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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-05-16

burg, w. Va, was guest of Mrs.
Henry H. Myers this week.
Mrs Rudolph Byrd of Chewes-
vile, Md, is visitin her brothers
here, Messrs. M. j. and j. w.
Weaver.
Mrs. Walter c.. Rodrick and
children Of Baltimore, are visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Airs. G. H.
Chittum.
Mrs. John II. Anderson has re-
turned to her home in Lexington,
after having spent the winter in
the South.
Mrs. John w. Beard of Hot
Springs, Va, is visiting her sister,
Mrs. John w. Miley. She is
accompanied by her children.
Mrs. James |. Hutton of Kansas,
is visiting friends and relatives at
Collierstown and Lexington, after
an absence of seventeen years.
Among the graduates in dental
surgery at the University College
Of Medicine, Richmond, Va, at the
commencement this week, appears
the name Of Austin A. Weaver, son
of Sergeant j. w. Weaver Of Lex
ingtOn.
Colonel John ID. Letcher has
been selected as the delegate from
Grace Memorial Episcopal church
to the annual council of the diocese
of Southern Virginia, to be held
May 27-3O, at Norfolk. Colonel
Frances Mallory is alternate.
Waitman F. Tolley, of the U. S.
Training Ship Essex, was at home
on seven days Through this week.
The Essex is now undergoing
repairs at the Portsmouth Navy
Yard, preparatory to cruise of
several months. He returned to
Norfolk yesterday.
Mr.. j. ". Grinstead represented
Rock bridge Lodge of Odd Fellows
of Lexington at the meeting Of the
Grand Lodge of Virginia, held at
Portsmouth this week. The RebeEah
Lodge here was represented by
Miss Minnie Johnston. Miss Anna
X. Krause was also in attendance.
Colonel William +. Peters, of
the Latin department, University
Of Virginia, will deliver an address
at Washington and Lee University
on the occasion of the Inauguration
of DR.. George H. Denny as presi
dent of the University, during the
commencement exercises in June.
Mr.. K. G.. Glass Of Lynch
burg, superintendent Of the Sum-
mer School of Methods to be held
at the University of Virginia, was
in Lexington Monday to see Hon.
H. st. Geo. Tucker for the purpose
Of securing from the Southern
Educational Board of New York,
5000 for the school. Mr.. Tucker
wrote in behalf Of the school, and
the contribution was promptly
made.
The GAZETTE acknowledges the
receipt Of an invitation to the
fourth annual commencement Of
the New Mexico Military Academy,
at Roswell, n. ~, which took place
Nav II to II, inclusive. The
superintendent Of this school is
Colonel James William Wilson,
son Of the late Mr.. John Edgar
Wilson of Near Fairfield, and a
graduate of the Virginia Military
Institute.
Mrs. How lrd M. Hoge of Lin
coin, LoudOun county, president
Of the Virginia Woman's Christian
Temperance Union, will be in
Lexington next Thursday, May
%, and desires to meet the ladies
interested in temperance work at
the home of Mrs. Joh1 A. Champ
that afternoon from 4 to 5 O'Clock.
Her husband, Rev. Mr.. Hoge, will
accompany her here and will deliver
an address. .on temperance at the
Baptist church Thursday evening
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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-05-16
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The Last Meeting.

between Longman g. Martinez
Paint and white lead was on
the occasion of q certain test
with a very large order for the
winner. Lonsman Il Martinez
Paint won; had to win; people
must believe what they see with
their own eyes. Let me explain
how much oil is added to each
gallon and figure cost OF material
for your house. McCrum
Drug Company, Sole Agents,
Lexington, Va.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-05-16
Prosperity OF the Rockbridgc
Normal.

Communica cd.
The total enrolment of the
Rock bridge Normal School for the
session 1901-'02 is one hundred and
two pupils; thirty-two being nor
NAL students, and the remaining
seventy being the pupils of the
model class.
In accordance with the principles
underlying normal work, instruc-
ton was given to the students in
the branches taught in the public
schools, and in the methods of
teaching those branches.
The knowledge of the students
is thus broadened into full,
fresh knowledge necessary to the
teachers work.
There is a growing demand for
normal trained teachers through
out the whole South, and this
demand can be met by providing
more well-equipped normals. To
the teacher is given the most
sacred task, that of training the
body, mind and soul, of the child
rem, and he should receive the
most skillful training to prepare
him for the right performance of
that task.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-05-16
New! New! Everything New!
We have no old stock to sell off to you One-half
Blu
We Have an Entirely NEW STOCK of Goods |!

