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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-09
SEN0RlTAS.
Traditions and Habits Of the Young
Women Of Mexico.

Women of Mexico.
The Senorita is sword with which
to cOnjure in Spanish speaking
lands, and the Mexican senorita is
not inferior in charms to her Span
ish sister. In fact, most of the up
per class of Mexico is distinctly
Spanish in appearance and bearing.
Often, however, there is a slight
mixture of Indian blood in the
"white race" of Mexico, which very
rarely detracts from the charm of
the senOrita.
Senorita signifies in Spanish a
young unmarried lady.
In the past the ideas of Mexico
with respect to women, and espe-
cially young unmarried ladies, have
been more Moorish than anything
else, and these ideas prevail still to
a great extent. Therefore the hab-
its of Mexican women are very diff
ferent from those of women in the
United States or England. On ac-
count of excluding women of all
ages as much as possible from APP
pearing alone in the public streets
and of more or less isolating them
within their own family, there grew
up in Spain and in Mexico among
the middle and upper classes the
custom Of allowing women to make
use of the windows of the houses
facing on the street for observation
stations. This was a long step in
the advancement of women from
the intolerant ideas of the Moors.
In Mexico in the cool of the even
ing the windows of all the houses
are opened along the streets, and
hundreds Of ladies, principally the
young ones, appear there to view
the carriages that pass by and to
nod to their friends and thus keep
in touch with world into which
they are not likely to come i'll
much closer contact, for the young
men, or old for that matter, do not
make a habit of visiting the fami-
lies of their friends, and young men
have to do their counting from out
side the house. Most of the houses
in Mexico were but a short time
ago provided with windows heavily
barred with iron. Through these
the lovers saw one another And,
although many of the modern
houses are without these bars to
the windows, the custom of making
love from the window is still pre-
served. \ young girl in Mexico
could not commit greater crime
against social usage than to appear
on the street alone with man not
of her own family. She understands
this, and 50 she is careful not to
90 out Of the house to see her lover,
even though the windows have no
bars.-MOdern Mexico.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-09
GEMS IN VERSE
Homemade Bread.


1t makes fellow hungry just to think
about the bread
OF honest old time baking. on which In
youth he fed
The loaf that showed the traces of the
pans intense caress.
But bulged above those wrinkles as il
spreading out to bless
The ones who gazed upon 1t with joyous
appetite
That reveled In the prospect of the slices
thick and light
Today the chemists make It. and the -four
is analyZcd;
The bread is scientific and is properly de-
vised
The bakers wagon brings It; it is con-
scicnceless and hard:
The cooking schools concoct Il by the
rules upon card
Exactness and precision guide the bak-
ing, it is said,
But. oh. they never equal the old fash
toned loaf of bread
The good old times are going. and the
good old bread is gonei
The thick cut slice of homemade" with
the wealth of jam thereon!
The piece of bread and butter that was
such boyhood boon
And filled the void that clamored in the
hungry afternoon.
And. oh. Lucullan. fancy You were fit
for any fate
When homemade bread was floating in
the gravy on your platr
It's crumb was always flaky, and it's crust
was never burned;
Your mOthc: used TO make It, but your
sister never learned
The constant march Of progress hurls our
cherished things afar;
The homemade bread no longer TANKS the
apple butter Jar.
No more the tang Of SPICES tells that
something good Is spread
Atop a tempting portion IT the good old
fashioned bread
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-09
"Do Ii Today

The time worn injunction, Never
put off til tomorrow what ycu can
do today" is row generally present
ed in this form: DO it today" That
is the terse advice we want TO give
you about that hacking cough or
demoralizing cold with which yon
have been struggling for several
days, perhaps weeks. Take some
reliable remedy for it today and let
that remedy be DIR. Boschce's Ge--
man Syrup, which has been in use for
over thirty-five years. a few doses (
it will undoubtedly relieve your cough
or cold, and its continued use for 4
few days will cure you completely.
No matter how deep seated your
cough, even il dread consumption
has attacked your lungs, German
Syrup will surely effect a cure-as il
has done before in thousands of
apparently hopeless cases Of lung
trouble. New trial BOTTLES, 25c (;
regular size, 75c. For sale by b. ii.
Gorrell, Druggist.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-09
No Clash In Creeds.

