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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-22
WILLING 10 Exchange.

The man who had purchased some
currant buns at a bakery was dis
tresse6, on starting to cat one to
End that it contained Il fly. Return
ing to the bakery. he made an in
dignant complaint, demanding an
other bun in place of the inhabited
one.
81 am sorry, SIR" said the sales
woman. 81 can't give you another
bun, but if you will bring me back
the fly / will give you currant for
it."-Kansas City Independent
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-22
No Use For Them.

An old North sea skipper who
was asked to buy a number of life
belts for his vessels use waxed elo-
quent in the sublimity of his con-
tempt. "Take 'em away" said the
old salt" Don't let me see such
longshore rubbish on my decks. |
don't want no life belts, nor no
smelling salts, nor no eau de cologne,
nor no feeding bottles or fans
aboard of me. Them as sails in my
ship has got to stick to her as ! do,
and if she goes down, why, ! expects
them in duty bound to go along
with er."-Pearson's Weekly.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-22
Natinnal Airs.

The national airs Of great coun-
tries are short, while those of small
er ones are long. "God Save the
King" is fourteen bars; the Russian
national hymn is sixteen bars.
"Hail, Columbia has twenty-eight
bars. Slams national hymn has
seventy-eight bars, that of Uruguay
seventy, and Chile's national hymn
has forty-six. San Marine has the
longest national hymn except Chi
mas, which is SO long that people
take half q day of to listen to it,.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-22
Tn. Business of sympathy.

One of the most valuable items of
ones social stock in trade nowadays
Is sympathy. A little goes a ire
mendously long way, and the great
advantage is that it need never be
real. People never stop to think
whether the seeming interest IN
ones illnesses, the sorrow for ones
domestic worries, the interest in
ones long string of woes and wor-
ries. is simulated. Nor do | honest
" believe they really care. The ma
jority of folk just want a listening
ear and a fuss for the time being
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-22
Fraternal Orders.


Rockbiidge Lodge, No. So. l. .. o. F.
meets every Thursday night, at Odd Fell
lows Hall.
Lexington Lodge, No. Sc, K. OF P.
meets every Tuesday night, at Odd Eel
lows Hall.
Liberty Lodge, No. 2, Daughters o
Rebekah, meets every Monday night, a
odd Fellows Hall.
Mountain City Lodge, No. 81, Ancient
York Masons. meets LIST and Bird Mon.
lay nights at Masonic Hall
Natural Bridge Council, No.1920 Royal
ircanum, meets list and 5rd Wednesday
lights In each month. at Odd Fellows
Hall.
Lex. ouncil, No. 179, Junior Order
United American Mechanics, meets every
Friday night at Odd Fellows He'll.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-22

rhs Important Functions Of This Wa.
terry Secretion.

terry Secretion.
The perspiration is watery Sc
cretion of certain curiously coiled
glands in the skin. 1t used to be
thought that it served useful pur-
pose in removing waste matters
from the system, and there is no
doubt that it does SO in measure,
but it cannot compare in this re-
spect with the secretion Of the kid
neys. Indeed it is ninety7eight and
eight-tenths parts water, and the
solid part is chiefly chloride of So
dunn, which gives it the well known
salty taste. It's function is to mois-
ten the superficial layer of cells in
the skin and 50 facilitate their re-
moval. But its chief use is believ-
ed to be to regulate the tempera-
ture of the body and prevent, by
evaporation, excessive and danger
Gus heat.
The quantity secreted depends
much upon the temperature OF the
air, exercise and the amount of fluid
drunk. But it averages between
thirty and forty ounces day.
1t varies in inverse proportion to
the secretion of the kidneys. The
secretion is constant summer and
winter, day and night, but ordinari-
ly evaporation keeps pace with it,
and it does not appear as moisture
on the skin. This is called the in
sensible perspiration, while that
visible as water is called the sensi-
bic perspiration.
1t is decreased in amount in GER
tain diseases, such as diabetes, in
which the kidney secretion is enor-
mously increased, and in ichthyosis,
dry, scaly disease of the skin.
Increased persplratlon may be
purely nervous in origin, as seen in
the beads on the forehead Of one
who is embarrassed, or the cold
sweat of fear or some other power
full emotion. In some cases the in
creased perspiration is localized in
the hands and feet. If this is an
expression of general weakness, ton
les and good food may correct the
condition, but usually local treat
ment is called for. Immersing the
palms of the hands or the soles of
the feet in water as hot as it can be
borne for about five minutes and
then, after drying, busting them
with very finely powdered boric
acid is often of great service.
The moist hand may be kept dry
by frequent application TO the
paImS Of saturated solution OF
boric acid in cologne water.
The preparation that occurs at
night in consumption and other dis
eases, accompanied with hectic fe-
yer, is often very distressing. The
quantity of water exuded is some
times enormous, soaking not only
night clothes, but the entire bedding
and mattress. If the patients con-
dition will permit, hot bath OF
four or five minutes duration at
bedtime will sometimes prevent or
lessen night Sweats. If this is not
permissible, spOnging with hot vine
gar and water may be tried. A glass
of milk and half a dozen crackers
taken at midnight will also occasion
ally be found useful. - Youths
Companion.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-22
9elfishness.

