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"I feel as young
now, at tliirty, as I
did at eighteen years
of age."
That is part of the statement of one
woman, mother of six children, who
found new life by the use of Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription. It is not the ordinary
cares of the family, nor the natural
obligations of motherhood, which
make women prematurely old. But it is
the womanly aiseases, draining away the
vitality, and undermining the strength, 1
which take the roundness and supple- |
ness from the form, the bloom from the
cheek and the brightness from the eye.
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription cures
those womanly diseases which rob women
of youth and beauty. It establishes regularity,
dries enfeebling drains, heals
inflammation and ulceration, and cures
female weakness. It makes weak women
strong and sick women well. It irings
back to the mother the lighrheartedness
of her bridal day. This is :he testimony
of thousands of women who have renewed
their youth by the use of "Favorite
Prescription."
"For four years I suffered untold agony,*
Writes Mrs. H. A. Nations, of Witts Springs,
Searcy Co., Arkansas. "Sometimes I would get
some better and think I would get well, only to
wake up some morning not able to rise. In'ir.y
hips and^'around lower parts of abdomen was
where I suffered the most, and when the pain
would rive way it scattered all over me and I
would ?e so sore and stiff t could scarcely move.
2gy hujMnd got the best doctor in the country
to attemftne, but I did not improve any. Finally
I told my husband tliat I was going- to try ur.
Pierce's medicines. By the time 1 had taken one
bottle of4 Favorite Prescription' I could notice
a little improvement. Dr. Pierce advised me to
take 4 Golden Medical Discovery' in connection
with the 'Favorite Prescription.4 By the time
I had taking five bottles of 4 Favorite Prescription
4 and four of the 4 Golden Medical Discovery,r
I waswelL That was two years ago this
summer. I felt well until I expected to become
a mother, then a threatened mischance greatly
weakened me, and ray old disease returned. My
husband got another doctor for me. but I seemed
to just drag alocg and get no better. At last I
toW the doctor that if his medicine did not help
me I would go back to Dr. Pierce's, medicines. I
did so, and by the time I had taken them one
month I could do my own housework, except
washing, and tendca ray garden, too. I was
stouter than I had ever been while waiting
baby's coming since ray first baby came (this
one was the sixth child). She is now eleven
months old, and is a healthy child. As for me,
I feel as young now. at thirty, as I did at eighteen
years of age."
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure biliousness
and sick headache.
CAEDS, THEN DEATH
;
1
A DOOMED DESERTER WHO PLAYED
POKER AND WON.
As a Preliminary to His Execution
He Had His Winnings Distributed
Among the Hembers of the Squad
That Shot Him to Death.
"It is a carious fact," said a member
of Company A, Third Maryland,
"that military execution bad a peculiar
fascination for men who were daily
accustomed to see hundreds slain in
battle. Men who shovel a breastwork
in on a trench full of siain comrades
and chew hardtack or eat salt pork
while at the job with a callousness
which only such frequc-nt scenes or occurrences
would make possible in the
human heart became peculiarly sensitive
and alive to the solemn parade
and formalities of a military execution.
"In our regiment we had a private
soldier sentenced to be sho^/cr deserting
to the enemy. His "Aame was
Thompson, and he belonged to CoinnonT7
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serted off vedette post one night and
some two months afterward came into
our lines, where members of his own
company happened to be on picket
duty. Thompson did not calculate on
this. His idea in coming in was to surrender
as a Confederate soldier and be
sent north. It happened near to the
Weldon railroad, where our division of j
the Ninth corps was then posted. Of
course, on being recognized, he was
taken to headquarters, and a court
martial was immediately convened. It
leaked out somehow that Thompson
was not the humble soldier he seemed,
but a Confederate officer and spy. He
had been an officer in the United States c
navy before the war. He resigned and
went south, where he secured the commission
of colonel of infantry. J
''Being a Marylander of family, ef- ^
forts were made to save his life, but In
a quiet way, as his relatives feared to
disclose his real identity for fear he
would be hanged as a spy instead of
shot as a deserter. Friday, the day
set for execution in the Army of the
Potomac, came around too soon for
Thompson and his relatives. The night
previous he had been informed that all
efforts had failed at Washington. I
was on guard duty over him, and my
brother was one of the detail of twelve
men selected as the firing squad. My
brother didn't like the job. and came
to the tent where I was on guard to
consult with me how to get out of it.
Thompson overheard our conversation,
and, knowing my brother by name, be
broke in: 'Say, Tip, you must not back
out. I want you in the squad, as 1
know you are a dead shot and will
save me from the sergeant.'
