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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-18
"THE SONG OF THE SHIRT"
II Proved the Most Popular Thing
Hood Ever Wrote.


Hood Ever Wrote.
During his last Illness Tom Hood I'D
an idle moment made an imaginative
sketch of his own tombstone. He drew
himself reclining at full length on
thick slab of stone, on the edge Oh
which in large capitals he wrote, HE
Sang the Song of the Shirt ibis
was the only inscription, and, as ne
himself has said, Tom Hood needs no
other.
How much he felt and prided him
self upon the song by which he became
known and loved by millions Is shown
by this and the following fact IF l
were ennobled these are the arms
should adopt" said he one day, show
ing q rough vignette to friend. Inc
sketch contained very beautiful and
nathetic idea. 1t represented O heart
MERGED by O needle threaded with sill
yer tears. and beneath was the motto
no had Inscribed on the imaginary
tombstone.
"The Song of the Shirt" appeared In
the Christmas number of the fifth vol
ume of Punch. 1t was unsigned, but
every paper in the land quoted it, and
1t speedily became the talk Of the day
Hood himself did not think it very re-
markable, but Mrs. Hood had said to
him as she folded it for press: NOW
mind. Hood, mark my words, this will
tell wonderfully. 1t Is one OF the pes'
things you ever did"
Mrs. Hood was right. The song was
translated into French, German anc
italian. 1t was printed on cheap cot
ton handherchiefs and parodled times
without number.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-18
THE FIRST MONEY.
II In Credited to the Lydians OF Asia
Minor.

II In Credited to the Lydians OF Asia
Minor.
It is difficult to realize that prior TO
3. O. TOO there were no true coins, that
tngots or buttons of gold and silver
were weighed at every mercantlle
transaction. The Lydians of Asia MI
nor are credited with having been the
first to cast and stamp with an official
device small oval gold ingots Of DELI
mite fixed weight, an invention strange
" DELAYED, but of inestimable impor-
lance to industry and commerce. A
coin has been described as "a piece OF
metal of fixed weight, stamped by au-
thority Of government and employed
as q medium Of exchange" MEDALS
though struck by authority, are only
historical records and have no currency
value.
The bright, far flashing intellect OF
Greece saw the import Of the Lyman
invention and adopted it quickly, ana
every Greek state, nearly every CITY,
island and colony, established a MINT
generally at some one Of the great tenn
pies, for all early coin types are rell-
gious in character. They bear symbols
of some god as a pledge of good faitn'
The offerings, tithes and rents OF the
worshipers were coined and circulated
as money. Temples thus became both
minis and banks. Our word money
is said to have been derived from the
Roman shrine of Juno, Moneta, the
earliest Latin mint.
The first shape Of these early coins
was that of an enlarged coffee berry
punched on the rounded side with DIN
cial letters or sinkings, as they are
oa1lnd
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-18
ConI Saving Engine.

A new type of engine, known as tne
monkey motion" pattern, which, IL Is
said, will revolutionlze steam locomo-
ton on railroads, has been successfully
operated on the Southern Pacific. A
train of 1000 tons was hauled from
Ogden to Wadsworth, New, by one OF
the new engines. All the driving mecn-
anism is on the sides. making 1t easy OF
access. The steam exhausts very rap.
idly and there is no back pressure u
ia estimated that the new engine VIII
save from 25 to 40 per cent In coal con
sumption, being able to run hfty-roui
miles with one ton of coal as against
twenty five to twenty-eight miles unuei
the present system.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-18

As late as the end Of the eighteenth
century counterfeiters were publicly
burned at the stake in London. On
March IS. 1850. Christianie Murphy
was executed at Newgate tower, Lon
don. for the crime Of coming" she
was bound to the stake seated on a
stool. the main tie being a cord around
the neck. The funeral pyre was then
lighted by the executioner and his dep
uties one of the latter Of whom finally
ierked the stool from under the wretch
ed creature, allowing the weight to fall
on her neck. Within forty-eight min
utes the body was entirely reduced to
ashes and buried In hole on the Spot
where the execution took place.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-18

