NATIONAL PHANTOMS
GHOSTS THAT HAUNT THE UNITED
STATES CAPITOL
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A Stary of Specters That Stalk at
.. Sight When the Halls of Legislate
tlon Arc Gloomy nnd Deserted, as
i Told by One of the Old Guards.
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Like most repositories of good stories,
the ancient man who has spent decades
as a guard in the capitol in Washington
did not yield up the fullness of
his narratory riches without a struggle.
"It's unpleasant to be made a mock
of by the skeptical." he protested. "Do
you beiieve in ghosts, young man?"
"If answering in the affirmative begets
an interesting tale, I do," returned
the writer. v'
"Well, starting on the premise that
you do believe to some extent in the
supernatural, 1 win aarnit you to my
confidence," resumed the old guard,
and here goes for the authentic yarn
of the spooks that haunt the nation's
capitol:
"In the long, monotonous watches of
the night innumerable are the spooks,
hobgoblins and the eerie, vapory
things which glide from the shadowy
nooks and crannies of the intangible
nowhere to people the capitol's vast
stretches of darkness. Of course you
know of the extraordinary acoustic
freaks which obtain in many parts of
the great building?how a whisper, a
breathed word at one particular point
is audible at another scores of feet distant?
Yes. Now, at night these acoustic
spirits simply go mad. Where they
by day were pygmies they expand into
giants, and a whistle, a sudden sound,
a footfall, resolves itself into a pandemonium.
"Weird, terrifying noises beat upon
the eardrums of the watchmen as they
pursue their lonely patrols through the
seeming miles of corridors, and then
? ?rv#w,l?e, +)ia c1ia<lae r\t tho nntinn'o
ULI^T OJAA/aO, UA^ OUUUWO V* I.*JV UMVWM ^
great, the astral bodies of those that
toiled in obscurity for the nation's good,
dodge the watchmen's step, some
grand and awful in their speechless
dignity, some creeping humbly about
in apologetic silence, some laughing,
some sobbiug, but all of them horrible
?horrible."
. The old man paused to muse.
"Do you know." he said, breaking
into his own reverie explosively, "Feb.
23 is a date dreaded by many of the
eapitol night guards? It was on this
day, in 1S48, that John Quincy Adams
died in the chamber of the house of
representatives, now Statuary hall,
where the exact spot is marked by a
brass tablet. Promptly at midnight
on every anniversary of his death the
shade of John Quincy Adams appears
in a sort of phosphorescent glow over
this brass tablet. Oh. dozens of guards
have seen it from time to time as well
as 1. and 1 can refer you to many of
chem for affirmation of my assertions.
"Once over the spot the shade begins
to gesticulate, after the manner or a
member addressing the bouse. Then,
all of a sudden, the fine face becomes
distorted and agonized, tbe gracefully
"waving arms f?ll convulsively, and
down sinks the rbade with all the
movements of an expiring man. Then
the phosphorescent glow fades away,
and the ethereal effigy dissolves.
"But, although lost sight of, its presence
is still made known by the 'clump,
flop.. clump, flop,' of invisible footfalls
departing down one of the long
vacant corridors.
"Stranger than this is the ghost of
the entire congress of 1848. which appears
in vigorous if spooky session every
once in awhile in Statuary hall, the
old ball of representatives, as I have
previously remarked, inaudible, but
spirited, are the debates; energetic to
the bursting point of vehemence are
the silent political dissensions. Provoked
by a doubting Thomas, a member
of the capitol night watch several
years ago made affidavit that he had
seen this ghostly congress in session.
Yes. he was a sober man and true.
"The shade of General John A. Lo
gan is a frequent visitor at the eapitol.
Almost every alternate night at half
past 12 o'clock this ghost materializes
at the door of the room occupied by
the senate committee on military and
militia. Silently the door swings open,
and out steps the looming and luminous
presence, to stalk in stately dignity
away into the swallowing gloom.
This is a favorite phantom with the
guards. Its conduct is exemplary.
"Then there is the shade of Vice
President Wilson, who died in his room
in the senate end of the eapitol, you
will recall. Its peregrinations are few
and desultory. When it does come,
there is always aD expression of concern
and self absorption in the ghostly
face. The movements of the vapory
body are restless and hurried.
"All of the older members of the
night watch are well acquainted with
Vice President Wilson's apparition and
never fail to salute it. although, truth
to tell, the shade remains haughtily indifferent
to their deference. This spook
rarely fails to put in an appearance
when the body of a dead legislator or
statesman of national renown is lying
in state in the eapitol.
