufman.
Out in Kansas it is said that
man threw burning cigar stump in
8 wheat field as be was passing by it.
The wheat took fire and $4,000 acres
were destroyed. The loss was esti-
mated at 100000 bushels.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-08-07
Behold, the Linen Suit.

Man that is born OF woman is OF
few days and full Of trouble, and be
hunteth for most OF it.
Behold, he getteth a large bunch
thereof when he buyeth linen suit
Yes, surely, the linen suit is naught
but vanity and vexation Of spirit.
At first it fitch like unto the pa
per on the wall and the price is lower
than that of ice.
1t feeleth cooler and looketh the
same.
And the man walketh about the
streets and is glad.
And sayeth unto all he meets: "Lo,
this is wondrous thing that I have
found. Behold it is a lulu and a
daisy.
Yet there lurketh in the linen suit
more deceit than is held in the heart
of poker player.
For it taketh unto itself divers
shapes and many wrinkles.
The coat saggeth in the back and
the vest groweth stwist like unto a
corrugated iron rocf
And a smudge of dirt always sp.
peareth on the back Ct the coat and
runneth from the shoulders unto the
southeastern boundary thereof.
And the trousers-which the vul-
gar people call pants-verily they
call forth more bad language than a
Thermometer;
For they hang out at the knees
until the man looketh as if he were
wearing brackets;
And they crawl up on one side and
down upon the other, so that the legs
look like the long and short Ct it.
Peradventure the man sayeth unto
himself: behold I will even send
this suit unto the wash"
Aud he doeth so.
And the suit cometh back with all
the buttons gone, and it is filed with
starch.
So that the man hath to smite it
with ball bat before be getteth it
loose enough to put upon him.
Yet, when be tryeth to wear it be-
hold it has shruDk.
Yea. the trousers cling unto his
limbs like unto umbrella covers, and
the waistband refu eth to button,
even if the buttons remained there
upon.
And the coat gathereth itself into
bunch at tie edge tf his should. r
blades;
And the pockets thereof are under
his arms, and the sleeves glveth it
up at the elbow.
Vt again he seudeth the suit unto
the laundry, and this time it doth not
shrink, but getteth longer.
So that be hath TO take reefs in the
trousers and useth the coat for an
ulster.
While the vest hargeth down as
an apron.
Verify, the linen suit is the strepu-
Gus element OF Summer life.
It is puzzle which hath no an
sWer,
Or as a conundlum which meaneth
naugh::
For no man kuoweth which way it
will jumr:
Or Why it will jamp when it jump.
eth.
Beware OF the linen suit, my sor;
when it p!eameth Alright in the show
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-08-07
Wanted.

Trustworthy men and women to
travel and advertise for old estab-
lished house of solid financial stand
ing. Salary $3.50 a year and ex-
peDses, all payable in cash. No can
vassing required. Give references
aid enclose se.f addressed stamped
envelope. Address Manager, 35H
Caxton Bldg, Chicago. 81
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-08-07
II the Baby is Cutting Teeth

Be sure and use that old and well
tried remedy, Mrs. Winslow's Sooth
ing Syrup for children teething. Il
soothes the child, softens the gums
allays all pain, cures wind collie and
is the best remedy for diarrhea
Twenty-Five cents g bottle.
tt is the best of all.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-08-07
General News Items.

A dollar urjustly gained cannot be
justly kept.
Have your job printing done at TIE
Dispatch Office.
A sober second thought is better
than drunken first one.
The coquette is able to fut fan
and fan firt simultaneously.
A person who tells you the faults
of others will tell others of yours.
The girl with the biggest patri
mony has the best chance OF mstri
money.
Know One Sure Remedy
for an obstinate cold. Its name is Pyny-Balssm-
Death is assured, otherwise a man
would not blow himself for life in
suranee.
Even the homely girl will be
pretty old one if she lives long
enough.
The only blusterer from which q
brave man will take a blow is the
wind.
No need for you to have the grippe
And other ills will let you slip,
If you will use L. L. and K.
Which cures and keeps disease
away.
Bottles 25c, soc and 81 90.
The Republican panty in Tennessee
wi ! probably split and put out two
tickets.
Many man has been hopelessly
injured by the accidental discharge
Of his duty.
For every man who is worth q
million there are thousands who are
worth less.
If the action of your bowels is not
easy and regular serious complica-
tions must be the final result. De-
Wits Little Esrly Risers will re-
m We this d ger safe, pleasant and
effective. j E. Kaufman.
When ridicule is weighed in the
balance of reason it proves to be q
feather weight.
So close is the sympathy between
night and day that when one falls
the other breaks.
A mans character resembles a
feaee-you can't strengthen it by
using wbitewash.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-08-07
1117 Main St., Post Office Block, Columbia, S. G.

window and when it spreadeth itself
upon the counter.
For at last it pincheth like vice,
or else it roameth into space.
Is not this SO. even as we have
thought it Out?
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1901-08-07
Sleeping Car Service.

