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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1901-02-27

A fast developing sentiment in favor
of having alarse percentage Of farmers
in the Constitutional Convention ID
attracting attention. 1t is strongly
approved by the sincere advocates OF
constitutional reform. Prince Edward
farmers are moving to select repre-
sentative. 1t is announced that the
farmers of Southwest county will
take similar action, snd the matter is
also being earnestly discussed in q
neighboring Valley county.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1901-02-27
Lockwood S'

On Wednesday, February 20, 1901,
Al high noon, at her fathers residence
in Bedford county, Miss Lucy Hudson
was married to Mr.. Abraham LavelI, Of
Summers, Rev. E. B. Anderson. OF
Broad Greek, officiating. The bridal
couple, with Rev. Mr.. Anderson, left
on the evening train for Lexington,
where tn y were met by q livery outfit
and brought to the home Of the BRIDE
groom. A reception was ready, which
was attended by several friends in the
community, among those present from
this vicinity being Rev. Mr.. Anderson
and Mr.. Howard Psery. The bride 10
an attractive young lady, and is follow
ed by the good wishes of host OF
friends in her county. She has served
fer some time as organist of her church.
The groom is one Of Rockbridge's
leading farmers AMI stock raisers and
enjoys the esteem Of wide circle of
friends.
On last Friday aftofnoon Mr.. Harry
Harris, Of near Lexington, a member
of the telephone construction force,
sustained a very painful accident.
While some OF the,uen were trimming
a tree it fell over and caught Mr..
Harris feet, dislocating one OF his
ankle. He was at once taken to Lex
ingtol to obtain surgical attention.
Mr.. L. J. Haley's flock OF sheep was
raided few weeks ago by dogs. The
damages have just been assessed by
Mr.. Walter Starke and Mr.. George
Cummings, who allowed him $685.
damages for the loss Of fourteen sheep.
He lost some Of his best sheep, the
value of which is not more than GOV.
cred by tho assessment.
KAPPA.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1901-02-27
In State Ba, A, ociatiou of W.

In State Ba' A, ociation OF VS.
>. lis n. 10 fiamlng H. code OF OF les,
) 5 ntt q RI j. nay advert sc
IL n nesspap rs Wi bout detraetirg
from the d., nifty of their profess y.
This decisi is IN accordance with the
b. lrit of the times. The sursst way
yany man-professional or trades
n.an- o get business is to seek it where
it is be und. Why should lawyer
or doctor be criticised for taking ad-
vantage Of the certain and honorable
means of building up practice which
the advertising columns OF the news
papers aford7 However, lawyers and
doctors whe de. ire 20 advertise will do
30, code or no code. But there are
variou, ways aud means of advertising.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1901-02-27

urine scalds the flesh or II. when the child
reaches an age when II should be able to
control the passage, It Is yet afflicted with
bed-wetting, depend upon II. the cause Of
the difficulty is kidney trouble. and the first
step should be towards the treatment Of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble Is due to a diseased condition Of the
kidneys and bladder and not TO a habit as
most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made mis-
cradle with kidney and bladder trouble.
and both need the same great remedy.
Tho mild and the immediate effect Of
Swamp-Root is soon realized. II is sold
s syn, druggists sss on. in a s,1iyr sA
sizes. You may have sASRE;sj
sample bottle by mail sazl E4s19szG
free. also pamphlet tell Home of Swamp Root
ing all about it, including many Of the
thousands OF testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured In writing Or. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton. N. Y, be sure and
mention this paper.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1901-02-27
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The William r. Trigg Shipbuildinx
Company will build q large dry dock
at Richmond.
It is understood that none Of the
judges of the Court Of Appeals viii be
candidates for the Constitutionsl Con-
ventlon,
N. Hogan was killed and six others
were badly injured on Saturday 10.
Richmond by an explosion at the city
gas works.
Hon. s. NJ. Newhouse. msmber of
the House Of Delegates from Culpepsr-
county, has announced bis candidacy
for the superintsndency Of the State
penitentiary.
The people OF Fincast.e have sent
out an engineering corps 10 survey the
electric line route from that
town 10 Roanoke They mean BUSH
ness, and propose 10 have estimates.
made as to tho cost OF constructing
the line.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1901-02-27
Within the past thirty days the pric

Within the past thirty days the price
of kerosene has been advanced one cent
per gallon by the Of Trust. This
means profit OF hundreds of thousands
of dollars. Last week John D. Rookie
Teller, the Standard Oil magnate. do
mated $250,0G0 to Brown Univerity
Remarkable comedian Machinery
of colleges creased from the coal oil
can of every household in the land
Bountiful beneicence
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1901-02-27