We Have an Entirely NEW STOCK of Goods
which bought person. and which selling at prices
that defy competition in those selling Old Stock Gone
half Price, Our goods shop prices which
below any quoted One-half Prize" and Old Stock
Remember fuctuatng values in clothing and
clothing of this bought prices less than half of cloth
ing purchased year. years. ago when goods up.
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-14
The solid Hoofed HOG.

There are some solid hoofed hogs In
the world, but they are few and far
between. Darwin has great deal to
say about such pigs in his "Origin OF
Specles," as there were only three in
England at the time he wrote this
book.
The solid hoofed hog is not freak
of nature, as many suppose, but a gen.
uine case of reversion to a primitive
or ancestral type. 1t seems that, un.
like the prehistoric ancestor of the
modern horse, which has four toes or
hoofs, the old elotherium, from which
animal all members of the swine fam.
lily are descended, had a solid hoof,
and in the course of ages, as the old
parent form died out and the modern
wild boer, domestic hog. peccary, etc.,
were evolved this solid hoof became
through what Darwin calls "adapta-
tion" and natural selection" divided
up into two parts, so that all modern
hogs are cloven hoofed. Occasionally,
however, hog is born with the old
original solid hoof of the primitive hog
ancestor, thus demonstrating the tend
ency In all animals to revert now and
then to the parent form.
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-14
Mrs. Rurnett.

Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett the
popular novelist, tells funny story of
her earliest literary experience. She
wrote her first story while still in her
early teens, and she greatly desired tc
send it to a certain publisher in Phila-
delphia. Then the difficulty arose
how was she to send it? The manu-
script was all ready, but not the stamps
for the postage, and the young author
ess had not the wherewithal to buy
them. However, she bethought her of
a certain negress who used to gather
grapes for sale, and she asked this girl
to employ her Thus she raised the
necessary money she required, and she
dispatched her story to Philadelphia.
Her delight at receiving the proofs Of
it--for 1t was accepted-probably was
far greater than she ever experienced
on similar occasions after she had
made her name as a writer.
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-14
Too Much Furniture.

Have nothing in your house that
you do not know to be useful and be-
lieve to be beautiful" was one of the
sane precepts of William Morris. Have
you applied it to your own house? If
not. begin with the sitting room and
carefully consider each article. How
few things here are really useful! We
need enough comfortable chairs and
each one should be a thing of beauty
not necessarily expensive, but well
made, of good proportions and with no
sham carving. Each should be a self
respecting object, proud to show itself,
not the beribboned, betidied monde
script article which sometimes takes
its place.
Many Il room suffers from a super
abundance of tables which invite all
kinds of ornamental nothings to come
and repose on their tops. Indeed, it
often requires sl1illful navigation to
sail about this archipelago of furniture
in such manner as to avoid catastro-
phe.
What have you on the mantelpiece?
Are the things there from choice or
habit? 1t is better to have nothing
than nothing beautiful
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-14

he reached the river, for on the very
day that he started for Fredericksburg,
Nov. Is, Lee had sent a regiment of
infantry and a battery Of artillery
from his camps at Culpeper, some
miles above, to keep ward over the
crossing.
But Lees activity did not stop with
the sending of trivial reinforcement
to the feeble garrison already on the
ground. The first detachment was fol-
lowed up by two divisions of Long
streets infantry, W. Fl. f. Lees bri-
gade of cavalry and battalion of ar
tillery Had Sumner crossed his men
over the fords, as he wished to do, i'm
mediately upon his arrival, they would
have met with strong opposition before
securing the famous Marye's Heights
above the town. At best only small
parties could have crossed at the fords,
and small parties would have been
useless in the face of the Confederates
already on the ground and rapidly ap-
preaching. The delay of the pontoons,
which did not arrive until week after
they had been promised, was fatal to
effecting a surprise. Had they arrived
promptly Sumner could have sent
across the river fifteen brigades Of in
fantry and thirteen batteries, force
large enough to cope with Lees van
guard. The failure led to the bloody
disaster of Fredericksburg in Decem-
Der following.
GEORGE L. KILMER.
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-14
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Sieves should be cleaned with a
brush and clear water, using salt or
soda If necessary; never soap.
Muriatic acid diluted with water and
applied with stiff brush will very sat
isfactorily remove stains from marble
bowls and basins in bathrooms.
To prevent lamp glasses breaking, as
they will do sometimes if the wick be
turned too high, scratch the base of
the glass with a GLACIERS diamond.
This is simple and efficacious meas
ure
One of the dyed chamois skins is an
excellent lamp mat for polished table
the rich red, green or a certain shade
of peacock blue. A red one goes spe-
cially well with lamp of Egyptian
design
A mattress mat, serviceable and cas-
lily made, is fashioned from lightweight
unbleached muslin in two layers, with
a sheet of wadding between. Quilt the
mat on the machine and bind with col
ored tape.
Cold water and soap can be used
with satisfactory results as cleansing
material on all kinds of highly polished
furniture, provided it is followed by
another washing with clear water and
rubbed dry with chamois skin.
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-14

