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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-04-01
Promises Made In Time of Danger.

A story is told of Frenchman on
shipboard in a storm who beloved
out promises of a wax image of st.
Christopher as large as that gentle
mans statue at Paris on condition
that he should be preserved from
death. A fellow passenger nudged
him and suggested that he could not
pay for such an image even if he
sold all his possessions. But the
other replied in whisper: "Be still.
you fool DO you fancy am speak
ing in earnest? If | once touch the
shore, | shall not give him a tallow
candle"
Equally absurd is the account CIV
en- of a certain man who, greatly
terrified by rough weather on the
ocean, vowed he would eat no more
ham. Just as the danger was over
he qualified his promise by adding,
without mustard, o Lord"
The Indians and Hudson.
There is in the Royal museum at
The Hague, Holland, curious old
document describing the adventures
of Henry Hudson, a navigator in the
service of the Dutch East India
company. He it was who discovered
the river to which he gave his name.
A passage of the document reads as
follows: ''The natives, or Indians,
on his first coming here regarded
the ship with mighty wonder and
looked upon it as sea monster and
declared that such a ship or people
had never been there before"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-04-01
Thought II Was a cornet.

A parish beadle was once much
exercised at the appearance of q
strange old gentleman who when
the sermon was about to begin took
an ear trumpet, in two parts, out
Of his pocket and began screwing
them together. The beadle watch
ed him till the process was COM
pleted and then, going stealthily up,
whispered:
aye mauna play that here. II
we dae, I'll turn ye DOT. London
Tit-Bits.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-04-01
Laying the Board.

Iaying the board" for an Anglo
Saxon banquet was something of a
solemn function. The usual hour
was noon, and after it was over the
tables were removed and the diners
went, as an old chronicler observes,
"to their cups, to which the English
we're too much accustomed" Evil
IDENTIFY the rule that the guests were
not to bring their arms into the
hall, but leave them outside with
the porter. was no unnecessary 0nA
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-04-01
Real Sea Serpents.

In New Caledonia sea Serpents are
frequently seen and sometimes cap
tured. They are curious creatures,
the head being very small and
scarcely distinguishable from the
body and the tail being formed like
an oar. In length they are generally
between three and four feet. In the
jaws there are tiny glands contain
ing poison, but as the mouth is very
small it is difficult for them to bite,
and the natives handle them fear
lessly. NJ. Kermogant, a European
traveller, recently witnessed an ex-
pertinent at Noumea which shows
that under certain conditions the
sea serpent can do deadly work. A
rat was caught in a trap, and its
tongue was grasped by a pair OF
pinchers and placed in the mouth OF
a sea serpent. The serpent immedi-
ately bit it, and the rat died in four
minutes.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-04-01
Mexican Justice.

An American tells this story of
Mexican justice: cone morning the
body of a cowboy was found in a
border town. 1t was supposed he
had crossed the Rio Grande to at
tend a dance and fiirted with some
senorita and so was shot by Next
can. AT least that was the theory,
because a bag of money amounting
to 5000, all in gold, was found on
the body, proving that the murder
had not been done for robbery. Be-
sides the coin a very costly six
shooter, silver mounted and ivory
handled, was strapped around the
deceased. The finding of the gun
was the occasion Of a trial before
the local alcalde, or justice of the
peace. 1t was against the law to
carry weapons, and the dead man
was fined 5000, just the sum they
found on him, for violating the
Mexican statute"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-04-01
Fuss.

