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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-10-26
THE VALLEY OF VIRGINIA.

This scribe, who previously con-
tributed Newland items to the CITI-
ZEN, is now enjoying the gentle
breezes and healthy climate of the
town of Dayton, in the Valley of
Virginia. There are two gentlemen
from the Northern Neck besides
myself who attend the Shenandoah
Institute in Dayton, namely: II. T.
Pullen, of Newiand, and 0. NJ.
Lowery, of Reedville. We arrived
here about month ago. Our trip
through the Capitol City and Blue
Ridge mountains was very delightful.
This scribe was afforded the pleas
ure of meeting his friend, Rev. 4.
L. K. Tune, of Northumberland
county, in Washington city, who
was enroute, to Grocer Seminary in
Chester. Ia,
Dayton is indeed very remark
able town, situated between the Blue
Ridge and Allegheny mountains,
about fifteen miles east of the West
Virginia line. The town is very
quiet Not single negro resides,
works or owns property here. The
surrounding country has local ption,
and there is not liquor saloon here.
Everybody seems to be friendly, hos
pitable and cultured. There are
about six churches of various
denominations. The Institutes en-
rollment has reached 100 and more
are expected to come. Surely more
suitable site could not have been
selected for college,
The crops throughout the western
part of Virginia suffered more from
the drouth than those OF Tidewater.
Politics are very quiet.
The CITIZEN is my most welcome
visitor. Many good wishes to it and
its host of readers. STAR.
Dayton, Va.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-10-26
"TEDDY" LOVES THE NEGRO.

The vo ters of the entire South,
viii be interested in learning of
Governor Roosevelts extraordinary
love for the negro race. II is set
forth in the following special dis
patch to the Baltimore Sun from
New York:
"Under the terms of repeating
act passed at the last session of the
Legislature largely through the eff
forts of Governor Roosevelt, local
boards of education are no longer
permitted to designate or maintain
separate schools for the instruction
of colored children. This result
was achieved with the support of the
Platt Republican machine, after the
negroes and their sympathizers had
fought a long battle in the courts to
test the constitutionality of the law
under which they were formerly ex-
cluded in many towns from public
schools for white children.
Governor Roosevelt declared that
the laws of the State should no
longer tolerate race or color dlstinc-
tions, and that he was glad TO know
his own child sat in school with a
negro child, When the bill was
amended 1t had the support Of the
Republican leaders throughout the
State, and it passed both houses
without delay, and the Governor
signed it.
LOUISVILLE, Oct. 14.-Governor
Roosevelt was questioned by The San
representative regarding his state
ments relative to negroes in the
public schools. He said he did not
recollent the exact language used,
but said the facts are he did sign the
bill and gave his hearty approval to
it, and also at one time in the Cove
district school OF Oyster Bay one of
his sons sat beside a colored boy for
a term.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-10-26
A kissing Girl.

Fern Atwood, a gooS- looking young
woman, is in cell at the city Jail in
Omaha on a charge Of having "kissed
a man willfully, and without his
consent having been frst obtained. -
The man who was kissed is
Captain Her. Walking along Dodge
street he saw the young woman APP
preaching. She stopped, stepped in
front of him, spread her arms and in
an instant later clasped him in an
embrace, planting a kiss s9rarely
upon his lips.
The capsain broke away, but the
yonng woman again grasped him, and
this time she did not stop until she
had stolen six kisses. Then she
broke away and ran down the street.
Later she was arrested.-Philadel-
phia Record.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-10-26
ROOSEVELT ENRAGEs THEM.