nicker arm and drives the lint through
the tube into the receptacle with which
II is connected by air pressure.
The picker arms are dirigible IN de-
sign and comprise eight In all, four at
tached to the forward section OF the
machine and four to the rear section
all of course being connected Win the
tubing leading to the cotton receivers
and working In connection with rams.
The picker arms are fastened 10 the
conduits by means Of hinged joints anu
each consists OF q case incloslng an
endless belt, which revolves upon pull
leys placed at either end. This belt IS
nrovided with a series of curved teeth.
At its outer end the upper part OF the
casing Is cut away, so that the belt Is
exposed for several inches. When the
cotton Is TO be removed from a boil the
onerator directs the outer end OF the
nicklne arm In such a position that the
teeth engage the lint. AS fast as 1t Is
stripped from the boil It is carried by
the endless conveyor to the blowing
casing. as 1t is called, dotted and forced
through the tube into the receiving bag.
There are seats provided on the ma
chine to carry four operators, ana
each operator is provided with two
nicking arms, one for each hand. Inc
arrangements of seats and picking
arms is such that when facing In the
direction in which the machine Is tray
cling over the field the two rear opera
TORS face to the right, one picking one
side of the center row and the ohei
picking one side Of the left outside
row. Thus all Of the center row ano
one-half Of each of the outside rows
In all equal to two rows, are picked.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-18
ELECTRIC SAFETY LAMP.
designed to Prevent Fire In Mines
and Powder Magazines.

and Powder Magazines
A type of lncandescent lamp designed
70 Give as nearly absolute security
against fires or explosions as possible
has been devised by DR.. D. Tomassi Of
Paris. and Is described by the Elec-
trical Review. The idea Is to extin-
puish the lamp automatically should
the protecting globe be broken and to
prevent the flying of lncandescent par
tlcles If the lamp globe itself should be
shattered.
The method of doing this consists In
surrounding the globe Of the lamp itself
Inv n second glass covering fitted so as
TO be air tight. Within this second
Clobe is switch which normally
stands open, but which, when subject
cd TO air pressure, closes the circuit
and allows the lamp to light.
The lamp is lighted by forcing air
into the outer globe In this way closing
the switch. If, then, the outer globe
he shattered. the reduction In air press
ure which takes place Immediately VIII
extinguish the lamp before the inner
globe is broken. If, on the other hand,
fine inner globe breaks, the reduction
In pressure OF the air In the outer
globe due to the collapse Of the inner
globe, will open the switch and put the
lamp out. In case of an accident Oh
this kind the outer globe will, of course
stop all flying particles and prevent
any fire. 1t is thought that the lamp
will have value in mines exposed &c
explosive gases, in powder magazines
and in other places where there Is oan
ger of an explosion.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-18
ECONOMIC NUTRITION.
Eat What the Appetite Graves anu
Chew Food Thoroughly.


The entire principle Of economic nu-
triton is simple and practical. 1t sim
ply REQUIRES you to throw present nap
its and conventions to the winds anu
for a little time try the experiment Oh
giving the matter of your everyday Nv
ing honest intelligent thought says
Physical Culture.
Eat all you crave, but do not eat
more than this simply because you
have been in the habit of doing So See
70 It that each morsel put into your
mouth is thoroughly masticated ana
mixed with the saliva before gong
down into the stomach, which is not
equipped to perform the work which
the teeth and salivary glands were CIV
en- you for
The stomach will struggle bravely 10
overcome the abuse which you neap
upon it, but in spite Of all 1t can do to
manage hastily chewed food, undigest
ed portions remain which interfere
with the healthy conditions which ma
ture intended. The normal appetite II
given you as an indicator of what inc
body requires. If you crave potato, th'
system needs starch, which the saliyf
makes digestible, but which the acld'
Of the stomach cannot dissolve. Othei
needs OF the system are similarly indi
| Gated
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-18

We cannot, of course, measure heat
by yards, plnts or pounds, but the unit
Of heat. the standard measure Oh tnat
nhenomenon, has been agreed upon oy
those whose business 1t Is to philoso-
phize on that subject to be that guam
tity which can raise a pound OF watcs
one degree. Now, to turn aspOund 81
water into pound of steam 1t requires
OCT of these units Of heat-that Is 70
say. If we boil pound of water untii
n all goes away in steam we shall have
used in doing so a quantity Of heat
which would have raised 967 pounds
Of water one degree higher in tempera'
tatPa
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-18
COTTON PICKING MACHINE.
simple but Ingenious Device For
Gathering the Crop.


