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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1910-05-18
nature Tells YOU
As Many a Lexington Reader
Knows Too Well.
When the kidneys are sick.
N,tnre tolla vnn all about it,

When the kidneys are sick.
Nature tells yon all about it:
The urine is natures calendar.
Inireouent or too frequent action;
Any Urinary trouble tells of kidney
ills.
Deans Kidney Pills cure all kidney
ills.
People in this vicinity testify to this.
J.F. Coins, 1868 Pulaski St., Co.
lumbia, S. c., says: 'During the
past year suffered q great deal from
pains in the small of my hack, the at
taclzs often lasting fer several days at
a time. Ny Eidii2ys were &lso sore
and the secrr;io;?s from these organs
were ulnat,:ral Deciding to try a
kidney remedy, procured box OF
Doan'S Kidney Pills. In short time
aftc. began their use, [ ie!t better
and IN a lew weei.S, 1 was entirely Tree
from the pain. do not hesitate TO
recommend Doal,'s Kidney firls.'
Fer sic by al; dealers. Price 80
cents. Foster -Milburn Co., buifalo,
New York, sole agents for tie United
States.
Remember the name-Doa"'s-and
take no other.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1910-05-18

Chiquola Drug Co.,, Anderson, s G.:
Dear Sirs: In response to your In
4uiry, cheerfully state that I have
used R. L. T. in my family for several
years with very beneficial results. 1
nave personally used it recently for
It's tonic effects and have been much
benefited. For chronic constipation,
indigestion and torpid liver, I do not
know q better remedy.
GEO. L. PRINCE,
Judge Of 10th Circuit.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1910-05-18
A Delicate Proposal.

A Scotchman who had survived
three wives and who had a fourth in
contemplation decided upon deli
cate method Of proposing to the lat
est object of his affections. Accord
ingly he took her to walk one after
noon, and before she realized where
their footsteps tended they had ar
rived at the graveyard where his
lost loves lay buried. Standing be-
fore the three tombstones, he said:
sThere lies JEANNE, there lies
Grissel, there lies Maggie, and," he
added, pointing to the next vacant
space and taking her hand tenderly,
chow wad you like to lie there ??
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1910-05-18
How Did He know2

"1 am not pleased" said the hotel
guest to the landlord, with the lack
Of confidence you show in your pa
trons.o
Explain" said the landlord
"1n a corner Of my room is chit
fonier. On top Of it is card say
ing in large letters, Private prop
erty.'"
"Yes:"
"But. besides telling the chance
occupant of the room that the chit
fonier is private property, you have
locked all it's drawers"
"Ah! How did you know they
ire locked :"-Chicago News.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1910-05-18
The High Cost Of Living

Increases the price of many necessi-
ties without improving the quality.
Foley's Honey and Tar maintains it's
high standard of excellence and it's
great curative qualities without any in
crease in cost. It is the best remedy
fer coughs colds, Group, whooping cough
and all ailments of the throat, chest and
lunge. The genuinei is in a yellow pack
age. Refuse substitutes. All Drug
gists Of Lexiugton-Henry Drug Store
Chaplin s. G.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1910-05-18

A touch of rheumatism, or q twinge
of neuralgia, whatever the trouble is,
Chamberlain Liniment drives away
the pain at once and cures the COM
plant quickly. First application gives
relief. Sold by All Druggists.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1910-05-18

The supply Of machine guns is in
creasing in all European armies. Every
where it is conceded that this, the
largest arm of the, service, will play a
decisive part in the battles OF the
future.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1910-05-18
Made q Quick Change.

