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THAT FEUTILIZKIt T.\X.
When the bill to place a ta.\ on
fertiluers was introduced in our
Legialature and before it became
much agitated the Citizen aounded
a note of warning again8t such a
weasure. We took the ground at
the outaet that it was against the
interesls of the farmer and our posi
tion haa been firmly established by
the testimony of the men who haTe
it in their power to squeeze the
farmer, and lastly, but very reluc
tantly, by some of the supporters of
the bill themselves. We asserted
then that the farmer would pay the
tax and we have been reinforcedsince
by indisputable testimony that he
would. It is good Democratic doc
trine, and uncontrovertable, that the
consitmer pai/s tlie tax. Let us se*
by after testimony how aquarely we
hit the nail:
AVhen the bill was before the com
mittee testimony was taken from
larmer8 and manufacturera, and
they were almost unanimous in
agreeing that the tax of 15 cents
per ton would be added to the ordi
nary prices of ferlili/.ers.
Mr. S. T. Morgan,presidcut of the Vir
ginia-Carolina Chemieal OosOfOJaJr, said
the conccru he rcpreaented was ns much
intercsted In the Agricultural !)? iparV
mcnt ?aoajoaola Vtegtata. ItwaowtH*
ing to contril)iitc its full sharc towaid
keeping up i ke dcpartmeut. He ol j.etee.
lo the tonnage lal btOaOM il WOmM have
to b? paid by the farmcrs.vho Wl IVitil
Irew, and his compauy Waatod !o kOOB
priOM down as low as poesible.
Hc explalned that w\nn the tonnage
ta* 2a imposed it is iacluded in the cost
and waa charged up to tItc costof manu
facturing and dclivcring the pioduct.
Mr. Herhert Bryau, of Alexandria, 0
maoufacturer, of fertili/.ors, endorsed
pr.iclically all thatMr. Morgan had aaid.
He was followcd by Mr. R. H. Johnson,
preaideot of the Ricbinoml Outuo Com
pany, who iu opposing the blil said hc
bad been requested kOtfoOO l>y tWOOl
the largcst farmers in Augusta county.
Mr. S. I). Creushaw spuke aloug tbe
Mme litit-s as Mr. Morgan. Mr. OfOB
shaw said his company waa wi'liug to
pav imy rcasonablc sum to keep np the
IHpartiuent cf Agricullure, but it did
object scriously to the system requiriug
evcry bag of fertili/er to be tagqed.
Messrs. Henry Kerua and Josepb T.
J)uko, nromincnt truckcrs of Norfolk
county, otjeotcd to the hill. They said
tbe farmeis ia their scctiou were almost
unauimously opposed to it. Mr. Kerns
is probahly the largest pure.haser of fer
tili/.ers in Virginia. He spends almost
$16,(KX) per vcar for truunnu
The foregoing, taken from the
Kichmond papers at the time of the
inqniaition, is the gijt of the evi
dence that waa brou^ht ont on the
subject There is '.mrdly a well-in
formed mau in the State today but
that will admit that the farmer will
have to pay this tax, which will
amonnt to more than thirty thou
sand dollars annnally. Then Itt us
Eee if he is to be benelited propor
tionately. Here is on excerpt from u
Kichmond paper:
Some of the senalcrs and riprtsenta
tivcs urged tbe passage of tbe bill as a
Christmas preseut for their farmer con
stitucnts, and tbev have it. They gener
ally agreed that the tax would come out
of the pockets of the farmers, hut said
that the farmers were williug to pay ii.
And this from the Alexandria
Uazdte,
The Virgiaia farmer who imagiaes that
he will be benefiteJ in the icast by the
tax on the fertilizer he may use will be xs
much disappointed aa those who vainly
supposed they would be assisted by the
creatiou of a board of agriculturc and a
railroad comuuission^r. Ot cour&e, Mie
naanufacturers will add the^ araouiit of
tbe tax to the price which the farmers
have to pay for their product. but not
only that, but also the cost of iuspecting
and collectingthe tax, which will beeven
rnore. Thao, too, the Slate will be de
prived of some revenue, by reasou of the
fact that M ihe tax refericd to canuot or
iraposed upon flartlllaua inanufactured
inother States.so many farmers wiQ have
theirs, shipped to ihun duvct frum
those States. But when people are set
in their ways, ihey may as well be al
lowed to pursue tbeni, cveu though tbey
are bad. IIow a tax can possibly beneflt
the man who hna to pay it, is what only
Ihemajorily of the Virgiuia legislaturu
can tell. To their credit be it spoken,
tbere are two farmers in it from this
con^ressioual dlstrict who voted against
the tax?Senator Falrfax and Delegate
Ilyan.
Now let us see Ex-Speaker Byan's
reasons for voting against the ball:
Mr. Ryan said that he had bsea taugbt
in the school of Democracy that a tarilT
waa a tax, and that the consun.tr paiil
tbe tax. 11c thinks If will be difllcu't to
cxplain to the farmer thut the M cents
p?r ton on fertilizer, a9 provided for in
tbe bill does not come out of their
pockets. He thinks if m >re money ia
needed in the Agricultural Departincnt
it should be taken from the Treasnry of
the Stale, and not out of ihe pockets of
aclasaof people whocontributeso Krge
ly to the support of the State Govern
iiirni. Ba s;iys thatevery other dep-irt
racnt ia the Slalc.includlng thccollegcs,
rvccivc their aupport from tha State
Treaaury, and be aees 1.0 xeason ? by tbe
cM-epti >n mIioiiU be made in the l)<?pait
ment of -igrhulturc.
ln these we have summed up the
<iuestion. Tbefaraaaraol Yirginia will
be lasad f3O,0O0 ? yaaar to aaqpptrft a
depai linent that bjfl been of little
?ia to them? and we prediet will
under tiie present syatcni, oe of little
more atllioa than to give soft berths
to a number of ollice liolderg. Be
sides the Conimissioner an 1 Botfd,
aud their clerks, there will be a
Supervisor of Fertili/.ers "ppointed
in each congret'sional district; a.nl
all to live oll the faruu'i!
