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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-06
CATTLE IN TEXAS.
The Stock;nnD In Looking to the
Eastern Feeders and gonic Markets,

The Stock-nnD In Looking to the
Eastern Feeders and yonic Markets,
By p. S. BUGBEE Before Panhandle
Stockmens Association.
Those of us who were fortunate
enough to visit the fat stock show at
the convention at Fort Worth will bear
me out when | say that there were cat
tie at that exhibit that woNd be a
credit to the state of Illinois. In talk
ing with one of the men who had pre-
pared some cattle for that exhibit I
asked what would be the difference In
cost of finishing the steers here and in
Illinois. He said that the advantage is
largely in favor of Texas, as we have
nearly two months advantage in eli
mate. as there are six weeks or two
months that they do well to make
steer hold his own in Illinois. Now
two months Of climate is cheap feed.
In some countries they sell climate, but
In Texas it is the cheapest thing we
have. We have proved that we can
raise in abundance all the require
ments Of making good beef and pork.
We Must prepare ourselves for the
great change that has taken place.
The big ranches are passing out. For
many years we found ready sale in the
great northwest for our young steers,
but that day is about passed. The
northwestern man now says that he
can't handle our steers unless we sell
mt about the price we have been get
ting for calves from the feeders Of
Ohio, Indiana, Missouri. Nebraska and
Kansas
The eastern feeder will come nearer
paying us the value Of our improved
cattle than any one else if we have the
quality he wants, and we should strive
to have only the best. We have eli
mate and soil suitable TO the growth
of any grasses or grain known to the
American continent. Every cow man,
IL land owner of necessity he must be.
can make Il feed crop without the aid
OF commission money or any other
high priced money. Strive to raise the
best cattle and prepare to finish the
greatest number you possibly can for
market.
Encourage home markets or the
building of packing plants as near to
us as possible. BY this do not mean
that every cow man should be pack
er. Cattle raising is one business and
packing is another business. There is
no patent Oh killing and packing
meats. and the field is open the same
as in building railroads or factories of
any kind. 1t is evident that the pack
Ing business cannot long remain in the
hands OF the few who now control it.
The COW business has its ups and
downs as any other kind of business.
The changed conditions force us to
change our methods TO meet them. If
we would remain in the business we
must recognize these facts and make
three or four acres carry the COW in
stead Of fifteen to twenty, as hereto
fore.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-06

by an amount equal to twice the width
of the tires, the surface rolled will be
again doubled.
Good wagon roads are as important
us good railroads. if not, in fact, more
SO, and when the public has construct
ed them individuals should not be nj
lowed 10 destroy them, especially when
II is temonstrable fact that there is
no need whatever FOR doing 80. Tests
have shown that the wide tires lessen
draft as well as protect roads, and they
should everywhere be required by law.
Wide tires would greatly lengthen
the life of the average pavement and
decrease the cost of repairs. The
streets could be kept in more cleanly
condition and ut less expense. There
would be fewer sute and "chuck holes'
to collect and retain mui and water
and there would be less dust blown
through the mir on dry days, sending
disease bearing microbes into nostrls
and lungs. Furthermore, the general
adoption Of wide tires not only would
lessen the strain upon horse and driv-
err but would quicken the progress of
traffic
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-06
THE FIRST SKY MAP.
Ii Was Very Probably the Chart
Made by Hipparchus.

Made by Hipparchus.
The Chaldcans were probably the
first to cultivate astronomy, which,
with its sister science, astrOlogy, APP
pears to have been evolved independ-
emily by Egyptians, Chinese and Chal-
deans, who had all distinguished the
planets from the fixed stars and group
ed these into consultations.
Drawings of the heavens were prob
ably common TO the observers of all
three nations, but owing to the whole
sale destruction Of records ii is impOS-
sible to say whether any charts upon
plane surfaces, which alone can strict
ly be called maps, We're made by them.
In more recent times the first to
project q chart of the heavens was
Hipparchus. who upon the appearance
of new star decided to record the
state of the sky in his time and to COM
pile catalogue of all the stars WISH
bic above his horizon. He enumerated
1850 stars and in order to fix accurate
ly their positions invented the plant
sphere, a projection Of sphere upon
q plane surface, which is for most pnr
poses more useful than globe.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-06