The most selfish man we ever
knew never made it pay. He was
poor and unsuccessful in every un-
dertaking. The man could have
made success in life had he recog-
nized the rights of Others and been
less conceited as to his own ability.
The longer we live the more we be-
come convinced that decency pays.
A little public spirit pays. A little
loyalty to your town pays. When
man becomes known as a hog his
bpsiness sufers-Atehisou Globe.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-22
Sens In Verse
CAPTAIN AND HIS WHISPERS.


as they marched through the town
~ with their banners 90 gay
~ ran to the window to hear the
/ peeped through the blind very
cautiously then,
Lest the neighbors might say was look
ing at the men.
1 heard the drums beat and the music 30
sweet
But my eyes At the time caught much
greater treat.
The troop was the finest that ever you do
see,
And the captain and his whislSers took O
sly glance at me.
When we met at the ball. I OF course
thought twas right
To pretend that we had never met before
But hs 'ss at once. ! could Sc. .. =
glance,
And / hung down my head as he asked
me to dance.
My heart was enlisted. and 1t could not
get free
Az the captain and his whiskers took q
sly glance at me.
But they marched from the town, and !
saw him no more,
Yet think Of him Oft and the whiskers
he wore.
I dream all the night and 1 think all the
day
OF the love OF the captain who's gone far
away.
And 1 keep in my mind how my heart
jumped with glee
Az the captain and his whiskers took
alv glance at me- 49,
=. Author Unknown.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-22
Cures Blood and Skin Diseases

Cures BLOOD and Skin Diseases
Eczema, Greatest Blood Purifier Free.
II your blood Is impure, thin, diseased.
hot or full OF hun ors. IL you have blood
poison, cancer. carbunkles, eating
sores. scrofula. ecZeme, Itching, rising
ard bumps, dwellings OF snperatiDg
sores, scabby. pimply skin, ulcers bone
peins, catarrh, rheumatism, or any
blood or skin disease, take Botanic
Blood Balm (B. B. b. Soon all sores
heal, aches al d pains stop and the
pioCd is made pure and rich. Drug
glsts or by express 81 pei large bottle.
Sample free Dy writing Blood Balm Co.,
Atlanta, Ga. B. B. B. is especially ad-
vlsed for chronic. deep seated cases Of
blood or skin diseases, as 1t cures after
all else fails. Nov. 20 01-1-yr
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-22

TO stop that pain in the back, that
stiffness of the joir Is and muscles. take
Plnules. They are guaranteed. Don't
suffer from rheumatism bacsache, kid
ney trouble, when you get 30 days
treatment for $1.00. A single dose at
bedtime proves their merit. Get them
to-day. Sold by b. II. Gorrell,
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-22

A book 10 years old, originally
owned by Anthony Wayne, the Revou-
tionary hero, has been presented to
the Missouri Agricultural College Lii
brery by Prof. Ii. J. Waters, dean OF
the department OF agriculture 1t was
exhibited in Philadelphia during the
Cante NAL.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-22

1t Is estimated that So, 000,O0O is spent
each summer BY American tourists in
Canada. Kingston IL alomst daily visit
ed by hundreds of American excursion.
lists, adding considerable sum each
season 10 the income of the merchants,
hotels, steamboats, and railroads OF this
district.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-22

