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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-08-24
SUMMER SCHEDULE.
WEEMS STEAMBOAT CO..

Baltimore, Eredericksburga and
RappahannOck River Routes.
Norfolk and Rappahannock
River Route.
On and after Wednesday, July 9TH,
steamers Richmond. Lancaster ano
Essex will leave Pier 9. Light Street
Baltimore, every Tuesday and Friday at
$3.50 p. m. for Fredericksburg and al,
wharves on the river. Returning, will
leave Fredericksburg at 2:3O %. m. tide
permitting) Monday, Tuesday aud
Thursday, Leedstown at 400 n. m. Tues.
day, Wednesday and Friday for Balti-
more.
Leave Baltimore Wednesday. AT 4:3O
p. m, for MAYORS and ali wharyes below.
except Bay Port. Returning will leave
Nay Tors at $50 a. m. on Thursday for
Baltimore. Leave Baltimore at 40 n
m: Thursday for Tappahahnock and ali
wharves below.
Leave Baltimore at $50 D. m. Sunday
Tor TappahaEnock end all wharyes he
low, except Bay Port. Returning will.
leave Tappahanpock at 8 a. m. Monday
for Baltimore.
No Freight received for out. going
steamers after p. ~. on sailing days.
NORFOLK ROUTE.
Steamer Essex will leave Norfolk ey-
cry Sunday at p. m, for Fredericks-
burg and all landings ON the Rappahan-
mock River, leaving Tappahannock at 8
a. M, Monday and Port Royal at 1890
p. M, arriving in Fredericksburg at 100
p. m. Returning will leave Tappahan-
mock every Friday at 10 IN. for Norfolk
calling at all wharves.
Passengers and freight from Freder
icksburg and landings above Tappahan-
mock will be transferred from Baltimore
boat Friday afternoon 10 the Essex.
HENRY WILLIAMS, Agt Baltimore.
w. ID. SCOTT, Agt., Fredericksburg.
AE1 COMPTON, Agt., Norfolk.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-08-24
WOOD AND TIES WANTED.

10000 cords Poplar Wood and 1000
Chestnut Ties wanted. Delivered either
on shore or vessel. Advance payments
made If satisfactory arrangements can
be made. JAS. NJ. STUBBs,
GleuDs. Gloucester CO., Va.
{. III. ANDERToN. Saluds, Va,
Agent for Northern Neck.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-08-24
For SALE OR EXCHANGE.

a farm In Maryland. only eight miles
from Washington; Good 6-room house;
water at house door aud in all the fields:
young orchard; farm containing 10 acres
L VIII sell or exchange for a farm or
other property in Tidewater section of
virginia. Address, Nj l.. M'F'G Co,
Milienheck. Va.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-08-24
new SAW-MIII CHEAP.

La trading have secured new No. o
Hench ~ Dromgold saw mill, which |
VIII sell considerably below cost. The
mil mas just been shipped To Millenbeck
whSri and can be re-shipped to purch-
aSer at once.
W. Med. LEE, Irwin gton. Va.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-08-24
Thi. Wnltc- ISnc,, ni. nn.lnn..

This Waite- Knew Hi, Eu~Iness.
GueSt-Now I'll take some ice cream
to top off with. three flavors
Waiter Your bin is az cents already.
sir
Guest-What Of that?
Waiter Why, ycu see. sir. mixed ice
cream is 20 cents. and you'll probably
give me 81 to pay the check, and that'n
leave only > cents for me.-New York
Weekly.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-08-24
His Way of wejrhfnr

