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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-30
VEGETABLE P0RGUPINE.
wild CRttIs Eat Its sharp sPtnes ~
With IroncIad Months,


The best bated cactus In America Is
the cholla. The Mexicans say that II
you go near q cholla joint 1t will jump
at you Certainly II you touch one 1t
WIN stick, and when yop try to free
yourself it VIII pierce your other hang
as well. Each pendent joint seems to
reach out for the passerby. and the
ground beneath the broad chOlla trees
Is strewp with fallen fragments, many
OF which take foot apd gtoS.
After one has felt the sharp spipes
through heavy boots and seen their
needle points 1t Is source OF continual
wonder to see the wild cattle OF Ari-
zona quietly browsing on chollas. The
phraae %cactps fed" as applied to Ari-
iona Is not figure Of spesch. Dur,ng
the years Of drought tholsahds Of cat
tle carry themselves over until the next
grass by eating chollas. With their
leathery tongues and lips they "Trip the
spiny joints from the trunk and leave
the wide spreading cactus bare and
woody skeleton. 1t is only the range
cattle, whose moutha have been hard
ened op the thorny mesquite and iron
wood browse that WIFI undertake 10
eat cactus and cattlemen therefore
often burn the thorns from chollas and
nopals In order to tempt their more
fastidious animals to eat-Country |
Life In America.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-30
A French Deputy's Pay.


A French deputy RECEIVES a salary OF
1000 francs l$1,S0O). He also receives
free railway transportation and free
luncheons at the bar Of the Palais
Bourbon. where many lawmaker
spends more time than he does In the
Sale des Sennces. Some are accused
Of taking all their meals at the free
lunch counter. A deputy even gets, at
reduced rates, special brand Of cigars
which IL called "cigare de deputies"
With these cigars he treats bis inhuen-
tlal constituents. In spite Of all these
privileges. there have been many CON-
plants that unless he has large per-
sonal income, deputy cannot live de-
gently. Therefore many members of
parliament when they are not well to
do have to make up for the insufficient
cy Of their pay by contributing to news
papers or pleading In the courts.-Cen-
fury.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-30
Red Hair.

Nowadays people with red hair are
somewhat envied. 1t was not always
so. In Egypt. for instance. the auburn
headed were regarded with aversion.
Tho ancient Egy0tians were so violent
~ c. oscd to Lair of this tone that
o.. year they burned maiden who
po.Eas:ed BRIGHT locks In the hope Of
exterminating or lessening what they
considered q curse
Sentiment aside. people of the auburn
head type have a vast advantage. They
are less liable to badness than those
who own brown or black hair. The
reason thereof is that one red hair is
as thick as three dark hairs. With
10000 red hairs the scalp is well
matched. With the same number OF
dark hairs a person is almost bald.
The average number of filaments that
the brunette belle has to comb and
brush Is 100000.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-30

NECESSITY FOR PROPER GRADES.
great Il indeed bpt little progress. This
is OF as great Importance as oyer the
matter Of railroad Development was.
We have seen the terribly excessive
cost of hauling imposed IL this section
by the hills which engineers have never
been employed to go around. Now let
ue look for a moment at the matter Of
surfaces,
: A horse can pull i,27O pounds on
level macadam road. and it takes FIVE
horses to pull the same load on the sur
face Of an ordinary dirt road and ten
horses to pull the load in loose sand or
mud. In other .gords, 1t takes five and
ten times the power anu Investment in
stock and therefore costs from five to
ten times in this section to do the same
amount Of hauling that is done on the
macadam surfaces provided in many
portions OF the United states-ip New
Jersey. fof instance. This is only con-
sideriAg the matter Of surfaces. Now
put together the RXcess cost Of hauling
on the public highways Oh ACCOUNT of
the hills and the surfaces. and the enOr |
nifty Of this cost and the drain upon |
the section are apparent. Apply the same
principles, the same excess of cost, to |
transportation, and the enor
NIFTY of the Thug from an industrial
point Of view Is seen. The combination
Of a bad surface up steep hill such a.
we have in the hill regions furnlshos
tho acme Of industrial ferocity. bein.
enough 10 totally prevent agriculture
profits, which it does accomplish com
oletely in some districts
Business is competitive, agricultural
md country business as well as any
)ther. The products OF these sections
Ire sold at the worlds prices. and 1t Is
,lain that these sections cannot COM
,ete In raising crops-cotton, corn, hay
rain. meat. in numbering, milling, dli
wing, etc.-Or in the offering Of attrac
ions 10 setters with sections provided
With intelligent, Moderp road systems
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-30
ea'(s 49,
NARY CARDEN
EzS'S -
Nebraska Forest Planting.

