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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-10-08
The w orst Fern.

Multitudes are singing the praises
Of Kodol, the new discovery which
is making SO many sick people well
and weak people strong by digesting
what they eat, by cleansing and
sweetening the stomach and by trans
forming their food into the kind OF
pure, rich, red blood that makes you
feel good all over. Mrs. Cranfll, of
Troy, I T {, writes: For number of
years I was troubled with Indigestion
and dyspepsia which grew into the
worst form. Finally ! was induced
10 use Kodol and after using four
bottles I am entirely cured. Iheart-
ily recommend Kodol to all sufferers
from Indigestion and dyspepsia.
Take . dose after meals. It digests
what you eat. j. e Kaufman.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-10-08
Girls. in Love.

|, An old lady says: 'Girls in love
ain't any good the blessed week
Sunday III the morning, they're look
ing down the road expecting he'll
come. Sunday afternoon they can't
think Of nothing else, cause he's
here. Monday they're sleepy and
blue. Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday they get absent. minded
and begin to look off towards Sunday
again, and nope round and let the
dish water get cold right under their
noses. Friday they break dishes and
go { # in the best room and sn cker
and look out of the window. Saturday
they have queer spurts of working
and spurts of frizzing hair. And
Sunday they begin it all over again.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-10-08
'sTis True 'Tis Pity.

;, l. is said that an editor recently
announced that for just one issue he
would tell the truth, the whole truth,
naked and unvarnished, says the Lyre.
That is, the truth was to be naked
and unvarnished. Here is one item
from that issue:
ssMarried-Miss Sylvia Smith to
Mr.. James Carnsham, last Saturday,
at the Baptist parsonage. The bride
is very ordinary girl about town
who doesn't know any more than a
rabbit about cooking, and never help
ed her poor old mother three days in
her life. She is not beauty by q
long shot, and has gait like a fat
duck. The groom is known as an
up to-date loafer and has been living
off his mother all his life. They will
have a tough time of it."
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-10-08
Want Representation.

The Governor has received re-
quest from the Secretary of the Re-
publican committee of Beaufort
county asking that Republicans he
given'recognition in the appointment
of commissioners of election, and
that Geo. A. Reid and M. J. Remedy,
Republicans of that county, be given
places on the State and Federal
boards.
This request is result Of meet
ing held there recently, at which a
resolution somewhat similar to the
one adopted by the State committee
was passed. The Governor replied
that the commissioners of election
have already been appointed.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-10-08
Nothing but Thoughts.

The ever delightful Uncle Silas"
tells US in the American Thresber-
man that:
Giving the devil his dues doesn't
hinder him from being devil still.
Every time church member goes
wrong Satan gets out an extra.
We all make good resolutions, and
most of US allow for the hem and
shrinkage.
When man finds that marriage is
a failure he wants it all put in his
wife's name.
We might add that:
We are Judge not by what we ere
going to do but what we have done
and are doing.
When wife is wrong she blames
the other woman. When a man is
betrayed be thinks his wife had con-
siderable to do with it.
People who elope never make pro-
visions to have the fact recorded on
their tombstone.
There is no objection to woman's
having great commsnd of language
if she knows when not use it.
Speaking of home rule, what's the
matter with that of the first baby?
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-10-08
Showed Dirt.

There was jovial party at the
cotton exchange a few days ago
George Ameride said that while out
riding from Savannah he saw q typi'
cal Southern matron outside cabin,
while on the lawn a bevy of colored
children were playing.
you've got some fine looking cbi''
dren, Auntie," he said.
"'Ded I had, boss," she replied
s'Dere aint any pickaninnies in de
whole State of Georgia dan dat first
seben, but dat eight one, dat mulatto
she show dirt go easy"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-10-08
Secretary shaw's Plan.
President Roosevelt Does Not Approve
of II,

Washington, Oct. 3 1T is learned
here today on positive authority that
the President knew nothing of Secre-
tary Shaw's plan torelieve the money
market by accepting state and NUM-
cipal bonds as security for National
bank circulation and abolishing the
twenty-five per cent. reserve, until a
formal announcement of the fact was
made in New York. It is doubtful
whether President Roosevelt will
accept Secretary Shsw's liberal con-
struction of the law. Comptroller
Ridgely has the power to nullify the
Secretary's action and it is reported
that he has not yet decided whether
Re will give his approval to the steps
taken or not.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-10-08
A Married Mans Musings.