WHAT DREADFUL THING it is to wake
up in the night suffering from cholera
morbus, and yet cases of this kind are
very common. The trouble, however,
will never become serious if you keep
q bottle Of PAIN KILLER at hand, for it
is a remedy that never falls to cure
cholera, cramps, diarrhosa or dysentery.
Avoid substitutes /; there is but one
Pain Killer, Perry Davis. Price 25c.
and soc.
B. II, Correll druggist, s0ls agent
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1901-02-27

Men who think tnat conditions which
allow MAI to make $25, 100000 in d
few weeks without the investment oil
any money Of his own. as Pierpont
Morgan is cred ted with having done
by the form alton OF the mammoth
Steel Trust, are not endangering the
future welfare OF this country have
other 'shinks' ming to them, an :.
shout lose no tins in taking th sm.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1901-02-27
PUT POISON IN THE COFFEE.

Sundays Staunton Daily News says
Constable John s. Denton went out to
M. I. Pilson's near Greenville yoster'
day and arrested and brought to jail
Jane Stewart, colared, charged with
poisoning several members of MIR. Pill
sons family ON Thursday last. She
was arrested on suspicion, but confess
ed to Mr.. Denton.
According to the roman's statement
she found box Of poison in the pantry
and put tablespoonful In the coffee
Tor breakfast. Mrs. Pilson, Miss Mary,
sister of Mr.. Pilson, his little boy aud
q hired man drank of the coffee and
were made very sick. DR.. I. W. Gilke-
son was summoned and administered
antldo.es, and all are about over it sx.
cept Miss Pilson, whoswas still suffer
ing great nausea 4 yesterday. The
woman does not assign any reason for
=, .
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1901-02-27
READ THE PROOFS

United States Ofie!si Report Made te
Commissioner Of the United States, Genera
Land Qfice, Washington, ID. c by geolo
gi.st and mining expert Of worldwide reputs
ton, Professor Benjamin Sllliman, who
spent several months there, then being con
nected with the United States Surveyine
Corps, and In his Official report says:
Here Pza countless millions of tons OF
quartz reduced by the great S0xaas
motok sssto q condition ready for the appli.
cation OF the hydraulic process, while the
entire bed Of the Rio Grandt for over 40
miles is sluice, on the bars Of which the
gold derived from the wearing away OF the
gravel banks has been accommodating for
countless ages, and now lies ready for ex.
traction by the most approved methods OF
river mining. The thickness of the Rio
| Grande gold gravel exceed In many places
900 feet. or nearly three times that Of the
like beds In California, while the average
value per cubic yard is believed 10 be grelter
In the New Mexico beds than In any other
such accumulations yet discovered.
IL have made reconnaissance of the whole
OF this gravel along the Rio Grande, and
have examined with all the care possible In
the time at my command the character OF
the gravel and its contents of gold. Moth
ing. orr persuaded, since the discovery OF
California and Australia, is comparable for
Its measurable resources Of gold available
BY the hydraulic process to the deep placers
OF the Rio Grande."
Other reports from eminent mining OK.
perts OF national reputation pronounce the
property OF this company the richest and
most extensive known.
CAPITAL STOCK 81, ZOO, 900
fully paid and non-assessable, par value
800 each share.
One half OF the entire capital stock has
been placed In the treasury Of the company
as working capital. To complete neces-
sary bitches and place on the river bed
several gold steam dredges, the company
now offers limited number OF Its share
Al SOC. PER SHARE
after which price will be advanced to $500
per share.
Applications should be sent promptly
Write for prospectus. Make checks, money
orders payable to
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1901-02-27
THOUSANDS SENT INTO EXILE

Every year q large number oil poor
sufferers with lungs sore and rscked
wi h coughs are urged to go to another
climate. But this is costly and not
always sure. Don't be an exile when
DIR. Kicg's New Discovery for Con-
sumption will cure you at home. It's
the most infalllble medicine for coughs.
colds and all throat and lung diseases
on earth. The first dose brings relief.
Astounding cures result from persist.
emit use. Trial bottles free at Gorrell's
drug store. Price SOC and 81. Every
bottle guaranteed.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1901-02-27
SCORES ARE DROWNED.

