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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-06-20
P0LITENESS IN HAVANA.
To Render a Courtesy Gives Keen
Pleasure to the Cuban.

Havana is a continuous perform
ance. Picturesque groups of natives,
queer looking wheeled vehicles, gro
tesque scenes and unusual sounds
greet one at every corner. Havana
is old, and it looks every day of its
age, from the stone tagging on the
streets to the tile roofs overhanging
them. In fact, except that it is now
the cleanest city in the world, where
it bore the reputation Of being the
dirtiest, it looks just as it must
have looked a hundred years ago.
About every two squares are kiosks,
or fruit stands, where green cocoa
nuts are piled up high and where
native guanabana, or "soursop" lem
onade, is dispensed at few cents
a glass. Pima fra, a refreshment
made from the juice of the pineap-
pie, is also prepared in second.
These kiosks are also virtual in.
formation bureaus, not because they
cater to this business, but because
so many strangers stand on the cor
ners and ask questions. The native
Cuban, be he man Of leisure or or
binary laborer, is cast in the same
mold of old Spanish chivalry, and
he will put himself at your disposal
even to the neglect of his business.
To the New Yorker, accustomed to
the constant cry of "Step livelyp" it
is a genuine novelty as well as a
pleasure to board car in Havana
and ask the conductor to call out
when he reaches a certain street. To
render a courtesy gives, to all APP
pearances, the keenest pleasure to
the Cuban. Even the blacks are
Chesterfeldian in speech and man
ner, and they do not overdo it and
make politeness burlesque, as the
French so often do.
Visitors to Havana, at least those
who enjoy novelty, make point Of
visiting the chocolate factory, just
a few minutes drive from the main
hotels. 1t is not the amount of
sweets which are bestowed upon the
visitor nor the method of preparing
various candies that makes the trip
worth while. 1t is the fascinating
spirit Of welcome which greets
guests from all sides. The factory
is a large one, with many employees,
and the especial duty of each seems
to be to make it pleasant for the
visiting stranger. A good looking
guide from the office force accompa-
MES the stranger from the top to
the bottom of the factory.-Harriet
Quimby in Lesie's Weekly.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-06-20
He Made Allowance.

A French journal reports the case
of a man who entered a coffee house
and sat down near a customer who
was reading the morning newspaper
which belonged to the establish
ment.
"After you with the paper, if you
please" said the newcomer.
The other man nodded assent and
went on reading, but at the end Of
half an hour had hardly finished the
first column. Just as the waiting
customer was about making a Sec
ond and perhaps impatient applica-
ton, he noticed that the reader had
lost one of his organs of sight. His
resentment vanished.
"Ah," said he in low voice, Il
am not surprised. The poor man
has only one eye and has to read
everything twice over"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-06-20
Missed Fire.

The would be diner had called for
OK tail soup. He looked at the
liquor which was brought to him
hard and long, tasted it, smelled it
and then beckoned the young wait
er, a fresh complexioned young fell
low, whose foot had evidently not
been long off his native heath.
81 suppose" whispered the Gus
toner confdentially, chat an OK
really did dip its tail in this soup
at least once-a long time ago
eh ?"
"No, zurl" gasped the Mortified
waiter. "No hox never 'ad liz tail
within a mile O. that soup. | gives
yer my word an honor fur it, zur"
London Mail.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-06-20
The Story Of a Novel.

The story of Lord Brougham's
dull novel, "Albert Lunel," is curl
GUS one. It's author was 80 dis
gusted with the review which the
London Times gave to an early copy
that he suppressed the whole edi-
ton of 500. After his death an en-
terprising man bought the edition,
which, mostly in sheets, was discov-
cred in Brougham's library. 1t was
issued in three volume form with
the authors name, and one copy, 1t
is recorded, was sold for $500 to
library in this country. Another
went to Paris at cost of $3.50,
while Berlin library paid $500 for
a copy. The rest of the edition
went to the London lending libra
ries on the usual terms. The pub
Usher paid only 800 for the entire
stock and copyright.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-06-20
cALAMITIEs IN CITIES.
Every Great Center Sooner or Later
Meets With Disaster.


