davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-16

-. g. .. ..: -. U'nzr 80 ret &C.
bennd. The Aurora, ElgIn and Chi
cago Electric railway the third-rail
SYSTEM which has been In operation
several years. Is famous. From one
central power station over two hun
dred miles Of road are operated, or will
be as soon as the line to Belvldere is
completed Electricity at wholesale is
sold to cities and villages along the
route for lighting purposes; electricity
for power is sold to farmers. Trains
OF elegant cars run into Chicago at
speed which would have seemed i'm
possible few years ago. Passengers
wave good bye to steam trains on a
parallelIng railroad, which they pass
easily. A parlOr and dining chr Is one
o. the Injuries which the suburbanites
enjoy going to and from the city, and
the railroad seems verltable gold
mine for its owners.
The horse car has long since disap-
peared. VIII the iron horse, the great
steam locomotive, be supplanted alsof
This question occurs to all who can
see the significance of passing events.
Probably not for many years to come,
as far. as heavy freight traffic Is con-
cerned, because steam Is especially ap-
plicable to the hauling of freight. But
the action Of the New York Central In
electrlfying thirty-five miles OF Its road
leading out of New York, and the
popular agitation for similar improve
ment in chicago and elsewhere, would
seem to point to time not far distant
when electric railroads will connect
distant cities and greatly shorten the
hours of travel.
Chicago to New York In Ten Hours.
In fact such n railway already is
being built between Chicago and New
York by the Chlcago-New York Elec.
fric ..'r Line. Railroad romnonv -
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-16
De a Man.

According to the order Of nature
men being equal their common voca.
ton Is the profession of humanity,
and whoever is well educated to dis
charge the duty of a man cannot be
badly prepared to fill any of those Of
fees that have relation to him. 1t
matters little to me whether my pupil
be designed for the army, the pulpit
or the bar Nature has destined us to
the Offices Of human life, antecedent to
our destination concerning society. To
live Is the profession l would teach
him. When have done with him 1t
Is true he will be neither a soldier, a
lawyer nor divine. Let him first be
man. Fortune may remove him
from one rank to another as she
pleases. He will always be found In
his place,-Rousseau
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-16

| ;Allssgo. I-r,< ror::sSn7. headed ny .
group of practical railroad men, pro
poses to run limited trains, making not
more than three stops, through to New
York or Chicago, In ten hours. The
thought fairly takes ones breath away
at first, but the project considered
soberly seems practical enough, and
certainly Is "a consummation devoutly
to be wished" The work of grading
began Sept. 1 near LaPorte, Ind.
As the new road will be an air line.
with few curves, the route surveyed
Is 100 miles shorter than the Pennsyl.
vania short Line, and $50 miles
shorter than the Lake Shore and
New York Central, each Of which runs
trains covering the distance In eighteen
hours Taking into consideration the
shorter route Of the Air Line this 10
equivalent to fourteen hour service,
With low grades, straight track and
no grade crossings, the seventy-five
niles an our average necessary to a
ten-hour service ought easily 10 be
maintained. Even on the FIRST elasA
steam roads of today ninety miles al
hour Is not uncommon for short dN.
tances.
The Scientific American Of Feb. Il,
1908, speaking editorially Of the New
York Central experiment, says, THE
success Of this installation, Of which
there can be no doubt whatever, nnar1
The first step in the gradual substi.
tuition of the electric for the steam
locomotive in the operation of long dis
lance express trains" The Chicago
New York project may be regarded the
raAnn d<stan
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-16

mum speed Of thirty miles an hour.
The first electric car to be operated
regularly in the United States was In.
stalled by Deft on the Hamden branch
Of the Baltimore Union Passenger
Railway IN August, 1886. That
was barely twenty years ago. So
great as the skeptlcism of the public
and railway men generally that the con-
tract under which the road was built
withheld payment one year so that II
might be determined whether the cars
would run. mo one but n knave or
fool would undertake such thing"
said a well known scientist at the
time. Scientists sometimes have trouble
keeping up with the procession. About
the same time small cars We're oper.
ated by Van Derpoele at South Bend,
Ind, followed by other small roads In
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-16
GOLD AND THE SEA.
Why the Metal Is Shipped In Bars
Rather Than In Coin

