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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1900-11-07
TH0S. S. WHITE < SON.
pes- Beautiful Fr CouareHes reyy cleap.
MONEY IN COPPER.

More money has, In recent years, beer
made in copper mining than in any othei
stable enterprise, as free from thu. element
OF risk. The experience of a common laborer
| at the same Calumet and Hecla Mines Is In
teresting. He began by investing his surplus
wages In the stock, then his dividends, and
today Is the poesessor by this method OF 500
shares OF the stock worth on the market
nearly $4O0,0 900. Mango the old employees
Of these mines have accumulated from ten
to fifty thousand dollars In the same way.
The original purchasers Of the stock Of the
companies now forming the Amalgamated
Copper Company paid In most instances not
to exceed so per cent. Of their par value.
The market value today Is at least fourteen
times the amount paid, or clear profit OF over
| 900 per cent, besides all OF the dividends
received, which have been at least an equal
amount. Scion NJ. Allis, q. f., formerly
United States Deputy Mineral Surveyor Of
Tucson, Arizona, was once offered the great
Copper Queen Mine at Bisbee for 81, 0OO |
but, although mining expert, he could not |
appreciate It's richness then, or had not the |
cash for 1t went into other hands, and Is /
worth millions today. Pages might be filled
With instances OF bo.h lost and improved |
opportunities similar to the above, but all
the truth OF a statement once
made by John w. Mackay, the Bonanza
King, Nothing pays better than an invest
nent In a good mine" The FL Progreso
Upper Mines, advertised in this issue,
ords such an opportunity
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1900-11-07
BIGGEST CUBAN SCANDAL YET
- Havana. November 5th.

A scandal similer to the famous
Nelly case may be developed by @
sec ct investigation now In progress
her., A superficial examination of the
acc units OF the several departments, it
chaged, has disclosed extravaganza
The pari of the chiefs compared to-
VIII ch the Nicely and Rathbone scan
Gals arr Insignificant.
he process of collecting data and
proof Is necessarily slow and proba l.,
will MT be completed until after JAN
uary 1t. Enough is known, however,
t caose the daily papers to openly
barge the engineers dep rtment With
iminal extravaganza and to accept a
cha lenge from Colonel Black aud Gen
eral Ludlow to submit proof of the
facts to the War Department.
For this purpose, e. W. Guyol, edi-
tor of La Lucia, is in Washington to
prefer chorges and make them per-
sonally to the Secretary of Wvr in the |
preseAce Of the accused.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1900-11-07

Miss Susan Wymsr, teacher in TIKI
Richmond school, Chicago, ILL.,, writd
the following letter TO DR.. Hartman re
garding Forums. She says: "OnlJ
those who have suffered as I have, can
know what blessing it is to be able to
find relief in Ps-ru-ns. This has been
my experience. A friend in need is a
friend indeed, and every bottle of Peru
no I ever bought proved good friend
to me."-Susan Wymar.
Mrs. Margaretha Dauben, 1914 North
Superior St., Racine City, Wis, writes:
Il feel so well and good and happy now
that pen cannot describe it. Pe-fu-na Is
everything to me. have taken several
bottles of Pe-ru-ns for female complaint
am in the change Of life and it does me
good" Pe-ru-na has no equal In all of
tho Irregularities and emergencies Pc
culiar to women caused by pelvic
catarrh.
Address DR.. Hartman, Columbus, O.,
for free book for women only.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1900-11-07

This picture is tile trade mark OF
SCOTI'S EMULSION, and is on
every bottle Of SCOT1"S I%MUI.-
SION i'll the World, which now
amounts TO many millions yearly.
This great business has grown TO
such vast proportions,
Frsf;-Because tile proprietors
have always been most careful in
selecting the various ingredients
used III its composition, namely;
the finest Cod Liver Oil, and the
purest Hypophosphites.
Second:-Because they have 50
skillfully combined the various
ingredients that the best possible
results are obtained by its Use.
Third:-Because it has made 50
many sickly, delicate children
strong and healthy, given health
and rosy cheeks to SO many pale
afaemic girls, and healed the lungs
and restored to full health, so manv
thousands in the first stages Of
Consumption.
~ II you have not tried it. send for free sample.
us agreeable taste will surprise Won
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists
f"S4iS IedIl street, New York.
soc and {I.oo; all druggists
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1900-11-07
THE CENSUS OF 1900

