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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-25
CALL FOR NATIONAL ROAD.
An Appeal TO Have Famous Highway
Rebuilt by the Government.

An Appeal to Have Famous Highway
Rebuilt by the Government.
The National Good Roads associa-
ton, with headquarters In st. Louis,
has sent out the following appeal to
motorists, says the New York Amer
ican
1.-The National Good Roads assocla-
ton is a powerful force for good, and
Its work Is accomplishing results In all
parts of the United States. 1t is en-
gagged in many things that will benefit
the people. One of the great schemes
1t has In mind and which 1t has set
about to accomplish is the repair ard
rebuilding of the great national road
across Maryland, Pennsylvania, West
Virginia, Ohio and Indiana.
''That memorable road was intended
to be one Of the highways between the
east and the west before railroads were
known. 1t was built at great expense,
costing the federal government over
100000, and during the early days
was famous highway over which
thousands Travelled every week. When
railroads came into existence the ma
tlonal road was neglected, and today 1t
Is only skeleton Of what 1t once was.
at Is proposed to rebuild It, and the
National Good Roads association has
undertaken TO have 1t done by the gov
eminent. The length of the road Is
about 700 miles, and 1t can be rebuilt
for less than S7,000,000 That is about
the cost of one good battleship, and we
are building lots of them. The appro-
priatlon of that sum to make this old !
road across five states would do as |
much good as the average battleship,
FOR not one such ship In ten will ever
get in fight Then when the old road
has been put in good shape to the Mis-
sissippi river it may be that the price
IF about three other battleships will be
set aside to build the road to the Pa
life coast.
"One first class continuous highway
lcross the continent would be a great
hing Many a traveller would spend
wo or three months going and coming
~ team. bicycle, automobile or other
wise. 1t would be easy for the nation
o do a thing like this.
"In 1905, 10000 Americans visited
Europe and for the privilege Of going
yer the first class European roads
aid over $500,000,000."
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-25
AGGRAVATED CASE
OF ECZEMA
Troubled Badly for Several Years
With Eczema on Limbs and
Wrists = Physicians Prescribe
Without Any Benefit = BIotches
Now All Gone.
ANOTHER WONDERFUL
CURE BY CUTICURA

"For several years 1 was troubled
badly with an eczema on my limbs and
wrists. Physicians in several towns
had prescribed for me without giving
me any results. / had often used
Cuticura Ointment and received relief
temporarily. In the spring of 1904 took
the Cuticura Resolvent Pills and used the
Cuticura Ointment for about five weeks,
and at the end.of that time there was not
blotch on me anywhere. This spring |
took few walls of the Cuticura Resolvent
Pills as q precautionary measure, and
will continued to dose every spring simply
as spring tonic, as they are so easy
to carry with you, and they certainly
fix your blood for the ensuing year.
/ now use only Cuticura Soap.
"The Cuticura Ointment and Pills
certainly cured me of an aggravated
case of eczema, and if it will help any
other sufferer you are at liberty to use
this letter. Respectfully, ST. Clair Nc
Vicar, San Antonio, Texas, July 6, 1906"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-25
The Orchid Family.

There seems to be a general miscon-
ception as to Just what an orchid is.
Many call any plant which grows ON q
tree or has some pecuHtr feature an
orchid. This mistake is frequently
made with the pitcher plants and the
tail flowers" The uniting in one or
gan, called the column, of the stamens
and pistils serves to distinguish the
orchid family from all related ones.
The orchid family embraces 5000 or
1000 species, of which comparatively
few are found in the warm temperate
and almost none In the cold temperate
zones. They are mostly distributed in
the tropical regions, in hot, humid
places. Orchids, however, do not inva-
riably prefer humid conditions. Nearly
all tropical orchids grow on trees, but
In temperate regions they grow in
earth.-Youth's Companion.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-25
INITIATE ROMANS.
Sound Advice Given to All InteIIi-
gent People.

gent People.
1t Is a blind people which fixes its
eyes on the railroad and considers II
the sum Of all transportation. says Pa
ciiic Monthly. Only second to it are
the wagon roads. and intelligent farm
Ing communities ought to appreciate
the tremendous yearly loss to the whole
community IN bad roads.
Not only that smaller loads must be
hauled. more trips made. more time
taken on q trip and greater wear and
tear and breakage-not only this, but
the community with good solid roads
the year round will outstrip its rivals
in settlement and increased values
The Romans for military purposes built
through sparsely settled districts roads
which endure today, and the ever ac-
companying result was the rapid set
Element Of those districts.
The railroad Is not the whole thing.
Get together, my countrymen, and
mend your ways. Be Romans; make
your roads everlastingly good.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-25
Gentleman.
Government whitewash Recipe.

