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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-10-18
GREAT CORN CROP
Largest Ever Grown In United
States Indicated

OLdICB AuUlCdbCu
The Government crop report for
October, just Issued, indicates the
largest production of corn ever
grown. The production Of spring
wheat is lower, however, than the
September report indicated as like
ly to be produced.
AT expert statistician, who is
familiar with the grain trade in ell
it's departments, has prepared the
following interesting study Of the
situation as based on the report.
He gives the yield of wheat and
corn in bushels, gives comparison
Of estimates of yield in October in
former years and also the outlook
for the trade of this and other
countries in these cereals. He
says:
"The October report of the Ag-
riculturel Department was not
awaited with so much interest as
usual, because the trade was well
informed as to the outcome o! the
corn crop of this year, it being
generally admitted that not only
was the crop larger in quantity
than ever before harvested, but
the weather since the cutting of
the crop has been all in it's favor.
Consequently the decline in cOndI-
ton from 1915 to 8o.2 has no great
amount Of significance, as the pro.
duction indicated Is 1891, 5S4, 900
bushels.
GAS corn is easily the principal
and most important cereal pro-
duction of the country, the facts
that such an abnormal crop has
been secured, and that weather
conditions have allowed it to cure
more rapidly than in former years,
give assurance that not only will
the grain trade participate in q
large and, 1t lie to be hoped, pro-
fitable trade during the ensuing
cereal year, but that the general
business outlook of the country
will be prosperous. since the trans
pOrtation companies will have all
they can contend with in handling
this crop.
GAS Argentine corn is our only
competitor, and even in years
when such corn il in the largest
supply, American production is
rreferred-and, as the Dsnubian
production is small this year,
leaving no surplus for export,
while the supply of feedingstuffs
in Europe is not large, there should
be under all these conditions ample
to warrant not only large busi-
ness, but also a satisfactory one.
"The production OF spring
wheat, as indicated by the yield
of: 14.7 bushels to the acre, is
somewhat in the nature of disap-
continent, as this indicates, on
the acreage, a total production of
258, Oil, 900 bushels, as compared
with 800, 1875, 600 bushels III July.
The crop has thus steadily de-
Perforated.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-10-18
III. Blood and Mountain CLIMBING.

A European scientist, Raoul Ba-
yeux, has been counting the red cor
puscles in human blood during as
tensions of Mont Blanc. NJ. Ba-
yeux draws the following conclusions
from his experiments: The blood
undergoes a rapid and considerable
increase in the number of red glob-
ules when one passes from one alti-
tude to higher level. If one re-
mains in the latter place the first
number of globules is found to di-
ininish slightly, but not to a great
extent in few hours. Descending to
the starting point makes the num-
Der diminish to greater degree, but
it is still above what it was before
the ascension. He finds that a sec
ond ascension made before the num-
Der has fallen to the original value
causes new increase which is great
er than is remarked in the first as
cension.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-10-18
FOR THE LITTLE ONES.
A Brazilian Fable That Explains Why
Dogs Dislike Cats.

The people of Brazil have some
very quaint folklore stories. One Of
the oldest is the fable about the
dogs hatred for the cat and the cats
consequent fear of the dog. Long,
long ago the animal kingdom Of
Brazil was nightly stirred. The dog
declared his intention of taking
out naturalization papers! This he
did, and he gave them to the cat to
keep while he went to make az
rangements to enjoy his new indie
pendence.
Now, after his leaving, the cat got
jealous of the dogs Importance and
clawed and chewed the paper until
mere scraps were all that was left.
Then back came the dog with his
tail hung high. When he realized
his misfortune he went for the cat.
He has been going for her ever
since. In his eager chase he forgot
that he might get new papers, so in
stead Of becoming peaceful citizen
of Brazil he chased the cat all over
the world, and that is the reason
there are dogs and cats everywhere.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-10-18
ROOSEVELTs CHEAP SUIT.

