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WHY INDIANS PAINT. r? A Lesrend of the Red Men Explains the Strnnsre Cnstom. Once an old Apaclie Indian when asked the question why his people painted their faces told this little legend: "Long ago when men were weak and animals wei e big and strong a chief of the red men who lived in these mountains went Out to get a deer, for his people were hungry. "After walking all day he saw a deer and shot at it, but the arrow was turned aside and wounded a mountain " * _i? -.A? lion, wmcfl was aiso anei. mc uca. When the lion felt the sting of the arrow, he jumped up and bounded after the man, who ran for his life. "He was almost exhausted, and when he felt his Strength giving wayhe fell to the ground, calling on the big bear, who, you know, is the grandfather of men, to save him. "The big bear heard the call and saw that to save the man he had to act quickly, so he scratched his foot and sprinkled his blood over the man. "Xow, you must know that no animal will eat of the bear or taste of his blood. So when the lion reached the man he smelled the blood and turned away, but as he did so his foot scraped the face of the man, leaving the marks of his claws on the blood smeared face. "When the man found that he was uninjured, he was so thankful that he - *- " a left the oiooa 10 ary on ms i*ice uuu never washed it at all, but left it until It peeled off. "Where the claws of the lion scraped L . it off there were marks that turned 'brown in the sun, and where the blood stayed on it was lighter. Now all men paint their faces that way with, blood and scrape it off in streaks when they hunt or go to war." THE CARIBS OF DOMINICA. Fierce Savagre* Who Have Dropped Their Man Eating Ways. A recent colonial report on the Caribs of Dominica is interesting. Very mysterious is the origin of the fierce savages, now almost extinct, who were in possession of the smaller West Indian islands when the first white man burst "into that silent sea." They showed a distinct Mongolian character, and it would be hard to distinguish a Carib infant from a Chinese child. Some twenty years ago a Chinaman who had drifted to Dominica declared the Caribs to be his own people and married a TknT?o hrod Ponih Trnmnn The resultant child showed no deviation from the native type. Today they have dropped their man eating ways, but in the sixteenth century they scoured the Spanish main in search of human food, and from Porto Rico alone are said to have taken more than 5,000 men to be eaten. Though I Spaniards, Frenchmen, Dutchmen, negroes, or Arrowaks, were all meat to them, yet these Caribs seem to have shown preference for certain nationalities. Davis, for instance,-in his "History of the Oaribby Islands," tells us that "the Caribbeans have tested of all the nations that frequented them and affirm that the French are the most delicate and the Spaniards are hardest of digestion." Laborde also, in one of his jaunts in St. Vincent, appears to have overtaken on the road a communicative Carib who was beguiling the tedium of his journey by gnawing at the remains of a boiled human foot. This gentleman only ate Arrowaks. "Christians," he said, "give me the bellyache." ? Q,ueer Qualification. Tbe enthusiasm of the thoroughgoing lover of Browning takes some surprising turns. The author of "In a Tuscan Garden" tells a story concerning Dr. Furnival, one of the founders of the Browning society. A young relative of the Englishwoman in London was looking out at one time for bachelor chambers in a block of flats. The secretary of the company to whom they belonged intimated that the testimony of two householders as to his rent paying capacity would be required. The applicant gave the Englishwoman's name as one and Dr. Furnival for the other. Dr. Furnival'8 reply, after a glowing panegyric on the merits of the applicant, wound up by congratulating the cooipany on getting as a tenant a man who "was not only a gentleman and a good fellow, but a member of the Browning society." IX uron i r qcuic. The attraction of a man's character j Is apt to t>e outlived, like the attraction of his body, and the power of love 1 grows feeble in its turn, as well as the power to Inspire love in others. It is only with a few rare natures that friendship Is added to friendship, iove to love and the man keeps growing richer in affection?richer, I mean, as a bank may be said to grow rich, both giving and receiving more?after his head is white and his back weary, and he prepares to go down into the dm?t of death.?Robert Louis Stevenson. finrki'i Karl5" StrWKKlex. Maxim Gorki, tbo Russian novelist, had an early career that in many ways recalls the early struggles of .Jacob A. Rijs. He ran away from home when a lad and for years found life mighty bard grubbing, lie worked as a day laborer, a sawyer, u cook and a lighterman. Then he heard that free instruction could be obtained at Kazan, and, having no money to pay for his journey, he walked there, a distance ?f over tX>J miles. Then he found he bad a he*d. Considerate. She?Why did you *?k tteiie to go with uS? ?!e~I saw the was going anyhow, and I didn't with her t? fee' wean oYer it.?Swart Ret. ' ."