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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-23
CHEWING COFFEE.
A Perniclous Habit That IL Liable 70
Ruin the Health.

.
Ruin the Health.
Physicians claim that the habit Of
tobacco chewing is dying out, but
as insidious habit has come to take
its place. This is coffee chewing,
which is a very bad thing for the
health, for it creates nervousness,
makes the skin yellow, blackens the
teeth and diminishes the appetite.
The habit seems to have original
ed in the coffee roasting establish
ments. When visiting one of these
plants one sees nearly all the men
taking coffee grains from a little
pouch which is sewn on the front
of their jumpers. Every little while
they take a half dozen or more
grains from it and chew them with
great relish. The women who work
there are addicted to the same habit.
A specialist Of Philadelphia has
made a study of the coffee chewing
habit and says: at is a habit easily
contracted, for the taste of the
crisp, roasted berries is not unpleas-
ant, and the exhilaration, the slim
illus, that the berries give is quite
as marked as that which would be
obtained from a glass or two OF beer
or from a drink of whisky.
at is this exhilaration, l am con-
Yinced, that causes the habit to be
formed and that makes it q hard
habit to break away from. 1t should
be broken away from. It's effects
are highly injurious. They are more
injurious than those of tobacco
chewing.
"The coffee chewing habit wrecks
the nerves, it makes the skin sallow
and it destroys the appetite. / have
had occasion to treat a number Of
men for it. l always advise such
men to break off by imperceptible
degrees-to give three OF four
months to the task. Some succeed
and some do not. Men who work
in coffee plants find it almost impos-
sible to succeed"
Coffee experts seem to be tn.
only employees connected with the
coffee trade who have not this habit,
for if they had their sense Of taste
would be dulled. The experts, by
smell only or by taste only, distin.
guish without the slightest difficulty
or uncertainty between the Arabian,
the Javanese, the Guatemalan, the
Costa Rican, the Bogotan and doz-
en- other coffees. They could not
do this if they were coffee chawara-
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-23
Largest Loavos In tho World.

The largest loaves of bread baked
in the world are those of France and
Italy. The "pipe" bread of Italy is
baked in loaves two or three feet
long, while in France the loayes are
made in the shape Of very long rolls
four or five feet in length and il
many cases even six feet. The bread
of Paris is distributed almost exclu.
siyely by women, who go to the vari.
Gus bakehouses at b:30 a. IN. and
spend about an hour polishing up
the loaves. After the loaves are
thoroughly cleaned of dust and grit
the ''bread porter" proceeds on the
round of her customers. Those who
live in apartments or flats find their
loaves leaning against the door.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-23
IMPETUOUs ROOSEVELT
Clash Between the President and
Senate Undfgnified

senate UndfQntfted
Says the Baltimors American /:
The unpleasant, not to say undig-
nified, controversy generated dur
ing the discussion of >ths rate bill
in the Senate ought to take the
shape Of warning, and repetition
of events which led to the elabo-
rate explanation contained 10 the
letter of President Roosevelt to
Senator Allison would be unneces-
sary IL proper segregation Of du-
ties Of different departments Of
the government were maintained.
The Constitution prescribes the
methods BY which legislation is to
be achieved. The Executive lie to
inform Congress from time TO time
CT the state Of the union, not Sc
cretly or by patches or by faction
or party, but in an official manner.
When this is done the connection
CT the Executive with legislation
ceases until the measure or meas
ures have passed both branches Of
Congress and have been submitted
TO him for his signature. The
Constitution lodges the function
of legislating in Congress exclus-
lively, though 1t gives the Execu-
tive the power Of the veto. Con-
gress is given the power to make
laws, while the duty of executing
them is imposed on the Executive
and the courts are the interpreters
of the laws.
1t is a beautiful system, perfect
ly simple and admirable when the
three depal tmentS confne them
selves strictly to their own funct-
ions. That there has been a de
parture from it in practice has been
suspected for many years. Both
senators and representatives have
at times been charged with being
very close to presidents and sus-
piciously anxious to do their bid
ding; and even graver charges,
seriously affecting the independ-
erce Of congressman, kAvH been
sometimes made, but until iecent
ly there have been no open at
tempts by the Executive to force
Congress.
The change from gentle suasion
to aggressive demand has resulted
in elimination and reerimination
between the Senate and the White
House. The right AID constitu-
tlonal plan is the best plan. The
duties Of the Executive are clear
lY defined by the Constitution, and
he should stick to them. The pub
lie can be beat served and the dig
nifty Of the presidential Office best
sustained by the sober performance
OF it's duties and noninterference
with other branches Of the govern
meht.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-23
Getting His Measure.

