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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-04-13
CAN'T DESTROY THE FISH

In very able article by the Editor
of the "American Fs, ,tilizer" can be
found abundant authority and refer
ences regarding the absurdlty of sup
posing that mans puny fisheries can
produce an extinction of species by
any possible degree of overfshing.
Among other things he says:
referring to the determination of
fish, and comparing such with that
of the buffalo and the whale, it may
be mentioned that really no such
comparison can be made. The buff
fslo, the whale and the seal belong
to the family of mammals, which
reproduce itself, like the COW, once a
year, while the fecundity of fish is
beyond comprehension. According
to Colonel Mcdonald, the menhaden.
although not much larger than the
herring, is said to have five times as
many eggs. 'The herring has about
$4,000, and a menhaden taken in
Narragansett Bay, on November /,
1879, contained at least 15O, 900 eggs.
To compare the extinction of fish
with the extinction of the buffalo is
like comparing the sun to the tallow
candle. Where there is one buffalo
or one deer born and which can be
located, there are millions upon
millions of fish hatched each year.
which inhabit the unfathomable
waters that comprise three-fourths
of the globe"
Furthermore, the article points
out the fact that fish fertilizers,
among other varieties, contain the
phosphoric acid, potash aud nitrogen
which are continually being carried
of into the sea. Unless man can
reclaim from the sea that which is
lost from the land in immense
quantities every day, there must
come time when the land will no
longer produce vegetation.-F Fishing
Gazette.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-04-13
A BALTIMORE WEDDING

A pretty wedding took place at the
residence of Mrs. w. H. Tapscott, 116
w. oath ST., Baltimore, April 2nd,
at 8 o'clock p. m. The contracting
parties were Miss Eva Shackelford,
of Baltimore, and Mr.. James Thomas
Sinclair, of Talbot county, Md. The
house was prettily decorated with
evergreens and flowers. The atten-
dants were Miss Bessie Clark and Mr..
Henry Triperman, of Baltimore, Miss
Ora Williams, Reedville, Va, and
Master w. II. Tapscott. Music was
furnished by Mr.. Herman M. Gurisch
and four members of his orchestra.
The brides dress was white Swiss and
Renaissance lace, over white taffeta,
white chiffon veil, and carried brides
roses. The maids also wore white and
carried flowers. Supper was served at
$50. Those present were: Mrs. Jno.
u. Childs, Mrs. K. Shackelford
Clarke, sister of the bride, Mrs. w.
II. Sinclair, Talbot Co. Nd, Mrs. w.
H. Tarscott, Mrs. Elizabeth Clark,
of Va, Mrs. j. Maher, Mrs. Peter
Flynn, Mrs. Anna Alexander, Miss
NJ. Z. Donahue and Miss Fannie
Alexander. Mr.. VIM. III. Tapscott,
Mr.. James Childress, Mr.. f. L.
Lingeman, Rhesa Alexander, Masters
4. Harding Clarke and Wise +,
lTapscott.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-04-13
PATRICK HENRY.

Written for the CITIZEN, from
memory, by Nettie Beane, aged
twelve years.
The subject of this sketch was
born in Hanover Co., Va, April 2,
1876. He had but little education,
the most of which he received from
his father, who taught him Latin
and little Greek. AT the age
of fifteen he went to clerk in a
store so as to learn merchandising.
When he was at leisure in the store he
learned to play the violin and the
flute, as he could not engage in out
door sports. At the age of twenty
be was married, and went to farm
ing, and then store keeping again.
He then studied law and was ad-
mitted to the bar in lr6O. He was
the finest orator ever known In those
days. In 1776 he was chosen the
first governor of Virginia. His
speech in ''the Parsons Case" gave
him distinction. 1t was delivered at
Hanover O. FL. in 1868. He declared
that "a king who annuls or disallows
law of so salutary a nature, degen-
crates into tyrant, and forfeits all
right to obedience. And on another
occasion he made a very elegant
speech. He closed his speech with
the celebrated words: "Caesar had
his Brutus; Charles /. his Cromwell,
and George 1II"-"Treasonl" cried
the Speaker--"may profit by their ex-
ample. If this be treason, make the
most of It'll" When the Revolu-
tionary War was inevitable he
exclaimed: eff we wish to be free,
we must fight! The wax is inevi-
table, and let it come! Let it GOMEZ
| know not what course others NAV
take; but as for me, give me liberty,
or give me DEATH" Patrick Henry
died in Charlotte Co., Va, June 6
1893. Thus ended the life-of one OF
Virginia's greatest orators and pa
triots.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-04-13
A LETTER FROM HAWKINS
COUNTY, TENNESSEE.