In 1891 q onsiderabe area in the
Sand Hill region Of Nebraska was
planted with bull pine, Scotch pine and
Banks pine, and variety of deciduous
species such as black locust, birch, box
elder, cherry and red oak was also
planted. After twelve years growth
the larger trees of the Banks pine are
from fifteen to twenty feet high, the
Scotch pine from four to twelve feet
and the bull pine from three to eight
feet. The grove at present is dense in
growth and fully covers the otherwise
almost worthless sand hills. 1t Is said
that on the success of this early plant
Ing was based the forest reserve In
western Nebraska, which is to be plant.
ed under the supervision of the bureau
OF forestry.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-30
UNSURViEYED ROADS.
THE NECESSITY FOR PROPER GRADES
AND SURFACES.

Enormous Extra Cost In Hauling
over Roads Not Properly Graded.
The Expense of Moving Products
on Unfmproved Highways.
In his ninth annual report the COM
missioner of public roads of New Jer.
sey says:
The United States government ex-
perts say on the subject of unsurveyed
roads:
Many roads of this country were orig
fnally laid out without any attention to
general topography, regardless Of grades
or direction. Most Of them remain today
where they were originally located and
where untold labor. expense and energy
have been wasted in trying to haul over
them. 1t is great error to continue to
follow these primitive paths with public
highways. The proper thing to do il to
call In good engineer and have the ioca-
ton so changed as to throw the roads
around the ends or along the sides of the
steep hills and ridges instead of continu-
ing to go over them.
The question Is, Are we following the
primitive pathsT If we have not
changed them we are certainly doing
50.
TO illustrate the enormous extra cost
Of hauling over such unskillfully placed
roads and to get an idea of the obstruc-
ton that these old highways place in
the way Of progress and prosperity one
may observe the accompanying cut
cbo,,,iuD tho OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ~ tho y,iIIo
of these unsurveyed roads.
1t will be seen that what one horse
can pull on a level requires two horses
10 draw when hill rising two feet to
hundred Is Fsaebed, requires three horses
to draw when hill rising fQpr feet to
a hundred Is renched, four horses when
rise of six feet to hundred Is en-
countered and requires six horses to
day when hill rising ten feet to
hundred stupds In the road. The enor-
nous excess cost Of huulipg on these |
roads over roads on level Is therefore |
The legal rate in many sec
tieps Is 3 to 4 per cent maximum, be-
y6nd which 2 grade is not allowed to
90. Grades OF eyep this steepDess are
the exception, roads being kept to or
~ per cent as far as possible. BY the
most ordinary surveying tho roads Of
any section outside of mountain dis
trIcts can be brought to reasonable
grades The government and all other
authorities urge sectIoqs using these
primitive paths' to correct them by
proper surveying.
General Roy Stone Of the government
service said several years ago OF what
he called the "hill tax" 1.-THE people
have paid this tax for hundred years,
and yet they wonder why they are
DOOR," 1t 10 apparent that 1t is the duty
II the thinking people Og this section to
,ring about a revolution In the systems
# public highways Of the section here
lbouts without which we cannot expect
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-30
Great singers CnnnOt DRINK.

Herr Ernst Kraus, the German tenor
In the corps of the Metropolitan Opera
House in New York city, is on record
as saying that beer drinker cannot be
a great singer. "As boy in Nurem-
berg" said Herr Kraus. u did as the
other boys did. l drank beer as only
Germans can. But when my heart be-
came filed with ambition, when had
heard Vogel sing and l realized that I,
too, had q voice and might become as
famous. the hrst thing 1 did was to
deny myself the pleasure of beer drink
ing. / went to Milan and studied under
Galliera, whose first rule Of discipline
Is, Thou shalt drink no BEER"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-30
Look Higher.

Never cultivate second or third rate
folk except for artistic purposes Meet
them. II you must; leave them when
you can. You need expect nothing from
them that they can conscientiously
withhold for they are after your goods
while keeping strict and Jealous
watch upon their own. All you can get
from them IL material, never any spir-
ltual. intellectual, WISE sane or moral
W helpful messages.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-30
Euterprtsinr Town Farmers.

