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\ ShfU. THE 4dt rn* ef "^'?* ?-?>:?m ?^94. No. 18 Lexington, Rockbj-fi%6 County, Virginia,. Wednesday, Mtirch 30, 1898. Jimmu. ^ i $IM a Year ? * , ? ,i "", ' ,i ..ft: '#?* I PRICE $8.85-READ ONI Ka OkVL Brae Trimmed Wbtt* Un. _-____j_4_-_-__***d. mad* in 64.48.aand m tech widths-l-nfth 71 iBebM. lt has one-loo h pillara two Inch br*** ?_m aad cap*. Tim bad retail* at tram tl to ? dollar*. har ot tha maker and mre the ____)? dUman ?? proftts. Our Catalogue* ara malle, for tb* whine. Complete Ito** of Furniture, Draperies, Crookery, Pictures, Mirror*. Store*. Befrigera ton. Baby Carriage*, Lamps, Bedding, ?c_n ar* oontaiaedin those booka Our LlthoijrapheJ Carpet Catalogue show? ing all good* in hand-painted color* lt ?lao f ree: If Carpet sample* ar* wanted mall us 8c In stamp*. Drop a postal at ono* to tb* money uren and _.__**____? ber that wa pay freight thl* ??oath aa parch**** af tarpot*. -Lae* Car fa-Ian, Fortier* aad Bag* amonBttng to 09 and aver. JuliusH_nes__Son BALTIMORE, MD. Our FARMERS' GUIDE and 1898 Manual of New Seeds I Implements ?] Brety farmer and gardener needs one. Larger and more complete than ever. Send name and address. Mailed Pr**. [GRIFFITH & TURNER CO. 20S te 3(3 N. Pim Mreet, Baltimora, Md. ? ? ;, , V *?? "" ' '? ;* .HOWEDISONPROPOSED, The idea of the^ft5ii?ee^e^'a?a>trician Edison marrying was first Buggered bj an intimate irwmd, of,whom Edison timidly inquired whom he should, marry. The friend somewhat testily replied, "Any one." Butf.Edison was*not with? out sentiment when the tune came. One day as he stood behind the cha r of a Mies Stillwell, * telephone opera? tor in hia employ, he was not a little surprised when she suddenly turned round an4 said: "Mr. Edison, I can always tell when you are behind me or near me." Edi? son front*d the young lady, and, look? ing at her fixedly, said: "I've been thinking considerably about you of late, and if you are will? ing t > marry nie I would like to marry ? _ te yoi. The young lady said she would talk the matter over with her mother. The result was thi ir marriage, and a very happy one it proved to be. It is wbeu ene has shamefully neglected othei s that he wants to get off in a corner and whimper, "Nobody cares for me." An unhappy man will never change in tune until he changes his attitude One never whine3 while looking to? ward the bud. Declaration of War. WILL BUY A NICE BUGGY AND A GENTEEL Set of Harness ....AT.... PIERSON'S. Here you will find the largest and finest assortment of BUGGIES and CARRIAGES, M well aa a full and complete line of HARNESS cheaper than ever ottered oa this market Call and be convinced. Don't forget we havo Wagons, Plows, Harrows, and Everything the Farmers Need in this Line. Remember I have not neglected my H Grocery ^Department. > W. RPI ER SON. Corner Hain nnd Henry Street*. LEXINGTON, YA. 9atThu\ for our "Treaties on Stock." Free. NOW IS THE TIME -TO BUY ALL THE Smooth and Barbed Wire THAT YOU WILL NEED AS THERE WILL BE Advance in Price on all Wire Goods March 1st. WE HAVE A LARGE STOCK ON HAND AND WANT TO Protect Our Customers as Long as .Possible, and we can best do this by seou. % your orders as soon as possible so that we can be pre* pared to serve you \-> 'buying a larger stock before the rise comes. How about a Corn Sheller that we ara selling at such low prlc ? that you can't aftord to be without one, even If your corn ls not selling for as. much as lt ls worth. ?DON'T YOU NEED A? New Saddle or a New Set of Harness for the spring season. We have the largest and best aesorted line oomlng In that we havt aver asea oarrled In town. Ve caa furnish you anything from' single buggy har noaa up tere four horse wagon harness a ' ? The Owen hardware Company (Opposite the new court house, )" LEXINGTON, _ - - _ _ VIRGINIA FORD'S HOTEL, , Richmond.Va.j ? Best Location in the city?adjoining New City Hall and Capitol Park. Table unBurpassed by any in the Sooth. American or European plans. Mcdowell & ford, o ?_?