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BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM ??IN? Western South Carolina. * 0 RATES REASONABLE. 0 SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER ANNUM JOB PRINTING A SPECIALTY. BROWN BESS. \ - - ? - - TN TV The Lexington Dispatch. Ji Bcpresentatiee newspaper. Gouers hcxington and the Borders of the Surrounding Counties hi he a Blanhet. VOL. XXIX. LEXIXGTOX, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1890. .NO. 3S "I wish I could sell JSrown uese, said Susie Ross rinsing the dishes she had just washed. "Ob, Susj!" cried her brother. "What in the world do you want to sell Brown Bess foil'' her mother asked, looking up from the dough she was kneading. "I could go to the academy, mother, for two more terms, was the answer. "Then, perhaps, I could?get the school at the Corners." "Nonesense, Susy. I need you to * help me," her mother said. "Keeping school is a thankless business." "Its money,'' said Susy, "ana i ao long to help myself, and you, too. Money will do everything that needs to be done." "Yes, that's a fact," spoke up Tom, ^ "aDd there's lots wants to be done. I'd like to clear the five acre lot for potatoes and corn, but I can't do it." "And the house wants 6hiDgling," her mother said plaintively, her care - worn countenance taking on another shadow. "The front door's got a crack all the way across," Tom spoke up again, and there ought to be a fireplace in granny's room. Then there's the bam; its all we can do to keep the hay dry." "I know all that," said Susy. "I know the house is getting to be a scarecrow, and the barn is worse, and that's why I want to be earning. As for the shingles, I Bhould think you nnt them nn vmiraelf. Tom: VVU4U |.rVBV kMVM* W J , , yes, and mend the roof." ^ '^Where's the shingles," Tom asked, in his matter-of fact way. "Where's the nails? Where's the hammer? The old one is broken past mending. And where's the money to get them with, I Bhould like to know?" "Sure enough," said Susy, "unless I could earn it. That's why I want to sell Brown Bess." "And if you do sell her you won't get much," Tom said. "She's so full of her tricks?the craziest colt I ever saw." "I'm more and more afraid to have you ride her," her mother said. "But if you should sell her, there's the mortgage to be paid in October." "If I sell her," said Susy, quietly, it will be to finish my education." "That's always your cry," her mother went on, in plaintive tones; no matter what's needed; but I s'pose we must give in. Bad as the roof is, it shelters u?. What would we do without a house over our heads?" "I'd sell the cow," put in Tom. "And then grandma would just about starve," the mother supplemented. Sasy turned away from the table, angry and grieved, but she said nothing, only ran upstairs to her own room. After helping her mother about the bouse she donned her sunbonnet : and ran into the barn. Tom was rubb'Dg down Brown Bess, whose bright, glossy coat shone like satin. "Much as I can do to take care of ^ her," said Tom. "She wants a regular groom who would break her of her nasty little tricks. See how she throws her head up, and look at her eyes flashing fire. Are you going to the store? Mother wants sugar and molasses and vinegar?and I've got to go into the field." "Yes, I'm going," said Susy "though I dread it, the bill is so large. If I sell Brown Bess that's the first tkiDg I'll pay." "That and the mortgage," said Tom. "Well, I'll saddle old Dick. Susy mounted to the back of the slow old cart horse with gloomy forebodings. It was a warm September day. Even in the midst of her anx iety the beauty of the ride to Hill stone soothed and delighted her. Every detail of the way was familiar to her, yet when she came to Silver Ledge falls and saw the white spray leaping over granite rocks and dancing amoDg tin^ islands she stopped old Dick and sat enjoying the scene as if she had never beheld it before. "Good morning," a voice said behind her. "0, Charlie!" she exclaimed, with ! a start, "I didu't hear you coming " "Ny? The falls are so loud. I saw vou at the bend and followed. GoiDg ^ _ to town?" ' Yes, Cii*rlie,"sbe made reply, and in spite of herself her voice held a curious tremor. ' Yju're are worried over something," he said, the keen lover's eyes noting the shadows. 