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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-04-12

Train 69 connects with Southern Ry.
ta. Strasburg Junction for HarrisonbUTg
and points on Valley Railroad.
sorryporn No. SO No. II
Pass Pass.
--------l- - II
Nv Harrisonburg 2 45pm $50 am
Staunton -. 3 4Spm 825 am
Ar Lexington. 50pm 10 90 am
DAILY except Sunday.
For rates tickets, baggage checked
apply to any Office OF the B. & o. Rail
road or to C.E. Dudrow, Travelling Pas
s-nge- Agent, Harper's Ferry. W. Va
T. E. JARRETT, Agent,
Lexington, Va
G. w. BASSETT. G P A.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-04-12
Married Angels.

A domestic wife is merely woman.
When we marry for love we don't mar
ry woman. We marry an angel, q
celestial, ethereal being with wings
and halo. AS you value your happi-
ness never remove the wings and halo
Arthur Law.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-04-12

Pullman Sleeping Cars from Clifton Forge to
Cincinnati. St. Louis, Chicago and Louisville.
Trains Arrive..at Lexington.
i7so p. M. Week Days from Clifon Forge.
{ 5Sp. m. Daily from Richmond and except
Sunday from Old Point and Norfolk
For rates, tickets and other information apply
to S. o. CAMPBELL, City Ticket Agent, Lexing-
ton, Va
w. o. WARTHEN,
Dis. Pass'r. Agent.
Richmond Va.
NV FULLER
TeneraIPassenger Agt.
{. DOYLE, General Manager.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-04-12
Her View.

She-There is no excuse for a man
dancing badly. He-But II he cannot
dance otherwise? She-Oh, that mere
ly would be an excuse for not dancing
at all.-New York Press.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-04-12
N S&zW Norfo|kSsWes

Schedule in effect January q? 1905.
Leave Buena Vista.
NORTHBOUND.
No.s 9;56P. NJ. Daily, For Basic, Luray
Hagerstown and New York. Pull
man sleeper to Philadelphia.
No.14. 1886 P. Daily, For Hagerstown
Washington, Baltimore, PhiIadel
phia, New York and intermediate
stations. Pullman sleeperto New
York via Harrisburg.
SOUTHBOUND.
No. l. z 05 A. NJ. Daily. For Roanok
Bristol, Bluefield, Norton, WI
ston-Salem, Charlotte, n. G
WeIch and intermediateate sta
lions. Pullman sleeper Phila
delphia to WEIGH.
No. IL. 2G9P P. NJ. Daily. Fol Roanoke.
Bristol, Bluefield, Winston Salem
and intermediate stations, and
Knoxville, Cincinnati, Columbus,
Chicago, and points West and
Southwest. Pullman sleeper Buena
Vista &c Knoxville and Roanoke TO
Colun bus.
Additional infoI nation and rates cheat.
fully furnished by e. H. Moffett, Tieket
Agent, Buena ista, Va.
w. b. BEVILL, NJ. F. BRAGG
Gen. Pass. Agent. Trav. Pass. Agt
ROANOKE. VA.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-23
In A Wider Field

V. NJ. Toih,l has leased and equip
ped a bnSinCS: ~'lic" ut 40 Equitable
Building, Wilmington. Dr!. Beside pub
fishing and having the general n,.' age
mont ~f thee I'll Wig, h., is row id"rti-
lied with >cv,,2i .%,rr impoitan, pui IL
cations, thu husim, ,f which i low he
ing carried "a "t Ni,mim%ton. \t THAT
office, in connection with Ellt,,n. tn"
development of thr Cecil Viii" is hrir /.
looked after. it being the intention To
extend the circulation and influence of
the paper into II wider territory than it
j. ron cryrr;"E. No weekly paper in
Maryland is enjoying Il more Snb>tHn-
tial growth than the Cecil Wing. and its
plant mt Elkt"n. il uuusually well
equipped. The other publications. Mr..
Tc:hcrt j. identified with will circulate
generally Throughout the Maryand-Drla-
ware Peninsula
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-23
Cecil Veterans AT FestaI Board

