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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-12-04

ably come up in the IIouee Thu rsday.
aud il will carry. No attempts 1T
amending il will be made. The
House seems TO be overw helmingly
with the report Of the Commission.
Once more the oyster people turn to
the State Senate for salvation. To-
day doubt hangs around the Senate
chamber. Senator Watkins, who is
the Jordan ON that side of the CAPT.
tol in this instance, il u powerful
man ard will hammer away q Ia
Jordan. From what / have this
time observed of the Senate they
will deliberate carefully over the oys-
ter question. They will not be
carried of their feet by specious
argument and misrepresep tation.
Conservative mountain Senator's
notably those of Staunton, Peters.
barg. Nelson and Halifax will
weigh well the question whether it
is now the opportune time to do thie
great wrong to thousands of good
citizens. They will also consider it
from u political standpoint.
And right here hovers a warning
to which should not oe turned =
Geaf ear. Already Republican lead
ers are chuckling over the prospect
of Republican Underwater to keep
company with the Southwest. Keep
1t quiet as we may, this is no buga-
boo; We face ~ stern and coming
reality, If. Yes, it means il; if the
rocks are swept 80 suddenly from
our oyster people Underwater eau
hardly be again counted on to save
the State from Republicanism. Come
some day it will, this renting out
of the rocks, but until the people
have fair warning and are enabled tu
prepare for the future, disaster stares
them In the face. Sweep at one
stroke the living from thousands If
honest laboring men, who know no
other trade, and such chaos as has
never been known will be the portion
of this people. Men who now COM
fortably live by this toll, pay their
debts and own their little homes will
be beggard. Women and children
will suffer privation and want; the
merchant will close his doors, once
full with cash customers; the lawyer,
the doctor and every other depend
snt calling will have to move out.
This is not overdrawp; it is Just
what it means il the rocks are let
out without time to prepare for the
change. The peanut grower Of the
southside-forty years, aud knowing
no other livelihood-if forced to the
mountains to raise sheep, aud with
out a starting capital, will iguomini-
ously fail and be thrown upon the
charity Of the community. Here We
have men forty, fifty aud even sixty
years of age who know nothing elee
but the grip of the tongs What
chance will they have to make 6
living when these socalied "deple,ed
rocks" are rented to men who will
wait two or three years for them 10
replenish and yield q rich harvest.
and then dredge them with steam
1t is no secret that legislators say
the opportunity may soon be given
Governor Montague to show loyalty
TO his section by doing q good turn
for that portion of the State that
did 30 much for him. Should the
Jordan bill pass both Houses will he
have the courage to veto il? That's
the question. He knows conditions
here and must know the distress il
will bring. l..
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-12-04
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

hlCHMoND. VA, TUESDAY NIGHT.
Elections bills and candidates for
contemplated new IBIS have certainly
taken back seat during the past
two weeks az matters of alb
sofbing iaterest before the Vir-
gluia Legislature. 1t is cysters
and oyster shells. The great battle
that has been Matching for years is
on, and with terrlfir force. Delegate
Jordan and his colleagues who want
TO break the Baylor survey are hit
ting from the shoulder. He is a
striking figure-this stout man, of
medium height, with mustache and
bald head-as he stands by the hour
IN the middle aisle of the House of
Delegates and with hickory cane
points to and explains great cluster
of oysters and shells which he has
had placed or the clerks desk; or az
he drops to the rear for a moment to
pick up charts of the Baylor survey
and hand to page to hold up while
he points out the lines of discussion.
10 say that this cattle raiser of the
mountains is fool is to discount
the ability of the whole body that is
arrested by his ge-hammer argu-
ments. A stranger, to hear him.
would say he was shrewd lawyer of
bulldog tenacity. The Pitcher used
to annoy our Tidewater members
with his brilliant wit, embarrassed
sarcasm and shady epithets, but for
all that he never persisted in his
light against Tidewater as does this
logged son of Frederick. Maybap
old Pitcher had a heart-we know
ne did--but no appeals to conscience
or for humanity's sake can swerve T..
Z. Jordan from the path he has
picked out and staked his political
llfe-and maybe his future calling
on the issue. Rachael, weeping for
her children, would not phase him:
nor does the picture that has been
presented to him of conditions in
Tidewater, should his will prevail.
move him one whit. Tidewater peo.
pie waste no more breath on him.
unless they be planters or shuckers
who are after the rock. These flock
around him and bark HIM on.
TIdewater's representatives. are fight.
ing to the last gasp. Never before
did they show weariness and forlorn
hope so pictured on their hrows: and
nearly all Of this has been hecause of
the enemies in camp. Avaricious
Underwater people come here aud tell
the most astounding tales-such as
they would he ashamed to acknowl.
edge at bom'; and no can 30 mucb
blame the nP-conntry repreeen tatiyes
when they see how things are divided
in ones household? Last week Dr.
f. ". Lewis and Walter Hathaway
were~here before the committee. and
Jordan ard his conferes are chewing
on the mofsels they dropped. Mr..
Hathaway is quoted as stating that
a canvass If Lancaster county would
show the people IN the majority for
breaking the survey. When quizzed
by Tidewaier .mher,-Matthews
ana Lyell, | think-he affirmed that
he knew conditions in Lar. c. ster and
spoke for his people. How far h.
misrepresented cur people is glsr-
ingiy apparent
Vote on the Jordan bill will prob.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-12-04
NEWS ITEMS.

