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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-09-26

the spot a half-starved tortoise-shell
cat, crouched within leaping distance
Of the burrow, 1 felt sorry for the cat,
but gave her to understand that she
must cross short-tailed chipmunks off
her bill-of-fare for that day at least.
The burrow runs almost directly
downward Cor two or three feet, and
then winds about, around stones and
roots, for several feet more. That is,
the main tunnel does, but from this run
several shorter burrows, which are used
by my little friend as store-rooms. He
now spends most of his time carrying
into them such foods as will keep, that
he may not go hungry in the winter.
A few days ago called and he was
out, but on the big root near his door
lay a large heap of chopped apples,
some of which had been cut SO recently
that determined to sit down and wait.
Five minutes passed, and then came a
pattering of small feet in the leaves,
and home romDed my chipmunk. his
bob tail in the air, and a small, yellow
apple in his mouth. He sat up on the
root, and attacked the apple with his
teeth. Piece after piece he bit off and
dropped to the ground to swell the pile
already there, but when he reached the
core he did not go so fast. The seeds
were what he was after and these he
deliberately stuffed into his cheek
pouches until he had them all, and then
he whisked into the burrOw to add them
to his winter store. Seeds of grasses,
toe. he harvests at this time. as we'll
as wheat and other grains. Later he
will carry in nuts of various kinds, fill
ing his cheek pounches so full that his
face can scarcely be recognized. Like
other chipmunks, he probably aims at
storing no particular amount of food;
he will simply keep at. it until the wea-
Their becomes too cold for his comfort.
Then he will stop and retire to his bur
row, TO appear again on warm days
during the Indian summer. But when
the cold weather sets in to stay he will
go inside, plug the Mouth of the burrow
with soil and leaves, and we shall see
nothing OF him until the latter part Of
February or the early part of March,
when the first, warm days will probably
induce him to come out for breath of
fresh air and touch Of sunlight on the
see side of stamp or a stone wall
ERNEST HAROLD BAYNES
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ECOSOMIO.di.

The city mani don't see any chop
ping block about for killing chickens.
The country man-No; the automo-
biles kill most of 'em now.-Yonkers
Statesman.
Teller-I cannot cash this check,
madam, unless know who you are.
She (haughtily)-I wouldn't accept
the money, anyway, from any one who
doesn't know who am.-Life:
Fond mother (who is sure the visitor
would like to hear. her infant prodigy
on the violin)-Johnnie is so far ad-
vanced that noWswe can almost tell
whether he is tuning or playing
Punch. SO. .- Il -,--s
''Your wife is something of socialist,
isn't she?" a .
II should say So" answered Mr..
Meekton, absent niiidedly. Our church
never thinks Of giving a social unless
she runs it,"-Washington Star. r.,
MY boss has promised to raise my
salary on the first of next month";" said
Slynan. s4S&'
Sorry, old man, interrupted hewitt,
but I've. had to borrow some money
myself this week. "-Philade
Press.
TITS, peculiar fact" remarked the
Conserving youth, that only about one
woman in a thousand can whistle"
Nothing peculiar about that" rejoin-
ed the man with the, absent hair. "As
long as a woman can talk she doesn't
care to whistle" -Chicago News.
They were sitting. on the beach. Let
us make love- he. whispered, so that
we may have something by which to re-
member the seashcre when we are far
away"
"Ah,'' she said softly.'I suppose you'd
call this a souvenir spoon. "-PhiladeI-
phia Record. .. .-..
He - The trouble with you, dear, is
that you never will admit it when you
are in the wrong.
She-That's no such thing. I'd admit
| it in moment If l were wrong: but the
fact Of the matter is never am wrong,
and you know it,. Harry Merrillton!-'
Boston Transcript. liz,
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or smell. which produces effects very
similar to those of cholera. and which
is known to be the agent most frequent
ly employed for homicidal purposes,
should be procurable in unlimited guam
titles in every part of India. The official
reason for the absence of previous leg
islation is, that since plants from
which vegetable poisons can be extract
ed grow all over the country. and are
readily accessible, any restriction on the
sale and possession of mineral Doisons
might result in inducing criminals to
have recourse TO the more subtle and
less easily detected vegetable poisons,
which could in no case be placed beyond
their reach" The present bill provides
for the control of the sale of Doisons
and places the importation of white ar
senic under license. but the measure
will no: be obligatory upon the local
governments.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-09-26
STEEL.