We are in favor of aa cflicient
agricultural dcparlment for the State,
but do not believe that the farmer
should be made to support it ir. the
mauner he will now be forced to do.
lle pays his pioportion of the funds
that are annually appropriated to
iuslitutions from which he denve3 no
benelit, and yctiscalled upon to sup?
port aloue an institutton which is
dedicated to him hardly more than
through a name.
TIIANKS TO TIIE PRESS.
The brethren of the press hive
been very comphmentary to the edi
tor of this puper in referriug to his
extending his tield of journalistic
work. He is esceedingly grateful
for these kind notices, which have
been given space iu exchanges within
ind without the First District. We
reproduce one from a city and one
from a country conteuiporary as evi
denciug the esteeni of the brethrer,
though our editor does uot feel de
serring of these flattering eucomi
ums:
Editor Lec of the Virffinia Citizen ha*
purcbased a controlliog iuterest in tbe
Fredericksburg Fret Lance. Wc con
gratulatc tbe people of Fredericksburg
on this stcp, for Mr. Leo will make the
Free Lnnce a powcr for good in that city.
Mr. Lce'9 cflorts at Irviogton show what
be can do, for hc bas, to our miiu'. pub"
lisbed the very best paper iu tbe F'rst
Diitrict.? Tularater Demoerat, Tappn
hixnnodc.
Mr. W. McH'onald Lcc, editor th
FsVytaaa Citizcn, publishcd at Irvington,
has purchasrd n controlliug iutcrcst iu
the r"rcdericksburg />?? iAtnce. Mr. Lee
will ftssume the manaijement of the Free
ClMsW, but will eontiuue to conduct the
. dividing his tinie betwecn Fred
eru l.sburg and Irvington. He Is a uews
pupcr inan of cxperiencc and ability, a
wrlter of force, and Rn ali-roun-l linc
fotlOW. We wish him continued succcss.
Iu identifying hiraself with the Fr<;
. wbose independuut policy will hc
uiaiotained,bc has extended kOJOOOfgttl
to the direction of one of the beat es
tablished and best known papeis in the
State.?Xorfolk hindnntrk.
MAKE IT A PARTY ISSIL
The Vikoinia Citixkn, while holding
that amatter of such momeutas callinga
t'onstitutioual Couvention should risc
?tbove party d:ffurcnces aud appeal, re
gardleas of party afliliiition.to all pcrsons
having thegood of theCommonwcaltb at
beart, urges, nonethe less, that tbeipies
tion bc made a party iasue.
As wc understand the Citiz.en, ita
Hoi is that the next Dcmocralic couven?
tion should declarc in favor of a Con
stihitional Convention, whethcr the
prcseut (Jeneral Asscmbly provides or
uot for taking tho vote on the queslion.
In our mind, there can be no queslion
that the endorsement of tbe Democracy
Of Virginia, as a party, of Ihe Couatitu
lioaal (.'onvculion movemeat would be
iOOOMafff lo its success.?llichmond l)i*
patch.
The Citizeh's viewa are most em
ph.itically in favor of the queatiou'a
being made an iaaue by the Demo
crattc party at the next State Con?
vention. Thia wa8 our opinion at
the titne of the Staunton Convention
and we urged the point, but the
ruling 8pirita, drowned our plead
ingi?, and those of othera alike ur
gent, and so the vital qne8tion waa
postponed?not for a louger period,
we sincerely hope, than four years.
We aee that Congresatnan Lamb,
of llichmond, ha8 been made Aaais
Unt Inspejtor Oeneral of the State
Camp, C. V., for the third Congrea
aional Diatrict. Each DiatricL, un
der a recent proviaion, is entitled
to an asaiatant to the iuapeetor
General, whoae duty will conaist
chiefly of organizing new campa
within his territory and iuspecting
inose aireauy in comnnssion. At a
recent meetingof Lawson-Ball Camp
ia thiscounty, Comrade WaruerBall
was recommended for appointment
for the Flfft Congres8ional Di&trict.
Mr. Ball is a talented and energetic
ex Confed. aud we would be glad
to 8ee the wishes of the Camp
gratified.
Today is the uatal anuiversary tf
a seared, yet stainless nation's chief
tain, Uobert K. Lee, gans peuret sans
reproihe.
BOBBBT8 MUST GO.
The special committee of the
llouse of Kepresentatives to investi
gate the case of Brigham H. Roberts,
of Utah, reached a final conclusion
Wednesday. On the polygamous
status of Mr. Koberta the committee
waa unanimous, and agreed upon a
fornial statement of facts. Oif the
question of procedure to be adopted
the committee waa divided. The
mujority favored exclusion at the
oiiiaet, but theiv w;ll be a minority
report favorable to seating Itoberts
on his priina facie righta' and then
pxpelling him.
Theodore F. Taylor, Deputy
Clerk of Henrico county court,
anU .'ntil recent ly one of the
niost trusted atlachen of that oflice,
was arrested Monday evening on the
ebaraa of emlMv.zlement of State
funda. The amount involved is al
1? $ed to have been between $700 and
$1,000. He spent Monday night in
j?il, and was releaaed Tuesday af
u-rnoon on bail.
toov UtJMrBM olr i{i n;\.
"IIere*K a pretty bowdy-dc* Sitrulla
ooo?m Hiui the passagc byCoagicaoof
M st^;.,!aid bill eame a lorrlbaa
blump iu stocktt und value*. Will some
Bopooltoai friend arise and explaiu?"?
