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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-07-28
Where the Hippopotamus Turks.

Herds of appropriateness are not
found everywhere In central Africa
They stick to the swampy shores
overgrown with the papyrus plant,
which affords them cover by day
when they come out TO rest. At night
they feed on land, sometimes walking
long distances away from the lake or
river In search Of palatable herbs. The
hippopotamus is a great eater. A COW
hippopotamus stays with her calf until
the young one gets strong enough TO
walk and swim.-Exchange
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-07-28
RAM IN THE ROOTS.
Old Way TO Plant Fruit Trees Is Bad.
Useful Little Contrivaneos.

The following article is by an Eng.
fish fruit grower who has made a
scientific study Of the planting of
fruit trees:
1t Is an article Of faith among fruit
growers that fruit trees must be plant
ed in q certain special way II success
Is to be obtained. The soil is properly
prepared, large hole Is made wide
but not deep, and the roots are careful.
ly spread out in all directions and ar
ranged near the surface, with a slight
upward bearing at the ends. The soil
Is filled In with many precautions.
Small quantities of the finer soil are
first worked in among the roots. hol-
low places caused by archings in the
stouter roots are filed up. and then
the rest Of the soil is put in. trodden
carefully down and the whole left to
the compacting influence of the rain.
The tree is SUPPORTED by stakes until
1t Is sufficiently firmly established.
All this, according to the report be-
fore us, is precisely wrong. 1t is all
exactly the opposite Of what it should
be- The proper way to plant a tree
Is to make a small hole, to double the
roots up any way and stick the trees in,
throw In the soil and ram it down as
hard as If one were fixing a gatepost.
The experiments seem convincing
enough. They have been made at
Woburn, Harpenden, Bedford, various
places In Cambridgeshire and In Dev-
onshire, England. Fifty-nine per cent
Of the sets showed in favor of ram.
ming, II per cent showed no differ
ence q. G., all the elaborate detail OF
the ordinary way Of planting was
simply a waste Of time), and only IA
per cent were against ramming. 1t
makes no difference by what criterion
the trees are judged, planting in this
new way gives better results than
planting In the orthodox fashion.
When new fact Is established by |
scientific experiment that no longer |
fits In with the old practical formula |
which has hitherto suff1ced to cover
oil cases there is invariably a cry |
raised about the antagonism Of theory
Tor science) and practice. This has
duly happened In the present case.
But no practical man has been able to
give any reason for the faith that is
In him beyond the fact that it is sane
toned by established custom. These
appear to be the first serious expert
ments on the subject and they do not
seem to be vitiated by any constant
error. Examination Of the trees shows
that ramming has led to a copious de-
velopment Of fbrous roots. Direct ex.
)erlments show that the fbrous and
small roots produced In the nursery
before lifting play no great part as
roots during the subsequent life of
he tree. The important part is to in.
luce fresh root formation, and ram.
ming does this more rapidly than the
orthodox method Of planting. No harm
vas done, and sometimes good result. ,
ID, when the old roots were deliber. ,
'tely damaged before planting
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-07-28
NJ & W Norfolk 6 Western
SCHEDULE IN RFFKCT. JUNE 20. 1909
LEAVE BUENA VISTA

2.20 p.m.-For Bristol and informed.
late stations Pullman Buffet sleep.
er to Bristol. Connects at Roanoke
with st. Louis Express for all points
West. Pullman Sleeper Roanoke TO
Columbus, and Cincinnati aie Car
I'll a.m.-For Roanoke, Buefeld,
Pocahontas, Norton, Winston Salem,
Charlotte, WEIGH and intermediate
stations. Pullman Sleeper t. Gary.
Cafe Dining Car.
In p.m.-FOr Hagerstown, Phila-
delphia. New York. Pullman Buffet
Sleepers via Hagerstown for Harris
burg, Philadelphia and New York.
7.35 pm. For BaP erstown, Philadel.
phia and New York, Pullman Sleeper to
Philadelphia and New York.
Rates, time tables and Information
cheenully furnished upon application
to Agent n, & w. Ry.
W. B. BEVlLL,
Gen. Pass. Agt. M.F. BRAGG,
RCanoke, Va. Trav. Pass. Agt
Jan. Is, '09
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-07-28
Eve For Business.

