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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-07-19

The President has revoked the Or
ders of Lieutenants Walker and
Harris, removing them from the
Charleston navy yard to Norfolk and
Kew West. This order is black
eve to the Bureau Of Navigation and
is an oct Of justice gracefully done.
The State shell fish commission
has completed its tour of inspection
and will make it's report to the next
General Assembly.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-07-19
Oak Grove Notes.
70 the Editor of the Dispatch:

10 the Editor OF tne DlspatcD:
The Crystal Spring seems to be q
popular Sunday resort for old and
young of both sexes.
Our people are busy hauling
melons to market.
We are sorry to note that Mr.
Charlton Shull is down with typhoid
fever but hope for his speedy re-
covery.
MIR. Alonzo Lown was visiting in
these parts Sunday.
There was preaching at Z'on church
Sunday and q large cong egation
Was present.
The Sunday school convention will
be held at Zion church on the 28 81
instant. Everybody cordially in
vited. Come, and bling we'll flled
baskets.
Success to all. Me.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-07-19

hot, it reminds one OF a May morning
in South Carolina. It gets hot in
the sun about midday and till night,
but shade is pleasant and the nights
are cool enough to require cover for
sleeping purposes.
I have just returned from trip TO
Wyteeville, our county seat. One of
my college mates lives near here and
I went down Saturday evening and
conducted a missionary service for
them on Sunday. Sure I enjoyed
the trip. It is typical south west
Virginia country. The mountains
are beautiful, the water is almost as
cold as ice, the air is brac;ng and the
fields are fine. Though high and
rolling they are productive. They
would make picture for an artist.
Take my friends home. he has
over 500 acres of land. Near by is
big field of Timothy and clover,
waist high and over just being cut.
A hundred yards away are seventy.
five sheep laziiy lying in and eating
grass Still further on, in another
inclosure are twenty more sheep.
Back of the home are others. Aud
auch sheep! He has sold about 100
and for them and his wool he has
made $500. Beyond the road, about
q quarter of a mile away are thirteen
beeves, up half knee deep in blue
grass. These will weigh by the time
they are to be sold 1400 pounds and
will bring something like $50 each if
the maket is good.
Ta;s leaves us fairly we'll. Mr..
Julian is not back from his preaching
trip. He has accepted regular work
again. Truly,
S. c. Bsllentine.
Rural Retreat, Va, July II, 1905.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-07-19

Sunday School Convention.
The following. is the progrsmme
FOR the ioint Sunday school reunion
of the Cedar Grows Pastorate to be
held at st. Paups Church, Hollow
Greek, beginning at 10 o'clock, Satur-
day, August 5, 1906 The music in
dicated below by numbers will be
found in the Augsburg Songs, and
q combined:;
Anthem-aI was glad when they
said unto me"
Devotional exercises.
Address of Welcome and Respose.
Mnsic-No. 206
Exercise by the Sunday school,, in
teeepersed with music, Nos. 296, 295,
1sl.
Intermission for dinner.
Music--No. 366
Address-'lmportance of Music
in the Sunday sokooI-Rsy. d. B.
Grosclose.
Music-No 2.
Address-''What part should the
older members take in Sunday school
work?-Theologicsl Student Enoch
Hite.
afusic-No. 158.
Address-"What duties do the
superintendent and teachers owe
their Sunday SCHOOL,? Rev. E L..
Lybrand.
Music-No. 2I7
Address-Hon. G. n Efrd.
Mueic-No. Its
Acknowledgements A. F. Le-
yer.
Closing Song-No. 152
All are invited to come and bring
baskets. The exercise will begin on
time.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-07-19
Pond Branch Dots.

