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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-02-04

Ibis with pleasure that we call
attention to the new advertisement
Of Able & Able. This is new firm
in Leesville, and their handsome
store is filed with.s fresh and very
choice stock of general merchandise
embracing everything needed in the
home and upon the farm. This firm
is composed OF enterprising, ener-
eetic and experienced business men
and backed with capital they will
sssuredly meet with nothing but sue
cess. Their goods are the best and
their prices the lowest. They pay
the highest market prices for all
kinds of country produce. so' when
YOU want to buy or sell give this
house q call and save money.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-02-04
Ready for the 18th.

The 18th of February is st. Valen-
tines Day, and in anticipation OF this
day when Cupid sits enthroned, the
Bazaar has in stock and has now
ready for your inspection carefully
selected line of novelty, as we'll as
drops, cards, perfume sachets, lace
an d comic Valentines of all kinds,
and a cordial invitation is extended
to every one to call and inspect this
stock. Come early before they are
picked over.
II we have not in stock what you
want we will show catalogues and
and order your selection if the order
is placed in time. Cali early, make
your selection. Harman's Bazaar.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-02-04
TEACHERS EXAMINATION.

THE EXAMINATION FOR TEACH
Il ers' Certificates will be held at Lexing-
ton on Friday, February Goth. fhe exam
ination will begin promptly at 9 o'clock a.
m and close at 5 p. m. Applicants will
please furnish paper. Respectfully,
JOHN S. DERRICK,
County Supt. OF Education.
Lexington, February, 3. 1903. 3wl5.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-02-04
THE MISSING FOWL.
An Experience With an Absent
minded English Artist.

An Experience With an Absent
minded English Artist.
Wills invited me to dinner one after
noon when l met him in the Strand. l
accepted, reminding him that as he
was absentminded he had better make
q note of the evening. AS he had no
paper in his pocket he wrote the date
on his shirt cuff. When the appointed
evening arrived I went to his studio.
The door was opened by Wills, and l
could see that he had forgotten all
about the appointment. "Ah, old fel-
low" he exclaimed. do not be too
hard on ME. The cuff went to the
wash, and the date with it. But there
is fowl in the pot boiling here con-
tinued Mr. Wills. "Just come in and
wait few minutes"
had my misgivings. but walked in
side and sat down upon the only chair
not crowded with paint, brushes and
Dalettes. After waiting for about
twenty minutes, feeling deuccdly hun
CRY, groaned. This had the effect Of
reminding Wills that l was present.
He exclaimed in dreamy voice, 1.-The
fowl must be boiled by this time and
coming forward he lifted the lid of the
pot and pcered inside. 1T is very
odd" he remarked. but cannot see
the fowl. Extraordinary. No one has
been here. so the bird cannot have
been stolen
Well, the long and short Of it is that
q week or two later l called again at
the studio. noticed peculiar odor and
discovered the old fowl wrapped up in
a piece of brown paper. All" said
Wills. now l know how it all hap
pened. When the fowl WAS brought in
there came 4 smart ri$itor-Lady c.
about sittings for her portrait. l must
have thrown the fowl behind 4 canvas
and forgotten all about it. But now.
Old fellow, do shut up!'-London Mail.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-02-04

driven into or out of the State fol
market or breeding purposes was
considered.
The object of the act is to make
the law in South Carolina similar to
that already existing in North Caro-
lima. as the law heretofore existed
North Carolina citizens could drive
their stock into this State and per
NIT chem to be fattened on lands of
our citizens, but We could not have
the same privilege with reference to
that State.
The penalty is IS head for each
head so permitted to run at large, to
be recovered for the ute Of any one
who will sue, etc.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-02-04

The wind came bu: dld not blow
the clouds away.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-02-04
BIRMINGHAM PICTURES.
They Were Mere r per, brt They
Subdued the Artist Turner.