* - * & ' . CHILL WINDS Are the dread of those whose lungs are "weak." Some fortunate people can follow the summer as it goes southward, and escape the cold blasts of winter and the chill airs of spring. But for the majority of people this is impossible. Fami 1 y cares and Staples, Esq., of Barclay, Osage Co., jj T* "6^ Kans., "and four fj 1 years ago my work ? 1 keeping me in a I warm room and 'flyOK stepping out fre?^atae quently into the | cold air gave me bronchitis, which became chronic and deep seated. Doctors failed to reach my case aud advised me to try a higher air, but. "fortunately for me. a friend also advised me to try Dr. Pierce's medicines. I commenced taking your ' Golden Medical Discovery,' and by the time I had taken the first bottle I was better, aud after taking about four bottles my J cough was entirely gone. I have found no ne- j cessity for seeking*another climate." Sometimes a dealer, tempted by the little more profit paid on the sale of less meritorious medicines, will offer the customer a substitute as be:ng "just as good " as the " Discovery." You get the People's Common Sense Medical Adviser, the best medical work ever published, free by sending stamps, to pay expense of mailing only. Send 21 one-cent stamps for book in oaper covers, or 31 stamps for clotli-bouncl vol ume, to Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. CONCERNING CALENDARS. Some Interesting: Ones Date ns Far Sack as the Fourth Century. Among the Greeks and Romans almanacs or calendars were not written for the general public, but were preserved as part of the esoteric learning of the priests, whom the people had to consult not only for the dates of the festivals, but for the proper times when various legal proceedings might be instituted. About 300 B. C., however, one Encius Flavius, secretary Appius Claudius, stole these secrets by repeated applications to the priests and collated the information so gained. It was really publishing an almanac when, as Livy relates, Flavius exhibited the tasti on white tables around the forum. From this time similar tablets containing the calendar, the festivals, astronomical phenomena and sometimes allusions to historical events became quite common. They have been dug up in Pompeii and elsewhere. There are also extent Christian calendars dating as far back as the fourth century, which give the names of the saints and other religious information. One of the most famous of the calendars of the middle ases is that com piled by Petrus of Dacia in A. D. 1300. A manuscript copy is preserved in the Savilian library at Oxford. The Symbolical Man or Man of Signs (Homo Signorum), still a common feature in almanacs, appears in this book, not, it is conjectured, for the first time, as it seems to have been a survival from the time of Ptolemy's "Almagesi," a collection of classic observations and problems relating to geometry and astronomy. The first printed almanac was the "Pro Pluribus Annis," issued at Vienna in 1457 by an astronomer named Purbach. The earliest known almanac devoted expressly to the year of issue was published by Rabelais in 1533. Thenceforth the. ephemeral yearly character of the publication came to be definitely recognized by almanac makers. Nostradamus set the fashion of incorporating predictions of coming events into almanacs, a fashion that, has continued to this day in all purely astrological brochures of thi9 sort despite intermittent efforts to suppress it by royal authority in France | and elsewhere.?Era. Does It Pay to Buy Cheap? A cheap remedy for coughs and colds is all right, but you want something that will relieve and cure the more severe and dangerous results of throat and lung troubles. What shall >ou do? Go to a warmer 8Dd more regular climate? Yes, if posei bl<; if n< t possible for >ou, then in eituer case take the only remedy that has been intioJuced in all civihz^d count!its wnb success in fever? throat and lung troubles, "Boschee'a German Syrup/' It Dot cnly heals and stimulates the tissues to destroy the gnrin dieeate, but all^s icflam matioL\ causes easy ejpectoraOOD, gives a good night.'* rest, and cure? jibe patent. Try one bottle. jk ; ct m;iiei;ded many jeers by all druggists u; tbe world. You can get tbis relisbif* remedy Kaufman it's Drug Sto?e. Get Greet/* Special AKuhmjc. 