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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-03-23
Steamer owen billiard.

Mail and passengers to and from White
Stone, 1rvington, Weems, Millenbeck,
Merry Point and Urbana, daily ;except
Sunday.
SCHEDULE:
Leave--WhiteS Stone, 2 a. M; Irvington
7.45; Weems, S.l5; Millenbeck, q; Merry
Point, 9.3O arrive Urbana, 11.30 a. m.
Leave p. M; Millenbcck, 3;
merry Point, $50; Weems, 4.30; Irvington
8; arrive White Stone, p. m.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-03-23
Two yerr rnrinr kinda.

WHAT class q peoho do You ind
make the lest pIticass do-tor?''
just two classes, madam-sick Geo
pie that imagine Themselves well, and
we'll people that imagiae themselves
sick. brooklyn Life
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-03-23

irregular menstruation
and leucorrhoea. Ny
appetite was variable,
stomach sour and bowels
were not regular, and
was subject to pains like
colo duringmenstruation
l wrote you and began to
take Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and
used two packages of
Sanative Wash. You can't
imagine my relief. My
courses are natural and
general healthimp
Mrs. MAMIE ADKINS,
La Due. Mo-, writes:
DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM-
1 feel 1t my duty TO tell
you of the good your
Vegetable Compound-has
done my daughter. She
suffered untold agony at
time of menstruation be-
fore takingyourmedicine;
but the Compound has
..-~f.z -
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-03-23
Great Wicomico River Line

From Great Wicomico River, Divid-
ing, Dymers, Indian and Ant:poison
Creeks, for Baltimore, steamers will leave
landings named as follows:
Evorx M,,Io,- W, , y, .,
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-03-23

self for her own sake and especially
for the sake of her daughter. Write
to Mrs. Pinkharn. at Lynn, Mass,
for her advice about all matters
concerning the ills of the feminine
organs.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-03-23
EKEgEg GEM
MOTHERS

Many young girls beauty wasted by unnecessary pain at
time OF nensrdation. and many ndulgent mothers with
mistaken kindness permit their daughters to grow careless
about ph ysical health.
MIS- CARRIE NJ LAMB. Big Beaver Mich writes: DEAR
MIS- PINKHAa-A wear 400 suffered from rrofuse ii
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-03-23
Baltimore Chesapeake & Attain
tic Railway Company.
IDA AND TIRED AVON.

Spring Schedule for Fishing Season
TO take effect March 18th, 1900.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-03-23

H"HNsttHHk hIteT Llnc.
From Piankatank River and Milford
haven, for Baltimore, steamers will leave
landings named as follows:
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-03-23

HANY dutiful daughter pays pain for her mothers
lVE ignorance or perhaps neglect.
The mother suffered and she thinks her daughter
must suffer also. This is only to limited extent No
excessive pain healthy Every should inform her
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-03-23
A New Tnstitufion.


There are tens of thousands of Chris.
tan homes where the sons and daugh-
tiers are held back from dramatic en-
'ertainment for reasons which some Of
you would say are good reasons and
others would say are poor reasons, but
sun heid back. But on the establish.
nent or such an institution they would
Feel the arrest Of their anxieties and
would say on the establishment OF this
new institution which i have called
the spectacular, Thank God. this "a
what we have all been waiting for.n
Now, as | believe that l make sue-
gestion of an institution which wiser
men will develop. want TO give some
characteristics OF this new institution
this specta cular, III Ii Is TO be a grand
social and moral success In the first
place, Its entertainments must be COM
pressed within an hour and three-auar-
ters- What kills sermons, prayers and
lectures and entertainments of ali sorts
Is prolixity. At reasonable hour ev-
cry night every curtain of public en-.
tertainment ought to drop, every
church service ought TO cease, the In
struments OF orchestras ought to be
unstrung
On the platform of this new institu-
tion there will be drama which be-
fore rendering has been read. expurgat.
ed, abbreviated and passed upon by
board Of trustees connected with this
reformed amusement association. III
there be In drama a sentence suggest
ing evil. 1t viii be stricken out. If
there be In a Shakespearean play
word with two meanings-a good
meaning and a bad meaning-anothe
word VIII be substituted, an honest
word looking only one way. The Gu
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1900-03-23
Piankatank River Limo

