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%nm Vqlume IX. k Weekly Joiitnal Devoted to ilie Interests of lancastet Coutiiy in Pariicular; the Honhern Neck antl Rappahannock Valley in General, and the World at Large. _'____ IRVINGTON, VIBGINIA, FRIDAY, .11 IA <>, 1900. Nusiber 40. PURSE SEINES: AND POUNDS. The Baa of Lord's Netting is stead ily iucreasiog in the (Jhesaixak Baj lisheries. Write for prices and oareful tstiuiates. WHY NOT TRY =H. & C. W. LORD, BOSTON. MISS. FRANK D. WATKINS & C0? 409 E. Pratt St., BALTIMORE, MD., *? BTJILXDIJNTG MATERIAL S ASH, FKAMF.S, HAM) KA1LS, liOOKS. MANTl.I.S, SAWKI> and 11I.IM>S, MOn.DINGS, TVRXKD WOKK, etc. ALL KIXBSal LOW PBIGE8. OIH> WORK made PitOMl'TLY. Sontbern Agetits Carter's Oil Clothing WOONSOCKKT AND BOSTON BOOTS AND SIIOES. UH01)1. 1SLAN1) AND BAY STATE BOOTS AND SIIOES. UOODYEAR KLOYE COMPANY'S UOODS. MONTAGUE & BUNTING, Rubber Goods and Oil Clothing, 17 Commercial Place, - - NORFOLK, VA. Sash, Doors, Blinds, Hardware, Mantels, G rates. C. A. NASH & SON, 21, 23 and 25 JUlantic St., NORFOLK, VA. F.STAMI.I8HKD 1K70. FRANK T. CLARK & CO., Ltd? Bajcaaaaaaea t<> OaaatB. ciurk *v co.) SASH, DOORS and BLINDS, Mouldings, Stair Work, Porch Trimmings, Tiling and Grates, Hardwood and Slate Mantels, J'ine Builder's Hardware, Paints, Oils and Glass, -AND Building Material of Every Description. 28 Commercial Place, 49 Roanoke Avenue, NORFOLK, ... YA. JNO. R. NEELY, Wbolcsale and Rctail Dealer in Doors, Sash, Blinds, Moulding, Braekets, Stairwork, Paints, Oils, Varnish, and Builders' Hardware. Slate and Hardwood Mantels, Rooflng and Sheeting" Paper, etc. Near Ferry; Gorner Queen and Water Streets, PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA. .IOHN N. IIAKT. II. I~ HMTT8. P. O Itox, ?J1. oi.n rnoNK, jJlOJl. mkw pmonk, oaa HART ?& WATTS, (Succcssors to Jno. N. Hart.) \Vll()Lt:SAI.i: aml KKTAIL I M JWJ DPP Ploortag, Ceiliug, Laths, Cypraao and Ptae aTaathor boardO. Shing'-es, Cliestnut and Cedar l'osts, Wliite Pine, Poplar, Ash, Oak, Walnut, liuilders' Supplies. Planlng Mill, Window and Door Franics, Store Fronts and Fixtures, Mouldlugfl, Braoketo, NewHs, Columns, lialustradcs, Mantels, Turaed Work, etc. Hffc, (hestoot and Queen Streets, PORTSMOUTH, VA. DO YOU NEED A COOK STOVE? YOU OAH get a No 7 Stove with 41 pieces of ware, for $10 from Stoffregcn's Stove House. He makes a Specialty of the Sheet Iron Heaters, a late and improved pateot, aaviag half the fuel ordinarily used for heating purposes. Orders for Tin AYork, Guttering, etc, from country will receive prompt'attention uiul prices guaranteeu as low as any house in the State. Mail orders solicited STOFFREGEN'S STOVE HOUSE, Fredericksburg, Va. FO UNTAI N H OTE L, Cafe and Restaurant, ?? CORNER jT% Pratt and Calvert Streets, BALTIMORE, MD. Anierican and Enropean Plooaa European Plan: HoaBiO, 50c., 75c. and $1 per day. Arncricnn IMan: Board nnd room, $1.50 per day. BERND REItir, Propiretor. THOSE SUPERB TONES that instantly amsi your atteotion. thHt appeal to your nmsical sense by their sweetness, cotnc frOBi /p.AWOs ! i et they re reasonah'.e in price, and ooaapara arltk any iu qaalttjr. Catalng for tha aaklag. Bepairtag and Taalag at Baoderal akeooaaaaodatiag Tanaa. Ptaaoa of other aaakea to suit the most eeoaoaaioal CHARLES I. STIEFF, w.ir<r.?,.,,,,: | Oortb UbattyOti raciartaB; Baooa ol B, [elByefta \vc. Ataae Mlnl t ;til\:i!c c-"T 1. ? . BALTIMORE. afiBlXaVIB. FISHERMEN and WATERMEN'S SUPPLY HOUSE. JAMES MYER& CO., Wholesale Grocers, 131 Cheni>?ldc, BALT1MOKK. MD. Attention, Shippers! For best resultn, send your Solt Cral?s, Fish, Trncks, Fruit, f.raiu, Wool, LIvo Stook, Poultry, Kto., to JNO. M. GRESSITT CO., li E. rninden Street, BALTIMOUK, - MD. Oavhaeaai Qeaeb Baaa aaat Praaaal aa taraa. Kcnlttaaoea by cbeofe oa The La.icastcr Natlunal Bank. BotoMaofoad 197ft. A. LEWIS 6l SON, (oiniissiov niCaUnt, Urain, Live HtOah?Wool and l'roduee. 