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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-04-04
News md Notes.

T. II. Taylor, Nebraskan, is an
nounced as the chief In charge of agri-
cultural interests for the Louisiana
Purchase exposition.
The agricultural department Of the
st. Louis exposition will have the lar
gest of all the buildings covering more
than thirty-two acres and having per-
imeter of more than mile.
Insecticides and Fungicides," farm
ers' bulletin No. 146, concerns the
chemical composition and effectiveness
Of certain preparations and contains
information Of interest In anticipation
of the annual warfare on bugs and
plant diseases.
The Barry gold medals for new and
valuable fruits were awarded by the
Western New York Horticultural socl.
ETY. to the originators of the Perfection
currant and the Charlton grape.
In English experiments 1t has been
noted that the number of small pota-
toes increases with the number or
stems that potato produces and va
rieties with strongest stalks were the
best drought resisters.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-04-04
PERFUMES AND HEALTH,
How Flower Scents May De Obtained
In Three Ways.

In Three Ways.
Pure violet essence is said to ibe5 es,
pecially suitable to nervouslpepple, but
It must be obtained from the flowers
themselves, not from the chemical tmi-
tations Chemically derived perfumes
pre irritant, poisonous even, to persons
Of especially sensitive constitution.
True flower scents are, obtained In
three ways-frst, by spreading fresh
blossoms upon glass thickly smeared
with pure grease, Sletting them stand ifn
the sun and as they wilt replacing
them until the grease is as fragrant as
the flowers; second, by repeatedly In
fusing fresh petals In oil, and, third,
by infusing them In ether, which Is
then distilled to dry solid.
AS this solid sells for about $3.50 an
ounce 1t Is easy to understand why the
ether process, though far and away the
best, is not commonly used. But the
scented grease and the essences made
by sleeping it In pure spirit are never
cheap. After all the scent possible has
been extracted from the grease 1t Is
still fragrant enough to make the very
finest perfumed soap.
All the citrine scents, bergamot, ne
rol, orange flower water, are refreshing
and in a degree stimulating If properly
prepared. To make a lasting perfume
some animal base is essential-musk,
civet or ambergris.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-04-04
Drnina Make Soldiers.

A discussion recently took place In
the smoking room Of q Swiss hotel be
tween a German and an American as
to the merits of their respective armies
The former believed in discipline and
trained troops. The American believed
in training, too, but held that lot de-
pended upon the material trained
"Given." quoth he, that brains are
lacking, no amount Of physical train
Ing will make up for them. Take the
American troops, comparatively I'M
trained, and see how well they fight.
It's because Of their brains"
Nonsense" rejoined the aroused
German. UNFRAMED troops can never
stand against well drilled ones. Take
your country, for example, with prac-
tically no drilled army. What would
you do He paused impresslvely and
then said, What would you do If Ger
many landed an army of 100000 per-
fectly drilled and perfectly equipped
men on your shores"
BURY Them" was the quiet but COM
plete ejoinder.-Detroit Free Press.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-04-04
A Homemade Feed MIL

| have used different kinds Of feed
grinders and have noticed that the feed
Is mostly left in cubes and different
sized pieces with sharp edges, which
does not digest as readily and easily
as finely pulverized feed such as old
mill stones or the roller mills make. A
very simple mill can be made with roll
ers that will not cost any more than
the common farm grinder and still do
practical work. l had one constructed
which l used some time ago. writes an
American Agriculturist correspondent.
The rollers were composed Of two
inch pipe, and gearing was used from
an old mower These rollers were Il
little too small, but it did good work.
TWAS run by four horsepower The
rollers should he six inches in diameter
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-04-04
The Going to Theater Face.

VIII some one please explain the go
ing to the theater face" of the average
New Yorker? The question Is suggest
ed by a long experience in lobbies while
the auditors are passing into the houses
for the evening performances. The
writer stood for nearly an hour engag-
ed in the seemingly hopeless task Of
discovering "the cheerful theater goer."
But In they poured, men and women,
each and every one with firm set Jaw,
gloomy brow and the look of despair.
Perhaps II Is because the long distances
Travelled on crowded cars and the
thought Of an equally uncomfortable
homegoing make night at the thea
ter seem just u bit like work to the
residents OF this narrow ise.-New
York Commercial Advertiser.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-04-04
The Chief Sense.

