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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-07
EARNINGS OF A THOROUGHBRED.
-. 500. 900 70 the Credit Of 81. Simon and
His stock

A great feature in racing during the last
Ave and twenty years has been the enor-
nous amounts hat have been gained ~
thorou ghbred sires, and consequently their
extraordinary value.
Il can scarcely be conceived. says B1iiy's
Magazine. that in twenty years st. Simon's
stock have O in stakes the moaetrous
total OF EJi0,247 l4s.. that his stud fees
during that period amounted to e2?7,6a1
los.
This ia G737,s4 4s. TO the credit Of one
horse. and he In alive now. looking hsar:7
and well at 20 years. with a full compile
ment OF foals this spring and with every
promise Of some usefulness TO come.
hav paid a visit to st. Simon'within the
last month and I have never seen a veteran
Of his age look fresher. On his toes as usual,
all life. n with the quick, sharp manner
Of q game cock. the old warrior looks every
inch a gentleman, and he 10 we'll worth .
journey to see-the unbeaten hero Of the
r~acecourse, IN gamer Of over three parts
NJ a million. with one OF his sons disposed -
for $1,000 g~uineas. a dau lighter for l?,eol
guineas and 10000 sovereigns refused
for another son.
Il il no wonder that great prices are paw
for thorou ghbred sires, as they are worth
fabulous ngures.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-07
DO NEW WORKERS LIKE NOIsEr
Yes. Sayv . COmmuter, Who Has Been
Noting the Things They Buy.

Yes. Sayv . COmmuter, VINO Has Been
Noting the Things They Buy.
Every now and then I hear q good deal
Of talk about the noises in New York. said
q commuter. Some one steps to tho front
and complains about the hucksters' yells
and the milkmen's clatter and the auto
mobile horns n the boat whistles and the
Photographs and q few other things, and
some n else gets busy and starts an anti
noise society and induces q lot of indignant
people to join It right on.
well, I used to believe this kick was tho
real thing and I was chock full Of sympathy
for suffering New Workers. who had suoh a
strenuous time trying to get q little quiet
either night or day. But ! have stopped.
I'm not letting my ~sympathies 20 TO waste
any more"
$50 you think they were wasted3' .
Manhattanite asked.
Il certainly 10. My business OF late has
taken me often along some Of the shopping
thoroughfares where the vendors Of mo
ohanioal toys are out In full force. Ever
notice those toys1'
mot particularly
Il thought not. The best sellers are tho
ones that make the most noise, and I don't
believe there 10 . toy for sale on the side
walks which doesn't mako some noise.
One afternoon one man was selling
small wooIly black dogs and white dogs.
When a spring was touched the animal
barked. There was q crowd Of women
around the a
Isn't that QUITE exclaimed one.
That's Just the way Ndo does said
another. admiringly.
-'Yap, zap. yap.' went the toy. lunging
forward at her.
THE crowd began to p its wrist bags
and get out the price, a quarter.
Not far apart on the next block were
two men selling toy violins. The squeak
they made was awful. But women, and
men too. stopped to listen and to buy the
thinge-yes, TO pay money to wi that
squeak.
Of noise and when In the next street I heard
a sharp squeal like a pig in distress I stopped,
looked around and stepped up to where
the crowd was handing out dimes as fast
az q fat man could take thefnI in exchange
for automatic pigs. which by Working q
into sausages.
"A man operating q whistle which sounded
like a flock Of frenzied canaries. only
more so. and a second nan twirling a wooden
a thousand power concentrated extract
Of katydids were among the attractions
In Twenty third street that shoppers seemed
90 like. Blu these were nothing to q toy
further up Sixth avenue.
Eat first I couldn't make out where the
noise hke a wheezy ~phonograph anne
from. The machine was little, but the
noise IL made put the big monographs
in the shade. The thing wasn't for sale.
The man was q walking orchestra, and as
block would allow him to hang around
some M beokoned tho player over to the
other curb n handed him somo money.
He took IL with . bow, put II In his pocket,
o a fresh breath .and began making the
about then I made up my mind that when
New Workers. say they don't like noise
they arc putting up q pretty stif blum.
just fancy paying out good money 10 get
portable noise tsycarry home.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-07
From the Sketch.

