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f ? i ' The Lexington Dispatch. > Wednesday, December 4,1901. A Salt SwellAtlanta, November 29?Assistant State Geologist McCall, who recently ^ analyzed a sample of briDe taken nora a new well near Cbickarnauga ark, announced today that the juid contained 10 per cent. salt, be brine was struck at a depth of 12 feet. There are no other salt ells in that part of Georgia. Old Soldier's Experience. M. M. Austin, a civil war veteraD, - * T"*- ? ti-rifoc \?T) 01 ?Y lUCUCBVl, XU\J>, nitkCD. -JJLj wife was sick a long time in spite of good doctor's treatment, but was wholly cured by Dr. King's New } life Pills, which worked wonders for her health." They always do. Try :hem. Only 25c at J. E Kaufmann's New Drug Store. 0 # 4 i Betters at Bowesville. Special to 'he State. * AW T> 1_ .Kowesville, ^xovemder zt ?ivju bers entered tbe store of W. P Dukes & Son last night, in which tbe post cfiice is, and secured abcut SSo dollars in postage stamps and ?10 in cash. They first broke into ihe blacksmith shop of Mr. 0. P SCox and got th9 tools to enter tbe store, besides taking a 38 calibre Smith & V^esson P'8tol? A Supposed Comet. nkirtonrrt Ynr 9R ?A snnnosed vuivugv/) -w ? -"?j comet was visible here in the southern sky this evening. Its position, as viewed from the auditorium tower, in which the United States weather bureau is situated, was about 10 degrees from the zenith. It was difficult to judge of its length for the reason that it was pointed upward and was apparently going from the earth, but Prof. Cox, in charge of the bureau, said that, in his jadgzner t, it was about two degrees loDg. A. J. SneJl wanted to attend a party, bat was afraid to do so od account of pains in bis stomach, which he feared would grow worse. He says, "I was telling my troubles to a lady friend, who said: 'Cham berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy will put you in condition for the party.' I bought a bottle and take pleasure in stating that two doses cured me and enabled me to have a good time at the party." Mr. Snell is a resident of Summer Hill, N. Y. This remedy is for sale by J. E. Kaufmann. 3?iss Stone Beported Hurdered. Vienna, November 20.?A Constan- j tinopie dispatch says Miss Stone has | been murdered by bandits at Debri- j k8, near Kustendik. The dispatch i adds that the body was burned on the spot where she was slain. No official confirmation of the report has been received. A buried forest has been uncov- i ered in Alaska, at the mouth of Tur- ' ner Creek, which represents indieput- i able evidence that our northern terri- ! iory once possessed a tropical, or, at least, a semi-tropical climate. A woman has no faith in a man's love unless she feels Bbe can wake him up in the middle of the night to ask him if he remembered t? post ! her letter. Take Life for the Liver and Kidnevs. * Bottles 25e, 50c and $1.00. When a girl wishes she was young enough to flirt with a man who thinks she is too old for that sort of thing, i she calls him a little snip. Said an Irish lawyer in addressing j the court: '-If this argument is not ; clear, your honor, I have another i that is equally conclusive." You Snow TOiat You Are Taking: "When you take Grove's Tasteless j Chill Tonic because the formula is j plainly printed on every bottle shew- ] ing that it is simply lion and Quinine in a tasteless form, Xo Cure, Xo Pay. ! 50c. 1 i THE BOWSERS* PIANO THE OLD MAN DISLIKES THE WAY MRS. DOWSER HANDLES IT. He lit a Lecture on Acoustic h r.iid Conjp* to Grief lit Tnrn'ms Thin^ Down Trying" t?? Locate the .liieiTPil Discord. rCojtjTi'sL;, 1.