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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-05-04
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR.

Topic, May 8: Things My Denomi-
nation Has Accomplished Eph. s.;
1927. Ps. 81: IT.
A wise man once said, Everything
is interesting to one who knows enough
about it, and the longer we live, the
more we realize that lack CT interest
or enthusiasm is DOLLY result OF the
lack of knowledge. What meaning q
fish-scale has for an Agassiz What
mighty thoughts that commonplace
bit of rock stirs in the mind of the &C.
ologistl The student of human nature
finds pleasure in associating with the
poorest and humblest, because he has
learned that in their hearts are such
depths of feeling as no poet ever put
into words.
Tie truth that ignorance is respon-
sible for lack of interest. APP lie to our
religious life with especial force. The
young men and women who have nc
interest in the aciivit es Ct the church
to which they belong, are almost In
variably those who know little or no h
ing of what that church is do ng. MOI
only will they be inefficient members.
unless their field OF vision becomes en-
larged, but their own personal expert
ence will be unsatisfying, in proportion
a. their interests are limited to them
selves.
YOUR PART OF THE WORK.
A graf jubilee of song was once
planned to take place in an Eastern
CITY. in which the chorus was to num-
Der thousands of voices. -Four months
preceding, in the little towns scattered
over q number Of states, small choruses
met and practiced the music to be rem
dered on that occasion. And though
each singer knew he could contribute
but little to the great, swelling har-
mony, he practiced as zealously as il
he had Zen responsible for the whole.
And it was due to this individual en-
thusiasm that the enterprise as whole
was successful.
If you are to render intelligent aid
YOU need to know the great lines ca
work in which your denomination if
engaged. And the vastness Of come
of it's enterprises should not make
your own contribution seem OF little
consequence. The work Of the church
is nothing more than the work OF it
members, and The measure OF its sue
cess is only the sum of individual ct
forte.-Young Peoples Weekly.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-05-04
NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON.

Key West, Fla, APRIL 21.-The
roster Of the Mort tlanIic Squadron
which has been slation' d in these
waters, follows:
Captain, ". I. Sampson, Command
N eff.
Lieutenant, S. A. Staunt,n, Assist mt
Chief of staff.
Lieut., nant, G. G. Harsh, Flag Sec
rotary.
Ensigp, e. L.. Bennett, Flag Lieu
tenant
Flagship New York, Captain, F. q.
Chadwick.
U. s. Slip Iowa, Captain, r. D.
fvars.
U. s. Ship Indiana, Captain, H. G.
Taylor.
@. S. Ship Montgomery, Co mander
G.. A. Converse.
U. S. Ship Narblehead, COMMANDER
B. II. McCalla.
U. S. Shlpp Terror, Captain, N.
Ludlow.
US. Ship Puritan, Captain, P f
Harm ston.
US. Ship Cincinnati, Captain, c
N. Chester.
U. S. Ship Helena, Commander, W..
Z. Swinburne.
U. S. Ship Detroit, Commander, j..
Fl. Dayton.
| U. S. Ship Nashville, Commander,
w. Maynard.
U. S. Ship Fern, Lieutenant Com
mander, W. S. Cowles.
U. S. Ship Wilmington Commander
G. G. Todd.
| U. S. Ship Castine, Commander, II.
| NJ. Berry.
U. S. Ship V,suvius, Lieutenant
Commander, J. E. Fillsbury.
| U. S. Ship Amphitrite, Captain, T.
IP. Barclay.
| TORPEDO FLoTILLA.
| Lieutenant Commander W. W.
| Kimball, commanding.
| The Foote: Lieutenant, W. Il. Rodg'
ers, commanding.
| The Gushing: Lieutenant A. uleayes
commanding.
The Ericsson: Lieutenant N. Il
| Usher, commanding.
| The Wlnslow Lieutenant j. b
Berna lou, commandin5.
The Porter: Lie Itenant j. G. Ere
most, commanding,
i The Dupont: Lieutenant S. s. Wood
commanding.
U. S. Gunboat Newport, Captain b
F. Tilley.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-05-04
k1I0Illl2llNIIE

