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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-08-16
Tomb1ess Relics.

Tomb1ess Relics.
Harp Of the South! Thy magic chords
attune,
That erst in widest accents thrilled,
And breathe the memory of years COM
mune
With soft, yet fleeting visions fllid;
Wake from oblivion's cold and dreamless
sleep,
Those half seen thoughts like spirits
of the deep.
Harp Of the past! thy living numbers
fling
In cadence down the vale of years,
''Tiu tine enshrouds me with his trem-
bling wing
And death my wrinkled guardian
cheers;
Oh! yet thy ,,pealing anthems swell on
high,
And tunes my soul with kindred SYM
phOny.
Lo! borne upon some native vesper breeze,
Thy plastic strains, forgotten themes
Of youthful joys and woes of by-gone
days
Revive, but scarce defined, like dreams
Of lunacy, they fit across my mind,
The throne Of future grief and hope
entwined.
Again those tombless relics Of the past,
All eliminating fash supreme,
But darking swift and mute they on
ward haste
And sip once more dark Lethe's
stream;
'Tis Ger! Thy magic harp and mem'ry's
spell
And youthhood's scenes long and
sad farewell.
&C. Essbee.
Lexington, S. c.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-08-16

Most men who pay as they 60 are
very Glow travellers.
The leader., 1905-03-11
MS hrs L1NL0ng and mrs S. Frake

OF all the diseases known, with
which women are afflicted, kidney dis
ease is the most fatal. In fact, unless
early and correct treatment is applied,
the weary patient seldom survives.
Being fully aware of this, Mrs. Pink
ham. early in her career, gave exhaust
i've study TO the subject, and in pro-
ducing her great remedy for woman's
/ ills - Lydia =. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound-was careful to see that it
contained the correct combination of
herbs which was sure to control that
fatal disease, woman's kidney troubles.
The Vegetable Compound acts in har-
mony with the laws that govern the
entire female system, and while there
are many SO called remedies for kidney
troubles, Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound is the only one espe-
Fcially prepared for women, and thou
sands have been cured of serious kidney
arrangements by it. Derangements OF
the feminine organs quickly affect the
kidneys, and when a woman has such
symptoms as pain or weight in the
loins, baclache, bearing down pains,
urine too frequent. scanty or high col
ored, producing scalding or burning,
or deposits like brick dust in it; un-
usual thirst, swelling of hands and feet,
swelling under the eyes or sharp pains
in the back running down the inside
of her groin. she may be sure her kid
neys are affected and should lose no
time in combating the disease with
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, the woman's remedy for wo-
man 'sills.
!, The following letters show how
marvelously successful it is.
lydia E. PInkham's Vegetable COmpCunI
The leader., 1905-03-11
ALWAYS RAINS SOMEWHERE
This Is One of the Advantages Of the
United States Being So Large
Country.

In Chief Justice Marshall's time the
supreme court of the United States
lived apart from the rest of the worlC
and dined together at sort of mess,
only once a year dining in public at the
white house, says the Lancaster Law
Review.
Justice Story was once rallied on this
aloofness and explained it drolly:
The fact is, we justices take no part
in the society of the place. We dine
once year with the president and
that is ALL. On other days we dine to-
gether and discuss at table the ques-
tions that are argued before us. We
are great ascetics, and even deny our
selves wine except in wet weather"
Here the justice paused, as if thinking
this last statement placed too great a
tax on human credulity, and then: he
added, slyly:
What | say about wine, sir, gives
you our rule, but it does sometimes hap
pen that the chief justice will say to
me when the cloth is removed: 'Brothez
Storey, step to the window and see if it
does not look like rain.'
"And if tell him that the sun is
shining, Chief Justice Marshall will
sometimes reply: All the better; for our
jurisdiction extends over so large ter
ritory that the doctrine of chances
makes it certain that it must be raining
somewhere. %
The leader., 1905-03-11
NOTES ABOUT WOMEN.