Among the curious ways by which
some persons in England make Il living
is the sale of oastoff garments belong
jng to distinguished personases, Tor
which the curiosity loving fnsliopable
world affords n sure and proiitabie
market. One English lady has col
lection of corsets. including articles
from the wardrobes of reignng I'M
pcral and royal personages as well rs
objects of historical interest. Among
the latter are n leather corset belong
Ing TO Charlotte Cor1ny, the heroine
of the French revolution, and con
struction of whalebone ana steel worn
by Marie Antoinette, with al eighteen
inch waist.-Toilettes
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-06
Action From Within.

In education, whether special or gen
eral, there are students who can learn
just so much, and it Is waste Of time
TO go any further with them. They
must be born again with new capac-
ity. In spiritual matters one can be
good, moral, honest, upright, but if that
were all it would be a question to de-
terrnine how good or how moral one
must be TO enter heaven. There Is
something else needed. The Holy Ghost
must enter the life and act from with
in.-Rev. DR.. Francis Patton. Presby-
teriDn Princeton. n i
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-06

POTATO SHOOT A1IAChID Di Dhi IVA
west TO Colorado. Messrs. Smith and
Svingle of the bureau of plant indus
fry mt Washington have lately report
cd the following conclusions In regard
TO it. after investigation Of the disease
as il occurs in different parts OF the
country:
The bundle blackening and dry end
rot of the tuber are two stages or the
same disease. This begins in the held
in the underground stems and roots.
fungus is always present in the
dorkened vascular bundles Of the tu-
bers in sparing amount and cultures
therefrom have shown this to be a
"fusarium."
The above ground SYMPTOMS are SLOW
change of color. dwar6pg more or less
rolling or curling of the leaves ana
finally wilt of the foliage ana the
falling down Of the stems.
The first symptoms in the tuber are
nearly always at the stem end in the
form of Drowned or blackened vascular
bundles. During this stage or the dls'
ease the tubers are sound externally.
The dark stain in the vessels may final
IN extend to the eye end of the tuber.
The fungus attacks the plant from
the soil and winters over in the earth.
In land frequently planted to potatoes
It can probably maintain itself indefi-
nitely.
\ copious use of fertilizers, such as
lime. phosphates. nitrates and potash
salts. did not enable the plants TO over
come the disease.
The disease continues in stored pota-
toes. and if they are kept in warm
rooms the loss during the winter is
likely to be large.
Diseased tubcrs should be stored in
cool. dry r0oIns and used early i'll the
season. They siioulh not be fed raw to
stock
Infected land should be planted TO
other crops fer series OF years. Ten
tatively ut least ii would be best to e2-
clude also tomatoes. eggplants and pep
pers from such land.
The greatest care should be taken to
avoid the infection Of healthy land by
the planting OF diseased tubers All
tubers designed for seed should be cut
at the stern end ana carefully Inspected
before planting.
Diseased tubers should not be thrown
on the manure pile.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-06
Coed Road Noies

4 speaker at a recent good roads
convention said that the main civiliz-
ing influences of country should be
placed in the following order of I'M
portance - viz: Good roads, public
schools and churches. The point III
yolved was that If there are not good
roads children will not go regularly to
school. and if uneducated they will not
have sufficient intelligence to attend
and get the most good from church
services
1t is said that lands in Marion couli'
ty, Fla. which three years ago were
abandoned to the state were later re-
deemed for dollar an acre and are
now worth SO an acre. This increase
in valuation has been brought about
through the building Of good roads.
The condition of the reads In any
community is a fair measure OF its en-
lghtenment and progress and It's de-
STABILITY rs q place Of residence.
By using wide tires the cost and Ia
Dor of keeping roads in repair are
greatly reduced Therefore If you want
good roads. either of dirt or stone. use
wide tires and induce all your neigh
bOrs 70 do likewise.
Before we had any rock and shell
roads between this place and Rock
ledge ii two mule team pulled sixteen
boxes of oranges from there here TO he
loaded OF the cars. and ii was about
all they could pull. says the Rockledge
TlaD News. Now that we have hard
roads that same team Of mules pulls
thirty-fvc boxes of oranges over the
same route with greater ease than
they formerly pulled sixteen. Let
doubters figure the gain.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-06
4 axatiye bromo CHiiilineI
Cures Cold In One Day, Grip in 2 Days
g. MAv,~;;ss:::'s;:;'
Gas AS AN IULUMINANT
China. 1t Has Been Asserted, Usea
IL Centuries Ago.