Sooner OF later, it seems, every
rity in the country is sure to have
its great calamity. New York has
had its blizzard, Charleston its
earthquake, Galveston it's deluge,
Johnstown its flood, Chicago and
Baltimore their fires, New Orleans
its pestilence, st. Louis its cyclone,
Pittsburg its riots, Paterson its
dread trinity of flame, flood and
tornado, the cities of the lower Mis-
sissippi valley their freshets and
San Francisco and the sister cities
of the coast ruin in earthquake and
fire. Somewhere every year it seems
to be the case that the destruction
that befell the ancient cities of the
plain is to be repeated, to awaken
the same superstitious dread and re-
mind humanity that "God made the
country and man made the town."
Why is it that the lament "Bab-
ylon is fallen, is fallen must be
uttered every year? The reason
is as prosaic as the force of gravita-
ton, but it may be as formidable
as that force working through an
earthquake shock. Where multi
tude Of people are gathered together
the forces exist for converging a
calamity that would dissipate itself
unnoticed in a wilderness or a pas
toral country. A great city means
a great population to disseminate
contagion. 1t means a site on
navigable river that may be muir
derously overswollen in freshet or
on bay of the ocean out of which
a swollen tide may come. As for
the wind, it ''bloweth where it
listeth," and storm that in a farm
ing country might uproot few
trees and unroof few cottages, in
a city may topple down walls on a
sleeping population and lend wings
to the death angel of fire.
The life of the ordinary indiyid-
ual contains a few startling Incl
dents, but a city may live for hun
dreds or thousands of years, and
sooner or later something will hap
pen to it that will be matter for
history.-New York Mail.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-06-20
A Ruse of Childhood.

A local business man was remi-
niscent over his boyhood the other
day, says an exchange. every
morning before school | had to 60
out on the farm to hoe potatoes
with father. We lived on a farm,
you know. The potato patch was
not great distance from the house,
and / was supposed to stay there un-
til mother called me to come in,
when it was time to dress for school.
1t wouldn't be long, Of course, until
| got tired. Then I'd watch father
out Of the corner Of my eye until
he seemed engrossed in what he V
doing, then I'd turn toward the
house and yell, 'All rightp' throw
down my hoe and run for home.
Mother was supposed to have called
me to school. Father just thought
he didn't hear her. / worked that
right along, and, for all l know, he
hasn't found it out yet"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-06-20
Stopped a Suicide

sis suicide sinY" asked Pastor
Starr from his pulpit in Norfolk
Sunday. sit ls," answered in
their hearts o man and woman who
had planned thus to end their
lives, and who probably would
have done so. While not disclos
irg their names, DR.. Starr told
their story Monday. While preach
ing hs little knew that there sat be-
fore him at least two psople-a
nan and a woman Of matured
years-who had been contemplate
ing suicide; but ruch was the case
for they saw him Monday morn
ing and talked with him on the
subject, relating to him that it
had been their intention to endeav-
or to get out Of their troubles by
ticking their own lives. To the de-
light of the clergyman, they both
told him that, after listening to
his discussion of the subject, they
had concluded to take different
view of the situation.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-06-20
ADDING Insult to Injury.

1t is bad enough to have d red
nose, as many entirely irreproach-
able women have, to their intense
modification, but to be guyed and
swindled when one attempts to cor
rect the deformity must be simply
intolerable. GLOW to cure red noses
permanently; absolute secrecy;
send" etc., is an advertisement that,
appearing only recently in London
paper, aroused great interest among
a large circle of unfortunates. When
those women whose noses, from one
cause or another, were pinker than
they thought proper eagerly opened
their stamped envelopes this was
what they read, 600 on drinking I'M
til it becomes purple"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-06-20
He Was Different.

"Now, look here, sir" exclaimed
the gamekeeper imperatively, didn't
you see the notice at the end of this
road, Pedestrians not allowed?"
81 did observe notice stating that
pedestrians were not allowed here"
replied the mild hammered gentle.
man readily, 'but, you see, I'm q
Congregationalist."
ooh, indeed" returned the game
keeper, slightly puzzled. "Then |
suppose it's all right, sir. You can
walk on."zLondon Telegraph.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-06-20
Royalty In China.

