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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-04
BOWsER WAS LYING IN THE OPENED HIS EYES
AND THE VENERABLE ALMOST OUT OF SIGHT.

But Mr.. Bowser wouldn't. He saun-
tered down the street and passed three
or four pedestrians and finally accosted
a venerable looking man who had lived
long il the world and eaten all sorts Of
berries.
"You-you know what a huck!eberry
is?" began Mr.. Eowser.
Il think do" slowly replied the ven
cradle man after recovering from his
surprise, but if you have any game to
play, don't take me for Il fool"
Il have no game. l Simply wish to
settle dispute. l contend that buckle
berry and whortleberry are two differ
ent berries. The other party contends
that they are the same thing"
And who is the other party?'
well. it's my wife,
81 see. Well. congratulate and pity
her at the same time"
What do you mean?'
81 mean that she probably knows
more than the average woman. but she
has also got an ass for husband"
Look here. YOU old reprobate." shout
cd Mr.. Bowser, don't talk that way to
me. l asked you a plain question,
and"-
''And you are an ass. sir! Go home
and acknowledge it to your wife"
by thunder, but allow no old he
goat to call me names. I'll give you one
minute
Mr.. Bowser was lying in the snow
when he opened his eyes, and the ven
erable man was almost out Of sight.
Five minutes later Mrs. Bowser heard
the front door open. and she walked in
to the hall to see Mr.. Bowser sneaking
upstairs.
rs it whortlcbcrry: she asked.
He didn't reply.
"Or is it hucklebcrry?
He didn't even halt to look down. He
had suddenly decided that the buckle
berry season was over. NJ. QUAD.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-04
Or1sHn OI Earrings.

According to the Moslem creed the
reason why every Mohammedan lady
considers it her duty to wear earrings
is attributed to the following curious
legend: Sarah, tradition tells us, was
so jealous Of the preference shown by
Abraham for Hagar that she took a
solemn VOW that she would give her
self no rest until she had ulutilated the
fair face Of her hated rival and bond.
maid. Abraham. who had knowledge
of his wife's intention, did his utmost
to pacify his imbittered spouse, but
long in vain. At length, however, she
relented and decided to forego her plan
Of revenge. But how was she to fui-
fill the terms of the VOW she had en-
tered into? After mature reflection
she saw her way out Of the difficulty.
Instead of disfguring the lovely fea-
lures of her bondmaid she contented
herself with boring hole in each or
the rosy lobes Of her ears.
The legend does not inform us wheth-
er Abraham afterwar1 felt it incum-
bent upon him to mitigate the smart OF
these little wounds by the gift OF
costly pair Of earrings or whether Ha-
gar procured the trinhetS for herself.
The fact remains. however. that the
Turkish women, all Of whom wea?
earrings from their seventh year, de-
rive the use Of these Jewels from Ha-
gar, who is held III yeneration as the
mother Of Ishmael, the founder Of their
race
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-04
The Stomach Is the Man.

A weak stomach Weakens the man,
because it cannot transform the food
he eats into nourishment. Health
and strength cannot be restored to
any sick man or weak woman without
first restoring health and strength to
the stomach. 4 weak stomach can
not digest enough food to feed the
tissues and revive the tired and run
down limbs and organs Of the body.
kodol Dyspepsia Cure c!eanses, puri'
fes, sweetens and strengthens the
glands and membranes of the stom-
ach. and cures indigestion, dyspepsia
aud ali stomach troubles. j. E. Kauf-
mann.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-04

