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Friday, January S2, 19<M>
BOBEBT KPWARI) LEE.
< >n the nineteenth of January,
1807. in the county of West
liioivlaiul, at an old homeetead
called "Stratford", wtw born a
child numed Robert Edward Lee.
Of aristocrat ic parentage, and
siirrounded bvconditions condu
civa to indolence and possibly
bcentioTiaaioBii?for the Virginia
plantation of that Colonialday
was and is by mauy so regarded
?the boy l^ee grew to manhood
\?>rv Hean, very nianly, very sin
cere and religious, of slmple rinm
neiaj and with frank and open
character. With little ofthedasfc
of the Cavalier, he stept on the
st age of life's action well euough
equipped Ln most of the fittings
that inake a good citizen, taking
his tasks as they came, doing
them carefully, conscientiously.
and with much of painstakhig!
As a cudet at West Point he was
not specially noted for great
brilliancv, but the work done by
him had alwaja the mark of a
tvrtuin fiiiish?he slighted noth?
ing.
Had not the Civil War arlsen
Lee might have passed most
of life a siniple clean quiet
eolonel of cavalry, noted for the
excellenee of his engineering work
and pointed out as a model of
dignitied gentlemanliness. It is
possible in the long: run hewould
have attainetl the rank of head
of the army of the United Statea.
such position conferringno great
responsibilities and no great
fame. That war, the turaing
point in th" livos of so many,
found him in a most peculiar po
sit ion. A Yirginian of Virginians.
edocated in the school of Btai
rights, and ingrained in the be
lii'f that the State came first and
the Inion stvond, he stood at
the parting of the waya,tempted
asfew mtn have ever been. ()n
the one hand the head of the
uations army was his had he
<?hosen it: 011 the other theheavy
ta.sk of oomnianding what inanV
eonsiilned a forlorn hope. Had
he been less a man he would have
yielded to the dosire to he the
bead nf nnmfrthmr o sometliing
'Many men would have deemed
?fffl) nnd indeed it was great?
t he connuand of an army capa
bleofdevelopment into a force
sujterior to any that Napoleon
ever led. But for I^ee there was
only one thought; he was first
of all a Yirginian. ltight or
wiong. he simply could not fight
his own brethren, he could not
lift sword against those who had
crrown up with him and who were
to him brethren all. The one
arord -Duty" outweighed all
temptatfona to be great; the
heart ot'the man, not the head,
ehose?and we know the rest.
Sharing the privations of his
men. eainping with them in tents,
(for I^ee never, as did many of
his geuerals, take a house for
headquarters) he took what
came of campaign life, and at
the end surrendered to forces so
overwhelniing as to be invinci
^bl,'. lf he waa manly in cam
Jioign life he was doubly manly
m the sunender, saying that
whatever he might prefer for
himself he had no rigiit to sacri
fiee the lives of the men who,
clusteriug around him, would
have died sogladly to save him
a j.ang.
liie greatness of Robert Lee
eonsists not so much in his cam
paigns. although these the mili?
tary critics of the day credit with
bemg the greatest in the annals
of history; his real greatness is
in defeat, or the attitude he as
sunied towards that defeat. As
it was his duty to lead his men
m battle, so now he felt it his
highest duty to resume life's
work in a field so different that
it seemed almost trivial. He
might have sulked?others did;
he might have idled?others did,
and, sitting down told of his
eampaigns and of the glory of
these. lle might have made a
fortune writing a bo(?k. He
could have been at the head of
great enterprises orgigantic cor
porations. One faet he saw?
the youug men who had grown
to near manhood during those
four fateful years were well nigh
destituteofeducation. Ignorant,
and as a consetpuence unquali
fied for life's work. his heart went
out to these, and his "duty" lay
before him, simple, unmistaka
bh^. This was Lee's greatest
greatness?to humble himself
and help others. No sulking, no
repiniag, m> blaming others, no
recrimination or shifting of re
sponsibility. He saw life's work
?work so sadly needed?and he
took it up as dutifully and as
painstakingly as that of any
campaign. And he did it thor
ouglily.
