Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-06-08
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Busy Reader

The Supreme Court of Appeals
Of Virginia met yesterday at
Wytheville for the summer term.
A horse went mad in Washing
ton, N. j., on Saturday, trampled
upon one man, bit thee and then
dropped dead.
Flowers were scattered on the
bosom of Hampton Roads Memo
rial Day in memory Of the sailors
lost on the deep.
Republican leaders have given
out the statement that Senator
Charles w. Fairbanks of Indiana
is slated for President Roosevelt's
running mate.
Arsenic deposits of great rich
ness have been discovered in Vir-
ginia, and Pittsburg capitalists
are said to be erecting machinery
for its extraction.
Vatican authorities have given
notice that those who recommend
people for audiences of .he Pope
must guarantee that such persons
will kneel and kiss the Pope's
hand.
Chicago railroad men say that
city is the greatest railroad focus
in the world. OF the 1899 trains
which enter and leave it daily
1,l90 are passenger and $40 freight
trains.
The Methodist General Confer
ence at Los Angeles, CAL, voted
down the recon- mendation Of the
committee on temperance provid-
ing for special department of
temperance work.
Frenchmen work the silk worm
for all it is worth. They not only
make the silk, but dye it. 1t is
said they feed the worms on color
ing matter and thus get any shade
of coloring desired.
Within three days four of the
best passenger engineers of the
Pennsylvania Railroad have been
badly injured by missiles hurled at
them along the main line between
Altoona and Pittsburg.
When lemon is large enough to
fill test ring two and five-six-
teenths of an inch inside it is
picked, and if it is still green it is
stored until it ripens. This ac-
| counts for the uniform size of
lemons.
For the first time in five years it
is thought there will be a deficit
at the close of the fiscal year OF
June 30, the expenditures of the
National Government having been
increased by the purchase of the
Panama canal.
A monument CO mmemorating the
death of John Quincy Mari, said
to have been the first Confederate
soldier killed in actual conflict,
was unveiled at Fairfax Court
house Wednesday with appropri-
ate ceremonies.
"A dispatch from Lansford, Pa 4,
says it is believed that 5000
miners employed by the Lehigh
Coal and Navigation Company
will strike because of an alleged
discrimination by the company
against union men.
The platform adopted by the
Nebraska Democratic Convention
was framed by Mr.. w. j. Bryan
and is the reatlirmatlon of the Kan
: sas City platform of 1900. Mr..
, Bryan will be a delegate to the
National Convention,
) The work of mad dogs done
about one year ago is just devel-
= oping near Frederick's ball. Mr.
e +. II. PoindeXter has lost horse
! valued at 5000: Mr.. J. +. Talley,
l fine Dull; Mr.. Semple Goodwin,
7 two COWS. All of these animals
died with rabies and were bitten
? about twelve months ago.
The State Board of Education
in Richmond on Saturday, May
2Sth, completed tie work of eX-
aiming the recommendations OF
, the local boards as to text books.
All of the sessions were secret,
: much to the disgust of the agents
D of the book concerns, there being
about twenty-five of them there.
; The board, in the main, followed
the recommendations of the local
schoo, authorities.
The Charlottesville Progress
:. says: The Virginia visitors to the
ST Louis Exposition will find that
the reports concerning thu excel.
lence of the States exhibits have
not been exaggerated. For the
> amount of money appropriated, TIE
!, display made by Virginia at ST.
= Louis is far ahead of that OF any
. other State, and compares very
!, favorably with those which repre-
sent a much larger exp -nditure OF
money. The exhibits in the Hor'
ticultural, Agricultural and Min
ing buildings are especially attrac'
y tive.