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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-02-01

The plant of the Southern Cotton
Oh company, at Bsnnettsville, was
burned on Wednesday, resulting in
loss of 100000, partially Insured.
Ths fire is thought to have started
in the ginnery from spark from a
passing locomotive.
Dispensary constable ". B Row
ell, who killed Jos. G. BIount in
Florence last month, was released on
$1,000 bail last week by Judge Purdy.
Wise is the girl who can tell when a
man is making his final proposal.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-02-01
The Best 7hysic.

When YOU want a physic that is mild
and gentle, easy to take and certain to
act always use Chamberlain Stomach
and liver Tablets For sale by The
Kaufmann Drug Co.
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A FIREwooD BOX.

drawing, and is not beyond the ability
of any smart boy to make.
OF tongued and grooved boards make
a box SO inches long, 16 inches wide and
1S inches high, with the bottom fastened
three inches above the lower edge of the
sides and ends.
A cover should be made to extend
over the ends and front three-quarters
of an inch, and at the rear edge 1t Is to
be attached to the box with two strong
sheetiron or brass hinges.
With compass-saw cut the bottom
Of the front and ends, as shown, and
then treat the wood to several good
coats of paint or varnish, after which the
four corners can be bound with thin
sheet iron and large oval-headed up
holsterers' tacks driven two inches
apart. Sheet lead can be substituted for
the iron. At the top, sides and ends
panels may be formed of figured up
holstery goods or leather, and to give
them the padded effect they may be lined
with curled hair, few layers of cotton
batting or some fine excelsior. To finish
the edges nicely leather or mohair gimp
should be caught down with large head
ed tacks, and they may be placed an
even distance apart, as shown in the IL
lustration.
A division in the box will make It a
convenient receptacle for both coal and
wood for an open or CRATE fire.
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Kentucky hills, and all the fierce at
mospnere which surrounded the trag-
edy to bring out in detail the pitiful
facts attendant Gu this murder of
father by a baby son. Little Rob
ert Gross opened his eyes to sorrow
almost at his birth, and lived out
his small, narrow life with no light
shedding it's rays upon his little world
except that ot great love for a
mother who Stooned him to sleep in
arms that never tired of the young
form close-pressed against her throb-
bing breast. Her loving heart often
beat wildly in fear and trembling
against the homecoming OF father
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recently married. They had their
rooms on the same floor with the moth.
er and sister of the bride.
During the early part OF the sum.
mer, when everybody lived with his
windows wide open, l used to be a
beneficiary of the little musicales that
were given in the pretty little music
room in which the newly wed spent
most Of their evenings. l soon came
to learn that he was a musician of
some local reputation.
Il got notion that his wife was his
pupil. l may be wrong about that.
Anyway, she used to accompany him
when he played the violin.
I'VE all met in the same dining
room every day. The musical family
had their table in one nook of the
room, mine was in another. We never
had any occasion to know each other
except in the way l have stated.
LAS the summer passed 1 missed
them from the music room and from
their meals. Everybody in New York
goes away at some time or other in
summer, and / thought that my un
known neighbours were in the cate
CORY. A few weeks after l had missed
them l bundled up my own traps and
took run across the pond.
Il came home a few days ago, and
looking across the area from my old
quarters | discovered that there were
new occupants in the rooms of the
musical couple. If l thought anything
of the change it was only to attribute
it TO the way in which we live in New
York.
Returning to my old table in the
dining room saw some of the former
occupants of the apartment across the
way at their old table l said to the
only person knew in the dining room
that the musical family had returned.
"'All but one,' was the reply.
"'And that is the master? l said
"'Precisely. He is dead
81 was shocked, in spite of the fact
that | didn't even know his name.
inquired If his death was recent. |
then learned it had occurred early in
the summer, about the time l thought
they had gone away In fact, the
funeral was held right under my nose
and never knew it. So we live in
New York."-N. Y. Sun.
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and grasped from the hearthstone the
iron poker which lay, alasl so con.
yeniently near, and strode across the
room cursing her with the concen.
trated bitterness of his mad rage.
Let my mamma be-" cried Robert,
frenzied with the scene, "let her be,
l say, or l will save her!"
But the man laughed at the child
and his feeble plea as the demoniacal
CLEAN glowed in his eyes like the
fires from hell's embers, while, with
upraised hands, he made ready to
bring down the iron poker upon the
furrowed brow of his faithful wife.
In his work-hardened hands little
Robert Gross grasped up his fathers
pistol, which lay close by on a shelf,
and, pointing it toward the drunken
man, cried out a warning. "Stop!"
he called, his baby voice quivering
with terror and all the wild love for
the mother who had sucked him at
her breast, saved him so often from
his fathers brutality, and taught him
the only lesson of love he had ever
known. "Stop!" he cried again, his
voice vibrant with the strength of the
protector; stop, or l will shoot!"
Shot His Father.
Again the fathers laugh rang out,
scornfully, contemptuously, and he
shot a glance of hatred at the child
who so determinedly approached him
with commands. He made still an
other step toward his wife, who
shrank farther back in the shadows,
her upraised arms shielding her
blanched features, and made an eff
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poor human men who presume to pass
judgment upon soul. Poor little
Robert Gross, baby murderer, who Is
suffering for obeying the primal in.
stinct of man-that of chivalry-the
noblest and best impulse which dom.
mates the human heart. and cannot
stand by while a woman is unprotect-
ed. 1t was this instinct which set
afire the vibrant cords of a noble
young nature and put strength in the
feeble arms of little Robert Gross.
He was but obeying the impulse which
is instructive and inherent in the heart
of every true American. Yet he is
treated as hardened criminal!
He can only cry out in an agony OF
feeling:
II loved my mamma, and my papa
was trying to kill her. killed him
to save her!"
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A WINDOW BOX.