222 S. Cuaulks St., BALTIMORE, MD. If you have nuvthing in Iha BOOVO line you want to place in the handa of a 000*0 that has had lonjj cxpericm e. a thoroogh kaoaledge of thiir buaineas :ind OOOaOBOOdi B BjOOd cla>s ol huyera st'ie! >?.i;r ahtpoBoata lo aa THE B.C.BIBB STOVE GO., 107 & 109 Light St... BALTIMORE, MD. Manfacturcrt; of Fire-Place Hoaters, Ran?es, Hot-Air Furnaces fook Sloves, Heaiiug Stoves, Oil Stoves, and (?nsoUor Stoves. INDIAN TAR BALSAM, The Family Doctor. GUARANTEED TO CURE: Couglis. Colds, Sore Throat, lloaig ness, Bronehitis, lMjitherla, Cronp, LatBg Dfeeaeo, Whoop ing Cough, La Urippe, lnfliieiiza, Catarrh, Cuts, Burns, Brnises, Laineness, Sprains, Lumhugo, RIieur.iallMii. Chllblaing. Frosted Foet, lMles, Mnaipa, Cliapped Ilniids and Llpg. No Cure, PriccaCt*. No Pay. PREPARED ONLY BY The Indiaa Tar Balsam Co., Baltimore, Md. FOR SALE BY ALL DRUtiOlSTS B 11. -M1TH. K. K. IIATIIAWAY. Par liijrhest markct prices and aaaaaai lacanM brj E. B. SMITH & .CO., \\ itoi.Ks.ii.i: COMMISSION MFKCHANTS, II E. Camden St., Baltimore, .Md., For the s-ale of I'roduee, (Jrain, Live Stock, Foultry, Eggs, Fish, Oysters, Crahs, Uanie, etc. Keferenre \ T*>,rrt "atlonal l???k. I .?l?T<-nntilo Aseai'lea. Estahlishod gg yearg. Mcmhers of the Coru and Flenr Exchange. We want your shipmcnts af Pro.iuco. aii<l can place samc quickly at rOP MAKKKT rint'i:s. ou,- n;?i,. wAtitA tho aaarr ami !?.!> ol it. Vour ProdttM in our hunds will briacrmoaafT aarrt i;\s. ?.r;?in, lc-^r tititi,.. ratiaa. aaaaapL i.amb* Puutlry. Kick*. K.nv l-iip... Illtln. llU,|c Hu*l ltla?-k-<>?. J'can wantad. S. M. LYELL 4 C0.f 4 E. <A.H1IKX ST., Baltimore, Md. Keferencrs: Mcrcantile Aircncics. Equi tabMNataonal itunk, Baltimore,Md ' I. P. JUSTIS & C0? Commission Merchants, JIOR TtlE SALE OF l'roduee, Oya A ters, Live Stoek, Hldes, Poultry Eggs, etc. 8 E. Camden St., Baltimore, Md. Oar'tKFKHEMcrsr-Natfonal Bank of Corn m?>rc*, w. M. 1'i.wci! B Oo.Gr .-ora, John T. Butiov. Orocer. B. Urincla. Griuela. Va. 0!_D RE.' fABLE Fich and Crab House, E. W. AISAUBH & SON, K94 Ljgul Street Bahraaore, Md. ? untry Qii liiiiBBBl iiiBioamrftsamsm^gkoBg CURE ALL YOUR PAIHS WITH 'fj Pain-Killer.g A Meuicine Chest in Itself. SIMPLE. SAFE AND QUICK CURE FOR ; Cramps, Diarrhoea, Colds, j| Cougha, Nourakia, Rheumatlam. 2j and 50 cent Botllaa. I| BEWARE OF IMlTATIONS. BUV ONLY THE GENUINE. PERRY DAVIS' tMKBtaW^^szmmsz^^^^zsz^ueml FNIVEKSITY Of VIUIMA. FREE TO VIRCINIANS ln The Aeadooata oohoola LottorOi Science. L,a\v, l>l?Mlielne, Ktitrincerinu:. I .ili Septemttei. Kor Cata addrvwa i\ it Barrina?r, Uhalrman. < ti.ll ln-t?--\ llli , V;i. lH;i>l( U><bl.LK(.K OF YIRUMA. TaaOixty Hiir.i o^aakta wni baata .U*>ui Qctotoai 1 si. BOa, ftedieal <?radod Courso, fonr jcnrs, $<??> per sesslon. Boatol Orodod Cooroo, tbree raora, 8<>."