Aunt Filura was preparing soup
for dinner when one Of the neigh
bors happened in on borrowing er-
rand.
"Why, Aunt Filura, isn't that an
unusually large soup kettleH" asked
the caller, with calculating glance
at the stove on her passage, across
the kitchen.
'1f you're just looking at the kit,
tie, it does seem plumb stable"
said Aunt Filura calmly, "but when
you cast your looks on the extents
and pliability Of my Enoch's mouth
l reckon 'twon't look any too large,
that kittle won't"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-23
A Hopeful Outcome.

William Allen White says that the
most amusing personal" note that
ever he came across in country
newspaper was that which last year
caught his eye while reading a Wis
consin paper. The item was some
thing like this:
'Niels Andersen met with pain
full accident last week, fshhook
becoming entangled in his eye. Niels
is being attended by DR.. Phil Nor
ton, who says his eye will come out
all right" --Harper's Weekly.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-23
When Two VirsinIans Meet.

The first thing two Virginians do
when they meet is to take a mint jul
lep together. They next talk kin.
If they are strangers to one another
the first requisite is to locate and
thus identify each other; then they
take another julep. Then the wild
hunt for relationship begins and
generally ends in establishing cous-
inship from a first to tenth degree
from marriage somewhere between
1860 and the present. Then they
take another julep, and the CONVEX
sation takes this turn and goes on
for hours:
"You say you are one of the Ran
dolphs of 'Curls p"
mo, but my mother was a Page.
Her mother was a Burwell. Ny
great-grandmother was Carry. My
great-grandfather was a Lee. Ny
great great great-grandmother was
a Washington, and my great-great-
great-great-grandfather was a Ran
dolph of Tuckahoe, and, ah"-
Here another mint julep stops
him.-Washington Post.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-23
A Good Example.

The late Ogden Goelet when a
director in a gas company was call.
ed upon to pass upon the making
of contract with another company.
He said to his fellow directors
Gentlemen, l happen to be a di-
rector in that company, and l never
will consent to be a director in one
company and pass upon business
with another company in which |
am a director. / will resign first"
And resign he did. We commend
this to the board of trustees of the
big fire insurance companies. -
American Grocer.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-23
Jules simon,s Partridge.

When Jules Simon was ten years
old he found a small red partridge
dying in the snow. He took the bird
home and warmed it into life. One
of its legs had been broken, and ST.
mon, seeing that the fracture was
too bad for setting, amputated the
leg with his pocketknife and re-
placed it with wooden one. Two
days later the partridge was as hap
Ply as possible, and the tick tack,
tick tack of its wooden stump was
to be heard all over the house. 1t
became an inseparable companion
of young Jules Simon, who named
it Cornelia, and it followed him
about wherever he went with the
persistence of the little lamb. But
one afternoon Cornelia was caught
in a hailstorm and killed by the
stones before Jules Simon could go
to her help. And Jules Simon never
ate partridge from that day to his
death. A partridge always reminded
him Of 7Cornelia.-St. James Ga
Zette.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-23
FOOTBALL IN CHINA.
The Game Was Played There Before
the Christian Era.


