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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-08-27
OLD FASHIONED.

What has become of the old fash
ioned man who dressed up to serve on
the jury?
What has become Of the old fash
ioned woman who thought going to a
circus was sinful?
Speaking Of old fashioned things,
what has become Of the child who
minded its mother?
What has become Of the little old
schoolgirl whose braids were so short
and stumpy they were called pigtails?
What has become of the old fash
ioned woman who used to say to her
children, You'll drive me distracted?'
What has become Of the old fash
ioned man who, according to the neigh
bors, could lie as fast as horse could
trot?
What has become Of the old fash
ioned man who came to town wearing
a soldier overcoat, with a buffalo lap
robe in his wagon?
What has become Of the ole fash
ioned woman who used to say that a
little bird came and told her when
asked where she heard piece Of gos-
sip?-Atchison Globe.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-08-27

them extrav vagantly so. although it is
very dear and has a bad taste.''
But on Long Island, as elsewhere,
the peaches were as good as the rum
was bad.
at is impossible to tell how many
peach trees we passed, all ladeG with
fruit to breaking down and many Of
them actually broken down. We came
to q place surrounded with such trees
from which so many had fallen of
that the ground could not be discerned
and you could not put your foot down
without trampling them, and notwith-
standing such large quantities had
fallen off the trees still were as full
as they could bear. The hogs and
other animals mostly feed on them"
The peaches in Harlem were as plen-
tiful and still more delicious. When
they went up to the north end Of Man
haitian island, we find this notice:
Before we left (Harlem) we did not
omit supplying ourselves with peaches,
which grew in an orchard along the
road. The whole ground was covered
with them and with apples, lying upon
the new grain with which the orchard
was planted. The peaches were the
most delicious we had yet eaten."
But they need not have taken the
precaution mentioned, for even after
crossing Spuyten Duyvil they found
more peaches than ever
1--WE came to a road which was en-
tirely covered with peaches. We asked
the boy why they left them lie there
and did not let the hogs eat them.
He answered: We do not know what
to do with them, there are so many.
The hogs are satiated with them and
will not eat any more From this we
may Judge of the quantity Of them."-
II. H. N. in New York Mail and Ex-
press.
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DUMAS AS A COOK.
He Was Particularly Good In the
Preparation Of Turkeys.

He Was Particularly Good In the
Preparation of Turkeys.
Dumas pere was in producing the
slave of his pen and never studied in
his life. No author ever owed less to
education or book learning and more
to a perpetually fresh and unsophisti.
Gated mind and to sociable intercourse
with the bright spirits of his day, the
upper Bohemia, the best artists, dra.
matte authors and lions Of various
kinds Of his time. His one accom-
plishment was his neat, flowing, clerkly
handwriting, but he knew nothing Of
science, Of any kind Of serious litera-
ture, and as he had never thought OF
punctuation before he burst on the
world as an author left it always to
the proofrcader. Like Rossini, If
Dumas had not been the authcSn. af
"Monte-C Christo' and other novels ghat
brought him each fortune (Which he
spent as soon as he made, he might
have been a great cook.
I partook Of lunch he cooked two
years before his death at the house OF
Gudin, the painter. He came to cook
it in this way: Gudin, meeting him
on a Friday on the boulevard, said:
"a friend has just sent me three splen-
did turkeys from Devonshire. What
shall do with them| You should
let me cook them," said Dumas. "An
right" But I must so tomorrow to
prepare them for the spit" Dumas
arrived next morning with hamper
full of truf1es for the turkeys and, not
to allow any to 80 to waste, brought
calves sweetbreads and other delica-
cies which are the better for truf11e ac-
compartments. He prepared his "plats''
carefully and suggested that if Gudin
wished to invite friends to a particu-
larly we'll cooked lunch then was his
time "Perhaps," he added, you had
better call on Alboni and ask her to
come. She will crown the feast by
singing q brindisi" So said, so done.
Dumas acted as chef in the kitchen
until it was almost time to serve the
lunch.
A most brilliant company had been
invited to judge of ''le grand Alex
andres" culinary talents. They de-
clared he deserved the name of "Alex-
andre lie Grand" and expressed their
sorrow that his literary genius had de-
prived the world Of the greatest chef
Of the nineteenth century. Dumas
used also to cook the grand dinners
which Nine. Rattazzi gave at Florence
when her husband was prime minister
of Italy.-London News.
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cat looks! We will sit on the steps
and enjoy the cool breeze while l
smoke"
Mr.. Bowser had taken seat on the
front steps after dinner on several oc-
casions. and the result each time had
been a row with street fakirs and pass
ing Ioafers. Mrs. Bowser watched him
with her heart in her mouth, and the
cats eyes began to shine as she
thought of conflicts, but no calamity
occurred. A huckleberry man with four
boxes left over stopped at the gate and
shouted and shrieked and yelled, but
instead of rushing down the steps and
taking him by the throat Nr. Bowser
simply shook his head and went on
watching the fight Of the nighthawks.
The banana man not only stopped at
the gate and whooped, but he entered
it and stood at the foot Of the steps and
hung on for ten minutes. Had it been
the evening before be would not have
whooped twice before the clammy hand
OF death would have been at his throat.
He was going away discouraged when
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-08-27