Excellent daily Passenger .ervice between
Florida and New York.
Nos 33 and 34-Ncw York and Florida E1-
press. Drawing-room sleeping cars between
Augusta and New York. Pullman drawing
room sleeping cars batwecn Port Tampa, Jack
sonyille Savannah. Washington and View York
Pullman sleeping cars between Charlotte and
Richmond and Charlotte and Norfolk. Dining
cars between Charlotte and Savannah.
Nos. 33 and 36-U. S. Fast Mail. Through
Pullman drawing-room buffet sleeping cars be-
tween Jacksonville and New York and Pull
man sleeping cars between Augusta and Char
lotte and Charlotte and Richmond. Dining
cars serve all meals enroute. Pullman sleep
ing cars between Jacksonville and Columbia,
enroute daily between Jacksonville and Cincin-
natl, via -Asheville.
FRANK S. CANNON, S. H. HARDW1CK,
Third V-P. & Gen. Mgr, Gen. Pas. Agt.,
Washington, d. G. Washington, D. G.
w. H.TALOE, r. w. HUNT,
Asst Cen Pass. Ag't, Div. Pass. Ag't..
Atlanta, Ga. ChaIleston $. O.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-06-05

model shown is exceptionally becom-
ing and eminently smart. The original
is made of white linen lawn and is un-
lined, but all cotton and linen wasting
materials are appropriate made in a
similar manner, while wool and silk
are eminently satisfactory made over
the fitted lining. AS illustrated the
waist is worn with a collar of the ma
terial, stock, tie and belt of Liberty
satin. The fronts are laid in narrow
arms'-eyes. the first three being con-
tinued to the waist line while the re-
malnder are left free at pointed yoke
depth to form soft folds below The
sleeves are in bishop style tucked from
the shoulders to within few inches of
the wrist, where they are let to form
becoming puffs. The wrists are finished
with straight pointed cuffs that lap
over at the seam. At the neck is deep
straight collar finished with turnover,
or proisction, portions.
To cut this waist for woman of me-
diuU size four yards of material twen-
ty-one inches wide. three and three
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-06-05

May Manton model illustrated is both
simple and elegant and is suitable
alike to the odd bodice and the entire
costume. The original is of white taf-
feta with cream guipure lace and is
designed for wear with odd skirts. hut
Louisine silk, crepe de Chine, panne
and all the soft-flnished silks are suit
able, while countless materials might
be suggested for the entire costume.
Wool crepe is charming, etamine IS
fashionable. Albatross is much used
and both linen and cotton materials of
the finer sorts are in every way appro-
pirate with trimming or needlework
or lace as preferred.
The foundation is fitted lining. On
il are arranged the tucked vest front.
the fronts proper and the back. The
front is tucked to yoke depth and falls
in soft folds below and the fronts prop
er are laid in three tucks each Mt the
shoulders and drawn in slight gathers
Mt the waist line. The lace trimming
is cut in points and arranged to give n
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-06-05

the age of eighteen Shenandoah
could neither read nor write, but had
a natural talent for mechanics. and
after he had seen n steam engine for
the first time he went to his home and
built one out of such material as he
could find. He became student at
Hampton Institute and after seven
years of work was graduated, but re-
mained at Hampton as an assistant
in the machine shop.
When the war with Spain broke out
he enlisted in the navy and served at
first as a fireman on the San Francisco
and later on the New York under Cap
tain Chadwick. He was mustered out
of the volunteer service when the war
was over, but re-enlisted at once and
was assigned to the Atlanta, on which
vessel he is at present.
The Indian sailor is described by
his friends as fine. stalwart fellow
of whom his tribesmen have good
cause to feel proud.-New York Her
aid.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-06-05
Fate Of a Once Powerful PeopIe.

In a dozen years more the Ava-Su-
pis, the most interesting primitive
tribe in the southwest. will probably
have disappeared from the face of the
earth, writes correspondent In the
New York Post. The tribal traditions
have 1t that there were once over -four
thousand five hundred Ava-Supis. and
that they We're worthy antagonists of
the war-likc Apaches. Now there are
less than one hundred and twenty,
and they are miserably poor and pitt
fully uncomplnining amid their mis-
fortunes. Kit Carson believed there
were about three thousand Ava-Supis
when he secuted in the Southwest In
the 40's. Formerly the tribe had great
bands of horses and herds of cattle
and We're peaceful masters of North
ern Arizona, except where the more
powerful and war-llke Navajos rang.
ed. Now the detected survivors live
In a narrow canon made by erosion
among the sandstone rocks, about six.
ty miles northwest of William station
on the Santa Fe railroad.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-06-05