Writing in the Nineteenth Cen
fury on Football and Polo In Chi
ma" Professor Giles asserts that the
game of football at least was known
during the Han dynasty before the
beginning of the Christian era and
was even then an imperial favorite
and an object of censure.
The Emperor Ch'eng III was fond
of football, but his officers repre-
sented to him that it was both phys
ically exhausting and also unsuita-
Bile to the imperial dignity. His
majesty replied, eve like playing,
and what one chooses to do is not
exhausting." An appeal was then
made to the empress, who suggested
the game Of tiddlywinks for the en-
peror's amusement.
The ball as originally used by the
Chinese was round leather bag
stuffed with hair. Bamboo poles
were erected, and it was the aim Of
the contending sides to kick the
ball over q net stretched on these
poles. Some Of the stories taken
by Professor Giles from the old his
torians are not. without application
today. Thus of a Taoist priest of
the sixteenth century, who was a
good player, We read: "He used
shoulders, back, breast and belly to
take the place of his feet. He could
withstand several antagonists, max
ing the ban run around his body
without dropping" And of GER
tain game played before certain
emperor on his birthday it is said
that the winners "were rewarded
with flowers, fruit, wine and even
silver bowls and brocades. The cap
tain of the losing side was logged
and suffered other indignities."
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-23
A Modest Ambition.

The Hon. Mr.. Sweet was making
friends with Johnny, his hosts son.
"And how old are you% he asked.
"I'm FIVE" said Johnny.
"Ah! Quite a little mani And
what are you going to be?" ques-
toned Mr.. Sweet, who has been
senator so many years that he now
believes that he selected his own ca
reer in the cradle and that all In
fants do likewise.
"1'm going to be SIX" Johnny re.
turned, with conviction.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-23
Mareoni Antloinatad.

An Psychologist and an Assyriol.
Vgist were diSputing about the rela.
tive advancement Of the two ancient
peoples whom they were studying.
"Why, sir" cried the Egyptolo.
gist, I'VE find remains Of wires In
Egypt, which prove they understood
electricity
"Pshaww answered the Assyriolo-
gist. eve don't find any wires Il
Assyria, and that shows that thsy
understood wireless tslsgraphyp
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-23
MlldAwed Llnan.

Mildew can be removed from lin.
en- by a preparation of soft soap,
powdered starch and salt, used in
equal proportions and to which the
Juice Of a lemon has been added.
Paint both sides of the linen with
this and put the linen out in the
air until the stain is removed.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-23
Water With Meals.

Water taken with meals should be
sipped as well as taken sparingly'
Ice water should be taken as seldom
as possible-never would be a better
rule-and the habit of putting chip
ped ice in the drinking water is to
be avoided, as one never knows what
may be taken into the stomach
through this medium. The better
way is to I'll bottles with water and
allow them to stand beside ice to
chill,
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-23
FraternaI Orders.

Rockblidge Lodge, No. So. l. 0: o: f.
meets every Thursday night, at Odd Fol-
lows Hall.
Lexington Lodge, No. 66, K. Of p,
meets every Tuesday night, ct 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.i92O Royal
Arcanum, meets list and Srd Friday
nights in each month, at Odd Fellows
Hall.
Lee jackson Council, No. 50, Junior
Order American Mechanics, meets every
2nd and 4th Friday nights at Odd Fellows
Hall.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-23
Quick Changes

From hot to cold and back again try
strong constitution and cause. among
other evils, nasal catarrh. a troublesome
and offensive disease. Sneezing and
snufiing, coughing and difficult breath
ing and the dip, drip OF the foul dis
charge into the throat all are ended
by Ely's Cream Balm. This honestand
positive remedy contains no cocaine,
mercury, nor other harmful ingredient.
The worst cases are cured in short
time. All druggists Soc, or mailed by
Ely Bros, SO Warren Street, New
York City.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-23
The industrious American Her


The American hen made a rec
erd last week, says the New York
World. On Thursday there were
received in New York over 40, 600
cases containing Is, 1875, 900 eggs.
This was almost four eggs each
for every man, woman and child
in Greater New York, or more
than three times the average daily
consumption. The value of these
eggs was $250,OO0.
The praise of the American hen
and the recognition Of her work
have Como beyond the annual
statistics Of the Secretary Of Agri-
culture. He reports that last year
the eggs of the United States we're
worth more than cotton or wheat
mere than all the potatoes, the
barley, the tobacco, the sugar-cane
and the rice. They almost equal
the dairy product, and are surpass-
ed only BY the corn crop, a good
part Of which 10 fed to hens,
The Congressional Record also
includes a proper tribute to the in
dustry and value of the American
hen. Every three months she pro-
duces more wealth than the CAPT
tai stock Of all the banks in the
New York Clearing house. In two
months she lays more value than
the annual products of all the
gold mines of the United States.
Her eggs for six months are worth
more than the years production of
pig iron. In less than two years
the American hen could pay off
the debt of the United States.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-23
10 Keep Bread Fresh.