1t will be unnecessary for you to go
through painful, expensive operation
for Piles if yoU use ManZan. Put up
in collapsible tube with nozzle, ready
to aDnlv TO tie soreEe5s and .inhaIn-
nation. For nny form or ffies, pr1cv
SOC, guaranteed. Sold by B. H. Ger
fell druggist
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-22

Consul G.. B. McGoogap. OF La Paz,
writes that the wild pita plant grows
sperssly in that part OF Mexico. A fac
tory near there works up the fiber, and
the 40 tons produced in 1907, valued at
5000 per ton, was all exported to San
Francisco, Cal.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-22

Some OF the best sugar beet raisers Ia
California have been women. One won-
an in Nevada raises pampas plunes for
support, while some ladies OF Pa,ade-
ma, Cal. makes a specially OF preparing
ostrich feathers for the market.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-22

Harsh physics react, weaken the
bowels, cause chronic constipation.
Doan's Reoulets operate easily, tone
the stomach, cure constipation. 25c.
Ask your druggist for them, B. II.
Gorrell. druggist.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-22

New York city possesses a very small
proportion of restaurants bet ween the
many first class ones that have no su-
periors in the world and the more num-
erous extremely poor ones hat are
hardly paralleled in the great cities.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-22

Gulls are recommended in place OF
carrier pigeons in consequence OF exper.
iments m0Je 10 France, which showed
them TO have superior intelligence erd
to be able to brave stormy weather
much better than pigeons.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-22

A Rings Dyspepsia Tablet after
each meal Cverccmes indigestion, dys-
pepsia and other stomach ills. Two
days trial Free Ask your dealer. Sold
by b. H. Gorrell, druggist.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-22

The average daily amount OF meat
consumed by each individual in New
York city is 2.6 cents worth, which Is
a falling of OF about one half cent in
years.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-22

Accidents will happen, but the best.
regulated families keep DIR. Thomas
Eclectric Oil for such emergencies. 1t
subdues the pain and heals the hurts.
B, q. Gorrell, druggist.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-22

Pinesalve Carbollzed acts like poul-
tice, draws out Inflammation and poi
son. Antiseptic, healing. For chapped
hands, lips, cuts, burns. Sold by b.
II. Gorrell, druggist.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-22

Rings Little Liver Pills wake up
lazy livers, clean the system and clear
the skin. Try them for biliousness and
sick headache. Price 25c. Sold by
b. II. Gorrell. druggist.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-22

Suffered day and night the torment
OF itching piles. Nothing helped Inc
until ueed Doan's Ointment. 1t cured
me permanently. Hon. John II. Gar.
rett, Mayor, Girard, Ala.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-22

A healthy man is king III his own
right; an unhealthy man Is IN unhappy
slave. Burdock Blood Bitters bu i'd
up sonnd health-keeTs you we'll. b.
II. GorrelI, druggist.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-22

The Washington Monument is SOD
feet in height. There are 900 steps In
the stairway leading to The apex, There
Is also an elevator.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-22

According to German Investigator
smoker sends into the air about -four
billion particles OF dust at every pull.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-22
A Guaranteed Cure for piles

Itching, Blind. Bleeding, Protruding
Piles. Druggists are authorized to re.
fund money II PAz0 OINTMENT
fails to cure IN to IA days. soc.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-22

cures made ~ Or.
Kilmer's Swamp-Rooi.
the great kidney liver
and bladder remedy
II isthe great medl-
cal triumph Of the nine
teenth century dis
covered after years Of
scientific research BY
DR.. Kilmer, the emf
nent kidney and bad
der specialist, and Is
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-22
DO YOU GET UP
WITH alamo BACK 2
kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers Is sure to know Of the wonderful
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-22

