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PLAINTIFF is very good word for
charades, and can be acted in several
ways.
Scene I, plain. suspect
ed Of giving away food to their friends
or to beggars. Cold joints of meat,
eggs, mince pies. ETC., disappear mys-
teriously. The master and mistress
have up the servants to the sitting
room IN turn, and question them as to
the existence of an unusual number OF
rats and mice in the larder or pantry,
and II they can give any clew to the
disappearance OF the enumerated arti-
cIes. The cook talks a good deal about
being a good plain cook, and boasts of
having lived in high families as plain
cook. At last the mistress discovers
that the cook has a friend to see her
rather frequently, and he occasionally
brings a bag with him, which does not
seem quite empty when he leaves. Cook
is closely questioned. and 1t becomes
plain, too plain" where the missing
articles go. She begins to cry, and
says 1t is very plain they all have a
spite against her. The mistress tells
her she has nothing else to complain
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parties and Juvenile entertainments
of all sorts are very real landmarks
in the lives of the little ones-memo-
rvs milestones, which, as we grow
older, we should be very 10th to lose;
oases Of "make-believe" in the desert
of "matter-of-fact," where the coll
ored candles are always alight, where
presents arrive from all sorts of un-
expected places and where we may
eat all the things which at other times
are specially forbidden. There is
very little to say to the children on the
subject; they shut their eyes and open
their sweet little mouths in complete
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There is a pretty, new variation OF
the old-fashioned Christmas charades.
In our young days the charade was a
quite impromptu affair. The host or
hostess at a Christmas party suggested
charades, and the company forthwith
divided itself into two parties-actors
and audience, the audience remaining
IN the drawing-room while the actors
went out and. on the spur OF the mo-
ment selected a word, which they
then acted before the audience, using
such dresses and materials as came to
hand, and the audience were required
70 guess the word acted before them.
A more picturesque and more elabor-
ate effect is produced II the charades
are rehearsed beforehand, the actors
chosen and the dresses in character.
At one country house, instead Of the
8sual three or four syllable word Of
three or more acts, part Of a scene
from one OF Shakespeare's plays was
Eiven by the actors; and all those in
the audience who succeeded in guess
tng from which play the scene was
1lken, and in giving the names of the
Nlaracters represented, received little
buvenir prizes, after the fashion of
Ne cotillon prizes. The first charade,
rs II may be called, that was acted
8as from King Henry What
quaint little scene where Henry V tries
10 WOO the French Princess Katherine
in her own tongue and she tries to an
swer him IN English. There are only
three characters-King Henry, in his
warriors dress, as he has come from
the battlefield, and with his crowned
helmet on his head; the Princess
Katherine, very tall and stately, in a
picturesque high sugar-loaf hat, with
fine lace veil falling from 1t, and a
fourteenth century dress Of rich bro
csde, trimmed with ermine, falling in
long folds about her feet. She is at
tended by her maid OF honor, Alice,
who wears a little. tight-fitting cap,
and is somewhat older than her mis-
tress. The scene is part of scene 2, act
OF King Henry V" when the French
King and Queen, the lords and ladies.
etc, have gone out and left these three
together, and begins. Fair Katherine
and most fair" A great part of
Henry's rather long speeches was cut
out, but the broken English Of the two
ladies, and his rather rough French,
had a piquant effect, and the dresses
were charming
Another scene was from the 'Mer-
chant OF Venice" one that is rather
less well known than that where Portia
appears in her doctors robes, which is
rather too obvious for guessing pur-
poses. In this the curtain went UP on
a room in Portals house, where the
three caskets are kept, from which her
suitors are to choose. A fair and gra-
cious Portia, dark-skinned and gor-
geous Prince OF Morocco, with both
their trains Of lords and ladies, were
the oramatis personae, and they gave
the short and animated scene Of act
OF the play, In which the Prince of