"It was the practice for the sergeant
flt-4ncr cnivn! fnilori tn kill the
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doomed man with a volley to place the
muzzle of his ritle against the temple
of the prisoner and blow out his brains.
"After Tip had consented the officer
of the guard permitted us to play cards
with the prisoner. He had a roll of
bills, and we were'soon in a stiff poker
game. Two guards, including myself,
my brother Tip and Thompson, composed
the quartet. We played until
gray daylight, and Thompson skinned
the party of every dollar. He had
phenomenal luck and watched the
game closely.
"In the afternoon he was to die, and
about noon he asked to see the lieutenant
of the firing squad. Handing the
officer $500, he asked him to divide it
equally among the men detailed to
shoot him.
"The division was drawn up and
formed three sides of a square, the
fourth side being open, where the grave
of Thompson was freshly dug. The
band played the dead march in 'Saul,'
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ana lnompsoii, at me ui-.iu ui iuc ming
squad, inarched around.the three
sides of the square, with the coffin in
which he was to be inclosed carried immediately
behind him. Reaching the
open space, the coffin was set down.
Thompson seated himself on the end of
it. facing the tiring squad, about twelve
paces distant. The death warrant was
read, and the chaplain tied his handkerchief
over the prisoner's eyes. I
watched Thompson, curious tp note if
he would hear the reports of the muskets
that killed him. Presently I heard
the lieutenant's low voice:. 'Ready!
Aim! Fire!'
"In the nest instant Thompson toppled
back into his coffin a dead man.
The reports of the muskets he never
hoard, as I saw him swiftly fall over
befo^? 1 heard the guns crack, and so
I setued this disputed point to my own
satisfaction, and to that H.ent the execution
of Thompson interested me and
no more."?Washington Post.
Does It Pay to Buy Cheap?
A cheap remedy for coughs and
colds is all right, but you want something
that will relieve and cure the
more severe and dangtrois result*
of throat and lung troubles Wfcst
. hill you dot Go to a war m't atio
more regular climate? Y-?s, if possible;
if not possible for you, then in
eitner case take the only remedy that
has been introduced in all civiliz-d
couutries with success in severe
rhrost and lung troubles, 4*Boschee'tGerman
Syrup/' It cot - nfv bealt
and stimulates the nssu * ? A- **w
the germ disease, bat allsye it flam
rnation, causes easy. expectoration,
gives a ?Om3 night's re6t, and cures
the patun. Try one oolite,
commended many years by all drug
gists in tbo world. Y?n can get thic
reliable remedy %fc Kaufrn "o'm Drut
rdfiii'j >1 a I A 1 rr? no c. I
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12-33 ' .
To Tlirend a Hair Tlirong-b a Walnut.
To pass a hair through a walnut
without boring a hole seems an impossibility,
but the feat has often been
done. The hull of the walnut when
examined with a stroug glass is seen
to have innumerable small openings,
some of wliieh lead entirely through
the uut. The trick consists in using a
very Cue hair and an infinite amount
of patience. Pass the hair into one of
these minute crevices and urge it gently
along. Sometimes it will appear on
the other side at the first trial, but if
it comes out at the hundred and first
you will be very lucky.
Ho Find Learned It.
T heard a good story the other day,'began
the gr<. -cry man, "about a certain
politician."
'That will do." interrupted the disappointed
officesoeker. "In the first
place, there are no certain politicians."
?Chicago News.
And One of Them Went Wrong.
Adam was lucky in another way. He
had uo friends to come around telling
him how he ought to bring up his boys.
?Chicago Record-Herald.
Just What You Need.
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets.
When you feel dull after eaiing.
When you have no appetite.
When you have a bad taste in the
mouth.
When your liver is torpid.
When your bowels are constipa'ed
When you have a headache.
When you feel bdious.
They will improve your appetite,
iieanse and invigorate your s omacb,
tnd regulate your liver and bowels
Price 25 cents per box. For sale by
T. E Kaufmann. |
Or. Pisree's
GOLDEN
MEDICAL
DISCOVERY
LOST FLESH
AND STRENGTH
" I was a total wreck?could not sleep or eat,"
writes Mr. J. C. Beers, of Berryman. Crawford
Co., Mo. "For two vears I tried medicine from
doctors but received very little benefit. I lost
flesh and strength, was "not able to do a good
day's work. I commenced taking Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, and when I had
taken one bottle I could sleep and my appetite
was wonderfully improved. I have taken five
bottles and am still improving."