--___. ?rs ?d_D___Ct?. __-_.?, gj- ? rs. 25 YEARS W Mrs. E. S. Cromwell Paine's (Mei Twenty-five years ls a long time, especially for a woman to work In tbe galling harness ot a metropolitan newspaper. Such ls the record of Mrs. Cromwell, vice president of tho Woman's national press as? sociation, In the scrvlco of thc Chicago Her? ald. Aa Washington correspondent she tele? graphed to her paper the daily reports of the proceedings of the famous electoral commis? sion of 1877. A quarter of a century of racing wo,k Uko this has enabled Mrs. Cromwell to know what "nerves" moan. Her faith In Paine's (dory compound to restore tho nervous system when lt ls run down and ddpressod by work, worry, rush or sickness, cannot bellghtlysetaeidc.? W.siiiNOTOK, D. C., Feb. 19, 1896. 1002 Q St. Wells, Richardson k Co.: Gentlkmi:x :?A young lady residing In my family, who had tried various remedies for nervous debility and depleted condition of lhe system, found great and permanent relief from th^e use of Paine's celery compound. I can therefore recommend this excellent reme? dy to thoso in need of treatment of the samo kind. Ei.i.km 8. Cromwell.... Women hove their healt much moro largely in their own hands than they are accustomed to believe. The impure blood that undermines the ?toinach and the nervous system cnn be un? questionably enricecd; the Dumber of tho red corpuscles Increased, and the cireulotion cleansed of humors by Paine's celery coin pound. Sleeplessness that causes much of Prompt Attention aaa the Proper Remedy Means Speedy Cure Te Cevgbs and Colds There ls no disease so much neglected aR a cough, and if negk ted, there Kno disease i more dangerous. Thereforo it should be at ' tended to at once. McCRUM'8 GLYCEROLE OF TAR AND WI LD' CH ERR Y ls very highly recommended by all who havo used lt as an '?xflbllent remedy for Coughs Colds, Hoarseness* Bronchitis, Crcup and Whooping*Cough. It is no patent medicine but a common sense prescription. Wa don I claim, that it will cure everything, but di. claim that lt will cure tho above diseases; bo cause those who uso it once always ask for il again and say that lt cures. Price, 25 rents per Bottle. McCrum Drug Co. Lexington, Va. SENT IF-ree ? to ha|^ekeepera Liebig COMPANY'S Extract of Beet Cooli Book ? telling how to prepare many dolicate and delicious dspics. 'i Xddress, LltblgCo., P.O. Box 2718,NewYork I /| Caa-kwe-Va EarcllaTa Dlamon.l Hra.d. PENNYROYAL PILLS Original and rtn'.f <8enulae. .art, ai.t/a rul>u.a. uccne alk? ali br Ot,.-\r.itrr. K*f'..\ /leo 1 aVicaJ la Had and OoU .ofalleca , MU wi <i Ilga rel,ta,ci. T.k. olKrr. li.?.** .i^.tv" ,e.< .uClifta. uandimttmuM. ic rcroceuli.area.4e I* M.rap* far *arltealar*, taatlmeolali e.i "ll*Uef tnr IJl.il.-*." >* H??r, ter rtlcir. JIbU. H>,l?M?T?.>-.?i.?ie. A'ueae /*r" , -al. iirat?rthcircic?,:< * ??" -!l*ccc Plar. ICeleejeHaaaell.e-ce-V ?.? >.\ SHAKE INTO YuTJR WIOE8. Allen's Foot,-Ease, a powder for the feet. It cures painful, swollen, smarting feet and instantly takes the sting out of corns and bunion* It's tim greatest comfort discovery of the age. Alfcn'a Foot-Ease makes tight fitting or now shoes feel easy, ft 18 a cer? tain cure for sweating, callous and hot, tired aching feet. Try lt to-dfiy. Sold "by ali druggists and shoe stores. By mall for 25o In stamps. Trial package FREE. Address Allen K Olmsted, Le Roe, N. Y, 3 FA von; re ano ; MOsr f>ofui.s-t ? FLOWERS! PANSIES, NASTURTIUMS j IWflfCQFsWCCT PEAS, one Pkk'of 1 VflyW each variety for only g ?fo , w eoe .a. eee^.i.. io. F.e.edt fj Olo, l laaiadiaf fra* *opr od IM Calal.*ne aad rtaral Culiur., I SOI C. S. Mtmvm, III una ?..