4tY'es, Charlie, a little?the same old trouble. I want to set thing3 to rights?and?its hard work," sho said io a low voice. ' I knew it. Why won't you leave all these matters and come with met The house is waiting for you?and so am I. Susy, darliDg, make up your mind." J Ijlgll I He held out his hand, a look of unutterable love making his rugged face beautiful. "If father had only lived," she said. "But you know it is impossible now, Charlie. I can't leave mother ?not yet?and I must finish the course at B academy, and keep the school at least a year before I get things straightened out." He gave a long, low whistle, then urged on his horse, but stopped again till Susy came up to him. "You know I'll wait for you, Susy, as long as you say, but its rather hard on me, as I am forehanded and ready to marry. Susy, come, make up your mind. My house is a large one. I'll take your mother and granny. Tom can run the old farm, and " i "Whaf! Let you support me and my family, too? Nevei!'' and her eyes flashed. ''I would never permit , it." "Well, Susy, I've declared my will iDgness to help you, if only you would , let me," said Charlie, "but since you won't don't look so sad and worried, i my darling. Its worth serving and saving for seven years if I can only win you at last for my wife." "Ob, Charlie," she said, brokenly, "your love is priceless. Only be patient." "I'll try, and keep on hoping," be said, and they parted at the store. The grocer met her with a smile. Everybody liked Susy. No girl more genial than she under ordinary circumstances, but today her face was clouded, her manner preoccupied. . "Mr. Lee, I have made up my mind to sell Brown Bess," she said, after getting the things she needed. "Do ( you know anybody that wants a horse?" r "Dear mt! Going to sell Brown 1 Bess! Well, I was thinking of buying a young horse for my Alice. Is she safe for a girl of, ten, do you think?" the grocer asked. Susy grew pale. Sbe had not an- I ticipated a question cf that sort, but ! she answered, after a moment's indi- 1 cisior: "She is fond of taking her heed < sometimes. No, Mr. Lee, if I find it < hard tn manage her. she would never 1 ?? ? o ' do for your little girl." "Ah, I'm sorry for that, Miss Susy," | said the storekeeper. "But I know a 1 man who wants a spirited horse. What would you sell her foif < "I leave that to the purchaser.^ < she said. "Papa paid $75 for her i more than a year ago, and I wouldn't < want to take less than that, for I 1 need the money very much," she went cn, "and if you will be so kind as to ] take an interest in the matter " ] She stopped, her eyes wistful. "Why, of course I will," ihe grocer i responded. "I'll send my boy to your < house with the groceries, and he can bring the horse back with him. If I anything is done in the way of a sale i Til let you know at once.'' Susy thanked him, aDd went on her ! way home. As she came in sight of the house, an old fashioned, two-story building, where dilapidation was ren " ON HIS After Six Years of Intense J Suffering, Promptly Cured n? 0 0 0 entire circulation is DJ Oi Oi Oi are a severe drain stantly sapping away the vitality. J be eliminated from the blood, and: I can have any effect. | There is no uncertainty about the j made for it is backed up strongly Ul II1UOV .? uv .... . and know of its virtues by experien Mr. L. J. 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In imagination she had her mother reconciled to all her plans, her school life assured and all things going on swimmingly. For who knew that Brown Bess might r> briDg her $100, she was so spirited ? j i?j acu uauusuuic. Work and home seemed brighter. The grocer's boy came for the horse, and though it was hard parting with the pretty creature, Susy, in expectation of resultp, bore the separation bravely. "Can't we take a little of the money you get to shingle the roolT her mother asked as the horse was led away." "I hope so," Susy replied blithely. "And you still thinking of going to school? Ain't you too old!" "I'm not 18 yet," was Susy's answer." Many girls go to school tiil they are 20." "And there's clothes to think of, Iresses, and bonnets, and shoes." "Ob, they'll be provided," Susy said, with a little laugh. "An' winter's comin'?and its two jr three miles to the 'cademy," her mother went on, each time throwing i more plaintive cadence into her roice. "Tom's clothes are terribly patch an' mother needs flannels. L ain't so young as I once was, out i iin't saying anything about myself, >n'y its