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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-12-10

At one time, says a Kansas editor, we
were sure that we had drawn the capital
prize; in fact, we had a message to that
effect, but our wife awoke us before we
could read 1t. Women should not inter-
fere in business transactions.-Chic
Tribune.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-04-05
SC()ll'S
Emulsion

of Cod Liver Oil is the means
of life, and enjoyment of life to
thousands: men women and
children.
When appetite fails, it re-
stores it. When food is a
burden, it lifts the burden.
When youlose fesh,it brings
the plumpness of health.
When work is hard and
duty is heavy, it makes life
bright.
1t is the thin edge of the
wedge; the thick end is food.
But what is the use of food,
when you hate it, and can't di-
gest it?
SCOTS Emulsion of Cod
Liver Oil is thefood that makes
you forget your stomach.
II you have not tried IT, send for
free sam pie. its agreeabls taste viii
roSGoTT 8 BOVINE. Chemists.
soc. and 500; al arussists. "
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-04-05
WISDOM. PLuCK. REALTY.


The Bible contains wisdom, the
Anglo Saxon displays pluck and
woman embodies beauty. These
qualities do not always exist to-
gether in any one person or thing,
but it can safely be said that they
are all present in high degree and
happily blended in BMrpee's Farm
Annaol for 1901, Quarter Century
Edition. This unique publication
contains description of great
variety of vegetables, flowers, grains
and grasses. The list embraces most
all the old standard sorts, and very
many novelties introduced in recent
years. 1t also gives direction for
planting aud culture of the yege-
tables, flowers, etc., advertised in its
pages. The beginner in gardening,
whether for pleasure or profit, may
consult its pages with the assur-
ance of an increase of his hor-
ticultural knowledge, unless his
advantages for acquiring this knowl-
edge have been exceptional. Even
the experienced gardener or far
mer will find many things of in
terest and instruction. Besides, it
gives the price of "seeds that will
grow" offered for sale by firm who
have made reputation for honesty
and fair dealing that is indeed en-
viable. An examination of this cat
alogue will show that these prices
compare fayorably with those of
other firms in this business when the
high grade of the seeds sold by this
firm is considered. In describing
the efforts and successes of the firm
for the past twenty-five years this
Farm Annaal gives a shining ex-
ample of what can be accomplished in
this country by unceasing industry,
integrity, and that quality known as
pluck. In addition to all this, the
catalogue is ga thing of beauty" 1t
is gotten up in the highest style of
typography and engraving.
1t is pretty enough to grace par
lor table. No fancier of fine vege-
tables or lover of pretty flowers can
afford to be without this handsome
Quarter Century Edition of Burpee's
Farm Annual for 1901. Strange
to say, this useful and beautiful seed
catalogue can be obtained from w.
Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia,
Pa, by any one by simply sending
his address and 10 cents to pay post
age. The undersigned has dealt with
the firmfor years past and has always
found them courteous and reliable
In every respect, and has also found
that "Burpee's seed will grow"
q. r. JAMES.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-04-05
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION

BY long odds, the most important
question to come before the Consti
tutional Convention, so far as Tide
water is concerned, is the oyster
question, and the men selected to
represent us should be chosen with
reference to their peculiar knowledge
and fitness to deal with this question.
= Urbanno Sentinel.
Ex-Governor Charlie O'Ferrall has
been resurrected politically and one
or more of his friends has urged him
for the Constitutional Convention.
AS he is said to have been an anti
convention man, that would put him
out of the running even were he in
1T otherwise.-DanviUe Register.
But look ye, men of Virginia, and
send as your representatives in that
body, men who place far above the
interest of any person or class the
general commonweal. The malad Y
called office seeking is not only in
fectious but contagious and the class
of men composing this most i'm port
ant body should be so far as may be
possible immune Hampton Monitor.
From reports received from the
different counties of the state it is
evident that the convention will be
composed largely of material already
familiar to the legislative halls of
Virginia. The fact is it seems to us
a great big farce to hold an election
at all. 1t would have been cheaper
to have perpetuated the services of
the recent Legislature, and to have
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-04-05
BEWARE OF GREEKS BRINGING
TWICE
(From NorJ0M Landmark.) }


