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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-06-08
WHY Many Men Die Young

1t has been said that few men
die of old age and that almost all
persons die of Disappointment
personal, mental or bodily toll, or
accident.
The passions kill men sometimes
even suddenly. The common ex-
preston, "choked with rage" has
little exaggeration in it, for even
though not suddenly fatal, strong
passions shorten life. Strong
bodied men often die young, weak
men live longer than the strong
because the strong use their
strength and the weak have none
to use-the latter take care OF
themselves, the former do not. As
it is with the body, so it is with
the mind and the temper; the
strong are apt to break, or, like
the candle, run; the weak burn
ont. The inferior animals, which
live temperate lives, have generally
their prescribed term of years.
Thus the horse lives twenty-five
wears, the OK Is or 20, the lion
about 90, the hog 10 or II, the
rabbit 8, the guinea pig = or I.
The nlmbers all bear proportion
TO the time the animal takes to
grow its full size. But man OF all
animals is one that seldom comes
mn to the average. He ought to
| live 100 years, according to the
physiological law, for five times
twenty are 100; but instead OF
that he scarcely reaches an aver
age of four times the growing
period. Tne reason is obvious
man is not only the most irregular
and most Incorporate, but the
most luxurious and hard working
of all animals.
He is always the most irritable,
and there is reason to believe:
though we cannot tell what an
animal secretly feels, that more
than any other animal man
cherishes wrath to keep it warm
and consumes himself with the
fire of his own reflections.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-06-08
Healthy Mothers

Mothers should always keep III good
bodily health. They owe 1t 20 their
children. Yet II is no unusual sight to
see a mother, with babe in arms, cough
ing violently and exhibiting all the
symptoms Of conslmptive tendency.
And why should this dangerous condi-
ton exist, dangerous alike to mother
and child, when DIR. Boschee's German
Syrup would put stop to ii at oncer No
mother should be without this old and
tried remedy In the house-for its timely
use will promptly cure any lung, throat
or bronchial trouble in herself or her
children. The worst cough or cold can
be speedily cured by German Syrup; s."
can hoarseness and congestion OF the
bronchial tubes. 1t makes expectora-
ton easy, and gives instant relief and
refreshing rest to the cough-racked
consumptive. New trial bottles, 2oc'
large size, zoe. For sale by b. II, Cor
reli. druggist
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-06-08
Brouoht Back Life.

The London Lancet recalls a
number of remarkable cases of re-
suscitation from apparent death.
One of these was recorded by the
late Sir Benjamin Ward Richard
son. A medical man had taken 100
grains of choral. When seen, life
seemed to all common observation
to be extinct. No pulse or evidence
of breathing was perceptible. and 1t
was very difficult to detect the
sounds of the heart, while the tenn
perature had sunk to 81 degrees F.
The man had been in that condition
for some hours. The patient was
revived, however, by raising the tenn
perature of the room TO "a degrees
and injecting warm milk and water
into the stomach, and he made a
complete recovery. Slaves OF alec
hol and narcotics run great risks OF
this kind.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-06-08
What Treasure Is In England,

Treasure troye, according to the
authorities on English common law
that is, money, coin, gold and sill
yer plate or bullion-all belong to
the crown. Only gold and silver are
treasure, so that if one finds antique
bronzes, an old Roman sword or Gel
tic battleax or any triae of that ma
ture he may keep it without fear OF
mourning the penalties attached to
concealment Of treasure, And such
penalties are still in existence For
inegly the punishment was no less
than death, now it is only fine and
Imprisonment, although it may be
doubted whether any jury could be
found to convict of such an offense,
which most people would confess to
be capable afI themselves commit
ting should the occasion happily
arise.-All the Year Round.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-06-08

