Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-11-08

Nearly million persons are on
the verge of starvation in Southern
China.
Secretary Gage says too much
money is piling UP in the Treasury,
and he will buy bonds.
A South Carolina court declared
invalid the marriage Of a white man
and negro woman contracted in
1867.
Two hundred million dollars is al
war against invasions in the tobacco
trade between this country and Great
Britain.
Col. A. L. Mills, Superintendent
of the West Point Military Academy,
reports that hazing has been abol-
ished.
OHly four widows of soldiers who
fought in the American Revolution
now remain on Uncle Sans pension
rolls.
Judge John Paul died at his home
in Harrisonburg, Va , at noon Friday
after an illness of several weeks from
Bright's disease and complicated all
meuts.
The Chinese government is pre-
pairing a triumphal entry into Pekin
to give the people the impression that
the foreigners have been overcome
aud banished.
The State Beard of Agriculture
held its third quarterly meeting in
Richmond Wednesday, at which time
it was determined to have winter
Farmers Institutes :"
The census shows that the negro
population is becoming more gem
orally diffused over the whole coun-
try, and the rate of increase in the
Northern States is remarkable.
The worlds coinage of gold in
1901 decreased $111,174,117, and of
silver increased $40, ,93S, com
pared with figures for 1898. The
output of gold was decreased $780,
100000 because of the troubles in
South Africa.
An Orange county teacher said to
her primary class the other day: "If
your father gave your mother So
to- day and $S tomorrow, what would
she have?" And the small boy over
in the conner replied: "She would
have a fit."-Orange Observer.
The Census Bureau has issued a
bulletin on the persons of school age,
males of militia and voting age, and
foreign-born males 2l years of age
and over, in Virginia. A summary
follows: Virginia-School age, 7O4,-
771; militia age, $4,000; voting
age, 447,S15; foreign-born males,
IL, ,426.
President Roosevelt has decided to
write all of his own message to
Congress. Heretofore the Secretary
of State has written that portion COW
ering foreign relations and the other
Cabinet officers each have contrib
uted a chapter on his respective de-
partment. 1t will be the shortest
message Of any President. There
are likely to be some Cabinet resig-
nations because Of the Presidents
intention.
What is a baby? The prince of
walls; an inhabitant of Lapland; the
morning caller, MONDAY crawler,
midnight brawler; the only precious
possession that never excites envy; a
key that "opens the heart of all classes,
the rich and poor alike, in all
countries; q stranger with unspeak-
able cheek, that enters house with
out a stitch to his back, and is re-
ceived with open arms by every one.
London IId-Bits.
A church economist of a practi-
cal and somewhat eccentric turn of
mind has estimated that nearly $45,-
100000 has been invested in nom
productive, non-essential and purely
ornamental church building in this
country, chiefly in the form of
steeples. If this feature of ecclesi-
astical architecture were dispensed
with, according to his estimate, and
the amount represented in steeples
alone turned into the regular chan
nels of church beneficence, the re-
ligious denominations would be re-
lieyed for long time to come of
the necessity of making frequent
and imperative demands for money
for the support of their mission
boards and other established agen-
cies for promoting religion.
Modern Surgery Surpassed.