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I Bowser * In ' J Restraint rh r ffo fto fflb ffc "V tr TP T8r -y -5- TT I [Copyright. 1902, by C. E. Lewis.] LAST week I introduced myself as Mr. Bowser's mother-in-law and told of my unexpected ar nvai ana me way i sat uu?u on him during the following day or two. I am the only thing alive he is afraid of, and there are times when he is minded to rebel against me. , It was understood on Saturday night that we were all to get up good na- j lured Sunday morning and go to church. Amanda and 1 were down in j good season and had nothing to worry us, but while we were waiting breakfast Mr. Bowser suddenly yelled out from the top of the stairs: "I've bought more'n 2,000,000 collar buttons this last year, but I'll be hanged, if I can find 9 single one up here!" "I'll be right up and find you a dozen, dear," replied Amanda, but as she rose to go I said: "You won't do anything of the kind! If he wants collar buttons let him find them." It wasn't over three minutes when we heard a chair kicked over upstairs, and right after the smash came Mr. Bowser's roar: "Have I got a clean sliirt, or have all of them been used for dishcloths or given away to tramps?" "He has four in the bottom drawer of his dresser," said Amanda, "and 1*11 go up and show them to him." "You'll stay right where you are!" I said. "If he doesn't know enough to pull out a drawer he can go shirtless. You have spoiled that man, and it is time a strong hand took hold of him." There was an interval of three minutes, and then two more chairs went over, and Mr. Bowser's voice could have been heard across the street as be called down: t "Only a week ago I counted up forty-eight neckties in my drawer, and now I can't find one! If you don't come tip Here i n wreca tins uouse: I went up. He was down on his .* knees looking under the bed, and he had pulled down all the hat and bon* net boxes in the closet and tumbled them over. "By the great horn spoon"? he be- . gun as he took me for his wife. But I stopped him with: "Benjamin Burton Bowser, I want j you to drop that voice of yours six- j r-,v WITH A SNORT AND A YELL. teen pegs. Nov.\ then, -what's the trouble r "It's the -way this-house is run," be replied. i "Then hire some one to run it differently or go to a boarding house to live. What's the matter with the house?" "There's no order here. Where are my shirts, my neckties and my collar buttons? Where are"? "Right under your nose, and if you hadn't a cabljage head on your shoulders you could put your bands on them. Don't talk to me about the way the house is run. I know the Bowsers from A to Z. and not one of 'em could do as well. As for order, you go kicking around like a muie in a stable, and it would take ten women to pick up your things. Now, then, you'll either find your own shirts and buttons or go without. And don't you come downstairs with your ears working and a glare in your eyes." He wanted to sass back, but he knew me of old. He didn't come down to breakfast until we had finished, and he didn't go to church with us. I expected he'd be up to some dodge or other while we were gone, and I told the cook keep an eye on him. It was well thai I did. He planned to clean out the furnace and paint the kitchen door while I was gone, but the cook hid his paint and pretended to be afraid of a gas explosion down cellar, and he contented himself with trying to tune the piano and moving a bedstead. When we sat down to dinner, he started in to find fault with the roast, but I held up my finger and looked over at him and said: "Benjamin, if you don't like roast beef, von probably know where you can go and buy mutton stew." In the afternoon I beard him telling fa fa fa fa fa fa A T f Mis Mother-in-law Still ? With Him and Runi ning the House?She ^ |> Squelches His Incipient * I Rebellion a.nd Holds <| Him In Subjection . . ^<8><$><$><$><S><^<$><?