White-Why are YOU so anxious T.
lend that friend dollar whenever he
asks it2 He only spends his money IN
drinks and cigars Black-Oh, he al
ways pays it back. Whlte-But- there
must be some other reason for your
ready generosity. Blackwell, there
is. He always spends half the money
on me.-Judge.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-07-28
Baltimore s Ohio R. R.
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT Nay 30, 1909
LEXINGTON
All Trains Daily Except Sunday

HARRISONBURG, WINCHESTER.
CHARLESTOWN and HAKPER'S
FERRY, Depart 400 am, 1900 noon
l.30 p. IN. Arrive 500 p. N,
CHICAGO, Depart 400 a. M, 1900
noon. Arrive 800 p. M.
PlTTSBURG, Depart 400 am 1900
noon.
WASHINGTON & BALTIMORE. De-
part 400 a. M, IL 90 noon 100 p. IN.
Arrive 900 p. III.
HAGERSTOWN & FREDERICK,
Depart 400 a. III. Arrive 800 p. M.
aDr- SOC.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-07-28
Rapid Transit Returns

II wouldn't be guilty of doing a n
vor for man and then In day O.
two asking him to do one for me-"
mo. nor |. I'd ask him right
straight off, before his gratitude got .
chance to cool."-Exchange.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-07-28
She Knew.

Glow stupid you are, Lola" ex.
exclaimed her mother. II don't be-
lieve you know the difference between
a fried oyster and whale"
Eyes, I do. mamma" replied the LII.
tie miss. Zone is cooked and the 9th.
or t."-Chicago News.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-07-28
Not Guilty.

"Young man." said the serious per-
son. don't you realize that the love OF
money Ia the root of all eyilT
WELL" answered the spendthrift,
you don't see me hanging on to mon
~ as II loved 1t, do your
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-07-28
Removing a Blot.

Mister" inquired the tramp. "would
youse contribute dollar to help beau,
tify your town."
What's the ideaT"
Ser dollar I'll move on to de next
town."-Washington Herald.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-07-28
FOR EXTRACTING THE JUICE OF THE APPLE

FOR EXTRACTING THE JUICE OF THE APPLE
Of soft wood will do. Cut two pieces
four feet long and two pieces three
feet long. Cut groove in each Of the
four foot pieces four inches from the
end one-half inch deep by two inches
wide. Set short pieces In these grooves
and spike firmly. Take large carpen-
ters bench screw, preferably iron, set
ting 1t In the center Of the upper cross
piece.
| For the cheese crib take two bands
made Of hoop iron with holes punched
about one and one-half inches apart.
Fill the bands with slaves about two
feet long and one and one-quarter
inches wide, securing them to the
bands through the holes made for that
purpose. The slaves should be one.
quarter Of an inch apart
This crib should have a false bot.
tom to catch and conduct the cider.
For the grinder take a clean barrel
-four barrel will do - saving II
through at the bulge. Next cut false
head smaller than the barrel head to
tack on outside to support the head
or tub bottom when In use. For the
cross or head piece Of press boards
take a piece of scantling three feet
long, taper one end and round tip. A
block Of hard wood with hole bored
in it half an inch deep is used for the
screw to work in to keep from binding
The plate or board used to press the
cheese should be Of hard wood, and II
is preferably made by fastening two
sets Of boards together, crossing the
grain.
To mash the apples put in the tub |
described and with piece of by 4
or other heavy FOUNDER mash until the
juice may be readily separated.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-07-28
Value Of Timothy.

Timothy is grown rather for hay
than for pasture, and yet in certain
areas Of the prairie It IS much relied
upon for pasture at the present time
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-07-28
Great Reduction In
MILLINERY
NOW

l also have a nice line of White
Goods and EmbroiIeries, Val
Laces. etc.. that l am going to
sell at very low prices Want to
close out my White Goods and
EmbrOideries need more time and
space for millinery Have a nice
line of Kid Gloves and Silk
Gloves. Fancy Hose both silk and
Isle, all cclors. Plaid Top Socks
in large and small sizes for Child
rem. Call and look over my line
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-07-28
Dissolution Notice

have seyered ny connection with
Riding Bros, and will hereafter Goa
tract for buildings and carpenter work
on my own responsibility. Repair
work q specially. The patronage OF
the public is solicited =
June s0aa JsE MYERS.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-07-28