"Deep in the subceuar vaults spooks
of lesser magnitude revel in hordes.
Immediately beneath the hall of representatives
every night is to be found
a tall, erect, gaunt specter, whose identity
has remained a mystery for years
in spite of unceasing efforts on the
part of the night watch to uncover
the secret of its origin and antecedents.
Its hands are clasped behind
its transparent back in a convulsive
clutch, and the face evinces a condition
of emotions prodigiously wrought
upon. Many attempts have been made
by guards with rubber soles on tbeir
shoes to catch this wraith unawares,
but failure is the invariable result.
Presto! It has blown into thin air before
the sleuthing watchman is within
forty feet ?f if?New York Herald.
?
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? mmSLo ?MU% becomes dulled
by constant use and must have a new
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vork dulls a man as it does an ax, make9
h .m sluggish of body and dull of mind.
He needs a tonic, ?^restore
the keenness f j
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the use of "Golden gjgMB^l
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Indigestion, obstinate
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trouble. I am at this time able to do almost any
kind of house work. Your medicine saved me
from my grave. Thanks to you for the benefit.
My case was hopeless when I began taking your
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Don't be fooled into trading a substance
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as v iust as cood" as " Golden
Medical Discovery," is a shadow of that
medicine. There are cures behind every
claim, made for the "Discovery," which
no "just as good" medipine " can show.
Biliousness is cured by the use of Dr.
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
ALLIGATORS AS BOATMATES
Experience With One That Had Been
Apparently Killed.
Alligators move rapidly under water,
are hard to see, harder to hit, and the
harpoon will penetrate only the least
accessible portions of the body. Nor
does the title to the hide necessarily
pass with making fast the weapon.
One afternoon in the Cheesehowitzkee
river I harpooned a large alligator
which towed me up and down the
stream for an hour or two and then
sulked in its deepest part. I pulled on
the line until the boat was directly
over him and stirred him up with the
harpoon pole. He rolled himself up on
the line in the manner peculiar to
sharks and alligators and banged the
boat suggestively. We rowed to the
bank and, making fast to some bushes,
hauled cn the line until we succeeded
in worrying him nearly to the boat
when he rose to the surface and attacked
us with open mouth. We re- (
pelled the attack' with harpoon pole <
and rifle. The former was promptly
bitten in three pieces, but the latter apparently
finished him. It was so nearly
dark that we decided to carry him in 1
the -skiff a mile down the river to where
our sloop was anchored. We broke the
seats out of the boat and together managed
to lift the head of the alligator
aboard and tie it. We then tied the ^
other end, when the reptile came to
life and landed a blow with his tail J
which lifted me out of the skiff into '
the saw grass, with the breath knocked '
out of my body and my hand and face ]
badly cut by the grass.
Boat and boatmen were capsized. As
my rifle had fortunately been left upon
the bank. I was able to kill tho alligator
again. We secured him by floating
the boat under him and then bailing it
out. The alligator completely filled the
boat, so that my companion and I sat
upon his back as we paddled down the ]
river with gunwales unpleasantly near
the water.
It was growing dark, and the water
around us was becoming alive with
Dllinwitnts: Wliiln n-o vofl cr
uitigd IV! .J. ? ? U14V H V " VI V i VUVV'.iU^
upon our overloaded condition our alligator
came to life again and shifted
ballast until water poured over the
gunwale. We quickly balanced the
boat, only to see it again disturbed and
to ship more water. A scramble for the
shore followed, which we reached with- j
out capsizing and where we left our i
victim for the night after again killing
him. In the morning our buzzard i
friend from the Homosassa river, surrounded
by his family, was sitting
abo\ e him in the tree waiting for us to
attend to our carving duties.?Country
Life In America.
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Dyspepsia and Liver Trouble that
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There is Dot a negro in either s
branch of the present general assem- \
bly. This is the first time that this i
has been the case since the negro en- (
tered political affairs in this State. 1
THE LONDON TAPSTER.
Hard Lnck Stories That Take the
Place of Open Ue;r?;iii8rThe
plain and open tapster who accosts
3'ou in the street purely to beg
may generally be known by an amazing
overpoliteness in opening the conversation.