><S><S>^><$><$><9><S><S><S><$>,^-^><S-<3 <$*<$* fa Amanda that he guessed he'd go down to the club and roll a few games of tenpins, but when he was ready to start I was at the front door to say: "No, you don't, Benjamin! This 1 J ^ +1^ a fn miltr tA IJOUSe UUesiJ t si'uu uau iuc luuauj iv? church in the forenoon and the other half to a bowling alley in the afternoon. You are supposed to be a shining example in this neighborhood, and you'll continue to shine while I'm around. It wouldn't hurt you a bit to sit down and see what the print of a Bible is like, but if you are afraid of hurting your eyes you might play with the cat." I expected he'd walk off, but he didn't. He sat down and read the newspaper for two hours or more, and I hardly blamed him when he finally got up and wandered out into the back yard. I had lost sight of him for half an hour when I went out and found him bargaining with a man for six fowls in a coop on a wagon. The man was a chicken buyer who had a barn near by. and the fowls had been left over from the Saturday market. "What is it, Benjamin?" I asked as I put myself forward, which I claim is the prerogative of every mother-in-law. "I'm going to keep hens and have fresh eggs," he replied. "I'll get a man to build a coop tomorrow." "Oh, no, yoti won't, Benjamin. Firstly. a dollar apiece for bens is too much; secondly, you've tried it two or three times, and your fresh eggs cost you about $2 each; thirdly, all these fowls you are dickering for are roosters, and roosters won't lay eggs even for you. Forget it. son-in-law, and come into the house." "Do you let your mother-in-law run you this way?" asked the chicken man as he bristled up with anger at my interference. "He does," I says. "He doesn't want to, but he has to submit." "I'll be hanged if I will!" shouts my son-in-law, but right there I took him by the collar and led him into the yard and said: "Don't try it on me, Benjamin?not this Sunday eve. You know me of old, and you know that when 1 call 'break away' you've got to do it. We'll now go into the house and have a heart to heart talk about your collar buttons." Mr. Bowser tried a different tack at p|T p ;; f. . ^ ^ HE MADE FOR THE TRAMP. teatlmo. Instead of finding fault with 1 tilings he put up a lip like a boy ten years old and sighed and sulked. Amanda thought he was not long for this world, and she wanted to rub cologne on his forehead and send the girl out for cove oysters and jam, but I took Benjamin aside and said: "This performance is now over, and we don't want any more of it. You're too fat and too bald headed to play martyr, and you've got a mother-in I:i\v that knows catnip tea rrom ciaer vinegar!" About S o'clock in the evening Mr. P.owser dec.tied to go to a doctor and see about his heart trouble, but 1 offered to make him a mustard poultice, and lie had to remain. Then he got a rope and was sneaking upstair?, to the "garret, but I headed him off and said: "No heroics to make your wife feel bad. Benjamin. You've got too old for that, and you know my rule is always to let a body hang for fourteen hours after I find it!" I don't know whether he would have busted or not if the escape valve hadn't been opened, but as we were sitting on tb? steps in the moonlight a tramp eame along and turned in at the gate. That was what Benjamin was aching for. With a snort and a yell he made for the tramp, and for five minutes fiie dirt and grass darkened the air. When the cloud passed on. the tramp was hustling down the street at a three minute gait, and Mr. Bowser was lying across one of the stone dogs in his yard. We let him in and combed the grass out of bis hair and wiped the blood off his ear. and he went to bed quite ehirky and without saying riything about a divorce. SARAH .TANK CARTER, ! ft Mother-in law of Mr. Bowser. M <CADi *" health} children. But there can be no joy in motherhood without health, and withoul health for the mother there can be nc health for the child. It is of vital importance for women tc know that the health of mother and child is in general entirely within woman's control. The thousands of women whc have used Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription when expecting motherhood, have testified that it made them health} and happy in the days of waiting, made the baby's advent practically painless, and gave them health to give their chil dren. Mrs. W. J. Kidder, of Hill Dale Farm (Enos burg Center). Enosburg, Vt., writes: ? During th? past year I found myself expecting maternity and in rapidly failing health. I suffered dread fully from bloating and urinary difficulty. 