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4hJ? 4*4* M" 4*4* 4*4* 4*4* 4*4* 4*4 ? BOWSER IN * THRALDOM .'V? 4*4* 4*4* 4*4* 4*4* 4*4* 4*4*- 4*4* < r. - ?- -?- ,T. ,7 ,T, aJViT* tTi 1*1 AA IjjTfJ? *"r^ 'f y ^(^|Jr I [Copyright. 1902, by C. E. Lewis.] 1 W REACHED home this morning after a visit of three weeks to Jl my son-in-law, Mr. Bowser. In Drevious articles I have related several little incidents of the first two weeks. As to the third week, I will take the days in rotation. Monday.?When Mr. Bowser came ' , home from the office this evening, he was scuffing his feet and had his shoulders humped up. He kicked the gate open, and between the gate and the steps he picked up an old teaspoon which some boy must have tossed into the yard. He ascended the steps with that spoon waving in the air, and, ?? mistaking me for Amanda, he cried out: "More waste and extravagance! Another milestone on the road to the % poorhouse! Woman, will there ever r a- be an end to this?" 'There will be, Benjamin Burton Bowser," said I. "There will be an end right here and now. If you have come home tonight with a scrap under vour hat. I'll see that you are not dis appointed 3" - "But here is a spoon which has carelessly been thrown out, as have thousands and thousands of others." he protested. "Then we'll throw it in again, and you may eat with it." Mr. Bowser was grouty all the evening, but that made no difference to me. By bedtime he seemed to have resolved to make the best of things, and he went to bed without slamming doors or kicking over chairs. " "Tuesday.?Before leaving for the office in the morning Mr. Bowser talked " HE WAS IN A ROW W *boutfbuying a hojr, but I sat down on bini at ouce. tie came Home to dinner without finding any spoons. but; he "was just in time to meet the iceman, who had a bill of a dollar or so to collect. "By the great horn spoon." yelled 1 Mr. Bowser, "but what does this mean? Must I submit to these bold faced robberies every day In the year?" "Benjamin." said I as I laid my hand on bis arm. "you've had a lump of ice a day for the last month, and there's the bill for it." The ice hasn't been burned in the range nor given away to tramps. It has been used to preserve your meats and vegetables and furnish ice water, and you'll pay for it and hang on to your breath." He looked around for a crowbar with which to strike me dead, but not finding any be paid the bill and sat down, with a sigh. Later in the evening he observed that if ever he were left a 'widower he wouldn't marry the best woman on earth, and I replied: "Benjamin, don't fret your gizzard. Amanda will outlive you by ten years, and your mother-in-law will probably be holding your hand when you pass away." Wednesday.?At 6 o'clock in the j morning I thought I heard soiaebody sneak downstairs, and a little later I looked out of a back window and saw j Mr. Bowser making for the alley. "When I had dressed and got down, a man who bad a horse to sell was showing the animal off and boasting that he j belonged to the Seek Xo Further breed. Mr. Bowser was hesitating about closing a sale for $150 when 1 opened the alley gate and said: "Benjamin, ain't, you a little afraid that this early morning air will have a bad effect on your asthma?"' "I?I was looking at a horse," he stammered in reply. "So I observe. I can see /rom here that he has two spavins and a ring bone, ana \z ne isn t rmna ne ougui at least to wear spectacles. I heard him spoken of as a Seek No Further. That's correct. Benjamin. He won't have to seek no further for a woman who knows f. horse from a giraffe. I don't think this is your horsy day." .He looked at rne for a minute as if he meant to have my life, and the man with the horse said he killed his mother-in-law seventeen years ago, but it ended in Benjamin going down Into his boots. It's a wise man who knows his mother-ln-Iaw. \ JmJ* *JMJ? ?? ?} 4MS? J* ,iMi' *$"5* ^nj? <$*4 t ** La.st Day gf His Mother- *v 4 in-law's Visit Is Memo- ^ I <.) rable For Her Tyranny. <^<?9 She Vetoes a Hog Deal, o^ Bars Goats, Drives Away ** Iiorse Trader and Calms Benjamin Burton Down <s> *y.v .