The sole motive for substitution is to
permit the dealer to make the little more
profit paid by the sale of less meritorious
medicines. He gains; you lose.
o nr\ eiiKcfifiifa
A. ii\-k tivH acccpu iiv ouiyoiicut^, iv*
w Golden l\fedical Discovery."
SOOTHING SHOPPING.
A Pencefnl Experience at the East
Xorley General Emporium.
The exhausted shopper sank upon
the sofa, while from the open mouth
of her reversed Boston bag poured a
cascade of little parcels, freshly struggled
for at the Monday bargain counters.
"Oh." she cried, "why does one have
to shop in the city? Everything is so
hurried, confused, complex, distracting
and nerve uestroying! If I were only
back at East Norley!
"Last summer while I was there I
had to buy a yard of dark blue ribbon,
and I drove over to the one store at
the crossroads to get it. It took some
five minutes to convince the amiable
proprietor that I really wanted dark
blue and could not be persuaded to accept
light instead, which he considered
more suitable and becoming to a fair
complexioned person of my years; he
added reassuringly that anybody under
forty was not too young for baby blue.
"Another five minutes were given up
to his incredulous reluctance to believe
that two inches wide would not do as
well as three, especially as the three
inch width had been mislaid on a top
shelf and he would have to get a stepladder
to get it down. Several more
minutes passed in the search for the
ladder, its laborious portage from the
cellar, its erection and repair with a
piece of twine, the braces being broken,
and his final ascent to the dim and
dusty upper region, whence the box of
wide r'bbons wa9 at length produeed.
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he leisurely measured off a yard, fingered
it, then paused to rub a perplexed
ear and smile ingratiatingly.
" 'Fact is,' he confided sweetly, 'I
sold the last pair of scissors in the
store just before you came in, and I've
forgotten my jackknife. It's kind of
awkward cutting it off, but I'll manage
somehow. I guess there's an ax
in the shed.'
"He carried the silken roll away
with him as he started with comfortable
deliberation to find the ax, which,
though the hunt for it was long and
persevering, evidently could not be
found, for we caught a glimpse of him
at last through the half open door to
the back shop severing the required
yard of ribbon with an old chisel.
"It was all so serene, so soothing and
so satisfactory! I believe I shouldn't
be a wreck before New Year's every
T ziAnlrl /I a mi* viof_
\W1HCI 11 L tvuiu KJ LllTf V1V ILIJ
mns shopping at the East Norley general
emporium."?Youth's Companion.
If the 3aby is Cutting Teeth.
Be sure and use that old and well
tried remedy, ?Irs. "Winslow's Soothing
Syrup for children teething. It
soothes 1 he child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind colic and
is the best remedy for diarrhoea.
Twenty-five cents a bottle.
It is the best of all.
Acconntert For.
Barnes?There goes Stavers. I never
saw anybody who eould stand the
hard knocks of life as he can. He's a
man of iron.
Howes?That accounts for It. I
thought he looked rather rusty.?Boston
Transcript.
The fool sits down and worries about
the living the world owes him. but the
wise guy hustles around and collects
the interest on the debt. ? Chicago
rsews.
One of the hard things to under'stand
is how such nice grandmothers i
I
as everybody hae ever could have been
mother-in-laws.
Hilton's Life for the;
Liver and Kidneys tones
up the stomach.
FRUITS AND FLOWERS.
In setting out an orchard keep together
all trees of the same variety.
| Good garden soil is good for pot
. plants, but can be improved by the addition
of leaf moid.
Weak rosebushes may often be made
to grow by giving them an occasional
watering with liquid manure.
One advantage with small fruits is
that they can be made to furnish a
supply loug before trees come into bearing.
In planting a border don't plant everything
in rows. A row of hollyhocks,
for instance, isn't half as attractive as
irregularly placed groups that break
the outline.
With pot plants in a general way too
milt; Wttiei la uetLt-'i muii LW UJIH-U.
The dropping leaves indicating drought
are mQre easily remedied than yellow
leaves.. the result of being kept too
wet
In preparing pots for plants the
pieces of broken pots or crockery in the
bottom should never be omitted, as
without proper drainage the soil becomes
sour, the plants languish and
the leaves become yellowish.
Willing; to Be Sued.
"I once threatened to sue an old fellow
in Vermont for $10 that he owed a
client of mine." said a New York lawyer,
"but the threat did not seem to impress
him much.
" 'What good will it do you to sue
me?' he asked.
