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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-04-18
POLITICAL.

Mayor r. M. Taylor was renomi-
mated in the Democratic primary in
Richmond Thursday over Carlton
MCCARTHY by a large majority.
At the municipal elections in Ohio
last week the Democrats carried
Cleveland by 5000, Cincinnati went
Republican as did also Toledo, but
Golden Rule" Jones, independent,
remains Mayor of the latter city.
There will be no opposition to the
election of Judge John E. Mason,
and this is as it ought to be. Judge
Mason has made an enviable record
as our Circuit Court Judge. He is
popular with counsel and client,
with all people, for he knows no
class, condition, creed or politics.
Fredericksburg Star.
The County Democratic Commit
tee OF Prince William, by a practi-
cally unanimous vote, have declared
against the submission of the Con-
stltution to the vote of the people
and have requested their delegate in
the convention to vote for prociama-
ton. During the recess there should
be public meetings in all the counties
and cities, or some other means
devised to test public sentiment, SO
that the delegates may know how
to act when they return.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-04-18

WE MUST compliment the Farm
vile Herald on its enterprise in get
ting out an illustrated trade edition
of that paper last week. j. l.. Hart,
the efficient Secretary of the Vir-
ginia Press Association, discloses
what local paper can do. The town
itself can never repay the Herald for
the magnificent advertisement it has
given Farmville and its business
interests.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-04-18

1t appears that Governor Heard has
no intention of going to war with
England without the cooperation of the
other forty-three States of the Union.-
Washington Post
This is pretty bad break for such a
paper as the Post. With the admission
of Utah into the Union July 4. 1896, there
have been forty-five States In the Union,
and since July 4, 1896, there have been
forty five stars on the American flag.
Surely the Post was napping.-Freder-
fcksbUrg Star.
The Post had forgotten about your
'free state of Stafford" and Cover
nor Heard had probably never heard
of her. Hence the error is excusable.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-04-18
Northumberland 70
RAINSWOOD.

The home of @. q. Burgess was
recently made glad by the appear
ance OF a fine little lady.
Joseph Rowe is in Richmond un-
DER treatment for cancer.
Mrs. Susan Scott took steamer
last week for Baltimore, where she
will make her future bone.
Lloyd Whay and mother are sick.
RED TAPE.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-04-18
Saved Many a Time

Don't neglect coughs and colds even if IL ia
spring. such cases often result seriously at
TINS season Just because people are careless
all danger. Absolutely safe. Acts at once
sure cure for coughs. colds, Group, grip bron-
cnitis and other throat and lung troubles
Il have used One Minute Cough Cure several
years., says Postmaster Q. o. Dawson, of
Barr, Ill. lit Is the very best cough medi-
cine on the market. IL has saved me sranv n
severe spell OF sickness aud / warmly recon-
mend IT," The children's favorite.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-04-18

REAR ADMIRAL EVANS, generally
known as Fighting Bob" (save the
markD. has been given nice berth
by the Navy clique. He goes to
China, where there is rumor of war
between Russia and Japan, to look
after American interests. His blus-
ter may serve to get us into another
ENHANCEMENT, and it is pretty safe
to assume that Evans will take no
better part in it than he did in the
war with Spain.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-04-18

WE HAVE received through the
courtesy of Thomas A. Pinckard, an
officer in Lawson-Ball Camp, Con-
federate Veterans, of this county, a
copy of the report Of the Board of
Visitors of Lee Camp Soldiers
Home, Richmond, for the year 1901.
1t is full of interesting statistics,
and upon the roll of the veterans in
the Home We see there are five from
the Northern Neck = three from
King George, and one each from
Lancaster and Richmond counties.
The Home accommodated during
the year 1,439 veterans, thirteen of
these being from other States than
Virginia, veterans who were either
Virginians or served in Virginia
regiments. Our beautiful South.
land, once impoverished, is rapidly
regaining her lost financial pres
tige, but the resuscitation comes too
late to be of material advantage to
those few survivors who risked life
and gave most of their worldly
goods for the cause they loved so
well.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-04-18

WE EXTEND best wishes to the
Luray Page Courier upon the COM
pletion of its thirty-fifth anniver-
sary. 1t is long way from being
an infant now, as one who reads it's
newsy columns must long ago have
found out.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-04-18

