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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-11-05
CORN bI,1HO.
Fond RecoIlections of the Days of
the Hoecnke and Flapjacks.

Fond Recol1ections of the Days of
the Hoecake and Flapjacks.
With good meal and cook following
the lessons and traditions of the old
regime delicious bread may be baked
of Indian meal. But we have grave
doubts whether it can be baked as well
in q stove as in an open fireplace; but,
alas, of the latter only few remain.
The ashcake, Of course, must have
ashes. They are Indispensable. AS
we'll try to produce mint julep with
out mint. On the other hand, flap
jacks" need only a we'll creased frying
pan, but skill is required to turn them.
That is done by pitching them out Of
the pan into the air and making them
come down flap on the other side. The
corn pone may be cooked in a stove or
range.
The hoecake was originally cooked
on q hoe in the fields and in the negro
cabin. A skillet will do we'll enough
for it, but must be well creased at the
bottom. So, too, with respect to egg
or batter bread. AS for corn mullins,
the appliances Of a range are admira-
bly, adapted to them.
We wish some millionaire would fit
up a Virginia country home in ante
bellum style and among other things
have in it big open fireplace. black
cook in a gingham dress, with a red
bandanna on her head, and also have
a half acre mint bed. an icehouse and
an old time garden filed with raspber-
ries and gooseberries, thyme, sage, cur
rants and all the ordinary table vege-
tables.
When one of those old time homes
/ and gardens and kitchens is restored
and the host and hostess have entered
into possession, we desire to be listed
as a frequent guest, with a reserved
seat in the chimney corner. Then all
we shall want will be the zest, the ap-
petite. the voraciousness we possessed
when we could eat eighteen rolls and
six eggs for breakfast and consume
whole watermelon between meals. But,
alas. it would be easier to restore old
walls and open frepiaces than to bring
back the digestion and storage capacity
of youth that's gone, Of time that's
past and never can return.-Richmond
nisnatch
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-11-05
The Lexington Dispatch.
wednesday, November 5, 1902.
WAS TELLING IT MILDLY.

II Was Thrilling Recital, but Per-
fectly Credible.
The man from Montana had been
selling story Of a landslide, how he
land his cabin had been carried two
miles and escaped all injury, when one
lbf his listeners said:
kYou don't mean to say that you
IRE rushed along with rocks, dirt and
lees for two miles and escaped scot
tee?''
81 said so. stranger" was the reply.
@But it doesn't seem possible"
i Were you ever in Montanaw
ssNo.'
scot any relatives out there|
.eNo.n
j aGeing out there some time your
tselfg
Perhaps So"
'aThen you'll find out that any other
man In Montana but me would have
had that cabin hustled along twice as
fast and carried at least ten miles
farther NJ. QUAD.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-11-05
A Surety.

"Somehow," said the girl In blue, 'I
can't help wishing had accepted
him"
why. DEAR" asked the girl in gray.
"Why. he swore that he'd never be
happy again, and I'm afraid he isl
"Ah, yes" commented the girl in
gray refectively. LAS matters are now
you can't be sure that he isn't, but II
you'd married him you could make
sure Of it.'-Chicago Post
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-11-05
Eut,t1ed to the Fifty Cents.


when Parson Brownlow was in
New York lecturing," remarked menu
ber Of one Of the posts from that state
at Camp Roosevelt. many people
grumbled about the high price Of ad-
mission to hear him. A rich but stingy
man, who had been all the time pro-
fuse with expressions OF his patriot
ism, exclaimed in crowd:
Give Parson Brownlow half dol
lar3 No, STREE. I'd a great deal
sooner give it to come poor soldiers
oh said a bystander, then keep
Four half dollar, FOR you're about the
poorest soldier ] ever knew Of
The rich man skulked OF and didn't
bear BroWniow."-W Washington Star.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-11-05
Too TaNaAs

With disgusted expression the plu-
toerat steps from his aermobile which
has Just been steered to the mooring
station.
"How do you like itg' asked an in
tesested observer.
'No good" growls the piutocrat.
"Why. the blamed thing goes so high
yon can't even scare the pedestrians,
let alone run into hem."-Baitimore
American. 's--
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-11-05

By resolution the Joint Council
o. Bethel Passionate will be held at
the parsonage at White Rock each
Thanksgiving Day. DR.. George B.
Cromer, of Newberry College, has
promised to be one of the speakers.
Others will be invited. All the
members and friends of Bethel Pas
torate are invited to attend with
baskets. Come ever, Mr.. Editor.
S. G. B.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-11-05
Explanatory.