12-33 ^ ? A Pninfnl Inference. A tea elver was instructing a class of 1k)vs and bad spent half an fcour trying to drive into their heads the difference | between man and ihe lower animals, i but apparently with little success. "Tommy," he said coaxingly to a tittle chap, "rio yen know tb* difference between, say, me and a pig or any other brute?" ! "No," replied Tommy innocently, bat | another teacher standing" by laufched.? I London Angara. I Kedol Dyspepsia Cora what y?ti vat. WEATHER PROPHETS. Blow out a candle, and if the wick continues long to smokier look for bad weather. If It goes out quickly, the weather will be fair. The twelve days after Christmas indicate the weather for the following year. Each day in order shows the weather for one month. When it begins to snow, notice the size of the flakes. If they are very fine, the storm will be a long one; if large, the storm will soon be over. If the chickens come out while it rains, it is a sign that the storm is to be a long one. If they stand around under the shed, the storm will be short. AM A V Ani-4-1 A 1 i?1 rvft ci n A/\n r% >\ Utfli LLitr Celine lie uv n 11 a j own 113 they are turned out to pasture in the morning, it is because they feel a rheumatic weariness in their bones, and you can look for rain soon. When a night passes and no dew falls, it is a sign it is going to rain. This omen loses much of its mystery when one remembers that dew has not fallen because the night was clouded. When you see the sun drawing water at night, know that it will rain on the morrow. The sun is said to be drawing water when its rays can be seen shining through rifts in distant clouds. Brain Strain. A French investigator has come to the conclusion that the brains of military men give out most quickly. He states that out of every 100,000 men of the army or naval profession 199 are hopeless lunatics. Of the liberal professions artists are the first to sucfcumb to the brain strain, next the lawyers, followed at some distance by doctors, clergy, literary men and civil servants. Striking an average of this group, 177 go mad to each 100,000.? London Express. A Cold Wave. The forecast of sudden changes ii the weather 6erves notice that ? hoarse voice and a heavy cough inainvade the sanctity of health in you own home. Cautious people have t bottle of Oae Minute Cough Cur always at band. E. H. Wise, Mad f-oiJ, G*., write?: "I am indebted t One Minute Cough Cure for m present good health, and probabl my life." It cures Coughs, Cold*LaGrippe, B:oncbiti?, Pneumom nod all Throat, and Lung trouble* One Minute Cough Cure cuts th phlegm, draws out the iLflammatiot. heals and soothes the mucous membranes and strengthens the lung* J Hi. Kaulmano. AMERICAN AUDIENCES'/3 Men and Women and Tbeir Effect Ipon Public Meeting:*!. American audiences are strangely alike in some things and strangely dis similar in others. A good committee will take as much pains in the ar rangement" of its audience as of its speakers. An audience seated without crowding is seldom enthusiastic. Neither is an audience whose hands are occupied with bundles or umbrellas, an audience largely composed of women or an audience in a cold room. The easiest audiences to address, the most responsive and inspiring, are those composed of men crowded and packed together and warm. Women naturally do not applaud or cheer. They are by instinct more self restrained in the public expression of their emotions than men. Every public speaker is complimented by their presence, knowing that their quiet word at home is oftentimes more effective in results than the most enthusiastic shouting on the street corners by the other sex. In a public meeting, however, the audience gets its cue from those nearest the speaker. I remember well two audiences, both from the same social class, both crowded, both in large theaters and both largely attended by women. One happened to be in Colorado, one in Massachusetts. In one meeting the orchestra was reserved for women. In the other meet ing the men nau the orcnesira auu me women had the lower gallery and all the boxes. In both cases the audiences were entirely friendly to the speakers. The second meeting was marked by wild enthusiasm, the first one by respectful attention. In the second case the mass of men in the orchestra urged on the speakers by continued applause. In the first case the men in the galleries who started to applaud were checked because between them and the speakers was a mass of absolutely silent femininity in the orchestra. I do not say that one meeting was less effective than the other, but the difference in the strain on the speaker was marked.?From "The Spellbinder," by Colonel Curtis Guild* Jr., in Sc-rib? -? 