> per aeoaiOB, IMiarmncoutieal fonrae, two years S<>0 per session. Ro ? xtraa. Kor rarihar aartteajawaadBi ChrlotophO* Tompklns, M. I)., LTbBP, iui inioMt, \ \. PIANOS AND ORGANS. We have one of |ho iinest, if no thclincst, line ofPinnos and Orpans that can bc fooad in the Uatted State-;. Bj deallng with us you deal diryctly with the factory, thereby aaving from $25 to $100 on a slnglc inatrumcnt. This should be suf ticicnt to justify your corrcsponding with our agent. Mr. Zach Strcct, Laoaohrw, Roaaa Ooooly, Va. Eootroaaaoti sold on iustalbucut plau. CABLE PIANO CO., CHICAGO, ILL. NEVER! You are never disHatinlied with any .IcvvHry boagBI of ua. The aoaai aaoaai Mne of Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry. .ln-t think or a BoBj OOjM .l.-ull.o 070000 116; or a S..H.1 Qold (Oeatll Watoa. $??>. s* year Goid-Alled Watch. ouarantoed. *io Ktcrllmr Bilver Cbaln Brac*leta. 01- bTerlluj >il\ci 1 r i.>ndahipH< ;,!!>. rorohain l>mc<>loU i" riv i.. tO cta. Weddtna itlnirs. anj atyic itj<l vi.it Ii daalrcd. Larfv llnc <>r Wcddtnu I'rcaenta. Maii aaooaa kaaoaollf BOoa. W. J. IMILLER, THK .IKWKI.KK. 2S E. llaltimorc St., Baltimore. Md. HARRY A. LEONARD, Expert Watchmaker, Jeweler and Engraver. i! St. Paal Street (near lialto.), BALTIMORE, MD. poOjoaaaoa laooarof this popar. ADAMS', IN FREDERICKSBURG, VA., Ia the place to huy all kinds of Rooks and Stationery, and in ad ditlon to these llnes there are several distinet departments, viz: Wall Paper, Palnts and Ulass, PIcttire Framea, PianoM and Organs Each department well equipped. In a few woeks Ricyclea yrill he prominently displaycd. Mall order* recelvc Prompt Attention. PATRONIZE HOME INBUSTRY. Merchanta, do thla, and your custom ors will patronize you. THE KEYUORE SHOE ?0., PREDEHICKSBCRQ, us? no shoddy lcather. Every pair of shoes is warrante<i t>y them, and if, with rc&soimtile w<;ir. tbey <lo not jdve tsatUiautlou, the dealer 18 authorized to mako it so. Custoniers. call for tho Kcnmore Shoe. ASHBl RN k JAMES. Irvington, R. M. SANBERS. White Stone, YV. A. BAMERON k BRO.,) CRALLE k s l sso.N \ Weema UE0. N. KKE1), Reedville, ^ Agents. JAS. A. TURNER, Salesman. TO SMOKERS Baooarage llome Enterprise by oalliag for the following brand8 of Cip^ars: U. B.'s, Standards, Bon nie Jean, Rod andGun Club, Prize Winners. HY. ULMAN, Manufacturer. Frederlckahurg, Va. y> PfSO'S CURE FOR Mt LUHt!> WHtKfc Alt EISE FAILS. bjbJ Rcat ?'<>?Kh .Syrup. Tuim (;<??.!. Cae Ej in [i. *. .1.1 t>v <1ri>mO?tH. I CONSUMPTION <" "i u;iiTi\<;.ioi:"\\m:i:!,i:u YVINs LOSQ DBFEaUtBD BONOB, 01 the BJakiag of brigadM i erals there is ao ead and the lugtre of the honor is, perhaps, thereforc, diaaaaed, but had the devattoo lo that raah baaa fcheoae priaefor which the thousands of bfBVB men fought in the war with Spain, I'rv.sident Mclvinley DOald uot have made B more popalar ehoiee thaa J Wheeler. Xortli, Baat, Weetaad Boath have aaag the praiOfn of this aooderfal lighter. Alabatna claims "Fi<rhtin<r Joe" Wheeler as her very oaa, but he wasborn iu Augusta,Qa^ iu 18:>r>. Uiaaaoeatoraarere Ragliah. Hised ucation iaclaaed coeraee at Seabarr College, ia Ooaoeotieat, aad other schools iu New Baglaad aad Now Vork, aad when he weut baok home be was well qoalifled to take tho place iu the lifeof the South, which the position his family entitled him to. Rut lie would have BOae of it. II" wanted a freer lifo and iu 1>~>1 aooght and securcd the appoiaUoeal as cadet to the Militarv Academy al Wcst Point. Like someof the other youths then at the fountaiu of war-knowledge, for whotn the era just dawaiog brought fanie and honor, young Wheeler did nothing to distinguish himself but M gfadaafod with a good record aad earaed the reepeet of his supe riors aud the lofC of his clnes-mutes. He received the runk of UeatmBBi of Cavalrv and BOOO thcte:ifter was ordered to NYw M.xieo and then to Kansas. In both places he did much bard work and aaa blood spilled in various Iudian scoutingengagements. Then canie the Civil War, and from the isolatcd barrncks on the western plain Lieateeaat Wheeler hurried back to (u'orgia. BofB and bred in the South, Wheeler did not dream of beoitoHaag KoaaOted with nroaiptacoj and was soon lidiag BOOt lia.