*?* *??* ?y?j? >|< ?2< y*j* -j..** *$**$* ?y?y J* I Thursday.?When Mr. Bowser came home this evening, he was in good nature, and after dinner he suggested a trolley ride by moonlight. Amanda was ready to put Qn her nat at once, but I took him out into the back yard and said: "Benjamin, you took a moonlight trolley ride not long agb. You first got mad because Amanda complained of a headache. Then you roared at a passenger who happened to step on your toes. Then you yelled at the con-, ductor because the current happened to be shut off lor a minute, and before you had got a mile you called a fat man a hog and got into a fight." "I don't allow anybody to walk on me," says Mr. Bowser in reply. "But are you going out with a chip on your shoulder? If you are, you can go alone. Neither myself nor Amanda wants to carry a club or get into a row. If you can sit still and look at the moon and be civil to the other passengers, we will go, but otherwise not." We went. It was hard for him to behave, but by pointing my finger at him now and then I kept him in subjection, and no onp was murdered. Friday.?Mr. Bowser sat down to breakfast. He growled out that the chop wasn't tit for a dog tt> eat and was going to say that Mrs. Bowser probably ordered the cook to drive tacks into it to spite him when I remarked: / "That will do for this time, Benjamin. I knew when you were glad enough to get codfish for breakfast, and I don't want to hear a word against mutton chops." ( / 1TH THREE HACKMEN. "Are you never going home?" he roared at me. "i am, Benjamin?going home tomorrow night, but meanwhile don't you get too colty. "If you do, I'll change my mind and stay a month longer." He reached home at (I o'clock p. in. without having anything to kick about, but after dinner he told Mrs. Bowser that he laid been advised by the doctor to drink three quarts of goat's milk a day to get the acid out of his blood and that he should probably buy four goats during the evening. She. poor soul, hadn't any objection to make, but I turned to him with: "Benjamin.-what particular acid is it in your blood?" vIt's what causes rheumatism," he answered. "When have you had rheumatism?" "I've got it now." "Wherea bouts?" "In my legs." "I beg to differ with you. Benjamin. A man who can slip over back fences the way you do can't have rheumatism in his legs. You may have a buzzing in your ears and wheels in your head. but your logs are all right. Goat's milk may be goon for you. as you arc a good deal of a kid, but there will be no goats around here." j "l>o I run this bouse on do you?" he shouted at me. I "1 do. Benjamin, and don't you make a mistake about it. I've run it for two [ weeks, and I've got one day mere left t on the third. If you want to buy a I hippopotamus or a boa constrictor, go ahead, but don't let me find any goats in the back yard in the morning." ! Saturday.?As I was to start for home today Mr. Bowser made it a holiday and a day of rejoicing. At break - - * * - ' K2? K last 1 nau 10 warn mm unit n. uc wanted better coffee he might go to a hotel, and at 10 o'clock 1 interfered to prevent him from buying an oyster farm and raising his own oysters, but we got him through the rest of the day without trouble. He took me to the depot in a cab and said he was sorry I couldn't stay longer, and I kissed hiin and offered to put in two weeks more, and then lie hurried out. I knew what would happen. His pent up feelings had to find escape, and they were escaping as my train moved away? that is, he was in a row with three hack men. and enjoying himself as he hadn't before for three long weeks. SARAH JANE CARTER. Mother-in-law to Mr. Bowser. M. QUAD. i * I sleep zvell enough at night, And the blamedest appetite Ever mortal man possessed A Riley's farmer is the very picture of man advanced in years, yet in the enjoyment of perfect health. A good appetite, good digestion and sound sleep, are the chief factors in a vigorous old age. Lite is sustained by food, when it is properly digested j and assimilated. \?