Immediately after Susie R. Harold
son was granted a divorce from her
husband, Samuel Haroldson, in Mus
kogee superior court at Columbus, Ca,
Thursday. she was married in the court
room to Joseph Debrabant, who was
in waiting, license in hand. The judge
who signed the divorce decree per-
formed the wedding ceremony.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1910-05-18

John D. R ,ckefeller would 60 broke
it he should spend his entire income
trying to prepare better medicine
than Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy for diarrhoea, dys-
entery, or bowel complaints. 1t is sim
ply impossible, and so says every one
that has used it. Sold by All Druggists.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1910-05-18
Lexinrton Beef Market

Will be pleased to fill all orders for
fresh meats promptly at lowest prices.
ICE will also be delivered in any
part of the town and sold at the
mark ct in any quantity desired.
JOHN B. ROBERTS,
Manager.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-06-30
Animal Apparently Is Able to Dis
tineuish Between Real and
False Dangers.

The intelligence of the fox is often
shown by the way he refuses to be
headed when he has made up his mind
as to the safe course to take, says the
London Globe. The West Somerset
have an excellent fixture at Kilve, but
it has one drawback-the sea is not
far off, and foxes naturally often
make for the cliffs, a secure refuge. A
fox can be easily headed at times, but
that is nearly always when to be seen
would betray him to his enemies the
hounds and give them an advantage;
but when, II he makes his point, the
advantage is on his side, then nothing
will turn him.
To return to the West Somerset at
Kilve; they found a fox, and the whip
perrin, seeing that the fox meant to
so to the cliffs If possible, started to
head him off. The ground was open.
and for half a mile the whipper-in and
fox were taking parallel lines, the fox
clearly meaning to slip by and find
a refuge in the cliffs, The man turned
the fox away at last, but in a short
lime the hounds lost him, and | be-
lieve he got back after all.
Again the master ranged up some Of
the field to prevent another fox going
back into a certain covert. In vain
whips were ratified against saddle
laps; the fox went right through the
watchers and made his point. It Ia
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-06-30
SKIN HUM0R rs YEARS
THE QUALITY OF MERCY.

"Cuticura did wonders for me. For
twenty-five years l suffered agony
from a terrible humor, completely ov-
ering my head, neck and shoulders, SO
even to my wife, I became an object
of dread. At large expense ! consult
ed the most able doctors far and near.
Their treatment was of no avail, nor
was that Of the - Hospital, during
six months efforts. I suffered on
and concluded there was no help for
me this side of the grave. Then I
heard Of some n who had been cured
by Cuticura Remedies and thought
that a trial could do no harm. In a
surprisingly short time I was COM
pletely cured. s. P. Keyes, 147 Con-
gress St., Boston, Mass, Oct. IL, '09."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-06-30

the first time in years she realized
that she was standing before her fell
lows half naked. In one swift mo
ment convention leaped across the
missing years and caught her in its
arm The red flashed into her cheek;
beneath her rude vest her bosom rose
and fell. Her instinct for the moment
was to fly. She wished that she had
put on those treasured garments which
she had kept for a scene like this in
that cave all those years. 1t was too
late now. She summoned her cour-
age, and realizing that dignity, after
all, is not made of clothes or conven-
tons, once more addressed him.
"Sir," she said, my name is Kath.
arine Brenton. l am not, as you might
well think, a savage, but a castaway."
81 beg your pardon" said the Off
Ger, a man of wide reading and cuI-
ture; sis it possible that you are the
Katharine Brenton who wrote Fate
and Destiny'?"
II am that unhappy woman"
Unhappy
Eyes" returned the other. e."
Madam" said the lieutenant COM
mander, flushing deeply and bowling in
his turn, He had taken of his cap
at her first word. II beg your pardon,
I have heard something of your story"
He was very much embarrassed. 1t
was Langford who took UP the tale.
"Since you know SO much, Mr.. Whit
taker, you may as well hear the rest.
Indeed, | am anxious that the world
should hear it. Miss Brenton and I,
we-er-did not believe in marriage,
and we went away-together."
Every word was agony to Langford,
who was a proud man; it was worse
than agony to Katharine Brenton, who
was a proud woman; and it was worst
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-06-30
XVII.
The Woman's Plea.