As we promised our many friends
to let them hear from us sometime
we take this method of doing so
aud hope the kind editor will not
object to having few lines in his
valuable paper from MS. The people
out here are very nice and kind, but
of course We don'tllike them much,
for they insulted us as soon as we
left the cars, the street arabs begin
ming to yell yankees in town." You
all know we are not yankees, and we
don't wish to be called such, but if
they insist upon calling us yankees
we can put up with it as we can't do
any better. Tennessee is said to be
very wealthy and prosperous state,
but in our judgement this county is
very unfortunate on account of the
land being so mountainous and roads
so muddy. On account of these i'm
pediments the hauling is almost i'm
possible, so the farmers are compelled
to build their houses out of logs and
mud; frame house is very rarely
seen back in the mountains. 1t is
almost impossible to raise much
wheat or corn, so their chief industry
is stock raisipg-the mountain sides
affording good grazing all the winter.
They say they can raise stock
cheaper than any other state in the
union. There are plenty of good
horses, and the like of them some of
our people in East Virginia never
thought of. The people are very
thinly settled, but they have many
churches and mills, which goes to
show they are very religious and in
dustrious.
As we leave Hawkins county we
enter Hamblins, which is more for
tunate than the former. The far
mers in this county can raise wheat
for 25 cents per bushel and corn for
10. There are some fine farms in
this county, and the people are all
IN good circumstances. The largest
colored school in the South is stu
ated in this county near Morristown,
and is in az immense big building.
As We leave Hamblins county
We come to Jefferson county, which
is fine place and has the largest and
finest farms ever saw. The farmers
of this county use only the disk
plow to break their land; and it
proves perfect success. Wheat is
looking very nice for this time of the
year and most of the farmers are
looking forward to a big yield this
summer.
Most of these people favor Bryan
and free silver (not like Kentucky,
which favors lead).
We are going away from here now
to cross the Blue Ridge mountains,
where we will enter North Caro-
lima, and if this letter escapes the
waste basket we will write again soon.
S. w. & Co.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-04-13
The Capital of Utah Fine Field
for Political Scientists.

SALT LAKE CRY still presents one
of the most absorbingly interesting
fields for the sociologist to be found
on this continent. The conditions
most vital to peoples life are there
far beneath the surface, and cannot
be comprehended in day, nor by a
sojourner who looks exclusively
through either Mormon or Gentle
eyes. Two generations have been
born into the Mormon religion, and
the traditions of the church are as
binding to them as those of century
old creeds to their followers. The
man whom you are told has "broken
away" from the faith, you find upon
acquaintance to be half Mormon
still. The "good Mormon" who is
pointed out to you will be found to
be, in nine cases out of ten, half
Gentile.-MrS. j. X. Hudson IN the
April "Ncw Lippincott."
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-04-13
How 70
Gain Flesh

Persons have been known to
gain a pound a day by taking
an ounce of SCOTS EMUL-
SION. II is strange, but it Otter
happens.
Somehow the ounce produces
the pound; it seems to start the
digestive machinery going prop
erIy. so that the patient is able
to digest and absorb his ordinary
food, which he could not do be.
fore. and that IS the way the gain
is made.
A certain amount Of flesh is
necessary for health: if you have
not got it you can get it by
taking
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-04-13
CHOICE Vegetables

~ will always find a ready
market-but only that farmer
can raise them who has studied
the great secret how to OBJ
tain both quality and quantity
by the judicious use of well
balanced fertilizers. No fertil-
izer for Vegetables can produce
a large yield unless it contains
at least so Potash. Send for
our books, which furnish full
information. We send them
free of charge
GERMAN KALI WORKS,
% Nassau ST. New York.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-04-13
CLUVERIUS-SAMPSON.
Wedding OF Daughter Of Rear.Ad-
miral Sampson.

