Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1905-09-13
CONDENSED NEWS
Brief Items of Interest for the
Busy Reader

|, ana historian, died last Wednes-
day at Warren, RI. from diabetes
He was IS years Of age.
The resentment Of the japanese
on account of the terms Of the
peace treaty with Russia found
expression in Toxic in a riot.
which wac suppressed by the
police.
A determined effort ls being
made by the Medical Society Of
Virginia to secure the repeal of
the law imposing a special license
tax Of from $40 to s25 nearly on
physicians.
Two large surgeons, one weigh.
ing 300 pounds and the other
about 200 pounds, were captured
in the RappaLaSnock river at the
foot of the falls above Fredericks-
burg last week. Both surgeons had
gotten into shallow water.
An investigation of the crab
industry in Maryland by an expert
Of the Bureau of Fisheries shows
that that State is far il che lead of
J other States in all forms of the in
dustry. Crisfeld is the greatest
erabshipping point in the United
States.
A F. ZOrn of Norfolk county,
Monday SWAN the James river
from Pig Point to the Casino
grounds at Newport News, in
seven hours, On wager that he
could not accomplish the feat in
ten hours. The distance is said
to be between six and sell On miles.
Figures furnished by the comp
troller of the currency show that
from March IA, 1900, to August
81, 1905, there have been ffty-Ons
new banks established in Virginia.
The aggregate capital Of these
banks lie $2,576,O 900. This is
nineteen more banks than was
established 10 all the New England
States put together in the same
period.
The second annual exhibition
of the Culpeper Colored Horse
Show and Racing Association took
place at the old fair grounds last
week at Culpeper, and was much
enjoyed by the large crowd of
people in attendance. The exhibit
ton in the way of live stock and
racing steeds, as we'll as the
premium lists, showed much i'm
provement over last years show.
Forty-nIne years ago Mrs.
George r. Benjamin Of Yew York,
now seventy-two years old, fell
from horse and had her left hip
dislocated. At the time eminent
doctors said the bone was broken.
Mrs. Benjamin remained
cripple, barely able TO walk, until
few days ago, when she fell
down a short fight of stairs. The
fall forced the hip bone back into
its socket, and the aged woman's
leg is now practically normal.
Five thousand dollars is about
che average cost of dinner in the
Turkish Sultan's place. The neal
comprises fifty or more dishes
daily, and the Sultan generally
partakes of from FIVE or six. Every
dish, before it reaches the royal
table, is tasted in the kitchen by
the grand vizier to guard against
poison. 1t is then sealed and taken
20 the Sultan. The vast cost Of
these repasts comes from the fact
that guests and retainers who dine
at the Sultan's daily expense
several thousand.
An exchange says; Call 9Th
. chick and she slniles; call a We
nan a hen and she howls. Call a
young woman a witch ard
she is pleased; call an old worun
a witch and she Is indignant
Call a girl kitten and she rather
likes it; call a woman q cat and
she hates you. Women are queer.
If you call a man a gay dog il
vii, Hatter him; call him a pnp. a
hound, or a cur and be will try 10
alter the map Of your face. Ee
tcesn't mind being called bull or
A bear, yet he will object to being
mentioned as calf or a cub. Men
are queer, too.
Mai. Holmes Conrad has return
d to his home in Winchester from
ais FurOpesn trip. While Major
Conrad lie said to have gone 10
europe on account of mis- health,
t 10 generally reported that he
.lso conferred with the London
louse Of the great English and
American banking firm Of Brown
Bros. by whom be was recently
Employed to represent them In the
litigation that is forthcoming be-
ween Brown Bros. and Virginia
against the Commonwealth cfWest
Virginia to compel a settlement
" the latter of it's portion OF the
Id Virginia DEBT. Brown Bros.
laving before the civil war become
Extensively interested in Virginia
Ionds.