The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, December 09, 1903, Page 2, Image 2
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.
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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
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V 0*1 and Instrumental Music.
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C Ueg? TraiDfd Teachers.
283 StudeDfcs Enroled la"! Session. I
Eipetiees per SeasioD $60 to $80.
5tj?id for Catalogue to
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Principal.
July 29. 1903
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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 ,
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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.
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Columbia. S. C,
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Wfl Proniotei * luxuriant growth.
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you have so long
wanted: tells you all about
those big red apples, lucious
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all of which you have often
wondered where the trees
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fhem.
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smooth and strai ht, the kind
that live and grow off well.
No old, rough trees. This is
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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.
KODOL relieves an overworked stomach
of all nervous strain gives to
the heart a full, free and untrammeled
action, nourishes the nervous system and
feeds the brain.
KODOL is the wonderful remedy that is
???- making so many sick people well
and v/eak people strong by giving to their
bodies ail of the nourishment that is contained
in the food they eat.
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