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BBS?; '' ' I ADVERTISING RATES. I!^S"rLTHP f PYINHTOM DmPATCH j ft ?o? I 1 I 1 ^ r^r /\ I 1 ^1 v 1 4 V^l i JL-^ I. 1l ii 1 ! ?.a.-?b a?. ia. t>w*cnvA-RTT? ^ * ing to advertise for tliree, six and twelve RATES REASONABLE. . months. ; a ? Notices in the local column 6 cents per v ? ? ? line each inser: ion. s-r-DorroTPTTfVN $1 PER ANNUM ^ Obituaries charged for at the rate of one SUBS __0__ VOL. XXIX. LEXINGTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1898. . NO. 3 Marriage notices inserted tree. ^^ * ' Addrtss *' m\> DRi\"Ti\'ft t SPECIALTY. G. M. IlARMAN, Editor and Publisher. tfUU 11IIJIU1U sbiii mi mmm, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BATESBURG, - - - - S. C. Practices in ail the State Courts, especially in Lexingtou, Ed^cdcid and Aiken counties Mar. 6?It ANDREW CRAWFORD ATTORNEY AT LAW, COLUMBIA, - - - - S. C. PRACTICES IN THE STATE AND Federal Courts, and offers his prolessional services to the citizens oi Lexington County. October 18?ly. EDWARD L. ASBILL, Attorney at Law, I LEESVTLIiE, S. C. k Practices in all tbe Courts. J " Business solicited. 8ept 30? 6m % C. M. ETIRD. F. E. Dreheb \ EFIRD & DREHER, m Attorneys at Law, LEXINSTON, C. H., S* C. WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE Courts. Buhiiifess solicited. Out member ol the firm will always be at office Lexington, S C. Jane 17?6m Albert M. Boozer, Attorney at Law, COLUMBIA, K C. IJspec'al attention given to business en trusted to him by his fellow citizens ol Lexington county. J Qffice: 1609 Main Street, over T. B. ] Aughtry & Cx February 23?J DR. E. J, ETUEBEDGE, SUKGKON DENTIST, f ' LEESYILLE, S. C. I Office next door below post office, i . Always on hand. C. February 12. Saw Mills,! Light and Heavy, and Supplies. j CHEAPEST AND BEST, tv C*?t every day; wor* 180 ii&nda. iKrtn Wnrkc bVHII/HI M II VM v* vi >%? and Supply Co.y AUGUSTA, GKOKGIA. January 27? ' CAROLINA NATIONAL BANK, / AT COLUMBIA, 8. C. STATE, TOW.Y A3ID COUNTT DEPOSITORY. Paid np Capital ... $100,000 Surplus Profits . - - 100,000 Saving's Department. Deposits of $5.00 and upwards received. Interest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum. W. A. CLARK, President. Wilis Jones, Cashier. December 4?lv. BEESWAX WANTED Iff LABGE OK SMALL QUANTITIES. I WILL PAY THE BIGHEST MAR. ket price for clean and pure Beeswax. Price governed by color at.d condi* ion. BICE B HABMAN, At the Bazaar, Lexington, S. C. LEXINGTON | SAVINGS BANK. W DEPOSITS RECEIVED SUBJECT TO CHECK. ~ " W. P. ROOF, Cashier. DIRECTORS: Allen Jones, W. P. Roof, C. M. Efird. ?. Hilton James E. Hendriz. EXCHANGE BOUGHT AND SOLD. ^ *A" ? r *1 ? ? -J on.^ ^ l^pOSMJ UI 4)1 ttliU upvroi uo AOVVi ? VV? HMW interest at 5 per cent per annam allowed: payable April and October. September 21?tf ATTENTION SOLDIERS! Another Call Issued T?OR AN ARMY OF SOLtlSFS WHO r are fighting lor a living thtse hard times lu South Carolina. We, ot the firm of Barriss & Rast, do hereby cordially invite any and all eligible men and women who desire to save their hard earned money r to call upon us when contemplating purchasing buggies, carriages, etc., also harness, which we manufacture, and guarantee all that we sell to be well worth every penny which we ark for them. We also take this opportunity of slating to our numerous customers that we a? e very sorry indeed that we have been unable for the past seven moths to supply the demands made upon us owing to the fact that we have been quite unable to emp'oy the skillful labor necessary to keep up a supply of goods to the standard which we promised when starting out in this business. But now, being able to employ to labor the need we hope to be able to supply the steady increasing demands upon us with the same, if not a better grade of work. Hoping to see our old customers, with new recruits coming to us in the future, we beg to remain your obedient servants, BURRlSS & RAST, not TTTWRTA. S. C. October 13 -tf. 1 /!?FENCING Poultry, Farm, Garden, Cemetery, Lawn, Railroad and Rabbit * Fencing. Thousand* of miles in use. Catalogue Free. Freight Paid. Prices Loir. Be llelflliLLEN WOVEN WIRE TENGE GO. | CHICAGO. ILL. r Nov. 17- u [ HBBBKBOHBHBBaBBanni I 1C90 MAIN STBE Heroes cf War. . From the Chicago Times-Herald. The