his INFINITE marcy to ca me TO
my, ain. A wounds heal i time,
they say, an five an twenty year
is lang eneuch, but the scars wi me
yet, Owen, the scars wi me yet, an
will be till my deeing day, an |
Gamma see a wee BARN warslin wi
this wicked warP like the puir
Dutch lass but I maun think: Hoo,
if 'twere Bess? My ain wee Bes-
sic p"
And the old man, dashing his
hand across his eyes to clear away a
mist that was not all of age, drew
from his inner vest pocket one of
those old fashioned daguerreotype
cases that used to be so common on
country house center tables twenty
years ago and handed it to me. |
opened it and, after turning the
case this way and that to avoid the
reflection from the CLASSY surface,
saw two dimly outlined faces, the
mothers and daughters, looking at
each other. 1t was impossible to
get much idea of what they were in
life, but looked at them as one
would look at a strange face in a
coffin and then handed back the case
in silence.
Just then the door was flung
open, and a number of men entered
the room, their forms but dimly
discernible in the dusk which had
fallen upon us unheeded.
"Why, it's Langdon," said one
advancing with an exclamation Of
surprise. 81 suppose you've go'
everything all arranged for the pic
mic, Sandy"
mo-" said I, hastily interposing
1--WE have not been talking about
the picnic at all. That's what ]
came for, but Mr.. MacNab has been
telling all about the old days IL
Scotland, and we hadn't really got
down to business yet"
Sandy hustled about to light q
couple of gas jets as / spoke, and
when he had finished he slowly re-
turned, thankful, | was sure, for the
moments respite.
"I'm thinkin'," said he slowly
chat l sail ma gac to the picnic"
"Not go to the picnic" sale
young MacGowan in establishment
"Why, uncle, how can that be
What would the picnic be without
your"
"Aye, lad, it's kind o you tt
speak sac, but Pm owre suld for siC
tricks. l Gamma pit the stane MOI
hurl the caher nor rim nor loup mol
warsle nor step a hielan fling
Young folk s'uld be blithe an mer
~, an auld folk s'uld stay hame
Ninny mind me, lad, but 60 YOU
ways"
"He's thinkin' O. his BARN, pull
Sandy" whispered Rob Mackenzie
in my ear.-Owen Langdon.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-06-08
CHINESE EMBROIDERY.
Respondent With Pearls, Coral, eeads
and Gold Thread.

and Gold Thread.
"P'utz" is the name given to .
richly embroidered square of silk
worn as a badge on the breast and
back of dark colored pelisse by civ
il and military officials Of China, as
well as by their wives. Every square
embroidered putt" being indica-
tive of rank, belongs to either the
civil or military order, the two great
social categories of the Chinese en-
pire. In the former, naming them
in proper order, stork. gold pleas
ant, wild goose, crane, silver pleas
ant, egret, partridge, quail and blue
jay are exclusively depicted, mostly
standing upon a rock in the midst
of waves and looking toward the
sun. Each of these symbols is con-
fined to one of the nine grades OF
the upper ten. In the second divi-
sion quadrupeds alone are allowed.
They include in proper rotation the
ch'ilin, or unicorn; lion, leopard, IL
ger, bear, and tiger cat. The color
ing is also specified by the strict
sumptuary laws of the country.
A beautiful specimen of this en-
broidery recently on view in Lon
don was about the size of a large
meat plate and was resplendent with
pearls, coral beads and gold thread
1t displayed a stork, wrought with
seed pearls of a good sine and flying
toward a fiery wafer in coral, stand
ing for the sun. Rocks, clouds OF
waves, deity simulated by few
streaks Of gold thread and cunning
stitches in floss silk, occupied the
background, while ON the brlmllke
border, between double line OF
gold passing, couched with red silk
were arranged in a circle pearl bats
tortoises and other symbols of lon
gevity, frightened up with cora
eyes, riveted on the sun. No fewer
than 10000 bored pearls were usec
in this rare sample, intended for
mandarin's robe.
Clouds and running water con.
staptly appear on the embroidered
robes of the grandees OF the fa1
east. The way these mysterious
waves are made to run straight OF
across helps to tell approximately
the date of the work. Apparent
trihes are of the highest Importance
The director general of the yellow
river, for instance, could not dor
at random a robe bearing an out
burst Of water escaping from
breach above. the level of the sur
rounding country. 1t would be con
sidered by the superstitious a BAG
omen or a warning against wan
of power in the officer to control th'
most ungovernable river of the EN-
pire. He is, therefore, bound to dis
play on his garments calm, limpic
water, made to glide horizontally.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-06-08
Fraternal Orders.