"My way is dark and lonely" hum
med the grocer as he finished tying up
a package of sugar.
perhaps your way may be lonely, -
remarked the customer, "but 1 guess
its light enough Chicago News
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-08-24
The Washington Steamboat Com.
pany Limited.
POTOMAC RIYER LANDrNGs
" '' " WV N'N''VV't'tt, tIt tyItCl -iUV. Il
STEAMER WAKEFIELD

f0u and Winter Schedule, ia effect Aug. 81, 80.
STEAMER WAKEFIELD.
Leaves Washington. ID. c.. foot OF Sa,or,h
street at n. m. Leaves Alexandria Va foo+
OF King Street at "a. M 'Ao'
Mondays for Fort Foote, Fort Washington.
pool Point, Clifton Beach (Smith's pr J.Stiffs
Stuarts, swans tRiverside), Matthias Point
Dhls Lower Cedar pt.), Wilkersons, Colonial
beach, Bushwood, Rock Point U.ancasters1
Coltons. Bealee, "Thompsons. Deem Point'
Mount Holly, Nomini, Abells, Leopardtown
Howards. CobruIns, stones.
Al returning leaves Coltons at a. m. on Tues
DAYS, arrives at washington about ID. M
Wednesdays for Fort Footc, Fort Washing
ton, Marshall Hall, Glymont sfndian Head
.L5iX;erSoSi Point, Clifton Reach tSmiths Pt.l,
suns ,Stuarts, Swans (Riverside), Matthias
Point, DilIs tLower Cedar Pt), Wilkcrsons
Colonial Beach, Bushwood, Rock Point dan,
eaaStersl Coltons. Leonardtown. Abells, Beales.
-, hoEmpsonS, Deep Point, Mount Holly, Nom
I'M, Coan, Barnes, Bundicks, Walnut Point
SoMarts, Lewisetta, Mundys Point, Lodge
eg- Returning leaves Kinsale on Thursdays
Tor beaies, .ThompSons, Deep Point, Mount
Holly, Nomini, Howa ards, Cobrums Stones
Soitons, Bnshwood. Rock Point Uancasters),
COLONIAL Beach, Wilkersons, Dills Clover
Cedar Pt.), Matthias Point, Swans (Riverside1
Stuarts, tStins, Clifton Beach lSmiths Point
Liverpool Point. ''
saturdays for Fort Foote, Fort WASHINGTON.
Marshall Hall, Glymont, SIndian Head. Liver
pool Point, clifton Reach (Smiths Pr, *Stiffs.
StuGr Is, Swans tRiyersideI Mathias POM
Dill's (Lower Cedar Pt.), WiIkersons' Colonial
Reach. Bushwood, Rock Point nancasters1
Coltons. Beales. *Thompsons. Deep Point
Mount Holly, Nomini.
Returning leaves Coltons at a. m on SIM
days, arrives at Washington about D. m
LANDINGS marked thus are boat, tide, or
fair weather landings.
Il. =. JOHANSEN Agt. eth St Wharf
81 ID. DGETT. Agt.. AleXa ldria. Va.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-08-24
Baltimore, Chesapeake & Attain
tic Railway Company.
Summer schedule, in effect June %, 1900.
STEAMER IDA
Piankatank River Linz

FlanRatank River Line.
Read carefully important changes have
been made.
Commencing June %, 1900, the steam
er Ida will leave landings named below
on Monday and Thursday of each week.
arriving at Baltimore on Tuesday and
Friday, as follows:
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-08-24
Mighty Temptations.
III CITIES aacf Nvast ,,o-., -.

In all cities east. west. north. south
l notice great temptations To ccmrper-
cial fraud. Here is a man who starts
in business. He says. I'm going TO
be honest, but on the same street. on
the same block, in the same business
are Shylocks. Those men, to get tho
patronage of any one. viii break all
understandings with other merchants
and will sell At ruinous cost. puttinr
their neighbOrs at great disndva ntage
expecting to make up the deficit In
something else. If an honest principle
could creep into that mans soul II
would die of sheer loneliness! The
man twists about, trying to escape the
penalty OF the law. and despises God.
while he Is just little anxious abou;
the sheriff. The honest man looks
about him and says: "Well, this rivalry
is awful Perhaps ! am more scrupu
lous than | need be- This little bar
gain l am about to enter Is n little
doubtful. but then / shall only do as
the rest" And so had friend who
started in commercial life, and as n
book merchant, with a high resolve.
He said, I'm my store there shall be no
books that ] would not have my family
read" Time passed on. and one day |
went into his store and found some
ubiquitous books on the shelf, and |
said 10 him. How is IL possible that
you can consent TO sell such books as
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-08-24
God Does Not Excuse Sin.

