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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-11-12
GilmOre'S Mill.
Gazette Correspondence.

Nov 10. Mrs. ]. W. Wriggle ofLong
Glade, who has been visiting her sister
in-law, Mrs. Robt. Campbell, returned
home Wednesday,
Messrs. j. H. Callahan and G. q.
Quinn OF Clifton Forge, Va, were
here Saturday.
Capt. w. Ii. Chiles had the mis-
fortune to be kicked on the leg by q
horse last week, injuring him pain
fully but not seriously.
We have curiosities in our vicinity
as we'll as other places. We have a
COW that can unlatch gate, horse
that can pick lock and the champion
turkey-coop maker of Virginia.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-11-12
Gloves.

Ladies and Misses Golf Gloves will be greater demand
this than We well supplied now with great
variety of styles the popular prices25c and SOC pair
The color combinations too varied to describe here We
invite inspection.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-11-12
Mems FleeCed Shirts andDrawers.

We handle but grades each the best get the
price, soc and $lOQ The dollar grade the celebrated
WmGHT HEALTH UNDERWEAR than which there is no better Of
its kind.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-11-12
Departed Comrades.
For the Gazette.

For the Gazette.
1t was but few days since the
writer received notice of the death
of James McClung-"Pat' as ne
was known to us Of Co. II, l4th
Va. Calvary. Only a veteran can
realize the sting of pain and sad
ness, which accompany such an
nouncements. The camp fires are
lit up in our hearts. The tents, the
actions, and sayings, of our late
departed friends and comrades, are
reproduced, and we see again them
as they were in the COS. IT'S like
a dream Life is but a dream at
best.
Again, so soon, comes the sad
news of the death Of comrade
and messmate, Of the same Com
pany, John Will Mackey Of South
River District. How well / remem-
Der him! We slept under the
blankets, without other shelter
from the storms of winter, often in
rain, mud, sleet and snow. How
like a good mother he was to me
so self sacrificing, so unselfish and
so accomplishing. How kind to
provide for each member Of the
"mess'' every comfort, which he
could draw from his poor allowance
Of rations. He would divide the
last crumb with a friend. The
"mess" was the place to test man.
hood. If Il soldier was inclined to
be swinish, it was sure to develop
by the campfire, when rations
were short. He seemed to be
solicitous for the comfort of his
friends. He was not demOnstra-
tive in his manners, but on the
contrary, perfectly plain and sim
cere. One had to know him to
love him. Nothing that would at
tract specially looking at the man
outwardly, but a true and noble
heart, animated his being. Hope
full, truthful and honest was he.
A good soldier, true friend, a
tried cOmrade and messmate. True
to his country and friends. | am
persuaded, that he was true alike
to his Maker. / will miss him.
The survivors of the old Com pany
will miss him. His family will
miss his cordial greeting and sup
port.
1t will be but few years
more, when the bugle will sound
he requiem for the last member
If Co. H, 14th Va. Cavalry, and
If him may it be said, by others,
is | feel fully justified in saying of
ny late comrades, "Pat" and
john Will: :" They were faithful
o the country, their friends and
heir families. In peace let them
est, after the trials through which
hey have passed in this life.
w. B. F. l..
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1902-11-12
Ladies' Union Suits.
SOC, 75c, $1OO, $1.25, and $3.50.

Our S10O Union Suit heavy cotton, ribbed heeced is the
best garment out at the price.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-29
A Kansas Family Reunion.

The Atchison Globe describes what it
calls the greatest family reunion ever
known in Kansas. Eighty-nine members
Of the Pennington family are spending Il
whole week at the homes of J. +. Pen
nington and of his sister, Mrs. Robert
son, twelve miles west of Atchis0D
There are eleven brothers and sisters in
the Pennington family, and all of them
are present with their descendants. The
Globe gives the following account OF how
this great kin crowd is provided with
material entertainment:
Mrs. j. L. Pennington has twenty
four beds up. The corn crib was divided
off like a Pullman sleeper. with curtains
strung across on poles, and Il carpet laid.
There are five 'berths' in this, and not
many bedrooms are more comfortable.
Three beds were put in the loft of the
barn and one in the granary, which was
occupied by two colored cooks. Mr.. Pen
ningt0n and family sleep in some of these
improvised sleeping quarters, turning
their home over to their guests Mrs.
Robertson provided extra room by put
ting up three tents. She and her family,
and all its branches, sleep in the tents.
and the guests have the house. In order
to visit with everyone, the guests who
are at Robertson's enc day, progress to
Pennington'S the next. and those at Pen
nington's are sent to RobertsOn's"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-29
WurSted.