A Melvin man proposed mar
riage to one of the bellies of that
city the other day. Before accept
ing she said: George, | love you
and would not deceive YOU in any
thing for the world. So | will tell
YOU beforehand that | am a SOM
nambulist." George looked puzzled
for awhile, then remarked: "Well,
that will be all right. I'll go with
you to your church and you can go
with me to mine" -Roberts (Ill)
Herald.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-09
Gen.Lee for President

The Portland Oregonian, Re
publican paper of the Pacific
coast, of recent date says:
81 believe the time has arrived
when the last vestige of section.
alism she uld be wiped out in this
country" said Democratic State
Chairman White last evening.
"The Spanish American War
proved the loyalty of the South be-
yond any peradventure. The In
terests Of one section Of the coun-
try are now common to nil, and
the time Is now right to put d
quietus on all talk of the North
against the South, or OF the South
against the North. | believe the
time is right for us to nominate
n Southern man for president, and
believe we should go to the old
Mother of Presidents for another,
and the man whom | believe We
should nominate is Fitzhugh Lee, "
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-09
British Army "reminiscences.

Lord Wolseley in his book of
army "reminiscences tells this story
of conditions in the British service
when he was young: 1T was then a
common belief that the barrack
master and his old sergeants made
a good thing out of the charges lev
led upon young officers as barrack
damages. a cracked pane of glass
was small silver mine to these
men. Fifty ensigns may have Oc-
cupied that quarter with this crack
ed pane in it, and all had to pay for
a new one. After | had embarked,
the barrack sergeant presented me
with his bill, one item being for a
latchkey which | had then about
me. In my innocence | proffered
the key and asked him to erase the
item. He positively refused. paid
the several shillings demanded, its
outside value being, | should say,
one, and fooIishly imagined had
scored one against the harpy by
throwing the key into the river"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-09
FraternaI Orders.

Mountain City Lodge, No. 81, Ancient
York Masons. meets 2nd and 4th Mon
day nights at Masonic Hall.
Rockbridge Lodge, No So. |. .. o. r.
meets every Thursday night, at Odd Eel
ows' Hall.
Lexington Lodge, No. sc, X. of +,
meets every Tuesday night,at Odd Eel
ows' Hall.
Liberty Lodge. No, 2, Daughters OF
Rebekah, meets every Monday night, at
Odd Fellows Hall
Natural Bridge Council, No 1920. Royal
Arcanum. meets 1st and Bird Friday
nights in each month, at Odd Fellows
III all.
Lee jackson Council, No. 81, Junior
Order American Mechanics, meets every
2nd and 4th Friday nights, at Odd Fellows
Hall. /
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-09
Briqht Boy.

A teacher at Buckport, Me-, wdS
trying to get bit of knowledge into
the class in arithmetic, and one boy
in particular would do nothing that
he was asked to. Finally the teach
er, in desperation, turned on him
and asked him what he intended to
be if by any chance he was permit
ted to grow up. The youth replied
that he thought he would be a teach
er and have his scholars to do his
figuring for him.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-09
Relative FataIitV.-A pc.

son is more liable to meet death
by accidental injuries than by any
othersingle cause except consump-
ton, pneumonia or heart disease
CHE latter term, however, is vague
and unreliable.) A person is
twice as liable to die from accident
as from old age. Typhoid fever,
cancer, apopleXy, Inflammation of
the brain and meningitis, paraIy-
sis, diphtheria, diseases of the
stomach, liver and brain, all these
are slight menaces to life compar-
ed with the accident hazard
THE INSURANCE Press.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-09
THE MISSION OF JAPAN
Her Influence for Christianty
Among Orienta1s