kind o1 hard to spare you," md the lines in her mother's weak 'ace deepened. "Mother, I with you could see it as [ do. I must go to the academy." Siwy made reply. "Its the opportunity of my life. But I will tell you what I will do. If I get $100 for Brown Bess I'll divide even. Fifty lobars would go along way, wouldn't tr "Well, yes, $50 would get every,hing we need," was the reply. "But you're never goin' to get $100. You'll ne more lucky if you get $50. "Well, mother," said Susy, desperately, "if I only get $50, I'll divide ?ven. It will be $30 coming in every month if I only get the school." "I don't see's there's any chance of :hat," said the mother, with a weehegone countenance. Day after day Susy waited, but no word came about Brown Bess. Tom leclared that he believed there was qo prospect of selling her, but one lay Charlie Grant drove up to the house, his face fairly beaming. "I thought I'd bring you the news;" he said, as he came in the bright living room. "Have they sold Brown Bess?" Susy asked, her voice trembling in her ex citement to hear. "Well, yes?that is if you'll take .? ix? ? LO0 price lucy Uiltvuainc uiauc answer. "Ob, I hope its a hundred/' said Susy. "A hundred!'' laughed Chailie. "Is that what you value her at? Lucky for you that I was in at the bargain. SORE ! ANKLE. )bstinate sores and ulcers which use to heal under ordinary treatnt soon become chronic and deepted, and are a sure sign that the in a depraved condition. They upon the system, and are conIn every case the poison must no amount of external treatment j merits of S. S. S. ; every claim by convincing n cured by it suffering. I was fj| wnony urrnc ior ^ L was soon comTHE BLOOD ty in the blood, and in thi3 way ite, deep-seated sore or ulcer. 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Dr. Ilartman, President of the Surgical Hotel, Columbus, Ohio, will counsel and prescribe for fifty thousand women this year free of charge. Every suffering woman should write for special question blank for women, and have Dr. Hartman's book, ''Health aD/J Beauty." All druggists sell Pe-ru-na. That horse will be worth thousands ; I d of dollars before long. The man who j. bought her trains horses for the race ? a course. He has discovered remarkable qualities in Brown Bess as a * trotter and is willing to give you t $1,000 for her." t "A thousand dollars!" Susy stocd s for a moment like a statute; then she c flew into the kitchen where her mother c was making the daily batch of bread, f exclaiming: ^ "A thousand dollars, mothei! wr're ^ rich! Brown Bess is sold for a thous- ^ aid dollars! You wont have to work hard this winter. Tom can get two j suits of clothes if he wants them, and 7 a buy the five acre lot. Grandma can ^ have all the fire she needs; the reof shall be shingled, the mortgage paid off and?and " "What am I to have?'' Charlie asked as she stopped, out of breath, he having followed her into the kitchen. s She turned around, and blushing beautifully, held out her hands. Ee * clasped them both and drew her to * his bosom. < "What do you think of this moth- J ei?" he asked of the glad hearted wo- 1 man at the bread pan. "Susy is to be ( my wife.'' ? "Why, I think its a good deal better than keeping school," she said. About one month ago my child, j which is fifteen months old, had an ( attack of diarrhoea accompanied by j vomiting. I gave it such remedies , as are usually given in such cases, but as nothing gave relief, we sent j for a physician and it was uDder bis care for a week. At this time the , child had been sick for about ten days and was having about twentyfive operations of the bowels e^ery i ( twelve hours, and we were convinced ' . I 1 that unless it soon obtained relief ft j , would not live. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was , recommended, and I decided to tiy it. I soon noticed a change for the ; ( better; by its continued use a complete cure was brought about and it ! ( is now perfectly healthy.?C. L j j Boggs, Stumptown, Gilmer Co , "W. t Va. For sale by J. E. Kaufmann. < j A Snob Wittingly Snubbsd. j j At a refreshment room one of the : , passengers was hungry and in a i { i nuirv. I ''Please pass me them pertatoes, j ! mister,'' he said, addressing au ele- i j gant gentleman who sat next to him. j j The lattc r slowly focussed his gold i I eyeglasses on the speaker. l,D'd . you thiDg I was one of the waiters.'"" * he asked, ictly. The others held their knives and < forks in mid air, expecting to see the j man shrivel up; but no suchphenom- < < enon took place. He turned and j i I beckoned to the nearest waiter. I i I ''George, come here' please.' | "What is it, sir," "I want to apoligize to you, that is | j all. You see, I mistook this party ! ; here for yon; but I bore you won't be , ! offended at it. Now, please pass me j j them pertaters, and we'll go ou with ( ' the f( st ef the meal." I0OBS OOMPi DUST, TI5., 2v?