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???0??? I Bowser } To It * {Copyright, 1S03, by C. B. Lewis.] J THE Bowsers had dined well and spent a pleasant hour afterward, and Mr. Bowser had about finished his' cigar and his newspaper when he looked up and said: i "Under the regime of forty years ago these men who are squeezing the public with high prices for everything wonld be hauled up pretty smartly." He pronounced the word as if spelled "reg-i-mee," and, without thinking what it might lead to, Mrs. Bowser ir juired: "Under the what, did you say?" "Under the regime. Wasn't my prosmnciation clear?" "You don't get the word exactly right It is pronounced 'razhecin.'" "What! Why, woman, you are way off! I have been familiar with the word for thirty years, and I think I know how it should be pronounced. It v- _ A TEAMP STOOD THERE AND HUJIBLt ASKED POli A DIME. is reg-i-mee, of course. You have got it mixed up with some of those French words you come across in novels." "But 1 haven't my dear. It is 4raxheem.' and every well learned person will say so. I haven't read a novel in a year, and I don't pretend to understand French or try to get off any French words." "Ami do you mean to tell me to my face that I am a numskull and an ass?' exclaimed Mr. Bowser as he set his jaw and grew red as fire. "No. dear: I simply say that you Krv vttAiul Vi/v rvwArt ny. wu t *tr nwr vrum tut: juuuuuNation. It is nothing to dispute over, however, and we will drop it. Do you think it will be colder tomorrow?" "Colder or hotter be hanged! You have the same as willed me a fool, and I propose to have the matter settled. If it has come to the point where a husband must go to school to his wife, I want to know it. You have said that ? - - ... "DON'T YOU MONKEY \ the word "was not pronounced reg-i- < mec. Now prove it." 1 "Won't you Jet it go. dear?" she 1 pleaded, now realizing that she had been anything but diplomatic. j i "Never?never in this world. If I am ! an idiot. 1 want to know it right here < and now. Produce your authority or admit that it was simply a specimen < of your audacious cheek." j J Mrs. Bowser waited a minute and: I then took a dictionary from the re- j ' volving bookcase and hunted out the word and laid the book before him. Under the eaption of "He" lie read: "Regime (ra-zheem, n. Fr. regime, Pr. regisme, regesme. regcifie, Sp. regimen. See infra). Mode or style of rule or management: character of government: administration." "Well?" she asked as he looked up. "Well, what does this prove?" lie demanded as he heaved the book upon j the lounge and gave the cat a great care. "Haven't I told you a hundred j -<;tv.?M2 fwr-v ihnt t wis not to bo bound I down by a dictionary? Won id ! spoil j frog with two g's because some idiot of a man put it so in a dictionary?' ."Then how can wo settle it?" *'By what the public says. I can bring :t thousand i>eoj?lc hero to say that the word is pronounced reg-i-inee. Is one rcan to bo set np against a thousand? To come right down to it, t I Sticks | 4$ He Insists "Regime" ^ Is Not Pronounced ? "Razheem" ? <?> haven't I pot just as good a right to my way as this infernal old mossback of a Webster has to his? I'll bet dollars to cents that even the tramps on the streets call it reg-i-mee. I've a good mind to go out and''? But he didn't have to. The bell rang, and as he passed down the hall and opened the door a tramp stood there and humbly asked for a dime to pay for lodgings. "<V?mo rip-ht in 1?prn" mnliod Mr. Bowser as he seized him by the arm. "Now, then, do you know beans from pumpkins?" "I think I do," was the reply. "Then toll me how you pronounce the word r-e-g-i-m-e." "I?I don't think I'd call it 'bee,'" replied the man after some thought. "Of course not." "And it can't be buttermilk." "Have you got sawdust in your head?" "I wouldn't say it was cold chicken or mince pie, but it may be"? "May be what?" asked Mr. Bowser as the other hesitated. "Durned if I don't believe it's a highball, and I want to thank you for it in advance. If all men were as generous as you are, us fellers"? He got no further?that is, he got a good deal further. He got outdoors, and the door struck his heels as he Jvent. Mrs. Bowser was trying hard