The other day Mr.. Carnegie stood up
and predicted that the era of low prices
for steel was gone, never to return, bas-
ing his opinion upon the increasing
scarcity Of the raw materials. The
price of ore, COAL lumber and labor
tends upward, so that, although hum
dreds of thousands of tons of four-inch
steel billets have been made and sold
without loss of a penny, the limit has
surely been reached here, and it is
doubtful if ever lower price can be
reached for STEEL" The Engineering
News is disposed to doubt this dictum.
It holds that the human race as whole
remained in comparatively primitive
condition until about the dawn Of the
nineteenth century, and that it is only
since that time and for the most part
only in the latter half of that century
that it has begun to make really serious
inroads on the earth's stores ofSmineral
products. There is great plenty of un-
touched raw material in the well-ex-
plored parts of the earth, and in other
parts there is possibly twice as much
more. The United States Steel Corpor-
alton is producing now, the News
thinks, more cheaply than eight years
ago. Improved methods will further
cheaper production, so that it is impos-
sible to say that the limit has been
reached. A return of hard times would
very appreciably reduce the cost of raw
materials as well as of finished prod
ucts.
Interesting, but what thousands Of
people all over this happy land really
want to know is, will the prices of
United States Steel stocks and bonds
continue to be, reduced? Since Carne-
gle made his prediction they have been
reduced in a way that doesn't indicate
that his theory is sound. ~
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COMING no THEIR OWN.

The Indians being natives of the
country, town-born so to speak, ought
to be in Society, and it is pleasing to
read that some of them are. 1t appears
that Chief Joseph, who is now in New
York, was, on Thursday afternoon,
welcomed in the gold and silver draw
ing room of the Waldorf-Astoria as the
invited guest of some of New York S
best. The affair was purely informal
and is described as arranged by Harry
Lehr and his wife" Chief Joseph was
accompanied by members of his band,
and he was dressed to kill. having been
told that he was to meet some Of the
"grandest ladies in all New York" He
wore the distinguishing marks of his
rank in his cheeks-six blue spots on
each side-added an extra dab of yell
low to his chin and heightened the
crimson at his temples. He crowded
all the extra feathers that were avail
able into his headdress and set the
fashion for the waldorf with his. broad
flannel shirt Tapping over his breeches.
The Indians have. we are told, been
invited to other places in New York
where they can. mingle with those who
call themselves the real people. We
have no doubt that the red men will be
able to hold their own in Society. They
have, it is true, more ancestors than
money, but ancestors count in good So
eiety.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-09-26
POISON .BILL For INDIA.

The British government. after long
hesitation, has at last adopted a poison
bill for India. Heretofore the only re-
strictions upon the sale of Doisons in
that country have been an old Bombay
act of 1866. which owing to defects is
practically imperative, and an act of
the northwestern provinces and Oudh
municipalities which is also almost a
dead letter. Poisons Of all kinds can
be obtained easily in India, and are used
without let or hindrance. Arsenic is the
savorite medium for murder, and the
government until. now has ignored the
situation. It has long been regarded as
an extraordinary anomaly that dead
~ poison such as arsenic, without taste
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four natives when. almost at the gates,
it sat bolt upright and began discours-
ing of heaven to the bearers, who fed.
dropping their burden. The man then
walked into the cemetery. sat on grave
and when soldiers came to seize him
again he inquired whether they also be-
longed to heaven, and when he could
obtain something to eat. He is now in
Jail again. while the question of mis- re-
execution is being considered at Bona.
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nay Lady.

She walks unnoticed in the street;
The casual eve
Sees nothing in her fair or sweet;
The world goes by.
Unconscious that an angels feet
Are passing nigh.
She little has of beauty's wealth;
Truth will allow
Only her priceless youth and health,
Her broad white brow;
Yet grows she on the heart by stealth,
| scarcely know how.
She does thousand kindly things
That no one knows
loving wOman's heart she brings
To human woes:
And to her face the sunlight clingS
Where'er he goes.
And so she walks her quiet ways
With that content
That only comes to sinless days
And innocent;
A life devoid of fame or praise,
Yet nobly spent.
80. Pail Mall Gazette.
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AnvERrIsING RATES.