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
Refreshing showers have at last
come and crops are taking on quite
different appearance. Early corn
is small, but caring we'll; cotton
is about as good ss usual for this
season of the year.
A goodly number attended Mr.. D.
D. Smiths cue Saturday. The best
of order was maintained throughout
the lay. There were no signs OF
whiskey, and I do not believe that
more could be expected from the
much talked of prohibition.
Our community was saddeped
July 5th by the death of Mr.. Samuel
Smith. He had been in failing
health for several months. A good
neighbor, true friend and loving
father has gone to his reward. he
was buried on the 6h inst. in the
Pond Branch cemetery.
Miss Eta Kennedy, Of Brookland,
with her brother and sister are visit
ing relatives here.
Mr.. Henry Koon and wife, Of Lex.
ington, came out on visit to relatives
Saturday.
DR.. F. Hall, of Steadman, visited
here Saturday.
MIR. Arthur Miller, of Batesburg,
is visiting his fathers family.
Mrs. J. NJ. Craps, Of Lexington, is
on q visit to relatives here.
MIR. Noah Taylor had q birthday
dinner at his home Friday. All who
attended we're loud in their praise Of
the good dinner and pleasant time.
Mr. W. D. Crout visited his son.
Fred, at Shelton, S G, Friday and
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ct. W. Smith attend.
ed the district conference at Leesyille
last week.
A summer term OF school opened
at Pond Branch today.
Prof. S. S. Lindler and his accom-
plished daughters, Misses Leila and
Frances, visited Mr.. J. j. Rooms
Saturday night.
The question of extending a tele
phone line from Lsesville to this
section is being agitated. We hope
to see this project materialize in the
near future as We stand in need o1
such an improvement.
July II, 1905. Nomen.
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Our Virginia Letter.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
The morning is beautiful and clea
and the indications are for cessation
of rain. There has been more rain
up here this spring than for years.
Last Wednesday it came down in
torrents. A lot of damage Was done
TO oats--stili uncut-grass and crops
in general The atmosphere has
cleared up now and though it is
in dead summer and people say it is
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-07-19
Free to Farmers,

We will advise you free of charge
which is the very best Mower made
if you will apply to US either il
person or by letter.
Lexington Department Store.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-07-19
Notes from Gilbert.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
At a meeting of the Joint Council
of the Cedar Grove pastorate last
Saturday, il was decided to build
the parsonage at Gilbert.
Some OF the lovers of fox hunting
we're cut few nights ago and toc'l
in one of the grays.
Watermelons are plentiful and
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-07-19
Obituary..

Miss Sallie Wirgsrd was born II
Lexington county, S. c., Noveu oer
13, 1861, and died Nay 26, 1908.
She was baptized in Infancy. E;riy
in life she was confirmed in the
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-07-19

Be it said to the credit of Presi-
dent Roosevelt he has expressed a
determination to prosecute the graf
ters in the Agricultural Department.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-07-19
BOARD CAN BE SECURED

and hotels at reasonable rates for the month.
shall be glad to furnish any further informal
School.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-07-19
LEXINGTON COUNTY SUMMER SCHOOL.

The Summer School Teachers County will the Pal
Institute building August and four weeks
This will c. A1en r. T. Miss
Elizabeth Domin all efficient Summer School We
this
TRUSTEES WILL PLEASE Offer INDUCEMENTS
benefits derived therefrom
public
tosu wokeac
BOARD CAN Be SECURED In private FAMILIES
at month";
information with reference Summer
School.
J. E. RAWL KYZER
County Superintendent of Education.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-07-19
Cut Price Sale,

Cut Price Sale,
Tailor Made Suits.
We have big cut price list from
the International Tailoring Co., saw
ing the customer from So 90 to $40
on suit and SOC to So 90 on trousers.
Let Us take your measure for one of
these superb suits while they last.
E.. 6. Dreher & Co.
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
BONE STRUCTURE.
The Compact and the SpOngy Kind
and Their Strength.

The Compact and the SpOngy Kind
and Their Strength.
Bone is of two kinds, compact and
spongy. AS the result of careful ex=
periments it has been shown that COM
pact bone is twice as strong as oak,
considered simply as building mate
rial. In the shaft of long bone it is
in reality much stronger than this, for
1t Is arranged on the advantageous
principle of the hollow pillar, which
gives the fullest resisting power with
the least possible expenditure of sub
stance.
The delicate layers and bars of
spongy bone are arranged on the prin-
ciple of an arch, enabling very consid-
erable pressures to be resisted 1t was
found that cubic inch of this tissue
taken from the lower end of the thigh
bone and weighing only fifty-four
grains was quite uninjured by dead
weight of AIS pounds
The curved bones which roof in the
skull are constructed to resist great
pressure, while they check the trans
mission of shocks to the brain. Ar
ranged in the form of q dome. they
consist of compact bones, with a
spongy layer between. These are
known as tables" of the skull. The
outer and inner tables are immensely
strong, while the middle table serves
as buffer by which the force of blows
is distributed
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
When to Exercfse.