-'.:. Iiy C . H. L'wis.] Nor boh:;; i;im-h ?'f a musician. and ! knowing that Mr. litis 1:0 love j for tlie strains cf :i i>:a 1;? . Mrs. I'ov.sor | seldom touches the insf unit-nt when j lie is about. The other e\cuiug, how- j ever, he came home to find her play** r* r?v o chr* c<1 tv him i 111^.. ??14Vi .4 .I4au?i. ..." , look up at the ?-oiling, r.t 2h?? opposite [ wall oral jround the room in an inquir- j lug sort ot way, and she instinctively i felt that something was about to imp- ; pen. He had nothing to say just then, but ac the dinner table ho suddenly paused with kuife in one hand and fork in the other to observe: "It is a singular thing, a mighty singular thing, and I can't understand bew I b:;ve neglected it."' ' What is it:" she quc.hd. "We have lived in this house f?>r ten i years, and for ten years we have had ' a piano, and yet I haw paid no atton- j lion to mo niaui*r *?i acuusiuit >%u? j only this evening that T felt the discord." "Is there anything wrong with the piano?" "Perhaps not: but it must be moved at once to a different position. We will experiment a little and correct the discord. As 1 said, I can't understand J1 I ' - | THE CASE TOPPLED OVEIi WITH A CRASH. j why I should have so Ion? neglected the law of acoustics; hut better late : than never." "I?I think it sounds all right." she i ventured to observe alter a silence. ' "Um! Very likely you do, as you j have anything but a musical car; but . a few more such jars as 1 received half ! an hour ago would make me scream out I presume you have heard or read i of acoustics V" "It is soinctmug aoout soumis. isn t i it?" "It is a sooil deal about sounds. Mrs. : Bowser. It is the life of oratory or j musi'\ You must study a room or hall ' to find the lwst spot Tor either effort. j A curtain, a lire-place, a picture even, j may deflect and ruin the softest, sweet- j est notes of the finest piano ever made. I Clay. Calhoun and Webster always 1 turned their backs to a window when spe.tkinp and Patti always stood in the center of the stapre to warble. It won't take me fifteen minutes to find the spot for our piano." ? =06^= ^ TMil. BOWSER HAD LOST HIS H THE F Mrs. Bowser said no more. She knew j that piano would in* moved if it took i twenty horses to do it. and slie finished j Lor meal in silence aud wondered what j the damages would amount to. .Mr. Bowser expatiated at length on acoustics ami the benefits to be derived bv a student of them, and as dinner was ended lie removed his coat and vest, collar ami cuffs, aud stood in the middle of the room ami said: . . - ,- , I "ir. s no wouie."" mere is js iiih-iiri. i The tones of the uinno strike the wall 1 ami rebound. V\*?? have the bookcase where the piano ou.cht to be. 1*11 uiake the change in live minutes." "Hut you ou^ht to have help." pro- i tested Mrs. Bowser. "Never mind the help. The tirst thins is to liaul that Itookcase out of t]|?* I wav. You'd Ix'tter take eare <>f that | blamed old eat <n- she'll c't hurt." It was an old fashioned bookcase j with a couple of hundred books in it. J 1 ustend of removing the books. Mr. Bowser tackled the job at wholesale, and of course he hadu*t .cot the thine fairly clear of the wall, where it had rested for years, when a caster fell out and the case toppled over with a crash J that shook the house from top l<> Imt- i torn. i!r escaped I?y jumping over a chair, ami the cat just missed it by a j Jong leap, and when .Mrs. Itowscr suggested calling in a man to help she was met with: "When 1 don't know enough to run a liookcase. 1*11 apply for admission to an idiot asylum.' !f you hadn't been fooling around here it never would have happened. <!<? up stairs and let me conduct this job in my own way.