? ()h! good, grey head of Ar
lington! when thy great sore
heart, that ever took unto itself
all blame, burst behind the mute
lips, and Roekbridge earth re
ceived the stateliest man of all
our time, then indeed the last
Virginia gentleman was laid to
Bleep in his inother's lap, and the1
heroic age of Virginia endetl."j
But surely not. IVue, another
Virginia rises phoenix-like iVoin
the nahai of Raronial Virginia, a
Virginia active, energetie, full of
the promise of a seeond youth.
But tell us not that the last Vir?
ginia gentlenian is dead.
"Hero worship? Well. yes.
Next to (fiKl-woiship we hold it
the most ennobling. When Vir?
ginia forgets her heroes then in
deed will her degradatiou hftve
come.** And here was a man?
"Take him all in all we shall not
look upon his like again."
GWINE TER GIT YE, IF YE DON'T
WATCH OUT.
lt is with complaeeney and
much satisfaction we view the
sentiment to amend or abolish
the poll-tax prerequisite. l'rior
to the last General Assembly the
Virginia Citizen advoeateiJ re
ducing the time limit to thirty
or si_tv days, and the Delegate
from this county was insistent
in t he last Legislature that such
an amendment should be sub
initted. However, our (Jeneral
Assembly had not taken its ear
from the ground, still cringing
because of the laiubasting cer
tain holier-than-thou organshad
given it on one thing and
another. Now some baltant ad
vocates of primaries and strim
gent poll-tax requirements are
hedging. or at least are trying
to get from under tlie inciibi?
are squirming.
Of course something should be
done (as sure as certain things
ouglit never to have be<?n done)
and it will be done?two years
late. One thing has long been
portending, and now two things
inust be done sure as little bees
make honey: Abolish the pri
tnarv% nnd draw in on poll-tax.
prepayment?or thehybnd Taft
ocrats and goblin rtepublieans
will get the Democratic party
and Old Virginia.
STOP RIGHT THERE, MR. TAFT.
You have been to Georgia,
graud old Georgia, and have
given the Crackers much fairlv
good advice, but we warn you
that vou are on dangerous
ground when you are advising.
as we read you aredoing, against
the marriage of school-teachers.
From time further back than the
memory of man mnneth to the
contrary it is recorded that Yan
kee girls went South with two
objects in mind?one, to teach
school, the other, to ensnare a
guileless Georgia youth into
matrunony. This, of course, is
mere heresay, but we warn you
that when you advise the girls
of Georgia or anywhere else in
the Suiniy South against wed
dings you are on very thin ice.
Its all very well to tell us that
we need protection, but don't
you see that the girls need it.
and are going to have it. too, or
know why? And how inthunder
are they to get it if they do not
have hubbies? No, Mr.Taft, the
girl who teaches school is entit le? 1
to two strings to her bow down
our way, and if you are going to
st and in the way of one of these
being pulled, you'd better not.
If you want to retain what pop
ularity you h.ave gained. and in
crease it, at the very next 'pos
sum banquetyou atteud retract,
or you are lost.
VOTING AND PRAYIXG.
Colonei Rufua N. Rhodes, the co'oa
sus of the Birmingham News, overdid
things very much indeed when he told
Judge Taft that intelligent Southern
era who opposed his election thanked
God for having preaerved them from
their own folly?or words to that effect.
The Southerner who really prayed for
the election of Taft ought to have vot
ed that way. It is incorrect and unjust
to put down all the Southernera who
opposed Taft's election as insincere or
silly. It ought to be possible to voice
the true feelings of the South towards
Mr. Taftwithout "slopping over" aa
Colonei Rhodes saw fit to do.?Norfolk
Landmark.
The Landmark is right, as
usual, when it gets to ethicizing
or moralizing. The late election
saw manv innovations that are
not at all conducive to the uplift
of politics, though in this cir
cumstance some will justify their
attitude upon the ground that
the gap was made for the onrush
of the mdependent and that the
fence of the party man went down.
Nevertheless, the newspaper or
man that spoke one way and
voted or prayed another can
hardly be styled "square" even
in the lexicon of politics.
