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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-04-05

Prc.Easter Sale Of Superb Spring Styles.

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This Weeks Grand Spring Opening. Now is the time eN
you week of Special Sales without peer i'll the South
filed with the newest possible Spring goods Ready-tov
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-04-05
Will Not Interfere.

To His Excellency D. G. Hayward,
Governor:
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-09-01
"A Misplaced
InfutuutiOn
Own is a very strange thing
BY WILL REED DUNRoY.

OWE is very strange thing,
II whether II be In novels or just
here in plain, proeaic Chicago. There
is no telling how 1t is going to affect
those who catch the disease il 1t is
a disease, as some scientists affirm,
and the antics 1t makes people do are
legion.
To some love comes like sudden
burst Of sunlight, and after that the
world becomes a perfect heaven or a
perfect place of torment, according as
to how the one loved treats the one
loving. Some learn to love gradually
and there are those who say this Is
the lest plan, as love thus developed
lasts the longer. Re that as 1t may,
the story following is one that deals
with the sudden sunburst love and
the attendant melodramatlc conse,
quences.
, Walter Graham Is til. hero of the
tale, and in this case he happens to
be a young clerk with salary which
is barely adequate for his own neces-
stiles and the few designations in
whics he INDUCES. Once in awhile he
takes a trip across the lake of Sun
day, and it was on one of these trips
that he fell in love.
She was on the boat. The rude
wind tossed her hat from her pretty
brown head and with little scream
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-09-01
INCIDENT OF A SEA FIGHT.
Captain of Chinese Warship Drowned
by His Dog, Ferocious
Brute.

This strange incident of a great
naval battle is told by Commander
McGiffin of one of the Chinese war
ships in the battle of the Yalu, between
the Chinese and Japanese fleets in 1894
says the Chicago Daily News. about this
time the Chin Yuen boldly, if some
what foolhardily, bore down on the
Japanese squadron's line. Just what
happened no one seems to know, but
apparently she was struck below the
water line by hea' y shell-either a
ten-inch or 13-inc'. Be that as it
may, she took heavy list, and thus
fatally injured, her commander, Tang
Shi Chen, most courageous, albeit a
most obstinate officer, resolved at least
to avenge himself and charged Ole of
the largest of the enemy's ships, in
tending to ram.
"A hurricane of projectiles from both
heavy and machine guns swept down
upon his ship. The list became more
pronounced, and just before getting
home to his intended victim his ship
rolled over and then plunged, bows
first, into the depths. She righted her
self as she sunk, her screws whirling
in the air, and carrying down all hands,
including her chief engineer, Mr.. Pur-
Wis, shut up in the engine room. Seven
Of her crew chung to one of the circu-
lar life buoys kept on the bridge and
were drifted by the tide toward the
coast, where they were rescued by a
junk.
Stories told by these men vary so
much as to be unreliable. but all agree
on one incident; Capt Tang had a
large dog of most vicious temper, I'M
ruly at times even with his master.
After the ship sunk, Capt Tang. who
could not swim, managed to get an oar
or some small piece of wood This
would have been enough to support
him had not his dog swum to him.
and, climbing on him. forced him to re.
lease his grasp. Thus he misersbiy
drowned and the brute shared his
perhaps the only case on record
oil man being drowned by his dog. +"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-09-01

erry across little stream CIT west,
where there is no other way 70 cross,
except to wade or go around, and the
old ferryman sizes up the wagon load
that wants to cross, and takes all they
have gotloose, and then the travellers are
ahead of the game, cause il they
didn't cross the stream they would
have to camp on the bank until the
stream dried up. Some day an earth
quake will split that desert wide open,
and the water in the Suez canal will
soak into the sand and the steam
boats will lay in the mud, and be COW
cred with a sandstone, and future
ages will be discovering full-rigged
ships down deep on the desert Dad says
we better sell our stock in the canal
and buy airship stock. And talk about
business, there is more tonnage goes
through the 500 canal, between Mich
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-09-01