JRMrr i'itiicn.
i bt above, w1 ich formed a partof
)onr editoriai in ? rccent iasue, ia
ratiier niisleading and aavorsaoof yel
luw juurnaliatn that it makes ua
?OffJ to have read it in your pap? r,
aa your paper ia looked up to aa an
tducator atnl a medium of circulating
:;ig events. .
You uiuat adtnit that it ia abaurd
to attribute a apevulator's failure to
thia udministrat'on.
There ia uot one pereon that will
hy the cauae or blame of the "iied
Ojoter" to the Kepuhlican party.
That ?a the substauce of your edito?
riai.
What was the cauae of the "alttmp
in ttoeka and talattf
It wa8caused,asyou and your read
ers know by now, by the failure of
an inatitutiou that haa been totler
ing for aeveral weeks, because of its
iuability toconvert ita aecuritiea into
caah in tinie to meet the audden and
uuuaual detuaud made upon it by its
depositors.
BO hauk should speculateon itade
positora' money, who, if they learn of
it,areliable towithdrawitatany tiun;
uor ahould it take for its security for
loutis such collateral or lndustrial
Stocks, that are liable to fluctuate
nearly half their value upon auy hne
and cry.
The Boers' victory over the Briti8h
forcea bad a utiong tendency to
frighten auy holder of such stocks,
which it did m thia caae, and 8tocks
were throwu on the markel indiacrim
iuately, 80 much so that there were
fifty sellers to one buyer.
Such an event aa that will slutnp
aay such stocks. People lost conli
dence in the majket and made a run
to unload. The weaknesa of thoee
8tocks does not prove any weakneaa
in all Industriale, for there are some
of these companys whose stauding
and uioney-making ubilitiea are above
fears. The shrinkage in the value
of steel stockB is not alarmiug.
The lnui and steel business waa
never before iu so prosperous a con
dition aa at preaent. Thoae who
rushed pell-mell into the market and
bought their atocka may auffer from
the alump, but general businesais not
atlected iu the least. That is all
there ia to the situation.
The Bteel plauta are still there
and are still working overtinie.
No employee haa been diacharged,
no wagea reduced and, aa a mat ker of
fact, no dollar of value destroyed.
What was the cauae of the failure
of tiie largedrug housein Baltimore?
Was it the paa8ingof the Currcney
bill? Nrwapapers tell U8 it wasbecause
of unwise con6ervatism. The linn
stuek to ita own light to draw trade,
forgetting that there were other
Brou thal were hustlingfor tru.le bv
ewry kiiown meana, uaing newgpapcrs
to'ei thecountry know that they were
in business.
No lirni ia wealthy enough to pull
againat the current; no man's person
ality ia 80 foroeful that compelition,
calling toits aid all the reaources of
inoderu times and advertiaing itself
honrly, may not aupplant it.
Tallow caudle methoda will not do
in an eiectric age.
The Currency Bill was a plain bus
iness propo8ition, and ita fate was
knowu from the outaet?known, in
deed, from the morning after Mr.
Bryan's defeut in lS'.Mi. The Kepub
lican party had its orders from tiu
people and it executed them w ith dis
putch. Coon.
[Our aalaaaMd correspondent,
"Coon/'.has riaen to explain, though
he be not a Republican. His argu
ment is verj good and a true one, as
far as it goes; but we doul t
that he has gotten hold of
the real cause of the uvrnt
"slump" in stocks. The failure of
the said institution hardly caused a
vibration ou 'change; the Boer war
has been going on some moiiths, aud
the apeculating with de|>osit8 and
hypothecation of etocks is older than
"Uoou" himself. The '-slump" was
one of those sudden gyratious habit
ual to the stock market, sometimes
accountable, oftener a myetery. We
haven't yet sten a satisfactorv reason,
we must confess, for the fall" in ques?
tion, butcoming siinulianeously with
the paseage of the gold bill by Con
gress it requires an explanation by
the Republfcan party, and that ex?
planation has not been forthcoming.
A cursory glance at the preaent
tinancial status of this country im
preases us tbat an answer niight be
fouud in the great demand for gold
and the heavy drain of late from this
countr; recently for the yellow metal.
The Boer war has hud something to
do with this. But, for this drain,
andalloLherills.thegold standard ad
vocites have endeavored to make the
people believe that the passageof the
(gold) financial bill would be apana
cea. Yet when it was given them (or
practically ao) the ?'slump" came
simultaneoualy with it. Then isour
querynotstill pertinent? Does not
the medicir.e make sick, very sick?
and has it yet effected a cureY?Ed.]
I>R LKVYIS REPL1KST0MR JESSE
Edixor ('itizen:
Mr. Jesae harps upon the words
"bitter fight,"and aays it should uot
have been. I wonld ask who has done
more to make it a bitter iight than M r.
Jesse himself? He say8 I have made
the people sick and they need cures;
I turn the "politically sick" ones
over to Mr. Jesse to cure with his
homeopathic do8es, and pray for the
good of his patient8. He may pre
scribe for each at a distance, for if he
gets in speaking length they will be
talked to death, eveu if hia Hahne
mann dosea do them no harm. Mr.
Je*ee asks if I remember hia call
upon me at my oflice during the
local option campaign and his (pa
thetic) pleadiog to avoid rupture of
party, etc. I do not remember his
solicitation about party, but I do
remember that this visit waa to ask
und demand that I, as a member of
the Electoral Board, should turn out
judges of election who he imagined
would not do justice to his side, and
put in men who were of his way of
thinking on this queation. This was
hia great aohcitation and not the good
of the Democratic party. In anawer
to another question asked at my gate,
about supportiog Walker and Well
ford, I will say that Mr. Jesae aaked
who 1 wanted aa candidates? I re
plied Walker and Wellford; he aaid
they would be 8upported by him pro
vided I would agree to keep off all
agitationof the local option queation
during their terma of oflice. I, of
cour8e, did not agree to any auch
propoaition, because I did not arro
gate to myself the power of prevent
iDg the people'a agitating any quea
tion they saw fit; ai.d Mr. Jesae knew
when he tuade it I could not and
would not enter into auy agrvement
that would throttle the people, how
l'v.t much be eo deaired it. Mr.