Stammerng arises from q weak nerve
IN the brsin. Strengthen that nerve and the
stammsrer is cured. But IL so happens
that this particular nerve 10 never weak
In the csse Of people who are mean, or IN nd,
or utterly selfish.
u do not pretend 70 say that onIy STAN
merers have gentle, sensitive. sympathetic
stammers slightly will generally be found
TO be trustworthy, difhdent. kind hearted.
apd.. nine timss ont OF ten, possessed OF con.
siderable mental sbdltty.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-30

Who can explain or fathom the won
slrous instinct of the child? Lying In
the arms of its nurse, in its carriage or
elsewhere, its large, round. wondering
eyes roam over sea OF faces till sud
denly its features break into a sweet
smile, a baby laugh dances in its eyes,
perhaps the tiny hands are extended,
and the little body gives bound as
though it would throw itself through
space. What has happened? 1t has
recognized friend, nothing more ana
no less. 1t makes no mistake. wiser,
Derchance, In that moment OF inexperi-
enced hclplessness than 1t will be years
afterward, when the world and its III
mates have been studied In the light
of instruction and experience, Its love
offering Is seldom If ever mistakenly
presented. BY what power Is this chic
love directed? BY what subtle influ
ence does 1t see and know what IN
after years 1t may strive in vain &c
discern?
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-30
The Good Shepherd.

Provided a person about to embark
In sheep keeping were to inquire
what would be his first essential In
making a start In that Industry 1
should answer. Develop kind and
patient disposition" In reality 1t Is
practically useless for a man possessed
of q hard heart and cruel temper to
pay long prices for blooded stock or
short prices for culls. He Will sue
coed with neither In case he gives the
flock his personal care. The sheep. be-
ing n nervous. timld creature. cannot
thrive under abuse The man who
rears the finest specimens. the man
whose stock wins the purple and blue
In the show ring. you will find Is the
man who treats his stock as they
should be treated-with kindness.
Stock will ever respond to kind treat
ment. IT is the best feed" you can
give them. Tho rervo"s strain OF fear
is q serious obstacle to their well being
The person whom nature has blessed
with a kind heart or lie who has de'
veloped this disposition by his owl,
strong will power. such a man wilhsnc
coed in the sheepfold Of this worh and
succeed to the sheepfo!d OF the one be
yond.-American Sleep Breeder
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-30
FORCE OF WATER.
The Great Power That Is Exerted ~
Six Inch Stream.

The Great Power That Is Exerted By
Six Inch Stream.
The effect of the hydraulic motor,
which Is now used for the purpose OF
removing masses Of earth, well nigh
passes belief. A stream Of water Is
suing from a pipe six inches In diane
ter. with n fall behind 1t Of 375 feet,
will carry away a solid rock weighing
a ton or more to a distance or fifty or
a hundred feet. The velocity Of the
stream Is terrific, and the column OF
water projected Is so solid that II a
crowbar or other heavy object be
thrust against it the impinging object
will be hurled considerable distance.
BY this stream Of water man would
be instantly killed If he came In con-
tact with It even at distance OF q
couple of hundred feet. At 200 feet
from the nozzle q six inch stream, with
a 375 foot fall, projected momentarily
against the trunk Of tree VIII In
second denude 1t Of the heaviest bark
as cleanly as II it had been cut with
an ak. Whenever such stream Is
turned against bank it cuts and bur-
rows it In every direction, following
out great caves and causing tons OF
earth to melt and fall and be washed
away in the sluices
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-30

Although the fever of African ex-
ploration did not seize upon Henry NJ.
Stanley until after he found Living
stone, when the example set by the
latter fired the Welshman's ambitions,
there can be little doubt that Stanley
was a born explorer. Otherwise he
would scarcely have been able to ac-
compllsh those arduous journeys which
enabled him to fill up an enormous
blank In the map of Africa. Stanley's
discoveries were of. the greatest po-
litlcal Importance and led to the found
ing, among other things, of what Is
now the Kongo Free State. His ulti-
mate discovery Of Emin Pasha furnish
ed a magnificent illustration Of Stan
ley's indomitable courage and perse-
verance. London Mail.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-30
BURNING IN EFFIeY.
A Custom Born of the superstition
of the Ancfents.