All the great families of living things
have a dominant sense. We lead our
life by sight and make artificial lights
to render darkness tOlerable. But the
creature whom next to ourselves we
prefer. the dog, lives in very different
universe. His dominant sense, like that
of many other quadrupeds, is the very
one we most neglect, the sense of smell.
The dog will track his master, never
lifting up his head to search the dis
lance; often with hair falling over his
eyes he follows on, not troubling him
self to shake 1t aside.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-04-04
A Chance to RetnIIate.

The minister was young and easily
embarrassed The first time he per-
formed the marriage ceremony it was
for couple who were both younger
and still more easily embarrassed than
he.
When he had finished the service and
murmured a few kindly meant but
hating words to the young couple
whom he had just united, the bride
looked at him, blushing, but confident.
THANK you" she said clearly. Its
real kind of you to congratulate us,
and as long as you haven't ever been
married yet. maybe We'll have chance
some day to retaliate."
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-04-04
Natures Wonders.

The common flea leaps 200 times Its
own length. To show like agility a
man six feet tall would have to leap a
distance Of 1,2O0 feet The cheese
mite is about one-quarter of an inch
In length, yet it has been seen to take
the tip Of its tail in It's mouth and
then, letting go with jerk, to leap out
of n vessel six inches in depth. To
equal this a man would have to jump
out of a we'll from depth of IA feet.
And equally strange things are found
among the plants and vegetables. A
well known student of nature once
tried the growing force of a squash.
When it was eighteen days old and
measured twenty-seven inches In cir
conference, he fixed sort Of harness
around 1t, with n long lever attached.
The power of the squash was measur-
ed by the weight it lifted, the weight
being fixed to the lever. When 1t was
twenty days old, two days after the
harness was fixed on 1t, 1t lifted sixty
pounds. On the nineteenth day it lift
ed 5000 pounds.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-04-04
FRAMEWORK OF BATA-
~ VIA STIiO.

ANOW Il ClClC 10
struck upon FAAMEw W.. s,, or D '4'i1
these boards,
and the boards are sawed on a circle,
and this serves as q matrtX around
which the bands for the silo are built.
One-half inch strips should be sawed
from the edge of two inch planks. This
work may be quickly and cheaply done
ut q mill where a buZzSaw is available.
Strips then are lightly tOenailed to the
matrix, the One-half inch strips being
easily bent to the circular form. The
second layer Of strips is nailed to the
first with small wire nails, and then as
the ring grows heavier nails may be
used This building out process cOntin-
ues until there are eight half inch
strips nailed together, thus making a
strong band which is two inches thick.
four inches wide and Of any desired
diameter.
In the figure the strips are shown as
making joints at certain definite
places, but this is not necessary and
not even desirable. The joints may
come anywhere 1t is well to leave q
space Of about an inch between the
abutting ends Of the strips. so that air
space may be thus secured. If wire
nails are used literally in securing the
strips in place, a very rigid band is
made, and one need never lie awake at
night after the silO is filed and wonder
whether the hoops will stand the
pressure. The matriX described around
which the band is built may even be
dispensed with If enough stakes are
driven on the circumference Of the cir
Gle so that the strips when bent around
will bend on a true circle. After one
band Is made 1t should be loosened
from the matriX, laid to one side and
another band constructed in like man
ner and so on until the required num-
Der have been built. The number need.
ed will depend upon the height of the
silo. The figure is of q silo thirty feet
high. and ten bands are used. The
distance between the two lower bands
is two and half feet. The distance
then increases until they are three and
a half feet apart at the top. The lower
band is laid on tine concrete founda-
ton, is made level, and then 2 by 4
studding, two and half feet long,
are nailed to the band. These studs
serve as the support for the second
band, which is placed upon them and
spiked t. the top of them.
Care should be taken that the stud
ding is kept vertical, and this must
be done by stay braces, The compile
ton of the framework Is then merely
a repetition Of this process. The frame
work once in place, the silo Is complet-
cd by boarding it inside with one inch
matched flooring, running vertically
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-04-04
The 'rurnip,