A COPY of the Bulletin of the
University of the State of Missouri"
has reached us, from which we see
the great strides that that crack
Western university has made in the
course of the past eleven years. We
are proud of this, for at the head of
the institution is Prof. r. III. Jesse,
a native of this county.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-04-18
A dispatch says that ten battalions

A dispatch says that ten battalions
of English and Scotch militia are to
be embodied and sent to Ireland
within a month, in pursuance of the
British governments determination
to apply the coercion act. The post
master general threatened to resign
from the cabinet unless active
measures were taken to circumyent
the United Irish League.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-04-18

kinney trouble.
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makes one feel as Though
they had heart trouble. because the heart Is
over-working in pumping thick, kidnev-
poisoned blood through veins and arteries
1t used TO be considered that only urinary
troubles were 10 be traced to the kidneys
but now modern science proves that nearly
all constitutional diseases have their begin
ming in kidney trouble.
II you are sick you can make no rnistak.
by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild
and the extraordinary effect CT DR.. Kilmer's
owaip.Noot' the great kidney remedy Is
soon realized. 1t stands the highest for its
wonaeriui cures OF the most distressing cases
and is sold on its merits e-1Er~
by all druggists in fifty seH=ayIsf}z s7sxs,
cent and one-dolar siz- E
es. You may have Ss<sssssis
sample bottle by mail Home OF sx.n,,-s,o-,,
free. also pamphlet telling you how to find
out II you have kidney or bladder trouble.
Mention this paper when writing DR.. Kilmer
Il Co., Binghamton. N. Y.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-04-18


The kidneys are your
blood purifiers. they fiji
Ter out The waste or
impurities in the blood.
II they are sick or out
OF order. they fail to do
their work.
Pains. achesandrheu-
matism come from ex-
cess Of uric acid in the
blood. due to neglected
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-04-18
Neglect Means Danger.

Don't neglect biliousness and conssipatton
your health will suffer permanently IL YOU
90: Dewitns Little Early R,sers cure such
"DeWitt's Little Early RIsers are the most
satis factory pills ever took. Never grippe or
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-04-18

course.
TIDEWATER'S LABOR PROBLEM
A correspondent writing to the Rich.
mond Dispatch from Boydton, Va, on
thequestion of farm labor, calls atten-
ton to the growing difficulty which ex-
lists among Virginia farmers in respect
to employing labor for work on the
farms The fundamental cause of The
present scarcity of farm labor is thought
by this writer TO be found in "the abom-
Unable free school system extended to
the blacks and mainly supported by the
white taxpayers, though other reasons,
such as employment at saw-mills or rail.
roads, as servants in the cities and at the
North, are mentioned as partly response.
bic for the situation. But whatever may
be the cause or causes, we in this part OF
the State are suffering in this respect
and must adopt some means of relief
since farming in Tidewater is too profit.
able business to be neglected or aban-
doned because of inability 10 obtain
negro labor.-Soutkside Sentinel.
The CITIZEN has time and again
called attention to the crying need
of something being done to relieve
the distress in farm circles. The
Legislature has it in its power to
help materially the Tidewater agri-
cultural interests, if it Will, by short
ening the oyster season. The in
telligent class of tongmen no longer
oppose such steps, and while some
of the planters might object to cut
ting off the months of April and
September they are few, and act
rather from a standpoint of self
interest. The oysters caught in these
months are sold by many for a low
price, while if not permitted to
catch them in April and September
the same oysters would be there
and of larger growth-for the ton.
ger to catch when prices are better.
The long season helps materially to
deplete the rocks, and but few more
in quantity are caught throue bout
the season because of it.
1t is undoubtedly to the interest
of the oyster business to shorten the
season. Much more so is it to the
advantage of the farming industry.
With April and September off those
oystermen who are doing little
trucking will be given an opportu-
nifty to do more, while the farmer
will easier get labor during the
most important seasons. For the
general welfare all should unite in
asking the Legislature to shorten
the season. Our material wealth
would be largely enhanced and our
lands would advance in value.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-04-18
TO FARMERS AND TRUCKERS.

wanted pickles grown in unlimited
quantities for VanLill Pickling Works.
For Information as to prices apply to
K. n. MERCER,
1rvington, Va.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-04-18

the fate of the document. As this
does not seem possible, and as each
day intensifes the subtle feelings
bearing upon the question, and as it
is recognized that the new document
is superior to the old there seems to
be but one course to pursue in deal
ing with it.
A majority of the distinguished
gentlemen composing the Convention
have been laboring honestly, earn
estly and long, and most of the able
men who have no political axes to
grind seem firmly convinced that
proclamation is the best and wisest
course.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-04-18
Over-Work Weakens
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.