Morocco. a suitor for the hand Of Por-
tia, stands before the three caskets Of
gold, silver and lead and debates with
himself which is most likely to contain
a favorable answer TO his suit, finally
choosing the golden casket, in which he
finds Deaths head, with the scroll,
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had been at his throat.
In a spasm Of uncomfortable fear the
hangman screamed aloud, and the chief
warder and another hurrying to the
spot found him in a desperate fit hud-
died against the door of the cell. They
could not revive him in the infirmary,
and the hour for the execution drew
nearer and nearer. Then the Sheriff
and the Governor consulted, and tel
egram was dispatched. At the very
moment that the hangman should have
been Withdrawing the bolt came the
reprieve.
The King of Dahomey had detained
the Englishman, Rutherford, to witness
the annual customs, and the most afro
cious part of the whole dreadful rite
was now in celebration. The savage
subjects of the savage monarch crowd
ed the sitting market place. variously
armed, and eyes with the lust of
slaughter in them were fixed on three
long and narrow baskets in the center.
In each basket lay bound living man,
an alligator cat and a hawk; no pen
would describe the faces of the three
human sacrifices.
On a signal from the King, twelve
Amazons-great, brawny, half-naked
women-seized the baskets, four to
each, and carried them to the top of
a platform high above the people. Then
the King arose and made his speech.
The victims. said the old King, would
go forthwith upon their journey to
the spirit land, the men and the ami
- ~. 4 L..
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HHRISTMAs!
/ To come the gravestone of dead de-
ia light
" To some the landmark of a new do
Y main
Well, 1 do not propose to discuss
gravestones in this little Christmas
chat. I will leave them to the writ
ers of those gruesome ghost stories
which are not yet dead delights" at
this season of the year. Landmarks
and new domains are more to my lik-
ing at present, especially the former.
Even if they are not of sufficient i'm
portance to engage the attention of
the ordnance surveyors, children's
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that what they are going
to get is sure to be nice. because, Oh
course. they are loved 80 much. But
would beg the older ones not 10
leave out those they do not feel call
ed upon" to include in any fun that
is going forward. Few OF US have
enough wisdom to select, none OF US
TO exclude; and If our hearts have
been flung a little wider open at this
season we shall feel all the better, de-
pend upon it.
The preparations for Christmas and
its attendant festivities are not the
least enjoyable features of the Yuletide
programme. Set the young people to
work at weaving garlands and wreath5
as soon as the holidays begin, which is
not usually long before Christmas day
itself. Ropes stretched between two
chairs and pieces Of evergreen placed
crisscross on them make very pretty
festoons of greenery; holly can be
sparingly used among laurels and
such like cheaper growths; and. Of
course. the mistletoe is always well
come. Prettiest of all, however, are
tiny fir trees, or boughs so cut as to re-
semble them. On the occasion of 8.
party a series OF these fastened so as
to stand upright on the outside of the
banister rail up the staircase, each
hung with little different colored quick
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"AH that glitters is not gold" etc.
The apparition of the ghosts between
the tents Of Richard III and Richmond
on the night before the battle Of Bos-
worth made an eerie and effective spec
tacle. It requires a large stage and
some skill in the management Of lights
TO produce a successful illusion. The
stage was so arranged that only half of
each Of the tents was visible, with the
two occupants-Richard III and Rich
mond-asleep within them, the space
between being open for the apparition
of the ghosts. First the ghost of Prince
Edward. son Of Henry VI, rises be-
tween the tents; then the ghost OF
Henry VI himself. followed by Clar-
ence, the two young Princes killed IN
the Tower. Queen Anne and others. To
produce the Illusion Of the apparition
the stage has to be completely dark
ened while the ghost takes his place be-
tween the two tents, then a gradually
light is thrown from the side
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-08-12
Advantages for Boys.