tack the vital organs, causing catarrh OF
the bladder, brick-dust or sediment in
the urine, head ache, back ache, lame
back, dizziness, sleeplessness, nervous
ness, or the kidneys themselves break
down and waste away cell by cell.
Bladder troubles almost always result
from arrangement of the kidneys and
better health in that organ is obtained
quickest by a proper treatment of the kid
neys. Swamp-Root corrects inability to
hold urine and scalding pain in passing it,
and overcomes that unpleasant necessity
OF being compelled to 60 often through
the day, and to get up many times during
the night. The mild and immediate effect
Of Swamp Root, the great kidney remedy
Is soon realized. 1t stands the highest be-
cause of its remarkable health restoring
properties. A trial will convince anyone.
Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and is
sold by all druggists in fifty-cent and
one-dollar size bottles. You may have a
sample bottle and book that tells all
about it, both sent free by mail. Address,
DR.. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
When writing mention reading this gen.
erous offer in this paper. Don't make
any mistake, but remember the name,
Swamp-Root, ard don't let dealer sell |
you something in place of Swamp Root
If you do you will be disappointed.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-07-28

He who has many friends has no
hienda-AristoHs.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-07-28
Homemade Cider Press,

To make cider press like the one
in the illustration take plank 2 by Il
inches, II feet long. 1t should be OF
hard wood, but we'll selected piece
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-07-28
The Cause Of Many
Sudden Deaths,

There is a disease prevailing in this
country most dangerous because SO decep-
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-07-28

tive. Many sudden
deaths are caused
by it-heart dis
ease, pneumonia,
heart failure or
apoplexy are often
the result of kid
ney disease. If
kidney trouble is
allowedtoadvance
thekidney-poison-
II 80
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-07-28
NEW.
Ice Machine

l have just started up my ICE
FACTORY with nearly everything
new. Have spared neither time
nor money in putting in one OF
the best and most
Up.to.Date Ice Machines
On the market.
Am in position to furnish good,
PURE ICE promptly and at rea
sonable price Orders from The
country solicited, which will be
promptly attended to.
All orders by mail or phone
will have prompt attention.
Respectfully,
W. r. HUMPHREYS.
Phone No. l3S apr. 28 % tt
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-11

man responsible for them stuck on
himself" Then he would look at the
drawn face on the pillow and listen to
the babblings of the boy who had no
childhood; and the frown would melt
off his brow.
He did not always talk to his moth
err when his mind wandered; several
times he addressed an invisible pres
ence as Helen" and Dear" with an
accent of tenderness very strange on
those infexible lips. When he talked
to this phantasm he was never angry
or distressed; his turgid scowl cleared;
the austere lines chiseling his cheeks
and brow faded; he looked years
younger. But for the most part, it was
to no unreal creature that he turned,
but to Col. Rupert Winter. He would
address him with punctilious civility,
but as one who was under some obli-
CATION to assist him, saying, for in
stance, "Col. Winter, l must beg you
not to let those persons in the room
again. They annoy me. But you
needn't let Mercer know that. Please
attend to it yourself, and get them
away. Miss Smith says you will. Elk
plain. to them that when l get up |
will investigate their claims. I'm too
sick now!"
mo DE 0nN-TT\-JTEnN
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-11
Used in Coal Mines in Pennsylvania
To Prevent cave-lns.

Coal ashes in bulk might not seem
a hard and resistant material, yet they
are now used in some of the coal
mines of northeastern Pennsylvania
to prevent cave-ins. Flushed into the
spaces formerly occupied by coal; the
ashes form a solid mass when the wa
ter drains off, capable OF holding up
the earth and rock above. Says
Casters Magazine:
This device is illustrative OF the
contrast between highly developed
mining practices of to-day and the
wasteful methods that once prevailed.
Then the object was to get as much
coal out of the ground as possible,
and little thought was given to the
future. Now, though, experts have be-
gun to predict the date when there
will be no more anthracite; and the
mining company of to-day is as care
full of conservation as of immediate
production.
"A mine just outside Of Scranton,
Pa. is nea to a big boiler plant which
consume 300 tons of coal daily. Nat
orally, a large supply Of ashes Is
created in the fire-boxes beneath the
boilers. 1t is estimated that about SO
tons of ashes a day are sent down into
the mine.
Water pumped from a nearby
mine is used for the nushing. Run
ming through a wooden trough, it
reaches a tunnel that passes beneath
the ash pits. This tunnel slopes at
a grade of three-eighths Of an inch to
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-11

