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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08
YOUR GRIP ON YOURSELF.
Retain That Though You Have to Let
Everything Else Go.

Retain That Though You Have to Let
Everything Else Go.
Some people get along beautifully for
half a lifetime perhaps while every
thing goes smoothly. While they are
accommodating property and gaining
friends and reputation their characters
seem to be strong and well balanced,
but the moment there is friction any
where, the moment trouble comes-a
failure In business, panic or great
crisis In which they lose their all-they
are overwhelmed. They despair, lose
heart. courage. faith. hope and power to
try again-everything. Their very man.
hood or womanhood Is swallowed up
by mere material loss.
This is failure indeed, and there Is
small hope for any one who falls to
such depth Of despair. There is hope
for an ignorant man who cannot write
bis name even II he has stamina and
backbone. There s hope for cripple
who has courage, there Is hope for
boy who has nerve and grit, even
though lie Is so hemmed In that he has
apparently no chance In the world. but
there Is no hope for man who cannot
or will not stand up after he falls. but
loses heart when opposition strikes him
and lays down his arms after defeat.
Let everything else 90 If you must,
but never lose your grip on yourself.
Do not let your manhood or woman
hood go. This is your priceless pearl,
dearer to you than your breath. Cling
to IL wit nil your might. Give up life
itself first. success.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08
THE GRAIN TROUGH.

yards about the country they meet
quite the requirements of both. In
feeding cattle in large numbers one Is
very apt to give hay or roughage while
the cattle are eating their grain. If a
combination rack and feed trough Is
being used this is unsatisfactory.
The diagram here shown illustrates
the kind of trough am using, and in
every respect it gives entire satisfac-
ton. In beginning the construction
three one foot planks were spiked to-
gether with by pieces, thus making
the trough proper three feet wide and
sixteen feet long. For legs 2 by As
were used. The length of legs will de-
pend somewhat upon the age Of cattle
being fed. Most of my cattle are two
and will conveniently reach the trough
two and half feet from the ground.
Across the foot OF the legs 2 by S's
were spiked to hold the trough from
tipping and securely braced. Around
the top of the trough was spiked bye
scantling so that the grain could not be
thrown out while the cattle were eat
ing. A trough sixteen feet long will
conveniently accommodate from twen-
ty to twenty-four head of cattle.-L. G.
Reynolds, Michigan, in Orange Judd
Farmer.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08
THE QUEST OF BEAUTY.
That Ono Woman Suffered For the
Sake of Her Appearance.


You must suffer to be beautiful, ac-
cor; .ng to French saying. There
see = t. be some truth in the state
n.oEt. ii lady's maid is to be believed.
she llis revealed the secrets of her
mistress boudoir. or. rather, torture
chamber The lady herself is now
beautiful. but one wonders that she is
still alive. For months she lay fat on
her hack Oh the floor. motionless, with
.icr arms close to her sides. during sew
cml hours every day. This was, it ap-
pears. to improve her figure. During
Tie rest of the day. for the same period
of timh. she sat OH high stool. giving
and rocking the upper Hrt Of her body
backward and forward and from side
to side increasingly. By this process
she is sail to have acquired a statu-
csOue throat and n sylph's waist The
lady's nose. having soaring nature.
WIS corrected and made Grecian by
the constant application day and night
for months Of spring bandage. One
nostril was originally larger than the
other so she wore small sponge In 1t
for II year Her cheeks have been
filed out and rounded by injections OF
parafin Her ears for months were
compressed against the sides of her
head By springs, while heavy weights
were attached to the lobes to produce
the required elongated shape, which
Las been successfully achieved. Hav-
Ing suffered this complicated martyr
dom for year, the lady, as already
stated, is now beautiful-Paris Letter.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08
An Eight Day Drink Cure.

According to n writer in the Medical
Bulletin. tie Norwegian authorities are
experimenting with a new method of
curing drunkards. The patient under
treatment is put in room, which he
is not permitted to leave, and all out
side communication Is forbidden. His
food consists almost entirely of bread
soaked in port wine. The first day the
drunkard eats his wine soaked bread
and is merry. Even on the second day
lie enjoys life and finds no fault. On
the third day he Is not so well satisfied.
The fourth day lie begins to complain,
and Mt the end of eight days he be-
comes Disguised. The craving for al
coholic stimulation no longer exists,
and the Discrimination TO drink liquor
seems TO he permanent.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08
The Eaby Beetles Cradle.

