Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-08-16
ITEMS OF INTEREST

hAEhS OF INTEREST.
The pension report shows bat two
widows of the heroes of the War OF
1912 alive.
Mrs. Chandler, wife of Prof. J. A,
c. Chandler, dean of the faculty. of
the Woman's College, of Richmond,
has decided to go upon the stage.
Old Sol has signaled us through
the Thermometer that he has no idea
of letting the colleges get ahead of
him in the degree business.-Laad-
mark.
Old defender "Columbia" has 50
far bested the new "Constitution, y
and Sir Thomas Upton has hopes
that his new shamrock" will cap
ture the cup this year.
l.. P. Stearns, of Newport News.
defeated Hon. T.. G. Madison for
House nomination. The Crawford
faction OF Warwick won over the
Madison faction and were seated in
tue CoENpntiOn.
Keep cool by drinking plenty of
hot tea and abstaining from all
meats. This is the Chinese custom.
The hot tea prod an inward per-
spiration and relieves the body of
pent-up-heat.
The United States is after the
many negroes who have been recently
fined for operating speak -easies" in
Norfolk. They paid no Federal tax,
and are in worse trouble than with
the State authorities.
The great problem in Virginia
aud growing greater year by year, is
the scarcity of farm labor. Some
thing will have to be done shortly
agriculture will be either revolu-
tlonized or stopped entirely.
1t is estimated that it will cost
the people of the United States
nearly $25, 900 to determine whether
Admiral SobIey or Admiral Samp-
son IS entitled to- the credit of the
battle of Santiago.
We are told by the pickle buyers
that the crop of cucum bers this year
is greater than has been known
during the past ten years. Our
farmers who are raising cucumbers
are getting good returns az con-
sequence of the big yield.
There were by far greater pro-
portion of marriages throughout the
world in 1899 and 1900 than ever
before. France and Eagland are
wrestling with the proposition how
to diminish births. Their popula-
tion in few decades will be too
much for their territory.
The only Pasteur institute between
New Orleans and Baltimore will be
established in Richmond within the
next few days. The institution will
be established by the University Col
lege of Medicine, and will be under
the direction of specialist from
the Baltimore institution.
The new party in Ohio--the Sill
yer wing of the Democracy-has as
sumed the name Of "Progressive
Democratic Party" It's platform
lauds Bryan and the Kansas CITY
platform, but Mr.. Bryan throws cold
water on the movement. They are
boilers.
Joseph A. Bingham, of Andover,
Is dead. lie died as he had lived,
the LATEST man in the State. He
stood in front Of tram which
promptly killed him, saving all ex-
ertion on his part. He is probably
saved the trouble of exerting HIM
self in his present abiding place.
FL edericksbnrq Star.
Andrew Carnegie says he cannot
digest his food and would give all
his millions for youth and health.
But Mr.. Carnegie has already made
his trade and given his youth and
health for millions; and many a
lusty fellow earning ten. dollars a
week or so and able to digest steel
nails is enough of an ass to envy the
llionaire.-Richmo0a Ne,cs.
Captain Costen, of the oyster
gunboat Accomac, reports that the
surveyors now at work in James
river have found that the State has
IN Isle of Wight county alone two
thousand acres of leasable oyster
ground more than 1T was thought
there. 1t was discovered that oystes
planters had been stalking off much
more ground than their grantr
called for.
A lawyer in court room may call
man a liar, scounGrei, villain or a
thief, and no one will make a com
plant when court adjourns. If a
newspaper prints such reflec tions on
q mans character there is a libel
suit or dead editor. This is owing
to the fact that the people believe
what an editor says. What lawyer
says cuts no figure. = ViHs Point
(ind) Chronicle.
An Ohio editor says that hay fever
is caused by kissing grass widows. A
Missouri editor says it is caused by a
grass widow kissing fellow by
moonlight. An Iowa editor saws it
is caused by the fellow kissing his
girl while he is feeding hay to
a COW, and an Eastern Kansas ex-
change is of the opinion that it is
caused by missing the girl and kiss
ing the cow. A political editor saws