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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-02-14
TO MAKE HENS LAY.

The correspondent of the Chicago
Chronicle, who advised farmers to
feed ''red albumen" to their hens in
order to make them lay freely in cold
weather, would be mobbed if the
farmers, who have been imposed up.
on, could catch him.
Mr.. g. NJ. Humphreys, of Alex
andria, writes to the Richmond Times
to say that the joke has gone far
enough, at the same time giving this
advice to those who keep hens:
elf farmers desire to get eggs in
winter" says he, "let them 90 to
their butcher and get pure blood
and beef scraps, which are about
fifty per cent. albumeu, aud ought
to be had for about three cents a
pound. Add to these crushed bones
and oyster shells, some fresh vege-
tables, variety of grain and keep
their hens warm and comfortable.
This is the price of winter eggs, and
the profit on the outlay will only be
small one. In some cases it will
not pan out"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-02-14
Marines Went Wild and Barixcd
Like Dogs.

The condition of Captain David ID.
Porter's marines, who took part in
the expedition into the interior of
Samar, Philippine Islands, is much
worse than previously described.
They suffered fearful hardships and
were without food for several DAYS.
The marines suffered SO acutely
from starvation that they ate, raw,
the flesh of two dogs.
When Captain Porter and the first
three of his men staggered into camp
they were delirious and difficulty was
experienced in ascertaining the W here
abouts of their companions. Williams,
of the First Infantry, headed the
relief expedition. He succeeded In
reaching the remaining ten men, who
would otherwise have certainly per-
ished. He found them all delirious.
Two of the men were discovered in
the branches of trees barking like
dogs.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-02-14
Saved Her ChIId's Life.

In three,weeks our chubby little boy was
changed by Pneumonia almost TO a skeleton, -
writes Mrs w watkins. OF Pleasant City, o.
A terrible cough set ia that in spite of a
good Doctors treatment for several weeks
grew worse every day. We then used DR..
King New Discovery for Consumption aud
our earring was soon sound and well. We
are sure this grand medicine saved his hfe.',
Millions know it's the only sure cure for
coughs. colds and all lung diseases. Ellis @.
Richardson, kiimarnock; II. c. Bland. Reho-
both Church. and t. j. Hayden & Son, .rv-
inston, guarantee satisfaction. 80 cents and
81. Trial bottles free.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-02-14
BOARD OF FISHERIES REPORT


(Frederieksourg Free Lance)
The report hints at the desirability
and probability of removal of the
restriction under Section 2 of Article
10 of the Constitution, which pre-
vent specific tax from being laid
upon tongers. The Board might
have gone further and suggested the
advisability of specific tax being
levied, but with a maximum limit.
An unexpected feature is how small
a number of persons are directly en-
gagged in taking oysters, as shown by
the report of inspectors. There are
5.s46 who pay the specific tax of So;
979 who take weekly reporting Ii
censes; 246 patent tongers, and 737
dredging licenses, engaging about
$500 persons in the latter branch
of the business. The number en-
gagged in dredging is far in excess of
what was commonly supposed, while
the number of tongers was way
below the general belief.
The recommendations as to uni
formity of rental tax and riparian
ownership appear to begood ones.
Probably the recommendation of
all that is of more direct import to
the industry is that of shortening the
season for taking oysters. This
would have a manifold bearing. 1t
would mean greater protection to
seed oysters; better results attained
by growing oysters; more money to
the oystermen, as the catch would
probably be as great in six months
as in eight and prices would be better,
since in the first and last months
only a low price lie gotten for the
catch. 1t would give the waterman
more time on land to SOW his crops
and gather them-for nearly all oys-
termen are obliged to supplement
their earnings from the water by
products from the land. Not the least
of the benefits would accrue to the
farmer. As it is now, farming has
gotten to low ebb in those counties
OF Tidewater where oystering is
largely carried on. The farmer can
get no help when needed to sow his
early crops. nor to gather his crops
in the fall, since the labor of these
counties flock to their boats in the
early days of fall when the season for
catching oysters opens, aud do not
give it up ''until the last horn blows
as the saying goes.
In Surveyor Warwick's report we
find that about one third of the nat
ural rocks of Isle of Wight county had
been stuck ur by planters. This may
or. may not hold good throughout
the other counties. He recommends
that heavy penalties be prescribed for
any planter who wantonly removes
oyster stakes from shores which bor-
der on the natural rocks after being
placed by a surveyor or inspector,
and also punishment for the destruc-
ton of the shore stations and marks
of the Baylor survey.
The following figures serve to fairly
contrast the present way of managing
these affairs and the old way. Under
the old regime Accomac county paid
a revenue of $4,433.70 annually;
Northampton $2,31S.56 and Lancas-
ter $1,179.26. For the fiscal year
ending September 30th last Accomac
paid $S,114.0I, or nearly double;
Northampton $4,2l8.s2 (nearly
donble), and Lancaster 81, ,67O.57, or
four times as much as formerly.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-02-14
Something That viii Do You Good.

