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1 The Lexington Dispatch. Wednesday. March 26. 1802. I Stats News Stems. Ar>ril 26 has been set aside by the I House for eulogies upon the late Congressman Stokes. The Saluda Sentinel, under its new > management, has been enlarged and now appears as a six column quarto. Charleston has two candidates in the field for congress from the First rtietnVt, fi-porpe S. Legare and T. W. ? O - W ^ Bacot. * From our exchanges we notice that the office seeker is abroad in the land shaking hands with those he i meets. Admirers in South Carolina of Senator John L. McLaurin have presented him with a $600 Kentucky saddle horse. ^ ?*- ; ^ \ U. ill. vvuuer, a pruimuciic twuitu man, and at one time postmaster at Columbia, died at his residence in that city last Friday. The dispensary was voted down at Greenwood on March 30th, by a vote of 153 for to 158 against. It seems Ephriam is joined to his idol (the blind tiger.) Lady Constance MacKenzie ap- j peared at a luncheon, served in the open air by one of the smart set of Aiken, in trousers with riding coat and top boots. W. B. Love, of the board of di rectors, reports that a large cumber of hogs have 'died in the penitentiary recently of cholera and that the disease is still prevalent. Representative Lever has introduced a bill in Congress providing for the erection of a monument to the memory of General Sumter, the site to be in Sumter and the appropriation to b9 $25,000. In Florence recently R. L. Crawley and Miss Pearl Collinp, a school girl of 13, were married without the consent of the bride's parents. The irate father had the husband arrested, but afterward repented of his haste, and permitted his release. Mr. S. Noel Long, an efficient health officer of Columbia, died Thursday morniDg. He was a nephew of Mr. John N. Long, of Lexington county, and had many acquaintainance there. His remains were carried to Georgetown, Ky., where he has an aged mother and sister, for interment. . ? The Greenville Mountaineer has entered upon the 78th year of its life. In times past this paper was edited by some of the brainiest men in the State who held themselves personally responsible for their utterances and were qaick to defend their convictions with their life's blood. James P. Cary, E q , of Pickens, has been appointed to preside over the extra term of the court for Greenville county. If these ''extra | terms" continues we will bave more of them than regular onef: but who cares, the taxpayers must foot the bill! "Rev. R. P- Pell, has resigned the Presidency of the College for Women in Columbia, and accepted that of Converse College at Spartanburg. He has been succeded in the position he has just vacated by Miss McClinfcock, a lady of experience and culture. These changes will not be operative until the present term closes. Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup Cures A Cough or Cold at once. Conquers Croup, Whooping Cough and Measles' Cough without fail. Best for Bron chitis, Hoarseness, Grippe, Pneumonia, Consumption and Lung Affections. Quick, suro results. Price, 25c. A Terrible Mistake. A celebrated German physician was once called upon to treat an aristocratic lady, the sole cause of whose ^ complaint was high living and lack of exercise. But it would never do to tell her so, so his medical advice ran thus: "Arise at 5 o'clock, take a walk in ^ ^ the park for one hour, then drink a cup of tea, then walk another hour and take a cup of chocolate. Take breakfast at S." Her condition improved visibly un^ til one morning the carriage of the IIIIIW I II ? baroness was seen to approach the | physician's residence at lightning | speed. The patient dashed up to the doctor's office, and on his appearing on the 8ceae she gasped out, "Oh. doctor, I took the chocolate firsi!'r "Then drive home as fast as you can,'' ejaculated the astute disciple of | Aesculap, rapidly writing a prescrip | tior, ''and take this emetic, rne tea must be underneath." The grateful ! patient complied and continued to | improve. Could Not Breathe. " ( Coughs, colds, croup, grip, bronchitis, other throat and luDg troubles are quickly cured by One Minute Cough Cure. One Minute Cough . Cure is not a mere expectorant, ' which gives only temporary relief. Tt- artrl liomifioa fhp milflnilP. 11 CUiicuo auu v ? - - j draws out the icfhmmation and re- 1 moves the cause of the disease* Abso- , lutely safe. Acts at once. "One Miuute Cough Cure will do all that 1 I is claimed for it,'' says Justice of the [ Peace, J. Q. Hood, Crosby, Miss. "My wife could not get her breath and was relieved* by the first dose. ( It has been a benefit to all my fam- j iiy/' J. E. Kaufmann. i Pointed Paragraphs. Let well enough alone?unless[you are a physician. As a pin is bent, so is it inclined to carry its point. . Undertakers lose out when the dead past buries its dead. Woman is a good listner when she 1 can't think of anything to say. < One woman may envy the beauty J of another, but her intelligence? never. ; Children of poor parents are born J lucky, they have no inheritance to lose. With the