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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-06-25

There will be an election in the city
of Orangeburg to determine the sewer
age question.
The State Board of Dispensary
Directors has consented to the estab.
fishing of third beer dispensary at
Spartanburg.
The total profits Of the five local
dispensaries in Columbia for the
month of May amounted to $2,S90,06,
which goes to the city and county.
The other day a spark from loco
motive on the Charleston an Western
Carolina Railway set fire to cordwood
of J. D. Watts, on the outskirts of
Laurens, and 953 cords were burned.
After an absence of 80 odd years
an old man, Allison Black, has re-
turned to his home in Yorkville neigh
borhood and has been received by his
wife and child, the latter has grown
to manhood's estate.
Of what does bad taste in your
mouth remind you? It indicates
that your stomach is in a bad condi-
tion and will remind you that there
is nothing so good for such a disord-
er as Chamberlain's Stomach & Liver
Tablets after having once use them.
They cleanse and invigorate the
stomach and regulate the bowels.
For sale at rs cents per box by J. E.
Kaufman,
It will be required hereafter that
the students Of the South Carolina
College must make IS per cent. in
stead of so par cent. to pass examina-
tions.
James Brown, colored, was way
laid and shot on Lsdy's Island, Beat
OF county, Saturday night. The
side of his head was filed with No. 8
shot, but none penetrated the skull.
Adam Huger, a negro, will be
hanged at Monck's Corner on July 25
for The murder of Charles Gadsden,
at Ferguson, on March IA. This will
be the first execution at Monck's
Corner court house.
Let our lady friends read this ex-
preston of appreciation from Mrs.
Lula Frady, of Uree, N. G: Il am
void of words to adequately express
my appreciation of Ramon's Liver
Pills and Tonic Pellets. I was q
great sufferer when I began the use
of this Treatment. They have COM
pletely changed my life from one of
suffering to healthful enjoyment" "
Only Csc.
The sixth annual commencement
of Clemson College is over and an
other session of 1901-19O2 has passed
Into history, without further manifes-
tations of trouble between the cadet
corps and the president.
The bonds issued by the city of
Greenwood for the purpose of putting
in a sewerage system have been pass
ed upon and accepted and the money
has been received. Work will begin
at an early day.
President Walters has officially in
formed the Charleston City Council
that the Atlantic Coast Line head
quarters will not be removed from
Wilmington at present, and it was
useless for other places to make ap-
plication for them.
Herbert Floyd, colored, who is
wanted in Laurens county as the prin-
cipal in the murder of John Nance,
also colored, in Crow Hill township,
in October last, has been captured in
Baltimore, and Deputy Sheriff Bunch
Power, armed with requisition papers
has gone for Floyd.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-03

tomatoes. plunge them into boiling
water for a moment, then into cold,
and remove the skins. Stand on ice
until thoroughly chilled. Just before
serving cut each one into eighths,
without separating at the lower part;
stand each one on bed of crisp let
tuce leaves, spread the sections apart
and drop a spoonful of Mayonnaise in
the heart of each rose" Serve with
bread sticks and with cream cheese.
nodded into small balls and rolled
lightly in chopped parsley.
Pineapple With Rum.-Select ripe
fruit, peel and remove the eyes, cut
the pineapple in half and tear apart
with a silver fork, leaving the hard
core in the hand. Sweeten and pour
over the fruit Santa Cruz rum. dilur-
ed with one-third water, using as g
fiavoring a small claret glass full fol
each pineapple. Stand on ice unit
well chilled.
Emergency Ice Cream.-To make a
delicious ice cream that requires no
cooking, and, withal, Is not over-rich
or extravagant, use good quality con-
densed milk. To each can allow three
of the same measure of sweet milk,
flavor with half dozen bananas or
a quart of peaches pressed through a
sieve, sweeten and freeze When half
frozen open the can and add half a
pint of cream, whipped. replace the
cover and freeze until solid. If peaches
are used, add a few drops of pink
vegetable coloring.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-03