feeling of admiration for heroes of war seems to be innate in the human heart, and is brought to the n n /I ^! j SUliace as iue upyunuuitj ouu . ject, for such hero worship presents j itself. Among those who proved their he- i roism duriog our Civil War was A. Schiffeneder, of IGI Sedwick Street, Chicago. He is an Austrian by : HE RECEIVED A WOUND. > birth, came to America at the age of twenty, and soon became an American citizen. He was living at Milwaukee when the call for volunteers ?IOC-') nn/3 V>a nrnmnf. CttLLlWriJ iU auu uu ^vv/uj^vly enlisted in Company A, of the Twenty-sixth Wisconsin Volunteers. In 4fce Army of the Potomac our j hero saw much fighting, campaigning in the Shenandoah Valley. In the first day's fighting at the battle of Gettysburg, Schiffeneder received a wound in the right side, which afterward caused him much trouble. With a portion of bis regi ment he was captured and imprisoned at Bell Island and Andersonville, and afterward exchanged. He j returned to his regiment, which was transferred to the army of General Sherman, and marched with him through Georgia to the sea. In this campaign Mr. Schiffeneder's old wound began to trouble him and be was sent to the hospital and then home. He had also contracted ca tarrh of the ftoinach and found no relief for years. "I happened to read an account of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People about a year ago," he said, "and thought that they might be good for my trouble. I concluded to try them. I bought one box and began to take them according to directions. They gave me great re lief. A'ter finishing that box I bought another, and when I hid taken the pills I felt that I was cured. I recovered my appetite and ate heartily. I can testify to the good the pills did me." Mr. Schiffeneder is a prominent Grand Army man in Chicago, whither he moved some years - ago with his family. Our Lezington Boys in the 2nd. S. C. Regiment. To the Editor of the Dispatch: By request I will give your paper i & lew XiULCS uuaciuuani. I enlisted in Co. E, 2nd. S. C. V. I., at camp Fitz Hugh Lee at Columbia. It was a long while before the regiment could be filled up. Cipt. Nannamaker, of my company got 40 men over his required number. The regiment was mustered in one month before joining Gen. Lee. 4Bhis camp wa9 at a pretty aDd healthy location, but miserably fitted up. The men had no floors io their tents, and had to sleep on the ground and six men piled in a little tent. The cooking and eating was done during tl.e rainy weather, out under, brush arbors. We drilled one hour before bj^akfast then again from 10 to 11 a. m , and from 4 to 5 p. m. Oa Sundays we had only guard mpunt at 9:30 a. m , and dress parade at 5 p. m. Once a week we had to march through the city going to batalion drill at the university green. The camp covered a large place, and resembled a little city with each company's street, arched in center aod nicely kept. Soldiers rode the street cars for half price, and nearly every car was crowded with them. We were treated kindly b}r the ladies of Columbia, thousands of them visited the camp. We had considerable ex citement during the Col. Tillman row, to quell the Tiilman rowdies, the long roll was sounded at 1) p. in , that time found many i njojing sweet slumber, ever company had to fall in, and armed to the teeth. Much confusion was made, very few knew i what weuld follow, we were glad "W. X= ET, ... Solicts a Share o when order was reptored without any powder being burned. We received orders September 15, join the 7th Army Corps, under Gen. Fitz Hugh Lee. Most of the boys rejoiced at this and seemed willing to give life to keep k'01d Glory" unfurled to the breeze, and uphold Uncle Sam's rights and honor, and ready to place the Star SpaDgled B inner on the bigest gleamirg towers cf Havana or old Madrid. ' Heavy march"' being crdered we b'gan furling banners and rolling up tmts and loading trains. In 2 hours our tented city was demolbhed, tbe debiis going up in one cloud of twoke, reminding us of tbe flames in Paynes "Downfall cf Palis." Oar tents and baggage was loaded on 10 s reet cars for Union depot, to be tiansfered to train?, then the 2| mile heavy march began at 2 p. m , each soldier in the hot sun marcbiDg with complete outfit on his back like a pack