A preliminary report has been issued
by tie @ n'us Bureau which gives the
popn'a on of the United States to be
~ N tely 76,295,22O, of which
74,o27,9O7 persons are contained in
the torty-fve States of tie Union.
These figures are net Official, but are
ven out BY the Censu Bureau as be-
ing arp. oximately Corr, c. to enable
Congress to proceed With the decennial
reapporiionment when that body con-
venes in December.
The population of Ohio is announced
as 4,157, 545 in 1900 as against 3,672,-
GIG in 1899, and if Congress should
adopt the same divisor in determining
the reapp i2nment-174,OO O- he
wo Id get three additional members of
G ngress. Kentucky would gain one,
Indiana one, and several other States
enc or two. The population of West
Virginia is 958,900 in 1900 against |
762,794, a gain of fiac ion over 25 |
Ter cent, and under the present ratio
gain of one Congressman is made.
The population of Virginia is /, S54,1S4
a Jainst 1,655,9S in 1890, gain of
19S,2O4, and will give the State an
other Congressman nnder the present
plan of eappo' tionm. MT
The ,numerators, of which there
were $4,000, have all been paid and
also the supervisors, except a few being
held off for various tachnicalities, The
cost OF the Administration of the bureau
up to the time of the PRONUNCIATION of
the result is over 100000. The
field works. complete, and every energy
of the census force will be directed |
towards its early publication in tons OF
hu- voiumns which will cost about {
$s,OOO.OOO or 100000, practically
useless except as matter OF reference. l
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1900-11-07
SUGGESTIONS AS TO
THE WORKING OF
THE COUNTY ROADS
FLOR The Gazette.1

No class in any community pay thei
taxes more cheerfully, aud get less il
return, than the farmer, "whose face il
bronzed by the sun of heaven, anc
whose hands are made horny by honest
toll. He never growls about it I'm il
he has bad roads, and that completely
upsets him. Not without some show
Of ieason. When he pays hard earned
dollars into the county treasury, aud
has to wa lie in mud axle-deep to go to
mill and 10 church. or to take his chill
dren TO school, Is it any wonder that he
gets little wrong? There IS enough
money, if rightly used, to keep the
county Dads in perpetual repair. Take,
for instance, Lexington district, where
there are forty miles of roads and but
one overseer. The road board are
good practical men, but will any one
believe that one man can see after this
long stretch ef roads and keep it in any
kind of condition? 1t is at least the
work of four men, if attended to prop
erly. The iame condition prevails In
otter districts where oyerseers have
too much mileage to work. As long as
this system prevails bad roads will re.
suit, and be forever permanently
present.
There is no relief in ii hit. When |
we have O constitutional convent on we |
may be given an entire change in
of conducting our local GOV
eminent and the rreseat woodworking
plan may lie affected, for better or for
worse. Tint is a long way of, and
he present is what we have to deal
With, and what can we do right now?
A correspondent OF the Lynchburg
News offers practical suggestion In
raveline over tie county Of Bedford,
nd seeing the splendid roads made by
9nvIct labor, he tells his observations,
hitch are worthy OF consideration by I
very merchant in Lexington and every d
'rmer in Rockbridge. This kind of t
Dor would not in any way C nfict
it'll or infringe upon honest farm
Dor, for there is more work to be
one upon the faro than can be done
the present supply OF Tar n hands.
le corn crop OF this year was very
worked for the reason e
nds could not be had to have it done z,
,nt. us
Appended is the communication. 1t
j. SCOTT MOORE. T.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1900-11-07
Editor of tie News t;

Editor ct the News
You are an advocate of cool roads
and other good things. 1 therefore
beg to mention some recent obserya-
tons.
| Having had the good fortune to enjoy
tho hospitality of some charming folk
in CID Bedford lately, and noticing
great improvement in the roads, 1 was
led to inquire and was informed of the
following fscis:
Five years ago Bedford county Sc
cured from the State a force of con-
victs and with them worked some OF
the county roads. In the opinion Of
many this proved to be lhe cheapest
and most permanent work done on the
roads for years; and as an evidence you
can today pick out the portions thus
worked as being in good condition, and |
better than any other section worked
under the unsatisfactory and wasteful
county levy system.
Judge ]. Thompson Brown, appre-
cirting the good work then done, has
been trying to get another force of
thanks TO his energy and
good ju dgment secured them and has f.
lad them working for some weeks.
You bave only to drive owe. the
Dads recently worked to see v;ndi- y
alton Of his good sense; for over GER A
lin bills aud places where formerly
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1900-11-07
800 FOR A BOTTLE.