Why the Metal Is Shipped In Bars
Rather Than In Coin.
when the banks ship gold across
the Atlantic" said a banker they pre-
fer to ship it in bars rather than in
coin. 1t loses less that way"
1T loses lessW
eyes, sir. If $1,000,000 In gold coins
Is shipped across the sea 1t Is only
$999,SO0 on its arrival. 1t loses from
twelve to fifteen ounces, about 5000,
through abrasion, through knocking
about with the motion Of the waves.
The sea makes gold lose weight, you
see, the same as 1t does human beings
Gold bars lose less. In fine weather
they will only lose about 500 to each
million. In the ugliest weather they
don't lose over $3.50, whereas In like
conditions gold coins have been known
to lose $500. AS gold shipments Of S10,-
100000 often occur, to make these ship
ments in gold bars instead Of gold coin
is a saving of $1,000 or more. 1t is odd
to think when you cross in one of those
gold laden ships that every wave that
hits the boat clips off 10 to Is cents
from its golden cargo."-Philadelphia
Bulletin.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-16
Story of the Wonderful De.
velopment in Electric
Traction During the
Past Twenty
Years.
PASSING OF STEAM TRACTION
Gradual Elimination of Distance
Through the Development of
the Electric Locomotive
Chicago to New
York In Ten
Hours,

During the summer Of 1887, there
appeared in the New York Sun the
following facetious news item:
"They tried an electric car on
Fourth avenue yesterday. 1t created
an amount Of surprise and consterna-
ton from Third st. 70 One Hundred
and Seventeenth st. that was some
thing like that caused by the first
steamboat on the Hudson. Small boys
yelled "dynamitew and "ratsw and
made similar appreciative remarks I'M
til they were hoarse. Newly-appointed
policemen debated arresting 1t, but
went no further The car horses
which were met on the other track
kicked without exception, as was
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-16

The annual products of dalrying, of
fruit and vegetable raising and Of
poultry keeping aggregated nearly So
OOO,OOO,0O0 in farmers hands In 1905,
or three-tenths Of the gross value Of
oil farm products. and these particu-
lar products belong to the class of
those for which there is tendency of
demand to be greater than supply. In
the case Of none of these products Is
there a desired quantity satisfactory
In quality obtainable by consumers at
moderate prices The public is under
fed in the higher grades OF these luzu-
ries Of the farm.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-16
Born in Old Vermont.

When in 1884 Thomas Davenport, Of
Brandon, VT, ran toy motor mounted
on wheels on small circular railway,
the modern electric railroad with its
possible speed Of over one hundred
miles an hour was born.
In 1888 Robert Davidson, of Aber-
deem, Scotland, built an electric loco
motive which actually reached a speed
of four miles an hour on the Edin-
burgh- Glasgow railway. Nine years
later Professor Moses G. Farmer op.
Grated an experimental car which car.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-16
Hats In Parliament

A member of parliament must never
stand up with his hat on even If he
has only risen to speak to the man be-
hind him. Coming in. going out or
speechifying he is always hatless, and
he is sometimes hatless when sitting
down. Thus If the speaker mentions
a bill the member Is responsible for he
lifts his hat. If his name Is mentioned
In a speech he lifts his hat. Even If
be happens at those times to be bare
headed he must seize hat, put 1t on,
then lift It.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-16
Suffering Women Scarce.

women who stutter are very scarce,
remarked physician. II think 1t 4
safe to say that the average person
passes through life without ever meet
ing a suffering woman. There are
tive reasons for this. First, woman nat
urally-I don't know WHY'S less liable
to the disease of stammering than man
Second, If she develops this disease she
sets out with the determination to cure
herself. and she succeeds. Whereas
careless man, rather than take the
trouble Of a cure, will go stammering
on TO the end"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-16

D ra SIS pin q n q
shortly afterwards
both Of those limbs
became 50 sore that
/ could scarcely
walk. When 1 had
been suffering for
about a month the
sores began to heal,
but Jmall scaly
eruptions appeared
where the sores had
been. From that
time onward ! was
troubled by such
severe itching that,
until I became
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-16
Tobacco Smoke and Flowers