One hundred extra policemen stood
guard over Governor Roosevelt al
Covington, KY, last week while he
attacked some utterances of Mr..
Bryan and assailed the political
methods of the Democratic party in
Kentucky. BY innuendo and by
direct invective he assailed the
Goebel law as an act of illegal dis
franchisement.
A cheer for Bryan at Lexington
was answered by the Rough Rider
with a remark that stung the Demo,
Gratis Of Kentucky to the quick and
threatened the meeting with open
disorder. The Bryan cheer was loud
and Roosevelt shouted:
"Nobody but a coward will at
tempt to interrupt free speech"
Kentuckians seldom submit to the
charge of cowardice, and news OF
Roosevelt's harsh words was tele.
graphed ahead of him.
The presence of ex-governor
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-10-26
Views May Cost Him His Job.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 19th.-John
j. Valentine, president of Wells,
Fargo & Co., has been threatened
with removal from his position if he
continues to advocate the election of
Bryan.
Mr.. Valentine refuses to give out
the letter containing the threat. He
said however, that the letter came
from q banker. Mr.. Valentine said
he referred to it at political meet
ing to show the disposition to coerce
people during the campaign.
Mr.. Valentine said that the desire
of working people to pay the cost of
the war in the Philippines was the
strongest feature of the campaign.
"The Spanish and Philippine wars
will cost the American people $780,
100000 by the end of the fiscal year
next june" he said. "Tis the
nature and law of taxation to fall
the heaviest on the great consuming
classes. Now what do they get for it:'
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-10-26
ALLAH, OH ALLAH!

There is entirely too much gentle
diplomacy in the State Departments
efforts to get that 100000 out of
Turkey. We believe in being polite,
of course, and we should be so at all
hazards, but We should also be firm.
We ahould say something like this:
eff, o Abdul Hamid, Beloved
Sultan of Sultans; Emperor of
Emperors; Shadow of Allah upon
Earth; Brother of the Sun; Dispenser
of Crowns to those who sit upon
thrones; Sovereign Of Constantinople
and the great City of Brousa, as we'll
as of Damascus, which is the Scent
of Paradise King of Kings, whose
army is the Asylum of Victory, at
the foot of whose throne are Justice
and the Refuge Of the World;-if
you don't pay that little bill, and
pay it by tomorrow morning, we
will kick the natural stuf1ing ont of
you and your tissue-paper palace and
scatter the frazzled' remains all over
the Dardanellesl"
Now, that gives Alb all the titles
which are his official property, and
yet it is forcible and clear. 1t ought
to bring him around in a jiffy.-
Norfolk Landmark.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-10-26
HANNA WROTHY.

Senator Hanna spoke in Chicago
in tent in which there were 5000
men, The following extract is from
a stenographic report in the Phila-
delphia Times;
Once again the Senator tried to
speak. "Every dollar / ever had II
"Stole," shouted 1000 men in the
crowd.
"How about the seamen you threw
out OF jobs?" was shouted.
'4 defy anyone to prove that pay
my seamen any but the highest
wages; they are all working too"
"You cut down the pay of your
longshoremen in Cleveland"
"That is damn lie," cried Hanna.
"You are a scab," shouted the dis
turber.
"You're another" shouted the Sen
ator.
"Why did Congress turn down the
Boers?"
"Our's was the only government
in the world to extend sympathy to
the Boers. Congress went to the
limit OF its powers" was Hanna's
answer.
elbow ahout Webster Dayis?''
asked somebody.
"He got 100000 for what he did"
"Mark Hanna, that is a lie; know
Davis and he would not do that"
cit will be proved soon. He went
to the Beers and represented himself
as Secretary of State. Davis proved
himself traitor to his country as
we'll as to his party"
Each Of Hanna's statements was
broken by shoats of show about the
trusts!"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-10-26
NOT A SUNDAY SERMON.

oooer, ne is one OF the brightest,
most intelligent and best qualified
men for his line of work / ever saw"
So spokea conservative business man
this morning of a young man whose
weakness or disease may be inferred
from the use of the word "sober" in
the business mans remark. How
often do we hear the same remark
fall from the lips of men who know
each other. And to whom do they
generally refer? Not to the coarse,
brutal rowdy VINO fills up with mean
liquor whenever he can raise the
price, and who at all times is hardly
worth the powder and shot necessary
TO Kill him; not to the bum whose
idea of bliss is the condition of in
toxication, ind whose utmost endeav-
or is an effort to get enough mean
whiskey with which to induce a
drowsy insensibility; no, not to these
kind, but generally to young man
for whom there is yet hope, mo is of
better stuff than the rowdv or the
bum and to whom the avenues of a
useful life had opened up, but against
whom they are closing on account of
his "sprees-" The world says it is
habit; science says it is disease, for
which, It's true, the individual is re-
sponsible, but the business man saws
no matter what it is, / have tried
him once or twice, have listened to
his regrets and his promises, have
seen him fall again, and though $50
Der he is one of the brightest, most
intelligent and best qualified men of
his line Of work j ever saw" cannot
trust my interests to him and will
have no more Of him. This is be-
coming universally trne and the time
is passing, has passed, when the
young man can go off on his "sprees,"
periodical drunks, and return again
to sober conditions and expect the
world to have the same confidence in
him as before; expect the business
man to make him the same trusted
employee as before. The labor unions
are turning against him and will not
admit him to membership, fraternal
societies shun him and DENY him
membership in their brotherhoods;
insurance companies will not insure
his life; the great railroads of the
country will not give him work; the
business man no longer likes to "take
him back" and ''give him another
chance" and society frowns down
upon him. So much for the world,
The church is against him also, and
his fate is sealed in Holy Writ. All
are against him.
Oh, Drink, thou art one Of the de-
mons of earth; thou hast peopled
asylums and graveyards with thy
victims, and still thou stalkest
abroad, insatiate of more legions with
which to fill thy palaces in He'll
Fredericksburg Stqn
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-10-26
HOW MRS. WI TRAVELS.