In Swiss and German farmhouses,
where the baking takes place once
a fortnight or certainly at fairly
long intervals, such a thing as un-
pleasantly stale bread is almost un-
known. 1t is put away in a peculiar
manner, which tends to preserve its
freshness. Sprinkle -four freely in
to an empty flour sack, and into this
pack the loaves, being careful to
have the top crusts Of two loayes
touching. Where they have to lie
bottom to bottom sprinkle flour be-
tween them. Tie up the sack and
hang it up in an airy place - not
against a wall, but so that it can
swing. The day before the loaf is
wanted take it out, brush off the
-four and stand it in the cellar over
night. In this way bread remains
edible for three or four weeks.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-23
Sens In Verse
0ratofuIness.

oratofulness.
Thou that hast given so much TO me,
Give one thing more. a grateful heart
See how thy bsggar works on thee
BY art.
he makes thy gifts occasion more
Ard says II he In this be crossed
All thou hast given him heretofore
Is lost.
Wherefore cry. and cry again.
And IN no quiet caust thou be
TIN thankful heart obtain
OF thee
Not thankful. when II plsaseth me.
A. Il thy blessings had spare days,
hut such 2 heart. whose pulse may b
Thy praise.
George Herbert
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-23

ana cheerfulneSS soon
disappear when the kid
neys are out Of order
or diseased.
kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that II Is not uncommon
fer a child 10 b. born
afflicted with weak kid
neys. 1.-THE child urin-
afaa lnn offao ~ the
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-23
aolIad Iinan.

When linen is much soiled or has
been lying soiled too long little
dissolved in hot water will
clean it with half the amount Of
soap required without the pipeclay,
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-23

urine scalds the flesh or II, when the child
teaches an age when It should be able to
control the passage, Il Is yet afflicted Nth
bed-wctting. depend upon It. the cause Of
the difficulty Is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment Of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble Is due to a diseased condition Of the
kidneys and bladder and not to habit a.
most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made mis-
cradle with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect Of
Swafnp-Root is soon realized. II Is sold
by druggists, in fifty EE
cent and one dollar A4Ts s,"::E:-:hh
sizes. You may have !: I IiI''|i;i
sample bottle by mail
free. also pamphlet tell Homo Of srampROOt
ing all about il, including many Of the
thousands of testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured. In writing DR.. Kilner
& Co.. Binghamton. N. T., be sure and
mention this paper.
Don't make any mistake, but remember
the name, Swamp-Root DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Roo,, and the address, Binghamton,
N. 7, on every bottle.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-23

Pennsylvania will present to
Virginia at the close of the James
town Exposition the Pennsylvania
State Building, which is to be a
reproduction Of Independence Hall
in Philadelphia.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-23
Good Common Law.

One of the absurdities Of the law
was strikingly illustrated at Shrews-
bury quarter sessions recently when
a man was charged with stealing a
quantity of lead from the yeranda
of an empty house. The lead, said
the recorder, was attached to the
veranda and thereby became part Of
the freehold. AS part Of the free
hold the lead was land in the eye
of the law. Land could not be
stolen, and therefore the prisoner
could not be convicted of larceny.
According to the recorder, the only
remedy of the owner against a per-
son taking lead from the roRf Of a
building is to bring a civil action for
damages. Truly the law is "a haSS"
if it was correctly laid down in this
case.-London Truth.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-23
To skin Tomatoaa.

Instead OF putting tomatoes into
hot water to loosen the skin when
peeling them, try rubbing the skin
With the Fat sdsa aA:tAa kaisa. +
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-23
Women as Well. as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind. DIS
;ourages and lessons ambition; beauty. vIgor
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-23
he SAW SIR WALTER SCOTT.