Women nave been twenty years
learning how to use glycerin and have
more to learn yet. Its principal use is
to prevent evaporation of fluids from
the skin. keeping it moist and soft. A
tablespoonful-that is. half an ounce
of glycerin TO six ounce bottle Of face
lotion prevents it from drying and
gives the skin full benefit of the liquid.
Glycerin is better as hair tonic than
as face wash. Two ounces of glycer-
In. two of filtered water and two of al
cohol or cologne. shaken together, form
an excellent lotion for massage of the
scalp. A flannel wet with the liquid
applies 1t to the head an inch or two
at time. and the scalp is rubbed Wig
orously with the fingers till the fluid
dries. Rubbing i'm any salve lotion
means that it is rubbed until it dries
and disappears from the surface com
pletely.
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-14
* A FORTlETH ANNIVERSARY (
& WAR STORY &
November Is, 1862 :


and gunboats could take part in the
campaign. Burnside's chances of sue
cess lay in a rapid crossing of the
river and the seizure of the heights of
Fredericksburg, which command the
river and river roads toward Rich
mond for many miles.
In adopting his plan Burnside had
made 1t point with the authorities at
Washington that a pontoon bridge
should be forwarded overland from
Alexandria to the front as soon as pos
sible, and it was expected to reach the
crossing place almost as soon as the
vanguard of the army. All day the
10Th of November the several corps of
the army set their faces toward Fred
ericksburg, and Summers Second corps
stood on the heights Of Falmouth, in
view of the city, early on the 18th.
Sumner wanted to cross the river at
once by the fords and seize the coveted
heights before the enemy should get
news of his presence and move to their
defense.
News of Importance to the Confed-
crates always Travelled fast in Virginia.
1t was next to impossible to catch the
southern leaders mapping There was
an insignificant garrison at Fredericks-
burg all the time that the armies were
maneuvering and fighting north of the
Rappahannock. Even if the garrison
had been sleepy one Sumner would
have had no chance to surprise it when
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-14

er, asked her to finish the baking in
the oven while she baked biscuit in the
stove for the men.
Before her task was completed hos
tile bullet crashed through the door
and killed her. The evening of July
soldier hands tenderly laid her away
in a coffin made for Confederate colo
mel.
Only a slab marked her resting place
until Sept. 16, 1901, when an ornate
monument was erected through the eff
forts of the Woman's Relief corps of
Iowa. in which state the sister of Jen-
ME Wade, Mrs. Georgia Wade Nc
Clellan, past department president Of
the Woman's Relief corps, resides. AT
the time of the battle Mrs. Mcclellan
was in the @house in which her sister
was killed, in bed with a babe less
than week old by her side.
Praise is due the woman who had
charge of the work of raising funds for
the memorial, Mrs. Margaret Hinman
of Belmond, Ia. Mrs. Hinman was in
defatigable in her efforts to erect a
shaft which should not only do honor
to the noble girl whose courage it COM
memorates, but should be a credit to
the women who planned it.
The figure surmounting the pedestal
is that of young girl with a cloak
draping her figure. In her right hand
she holds cup. and on her left arm
she carries canteens.-W Washington Post.
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-14
he Your own Masseuse.