of the Ancients.
The burning of people in effigy has
come from foolish superstition Of the
ancients, who believed that by burn
Ing a likeness of person they were
INJECTING pain upon the individual him
self. Theocritus tells us that the Greek
sorcerers killed their enemies by magic
rites performed over the edigy of the
person who had offended them, and
Virgil also makes mention Of this.
In the days Of witchcraft and perse-
cution one of the most common charges
against, witches was that they made
waxen images of their enemies which
they melted before fire and thus
caused the dissolution Of the originals.
The Japanese still regard the effigy
as q means of punishment OF faithless
lovers, and in France to the time OF
the first revolution execution by effigy
was legal rite. In the Netherlands
the same Illogical custom prevailed,
and the different religions burned the
effiges of each others leaders with
zeal. In England the burning of eff
figies was also practiced, as 1t was
later In America.
No doubt from the ancient custom OF
burning the effigy arose the idea OF
placing the wax figures of eminent men
In Westminster abbey. In olden times
upon the death of celebrity waxen
figure representing him fully dressed
as In life was made and carried In the
rear of the funeral procession. After
the service the efIigy was set up In the
church as q temporary monument, and
during the time it was on exhibition II
was customary to paste or pin pieces
of paper containing complimentary
epltaphs upon it. The royal figures III
Westminster abbey date back to the
fourteenth century.-New York Trib
llnp
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-30
WHAT MONEY Is.

Bait for the matrimonial hook.
The most effective substitute for
brains.
Money is the most difficult root to
cultivate.
That which women look for while
men sleep.
Money is the loudest sound in the
voice Of life.
What the rich don't need and the
poor don't get
A curse to some that have 1t and a
curse to all that haven't.
a provider for everything but happi-
ness, a passport to everywhere but
heaven.
The one thing that makes crooked
things look straight and straight things
crooked.
That which speaks language we
can oil understand, but In which so
few are able to converse.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-30
THE SHEPHERD
AND HIS FLOCK

Few of those most concerned ever
think of the feet of their sheep. But
this necessary appendage Of the ami
NAL Is of the utmost Importance to 1t
and calls for considerably more thought
and attention than are ever devoted to
It. saws the American Sheep Breeder.
The animals may be llmplng about
or crawling on their knees. but the
owner Of the flock may never look into
the cause of this disability, for we may
be sure that 1t is thus caused and that
the sheep do not Of their own VIII
thus move about with difficulty and
pain. But the owner Of a flock can
not neglect this matter safely or ne
may lose sheep now and then, with
vain. regrets that he did not attend to
1t before. This neglect Is to be avoid
ed In every way, for, as the ancient
SAYING goes, mo foot, no sheep" Sheep
travel many miles day when on pas
ture in efforts to gather the best OF
the heritage. And they should be
helped rather than impeded In this
pralseworthy occupation. The cover
Ing of the sleeps foot, the hoof,
grows as 1t is worn down at the bot
tom; but, whether 1t is worn or not. II
still grows, and In this way 1t may be
considerably injured II Its growth Is
mt as II should be. II II Is neglected,
the horn grows under and makes o
receptacle for filth, stones, mud and
waste matters, by which the horn Is
rotted. and then the interior OF the
foot becomes infamed, sore and very
painful. so that the sheep in this con-
dition will crawl on their knees to
feed, and, by reason of the acute pain.
they will become exceedingly poor and
the wool will loosen and fall of.
The remedy Is to carefully examine
the sleeps feet from time to time, and
az the side horn-the walls of the feet
grows under the sole this Is to be
pared and freed from gathered filth
and the feet we'll cleaned. 1t Is neces'
sary to do this often when sheep are ut
pasture on soft land or more so IL they
are herded at nights in yards In which
manure gathers. The proper lnstru'
ment for trimming the feet OF sheep Is
knife with a curved blade, which
should be kept sharp for Immediate
use when needed, which will be at In
tervals of two weeks or so and oftener
when sheep are running on wet land
AS sheep cannot suffer pain without
injury, 1t Is very important that this
work should be done regularly and
properly. All horn that Is soft or de-
cayed should be removed and the feet
left clear and clean.
Hurdles For Sheep.
We have a number Of styles OF hur
dies In use, but for most purposes pre-
fer those made Of four four-inch strips
twelve or fourteen feet long, with up
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-30
PHILIPPINE
ARMY 'DOB|E|TCH'
Disease Contracted in the Philippine
Sevice-Itching Pimples Covered
Body - Army Surgeons Failed
to Cure Discharged for Disabil-
ity--Cured by Cuticura, Now
A FIRM BELIEVER IN
CUTICURA REMEDIES

