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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-27
A BRETON LEGEND.
Huge Granite BowIders In Which Are
Imprisoned Pagan Souls.

Huge Granite BowIders In when Are
Imprisoned Pagan Souls.
Over all the valley Of Plouma-
mach, most thickly along its sea
edge, huge strange shaped powders
of red granite are scattered singly
or are heaped up in wonderfully
balanced mounds. The mere geolo-
gist will tell you that these rounded
rocks have been dropped by a gla-
cier and that the valley is the site
Of q terminal moraine. Any well
uneducated Breton of course knows
that this explanation is all non
sense. My driver, being cheered by
his pilgrim draft, gave me the more
satisfying information that in every
one of these scattered powders IS
imprisoned pagan soul; that thus
are held fast until the day of judg-
ment the Bretons who rejected the
blessed teachings of Christianity
and who paid for their stiff necked
SHINING by being cast into stone.
Once year the enchantment is
l;fted. Then the accursed ones re-
sumo their human forms and go
down to the sea to drink-to drink
long and deeply, that they may lay
in a supply of deliciously cold salt
water that will ease them through
their coming twelyemonth Of tor
ment in internal fires. On the night
of that great drinking it is well for
ell good Christians to bide at home
behind barred doors. At cock crow
the accursed ones come back from
their sea cooling to the places where
they belong, changing from men
and women into rocks again as they
surge onward, and surely crushing
any spying mortal in their way.
Only one escape is recorded from
the charge of that fearsome compa-
ny, that of poor good man who in
charity had carved on one of the en-
chanted rocks the blessed cross. In
gratitude for that loving act the
cross marked bowlder, monstrous
misshapen mass, human form
partly merged again into rough
stone, halted before the poor good
man who had sought to comfort it
and so protected him until the evil
host, dividing, had passed on, and
he was saved. Then the grateful
one, carefully skirting him as he
lay on the ground in fainting terror,
went on also to its place.-Thomas
A. Janvier in Harper's Magazine.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-27
FEAR OF MICROBES
Many Persons Live in Dread of
Disease Germs

A physician, writing to the
Philadelphia Record, forsees a re-
markable development of sanitary
supervision, of which the first
steps are the anticipating ordi-
nance and the requirement OF the
health officials that physicians
shall report all cases Of consump-
ton, pneumonia and other mildly
communicable as we'll as distinctly
infectious diseases. He assumes
that the people will experience so
tremendous a revolution Of fenti-
ment as to make a demand for u
more comprehensive system of pro-
lection against disease-will lose
the Indifference which they now
display in matters of public health
and become acutely sensitive to the
dan gers which they have hitherto
treated with contempt. He foresees
sanitaria for employees, the health
inspection of butchers and bakers
and makers of clothing especially
the consumptives of the sweat
shop), the disinfection of street
cars, theatres, restaurants and
other public places, etc.
That it is pc ssible ever to create
public demand for any such SUI
pei vision is an opinion which can
find no support in everyday expe-
rience. A people. of u higher aver
age of intelligence than was ever
known before, which crowds
the theatre where the precautions
against fire and panic are wholly
inadequate and makes no clamor
for safety; which swarms the decks
of firetrap steamers; which lives at
inflammable he tells where are no
reasonable means Of escape; which
does not petition railway corpora
tions for proper signal appliances
IN tunnels or compel the abolition
of grade crossings; which persist
emily overworks and invites attack
from preventable diseases, ETC., is
not likely to be disturbed by any
neglect of the dangers from the in
visible germs of disease. This is
a people which is amiable and Sc
rene under the revelation that
should a public inspector happen
to be honest he would have no
power to compel compliance with
the laws.
Perhaps, too, it is just as well
that the people have not that meas
ure of interest in sanitary matters
which would be necessary for the
enactment of the suggested laws.
Life is q good deal of grind to
most people as it is; or it has
too many other important require
ments to warrant more acute
fear of disease and death. Short
of living in a germ-proof cage,
there is no escape from the MI
crobes of specific maladies, and the
little to be gained by mania for
public sanitation would not pay
for its cost.-Philadelphia Record.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-27
GEMS IN VERSE
Lean Year Prospects.