1 m _ ^ ii xne i^aoy is wiitting j Be bure and use that old and well j tried remedy, Hrs. Winslow's Sooth- | mg Syrup for children teething. It I soothes the child, softens the gums, i allays ail pain, cures wind colic ana j is tho best remedy for diarrhcea. Cwenty hve cents a bottle. It is the best of all. A W t?r?l Too Much. yhe?You're not payiu& attention to May Koxley nowadays. lie?.No; she had eutireiv wr> much to say to suit me. ( She? Really V He?Yen; she *aid *"No."?Washington Star. Friendship yoa hare buy Is dear it a?y price.?Chicago News. , ???? aaeu ire Uki te!e??f?pei~ j?*. 4rn?r tkeai oat, see through Ifoim *b4 thin sHrtt tfeeia up. i i- ' j a supreme Conrt OninMs??-? "While in session the associate justices of the United States supreme court are seated on either side of the chief justice. in the order of their commissions, the oldest in commission on his right, the next oldest on his left: the third is second on the right and the fourth second on the left, and so on alternately, the youngest iD commission occupying the seat 011 the extreme left. When Justice Field was the senior associate, this arrangement produced this curious result: The names of the justices 011 the right had but a single syllable?Field, Gray. Brown aud White ?while the names of those on the left had two syllables?Ilarlan, Brewer, Shiras and Peckham. All were marvSocl ,,rk fmA r,f tho "iiictippst nil flip right had ever had any children, while each of those oil the left had both children and grandchildren. The colors were all on the right?Gray, Brown and White?while the left was colorless.? Youth's Companion. No Influence Above. In Dr. John Hall's time it was the custom in his church to use the old fashioned, simple hymns, and the singing was congregational. On one occasion William M. Evarts discovered E. Delaiield Smith, then corporation counsel of New York city, singing with all his heart and whispered to his friend: ''Why. there is Smith singing "I want to be an angel!' I knew he wanted to be district attorney, but I didn't know he wanted to be an angel." The remark was repeated to Mr. Smith, and quick as a flash came the retort: "No, I have never mentioned the matter to Evarts, knowing that lie had no influence in that direction." Loading Satan Down. "Lightning knocked the church steeple down," some one said to. Brother Dickey. "Yes; Satan's eyes always flash tire when he sees a church steeple gwine up." "And here's a colored brother killed another at a camp meetin?;." "Yes; Satan goes ter raeetin' 'long wid de res' er dem en sometimes slionts de loudes'." "And a preacher was drowned in the river last week." "Oh. yes; Satan's in de water too. He 'blcege ter go dar ter cool off." "So you blame everything on Satan, do you?" "Bless God!" was the reply. "Ain't dat what he's fer?" ? Atlanta Constitution. Connpicnons? Example. "Women are belittled and made of no account in every possible way," exclaimed the indignant head of the family. "Even the geographers willfully and deliberately slight her. How many really important towns in this country are named in honor of a woman?" "Well, my dear," said her husband, scratching his chin reflectively, "there's Janesville, you know."?Chicago Tribune. A Million voices Could hardly express the thanks of Homer Hall, of West PoiDt, la. Listen why: A severe cold had settled on his luDgs, causing a most obstinate cough. Several physicians said he had consumption, but could not help him. When all thought he was doomed be began to ose Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption and writes?4'it completely cured me and saved my life. I now weigh 227 lbs." It's positively guaranteed for Coughs, Colds and Lung trou bles. Price 50c and $100. Trial bottles free at J. E. Kaufmann's. An Anchor to Windward. He?Let's get married on Friday. She?Oh, George, Friday, you know. Is? He?Yes, I know it's unlucky, but, then, if our marriage doesn't turn out well we shall always have something to blame it on.?Philadelphia Record. Lift It High. "Yo' kin alius tell er polite man," said Charcoal Eph. ruminatively, "by de way he lif his hat t' de ladies, an' ef ne lif' it high, yo* kin also tell dat he ain't baldheaded. Mist ah Jackson." ?Baltimore News. A man who dares to waste an hour of time has not learned the value of life.?Charles Darwin. Greenville, Tenn. I have thoroughly convinced myself that Dr. Baker's Blood and Liver Cure is the finest medicine 1 made for Indigestion and Constipation. (I have tried them all) aDd was cured by the use of this medicine, after all others had f.