The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, July 15, 1903, Page 2, Image 2
BOWSER'S
ACTI
I
i He Spends the Evening
j Manner ^and Makes HL
,
[Copyright, UyV. D. Lewis.]
WHEN Mn. Bowser sat clown i
to her sewing the other i 1
afternoon she half expect- j t
od that an express wagon !
would unload a tire escape or a patent I
alley gate at the door before the dinner j
hour. She also regarded it as highly !
probable that a man might come along |
with a new milk cow or a dozen hens
purchased by Mr. Bowser earlier in the j c
dav. $
Nothing out of the usual routine took '
place, however, and she made up her ; 1
inind that he would bring home a hot- ;
tie of spring tonic or a painting bought j 1
- at an auction. She was disappointed 1
in this as well. He quietly entered the I
house, carrying nothing but his um- s
brella and having failed to bang the "*
gate after him in his usual vigorous s
style. >
"Aren't you feeling as well this even- s
ing as usual?" she queried as she met i
It
ir ,s
HE TOOK HIS STAND AT THE SINK AND <
WASHED THE DISHES. t
lilm in the hall and noticed that he f
hung up his hat instead of dropping it
on the floor. s
"Never better/* replied Mr. Bowser,
"and I am ready for dinner."
"I must tell you." she said as she t
followed him to the dining room, "that 1
our cook has gone. She walked off this r
noon, and I haven't got much of a din- d
ner for you." s
"That's all right, and you needn*t a
worry," he good naturedly replied. "1 d
didn't imagine she would stay long,
and we can easily get another." e
Mrs. Bowser had expected the usual
lecture when a girl quit?all her fault; I
want of system; put too much work on I
the help; had no real Interest in their
welfare?and she looked at Mr. Bowser s
* ~ " : IN CONSULTATION WITH '
in astonishment He hadn't another tl
word to say, nor did he utter a single ] f;
complaint about the food. He spoke of j w
the canal treaty and Roosevelt's j
chances of renomination. and when 1 a
dinner was over be quietly observed: ) s<
"As the girl has gone. I will help you
do the work." d
* "But you needn't do that. I can man- v.
age everything while you smoke and r<
read."
He took off his coat and helped to (1
clear the table, and when that had p1
onir>HqlioH bo fnnl* b?? stnnrt fit Ir
UCCU mv vvv?%
the sink and washed the dishes l'or her j
to dry. His action brought tears to her j
eyes, but they were banished again by j
the thought that Mr. Bowser must have ^
lost his mind since breakfast It was ;
years since he had been so quiet Never j
in all his married life had he had a c<
dishcloth in his Land. She had read n
and heard of people's minds becoming 1(
blanks, and as a te^t she softly asked: ^
"Can you remember all that happen- 1
ed to you today?"
"Certainly," he replied with a smile
as he finished the last dish.
"And did you meet with any accident .v
or hear any bad news?" 11
"Nothing at all. dear. Now we are '
done I'll have a smoke."
When he had taken a seat in the
rocking chair in the sitting room the s
family cat leaped upon his knee for the
first time in two years, and to her great ?
surprise he did not at once try to break N
her neck. On the contrary, her spinal !
column was rubbed in a way to bring , E
out purs, and he even extended the <_
rubbing to her tail. 1
STRANGE
ONS
i at Home In a Quiet
r 'Villa. Very Anxious
"Y<vi haven't got a telegram that
aether's-dead. have you?" asked Mrs.
3oww?r as site became nervous over
he situation.
"No. dear. I should be very sorry If
had."
"And is business good?"
"Never better."
"And?and you haven't seen a doctor
vho told you that you had heart dis;ase
and were liable to drop dead at
tny moment?"
"No, nothing of the kind. I think my
leart is all right."
The cat and Mrs. Bowser exchanged
ooks, but they could not make it out.
['he newspaper was full of things to
>e discussed or disputed, but Mr. Bower
wasn't saying a word. His cigar
ras a bad one. but he didn't utter one
* ' *- -A x\. . ?it-? rrk??
sngte inreai agamsi xut* ?vinri.
vas a bole in the heel of one of his
ocks, but he wasn't claiming to be a
nartyr.and on his way to the poorlouse.
The cat thought it over and grew
suspicious and jumped down, and Mrs.
Bowser thought it over and made up
ler mind to try a heroic remedy. The
jas bill had come in that afternoon,
tnd she took it off the mantel and
aid:
"I don't see how this comes. Our
ras bill for this month is 33 cents
nope than last. I think you ought to
nvestigate it."