The farmers along certain road IN
Scott county. Ia, finding that the ordi
nary road tax was only sufficient to
keep the road in its normally bad con
dtion. voluntarily entered into IN
agreement TO tax themselves an amount
THAI Would make 1t possible to perma
nently improve the road. Landowners
were TO pay % cent? per acre for all
the land within one mile OF the road. -
cents for land within one or two miles
away and 10 cents for land between
two end three miles away. This IL 4
straightforward. self helpful Americn
way Of deBiug With the problem.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-30
Cost OF Running a Creamery.

The total cost for running creamery
and marketing the product, including
interest Oh the investment and provi-
sion for sinking fund, ought not to
exceed 3H cents for every pound of
butter made. Under favorable cOndi-
lions this cost ought to be reduced to
= or even as low as ~ cents. The
smallest practical creamery cannot be
operated for less than "a or So per
day. 1t becomes evident then that the
daily product should be over 100
pounds as a safe minimum. Conse,
quently no creamery should be put In.
to operation unless having control or
a promise Of about 300 cows.-Oscar
Err, University Of Illinois, In Orange
Judd Farmer.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-30
SAMURAt AND JlU-JITSU.
The Most Wonderful System of Ath'
letics In the World.

The Most Wonderful System of Ath.
letics In the World.
More than $500 years ago there
sprang into existence in Japan an or
der of knights who were known as the
samurai. To them was impaired all
the learning, the polite breeding and
the forms Of superiority that mark the
gentleman. They were skilled in arms
and versed In the arts Of war. for they
were the emperor's fighting men, and
none but they were allowed to bear
arms.
AS there could not always be war on
hand, and as 1t was considered be-
meath the dignity of the samurai to go
into any ordinary callings. 1t came
about naturally that these little knights
found much idle time on their hands.
Being men Of war, they turned their
attention to athletic feats.
One among the samurai conceived
the idea of learning by practice the
location of every sensitive nerve and
muscle i'm the body. After that he dis
covered all the joints of the bones that
could be seized in such a way as to
give momentary power over the mus
Giles of an adversary. He practiced
with his fellow samurai, and thus by
degrees was developed the most Won
derful system of athletics known in
the world.
The japanese call this work jiu-jitsu.
The deft pressures applied in the prac-
tice of jiu-jitsu produce only momen-
tary pain. but do not really injure the
muscles or nerves. In all other things
the Japanese are the most polite peo-
pie In the world. So it follows that
even in their fighting they have de-
veloped a humane yet effective method |
Of self defense. They do not strike out |
with the clinched fist and seek to |
bruise. as do the Anglo-SaxOns In their |
boxing contests.
A knowledge Of jiu-jitsu enables one
almost instantly to convince his oppO-
nent that it Is useless to fight There
are now schools of jiu-jitsu everywhere
In Japan. Every soldier, sailor and
policeman is obliged to perfect himself
In the system. A Japanese policeman,
possessed of the art. has been known
single handed to reduce to submission
and to take to the police station four
sturdy sailors of foreign Asiatic
3QuadIon.-St Nicholas.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-30
COcOaput Clocks.

In Malay the natives keep record
of time In the following way:
Floating in bucket filed with wa
ter they place a cocoanut shell. having
small perfOration. through which by
slow degrees the water finds its way
inside. This opening is so proportional
that 1t takes just one hour for the
shell to fill and sink Then watch
man calls out, the shell Is emptied, and
they begin again.
Such trifles as minutes and seconds
are rarely needed on the peninsula.
Fancy any one asking the time in Ma
lay and being told that the eocoanut
shell was half full!
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-30
Country For Children

There should be some sort of law
framed whereby each boy, just as in
France and Germany each ablebodied
man performs his term of military
duty. must spend at least three win
tiers of his boy time in the country,
writes Emery Potter in Outing. And
when say country do not mean that
pert refinement of the genteel pastoral
the suburb. believe 1t would act as
tonic to the race. There would be
wider Outlooks, freer, less cramped
brains and harder souls.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-30
A Pictorial Temperance Lesson.