A remarkable effect of tobacco
smoke on the color of flowers may be
seen In the case Of the field scabia
named botanically Knavtia arvensis
30 frequently on the hills and COM
mons from August till October. If its
purplish b ne blossoms, which form
nearly glob ose heads, are held in the
smoke of tobacco, their color will soon
turn to bright green, about the same
color as the leaves.-Exchange
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-16

natural, over an invention which
threatens to relegate them to sausage
factory"
That was less than twenty years
ago. Today the New York Central
Railroad Company is expanding $780,
100000 In the electriflcation OF the first
tnirty-hve miles of its system, and the
car horses were long ago relegated to
the boneyard, If not to the Sausage
factory"
"They" have done marvellous things
since the increasing knowledge Of
electricity opened up new world OF
achievement, and we have scarcely
crossed the threshold, In 1880 the cleo
trio car was a dream; in 1890, an ex-
pertinent; in 1900, great and wonder
full fact which Is revolutionizlng pas
senger transportation and will enable
human bc'Tgs to move from place to
place twice as fast as they do at pres
emf
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-16

Winter Grating of Pecan Trees.
If pecan tree Is grated In the win
ter season, using scion of bearing
wood, the new growth will probably
fruit the first season. This principle
applies with equal certainty to July
set buds. Ii we extend this principle
to our old and young native pecan
growth we readily see how we may
graft and bud In the best variety on
poor stock and begin to secure the
fruits Of our labors at once There is
no reason TO wait until you are q
grandfather to eat the pecan nut plant.
ed in youth, provided you plant by
grating or budding and plant in the
tree instead of in the ground.-Farm
and Ranch
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-16

accustomed to ii, I would scratch the
sores until the blood began to flow.
This would stop the itching for few
days; but scaly places would appear
again and the itching would accompany
them. After / suffered about ten years
] made q renewed effort to effect cure.
THE eruptions by this time had appeared
On every part Of my body except my
face and hands. The best doctor in my
native county advised me to use arsenic
in small doses and o salve. then used
to battle the sores in mixture which
gave almost intolerable pain. In addi-
ton used other remedies, such as iodine,
sulphur, zinc salve, IS Salve,
- Ointment, and in fact I was con-
tinually giving some remedy fair trial,
never using less than one or two boxes or
bottles. All this was fruitless. Finally
myhair began to fall out and was rapidly
becoming bald. / used IS -,
but it did no good. A few months after,
having used almost everything else, I
thought 1 would try Cuticura Ointment,
having previously used Cuticura Soap
and being pleased with it. After using
three boxes / was completely cured,
and my hair was restored, after fourteen
years Of suffering and an expenditure Of
at leastsS50 to $50 in vainly endeavoring
to find cure. / shall be glad to write
to any one who may be interested in
my cure. B. Hiram Mattingly, Yer
million, s. OAK, Aug. Is. 1906"
Sold throughout the world. Potter Drug &
Chem. Corp, Sole Props. Boston, Mass
ss-&ailed Free. Booklet on the Skin and Blood
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-16

Mr.. Sprague himself says that speed
is "a matter Of finance" what then
will determine the futureT he asks
Chiefly the financial factor, as It must
the future OF any other great industrial
problem. When savings In operation
and the increased return for traffic
will more than pay fair dividend on
money invested for electrical equip
ment, will trunk lines be operated by
electricity"
Professor Charles P. steinmetZ, one
OF the greatest authorities on cleo
trlclty, is quoted as saying, There is
no limit to the speed that may be de-
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-16

events novel rapidly. City after city
adopted the new motive power; horse
cars became things Of the past In
terurban roads began to grldiron the
country everywhere, and In each In
stance commercial success was
scored. Electric interurban lines have
been money makers from the start.
The greatest development has been
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-16
The Dangerous Part.

"See here" feebly complained the
victim after the accident. 81 thought
you said 1t was perfectly safe to go
up In that old elevator?"
"Well," replied the elevator man, 80
1t was safe to go up. You see, the dan
gerous part of 1t was comm down.
Philadelphia Press.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-16
BUTCHERINa DEVICE.

cleyis hooks to operate hook A into.
Spread stick and wind up rope, then
lower spread stick into clevls hook and
Slide out Of the way. When not In use
remove the two lower bolts and fold
up like a jackknife. The gear wheel
and worm can be had at any machine
shop.-Ohio Farmer.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-16
A SleeD Inducer.

Hicks-Did you hear about Macklin?
They called the Rev. Mr.. Dudley to his
bedside last evening Wlcks-Do you
mean to say he is In a dying condi-
zion? Hlcks--Oh, no; only bad case
Of insomnia.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-16
Enir DronOGiffOu.