Jeaa* aaya he haa done some work iu
theagitatiou produeed by me. 1 did
all 1 could to keep off thia very agita
tion that he accuaes me of bringing
nbout. 1 refused to sign auy petition
to atart thia light and have refused
.,,,,,,, every petition to renew it; the
local option people of thia preeinrt
know that I have 80 act.d. Mr. Jeaeo
to thecoutrarv notwithstandiug. Mr.
Jesse can aee no good in any man who
does not ride in hi? car or aav "utn; n"
to any agitation he champione. Woe
to the man who ia fooliah enough to
lend Mr. Jeaae his ear, for he will
mies the eteamboat or any other ap
pointment he has made for that day;
so long-winded is he and so peraistent
an agitator that the people fear to
nuet him upon the public highway,
leat they be charmed all day by the
dulcet 8train8 of his melodioua voice.
Our recorda are known to our people
and I iim perfectly willing that they
aliall be the judgea between us in
thts matter where weso widely differ.
The people know who of ua has been
the agitator and who haa done tnost
to keep alive this ub;tter fight" and
who has done moat for the good of our
party and people; let them apeak, I
will abide their deciaion.
M r. Jesse 8*y??, "I do not aay one
word again8t the good people of
Whealton, for all of whoni I have the
kindlie8t feeliug." Thia "feeling,"
thia love ia very touching; it wili
overwhelm them; it ia the tirst evi
dence they have had of hia affection,
and "they all" unite iu inviting him
tochurchaerviceanextSunday morn
ing, to dinner, 8tay to night aervices
?indeed they would be delighted to
have him apend the night. Many,
many niootiB have passed since Mr.
Jesae so honored theae people he
lovea so well, and I fear many atars
vyill fall before he can anatch the
tirne to say in peraon a dear word of
uffection to thc8e people so cloee to
hia heart I have no doubt that this
greatly grievea Mr. Jesae, but he
livea "so far" from Wheulton it is
impoasible with his magnitude of
buaineaa to oftener visit hia belovtd
friend8 of dear old Whealton, no
matter how much hia heart goe8 out
to them. We, right here, drop a
teai; sympathy is our largest bump.
Well, Mr. Jesse ha8 tranaferred
hia second broken dose of medicine
from the " Wafc/tman" to the "Citi
zin," aud instead of dosing me, two
third8 of hia little homeopathic treat
ment is directed to Mr. .lonea. Mr.
Jone8 needa no defence at my hands.
Mr. Jesse'a pilicts fall harmless at
hia feet. Mr. Jonea ia too big a
man for Mr Jesse or myself to tackle,
and the people of Virginia know
they have in Mr. Jonea a atatesman,
a man of honor and character tecond
to none in this great Conimonwealth
of great men. Mr. Jesse stands
alone in believing that Mr. Jones
waa courting popularity iu hia ad
vocacy of election of aenatora by the
people, and of the prirnary plan "until
a chaiige could be made in the Ooft
stitution of our country. Kvery
fairminded man will accord Mr.
Jonea the same right as had Mr. Jesae
in supporting his choice between
Deinocratic candidatea for the legU
iuii>c iiunuuaiion. kji courae Mr.
Jesse is opposed to primaries. The
reason he aasigns is that they are
run by local jioliticians. AtMr.Je8se's
preciuct they have been run by the
people, and he haa failed to be
aelected to represent them aa a
delegate so often that I am not
turprised at hia disguat; this is "the
uiilk in the cocoanut," this is the
"eorespot" in Mr. Jesee's ahort polit
ical history. Mr. Jesse says he will
have no more tetnperance or political
tights "if I do not force them upon
him." I did not force his tempcr
ance light; on the other hand, as
before stated, I refuaed to be a party
in briuging it about, and he knows
I canuot force political lights; they
eoine without my bidding and Mr.
Jesse can take part in them or not aa
he elects. This newpsper contro
versy will settle nothing, and I see
no good tocome out of it,and formy
part, am done, unless I am again
attacked. I send this leply to the
CiTizaN with misgivinga, as that
paper has not in the past been in the
habit of publishing both sides to this
family fight, but as Mr. Jesse pub
lished his last doae of pills iu its
colurons, hope it will do me the
justice to priutmyparting dose.
F. W. Lkwis.
[The Citizen mti8t take exception
to the allusion to it in the foregoing.
We have refused only one requeat to
publish an article ou the oppoaite
side in this "family fight," and in
that inetance we believe we did the
writer a favor by r.ot giving it pub
licity. It is a newspaper's prerog
ative to refuse auch private articles
as it desires, and alao to charge for
such aa it publishes. The Citizen
haa done but little of either, aud we
must be given credit for having pub
liahed much that waa opposed to our
views. No Democratic or Uepublicau
paper can be censured for refuaing
to voluntarily publish arguments of
tne oppostuon; anu because we did
not voluntarily publish aome of op
poaite belief during this "family
fight" no one can juatly censare
us.?Ed.]
MADE TO PAY DAMAGE8.
Owners of Doics that kill Sheepor
Tnrkeys Held Re*pon*ible.
Hon. John G. Dew, the efficient
Judgeof Kingand Queen county,on
Monday last reudered a decision that
may have a far reaching effect upon
the vexatious question of dogs killing
sheep. Judge Dew aat iu this caae
during the present term of Essex
counLy court at the request of Judge
Croxton. It seems that the latter
had recently had aome sheep killed
by a dog, and had exacted damages
from theonnerof the animal, which
were promptly paid. Consequeutly
he felt a hesitancy in sitting as
Judge on a similar case.