Leap Year Prospects.
Dawn, at whose breaking the hearts 81
the gloomy
Quicken like trees at the presage OF
spring,
Tell me Of her that is coming to WOO me-
Coming to wed me, her bridegroom, hef
kingl
Year, whose propitious arrival may res
titute
Courage in celibates worn at the knee.
Friend Of philogamist baffied and des'i-
What Of the bride you are bringing to
me?
h she maiden commanding and aueenly,:
Deep eyed and beautiful. pleasant ana
plain?
Is she. great Weller, a widow, serenely
Settled on trying her fortunes again!
Or is she fairly dainty and winsome.
Sweet one-and-twenty or still IN her
teens?
Speak of her looks and her ways and put
Sound information concerning her
means"
How will she WOO me? With ogling and
deep slghs,
Floods of hyperbole. butter and gush7
ShOuld i De placiuiy phho ~ "S' S"SNf-
eyes?
How in the world could I compass
blush?
Say IL the lady insists upon kneeling.
Calls me beloved" II may be. OF
sweet"
What sort Of lunatic shall be feeling?
What shall do with my hands and my
feet?
When IN response to her fervid persua-
sion
have emitted faltering Eyes"
Who should proceed to improve the occa-
son7
Which should impart the initial caressl
II she takes liberties ought to scold her!
Is II laid down." or n matter OF taste
Which head reclinss on the other ones
shoulder.
Whose arm encircles the other ones
waist?
Truly, o leap year. your sporting tradi'
ton,
When it's applied to q definite fact.
Rather inverts ones accustomed positon
Rather demands the employment OF
tact.
Still II displays a refreshingly bright side
Novel as well, for. however things go.
I'm not afraid Of them-Pm on the righ'
side
needn't fear that monotonous mol"
Punch.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-27
Fraternal Orders.

Rockbrfdge Lodge, No. So. l. y; y; r.
meets every Thursday night at ODD rel
lows Hall.
Lexington Lodge. No. ee, X, Of ri Fl
meets every Tuesday night, at odd rel
lows Hall.
Liberty Lodge. No, 2, Daughters o {,
Rahekah meets every Monday night al
Odd Fellows Hall.
Mountain City Lodge, No. 81, Ancient g en
York Masons meets LIST and sra MOI
day nights at Masonic Hall .o ma,
Natural Bridge Council, Nc. 1871 koyal
Areanum, meets 1st and Srd Friday FL lay
nights in each month. at odd fe'io"S
Hall.
Lee jackson Council, No. ~, Junior
Order American Mechanics, meets every
End and 4th Friday nights, at Odd Fellows
Hail.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-27
Measuring EvernSy.

ETERNITY" The voice Of the
preacher sunk to a Mortified whis-
per. Gan eternity of torment he
repeated. "Do You bethink YOU
what eternity is3 l tell you, it i
as long as it would seem to you il
you were going to the theater and
were waiting for your wife to gel
ready and she had eight or nine
heads instead of one" Here several
men rose, haggard, and tottered for
yard to the anxious sest.--Puok.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-27
The Usual Way.

"What about Mrs. Cheapleigh ?"
asks the city editor, who is mapping
out Sunday article on social lead
ers. as she one Of the inner cir
Gle p"
81 should say So" replies the old
society editor. "Why, for five years
she was doing her best to get her
name in the society column, and for
the last five years she has done her
best to keep it out. Chicago Trib-
unp
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-27
Side lioht on History.