Miss Brenton," said Whitaker,
with the deepest gravity he could in
fuse in voice and manner, you have
been a most unfortunate, a most I'M
happy woman. Allow me to assure
you of my sincerest commiseration,
my deepest respect, my most profound
admiration. You have suffered, but
%innocently. If / may speak the voice
of society, if l may stand for the
world as your companion has said, l
can only express my reverence for you
and my homage to you In this way"
He stepped nearer to her, he seized
her hand. He was an old-fashioned.
Undetermined, quixotic sort of a
sailor, if you will, for before anybody
realized what he was about, he bent
his head low over it and kissed it. And
the sailors behind him and the ma
rines in rank broke into a hearty
cheer.
There, madam" said Whitaker,
you have the appreciation of society
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-06-30

was frightfully pale, yet he went on
resolutely. Whitaker stilling the tu-
multi with appraised hand.
mo one" he cried, "can think more
hatefully of a human being than I
think of myself now. / have not
learned her philosophy; / have learned
another and a better. In some sort
of a way at least / know that / can
never be happy until / have made her
happy. 1 know that l love her now
as / should have loved her then;
that l have hunted these seas for her
without ceasing since she left me in
a drunken stupor one night"
Left you how?" asked the lieuten-
ant commander.
81 am not quite clear. I must have
descended very low" said Langford.
81 remember some sort of a scene at
supper, and when 1 awoke in the
morning, or 1 didn't wake for six
months, they found me in the morn
ing with a fractured skull on the cab
in floor, and they took me back to the
United States. 1t was a year or more
before l could begin the search for
her."
HE said things to me that night
said the woman, that no woman could
endure n forgive. He came toward
me. l threw him from me with such
force and Violence am a strong wo-
man-that he lay senseless in the
cabin. The motor launch had been
got overheard for a trial and was
trailing astern. l got in it, drifted
away, started the motor and ran ii
until the gasoline was gone. l brought
food and water from the cabin table,
l lived a week in the boat, bearing
southwark all the time by means oil
a sail which l improvised from a boat
cloak. One night there was
a storm. At the height of 1t | was
thrown upon this island. The"
81 hoped" said L~angford, taking up
the tale, that that might be the case,
and with that end in view l have
searched the Pacific. l have landed
upon many uncharted islands. l have
explored others little, II ever, visited
praying to God that she might be
alive, that | might find her and make
reparation, and now / have found her
at last when l had given up all hope
abandoned all expectation. And
stand here confessing my fault before
men, ready to do anything and every
thing that a man can do to make
amends for the past"
But you have a wife," said Whitta
ker, colby.
mo, she's dead these two years
thank God. l never loved her. II
was a boyish i%nfatuation for a de
signing adventures who wanted 6
hold upon my fathers money. l an
free, free to make her my wife. l ask
her, I beg her to take me, to give
me a chance to show that | feel what
| have done, to devote my life to ex
piation."
He stopped, wiped the moisture
from his forehead, stood for a moment
in the silence that followed his words
his face downcast. Then he lifted il
haggard, worn, sad, the humiliation Of
the last few moments having entered
into his soul.
Kate" he said, softly; "your an
swer!"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-06-30

woman. ito enter upon such an under
taking"
mo, by heaveni" cried Whitaker.
Now, this conversation had been
carried on with three auditors, or
groups of auditors, besides those par
t~icipating; L~angford's yachtsmen, the
marines and Gamer from the Chey-
enne, for the boat was against the
shore, and the man of the island.
Whitaker first awoke to the situa-
ton.
g" beg your pardon" he said, but
would it not be better to continue this
conversation privately"
Il think So" returned Langford.
mo-" said the man of the island,
addressing the lieutenant commander
for the first time, you and these men
are the world. I want the story told
where all the world may hear"
Whittaker's surprise at this remark
was scarcely less than he had expe-
rienced when the woman addressed
him. Who was this splendid, godlike
form of man standing glooming by the
woman's side, a silent, eager listener
to all that TRANSFERRED? What had he
to do with the question that he as
sumed this tone and manner of au-
thority? The officer turned toward the
woman.
81 think" said he quietly, that the
lady should be allowed to decide"
my wish is my friends wish,' said
the woman laying her hand softly
upon the mans arm.
Whitaker observed that the man
shook it off nervously, but the point
being settled, there was no further ap-
peal.
pray proceed with your story, Mr.,
Langford," he continued.
"No, let me take up the tale" cried
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-06-30
~ Know That | Love Her Now"