were she of lower caste.
The beads around her neck have also
an especial significance and are worn
by both women and men of the Cees-
tial Kingdom to show their station.
These necklaces vary with the sea-
sons, jade and coral being adopted for
winter, sandal wood for summer wear.
Mrs. Wu's feet are tiny, as BELTS
her rank, and clad in the marvellous
little shoes which are rarely seen in
this part of the world save i'll the
cases of museum. She dresses hand
somely, in keeping with her station
and wealth., for she is rich in her own
right and brought her husband a gen.
erous share of this worlds goods.
Her clothes are made in the legation
by Chinese tailor, who is a member
of the Minister'S suite, and are of
magnificent silk, richly embroidered.
Her dresses are all fashioned from the
same model with scant skirt, over tu-
mic and jacket after a style set by
royal decree.
The heavy black hair that crowns
her head is dressed according to the
Canton mode and her head dress con-
sists of a single band of black velvet
adorned with a handsome jewel, which
is worn in the house as well as out of
doors.
MIS-. Wu mas Deen an INDUSTRIOUS
student of English since she first came
to this country, five years ago, and
understands 1t WELL though she rarely
attempts to converse in any language
save her own. depending upon her hus-
band to translate since she did away
with the custom adopted by her pre-
decessor, Mrs. Yang, of having an at
tache OF the legation attend her as an
interpreter. MIR. SEE, who has since
been graduated from Cornell and has
already made his mark in the diploA
matte service of his country, filled this
Office for Mrs. Yang and accompanied
her everywhere, to dinners. luncheon,
balls, receptions and visiting, and by
his tact, grace and suavity made many
friends in the official circle.
Mrs. Wu's little feet preclude her
from walking and her daily exercise
is taken in an invalids chair, which
is pushed by one of the servants be-
longing to the legation, or in an auto
mobile, when the Minister himself,
who is devoted to the sport, and has
become an adept. acts as chauffeur.
Every head is turned when the Min
lister and his companion in their gay
clothes go spinning through the city,
and now and then camera is levelled
at them, much to the Minister'S dig
gust. He does not object to sitting for
his picture, but is averse to being
caught off guard by an amateur.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-03

to comfort one another"
When old Mrs. Hastings had limped
her way, Sarah Bean sat down among
her hollyhocks and cried. Then she
got up and dashed her tears away and
got mad. Then she ran into the house
and stood before her glass and criti-
cized her features, one by one, and
said to herself:
'She just wanted to make me feel
bad for driving her chickens out. I'm
not beautiful. but I'm fair looking and
coy and shy to boot. Nobody ever
asked me to marry 'em, but that's be-
cause l haven't encouraged EN-. AS
for my not ever having an offer, I'll
show old Mrs. Hastings and the other
gossips-T!l have an offer within
month"
Just where an offer was to come
from the old maid didn't stop to fig
ure on, but to prove, in case anybody
passed the house, that she was not
cast down by gossip, she rearranged
her curls, retied her apron and re-
turned to her flower beds with added
coquetry. The village cooper. passing
by with an empty vinegar key on his
shoulder, stopped to look at her over
the gate and as he passed on he adj
mitted thnt she was coy and shy.
Sarah Deans bedtime was 8 O'clock.
AT that hour she wound the clock and
entered every room below stairs to
faSten doors and windows. On the
evening of this day she entered the
parlor as usual at the usual hour to
meet with a surprise. A sash of one
of the front windows was up and
man was half way over the sill into
the room. Sarah screamed, of course.
Her sudden advent, followed by the
scream, startled the intruder, and he
made a move that brought the sash
down across the small of his back. In
that position, with head and arms in
side and legs and body outside, he was
practically helpless. The woman was
coy and shy of men who looked at her
with eyes of love, but not of burglars
who were after her cash. She realized
the situation of affairs in a moment,
and 1t was not long before the intruder
was bound hand and foot and pulled
over the sill into the room. The sash
held him so tightly that he didn't have
much to say in the matter. He sized
| up as a man of about forty. and he was
| we'll dressed and seemed to be quite
| a decent fellow.
| "Wen, what have you got to say for
yourself?" asked Sarah Bean, after
| looking him over.
| The fellow made no reply. but re-
| garded her with a puzzled, wondering
| look.
You needn't try to play deaf and
dumb on me. I'll go out in a minute
and call for help and have you taken
to Jail. What are you looking at me
this way for?"
II was looking at your face" he
growled.
rs there anything the matter with
it?"
No. That is. If had seen your
face before getting in here 1 shouldn't
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-03
SARAH BEAMS OFFER.