'ls this the best wurst you can send
me- asked the lady who walked into
the meat store with package of that
edible in her hand.
Madam answered the meat man.
1T is the best wurst we have"
We'll, it is the worst wurst | ever
saw e'
Il am sorry to hear that. The best I
can do is to try and send you some bet-
ter wurSt from today's lot. hut as / said.
that was the hest wurSt we have at pres-
emf. l am sure. however, that the wrrst
we are now making will not he any worse
than this, and it ought to be better. /
assure You that as soon as get the
wurSt you shall have the best OF it. We
never gave any one the worst of il so
long as we have been in the wurst brsi-
ness, and You may De sure that when
We give you your wuUSt it will be the
best for our worst wurst is better wurst
than the best wurSt of our competitors. 8"
But the lady, whose eyes had taken on
stare of glaSsineSs, was seen to throw
up her hands and flee from the place, for
she was afraid the worst was VET TO
Nome.-Baltimore American.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-29

The fact that Mr. Ziegler has taken his
Arctic expedition away from Mr.. Bald
win and placed it in charge Of Anthony
Fiala, young Photographic artist, full
of dash and daring, will strengthen ex-
pectations as to the results of the expe-
dition's proposed work. BALDWIN started
with an outfit that exceeded in complete
mes sthat Of any previous expedition, and
accomplished nothing. Some old cxplor-
ers believe the fulness OF his supplies
constituted an impeachment, and that he
would have made a better showing had
he dashed northward with smaller out
fit. The dashing qualities Of the new
commander from which results will be
expected are similar to those of Abruzzi
the young Italian duke who undertook Il
bit OF Arctic work as a diversion from
mountain climbing, and at one dash
placed his name on the map at point
farther north than the furthest point
achieved by DR.. Nansen.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-29
AN ARCTIC ROMANCE.
Life Story of Woman of the Most
Ncrtherly Indian Tribe.

Mrs, Chris Sonniksen has left San Jose
for Dawson City. She goes by way of
Nome, and thence up the river to the
northern Ell Dorado. The going of Mrs.
Sonniksen was not chronicled i'll society
events because she is full-blOoded
Chug-Chi, the most northerly tribc of In
dams on the American continent
Mrs. Sonniksen was never south of the
arctic circle until she married, and until
one year ago she was never out of the
Land of the Midnight Sun in her whole
thirty-eight years of life.
Mrs. Sonniksen was born in the ex-
IRENE northern end of the American con-
tinent. She had many times been to ST.
IBERIA, had fished and hunted the seal
and the walrus in the Kamschatkan sea,
but never until she met Chris Sonniksen.
miner and fortune seeker, VINO left Den
mark many years ago. had she been as
far south as the arctic circle. \ year
ago she came clear out of the land of
cold and ice to the sunniest land on all
the earth. She brought the body of her
dead husband TO jacksonville for burial.
Afterward she took up her residence on
CHINA bar street, i'll San Jose, for the pur-
pose of educating her children, who have
been attending the LongfellOw school for
the past four terms.
Mrs. SOnniksen during her residence
here learned English. 1t was twelve
years ago that her husband left W0tson-
vile and San Jose for the North. He
encountered the luck of all fortune seek
ers until the gold strike on gravel claims
was made at Dawson City. He was one
of the original locatOrs of q claim on
Dominion creek, and when he died he
left a fortune estimated at 100000 to
his squaw widow.
1t was years previous to the Klondike
excitement that SonnikSen met his wife.
He was then trapping and prospecting
in the very far North. \ desce ndant of
the NOrseman. latitude had no cares for
him. He spent a winter at Point Bar
row, and there began the courtship with
the woman who bore him his children
and is now managing his estate
In the course of his career in the North
SOnniksen became impressed with the
idea that vegetables could be grown in
the arctic regions. AS a reward for his
Investigations, it may be said, a large
vegetable farm near Dawson City is
among the most valuable assets of the
widow.
Mrs. Sonniksen experienced no Difficult
ty with the California climate. She was
hale and hearty throughout her residence
here, and never for a moment complained
of her change of latitude. She expects
to return next year, and will then be
come n permanent resident She leaves
here TWO children, who are attending
school.-San Jose (Cal.l Mercury.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-29
THANKSGIVING HYMN.

One day there is, of all the changing year.
One daT which makes all other days more
dei.f,
Which. In the compass OF one magic word
Sets all the jarring tune 10 sweet accord
Through fire and frost, in endless round we
go
Caught in lifes whirl, its plan we cannot
know;
Yet, be the complex problem what it may.
We all accept 1t on this happy day.
Thanks for the power that triGrphs over
ills,
Thanks fer the love that strengthens and
fulaIS
In heartfelt thanks our half-formei long
ings run,
And all llfe's eddying currents flow as one.
Elaine Goodale
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-29
Small Change in Abyssinia.