When the emperor and empress
of China appear in public no other
person is allowed to occupy a high
err place than they do. Therefore,
on such occasions the shutters of
all buildings are drawn, and the up
per parts of the houses past which
the royal procession is expected to
move are deserted, the inhabitants
swarming to the ground floors in or
der to show due Difference to their
rulers.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-06-20
Fraternal Orders.

Rockblidge Lodge, No. So. l. .: o. I.
meets every Thursday night, at ODD Eel
lows Hall.
Lexington Lodge, No. Sc, K. Of r.
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.192O Royal
Arcanum, meets 1st and 5rd Friday
nights in each month, at Odd Fellows
Hail.
Lee jackson Council, No. 81, Junior
Order American Mechanics, meets every
End and 4th Friday nights at Odd Fellows
Hall.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-06-20
Sens In Verse
The Man and the Hour.

He stood In the hall at midnight,
But the clock was not striking the hour,
Tor hs careful touch had stified II
Ere the storm had time to lower
Ne said as the stairs he climbed softly,
"A hero of labor I'm like,
For surely this night I've averted
A most disastrous strike"
Baltimore American.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-06-20

William j. Bryan was in St.
Petersburg last week studying the
workings of the Russian Parlia-
ment.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-06-20
Over-Work Weakens
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.

All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-09
A COMPLICATED NATTER.

L-Townsend Burden was talking in Newport
about his recent autumnal experiment Of oilins
the Newport roads-an experiment that though
it promised well, failed because it ruined So
many delicate toilets
"Oiling the roads OF Newport" said NJ. Bur-
den, was more complicated matter than We
thought There We're SO many things to take into
Consideradon-white silk stockings, lace petit
coats, suede shoes-yes decidedly it was a COM
IIicated matter.
1T reminds me, in its wealth Of complications.
Of the man with the cross-eyed dog.
This man said d friend;
"A wonderful dog, that, of mine
lis he? He doesn't look up to much the
friend replied.
We'll now for test said the owner. You
just grab me by the throat and say "Whoot"'
The other did 50, and the dog at once sprang
up and bit his masters hand
How do you account for that2 asked the
friend, with a hearty laugh
why, hang it. said the owner. as he grabbed
his hat and hurried eff TO be cauterized forgot
that he was cross-eyed. I ought TO have put my
hand on your shoulder and yelled
New-York tribune., 1906-12-09

terminal yards Between Seventh and Fifth
avenues each tunnel will be wide enough to con-
tain three tracks. but east of Fifth avenue only
two until the East River is reached. Under the
East River each of the four tracks will have
separate tube.
Were all the stone and earth heaped UP tnat
must be removed from Manhattan carry out
the Pennsylvania Railroads plans, ii would
form a wall clear across the island four fee1
wide and as high the Washington Mcnu-
ment 1t would include 100000 cubic yards
from the two land tunnels 100000 cubic yards
from the excavation for the track yards between
Ninth avenue and the Hudson River and 1000
600 cubic yards from the site of the great ter
rrinaI station. bounded by Seventh and Ninth
avenues. 31st and 3:}d streets.
The two Hudson River tubes were completed
last September. Work the four East River
tubes has proceeded more slowly because of the
greater difficulties encountered. The material
bored through under the Hudson River a
compact viscoUs mud. Under the East River
the tunnel workers have met with quicksand,
which viii not come through the driving shield,
but must be dug out, as if it were brick wall
The northernmost East River tube has been
pushed out 40 feet from the Manhattan shore;
the next one, l. 900 feet; the third $50 feet and
the fourth, 900 feet At this point ii is about
4,OO0 feet across the river. Work the Long
Island side has proceeded on all four tubes
about 300 feet from the shore. It may be a year
from next April before these four tubes are fin
shed, as they Will not be needed until that time.
The excavation of the terminal site, according
to the contract. need not be completed before
April 1908
The cost of the total undertaking, incud-
ing five miles of tunneIing and excavation, the
land, buildings and equipment, is now
placed by the Pennsylvania engineers at q little
over Sl00000000. equal to the total capitaIi-
zaton OF all the railroads in the United States
q half century ago.
New-York tribune., 1906-12-09
Fun FOR THE NEIGHBORS.