Sarah Bean was a spinster of 35.
She had never married on account of
her face. She had moderate income
left her by a relative. and she elected
to live alone in a cottage in Hope
vile, but If she had been worth a
hundred thousand dollars and lived in
a manor house, her chances of mar
riage would have been no better. Men
could overlook Sarahs No. 8 feet and
No z hands and angular points, but
they turned from her face and said
they were sorry for her. She had lived
to be "a years old before she realized
her nominees. She didn't realize it
then. She simply combatted the blunt
statement made by old Mrs. Hastings
and argued that It was a case OF
Jealousy. True, she had never had q
beau. much less a sweetheart, but
she laid the fact to her coyness and
shyness. She had been coy and shy
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-03

from her birth, and the characteristic
had grown up with her. Sarah was
wedding the bed Of holiyhocks in her
garden and getting along after the shy
old way when old Mrs. Hastings
dropped in to complain of her rheuma-
tism. 1t is easy to lead up from rheu-
matism to matrimony, and after a at
tie the old lady bluntly announced:
SARAH Bean you must be going on
40 years old, and it's time you quit
simpering around like young girl.
Folks have been talkin' about 1t for
ever SO long"
I'm not going on forty. and you
know it." was the reply; land IL
act eirly that's my way and l can't
help it, The idea Of any one saying l
simper!"
II should call it simpering, Sarah,
but mebbe you don't mean to do It.
You amt thinkin' of gittin' married,
are you?"
"Of course not"
IF you was, you'd have a hard time
Of 1t, l guess. Did any one ever tell
you how homely you WASP
How dare you talk like that TO
met" gasped Sarah as the red came 10
her cheeks for the first time IN years.
well, my way is to talk plain, and
even II the truth hurts you, l must
say that you are the homeliest woman
in Hopeyille. amt sayin' so because
you won't let my chickens scratch up
your garden. but because it's so.
don't wonder You never caught hus-
band"
But never wanted to-"
Good thing for both of you! You'll
never have an offer as long as you
live. and so you might as well quit
simpering."
"I'll have an offer within a month,
and you go home and tend to your
business" exclaimed the Inundated
and angered spinster.
Yes, I'll be moving on with my
lame knee. rheumatism is a bad thing
"a bad thing. Didn't mean to say
nothing to provoke you, but / thought
you'd better know the truth and save
criInpin your hair every day You'll
be baid-headed in a year or two more
IL you keep on. BE mora nayburly. Sa-
rah. and run In as often as you can.
That's what we were put On earth for
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-03

have tried It'll"
you must mean something" said
Sarah as the blunt words OF old Mrs.
Hastings came to her mind. DO you
mean that I'm a homelv woman"
"See here, Miss" replied the intrud.
er. lodging the question, Il am not a
bad man. This is my FIRST crime. and
I was driven to it by want. ! should
have taken only food from your house.
Let me go my way and make a new
start in life."
He had called her Miss" and that
softened her heart. He saw that she
was yielding, and he renewed his
promises and protestations and man
aged to work tears into his eyes.
II tnink I'll let YOU co." she said.
after a time. but I want you to tell
me the truth about something. Am
homelv?"
"N--not so very." he cautiously re-
piled.
But am ] homely at all?''
mo, / wouldn't say So"
Would you marry me II was will
ing?"
The man was silent. He was a bad
man, but he also had conscientious
scruples.
would YOU or would you not?" re-
peated Sarah
les, .WOuiu, anu L uGTcDJ dSA AVE
your heart and hand!'
Really. now?"
81 CO."
And it is a real, genuine offer?"
straight as straight"
"Old Mrs. Hastings said I'd never
have one unused the purring spinster
as she united the knots. but l felt It
in my bones 1 would, and now have.
You are a burglar, and you came here
to rob- but an offer is an offer. and
mebbe---''
GOOD night, old gal!' said the freed
man as he rose to his feet and pulled
open the door and dashed out.
Mrs. Hastings" said Sarah the
next morning over the division fence.
you told me yesterday I'd never have
all offer of marriage"
And YOU never will.
But I've had one"
"When?"
"Osiy last night"
And where's the fellerg"
'Why-why--he got away from meta
The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-03

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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-01-28
NEVER SLEEPS IN BED.
Clarke County Man, Who Thinks They
Breed Diseases.