The acquittal of Hains again
brings New York 'iJu8tice'riuto
odium. A significant remark?
and one complimentary to the
officials of our own county?was
dropped by a store lounger, to
wit: 'Td rather be tried for
killing a man in New Y'ork than
for runninga speak-easy in Lan?
caster." Thanks to the "jail
sentence" which our courts are
beginning to recognize in illieit
liquor 8elling.
Fifty days more and Theodore
Roo8evelt will step down and
out. He went in with a reputa
tion for "doing things". Well,
he's done 'em and still a-doing,
and will do for the whole fiftv
days.
WE MODESTLY DISCLAIM !T.
Among the many exchanges that
come to this ofl.ce none is more wel
come or ia perused with more interest
than the Virginia Citizen, of Irving?
ton, Va. In many respecta we regard
it as the model weekly paper. It has
a distinct literary flavor, its editorial
columns are a power for enlightenment
and good in its community, and it cov
era its news field admirably. But it is
the amiability and tolerance and cour
tesy that invariably characterize ita
columns that most commends it. The
Citizen does not shirk from discussing
forcefully and courageoualy every ques
tion. but it doea so with a considera
tion for the rights and opinions of oth?
ers and a judicial fairneas which we ad
mire. Its selections of verse and
miscellaneou8 matter are always admi
rable. and the whole tone of the paper
clean and wholesome.?Danville Regis
tar.
OVSTERS PLENIFLL-MARKETS LOW
Commander Thomas. B. Howard of
the Maryland Shellftah Commission aays
oysters are more plentiful now than in ,
15 years past.
There is an abundance of oysters at
the wharves at present. They are Bell
ing at from 60 to 75 cents a bushel. ?
Alexandria Gazette.
Oysters have been sold in Carters
Creek during the past ten days in large
quantities. Vessels having 15,000bush
els sailed for Baltimore last Sunday
morning. This week there are four
large schooners loading, one of them
carrying about 5,000 bushels. The pri?
ces are ranging from 40 to 60 cents per
bushel. A nuraber of tongers have
sold part of their plants, but it is esti
mated that two-thirds of the plants are
still on hand awaiting better market.
The question of the scarcity of oys?
ters in Virginia is a much discussed one
by our State newspapers. We shall
always try to be fair in all discussions
as to the oyster oonditions in our own,
or other States. That there are plenty
of the best oysters in Virginia, on the
Seaside and in Pocomoke Sound there
is no doubt. Some of the finest stock
ever shipped from Virginia has been
shipped during the holidays. The ques?
tion of plenty of marketable oysters
this year and f # several years to come
is settled, just for the reason that pri
vate planters have forseen the problem
now confronting Virginia in the matter
of getting suitable seed in sufficient
quantities. Here is the rub. It seems
next to impossible to protect the great
seed areas. Now, while it is true that
Pocomoke Sound is larger in area than
the seed-beds of the James, that area
cannot supply the kind of seed that the
James river produces. In the areas
now available, for the planting of seed,
the James river stock seems besttitted.
Experiments have been tried with seed
from other sections, but they do not
grow or yield sowell as the James river
stock. So, it seems that the wisest policy
is to conserve the seed that pays the
Virginiaplanter most.? The Oysterman,
Hampton.
LET THE COUNTIES SPEAK UP.
I Richmond Evening: Journal.]
That the President and three compan
ions can accomplish 90 miles on horse
back, over Virginia roads in the win
ter time, in a period of seventeen hours
and ten minutes is almost past belief.
Who would have paid that compli
ment to the Virginia country road?
Not we.
The President left the White House
at 3:30 o'clock yesterday morning, eras
sed the Potomac and used four relays
of horsea to Warrenton, Fauquier coun?
ty, and back to the White House,
where hearrivedin fine condition, show
ing no signsof weariness. at 8:40 o'clock
last night. The President was highly
pleased, and to emphasize his achieve
ment, remarked: "And Virginia roads
in winter time are not usually in the
best condidion."
Fauquier county is one of the very
richest in the State, and her roads must
be far above the average to enable the
President to make this record ride.