Japan is not the only power in
terested in the conflict between her
and Russia. The sentiment Of the
Christianized world is against the
cruel tyranny which has ruled the
Russian empire for ages, and it
looks TO the brilliant and telling
successes of Japan to check
Russia's efforts to extend the
boundaries of the reign of her iron
tyranny.
1t looks as if Japan in the hands
of Providence is throttling the
march of Russia and will open the
way for the liberal and tolerant
government of that Asiatic portion
of the world. A writer in the
Washington Times has the follow
ing striking expression as TO the
part Japan is now playing for the
future civilization of that portion
of the world:
1t is not necessary to discuss
here the mission which Japan is
fulfilling at this moment for the
500, 900, 600 people Of the extreme
East TO him who believes in u
Divine Providence it must appear
clearly providential that there on
the distant isles of the Pacific,
which appeared to us, men in the
prime of life, legendary and
fabulous in our childhood, which
hes little over thirty years back, a
people has sprung up, sturdy and
ambitious, which, with meteor
like rapidity, has risen to its heroic
age, to wage war of liberation
not only for itself and its kindred
people, but also for all the Cauca-
sian peoples of Europe, which
means Christianity in general.
Every drop of japanese blood
spilled in this contest washes off
future servitude Of Western peo-
pies, or delays it at least for half
century. 1t will depend upon
statesmen to whom ere intrrsted
the fates of the great Christian
nations whether the MuscOvite
flood shall stream back in torrents
from the Pacific toward the Baltic
and the Mediterranean. The near
future will teach also whether
spark of the old glories and ener-
gies is left which Mohamet the
Prophet lnstilled into the souls of
the Caliphs, his successors, to take
revenge for the crimes, the perfidy,
and perjury of which Russian
policy has been guilty against
millions of Mohammedans, not for
the sake of Christ the Saviour, as
has been blasphemously asserted,
but for the sake of an Unsuitable
greed of land and of euslavement
of men.
Considering it all in all, it Is
doubtful whether any great State
has in modern times been beset by
more and greater difficulties,
brought about by governments
insanity of greatness and greed OF
power than the Russia of today.
A high-handed game was played
for a high stake. Had the Russian
government succeeded in her IN
tended deception of inducing the
political world to maintain peace
for fifteen to twenty years longer
under the cloak of humanity,
arbitration tribunal, assertions Of
merely Christian execution in the
extreme East, unchanging OF
subterranean anarchistic forces in
the Balkans, the word of Napoleon
|. would have become true, with a
slight variation of chronology:
"At the end of the century Europe
will be Republican ii e. constitu-
tional) or Cossack." Japan under
stood the game and acted accord
ingly. The world does move.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-09
Not Uncommon.

81 heard You were at the matinee
yesterday" said the girl as she met
a friend in the evening. "What did
you think Of the play"
ooh, liked everything but the
ending"
"What was the matter with iii"
Nothing that | know of. The
people in front of me werc putting
on their things, and all col.d see
were elbows and hats"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-09
es are 5esractive, tu comparatively few in member
atout 10000 annually in the United States.
Curious Facts. The dealt

Curious Facts. The death
late due to accidents and injuries
is highest among persons 45 years
Of age and over.
The average age at death from
accidents is about 33.5.
A person is 100 times more
liable to catch an accident than
a fatal case of consumption or
pneumonia, and about 1000 times
more liable to "catch" an accident
than fatal case of liver disease.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-09

and cheeriulnesS soon
disappear when the kid
neys are out OF order
or diseased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that It is not uncommon
for a child to be born
afflicted with weak kid
neys. lfthe child urin-
ates too often, If the
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-09
Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind. dis
courages and lessons ambition; beauty, vigor
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-09

urine scalds the flesh or If, when the child
reaches an age when it should be able to
control the passage, it is yet afflicted with
bed-wetting. depend upon it. the cause OF
the difficulty is kidney trouble. and the first
step should be towards the treatment Of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due TO diseased condition Of the
kidneys and bladder and not 10 a habit as
most people suppose.
Women as we'll as men are made mis-
cradle with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect OF
Swamp-Root is soon realized. 1t is sold
by druggists, in fifty ESN
cent and one dollar Az :. + sE;:stss
sizes. You may have
sample bottle by mail asE GA@ssS :
free. also pamphlet tell Home of sramp-RO
ing all about it, including many Of the
thousands Of testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer
& Co.. Binghamton. N. Y, be sure and
mention this paper
Don't make any mistake, but remember
the name, Swamp-Root, DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Roo., and the address, Binghamton,
NY. on every bottle.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1904-03-09

by druggists, in fifty
cent and one dollar
sizes. You may have a
sample bottle by mail
fran nlrn nnr,nnhlnttnll
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-12-10
fore 0 know it.