Romulus and Remus were havin;!
q pillow fight when the wolf, who
would not be kept from the door,
happened in.
'Don't fight" said the wolf, ad-
monishing. dts naughty"
"This is only sham BATTLE" said
Romulus as Remus hit him again.
This cheap wit was too much for
the wolf, who went out and made
Rome howl.-Chicago Journal.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-27
A LIGHTHOUSE HELPER.
How the Appointment Was Made and
Why II Was Revoked.

Filed among the correspondence
Of the lighthouse board at Wash
ington are two brief epistles, the
dates Of which show that the first
was written about six months be-
fore the second. They look pre-
cisely like any ordinary business
correspondence. They were receiv-
ed in good faith by the board, and
no one, reading them casually,
would suspect what tale Of domes
tic woe hangs thereby. An in
spector, making his usual rounds,
discovered the facts.
An Irishman named McFadden
had charge of lighthouse near one
of the lake ports. He was a small,
wiry person of about ninety pounds
in weight. His wife more than
made up for anything that he lack
ed in size or muscle, for she was a
brawny, stalwart woman of 200
pounds. She was, moreover, the
possessor of a violent temper, and
there were times when the timorous,
understood lighthouse keeper did
rot dare to call his soul his own.
His duties at the lighthouse were
somewhat arduous, so when Mrs.
McFadden happened to be in q
pleasant frame of mind she some
times helped her rather inefficient
partner with the lamps. She learn
ed one day that her husband was
entitled to an assistant Of his own
choosing, and she suggested that
since she did the work she properly
was the person who should be ap-
pointed to draw the comfortable
salary. Mr.. McFadden, however,
promptly objected, saying that he
was certain that the board would
never give the position to woman.
Gust send in the application,
she urged, "and tell them you're
wanting it for your relative, j. Nc
Fadden. Sure, they'll never know
whether it's for John or for Jane
and / can do the work as well as
any man."
Mr.. McFadden reluctantly sent
in the application, and in due time
~. McFadden" was regularly ap
pointed first assistant at the light
house. The prospect of the salary
brought JOY to the assistants heart
and all went we'll for time.
After awhile, however, Mrs. Nc
Fadden, always a trying person t<
live with, became so independent
on the strength of her separate in
come that poor McFadden found
life with her entirely insupportable
Affairs reached climax one day
when the stalwart Jane laid her SD
perior officer across her knee and II
the presence of visitors deliberately
spanked him with the hairbrush.
McFadden of course was unable
physically to retaliate, but mental!
he proved fully equal to the occa
sion. Retiring to the lighthouse
tower, where he was safe from in
trusion, he wrote the following let
ter:
| To the Lighthouse Board
GentIemen-I respectfully request tina
| my assistant, J. McFadden. be removed
for disobedience and characterization
! Faithfully yours.
PATRICK MADDEN.
As the lighthouse keeper hat
been the judge of the fitness OF hi
own assistant in the beginning, tn
board saw no reason why he shoul'
not now be proper judge of in
subordination, so his request wa
granted.-Youth's Companion.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-27
A Useful Medal,

Tess - 1t was Maud Singleton,
wasn't it, who won the gold medal
for her graduation essay on "Wo-
mans Right to Public Office" last
year?
Jess-Gracious Not last year.
1t was two years ago at least.
Tess-Arc you sure?
Jcss-Positiye, because | saw her
baby cutting his teeth on that medal
the other day.-Philadelphia Press.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-27

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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-27
PATRICK MADDEN.

As the lighthouse keeper had
been the Judge of the fitness OF his
own assistant in the beginning, the
board saw no reason why he should
not now be proper judge of in
subordination, so his request wa'
eranted.--Youth's Companion.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-07
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES
AND DEATHS
RECORD OF BIRTHS.

