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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-10-17

Miss Flora Edna McFaddln,
daughter of the late Mr.. Joseph
McFaddin, and Mr.. Alfred Price
Mackey, both residents of the lower
end of Rockbridge, were married
in Lynchburg last Thursday, Octo-
Der 18th. The officiating minister
was Rev. w. B. Judefind, pastor
of the Methodist Protestant church
of that city,
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-10-17

The Central Presbyterian, the
Southern Churchman and the Bal
timore and Richmond Christian
Advocate have recently changed
the form of their publications, re-
ducing the Rize of the page and in.
oreasing the number of pages.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-10-17

Two or three children of our
town are complaining of sore throat
and fear is felt lest diphtheria de-
velops.
PlaDs and specifications for the
contemplated bank building in this
place are being considered by the
committee appointed to have the
building erected, X. X. X.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-10-17

A full gallon OF paint that won't wear
off for Is years, because j.. e. NJ. Zine
harders L. e. M. White Lead and makes
L. 4 M. Paint wear like iron.
Actual cost L. & NJ. about $i.2O per
gallon.
Sold by DcCrum Drug Co., Lexing-
ton.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-10-17
Knit Underwear.

Our line last by far the best had and
we have the same line this Fall They fit WE'LL they WE'LL
and they reasonable in price Ask for Essex or Foest
M goods. We sole agents here Price from 25 cents
to $3.50 piece.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-10-17
What do you eat?
Do you know?

You ought to know-be sure-that your food is as good
as pure-as clean--as wholesome, can be had
Food adulteraton is serious health; yet it is
pracced by INSCRIPTIONS manufacturers in order to
make the appearance of underseing their competitors
Our aim is to supply GROCERIES thatwe can recommend
for purity and cleanliness No other kinds are allowed in
this store, if know it, And we use every means at our
command to find out Our motto is: QUALITY FIRST then
as low price as such quality will permit.
Are you buying YOUR Groceries at that kind of store?
Can you afford to buy at any other kind?
We are not the only people in the business we
the only ones who sell good goods but we claim:
1st. No house sell better goods
End. No house sells good goods any
cheaper than we; few as cheap.
3rd No house here has more complete
stock of irstcass goods.
We are ready to substantiae all of these claims
We guarantee every article sell to be exactly as repre-
sented or we cheelfuly refund the price paid.
our goods-and our methods of selling them appeal to
you, we would be glad to do business with you.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-10-17

Under General Ships order, the
flags at the Virginia Military Institute
are displayed today at half staff in
honor Of Mrs. Jefferson Davis's death.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-10-17
Linen Handkerchief.

lot of 80 dozen just received They were bought on
import order several months ago. and duplicated now
Womens all pure linen, 1Oc or $1OO doz
Mems &c q" 1Oc each straight
Finer grades in proportion.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-10-17
Winter Wraps.

The best selections have shown 4S and inches
long Tourist Coats in Blacks Tans etc. and strictly up
date Not too cheap to be good and not too high be within
reach of everybody If you want coat you can't afford to
neglect this line.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-10-17
Skirts.

We are in a position to offer some rare values in
Skirts, at from 81 so to $3.50 each.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-04-20
FOR A SCALY SKIN,
Virtues of the Oil Bath-How To Use
and Make Good Skin
Food.

A dry scaly skin indicates that the
skin and tissues are in need of nc4lr
ishment. This may be supplied by the
use OF a good skin food for the face
and neck, and after your bath an oil
rub. There is nothing more beneficial
than an oil bath; it tones up the whole
system. 1t is not necessary to use
more than two or three tablespoonfuls
OF oil at one bath. Be sure and get
pure oil. Rub on with the hands. and
until 1t is mostly absorbed, drying off
with heavy soft towel. Massage the
skin food we'll in the face, using the
cocoa butter skin food. 1t can be cas-
lily prepared, and if properly used the
results are very good. Prepare as fol-
lows: Lanolin, nine ounces; cocoa but
ter, one-half ounce; white wax, five
ounces; spermaceti, one-half ounce: al
mond oil, six ounces; water, nine
ounces; borax, so grams; three drops
OF oil neroli. Fuse the lanolin, cocoa
butter, white wax, spermaceti aud al
mond oil, being careful not to get too
hot; test by touching the finger to it;
dissolve borax in the water, pour into
the oils, and beat with Dover egg
beater until creamy; add neroli, beat
until cool, and pour into jars.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-04-20
WAS A SPEEDY RECOVERY,
The Admiral Regulated the Sick List
to Accord with His Own
Ideas

