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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-13

If your store is not in the center
OF your location in ali of your ad-
vertising Associate the address with
some familiar building, place or corner
which every one knOws-you must be
near something or other OF the kind
and after a while the landmark will
be referred to as opposite your store.
Rhode Island Advertiser.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-13
Looking for Priza.

The police are now looking for man
known among the Austrians as 'Pri-
"a" Musija knew this mans name but
did not know the names of the other
two men who assailed him. According
to Musija, "Priza" was the first to stab
him, and was the one who urged the
others to kill him so that he would not
be able to tell the story of the attack.
1t is believed that when Musija's as
sailants left him they were convinced
that he was dead.
Lamike denies that he was one of the
men who attacked Musiia.
Austrians in Salt Lake are greatly
excited over the robbery and attempted
murder and are doing all they can to
assist the police in running down the
men who were guilty of the crime.
Friends of Musija declare that he was
not injured in a fight and that the at
tack upon him WASH not the outcome of
a feud among Austrian laborers.
They assert that the robbers were
Austrians of a low type who make a
business of hanging around saloons and
watching for an opportunity to rob
their couDtrymen whenever they can
find them under the influence of liquor
and unable to defend themselves.
"Priza" is said to be man who was
driven out of Vienna about seven years
ago because of his questionable con-
duct He is a man who is better edu-
Gated than most of his countrymen in
America and is said to have an aversion
for work of all kinds. He came to
America after quitting Vienna and has
wandered all over the country, stopping
at places in which large numbers of
Austrians are employed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-13

Self-denial is not virtue unless it
Is an act Of self-control. Self-denial
on the part of many is a form of
selfish pride-egotism not egoism-
which means being boss OF yourself,
but being good to yourself at the same
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-13
DENVER GETS
DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION
July 7 the Date Set for Gather
ing Which viii Nominate
Next U. S. President.
BOOMERS OF COLORADO
MAKE WINNING FIGHT
COLD CASH TO THE AMOUNT OF
100000 PUT UP BY CITIZENS
AND ASSOCIATIONS.


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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-13
Known to the Police.

1t has been his practice, it is alleged.
to prey upon his countrymen in every
way known to a resourceful and I'M
scrupulous man. Usually, it is said, he
inveigles his victims into card games
while they are under the influence of
drink. but it is asserted that he does
not stop at robbery when other meas
ures fail.
"Priza" is known to the police and he
will soon be arrested if he has not al
ready left the city.
Musija, the wounded man, came to
Salt Lake yesterday morning from Car
field. He at once commenced TO drink
and was seen during the afternoon and
evening wandering among the saloons,
accompanied by men of the "PTiZa"
stamp. 1t is believed that because of
his generosity in buying drinks for
strangers the impression was created
that he had large sum of money. This
aroused the cupidity of the three men
who assailed him. They awaited their
opportunity and at night, meeting Mu-
sija in the street, made the attack upon
him.
Musiias brother was at police head
quarters last night. He is positive that
the robbers intended to leave Musija
Continued on Page 2.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-02
A Curious Bird.

AS to food, the weka is omnivor-
Gus, eating everything from a pea
rifle cartridge to the remains Of
one of his own offspring. remem-
Der an instance Of this when our
dog unfortunately killed a young
bird which was too small to eat.
The parents made a decent show Of
grief over their loss and then, be.
ing quite sure that the little one
was dead, proceeded to eat up its
still warm remains, In camp wekas
are useful as scavengers, hut they
are incorrigible thieves, trying to
take away everything at all white
or glittering, and, as they are able
to move a weight of two or three
pounds, it may be well imagined
that careful lookout has to be kept.
The glance of mingled triumph and
contempt which weka gives over
his shoulder as he walks off with
your pipe is inimitable, and his
whole attitude would make most
laughable picture if well drawn
Pioneer Work In the Alps Of New
Zealand" by A. P. Harper.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-02
Fir:t Balloon ascent.

