{The ^lexington Gazette.VOLUME 99. NUMBER14. LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1903. ONE DOLLAR A YEAH.

Fraternal Orders.

MountainCity Lodge, No. 67, AncientYork Masons, meets 2nd and 4th Mon¬day nights at Masonic Hall. J. WillMoore, W. M. A. T. Shields. Sec'y.Koekbridge Lodge, No. 58. I. O. O. F.

meets every Thursday night, at Odd Fel-owe' Hall A. W. Manspile, N. 0. J. V.Urlustead, ssec'*,.

Lexington Lodge, No- CC, K. of P,-neets every Tuesday night,at Odd Febtows' Hall, W. S. lineman, C. C. J. V.Grinstoad. K, R S.Natural Bridge Council, No..f>20. Royal

Arcanum, meets 1st aud 3rd Fridaynights In each month. W. R, Beeton,Regent. James vVithrow, Sec'y,Lee Jackson Camp, No. 83,Junior Or-

dor American Mechanics, meets everySin«l »nd 4th Friday nights at Odd Fellows'Hall. F. 8 Johuston. Councilor. D. B.Radford, Secy.Liberty Lodge, No, L Daughters of

Rebeka*}, meets every Mondav night at

Oljd' Fellows' Hall. Miss Anna K.Kunine, N. O. Mrs, M. F. Crigler,MST.

Professional Cams.

GHEKNLKK I). LKTCHER,AftOBUn at Law,

LKXINUTuN, VA

N iary Public.

PAUL M PEN1CK.A'lvouS'KV at Law,

Lka1S(iion. VlROUfU.

Ifotary Public. ai>4

J. PitusTos Mooi;k. I'r^vi- M.ipmNotary I'uiili-.f.at^t!<ji-k Uockt.iMge

Cpuuty Court.

MOORE & moore.Attohnkvs at Law,

I.KXIXi: ION, V{'hone No. 12.

DR. LOL IS h. AAL/4Hen! isl.

P'jullwtry in all its brane'he.s. Up](| W/or)-h opWiaity, Pricey ii«.i -1'aivh.ji. ^fttistac-UQn t-tiQianiocd- CHAoe opposite hewHank BalKUag Phone No, Ti,

DH. JOHN II. HARTMAN,Dentist.

Offices on Main Street, Lexington, Va.Office Hours: 0 a. m. to 2 p. m. 4 L» 6 p.m.Phone No. 8.

HUTTON ENGINEERING CO.,Civil, Electric*!, and

Mechanical Engineers.Surveys, Plans, Specifications,

Estimates for Public or PrivateWorks.

atssT"We superintend or contract.

ROBERT E, HUTTON,LEXINGTON, VA

Dee. di. tf. [ ^

nAMUEL B. WALKER, Jit.,^ REAL ESTATE,Rental and Insurance Agent.

LEXINGTON, VA.

aug 6

Tte Rocfcbfidgt Howse('fniii-r .in elson Street and SmatiMM Ave

UutfROTOa, VaR. U. TEMPLETON, Manager

.Meals Mc. Ta ile the best the marketaffords. Two blocks rom the t'epot,opposite Ann Smith Acodenif.

BOYD HICKMANwn.i. TAKE ORDIR8 roams

TJnited States Boggy,Cart and Harness Co.,t {NClNNATL'OlIiO,

TkoSS wl-htng auything Iii this line,whees quality and prk) a Sit considered,Will dO Well to see Ililli.Consspoadeaee solicited. S:itisfactlon

guaranteed.Will be in Lexington every Cooli Day.I'ontofflte.Keir's Creek, Roekbrldge

county. Va oct 1 tt

Farm for Sale.Nu. 51. A tract of about lui acres,

7;» esses cleared, ~s> acres in originalaio,Vth Oj Umber, 1J miles from BuenaYiyili. Frame dwelling, '-lay soil, sus¬

ceptible of linpioveiiient. Good place for

youiiff niau with limited means to build a

hom'-. Price, *1.400 one-third cash,balance in one and two years, withlaterest.