wash Cor. Chicago Times-Herald.)
She was little woman, dressed in
a flowing blue robe. From under,
meath her pantalettes of the same
hue two tiny bound feet limped
painfully along. Her face was
yellowish pale, and she wore rings
in her ears. There was no bonnet
upon her head. She smiled as the
crowds of people in the railway
station made way for her. Behind
her tripped her little sen. He was
Chinese, too, but he wore American
clothes and his feet were of natural
size. | recognized Nine. WI, wife
of WI Ting Fang, the Chinese Min
lister in this city. She was about to
take Pennsylvania Railroad train
for Cape May. All the people in
the station and along the platform
got ont of the stumbling little
woman's way. No one iostled her.
No audible remark was made con-
cerning her strange appearance. She
was unattended save by an American
woman who is governess at the Lega-
ton. At the gate number of men,
waiting their turn to pass, stepped
aside because they realized it was
not easy for the stranger to be so
long upon her shrunken feet. The
little Chinese boy dropped an UNI
brella which he was carrying, and an
American travelling man hastened to
pick it up and hand it to him. The
boy bowed politely and said, "T'ank
you" Nine. Wu smiled graciously.
At the parlor car steps the conductor
and porter carefully helped Nine.
Wu in the rather difficult feat of
climbing up. / chanced to be in the
same car, and on the journey to
Philadelphia number of little
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-10-26
IRVINGTON, VIRGINIA, FRIDAY OCTOBER 26, 1900

courtesies were shown the diplomats
wife by the passengers. One carried
her drink of water, another assisted
her to arrange the window shade, the
mechanism of which.was a mystery
to her. On the crowded platform at
Philadelphia the people were just as
courteous as they had been at Wash
ington, and | doubted not Nine. WI,
with her little son and the governess,
could travel from one end of the
United States to the other without
so much as hearing an unpleasant
word. But could not help think
ing of Mrs. Conger in Pekin.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-10-26
TOOK HIM FOR AN ANGEL
How the Late Gen. Palmer was Con.
fused with Gabriel.

One of the late General Palmer's
experiences which he never tired of
laughing over was the time when he
was mistaken for parsonage higher
even than the President of the
United States. "While was Gov
ernor of Kentucky" said he, ga dis
turbance occurred in some town in
the interior. ! was at distance.
but was needed at the scene. There
was no train; no carriage; no buggy
to be got; the only vehicle available
was big gilded circus chariot left
by some stranded show company. |
didn't like it, but there was nothing
else to do, so got in. You may
imagine l cut a great dash as drove
through small town. People turned
out IN droves to see me pass. When
left the town behind and reached
the plantations the negroes saw me
and stared with open mouths. They
followed me at respectful distance,
until presently they were joined by
an old white-haired preacher, who,
on seeing me in my magnificent
chariot, raised his eyes aud his arms
on high, and in a voice that stirred
all within hearing, cried;
"Bress de Lord, de day of judg-
ment am cum, an dis gemman am de
angel Gabriel hisself. Bredren, down
on yo' knees an pray, fo' yo' hour
am hyar!"-Nev York EOcning Post.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-10-26