He is the only person I
know who begs pardon for taking the
liberty of speaking to you, and by this
sign you shall know him. They all begin
by begging pardon for taking this
not so very rare liberty, but only the
duffers go on straightway to tap. The
proficient tapsters approach the tap
sideways, so to speak. Something like
this, with a quick touch of the hat
brim:
"Beg pardon, sir. I'm sure I 'umbly
beg your pardon for takin' the great
liberty of speakin' to you in a public
thoroughfare like this, which I am
quite aware it is a great liberty, sir.
though trustin' you will kindly pardon
the great liberty of a pore, 'ardworkin'
man, sir, in takin' the great liberty of
askin' if this street is the 'Aymarket,
sir?" (Or the way to the Strand or the
day of the month, or something.)
Yuii answer the question, but you
don't stop the stream of apologetics.
"Thank you, kindly, sir," pursues the
tapster, pouring out the words, "thank
you kindly, sir, if you'll so far pardon
the liberty of a pore, 'ardworkin' man,
sir, in askin' the question, which unfortunately
I was forced to take the
great liberty, sir, through bein' out o'
work eighteen months an' nothink to
eat since last Toosday fortnight, sir.
upon my word of honor, which nothink
but the cries for bread of fourteen
young children in arms would prevail
on me, sir?so igstreme kind as you've
bin to me, sir, which I shall never for- *
get?to take the very great liberty, sir,
in a public thoroughfare, of askin'
which is the nearest work'ouse?"
If once more you give him information
instead of coppers, you only provoke
another speech of the same sort,
for he can go on like that for a deal
longer than you want to listen. It is
only in the extreme that he will directly
ask for money, though I fancy that
it is merely caution that marks his
guarded way, as they say in the lyric,
for if accused of begging by some
watchful policeman he can always
plead that he was only asking a harmless
question. And the questions are
enuiess in vanoiy. 1 give uij>r suicjjjjj
word that I was once buttonholed by
one of these seedy tapsters with the
apologetic request that I would tell
him the number of stars on the national
flag of the United States! This
is a simple fact.?Leonard Larkin in
the Strand.
A Weak Stomach
Causes a weak body and invite*disease.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
cures and strengthens the stomach,
wards off and overcomes disease
J. B. Taylor, a prominent m-rcbant
>t Ohrit-sman, Tex, says: *T could
not eat because c.f a weak stomach.
[ lost all strength and run down in
weight. All that money could do
was done, but all hope f ieciiVer>
vanished Hearing of some wonder
ful cures effected by use of Kodol, 1
concluded to try it. The first bottle
benefited me, and after taking foui
bottles I am fully rest ored to m>
usual strength, weight and health."
Kaufmann Drug Co.
UNPLANTED CORN.
It Hatt a Habit of Getting Uneasy In
the Spring.
"It beats all," said a Bergen county
fanner, "what curious things we find in
nature that we can't explain. You kin
go over a lot of 'em, and there's yet
one that you can't tell me why it is.
That's corn heatin' up in the spring.
"You take a lot of corn. 1 don't care
if it's whole corn or cracked corn or
cornmeal. You keep it in any kind of
storehouse?the common granary, like
we have on the farms, or the stone or
brick buildin', like mai)3r of the grocers
and feed dealers have it in. When
it comes corn phuitin' time, that corn
of yourn '11 git oneasy. Soon's the
blades start out of the ground, then
you'll have to hustle to save your grain.
"Seems as when the time comes along
fur corn to be planted the corn in the
bags, no matter what shape it's in, begins
to heat up, and when the planted
com begins to grow what you ve got
stored will git so hot it'll fairly smoke.
You've got to take it out of the bags
and spread it out so it'll cool off or
you'll lose it all. In a few days it'll
cool down again, and you won't have
no more trouble with it durin' the summer,
no matter how hot the weather
gits. It's jest when the planted corn
starts; that's all.
"Curious? Of course it's curious or
I wouldn't speak of it. I might understand
how whole corn would act that
way. but when it comes to cracked corn
and cornmeal then it's too much fur
me. And I'll bet you can't tell why it
is, 'cept it's jest nature tryin' to assert
herself."?New York Mail and Express.
Better Than Gold.
"I was troubled for several years
vith chronic indigestion and nervous
lebility," writes F. J. Green, of Lanlaster,
N. H. "No remedy helped
ne until I began using Electric Bit;ers,
which did me more good than
til the medicines I ever used. They
1 I 4 # * 11 A
lave also Kept my wire in excellent,
lealth for years. She pays Electric
Bitters are just splendid for female
roubles; that they are a grand tonic
md invigorator for weak, run down
vomen. No other medicine can take
te place in our family." Try them.