camel, and panting for desr life. As we tramped out of our lovely Columbia, its patriotic citizens tbroDged the streets, giving us an ovation that made every soldier sad to move off old Palmetto's soil. Tbe 3 battalions took a train each, going over different roads, we were on the trip 18 hours, seats in cars were made into berths, gun?, side arm?, equipments stacked and senti% ? *1 -a L J O nets statiODea at ea.cn uoor. oupy x was served on the train before we left Columbia and while we slept, we were carried away to the Land of Flowers, the trains being very heavy loaded, travel was slow, daylight finding us soon after leaving Savanab. The beautiful lagoons, salt marches and broad rice fields, were perfectly lovely in the early morning sunlight, some boy shouted -'there's the Atlantic ocean," as we were sailing over a broad lake. The big Altamaha river was ragiDg and foaming as we crossed, spreading out about 10 miles wide, Fernandino, Fla , were sighted forests of magnolia, large as pine trees, tall palmetto surpassing all else in beauty and dwarf palmetto covering ail Florida. We passed big ranches, one below St. Mary's river has 3,000 cattle. These forests of pine furnish large quantities of naval stores and lumber. One lumber company on St. John's river, does a very large business, having a capital near $2,000,000, owning railroads and large steamers, working 200 hands in the mill. Next we find ourselves among 31,000 soldiers in big Camp Cuba Libra at Jacksonville, about which we will write next. F. N. )Junnamaker. Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 10, 1898. $100 Reward $100. The readers of this paper will be please to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease 1 bat sciense has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is C itarrh. Hill's Catarrh Care is the only posiive care koown to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitntional treatment. Hall's Citarrh Cire is taken internally, acting directly npon the blood and mucous surfast s of the 83stem, thereby destroying the fonndatiou of the disease, find giving the patieLt strength by buiidiog up the constitution and | Hssieting nature in deii'g its work j The proprietors have so mncb faith j in its cnrative powers, that they off: r j 0 ie Hundred Dol ars for any case ; that it Iti's to cure. S^nd fur lis* of ; testimonials. Soli by all druggis's j Pr c* 7 ) cer t-i. 30 Hall's Family Pills are the best. 1 Yearly Increase. It is a very easy matter to figure out profits at the outset of almost 1 any undertaking, as aououess owners : of saw mills and hotel keepers can j testify. Even cotton growing can bo I demonstrated as a profitable bu i; ness, but when a practical verifica: tion is attempted in the field, there is ; found to be a vast difference between ; figures and facts. But the calcula| tions, credited by the Dallas News, ! to a Washington city authority, ap; pear feasible and able to stand the test cf practical demc n&tration. He j e^imatts the number of farms in the South, east of the Mississippi river, at 1,313.00, and contends that aaaU tnfmat* innnl/l o/^/l Q Iii C a L Li lill I1JCI lUtl tuu TTUU1U UVIV4 u cow, a sbccp and a bog each year tc j the stock, be would be surprised at ; the mpid progress be was making i on tbe road to wealth and available j assets. The increase tbe first yeai j would amount to nearly $-4,000,000. J g?o? hbwu fc1. miwctbbbimaain iibmiwiii 3Y GC C. ^E03STC^:T02S * f Your Valued Patron IsisimGOiNR tl V I VI VIIIVI PEOPLE ose who disregard 'i die at ions of disease. The progress of j catarrh is frequent- j ly gradual. Chronic K catarrh secures j possessionwithj iv'll ou* ^now'l*" |edge of its Tic- j 11 has become Wv| so common to body has a little f> -.$* catarrh "that many | '0mk ^Jp\Aeasy &o5nff PeoPle pay sl i&h 1 atten tion '' to i t. Y e t n o el ass disease issodiflicult to shake off. Man;?-people well advanced in years find themselves in the toils of catarrh. Mr. and Mrs. : Collum, of Gi'1 "ngs, Tex., found help in | Pe-ru-na. ? Collum's letter follows: j Pe-ru-na Medicine Co.. Columbus, 0. Dear Sirs:?"I think }*our Pe-ru-na * 1 1 - * A ? ? JI-I~ -? T A?/\M * f s~\*% no _ is wie uest "leuiciuc 1 cvci n nu iui tarrli. I ave tried all the catarrh medicines liat I could hear of and none of them did .my good until I tried yours. I and my w!