In the neighborhood Of Gaylord lives
kindly old man, who is regarded by
those who know him as philosopher of
the type of Diogenes. lie sleeps on the
hearth Of his dwelling with rock for a
pillow, and gives as his reason for doing
SO, his belief that many diseases are
caught by sleeping in beds.
During the severe blizzard OF several
wears ago, his landlord, fearing the old
man would freeze, took him some bed
clothes, and requested him to wrap him
self up in them. He quietly took the
clothes and hung them up behind his
door. The landlord went to his dwelling
the next morning, expecting to nnd him
frozen, and so told him. The philosopher
informed him he was badly mistaken, as
he had been compelled to open his door
on account OF the warmth Of his sleeping
apartments. lie engages in ditching in
winter, and is never so happy as when
standing in freezing water over bis shoe
tops. His name is Charles Edward Har-
rell. His brother is president OF a ma
tional bank in Baltimore. - Berryville
Courier.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-01-28
small est Baby Ever Known.

DIR. W. F. Gillian, of 0wensboro, KY
who has been practicing medicine for 32
years, tells a story Of the birth and
growth OF baby girl which is unparal-
leled in medical experience.
The parents Of the child are Mr.. and
Mrs. Clint McMurtry. On January 2S
DR.. Gillian was called to attend Mrs Me-
Murtry for pneumonia. She gave pre-
mature birth to a baby girl, 10 inches in
length. It's head was soft and no larger
than lemon and its thighs were about
the size Of a mans finger. DR.. Gillian
had the babe wrapped in cotton and told
the father that it could not live over an
hour. On returning next day. Is hours
later, DR.. Gillian was astonished to find
the babe alive. He gave it little milk,
and when it survived the second day
took great interest in the case, and saw
to it that the weakling was given every
attention. At the end of 10 days the in
faut was dressed for the first time. At
the end of three months it weighed 20
ounces and awoke for the first time The
child is now almost year old and weighs
IA pounds. Ii is healthy and thriving.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-01-28
POTOMAC RrvERRoUTE.

4 Beginning Tuesday. December zath,
E.a,ner Potomac viii leave Pier ., Light
5|eef. baltimore, Tuesday and SATURDAY., AT
~. m. for the Potomac river, eaiiing AT
Ylerfs Rrome's BacOns, GrasOn's, lie Wis
III. Bnndick's, Cowart's. Walnut Point,
Ban. Kinsale, Mundy's Point, Lodge,
hnm's, Piney Point, Abelps, Leonardtown'
obnrn's. Howard's and stones. On Tues
ay only for Lancaster. BushwOod, RIVER
De, Liverpool Point, Glymont, Alexandria
nj Washington.
Returning, win leave Ith Street WAR,
Lasllngton, at 4 d. IN. Thursday, calling at
d the above mentioned wharyes. leaving
hopardtowD at 6 a. m. Monday and Fri
Iy. Kinsale at IL m, Miller's at p. m,
[heon's at y. m. and BacOn's at D. M,
l{iyIng ia Baltimore early Tuesday and
3furdny mornings.
|treirht received daily at Pier 9 Light
flrSay WILLIAMS, Manager, Baltimore.
|nfftu ID. soOTT, Agent, Fredericksburg.
KY CoMPToN. Agent, Norfolk, Va.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-01-28