When to exercise is an important
consideration. If the morning only is
available the exercise should be light,
Particularly is this the case if one is
engaged in any work The supply Of
energy must not be drawn from at the
beginning of the day. The afternoon
is perhaps the best time for exercise,
when one has gained strength from
the absorption of the morning and
noon meals. Those who exercise vigor-
ously at night should eat a midday
dinner. Exercise should always pre-
cede bathing and not, as rule, follow
1t. In this respect the ancient Greeks
showed great wisdom. Exercise and
bathing they called the two pillars Of
strength. Exercise was Hercules and
bathing Apollo. Both were regarded
with equal Importance, and neither
was complete without the other.
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
The Buffalo WaIIows.

A curiosity of the plains is the buffa-
10 wallows. There has not been a
buffalo in them for years, but they are
the same today as they were genera
tions or even centuries ago. They are
no longer frequented by CATTLE of
course, and therefore not freshly worn,
but they remain to this day barren and
black amid the vast plain of living
green. In the spring they stand full of
water until the advancing summer sun
evaporates it, and then they are bar
ren and black again. They are perfect
circles, some large as a circus ring, and
their basins are packed firm and hard
by the tread and roll of many genera
tions of the bison. Another recoIlec-
ton here of this extinct race is the
buffalo birds, which abound in great
numbers. Their function now, as in
the time of the bison, is to pick insects
from the backs of the cattle which
feed on the plains. Sometimes twenty
or more feed on steers back, while
the steer calmly and with evident
pleasure munches buffalo grass.-Kan-
sas City Star.
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
MAGIC IN ZUNI TRIBE.
Priest Apparently Lifted a Jug OF
Water With a Feather,

Priest Apparently Lifted a Jug Of
Water With a Feather,
The most startling feat 1 ever saw
SAID a man who had made a study Of
Indians in various parts of the United
States for his own edification, was
performed by the priests of the Zuni
Tribe in Arizona, or, as they were call
eel, The AnCients of Creation They
seat themselves in circle on the clay
i-oor around a jar that will hold per-
maps gallon, an ancient and sacred
earthen vessel. which is filled with wa
ter. The chief priest carries in his hand
two ordinary eagle feathers, which are
tied together at the quill ends so that
tney make a fork. Behind the circle
OF the priests are other members of the
tribe and the musicians with their
drums and gourds, who join in the
chants with emotion
The incantations continue for sew
eral hours, and when the participants
an spectators are brought up to a
proper pitch of excitement the priest
dips the feather tips into the water,
lifts the jar with them and holds it sus-
pended for minute or two at a height
level with his face or breast Then he
lowers it slowly to the ground. This
feat is repeated several times during
the performance. Apparently there is
nothing in the hands Of the priest but
the feathers, and they appear to be in
serted into the mouth Of the jar only
two or three inches. OF course there is
some trick about it, but 1 was never
able to discover it."-Seattle Post-In-
telligencer.
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
YOUR MORNING DRAM.
Let 1t Be a Glass of Water and En-.
joy an Inside Bath.

Let II be a Glass OF water and En-
joy an Inside Bath.
Drink a glass Of water when you get
out of bed in the morning. Never mind
the size of the glass. Let the water
be cold if you will. Some people pre-
scribe hot water, but that isn't neces-
sary. You may have washed your face
already and relished the experience
You may have taken a cold plunge into
the tub and delighted in the shock and
its reaction. The brisk use of the tooth
brush has left your mouth clean and
the breath sweet. But you are dirty
still.
Drink a glass of cold water and en-
joy the sensation of being clean inside
All that Is luxurious in the cold bath
cleansing the outside is artificial. That
which should prompt the glass of wa
ter after sleeping is natural.
Drink a glass of cold water in the
name Of cleanliness. 1t becomes one
Of the shortest and easiest of toilet
duties. 1t is swallowed in a second
and in five minutes it has passed from
the stomach, taking with it the clog
ging secretions of the alimentary
tracts. 1t has left behind the stimulus
that goes with cold water and, by fill
ing the arterial system to the normal, it
puts a spur to the circulation that has
grown sluggish In the night.-Chicago
Chronicle
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
The True IDEAL.