swell and warp so as to spring the box
loose at the joints. The outside and top
edges of the box can be painted light,
pleasing shade, and two or three coats
will be sufficient to give it good ap-
pearance. The inside should be coated
with black asphaltum varnish, that
forms a waterproof coating, and If
moisture should come in contact with
the wood it will not be as liable to warp
as If ordinary thin paint was applied.
The design on the front of the box
is to be outlined with oval-headed brass
upholsterers' tacks one-quarter or
three-eighths of an inch in diameter.
When the last coat of paint is thor
oughly dry the tacks can be driven on
the surface, and to arrange them in an
even and uniform manner a line de-
scribing the design should be followed.
On piece of thin brown paper the
size of the box front draw with soft
lead pencil the illustrated design and
pin the paper to the front of the box.
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who lost his reason ere he left the
towns confines by imbibing Of a
liquid which had been made against
the laws commands in the Illicit stills
of the Kentucky mountains.
Hearted Mother.
The story of the tragedy runs thus:
Robert Gross mother had given to
her aged and feeble father a little of
the store which lay within her larder,
never counting on the parsimonious
manner in which her husband would
grudgingly object to the generosity.
In fact, she had but given to the poor
old man a pound of freshly churned
butter which she, herself, had labored
over making, and when nightfall had
settled down over the mountains, and
the purple shadows lay close to the
hills, turned to her household duties,
and soon had set the family table,
forgetting the gift. With no thought
of the trouble to come, she even sang
about her work, and little Robert sat
by the crate log fire, wearied from
the days plowing, awaiting his ia
ther's belated arrival. Often his
mother turned to him with CHEEKY
words of affection. All within spoke
of peace, and there was naught to mar
the harmony of the evening. To be
sure, the mothers brows were close
knitted, and her weary eyes showed
sign of the anticipated trouble as the
evening waxed late, for she knew too
we'll the cause of her husbands pro.
tracted stay. There are no clubs in
the mountains: or business engage,
ments to keep the mountaineers from
their hearthstones, and she feared for
the Homecoming which was to end
so fatally for them all.
A heavy, reeling step was heard
without ere the door opened to ad
nit of his drunken presence. Like a
| wounded animal at bay, she raised
her eyes and watched him enter, yet
| with patient voice bade him draw
near and be seated at the simple re-
past which she had prepared. Then
he inquired of her father and of her
gift to the old man. She answered
truthfully, and he cursed her.
To Strike Her.
When his wife confessed that she
had given of their small store to her
aged father, he was not content to
curse her, but, rising from the table
| advanced toward her with upraised
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ATTRACTIVE WINDoW-BoX.
How to Make a Strong Frame and to
Line It Properly and Decorate
Pleasingly.