Robert j. Wynne is the American
consul general at London. He was
interviewed recently by magazine
writer of that city at a time when
the weather was extremely hot. Mr..
Wynne was dressed in a suit of light
holland. "The last time / saw Pres
ident Roosevelt wore these same
Clothes" be said. at was at the
White House at Washington, and
of course the suit was a little free
and easy for an official visit, so l
apologized. Mr.. President | said,
4 must make my excuses for appear
ing before such a great person as
yourself and on such an important
occasion in an outfit that cost &c.
The president stared at me and then
seized my arm. How much did you
sayP' he asked. six dollars, Mr..
President He burst out laughing.
We'll, 1 have beaten YOU he cried.
I am nearer to the people than you
are. This suit of mine cost me only
E4p0
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-10-18
Ths smiths-and othsrs.

The fact that the name Smith oc-
cupies the largest space in the Eng
lish dictionaries is indicative of the
broad basis from which our present
metal working industries began to
develop, when Thomas the Smith
and John the Smith were smiths In
deed. On the continent-as indeed
the history of the crafts of various
nations would lead us to expect
this indication is not so marked. AL
though the Berlin directory regis
ters some 5000 Schmidts, yet the
Schultzes and Mullers are more nu-
merous. The Jansen family is the
largest of all in Brussels, and in the
Paris directory that Of Martinez. In
Naples the names Morelli and Vi
telli run one another closely for
precedence. Taking line around
the world, however, Smith Is the
most familiar name -.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-10-18
9alt Money.

Have you ever heard the express
sion salt money!" A philologist
tells us the origin of the phrase.
"The Roman workers in the salt
mines were paid in salt. The salt
that they got in return for their la
Dor was called salarium (sal-salt),
or salt allowance. The word ssla-
rum later on was applied to the
fees or tips men got for odd jobs.
For patching my toga,' the noble
said, I will give that fellow slight
salarium-a bit Of money to buy
salt with Finally 'salarium' came
to mean wages, salary, what it does
today. A salary is essentially salt
money, and when we say man Is
not worth his salt we mean he is
not worth paying wages to-"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-10-18
Poor Littla Country alrd..

Alice Barber Stephens, the artist,
told this story recently:
A little east side boy was on his
first country excursion. He lay on
the grass in a peach orchard making
a chain of daisies and buttercups.
Across the blue sky line of birds
darted, and his hostess, a young wo-
man, said:
Took up. Look up, Tommy. See
the pretty birds flying through the
air"
Tommy looked up quickly, and
then he said in a compassionate
tone:
"Poor little fellers. They amt
got no cages, have they"-New
York Tribune.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-10-18
The Nature Of Euaaa.

Electric fuses are of two distinct
kinds-viz, high tension and low
tension. In the low tension system,
which is gradually superseding the
high, the fuse head consists of two
insulated copper wires, joined by
means of a thin platinum bridge,
which, owing to its higher resistance
to the electric current, becomes in
candescent when the current passes.
This bridge is inserted in a capsule
containing an explosive mixture,
and the whole is Theoretically sealed
inside a detonator before being is
sued from the works. The fuse is
fred in the ordinary way by a mag
neto exploder. -Scientifc American.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-10-18
A Continual Strain

Many men and women are con-
stantly subjected TO what they COL
monty term "a continual strain" be
cause of some financial or fanil,
trouble. It wears and distre sses
them both mentally and physically,
affecting their nerves badly and
bringing on liver aud kidney all
ments, with the attendant evils OF
constipation, loss Of appetite, sleep
lessness, low vitality and despond-
ency. They cannot, as a rule, get
rid Of this continual strain" but
they can remedy it's health-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, 25e.,
regular bottle. 700 For sale by B. b.
QoTrslps druggist.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-10-18
Acting Proverbs.