It's always Q question with the
originators Of the fashions with women
whether to make the sleeves too tight
or too loose.
a Kansas man saved a widow from
drowning and was married to her in
side Of three months. One can't be
TOO careful.
May is one Of the unlucky months
in which TO get married. There are
eleven others.
Every wife should have q dicsion-
ary Of synonyms. A fellow gets so
tired hearing The same old words
after coming home late from sitting
up with sick friend.
It's after he gets married that q
fellow begins to devote special atten-
. tion TO his explanation department.
=
Few men who take a better half
prepare for the worst.
Science says kissing causes disease.
It has been known to cause paipita,
tion Of the heart.
The kindest hearted father. would
hardly refuse an offer to exchange q
baby for well. bred fox terrier dur
ing teething time.
When a fellows wife kisses him
nowadays be can't be sure whether
it is to show her love or to find cut
what he's been taking.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-10-08


Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makes one feel as though
they had heart trouble, because the heart is
over-working in pumping thick, kidney
poisoned blood through veins and arteries.
1t used to be considered that only urinary
troubles were to be traced to the Kidneys
but now modern science proves that nearly
all constitutional diseases have their begin
ming in kidney trouble.
If you are sick you can make no mistake
by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild
and the extraordinary effect of DR.. Kilner's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy is
soon realized. 1t stands the highest fc- its
wonderful cures OF the most distressing cases
s3 s7d aii is sfo1eats s1s en !5i in nss:;s ffty
cent and one-dollar sz
es. You may have a Sssss.e saE@Eeg e::s:ss:ssse
sample bottle by mail Home of s,vampRoot.
free, also pamphlet telling you how to find
out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
Mention this paper when writing Dr.. Kilmer
8. Co., Binghamton, N. 7.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-10-08
The Lexington Dispatch
Wednesday, October 8, 1902.
joke o,a a Dentist.

joke On a Dentist.
The NeWberry Observer tells the
following of DR.. G. r, Harding:
ssConsiderable amusement was Gre
ated on Wednesday by posted ad-
vertisement. Just outside the tenn
porary Office of a dentist the follow
ing notice in large letters was posted
against the wall:
sDr. G.. r Harding,
The Painless Tooth Extractor,
Is Now Here.
Come In !,
'.By pure accident the dentist had
posted his notice over the upper part
OF one of the bills of The Lonely
Widow which appeared recently in
the opera house, and Immediately be-
low the dentists announcement was
the following in CONSPICUOUS letters:
sOne Solid Scream from Start to
Finish ~
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-10-08
Chickens and Biscuits, Too.

Sh&tSsASssS SsSN ~1SS&ssS5 nS
"When I was placed on ny first
charge as an intinerant Methodist
peacher," said the Rev. James B.
Anthony, a prominent divine down
South, II did not fare so well. My
next circuit was different. The very
first day of my arrival I called my
congregation together. and said to
them:
'.Brethren, I have come to you as
your pastor to do what good | csn
for you and dwell in peace and har-
mony with you. Let me say 1 am as
good as you and you are as. good
as I am. I am willing to live
as you live. If you live on corn
bread and fat bacon, that's good
enough for me, but if you live on
chicken and biscuit, this parson is
bound to live on chicken and biscuit,
foo1
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-10-08
Americas Famous 3 eau ties

Look with horror on Skin Erup-
tions, Blotcbee, Sores, Pimples.
They don't have them, nor will any
one who uses Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
It glorifes the face. Eczema or
Salt Rheum vanish before it. It
cures sore lips, chapped hands, chill
blains. Ipfallible for Piles. 25c at
J. E Kaufmann's drug store.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-10-08
Forty Years Torture.