^.2 Patronage. Polite and I<To Excuse Allowed. A successful business man told uie there were two things he learned when he was eighteen years old which were ever afteiwards of great use to him?namely, k'Xever to lose anything, and never to forget anything." An old lawyer sent him with an imnortant nnner with cer- ? tain instructions what to do with it. ''But," inquired the young man, "suppose that I should happen to lose it, what shall I do theL?"' ' You must not loose it," said the j lawyer, frowning. : ' I don't mean to," said the young cnir: "but suppose I should happen io?" "But I say you must not happen j 1 :o. I shall make no provision such an occurrence: you must not j jse it." i i This put a new train of thought in i'ae young mams mind, and he found hat if he was determined to do a 1 ,hing he could do it. He made such : 1 i provision against every contin- 1 jency that he never lost anything, j 1 :fe found that equally true about 1 natter of importance was to be re* | nembered, he pinned it down on his nind, fastened it there, and made it j | l itay. He used to say: "When a nan tells me that he forgot to do ' 1 lomcthing, I tell him he might as ^ veil have said, 'I do not care enough :bout your business to take the trou )le to think of it again.' I once tad ,n intelligent young man in my* emiloyment who dtemed it sufficient xcuse for neglecting an important ask to say, 'I forgot.' I told him hat would not answer; if he was ufficiently interested, he would be :areful to remember. It was be- J :ause he did not care enough that he j orgot. I drilled him with this ; ruth. He worked for me three -ears, and during the last of the hree he was utterly changed in this espect. He did not forget a thing, lis forgetting, he found, was a lazy ind careless habit of the mind, which ! le cured." The Best Remedy for Flux. Mr. Johu Mathias, a well known j itock dealer of Pulaski, Ivy., says: j 'After suffering for over a week with I lux, and my physician having failed - ?i: T 3 i ,0 relieve rue, ? was auviseu iu rxjr | Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and ^ Diarrhoea Remedy, and have the j ' pleasure of stating that the half of ! )ns bottle cured me." For sale by J E Kaufmann. < Tried for Cowardice. * Madrid, July 2S ?The trial of ( Dens. Toral and Bar<ji and others : ] ?or surrendering Si.nliago de Cuba, tvill begiu on Monday before a su- < preme couit martial and is expected j :o occupy six or seven sittings of the :ourt. It is slated that Gen. Blanco, ; Abo was goveinor general of Cuba luiing the late war, has signed a de- j < position to the effect that he gave 1 Grin. Toral permission to surrender ill of the district under his command with the exception of Marzanillo. The defense also relies upon a tele- , jram from Gen. Linares, Gen. Toral's predecessor, which was sent after ] jin. Linares had been wounded, ap pealing to the nation to say if the ( :roops at Santiago had not mainlined the honor of the army intact, md adding: 'Tf it is necessary that some one must assume responsibility : ur the events foreseen and foretold { n my dispatches, I offer myself. Io | oyalty and feeling of my country, no < natter what the outcome, I will as- j iurne the responsibility of signing , Lhe surrender." I , * j Jos Whcsler's Joko. t During the recent visit to the army 3iinp at Savannah, General -Joseph Wheeler was entertained by a party northern men at the De Sota. When, in the good humor of after dinner cigars, one of the gentlemen said, laughing!}: "How is it, General, that thcslcepy farms of the South produco such ! whirlwind lighters in such small pick-ages.''' "Well, General," said the little General, pulling at a large man's ciga?