This would not be large price to pay for
Dr. Drummond's Lightning Remedies for
rheumatism II one could not get relief any
cheaper. The Drummond MedicineI Co.
New York, have received hundreds of un.
solicited testimonials from grateful people
restored to health by the use Of their RENE
dies, who would not hesitate to pay any price
rather than suffer the former torture. III YOU
would like to try these remedies and your
druggist has not got them, write direct to
the company. Agents wanted.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1900-11-07

your team stumbled and poked along
and you were subjected 10 joltiug and
perils of capsizing, your vehicle now
glides smoothly and your team can troll
with ease and comfort.
MIR. Marks is the superintendent,
and has had the work done systemat.
ically and we'll, ard under hi, efficient
management the good work still goes
on;
1 learned further
LIST. That the presence OF these
convicts under guard and their being
compelled to work proved to be an OBJ
lect lesson to would-be law-breakers.
If you examine the records of Grim.
inal expenses of that county for the
years when The conyicts were there
working, you will Il d large reduc.
ton as compared with years before
and since.
End. That from humane point Of
view it is better for the conyicts to
work them out of doors rather than
keep them closely confined; better,
both physically and morally,
3rd. That 50, 500 expended on roads
with convict labor gives better and
more lasting results than S., 900 under
The plan where men and boys are EN-.
Dyed at S1.25 per diem. as some
'ayl, "to go out and scratch a little on
The road with billing hce." -
Then
LIST. II you get more systematic,
better and cheaper work;
End. If crime is lessened;
3rd. If criminal expenses are less. |
4th' If you really improve theroads
lit is a wonder why all the counties
ont experiment on this rlan, and
tilize the convict and Jail birds.
LYNoHBURG.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1900-11-07
ESTRAY HEIFER,

STATE OF VIRGINIA I'm Rockbridge County
Court Clerks Office, November Sd, 1900.
Description and appraisement returned to
said clerks office Of an estray heifer taken
up by D. s. Greever on his land In said
county on July Sd, 1900, to-wit: Blood red
dropped horns, about two years old; weigh
about $50 pounds. Appraised byT.A Crist.
VIM. L. Rhodes and Henry Conner, and
valued at $22.
Teste
A. T. SHIELDS, Clerk.
Nov 7-3t
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1900-11-07

quarters in this town. and most OF its
officials 1--we here. It's northern ter.
miLal is Amarillo, Texas. and ia
southern terminal is Pecos, Texas.
The atmosphere of this region is re-
markable for its purity. Fresh meat
it In exposed places does not purify,
but dries or cures. Grass Gu. es IN the
same manner, and, although parched
AID brown, retains its nu riment until
the spring. Cattle Craze on the plains
all the year.
AnteIopes ale found on the foothills
nd the coyote or prairie wolF, is
everywhere common.
Most Of the towns and villages have
sprung into existence since the DIS
coyery Of gold, silver, etc. Mining
AID stock raising are the chief ndu.-
tries, many lar cattle and sheep
ranches being locate near the town,
Most OF the people are of Spanish
de cent, and the Spanish language is,
therefore, principally spoken.
Owing to atmospheric influences.
objects at a distance appear much
carer than they really are. There is
range OF mountains one hun bred and
twenty-five miles west of here, though
Que would think it is only twenty. FIVE
miles away. A mirage, such as is
common on the Great African Desert,
can be seen out on the prairie here.
l was cut on the prairie the other
morning and the suns rays were in
tensely hot, when in the distance l
saw a lake of water surrounded by
trees, and even the shadows of the
trees s,uld be seen in the imaginary
water, but it was all O yision-no
trees or water anywhere around.
Fifteen miles from here there are |
several small bodies of water 1.-THE
a gest only one-fourth of mile widel
known as the "Bottomless Lakes" 1t |
is SAID that they have been sounded to
the depth of thousand feet, and no
bottom was discovered. The water of
hem is as clear as that of o Virginia
mountain stream, and bass, perch, etc,
'1e caught in great numbers out of the
mall lakes. Some of the bass weigh
fifteen pounds. I had the good for
une to see one Of the huge bass, which
Weighed nine pounds.
The water in this region is supplied
rom artesian wells, some of them
brewing a stream of water hundreds
I feet. 1t is said that one was sunk
ear here, which threw fish out of the
round with the stream of water. 1t
reated quite a sensation here and
lany believed it. 1t proved to be a |
fish story" |,
Violent win -storms are numerous
ere, and I was told that stones are
lrried by the force of the wind and Y
lien dashed against window panes, o
Id even persons are not spared, il O
ley ale so unfortunate as to be out in T.
lie storm. Chickens after q violent !,
orm are featherless.
VI course, New Mexico is at the 8
esent time sparsely settle and up- p
We 'oped, but there is brilliant pros
ct for the future, and it will not be "
ng before New Mexico will rank with
me OF the Eastern States in manu- Il
'tories, and will excel many States in n
e production of minerals. 1t is now el
e-eminently stock raising region, pI
t the mining and commercial utter ~
IS are being RAPIDLY developed. :"
,oS' MAHLoN w. WILKERsoS. u
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1900-11-07
NEWSY GLEANINGS.