Rock bridge Lodge, No. So. l. y: o. r.
meets every Thursday night, at Odd Eel
lows Hall.
Lexington Lodge, No. 60, X. OF r.,
meets every Tuesday night, at Odd Eel
lows Hall.
Liberty Lodge, No, 2, Daughters 0
Rebekah, meets every Monday night at
Odd Fellows Hall.
Mountain City Lodge, No, 81, Ancient
York Masons meets 1st and sra MOE
day nights at Masonic Hall
Natural Bridge Council, No 1920 Koyal
Arcanum, meets list and Bra Friday
nights in each month, at odd Fellows
Hall.
Lee jackson Council, No. ~, Junior
Order American Mechanics, meets every
2nd and 4th Friday nights, at ODD Fellows
Hall.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-06-08
OUR NATIONAL SIN
Startling Charge to a Jury by
Cleveland Jurist

In recent charge to jury
trying a prisoner for embezzle-
ment, Judge VIM. A. Babcock of
Cleveland, o., said in part:
Your oath is "to present n one
through malice, hatred or i'll will;
nor shall you leave any person un-
presented through fear, favor or
affection. To violate the first of
these directions is to make public
Justice a tyranny to violate the
last is to,make it farce. The
officers of the law and the courts
become breeders of anarchy and
crime when they visit the penal
ties of the law upon the criminal
outcast and excuse the criminal
favOrite of society.
1t has been well said that "the
voice of the law is the harmony Of
the word; all things do her
homage, the very least as feeling
her care, and the greatest as not
exempt from her power" Let this
voice speak in harmony with the
truth in all of your findings and
presentments.
1t is sage reflection of Tacitus
that "when the State is most cor
rupt, the laws ara most multiple. "
He might have added that the
enforcement of laws is universally
in the inverse ratio to their
multiplication.
We are in this country the vic
tins of over-legislation, and law
lessness is pre-eminently our
national sin. Because of it the
public service is paralyzed in
legislative and executive depart
ments, the horizon blazes with
burnings and lynchings which go
unpublished.
Reverence for the laws and
obedience to their commands is
the paramount lesson of this day,
and for this generation to learn.
It should be written in our alma
macs and school readers; It should
be posted at the top of periodicals
and newspaper columns; it should
be taught in our schools, preached
in oul churches and Numbered
from all platforms. 1t should,
above all, become the living letter
in our courts of justice. 1t should
be the polar star in all your
labors as the grand jury, and
should nerve the hand of your
foreman as he shall lndorse this
proposed Indictment, that it is "a
true BILL" or that it is "not a true
BILL" as you shall find the truth
to be after careful and impartial
investigation, remembering that
the command of the law to you is
that Sin all your presentments you
shall present the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the truth,
according to the best of your skill
ond q hilitv -
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-06-08
a Serious Question.

Mr.. Sampson (passionately) -
love you devotedly, Miss Chumley,
but my pecuniary affairs have pre-
vented my making declaration un-
til now. But | have put enough
away now to feel justified in asking
You to become my wife.
Miss Chumley (he.itating. but
sweetly-I confess that am not
wholly, Indifferent to you, but
but
"Rut what, dear"
Would you mind telling ne how
much you have put away"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-06-08
Guarding a Secret,

Two Irishmen had been taken
prisoners in 1893. One of them in
formed the military officer in com
mand of the arresting party that he
could make important revelations
were it not for his fellow culprlt
He dared not do so while the other
lived. If the other was put out OF
the way That was soon arranged
No sooner was the other man dead
than the surviving prisoner quietly
remarked: Nov, shoot me as soor
as you please. 1t was he that knew
the story, and | knew he'd peach"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-06-08
Lean Year Privilege,

In the reign of Margaret-l2S6-
1992-the Scottish parliament pass
ed an act saying that "every maiden
of both high and low degree shall
have liberty to speak to the man she
likes, If he refuse to take her to be
his wife, he shall be mulct in the
sum of f1OO or less, according to
his estate, except and always if he
can make it appear that he is be-
trothed to another woman. Then
he shall be free" This is the origin
of the famous privilege given to wo-
men in leap year.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-06-08
Rovhood of ROckefeller

John ID. Rockefeller at the carry
age of eight was milking the
family cow. The animal refused
to give down.
"You contrary beast" he said,
.'what is the matter with you
Oh. see. You have finished your
bucket Of wet bran. | must re-
bait you"
Years later, with the aid OF the
railways, he applied the same
principls in the conduct Of ms
business with great success.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-06-08

The st. Louis Worlds Fair
covers |, $40 acres, costs $50, 900
600, has six acres in rost s,a statue
of "King Cotton" fifty feet high,
requires 40, 900 horsepower to run
it, has 81 acres of live stock, a
floral clock 100 feet across the
dial, and or Watermelon Day will
serve 500, coo melons free Cholera
Morhus! 1t has a wireless tele.
graph station in operation, and
| its midway" is called the Pike
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-06-08
A Hint.