Representative w. A. Jones, OF
the First District, as quoted in oul
Richmond correspondence. "sees no
need for radical changes" in Vir-
ginia's suffrage provisions. AS this
gentleman opposed the calling of q
Constitutional Convention, we sup
pose he "sees no need for radical
changes" in the fundamental law.
The people of Virginia aud of
every other Southern State bave been
for thirty years earnestly complain
ing of the iniquity of negro suffrage.
Intelligent men ia the North now
admit that great wrong was per-
petrated In fastening this incubus
upon the South.
What impression, we wonder, is
made in the North by the utterances
of Southern Democrats who 'see no
need for radical changes in the fran
chise? Outsiders must think either
that we prefer to continue under
election laws which make the ballot
farce, OR that we are satisfied to
have our voting privileges shared by
the ignorant and purchasable ele
ment against whose enormous in-
ituence at the polls we have been
protesting so long aud so vehemently.
A little thought over this matter
suggests a searching question, " hich
is this: are not a great many white
Office holders in the State of Virginia
secretly glad that the ballot was con-
ferred upon the negro, and would
they not be very sorry to see Congress
repeal the amendments by which the
gift is made?
Examine the record of every Demo-
crat who makes light of the need for
suffrage reform. In nearly every
case, you will find that he fought
against IA Constitutions Convention
until the State Democratic Conyen-
ton approved the movement last
May. Scratch the man who opposes
effective qualification of the suffrage
and you find man who has opposed
a Constitutional Convention. Re-
member this test, aud apply it on
OCCASION 1t will serve you well.
Let all good Virginians take care
that the men for whom they vote as
delegates to the Constitutional Con-
vention shall be men who do see
need for radical changes in the suf-
frage laws of the State.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-04-05
Westnoreland Co.
MONTROSS.

The Constit utional Convention i
the principal topic of conversation
here and our people are looking care
fully over the field for the best man
to represent them. Personally W,
are in favor of DIR. G. w. Beale rep
resenting Westmoreland and Nor
thumberland, and the Editor of the
CITIZEN for Richmond aud Lancas-
ter. However, if these gentlemen
will not consent to serve we are il
favor Of the very best men we can
get.
Wheat did not look very promis
ing in February, but now it never
looked more promising, and the pros
pect for a good crop was never
brighter.
Provender was never scarcer here
than now and every boat brings many
tons of hay from tie city. Corn i.
also very scarce. Many of our farm
ers are ell tirely out.
Mrs. Emma Riley and little daugh-
ter, of Washington, who have been
visiting relatives here for the pas
two weeks, have returned home.
V. b. Northam visited Alexandria,
Washington and Baltimore on bust.
ness last week.
A. @. Brown is having erected, or
the lot he recently purchased, a fine
dwelling.
Rev. IL. Ii. Smith has rented the
summer residence of John Muse and
will occupy same the remainder OF
this year.
James A. Hall, of Washi ngton, il
visiting his old home near here.
L. l.. Balderson has returned home
from Richmond county, where he
taught the past winter.
The people of Montross think that
local option is the very best thing
that we have ever had here. 1t has
saved the county much money,
the wives and mothers a great
amount of anxiety and heartache
and the public great deal of worry
Before we had local option We had
fuses and fights nearly every court
day, but such things never occur
now. That the drys may be yicto.
rious in Lancaster and that all may
be peace and harmony there is the
wish of GoBI.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-04-05
yIRGINIANS CELEBRATE,
(Bnlfilnore-A American