1 was growing perceptibly weaker each day and suffered much sharp pain at times. I felt thai something must be done. I sought your advice and received a prompt reply. Took twelve bottles of Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription, and also followed vour instructions. I began to improve immediately, my health became excellent, and I could do all my own work (we live on a good sized farm). I walked and rode all I could, and enjoyed it. I had a short, easj confinement and have a healthy baby boy." The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser, a book containing 1008 pages, is given away. Send 21 one-cent stamp* for expense of mailing only, for the book in paper covers, or 31 stamps for the volume bound in cloth. Address Dr, R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. FACTS CONCERNING SLEEP Even a Midday Nap Ik Better Thai the Noon Meal. The scholar and professional mac like the anxious housewife, is apt ti carry his cares to bed, and insomnii becomes a curse. Men and wojnen whi are busied in getting and gaining, tb< merchant, the banker, all alike, fail t< secure that self control which cai manage the mind as well asleep a: awake. Normal sleep should be purely i physiological repose similar to the res of animals, who go to sleep with tin darkness and awake with the light Some one has said that sleep is lik< hunger and thirst, representing a dimi nution of energy throughout the entir body. 1 hardly think this can be true but in my judgment sleep rather sug gests the diminution of the energy o the brain, and he is a wise man win takes the hint when brain fag sets b of an evening and goes comfortably and properly to bed. Of mnrsa it cops without savins: tha night is not the only time for sleep Men and women who are busy coul< steal just a few minutes before or afte the noonday luncheon to catch a littl nap, and, indeed, I am nearly sur that the noonday nap is worth fa more than the noonday meal, for th digestive processes are surely hinders during the periods of mental activity and it is the exceptional person in thi busy world of ours who is not calle< upon to use all his brain and brawn t make a living. It has been my liabi to advise mothers to steal a while awa; from every "cumberous care" and even if sleep fails to be wooed, to tak about twenty minutes every day in at solute peace and quietness, divertin; the mind from all anxieties and relax ing all the muscles. A habit of thi " kind is easily acquired, and we migh have fewer neurasthenic women, whos nerves make life hideous to their fam] lies, if a word like this, spoken fror considerable experience, were lieeded.Pilgrim. Greenville, Tenn. 11 ave thoroughly convinced mj self that Dr. Baker's Blood am Livcr Cure is the finest medicin made for Indigestion and Constips tion. (I have tried them all) am was cured by the use of this medi cine, after all others had failed, most cheerfully and r.nhesitatingl; endorse it. Yours truly, EL N. Baker, Mayor. For sale at the Bazaar. Realixtic. The Landscape Painter?Don't yoi know, I'm quite a realist. The Animal Painter (sarc-astically)Tr-rkll' TVhn'fi hnvp thrni<?ht it? Tt Clll 1> VU* ?T MV V. . w 0 The Landscape Painter?Fact, I as sure you. 1 always smoke when 1'n painting a hazy atmosphere. Painful Case. Mrs. Rubba?How's Mrs. Chatte: this morning, doctor? Doctor?Suffering terribly. Mrs. Rubba?What, with only a sligh throat affection? Doctor?Yes, but she can't speak.Chicago News. The Limit. Worthless Husband?Going to leav me, are you, Moll? Didn't you tak me for better or worse? Long Suffering Wife?Yes. but yoi are absolutely the worst. I didn't tak you for that.?Chicago Tribune. Tf +>ifl Ba."hrr is Cutting Teeth, Be sure and use that old and we tried remedy, Mrs. Winslow's Soot! ing Syrup for children teething. ] ' soothes the child, softens the gum allays all pain, cures wind colic ac is the best remedy for diarrhce Twenty-five cents a bottle. It is the best of all. HISTORIC STAGECOACH. Preserved In the Postal Mnienm at the National Capital. One of the most interesting relies of obsolete postal service to be seen at , the museum in Washington, says the I Washington Tost, is an old time Rocky Mountain combination passenger and s mail coach, built in 1SG8. This was among the first of its kind to carry the ^ mails in Montana, the route of this particular coach being from Helena to Bozeman, the trip consuming a week. The residents along the same section i now receive four mails dailj'. The ! coach was donated to the museum by S. S. Huntley, general manager of the 1 Yellowstone Park Transportation com pany. It was captured by Indians in ' 1877 and recaptured after a hot pur( suit by General Howard. Many disn /> **<-? a +r?a T'aI f\r\ 1 71 If tlllgUldlJtru ptiouiii ua>c uavciw i** u, t among them being General Garfield, be> fore he was president; President Arthur, on a visit to Montana in 1SS3, and General Sherman, on a tour of inspection in 1877. The latter was a passenger when the coach made the dis^ tance from Fort Ellis to Helena, 108 miles, in eight hours, six horses being the team, with frequent relays, s This antiquated affair 011 wheels is ; the simon pure, typical stagecoach of [ the Beadle dime novel. The James | brothers and the Fords may have en: riched themselves by looting this idenl tical relic of the west. There are a [ front and rear boot, the former, under : the driver's seat, being the repository of Uncle Sam's mail bags, the rear boot serving to carry baggage. Heavy [ leather springs and iron tires to the wheels half an inch thtck enabled the vehicle to withstand the rough usage to which it was subjected. With a capacity inside for nine people, others riding on top and beside the driver, , with slots in the sides of the coach TTthiV.Vi ha nimod if* seemed evident that a knight of the road had to be of reckless mold to x tackle one of these once a week "expresses." 0 ay to Buy Cheap? o remedy for coughs and s co'lChs' Fall right, but you wantsome0 thiDg that will relieve and cure the 1 more severe and dangerous results s of throat and lung troubles. What shall you do? Go to a warmer and a more regular climate? Yes, if possit blf; if not possible for you, then in 5 either case take the only remedy that " has been introduced in all civilized countries with success in severe B throat and lung troubles, "Boscbee's > German Syrup." It not only heals and stimulates the tissues to destroy f the germ disease, but allays inflam2 matioD, causes easy expectoration, a gives a goad Bight's re9t, and cures 7 the patient. Try one bottle. Recommended many jears by all drug* t gists in the world. You can get this ' reliable remedy at Kaufmann's Drug Store. Get Green's Special Almanac. I 12-33 e r POULTRY POINTERS. e i Never give poultry water in the morning before feeding. 3 All the stimulants breeding fowls 1 need "is wholesome food and drink in 0 proper quantities. To fatten the cockerels rapidly, confine them in close quarters and feed cormneal cooked in milk. Short legged fowls fatten quickly. Long legs are hard to fatten. Those f first hatched fatten quickest in a brood. g . Fowls seldom tire of milk. They e may eat too much grain or meat, but ^ milk in any form is palatable and ? healthy. Q ^ The roosting polos should he on a icvci "wiiii eacn ouier. mis win prevent the fowls all trying to roost on the top perch. ? A fowl or animal in which an exeel, lence is constitutional is apt to transmit all this excellence in all the dee veloped power and beauty to its progeny. ^ In selecting for breeding the pullet l" should be at least a year younger than I the cock. This will conduce to the y strength and good health o? the offspring. Luck in Thirteen. By sending 13 miles Wm. Spirey of Walton Furnace, Vt., got a box o 1 Bucklen's Arnica Salve, that wholly cured a horrible Fever Sore on hit leg. Nothing else could. Positively Tt.nJaao Vnlnno TTI^erS F,flin j tUICO JL/lUiD&n, X CIUUr) VI4VV1M. ?- - ? Jj i tions, Boils. Burns, Corns and Pile* Only 2oc. Guaranteed by J. E Kau: mann, druggist. r The Bine of the Sapphire. The blue of the sapphire is seldom pure or spread over the whole sub * stance of the stone. Sometimes it if mixed with black, which gives it at inky appearance; sometimes with red, which, although imperceptible by daylight. yet bv artificial light gives it ar a i v/'iA rI% w r\ CQTV B IIlCllI ? a in >tr<l ? ? Ji V T.:. i ?v v-.. J, e phires which by daylight may appeal e of the same hue often differ extreroelj in color at night. If the stone be helc a in an ordinary pair of forceps an inct e jeneath the surface of very clear wa ter, the parts of the stone colored and uncolored will be distinctly apparent This remark applies to all other jtclds, B 11 j Fresh Fish. a-1 [t I will have for sale an aesortmen s, of fresh fish every Tuesday an< Saturday at J. W. Long's Old Store a. Give me a call when you want a nic mess of freBh fish, tf John A. Williams. 