*e have both used the Pcru-na and Man-a-lin, and we are about well. I am 70 years old and my wife is 06. "When we commenced to take your medicines we were not able to see after our work, but now she can tend to her work and I see after my farm. Vou can use this publicly if you want to."?A. P. Collum, Giddings. Tex. Ask any druggist for a free Pe ru-na Almanac for the year 1899 Cubans arc to be Given the Chance To Show That They Are Capable of Self-Government.. Santiago, de Cuba, Nov. 25?Some time ago Maj McLeary, whom Gen. j Leonard Wood had appointed ma) or | of Santiago requested to be relieved of j bis mayoralty duties and to return to his military post. This request was granted today. In the opinion of "Wood it is preferable to appoint to the mayoralty a civilian acceptable to the Cubans and he has appointed as Maj McLeary's successor Senor Bacardi, and old resident. He is anxious to give the i mayor as much authority as is com patible with military jurisdiction. The new mayor will conform to Gen. Wood's ideas which are to give the Cubans every opportunity to show themselves capable of self-government. Msj McLeary, as a military mayor, gave entire satisfaction to all classes. He has now been assigned to the duties of inspector general of the province and will shortly take a tour including Holguin, Jibara, Baracoa, Sagua de Tanamo and other points, making reports to Gen. Wood. The first official act of Mayor Bacardi was to discharge the entire clerical foics in the mayor's office and to employ Cubans who have served in the war. He will shortly issue a manifesto to the effect that he intends to encourage the city's development, and giving employment as far as conditions will pc rmit to worthy persons. Gen. Wood has high hopes of this first attempt at civ'l government under Cuban control. Gen. Wood has given his approval to a scheme for a school for the higher education of women similar to the American Normal school. Today he issued a notice imposing a fine or $1,000 upon any person promoting a bull fight and a fine cf S5'J upon any promoter of a cock fight. In the case of a cock fight the fine will fall upon witnesses as well as promoters. The rural police have been instructed to keep a sharpi^ookout along the telegraph line between Santiago and Sin Luis, as the peasant farmers aie still cutting the wire and using it to bale Hay and cope stone. The civil administration of the province is now virtually complete. The appointment of supreme court judges will be made tomorrow, and as the local bar association has put forth several names, Gen. Woods will probably select from among these men. Echoes from Billy Felix. To the Editor of the Dispatch: L The autumnal clays are hear, and > I as we go out these mornings in ' j the keen frosty air, we should feel f jolly and bouyant. s Generally speaking the health of our community is good. Agent Goodwin, while perambulat )ODS r, je., iage. Prompt and ] ing on the depot platform duriDg the rainy days of last week, lost his eliquilibrum aDd came down upon the floor with such a concussion that one would have thought that Uncle Sam's Yesuivius had let loose on Moro Castle. He received some in- . juries and bruises, but none of which , were serious, aDd we are glad to see , 'him out again. - We are pained to learn of the ill- I ness of Mrs. Dr. G. J. Williams, who contracted a severe case of typhoid fever. We hope to see her up again ere long and at her poi-t of duty. The school continues to prosper j i under the tutorage of Miss Leila Gantt of Wagener. James Y. Smith weilds the'rod at Athens, where he is giving satisfaction in teachirg the young idea how J I to shoot. | At a recent meeting of the trus{ tees of Ferry school much business was transacted among which was changing the name of its present one to that of Oakdale, under I which name it will hereafter be known, i This school will observe Arbor Day on Friday before the fourth Sunday in December. The teachers1 meetings are helpful and beneficial; but I am soiry that circumstances are such that I cannot attend the first meeting. I move that we divide. Let the C., C & A. R R, be the line and organize one on either side. Who will second the motion? Let us hear from the teachers on