pound. After taking mi and one;
half bottles of the Compound, | am all
right again, and I recommend 1t TO
every suffering woman."-MRs. MAY
DEAL, Winchester, Ind.
Hundreds of such letters from girls
and mothers expressing their gratitude
for what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound has accomplished for
them have been received by The Lydia
E. PinkhamM Medicine Company, Lynn,
Mass. -,
Girls who are troubled with painful
or irregular periods, backache, head
ache, dragging-down sensations, faint
ing spells or Indigestion, should take
immediate action to ward off the seri-
GUS consequences and be restored to
health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. Thousands have been
restored to health by its use.
If You would like special advice
about your case write c0nfiden.
tial letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is Free
and always helpful.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-11
NEW USE FOR ASHES

the foot. At intervals the ashes are
shaken into it from above.
The flow of the water carries the
ashes to a bore-hole, leading straight
down through the ground to the mine.
At the bottom are pipes leading to the
worked-out places which are to be
filled. Through the pipes goes the
torrent Of ashes and water, and the
ashes are piled into the abandoned
breast or gangway, while the water
seeps and drains away. Gradually the
pile of ashes grows until it reaches
from floor to roof. Then it becomes
hard and firm. Nearby have been
left pillars containing hundreds of tons
Of coal. When the new ash-pillars are
large enough to be safe supports, the
coal can be taken out.
1T is a costly process. The piping
is out very rapidly by the sui
phur which is always present in mine
water, and therefore has to be re-
placed frequently. The economy is
one the benefits of which are more
for the future than for the present.
Owing to the rapid exhaustion of the
richer and more easily mined veins, it
lie necessary to use all means, no mat
ter how expensive. to make the re-
manning coal available"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-11
BOYS GRATITUDE WAS REAL.
Has Long Cared for Grave Of Ma"
Who Had Been Kind to Him
Many Years Ago.

Rev. John Henfi Sattig, pastor Of
st. Philips church, Dyker Heights,
Brooklyn, tells this beautiful story:
"In Milford. Pa, there is an old
graveyard, neglected, weed-grown and
unkempt. OF all the mounds in that
village Of the dead only one is cared
for. On that the grass is neatly
trimmed, flowers bloom and never a
weed appears. The visitor who looks
upon this evidence Of love and devo-
ton amid SO many examples of for
getfulness usually asks whose grave
it is, and the sexton answers: The
man whose body rests there had
neither chick nor child. Nearly every
day for the six years since the man
died a boy comes here to tend to the
grave. Winter and summer he comes.
The lad is the butcher boy. The man
was the only human being who ever
was kind to the boy"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-11
SYNOPSIS.

The story opens at Harvard where Col.
Rupert Winter, u. S. A, visiting. saw the
suicide of young Mercer. He met Cary
Mercer, brother of the dead student.
Three years later, in Chicago. in 1906,
Col. Winter overheard Cary Mercer ap-
parently planning to kidnap Archie. the
colonel'S ward, and to gain possession OF
Aunt Rebecca Winters millions. A Miss
Smith was mentioned apparently as a
conspirator. A great financial magnate
was aboard the train on which Col. Win
and Archie. Col. Winter learned that the
financial magnate is Edwin s. Keatcham.
Winter, aided by Archie. cleverly frus-
trated a hold-up on the train. He took a
great liking to Miss Smith, despite her
alleged kidnapping plot. Archie mysteri-
ously disappeared in Frisco. Blood in a
nearby room at the hotel caused fears for
the boys life. The lads voice was heard
over the telephone, however. and a min
ute later a Woman'S voice-that OF MISS
Smith. Col. Winter and a detective set
Arnold. a Harvard graduate. They were
met with an explosion within: Mercer
appeared. He assured Winter that Archie
fitting from the supposedly haunted
house. 1t was Miss Janet Smith. Col:
Winter to himself admitted that he loved
Archie had overheard plans for a coup
and had been kidnapped. One of MERGERS
friends on returning the boy to his aunt
had been arrested for speeding and when
he returned from the police station to his
auto the lad was gone. Mercer confessed
he was forcibly OBTAINING Keatcham.
Mercer told his life story. relating how
Keatcham and his scoundrel secretary,
Atkins. had ruined him, the blow killing
his wife. Mercer was holding him prison.
err in order that he could not get control
of a railroad which was the pet project of
the father of his college friend, .Endicott
Tracy. Aunt Rebecca saw Archie in a
cab with two men. Then he vanished.
She followed in an auto into the Chinese
district and by the use of a mysterious
Chinese jade ornament she secured a
promise from an influential Chinaman
that the boy would be returned. Archie
returned and told his story, Atkins. for
mer secretary to Keatcham, being his
second kidnaper. Col. Winter and Tracy
returned to the haunted house." They
found Keatcham, apparently stabbed to
death. Keatcham was not dead, how
ever. Cary Mercer appeared on the scene,
Winter believing his actions suspicious
and observing blood on his cuffs and
trousers. Mrs. Millicent Melville, in let
tiers to her husband, revealed that she al
lowed information to leak" to Atkins.
Suspicious directed themselves at Atkins
in the Keatcham assault. Unknowingly
Mrs. Melville had made herself a tool for
Atkins dark scheme in stocks.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-11
CHAPTER XV.-Continued.