The two things?good roads and rich
farmers?go hand-in-hand. With ade
quate turnpikes and thoroughfares the
people of any county in Virginia will
increasc their holdings of wealth and
add to the comfort and convenience of
living. In how many counties in Vir?
ginia could the President, or anybody
else, make ninety miles on horseback
in seventeen hours? Let our county
contemporaries figure it out. It would
be instructive and entertaining to have
a discussion on this topic, especially as
the agitation for good roads is now to
the front.
[Credit is above gives to Fauquier
for the roads. As a matter of fact, if
the writer had consulted the map of
Virginia he would have seen that only
a short portion of the road is in the
county of Fauquier, about six or eight
miles, the rest of it is through Prince
William, 14 miles; Fairfax, 20 miles,
and Alexandria county about 5 miles?
approximate distances. ? Editor Citi?
zen.]
TEMPERANCE NOTES.
Governor Patterson has vetoed the
bill recently passed by the Legislature
of Tennessee, making that State a pro
hibition district.
The validity of the Byrd liquor law
was upheld by Judge Witt, of Richmond
corporation court, when he handed down
an opinion in case of the Common
wealth against J. W. Binford. Binford
was a salesman for a Baltimore house
and declined to get out the license of
$500 for salesmen from other states.
He gave the police fair notice that he
would do business here and actually did
make a sale of liquor and waa caught in
the act by the police. He was fined $100,
the case being brought to teat the law.
The Liquor Dealers Association is back
ing Binford and the case now goes to
the State Supreme court.
EIGHTH ANNUAL CONVENTION.
Annual Convention of the State Anti
Saloon League will be held at Epworth
Church, Norfolk, Tuesday. Wednesday
and Thursday, February 9, 10 and 11.
The program is one of the most inter
esting of years, and matters of vital
importance to the State will be discus
sed. Among the score of speakers an
nounced Judge G. Taylor Gamett, on
"The Majeaty of the Law and its en
forcement," Dr. James Cannon, on
"Our Future Victories and How to win
them," and W. McDonald Lee, on
"Tidewater,"' are aet for Thursday.
ANOTHER MED1TERRANEAN QUAKE
The whole Mediterranean coast seems
to be in trouble. A slight earthquake
near Smyrna resulted in the death of
eight persons.
A quarter million Italian laborera
will leave their native land within the
coming four months, principally for
the United States, as a result of the
earthquake.
FAMILY BURNED TO DEATH.
One day last week the wife of Ar
thur Carey (colored) and three small
children, near Neenah, Westmoreland
county, met a horrible death by burn
ing. Thu mother was too ili to leave
her bed when the house caught fire.
The body of the former was bumed to
a crisp, and the children were entirely
conaumed.
THE GREAT^ REVIVAL
Chapman ? Alexander Mcetings
Stirrh? Richmond.
WOV. ??f>N?10N I.XPREASES
? HIX*ELF.
Standing on the platform beside Dr.
J. Wilbur Chapman, and with twenty
two of his fellow-students, John E.
Rowe, a young man of Richmond Col
lege, told the great crowd that filled
the City Auditorium how he was led
to Christ by his mother's prayers
twelve yeara after she had passed into
the great beyond. It waa one of the
most wonderful testimonials ever heard
at a religious meeting in Richmond, and
it moved many women and men to tears.
IFrotn Timea-Diapatch.]
A new departure in the Chapman
meetings waa made yesterday when the
business men of Richmond gathered at
the Masonic Temple to welcome Dr.
Chapman and Mr. Alexander, first at
an informal reception and afterwards
at a lunch. That the meeting was in
every degree representative of the
business interest of this city was char
acterized by the fact that those present
came from all the various industries
and interesta that go to make up the
commercial life of this great city, and
represented avery vocation, from the
humblest clerk to a successful captain
of business.
Dr. James P. Smith asked the bless
ing, and after the main portion of the
lunch had been concluded Mr. Alexander
arose, and in a few short sentences cap
tivated the audience. At the request
of very many of his hearers, Mr.