-ic for rVinBBOOla, I'la., a lirst lieutenant's ooaaaaaaaaOa to Uae Obafederata oraaj in his poeket, the blue unifonn c\ changed for the ?ray. One of hjgtartiOatJghtOQBJBjOPtfO OaOT being his last. He and his rtf inient were g| BtaUot aml the lossee were beavy, but mttdtof to ollieial raport, 'HMoool Wheeler broeolj eharged at the head of the reinnant of his regiment and that of the Mis aiaadnpioaai tmariojr; thn ragjaaaot col ors aloft.'' In this ehofffB he had two horses shot umler him. Before he got through with the battles of the South sixteeu of hischargers had been killed while he was autride them. In Ootobor, LS6B| laawaoaooda Bri gadier-Oeiieral, and in .lanuury, lst;:;. he was made a Major-tlencral. He POJ in the battles of Shiloh and Fannington, Miss.: the tights around Corinth, l'erryvillc, Murfreesboro, Uhiekamauga, thesiege of Knoxville, limggold, Korky Face, Dalton, Ro suca, Casville, New Ilope, battle.s around Kenesaw Mountain, battle of PeOOh Tive Creek, Deeatur, battles around Atlanta, siege of Savannah, battles of Averysborough and Ben tonville. Besides being in over BOO skirmishes, (Jeneral Wheeler com nianded in more than two hundred battles. He led the cavalry troops in Bragg's invasion of Kentueky, coinmanded the rear of the anny when it retreat ed into Teooeooro, and in contesting Uoseerutus' odvaooe, attaeking his flanks. r;iiding in the rear and destroying troioOj proved one of the niost formidable oppo nents to the fcderol forces. He led tbo c.'valry in i.ongslreet's attuck on Knoxville during the siege and OOTered Brogg'e retreatfroni Mission ary Kidge and Lookout Mountain. In thefaee of Shernmn's march tothe BBB he OppoOtd every m.ivenient atld fought bIbboo! daily, oftoo with his men ilisnionnted. On the death of Stuart he hoooine oroior earalrj gen eral of the Ooofederata araaj. He was woimded three tinies slight ly and ouee painfully, as he puts it, and his oaddaO t-quipments and clothea were freqoeaUa struck by missiles The painful wcund was received in M eiigHgenient oapp Nashville, Tenn., after Bragg's re treat from K-ntiuky in lsc.2. On this ot'casiou Qenoral Whecler's horse was torn to pieces hy an exploding shell, his aid was killed brside him and hioaoolf wounded, but he mount ed another horse, secured auother aid and continued the light. The Confederate Congrcss gave General Wheeler a vote of tbanks for successful military operations and for his defense of the city of Aiken. The State of South Caro lina conferred a similar honor. When the end came Oenerai Wheeler found hiinself practically a wanderer. He iirst came into politi cal prominence early in the 80's, when he waselected to Cougress from the Kighth District,of Alabama. He has been re-clected to each suoceed ing Congress, save the Forty-eighth, and was returned a meinher of the present bodv bt the unanimous vote of the district. The Ules of the WOR department show that every time during the last thiity years that there hpj oaoo the slight est chance of war, Oeneral Wlneler filed a tender of his services to the ?mt nt. This was done at a time arhea the luw prohibited his be ing OOaaBfiOaiBaod and he would have beea t-ompelled to serve iu the ranks. When there was no longer any