We know OF no way In which we can be OF
more service TO our readers than TO tell them
OF something that will be of real good to
them. For this reason we want to acquaint
them with what we con ider one OF the very
best remedies on the market for coughs,
colds and that alarming complaint. Group.
We refer to Chamterlains Cough Remedy.
We have used IL with such good results In
our family so long that IL has become a
household necessity. by its prompt use we
haven't any doubt but that It has time and
again prevented Group. The testimony Is
given upon our own experience, aud we
suggest that our readers, especially those
who have small children, always keep 1t In
their homes as a safeguard against croup.--
Camden Is. Co. Messenger. For sale by T. ].
Willing & Co.. Irvington; Ellis G. Richard
son. kiimarnock: w. A. Dameron & Bro,
weems, and @. w. Sanders, White Stone.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-02-14

There is no more agonizing trouble than
piles. The constant itching and burning
make life intolerab Q. No position Is comfor-
table. The torture is unceasing. Dewitt's
Witch Hazel Soive cures piles at once. For
skin diseases, cuts. burns, bruises, all kinds OF
wounds it is unequalled. Us. Gerall, st. Paul
Ark..says: From 1855 suffered with tho pro-
truding, bleeding piles and could find nothing
to help me until used Dewitts Witch Hazel
saive. few boxes completely cured me. y
Beware OF oounterfeits.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-02-14
Mother Stole to Keep Babe
Warm.

The baby game worked again this
week in Richmond in the police court
and Susan White, charged with
feloniously. robbing u railroad cor
poration of few lamps of coal, was
turned out of the cell.
Susan is black, and mother of a
year-old pickaninny, half-fed half
the time and freezing all winter.
Poverty untouched with bitterness,
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-02-14
SONG OF THE COWARD.

Weary and worr, weary and worn.
IL isn't worth while, worth whilel
There may be bourne that will show in
the morn,
Rise out of the ocean as pale as Morn;
But the sails of the ship. are sIl tat
tered and torn,
The face of the pilot all white and for
lorn,
And 1t isn't worth while, worth while.
- II II.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-02-14

Twenty Per Cent. More Doses
In Drove Tssteless Chill Tonic than in n
Bitter Chill Tonic.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-02-14

Better for the Blood than sarsapariIia
For those living in the Malaria districts.
Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-02-14