*' Tile coo!: enine to the head of the j basement stairs to see if the roof had J I 9 fallen In, and she seized the opportu nity to whisper to Mrs. Bowser: "Is it powder or dynamite this time ma'ain? If we arc to be blown up oi scattered in pieces I'll take kindly to ye to give me time enough to pronoum t my mother's name before I die!" When Mr. Bowser had the room to himself, he gave the old bookcase several sturdy kicks and then dragged it aside and tossed the books after it. In a quarter of an nour he was ready ro lacKie tup piano. u nen no jumpcu for it. he hadn't the slightest doubt in his mind tliat it would prove a:i easy customer. hut after a tug and a pull whleh broke l>oth suspenders lie realized that it had settled down to stay, lie took a rest for a minute and then j braced himself for a push. After an effort that bulged his eyes and reddened his face to a seashore sunburn he effected a move of two inches, but could not gain another hair's breadth. Mrs. Bowser came down and suggested that she call in a passing pedestrian, and the cook called up from the base raent that she was used t<> toying witn ice chests and barrels of ashes, l?ut Mr. Bowser yelled at iLem: "Didn't I say I was bossing this job? It's simply that the blamed old thing has settled down in the quicksand or something." Then he seized It by a comer and " braced his feet against the wall and heaved, but there was no give. He worked his way in behind it and gave a mighty push, but only the brick wall behind him seemed to give way. He crawled under it and sought to move it by humping up his baek. Iu:t tllOUgll IlO P'.TSJSUM llil Ills SpilJUI roiuiiiu was twisted out of plumb nothing moved. The law of mechanics ought to apply to a piano, but it doesn't. Mr. Bowser sat panting and studying for live minutes before lie derided that it didn't and that lie had get to spring a sudden sin-prise, or acknowledge his defeat. He got up and walked about in a careless way, and when the eook called up that she had once moved an lee eliest weighing 000 pounds with her own hands he didn't reply. Lie was giving that piano time to dissipate its suspicions and relax its guard. It was only twenty minutes before he felt that the time was ripe, and then he cautiously spat on his hands, edged into position, and of a sudden he sprang forward anu grabbed a corner of the instrument and put forth all his. strength. Mrs. Bowser and the eook l.rfv 'nrr.fl lit? o IllOll llCinu UiV K mui uuiivu i'j ttlion he tries to push a smokehouse hp hill, and tliis was followed by a crash. Mr. Bowser had lost his Loid ji and gone rolling over the lioor. "When the women got to him, he was sitting up aud looking about him in a dazed way and wondering if he had pulled the side of the house out or yanked the j?i:mo across the street. Not a wont was said for a long minute. Then Mrs. Bowser softly observed: You will lind the a mien on the mantel in tny room, ard if you will give your back a good rubbing and get into bed I'll lix up the bookcase with the help of the cook." Mr. Bowser looked at her with an ioe cold glare, and once, or twice he opcued his mouth as if to speak, but presently be got to his feet in a weary way, made a faint kick at the cat. and went creeping up stairs like a man who had no further interest in life. M. Qlaix. r ~> (>U> AND <;o.\E liOLLlN(i OVKU 'LOOK. I Wouldn't \im?rr the l'trrpo*c. "No." said the patent medicine man. J "that circular won't do at all." "Why notasked the assistant* * "You haven't etiot'sb symptoms in corpora let! in it." was the reply. "Why. } it woultl he possiJdc l<ir a real healthy j man to read it without Ileitis oonvitM?d j that there was anything serious the j matter with him.""