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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-02

Items of Importance About Thfi
Wonderful Forage Plant.


Items of Importance About Thfi
Wonderful Forage Plant.
Planting.-A deep, firm seed bed /,
wanted.
/ Cover seed deep enough to insur,
moisture.
Plant in the fall early enough Il
avoid first freezes on gerlninatine
seed.
For thin soils run crop. OF cOwpcas
ahead or use dressing often loads OF
manure per acre or 300 pounds of cot
tOnseed meal.
lnoculate the soil with bacteria only
On land proved to need these germs.
By careful preparation of land tie
twenty pounds Of seed per acre may be
reduced TO fifteen pounds.
Choose fall planting for all lands foul
with grass or weeds.
Sow small patches in the same way
that turIips are seeded. For larger
fields use grain drill. or, better, the
wheelbarrOw seeder.
Buy only extra select alfalfa seed,
choosing nonirrigated grown stock for
ordinary planting In the southwest.
Pests.-Prairie dogs or gophers may
be killed by poisoning wheat. apples,
raisins or potatoes with strychnlne
Dodder or "love vine" I'm alfalfa may
be killed out by shaving off surface OF
ground with sharp hoe and burning all
the growth
Crab grass, cockleburs and similar
weeds must be held In check by now
Ing young alfalfa and by use of drag
harrow.
johnson grass may be avoided by
early fall planting Oh thoroughly pre-
pared land.
Alfalfa and Johnson grass harmonic
and grow successfully on the same
land -..
With proper management the John
son grass may be smOtbered by the
heavy growth of alfalfa.
Blister beetles attacking low land
alfalfa must be poisoned when they
first appear, using paris green on fresh
cut stubblc. The pest can be avoided
BY employing trap crops such as mus
ard and rape. co.. sf-
Webworms and grass worms will be
argely prevented by systematic har-
owing. Grass worms may be poison
I'd with paris green.-Texas Farm and
Ranch.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-02
bturtInu n trade Herd

None but good mixers. COWS able on
good grass or other feed to produce
from three to five gallons of milk per
day for n period of at least six months
each year. should be selected in start
Ing grade herd. AMI the sires used
must be ont of heavy milking dams as
well as of the proper beef form and
size. The fact that II seems easiar to
meet these conditions with the Short
horns Is the bass for t'.r writer's pref
erence for the "rci. VIE AMI roam"
H. w. CreH Befor: "'-""nS.ee Farm
ers' Convention.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-02
Eject OF Drin,. ON Work.

Arthur Chamberlain. an English
manufacturer and brother or Joseph
Chamberlain, NJ. r.. In recent speech
said the only competitor he was afraid
Of was the United States. and he
feared 1t only because OF its superior
education and the fact that the people
OF that country drank only half as
much Intoxicating liquor as English
men.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-02
HYGIENE OF TEMPERANCE.
British Doctors Want Evil Effects of
Alcohol Taught In Public Schools.

DoCtOT1 ant EVIL EncCtn Oh
Alcohol Taught In Public Schools.
The enormous response to the med
zeal petition In favor Of compulsory
teaching OF hygiene and the principles
Of temperanees in the schoolsyof Great
Britain speaks well for the profession.
Fourteen thousand two hundred and
fifty signatures have been received,
greater number accompanied with ex-
pressions Of hearty approval and ear
nest wishes to help forward the move
ment locally or In any other way by
bringing the subject before the atten-
ton OF the local education authorities,
chairlnen OF county councils, etc Some
OF the letters were very pathetic, as the
writer's saw clearly that such teaching
would mean so much less illness and
consequently less need for medical
care and treatment that incomes would
be seriously cut down. AS regards this
point the British Medical Temperance
Review says:
This argument. cOgent as 1t ap-
pears at first sight. does not seem /
sound economics. Doctors will share |
i'll any general increase of welfare and |
prosperity. But these very letters are
perhaps the most striking testimony to
the fact that the condition of thou
sands In this country is due to prevent
ible causes. We Of the British Medical
Temperance association know we'll the
place that is taken by one of the fac
tors mentioned in the petition is need
Ing to be dealt with. We know the
enormous amount Of degeneration and
disease due to the consumption Of al
rohol. and also that there is still very
ignorance as to the harm
{ produces. slowly perhaps, but inevi-
ABLY. when taken In perfect modera-
ion. AZ the customary beverage"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-02
McAipO's Floating Gardens.