On one of the visits of tho Amer
ican feet to English waters, Admiral
Erben, now retired, was in command,
with Capt. Alfred T. Mahan, the writer
on naval affairs. as his flag captain.
One morning Capt. Mahan came to his
admiral with an invitation to dine
with duke. which he had received.
Il can't accept this" said Capt. Ma
han, "as they forgot to invite you.''
II should say you couldn't" growled
the admiral. "Il answer for you"
Whereupon the admiral wrote:
Admiral 5Erben, United States navy.
regrets that Capt. Mahan, his flag cap
tain, cannot accept the invitation Of
the duke of Blank. Capt. Mahan il o,
the sick list"
An hour or. 50 later a MESSENGER
from the duke returned with invita-
tions for the admiral and the captain.
Whereupon the admiral wrote again:
Admiral Erben accepts with pleas
ure the invitation for Capt. Mahan and
himself. He wishes also. to advise the
duke of Blank that. he has taken Capt.
Mahan off tue sick list.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-04-20
SCRAPS OF SCIENCE.

The f1ftieth anniversary of the inven-
don of the aniline dye is to be celebrated
by the world of science by the placing OF
portrait of the inventor, DR.. Perkln,
in the National Portrait gallery, and a
oust In the rooms of the Chemical So
clety at Burlington House, London.
Gas is the fundamental basis of tho
sense of smell. says DR.. John Aitken,
r. r. S., according to the Scientific
American. Berthelot says that one hun
dredth of quad1illionth of a gram OF
musk can be detected by the nose. DR..
Aitken has found that Of "a odorous
substances Investigated not one gave OF
Its perfume In solid particles; nothing
but gases and vapors escaped from any
Of them.
Two distinct organizations, both COM
posed OF men eminent in science, are
studying the sun with extraordinary
care. One, the Solar Commission, es-
tablished in 1908, is devoting its re-
searches to the effect of the sun on tbs
weather and climatic changes of ths
earth. The other, the Solar Union.
formed in 1904, is endeayoring to ascer-
tain more than is now known about the
sun itself. Both are European associa-
tfons.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-04-20

the admiring throng, and dropping on
her knees in front Of the now thorough
ly-frightened newsboy, she threw her
arms about his neck and began to kiss
his dirty hands and smoke-stained face.
'sYou saved my babes! You saved my
babes! God bless you!" the woman
said, and then she cried and laughed by
turns, and stroked his arms with trem-
bling hands.
Tatters glanced furtively at the faces
of the men and women who were now
closing in around him, and seeing no en-
couragement he grew desperate. Drop
ping his papers, he wrenched himself
free from the embrace Of Mrs. Frank.
cav, g'wan!" he cried, as the woman
began to call down the blessings Of
Heaven upon him, and making a wild
dash through the crowd, he disappeared
around the corner, running as fast as his
short legs would carry him.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-04-20

oped stairs. The women In the strea
ran through the adjoining houses and
gathered, white-faced and breathless, in
the yard back of the burning tenement.
A moment later they saw Tatters at the
window on the fourth floor. He looked
down the encountered fire escape and
saw tongues of fame darting out of all
the windows below him and twining
about the frail iron ladder.
Then he disappeared for an instant
and the shrieking crowd in the yard
below saw mattress hurled from the
window where he had stood. It was fol-
lowed by feather bed, then two pillows
and some quilts came down in bunch.
"Pile 'em in heap" the boy shouted
to the women below, and without divin-
ing his purpose, they obeyed.
The flames were creeping up. and the
sill of the fourth-floor window was
smoking when Tatters reappeared with
bundle in his arms.
"Look out, it's de youngest kidd" ne
shouted as the bundle flashed through
the smoke and landed in the middle Of
the pile of bedding. A lusty howl from
the bundle announced that the child
was not even stunned by the fall, and
half dozen women rushed forward'to
remove it quickly as they realized the
heroic plan Of rescue adopted by Tat
ters. A moment later second bundle
landed safely on the improvised life
cushion, and then cloud Of black smoke
rolled up from below and hid the fourth
floor window. For an instant the ex-
cited spectators held their breath, ana
some turned their heads away. Then
they heard choking and muffled warn
ing to look out, and Tatters, turning a
complete somersault through the smoke,
landed on his feet on the pile of bedding,
unhurt
When the fremen arrived Mrs. Frank
had recovered from her. swoon and was
claspfng her children in her arms.
Tatters had disappeared in the crowd
The reporters realized that they had
material for good story, with pictures,
and, followed by a great crowd of chill
dren, they hurried down to the corner
to get an interview with the boy hero.
Finding himself surrounded by such
crowd, with men wearing fire badges
asking him questions. Tatters became so
confused and disconnected that~he de-
MED having been at the fire.
"Oh, what lie!" cried the girl who
had first told the newspaper men of his
heroism.
CAV, g'wan; I amt done nothin',"
said Tatters, glaring at the girl and try
ing to back away from the reporters.
Then a woman with tears running
down her cheeks forced her way through
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-04-20
LARGE CHUNKS OF COPPER
Remarkable Discoveries Of Great
Masses Of Rich Ore Re- p J
Gently Made. ..