Before the nuptisl day, alas
he sickened and he die, did"
On a soldier; farmer, losing his
soldier boy, employed the village bard
to write an appropriate inscription,
and received this
"He for his country fit aud fout
Until Death blew his candle out"
The memento did not please the
father, because there were no candles
in the house when the son died. This
poet substituted the following, which
went: ..
HE tit and fout with gun aud knief.
Till Death blowed out the gas of life" /"
On the architect
''Lie heavy on him, earth, for he
Laid many heavy load on thee"
On a teamster-
"As the man was leading her TO drink
She kicked and killed him Quicker'n a
wink"
On a landlord; the disconsolate
widow of an English landlord thus
epitaphs her resignation
Here lies the landlord of the Lion,
He's buried here In the hopes OF Zion,
His wife resigned to Heavens will,
Carries on the business still."
On photographer
Here lie, takon from life."
On a woodman-
THE Lord saw good; 1 was Topping wood;
And down fell from tree
L met with a check and broke my neck,
And so death Topped of me-"
The fiddler: Stephen, the fiddler,
now gone to the place to which all
fiddlers are said to go, and which is
reported full of them, kept for years
the country dance going, and kept
good time with his feet, but, alasl
could not evade his own time when
it came, for his epitaph reads:
Stephen and Time
Are now but even;
Stephen beat time,
Now Time beats Stephen"
Or a tailor
State cuts the thread of life, as all men
know.
And Fate cut his. though he so well could d
sew.
1t matters not how fine the web is spun.
'Tis all unravelled when our course is
rum"
On hummer
"Here lies the remains of Caleb Humm,
By trade, n bum
When Caleb died, the devil cried,
Come, Caleb, come"
On an Irish laborer-
An Irishman suggested the follow
ing familiar lines as his epitaph:
s'Here i lays,
Paddy O'Blaze,
My body quite Al its aise is,
With the tip of my nose
Aud The points Of my toes.
Turned up to the roots of the daisies -
On a poet
"There are no more threats to shoot him;
He is done with earthly cares;
Editors no more will boot him
Down tie editorial stairs"
On reporter
"And here he sleeps, ell peaceful, safe
from harm;
No more assigned to baseball, trots, or
other sports;
No more to nasten at the fire alarm,
He's gone where there are no more
fires TO report"
On the devil: The term, "printer's
devil" was first suggested by Billie
Deville, who acted in that capacity.
He worked for William Charlton, the
father of printing, and to one of his
successors the following epitaph was
applied:
HE came for copy with demeanor civil,
And waited for II with unruffied brow
On earth he did his duty as devil,
In Heaven, we trust he Is an angel now"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-02-14

The Best Prescription for Malaria,
Chills and Fever is bottle of Groves Taste
less Chill Tonic. 1t Is simply iron and auInsne
In a tasteless form. No cure-no pay. Price soc.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-02-14

YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TAXING,
when YOU take Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic
because the forinu'a is plainly printed m
sno Nl Vuini, 9 I'm tasteIess form No Cure.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-02-14
The Mutual Lite Insurance Co.
OF NEW YORK.

Richard A. McCurdy. President.
Did more business in 1900 than during snv
previous year. It easily fnsinfains tfs r,o.f
ton as tine largest. strongest most proerea-
siVe uie insurance company ir the worid~
INCOME IN 1900, sco ses s,>s y,
ASSETS DEC. 81. 1900 s.s26 Tss iss 4,
INSURANCE & ANNUITIFe, $lIsIsp! sSSS 40
The history OF the Company has been an
unDroken record of progress. Its excess p
returns TO policy holders has been aim ost
slA times as much as that of the next lsrresr
company and nearly TEN times as much as
tnat OF the third in rank.
TOTAL OF ASSETS
- AND Policy PAYMENTS Ssss ec, osS
TOTAL PREMIUMS Rec. IvED, $5Ts.l3lta0
Excess of Assets and Payments to Policx
notoers over tai premiums rec efyed since
formation Of Company,
$S7.O9S,543.
The assets of The Mutual Life are clean and
, Mel invested. The Company refuses TO take
@ aishs IN countries whero climatic conditions
are at all oaneerous. and ft does not xyrfte
insurance on subjects who are in any respect
below standard. foo,
Persons wishing information repar5irg
contracts, &c-, Of the above company wifi
please apply to
HUGHLETT & EFFORD.
DISTRICT AGENTS,
white Stone or Farnham, Va.
Or E. 5. Freeman. Mgr, Mutual Life Jpsur-
Snce company OF New York, Richmond, va
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-02-14
TOMBSTONE HUsOR. \
Stme Very Striking Example
Found By an Vbseryer.
N(Chaffnnoo0a 7rs2es

Chattanooga 7ymes.)
"The evil that men do live after
them, but the good is Inferred with
their bones," but the evil is never
perpetuated in marble.
Panegyric inscriptions are as old
as the art of writing. aud tributes
"memento mori," though somew hat
surprising to tombstone readers who
knew the departed in life, make the
laugh quickly chase away the unshed
tear. -
All who desire TO place epitaphs
on the tombs of friends are not as
conscientious as the Kentucky monu-
ment maker who refused to cnt in
the marble the inscription, Gone to
u better land" for, said he, "Blamed
If do it; won't put a lie on tomb
stone, because there amt any better
land than old Kentuck."
The following concerning the de-
parted professors, trsdesmen, mechan-
les, or laborers illustrates the post
mortem estimate in which they were
held:
To physician
Here lies the remains Of DR.. Chard,
Who filled the half of this church yard !"
Ona sexton; rejoicing for the
taking off of the DOCTORS silent
partner
"Hurrah, my brave boys; let's rejoice In
his fall,
For If he had lived he'd have buried us
all"
In Devon churchyard--
"The wedding day appointed wss
And the wedding clothes provided;
Before the nuptisl day, alas
He sickened and he die, did"
On a soldier; farmer, losing his
soldier boy, employed the village bard
to write an appropriate inscription,
and received this
"He for his country fit aud fout
ontn Death blew his candle out"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-12-04

