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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-08-21
THE TYPEWRITER.
Various Tests That Should Be Applied
Before Purchasing.

Always look a typewriter over
well before buying or renting.
The first test which a stenogra-
pher makes of new typewriter Is
to ascertain whether all the KEYS
work and whether the types are all
perfect or not.
The sentence "The quick brown
fox jumps over the lazy dog" is the
one which is usually used, for it
contains every letter Of the alpha
bet. Many use "Now is the time
for every good man to come to tho
aid of his country" But this one
is not So good, for four or five let
tiers are missing.
After punching out the test sem
tence on the small letters it should
be repeated, using the capital let
tiers. Then the figures should be
punched in rotation, for they are
often inaccurate.
The most vulnerable points in
typewriter are the keys and types.
With little use they are apt to fly
off, and it is highly important to
ascertain that these are all securely
affixed.
Another point is the action. IL
the typewriter does not have free |
and easy movement, you are certain |
to have trouble with it.
In buying second hand machine
or in renting always look carefully
at the types, for usually they are
worn uneven from use or have been
Jared slightly out of place. If two
or three types are inaccurate, they
will ruin the whole appearance of
the typewriter sheet.
1t has been found by many large
firms that the renting of machines
is much cheaper than the owning
of them. A typewriter needs CON
slant attention and repairs. Usual
ly the renting company includes the
repairing in the rental contract,
and that is where the saving comes
in.
A typewriter is as delicate as
watch. Never attempt to repair a
break yourself. 1t will probably
evolve into a series of complications
which will make costly repair job
Always keep the machine clean.
The work will be neater and cleaner
f the machine is clean and well oil
ID, and the life of the typewriter
depends directly upon the cleaning
md oiling.-New York Herald.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-08-21
Az a Brother.

a certain curate was of painful
ly nervous temperament and in
consequence was constantly max
ing awkward remarks-intended as
compliments-to the bishop and
others. Having distinguished him
self in an unusual degree during a
gathering of clergy to an afternoon
tea at the bishops palace, he was
taken to task for his failings by
senior curate, who was one of
his companions on the way home.
"Look here, Bruce" said the SEN
ior decidedly, you are a donkey.
Why cannot you keep quiet instead
of making your asinine remarksF
/ am speaking to you now as a
brother
Loud laughter interrupted him at
this point, and for the moment he
why.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-08-21
Effect of Limo on tho System.

A medical scientist is authority
for the statement that children and
old people especially suffer from a
lack of lime in the system. Persons
who habitually drink soft water,
while they may enjoy immunity
from certain of the ills of life, ex-
pose themselves to others perhaps
quite as much to be avoided. Hard
water helps the teeth and the bones
by furnishing lime, which is neces-
sary to health, growth and develop,
ment. Old persons who drink but
little lose their teeth more quickly
than those who take a reasonable
amount of drinking water. Lime
or food products in which it
it abounds should be a part of the
regular supply furnished to tho eys-
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-08-21
Men Past Sixty in Da e ger

More than half Of mankind over sixty
years OF age suffer from kidney and
bladder disorders. usually enlargement
OF PROSTATE glands. This is both pain
lul and dangerous and Foley's Kidney
Cure should be taken at the first sign
Of danger, az it corrects lrregularitie.
and has cured many old men OF this
disease. Mr. Rodney Burnett, Rcckport
Mo-. writes: 81 suffered enlarged
PROSTATE gland ann kidney trouble for
years and after taking two bottles of
Foley's Kidney Cure | feel better than
have for twenty years, although | am
row 81 yeals old.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-08-21
The White House DESIGN.

The White House is an exact
copy of the Duke of Leinster's pal,
ace, Dublin. In March, 1899, the
commissioners on building adyer-
tised for "a plan for a presidents
house to be erected in the city of
Washington" The prize offered
was $500, and that of James Hoban,
a young Irish mechanic, was accept
ed. The design was supposed to be
original, but when the house was
completed it was learned that Ho-
ban had copied it from the dukes
palace.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-08-21
Faced the Liens.

African Explorer (spinning a
yarn)-Not very long ago l went
out one day unarmed, when | sud
denly found myself face to face
with three lions.
Friend-Well?
Explorer fixed my gaze on the
brutes, then stuck my hands in my
pockets and walked away, whistling
an air from an opera.
Friend-And didn't the lions i'm
mediately rush at you?
Explorer-They couldn't. 1t was
at the zoo.-London Tit-Bits.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-08-21
Characteristics Of Animals.