The true ideal that should fill a mans
heart and fire his energies is excellence
in his own sphere the living of his
own particular life just as fully and
nobly as he-not somebody else-can.
True, this is an unknown quantity, but
it is a real and attainable one. Day
by day it is rising, and day by day a
man may feel conscious of increased
power. Whittier it may lead him he
cannot tell, but that by its guidance he
will go farther and accomplish more
than by any other he may rest assured.
Attempting nothing impossible, he is
doomed to no inevitable disappoint-
ment nor Is there any limit at which
he may cease to strive-Self Help.
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
A GIRLS NATURE.
Little Signs That, 1t Is Said, Reveal
Phases of Character,

AdScs VI
Much of a girls nature is betrayed
by the little act of brushing speck
off mans coat. If she picks off the
thread or imaginary bit of lint very
carefully between the thumb and fore
finger it is an indsputable sign that
she is woman of very practical and
executive character.
On the other hand, if a girl should
brush the coat lapel of her fiance very
softly and tenderly With the second
and third finger of her hand in her en-
deavor to remove an invisible speck it
Is sure sign that ,ne is more senti-
mental than practical. The man who
marries her will live in continual at
mosphere of romance and bad house
keeping
There is still another type of girl
who will brush the Speck off a mans
coat with a broad sweep of the hand
in which all the fingers and thumb play
a part. She is in all probability an
athletic girl who eXcels at tennis. golf
and the links and who will prove a
high spirited, strong minded woman
after marriage.
Then, again, the girl who puts a
flower in a mans coat with her hand
held jauntily upturned from the wrist
and the flower held in the tips of her
fingers is sure to be something of a
coquette, while the maid who gives
you only the tips of her fingers when
she greets you in the drawing room or
public street is probably an ambitious
girl.-ChicagO Journal.
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
HIS APOSTOLIC MAJESTY.
Title of the Emperor of Austria as
King Of Hungary.

Title of the Emperor of Austria as
King OF Hungary.
The title of apostolic majesty" is
borne by the emperor of Austria as
king of Hungary.
Hungary was ruled by dukes from
its conquest by the Magyars to the
year 1000, the regal title being assumed
first by Walk, whose education had
been intrusted by his father, Geyza,
who had, married Christian princess,
to Adalbert, bishop Of Prague. On sue
ceeding his father Walk embraced and
established Christianity. applied for
and received from Pope Sylvester II.
the title Of apostolic king" was
crowned as Stephen 1. and afterward
known as st. Stephen.
The title was renewed by Clement
XIII. in 1853 and, though abolished in
lS48, was reassumed as apostolic mai
esty'' in 1851 and restricted in 1868 to
the Austrian emperor in his character
as king of Hungary. The privilege of
being preceded by a cross bearer was
granted with the original title.-Lon,
don Standard,
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
DIVIDING THE TIPS.
The Method That Is Followed In
Some London Restaurants.


Some London Restaurants,
Tipping has been reduced to very
fine system in some English hotels and
restaurants. Il was sitting at meat
with the manager of one of the we'll
known London restaurants says
writer. "T am short sighted and un-
observant,' 1 said, and as 1 never
know one waiter from another I'm al
ways uneasy lest I've tipped the wrong
one The manager laughed. Fritz,
bring the book he said. The book
was opened upon the table and dis
closed columns and rows Of figures op-
pos1te the names of walters. Between
them the manager and Fritz explained
the system.
Every penny given in tips was cast
into common fund In charge of
waiter elected by his fellows At the
end of the week the sum was distrib-
uted. Three classes were arranged by
the manager, according to efficiency,
and the shares were In corresponding
proportions, so that the Junior who
hovers with the sauce is by no means
equally rewarded with the expert who
can advise in the matter of wine.
"Waiters keep jealous eye on their
fellows, and the man suspected Of
pocketing tip finds his position un-
tenable. The system is good for the
public, since it diminishes the unpleas-
ing personality of a charitable action.
fc, @ho
that record Of the weekly gratuities
showed that the best walters made
about $1,000 year in tips"
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
CRUSTY CARLYLE.
An AnecdOte Which illustrates His
DisagreeabIe Disposition.

