Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-02-05
CONDENSED NEWS
Brief Items OF Interest for the
Busy Reader

Jean Juneau, leader of the rev.
dictionary movement in Hayti, has
been captured and shot to death,
thus ending the revolution.
Telling your troubles is bad
habit. But. after all, it is q good
deal better than telling other peo'
pies troubles
A mob of negroes of Commerce,
Miss, lynched three OF their race
who lad murdered their own father
for purposes of robbery.
President Roosevelt carries e85,
600 in life insurance, according TO
the Spectator Company, which pub.
fishes list of $500 persons who
have policies Of more than $50, 900.
The employees Of North Carolina
lailroads, fearing reduction in
pay, will petition the Legislature OF
the State to repeal the 2l.cent
fare law.
The North Carolina house Of rep
esentatites has passed the senate
hill for State election on prohibit
ton, to take place the last Thurs
day in April.
DR.. Osler has keen sense OF hui
NOR. A couple OF Michigan twins
invited him tc help them celebrate
their sixtieth birthday, and he re-
spOnded with bottle Of chloro-
form for each.
The Iowa State Board of Health
has created CONSERVATION by de-
cIaring that exposure Of the arms,
demanded by the short-sleeye fl sh-
ion, causes a fuzz to grow on the
skin.
Z tablet to the memory Of Gen.
r. +. Lee has been, placed ir the
Episcopal Church ut Orange Court
House in the pew which was occu'
pied by General Lee in the civil
war daring the time his army was
camping at that place.
The great Ncrthu estrrn Rail.
way has gone dry" A recent
rews item from Omaha says that
5000 en- Tloyees Il the system,
which has Z, 900 miles Of road, have
taken TIE pledge ard all the tall
ance will be tskad TO co so.
The Corporation Con- mission has
decided that tie Baltimore aud
Ohio railway must erect u new
passenger station in Harrison burg
within the next six months. There
WAS a warm fight owe: this propo-
sition, the railway putting up the
claim that its business did not
Justify maEing this expenditure.
The extraordinary number of re-
cruits now offering themselves for
enlistment in TIE regular army sets
at rest definitely all doubts that
existed regarding the effect that
demand for labor in civil lines had
IN depicting the force. With the
lessened call for labor elswhere
the army swells instantly.
1t is said that private parties
have offered 100000 for the
jamestown Exposition site and
buildings thereon, exclusive Ct the
State and other privately owned
structures. The offer, it was said,
was declined, as there are strong
hopes of disposing OF the property
to the Government at much better
price.
Cardinal Gibbons cited interest
ing evidence Of decreased familiar.
ity with the Bible when he said
"The statesmen of America OF fif'
ty or sixty years ago showed in
their public addresses familiarity
with and regard for the Holy Scrip
lures and the word of God which
| am sorry does not present itself
today"
W. J.Bryan spent last Thursday
with bis daughter at Hollins Instl'
tute, near Roanoke. At night he re-
turned to Roanoke and addressed
a large audience in Assembly Hall,
speaking on politics. Mr.. Bryan
said the statement printed in New
York that lie is in favor of incor-
porating all the Presidents ideas
in the Democratic platform is In
no way justified by what he had
said. He had always endeavored to
explain clearly wherein he agreed
with the President and wherein
be differed, from him
Alexandria Gazette: The ship
building summary for 1907, CON-
piled by the Shipping World, shows
that the United States ranks Sec
ond for the year in the total ton
mage of ships constructed. only
England having Outstripped This
country. This will be a jolt fol
those who are trying to induce
Congress to pass ship subsidy bills
on the ground that it does not pay
to build ships in this country. II
it did rot pay they would rot IL
built, for the ship owners are not
cut for their health.
Will merchant who is wise ever
ease to advertiser Yes-when the
trees grow upside down; when the
beggar wears a crown; wheu Ice
! forms on the epn; when the spar.
row weighs a ton; when gold dol
: lars get too cheap; when women
J secrets keep; when fish forRets tc
awim. whan Satun einps ymn: