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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-12-05
Hours OF Sleep.

The belief that the hours Of sleep
should be artifcially restricted is con
trary to ordinary good sense. II the
human body does not need sleep for
the upbuilding of its tissues II viii not
call for it. A rule of health which can
not be wrong is to sleep If possible as
long as any inclination for It exists.
The erroneous view on this subject Is
undoubtedly due to the fact that when
the mind and body are thoroughly rest
ed II Is often difficult to arouse the
mind from its comfortable lethargy.
On the other hand, the man who is
Under q mental strain and sleeps only
five or six hours at night Is keen and
alert soon after awakening. But 1t Is
an unhealthy activity. His nerves are
at high tension. He is on edge, so to
speak. Such strain long continued
results inevitably in nervous break
down.-Cleveland Leader.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-12-05
coNvIcTs AS ROAD WORKERS.

Beach are made Of cochina rock, and II
has been used In The construction of
the excellent road which has recently
been completed between Palm Beach
and Miami.
Roads on which this material has
been used require but little repairing,
the experience having been that they
improve with age, the stone being
ground down until It is like the finest
macadam.
On the southern automobile circuit
the motorists recently encountered
many crews and gangs of conyicts at
work along the Palm Beach Miami
road. They also passed a convict
camp where the prisoners were en-
gagged In mining the cochina rock at
the roadside.
The conYlcts are worked In gangs of
half dozen or so. They are under
guard Of a keeper, who carries a load
ed rife, while dogs are kept at hand
to track any prisoner who might feel
impelled to take French leave. This,
however, rarely happens. Florida Is
not land In which one would be
tempted to run away
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-12-05

J. G. Colgate, New York banker,
has just completed road at his coun-
try residence In Bennington, VT, that
is model In Its way The road is up
the side Of Mount Anthony, and,
though the distance In a direct line
from the starting point to the summit
is only half a mile. the length of the
road Is four miles and half. The
average grade Ia only 4 per cent
The building has employed from fifty
to sixty men for fourteen months and
has cost $125,000. An Iron observatory
100 feet high will crown the summit
and afford an extended view of the
surrounding country.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-12-05

have often had occasion to protest
against the widely Rugged delusIon OF
beef tea being highly nutritious food.
AS 1 have stated, 1t is a stimulant and
has the objectionable quality Of render.
Ing the bowels lax. In old age there
is an opposite natural tendency-at
least, that Is the rule When this rule
obtains and there is weakness we shall
find In strong beef tea most valuable
medicine. But do not commit the mis-
take of regarding the stun as food
says Home Notes. 1t will so stimulate
the body that food can be taken; it will
30 stimulate 1t that the person will
feel better, but 1t Is making him live Oh
his vital capital. Beef tea is no more
nourlshing than brandy.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-12-05

81 believe the improvement Of thu
roads of the country is of more vita
interest and importance to the farm
ers of the republic than perhaps any
other that we have heard debated
here. All civilized governments build
roads. All save our own have some
established system for building and
maintaining public highways, under
the direction of skilled and competent
officials. The secretary OF agriculture
estimates that the cost, the extra bur-
dens imposed upon this country by
bad roads, is not less than 5000, 900, 900
annually.-From a Speech Delivered by
Congressman Lee Of Virginia.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-12-05
Tho Old Roman Epicurss.

Almost any dish which had to rec.
ommend 1t rarity, costliness, indigesti.
billty and, to our way of thinking, mas
tlness was sure to take with the Ro-
man epicure. And II he were unable
to made 1t costly any other way he
would add powdered precious stones or
gold dust. Nero dined on one occasion
from a peacock. which was sprinkled
with diamond dust, and specimens of
that bird dressed with gold or with
crushed pearls were by no means
rarity at the trlclinia of the moneyed
Romans. A dish Of parrots tongues
was a great delicacy. But a dish Of
parrots tongues which had been capa-
bic, when In their proper place, of
framing words was Of almost meal
culable value, which Increased In a d.
rect ratio with the vocabularies Of the
defunct parrots. Another bird for
which the Roman epicure was In the
habit Of paying fabulous prices was
the phenecoptrix, which Is believed to
have been the ptarmigan. 1t had It's
home In the most northerly parts of
Scotland and Norway, and as this
made 1t hard to get at the Romans ap-
preciated 1t all the more and put it In
the same rank with ostriches, buzz
yards and peacocks. The tongues of
these birds were specially prepared, to-
gether with the brains, and took the
place which hors doeuvre would now |
take
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-12-05
Lfghtning's Course.

ION the water" said a grlzzled old
bayman who stood smoking his corn.
cob and surveying the bay the other
day. when you. see thunder storm
rising you want to keep an eye on the
lightning. If you see 1t In the distance
striking down farther and farther to
the right from where you first saw 1t or
farther and farther TO the left, this In
dicates that the storm Is working to
the right or to the left. and 1t may
pass around you. But If you see 1t all
the time coming down In the same
place and at the same time getting
brighter and brighter, why that lndl-
Gates that it's coming straight toward
you. and this Is the time. son. when
you want to make for home or get In
your sail and make everything snug till
the storm passes over. Exchange.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-12-05

under existing conditions. Many Others
could be cited, all of them just as true
and all Of them equally as powerful, tC
show the good value of good highways
Farmers will agree, think, that q
good road will Q) economic time and
force in transportation between farm
and market; (2) enable the farmer to
take advantage Of market fluctuations
In buying and selling; (3) permit trans
portation OF farm products and pur-
chased commodities during times OF
comparative leisure; % reduce the
wear and tear on horses, harness and
vehicles; 81 enhance the market value
Of real estate
1t Is easy to enumerate the ways
which will prove financially advanta.
geous, but it is very difficult to est.
mate In dollars and cents the benefit
that will result.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-12-05
The Words on a Cigar n.1.

What mean the various words which
are stamped on the lid and sides Of q
cigar box? These are not mere fancy
names, but terms actually descriptive
Of the cigar. On the lid Is the name Of
the cigar. The front Of the box de-
scrlbes the shape and size, as con
chas," "reina." "regalias." which state
the shape, and ''perfecto infantes,"
"princesses." which signify the size.
These may be combined, as "conchas
speciales." "conchas fnas," to state
both shape and size. At the back of
the box, where the lid turns over, 10
stamped the quality of the cigar-"su-
perhna," "fna." "for." superior" and
"bueno," being the terms in the de-
Scending scale. The color of the cigar
Is declared on the right hand side or
end Of the box. "Claro" signifies the
lightest colored. colorado claro" rath-
er dark. colorado" dark. colorado ma
duro" darker, "maduro" very dark,
"oscuro" extremely dark, NEGRO" dark
est.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-12-05

There is true story Of one young
woman who had devoted almost a
year to pulling wires and using all
possible Influence to gain an Interview
with a certain theatrical manager. Al
last her hopes were realized; she got
her appointment, and she was finally
ushered into the managers private Of
flee. He received her most cordially
and offered her chair. Thank you"
she said gratefully; II think / will sit
down. I've been Just ten months get
ting here, and I'm little tired" And
the manager, who is really a great
man and hence has sense of humor,
promptly engaged her. - Charles Bel.
mont Davis in Outing Magazine.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-12-05
The Weird "sinister,o

OF sinister a writer says: How
charged, since the time of the Romans,
Is this simple word with dubious
things, with suggestions that are ever
terriblel 1t seems to convey the vague
threat Of dreams-the threat that is
something worse than the clear menace
Of trouble In waking hours. Man want
ed word for such terrOrs and took
the mere name of the left hand. This
would serve as well as another, seeing
that oil words which we have filed
with mental emotions had grossly
material beginning, as bitter and
sweet Emerson says that all Ian.
guage is fossil poetry, but the reverse
is true-human language has grown
into poetry and has come to life with
time"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-12-05
TORTURED BY
ITCHING SCALP
Eczema Broke Out Also on Hands
and Limbs : Suffering Intense
Doctors Said Too Old to Be
Cured An Old Soldier of 80
Years Declares.
"CUTICURA TREATMENT
Is A BLESSING"

cat all times and to all people / am
willing to testify to the merits of Gu
ticura. 1t saved me from worse than
the tortures of hades, about the year
1900, with itching on my scalp and
temples, and afterwards it commenced
to break out on my hands. Then it
broke out on my limbs. ] was advised
to use salt and water, which i did, to
no effect. l then went to a Surgeon, who
commenced treating me with wash of
boiax This treatment did me no good,
!ut rather aggravated the disease. 1
, N told him | would go and see ply
g. IN in Erie. The reply was that l
could & anywhere, but case of
eczema l.. mine could not be cured;
thai was too old (S0). l went to an
eminent doctor in the city of Erie and
treated with him for six months, with
like results. had read of tho Gu
ticura Remedies often. was strongly
tempted to give them trial, so / sent
for the Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and
Resolvent and cont ued taking the
Resolvent until / had taken six bottles,
stopping it to take the Pills. Twas now
getting better. j took two baths day,
and at night let the lather of the Soap
dry on. l used the Ointment with
great effect after washing in warm
water, to stop the itching at once. I
am now cured.
"The Cuticura treatment is blessing
and should be lsed by every one who
has itching of the skin. / can't say sny
more, and thank God that He has given
the world such a curative. You can
use this letter as you please. A very
much befriended man, VIM. H. Gray,
1903 Mt. Vernon st., Philadelphia, Par
August 2, 1905"
Complete External and Internal Treatment for every
Humor Pinples to Scrotula, Infancy Age,
consisting OF Cucura Soap, &c., Ointment &c., kesov
emit Soc lin form Of Chocolate Coated Pl 25e per vial
Of co., may be had Of all druggists single set often cures
Potter Drug Chem. Corp, Sole Props, Boston, Mass
ar Mailed Free, How TO Cur DbfguriDg Hunors."
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-12-05
Protective CoIors of Animals

l seem to trace a faint clew to the
connection between the protective col
oring and the mind in the intense de-
sire Of the fox to remain concealed
and unseen. That this is possible
theory we infer from the fact that a
blind animal does not change color.
Put dozen minnows into an ordinary
white wash hand basin and they will
In very short time be of pale color.
II over one no change passes we may
be tolerably certain that 1t Is blind
From Dale's "The Fox"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-12-05
No sineeures In China.

Everybody in China works hard, even
those who have reached the highest
positions. 1t is related Of a member of
the Chinese cabinet that he left home
every morning at 2 o'clock. as he was
on duty at the palace from 8 to 9. AS a
member Of the privy council he was
engaged from 6 to o. From o until IL
he was at the war department. OF
which he was president AS the men,
Der Of the board Of punishment he was
In attendance from II till 2, and as a
minister Of the foreign Office he spent
every day from 2 till or @ there. In
addition be frequently served on spe.
cial boards OF commissions.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-12-05
k.nt.cky,s Greatest Handicap.

J. c. G. Mayo of Kentucky, who has
been a chief factor In the development
OF the eastern counties Of his state,
and Is an extensive owner Of valuable
coal lands of that region. said recently.
Our greatest handicap is the
wretched condition Of our country
roads. In wet weather they are al
most impossible, and the farmers can
not get over them In empty wagons.
The construction Of good roads In the
rural districts Is one Of the biggest
questions OF the day, and this country
will never experience the fullest pros
perlty until the problem is solved"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-12-05
A POETS SELECTION.
Markham on the Greatest Passage In
English Literature.