IL. at almost any time Of the year, we
walk through the woods where the red,
scarlet. black or pin oaks are growing
that is, where we find those that ripen
their acorns In two seasons and there
fore belong In the pin oak group-we
shall probably find on the grouE fallen
branches that vary in size from that Of
q lead pencil to that Of ones thumb or
even larger. These ut the broken end
appear as If cut away within the wood,
SO that only thin portion is left under
the bark. Within the rather uneven
cut. generally near the center of the
growth, is a small hole tightly plugged
by the powder post Of a beetle larva.
Split open the branch or twig when
burrow will be seen, and the little,
white. soft. hard jawed larva that
made 1t will be found or perhaps the
inactive pupa.-St. Nicholas
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08
LOCKWOOD WHISKY.
DIR. Wiley Strikes Another Savage
blow ut the Traffic.

DloW NJ the Iramc.
Again has DR.. Wiley Of the agricul-
tural department struck q savage blow
at whisky, says the New York Times,
and incidentally increased the Dispute
tude which his recent statements had
caused In the minds even of those who
drink only little of that vigorous LID
uid. The postofflce, 1t seems, recent.
ly issued q fraud order against too
enterprlsing resident of Mississippi
who was scattering broadcast for q
small consideration a recipe by which
anybody could become his own maker
Of whisky for the drinking by other
people, and at an expense Of rs cents
produce from extract of logwood, CO.
logne alcohol, oil of rye and water
gallon of something that could be sold
In competition with something else for
which, under the delusion that they are
buying the best Of whisky. people are
willing to pay from 81 to $40 gallon.
DR.. Wiley did more than get the rec
ipe; he compounded It's ingredients as
directed, and the result, he declares,
really was as good as the stuff imbibed
by 81 per cent of the Americans who
think they are consumers of whisky.
Now. there is no doubt that whisky"
so constructed is very much more
harmful than orthodox whisky, and
that's harmful enough.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08
GOOD ROAD NOTES.
What In Being Done In Various
states to Improve the Highways.

What In Being Done In Various
states to Improve the Highways.
The local oranges in California are
taking up the question of improved
highways in that state with much
sarnestneJs.
The question of state aid in building
good country roads throughout the
state of Texas is TO come up at this
session OF the legislature.
1t is announced that among the new
bills which viii be introduced in the
Oregon legislature will he measure
providing that the conyicts now con-
fined III the penitcntiary at Salem shall
be put to work building country roads
throughout the state.
Farmers in Bourbon county, Kan,
got together and secured funds among
themselves and from the merchants of
Fort Scott > improve the roads. Sew
eral hundred dollars were subscri "l
and the condition of the roads so much
improved that Missouri farmers who
formerly went TO another town now
take their produce 10 Fort Scott.
A Chicago man has plan under way
to beautify the highways Of Michigan
by planting fruit trees along the road
and sharing the profits of the crops
with the farmers. He proposes TO fur
nish the trees for planting and the
farmers to take care Of them, he only
asking that a sufficient portion of the
fruit be given him to pay for the in
vestment thereon. He argues that the
fruit trees Systematically set out and
well cared for will make most appro-
pirate decoration for the highways
Good Roads Magazine.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08
CUTICURA soap
The Worlds Greatest
Skin Soap.
The Worlds Sweetest
Toilet Soap.
Sale Greater than the Worlds
Product of Other Skin Soaps
Sold Wherever Civilization Has
Penetrated.

Millions of the worlds best people
use Cuticura Soap, assisted by Cuti-
cura eintment, the great skin cure,
for preserving, purifying, and beau
tifying the skin, for cleansing the
scalp of crusts, scales, and dandruf,
and the stopping of falling hair, for
softening, whitening, and soothing
red, rough, and sore hands, for baby
rashes, itchings, and chsings, for
annoying irritations, or too free or
offensive Precipitation, for ulcerative
weaknesses, and many sanative, anti
septic purposes which readily suggest
themselves to women, especially
mothers, as we'll as for all the pur.
poses of the toilet, bath, and nursery.
Cuticura Soap combines delicate
emollient properties derived from
Cuticura, the great skin cure, with
the purest of cleansing Ingredients
and the most refreshing of flower
odours. No other medicated soap
ever compounded is to be compared
with it for preserving, purifying, and
identifying the skin, scalp, hair, and
hands. No other foreign or domestic
toilet soap, however expensive, is to
be compared with it for all the pur-
poses of the toilet, bath, and nursery.
Thus it combines III one soap at one
price the most effective skin and COM
plexion soap, and the purest and sweet
est toilet, bath, and nursery soap.
Sold throughout the world. Cuticurs Resolveni, zoe.
Gin form Of Chocolate Coated Pills. Sc per vial OF co.,
Ointment, Sc. Soap, 25c Depots London, q Charter
house So. Paris Rue de la Psix; Boston, l37 Columbus
Ave Potter Drug Chem. Corp, Sole Props.
"a Send for " How to Cure livery llumour."
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08
BAR TO PROGRESS.
Congressman BrownIow on Bad
Roads and Their Improvement.