JOHN T. McKEE,Real Estate Agent,

Ri-kna Vista, Va.Mareh 11

INSURANCE.Life, Fire, Health,Accident, Burglary,Employers' Liability,and Plate Glass.

SURETY BONDS.

R.R.Wltt&Co.Jan 21, ly LEXINU'l' «N, VA.

Ftii-oittirc.We wleli to extend oui thanks for the

liberal patronage we have reoelyed.Our holiday trade was good and om

Ciiati ind's were made happy in their pur¬chases. If you want to experience thatgood feeling of petting full value for yourmoney

Come to See Us.What we have done for others we will dofor you. Your needs can be supplied and

your taste satisfied, as we have instock everything usually found in ar up-lo-dute Furoiture Establishment.Mr.J.Clinton Vaknur and Mr.CiiAKi.ssPolk are managing the business, andwill be glad to see you,

Oor UndertakingDepartmentis In charge of Mr. J. C. Varner, and isconducted In a manner equal to any foundoutside ef the larger cities.

AGNOR Sc SHERIDAN,Malo 8treet. Lkxinoton, Va.

WEINBERGS

SELLERSOK THK FAMOl'S

Schloss Bros. & Cos

Superbly TailoredReady=to=Wear

Oarments.

Tiii-:m

New Spring StylesARE >I£R2.

EVERY SUIT GUARANTEED.

WEINBERG'SClothing, Hat and Shoe Department,

Opposite the Postoffice.

MamStreet, LEXINGTON. VA.

SPOT CASHi-'ini

Railway Ties, Lumber andBark.

Will inspect lumber ut your station, and will i>ay cash \henloaded, or will bay _joj*v tim.Mu' *<ii th--* stuiiiji. We Iistc constantly.ni hand car oak and switch tie bills we vant to place with you.

Gall on or write nu.

Thc Valley Tic and Lumber Co.,Office over Fanners' and Merchants' Bank,

Telephone 643. STAUNTON, VA.

Binders,Mowers,Hay Rakes,Drills, Harrows,Cultivators,Flows,Cooking Stoves,Baggies,Carriages,Wagons,Boggy Sc Wagon

Harness,

A large stock of REPAIRS for all kinds of Machines, inolndingKnives, Guahds. Sections, Ac.

W. F. PIERSON,

Comfort and Elegance

JAMES H. FFCK,JlelSOfl Street,

aro nicely combined In the vehicles we

sell, and the prices are modern prices,low prices, perfectly satisfactory pricesWo sell to many rich people, but we

charge as If everybody were poor.I hi ve just Kotten a new

Car Load of Wagons,mill ut the rij-ht price. Any size youwant. NV <. sell well-made wagons in

which only the stieseTCSt materials are

Ba*ed, C«ll and look,

Opposite Baptist* Church,Lexington, Va.

Free! Freel Free!I'ai.ilesB extraction of tooth Phkk when other Work ls

done. Wo mako this offor in order to more thoroughly Intro¬duce oin painless nothods. Wo now have in charge nf our

office a new .nan, who Ih thoroughly competent, anti wo goatatitee to give flrBt-class dental Mniee.Gold Crowns and Bridge Work, $i> a Tooth,

Guaranteed In Writing.Best Toeth, 18 a Set. Second Grade, »6 ;

Gold Filling, $1 th);All Other Fillings, 50c

A ll other work at correspondingly low prices. Our motto,"The lest work foi tho least money."

v Baltimore Dental Association,MarqulsBuildlng , Main and Augusta Streets.STAUNTON, VA.$04 MaluStrwt.LYNCHBURG, Va.

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Women as Well as MenAre Made Miserable by

Kidney Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis¬courages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor

and cheerfulness soondisappear when the kid¬neys are out of orderor diseased.

