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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08
Who Should Advertise!

Some people see no advantage
in advertising, and do not adver-
tise. In some places the banks do
not advertise,v nile in either places,
New York for instance, they do a
great deal of advertising. There
is as much ID be gained ty keep
ing a banks name always before
the people as in keeping other
lines of business before the people.
The more familiar the people be-
come with a bank, the more likely
they are to do business with it
and turn business to it that con es
their way. Lawyers are another
class that in some communities do
not do much advertising. But it
pays them to advertise.
Often people call at this Office
to see papers from other cities to
find the names Of business people,
sometimes banks and sometimes
lawyers. A few days ago gentle
man wanted to know abou. II Win
chester bank, and came in to look
at a Winchester paper. He found
what he wanted and went away
happy.
The next day gentleman came
in to see a Roanoke paper. He
wanted to get the name correctly
of well-known lawyer there and
supposed, of course, he would fnG
the lawyers card in the paper.
He was very much surprised to
find that the lawyers name was
not in the paper, ard went away
disguised.
In each of these cases it would
have been worth something to
those people to advertise probably
in the one instance enough to pay
for years advertising. These
papers, circulating here and there
all over the country, would bring
to the advertiser mary Il dollar in
the course of tire.
The rule is n safe one, that
every man who has business deal
ings with other men, and who is
seeking business at their hands,
can promote and increase his bust
ness by keeping his name judicious-
ly before the public all the time;
not by spectacular Advertising
but by plain, straightforward bus
mess Advertising Die
patch and News
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08
Wanted linen To Match.

A comedy young woman stepped
lightly up to the counter of drug
store in the northeast section of the
city the other day with an envelope
in her hand. To the clerks "Well,
madam" she asked:
"Do you keep postage stamps?"
eyes," answered he of the pestle
and mortar.
''Well, / want a one cent stamp"
every we'll" And he opened the
drawer to get it,
"Be sure it is a green one."
The clerk looked surprised, and,
with a half smile on his face, he
filled the order.
"Is your letter sealed ?" he asked
as the precise one proceeded TO at
tach the stamp.
eyes, sir"
"Well, I'm afraid you need anoth-
er one cent stamp then"
mo" she replied. 81 have one
green penny stamp on here, and |
wanted the other one of the same
color so it would not look queer to
see two different colored stamps on
my letter" And she went out.
After her EFT the clerk laughed
heartily. "Some people," he said,
"think the government makes
stamps to suit ones complexion. y
Philadelphia Press.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08
PURIFYING OZONE.
4 Powerful Disinfectant Made by Ma.
ture From Air and Water.

All down through the ages who's
nothing was known of the microbic
cause of putrefaction and whes
street cleaners, even house cleaners,
were almost unheard of, and streets
and houses and men were as dirty
as they are now in parts of Russia
or China, sickness and death, al
though frequent, were not so fire.
quent as they would have been with
out Natures watchful care over her
ignorant children.
Although man knew nothing about
it, there was a powerful disinfectant
being constantly manufactured in
the worlds laboratory out of air and
water, and this substance burned up
the refuse which man did not know
enough to destroy. This purifier,
which the chemists discovered, is
ozone. 1t is made up of oxygen
atoms in a modified combination
and is sometimes called active oxy-
gen because of its strong oxidizing
power. It is produced during thun-
derstorms by the action of the cleo
trical discharges and is also formed
during the rapid evaporation of wa
ter. Sea air, therefore, contains it
in small amount, and also air in the
neighborhood of salt works, where q
large amount of water is constantly
being evaporated in order to get the
salt. 1t is produced artificially by
passing an electric spark through
oxygen or, better, by the action Of
a high tension current of electricity
without sparkling. 1t is also made
in decomposing water by electricity.
A mixture of ozone and oxygen APP
pears at the positive pole.
Ozone has peculiar odor (whence
its name, from a Greek word mean
ing to smelly, which any one may
have noticed who has been near
where a lightning bolt struck. 1t
can also be smelled sometimes dur
ing a snowstorm. 1t is disinfectant
by reason of its active power of OK
idizing many substances, especially
when they are moist, and so destroy
ing their offensive and poisonous
character. 1t is especially efcacious
in destroying the noxious emana-
tons from putrefying substances
and thus acting as deodorizer.
When breathed, even in small |
quantities, ozone is irritating to the
membranes, and it is be-
lieved by some physicians that many
of the respiratory troubles and the |
influenza that prevail in damp win
ter weather are owing to a weaken
ing of the resistant powers of the
membranes through the re-
spired oxygen. - Youths Compan-
ion.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08
Humblino an Artist.

