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TWO TURNS OF THE WHEEL The Story of the Rlne nod Fall of a Comstwck Fortune. Sandy Bowers was a teamster, his Wife a buxom aDd not uncomely Scotch woman who took in washing and kept a minors' boarding house. It was in the early days of Virginia City, before men had grasped the full value of the discovery*, and tlx*, --teamster. In company with otlierx kind, came into possession of^venii hundred feet on the lode at fi;im I lift. His claim became one of the bonanzas of the region, and Sandy found himself richer than he had ever thought any one could be. Neither he nor his wife ever rose to the level of their fortune. They remained the teamster and the washerwoman to the end. 'fhere is a story that neither could read nor write. After giving an entertainment at the International hotel such as that hostelry of many grandeurs had never before seen they went to Europe for two yeats. When tbey came back they were still the teamster and the washerwoman. Europe had added no veneer. But the money was still in plenty. "Money 10 throw to the birds," as the old uian was wont to say. Nevada was more to their taste than anywhere else, so they elected to remain there, aDd that strange monument of wealth, which is known all through Nevad# and California as the Bowers mansion, was boilt on the shore of Washoe lake. The site was one of extraordinary beauty, with the wall of snow capped Sierra behind it. the sapphire sweep >of water in front Money was uever considered in its construction. It was built of quarried stone and furnished with the costliest San Francisco could supply. A library of books with Sandy's name on every volume was one of itc The door handles were of silver, the table furnishings the finest to be bad at that place at that time. Here the old people?for they were getting old?settled and dispensed a lavish hospitality. Here an adopted child whom they dearly loved and had named Persia died. Here. too. later on Sandy died and was buried in the garden under the shadow of the Sierra. And here?the shades of evening beginning to close on this strange dramapoverty overtook his widow. She strove to redeem her first losses by speculation, throwing good money after bad. In her case the wheel of fortune made a complete revolution. Eler old age saw her as poor as she had been in her youth. She passed from stage to stage and 'fiually made a livelihood by practicing fortune telling in San Francisco, it having been always understood-that she had the gift of second sight The crystal in which she gazed had showu her many things, but nothing stranger, more dramatic and varied than her own life.?San Francisco Argonaut. For Orer Sixty Tsars. Mrs. Window's Soothing Syrup hb? beon in use for over sixty y*anr by millions of mot berg for ?heir children wbil* ipprhing, wi?h p**rfecr success. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allayB all pain, cures wind olio, and is the best remedy foi Diarrhoea. It will relieve the poor frttle sufferer lUifueduudy. Sola b Druggist in every part of the world ' Tweo'v-tivp cent* ? bottle. son to mek *or Mrs. ^WinslowV Soothing Syrup/' ?nd take no other kind, if WAGNER'S HOME. Host the Great Composer Came to Lire In Bairentb. How Wagner came to make Baireuth bis home is a rather interesting story. He had long dreamed of possessing a theater where his compositions could be interpreted to suit his ideas, but had little hope that the dream would erer he fullilled. When, however, in his period of greatest degression and loneliness he formed the friendship of the- late king of Bavaria ft seemed suddenly as if all things svere possible to hiin. In 1807 his royal . ifcrotector instructed the celebrated architect. Gottfried So inner. to DreDure .{be plans for the theater, which was i* be built ?Tt Munich. Through political and professional dissensions and jealousies the towu council of Munich refused permission for the erection of The theater there. In 1S71 Wagner visited Bairenth *?id: after taking ?-<s#ansel with the celebrated banker*. -Messrs. l ensui ai;J tlross. decided *pon a site in that city. Tho municipality of the town, correctly estimating the financial advantages which would accrue, presented Waguer with two of land, one for the theater and the other for his own house. The latter was immediately built, and in 1872 Wagner remove* I his family from Trubcben, near Lueer. e. 0 the aew home. Wahnfricd. The corjer stone of theater was laid on his sixtieth birthday. May 22. 1S72. It was estimated that the theater would cost 300.000 thalers (al>out $2r>0.0QP>. and fo foralr rnico/1 hr {LUS 3U1U vril^ t Llti iiu^u ?V Wagner societies throughout the world. It was completed in 1870 and dedicated with the presentation of "Der King des XibeIungeuM an Aug. 13 of that year. Since then it has been the Mecca of the lovers of Wagnerian music from all parts of the world. You Kzsw WTiat To* Avs Taking When you bike Grove's Tasteless ?bill Totiio DeCf-u?p toe formula if plHlbiy printed oil tverj borne showfog that it is eitnpiy Lou and Quinine in a steles* form, No Cure, No Pay. St)c Bettei be ? b.