doubt that there v.onld be a light with Spain, the veteran was like the old war horse which scents the battle afar off. He was comniissioned Major-tJen eral of \'olunteera on May 1th, and with the appointment President Mc Kinley plaeed in his charge the cav alry division of the army then form hlg t'or Uaba. The stories told of him as the resultof the Cuban cam paign would till. a book. He was oa tntngly everywhere and he carried his sixty-two years in a way that pro voked the admiration of veteran compaigners. In the charge it was always, "Come on!" At the battle of San Juan !ie was the senior oflicer in immediate com mand on the (ield, and was senior flawaaber of thecommission which r.c gotitited the surrender of Santiago and ^:?,000 Spanish soldiers. When the army came back from Cuba Qeaeral Wheeler was assigned to the command of the camps at Montauk 1'oint, and it was here that he experieuced one of the great sor rows of hi8 life, for his youngest son, Thomas, who was a cadet on the cruiser Columbia, was drowned ou the beach. The loss of his boy aged the father ten years iu appearance, but he retttrned to Washington when Qbbbbj Wikoff was broken up and eagerly sought service in the Philip pines. In August of last year he was given command of the First Brigade, Secood Division, Fdght Army Corps in the Thilippines. One of General Wheeler's most cherished possessions is the sword which was given him last year by the GhTOOd Army veterans of Boston. He was the firot cotfederate veteran to be invited by a nortbern G. A. R. DOOt to be its orator on Memorial I >ay. Qooarol Wheeler is a very small man phvsically, being only a little more thoo tive feet in height aud weighing lopj than DO pounds, but Ii- ia a marvel of activity. He is always on the go and at a very rapid rate. He is nervous and wiry. In Washingtou he has beeu a con spicuous liguro and is one of the busicst men in the House. After thedeath of Judge Holman and .Mr. Milikcn, of Maine, sotnc of the inembers in the Speaker's room were talking of the dropping out of the oid inembers. One noticed Qooetaj Wheeler and remarked: ? "Well, Oeneral Whteler is still left with us." "Yea," drawled out Mr. Heed in his charaeteristic way, "the Almighty eould never Bad Wheeler in one plaeo long enough to put his BBgCT Bpoo him." The Cost ola Strike. The St. Louiscorrespondent of the New Vork Jlcrald hasfurnished that paper with the following statetnent of the cost of the St, Louis street c-ir strike: Loaaaf life to datc, |g Nnmher of patBOBB injured, lso Nuuiber of wotnen atrlppod, :? Lo?8 tostrikera in w .:'. - $ 999j99| Losa to company la faa a, 490,000 Losstocomp&ny forexirucni ployeea, eaaraa, aetaettvea, Ueard aud lodgtae new men, 900,00a L>>s* to buainesa interests, 95,090,000 Cost to the city HOO.OOO These figures are astounding aud the result of the whole matter is that the strikers have failed,and although they have inaugurated a boycott ;iud are thereby continuing to iujure the company and aunoy thecitizens who ueed the convenience of the cars, they have not succeeded in accom plishingtheiroriginal purpose. Other men have been fouud whoare willing to do the work and the cars are now running regularly. THE MODKKN EIMTOR. (Jaahaaaaad Faaaa.) The difference between journalism, past and present, is this: The old time journal was employed by the editor as a means of exploiting his own personal views, as a means of keeping his personal ity before the publie. The modern editor employs his talents to exploit his newspaper, keeping