Talking of the conceit that little
success is apt to engender in young
artists, Sir Philip Burne-Jones once
said: My father used to tell of a
young English nObleman who took
to painting. He did passable work,
got innumerable commissions from
millionaire tradesmen and became
in small way lion. He insisted
on driving my father to his studio
ore day to see his work. Here are
my two latest things he said on
their arrival. They are entirely diff
: ent in subject and in treatment,
but I'm sure you'll like them both.
One is portrait of my uncle, copied
from an old fashioned photograph.
The other is painting of my grand
mother doing some needlework' My
father looked carefully at both
paintings for a moment, then he
said, (Which one did You say was
your uncle p"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08
A Tale Told by Bret harte.

A fellow named Walker, a weak,
irresolute creature, had tried a
score of things and had failed in all.
At last he took to "the road" and
tried to stop the mail. The driver,
however, laughed at him and drove
on.
The next day Harte, who had been
puzzled by the easy way the driver
had treated the circumstances, said:
"Underville, why on earth didn't
you shoot Walker yesterday You
could have done it easily"
"Well," said the driver, in perfect
seriousness and without any thought
of a joke, "you see, the poor devil
has failed in everything, and if I'd
"a shot him it would "a kinder dis
eouraged him."
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08
MAKING Shot.

Watts, the inventor of leaden shot,
once fell into a drunken sleep and
dreamed that it was raining molten
lead, which in falling took the shape
of millions of peas. When he awoke
he determined to try the effect of
dropping molten lead from consid-
cradle height, in accordance with the
conditions Of his dream. The result
was an exact fulfillment of what he
had pictured in his sleep, and his ex-
periments were the foundation upon
which he was able to build up sub
stantial fortune. After cooling shot
Is sifted to separate the sizes and
polished by rotary motion in small
Netagoual boxes.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08
A Continual Strain

Many men and women are con-
family subjected to what they com
monty term "a continual strain" be-
cause Of some financial or family
trouble. 1t wears and distrt sses
them both mentally and physically,
affecting their nerves badly and
bringing on liver and kidney all
ments, with the attendant evils OF
constipation, loss OF appetite, sleep
lessness, low vitality and despcnd
ency. They cannot, as a rule, get
rid of this continual strain" but
they can remedy its heelth-destroy Ing
effects by taking frequent doses OF
Green's August Flower. 1t tones up
the liver, stimulates the kidneys. IN
sures healthy bodily functions. gives
vim and spirit TO ones whole being,
and eventually dispels the physical
or mental distress caused by that
continual strain" Trial size. 25c..;
regular bottle. 75c. For sale b. b. N
Gvrreil, druggist.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08
A Long Chase.

An attendant in one of the
branches of the New York Public
library noticed that q little negro
boy who came frequently to the Ii
brary invariably went to the same
shelf and took the same book, which
he seemed to enjoy immensely. Gu
rious to know the name of the book,
she followed him to the shelf, where
she found him looking at picture
Of an old darkey being chased by a
bull. A wild grin stretched from
side to side of the little fellows
face. whats the joke? ?" asked the
surprised attendant. "Golly, he
amt ketchcd i'm yeti" replied the
delighted child.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08
SHEDDING AS AN ART.
The swsdes Are Adopts In the Use Of
the "sparkstotting."

