davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-05-28

human beings, and spared the woman
cast to them in the arena. It IS astonlsh-
ing how little sympathy women have
for women. In the home the mistress
sees the maid with the signs of suffering
She recognizes SO we'll, but she does not
tighten the sick girls load by touch OF
her finger. In the store the forewonan
sees the pallor and exhaustion which
mark womanlv weakness, but allows
nothing for them. It is work or quit.
Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription
makes weak women strong and sick
women we'll, by curing the wornanly
diseases which undermine the health
and sap the strength. "Favorite Pre-
scription" establishes regularity, dries
weakening drains, heals Inflammation
and liberation, and cures female weak
ness.
medicines" writes Mrs. George A. Strong, of
Gansevoort. Saratoga Co.. n. Y. II was suffer
ing from female weakness disagreeaole draiu.
bearing-oown pains weak and tired feeling an
two years. then began taking your medicine.
After taking the hrst bottle l began to feel
better took four bottles Of DR.. Pierce's Favor
ite Prescription. two Of Golden Medical Dis
used one bottle Of DR.. Sage's Catavrh Remedy
Now feel like new person. can't thank you
enough Tor your kind advice and the good your
medicine has done me-"
vFavorite Prescription " makes weak
women strong, sick women we'll. Ac-
cept no substitute for the medicine which
works wonders for weak women.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
most desirable laxative for delicate
women.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-05-28
An Irish Bull.

Bridget and Pat were sitting in an
armchair reading an article on "The
Law of Compensation"
"Just fancy" exclaimed Bridget,
"accordin' to this, whin mon loses
wan av is sinses another gifts more de-
veloped. For instance, blond mon
gifts more sinse av hearin' an touch,
an
"Shure. an it's quite thrue," answer
ed Pat. 'Oi've noticed it meself.
Whin mon has wan leg shorter than
the other. begorra the others longer"
philadelphia Times.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-05-28

The New England Union will give
further assistance to the strikers and
locked out operators of Augusta.
Distributing Clerk Barrows in the
U. S. census Office has been found
short $1,000 which be lost in specula-
tions.
The estimated decrease in the COT
ton acreage OF the South this year
is four and half per cent. compared
with last year.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-05-28
Nothing Too Good.

Nose Johnson-Dat liniment you sold
me did NAH wife lots OBJ good.
Druggist-Why, that was horse lini-
ment! You said you wanted it for
horse!
Nose .Johnson-Ah did. sub: but dar
amt muffin too good TO- nah ole wo-
man needer. Jess yo' understan' dat!
Puck.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-05-28
Vassary Note.

Professor B!rd-Now that we have
discussed the entire fathered king
dom, I wish you young ladies would
tell me which one OF all these birds
you consider most important to the
welfale cf the human race?
TIE class IN chorus)-Tbe The
stork.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-05-28

IN EFFECT DECEMBER lst, 1901,
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-05-28
Hard Lick.

Hewitt-It's sad about Gruet losing
his leg in that railroad accident.
JeWett-YeS. 1t must be Il great dis
appointment to him. He was always
talking about getting there with both
feet" et."-Brooklyn Life.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-05-28

If 4 thing isn't true. why try to make
yourself believe that it is: Why not ac-
sept the truth Oh every subject: Why
fool Yourself? Globe.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-05-28
# the Baby is Cutting Teeth.

Be sure and use that old and we'll
tried remedy, Mrs. Winslow's Socth-
ing Syrup for children teething. It
soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind collie and
is the best remedy for diarrhea.
Twenty-Five cents a bottle.
It is the best of all.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-13