Subdued the Artist Turner.
Turner. the great landscape painter
was 4 curious mixture of parsimony
and generosity. determined money
grubbing and unreckoning devotion tt
his art. He would drive a hard bar
gain one day and the next refuse tc
sell at any price. Intending purchas
ers were sometimes excluded from his
gallery, and the refusal of admission
was communicated in anything but Z
polite manner.
MI. elliott, the wealthy pen manu-
facturer of Birmingham. once proved
himself equal to the task of stormine
the castle in the teeth OF the gruf art
ist and his doorkeeper and achieving 4
bargain. A book on Turner gives the
story.
Mr.. elliott was met at the door of
Turner's house by an old woman, who
opened the door and asked the gentle
mans business.
Cant let e in she snapped out,
when he told her, and tried to slam the
door.
But Mr.. elliott had put his foot in,
side the door and without waiting for
permission pushed past the enraged
janitress and hurried upstairs to the
gallery. Turner met him like a spider
whose web has been invaded. The in
truder introduced hinse)t and said
that he had come to buy.
Don't want to seil.' was the an
swer.
"Have you seen our Birmingham pic
lures, Mr.. Turner" inquired the visit
or, as calmly as if he had been received
as a gentleman should be.
'Never heard of 'em," said Turner.
{. elliott took from his pocket some
Birmingham bank notes.
"Merc paper" remarked Turner. who
evidently enjoyed the joke.
ITO be bartered for mere canvas
said the visitor, waving his hand to in
dicare the paintings on the wall. His
tone-perhaps also the sight Of the
mere paper'-conquered Turner, and
when the visitor departed he had bar
gained for several valuable pictures.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-02-04
Hilton's Life for the
Liver and Kidneys
OvercOmes cOnstlpa-
ton.
An Old Veteran.

Uncle Jasper Derrick was in town
Monday. he called in and gave us
q pleasant call. The old veteran is
still hale and hearty and is as firm q
believer in the time honored princi-
pies of simon pure Democracy, as in
the days of yore.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-02-04
office

rs HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE UN-
i designed will apply to the Secretary OF
the State of South Carolina on Monday,
the Ninth day of March, 1913. at his Office
in Columbia, for a charter incorpor .ting
Augusta and Columbia Railway Company.
with the power to said Company to con-
demu lands for rights of way III the coun-
ties in which this notice is published
JAMES Z. JACKSON.
W. e. SMITH WRALEY.
W: H. LYLES,
HENRY BUST,
WALTER NJ JACKSON,
E. B. CLARK
E. F VERDRY.
G.. A. GUIGNARD.
February 4. 1903. Avis.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-02-04
A Petition in Circulation.

A petition has been circulated in
town asking Mr.. McGee, Of the
Southern Railway, to put on a train
TO leave Columbia about o'clock in
the morning for Augusta, Ga, so
that the people on this end of the
route can get their mail in time for
the transaction of the business of
the day.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-02-04
tiiItoHIs Life for the
Liver and Kidneys aids
digestion.

Capt. Klseklsy Takes Charge.
MIR. David Kleckley is now Capt.
Of the chain gang, be having assum-
ed command Monday. The gang is
engaged in tearing down the old
bridge across Twelve Mile creek on
Depot street and putting the new
road bed in good travelling condition.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-02-04
The Lexington Dispatch.
Wednesday, February q, 1903.

1aasx to New Advertisements.
Able & Able-New Store.
Harman's Bazsar-Fresh Seed.
Lever-Remarksble Shoe Shaking.
Final Dischsrge-Es. Mrs. Gather
inc Counts,
j. s. Dsrrick-Teschers' Examipa.
%tion. 'a,s -.
IS. James q. jackson and Others
Notice.
Shand Buildings Supply Co.
Paints.
Samuel B Gsorge-Olerk's Sale.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-03-19
Summons for Publication In
Foreclosure of Tax Lem.