The members nf Company +. PumrIl
I"-a'n, recruited largely from Cecil AMI
t!,:tcr ceutir>. who survived the
bloody struggle If Autjtam aa! otn,r
battles of tine Civil War ami thr p,rilS
of lf" since it> c}>sr. m,t in the looms
of du Font Post, &. y. r.. in Whining
ten on Monday. The meeting wsr4 very
enjoyable. ANA SUi. I WAS -clvrd 1t itA
c,cSr. The foIiuwiHg officers were elect
"d:-Pr' ~idrlt. i!aIiy Abrams. Of North
r.a>t; Nicr-i'rc-ir3rmt. JHmrs a. AlrNan-
her. Of N'ilmin@rrM; Secretary. .J,,s>r
Hamilton, If li>in" sun; Treasurer.
rlt~. nj at the M, ,ctin" were John White
and Wesley l'y$tIi. of this cnurty: John
Davidson and jaime II. Porter # vii
milggtom: AND james Ray. ~f Washing
ton -. e. The next reunion will hc held
II North East.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-23
BASE BALL

Ell;trn faced Burns Bros. III the Park
here IL. Saturday in the second game. of
the Syli,S and hv three errors made in
the first innim" gave the visitors tive of
the three runs they secured. II lead that
they held to the end, winning by II score
of > to |. Both pitchers. EcyEolles drrl
Stewart. wrrc effective aul beth side,
were banked for tho rrnAiGn" eight
innings. Following were the lno-up'>
of the teams: Elkton- Blown. catcher:
M&rkir, >holt-Stop: Denny. left field;
Johnson. second hast; BricLlcy, third
bHSC; Moore. center field; Wilson. left
field: Rose. right field; Stewart. pitcher.
iiavrr i" Gracc-Ilahn. left field: Burns.
thuI b;'-r: Hoover. SECOND base: Sim
rc1:', Shcrt>t"p; Nicho!%. catcher: Drn.
urn, center field; Tarriug. right field;
Woods. first laSc: RryEolG>. pitcher.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-23
Got To Greira Green

The marriage of Miss Leila Moore
and Mr.. William \. Sclott which Was
performed here by Rev DR.. Il. f.. Mar
tin,lalc ON Jun, -, has just been AN
E"unccd in the philadelphia papers.
which have "ivrl' much space to the
event. Miss MoOru IS the seventeen year
odd daughter Of Henry g. Moore, of
New York. and granddaughter of An
drew VI. Moore. the former head of the
firm of Moorr X Sinnott. ,ii>tillerS. of
Philadelphia. and owner of the Old Cir
ard Huu>" in that city. The groom is a
son of Simon T. Schott. Il we'll known
capitalist. of Baltimore. members of
whose family hlv" often visited friends
here.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-23
PERSONAL.