Half bushel unslacked lime, slack
with warm water, cover it during the
process TO keep in the steam; strain the
liquid through fine sieve or strainer;
add peck of salt previously well dis
solved In warm water, three pounds
Of ground rice boiled to a thin paste
and stir in boiling hot; half a pound
of powdered Spanish whiting and q
pound of glue which has been previous
ly dissolved over slow fire, and add
five gallons of hot water to the mix
ture, stir well and let it stand for a
few days, covered up from the dirt.
1t should be put on hot. One pint Of
the mixture will cover a square yard,
properly applied. Small brushes are
best. ColOring matter may be put in
and made of any shade, Spanish brown
or yellow Ocher.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-25
Snni1s and Odors.

A professor in the University Of Ge-
neva says that snalls perceive the odor
of many substances, but only when not
far away. In order to prove this 1t Is
necessary merely to dip a glass rod in
strongly smelling substance and
bring 1t near the large tentacles of
snail in motion. If it Is put close to
these horns the tentacles are violently
drawn back As the animal perceives
the odor 1t changes Its course Snails
also smell by means Of their skin. Con-
tact is not necessary, for the mere vi
entity Of perfume causes an inienta-
ton of the skin.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-25
A Bill For Good Roads.

Representative William r. Hearst of
New York recently introduced a bill
appropriating $50OOO.OO0 toward the
building of good roads for the purpose
Of extending the postal service and
lessenlng the dependence of the agri-
cultural and Industrial interests on
railroads, says Washington dispatch.
The plan proposed is that not more
than S10000,000 Of the amount shall be
expended in any one year. When a
country road Is built for a distance Of
ten miles or more the government is to
pay half the cost.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-25
A wise scheme.

mo matter what opinion is offered,
you express contrary view" said the
impatient friend.
We'll" answered Mr.. Blgglns,
that's way l have of acquiring
knowledge. A man is more likely to
give up all he knows on subject If
you get him to warm up with a little
controversial Indignation" - Washing
ton Star.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-25
IMMORTALITY.
One Theory of the Condition That
Comes After Death.

One Theory OF the Condition That
Comes After Death.
Our life does not begin with birth,
nor does 1t conclude with death. II is
only section Of the development of
mankind before and after us. We ex-
isted before we were born, and we
reap what the factors of our being
have sown. SO our life leaves its after
effects, and they will be what we have
made them.
The truth Is that while there Is no
immortality In the sense In which most
religions hold 1t If we accept their doc
trines in their literal meaning, condl
tons In life are such in many respects.
as If these doctrines were true. For.
while our bodily existence is wiped out
with all Its physiological functions. the
essential part Of our own being 1.-THE
thoughts tbemselves) remain, and thus
our lmmortality-not as a concrete in
divldual and bodily incarnation. but
our soul, our character, the impulses
which we have given In life to others,
OuA "opiidtiOub anu luOSI character
istic features-cannot be wiped out.
A man who keeps this thought in his
mind, either intutively by realizing the
power and justice Of the religious in
stinct or by having fathomed the prob
lem Dhilosophically In its very depths,
will not live for the present moment,
but in consideration of the after eff
fects which his life leaves on the
world. And | would say that one of
the best tests for right action In crit
Ical situation Is for man to ask him.
self, If I had passed away from this
life what would wish thatI had done
In this emergency? | am confident
that the answer given to this question
would help us in the most difficult cir
to find the right solution.
DR.. Paul Carus, Author of 1.-THE Soul
IF Man." "Chinese Philosophy" ETC.,
n Monlst.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-25
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HICKORY NUTS.
A Plea For the Neglected but Fine

Plea For the Neglected but Fine
and Profitable shelIbark.
A great deal has been said and writ
ten about the merits Of the pecan In
recent years-no more perhaps than II
deserves-but none Of our numerous
horticultural orators seems inclined to
give the / re any cheated air" i'm
pregnated with the agreeable perfume
of the shellbark. There are dozens of
trees in different sections Of the coun-
try that produce really fine shellbarks
and hundreds more that bear inferior
nuts, all of which are usually gathered
and Jumbled together for market.
Strange as it may appear, as rule
they always bring prices that are fair
~ remunerative.
1t is obvious to any one familiar
with the hickory family that it is not
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-25
Quaint Customs In Abyssinia.

Quaint customs prevail in parts of
Abysslnia. When a father is getting
on In years the son bids him climb into
tree and jump down from the
branches. If the old man staggers On
landing the son spears him on the spot
his usefulness Is over. One tribe had
a custom OF sewing chance visitors up
In green hides and leaving them to be
killed by the contraction Of the skins.
With another the only orthodox way of
dealing with strangers was to tie them
In a bundle and roll them over a prec-
ipice.-London Mail
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-25
just Quit Worrying.