To ask for the one most justly cele
brated passage In English prose litera
ture Is like asking for the one most
justly celebrated sort of fruit IL the
orchard. There are easily score OF
equally worthy passages, each one max
ing its especial appeal to q different
mood of the mind.
Ruskin's description of Turner's
slave ship satisfies our love for the ma
| jestic color and motion of the sea.
De Quincey's reyerie on the nebula In
Orion carries sense of the vastness
and mystery Of the sky. Paters pic
turing of the shield Of Hercules re-
builds for us the light and life of
buried Hellas. Swinburne's eulogy Of
ROssetti astounds us with the splendor
and speed of his words. lie Gallienne's
prose fancy, "The Twelve Wells" stirs
our hearts with the precious disquiet of
old sorrows. Victor Hugo's grafton In
"The Man Who Laughs" awakens In
us the ennobling passion Of humanity.
Lincoln's Gettysburg speech bushes the
soul with its fine appeal to the heroic
in the heart of man.
/ might go on to mention. Emerson,
Poe, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Lake Har-
ris, Jeremy Taylor as well as ST. Mat
thew, st. John, Isaiah, Job and other
peers In the parliament of words,
but 1 content myself with making the
one selection that Is perhaps my IA
vorlte In most Of my moods. l refer
to that stately and sonorous passage
from Carlyle's "Sartor Resartus"
where he sees history as a stupendous
procession f0rth-issuing from Gimme
rlan night and vanishing into pathetic
and fathomless silence. Here is the
passage:
Like some wild flaming, wild thun-
dering train Of heavens artillery does |
this mysterious mankind thunder and |
fame In long drawn, quick succeeding |
grandeur through the unknown deep. |
Like God created, fire breathing spir-
It host, we emerge from the inane, haste
stormfully across the astonlshed earth,
then plunge again into the inane.
Earth's mountains are leveled and
her seas filed up in our passage. Can
the earth, which Is but dead and a
vision, resist spirits which have real
ty and are.alive? On the hardest ada
nant some footprint of us is stamped
n; the last rear OF the host will read
races of the earliest van. But whencei
heaven, whittier? Sense knows not,
aith knows not, only that II Is through
mystery to mystery, from God to God"
Edwin Markham In Success.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-12-05
Melting Fire Clay with Sum, R.x,

Melting Fire Clay with SUMS Rays.
There is an apparatus which concen-
trates the rays Of the sun from more
than 6,0O0 small mirrors on spot
about seven inches In diameter. The
heat generated IL about 1000 de-
grecs +. Iron can be melted in less
than minute and fire clay fused in
about three minutes by this machine.
Magnesia, one Of the hardest things to
melt, requiring heat Of about 6,400
degrees r.. can be reduced TO molten
state In twenty minutes. For the BEN
eft OF those who wish to forget the
name of this instrument It is called
the pyrhellophor.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-12-05
FLoRIDA,s FINE HIGHWAYS.
Great Work of Convicts on Good
Roads Proposition.


Roads Proposition.
The use of convict labor in the con.
struction Of public works is q phase of
economics which has been tried In the
southern states with a greater or less
need Of success, says the Motor News.
Florida is the latest state to fall In
line and put her convicts to work, and
road building is the task which has
been chosen for the wrongdoers. This
work has now been going on for some
time, and at the results accomplished
the Floridians express great satisfac-
lion. The work, they say, is not only
beneficial in giving the prisoners an
opportunity TO do something, but the
exercise and outdoor life tend to the
improvement of their health.
Under the system adopted in the
Peninsular State the prison laborers
enter scarcely at all in competition
with their free brothers. The roads
would not be built If the cost was
high, and as the state obtains the labor
for the bare cost Of keeping the labor
ers the expense of laying out aud
building a magnificent system Of high
ways is comparatively slight.
Along the east coast of Florida there
are inexhaustible quarries of cochina
rock, while I'm the district lying south
Of Daytona to New Smyrna great
quantities Of oyster shells are to be
found. Both furnish excellent ma
terials for road building. Thus Florida
has close at hand an abundant and
cheap supply Of road material.
The cochina rock is soft and easily
quarried. II requires but simple ma
chinery to crush II, some Of IL being
merely graduated beneath rollers aft
er 1t is placed on the surface of the
road. The beautiful baths at Palm
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-12-05
The Human Head.

An Irisbman once defined the human
head as "a Dubious excrescence, Of spe
cial use to many as peg for hanging
a hat on, as BARRIERS block for sup
porting wigs, as target for shooting
at when rendered conspicuous by q
shining helmet. as a snuffbox or a chat.
terbox, as machine for fitting into
halter or gulllotine. as receptacle for
freaks. fancles, follles, passions. preju.
dlces, predilectlons--for anything, In
short, but brains"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-12-05

The first place Of worship In Western
Australia was unique In two respects
the materials OF which II was built
and also the several purposes to which
tt was devoted. This remarkable build.
ing was made at Perth by soldiers
shortly after their first arrival in 1929
and was composed almost entirely Of
bulrushes. In addition to its use on
Sundays for divine worship 1t occa.
sionally served as an amateur theater
in the week and during the whole time
as a barracks.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-12-05

II waited ten minutes for a car to
day." the landlady was saying, "and
then 1t passed me without stopping"
1t was afterward recalled that the
habltually silent man had been having
unusual difficulty with bis chops.
Perhaps" he remarked, "the con-
ductor didn't care to have you board
his r."-Exchange.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-12-05
A Money Question.