n,>I VIZ nary l'If'I = NlHI'IA% :FI"hhs
!" "'Ih'AG'"A'
Miss Alicia Stump. nr lrrrIVillc is
visiting Mis-. c. NJ. loUli"M.
Mrs. Albert Constahl. and ,lnughtcrs
will sptnh the Winter in Ealtmnyr.
Mr. ouI Mrs I,nn T. p,,..r 90
N'Imin.stnu .r,. within. ,,',ti,..l IN
ron.p.
~. r.,, ,1..
''',,' ',,,lL.''' VI i'''''"'"Tc'
, m", '''' - '''N''" '''"''N'> 'Iis
WYNN"
Hifi'~ j.. flnI,E. .'r., VIII enter the
harFl"'h" mVrlN!ty Law school at BAL
iIh"i''
GrorGr NJ Reese. ur Baltimore. was
tIr guest of lis brother. Richard Reese,
uyrr Sunday.
Mrs. STANLEY Davis I,r,,,.r of NT,,r-
rnlin. Del. srrut This week with Nix
ErrIho Dunlnr
Mr.. and Mrs W II W,l,h ,r philo-
,l,Iuhi, ,r. yi.itir., ,L,j,. ,r,u,,ht,r Ntr.
w II Salmnn
NT TrlnrIr | EorIiSb nr ri.hm,nd
Eu. has Ir,.n hn our.t ,.r Mr. William
Clifford Kirk nf C,Ivrrt
Mr. Edward Grrnr rf phiI,d,Inhi.,
| h. Irpl, thn .urSt # his uurn Nilliar ~,
Clifford Kirk of r,Ivrrt
Miss Elsie NJ RryrnILs of N-i,piro-
ton wa~ = visitor aver SUNDAY ,t hnr
hama in I.rnnr t,,i \rrl;
An im,y,,nptu l,rrn v,,s hn1d in No.
chanics Hall an Trru,},v rvnnin,, With
music nm = ham, and viniiu.
DIR, John II lamar is nt Deer port
NI. ATTENDING ,h,. ,nn,,I Cnnfnrnncs
of thn MARYLAND \L,Gf,ni Snci,t,.
Misses D,rntI,v Scntt and 7 n,i., FL
.ri, ,f i,,.rr,,,,t,,.r ,r,, ,,u,.- ,r W.
and Mrs Jnbn W,ILncn Scntt
Mis- IJ,yrI IJ;I,,m of l'i,,l.,,,rr,, <,
1hr rurst of h,rnnnt Mr., g e Strick-
land md ,ttnr,liu,r tho .JIi~h SrhnCJ
Mr. ,nl Nr. En1nn y J1ovd and
children Of N.i,n,im,rtnn yn,nt .n,,.,,,,i
r,v> mi. v.,.l, vim r,I,ti,.,L il, t,,.,
NIr rrI Mr.. N.iIL,r, no,n ',nI Ma
far U.m,r I,,r, .,,,,t Satn,,,r MI
Snnd,v IN V-irn,ir,,',r, ,t thn hanna 90
Mr. and Nh, ,,r,- D.,yi,
NI, N Z cr,,lr,.u ~ y,,,.,to,. n
and Mrs William D,vIin.on nf phiI,'
GnInhi, ,,n ,,m,.t. nf III. and lIr',
Rnh,,t r.,,vIin,nr nr ,,hiII.
HnLn,t Il Er,y.,. Jr win ,+orl r.o-
lures NJ 4I,, NnI;c,I D",,,tr,,nt nf ,r,a
I.rivrr.ity nr yi,.,;ni, IIn lore fnr
Chorrntt,.viIln Y, an thr 1ith inst
I.',, /, ,.,,c, -, ,rr,,.l,, ,.nr;,,,,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-23
To Number r. F. D. Boxes

Mail boxes On fire." rural delivery
routes which conform t" the regulations;
are to be Il, Sigratrl hy numbers ami
matter addressed to such ltX,> by num-
herS aloEc may be delivered by I'll" car
li,TS.
No boxes, unn-wrathcr proof or other
wiz unfit fer tn" reception of mail
shah be numbered. An such must oe
replaced with the regulation approved
lDNrS by the owner or 10 numbers will
be assigned.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-23
Crushed Under Freight Cars

BY falling on local freight on the
Columbia X Port DEPOSIT railroad on
Sunday. Samuel ]. Fisher. aged II. son
of Samuel &. Fisher. of Pcrryvillc. car
inspector for the T.. Il. X W. Il. r.. was
killed. The accident was unknown to
the trainmcn and just how it happened
could not be learned. The body wAl re-
moved to the victims home in Perry
Vile
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-23