Mrs. Jane Evans, 73 years old and once
q slave, has just graduated with honors
from the elementary grade of night
school in New Haven, Conn. She began
attending school last fall, wishing to
learn to read the Bible and newspapers.
Mrs. Evans was liberated by Lincoln's
emancipation proclamation. ~
Elizabeth Duse, daughter and only
child of Nine Eleanora Duse, the Ital-
ian tragedienne, has entered an English
college devoted to the study of farming
and horticulture. Signorina Duse is only
IL years old. To her mothers great joy
she has shown no desire for staga life;
her tastes arc, in fact, strongly anri-the
ater and she mas never even seen Duse
act. In appearance, however, the two
are wonderfully alike.
Mrs. Alfred Chaplin, of New York, is be-
lieyed to own the finest collection of
black diamonds in the country. Most OF
Mrs. Chapin's sable gems came from
the province of Rahia, in Brazil, and
nearly all are of exceptional beauty.
They do not sparkle like white diamonds
nor, though Opaque, are they as glossy
as jet, but they have a beauty of their
own and their rarity gives them addi-
tional charm in the sight of the enthusi-
ASt,
The leader., 1905-03-11
Wealth ~ Ethinnia


There are gems and gold in Ethi-
opia, writes Robert P. Skinner, in the
Worlds Work. The gems we saw
were found scattered over the desert
waste, washed down from the noun
tains above Gold is hidden away In
the mountains in quantities which can
be estimated by no existing data. Even
now the annual production Of gold by
methods as old as Moses amounts prob
ably to $5OO,OO0. AS for copper. iron
and the ordinary metals. their extrac-
tfon is merely a question Of finding fa-
cilities for shipment and, probably
more important still. market capable
of absorbing them. Petroleum has been
discovered in large quantities. but the
emperor is currently believed to re-
gard as the most important Of Abyssin-
ian activities the cultivation Of his
fertile tableland.
The leader., 1905-03-11
HE HAD THEM SCRAMBLED.
Cave His Order for Eggs In q some
what Puzziing Way, and some
thing Happened.

A salesman in . department store who
possesses considerable wit entered res
taurant in the central section Of the
city the other day, and, finding the wait
er had been recent arrival from Ire
land, told him he wanted two fried eggs,
says the Philadelphia Press.
Il want one. egg fried on one side, and
the other egg fried on the other side, and
want them quick" the salesman added.
Would yeu kindly write that on piece
Of papers" said the waiter.
Il haven't got time. BE quick, tell
you"
Zone fried egg fried on both sides and
the other fried egg fried on the other
side" muttered the Irishman as he was
leaving the table.
In few minutes the salesman heard
much commotion in the kitchen. There
were loud words and they were punctuat-
ed with sounds which seemed like blows.
Presently the waiter appeared much ex-
cited. and, rushing up to the salesman,
exclaimed:
Say, had terrible fight wild the
cook about those eggs and you'll have to
take them scrambled"
The leader., 1905-03-11
May Have to Borrow Soon.

It is believed that the governor
will soon be called on to borrow the
sum of 100000, which was author
lied by, the last legislature. The
financial situation in the State
treasury is about what was to be ex-
pected. Now that the tax collectors
have made their annual settlements,
the situation at the treasury will be
one of paying out money instead Of
taking it in. The regular monthly
expenses of the State government
will go on The governor, treasurer
and auditor have been of the opin-
ion that the money would probably
not have to be borrowed before june,
and it seems highly probable that
the State can rack on until this time
without having to replenish the
treasury with borrowed funds. At
any rate, it is not anticipated that
the money will have to be borrowed
before the last of May. In june
there is to be another distribution of
the common school fund, and the
officials do not want to have to drag
this distribution along until way in
the fall, as was done last year.
The leader., 1905-03-11
lie coAL WAS pELIvERED.
However the Man Who Brought II
Dumped It Into the Wrong
Hole.

A confectioner at 475 Fourth avenue or
dered three tons of ctnl to be delivered
the other day. A driver, with a three
ton wagon, went to the store late in the
afternoon, lifted big iron. cover in the
sidewalk near the curb, and chuted the
three tons into the dark hole. Then he
drove away, says the New York Times.
The confectioner went down to the eel
lar in little while to bank the coal. He
found none. He wondered for some
time, as he remembered seeing the coal
wagon in front of his store, but he told
the company he had received no coal.
The driver went down to see about it.
Whats the matter?" he asked. You
got your coal. What we kickin' about? ?'
Didn't get any coal. Come down into
the cellar and see."
why, dumped it into the coal hole
out there"
(Which hole?"
"That one," said the driver, pointing to
the cover near the curb.
"Himmel!" exclaimed the purchaser, in
agony. ''That amt the coal hole.
That's the sewer"
The leader., 1905-03-11
Spider Culture.

Ten years ago French missionary
started the systematic rearing of two
kinds Of spiders for their web, and the
Board of Trade Journal states that a
spider web factory is now in successful
operation at Chalais-Meudon, near
Paris, where ropes are made Of spider
web intended for balloons for the French
military aeronautic section. The spiders
are arranged in groups of IL above a
reel, upon which the threads are wound.
It is by no means easy work for the
spiders. for they are not released until
they have furnished from 80 yards to Al
yards of thread each The web is
washed and thus freed of the outer red
dish and sticky cover Eight Of the
washed threads are then taken together,
and of this rather strong yarn cords are
woven which are stronger and much
lighter than cords of silk of the same
thickness. IN. Y. Herald.
The leader., 1905-03-11
FROM DISTANT LANDS.