ton. Of 'whortle' and that both terms
relate to one and the same berry. Here,
let me get it for YOU"
What do care about the diction-
RTy? What know KNOW
But let's see what it says"
II don't care what it says. All the
dictionaries in the world couldn't con-
vince me that was wrong"
Mrs. Bowser got down the una
hsidgcd and read:
''The whortleberry is small round
edible berry which is highly valued
for food. The name huckleberTy is now
more common in colloQuial language
Than whortIeberry."
Doesn't that prove my case?' she
asked us she closed the book.
''Not by forty miles. madam" shout
ed Mr.. Bowser. THE two are entirely
distinct One grows in America, the
other in India
''But Webster does not say so.''
what have / got to Go with Web
ster or any other man? What know
know. Furthermore. will prove the
luckleberry question right here in our
own house. Well see what the cook
says"
The COOK came up in answer to the
bell, and Mr.. Bowser asked:
Sarah, you know what hucAleber-
ries are. Of coUrse?'
''Oh. yes. sir"
"But did you ever see whortleber-
ry:"
Yes. sir: they are the same thing"
''Eh! Eth. What's that:"
1.-THE same thing. sir, begging your
pardon. My brother once bet $40 that
they were different, and he made fool
CT himself and lost his money. Is that
all. sir:"
There was a painful silence as the
cook departed. and then Mr.. Bowser
stood up and hoarScly whispered:
Woman. see the conspiracy. but I
will balk it. presume you have even
got the cat on your side"
why all this excitement over moth
ing" ;,sked Mrs. Bowser. I'm sure
We don't care whether it's whortle or
buckle.
Put we do care" he persisted. "You
have tried TO make out that ! am an
ignoramus. and propose to show you
TO the contrary. Within half an hour /
will make you and your Webstcr's Die
tionary look like - cents"
what are you going to do?" she
asked as he started down the hall.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-04
copyright, 1903, by c. B. Lewis.1

tCopyrisht, 1908. by c. B. Lewis.1
IN RR. BOWSER had been read
~W ing his evening paper fol
xV& half an hour when he laid
it down with the remark:
'eWell, that's a queer name. Did
you ever hear of whortleberries, Mrs
Bowser?"
"a thousand times over" she replied
"Oh, you have? Well. you are abe
of me for once in your life. Perhaps
you will enlighten me?'
''You have not only eaten them 4
hundred times, INT l have 10 doubt
you have picked many a pailful.
Whortleberries, my dear, are what peo-
yle generally call hucklebcrries.'
They can't be-
''But they surely are
81 deny it. A huck!cbcrry is a
huckleberry and has been ever since
any one heard Of them. a whortleber-
~ is an altogether different thing.
whatever it is. l thought it queer that
You should know more than did about
TIC u1attct-
s.Now. don't make any mistake about
The berries protested Mrs. Bowser.
though she realized that argument
must lead to a family row. There is
10 such fruit as huckleberries. The
name is corruption Of whortleberries.
Very few newspapers or circulars use
iha- tar;n shncISIe'n
'eyou are wrong-a thousand times
wrong exclaimed Mr.. Bowser as he
walked about. ''It has never been any
thing else but huckleberry since Amer
lea was discovered. Now that re-
member. ] can inform you that whor-
t,eberries grow in India. have seen
few preserved specimens. They
grow on trees and are something like
our peaches. A huckleberry, as you
know, is q small black berry about as
large rs q buckshot. 1t will be we'll
for you to remember this and not make
any further mistakes
"You have only to look in the diction-
ary to find that buckle is a corrup-
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-04
At n StandStill.

"He boasts that he doesn't advertise.
but hc's still doing business at his old
stand"
He means he's doing business at his
old standstill." ."-phila Press.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-04
a Nervous Woman

Will often feel compelled to stop the
clock whose ticking seems unbearable to
her. In such a nervous condition the
woman needs building up of the entire
system. It IS useless to attempt the cure
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-04
Not to His Liking.

Ee had just learned that he had
been disinherited.
"Still," they urged. 'tdo not despair
Of success in life. Where there's will
there's a way"
"Yes," he admitted. ''but in the case
Of this will it's a darred poor way
Chicago Post.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-04
A Puzzle Indeed.

|'ThiS.' declared the eminent orator.
SIS the very key to the whole question:
But" interrupted a small man in
rear seat, "where is the keyhole:'-
Judge.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-04

Madge-Whom did you meet at Mrs.
Climbers party?
Ethyl-A lot of impossible people that
nobody knows. had to talk to myself
to keep from being lonesome. * San
Francisco Town Talk.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-04
Knew What He Wanted.