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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-05-04

of a boastf,l, cheerful idiot. II his head
sches II isu't worth paying any attention
70 IL he feels dull and drowsy during the
day it isn't worth serious consideration;
IL he In troubled with sleeplessness at
niybt. he doses himself with opiates
When he suffers from nervousness, he
walks into the nearest drug store and or
der. powerful medicines that even fViys-
ician prescribes with care. He is very
kpowing fellow but without knowing. 1t,
he is hugging death. Thete Is wonder
h,l restorative tonic and health builder
that will keep the hardest working man
in good working shape; it Is DR.. Pieree's
Golden Medical Discovery. 1t IS made OF
nure native roots and barks. 1t contains
no minerals, no narcotics and no opiates.
II simply aids nature in the natural pro-
cesses of secretion and excretion. 1t tones
IN the stomach and facilitates the flow OF
digestive Juices. 1t makes q man hungry
as horse " and then sees to 1t that the
life giving elements Of the food he takes
are assinilated into the blood. II invigor-
ates the liver. 1t drives out all impurities
and disease germs from tho system. II Is
the great blood maker and fesh-builder.
II is the best of all nerve tones. 1t cures
bronchial, throat and lung affections as
well.
ct had indigestion and torpid liver" writes
Mrs. A. l. Gibbs OF Ru,sellville, Logan County,
KY, "Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
cured me-"
II constipation 10 also present, DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets should be taken.
They never fall; they never grippe. Drug
kists sell both medicines.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-05-04
HE KNEW THE REST,

Tommy" said the younger lady,
sharply, as her little brother opened
the door softly, and was about to en-
ter the parlor, "you shut that door
from the outside and then take your
self off to bed at once!" TLen she
went IN:
"No, MIR. Rorem, it is with the deep
est regret that 1 say i, but 1 can only
be sister to you ="
"Neyer Mid the rest Of it, MISS
Chiffon" interrupted Mr.. Borem, sadly
II shall follow the example OF my
bro her and take mys If off to bed al
once"
And, crawling into his fur-lnec
ulster, he lighted a cigarette and wad'
ed out into the geld night.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-05-04

Ger, Thomas L. Rosser has not off
cred bis services to the government for
the Cuban wsr and does not propose
to do SO. He says: "If we really
have var with Spain, young men for
officers, soldiers and seamen are what
we shall need and not rheumatic, deaf
and blind major-generals who know
nothing of modern tactics or modern
weapons, who cannot drill squad
without prompter or mount horse
without ladder"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-05-04
S.S.S.F93 ss Blood

which thoroughly cleanses the
blood of all the accumulated i'm
purities, tones up and strengthens
the entire system, and aids Nature
in renovating and renewing the
body 80 as to render it healthy and
strong. Those who purify their
blood with S. s. s. at this season
are well fortified against the many
forms of disease 80 prevalent dur
ing the dreaded heated torn, for
it has been demonstrated that the
system that is thoroughly purified
In the spring is well prepared to
resist disease all summer.
No other remedy on the market
is equal to Swift's Specific as
spring medicine, because it is the
only purely vegetable blood rem
edy and is guaranteed absolutely
free from potash, mercury and all
other minerals. 1t cleanses, puri-
fes, builds up and strengthens.
Insist OH S. S. s., for there is moth
ing half as good.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-05-04

Sick-poison is poison which makes
you sick. 1t comes from the stomach
The stomach makes it out of undiges-
ted food.
The blood gels it and taints the
whole body With it. That's the way
of it.
The way to be rid of it is to look
after your digestion.
If your food is all properly diSested
there will be none left in the stomach
to make slck-po son out OF.
1t your stomach is too weak to see
to this properly by Itself. help it along
with few doses of Shaker digestive
Cordial.
That's the cure of it.
Shaker Digestive Cordial, is q dell.
cious, healthful, tonic cordial, made OF
pure medicinal plants, herbs end wine;
1t positively cures indigestion and
prevents the formation OF sick-poison.
AT druggist. Trial bottles loc'
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-05-04
DIX. JOHN L. WILSON,
DENTIST.
LEXINGTON Va.
Op:- Washington st. near Jefiersen
THE WONDERS OF SCIENCE
Lung Troubles and Consumption
Can b. Cured.
Az MINIMUM NEW YORK CHEMlST AND
AN EMINENT NEW YORK ChEMlST AM
SCIENTIST MAKES A FREE OFFER
TO OUR READERS.