"Oh. it's probably correct," indifferently
replied Mr. Bowser, looking up.
On a hundred different occasions,
ven when the bill was smaller, he had
raved It aloft and paraded around and
hreatened to sue and be sued clear
o the court of last resort but on this
>ccasion he wouldn't even look at tne
Igures.
There was ono more remedy, and as
oon as she could control her emotions
.Irs. Bowser tried it. The range coal
ras out and some more must be orlered,
and she so stated.
"Coal out eh?" he repeated. "Well,
Icar, you made it last three days overime
and you'd better telephone the
irst thing in the morning." |
"But do you think that last ton was
:8 good as we have been getting?"
"Fully as good."
Neither the gas nor the coal ques- !
ion could start him. and Mrs. Bowser j
ncidentally mentioned that the basenent
bell was out of order, the back j
ioor needed fixing and the boys In the
treet had thrown a stone and cracked j
. pane of glass in one of the upper win- j
lows.
Mr. Bowser made no reply for three j
ninutes. Then he yawned out:
"Well, don't worry over these things,
didn't sleep very well last night and
guess I'll go "to bed."
He bade her good night and went up- ,
tairs. Five minutes later she was at |
- Inili
JLr-T e=
?-n -'?****** 1
THE FAMILY DOCTOR.
;ig telephone in consultation with the
irmly doctor, while the cat stood by
*ith anxious countenance.
Yfhen she had related her fears and
nxieties over the wire, the doctor
lothingly replied:
"Yes. it may all be as you say. but
on't be alarmed about it. It is simply
hat we cail a reaction. He is taking a
from antiques at auction and pigs
ir winter pork, and it won't be three
ays before he will be buying a barrel
f fireproof paint or digging for coal
i the back yard." M. QUAD.
Giants In These Days.
"He has been a giant in the literary
'orld."
"Indeed?"
"Yes; he has seen the time when he
Duld keep five historical novels Tuning
serially at the same time, blind>ldod
and with one hand tied behind
im."?Puck,
A Wonderful Man.
"What is there so remarkable shout
im ?"
"Why, he can put in two weeks fishlg
and when he comes back refrain
bsolutely from telling about the fish
iat got away."?Brooklyn Eagle.
My Lady.
he does not know how to guide the rod
of the whirring automobile
r to sit all day under balmy skies in a
yacht with her hand at the wheel,
or does she care for the clubrooms gay,
nor does she possess a throne,
ut she knows how to guide, to steer an=l
be queen in the paradise of home.
George C. Watson in New York Herald.
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HANDICAPPED.
Jhe man who started to run a race in
chains and fetters ^
would be visibly yfj /*
handicapped. No ? fS W
one would expect m \&f LJ
him to succeed. /1Jin
The man whol #\ ff\
runs the race of- VJ i hj r^SP
life when hi8<N-%7v { [ J
digestive and nu- VT -*J
tritive organs are V| mtfy
diseased is equally
handicapped. In 1' \
the one case his \ \
strength is over- j
weighted, in the \ I
other it is under- 1 I \ I
mined. Success I / I I
demands above h nil
all else a sound ? \ S \
stomach. i- IJ \nl j
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Golden Medical "ZA) (pi
Discovery cures /~ZJ
diseases of the
stomach and other organs of digestion
and nutrition.
$3,000 FORFERIT will be paid by
World's Dispensar y Medical Association,
Proprietors, Buffalo, N. Y., if
they cannot show the original signature
of the individual volunteering the testimonial
below, and also of the writers of
every testimonial among the thousands
which they are constantly publishing,
thus proving their genuineness.
"The praise I would hke to give your ' Golden
Medical Discovery' I cannot utter in words or
describe with pen." writes James B. Ambrose,
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"I was taken with what our physicians here
said was indigestion. i doctored with the best
around here and found no relief. I wrote to
you and yon sent me a question blank to fill out
and I dxi so. and you then advised me to use
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. I took
three bottles and I felt so good that 1 stopped,
being eared. I have no symptoms of gastric
troebhj or indigestion now." t
Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, sent fre* cm receipt of stamps
to cover expense of mailing only.
Twenty-one one-cent stamps for the
book in paper covers, or 51 stamps for
the cloth-bound volume. Address Dr.
R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, Y.
Ea?iev In Itofiftia.
Easter in Russia is the greatest festival
of tbe year. Russian Christmas
preeeots are as nothtug compared to
those given at Easter. Eggs are of
course the principal feature, and not
till one has seen the Easter h-a^nar in
the Gostinoi Door and the shops on the
Nevskv Prospect is it easy to imagine
the beauty and daintiness of Easter
productions. Fortunes in trinkets,
laces and jewels are spent cm the contents
of the eggs.