At the home of Mrs. Charles G
Shreeve, No. 543 Mosher street, on
Thursday a most enjoyable party
was held, given in honor of her hus.
bands twenty-ninth birthday. Mr.
ShreeVe was the recipient of many
presents. The house was beautifully
decorated and illuminated. Refresh.
ments were served. Music was fur.
nished by Messrs. Rauck, Brown and
Welsh. Singing and dancing wa,
enjoyed by the young folks until {
late hour. Those present were Mis-.
Elsie Irene Shreeve, Misses Genevs
Dudley and Edmonia ID. Bush, OF
Lively, Va; Misses Annie MCCARTHY
Lizzie McGarity, Maggie Rice, Mer
tie Rice, Lille Halpt, Maggie Halpt
Emma Halpt, Bessie Gardner, Jennie
Frank. Hattie Thomas. Mary Farrell,
Katie Floyd, Lizzie Ross, Annie
Yokel, Mrs. Christie Stimble, Mr.
and Mrs. Asa Worrell, Mr.. and Mrs
Disney, Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Yokel
Mr.. and Mrs. Matthew Farrell, Mr.
and Mrs. John Koons, Mrs. Frank
Stimble, Messrs. F. j. Morton, G. f.
Bostain, Walter Swarts, Arthur
Welsh, w. III. Brown, j. E. Rauck
Alfred V. ShipleY, T. II. Gosnell
Lorenzo Bennington, Ira Carver
William I'll. Settig, Irwin Yingling
Lee Cranmer, Frank Hauck, Franz
Zouck, Frank Zept, Clifton Shipley
Charles Smith, A. f. Settig, Charles
Deal, Charles Potterfeld, Jane.
Ayres and others.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-04-05
AGUINALDO CAPTURED.

How FunstOn's Strategy Proved
Success, as told by Him.
self.
Emilio Aguinaldo y Fanny, though
only 81 years old, has risen to be one
of the leading figures in the eyes of
the world. Gen. Frederick Funston's
daring project to capture him in his
hiding place in the province of Isa-
bella, Island of Luzon, has proved
successful and he was captured there
March 23rd. The United States
gunboat Vicksburg, with Gen. Funs-
ton and Aguinaldo on board, arrived
at Manila Thursday.
FUNsToN's ACCOUNT.
Gen. Funston made the following
statement concerning the capture of
Aguinaldo:
''rhe confidential agent of General
Agninaldo arrived February 2sth at
Pantabangan, in the Province of
Nueya Ecija, Luzon, with letters
dated January IL, II and IA. These
letters we've from Gen. Aguinaldo
and directed his brother, Baldomero
Aguinaldo, TO take command in the
provinces of Central Luzon, sup
planting General Alejandrino. Gen.
Aguinaldo also ordered that 400 men
be sent him as soon as possible, say
ing that the bearer of the letters
would guide these men to where he
was.
al secured the correspondence of
Aguinaldo's agent and laid my plans
accordingly. Some months previous
ly had captured the camp of the
insurgent general Lacuna, inciden-
tally obtaining Lacuna's seal, official
papers and quantity of signed COR
respondence. From this material
two letters were constructed, os.en-
sibly from Lacuna to Aguinaldo.
One of these contained information
as to the progress of the war. The
other asserted that, pursuant to or
ders received from Baldomero Aguin-
aldo, Lucuna was sending his best
company to 'Presidente Emilio
Aguinaldo.'
MAKING UP THE EXPEDITION.
"Myplans completed and approved,
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-04-05
REAL ESTATE AGENCY.

GRO. II. CHAPLIN, Boston, Mass.
JNo. a. PALMER, Kilmarpock. Va.
x. ID. BRoUN. Broun's Store. Va.
Messrs. Palmer & Broun have made
arrangements with Chapins Farm
Agency. established ls49, to furnish
buyers for Virginia lands, and desire
al who wish TO sell to list their prop
erty at once. All lands given them will
be extensively advertised in the pros
porous Northern and Western sections
OF the United States free of charge.
Ghaptn's Farm Agency az @ the largest
Reat Estate dealers in the United
states Established over fifty years
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-04-05

"TREACHERY AND SHAME"
IoNIA, MICH, March 29.-At the
annual banquet of the Albert
Williams Club heie ex-senator
Charles A. Towne, of Minnesota,
said:
"The Filipinos will continue to
fight, even if Aguinaldo has been
captured. Funston's raid is the
outcome of treachery aud shame to
America"
COMPARES HIM TO DE WET.
LONDON, March 29.-The Satur-
day Re0ie,c will say tomorrow:
"The news of Aguinaldo's capture
may be welcome, as meaning the end
of a war which is still wasting life
and running property in the Philip
pines, but for Aguinaldo himself,
whose capture was effected by a gross
act of treachery, there must be
general sympathy.
"He gave the Americans invalu-
able assistance in the capture of Ma
Mia and in the previous maueuvers.
lie proved a faithful ally until.
partly owing to change of policy
In Washington and partly to want
of tact among the American generals.
war suddenly broke out between the
allies. De Wet is probably the finer
general, but Aguiualdo is the finer
character.
considering his antecedents,
Aguinaldo has proven himself singu-
larly humane. lie has DISPLAYED,
moreover, genius for inspiring
scattered tribes with his own en-
thusiasm for the freedom which was
promised HIM"
AGUINALDo AND HIS LIEUTENANTs.
Aguinaldo had conference at
General MacArtbur's headquarters
with a number of leading natives
who had been sent for, ut his request.
to discuss the situation with HIM.
They are all friendly to American
rule, and urged their former leader
to acquiesce in acknowledging Ameri-
can supremacy. Aguiualdo was
evidently impressed by their state
ments.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-04-05
given into its keeping all convention
matters.-FdrmUlle Herald.