too much for you. I'll put the ice bag
at your feet and a wet rag around your
bead If you have feeling Of gone
ness"
Mr.. Bowser could not be aroused.
He sat and smoked and joked and
laughed. and even when a drunken
man came along and opened the gate
and went to bed on the grass he was
carefully moved to the sidewalk and a
pickel placed in his vest pocket to
buy u morning nip with. Peace, har7
mony and good nature prevailed at 8
o'clock and at 9 and 10, and Mr.. Bow
ser was smiling and the cat purring at
bedtime.
What Goes it mean" queried Mrs.
Rowser of herself for the hundredth
time, but she could not answer. All
she could do as Mr.. Bowser slept was
to sit up and gaze into his peaceful
countenance and silently pray to Prov.
idence that be would not awake at
midnight and arm himself with an ak
aud slaughter the family.
M. QUAD.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-08-27
Onion Sauce.

AS a change from the tomato sauce
usually served with Dreaded lamb
chops try an onion sauce made in this
way: Slice two or, If very small, three
onions and cook them in water for a
few moments and drain. Put them in
to just enough boiling water to cover,
add little salt and cook until tender.
Cook together two tablespoonful each
of -four and butter and when perfectly
smooth add one-half pint Of stock,
three or four tablespoonfuls Of cream
and a saltspoonful each Of salt and
sugar and a dash Of cayenne. When
the onion is tender, press it through a
colander and add the water in which
it had been cooked.-New York Post.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-08-27
A Young Lady's Life Saved,
At Panama, Columbia, by Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhea Remedy.

DR.. Chas. H. Utter, a prominent
physician, of Psnam, Columbia, in a
recent letter states: Last March I
had as patient o young lady sixteen
years of age, who had a very bad
attack of dysentery. Everything 1
prescribed for her proved efsctual
and she was growing worse every
hour. Her parents were sure she
would die. She had become 80 weak
that she could not turn over in bed.
What to do at this critical moment
was study for me, but I thought of
Cnamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy and as a last re-
sort prescribed it. The most Won
derful result was effected. Within
eight hours she was feeling much
better; inside of three days she was
upon her feet and at the end Of one
week was entirely we'll" For sale
by j. E.. Kaufman.
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All W ere Saved.

For years I suffered such untold
misery from Bronchitis" )" writes J. 81.
Johnston, of Broughtop, Ga, that
often I was unable to work. Then,
when everything also failed, I was
wholly cured by DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption. My
wife suffered intensely from Asthma,
till it cured her, and all our expert
ence goes to show it is the best Group
medicine in the world" A trial will
con7ipce you it's unrivsled for Throat
AMI Lung diseases. Guaranteed
bottles SOC and 81 90. Trisl bottles
free at J. E. Kaufman.
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YALE.
sideration, and he smiled at Mrs. Bow
ser and the cat and remarked that it
had been hot day.
"Have you got q sore throat or
headache?" queried Mrs. Bowser as he
chucked her under the chin in passing
into the house. .:
'fNot at all. DEAR" he smilingly re-
piled. Its been rather warm, but /
don't know when I've felt better. Have
you got one of your usual good din
ners this eveningY
It wasn't good dinner Mrs. Bow
ser had been out shopping, and the
cook had taken things easy and for
gotten two or three orders. MIR. Bow
ser's smile did not fade, however. He
not only ate whatever was placed be-
fore him. but enjoyed it and had a
word Of praise now and then. Nine
times out of ten on coming home to
such a dinner he would have pounded
on the table and demanded to know
il he were looked upon as hog to eat
such stuff as that, and the cook and
the cat and Mrs. Bowser would have
had chills for week. On this occa-
sion not a complaint, not a criticism,
was made. He laughed and joked and
kept his good nature, and as the meal
was finished he patted Mrs. Bowser
on the shoulder and said:
81 thank you, little woman, for al
ways consulting my tastes as you do.
Any place you'd like to go this even
ing?"
I'll guess not" she replied. "You
are sure you are well?'
Perfectly sure. Don't I look it? Did
you have money enough for your shop
ping? ] meant to have left you $40
this morning, but 1t slipped my mind.
How handsome and intelligent the old
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-08-27
The Work OF Envy.