Politican-I'll do what l can to get
work for you.
Cit;Zcn-I don't want work: what I'm
after is city Job.-EXc!ange.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-04

convincing proof that the kidneys and blad-
der are out of order.
What to Do.
There is comfort in the knowledge so
often expressed, that DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root the great kidney remedy fulflls every
wish in curing rheumatism, pain in the
back, kidneys, liver. bladder and every part
of the urinary passage. 1t corrects inability
to hold water and scalding pain in passing
it, or bad effects following use of liquor,
wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity of being compelled to 60 often
during the day, and to get up many times
during the night. The mild and the extra
ordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon
realized. II stands the highest for its Won
derfui cures Of the most distressing cases.
lfyou need medicine you should have the
best. Sold by druggists in soc. and$l. sizes.
You may have a sample bottle of this
wonderful discovery EE
and a book that tells asIEss5sa4ass q ;:::s
more aboutit, both sent :;:Es;s;
absolutely free by mall @ssg sssss:e9
address DR.. Kilmer & Home of swampRoos.
Co., Binghamton, N. Y. When writing mcn-
ton reading this generous offer in this paper.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-04

A man never knows what con-
science lie has until asked TO tell Ge
to shield some one be never liked very
we'll anyWay.-Atchison Globe.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-04

OF he nerves
while the cause
of the nervous
ness remains uu-
cured. A very
common cause
of nervousness
in women is q
diseased condi-
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-04

ton of the delicate
womanly: organism.
DR.. Piefee's Favorite
Prescription, cures
womanly'diseases and
the nervousness which
they cause. 1t changes
irregularity to regular
ity, dries the drains
-hioh woaEora 1uon1an
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-04
Z

Hc-But poverty is 10 disgrace.
She-Ula-m. no: but there arc no
medals connected with it cither.--
Judge.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-04
An Important Point.

''Does he write poetry"
''Well, he calls it verse"
"Calls it verse, does he? I wonder
If that's real modesty or only afecta-
ton"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-04

sediment or set
tling indicates an
unhealthy condi-
ton of the kid
neys; if it stains
your linen It is
evidence Of kid
ney trouble; too
frequent desire to
pass It OF pain in
the back is also
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-04
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble
and Don't Know it.
How To Find Ont,

Fill bottle or common glass with your
water and let it stand twenty-four hours; a
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-04
Business Notice.

For Salc-Gentleman wishing to
leave country will part with blooded
English bulldog for small considera-
tion."-Chicago News.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-07-30
A Freak Tree In indiana.

II
A freak Of nature has been found by
workmen who were cutting timber q
Benham. The tract belongs To Isaac +.
King, and the freak is the intergrowth
Of two kinds OF timber.
A young, thrifty poplar tree. some 10
inches In diameter, has, as viewed
from short distance, apparently what
Is an elm limb nearly half It's own
girth growing from It's trunk about
eight feet from the ground. A careful
examination of the base OF the tree re.
yeals elm roots and the body OF elm
springs directly from the body OF the
poplar
A slight ridge In the poplar trunk
which winds from the elm roots to the
point from which the elm leaves IT,
shows how much more vigorous Us
growth has been than that OF it's com
panion tree, and for some feet the pop,
lar has completely swallowed the elm
About twenty feet higher the two seem
10 have become attached again and In
time may form another combine. The
poplar has attained height OF about
100 feet, and the elm is somewhat
shorter Just how Il is possible for the
elm tree to thrive. in spite OF the fact
that II has been encased by the poplar
for many years, is not clear,-lndian.
apOlis News.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-07-30
Mans Fnsna. M, Kim s,,l.

The most relentless exterminator M
feptilea 10 a member ~ the family n.
self-the beautiful yellow aud black
King snake, the friend OF man and the
avoNed enemy OF anything that ereeps
% erawls. regardlcss of slEe of poison
tanH. The native Of our 0un south
the King snake 10 between ave and
eight feet Iona and no thicker round
than 4 mans thumb. nulit In every
muscle and bone for speed aud IRE
menooas constructing power, there Il
not another snake 0n earth thai can
sitatiahd hls assault he Il Immune
10 TIE poison OF the cobra and az Inc
tatilur alike. and the atreneth Of a
shifty foot python has no terrors for
hini Within ave minutes from the
openlnK " the nght. the King snake
coaid ALI the biggest python that sycr
lived. ferOcloua a. the uttle con.
nlfl, ,or q toward hla own kind toward
MAJ he u frlendly aud rarely trisa 40
s.eAps when met aneid McClure's
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-07-30
To Improve
the UmpQua