Alexander then led in a short chorus,
which was sung with earnestness and
feeling.
Lieutenant-Governor Ellyson intro
duced Dr. Chapman, and in the course
of his remarks said that he felt this
occasion was one of the greatest that
had ever come to Richmond, and he
prayed that God's Spirit might lead to
the mini8try many of the young men
who were feeling the call of the Spirit
today.
In a way that clearly touched and
held his hearers, Dr. Chapman pleaded
for the ministers of the gospel. "I
would be a wooden man," he said, "if
I could not preach under the atmosphere
of enthusiasm and influence by which I
am surrounded. The man I have on my
heart is your own minister. He gets
distressed, he faces problems that are
too heavy for him. The great majority
of them are underpaid and overworked,
and the struggle they have to endure is
severe and painful. We want to raise
them up, to make their lives fuller and
richer. and to do that we will have to
raise the lives of those whom they scrve.''
GOVERNOR SWANSON SPEAKS.
Just before the conclusion of the
luncheon, Rev. Thomas Semmes called
on Governor Swanson, who responded
in a way that took the audience by
storm. *T am glad," said Governor
Swanson, "to be present at this meet?
ing. and especially I am gratcful that I
have had the privilege of attending the
meetings at the Auditorium. This is a
great work, and one that has ateadily
grown in my estimation. When I waa
a young man at the Randolph-Macon
College we thought that religion ought
to be left to the preachers alone. I now
know that it is theduty of every citizen,
whether he be a member of the church
or not, to try to carry into hia own life,
in business, in politics, in the home circle
and in the church, if he belongs to one,
the spirit of the Maater whom he
serves." Continuing, Governor Swan?
son said: "True religion makes better
citizena, it makes honest business men,
it makes the work of goveming easier,
it makes the lives of communities purer,
and above all, it carries into the heart
of the humblest that divine and blessed
doctrine that each man's soul is of eter
nal value. Kingdoms may rise and fall,
governments come and go, lawa fall
intodecay. thegloryof this world pass
away, but the soul of the indivjdual
stands secure and eternal, and it is on
the appeal to each individual that re?
ligion ultimately dependa."
This line of thought the Governor
developed with great force, and at the
conclusion of his remarks the opinion
was generally expressed that he had
never made a better or more convincing
address.
"IfMr. Chapmangets ill," said Mr.
Alexander, "we know where to find his
substitute now that we have heard Gov?
ernor Swanson speak."
DOINGS IN CONGRESS.
The largest pension bill in the history
of the country?$160,869,000-has just
passed Congress.
The Senate, by a majority of one
vote, passed a bill doubling the salary
of the President.
The Rivera and Harbors Committee
have recommended, among others, the
following appropriations: York river
and tributaries, $40,000; Rappahannock,
$15,000; Nomini creek, $4,000; Urban
na creek, $4,000, and James river,
$19,000.
Illegal diversion of $15,000 of public
funds by the president and William H.
Taft while secretary of war, to pay for
the investigation by private detectives
into the Brownsville affair, was charged
by Senator Foraker in the Senate. As
a reault of Mr. Foraker's charge the
Senate, without debate and without
reference to committee, adopted a res
olution presented by him, calling for an
investigation. Thus "Fire-eater" For?
aker smites his President.
President Rooaevelt has written to
the Governor of Califomia urging that
certain legislation bearing on the aub
ject of Japanese emigration be held up
until he discusses the subject with
Washington leaders of Nationalpolitics.
He considera that the proposed laws
will "work incalculable harm to the
State of California as well as to the
whole Union". The California Sena
tors are reported as endorsing the posi
tion of the President.
Not content with his efforta to lam
bast the President, Senator Till man has
started on the preparation of another
speech. It will take him about two
weeks to get it ready and the public ia
promised something that will acorch and
sizzle. It is expected that the Senator
will attempt a dissection of President
Roosevelt's public career, especially in
the White House, and will make a caustic
analysis of the President's course, hia
methods and the like and compare the
President's record and hia own.
TILLMAN AND THE PRESIDENT.
