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<v<ii lucjiuia intimu OEJIOCKATIC WIIKKLY. TERMS: $1.00 pcr year in advance W. lellONALB LEE. EHlTOk. ADVKUTISINt; BATES lw. 9w. 3w. 4w. ,iib. em. Iljrr. I..V) ?.'.:. .>..? ? .< I0.UI 'i U 11.(0 .t.'kl ?jg5 &.6U i'.."*' -.:< !?>.? I7.?M 1 mch .11 i.:i '.T . 3.0U ... ? iiu'be* 3: mlii'H 4 lnch?*? llnchM - m y.i. ij.u. _tu<i 6 In. ? ml. 4.-V &*a >..?' *..n |o.r? 14 ISIo.-Xcol.; H.'kJ 12.00 !.:,..k l7.Ub30.lk 2S.W IU.M 1 Colunoo. ,15.U?,3^.?l S?.<? t*F~2!> |MT4.'?lU.H<i<litlon;<l l..i s|?.-i:il ;?>sition. Kotlrwla rmdtM witlWlMi.TC?M Ml >ltm r? iiimtiioii tfor not l?--v iii.i; Bve Um ifcrec luimlhs ?>> |,?ii:?r. l.,--i ttian Oint morttiH lo BMita pmr Iiiic. Nunimroil Itne. Oi.o uar:t\", rougtoiM notu. ?.r entertain mcuts.aMantoaa. ???.m haUtrecufau All lounnutiK nt i"n? ?..- btt*larM .m. Mi.mlU !*? h?I<1ic8.-j<m( to rliv V iiiiiiM.v (?i I ? \ m^turi. ^ ?., to niTiw |.i- !ii| ; Fririay, May 18, lOOO. Patron ottrusts, Instiirator ol Imperialisni, IHMnulcr 4?f Mili laTtaait tiamrallaai af BTaaaailaaad BeefContractors, l?rot<M'tor of Military Defaulters, I'surper af Powers delegatcd only to C'??ii ^ress, servant aftkai aaaaa) iii^ii Mark Hamia. and Km-ourajjer of Carpet-baj* rulo and #200, OOO Postal steals? What more vulnerable record could the Democratic party wish for its opponent8? Wa appeal in al! earnestness to the great Democratic party not to renew the agitation of "II to 1," but placmg "Anti" before the above record, sprinkle it upon the lintels of their door posts, and the destroying angel (the Auierican voter) will do the rest. BE TRl'E TO PARTY. We wonder that the Democratic leadera of our adjoining counties have inade no public etTort to arouse the party upon the question of a Con atitutioual Convention, which is to be votedupon next Thursday! The peo ple of the Northern Neck want a Convention, and thoss leaders who are secretly seekiug to defeat the propoaitiou will have to answer to the people and to the party, for has not the party in Convention declared for it, and made it the imperative duty of all Democrats within the rankg to work and vote for it? It demaods their fealty justas niuch as does any other clause of the Xorfolk platform, and it is expected of them to labor as hard to carry this election as the one next fall. These same leaders will get upon the stump aud urge their own caudi dacy, or the cauJidacy of sonie friend, and style as ring-streaked, striped and black-spotted all those who do not support them. MONEY for OfBOULATIOH The U. S. Treasury Departtiunt ia buay turning out new ten and twenty-Jollar billsforThe Laneastcr National Bank. Within a few weeks twenty-tive thousand dollars in erisp notes, bearing the imprint of 4,The Lancaster National Bank of Irving ton, Ya." will be in circulation throughout thia section; and as oc eaaion demands this amount will be increaaed from timeto time until one hundred thousand dollars ahall have been issued. What does it mean to the people of this section? It nieans that the doctriue which we have been preanhing so long?a larger circula tionof curreney?will be ptit into practical operation by enterprising citizens of our own section, and that the money which is flowing into the coffera of our National Bank will not lie idle, but will be pnt into active circulation and made good by the guarantee of the Tnited States (Jov ernment. We are glad to see that our pen aion boards are organizint; and get ting to work. The appropriation from the State is limited, and very aoon there will be no niore funds to dialurae. The pension boarda of theeitie8 organized aud got to work almost as soon as the law was passed and have been providing for the claimanta before them in prompt raanner. The county boards that have been appointed, BB a rnle, have been very dilatory, and some circuit judges have delayed appointments of boards most inexcusably. While the country people are meditating over the matter the city ones are having their claima provided for. For this they are not to be censured, and when the funds are exhausted the country claimanta will have their own people to blame. A& besotted and unjust as the French Oovernment ia reputed to be her ministry can yet teach Preai dent McKinley a le3son in human ity. What a rebuke to our Preai dent's continuance of the "canteen" privilege in the army is the action of France'a war minister, the Ifar quis de Gallifet? He haa dared to promulgate an order to the effect that hereafter noab8inthe, vermouth, brdndy or other apirits ahall be aaM in any Krench barraek or eanip. Bi evideatly doea not. propose that the lunatic aaylums ahall ba tilled witli his braves. The "rainy aeason" doesn't at all dampen the ardor of Aguinalo and hia Filipinoa. "I don't know a d?il ikttJaj ain.nt N.