In this game each player may take
part, or, if thought preferable,
the company may divide themselves
into actors and spectators. The
actors then each fix upon a proverb,
which is to represented by each one
of them individually. There is to be
no connection between them in any
way. Each one in turn has simply
to act before the rest of the COM
pany the proyerb he has selected.
The first player might, for instance,
come into the room holding a cup in
his hand. Then by the way Of acting
his proverb he might repeatedly
make an appearance of attempting
to drink out of the cup, but being
prevented each time by the cup slip
ping out of his hand, thus in dumb
show illustrating the proverb,
"There's many a slip 'twixt the cup
and the lip" If really good acting
be thrown into the game it may be
made exceedingly interesting.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-10-18
RUSSIA WAS CONFIDENT.

II was in Russia" said q Japa-
nese at Portsmouth, "when war was
declared. l never saw such AFRO
CANT self confidence as the Russians
had at that time.
"a publisher got out maps Of
Japan, and these maps were hawked
through the streets by men who
cried, Japanese maps, giving Rus
sian troops future route into To
kyoP
"1n the bookshops japanese
grammars and lexicons were put on
sale, and over them were signs say
ing, Qualify for a government post
in our new island conquest by learn
ing Japanese
"The day 1 left Moscow the cab
man who took me TO the station
said as / was about to hand him his
fare, Are you going to AghtY
"'Yes,' said |.
"'Then,' said he, 4 don't want
your money. No man should pay
for his own funeral ride. New
York Press.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-10-18
Shrinking HeIaoIand.

The efforts of engineers to save
Helgoland from the sea are likely
to prove unavailing. Since the ces-
sion Of the island to Germany in
1890 Helgoland has lost much Of
its area, not only through the col
lapse Of its sandy cliffs, which offer
fragile resistance to the encroaching
sea, but also through sinking OF
its south shore. Engineers have
been at work filling crevices with
rocks and building breakwaters, but
It has been found that the very sea
floor on which these have been con-
structed is unstable. In 1890 the
circumference of the island was
three and three-quarter miles. 1t is
now three miles.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-10-18
A Nav Rriaand.

Algeria is threatened with that
most terrible scourge which can af-
fict a countryside brigand with
prestige and a picturesque legend.
His name is Gaya Chaba, and he is
an Arab who deserted from a native
infantry regiment to turn brigand.
he Is now terrorizing the Arad dis
trict, where his crimes and his i'm
punity inspire the natives with a be-
lief that he is invulnerable. He is
already sure of food and shelter
against pursuit throughout the re-
gion and before long may be sur
rounded by formidable band. The
authorities are alive to the danger
and are straining every nerve to
break down the legend.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-10-18
Eranes,s New Eseuteheon.

France has made in the course Of
her history so many changes in her
heraldic symbol that the latest has
escaped almost without notice. The
republic has just taken to itself O
new coat of arms, which came into
official use for the first time during
the king of SPANS recent visit the
escutcheons being then quietly af-
fixed to the ministry of foreign af-
fairs, where, since his majesty re-
sided there, they doubtless passed
with many worthy Frenchman for
the Spanish coat of arms. The new
design consists Of the hctor's fasces,
around which are twined sprays of
oak and olive, the whole bound to-
gether with a band hearing the in
scription, Liberty, Equality, Fra
ternity," and around all cartouch
with the words ''French Republic"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-10-18
Sens In Verse
True oreatness.

How sad that all great things are sad
That greatness knows not to be gladl !
The boundless spouseless. fearful sea
Pursues the moon incessantly.
And Caesar childless, lives and dies.
The thunder torn sequola tree
In go'enlf collation. cries
Sad cLp ~ win the homeless wind
Above the clouds, above his kind,
Above his Fashioned peak. above
All sign or sound or sense OF love.
How mateless. desolate and drear
His lorn, long seven thousand year!
Ny comrades, lovers dare TO be
More truly great thap Caesar; he
Who hewed three hundred towns apart
Yet never truly touched one heart.
The fearful. lorn, complaining sea
The very moon looks down upon,
Then changes-as a saber drawn;
The great sequoia lords as lone
As God upon that tabled throne.
No. no! True greatness. glory. fame.
Is his who claims nor place nor name.
But loves and lives content. complete.
With baby flowers at his feet.
Joaquin Miller
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-10-18
A Curloua Rinn.