not as II they were dead tons Of weight, but
as II they might be swayed by the lightest
airs.
Overwhelming Proportions.
1t is only hen one is high on the struc-
ture itself and can look downward from
the towers that the true proportions OF the
great roadway become apparent. But then
they become apparent overwhelmingly.
Your correspondent was fortunate enough
to receive an invitation from Assistant
Chief Engineer Hildenbrandt to
him over the entire structure Just before
the dizzy foot bridges that had been swung
for the work Of cable laying were torn
away. n thus we were possibly the last
party to cross under conditions fitted ex-
ceptionally to bring out the ~stupendous
sizes Of everything connected with the
work.
We began our climb at the BROOKLYN
anchorage, Just as the last wire was being
brought across by the busy wheel that has
carried all those miles of It without an
error or a break. The work of carrying
the wires over was simplicity itself, as, in
deed. is almost everything connected with
the building Of the bridge. On each shore
OF the river was a reel Of wire. This was
hitehed into a groove in the wheel, as a belt
Is put around a hywheel. Then the wheel
was pulled over to the other side with a
wire cable. revolving all the way and pay
ing out the wire strand that It carried. At
the other side another wire was harnessed
to It and II was sent back. So It travelled to
and fro day after day. laying the wires
precisely where they were wanted. At
Intervals Of a few yards men with tonss
and pliers stood ready to seize the wire as
II was delivered, lay It In place and tie IL
TO the rest with stout steel bands.
The anchorage, a pile OF granite, looks
more like a busy shipyard than an edihce
OF the land. Diving into subterranean
eaVerns beneath the tons Of stone are
immense chain Of tempered steel. held in
place by the superintendent mass OF roek
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-13

a veritable anchor, only one Of enormous
size, holds the cables proper, which them
selves cease some distance away from the
anchor. Their connection with the chain
is made by simply passing the endless
strands Of wire around the outer links.
The individual wires in the cable are
not as thick ss a lead pencil. But out of
them have been spun cables that are nine
teen inches in diameter.
Although the anchorage itself rises high
over surrounding buildings, the senses re-
fuse to give the impression of height, for
just ahead there springs the vast tower
over which the cables are hung. Up, up,
rising to its top with a swing so abrupt
and great that one feels as II they were
actually climbing visibly before one, go the
four great cables. To climb up the tiny
footbridge, slippery with months of oil
d%rippings (for every wire that vent across
the bridge passed through an Oil bath before
1t started), seemed quite impossible of
achievement. "a most ridiculously made
Quate thing to carry Caesar and his for
tunes" said a visiting engineer, who was
one Of the party. as he balanced on the
narrow planks and looked through the
wide spaces at his feet down into the
street far below.
Half way up the ascent to the tower
top the climb became a scramble. Mo-
lasses-like masses Of oil made the feet
slip-and one does not enjoy slipping when
the nearest place to land is $50 feet below.
tripping the oily guy .rope, the only means
or support, We climbed and climbed, with
the threatening mass Of the cable hanging
Just over our heads.
On the Towers Top.
At last We emerged and stood on a tiny
Harding place before the tower. A dive
thru, : an opening that seemed to lead
straight INTO the sky. and we had gained
the top Of the Brooklyn tower-SS2 feet
above high water, higher by twenty-four
feet than the gigantic st. Paul building,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-13

and seeming as high as a snow-capped
mountain to us as we stood on the un-
fenced, unguarded summit, with all NeN,
York, Long Island, the sound, the rivers
and the bay at our feet like a neat map.
And now look forward and backward
and behold the vast work that his little
creature, man., has done. Human hands,
not as big by many inches as any one Of
hundreds Of rivets around us, nave hurled
this mass of iron and steel across an arm
OF sea. Before these tiny two-legged ami
mails that are hanging like flies to dizzy
places all around US are through they
will have hung 1000 tons to these cables
that they nave spun.
The engineer is saying that the total
weight of the bridge when completed will
be 16, 900 tons with the live load that 1t is
designed to carry. But, he says, that will
be play for the cables. for their total
strength is expressed in s 1000 tons.
Ninety-six thousand times ninety-six
thousand tons seems ehild's play to us.
gazing down at them as they sweep in
four glorious masses down and far out
over the river and then up again, seem
ing to dart straight at the sky as they
reach bravely for the top of the New York
tower. -Four torrents Of metal, spouting
out from steel embrasuresl II archi-
lecture is frozen music, here, in this engi-
neering feat, is Wagnerian opera trans
formed at the moment Of it's widest
revelry into rigid steel. That giant swing,
caught in its upward sweep, might. indeed,
be the thunder itself, caught and tr~anshxed
to hang there, visible forever.
Hundreds of wire ropes hang every
where. Footbridges, planks, rope ladders,
tackle, make a tangle around US. But as
well might one expect the eye to note a
fly when looking at Niagara as to see
anything here except those noble spans,
hanging serene and beautiful. high ever the
city's smoky atmosphere.
Hung by such as this spare, shy. smiling
nan who Is leading US across! Now he
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-13