Arrive at Baltimore next morning.
LANDINGS marked have daily boats.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-07-26

pleasure as we'll as profit. When he saw
every available iacA 81 his tenant grounds
being planted and sown he succumbed To-
curiosity and interviewed Miss Sherburnes
What does Miss sherburns intend to dor.
ing"
she wants to raise and sell Vegetables
SAID the countryman. land, by gum, she
knows more about 1t than a regular farmer.
Sne can give me points. She's a worker.
TOO; sne can handle the tools as we'll az q
man. II she were only a bit heavier, but
snes gaining Her cheeks are as red as
poppies"
eva Sherburne sat on the piazza at dusk
resting. She heard the gate click and a
s,ep on the graveled walk. A voice said:
am Mr. Everett, your landlord. I came
over 10 get acquainted. 1 have brought
some flowers" ''They are lovely. O. thank
you! The country is beautiful"
sitting In the rocking chair in the dusk
she talked and he listened, then he talked
mon.
one day, returning to his o'clock din
ner. ne found on his table some asparagus
III . dencate dish. temptingly served. A
caro- beside announced Miss Sherburne.s
compliments. 1t will be her pleasure to
supply cooked vegetables in their season"
10 ner door he carried every morning
flowers enough to make her rooms frag-
rant and beautiful. The rain, the winds.
the charm OF woods and fields, the quiet and
the freedom won Eve back to health again.
She was in love with life once more Was
II because OF the friendship that had grown
between lonely man and woman. she won
dered, or because she was in better health.
Adam Everett man fashion, wasted no
Time In wondering. At the gateway Eve
stood one lonely night. resting her arm. on
the bars. singing softly Up the patch to
tne otner side came Adam. She made q
her saying: Keep it shut, Eve my fate is
settled. Am to enter Paradise? found
on my table tonight a plate of apples.
woman's gift. have eaten. You have
tempted me away from my solitary exist
ence. The first Eve tempted man out of
A blush suffused her fair face. She
stepped back and swung the gate wide in
answer. Adam entered.-Boston Post
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-07-26
EDITORIAL COMMENT
-ON-
"The Pioneer Limited''

Nothing richer has ever been pro,
duced by any railroad.
st. Paul Pioneer Press
TITS world beaten" 81 Paul Gzos.
1.-THE best thing the railroad world
can produce. ST. Paul Di.tascx
"Prominent and discrimin atinR people
marvel at the creation of elegance and
comfort wrought by modern car build
ers." -MY,.-uHoH, 7.x.x.
1.-THE PIONEER LIMITED stands TODAY
perfect In construction, gorgeous in finish
and the acme of luxury and comfort"
-Mnseobohis Journal
1.-THE closest inspection bewi1ders and
takes the breath away, for the magnif.
icence and beauty of it all is simply tre,
mendouA. -Aisa.esol., H.x.
The PIONEER LIMITED leaves Mime,
apolis at 7:30 and St, Paul at $40 everr
evening in the year for Milwaukee and
Chicago, via Chicago, Milwaukee g. St.
Paul Railway. NO extra charge on,
this train.)
For tickets, bertha or Information. an.
ply to any ticket agent, or address,
]. T. CONLEY,
Asst GenI Pass. Agt.,
st. Paul. MINI.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-07-26
THE MODERN ADAM AND EVE

$50 must give up my typewriting and
live out of doors? she said.
eyes, IL you want to live at ALL" vas
the Doctors answer.
"Well, really, sometimes I don't care
the snap of my finger for living. It's
so monotonous and 40 hopeless"
"No wonder! You have made machine
OF yourself. When you go back to Mother
Garth (you are a country girl, are you
lot) you will be in love with life again.
Is you were a dozen years ago. when you
couldn't stay out Of doors enough to sat
isfy your craving"
81 remember" her eyes frightened. II
loved to work in the garden: not the flow
er garden, but among the vegetables. home
ly, useful things-like myself. No one can
give me points on planting. I'm far
mers daughter"
The doctor took up the morning paper
and read: ITO let. small cottage house,
modern improvements, with kitchen gar
den; terms easy"
would that suit me7" she said.
II think So"
"Tll apply"
LET me know the result, said the doctor
Is he ushered her to the door.
1t was such a pretty cottage, and the
owner lived next door. His name was
Adam Everett. She smiled when the agent
told her this, for she was Eve Sherburne.
"A new Adam and Eve she said softly,
q
try.
your husband, madam, said the agent
suavely will be sure to like this place,
and If he has taste for farming he will
find every facility to crafty 1t. The for
mer tenant was an enthusiast, and i'm
proved the place wonderfully
Indeed. Lost his money, run away or
died?"
married.! 1t spoils mans prospects!
beg your pardon a thousand times; l mean
unless the woman Is practical and home
body. Now, you and your husband will be
contented land prosperous
"a happy prophecy. Does the owner OBJ
ject to letting the cottage to a single
woman
The agent raised his eyebrows. Aren't
you looking for yourself? I thought you
seemd SO pleased with everything that you
were coming
Il am. The husband you credited me with
does not exist
Miss Sherburne learned a few days later
that she would be a welcome tenant; so,
taking the doctor out to pass judgment. she
engaged Hawthorne cottage.
She had lived there a week and had not
caught a glimpse of the owner. She almost
lived out of doors. She unpacked her violin
and practiced music almost forgotten in the
stress OF daily mechanical work. She sang.
windows of the next cottage.
"a. Il. wonder II 1t would be wise to CALL"
thought Adam Everett. Il hardly know the
etiquette" He was q florist. He loved
flowers. and their cultivation vas to him .
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-07-26
TIE SENSATIONAL TREATER
one Of the Two Great Plaques That
Threaten AMeRicaA Society.