"For a first attempt in public" said
her friend encouragingly, Il thought
you sang with good deal of feeling"
'.I don't wonder at that replied the
ambitious young vocalist. my heart
was in my throat all the time. ."-Chica-
90 Tribune.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-11-05
Has Yexinr Problena.

The boy was greatly troubled.
els it true, father" he asked, ''that
they have whipping posts in some
states?'
The father assured him that it was.
"And lhey whip grown peeple?'
asked the boy.
when they deserve it, said the ia
ther.
We'll" asserted the boy, with con-
vietion, 1eif that's the case don't see
what's the use Of growing ap."-Chica-
go Post.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-11-05
iWaa MNlpleHe.

"Hey, heye' yelled the excited neigh
Dor, there's robber in your house
You're right" said Ar. Fudge; Il
saw him enter
"Did you? Well, you don't seem to
be excited over 1t. Wanter cab po-
lieeman and nab the robber:''
''No use. It's the man who examines
the gas meters" Baltimore Herald.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-11-05
Probably.

"What would you do il you had a
million dollars"
"Oh.'' answered the philosophic citi-
zen, 81 suppose I'd be like the rest of
humanity. If I were worth Il million,
I'd probably worry myself into dyspep-
sia trying to make it billion. Wash
ington Star.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-11-05
SaQeaEH,

A little three-year-eld misAwhile her
mother was trying to get heENto sleep
became interested in q peculiar noise
and asked what it was.
"a cricket. dear replied her motley.
''Well,' remarked the little lady. he
ought to get himself oiied."-Young
Peoples Paper.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-11-05
The influence.

Jerry-How do good clothes make
man gentleman?
Joe-They make him feel as if lie
was expected to act like one.-Detroit
Free Press.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-11-05
His Theory.

There's no doubt that colored men
often make good soldiers
Course dey does," answered MI.
Erastus Pinkiey. ''fou put cnllud
man along Of a pucession ar he's
gwine to foller it to de finish, nc matter
whut de danger is. s."-Washington Star.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-11-05
Depends ON Cireumssances.

She-Do you regard marriage as q
necessity or a luxury?
He-Well. when n man marrieg q
cross eyed girl who says silly things.
whose nose turns up at the end and
whose father is worth about s., 900,
! should say it was a necessity.-Chi-
cago Record-Herald.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-11-05
Unsteady.

Dinkelslosher - Mike aind't working
steady now yet, is he?
O'Brien-Schure he is. Three days
he works nights an three nights he
works days-New York Times.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-11-05
Making a Name.

Wigg-As painter do you think he
will be able to make name for him
self?
Wagg-He ought to. You see, he's a
sign painter.-Philadelphia Record.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-11-05
a Matter For wender,

Mrs. Peck swho has returned from
Niagara,-l stood speechless-
Mr.. reck-Wonderfui, wonderful!
(To himself)-l wonder how Niagara
did it;-Detroit Free I'ress. -.u
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-11-05
A Common Complaint.

'tNow then" said the teacher. you've
heard the explanation of heat and cold.
Can you tell me what is light, Tom
myw
"My ma says that most everything
8 that you buy by weight"-Philadel-
phia Press.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-11-05
SOffeneL Grief.

Wilson, lost that fine silk umbrella
that carried in town today.
Mrs. Wilson-Oh. what a pity!
Wilson-Stin there is one consola-
ton. 1t wasn't mine.-Solnerville
(Mass.) Journal.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-11-05
A Different species,

"I thought you said Brown was a
regular bibliomaniac?
"Not on your life! l said he was a
bibulous maniac."-Baltimore News.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-11-05
"0h. Henry, did youse ever love-"
Il did onet, an it cost me nearly 8.
cents. New York Journal
An Expert Opinion.