The animal Of least intelligence
in a circus menagerie is the beauti-
full giraffe the most intelligent, the
monkey; the most timid, yet the
most dangerous, the elephant; most
untrustworthy, the cats, including
all those animals belonging to the
feline family; most affectionate, the
seals; most i'll tempered, the hip
popotamus, who is never in pleas
ant frame of mind from the day of
his birth until he is ready to be
skinned and mounted in a natural
history museum Spare Moments.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-08-21
'Y0U ALL" IN THE SOUTH.
What Makes This Popular Phrase a
ProvinciaIism.

Philologists claim that some OF
the most interesting phases of a
Language may be traced through the
medium of so called colloquialisms
and idioms, and a consideration of
the phrase you al" as used
throughout the south, would GER
tainly seem to make good this as
sertlon. The subject is treated in
Uncle Remus' Magazine in an arti-
Gle by c. AL phonso Smith of the
University of North Carolina. He
says in part:
"ln almost every discussion of
this idiom the disputants have con-
fined themselves to the question,
Is it used in the south as singu-
lar| Northern writer's have gem
orally supported the affirmative,
while southern writer's have defend
ed the negative. In fact, Mason
and DixOn's line will have to be re-
traced and made to mark not a po-
litieal but an idiomatic distinction.
The shibboleth is no longer, What
do YOU think of slavery or secession
or state rights? but, On the con-
tested use of you all are you for the
singular OF for the plural?
Southern people undoubtedly
use you all in a sense particularly
their own and not as the equiva-
lent of all of you.
"What, then, is the distinctive
meaning attached to this idiom in
the south? What makes the phrase
provincialism as used in the
south, but not a proyincialism as
used elsewhere? The following
sentences will illustrate:
"FIrst.-A mother to her chill
dren, If you all (you children) don't
make less noise, Pll send you to
bed
"Second-A teacher to his pu-
Plls, lou all (you puplls) haven't
half studied this lesson
in not one of these Characters
tic sentences would a southerner
ever think of substituting all of you
for YOU all. Both idioms are plural,
but the distinctive thing about
southern you all is not its plural
sense, but its representative sense,
together with the accent on you.
"You all, therefore, with the ac-
'ent on you, is not an error for
'ou all, with the accent on all, or
or all of you. /
at is something entirely differ
mt. The standard you all and all
# you are employed as frequently
n the south as elsewhere, the dis
motive you all supplying desid-
ratum not furnished by either of
he other two phrases. Joel Chan
Ter Harris writes as follows:
"You may say without any hest
alton whatever that ''you all" and {
we all" you uns" and "we uns"
lyariably refer to more than one I
ldiyidual. These locutions some t
mes refer to a partner, to a family,
} a settlement and to whole COM /
unity, but never to one individual.
have seen assertions to the con- i
airy, but you may put them down '
gross Mistakes ," Q
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-08-21
The Call OF the Past.

every little while | get an awfu
hankering to get in the back Ell
Of grocery and settle few of tn
national questions" said Wall
street man who lived in the coun-
try until he was twenty-five years
old.
81 believe some suburban grocer
could make a bunch of money by
fitting up a big place with an old
Ben Franklin stove and then adver-
Using that every one who desired
to loaf and talk politics would be
allowed to do so at so much an
hour and furnish his own tobacco"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-08-21
Hurryina Him.

A superintendent of the Little
Wanderers home attended a watch
night service and closed his testi-
mony by saying, at may be but a
month longer that l shall be here,
perhaps a week, or even before the
close of another day 1 shall be
gone" He had hardly seated him
Self when a young man in the back
of the yestry started the old song,
ooh, why do you wait, dear brother,
oh, why do you tarry so longw--
Christian Register.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-08-21

Hundreds of people yearly go
through ainful operations needlessly.
because they never tried Man Ian Pile
Remedy. 1t is put up in such a form
that IL can be applied right where the
trouble lies. 1t relieves the pain anu
Inflammation. 1t is for any form OF
piles. Price Scots. Sold by 3. II
GCrrelrs Drug Stole
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-08-21

Pineules are far the Kidneys AID
Bli oder They bring quick relief to
backacEe, rheumatism, lumbago, tired
worn out feeling. They produce natur
al action Of the kidneys in altering
waste matter ont of the blood 80 days
treatment S1.00. Money refunded il
Pineules are not satisfactory. Sold by
h. II. Gorrell's Drug Store
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-08-21

Since he has received his honorary
degree at the University of Oxford
Gen. William Booth has been making a
tour OF Great Britain in motor Ger.
In even the humblest hamlet there l.
a branch Of the Salvation Army. He
has been received everywhere with
veneratiOn by great throngs. No En-
peror ever called forth greater mani
fe;talicn of his power over the people
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-08-21
FraternaI Orders.

