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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-19
LONDON IN A FOG.
An Experience on . Bus on a sufFs.
eating Black Day.


| remember once | was on a
Chrapside bus going toward the
bank. 1t had been pouring, and
little streams of water were still
running OH the street. The lam
terms reflected darkly on the pave
nlent. Suddenly the off horse went
down, kicking the near ones feet
from under him. In their struggles
20 get up they swung the bus head
tround, and we lay broadside to the
'trcet. / looked to see a snarl of
wagons, the bus hemmed in by ieer-
ing cabmen, a gaping crowd and the
driver Jerking at his fallen horses.
Not so. Six boobies we're already
On he spot. A. if by magic space
was cleared about us and the traffic
checked. Under the steady hand of
the driver the horses were soon ND,
trembling and mud despatched, but
otherwise none the worse for their
tumble. The policemen lowered
their hands and Chcapside again re-
sounded with the London roar.
When black fog comes down the
city yanishes. From your seat on
the bus beside the driver you cannot
make out the horses heads. The
street lamps simmer dimly, sound
seems deadened, and when you
speak your voice is strange and UNI
familiar. Your face looks like
chimney sweeps, your chest burns
as you breathe, and near you on the
bus you hear some people coughing.
You wonder what they look like.
Down on the street somewhere
there is a thud, and some one
curses violently. The driver laughs.
''This 'ere's tn blacklist kind" he
says. 81 guess we're fixed ere for
DIT. Yer kin just bet your bloomin'
cad won't bulge till | see tn
Orses. Last time knocked down a
bloody bobby with tn pole an most
an into tn Thames" Every little
While it seems to Tighten, the horses
axe step or two, and then once {
more the world is buried in suffocat-
ng blackness. Your eyes sting as
on strain them through the fog.
III at once it begins to lift, and in {
he zenith the sun appears, large
nd strange and red. The buses be- a
in to move again. You can see a
hem looming dimly, crowded with S
hostly passengers. Then as it n
rows still lighter you see the il
leaning helmet of a mounted SEN
mel and clock tower rising black
ehind. 1t is Whitehall. You have a
zen two hours on the bus and have fl
)ne 200 yards.-Thornton Oakley p
Metropolitan Magazine. 81
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-19
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
CRUEL pUNIsHMENTs.
Sentences Imposed on Offenders by the
Old Colonial Courts.

| Oio SoionIai Courts.
Alice Morse Earle instances in
book on "Punishments of Bygon,
Days" some Of the picturesque but
often cruel sentences of the colonial
court.
In colonial days hog stealing was
considered one of the most serious
Of crimes. At the first offense the
thiefs ears were slit, and at the sec
ond his ears were nailed to a pill
Tory, and at the third he sulFc cd
death without benefit of CLERGY"
Deceitful bakers and careless fish
dealers had to "1ose their ears >
while he who spoke detracting words
had bis tOngss bored by a bodkin.
A Frenchman travelling in Ameri-
ca in 100 describes the ducking
stool as pleasant mode" of pun
ishing a scolding woman. He SAYS:
"Of members ye tonge is worst
or beste. And yll tonge oft doth
breede unreste worthe a ducking
stoole."
In 1886 Thomas Hartley of Vir-
ginia wrote of his witnessing the
execution of a ducking stool SEN
tence:
'Day before yesterday, at two Of
we Clock, | saw this punishment
given to one Betsy Walker, who by
We violence of her tonge made her
house and her neighborhood uncom-
Portable. They had a machine for
ye purpose vt belongs to We Parish.
1t has already been used three times
this Summer. Ye Woman was al
lowed to go under We water for We
space of p minute. Betsy had
stout stomache and would not yield
until she had been under five times.
Then she cried piteously. Then
hey drew back We Machine, united
re Ropes and let her walk home, a
hopefully penitent woman"
1t seems strange to read that al
most within the memory of persons
till living Mrs. Annie Royal was
entenced in Washington to be
tucked for writing vituperative
looks. She terrorized the town by
diting a 'Paul Pry" paper. Even
9hn Quincy Adams pronounced her
virago, and she was arraigned as |.
common scold. Mrs. Royal was !
entenced to be ducked in the Poto-
lac, but afterward released on pay
lg a fine. Il
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-19
MichaeLs Interpretation.