sui, tncre HaSheS upon the people OF
our great cities what is transporting in
seemingly respectable circles You coll
1t high life," you call il fast Uv-
Ing" you call IL peoples eccentric
ity," and while we Kick off the side.
walk the poor wretch who has not the
means to garnish his inlquity. these
lords and ladies. wrapped in purple
and In linen. go unwhipped OF public
justice. All, the most dreadful part OF
the whole thing is. that there are per.
sons abroad whose whole business it
is to despoil the young. What an eter.
nifty such a man will havei AS the
door opens 10 receive him thousands
OF voices viii cry out. See here what
you have done" and the wretch will
wrap himself with llcrccr Game and
leap into deeper darkness. and the
multitude he has destroyed VIII pursue
him and hurl al him the long. bitter.
relentless. everlasting curse OF their
own anguish II there bc one cup OF
eternal darkness more bitter than an.
other, they viii have to drink il t0 the
dregs. IL in al the ocean of the lost
world that comes billowlng up there be
one wave more fierce than another. IL
VIII dash over them. But there Is hope
for all who will turn.
stood one day at Niagara falls.
ana ! saw wEat You may have seen
there-siX rainbowS bending over that
tremendous plunge. | never saw any.
thing like IL before or since. Six beau.
tiful rainbows arching that great cata-
ract! And so over the raDids and an
CRY precipices of sin. where so many
have been dashed down. Gods bcauti-
ful admonitions hover. warning arch
ing each peril-six OF them. fifty of
them, thousand of them. Beware.
beware, beware!
Young men, while you have tine TO
reflect upon these things and before
the duties Of the Office and the store
and the shop come upon you again.
look over this whole subject. and after
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-09-08

came to be fully understood, the fresh
air treatment, with instruction to
mothers, followed inevitably When
one woman in a crowded district learns
the advantages of cleanliness her in
fuence is exerted more or less on the
lives of those in her immediate vicin-
ity and many others are ready to avail
themselves of the privileges which she
has learned to esteem so highly.
A baby's change from pale, puny,
wailing illness to rosy health is appre-
ciated by any woman, and the fresh
air sanitariums are padronized more
and more every season. One of the
pioneers in promoting these establish
ments is Victor T. Lawson, publisher
of the Chicago Daily News, who has
devoted time and money without stint
that sick babies might receive the ben
tfits of the treatment given at the Lin
eoln Park sanitarium. The good ac-
somplished at this institution, now in
its fourteenth year, is almost incalcula-
ole and its fame has reached almost
tvery portion of the country. DR..
Thomas has characterized it as "the
divinely beautiful charity
BY its means, thousands of mothers
lave learned to care for their suffer-
ing children. A baby, during treat
nent, is regularly bathed and receives
medical attention, medicine, food and
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-09-08
FOR POOR CHILDREN.
Flesh Air Sanitariums Provided for
Their Special Benefit.
Chicago Leads the World In This
Branch of Practical Philanthrop-
&c Effort-HOw the Retreats
Are Managed.
Especial Chicago Letter.

XIV OTHING shows more conclusive
INV ly that humanity is reaching a
4 v higher level than the increased
facilities provided for the care of the
children of the very poor of our cities.
Development in the knowledge of san
itary principles shows how extreme
poverty and the illness which naturally
accompanies it cause dwarfng of the
sensibilities, indifference to appear
ances and tendency to crime. The fu-
ture of the little citizens reared in
filthy surroundings affects the welfare
of the general community, and the
work of bettering the condition of poor
children is one in which all should be
Interested. Babies stomachs, more
delicate than those of their elders, and
the close air filled with impure odors
in many city tenements, are respon-
sible for much of the illness found
among the little ones. Ignorance and
an entire lack of understanding the
first principles of cleanliness add to the
trouble.
It is impossible to save the lives OF
many of the babies, even with the best
of medical attention, while they are
left at home in the care of uninformed, /,
hopeless mothers. When this fact
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-09-08
Cncumhers Baked.