TheOne CoavlnclBg,tbe Other Uall
tj ot a "Deitpicable" Act.
Senator Tillman's defence of himself
waa temperate, convincing and obvi
oualy truthful.
The World has never been an ardent
political admirer of the fire-eating1
Senator from South Carolina, but we -
have never doubted his rugged per-1
aonal honesty, and do not think that1
Mr. Roosevelt doubts it either, or that!
the President ever seriously believed
that Senator Tillman had been guilty
of a grave official impropriety.
When the Senator asserts that "I
have attempted to deceive nobody, I
have not told any falsehoods; I have
not broken any law; I have not been
guilty of any immoral conduct; I had
a right to buy the land if I could", he
isstating nothing that the President
did not already know.
When the Senate instituted an in
quiry into the seeret service Mr. Roose
velt sent a cunningly worded letter to
Senator Hale, which in effect charged
Senator Tillman with corrupt conduct
in relation to an attempt to buy
Western lands withheld from the mar?
ket in apparent defianceof the law by
one of Mr. Harriman's corporations, al
though this so-called misconduct had
nothing to do with the matter before
the Senate committee. When the House
tabled the omnibus libel in Mr. Roos?
velt's regular mes.sage and officially
convicted him of making statements
"without basisof fact," the President
instantly made public his vague and
indefinite Tillman charges, deliberately
seeking to blacken the Senator's
reputation merely to create a diversion
for his own benefit.
There is no other instance in Ameri
can history in which a president ever
so contemptibly abused his official
power or sought to injure a political
enemy by an act so wanton and des
picable. No other President, from
Washington to McKinley, would have
been morally capable of it-not even
Andrew Johnson. ?New York World.
DOWMNGS.
E. B. Brown and T. L. Haihy,
traveling salesmen, have been visiting
our merchanU the past week. Mr.
Brown has been on the road for about
thirty years.
Mrs. Lula Dodson is very sick with
the grip. Dr. C. T. Pierce, of Nutts
ville, is attending her.
A. S. Rice, of Heathsville, was in
our community recently on business.
Teachers of public schools please
remember that one month from today
isGeorge Washington's birthday, and
celebrate it with appropriate exercihe*.
A. B Hammell was in Urbanna
several days last week la the interest
of his firm.
F. C. Booker, the saw mill man, ship
ped a large vessel load of fine luniber
from this place last week. He has
recently moved his mill on Mrs. G. A.
Rock's tract of timbered land near
Farnham.
G. A. Richardson, of Village, tax
collector, calls often on his friends
around here.
James Connellee returned from Colo
rado about two weeks ago improved in
health. He expects to return we.st in
the near future with his family. He is
in Norfolk at this writing.
The rabbit and bird shooting aaaaan
goes out with this month. Make the be.st
of it while it lasts and then don't in
terrupt them any more until next Nov
ember. Sueh laws are necessary or
our game would all be gone soon.
Some few wild turkeys have been
seen around here during the recent
snow and about as big as grow.
J. T. Payne and wife visited friends
at White Stone recently.
John Veasey, a very old man, is ail
ing at present. Mr. Veasey has been
helpless for years from a stroko of
paralysis.
S. P. DeVault's home has been
brightened by a fine boy. Reportkr.
POLITICAL
Elihu Root, Secretary of State, has
been nominated by the New York Re?
publican caucus for U. S. Senator.
The nomination is equivalent to elec?
tion.
That the Democratic organization in
Virginia is not a ring nor a machine as j
certain demagogues have proclaimed
for their own advantage is sufhciently |
attested by the fact that it retains the
confidence of the people and is continued
in power. ?Danville Register.
_ . i
Benjamin F. Shively, of South Bend, '
Ind., was nominated for senator by the
Democratic caucus on the twentieth
ballot, receiving forty-two votes. His '
principal competitor, John W. Kern,
got thirty-five votes. Kern, who was
Bryan's running mate in the last elec?
tion, had entered the caucus confident
of victory.
HAINS ACQUITT?D.