to be no more than a coarsely woven
sack with holes cut for the head and
arms.
AS we neared the house the mother
of the family stood smiling In the door
way and welcomed us within, There
were no chairs, nor really furniture of
any kind, with the exception of piles
of mats upon the floor. but in one
corner Haunting its familiar plebian
drop-head stood an up-to-date, light
running sewing machine What the
persuasive powers of that agent could
have been was something to marvel
at, for surely the instrument was never
used for its original purpose. as no
member of the family boosted of any
sewing on his clothes.
In little Mexican village, 20 miles
away from the terminal of branch
of an obscure railroad, there is small
market place and in this market place
are various merchants squatted upon
the ground selling their paltry wares.
The face of white man is almost I'M
known in this forgotten spot and yet
a simple butcher who would sell you
portions of white goat meat or joints
of fowl used patent meat chopper to
prepare his choicest dainties.
Among the inhabitants of the south
seas labor-saving utensils are very
popular 1t is common sight to see
great hocolate-colored native, clad
in nothing but yard or so of bright
calico. bound round the waist. spinning
along on a coaster brake bicycle.
They have patent irons and hand sew
ing machines.
Occasionally you will see boat
load of natives going from one island
to another, visiting. They will take
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-09-01

all their most precious possessions.
perhaps set OF woven wire bed
springs, not to be slept upon, but used
as a guarantee of position and means.
The natives of the Philippine islands
are rapidly adopting all the wares OF
the white man. but before these We're
so common there, the greatest prize
was a time-piece of any kind. No more
valued present was ever received than
a nickel watch, and the proud owner
wore it hanging about his neck, to the
envy and despair OF all his aequaint-
ances.
ANNA III CLARK
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-09-01

train, and hid himself away back in a
dim corner, where he nursed his dis
appointment and chagrin.
Now and again he could hear the
laughter of the merry crowd in the
other end of the car, and it cut him to
the quick to find that the one he wor-
SHIPPED was the merriest of them all.
He could not hear what they were say
ing, and it was well for his peace OF
mind that he could not, for most of
the merriment had him for its butt.
"How did Graham happen to fall
overboard?" asked member of the
party
He tripped over my foot" gsged
Violet.
my, but didn't his flannel suit
shrink, though" exclaimed the girl.
1T was fortunate accident, though
wasn't it?" Queried Violet, with a
roguish twinkle in her eye.
Il do remember now that you told
the gNl you would see her out OF
her difficulty" remarked Violets
Young man. And I'm not SO sure but
that accident was well planned.
We'll, | told her I'd help her out
and it seems that | helped him out
100" said Violet.
And Graham does not know till this
day how much mischief there was~ir
| that accident.-Chicago Chronicle.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-09-01

igan and Canada, than goes through
the Suez, and we don't howl about it
very much.
Well, sir, have studied Gibraltar
in my geography, and read about it
in the papers, and seen its pictures in
advertisements, but never realized
what big thing it was Now, who
ever thought Of putting that enormous
rock right there ca that prairie, bit
God. | suppose the English, when they
saw that rock, thought the good Lord
had put II there for the English to
drill holes in, FOR guns and when the
Lord was busy somewhere else the
English smouged the rock away from
Spain, by playing game with loaded
dice, and when England got it, that
country decided to arm it like a train
robber, and hold up the other nations
of the earth.
When a vessel passes that rock it
has to hold up its hands and salute
the British flag or get mess of hard
ware fired into it's vital parts, but that
is all it amounts TO, cause it couldn't
win any battle for England, and could
only sink trading vessels. The walls
of the rock are perforated from top
to bottom, with holes big enough for
guns to squirt smoke and shells, but
if the enemy should stay away from
right in front of the holes, they might
shoot till doomsaay, and never hit
anything but fishing smacks and ped
dlers of oranges.
Gibraltar is like white elephant in
a geological garden, 1t just eats. and
keeps OFF flies with it's short tail, and
visitors feed it peanuts, and wonder
| what it was made for, and how much
hay it eats. Gibraltar is like a 800
| gold piece that a man carries in his
watch pocket for an emergency, which
| he never intends to spend until he gets
in the highest place in his life, and
it wears out one pocket after another
and some day drops through on the
| sidewalk, and tramp finds it and
| goes on a bat and gets the worth of
his money and has a good time if he
saves enough to buy bromo-seltzer
the next morning after. 1t is like the
Russian war chest, that is never to
be opened as long as they can borrow
money
If Gibraltar could be put on castors
and rolled around from one country
to another, England could whip all Eu-
rope and Asia. 1t would be Trojan
horse on larger scale, and be ter
ror, but, say, if it got to America,
we wouldn't do a thing to it. We
would run standpipe up the side. and
connect it with an oil pipe line, fill
Gibraltar's tunnels and avenues. and
magazines and barracks with crude oil.
and touch match to it, and not an
Englishman would live to tell about It,.
Gee, but would be sorry for the
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-09-01