There are many ways to make win
dow boxes, but for simple and mex
pensive one the illustration affords
good suggestion.
Obtain some boards six inches wide
and three-quarters or seven-eighths of
an inch in thickness, planed on both
sides. OF them construct box from six
to eight inches wide, six inches high,
and long enough to fill the window sill
it may rest on.
The corners and bottoms must be Sc
curely fastened with screws, and the in
side of the box can be lined with ziAc
to protect the wood from moisture in the
earth it contains, as otherwise the
dampness would cause the board to
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fort to bring down the deadly weapon
upon her defenseless head.
Just as his arm descended shot
rang out. The baby son had come to
the rescue! He had held the pistol
straight enough-even in the mad ter
ror of that fearful moment-and had
shot straight enough to save his moth
er's life. The father fell forward, the
iron poker falling from his now use
less hand as his great figure sprawled
over the white floor and his life blood
stained the boards.
With a heart-rending cry of mis-
cry and grief the little son sprang
forward, and with his poor mother
bent over the PROSTATE form. Slowly
the fathers eyes opened, and he gazed
upward into the terror-stricken eyes
above him.
MY life is DONE" he gasped.
Tenderly the mother and son lifted
him to the rude bed which stood in
the corner, and laid him high upon the
rough mattress. Then the neighbors
flocked in, for the nearest residents
of the adjoining farms had heard the
shot, and the news, like all evil tic
ings, soon spread.
The Fathers Confession.
Then, amid the solemn silence of
the night, the father made his confes-
sion. He related in detail the fearful
struggle which had been waged alone
there on the tleak mountain side, with
only the terror-stricken woman, the
brave little son and the drunken man,
who had meant murder, but whose plans
were so frustrated by the daring reck-
lessness of the child.
My son was right" he gasped. He
should have killed met" And with one
feeble intake of his short'coming
breath, ne died.
Yet in spite Of this death-bed state
ment, which was made by man who
realized the enormity of his crimes
ere he passed away, and lived only
long enough to make final effort to
save his son, little Robert Gross, q
mere baby, is learning the bitter les
sons of life, while his tender heart is
breaking unC er the weight of his pun
ishment and the grief which has lived
with him since the tragedy. The poor
boy, who knew only the fierce love
of the mountain child, for loving
if rough, mother, and the cruel tyr
amy of a drunken father, languishe'
among hardened criminals in the Lee
county Jail, because there has beer
no one in all this section who has
been sufficiently interested to mak'
an effort to give his bond, which a
most is not over $1,000. So he awaits
the laws slow course to bring hin
back to his mountain home, where I
lonely and heart-broken woman
doubly bereaved, awaits him with out
stretched arms and longing love. Il
his baby mind there will linger eve
the memory of that night, and he ca
only await the reckoning before
Judge who is more merciful than ou
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The Little Hero of Domestic Tragedy
Held in Mountain Prison
in Kentucky.
HAS EIGHT BURLY MURDERERS AS COMPANIONS
Boy of Tender Years Whose Only Crime Was
Protection of His Mother from Murderous
Attack of Drink Crazed Father
Locked Up Pending Action of
Laws Slow Course.

