Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-02-28

threatened horse famine in the
United States.
Mr.. Schwab called on three Kings
while in Europe. Large sums of
money have been won on smaller
hands than that.
Colorado Springs has an old ceme-
terry for sale. Here is an opportunity
for some man who is looking for a
dead sure" thing.
This would be much more peace-
full world if lots of grown up people
as well as children could only be
seen and not heard.
Ten minutes of labor by one man
is all that is now required to produce
a bushel of wheat. In 1880 it re-
quired three hours and three minutes.
THE mills of the Gods grind slowly,
But they grind exceeding SMALL"
The mills of the courts grind slower
grist,
And the lawyers grab II all.
If the wireless telegraph is fully
developed over here it would give
Yankee Doodle chance TO stick
another feather in his cap and call
it Marconi.
When man gets out of all kinds
of jobs, and his future appears to be
but long succession of colorless to-
morrows, he starts new kind of
secret society.
Twenty-Five thousand Americans
can engage in profitable business
along the Nicaragua canal right of
way. When work begins they must
SO right away.
The Standard Oil Office boy of a
few years back is now several times
a millionaire. He didn't spend all
his energy soldering" the work on
the other Office boy.
Sparrows begin housekeeping very
expeditiously. A pair of them will
build a nest and furnish it with an
egg inside of twenty-four hours from
the time that the site was selected.
1t is said that a school teacher the
other day asked her pupils to write a
long sentence, and one boy nearly
caused her to faint when he wrote
imprisonment for life"
Marriage seems to have robbed
Chauncey M. Depew, like ordinary
men, of the gift of tongues. When
a man and woman are made one
the man soon finds out which is the
one.
The prevailing remedies for the
grip seem to be quinine and whisky,
coal oil and whisky, mutton suet
and whisky, mustard baths and
whisky, honey and whisky and
whisky.
Have oar farmer subscribers ever
tried bedding their hogs with corn
stalks? 1t is said this will prevent
many diseases as the cornstalks allow
the air to circulate between the
animals.
& country newspaper is an insti-
tuition that works night and day for
every decent man in the community;
therefore every decent man in the
community is in honor bound to as
sist in it's support.
The shoulder straps on the gown
of a New York actress broke a few
nights ago and before she could reach
the shelter of the wings the audience
was treated to glimpse of the style
of summer dress worn by Fiji island
bellies.
The price of corn is 224 cents
higher than year ago, and oats Is
cents higher. Hogs are worth about
81 hundred more and cattle are a
little higher. All grades of horses
are worth more and farm produce in
general is bringing better prices.
This is the way in which Kansas
editor poetically lays bouquet at
the feet of his best girl: "There is
gladness in her gladness when she's
glad--there is sadness in her sadness
when she's sad-but the gladness of
her gladness nor the sadness Of her
sadness is nothing to. her madness
when she's mad"
Great as is the wealth of the State
of Colorado in silver, she has far
more valuable product in the royal
purple alfalfa that supplies fodder
for the innumerable herds that roam
the plains and feed in the valleys.