In the Superior Court Of the State OF wash
iugtun for >ttitas county. - ~,
simon =. toParty. plaintiff VS.. John l5' ro
n;lrtV, Elisabeth Fu%artN, ms Wltc, bcI. ~
\ ctib assignee OF j. =. Huil. Kate Flynn IL. H.
:Sunn George T.. Ford and London ana San
Francisco Bank, and all persons UNKNOWN ~
any. having or claiming 10 have an interest," W
..ud to the real property hereinafter dcscrlpe"
defendants. ,,,a,,1
The state of Washington to the said defend
ants. John Is. Foggrly Elizabeth fosarly, ms
vifr Rem H. webb assignee of j. :. Bull, Kate
rlynn, X. l.. Sabn, George f.. Ford ana LONDON
and san Francisco Bank and all persons un
known. If any. having or claiming TO nave an
interest in and to the real property hereinafter
described: ..,;
You are hereby summoned to appear within
sixty days after the date OF the first publicalioh
of Ills summons towit: within sixty days aitci
the Fifth day of March. 1908 ana ucicnu .Iio
above entitled action i'll the above chtltic coui I,
and answer the complaint OF the plalhll, anu
Scrvca copy of your answer upon lhc uilucl
signed attorneys for the plaintiff 1T thcir once
below stated: and in ease of your failure so 10
do. Judgment will be rendered against you nc
coriing to the demand of the complaint which
has been filed with the clerk of said court.
This action is brought upon certificates OF dc'
linuucncy numbered 2lSi, 2lS3 2ls6 2l8' 2lsS'
.lsd 2lnO, 2i9, 2la2 and .li1, issued on lhc
18th day of December, AID 400 by the county
OF Kitiitas State of Washington and now own.
ed and held BY plaintfn herein, Tor delinquent
taxes for the wears 1898 to 1879 inclusive, upon
the following described real estate situate III inc
county Of kittitaS, State of Washington, to-Wlt'
Lots one %. two (2), three CD. four %, hVc
%. six 90. nine 90, Ten U0, eleven QD ana
twelve u2) in Block fortynine (l9) III Murray
addition to EllcnSburg. Washington; mat thc
amount of taxes due upon said property Is S
follows towil; ON lot t. $lO51: ON lot ,. Sl0,!2
on lot b TiU.22: ON lot /. TlO.22; ON lot D. TiUss
on lot s. Sl051: ON lot 9, flo22; on lot TO- SUI
ON lot II, Tl0.22: ana on lot II. NO31 to OBTAIN
Judgment forccloSng the lien thcrcofsand Tor IA
sale of SAID real estate according to law,
MIRES Il WARNER,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
n MI
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-03-19

without doubt the best invest
ment ever offered on this market
Four square miles, two miles
square,, $50 acres in the very
heart of the famous Nicola coal
belt, Yale district, b. G. quantity
practically unlimited: quality
high grade of bituminous, market
already established. Why should
we not be friendly to the
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-03-19
What Is Life?

In the last analysis nobody knows.
but we do know that it is under strict
law. Abuse that law even slightly,
pain results. Irregular living means
delangemont of the organs. resulting
in Constipation. Headache or Liver
trouble. DR. Kings New Life Pills
quickly readju-t this It's gentle, yet
thorough. Only 25c at Ii. 5 Elwood's
drug store.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-03-19
Wanted, Agents Everywhere

TO sell our 5000 combination Accident and
Sick Benefit Policies. costing but $500 per an
nnm each. payable quarterly. Something en-
trely new and original with this company
Covering ali Accidents Diseases and Occupa-
lions. Pays handsome, permanent renewal
commissions. No experience needed to sell
them. Established II years. Address National
Accident Society, 800 Broadway, New York.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-03-19
StraWberry..Ra spberry.

A cross between strawberry and
raspberry. Very prolific, extremely
beautiful in appearance, latge red
berry. Delicious for jams, jellys and
preserves: pronounced by all who have
seen them at my garden. the, the state
fair last fail at Yakima, the king OF
beautiful berries Plants for sale, II
for 81. Leave orders at 8artholct &
Co. 5 store. or O. Daron's barber shop.
No family on garden should he without
these berries.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-03-19
Notice of Meeting of Stock
holders.

A meeting of the stockholders OF Alberta
Cooperative Creamery Association is hereby
called to meet at Nahum Creek school House
In KittitpS county. Washington. on the It'll day
of May 1908 at s O'Clock p. m, the object OF the
meeting being to take into consideration the re
duction of the capital stock of said corporation
to twenty-five hundred dollars. -
W. r. MORRISON,
j. T.. BURKE,
A. f.. SHAW.
Trustees Alberta Cooperative Creamery AS o.
citation 1918
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-05-08
Wet weather and came,s.

Camels are very sensitive to mois-
ture. In the region of tropical rains
they are usually absent, and if they
come into such with caravans the re-
suits of the rainy season are greatly
feared. The great humidity of the air
explains the absence of the camel from
the northern slopes of the Atlas and
from well wooded Abyssinia. This
constituencies expresses itself in the
character Of different races.
The finest, most noble looking cam
els, with short, silklike hair, are found
in the interior of deserts, as in the
Tuarek region, in north Africa, and
they cannot be used for journeys to
moist regions: Even in Fezzan, south
of Tripoli, the animals are shorter and
fatter, with long, coarse hair, and in
Nile lands and on coasts it is the same.
These animals, too, are less serviceable
as regards speed and endurance.-Na-
ture.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-05-08

An Irishman and a Scotchman once
went travelling through a western prai-
RE. 1t happened that n afternoon
they shot a single quail, which would
do for the breakfast of n Of them on
the following morning. Knowing that
the bird was not enough for two, they
agreed to have it eaten by the n who
should have the best dream during the
night.
When they woke early in the morn
ing, the Irishman said to the Scotch
a can phwat did you dream, San
dy?"
well" answered the Scot, II dream
ed that I saw a beautiful basket de-
scend from heaven, and then I got into
it and was borne up to paradise.
can I dreamed" said the Irishman,
"that I saw you goin' up an thought
you wouldn't come back, an so I ate
the quail"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-05-08
Clerical EruSalitY.