agony of all to the man Of the is
land. But Langford persisted. He did
not care how he hurt himself. Indeed,
he rather luxuriated In the conscious
ness of his own pain. 1t was part Of
his expiation. He realized that he
would have to hurt Katharine, but per-
haps the very keenness Of her pain
would make her realize her position,
and he wanted to win her, now that
he had found her and seen her, more
than ever. Nor was his passion a
base one. Again he was ashamed Of
what he had already said, so he spoke
the more frankly. He gave no thought
at all to the other man, but If he had,
he would have been glad to hurt him
until he killed him.
I'VE went on my yacht yonder three
years ago. lin short-I behaved
like a brute on it, / will admit"
II discovered that he was a mar
ried man." said the woman swiftly at
this juncture. She, too, would be
frank This grave and middle-aged Of
ficer should hear all. HE had pro-
fessed his belief in those views, which,
if you have read Fate and Destiny
you realize that I entertained"
The officer bowed.
"And have you abandoned them
now?" he asked.
Absolutely was the firm answer.
II am a Christian woman, thank God!"
THANK God, say ], too" continued
Langford. "Yet I was not altogether
a sham or a lie.- 1t was true that
was a married man"
The lieutenant commander flashed a
contemptuous look at him at which
Langford WINGED, but he went on. He
was determined to make an absolute
ly clean breast Of the whole affair.
1T is true I was a married man,
but I was under the spell of Miss
Brenton's ~eloquence and of her
beauty"
Il a we'll understand that" said
the officer, gravely, as a matter Of
course.
Fl thought that marriage meant moth
ing, and that the old tie might be dis
regarded. / hated the woman who
bore my name, and SO as Miss Bren-
tons disciple, as her ~devotee, for I.
loved her, / will admit. she smiled
drearily, more than her philosophy I
proposed that we should trample upon
the conventions she had taught me to
believe she ~despised, and 90 away tor
gether..
But you were not Free" said the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-06-30

the woman. Believing that I was
right, believing that the education
and training which had made me
what I was were sound, believing that
this man was as free as l to choose
his course and order his life, knowing
nothing Of his wife, I yielded to his
pleadings. I thought it was a noble
and splendid opportunity vouchsafed
me and, In a measure, ~vouchsafed him
to show the world that we did really
believe what we said. Had I believed
In God then | should have said his
meeting with me, his conversion to
my theories, his passion for me, his
willingness to abide by my decision
were Providental. l was glad to con
secrate my life to the truth, with his
aid to take the final step in attesta-
ton of my belief, to convince the
world that one woman at least had
the courage Of her convictions. 1t was
a mistake, a frightful mistake, an IT.
reparable mistake, for which | sup
pose that l must suffer to the end Of
time
mo-" cried Langford, II am here
to repair the blunder."
There is no power on earth" said
the woman, passionately, that can
put me where I was; that can give me
back that | have lost"
Kate, Kate!" cried Langford, you
don't understand"
Il understand too well. Why con
tinue the sorry story? Mr.. Whitaker,
and you that are men beyond, that
have wives and children and sweet
hearts, that have been taught to love
God, to believe in him, and to observe
his laws, that have submitted your
selves gladly to the conventions of So
ciety-or If any be among you who
have outraged these and gone against
them, taken the law into your own
hands-you will understand sooner or
later what came to me. I discovered
that there was nothing high or holy
in this mans regard for me; that he
persuaded himself that he believed as
I simply to get possession Of me. /
awoke to a dreaded realization, alone
with him on that yacht. He was not
kind to me. He acted according to.
his lights"
Il will confess It," said Langford.
II was a brute to her. / drank; 4 c.
knowledged that | had a wife; l said
she was in my power; | called her
vile names"
There was a low growl, a mutterea
roar from the men behind Whitaker
Even Langford's own men, in his OWE.
pay. shrank back from him. The mar
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-06-30
Another Nanoleon Rnllo.