Rev. W. D. Moncure, a well known
minister, died at Virginia Hospital, in
r chmond, Friday.
Twelve men were killed in a mine
explosion Saturday, at Berrysburg,
Barbour county, W. Va.
Newport News had a big Apartment
house fire Saturday afternoon, several
tenants narrowly escaping with their
lives.
A Newport News William O'Boyle
was sentenced to be hanged January 4
for the murder of ALMA Hamilton. his
malatto mistress.
Under the reapportionment, provided |
IN th bill expe ted to be offered TO 1
NO gr' 81, 81 members will be added |
10 the House of Representatives.
The Free Church of Scotland and /
the United Presbyterian Church have
formally reunited in Edinburgh
The two military departments OF
Cuba will be consolidated November Is |
under Major-Geucral Wood. General
F1tz Lee has been assigned to the De-
partment of the Missouri, with head.
quarters at Omaha, Neb. Il
Gen. Thomas L. Rosser has resigned
as commander OF John Bowie Strange
Camp Confederate Veterans, of Char
ottesville, being dissatisfied with the s
'ction of the Grand Camp at its recent !
Meeting in Staunton. II
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1900-11-07
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS WILL BE Given

FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS WILL BE Given
Tor any case Of rheumatism which cannot be
cured by Dr. Drummond's Lightning RENE
aies' The proprietors do not hide this offer.
put print it in bold type on all their circu.
lars, wrappers, printed matter and through
Inc columns OF the newspapers everywhere,
IL Will work wonders. One bottle will cure
nearly any case II the druggist has not got
II ne will oder 1t, or it will be sent to any
address by express on receipt Of price, S5.
Drummond Medicine Co., New York Agents
wanted ''
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1900-11-07

Mss Ellv r. Wilkinson died Satur.
day OF pneumonia at the residence OF
her nephew, W. L. Wilkinson, u III
ski ieth yenr of her age. The inter.
ment took Place at Claremont Sunday
ct noon.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1900-11-07

A reliable, Industrious man to sell Teas,
Coffees, Spices, Extracts and Baking Pow
ders, for a reliable and old established
house. Address at once
GRAND UNION TEA CO.,
No 427 and 429 It'll ST., N. w. =
)ct17-2t Washington, d. G.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1900-11-07

HUSTLING YOUNG MAN can make
i i 800 per month and expenses. Per
maneEt position. Experience unnecessary
White quick for particulars. : lark d Co
4th and Locust Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.
aug20 dkw 6m
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1900-11-07
aOMEsEEKERS EXCURSIONS.
AeOram Drug Go.

On the first and third Tuesdays In each
month during 1900, from Chicago via Chicago
Milwaukee and st. Paul railway, to points
In Iowa. South and North Dakota, MInneso-
Ia, Montana, Colorado, Utah, Nebraska.
Oregon and Washington at the rate OF one
fare plus Two dollars for the round trip, GOOD
81 days. For further information call on or
address W. S. Howell, g. E. 7. A.. 1881
Broadway, New York, or John r. Pott. d
P. A., 4s8 William street, Williamsport, Pa.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1900-11-07

Maud-Is s and 30 too oil TO hope
Tor Improvement? 1 should say not
One just begins to live. Take Rock,
Mountain Tea. You'll be blooming
fair at 60 Ask your druggist.
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WANTED.

MEN OR WOMEN. Are you out Of work
or do you wish to better your present posi-
sitionH Investigate our plan. Steady EN-.
ployment. Three to five dollars day.
Address, Lock Box 1877.
nov7-1t Richmond, Va.