?t.'hieaso 1'ost. A Snj-.tr*! Ion. Mrs. Ilattskeep?The dishes you lis re i put on tile t a tile <if late. Bridget, have J been positively dirty. Now. miuw- j thins:"s ^ot to lie dune about it. Bridget? Vis. mum. Av ve only liad J dark colored wans. mum. they would , not siww the ?lti*T at alJ.?I'hllailcipjjia. | Pro.-J. i ! tVoinnnllkr. I V o Knrilitiri. lie?! think a ! i,? -U I woman's club. ; to be sin-cess- j ful, should aim at something far removed bBK from "female A i suffrage." h She?I can't agree with you. J MrnB I believe that tfV t should he its; sole object. ? ?-u He I-.xaetly. "tWiv von co P.ut if ir aims | ],uni(. ;in<l j;et warn), at sometiiinir I little boy V' else it is more i " Vause \v<* live in likely tu liit ' ep >-1?*:iin heated fiat, that. -- I'iiila- lady." ? Ne\v York ?h']phin Press. / HE WAS REFEREE. But Xow Winlicx Tlint He llm! X>vcr Taken the Job. "No. I (lidu't run against :i load of hay." said the man villi a l.laok eye. "It was worse than that. I had throe hours to wait lu a Connecticut town the other day. and while I was waiting some fellers got up a running race and ashed me to act as referee." "And you didn't know any better:" asked the man with the broken nose. "Not i hen. 1 even thanked 'cm for the honor shown me. and I have no doubt that 1 looked very diguilied and important over it." "Well, the race was run?" "It was." "And you made a decision?" "I did. Vr-;. one of the runners came out ten feet ahead, and of course I decided in his favor." "And then?" "Why. the other six hopped on to me. of course, ami a part of the result is before you. Yes. air. they Poked blazes ..< ..... .. ... I J,_r I ..... t 1... UUl iii nil* aim iii ;;jv ivi *. next crowd that wans to honor me will see uic prow'in." '.v::!,o to fly out of it." M. Qtwn. Cot It Straight. j The Ronxon. I "Yes. lie is ;ut i i ^ _ ?-1 i absinth drinkhi I voted to his; that absinth r-y V makes the heart i "row fonder."? J < 'h ieay< N cws. "Sj of your recent | 1?9 j {campaign will". y-"ry' ?I I colors Hying." ; said the friend. Tenderfoot?Curious j j don't names y u Indians ! know,"answergive each other?Spot- i ed Senator Sorted Tail. Red Dog and ! tflium. "Maybe all that. Now. what 1 -v<)11 niisundername would von give i ^toodhim. Majm -r , ' ,, ' be you thought me jf I were an I eat- i. ! he saal "colors cn' _ | when he said Chief .Jim ? t mph! r -^oMars Big Injun fcall you Fat j w a s h ington Head!?Cmcago News, i Star. A Future Rons*. I Iomm ?l"'o ve 'loi-1-lf..d " illlO Hmiillv 1 tJ<i I ? K1H UJO u, vuv said, "that I would novel* marry any one but a man of high birth." "Then." he answered with the conlidenec born of certainty. "I'm the one lor you. My parents had a flat on the thirteenth floor at the time."?Chicago lieeord-llenild. I'rdi winur)' t mlrmtn ml injt. Mallory?After we are married. Marie, you must never hesitate to ask me when von want money. Marie?No. indeed. Mallory. and 1 hope that you will never hesitate about giving it to me. ?Brooklyn I.ife. Tlir Point of \ lew. "What makes you think that authors haven't any common sense: nsKcuouv publisher. "Why."' answered the other, "if they had. they wouldn't l>e autljors, would they":"- Washington Star. Vol If They Uoai] the J*n|?or>?. Mr. Cozyeuriier?I see Mr. Kfuest Seton-Thompson. author of "Animals I Have Known." has changed his unfile. | Mrs. <h?7.ycorner?Won't that he rather confusing to the animals??1Ohij State Journal. One Kind of Wisdom. "A wise man must know an awful lot." suggested the little one. "Not necessarily." answered her father. "A man is wise when he knows how little he knows."