IL Centuries Ago.
II has been asserted. but never prov
ed conSusvely. that China used gas
for lighting purposes centuries before
its nse IA the western world. y this
was so it was doubtless natural gas.
Clayton, at the end of the seven
tccnth century, stored gas in biadders
and played with 1t ut times. ana Lord
DunGonald In 1887, In working patent
for coal tar, stored up the gas and oc'
casionalIy used it for lighting up The
hall Of Culross abbey.
1t Is to the genius of II Scotsman. w.
Murdoch. that we owe our bright IL
mminant. In 1892 he was living ut
Redruth. Cornwall, and after expert
ments in gasmaking lie lit up his own
house. much TO the establishment OF
his neighbors.
Called to Birmingham, he erected a
large plant for lighting up the Soho
works. This drew attention to the
whole matter, and in 1903 London be-
gan street lighting The Royal So
ciety In 1868 gave Murdoch lis Rum
ford gold medal for his invention
London Standard.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-06
Forbidden Fruit.

A reqUest was once made to the an.
thOrities Of one of the colleges at Cam
bridge that room might he found on
the spacious lawns OF their garden fo-
the Indy students OF Girton college 70
play lawn tennis Guessing Clearly
enough what would be the result of the
admission Of these students Of the fair
or sex among the undergraduates, the
master replied that it was ordered IN
the stgtutcs Of the college that the car.
dens must bo devoted to the purposes
Of Horticulture and mast not be used for
Observation-Disclosures Moments.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-06
Triad md Found Wanting.

ave had 50 much bad luck" said
the gloomy man. that ] lie awake half
the night thinking about my troubles,p
"Ihe cure for that" they told him,
as to quit thinking Of your own trou-
bles. Think Of other peoples"
"I'll try it," he said.
Three months later they met him
again.
"Well, how did 1t work. they asked
him.
Didn't do any good" he replied. 81
lie awake all night now .blnkire ~
.tbA~ nannle's troublasr
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-06

From my window the other day,
writes a New Yorker. | witnessed the
ingenuity of ii bcggar. He evidently
had il pocket filed with crusts, and
when no one was passing he threw one
of them into my yard. Then he waited
for a lady or gentleman who carried
stick or umbrella and, trembling, APP
pealed for the crust to be brought
within his reach. The sympathy he ex-
cited was so great that he received a
nickel or two from many who heard
his plea.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-06
OWE: E.gkMG

Nav be gone and yet the remaining lung
will be amply sufficient to sustain a vigor-
Gus vitality. As general thing few peo-
pie make more use OF both lungs than IS
equivalent to healthy use of one lung
These facts are all in the favor OF the
man or woman with weak lungs, even
when disease has a strong grip on them.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-06
The ReaI ReusOn.

"iIOw did that prima donna come to
Hose her voice.
"Weli," answered the impresario,
"some people say she sang too much,
but my personal opinion is that she lost
1t arguing about salary. ashingtop
Star
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-06
NARROW AND WIDE TIRES.
One Destroys While the other Inn
proves n ROnd.