For small change in Abyssinia pc
culiar coin is employed This is no
other than bars of hard, crystallized salt.
about ten inches long and two and a half
inches square, slightly tapering toward
the end. People are very particular
about the standard of fneness of the
currency. If it does not ring like metal
when struck with the finger nail. or if it
is cracked or Clipped, they viii not take
it. 1t is a token of affection when friend,
meet 10 give each other a lick Of their
respective 'coins," and in this way the
value of the bar is decreased. Smaller
change than a bar of salt is sometimes
needed, and then the natives have re-
course to cartridges. Three cartridges
pass for one bar of salt.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-29
One at a Time.

Gen. Phil Sheridan was once asked
what little incident during his army ez-
perience amused him most. well" he
said, Il do not know, but l always laugh
when l think of the Irishman and the
army mule. l was riding down the line
one day when l saw an Irishman mount
ed on Il mule, which was kicking It's
legs rather freely. The mule finally got
its hoof caught in the stirrup, when. in
the excitement, the Irishman remarked;
We'll, begorroh, if you're goin' I get on,
I'll get off,"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-29
A Pilgrim Defined.

\ school inspector in England asked n
nearly as possible what he understood 4
pilgrim to be. "A pilgrim is man who
goes about n good deal" was the reply.
This seemed not quite satisfactory 10
the inspector, and he said: q 10 about
good deal, but l am not pilgrim. /"
please. sir, | mean a good man." was
the eager addition.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-29

An account of the trial Of new
French airship which is said to have Mt
tanned speed of twenty-five miles an
hour fails to state whether the ship was
going down the wind or against it. Of
course this is trivial matter from the
standpoint of the promoter, but it is
important for the would-be investor.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-29

The record of forty miles an hour by
an electric car, on the run between
Cleveland and Toledo, foreshadows
closer competition with the regular
steam lines through general improve
ment in speed on the electric lines.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-29

Presumably WI Ting Fang left with
us the American clothes which he has
recently been trying to wear. He won't
need them in China, to which country he
may have been recalled because of his in
clination toward new fashions.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-29

Prof Loeb's discovery that you need
not die if you have pinch of salt in the
house has not so far induced the life in
surance companies to lower their premi-
um rates. They seem to take the an
nouncement with n grain of salt
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-29

The old exclamation, what a coun-
try! What a people," may be extended
when the Kansas joint-smasher appears
in her new play. what country
What people! What a Nation"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-29

In order to give the German Emperor
a score of eighty-four rabbits in twenty
minutes, the gamekeepers must have
fixed things for a wholesale drawing Of
the fbead."
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-29

OWING TO the fact that it will be i'm.
possible TO get anthracite coal TO III,
interior towns in time for the approach
ing cold weather, there will probably b,
an attack on the small amount OF stand
ing timber still on Wisconsin farms,
But there is generally a large amount Of
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-29

One of the reasons why meats have
been dear was the shortness of the corn
crop of 1901. The mammoth corn crop
of 1902 may be followed by lowering
of the price of meats.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-29

Europe is having cold weather in ad-
vance Of America in this year Of grace
and nobody will begrudge her the ex-
perience-not while the shortage of coal
continues
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-29

The Chicago people who threaten to
sue for damages because they went to Il
football match and came away with a
stock of bruises must have sort of par
Tor idea of the game.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-29

Gen. Bragg is now in position to talk
concerning Cuba, but he won't do it,
because some newspaper fellow" might
construe it as Chinese, among whom the
General isn't inclined to cultivate love by
the making of enemies.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-29

The injured brakeman who revived at
La Crosse in the nick Of time to escape
burial alive, had n much closer "squeak"
with conventionalism in regard 10 the
disposal of the supposedly dead than he
had with the bridge that struck HIM
down.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-29

The admiral of the Swiss navy might
pick up the job lot of obsolete warshlps
that Great Britain wants TO sell.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-29

England is just now getting deal Of
steel trade from the United States, but
this only makes her suspicious as 10
whether her furnishing the raw material
will not enable the United States to steal
some of her machinery business. They
are very suspicious of American pros
perity, across the water.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-29

dead and down" timber rottins in the
woods that could be turned to advantage
and the woods would be improved in ap-
pearance by the gathering of this ma
terial
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-29

There will be no scramble for the small
quantities of anthracite on the way to
consumers, unless the weather gets win
try edge.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-29

Q.-Why is Carrie Nation ike rheu-
matism? A.-Because she makes trou-
bic in the Joints.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-29

