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nhMMHnBHBBHnKaBBaHn PARTED BY TRIFLES HONEYMOON QUARRELS SOMETIMES END IN SEPARATION. Trivial Things That Have Strewn the Sea of Matrimony With the Wrecks of Married Lives Before the Voyage Was Fairly Begun. '"The only reliable thing in marriage is its uncertainty," Douglas Jerrokl once remarked in a cynicai moment, and. like many sayings to which one may object, this aphorism contains at least an elementary truth. Jt is a curious fact that while some matrimonial ' . barks survive fifty or more years of voyaging and come safely into harbor HX IllSl Oliltfi'S art' ?i t'tivcu uvivic leave the still waters of the honeymoon. * This was the fate of a couple known to the writer who were married a few years ago under the brightest of auspices and for whom their friends predicted nothing but happiness. The very first day of the honeymoon their wedded lives came to an abrupt aiid tragic termination from the simplest of causes. The bride had brought with her on. the honeymoon a parasol of a vivid, aggressive red color, to which her husband objected. He begged her not to use it, but she persisted. The dispute grew warmer and warmer, heated words were exchanged, until at last in an impulse of anger the bridegroom snatched the sunshade out of his wife's it into tho cm liauud auu u iuiv vuv wv??. Thus ended their life together, for the indignant young wife took the next train to her mother's home, and from that day to this the foolish people have never met In another case, known professionally to the writer, a dispute as to the pronunciation of a word compl tely wrecked the married life of a couple and brought their little tragedy into the light of the law courts. It came out in evidence that during the honeymoon the bridegroom had ventured to correct the bride, who had misprouounced a word at the breakfast table. She resented the correction, maintaining that she was right and her lord and master wrong. The argument thus begun ended in a bitteV quarrel, during which each disputant no doubt said things which had much better have been left unsaid, with the result that the silly couple separated, each refusing to yield to the other. Efforts were made by their friends and relatives to heal the breach, but to no purpose, and The little tragedy ended in a judicial separation. It seems almost incredible that peo? ? i -5 ->? 1- 1>A muu,1. p:e snouiu auuw lut-u iu uc- ?icvbed by such trivial causes, but in both these cases actual fact proves stranger even than fiction. More ludicrous, if not more trivial, was the cause that separated a couple who were united less than a year ago. In a suit by a husband for the restitution, of conjugal rights the wife declared that it was impossible to live with the plaintiff "because he snored so dreadfully." , "But. surely." the judge remarked, "this is not a sufficient reason for staying away from your husband?" "You would think it was. my lord." the lady replied, "if you lived with him. 1 couldn't get a wink of sleep in any part of the house, and even the neighbors compfained of his snoring. It will kill me if I have to go back." Unreasonable suspicions have contributed as much as any cause to the undoing of husbands and wives. In one domestic tragedy which was unfolded in the law courts a few years ago a newly married wife had received a letter addressed in a masculine hand. The husband, who was of a jealous temperament. demanded to see the letter, which the wife refused to show him. Hiirh words ensued, and in a moment of uncontrollable passion the husband struck his wife, with the result that she went home to her parents and refused to live with him again. ' The most tragic and dramatic part ?f the story was the lady's statement in court that the letter which had caused all the trouble had been written by her brother. A clergyman told the writer that he once married a rustic couple whose matrimonial life terminated at the rburcb door at the conclusion of the .wedding ceremony. It appears that the bridegroom had discovered that his bride bad sold her Tv?or?