to keep a placid face as Mr. Bowser returned to the sitting room, and not ing the fact he pointed a finger at her and sternly said: "This performance is not half over with yet. I will not sleep until I have proved my case." "I am willing to let it go as you say," she replied. "What do we care whether it is reg-i-mee or ra-zheem?" "I care because I have been called an ass and an idiot, and I don't propose to stand it. I will go out on the street and put the case to the public. Yon needn't protest, for it will do no good." He went. His experience with the tramp warned him against that class, but meeting an intelligent ljooking man with a bundle under his arm he stopped him and said: "A word with you, if you please." "Same old story, I suppose," sneered the man in reply, "and 1 haven't time to listen to it." "Sir. I am no tramp!" said Mr. Bowser with great dignity. "No? Then what is It?" "How do you pronounce the word spelled r-e-g-i-m-e?" "Hump! Don't you monkey with me, old man! I wasn't born yesterday." The man passed on, and it took Mr. Bowser ten minutes to get over his anger and accost a second pedestrian. He was told to forget it. The third asked him when he got out of the lunatic asylum, and the fourth picked up a club from the street and whistled for the police. Mrs. Bowser and the cat had been looking out of the front win HTH ME, OLD MAN!*' low for a quarter of an hour when a boy appeared with a note for her. It was from Mr. Bowser. It read: "I say it's reg-i-mee, and I'll be banged if I don't prove it or die in the attempt. You can go to bed or sit up or liang yourself." Ten o'clock came. 11, 12, 1. Then the pat fell asleep, and Mrs. Bowser heaved a sigh and gave it up and went to bed. She knew Mr. Bowser. She knew he would find that reg-i-mee or break both his legs and lose the rest of his hair trying. M. QUAD. Season WJ?y. Bertie?You don't call on Miss Lovelets any more. Have you got over your love for her? Algie?No: her father has got over his gout.?Cleveland Plain Dealer* Fishiutc. Gladys Toonp was fond of fishing. So she fished from morn till night; But. to tell th<* truth about It, j Gladys never had a bite. Hat awry and cheeks like rwses, i | lihnpty basket on h?T arm, i Told the giggling lads and lassies No wee fishes tame to harm. < "Where's your fish?" fhey eriM in chorus, | "Lovely day!" and "Stream so still!" Gladys blushed' "I caught but one fish. And he's climbing up the hJli." ?Florcncia A. Lewis in New York Herald. GNE STEP MORE Will be fatal to the sleep-walker. Will he draw back or will he take the final, fatal step? A great many people are in penl like the sleep-walker. They arc diseased. The disease is progressing day by day. The lime comes when one more step away from health is fatal. The man who has suffered from indig&m gestion or gastric trouble ? goes some night to a dinner and returns home to find he has taken that nil last step from health M'/M il j which can never be takIMJjl jij1 en back, pfjyfs Ji/A To neglect the cure X?j III of indigestion or some /' //mS^1 other form of stomach ill III in trouble is dangerous. It i 11; ifl l[ is also inexcusable. Dr. Jijl I 'I J Pierce's Golden Medical j7[If I . Discovery cures diseases 71 I 1 i of the stomach and other Tlj \ , \ organs of digestion and \UI 1 I; !l? rmtriHnn It ourifies iii 11 ^ j the blood, stimulates the fcr-nsHTfui. cures biliousness, ";*^-^and eliminates bilious I poison% from the sys tern. <-Thc praise I would like fflWHBF to ~*ve y?ur ' Golden Medical - Discovery' I cannot utter in - !-? ? words or describe with pen,r writes Jas B. Ambrose. Esq., pgr I2?5 Y Mifflin St., Hunt1 insrdon. Pa. ?I was taken with what our physicians said was indigestion. I doctored with the best around here and found no relief. I wrote you, and you advised mc to use Dr. Pierce > Golden Medical Discovery. I took three bottles and I felt so good that I stopped?being cured. I have no i/rnptoms of gastric trouble or indigestion now." If you ask your dealer for "Golden Medical Discovery" because you have confidence in its cures, do not allow yourself to be switched off to a medicine claimed to be "just as good," but which you did not ask for and of which you know nothing. You can get the People's Common Sense Medical Adviser, 100S pages, paper covers, free by sending 21 one-cent stamps, to pay expense of mailing only. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. Scandinavian Carving?. From earliest times carving has received great attention in Scandinavia. One sees evidence of this in many Swedish churches, both in wood and stone, dating back many centuries. In Stockholm are many to be found, now safely cared for in a well known museum. some oi xnese uuriutrm Luuauca, uuwbly those of Borgund and Hitterdal. are quite covered with such quaint ornamentation. Beyond such public expression of painstaking labor one may see in almost any comfortably furnished house wooden forks, spoons, salt boxes and platters, but still more attracting attention are huge wooden tankards, and these will often bear close study both in design and in execution. Red Flannel Currency. A Scotch missionary to a group of small islands in the south Pacific a great many years ago found bits of red flannel circulating as money. This currency came to them in a curious manner. The body of a shipwrecked sailor had drifted ashore, and to the untutored savages, who had never before seen clothing of any kind, his red flannel shirt was an object of wonder and admiration. By common consent they cut the garment into small pieces, which thenceforth became the currency of the island. Vf MM???M We would like to ask, through the columns of your paper, if there is any person who bag used Green's August Flower for the cure of Indigestion, Dyspepsia and Liver Trouble that hse not been cured?and we also mean their results, such as sour 6tomach, fermentation of food, habitual costivenesp, nervous dyspepsia, headaches, despondent feelings, sleeplessness?in fact, any trouble connected with the stomach or livex? This medieiD? has beeD sold for many years in all civilized countries, aDd we wish to correspond with you and 8fndyou one of our books free of e< st. If you never tried Aupusi Flower, try a 25 cent bottle first We have never known of its failing If so, something more serious is the matter with you. The 25 cent size has just been introduced this year. Regular size 75 cents. At all druggists. G. G GreeD. Woodbury, N. J. Small Btt? of Gold. Gold is so very tenacious that a piece of it drawn into wire one-twentieth of an inch in diameter will sustain a weight of 500 pounds without breaking. Its malleability is so great that a single grain may be divided into 2.000.000 parts and a cubic inch into 9.523.800.529 parts, each of which may be distinctly seen by the naked eye. The Fun of It. A young man writes to me: "Is it proper to kiss u young lady to whom you are engaged if she says you mustn't?" "No. sii-. It is decidedly improper. That's half the fun of it."?Brooklyn Eagle. Quite Oppoilte*. Student?What is pessimism? Philosopher?The faith of cowards. "Then what is optimism?" "The faith of fools." ? New York Weekly. Greenville, Tenn. I have thoroughly convinced myself that Dr. Baker's Blood aDd Liver Cure is the finest medicine made for Indigestion and Conetipa* tioul (I have tried them all) arid was cured by the use of this medicine, after all others had failed. I most cheerfully and .unhesitatingly BDdorse it. Your* truly, H. N. Baker, Mayor. For ealo at the Bazaar. Camp Steadman, No. 668, XT. C. V., Lezington, S. C. Camp Sctadmau, No. 6(58, (J. C V, will bold a special meeting on Wednesday, April 29ih, 1903, hi which time delegates will be elected to botb tbe State and General Ruuions to be held at Columbia and New Orleans respectively. It desirous that we bave a full attendance and that members come pre pared to pay dues for tbe year end ing April 1st, lUU-i. This is import ant Comrades, as this matter should have been attended to ere tnis. By command of M. D Herman, Commandant. Geo. W. Reeder, Adj itant. April 7ib, 1903. Teddy's Ambition. SpriDgfield, Maob , April 16.?The R-publican sajs today Roosevelt is ambitious to succeed President Elliott, of Harvard, in 1909, after he finishes his second term at the White House, which he expects the American people to secure for him. The suggestion has aroused a lively interest among Harvard men in the east. Roosevelt at the head of the I institution