this subject. Billy fully believes that the trus. tees and patrons of the respective districts should have a special tax levied in their distiicts for the pub lie school. Will have more to say about this later on. Billy Felix. From ITew Zealand. Ree/ton, New Zealand, Nov. 23,1896 I am very pleased to state that since I took the agency of Chamberlain's medicines the sale has been very large, more especially of the Cough Remedy. In two years I have sold more of this particular remedy than of all other makes for the previous five -years. As to its efficacy, I have been informed by scores of persons of the good results they have received from it, and know its value from the use of it in my own household. It is so pleasant to take that we have to place the bottle beyond the reach of the children. E. J. Scantlebury. For sale by J. E. Kaufmann. The Delights of Boyhood. Fd like to be a boy again without a wnfl nr care, with freckles scattered on my face and hayseed in my hair; I'd like to rise at 4 o'clock and do a hundred choree, and saw the wood and feed the hogs and lock the stable doors; and herd the hens and watch the bees, and take the mules to drink, to teach the turkeys how to swim so that they wouldn't sink; aud milk about a hundred cows and bring in wood to burn, and stand out in the sun all day and churn, and churn, and churn; and wear my brother's cast off clothes, and walk four miles to school, and get a licking every day for breaking some oil rule, and then get home again at night and do the chores once more and milk the cows and feed the hogs and curry mules galore, and then crawl weaiily upstairs to seek my little bed and hear dad say: "That worthless boy! He isn't worth his bread!"' I'd like to be a boy again; a boy has so much fun, his life is just a round of mirth from rise to set cf sud; I guess there's nothing pleasanter than closing stable doors, and herdiDg hens, and chasing bees, and doing evening chores. Tlie Bast Blaster. A piece of flaonel dampened with Chamberlain's Pain Balm and bound on to the affected parts is superior to any plaster. When troubled with a pam iu the chest or side, or a lame back, give it a trial. You are certain to be more than pleasfd with ! the prompt relief which it affords. I 13 "R-.lrv, io oL-n o fori nin PI1TP for | L U1U SJailll is aicu c* vvAiwtu w.w .wI rheumatism. For sale by J. E. Kaufmanu. When you wi-h the very best fruits, candies and cakes, always go to the Bazaar. i&BE, c Polite Attention. Scl&iers at Havana. First United States Soldiers Land ' From Florida. j They March Ou Cuban Soil to Their Camp. Blanco Leaves for Spain ; On Sunday. Havana, Nov. 25?The United I States transport Florida arrived in | j front of Morro castle at G. o'clock ) | this morning, took a pilot on board | ! and proceded. At 7 o'clock she ar- i I rived iu front of Marianao beach. , Gen. Greene and his staff left the j hotel Inglaterra at G o'clock this J | morning for Marianao in order to j superintend the landing of the American troops. Marshal Blanco, whose rtsignation as Captain general of : | Cub:f has just been accepted, sails for Spain on Sundav. He will be succeeded by Gen. Siminez Castel- J lanos, a division commander. All four companies of the Second regiment volunteer engineers which arrived on the Florida landed by half past 9 o'clock at the Marianao watf with colors flying. They formed at the landing place and marched to their camp, two miles away, filling past Gen. Greene and his staff, who, on horseback, reviewed the men as | they passed. All the meD, with the exception of five who are still suffering* from sea sickness and were taken to the camp by traiD, were in line and are all in good spirits and fit for duty. One hundred and fifty Cubans of Gen. Menocars division were employed in dealing the camp site and by 11 o'clock the tents were being pitched for the first American camp at Havana. Apait from the few cases of sea sickness only two of the 2S0 men "who landed from the Florida are on the sickliat. Patrick Toohing is sulfering from dysentery and Thomas Leonard ftom a dislocated knee cap. | Both had tbc-ir present complaints when they left the Uuited States. These men were Uusy all the afternoon pitching camp and fixing tents. The site selected for the camp is ex, cellent on high ground