Bradley, Senator Deboe, former
Lieutenant-Governor Marshall, ".
U. I. Breckenridge and other haters
OF Goebel on the Roosevelt train ad-
ded to the odium with which Ken
lucky Democrats surrounded it. Bv
the time the train reached Covington
at night the resident Republicans
were fully alarmed.
Chief of Police, Joseph w. Pugh,
OF Covlngton, who was for years
GoebeFs political manager, was
obliged to take upon himself the
duty of maintaining peace during
the trip,
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-10-26
tComnqnie4Fad.l
SOM ETHING AISOUT M

oO"h n ~ AZ ~ ADOSI M E ~ /.
Some young men court and tell
girls that they will do this and that.
but after they are married they seem
to forget all these things. Young
men, when you make q promise to a
girl, keep it. Never promise her
that you will do greater things than
you are able to do, for this will cause
trouble. Never marry girl who
you have to buy, but marry the one
who is willing to sacrifice everything
for you, and if girl loves you she
is willing to do this. Don't marry
a girl because you love her, but be
sure she loves you, There are girls
who will make you think you are
their best friends, but as sCon as you
are gone and another comes in she
will tell HIM what big fool you are.
Find ont who these girls are and
shun them. Treat them with respect
and nothing more. Stay away from
them and give them no cause to
think you still love them. Try to
say "there are Others"
OBSERVER.
Fairport. Va.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-10-26
Phi CHIN "soNGs OrTHEG.o.P

Who apes the upkempt rufiian's style,
Dime-novel readers to beguileG
'Tis Theodore.
Who flourished high his broad -brimmeC
hat
Till Hanna fiat upon him sat
Twas Theodore
Who begged for unearned medals and
Got buifeted with ruthless hand?
Brave Theodore.
Who finds himself berth that's warm
And then bleats loudly of reform?
Sly Theodore.
Who sends for Root to find n plan
For lodging taxes il he canY
lis Theodore.
The palm, o Kaiser, friend of mine,
For impudence you must resign
To Theodore
Go hide your head behind the throne
And hear me shout in trumpet tone.
"Meinself alone"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-10-26

Ella Wheeler Wilcox compares the
love OF man and woman in this
style: "When a woman loves, her
soul is the power house and its radi
ance is sent through her whole beng
heart, brain and body. A mans
love Is more like an acorn dropped
IN the soil Of his senses. Sometimes
the tree is stunted and never rises far
above the soil which gave it susten-
ance. Sometimes its branches touch
Heaven"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-10-26
Robbed A Woman,s Amputated Leg

A unique and shocking crime has
come to light at Johnstown, Pa. 1t
was. committed at the Pennsylvania
railroad station when freight train
dashed into a crowd Of $500 ex-
cursionists and killed two, probably
fatally injured two more, and pain
fully bruised many others. Mrs. j.
c. Begley was among those hurt, hav-
ing her left leg cut off. In the stock
ing that covered the severed limb
was 800 in bills. Some cold-blooded
thief abstracted the money after the
accident.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-10-26
HEN ADOPTS MOTHERLEss PIG
Philadelphia Press. }

a setting hen belonging to a
lady in Mantua, n. j., has given up
a nest full of eggs and adopted a
motherless pig.
The little porker had been brought
up on a bottle for some weeks aud
when 1T was missed search revealed
it under the hen, the eggs having
been kicked out Of the nest.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-10-26
Don sa
CO @a tn ? YngHgs Il

Get fat; get nice and plump /;
there is safety n p.urnpress.
Summer has tried YOUR
sood-works; winter is coming
to try your breath-mill. Fall
IS the time to brace yourself.
But weather is tricky; look
out Look out for colds espec-
tally.
Scott's Emulsion of Cod
Liver Oil is the subtlest of
helps. 1t is food, the easiest
TODD in the world it is more
than food ithelps you digest
your food, and get more nutri-
ment from it,
Don't get thin, there IS
safety in plumpness. Man
woman and child.
:. ifyou have not tried it, send for free s,,,-,.
us agreeable taste will surprise YOU
sc . 7 s BIO W M
500 Pearl Street, No,. VI
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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-10-26

Old papers for sale at the CITIZEN
office for 20 cents hundred.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-10-26
ARE YOU GOING TO PAINT