Glasses for the study of German and
Yiddish have been organized by Lon
donss commissioner of police
Lord Strathcona, opening the Colonial
exhibition at Liverpool, said the next
80 years would witness an enormous ex-
pansion Of Canada to a population equal
to Great Britain and Ireland.
The fund for monument to the late
Gen. Hector Macdonald, who commit
ted suicide in Paris last year. now
amounts to over $4,000. The monu-
ment Is to be erected at Dingwall, Scot
land.
The First Royal Fusiliers landed Ia
England recently after n years Of for
Aign service. Their latest was with the
Thibetan expedition. It Is London's i
own regiment. the only one, that can
march through the eity's streets with
hxed bayonets.
III France there are 4. 900 900 smokers,
and Of every is there are eight who
smoke pipe, five who smoke cigara and
only two who use cigarettes Still, the
French consume more than 1s.000.000
cissrettes q year, Or enough to SO around
the world il they. were placed end to end
in 4 line
The leader., 1905-03-11
THE TRICKS
Coffee Plays on Some.


It hardly pays to laugh before you
are certain of facts, for it is sometimes
humiliating to think of afterwards.
When l was young girl / was a
lover of coffee but was sick so much
the doctor told me to quit and did,
but after my marriage my husband
begged me to drink it again as he did
not think it was the coffee caused the
troubles.
80 commenced it again and cons
tinued about g. months until my
stomach commenced acting bad and
choking as If l had swallowed some
thing the size of an egg. One doctor
said it was neuralgia and indigestion.
"One day / took a drive with my
husband three miles in the country
and / drank cup of coffee for dinner.
thought sure I would die before
got back to town to doctor. was
drawn double in the buggy and when
my husband hitched the horse to get
me out into the doctors Office, misery
came up in my throat and seemed to
shut my breath of entirely, then left
all in a flash and went to my heart.
The doctor pronounced it nervous
heart trouble and when / got home I
was so weak could not sit up.
'.My husband brought my supper to
my bedside with a nice cup of hot cof-
fee. but said: Take that back, dear,
will never drink another cup of cof-
fee il you gave me everything you are
worth, for it Is. just killing me. He
and the others laughed at me and
said:
The idea of coffee killing any
body.
:. WELL said, it is nothing else
but coffee that is doing it,
I'm the grocery one day my husband
was persuaded to buy q box OF Postum
which be brought home and / made Il
for dinner and we both thought how
good 1t was but said nothing to the
hired men and they thought they had
drank coffee until we laughed and told
them. Well we kept on with Postum
and Il was not long before the color
came back to my cheeks and got
stout and felt as good as ever did IN
my life. have no more stomach
trouble and / know owe i All 70
Postum - place of coffee.
my husband has gained good health
on Postum; as we'll as baby and +, and
va all think nothing Il too good to
EsY shout Name given BY Postum
cos Battle Creek Mich.
The leader., 1905-03-11
CLEANED HERE AND THERE.

The inventor of the tide table never
saw the sea in his life.
A watch taken to the top of Mont Blanc
will gain S6 seconds in "a hours.
Greater New York consumes 1856, ,OOC
quarts of milk day, and the people
never see COW.
Russia has larger proportion of blind
people than any othercountry. Two out
of every 1000 of her people are sightless
In st. Petersburg late hours are the
rule. The principal streets are generally
crowded at one o'clock in the morning
Many of the theaters do not open before
midnight.
Argentina reaches into the equatorial
hot belt on the north and through the
temperate zone on the south, having
thus wide ranges of temperature Two
thirds of It's people nearly are native.
Italians to the number of almost half Il
million lead the foreigners.
The leader., 1905-03-11
THE CHEERFUL TRUckMAN.
He Exhibits Conspicuously Traits
That Are Common to All
Americans.