Eugene Bnrpand's startling picture
showing the aNdul death agony Of o
husband and father, a victim of alec
hOl was on exhibition at the School Of
Medicine in Paris during the recent
antialcohOl congress. The congress de-
clded to have it reproduced in poster
form and distributed broadcast as one
Of the most striking object lessons pos
sible in its educational movement.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-30
SINGLE WHEEL rRftcR

smith Will mount wheel beneath q
frame, as shown In the cut, and the
frame ought to be within the ability
Of any one handy with tools. A me-
dunn sized single wheel truck will do
much work ard do it easier than is
possible with d small DOUBLE wheel
truck. says Orange Judd Farmer
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-30
big Railroad Prohibits Drinking

Under the rules and regulations gov
erning employees Of the Northern Pa
citic railway they have hitherto been
forbidden to take drink while OH duty,
but from the present time there is to
be much stricter supervision of their
conduct. To be caught in the act Of
taking drink at any time or place
hereafter will merit instant dismissal
from the service
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-30

Benevolent Old Gentleman - Don't
you think fishing cruel sport?
Fisherman-I should just think II
was. I've been sitting here for five
hours and never had single bite, and
I've got three wasp stings and been
eaten up with flies, and the suns taken
all the skin off the back Of my neckL-
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-30
A Handy Truck.

With this truck one can pick up a
barrel or bag or grain. fruit or vegeta.
bles and wheel it away. even over
rough path. something almost impos-
slble with the small, double wheeled
grocery and freight trucks 4 black
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-30
A Simply Made Steady sawhorse

simply Mndc Steady SawhOrse.
When saving wood 1t Is a matter OF
considerable work TO get opt the pieces,
mortise and fit them together to make
IN ordinary sawhorse. The one shown
in the cut from New England Home.
stead can be built in twenty minutes
IL one has some strips of hardwood
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-30

"She's running a correspondence
school; teaches the secret of success"
"Just like a woman to tell secrets."-
Detroit Free Press
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-30

You might shed your blood for some
fellows, but they would never under.
stand the sacriace. -schoolmaster.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-30

s,xty years the annual per capita
consumption OF whisky In America has
gradually decreased from two and A
Aalf 70 one end q fourth salloas,
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-30

Nobility Of character manifests itself
at loopholes when 1t Is not provided
with large doors.-Willins.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-30

u I TT .7'",- Oh 2, "
board at hand OF the proper width
The crosspleces are firmly nailed to-
gether, and six strips Of the same
board put on to strengthen and hold
the ends in place Such horse will
prove very rigid and serviceable. 81
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-30

FREE. DR.. Pierce's Common Sense
Medical Adviser is sent free on receipt
of stamps to pay expense of mailing
only. Send twenty-one one-cent stamps
for the book in paper covers. or thirty
one stamps for the cloth bound vol
ume. Address DR.. R. v. Pierce, Buff
falo. N. Y.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-30
The Church ~ an Army.

The church should be harmonious
~ organized army. II ~ not only pos
sible thereby to hurl a solid front
against the Satanic foe. but also by
prepOnderance Of numbers, concentrat-
ed In one move, to make, as the Bible
says, little one become thousand
and small one a strong nation" Con-
centration in military parlance means
not only conquest, but generally the
complete mystidcation and disorgan-
izatioa OF an opposing foe.-Rev. DR..
Frank De Witt Talmage, Presbyterian,
Chicago.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-30

VIA Red is the color of danger,
WIN whether on the semaphore
VIA or on the skin. When the
VIVA face is Redeemed by eruptions,
@ when boils break out on the
WIN body, or the angry red of
@ sores and ulcers is displayed
WILMA in the flesh, it is natures
WN danger signal. The blood is
W. INSTRUCTED and tainted by
impurities, and there can be
= no safety until the blood is
made pure.
DIR. Pierce's Golden Med
icsl Discovery purifes the blood,
and removes the effete matter which
clogs and corrupts it. 1t cures PIN
pies, boils, eczema, scrofula, sores,
ulcers and other consequences of
impure blood.
III feel greatly thankful for what your
medicine has done for me- writes Mrs.
fered with scrofuia OF the head for twelve
wears. Tried every kind of medicine that
I heard of but found no cure. Every one
that looked at my head said they never
saw anything like It, The last doctor /
doctored with before applying to you got
: worse every day. Was so miserable that
was unable to do any work at all. After
taking two or three bottles Of your Golden
Medical Discovery and using the local
treatment you prescribed for me, was
cured and my head was entirely free from
scrofuia."
Accept no substitute for Doctor
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
There is no other medicine which is
cjust as good" for diseases of the
blood and the eruptions which are
caused hv the hlood,s irfin1rity
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-30
The Sin OF Ingratitude.