Congressman BrownIow on Bad
Roads and Their Improvement.
Congressman Brownlow Of Tennes-
see, author Of the famous Brownlow
bill, writing in Golfers Weekly, says:
considering the country as whole
our roads are disgracefuIly and deplor-
ably bad. They are bar to the finan-
cial, social educational and religious
progress of the agricultural classes
which they affect directly and source
of loss to every other class which they
affect Indirectly.
The first great step toward the cor
rect solution Of the road problem is a
recognition of the fact that road I'm
provement is not wholly local ques-
ton. The rural population have a lar
ger interest in good roads than any 9th
err class, and they will doubtless al
ways be found willing to pay the lar
ger part Of the expense.
"But the condition of the road affects
the prosperity of the whole community.
1t is therefore a proper subject for
state and national legislation
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08
Long and Short Letters.

Sherwln Cody III his Training
Course In Correct English, BUSINESS
| Correspondence and Advertisement
Writing" lays down some rules as to
the length of business letters. He
| says:
write a long letter to-
"a farmer.
"a woman.
"a customer who has asked you q
question.
"a customer who Is angry and needs
quletlng down and will be made only
more angry If you seem to slight him.
"a man who is interested, but must
Be convinced before he will buy your
goods.
write short letter to-
"a busy business man.
IAN Indifferent man on whom you
want to make q sharp impression.
"a person who has written you about
q trivial matter for which he cares lit
tie.
"A man who wants only q record or
q piece of information.
"A person who needs only the slight
est reminder OF something he has for
gotten or overlooked"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08
EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL.
A Plank From n Physical Culture So
ciety's Platform.


The Brooklyn Physical culture socie-
ty publishes the following in its decla-
ration OF principles:
article Owe believe that alcohol
Ia detrimental to the highest possible
health Of the body: that 1t lowers the
vitality and debilitates the reserve
force on which the body Is dependent
In warding off or fighting disease; that
1t affects and destroys the tissues of
the body, injuring the nerve cells and
destroying the essential nerve elements
and nuclei; that it impairs the function
and nutrition Of the entire nervous ap-
paratus; that II attacks the higher cere-
bral centers. causing the weakness Of
will power and blunted moral sense
that degrade manhood; that to totally
abstain from it is to bring 1t into disuse
and thus to make 1t unprocurable to
those who, under its influence, dishon-
or the home, mother and father, bring
shame upon their names, commit crime
and suicide, practice profanity, unkind
ness and brutality, causing unhappi-
ness and misery, and transmitting de-
generating influences to their Off
spring"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08
THE MARRIAGE QUESTION.

The professor who auaouueed that riovs
and romance die out with the sound Of the
wedding bells, was the FIRST to start the
ball rolling. II would seem q brave womar
who niarries with this echo in her ears, yet
we have not heard that there were fewer
marriages during the year. There are un-
Of these unhappy homes are due TO the i'll
ness Of the wife, mother or daughter
Dufine long period Of practice, Doctor
Pierce found that prescription made up
entirely of roots and herbs, without the use
OF alcohol, cured ninety-sight per cent OF
such cases. After using this remedy for
many years in his private practice he put
il up in form that can be had at any store
where medicines are handled.
Backed up by over third Of century of
remarkable and uniform cures, a record
such as no other remedy for the diseases
aud weaknesses peculiar to women ever
attained, the proprietors and makers of DIR.
Piercc's Favorite Prescription now feel
fully warranted in Offering 10 pay $500 in
legal money Of the United States, for any
case Of Lcucorrhea, Female Weakness Pro-
lapsus, or Falling OF Womb which they can
not cure. All they ask Is fair and reason
able TRIAL OF their means of cure.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription curee
headache. b2ckache, nervousness, slcep-
lessness and other consequences Of wom-
anly disease "Favorite Prescription"
makes weak women strong and sick wom-
en- we'll Accept no substitute for the
medicine which works wonders for weak
women.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08
Rura, Delivery and Good Roads.