fore you know it.
Our Goldfeld branch disposed OF
all the Original Bullfrog mines com
pany's stock in a few weeks and is
now selling that same stock at an ad.
vance Of six cents, and all wishing to
buy it now must pay this advance,
and so it will be with all the stocks
we promote, as nj first rule in rec
%ommendiug new properties is strictly
adhered to, we commend only meri
torious properties and those whose
directorate is composed of the most
reliable and best men in camp. Our
Goldfeld branch will answer all in
quiries and cheerfully investigate any
new properties. Write to them, W..
H. Lang Of Tonopah, and Geo. P.
Minis of the Cmur d'Alenes, are con
~stantly on the ground and give all
correspondence their personal atten-
ton. We quote the different stocks
as follows:
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-12-10

storm will certainly later be found on
these other properties.
Jumbo, after a rise to 65c on the
supposed dissolution of the receiver
ship, has again declined to soc. We
advise all our clients to pay abso-
lutely no attention to the receiver
ship as that does not hurt the Jumbo
mining company's stock. The main
point at issue is: Shall McKane op
crate the Fuller lease? This is the
key to the situation. II the Supreme
Court holds that the Fuller lease is
valid the immense amount OF ore the
~leasers will take out will d~epreciate
the value of the stock, as it is only
natural to suppose that if the com
pany is only entitled to 20 per cent
and the leasers 70 per cent, the pro-
portion of money that will be depos-
tied in the banks to the credit of the
Jumbo will be far less than should the
company work this property them
| selves and so be entitled to 100 per
cent. We particularly call u eli
ents' attention to that fact. Let
them watch the proceedings closely
and let them purchase this stock il
the Fuller lease is declared invalid;
If. however, the Supreme Court
holds that the lease is a valid one,
the stock is a sale, because McKane,
who is really the largest owner in
this particular lease, will put as
many men to work as he possibly can
and extract from this wonderful
property the richest part.
In contrast, to the Jumbo mining
company, look at the Goldfield min
ing company's property, there is a
property whose lease expires on the
Sd day of January, the famous Janu-
airy lease that has produced hundreds
of thousands of dollars will be turned
over to the company; the January
and February claims of the Goldfield
mining company will then be worked
by its owners, the balance Of the
ground will be leased, as they owr
two claims adjoining the Adams called
Cracker Jack and Henry Clay anC
three other claims, the September
October and St. Paul, these last five
claims mentioned will be leased to re
sponsible parties. Now then will
five full claims under lease, the Jan
uary and February claims being
worked by the company, $75,0 600 il
cash on hand and 300, 900 shares O
treasury stock intact, what compan.
in the whole district starts of wit
such a showing? We hear from goo
/, authority that in six months fror
!, now the Goldfeld mining compan
!, will declare its first dividend and Nj
: Johns, its president, assured us tina
if he once starts in to pay a dividen
he will keep it up either monthly 4
quarterly, and not until he is pos
S, lively assured of the fact that he ca
. keep them up, will he declare am
> We have bought upwards of 20,0t
shares for different clients of ours
the last two weeks and conscientious
recommend its purchase.
= Oakland Goldfeld, Booth, Red Tol
are all good properties and will Sc
= higher.
= Black Butte Extension is goin
very fast, work will be commence
in a day or two, and should this pro
: erty develop as well as the locate
promises, the price will be 25c b
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-12-10
Advertise in the BONANZA.

Advertise in the BONANZA.
We study your slightest wish at
the Palace Cafe. p
The Merchants Hotel is the place
to meet the leading mining men. m
Major Duncan B. Harrison left for
Pasadena on Thursday morning,
John Gregorovitch who has been
i'll with a slight attack Of smallpox,
has recovered.
There are said to be IS ex.convict IS
at Goldfeld. Among them are the
men who are wanted for the bank
hold-up at Cody, Wyo.
r. NJ. Brereton, a well known min.
ing engineer from Portland Ore.
arrived on Wednesday and will visif
Gold6eld, Ida and Bullfrog. Thi,
is Mr.. B%rereton's second visit, b,
having been here in March,
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-12-10
MIMS-SUTRO CO., INC.
Market Letter and Weekly Review
Of Stocks in the Districts.