To be relieved from q torturipg
disease after 40 years torture might
we'll cause the gratitude Of suyone.
That is what DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Sal7e did for G. Hsney, Geneva. 0
He says: "DsWitt's Witch Haze
cured me of piles after I had suffer,
ed 40 years." Cures cuts. burns
wounds, skin diseases. Beware oi
eounterfeits. j. e. Kaufman.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-10-08
s&2 28iES2sSsKsS aelS}
IN CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS, (
III Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use Z
Vs. in time. Sold by druggists.
IS s|3S I3SSSeSySySEsXgSNziaSNRSISl
Timely Warning.

A paper in Golden, Colorado, raked
in many delirquents on the ground
of this eloquent appeal: ''You may
approximate the stars in nail keg,
hang the ocean on a grapevine to
dry, wipe the nose of cyclone with
towel, cut off the tail end of tor
nado for keepsake, put the sky in
the ground to soak, unbuckle the
belly-band of eternity and open up
the sun and moon as health resorts,
but never be deluded with the idea
that you can escape the other side of
purgatory if you don't pay for your
paper"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-10-08

tion to them, and said he would
preach from the text contained in
the envelope on the top Of the pile.
The remsinder he would reserve for
future Sabbaths, Tearing it open be
'uufolded slip of paper and read the
words once addressed to the prophet
Bslsam: ':Am not thine ass?"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-10-08
Let our lady friends read this e.

Let our lady friends read this ex-
preston of appreciation from Mrs.
Lula Frady, OF Uree, NC: Il am void
OF words to adequately express my
appreciation of Ramon's Liver Pills
and Tonic Pellets. I was q great
suffer when I began the use of this
treatment. They have complstely
changed my life from one of suffer
ing to healthful enjoyment. "Only
Csc.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-10-08

The kidneys are your
blood purifiers, they fill
ter out the waste or
impurities in the blood.
If they are sick or out
of order, they fail to do
their work.
Pains, aches andrheu-
matlSIn como from ex-
cess Of uric acid in the
blood, due to neglected
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-10-08

The Best Prescription for Malaria
Chills, and Fever is bottle of
Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic. It is
simply iron and quipine in tasteless
from. No cure, no pay. Price &c.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-10-08
Over=WOrk WeakenS
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure B

All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-15
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serves berth on a record-breakinB
ocean scorcher.
His intentions are Of the best. He
means to take a well-earned rest but
naturally he does not care to waste
valuable hours on the Atlantic, Not he
Given an objective point, his fixed aim
is to reach It by the shortest route
and at the shortest possible moment. A
fog Is an insufferable bore II compells
the engineer TO slow down to half.
speed headwInd that clips 20 knots
off the "a hours record is a confound.
ed nuisance. When accompanied by
dirty weather his cup Of bitterness Is
fun and he retires to his state room IN
paroxysm of chagrln and NAL de
mer
This class Of traveller never patron,
lies the Red Star line, The man who
rests and needs quiet change,
however, does As the ships
patrons are divided into two
classes only-steerage and cabin
after the major portion Of the pas
sengers have found their sea legs they
begin to take upon the airs Of happy
family and split up into little cliques
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quarter the prices that prevail IN New
York and Washington, genial Cllmale
thrown In" one company OF Dahish
soldiers Is Quartered on ST Thoinas
and Danish warship IL usually Ia ti.e
harbor There are plenty OF schools
where English and Danish are taught
but in these the coming Americans
will find much room for improl emept'
Considering that the island has be-
longed to Denmark almost since us
first discovery, with only snort
Intervals Of French and GngliSh oc-
cupancy, II is crui0us that the
English language should prevail IN
commerce and society and I've taught
exclusively in the schools.
The town Of Charlotte Amalia is as
neat and clean as new PIN Buildings
solid, spacious strong; stree " Wen
macadamlzed, and sidewalks In excel.
lent order Stone cutters are, laid
along all the streets, while big stone
built 10 carry mountain streams down
built To carry mOutain streams Gown
TO the harbor There are a numbef OF
Stores" some Of them showing con-
siderable stocks Of dry goods, proyif-
ions, drugs. etc, and all appear 20 be
prosperng. Their principal customers,
however. are from the numerous ships
that come here to coal passengers gen
orally going ashore 20 pick up SOU
venIrs and crews repenishlng their
larders. Remembering that upwards
of one hundred thousand tons OF coal
are taken from this island every year
by the men-of-war Of all nations, to
say nothing Of mail steamers and
trading vessels you VIII realize that
the streets and shops are always
thronged.
Main street. which runs along the
sea the whole length Of the town, Is the
only level bit Of ground In Charlotte
Amalla, all the rest being on a sharp
slant the cross streets seeking speedy
hiding places in nearby ravines and
foothills Life here Is always divert
ing. Groups OF men IN the streets COM
verse with such Vehemence and gesu-
culate 80 madly that YOU momentarily
expect TO see knife plunged into
somebody's bosom but 10 is only the
local way Of discussing the AFFAIRS ot
the day, and presently the grinning dis
putants saunter along 10 renew the
fracas with the next Acquaintance they
meet. Though everybody makes c0n,ln-
ual noise and chatter nobody ~ In
hurry about anythlng-not even the
sopkeepers In their driving Of bargains,
who always ask foreign visitors a. least
double the price which native buyers
are expected to pay a sudden scream
INK and wild vcclferation at your el-
bow makes you think that q lunati"
asylum has broken loose. or that y
murder Is being committed but II Is
only bevy OF saddle-colored ladies WIZ
have happened 20 meet on the street
and are exchanging friendly greetings.
Evidently this Is not the place OF
Charles Klngsley's song, where Men
must work and women must Weep.
Continued on Page Twenty)
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SEA AFFINITIEs.