Don't YOU throw off anything be-
cause Of the big holes in these dough
nuts?" asked the new wife of the
baker.
"I'll tell you" he replied, scratching
his chin. Eat the doughnuts, and
we'll make a liberal allowance when
you return the holes"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-16
WHEN SLAUGHTERING.

An Arrangement For Raising and
Hanging Hog.
Here Is butchering device that
may be Of interest. BY its use any
one can hang hog or small beef or, In
fact, several of them at time If you
make long top stick and several
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-16
A Good Patient.

First Physician - Has he got an
hereditary trouble? Second Physician
Yes. / hope to hand his case down
to my son.-Harper's Bazaar.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-16
Temper.

Temper itself is not a bad quality.
II is not to be DESTROYED as we some
times sav. without temper a bar or
rorthless
We a., &, "A s.if e. ."ol. A strong
person Is one who has strong tenn
per under perfect mastery. There Is q
deep truth here-that our mistakes and
our sins, If we repent Of them, will
help in the growth and upbuilding OF
our character
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-16
SCALY ERUPT|ONS
COVERED HIS BODY
Itched Constantly Scratched Until
Blood Flowed Suffered 10 Years
Doctors and Medicines Were
Fruitless Tries Cuticura and Is
Completely Cured
BY THREE BOXES OF
CUTICURA OINTMENT

when I was about nine years old
small sores appeared on each Of my
lower limbs. I scratched them with q
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-16
Twenty Years of Achievement.

At the BEGINNING Of 1887 there were
In the whole world less than sixty
miles Of electric railroad track, and
only about one hundred motors and
motor cars. In 1905 there were nearly
thirty thousand miles Of electric track
In the United States alone.
This change was not accomplished
without opposition, encouragement
and financial difficulties. Mr. Sprague
hin self, who was so potent factor in
working this change. has told the story
Of his first important contract. In the
spring Of 1887, the Union Passenger
Railway company of Richmond, Va,
engaged him to build an electric rail-
way. The first car was run out one
night while the skeptical people slept,
to make sure 1t could climb the hills.
1t started out in blaze Of glory and
ANONYMOUSLY was towed back again
by four big mules. But Sprague per-
sisted until on Feb. 2, 1883, In
drizzling rain, the road opened for
business.
From that time forward the future
Of electric roilroading was assured and
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-16

1t Is well for one to know more than
Be says.--Plautus
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-16

Edison Electric Locomotive Operated Ex.
perimentalIy Mt MenIo Park, 1880.
Windsor, Canada; Appleton, Wis; Port
Huron, Mich; Scranton, Pa, and
Montgomery, Ala. In the autumn Of
1881 Frank L. Sprague, whose name
Is inseparably connected with electric
traction, began to attract attention
with his motors.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-16
The First Electric Railroad.

The first regular electric line to DE
established was at Llchterfelde, Ger
many, near Berlin. 1t was only nile
and a half in length and opened for
'rafIlc IN May 1881. The trains car
rled twenty-six passengers, at a maxi
The daily Alaskan., 1907-05-02
DAILY INLAND
 WEATHER REPORT

The report of weather conditions st 8 o'clock this morning a, points on the line of the White Pass and in the Yukon valley follows:
 GIacier-Clear, calm, 2s above. White Pass-C.ear, calm, 45 above. Log Cabin-Clsar, calm, 90 above. Bennett-Clear, calm, 30 above. Penuiugton-Clesr, calm, 3S above. Caribou-Clear, calm, 46 above Whiteh0rse-Clear, calm 70 above. Aslin-Clear. calm, 35 above. Tagish-Clear, calm, 70 above. Lower Labarge-Clear, south wind 35 above.
 Hootaliuqua-C,sar, south wind, 5, above.
 Big salmou-Clear, calm, +5 above. Coffee Creek-Clear, calm. 4: above.
 Stewart-CIsar, calm, A above. Dawsou-Clear, north wind, 45 above Fortymile-Clear, calm, +5 above.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-05-02
WILD WITH ITCHING HUM0R
Eruption Broke Out in Spots All Over BOdy-Caused a Continual itching for Two Years Doctors Medicine Did no Good-Cured at Expense of only $L25 and Now
THANKS CUTICURA
 FOR COMPLETE CURE