" 'It will get the money,' I answered.
"Here the fellow came up close to me
and said, 'Say, if that's so, sue me for
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WUU L )UU, auu Ilic LUC ULUCi
$10.'
"I gave up hope of collecting that
claim."?New York Times.
Home Discomforts.
"No," grumbled the husband in a
spasm of confidence to a friend, "I
have no place at all for my books. The
storage room is kept exclusively for
my wife."
"Oh, she puts away those things that
are a trifle too good to be destroyed,
yet scarcely good enough to be of use."
?Brooklyn Life.
Her Call.
"I ran into town today to do some
shopping, dear," said Mrs. Subbubs,
entering her husband's ofBce. "and
I"I
"T coo" ho fntorrnnto/1 "nnrt von Inert i
raD in here because you ran out."
"Ran out?"
"Yes; of money." ? Philadelphia
Luck in Thirteen.
Bv sending 13 miles Wm. Spirey,
of "Walton Furnace, Vf.., gofc a box o?
Bucklen's Arnica Salve, that wholly
cured a horrible Fever Sore on his
leg. Nothing else could Positively
cures Bruises, Felons, Ulcers. Eruptions,
Boils, Burns, Corns ard Piles.
Ooly 25c. Guaranteed by J. E Kaufmann,
druggist.
HE WAS A PAINTER.
A Dmsken Prisoner's Excuse In
New York Police Court.
It is characteristic of almost all the
prisoners except the drunks that their
chief concern is to secure a delay. They
plead and beg for an adjournment,
whieh they know will only postpone
the inevitable for a day or two, and
that although, through their inability
to obtain bail, they will Siive to stay in
prison just the same. The most plausible
'explanation is that they all are
fatalist^ always hoping that something
unexpected may turn up to stave off
the impending catastrophe. The
drunks, on the other hand, are more
eager to face the arbiter of their fates,
knowing that nothing worse than a fine
is likely to befall them and that the
sooner it is imposed the sooner it may
be paid or served off. And then there
; is the chance, if the magistrate is in
good humor, that they may get away
unscathed at once.
As a rule, although not seldom still
in their cups,, they are loath to make
any incriminating admissions. "No,
sir," protested a man who kept himself
from falling over by holding on nerv
ousiy 10 me oar; i in nor urunii,
'cause no one's drunk who's not falling
all over himself." Excuses of the most
wonderful kind, some of them really
ingenious, others merely ridiculous, are
put forward when the futility cf feigning
innocence has been discovered. The
cleverest explanation of that kind that
I ever heard was advanced by a man
who. when taxed with having displayed
unmistakable signs of intoxication,
simply replied that he was a
painter by trade.
"That has nothing to do with your
condition," said the magistrate.
"Of course it has," rejoined the prisoner.
"I was painting a barber pole
and kept on twisting after the stripes
until I got so dizzy that the cop thought
I was boozy."?Edward Biorkman in
Century.
Greenville, Tenn.
I have thoroughly convinced my
self that Dr. Baker's Blood and
Liver Cure is the finest medicine
made for Indigestion and Constipation.
(I have tried them all) and
was cured by the use of this medicine,
bt e: alt others had failed. I
mo*t cheerfully and unhesitatingly
endorse it. Yours truly,
H. N. Baker, Mayor.
For sale at the Bazaar.
Fresh Fish.
I will have for sale an assortment
of fresh fish everv Tuesday and
Saturday at J. W. Long's Old Store.
Give me a call when you want a nice
mess cf fresh fish,
tf John A Williams.
JUST THINK OF IT!
Over the above nnmber of the Celebrated Makes represented by M] A Malone, of
Columbia, CM have been sold, and chiotly to people of musical culture. For catalogue,
prices and terms on the Best Pianos and Organs, Address
hvbs a
P. O. BOX 32, COLUMBIA, S. C.
N. B Some special piano bargains always on hand ranging from $65 to $275,
May 15?ly.
AND
g Marietta Marble Works. ,
jSffcjjS We have the best equipped plant in the 8onth. w.th up to
p date pneumatic tools and polishing macbines whion puts ua
in a position to do all kinds of
Marble and Granite Work
at the very lowest orices. Estimates made on all kinds of
Cemetery Work, and Building Material.
Wholesale and retail. Call on or address,
S. G. KOZLEY & CO., P. B13Y23,
Proprietors, Atlanta, Ga. General Agent, Riige Springs, S. C.
May 8?lv.