SSSSSS>S>r>S>>sSsrsrs
Roy and Elsie Bryan s2f3 Olive: boy,
Jens and Bertha ThomI son, 1871 Market: boy.
Joe and Mary Zack 3235 Ohio boy.
James ana Lizzie Skipper. Ills North Eighth /;
William and Lola stumm llco South Tenth;
boy.
Mark and Andr,na Piskulic $50 Botanical;
boy
Ernst and Celia Seef. IN Pine: boy
James and @. Hartnetf, sfl5 pelTer: boz.
George and Elizabpth Geisz. 5s2l Con lie; boy.
William and len Grien. toZs South Tenth: !:
boy
julius and Maryaret preyer. 1885 South Four
tcenfh. boy.
Alfred ard Fannie Brown g1s Io-ust bow.
Joseph and Jennie Armstrong. Sc ". Twelfth:
Joserh and Angelina Witch. 1913 North Nine
teenih: girl
J. p and Mary Grady. 1850 Ca.s: rirI
Dennis and Della Garvey. s2ie North New
MAX and Katie Jonak. ,ses Do,nian: girl
Frank and Mary Hadlec. 1871 South Eleventh:
Carl and Rosa Markl s5a North Eleventh.
John and Emma Mcribhin. eos Chou,eau; girl
John and Mamie Peariey. 2ss1 Warrington:
girl.
Eugene and Lena Weller. .sls South Ninth:
George and Mary seFna. s'f Morgan: girl.
Henry c. and Mary Decher. 1880 North Sew
enth: riri.
Antonio and Dora catanzaro, s2s North
Mariana and Josephine saIsame. ss North
Ninth; Tiri.
girl
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-07
BURIAL PERMITS.


Anna Kunz. Is years. 1S4oA Dodier: perito-
W. p. Burg. 81 yesrs, Windsor Hotel; alco-
Arthur J. Barnes, yszrs 1876 Biddle: nephr1-
Daisy severns. year., eso Pine: accident
Patrick McCarthy. 81 years. zsn South
Kainefine c. Ahern. 70 years. az Penrose;
Jsmss =. Henderson. . yesr.. sos rarnells
Peter Mahr. % years. sas1 Blair; pneumonia.
Andrew Or. sS years. s2s North Eighth; sui
Thomas L. Rowan. IS years. isu Spruce: heart
john C. Mcnamara, 81 years. 2ass Howard;
Margaretne Boewsn. n years, us North Mar
Nellie lie Wire. G. ysara. MIA Mafntt; cirhosis.
Robert Nixon. 81 years. ii46 sulphur: pneu-
Mary weisen: q rear. aesrhous.: myol.,i.
Anna Lee Duncan yeara 2s25 stoddard;
Ida May Nunn. q yesrs. rs LaSsdis: pneu-
Mathilde A schwar.. . y-an. sas Beside;
Enms Hcmminshaus q ysars. ssx Miami;
C6ari. McGln,y. . years. ps South Chan
Wiiiiam e. suIlens, Is years. s7sA Vernon,
Hesah Campbell. IAi South Second; old sys.
Elizabeth Boland. years Hsl Chouteau:
MaIEarethe Honack, Il yea:. South F,f-
La 4. H0r. yea.s. so1s Raymood: typhoid
Viola Frances wuthsnow. months. go Raes
Ella BorKe. years. 1915 North Twelfth: diph-
,Arthur A. Horst, yean. zl7 South Jefferson:
GeorEs. White. 1 year. LIZ North Eighth,
pneumonia
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-07

wedding RinGs (solid GoId).
Finest qualities. s. to so. Aermod .
Jaccard'A Broadway and Locust.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-07
BUSINESS CHANCES.