The Swedes have made a fine art
of shedding. Their fastest sled is
called the sparkstotting and is an
exceedingly light sled that the in
habitants of Norrland, a province
situated at the north of Sweden, EN-.
ploy during the winter as means Of
locomotion. The use of it now ex-
tends throughout enA.e Sweden,
where races upon this original We
hicle constitute one of the most
highly appreciated sports of winter.
Among other people of the north, in
Russia, Scotland and Germany, this
sport is entirely unknown, a fact
that is somewhat extraordinary, con-
sidering that the sparkstotting can
be employed in all countries in which
the rigors of winter permit of the
use of ordinaryzSleds. The spark
stotting is constructed entirely Of
Norway spruce. 1t is straight, of
elongated form and weighs no more
than thirty pounds. 1t consists Of
two runners, curved upward in front,
and six and one-half feet in length.
To each of the runners is fixed an
upright that serves both as a point
of support and tiller. The entire
affair is connected by two or three
crosspieces, one of which supports
a light seat placed twelve inches
above the surface.
The Norrland sled differs percep-
tibly from the Vesterbotten type, in
which the runners, which are much
shorter, are not shod with iron, but
are well creased or impregnated
with boiling tar. The lightest and
best type for racing is the one man.
,ufactured at Umea, in Norway. In
order to push the sparkstotting the
racer, bearing with both hands upon
the extremities of the uprights,
places his left foot upon the runner
to the left and then with the right
foot strikes the ground at regular
intervals so as to propel the sled
forward. If the snow is very hard
and the racer is not provided with
spiked shoes it is necessary for him
to fix steel calks to the soles. In re-
cent times a horizontal bar, breast
high, has been placed between the
uprights. This modification render'
the steering easier and besides per-
mits of governing with a single
hand. Upon level route the spark
stotting reaches a pretty good speed
without great effort. An experience
ed racer, when the snow is in good
condition, can easily attain the speed
of horse on trot. In ascents it is
necessary to push the sparkstotting
or to drag it, but this does not cause
much fatigue, owing to its lightness
and the feeble surface in contact
with the snow. With this sled it is
possible to run very fast. - New
York Herald
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08
CARELESS SHOPPERS.
How Some Women Lose Their Money
and Then Blame Thieves.


and Then Blame Thieves.
"Ha1f the thefts that women
charge to pickpockets," said the re-
formed burglar, "are not thefts at
all, but simply cases of loss from
their own carelessness. Don't tell
them that / said so, though, for
I've had enough blame to beaI in
my day, but that's the truth. If q
woman goes home and makes hull
labaloo about being robbed she gets
more sympathy, but let her say she
lost her money and she has to Shout
der the whole responsibility and be
found fault with into the bargain.
'But what becomes of the pock-
etbooks and purses? They are not
going off of themselves"
"Their owners lose them without
knowing it. They lay them down or
drop them, and they are picked up
by somebody who doesn't run
around looking for the person they
belong to. Here is a case in point.
"A woman seated herself before a
bargain counter piled with rem
nants of silk. After turning over a
few pieces she felt something fall
into her lap and picked up fat
leather pocketbook.
"Hello," she says, "here's purse.
1t looks as if it had a lot of money
in it," and she handed it to the
clerk, who laid it on a shelf back OF
him and said he would send it to the
lost and found department.
"When the woman had found the
goods she wanted and went to take
her pocketbook out of her reticule
it wasn't there and you ought to
have heard her squeal. She declared
she had it when she sat down to the
counter. But it was gone, sure
enough.
"a store detective was sent for,
and he asked her a few questions.
He was friend of mine, and he told
me the story. Then he asked to
see the purse she had found, and it
turned out to be her own. She had
laid it down the first thing, and
when ii fell into her lap she was so
surprised she didn't recognize it.
"And i really think that she
hated to admit that she hadn't been
robbed" - Chicago Record-Herald.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08
DO WE OWE 1T?
How West Virginia Views Her
Ante War Debt