*?. I*. . SKaaaaa.u, Ita f \ X TANTED. ?Several good familia \C \i w,tB a number of girls to work in canning factory. The men oan get land to farm, or can get work. .. ? J. B. C. COMPANY, Rortriflg Run, Botetourt County, Vs Feb ?8 1898] I . ITH HER _VED, Has Utmost Faith iii #on.poui.d. S?K~1 _**Pv^__*V _\ tho nervous prostration among women ls cn Uroly within the control of every person who will tako pains to correct the lad habit the l.rain has fallonlnto. Prof. Edward E. Phelps, M. D., LL. D., of Dartmouth medical school, In announcing his wonderful discovery of Paine's celery compound at a meeting of the Dartmouth medical faculty.showftd how close? ly ho had studied, In all their bearings upon health, such disorders as sleeplessness, blood Impurity and the nervous diseases that are likely to follow such daily poisoning of the By stem. * ? Paine's celery compound hy Its proiounced nourishing power enables tho nerves to get b(_ck their control over .th* circulation so that tho blood supply becomes greatest where lt ls most needed, as In the stomach after eat? ing, and least where Its prence can only do harm, as In tho bralc when sloop ls needful. Tho nerves, when they aro btrong and properly nourished, limit the Row of blood to tho hoad and draw off tho excesa'from the brain, thus ensuring refreshing sleep. Per? sons who wake up tired, drowsy and ambl tionless. or tan not sloop a .whole night through are Buffering from disordered nerves. Paine's celery compound calms apd feeds the .nerves even to their tiniest branchings, and they In their turn aro enabled to equalize the blood supply over tho body, thus spariiig the heart, provoitlng congestions and rushes of blood to the head, dizziness, paralysis, pain over tho hoart, and those headaches that seem to come and go without any good reason, and' aro so Inexplicable to hosts of men nnd women. Spring * Dre55 G00J5 ARE NOW SEASONABLE WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A CHOICE LOT. OF Windi WE MENTIPN: WHIPCORDS, Black and Navy Blue, 44 POPLINS. inch, 75c. per yard. We recommend these for service. GLEASON for skirts, all wool. In very PLAIDS rich colorings, 86 Inches, 50c. f ' - COVERT CLOTHS, In tho choicest Spring shades, 0h - New weaves in BLACK CREPONS. A largo variety of Plain and Fancy mixed goods at 25 to 50c. p#r yard. Tho above embrace BOOM of the choicest dress fabrics on the market, and tho prices we make will cause you to doubt the chango in tariff! Wc offer a limited quantity of ready-to wear SKIRTS at ..1.25 to ,5.00 each. The latter ls an excellent all wool serge, well made,, and lined throughout with "ncar-sllk." Black and Navy Blue. (^JNGIIAMS will be much worn. Thero aro many kinds, that you may buy anywhere; but we control ono for this markot. that ls tiik ('ingham of tho season. It ls SILVER STAR MADRAS, and Is 30 Inches wide, guaranteorl to wash, ls much liner and lighter than percale, and ls only 12$ cents per yard. BONNY DOON FLANNELS for dressing sacks and wrappers, at 10c. per yard, aro ex? cellent Imitations of French flannels, and cost less than half as much. ' PUNJAB PERCALES are tho best to wash and wear that 12Jc.'wlll buy. Wo have a beautiful line of Embroideries and Whlto Goods. Our GROCERY DEPARTMENT ls worthy of your careful attention. Wo aie not price cutters, but wo guarantee the price and quali? ty of all our groceries. Try our new brand of Canned Tomato?*, nice, ripe, solid goods, with very little Juice. Langdon's Cakes and Crackers are the best. Wo got thom often and always havo them frosh. IRWIN" & CO. 200,000 Bri,o_i Apply to JOHN SHERIDAN, mch9-3m Lexington, Va. "WT A NT Ki). Salesman to handle our Lub ricatihg Oils on commlaalon In Lexing? ton and vicinity. liberal terms. The Euc? lid OH Company, Cleveland, Chlo. GEN. FITZ HUGH LEE rilF. MAV OF THE HOUR A DMO \ f HI MOST ROMANTIC OHABA THE RKVOLUTlOJ^r ' (New York W-e-rfid.) In the proud chronicleo of the Lee family, hereafter -epfere wal be inscrib sd no more worthy name than (nat of Fitzhugh Lee, tbe greatgrandaon of ''Liff li thorne Harry," and, on bil moln? ar's gide, of George Mason, who draft the Bill of Rights of Virginia, and stood shoulder to shoulder with Pat? rick H? nry |n tlie formative part of our Colonial history. Fitz Lee is the son of Sidney Smith Lee, who waa an officer in the United States navy, and afterwards of the Con it-derate navy?one of the hand? somest, most elegant, and be^t-bred men of his day, and one* of whom no one lit ing could say he had giten pain to another by a brusque or Unkind