The first public ascent by the
Montgolfer balloon was made June
5, 1888. 1t was a spherical bag,
consisting of pieces of linen but
toned together, suspended from
cross poles. A fire was kindled un-
der it, and the flames were fed with
bundles of chopped straw. Tho
loose bag filled out, assumed a
graceful form and in a short time
was completely distended. At a Civ
en- signal the stays were slipped,
and the balloon instantly assembled.
Its velocity accelerated until it
reached some height, then became
uniform and carried it to an eleva-
ton of more than a mile. For ten
minutes it remained suspended, then
fell gently in vineyard nearly two
miles distant from the place Of its
ascension. The first adventures
to make an ascent in balloon wero
NJ. Pilatre de Rozier and the Mar
quis LArlandes. In the basket OF
q balloon they on Nov. 21, 1888,
rose to height of about 5000 feet. |
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-02
Fair Play.

An attache of the American en-
bassy at London tells a story of a
butler in the employ of fine old
English family whose long service
had inculcated in him a personal
and proprietary interest in the sons
and daughters of the house. Once,
on the occasion of a large dinner
party, the conscientious butler OBJ
served that one of the members of
the family, young girl who had
but recently entered society, was
devoting an amount of attention to
her agreeable neighbor on the right
obviously in excess of that accorded
to the less fascinating man on her
left. This fact perturbed the but
Ter to q degree that could no longer
be borne in silence. So under pre-
tense OF passing the culprit a dish
the butler managed to whisper re-
'pectfully in her ear:
"a little more conversation to
The LETT, sf-sHaypera Weeklr.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-02
The Seuth's Labor Problem

With reference to the negro as q
factor in the South's labor problem
the Lynchburg News in a recent
issue said:
"That the South is approaching
a crisis with reference to it's labor
problem is each year becoming
more and more apparent. The rat
ter has been carefully eanvassed by
publicists, newspapers, captains of
industry throughout the South,
and everywhere it is encountered
and made additionally perplexing
by the presence Of negro labor and
increasing inefiiciency thereof. Col
ored workers have all the Drawn
and muscle ard productive capaci-
ty that is necessary in the fields of
unskllled labor-but their inclina.
tivn in such direction is steadily
slackening-steadily tending to
paralyzs the negro as a useful fac
tor in the economy of society.
There seems no remedy except to
supplant him--except to invite,
foster, encourage immigration-to
spend millions if necessary in such
behslf-and to educate the immi-
grant classes as to the fertile field
for opportunity as afforded by the
Southern States"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-02
A Southern Candidate

Washington Post: A year from
now the Democratic party will be
running up and down the South
hunting a candidate for President
Of the United States. He may be
found in little Delaware; he may
be found In big Texas; he may be
found on the banks of the Yazoo,
in the State Of Mississippi.
1t has been a Iona tire since the
country had . taste of old-fasE-
Toned Democracy. Those Of our
population who were fortunate
enough to experience 1t have a
recollection of what real corn bread
was; but even in Kentucky the
making Of sure enough corn bread
is rapidly becoming a lost art, just
40 Democraco got to be lost art,
90 far as the Democratic party is
concerned. some ten or a dozen
years ago.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-02
The First Steamboat Whistle.

Early in May, 1874, the steamer
Rochester departed from Buffalo,
bound for Chicago. The engineer
was a mechanical genius named Nc
Gee, and he had constructed a
steam whistle from plans which he
had seen in scientific paper. On
the way up the lakes he blew it at
every stop, much to the astonish-
ment and terror of the inhabitants.
Just before reaching Mackinac the
Rochester, after lively race, pass
ed the steamer General Porter, Cap
tain @. L. eager. Engineer McGee
celebrated the victory by blowing
his whistle derisively and noisily.
When both boats reached the
wharfs Captain eager rushed up in
a rage, shaking his fist and daring
McGee to come down and face him.
what are you squawking that
thing at me for% he roared.
And if it had not been for mu-
tual friends steamboat whistling on
the lakes might have been intro
1uced with lively battle of fsti-
cuffs.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-02
Tho Domestic Problem.