When ]. z. Morgan finds it necessary to
take n pill, Wall street prices go off sew
eral points They go up again, however,
when Mr.. Morgan is in perfect health.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-29

Well, there are places not afflicted
with soft coal smoke where the air is
obscured by dust from volcanic erup-
tions-and that is worse.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-29

Now it transpires that people can be
made fresh with salt. which has hereto
fore been regarded as a picking agent
only
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-29

The express messenger whs pinked the
train robber near Trinidad. Colorado,
should receive something more substan-
tial than n medal, from his company, to
encourage other messengers to utilize
their craftsmanship when occasion re-
uuires
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-29

The English Parliament can say TO
the Austrian Reichsrath: You're an
otherw
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-29

None of the bears in the Mississippi
swamp country rushed for the honor Of
being killed by President of the United
States
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-29

The airship of the brothers Lebaudy,
ut Nantes, recently made good speed.
Speed is excellent in an air-ship-when
in the right direction.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-29

Ex-Minister WI is going back to China
with that tired feeling" supcrinduced
by the activity of American reporters in
trying to steer not only China but the
whole world. WI takes things too Sc
PiouSly
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-29

Shamrock III. will be launched about
the end of January. 1t is said that she
will be twenty minutes faster thar
Shamrock ii. over the Americas cuI
course Yachting experts Away,
know more about boats speed two
months before she is put in the water
than when she is trying her wings.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-11-29

The young New Yorker who rose from
the position OF office boy TO that Of pres
ident of a trust company in the shou
space of two years. and who has now
gone TO Sing Sing 10 spend a term ~
prison for fling false records. has =
streak of Wall street Napoleonism in his
tuakp-un
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-30
He Wen the Younxs.er.

The Rev. pF Mackenzie Of Sa0 Fran
cisco was oace calling on Il new pa
rtshtoner WHO had limb" OF boy
Sha l1i iayitei the doctor II dine
willie she said 70 her hopeful pass
Or. Mackenzie a potato"
Willie seized the potato between
thumb aad finger and before his moth
er could utter a horriiied remon>lrance
he had tossed it across the table and
slr1rely into the good mans lap
Judgment. =" cried Willie.
"one str!kr" quoted the quick wit
ted clergy ,ra.t.
'Wi,ie. lea.e the table" stormcd his
mother
Madam. said the minister. ''do not
judge him harshIy, See how beautiful.
Iy he put tae sphere over the plate"
An1 from hat time there wasn't a
more earnest worker in ali the big Sun.
day school fhan that same Willie
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-30
Th. Economical Mule.

The mtile i ready to begin work TIVE
or three years earlier than the horse.
h can br put 10 pretty heavy pulling
" lau ue j. three years old. and from
thlt time anti, he Is forty. II hc has
far tra3tm"ut aud docs not meet with
al accident Ia is pot likely to lose any
tmH IL = not s3bject TO the many
ailue0ts 20 which the horse IL a vic.
tim, ar cast not to any great degree.
H ,jv"s about twice as long and his
artgj. period cf usefulness ia nearly
tuyee times a. onE for the horse IA
ga1.sy uot III Tor heavy service until he
is tife years olj or after he Ia twenty.
wa,!,' A mule wji, often do good service
for forty years and they have been
known To- wor& ufty. according to one
writer, without being turned out at
any t.Cla during a,I that long period
Like the ass, the mule will live upon
next % nothing. and during all his for,
Is years q hard service a mule Will
no' reluire-aad generally does not get
hat th- feed necessary to sustain q
horse during hs much shorter pcrici
o. usefulness. .-4
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-30
Wh~r@ Aiisptr~ Grows.

The >iand of Jamaica produces ahou!
a tae a!ispiee that IS used, 1t is known
also a. 3meato. or Jamaica pepper. The
tree oa Witch the berries grow is ever
green, and the flowers grow in dense
clusters. These develop into small
green aromatic berries. the size of black
pepper II allowed II ripen. they be
come PUPPY aud lose some of their pun
geucg. lnr commercial purposes the
berries are gathered when green. care
fnNy dried III the sun and aftcrwar,l
packed IN bags Holding lel 10 Isl
pounds aut shipped pimento trees
grow IN maay parts Of tropical Amer,
lea. but nowhere do they thrive as IN
Jamaica. The trees are never planted
hv man aaJ receive no cultivation
worthy of the name. The seeds are
dropped by he birds. and the rains and
the tropical sun do the rest. Surplus
trees are cat down an,i becomr walking
sticks aud umbrella handIes. THIS spice
IS more mi}1 and innocent than most
other spices