The case in question came up on
appeal from magistratc G. H. Dil
lard's court, in which the plaintiff,
W. J. Taylor, had been awarded
damages for the market valne of
twenty turkeys that had been killed
from time to time by a dog belon^ing
to Charles Atkina.colored, a tcnant of
Taylor. Judge Dew austained the
decision of the Juatice'a court, Iu
rendering his decision the Judge
scored the legisl&tnres of Virginia,
which he said, had been derelict iu
their duty ou this line towards
the farmers of the Commonwealth.
A person who tella you the faulta
of others intends to tell othera of
your faulta. Have a care how you
listen.
ENGLAMD AND THE BOERS.
More About the Plff-Stlcklnir
Which the Enjrlitdi are En
Kaged in.
^ New8 from Ladysmith ia acarce.
The Boeraare harasaing Gen. White's
men, keeping up a consiant canuon
adiug with their loug gun8.
<J?n. Hobertp. the British Com
mander-in-chief, with I^>rd Kitche
ner, his 8econd in coinmand, has
reaehoi South Africa. Rol>erta has
120,000 men and 35,000 more are
due to arrive in twenty days.
MAV ENTBAP BUI.LEK.
News that come8 from Natal leada
toabelief in London that heavy fight
ing is going on northwest of Colenso.
The Boera are known to have with
drawn from aome atrong poaitions on
their extremefianka, but it is learned
that they still occuny Colenso and
Grobler'a Kloof. It ia believed that
their plan is toconcentrate near Dew
drop, northweet of Colenso, and try to
cruah the column, with Ceneral Bul
ler advancing northward to Potgiet
er'a drift Should they succecd in
this they could then attack the di
vision under Gen. SirCharlea War
reu, which is aeeking to flank them
on the eaat.
STATK LEGISbATURE.
l>oings In our Law Kaklng Rody.
After a debate lasting nearly two
houra, the Senute Tueaday refused to'
adopt the LeCato joint resolution to
Bttbtnit to popular vote au amend
mentto the Conatitution muking tbe
payment of capitation taxea a prereq
uisite to voting.
The Democratic caucua of the
General Assetnbly which met Tues
day night, nominated Mr. J. W.
Kichardson to aucceed himaelf aa
Register of the Land Office; renomi
nated Judge A. W. Wallace for the
bench of the Corporation Conrt of
Frederickaburg and decided to con
sider on the evening of the 24th
the question of calling a constitu
tional couvention. The 8alary of
HegiBter was reduced frome $1,500
to $1,200.
Hon. John E. Eppg has won his
Gght in committee for his separate
car bill. The House Committee on
Koads and lnternal Navigation voted
last night to report it favorably.
There is little or no doubt of its
passage. Thia bill ia familiarly
known as the "Jim Crow" bill, and
providea that Afro-Americati8 ehall
have separate car8 on all railroads
witbin the State. We are under the
impresaion that the bill does not
provide for separate apartments on
steamera.
Senator Lyle has introduced a bill
prohibiting theemployment in facto
neeof achild under lOyears. Italao
provides thatnochild under lOyears
of age shall be employed in such e8
tablishment unleaa he haa attended
achool for three montha during the
year next prcoeding his employment
and his employment mttat ceaae un?
leaa he shall attend school three
montha every year. No child under
1<> ahall be employed longer than -18
houra in a week. The penalty for
violation of the law ia a flne of not
lesa than $50.
The following Houee bills were
paased amoug othere: To allow A.
S. Mitchell and A. SSomers to build a
pier in Rappahannock river, near
Whealton wharf, in I*mcaatcr
county.
To allow F. W. Lewis, A. E. Tull,
R. L. Bass and Jamea 1*. Saunders
to build a pier or piera in Rappahan?
nock river, near Whealtou wharf, in
I^ancnster county.
To allow Coulbourn Brothera to
build a pier in Rappahannock river,
near Whealton wharf, in Lancaater
county.
NEYV8 ITEM8.
A White man waa lynched in New
port Newa laat week for criminal aa
eaulL
War between Japan and Russia
seems inevitable. France and Chiua
are already fighting on a small acale.
A. G. Gilligan, who ia accuaed of
the murder cf C. B. Turner, of lale
of Wight county, has 8urrendered
and been taken to l'eteraburg for
safe keeping.
Major-General Dabney Herndon
Maury, the oldeat Confederate oflicer
in Virginia, died laat week at the
home of hia 8on, in l'eoria, III., in
the 78th year of his age.
Frankport, Kvm Jan. 16.?Ex
Congre8aman David G. Col8on ahot
and killed FkhelbertB. Scott, Luther
Deroare and Charlea Julian, and
wounded James Golden in the Cap
itol Hotel here today.
Matters are getting warm in Ken
tucky. It ia thought that the Goebel
ites will resort to arms to ou8t Gov
ernor Taylor. The contest of Wm.
Goebel for the seat of Governor
Taylor began Monday before a legis
latire committee.
There has beeu a general impres
sion that Mormonism is confined to
Utah alone but the irnpression is
wrong. It ia strong in Idaho and
Wyoming aud ia makingsome decid
ed gains iu Colorado, and, perhaps,
in other localities not mentioned in
tables given out by those in charge
of the church.
Over-Work Weakens
Your Kidneys.
Untaealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.
All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three mlnutes.
The kidneys are your
blood purifiers. they fil
ter out the waste cr
impurtttes in the blood.
If they are sick or out
of order, they fail to do
their work.