An old Irish gardener, meeting
his employer, touched his finger to
the tip of his cap and said:
"Good morning, yer honor. Oh
had fine drame of we last night"
Indeed, Michael" remarked the
employer. "What was the dream p
"Oi drained thot We gave me fine
box o tobaccy an thot her ladyship,
yer honored wife, gave me humble
wife a can o tn best tay."
"Ah, Michael, but you know
dreams always go by contraries."
Thin" said Michael, maybe
yell be after givin' me wife tn to-
baecy an her lsdyship II give me
tn tay"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-19
Brides Of the Tchukchis.

The male brides are the pride
and wonder Of a far Asian people
called the Tchukchis. When the
new woman receives a "calp here,
she becomes a female suffragist.
When a new man there rejoices in
the like distinction, he becomes a
bride. He renounces the garments
of his sex and assumes the raiment
proper to his new condition. He
lets his hair grow and cultivates the
gentle arts of housewifery. Soon
he takes a lady for husband. She
assumes the attire for which he has
no further use and goes out to hew
wood and draw water, while he
stays at home and does the cooking
and mending. Thus it is not I'M
common to see a handsome, strap
ping bride, fully whiskered and
mustachcd, shyly stitching skins,
while the female husband, a sturdy
little woman, severely male in at
ire, does the navyying out in the
gorld.-London Standard.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-19
The Paramhulakar.

There is no perambulator in the
sense of baby carriage in Todd's
edition of johnson QS27), and the
earliest quotation DR.. Murray's die
tionary gives for the word is from a
letter of Miss Yonge's in 1857. But
the baby carriage seems to have an
nexed the name of an earlier inven-
ton. From the end of the seven
teenth century until well into the
nineteenth ''perambulator" was a
machine for measuring distances by
road and settling disputes-for IN
stance, as to hackney carriage fares.
1t consisted Of a wheel eight feet
and a quarter in circumference,
trundled with a handle and fitted
with clockwork and a dial. Prob
ably this machine took it's name
from the "perambulators" - men
who took part in the official "per-
ambulations" or beatings of parish
bounds.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-19
Mary Waa Obliuino,

The Dundee Advertiser tells a
story of country cleric, still on the
underside of forty, who was driving
home along a road from an outlying
hamlet when he overlook a young
woman. He recognized her as
Mary, the maid of all work at a
farm which he would pass on his
way to the rectory, SO he pulled up
and offered her a lift. Mary was
nothing loath, and the parsOn was
glad of her company. All the way
to the farm gate they chatted pleas
antly, as country people do, and
when her destination was reached
he set her down. Then she thanked
him for his kindness and his COM
pany. Don't mention it, Mary;
don't mention it," he said politely
as he pulled the rug around his
knees and gathered up the reins.
"No, | WON'T" answered Mary in
an obliging tone, and the young rec
tor went on his way thoughtfuny.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-19
Worked the Mistrasa.

Here is a good story of the dan
gers of giving gratuitous informa-
ton; A servant wounded her hand
with the prong Of a fork. In reply
to her mistress inquiries she ex-
planned that she was very nervous
lest the wound should become in
famed, as she believed the fork to.
be nickel plated.
"Oh, you may set your mind at
ease on that score" replied the
mistress. "Those forks are all sill
ver.'
The next morning forks and sery-
ant were missing, - Strand MaCs-
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-19
John RunYan,s Cams.

Tip cat has never been a very
fashionable sport, but it has been
popular enough at least since the
sixteenth century 1t was at this
game That tae' boy John Bunyan
was playing when a sense of sin
overwhelmed him. "As l was in
the midst of game Of cat and, hav-
ing struck it one blow from the
hole, just as l was about to strike
it second time voice did sudden
ly dart from heaven into my soul,
which said, Wilt thou leave thy sins
and go to heaven or have thy sins
and go to hell? At this | was put
in an exceeding maze, wherefore,
leaving my cat upon the ground, |
looked up to heaven and was as if
| had with the eyes of my under
standing seen the Lord Jesus look
ing down upon me as being very
hotly displeased with me and as If
he did severely threaten me with
some grieyouS punishment for these
and other ungodly practices. .
London Standard.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-19
Cause For Tsar..

