Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-03-21

Some Things Worth Putting 4
Scrap Book.

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Scrap Book.
One touch of nature ~
Makes the whole world kif ~
One touch of old Adam
Makes the whole world sin;
One touch of humor
Makes the whole world grin.
Prince Henry has fallen q victim
to rag-time already, and calls for il
everywhere. When the Kaiser finds
it out he may send over fleet and
demand Indemnity.
Both branches of the New York
Legislature have passed the anti.
pigeon shooting bill by large nsiori-
ties. Trap shooters will have to be
content with clay targets or English
sparrows hereafter in that state.
An exchange pertinently remarks
that nobody down in this direction
believes that Canada could clean out
the United States in six months. 1t
would take at least four years to
argue the southern part of the
country to a standstill, and there are
persons still alive who once thought
a job Of that kind could be done in
three months.
A rsgman who was gathering up
worn out clothing in the county
purchased pair of discarded trousers
at a farmhouse and be incidently
remarked to the man of the house as
he paid for the stuff he bought: w
see that you are about to lose your
land on q mortgage" "Guess you
are right, but will you tell me how
In Sam Hill you found that out"
"Easy enough" said the cheerful rag
man as he settled back on his ped
ding wagon, 81 notice these old pants
are completely played out so far as
the part OF them you sit on is con-
cerned but they show mighty little
wear anywhere else.
An American poet once said: "The
Monarch breads the printers frown."
That was stating the case little too
strongly perhaps, but the modern
monarch certainly has respect for
the printer and wishes to gain his
good will. Otherwise the German
Emperor hardly would have looked
with evident approval on the presence
of his brother at the banquet given
by the press fthe United States, nor
would he have hidden his brother "to
keep in mind, that the press men in
the United States rank almost with
my Generals in command" From
the point of view of the German
Emperor thisisindeed, a compliment.
A merchant who had a store in
each of two small neighboring towns
recently tried an experiment. He
put q bargain counter in each store,
containing the same articles at exact
ly the same prices. In the newspaper
of one village he advertised his special
counter. In the paper of the other
he did not advertise, and sold goods
amounting to 1884. In the store the
same month where he did advertise
he sold goods amounting to 81, ,72S.
In commenting on the result of his
experiment that merchant says: "The
people who got the advertisement
pass by one of my stores and drive
miles to the other for what they
could have gotten at the same price
at my store at their door,"
There have been a number of
stories as to who imported the Eng
lish sparrow to this country. The
following is said to be authentic.
During the time that VIM. f. Smith
represented the twenty-second ward
In the councils of Germantown, he
presented an ordinance appropriating
$500 with which to purchase English
sparrows to destroy the measuring
worms that had become nuisance
In the public squares. John Brads-
ley. an Englishman, but for many
years a resident of Germantown, was
delegated to 60 to England to secure
the sparrows. Being familiar with
the English birds he had no trouble
In catching them In nets. He secured
between 800 and 400. On his way
oyer from England one-half the SPAR
rows died, but enough existed to in
crease the little pests, which have
since become more troublesome than
the worms.
The local newspaper, Faithfully
says an exchange, should be found
In every home. No children should
be brought up ignorant who can be
taught to appreciate home papers. 1t
is said to be the stepping stone to in
telligence in all those matters not
found in books. Give your children
one foreign paper with not one word
about any person, place or thing they
ever saw or heard of. and how do
you suppose them to be interesteds
But let them read The home paper
and hear from people whom they
meet, and of places with which they
are familiar, and soon an interest ia
awakened which increases with the
arrival of every local paper. Thus q
habit of reading is formed, and those
children will read papers all their
lives, and become intelligent men
and women, credit to their ances-
tors. and strong in the knowledge of
the world as it lis to day.