WM. PLATT,
DEALER IN
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Tto frnftfif! Millinewr and Kf^inne
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NEAELY OPPOSITE POST. OFFICE,
COLUMBIA, - - . S. C. :
MAIN STREET.
We have received and have placed on our shelves one of th? most beautiful as vrell as the
most complete line of ^
FALL AND WINTER GOODS
ever shown in the city. These are all standard goods from the most reliable manafae- ?"
I turers and are recommended for their stylish and nobby appearance and the beauty of
pattern. A full line of onting and dress goods of all descriptions, as well as
lovely creations in fashionable fall and winter millinery. Come and see
these goods before purchasing. I will make it to your interest to do so.
October, 3.?3m.
TAX NOTICE. | y" 1 y
I WILL ATTEND THE FOLLOWING I /STT. Vep"J&SSJ
mentioned places for the purpose of re- I 'v?fV
ceiving taxes for the fiscal year 1902: B <?.. f-Rmfj!
Lexington C H., from the 15th of Ocfco- 1 fMiWilii
ber to the 1st of November. 1902 1
Spring Hill, Wednesday morning. Nov 19 I
Peak, Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 19. i ^
X Koads. Thursday morning, Nov. 20. fl
CJbapm, Thursday alternoon. Nov. 20.
Cbapin, Friday morning. Nov<mber 21. I PipPP^'
Josh Shealey's, Friday afternoon, Nov 21 8
Crout's Store, Saturday morning, Nov 22 I p f1?a*
The balance of the time at Lexington I Wow 2"Or Inal
C H. until December 31st, 1902, after IW tf 1 ?*-*** ?2^
which time tho penalty will be added ac- I wjjw jlYJLllllOOcilirw
ct rding to law. llk ^ #
The hours for closing the tax book will ? jyf r~*PPllflQ*
ho ut 11 n'olnck for the morning and 4- I fiaF *
o'clock for the afternoon appointment. I
TAX LEVY. I 1 *
n oi i. T> C wn I WC21 ClOthCS
For State Purposes 5 Mills I ,
For Ordinarv Conntv Purposes.. 3J M'lis I made to your
For Special County Purposes ... \ Mnl I tyims jOX
For Constitutional School Tax.. 3" Mills J ^
Special School Levy, District 18 3 Mills CTDAIKC DDflC
Special School Levy, District 37 2 -Mills DI\UJ B?a8llll
Poll Tax SI 00. Good Tailors for |?SMS||?
Parties owning property in more than 23 years.
one Township will so state to the Treas- riur^rn 'a
urer, and when writing lor information WrllvAliO gnKgjaHpjP fi
concerning taxes always give name in full. v . ^2^/^80 "
FRaNK W. SKEALY, You * *
Treasurer Lexington County. . J**?t ritfht in ttSnEati
September 24, 1002. them. Near- SHHp|
Ily 500 pad- *
tern, to se. ||||
-* vx n/u(av) j a i?c! xrom h h
1 Tract of lard containing 96 acres, more I I Satisfaction w ?B
or le?s. adjoining lands of Mrs E. A. Cor- I snaranteed ME I t
ley. A. R. Taylor, Mrs. Sea-trunkandT. E. I fig
RawL B Sc? the com* tjgk
1 Tract of 95 acres, more or less, adjoin- | pleto line e.t ^ | |
ing lands Mrs. Susan Seastrnnk, Feter I it,. _i___ CCCL'rT
Founds, A. K. Taj lor and T. ?. RawL I <he 8tor? of Errt(~'
Foi terms, etc., apply to -v*/ -o t> t,^ fl
ALFRED J. FOX. I w ^ 9 g
Lexington, S. C. I LEXINGTON S. C.
_ _ Hilton's Life for the AMnREW ~fiRiWFrtRh
Liver and Kidneys """
overcomes constipa- columbu . J 1 8. c.
fimi "PRACTICES IN TEE STATE AND
tlUIl* JL Federal Courts, and offers his professional
services to the citizens of Lexington
County.
People who use "liver pills" ought October 18?ly.
to try the well known Itimou's Liver JAMES HARMAN,
Pills and Tonic Pellets. No handful TDEISTT-^-Xj
for a dose?no constant dosing?no LEXINGTON, S, C.,
_ , .... . , ~ , m, (Office in rear of the Court House.) ~>
debilitating, weakening effect. They TNFORMS THE PUBLIC THAT HE
are far superior to the ordinary pill. JL will be in his office every Friday for the
Box of 25 doses 25c. Herman's Ehef d0i?8 ""
Bazaar. March 19, 1902. ly.
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