An AnecdOte Which Illustrates His
DisagreeabIe Disposition.
Carlyle suffered from dyspepsia and
disappointment. He was therefore nei-
ther oversympathetic in intercourse
with his friends nor fair in his esti-
mates of other writer's.
Though he personally liked Tenny-
son, he spoke with impatience of his
''cobbling his odes," dismissed Jane
Austen's novels as "dish washings," !"
Hallam, the historian, as "dry as dust"
and Goldsmith as an Irish black
guard"
Even the writer's of editorials in the
press were saluted with this hard say
ing: What are these fellows doing?
They only serve to cancel one anoth-
err" A characteristic anecdote illus
trates his cruel disposition, which pro
voked him to inflict pain even on a
friend.
An artist who frequented Carlyle's
house painted a picture of him in his
dressing gown smoking a pipe by the
fireside and Mrs. Carlyle in an arm
chair sitting opposite him, The pic
ture was hung at one of the Royal
academy's exhibitions and, though not
a striking work Of art, was purchased
by Lord Ashburton, Carlyle's friend,
for 950O.
The delighted artist hurried off to
the Carlyles, expecting congratulations
on the sale and some manifestation of
pleasure on their part at having such
a value set on picture of themselves
and their domestic interior. He deliv-
cred his glad tidings, but all the re-
sponse he received from Carlyle was:
"Well, in my opinion, $500 was just
f495 too much"
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
THE HEART MUSCLES.
How They Do Their Work and VIII,
They Never Tire.

How They Do Their Work and Why
They Never Tire.
It is generally supposed that the
heart is an organ which never takes a
rest, But this is not so. The muscles
Of the heart are not necessarily work
ing. The heart contains four cham
bers-two upper, called the auricles, and
two lower, the ventricles. In the beat
ing of the heart the auricles first con-
tract and force the blood into the ven
tricles; they then relax while the ven
tricles repeat the process Then fol-
lows pause, during which the heart
is perfectly at rest.
The contraction of the auricles takes
one-f1fth of the time between one beat
and the next, the contraction Of the
ventricles two-dfths and the pause two
fifths, so that the heart is really rest
ing two-ffths of its time Sleep also
aids in relieving the muscles of the
heart, as it considerably diminishes
the rapidity of its action.
This alienation of rest and activity
endows the heart muscles with their
capacity for untiring work
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
Ancient BankerD.

Among the most valuable evidences
of the life and customs of the people
of Babylon and Nineveh TOO years B.
G. were found, during the excavations
at various times, veritable letters Of
credit, bills Of exchange, with and with
out warranty, money obligations of all
kinds, sight drafts made payable to in
dorser or bearer. These denote the
existence at Babylon, 600 B. O.. of a
bank which must have done a con-
siderable business and shows that it is
not only in our day that capital is used
to give impetus and keep alive in
dustrial pursuits.
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
II Was All Gooa

Mr.. Jones was very fond of kind of
boiled pudding his wife made, so, says
London Answers, when she had gone
away for an afternoon and evening she
promised that she would leave one of
the favored puddings in the saucepan
for his evening meal.
"Well,' she said on her return, "and
how did the pudding go down?n
"SOo-premer said Tom, smacking his
lips at the recollection. "'Twas as good
a pudding as you have ever made"
That's good" was the gratif1ed re-
sponse Of Mrs. Jones. I'm glad you
enjoyed it. What did you do with the
cloth?"
For a moment Mr. Jones solemnly
surveyed her.
"Whatr' he said Did it have a
cloth on?"
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
No Lonrer ON the Man


What makes you so late?" asked
Tins father, who in the boys alb
sence had had to see to the evening
chores himself.
Teacher kept me in"
"What forr'
"Cause I couldn't find Moscow on
the map"
i!Couldn't find Moscow? And I'd
like to know who could, thenl Why,
1 remember hearing tell Of Moscow be-
ing burned when 1 was boyl It's an
outrage to put such nonsensical ques-
tions to children what's there to learn
something useful. I'll look into that
and let yer teacher know I amt been
elected on the school board for moth
ingr'-London Globe.
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
Lee,a Military Genius.

One day during the war between the
states General Lee sent for General
Gordon and said to him; Take these
regiments some-"and go
to Spottsylvania. Be there tomorrow
morning"
In surprise, General Gordon asked
why troops were needed at that partic.'
ular spot.
Because" replied General Lee
"Grant will be there"
Nothing had been heard of Grants
movements for long time, but Gen
eral Gordon supposed General Lee had
had some dispatches which had in
formed him of Grants nearness. He
asked if this was so.
NO." said Lee, "but Grant ought to
be there, and he will be-" Lee was a
great general himself and knew what
a great general should do. He had
studied out Grants plans from the
place where he last heard Of him and
decided where he would next make his
appearance.
General Gordon went to Spottsylva-
MIA. Grant was there, and one of the
f1ercest battles of the war was fought.