Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-03-13
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va they are called Marsh harss?
he 1t 10 said that an average maj
bs needs 1900 pounds weight Of
:. food eve-y YER.
The State Of LouIsians will in.
A. port labor to supplsnt negroes on
ia the farms.
he 1t is now understood that Jnran
of has no coolies sT Ong her citizens.
a All men ere born equal over there
as we'll az In the United States.
r. The Brownsville W hitewash 10 TO
n be hereafter known as blackwash.
Q Mr. Foraker holds patent for its
), dIscovery.
D Attorney General Bonaparts has
n rendered an opinion to tie effect
r that 10 is unlswf for a State 10
y pay the passage Of intending
e immigrants.
VI itb the industrious American
hen supplying an output of ten
millions day, New York 10 daily
. : smashing the egg corner to smith
Greens.
The custom of riding man fash,
, ion is daily growing In favor with
, arlstocratic Englishwomen. Among
tfem may be mentioned the
Duchess Ct Westminster, Lady
Constance Richardson and Mrs.
Fairbairn and Lady Castlereagh.
The new railroad recently open
ed for traffic across the Isthmus of
Tehuantepec will reduce the dis
lance from New York to Honolulu
to 8, o9s miles, as against the o,688
miles via Panama.
DR.. S. G. Mitchell OF Richmond
College, chairman of the executive
committee Of the Conference for
Education in the South, announced
that the conference will open at
Pinehurst. N. c., April Q.
"Men to-day are better than
their predecessors" says Senator
Bob Taylor, with the pleasant
consciousness that the predsoes-
sors are not in position to call ON
him for proof.
~ guess l had better bs like
the village schoolmsster," said
John D., "and not know much"
He means he had better be .
clam, and not tell what be knows.
He knows other things besides the
oil business; human nature and
his own good, for example.
Inside Of day three new oil
wells have been brought into the
new Brenn.man field just south of
KenIlworth, W. Va, the wells
making total OF about 400 bar
rels day. The wells are located
on the Freshwater, Marlin and
leases. There are
now II producing wells in this
district, which is new one.
George W. Vandsrbilthas been
ouylng up large tracts Of land ad.
Ioining his famous Biltmore estate
North Carolina. 1t is under
'tood that the lands Mr.. Wander
'ilt has purchased are bought for
Howard Gould of New York, and
hat Mr.. Gould and his brother
will erect mansion near Mr..
Ianderbllt's.
Mr.. H. T. VOORHEES, of Staun-
Oh, has been transferred to Lynch.
urg aud taken charge as division
equity ccllectt there l.l place Of
ir. o. G. Bailey, who has gone
0 Stanton, where be has takena
imilsr position. and which had
cen filled by Mr.. Voorhees,. The
xchange was made by order Of
Cllector l.. p. Summers
Despite President Ru0sevelt's
earty endorsement Of football.
resident Eliot OF Harvard, in his
nnusl report, Tade public last
ridsy, assai's gridiron sport and
] branches OF intercollegiate
'orts except rowing ard tennis.
. maintsins that football, de-
lite the new rules, is properly de.
ribed by the rdjective "ferce,"
C. He places basketball and
'ckey il the same cass with foot.
III.
Professor Andrew NJ. Souls,
an and director of the College OF
griculture at the Virginia Poly
chnic Institute at Blacksburg,
8 rendered his resignation to
esidsnt McBryde to be trans
tied to the Board, effective Sep
nber let. He goes to the Agri-
ltugaI College of Georgia at
airy OF $1,000. The Virginia
Iytechnic pays 80. 500. The
ard meets on April 18th, when
.ion will probably be taken on
resignation.
The siumberiag place Of seven
,eratiOns is being rocked daily
: Minneapolis home. Mrs. Charles
sie is the possessor Of valua-
family heirloom in the shape
o cradle which is more than
hundred years old. The
die originally came from Hol.
d, but has teen in this country
&c 1903. Solidly built OF ra-
any it has defied the ravsgss
time, has successfully with
ID the treatment of seven gem
tions Of children who have
4 in it, played with it, and
Feted it after the manner Of