After reviewing the evidence for
twenty-two hours and taking fifteen
ballots before all were agreed, the jury
in the trial of Thornton Jenkins Hains,
at Flushing. N. Y., found the prisoner
not guiltyasaprincipal with his brother,
Captain Peter C. Hains, jr., in thekili
ing of William E. Annis.
"Under this verdict it is perfect'y
safe for any person who is ingenious
enough to frame up a defense to go out
and kill. Private vengeance seems to
have taken precedence over the people's
law," was the only comment thatPros
ecutor Darrin had to makeon the jury's
return.
For the second time in his life Thorn?
ton Hains was found not guilty of the
charge of murder, as he was acquitted
of murder in shooting a companion
named Edward A. Hannigan in an open
boat in Hampton Roads seventoen years
ago.
FISH AND OYSTER NOTES.
State Commission of Fisheries meets
tonightat Hampton in monthly session.
Under the statutes in Virginia oys?
ter shore tax is due each September 1st,
in advance, and the State does not
guarantee protection from trespassers
on any ground on which tax is not paid.
Comparisons are being made by some
f>eraons, prcsumably to influence legis
ation between the Virginia oyster and
oysters at the north. The Citizen
will be indebted to any who will send
us the largest shells they can find. It
will also do the industry in this State a
good turn. j
GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY.
December 29. 18o8-190M.
Fifty yaars marriad. and the billowy wavea
Of troablea are auraing on:
Fifty years! and I atand by the trravea
Of my idaala. all ahattered and gona.
O! pureday of beauty. and hrig-ht aa ealm.
Aa thoujjh our lives had been all bulm.
Scatterod are hopea youth'a pure fancy wove.
1 'nrelonting? haa fate been to me;
Two bloaaoma have vaniahed from our garland at law.
?Whileour hearts. like thedeaolate aea.
Keep moaning f?r Uiose gone out of this life.
Yet aighin* for thoaa aUU facin* ita atrife.
S.. murh of atem aorrow. how few are the joya!
We meaaun- th.- tim.> with our teara;
Plcaaures too acant to produce any noiae.
In fifty proritlesa yeara.
Diaappointmenta are many, in rudeat guiae.
To bow our forma and to dimour ayea.
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We will caat away trloom. O. beautiful day.
Make deaperate thoughta take flight!
Time a experience muat brinjr alway
A wiadom atern but right.
Thy mockinjr tinta breathe hooe the while
Well view the past with placid smile:
For every miafortunc a recompenaat
A God rulen aftor all:
To yield to aom.w. dark and tenae.
Ia building up a wall
Of ba?e intrratitudc t<> God.
Who in lovo rontroln Hia rod.
Lancaater. Va. MXRY STVAMT G**?*?.
[Communicatod.l
COCK ROBIN.
It has nover been the writer'spleasure i
to witness an entertainment so well
pianned or better rendered than that
given by the High School teachers and
pupils at Ottoman on Friday last, and
for which they deserve great credit and
encouragement.
This sehcol, just established last fall,
has, under the successful managementof
Misses Neale, Dunaway and Cottingham,
fullfilled the expectations of its friends
and promotors, and the failure Bhoals
have long since been passed. It prom
ises a bright future to many a little
country lad and lassie (of Ottoman)
who now cannot realize the difficultiea
which enhedged the paths of their
fathersand mother3 in their school days.
There were about twenty-five children
in tha Cantata "Cock Robin," and each
took the part assigned exceedingly well.
Little Ford McGinnes, as the naughty
sparrow, accepted, with amerry twinkle
in his eyes, the condemnatory sone:?
You, naughty, naughty sparrow,
you ought to burn your bow and arrow,"
as sung wcll by the two flies and'a
tish (MildredStoneham, Beatrice Beane
and Hilda Jctt).
The Parson (Clarence Palmer) caught
the audience in lining his hymn,
"Cock Ruliin'H life wm ahort but brtef.
At 8f__1 lir is <lp?el,
An arti.w |>i?i-oo<l his .li.iphmjrm.
And then he last his head."
"Now sing"!