iaIteIs'-F0TM0ttG Hcf0t0.
The King George correspondent
of the Dispatch says: "Interest in
the Constitutional Convention has
spread to this county, and, at last,
the King Georgians are discussing
the question with some enthusiasm.
Ex-Judse G. H. Ashton, of the
county, in a recent article in the
Freder'cks5urq Free Lance, says that
his friends have requested him to
become candidate for nomination
as a delegate to the convention, and
that no loyal Virginian has a right
to decline to serve il such capacity"
The announcement in this issue
of Senator LeCato's refusal to en-
ter the field in the race to represent
his county in the Constitutional Con-
vention ID mode adopted by him in
answer to the numerous queries
whether or not he will thus be a
candidate. The Doctor readily saw,
upon being solicited, that it would
not be iu strict accordance with good
ethics in politics to attempt to mo-
nopoiize The honors of his county.
His announcement for reelection to
the Senate in case he does not receive
the nomination for Lieut.-Governor
will be hailed with delight by con-
stituency whose pleasure and duty it
Will be to continue upon him the
crown his services justly merited.-
Richmond Times.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-04-05
NUMBER 26.
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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-04-05
THE OLD HOME.


writtea for the CITIZEN by Walter Payn,
Bryant.
In every human heart that beats
There is y sacred place
Ii is love for "Dear Old Home
And some familiar face.
No matter what our fortunes are,
Or where our lots may be,
Our thoughts go back
To childhood days and some old frienC
to see.
We sit and dresm of days gone by,
When we were young and small,
And almos; heer dear mothers voice,
Her songs and gentle call.
And for moment in such dreams
Our thoughts go far away,
And wander over by-gone DAYS
That seemed as yesterday.
And when our dreams do have an end
Our thoughts come back In pain;
We only wish it could be so
That we were small again;
10 hear sweet mother as she sang,
With smiles about her face;
And we could gather around that board
Which father blessed with "Grace;"
And ate together as we did,
In all our tiny places,
And see the gladness spread abroad
From all our childish faces.
To go around the "old farm yard"
And see the barns of hay,
Where once we played with much delight
All through the summer day;
And SO into the wide "old fields"
Spread with golden grain;
Our hearts go out with much desire,
To be child again.
But sincere wishes have no power;
For they arc all in vaip,
Those happy days have long since gone
TO return no more again.
For Father Time has come along.
Aud made these changes sure;
And made us men to wander out,
In places hard togo.
But we have bravely fought II on,
And have new homes today
Where rest of life may have place
Until we pass away.
But all along these many years
Our minds eye hath but seen
How fathers home did look TO us,
And mother as its Queen.
So wen stop thinking DER the past
And will so back once more,
Indeed, to see the dear old home"
We left so long ago
But as we reach the sacred spot
Our eyes are filled with tears
To see the changes everywhere,
And folks with different cares.
We ramblc through the house again,
And find some precious toy,
That once upon a time 10 us
Brought lots of harmless Joy;
And take stroll around the farm,
The wonders now TO see;
But everything is dull and sad
AS 1t indeed can be.
Amid such changing scenes today
'Tis hard to realize
The facts surrounding this "old home"
That come into my eyes,
When loved ones come TO welcome back
Their old friend here TO stay
But we must leaye for that new home,
We left so far away.
Adieu to all, and we must part;
We may not meet e'er more
On earth where parting must be done,
But on that other shore.
So let us strive to enter in
That home with God above,
And spend eternity with him,
In peace and endless love;
Where friends unite with songs of praise,
Without one tear or pain
'Tis bliss with all to be up there,
To part no more again.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-04-05
lCommunicated.l
And the Burden Rests on
Church Members.
(Too late for last ISSUE