Kidney trouble hasbecome so prevalentthat lt ls notuncommonfor a child to be born

' afflicted with weak kid¬neys. If the child urin¬ates too often, If the

urine scalds the flesh or ll, when the childteaches an age when it should be able tocontrol the passage, lt ls yet afflicted withbed-wetting, depend upon lt. the cause olthe difficulty ls kidney trouble, and the firststep should be towards the treatment ofthese important organs. This unpleasanttrouble is due to a diseased condition of thekidneys and bladder and not to a habit asmost people suppose.Women as well u men aro made mis¬

erable with kidney and bladder trouble,and both need the same great remedy.The mild and the immediate effect olSwamp-Root is soon realized. H bj coldby druggists, In fifty- f^jt^-acent and one dollar

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sizes. You may have a jsample bottle by mailfree, also pamphlet tell- nome of 8r«ia>.B©ot.ing all about it, including many, of thethousands ol testimonial letters receivedfrom sufferers aur«d. In writing Dr. Kilmer8t Co., Binghamton. N- Y., ba sure andmention this paper,

Don't maka any mistake, but rememberthe name, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer'sSwamp-Root, and the address. Binghamton,N. Y., on every bottle.

IP THE RATTLESNAKE,^HoW the Rattle In tho Reptile's Tall'

mla Formed,

The structure from which theirattlesnake takes its name.the rat¬tle.consists mainly of three or,more solid, horny ringa placedaround tho end of thc tail. Theserings themselves arc merely dense:portions of the general outer 6kinof the body, but the rattle has alsoa solid foundation of bone, for the!last ilufct; pones" oi the. tail be¬come united together into one solidhole or core, grooved whero thebones adjoin, while they increase insize toward the hinder end of the:complex1 bono thus formed. Thisbony core is invested by skin alsomarked by grooves, which corre»

spond with those at the junctionsof the three bones, and this skin be¬comes much thickened and so form.8the incipient, imperfect rattle ofeuch young snakes as have- not yetcast thoir skin. When it is cast, theskin investing the tail close to itstermination is not cast off, but isheld fast by the enlarged end of thebony core before mentioned.The piece of skin thus retained

becomes a loose ring in front of theincipient rattle and thus forms a

first joint or ring of the future per¬fect rattle. Thc same process is re¬

peated at each molt, a fresh loosering or additional joint to the per¬fect rattle being thus formed everytime tho skin is shed. Thus theperfect rattle comes ultimately toconsist of a number of dry, hard,moro or less loose, horny rings, andin this way a rattle may consist ofas many as twenty-one coexistingrattling rings, It is the shaking ofthese rings by a violent and rapidwagging of the end of the snake'siail which produces the celebratedrattling sound.a Bound which maybe compared to the rattling of a

number of peas in a rapidly shakenpaper bag.

The Status of Children.A child of British parents, wheth¬

er born in France, China or any oth¬er country, is a British subject. So,too, is the child of American, parents wherever, {hey ure situated.\Vhat 48 more, ihese two greedycountries claim as their own all chil¬dren born within their dominions,but in England the child of aliensis permitted when he comes of ageto choose his own nationality. It isplain that if each state attempted toclaim as its own every one born in,its borders there would bo endlessquarrels. International law on thesubject says, therefore, that thereshall be no attempt to exercise au¬

thority over natural born subjectsso long as they are outside the bor¬ders of their own countries. Once a

man returns to his own countrythat state is permitted to deal withhim as it sees fit .London Answers.

A Bad Judge of Poultry.An Irishman taking home a goose

for his Sunday dinner went to an

inn for refreshment. Ikying downthe bird, he was proceeding to sat¬isfy his thirst when a seedy lookingperson, seizing the goose, made off.rat at once gave chase and ere longhad his man by the neck."What did "yez take that burrd

for?" queried the irate Irishman."Oh," said the smlv joking ind,^

yidual, "I took it for n lark,"«Dia yez?" said Put. "Shure ve'd

make a bad judge nt 11 poultryshow.".Kansas City Independent.

Free to Our Renders.

Botanic Blood Balm for thc Blood.