-ely and l'm not gomg to botber n.v bead about him," atid Senatof Punna wlun aeked abowl J ardthe poatal frauds in Cub.s. Baeaawe tbey wete ablc politieal "heelers" Meesrs. llanua and Me Kmley appeioted BatnbMM and Neelv to positions in Cuba afOOWd onlv to that of Ciovrinor (ieiin.tl. Their reputation as "heelers" *re fullv anetaiaed in the recenl dis oloanrea, wbereia il ie abown tba* tii v have det*rauded this gOVemW?UI , ..iit ut iu-atlv half a millioii do Lantastbu's BoAanoi Bi rnvi eona beoatiaaiag to puah th ? coutih t(? the fiont. Vary wisely, are Ihiok, they have aeted upon the awgg< of ilu- Ciri/.KN in the past (aNMK'g theaa beiag tkoaa of feaee law. road law and othera of iaaportanee) and now they will takeup the matter of sigu-boards. When they pass on this and the dog-tax favorably, and take upour suggestion about asoalp law, and the Wat'-hman'tt idea of ferriea aad roada, we can raaity olaiaa to baia the tai of progress. Now that spring is on, the woathn pleasant out of doora and the BBOOU shines the brightest of any ataaon, the myriads of worthleea curs aaakc night hideous with their howls. One nuiot either keep his windows open and be serenaded by the diseordant notes, or else close the windows and -w.lter. Who wouldn't have a dog law, if it will rid us of some of the worthless canines? The eaglc is a syinbol of royal powci, but not of royalty, and the American eagle stauds for the mnst powerful nat ion ??f them all?anationin which all men are kiMJga, andno miu is or can be suprenie. ? liommij Time*. The Timcs must have reeurrected someofit8 ancient rhetoric. It is out of place juat now. When the royal bird screams the isles of the sea bow down and worship him who sitsupou a throne which was refnsed by Washington. Sam Jones says: "Give me a fel low with a big soul?enough to take in all of hfe. That's what we naad right here it* Baltimore. There ain't one in one thousand that will blow on a tire he didn't start. l're ? juently they will spit on it, trying to put it out." And Baitimore hasn't a monopoly on this line, either. BaOMMtAMi Lono, in refusmg to BM theexpensive Gathmann (itiii, of whose patent Senator Ilanua is part owner, has but one alternative left, and that ia to forward to Mr. Hanna his resignatiou aa Secretary of the Navy. "Love me, love tny gun"? or any other old thing which Ilanna owu8 is the boss's motto. The <iue8tion of a Constitutional Convention means more to each in dividual citizeu than does the elec tion or defeat of every personal frieiul he ever had, or could have, on the countv ticket. As between the overripc oyster and the gteaa stniwberry. it might be well to take soup.? ('humjo A< ir.i. So it might. Tlien vvhat'a the matter with clam chowder or eel broth'r Defeat on Thursday next of the Constitutional Convention means a lhabing of party prestige. Thia ia at stake, and no Democrat can afford to ignore the matter. Conatitntional Convention. Every true Democrat should go to the polla and vote for a Constitution al Convention. It is now a party is 8ue, and there should be no "bolters." ? Tidewater Democrat. There is not a aane man in Vir ginia who would contend that our present Underwood conatitntion was not de8ired to be used for political tricks or that in its conatruction the "best though-t, the highest purpose and the ripeat wisdom" of Virginia was represented in the majority of the black and tan aggregation which made the organic law for the free people of Virginia. Perish the thought! What aay the old soldiere who followed Lee aud Jackson, who gave their fortunes and the best yeara of their liveb to escape what was tinally forced upon them by the Underwood Convention? What aay the sona of those aoldiers who fol? lowed Lee and Jackson and yielded ap their livea on the field of battle for the cause they loved? The Un? derwood conatitution representa the defeat of 1JSG5 and is the expreasion of Yirginia's worat euemy to a con quered people; and now that the op portunity