Roseburg Or. July PA most i'm
porlant step waa taken here Monday
toward the development of the lumber
Ing Industry OF this portion Of the
state This was the granting OF a
fInnchIae 10 the Oregon Boom 4 Tim.
ber Company for improving the North
UmpQua river for floating logs and
timber.
The contract provides that the work
shall be completed with IN two years.
ltln also agreed that the company
shall erect and operate a sawmill OF
100000 daily capacity at Winchester.
where the main line OF the Southern
Pacific railroad crosses the North
UmpQna river. Other parties also ex.
pect 10 erect woodworking plants there
a. soon as facilities for securing tim
ber are assured.
The franchise provides that the
stream shall be cleared OF obstuic.
lionH a. far east AZ the Cascade for
esl reserve. a distance OF 30 miles
thua making available vast bodies OF
vefy hne timber which are now prac
ticaily inaecessible Operations will
begin AZ soon ~ preliminary details
can be- arranged
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-07-30
~ rhouaand umhr,lIn..

Fully two thousand umbrellas lost by
their owners 10 elevated railroad trains
are awaiting Identification IN the lost
and found" once Of the Manhattan
Railway Company. About half OF the
number were taken In by the Il"
guards IN the recent period OF rainy
weather. James Carlton, clerk In
charge " the department, has been
working overtime % ascertain the
rightful cialmants. but the collection Il
stu larger than he cares to handle.
Umbrellas of various kinds and
the last three weeks" said he yester.
day. = wish the people who own
them would take them away. The
make certain Of the real owners. There
are hundreds OF claimants. but very
few of them have any right 10 the um.
brellaa. and when they nnd they are
nnehle 10 identify the property they
claim any one In the collection which
happens 20 please their eyes. refuse
20 let them have them. and they pro.
ceed 10 tell me what they think OF me.
Women can excel men at this game .
New York Press.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-07-30
A NATURAL REsuLT.

Il is very reasonable to suppose II the
foundation OF a structure was removed
that the building itself is bound TO
come down. This same principle can
be applied TO disease. Take medi.
cine into the system that will remove
tho cause Of sickness, and the illness
leaves OF itself. Dyspepsia. indiges.
ton, slck.headache and blliousness
have their foundation in stomach dis
orders. Remove this weakness and
the other symptoms are no more
There is one cure for all this that al
druggists sell for 25c per box, II IL
called DR.. Gums Improved Liver
Pills. They get right at the beginning
OF these diseases and make the cure
by taking away the cause of II. We
will send a small box free by mail, ol
large box on receipt OF 25c. Address
Or. Bosanso Co., Philadelphia, Pa
For sale az o.. stones Drug Stores.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-07-30
In the Fsud Country.

The people generally cannot under
stand the positive density OF the resi-.
dents OF the Kentucky feud districts. i"
said Representative Rodenberg. OF mi.
nois, az the Congressional last night.
u recently spent several weeks I'm the
hreathitt county region and had an op.
pOrtunity To study conditions. Life Is
held very cheaply by the mountain
GERS A farmer living near one OF the
small towns had quarrel with the
storekeepcr. II ended by the store.
keeper ordering the rustic never 10
speak 10 him again The farmer went
home and returned 10 the town several
weeks later probably having forgotten
all about his quarrel He spoke 10 the
storekeeper and was promptly shot
dead supposed that that would
mean an arrest or a feud. or something
OF that sort, and was very much sur
prised 10 learn that the matter passed
nnnoticed, Il will probably be heard
tnom later when the farmers bows get
big enough TO so after the storekeeper
and his family.
We stopped one day aud asked a
woman. apparently about thirty Years
OF age. II there was not store down a
certain road, She answered that she
had heard 30. but that she had never
been down that road more than a mile
asked her how long she had lived IN
thar neighborhOOd. and she replied thai
she was born In the house and had
never been out OF the neighborhooa
The schools are few and far between
and poor excuses az that. There will
he no oetterment OF conditions untiI
the state takes hand. builds schools
sehuA 5000 teachers there and protects
mem, me people are goOd.natured
~ a rule aAd never bother a stranger
!. pc attends 20 his own Affairs. Amons
themselves. however, they think less
oi = human life than they 90 Of thai of
horse. Washington POST
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-07-30
Breath
Ceased During
Painting Spells.
Revived by Artificial
Respiration.
DIR. Niles Heart Cure
Cured Wife.