? <,'hicago Post. T>4>?*mii'< <.?*i a dinner*, of C??nr*e. "Why is it." asked the observer of events ami things, "that the man who can speak seven languages doesn't talk as much as his wife, who only knows one:"?Yonkers Statesman. A Jtopeles* Cn?o. "Are the Cuggletuns in sueh reduced circumstances?" "Oh. yes. Why. I understand they are obliged to live within their in- . come."?l.ife. Frum tin* Other Side. "Is there any message from my poor husband*:" asked the widow. "There is." replied the medium, "and ? it's hot stntT!"? Atlanta Constitution. I ( riircle'* Douht*. i ! I can't *t* *. (if On; ii:?t of inc. why p<?o[>!c sIkmiU j ho ,;..> l Ami i.'.v ivi try t> <lo the thing* tlie iiiMc *a\' I t! f.v di.MiM. 41 y nu .-.i-f'-i ilv.jyn t?*!lin' me that, if I'm wide- j I Wftn't never ' ii* a hir;> Jo twran:; nor live up ill | he nkv; Hut I'm i* *.'?*x<T: trn died !ait n:onih. are!, oh, lie | '. " I to iwi'iir! i Aii'l if -.' r went to oburri:, why, no one -a\* j ii.'r.o there; | Mil!, v.:te'i they I'jii the funeral and when :!.< } pre.ji tier pra>"'l He ?;ioh ii.<? it the ~ol.J~n harp that I "role William ;.!iye.t, \ntl ttiefi he told i;s how <'i?<itente.j (iorie William j., I',i ;!:"rc w?l!i 'hi;*- white wln^s <>i hi*, he'n in heaven now. Pi ui? i ti to! tn if! about the way vM l!ri^< v. i.j:.; .tilt And somiv fio-v ied take the shoe* risiit o!T th>? i.'rjit-a'iV ; It wi'.iij.!'' fia,' and lie took t!ie wiijA: ! :-!. ! i?e,r-l ca trltitii; r.:i he took the n:ite j }*. <? V/. , ? !;j<1 t:f f-:ri.Tjl th.? ci:::r< ii Was . t >w I* !. .!' I T::t* |?r?j ? vit i h?" J jofn? away to j liu tl.e .If* : r fr-.ir ! k/iif! .* aboct "the oho I'ii li :* *' "v : ? t hat V ! ' ;.< to:..' IK 1"'W ( > i *. : ! ir.tSir; i? Wit j' * : ' ? :i I !: > ?.f hi?. '? ' r i'ti ti?v. ( !ii' i.*. !-H< raid. if _ _ I To Our Friends and Patrons: of Lexington: I wish to say a few words to you on the Clothes Line, not the one we hang our laundry on, hut some up-to-date TAILOR HIDE SUITS Ai OVERCOATS. 47>i Anything you wish in this lino we have it. Our ! stock is complete. These goods must move in the j next .'10 days, and those prices will move thein: A $10.00 Suit or Overcoat for$!L9K. A $12.50 Suit j or < hercoat for $7.9*. A $10.00 Suit or Overcoat for $5.9s. A $7.50 or $S.50 Suit or Overcoat for ?4.9#. $d.00 or $4.00 Overcoats, full length, all Wool, in Blues, Browns and Blacks, sizes from .'14 i to 44, to go at $3.9K. This is no fake. These arti- j cles are as represented. Dnng the Dispatch along and ask for these numbers. . The Bee Hive I* Price (Mlif Store, I 554 MAIN STKLt I, COLUMBIA, S.C. September 9. 3ui. Ph?rleston|]oor.^sh and^umberQo MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, MOULDINGS, MILL WORK AND LUMBER. Write for Esrirnate. ) CATALOGUE ( CYP2ESS AND We Save You Money-; Seat - YELLOW PINE Our Goods are the Best.; en Bequest. ' are Our Specialties. Factory ^aw Mill anil Ponds: Office and Tarda: Ashler River and Cumming's Creek. 21 to 47 Ashley Ave., CHARLESTON, S. C. April 24 -Jy. i i J:ZZ??ZZL fits i lilt Insurance Agency xnm In Italy W n* Fined. "I had heard about the beggars of ! 0nly Fir8'CiaHS Companies Represented. Rome long enough before I went j istot Uiante. abroad." said the tourist, "and I had _ Assets, also made tip my mind that they should ; cbNTINENT^LTFire)?Doi' 313,357,293 not profit by me. When I got to the j xew York '.. 10 638 271 holy oily nt last ami foun.l ir.ysi If ,-v.r- PHILADELPHIADNDERrouuded as I walked out in the morn- WRITERS, Phi'.. Pa.. 15,541,COS ing. I gave the erov.il U:e eohl shoulder. -'ETNA LIFE, of Hartlord. n >"" <w: noo nsr. Oik of in ? * 3 . ? ?>?. t?..t GLENN FALLS. Of Glern nnd rn.urgoiTc.