On their instantly expressed desire
to see the hidden way, the colonel led
them to the patio. He walked to the
engaged column which once before
had interested him; he pressed a CON
cealed spring under the boldly carved
eight-pointed flower; instantly, the en-
tire side of the columns swung as a
door might swing. AS they peered
into the dusky space below, the colo
mel, who had put down his arm,
pressed an electric button and the
white light flooded the shaft, revealing
an ingenious ladder Of cleats fitted into
steel uprights.
Here said the colonel, SIS a secret
way from the patio to the cellar. The
cellar extends a little beyond the patio
and there is a way down from the yard
to the cellar-I can quickly show you
II you like"
mo, thank you" replied Warnebold,
who was a man of full habit and older
than the colonel, Il will take your per-
sonal experience instead"
Then if you will go out into the
yard with me / will show you where
a charming pergola ends in a vine
wreathed sun-dial of stone that you
may tug at and not move; but press
your foot on a certain stone, the whole
dial swings round on a concealed turn
table such as they have in garages
you know. You will have no difficulty
in finding the right stone, because an
inscription runs round the dial: Mas
vale tarde que nunca;' and the stone
is directly opposite 'nunca.' When you
have moved away your dial you will
see a gently inclining tunnel, high
enough for a man to walk in without
STOPPING, wide enough for two, and
much better ventilated than the New
York subway. That tunnel leads to 9
secret door opening directly into the
cellar, SO skilIfuily contrived that u
The Tupelo journal., 1909-06-11
CHAPTER XVI.
The Real Edwin keatcham.

One Sunday after Mrs. Melville Win
ter and Archie came to Casa Fuerte,
Mr.. Keatcham sent for the colonel.
There was nothing unusual in such a
summons. From the beginning of his
illness he had shown a curious, mex
pressive desire for the soldiers COM
pany. He would have him sit in the
room, although too weak to talk to
him, supposing he wished to talk,
which was not at all sure. 'I-like-to-
Observation-Disclosures" he faltered
to his nurse; "can't-he-read-or-play-sol-
itaire-like-the-old-lady"
Sometimes Winter would be con-
scious that the feeble creature in the
bed, with the bluish-white face, was
staring at him. Whether the CLASSY
eyes beheld his figure or went beyond
him to unfinished colossal schemes
that might change the fate of a con-
tinent, or drifted backward to the pow
erty-stricken home, the ferocious toll
and the amending ~self-denial OF
Keatcham's youth on the Pacific slope,
the dim gaze gave no clew. All that
was apparent was that it was always
on Winter, as he curled his legs under
his chair, wrote or knitted his brow
owe rows of p~laying-cards.
At the very first, Keatcham's mind
had wandered; he used to shrink from
imaginary people who were in the
room; he would try to talk to them,
distressing himself painfully, for, he
was so weak that his nurses turned his
head on the pillow; he would feebly
motion them away. In such aberra-
lions he would sometimes appeal, In
a changed, thin, childish voice, to the
obscure, toil-worn pioneer oma who
had died while he was a lad. Mother,
was a good boy; l always got up
when you called me didn't IL helped
you iron when the other boys were
playing-mother, please don't let that
old woman stay and cry here!!" Or he
would plead: Mother, tell her, ,say
you tell her I didn't know her son
would kill HIMSELF couldn't tell-he
was a damn coward, anyhow-excuse
me, mamma, / didn't mean to swear,
but they make me so awful mad!'
There was a girl who came, some
times, from whose presence he
shrank; a girl he had neyensseen; nor,
indeed, had he ever known in the flesh
any of the shapes which haunted him
They had lived; but had his
eyes fallen on them. Nevertheless,
their presence was as real to him as
that of the people about him whom he
could hear and touch and ee. It did
not take Winters Imagination long to
piece out the explanation Of these ap-
partitions; they were specters Of the
characters in those dramas Of ruthless
conquest which Mercer had culled out
Of newspaper stories" and affidavits
and court reports and forced upon
Keatcham's attention. Miss Smith
helped him to the solution, although