would mean a great advertisement and boom for athletics. He is not a profound scholar, but his * - t!. - - 1 1 * tame a8 a literary man wouia eniorce tbe scholastic side of the university. A Thoughtful Man. M. M Austin of Winchester, Ind knew what to do in the hour of need | His wife had such an unusual case of stomach and liver trouble, physicians could not help her. He | thought of and tried Dr. King's New Life Pills and she got relief at once and was finally cuied. Only 25c. a> The KaufmanD Drug Co. ilifi Your reading this article. Because it is an unbiased review of Facts concerning the business of a Company with whicl Toil shonld be doing business, oricrina b written and published by the "Mercantile and Financial Times," without request or payment 2fOio lie: rinted by Request. . AN ANSWER TO INQUIRIES. Numerous inquiries have recently beer received at the New York and Philadelphia < ffices of the "Mercantile and Financim Times" asking lor information as to the methods and business of the Storey Cuttoi Company, whose general offices are located in the Bourse Building, Philadelphia, a> well as to the desirability and value of an investment made with this company Ol several occasions in the past there appeareo in these columns extonded and favorable references to this company from the pen ol our Philadelphia correspondent, and we bave caielully watched the progress ana operations ol the company in order to de ' ermine whether his commendation was justified by subsequent develpments Justice to a vorthy corporation requires ihat we should extend the editorial endorsement ot tnis paper to this company at the present time, and to say that ii has mart han fulfilled everv claim originally advene ed in its behalf. It is only simply truth and justice to say that the management ot the company is today entitled to the highest praise and commendation lor the conscien lions and straightforward manner in which hey have carried ont all of their obligations to those who have become identifiea with the enteip ite as investors, and we bre fully warranted in making the assertion that no financial or investment institution in the country can snow a cleaner, mor* satisfactory or honorable record i its liber al tieatmcnt of investors and the public at large than the Storey Cotton Coa pany. We are much gratified, of course, that the later development of the company's business and its lair and equitable methods have jastified the early predictions of our Phi>aaelphia correspondent, and it i. equally a pleasure to add that the compiny are today stronger and bttter able to carry out their obligations than at any time in the past We have the utmost confidence in the judgment and discretion of our Philadelphia correspondent, who has been the regular representative of this psper in that citv lor more that a quarter of a century past; and as he has been thoroughlv conversant with the busiueds of the Storey Cotton Company lrom its incepton, a* well as its plans and methods, its financial stability and tha hign character of its management, his unqualified endorsement of the same naturally carries great weight. Tbe record of the Storey Cotton Company is one that can be assailed in 110 particular whatever; its.treatment of its clients has always been eminently fair and just, and it has never made a promise that has not been fulfilled to the letter. We can only emphasize the fact that an investment m^dowith this company possesses every essential element of security and remuneration, And we'are confident that those who make such an investments will place their money in euterpri.-e whore every possible safeguard :s thrown around the principal and where large earnings arc assured be jond any reasonable doubt The fullest particular# sent Free to readers ol this paper on application. TIIK (IKCORPOIiATED) 11 Broadway, New York, N. Y. The Boorae, Philadelphia, Pa. Exchange BJdgs, Liverpool, Eng. DO YOU GET UP WITH A LAME BACK ? ! Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable. ' Almost everybody who reads the news- | papers is sure to know of the wonderful I j- cures made by Dr. | '?K Kilmer's Swamp-Root, Ji 11 ?reat kidney? kvcr U j \h and bladder remedy. ~ U Ir^Kl L*P I* is the great medi** (ml l cal tr''umph of the nine\ y*I \ [ | teenth century; dis, \g^|V/ _ | I covered after years of ,{< * ~*~f > < scientific research by 3 r ( ^*^3 Dr- Kilmer? the erni|j _ " nent Sidney and blaa* Qgr specialist, and is wonderfully successful in promptly curing lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid troubles and Bright's Disease, which is the worst form of kidney trouble. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is not recommended for everything but if you have kidney, liver or bladder trouble it will be found just the remedy you need. It has been tested in so many ways, in hospital work, in private practice, among the helpless too poor to purchase relief and has proved so successful in every case that a special arrangement h3s been made by which all readers of this paper who have not already tried it, may have a sample bottle sent free by mail, also a book telling more about Swamp-Root and how to find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. When writing mention reading this generous offer in this paper and send your address to Dr. Kilmer Co-.Bingregular fifty cent and Home of Swamp-Root, dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists. iiii a | npm two hundred VMm A SfiJI I L> B B young men and TO ?a?H S a_ IJ ladiWo qualify IV B W 8 haw for paying positions. If you are Interested, write us for our handsome illustrated catalog, IDE LAHIER SOUTHERN BUSINESS COLLEGE, MACON, GA. November 19, 1902?ly. DENTAL NOTICE. DR. L. L. TOOLE, of North. 8. C. will , be at Swan-ea, S C.. on the second Wednesday ot each month, aad at Gaston, S. C.. on Thursday lollowmg. Oct 29-6m Parlor Restaurant 1336 MAIN STREET. : COLUMBIA, - S. C., The only upto-date eating ! House oi its kind in the City of Co- , lumbia. It ia well kept?clean linen, , prompt and polite service and getitqnickly. yuiet ana order always prevail, ion get what yon order and pay onl> for what jon set. Within easy reach of desirable sleeping apartments. OPEN ALL NIGHT. B. DAVID, Proprietor. foleyshonet^TAR ! for children; cafe? euro* So opiatmc - THE ENTIRE OF 1638-1640 MAI Columbia, c? This stock is no 4-T*/\ il 4- v?r LU tILv7 JL Ctdii \jJLC reduced c? This sale will not last very long as it ii convert same into cash in the n o? Yon Know the Lin Dry Goods, CLOTHING, SHOI AND REPRESENTS ONE OF STAT Come Early Your a ?ery truly, WM, F. F BEESWAX WANTED IK LAEGL Oil SMaLL QUANTITIES TT7E WILL PAY THE HIGHEST MAKVy feet price lor clean an*J pare Heesvax. Price governed by color and condi'rip. TIIE BAZAAR. LEXINGTON, S.C M PUT TREES i S$?>That Gmv acd Bear Frail ! 1 ^3..^ Write for our ?0 page 11W&ftss lustrated Catalogue and p;i^e pamphlet, "How to Plant and Cultivate an Orichard," Gives you that in[formation you have so long wanted: tells you all about iiKv5. la* those biff red ddIos, lucious reaches, And Jap m pinms .with thei r oriental sweetness, A all of which you have often . ^wondered where the trees ijOV^'came from that produced yf/iii ?!/?m.EVERYTHING GOOD IS FRUITS. , $ r;t*V iUnnsftl fine stock of RILVEB rjt> r>f( .MAPLES,young, thrifty trees ''smooth andstrai ht, the kind ^r#/jr^that live and gr >w off well. ?'d, rough trees. This is the most rapid .growing maItttLJxkde^Dle *nd one of the most beau- r tifnl shade trees. Write for price? and give list of wants. |g||||! J. Van Lindley Nursery Co., PARKER'S g?gS| HAIR BALSAM K??jjS3 Cleans.* and bcfaatitiea the haJc. Promotes a luxuriant growth. S JB Never Palls to Bestow Gray = 98? Hair to Its Youthful Color. Cnio lii $ 1IMMH, imiIK5 l! HI. Wilt T**nntiej> .<*i nit. WW WV ?. ? t?VVV'/V W VVVV WW* KAUFMANN BUILDING, LEXINGTON, 8 C On tbe 8th day of October, we formed a co-partnership for the practice of law. We will be pleased to receive those having legal basin* s to be attended to at oar otice in the Kaatmann building at any time. Besoecttuily. J. WM THUBMOND, G BELL TIMilEBMAN. October 22. 1002.?ly. Hilton's Life for the Liver and Kidneys tones up the stomach. & USS SBrn BIG STOCK XT ftTTCTTITCT. - - - s. c. / W being offered ide at greatly prices. < b the wishes of all concerned to ext thirty days if possible. ies Handled are Notions, :s AND HATS. r THE LARGEST IN THE E. and Often. , URTICK,