-t ul the lot-stuck to me Falls, New Ycrk 3,436,&99 1 ill 1 lost mv patience and swore at xr , , , , , . . ... . M) companies are popular, slrong and linn. iiiul nil hour In.ei I i.n> ane> e<; reimble. No one can give your business and taken into court. * I he charge was better attention: no one can give yon better using profane language in public, and protection; no one can give von better rates. after I had been lined tin; equivalent ITEfORE YOU INSURE SEE of two dollars and was free to go I said ALFRED .T. FOX, to the j'alg". Ganeral Insurance Agent, - \ou Kalians are a curious por,p.e LEXINGTOn S. 0. ihere arc pleni\ ot jou who must November 27, 1901?ly. swear in public.' "'That is'certainly true, signer,* he 1-opii. j. BIG MONEY tho Business. Our " "Then whv line' me for doing- :in Plan Beats Everything. No Bisk. Sent " 'Because ivot, swore in English and l^%Zl7o<Sn^T ?" not in our beautiful Italian tongue. ' * * - " par|or Restaurant. To Accommodate. Den In I. ..Aiv you 11u, 133G MAIN STREET. |1 defendant in COLUMBIA, - S. C., this wiser npHE ONLY UP-TO-DATE EATING, ? N>*0, s'!: ' I:: House ot its kind in the City of Coonly the man lurnbia. It is well kept?clean linen, o/w^L who eeinniiiied prompt and polite service and get it quickly. fkfcr, <!&fS i' . VrV " Qaiet and order always prevail. You get VLa V : ,M? ' what yon order and pay only for what >ou y{A-4 i '* v ? 1 Ret. Within easy reach of desirable sleep<iJC ! World. : ing apartments. i open all night. M ! ..IV. "' - B. DAVID, Proprietor. ISH, \ Ul,;" ? ; February 20. * yjipp THE 3 Mrs. \\ ilov. SPIRITTINE jiK'Usc. Mrs. ]::>urtliull. i .-ssjswvr- Tl T^IC TflPV I "in ir**t! Jut; rather Ji.- ct! her !u:sl?:ui?l. Ic m iX:1 |J I II li W *1 of 11:is 11 with inyHf "o iu:ik- ll'JLjlflLjl/lJLjk5r culTce :mi<1 must i.?r .Vj.] ]' * J!., .\. v fndorsed some of tlie Leading Medical1 break ft) si. r?mforh.!>? he Profession. No Quack or Patent MedMrs. ]Jo:ini)?ilI ?Al! | Mngk hnf hsm NATURE'S PURE REMEDIES.to ?i\c >oii iioiiiitiiti * 0 thi'r's l?iit coiree ::)xl toast! uVrfcrct A(imitted into W?rld Columbian Expoi , sition in 1893. after tins. .neap)j \\ aslinijjlon Use Spirittine Balsam for Bheumatisn// News. j Star. Colds, Lameness, Sprains, Sore Throat : Use Spirittino Inhalent for Consnmption, ii<> ?.? I-'vjiiain.* Consumptive Coughs, Catarrh, Asthma The man up i?y 11n* front door of the . ftud La tirippe. .... Spirittine Ointment is indispensable in tin car was bauiv bow nut no one . , ? 4 ... <r?- n * . * , " , , ... treatment of Skin Diseases, Cure Itch, had noticed it as he entered, and the Itching Piles. l'act would have entirely escaped oh- Inconsequence of the astonishing sueserration had he not suddenly queried cess in removing diseases, its demand now of the passenger on his loft: " j comes not alone lrom this vicinity but "You noticed n:v Ic^s. of course?" from everywhere in the United States and . i.. ..i-. .i i.. Eurooe. I ,i>oWl,t I ?.? > ?.. My c " G' M HAKMAN' leas an* lm\ve?l." * ?H?rar,? OMUI Mill Ml, wasn't ho;it litis way. :!Xov J COLUMBIA, S. C. "No.*sir. I wa n t. It has a!! conn- to j I.MTED STATES. STATE. CITY AXD COUNTY iin? from having to hitch a Ion- on ihe J DEPOSITORY kl,<.|?.n m.,r ..|i.,.i. .hmusl, =. win. pa.d . . t200 000 umv ?<|j.-h ll:.- ..1.1 v.;n<an lo-ks ?nt Surplus Profits . . . M ?i!" ni-lit<. ami I wail! !;!? l>!iinlaiv>! wbcrc it Ik-Iuh^s." j Saving's Department. . ^ Deposits of $5 00 and upwards received. A bargain can be had in a high j Interest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent. grade bicycle, in firat cl.? comlmm Pre3idCn*' bj appying at this office. I December 4?ly.