exception of lovemaking, ( there are many new ways cf doing ] old things. Some people think things they don't say, and others say things they don't think. * ' If a girl has freckles it's a sign she has a good memorj: she simply j can't forget them. Some folks are saddest when they \ sing; and others are saddest when < they are not asked to sing. Oaly a man who has nothing to live for can afford to sit down and wait for the happening of the unex J pected. The would-be humorist rubs it in on the mother-in-law occasionally, but * realizing which side of his butter the bread is on, lets the father-in-law religiously alone. ; Bryan Moves in a Barn. Lincoln, Neb., March 19 ?W. J. * i . # ii _ i Jtsryan is do longer a resident 01 me city of Lincoln. This was Mr. Bryan's 42nd birthday, and he celebrated the event by moving to his farm four miles from the city. XT 11 til a handsome country residence which he is building shall be completed Mr. Bryan and his family will live in the barn. Practically Starving. "After usiog a few bottles of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure my wife received perfect and permanent relief from a severe and chronic case of stomach trouble," says J. R. Holly, real estate, insurance and loan agent, of Macomb, 111. ''Before using Kodol Dyspesia Cure she could not eat an ordinary meal without intense suffering. She is now entirely cured. Several physicians and many remedies had failed to give relief." You don't have to | diet. Eat any good food you want, | but don't overload the stomach. | Kodol Dyspepsia Cure will always | digest it for you. J. E. Kaufmann. The Democrats for the Boers. The Democratic members of the TT/misc at- a nannnQ nnQMimnnclr _ XJL UUOC Ck L Ck tCIUVUU UUUU1UJ V7UD1J ttUVJJt" I ed resolutions declaring congress } should express the sympathy of the ! American people for the struggling Boer Republics and pledging themselves to use their utmost endeavors to "force" the committees to report ! resolutions expressive of such sym: pathy in order that congress migtt | have an opportunity to act. Silence is a virtue that is frequerti ly overlooked by fools. IT LACKED NOVELTY j A COLLECTION OF HEIRLOOMS THAT WEARIED AN OBSERVER. i The System of licnlinK Ont Family j Glory and Supiilyin^ Ancestral Trakm at So Much Per ilour , Has Its Drawbacks. Two guests were being shown through : q Philadelphia mansion in which a j couveau riche broker was entertaining j a party of fashionable friends. The splendid array of family heirlooms, all j bespeaking a lineage of earliest colc- j nial origin, deeply impressed one of the ; party. lie was a stranger but lately i arrived from Baltimore. Oddly enough, his companion, a Pliiladelphian, seem- j ed flippantly indifferent to these treas- i ured relics of a family's honored history. "Remarkable collection of heirlooms nm* hnst bus " romnrkod the stramrer as bo stopped before a battle scarred ! sword of Revolutionary days. ''Yes," drawled the Philadelphia!! j cynically, "very interesting. But unfortunately it lacks the charm of nov- i city for me. Already this season I've seen the same batch of relics in three ! other Philadelphia houses." "How could that be?" "Oh. simple enough. It only means that all four families, our host and the three others I refer to. hired their ancestral trappings from the same man." ! "Hired them?" "Yes, hired them. We have in this 1 city an enterprising collector of colonial junk who makes a business of < renting out family glory to all who j were unfortunate enough to be born ' without it." "Whew!" was the only comment the I astonished Baltimorean could utter. And doubtless many Philadelphians I would be moved to say "Whew!" if j they could learn how many members i of the Quaker City social elect are con- J strained to seek the assistance of the j heirloom dealer when they wish to j give a brilliant function. It is a deception that is forced upon | them, for unless you have distinguish- . ?d appearing forbears you stand little \ chance of penetrating the sac-red pre- I cincts of the local fashionable set. Ancestry, not cash, is the open ses- j ime, and even if a man can claim some i sort of a family tree his pretensions are J questioned unless he can show some of j the furniture or portraits that his ; American forefather brought with him j an the Mayflower or the Welcome. Of course if the two vessels named j had been as large as the Great Eastern I and had been loaded with nothing but heirlooms they couldn't have carried j half the stock needed to launch the de- j scendants of Pilgrim fathers into so- i ciety. Ilence the need of an heirloom j dealer. He has bis warerooms in Pine street. . in a part of the city which was once j the center of fashion, but is now de- j serted by that element in consequence j Df the westward movement of the city's ] elect. Ostensibly be is a curio dealer, but nis revenue is mainly derived from furnishing and hanging the walls of ; fashionable dwellings with century old j portraits. This clever manipulator of men's j vanities has ancient, straight backed j furniture and copper kettles and snuff- { ers