DR.. Pitcairn, being in a church in
Edinburgh where the preacher was
not only emphatic, but shed tears
copiously, was moved to inquire Of
a countryman who sat by him what
1t was all about. "What the deevil
makes him greetP" was the inquiry.
Faith, said the man, slowly turn
ing round, Eye had maybe greet
yourseP If ye was up there and had
% little to aayp--Drndes Advss-
NlaN =
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-19
Cured Hemorrhages of the
Lungs
Cured

Several years since my lungs were
so lady affected that | had many hem
Orrhages, writes Mrs. A. VI. AXE of
Wood, Ind. II took treatment with
several physicians without ary benefit.
| then started to take Foley's Honey
and Tar, and my lungs are now sound as
bullet. recon mend it in advanced
stages of lung trouble. Foley's Honey
and Tar stops the cough and heals the
lungs, and prevents serious results
from a cold Refuse substitutes. Sold
by b. h Gorrell. Druggist.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-19
Sens In Verse


A Cyclone at Sea.
A throat OF thunder. a tameless heart
And passion malign and Free
He Is no shcIk OF the desert sand.
But an Arab OF the sea
lie sprang from the womb OF soKS wild
cloud
And was born to smile ana STAY.
To soar like a million hawks set free
And swoop on his ocean prey.
lie has scourged the sea TIL her pdghty
breast
Responds to his hearts fierce beat
And has torn brave souls from their
bodies frail
no ding them at Allah's feet.
70 eessed by demons lust OF life,
lie reyeis Der wrecks ana graY03
And hlrtles onward In eurbIess speed
Dark Bedotin of the waves
William II. Hayne
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-19
Every Woman Reader

Is interested and should know about
the wonderful Pa Mas Antiseptic Tab.
lets. Fest, n ost convenient and relia-
BILE. They thoroughly cleanse instant
ly. Pa-Mas Antiseptic Tablets are
safe, effectual and harmless; recon-
mended by best physicians everywhere.
Easily used with our Protective
Syringe, which is given free with Your
first orded. Sold Only in sealed pack
ages. Ask your druggist for then;if he
cannot supply the Pa'Mas Antiseptic
Tablets accept no substitute. Sent di.
rect by us Immediately, prepaid, in
plain sealed package, upon receipt OF
one dollar, and we include free with
your first order one of our new Protec-
tive Syrlnges, with full particulars and
directions Invaluable to ladies'. Ad-
dress U. s. Pamas Co., 24G Fifth Avep-
ne, New York. May 1-3 mos.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-19

hummer coughs and colds yield at
once to Bees Laxative Cough Syrup.
Contains honey and tar bul no opiales.
Children like it. Pleasant to take. Its
laxative qualities recommend it to
mothers. Roarseness, coughs, Group
Yield quickly. Sold by b. II. Gorrell's
Drug store.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-19

The management OF the Southern
Railway has taken stand on the sub
ject OF cigarettes. Amy employe known
10 have the cigarette habit will not be
favorabls' ronsiderod In making promo
lions, and persons addicted to the
habit who may be candidates for posi-
tons will be disqualified.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-19

The college of foreign languages and
the schools for teaching agriculture have
been opened at Canton. The college for
tho teaching OF law and another, named
the school Fragrant Ability" was
honored by the presence Of the pro-
vlncial judge. They are clearly alive to
the advantages OF what is called the
new learning.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-19
FraternaI Orders.

Rockbiidge Lodge, No. So. 100
meets every Thursday night, at o id
lows Hall
Lexington Lodge. No. So, K. Of p.
meets every Tuesday night, at Odd Eel
lows Hall.
Liberty Lodge, No, 2, Daug hters O
Rebekah, MEETS every Monday night, a
Odd Fellows Hall.
Mountain City Lodge, No. 81, Ancient
FORK Masons, meets 1st and Srd Nor.
Jay nights at Masonic Hall
Natural Bridge Council, No.199O Royal
Arcanum, meets list and 3rd Friday
nights in each month, at Odd Fellows
Hall.
Lee Jackson Council, No 80, Junior
Order American Mechanics, meets every
End and 4th Friday nights at Odd Fellows
Hail
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-19

PineMes are far the Kidneys and
Bile oder. They bring quick relief to
baekacEe, rheumatism, lumbago, tired
worn out feeling. They produce natur-
al action OF the kidneys in altering
waste ipatter out Of the blood. 30 days
treatment Sl.00. Money refunded if
Pineules are not satisfactory. Sold by
Is. h. Gorrells Drug Store.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-19

Pineules for the kidneys strengthen
these organs and assist In drawing poi
son from the blood. Try them for
rheumatism, kidney, bladder trouble,
for lumbago and tired WON out feeling.
They bring quick relief. Satisfaction
Guaranteed. Sold by b. II. Gorrell's
Drug Store.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-19

james Guest, OF PETERBOROUGH, Who
has just retired fro IN the service OF the
Great Northern Railway, nas Travelled
2, l32, 700 miles in 90 years as engine
driver. During all that me he met
with no accident moi injury.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-19