Ex-Governor Of Wisconsin, Former Ed
itor of "Peck's Sum-" Author of
Peck's Bad Boy" Etc)
Copyright. 1905, by Joseph B. Bowles)
Gibraltar, in Spain and England
My Dear Foster Uncle: 1t seems good
20 get somewhere that you can hear
the English language spoken by the
irish, and the English soldiers are
nearly all Irish When you think OF
the way the British government treats
the Irish, and then you look on while
an orderly sergeant calls the roll OF a
company, and find that nine out OF ten
answer to Irish names, and only one
out of ten has the cocliney accent, you
feel that the Irish ought to rule Eng
land, and an O'Rourke or an O'Shan-
messy should take the place of King
Edward. 1t makes a boy who was
brought up in an Irish ward in Amer
lea feel like he was at home to mix
with British soldiers who come from
the old sod.
Dad says that there is never an
army anywhere in the world except
the armies of Russia and Japan, that
the bravest men are not answering to
Irish names, and always on the ad-
vance in a tight, or in the rear when
there is a retreat Dad says that
in our own army and when the north and
south were fighting, the Irish boys
were the fellows who saved the day.
They wanted to fight nights and Sun
days, and never struck for an eight
hour day, or union wages. When the
fighting was over, and soldiers were
sick, or discouraged , and Respondent
an Irish soldier would come along
maybe on crutches, or with a bullet in
his innards, and tell funny stories and
make the discouraged fellows laugh in
spite of themselves, and when another
fight was on, you had to tie the wound
ed Irish soldiers to their cots in the
hospital, or put them in Jail, to keer
them from forgetting their wounds
and going to the front for one more
fight. Dad says if there was an Irish
nation, with an army and navy, the
whole world would have to combine to
whip them, and yet the nation that
has the control Of the Irish people
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-09-01
AGENT OF PROGRESS
HE rs THE NIMBLE-ToNGUEDl
AMERICAN DRUMMER.
Evidences of His Persuasive Powers
Are Found in Many out-of-
the-Way Corners of the
World.

Progress stands in the vocabulary
of most of us as the one word defining
the march of events, but even this
march must have its drum major--its
advance agent to herald its coming and
in the person of the American drum
mer we have surely found the man.
He is always just little beyond the
daily need. creating wants that he may
fill them,
On a trip through the interior of
Cuba several years ago we came to
little matched hut In the midst of
very jungle of palms and banana trees.
There was horde of youngsters romp-
ing about without vestige of cloth
ing. while several older ones stood
near with garments on that appeared
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-09-01

treats them worse than San Francisco
treats Cinnamon, makes them live on
potatoes, and allows landlords to take
away the potatoes if they are shy on
the rent.
Gee, dad looked over my shoulder,
and saw what had written, and he
cuffed me on the side of the head and
said | was an incendiary, and that
ought to have sense enough not to
write treason while guest ON Brit
ish soil) Well, | don't care darn.
1t makes me hot under the collar when
think of the brave Irish fellows, and
wonder why they don't come to
America in a body and be aldermen
and policemen. When / get home
am going to join the Fenians, and
raise thunder just as quick as | am
old enough.
Well, sir, we have been through the
Suez canal and for a great modern
piece of engineering it doesn't size
up with a sewer in Milwaukee, or a
bayou in Louisiana. 1t is just dig
ing a railroad cut through the desert,
and letting in the water, and there
you are. The only question in its
construction was plenty of dredging
machines, and place to pile the dirt
and water that just came in of its own
accord, and stays there, and smells
| like thunder, and you see the natives
look at it and keep away from the
banks, for fear the banks will cave in
on them, and give them bath before
their year is up, cause they don't
battle but once year, and when they
skip year nobody knows about it.
out of the canal, because it was a
| mail boat but the most of the boats we
saw were tied up to the bank, waiting
for the millennium. We saw some Rus
sian boats waiting for the war 70
blow over, and as we passed taem
every Russian on board looked scared,
as though We were Japs that were go
| ing to fire a torpedo under them, or
throw bomb on deck, and when our
| boat got by the Russian boat the crew
was called to prayers, to thank the
Lord, or whoever it is that the Rus
SLAMS thank, because they had escaped
dire peril. | guess the Russians are
all in, and that those who have not
gone to the front are shaking hands
with themselves, and waiting for the
dove of peace TO alight on their guns
The Suez canal probably pays. and
no wonder, cause they charge what
they please to boats that go through
and if they don't pay, all they have
TO do is to stay out, and go around a
few thousand miles. 1t Is like q
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-09-01