3nly 50c. Satisfaction guaranteed
)y the Kaufmann Drug Co.
MADE TO STAND PULLING.
The Great Tensile Strength of the
Government's Paper Money.
"The way some cashiers pay out
small bills in exchange for large ones
must make other men as tired as it
wearies me," remarked an observing
business man to another Washingtonian
as they watched the cashier of
a fashionable uptown cafe pull at and
strip the ones and twos in exchange for
a ten as though he were pulling a piece
of molasses candy over a hook and
hated to let go.
"It does," acquiesced his friend, who
happened to be a United States treasury
expert. "The way some cashiers
jerk, snap and pull at bills as they pay
them out is utterly absurd. The old
adage about pinching a silver dollar
until the eagle screams pales before
flio wnv the tin to date fiin cashier
jerks the long green he handles.
"In this connection I will give you a
fact that is not generally known, and
that is the weight a new treasury single
note, and four notes in a sheet, will
sustain without breaking. The figures
may be accepted as official and accurate.
"A single treasury note measures 3%
inches wide by 7*4 inches long and
will suspend 41 pounds lengthwise and
91 pounds crosswise. Notes are printed
four to a sheet. A sheet will suspend
108 pounds lengthwise and 177 pounds
crosswise.
"The remarkable strength of a United
States treasury note may thus be
seen at a glance, and I venture to say
that not one person in a million would
have guessed the great tenacity of the
paper which, when properly printed
and stamped, becomes good money."
The cashier had interestedly listened
to the treasury expert's explanation of
the weight sustaining and necessarily
resisting power of wear and tear of
our paper money, and then he said:
"You see, it is this way: Bills stick
together, see, and we cashiers have to
make up any shortage out of our own
pockets, and that's one reason why we
snap and jerk the bills so hard, so we
will not pay out two for one, as might
be done. Again, a two dollar bill is frequently
mistaken for a five, and vice
versa, and by counting out our money
as if it were drops of our lifeblood we
are less liable to pass out one for the
other."?Washington Star.
PICKINGS FROM FICTION.
Ambitious people must always be disappointed
people.?"Fame For a Woman."
The best kind of courage often comes
from a full stomach.?"Captain Macklin."
Love is like honey?it must be taken
by sips. One must not swim in it.?
"The Pharaoh and the Priest."
The man who is weakened in well
doing by the ingratitude of others is
serving God on a salary basis.?"The
Power of Truth."
Nine times out of ten a woman falls
through love, and she must be reached
by love if she is to be restored.?"Down
In Water Street."
Don't call yourself a friend and be
thinking all the time what the other
side of the friendship can do for you.
?"Aunt Abby's Neighbors."
Philosophy is primarily a matter of
food; secondarily, a matter of clothes;
it does not concern the head at all.?
"Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile."
Half the trouble of this troubled
world comes from the fact that, for
one reason or another, women are not
able to look up to the men with whom
they have dealings.?"The Vultures."
A Couple of Inncriptions.
"I was in New York one day and
took a trip down to Coney Island,"
said the agent of a Pittsburg nail
mill. "I had heard of the slick fellows
down there, and so I left my watch at
home and carried a dummy across
which I pasted a slip of paper bearing
the words, 'Look inside for a fool.' I
hadn't got the salt taste of the ocean
yet when the watcli disappeared, and
it was three hours later, as I sat in a
booth drinking beer, when I felt that
watch in a side pocket of my coat. I
pulled it out in amazement, and I
found my slip of paper replaced by
one bearing the words, 'Look outside
for an ass!' It may be that I got the
bulge on the gang, but somehow I
have always thought that they came
out a trifle ahead?just a trifle."
Rarbering; L'ned to Be ait Art.
Time was when harboring was a way
up art. In ancient times barbers were
surgeons, the only persons who could
scientifically "let blood." In London
there is still a barber surgeon class.
They possess a cap given the guild by
Charles II. Around the barber's pole
still twines the snake, the subtlest
beast of the field, a survival of the brazen
serpent lifted up in the wilderness,
the symbol of the healing art.
Not Concerned.
"Why don't you try to hand an honored
name down to ]>osterityV'?
"I don't know," answered Senator
Sorghum. "Maybe 1 don't look far
enough ahead. So long as my signature
is honored .it the bulk I can't see that
my credit with posterity makes much
difference."?Washington Star.
Cynical.
Inquiring Young Man?When a person
says something nice about another,
why is he said to "pay" a compliment?