The leading lady was in tears. and
the morning paper lay crumplcd at her
feet.
"What is the matter?" the manager
asked.
This horrid critic" she sObbed.
"Let me see. Where? What has he
said"
There" she replied, pointing to the
dreadful paragraph. 1T says my act
ing was excellent, but that my gown
didn't seem to fit me at all. l just
know that was written by some spite
full woman."-Chicago Record-Herald.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-08-27

organs of digestion and nutrition. 1t
eliminates the effete poisonous matter
which originates in the system as con-
sequence Of imperfect digestion. 1tglves
sound health to the whole body.
vI wish to say to the world that DR.: Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery has proved great
blessing to me-" writes Mrs. Ellen E. Bacon, OF
shutes6ury, Franklin Co, Mass: HPror TO to
trouble for several years, going through course
Of treatment without any real aI1s hsnehd shd IN
worse; could eat but little. commenced in
September, 1897, to take Dr.. Pierce's medicine
and in a short time could eat and work. l
have gained t,oenty POUNDS in ft0o nsoxhss.'
FREE. DR.. Pierce's Common Sense
Medical Adviser is sent free on receipt
of stamps to pay expense of mailing only.
Send oI one-cent stamps for the book in
paper covers, or 81 stamps for the cloth
bound volume. Address DR.. R. V. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-08-27
It Needs a. Tonic.

There are times when your liver
needs a tonic. Don't give purgatives
that grippe and weaken. DeWitt's
Little Early Risers expel all poison
from the system and act as tonic to
the liver. W. Scott, 53l Highland
ave., Milton, Pa, says: Il have car
ried DeWitt's Little Early Risers
with me for several years and would
not be without them Small an
easy to take. Purely vegetable
They never grippe or distress. ). H.
Kaufman.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-08-27
TOMMY AND GRANDPA.

80 RANDPA lay sleeping serenely
T. Where the shade Of the NAPLES
~ was cast:
The hammock was swayed by the
zephyrs
That kissed his high brow as they
passed.
Perhaps he was dreaming Of angels
AS Tommy played near him out there,
Chasing butterflies out Of the flowers
And tossing his curls in the air.
The hose was attached to the hydrant,
With a full head of water turned on,
And the nozzle lay harmless, unnoticed,
Where the grass had grown brown on
the lawn.
Dear grandpa, with one leg hung over
The side of the hammock, still swayed.'
And the leaves f1uttered gayly above him.
It was eighty or SO in the shade.
A smile was on grandpa's glad features
When Tommy discovered the hose.
Perhaps he was dreaming Of cherubs
Or beautiful fairies, who knows?
But the smile disappeared when sweet
Tommy,
Forgetting that grandpa was there,
Stood carelessly letting the water
Squirt forty feet up in the air.
With yell like 4 grown up Comanche
Dear grandpa attempted to rise;
The water streamed under his collar
And into his ears and his eyes!
With foot tangled up in the hammock
He leaped like trout on the hook
And turned three tliphaps without stop
ping
To pick out the course that he took {
A hol or HI Paa ,
Whose eyes were still fearful and red,
Lay sobbing, with sad recollections,
And tossing alone in his bed.
Ills breast was oerburdened with sorrow;
In his heart and elsewhere he was sore,
And he murmured II don't want to never
Go visitin' grandpa no more!'
Chicago Record-Herald.
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IF the Babv is Cutting Teeth.