Mother--I can't have that young
man staying here so late at night.
You must give him Il hint of some
kind.
Daughter lin the EVENING" am
very much afraid something will
happen to YOU on the streets at
night. You must be more careful
of Yourself and not be out so late.
If anything should happen to you,
I'd-i'd die!
They are engaged now.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-06-08
Couldn't Fiqure II Out.

A woman went to a spiritualistIc
seance and was told by the medium
that the spirit of her first husband
wanted to commune with her. ole
feels very bad" said the medium,
because you have married again"
"But how did he learn about it?"
demanded the wife. 81 thought
marriages were made in heaven. ~
Detroit Free Press.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-06-08
Place Your Order Early
Patent Process Fertilizer Lime
testimonial by party who used last year and be convinced
that it is good thing.

BuENA VISTA VA, Feb. Oath 1904
Rockbridge Lime & Stone Co., Lexington, Va r.
Gentlemen Il used of your Patent Process fezer Lime
on NV corn and tomatoes last with great advantage
used it on the worst and poorest piece OF % na
and the corn was stronger better than richer land adjoining
upon which had used other fertilizers. - .D
NV tomato cron showed to row where used the Patent Pro-
cess Lime he vines heavier and NOR" .toky and
greener longer and had larger and more ilnt Inc t
called B Vista gentlemen over 10 my po'
see the remarkable results They can vOuch for ts
Respectfully yours, amman
Rockbfidge Lime & Stone 20
LEXINGTON, VA.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-06-08

Jolkley-That's nothing. I knew
a young fellow who went to sleep
one night and the next morning
swoke a white haired paralytic,
Polkley-Oh, come now, ] sayt
Jolkley-Faot. The young tel.
low was bell boy in Q hotel, and
tn white haired paralyao was .
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-08-26
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

James K. Williams, of Carmi, was re-
nominated for congress by the democrat
ic convention of the Twenty-fourth Hi
nOis district.
Thomas f, Watson, of Georgia. the
peoples party candidate for president,
and Thomas II. Tihbles. Of Nebraska. the
candidate for vice president, were for
mally notified Of their nomination at
Cooper Union. New York city. Both ac-
cepted.
Alexander Aeassi2, the celebrated sci
enlist OF Cambridge. Mass. was elected
president of the international ZOologi-
al congress, in session at Bcrne, Switz-
erland.
Charles +. Shivcly. of Richmond, Ind.
was elected supreme chancellor Of the
Knights Of Pythias. in succession to
Tracy II. Bangs, OF Grand Forks, y. d.
The thirticth annual convention Of
the American Bankers association will
be held a. the Waldorf-hstoria hotel,
New York, September IA, 10 and lG.
President Roosevelt has gone &c
Oyster Bay for a months rest.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-08-26
Acting on an opinion from Corpora

Acting on an OPINION IrOm
ton Counsel Tolman, the Chicago po-
lice ordered the packers to quit hous-
ing workers in their plants.
Nels o Cassen was accidentally
killed by being thrown from his car
riase when returning to his home.
three miles south of Yorkville. Ill
Mr.. Casyen was the largest land owner
in the county, his wealth being esti-
mated up TO 81 900, 900.
Fifteen cases OF dynamite exploded
on the depot platform at Minden, MO.
killing Engineer Rody and Mrs. Ed
Brooks. wife of the station agent.
Death to Is persons. injury to scores
and destruction to property both prI-
vate and public, estimated in round
numbers at $4,000, 900, rode on a tor
nado which swept through st. Paul,
Minneapolis and other Minnesota
cities.
The Cripple Creek mob resumed de-
portation of miners and their sympa-
thizers. Victims were herded together
and marched out OF town under a
heavily armed guard. The move is
justified by the charge that a plot has
been discovered.
one man was hot to death and five
Others wounded when stock yards
workers in Chicago fired from a Lake
Shore train on a crowd Of strike sym
pathizers.
Secretary Of the Treasury Shaw de-
clares the St. Louis exposition cannot
be kept open on Sundays.
Since the opening day, April n, T.
5GG,S7S admissions to the worlds fair
have been recorded.
Edward A Hershey, warden of the
Ohio penitentiary, died suddenly OF
hemorrhage of the stomach.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-08-26
FOREIGN.