In the faroff days of 1766, the year in
which Goldsmith wrote his immortal
"Vicar Of Wakefield" the Universal
Magazine contained this obituary no
hce:
"Lately. Rev. Mr.. Mattinson, curate
of Patterdale, Westmorland, for sixty
years. The first infant he %christened
was afterward his wife, by whom he
had n son and three daughters. all Of
whom he married in his own church.
His stipend was forty years f12 and
for the last twenty not EGO per ann.
Yet he died at the age of eIghty-three
worth l 1000, $500 Of which was saved
out of his stipend" =
The correspondent of Notes and Que
ries who quotes this astonishing record
Of frugality asks if Goldsmith may not
have received the frs" impetus to the
composition of his novel by reading
this announcement.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-05-08
A Maternal Collie.

"The COLLIE" said a nan who knows
them, sis the most intelligent of dogs.
Permit me to tell you a true collie sto-
ry. There was a Scottish shepherd
whose dog gave birth to a litter of
pups. All but one of them died, and
the mother devoted herself so thor
oughly to this sole remaining child that
her masters work WAS quite neglected.
The sheep We're not looked after at all.
The man, enraged at this state of at
fairs, took the pup and drowned it in a
bucket before it's mothers eyes. Then
he went off to the town for the day.
In the evening, on his return, the
drowned pup was missing. The shep-
herd said to his collie. pointing to the
bucket, What did you do with your
pup, Bess? The collie gave a low,
mournful howl and set off, looking
backward often to signify to her mas
ter that he should follow. She led him
to a knoll and paused, moaning, beside
a'spot where the earth had a fresh look.
The shepherd turned up the soil, and
there beneath it the drowned puppy
lay. Its mother had taken it out of the
bucket and given it decent burial."-
Philadelphia Record.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-05-08
Birds Plant TreeN.

An old time Arizona woodchopper
says the bluejays have planted thou
sands of the trees now growing all
over Arizona. He says these birds
have a habit of burying small seeds in
the ground with their beaks and that
they frequent pinon trees and bury
large numbers of the small pine nuts in
the ground, many Of, which sprout and
grow. He was walking through the
pines with an eastern gentleman a
short time ago when one. of these birds
flew from a tree to the ground, stuck
his bill into the earth and quickly flew
away. When told what had happened,
the eastern man vas skeptical, but the
two went to the spot and with a knife
blade dug out a sound pine nut from
a depth of about an inch and a half.
Thus it will be seen that nature has
her OWL plan for forest perpetuation.-
Indianapolis News. ..
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-05-08
Heaven a Home of wealth.

Yaas. they's life an happiness a-plenty
in cheerful labor in the open fields
an a mighty slim chance for the.
doctor. Why, they's ever wealth in it
eff it's lived right; not riches, maybe,
but wealth. Why, the way l read
Scripture, it seems to me we're given
to understand tibet heaven is a home
of wealth. Many mansions sounds
that away. I'm shore, an golden
streets shows tibet they won't anything
be considered too good for use. An
sometimes I've thought thet maybe it
meant to give us to understand tibet
simple riches. like gold, was to be trod
underfoot. An all the Revelational
jewels, why, they seem to be set either
in the walls or doors or somewhere,
not let loose in piles, to be snapped or
%squabbled over No riches to possess,
but thess wealth to enjoy.-Ruth Nc
Emery Stuart in Century.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-05-08
Four Waya to Health.