-, "1 believe I'll have to give you the answer an old 'cracker' woman once ; gave me when I once asked her a ! M, coij mijia, s. Prompt Attention. Octo Absolutely t LMakes the food more de royal baking pow 1 similar question. Not many years ago I bad an occasion to make a sad- j die journey through the pine bar- j rens of Georgia, where most everybody is a 'cracker' and mighty shiftless. One day, however, I rode inio a little community that showed such i signs of tkrifc as to be quite out of I keeping with the general character J of the barrens, I do assure you, gen- j tlemen. I rode up to a cabin where a gaunt old woman stood in the doorway, and asked her who owned these l.ttle farms that were so well kept. "That farui on the left belongs to my sou Jabrz," says she, 'and the aext one to my boy /dim, and the ^ next to my lad Jaseu, and the next is ny boy Potiphar's place, and??* "Hold on, sister," said I. "How i i i (\ _ 11a you manage to raise suen a nee ot of boys way off here in the woods?" "'Wall, stranger," she answered, I am a widdy womaD, and all I had to aise 'em on was prayer and hickory, )ut I raised them powerful frequent!" ^ Discovered by a Woman. Another great discovery has been j nade, and thai too, by a lady in this j :ountry. "Disease fastened its j dutches upon her and for .seven t rears she withstood its severest tests, >ut her vital organs were undernined and death seemed imminent. Tor three months she coughed in:essantly, and could not sleep. She inally discovered a way to recovery, 1 >y purchasing of us a bottle of Dr. * iing's New Discovery for Consump- * ion, and was so much relieved on * aking first dose, that she slept all 1 light: and with two bottles, has ^ jeen absolutely cured. Her name ? s Mrs. Luther Lutz.' Thus writes ( \Y. C. Hammick & Co, of Shelby, N. 1 J. Trial bottles free at J. E. Kauf- * nann's Drug Store. Itogular size 1 50c and 81 00. Every bottle guaranteed. Not a Welcome Addition. j A couple of tourists who were journeying on horseback in the rural . district of the South had ridden nany miles when they came to a small log cabin, out of which children of all -i'.es and ages came 1 swarming out like bees from a hive. The tourists were tried and raven- 1 Dusly hungry. Hailing an old negro at the cabin gate, they told him that they had come to take dinner with bim. ' IV is welcum, gemmeD !'" he said. ;'I ain't got much to eat, but I'll do 1 the ve'y bes' I kin fo' you, gemmen." Then raising his voice to a shiill yell, he said: "Hi, yo", Judas Iscariot, yo' ruu catch a chicken fas' es yo' laigs can carry yo." "What do you call that boy'"' ask- : cd one of the tourists. "Judas Iscariot, sail." ' I "What did you ever give him such a name as that foi( "Hat's a Bil le name, sah, an' it " has a meaniu". All de B.ble names has a mean' sah. I'se got fo'teen en J ley's all got Bible names, case de I Bible names has a meanin', sah." "What is the meaning ol Judas ! IscariotV The old man wa3 very reticent about giving further information, and it required a good deal of per- } . suasion before he linaliy said: "Well, I'll tell yo' sah. Hit's like j dis: You' see I'd had fo'teen chil- j un befo' Judas Iscariot was bawn, j an' fo'teen chiluu is a mighty big | family fo' a po' man ter raise en keer j fo', thout habiu' no mo', so when j Judas Iscariot cauie cilong I gib 'im j dat name caze you know de Bible say ii'J be better fo' Judas Iscariot j if he'd nebber been bawn." The Appetite of a Goat Is envied by all poor dyspeptics whose Stomach and L'ver are out of ! order. AM such should know that I Dr. King's New Life I'.lis, the won- i dcrful Stomach and Liver ILmedy, i gives a splendid appetite, sound j digestion and a regular bodily habit ' that insutes perfect health and great 1 energy. <)nlyd~?o. at J. K. Ivtuf j maim s drug sti?ro. bcr 1?'?if ????mmmmrnfmmw??m u hum a???????? g Baking ^ Powder Hire licious and wholesome Ko Was Out, A benevolent looking old gentleman tepped into an office on one of the lower floors of the Masonic Temple yesterday afternoon and asked for Mr. Wicherley. The clerk who had come forward to meet the old gentleman concluded that he was a clergyman, and replied: ''Mr. Wicherley has gone above."' The old gentleman walked out and ;he clerk returned to his desk. Two hours later the old gentleman returned, and the clerk stepped forward again. "Mr. Wicherley got back yet?" tho )ld gentleman asked. The clerk was somewhat bewildered, but replied: "Mr. Wicherley has gone above." "Well, confound that roof garden, tnyway," exclaimed tho old gentlcnan. "How long does that performince last?