Pains, achesandrheu
matism come from ex
cess of uric acid in the
kidneytrouble. b,?^ d"? ?o neglected
Kidney trouble causea qulck or unsteady
heartbeats. and makes one feel as though
they had heart troubie. because the heart ls
over-working in pumping thick, kidney
po soned blood through veins and arterles
it used to be considered that only urinary
troubles were to be traced to the kidneys\
but now modern sclence proves that nearly
all constitutlonal diseases have their berin
ning in kidney trouble. *
If you are sJck you can make no mistake
by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild
and the extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer's
Sw&mp-Root, the great kidney remedy is
soon realtzed. It stands the highest for its
wonderf ul cures of the most distressing cases
and is sold on its merlts
by all druggists in fifty-.
cent and one-dollar aiz
es. You may have a . .. ^
sample bottle by mail Ho^TrfaJSET
free. also pamphlet telllng you ho* to flnd
out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
Mentlon this paper *hen writing Dr. Kilmer
& Co., Blnghamton, N. Y.
UUB WASU1NUT0N LETTEK.
IFrona Our K<-ttu!ar CorrvaiIOOOBM 1
WHllfffflt, Jan. Bth, 1900.
Mr. MeKinley is getting a little
lidg< ty becauae of the leiaurely D,an
u?t in which theSenateis proceeding
with the gold afandardbill. Hesent
for Senator Allison and aaked him to
uae hia iilluence to ptub the debate
along a little faater.
Aa ex|Kcted, the & nate Ccmmittee
on Rleetfc na decided i>y a majority
of one to report ngainst theseatingof
Mr. Quay; but, owing to the h^aring
of the Ciark QBjfO, now goiug on be?
fore that CommitU'*, it may be sev
eral weeka before tbe report of the
committee is fcubniitted to the Sen
ate. Quay and hia friends are con
aiderably frightened, but disintereat
ed obeervera atill tbink that the
cbancea favor Quay'a beiug eeated by
a slim margin.
That queer thinge occur in poli
tica everybody knows, but nobody
ever expected tosee Kepublicuu mem
bera of Congreaa trying to get Demo?
cratic membera to aaaist them in re
sisting what they call an undeihand
ed attack on the protective tariff sys?
tem by the Ilepublican adminietra
tion. Yet that is precisely what ia
being doue. liVpublicaua repreaent
ing sections which produce article8
affected by the several reciprocity
treatiee, negotiated nnder tbe Ding
ley tariff law, which requirea the ap
proval of the House aa well aa the
rati6cation of the Senate, are trying
to get Democrata to help them defeat
the treatie8.
There is another row on between
Gen.Milesand AdjutantGeneral Cor
biu. It waa atarted by the recommeu
dation of Gen. Milea that this year'a
West Point claaa be graduated in Feb
ruary, instead of June, in order that
the gradnatea, inatead of civil ap
pointeee, might fill the numeroua
vacauciea in s'cond leutenancies in
the regular army. For some reaaon,
Gen. Corbin bitterly antagonizes thi8
recommeudation. He probably wanta
the place8 for civilian friendB.
Oystcr Tmst Schenic Fnils.
Baltimore, Md., Jan. 9.?Gen.
A. E. Booth, of A. Booth & Co., one
of the mo8t extenaive packera of oya
tera iu this couutry, says that he
thinks the proposed "o'vater trti8t"
echeme has been abandoned.
A few weeks ago it was announced
in New York that the project for the
formation of a truat, which fell
through a year ago, had been revived,
and that Gen. Booth, who practically
coutrola the fish and 8hell-6sh trade
in the Weat, had "realized the great
poaaibilitiea open to a combination
able to control the oyater trade/'
Andrew Handel, of New York,
waa also aaid to be intere8ted in the
project which involved a capitaliza
tion of from $.\.000,000 to $10,000,
000.
Curetor
Colds
When the children get their
feet wet and take cold givc them
a hot foot bath. a bowl of hot
drink, a dose or Ayer'a Cherry
Pectoral, and put them to bed.
The chancea are they will be
all right in the morning. Con
tinue the Cherry Pectoral a few
daya, flr.til all cough haa dia
appeared.
Old cougha are also cured;
we mean the coughs of bron
chltis, weak throats and irritable
lungs. Even the hard cougha
of consemption are alwaya
made easy and frequcntly curcd
by the continued use of
Ayer-'s
Cherry
Pectoral
Every doctor knowa that wild
cherry bark ia the beat retnedy
known to medical acience for
aoothing and healing inflamed
throats and lungs.
f*ut ono of
Dr. Ayer's
Cherry Pe;toral
Plasters
ovor your lungs
Thm Bmmt MmdtctU
Atfwlom Frmml
W? now ba?a lonw of th? tnoat crni
nont phjrslclana In the L'niltMl State*.
I nuaual ?i>|xirtuitlU?? aud long tTjxrl
eucn ?tuluootly flt them for rlrliitf you
me.JiCMl advtce. Wrtta freoly all the
parUculara lu your o??e.
Aadre??, Dr. J. C. ATt'R,
ioweTj. Maaa. ?
HARRY A. LEONARD, i
Expert
Watchmaker,
Jeweler and Engraver.
2 St. Panl Street (near Balto.),
BALTIMORE, MD.
Referenoe:?Edltor of this paper.
FI8HERMEN and
WATERMEN8
8UPPLY HOUSE.
JAMES MYER & C0-,
Wholesale Grocers,
131 Cheapafde,
_BALT1MORE, MD.
THEB. C.BI3BST07EC0.,
107 & 109 Light St.,
BaITIMORE, MD.
Manfacturera of
Plre-Plaee Hejtfers, Raages,
Hot-.tlr Farnarfs, f?ak Staves,
HeatlDg sunrsOll Stoves,
tii Casallor Stoves.
OLD REI IABLE
Fish and Crab Honse.
E. W. ALBAUBH & SON,
224 Light Street Wharf. Baltimore, Md.
JU>i.?tg-nmonf* of fi?h. crat? and country
?txtuw promDU> HttoudtM to. ?>?
Lancaster's
Business Directory.