If you suffer from ulcers, ettenia,Hcroftiln, blood poison, cancer, eatingsores, itching nkinn, pimples, boils,boas pain*', ssralllB#js, rlawBMstlani,catarrh, or uny bjusfld, or -Kin diocese,wi'ti.! vis,, you to tiik*- Botanic BloodBalm ( B. B. B). BapSSJally recom¬

mended for ol(l,obntiimte,(lc<i> Heatedcases, cures where all elHc- failn, healsevery sore makes the blood pure andrich, gives the skin the rich glow of

health. Druggists, *1 p**r largebottle, Sample sent free by writingBlood Balm Co., Atlanta, (la. In¬scribe trouble and free medical ndvieesent in sealed letter. Medicine sentat once, prepaid.

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My Yellow JacketMy friends make fun of ray weak¬

ness for yellow.I confess that I adore it, not¬

withstanding that I have good rea¬

son to detest it. Truly, huraun na¬

ture is a bundle of contradictions.I love yellow because of a certain

episode in ray life which occurredwhen I was but eight years of age.I love nankeen above all on accountoi a jacket of that material whichplayed in that episode an importantpart.Our school, which had been plac¬

ed Under the patronage of St. Eliz¬abeth, was a mixed one.that is toBay, up to the age of ten years boyaand girls worked and played togeth¬er. In spite of occasional quarrelsthe system, on the whole, workedvery well.

I had not been eight days at St,Elizabeth's before I fell in love.Po not laugh, 1 loved with all theStrength of my child nature, with a

love disinterested, simple, sincere.It was Georgette whom I loved;

but, alas, Georgette did not love me.

How much I suffered in conse¬

quence! I used to hide myself incorners, shedding many teara andiracking my brain, io. find somemeans oi pleasing the obdurate fairone.labor in vain, a thankless task,st eight years of ago or at thirty.To distinguish myself in my stud¬

ies, to vin by my exemplary con¬

duct the encomiums of the sistersDulorre, all this made no impres¬sion upon cruel Georgette. Shemade no secret of her preference fora dull, idle, blustering fellow nineyears old, who won all the races,who could fling a ball farther than,any one else, carry tva, huge dicitionaries, under his arm and admin¬ister terrible thumps.

This hero waa rightly nicknamedMet-a-Mort,

X knew what his blows were like,having been the involuntary recip¬ient of sonic of them. Some, do Isay? I had received moro than a

dilatory donkey on the road to thefair.And Georgette had only laughedObviously it was absurd to think,

of employing physical foice against'my redoubtable rival, and intellec¬tual 'superiority in this case availedme nothing. I determined, there¬fore, to annihilate Met-a-Mort bymy overpowering magnificence.j Naturally our parents did notsend us to school attired in our

best clothes. On the contrary, mostof us wore there our oldest an(\"shabbiest garments. ConsequentlyI opined that it would be no difficultachievement to outshine all myschoolfellows,

I should have to coax my parentsinto loosening their purse stringsand get them to buy me a beautifulnew jacket.

It took me a very long timo to de¬cide what color \his jacket shouldbc. I mentally reviewed all tho ool-'oxa of the rainbow, Ked temptedme, but I doubted whether a jacketof that color would bc attainable.Should it be blue, green, indigo, vio¬let? No! Not one of those colorswas sufficiently striking.

I paused at yellow. That mightdo. It is a rich color. There issomething sumptuous and royalabout it. Summer was approach¬ing. I decided finally upon a yellowjacket of nankeen.

Without delay j[ set to work on

my school garments. It was a workOr destruction, for I wanted to makethem appear as disreputable as pos¬sible. 1 slyly enlarged the holes,wrenched off the buttons and deco¬rated my person lavishly with spotsand stains of all kinds.| In what I judged to be an op¬portune moment I timidly express-,ed my desire.

I had to do more, much more

than that, before I could obtain mywill. I begged, stormed, grumbled,sulked. I became almost ill withhope deferred. At length, for the6ake of peace, my parents grantedmy eccentric wish.