zone thing that always impresses me
as go about the Streets said the town
traveller, according to the New York
Sun, is the good humored cheerfulness,
and more than that, often the evident
high spirits, of the city's truckmen as
they plow their way along after a heavy
snowfall
Even when the going is at its best it is
difficult enough in many streets to navi-
gate a loaded truck. In all it is just
about Ia times as hard when the going
is heavy with snow. The indomitable
truckman rises to the occasion not only
cheerfully, but often enough almost, II
not quite, gleefully, as though little
things like great difficulties were some
thing right in his line, that he'd rather
collar than not, for he never gives up
he gets there. somehow, and seems to en-
JOY the struggle.
"a friend tells me that in the exhibi-
tion of these qualities the truckmen are
only showing traits that are character
istic of all Americans everywhere, and
guess that's so; but none the less dc
admire the jolly truckmen, whom nc
difficulties can feaze. nothing can down.
The leader., 1905-03-11
DERANGED NERVES
DISTRESSING TROUBLES LEFT By
ST. VIFUS AND GRIP.
woman AAaloted for Years by Strange
spells OF Numbness and weakness
Recovexs Perfect Health.


woman AnHloted for Years by Strange
Spells OF Numbness and weakness
Recovexs Perfect Health.
When she was fourteen years old, Mrs,
Ida L. Brown had st. Vitus' dance.
She finally got over the most noticeable
features Of the strange ailment, but was
still troubled by very uncomfortable sem
sations, which she recently described a.
follows:
sOne hand, half of my face, and half
Of my tongue would get cold and numb.
These feelings would come on, last for
about ten minutes, and then 20 away,
several times day. Besides would
have palpitation of the heart, and my
strength would get SO low that could
hardly breathe. As time went ON these
spells kept coming oftener and growing
worse. The pumbness would sometimes
extend over half my body. =
How did you get rid of them?'
s'It seemed for a long time as if I never
could get rid of them. 1t was not until
about six years ago that I found remedy
that had virtue enough in it to reach my
C<ASCs 1ltbb Was Lis w 1AAAdAAAC \ 4AA 1AAo
for Pale People, and they have since en-
tirely cured me-.
"Did it take long to effect cure?"
"Nol / hadn't taken the whole of tho
first box before saw great improve
ment. So kept ON using them, growing
better all the time, until had taken eight
boxes and then was perfectly well, aud
! have remained in good health ever
since with one exception"
"What was that?"
"Ohl that was when / had the grip.
was in bed, under the doctors care,
for two weeks. When I got up had
dreadful attacks of dizziness. I had to
grasp hold of something or 1 would fall
right down. Twas just miserable, and
when I saw tho doctor was not helping
me, began to take DIR. Williams Pink
Pills again. In short time they cured
me Of that trouble too, and I have never
had any dizzy spells since"
Mrs. Brown lives at No. 1705 Dewitt
street, Mattoon, Illinois. DIR. Williams
Pink Pills are without an equal for the
rapid and thorough cure of nervous pros
tration. They expel the poison left in the
system by such diseases as grip and are
the best of tonics i'll all cases of weak.
ness. They are sold by every druggist.
The leader., 1905-03-11
! MISSISSIPPI MATTERS
Assaulted hx i NEGRO.

Miss Mamie Marsh, a respectable
and well connected young lady Of
Jackson, was assaulted and outraged
in the very heart of that city a few
nights ago, BY a negro. A negro
named Stewart johnson was cap
tured and identified as the guilty
wretch by negro boy who claimed
to have Witnessed the assault. The
people we're in a great state Of ex-
citement, and doubts were enter.
tanned as to the truth Of the boys
statements, AMI the negro was spir-
tied away to prevent a lynching.
Later another negro has been ar
rested upon strong circumstantial
evidence. Gov. Vardaman has a
Pinkerton detective from Chicago at
work on the case, and every effort is
being put forth to ferret out the
guilty scoundrel who perpetrated
the deed.
The leader., 1905-03-11

Mrs. Samuel Fralxe, Of Prospect
Plains, N. j., writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
cannot thank you enough for what Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done
forme. When first wrote to you had sufs
! fered for years with what the doctor called
| kidney trouble and congestion of the womb.
NV back ached dreadfuliy all the time, and
suffered so with that bearing down feeling /
could hardly walk across the room. did not
get any better, SO daeS5aSs 20 stcp dOctoring
with my physician and take Lydia r. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound and am thank.
ful to say it has entirely cured me. do all
my own work, have no more backaehe and
all the bad symptoms slaye disappeared.
cannot praise your medicine enough, and
would advise all women suffering with kidney
trouble to try it.
Mrs. J. w. Lang, of 626 Third Ave.
nue., New York, writes,
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
/ have been great sufferer with kidney
trouble. My back ached all the time and !
was discouraged. heard that Lydia e.
| Pinkham's Vegetable Compound would cnr5
| kidney disease, andI began to take 1t; and ID
have recommended it to lots of people and
they all praise it very highly
Mrs. Pinkham's Standing In-
vitatiOns
Women suffering from kidney
trouble, or any form of female weak
ness are invited to promptly commune
cate with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn,
Mass. Out of the great volume of exc
periencc which she has to draw from,
It is more than likely she has the very
knowledge that will help your case.
Her advice is free and always help
full.
il a Wcman's Remedy for NOman's IIls.
The leader., 1905-03-11
nninr Grent wnrL.