Ell enlisted in the Corps Of Engineers
as telegraph operator, and, while sta
toned in the Philippines, became sub
ject to the "Dobie Itch, as the natives
call it. In this disease small, white,
itching pimpies form under the skin.
generally between the toes, on the limbs,
between the fingers, and under the
arms. Inever knew of case originate
ing outside the Philippine Islands, but
have known Of many cases where u mas
returned in this country and invariably
at the same time Of the year as the orig
inal attack. The cause, so far as
could learn, was some tropical parasite
or germ peculiar to that region.
II got SO bad that was confined TO
my quarters a week at a time. The
Army Surgeons applied some carbolic
solution, and it would disappear for o
time when it would break out again.
/ was discharged from the Engineers
by reason OF disability contracted in
line Of duty, and when I had the
trouble again, my druggist, Mr.. r, OF
Brooklyn, recommended Cuticura Rem
edies. The immediate relief was mani
fest with my first purchase. and the
malady quickly yielded to the Rene,
dies. 1t has never REQUIRED or bothered
me since / began to use and continued
70 use the Cuticura Remedies. You
may quote me as believer in Cuticura
Remedies from personal experience
John s. Woods, 22l Sands St., Brooklyn,
N. Y, Oct. 81 and 20, 1906"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-30
THE REAL CHINESE GONG.
Il Makes an Uproar as Awful rs IL II
Astonishing.


Astonishing.
BY the way, did you ever hear real
Chinese gong? l don't mean q hotel
gong, but one Of those great moon
disks of yellow metal which have 50
terrible power of utterance.
A gentleman In Bangor. north Wales,
who had a private museum OF south
Pacific and Chinese curiosities, exhibit
ed one to me. 1t was hanging amid
FIJI spears beautifully barbed with
sharks teeth. which, together with
grotesque New Zealand clubs of green
stone and Sandwich Island paddles
wrought with the baroQue visages OF
the shark god, were depending from
the walls; also there were Indian ele-
plants In ivory, carrying balls In their
carveu bellies, each ball containing
many other balls inside 1t.
The gong glimmered pale and huge
and yellow, like the moon rising over q
southern swamp. My friend tapped
Its ancient face with q muf1ed drum
stick. and 1t commenced to sob like
waves upon low beach. He tapped II
again. and 1t moaned like the wind In
q mighty forest Of pines. Again, and 1t
commenced to roar, and with each tap
the roar grew deeper and deeper till 1t
seemed like thunder rolling over an
abyss In the Cordilleras or the crash
ing of Thor's chariot wheels.
IL H. uxwT
ful. l assure you did not laugh at II
at all. 1t impressed me as something
terrible and mysterious. / vainly
sought to understand how that thin
disk of trembling metal could pro-
duce so frightful a vibration. He In
formed me that 1t was very expensive,
being chiefly made of the most precious
metals. silver and gold.-From Life
and Letters Of Lafcadlo Hearn."
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-30
FISHERMEN.
There Are Two Classes, the Genuine
and the Pretenders.

There Are Two Classes, the Genuine
and the Pretenders.
II has sometimes been said that fish
ermen cannot be manufactured. This
Is true to the extent that nothing can
supply the lack of certain Inherent,
constitutional and Unborn qualities or
traits which are absolutely necessary
TO a fisherman's makeup. OF course
there are many who call themselves
fishermen and who insist upon their
membership in the fraternity who have
not in their veins drop of legitimate
fisherman blood. Their self asserted
relationship Is nevertheless sometimes
seized upon by malicious or Ignorant
critics as permitting the assumption
that the weaknesses and sins Of these
pretenders are the weaknesses and
sins of genuine fishermen. But In
truth these pretenders are only inter-
lopers who have learned little fish
language, who love to fish only when
they bite" who whine at bad luck,
who betray incredulity when they hear
q rousing fish story and who do or
leave undone many other things fatal
to good and regular standing. They
are like certain whites called squaw
men who hang about Indian reserva-
tons and gain certain advantages In
the tribes by marrying full blooded In
dian women. Surely no just person
would for moment suppose that gen.
uIne Indians could be treated fairly by
measuring them according to squaw
man standard. Neither can genuine
fishermen be fairly treated by judy
ing them according to the standards
presented by squaw fishermen.-From
"Fishing and Shooting Sketches" by
Grover Cleveland.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-30
FOR ECZEMA, RASHES
And all Humors OF the Skin
Cuticura IS Priceless.