fused, would Sc. slow match on
every oil vessel, and have the crews
get in skiffs and pull for the opposite
shore, and when the oil got on fire
and rolled up all over Gibraltar, and
burned every living thing, / would
throw water from the fire department
boat on the rock, and she would split
open and roll all over the prairie, and
then would bury the cremated dead
out on the desert, and seek other
worlds to conquer, like Alexander the
Great. But don't be afraid. won't
do it unless they make me mad, but
you watch my smoke if they peck on
your little Hennery too much, when he
grows up.
But haven't any kick coming about
Gibraltar, cause they treated dad and
all right, and the commander detailed
an ensign to show us all through the
fortress. Now don't get an ensign
mixed up with unique, such as showed
us through the Turkish harem. An
English ensign is just as different
from Turkish unique as you can
imagine. Every man to his place.
You couldn't teach a Turkish unique
how to show visitors around an Eng
fish fortress and an English ensign In
Turkish harem would bring on a
worlds war, they are so different.
Well, we went through tunnels in the
rock, and up and down elevators, and
all was light as day from electric lights
and we saw ammunition enough to
sink all the ships in the world, il it
could be exploded in the right place.
and they have provisions enough
stored in the holes in the rock to. keep
an army for 40 years, If they didn't get
ptomaine poison from eating canned
stuff
1t was all revelation to dad, and
when we got all through, and got out
into the sunlight, we breathed free, and
when dad got his second wind he broke
up the English officers by taking out a
pencil! and piece of paper, and asked
them what they would take for the
rock and its contents, and move out and
let the American flag float over it.
Well, say. they were hot, and they
told dad to go plum TO- but dad wouldn't
do it. He said America didn't want
the old stone quarry, anyway, and ii
it did, it could come and take it.
guess they would have had dad arrested
for treason only when we got out into
the town there was the whole British
Atlantic squadron lined up, with men
up in the rigging like monkeys, ana
every vessel was firing a salute, as a
yacht came steaming by.
Dad thought war had surely broke
out, or that some rich American owned
the yacht, but it turned out to be Queen
Alexandria and rarity of tourists, and
when the bank played God Save the
Queen dad got up on his hind legs
and sang so loud you would think nc
would split hisself, and a fellow went
up and threw his arms around dad, and
began to weep, and the tears came into
dads eyes. and another fellow pinched
dads watch. and the celebration closed
with everybody getting drunk, and
the queen sailed away.
Say, we are going to Spain on the
next boat, and you watch the papers
We will probably be hung for taking
Cuba and the Philippines. Yours,
HENNERY
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-09-01

Irish soldiers, but guess they
wouldn't be there. cause they wouldn.
fight America.
Well. if England ever has big war,
and she gets chesty about Gibraltar,
and says it is impregnable, and de-
fes the world to take it. bet you ten
dollars il could be taken in "a hours.
Ii | was a general, or an admiral. |
would have about &C tank steamers,
loaded with kerosene. and have them
land, innocent like. right up beside
Gibraltar. ostensibly TO sell oil for
perfumery to the natives, who would
all be improved by using kerosene on
their persons. Then would get on
barrel, on deck of my flagship, and
command the English general TO sur
render Internationally, aud II be re-
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-09-01
Crows Gold and Silver Nest.