The Pacific Mail steamer Rio DE-
Janeiro ran on q hidden rock while
entering the Golden Gate, the en-
trance to the harbor OF San Francisco,
early Friday morning in dense fog
and sank few minutes after striking,
So far as can be ascsrtained, 1913 lives
were lost. Among those lost were
United States Consul General Rounse-
vile Wlldman, his wife and two child
rem.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1901-02-27

r.. Thompson, Of Silver Greek, N.
Y, is anxious to come to- Virginia for .
dual purpose. He writes Commissioner
OF Agriculture Koiney TO know where
he may find in the State q body OF
single timber. He says he wishes to
cut the timber from the land, manu-.
facturs it into shingles, and then Gull
tivats grapes and other fruits upon the
cleared tracts. ~ ~
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1901-02-27
LIKE A GREAT RAILWAY

with its branches running In every direction
are tho arteries and veins that convey the
blood to every part of the system. A cold,
sudden changes and exposure, may cause
poisonous acids to clog the circulation and
then comes rheumatism. Bewsrel II you
value your life remove the obstruction with
DIR. Drummond's Lightning Remedy. Send,
IS to Drummond Medicine Co.; New York
and they will send you two large bottles by
express, enough for q months treatment
with full special dirsctiopas Agents wanted
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1901-02-27

EXPOSURE to sudden climatic change
produces cold in the head and catsrrh
il apt to follow. Provided with Ely'i
Cream Balm you are armed against
Nasal Catarrh. Price 80 cents OF
druggists, or Ely Brothers. 56 Warren
St, New York, will mail it. The Balm
cures without pain, does not irritats OF
cause sneezing. 1t spreads itself over
an irritated and angry surface, reliev-
ing Immediately the painful infamma-
ton, cleanses and cures. Cream Balm
quickly cures the cold.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1901-02-27

and cheerfulness soon
disappear when the kid
neys are out Of order
or diseased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that II Is notuncommon
for a child to be born
afflicted with weak kid
neys. 1.-THE child urin-
ates too often, II the
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1901-02-27

The tariff war with Russia, into which
the admin tratlon has dragged this
country, may be vers serious aft is;
aud IT is not calculated to increase the
peoples respect for the administration
to know that its beginning Wa
prompted by favoritism toward the
Sugar Trust.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1901-02-27
The OWEN
HARDWARE co.

HUSTLING YOUNG MAN can make
i i 600 per month and expenses. Per
manext position. Experience unnecessary!
Write quick for particulars Clark b 20
4th and Locust Sts-, Philadelphia, Pa.
auG2o dkw ON
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1901-02-27

Noah AFTER THE FLOOD planted the
first fruit, the grape, the most healthy
Of all the products Of the earth. Speer.
the Oldest wine grower in the United
States, has vineyards of The Portugal
grape from which his wines are made
and fully matured by great age and are
valuable.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1901-02-27
AN INCOME FOR LIFE FROM
AN lNCOME FOh LIFE FkOM
Creates Of
Gold Properties
$500 AcreS--s Miles ii Lengh--2N
Million Tons

Richest gold bearing quartz, ground BY
natures hand into golden-laden gravel. from
so to go feet In depth over the entire prop.
erty. In addition, company owns IA miles
In length OF river bed, each mile OF which
contains many millions Of gold, situated on
the Rio Grande, In Taos Co., New Mexico.
Grover 100 Million Dollars For Dividends.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1901-02-27
DON'T LET THEM SUFFER.

Often children are tortured with
itching and burning eczema and other
skin diseases, but Bucklen's Arnics
Salve heals the raw sores, expels in
famm alton, leaves the skin without
scar. Clean, fragrant, cheap. there's
no salve on earth as good. Try it.
Ours guaranteed. Only 25c at Gorrsll's
drug stores.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1901-02-27

If there isn't big war in China il
will not be the fault OF the fool mill
tary repres sntatives of the powers over
there, who are now preparing big
military expedition az ainst the city 10
which the Chinese govern nent is
l.cated.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1901-02-27

The City Council Of Danvills Friday
night passed a curfew ordinance BY q
vote Of 10 TO 8. The ordinance was
Endorsed by the ". Q. 7. U. and many
citizens ana is q duplicate of that in
force in Hampton.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1901-02-27

For THE WEEK AND AeEp.-The best
thing for weakly persons and inyalids
is Speer's Port Grape Wine. His
Burgundy and Clsret Wines are used
at dinner by the best society people In
New York and Washington.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1901-02-27