A writer in the London Lancet,
discussing "Iuss as a Mark of Mod
ern Civilization" defines fuss as a
form of neurosis, and says of it:
1t is not vigilance or prudence or
deliberate and considerate judg-
ment. 1t is not even a natural and
rational anxiety, though it may ex-
hibit itself in the guise of any one of
these. 1t is mere business. Serving
in itself no useful purpose, it min
giles with and impedes every useful
work, dampening energy and dis
couraging initiative and the sense of
responsibility in those engaged in it.
All the while it may be preaching
moderation and self control. This
neurosis is not confined to any peo-
pie or part Of the civilized world,
though it would seem to be more
prevalent in some quarters than
elsewhere. Wherever there exists a
suitable soil in the form of an intel
lect equipped with the visual organs
of education, but without CORE
spending reflective power and self
restraint, there the morbid germ de-
velops until it may even become cpl
demic over a wide area.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-04-01
Wanted.

We would like to ask, through the
columns OF your paper, II there Is any
person who has used Green's August
Flower for the cure OF Indigestion. Dys
pepsia, and Liver Troubles that has not
been cured-and we also mean their
results, such as sour stomach. fermenta-
ton OF food. habitual costiveness, nervous
dyspepsia, headaches. respondent feel
Ings, sleeplessness-in fact, any trouble
connected with the stomach or liverY This
medicine has been sold for many years In
all civilized countries, and we wish to
correspond with you and send you one Of
our books free Of cost. II you never tried
August Flower, try 90 cent bottle first.
We have never known OF its falling. II
so, something more serious is the matter
with you. The 25 cent size has just been
introduced this year. Regular size rs
cents. At all druggist.
q. g. GREEN, Woodbury., N. J.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-04-01

"Wha-a-t's the matter, John?'
gasped Mrs. Torque. Don't you
like the new dishes I've cooked p
"Where did you get the recipe?'
"Out Of the cookbook, of course.
Why"
Don't you think that you hap
pened to get the cookbook mixed
with some dialect story? This dish
tastes like it."-Baltimore Herald.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-04-01

cures made by DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy.
II is the great medi-
cal triumph Of the nine
teenth century; dis
covered after years Of
scientific research by
DR.. Kilmer, the emf
nent kidney and blad-
der specialist. and Is
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-04-01
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK ?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure TO know OF the wonderful
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-04-01

A number of Democratic re-
organizers are reported as booming
Mr.. Cleveland for the Democratic
presidential nomination in 1904.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-04-01

wonderfully successful in promptly curing
lame back kidney, bladder, uric acid trou-
bles and Bright's Disease, which is the worst
form OF kidney trouble.
Dr.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is not rec
ommendedfor everything but you have kid
ney, liver or bladder trouble It will be found
just the remedy you need. lthas been tested
in so many ways, in hospital work, in private
practice, among the helpless too poor to pur-
chase 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 book
telling more about Swamp-Root and how to
find out If you have kidney or bladder trouble.
When writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper and EE
send your address to kFsilIFsYf s.f .ssssa
Dr.. Kilmer e. Co., Bing Es .. .S4ts;,j
hamton, N. Y. The -sSsslsl. h.l:..sssRsge
regular fifty cent and Homo of swamp-ROOt.
dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists.
Don't make any mistake. but remember
the name, Swamp-Root, DR.. Kilmer's
and the address, Binghamton,
N. Y. on every bottle.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-04-01

A Sioux City cattleman is con-
sidering the ACCESSIBILITY of inter
breeding the Arctic musk OK with
cattle of the temperate zone, be-
lieving that the stock so produced
would be better able to Withstand
the severe winters of the West.
He has been in correspondence
with Lieutenant Peary on the sub
ject, and the Arctic explorer is
favorably impressed with the
project. "The vast loss of the
present season among herds on the
Western ranges says the Sioux
City man, "emphasizes the neces-
sity of trying to infuse harder
blood into American cattle. "
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-04-01
Deeds of Trust and Mortgages
Debarred.