re? mark. He was always ready for action, but never pushed his claims for ad? vancement against a brother officer. Wherever his duty called him he went wit Lout a murmur, and did -hit' heat. His was one of those perfectly wlanc ed natures posessed in a great degree by General Robert E. Lee, which evoked the love as well as respect- of all who came within its influence, Mrs. Sidney Smith Lee was exceed? ingly beautiful in her youth ; indeed as long as Bhe lived she was a comely woman, full of jpirit, cheerful, and lovable to young and old to the last day of her honorable, well-spent life. From her, F.tzhugb gets his gay,child Like enjoyment of everything from which he can draw innocent pleasure, and doubtless this quality has sustain? ed him under the stress of the painful position he now occupies /with such honor to bimielf and profit to his country. Wlenthewar between the States began Fitzhngh and his younger broth? er leper rte d for duty nn) where. This was the custom of tie Lees. They were ready for duty when called up n, and, meaning to do their utmost, did not ask what or where the field nrght be. About the same time came General Lee's Fit zl.ugh, lovingly calledRooney by all wl.o knew him. It was only on official documents that his proper name appiared.^Unlike "Little Fitz," he was tall and stockily built, a handsome man, and ra'her silent, like his father. G. W. Oust is Lee, the elder of the two, was very like his illustrious father io mind and manner, and, though with different coloring, also resembled him tn person. President Davis and those who knew him best thought he had trae military genius and a noble character. He, with great self-abnegation, stifled bis burning desire to seek glory in the profession for which he was educated, and which he was admirably equipped by nature to adorn, and at the Presi? dent's request became his military aide in Richmond. Many times during the raids about tbe city and on the battle? fields near there, where the President never failed to be present, Colonel Custis Lee acquitted himself admirably and with conspicuous daring. He led at laat a folorn hope before Peters? burg, and surrendered with General Lee's army at Appomattox. Robert Lee, the youngest of the three brothers, wu at Lexington at school, but could not stand the inac? tion, so without his father's knowledge hf? enlisted as a private soldier. When General Lee rode by a battery under Ihe awful i. tor in of shot and shell at Frederickoburg, a slight lad perched like a cock-sparrow on a tall artillery horse, his face black with powder, call? ed out to him: "Are you going to put us in again, General." "Yes," said his father; "but, my ba'y, who are you?" "Why, don't jon know me, father T I am Robbie." "God defendjyou.my ton," answered the heroic father; "you must go in again.'* General Fitzhugh Lee was little more than a boy in years when he re? ceived his .commission in the Confed? erate army, full of enthusiasm for the State and section which overy succes? sive generation of his family had illus? trated and adorned, and with a boy's gayety and a man's ardent' purpose he joined "Rooney," J. E. B. Stuart and Joseph Wheeler, all beau sabreurs. One brilliant engagement after another demonstrated the daring and capacity of these dashing yoong of? ficers, and they rose rapidly until their brigades and their divisions made their mark on every bloody field and their fame had spread - not only over the United Stftt?x*,bnt io tho outside* world, where officers of every army wondered at and admired the feats of valor they performed. Wheelw'i rid* Md Btu ___?*__? reconrroissan.e will never be for-? v^fe -?