Announcement was recently made
from Washington that the executive
department of the government does not
propose to allow the extension Of the
rural free delivery in localities where
the inhabitants are Indifferent to the
work of improving the condition of the
public rOadways. The service has be-
come so popular that the policy Of the
government Is to increase 1t wherever
the people themselves show DISPOSE
ton to make conditions favorable to
the proper maintenance of it, The
rural free delivery carriers are taking
up the question in earnest and at varl-
Gus meetings which have been recent
ly held declared themselves emphatic
ally in favor Of doing all i'm their power
to secure the Improvement of roads.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08

The stalk bears two handsome ears
of corn, as perfect as one often sees.
The eight rowed ear measures eight
and three quarter inches from tip to
butt. the twelve rowed ear eleven
inches. We have never known case
before where stalk bore two ears,
one eight rowed. the other twelve
rowed. 1t is barely possible that a
cross pollination back two or three
generations may have made this par
ticular stalk so cross eyed as to pro-
duce an eight rowed ear on one side
and twelve rowed ear on the other
Country Gentleman.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08
ADMIRAL WANTS NO GROG.
Barker Glad Wine and Beer Are Ex-
cludei From Navy.

In = recent report made to the navy
department Rear Admiral \. s. Barker,
commanding tie north Atlantic squad
ron. says:
Tie navy is - be congratulated that
tie Department las remained firm in
q, xclu,.irg wine and beer FROM the can
teens Of ships. Tons of explosives are
confined in a battleship. fires burn with
intense heat in the furnaces. electricity
is generated in currents Of sufficient
strength to run 1000 lamps and move
turrets weighing hundreds of tons,
while within the ship. closely housed
over this dormant hell. are more than
700 human beings.
THE majority of enlisted men come
from good homes and are temperate.
Is it therefore not better to weed out
the few Incorporate and raise the
standard still higher than to disgust
many self respecting men and lower
the tone of the servlce?'
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08
FEEDING IN YARDS.
A Satisfactory Grain Trough When
FattenfnG Cattle Ont of Doors.

A Satisfactory Grain Trough When
FatteninE Cattle Ont of Doors.
Fattening cattle out Of doors in yards
with sheds attached for shelter during
severe weather is practice growing In
favor among cattle feeders. This win
ter for the first time in my experience
I am giving the method trial and SO
far am well pleased with results. The
method is certainly one that sooner on
later every farmer or cattle feeder
must adopt on account of economy OF
both labor and money. In order to
make outdoor feeding satisfactory
racks and feed trough properly con-
structed are absolutely necessary.
While there are few combinations Of
both racks and troughs, do not think
from what | have seen of them In
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08

Train 80 connects with Southern Ry.
Ra Strasburg Junction for Harrisonburg
and points on Valley Railroad.
so No. SO No. II
bud Pass. Pass.
--------l- - = -
Lv Ha-risonburg 2 45pm I, 80 am
Stanton -. 48pm 825 am
Ar Lexington. s 50pm 10 90 am
Daily except Sunday
For rates tickets, baggage check ed
apply to any Office OF the B. i o. Rail
road or to e. Dudrow, Travelling Pas
senger Agent. Harper's Ferry, W. Va
TIE. JARRETT, Agent,
Lexington. Va
G. W. BASSETT. g P. A.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08
WHY sailors Wear Collars.

Probably not many people. including
the wearers themselves, know the Or
igin Of the sailors collar. Many years
ago when Jack Tars wore their hair in
pigtails. which they were In the habit
Of keeping very greasy, the backs OF
their coats used to get in very dirty
and untidy condition owing TO coming
In contact with the hair, consequently
the order was given for detachable
and washable collar to be worn, so that
they might look more tidy.-London
Standard
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08
An Industrial Obsfacle.