Painting spells are a sure INDIGESTION OF a
veal heart The heart cannOi do the work
required of Il and st0ps beating. III u ceases
for more than a minute death ensueA WEAK
hearts must have aid from the outside, such
a. Dr. Miles Heart Cure alone can give IL
Is A heart toric. Il regulates the pulse, en-
riehss the blood and improves the circulation
-For two years ny wife vas IN very poor
health. Az iirt her back Troubled her a
great deal then she had shortncss Of breath
and irregulanty OF the periods. be pain
IN her back gfew worse and extenoed to the
connection Of the spinal cord at the base Of
the brain and from there 10 her heart She
had two very bad sinking spells, when the
pain IN her heart was most intense aud her
breath stepped. The second time We had 70
resorf 10 aftIhcial respiration 10 revive her.
We were advised 10 give DR.. Miles Heart
Cure q trial aud bought bottle and began
ziVinr it as directed. We found the doses
were too strong. 20 gave her half-doses
three umes a day, aud abe began 10 improve.
After ahe had taken two bottles the pains
we're ali Rone and she vas feeling like a new
woman. She continued the Heart Cure In
snail doses for several months and Is now
enjoying better health than Tor the past six
yearh--A J. 1HonTsos, Dept County
Clefk, klamath P. o, Cal
All druggists sell and guarantee FIRST bot
tle Dr.. MiieS Remedies. Send for free book
On Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address
Dr. Miles Medical Co, Elkhsit Ind
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-07-30

What joseph W. FOLK, Of st. LOUIS
fias Really Done.
But rs for the remedy for the eviis
NJ the lobby. a beginning has been
made. and the credit is Joseph w.
Folks. Il Is not so much that ne mas
convicted boOdler after bOOdler IN ms
city and has been the main instrument
lin upsetting the state lobby, though
that Is much His great accomplish
ment has ben the sentiment which he
has created throughout Missouri.
Three years ago bribe-giving was a
crime on the statute books. but the
blood Of good people was not stirred
by II. Today a legislator conferring IN
nrivate with a recognized lobbyist
risks his whols political future. Right
here is real hope for reform. II ciu
zen wants 10 influence legislation, ne
must do his work in public. Secret
hearings. evening chats in the lobby,
private personal sOlicitation-all these
must 20. The public once for all must
distrust any measure supported Dy
secret lobby.
And one other suggestion made by
the grand jury richly deserves adop'
tion Every franchise proved to have
been secured through bribery should.
bv that nroof alone. be rendered null
and void Fraudulent franchises are.
after all. merely fine name for stolen
goods and the receiver OF them must
have no more protection under the law
than the secondhand dealer who. with |
his eyes wide open, buys the burglars
booty at a fraction Of its real value |
From an article on THE Missouri !
Lobby" in Leslie's Monthly for August |
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-07-30
WIerd storY From anrmah

a story comes from nurmah OF a six.
yearold burmese boy In the Pegu dis.
tHet, Who Is believed by the simple vii.
agers around him 20 be the relnearna.
ton OF the late AIR, A. H Tucker. dis.
trct superintendent OF police Who
Was killed BY nacolts In 1891 The child
hAs been taken 10 various places where
MT Tucker was stationed, aud the Rur,
leose declare that he remembers ali
,he Incidents Of HIS previous existence
=, 'he place o. the murder he trembled
anu save particulars of the deed. they
say, ana nothing Will persuade him
that the spirit Of the late Mr.. Tucker
has not returned 10 earth In the shane
90 the boy, Such relncarnatlon a een.
erally believed Ia hnrmah. ana numer.
'ous alleged examples Ol Il are ON rec.
ord. The relncarnated ones are called
Mln.xas, - Exchange.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-07-30
Use Trlb for tobacco,
Wanted.


We would like to ask through the
columns Of your paper. II there is any
person who has used Green's August
Flower for the cure OF Indigestion
Dyspepsia and Liver Troubles that
has not been cured-and we also
mean their results. such as sour stom'
ach. fermentation OF food, habitual
eostiveness. nervous dyspepsia. head
ache. despondent feelings. sleepless
ness-in fact, any trouble connected
with tho stomach OF liverY This med
lcine has been sold for many years in
all civilized countries. and we wish
TO correspond with you, and send you
one OF our books free Of cost. II you
never tried August Flower. try a 25
cent bottle first We have never
known OF lis falling. II so. something
more serious T. the matter with you.
Tho 26-cont size has Just been intro
duced this year. Regular size 75
cent Dr. stones drug stores.
q. q. GREEN.
Woodbury., ~ ].