A very pretty egg is made of pink
veined marble rimmed wKh gold.
Small ivory- eggs filled with silver fosary
beads make a lovely offering for
tbe devout church woman, and for tbe
practical housewife a little rush basket
full of fresh eggs is wonderfully
attractive.
A VcracSooM Skmrter.
The most voracious of all marine
beasts of prey is tbe o-rca or killer
whale. It reaches a length of twentyfire
feet, and its jaws bristle with
teeth from four to six inches long arxl
as sharp as a dirk knife. Its digestive
power is proportioned to the tremendous
efficacy of Kfi jaws. It sewns also
to be an atrocious glutton, as one specimen
examined contained in its stomach
thirteen porpoises-and fourteen seals.
His R?a#on.
"What reason have you for thinking
that the defendant was intoxicated?'
"Well, your booor, when his wife
called me over I found him in the cellar
cutting kindling wood with the
lawn mower."?Cleveland Pkrin Deeter.
The architect cannot Hve by the Injunction
to make no plans for the tatupe?
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Swooring is seldom a convincing argument
except to the man who does
it. _
Catarrh cf the Stomach.
When the stomach is overloaded;
when food is taken into it that fails
| to digeBt, it decays and it flames the
I mucous membrane, exposing the
nerves, and c-.uses the glands t3 ee
erfefc mucin, instead of the natural
justice of digestion. This is cilled
Catarrh of the Stomach. For years
i eurtetea with catarrh or the stomach,
caused by indigestion. Doctors
and medicines failed to benefit me
until I used Kodol Dyspepsia Care.
?J R. Rhea, Coppell, Tex. Sold by
all Druggists.
Anti-GoMetn Rale.
"What are you goin^ to do for the
men who have put you in your present
position?"
"My dear sir." said Senator Sorghum,
"that is not the question. Prosperity i3
attained by observing what people can
do for you. uot what you can do for
other people."?Washington Star.
Proof.
"Oid Swaddieford always pretends to
be as deaf as a post but I believe be
can hear as well as anybody."
"What makte you think so?'
"Nobody ever saw hira walking along
a railroad track in advance of a train."
?Exchange.
A Tired Brother.
"What you gwine to do w'ec you
gits tor glory?"
"Xuthin' 'tall, but dos' crawl in en'
rest"?Atlanta Constitution.
Difficulty is only a word indicating
the degree of strength requisite for accomplishing
a particular object
ITo Pity Shown.
"For years fate was after trie continuously"
writes F. A. GulUdge,
Verbena, Ala. "I hsd a terrible case
of Piles causing 2-A tumors. When
all failed Bucklen's Arnica Salve
cured me. Equally good for Burns
and all aches and pains. Only 2oc
at The Kaufmann Drug Co.
Harmonize Bryan snd Hill.
Indianapolis, lid, July 9?ExMayor
Taggart, who has invited
Bryan to be bis guest at French Lick
Springs, said that he had isaued invitations
to several Democrats to
meet Mr. BryaD. He has received a
leply from Chairman Jones of the
Democratic National committee s?ay- i
j
ing that he will be pie>ei.t
"I have invited several Eastern
and Western D mocruts of prominence,*'
said Mr. Taggart, and expect
to have quite a little party there before
I get through "
Asked if be had invited Judge
Paiker and D B Hill of New Yoik,
to the conference, be said that they
ftould probably be present. He did
cot care to say positively who would
be his guests until replies lo his invitations
have beeD received. Mr.
Taggart has said to friends that he
believes Hill and Bryan would be
found to be in harmony if they could
be gotten together for a talk.
The State Farms.
Capt. Griffith, Superintendent of
the Penitentiary, stated on July 8th
that with showers and a late fall he
thought that the State Farms might
make an average crop, although the
outlook just now was considerably
below the average.
There are now 716 prisoners of
whom 425 are incarcerated in tie
penitentiary here. The health among
the prieoners is unusually good, there
being only three bunks occupied on
yesterday. Of course this does not
include the tuberculosis cases, of
which there are always a large number
in the Penitentiary. Cipt. Griffith
is very anxious to get the State
to establish a hospital at the Penitentiary
where these cases may be
looked after properly and where they
may be entirely isolated from the
other prisoners as there is always
great danger of contagion.