BosToN, April ga notable So
ciety event was the wedding this
evening of Miss Hanna Walker
Sampson, youngest daughter of Rear
Admiral Sampson, commandant OF
the Boston navy-yard, and Ensign
Wat Tyler Cluverius, United States
navy, which was solemnized at the
Commandant's residencein the navy,
yard.
The young couple, after wedding
tour, will reside at Annapolis, where
the groom, who is a typical south.
erner, has recently been ordered fol
duty at the Naval Academy as in,
structor in gunnery.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-04-13
Northumberland Co. Va.
DEATH OF DIR. JOHN =. LICKL,

DEATH OF DIR. JOHN j.. LICKLE.
DIR. John ID. Lickle died on the
morning of March goth at his home,
No. Sol N. Fulton avenue, Baltimore,
Nd, of complication of diseases,
heart trouble being the prime cause
of his death.
DIR. Lickle was born in Frederick
county, Nd, July 29th, 1914, and
was consequently in the seth year of
his age. He was educated in the
public schools of Frederick county
and taught the North Market school
during the years of 1S74-75. At
the close of the latter year he went
to Baltimore and taught male gram
mar schools Nos. /, 1s and 22, being
principal of the last named at the
time of his death. In 1885 he began
the study of medicine after his school
hours, and in March 1887 he gradu-
ated from the Baltimore University
School of Medicine, carrying off the
first or faculty prize. He began the
practice of medicine during the
latter part of the year 1887 and was
steadily building up a good practice
when he was forced to give it up on
account of his declining health.
In 1861 DIR. Lickle went South
and joined the First Maryland Con-
federate Cavalry. He was wounded
in the hip at Kernstown, Va, and
carried the ball in his limb for sew.
eral months before it was located
near the knee and extracted. Upon
another occasion a pen-knife in bis
vest pocket thwarted the purpose OF
the enemy's bullet and saved his life
Nothing but the blade OF the knife
was left, which is now among his
collection of war relics. He was
captured in the retreat from Gettys.
burg and was prisoner at Fort
Delaware, Point Lookout and Fort
McHenry for ak months and was
one of "the lucky 5O0," principally
youths, who were exchanged and
sent South by General Benjamin f.
Butler, when he was first put in
charge of United States prisons.
In 1885 he was married to Miss
Fannie Treakle of Lancaster county,
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-04-13
oCommunicated.l
TAXES, MORE TAXES.