Peel and cut three goodsized cucum-
bers in halves lengthwise; scoop ont
the inside and drop in ice water for.
half an hour. Mince one cupful Of
cold veal, chicken or lamb; to one ta-
blespoonful of soft butter add one
fourth Of teaspoonful of salt, a dash
Of cayenne and a grating of nutmeg,
and sth' well; add one teaspoonful Of
minced onion, one tablespoonful each
of minced parsley and cream. and one
beaten egg; when thoroughly mixed
add the meat. Drain the cueumbers;
fill just even with edge with the force
meat; place in baking dish containing
one cupfut of white stock (weak) and
three tablespoonfuls of lemon juice,
cover with buttered paper and bake
tender. When ready to serve dust with
Drowned crumbs, and dip The sauce
from pan over the top.-Ladies' World.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-09-08
A CHINESE. RANGE.

occupation of the eater, and the
amount of rice in the jar. Our school
boys average one and one-third
pounds a day. But boatman's al
lowance is tnree times that. A good
average is about two pounds a day.
Counting that there are 100000, ,00o
Of Chinese, of whom, say, one-fourth
eat little or no rice, and one-fourth
have all they want to eat, and the
remaining two-fourths eat half of the
average of two pounds daily, or one
pound day, we would have daily
consumption of rice by the Chinese
nation of 4o0,00o,oo0 pounds, or six
and two-thirds million ,ushels. This
amounts to an annual consumption of
2,434,0o0 900 bushels. If this is too
liberal count, throw off the millions,
and we have still 2,00o, 100000 bushels,
which is probably a conservative fig
ure.
The worlds wheat crop of a dozen
years ago, as estimated in the Encyclo-
pedia Britannica of 1885, was about
1900, 600, 600 bushels,
! China, before very long, will become
an integral part of this planet, and
then this enormous production and
consumption of rice will be large
figure in the statistics of the worlG's
food supply. zsE
WILLIAM N. BREWSTER
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-09-08

"our rice was not cooked done"

''Our rice was not cooked DONE"
The large place the rice question oS
cupies in Chinese thought is shown By
the fact that the most common saluta-
ton is the question: "Haye you eaten
your rice?" The form of expression is
modified as the day passes, each man
inquiring of his neighbor with the reg
ularity, if not with the tender solicitude
of the faithful physician to his patient,
whether or not he has eaten his break
fast. his dinner or his supper, as the
case may be.
But we are not making much prog
ress with our cooking. It goes without
saying that this dirty rice must be
we'll washed, and that more than once.
The milky looking water that we pour
off must not be thrown out. It makes
feed for the goats and pigs. We can
not only sell it for a good price, but the
buyer will come and carry it away.
The range is r1odel for economy
of fuel 1t is built of brick and mud
It burns wood, dry grass or brush
Our kettle is round and shallow, fit.
ting low, close to the fire. 1t is cast
in clay mold, and is made of raw
iron.
Ii we can afford to ea~ all we want.
we will steam the rice: but if we have
to practice rigid economy we will
boil it soft, with plenty of water.
The rice being done, the cook dips
it up into large Jar. There is little
ceremony in the ordinary villagers
meals. Each member CT the family
takes his bowl and helps himself.
Another jar with salt or fresh vege-
tables, and perhaps little fish or
pork, is on the table. He puts few
pieces on his bowl of rice, or takes
another bowl for them. A pair OF
chopsticks as loRg as a penholder,
made of bamboos completes his outfit.
The table only. serves as place at
which to replenish MS bowl. He eats
as it suits his convenience, in groups
or alone, in the sun or in the shade.
But always and everywhere he sucks
in the soft semiliquid rice with that
unpleasant sound that our mothers
taught US we must avoid in the eat
ing of soup. Unfortunately, Confu-
cius failed to call attention to the
manifest impoliteness Of this manner
of eating, and I fear the habit is now
too thoroughly established ever to be
eradicated, except among the few who
are favored with western education
and culture.
Of course, the wealthy and educated
classes generally have their meals
served at a table around which only
the male members of the family and
guests gather: but three-fourths of
the people eat their ordinary meals in
the manner above described.
The nunper of times the bowl is re-
p1enished depends upon the size and
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-09-08
HIS SECOND HEARING.
A Clever Invention which Had Had
Effect ON Capital Story
Teller.