beginnings to the eminence they this day
occupy.
Skeptcs may reject this theory, and
Mrs. Grundy may elevate her nose in de
rision, but our geologist realizes that
such has always been the fate of every
advance in science, and says he will stick
to it through life, as Uncle Jasper did to
his theory tn at The Sun-Do- Move
Az coming events cast their shadows
before, 50 il is that the work 0ithe Con-
vention now in session at Richmond has
already borne fruit in the closing ofone OF
the business houses at our cOunty-seat. In
view OF the change agreed upon to abol-
ish our present system of county courts.
the proprietor of that long-established
and popular hOstelry, known as Hotel
Burke has closed his doors and gone
into other business. COurt-day patron
age has been bis chief reliance for reve-
nue., and. with this left out, John says he
saw nothing ahead but starvation; that
the old interval Of thirty days between
courts was a great strain upon the cor
porate demands of his interior depart
ment. and that the new interval Of sixty
days was out OF the question. He is
something of politician as well as n
churchman, being n high-tariif Republi-
can and a deep-water Baptist. and while
he has held many high places in his
church, he has long aspired to a govern
ment position. A vacancy was discoy-
cred, and ON the day Of closing his hotel,
John went through civil-seryice exam
nation before Justice s. NJ Welch giving
satisfactory answers to every question
but the one relating TO license tax, re-
ceived his commission and was at once
installed az Inside Sentinel of the county
Jail. The officer Of the guard says he
finds John always on duty at his post
and quick to answer any alarm at his
door He is specially alert at morning
call. when he takes the soldiers position
of ready" and requests the officer to
advance and give thecountersign.' y The
sergeant whispers, grub" John re-
plies. correct" and presently, like a
true sentinel on the watch-tOwer, he
proelaims to the village, 9 o'clock and
all's we'll" He calls this his morning
service, and says he likes it better than
that he enjoyed for many years as church
sexton.
Other shadows forecast the coming OF
another event. Messrs Rose Brothers,
proprietors of the Union Printing Com
pany, at Shiloh, have just received and
will put in operation at once frst-class
incubator, equipped with all modern
improvements and warranted to hatch
out two hundred chickens in three weeks.
Besides this, there is ageneral movement
throughout the lower section OF the
county to enlarge the acreage OF poultry
planting this season. There is no indi-
cation of cornering the chicken market,
but simple purpose to provide for the
coming session of n church association
to be held at Shiloh next summer Chick
ems Matched in March can be made to
"ny'' at big church meeting in July.
L n
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-01-28
ACCIDENT LEADS To
SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION
Results in a Remarkable
Geological Theory.
SHADOW CAST BY CONVENTIONS
WORK AT RICHMOND
CHICKEN INDUSTRY STIMULATED.

King George Co., Va, Jan. 2l, 1902.
To The FREE Lance:
A few: weeks ago, during the process
OF grading and improving Main streetat
a point near the post-oilice and custom
house building at Port Conway, the
operator suddenly struck a bed oi eocene
rock which lay buried short distance
below the surface The road machine at
the time twas working under full heal OF
steam, and so sudden and severe was the
shock of collision that the steel blade
was completely smashed and the whole
machine thrown out OF gear Work
was necessarily suspended, but will be
resumed as soon az Contractor Rose can
procure "A new blade and make other neces-
sary repairs to his machine
The contractor for this work, whose
habits Of life have led him, more than
the ordinary citizen, to look somewhat
deeply into and to investigate carefully
many OF the hidden things which lie
buried beneath the surface of the earth,
and who is therefore something of a
geolOgist, advances n very interesting
theory as to this eocene deposit which
wrecked his road machine at Port Con-
way. To his practiced eye, these rocks
were not at home where he found them,
but occupying new bed which was
assigned them in some great erup-
ton and upheaval of the earth at a
distant age. Their form and texture
gave proof that their original home lay
much deeper below the esurface, and upon
this basis he rests his theory as follows:
At some early period of the earth's his
tory, when natures forces were engaged
in opening up waterways and otherwise
adjusting matters to suit mans social
and commercial needs, it was found that
Port Royal, Port Conway, Hop Yard
and Falmouth, small inland towns, al
ready established, might be greatly i'm
proved il they enjoyed an outlet to the
sea. Then came a seismic disturbance,
digging out and opening up a river,
which afterwards took the name OF Rap
pahannock, upon whose ripping surface
have since hoated the worlds argosies,
bringing and distributing through the
channels OF trade, the wealth Of distant
lands, and thus enabling these aborigi-
nal settlements TO advance from small
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-01-28
A Profitable Investment.

81 was troubled for about seven years
with my stomach and in bed half my
time" says L. Demick, Someryille' Ind.
IL spent about 81 900 and never could
get anything to help me until tried
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. | have taken a
few bottles and am entirely well" You
don't live by what you eat, but by what
you digesti and assimilate. II your
stomach doesn't digest your food you
are really starving. Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure does the stomach's work by di-
gesting the food, You don't have to
diet Eat all you want. Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure cures all stomach troubles. Bow
man md KIM