It takes several days for the pas
sengers to discover their afIlnities on
board ship. BY that time they have
found their sea legs as well as their
appetites and are keen for conyersa-
ton and an exchange of ideas, Then
sweepstakes are rounded up every fore
noon on the run Of the vessel for the
past "a hours that Is posted up at the
head of the saloon stairway, deck
sports are planned and the plano in
the saloon Is overworked the livelong
day Under such circumstances time
fairly jumps along, for there is no
chance for II TO lag and grow heavy.
What with full dress concerts in the
evening when collection is taken up
for the Seamens Orphan home, three
legged races on deck, with shuttle
board, deck billiards, long-reaches,
thread the-needle and kindred games
by the score
When Father Neptune kicks up his
heels to the extent that the propeller
goes whirling around In space and the
boat rolls SO that the luckless passenger
is undecided whether she Is going clean
over and up again the other side, then
all concerned retire either to the de-
sired solitude OF their state rooms or If
they be ancient mariners to the saloon
to play cards or checkers or to the
smoking room on the hurricane deck
where there are always assembled half
a dozen travellers broadened in intel
lect or otherwise, who cap each others
stories to the delectation Of all as
sembled.
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Thomas Island, Feb. 4, lgO2'--
This historic port, whose name
was bestowed by the French
during their brief occupancy
n Of the island, wears self
"a conscious air Of having seen
WkW better days Tine was when
Charlotte Amaia was the entrepot Tor
the products Of the northern coast oil
South America, as well as OF Porto
Rico. Haiti, Santo Domingo and all the
Wlndward islands, In later years the
merchants of those parts discovered
the advantage Of going direct to Eu"
rope or to the United States. for their
goods and the trade Of this port sud
denly declined After the abolition OF
slavery. dn lS40, 81 Thomas when
had hitherto been covered with cane
fields, produced no more sugar the
emancipated negroes absolutely retus-
ing TO do any work on the plantations
and hocking into the towns, to become
a burden and a menace 10 the cOnlpata-
lively small proportion OF whites IN the
populaton The soil Is so fertile mat II
il "A favorite saying, stick q fence
most into the ground and tomorrow you
have a tree" yet In a few years the
island for lack OF cultivation, became
almost q stcylle waste. In the eyes OF
the freed blacks plantation labor car
ricd with Il the stigma OF slavery per
haps naturally enough. and TO this day
the same opinion prevails among them'
81 Thomas fortunes revived little
with our civil war; but another crush
ing blow followed with the removal OF
the ROYAL Mail Steamship c0mpanys
headquarters 10 Barbados,
Truly. there is no loss without some
body's gain. This long continued busi-
ness depression leaves plenty OF open
lnps" for energetic Americans. ana
those who get here ahead Of the COM
ing rush need not fear 20 embark III any
sort Of trade or manufacture 40 pres
ent there ~ almost no competition anu
soon there will be abundant demand
not only in this, but IN adjacent Islands
To be- sure, the bulk Of West Indian
populatlon Is not exactly what the Nv
erage American would choose Tor con-
genial sOclcty-being mainly negroes
mulattoes and crcoles, but TIE new
conner should bring his society along IN
the way OF wife and children and wan
for the good time that Is surely al hand
when his own race viii pred1nlihate'
There Is now a sprinkling of English
French. German and Danish residents
Strange 10 say. the Danes, 50 long own
ers OF the island are the fewesl ana
theirs Is about the only language not
heard here. The present Danish gov
ernor has his mansion ON one OF the
pleasant hill-slopcs overlooking Char-
lotto Amalia, and there are many hand-
some. soidly-built private houses
which, by the way, rent for about one
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A GOOD SHIP.