\ When digestion f wa \ fa^s> there is a loss f I IwiiSn^W \ nutrition which j \ |\ soon shows itself j / physical weak- 1 / ness, nervousness, (f sleeplessness, etc. Doctor Pierce's j Golden Medical I 1 I JLYtiJI U X V. vl \ J / diseases of the _ y /'#/' stomach, and other ? / organs of digestion / y| " and nutrition. It y j\/ strengthens the A i / J body in the only * J f -way possible,?by 1 / / enabling the as. i similation of the M & nutrition extracted /I*! //from food. Lr \\ JL uscc* ten bottles 0xf\ ') k 1 ?f Dr. Pierce's Golden VJ/ V Medical Discovery ^&j&S5a!(L and several vials of ^?9 ' bis ' Pleasant Pellets' a year ago this spring, and have had no trouble with indigestion since," writes Mr. W. T. Thompson, of Townsend, Broadwater Co., Montana. "Words fail to tell how thankful I am for the relief, as I had suffered so much and it seemed that the doctors could do me no good. I got down in weight to 125 pounds, ana was not able to work at all. Now I weigh nearly 160 and can do a day's work on the farm. I have recommended your medicine to several, and shall always have a good word to say for Dr. Pierce and his medicines." The Common Sense Medical Adviser, in nnnor /vwrore ic cpnt frpp IVAA; AU w * wu, w w^~?. /* won receipt of 21 one-cent stamps to pay expense of mailing <w/y. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. Among the Fishes. SwordSsh?Hands up, you! Mr. Octopus?How many??New York Times. : Eccentricities of Bine Blood. Mrs. Highupp?Do you believe it is true that the Emperor William is having the milk from his farm at Potsdam retailed in Berlin from wagons with his name painted 011 them? Mrs. Wayupp?I shouldn't wonder. It's nothing. Why, even my grandfather did the same thing.?New York Weekly. Advance of Science. "My fee for the surgical operation, which is a dangerous one," said the eminent expert, "will be 55,000/' 1 1 - ii cj tin n? "i?ive inousanu uoiiais: wuew.- exclaimed the prospective victim. "Why, .four centuries ago the royal executioners hadn't the nerve to charge over $10 for their work."?Baltimore American. Does It Pay to Buy Cheap? A cheap remedy for coughs and colds is all right, but you want scmething that will relieve and cure the more severe and dangerous results of throat and lung troubles. What shall you do? Go to a warmer and more regular climate? Yes, if possible; if not possible for you, then in either case take the oDly remedy that has been introduced in all civilized countries with success in eevere throat and luDg troubles, "Boschee's German Syrup." It not only heals and stimulates the tissues to destroy the germ disease, but allays inflammation, causes easy expectoration, gives a good night's rest, and cures the patient. Try one bottle. Recommended many years by ail druggists m the world. You can get this ? ? > i rr e V. "Pv renaoie remedy xvuuiujuuu h -t/rug Store. Get Green's Special AlmaDac. 12?33 A l.nudnble Aiubitlou. Aunt?Have you 110 serious purpose in life? Niece?Oh. yes. I want to find a real wicked man and marry him to reform him.?New York Journal. Fart?^v**ll to Autumn. Go. autumn, since you can't stay with us, go! We would not seek to keep that which is Oead; The haves are gone that dangled overhead. The flowers that bloomed have ceased, alas, to blow! The ferns are withered where the streamlets How, The robin and the tuneful lark have lied. The cows are all humped up behind the shed. And leaden clouds are hanging thick and iU VV . Rut what care I? Though angry winds re long ? Will swKp across the hills all brown' and bare. I will not sit and sing a doleful song. For in my heart is gladness rich and rare; The whist club that they made me join last year Is busted! 1 care not that winter's near. ?Chicago Record-Herald. One Minute Cough Cure For Coughs, Colds and Croup. Ad Interim. "Johnny." "What, dad?" "I've been tliinkin' 'bout liow you can put in your time to best advantage." "Yes, dad." "Is the corn all in an' the potatoes dug?" "Yep." "The winter wheat sowed an' the apples barr'led?" "Yep." "Then I don't see why you shouldn't go to town for a couple o' months 'tween now an' Christinas an' git you a college degree. There ain't much else to do."