Virgil p Kline, the corporation lawyer OF
Cleveland, in an address upon Ambition said:
Ambition is an excellent thing. Without it
the world would not advance But there are
worthy and unworthy ambitions. silly and wise,
bencficent and maleticent ones
Then there are the peculiar, the distinctive
ambitions, such we see in childhood.
Thus l once knew a little boy who had an
ambition to be letter carrier and, finding in
a cedar chest in the attic a great bundle Of love
letters that his mother had been preserving since
the davs of her courtship, he packed them in
lea her ho9l sat hel and distributed them troTA
house To house throughout the nelghborhood.'
New-York tribune., 1906-12-09

is the use of compressed air and electricity in
place of steam. The great shovels are in reality
air shOveIs, for their power is obtained from
compressed air furnished through flexible hose
from electric pumps The drills are also run b.
compressed air. There are about seven hundred
men constantly at work in the two tunnels.
The rock that is dumped at the foot OF East
35th street is carried in scows to GreenvilIe
r. !, on New York Bay, where the Pennsyl-
yarta Railroad Company is building freight
New-York tribune., 1906-12-09

mel has reached Fifth avenue on the west, and
on the east has passed Lexington avenue. At
First avenue another shaft has been sunk. from
which work is being pushed westward under
both 32d and 33d streets. Within few weeks
il IS expected that the eastbound and westbouni
headings OF both tunnels viii meet between Sec
ond and Third avenues Within half year it Is
hoped both tubes viii be completed from Firs-
avenue 10 Seventh avenue
Another precaution against unnecessary noise
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-30
A R,eciprocity Meeting.

The Cassiopeia club held a reciproci-
ty meeting this afternoon at the home
Of Mrs. S. J. Bowler, 1916 West Tween
ty-ffth street. The guests were the
Authors Study club and the Atawasios
club members. Mrs. Bowler, with the
club president, Mrs. G. D. Johnston, the
vice president of the fifth district, Mrs
presidents, Mines. La Penotiere and
lors, which had pretty arrangement
of red carnations, palms and ferns. Mrs.
Johnston opened the program with an
informal address, to " hich Mrs. Louise
Lewis of the Atawasios club replied.
Mrs. Abbott Of the Atawasios club read
paper on 90 The Origin Of the English
Flag and Mrs. Champlain of the same
club gave a decidedly interesting pa.
per on "Sarah Bernhardt.' Short re-
marks were by the former vice presi.
dents of the fifth district.
Thirty minutes were given over to
the members Of the Authors Study
kclub and their contribution was delight
fully entertaining. Short, sketchy talks
were given on ten of the leading au
thors and their books, which the club
studied during the year. At an oppor
tune moment Of each talk one of the
| women appeared in illustration of the
leading characters. Miss Bessie Lln
gave several delightful musical seec
tions and Mrs. Charles Lane sang
! charmingly.. After the program light
! luncheon was served. The club coIors
yellow and blue, were shown in the
floral arrangement of the table. In the
| center was a large basket filed will
| daffodils, the handle tied with huge
| bow of blue tulle. Mines. Hazeltine
| Chapman and Ellison, who were il
charge Of the arrangements. aIternatet
in serving bouillion and coffee. Sixty
five guests were present.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-30
WHO'S CUSTODIAN
OF THE CAPlTOL?.
GOVERNOR AND CAPITOL COMMITS.
sIoNERs DISAGREE AGAIN.
Neither Would Take Responsibility of
Granting Permission to Use the Build
ing Till Governor Had Denied It
Twice-Comnissio Only Builders
and Sweepers'' in View of Corliss.