Then interest yourself in the quality
of the paint. We are the Southern
Agents for Harrison's Town and Country
Paint, ,consideredb by every master painter,
as the best on the market Ii cost
you more per gallon because it cost more
TO make than these paints you can buy
at $1.O0 and $i.2 per gallon, but less in
the end because ore gallon covers SO
much more and 1t has the body and last
ing quality TO it. Write to US or apply
TO your merchant for sample cards. SOLD
only To the merchants.
JAS. BAILY & SoE.
Baltimore, Nd.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-11-08

The Republicans won everything in
West Virginia. McKinley's majority
will be about $4,000, and the entire
State ticket Will be elected by almost
the same figures. Every COMPRESSION
al district was carried by the Repub-
licans in the first district Dovener's
majority over Raymond is 1000; in
the second Dayton beats Davis by q
500; in the third Gaines defeated
Johnson by $500; and in the fourth
Hughes wins over Collins by $500.
The Republicans made gains in all the
northern and western counties. Wood
county, where the Republicans usual
ly have 700 or 500 majority, gave
Mckinley 1,093 and White 1927.
Preston county gave a Republican
majority of $3.50 and Monongalia
,450. The Democrats made gains IN
Jefferson, which is the banner county
of the State, and in Berkeley, Morgan
and Ohio counties. The "hog COM
bine" won by 1,50Oin Kanawha coun-
ty and Mckinley carries the county
by 1000. The Hampshire county
Democratic ticket is elected by 1900
majority.
The Legislature will be Republi-
can in both branches, the majority on
joint ballot reaching probably So or
40. This insures the reelection Of
Senator Elkins to the United States
Senate, and will permit the Republi-
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-11-08
Notes From Nearby.

Ex-Judge Robert H. Turner died in
Front Royal last Friday, in his 87th
year.
Charles NJ. Gray, well-known Ha-
gerstown citizen, died Tuesday, aged
GA years.
Mrs. Matilda Busch Sullivan died
of typhoid fever in Martinsburg last
week, aged % years.
James L. Lowman died at his home
in Martinsburg last week, aged II
years. He is survived by his wife,
two daughters and one son.
The Episcopal church in Berryville
was the scene Of a brilliant wedding
yesterday, when Mr.. Charles McCor-
mick Brown and Miss Elizabeth Rice
Page were united in marriage.
Henry NJ. Baker died in Winches-
fer Friday, after a lingering illness,
aged 76 years. For over fifty years
he had manufactured wheat fans,
which have obtained a national repu-
tation.
Material has arrived for new
switching system for the B. & 0. Rail
road at Harper's Ferry. The tele-
graph Office will then be removed to
the tower over the depot. The work
will be completed within sixty days.
Mrs. Anna McCardell, wife of T. E.
McCardell, died suddenly of asthma
in Hagerstown Monday night, aged
AZ years. A couple Of hours later her
death was announced to her cousin,
George F. T. Biershing, when he al
most instantly expired. He was At
years old.
Samuel Carr, B. & 0. railroad man
of Brunswick, was drowned in the c.
& O. canal about a-half mile above
that place. The body had the appear
ance of having been in the water sever
al days. Carr was last seen alive last
Friday and had been drinking. Carr
was about % years old and leaves one
child.
A Martinsburg man who rarely goes
to church was persuaded to hear a SER
mon the other Sunday, and was much
impressed. "You are never too old to
learn" he remarked confidentially to
a friend. "Now,I always thought Sod
ON and Gomorrah were husband and
wife, and | find they were nothing but
cities"
The good news of the election was
more than John Powell, Of Hagers-
town, could stand. He was an ardent
Republican and was greatly eIated at
the election returns. About 2 o'clock
Yesterday morning when it was shown
beyond doubt that Mckinley was
elected the excitement was too much
for him and he fell over dead. He
was 81 years old.
The negroes have been celebrating
their victory in the neighboring
towns. At Winchester yesterday
Frank Taylor struck Walter Henry
a fearful blow in the head with the
butt of pistol, causing injuries that
may prove fatal. In Hagerstown a
negro by the name Of Charles Saun,
ders stabbed VIM. B. Marrow and
hurt him very badly. In Baltimore
negro roughs have assaulted a num-
Der of white persons since the election.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-11-08
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