Il pint of Whi>kry from Il man named
CottnGn ut IIu.lanl', hut had never got
ten amy from Jim himself. The State
admitted that its case had failed. and
Tho jury returned Il verdict "f hot guilty.
Holland then l.ridcd guilty to selling
liquor t. Jim Collins. Alias Stowe. color
cd. tSlnw" said hr @,t half Il GALLON
the State agreeing to $trt the other two
caSt>. The Court tincd Holland 5000.
with the alternative Of twelve months
in the House of Correction. Judge
Pcarc" saying that Holland. an old Of
fender ought to be able to pay the fine.
Squicr for State: A. l.. CrothcrS and II.
\. Wlrhur,~a f"r defendant. Thomas,
O'Mtnra pleaded to li~orlrrly .coLlluct
and WIS iirod - and cots, to stand
committed until the same be discharged.
The Grand Jury f"und true bills against
Charles Starnrg f." carrying Il deadly
weapon amI against John Deer. co,orrl.
fer rape on Bertha Taylor. co,or,d.
FRIDAY.
Court took III, State ". John Deer.
col"rjyl. fer rape on Bertha Taylor. col
orcl. thirteen years Old. of Port DriASit.
on August ,. Tried before 4 jury.
Sqnicr for State; II. y. Warhmt,,n for
dlf,HalHrt Still "i triHl.
The Grand Jury found indictments
against Belle IIrva!"w for assault and
battery "n Harry Cr>pkhnm: Peter Car
llSo FIR larceny. %lul John and R,niamin
Eow,rr. William Starting. Grorgr Me
tHbc. George Bailey. Clarence Morgan.
James Briywood ani Wilmer IIutrhin-
son wtin SOS in the trial of Ch,ll, :
f..,, a
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-23
Celebrated Their Golden Weddinq

Mr.. and Mrs. David Racine celebrated
their golden wedding ut their hone in
Elk Neck on Wednesday evening. \
large number of relatives. friends and
ncighbrre were present and extended
congratulations. Among the guests were
]. II. p. Racine and wife and Miss
Hannah Racine, of Elktom. the former of
whom witnessed the marriage of the
host and hostess fifty years ago.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-23
JOHN GREGG.

John Gregg died at his home at Lewis
will" on Wednesday, aged 81 years. His
funeral wglS held Tuesday. with inter
mcnt in Sharp'S cemetery.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-23


".'' =, II'> !" UTI'iH ''i"Fr 'H', ''',l'' Jury;
q q curt m 'n'o "''J"'''f''' 'F '"' cay "lF'''
'''" IL Ill.,
U-rnHrSb\I-
Court mt at the usual hour. Cooley
/. N!ckl" and Clinton JAckS|'n We're
brought hrfoI" III" Bench for fnlInr"
I" appear h'i"r" til" Grand Jury. 1h"
former said h hld attended ON Monday
"nd Thought he had been discharged.
He waS excused. The latter offered i'll
ness ~ &n excuse, hut. rs he had al.o
failed /" attend til" Magistrates hear
in@ vi the case ard had given Il" reason
for hi" absence. til" Court thought ii
proper t. fine him.
The vii G""krt We called again. and
n!l tho remaining cases marked for trial
were contnnrG Cont then took NJ til"
Criminal do"E't.
The hr't ease ra!.r'l WaS state v>'.
John K. FtHn',S, riai@ri with assault
and battery uron tohStlliI" Frank T..
np thr Posi- D,r,.,t has. Inn Grounds
on July |. last. INi,pi before the fol
lowing jury n>ti< {. Price. Foreman:
{. y. Gluhh. Frank Steele. George y.
Hall. G,1Ig, w. .Iult>. .I,hm 7. Ward.
John Burke, W. !. N,Hid,y. j. VI.
Mc.rr. j. Frank F,Hz,r. Eu=, nr FcuCht
Hnl Fred 7. Williams. Suli'r AMI W.
:. EvHl> for Strt,; Albert Constable. fer
drftH.,HLt
The cvilru,2 WE such II, tu rrmrirr
!, ~. "a, :, H. /
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-23
CHANCE II. CLEANER.