preaent8 itself and the Democratic party of Virginia urges the people to vote for a convention, it were an eternal shame and dis grace upon Virginia to defeat the convention at the polla and thereby endor8e the work of Underwood and his gang?Frtilcri* ksfiurg Sfar. tlefTriea Still Clwtin pion. Jim JetTrie8 is stiil the heavy weight champion pugilist of the world. Hedefeated Jim Corbetton laat Kriday night before the Coney Islaiid Seaside Club in the twenty third round of their tight with a de cisive knock-out. The winning punch was a short Uft jolt to the jaw. Corbett dropped like a weight, and waa ciear out. Jeffriea showed ability to take a punching, go any distance, and punch hard. He waa clearly out boxed, and at timea made to look like a novice. The crowd, which numbered fully eight thousand, waa with Corbetf,and his defeat fell upon a ailent crowd. This year's faiuine in India covers 360,000 square milea and render* mieerable OOyOOOyOOO people. RETHANY M. B. r:ilK('U. SOl'lll. KEEPVIIIE, VA. Thisatructure when ooaapleted will be the haadaoaaeat and aaoat ooatly edilice not only ia Northumberland OOanty but in tliis whole BCOtlOBJ of rn Virginia. Work was begUB 00 it BOBM a i and t!?" briok work will be com pleted in July. It will be closed 10 by full. Bttd hopes are cntertained that it will be ready for dediealioo by Cbriatmaa, The eoat, arhea eompleted, will be betareeo eight and tea Ihoaaaad dollara. The froata of the edifice are of the Bneat pressed briok, all aeleoted and iuspected by that indefatigahle woik.r, Mr. Albert. Morria, ann.-mber.of the btiildiog committee, and the work is being dooe by Me68rs. Steelnian and SEaae, preaa btioh layera, of Atlaaaio City, N. .1 , and Mr. Dodson, one of the best workmen in Xorthumborland eounty. The menibera of the building committee are: Kw. .1. W. IS. Bobiaa, chairtnan; Ceo. N. Reed, BtCietaty; ?'. D, Carey, tnasurer; L. Coekrell, Dr. .1. W. Tmkard, .1. J. Crowder, Dr. T. 8 !>. Covington, J. If. Omohundro, A. V. Williams, T. A. Jett, T. J. WiNiams, J. 1\. Marsh, B. B. Ilaynie, JohB A. llaynio, L. D. Ilaynie, 1. W. Bailey, AlWrt Morris, .1. W. ItoAfooey and K. W. Kdwards, and these gentlemen are untiring in their labors in behalf of theediiiee. lluv. .1. W. S. llohins, the betoaod pastor, has been earnest ia the work, aud arhila addtng to the spiritual and nnmorieal atrength of the ehnroh haa been industriously laboriagto increase the funds for building the ediliee. Reedville now boaata of one of the Bneat congregations in the \*irginia Oonferenoe and wit-hin B few aaoatha she will bear the proud distinetion of having within ln r territorv one of the Bneat country ehuioh buildings 10 the Boath. ? The people of the Northero Neck iiave coiitributed liberally towards this undertaking and are belietC they will QOOticae to do so. with the prosp.it that when completed there will !>e not a dollar owing 00 thia house erccted to the worship of Qod. NFAVS ITKMS. Dr. Dnnter afeQnira oontinnea to Improve. Joka D. Boekfaller'aeatlaaated in come is (75,000,000 a vear. One Aecotnaek tiucker will ship . about SMMMKM) <piarts of etmwberrko this seaaon. Kichmond this week Ia crow.I.d with visitors to the Carnival. All part8 of tbe state are well repfetew ted. Last year there WCTC ibipped from Northatnpton oounty by rail 800,618 barrels of Irish potatoea, and lsj.r, i ', barrels of swcets, besides Othtf trucks. Williatn Lee (colored) WH taken from the jul at HintOO, W. Va., on last laidav aighl and lynched, for the usual otl'ence, by a mob of one hundred. l.arge crowds heard Ktv. Dr. T. DeVYitt Talniage pieach 111 Kditi burgh, BfeotnuMt, laal Sundaj. \\ bile in Iterope be will oontinu* to pub lish his scrniona in this country. Alaaoat L,0004elecateaan iaatten dance upon the Bovtbera Baptial Convention, which is this week ?n ?eoaion at llot Bpringa, Ark. Four teen Statea are repteaented iu the gulliering. One of the largeet raekfiaketer aeen iu the vioinitj ?