It was a proud moment for mewhen for the first time I arrayedmyself in that resplendent nankeenjacket won at the cost of so manystruggles. Standing before the mir¬ror, I surveyed myself admiringlyfor a full hour. I was grand.su¬perb!

"Ah, my Lord Met-a-Mort, youwill find yourself ousted at last!My shining jacket will soon snatchfrom you the prestige acquired byyour stupid, brute force. Georgette,astonished, fascinated, dazzled anddelighted, will run toward me, forI shall now be the handsomest boyin the school. Met-a-Mort will weepfor chagrin, as I have so often weptfor jealousy and mortification."

Alas for my rose colored antici¬pations! I was greeted, with a

broadside of laughter. Even our

gentle mistress, Ermance Dulorre,could not repress a smile, and abovoall other voices I heard that ofGconrettc. who cried mirthfully:"Oh, lool at him I Look at him!

JJe is a canary bird t"The word waa caught up instant¬

ly. All the scholars shouted inchorus: "Ile is a canary! A ca-

narv!"Words fail to describe my bitter

tisappolntment, my burning shameand chagrin. I saw my folly now.

But it was too late.the awful deedwas done. Worse than all, in orderto obtain this now odious jacket Ihad spoiled all my other jackets andhad nothing else to wear. When on

Uv JSJai^-..Qi.that.,mo8t jgaiserahje

oay i toTormy troubles finny fathernnd mother, they were merelyamused and said to me:

"It is entirely your own fault.You insisted on having the jacket,and now you must put up with it."Thus I was condemned to the per¬

petual wearing of my yellow jacket,which entailed upon me no end ofpetty miseries.Every day at school I was jeered

at and insulted. Even the babies ofthree years.sweet, blue eyed, gold¬en haired cherubs.pointed at mewith their tiny fingers and lisped:"Canary! Canary!"One day we were playing the game

of brigands and gondannes. I wasone of thc gendarmes, who were in¬variably beaten.

Met-a-Mort had nominated him¬self captain of the brigands andchose Georgette for his vivandiere.

Presently for a few momentathere was a suspension of hostilities.Brigands aud gendarmes fraternizedaa they quenched their thirst andexpatiated upon the joys of the fray.Suddenly Georgette, with her accus¬

tomed vivacity, bore in upon the lit¬tle group. She bore in her hands a

glass ink bottle."See," said her sweet vojeo. ^Who-

ever will drink this ink shall by andby be my Utile husband!"

When' we resumed our game, Idiscovered that I had lost all inter¬est in it. Georgette's words haunt¬ed me,

I went to look for the ink bottle,which the child had carried back tothe schoolroom. There I stood con¬

templating the black, uninvitinglooking liquid.

I closed my eyes and raised thebottle to my lips."What are you about, you dir,ty.

little thing ?" exclaimed $ yoaue frombehind me at tho s.<>me instant thatI received, a smart hlow upon myuplifted arm.

Covered with confusion, I turnedand beheld Mlle. Ermance, who hadsurprised mo in my singular occupa¬tion.

I had no time to explain. Justat that moment my schoolfellowscame trooping in. Georgette, see¬

ing me standing there, ink stainedand disgraced, and already.the co¬

quette.forgetful of her promise,exclaimed, with a face of disgust:

"Oh, the dirty boy! The nasty,dirty boy!"

Everything, however, has itabright side. Mlle. Ermance's tapand my own start of surprise hadjerked the ink bottle from mygrasp. My yellow jacket was liter¬ally flooded. I was rid of it at last..

It was to Georgette that \ owedthis happy deliverance. I thankher for it today, What has become,I wonder, of that lovely child ? Doesshe ever think now of. those old,times? How often have I dreamedof her! I have forgiven her for thetears which she caused me to shed,Her charming face dwells always inmy mind as a pure ray from tho by¬gone light.youth. I am not herhusband and probably never shallbe. I am resigned to my fate,which I richly deserve, because.

I did not drink the ink!

A Bad Place to Court.