*' The clerk then proceeded to ex )lam that Mr. W icherley haa gone -o his reward, and the old gentleman eft, mumbling something about the nability of some people to talk 'United States.'' ?Anglo American Alliance. Houston, Tex., July 28.?In an nterview the Hon. J. W. Bailey said oday: "I am fully persuaded that he national administration has enered into a full and complete agreenent for an alliance between Great dritain and the United States. This dliance, in my opinion, is to be both offensive and defensive. I think the eason it ha9 not been published to ;he world is that for political reasons he president is afraid to do so." ^ I married your daughter, sir, and [ must say, I have never ceased to regret it. Just so. I can sympathize with pou, my boy, I married her mother. ? ?+> He?Now look, that's just like a woman?sharpening your pencil with a pair of shears. She?That's more than you can do, any way. "How do you manage to find your way across the ocean ' said a lady to the sea captain. "Why, by the coin pas. The needle always points to the north." ' Yes, I know. But if you wish to go south V Glorious News Comes from Dr. D. B. Cirgile, of Washita, I T. He writes: 'T'our bottles of Electric Bitters has cured Mrs. Brewer of scrofula, which had caused her great suffering for 3ears. Terrible sores would break out on her head and face, and the best doctors could give no help; but her cure is complete and her health is excelleht." This shows what thousands have proved,?that Electric Bitters is the best blood purifier known. It's the supreme remedy for cczcuia, tetter, salt rheum, ulcers, boils and running sores. It stimulates liver kidneys and bowels, expels poisons, helps digestion builds up the strength. Only 50 cents. Sold by J. E. Kaufmann, Druggist. Guaranteed. The South seems tc be having a particularly hard time just at present, for in addition to the disastrous Hoods of Texas, and the parching drouth in some sections of South Carolina, Georgia and other sections, a plague has appeared in Mississippi in the form of myraids of grasshoppers, which are devouring crops b> the acre. So many complaints have been sent to the Department of Agriculture in Washington from farmers who are suffering from the ravages of these insects that a special agent has been sent to Yicksburg, near which the greatest demage has been done. ADVERTISING RATES. Advertisements will be inserted at the rate o! 75 cents per square of one inch S; ace for lirst insertion, and 50 cents per inch fur each subsequent insertion. Libera! contracts made with those wishing to advertise for three, six and twelve montli3. Notices in the local column 5 cents per line each insertion. Obituaries charged for at the rate of one cent a word, wten they exceed 100 words. Marriage notices inserted free. Address G. M. HARM AN, Editor and Publisher. A new supply of all kinds of fishing tackle has just been received at the Bazaar. x be Georgia State authorities began war on the Oil Trust last week, by seizing 10,OfO barrels of impure oil. Tests have shown that threefourths of the oil sent to that State for sale falls below the 120 degrees fire test and is extremely explosiveThe Georgia people are resolved to straighten the trusts. In South Cii'olina there is, we believe, no direct law protecting the people against the sale of inferior oil. Some one wanted to know the opinion of a Southern farmer on the ([uestion, Is married life a failure? His reply was: 'T should say not, Why, Luciudy gets up in the morning, milks the cows and gets breakfast, starts four children to school, after three others, feeds the calves and pigs, skims the milk, washes the clothes, gets dinner and does lots of other work, and helps in the field when she is not busy. Think I could hire anybody else for what she gets? Marriage is a graud success."' '* ?? ^ Mr. Thomas Marrett and wife, liviug in the South Union neighborhood, wore burned on Sunday night, July 2nd, by the explosion of a kerosene lamp. The llames enveloped Marrctts head, shoulders and arms, burning his beard and the hair of his head off, while his arms and hands suffered teriibly. His wife, too, was badly burned on her arms and hands. The timely assistance of Mr. S. M. Crawford, who was* near at hand, prevented what otherwise might have proved a fatal accident to both parties. - # Try Allen's Foot-Ease, A powder to be shaken into the shoes. 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