is pointing downward. Advancing to the
edge Of the tower, where it drops sheer
into the deep water so far away that Its,
rolling waves look like ripples, we see a
war ship just leaving the Brooklyn Navy
yard that Les just below. Other war ships,
one of them a mighty battleship, lie In
berths there. While we are looking, the
engineer raises his hand to warn us OF a
dangerous spot in the path. And instan-
taneously all the picture is gone. So high
are we that his hand sufices to blot out
a navy yard and all its ships.
A ferryboat passes under US. Beautifully
distinct, like the image in the camera
obscura, are its passengers, with the hats
of the women making gaudy patches OF
color in It. We count ninety-four persons
on the forward deck and four big two-horse
teams and trucks. But 1 hold out my out
spread hand over the gulf and, 10! my
thumb alone serves to hide them all.
over the FIVer.
Now, We are descending the footbridge
toward the center Of the span, over the
middle of the river. We have to grip the
guy rope with power and lean backward
as If we were trying to haul something up
the incline. Be sure that none Of US has
the least desire to let his momentum start
him to hurrying down that swinging aerial
way. Tugboats and side-wheelers, lines of
lows, ocean steamers, pass below-miser-
able little toy boats. Some of them cough
spitefully, trying to pun their black smoke
at us. But 1t dissipates miles and miles
below. Miles and miles below floats a
triple row Of excursion barges. dashed to-
gether and crowded with people from stem
to stern. We see a huttering of white.
1t is as II one saw the wind stir a daisy
studded field far away. Those are hum
dreds OF handkerehiefs that are being
waved at us, black specks. that crawl on
the eobweb hlament far above them.
In the center Of the span the wind
CONTINUED on Eighth Page.)
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-13

will not be ar elaborate one. The appro-
p~riation may be increased two years hence
If hat is deemed necessary, but the COM
mission is planning to keep within the
amount set aside for the exhibit.
Iowa was represented at an international
exposition for the first time at Philadelphia
in 1876. The legislature Of 1874 had failed
to do anything for an exhibit and prep
a~rations were made by a volunt eer organ
~ization, but the legislature of 1876 appro-
priated $40, 900, with which and the prl-
vate funds raised a fine exhibit was made.
At the New Orleans Cotton centennial in
1884 the exhibit was entirely a private one,
made by a volunteer commission, but the
exhibit won great favor and many prizes
came to Iowa. At the exposition at Paris
in 1889 a few Iowa exhibits were shown by
private enterprise.
At the Chicago exposition the commits
sion for Iowa had at its disposal a total
Of $141, 900. The exhibit included a hand
some building, which was in fact the Jack
son Park pavilion worked over for an
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-13

JAMES E.. TREWIN, CEDAR RAPIDS.
Iowa building. The exhibit includes some
thing in almost every class-live stock,
grains, vegetables, dairying, apiary, hortl-
culture, minerals and geology, woman's
work, education and fine arts, forestry,
photography and manufactures 1t was re-
garded as a highly creditable exhibit and
Iowa made a fine showing at the exposition.
At the Transmississippi exposition at
Omaha there was neither the time nor the
money to make an exhibit such as the state
should have had. The legislature had APP
%propriated $500 at first and afterward
this was raised to $35. 900, but the latter sum
was not available until nearly time for the
opening of the exposition. A commission
was appointed consisting Of S. H. Mallory,
Charlton; J. H. Wallback, Mount Pleasant;
s. d. Cook, Davenport; F. N. Chase, Cedar
Falls; ]. e. e. Markley, Mason City; r.
H. Moore, Ottumwa; Allan Dawson, Des
Moinee; George w. McCoid, Logan; owen
Lovejoy, Jefferson, and w. w. Erwin, Sioux
City. Mr.. Chase afterward resigned in or
der to make himself available for secre-
tary, and s.. B. Packard of Marshalltown
was appointed in his stead. An Iowa state
building was erected on the exposition
grounds at Omaha at a cost Of about IS, 1000,
WHICH, was ueduQudIIcIb W Inc AO"o
people during the Transmississippi exposi-
ton and where a registry book was kept
for visitors and where the ceremonies for
Iowa were held. A fine exhibit Of livestock
from Iowa was given, especially Of cattle.
In the general agricultural and dairying
departments the Iowa exhibits were fine.
In the horticultural building a splendid ex-
hibit Of apples and other fruit was shown
by Iowa exhibitors. A feature of the Iowa
show was the "wigwam" erected by the
people of Pottawattamie county and main
tanned by them. The address on Iowa day
at the Transmississippi exposition was de-
livered by Robert G. Cousins, member OF
congress from the Fifth district and 1t was
a mastery Grafton.
Although it is two years until the ex-
position at st. Louis opens already the
commission in charge is at work and has
selected the site for the Iowa building.
The lowe exhibit will far exceed anything
ever done by the state at any exposition.
ORA WILLIAMS.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-13
Wonderful Swing of the New Big Bridge Over East River