The distinguished New York chemist, l.
Slocum. demonstrating HIS discovery OF re
| liable and ahsolui cure for Consumption iru
monsry Tuberculosis) and all bronchlai, throa.
ung and chest diseases. stubborn coughs, Gu
tar,hnI affections general decline AMI neIkness
loss of flcsh and all conditions 81 wasting ama.
viii send THREE FREE BOTTLES (aii diner
ent) of his New Discoveries 10 any ahlc.e
reader of THE LEXINGTON GAZETTE wi''lhg lot
them. an .., orrod
His New Scientific Treatment has 'ure9
thousands permanently by it's timely use ano
he considers it a simple professional Guty 70
a, ffering humanity to donate trial OF his III
fallibe cure. +h;.
Science daily develops new wonders anu .nIs
great chemist patiently experm enting Tor " arr
has produced results az beneficial 10 humanity
as ca n be claimed by any modern genius h'f
assertion that lung troubles and consumption
are durable in any climate is proven by heart
felt letters OF gratitude " 8led IN his Anne ican
and European laboratories in thousands from
those cured in all parts Of the world
Medical experts concede that bronchial chest
and lung troubles lead TO e. nsumptio .which
uninterrupted means speedy and certain death
Simply write to 7. A. Slocum N W Pine
Street New York, giving post ONCE ana ex'
press ad reas aud the Tree medicine WIN be
promptly sent. Sufferers should takelnstant
adv antsges Of his generous proposluo1.
Please tell the Doctor that you saw bis ouer
Lexington GAZETTE
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-05-04

1t is impossible for the system
to withstand the demands made
upon it just at this season, with
out the assistance of q good puri-
flying and strengthening tonic.
The changes which Nature DEGREES
shall take place each spring are
80 severe that q breakdown Is
almost sure to come. 1t is wise
that all possible assistance be
given during this period, as upon
this purifying process depends the
health for the entire summer.
Everybody just now should take a
thorough course of Swift's Specific
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-05-04
FACTS ABOUTTHE NAVY.

The UNI ed\Stdles 5 the hien na'"i
power in the world. The naVies CT
Great Britain, France, Russia and
Italv rank ahead in the order name d.
Germany and the United States are
about tied.
Oar present effective fghtng force
consists of four ba,tle-ships Of the frst
class, one battle-ship of the second
class. two armored cruisers, eighteen
cruisers, fit cen gunboats, six douDie
turreted monitors, one ram, one dyna-
mite gunboat, one dispatch boat one
transport and eight torpedo boats.
The powder used is brown. A charge
for the biggest gun weighs Soop0ana
ond i boisted to the breach by der
rick, the powder being sewed up III
burlap bags.
Armor plates are tested by nrmg
steel proiectiles weighing from loo 10
15OOpounds at them from guns charged
with 500 pounds of powder ana a' d
distance of about city's block
Our battle-ships have speed o.
from fifteen to seventeen knots an hour
C,n,sers make nineteen to twenty-iour
lnots while The monitors can 1raVe
about twelve knots.
The biggest guns in the navy 'ie
forty-nine feet long, big enough 1or q
n an to crawl into; four feet IN dame
ter at their largest part, and weign
1s5, 500 pounds, or thereabouts'
There are six rear-admirals in &C.
tive service. The offices OF vice-ao-
miral and admiral are untitled, 30 tnere
is no head of the navy excepting Sec
rotary Long.
The fastest vessels in the navy are
the torpedo boats Porter and Dupont
each Of which can travel 27.5 knots I'D
hour.
Battle-ships cost from s2,5Oo,ooo &c
SS,735,OOO and cruisers from seoo,oVN
TO 100000. A good torpedo ooa'
costs over 100000.
Battle-ships are for the heavy wor'
cruisers are commerce destroyers
monitors are useful only for coast de-
tense.
The Indiana could lie outside Sand.
Hook and throw 1,20O-pound shots In
to New York at the rate of four min
ute.
Those artists who show smoke II
their pictures'of naval battles are who'll.
wrong. Smokele-s powder is used
All of the cruisers are named IN hono'
of cities, and the battle-ships, excep'
the Kearsage, in Lonor OF States
A big batt!e-ship has on poaro al
electric plant capable oflighting atowr
of 5000 inhabitants.
Five hundred and forty-sx men ane
forty officers are required to man TIL
cruiser New YOrE.
AT pres mt the total enlisted force o.
the naval militia is $3.50 officers and
men.
1t costs $500 every time one OF the
big guns on board ship IS fired.
The Brooklyn and the New York ere
our armored cruisers.
Sailors are paid from &c., ito Sl2'oO
per month and board.
The American navy has practically
all been built s'nce 1883.
A captain in the navy ranks with a
colonel in the army.
The Oldest iron vessel is the Michi-
gan, built in 1914.
Five-battles ships are now under con
structioD.
We have the only ram-the Katah
din.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-05-04