EDITOR VA. CITIzEN:- fail
or summer, our county was flooded
with letters from our Commissioner
of Agriculture, q. w. Koiner,
asking our people to put tag tax
on fertilizers. MY attention was
called to several letters of his to
which / replied that the farmer had
all the load he could conveniently
carry just now. In answer he stated
that the State wanted the money in
order to send out printed matter to
the farmers to teach them how to
make cheese, etc. Our farmers in
this section know about all they
want to know about farming. Very
few of us farmers devote ourselves
exclusively to this pursuit-we are a
variety class of people.
Mr.. Koiner said the tax would not
come out OF the farmer. In the
name of heaven, then, where else can
it come from? l handle some fertil-
izers aud put on Is cents for everv
ton | ship. The steamboats, and
railroads will not take it on board
unless the blue tag is on it.
Well, our Legislators have returned
home from Richmond-all with a
record; they have s'done the thing
up brown;" added large number of
new offices to be supported by the
people. They cannot live on air, so
the laborers must support them.
thought the way to improve govern
ment was to lessen the offices and
regulate the salaries in order that so
many would not be thirsty to hold
office. The way to improve ma
chinery as 10 increase the strength
and lessen the weight. Well, what
nextY l would suggest that X-rays
be employed to look through every
man, woman and child to see bow
much gold is in them and tax it ac-
cordingly. Appoint another set of
officers 10 do this. We have the
stamp tax on notes, bonds, etc., tax
on our wearing apparel and tax to
raise money to be appropriated to
Confederate soldiers. This latter /
am willing to stand, but who gets
the rest of this taxation? One-third
of it goes to the fellows that smoke
fine cigars.
Well, what has our legislature
done to stop the trust? Nothing that
lhave heard of. Could they have done
it! They might have tried, to say
the least. The trusts are curse to
our people. / see they have snuff
trust; if had my way would put
them all into bags of snuff and let
them sneeze their heads off.
Well, Mr. Editor, see no favors
that have been shown to the farming
class-the salt of the earth. At
seasons of the year just before the
elections, the painted warriors calls
to speak and tells us that only elect
them and they will make laws
so We can live at our ease-in clover.
They go and come and there is no
relief bnt to create new offices and
increase the taxes and put more
burdens upon us.
l am so sorry our representatives
are not farmers, for had they been,
we might have been protected against
the outrageous fertilizer tax. beg
of you, Mr.. Editor, to publish this
as it is in me and it must come out,
if it has to be showed out with stick.
III.
NOrthn mharland To Va
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-04-13
(Too late for last issue.l
EARNHAM, RICHMOND Co

Sunday school was reorganized at
Oakland Sunday April lst. G. w.
Douglas was again elected superin
tendent-a case of the right man n
the right place.
w. A. Lewis and daughter, Zoe,
of Arlington, were pleasant visitors
at nj. G. Lewis few DAYS last week
Allen Hayden visited John Lewis
Sunday last.
Mrs. Chas. Beauchamp, of Lofts.
burg, was visiting relatives in the
neighborhood last week.
Mrs. NJ. G. Lewis and little son
Gladstone, visited the national city
last week.
r.. I'll. Lyell is still on the sicl
list.
Rev. Ro. Williamson's school i,
progressing finely.
Mollie Bawn, Mollie Bawn-
Are your chances for marrying gonei
Wei wager n hundred cents TO ten
That that is the reason you're disgusteI
with men.
NUNTIo.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-04-13
HOTELS.
NORFOLK BOARDING HOUSE

All persons desiring first-class
boarding place stop with Mrs. @. s.
Haynie, 50t Free Mason Street, Norfolk,
Va. formerly of the Lancaster House).
Evening star., 1900-08-18
IN CHESS CIRCLES.

If any one following this column is think
ing of opening correspondence game with
Mr.. J. a. Ford of Walterville, Miss, he
will consult his own peace of mind by re-
framing. That gentleman has just an
nounced a mate in thirty-nine moves in his
game against Mr.. r. A. Hart of Baton
Rouge, La.
The Brooklyn Eagle keeps talking up an
international tourney for the United States
for 1871, and quotes correspondents from
various sections. For instance, the Clipper
wants to know where the United States
Chess Association is. Mr.. McCutcheun of
ney be played in New York, Philadelphia,
Washington. Pittsburg and Chicago. Mr..
NalcOtt of Boston. talking of the proposal
to raise SO'SD, declines to hold his breath
until that is accomplished.
JaSnpsrOdShy has challenged Marshall to
a match Tor $50 side, which he will
probably accept
Continuing the examples Of the French
defense are three games below The first
Is remarkable for d move ty introduced at
the LONDON tourney 10y ShowaIter and Lee,
replying Ut Whites fourth move Blk kt5
10y B-tt htI. Ii ought to be mentioned that
lh- s"GLaHtSS OF tnr opening must not be
jC3srd by the ending of the game.
The example following Of the variations
uf the Ffvncn defense WAS played at The
Hastings tourney, 1873. between Marco of
Austria and Burn uf England. Its distin-
gushing move Is black : fourth, PIP.
Evening star., 1900-08-18
OPPOSED TO BALL VALVES.
How One of Them Figured in q Pris-
Oner's Escape.