and well supplied with water. The men have arrived with only heavy underwear, woolen blouses and cloth breeches, which are very tiding under the scorching sun of the seacoast. The medical staff considers it urgently j necessary that khaki uniforms be j sent at once for the comfort of the I rntn. The Spanish evacuation commis- i sioners today delivered a note an ; nouncing the complete evacuation of i the Holguin division. Owing to his expected early de j parture, Capt. Gen. Blanco was asked by the United States evacuation commisioners today to appoint a day and hour when they can visit him at the palace to say farewell. J3S&3 m has demonstrated ten thousand 'I p times that it is almost infallible < I FOR WOMAN'S i N PECULIAR ? 1 | WEAKNESSES, ? y irregularities and derangements. 2 g It has become the leading remedy S for this class cf troubles. It exerts g p a wonderfully healing, strength- g ening and soothing influence upon g 3 the menstrual organs. It cures a "whites" and faliingof the womb. g 3 It stops flooding and relieves sup- ffi ij pressed and painfal menstruation. For Change o( Life it is the best ^ 0 medicine made. It is beneficial 2 at during pregnancy, and helps to I bring children into homes barren / gi) for years. It invigorates, stimu- 1 } rvi lares, strengthens the whole sys- I i gj tem. This great remedy is offered I ; fej to all afflicted women. Why wi 1 1 ji any woman suffer another minuto 1 with certain relief within reach? ? ? Wine of Cardui only costs $1.00 jf ?3 per bottle at your drug store. j For advice, in cases requiring special fc f 3 directions, address, giving symptoms, jFi 8 the "Ladies' Advisory Department,'' ji | a The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chat- [J t fa tanooga, Tcnn. 1 Rev. J. VV. SMITH. Camden. S.C.. says: tj ! | "My wife used Wine of Cardui at hems f! 1 for falling of the womb a.id it entirely cured her." f ! Stolon Stcry. ? . i 'Oly father was very proud of bis ( watermelon patch," said the man who was telling the story, "and when that JOLUMBIA, S. C.. October 13?tf. RoVal Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards the food against alum* Alum baking powders are the greatest menacers to health of the present day. BOVAI. BAKING POWPCB CO., HEW YORK. big melon be<*ao to spred about he was happy. Well, the melon kept on growing, and finally it became a* question or whether they should iL . I a 11 1 move ice couse or cui me ajeion. Grandfather thought a great deal of that melon, and he didn't like to cut it until it was fully ripe. Hethorght i over-a great deal, and finally decided to move the house. A dozen men were employed, and the house was moved. But the melon kept on growing until it became necessary to move the barn or cut the melon. Grandfather had the barn moved, and then the fence. At last the melon was lipe. He determined to have a regular watermelon feast, so he invited the neighbors for miles around. He employed two men with cleaves to cut the melon. At last the eventful day arrived, and hundreds of people stood around with open eyes and mouth. Finally the melon i * * * ^ * was cut open, ana to tne aismay 01 all it was found to be hollow. A negro named Sam Johnson was inside. He had tunneled his way under the ineloD, cut a bole, and eaten bis way through. There were tbougLts of lynching him, but he died before the plan was carried out." A Sure Sign of Croup. Hoarseness in a child that is subject to croup is a sure indication of the approach of tSe disease. If. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is given as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after the croupy cough has appeared, it will prevent the attack. Many mothers who have croupy children always keep this remedy at hand and find that it saves them much trouble and worry. It can always be depended upon and is pleasant to take. For sale by J. E Kaufmann. A Sly Dodge. A comic actor who had been engaged to entertain a family party, proposed, at the conclusion of the performance, a little game of his own. Each of the company, himself includ ed, was to stake half a dollar, and the pool would be taken by the person who possessed the most of the articles which he (the comedian) would inquire for. Oa bis assurance that he would take no mean advantage, but run the