Richard D. Thomson of Edin-
burgh the other day told an audi
ence that when a schoolboy he fire.
quently saw Sir Walter Scott. Once
when on a fishing expedition Sir
Walters carriage came along and
stopped, and Mr.. Scott of Raeburn
told Sir Walter who Mr.. Thomson
was. Sir Walter spoke to him, pat
ted him on the shoulder and hoped
that he would be a good boy and a
credit to his ancestors. He was
known to the SCOTS, as his grand
father sold the first bit Of Abbots-
ford to Sir Walter. Mr.. Thomson
was quite elated at the carriage
stopping on his account. On going
home he mentioned the incident,
and he remembered his aunt saying:
Remember that. 1t will be some
thing to tell when you are an old
man."
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-12-03
EDITORIAL

On the eighth of the present mon
tn will be put into effect the plans
by Mr.. Crosas, representing the Board
Health, looking to the placing of &
tress in the acqueduct and carrying
out the measures for the necessary
improvements on the banks Of the
river suggested by the sanitary au-
thorities, together with the construc-
tion of bridge over the same river
and the other works demanded by
public necessity.
The works planned by the Board
of Health are highly essential under
conditions like the present, which
are of the utmost gravity. 4 month
seems long time when the public
health is involved and menaced by
causes which ought to have been rem
edied as we'll as foreseen.
Considering that the filtres and
much of the material needed for car
riying out the orders of the Health
authorities have to be brought from a
distance, it is not TO be wondered at
that so much time has elapsed before
the beginning of the work. "A month
of expectation, during which there
has existed the suspicion that the
water is contaminated a month of
and uncertainty under such
circumstances is difficult to endure.
The promptness with which the
has carried out the ord
ders of the Superior Board of Health
ought to be appreciated.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-12-03

But at the same time we cannot
refrain from commenting on the ap-
parent lack Of consideration shogn
by elements whose attitude is inexcu-
sable and extraordinary in the face
of problem 50 grave, matter Of
such vital importance as the one
under consideration.
SWhat are administrators of the ac-
|quednct doing?
Before sending out bills for the
use of water which has had such a
disastrous effect on the inhabitants
of San Juan and its suburbs, the
municipal administration ought to
see to it that the improvements ord
cred are effected. IN view of the un-
cleanliness in which some part of
the acqueduct is found.
The municipal administration, in
the light of the importance of the
work in question, ought 10 make all
possible ha ste in carrying It to its
succe cessful consummation, IN order
to demonstrate that the authorities
in charge of the acqueduct have the
proper intest in the purity of the wa
ter which is paid for by the resid-
ents of San Juan at an extraordinary
price, and see that it is not in the
unsatisfactory condition in which It
is found at the present time.
The preservation of the public
health should merit more attention,
more regard and more respect than
has been shown.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-12-03
NUEVk EDICI0N
DEL
C6dig o Civil

En- los talleres del BoLETIN MER-
CANTIL Sc ha terminado Ia impression
de una nueva edicion del C6digo CT
vii. aumentada y completada con "A
apendices que contienen las leyes
posteriores a la fecha de dicho cuerpo
legal, como 10 son laslque tratan del
matrimonio natural, inscripciones de
nacimientos. nuevas legftimas, heren-
cia del Estado. testigos habiles, interes
legal, blenes propios de los c6nyu-
ges; disposiciones del C6digo de En-
juiciamiento Civil y de la Ley de
evidencia sobre capacidad jurfdica
medios de prueba, prescription de
acciones, hipotecas judiciales, daflos y
perjuicios, Homestead, etc., etc.
La obra, que esta elegantemente
presentada, So halla de venta en- Ia
Iibrerfa del BoLETIN, al precio de $2
sl ejemplar.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-12-03
ONin0S oDIQS 1eCibidQS
EN- La
LIBRERIA DEL BOLETIN

La Corte de los Poetas, Florilegio
de Rimas Modernas
El Guante.-Mas ALA de las fuerzas
Humans, por 3. Bjoernson.
Reforma y Revolucion Social, po1
Arturo Labriola.
Los Doses en- el Destierro, por En-
riQue Heine.
La Duma, por Luis Morote.
Diez y seis amos en- Siberia, ~ Obra
proaibida en- Russia, por Leon
Denttsch.
Ell Idea1ismo Moderno, por G. Villa.
El Proceso de JeS1s, por Juan Ro-
sadi.