Patton was wounded in the leg. AS
the train, which is designated as No.
IL, and which left Kansas City at
nine o'clock Saturday night, slowed
up at Independence at $3.50 o'clock,
two men boarded the rear platform
OF the sleeping car. Both had rifles.
Patton was standing on the plat
form. Hardly had the men found a
footing when they pointed their rifles
at Patton and commanded him to
hold up his hands. Patton did just
the opposite. He carried lantern.
The lantern swung and smashed the
robber nearest him in the face. The
man was either knocked or fell off
the platform and the other robber
did the same on the other side. The
train began to move and as 1t did So
one of the men fred several shots.
One hit Patton in the leg. There
was doctor on the train, who
dressed the flagman's wound. Pat
ton decided to ride on to his home at
2oodhouse, III.
WILL INDUCE COLONIZATION.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-12-04
WILL INDUCE COLONIZATION.



Chicago, Dec. 1.-More than $780,
900 will be spent by the management
Of the Southern Pacific in the next
Ave months in colonizing southwest
ern Louisiana and southern Texas.
The decision to increase the efforts
and expenditure which are being
made to fiji up these lands was
reached in o general meeting Of rep
resentatives Of Hartman lines held
here which closed last night. The
work in Texas and Louisiana is in
charge of Col. Morse, who declared
that in the next ten years the devel-
opment Of these sections would he
greater than that Of any other sec.
ton of equal area in the world. "You
will appreciate that this may not be
an exaggeration,' said he, when I
tell you land is being sold there to-
day at the rate Of 100000 acres per
month"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-12-04
The ST. LOUIS DOODLE CASES.
Tho December Jury,ito he Impaneled To-
Day, VIII Continue the Investigation
Of Municipal Corruption.

st. Louis, Dec. 1.-The December
grand jury will be impaneled to-day
and will continue the investigation
of municipal corruption. The full
revelation Of the nature and extent
Of "boodling" in st. Louis, according
to Circuit Attorney Folk, is not yet
finished and he states that he means
to push 1t to completion. The ex.
piration OF the statute of limitation
on the lighting bill, and the fact that
the further indictments have been
made public in connection with this
measure, has awakened discussion
over the exceptions to this statute
as to the possibility Of further prose-
cutions based on the lighting deal.
1t is the opinion Of lawyers that, il
an information has been filed or an
indictment found against the alleged
bribe-givers In the lighting matter,
the trial will amount to a test Of the
statute. Circuit Attorney Folk re-
fuses to discuss the exceptions.
Charles \, Kelly, former speaker Of
the house Of delegates, who is under
arrest in Philadelphia, is expected to
reach here by Thursday. He will be
tried December IS on the Suburban
charges, along with seven other men,
bers Of the house Of delegates indict-
ed in that connection, unless he
takes q severance. This action OIL
Kelly's part Is not expected, however,
A number Of other indicted delegates
are also expected to come to trial
between now and December Is and
several soon after that.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-12-04
Shifting Soil.