Nobody knows what produces earth
quakes, although 1t is often claimed
that they do. The earth quakes some
where every day. Nobody knows when
the earth came or when 1t will 60,
where 1t came from, how It came or
how 1t happened to be here. The fact
is, when you get down to the truth, no
body knows anything about anything
past, present or to come-and about the
only way to get along In this know
nothing world is not to try to know
very much ldorado Republican.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-25
FOOT COMFORT
In Baths With Cuticura Soap and
Anointings With Cuticura,
the Great Skin Cure

Soak the feet on retiring IN strong,
hot, creamy lather of Cuticura Soap.
Dry, and anoint freely with Cuticura
Ointment, the great Skin Cure Band
age lightly in old, soft cotton or linen.
For itching, burning. and scaly eczemas,
rashes, infammations, and chafngs Of
the feet or hands, for redness, rough
ness, cracks and assures, with brittle,
shapeless nails, and for tired, aching
muscles and joints, this treatment works
wonders in single night.
Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills sold throughout
the world. Potter Drug < Chem. Corp, Sole Props,
Boston, Mass Send for, "How to Cure Every HumorH
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-25
ArifhmeficnI.

"Yes," said the old mathematician.
with CLEAN in his eyes, 1--WE always
looked at 1t that way. Marriage is adj
dillon, when the little ones come It's
multiplication, when dissension looms
up to cloud the horizon Of their happl-
ness it's division and when the final
parting comes It's subtraction"
"And how about dlvorceT asked the
listener
ooh, / guess that would come under
the denomination Of fractions" New
York Press.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-25
A Rnre Article Indeed.

A little girl not long ago displayed a
bit of feather-black, ms 1t happened
to a caller at the house. This man
looked impressed and inquired gravely,
what is that Nelly. an angels wing"
The child slowly shook her head. "Oh,
no." she answered at once. Angels
feathers are white. and I think they
are very scarce"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-25
His Influence.

do you think a mans influence lasts
after he is gomez asked the philoso-
pher
"Well, should sayw cried the young
woman. "My husband tied my prop
erty up so that l can't ever marry
agaInr-Detrolt Free Press.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-25
An ExnInnntinn wnntea

"Pd like to know" began the thought
full boarder.
Would ike to know what?" asked
the bOarder who knew II all.
I'D like TO know how matches are
made in heaven when they keep all
the birthstone in the other place" Chi
cago News.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-25
Fame.

Fame Is the Inheritance not Of the
dead, but of the living 1t Is we who
look back with lofty pride to the great
names Of antiquity, who drink of that
food Of glory as Of a river and refresh
our wings In II for future flight
HaZlltt.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-25
Tic Height of Simplicity.

lawfully simple. isn't hep"
81 should say he was. Why, It's an
actual fact that he played poker with
a stranger on an ocean liner. "-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-25
Silence.

Johnny = What's silence, Freddy?
Freddy-It's what you don't hear when
gou listen.- Kansas City Independent.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-25

We have no right to say that the uni
verse is governed by natural laws, but
only that It is governed according 10
natural laws.-Carpe-'ter.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-25
nrfnrinr II Home.

Bob-Don't you think that love is
species Of Insanity? Ethel-Sometlmes
Who has been falling In love with vouf
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-25
Chem Poultry Shelter.

A writer in Farm Journal built a
small temporary poultry house the past
season with 2 by 3 corner posts driven
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-25

building paper. QUICKLY BUILT RoosT-
without any ' WV
boarding. The result was very salts
factory. The cut shows a similar sug-
gestion OF an open sided fall roosting
coop for chicks. 1t can be built in a
couple of hours and taken down when
no longer needed Use laths along the
overlapping edges Of the paper
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-25

Evil spreads as necessarily as dis
ease.-Eliot.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-25

1T " TEEN 81 WFFNNE
and q frame Of
strips Of inch
b o ard. T h e
whole was COW
cred with heavy
red, resin sized
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-13