From the New Orleans Times Democrat
Il never had but one prisoner escape from
me-" said an old railroad detective land
that was under very peculiar circumstances.
In 1852, when l was working for the Atchi-
son, Topeka and Santa Fe road, 1 cap
trred fellow named Jim Lake. who was
wanted for robbing freight cars. / got him
near Trinidad. Col. and after securing the
requisition papers started east with him
for Kansas City. Lake VS. a little, con-
sumptive chap, as frail a woman, and
didn't consider ii necessary to even put the
handouts him. With one twist L could
have broken him in two. Besides, / didn' I
care to cause him needless humiliation by
exhibiting him before the other passengers
IN the role of prisoner, so We simply
sat side by side, like TWO fellow tourists
ana noDody IN the cars had any idea he was
under arrest
Naturally we did good deal of talking
ana at about dusk of The first evening out
Lake turned the conversation to curious
HechanlcaI Contrivances and described sew
efal remarkable machines he had seen He
Aad peen skilled engineer earlier in life
ana being good talker, soon got me deep-
~ interested. Among other things he told
me ABOUT an air pump with singular ball
valve The ball lies in a socket he said
anu the greater the air pressure behind it
the ilghter II sticks. To illustrate, he twist
ed an Old envelope into a co:e and droppei
paper Wad into the mouth. Now when |
blow, he continued, you'll see that the
wac stays right where it is Like a fool I
stared at the thing, and he blew Violently
INTO the little end. At the same instant /
ieit as II a raging furnace had suddenly
belched its flames right into my face. : /
couiah see: couldn't breathe: for a mo-
ment or two l couldn't even move NV
threat and nostrils were on fire, and I felt
sure my eyes had been burned literally out
of their sockets
w nat had happened was simply this.
me envelope was full of red pepper and /
had received the charge. point blank at
ABOUT six-lnch range. While I was gasp
ing The scoundrel ran to the other end of
tne IN. car. My friend has a fit" he shouted:
jumped off. and that was the last of him
ne was never caught. The other dav
man tried TO sell ME a lawn sprinkler. 1T
mas patent ball valve he said. I don't
want 1t, replied"
Evening star., 1900-08-18

tore open his shirt and found huge black
and blue mark, but nothing more serious.
Within q few moments he was back at his
POST. Not an hour later he suddenly placed
his hand to the same shoulder, remarking
to his captain. who stood near. I'm shot
this time The captain leaned over and
picked up spent Remington ball that had
just fallen to the ground. But the buglers
troubles were not over. nor his fate shoul-
der out of the range of fire. Before the
morning was over he was shot through
the same shoulder. not two inches from the
spot where he had been struck twice be-
Tore This time the ball passed directly
through his chest and he nearly lost his
life
1T Is true. as the soldiers say. when you
try to stop e m You wish you were home.
Evening star., 1900-08-18

TRISTEES, SALE OF TWO 2SToRY FRAME
oISES. Nos. 1857 AND 16il I.TH STREET
BY Firtu' OF two deeds OF trust, recorded re-
spectseIy. IN Liber 1889. folio 367. and Lber an3I
folio - eft OF the land for the District
oi ooumbla aid at the request OF the party secured
hereby We the undersigned trustees Will offer for
sale by public auction. in front OF the premises on
MoNlpAl, The TWENTY sen ENTH DAY OF AL
StSI, i%p Al VI AFTER OF FIVE O'CLOCK
Pm. the following described real estate situate
In the SSlnty If Washington. District OF Columbia
to wit: Lots numbered twenty-one I2ll and twenty
three t:3,. Benjamin F. Leixhton's stIhdivisen Of
hot nine 90 In block twelve l2 In Trinidad as Der
plat In County Book 8, page 81. In the surveyors
office OF said District, together with all the Improve
ments. rights etc.
Terms stated at time OF sale 500 deposit on
each house quired at time OF sale Terms Of sale
TO he complied with in Is days from day Of sale
Otherwise trustees the right to resell the
property at the risk and Of the defauliIng r-
chaser. afte days advert tsament OF such resale
in sore ne AsiaIeT published in Washington. ID. c.
All conveyancing recording. stamps, ETC.. pur-
chaser c.. 1.
GEORGE NJ. EMNiERICH Trustee.
aulS-d&ds DOUGLASS =. MACkAIi., Trustee.
Evening star., 1900-08-18
FUTURE DAYS.
JAMES W. RADCLIFFE. AycTIoNEER.