An enormous mass of pure native
copper is being uncovered at a mine
in Ontanagon county. The big chunk
lies in the tenth level at a point about
1000 feet from one of the principal
shafts. Several large pieces have al
ready been cut from it, and these, with
the remainder of the mass so exposed,
weigh fully 20 tons.
How much more there is of the big
chunk is a matter OF conjecture, says
the St. Paul Dispatch, but from all in
dications the aggregate weight OF. the
mass will be found to run so or even
more tons. Masses of copper are en-
countered so regularly that one of sew
eral tons excites no comment. 1t is
only when one of unusual size is To-
Gated that it is deemed worthy of no.
tice.
Large as this mass will doubtless
prove, however, it will be a pigmy COM
pared with the famous mass found in
the Michigan, then known as the Min
nesota, in 1865. This was 1914 by 1917
by As feet in size and weighed 527 tons.
1t required 20 men working Is months
with long-handled chisels to cut this
mass into pieces small enough for
hosting, and 27 tons of copper chips
were made in doing this work.
Countless small masses, some of
which, however, weighed several hum
dred tons, were taken from this mine,
and there is no question that it de-
serves the title of the richest copper
mine ever opened. The Calumet and
Hecla is far more valuable mine, but
no other mine opened has ever yielded
such enormous quantities of copper
from such small openings as were fur
n1shed by the best slopes: Of the old
Minnesota. 1t is interesting to note
that the Minnesota mine was discov-
cred in 1847, through finding an Indian
pit in which was a six ton mass Of ma
tive copper that had been broken from
it's matrix of rock and raised on skids.
The skids had rotted centuries before
and on the soil that covered the mug
get grew hemlock tree showing near.
y
company suspended operations in 1870
why, has never been satisfactorily
explained-and since it's reorganization
in Detroit in 1899 the present company
operating under the title of the Michi-
gan, has been engaged in developing
the mine anew.
The biggest mass OF copper ever dis
covered in the world was 6OO-ton
chunk found in the old Phoenix mine
in >keweenaw county, the Minnesota
mass ranking second. The Phoenix
mass, with copper at the time selling
at 80 cents per pound, was worth about
$350,000, yet it is chronicled that so in
efficient were the people in control OF
the property that little, if any, profit
was made from the magnificent find.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-04-20

your breakfast slowly, gather your
books and papers with, deliberatien and
set of to school with a light heart
Hurry and worry devour ones ease OF
mind and make it impossible for one
to do justice to her own powers.
l think I can tell in looking around
the group of girls which of them are
IN the habit of beginning the day in
THIS leisurely and sensible manner.
and which tumble out Of bed and into
their clothes and lose their. wits and
their tenpers before they have at
lacked the days business.
An ancient philosopher once said
that there was everything in keeping
an even mind. Those of us who have
a good deal to do in the course of a
day or week, are we'll aware that we
accomplish nothing if we lose our
heads and rush where we should in
stead go slowly.
so great thinker as Francis Bacon.
who was q very learned man. said in
an essay an Dispatch "that above all
things order and distribution and sim
Cling out of parts is the life of des-
patch. For he that doth not divide
will never enter we'll into business. To
choose time is to save time. and an
unreasonable motion is but beating the
air. I knew wise man that had II
for by-word when he saw men has
tening to a conclusion, stay a little
that we may make an end the sooner"
II SO great man as Sir Francis
Bacon thought it we'll to act with de-
liberation and map out his days with
forethought. do you not think that
schoolgirls like Penelope and her
friends may as well do the same?
After my talk with her had it out
with myself. said: l wonder IL I,
too, cannot turn a new leaf here. We
older people may as we'll be frank.
We do not always set the girls the
best example when the matter is one
OF beginning the day.
There is great comfort in doing our
best and leaving the rest
AS Longfellow says, pithily:
Trust no future, howe'er pleasant,
Let the dead past bury it's dead:
Act, act in the living present,
Heart within and God o'erhead."
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-04-20
Doctor BI1glamSags
MANY PHYSICIANS PRESCRIBE
lydxa E. Pf1klhan,1@
Vegetable c0.,,poss1d