When a child grows up in the
country, it gets natural training in
accurate observation. It wants to
find four-leaf clover; it runs to see
where the green snake went to-;
tracks the woodcnuck to it's hole and
gets it out; it learns the songs OF the
birds, and knows when the smelts
run up the brooks and when the
twilight is just right for finding the
partridges. In short, the country
child gets naturally broad training
in observation. 1t also has on the
farm an admirable training in manual
labor. From an early age it oan &C.
tually contribute to the care OF
animals, the successful conduct OF
the household, and the general well
fare of the family. In the city all
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-08-12
Advertising Metaphors.

Advertising is the plow that first
lays bare the ground for planting.
Advertising is the drill that scat
ters the seeds of business success.
Advertising is the cultivstor that
pulverizes the clods and keeps the
roots properly loosened.
Advertising is the gentle rain that
falls upon the plant and nurtures it.
Advertising is the warm sunshine
that caresses it and causes it to
blossom forth.
Advertising is the weeder that up
roots the land and foreign growths
that attempt to choke it.
Advertising is the harvester that
gsrners the golden grain.
Advertising is the fertilizer that
prepares the ground for another and
better crop.
Get connected with the live wire
Of inspiration and your thoughts will
tingle.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-08-12
Suicide Prevented.

The startling announcement that q
preventive of suicied has been discov-
cred will interest many. A run down
system, or despondent invariably
proceed suicide and something has
been found that will prevent that
condition which makes suicide likely.
At the first thought of self destruc-
tion take Electric Bitters. It being
a great tonic nervine will strengthen
the nerves and build up the system.
It's also a great Stomach, Liver and
Kidney regulator. Only SOC. Salts
faction guaranteed by The Kaufman
Drug Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-08-12
Fitzhugh Lee On Lynching.

Kansas City, Jul l-<29-Gen. Fltz-
hugh Lee w-s1n Kansas City today
on his way to lecture in Beloit, Kan.
Speaking of lynching, he said: Il
don't believe in lynchiug. Nobody
believes in lynching. Be careful that
you get that right. Nobody does.'
"However," continued the General,
"there is one of the objects attained
by lynching that is seldom consid-
cred. If man, say a negro, shall
assault woman, perhaps some very
dear relative of yours, he has got to
be killed or arrested. If this negro
is arrested after his crime and is
brought into the court room, the
woman, the one who has suffered
already, is the principal witness.
She must appear, and perhaps under
the cross examination Of lawyers, re-
late every detail of the assault, thus
subjecting her to humiliation to an
extreme degree"
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The Force Of Example.

a gentleman who has just returned
from Guatemala vouches for this
parrot story. A good woman OF the
city had a bird which she priced
highly, but it had one bad habit.
Whenever she came in in the morn
ing the bird would calculate:
"Oh, I wish to the Lord the old
woman was desd!"
She confded to the minister and
he suggested sending his parrot
over, adding that by association the
lady's bird would learn nice phrases.
A day or two later when the wo-
man entered the room, her parrot
calculated, as usual:
"Oh, I wish to the Lord the old
woman was dead"
Wbereupon the minister's bird
cooked its head to one side and fer
vently added:
"The Lord hear our prayer"
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and no method of collecting the es-
sessment by the respective C~uuty
Auditors. The act is very general in
it's nature, simply providing for the
appointment of an examiner, at a
salary of $1,000 per annum and was
passed in 1897 All the other ad-
ministrations let the matter 60 Ky
and the Legislature has never tske n
it up again.
The many Deficiencies Il the at
will b. shown By the Attorney Gen
eral, who is preparing revie " Of it,
and the Legislature will have its at
tention called to these to remedy or
not as it sees fl.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-08-12
a Physician Healed.

DR.. Geo. Ewing, practicing ply
sician of Smiths Grove, Ky., for
over thirty years, writes his personal
experience with Foley's Kidney Cure:
For years I had been greatly both
cred with kidney and bladder trou-
bic and enlarged proetrate gland.
I used everything known to the pro-
fession without relief, Until I COM
menced to use Foley's Kidney Cure.
After taking three bottles I was en-
tirely relieved and cured. I pres
scribe it now daily in my practice
and heartily recommend it's use to
all physicians for such troubles. I
have prescribed it in hundreds Of
cases with perfect success The
Kaufman Drug Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-08-12
No Bank Examiner.

The Governor, Secretary of State,
Attorney General, Comptroller Gen.
eral and State Treasurer have decid-
ed that no State bank examiner could
be appointed under the present act,
owing to it's Deficiencies. The board
was in session for q considerable
time on the matter about which sev.
eral letters have been written to the
Governor. As the law was inter-
preted, however, the board decided
there was no fixed methods by which
the banks could be assessed equally
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-08-12
A Race Clash.