81 once lost an Irish servant" re-
marked German lady who was re-
lating the trouble she had in keep
ing domestics, "because l could not
convince her that mick is a Ger
man name for a fly. One day my
little baby daughter was seated in
a chsn near window which OPEN
cd on the piazza, where Bridget was
at WORK. The window was closed,
and a number Of flies were busy
humping their heads against the
panes in an endeavor to escape to
the outside. They attracted baby's
attention, who called out to me to
look at them, at the same time say
ing, Mick, mick, mick Just then
Bridget turned to speak to the baby
and heard these words. And even
today Bridget is firmly convinced
that l instructed the baby to make
fun Of her" New York Herald.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-02
She Merely Wanted Bill.

A dear old lady who had never
left her native village before decid-
ed last summer to pay flying visit
to Portsmouth to see her son, a sail
or. The excursion train landed her
at the harbor station. Wandering
down to the pontoon in q dazed
fashion, she was hustled into boat
by an entertaining boatran and be-
fore she had recovered from her as
constituent found herself by the
side of the Victory.
Looking up in awe at the impos-
ing old hulk, she spied a sailors
face beaming at her from a port
hole. Immediately light dawned on
her puzzled brain, and she yelled
out, "Is this the navyw
eyes, num-" was the apologetic
reply.
"Then tell our Bill / wants i'm"
she commanded.
"Your Billa" wonderingly que
ried the tar.
Eyes, my Bill. He's in the navy"
was the lucid reply.-Dundee Ad-
vertiscr.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-02
A Curious Test For Beer,

At Munich an ancient custom
still obtains Of the burgomasters
and town councillors going annually
to Salvador cellar in order to test
the quality of the beer consumed
by the people. The test is very
primitive one. The officials attend
in their leathern breeches, and beer
having been poured over the wood
en- benches the civic dignitaries
plump down upon them. While
there seated they sing an ancient
song, the same that their predeces.
sors have sung for ages, and in or
der to subject the beer to a fair
test they sit long enough to sing
the song through three times. Then
they essay to rise up. If now they
find their breeches sticking to the
benches the beer is voted good and
sound. Having stood this test, the
beer goes through the formality OF
being tasted, and then its sale to
he public is duly sanctioned.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-02
THE SPERM WHALE.
Some interesting Facts About This
Monster of tho Sea.

Monster Of tho Sea.
The common sperm whale, or
cachalot, has very wide geograph-
ical range. 1t is said that it inhab-
its all seas except those near the
poles. 1t is much sought after be-
cause it furnishes US with sperma-
ceti, ambergris and much fine oil.
AS a rule, 1t is from seventy to
eighty feet in length. It's head is
immense, being equal to one-half
of the entire bulk Of the animal and
more than one-third of its length.
The right side of the head and nose
is occupied by cartilaginous, tri-
angular shaped cavity, called by
whalers the "case," which is the
main receptacle for spermacsti.
The case is divided into compart-
ments communicating with each
other, and it often contains as much
as ten large barrels of spermaceti.
Though the head is large and
clumsy looking, it does not impede
the whales movements in the least,
for it raises its head above the sur
face OF the water when swimming
and keeps it above when at rest.
1t is not very well known Of what
use the spermaceti is to the whale, !
except that it gives buoyancy to
the fore part of its body. Amber.
girls is fragrant, waxy secretion.
1t Is gray substance and when
heated or dissolved in alcohol gives
out a peculiar, agreeable odor ex-
ceedingly diffusive. 1t also has the
power Of increasing the odor of 9th.
or perfumes. Often it is found
boating on the sea or lying on the
'eacoast and is valued at about So
IN ounce.
Sperm whales traverse the seas
n herds called schools or pods by
Five hundred or more
lave been seen in a single school,
ollowing a leader, whose duty
Gems to be to keep q close lookout
or danger. In case Of threatened
larm he sounds an alarm by Q pc. ,
uliar roar.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-02
HARD FIGHTERS.
etleklebaeks Will Attack One Another
or Anything Else.