Q "Some time ago I wrote you for Q book on the Cuticura Remedies and received it O. k. and went and bought the Soap, Ointment, and Pills. They did me more good than any medicine l ever used. Theycured me ofmy skin disease, and am very thankful to you. My trouble was eruption of the skin, which broke out in spots all over my body, and caused 8 continual itching which nearly drove me wild at times. l got medicine of a doctor, but it did not cure me, and when I saw in a paper your ad., l sent to you for the Cuticura book and l studied my case in 1t. ] then went to the drug store and bought one cake of Cuticura Soap, one box of Cu- ticura Ointment, and one vial Of Cuti- cura Pills. From the first application l received relief. l used the first set and two extra cakes of Cuticura Soap, and was completely cured. l had suffered for two years, and ] again thank Cuticura for my cure. If you wish, you may publish this. YoqE friend forever, Claude N. Johnson, Maple Grove Farm, R. F. D.. 2, Walnut, han', June 15, l9O5."
The daily Alaskan., 1907-05-02
{ M N.HSLIS0D5
DANCE MAKES GOOD
 START FOR LIBRARY

The White Pass Athletic Club made & good start for a library at the dance last night. More than I3O books were donated by the patrons of the Library Dance" Nearly all of them are new, and they include the approved works of the latest writers. Most of the books receivetved are works of fiction, but many scientific, historical and other works were among those donated. It is notable that the first book received was the Lectures Of R. c. IHgersou' and the second a relegiOus work.
 Tbe club has quite sum of money to invest in books and with those se- cured last night within a few weeks there should be several hundred iVOl- tunes in the library,
The daily Alaskan., 1907-05-02
TraEedv of Q yEoodcn LeF.

A man who travels on a wooden leg says: About the worst accident we ever heard of befaIung a wooden leg ged man Is the time one such unfOr- tunate was going home after being to a late supper, along about 8 o'clock in the morning, when his peg leg went through an auger hole In the grub plank sidewalk, and he kept Circliug about that hole all night thinking hG was going home. The editor of this paper wants 1t distinctly understood that we cannot vouch for the truth, fitness Of this tory."-Kansa5 City Journal.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-05-02
AEricnIture En Afrlcn.

Excepting perhaps some Malayau tribes the African negroes are said 10 be the finest agrIculturIsts of all the natural races. The Pongos are said Co have a greater variety of garden plants around their huts than are found in the fields and gardens of a German vil- Iage. Irrigation Is practiced. The An golas. In the KongO district, have prac- tiCaI Irrigation. The Wachangu show wonderful skill ln irrigatlng their ter raced hillsldus by tunnels of water di- yerted from the main stream. "They have clear mode of IrrIgating equally Q given surface. As the little canals of water are always elevated above the cultivated plants they will tap them at a convenient spot above the beds to be watered and then turn the stream into Q rough conduit made of the hol- low stems of bananas cut in half, the end of each stem overlapping the next. Then as the water enters the last joint 1t Is freely turned right and left dis trlbutlng the vlvifying stream ln all directions. ."-Southern Workman.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-05-02
CITY or SEATTLE
 IN AND OUT

The City of Seattle arrived from Seattle this morning at 1:3O o'clock with 25 passengers and three days mail for Skagway. She had a pleasant northbound trip.
 The cargooi the City Of Seattle for Skagway consisted Of 35 tons of gen eraI mel chandise and 80 head Of cattle The latter were for the Pacific Gold Storage COmany.
 The City Of Seattle sailed southbound at o. m.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-05-02
ITCH! ITCH! ITCHl

SRATCHI ScRATcHi SCRATCH! This is the condition of thousands of skin-tor- tured men, women, and children, who may be instantly relieved and speedily cured by warm baths with Cuticura Soap and gentle applications of Cuticura Oint- ment, the great Skin Cure, and mild doses of Cuticura Resolvent Pills, when physicians and all else fail.
 cnt Fi- Rcsogvent 5Jc. Gn form of Chocolate Coated Pfz Bc Der vial 0t CO., may be had Of ai druggais rInele Oct often Potter Drug Chem LoEpl sols
 1 Mailed FTes Al About the Skin, Scalp, end Hair
The daily Alaskan., 1907-05-02
REID MURDER
 CASE IS ON

The case against Robert Reid, charged with mudertng Norman E. Smith at Teuakee, is bsiug tried at Juneau. I. is thought it will reach the jury tonight.
 Juueauitss arriving on the City of Seattle think there will be an acquital or d disagreement of the jury.
 Judge Wickersham has not yet de- cided the disbarmen case against ]. H. Cobb.