>f Norfoll waa eaagkl eeteraJ daya ago oB Ooaaa View. The lish weighed over 1U0 poonda acd was oaptared witk book and Une af ter a hard struggle. While the price of paper kecpi advaneing, the price of new spapeis it inains lixed and unaltered. And yet eoeac oratora oontiaae \o ipoat about theawfui kjraaui of the preea, ?South Fra,iii)i(jh<tiii (Jfeat.) AdWW. Bi G. liathbone, director general of ports for Cuba, has beea ivumu-d for negligenee in pernniting Keelj and his gang to loot thepublic tivua ury. It is said now that the short age will amouut to nearly a balf nnilion dollars. There were 500,000,000 fowls in the United States last year and the number of eggs laitl waa estimated at about 1,450,000,000 doeeo, or a total of 17,400,000,000. The value of these fowls and their product ia 8et down at 0480,000,000. lVter Kich, colored, near Warsaw, ploughed up a powder horn contain lng some old coin. In all there wtre twenty odd dollars in silverand gold, of both Amencan and Bpaniak coins dating as far back as 1774, The hotn was almost thoroughly de cayed aud the money scattered. The Baltimore Xctcs, oue of the most progressive papers in the eoun try, has a correspondent traveliug m the south visiting all the manuiac turing centres, and in descriptive articles iu the Nmn bringing to .the notice of the world the pheuonienal progress the South is inaking in in dustrial n.atters. A dead muii was eaught in a fish t:ap recently at Mila, N'orthumber l.tnd couuty. On his person were found papers, one of which was a re ceipt signed "J. II. Goslee & Bro.," The body waa evidently that of a sailor aud the papers indicated that he had aerved on the loboooen "W. M. Summers" and "Sarah Tyler." This fall for the fifth time in his tory, the oceupant of the White House will be oppoaad for n -eleetion by the candidate whom he defeated four year3 before. It ia siguiiieant that on each of the four former oc caaions, the man iu the White House has been defeated. After NoveniU-r 8th there will be live 00001 of this instead of four. At the reoertt neeting of the Grand Lodge I. O. O. F. of Yirginia at not Bpringa,Vn.,thefoUowiegofficere were eleoted for the coming yeai: W. T. Baldwin as GlWdd Matter, W. I). Ilill as Grand Warnew, Be?. K. Bm eat Northen us Deputy Grand Haa* ter and Uev. J. ,J. Noherer aa Grand Chnplain. The re-eleCttOO of T. Wiley Davis and Joba VY. PftgSaoa for Secretary and Tivasnrer, resjx e tively, waa a matter of eour.-e. M r. Oknnai D. Fox, of Boanoke, was eleoted as Grand KepteaantatiTe to the Sovereign Grand I^odge. acuoss THE si:\s. CUBA. Aeeording to Senator Platt the l'usident has a power in Cuba as abeolate aa that of the Bnltaa or the Bhah <-f Pereia. I'Hll.IIMINES. Anotlier PhiUppine islaud has joined the insurgeuts. The belief is growing that \gui aaldo was killed by the Igotottiai ral Pantelon Careia. the high ei?t ofioer in the Filipiao Knanrgent araay eieeptiag Agnlnaldo, has been eapturt'd. A native apriaing is iaiaaioeat in Mauila. All nativr s.rvants, undcr ordera from the UMargeatB, have lefl their einplov MBenavoleat aaaiaiilatiaa" in the Philippiues inereas-ed the sale of li<| oora there from |1.1,000 in 1808 to B1.44S.880 in i> The Itiehaaoad "man hunt" has been deolared oft, but the Philippiae man hunt is still on. About four hnndred Pilipiaoa arere killed aad over two haadred eapiared laat beiaga little thalargeel week'a hunt of the siason.?Putitki ' firvjj A I'mir of 500insurgeuts attaeked t wt ntv-tive BOOatBOf the Poi l v-eighth Ragiramt aear Baa Jaoooioto, pro ainoeof Pangaataaa. oa lfoaday.bat arere rooted by the scouts, tea of their naaaber beiag killed. The Americans lost two killed. There are in the I'hilippinee more than :{,.r><?0,(>(t() Mohammedans, whose devotion to their Calipha is fanatir. The Baltaa would have but to.Hfr his linger and these Malavs aiul Moros would join forces with the Talag09. The war in Laaoa would be extended in every direrthm thronghout the islands and Ameri Oan fotoea would necessarily have to be greatly increasod. The Filipinos have suffercd a heavy loss at Tabako, near ljecaepi, province of Albay, I^i/on. Two hundrtd ritlemen and 000 bolomen were preparing to attack the town, when Capt. Lester II. Simons, with a coinpany of the Forty-seventh Voluntoer Kegimeiit, advanct-d to meetthem. In the resulting engag?? ment many nativea were killed. Three Americana were wonnded. Wlii at.m's Conimaml Sl:tuglitcred 1 ii.pl ikm lu <*\it<- I'rot tiit-r. The War Department has tnade pnhlic a report from Brig. (ien. Lloyd Wheaton, U. S. V., concern ing the opemtions of an expedition led by lnm early in January into the ooontry atretobing aonth from Ma aila to Lake Taal. 11 ia forces cou oentrated at Imus and about. one mile south of that point on .lanuary ? the lirst engageaaent of the expedi? tion occurred in which Lieut. Waid Cheney was mortally wounded while leading a detachment against the intrenohed natives?500 strong. The AaieriOBB loss was two privatea killed and oae wound.