etleklebae<s Will Attack One Another
or Anything Else.
The stickleback is the most COM
bative fish, according to an angling
expert. "The raison d'etre for q
stickleback encounter" says the
writer, 'is generally, l believe, that
which actuates men to fight over
women. When l have watched them
myself | have not been able to learn
whether there has been a lady It'd
der present or not or, If so, which
one she was. But, whatever the
motive may have been, ! have seen
them fight with as much despera-
ton as would have been necessary
If forty females had been the point
of issue. Not only will they fight
one another, but they will even 90
out Of their way to attack anything
which may appear to them often
sive, and if walking stick be put
into the water near a fight the two
combatants will almost surely sus-
pend personal animosities for
awhile and make for the stick, but
ting it with their horny noses and
trying to saw it in two by swimming
on their sides with their stickles
against the wood. Having
conquered the stick, the two turn
against each other again.
"The victor stickleback assumes
a radiant, translucent green, his
sides and gills glow with scarlet and |
gold, while his white under parts
simmer like silver. 1t is then at
Its finest. In an aquarium, how
ever, the stickleback loses his COM
bativeness and becomes a faded
creature, though at first it fights
he glass case if alone and another
f 1t has companions till the mas
cry is obtained, when victor and
swim to the corners and
lie or pine away.
"The stickleback shoots at Its OPP
'onent, strikes and Is away as
quickly as q flash. Then back 1t
ONES again. Their spines get COW
red with blood from each others
'ody the spines being used like a
aw whenever the one fighter gets
nder the other. Although the
fights at all seasons, the
eight of the fighting comes during
be mating season."
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-02
Happiness.

Happiness is a temperament.
Some of the poor make themselves
unhappy because they are not rich.
Some Of the rich make themselves
unhappy because they are rich. The
man who has work to do makes
himself unhappy by imagining that
he has too much work. The man
who has no work to do makes him
self unhappy because he has no
work. The secret Of happiness is
to accept our lot in life and make
the best Of it.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-02
Forehanded.

The London Telegraph tells Of a
small girl who entered a grocer's
shop in Whitechapel and said:
"Please, sir, l wants 'arf pound
Of butter and penn'orth Of cheese,
and muvver says she will send
shilling in when farver comes
home"
GAIL right" replied the man.
"But," continued the child, "muy-
yer wants the change, cos she rs
~ot to put q penny In the ga
ileter."
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-02
Practical Advice.

A farmer wrote to the editor this
letter:
Mr. Editor-Sir. have Q horse that has
been afflicted for the past year with Pc
riodical fts Of dizziness. Please answer
through your valuable paper and let mo
know what should do with him. az he
seems to get worse instead Of better.
am afraid he will be UNIT for work II
something II not done soon.
The editor replied in the next
issue as follows:
Our honest advice. based on careful
perusal OF that excellent work. Every
Man His Own Horse Doctor" would be
to take this horse some time when he d
not dizsy and sell him to stranger.
--Philsdslph.s Lsdasy.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-02
VIRGINIA LANDS
Abandoned Soil Now Being Made
Productive

| EfOouCtiVe
The old Colonial States oil
the South have been in recent
years turning strenuous attention
to rodeeming their waste lands
soils that, because of having been
worn thin by two centuries of cul-
ture, have been practically aban-
doned. In Virginia, according to
q statement recently published in
TIE American, there are IL, 0O0,.
900 of acres lying untitled. This
10 not, as might be hastily guessed,
land that Is impossible Of i'm
provement. 1t is simply land that
is worn to the bone, to express 1t
sguratiyely, and which can ks re-
stored and made productive by in
telligent treatment. In some of
the counties of Maryland thousands
OF acres of such lands have been
redeemed and made again highly
productive. 1t is only matter of
putting money judiciously into ar.
tifcial fertilizers, the spreading Of
lime at the right time and tbs
turning under Of few clover OF
cowpea crops. The State Com
Of Agriculture Of Viz
gininia has seemingly taken this
abandoned land situation of Vir-
ginia into thoughtful considera-
ton, and has during the past few
yeare accomplished good results by
bringing into the State new farm
ing population, which lie taking up
these wornout acres and rendering
them productive.
According to the statement ia
'ued by Commissioner Koiner, the
head Of Virginia's agricultural de-
over 2,400 settlers from
he North and West have been at.
,racted to Virginia during the past
rear. In come Of the counties a.
many as 300 farms have been sold
o non-residents during the past
welvs months. The State stetis.
les show that property values in
Virginia increased by S185. 900, 900
rom 1900 to 1905, and the larger
Of this increase Is at
ributed to the betterment CT agri-
ultural lands. Descriptive liter.
ture has been printed in carload
Quantities by the Virginia Agri-
u.tursl Bureau, and distributed
OF only throughout every State Of
10 Union and Canada, bu. in Eng
md, Scotland, Ireland, Norway, c
weden, Denmark and Germany. |
amy special bulletins have been {
sued concerning agricultural in b
lstries that may be successfully a
gagged in under the conditions Of t
10 Virginia soil and climate. Vir- {.
mia in area is something larger
an Ohio, but the younger Stste T
Is a population of 4.427, 900, as F
,ainst population of 1854. 900 o
the older Commonwealth, which n
IS contributed largely to Ohio's P
velopment. i,
The older Southern States, with 81
t exception, offer magnificent
portunities to agricultural enter 6
ise. Several of them, notably ,,
nth Carolina, in addition to Vir- o.
MIA, are making a determined .,
ort to bring to their lands new ~
,od in the shape of capital and a
ergy. The notable results achiev. .,
during the present year in
nging in valuable accretions of
pulation set an example in ex- OF
nsive effort that is likely to be '"
lowed generally throughout the ~
ntb.-Baltimore American. VI
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-02
Little JOhnnu'S
Resolutions
= C