Yes; he started matrimonial agen-
cy and expected to make lot OF mon
ey."
@Why didn't he:''
He married his typewriter girl in
side of week. and she wouldn't let
him go on with tae business because it
was too dangerous, x,"-Cleveiand Plain
Dealer
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-11-05
g MA,.c

This signature il On every box OF the genuine
Laxative Bromo-Q Qsanine Tablets
the remedy fhst cures = ee-sd I'm one asy
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-11-05
Logical.

':The manager always keeps back a
portion of the villains salary"
why does he do that-afraid he'd
skip:"
mo. but he always acts his part bet
ter when he's mad."-Boston Post.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-11-05
In the Jungle.


well" asked the anxious young hus-
band. "is it boy?'
Yes, Henry" replied the new grand
mother: ''one Of them is."-Chicsge
Tribune.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-11-05

Practically all the exports of Africa
are natural products. while her imports
are exclusively manufactured articles.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-11-05

A womaR's wiiM Is often mans
fate.-Boston Transcript .x..>.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-03-21
the INDIAN IN Modern, Anv,.
ING mi

!, Along Along The s,., line Of the SAM.
New Mexico and Arizona Writer
many tribes Of peaceful I1d,.as tesll
strange costumes and NM. whsal
Of life are very Interesting - " ~
The Pueblo Indians Of Nv " nur1
ana Arizona. including the ro,, ssis
valos. are perhaps the best fn.s ~
most frequently visited ~ ~
Shake Dances and the yartona Aa
OF the Indians along tho n,a isasA
river have a national renntat. HsaadaS
In fact. the Indian is now on.
Of fad. and Of late years hi, ' S1assA
pottery. baskets and silver orn.a
have been eagerly sought after - =,
Recognizing the advertiser, 49,,
the Indian. the Santa Fe has 's0s G
placed in the windows Of its o asat|y'
Kansas City. Chicago, St. Low. ',s Y
York. Boston. Philadelphia 49,, ~
lanta, some very fine collection !, y
dian curios. 1t is also dao. =, y
many Of Its Offices with paint,aaune
Indian subjects. All this in ~. q
that announcements in nswsn .slst
and magazines can be strength.nsgp
the pictorial art and by att,ss a u
window dressing. aSl'Vs'
It 10 expected that by mld.v,...
arrangements will be perfected -. .n!sR
giving Of Navajo and Moh yn, y,
dances at = point on the Santa n I i. !
In Arxona. the through train. ~. a0s
stopped % that passengers NAV S.S
an opportunity to witness these 49, ~
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-03-21
The Promotion of the Admiral
Morley Roberts. in The Strand.

| that was the end Of it so fairs
| remember. They told me afterward
he was the topside fighter in the hull
British Navy, and I'm here to say he
was"
And you never got even?" asked
the bartender, seeing that no one took
up the challenge. .....
Never set eyes on him from that
day to this" said his boss, regretfully.
And If you did?"
Smith paused-took a drink.
80 help me I'd Shanghai him If he
was King of England"
And one of the crowd who had put
down the San Francisco Chronicle in
order to hear this yarn picked it up
again.
"S'elp me- he said, in breathless ex-
element, "eres a funny coincidence.
'Ere's telegram from 'squimauit,
sayin' as how the flagship Triumphant.
Hadmiral Sir Richard Dunn, X. c. B.,
is comm down to San Francisco"
by Jove, let's look" said Shanghai
Smith. He read, and heavenly smile
overspread his hard countenance. He
almost looked good, such Joy was his.
"To1n," he said to the bartender,
"set up drinks for the crowd. This
is my man. for sure. And him an
admiral, too! Holy sailor, amt this
luck?"
He went out into the street and
11y01 ~ r,,,1,h
while the men inside took their drink.
WAS there ever such luck? Was
there ever such luck?" murmured Mr..
Shanghai Smith. "To think of him
turnin' up all of his own accord on
my particular stampin' ground! Holy
sailor! was there ever such luck?"
The morning Of the following day
Her Majesty's ship Triumphant lay at
her anchors off Saucelito, in San Fran
cisco Bay.
Though the admiral did not know
it. one Of the very first to greet him
when he set his foot on dry land at
the bottom Of Market street was the
man he had licked SO thoroughly fiji
teen years before. in Melbourne
"'Oh. it's the same said Smith to
his chief runner, who was about the
''hardest case In California. He
amt changed none. Just go old he
was when he set shout me III goin'
nave thlshyef ADMIRAL shipped BE-;
tore ahe ssttcI son. TIE tong hest ship
u a Y Z I gs \ y 4. tn sea. Nov
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-03-21
They win Step on tho Hose,