Charlotte, N. G, August 7.-Seri-
Gus trouble between negroes and
whites is threatened at Henrietta,
the location of one of the largest cot
ton mills in North Carolina. O5is
Bird and Virgil Cudd, negroes, were
cut last night and the former will
die. The cause of the trouble was
the alleged disturbance of a colored
meeting by whites and the cursing
of a white boy by a negro.
An armed crowd of negroes was
dispersed by the extra force of po-
licemen on duty but more trouble is
expected.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-08-12
Stop That Cough!

When cough, a tickling or an
irritation in the throat makes you
feel uncomfortable, take Ballard's
Horehound Syrup. Don't wait until
the disease has gone beyond control.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Anderson, 354
West 5sh st., Salt Lake City, Utah,
writes: eve think Ballard's Hore-
hound Syrup the best medicine for
coughs and colds. We have used it
for several years; it always gives
immediate relief, is very pleasant and
gives perfect satisfaction" Csc, 50c
and S1.00. Sold by The Kaufman
Drug Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-08-12
Rheumatism.

When pains or irritation exist on
any part of the body, the application
of Ballard's Snow Liniment gives
prompt relief. E. W. Sullivan, Prop,
Sullivan House Ell Reno, O. T.,
writes, June 6, 1902: Il take pleas
ure in recommending Ballard's Snow
Liniment to all who are afflicted
with rheumatism. It is the only
remedy I have found that gives i'm
mediate relief" 25c, SOC and 81 CO.
Sold by The Kaufman Drug Co.
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this natural training is lacking, and

this natural training is lacking, and
substitutes for it have to be artifi-
cislly provided. This necessity has
brought into our schools nature-study
and manual training, to teach the
child to use it's eyes and it's hands,
aud to develop it's senses and its
muscular powers; and these new
benefcent agencies in education,
already we'll in play, are in the near
future to 60 far beyond any stage at
present reached. We do not yet see
how to replsce in urban education
which the farmers boy or the sea-
coast boy gets from his habitual con-
test with the adverse forces of nature.
The Colts Island boy, on the coast
of Maine, goes out with his father in
the early winter morning in half
open sailboat to visit their lobster
traps and bring home the entrapped
lobsters. They start with a gentle
breeze and a quiet sea, though the
temperature is low. The boy knows
Just how to steer the boat five or six
miles to sea, where the traps are
sunk on some rocky spot which the
Holsters love. The father is busy
pulling the traps. The boy watches
the weather, and suddenly he says,
"Father, there is Southwestern COM
ing. See the clouds driving this way
over the hills" The boy knows as
we'll as the father what that means.
It means fearful beat Of windwsrd
to get home, facing a savage wind
and falling temperature, the spray
dashing overssthe vessel and freezing
to the sails and ropes and loading
down the bow with ice. 1t means
life.and-death struggle for hours, the
question being, shall We get into the
harbor or not before We sink? Now,
that is a magnificent training for
boy, and the sheltered city offers
nothing like it. The adverse forces
Of nature, if not so formidable that
men cannot cope with them, are
strenuous teachers, but in modern
cities we hardly know that the wind
blows. or that the food is coming, or
that bitter cold is imperiling all ami
mai life.-President Elliott.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-08-12
Not over-Wise.

There is an old allegorical picture
of girl scared at a grass-hopper,
but in the act of heedlessly t: ling
on snake. This is PARALLEL ", the
man who spends a large sum of
money building cyclone cellar, but
neglects to provide his family with
bottle of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy as a safe
guard against bowel complaints,
whose victims outnumbered those of
the cyclone a hundred to one. This
remedy is everywhere recognized as
the most prompt and reliable medi-
cine in use for these diseases. For
sale by The Kaufman Drug Go.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-08-12
Cures seiatica.

Rev. W. L. Riley, LID, Cuba,
New York, writes: "After fifteen
days Of excruciating pain from sciatic
rheumatism, under various treat
ments, I was induced to try Bal
lard's Snow Liniment; the first appli-
cation giving my first relief and the
second entire relief. I can give it
unqualified recommendation" Csc,
SOC and Sl.00. Sold by The Kauf.
mann Drug Co.
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Respectfully submitted,
G.. A. SHEALY,
County Supervisor.
End Of Bitter Fight.