Governor Montague of Virginia is an
earnest advocate of good roads. In q
speech lie termed the bad road a social
and industrial obstacle and said 1t was
better to have a good school five miles
distant on good road than an indiffer-
ent one half mile away. He favored
convict labor and nonpolitical federal
aid and foretold the coming of the day
when such shall be an accomplished
fact.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08
Ferret Once In Awhile.

The health Of the body as well as Of
the mind depends upon forgetting. To
let the memory Of Il wrong, of angry
words. Of petty meanness. linger and
raDkle III your memory will not only
d;ss'pate your mental energy, but 1t
will readt npon the body. The secre-
tons will be- diminished, digestion Inn
paired. sleep disturbed and the general
health suffer in consequence. Forget
ting Is splendid mental calisthenic
and good medicine for the body.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08
NS&zW Norfo|kSsWeste
S'hedul" In effect January -. 1913.
Leave Buena Vista.

Leave 6uend Vista.
NORTHBOUND.
Noe 958P. M. Daily, For Basic, LuIay
Hagerstown and New York. Pull
man sleeper to Philadelphia.
NO.l4. 1886 p. tpaily, For Hagerstown.
Washington. baltimore, PhiIadel
phia, New York aud intermediate
80. stations. Pullman sleepertO New
York via Harrisburg ..s
SOUTHBOUND. 90
NJ. /. I % \. ". Daily. For Roanoke
Bristol. Bluefeld, Norton, Win
ston-Salem, Charlotte, ~ c.,
WEIGH and interne lateatc sta
lions. Pullman sleeper phlla-
delphia to Welch.
No. IL. 2.G9 p. NJ Daily. Fol Roanoke.
Bristol, Bluefield, Winston Salem
and intermediate stations, aud
Knoxville, Cincinnati, Columbus,
Chicago, and points West an6
Southwest. Pullman sleeper Buena
Vista to Knoxville and Roanoke to
Colun bus.
AID ltional Information and rates chest
fully furnished by L. II. Moffett, Ticket
Agent, Buena ista, Va.
w. b. BEYILL, NJ, +. BRAGG
Gen. Pass. Agent. TRAY. Pass. ACT
ROANOKE VA.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08
Hard Hearted.

She--Aftei all. George. think a pub
lie wedding would be better. He And
give up the elopement? She-Yes. You
see, papa has refused 10 lend Ms his
automobile. so what's the use?-Judge
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08

Pullman SlsePtng Can soni cilAoa ysrSs 70
Cincinnati. st. Louls, Chicago and Louhvrio
Trains Arrive at Lsxingtos
npp.m. Week Days from CliNsa Fore
eSp. =. Daily koa Rehnood sst sxesst
Ssnday from OLD Point and Nsrtosh.
For ratss, ticksu sad other infornAsioa apply
10 3. o. CAMPBELL. City riekst Asoat, Lsx6g.
W o. WARrHEN.
Dis. Pass'g. Agent
Ichnsad. Va.
wv FULLER
SsasfsiPaSssIer A
DO > I \. General Manage.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08

Faithfhlnrss IN little things dts one
for herolsm WREN the great trials come
Louisa II. Aicott.
New-York tribune., 1905-07-12
TOM 1. JoHNsoN'S MOTHER DEAD
Mayor OF Cleveland and Other Relatives at
Her Bedside When End Came

Mrs. Helen NJ Johnson, mother Of Tom l. John
son Mayor Of Cleveland. died at her home, Shore
Road and ssth-st Fort Hamilton yesterday after
noon She had been iii for three months. Mayor
Johnson mas visited her weekly. coming from
Cleveland. He together with his wife and daugh-
ter Eva and several other relatives were al the
bedside when the end came.
Mrs. Johnson was born in Jackson Tenn, in 1884
She was married 20 Albert ". Johnson in George
town. Ky. in 1853. They lived there and on plan
rat.on i'm Arkansas until 1861. when Mr. Johnson be
came colonel in the Confederate army. After the
war he became Interested in street railways in
enterprises in indianapolis lie retired from bust
ness seventeen Years ago and went 10 1--we at Fort
Hamilton He died In Cleveland in 1885 Albert l.
Johnson one Of the sons, who with Tom Johnson,
Jiad four Years ago William L. Johnson. another
SON died two years ago. The funeral or Mrs
Tohusou will be held tomorrow. The Rev. Harris
SooIev rector OF the Church of the Disciple ~
cleveland will conduct the services The intermen1
will be i'm Greenwood Cemetery