Eczema, itchings, irritations, chap
black6esds, dandruff, falling hair, sore,
burning, and aching hands and feet, and
for all other torturing, disfguring
diseases of skin, scalp, and blood,
Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment, and
Cuticura Resolvent Liquid or Pills. af-
ford the most complete, economical,
speedy, and wholesome cure.
Sold throughout the world Potter Drug Chem
Corn, Sole Props, Boston. Mass.
osC Mailed Free. How 70 Cure Skin dumon.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-30

HINGED HURDLES.

by five feet, as the case may be. An
other pair makes second pen, and so
on. These are very handy at Landing
time.
For summer hurdling we use thirty
four to forty inch woven wire fence
for the sides of the plots. For our bur
dies around our winter yards we use
hurdles made Of four slx-inch fence
boards. This makes q higher and
stronger hurdle. which can also be used
for summer work, the chief objection
being their weight when being moved
daily.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-30

Carlyle as schoolmaster was q
terror to evildoers. Even the biggest
and boldest boys wllted when he
grewled out Ounce" or "blockhead.
He did not thrash often. as his scowl
WIRE enough to hush whole school,
hut when he did thrash he meant bust
mess. One day joiner passing along
the read heard the most plteous howls
ana cries for mercy and help coming
from the schoolhouse. Rushing In and
handing his ak to Carlyle, he exclaim
ed
-Jist doo't ootricht, mon, and NJ
minue matters"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-30
Bad Society.

What you learn from bad habits In
bad society you will never forget, and
II will be a lasting pang to you. / tell
you in all sincerity. not as in the ex-
element of speech, but as would
confess and have confessed before
God. would give my right hand II
could forget that which have learned
IN bad society.-John B. Cough.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-30
A Royal Slip.

Considerable amusement was once
caused by slip of Emperor Nicholas
pen In accepting the offers Of several
companies OF Siberian militia who vol
unteered for service at the front. The
petition read. I'VE humbly lay at your
majesty's feet our desire to be per-
mitted to fight and die for the father
land" The emperor In accepting wrote
on the margin of the petition In his
own hand. IL thank you sincerely and
hope your wishes may be fully real
lied"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-30

ABobbie, 1 hope you didn't tell your
mother that you saw me kissing sister
last night" !.
Nope. didn't have to. Sis wakeo
M ali up at midnight when you went
home and told 1t herself."-Minneapo'
u. Journal.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-30

When a calf Is infested with tape
worm. stop feeding for twelve nous
then give half an ounce OF turpen.'h
in a pint Of boiled milk. Repeat 'do'
once daily for three days unless II
worms come away. re d'nF 90
consist entirely OF b,ae
gruels OF -four while under treatment
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-30
autobiography of a Family Man.

was born In New York and went to
Boston to be born again. For the first
twenty -one years of my life was
known as the son Of my mother, Tor
the next thirty az the husband OF my
wife and for the last ten years as the
father of my daughter. l claim, there
fore to be family man.-Independent
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-30

FOURTEEN FOOT HURDLE.

right strips Of the same material well
nailed and clinched, writes a well
known Wisconsin breeder in Breeders
Gazette, Chicago. Eight inch spaces
between the strips and two inch pro-
lection Of the uprights give a hurdle
forty-two inches high when set up.
We use some short hinged hurdles that
give good satisfaction in making small
pens in the barn. We make these four
or five feet long, then join two of them
together at the ends with strong hinges.
These can be set up In q corner OF
shed or barn half open, thus forming a
pen four feet by four feet or five feet
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-30

The Norman-Engllshl laws enacted
that a leper had neither power to sue
In any court nor to, inherit property
During his lifetime be was permitted
to enjoy the usufract Of any property
in his possession at the time he was
found guilty." 50 to speak. Of leprosy
but all rights Of disposition over 1t HI
lost
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-30
The White Canoe,

In the far north there is a supersti-
tion In which the trappers and traders
firmly believe even now. that a white
canoe, piloted through the heavens by
the spirit Of an old pioneer, comes for
the dying.-Metropolitan Magazine.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-30
Ingratitude.

~were you ever really glad to hang
a MANI
~Only once" answered the sherin.
Il had prepared him a hearty break
fast of steak, eggs, potatoes, waffies
and coffee"
"YesT
"And the Internal migrate demanded
stewed oats instead."-Louisville Cour-
l far-JOurnal