~ EVER In the history OF bridge
building have giant cables been
- hung so swiftly as they were on
.8H3R4t New York's new suspension
- bridge over the East river.
Seven months ago the first strand Of
wire for them was still undrawn.
Today the four mighty cables are fin
ished and the work Of hanging the
suspender cables from them is we'll
under way. Those four cables contain 1876
wires. each 5000 feet long. making 4.42s
miles Of wire. And the seven months occu-
pied in the work Is exactly three times as
fast as any similar work has ever been ac-
complished.
Through all those months men saw the
work grow apparently so slowly that their
senses became blunted. and they did not
realize what cyclopean labor was being per-
formed before their eyes. Every day they
saw lnnumerable tiny black specks Flooding
to and fro on a tangle Of wire ropes that
looked like fairy threads from below. No
serious accidents, not a single interruption
OF the vast trafic of the roaring strait that
is called East river, not a SOUND that could
be heard, marked the work. Yet those
black atoms, looking more like insects than
men from below, threw $500 tons Of cable
through the air In that time.
So high In air hang those ropes OF iron.
so airy and lovely in outline are those vast
towers. that nc man gazing upward from
river or shore can realize the monstrous d.
mensions Of everything connected with tina
giant swing. Somehow. despite the fact
that all about It Is so motionless ana still,
the sight Of those beautifully true and per
fectly sweeping cables gives one an i'm
preston as If he were looking at the swooT
OF a bird suddenly fixed miraeuloualy In
midair IN all its grace. Standing deep IN
the rushing green water the two steel tow
ers stand sturdy and powerful, like men al
rms in metal harness. From every aspect
one sees the blue sky him through shen
open grillage work, softening their mighty
trusses and girders and making them look
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-13

newspaper man and has been conspicuous
In politics, but in recent years has devoted
himself to business. Senator Ericsson Is a
man Of generous impulses. He made a
present of Iowa land worth many thousand
dollars to the Augustana college at Rock
Island and presented his home city with a
fine library building. Judge Carruthers
and DR.. Prentis are professional men, the
latter having also served in the legisla-
ture.
With such an array Of business men on
the commission it is certain that the Iowa
exhibit at st. Louis will be largely a bust
ness exhibit. TIL coal industry of the state
will be exhibited and the coal mine owners
will be expected to contribute to the ex-
hibit from their wealth. other mining and
mineral interests will be made prominent.
The manufacturing interests of the state
will receive quite as much attention as the
agricultural, but as the MEMBERS of the
commission have not yet fairly gotten &C
quainted, no definite plans have been made.
An lows building will be erected, but 1t
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-13

members OF the Iowa commits
- sion that will prepare the Hawk
% eye exhibit at the st. Louis ex-
- position in 1904 that a fine exhibit
would be a collection of 5000 iowa girls.
Such an exhibit, 1t Is pointed out, would
attract more attention, excite more favor
able comment and be a bigger advertise
ment for the state of Iowa than any other
that could be prepared. But the commits
sioners decided that In view Of the fact
that the legislature of Iowa appropriated
only $125. 900 for the Iowa exhibit they
would not attempt the display OF 5000
Iowa girls at st. Louis. Another plan sug-
gested has been to prepare an immense
corn palace" at the exposition and make
II fully representative of the agricultural
wealth of the state Of Iowa; but II 10 also
pointed out that inasmuch as lows Is now
a great deal more than an agricultural
state this would not be appropriate. There
Is q general desire among the people OF
lowe that the Iowa exhibit at st. Louis
shall show the state OF Iowa as It is-a
state of many industries, of many features,
filled with people Of all kinds, rich In all
things but a few, and above all else de-
eidedly progressive.
The commission which is to have charge
Of the expenditure Of the $125 900 con-
sists of former Governor william LARA
bee Of Clermont. chairman; w. 7. shep-
herd Of Harlan. secretary; L. A. Palmer
Of Mount Pleasant, form Congressman
George M. Curtis Of Clinton, former Con-
gresham Thomas Updegraff of McGregor,
Senator James e. Trewin of Cedar Rapids.
Senator William r. Hartman of Hampton.
Judge s. S. Carruthers Of Bloomfield. s. M.
Leach Of Abel, DIR. p. L. Prentis of Delphos,
w n IyA&NN.. - yJklNln- N-ran- go
e. G. Ericsson Of Boone and W.. w. Wit
mer of Des Moines.
The commission is an admirable one. Ex-
Governor William Larrabee was unani-
mously selected as the president Of the
commission and he will be the leading spirit
In all Its work. Governor Larrabee, after
twenty years Of experience in the leglsla-
ture, was elected governor twice and dur
ing his last term was almost forced into a
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-13