All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-04-18

Business Directory.
SHINGLES! SHINcLESIy

-. We keep constantly on hand a, 8, and
inch cypress shingles at lowest prices.
w. A. DAMERoN & Bro. Weems
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-04-18

$50 ACRES-Fine truck farm over
looking Chesapeake Bay. Fine dwelling.
barn with necessary improvements and
three acres oyster shore. Will also sell
horses and other live stock, two yachts
and farming implements.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-04-18
ADVERTISING RATES.

Notices In reading columns, 10 cents per
nonpareil line.
Obituaries, religious notices of entertain
monts. excursions, ETC.. one-half regular rates
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-04-18

LARGE OR SMALL FARMS-43a
acres, as whole or in thirds. On arm
OK Chesapeake Bay. Good farm and
trucking land aud abundant oyster
shore. also timber land. Near schools.
wharf and postofiice. y
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-14

around the central point The time OF one
swing was 81 seconds The apparent de-
Walton 90 the plane In one oscillation OF
the Ucnducm was about ~ minutes OF are
The air resists tho motion Of tho pendu-
lum hall and would soon bring It to rest.
In order to overcome this resistance Fou-
cault devised an Ingenious electric app ara
tus' which accelerated by magnetic attrac-
tion the motion OF the iron ball Mt the cen
ter Of every swing. This apparatus made
II possible TO cause the pendulum TO swing
for as long time as was desired
The circle Of the Pantheon was about
sixty feet In circumference.
The experimental proof was received
with great applause. and since that time
u has been repeated at a number Of places.
In MAY. 1851, the experiment was tried at
the cathedral In rheims, and again In June.
1865. NJ the cathedral In Amlens Fou.
cault also devised an experiment proving
the oarth's rotation, using gyroscupe
During the summer OF 1900 there WAS ey-
hlhlted an experiment nj the Paris astronu.
mlcal observatory which. with the aid Of "A
lantern, showed the earths rotation on the
screen. II seems strange that even today
there are many persons who believe In q
nat earth and an earth that does not 70.
tate on an axis.
The Foucnult experiment could he sue,
cessfully exhibited in many places In this
country, The pendulum might be swung
under the dome Of the capitol at Wash
ington or in the library at Columbia uni
yersity or under the dome OF General
Grants tomb"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-14
DIAGRAMS.

rotation OF the earth on an axis wns nos
sible." said Prof Recs "He Thought
the velocity would be so great that the
air would be left behind aud even il the
air was carried around bodies floating In
the air. IL would he left behind. Copernicus
lldt0. having better knowledge OF the dis.
lance OF the stars, argued that IL the stars
rovolved ahont the earth 10 n day their
Nclocites would be almost infinite. Tho
pothesis OF the daily revolution Of the
earth he considered much more probable
than the daily revolution Of the celestial
sphere.
The discovery Of the telescopc enabled
Calico and others To show that sun,
moon, Jupiter, etc. revolved on axis an /
Jupiter and Saturn had satellites which
Went around them, Analogy. therefore.
confirmed the ide0 OF q rotating earth
During the last century experimental
proofs have been devised 70 prove this ro-
tation. tOucault's pendulum expcrlmepn
In the Pantheon In Paris Ia the most
striking proof. His experiment depended
on the fact that n n heavy hall Is SUSPEND.
ed by wire and then allowed to osclllate
Ike pendulum. the plane Of vibration
will not change,
Suppose that over round table. Ike
that Illustrated in the diagram, capablc Of
revolution, without Jar. there is SUSPENDED
vertically above the center (CO n heavy
ball (P) by a wire Gently null the bniI
10 one side las Pr and let Il 20 II viii os--
cillate IN vertical plapa Of which X NJ
Is the trace on the table Now revoive the
spble as the arrow indicates n In a few
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-14