A number of devices have been In
vented TO take the place of hand labor
In gathering the cotton crop. With one
execution. however, all have proved
failures. The principal defect has been
that the machines would harvest the
immature as well as mature cotton
Unlike grain, cotton does not rlpen
with any uniformity, and field must
no gone over several times after the
hollis begin to open. During the last
harvesting season, however, a machine
WAS used in several Of the southern
states which picked only ripe cotton,
the other plants being untouched.
This picker Is notable for the SIM
nlIcitv OF its construction. Power Is
obtained from an ordinary gasoline en-
cine such as is utilized In automobiles
of the smaller types. The engine
which is mounted on the rear OF the
truck frame, Is employed not only to
move the picker over the field, but to
onerate the mechanism by which the
cotton is harvested and placed In the
storage receptacles. There are four OF
the latter attached to the sides OF tnt
machine. They consist merely of clotf
cylinders.
! The lint is conveyed to the recepta
Giles by tubes which are attached to
series of picking devices. The lowel
portions of these tubes, which are made
of sheet iron, terminate in steel con
duits of the same diameter inside
Each conduit contains a fan, whici
serves two purposes. 1t cleans the col
ton. blowing out any bits Of leaves o
other foreign matter which may nav
been caught up with the lint by th
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-18
m1,a EIraf Man DreAHmaker.

The first male celebrity who mace
his mark as a dressmaker was Rnom-
berg. the son Of a Bavarian peasant
from the neighborhood Of Munich. one
dav in the month Of May. 173O, Deau.
tiful eouipage was seen driving ABOUT
Paris with an escutcheon in the shape
of a corset and an open pair of scissors
in the middle painted on the panel OF
each door. That was Rhombergs coat
of arms. and it told its own tale. He
was q genius in his way and owed nls
success chiefly to his skill In disguis-
ing slight deformities and bringing out
the most attractive charms of his FAIR
customers. He rapidly made fortune
and left his heirs an annual income Oh
10000 francs. Under the first empire
and the restoration Leroy supplied tne
dresses of the ladies of the court ano
the higher nobility from his splendid
mansion in the Rue Richelieu. An ei
fusive encomium was written upon
I him by Anger, member Of the acad
envy.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-18

A ward patient in Roosevelt hospital,
New York, grew gradually weaker
without any apparent reason. "she's
frettlng herself to death about some
thing" said the nurse. "If she would
confide in me 1 think she would get
better" BY and by the patient did
open her mind and heart. "If l could
only see myself" she walled, I'D feel
different. l know I must look like
death or you'd let me have looking
glass" It was against the rules to sup
ply patients in that ward with mirrors,
but the nurse, recognizing the gravity
OF that particular case, struggled In a
small hand glass. The result was MI
raculous "Why, dear me-" said the
sick woman, II don't look half so bad
as supposed l did" And from that
hour she began to improve
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-18
GALL FOR PAVED ROADWAYs.

,,aovper willing to Pay 81 an
Acre For the Improvement
~ would tax myself 81 an acre II my
neighbors would join me for the pur.
nose of paving the road with Drick'
said William Jackson, a farmer living
on Spring Hill road in Chillicothe, MO-
His suggestion was taken up. and ne
found others even more liberal tnan
himself saws the st. Louis Post-D1s-
match. Among these is j. L. JACKSON
who lives on Trenton road. Wneh
Jackson heard Of the plan he said un-
besitatingly;
"Why, l would give 81 per acre 10
nave Trenton road, and believe there
are others who would do the same. l
know one other farmer on the roao
who would do 1t. The money coiiecteu
This way would be enough to pave inc
road with brick and ebert rock. Of
course ebert rock Is cheaper. Inc roao
need not be wider than sixteen ana
half feet, and it could be put up toI
$4,000 a mile, think"
Jackson is actively trying to get the
opinions Of his neighbors, and he thinks
with them he will start to raise funo
for paving the road.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-18
OLD WOrISmeu.