The Charleston, W. Va, Mail,
in discussing the claims of Yir'
ginia on that State for public i'm
provements previous to the Civil
War, says:
How many people in West VIr-
ginia know anything about the
Virginia debt, other than it is u
debit How many men now here
legislating for the people know
anything bout 1t? How old is
Ann?
1t is all well enough for Legis
lature in solemn session to pass a
resolution to the effect that it
doesn't owe certain debt, but
that only indicates belief and
does not settle disputed fact.
How delightful would this fretful
life be to most of us-for most of
us have debts-if we could call
ourselves together in formal maa-
ner and dispose of our aforemen-
toned debts to Einstein, the
tailor, and Pork Chops, the butch
err, by resolving that We did not
owe such claims! What would
Einstein do and Pork Chops say
in the face of such spurning?
There may be nothing in this
claim of Virginia; We do not be-
lieve there is much in it, or that
anything disastrous in our States
finances will result from it.
Mother Virginia says we owe her
and must cross her wrinkled palm
with the glittering rhino, a trivial
sum of some SIS, 900, 900, it men
tions and accrued interest VI forty
five years standing. We claim
that we do not owe mamma, but
that she is indu!ging in the
vagaries that come with old age
and decrepitude. But our claims
do not make it so, nor dispose of
hers. So let us look into the mat
ter as O State made up of honest,
thrifty, intelligent people, Jealous
of their credit in the financial
world, just as We do individually
if claim were to be presented
against US.
1t is ali right, tits long list of
biennialIy offered and passed reso-
lutions denying debt claim, to
say haphazardly that there is
nothing in this whole business,
and we all honestly believe there
isn't. But evidently Virginia be-
lieves that there Is, and is press
ing the claim with greater vigor
than ever before. 1t strikes us
that it would seem to be the
proper thing from purely a bust
ness standpoint to look into the
matter and see what it contains.
Nobody has done that yet, and all
the knowledge you could obtain
about the merits or dement's of
the Virginia debt claim from West
wouldn't be sufficient
to fill page of foolscap. YET, if
there Is anything of worth in it,
we havn't been able to find oct in
all these years and haven't taken
the trouble to.
We have resolved legislativeiy
till we accept it as an indisputable
fact that we don't owe Virginia
dipped coin of the realm. But
resolutions passed by a Legisla-
ture don't settle suit between
Two sovereign States, by any
means: and they do say that the
case of North Dakota VS.. South
Carolina is analogous. W done
believe it, and We are ready to be
SHOWN"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08
Newfanaled Diopenes.

An aged man in rags was seen
wandering about the lower part Of
Manhattan among the financlers in
broad daylight with lighted candle
In his hand.
"Whither goest thou, good broth
err" asked Quaker.
II am looking for a square man, "
replied the ancient.
"Then art thou lucky to have met
me. / am the only one here, and
my home is in Philadelphia. Nov
York Press.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08
A Careful Man.

"Have you noticed" asked the
man who keeps his eyes open, that
sidewalks are always laid SO that
there is a slight slant toward the
curbstone? If you have not thought
of it there is a thinking man in
Brooklyn that has, and to save shoe
leather he walks on different sides
of the street on alternate days to
make sure that his shoes will be
worn off even."-New York Press.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08
Safe.

A tourist in Ireland who stayed
overnight at wayside inn not fire.
cuented by visitors informed the
landlord in the morning that his
boots, which had been placed out
side his room door for cleaning, had
not been touched. "Ah, sure" said
the landlord, "and you moight put
your watch and chain outside your
room door in this house and they
wnnldn,f he t~,,eh - A."
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08
GEMS IN VERSE
cold swsethoarts Are the sweetest.v

sold sSweethoarts Are the Sweetest"
Old sweethearts are the sweetest.
As ali true lovers know.
Old comforts are completest
In sun or shade or snow.
Say. sweetheart. Is II so?
In gray and golden weather
We two go on together.
Old sweethearts are the sweetest.
As all true lovers know.
Old sweethearts are the sweetest.
As all true lovers know.
Young lover. as thou greetest
Thy sweetheart tell her 80.
All, tell her. tell her so!
Time ties n golden tether
AS we go on together.
Old sweethearts are the sweetest.
Az all true lovers know.
Wendell Phillips Stafford.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08
II PetuIant Sometimes, Pardonable.

The customer was looking at the
stock of canary birds.
"This one is your best singer, is
it?" she said
"Yes'm, replied the proprietor
of the bird store.
"Has it an amiable disposition
Does it ever get the sulks?"
"No oftener, ma'am," he said,
ethan you would naturally expect
in the prima donna of the establish
ment." Chicago Tribune.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08
FraternaI Orders.