Crusty Old Man?Itocause he expects
to get something for it.
There Arc Other*.
Old Kmdee?Well, how do you like
your profession?
Young Kindee--Profession is O. K.
It's the practice I'm kicking about.?
Town and Country.
Over-Work Weakens
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.
All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
fThe kidneys are your
blood purifiers, they filter
out the waste or
impurities in the blood.
If they are sick or out
of order, they fail to do
their work.
Pains, aches and rheumatism
come from excess
of uric acid in the
blood, due to neglected
kidney trouble.
trniihl^ mikm rmirlr nr
heart beats, and makes one feel as though
they had heart trouble, because the heart is
over-working in pumping thick, kidneypoisoned
blood through veins and arteries.
It used to be considered that only urinary
troubles were to be traced to the kidneys,
but now modern science proves that nearly
all constitutional diseases have their beginning
in kidney trouble.
If you are sick you can make no mistake
by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild
and the extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy is
soon realized. It stands the highest for its
wonderful cures of the most distressing cases
and is sold on its merits
by all druggists in fiftycent
and one-dollar sizes.
You may have a "ijgSSg
sample bottle by mail nomo of swamp-Root,
free, also pamphlet telling you how to find
out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
Mention this paper when writing Dr. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
The Title of "Mr*."
The title Mrs. was in olden time applied
to unmarried as well as to mar
nea women ana 10 young as wen as
old. Sir Walter Scott spoke of Joanna
(unmarried) as Mrs. Joanna Baillie.
Although it was not perhaps so universal
to address quite young children as
it was those over twenty-one by the
title of Mrs., yet it was frequently
done. The most ludicrous example of
this occurs in the register of burials
for the parish of St. Margaret, Westminster.
The burial of Milton's second
wife and that of his infant daughter,
named after her, who died at the age
of five months, are both recorded in
that register, the name in each case
being entered as "Mrs. Katherin Milton,"
without any mark of distinction
save the letter "C" for "child," after
the second name. Even in the reign of
George II., as we read in "Pope's Letters,"
unmarried ladies used to be
styled Mrs.
Wonderful insect Vitality.
It is a standing puzzle to the entomologists
how frail little insects of the
mosquito and butterfly order can brave
the cold of an arctic winter and yet retain
their vitality. The larva of the
milkweed buttetfly bas been exposed
to an artificial, blast OS degrees below
zero. Taken out of range of this artificial
blizzard and gradually "thawed
out" this same worm was able to creep
in less than half an hour afterward.
Butterflies have been found flitting joyously
about in the highest latitude man
has ever penetrated, and the mosquitoes
of Alaska and Greenland are
known to be the healthiest specimens
of that race of little pests.
Engagement Ring*.
The custom of giving engagement
rings ranks back to long before the
Christian era. With the ancient Egyptians
engagement rings were always
of iron, to indicate the mutual sacrifice
of liberty of the contracting par
ties.
One of the very earliest adornments
of betrothal rings was a loadstone,
which symbolized the attractive force
which drew a maiden from her own
family circle into that of her husband.
It is believed that the fourth linger
has always been the bride's ring finger.
Hard to Part With.
The man at our boarding house has
the remains of a once prosperous
pocket comb, from which the teeth
have long since fled.
"Why." we ask him, "do you carry
that thing around with you?that
worthless old comb?"
And he replies:
"Well, I can't part with it."?Baltimore
News.
A IJasi* For Social SacocMs.
Mr. Blank?I was rather amused to
hear the children gossiping about their
little playmates.
Mrs. Blank?The little dears! If they
only keep on, how they will shine in
polite society when they grow up!?TitBits.
Ideas generate ideas, like a potato,
which cut in pieces reproduces itself in
a multiplied form.
Greenville, Tenn.
I have thoroughly convinced myself
that Dr. Baker's Blood and
Liver Cure is the finest medicine
made for Indigestion and Constipation.
(I have tried them all) aDd
wa9 cured by the use of this medicine,
after all others had failed. I
most cheerfully and unhesitatingly
endorse it. Yours truly,
H. N. Baker, Mayor.
For sale at the Bazaar.
A Borrior.
"What have you in the way of beefsteak
today?*' asked the cheerful customer
who hadn't paid his bill.
" vortlm/l frnnlr hntnhnr "T
VU, LliC" 11UX1U uuiv,u\.i, A
reckon about tlie only thing in the way
is its price."?Baltimore News.
InveBtiRatlng; the Delay.