An interesting passage between Gov.
ernor johnson and the state capitol
commissioners took place in connection
with the st. Paul anniversary recep-
ton at the new capitol Saturday eve
ming. ... r..
The committee on arrangements, head:
ed by Judge E. w. Bazille, first called
on the governor to get his permission
to hold the reception in the capitol.
lection whatever, but that he had no
auth GRITTY to give them the permission
Under the Horton law the building is
still IN sole control of the commission.
The committee went then to the COM
missioners, who, insisted on passing the
responsibility back to the governor.
They consulted together, and e. E. Cor
liss of Fergus Falls the lawyer MEM
Der OF the commission, wrote the gov.
ernor that, in his opinion, the commits.
sioners were 'only the builders and
sweepers Of the capitol The new
code makes the governor custodian of
trusted to other officers. The Horton
law gives the commission power "to
properly care for, operate and main
tain the new capitol.' This, accord
ing to Mr.. Corliss, leaves the governor
custodian.
Governor johnson declined to take
that view Of the case, and still denied
his authority to grant any privileges
Of the building. The st. Paul commit.
tee went back once more to the com.
mission and got the desired permission
Claiming Seabury, head. Of the com
mission, seemed to agree in passing the
matter over to the governor, but was
not willing to deny the authority of the
commission in the building
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-30
The Game of the Diplomats.

"The Diplomatic Came by F. Cum
life Owen, the leading article in The
journal s Sunday Magazine, has a time
" interest while the nations of the
world are watching the Morocco game
still in progress at Algeeiras. No dip
Iomatist writes this article; he would
not be a diplomat if he did. But the
author is the best-qualifed man in
America to write entertainingly on such
a topic, and in various guises he has
told countless interesting stories of
diplomats, statesmen and royalties
.HThe Diplomatic Came is in his very
best vein, and even the players whose
game he exposes will be amused by it.
For diplomacy, as Mr.. Cunliffe- Owen
clearly shows. even when protesting to
be most communicative. always holds
something in reserve. In addition to
the many secret international agree
ments of the existence of which the peo-
pie have no suspicion, there are conf
Dental clauses to nearly every treaty,
clauses not included in the official pub
]icatiOu
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-30
ASKS THAT ARBOR
DAY Be OBSERVED
GOVERNOR ISSUES THE ANNUAL
PROCLAMATION. . ~,
Day Set Is April Ex-Governor Pro-
clamation Couched in Poetic Terms
Destruction of Our Forests Deplored
as Short-sighted Greed for Wealth.

Governor johnson issued his Arbor
and Bird Day proclamation today. 1t
is a literary production, and written in
a poetic vein. $3.50.
t'It again becomes my duty and my
pleasure as governor of Minnesota to
set aside Friday, April p, as Arbor and
Bird Day. says the governor, ''and to
ask that OUR citizens, rural. urban and
suburban, consecrate it in who lie or in
part to the cleansing, restoring and
identifying Of our fair domain.
Cleansing and restoration arc the
debt. Of the present to the past; beauti-
fication is it's debt to the future. What
our fOrefathers WOoed from nature, or
wrested from the hand of the redman
and the paw of the bear, let us be able,
unashamed, to hand over, when the
days Of our pilgrimage are ended, not in
condition excusable, perhaps. to tenants,
but in such as becomes the owners of
property Gntailed.
Holding with regard to the water
system Of the continent, the position of
the heart to the human body, Minnesota
has unrivalled opportunities for agricul-
ture, splendid natural facilities for
manufacture. Of which she has not been
to be expected in days so close to pio-
neering. she has not yet fully awalzen d
TO a sense of the esthetic value of he1
10000 lakes, her forest and field endow
ment.
cit is with a feeling of keen regret
one realizes that. because of the ruth
less vandalism Of him who covets but
to destroy. our state flower appears
more and more rarely in it's old-timf
haunts. Too soon it may be that thi:
shoelet. may be seen only in the fori
ated columns of the capitol. The pro
tective instinct in man has been 50 de-
veloped Of recent years as to have Sc
cured relative immunity to his neigh
bors in fur and feathers. May not il
be still further developed to safeguard
life that is even more defenseless in its
appea1.9
'While it has seemed inadvisable.'
concludes the governor, "to sugges
that the exercises in the schoolroom OF
this day tend more particularly to en-
gender a spirit Of loving, understanding
restraint toward flower and shrub an(
tree, it is not the intention to overlook
the obvious duties of sodding, planting
and pruning that devolve upon the in
dividual and the community; but these
are matters that more obtrusively force
themselves on the attention, and thu
danger that they will be neglected i!
slight