th.,nrr X. Clrav"r. aged -. 4 lsppu-
lar y"uu. resident Of the Mihdlrt0wn
section, died at the home Of his father,
William C!rJvcr. last friday after Il
brief illness. lis funeral was held on
SunGay with intrlmrnt in Hickory GTov"
e, ,.mitrly Oh, >Sn
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-23
PETIT jerry

sTtO. W IHtIth .....,I rank ~ttt'ls..
John BcnSon...... +. T.. strickland. 1
Fred l.. Williams - Saml VI. Welch D
Robert SNYDER '..'2 Wilmer !, Fails ..... 3
Andrew Bradley ....@ Henry Gather .......G
Eugene t'euclt .....a +. X TAYLOR ........7
Charles r. foard $Irharjcs A. .GrHbb s
Joseph VI. Moore ...3 George y. Hall ......9
William pcrry......
His Honor Judge Brown charged tn"
Grand Jury briefly. rrmHrkin= that the
Court had mt learned Of any fragrant
viulator$ Of law and advising that no
lfrc>entmrnt he found in any case the
evidences III which wou.l not suffice for
conviction of the accused if The Grand
Jurors were sitting aS Petit Jurors ut
his trial. LATER. when tn" Grand jury
came into Court. Judge Brown said til"
Count had been Informed Icy letter of
violations of the Sunday law by PARTIES
using the Chesapeake X Delaware Canal.
The Court. however. had rot original
jurisdiction of the matter which required
prosecution before a Jn>tic" of the Pcac"
upon IN appeal from whose Judgment. if
one We're taken. the matter would come
properly before the Court.
The call rr the Gurkct~ occupied the
rest of the morning. OF the lOo cases
ON the Civil Calendar the great ma ljgpity
were continued. some went off others
wgrn marked settled and judgments :
v,,r rrt,r.d in others II ~ n. marked
for tr,oi Including several damage. suits
uy,i,,t fin, T.. Il. X w. II. Il. Mot of
Nh. ul.-p. on the Apnral docket were
also continurI Lut Il f.w w,y, marked
rn, t,,I
Aft,r fine recess Cont fin.cr,!rl with
th,. fin st ca,r trirJ Frrrocrr V. Statr of
NuryIorl from the AI.Ia-al dDck,t.
TrinI Lrrnrn = iuIy rs fnI'nw>:-E. X.
T.vrnr Foreman. I A. pnrrr, :. NJ.
W,lcb II,,.rv Gather l',,nl; Strrl, En-
,.r,.. Irurh1 G. &, Prizes ,:,,lyr W.
T.I,ry Crn,.,n w J,rrs C. \. ,;inbh,
R.l,crt Suv,lrr ,uI Wi'Iimm Perry. Al
hrt ,,rst,lIn for onnrl}a,.t. Srot,. A.
tnrnrv Snri,r ond w $ EVANS th., an
7,llrr ri,hn STATED
M c,., vr,s an ,rrr,l Of W. II,
Enr,.,.r,, IT, SON nf , tr,.,ut nr ans of
thn NJcIr,rir, farm. on thr "Sh,dy
nr,cL.' 1rart in thn Firth district who
had honr fnnI bv Jnstirn II II Gil
,,ir or LsI,,tor 81 and ,,,.ts f,, tr,sun>S.
in,, r,..n , nn,tion of th. t,nct nron
Which Jns,,,b II NJcDonirr resides and
,,,ai.in., tl,,.,,t, IN him whrn ,,.l,.rel off
+ha nram;sc. can Ju,v Rom I,r,t TN. c,>c
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-23
THU RSI).\I.