INFORMATIoE as TO address Of heirs Of
sfas Loyd 3. Address was Troy, Kas about
1872 Small recovery can he INSIDE. Address
Harvey spaldine Sons. Washington, D. G.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-07
ILLINOIS,

Springfield m, Dee. a--Certincates Of IN
coriorsfton were Issued to-day BY the Secretary
Of Aste as fojlows:
The Schuessier- -Reufher Company. BeilewiIie:
ratnrs-Arthur echuessler. Oscar p. Schuester
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-07

RnPuBLrc SPECIAL

Jensrson City. Mo-. Dec s.-Certincates Of IN.
evaporation were issued to-day By Secretary Of
state sam b. Cook as follows:
: 0sorHe W Nils Timber ana Lumber Cum-
pany of Arkansas fiiei evidence Of incorporation
10 DO business IN Missouri at b. Louis, with q
capital stock Of q ooo
.CApen Motor Car Company OF 81. Louis: CAP
ltaI stock ef5.onp Incorporators-S D. Capen.
q. A. Cspen and W. c. CspeE.
Oday Raj EHtsfe and investment Company
Of Springfield: capital stock $1,000 Incof-
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-07
LAUNDRY HELP,

EXPERIENCED cola. girls. Aalshsrs. ma.
chine girls and markera Monarch Laundry
Co. us franklin.
SHIRT irons-s and pressers on new
work: also 9irs to learn: steady work; rood
pay. New E.a Shirt Co., tx Lucas
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-07
NEW CORPORATIONS.
81. LOUIS.


0EaYsn Brokerage Company; william Cray
90 Jr. - shares: Walter 2. Grnyson and
0sorgs 2. Priest, ] share each; TO DO q gen.
frai brokerage and Investment business; cap
ltei stock, full paid. $4,000
ssnitsaT Cabinet AdyertlsinS Company: Al,
noo d. Fuller and Percy n. Roberts. l.7O
snsss ach: R,chlId A. Walker. 500 shares: o
e sanitary Cabinet Advertising Machine
frY meettnG December Il. n No sos Granite
eulldin8: CAPITAL stock. full paid. 100000.
w 81 Welpott Grooeay Company: W. II.
Welp0tt, z shares: Otto Won Rautenkranx Jr,
pott share: 70 do q general wholesaie gro
S2 md meat busineao: capital stock, full paid.
Natsma, Union Garment Company; A. C
GtSe. No ~ grnyois N,Soo shares: Frank
q sc9midt No si:s Chippewa and n c. Al
1srs No ~ Utah. 100 share. each; to manu-
fscfurs garments: capital stock. half paid.
Walk!-smith Grocery Company; Samuel
emlth IL shares. Margaret B. and John c. r,
WALKER, share each: to DO q general grocery
ena S estehsr business: capital stock. half paid
Gy ssx MN Company: !! g, osretsoe and
Q y34 Xirkwsod, Mo. % sh.rsS: % DO .
daoital stock. fun paid s1o.0oo.
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-07

100 per cent less than cheap; nickel railing
ottled-coprer railing. unright display casss
boz for Ice. water fountain for wall etc. Csii
r e Hughes. Kentucky building WorI1.s
Fair: Kiutoch Fair lis. Ben ia ~ -
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-07
srocKHoLDER's MEETINGS.

Er0cKHoLpERg MEETING-oface Of he
st Louis ynir Association. Fair qrounds.-
for directors of the ST. Louis Fair Association
to .srve du;ina the ensuing yesr. tfil be held
q sSs assocston IS FoursS % g poI, ,ni e1ass apss
fssn o'clock q n, % S,Sieck p -. n.
I'M h,1;. senias.s %s.. Norsrser sresess z ,sa
& seaTss HSs' saanss n'nIss Gss'rfas g. rss.. q xe g.
bosrd u pisec,ar. Of fh,s company hsd sssis ssis
share. was declared payable On December 90
lg4 Bcoks for the transfer OF stock will close
at O'clock p M. On December II. 1sN. and
s & e s pence at y of asf 81 pr..iseSs On Rsss
Core 9 zehnder. secre,ary:
ST LOUIS CLIP ANNUAL ELECTION =
Ihe annual meeting of the 81 Louis Club fol
ths saection q president nrN second and third
ysar. and two members Of the Board Of Gov.
efuors. 70 serve for three wears and for fh<
Srs.ss ssrnsssst'cn s,r of s other business % q ma,
vsrd & Louis NO. No ON on the I i7ts v DAY Of S's b.
- -. pavID r. FRANCIS. Prssss.nt
q Lsu.s. s Is. Dreenbss Sss; ssei III
ANNUAL. Meetans q stecknoldsr q tha
rssssiss TsSss , cHSnRsa,i = S.i LSria Ms. lso;
e enausi 1exttng e TIE sscckhoiden Of ths
So g the company. q the noTihsaa cornsi
s - LSliL naeni On Monday. tHe Eth dsy
- 3. ]. 60 tiat dsy. or ne eIscti9 q
Il . - = s.ssSss ~ sssess 5 "a "a 80:
$500:
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-07
PARTNERS WANTED.
WORLDS FAIR SALVAGE.