No one needs to be told that there
Is iron in the blood, but it has re-
NAMED for a French chemist, NJ
Barruel, head of the chemical lab
oratories of Paris, to make CONNER
cial use of the fact. He used to
practice medicine and was accustom-
ed to bleed his patients in the old
fashioned way. He extracted the
iron from the blood drawn from
human arms and kept it in the form
of minute globules, or pearls. At
last he had enough to make an iron
ring, which he wears on one Of his
fingers.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-10-18
Provoking Mistake.

The caller was angry and even
belligerent. al want an explanation
and an apology, sir" he said. ON
your paper this morning you had an
account of the wedding at the
Smithbys last night, and you spoke
Of the jay that attended the happy
pair as they went to the altar Now,
sir, Pm the"-
"Gracious heavenp gaSped tlN
editor. 81 wrote it 1oyp"-Chica-
g. Tribune.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-10-18

Chief Justice Fuller of the Unit
ed States supreme court was mis-
taken for an itinerant German mu-
stefan at the Savoy hotel, London,
recently and given poor room on
this account. Fuller, accompanied
by his daughter, arrived at the Sa-
roy, where the clerk, after booking
them, looked the justice over from
head to foot and came to the con-
clusion that man so diminutiye in
size and with such long hair could
be but one thing-a German must
clan. So he gave the justice and his
daughter the poorest rooms he had
vacant. When later he learned who
the distinguished guest was he was
profuse in his attempts to apologize.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-10-18

That Commander Peary is well
able to endure the hardships Of the
north poh climate is explained by
e citizen Of Maine, who says when
Peary was a young man it was q
common thing for him to take "a
camping outfit Of a blanket and q
lunch and start for the Maine noun
tains, where he would pass days ex-
plOring ravines, lodges and the deep,
secluded spots, never building a
camp, but simply rolling himself in
Il blanket, would sleep In the
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-10-18
FraternaI orders.

Rockba idge Lodge, No. SO. 20. o. +.
meets every Thursday night, at Odd Eel.
lows Hall.
Lexington Lodge, No. s6, K. Of P,
meets every Tuesday night, at Odd Eel.
lows Hall.
Liberty Lodge, No, 2, Daughters OF
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.1920 Royal
Arcanum, meets list and Srd Friday
nights in each month, at Odd Fellows
Hall.
Lee-Jackson Council, No. SO, Junior
Order American Mechanics, meets every
2nd and 4th Friday nights at Odd Fellows
Hall
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-10-18
An Au,tralIan Mx,tarx.

With the death of Sir Augustus
Gregory the last of the great Aus
tralian explorers has passed away.
His demise recalls the most remark
able mystery in the annals of the
commonwealth. Fifty-seven years
have passed since an exploring ex-
petition, commanded by a German
scientist, Ludwig Leichardt, set out
from Sydney to cross Australia from
east to west. To this day nobody
knows what happened to that ex-
ploring party. Not scrap Of pa
per, not a solitary relic Of its fate,
has ever been discovered. 1t must
have been either overwhelmed in
some natural convulsion or abso-
lutely annihilated by the blacks. Sir
Augustus Gregory led two e1pedi-
lions in search of it, one of them
organized by the Royal Geographical
society.-London Chronicle.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-10-18
To M.nd m umbr.lIs.

To mend hole in an umbrella
stick firmly on the inside a piece of
black court plaster, This is not so
netinsAhls e. q dAxu,
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1905-05-11
Exposition Items.