Iney VIII Step on tho Hose.
The man in the stable door gave
the hose jerk, but before it cleared
the sidewalk the woman had landed
on it with both feet.
Wouldn't that jar you?" grunted
he, with another tug, according to the
New York Times. Il never could
understand what makes women so
crazy about stepping on hose, any
way. I've been attending to lawns
and gardens and sidewalks for a good
many years and never yet have seen
a woman go past while the hose was
stretched across the pavement that
she didn't plant both feet on it and
teeter around for awhile just for ex.
ercise. "
What pleasure the habit affords
them I can't for the life of me see. I
use to think that the practice indicat-
ed a remnant of childish playfulness
and that they were so disporting
themselves Just to see the water play
out in an extra squirt, but I've noticed
lately that they never even look at the
fountain end Of the tube, so I've come
to the conclusion that they know all
that humping will injure the hose
and so perform their little stunts out
of sheer deviltry. But whatever the
cause of the practice, it certainly is a
fact that nine-tenths of the women
passing along the street cannot resist
the temptation to step on the hose"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-03-21
LITTLE FALLS,

Eastern capitalists connected MI :. I
WestinGhous0 1lectric Comprv ~
hoaght the splendid Water Power = i
FAUa, Nina, and AZ now a1ranei,r tn1sSi
trolley LINES east and west to tab a. sSt,x &
Ing ooa1tly. The balance OF the var ~
q, transformed into electricitv. IN
utilised for lasee Dills and factoisn + IL
tle Fab, and Ter some time IA 1890
eyss Of tho whole country VIII h ~ 4
towards thas city because Of the sass,s n
vG1tnsss OF these improvements. D
We wn the best business propesh Il NJ
heart Of the city, and rssideneelot ne96 4
mills and factories or depot and bustnand
trict, farm lands In 40, 50 and l6O -acsvpIr2S
near the new trolley hnee, and ~. 5sn6S3
core garden tracts Inside and alijoininr r.
city limits. This uapldtted properly Fl
shortly be reeehsd by the city street osrsyr
tenn, and could st any time with pmdfa
sab divided into city lots and baockA
Moro money will be made in Little Falh
real estate during the next yearst than IA an
other conservative and legitimate spenI
ton. We acquired our holdings for Msh
money years ago, before the Water Poxu
was improved, and before the paper MN
-four mills and factories were bai1t and Win
tho Weysfhauser syndicate had not yet b.
Gated hers. e . time when the recent dsys'
opments abovereferred to could not posslA1
b foroseen, ard Cor this reason We can NJ
afford to give others chance. Yea cancuaD
In on the ground deor by at once AdfFs
A. e. JoHNsoN Co., 10, 10 and IA Washingtpl
Ava g, Minneapolis, MINI, or HkEG1
LAxDAaI. Little Falls, MINI
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-03-21