1t is mistaken theory that massage
cannot be successfully done for one
self. Study the simple rules of the
art, and by systematic effort you will
soon be able to keep the skin of your
face, neck and arms in excellent condi-
ton. Any one Of half a dozen good
creams should be rubbed on the face
with each massage treatment, and the
neck is wonderfully improved by the
constant use of cocoa butter.
Few women realize what an addl-
tional grace may besgiven the body by
a correct hanging of the arms. They
should fall back from the bust, straight
from their sockets, not flung carelessly
forward. The average woman not only
weakens her lungs by the improper po-
sition Of her arms, but lessons her
height and distinction of appearance.
Some people consider that Sarah Bern
hardts greatest physical charm lies in
her arm, which, being placed with such
grace, gives poise to her entire figure.
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-14
Graceful Bed Drapery.

A simple and graceful drapery which
adds to the beauty of any style of bed
is easily arranged. 1t consists of one
length of whatever material is chosen.
This is passed through a large ring Of
wood or brass hanging from staple in
the ceiling or from a rod projecting
from the cornice at the head of the bed.
The ends of the material are drawn
apart in curtain fashion and carried to
the sides of the headboard, where they
are held back by means of bands or
chains A few yards of cretonne in one
length will permit this style of draping.
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-14
Cnmhinp TnXYeIa.

Did you ever see the convenient
eombing towels neat women fasten
about their shoulders when they dress
their hair? They are not new, but they
are getting very popular. One large
towel is used and one-third of its
length is cut off. The two-thirds piece
is followed out at the neck and sloped
bit on the shoulders, and the short
piece is shaped in the same way to fit
the neck and shoulders, but is divided,
faced and provided with buttons and
holes to fasten in front. The shoulder
seams are Tapped for strength and
neatness and the neck is finished with
a tape or a pretty bit of embroidery, if
one is fastidious about appearances
Boston Traveller
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-14
Weighing the Baby.

A wise nurse weighs the baby under
her charge many times during the first
month of its life. Any doctor will give
her the normal rate of increase, and by
this she must be guided largely.
A child may be the joy of his moth
er's heart because of his chubby face
and legs, and yet to wiser eyes he may
suggest the fact that he is overfat
through some lack in his diet. The
scale and the table of weights will set
tie that question.
The stomach of a child is so exceed
ingly small that it is highly important
that its food should contain all the ele-
ments of nutrition in proper proportion,
and child who appears well may
show by the scales that he is under
weight and in need of more carbohy-
drates. A little cream, real cream, and
sugar in his morning porridge or his
fruit pudding regularly and systematic
ally supplied may in few weeks con-
vert him into plump and happy
youngster.
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-14
AN UNCHANGED BILL.

The Clothing Merchant Was Too
Much For the College Professor.
Ex-President Gates Of Amherst col
lege was man with three salient char
cteristics-beief in compulsory wOr-
ship as means of grace, nicely of Ian
guage and fondness for bargain hunt
Ing that was almost feminine. AS Illus
trative of the latter II is told that on a
certain occasion Mr.. Gates bought for
50 a pair of trousers that had been
marked at So and had them charged.
The first Of the month a bill came in:
ITO one pr. pants, $3."
Mr.. Gates crossed of the "pants" and
substituted trousers" then remailed
the bill. The first of the next month an
other bill came in:
TO one pr. pants, $3.'
This time the bill was returned, as
before, but with the following legend:
Dear Mr.. Thompson-I am always care
ful about the language use and like 9TH
er people to be the same.
The first of the third month Mr..
Gates received a BILL
TO one pr pants, $3."
This time he went in person to visit
Mr.. Thompson. He explained his posi-
ton. Thompson looked at him a mo-
ment and then replied:
President Gates, I've been in the
clothing business for twenty-five years,
an during them twenty-five years ev-
erythlng in my shop above So has been
trnusnrS and avervthiu0 haIou @S hos
been pants. It's pants you got. and,
egad, sir, it's pants you'll pay for
New York Times.
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-14
Paper For Wrapping.

Some women do not seem to know
that they make mistake when they
wrap up parcels-that is, parcels of
clothes or fabrics of any kind-in white
paper. The white paper no doubt looks
neat and attractive, but it happens to
have been bleached with chloride of
lime, and this is SO strong that it will
ruin the fabric which lies for any
length of time against it. The most
suitable paper for the purpose is the
stout brown or blue not so commonly
used, but strong and without any harm
full chemical properties.
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-14
> Farewell to
, Little MAJ" "