<ru? tvhu-h had been one of the ?? M.V. ? chief inducements to marry ber. and she bad made an equally disappointing discovery that ber swain bad sold a handsome clock on which she had set her heart. Thus were two lives wrecked by a mangle and a clock, however strauge and foolish it may seem. In another case a young widow who bad married an elderly bachelor who was reputed to be wealthy found after her marriage that her false lover had parted with every penny of his fortune in purchasing an annuity for his own life and was so disgusted with bis meanness that she left him to the undisturbed enjoyment of bis annuity. One recreant husband gave as a reason for declining to live with bis wile the discovery that the hair which had constituted her chief charm in his eyes was false and that he could no longer either love or respect a wife who had so 4?*eived him.?London Tit-Bits. Hard Lnek. Hewitt?It's sad about Gruet losing his leg in that railroad accident. Jewett?Yes. It must be a great disappointment to him. He was always talking about "getting there with both feet."?Brooklyn Life. j If a thing isn't true, why try to make yourself believe that it is? Why not accept the truth on every subject? Why fool yourself?-Atcbisou Globe. ffi I j m times vvhen | 1 A. j ( * ^ e w * * ^ f/ k?/~*s*>~-j>A \ l>eo.sts have 1 -v Ifir?V .y\V been more I merciful | than human beings, and spared the woman cast to them in the arena. It is astonish- j ing how little sympathy women have | for women. In the home the mistress ! sees the maid with the signs of suffering j she recognizes so well, but she does not ! lighten the sick girl's load by a touch of : her finger. In the store the forewoman 1 sees the pallor and exhaustion which mark womanly weakness, but allows j nothing for them. It is work or quit. Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription makes weak women strong and sick women well, by curing the womanly diseases which undermine the health i onn on tVie cf-rpnorf-'n "Favorite Pre- ! ?-~r c? ; --scription" establishes regularity, dries ; weakening drains, heals inflammation j and ulceration, and cures female weak- j ness. ?When I first commenced using- Dr. Pierce's j medicines," writes Mrs. George A. Strong, of i Gausevoort. Saratoga Co., N. Y. "I was sutfer- j ing from female weakness, a disagreeable draiu, j bearing-down pains, weak aud tired feeling ali the time. I dragged around in that way for i two years, then I began taking your medicine. After taking the first bottle I began to feei better. I took four boties of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, two of ' Golden Medical Discovery,'one vial of the 'Pleasant Pellets,' also used one bottle of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. Now I feel like a new person. I can't thank you enough for your kind advice and the good your medicine has done me." " Favorite Prescription " makes weak women strong, sick women well. Accept no substitute for the medicine which works wonders for weak women. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the ; most desirable laxative for delicate ! women. A LAWYER'S EXPERIENCE. The Story oi a Convicted Man, a Pardon and a Pointer. "A good many years ago," said a well i known Michigan lawyer who was rein- | inisccncing the other day, "I became j greatly hit crested in a state prison j AAn/v \ T*/\nrvo> woe nlio I MT. aX ^ UUII^ itii iuvi *? ao vuai^vu i with having driven off ten out ">f a ! flock of twelve sheep and sold them to J a butcher. lie put up a fair defense, | but was convicted and sentenced to a term of three years. "There were plenty of people who be- j lieved that he was perfectly innocent, j and even the butelur who bought the j sheep came in time to doubt if he had j identified the right party. After the case I had stirred up a whole county I took a : hand in it. In my petition to the gov- j ernor 1 had the evidence cf the young j man's father, mother and sweetheart, and I got eight of the jurors to sign it. j I made out such a good case that the j governor took it under advisement and finally agreed to issue a pardon. In ! speaking to me of the case he said: " 'There is no sort of doubt in my : mind that tins was a ease of mistaken ; identity, and I shall be only too glad to ! restore the young man to liberty.' "It became my pleasant duty to drive j seven miles over the muddiest of roads j to bear the news to the parents that a ' pardon was to be issued. The old man i was under the weather and in bed in a room off the parlor. The. wife received me and sobbed over the good news and j then went in to break it to her hus- j band. That partition wall was thin, and they both spoke in loud tones, and I plainly heard her say: " 'Oh, Samuel, there's a man here j who says our John is to be pardoned j tomorrow 1' " 'You don't say!' he exclaimed. " 'Yes; it's certainly so.' " 'Going to bo pardoned right out, eh?' "'Yes; he is.' j " 'Waal, waal, that's good news. Say. . Mary, what a fool John was not to get j the other two sheep while he was about j it.' "I left the rejoicing farmhouse, in- j tending to wire the governor to with- j hold the pardon." said the lawyer, "but i it presently struck me that I had ad- f vanced about twenty good reasons why i the young man couldn't be guilty, and j I therefore decided to sing small and j let things go on. He was duly pardon- : ed and sent home, and the governor | never met me for years after without | congratulating me 011 rehabilitating an innocent man wroDgly convicted 1"?Detroit Free Press. ? j I take great pleasure in giving the 1 very highest testimonial to Dr. i Raker's Blood and Diver Cure. I ! used it in 1895 Inflammatory Rheu- ; matiem. I was severely afflicted I with the disease and tried my family physician, in addition to various ! re nedies, without effect. I procured j some of the above medicine, and be- j fore using a bottle of it I could walk j without my crutches, and by the ; time I had used a bottle and a half, j I felt entirely well, and have not ! suffered any siDce. I cheerfully re- | commend it, and believe it will do all its propietors eluim for it. Respectfully, E. 0. Mastin, Deputy Collector of Wilkes County, N. C.. Feb 22, 1898. For sale at the Bazzar. Vassary Note. JProfessor Jjirri?JNow tnat we cave : discussed the entire fathered king- I dom, I wish you young ladies would tell me which one of all these birds you consider most important to the i -welfaie cf the human ract? Tne class (ui chorus)?The The ' stork. j One Minute Cough Cure j For Coughs, Colds and Croup* i ' COOKING HINTS. For a change try boiling apples in sweet cider. When apples begin to get tasteless, this makes a change. Cocoa loses that raw taste if it is allowed to simmer for a goau five minutes after being added to the boiling milk. A eut potato dropped in the fat in which vegetables are to be fried will indicate the proper temperature by turning brown. Have charcoal tiros for broiling if you wish for perfect cookery. The hot flames close the pores quickly, and the result is very tender meat. For preparing soup for invalids make a great point of delicate flavorings. Avoid much turnip or carrot, ho vo ;1 filltttth'mn of 1)2} V leaf, sweet herbs and mace. When roasting a chicken in the oven, roast it in the usual way until it is uicely brown, then turn it back upward and let it remain so until cooked. It will be found that the juice of the chicken runs into the breast and makes it moist and delicious. She Played the Tramp Card. "How did she get here?" At a famous dancing assembly this was the quite audible comment made by several married belles when a beautiful young matron as yet on the outskirts of the exclusive set entered the room. The newcoiner. whose first appearance it was. proved herself quite equal to the occasion. She had a nodding acquaintance with nearly every woman in the room. Some of them even.went to her luncheon parties. Calmly turning to the most supercilious critic in the room, she echoed as though in reply: "How did 1 get here? I drove here, my dear Mrs. Crossbeam. Did you walk?"?Lippincott's Magazine. Holds Up A Congressman. "At the end of the campaign,'' writes Champ Clark, Missouri's bi illiant congressman, "from overwork, nervous tension, loss of sleep and constant speaking I had about utterly collapsed. It seemed that all the organs in my body were out of order, but three bottles 0/ Electric Bitters made me all right. It's the best allaround medicine ever sold over a druggist's counter." Over worked, run-down men and weak, sickly women gain splendid health and vitality from Electric Bitters. Tr} them. Only 50c. Guaranteed by J. E. Kaufmann. An Irish Bull. Bridget and Pat were sitting in an armchair reading an article on "The Law of Compensation." "Just fancy," exclaimed Bridget, "accordin' to this, whin a mon loses wan av 'is sinses another gits more developed. For instance, a bloiud mon gits more sinse av hearin' an' touch, an"? "Shure, an' it's quite thrue," answer- | ed Pat "Oi've noticed it meself. Whin a mon has wan leg shorter than the other, begorra the other's longer." ?Philadelphia Times. Man's Unkind Cnt. "Miss D. doesn't have a single foreign label o? her trunks and bags, not a sign that she ever has had them out of the country," said the girl who at the end of a six weeks' trip abroad surveyed her plastered over luggage with pride and admiration. "Ah, well, you see Miss D. doesn't need to," replied the unkind man. "She goes across so often, and every one knows it."?New York Press. Nothing: Too Good. Mose Johnson?Dat liniment you sold me did mah wife lots ob good. Druggist?Why, that was horse liniment! You said you wanted it for a horse! Mose Johnson?Ah did. suh: but dar j ain't nuffin' too good fo' mah ole wo- | man needer. Jess yo' understan' dat! -Puck. Won't Follow Advice After Paying for It. In a recent article a prominent physician says, "It is next to impossi- J ble for the physician to get his I patients to carry out any prescribed course of hygiene or diet to the smallest extent; he has but one resort left, namely, the drug treatment." When medicines are used for chronic constipation, the most mild and gentle obtainable, such as Chamber Iain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, should be employed. Their use is not followed by constipation as they leave the bowels in a natural and | healthy condition. For sale by J. E. 