The seed Of the globe turnip Is about
the twentieth part Of an inch in dame
ter, and yet in the course Of a few
months this seed will be enlarged by
the soil and the air into 27000,0 900 times
KS original bulk, and this in addition
to a bunch OF leaves. 1t has been found
by experiment that turnip seed will
under fair conditions increase its own
weight fifteen times in minute. Tur-
nips growing in peat ground have been
found to increase more than $4,000
times the weight of their seeds in a
day.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-04-04
Verdi md His Admirer.

Verdi was once travelling in the same
railway carriage with General Tour
non, commander of the Ravenna dis
trict. They got into conversation,
which soon turned on the subject Of
music, ard the general, who did not
know his companion. expressed most
enthusiastic preference for that OF It
ally. 81 can hardly go so far with you"
replied the other For me- art has no
frontiers, and l give German music
the preference over Italian"
Indeed, sir" said the general tesd-
ly. For my part. would give all the
German operas in the world for one
act Of 'Rigoletto.'
"You really must excuse me from
following you any further on this
ground" replied the composer. blush
ing a little. az am Verdi"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-04-04
MADE A GOOD IMPRESSION,
a Cnse of Well Developed Nerve,
Coupled With wit.

A Cnse of Well Developed Nerve,
Coupled with Wit.
"There is absolute wit in some mems
nerve" said q business man to q re-
porter "My partner and I, with the
intention Of expanding our business,
about year ago decided to send q rep
resentatlve through the south. We
looked over the field carefully and
finally picked out young man who
was possessed of good address and
who, we felt sure. would do the work.
''He had been convivial in former
days, but his department had been
such for a year that 1t made us feel
confident he would do the proper thing.
he was given $500 for expenses and
was started out on the mission. 1t was
the understanding that he was to make
a daily report of his efforts.
"Two months passed by, and we new
err heard from him. We telegraphed
repeatedly to different towns that were
on his itinerary, but not word could
be learned regarding his whereabouts.
Finally one day hurried telegram,
collect, came. 1t read:
az am not selling many goods, but
am making a fine impression. Wire
500 quick
1.-THE nerve Of the fellow got our
nerve, and, do you know, we wired him
the $780, and afterward he made good.
We have never asked him what he did
during the two months, and he has
never preached the subject to us. 1t
was the wit that pleased us."-Wash-
ington Star.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-04-04
ROLLER FEED dILL.

and from eight to twenty inches long,
according to the amount Of power at
hand 0nd the amount of feed to be
ground. In the illustration b u are the
feed rollers. a the hopper. C the main
drive wheels, d device for regulating
the flow of grain, hand wheel for
adjusting the feed rollers. + pinon TO
connect tumbling rod Oh power. K belt
wheel if steam power Is used and b
discharge spout for the ground feed.
There is a great advantage in roller
grinder, and that is it Is geared down
instead of geared up, as all other mills,
and consequently will run much easier.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-04-04
The sun Is Seldom ON Time.

The sun does not keep good time. He
is almost always too fast or too slow.
Once about the middle Of April he Is
Just OH time, then not again before the
middle of June. AT the beginning OF
September he joins the clock third
time, and lastly once more late in De
cember. Now, it would seem as If he
were startled at the way he had neg
lected us. In February he fel! back UNI
til he was fifteen minutes late. BY the
beginning of March he had made up
five minutes of his loss, and before the
month is over he will have caught up
to within five minutes Of the schedule.
Meanwhile the days have been growing
longer very rapidly. We begin March
with our nights longer than our days.
We end it with our days longer than
our nights. In the one month we have
added to the length Of our day an hour
and twenty minutes, bigger gain than
any other month can shOw.-PrOfessOr
s. G. Schumacher In Ladies' Home Jour
nol
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-04-04
CONSTRUCTION OF CIRCLES.