Real Estate Transfers Reported by Keel &
Ellison, Abstracters.
Herington I Co to N A Nelson Its 9,
10 II 70 blk 81 H 7 Co.'S al H, 1925.
Same to N A Nelson 1t 5 blk 81 Her.
ington I Co.'S ad H, $25.
FA Null to 7 K Null und J int 10
Its in E A 7 Co.'S LIST ad A, 81,
J E Bonebrake to The Drake Land Co
1t pit 1t 7 bk II Abilene, 81.
Eliza M Baldwin to J W Purdy I'll
bk 81 Abilene, SIS.
M Ryan to c ] Ryan " 90 a of set A.
1873, 81.
VIM Rynearscn to F 5 Edwards 1t s
bk 10 Manchester, $50.
DF Knauf to T j Tonkin wi 81 rs.
1911, $4,000.
Phoeba A Harris ct al to W Fisher NV
nw4 ellis, $500.
Bengta Sab berg ct al to c J Peterson
WI net l8-1l.4, $4,000.
Loan & Trust Saw Bank to William P
Sherman sw4 3 81 set l6.l4.1, $4,000.
VIM H Lamb to James Dunlop part
set 1888, $1,000.
Orr Sang to J B Case WI set WI net
6-16.l, $40.
Msrgereth Wintroth to ia Wells ne
Of nwt nw4 Of net S4-l5.4, $2500.
Lizzie j Shepherd to Rebecca Curd
Ito IA 16 IS and 20 blk 81 H T Co.'S
I'D Herington, $l225.
W R Allen to I'M Quinn part blk 81
Kinney & Hodges ad Abilene, $3.50.
Morris P Jolley to Amanda A Car
ruthers W! Of nwi l0.l3.l, $1,000.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-12-04
The Pride Of Heroes.

Many soldiers in the last war wrote
to say that for Scratches, Bruises,
Cuts. Wounds, Corns, Sore Feet and
Stiff Joints, Bucklen's Arnica Salve
is the best 10 the world. Same for
Burns. Scalds, Boils, Ulcers, Skin
Eruptions and Piles. II cures or no
pay. Only 25c at J. N. Gleissner's
drug store.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-12-04

pIHI II Vt NHNpIkpi 7 oct
Dickinson County, '''
l, W. A. Matteson, treasurer Of Dickin.
son county, Kansas, do solemnly sweal
that the above statement is true and cor.
rect to the best Of my knowledge and belief
W. A. MATTES0N,
County treasurer.
thereby certify, that the foregoing state.
ment was subscribed and sworn to before
me and In my presence, by the above named
this 10Th day Of November, 1909.
IsEALl RIB. JACOBS,
By H. W. JACOBS, County Clerk.
Deputy.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-12-04
ATTEMPTED TRAIN H0LDUp.
Hlagman james Patton Frustratss the De.
signs Of Two Men Who Boarded Q. 4
4. Train 1t Independence.

Kansas City, Dec. IAN attempt
was made at Independence Saturday
night to rob the Chicago q Alton
st. Louis train which, while It proved
fruitless for the robbers, showed the
pluck and nerve Of Flagman James
Patton. who fought the robbers of.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-12-04
II Keeps tho Feet Warm and Dry

Ask today for Aliens Foot-ease, a
powder 1t cures Chilblains, Swollen,
Sweating, Sore. Aching, Damp feet.
At all druggists and shoe stores, 25c.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-19
BOTTLE MAN FROM ENGLAND.
Wilton Brooke Claims to Have Largest
Factory in the World.

Wilton Brooke, an extensive bottle man
ufacturer of Yorkshire, England is at the
Hotel English with his foreman, BENJAMIN
Stoner. I'VE claim to have the largest
bottle manufacturing establishment in the
world" said Mr.. Brooke last night He
stated that his establishment turns out
27,64SOOO bottles a year He says they sell
TO almost every country in the world ex-
cept America. ITO sell a bottle in Ameri-
ca" he declared, there must be an Ameri-
can name on it. The American people are
too much prejudiced, and we gave up try
ing TO sell bottles in America" Mr. Brooke
claims that, with the exception of America
relics of their factory will be found wher-
ever civilized man has placed his foot THE
roads of South Africa are paved with our
bottles" he said.
Mr.. Brooke and his foreman came TO the
United States TO see what progress the
bottle makers Of this country are making
with bottle-making machinery Brooke
says the manufacturers OF this country got
their patents for making bottles by ma
chinery from England. I'VE came over
he said ito see whether the Americans are
making any better progress than we are
He says that thus far they have discov-
cred nothing that would indicate more
progress than England can boast Of How
ever there Is one more factory, he SAYS
where IT is possible they may find some
thing new. Mr. Brooke says the glass
making establishments of the United States
need not shut down as long as they do il
more attention were paid TO ventilation.