for candles and bullseye watches j and similar relics of ancient grandeur, j all at your disposal for a night, when . you, poor fellow, with money, hut no ancestors, want your friends to know what an old family yours is! He also ! has rare furnishings for libraries and j drawing rooms which you may rent if j you have the price. It matters not from what part of the j country the applicant hails or what : particular descent he wishes to claim, j his needs are promptly filled. For those who wish to pose as lineal j descendants of the stanch old colonial j patriots who fought the stamp tax and | defied the power of King George at Bunker Hill and drew up the Declara- j tion there is especially attractive stock, j For the haughty cavalier who "came { over" with Lord Delaware there are i costumes and furniture 'and portraits i of more elaborate style, as befits the ! past of emigrants who in England basked in the favor of the king and j were participants in brilliant court cer- ! emonials. The Quaker City allegiance to the ; honored memory of William Perm is a sentiment that the curio dealer has , been careful to cherish. On his walls he has portraits of stu- ' dious looking Quakers. On his shelves : are modest Quaker clocks that did | service in the days when the founder ; was exchanging thirty blankets for j Philadelphia. There are Quaker walking sticks, tinker imvps documents on all subjects, ; household utensils a legion. It is true that this system of supply- ; ing ancestors has its disadvantages. I Contretemps such as the one revealed ; at the beginning of this article are | bound to occur. The hawklike eye of a j connoisseur, trained to recognize in- i stantly the value, authenticity and his- i tory of antiques, often pierces the deception and remembers seeing the j "treasured family heirlooms" some- j where else. Hut in the main people j are gullible, and the wealthy but pie- j beian aspirant for social honors vaunts the blueness of his blood and points with pride to his hired heirlooms without much danger of discovery. And meanwhile the crafty Pine street dealer smiles, waxes rich and j pphoes n celebrated remark of Puck's 1 regarding' the average intelligence of mortals.?Philadelphia North Ameri- j can. The Hen'* Plaint. "What's the matter?" asked the roos- , ter. "More absentniindedness?" "Yes." replied the hen. "I can never fiDd things where I hy them."?Phila- ! delphia Record. ^ ^ 1 CURIOUS KOREAN CUSTOM. \ The Brittle of Stones Which Ularks ; Beginning of \eiv Year. One of the most curious customs in j Korea marks the advent of the new i year. This is the battle with stones. participated in by inhabitants of Seoul, j" At a spot about a mile and a half out- j side the. city walls, on the main road to ! the Hail river, the people assemble by thousands either as witnesses of or participants in this truly remarkable exhibition of warlike irood will. By previous arrangement piles of stones are in j readiness, all carefully selected and of ! a convenient size. j. ?r \\ illlUlll pi"C\ iUUS M'leCUUI! U1 nilll- | batants the participants fonn tlicinselves into opposing armies, about the ! only qualification lor service being ap- j parcntlv the ability to burl a stone at | the advancing forces of the enemy. At first the stone throwing is at long range and uninteresting, but as the throwing continues the forces draw nearer, and the fight waxes fast and furious, men being detailed to collect the stones into heaps again or fetch fresh ammunition for the firing line. Then the clash comes, the two bodies meet, fierce rush es are made, stones arc discarded, an : knives and clubs are freely used. The clash of weapons, the screams of the combatants, the surging mass of men, some being trampled to death, now falling, now struggling to their feet, tho blood flowing from numerous cuts?the whole goes to make a picture that depicts anything but the joy we attribute to the coming of a new year. The tight j is kept up until the clang of the great ' city bell tells the combatants that it is time to return home. Perhaps the most singular feature of tho celebration is that during the remaining eleven months of the year the Korean is as amiable a person as can be found in any country, and by some writers the average Korean is characterized as the most abject coward 011 the face of the earth. But, cowards or 110 cowards, the Korean people still indulge, as they have for years, in this annual warlike welcome of the new year. Indeed it is legal in Korea to light not only 011 New Year's day, but during the first moon or month of the year. The custom has become a national institution, sanctioned by the government and patronized by the king and the nobility. The police attend the battles, but merely to keep order among the spectators. Fighting is the Korean's privilege with the advent of each new year, and he is expected to exercise that privilege to the extent of his ability if he would be accounted a good, country loving Korean.?New York Tribune. APHORISMS. In misfortune even to smile is to of- | ?1 t>., LCliU.?uuuvu. Generosity is the flower of justice. ?Hawthorne. Every one can master a grief but he that has it.?Shakespeare. Nothing is more friendly to a man than a friend in need.? Plautus. The plea of ignorance will never take away our responsibilities.?Kuskiu. Pride is as loud a beggar as want and a great deal more saucy.?Franklin. Young men think old men fools, and old men know young men to be so.? Metcalf. Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched wuh nooler virtues.?Goldsmith. I Never be afraid of what is good. The j good is always the road to what is 1 true.?llameleton. If we could read the secret history I of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.?Longfellow. Florence Xifihtincnle's Real Name. The fact is but little known that the j family name of Florence Nightingale j was not originally Nightingale, but j " 1 - ! Sliore. ner miner was a ncu cueuiciu j banker of the name of Shore and con- i nected with an old family which had ! been in possession of land in the conn- ! ties of Derby and York since the lif- j teenth century. Mr. Shore assumed the i name of Nightingale long after the ! birth of his children and because he inherited the fortune and estates of his mother's uncle. There were but two children in the family, both girls. The eldest was named Parthenosse, be- j cause she was born in Athens, and this name was supposed to indicate her father's profound admiration for the Parthenon. The younger. Florence, was also named after the city of her birth, j The Retort Judicial. When Judge Barnard was on the bench and holding court in Poughkcepsie, a lawyer who did not like him chanced to see a one cent coin lying on the floor. Picking it up and holding it fm-tli in ostentatious disnlav. he said: "I imagine, your honor, from the value of this coin, that it must belong to the court." "And I imagine." replied Judge Barnard, "that if it was not such a small coin the court never would have seen it."?New York Times. His Sent. Mrs. Gaussip?1 saw Mr. Stock.son Bonds at the upholsterer's yesterday. 1 guess he's going to get married and furnish a home. Mrs. Mala prop? No: I'll tell you wht^t took him there. I hear he bought a seat at the Stock Exchange last week. It was a secondhand one, and 1 guess he wants it fixed up.?Philadelphia i Press. How They Grow. First Year?The biggest trout I ever j caught was a foot and a half long, and he had a big fishhook in his stomach. Tenth Year?Did I ever tell you about the trout I once caught? It was over a J yard long and had an anchor in his i stomach.?New York Weekly. | SPRING AND SUMMER | IfurticksI m .. S8 a \\ E arc ready tor the Spring and Summer ?19 ^^#l)uyer.s. Oui stock is complete with all the S31 LATEST THINGS OF THE SEASON ?B Oar net spot casli system of buying and selling, coupled with experienced buyers, places us in a posi- gWJ tion to otter prices that few can meet. gjTT| We invite you to inspect our stock when in Columbia. It won't cost you anything and may save you ?*^2? J33 some hard earned American Dollars. < S3 By a special deal we are enabled to offer 25 13 5000 ME2T and BOY'S SUITS g| |5|^ at extra special prices. Our 810.00 Suits for Men are made of the BEST 65 gjj MATERIAL and by the best workmen. For $5.00 CP we can give you a suit tit for anybody to wear. 1,000 pieces tine Flowered Organdy, special, at 50c. 1,000 dozen King's Spool Cotton at lHc. per spool. C79 ?9 5,000 pairs Men' Mixed Wool Trousers at 25c. a pair ?9 gjrS We will be prepared to offer one of the largest Mai?9 aga Hats for men, at 10c. each. We have contracted ?9 for 25 cases and will be 50 per cent, under the market Hfc? Thousands of good things to show you. linft XlJ Thanking the readers of the Dispatch for their lib S3 eral patronage in the past and soliciting a continuance QE? S of the same, I am the purchaser's friend. JgJg 1 S3 - p: [*, ^ ^ g**? 163S AND 1640 3IAIN ST., D8 COLUMBIA, S. O. 88 Goods of all descriptions are the only kind kept in stock in our new store, and those who wish to nn?vlifVm Intr><t nnv-elties in nil jind Winter Dry Goods, Notions anil Millinery as cheap as the same class of goods can he purchased elsewhere, should inspect this stock before purchasing. Honest values for your money is our guarantee, so if your want to buy goods that will prove to be just as represented, give us a call and you'll not be disappointed. matwstoekt. MEASLY OPPOSITE POST OFFICE. COLUMBIA. S. C. October, 9 ?3m. Sitli Mil Mali forks, 1707 MAIN ST., COLUMBIA, S. C. |||3marble and granite , -rDealers South. We use the best grade material in manufacturing Mouuments aud Headstones and guarantee our work and liinish to be the best. . When you hear x man complaining that he can buy so much cheaper from some - - little fellow who is anxious to sell anything, you 'lltlSi) can Put ^ down that he will get cheap stock, cheap work, and ol course a cheap job. ^ssEl^ 4?. <71 We can compete with any fair dealer g in this country, but we cannot work. ill WIRE lili, CRM LOT COPING, ETC, for sale. Write to us or see our MR. P. B. EDWARDS, LEXIXGTOX, S. C. and we will see that you are treated fair. SOUTH CAROLINA MARBLE WORKS. September 11. 44?tf 9