Situations, Wants. Renss. and other smah
advertisements. One Cent Word eacn ~
serIlon. Rive Gents a Word for q fol! week
display Advertisements. per lnen. oEe Ia ~
ferrion, Sl.20: each subsequent insertion, ~
cents: one eek. $3.50; one month, $40: GUS
rear. $40 ~ 80
obituary Notices. In prose or verse. 10
eenfs per line. Notices OF Births. MarEi'
ages. Deaths. and Funeral. 90 cents eaen'
Local Notices. 15 cents per Ene-
Yearly advertisers are limited 70 tnsis
ewn immediate business taIi matter 70 Ds
nnopjetcIonabie), and their contracts do not
include Wants. To Let. For Sale. etc.
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"A big business firm in Boston put in
an apparatus to flood their premises in
case Of fire, but after the first fire was
over the proprietor, being asked about
the device, said: by George, forgot
all about that"
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-09-26

Miss Laura NJ. Cornelius. an Oneida
Indian. studying at the University Of
California, says she will devote her life
to the preservation of the language and
literature of her people.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-09-26

Five Paris policemen have passed
their examinations as motor car driv-
ers. They will shortly be put on duty
with fast cars, so they can overtake
and, If necessary, arrest any other driv-
ers Of such vehicles travelling at Excess
sive speed.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-09-26

A remarkable story comes from the
Belgian Congo. A native of the Basoka
tribe was to have been hanged for can
nibalisnl. and during his Imprisonment
was SO worked upon by the representa-
lions of the missionary chaplain as to
the happiness of the world into which
he was about to enter that the negro Of
fered to hang himself out of hand to
ret there. This sporting offer was not
accepted, and the negro was hanged by
ordinary procedure. After hanging
about ten minutes the doctor pronounce
"a the culprit to be dead, and the body
was being carried to the cemetery by
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-09-26

The slow development of electric car
lines in Germany doesn't furnish very
strong argument for public ownership
Of public utilities. The total mileage is
now 2,117. The explanation of this back
wardness in getting transportation in
SO up-to-date a country Is government
ownership Of the steam railroads and
the consequent unwillingness of the
authorities to grant franchises which
would mean competition with the public
property. $685..
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There is said to be conclusive evil
dence to show that in one unbroken
nocturnal flight the European bird
known as the nortehrn bluethroat passes
from Central Africa to the German sea,
4 distance Of 1000 miles, making one
Journey in nine hours. From its winter
home in Africa observations have de-
-terfnined that it starts after sunset, ar
irving at its far northern summer
haunts before dawn on the next morn
ire, ~
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-09-26

Mahuta, who recently renowned his
nominal sovereignty as Maori king, and
accepted a seat in the upper House of
New Zealand, has taken the pledge at
the hands Of one Of the Wesleyan
Maori missionaries. He has publicly
promised to carry his card Of teetotal-
ism on all occasions in his coat pocket,
and whenever any friend invites him to
come and have a drink he will take
III out and display it as his only reply.
His self-denying example has been fol-
lowed by several of his chiefs.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-09-26

The School Board of London is try
ing to educate the people in hygiene.
1t has decided to open twenty expert
mental classes, and if these succeed
more will be organized. Already eighty
head teachers have applied to have
these classes started in their evening
schools, but at present only twenty will
be opened. The best lecturers have
been selected for the classes. Different
classes of schools in various districts
will be opened. some among the very
poor, others in better-to-do working
class neighborhoods. Each lecture is to
be made as practical and as elementary
as possible, and non-technical graphic
treatment of the subject is enjoined.
Even If the syllabus be not closely fol-
lowed, the practical work is in no case
to be omitted.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-09-26

DR.. Felix Regnault, a French writer,
IN an article on 1.-THE Economy of Time"
insists that all authors should employ
clear and concise language, suppressing
all that Is useless. He advocates the
simplif1cation of spelling and the short
ening of long words. He suggests that
a number Of frequently recurring words
should be abbreviated. For example,
in an article on tuberculosis he would
spell out that word once and afterward
indicate 1t by 't.'' He would also
print the more important ideas in bold
type, so that the reader could seize the
gist OF the authors meaning at a
glance. Every article should be pre-
ceded by brief resume and the fire.
quent use Of diagrams is advocated.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-09-26

The city mani don't see any chop
ping block about for killing chickens.
The country man-No; the automo-
biles kill most of 'em now.-Yonkers
Statesman
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-01-28
V. MI. Baseball Schedule.