Court mrt 1T o.3n II. m. and Charles
Starring, cO!orcd, WAS put on trial be-
fcTc Il jury for shooting his uncle Viii
liam Startling, cn the night of April ID
last nj Il crap gam, in TaylorS livery
sable, ElEton. Several witnesses tCS-
tift"! that William began the trouble and
th,. wound Showed that it was inflicted
while Charles WIS rm the ground after
being kEockrd down by William. The
jury found him not guilty of assault with
intert To kill but guilty Of common as-
Slult. He was also indicted for carrying
II deadly wrNIon to which he pleaded
guilty. Th" Court gave him eighteen
months in tn" House Of Correction. IL
for the assault and & for the second Of
fenSc. Squirr for State; Omar d. Gro
therS and Clayton for defendant.
James Holland. colored, charged in
four indictments with selling liquor was
tried on the first before a jury. Robert
Logan. co!ored testified that he bought
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-23
NORRIS LUNGREN.

The r"mail> of Morris Iungrcm. who
died in Norfolk. Na.. We're brought to
North fast "n Monday for imtclmcnt in
the family burial ground. He WAS one
Of the h,'>t known and longest employed
';!g-igc-in#,t"IS Oh the r.. Il. X W. Il.
Il. II" leaves II widow who resides here
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-09

breeze around London, there is now
only one-that on Wimbledon Com
mon. Formerly the English fens were
full of them for pumping purposes.
while Suffolk and Norfolk, once great
wheat-growing counties in Britain.
were studded with their familiar out
lines on every hilltop. They are con-
stantly to be met with in the find old
landscapes of Constable, Gainsborough
and Grove. And very stimulating feat
ures in the landscapes they were, not
only because of their size and the
pretty, jaunty little f1ier-vanes, with
their floats painted blue and scarlet,
that turned the tops of the big tower
built brick mills automatically to trim
the sails to the wind as it shifted, but
because, too, of the force and swift
motion and sense of power inspired by
the movement of those gigantic arms.
Fearful Joy to Children.
When a high, steady wind was blow
ing the rush of the great arms, the
rattle of the louvres, the creaking of
the great pin that held on the sails,
the roar and crush and shake of the
millstones inside, were exciting to the
ears even of grown-ups and source
of fearful joy to all children.
There were awful tales of bad boys
and girls-they called them bad,
though they were but mischievous-
who tried to touch the sails as they
swept by on their downward track
and were whirled aloft by them; while
to climb the ladder stairs and peep
into the fiour-wh itened mill itself was
more than the hardest boy dare do, so
sacred did the millers, at all times
sulky fellows and not at all of the type
of the miller of Dee, deem their tenn
pie of Ceres
There are still fine old-fashioned
windmills in Holland, and, of course
they survive in Spain, where the an
tique is ever in safe keeping. In each
country, while there is a family re-
semblance, the features of these
sentinels on the hilltops differ as
greatly as they 40 in a human family.
In England there are three well-rec-
ognized types of windmill: in Holland
there is one, and every windmill in
Spain is brother and offspring of the
same brain.
Mills of Brick and Wood.
The most modern of these old wind
mills in England are the brick tower
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-09
NVFNIION/
NNO
f'1pR6NEflEND


chromium the New Ftiamene.
Chromium is the material used In
the production of a new filament for
incandescent lamps by Prof Wed
ding To obtain the flament he sub
mits oxides of chromium and magnet
ism at high temperature to the &C
lion of hydrogen. Pulverizing the re-
sultant alloy and adding a cellulose
solution, it is transformed into plas-
tic and homogeneous mass, from
which the flaments are drawn, one
pound of the raw material yielding up
wards of $4,000 filaments. They pre-
sent metallic appearance when car
bombed in an atmosphere free from all
traces Of oxygen. Requiring current
of only thirty-seven volts, three of the
chromium lamps can be placed in ser
les across the usual 10 volt circuit
while for the 226 volt circuit another
type using forty-four volts is made
Ave lamps being placed in series. Fol
high candle power lamps several fila
ments are placed in the same bulb
and connected directly with the liz
volt circuit.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-09
American History Is Ha I'd