____ jwten t?y military men, __ ' Throughout al! this stress of -lange* md (he disadvantages of poor equip? ment and scanty food "Little FiU'and _3-a_lty Stuart," a<_ tho army called ;hem, rode laughing and singing into ;he thickest of the -ghi. None of .hose young cavalry mon ever asked or | -aimed promotion ; they, won it many lines, bat waited j utioutly until it vae offered. One of the amdsements in which hey delighted when the two close ninds came to town was, if they were ntimate with the people they were ?isiting, to put an absurd little effigy >f a negro set on Mstlef; on the sounding board of a piano, and aa the ittle thing danced about in a wild way he two gay young friends, inspired }y ihe toy, danced together, booted md spurred, in their weather-stained toggery, with the abandon of children. . Once when "Little Fitjr" came to ask the President for horses, and the two sat long and gravely weighing the ohances for fresh mounts for the cavtlry, the President said : "I do not see how you are to ride put the campaign on these horses un? less we are more successful in getting tithers than western to promise to be." "Xover mind, sir," said the. strong hearted, cheerful young fellow ; "when j my "Irigade mounts the horses have just got to go in," Tha and of th* war found the two officers without money and without the power to engage ia the only pursuit for which they were "fitted by education _vnd habit. Rooney, somewhat mere fortunate than his cousin in worldly possessions, took his .ancestral farm, "The White House," straighted out the tangled undergrowth, sowed and reaped the crops, and, his first beauti? ful wife having died when lie wea in prison, he married a second time one of the beauties of Virginia, and' took her Home to the old house of his father, where he had personally made a roso garden unequalled in the countryside. There he li* ed with his wife and brought up hia stalwart, handsome boy., until that heart which the labors, the fierce conflicts, and tbe long imprisonment and hardahips in the Federal lines had weakened, failed at last to do its office, and he died, aa he had lived, without lepining, doing his duty while his strength lasted, I believe his widow now cultivates the roses he 1 oved, in the same place. General Fitz, borne up by his joyous temper, inherited from both parent^ set himself in earnest to hew out his Fortune from the inchoate mass of difficulties which environed him. He also married a charming woman ia Alexandria, and together they began their ftugal lives, equally intent upon doing their whole duty, maintaining in spotless honor the great name he had won. The people of Virginia knew him well and conferred upon him one and another dignified position, and finally he received the highest honor in their gift?the gubernatorial chair. Here he acquitted himself as well as he had in the field, and tbe rc.-p ct of his people was reflected back again by the people of the North. Among his companions in arms who knew his "outgoings aud incomings' he was best beloved. Is there a surer verdict upon a man's sterling worth than mankind can pronounce! Some years after the war there was a grand parade here of tho gray and the blue on some public occasion. Our splendid General Gordon came by invi? tation, with Fitz Lee and mady other Confederate officers. They rode in procession as southern men can ride. They expected a silent and respectful attention, but as Gordon rode by, tall and a part of his horse, like a centaur, composed and grimly observant, shout after shout rose from the immense multitude. Lee followed, looking cheerfully about him, "and I'm blest," saic^] "if they did not cheer me, too, to the echo. My own division could hava done no better." After his gubernatorial tour of duty had expired, and the rumblings and atrocities of civil war in Cuba began to shock the world, Americans looked on, conscious of unspoken sympathy and a duty to shield the helpless in their bit? ter conflict It was too much like that from which our ancestors of the Colo? nies had come out victorious for us to look on unmoved. President Cleveland looked about for a man who would strictly observe the tights and laws of nations, coolly surrey and truthfully communicate the exact facts. to cur government, and he chose our warrior, statesman, Governor, farmer, Fitzhugh Lee, as that man; and when the Demo? cratic President vent out the Republi? can President ratified Mr. Cleveland V judgment ?n_ _-tained