1t is the emptiness of the drum that
explains its noise. Shallow themes
makes a great deal OF fuss and sput-
ter: and not few humans to be met
are of similar character.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-05-04

The cost of running a frst-class
ocean STEAMER between this country
and Europe, for a round trip. is about
thirty thou and dollars. This includes
wages, coal, food, etc.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-05-04
OA0ToRIA.
n....,. >Tha Kind You Haze Alxays Bought
' s.: !; g &M4zzSz

John Billings says he will never pat
ronize lottery so long as he can hire
anybody else to rob him ct reasonable
wages.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-05-04

Good character is above all things
else. Your chqrac or cannot be essen
TALLY injured except by your own acts
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-05-04

Mixed Trains Southbound. Leaves VIM
chester at 4:55 a m and S:45 a m. Arrives at
Strasburg Junction at 6:12 m and 1928 m.
Mixed Trains Northbound. Leaves Win
chester at lao p m and 1880 P m: Arrives Of
Harper's Ferry at AGO p M and 1875 a m.
Connections
Train q connects at Harper's Ferry with
Fast Limited Express train leaving ut ~ Al
m and "a m arriving at Chicago al 9;3oa
m, and 1900 noon, and with train leaving at
STA m. arriving at Cincinnati at IS m,
st Louis GOO p m, and connects at Weverton
at II 40 m, arrives at Hagerstown 1910
Washington Junction with train arriving at
Frederick at 1.55 p M
Train 46 connects with Fast Vesti6ue
train a Harpei's Ferry at o A . m Tor Chi
cago, at o 81 D m for Pittsburg and IL 90
M for Cincinnati and st. Louis. Arrive at
Pittsburg at 90 m Chicago at 40
Cincinnati at s 90 p m. and st. Louis
$50 m
u.lman Palace Sleeping Cars run throug,
to Cincinnati st Louis and Chicago on all
express trains.
For rates, tickets, bagk age checked, aR
to any Office OF the B 4 o Railroad or toCs
Dudrow, Travelling Passenger Aet. Wmehse
Va
WIN. GREENE, General n
ID, B. MARTIN, Manager =.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-05-04
NOTICE.

IvArr every man and woman In the United
States interested In che Opium and Whisy
eases. Address II. Il, Woollsy, Atlanta, e.
- ga and enc y-<a ~ s<SsS iva
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-05-04

! inbeeility of
men is always
~ the embrace
death. Il 10 the
light of such
n to boAt VI
at tough fell
IS +" they are,
| tell how they
:rwork tn c III =
elves and how
.ey neglect little
sorders and
little illnesses
that put other
people on their
backs.
1t may not
sound nice 10
Say 50, but 1t Is
a fact that the
average man V
Just that kind
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-05-04

A flne carriage doubles the pleasure of driv'
ing. Intending buyers Of carriages or bar.
ness can save dollars By sending Tor ehe
large, FREQ catalogue Of the Rlkhert Carriage
end Harness Ma, c., hlkhart. Lad
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-05-04

TO II Z a.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-31
SHOE HiEROGLYPHICS.
Occult symbols Devised to Deceive
Womankind.