Esery city. town and village in the
country whicii spends u dollar on road
construction should adopt and enforce
wide tire laws. BY requiring wagon
owners To use tires wide enough to
limit the pressure per unit of area be-
tween tires and road surface to an
amount which ordinary roadmaking
materials can resist wagons will pack,
harden ana improve roads instead of
destroying them. and by making the
forward axle shorter than the rear one,
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-06

OF medicine from different physicians without
much benefit At last wrote to DIR. r. V. Pierce
and got his advice and began using his Golden
Medical Discovery l have used twenty-five
bottles When l commenced taking 1t | had no
had no ambition to do anything Now feel
better than l did before got sick. Have good
appetite and am able to do my work. sin.
cerely recommend DR.. Pierce's Golden Medlcal
Those who suffer from chronic dis
eases are invited to consult DIR. Pierce,
by letter, free All correspondence
strictly private. Address DR.. R. V.
Pierce, Buffalo, n. Y.
Or. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets assist the
action of the Discovery"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-06
NtSlE li'u "a '''
Oh. wasn't Ii voluntaryW


turgess-Oh. yes; Charley is all
right; a little eccentric, though. I've
noticed several times when he has Dor:
rowed lead pencil, instead Of putting
1t into his pocket, as any one else
would do, he hands 1t back to the own.
or.-Honton Trannorint
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-06

Many a person
living in health
to- day has the
lungs marked by
the healed scars
Of disease.
DR.. Pierce 9
Golden Medical
Discovery makes
w e ak 1u n & s
strong. 1t cures
obstinate, deep
seated coug h 8,
bronchitis, bleed
ing lungs and
other conditions,
which, if neglect
ed or unskilfully
treated, find a
fatal termination
in consumption.
rI had been troub-
led with lung dis
ease and pleurisy
for a number OF
years and the trouble
had almost become
chronic, ;" writes A. s.
Elan, OF Howe, Ia.
wHad several kinds
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-06
raRR1Is szl ("
* 7'si1:S9f T0A
DRY ROT OF POTATOES.
A Serious and Very Widely Spread
Disease In the United States.

A potato disease common over con-
siderable portion of the United States
is variously known as bundle blacken-
ing. stem rot, dry end rot and dry rot
It is safe to say that dry rot extends
on the north to Canada, east to the At
lantic. south to the gulf of Mexico and
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-06


Crimson clover is one OF the most
useful Of our forage crops from the
stanlpoints of yield. composition. cost
and tie ease with which it may be Sc
cured. 1t Is essentially Il catch crop.
1t may be seeded at the rate of twelve
pounds per acre in corn at the last cul'
tivation or after Il crop Of potatoes
without Interfering with regnilr rOta
tons In fact. at the college farm
corn and crimson clover crops have
been obtained the same year on the
same land and for Il number Of years IN
succession the corn and clover both i'm
proving in yield from year 80 year
without heavy l4ditiODs Of manureS or
fertilizers. II mae serve M II pasture
where sOiling is not practiced ana be
made into hay if cut when In early
bloom. The yield will range from
eight to twelve tons of green forage
per acre. II. Lane. New Jersey.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-06

Some people have an idea that the,
comfort the afflicted when they eroar
over them. Don't drive a hears,
through mans soul.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-06

There are few wild beasts more to be
dreaded than talking man having
uothinR to say,-Swift.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-06
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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-06
AnnlOgfcs.

Il understand your friend Jenkins
has resigned that city clerkship he
held"
Resigned? HIM.
ooh, wasn't 1t voluntary
"Well. II was just rs voluntary as his
contributions to the campaign fund
were. "-Philadelphia Press.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-06

Train 80 connects with Southern r.
Iia Strasburg Junction for Harrisonburg
and points on Valley Railroad,
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-07-06

Order and falsehood cannot su6sis
together. Carlyle.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-08
Ducks and brakes.

A schoolboy In Jewell City, Mo-, was
assigned to prepare an essay on the
subject of Ducks and this is what
he wrote: "The duck is a low, heavy
set bird, composed mostly of meat and
feathers. He is a mighty poor singer,
having hoarse voice caused by get
ting so many frogs in his neck. He
likes the water and carries a toy bal
loon in hfs stomach to keep him from
sinking. The duck has only two legs,
and they are set so far back on his
running gears by nature that she came
purity near missing his body Some
ducks when they get big have curls
on their tails and are called brakes.
brakes don't have to set or hatch, but
just loaf, go swimming and eat. If I
was to be duck, I'd rather be a drake
every time"
Amador ledger., 1904-04-08
Bash fuIness.