John NJ oskison In Lcslie's Weekly.
Geographically, the new West coincide.
with the cid. II Is met at tho Mississippi
surprising tho ohscrvant, Initiated traveller
comes from the East He will sure
enough. catch glimpscs OF II through South.
crn Indiana and across Illinois, whore Their.
is likely to be ooseuing of talk In Tho
Pullman. and n kind ~ taken for-Erante i
you-0re a gentleman fellowship thnt "a alien
10 tho New York and Buffalo train loads
Bur the hlg union station ~ ST Louis scat
tiers the Eastern travellers into Isolated
groups and breaks down their reserve From
St. Louis west the ohservant traveller may
study his types without first breaking dl-
vuslv through the hnbitual barrier OF polite
Stumbling.
For the man Of this new empire il busy:
he Is open 10 new influences; what the chs.
ull stranger has 20 say ms he drops into
the seat beside him may afrect him and his
business Hc is courteous, but there is ltn
sense In spending hair an hour king
about the dlscomforts OF travel and t.e
varieties OF landscape when there Is in
formation ~ be gained or the process II
manufacturing shoes or the study Of Latin
In tho Eastern colleges, or the fertilization
OF thin soil.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-14
EARTH AND THE PENDULUM.
Demonstration to Prove Rotation of This Little
Planet-Experiments Made by Foucault.

seconds OF time the point movee to z
the pendulum viii be oscillAting Ia the
same vertical plane as before. but the
line x g NJ viii be In rSe new new position
z c " II we are not cogniEant Of the
tables motion the plane OF the pendelum's
vibration viii appesr to move the other
way. In one complete revolution Of the
table to the left the plane Of the pendulum
swing will appear to make complete
revolution to the right.
III q pendulum then is suspended above
the North pole Of the earth In twenty. -four
sidereal hours the earth will revolve and
the pendulum vibrating plane viii appear
10 20 round In the opposite direction az the
same time. So also at the South pole.
III the experiment Is tried on the equator
and. for example, the pendulum swings IN
north and south direction. as the earth
revolves. the same points viii be north and
south, and the swinging plano viii not
change even apparentiy Il remains Fixed
TO our eyes. At the poles the terrestrial
plane under the pendulum revolyes in TWEEN
ty.tour hours. but at tho equator II re.
mains hxed, with reference TO the swing Of
the pendulum.
"In any latitude between the equator and
the pole the time OF 4 complete revolution
Of the pendulums swinging plane, as IT
appears to the observer, Will be some
where between twenty four hours and In
hnitv. The law Of change Is snch that at
the Pantheon in Paris, In latitude north 4s
degrees 20 minutes 80 seconds the time re-
Quircd for n complete change Of the plane
OF swins, apparently 10 the observer VIII
be 81 hours 50 minutes 279 seconds OF sid
ereHl time. or 81 hours AZ minutes l4.6 sec
onds Of mean or ordinary clock time.
"Foucault worked out the theory and
tried experiments IN his laboratory which
were very satisfactory So much interest
was taken IN the matter that, with the aid
Of Arngo. a plan was devised to swing a
pendulum under the dome OF the Pantheon
that the proof might be made visible 10
all Interested. The apparatus was mounted
in 1851. The length Of the pendulum, from
the suspension point OF the wire to the cen
ter Of oscillation Of the ball was DIS feet
and the ball weighed sixty-one pounds. 4
pin fastened Ia the under side of the ball
scraped a mark Ia + little ridge Of sand
placed on rail fastened in circular form
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-14
H0UST0N'S NEW BUILDING
TEXT OF THE LETTER WHICH WAS
SENT TO THE CONGRESS.
Reasons Why Il Is Cheaper to Purchase
Suitable Lot and Erect Thereon
Building Commensurate with Needs.

Especial Correspondence Of The Post)
Washington December I.-Followipq IS
The text Of tho report on the Houston most.
oniee case, ms submitted to congress.
Federal Building at Houston. Texas-A
letter from the secretary OF the treasury.
the postmaster general and the attorney
general, submitting report as 70 the Fed
erai building at Houston. Texas. Decem.
Der 0, 1oo2,-Referrcd TO the committee on
public buildings and grounds and ordered
to be printed.
Treasury Department orice Of the Score,
tary, Washington. December s.
Sir: In compliance with provision OF
section % OF an act OF congress approved
June 8, 1902, increasing the limit OF cost
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-14