1 *
For Over Sixty Years.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
has been in use for over sixty years
by millions of mothers for their children
while teething, with pen'ect
success. It soothes the child, softens
the gums, allays all pain, cures wind
colic, and is the best, remedy for
Diarrhoea. It will relieve the poor
little sufferer immediately. Svli by
Druggist in every part of the world.
Twenty-five cents a bottle. Be Buie
to ft6k for Mrs. "WiLelow's Soothing
Syrup," and take no other kind, tf
Probably tb? oldest team of horses
in the world is owned by a firmer in
Kansas. The combined a^e of the
two is seventy years, one bei. g thirtyseven
and the other thirt y-thrte 5 ears
(f age. The horses were reared on
the farm where tbey still 1 v*. Notwithstanding
their ex rinr age they
a=e t-tili djiug fa m woik, looking
well, and tak'ng thre? nrals a d ?y.
.? .
The South Carolina College!
for Teachers.
Although nearly approaching its
tennial anniversary, the South Caroi.fcia'
College shows none of the decrepitude1
of old age, but rather increasing signs
of vigorous life. A new departure of
great importance to the College and to
the State has just been inaugurated.;
For some years the College has had a;
department of pedagogy, for the trail*-;
ing of teachers; but last winter, for tho
nrst time, the Legislature created a
number of endowed normal scholar-:
ships, one for each county. It is the:
intention of the Trustees and Facultyl
to set these scholarships upon a high
piane, and to seek thereby to qualify;
superior young men for positions of'
leadership and influence in our public
schools. However largely women may
be employed as teachers, the work of
superintendence, direction and eontK>l
mus* continue to be most largely in the
hands of the men; and it is to supply
these teachers of leadership and influence,
in the community as well as In
the schools, that the College will chiefly:
aim, through these scholarships. Hence.;
no young man under nineteen years of
age will be eligible, and preference will
be given to those applicants who have
already taught with success tor at
least one year.
A special and technical course of
study has been established, on a high:
yet practical plane; and it is intended*
that this department shall t>e worthily'
?ntitled to be called a "College for
Teachers." All the work will be distinctively
normal, and apart from the
regular College classes. The Trustees,
and Faculty feel sure that in preparing'
a body of strong and well equipped
men teachers the College will aid in
supplying one of the most important
needs of the State. They hope, also,
that this work, in its success and its
results, may meet with such public approval
as to lead hereafter to its still
further enlargement.
Circulars fiave been issued giving the:
details of regulations and course of
study.
The present session, now nearly
ended, has teen very encouraging. Notl
a ripple has disturbed the internal
peace of the College. The new President
has won golden opinions, and has*
more than maintained the confidence
and affection gained in his long servicei
as professor. The friends of the College
look hopefully forward to the continued
success and increased usefulness]
of this venerated institution, wnich will
soon enter upon its second century of
honorable history*.
,
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK ?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.
Almost everybody who reads the newspapers
is sure to know of the wonderful
) cures made by Dr.
'?:j Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
8 I great kidney, liver
E anc^ bladder remedy.
ul irSS/ i-j? It is the great medi"
(41 r cal triumph of the nine\
yi |l i|j\ teenth century; dis______
!;!k covered after years of
,* ^ jf""" ' >_?- ujll scientific research by
'i jp~ ( Dr. Kilmer, the emi[j
" nent Sidney and blad>
(ter specialist, and is
wonderfully successful in promptly curing
lame back, kidnev. bladder, uric acid trou
bles 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 v/ork, in private
practice, among the helpless too poor to purchase
relief and has proved so successful in
| every case that a special arrangement has
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
j find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
When writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper and fC'tf'*'.|
send your address to
Dr. Kilmer & Co.,Singhamton,
N. Y.
regular fifty cent and Home of Swamp-Root
dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists.
llberfc M. Boozer,
Attorney at, Law.
COLUMBIA, H. C.
I Especial attention given to business entrusted
to him by his fellow citizens oi
Lexington county.
Office: 1316 Main Street, upstairs, opposite
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November 19, 1902?ly.
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*
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fhem.
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Unusal fine stock of SILVER
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| On the 18th day of October, we formed
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We will be pleased to receive those having
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n Ttwr.T f TATVTP.R\T IV
! October 22, 1902.?ly.
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FOLLOWING:
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Suits, S3.75, $5.00 and $6.50.
15c., 25c.. 40c , 9Sc. and up. We
unen's Very Fine Shoes, the S3.50
d extra large sizes only, that we <' >'
rings, at 1 cent each. >;
cent the dozen. #Ti"?
L. 00 Corsets. at 79 cents while
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