Bashfulness is natural to youth
"Modesty is the graceful, calm, virtue
of maturity; bashfulness the charm of
vivacious YOUTH" and unless a young
man takes advantage of opportunities
of entering society he will retain "an
air of bashfulness, which is in reality
the want of habitual intercourse with
the world" CWaverley). As long ago as
1910 Ascham wrote that "if a young
gentleman be bashfull and soon blush
they call him babishe and i'll brought
up thyng." Deficient social education
is therefore cause of bashfulness.
Habit also predisposes to it. A mere
indisposition to exert oneself, INDUCED
in for too long time, may eventually
result in confirmed bashfulness. This
Indifference may be due to want of
sympathy with the surroundings or
may have its origin in unalloyed self
ishness-for many bashful men are ex-
tremely selfish-or may be due to van
ity.-CasselPs.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-08
Consumption

The only kind of consump-
ton to fear is neglected
consumption"
People are learning that con-
;umption is a curable disease.
1t is neglected consumption
that is so often incurable.
At the faintest suspicion of
consumption get a bottle of
SCOTS Emulsion and begin
regular doses.
The use of SCOTS Emulsion
at once, has, in thousands of
cases, turned the balance in
favor of health.
Neglected consumption does
not exist where SCOTS Emul-
sion is.
Prompt e.of SCOTS Emul-
sion checks the disease while it
can be checked,
Send for free sample.
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists,
4o9-4Is Pearl Street, New York.
Soc and $500; all druggists.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-08

.Sbn,ving his jaded horse to renewed
efforts when the animal should be refreshed
with proper food and rest, is about as SEN
sible as prescribing nerve tonics, alcoholic
compounds, coca mixtures and cocktails
which only spur on the already weakened
nervous system. Neither does it do to put
the nerves to sleep with narcotics. When
you feel worn-out, broken down, jaded, and
feel the effects of brain tire as we'll as nerve
weakness, sleeplessness and fatigue, take
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, a
tonic which will do you lasting good, build
you up, increase your appetite and strength
and improve the condition of the blood.
When the blood is Impoverished the nerves
feel the effect. Nervousness in nine cases
out of ten is the very of the starved nerves
for food" Feed the nerves on rich blood
and all nervous manifestations will cease
ait has been seven months since using Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, and only
used three bottles of the medicine when il made
me feel like new man." writes S. A. Miller,
Esq. (care of Mr., Amos Hyre, R. d. roy, Dayton,
Ohio. VI had doctored with two local physi-
clans without benefit. I felt all worn out and
had an awful misery in my back for two years
but noticed a change for the better when 1
began using your Golden Medical Discovery
To gain knowledge of your own body
in sickness and health-send for the Peo-
pies Common Sense Medical Adviser. A
book of 1908 pages. Send 81 cents in
stamps for paper recovered, or, 81 stamps
for cloth bound copy. Address DR.. R. V,
Pierce, 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-08
Omar Khayyam.. translator.

To FitzGerald, careless, disorderly,
unconventional, who had for so long
followed his own sweet will, punctil-
ious etiquette and fastidious neatness
in attire were above all things hateful.
He once said to q friend: 'T couldn't
be bothered with all those whims-
dressing for this and dressing for that.
1 couldn't put up with it"
He and a friend were dining at a
hotel, and among the good things set
before them was a noble fruit pie.
But they had eaten so heartily of the
first course that when 1t came to the
pies turn they were beaten. FitzGer-
aid looked troubled. Mrs. So-and- so
(the hostess), who knows my partiality
for fruit" said he, will take it as a
slight if we leave the pie untouched"
So without more ado he cut out q
good sliced wedge with a fair allow
ance of fruit and dropped 1t into his
hat, which he covered with his yellow
silk handkerchief, and rang the bell
for the bill.-Wright's Life of Fitz-
Gerald"