An interesting addition has been
made to the contents of the Army mu-
scum in Paris in the shape Of the red
and white ensign, ornamented with
gold beetles, which Napoleon gave to
the troops in the island Of Elba dur
ing his s~ojourn there. A French con
temporary informs us that the flag
came into the possession Of Col. Camp
bell, whom the allies set to keep
watch over the emperor, when he
made his sudden departure from the
island, and has remained in the fam
lily ever since. The gift Is one which
the French nation will no doubt be
glad to have in its possession.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-06-30
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A young woman cast ashore on q lone
1y island. finds a solitary inhabitant, q
young white man, dressed like a savage
and unable to speak in any known Ian
guage. She decides to educate him and
mold his mind to her own ideals. She
n evidence that leads her to believe
tina the man Is John Revell Charnock OF
Virginia, and that he was cast ashore
when a child. Katharine Brenton was a
highly specialized product of a leading
university. Her writings on the sex prob
lem attracted wide attention. The son OF
a mult i-millionaire becomes infatuated
with her and they decide to put her theo-
ries into practice. With no other cere-
mony than a handshake, they go away
together. A few days on his yacht re-
veals to her that he only professed lofty
ideals to possess her. While drunk he at
tempts to kiss her. She knocks him down
and leaves him unconscious, escaping. In
the darkness in a gasoline launch. During
a storm she is cast ashore on an island.
Three years teaching gives the man a
splendid education. Their love for each
other is revealed when he rescues her
from a I'VE where she had been impris-
oned by an earthquake. A ship is sighted
and they light a beacon to summon 1t.
Langford, on his yacht. sights the beacon
sand orders his yacht put in. The woman
recognizes the yacht and tells her COM
panion that a man on board had injured
her In the greatest way. Langford recog-
nizes Katharine. He tells the man that
she had been his mistress, and narrowly
escapes being killed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-06-30
Good Advertising.

A patent medicine concern in Ham
burg, Germany, is sending through the
mails and publishing in the illustrated
papers a picture showing Commander
Peary and DR.. Cook in arctic costume
jointly planting the American flag at
the north pole. The picture is remark
able for the flag, which has 80 stars
and 81 stripes, eleven red and ten
white, with the legend under the
group: America triumphs at the pole,
but we have discovered r tbs
remedy,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-06-30
His Approach HeraIded.

The pet cat, wearing a bright red
ribbon around his neck, was chatting
democratically with a stray cat, on the
back verandah. II wonder what's the
matter with me, Maltese" said the pet
cat; 81 can't stalk a mouse successful
ly to save my lives"
mo wonder" said the stray cat, dis
painfully, "if all your neckties are as
loud as that you're wearing"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-06-30

II congratulate Cuticura upon my
speedy recovery from pimples which
covered my face. fused Cuticura Soap,
Ointment and Resolvent for ten days
and my face cleared and I am perfect
ly well. I had tried doctors for sew
eral months but got no results. VIM. ].
Sadlier, 1914 Susquehanna Ave, Phila-
delphia. MAY 1, 1909"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-06-30
Valued Absences.

always speak kindly of the absent"
said young Mr.. Primly,
Il would" replied Miss Cayenne, eff
l thought it would be an inducement to
some tiresome people to remain So"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-06-30

The prune and the strawberry are
nearing the neck-and-peck stage.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-06-30
Intelligence of the Fox

a thing I have often noticed both with
stag or fox, that the quarry seems to
distinguish between real and false dan.
gers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-06-30

Lewis Single Binder, straight &C.
many smokers prefer them to l0c cigars.