'Kaufmann. The New England Union will give further arsistance to the strikers and locked out operaters of Augusta. Distributing Clerk Barrows in the U. S. census office has been found short $7,500 which he lost in speculations. The estimated decrease in the cotton acreage of the South this year is four and a half per cent, compared with last year. <4-+; tkl UiO AiiHtVy XO VUVliiUg Be sure and use that old and well tried remedy, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething. It soothes Ihe child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic and is the best remedy for diarrhcea. Twenty-five cents a bottle. It is the best of all. I Dg. M QTrETTS^W Lv'^ETHmG POWDERsU Cures Cholera-lnfantum, Diarrhoea. Dysentery and the Bowe! Troubles of Children of Any Age. Aids Digestion, Regulates the Bowels, Strengthens the Child and MAKES TEETHING EASY. Cures Eruptions and Sores, Colic. Hives and Thrush. Removes and prevents Worms. TEETHINA Counteracts and Overcomes the Effects of the Summer's heat upon Teething Children, and costs only 25 cents at Druggists, or mail 25 cents to C. J. MOFFETT, M. D.. St. Louis. Mo. I Shoes! Shoes! Shoes! 1 iffy, SL Bf; Our "Sole" Aim is to get your trade and make a permanent customer of you. a. To do this we will give you the be->t tit in ?3^ IwADnsmm Tr*rrrn?s cuAra i ? VT ililJLUlU 1 UU UUXS. 1 ILllll QUXf JJO m (for dress and every day wear) that can be made in the best factories. Call |$jl ?(jr| on as and we will show you beter than we can tell. 1E. P. & F. A. DAVIS, I M OLIVER'S OLI> STAND, 0 lriOMAIN STREEr COLUMBIA, g. C. m P PRICES REASONABLE. ?ft ^ February 19?ly. 1 ^^^WLIHOI I AINDIAN TER.^/jl Are b?st reached by^the Co' ton Belt, winch line' runs two trains a^ay^froniMi mphii to Texas', f * / without change. xheseVtrains ei/ner reach; ^ g I direct) or make close^x^necUoTiVx/^ J J for aljj parts of Texas, Ofcjahomk \ andIpdianTerritory. >v\| ] FT. wowtVIJ J 1| ? ?~ *TA"r?*?\><^fi4'\.? jfy | SwRCVEPOPT ? XT^" -? ?\y r OATESVILLE6**^^^ 1/^ / \ v J i/wAcir \/ v, I ^/V BAN*NQtLoe>? y/ Vlufkin f SAN ANTONlOy^ \ \ I o If you want to flild a g^odhome houston J? 0 \ in Texas, where \bijf crops are _?^<&galvisto* ^>r( raised and where people prosper. J ^ write for a copy of ourUiandsome 5 booklets, "Homes in the) South- S\f 1 west" and "Through Te^xas with / a Camera." Sent freevtolany- 5 body who is anxious to betteir his / N B Btinn t p a . . ATIAfiTA. 1 condition. n* unil^? ' " " ? ? * ?i | E. W. LsBEAUME, G. P. & T. A., ST. LOUIS, ?0. ^1 ! I For the Next Thirty Days We I Will Sell 50c. Split Bottom Oak Chairs at 40c. ft Op Cane Bottom Oak Chairs, at 50c. 75c. High Back Dining Boom Chairs at G5c. 32.50 Oak Bedsteads at ?2.00, ?2.50 Folding Springs at ?2.00. ?1.50 Oak Rockers at ?1.15. ! and various other things at prices | that will surprise you. Call and see us or mail your orders. Mention Dispatch. Eh Ca COUJI^I & WUap 1507 MAIN ST., COLUMBIA, S. C. January 15 * ATLANTA GRANITE ATSTD Marietta Marble Wor ks. We have the best equipped plant in the South, with up to date pneumatic tools and polishing machines which puts us iH?rj m a pusiuuu tu uu an muuo ui I ? Jrllra Marble and Granite Work VtSa at ver^ 'owdst prices. Estimates made on all kinds ot '^^SSgs|Si*IS?^ Cemetery Work, and Building Material. Wholesale and retail. Call on or address, S. G. MOZLEY Ss CO., P. W. BARNES, , Proprietors, Atlanta, Ga. General Agent, Ridge Springs, S. C Mav 8 ?lv DIAL HARDWARE CO." Wholesale and Retail Importers aud Dealers in All Kinds of liitoniviDi1 iihiv cteei. ^iiie IlllllHMltb, litUiS, DI LfiJli, JlllihJ, ; PAI.\TS, OIL -VM) GLAS8. V\To are Headquarters lor BLACKSMITHS, AND HOUSE BUILDING MATERIALS TOST OFFICE BLOCK, COLUMBIA, S. C. September 30?ly. When writing mention tho Dispatch. When writ ug mention the Dispatch SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY. BEIM Ijwcted Double Daily Service Between New York, Tampa, Atlanta, New, Orleans and Points South and West. i IN EFFECT DECEMBER 1st, 1901. SOUTHWARD. No. 31 i No. 27 lv New York. P. R. R..; 1 00 pm 12 10 am lv Philadelphia, PER. 3 29 pm 7 20 am lv Baltimore, PR K... I 5 45 pm 9 34 am l*r ? r> t) i) r im :.i a. "oouiugiuu, r iv a. i I'upiii ii. ui am lv Richmond, 8 A L Rj 10 40 pru 2 38 pm lv Petersburp, " 11 20 pm 3 18 pm lv Norlina Jet, " i 1 42 am 5 45 pm lv Henderson, ' 2 by am1 (3 12 pm lv Raleigh, ; 3 32 am 7 35 pm lv Southern Pines," ! 