The market during the past week
has been very firm with a strong up
ward tendency, especially in Tonopah
Common, Tonopah Extension, Bel
mont and Goldield mining company.
While the price of other stocks has
not been so marked there has been a
decided Improvement all along the
line.
A number OF the San Francisco and
Tonopah Exchange brokers have
again withdrawn and joined the San
Francisco Stock and Exchange
Board. This will certainly eliminate
the i'll feeling that has existed for
some time between the two boards
and should have a tendency to unite
all factions and increase the volume
of business; in our opinion this was a
very wise move.
Tonopah Common has been very
firm and looks like higher prices.
We have constantly advised its pur-
chase and still are of the same opin-
ion.
Montana Tonopah has been very
sluggish and at the prices now quoted
is certainly a buy. We have been
buyers all the week.
Belmont is strong and active; it is
booked for higher prices. Buy il
with all confidence.
Midway has also improved and in
our opinion will certainly do better.
Buy it now and don't wait till the
stock is higher. Midway is the
cheapest stock on the list today.
Tonopah Extension keeps climbing
and we would not be a bit surprised
to e it sell for SO before Christmas
stock is very scarce.
Mcnamara hovers around 23c anC
24c. We still believe it a good buy
North Star, in spite of having wor
their law suit, hangs around thu
twenties. II this stock was wortl
18c before the law suit was decided
now that they have won on ever,
point, it certainly is worth 3Oc
Stock that is now being sold come
from parties who bought at l5c ant
are taking their profits.
Tonopah Gold Mountain is anothe
stock which is selling far below its in
trinsic merit. The work now bein.
done by the company on this propert
and the excellent returns that ar
coming in make this stock extremel
attractive at anything under 25c.
Reports from Goldfield, Diamond
field and Bullfrog are still Of the yer
best. The strike on the Sandstorl
is certainly the greatest ever mad
in that district. The demand fC
this stock is very good and conserv;
tive people predict much highe
prices. On the showing made, Sane
storm stock today is worth from x
to 81.
Now is the time to buy Columb
Mountain, Kendall, Nevada Boy al
May Queen. These companies al
all in the same locality and it seen
to us that the wonderful lodges thi
have been uncovered on the San
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1904-12-10
MINIS SUTRo Co.
Copper.

Stanton, the copper expert, says:
81 am afraid that il the domestic de-
mand for copper continues we will
not be able to spare 20, 600 tons a
month for export. Unoer existing
conditions fifteen cents would be a
reasonable price, but there is little
use Of pred ctng where copper prices
will go. There is little copper for
sale and the demand is far in excess
of the supply" The latest New
York quotations are l43 to loo.
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-17
Il Snake Story.
location

A New York paper prints the follow
ing capital yarn, which is well qualified
to take rank with Mark Twain's classic
about the buffalo who "climb" tree.
Here it is:
Many creatures of the tropfc zone
arrived yesterday aboard the Atlantic
transport liner Marquette from Lon
don, and a few of them of antagonistic
temperaments got into scraps on the
way across.
"A monkey and a porcupine had
dispute and the porcupine wrote its
monogram on the monkey. But the
greatest sport TO the animal keepers
was a duel between a crocodile and
python.
THE crocodile is a pet Of Mrs. Szar-
vasi of the Sells-Forepaugh show and
is called Sappho. The python, so the
classic press agent who gave out the
story said, is named Phaon-
Three nights ago the python, said to
be about twenty feet long, escaped
from it's box and discovered the pet
crocodile, and made an effort to squeeze
it's life out. But the scaly armor Of the
saurian was unbendable and could not
be cracked even by the rigorous pres
sure of a forty-foot python's coil. The
crocodile lashed it stall in an ineffec-
tual effort to reach the python, whose
eighty feet were wound around the
crocodile, chiefly amidships.
THE animal men discovered the COM
batants about an hour after they had
been in conflict, and tried to uncoil the
160 feet of python. 1t was an impossi-
BILE task. as the coils had become as
rigid as steel.
Then the men decided to uncork the
coil by pulling out the crocodile with
the help of q steam winch and a
hawser.
THE python presented a somewhat
remarkable appearance after the sepa-
ration. 1t simply could not uncof itself
and the animal men rolled it, as they
might a long barrel, back to its box.
They then drove it, tail first. into an
opening, as If it had been corkcsrew-
1t had relaxed yesterday and looked
just like any other python 800 feet
long"