Hundreds OF people yearly go
through painful operations needlessly.
because they never tried Man Ian Pile
Remedy. 1t is put up in such a form
that 1t can be applied right where The
trouble lies. 1t relieves the pain and
Inflammation. 1t Is for any form Of
piles. Price Scots. Sold by 3. II.
9orTelps DRUG Store
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-19

II you suffer from bloatlng, belchiug,
sour stomach, Indigestion or Dyspep-
STA, take Rings Dyspepsia labeu aft
er-each meal, and overcome the disa-
greeable trouble. It viii Improve he
appetite, and {, hi digestion. So d by
b. ii. Gorrel's Drug Store.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-19

Headache and con.tiI alton disappear
when Rings Little Liver Pills are used.
They keep the system clean, The stolr-
ach sweet. Taken occasionally they
keep you we'll. They are for the entire
family; Sold by B. II. Gorrell's Drug
Store,
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-19

Man Fan Pile Remedy cones put up
10 "A 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
1t today. Sold by b. II. Gorrelrs Drug
Store
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-19

The United States continues 10 take
almost as much of the Amazon product
as the whole OF Europe and will on
doubleday continue Indefinitely as the
banner rubber customer OF Brazil and
Peru.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-19

The Rev. Thomas Lord, an English
Congregational minister, stills conducts
divine service. though on April 22nd he
was 100 years old. He has been preach
Ing for rs years.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-19

Physicians, chemists and physi.
ole gists (many Of them smC kers them
selves agree that smoking before ma.
turity is reached always leads TO waste
OF nerve power ard brein force, and
thus squanders life by weakening the
very center of strength.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-19

The President does not ignore states
rights In the matter OF respecting state
days at the jamestown Exposition. But
1t he makes two speeches on each &C.
casion, there is fear his elcquence will
not be suffieleLt to go around.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-19

The bites and stlngs of insects, tan,
sunburn, cuts. burns and bruises are re-
lieved at once with Pinesalve Carbo-
lized. Acts like poultice, and draws
out inflammation. Try 1t. Price 25c.
Sold by b. III. Gorrell's Drug Store.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-19

New York is now struggling, among
her other difficulties, with the problem
OF licensing cats. So much is said for
ana against this proposition that the
authorities are, with the subjects of the
dispute, on the fence.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-19

After having been in commission for
% years, the stage line between West
port and New Bedford, Mass, has been
discontinued, having been usurped by
the suburban trolley lines.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-19
Baltimore 6 Ohio R. R.
SCHEDULE IN ErFEoT NOV 25, 1906
LEXINGTON
All Trains Daily Except Sunday

HARRISONBURG, WINCHESTER.
CHARLESTOWN and HARPER'S
FERRY, Depart 400 a. M, ~. 10 p.
M, l.S0 p. IN. Arrive $50 p. m,
CHICAGO, Depart 40 a. ia, 1910 p.
m. Arrive $50 p. m.
PlTTSBURG, Depart 4. 10 a. m.
WASHING TON 4 BALTIMORE, De-
part 400 a. M, II. 10 p. H.. 1.3O p. m.
Arrive $50 p IN.
HAGERSTOWN & FREDERICK,
Depart4.O 90 a. N. Arrive 5.50p. m.
arr s 06.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-19

II suffered habitually from consti
patton. Doan's Regulets relieved and
strengthened the bowels, so that they
have been regular ever since "A. e.
Davis, grocer, Sulphur Springs, Tex.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-06-19

Switzerland sells to the United States
more than twice as much every year as
II buys here,
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-02-08
MAY BE COFFEE
That Causes all the Trouble,