CN IN the morning of Nov. Is, 1862,
nj the Army of the Potomac
sS1IDNI started on the direct march
NkaD for Fredericksburg. General
Ambrose E. Burnside, the new com
mander, proposed to march to Rich
mond by way of Fredericksburg, and
he counted upon little opposition at
that point. Burnside had taken the
command from Mcclellan few days
before and practically adopted one of
the plans his predecessor had held in
mind for attacking Richmond.
The advent of Burnside as leader of
the army was a genuine surprise to
officers and men. The general himself
had protested against the removal of
the head Of the Army of the Potomac
in the midst of a campaign, but the
authorities at Washington were COM
mitted to a change. Burnside was
personally popular with the troops he
had led in battle and came to the new
field with the reputation of fighter.
He had commanded the right wing of
the army at the storming of South
Mountain few weeks before and led
the left wing, which bravely charged
across the river and seized the heights
in the face of the Confederates at An
t1etam.
Next to "Fighting Joe' Hooker there
was no subordinate commander in the
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-14
About Nervous Babies.

The nervous baby must be carefully
dieted, says the Philadelphia Ledger
Find out which food suits her and then
stick to it. Give her lots of fresh air
and use plenty of water and keep her
very quiet. Never let her be dazzled
by bright light or startled by bang
ing doors, Gathering fireirons, etc.
Don't let visitors excite her or try to
make her show off any little new ac-
complishments. See that she gets reg
ular hours of sleep, that her bedclothes
are warm and light and accustom her
always to the sound of gentle voices.
Even baby should never hear voice
raised In anger.
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-14
JENNIE WADE MEMORIAL,
Gettysburg Has the Only Monument
to a Woman Killed In Battle.

Gettysburg Has the Only Monument
to a Woman Killed In Battle.
Gettysburg has the only monument
to a woman killed in battle, and this
tribute to heroine was made by a wo-
man and erected by women. Jennie
Wade is rightfully called "the heroine
Of Gettysburg" for no more loyal girl
ever lived and none ever died more
bravely.
Her story is interesting. The first
day of the battle Jennie Wade drew
and carried water from the old wind
lass well, while shot and shell shrieked
around her and the din of the battle
ragged SO fiercely. All day she filed
canteens for the thirsty men, never
shrinking from her perilous task.
All the second day also she succored
the almost fainting men. The third day
at dawn she was astir and was prepar-
ing the brick oven to bake bread for
the soldiers, when their calls for food
were SO insistent that she saw the ne
cessity for haste and, calling her moth
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-14

daughter Of the household, for it is one
of the essentials Of health as we'll as
showing the character of the house
wife, for what shows more conclusive
y woman's ideas of neatness and
cleanliness than the care with which
her bed paraphernalia is attended to
and the everyday appearance of her
chambers? When mattress is new, it
should be incased in cover of un-
bleached sheeting, which should be re-
moved and washed once year. This
keeps the dust from the mattress cover.
For covers which have not been SO pro
tected rinse the ticking well in cold
water to which has been added little
potash and rinse well afterward.
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-14
The Nursery supper.

Stale bread has many uses, but none
more satisfactory than for the nursery
supper. The bread should first be put
in the oven and carefully Drowned,
then turned out on board and crushed
with a rolling pin until it is delicate
and fine. 1t should now be bottled
and kept in dry place until it is re-
quired for use, when two or three ta-
blespoonfuls boiled in fresh milk and
a little salt will make delicate, whole
some supper for children.
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-14
A Stationery Hint .

In buying stationery the woman who
is nice in trifies leaves quire or two
of her note paper unstamped-this for
use when a second or third sheet is
needed to complete a voluminous letter.
1t is one of the small things that be-
tray knowledge of correct usage, that
only one sheet of a letter shall bear
the address or monogram. Repetition
is unnecessary and should be omitted.
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-14

To cure ringworm, to one part Of sui
phuric acid add sixteen to twenty parts
water, use brush or feather, and ap
ply it to the parts night and morning.
A few dressings will generally cure. If
the solution is too strong, dilute it with
water, and if the irritation is excessive
rub on little oil or softening applica-
tion, but always avoid soap.
The Morris County chronicle., 1902-11-14
A LIQUID Medicinal sonn.

A German professor recommends the
following recipe for liquid soap for
medicinal use in wounds, etc.: One
part Of caustic potash dissolved in an
equal weight of water. To this add
four parts of olive oil and one-fourth
part of alcohol. Stir thoroughly for
ten minutes, shaking repeatedly. Aft
er about an hour mix with an equal
quantity of water. Let it then stand
several days, then filter it, and 1t is
ready for use.