At a circuit court in an Englishcounty town a young countrywom¬an was under examination."Xow, my good girl," said tho ad¬

vocate, "you say you were near thespot when the prisoner at the barcommitted the act. Was any one

with you at tho time?""Yiss, yiss, my lord ant atrvocate;

my sweetheart was wis me.""Courting, I suppose?" was again

asked. "Is he here ? We want cor¬

roborative evidence.""Yiss, my atvocate ant lord; ehust

ootsidc.""We had better call him into

court," here remarked the judge,"No, no, my lord!" cried the wit¬

ness. "Gootness, no! I can hartlyget him to court me when we'realone, ant I'm sure he won't courtme here afore you all."

..c. .1

Overmatched.An amusing Incident was wit¬

nessed in a cigar store the other afternoon.A newsboy, having picked up a

Cigar stump, walked in and, ad¬dressing the man behind the coun¬

ter, said, "Say, boss, give us a

match." The man behind the coun¬

ter, looking down, said, "My youngfriend, we are not here for the pur¬pose of giving away matches; we

sell them." "How much are dey?"was the question. "One cent a box,"the clerk announced. Thc urchinstuck his hand into his pocket andproduced, after a great deal of hunt¬ing, a nanny and handed it to theman. Ile received his box of match¬es and, taking one out, lit the"butt." Returning the box to theman back of the case, he said, "Say,put this box on de shelf, and whena gentleman comes along and asksyou for a match, why, give him one

out of my box.".Cincinnati En¬quirer. _

A Long Game of Checker*.

A game of draughts has beenplayed under very peculiar circum¬stances between two Cornish fami¬lies for the last forty years and isnot finished yet. Whenever a mem¬

ber of either house dies the relative*meet at the deceased's home as Boon

as tho funeral rites are over, where¬upon the two eldest members con¬

tinue the game until one of the play¬ers loses a man. The positions oftho draughtsmen on the board aro

then recorded and the game post¬poned until death gives the signalfor reopening the tussle. Altogeth¬er nine different players have so farbeen implicated in the game. .Lon¬don Answers. _

The Lexington CemeteryFor The Gazette.

During recent months, we havespent some pleasant hours in theniel and intensely interesting ceme¬

tery, which many years ago w.ik

the seat of the Presbyterian oburehin Lexington, Va., and the plot ofits burial ground, though now

greatly enlarged and beautified.In this Bacred and well kept

enclosure sleep the first wife ofStonewall Jackson and his onlyLihild, Julia.nnd also the generalhimself, over whom is reared withits fine proportions a memorialbronze statue, whose unveiling was

witnessed by 25,000 people. Nearby the great chieftain silentlybivouac.their graves their tents.Confederate soldiers, generalsmd other commissioned and BOB*lommissiOBed officers and privatesto the number of 827. To theseive must add a general intheRevo-utionary struggle, and perhapsithers who battled for indepen¬dence then. Two Virginia Gov-irnors, James McDowell and John[.etcher, also have sepulture there,where the unconscious dust ia un-listurbed either by notes of peaceir tocsins of war. There, too, we

found Interred in the silentNecropolis professional men,teach¬ers, merchants, mechanics, fanners,men-of-a ll-work, matrons, maidens,¦liildien nnd infants, that onlyhad one look at the world, andthen fell into the wakeless slumber.We especially mention the name

nf one woman, whose grave isfound there, marked by an inex¬pensive stone.that of Mrs. Mar¬garet J. Preston,a Virginia poetess,and tho daughter of a Presby¬terian preacher and teacher. Thelyre was broken, nnd she laid itilown in her 77th year.Among the 3,1175 buried in the

i-enietery, there are 24 ministers.Of these two were Episcopalclergymen.Gen. William NelsonPendleton, I). I)., Jackson's chiefnf artillery, and Kev. William S.('anipbell. The remaining twenty-two were all Presbyterian preachesnnd their names are as follows

Kev. Daniel Blain, professor in WashingtonDOtttgCi Lexington, Va.