Fifteen thousand people visited
the grounds OF the Lewis and Clark
Exposition last Sunday.
Thousands of roses are now in
bloom on the grounds of the Lewis
and Clark Exposition.
Governor John Cutler OF Utah,
has issued a proclamation strongly
urging the people of his state to
support the Lewis mad Clark Fair.
Utah will have handsome build.
ing and many exhibits.
Babies are to have a day Of their
own at the Lewis and Clark Fair.
Dan McAllen, the "father of the
Exposition" who suggested the fair
idea nine years ago, will have
charge OF arrangements for the
baby show, and the babies are as
snred of a good time if Dan has
anything to say about it. There
will be prizes for the prettiest baby
the healthiest baby, the latest
baby, the tinnest baby, and every
other kind of baby. Mr.. McAllen
is busy arsanging a program for
the day.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1905-05-11

The matter OF some kind of sew
erage for the city is becoming SO
grave that it is of the utmost i'm
portance that some action be taken
at once. The rapid growth of the
town during the past few years has
made the old methods of drainage
out OF the question. Where there
was once free outlet neat homes
have been built, street work and
other improvements. have blocked
the flow of water from bath room
and kitchen leaving it in cess-pools
in front door yards to breed disease
and endanger the health of the en-
tire neighborhood. just how to
remove this condition is serious
problem, but the public health de-
mands relief and on on the other
hand, water from bathrooms and
kitchens must continue to accumu-
late. Recent complaints have
been made to the council and Wig
orous action may be expected at
onca
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1905-05-11
NO WORK THERE.
Girls Should not go to Port
land for Employment,

Girls Should not go to Port
land for Employment,
Carrie A. Holbrook, secretary Of
the Portland Travellers Aid Asso-
citation, is sending out the follow
ing letter as warning to young
ladies who expect to find employ
ment at Portland during the fair
season.:
"There will be held in Portland,
Ore, from the first OF June to the
fifteenth of Oct, the Lewis and
Clark exposition, and it is the
special endeavor of the Portland
travellers aid association, affiliated
with the name of Exposition T. A.
Committee to sound a note of
warming to girls and young women
throughout the United States
against coming to see the exposi-
tion with the idea of getting work.
We are daily in receipt Of numer-
GUS inquiries from many Of the
girls from such business houses as
Wanamaker's in New York City,
and Marshall Fields in Chicago,
looking to the securing OF work
here. Here in Portland, the sup
ply already exceeds the demand,
and unless the knowledge of this
fact can be spread broadcast
throughout the United States,
the result will be far beyond our
capabilities to handle. Most Of
the inquiries received, advise us
the writer has saved enough money
to reach here, but must have i'm.
mediate employment upon hel
arrival. Longing to see the sights
of the exposition, reduced railroad
fares and the added assurance o.
employment, form an irresistible
attraction to the working girl Of
the east, who wishes this sort O
vacation. In spite Of repeated
warnings, the condition at st.
Louis last year was appalling, ant
it is the imperative thought of tn,
organization that something in thu
way of preventive must be add
ed"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1905-05-11

Nothing could be more delight
full than q trip to the great Port
land fair. The best of everything
that was exhibited at St Louis will
be at Portland. 1t will be the
cream of the worlds greatest ex'
position. When these facts are
considered it is little wonder that
the liberal offer of the Free Press
to send three young ladies to the
fair is being received with great in
terest. The contest for place al
one of the three is being wage(
with vigor all over the county and
as the day grows near keener in
terest is shown.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1905-05-11

Spokane papers are giving con-
siderable Importance to the recent
meeting of prominent Northern
Pacific officials in that city and
predict the early construction OF
that road ON to Camas Prairie. Be
that as it may it will make NO
difference with the electric line.
The people want an independent
line to Portland and are going to
have it. If the Northern Pacific
wants to enter the field we'll and
good. Camas and Nez Perez prairies
are big enough and rich enough tc
furnish business for both.