-d, while the Filipinos lost 50 in killed and wouiukd. The ielandera of Maabata received Colonel Hardin'a expedition ditfer antly from those of Ifarindnqne, arhera be left one company of the Twenty-ninth Kegimeiit. Oa ap proacbing the principal town, Palanoc, the insurgent tit-nehea ap aaared to be oocopied and the gun boad Ilolena boaabarded them vigor ously, after whieh three companies arere laaded and took the trenelu-s with little reaiatanoe. One Pilipino was killed. Taro or three hnndred insurgents hold the aeighboriog towae, aad the eatieea appear bo< fri'iullv. Early IVas. 1;. <;. N'raio, of LSaaozooaaty.ex< peeta to pick Knglish paafl this week for Baltimore market. Mr. >.eale is one of the largest poa planters ou the Uappahannock. Others along the river may alao ship this week. The season ia not at all early for the crop, but conaidering the haokward spring it was hardly exptOted that peas would be in the market bafoti the fOtl ??f this month. The pea bug is making its appearance along the Kappahannock and is greatly damaging the crops. | ENGLAND ASD THE BOERS. Mt.rr Mi'Mll t!i<? l*i u>St i?'ki HK W 11i?-11 t!??* Raailink are l-3u KUXed in. A leeent disp I'.h atati - i but ' Bullw has occupieil Duioi Ali f .leiijiicrs. aud otb iff men who * i lUeT a M;u *tM, itave h. . i ordeieO to ieave the '1 i auattMtL > 1*1 I'niler aootiunea oauH, Borra aaaeri that tii?y are mla> tttg .in attaok cpon hun in the bOfM ? It lk bon * ul tiie I'.i itiafa will <!'? ot .-lekin - nuiin.M t.f 8,000 bavv reileat. <i lowa <! Ktv..-ii- ? <:. i.ut it ifl :? . i led lliilt tliey iulel.il Ul U st.i.ei .f Virgiula, ^."> uiiies to tke il?-! lueaot. Lord b'tlnris and lli; .id\;.i.ee di VlaHMin Ul liia niiiu b.i\e eio.>.?td the Zattd : Im i, in liie OflMlgV Fsee 6 wbere the B ?. i > liad Im < Il expeeuu Ul iintkc dtcidtd oj.potitloii. Tke War offioe ennouncea tkal the total oaiWaltKI sustained by the British ariny iu BoQtk Afriea no to April 28tb, aggregated 16,868. Oi thisnumber 1,110 wereoftictrs. The Boers are everywhere letiriug before tke British, except on tke Natal frontier and at Mafekmg, to the inner circle of their defences. They appear deterniined not to light uutil theKroonstad hills are reached. A apeoial dispatch from Loreuzo atarqoea says it is reported that a largeforce of BoOM has been captured by the British at Mafcking. 1're toria, it is added, reporta on the other hand thatMafeking has falleii. A source of trouble to the British is reported to be developing in the eaatera part of the Free State. It is said that l'resident Steyn haa collect el lo.iioo men in the Ficksburg-Se aekal district, where he will tnake a etand againal tke forces of Qenemla ttnndle and Brmbrant. l'resident Kruger has received a teiegram from a Transvaal woniaii aaking if tke time has not arrived for tke fonnation of acorpsof women.ud dingthat she is prepared, witha body of volunteers of her own eex, to take up ariiis iu defense of the COOtt? try's ir.h pendence. The Boers Saturday occupied the Katlir looatioo at Mafeking. They vere in tnrn attaoked dnrisg the nigkl of Saturday, aud ou Sundav found thenisehes surrounded. The Boers losf seven kilied and sevente-n wounded. The British loss is re? ported to have been keeey. GeO. Hnnton tried to eapture the BoetB at /and Uiver, but they qniok lv poured in adeadly tire ou the Brit? ish. and, to save himself from being ootfiaaked, the Britiak geneml was obliged to retreat. The Boers shelled tlu- retiring troops, bnt showed node eire to peeaa tke attack fnrtker. Meanwhile the BoOf trains steam. d away nortnward, blowing up the railroad culverts as they went. POLITIOAL. Judge W. II. kfaaa and Senator dno. I.. JeaTriea, both electors-at latjge, are the only tWO avowed can didatea fur Attorncj Otaoral of Yir? ginia. ktr. Ilaniia's tender regard for the < onstitution raoalN Hon.Tim Onaap beli's faaaoni inqeiry, "Wkat'i tke Ci.nstitution between friends?"? liichvwnd Xcirs. (iovernor BoOOtaelt has called on Praaklent kfoKinley and Bociretariaa Hay, Bool and Bong. He positiwdy deolinea to talk regarding tka \ ice rYeatdenej. A l'ittsburg story leaiiinns the statetneiits that 1850,000 was the Prioa to he paid to the Republican Dnmpaign Oomniittee for tke defeat of Senator Qnaj. BenaAOT Daniel,Tuesday in theSn ate eailed np ?and secured the ; _ of the bill appropriatiog 8150,000 for a public building to be located at Bortsinouth, Ya. uHowa ilo you size up Fresident McKinh-v?