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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-08

the best Virginia -four and finds ready
sale.
In this brief sketch the writer can
merely outline the main business fea-
lures of Lexington. In such limited
space it is impossible to enumerate the
many advantages that Lexington offers
to home seekers and to capitalists. Suf-
flee il to say that here we have a model
town, well governed, with, streets, hand
some residences, good Business houses,
large and successful manufactures. a
Christian people. cultured and refined,
and the cleverest Gods sun ever shined
upon splendid schools, fine churches and
a climate unsurpassed, and not a saloon
in the town or county.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-08

nomination for Congress from the Sc
en,l

nomination for Congress from the Sew
enth District.
Hon Zeb. " Walser is recognized as
one of the leading lawyers in the State.
He has been frequently chosen to posi-
tions of trust and honor by his party,
having represented his county in both
branches of the State Assembly, being
Speaker of the House of 1895 and At
torney General of the State in 1S96-19O
He is now Supreme Court Reporter. He
and his brother, H. |. Walser constitute
the firm of Walser G Walser, and are
authors of Walser's Index Digest and
Walser's Citations.
F. R. Loftin, J. R. McCrary, Il. l. We'll
ser and Harllee Mccall are junior mem
bers of the bar and are winning their
way up in their profession
DOCTORS.
The health of Lexington is well cared
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-08

Long Distance Telephone Company has
a local office in the Lexington Drug
Compauy's store.
The Southern Railway has just com
pleted a handsome new passenger and
freight depot more in keeping with pro-
gressive Lexington. Capt c. w. Trice
is the agent of the Southern, and John
GalIimore the assistant. e. B. Craven is
the Western Union operator
The Southern Express Company has an
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-04-08

ber doors. etc, has a deservedly largo
trade.
FLOUR MILLS.
Grimes Bros. This firm erected the
first roller process flour mill in North
Carolina. Their mills turn out a high
grade of flour and they have large trade
throughout the State.
Model Mills, r. L. Perry, proprietor
is a complete modern roller process
Touring mill, the product of which equals
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-12-19
,YUIETlDE IN AUSTRIA,
Customs and Legends Of the Ron
German Population.

Customs and Legends Of the Nom
German Population.
Yuletide as kept by the non German
population Of Austria is very pictur.
esque. On Christmas day the Poles in
Galicia first attend mass and then sit
down to family supper. The chief dish
on the table contains consecrated eggs,
which the father distributes. After eat
Ing, all eyes are closed and all heads
bowed down to the table in the belief
that Jacobs ladder is then descending
from heaven to earth and down the
ladder angels are coming to bless the
worshipers and to carry away their
earthly troubles to heaven. Among the
Czechs the legend runs that he who
most strictly fasts on Christmas eve
will see the holy Christ in his dreams
that night. In the evening the real eel.
ebration begins. All lights are then
extingulshed in the house; no fire, no
light is visible. The children crowd to
gether in fear and remain perfectly 81.
lent, as otherwise they know they will
receive none Of the presents brought
by the Christ Child and laid at the en-
trance Of the house. The older fe-
males amuse themselves by throwing
heated lead into water and gathering
from the forms it assumes some hint
as to the appearance Of their future
MISUNDERSTANDING Dispatch.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-12-19

hand 1t to him when he bid him good.
by at the stage office next day. Then
1 sent for Doc and said that ole bullet
wound in my leg was on strike again,
took my prescription and promised to
pay next day. .a.%
Il don't suppose any doctor in the
world ever had as busy day as ours
did that day. 1t seemed like every
man in camp was sick. There was
trouble about noon because the boys
ran out of names of diseases, but 1
went up to Docs Office and copied out
q lot OF names from one of his books.
and then we kept things booming.
Some Of the younger boys got stuck
on the names Of sicknesses dealt out
to them to make a choice from and
played the whole deck, which seemed
to puzzle Doc somewhat. J..
"Well, the next day we met and
marched around to the stage about
starting time, and there was Doc,
looking a little worried, but he looked
q lot more surprised when he saw all
his patients so catfish. -,
I'VE gave him a sendod and an en-.
.yelope.
did you ask what was in the envel
ope? disremember the odd dollars
but it was enough over $1,000 to leave
him that clear after he had paid hia
expenses down to the bay."-NeW
York Journal. =.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-12-19