The Peasanfs Song, by eight little
jrirls GaaeTiava Ilaynie, Helen Towles,
Lilian Harper. Mary Palmer, Helen
Branaatia, Corinne Rogers. LaviniaTap
seott and Blanche Stoneham, reflected
great credit on their instructora.
Carlyle Shackleford, Roy Dobyns and
Carrol Daggatt, as the hunters, opeaing
the play by finding Cock Robin dead,
araoaad the iataraaU and caught the at
tenLion o| the audience. followed by
Purnell Warn-n. whose part wa* diffi
cult as tha Knight, in hU query. "who
kill^d Cosk Robin"?
The Owl, the Bcelle. the Kite, Linnet,
Lark und Dove. (Bairon Didlake, Geo.
Ketnor. Fannie Uellfield) mourning the
loss of "Cock Kobin b> the sparrow's
cruel hand," and Lowson Ficklin, as
the Bull, "ill toll thebell," brought
little Ford - to judge by his humorous ex
presdion-back to the enormity of his
crim.\ While the Hermit, Kit Greene,
with his sign "Im Dcef and Dum,"
brought down the house by compli ?
menimg the >jirls loudly on their sing ?
ing. Kit made a hit.
The Thrush's Psalm. sung by Miss
Ella Beane, wastouching and sw??et.
Th*' children were steered throjgh
the shoals of discord by Mr. Howard
Brent's accompaniment on the violin.
while music by the Morattico brasa
band of Whealton, insured the succesa
of the evening.
Dr. Lewis, the superintendent, was
present. and in a short addresa con
gratulated the children and teachers
upon their year's labor and the patrons
upon the excellent support given the
teachers, and called attention to the
fact that in another year an addition to
the present building would be necessary
in order to accommodate the pupjls.
Mr. Chas. Shackleford, to whom
great credit is given for his persistent
and successful efforts to establish this
school. closed the evening by thankmg
the audience for their liberal and en
thusiastic attendance, and congratulat
ing the children and teachers upon the
great success of the evening's eater
tainment.
The proceeds, about seventy doilars
will be used for the benefit of the High
School. One of the Audience.
CRISP NEWS.
A Mexican volcano is threatning
eruption and earthquakes are predictedL
President Roosevelt has renewed his
suggeetion that a memoriai commemo
ratmg the servic-38 of Gen. Robert E.
Lee, the Confederate chieftian, be erec
ted by popular subscription.
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We carry a line of clothing, ready-made
and made-to-order, and Ladies' Cloaks.
Window Glass all sizes.
Druggits, Mattings, Iron Beds and
Springs; Jap-a-lac ajt New York prices
Best flour $5.25 to $5.75 the barrel.
A big 1 ne of Drugs and Patent Medi
cine at cut prices.
Two hundred pound sacka fine aalt $1.12.
We are here to stay and do business on
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cash and sold at prices that cannot be
knocked out and seldom duplicated.
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Sharpa Wharf. Va.
SPECIAL OFFER
TO HERCBANTS.
In order to add some new ac
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are maki.ig a special offer of
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PAYING BIG PRICES FOR
JEWELRY.
Come or write to us. we will save you mor.oy
and please yoa with your purch_?. Our stock
? always up to the minute in style and quality
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Men 8 SoHd Gold Watch. $25 00 nn
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HundredsofWateh.es to chooso from. Nameyour
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-HEADQUARTERS FOR WEDDING RINGS.
Diamond Enjra*ement ttaS $10.00 up
Other Diamond Rink's. $20.00. $30.00 and $60 00
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When you have a Weddintr Present to buy. write
ua tellinK what is most desired and we will ouote
lowest pnccs. - ? - -
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"BALTIMORE'S JEWELER."
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Reference, ""The Editor."
Tail Uaks from little Acorns grow
Blg Fir?t?froHi little JHatehex ?iow -
Tbertfoie, he wise and Insnre your
properiy lu-fore it is too late in the
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tyLesg than half the cost of old line
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HELP WANTED.
A YOUNG MAN THAT IS A GOOD
stenographer-preferably a North
ern ANeck boy?is wanted in the
Virginia Citizen office.
Also a good typo wanted.
None but temperate persons need
apply. ?*