?Newark News. Very Likely the Case. "As I recall it, when men were making a fierce crusade against women wearing tneir nats 111 meaiers iue women refused to take them off." "They did." "And then, after awhile, they took them off." "They did." "I wonder why?" "Just because there was no satisfaction in wearing them after the men stopped protesting."?-Chicago Post. Careful. "There's one thing I admire about you," said the frank friend. "You carved out your own fortunes and yet you never brag about being a self made nan." "No," answered Mr. Meekton, "I shouldn't think of suggesting that Henrietta wasn't entitled to all the credit!" ^Washington Star. Just the Other Way. "He looks as prosperous as a trust promoter. Is that his line?" "Oh, no. Quite the contrary/ "What do you mean by that?" "He doesn't promote trust, he limits it. He's the credit man of a big wholesale house."?Brfl&klyn Eagle. Daisy Is CompMmSWH. "These string beans," said she, "are heavenly." "Ah, mam'selle," said the restaurateur, "that is indeed praise, for who but tn angel would know heavenly beans?" ?What to Eat. Brntal. ? She?He's very much in love with wis wifev He says if she should die rke doesn't know what he'd do. \ lie?What's the matter? Hasn't -he go*: money enough to bury her??Ohi? State Journal. A Cold Wave. \ Tbe forecast of sudden changes in the weather serves notice that a hoarse voice and a heavy cough may invade the sanctity of health in your own home. Cautious people have a bottle of One Minute Cough Cure always at hand. E. H. Wise, Madi iii i i I *od, Ga, writes: "l am iDaeDtea 10 One MiDute Cough Cure for my present good health, and probably my life." It cures Coughs, Colds, LaGrippe, Bronchitis, Pneumonia <nd all Throat and Lung troubles One Minute Cough Cure cuts the pniegm, draws out tbe inflammation, heals and Boothes tbe mucous membranes and strengthens the lungs. J. E. Kaufmann. A Condolence Jpr. "Did you ever stop to think, my love," said llr. Micawber, gazing at his plate of lobster salad, "that the things we love most in this life are the very things that never agree with us?" "Will you be so kind, Micawber," said Mrs. Micawber. straightening up. "as to tell me whether you are speaking of the salad or of me, sir?" ReckleKMnefts of a Bcjffnner. 01(1 Stager?I see this is your first campaign. Candidate?It is. IIow did you guess It? Old Stager?You are distributing renjj Havana cigars.?Chicago Tribune. Rxcbanue of Complement*. Maud?My mamma say? she can rA member when your maJtama kept^fc grocer's shop. Marie?My mamma says shectf!H*v?ittcniber how much your mamma 6wcsr her for groceries. v 1 Every one should take care that jfl behaves so well that his enemies not behave better.?Atchison Globe, Greenville, Tenn? I have thoroughly convinced n?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, after all others had failed. I most cheerfully and unhesitatingly endorse it. Yours truly, H. N. Baker, YTayor. For sale at the Bazaar. Too Valuable to Lose. Mr. Gro?raii?Snr<\ Moike, an' what did y07. do wit* yuro dor?;: Miko?oh. ho wuz wort' $10 an* Oi k(ii/ t'inkin" if some wan sk*d stale uin Oi could ill afford 111* loss, so Oi aave uiu away, b'jrona! ? Chicago News. Awfully BrnfRhfrd. Pasherly?Is he so very ignorant? l'lasherly?Ignorant ? Why. actually, he down't even know a cure for colds! ?Kansas City Independent. I wonder why it is we are not all kinder than we are. How easily it is done! How instantaneously it acta! How infallibly it iu renumbered!? Drummoiid. ISHOES! SHOES!! W A WORD TO OUR LEXINGTON FRTENDS ON p| | Fall and Winter Shoes. | We have received the largest and best assorted stock of Boots and Shoes * ever shown in Columbia. ISf We are prepared to save yon money on every pair you buy. Guaranteed. p SOLID LEATHER SHOES. m IE. P. & F. A. DAVIS, I P OLIVER'S OLD STAND, ig 4? lno MAI3V STREET COLUMBIA., S. C. <$ ^ f ATLANTA GRANITE jlf Marietta Marble Works. We have the