PARTNER with about 81 500 capital 10 iny.,,
IN established printing business JR "a Re-
rrh'Ir
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-18
BONIER IS CONVICTED.
Aged Murderer of Franz and Johan-
 ma Frehr Must Die.

BUFFALO, Jan. 1S.-Charles Bonier has been found guilty of murder in the first degree for killing Franz and Jo- hanna Frehr, an old German couple. in their little home in Jefferson street The verdict carries the death sentence with it. Bonier, who is seventy-four years old, took the conviction coolly, looking calmly at the foreman as he an- nounced the result of the jury's delib- erations.
 The Frehrs were murdered for their money. The murderer buried the bod tes in a shallow grave in their own yard and proceeded to install himself and his housekeeper in their former home within few feet of the mutilat- ed bodies of his victims. MT. and Mrs. Frehr had been thrifty. They had con- siderable money and kept several hun dred dollars in gold in their house. Bonier was a constant visitor at their home.
 When relatives called at their house they found Bonier in possession. He informed them that Mir. and Mrs. Frehr had sold the property to him and had left the city to enter an old folks home. Search by relatives failed to disclose their whereabout. They became sus- picious of foul play, and the police were informed. They soon became convinc- ed that murder had been committed, and a thorough search of the Frehr premises was begun.
 Buried in shallow graves beneath a pile of lumber in a small outhouse they found the bodies of the old man and his wife Their heads had been bat tered in with a hammer which was found in the shed. Twelve hours after the bodies were found Bonier was ar- rested in Erie, Pa. whence he fled un- der an assumed name. Bonier told the police an ingenious story to the effect that he had bought the Frehr property. but that they had left the city before he could obtain their signatures to the deeds. Fearing that he would lose his money, he forged Frehr's signature to the transfers. The circumstantial evi- dence against him was very strong, however, and the trial has ended in his conviction
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-01-18
A FLORIDA HOLDUP.

s0bbers Blow Open Car With Dyna-
 mite and Fire on Trainmen.
 MCLENNY, Fla, Jan. 1S.-A passen- ter train on the Seaboard Air line was leld up one mile east of Sanderson by 'pur white men. The door of the bag .ss~ VT was blown open with dyna- mite, the robbers mistaking this car sor the express car.
 The locomotive was stopped by a rolley of shots fired into the cab. The fireman and the engine driver were aken off the engine and escorted to the second class coach, and the robbers ran .he train ahead about half mile, when hey blew open the baggage car. The rain conductor went forward, but was fred upon and driven back. A con Auctor named Peck, who was dead neading'' over the line, called for fire arms and volunteers gts
 N. H. Harrison, claim agent of the, toad; B. B. McCann, travelling auditor, tnd J. c. Williamson, travelling freight agent, responded, and the four went forward, opened fire and drove the rob-. sers off. Peck took the throttle and ran he train four miles down the road.
 The robbers obtained no booty and made no attempt to rob the passengers, put there was great excitement in the passenger cars while the firing was go- ng on. =.
 The sheriffs of Duval and Baker counties are on the trail of the robbers with bloodhounds.