-.i!ed. ] most cheerfully and unhesitatingly ! endorse it. Yours truly. H. N. Baker, Mayor. For sale at the Bazaar. CRUSHING A BORE. The Authority on \atnral History Thnt Sydney Smith I Sydney Smith ji:kes have a delicate I flavor of age. hut an anecdote in "Mem; ories of Half s Coniur.v" lnts not been 1 told s<* often as some of the classic j tales. Sydney \.:;s a guest at the dinj ner of an aivhdeaeon. and a fellow guest, whose hobby was natural history. was a bore if once started on his subject. Smith promised to try to keep ; him in check. The naturalist, got hb i opening. I "Mr. Archdeacon." said lie, "have ! you seen the pamphlet written bv my i friend. Professor Dickenson, on the re I markable size of the eye in a common house fly':" The archdeacon courteously said { had not. The bore pursued his ad vanj t?sre: j* "I ?t? fstjre you it is a most int#c esting pamphlet. sett 111.2: fortli particulars hitherto unobserved as to the unusual sizu of that eye." "I deny the fact!" said a voice from the other end of the table. All smiled save the bore. "You deny the fact, sir?" said lie. "May T ask on what authority you condemn the investigations of my most learned friend?" "I deny the fact." replied Smith, "and I base my denial on evidence wedded to immortal verse well known to every scholar at least at this table!" The emphasis laid 011 scholar nettled the naturalist by its implication. "Well, sir." he said, "will you have the kindness to quote your authority?" "I will, sir. The evidence is those well known, I may say immortal, lines: "Who saw him die?" "I." said tiie fly, "With my little eye!" The guests roared, and during the rest of the dinner nothing further was heard 011 the subject of natural history. THE COOKBOOK. Peeled, chopped tomato sprinkled over lettuce, the whole covered with French dressing, makes a Russian 6alad. To steam potatoes peel them and when very clean put them in a colander over boiling water. Cover tightly with a lid and leave them until done. Tarragon leaves are most useful in salad and should be scalded, squeezed in a towel and chopped fine. This herb gives a zest to the salad that is always appreciated. v When making beef tea, never add the salt till the meat has been cooking for several hours. Salt acts upon the fiber and prevents it giving out all its nourishing properties. A steak one inch thick requires to be broiled seven minutes'; one inch and a half, twelve minutes; two inches, twenty minutes, near the fire at first and then four inches away. A substitute for caper sauce is made by boiling some sprigs of parsley slowly to let it become a bad color. Do not chop it fine. Set it in melted butter, season with salt and a dessertspoonful of vinegar, boil up and serve. Our books are complete treatises '' I on fertilizers, written by men who know. fl Write for them. Wheeler & Wilson No. 9 BALL BEARING SEWING MACHINES!!! Wonderfully Light Running and Rapid One-third faster; one third easier than any shuttle machine. Save about ONE DAY IN THREE. Qaiet and durable. THREE DRAWERS. FIVE DRAWERS, DROP HEAD AND CABINET STYLES. ORGANS. *A lot of High Grade Organs very low fo cash. One Chaple very near cost. : 1900 baliTbeaeing i Washing Machines and B ill Bearing Wringer* These are treasures Nowetdren^es and feet. Any seven or eight yeai old child can work it. Will r cleanse the clothes in ten minutes. Will last lor vears. J.ZE3L BE!EBI5"2-. f 1804 MAIN ST.. COLUMBIA, S. C! December 3, 1002. 3ui The State of South Carolina COUNTY OF LEXINGTON. ? " n A. T7I 1. . a r.. J. ISy iteo. o. i^raiis, xj>4., rroiwit? -mju^c. WJ HEREAS, 8* AM (J EL )>. GEORGE V V C. C. (J. P. and G, s., waoV suit t< me to grant. hint Letters of Administration of the Estate of and ?Seels <>t Danie A11?i; k and Jeininia A duck; These are, there-tore, to cite and ad monish a!} and singular the kindred am 1 creditors of t'u<- said Daniel Amick aiu i Jemima Amick. deceased, that thev h< i and appear before me, m (he Com of Probate, to be held at LtxingtouC H.. S. C., on the 10th day of January next, after publication hereof, at 1] o'clock in the forenoon, to show janse if any they have, wbv the said administxa ' tion ebonld not be granted. Giv.'-n ond*r my hnnd, this 2nd day o , December, Anno Domini 1902. G R DBAFTS, J. P. L. C. 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Kcatioa thta dk*+t. Mav, 14. 19 )3.eow | Notice ) OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE 3 i COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSION; ! EUS. j \T"OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT - j _i.v on Thursday, the Sch day ot Jannarv, 4 i i \ lOiO .k~ t>? ?m ? i .i. u. iuo <ij v>l?uiii!!S1 sioners for Lex'Dgton county. South Caroi l:nu, will hold their annual meeting in their 1 otiice in the court house. All persons holding claims of any kind a against Lexington County urn hereby noti- M [ fied and required to lite Mich claims with * , toe Clerk 01 said Hoard on or before tho 1st day of January next, in order to have ?uch claim* passed upon by the County 1 Hoard at. its animal meetiny. .T. BHOOK* WINGAHH. Clerk. County Rmrd of Commission ere K>r Lexr melon County. December 2, lilTO, ^