In the July Century. the editor says:
The two great plaques which threaten
American society today are tho sensation
al press and the sensational theater. These
institutions are conducted upon the same
principle. or lack of principle, and upon the
same general lines. The theory upon which
they act is that the great bulk OF the public.
the mass from which they draw tho greater
part Of their revenue, is not only incapable
Of approaching what is Intellectual, instruc-
tive, wholesome, or inspiring In the printed
page or in the drama, but is addicted natu-
rally to what is morbid, abnormal, auda-
cious startling, or unclean, and will pay
handsomely for the qualification of de-
PRAYED appetite In other words, the scheme
is to make money by pandertng to vice, at
the cost Of the wholesale Generalization Of
the youth who are to be the backbone Of
the American nation of the future.
The policy is not only diabolical, but fatu-
Gus. That it has proved temporarily sue
cessful cannot be disputed. Journals which
outrage truth. common sense, and decency
still circulate by the million, and fortunes
have been made by the villainous exploita-
ton of wholly worthless and abOminable
plays. But evils of this kind, in the long
run, work their own remedy. There Is not
perhaps, any reason for expecting sudden
or speedy revival Of public morality, but.
sooner or later, dishes reeking Of one par
llCuIdT spice pail upon tue pdldto, anu IN
most case satiation is followed by disgust
The sensational newspaper, which is per-
mitted to publish the most revolving details
of the police courts, can avail itself Of a
wider variety Of horror and impurity than
the -theater. which, luckily, cannot. for OBJ
vious reasons. exceed certain limits, and Is
thus condemned to a damnable iteration
which must. in time. become tiresome.
These limits have been reached, or, at all
events, very nearly reached, and already
there are Indications that mere vulgarity,
which is no longer a novelty, is losing its
power to attract the crowd In ninety-nine
cases out of q hundred the motive that fills
the benches at VIGOROUSLY coarse play is
curiosity. and when this once has been salts
fed. or disappointed. as it is apt to be, It
ceases to exist and cannot easily be revived.
For this reason an epidemic of stage indie
cency. such rs that with which we have re-
Gently been afflicted, is seldom, of long dura-
ton. Moreover. the theaters responsible for
it will not readily rid themselves of the con-
tamination. When they revert to the clean
er drama they will find that they have fallen
lower in the scale of responsibility and have
alienated their former patrons without secur-
Ing others to fill their places.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-07-26
Troublesome Inaects.

The methods required to quickly eradi-
cate such pests as the greenfly, the red
spider the mealy-bug and the scale in
sects, and the precautions necessary to
prevent further trouble after the plants
have been we'll cleaned, are very simple,
and there is little excuse for the spread
OF the insects and the subsequent dam
age therefrcm. OF the four insects men,
toned, perhaps the greenfly is the one
which Is met with most frequently.
Greenay, or Plant-LousetThis ever
numerous and most persistent pest, from
the fact that in color 1t harmonizes ex-
actly with the green foliage, IL often I'M
noticed until its ravngcs begin to show
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-07-26
STORIES TO ORDER.