Jack-Whst's the difference between
the color Of rose and counterfeit
"COPPER" Dick-I hate to give up any
thing with money In it. but do What
Is the answer? Jarl-One is good
scent. and the other isn't.-Bohemian
Magazine.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-12-05
The Brute.

what" asked the sweet girl gradu-
ate, was the happiest moment Of your
life?"
"The happiest moment Of my llfe,"
answered the old bachelor, was when
the jeweler took back the engagement
ring and gave me collar studs In ex-
change."-London Tribune.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-12-05
EueRH ARniy.

II have q pleasant surprise for you.
Miss Sharply"
Can ] guess what It is. Mr.. Bore
some?"
you may try. Miss Sharply
LET me see. ] guess You are goii'g
to tell me that You insen;ic,l leaving
the city,
Good night. Miss Sharply"
Good night Mr.. Boresome."- re-
land Plain Dealer.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-12-05
THE FARMERS LOSS.
Time and Money Wasted In Haul
Ing Over Bad Roads.

Ing Over Bad Roads.
On good roads a farmer can get to
town with two horse team and wagon
with less harm TO the horses, less wear
to the wagon, with $50 worth of goods
better than he can with ten dollar
load over poor roads, said a speaker at
a Missouri good roads convention re-
Gently. He thus saves two days of his
own time, because, IL he can make one
trip and sell $50, he has those two days
to put on his farm, besides the use of
his team and wagon at other work for
the same period.
This example is only one Of the many
ways by which the farmer loses money
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-12-05

Nature Is the most thrifty thing In
the world: she never wastes anything;
she undergoes change, but there's no
humiliation; the essence remains; mat.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-07-29
LlrrLs CHILD 10 DROWNED.
Baby Drowned In Swollen Creek 81
Sand Aill. ca.


Carrolltun. Ca, july 2S--Nsvs has
reached here from near sand Inn. u
small town 4 miles from here In
the north ~ ne county. that the Is
mOnths.old child VI John Reeves a
farmer Of near sand I'M. was drown.
Ell It's mother and some others had
started OUT 70 "a ntighbor's housa Wis.
iting. and the road lay across n rek
The creek was reached and they mund
II was swollen by the recent rains
and could not be- crossed They then
turned back % the house which was
mot far away apd supposed the child
was following hnl Wncn they reached
the house missed g. The, Went back
"a search FOR q. but could not mud b
A gr1crN search VAS ensuoi. tn
which many Of The people tonh par
and the Crcok Was dragged
when The creek had subsidized the
Chud wa found some di, ancv below
the ford aud II L. supposed It wan
dcrod away from ne party while The,
were returning. uuno' led, and that u
was PLAYING In thy stream pud th,
sWlft wator carried II away
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-07-29
MAN PLUNGEs FROM BRIDGE.
Or. John psrr Fails from Bridge Re
ee,vlng Serious injuries.

Macon ua. July - ~ John parr.
a veterinary surgeon Who has been
al his business 90 this ,l', fnr about
Two years ten b,ll'uus from a Sptlug
street bridge over rhr Ocmulg,y river
here Thursday ami landed IN VA ahu.
mrnt ~ 30, brliEo To- hg 'ia, NJ the
water Wu,r, h, Na, takru up by tdc
police patrol anl hurried 90 th' "a
ton Medical assistance vas sum
munyd aul while D. ~ Thought his
lDlurirs VIII nu' prove fatal. A. ir IA
dangerous condition
- out saw 10, ar,ldvul aud when
nrs' discovered 80 vas seen plunEips
head downward tu The river. IL 10 20
feC' below llc WAS unable ~ speak
when taken Du,. bu, has improved ils
Il % year, " axe. AMI hal apparently
sat down IA the edge - the bridge
tor trA'. when t. dYIri