"Long Bill remarked, to me that the
boys who was hurt ought to make an
effort to last until the doctor could ar
rive, which would give him a legal
claim on any dust they might leave.
He was just the kind of a chap for the
camp if so it had been that there was
any trade for him, for he was quiet,
nervy, had more book learning than
the editor and was cheerful and oblig-
ing, especially obliging, for he preached
a beautiful sermon over the late dealer
at the faro bank, though the said dealer
had died of his wounds before Doc ar
rived.
Some said as how we ought to send
down in the valley where they were all
shaking eternally with malaria and i'm
port bunch Of the shakers for Doc to
practice on and pay him so much for
the cleanup. he laughed when we
proposed this and said it would be un-
professional, because he knew the party
as had the practice in the valley.
'"Then we proposed that thereafter,
any party dying Of his wounds before
the Doc could arrive, the said party's
effects should be levied upon for a fee
to be paid to Doc.
"All the boys agreed to that, and we
got 50 worked up over the prospect that
4 disagreement resulted that very
night, in which Wells-Fargo shotgun
messenger blew all the Latin parts out
Of a friend with ten gauge duck gun,
which the same. for purposes Of stage
robbers, was of a sawed OF character.
The party as was shot was mostly
missing between his hips and his chest,
the remains being only two-thirds, but
we joyfully sent for Doc just the same.
well, he came, and when he saw the
state Of the case he said as he wasn't
an undertaken he couldn't be of any
service.
''Then we told him of the new rule
and offered him the pile of the de-
ceased, which was in a canvas, sack
behind the bar. He wouldn't take it,
not even sample for assay, and the
disappointment Of the boys was sad to
see, especially the shotgun messenger,
whose intentions had done honor to his
heart and aim.
1T was a few days before New
Years that the editor showed us a
piece in San Francisco paper, which
was kind of local notice, stating that
our Doc was going to be married to a
lady in that city. That sets us think
ing, and we thought harder than ever
when the Doc tells us that he was 60
ing to leave us OH New Years day to
take up his practice in San Francisco.
We held meeting and discussed the
state of affairs, having pretty good
idea of how the land lay financially
with Doc, because his money was on
deposit with the express agent and he
was chairman of our meeting.
'Well, at that meeting we laid out a
plan that worked as slick as a dia-
mond drill. On the day before New
Years Doc was sent for by Long Bill,
who told him his old rheumatic was
working again like forty stamp
quartz mill. Doc prescribed, and
when Bill asked what was the ante
Doc said it would be S.. Bill said he'd
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-12-19
NEW YEARS IN RUSSIA

In the smaller cities of Russia New
Years day is in the Twelve Days
festival. The Russians in many parts
have held to the old ways from time
immemorial. The preparations, for the
season begin early in November. The
host of some great house begins to lay
in stores of sailed beef and sausaSes,
hqueurs, etc. The hostess calls on all
her friends and invites young and old.
Next day she is succeeded by the nurse,
who makes the same rounds of visits.
Her duty is to invite. especially the
young ladies'. She is hailed with Joy,
and the lady of the house hastens to
mix for her the cup of wine. She de-
uveIs her errand and is piled with
questions as to the invited and reject
ed. But the most important question
IL, "Who are the elacted?' These are:
the young men Invited by the hostess
for the girls, or fair maidens,' as they
are called. The duty Of the young man
thus designated is to look after the
amusement and pleasure Of his fair
maiden" during the "twelve days."
The responsibility of the choice lying
with the hostess, she has to be careful
in her selection.
But the invitation has again: to- be re-
peated, this time by the master of the
house in the person of his servant, or
'swat," who, with mace in hand, per-
forms his mission. On entering each
house he offers prayer before the
shrine of the saint to which it is dedi-
Gated. He then dalivers the invitation
in the name Of his master and mistress.
At first, according to etiquette, the in
vitation is refused, but after much
pressing it Is finally accepted. When
the day arrives, the young ladies who
are the heroines of the season appear
In sledge accompanied by their moth
er and favorite companion, generally
girl Of inferior rank, who sits at their
feet. This sledge is followed by anoth-
er containing tirewomen charged with
caskets and dressing boxes. Other
sledges follow~-the longer the process
sion the greater honor to the house
visited. On the arrival the host and
hostess meet the guests at the gate,
bow without speaking and conduct
them into the house.-New York World.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-12-19

PLANNING A SURPRISE FOR THE DOCTOR.
peculiar to remark. seeing as how we
had the most likely looking graveyard,
considering the population, as you
would find in all the Sierras. But the
gents as populated the graveyard was
mostly a lively and healthy lot up to
and inclusive of the moment of their
demise.
'That's what the boys was speaking
Of when the doctor came into camp.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-12-19
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34:T + + s 1. + 3 + + 81,
t NEW YEAR'S3
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F ODD AT p.p.p. +
I BLUE RIDGE