Japan announces her intention OF
selling the Russian ships nOw being
repaired at Shanghai, and has sent a
squadron presumably to carry out this
plan. China also has ordered her war
vessels hurriodly to the scene,
Eighty-threc hursemen sent by the
Moorish prctcnGcr. Bu iiamara. to Chief
Armada Of the Benz BuzzaPora tribe. to
ask his daughter in marriage, were
trcachcrously murdered by the chief.
\ Russian gunboat Of the Otvajni type
struck a mine and sank off I.aoti pro-
montory the eXteme southern point Of
the Kwangtung peninsula on which Port
Arthur is situated.
The American minister. Mr.. Bowen, in
he name Of the United States. has re-
quested Venezuela to remove Mr.. Car
mock, the receiver appointed to take
charge of the property Of the New York
and Bermudas Asphalt company. and to
return the Asphalt lake to the American
company,
The Port Arthur squadron has been
ordered by st. Petersburg to engage
Admiral Togo in a death struggle or
else destroy the ships when The fort
ress's doom Is sealed.
Paraguay revolutionists captured the
minister Of war and issued an ultima
tum TO the government.
The Chinese taOtai ordered Russian
ships to leave Shanghai on August &C
and 81 or disarm.
Sir Thomas Upton announces that
he will build the Shamrock ". and
will challenge again for the Ameri-
Cd cup The new yacht will be bull,
o. the Clyde.
The Japanese government issued a
public statement justIfying the seizure
OF the Russian destroyer at Chefoo. I,
declares Russia has violated neutral.
ity.
After a severe engagement with tn.
protected cruisers Chitnsc and Tsushi.
MA, the g%rcyhounds Of the Japanes,
navy, the fleet Russian cruiser Novil
fas been vanquished. In a sinking
condition she was u ashore In Kora.
kovsk harbor on the island OF Sakha,
lin.
The Russian consul general a
Shanghai fatty refuses to disarm tn,
Askold and the Russian torpedo boa
destroyer Grozovoi OF to order then
to leave the haI Dor,
The great powers are alarmed by tn,
Shanghai crisis and United States war
ships are ordered to preserve China;
neutrality at that port, Many nation'
may be involved in the war.
A Japanese destroyer arrived a
Shanghai with the fleet outside. A Unit
ed States destroyer anchored between
The Japanese warsfip and a Russian
cruiser. China has appealed to th'
United States 10 enforce neutrality.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-08-26
MAKES SWEEPING REDUCTION
Fen syIVnnia RnilrOnd Company
Cuts W"rkimg Force Down to
Half Time.

Altoona, Pa, Aug. 23.-The Penn
s~ylvania Railroad Co. has made the
most sweeping reduction in the time
of the men employed that has taken
place since the panic of 1899, The en-
poyes of the machine shops were no
titled that commencing with Tuesday
morning, they would be divided into
shifts. One shift TO work Mondays
and Wednesdays, and the other Tues
day and Thursday, eight hours to con-
stitute a days work. The remainder
OF the week the shops will be closed
down entirely. 1t is not known how
long the order will continue in effect.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-08-26
TORNADO WIPES OUT TOWN
Cyclone strikes willow Lake, :. D.,
and Leaves Few Buildings
~andinK

Clark, 8 D., Aug. ga tornado
struck Willow Lakes, destroying al
most the entire town, and also build
irgs in the vicinity. A farmer by the
name Of Erickson was killed. and sin
or seven persons were injured, bu,
one fatally, Nearly all store build.
ings, churches, the school house, rail-
way station and a majority OF the
dwelling houses in Willow Lakes are
more or less wrecked, some totally
demolished.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-08-26
TIE Japanese have swept the Rus

SLAMS from Pigeon bay and captured
the n%orthernmost fort of the western
line OF inner defenses at Port Arthur
Three persons KILLED and scores in
jured in one week is the deadly record
of the automobile in France, and pub
lie indignation Is growing.
Tursey has repudiated verbal pledges
made to Minister Leishmann granting
equal privileges TO American citizens.
Fresh complications are feared.