Tom Meek is one of the best men in
6t. Louis-or America. For many
years, however, Mr.. Meek has been to-.
tally deaf in one ear, and hears only
about five per cent. with the other,
writes VIII Visscher, in Woman's Home
Companion.
Lately Tom made a visit to Chicago,
where he has host of ardent friends.
They yelled at him for several days, and
then one of them made him present Of
sort of fan, that a person who is hard
of hearing may place an edge of be-
tween his teeth and hear as well as
anybody. Then Mr.. Meek went about
listening to all sorts of things that he
had not heard for decades. He would
stand on the curbstone and listen to
the buzz and rattle, of the trolley and
since he lost his hearing, and which
he had always thought were noiseless.
He also heard here and there some
worlds fair stories, and others of an-
cient renown, and the next time he
went to the Press club, when story.
telling was in progress, he told some
of these stories when it came his turn
to be reminded" Sadness would then
become prevalent all around, and also
apparent to Mr.. Meek, for he is wit,
and therefore had been in the habit
of telling good stories of his own make,
that had never failed to create hilari-
Gus merriment. These treasures which
the fan had enabled him to accumulate
seemed all right to him. They were
certainly stories of the approved sort,
ingenious, humorous and snappy, with
cimaxes calculated to convulse an audi
ence, as they had conyulsed him when
they first came to his ears. But he
knew nothing of their antiquity, and
therefore was puzzled by the way they
were received
The man who had introduced Mr..
Meek to the fan was frowned upon,
and Mr.. Meek himself took to look
ing at the instrument suspiciously.
Finally he confided to his best friend:
Between you and me there is one of
two conditions existing: Either YOU
fellows don't know a good thing when
you hear5it. or this fan Doesn't
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-09-08
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.

coming to the front, and win here
after occupy higher place. We are
impatiently waiting for the coming
of thu. promised volume by Mrs. Sarah
Butts. giving the biography of not
able southern women. A woman
ought not to lose her name when she
marries. My wife ought to sign her
name Octavia Hutchins Smith instead
of Mary 0ctavia Smith, and every
woman preserve her fathers name in
this way.
Well, | am away down here in
Montgomery county basking in the
sunshine of Mount Vernon, an old
time, unpretel1eling village beautiful
" situated on perhaps the highest
plateau in the county. It is my first
visit and | was pleased TO be invited
here, for to me it is classic and yen-
Grated ground. Eighty-tvyo years age
my father taught school here, an old
field school, and there are a few peo-
pie still living who remember the old
log schoolhouse But 1t has long
since passed away and not q patron
is alive and, so far as I can learn, not
one Of his pupils is living. All gone.
Many a time did he tell US of his ex-
perience while teaching here and how
rude boys rebelled against his dis
cipline, and for a month he had to
fight his way, but finally subdued and
subiugated them and became famous
with his patrons, for those boys had
ran off three teachers before he came
and the community rejoiced when
they got a teacher who was game
enough to conquer them. This is q
quiet, delightful place to rest. Even
the signs of antiquity are pleasing to
the eye. Beautiful 1egistremias in
full bloom ornament the front yard
of my hotel. They are not bushes or
shrubbery, but are large trees and [
reverence them, for they were my
mothers favorites away back in my
childhood, and there are still sweet
memories clustering around them. I
am here right in the midst of flowers
and fruits. Oh, the fruits that every
where abound. Indeed, this is a
blessed country to live in and be
happy, and as for that, have not
suffered at all nor found any differ
ence between this region and north
Georgia, provided you keep in the
shade. The nights are cool and pleas
ant.-Bi1l Arp, in Atlanta Constitu-
tion.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-09-08
FIRST CLEANING OF RICE.