An Englishman who is large en-
ployer of labor has been investigating
the arguments of those who say that
workingman under modern conditions
becomes at an early age valueless. he
has kept record of all accidents tnat
have incapacitated his men for three
DAYS and upward. The people engaged
In his employment are from fifteen 10
sixty-fve years of age, and he asserts
that more accidents occur to men un-
der thirty than to those over fifty he
saws. 81 would much rather intrust an
exceptionally dangerous job to man
over fifty than to one of thirty years
of age"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-18
Con, Soaked In Sea Water.

Important experiments are being car
rled on by the naval authorities at
Portsmouth, England, to ascertain the
extent of the steamlng properties OF
Welsh coal which has been improved
by storage in the sea.
Eighteen months ago iron crates
each containing two tons of coal, were
sunk In a big basin in the dockyard'
At the same time similar quantity
OF coal was carefully stored in the open
air at coallng point and sheltered oy
tarpaulins.
At intervals of six months samples
OF each storage have been burned.
The results have shown conclusiveiy
that by the submarine storage Oh coal
It's calorlfic value steadily Increases
while by storage in the open air de-
cided decrease Is shown, especially Id
the tropics.
The admiralty has now directed tna'
experiments be made to ascertain It's
practIcabIlity on large scale.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-18

their treatment the disease spread 10
four different parts of his body. The
longer the doctors treated him the worse
it grew. During the day it would get
rough and form like scales. AT nightlt
would be cracked, inflamed, and badiy
swollen. with terrible burning and itch
inc When think of his suffering, II
nearly breaks my heart. His screams
could be heard down stairs. The SUI
fering of my son made me full OF misery.
Ihad no ambition to work, to eat' nor
could sleep.
zone doctor told me that my sons
eczema was incurable and gave IL up
for a bad job. One evening saw an
article in the paper about the wonderl9i
Cuticura and decided to give it a trial.
"I tell you that Cuticpra Ointment nItRoea !
Is worth its weight in gold; ana Wn me u. :
hadused the first box OF Olntment there
was a great improvement, and py tne
time 7 Rad used the second set OF Cutl-
cura Soap, Ointment, and Resoiventmy
child was cured. He is now Twelve
wears old, and his skin is as hne anu
smooth as silk. (signeD Michael stem
man. z Sumner Avenue, Brooklyn
NY. April 16, 1905"
c.,,.. rx,ern.i and Internal Treatment tor every
r,mol from Pimples to scrofulA from in,AH sS Reso
eonssng OF Cuilcurs Soap zoc, Ps SSe Der VIA
vent form q Xn SS%sCiss Asnge set often
p..1 mag Chem Corps Sole Props, Bosom
f9asi Msied Free, How 70 Cure Humos Of OnHHH0ON'
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-18
Prizes For Good Roads.

At recent Kansas good roads con-
vention the county good roads COM
mittee made the following recon-
mendation to the convention: mat
each township give S25 in prizes for
the FIVE best half mile stretches of road
made in the township by the use OF the
King drag and that the city OF Law
renee give prize for the best stretch
OF road on the nine rural routes run
ming out from Lawrence, the mail car
riers to be the judges
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-18

II is a popular idea that the ermine
.hads ,ts brown summer coat and tnat
an the approach Of winter a, covering
~ snowy white fur takes its place.
This was a natural conclusion, as
possibility of change in the color 81
The fur had not occurred to scientists.
uxperlments, however, have Deen
maae and the brown coated ermins
has been placed IN very low tempers-
ture. Almost Immediately cnans
was visible In the color Of the fur, ans
without shsdding the creatare beearae
l1RNxswhstA
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-18

Antiquitle hath held that certaine
women OF Scythla, being provoked ana
yexed against some men, had the pow
sr to xiii them only With their locke.
The tortolses and estrlges hatch their
eggs with their looks only, signe tnat
they have some ejaculative vertue.
And concerning witches. they are said
20 have offensive and harmewordng
sies. --MontaiRre.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-18
. n.s,w po,.onous Beeswax.

wax is a substance sscreted by Dees
,hat Is said to be analogous to the rat
Of the higher animals. In Patagonia,
Tierre del Fuego and other portions OIL
southern South America honey Is never
eaten. In the countries mentioned all
beeswax is livld, whitish, blue coior
and more poisonous than either stfYcn'
nine or arsenic.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-18
p.acocioua Fox.