*' was aaked of Governor Boosevelt. He said: "MeKinley has about as much backbone as a toy chocolate aian that you aee on the eonfertioner's stand. He is adiead ful disappoiutment," "I have said that other .piestions were mote itnportaut than the money qneation. I have said niany timea and now repeat that at present three (pie8tions?money, trusts and imperi alism?are dividing public attention. Men diiler as to their relative impor tance, but I have never attempted to fix their relative importance. The Republiear.s are wrong on all Huee ipjeations, and I expect to continue to oppose the gold atandard, the trusts and imptrialism."?W, .1. Hrijdn. IMMNtJS IN CONtSUESS. The House Friday broke all rec o;ds by passing 1 SO private I'ension hills. The new Fension law will add about $'..\000,000 anntially to the expensesof the governinent. The Complamt of the Association of American Newspapers against the great increiise in the price of printing paper is before the Ways and Means Committee. Congres8man liixey received a lettei from one of his farmerconstit Ofata telling him that while he uaed tO (?;*>? |1.50 for a hundred feet of barbed iron wite, he now has to pay r"..oo. The Navy Department has made an adverse report upon the (Jath mann gun, for the manufacture of whieh $250,000 was allotted in an aaaenuaaent to the Naval Ap| ropria tion bill. Thereare fifty-twoex-Confederatea in the V. S. Senate and House of Kepreaentatives, and they are to have ab-nquet atthe Metropolitan Hotel, Waanington, duringthe latter part of this month. Only one man that aerved in the Confederate Senate during the war 18 now to be found in the United Statea Senate. That is Vest, of Mis aouri. When he retires. which is ex peoaad to take place before long, the laat of the Confederate Senators will have passed from public life. The House last week by a very nar row margin of two votes unseated Mi. Crawford, of North Carolina, a Dem ocrat, and seated in his place Mr. Fearson.of North Carolina, who was aaaeaaber of the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-tifth Congreas<^8. .Mr. lVarson is the third Bepublican to be seated by the present house. \ I MKlEOOl isr in ri: I. loi A ventrilotpusf, aad aa experl al toii ? i HBjeraiber ataiilii . tiu- dialogoe ia the aonae, aaja tha WTaahingtoo lha Pailadelphj fcam. The idaatil . "r tha rered, bni t>< ably aaeai Dia pi aoa n. or nilln , |fr. I:" ^x n of 01 . . ?? with dn? dignity to amke aoaae ol when he was greeb d with: iiio arill ;h." 1 tpaera a : lookin r * bo an b* -' to hai i be atai llitig .-< ni( it. Mr. i or lookad agliaat, and glaoo d at Speakar Mcoderaoo, i>ut be ilis i om n d tbai tha latter araa ia coaver tati n arfifa the clerk. The Sp had not beard the vorda tbal be b < BMfd to ha\e utwred. Hc araa oblirioua <?f tha joke, and of the lu . poaitioa of Mr. < iroat< oor, arho for ouoe iu his lif? foaud api ecb impoaaible. IL s- eaned to arrire at the ooaela aioo that his iniagination had plaved him a triek, but the laoghter <?: thoee who iiad beard the toioe com ino << him that th< re was aoaaethiag v. Bpeaker Elenderaoo a? this poiol l'i d and ilraarled oot; "The Ilouso will bein order" "The Ilouse will be in order," oarae aa ap parent < eho. It was the Spe.ker's tum now to be aaaased. The ateoographera torned to look at him aad \\ ed with: "Babber, rnbber." The aoioe eama from ooarbere ia particalar. U aeeaaed to oooae from all partsof the ohaaaber, u)> tbrongh the ragiatet or through the ariodow. It bounded about, and niight have been uttered by any one. It was too mueh, and the luembers broke in a roar. Then eame the voice Bgajn: "(iood-bye, boya; the arar is oVer." It araa tbooglatpoaaibletodiaeover tlu oflendu by a little qniet defeeo tive work, and aBBBBeageri were dis tribnted ihroughoat thagallery, but the voice was not beard Bgaitt. It \\;i> a Indieroaa iBoideatvaad '.