The wonderful power of Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound over
the diseases of womankind is not be-
cause it is stimulant, not because it.
is palliative, but simply because it is
the most wonderful tonic and recon-
structor ever discovered to act directly
upon the generative organs, positively
curing disease and restoring health and
vigor.
marvellous cures are reported from
all parts of the country by women who
have been cured, trained nurses who
have witnessed cures and physicians
who have recognized the virtue of
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and are fair enough to give
credit where it is due.
If physicians dared to be frank and
open, hundreds of them would acknowl-
edge that they constantly prescribe
Lydia E. Piukham's Vegetable Com
pound in severe cases of female ills, as
they know by experience it can be re-
lied upon to effect a cure. The follow
ing letter proves it.
DR.. S. c. Brigham, of 4 Brigham
Park, Fitchburg, Mass, writes:
"It gives me greet pleasure to say that I
have found Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetabls
Compound very efhcacious, and often pre-
scribe it in my practice for female difficulties.
my oldest daughter found it very benefi-
cial fora femaletrouble some time ago, andmy
youngest daughter is now taking it for fe-
male weakness, and is surely gaining in health
and strength.
~ freely advocate it as most reliable spe-
cific in all diseases to which women are sub
5ect, and give it honest Endorsement"
Women who are troubled with pain
ful or irregular periods, bloating e Tor
f1atuiency), weakness of organs, dis
placements. Inflammation norulceration,
can be restored to perfect health and
strength by taking Lydia E. Pinkham,s
Vegetable Compound. If advice is
needed write to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. She is daughter-in-law
of Lydia E. Pinkham and for twenty
five years has been advising sick
women free of charge. No other living
person has had the benefit of a
wider experience in treating female
ills. She has guided thousands to
health. Every suffering woman should
ask for and follow her advice if sha
wants to be strong and well.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-04-20
.SALT0N DESERT TALES.
The Formerly Saline and Barren Re-
gion Was Not Unproduc-
tive of Yarns.

'Wierd and wonderful are the stories
which have come out o1 the great Sal
ton desert in California" writes Edgar
F. Howe in Technical World Magazine.
1T was there, on the lower Colorado
river, that Capt. Smith found the lame
turtle, and so won its gratitude by
healing it that it returned in later
years and offered it's services as an
animated ferry when the captain was
on an island threatened with rising
flood.
"On yonder mesa, sloping upward
from Volcano Springs, is the invisible
city, where the clangor of street car
bells and all the hubbub of metropo-
lis can be heard, but where only the
gravelly soil, the dreary mountains,
and the scant, dwarfed vegetation can
be seen. E
Near Superstition mountains is the
spring of natural gin, where the coy
ote, the gray wolf, the fox and the wild
fowl are on perpetual debauch; and
near by is the hill from which flows
natural ink. In, the same vicinity@is
the mine OF crystals which make per-
feet pens, and the deposit of asbestos
where one can tear off sheets of blot
ting paper ready made.
1T was in the Superstition noun
tains that Otto Schmidt found the in
visible serpents with glass cups on the
tails that revolved and produced beau .
timul music. 1t was in this desert, too,
that an ingenious Yankee found a
group of camels, abandoned in early
days by the army, and, by syphoning
the water from their sacks, was able
to irrigate a farm, while the animals
piled back and forth between the river
and the farm, ever keeping up the wa
ter supply.
ii "Now the grim valley, rendered won
derfully fertile by irrigation, is the
home of 5000 thriving people,. Recent
ly the Colorado river, breaking through
its old bounds, began again to run into
the valley, which it formerly occupied,
but now great steel and concrete dams
are being built and by May the river
will be forever shut out, except as 1t is
needed for irrigation purposes
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-04-20
y 2 W :, - - = :.
GLAMOUR.