Until a rather recent date there
was no statute of limitations APP
plicable to deeds of trust and
mortgages. Now there is a statute
that puts these securities out CT
date at the expiration of 20 years
from the time when the right to
enforce payment first accrues. On
the approaching lst day of May
deeds of trust and mortgages, the
right to enforce which is then as
much as 20 years old, will be
barred. The statute provides the
method by which parties can keep
their securities from going out of
date. This is mentioned as mat
ter of practical Importance which
those interested should not over
look.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-04-01

offer In this paper and
send your address ia
DR.. Kilmer & Co. Bling
hamton. N. Y. The
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-07
The Kite rs an Ais Ship.

I have had the feeling that Il properly
constructed flying machine should be
capable of being flown :s Il kite and,
conversely. that II prcnar...r constructed
kite should be capable of use as y fly
ing machine when driven by it's own
propellers. l am not So sure. however.
Of the truth of the former proposition
as / am of the latter.
Given a kite so shaped rs to be suit
able for the body of IL flying machine
and so efficient that it will f. we'll in a
good breeze fsay twenty miles an hour
when loaded with IL weight equivalent
to that of Il man and engine. then it
seems to me that this sGm" kite, pro-
vided with an actual engine and man
in place of the load and driven by its
own propellers at the rate of twenty
miles an hour. should he sustained in
calm air as IL flying machine. So far
as the pressure of the air is concerned.
it is surely immaterial whether the air
moves against the kite or the kite
against the air.-AleSander Graham
Bell in National Geographic Magazine.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-07

Prizefightlng having been stopped
at Butte and the local pool rooms
refusing to close in order to give the
racing association a chance to make
a little easy money the newspaper
correspondents OF the big mining
camp VII have to resort to some OF
the old ways of making strings"
A long time has passed since any
thing has been sent out concerning
the gulchward movement of the noun
tain on which the city is built. It
might stand a little mor exploitation
in case of emergency. And then there
is the continuous performance by the
mayor and city council. That should
he good for an occasional column,
not to say anything of the spectacular
and sensational gentlemen who in
the past have furnished Sc much
copy" Their doings have not been
written up for some time.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-07
Az to Laying Rails,

English railway experts seem deter
mined to do everything in the most
complicated way. as Americans prefer
tie simplest. For instance. Yankees lay
railroad rails directly upon the sleeper.
The English lay bull head rails upon
,::tal chairs which in turn rest upon
tue sleepers. The result is to multiply
tie noise. which would be almost intol-
cradle if English engines and cars were
not such small and light affairs.
The London Transport. a technical
authority. says. 1T is generally admit
ted that the American system of laying
fiat bottom rails direct on sleepers
makes a more elastic road than the
English chair and key system, while
the smoothness of running adds com
fort in travelling and considerably re-
duces the wear and tear to rolling
stock"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-07
HORSES AND HORSEMEN.

Lou Dillon will be matineed and will
''down the line"
Silversign. 2:1OM. and several other
good ones in Denver will be trained by
Tim Murnalne. formerly of Toledo, o.
w. r. Knapp. formerly Of Monroe,
Mich, is now Il resident of Toledo, O..
where he has moved his stable of trot-
tiers.
The speedway in Detroit is doomed
for the time being. The council refused
to appropriate $4,000 for its construc-
ton.
Noryin &. .:;ODM. pacing. and with q
t~hree-yeal-o;d trotting record of 2:2OMa,
will br shifted to the trot again this
year.
The stables at TIE mile track at SYRIA
cuse. =. Y. 3rr filing rapidly. and the
track Is rasort"a dis beng in tip top
condition.
William Wilson. who was assistant to
Scott Hudson. is now training the
horses nj tie Einebrook farm. Lexing-
ton. Mass.
Mars Cassidy. the running horse
starter. has sent his mare. Gretchen.
&C.. 10 the Village farm. where she
Will lr bred.
Irish is tie name of the Monterey
(Cal.) PAGER that will be raced by Alb
Fuliager. He is owned by Frank Cor
ton. Chicago.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-07
The Goat of the Fu.ileer..