and to the majority OF descent men
In other countries as well as our
own feliow.citizen.'
Comment Is unnecessary. Signs
by health boards, erected on street
corners and placed in public build.
ings and public convcyances, are fu-
tile as long as the offender knows
full well that no penalty follows tho
Offense. And until n seif-respectIng
public asserts Its own sense or de.
ccncy and demands Justice, every
woman Of culture must be subject
to an ANNOYANCE indescrbable every
time she walks the streets or rides
In the electric cars OF our American
cities. And Americans have no
right to call themselves freemen I'M
I'll they rid themselves of this nefar-
ious habit or confIne II within the
bounds Of common descancy and or.
der"
There is no lack of laws bearing
on the subject, but there does seem
to be lack of enforcement. In our
own city there Is All ordinance pro.
hibiting splitting on the sidewalks
and In public buildings, 1t seems to
be more honored in the breach than
IN the observance. however. and we
do not recall II single instance in
which All arrest has been mado for
violation Of tho ordinance since It's
passnge. IL may be that no member
OF the police force has ever seen the
law violated, but II is a fact that the
streets are almost us filthy from en-
pectorlations now as IN the old days
before the law was passed.
Such matters are difficult to regu.
late and reform by law An effort
should he made TO teach children
The filthiness and the danger of the
habit of wholesale splitting. Then,
with little assistance from the no
lice IN the matter OF furnishing per.
sistcnt ana oulbreaking vlolators OF
n sanitary regulation The reform
might he accomplished.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-13
TRACE OF ExpEcroRATloNy

IN suggestive article under the
foregoing head, the Pilgrim touches
upon one of the most vicious habits
OF the American people and one
which is sadly in need of reforming.
Our contemporary says:
" Is to be hoped that when slay.
cry In all its manifold forms of
Scrhtld-labor and sweat-shops has been
dhiven from our midst; when the
question of woman's suffrage has
been satisfactorily adjusted; when
the tariff question shall no moro
trouble the perplexed voter; then
Oh then!--we hope the men and wo
men Of civilized nation (supposed
siy), will band themselves together In
sa vigorous and effectual organiza
ton for a salivary reform. Emer.
son once characterized habit
Witch has become disgracef6S,
prpminent In American streets, as
astha rage OF expectoration,' and de.
sclssed that a. men we dsserss to
bs while that habit clinss to MS, an
Abnopination to angels and women,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-13
THE WAGES OF SIN.

On q scaffold IN the jail yard this
morning Andrew l.. Davenport will
pay the penalty for heinous crime.
with an almost fIcndish dcllberation
nc planned the details of n murder
from which even the most hardened
criminal should have turned with n
shudder. The plan was carried out.
furnishing to tho world type OF cal.
lols brutality almost Uncomfortable.
Because the law demands life
Tor life he today pays the penalty
Of thnt crime. There are one or two
lessons WHICH may profltably be con-
hed while the llfeless body of DAY.
export danglbs from the end of the
rope. One Is that tho highway to
quick and sure gain Is not II prim.
rose path OF virtue and of inspiring
thoughts. Another Is that "honesty
Is the best policy" to sny nothing
OF the, moral status OF the Issues In.
vowed. Murder does not always out
Notwithstanding the old saying t,
tho contrary, but there Is Within
nAn monitor which ceaslessly dogs
hiH footsteps, no matter how ignor.
ant his fellow-men max be of his
crimes, his hypocrIsles and his de.
celts' Suppose Davenport's well.laid
pan had gone through without n
hitch, ~ 1t to be supposed that the
plood-stalncd money would have
soothed the scared conscience Of tbc
murderer? In fact. we believe that
IN the miscarriage of the plan In tho
snort. sharp lesson of death he had
less punishment than he would have
received. walking up and down IN,
earth with the brand of Cain In his
1orehead-only to learn In the end
the bitter truth, "The wages of sin
Is death,
- Many murders have been commit
ted In Newport News, but this is thc
tirst time III the memory of the pres
Sent generation that tho outraged law
has been fully vindIcated. Might NOT
the citizens of the city learn les.
son From the grim incident? If Il
mad been thoroughly understood that
/. murder meant detection and that de.
lection meant hanging Is 1t difficult
10 Imagine that Willie Thomas
might DO alive today? Those with
criminal propensties as well as the
iaw-abiding settlers judge city by
tne manner In which the laws are
ENFORCED. and when murder becomes
sale pastime In any community,
those who indulge In that form OF
amusement are little more guilty
tnan the SNUG, sclf-satisfied com.
munity which stands for that sort Of
thing.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-13
CALLS VENGEANCE DOWN.
Street Preacher, Asking License,
Threatens Ashbury Park Council.

o'Teet freacher, Asking License
Threatens Ashbury Park Council
ASHBultf, PARK, July 12.--"Gol
VIII surely deal with you as of old
when Sodom and Gomorrah were de.
stroyed.' was the warning received
las night by The Common Council IN
a communication from Gustav Aug.
erstcin asking asking for permit to
preach in the streets.
This message" the writer con.
'inued. is last warning from God
to you through me, and should you
disregard 1t you can only blame your
self If God destroys you"
The councilmen. despite the warn.
Ing, refused Augerstcin's request.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-13

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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-13
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