II Is nfty-one years since Fouesult. the
French astronomer, gave his famous dem.
oustration Of the eartn's rotation. In the
Paris Pantheon, after which our National
capitol was modelled From the great dome
he set a pendulum--a wire tipped with 4
cannon ball--svising over a table, en-
clrclcd by a ridge OF sand. A pin attached
TO the bottom OF the ball marked the path
OF the pendulum In the sand at zach swing
across the table AS a pendulum In motion
Sc not moved a hairs breadth from It's
course by the revolving earth, tho table
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-14

was seen slowly turning, by the pendulum 8
track on the sand. Foucaults experiments
were stopped by the coup d'etat Of Louis
Napoleon December . 1851
Recently however, Camille Flammarion
has renewed interest Ia the subject and
the other day he swung a plano wire pen
dulum 30 feet long carrying q ifty-six
pound iron ball. with a stylus attached for
marking the earths movement on the sand.
The exhibition, aguin I'm the Pantheon. was
Of such Importance that eminent men de.
livered addresses 10 the large assembly OF
scientists and public officials present, and
a report Of the proceedings was sent by
cable over the world
In view Of the popular interest awakened
by the subject Prof. John X. Recs or Co
lumbia university explains tho experiment
In detail. His account of the various as
Economical conjectures and demonstrations
leading up to Foucault's exhibitions in the
Pantheon, together with what mas since
been achieved In that direction. makes an
interesting story.
The great astronomer and geoErapher,
Ptolemy C5m, did not consider that the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-14
Honorsbly.
ChIcnro TrIhnne.

NNICNEu ITTUWne,
Tourist How did such commonplace
sort OF man ever get the title or "colone'?'
Native lie NJ fur g. mister Licked the
Teller that used TO DE Cunnel Jones in a
far, squar', staudup lght.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-19
Oxford Social Flashes,

Oxford, N c., July 1S.-(Special) y
Mrs. H. G. Cooper and family have gone
to Waynesville to spend several weeks.
Mrs. DR.. ]. b. Williams and DAUGHTERS,
Misses Mary and Laura, are visiting
Mrs. w. II. Peters in Portsmouth, Va.
Miss Joyce Hicks and sister, daugh-
ters of Mr.. Ed. Hicks, of Brooklyn, N.
Y, accompanied by Miss Florence Brem,
are spending the summer at their beau
tiful suburban home near oxford.
Miss Kate Clifton, of Louisburg, is the
guest of Miss Bette Smith.
Miss Magdalene Lands, of Henderson,
is visiting the Misses Stark, on Raleigh
street.
Misses Nell and Marguerite Currin
and Mr.. and Mrs. Tyree, of Durham left
this week for Colorado Springs to join
their mother, Mrs. j. M. Currin, and
their sister, where they will remain I'M
til October.
Rev. Mr. Skinner Lassiter, of Green
vile, N. c., is visiting his mother, Mrs.
Kate Lassiter. He is accompanied by his
little daughter Kathrine.
"Gypsy Tea" will be given on Friday
evening by the young men of Oxford.
Miss Beveridge, of Elizabeth City, and
Miss Horner, of Henderson, are the
guests of Miss Eta Peace.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Massenburg and
son, James, who have been sojourning at
Ocean View and Willoughby Beach,
have returned home.
Misses Florence and Gusta Lands, of
Raleigh, are visiting friends in Oxford.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-19
Took a Hay Ride.

A very enjoyable Hay Ride" and
lawn party was given Thursday night
by Mr.. Job p Wyatt to the guests of
his daughter Miss Bessie and his son,
Mr.. William. at his country place, about
four miles east of Raleigh.
The happy party had in it about TWEEN
ty-f1ve, who left the city at eight o'clock
and returned at half past twelve. The
evening was happily spent on the lawn
and watermelon feast was a feature
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-19

This is a live ball and equal
in every respect to the
thirty-five cent kind. We
have already sold them far
and near and ever, where
they have been pro-
nOunCed, by the expe :
rienCed players, to be SUI
riOr high grade balls. A
trial will convince you
that golf balls have posi-
bly, cost you too much.
EVERETT WADDEY co.
Richmond, Va.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-19
Engagement of Miss Bess Gray.

Winston Salem, N. c., July 1S.-
(Special) 1.-THE engagement of Miss Bess
Lindsay Gray, one of Winston's best
known and most popular daughters, to
Mr. Charles Plumly, of Philadelphia
was announced today at reception ten
dered few lady friends by Mrs. A. H
Galloway, sister of Miss Gray. The
marriage will occur in October although
the exact date has not been announced
Miss Gray is the youngest daughter of
Mr.. James A. Gray, cashier of the
Wachovia National Bank.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-07-19

CINCHO WILL RELIEVE THAT
tired feeling. AT all fountains.