Mrs. Moses Stricken, residing a few
miles east OF Berryville, in some way
scratched her hand with a pin one day
last week, blood poisoning set in, and
the following Monday night she died,
after great suffering. Mrs. Strickler
was 30 years old and LETT q family.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1901-02-27
Pity
and
Beauty

The most beautiful thing i'll
the world is the baby, all
dimples and JOY. The most
pitiful thing is that same baby,
thin and in pain. And the
mother does not know that a
little fat makes all the differ
ence.
Dimples and JOY have gone,
and left hollows and fear; the
fat, that was comfort and
color and curve--all but pity
and love--is gone.
The little one gets no fat
from her food. There is some
thing wrong;itis either her food
or food-mill. She has had no
fat for weeks; is living on what
she had stored in that plump
little body of hers; and that's
zone. She is starving for fat;
1t is death, be quick
SCOTS Emulsion of Cod
Liver Oil is the fat she can
take; it will save her.
;
The genuine has this picture on
60 1t, take no other,
kSA IT you have not tried It. send
kN for free sample its agreeable
taste Will surprise YOU
SCOTT & BOVINE.
q "a 400 Pearl ST., NY.
SOC. and S1.OO
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1901-02-27
I'VE wish to inform our custom
M ers and the public in general
wv that we are in position to
" furnish them anything in the
way Of
Sash, Doors, Blinds,
Lime, Cement,
Plaster, PlaStererS'.
Hair,

in fact, everything used in building.
We are also making o speciality OF
Pumps, Hydraulic Rams and Wind
Mills. We now have ram at work in
the rear Of Welsh & beavers store, and
will be glad to have you examine it.
If you need anything in this line we
will be glad to give you an estimate.
We have spent the past two months
making improvements in our stock and
adding such lines as we thought need
fu), and are now in q better shape to
serve you than ever before.
Call and see us.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1901-02-27

You will never know what it is to be
sick and tired of good advice until you
have run newspaper twenty-five or
thirty years.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1901-02-27
Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis
courages and lessons ambition; beauty, vigor
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1901-02-27

PARTNERSHIP DISSOLUTION Mr..
w. @. White having retired from the
firm OF Thos. 8 White Il Son, notice is
hereby given that the Arm Of Thos. 8 While
4 Son has been dissolved, and Thos. ..
White succeeds TO the cid business. Thos:
8. White will settle all BILLS due BY ana
collect all bills due the Arm OF Thos. D.
White L Son. Date Of dissolution, January
end, 1901. Thus ., Wmtin'
1.30.4t W. " WHILE
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1901-02-27

LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS 81 90 per
a iOr irst Is ,rtion and SOC. for each
ICluuauce thereafter.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1901-02-27

Insures Real and Personal Property Against
Loss by Fire.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1901-02-27
Send US Your Order

We make speciality o. order trade Price list descriptive
catalogue application Give order Express charges
Lexington cheap We make charge for packages aud deliver
good I. o. b. here.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1901-02-27
q "A - II o7TA.
sssrssA. 1,Ih' Kind ~ Have !!..y: Bought
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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1901-02-27

Applications should be sent promptly
Write for prospectus. Make checks, money
orders payable to
Evening journal., 1901-11-20
Golf TEST Is the Thing

To be in the fashion you must have
a golf vest-red. green, red and green,
red and brown. red and blue-no mat
ter what the color. the vest is the thing
and it should have some red about It.
il really is becming, and lends the
most swagger air imaginable to even
an ordinary looking frock. Philadel-
phia girls wear them over white shirt
waists usually and when they remove
their Jackets i'm shops. theatres or res
taurants, the effect is strilingly pretty.
enough 1t does look somewhat odd to
.soe them sitting about after the order
.of men i'm shirtsleeves.
The only drawback is that one can
not wear the fluffy neck adOnments
with the vests. which are likely to
bring back in vogue the stiff linen col
lar which no matter even it be death
to a pretty throat. is becoming and
stylish A pretty and chic vest may be
bought for $3.50
Evening journal., 1901-11-20
Possibilities In Baskets

minine fancy seems to run in the
|Gon of baskets this season. and it
fe to assume that many Cf these
apanese and Indian ware may
as dainty and very welcome
Btmas gifts.
pretty and unusual glove box may
lade from the long Japanese
cts. They are of bamboo and
b and yellow grasses. through
|h is twined gold tinsel cord When
are fitted up with sachets. they
an ideal glove receptacle
e round Japanese willow anC
boo baskets are just the thing foi
lkerchiefs.
e Indian baskets are made bs
by the Mohawk and Canadian I'm.
s. who embOdy much beauty ant
y for a comparatively small sum
are made from ash splints ant
t-smelling prairie grasses. Th,
r has the delightful and refreshing
Of new mown hay, which holds
Years, and which imports a pleas
perfume to articles which are
hd in the baskets. The indiana
Sc odd shapes and designs for thei
<. and some are made to simulate
IS and vegetables
Evening journal., 1901-11-20
TALKED on THREE GREAT ORAIIONS
DR.. SchaeIier Also Told How lliSiOrj
Should be Taught in Schools