The floating gardens in the lakes near
the City Of Mexico were recently Wis
tied by an English naturalist. who re-
ports them a paradise and accounts
for their existence. Floating tangles
OF peat moss. rushes and grass are
caught by stakes driven into the soft
lake bottom, and upon this moss rich
mud from the bottom is thrown The
surface is then transformed by cult.
yation into a floating garden.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-02
The Infimer Dill.

The Latincr good roads bill will be
reported favorably by the senate CON-
mittce on agriculture early in the next
session of congress. An agreement TO
that effect was reached ut meeting
OF the committee 1t was then de,
cfded to amend the bill by fixing at
100000 the minimum appropriation
which each state shall first receive.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-02
Texaa No Place For SaIooufsfs

The people Of Texas are determined
to enforce their liquor law with severe
money penalties and Imprisonment.
A chronic offender recently arrested
after long series Of offenses has been
sentenced to pay fines amounting to
nearly $4,000 and to serve terms Of
Imprisonment aggregat'ng sixty-thres
years.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-02

The new spray Of lime and oil De
combating San Josa scale will make
much change Ia spraying practice II u
proves efrective md. NJ claimed. cnn
be applied Utmost ~ ensily ns Kerosene
and is less trouble to wake than emul
sion and other washes
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-02
A Kind Reuueat

Among number OF notes received
by q teacher In excuse for the absence
of children was the following:
Dear Teacher-Kiudly excuse Min
ME for having been absent yesterday.
AZ she fell III the mud on her way to
school. BY doing the same you will
oblige the mother"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-02
CUTTING UP BEEF.

Diagram of u Carcass Showing the
Wholesale Cuts.
Beef should not be cut until the mus
cles have set firmly. When they are
In the proper condition divide the
halves into hind and fore quarters.
from S to L. between the twelfth and
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-02
STEEL TRACK ROADS.
An Example of the Lasting Qualities
OF These Highways.

A"eSr hsSHWa!s.
Nearly seven years ago the Office of
road inquiries Of the department of
agriculture conducted experiments with
steel rails for use on country roads and
made arrangements with large steel
works for the rolling Of suitable rails
for this purpose. AT that time the
eight inch rails for a mile of steel road
way, weighing about 100 tons, could
be purchased for about $500, and the
price has not increased much since.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-02
A nInddeninQ Position.

The hardest thing girl does is to re.
frain from asking man question
that she knows will make him mad
when she IL just boiling with curiosity
to know the answ"r-Clncinnatl Com.
mercial Tribune.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-02
No Saloons on College Property.

The University OF Chicago has ruled
that property owned by the university
must net be used for saloon purposes
Under this ruling a saloon keeper I'm
the Security building has been ordered
to vacate.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-02
NsSzW Korfo|kSsWsstsrn
1xTzczc<csV<ru
Schedule i'm effect May 20. 1904.
Leave Buena Vista.

NORTHBOUND.
Mo- 9:56P. M. Daily. For Basic. Lursv
Hagerstown and New Yoik. Pull
man sleeper to Philadelphia.
No.l4. $3.50 p. VI. saily, For Hagerstown.
Washington, Baltimore, Philadel
phia, New York aud intermediate
stations. Pullman sleepe.to New
York via Harrisburg.
S0UTHBOUND.
No. ]. % A. VI, Daily. For Roanoke
Bristol, Blueneld, Norton. Win
ston-Salem. Welch ami intern ed
ate stations. Pull man, sltetc
Philadelphia to Welch.
No. 10. e.G9P. NJ. Daily. Fol- Roanoke
Bristol, Bluefeld, Winston salem
and intermediate stations. ard
Knoxville, Cincinnati, Columbus.
Chicago, and points West anc
Southwest. Pullman sleeper 10
, . Knoxville and Roanoke to Colun..
bus.
Additional information and rates CHEFS
ully IN finished by Z. II. Moffett, Tickle
Agent, Buena ista, Va.
w. b. BEVILL. ME-. BAGG
Gen. Pass. Agent. Traavss. Agt
ROANOKE. VA.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-02
Highway Improvement In Cuba,

Out of 2iS miles of public roads sev.
enty eight miles have been built In
Cuba since the American occupation.
President Palma believes that the lack
Of good roads Is responsible for. not
having more prosperous state Of AZ
fairs in that island.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-02
Fine, imprisonment or Cure.