himself in the backgrouud, and as much as possible from the publie gaze. But the personality of the editor is no less a fact and is no less stamped upon every department of the newspaper in this day and gen eration. The model newspaper is by no means an impersonal affair. In order to have weight and inlluenceit must have character, and in order to have character there must be a man of character at its head to determine its editorial policy aud the character and quality of its news. In tlie Ilritish Empirc. Bagbaad has a tnillion soldiers in India. Australia coins its own gold, but not its silver. As the ooo rises the liritish drum beatfollows it round the world. If all the cabs in London were placed in a line there would be a total length of 11 miles. The British empire, if cut into a strip ? mile wide, would reach arouud the world 450 times. SOMETHING ABOUT BOYS. 1'i'o "Jokir" Iniiii "i'olly."l Wa will now take under eoneidera tion three specimens of our bOfO. First, the bashful boy. He is a poor unfortunate fellow who never knows if he should cross his feet m his lap, put his hojftdl on the lloor or hold thOBB at an impossible angle to eaeh other; he never dares vcnUire to 8it on more than oue-third of his chair, and his franticefforts to niain tain his cqtiilibriuni while thus partly hOiODCed keeps all OOOI him in a state of laughter. If a word be addressed to him, he blushesfurious ly, and altogether shows such con fusion as to BBOke the speaker's con science prick him for cruelty to aninials. But, to his honor be it said, the bashful boy is usuallygood natured, kind-hearted and In ofteu a favorite, and only oarea it to his extreme sensitiveuess that he thinks every one around him is study injj him as an DOJCOOWfl quantitv, when, if he but kne*v it, no one is thinking of him unless he has done BOOaa nnusual freak. Butwoetothe bashful swain who stirts upon a "courtingspree"; the timid advances, the half-choked utterances and stolen glances bestowed upon the maiden of his choice are all noted and commented upon. And of ten is he "too backward in coming forward," as the Irish say, for the girl who waits for the expected p'roposal from him will have to be as patient as dob, exercis ing the wisdom of serpents with the harmlessness of doves, for fear of frightcning him off; one case which came uiider my own observation will somewhat serve to show how a girl will have to endure the uncertainty of years. periiaps, if she waits for her bashful lover. A young man, a friend of this writer, had been pojiof his attentions to a young lady for three years and rumor said that wedding bclls were to ring iu the verv near future: some asked him if the report were true, and his r.-ply w.i< that he had OOtOf inentioned thesub ject of marnag'.' to her, but it was his expectation to do so. Boys, don't be too bashful?your girFs patience may OJOjbj out. Second, let us consider the tiresome young man; there are really two kinds, the one who talks too much and the one who wou't talk at all, but of these two evils the lirst, though dreadful, is to be preferred. The mighty"Ego" takes first runk and precedence of all else. But yet is he to be prefered to the sileut young man, who though you may talk yourself deaf, dumb and blind maintains the sanie obstinate eilence, aud when you have conversed on every subject you know, you receive only the monosyllabic answers, "yes" or "no," so, of cource, you iiually give up in despair and resign yourself to fate. He makes one remark, his only one, and that one on the