have treasured up this crude, unlack-
eyed martyrdom.
Even the great personality of Lin
coin, now potent in SO many individual
lives, intimate and familiar of so many
of our hidden moods, was not yet
fully revealed to his fellows. 1t was
the emancipation only that had fallen;
the leader and shepherd of men, Out
wardly at least his experience was linn
tied as theirs was Dying in the midst
of multitudes, master of armies and
of navies. he was still of the frontier;
as, indeed, all our American life was
still, in a. sense, only the frontier and
western fringe of European life -
True, Lincoln also leads our
thoughts back to the princes whose
peer he was, but we can pass from
his deathbed with no irreverence, no
sense of shock or change, to look out,
in the plain light of day, upon the
whole wide field of work and strife
and progress which was always in his
thought, and glimpse the attitude and
state of the republic when his sum-
mons passed, like an angelus, across
the William CARROT Brown
in the Atlantic.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-09
Undoubted Proof That Roman
Workshops Turned Out Coins
of Bituminous Material That
Did Service as Money.

Coal was once used as money, but
it was long time ago and in Eng
land. The coal money was in the
shape of disks, approximating coins
in size, and was from Roman work
shops, where articles of ornament
were made on lathes. A writer says:
ION the Dorset coast, in the isle OF
Purbeck, to the west of st. Adams
Head, an outcrop occurs of bituminous
shale, which extends more or less for
some miles. AS a source of fuel this
shale, or coal, has been worked from
very early times and is to the present
day used by the cottagers of Kimme-
ridge. Some of this shale is of so
compact texture that it is capable
of being worked into ornamental ar
ticles, taking a high polish, similar to
jet The Romans, when occupying this
part of Dorset, discovered not only
the properties of this deposit as a
fuel but also it's capabilities of being
turned in a lathe into rings, beads and
armlets, which were no doubt readily
purchased by the ladies in the inn
pOrtant town of DurnOvaria dor
chester), few miles distant. Some
estimate may be formed of the magni-
tude of this industry by the number
of disks which have been discovered
from time to time in the neighbor-
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Taken All in All. Town Probably
Had the Best School Board
That Could Be Found in
Whole of New England.

The qualifications for membership
on the school board in a certain New
England town were carefully ex-
planned to a visitor who was interested
in education and who had remarked
to her host on the way home from the
closing exhibition at one of the
schools that she would like to know
why four men of such apparent dull
ness had been chosen for the board.
well, now, you take Abe Ransom"
said her host. lightly Ticking the whip
on the backbone of his stolid old
horse, ''he's a good choice, fust-rate.
He never made much of a boast of
book learning, but he keeps a good
assortment O. paper and pencils and
ink and all such in his store, and sells
'em reasonable, and it sort O. makes
him a patron of education, as you
might say.
"Then there's John Willett, he's a
free-handed man as ever was, and he
hauls a good mess O. wood for 'em fall
and winter, and never charges a cent
for teaming, and puts the price on the
wood low, too. I guess there isn't any
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Ea h Had His Speciality

body much better suited for the school
board than John He's elected unan-
imous every time.
"And there's Jim Rawson. What
d'you say? UNI. Well, p'r'aps he
isn't as bright as some, but 1 tell you.
he keeps that schoolhouse in fuSt-rate
repair, and fixes up the grounds too.
guess 'tisn't every school board has
got man on it that'1l single the roof
half-price, put in window glass when
needed, tinker up the desks and SO on
spring and fall, and fetch down a lawn
mower to run over the grass once a
month during vacation.
''Now 1 suppose you're going to light
on me about Billy Lane, the young
Teller, but I tell you we couldn't KEEP
a schoolma am in district in the dead
O. winter if 'twasn't for Billy He's a
good judge O. schoolma'ams, and he
rides 'em out sleighing and keeps 'em
chirked up through the hard weather.
and come mud-time he puts on his
high boots twice a week evenings and
calls on 'em. I guess ifyou're talking
about valuable men, you'll have to put
Billy pretty high up.
Take it by and large, 1 don't be-
lieve you'll strike better board than
ours in the whole state O. New Hamp-
shire Youths Companion.