~ PEAKING of New Years."
said the Nevadian, II always
call to mind this time of year
~ the blowon we boys give a
young doctor chap who. came
up to Blue Ridge just at the time that
camp was the liveliest, to which might
add that though the days Of the Ridge
was few in the land, as the book says,
while it did last there was NO camp on
the Pacific slope from Puget sound to
the Rio Grande that could furnish as
much fun in a week as transpired in
Blue Ridge every twenty-four hours.
But the sport didn't need no medi-
cine. 1t was not, as you might say, 4
sickly neighborhood. which it seems
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-12-19
Self Approval.

"Have you kept your New Years
resolutions?''
Eyes, / have faithfully kept New
Years resolution that I made three or
four years ago.
what was it?''
"Never to make any more resolu-
tons" Washington Star.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-12-19

His Happy Calls.
Wilkins-How many calls did you
make yesterday?
Dilkins-Three, and. say, it was the
best game of poker ever sat in! -
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-12-19

Record For Hop Picking.
The best record made on picking
hops was that of young lad who
picked 45e pounds in one day, earn.
ing $3.50 by so doing.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-12-19

An Arrested Intelligence.
"Charlie Binks isn't as slow al he
seems
How is that?''
HE woke up yesterday and asked
what year it isl
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-12-19
THE OLD ana THE New :

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The New Year: came to the Old Years
door
When the sands were wasting thin,
And the frost lay white on the Old Years
thatch,
And his hand grew chill as he slipped the
latch
To let the New Year in. =.
And the New Year perched in the Old
Years chair
And warmed by the Old Years fire,
And the Old Year watched him with visit.
full gaze
AS he stretched his hands to the fading
blaze
And cinders Of dead desire.
La Junta tribune., 1902-03-01
mi. Mn. sho.,d ... n,ca.

Sir Arthur Sullivan discovered al
Monte Carlo one time that certain res
taurant proprietors had way Of regu-
Iating their charges with the appear
ance and standing OF their customers
When lunching alone Sir Arthur was
in the habit OF frequently one particu-
lar place. where he knew to IA centime
what the prices were. One day there
sat at the table adjoining his own a
wealthy Russian nobleman. Upon ask
ing for his bill the composer found
that the prices were exorbitantly high
He sent for the proprietor and demand
ed an explanation. The man, an Ital-
ian. recognized Sir Arthur as an infiu-
entisl client and was profuse An his
apologies. He explained that the mis-
take lay with the cashier. Going over
the items to which the exception was
taken the proprietor said: The 'cou,
vert I take him OF directly and the
butter charge him to the grand duke
he not notice it." The idea of charg-
ing to the grand duke an item against
whose extortionate price another Gus
toner protested always struck the
great composer as decidedly humor-
Gus way OF getting out of the DIM
Guilty.
La Junta tribune., 1902-03-01
NO seAUx FOR CENTRAL GIRLS.
Singular Drer.e fromaiEaied ny ih
DRESDEN PoStonace.

Dresden PoStoface.
With the advent Of the telephone
girl trouble has come to the Dresd IN
pos:ofIice. says a correspondent OF tne
Western Mall. About 80 young wo-
men are employed In the telephone de-
par;ment. and their com!ngs-out and
goings-in attract TO an inconvenient
degree the young man population of
the city. The male admirers and
sweethearts collect in groups. and
when the fair 300 troop out the mutual
salu;ations are demonstrative to a
degree usually reserved for the tete-a-
tcte. Not intrequenuy score or sc
OF young men. whose admiration Is
general rather than particular. make
lheir way into the doorway and there
pass critical review upon the whole 30l
as they pass out
kiss in the street" as practiced In
front OF the Dresden postoffice, has at
last reached proportions which austere
authority can no longer permit, and
the director OF posts and telegraphs
has just issued an order declaring that
male escort to or from business is nc
longer allowed by the regulations. The
subject is keenly debated in the Dres-
den press
La Junta tribune., 1902-03-01
Rio Grande Tax Charged No. Z


ending June 30 1901 its earned s5
leavin a surpl n
would
o
paid
Michigan
wi own % OF
of
while
gauge rail in n peri
Michigan. S15Goi; Wisconsin,
whole United States
Tlr oil o
Midland
Ierc
La Junta tribune., 1902-03-01
uusculAa soNeMess.