Rockbii dge Lodge, No. So, LOO. F.
meets every Thursday night, at Odd Fel-
lows Hall.
Lexington Lodge, No. sc, K. Of P.
meets every Tuesday night, at Odd Eel
lows Hall.
Liberty Lodge, No, 2, Daughters o
hebekah, meets every Monday night, a
Odd Fellows Hall.
Mountain City Lodge, No. 81, Ancient
York Masons, meets 1st and 3rd Nor.
'ay nights at Masonic Hall
Natural Bridge Council, No.1920 Royal
Arcanum, meets 1st and 5rd Friday
nights in each month. at Odd Fellows
Hall.
Lee Jackson Council, No 80, Junior
Order American Mechanics, meets every
snd and 4th Friday nights at Odd Fellows
Hall
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-08-21

Pineules for the kidneys strengthen
these organs ana assist In drawing poi
son from the blood. Try them for
rheumatism. kidney, bladder trouble,
for lumbago and tired worn out feeling
They bring quick relief. Satisfaction
Guaranteed. Sold by B. II. Gorrel's
Drug Store.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-08-21

Summer coughs and colds YIELD at
once TO Bees Laxative Cough Syrup.
Contains honey and tar buI no oPiales.
Children like it, Pleasant to take. It,
laxative qualities recommend it to
mothers. Roarseness, coughs, clOul
yield quickly. Sold By Il. h. Gorreli's
Drug Store.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-08-21
MEANINGS of DYKE.

Dyke" has even more divergent
meanings than ditch in Lincoln
shire and bank in Holland. In
Scotland it means a low wall or
fence of turf or unmortared stones,
and in some parts of northern Eng
land dyke" is a hedge. Yet there
are other northern districts where it
is pond. Originally, in English,
at any rate, dyke" or "dike" and
Glitch" both mean what ditch still
means to us. But as the digging
out Of a ditch necessarily involves
the raising of mound with the
dug out earth the words came to
signify ditch and mound together
and eventually in some cases the
mound alone. An even more curious
instance of word that has devel-
oped a sense apparently quite OPP
posed to its original one is that of
"down a hill" "Of dune" the An
glo-SaxOn for "from the down, or
hill" became "adown," and this was
contracted into our modern adverb
down." which certainly mas no
billy sense now.-London Chroni-
Gle.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-08-21

II you suffer from bloating, belching
sour stomach, Indigestion or Dyspep-
STA, take Rings Dyspepsia Tablet aft
or each meal, and overcome the disa-
greeable trouble. IL will improve the
appetite, and cid digestion. Sold by
b. H. Gorrell's Drug Store.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-08-21

Headache and constiI alton disappear
when Rings Little Liver Pills are used.
They keep the system clean, the stom-
ach sweet. Taken occasionally they
keep you we'll They are for the entire
family; Sold by B. H. Gorrell's Drug
Gforo
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-08-21

The bites and stings of Insects, tan
sunburn, cuts, burns AMI bruises are re
lieved at once with Pinesalye Carlo
lied. Acts like a poultler, and draw.
out inflammation. Thy 1t. Price 2jc
Sold By b. H. Gorrel's Drug Store.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-08-21

Man Ian Pile Remedy comes put up
in col!apsible tube with a nozzle.
Easy to apply right where soreness
and inflammation exists. 1t relieves at
once bind bleeding, itching or protrud.
ing piles. Guaranteed. Price soc. Get
it today. Sold by b. H. Gorrell's Drug
Store
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-08-21

Secretary Cortelyou proposes 10 ep.
ply civil service rules Ia the Treasury
Department without reference to sex,
and has begun by promoting several
deserving women clerks to better places
and higher salaries.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-08-21

Apples costing six cents each whole
sale are offered in Convent Garden
market, London. They come from Tas
mania and are said to be the largest
apples ever grown They ale equal in
size to the small English melon.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-08-21
Sens In Verse
KNOWLEDGE.