Sunday School Teacher?And It took
Noah 100 years to build the ark.
Street Arab?What was the matter?
Was there a strike??Fuck.
TAX JtETUKNS.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW
in reference to the re-assessment and
uiatior of property the /uditor, or his
assistant, will be and attend tbo fol owing
named places for the purpose of eceiving
ax returns for the S cal year 1903 and in
?rder to meet the next appointment, the
hour will close at 11:30 in the morning and
at 4 o'clock iu the a tt-rnoon; taxpayers
will, therefore, be prompt i meeting the
appointments so as not to cause delay.
Taxpayers w>ll please come prepared to
give the name of their townsuip and number
of school district wherein tney reside:
Lexmyton C H , from the 10th to the
20th of February.
Section 2 0 of the law in reference to the
assessment of taxes, (Revised Statutes,!
reads as follows:
All proprr.y shall be valued for taxation
at its troe valne in rnoDey, which in ail
cases not specially provided for by law,
shall be held to be as follow*. to wit: For
personal property the usual selling pricefon
iLie usual it-rms o! s.iuilar pruycrcj at admim
trator's or executor's sale, at the place
where the return is made;and tor real property,
the nsnal selling price on the usual
terms of similar property at sales for partition
under or er ot court, at the place
where the return is to be made If there is
no usual selling price, then at what is honestly
believed could be obtained for the
same at a lair sale under the conditions
above mentioned.
it shall be the duty of each owner of
lands, and of any new structures thereon
which shall not have been appraised for
taxation, to list the same tor taxation with
he County Auditor for the Count\ in which
ey mav be situated on or betore the 20th
day ot February next, alter the same a all
oecome sut ject to taxation
action 6 That from and after the passage
of tbis ct, there shall be assessed
upon an lax-iDia pons in tins State a tax of
?ne dollar on each poll, the proceeds of
*hich tax t-hall be applied solely to educalonal
purposes. Every male citizen be*een
the at.es of twenty-one and sixty
ears, except those incapable of earning a
support, Irom being maimed or from other
causes, and except ihose who are made exempt
by law, shall be deemed taxable polls.
All returns lor taxation must be filed with
he Auditor not later than February 20th,
1903. as afier that date the law requires au
idition ol U per cent, to the last year's
' etnrns
Township Boards of Assessors will meet
t some convenient place in their respective
ownship on Tuesday. March 3, 1903.
ouuty Board of Equalization will meet at
be Auditor's office on Tuesday, March
24, 1103, at 10 o'clock a. m.
G. A. DERRICK,
Auditor of Lexington County.
THE PROOF OF THE
P D?I*G IS THE
E4TING.
THE P^OOF OF THE
EDICINE IS THE
TAKING.
HilTOn'S LIFE FOR THE LIVER ANO
KIDNEYS verilj ever> claim made tor
c Test it by a trial of a 25 i. bottle It
uakes last in^nd* wherever once used, and
oecomes the medicine of tbe household.
( is pleasant to take, acts pleasantly and
anses one to feel pleasant
It ia the best and quickest remedy for the
ure of kidney troubles, lame back, dis rdered
liter and any derangement of the
stomach and bowels.
BOTTLES, 25c., 50c. and $1.00.
Wholesale by the' MURRAY DBUG CO.,
Columbia, 8. C.
For Sale at THE BAZAAB.
May 15?ly.
THURMOND III1H,
intun: it lit.
Will Practice "n, all Courts,
TriTTTAfAVV RTTTT 'nTVn
LEXINGTON, S C
Ou the oth cUv 01 October, we formed
a co-partnership for the practice of Jaw.
We will be pleased to receive those having
legal busine-s to be attended to at our office
in the Kaulmann building at any time.
Resnecttollv.
j. Wm thukmond,
g bell tim merman,
October 22. 1902.?ly.
Wheele & Wilson
No. 9
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ONE DAY IN THREE.
Quiet and durable.
THREE DRAWERS.
FIVE DRAWERS,
DROP HEAD
AND
CABINET STYLES.
ORGANS.
A lot of High Grade Organs veiy low for
cash. One Chaple very near cost.
1S00 BALLBEARING
Washing Machines and Bill Baaring Wringers
These are treasures No wet dresses ^
? ? .1 . * V.
auu. ion. Any stsvcu ur ezyiit/ yeai
old child can work it. Will
cleanse the clothes in ten
minutes. Will last
lor years.
t. n.
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December 3, 1002. 3m
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
Digests what you eat.