and nailed TO the circular bands. Some
shut it up inside with two layers Of
inch boards. unmatched, but with
tarred paper between, the boards
breaking joints. but good ensllage may
be secured by the use Of one layer Of
matched flooring. The outside may be
finished up according to fancy. Clap
boards may be bent around horizontal
ly and nailed to the studding, or it
may be sheeted up with boards run
ming vertically.
Ventilation may be secured by leav-
ing a place through which air may
pass both at the bottom and top of the
outside covering of the slO. This free
ventilation will greatly prOlOng the life
of the sllC.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-04-04

Une method Of adulterating paris
green. is by the addition of calcium sui
phate GYPSUM. which adds to the
weight only and has no value as an in
secticide. To test for this form of
adulteration take about as much paris
green as can be held on 5 cent piece,
transfer to a drinking glass and add
six tablespoonfuls Of household ammo
mia. Stir all the time, and continue
stirring for about five minutes. If the
green is pure, dark blue solution will
be formed and no residue will remain
undissolved. If calcium sulphate is
present, however, q white residue will
remain suspended in the blue liquid,
which will soon sink to the bottom Of
the. glass in compact mass.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-04-04

dries the drains which weaken women,
heals inflammation and liberation and
cures female weakness. 1t tranquilizes
the nerves, restores the appetite and
induces refreshing sleep.
IL have intended for some time to write to
YOU" says Mrs. Eva Burnett of Russellville, 10
gan Co. Ky, "and give testimonial in regard to
what your medicine has done for me- My baby
came in July, 1889, and had coingestive chillS:
and Law at deaths door for ten long weeks.
was in a dreadful condition and had six Of the
best doctors Of the city After everything had
been done and had been given up to die !
asked my husband to get me bottle OF Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription. He had no faith
in it. but he got it, and when had taken it two
weeks l was able to walk TO the dining room
to my meals, and by the time had taken threc
can never praise DR.. Pierce and his medicine
enough"
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure bill
BUSINESS
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-04-04
Much Ado About an as"

The printing Of the Bible Is the most
strictly guarded work in existence, a
fact which appears strange until we
reflect on the mischief an inaccurate
Bible might bring about. The kings
printers and the two universities Of
Oxford and Cambridge give to the
world all the Bibles printed in the
United Kingdom except some printed
by special license. A few years ago
the question arose whether the word
spirit" in Matthew iv, l. and Mark !,
IL, should have a capital rs" 1t having
been previously printed with a small
one, and, although the word was obyi-
ously wrongly printed, it was not until
after the ruling powers ut the UNIVERSE
ties and the kings printers had met In
solemn council that leave was given to
use the capital letter
Nothing sanctioned by authority in
1911 may be changed without creating
something akin to revolution in the
places where Bibles are prlnted.-Liv-
erpool Post.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-04-04
COWPEAS FOR SEED.
A Strong Demand For Them From
Various Parts OF the Country.

| Various Parts OF the Country.
The growth Of .cowpeas for manuring
land for hay and: for seed is rapidly ex-
tending throughout the Maryland and
Delaware peninsula, says an Orange
Judd Farmer correspondent. AS a land
renovator it is valued highly, especially
| Oh land that 1t not too light. 1t gives
increasing satisfaction as a hay crop,
and there is strong demand for seed
from all parts Of the country. More
seed was grown and saved the past
year than heretofore, but most Of 1t Is
still in farmers hands, as they dislike
to sell at present prices. An occasional
carload has been secured at about $1.25
per bushel If the market goes to SLIP
or 81, large increase Of acreage for
seed purposes will be planted.
AS ordinarily harvested the yield
ranges from fifteen to eighteen bushels
per acre. The most popular variety is
the Early Black, though some earlier
maturing but less known varieties are
preferred in some sections for seed.
Experienced men claim that the price
will not get much lower until some bet
ter method Of Smelling the seed is
found. The usual practice is to pick
the pods by hand and separate them
with a pea shelter OF thrash out by
hand. 1t costs from 40 to 90 cents per
bushel by this method. The hand shell
err cleans from fifty to sixty bushels
per day.
Attempts have been made to shell
with q wheat separator by making
some changes In the mechanism but
generally with poor success, and, al
though some machines seem to do bet
ter work than others, too many peas
are broken in the process. The small
seeded varieties suffer less from break
age than the Early Black and larger
kinds A Delaware man thrashed 200
bushels Of New Era, very small
seeded kind, with wheat thraShing
outfit, passing the entire hay through
the machine. The expense was small,
and there were no split peas, but he
estimated that 20 per cent or more re-
manned in the hay. However. he Sc
cured an average Of eighteen bushels
per acre and was quite well satisfied.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-04-04
Goldfish.