^ in ? little hole than a little peg in a big bole. jtiaKBBffiSShk. JL iLiKeSS fLUKLJ WEAK LUNGS TWO TON BLACKFIS'l. A School That Was Driven Ashore at Cape Cod. One day in November, several years ago. the good people living on the Massachusetts bay shore at the north end of Cape Cod were wrought to the highest pitch of excitement by the arrival of an immense school of blackfish which were on the flats chasing bait as the small fish they feed ori are called, and gradually working inshore. The news spread like wildfire. Villa <n\ cf-ni-ojj wprp luistilv closed, school bo3'S deserted schoolrooms, and even women flocked to the shore. The flats along the coast make out from half to a mile and a half practically level and almost dry at low tide where at high tide is four to eight feet of water. No school of blackfish so large as this had ever been heard of. And by good luck the tide was ebbing. Hastily the boats were launched, each taking a half dozen men and boys, those not rowing being armed with sticks and pieces of board. In i quarter of an hour they were in position in half circle and to leeward of the fish. "Close in now." came from the "commodore," "and make all the noise you can!" And they did fairly churning the water with boards and sticks. The thousands of squid and herring on which the blackfish were feeding assisted in this movement by getting Into shoal water as far as potalWe so that the blackfish could Dot follow them. The result was Inevitable. The fast ebbing tide saon began to leave the big fish in such shoal water that it was difficult for the larger oues to swim. Gradually the circle of boats drew nearer and nearer, and in two hours 90 per cent of the entire school was stranded on the flats. For weeks after the villagers were engaged in cutting up and trying out the oil. The total catch netted some $25,000. many ci! the fish weighing two tons apiece.? Outing. Good for Ckildrsn. Th~ f?> nod tiMrrulegfc Or * M*rn*e Oor.ffh Cu*e diaX* relw-f )r> ^ll ch-^ of Con^tl, Croup m?<1 L--G' ioue 1>*chumh it d >Hi not pa-s immediately into the htoinbut ff ct ?vHt &t th^ F?*t i?f trouble I; dr*ws ??u? the jrlii ? I- ? -J * ^ kr?a A <* rl 1 IDV-lOP, . D'JilH BOU ' U ijru ami euiea pfra?ttU?-DfJy by euabiii g rbr t-O cootribu'6 life fclVlUtf &I1(* life-?oniaiDinp oi\$en i?? tbe Mood *i?d Dr Ara>a:roni{ of Delia. T? x ? p>??*cribe* ?i dnilv *ml ???>?? lb lio btt ht COUrfii ItoUit-dj 1 'oaJw. Soldi by t?ll dru^a i-t?. Piok%rlclis In Llrery. Tbe dignity of some fat coaetanen 1h New York is very impressive. Tbeir i_ .. ... 1 ^ .1 t.tfln/.t It. Kw UCvriU|JUirui id Iiuvill/t-ii nj k'j their coats. They have swelled steadily and persistently year after year, and every now and then the coats have been let out and the buttons moved to accommodate increasing inches of girth. A coachruan's figure has a great deal to do with his success. The attempts of fat men to look lean sometimes verge on the humorous. They bold their heads high to escape the imputation erf obesity and puff out their chests heroically. But with all their hauteur, pomposity and pretentious bearing they look only like very fat men iu tight clothes, reminiscent of Pickwick in livery.?New York Press. The Dead Mart'* Tlireat. Returning home recently, a woman who had taken out a summons against 1 her husband, a painter's.Jaborer, on ao' count of his ill treatment, saw by the light of the moon lier husband stnnd* ing. as she thought, behind the door ready to strike her. She ran away, but it was afterward discovered that the man was hanging by a rope from j a ventilator over the door with his feet almost touching the floor. lie was dead.-London Mail. & TEETH AND SIGHT. Decayed Molar* Caa*c Disturbance 'Of the Ocular Nerve*. "Many people who come to me to have their teeth attended to complain incidentally of failing eyesight, and when I tell then) that bad teeth in nine eases out of ten are the cause few feel inclined to believe me." said a well known New York dentist. "Bad sight is generally attributed to overstudy. debilitated constitution and a hundred and one other causes. But have you ever heard any one place the blame oil the teethV Bad teeth are tIndirect result of insufficient application of the toothbrush, and had eyesight, resulting from the decayed molars ex- | citing disturbances of tlio ocular nerves. is the next inevitable penalty. That is a l'act which seems to l>e little knowu. "The other day r extracted four decayed teeth of a .voting girl who was almost totally blind. Her pupils were dilated and Insensible. A week after I had pulled her teeth her sight was practically restored. Two months previous to thi9 cure the girl had been examined by an expert oculist, who, after putting her to various eye tests, designated the case as 'hysterical amblyopia.' and I guess that's about all the satisfaction the girl got. judging by her condition when she came to me. In saying this do not think for a moment that I am in any way prejudiced against oculists. I merely cite the Instance. "In the course of a year I attend to the teeth of scores of people with impaired vision, and in every case where the teeth are drawn the sight is soon after either greatly improved or entire !y restored.