beet equipped plant in the South, with up to date pneumatic tools and polishing machines which puts us ^ Ma *n a P08^0n hinds of 1 Marble and Granite Work at the very lowest prices. Estimates made on all kinds of ^e__i i iinjJSL1"' Cemetery Work, and Building Material. Wholesale and retail. Call on or address, S. 6. MOZLEY & CO., F. W. BABNES, Proprietors, Atlanta, Ga. General Agent, Rilge Springs, S. C. May 8?ly. WM. PLATT, DEALER IN 4 Dry Ms, Millinery and Notions, NEARLY OPPOSITE POSTJOFFICE, COLTTIvZEI-^, - - . S. OMAtN STREET. We have received and have placed on our shelves one of the most beautiful as well as the most complete line of FALL AND WINTER GOODS ever shown in the city. These are all standard goods from the most reliable manufacturers and ere recommended for their stylish and nobby appearance and the beauty of nattAm. A fnll line of outing and dress aroods of all descriptions, as well as ' **" " -J o W Jovely cieations in lashionable lall and winter millinery. Come and see these goods before purchasing. I will maka it to your interest to do so. October, U.?3m. / TAX NOTICE I WILL ATTEND THE FOLLOWING iCAUSE. fSMjfJ mentioned places for the purpose of re- /#j?/J7 ceiving taxes for the fiscal year 1002: f2 The balance of the time at Lexington ^TJ fr' C. H. until December 31st, 1902, after " -T which time the penalty will be added acThe hours for closing the tax book will be at 11 o'clock- for the morning and 4 o'clock for the afternoon appointment. TAX LEVY. | l4?* For State Purposes 5 Mills ||jf| *V1 For Ordinary Conntv Purposes.. 3* Mills If M For Special County Purposes ... $ Mill EM j ITU 11 lUIlctllV For Constitutional School Tax.. 3" Mills w-* Tota, ,7 Mills Fee?n^ 4-Special Scnool Levy, District IS 3 Mills ' Special fcchool Levy, District 37 2 Mills Poll Tax SI.00. wear clothes ?5" Paities owning property in more than madetoyour one Towosbip will so state to the Treas- . ~ urer, and when writing for information CxaCt me2Sconcerning taxes always give name in full. 3 ure by frank w. shealy, 9 I sep,effibeJr2~Leim8,ODCoanty' I STRAUSS BROS mm I ^ 3 ?00<* TblIIots for 1 a j The State of South Comlina, I CHICAGO jOM I J 1 OOfTNTY OF LEXINGTON. | f' ^ _ _ You feel HHSfe-J By George Sr\ Dra:U Esq., Probate Judge. jvjst r-ght Jn> ("tttIIEREAS, W. D. HILL MADE them. Near VV suit to me, to g-ant her L tters of I . AhH Administration of the Estate of and effects P - VH of H. C Nunamaker: terivs to se- SwJSBm These are, therefore, to cits and admon- j , loct from |||f ill ish all and singular the kindred and credi- c ^ hH tors of tae said H. C Nunamaker, d?- JUtlSiactlon nff HB v ceased, toat they be and appear, betore guaranteed. Kg tlpgW me, in the Cour; ot Proba e, to be h?ld at q__ f*i Lexington, C. H., S. C., on the2Jth day ol * comNovember, 1902, alter publication hereof at plot? Hn? e.t _ 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to shew cause, the store of EFFECT if any they have, why the iaid Administrati n should not be granted. W I:3 R, O O F1 9 . rGiv>n under my hand, this Gth day of November, Anno Domini 1902. LEXINGTON, S- C. GEORGE S, DRAFTS, [L S.] Probate Judge, Lexington Connty. ( I Published on the 12th day of November, 190*2, in the Lexington Dispatch. '2w-3. ~ u. i nrrn ANDREW CRAWFORD WANTED ATHIUIE* AT LAW, WW FtIS W I HE Bo# for paying post- COLUMBIA, - S. C. n. .ns. If you are Hii>*s ted^^'rir? u> lor -p^ACTICES IN THE STATE AND our irnnubimn; iuu5>n??i'-? vuuHVfc, r- _ . : 1HE LANIER SOUTHERN BUSINESS COLLEGE. sional services to the citizens ot Lexington MACON. OA. County. November in. my?ly. October 18?ly. HPvpcyio cci "MotlPP JAMES HARMAN, llcopaoo iiuuivc. suhgsoit, A LL PERSONS ARE HEREBY FOR- f H xTL bidden to trespass upon the lands ot (Office in rear oi the Court House.) the undersigned by hunting, or in any TXFORMS THE PUBLIC THAT he manner whatever. The law will be enlorced JL will be in his office every Friday for the agaibst all violators. purpose ot doing dental work in all its C. R. RISH. branches. November 17, 19C2. Iwo. March 19, 1902. ly.