I_aa inotkea. in this crisis Fitzhugh reminds those who knew his family intimately by tums ot lory quo of. bin iUMtriona an ? ? MMMe-ar-eaa**-****-*-******. luann Irlwl tSaetS Shssr af ??M4MS> \Ur41mrUm\kmmir*nmkrm4, * POWDER AMQilttiylMr* aorae. katu** -oar-** ?a? *m veaa. Beaters who have passed successively in review before their admiring country? men. The yellow.fever was in full sway in Havana. He had been used to the hills and dabs of Virginia, but had no acclimation for the torrid climate of Cuba. Yet he did not give a thought to his personal exposure. The thorn in his side was leaving his devoted wife and his boys and girls just a. bis care was most necessary to them. He was sent to Havana against the protests of the .sectionally prejudiced men of the North and against the judg? ment and wishes of the men of the South, who felt they could not spare their political leader, and knew they wouM miss him sorely at home, so that prejudice and love might well have hampered him equally, He knew he would, by leaving Virginia at that time, sacrifice probably eil his political aspira? tions, which were then about to be fulfilled, but he pressed to tha front aa he did in his youth. With a heart as toft as a boy's he is now facing, on one side, the gallant and enraged Spanish army, whoee goed will wm manifested during our bloody struggle by every friendly office their nation could perform, bet with whom be now seems to be loxing favor by reason of his adherence te a strict impartiality, though he fearlessly ex? presses his appreciation of the suffering of these desperate, irreconcilable men of the province who stand half-clothed and armed, needing everything that the flesh and human weakness craves, anxious to gain his ear. and sure of nis sympathy if he will listen, while between the combatants lie the starv? ing old men, the women, and children crushed out as it were between the upper imd nether millstones. Their cries for help would distraat and un? hinge a much less tender -hearted man tha-a-safleneral Lee, and warp his judg? ment grievously, if not with fatal con? sequences, to the result his government hopes to achieve, Nevertheless, he ?tanda holding aloft his flag between contending forces,and like the "mighty man of heart," he is patiently seer king by every diplomatic art to soothe the sensitive pride of Spain, pacify the insurgent army, the depth of whose trials had been taugbt him by like sufferings, and all the while endeavor* ing to comfort and feed the hapless, starving non-combatants who cry to him for aid*** they lie dying on every side. Could there be a more trying ordeal for a high-spirited, sympathetic man than this? When Gen oral Le* contemplates a * war with Spain he must see the greer! position and emoluments whieh a sta to of war would offer to him, but bis most strenuous eftorta have been devoted to the maintenance of a just and peaceful course regardless of self-interest and the clamor at home?all honor to him! When I hear that General Leo bas been insulted or threatened and borne it patiently, I do not believe it, being morally sure he would be as prone to meet the issue as bis ancestor?"Light Horse" Hairy Lee?was when General Washington then all-powerful in the Continental army, sneesed at him for being "too prudent." "I will prove that I have as little of that rascally virtue aa yourself, sir," said tba proud scion of the honorable house of Lee. Ia the f aoe of their deeds during tha war be tween the States, none will venture to proclaim the family has degenerated. V. JEFFERSON DAVIS, When blUou. or costive, eats CMcaret candy cathartic, cure guaraat-Md, 10c. 26. RHEUMATISM LINIMENT. One new egg, welt breton; a halfpint of vinegar, one ounce of spirits of tur? pentine, and half an ounce of camphor. Beat all together well; then shake ten minutes inga bottle,, and cork. It ia ready for usa in half an hour, and can be need ihree or four tim.* a day. < If tbe pain is in tie Bead, rub the oint? ment on the bank of the neck behind the ears; tfce head will .soon stop ach? ing. K^.:?f^a