wonderfully successful In promptly curing
lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid tfcp-
bles and Bright's Disease. which is the ws<fei
form OF kidney trouble.
DR.. Kilner's Swamp-Ro0t L ntss rec
commended for everything but If you hayek kid
ney, liver or bladder trouble Il will be found
Just the remedy you need. lthas been tested
in so many ways. in hospital work. in private
practice, among the helpless too poor TO pur-
chase relief and has proved so successful In
every case that special arrangement has
been made by which all readers Of this paper
who have not already tried ii, may have a
sample bottle sent free by mail, also book
telling more about Swamp-Root and how to
find out II you have kidney or bladder trouble.
When writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper and EE
send your address TO GSjiiTsfk Asss s;:$e.:.l,
DR.. Klmer g. Co., Bng b . i:,ss::,1
hamton, N. Y. The =Sssa sl.l 1:Isssssettsse
regular fifty cent and Home Of swamp-ROOt.
dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists.
Don't make any mistake, but remember
the name. Swamp-Root, Dr.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, and The address, Blnghamton
NY. ~ every bottle.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24

these ashes! You saved my life from
the desert; I have saved yours from
a greater power-from the god Tona-
THU himself-who has permitted me
to do so. This is his temple, the an
cient sacrificial place, where, each
day at noon, Tonathiu looks down
through yonder window to kiss that
which reposes here. l knew that you
would climb this spot, and that naught
/ could say or do would stay you. So
came by another way, meaning to
lead you hence by the secret passage
of the priests, but puma attacked
me. l killed him at last, and as
fought / prayed and promised Tona-
THU my life for yours, II he would
only save you. Behold him now! He
listened to his faithful servant, and
yelled his face! But he shall not be
cheated of a sacrificed"
Suddenly waving his arms above
his head, the last of his race plunged
to death, 400 feet below!
Over the grim basaltic cliff a pale
light had been spreading, growing
stronger as Mason gazed, till the
scene was once more bathed In golden
sunshine. Then he knew.
AS he CROPPED and stumbled through
the dark passage of safety, II was with a
pang of pity for the superstitious,
self-sacrificing pagan that he remem-
bered the date-the 2Sth OF May-the
day of the suns eclipse, and that the
scene of this adventure lay in the
path of its totality.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24
Quit Ye Like Men.

Here on earth we are as soldiers
fighting in a foreign land; that under
stand not the plan Of the campaign,
and have no need to understand IT,;
seeing well what is at our hand to be
done. Let us do 1t like soldiers, with
submission, with courage, with hero
ic joy. Whatsoever thy hand find to
do, do 1t with all thy might" Behind
us, behind each one of us, lie 5000
years OF human effort, human con
quest; before us is the boundless
time, with its as yet uncreated and
unconquered continents and Eldora.
dos, which we, even we, have to con.
quer, to create; and from the bosom
of eternity shine for us celestial guild
ing stars.
My inheritance how wide and fair!
Time is my fair seed-held, of Time I'm
heir.
Carlyle.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24

the painted face OF All Wong was like
the face of Sam Chin and the decep
ton was not discovered. All Wong
was pleased with his bargain when
the money was paid and securely hid
den, for six. months is not long In
mans life and he was told that In
the house of correction a good bed
and plenty of food are provided. He
had not been told that Sam Chin's SEN
tence demanded hard labor, and for
the first time In his life. to his disgust,
All Wong had to work. From this
work came thought, angry thought at
first, but calm and satisfying after
ward because before the six months
were up he had invented new pro
fession
When released, he asked his cous-
ins to write to New York, San Fran
cisco, Denver and other cities, to say
to the leading Cinnamon that All
Wong would go to Jail in the place of
other men for not less than $1,000
and expenses. His cousins laughed
again and said that All Wong had
learned the work, but he said moth.
ing about his secret invention.
In two months he went to Provi-
dence, where Yee Get was arrested
with smuggled opium in his jacket.
The sentence was year at hard la
Dor, but when It was interpreted to All
Wong he only smiled broadly. He did
not smile in the Jail, but when the
time came for him to go to work, he
was found all doubled up with some
strange disability, and both wrists and
one shoulder were out of joint. The
doctor reduced the dislocations and
sent the prisoner to the hospital to
recuperate. The food was better in
the hospital the bed was better, and
All Wong recovered-as slowly as he
could. When at last he was sent back
to work the strange sickness attacked
him again and the joints of his arms
we're again dislocated. He never left
the hospital after that, and, as he had
become a burden upon the authorities
be was released in nine months, earn
ing his thousand dollars more easily
even than he had expected This time
when he returned 10 his cousins he
found that he was wanted in Phila
delphia and San Francisco at the
same time, and he kept both men
waiting until the price was bid up tc
$4,000. At the beginning of his pro
fessional career he was so thin that
he could only take the place of laun
drymen and laborers in the penlten
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24
Somehow He Never Did Work.