(Too late for last issue.)
In a CITIZEN of recent date Mr..
Jesse again plunges into print on
local option and the burden of his
epistle is summed mp in the above
caption.
Your writer has, as member of
the above mentioned band, the right
to make statement bearing directly
on this case.
After our last election, being
warned by citizens in local option
counties in regard to wet magistrates
and their general influence, asked
Mr.. Jesse, as leader recognized by
the drys, to look out for this as the
next step; and as he failed to do so,
he must be ready to take his place as
the pole-horse to our wagon load.
Yours,
JNo. CURLETT.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-04-05
"TREAcHERY AND SHAME"

Guam and was glad to come to
Manila.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-04-05
"KETcE-AwLs" FROM EVERYWHERE

AEIGE-AWLS FROM EVERYWHERE
Russia is playing the role of a'Sis-
ter of Mercy in Peking and of a
bully in Manchuria. The United
States is doing the same thing-sub-
stituting the Philippines, Porto Rico
and Cuba for Norfolk
Landmark.
"We are not making war on the
tliipinos; they are making war on
us" said President Mckinley in bis
inaugural address. That suggests
the story of the big boy who yelled
smother, make Freddie behave him
self; he cries every time l hit him on
the head with this hatchet. Or
-ange ObserUe,.
The age-herald., 1901-02-28
THE oalY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN AlABAMA
Cotton is Lower.

The cotton year now drawing to . close has been remarkable in the respect that the producers got the benefit of the higher prices, leaving the middlemen to take the lower prices as the year was heightened out. The many who sold early in the year received the better prices, some get ting ten cents pound and even more than that in some cases.
 The delay in settling the Chinese problem has undermined the price of cotton, and the best hope now is that a treaty will be signed and China fully opened to trade by the beginning of the new crop year. China's wants will then be very numerous and very press ing, and this should lend tone to the market, although it does not seem to have such an effect It will at least be felt when the country is opened to trade.
 Interior China has not felt, and per haps does not know anything about the Waldersee war. The country is very large, and when left to itself is very contented, and news from the coast does not penetrate it. Some of the Chinese do not yet know that their country was at war with Japan, and yet all read in that country.
 If treaty should be negotiated by September, and the court return to Pekin, and the country is fully opened to trade, it is not unlikely that the new crop will, like the present crop, prove biggest when first born. How ever, many things enter into the mak ing of the price of cotton. All the world nearly takes a hand in it, and no one can predict what will be the ruling price of the staple next Sep tember.
The age-herald., 1901-02-28
The AntI-Expanslonlsts.

The anti-expansionists have not given up hope of changing the governments policy in the matter of the Philippines. The present work Is directed toward de- veloping a sentiment favorable to the adoption of a policy of treating the Fil- | ipinos as 1t Is proposed to treat the Gu bans. Certain Yale graduates have re> ceived appeals to sign petitions for such policy, and 1t Is understood that this work Is being industriously pushed. To the busy man, who sympathizes with the aspirations of any people to independence the plea to have the Filipinos treated as the Cubans have been may appeal strong ly. He has no opportunity to study care fully and discriminatory between the sit- uation in Cuba and that in the Philip pines, and perhaps he Is somewhat dis turbed at the idea of American troops being active in the Far East In the sup port of American sovereignty over an allen people. He may think that the Uni ted States is expressing people really seeking for liberty and not be able to ap- preciate that the Filipino insurrection, with it's pretense to a desire for inde- ppHdelce. IS IIaudulent, that the lnde- pendenco the Filipino insurrectionist leaders seek. is the opportunity to loot Manila and impose oppressive taxation and misgovernment on the other Filipino people.
 The very fact that the United States pledged itself to retire from Cuba after pacifying the island Is the strongest argu- men against adopting the same policy toward the Filipinos. In a moment of sentimental hysteria the American Con gress, just before tho war with Spain, pledged itself to that policy, policy that is now particularly embarrassing when the real interests of the Cubans and of the United States require that we should annex the island As It is annexation can not be thought of, because of the pledge given before our intervention-that