when the house Is anre. rs like
body when disease begins to show. It's
no time to talk but time to act-delay
Is dangerous-remoye the cause Of the
trouble at once,
For number Of years. says
Kansas lady. Il felt sure that coffee
was hurting me, and yet. was so fond
OF Il, could not give Il up, pal,ered
with my appetite aud OF course Yield.
ed to the temptation to drink more.
AZ last | got 80 bad that made up my
mind | must either quit the use Of COT.
tco or die
Everything | ate distressed me, and
I suffered severely almost all the time
with palpltatlon OF the heart fire.
quently woke mp In the night with the
feeling that | was almost gone-my
heart seemed so smothcred and weak
In its action that | feared Il would stop
beating My breath grew short and
the least cxcrtlon set mo 10 painting. l
slept but little and suffered from rheu.
matIsm
Two years ago / stopped using the
old Kind OF coffee and began To nae
Postum Food Coffee, and from the
very first / began 20 improve II
worked a miracle, Now I can eat nnv.
thing and digest lt without trouble /
sleep like a baby, and my heart bsats
full, strong and easily My breathing
has become steady and normal ana
my rheumatism has left me. feol
like another person, and Il Is am due
TO quitting coffee and using Postum
Food Codoe, for / haven't used any
medicine and mono would have dome
any good as long as ! Kept dprrlne
with conoe" Name gwen BY Postum
Co.. Battle Greek, Mich. "Tbers,s a
Reason" Read the little book ..rbe
Road to WcIlyne," Ia pkgs All
grocors,
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-02-08
By Rev. Henry A. Stimson.

THE Christian theory Of the .cr-
L mon b. that 1t il message
tom God on the life Of o. man who
is sct apart TO live near To God. and
20 to know the will and mind Of God.
II it cease. TO be- that whatever else
II may be-. 81 ceases TO be sermon.
Belief Iu God involves belief IN roe
ligion. and that involves worship,
and that In turn the belief in the
presence OF God in His sanctuary,
and Ills voice in the word Of the
preacher Of course. there are al
ways preacher. and nearer. who for.
get tits. but II it we're generally for
gotten or di-bclicycd, the religion Of
Jesus Christ would quickly cease to
be- a living force. ] see NO reason 10
believe that that is true, therefore /
cannot think that the sermon has
lost its place or lbs power.
eliminating the sermon" would
be eliminating the life from public
worship. II would quickly die alto
gcthcr and become a mere form.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-02-08
By Rev. John J. kean,
Roman Catholic

A 5 Az evidence that the sermon
"A still d. a powerful factor on.
ha. only to regard the church at.
tendance on special occasions when
famous speakers are announced
Also ut mission services the sermon
is looked forward to as q moot inn.
porlant and interesting part Of The
exercises. The preachers at thcs,
mission services are selected for their
fitness. and their sermons, Of am
hours length, are carefully prepared
They touch the eternal truths Of rev.
citation sin, It's cnormity. its punish
mcnt. it, atoncmcnt; the love and
fear Of God the beauty Of the yir
tues the responsiveness Of the vice.
sermons Of this sort bring Tho
crowds TO the church and stir up th,
people to new life. The church j.
in no danger Of eliminating the Ser.
mon, but the clergy ARE coming to an
appreciation Of the fact that tn,
short sermon is more potent than Nh,
long discourse.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-02-08
Caution.

limitations have been placed upon
the market 30 closely resembling An.
cocks Plastcra In general appearance
as TO be we'll calculated to deceive. Il
Is. however. ia general appearance
only that they compare with Allcock'a.
for they are not only lacking in the
best elements which have made All.
cocks SO efncient but are often harm.
ful In their effects. Remember that
Allcocks are the original and only
genuine porous plastcrs-tho best ex.
ternal remedy known-and whom pur.
chasing plastcrs the only safe way Ia
TO always Insist upon having Alloook'g.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-02-08
A MAY Irwin Story.

The lrrepressIble May Irwin tells Of
a little New Yorker who had a bath
so seldom and wore such dirty clothes
that Il was more than the children
and teacher could stand So she was
sent home TO be made more bearable
but returned as dirty as ever ac
companlcd by a sister who inquired
what she was sent home for. The
teacher explained Then the sister
burst out Well say, me muddtr
says does our Rosie come here to git
amelt or 10 git loarnt2'
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-02-08
Nj, Practical idea.

A benevolent old man who lived on
his farm In Iowa never refused e4el'
ter 20 any who might ask II Of HIN
His many friends demonstrated WITH
him about this Characteristic, know
Ing that many INSCRIPTIONS hoboes
would avail themselves OF the oppor'
tunlty. and that there was great dan
ger Of the Old man being robbed. To
these remonstranccs the old man re-
piled that be- believed In practical
Christianity
nut" said one Of bis friends. this
seems very Impractical suppose one
OF these men took Il into his head TO
rob you one night7'
MY dear young friend was the re-
ply. Il bid an enter In the name OF
God. but I prove my belief IN praoti'
cal Christianity by locking up their
pants during tho night"