There is a side to human nature
which one would fain cover with a
cloak Of sllence-that marble hearted
thing we call ingratitude, the meager
returns from others for so much done,
the grudging acknowledgment of so
much sacrifice, sometimes ibe positive
injury inflicted because in granting the
nine favors you could you refused the
tenth, which you could not grant.
Blow, blow, thou wintry wind; thou
art not 80 unkind as mans ingratitude.
REV. Robert Mckenzie, Presbyterian,
New York.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-30

Pullman Sleeping Cars from Clifton Forge TO
Cincinnati, St. Louis and Louisville.
Trains Arrive at Lexington:
Ia4sp. m. Daily from Clifon Forge,
g 80 p, m. Ex. Sunday from Richmond Old
q. Po,nt and Norfolk /; : ~
8. 40 a. m. Elk. Sunday from Lynchburg
For rates, tickets and other information apply
to 5. Q. CAMPBELL, City Ticket Agent, Lexing.
ton. Va.
II. w. FULLER,
General Passenger Agent
c. E .DOYLE, General Manager
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-30

Train s and IA connects with Southern
r. at Harrisonburg for Strasburs
Junction.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-30

True greatness consists not in weight
btik or extension, but in intellectual
power and meral worth, Man is Gre
ated in the image of Ged God is spirit
The soul Of man is spirit. Man as a
spiritual being is in O peculiar sense
Gods offspring and partaker Of Gods
nature. Man therefore is self deter.
mining as God is. He is free as God
10 free. He is a person as God is a
person. This material image of God
man never loses. So long as he con-
tinues he contiaues 0 person. Man is
immortal. He is more than q plant,
more than q mere animal--he is q man.
Man is man not because he is strong
ingenious, affectionate, but because lie
is Gods tnbreathing, Gods image,
Gods son, So though lost lie may be
recovered, though 9 wanderer he may
return and feast, forgiven, al his Fa.
theirs table, because though prodigal
he is still son.--Rev. A. Lincoln
Moore, Baptist, New York.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-01
JONESBORO, ILL.

The Republican primaries opened
here at one o'clock Saturday, +. C.
Wiloughby. candidate for the legisla
ture, will carry this precinct over !. T.
N, Edwards. who Is candidate for re.
election. Roberts, of Lick Creek, also
candidate. is not being Coneidere
by Jonesboro Republicans 10 any ex.
tent The Republicans are manifest
ing more interest than they usually
do in primaries.
Drexler & seger's grocery and meat
market sold out yesterday friday
to an old hand at the business, and
will no doubt succeed
The local chapters Of the O. T.. s.
here and at Anna. are on the boom.
Candidates by the dozen are being in
Quoted into the labyrinth of the star
and bouquet followers
Ell Douglas Is seriously IL and
things lcok bad FOR hir, at the present
time Mr.. Douglas was one OF Alex
ander oolinty's most prosperous farm.
ers fer s. Years. He moved to- Jones.
bo-o s!oslt four years ago.
Jonesboro is the best point IN
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-01
GOLDEN, ILL.


A. W. James is much improved in
health and expects to resume his du-
ties as postmaster soon.
w. A. Sumner returned to Spring.
field Saturday after spending the
week with friends.
Sam Henderson has rented the
rooms recently vacated by c. NJ Elan
nigan and will fit it up for a frst.class
barber shop.
The Republican primary election
was held here Saturday and a great
deal of interest was taken P. c.
Wiloughby has a majority of SO votes
in the two precincts.
Miss Carrie Frick is in the postof-
fie during the absence of Mr. James,
who has been very sick for the past
two weeks.
John J Serrill came in from Ches.
ter Friday to vote and visit with his
family.
r. f. Goodrich went to Anna Mon.
day to attend the funeral Of DR.. Finch.
Mrs. A. Miller went to Jonesboro
Monday,
The Illinois Central railroad offic.
ials We're in town one day last week in
regard to putting in new fruit switch.
What their plans are is not definitely
known.
John B. Jackson, cashier of the An
ma National bank, was Golden Wis
tor Monday morning
Mrs. 0. f. Baldwin Is sick at her
home with la grippe
Henry p Miller was in Carbonate
one day last week