Mr. Smith, who ran a sailors board
ing-house in that part Of San Fran
cisco known as the Barbary Coast. was
absolutely sui generis.
Every breeze that blew. trade-wind
or monsoon, had heard Of his iniQui-
ties. He got the best of everyone.
"All but one," said Smith. one night,
in a moment of weakness, when doz-
en- men who owed so much money that
they crawled to him as Chinaman
does to a joss were hanging on his
lips; "all but one"
"Oh, we don't take that in said
one of the most indebted; I'VE can't
'ardly believe that, Mr.. Smith.
yep, was done brown and never
got the best Of one beast" said the
boarding house keeper He looked
them over Indignantly.
Il kin lick any of you here with one
hand" he went on, "but the man as
belted me could have taken on three
of you with both hands. I run against
him on the pier at Sandridge when l
was in Australia fifteen years ago. He
was a naval officer, captain of the
Warrior, and dressed up to kill.
though he had face like fgurehead
cut of mahogany with broad axe.
And was feelin' good and in need
of a scrap. So when he bumped ag'in
me I showed him over. Prompt l
showed him. Down he went, and the
girls that knoWed me laughed. And
two policemen came along quick.
didn't care much, but this naval JOS
Would you believe it, but when he'd
spoke bit I seed him donate 'em
about dollar each. and they walked
off round heap Of dunnage on the
wharf, and the captain buttoned up
his coat and came for me- .-.. e"
II never seen the likes of it, He
comes up dancin' and smilin', and he
kind Of give me half bow, polite as
you like, and inside Of ten seconds
knew I'd struck a cyclone, right in the
spot where they breed I fought good
(you know me) and got in half a
dozen on his face. But never faxed
him none, and he wouldn't bruise
morn hittin' boiler. And every time
he got back on me felt as II I'd been
kicked. sss
u j search me something crusl,
sccnId 40 Nv the blood "a his Ands:
I'M, ~ ais loIig ters NH
u y ~ \. ]! !. s aascgl nv.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-03-21
SUNDAY BASE bALL is HIT.
Prohibited by Action Of The House
of Representatives.


of Representatives.
Des Moines, March 21.-The house
yesterday passed a bill by Maggie OF
Van Buren,, which includes baseball
and football in the list Of games and
amusements which are not to be
played on Sunday. The violation of
this statute is misdemeanor, and Is
punishable by a fine Of not less than
81 or more than IS for each offense.
The effect of the bill, if it passes
the senate and becomes law, will
be to do away with ball games In
small towns on Sunday. These games
are usually attended With profanity,
much noiseseand., 2aleEa6 or less drunk
,enness, IND there being no efficient
police Regulations in small towns, the
peaceable and law abiding citizens
| Of the communities are unable to Sc
cure protection. many times the games
being played on vacant lots within
a short distance of residences. and
even under the very doors of the
| churches and Sunday schools.
In Des Moines and in other towns
| where league baseball games are
played, the statute will have very lit.
| tie or no effect for the reason that it's
enforcement will be simply mulct
| or license upon the management. In
Des Moines, for instance, where the
Sunday attendance is from 5000 to A.
600, and the receipts of single game
from 81 500 to $4,000. the management
would simply pay the fines OF the
players, which would probably be the
minimum, therefore making the mulct
or license for Sunday ban game
Goo
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-03-21

fornia was your match. And the Cali
fornia will sail In three days"
"Righto.'. said Smith: Simpson is
good, tough man. Bill. the Ca!ifor-
MIA will do"
'But how'll you corral the admiral.
SIR" asked Bill.
You leave that to me-" replied his
boss. Eve got very fruitful notion
as will fetch him. II he's half the man
he was"
Mr.. "Say-it-and-mean-it" Smith laid
for Admiral Sir Richard Dunn. X. G.
B., etc, etc. from ten o'clock till half
past eleven, and he was the only man
In the crowd that did not hope the VIC
tim would come down with too many
friends to be tackled.
The admiral came at last; It was
about quarter to twelve, and the
whole waterfront was remarkably
quiet. And the admiral was only ac-
companied by his fag-lieutenant.
The two were promptly sandbagged,
the lieutenant left on the street and
the admiral carried to the house in
the Barbary Coast. When he showed
signs of coming to he was promptly
dosed, and his clothes were taken off
him. AS he slept the sleep of the
drugged they put on complete suit
Of rough serge toggery and he be-
came Tom Deane, able-bodied seaman.
BY four o'clock in the morning Tom
Deane lay fast asleep in a forward
bunk of the CALIFORNIA; fo'c's'le as
she was being lowed through the
Golden Gate. And his flag-lieutsnant
was inquiring in hospital what had
become of the admiral. And nobody
could tell him more than he HIM
self knew. Flaring headlines an
nounced the disappearance Of Brit
ish admiral, and the wires and cables
fairly hummed to England and the
world generally. a
Ito be continued.)