1t may not be generally known that
there Is cruelty in the keeping of gold
fish. Half Of such captives die from
sheer want Of rest. AS fish have eyes
so formed that they cannot endure the
light, in glass vessel they are In an
entirely wrong place. rs Is evident from
the way in which they dash about and
go round and round until fairly worn
out.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-04-04
A GOOD NE e! CLIO.

APOpu1nr Local Type of Round Silo
with Good Standing Qualities.
In the western apart of New York. IN
the neighborhood Of Batavia, there Is
in somewhat general use a type OF
round silo which is very popular and
seems. to be growing more so, There
are many persons who are prejudiced
against the stave silo because some lit
tie attention is required once or twice
during the year to keep it in condition.
While not believing it any better than
a stave silo, a Country Gentleman cor
respondent recommends the Batavia
type to those who desire a round silo
and gives information about it, which
includes the following: ..-4r
The framework Is shown In the ac-
complaining illustration.
The construction of the circles, which
form such an important part in the
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-04-04
There IL n Difference.

City Editor-Why do you say, HE
ran into the police station putting and
blowing" Putting" and blowing
are synonymous.
Reporter-Not at all. There's vast
difference, for instance, between puff
ing a man up and blowing him up
Catholic Standard and Times.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-04-04

"Thinnert"' .'e1T5oerrteu an Indlan
brave at the masked ball"
"Oh, was that It? have been labor
ing under the impression that he went
Ms feather duster." - Washington
HImaq
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-04-04
Philosophy of Mr.. Peckem.

Mrs Peckem-JOhn, hear that
Jones house burned down week after
he was married.
Mr.. Peckem-Well, troubles never
come singly, you know.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-04-04

Debt is, like any other trap, easy
enough to get into, but hard enough to
get out Of.-H. w. Shaw.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-04-04
LOOKING BACK

To the time when she was plucked from
the very grasp of death, the natural i'm
pulse of the womanly heart is thankful
ness for the means which saved her
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-04-04

Ever notice that as soon as you get
one fiddler paid another begins to tune
up?-Atchison Globe.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-04-04

framework, is
S h o w II a ! S o.
Stakes are driv-
en- firmly into
the ground in q
circle, the size
of which is the
same as is de-
sired for the in
side diameter Of
the silO, and are
sawed Oh at q
uniform height.
Boards are then
laid fiat upon
these stakes, as
shown, overlap
ping each other
at the ends. and
are secured in
place by nails.
Now q circle is
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-04-04

and a desire to hel,
other women in Xix
case. Those are tn
nj o We S W h / C
prompted Mrs. Evi
Burnett to write thu
accompanying testi
rnonial to the curative
power of DR.. PIERCE
Favorite Prescription
This is only one cure
out of thousands. M
one would dare say
t b at the avera g.
woman was not a
truthful as she il
good. And it is the
truthful testimony o
the average woman
that eFavorite Pre-
scription" cures
womanly diseases
when all other A
means and medi- "a
cines absolutely va
fail. 1t est a b.
fishes regularity,
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-04-04
HeIuiup Him.

Cinder Charley told dat lady was
merely tryln' to keep soul an body to
gether.
Billy Trucks-NVhat did she say?
Cinder Charley-She gave me safe
ty pin.-Phlladelphia Record.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-04-04

Train 80 connects with Southern X.
Ra. Strasburg Junction for Harrisonburg
and points on Valley Railroad.