Hygienic living demands imperative
ly the absolute purity of the four fol-
lowing necessities: Air, water, food and
thoughts. Granted these, you have the
constituents out of which nature for
mulates such a perfect creature that
the inward purity seems to lend a radi-
ance to the personality. It is not sim
ply a few breaths of fresh air a half
dozen times a day that a woman needs,
but a continuous supply, and just as
the greater part of women are half
starved for fresh air so they are also
stinted, oftener from ignorance than
necessity, in the quantity Of water the
body requires to keep it clean and
healthy. Pleasure Of a pure, elevat-
ing nature has come to be recognized
as having a distinctly therapeutic Of
fee, and hence to be one of those fac
tors which merit the same considera-
ton and attention as other n~ecessaries
in a we'll ordered life.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-05-08
MEXICAN
u uStan g
n me t
f~RANkNESS.
"Why, I'm One of the Coward1y MIN.
cOmpOoDS Myself

~Whys I'm One of the CoIvardly Mn
compooDs Myself
Unexpected frankness now and then
gives a special Zest to the humor Of a
situation in congress. When Gabe
Bouck was the representative from the
Oshkosh district of Wisconsin, a pen
sion bill came before the house, to his
great vexation of spirit, for, while his
personal convictions were directly op.
posed to it, his political interests were
strong enough to whip him into line.
On the day the bill came up for final
disposal a fellow member met Bouck in
n space behind the last row of seats
walking back and forth and g%esticulat-
Ing excitedly, bringing his clinched
right fist down into the hollow of his
LETT hand to the accompaniment of ex-
pletives which would hardly look we'll
In print.
whats the trouble, Gabe" inquired
his friend. 'Why all this excitement?"
""Trouble?" snorted the irate law
maker. Trouble enough! That pen
sion bill is up, and all the cowardly min
compOops in the house are going to
vote for it! It's sure to pass-sure to
pass!"
"But why don't you get the floor and
speak against it-try to stop it," sug-
gested the other.
"Try to stop it?' echoed Bourck.
"Try to stop it? Why, I'm one of the
cowardly nincompoops myselfv'-Fran-
cs e. Leupp in Century.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-05-08

Colonel Ochiltree used to tell a story
of how he once lost $1,000, 900.
ut was at 4 banquet" he would say,
"and Senator Hearst of California sat
beside me. Hearst told how years be-
fore he and his party had once been
helped across the Platte by a brave
red haired boy. The boy TO. do this
deed had risked his life. Senator Hearst
as he talked on got enthusiastic in his
gratitude to the lad.
why he said, if l could only find
that boy tonight, I'd make him a pres
ent Of $1,000. 600
81 could restrain myself no longer at
this point. l burst into tears. 'Sena-
tor l said, 4 am that red haired boy.
Behold the boy in met
"Bnt Hearst said, 'Ochiltree, you lie!
"And thus / lost Il million"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-05-08
CURIOUS BLUr4DERS,
The A~nachronisms That Crowded a
Once Famous Poem.

u fAhhchrOnISIhS ma Crowded n
Once Famous Poem.
The medieval romances are full of
plumbers, making contemporaries Of
men who were separated sometimes
by hundreds, sometimes by thousands,
OF years. but as historical criticism had
not then a being and the general infor-
nation Of the age was not superior
In any particular to that of the novel;
lists, their plans dc not amount to
much from a literary point of view.
Such an instance is the case Of Ariosto,
who might be supposed to know some
thing at least Of the truth of history,
but whose one famous poem, "Orlan-
do Furioso,' is a tissue of historical
~absurdities from beginning to end.
In this poem C~harlemagne and his
peers are Joined by Edward I. of Eng
land, Richard, earl of Warwick; Clar-
ence, and the Dukes Of York and
Gloucester. Cannon are employed hun
dreds of years before the time of Monk
Schwartz, and the Moors are repre-
scented as established in Spain, in spite
Of the historic fact that 300 years
elapsed after the death Of Charlie
magne before they crossed from Africa.
In n place Prester John, who lived
400 years after C~harlemagne, and Con-
stantine the Great, who died five CEN
turtles before him, are introduced and
&c familiar converse with the great
Charles, while in another Saladin and
Edward the Confessor are Joined by
the Black Prince.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-05-08
Playing Cards I'm Russia.

In Russia. the manufacture Of play.
Ing cards is an imperial monopoly. In
1S4S $4,000 packs were issued daily,
but the demand was SO much in excess
of this that a petition was addressed
to the car praying for a still more
liberal supply. Among the care devo-
tees the Russian soldiers are conspicu.
GUS, They commonly carry packs in
their pockets, but when there is an
actual call to arms and they prepare
themselves for the battlefield they
make it a point to get rid of all their
cards. This is due to a superstition
amounting to conviction, which leads
them to believe that to retain them
upon their persons at such a time
would be to court grave disaster.