J. Rev An.Itcw t>ivr<r>oti, pastor.j. Rev. Robert J. Taylor, pastor4. Rev. John L. Kirkpatrick, I). I), president

»t one time ol" Davidson College, N. C., andafterwards professor in W. & L. university.

5. Rev. John W. Platt. D. 0. pastor.6. Rev. John Holmes Bocock, II. D.,pastor.7. Rev. J. Crawford McClung, pastor.8. Rev. Thomas Lewis Preston, D. D., pastor.9. Rev. John Alexander Preston, D. D., pastor,io. Rev Wm.. \V. Houston, D. D , pastor.11. Rev. Ebenezer D. Junkin, D D, pastor11 Rev Wm K Junkin, D D, pastor13 Rev David W Shanks, D D, pastor14 Rev. David C. Irwin, pastor15- Rev. James Smith, pastor.16. Rev. Harvey Gilmore, pastor17. Rev. Beverly Tucker Lacy, I) D, pastor.18. Rev Wm M McElwee, D D. pastor19 Rev Wm S White, D D, pastor10 Rev. James Kerr, pastor.21. Rev. A Wallace Ruff, pastor.22. Rev. Joseph F. Baxter, pastor.Several of the ministerial graves,

we regret to say, are i nuanced bjmemorial stone--. Would it not bewell for their friends to supply thislack, assisted, if need be, by suchpersons as owe a debt of love t<>those servants of Christ the Lord?

Another interesting grave in thesacred spot is that of (Jul, Wm. F.Wilson. Here is tho Inscriptionon his monument: "A TexanRevolutionist in 1H30. In MerPrison, Mexico, 184'i. Died in theConfederate seivice." Col. Wilsonwas the friend nnd compatriot of"Big Font ' Wallace. He went

OUt to Texas to avenge a brother'sdeath. He and .Mr. Wallace wen

in Mer prison together, and bothescaped by drawing white beans.

"Rig Foot" Wallace tills an honoredgruie in Texan.

In the cemetery of which we

write are decently interred luchoice lots three old colored people.The name of one of these is DavidHuck. He had been a faithfulsexton, and, when he died, it was

deemed proper to bury him wherehis tool-house once stood. The

place lies well to the front in the

grounds.The name of snottier of these i-

Samuel Hays. He was a ti listedservant in the family of Mr.Robert I. White. At death, hewas laid to rest in the family lot.A neat slab over his grave bearsthis inscription:."In loving re¬

membrance of faithful service.This stone is erected by the desireof his master. He was loved,honored and trusted by threegenerations."The name of the third is that of

Amy Hill. She had bought herfreedom, we understand, owned a

good house in the town, and hadsome ironey. On the eve of herdeath, it is said, she called a Mr.Taylor to her bedside and askedhim to have her buried among the"white folks." There were some

medical students in Lexington,andshe feared her body would be ex¬

humed, if laid among her coloredfriends. Mr. Taylor promised to

bury her on his own land, whichjoined the cemetery. This was

done, but, owing to later enlargements, her grave now occupies a

central square.NewKnglanders are slow to learn,

aud perhaps never will understandhow tender the ties were of interestand affection, which erstwhileexisted between masters and slaves.Were they well-informed and lib¬eral minded, their prejudices andsectionalism would vanish, andleave no traces behind.There are some beautiful and

expensive monuments in the ceme¬

tery, and many beautiful andstriking inscriptions. The groundsare ample, handsome, and neatlykept.

R. M. Torrus,

Condensed New*.

Ex-Senator Corbett of Oregon,died on April 1st, at his home inPortland.Secretary of the Treasury Leslie

M.Shaw, ina speech at Peoria,III., argued against reduction ofthe tariff.

It is estimated that $25,(100,000damage will be caused by thebreak in the Mississippi rfret !.at Hymdia, La.

In Northampton county, thelong-continued cold rains haverotted the seed potatoes plantedin the low lands.Gen. William II. Jackson, a

noted Confederate veteran, diednt hie home, Belle Med-, nearNashville, Tenn., April 1st.Never before in the history cf

that section has so many negroesbeen known to leave Cumberlandrjunty. Th ry are all seekingNorthern hom* S.