N 1EXT Tuesday Ill be New Year
M day."
4 Y Said little Johnny Lake.
"Some reserlootions, MON Do.
clares,
really ought 10 make.
MONS promised to stop gossipin'.
An so has Sister Sue.
guess I'll resolute BIZ.
Les see-whst shall I Dol
I'LL resoiute, | guess, to quit
A>splittin' kindlin' wood
Tasn pop Ill have to do that work,
Like fathers always should.
An then, while I'm a>doin' H.
I'll resolute to guilt
The Sunday school, fer goin' there
With me don't make no hit
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-02
Fraternal Orders.

Rockbidge Lodge, No. So. 10. o. F.
tneets every Thursday night, at Odd Eel.
lows Hall,
Lexington Lodge, No. &c, X. of p,
meets every Tuesday night, at Odd Eel
lows Hall.
Liberty Lodge, No, Q, Daughters of
Rebekah, meets every Monday night, at
Odd Fellows Hall.
Mountain City Lodge, No. 81, Ancient
York Masons, meets 1st and 3rd Mon.
day nights at Masonic Hall
Natural Bridge Council, No19 Royal
Arcanum, meets 1st and 3rd Friday
nights in each month, at Odd Fellows
Hall.
Lee Jackson Council, No. so, Junior
Order American Mechanics, meets every
end and 4th Friday nights at Odd Fellows
Hall.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-02

It'd like to resolute some way
To git myself goat
| want buttin' billy ram
With whiskers on his throat
An then I'll resolute, | guess,
To beat up Tommy Hunt
He's took an stole my girl frum me,
The doggone little runtI
u reckon that's enough fer me
To resolute jist nowt
At any rate, I'll make that do
It's plenty, anyhow.
Las 'ee--l start on New Years dsy.
Well, that amt very fur.
Won't MON be tickled when she finds
How we'll I've minded herr"
Denver Post
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-02

The public school teachers of
Richmond have asked for higher
salaries. They are backed by che
school beard.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-02

WI 'ts &C iiliilutCS.
The kidneys are your
blood purifiers, they FL
Ter out the waste or
impurities In the blood.
II they are sick or out
OF order, they fail to do
their work.
Pains. aches andrheu-
matism come from ex-
cess Of uric acid In the
blood, due to neglected
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-02

HARRISONBURG, ESTER,
CHARLESTOWN and HAKPER'S
FERRY, Depart 400 a. M, 1871 p.
M, 1870 p. IN. Arrive $50 p. NJ,
CHICAGO, Depart 40 u. m, 1910 p.
m. Arrive $50 p. m.
PlTTSBURG, Depart 4.1O a. m.
WASHING TON & BALTIMORE, De
part 400 a. L., 12.10 p. H.. 100 p. IN.
Arrive s. 50 p III.
HAGERSTOWN & FREDERICK,
Depart4.O0 a. IN. Arrive $50 p. M.
Abr 500.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-01-02
Over-Work Meakens
Your Kidneys
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.

All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.