5 27 am 9 27 pm | No. 33 lv Hamlet, " j 6 35 am 10 35 pm I 'NoTTf r lv Columbia. J " 8 40 am 1 05 am ar Savannah " ! 12 05 pm 4 40 am ar Jacksonville, " 3 50 pm 9 05 am ar Tampa, " ! 5 00 am! 5 40 pm i\o. 33 ar Charlotte. " ! 9 23 am lv Cnester, " j 9 45 am lv Greenwood, " 111 52 am lv Athens, " I 2 21 pm ar Atlanta, ? " j 3 55 pm ar Augusta. C & W C,. i ;> 40 pm: lv New YorK, n Y R <fc N fa 00 am9 00 pm lv Philadelphia. " |10 16 am-11 26 pm lv New york. u urt m;o f3 00 prnj lv Balumore. B b P jf6 30 pm lv Wash'ton, N&WSb ! 6 30 pm f No. 33j No. 41 lv Portsmouth, S A L Ry 8 50 pm | 9 25 am lv Weldon, " ill 35 pm!l2 02 pm ; No._ 31 i lv Norlina Jet, " 12 55 amj 1 30 pm lv Henderson, " ' 1 25 am| 2 05 pm . lv Raleigh, " i 2 50 am 3 55 pm lv Southern Pines," 5 05 am| 6 18 pm 1 No. 33 j i lv Hamlet. 44 i 6 35 ami 7 30 pm | No. 31 : No. 27" lv Columbia,J ' ' 8 40 am: 1 05 am ar Savannah, 44 112 03 pm 4 40 am ar Jacksonville, 44 | 3 50 pm 9 05 am ar Tampa. " I 5 00 am: 5 4'J pm j No. 33 No. 30 lv Wilmington, 44 j 3 05 pm ar Cn-rJoite. ) y23am;10 32 pm iv Ghester, " I 0 45 am lfc35 am lv Greenwood, 44 11 52 am 3 43 am lv Athens, 44 2 21 pm 5 13 am ar Atlanta.^ 44 j 3 55 pm 7 50 am ar Augusta. C & W C1 o 40 pm ar Macon, C of Georgia; 7 20 pm 11 20 am ar Moatgom'ry, A W i 0 20 pm 6 3U am ar Mobiie, L & N 2 55 am 4 15 pm ar New Orleans. L & N 7 25 am 8 25 pm ar JNn8bviih\ in C A l.i 6 40 am 6 55 pm ar Memphis, 44 ! 4 (Hi nm 8 25 am NORTHWARD. Daily | Daily ; No. 34 j No. 36 lv Tampa, SAL Ry.... i 9 00 pm 8 00 am lv Jacksonville, 44 10 10 am 7 40 pm lv Savannah, 44 : 1 55 pm; 11 30 pm lv Columbia,? 44 4 10 pm 7 05 pm iv Memphis. N G &StL 12 46 pm; 0 00 pm J lv Naaville. 44 j y 30 am| 9 30 am * lv New Orleans, L & N; 0 30 pm, 8 OOtpm lv Mobile 44 1 35 pm|^2 30 am )v Montgom'rv, A& W P 6 30 pmj 6 15 am lv Macon, 0 ol Geort>ia: 8 00 am 4 20 pm lv Augusta. C & >V C...jl0 05 an?| I >o. 32j No. 38 lv Atlanta, ? S A L Ry 1 60 pm 9 00 pm ar Athens, 44 ; 2 57 pm 11 23 pm ar Greenwood, " ! 5 19 pm 1 56 am ar Chester. 44 1 7 20 pm 4 00 am lv Uharlotte, " 7 38 pm 6 00 am ar Wilmington I2 05 p<u No. 34 j No. 66 < lv Hamlet 44 10 40 pm 7 25 am lv Southern Pines, U 33 pm 8 17 am lv Raleigh. 44 1 35 am 10 20 am ar Henderson, 44 3 07 am 11 32 pm lv Norlina Jet. ' 3 35 am 12 15 pm lv PetersDurg, " J 5 54 am 2 26 pm lv Richmond, " 6 45 am 3 12 pm ar "Washington, P R R 10 10 am 6 35 pm ar Baltimore. P R R? 11 25 am 11 25 pm ar Philadelphia, P R R 11 36 pm 2 56 am ar New York. P R R ... ; 4 15 pm 6 30 am | No. 22 No. 38 lv Norlina Jct.S A L Ry 3 55 am 1 25 pm lv Weldon, *' 5 56 am 2 40 pm ar Portsmouth 44 1 7 15 am 5 25 pm ar Waxh'ton. N A: W S b 6 55 am ar Baltimore. B fc> P Co' +6 45 am ar Mew York. 0 L>SSCo, +2 15 pm ar Philadelphia,Nl?P<fcN fo 46 pm 5 JO am ar New York. " 8 08 pro 7 43 am Note?fDaily Except Sunday. Cafe Cars between Hamlet and Savannah on Trains Nos. 31 and 34. t Centra] Time. 6 Eastern Time. For any furthtr information apply to W. P. SCRUGGS. Traveling Passenger Agent. Savannah. Ga. R. E. L. BUNCH. General Passenger Agent. J. M. BAKR, 1st Vice President. Portsmouth, Ve. Money to Loan. WE ARE PREPARED TO NEGOTIate loans promptly on improved * real estate in Lexiugton connty at .7 per cent, interest. i>ocommissiuns. er pays actual expenses ol' preparation oi papers. THOMAS & GIBBES. Attorneys at Law, Columbia, S. C, November 13. 9mos. * nr I X Monev to Loan C/ OX FARMING LANDS. LONG TIME, Easy payment. No com mission. Borrower pays actual cost of periecting Loan. E. K. PALMER, Central National Bank Building. COLUMBIA, S. C COL. G. T. GRAHAM, Lexington, S. C. July 18?ly, i