Beattyville, Ky.-"My son was
right. He should have killed me-"
Thus spoke the father of little Rob-
.ert Gross on his death-bed. as the
sheriff took charge of the child who
bad fired the shot which ultimately
resulted in his fathers death.
Il loved my mamma, and my papa
3as trying to kill her, so killed
aim!"
Thus spoke the boy murderer,
child of 13, as his solemn eyes filled
with tears and his rounded shoulders
beaved under the stress of his emo
ton, when he was interviewed by the
writer.
The tragic story of this child's life,
who is now incarcerated in the Lee
county jail, at this city, is one of
incredible sadness. Reared in the
mountains, knowing only hard work
and loneliness, his baby heart had
turned over to the mother, for whom
he finally murdered his father. His
young mind clouded over with memo
ries of his fathers debauches, it was
only natural that he should Law
ish all the fondness of his affection
1te nature upon the mother who had
protected him from the cruelty of one
who knew not tenderness.
With Eight Murderers.
Little Robert Gross is the most pa.
thetic figure now confined in the Lee
county Jail. Here in this bleak prison
house are eight men, all of whom
have the mark of Cain branded on
their brows. Two of them are young
men, not yet 80; one of them even
younger than this, and, with the eX-
'ception of this child, who is of such
tender years, the rest all men of ma
ture age.
What impulse but that of protec.
tion, what impulse but that of fair
fight would prompt the boy to cry
out: Let my mamma be-let her be,
/ say, else l shall kill you first?" For
is was thus little Robert Gross plead
ed with the drunken man whom he
knew as father, even as he saw the
inhuman monster advance toward the
helpless and wretched woman who
bore his name, ere he finally, in an
agony of desperation, fired the fatal
shot which lay low the would-be mur.
derer.
1t requires all the wild setting Of
this mountain home high set in the
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ORIGIN of the GFrankfurter. "

The little sausage known as Frank.
furter" and wiener" was offered for
sale for the first time in 1905, and the
centenpial was observed in Vienna by
the Butchers guild. The inventor Of
the sausage was Johann Lahner, who
named it for his birthplace, Frankfurt.
The business founded 100 years ago
by a poor man has yielded fortune
to it's vaI ious heads. 1t has always
remained In the same family. and is
now conducted in Vienna by Franz
Lahner, a grandnephew of the original
Frankfurter sausage man.
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Whisk Broom Holder

A clever woman has put her knowl-
edge of basketry to good account in
The fashioning of whiskbroom hold
er. This consists OF two disks of bas-
network similar to those used for the
bottom of fancy basket and caugh.
together at the sides by large, huffy
bows of three-inch satin ribbon. th-
color being delicate pink in har-
mony with her room furnishings. a
band of ribbon of narrow width but
mat ihlng n tone is used to suspend
tho aoldei,
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hands, preparing to strike her. She
arose and ran from him. Then he
became frenzied with the rage of
drunkenness, and cursed her again
and again. Crying aloud in her grief
that she should be so taxed with the
generosity which inspired her to help
her father, she retreated from him,
shielding her eyes with her hands,
He followed her. becoming more and
more excited, and was only interrupt
ed in his rapid progress toward the
covering woman by little Robert.
Then blind rage and the effects OF
the wildcat whisky acting on him at
once. he turned toward the fireplace
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ONE TALE OF BIG CITY.
A Romance of a Big Apartment House
Where Neighbors Were as
Strangers.