learned man came to me once.
He said. II know the way; come"
And | was overJoyed by this
Together we FASTENED
Soon. too soon. were We
Where nay eyes were useless,
And knew not the ways of my feet
chung to the hand of my friend,
But at last he cried. ~ am lost"
Stephen Crane.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-08-21

The night hawk makes no nest at all,
simply laying it's eggs in q slight de
preston in the ground. The eggs look
so much like small stores that they
pas s undetected by the searcher.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-08-21

The white population in Liberia Is
showing "a notable increase. 1t has been
found that African fevers are less fire.
quent and deadly there than In other
regions.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-08-21

In South Australia it costs the rail-
way companies $780, year to Re.
move the vegetation that grows on the
permanent WaYs.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-08-21

Lancaster county, Pennsylvania,
has 81 Presbyterian churches, and at
least three of the congregations are
almost 200 years old.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-08-21

A new cure for eases OF nerves Is
the sand cure. But eveiYEchy hnoWs
that the man who he's sufficient sand
never suffers tErou1h nerves.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-08-21
A Guaranteed Cure for piles

Itching, Blind. Bleeding, Pre- tnding
Piles. Druggists are authorized TO re-
fund money il PAZO OINTMENT
fails to cure In to IA days. sc.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-08-21

Engineers say Victoria Falls could
supply enough power for all needs Of
Rhodesia and the Transvaal.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-08-21

Censure of the truly great man has no
more effect than the bite of flea on
the hide of On elephant,
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-08-21

who take vacations in Sanitariums,
on featherweight rations, but the
healthy vigorous manhood and
womanhood that constitute Tie
useful majority. The FIRST roasted
packaged coffee; sales d Albuck-
les ARIOSA Coffee for 81
The pioneer express., 1907-11-01
GRABS 5000 FROM RUhNfRl
BOLD THIEF ATTEMPTS ROB l
Berry At PHILADELPHIA
sueTREAsURY.

Philadelphia, Oct. 27.-One Of the
boldest attempts at robbery in this
city in long time occurred yesterday
when two men tried to get away with
$4,000 they had seized from bank
runner in the United States subtreas.
ury. Both were arrested and all the
money was recovered.
After II o'clock yesterday morning
j. p. Cronin, runner for the Frank.
lin National bank, was handed several
large bundfles of money by paying
teller in the subtreasury. He placed
$4,000 in a satchel and walked to a
bench nearby with the remainder,
amounting to $4,000 in 500 bills.
He laid the money ON the bench, in.
tending to open the satchel and place
it,with the other money. At the same
moment one of the men grabbed the
$4,000 lying on the bench and started
out the front door.
The bank runner instantly gave
chase, raising an alarm as he did so.
The runner was close to the thief
when the other thief stuck out his
foot and tripped him and tried to es.
cape. He had only gone few feet
when watchman captured him.
Others in the subtreasury started
after the man with the money. He
was captured a half block from the
subtreaSury..
The pioneer express., 1907-11-01
BUSINESS s BLOCKS / 3 0lIIl'|' BURNED.
BATHaATE, ". d, SUFFERS FlRs:
LOSS AMouNTlNo 70
OVER $s5,ooo.

4 Bathgate, NJ. D., Oct. % Fire
broke out in the store OF Fred How.
ard and the flames quickly spread to
adjoining buildings, resulting in .,
loss Of $35,2OO.
The fire caught in the roof from the
chimney and communicated to s. D.
Boswick's hardware store. ]. ]. Au.
gers general store was next on fire
and was soon consumed.
The next building to go was DR..
James Office, which was connected
with the drug store of Wilmer &
Derby. The next building was the
Citizens bank and hall, in the sec.
ond story OF which the telephone of.
fee YVES located. The next was the
meat market of Andy Richardson and
the fire hall was next. The bridge
also got badly scorched on the west
side of the street.
The flames spread to the east. side
where the building of F. A. Fielder
occupied by Demarse & Ardis' hard.
ware store was burned to the ground.
The two buildings of S. D. Bostwicls;
also burned.
All burned like tinder, the flames.
being famed by strong south wind
Buildings for nearly a half block
burned.
The pioneer express., 1907-11-01
CALLED bad DIPLOMACY"
Fleets Cruise Criticised by Count
Okuma Of Japan.