A. the result of over-exestion and
exposure to heat and cold. or from
whatever cause. may b treated sue
esssfully by the timely application OF
81 Jacobs OH. A thorough rubbing u
necsssary. The Oil should be applied
vigorously. for At less. twenty min
utes. two or three times daily, when All
pain. soreness. stiffness will b re-
moved In twenty-four hours. II viii
also strengthen and harden the mus
eles- Football players. gymnasts. and
all athletes will md St. Jacobs OIL
superior to any other remedy for out
ward application. for the reason that
its action 10 more rapid and its eject
permanent Thousands of people all
over the world use and recommend St
Jacobs OIL for muscular soreness. A
twenty-five cent bottle is quite sum
cient to prove its efficacy. In cases
where muscular soreness is compli-
Gated with any disease which requires
N Alternative. vogeler's Curative
Compound should be taken This Is
prepared by the proprietors OF st. ia
eob's OIL. Baltimore. Md. who will
send . sample free on application
La Junta tribune., 1902-03-01
FRANCE NEEDS MEN.
oEpoPULATioN OF THE COUNTRY
IS ATTRACTING ATTENTION.
NsabsS Of kseruiss for the Army Is
l.iiisg on Yeariy-Gsssesy HAs
Nov . Decided Numerical Advantage
Ovse Her Old Enemy.

The depopuiation Of France Is q sub
feet that Is attracting no little atten'
ton In the military countries on the
continent. chiefly In connection with
the already visible effects on recruit
Ing. The constant falling on in the
| number OF recruits and the consequent
decline in the strength of the French
army appear to have been regularly re-
corded by the intelligence departments
of foreign armies and 1t Is significant
that military writer's are permitted to
publish comparative statistics on the
subject in the daily press. says the
London Standard.
One of these writers. referring In
an Austrian paper to the alterations
which, he says, France was compelled
to make last month in the peace foot
ing Of her army. points out that. as late
as 1898, the number OF trained soldiers
in France exceeded the corresponding
total In Germany by 10000 men. II
was then calculated. he adds. that IL
would take Germany ten years to make
up the difference, as she proposed at
that time to Increase the number oi
recruits by 1900 every year.
But in addition to the ordinary num-
ber OF recruits. so many supernumera'
ries offer themselves for enlistment ir
Germany that. according to the writer
quoted, the numerical advantage Of
trained men which France had oyei
Germany three years ago will hare dis
appeared in half the contemplated pc
riod-that Is. in two or three years
time. He lays particular stress on the
facts that the number OF recruits pre-
scribed by law in France can no longer
be reached. and that last year there
was considerable deficiency, so that
with all the $50 In 1899
and re-enlisted soldiers, 6,52s in 1899
II was impossible to form all the fourth
batialions for which credits were voted
simply because the men were not forth
coming.
Doubtless these statistics are knoyr
and followed with interest in Germany
Russia and elsewhere. II may be said
of course. that for the present the mill
tary equilibrium between France ane
Germany still exists. hut IL Is no secret
that. while Germany could easily enlist
between 10000 and $4,000 mon more
yearly, the greatest sacrifices in France
would not suffice to bring about any
considerable increase. simply because
the sources Of recruiting are dried up
La Junta tribune., 1902-03-01

The story of Governor Ea tons expert
ence with renters and the funny things
they do Will some day make n book. and
We would like to see smart genius
No matter how much some Of them
make. they are always In hole at the
end of the harvest There are all kinds
of hard luck stories. On the other hand.
many of the thrifty ones who started a
few years ago now own farms and have
money to burn. Some of these people
make enough in year to buy their
farms and this is by far the best plan
to adopt. 1t is an easy matter to get in
dependently wealthy In Colorado il IA
man will put his nose to the grindstone
for few years and attend strictly to
business. We have just such land In the
Sunny San Luis Valley. In the southern
part Of this state. For full particulars
write Zeph. Chas. Felt. 102 Boston build
Ing. Denver. Colorado
La Junta tribune., 1902-03-01
RAILROAD TAXATION

$
he
doing rail
sides
o
% cordially
$
be
La Junta tribune., 1902-03-01
ss.u,a H.,e I,..u Erec,l,..