y .
Z have read so long in the Book Of the
Brave, #.S,a1
I hear the tramp Of their feet ~ =.
In the quiet village street. : -, = +
catch the sound of an echoing cheer,
Blown down the night wind, family
clear,
ARD the drums unfaltering beat.
have read so long in the Book Of the
Brave,
Their flags go streaming by,
Sharp comes the sentry's cry;
The shaded light of my study lamp
Seems a low Glimmer from some still
camp
Where the sleeping soldiers lie.
I have read so long in the Book Of the
Brave,
I march where he~heroes are;
On my breast feel scar.
turn to gaze on the rayless night;
The gloom is cleft by beacon light.
And behold-the bivouac star!
Lulu Whedon Mitchell. in Century.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-04-20
A GAME OF STATES.
Game of States May Be Used to Pal,
Partners and Is Good Guess
ing Contest.

Here is a clever game which can
also be used as a novel way to pai-
partners. On cards write the follow.
ing; the key is given below.
l. What is the most religious state?
2. What is the most .egotistical state ?
3. The father of states?
4. The state where the untidy should
live?
5. The maidenly state?
6. The state for students?
Z. The best state for miners?
8. The most unhealthy state?
8. The state to cure the sick?
10. The decimal state?
II. Best in time of floods?
II. The state of establishment?
KEY.
l, Mass; 2, Me-; 3, Pa. 4, Wash;
S, Miss; 6, Conn.,; Z, Ore.; 8, ILL.,; 2,
Md; 10, Tenn; II, Ark; IL, O.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-04-20
Hydrophobia in EllroDe

Hydrophobia, which has practically
been stamped out in England, still
flourishes in most continental coun-
tries. Germany: tops the list with an
annual average Of 1852 dogs and cats
destroyed, for this reason, while the
figures of France are 2,263. In Bel
gium,s Switzerland and Holland cases
Of hydrophobia are rare, the total for
all three countries combined being un.
der 50. 's-.- 's%s'>@> :. '*ssf@<s~ F.. s. 49,.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-04-20
The MORNING RI START It
EARLY SCRAMBLE BODIES I'LL
FOR DAYS SUCCESS.

Have Trouble Getting to
School in Time--Habit of Sitting
Up Late in Warm Room, Talking,
Singing, or Perhaps Studying
Makes One Drowsy Next Morning
Haste Will Upset the Calm Of a
Whole Day-Begin the Day Leis-
urely-Take Plenty Of Time to
Dress and Eat Breakfast.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-04-20
Chasing Home, the Visitors .

Chasing Home the Visitors. =. :
why do you teach your children to
recite and sing?" SSs s. +. 5;zz5s NE
''Well, answered the practical WON.
an, there has to be some way Of start
ing people who come to see you and for
get when It's time to 60 home. =. Wash.
tngton Star.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-04-20
Extremes.

Woman's taste runs to small shoes
and large hats" remarked the obsery-
er Of events and things.-Yonkers
Statesman. s
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-04-20
The Visiting Card

Black. either plain Or shaded, plain
script. French script and Shaded old
English lettering are all fashionable
types for the engraving for the present
visiting card. :.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-04-20

: CROss-sTITCH.'

The corner Is shown at the right-hand
end of design, the border being con-
tinued on the second side like the first.
1T may be repeated to any length.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-04-20
Good, Toilet Water.

You can prepare a very good toilet
water of 30 drops each Of oil of layen=
der, Oil Of bergamot, Oil Of lemon and
orange flower water. half pint deodor-
lied alcohol. Cork and shake well,
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-04-20
BORDER AND CORNER.
This Sort of Needlework Is Again in
Vogue and May Adorn a Va
riety Of Articles.

Here is a simple design to be used
as border for any article such as
toilet-mats, table-cloths. tray-cloths.
etc, where corner is also needed.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-04-20
A Positive
: & ~ROnHT -
y'sclsanl Balm

y quickly abeosbod
Gives Rsiies at Ones. !;
It cleanses, voothes
heals and protects
the diseased mem-
brane. It cures Ca
tarrh and drives
sway . Cold in the
Head quickly. Re-
stores the Senses Of
Taste and Smell. +
gists OF by mail; II
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