Cadet w. b. Anderson Of Rich
mond, manager of the V. NJ. l. base
ball team, has announced the follow
irg games for the approaching season:
On the Virginia Military Institute
grounds, Lexington, March 81 Eastern
College; March 90, Fishburne Military
Academy; March %, University of
Pennsylvania; April 4, Washington
and Lee University;Aprit11, ST. ohn's
College; April Is, Washington and
Lee University; April 20, Hampden-
Sidney College; April %, Richmond
College; May ? Emory and Henry
College; May 4, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute; May Is, Washington and
Lee. In Charlottesville, Va, April Is,
University of Virginia. In Roanoke,
Va, May IL, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-01-28
JIM SwINGE
ROckbridge Baths.
Gazette Correspondence.

Gazette Co'yeSpoHdeHce
Jan. 6.-Intelligence has been
received here of the death on Jan.
21st, at his home in Kansas, of Mr..
John NJ. Webb. Mr.. Webb was the
youngest son of the late Mr.. James
Webb Of this place and brother of
Miss Jennie Webb, who resides here.
Miss Sudie Whitmore Of near Red
Mills, who has been spending some
time with her grandmother, Mrs.
Mary A. Wilson, has returned home.
Mrs. Robert Gibson is visiting
friends in Washington, ID. G., Mr.. and
Mrs. j. A. Gibson.
Mr.. Reid Henry and sister, Miss
Bessie, OF Timber Ridge, were pleasant
visitors of our burg last week.
. Mrs. Stuart Thompson of Bells
Valley, has been visiting her brother,
Mr. Reid Sterrett, who has been quite
i'll with an attack of rheumatism.
Mrs. Robert Glasgow of Lexing-
ton is spending some time with her
mother, Mrs. s. b. Morrison.
Misses Mary and Kittie Anderson
of your town, are visiting their sister,
Mrs. NJ. G.. Horn who is quite sick at
this writing.
Mr. X. f. McCOwn has returned
home from a visit to friends in
county.
COUNTRY MAIDEN.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-01-28
Two More Rural Mail Routes
Established

Postmaster McClung Patton has
received notice from the postoffice
department at Washington of the
establishment of two additional
rural delivery mail routes from
Lexington. These routes will be
put in operation in the near
future.
Route No. 4 goes out the old
Fairgro und road to Horace Rees'
thence to G. w. Ehipger's, and
returns to Lexington by C. S.
Dod's and James McCormick's on
the Lynchburg road. Mr.. Il. H.
Boley stood the examination for
carrier on this route.
Route No. goes out past T. s..
Whites, thence along the Browns
burg road to Flumen, thence by
Isaac Bare's to road leading from
Rockbridge Baths to Decatur,
follows that road to j. G. Stuart's,
thence by John G. Dixon's to
Smoky Row, thence to w. H.
Shaw's, past the poorhouse to
Plank Road at Jas. A. Straub's,
and returns to Lexington. Mr..
Edward Bosserman of near Flu
men, stood the examination as
carrier for this route.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-01-28
William A. McCOrk1e Dead.

information received here Sun
day morning announced the death
the night previous of William Alex
ander McCorkle ut his home on
Buffalo near Murat. He was about
So years of age, AMI the cause of his
death was heart trouble. Since his
youth he had been afllicted-One of
his troubles being deafness. During
the latter part of the Civil War he
was cOnscripted into the military
service, but in very short time he
was discharged as unfit for soldier
life and the duties of the camp on ac-
count of his health.
Mr. McCorkle was the eldest son
OF the late Samuel McCorkle and
lived with him until mature man
hood on his farm three miles south
of Lexington. About thirty years ago
he married Mrs. Jas. Davidson, and to
them were born two children, the
late Mrs. Ward Whitmore and j.
Gold McCorkle, the latter living with
his father and surviving him. Mrs.
McCorkle died about ten years ago.
He is also survived by a brother, Mr.
Samuel McCorkle of the Western
State Hospital of Stanton, and Mrs.
William II. Sale of Capon Springs is
a sister.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-01-28
Washington and Lee Notes.