*'?New York Times. Eodol Dyspepsia Cure t^. ".i" -it f iof food, tones 4^'Ci VOVU M?? , and ?treng?hend tbe stomach and ngesuve organs. Cures Dyspepsia, indigestion, Stomach Troubles and u^k?-s rich r^d blood, health and ?treogtb. Kodol Dy^epsia Cure ebuuda wornout ti-suep, purities, streng bene and sweetens tbe etomacn. Gjv G W. Atkinson, of W. V*., 8?\e: %T b*ve used a number of bottles of Kodol D)epepsia Cure and nave found it to be a very effective and indeed a powerful remedy for stom*cb ailments I recommend it to my liiends." Sold by all druggists. Dog* In Ckina. Dogs in China are chiefly despised except as house workers or for culinary purposes. A black dog with yellow eyebrows is valued as a first rate house dog. but a white one with block eyebrows will bring luck to bis owner, while a black clog is the king of his race. A "lion dog"?belonging to the small, shaggy northern breed?will bring good fortune, while the only real Chinese canine pet is the "sleeve dog," so called from being small enough to lie in the capacious Celestial sleeve. Retrievers are apparently unknown, while greyhounds are lanky aud slow. Could Lift a Ten ttd a Half, A Scotchman, said to be the last of tbe Stuarts, was possessed with an extroardinary strength, from which circumstance he got the byname of Jemmy Strength. Among other feats, be could carry a 24 pounder cannon and 1 1 1 . ? l.?Anrn II ft m />?rf IrtOll Clf IJUU I ItTli MIU n ii n/ nil m van. .vt.v. vhay weighing a ton and * hatf upon Ills back. Many a time be took up a jackass and. carrying it #n his shoulders, walked through the tollgate. Careftil Geor?e. "I had a letter from George this morning. He said his mother had aeci- i dentally broken her arm." "George is always so careful. Many i a young man would have left out the j word 'accidentally/ leaving you to infer that she had broken it purposely." j ? Kansas City Journal. - j The Dkiynoaiw. "Terence, what is the doctor'aWiaaaosis of your case*/" "He hasn't told me yit bat I'm better it '11 be iv'ry cint at tin ? Umrs."- | Chicago Tribune. Polietio Golleoiale Mill, | LEXINGTON, S. C. LITERARY. SCIENTIFIC AND CLASSI CAL COURSE. N tT SESSION OPEMS SEPTEMBER 7 | V 0*1 and Instrumental Music. R <5U?cod: ) C Ueg? TraiDfd Teachers. 283 StudeDfcs Enroled la"! Session. I Eipetiees per SeasioD $60 to $80. 5tj?id for Catalogue to 0. D. SE4Y. Principal. July 29. 1903 | i One Hundred Dollars a Bos | Ih the value H A Tisdale, Sum- ! m.-nci , 3 C, places on DeWitt'a Witcn Haztl Salve. He eav-: "I Qud the piles for 20 years I tried m tD} doctors and medicines, but all faded except D^Witt's Witch Hazel S^le Ic cured me." It is a cooibi nation of the healing properties of Witch Haz-1 wiih antiseptics and emollients; relieves and permanently I cures blind, bheding, iiching and ; piotruding piles, sores, cuts, bruises, i eizeioa, salt rheum and all skin dis- i ?hseH Sold by all d uggists FOLEYSHONEY'^TAR itops the cough and heali lun^i , I I LEXINGTON SAVINGS BANK. DEPOSITS RECEIVED SUBJECT TO CHECK. W. P. ROOF, Cashier. DIRECTORS: Allen Jones, W. P. Roof, C. M. Efird R. Hilton James E. Hendrix. EXCHANGE BOUGHT AND SOLD. Deposits of $1 and upwards received and interest at 5 per cent, per annum allowed, payable April and October. September 21?ti CAROLINA IlDl THE ONLY NATIONAL BANK IN COLUMBIA. UNITED STATES. STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY. fiaviiio^a Ibena rtment,. Paid up Capital * - - $200,(NX1 i 8urplus Profits . - . 70,00f Liability of Stockholders - 2(X? 000 $470,000 Interest avowed at the rate of 4 per cent oer annum, payable May 1st and November 1st W. A. CLARK. President Wilii Jonx8, Vice President and Cashier December 4?ly. M oney to -Loan. WE ARE PREPARED TO NEGOT1ate loans promptly ii sums of $300 and upward on improved farming lands in Lexington coanty. LoDg time and easy terms. No commissions. Borrower pays actnal expenses of preparation of papers. THOMAS & GIBBES. Columbia. S. C, PARKER'S ?2g|y|S| HAIR BALSAM CletMca and beaaufica the halt. Wfl Proniotei * luxuriant growth. ^HHjiiever Pails to Bestore Gray Hair to its youthful Color. 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Write for our GO page illustrated Catalogue and 40 page pamphlet, "Eow to Piant and Cultivate an Orchard," Gives you that information you have so long wanted: tells you all about those big red apples, lucious peaches, and Japan plums with their oriental sweetness, all of which you have often wondered where the trees came from that produced fhem. EVEIYTHIWI GOOD IN FRUITS. Unusal fine stock of 8ILVEJR MAPLES,young, thrifty trees smooth and strai ht, the kind that live and grow off well. No old, rough trees. This is the most rapid growing maple and one of the most beautiful shade trees. Write for prices and give list of wants. J. Van Lindley Nursery C?,. Pomosa. N 0. KODOL digests what you eat. KODOL cleanses, purifies, strengthens ??? and sweetens the stomach. I KODOL cures indigestion, dyspepsia, and al! stomach and bowel trounles. KODOL accelerates the action of the gas trie glands and gives tone to the digestive organs. 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