Soor success. Like the prudent house
wife who knows her lord will be tract
able when he is well fed, so the Chinese
mandarin, though he fears not GOD
nor regards man, exerts himself to
keep the populace submissive by feed,
ing it as best he can.
Owing to their crude methods OF
preparation and their customs of adul-
teration, rice after it is cleaned can
only be kept month or six weeks with
out spelling. So only the rough rice
or paddy" is stored in bins, and it is
cleaned as needed.
The outside husk is removed by a
simple but effective hand mill made of
bamboo woven-work and hard mud. It
is turned by hand; and one man can
clean about 800 pounds day.
The hand winnowing mill, very much
like the one our grandfathers used to
have, cleans out the chaff. Even this is
not wasted. Perhaps its most philan-
thropic service is a a mosquito smoker.
A few ounces of it burned in room
will clear it of these pestiferous insects
III d lew HutnutSs.E Lel view UEiSeS duU
Texas friends take notice!
The inner hard coat of the rice is
then removed by pounding with stone
hammer in stone mortar. The ham
mer is large and heavy, and is generally
worked by foot power by two men.
White clay is used as a powder to
brighten it. In true oriental fashion
the rice is sold with four per cent. of
it this clay, and another ;wo per cent,
water, which is put in t. add weight
and make it clean easier. Theordinary
Chinese rice would not sell in the
american market at all, unless it was
run through a proper machine and
cleaned again.
This custom of adulteration varies
In different localities. Tt is said to be
worse in Hinghua than in most places;
but it is more or less prevalent every
where, as the clay and water are neces-
sary for their crude methods of clean
ing. These methods will pass away
with the opening of the country.
When the price of labor increases, ma
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-09-08

clothing. A wagonette, for patients
and their attendants, conveys them
from the street car terHini, near the
park, to the sanitarium, which is sit
uated on the lake shore in Lincoln
park, on the north side of the city.
A portion of the building extends out
over the water. 1t possesses all mod-
ern improvements. During many of
the hot summer days, the entire floor
space of veranda, $4,000 feet, is oceu-
pied. Haramocks are swinging where
feverish little ones, from sitting homes,
may rest and breathe the pure, life
giving air. The sanitarium is near the
palm-houses and geological gardens of
the park, where the older children,
who cannot in all instances be left at
home when baby comes, may play.
Lincoln park sanitarium is so well
known that it is literally supported,
not only by many Of Chieago's wealth
lest citizens. but generous contribu-
tions constantly reach its "fresh air
fund.- from outside sources.
Although its work is, necessarily on
a much smaller scale, visit to the
jackson Park sanitarium is no less
gratifying.
This institution is yet in its infancy,
and, owing to lack of advertising ia
cilities, is not as well known as it ought
to be. But most satisfactory results,
in the cases of nearly 5000 specimens
of humanity, were accomplished here
last year, in an unostentatious way,
and Jackson Park sanitarium will in
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-09-08
Cooking Chicken In Camp.

Remove the crop and entrai1s, but
not the feathers. Wet those. 10 make
them lie smoothly, and cover them with
a paste of flour and water. Make fire
in a hollow OF sand, and when it is
pretty well burned out put the chicken
upon the embers, and cover with hot
ashes. Bake one hour. Strip off the
dough. and with it will come the feath-
ers and skin. Serve with salt, pepper
and butter. and you have dish fl for
king or for the jolliest set of camp
ers in republican America.-sailie Joy
White, in Wcman's Home COMPANION.