In his recent gift of a goat from the
royal herd to the f%usileers King Ed
ward followed the example of his royal
mother. who at different times gave
this famous regiment a goat. the first
being presented as far back as 1915.
On that occasion it was mi Of a
magnificent Cashmere breed. then kept
in Windsor park. a herd OF. which was
sent to Queen Victoria by the then
shah. This goat. as may be expected.
was highly priced and marched at the
head of the regiment during a cam
paign in Bulgaria. afterward accom-
panying the fusileers to the Crimea.
Shortly after the battle of Alma the
goat began to show symptoms Of i'll
ness, and despite every care it finally
succumbed to the inclement weather
on Dec. 20, 1854, before S~evastopol.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-07
MAN BEAuTY's TROUBLES.
Winner of Vienna Contest Pestered
With All Sort of Offers.

With All Sorts of Offers.
Everything has it's drawbacks, as
Walter Raimund. the winner of the re-
cent beauty competition for men in
Vienna. has recently begun to discover,
says the Chicago Inter Ocean. Since
his success he has been pestered daily
with offers Of marriage from various
matrimonial agents acting on behalf Of
fair clients.
1t is further stated that he has re-
ceived an offer from a we'll known
American impresario to exhibit him
self for six months in the States as the
most beautiful man in the world. For
this he was to receive Ego per day.
The Viennese photographers have
also pestered him to allow his photo
graph to be taken for artistic purposes.
But all these enticing offers Raimund
has been compelled to refuse. as he
has to put in his time for CONSUMPTION
in the course of this year.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-07
MILLlCf4S a t,1iN -.
Greatest Loser on Record Dies In .
Carrot In n LOMdOn Sluxsl.

Greatest Loser ON Record Dies In .
Carrot In n London slu.n.
In a gr1my garrett in a London Stun
there died the other day the only man
who ever succeeded in losing $25,OO0,-
600 in five minutes time.
His name was Henri Thibault. Fol
years prior to his death he had cked
out Il precariOus subsistence as Il trans.
lator and teacher of languages. yet thir-
teen years previously he had been TIE
prime mover in the great copper cartsr.
the collapse Of which Shoe. to it, four
dations the French financial weird.
Thibault's idea WAS to s~ecratly by
up the worlds available supply o! cop.
per and wait for the Inevitable ri,s.
And he came neal to Succeeding.
From his office in par,,s III con fo!led.
don. Berlin and Vienna. AMI ~ all CT
them he purchased every pound OF co.,
per that was offered.
The result was quickly apparent. On
July /. 1887, "I,. G. BIS (best Chile
bars) were selling at 5000 Il ton. BY
June l they had risen to $500. and the
rise continued steadily until the middle
of December. 1888. when the unEeard
of price of a fraction over $3.50 Il ton
was being asked and obtained.
Then came the collapse. Tlibault had
sunk all his own money III the venture,
all he could borrow. all he could beg,
and still from all sorts of odd and I'M
expected corners of the word copper
came pouring in.
AS soon as he ceased buying he had.
Of course, to commence selling. and this
FASTENED and accentuated the inevita-
bic end. By March ! the price had
dropped to less than it was when Thi-
bault commenced operations.
Altogether the gigantic gamble cost
him $4,000. 600. of which sum fully
one-half was lost between moo and
five minutes past On Feb. %, 1883
when the bottom dropped out of his
corner.-Stray Stories.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-07
OLD FASHIONED.

What has become Of the old fash
toned young people who only went to
church to cut mn?
What has become of the old fash
toned novelist who had the hero ''gnaw
his silky m~ustache:"
What has become Of the old fash
toned man who when he walked to a
place said he went on Shanks' mare2
What has become Of the old fash
ioned man who commended that no boy
should remain with his father after
reaching eighteen?
What has become of the old fash
toned women who went to the cellar to
make cobweb pills when any of the
family had Il fever?
What has become Of the old FASH
toned woman who was so accustomed
to doing work while tending a baby
that she could do everything with a
baby on her lap except sweep u room?
-Atchison Globe,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-07
KING BARS PANAMA HATS.
Edward Himself witt
Styles In Mems Dress.