Habitnal drupkards after conviction
In Montreal are now given the option
of paying fine, Imprisonment or tax
Ing q cure.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-02
ONE OF DR.. CUPlD'S PRESCRIPTIONS,

That Love sometimes cures disease is q
fact that has recently been called to the
attention Of the public by a prominent
physician and college professor. In some
nervous diseases of women, such as hys-
terra, this physician gives Instances where
women were put In pleasant frame of
mind, were made happy by falling in love,
and IN consequence were cured of their
nervous tIoubles-the weak, nervous sys-
tenn toned and stimulated by little Dr.
Cupid became strong and vigorous, al
most without their knowledge. Many q
woman is nervous and irritable, feels drag
gvd down and worn out for NO reason that
she can think of. She may be ever so
much in love. but DR.. Cupid fails to cure
her. In ninety nine per cent Of these
cases It Is the wotnaniy organism which
requires attention; the weak back, dizzy
spells and black circles about the eyes, are
only symptoms. Go TO the source of the
trouble and correct the irregularities, the
drains on the womanly system and the
other symptoms disappear. So sure of X
10 the Worlds Dispensary Medical Aseoc'a-
ton, proprietors Of DR.. Pierce's Favoi.te
Prescription, that they offer $500 reward
for women who cannot be cured of leucor-
rhea, female weakness, prolapsus, or fall
ing Of the womb. All they ask is fair
and reasonable trial Of their means Of cure
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets clear the
complexion and sweeten the breath, they
cleanse and regulate the stomach, liver and
bowels and produce permanent benefit and
do not react on the system. One is q
gentle laxative.
~The Common Sense Medical Adviser" !
10 sent free. paper bound, for IL one cent |
stamps to pay expense of mailing only.
Send 81 stamps for cloth. bound copy.
address. Worlds Dispeasary, Buffalo. NY.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-02
The Making Of Pork.

Corn and water are not the best hog
diet, and feeders have discovered It.
Glover and alfalfa are a wholesome
and profitable addition to the ration.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-02
Repartee.

age before beauty" said FaIstaff,
~ he attempted to enter before the
prince.
mo. grace before meat" said the
prince gently, as he pushed him from
his path.-Life
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-02
xTHe sword.

A sword Is out Of place in time Of
pesee. ami It h of very little conse-
'auence ia time Of war. except to adorn
. Dig generator lodge man n d pa
'fade.-Atchison GlobAA
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-02

He-Here Is your dressmaker's bill.
sho Is becoming impatient for her
money She-Indecd. Then must call
tomorrow and order pnw dress
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-02
Confederate Child.

Mother-See here. Tommy, how Of
ten do you want me to speak to you
Tommy-I'll leave II all to you. ma
Yeu know what's best-Leslie's We-..
w. IL I'LL
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-02

"Is your wife economically"
Every. She can fix over q ten dollar
hat for SO so 1t will look just rs good
~ q new One."--Puck.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-02
A Surgical Dilemma,

Did Jones have appendicitisr"
The doctors disagreed. Some thought
hs had money and some thought be
haAn,x Puck.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-02

Train 80 connects with Southern Ry.
Ia; Strasburg Junction for Harrisonburg
and points on Valley Railroad.
sorruporn No. 50 No. II
Pass. Pass.
------- 49,
Lv Harrisonburg2 d5pm; 30 am
Staunton 80. 3 4spm s25 am
Ar Lexington. Is 5Opm 10 90 am
DAILY except Sunday
For rates tickets, baggage checked,
aprily to any office Of the b. 4 o. Rail.
road or to C.E. Dudrow, Travelling Pas.
senger Agent, llarper's Ferry, W. Va
7. +. JARRETT, Agent,
Lexington, Va.
G. W. BASSETT, q p A.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-11-02