Wcmankind.
people often ask me the meaning of
the apparently crazy hieroglyphics and
figures that are stamped on the inner
side OF the uppers Of ready-made shoes
nowadays said an + street shoe deal
er to a Star man. LAS every shoe man
ufactory has "A secret stamp code of its
own. and there is, therefore, no posi-
biiity Of the general public learning
more than that such codes exist, may
as well tell you that the vanity of mod
crn mortals, and especially women, is
at the bottom OF these peculiarly
stamped characters and figures. You'd
be surprised to know. for instance, how
many women there are who imagine
that they wear a No. shoe. when in
reality their size is a couple of figures
larger. a shoe salesman who under
stands his business can tell precisely
the number of the shoe a woman Gus
toner wears at d glance. But as often
as not a woman whose foot is No. 5
calls for q shoe a couple of sizes small
er, and the mysterious stamped-hiero-
glyph scheme was devised for the pur-
pose of encouraging her in the belief
that her foot is couple of sizes smaller
than it really measures in shoe leather.
''When a woman calls for number
3 to fit number 5 foot, no shoe sales
man of this era who cares anything for
his job is going to say: Madam, your
foot requires a number s. He simply
breaks out shoe of the style she re-
quests that he feels confident will fit
her comfortably, and let's it go at that.
"A woman rarely thinks to inquire if
the shoe is really of the size she asked
for, for she takes it for granted that the
salesman has given her what she de-
manded. But when a woman does ask,
for instance: This is number 3, is it q
it's the salesman's business to unblush-
ingly reply: 'Yes'm, it's number g.
The woman customer might examine
the hieroglyphs inside the uppers for a
week without finding out any different,
and even if she had the key to the puzzle
1t would only make her feel bad, so
what would be the use?"-Washingt
Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-31
CHINESE LADIES ENTERTAIN.
Semi-Public Dinner Given to Euro
penn Ladies',

Two years ago who would have be-
lieved in ten Chinese ladies of distnc-
ton from various parts of the vast en-
pire inviting some so or so European
ladies of different nationalities to a
large semi-public dinner, and not only
inviting them, but themselves sitting
down with them, conversing with them
as far as the eXigencies of language
permitted, and partaking of the for
eign fare in regular European style,
knives and forks, champagne and flow
er-spread tablecloths ali included =?
But it has taken place.
The dinner was lately held in the
largest dining-hall in Chang Su Hos
garden. All the foreign consuls' wives
were invited, together with a certain
number of missionary ladies and few
others. There was goodly gathering
of Chinese ladies, with little sprink-
ling of natural-footed Manchus, and al
though when dinner was announced a
certain number of gentlemen, kindly
experimenting arrangements, called
out: Foreign ladies to this side, be-
cause it is warmer" yet Chinese and
European ladies sat down fairly mixed.
There were several little girls at the
banquet, three especially noticeable in
unprecedented satin gowns, cleaning
with pearls, so as to produce quite a
moonbeam effect as they were carried
away in their men attendants arms,
under the electric light, the rouge on
their little faces preventing anyone
noticing the effect that Gripping had
there. Women servants waited behind
many of the Chinese ladies to light
their pipes for them. etc, otherwise
the dinner was entirely served by men.
For hundreds of years now the Chi
nese have treated their womenkind as
negligible quantity, and yet with all
their neglect and suppression no impair
tial person could look around and not
be struck by the quiet dignity of the
Chinese ladies among what must have
been to them very different surround
ings.-Boston Transcript.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-03-31

his desk adding up a row of figures,
when he was surprised to hear a child's
voice say:
"Oh, do think April fools is the good
est thingsi You didn't tell me could
cat them, ana / was so hungry and
mamma was so sick she didn't even like
tea; but she took some oysters, and
said they was so nice, and they started
her to get well; and now she's a-wash-
ing again, and she told me to say: 4
thank you very much!'"
what is all this nonsense?" said Mr..
Spears, looking down over his desk at
the little girl, as she paused for breath.
Jack, blushing very red, came for
ward and made a full confession.
81 took the price of the oysters out
of my wages, and put it in the drawer -
he added; for, in spite of his tricks,
Jack was an honest boy.
"Tut, tut! who cares for the price ?
And so you was hungry, and your
mother was sick, and now is washing ?''
he continued, addressing the child, who
had suddenly grown bashful, and an
swered, simply:
"Yes, SIR
81 don't believe in manufacturing
paupers," said the really good-hearted
old man; but this little girl looks
needy. Tell your mother 10 come here
with you, and I'll give her some work.
and pay her in things out of he store"
"Oh, she'll be so glad, for she don't
know many people here; we came from
the country"
(Which was very silly thing to do, :"
grumbled the grocer.
The woman proved worthy and indus
trious, and Mr.. Spears continued to aid
her.
So Jacks last trick was his best
Colleen DAYS.