President Roosevelt left Wash¬ington, April 1st, for his 14,000mile tour thn ugh th*- wort. Thousual crowd was nt tin- Pennsyl¬vania station to see him off.The Masons nt" Covington, Va.,

liave in eoatemplatlon tba oreotioa:)f a Masonic hall in thal town thismummer. The lower floor of thebuilding is to be used tis an operahouse.

Reports received in Lynchburgfrom the surroundingcountry net rnto show that the fruit throughoutthat section has suffered seriouslyfrom the spell of -vere weathernf last week.

Hon. William Jennings Bryanwill d* liver a lecture at Bodley'sAuditorium in Staunton on Tnt -

day evening, April 14th, for thcbenefit of the Staunton BaptistChurch building fund.W. I). ('ruin, tba colored

appointee, has taken charge of thecustom nouns at Charleston, s.C. The chief inspector ofcustoms at once tendered hisresignation, which aras accepted,A certain large landowner in

Russia la making a study nf Micmigratory habits of bird*. TO a?}those he can capture he attachesa note in Russian, (yerinan.Frenchand EBglilh, asking whoever nayfind or kill them to let him knowthe country to which they hadflown.The administrator of the lari

Harry Tinsley, editor of theStaunton Vindicator, whodledlastsummer, on Thursday lani, April"2nd. turned over to the King'sDaughters Hospital in Staunton,$*2.000 in cash and securilagreeably to Mr. Tinsley'-bequest.There is a house famine in Pitts¬

burg. The first of April.movingday.bas furnished a strikingdemonstration *>f the incapacityof the city to furnish suitableshelter for all the people whodesire to stay u ithin its birders.Rents have advanced from in to ttsper cent.

J. N. Harman of Tazewell, theRepublican leader in the upperHouse of the General Assembly, isa probable candidate for Governor.He is a strong and able man. andit is pretty well understood thatthe Rept UiCBBI will make a greatfight to carry the State next time.Mr. Harman is both a preacher anda lawyer.

A general strike in the buildingtrades in New York eity which, ilis believed, will involve bf tween15,000 and '20.000 men and ex¬

tending throughout Westchestercounty SO the Connecticut border,began April 1st. It has alsoextended to regions farther upNew York State and to places ii;Connecticut. Many important im¬provements are delayed.Governor Montague has offered

a reward of f 100 for the appre¬hension and conviction of thevandals who chipped a piece fronttile Houdini statue of Washington.This is apt to keep the detective*alert for the capture of tb* personor Demons who had BO regard forwhat a nation holds sacred. Thcminimum penalty f >r mutilationof the statues and monuments inthe Capitol Square ls a fine of|M0 and imprisonment for ninetydays.

Senator Stephen B. BIMBI andex-Senator Henry (i. Davis are

about to award the an hitecturalcontract for the Davis-Klk insCollege, to be erected al Klkins.W. Va. The college is to beerected under thc auspices ofthe Presbyterian ( burch. Thcmen named have donated 010,000with the provision that the Lex

ington and Winchester Presby¬teries of that church donate I

like amount. This has alreadybeen done, and ex-Senator Dartswill generously endow the institu¬tion.

Caution 1

This ls not a gentle word.but whenyou thluk how liable you tre not to pur¬chase the only remedy universally knownand a remedy that hae had the largestsale ot any medicine tu thn world since1868 for the cure and treatment of Consumption and Throat aud Lung troubleswithout losing Its great popularity allthese years, you will be thankful wc

cal led your attention to Bosehee's GermanSyrup. There are so many ordinalycough remedies wade by druggists andethers that ".re cheap and good for lightcolds perhap1-, but for severe Doughs.Bronchitis, Croup.and especially forConsumption, where there ts difficult

expectoration ai>d coughing I'urlng tne

nights aud morning-*, there l» nothinglike dorman Syrup. The 35 ceut sitehas Just been Introduced this year.Regular olae 75 couta. M all druggists.