Be sure and use that old and we'll
tried remedy, Mrs. Winslow's Sooth-
ing Syrup for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind collie and
is the best remedy for disrrhea.
Twenty-Five cents bottle.
It is the best of all.
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A Fine Liver Cure.
Greenville, Tenn.

Greenville, Tenn.
I have thoroughly convinced my
self that DIR. Bakers Blood and
Liver Cure is the finest medicine
made for Indigestion and Constips'
ton. i have tried them ally and
was cured by the use of this medi-
cine, after all others had failed. I
most cheerfully and unhesitatingly
endorse it. Yours truly,
q. N. Baker, Mayor.
For sale at the Bazaar.
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The Small Brother.

81 heard him call you 'Duckie,'" an
nounced the small brother.
"Well, what Of it," demanded his SIS
ter defantly.
"Oh. nothin' much" answered the
small brother. 81 was only think1n'
maybe it's because Of the way you
walk, but it amt very nice Of him.
Chicago Post.
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The Best Prescription for Malaria
Cbille, and Fever is bottle OF
Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic. 1t ls
simply iron and quinine in a tasteless
from. No cure, no pay. Price 50c.
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MIR. .BOWSERREFORMS
TLASTS THE ENTIRE EVENING, CAUS
ING MRS. BOWSER MUCH ALARM.

The Old Fellow Remains In Gentle
Mood and Sits on the Front Steps,
Showing an Interest In Unfortu-
mates Who Appeal to Him.
Copyright, 1902, by C. B. Lewis.l
YAROM the front steps of the Bow
ser mansion Mr.. Bowser can
A be seen as he drops off the
car, and Mrs. Bowser was
waiting the other evening and wonder
ing what his mood would be. His ac-
ton caused her surprise. Instead of
coming along down the walk in his
aggressive way and blasting the eyes
of the umbrella mender and the fruit
peddlers who accostcd him, his gait
was slow and gentle, and he bowed to
an old clo' man and stopped to ask
the hokey pokey ice cream seller how
business was. He did not open the
gate with kick, but with all due con-
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-08-27
A Case In Point.

"Jobbers was thrown from his wheel
this morning, but he pluckily arose and
renounted."
Indeed? Well, that's a case OF
mans not knowing when he's well
ofr."-Richmond Dispatch.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-08-27

and rises from a
full meal to plunge
at once into work
requiring mental
effort the result Is
almost sure to be
disastrous, because
digestion dra W s
upon the same
nervous force S
W hich are EN-
! ployed in thought.
In time the stonl-
ach becomes dis
e eased, a the pro-
cesses of digestion
and nutrition are
inlperfectly per-
formed and there
is a phi y al
breakdown.
DR.. Pierce's S
Golden Medical
Discovery cures
dis e ases of the
stomach and other
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-08-27
Antlv Termed.

A farmer in a flood district. watching
his mortgaged house and barn fall over
and float down the river, remarked,
''That represents my floating indebted
ness"
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GOOD LIVING

Quite often results in bad health, because
what is terp,ed vgood living" is usually
the qualification of the palate without
reference to the nutrition of the body.
When the good liver is business man
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-08-27

It Is a shiftless trick to send for
doctor when you have boil.-Atchison
Globe.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-04-04

IS intended 20 reduce the time neccs
sary 10 load the cans into the car
which. OF course viii lessen the time
for cyeing the train and It's passengers
II has hitherto been common TO aCcu
mulate the cans OF milk OH the plat.
form TO await the arrival Of the milk
train. and then the cans are lifted and
dragged into the car by four or five
men, the train meanwhile blocking the
main line aud preventing It's use by
other trains. The milk trains are pro
verbally slow because OF the delay
incidental TO this labor. Frederick u
Tichenor has conceived the idea Of q
slanting platform, which shall feed
the cans automatically toward the car
door as soon as the train arrives. The
details Of construction are not shown
in the illustration, there being a lock.
ing gate across the lower edge OF the
platform, which serves 10 keep the
cans back from tho exit. when the
train arrives this gate Is tilted down
into the doorway, being provided with
a guide 10 feed the cans from tho plat.
form into the car without handling
the angle and height Of the platform
being such that n sufficient grade can
be attained 90 slide the cans I'm their
guides, Each guide has a lock AZ the
lower end, and as soon as row Of
cans Is released they slide down the
grade and into the car.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-04-04
A&&&&AA
| RENAISSANCE STITCH. ]
! One OF the New and Well-Nigh uei- l
auit0us Stitches.