Sold throughout The world. CuiIcura Soar, &c. oIn,-
rnem Sc, kesolveAt Zoe tin form Of Choeolsr Gated
Pil's, sc. per vial u CO.. Depois: London n Cbarer
hoase So Pari' Rue de Ia Pair; Boston Isl Col,bn,
Are. Potter Drug Chem. Corp, Sole Props
90 Send Tor How TO Prearve Purify trl ne.,si,v
The skin scalp, Rs aud Hands Of In.snis and q irenb
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04
Old Forts in ireland

on the coast of Ireland, north, west
and south, lies island behind island.
Few know them and still fewer real
ize tie wealth of antiquarian remains
which have lain hidden there for more
than a thousand years. First in in
terest, as in age, come the defensive
works of uncertain date, beginning
in the fourth century, B. c., OF these
the promontory forts are the simplest
n construction, being defended, often
on three sides, by the high cliffs
toward the sea, necessltating only a
single line of defense on the Iandward
side. They belong to an age of cyclic
pean masonry, when the stones we're
piled together, one above the other,
mortarless, but with a power of re-
sistance which yields only to the hand
OF man. Some of the forts are con-
structed in the well-known "ring-wall'
type, to be found throughout the Brit
ish isles, central Europe and in Mas
hcnaland.
At Fahan, near Bentry, the fort was
obviously residential, instead of be-
ing merely used, as in many cases, for
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04
OH 0oeasNMazeD

1t was an old subject for discussion,
this pagan London, long before Arch
deacon Sinclair revived the problem
at ST. SeDulcnre's church recently.
Church OF chapel" he said. "are only
attended by about IS per cent of Lon
don's population. That means that
four-ffths of the people do not wor-
ship God at ALL"
Many clergymen ascribe the decline
IN London's church-going to a weaken
ing of religious belief But there is
20 reason to take so pessimistic
view There are many other causes
which affect Sunday attendance. causes
which directly arise from the growth
Of our vast city, from the strenuous
competition in modern business. from
che nerve flag and brain flag Of the
workers, and from alterations in the
manners and customs Of all classes Of
society.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04

The majestic proportions of this
bridge, however, may be partly real
lied by few comparisons. Thus, its
height IS more than twice and it's
span more than three times as great
as those Of the famous natural bridge
of Virginia It's buttresses are 118 feet
further apart than those of the cele-
brated masonry arch in the District
Of Columbia. known as Cabin John
bridge, few miles from Washington
city which has the greatest span OF
any masonry bridge on this continent
This bridge would overspan the capt
toll at Washington and clear the top
of the dome ifty-one feet And If the
loftiest tree in the Calaveras grove of
giant sequola in California stood in
the bottom of the canyon it's topnost
bough would lack thirty-two feet Of
reaching the under side of the arch.
This bridge is of white or very light
sandstone, and, as in the case of the
Caroline. fiIaments Of green and or
ange-tinted lichens run here and there
over the mighty buttresses and along
the sheltered crevices under the lofty
cornice. giving warmth and color to
the wonderful pieture-C Century Maya
zine.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04

place of short retreat during the
hasty raids of Danish or earlier invad-
ers. Here a 'souterram" is to be
found and careful system of defense
For the enemy, entering through the
contracted passage, if he escaped the
first attack, found himself suddenly
confronted by wall and, the only
exit being a trapdoor overhead, was
easily killed by the spearman above.
1t is rare to find a spring of water
within the fort There was, however,
usually a spring some 200 or 300 yards
away.
Situated for the most part on cliffs
or on great hillsides overlooking the
sea, these coast forts commanded a
magnificent view Round them the
sea birds circle, calling The huge
waves Of the Atlantic sweep up, beat
ing against them in vain, and affair off
the lines of a mountainous coast stand
out blue in the softened atmosphere.
running down sheer into the sea, with
the long line Of white-gray smoke tell
ing of the burning keIp along their
base
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04
Grand Bridges in Utah

