Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-10-30
CONDENSED NEWS
Brief Items of Interest tor the
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North of Ireland b. ATerlSa.
The marriage of Prince George
of Greece srd rri' esee Marie
Bone karte viii take place In Ath-
ens ab0ut NOved Ter %.
The Government seized lot Of
tobacco a, Norfolk to show the
English allies Of the trust its pow
er under the Sherman law.
Excluding about $4,000 small
Vessels, the commerce. Of the world
is ried on by 30, 100 vessels, of
u total tonnage Of about %, OCO,-
900.
A Japanese porter carries his
teapot with him when he goes
TO HE days work, as an Ameri-
can workman carries a dinner
pail.
A pet d z left 10 Columbus,
Ohio, last March turned up re-
Gently IN Chicago. 800 miles
away and located it's mistress in u
restaurant.
The Peoples Bank of Harrison
burg has been formally organized
there with a minimum capital
stock of 800. 900 and maximum
of $3.50, 900.
A supposed plot against the life
of the Gear has been frustrated by
the accidental discovery OF prep
aratiCns to undermine the railway
near TsarkOe. Selo.
Statistics furnished By the sup
erintendeut of the Confederate Sol
diers' Home in Richmond show
that fofty.One inmates have died
there during tile past twelve
months.
In an address bsfore the Rich
rond Academy OF Medicine and
Surgery, DR.. c. w. Woodruff,
United States Army surgeon, de.
clared that sunlight is detrimental
to the consumptive.
Lieut.. Rosseau, the naval mem
Der of the Isthmian Canal Com
mission, favors increasing the
width of the Panama canal locks
so that the greatest battleships
pay be Accommodated.
Saturdays Atlanta Georgian
says: John Temple Graves, edi.
tor of the Georgian, has accepted
the editOrship on the New York
American and on Nov. 10 will
leave Atlanta to assume the chief
/ editorial responsibility of that
paper"
The flagship Commodore Msury
of the Virginia Oyster navy, now
in James river, collected more than
81, 900 in fines in three days last
week from from oyster men who
had not secured a license or who
were taking smaller oysters tran
che law allows.
A young wife in Philadelphia
rubbed her sleeping husbands
throat with carbOllc acid as love
COTTON tJ restore his burning al
lection. The burning, however,
was not Of affection, and the acid
as a love restOler is now IN bad
Od0r in that particular neigh6or-
| hood.
Emperor William Of Germany
has presented to the United States
Military Academy busts OF Fred
erick the Great AT Fled Marshal
Count Won Moltke as tokens ot his
interest in the American arGy.
The busts are the work OF Protes-
sor Uph9us ard Professor kruse OF
Berlin.
According to IIttsburg, Pa,
Dispatch there is genuine oes-
cendant Of CoEtucius IN China IN
TIE shape Of DIXIE K'ung. The
philosopher lorrished about =, lO0
years ago. The duke lives in
nam ificent style and there are
four hundred attaches To his resi-
dence. His income IL derived
from the villages in the nelgh6or-
heed of his estate.
The annualrsport Of COGnitsion
of Pensions Warner, just Issued,
shows that there has been a de-
crease of 1900 members from the
Deusion rolls at the end OI tEe iis'
cal year 1907. According to Mi.
Warner this Is the largest decrease
ever registered by tie bureau. AT
the same time. however, the
amount of pensions was greater by
S4,6l3.l3I. 1t seems thai the
amount of money paid TO pension
ers is never to be lessened even
though the pensioners die.
Rt. Rev. A. +. WinningtoD-ln-
gram, Lord Bishop OF London,
sailed for home on the steamer
Celtic Thursday. lie is Q learned
and cultured man, with attractive
manners and plersing address and
made friends OF all with whom ne
met " hile IN the United States.
That he is man OF discernment
was proved by his frequent state
ments, that Of all the places he
had visited he felt mere at home
in Virginia than anywhere else.
David +. Bailey, who is going to
make a determined fight for the
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