\ joyed by apeaker Qeoderaoo, fpr aa soon as he eonld eaoape be gara aeat I*. a heartv ? llal lla!"' TheOttly KM r aoa Baad is Ifr. Qrosaenor, who does not take kiiidlv to the aogg that he "get OK the earth." It arai a decidedly dariag prank on the part of the joker, and DOtte but an expert could have Oarried it on so aOOCeaafoliy. Had he ooniin aed he would have doublless been disrovercd. He just said enough and no more. Ccnsus F.nuiDorntor-. I/mcaster?II. D. McNamara and II. A. W. Keiiam. Whiteetone dia trict; II. II. Kampa, tyaataa diatriet; Addiaoa Ball, WTbite Gbapel diatriet Rtchmood ?.1. l,\ ('anipbeli.Stone wall diatriet: O.C VPright, Marahall diatriet; B. LMoatagn, Waabiagtou diatriet; II. M. Hutt, FamlfcaA dia? triet. Middlescx? R. W. BriatOW, Ber aard Briatow, Geo. T. Hearett, J, G. Uoaiagton, P. BL IfoCandlian. Westmoreland-- Bush Wilkins. II. Chandler, .1. T. Trew. J. W. BeddOO. It is said that no person hoKling BO eleetive eounty Of State otlice Baa aaalify aa oaaaaa annraerator, This doea not extend, however, to appoint i\i' ottcea. You know all about it. The rush, the worry, the exhaustion. You go about with a great weight resting upon you. You can't throw of? this feeling. You are a slave to your work. Sleep fails, and you are I on the verge of nervous 15 exhaustion. What is to be done? ?\ Take KJ ssarsapanisi For fifry years it has been lifting up the dis couraged, giving rest to the overworked, and bringing refreshtng sleep to the dcpressed. No other Sarsaparilla approaches it. In age and in cures? *' Ayer's" is "the Ieader bf them all.** It was old before other sarsaparillss were born. $1.89 a boau. All inzilii*. Ayer's Pills aid the ac tion of Ayer's Sarsapa? rilla. They cure bilious neSS. 25 ct?. a box. ? 1 hare r.wd Ayer's mcdioincs for moro than 40 ypurs aiid have said from thr vf-ry surt UWt v?>n tha Ixsnt mcdirinfs In the v.orld. I .on siiri* ytnir Sarsa).arill.i h:i\e.l iny Itta vhaa 1 tirsr. ;<.c>u li4%\?. i I aio now past 'a? r.ml uiu lcu; withoutvotir modioinca." t'k ank TuoMam, r. M? Jan. 24,1SK)._Er.ou Kansafl. Writo thm Ooctor. If tou h?T? ?uy eoinpiatni mhatover ?t..I i!,-Hiif tlie li. tt mruli'.il mlvire you i ta poaatMy r^onivp, writo tha ? f ealT. Yoii wi!l re<fi?e a proui'it rc ply, wlllioiit rost Artdr*?s. l>n. j. e. AYJ.K, i.o\M-'. CUNS, RIFLES, REVOLVERS. For the aext 80 dayi all guna in stock, except BamlogtOoa, go at cost Also bargdins in Kitles, He \oJvers, Trapa, Targata, Ammani ^tion, etc. I baaa ia atoeb all t>r:m?]>i of BlBOk BBd SinoUi lOM Powderaal bottom pricaa. uirtstmg Powder, Dynamite, Paaaand LEROY L. LELAND, 10? L1?HT ST. BAX.TIM011B, >ll>. IM'A.MIEStE^T VAPOR CiAS I IUI i lha ahaapaal aai i>< m liRlit on cartli, Burns Alr Instead of ^loaey. N OtOka. No odor. Kvery l.-.mp k-'iiaian ter.l i. it to clo-' or BtOp li|>. The l:M ? m?l -ti<i <?-.>>,ii intnpttvoi offered to th* p>ub I )ie. Tbe luxurj i>i < 11\ mw n on? i>i!< tiu <?.v(. riie atandard u iio (letiiM- Miliclliil. J. H. EltlOrr, Agent, WHITK ITONB, Vllt(;iM \. Mi ? POMC. .?ij; it and It. tn - astbc rca i BLOOD POISON vitiates and eom.pts the entirr svstcm -?'?^ Ittaabetnmamittcd ? Bczema or Scroftd* I" utd t.aeeaMe ?> blood ' = ^"myl.,itbf:,llvf..rtw...., tbr., ve,rs V neverctIrot1n.dw-:lst.;thev it u/,! l* ,'? s- 5 ?- ? tmofl porifier known, "*l tboro pHtida of the Cl!R? YOlSSElf AT MMt . etfeacefa tnd ,..n?,n,?tlv nL f " ? ' need any . ; conducteo m t. ? ' Ke ,s - _A._idrf,s, SWIFT SPECIFIC COKPANY, ATLANTA. CA r llome Treatmcnt book. which givea a hiatoqr o< the ittnan in all ? ?""' " Om ivsult ot many years of Lancaster's Business Direetory. TO RENT. I>w. iiiiiLr Qoaam and Black-emtth >hop al Millenbeck. Applj toJobi Hillenbeck, Va. HOTEL FOR SALE. I wttl aell the Lmi ?oae, land and livi; \. It . aonol camsi r prder, livety attacbed ; ?ad. at. P. Taro* i l C. II., Va. FOR SAIE OR EXCHANGE. A f.-irin ia Maryland, oaly effcbi mltes rrom Waaktagtoo; ?tood S-rooaa house; water al bonae doot and in *ll tbe Helds; yoangorchaxd; fara eoatafafag !??? I will sell or excbange fat ? ? im 01 other property in Tldewater seei \ irginia. Adiraae, M. 1- V Milii NOTICE. The Board of Bnpi ter County will recetvc Mmled bi I placin iblfc Roada of this coaoty, ia aceordaoce with specific itlooa llle.l ia tli. ? <"? rfc of Boai i oa - i before May 28, : ? il, Ibe date ol meeting. Righi reacrved to reject anv and all bl Bj i rder t>!" tl:.- Boord. w.m. Cviltox, <llark. ? AI?r? 1 18, T.i'io. BARGAINS! BARCAIN3!! If you arant tha I naada Ctotbtng, si> . i'i f;.ii to eoaaa wki i ure tirsl-cinss :; | th.it 08 ls T. J. WILLING & CO., CBTINOTOK. V.