In 1880 Bishop Fisher OF Rochester,
England. was accustomed to entertain
= number OF poor people daily. One
afternoon large number OF his hum
BILE guests. together with some Of the
ofYicers of the household. were taken
Ill. Two died and after an examina-
tion OF the food had been made 1t was
declared the yeast had been poisoned
Parliament took UP the investigation
and the bishops cook. one Richard
Rowe. was found guilty. He was tried.
and sentenced to be boiled alive - an
sxamrls to other cooks.
La Junta tribune., 1902-03-01
STATE o, OHIO. CITY or TOLEDO. -

Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he fs the
senior partner Of the firm OF f. J. Cheney 4 Co.
doing business in the City OF Toledo, County
and State Aforesaid. and that said firm will pay
the sum OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case o: Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use OF Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In nv
presence. this etn day OF December. A. d. 1854
fSr.r1 A w. GLEASON.
Notary Public
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally. and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
OF the system. Send for testimonials, free
-. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, q
Sold by Druggists, 55c. :
Halls Family Pills are tho best
La Junta tribune., 1902-03-01

sions In Palestine permitting Of the un-
impeded Immigration and settlement
OF Jews there. DIR. Herxl's demands
include charter granting some simple
tan's crown lands to Jewish COLOMBIA
ton.
\ representative OF the Jewish colon
ization ASSOCIATION. which was en-
dowetl by the late Baron Hirsch with
n large sum Of money. Is also at Con
xtantinople. which 10 taken to signify
fund are noout to c0nccntrate their
resources upon palestlnet
La Junta tribune., 1902-03-01
COUNTY.
,s95oel


in
end
TO pay 10
which
had
surIl S6i3Di2
In the 1900 this road paid $issoo mile 5 cent of
mile
road of Chicago The kaloae COMPANY only paid
Colorado Midland railroad lac Pennsylvania railroad only paid
andt the Midland
the
Midland railroad charged the OF s2 mile rs
t Nebraska Wyoming sssio
age.
be on npage1 OF
La Junta tribune., 1902-03-01
TO REDEEM PALESTINE.
Sultan May Grant Charter to the
ZionIsts.

The leaders Of the Zionist movement
anticipate important developments as
= result OF the visit OF DR.. Theodore
Hcrxl of Vienna, president OF the Zion
Int Congress recently held nj Basir
Switzerland to Constantinople. DIR.
Herxl was summoned to the Yildix pal
ace by special telegram from the ~nI.
Inn. and II now negotiating with t..e
Sultan 1or the nenuisitI"" " r"nces-
La Junta tribune., 1902-03-01

There is no experience In life. my
boy" said Uncle Allen Sparks, but will
be good for you II you make the right
use Of 1t. Even when you do meaI
thing you hate yourself for 1t, and
that's always . useful exercise OF the
mind"
La Junta tribune., 1902-03-01
s,,r,t..,,.,. p.e,,.l.~.

II has been the general observation that
for some years past spiritualism has beer
In a gradual decline. This In the Law
tr,,s rcerit The rra.on Hostettsrs S,ou,.
nch Bitters has been recognized az the
leading family medicine during the past
nifty years 10 because II II founded on
true merit, and has always been found
reliable In cases Of indigestion. dyspepsia,
constipation and bdliousnesx- Try = bot
tie and satisfy yourself.
La Junta tribune., 1902-03-01
Auction sal. Of valuable xi,A Cow.

On Thursday. March 9Th. next. begin
ming at 10 O'Clock In the morning: at the
Bancroft farm, six miles southwest OF
Denver. ON the Morrison road. there viii
be sold Mt public auction lS head OF
high grade dairy cows. selected from the
famous St Lambert herd formerly be-
longing 10 DR.. r J. Bancroft.
Terms made at time OF sale. or upon
application to ]. o. A. Carper. owner. IL
Boston building Denver. Colo.
La Junta tribune., 1902-03-01
rn,. W.u In,.r-s, Mothers.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders Tor
Children. used by Mother Gray. q
nurse in Chiidren's Home. New York.
cure Feverishness. Teething Disorders.
Stomach Troubles and destroy worms.
At all druggists. CSC. Sample FREE.
Address Allen s. Oimsted. Leroy. N. I.
La Junta tribune., 1902-03-01

Looking at the kindergarten pictures
one day. Dave noticed Ldncoln's, and
after closely examining II. said: ASay,
Miss D. Is dis de guy dat let q
coons looser
La Junta tribune., 1902-03-01
i. w,.t.r %. Alls..s 1..s n.s..

q powder. Your feet feel uncomfortable,
nervous, and often cold and damp. u
you have Chilblains. sweating. sore fest
or tight sboes. try Aliens Fovt-EAsA
Sold by all druggists and shoe stores,
16c. Sample sent FREE. Address
Allen 8. olmsted, Ls Roy. N. 7.