Across canyon measuring 335 feet
z inches from wall to wall nature has
thrown splendid arch of solid sand
stone. sixty feet thick in the central
part and forty feet wide. leaving uu-
derneath It a clear opening S57 feet in
perpendicular height The lateral walls
of the arch rise perpendicularly near
ly to the top of the bridge, when they
flare suddenly outward, giving the ef-
feet OF an immense coping or cornice
overhanging the main structure fifteen
or twenty feet on each side, and OK
tending with the greatest regularity
and symmetry the whole length of the
bridge. A large rounded butte at the
edge Of the canyon wall seems partly
to obstruct the approach to the bridge
at one end.
Here again the curying walls of the
canyon and the impossibility of bring
ing the whole of the great structure
into the narrow field of the camera.
except from distant points of view,
render the photographs unsatisfactory.
But the lightness and grace of the
arch is brought out by the partial view
which was obtained by climbing far
up the canyon wall at some risk,
crawling out on an Oyerhanging shelf.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04

if we give more leisure through the
week, less ardor to commercial and
professional existence. how are We to
Eold our own as a nation against
America or Germany?
There can never be that reverence
and affection for London church that
the country people feel for the gray
old house of God perched upon the
hill and ringed about with whispering
elms and melancholy yews. Their
fathers and grandfathers were married
tnere, and now lie buried there under
the waving grass of that peaceful
acre.
In the old pews they sat as children
fretful under the eye of the clerk as
the sermon droned into tedium; there
we're they married. and at the ancient
font their frst-born were christened.
The greatest joys and deepest sorrows
OF their lives are bound up with the
village church and it's graveyard. And
as it is with them, so has it been with
their forebears through the genera
tons.
But in London we change too quick
ly. From one parish to another we
fit with no regret for broken associa-
tons. Where were you christened,
where married? Almost will some o.
the true-bred cockneys forget. Where
will be your burial? Some well-kept,
dismal park. where you win lie with
thousands Of the other forgotten dead,
Who in ten years have mono left to lay
a wreath upon the marble slab above
them. or to stand and think upon their
memory.
In the village those who knew the
good man or gentle-hearted woman
whose tombstone rises beside the
walk to the church door will speak of
them for many years. even pointing
out their graves to the children, that
they. too, may remember some one
who did his duty in the little com
munity in which he dwelt for a while.
The clergy OF all denominations are
working harder in our greatest of
cities than ever before. 1t is not their
fault that pews stand empty of morn
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04

late the rush and whirl Of a workaday
existence by leaving shattered nerves
as a legacy for those who serve II
faithfully.
Sunday What blessed name it
Is to London. 1t is a day of rest, but
not II, It's religious significance To
rest from labor is to leave the smoky
old town and fly to the country for a
freath Of fresh air that can give STAN
Inc and endurance TO the body for an
ether week Of toll.
And thus 1t is that Sunday trains
pour forth their golfers, that Sunday
roads throb with motors by the hun.
dreds and cycles by the thousand.
Those who cannot afford such trips
do the best they can for their tired
bodies by staying in bed until noon.
How can You get these people into
church? 1t is problem that no bench
OF bishops can answer II would al
most seem that you must first reform
the system under which we live. Yet
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04

The village church was the center
Of the village life a half century ago;
ana in many parts of the country it
remains in this respect unchanged.
The chapel shared. and still shares, its
position. The children are taught
their religion in the Sunday schools by
whatever branch of the Christian creed
these establishments are conducted
end maintained. They grow up to as
sociate Sunday with the old place Of
worship, to reverence those who lead
and conduct its services. Few. even
of the youngest, are absent, for the
parents, should they stay at home
themselves. like to get the children
away for the morning.
AS in youth, so in the ripper middle
age. The church and chapel become
the meeting ground of the villagers.
separated by scattered farms and
lonely cottages during the working
week. They gather before the doors
after service, greeting each other and
saluting those above them in station.
Should well-known figure be absent.
IL is understood that he is i'll, and in.
quiries are made concerning him.
The squire and his family regularly
attend. They may be modern enough
in their views, careless enough in
their religious observances when in
London for the season. But on their
own land, among their own people,
they fill the great pews under the
ancestral coat-of-arms just as their
forebears filed it, for an example, if
for nothing else.
Are there sports to be held. the
clergyman is on the committee.
There are suppers for the bellringers,
excursions for the choir, treats for
the Sunday school; there are mothers
meetings and clothing clubs. The
Non-conformists hold their social gath
erings and concerts. Church and
chapel still remain the hub Of the
social wheel in rural England
Are they so in town? The question
would be laughable were not the an
swer subject for regret to many Of
u.s.