campaign for United States senator. But he
retired to his beautiful farm near Clermont
to attend to his farm and other business.
AS the years have gone by he has grown
In the esteem Of the people Of Iowa until
today he is regarded as one of the greatest
of the men Of the state. He was called from
his retirement to be chairman Of the Board
OF Control when 1t was organized and when
the work had been fairly started he retired
therefrom. Messrs. Curtis and Updegraff,
who have served In congress, rave large
business interests of their own and are
deeply concerned in the welfare Of the
state. Senators Hartman and Trewin were
both candidates for the republican nomina-
ton for governor last year and both are
prominent In the state senate. Trewin is
a lawyer, who has recently moved to Ca
dar Rapids, and Hartman has long been
Identified with the State Agricultural So
ciety and the state fairs. Messrs. Palmer,
Leach, Whiting and Shepherd are proml-
nent busines men in their respective COM
munities. Mr.. Wilmer was formerly a
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-13

oMEoNE has suggested to the
members Of the Iowa commits
sion that will prepare the Hawk
vi eye exhibit at the st. Louis ex-
position In 1904 that a fine exhibit
Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-13

lever In the history OF bridge
building have giant cables been
= hung so swiftly as they were on
fi New York's new suspension
bridge over the East river.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-11-28
THE BRAY
RING VOTE.
Ring IN the Lead by Eleven
Votes.

The State vote for Superintendent
of Public Instruction has worked down
to fineness that is almost too close
to figure.
From the State returns Of the diff
ferent counties of the State 1t now
looks like Ring has a small majority
The vote at the present time stands
Ring. 1913; Bray, 8l2. This gives
Ring majority Of eleven votes.
There is one precinct to hear from
and that is White River, Nye county,
and as there are only six votes in the
precinct it will not change the result,
even should Bray receive the entire
six votes, which is not probable, as
the other precincts In that county have
been divided.
There may be a slight change when
the official canvass Of the State is
made, but it is apt TO go for Ring as
for Bray.
This is one of the closest votes
ever recorded in the State.
One friend of Bray's made a bet
only yesterday that he would be elect
ed when the final couut was made
and the other, who is a party man,
took the wager, as he figures the re-
turns not oLly from the newspapers that
have published them, but from the off
cial vote as it has been received to date
When asked about the result both
men claim the election. which indi-
Gates that they are waiting for the
final canvass.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-11-28
GRAND INTERNATIONAL
AUXILIARY ENTERTAINS

and called forth exclamations Of dellght.
All around the ladies' Of the Grand
International Auxiliary are to be con-
graduated once more for giving Wads-
worth hours of pleasure, for a repetition
of the grand success that has attended
all their efforts, for the brilliant society
affair Of Thanksgiving eve.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-11-28
THE FROSSIG CASE.

U. S. Attorney General Summer
field spent some time here this week
going over the ground where Paul
Frossig was injured SO by blast while
riding along the road that he lost an
arm.
The case comes up before U. S.
court at Carson next Monday ano
promises to be stubbornly contested
The defendant is E. B. & A. l.
Stone Co., railroad contractors.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-11-28
DOESN'T RESPECT OLD AGE

It's shameful when youth falls to
show proper respect for old age, but
lust the contrary in the case of DR..
Kings New Lie Pills. They cut off
Iaundice, Fever, Constipation all yield
to this perfect Pill. 25c. at all Dealers.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1902-11-28
DENTISTRY

DR.. H. B. Mcdonald is located al
the N ,vada House Annex for few
days.
Beautiful Gold Bridges and Crowns
Gold and Silver filings etc. guaran
tee all my work.
Try the White Knight Sc cigar.