Ward, Ark, March 6th.-(Special)
From all over the West reports come of
cures of different forms of Kidney Dis
case by Dodd's Kidney Pills and this
place is not without evidence of the great
work the Great American Kidney Remedy
is doing.
Among the cured here is Mr.. j. V. Wag-
goner, well-known citizen who, in an
interview, says: "Dodd's Kidney Pills
have done wonders for me. My kidneys
and bladder were badly out of order. /
used many medicines but got nothing to
cure me till tried Dodds Kidney Pills.
Two boxes of them fixed me up SO that
have been well ever SINCE"
Tell the poor kidney and bladder dis
eased people to take Dodd's Kidney Pills
and get well"
No case of kidney complaint is too far
gone for Dodd's Kidney Pills TO, cure.
They. are the only REMEDY that has ever
cured Bright's Disease.
The leader., 1905-03-11
BURIAL or MoHAMMEDANs.
Remains Of Those who Die Are Never
Taken Inside Mosque Dur-
ing Service.

The Mohammedan burial service Ii
entirely different from the Christian
rite. An explanation OF the custom has
been given by member Of the local le-
CATION. says the Washington Star
No cards are sent out when a death
occurs. but the relatives are notified
verbally Of the event. Upon the day
appointed for the funeral the relatives
and friends assemble at the home Of the
deceased, and the body, after being en-
veloped in shroud and placed in a cof-
fin, is taken to the mosque, where II
Is placed upon stone slab In front
and to one side of the entrance Of the
mosque, The remains of those who die
are never taken inside mosque. There
are no priests or ministers Of the Mus
sulman faith, but an Official appointed by
the government to lead In the prayers
and devotions, called the imam, an
nounces to the congregation that there
is the body OF dead person outside
the mosque Therefore all those in the
mosque relatives, friends and strangers
then repeat prayers for the dead,
whose name, however, is not announced.
After these prayers the body is taken to
the burial ground, being borne upon the
shoulders Of those present, who are re.
heved at intervals.
While in no way giving absolution for
sins, this act of bearing the dead Upon
ones shoulders is considered by the Mo-
hammedans to be pious act Upon ar
rival at the burial ground the coffin is
placed in the grave, and each of the rela-
tives of the deceased throws few hand
fuls of earth into the grave, which COM
pletes the simple burial service of the
land and faith. In the event of the
death of prominent official or other
person. those high in rank attend the
funeral, and show their respect by help
ing to bear the coffin upon their shoul-
ders.
The leader., 1905-03-11
SKIN PURIFIcATIoN.
CutIcura Soap, Ointment and Pills
Cleanse the Skin and Blood of
TOrturing HumOrs -C Coma
plete Treatment $1.0O.

The agonizing itching and burning of
the skin, as in eczema; the frightful seal
ing, as in psoriasis; the loss of hair and
cFusting of scalp, as in SCALED head; the
facial Disagreement, as in pimples and
ring worm; the awful suffering of in
fanis, and anxiety of worn-out parents, as
in milk crust, letter and salt rheum-all
demand remedy of almost superhuman
virtues to successfully cope with them.
That Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills
are such stands proven by the testimony
Of the civilized world.
The leader., 1905-03-11
You Fave No Friends

that will not be interested in a remedy
that is being used extensively as per-
manent cure for Dyspepsia, Constipation,
Headache, Catarrh Of the Mucous Mem
brane, and all-diseases Of the Liver, Kid
neys and Bladder. Only one dose day.
Write at once to the Vernal Remedy
Company, LIE Roy, N. Y, and they win
cheerfully send you free, trial bottle
Of Vernal Palmettona palmetto Berry
Wine), to convince you of the wonderful
results to be obtained from its use. Sold
by druggists everywhere.
The leader., 1905-03-11
Jackson Negroes Use Cocaine.

An investigation just made shows
that the use Of coacaine among the
negroes Of Jackson is largely on the
increase. It is stated that there are
number Of places in the city where
negroes find no trouble, whatever in
getting all the cocaine they want,
provided they have the price. It is
probable that a rigid Investigation
of the matter will be ordered BY the
city authorities, and that a stop will
be put to the illegal sale Of the drug.