midship section of the Independence,
showing the interior of the Boston cup
defender in her widest and deepest
part. Here there is not room for
man to stand up below the deck.
The distance between the floor of the
yacht and the deck is hardly more
than a mans height. This, however,
would not be so bad If il We're not for
the braces and cross beams which cut
up the interior of the yacht from stem
to stern. Steel braces cut up the cab
in room at angles of forty-five degrees
every few feet 1t is impossible for
two men to walk abreast inside the
yacht anywhere between the bow and
stern.
struction of a cabin or of comfortable
quarters for the crew is impossible.
All that the inside of the modern rae
ing machine is good for is, therefore,
to store spare sails, blocks, spars. tar
paulins, etc. With boat of this kind,
requiring large crew, 1t Is impossible
to go on a cruise, no matter how much
her sail area may be reduced, for there
would be no comfortable quarters be-
low deck.
The old fashioned yacht, on the 9th
er hand, was most comfortable for
the owner and his guests and the
crew, and indeed the pleesantest part
of the craft was below deck. where
cosey cabin with ample room afforded
every facility for enjoyment Of life
New York Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-06-05
up..o. Date Methods Of 4 u,covItss.

According to a st. Petersburg cor
respondent Russia is taking up the
question of wireless telegraph with re-
lnarkable energy, and the successful
results of I've Popoff system have in
duCed the Minister of Marine to fur
Tier extend l;s use. Accordingly now
NJ lighthouses in the Black Sea will
M provided with Popoff apparatus and
VIII on one nnnd be able to commune
cate with the coast, and on the other
With the warships in the immediate
vicinity. Recently 200 complete pieces
Of apparatus We're shipped to Vladi-
vostok and Port Arthur In order to III
out the Russian warshps in the Pa.
citiC with wireless telegraph. and. fur
thcr, to connect the two towns men
toned by means of stations along the
Korean coast.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-06-05
WOman's Jacket.

The all-around, useful Jacket that
can be slipped on over any gown is es-
sential both TO comfort and correct
dress. The original of the jaunty May
Manton model illustrated in the large
drawing is made of black cheviot, self
faced and tailor stitched, but black
broadcloth and tan covert and mix
lures are equally appropriate for the
purpose, wsile the design is adapted
also to the picturesque golf coat in red
with green facings.
The fronts are fitted with single
darts and are rolled back to form the
revers. The back includes centre
seam, and broad under-arm cores and
laps over below the waist line in regu-
lati0n coat style. The neck is finished
with the latest style collar that sug.
gests the Aiglon, but is turned down
and meets the revers. The sleeves are
two-seamed and flare over the hands,
the outer seam being left open few
inches Mt the lower edge. AS shown
the jacket Is worn open and reveals
the waist beneath, but when desired It
can be closed, either in the centre be-
low the short revers or diagonally to
the neck as preferred.
To cut this jacket for woman of
medium size two and quarter yards
of material thirty-two inches wide,
one and seven-eighth yard forty-four
inches vide or one and five-eighth
yards fly inches wide will be re.
quiY
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-06-05
Cup Defenders worthless. For Cruising.

Cup Defenders worthless For Cruising.
Very few people realize how utterly
worthless for all purposes excepting
racing is the ordinary cup defender.
AS matter of fact craft of this kind
are not entitled to be called yachts"
at all. They are racing machines pure
and simple. This year, more than ever
before, they have reached the limit.
The two boats now being built to de-
fend the cup are enormously expensive
to construct, equally costly to keep i'm
commission and worthless for cruising
purposes or for any OF the uses to
which the ordinary yacht is put. They
have no cabin room and require enor-
nous crews. We print herewith n
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-06-05

A new touch of elegance refers to
the empiecements of lace which trim
our sleeves and bodice. Instead of
allowing the material of the bodice to
show through the meshes of the lace
the pieces are lined with either silk
or linen Of the same shade as the
lace-beige, cream, ecru or string coll
or. as the case may he. This looks
rather cooler than If the color of the
dress. presumably darker, showed
through the interstices. II is con-
sidered rather more distinguc than IL
the lace were used over "uanspar-
ent."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-06-05

waistcoat effect that is quite novel and
smart. The sleeves are in bishop style
with deep pointed cuffs of lace and the
stock collar, also of lace, finishes the
neck.
To cut this waist for woman of me-
dunn size four yards OF material TWEEN
ty-one inches wide, three yards TWEEN
ty-seven inches wide, two yards thirty.
two inches wide or one and flve-eighth
yard fOrty-fOur inches wide will be re-
quired, with seven-eighth yards of all
over lace to trim as illustrated,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-06-05

At Naundorf. in the lIunsruck. near
the Rhine n Roman temple has been
found enclosed in walled enclosure
measuring 30 by 200 feet. The temple
stands in the middle and Is go feet 10y
10. II contains more terra Gotta OBJ
iccts than have been discovered hith-
erto in Germany. They are votive Of
fcrings. about hundred being whole
fgurlnes representing goddesses. Small
bronze statucttcs Of Mars. Jupiter and
Mercury have also been found