A pair of crows have constructed a
nest out of gold and silver spectacle
frames purloined from the factory Of
Messrs. Lawrence and Mayo, in Bonn
bay. The materials for this nest (of
which the value is about 500 were
stolen by the willy crows during the
luncheon hour. 1t was noticed that
the spectacle frames were disappear
ing from the factory in a mysterious
manner. but it was some time before
the thief was dscoyers -AIlahabad
PioQser.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-09-01

party arrived he was all spick and
span In his suit, with handsome Pan
ANA hat to top 1t off.
The people gathered at the train
with their parcels, handbags, suit
cases and other luggage, and the chap
erons were also ON deck. lynx-eyed and
on the alert
The girl was radiant in pretty
white gown, but she wore worried
look
What on earth am going to do
with Graham" she whispered to her
friend Violet.
Leave the matter to me" replied
the friend. II will help you out.
have been mixed up in just that kind
of trouble many times, and | am sure
can assist you
Thus assured, the girl plucked up
courage and her face grew as bright
as the day. In due season they ar
rived at the lake and the first thing Vio-
let suggested was sail on the blue ex-
panse of water
Graham was enthusiastic, and he con.
trived to get boat in which Violet and
her young man should accompany the
girl and himself This left the girls
young man on shore, and he scowled
and fumed right heartily until Violet
got an opportunity to whisper some
thing in his ear, and then he smiled,
also.
AS the boat pulled out from the shore
the young man was left chuckling to him
self, and seemed thoroughly resigned to
the fate'ef remaining on shore.
The little boat plowed through the
blue waters of the lake, and all went well
until the girls decided they wished to
change places in the boat. 1t was Vio-
let who suggested it, and an attempt was
made to make the change, when Ora.
ham, in some uneccCuntable manner,
was tipped into the water.
The girls screamed, and tried to save
him, but over he went, flannel suit and
all, and when he came up he clutched
at the side of the boat and hung tire
like a limp, white rag.
After deal of excitement and trou
BILE, he was hauled aboard the boat,
and the little party returned.
There was much excitement when
young Graham was landed at the little
boat pier like drowned rat, and, of
course, he had to hurry to the cot.
tage, for he was as wet as could be.
Everybody seemed to feed badly
about the accident, but there was moth.
ing for Graham to do but hide from
sight. His flannel suit was ruined,
and he had no other clothes with him.
The girl, of course, had to fall back
on her own young man as an escort,
| joined the girl, and everything was as
lovely as could be.
Graham remained in the cottage all
day long. After his flannel suit had
had shrunk so he could not possibly
be seen in it, for the trousers came
nearly to his knees, and the coat
sleeves stopped short at the elbows.
Poor Graham was compelled to re-
main indoors all day, while the other
members of the party had great
good time. Finally when night came
on and it drew near train time the
poor unfortunate young man, under
cover of the darkness, sought the
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-09-01
No Room Anywhere Else.

why do you call this your coy
corner?" asked the caller.
Because" said the occupant of the
snug little fiat, "once day dear
little ray of sunshine strikes that cor
ner. Chicago Tribune.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-09-01
His Accommodating Disposition
"Why did YOU quit your job?"

why did YOU quit your job"
"There was fellow in the Office
couldn't get along with at all ant
rather than have any trouble with hin
| got out"
"Who was hee"
"He was the-er-Doss. Seems to ms
you're mighty inquisitiye. "--Chicagt
Tribune.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-09-01
The JTsual Exceptiou

George-For society woman. she
very high-miuded. She is steadfasS
opposed 10 everything low.
Gerald Except gowns. The Sun.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-09-01
Limit of. Significance

Say, father. what is nobody"
"A nobody is a prominent woaaan's
husband. Washington Life
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-09-01
The Bad Boy Describes Trip on the
Suez Canal-He Goes UP Through
Gibraltar in an Elevator-He Out
lines Gigantic Plan for the Cap
ture of the British Fortress.

BY HON. GEORGE w. PECK.
eek Governor of Wisconsin, Former Ed
itor of "Pecks Sum-" Author of
Pecks Bad Boy" Etc)