tiaries, but with arms out of joint he
and as he gained weight he took the
sentences of rich merchants who were
able to pay more. He permitted him
self to be tried for any crime, only
drawing the line at murder cases, be-
cause, as he said, he was now a rich
man and could not afford to leave his
money.
Last fall he decided that he was
rich enough to retire. He had served
In 20 jails and as he could not do his
contortion specially in any one of
them n second time, his field of use,
fulness had become restricted to cities
where there were but few, and
those generally law-abiding, China
men. Therefore he decided to return
to the land of his fathers to enjoy the
fruits of his laziness, and was plan
ming to reach there in time for the
celebration of the Chinese New Year.
At the last moment, however, he was
summoned to New York by a letter
| from a man who was about to be de-
ported for being Illegally in the coun-
try and whose rich friends were will
ing to pay literally for substitute to
be sent back to China in his place.
The new arrival. then out under heavy
bail, was comparatively thin man,
but All Wong agreed to take his place
for $4,000 dollars and reduce his
weight till he fitted the others
clothes. SO All Wong enjoyed the
New Years festival on starvation
diet Of rice and water When, with
his snug fortune, he embarked on the
Peking, his passage paid by the gov
ernment of the United States, he was
awaited by a patient little almond
eyed bride, secured through the good
Offices of his repentant family.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24

cursed and prayed, but still the re
leEtless pencil of light grew smaller
and brighter, and came nearer and
nearerl Already he could feel the
heat from the glowing, orumblins
wall
His brain rocked with the heat and
the horror and he closed his eyes
Through his half.closed eyelids he
could still see and feel the glowing
beam Of heat, but now, as in dream,
haze seemed to intervenei and to
overspread the heavens. Birds, with
frightened cries, few by with quickly
beating wings. The sky was darkened
Then all noises, except that of a tre-
mendcus breeze, died away, and a
strange, weird hush fell upon the
earth.
Mason opened his eyes. IL was not
dream. The earth was silent, the
heavens dark The binding ray OF
heat had disappeared, and the wall
still warm, had lost its threatening
incandescence. Bewildered and won.
derlng, he lay gazing about him, and
was not conscious of surprise when a
portion of the wall at the end OF the
shelf moved little and then swung
outward, revealing the mouth of a
small tunnel, framing the pallld face
and bloodstained form OF Mara, the
Indian.
Speechless he remained, as the ma
H. q. ~ IL.
so nearly fatal He could not under
stand the awful danger escaped, the
strange silence and darkened sky. Ma.
ra's bloody garments and wild ex'
preston.
The Indian spoke:
Listen to the voice Of Mara, the
last Of the Jonaces-the last of the
priests of Tonathiu! Listen in awe
and give thanks that you are not as
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24
Building Supplies.

Give me brief idea about the plot
of your new novel," said the busy pub
Usher.
well" responded the struggling au-
thor, "in the first place the heroine is
a brick"
Indeed"
"Yes, and the hero has plenty of
sand"
"H'm!"
ut is then that their hearts are ce-
mented together"
That's queer combination"
"And the old man has a marble
heart, but plenty of rocks" Then the
busy publisher held up his hand
young man." he said. solemnly, 81
think you had better take that novel
down TO a building supply house. Per.
haps they could use part Of It as a
trade catalogue"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24

Tired out, worn out woman cannot
sleep, cat or work. seems as IL one
would fly TO pieces. HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea makes strong
nerves, rich red blood, health and
strength. 3j cents, Tea or Tablets.
Flocken's Pharmacy.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24
Proper Measures.

Prosperity" remarked the passen-
ger with the auburn tie, is gradually
coming back again. I'm taking meas
ures to enlarge my business"
Whats your line?" queried the
hardware drummer.
Merchant tailoring" answered the
man behind the brilliant neckwear.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-24
Home Guards, Attention! !

Send names and addresses to under
signed for startling disclosures re-
garding our order, made by Ohio In
surance Departments investigation.
II. G. A. MEMBER,
p. o. Box No. "a, Cleveland, Ohio.