DIR. n. G. Schaeffer, State Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction i'm Pcnnsyl-
yania, who delivered the second of a
course of lectures before the Primary
Teachers Association on Monday after
noon, was greeted by a particularly large
audience in the Willard Hall Grammar
School No. 2S.
His discourse was ON the three great
oratons of John c. Calhoun. which was
written ON March 4, 1850; Daniel Web
stor, ON March z, and William II. Seward
on March II. He then went ON TO give
his ideas of teaching history. lie said:
How can we make a practical appii-
cation TO the teaching Of history to the
boys and girls in our public schools With
every newspaper and magazine glorifyng
the ares and achievements of war, 10 is
the men with epaulets who become the
hero 30 childish imagination. / raise the
question III the time has not come 10
gl0rify the arts of peacey / would have
as much time devoted To the study of
great orati0ns, as TO great battles. and
would place i'm the Temple of Fame the
name Of the great orator beside and equal
in honor TO those OF the great general or
the great admiral / would teach the
boys that the taking of life is not all that
makes for greatness or happiness. and
would NIL the minds rather with the great
and inspiring words OF great men,
There Will be no lecture during Decem-
Ter ON account of the sessions of the i'm
stitute. In January a free evening lee
ture complimentary 10 the citizens of vii
mngtOn VIII bee given, to which an
friends Of the schools will be cordially in
vitpd
Evening journal., 1901-11-20
Social and Personal Notes

Dr. w. S. Hallett started last night
for Syracuse. n. Y, where he will act
as best man at the wedding OF his
brother. the Rev. Robert Lee Hallett.
pastor of Old Drawers Presbyterian
Church, of Odessa, and Miss Lucy
Belle Read.
Mayor George NJ. Fisher is recover
ing from severe attack of illness, the
result of vaccination.
Robert c. Harman has been called to
Colorado Springs by the serious illness
of his brother, Eugene Harman.
Samuel Springer sailed yesterday for
Lima. Costa Rica. where he will put
together a large ice-making plant for
the Remington Machine Company. He
expects to return in March.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Clarence Hollis. who
were married recently, viii be given a
reception by the mother of the bride
Mrs w. n. Robinson, in her home. No
'1l04 jefferson street, this evening
Miss Helen Ash is visiting Miss Ber-
tha Dunbar in ElktOn.
Miss Marie Kelly is visiting in
Cherry Hill, Md
Evening journal., 1901-11-20

Notes From WOman's Realm
ANNNNMANNNaNAaNNNNNNNNN NNNNNANa9NNaVaNaNNN9ANN

combs with rope coiled tops. For even
ing wear these are replaced by jeweled
tops and the sidecOmbs in many cases
ARE inlaid with gold. The hair coiled
low into the neck. surmounted by one
.of the new horseshoe combs, is a very
comfortable style for the present hat
or toQue which iits well on to the head.
The coinure turns off the face, with a
few careless tendrils softening the
forehead For those whose tresses are
mot sufficient to meet the requirements
.of fashion there is a large choice Of
switches or tOupees, as we'll as sep
.arate curls. and these are so natural
looking That it is almost impossible to
tell where the owners own tresses end
and the additions begin. It is worth
while studying the subject of hair
dressing with patient care. tt is so all
important. and to be in fashion It is
absolutely necessary to be neat
Evening journal., 1901-11-20
Wedding Of Methodist Minister

The wedding of the Rev. W. p.
Compton pastor of the Zion Circuit
Methodist Church. Cecil county. and
Miss Blanche E. Street, daughter Of
James Street of Newark, was solemn
lzed last evening in the home of the
brides parents, in Chapel street. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
Robert Watt presiding elder of the
Wilmington district, assisted by the
Rev. j. p. Otis, pastor of the Newark
Church, and the Rev. Aloysius Green
and William II. Hammond The house
was decorated with plants and ferns. A
reception was given the newly married
couple by the congregation of Zion
Church.