single subject you have not thought to menttonjyou feel that if you are forced to talk to him live minutes louger there will have to be a lunacy blank filled out against you, so you beat an ignominious retreat and send the worst little brother you have to entertaiu? him. Little bov, if the rats have stoleu your tongue, don't you go to see the girls; you just atay at home till it grows again; those girls don't want you; if they have to talk to you they abuse you, and if they can get out of talkiug to you, they ridicule you, so take my advice aud let them alone. But then we have the nice young man; I am not going to say we have no nice young men, and for one, Iam thankful tosay that we have, though not enough by any means. We have boys to-day8, who, though they have their faults, are trust-worthy, honest, industrious and brave boys on whom our nation's honor may some day safely rest; boys to whom a woman may turn for help in her hour of peril with the assurance that her trust is not misplaeed; young men who place their own high standard of honor and duty above all else, living up to their own convictions of right and not heedinc the sneers and criticisms of meaner souls beneath them. Such a man it is an honor to a woman to love. But never, pever do we rind a man like this ready to hurl his merciless ahafts of criticism at the wcaker sex to whom mother, sister and wife belong, but rather would hedefend her vveakness by his own strength, admittiag her faults and excusing them by his own; ad mitting her virtues and encouraging her to higher aitns; reposing his honor in her keeping, with the full assurance she is worthy of the trust; giving her the highest position (iod hasgivenhim thepower togive?that of his trusted wife and mother of his children. A n.an like this BBekea a woman almost an angel, and I repeat; never do we had him ready to decry a woman because she is a woman. A man who cannot distin guish a good woman from a bad one is to be pilied and it is a suitable punishment for him that he remain forever incapable of so doing, living his life without the knowledge that there are good women and men capable of making her so. PBBTTY VIKCIMA QIRL IN xi:w york. Noa Vouu, .Jtiue 16.?Special.? A prospective BtOT io the realms of raodevillo twiakled for a ohort time on the blooa habitoes of the OaaUo Boof'Grordofl last Sunday night in the petaoo of h dainty south.ern maiden, and OBOOtoded 10 thoroughly arousing them from the opothj, if not disgust, into which the?in other ita? execroble bill which had been arranged l.y IfOBMogef Teddy IforkOj bod throWO them. This winsome little singer, who is arell known in Lynchburgand other parts of Virginia, corried the oadieooa by stonn, and was repeatedly and I erously applauded. ller OppeoTOOOO wasentirely unheraldedby the ; and as she sang incognito, DJOOtl ity was mauifested as to her identity.* This brigbt littlesoutherner 13 Miss Bliaoboth Vooghao-Joooa, who re> sides with her mother in Gramnieivv l'ark, one of the most fashionable locahties in this oitj, Si. i is of Virginia and Kentucky poreotagej being closely connected on her mother's side with the Vaughans of Xelson county. She is a graduati of the Boodolph-Maooo Wooaoa'i Ool lege, Lynchburg, and for three years, in the nineties, BOOde voice culture a speeialty. Her ro?j often beordio thechorobeoof Lynch burg, as well as in the collego chapel. ?she was a general favoriteat OOllegO, and many an attendant at the joint coniineuctnient of a year BgO wiil long carry pleasant Oioaooriea <-f