Bon Ton gives this sample of the new
renaissance stitch. which serves ad.
mirably In rows by way OF trimming or
rs n means OF Joining seams in skirt
or bodice. just as does the ever admired
but MISUNDERSTANDING hemsti,ching.
The stitch is made with n twisted
embroidery silk. As the sample shows
the material must be turned in on both
edges about one-quarter OF an inch
deep. Then the material must be
basted TO brown manila paper. leaving
the space desired between generally
one-half inch. Any space desired can
be used. The space must be positively
even. The material is then stitched on
the edges 10 the paper The stitch is
made by putting the needle through the
folded edge OF the material from one
edge 20 the other. BE very careful 20
keep the spaces one-eighth OF an inch
apart. After the straight stitch across
is made the length OF the seam, the
loop stitch drawing the straight
stitches together must be made.
To make this stitch pass the needle
through the centre of three straight
stitches. Be sure the needle goes
through the silk OF al three stitches.
Then make loop stitch with loop
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-04-04

would hardly be visible. and might
cause wreck for which the trainmen
could not be blamed. The attachment
shown in the accompanying drawing
is designed 10 throw the light rays
on the rails while rounding n curve in
either direction, and turn them into line
with the track again as soon as the
straight road is reached. In this in
vention the headlight IS mounted on
a revolving platform, instead of being
attached directly 10 the boiler, which is
geared to a vertical rod running down
ward TO the forward truck of the en-
gine. AS this truck is the first TO feel
the bend of the rail on reaching a
curve, and turns itself accordingly, 1t
revolves the rod in one direction or the
other. which turns the lamp CORES
pondingly and throws the light on the
curve. The instant the locomotive
reaches the straight track again the
light is thrown straight ahead. having
already crossed the track once in fol-
lowing the curve, thus giving the en-
gineer n view of the line for some dis
tance ahead while yet on the curve.
an impossibility with fixed headlight
Josephine and George 4. Joslen are the
inventors,
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-04-04
The value OF Crop Rotation.

All soils contain fertility 10 Ger.
iain 4 gree, and in even thc most fertile
soils there are dominant or iDsOln.
bic substances, varying In compost
ton. but which cannot be approprla'
ted by some crops. though easily avail
able for others. but II such elements
are not appropriated by the crop occu'
pying the ground they are gradually
being reduced or being changed In
composition 80 as 10 be put IN condl
ton for The succeeding crop; hence ro
tatiOn. therefore. not only prevents the
loss az certain substances In the soil
but assists in converting the locked
VI elements Of the soil into available
plant foods. In this country 10 sys
tenn OF rotation IL deemed complete
without clover. while IN England tur
nips and sheep are considered essen
tlal 10 success. Rotation largely DC.
pehds upon the soil and its condition
bur all soil. are subject 10 mechanical
changes. Il has been demonstrated
that green crops are valuable In re-.
storing fertility. and lime has been
found valuable assistant. especially
IN preparing the so'l FOR the work Of
bacteria. by nrutrnIlzin2 tho acldity.
but the best results are obtained by
moi only varying the crops grown, but
also hy studying the characteristics Of
the soil u-phllalclpnia Record.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-04-04
How Not to DO n.

Nearly every colt when driven away
from home, will shy and scare more
or less at objects along the roadside.
After he has been driven n few times
the common practice Is to strike him
with the whip every time he does this.
II Is provoking TO feed horse hay
three times n day and then see him
scare at little pile OF hay In the road.
The first thing that comes In the mind
is To give him cut with the whip.
Nothing worse than this could De done.
The next time he will not only be
afraid OF the object but of the whip
also. and by little training In this
way he will soon hc confirmed In the
habit of shying and soaring at nearly
everything he sees. First the tendency.
then the habit, Is the law of nature,
and when the pile OF hay or rock, or
whatever startlcs, Is connected with
the whip, as II soon will be- the
habit Is fixed FOR life. You cannot lick
horses into good habits; you can ostabI
lish vices very easily by blows
Maine Farmer.