same litk as the rest, all the members of the party consented, and between $15 and $20 were soon laid upon the table. The actor added his mark to the pile with a cunning smile, aDd iucj oaiu. "Now, which of you ladies and gentlemen have the greatest. Dumber of false teeth?" Deathlike stillness for the space of one minute, then a burst of laughter, both hearty and, in some cases, forced. ' I have three," continued the actor. "Who has got more?" The comedian took the pool. + Hilton's Iodoform Liniment will kill the poison from poison Ivy, counteract poison from bites of snakes, stings of insects. In a sure cure for sore throat. Will cure any case of sore mouth. 25c. Governor Ellerba has appointed R. E. Jenkins sheriff of Beaufort, as successor to Wm. 0. Pientiss deceased, without waiting for the recommendation of tbat count) ?s delegation in the general assembly. ^ - T C' T i Pnn-ln n irnll.l'n/Mi r? ! U L fj \J JJ ll/uiui'j a n Viiunun U i citizen of Richland county, dropped I dead on his farm, a few miles above Columbia, Wednesday afternoon, 23rd. He was 6owiDg wheat and without premonition fell dead. Heart disease was the cause of his death. Rations for ths Cubans. Washington, Nov. 23.?Gen. Leonard Wood, commanding the department of Santiago has sent an official report to the war department, of which the following is an extract: "I have sent rations all along the sea coast and by pack trains over into the inteiior, using every effort to scatter the rations' about in such manner as to enable the people desiring to retuin to their farms in the interior to do so, with a reasonable assurance that they can obtain food, while waiting the development of their first crop. Santiago today is as clean and healthy as any town of its size along the American sea coast 0 south of Fortress Monroe. Excellent order prevaile; there has not been a murder in the city since our occupation. A colored child, about three years . ^ old, named Elizabeth Lowery, of Liberty HiH, just out of Columbia, fell into a well Friday morning and was ciiownea. Minneapolis is making 38,000 barrels of flour on an average a day. There are more public holidays in Honolulu than in any other city iif the world. *'1 The first American fire insurance company began business at Philadelphia in 1794. As a rule it takes more to keep up appearances than it takes to support a family. Dissection of human bodies by yr.-H medical students has been practiced since B. C. 320. One square foot of glass will lose as much heat as six square feet of 12inch brick wall. A late invention is a cradle which rocks by clock-work mechanism and plays baby tunes. The number of deaths in the entire world in a century is estimated to be 4,500,000,000. ?* ^? * '/ n Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale at J. E. Ka&ffman's. Little minds rejoice over the errors of men of genius, as the owl rejoices at an eclipse. 9 The United States has a less percentage of blind people than any country in the world. When a wcman is trying to .write a letter on a half sheet of paper, much may be said on both sides. The largest single fortification in the world is Fortress Monroe. It has already cost over $3,000,000. John "Wesley used the expression, "Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness," in a sermon on "Dress." The tongue of a man is an um uly member, and like the tongue of an ox it is not cured until after death. * -- 41 Do as Advised. i ' The time is now here when the debtor should settle with the creditor. We have obligations which are sorely pressing * us and which we must meet when due. To be able to do so we must insist upon all indebted to us to settle up at once. If you cannot pay all at one time you can surely pay part now and a part latter on. It you are not coming to town, some one of your neighbors will be and you can send what you can spare, if no one is coming then send by mail. It is immeterial how you send it so that we get it. Friends, be prompt. We have been sending the Dispatch to your address for a year; you have read the 52 numbers and enjoyed them, dow, we waDt our money, so that we can enjoy it by paying our debts. ^ Parsnip Complexion. It docs not require an expert to detect the sufferer from kiduey trouble. 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