Charles James Fox is probably the
only man who ever made a maiden
sneech in the commons while still
youth in his teens. He was nineteen
when he took his seat for Midhurst,
and within a few months he had mace
three excellent speeches. And yet
even at this early age Fox used FIRE.
ouentIy to sit UP all night drinking ana
gambling. '>''t
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-18
Massachusetts Highways.

During the last twelve years approx
Imately 822 miles Of state highway
have been constructed in Massachu-
setts. These roads have cost approx
imately s5,16O,000. OF these highways
about 90 per cent are Of the kind known
as macadam roads, the remaining III
per cent being of gravel.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-18
The Tendon achilles.

Anatomlsts fanclfully call the big
tendon of the heel tendon Achilles"
after the Greek hero. The Hydrologic.
al story goes that his mother, Thetis
holding him by the heel, dipped him In
the river Styx to make him invulnera'
bic. Put Paris inflicted wound that
proved fatal on the heel that had moi
been immersed.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-18
PUMPS $500 GALLONS A SECOND.

hundredth of a second. The impellers
are ffty-elght and one-half inches IN
diameter and displace 2.515 gallons at
each revolution.
The pumps are direct connected by
an 18 by SO by AZ inch compound con
densing CorlisS engine by a SHAFT
eleven inches in diameter with bear
ings thirty inches long. The keys IN
the couplings are made Of babbit In
stead Of steel, to prevent breaking
should a piece of wood be drawn into
the pump.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-18

One Of the largest rotary pump
plants in the world has been erected
for the Neches Canal company Of Beau
mont Tex. This plant, which VIII De
used for irrigating purposes, Will dis
charge at the rate Of 10000 gallons a
minute. or twenty-three gallons in one
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-18
N S&z,W NoTfo|kisWestsrIl
Schedule in effect May eth, 1906.
leave Buena Vista.


leave Buena Vista.
NORTHB0UND.
NO o31P.M. Daily, For Basic. LulaA
Hagerstown and New YORK. run
man sleeper to Philadelphia.
No14. 1886 P. NJ. Daily, For HaserstNS1wn
wv Baltimore, Philadelphia, Ne"
York and intermediate stations.
Pullman sleeper to New York via
Harrisburg.
SOUTHB0UND.
No 1 1922 AN. Daily. For Roanoke
Brlstol,I Bluefleld, Norton, WIN
ston-Salem, Charlotte N. T.
WeIch and intermediateate sta
tlons. Pullman sleeper Phila
delphia to Welch.
No. 1s. LOOP. NJ. Daily; Foi Roanoke S,
Bristol, BlueAeld, Winston Salem
and intermediate stations, and
Knoxville. Cincinnati, Columbus,
Chicago, and points West anc
Southwest. Pullman sleeper Buena
Vista TO Knoxville and Roanoke to
Columbus. Cafe Dining Car.
Additional information and rates cheer
fully furnished by G. q. Abrahams
Ticket Agent, Buena Vista, Va:
w. B. BEVlLL, M. Z. Dnhuo
Gen. Pass. Agent Tray. Pass A8t,
ROANOKE. VA.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-18
r.n,,croturcs Underground.

Careful tests made In German wen
which has been drilled more than a
mile into the earth proved that the
average rise in temperature is about l
degree F. for every ffty-nve feet In
depth.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-18

my son. AS an IN
FAINT / noticed on
his body a red spot
and treated same
with diferentrem-
ediesfor aboutfve
years, but when
the spot began to
get larger l put
him under the care
e <loo4orc Hinder
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-18
CH|LD'S AWFUL
SKIN HUMOR
Screamed with Pain - Suffering
Nearly Broke Parents Heart
Twelve Years of Misery Doctor
Called Case Incurable Helped
from First, and
SPEEDILY CURED BY
CUTICURA REMEDIES

"I wish to inform you that your
wonderful Cuticura has put a stop to
twelve years of misery passed with
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-07-18
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
HEAD OF STATE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
Letters, Science, Law. Medicine
Engineering

$40 COVERS ALL COSTS
70 virginia students of fees and
tuitior in either of the academic
departments depart lowest charges in
tba South. Next session begins
SEPTEMBER ID. Send for cata-
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