Numberless incidents illustrating the
way in which New Workers live touch.
ing elbows with their neighbors and
yet never know one another have been
related and printed. The one that fol-
lows is little out of the ordinary.
Just across the area" says the occu-
pant of an apartment in the upper
West Side, was happy couple who
soon learned in roundabout way had
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will now put one
boy to work with the plane to dress
down these four end pieces to five
eighths of an inch thickness. When the
first one is done give it to one of the
girls, who may draw circle on it nine
inches in diameter, for we are going to
make the work basket illustrated In
sketch No 1.
Drive tack in the board and with
piece of string attached you will find u
a very simple job. Here is some work
for another girl. One of the boys may
plane off one of the side boards of a
box, and on that you may mark out the
top rail of the work basket, using tack
and piece of string. Mark four pieces,
as shown in the diagram, below each
one, an inch more than quarter of the
circle, so that after they have been
sawed out they can be joined together
with fish glue and tacks, as shown in
the sectional view within the circle
You may next saw out the bottom board
which has been marked and then bore
% holes with the smaller bit in the bot
tom board and 2S in the rim or top rail,
boring them somewhat slantingly. as
the top rail is one inch greater in diam
eter than the bottom board. All we need
do now, children, is to saw some of the
No. dowels into % pieces each five
inches long and insert them into the
holes we have bored, and, after we sea
that the whole fits together, apply the
stratina and glue the basket together.
We will commence our next undertake
ing by saving out the chair seats and
table top with the following sizes:
Size of small chair seat Sketch No.
2):
Six inches in front.
Five and a half inches in back.
Six and half inches in depth.
Size of armchair and rocker seata
(sketches Nos. 8 and AZ:
Seven inches in front.
Six and half inches in back.
Seven inches in depth.
| Size of table top Sketch No. 81:
Eight by eight inches.
For the above chair seats and table
| top, as we'll as for the bed rails, we must
use the thicker end piece boards, which
have been planed for us. For the chair
| back, posts, arms and legs, the No. Z
| dowels, the No. 7 dowe!s also being used
for the table legs. We can make all ths
stretchers and spindles out of the Nc.
4 dowels. Where the No. As connect
the No. dowels the holes in the thicker
ones can be made with the gimlet and
the ends of the thinner ones should be
whitfield to a smaller diameter, so that
they can be easily glued in.
Here are the sizes for the chair and
table legs and the chair back posts:
Length of chair legs, four inches.
Length Of chair back posts, six inches.
Length of table legs. eight inches.
The sizes of the stretchers and
splndles are apparent, you see, as soon
as we have fitted in the legs and hack
posts, and am sure that you can finish
the chairs and table without any more
help, so | shall give you the sizes of ths
bedstead pieces and let you complete
the work yourselves.
Length of bed upright posts, nine
inches.
Length of bed head and foot cross
pieces, eight inches.
Length of bed side rails, ii inches.
advise you to buy a small can OF en-
amel or ready mixed oil paint and a
brush, and Finish" the articles, as they
| will appear very much better than If lsft
In the raw wood.
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A FINE FIREWooD BOX.
How to Make This Article and Direc-
tions for Padding and Dec
Grating It.

1t is not a difficult matter to make
many useful objects that will be very
acceptable as presents, and for those
who would like a suggestion an idea is
illustrated here that any smart boy
could follow.
The design for firewood box may ap-
pear a difficult matter to make, but it
is in reality quite simple affair to con-
struct and decorate, as shown in the
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SOME DOLL FURNITURE.
Explicit Directions for Making an Ex-
cellent Gift for Any Doll-Lov-
ing Little Girl.

Come along, boys and girls! Let's
play carpenter shop. The things
We make may be useful as Christmas
presents for our brothers and sisters
and friends.
First we will hunt up the tool chest
and obtain hammer, plane, a saw, .
bit-stock or brace, boring bit one
quarter inch, another bit seven-six-
teenths inch in diameter and gimlet-
Now that we have the tools we will
continue our search until we find two
empty soap boxes, and if we do not sue
ceed in finding them at home our friend
the grocer will give them to us. Mamma
will tell us where the bottle of fish glue
or stratina is, and after we have placed
all these things together we shall put on
our hats and walk around to the hard
ware shop, where we must purchase Is
No. 4 and Is No. z dowels, which will
cost us % or 30 cents.
These dowels, you see, are fine round
sticks Of wood one yard long, the No. I
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being exactly seven-sixteenths and the
No. one-quarter inch in diam
eter, so that they will I'll in the holes we
are to bore with the two bits which we
selected from the tool chest a little
while ago.
We may begin by knocking off the
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mer, but be careful
not to break the
end pieces, as they
are the boards we
shall use, for they
are thicker than
any other parts
of the box. We
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A PILLOW FOR BABY.
Made of Fine White Linen Edged
with Hemstitched Ruff1e and with
Embroidered Letter.

A pretty pillow for a baby's carriage
10 made of fine white linen, the initial
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PILLOW FOR BABY.

letter B embroidered in white linen
floss and hemstitched ruffie put around
the edge.
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For the Top Rail of