In the eager controversy concerning new and
novel methods Of earning livelihood. suitable
for girls and young women. it seems strange
that have not thought Of this ingenious
plan. which has proved Of special success in
at least instance.
1t is q novel and certainly original scheme
that Of young woman In ons Of our large
cities who has started out to tell impromptu
stories at children's parties. She engages to
tell many stories the children may de-
sire. They are to nanao topic and tell what
kind OF q story they wish. and without any
previous preparation she will proceed to tell
the story
II you going to give a children's party.
why. all YOU have TO do 10 to notify her. stat
ing the ages Of the little cncs and for
sdsration. on the suggestion OF . subject. she
promises: to relate something original INSTRUCT
something new" she says something fresh
and bright. Children good judges Of stories
ana enjoy with kesncr xeet those that are told
IN an od-hand menner than those which
read to them. Why is this7 Because they prefer
simplicity. brcvity and reality to ansctation.
detail ard exaEgcTation. Besidss a person
tell stery much moro effectively than she
can read II, and she more easily impart
to 1t that natural sympathetic feeling which
the little ones enjoy" -
This idea 10 a unique oce, and Tor thi. very
reason IL meeting with uaarits4 succesa-Phila-
0e1phso Record, s- 80 ssea |ffz SO
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-07-26
TAILOR TO THE BUMPY PEOPLE.
Some Difficulties of Making Clothes
for the Crippled and DefOrmed.

Some Difficulties of Making Clothes
for the Crippled and Deformed.
The tall man took a coat from the rack
and turned 1t round and round slowly. What
do you think of this?" he asked
The caller eyed the garment doubtfully
Il hardly know what to think" she said.
1t seems so kind OF bumpy."
The tall man laughed WELL" he ad-
mitted, ut is something on the bumpy
order But then it is intended for bumpy
man. Bumpy people are my specialties.'
"Oh," remarked the caller, alphabetically,
II didn't know that"
You did not know, perhaps, that the
tailor business, like every other profession
is gradually being divided into specialties
l have taken the bumpy people, as you call
them, for my particular patrons. For the
past five years I have been working almost
exclusively along the bumpy line, and now
fully two-thirds of my customers are peo-
pie troubled with same physical imperfec-
ton which they want concealed, or, where
that Is impossible, reduced to a minimum
by their clothes.
1T stands to reason that it is a difficult
thing to give deformed man a good fit. It
might seem, to the casual observer, that
any tailor who can turn out well fitting
suit of clothes for a sound, upright man,
ought to be able to do proportionately good
work for a cripple, but this theory does not
hold water In practice. l know scores Of
tailors uptown who do first class work when
sewing for their own trade, but as soon as
they infringe on my speciality they make a
botch of everything they lay their hands
on. Their incompetency in that line is due
chiefly to the tendency to give attention to
the whimsical notions and suggestions of
patrons.
''As rule, a man whose physique Is out
Of keller Is very sensitive in regard to his
shortcomings. He naturally wants the de-
feet minimized to the greatest possible de-
gree, and he has a gist of ideas which
would, he believes. tend to improve his APP
pearance. The tailor who has not learned
from experience the cut best adapted to
various deformities Is apt to be guided by
the most plausible of these suggestions, and
the result Is general dissatisfaction to all
concerned.
"As for myself, having studied this branch
of the trade for so many years, consider
that l am competent to At the worst case
of crooked limbs or bad back on record
and while 1 listen patiently to directions
and apparently defer to the wishes of my
customers, in reality 1 follow my own judg-
ment, and the consequence is l am troubled
by fewer kickers than any other tailor of my
acquaintance. l am quite proud OF my
reputation, too. There are hosts of these
bumpy people in town. and it is high time
somebody was making specially of their
anatomy"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-07-26
The Home.
W0man's Department.