The attendance at Washington and
Lee University is now largerthan any
year for thirty years, and is double
the number five years ago. The
matriculates of this year number 27S.
The committee having in charge
the selection of books from cata-
logues of twenty publishing firms who
have contributed fifty books each to
the Wilson Economic library,i in honor
of the late President William l..
Wilson, have completed their work,
and the lists are now being sent for
the books. Those composing the
committee are DIR. w. s. Currell, DR..
Jas. Lewis Howe, Prof. II. Parker
Willis and Miss Annie X. White, the
librarian.
Material is now on hard and work
will soon begin replacing the cid
brick walk in front of the main Uni
vcrsity building.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-01-28
Christian EndeayOr Day.

Christian Endeavor Day, the
twenty-second anniversary of the
Christian Endeavor Society, will
be appropriately observed by the
Epworth League of Christian En-
deavor Society Of Trinity Metho-
dist church onWednesday evening,
February 4th. The address
for the occasion will be made by
Rev. Charles d. Bulla of Winches-
ter, Va. An interesting program
will be carried out
The first Christian Endeavor So
ciety was organized in Portland,
Me-, February End, 1881, by Rev.
Francis +. Clark. The movement
has grown until now there are over
50,0c0 societies in all the evang :
ical denomination $, in every civil
lied land, with a membership Of
more than 1000, 900.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1903-01-28
Capt. w. III. Chi1es' Residence
DESTROYED by Fire.
Gazette Correspondence.

Gazette Correspondence.
GILMoRE's MILLS, January 60
Capt. w. II. Chies' dwelling house
at this place was destroyed by fire
Saturday morning between the hours
of and o'clock. The fire was first
discovered in the roof over the dining
room and it was thought at first that
the flames could be extingushed.
Every effort available was made and
several times the flames were almost
mas tered, but it appears that the
Carr ct was a mass of fire before the
flames burst from the house top. AS
soon as the fire burst through TIE
roof vent was made and on account
OF high winds to fan the flames efforts
were all lost to do anything to save
the main part of the house. The
removal of household effects at once
was started and about half of the
furniture was removed before the
house fell blazing mass.
The wind blew sparks and pieces
of blazing shingles into the barn
yard of Mr. NJ. w. Barger, n distance
of one fourth mile, and it was thought
at one time fire would start in his
barn. The home of Mr.. G. A. Seal,
which is bet ween Mr.. Barger's and
Capt. Chiles was literally covered
with sparks but fortunately neither
caught fire.
If the wind had been blowing from
the northwest, no doubt the mill,
depot and the Howard house would
have been destroyed.
Mrs. Chles lost all of her wearing
apparel except what she had on and
what was away in the week washing.
Capt. Chiles lost four suits of cloth
ing.
Every person present die heroic
work and every effort possible was
made to save the property from the
flames Four men removed the large
piano down two pairs of steps through
a room out on the porch and outside
of the yard gate.
This dwelling house was among
the oldest residences in this vicinity,
and was built early in the last
century. 1t was owned at different
periods by the Waskeys, Gilmores,
Spillers and Kennedys, and passed
into the hands of the present owner
about 1872.
Capt. Chiles puts his loss at about
81 900, with $3.50 insurance in the
Mutual Insurance Co.
Mr.. H.. NJ. Swartz of Buchanan spent
Sunday with his parents Mr.and Mrs.
d. II. Swartz of this place
The G. & o. pay car passed here
Saturday and threw a few silver
on their employees.
Mrs. Mamie Lucado, aged ~ years,
died at the home of her nephew, Mr..
John Jennings, near Alpine, Sunday
from bronchitis. The
remains were entered at Natural
Bridge cemetery Monday.
Tr,t SwINnED