Court or official costume is. of course,
de rigueur. but King Edward is con-
corning himself not only with regula-
lions for what costume men shall wear
at court functions and the parties he
attends. but is seeking to make an in
novation in the ordinary evening garb
Of gentlemen, says Il London cable dis
patch to the New York Herald.
When his majesty went to Lord and
Lady Rothschild's party ii few days
ago he intimated to his hosts that he
would like all their male guests to APP
pear in knee breaches and decorations.
to quote the invitation cards. which did
no specify any other article of habili-
mont. Similarly, prior to the gymkha-
ma which was to have been held at
| Ranelagh. the kings equerry conveyed
| to that club the notification that King
| Edward would expect to see all the
men wearing silk hats, panamas being
especially tabooed. However. rain pre-
vented the function.
AS for the modification in evening
dress. it is one that will probably APP
peal to men of portly build. For years
past the king has worn a white vest
slip with a morning coat. This season
he has adopted the same idea for even
ing dress. This will necessarily in
volve the wearing of black vests in
stead of white ones. which now nine
out of every ten men are wearing.
The king has also shown a decided
partiality for bright blue ties, but no.
body seems to be following his exam
pie in this particular.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-07
OVER Il OCEAN.

There is Il growing demand for bicy-
cles in China.
Wales Is saT:cring from a large re-
cent Increase in tie number of tramps.
Spain's annual export Of picked
green olives amounts to about 100000.
At a recent bllltight in Lisbon n Of
the bulls jumped over the railing and
killed two of the spectators.
The Salvation Army has been grant
ed II monopoly Of the street %shoeblacx-
ing business in Copenhagen.
Irish is today the living tongue Of al
most as many people as speak Welsh,
Greek. Servian. bulgarian, Norwegian
or Parish. III Galway alone are 1888
persons who can speak nothing but
Irish. .~
1t is estimated that the Journey be-
tween London and Paris will be short
encd by twenty minutes by the use OF
crates for passengers luggage, expert
ments with which We're made recently
at Calais.
Ths Moscow Gazette warns the Rus
sian government against allowing Eng
lishmen to settle in the Oil districts OF
the Caucasus. AS the situation may be-
come the same as that in the Trans
vaal before the war.
To lessen the risk of disease orders
have been given that all Egyptian pill
grims going to Mecca next year must
accompany the holy carpet, which Is
| sent from Cairo to Mecca annually with
a military escort. Doctors will travel
with the pilgrims.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-07

Iowa republicans: eve believe that
large corporations commonly called
trusts should be regulated and SUI
pervised, both in their organization
and operation, that their real ten
denotes may be checked and their
evil practices prevented. In many
instances they are efficient industrial
instruments, and the natural outcome
of the inevitable process of econo-
mic evolution. We do not desire their
restriction, but insist ma they shall
be SO regulated and controlled as to
prevent monopoly and promote COM
petition. and in the fullest measure
,subserve and advance the public
good" ".. y. -. VIZ
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-07-07
To Increase speed of Electric Cars.

'IO Increase speed OF E1ectFIc Sars.
Henry E. Huntington. who is inter-
ested in the building of a great trolley
system covering all southern Califor-
MIA. running parallel to the steam lines
in that section, is preparing to u
long distance cars at a speed Of a mile
a minute, says a Los Angeles dispatch
to the New York Tribune. Steel wind
hoods are now being placed on the
front of all long distance cars. The
hoods are shaped like cowcatchers.
their base being on a level with the
floor of the car and a knifelike edge ex-
tending at an angle of forty-ive de-
grees to the top, the point being six
feet from the front of the car. This
aus a great saving of electrical en-
ergy. The other day in experimenting
Il heavy car attained a speed Of sixty
eight miles an hour.