Rockbridge Lodge, No. 5S. !. y. 0. +.
meets every Thursday night, at Odd Eel
lows Hall.
Lexington Lodge, No. Sc, K. Of T; :,
meets every Tuesday night, at Odd Eel.
lows Hall.
Liberty Lodge, No, 2, Daughters o
Rebekah, meets every Monday night. at
Odd Fellows Hall.
Mountain City Lodge, No. 81, Ancient
York Masons meets LIST and Bird Mon
day nights at Masonic Hall
Natural Bridge Council, No.192O Royal
Arcanum, meets 1st and Bird Friday
nights in each month, at Odd Fellows
Hail
Lee jackson Council, No. 80, Junior
Order American Mechanics, meets every
end and 4th Friday nightsat Odd Fellows
Hall.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08

cures made BY Dr.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root.
the great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy.
II is the great medi-
caltriumph OF the nine
teenth century; dis
covered after years OF
scientific research by
DR.. Kilmer. the emf
nent kidney and blad-
De- e1n@t1ifrf and 10
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08

wonderfully successful in promptly curing
lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou-
bles and BrIghts Disease, which Is the worst
form OF kidney trouble.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root Is not rec
ommcndcdfor everything but II you havekid-
ney, liver or bladder trouble Il will be found
Just the remedy you need. lthas been tested
in so many ways, IN hospital work, in private
practice, among the helpless too poor TO pur-
chase relief and has proved so successful in
every case that special arrangement has
been made by which all readers of this paper
who have not already tried II, may have a
sample bottle sent free by mail, also book
telling more about Swamp-Root and how TO
find out II you have kidney or bladder trouble.
When writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper and EE
send your address TO asI5f'1F 1ssi.s s::ss.:sts
DR.. Kilmer & Co., Bing- Elf "! a.lI;s,i
hamton, N. Y. The ss.s s .1:l...ss1es99
regular fifty cent and Home of swamp-Roos.
dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists.
Don't make any mistake, but remember
the name, Swamp-Root, Or. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, and the address, Binghamton
y. on every bottle.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-02-08
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK ?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure to know OF the wonderful
The Press., 1905-11-01
IMPORTANCE OF CARBON.
without 1t OF Its Equivalent We
Could Have No Arc Light:

without 1t OF Its Equivalent We
Could Have No ARG Light:
The electric arc light as now so CON-
monty used is produced by the passage
of a powerful electric current between
the slightly separated ends Of pair OF
carbon rods, or carbons, about twelve
inches long and from three.eighths to
one-half inch in diameter, placed YER
tically end to end in the lamp. The
lamp mechanism is so constructed that
when no current Is passing the upper
carbon, which is always made the posi-
tive one, rests upon the lower by the
action Of gravity, but as soon as the
electric current is established the car
bons are automatically separated about
an eighth of an inch, thus forming
gap Of high resistance In the RlectFie
circuit, across which the current Is
forced, resulting in the production Of
intense heat The ends Of the carbons
are quickly heated to brilliant mean
descence, and by the burning action Of
the air are maintained in the form Of
blunt points. AS the carbons burn
away, the lamp mechanism feeds the
upper OuS uOWu"dIO JuoL AoSt
to maintain the proper separation.
The carbons are not heated equally,
the upper or positive one being much
the hotter A small cup shaped cavity or
"crater," ordinarily less than an eighth
of an inch in diameter, is formed in its
end, the glowing concave surface Of
which emits the greater part Of the to-
tai light. In lights of the usual size,
something like half horsepower Of en-
ergy is concentrated in this little era
ter, and it's temperature is limited only
by the vaporization Of the carbon. Car
bon being the most refractory sub
stance known, the temperature Of the
crater is the highest yet produced arti-
ficially and ranks next to that Of the
sun. 1t Is fortunate that nature has
provided us with such a substance as
carbon, combining, as it does, the high
est resistance to heat with the neces-
sary electrical conductivity. Without
carbon or an equivalent-and none is
knowD-we could have no arc light
Charles f. Brush in Atlantic.