WEIR-POIES TfJR SAIE.
H:\ve a fcw weir polta nhout M or M
reet ioug on Millenluck tra, t for sal?>.
W*. Mcl) I.bk, Itv:n<ion, Va.
HAY AND FODDER FOR SAIE.
I am ofTerlnif primc limotbv hah-d hay
and rhoice bl.vic fnddrr f.;r aale nl a low
tiguie eitbcr at my farm M dvlivcrod.
Wm. K Cihuki.i,,
Kilmarnock, Va.
FtAT BOAF FOR SAIE.
Flat boat, M fcet lor.g and 9 feet wide
new f>ada and new boat. Will carry 14t)
hushela oystcra. Suitable for fisbinir
Cost ??!-,. Will mII f?r g?5. Address!
VlHOIMA ClTI/.EN,
lr\it Kton, Va.
KING
HEATERS.
URe*Hagey's Klng Heatcrp. They
are the best and use Icss fuel.
FOIt 8AI.K IIY
T. J. Iiaydon, Irvlngton,
D. K. .l.iii.r., Wtlltr si.ni...
Artbur Tr?atkle, Antl-Kapp.
T. O. SMITIUEIi, ?cn'l. Ageat.
KII.MAR\(KK. VA.
BARGAINSI
BARGAINSII
If you want the best Rcadv
made Clothing, Shocs, Hats,
Notions, Drugs and Groccries,
don't fail to comewherc you can
secure first-class goods, and that
place is
MRS. T. J. WIUING & CO.,
IltVINOTON. VA.
NEW GOODS!
NEW PRICES!
Remember that Geo. H. McKen
ney, Bell'a Crcek. Va, haa just
pirchased a new Xmas stock and
is prepared to serve his customers
with anything usually found in a
first-class store. Aleo have ou
hand a large and varied asaort
ment of Toys, DoJls, etc. Be sure
to purchase your confectioneries,
etc, at my etore. It is now time
to be preparing for tbe liolldays,
but before purchaeing your prcs
ents, call on
GEO. R. McKENNEY,
(P. O. Merry Point),
BELL'S CREEK, VA.
Kcsnitrcrs oycr $4,000,000.00.
WE I1KCOME SOLK
SUKETY ON Alaft HONDS.
II" You Want
A Itond
Aa Ex?H;titor. Trunt?-?>. A.lminlMiu
tor. i.uanllati. Km etver, Awltmw or
in iteplovln. Vttmliuutit Ci?m<.i>.i'W'.
Aa a t'ontrnctoi-,
Aa u I HitiHl State* (Mllrial
B 5 Puu' <<>uiiiy or Muiilclpal
" Aaan OnVor or a Krntcnml 8<k !<?!>?
Aaan Kmnloyov ?<f a llank. 4'orim
nition or Mcrcantilo <\-.t?l>ll?.hm.nt.
The Fidellty and Deposit Company
of Marylaud will furnish it. Don't
give or accept personal turcty, but
wrile to our agents?
HUBBARD & JAMES,
WHITE STONE, VA.
DO YOU WANT
BARGAINS
In Shoes, Clothing, Dry Goods,
Oroccries, and. in fact, all that
is kept in a first clasa couutry
slore? If so, eall on
H. H. DODSON,
(Storc at Kdgewood, ncar
Milleubcck.)
Am also keeplng piivate cn
tertainment and will care for
you and your borscs royally.
LANCASTER
ROLLER IMILLS,
KAMPS, CARTER & CO.,
KILMARNOCK, VA.
FLOUR.
HEAL,
BKAN,
Fccd stuils
oJ all Klitda.
Rest grades at lowest market
prices. Corn and wheat bought.
Write us if you have any to sell.
HTSawmill In connectiou with
Flouring Milla.
BR1GK! BR1CR! BRIGK!
The Place to buy brick is at
LEVINT.BUCK&CC'S.,
Weems, Va.,
Manufacturers of all grades of
PAVING AND BUItDING BRICKS
"Having put in one of the Latest
Improved Macbines, I am now able to
give my patrons, on sbort notice, the
best Rrlck tbat can be Droduced.
ORDEB OP PUBLICATION.
In tbe Clerk's Offlce of the Clrcuit
Court of the County of Lancaster on the
lst day of January, 1900.
Bernice L. Biiker, Plaintiff, )
against [
Oeorge H. Baker, Defendant.)
The object of this suit is to obtain a
divorce, a vinculo matrimonii. And an
arbdavit having been made and filed tbat
the defendant, George H. Baker, is not
MSMOat of the State of Virginia, it is
ordered that he do appear bere within
fifteen days afer due publication hereof,
and do what may be necess&ry to protect
his interest in this suit. Aud it is fur
ther ordered that a copy hereof t>e pub
lished once a week for four weeks in the
\ ikoima Citi/.kn, and that a copy be
posled at the front door of tbe court
bouse of this County on the first day of
ihe next terrn of the Couuty Court.
A copy?Test:
m ._ _ Wm. Chilton, Clerk.
F. G. NawntM., p. q.
WOOD AND TIES WANTED.
2U.000 cords Poplar Wood and tfO.OOO
ChestnutTiea wanttd. Deiivered either
on shore or vcssel. Advance payments
mide if satibfactory arrangements can
be made. Jah. M. Stuhus,
Glcuns, Gloucefter Co., Va.
CHOICE EARtY ROSFSEED.
I am selliner a limitcd quantity of
Grlnels'Choicu Karly Rorc Seed l'otatocs
at so eents per bushel. Can also supply
truckurs with our cclcbrated brand of
Potato Guano at $21 per ton at our fac
tory, and will sbip to responsible buycrs
C. O. D. Jao G. (Jkinki.h,
Giincls Wharf, Va
CUNS, RIFLES,
REVOLVER8.