Fleets Cruise Criticised by Count
okuma Of Japan.
New York, Oct. 2G.-Dr. Louis l..
Seaman, ex-surgeon major, U. S. A.,
who was with the Japanese forces,
both naval and military, during the
Russo-Japanese war, has received a
letter from Count Okuma, the Japa-
nese progressive leader, in which
Count Okuma said that the sending
of the Atlantic fleet to the Pacific was
not good diplomacy.
Foreign newspapers" County Oku-
ma wrote, "are too pessimistic. The
Japanese are convinced that there
will be no war. Every case like the
San Francisco incident is sure to have
bad effect.
Il think that the trouble is due to
the states sovereignty principle in
the United States. The power of the
states is too great. They are too in.
dependent. The sending of the Allan
tic fleet to the Pacific is not good di.
plomacy."
The pioneer express., 1907-11-01
Accidental Happenings.

w. G. Albrecht, twenty years old,
died in Chicago from injuries received
during football game.
A ive-story building at 226 Lake
street, Chicago, was destroyed by fire.
The loss is estimated at 100000.
Five men were drowned at Katalla.
in Alaska. according to information
brought by the British steamship Sar.
atoga.
Two miners are known to have been
killed and at least three injured in an
explosion at the Kimberly mines two
miles east of Nelsonville, Ohio. The
mine employees about $50 miners, but
It is not known Just how many were
in the mines at the time of the ey.lp.
sion.
Four persons we're killed, ten are
I'm the hospital and more than score
were more or less injured in a head
on collision Of two Sherman Heights
street ears, near. the city limits Of
Chattanooga. Confusion OF signals is
said TO have been the cause o; the &C.
sidsnt.
The pioneer express., 1907-11-01
EXPLOSION KILLS MANY.
Fear Of Repetition of Earthquake
Keeps People in the Open.


Keeps People in the Open.
Rome. Oct. q. - Little additional
news was received here yesterday
from the districts of Calabria, which
were devastated by earthquake shocks
during the evening of Oct. %. The
bad weather continues i'll the south,
and it is feared that many persons are
likely to lose their lives as the result
of exposure, fear of repetition of the
earthquake preventing them from re-
turning to the villages. Many of the
homeless people have erected tents or
are living under other temporary COW
erings. A few fresh shocks were ex.
perienced yesterday, but no further
damage has been reported.
King Victor Emmanuel has donated
$4,000 from his private purse which,
added to the amounts given by Pope
Plus and the government, brings the
total of the contributions for relief
work to $4,000.
The pioneer express., 1907-11-01
BIG CROPS RAISE LAND PRICES.

Farms In Southern Minnesota Sell for
SO and $66 an Acre.
Window, Mimi, Oct. 27.-The good
crops and high prices for grain this
year have given an impetus to the
value Of Southern Minnesota land.
Three topnotcher sales were made the
other day in Cottonwood county land.
The Bird farm, In Springfield town
ship, was sold for 80 an acre, the
John Deylin farm, near Window, sold
at $40 and the Will Besser farm, near
Mountain Lake. sold 1t $65. Z.
The pioneer express., 1907-11-01
Crimes.

William c. Cummings, a laborer
aged seventy years, was held up and
robbed of II cents at Waterloo, Iowa,
1t is alleged, by two Italian tramps.
Angered by the frequency Of his
wife's visits to a dentist prompted c.
+. Burch Of Chicago to kill his wife
and then turn his revolver upon him
self. Both are dead.
Mrs. Bertha Niederpruden commit.
ted suicide by throwing herself in
front of trolley car at Detroit. Her
body was wound up in the gear of the
car and dismembered.
Following quarrel over a transfer
slip on Polk street car at San Fran
cisco. Charles Moss was shot and in.
stantly killed and two other passen.
gers wounded by the conductor.
Crazed with drink and Jealousy,
William Rainey, young grocer Of
Brunswick, Ca. shot and mortally
wounded his wife. He then placed
the revolver to his head and fired, dy.
ing instantly.
Engaged in a fistic encounter at
Marquette, Mich, with a playmate
aged fourteen. Edmund Leroux, sev.
enteen years old, suddenly fell to the
ground and expired. The quarrel orig
mated in dispute at football game.
An inquest will be held.
Amassa Campbell, the millionaire
lumberman from Amigo, Wis, slayer
of DR.. Harris, is in the hospital at
the county jail in Chicago with a
broken leg. Campbell received his in
5uries in fight with his cellmate in
murderers' row. According to story
told by his attorney. Campbell, who is
most exemplary prisoner, was at.
tackled by his cellmate because of
some slight affront.