\. Kcsources Ofer 84.000,000.00. Wi: BBCOME BOLE S! IfiriY ON ALL I'.OXHS. II' Yimi AVant A Iloml As Rx< oiitor, Tru :<?<?. Admlnlatia tnr. I in !;? |'i. \ in, .\ ? < "itracior, Aa a i im- .. hcial, i.'. Countj or Maukrfpal ?nBotal. " iternal s. A.- an Kn ? The Fithiity and Dep wii Compani <'t" HarytaaJ will faraiab It. I> gtva '"' aocepl pereoaal laraty. but write t<? our ageata? HUBBARD & JAMES, hiiitk stom:. v v. LANCASTER ROLLER MiLLS, KAIWPS, CARTER S CO. IY??I Sti'.tls ol' all Kinris. KII.MARNOCK, VA. Fl.Ollt. MEAL, BRAN, I ::i:u!;et prlcaa. (\>r:i aiid wbeat \??? Wiite us U \(iu aava aaj to ?elL. laT Baw>mtlt Ia eoanectloa with rloarlog Mills. BRICK! BRICK! BRICK! The Place to buy br.uk is at LEVINT.BUCK&CJ'S., Wkkms, Ya,, Manufacturers of all gradf> of PAV1N6 AND BUlLDfKG BRICKS tUrilaving put in one of the Lataat Improvetl ttacbJaes, I am aow uble to give my patrons, on sbort notice, tlu i.est Bri<-k tbal cau be prodnead. SCHOONER FOR SALE. The Schooner "< Rowl .?:* w aa< i. V... b; J. W i i i\ ciarnii ati'i I. W. n. n bo bouabt cbeap for caah or on tlm?wlthar?urUy. Mr. Iluiii ?bo itnt been uUl'ng the Garlana Ia ea BHfrod in i be <.\ BtCr I... i.iii'. li.s time, tti.-r-'tore offcra veaael i<.r m\e. Tae ??ii:irlaini ? u:i- thorti (?hly rebuilt al t r in l? <?. I . bushota oystera aud l'i."*i buahela graln un u r <i.... i '"??I- Purtber laformatton ..t? ? he bad la pereonor by letler fromoitbi t . i aboveowa en al n>n\ lert Wbarf, \ a. VIRIilMA HILITABl INVH11TF, . KAMOION, \ \. The Board ol Vlaltor ,ai t her Annoa) lfe< i Ing on tbe 90th <laj ol i.<\; Jui.e. wllt appoint .:.. 7tlt ?!:, 18th, ?d. 87lb, - .i. ;?;tii am] ;r,!i. >.-nati'i no ln.-: i nt-. aud four >|M>ll)tUlfIM l>. ani and tultioQ. Appliuatlona ahouid be addrc^sod to tbo underufKued <>n or bufore June I0tb,on lonna tbal \v iii baacnl upon re aaaw. 8con Shitp, Superlnteudeiit. I MVKKSIIV OF VIUIMA. FREE TO VIRCINBANS In The Aeudemie Scboola. Lettera, Belewea)* Lawf Meatlctne, En^tneerflaaja ?ili September. Poi . II llin iiiK-T. ( h , Cbarloi i<-.-\ lile, Va. SOFT CRABS! SOFT GRABS! Al\< to a ?holi t oainiNon lH.*?lcr in SOFT CRABS. aill beooaae bq regiilar cuatoraor. Havo ?? . oooler R. F. HALL, i i i.ion ., \ i:k: i . NEW YORK, N. Y. SHOO FLY!" SHOO HENSI! No tronble with your fowls, doga, hogs or eattle if yoa The Acme Poultry Netting. v.- - Thia oetting makea a beantifal and aabaftaatial feaoe and will last tO ?f>r oatil the posts rot. Prieee, delirered free. 4K iiulies Idgaa, M <><> |M-r 1 OO leet. 54 ?? .-, ??:? .? ?? On ?? rj 7.% .? 79 ?? 7 00 I is aeeeaaary to keep chtekena oart and the BO-iaek is tall enough to keep old fowls out. If base board is used 48 inch or S l ioofa will be high enough to keep fowls back. Hog or Cattle Fencing. ia a arire that in Vbbi heery and will ren the wildest eattle. I ea and will stop large ehickens or grown fowls. ral farm fenee at lawn. No eagging, rueting, ? | or breakiog like the thia, common chickeu arire. Pncea, delirered fn li'J iiulies hagdB, 08 lO per 100 lett. 20 ?? :i gO 38 ?* 4 is ?? ?? :$s ?? 4. -/a l i ?? .-, 00 *? ?? .""><> ?* <? on ?? ?? troa peata oaa be faraiahed if daeired. Bead ardera throngh THE VIRGINIA CITIZEN IRVINCTON, VA. Panaera aanal aaa *Fertihaera if tluy want Baliafaetory Beealta. Why not get the best? They be Oheapeat in the and. Wb laki Fertilizers !or all Grops 'Z^t teria) We do not Bta U ather Scrap Wool Waste, Hoaf Meal, JShodily or other Worthless Material. We guarantee the Analveis, Qaality and Gcnetal Conilition in overv instarce. (8aad addraaa f??r baoa giving BartanalartJ THE ROBERT A. WOOLDRIDGE GOMPANY, Soie Muuufacturers of tbe Genuine 'VLToolciriclge ^Ugli-ClaisjB Fertilizers Olllee antl ractorv, 8*3 and 830 BanlWa Wkaurf, J BALTIMORE, MD. f EUBAHE A BBO, Ettaaarnoek; , . , B. T, PEIRCE, hilwalton; l<or sale 10 Lancaster Countv by { S. 0, THOMA8, Weeros | ORESHAM & CIULT()N,Ottonian; ( DAVID A. KKLLV, Byrdton. WILLIAMS TYPEWRITER. EW No. 4 FOR 1900. Best Work, Easy Touch, Visible Writing, Lightest Carriage, Phenomenal Speed, Supe-ior Manifolding, Single Shift, Direct Inking, Key Board Lock, Rapid Paper Feed, Extremely Durable, Permanent Alignment. OLD MACHINES TAKEN IN PKRT PAYMENT. Kull catalogue on applieation. Agents wanted in unoccunied Urntorv. We have a few seeond-hand machines of other niakes, also supplies. EDWIN A. HARDIN CO., SOLE SOUTtJKItN DKALKKS, 16 N. PRYOR STfiEET, ATLANTA, CA.