RI-STEES' SALE OF VALUABLE BUILDING
Lpf On | STREET BETN Gen HALF AND
FIRST STREETS SOUTHEAST.
by virtue of deed uf recorded among the
land records of the District Of Columbia Ia Iil,er
NJ. l6ls follc 3S2 et seq. and at the request II
the hBder OF the note thereby secured. viii
sell, AT public auction, in front of the premises
TIT ESbAf. THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF
AtHtS 81 A. u 1880, AT FIVE O'CLOCK Pm.
that piece OF land situate I'm the city of Washing
ton. IN said District. and being the west twenty
l2,n feet front and back 10y the width, The
fun depth of lot eleven lll. ia square numbered
SIX hundred ana ninety-six 1896 On this lot are
four walls of small brick house.
Terms OF sale: Oie-half of the purchase money in
cash Wlthln ten days from the day Of sale the re-
mdlhder IN one nute at twelve uiunths with inter
est at per cent. and secured by deed Of trust on
the property. ar all cash. Terms sale 10 be com
piled with within ten days from day Of SALE other
wise the trustees the right 10 resell at I'M.
cost OF the defaulting purchaser A dep sit of SIS
VIII tie required at the time Of sal. An convey
areins. stamps and recording at purchasers c,si.
FRANK L. CALHOUN,
JOHN Z. BENTON,
Evening star., 1900-08-18

ATTORNEYS SALE OF TWO BRICK DWELLINGS
SURE RENTERS. Nos. 1915 AND l2I7 TWEN-
TG-FlFTH STREET NORTHWEST
On SATURDAY. THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF
AUGUST, 19uU. AT FIVE O'CLOCK PM l will Of
fer for sale, by public auction. in front Of the
premises, the following described real estate Sit
uato in the cit # Washington. in the District OF
Columbia and distinguished lot nurnl,er fnrty-
one al, in William 7. Stciger's subdivision in
:luare 1wenty-fcur i2tl. as per plat in Lfber W r..
folio 1o2 Of the records OF the surveyors office Dis
trct Of Columbia. with the improvements thereon
Terms stated a: time of sale. A ,iepst of S2po
Will he required 10 he made at the time of sale
THOMAS L. JONES Attorney
au15d&ds 6l6 ID 81 NV
Evening star., 1900-08-18
AUCTION SALES OF REAL ESTATE. &c
TOla

Today.
.. bincanson Bros. Aucts-. 9th and d sts NV
Trustees sale of No. 40 Mass ave- NV, on Sntur-
daS August IS. at $50 pm. Leon Tobriner and
Charles Meyer. trustees
James W. Ratclife, Auct.. 800 Pa. ave nw.-At-
t"rneys sale Of Nos. 12I5-l217 25th St NV, on
Saturday August is. at . pm. Thomas L. Jones
attorney.
Monday.
James W. Ratclfe. Auct.. $50 Pa ave NV
trustees sale Of No. .l3-Il7 9th St Sc on Mon
day August 20, at pm. Charles s. Bundy and
Clarence 4. Brandenburg trustees
bunc2nson Ercs.. Aucts, 9Th and ID sts NV
Trustees sale Of No. 22o f st. nw on Monday,
August 20. at pm. John Ridout and John
Chester trustees.