The Waesland was numbered among
the best ships owned by the Red Star
line, which Is operated by the Amer-
can line of steamships which ply be-
tween New York and southampton,
When the big ocean going greyhounds
Of the parent company We're brought
into naval commission at the time Of
the war with Spain, the brunt Of the
American line business was handled by
the smaller ships consisting Of the
Waesland Pennland Rhineand and
Belgenland AS these boats have al
ways sailed under the Belgian flag they
were safe from molestation at the
hands Of the Spanish gunboats.
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obscure west and sailed with her acros
the Atlantic.
PROMINENT PASSENGERS,

obscure west and sailed with her across
the Atlantic
PROMINENT PASSENGERS,
Among those whose Journey abroad
resulted with signal success was MISS
Lucy Gates. who is now in the east de-
lighting audiences with her bewitch-
ing grace and music. She sailed ON
the Waesland in 1898 in company wi h
her sister and several friends
When j. NJ. sjodahl was dispatched
across the ocean to his native heath to
present TO King Oscar Of Sweden a
handsome copy Of the Book Of Mormon
he went with the Waesland,
1t was this vessel that carried Prest'
Anthem H. Lund to Europe when he
made his memorable trip through Tur-
key and Palestine IN 1896. ON her
passenger list is seen the name of Prof
J. A. Widtsoe a Utah youth who has
already attracted attention in Europe
and America, and the most eminent
chemists Of the day know and respect
his work. Prof A. G. Lund y also.
one who can recall the happy d yi spent
on the old steamer, These and so many
more Of Utahs talented sons ana
daughters have taken passage with the
old Red Star liner that If the roster Of
her passengers were called hosts Of
familiar voices would have to respond
CAUSE FOR REGRET
There is no wonder then at the re-
gret that Is felt throughout this state
over the loss Of the faithful ship. Be
cause it has played vital a part In
the lives Of many who are each day
adding luster to their own names and
that Of the state II 1t had gone down
on one occasion the church might have
been bereaft Of one Of It's Apostles, on
another occasion a wreck might have
resulted In robbng Utah of one Of her
sweetest singers, aud most wlnsome
daughters. Again 1t could have taken
to the bottom OF the sea an ambitious
youth, whose trlumphs in the field Of
science are destined TO place him
among the notable figures of the Twen-
tieth century. The opportunity was al
so afforded II to cut off the careers of
company Of young missionaries, nearly
every one of whom performed work of
signal merit abroad end are among
those whose lives embelllsh the faith
Of which they are able advocates
Should there not then be a feeling Of
regret over the loss Of the Waesland,
throughout the state, when she Kept
safely the lives Of those who have en-
HANGED the glory of the religion, the
arts and the sciences OF this common
wealth.