her. Her decision to appear in vaude viile OOBOeaoa a snrprise to her many friends here, aiul makes qoihl 00 in teresting story. While visiting in Southside Virginia not long ago, ihc met the son of a well-known Vir ginia preacher, a young man who is in business iu New York. This acquaintance was renewed upon their retara to New York, and the young Baaa, being strnek with her voice, brought her to the attention of a well-kuown composer of this city, who, recogni/.ing her special talent, prevailed on her to appear atare bcaiao] for the ("asinoentertainment. MissVaughan-Jones'successin this (her lirst i appaaraaca befeea the pub? lie has paaOOd her easily in the frout ranks of New York tingers. Her success was more pronounced, as the was unknown to any one in the hlBOt. except the manager and the com DOOaf mentioned before. BfiH Yaughan-.Jones contemplates eatariag apaa the raaderille in high-class specialties, and lias al raady, otaoe her Baaaay aighfa per fonnancv, had some tlatteriug offers, but she has encountered BtrOBg i .1 rental opposition and has not post tively daoided 00 her cottrse, and, should she go on the OtagQ. a special act will be writtcn for her by the OOOaBOOOI who brought her out. Her many friends and acquaint aucea in the South will, uo doubt, be surprised 'at Miss Yaughan-Jones going into vaudeville, as her pajreatl are of ample means and -linancially there is no necessity for such a course; but natural aptitude and a love for the work seein to be the atroag laoaatifaa. THE Sl'ARROW ANO THE ROB1N. The Bagliafa sparrow was intro duced into the I'nited States as a remedy for iaoeot peeta, and the remedy has proved worse than the evil it was intended to cure. lt is said that the aaaa who imported the lirst from Fngland made B mistake iu procuring the wrong apecies of sparrow. F]ach infant rob:rr, it is estimated, reqairea for its proper Baaioteaaaoe about fourteen inches of worm every day. As a robin faniily ateiBgea four, the mother is obliged to pro vide lifty-six inches of worm daily. Considering the difliculties and dangers of getting wonns, tbeoa statisties throw an interesting light on the industry and courage of the mother robin, aud of the great use the species are to the farmer. OVKlCritODlTCTIOX. The Marion (Ky.) Fulcoa aayi that two Bevapapera in its "Btate have receutly aaapeoded, because each wtuin an orererowded territory. The Fahon adds: "A newspaper "is the easiest thing in the world to start; the hardeat to keep atarted." The man who euters a aafflcieatlj occupied tield in hope of foreing the retircniciit of one or more of the oc cupants reqairea aaach more than ability to produce ;?. better paper than the others are; he must'have the abihty to live from other resourcea than the income of his paper, and keep it alive while he domonstrates its auperiority. Doctors Say; Hiliousand IntermittentFevers which prevail in miasmatic dis tricts are invariably accompan ied by derangements of the Stomach Liver and Bowcls. The Secret of Health. The liver is the great "driving wheel" in the mechanism of man, and when it is out of order, the whole system becomes de ranged and disease is the result. Tutts Liver Pills Cure all Liver Troubles. a ooooooaaaoooooooooeoa ???? SCROFULA thin blood, weak lungs and palcness. Yoaj have them in hot weather as well as in cold. SCOTT'S EMULSION cures them in summer as in winter. Itiscrcamy lookingand pfcas ant tasting. 50c and ?i x>; all drogj^sts. ?aa ARE YOU GOING TO PAINT? 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