"Two physicians had a long and
stubborn fight with an abcess on my
right lung" writes J. F. Hughes of
Du Point, Ga. ''and gave me up,
everybody thought my time had come.
As 8 last resort I tried DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption.
The benefit I received was striking
and I was on my feet in few days.
Now I've entirely regained my health.
1t conquers all Coughs, Colds, Throat
and Lung troubles. Guaranteed by
The Kaufman Drug Go. Price SOC
and $l.00. Trial bottles free.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-08-12

Harvest hands on the farm of C)l.
Charles L. Daughterty, near Bowl
ing Green, Ky., went on a strike a
few days ago, demanding an increase
in pay. The colonel was away from
home, but Mrs. Daughterty, a club
and society woman, refused to raise
wages. Nearly all of the farm hands
left, whereupon Mrs. Daughterty
mounted the binder and, aided by d
few men who remained, cut twenty
acres of wheat before a new force
was secured.
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Fatal Ending Of a Quarrel.
Columbia State, August 8:h.


Columbia State, August s:h.
Driven to bay, Cantey Weston
fred upon bis enraged and half drunk
en- brother, killing him instantly. The
terrible crime was committed in Lex.
ington county near Cayce Thursday
night about 10 o'clock, and the body
of billiard Weston lay there in the
moonlight for hours, while the fratri-
eide was speeding on his way to es-
cape the officers of the law.
The effect of the fatal fire was ter.
ribie, 14O No. 5 shot having struck
the man who was instantly killed, his
heart having been pierced by IS OF
the death laden balls, which are
hearty as large as buckshot. The
two brothers were engaged as car
penters at work on the locks, and
had been in the employ of the Evans
vile Contracting company, They
were regarded as very good negroes.
The trouble arose in reference to a
settlement of a piece of land that
was left by the father of the two, who
died several years ago The property
in question was left to several chill
dren and there has been a great deal
of trouble in the settlement of over
ship.
Thursday the water at the govern
ment works was too high for the car
penters to do their work and the two
brothers spent most of the afternoon
drinking. When they we're pretty
we'll under the influence of liquor
the subject of the disputed land
came up and quarrel followed. Hill
lizard, the dead man, was much larger
than his brother and when he showed
fight Csntey ran, his brother in pur-
suit. The chase lasted for nearly a
mile when Csntey ran into his house,
got his gun and, when his brother
came near enough, he shot him in the
stomach and killed Hilliard instantly.
The shooting took place about a
mile up the Southern railway track
toward Augusta, the body being
found there yesterday morning.
Dr.. Sandel, of Brookland, held
the post mortem examination yester-
day afternoon and found that there
were 140 places pierced by the shot.
OF this number Is shot took effect in
the heart and caused instant death.
Up to late hour last night Can
tey Weston, the murderer, was still
at lare @ and the authorities were at q
loss as to where to find him. A vigi-
liant search has been instituted and if
he is in that part of the country his
capture will soon be made.
billiard Weston, the deceased,
lived in Columbia, having his home
on Washington street near the Sea-
board Air Line railroad.
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The Death Penalty.

Little thing sometimes results in
death. Thus a mere scratch, insight
fcant cuts or puny boils have paid
the death penalty. It is wise to have
Bucklen's Arnica Salve ever handy.
It's the best Salve on earth and will
prevent fatality, when Burns, Sores,
Ulcers and Piles threaten. Only Csc
at The Kaufman Drug Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-08-12
Puts an End to it All.

A grievous wall oftimes comes as
a result of unbearable pain from over
taxed organs. Dizziness, Backache,
Liver complaint and Constipation.
But thanks to DR.. Kings New Life
Pills they put an end to itall. They
are gentle but thorough. Try them.
Only 25c. Guaranteed by The Kauf-
mann Drug Go.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-08-12
Scarlet Funerals.

They have curious custom at the
burial of married women in Brazil.
The coGu, hesrse and the livery of
the driver must be bright scarlet,
the four white horses drawing the
hearse must Be covered with scarlet
nets, and scarlet plumes must deck
the horses heads.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-08-12
Three Thousand Destitute.

Barcelona, Spain, August s-A ter
rible fire has totally destroyed the
quarter of Esparraguera occupied by
the working people. Three tbous-
and families were rendered destitute
and some workmen perished in the
flames. Esporraguera is 19 miles
northwest of Barcelona.