WQula 1t he Too LaAes
Coin to separate today-after 20 years
Twenty years O. married life-mingled
smiles and tears,
Jes' drawed a deed for tn house an farm
/ she's gofn' to stay,
An as for me, I'm goin' to quit quit
an go away,
We can't hitch up no longer; I'm hang
in back,
A draggin' on the wagon wheel or else
she flies the track,
An when team don't pull right, the's
nothin' else to do,
But put shafts in tn wagon, with one
horse stead O. two.
Thes a vision sort O. comes to me-
comes through the mist an blur,
A vision O. 20 years ago-I wonder if I
comes to her.
When the preacher joined our hands in
his an said: my children, give
Yer hearts an lives t. each other as long
as We both shall live"
/ wonder If she remembers-I'd sort o
like to know,
I'd like to go an ask her, but now it's
too late to 60,
Too late to come together-we've got to
face our fate,
I wonder If anythin's sadder'n them two
words too later"
Twenty years ago-I was 80 then; I'm
over so now
Seems sort O. childish business to break
up in row,
For a man as old as I am, an a woman
old as she,
Sort O. old for people to find they can't
agree.
I wonder if l was hasty? Mebbe 1 was
bIieve
With an evener on tn wagon wouldn't
had to leave.
An evener O. Patience tn balance would
sort O. make,
When we got to goin' sideways, an let
us give an take.
/ wonder if was to go to her-go to her
an say:
We've been pullin' uneven-let's try
another way;
Well lengthen the temper stray hole
an shorten up the tongue,
An move tn load forrud little so tn
weightll be better hung.
Mebbe we've not been hitched up right
could pull tn load along
If we look tn harness over an find
out what was wrong"
l wonder if l was to go to her an put
tn case an state
What I b'lieved to be tn matter-if it
would be too late?
Bismarck Tribune.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-07-26
The Summer ShOrtcake.

AS the methods of making short-cake
paratjon for the filling. We find short
cakes with stewed berries between them,
others with fresh berries on which the
sugar vas sprinkled so long before the
cake was eaten that all the juice was
drawn out, and passed into the cake,
making 1t not short but sodden cake,
we find 1t with thick meringue on top,
ard, in some cases, with fresh berries
mixed in with the meringue.
Now, in a real, genuine short-cake, the
cake must be short, not rich, not spongy
Fresh and juicy, without a suspicion of
being over ripe, and they must be placed
on the cake just few minutes before it
is sent to the table. Plenty of berries
there must be, and. in order to make
this shortcake simply perfect, there
must be an abundance of rich, sweet
cream to pour over It; and there you
have dish fit for the gods, and genu-
inc American short-cake
There are other kinds which are good
to eat, and while holding to the general
principle as regards the cake, one may
go further a-field in the matter Of filling.
A cake with well made meringue, serv-
ed with custard sauce instead of the
cream, Is not to be dispised. One with
the berries reposlng on layers of whip
ped cream Is equally good. For people
who like the Juice from the berries to
moisten the cake, better way than to
stew them, Is to put them In the cake,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-07-26

embrace his son, to bring him before the
adoring audience. He searched in vain.
Finally he heard his voice from a distant
dressing-room He threw open the door and
listened. There, singing wildly the soft
notes of his opera, fencing with space,
knocking the furnishings right and left, and
keeping three men off, stood Alex-madi
Mad with the pain in his head and the music
in his heart.
Don't do SO, Alex" pleaded Ell Carlo.
"Come with me to the people. You are
great. They want you. Come
But Alex only laughed maniac's laugh,
and raising his walking stick sword no
snapped it over a table.
The next morning, as the first rays Of
light crept into the room, Alex died. with
the music OF his life on his lips. Reverently
Ell Carlo laid Magda's crucifix and beads
across his sons breast, and humbly made
the sign of the cross.
Ell Carlo, alone. heartbroken, returned to
the little fruit shop and patiently waited for
the end The genius was recognized at last,
but now his soul was dead.-Exchange.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-07-26
DOG STOPS A FERRY BOAT.

He only notwithstanding dog OF
diminutive dimensions but he stopped the pom
derous ferry-boat Pennsylvania fully ten min
utes yesterday and acted afterward IL he had
been the injured party.
He exploring the ferry-boat Camden as
she lay in her slip on the other side Of the Della
ware, when he became seized with a dizzi-
ness and stampeded overheard. He struck the
water just as the Pennsylvania was making a
landing. and started to her bows Not
being gifted with triple expansion engines, he
failed dismally. and was caught up by the fer
ry boats wheel.
He churned and in the wheel
box, but he lodged the tight places and was
very much alive when the kind hearted Terry
employees, after % minutes work. dragged him
out into the light of day.
1t did not occur to him. however, that hs
had been saved from watery grave and as
he was carried by the nape of the neck to dry
land his dripping little legs were still padding
at 2o-knot clip.-Philadelphia Press.
81 Mrs. Dasil-There seemed to be good deal OF
strife at the General Federation OF Clubs
Mrs. Rash-Well. you can't blame the women
they probably wanted to keep up with the D.
-Tp<1{o avS,tla JC,sr, 5st