400,000 PIAN0S1 JUST THINK OF IT! fl Over the above number of the Celebrated Makes represented by MJ A Malone, of ^ Columbia. C., have been sold, and chielly to people of musical culture. For catalogue, prices and terms on the Best Pianos and Organs, Address '' P. ?. BOX 32, COLUMBIA, S. C. 9 N. B Some special piano bargains always on hand ranging from $65 to $275, iW May 15?ly. ^4. # ATLANTA GRANITE I jS Marietta Marble Works. ygfgjgl We have the best equipped plant in the South, with up to JgCSsim date pneumatic tools and polishing machines which puts us fjifgjgaijg? in a position to do all kinds of W Marble and Granite Work at the very lowest prices. Estimates made on all kinds of ? Cemetery Work, and Building Material. Wholesale and retail Call on or address, S. 0. K0ZLS7 Ss CO., P. W. BASNES, rvro A f i n rt t r< n 1 A r?Ar\ f VJrxri r?r?Q Q P J^l i abiauiO) ua. ucuciui agcui>9 xwugu uuiiugo^ v. May 8?ly. WM. PLATT, 1 DEALER IN Dry Goods, Millinery and Notions, I NEABLY OPPOSITE POST.OFFICE, m COLUMBIA, - - . S. C. Jjj MAIN STREET. We have received and have placed on oar shelves one of the most beautiful as well as the most complete line of FALL AND WINTER GOODS I ever shown in tte city. These are all standard goods from the most reliable manufsc- * turers and are recommended for their stylish and nobby appearance and the beauty ot pattern. A lull line of outing and dress goods of all descriptions, as well as 9 Jovely creations in fashionable fall and winter millinery.. Come and see these goods before purchasing. I will make it to your interest to do so. M October, 3.?3m. 9 TAX NOTICE. I n J I WILL ATTEND THE FOLLOWING I ?CAUSE/ I ^ mentioned places for the purpose of re- 7/tB / / 1 ceiving taxe; for the fiscal year 1902: M J9 u 1 Lexington C H., from the 15th of Octo- I i&ti fiuf l aA ' ber to the 1st of November. 1902. 9 /a\ tjk Batesbarg, Wednesday, all day. Nov. 12. - _ji Leesville. Tharsday morning. Nov. 13. f||f Summit. Thursday afternoon. Nov. 13. I 9 Crap's Mill, Friday mornirg Nov. 14. I Keisler's Store. Friday afternoon, Nov 14 9 Lewiedale, Saturday morning, Nov. 15 If Ked Bank, Saturday afternoon, Nov. 15 I For that Irmo, Monday, November 17. ; 9 w || 9 White Bock, Tuesday morniDg, Nov. 18, I tiff , A/i f |llAfl52ff*p Hilton, Tuesday afternoon, November 18 S JATAllllVrMlCl.Il W - cSpring Hill, Wednesday morning. Nov 19 B f Peak, Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 19. I l^CdlllQf X Roads. Thursday morning, Nov. 20. I Sr " Ohapin, Thursday afternoon. i\ov. ssu. Chapin, Friday morning, November 21 I w?qr r1nfne<s JlP^n_t Josh Shealey's, Friday afternoon, Nov 21 I " Crout's Store, Saturday morning, Nov 22 a madetoyour lj&gj The balance of the t.me at Lexington ? AvaH- m^c C. H. until December 31 st, 1902, after "I CAdU which time the p=nalty will be added ac- L urfi by The hours for closing the tax book will I CTn AITCC RDAC be at 11 o'clock for the morning and 4 1 JiJ\nb-j DJ\V/3 o'clock for the afternoon appointment. I Good T&ilors for ra^Sg||l| TAX LE"\ Y. ? 25 years. For State Purpose:; 5 Mills 1 CHICAfifl For Ordinarv County Purposes.. 3), Mills I ugHr For Special County Purposes ... J Mill 9 You feel fflBSEj | For Constitutional School Tax.. 3 Mills jVS| rj^ht In f Total 12 Mills I them. Near- H'f\ l Special Scoool Levy, District IS 3 Mills ft ly 500 paLt- BBH| , Special School Levy, District 37 2 Mills ft BH n Poll Tax S1.00. ft terns to sc- MB I I lect from Kf U Parties owning property ic more ujhu i one Township will so state to the Treas- Satisfaction 9H BB nrer, and when writing for information . H |R concerning taxes always give name in lull. guaranteed. MB FRANK W. SHEALY, S?? th? com* Treasurer Lexington County. plct? Hne at ib. ??? EFFECT ; For Sale,. -vv. r. koop, , 91 LEXINGTON S. C. 1 Tract of land containing 90 p.cres, more or le?s, adjoining lands of Mr?" E. A. Cor- p?inBIT IJ01i IllllBBBiiiTP^nwriffnrarilTI ley. A. R. Taylor, Mrs. Sea tfcnkand T. E. _ ' ANDREW CRAWFORD ' Pounds, A. IL Taylor and 'jr. E Kawl. ATTORNEY AT LAW, 1" *A nftTTTUBT* _ g [% | ror .erms, ?c., .jkv - - - - - Lexington, S. *C. pBAOTICra IN THE STATE AND iwo X Federal Courts, and offers his profesI i ? sional services to the citizens of Lexington I TT.'lx 5- T jr.. lfl it. 21111011 S JUlltfiui tn^ Liver and Kidnevs james barman, " IDIEZTT'.A.IJ S"EGEO!T, t overcomes constipa? lexington, s. c., , j 4 (Offic^in,rear of the Court House.) r 11011 , TNFOMS THE PUBLIC THAT HE / 2. will be in his office every Friday for tbo One Minute Cough Cure branches. ' ' . For Counhs, CoMs and Croup* March 19,1902. ij. . 1 \