K?-r the next IW days all guua in
., eaeapl RctttactoM, go at
''"?;' Alao bar^ains in Kili. . I{,
? dvits. Trapa, Targt-lir, Amiuuni
ti?n. etc. I b*ve iu stock all
brauds of Blark and tmnkslaaa
I'.w.brsat tH>ttom prices. Blasfing
1 owder, Dynamiti-. Fusc and Caps.
IER0Y l. LELANO,
10G LIG1IT ST.
BALTIMOKE. MD.
VALUBLE PRESENT8.
Jewelry, Watchos. lliamonds.
t'locks and Silverware.
We h.-ii nothlnK ?>nt tlx- t.ci?t at exevedimrly
Iomt |.rU,n?. It >ou cairt otll nn-1 *.-. o.,r
rtoca. wrlu- and tcll m what you want and w<
can Hin-fiy plcaao.
WK^IOTK ,\ fkh Sl*K4 | it.S.
Oouulne liianiood Klntr*. fr..n. M (Oisp.
V-ar rtinjro. ?? 7 BB ?
1'1'ik liuttona, " 4 41
Sf.i<ln, ?? ;j rjn ??
o.? ** .. HttcM Pln*, ?? :i i?i "
IjuHe*' 80IM oold - V ;
(m rit^' ?? aa
Bojrs'SUva* ? :VJI!
^?SSj^.AB,erk*n rnoveaK.nU and
fllyw Onaln !?m<-.i? t?. *? aa
*.i:.|<;.,1.1 luthy umj: ?*?
St.rllmr r-'nen<trhl|> Ttearta. lOtnUh-'
llcaui ii ..1 Porcelaln or BmWi '
frda* aaacaa, $4 ?,
a* ^all ord<-ra are :>romptly fi!U?d and
gniar tnt?? d aatiafactory.
W. J. MILLER,
?IKWKLKR.
28 E. Baltimore St., Baltlmore. Md.
H?f??r to Edlfor of tbla pttper.
Does Yo'
BosiesAche?
YOHN'S
Rheumatic Elixir
Is aa Infallible Cure for
Rheumatism,
Lumbago ??? Gout
wherc external rcmedics fail.
It is a scicntific combina
) tioa ot various rcmedial
I agents. the efficacy of which
\ has been proven by ycars of
) c.xpcrience in the leading
j ho>pitalsof the country and
> in privatc practicc
25 Cents Per Bottle.
ALIj DftUGGISTS*.
YOBN CUIICAL CO.,
BALTIMORE, MD.
BkM 0*n?lne Wi '.hoa t th? Blfttttvr*
Cliorry Glycertne.
We ask evcry one who bas a cold,
tough, or any hroacbial trouble to jrive
Cherry Glycerlne a trial. We bave back ed
our repulatiouon its mcrits. Largo bot?
tle for 25c. Jas. Bailt & Sow, Props.
Rubber Stamps, . . .
a Stencils, Seals, &c,
And everything in this line. . .
=FINE WEDDINC INVITATION8.
R. A. KISHPAUGH,^,.,;
FREDERICKSBURC, VA.
licap
11 tr Hoiise,
R. A. BANNING,
-Wholcsale Mamjfacturer of
Carriages and Wagons, Buggies, Road Carts and Daytons.
DIAl.tll IH
CARRIAGE AND WAGON MAKERS' SUPPLIES.
Send for Catalogue and Price Liat
_Nos. 104 and 106 E. Lomhard St., Baltimore. Md.
DO YOU NEED A COOK STOVE7
YOU CAN get a No 7 Stove with 41 piecee of ware, for $10
from Stoffregen's Stove Ilouse.
He makes a Specialty of the Sheet Iron Heaters, a late and improved
ft!" "SKS 5f1? thV fucl ordi?ttrilj used for heatiug purposes. Orders
for Im Work, Guttenng, etc, from country will receive prompt attention
and prices guaranteeu as low as any house in the State. Mail orders solicited
STOFFREGEN'S STOVE HOUSE,
^_ Fredericksburg, Va.
mmM FRANK D. WATKINS & CO.,
409 E. Pratt St., BALTIMORE, MD.,
*** BXJILIDINC MATERIAL.
SASI1, IBAHH, HANI) ItAlI.S,
DOOltS. MANTKLS, SAWi:i> and
IU.IM>S, MOl LI>IN(JS, TUKNEI) WOKK.etc.
ALL K1XDS at LOW PKICES. 01)11 WORK made PitOMPTLY.
Farmer8 must use Fertilizers
if they want Satisfactory Results.
Why not get the best? They
are the Cheapest in the eud.
ffi Make Futuifflfs i?t iii cius stsra.*
The
We do not use Leather Scrap,
Woo! Waste, Hoof Meal, Shoddy
or other Worthless Material. We
guarantee the Analysis, Qualily
and Geueral Condition in everv
iustarce.
(Send address for book givin? parliculars.)
ROBERT A. WOOLDRIDGE COMPANY,
Sole Manafacturers of the
Genuine ^Woolciricige
Hi^li-Classis Fertilizers.
Ofllce and Factory, )
IM and 22? Smitli* Wliarf. / E^LTIMORE, MD.
EUBANK & BRO., Kilmarnock;
? H, T. PE1RCE, Litwalton;
*or sale in Lancaater County by{ S. C. THOMAS, Weems;
URESHAM & CHILTON, Ottomanj
_ . DAVID A. KELLY, Byrdton;
FO U NTAI N HOTE L,
Cafe
and
Restaura/it
AmerJfaa
?M
Kuraaeao
PUis,
Corner
Pratt & Calvert
Streets,
BALTIHORB.
Europcan Plan:
Kooroa, ft0c.,7oc.
and $1 pcr day.
American Plan:
Board and room,
$1.50 per day.
BERN'D REIllY
Ptopiietor.