Rev. i. A. Cutler, a prominent
minister, often called the "apostle of
prohibition" died at his home at
Louisa.
Gen. V. ID. Groner died at the
Sarah Leigh Hospital, Norfolk. He
carried the message to General Beau
regard from the Confederate War
Department ordering the attack upon
Fort Sumter. General Groner had
in recent years been prominently
identified with the Republican party
in Eastern Virginia.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-12-04
WHAT 1T MEANS HERE.
Correspondence in one of our local
papers from fishing community
last week contained this item:

:. Our fish factories "cut ont all of their
steamers on Friday morning. The pro-
prietors paid all their hands in full that
morning, paying out upwards of 50 500.
"A good deal OF it was in gold, and
twenty-dollar gold pieces were almost as
plentiful that day as "huckleberries in
summer time" So much money being
put in circulation in one day was a bene-
'fitsto the entire community, as the
greater portion OF it found it's way into
the hands of the merchants and other
business concerns of the town.
This is a mere passing notice of
what happens in a single community.
The weekly payroll through the
season of such works in many com.
munities will equal the sum quoted
above. AS a distributor Of wealsh
and q builder-up of communities we
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-12-04

a PHILADELPHIA judge has de-
cided that IA proposal Of marriage
made on Sunday is not binding in
law. Girls contemplating breach Of
promise suits will take care in future
to see that the Sunday proposal is
repeated on Monday.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-12-04

convincing proof hat the kidneys and bIad-
der are out Of order.
What to Do.
There is comfort in the knowledge so
often expressed. that DR.. Kir,er's Swamp
Root. the great kidney remedy fufills every
wish in curing rheumatism, gain in the
back. kidneys. liver. bladder and every part
OF the urinary passage. 1t correc.s inability
to hold water and scsiiiag pain in passing
1t. sor bad effects following use Of liquor.
winc or Ssc.. and overcones that unpleasant
necessity Ct being compelled to 20 often
during the day. and to get up many times
during the night. The mild and the extra
ordinary effect Of Swamp-Root Is soon
realized. 1t stands the highest for It's won
dcrful cures Of the most distressing cases.
II you need medicine you should have the
best. Sold ~ druggists in SOC. and ST.. sizes.
You may have sample bottle Of this
wonderful discovery E
and book that tells 1s%.S!ssh
more about It. both sent I. :snsiS
absolutely free by mail. asl.lis..iil3EEg9
address DR.. Kilmer & Home Of swampRoos.
Co., Bnghamton, Y. When writing men,
ton reading this generous offer In this paper.
Don't make any mistake but remember the
name. Swamp-Root, DIR. Kilmer's swamp
Root, and the address, Bipghampton, N. Y,
on every bottle.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-12-04

OWING to faulty compilation and
indexing the Acts of Assembly end.
ing May 10th, 1908, has puzzled
many on the law of non-residen,
hunting. The only indexed refer.
ence is to the statute Of May I4tb,
1908, pages 331-33s. On pages 1885,
will be found the clause about q
bona fide guest.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-12-04

The Anti-Saloon League of Nor
cumberland county will meet at
Heathsville, December IA, 1903
(courtday). All members requested
to attend, and others who are inter
ested in the cause.
BY order of the President.
j. N. BOOTH, Sec'y.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-12-04

Ex-President Grover Cleveland
has written a letter stating positively
he would not consider the nomina-
ton for President. Judge Parker
a nd w. r. Hearst, editor If the
JtsTnsi, are now the only aspirants
from New York.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-12-04
LUMBER FOR SALE.

have Ia operation good mill on the
Milienbeck tract of lumber situated on
Whitehouse creek. Am prepared to fur
nish all grades Of lumber on short notice,
either aboard boat or on shore.
l.. ID. SToNRHAM.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-12-04

urday and Sunday at the home Of
Capt. G. N. Hanks.
/. z. Oldham has been appointed
assistant teacher Of the public school
at this place. PINKY.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-12-04

ScciIncnt or set
Ting indicates an
unhealthy condi-
ton Of the kid
neys: II II stains
your linen II Is
evidence Of kid
ney trouble: too
freGr:nt desire to
pass It or pain in
the back IS also
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-12-04
MICH COW FOR SALE.

One good Jersey mitch COW for sale.
LLOYD BARNETT.
Tombs. Va.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-12-04
Thousands Have KidAcy Trouble
and Don't Know it.

FIJI 5ostle or common glass with your
water and let II stand twenty-four hours: q
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-12-04
- 70 Dor cent. additional for special position

uoppareil line.
Obituaries, religious notices of entertain
uents. excursions. ETC.. one-balf regular rates.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-12-04

90 ACRES-On Great Wicomico river,
within II miles of 3 steamboat wharves,
2 stores and postoffice. Oyster rocks ali
around. One acre of shore goes with
place. Convenient to csnnerics. Can
be bought for $40. Quick sale.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-12-04

All communications or business Letters
should be addressed to the VIRGINIA CIrIzE>
lrvipgton. Va, to receive prompt attention
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-12-04

Wonderful discovery
and a book that tells
more about II. both sent
absolutely free by mail.
address DR.. Kilmer e.
~ ~
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-12-04

LARGE OR SMALL FARMS-432
acres, as q whole or In thirds. On arm
OF Chesapeake Bay. Good farm and
trucking land aud abundant oyster
shore, also timber land. Near schools.
wharf and postoffice.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-12-04

GOOD OYSTER PROPERTY.-Tep
acres land, with good house and barn,
artesian well, ten acres good oyster
shore, oyster house on steamboat wharf,
bsttesu and topgs-all to be sold cheap.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-12-04

ON COCKRELL'S CREEK Nor.
cumberland county, IS acres improved
land, good s-room dwelling, barn and
ether Necessary improvements, good
well. fine young orchard, on main road
within half mile Of Fairport. TO be cold
cheap.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-12-04

SOME BILLS INTRODUCED.
Mr.. Lyell presented petitions from
. number Of his constituents in
Richmond county praying that the
Baylor oyster lines be not broken.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-12-04

RAPPAHANNOCK FARM-On Rap
pahannock River about 60 miles below
Fredericksburg and 40 miles above
mouth. Has navigable creek some dis
lance up into the farm. Splendid oyster
and fishing ground. Baltimore, Norfolk
and Fredericksburg steamers daily at
wharf and postoffice two miles distant.
100 acres arabic, 90 marsh grazing land
aad wood land. Dwelling small. AT
low figure for cash.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-12-04
LONGER TINE ON TAXES.

Both Houses passed the bill ex-
tending the time for payment of
this years taxes from December Ist
to January LIST without the per
cent. penalty. This was rendered
necessary by the delay in the delivery
Of assessment books to the commits
sioners of revenue incident to the
changes in the States constitution.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-23
A Woman Doctor.

know woman -. ~.
Who lives life with a childlike zest
And has heart for all things human;
And we'll she loves the world, and best
Whatever in the world is loveliest:
Yet cannot wholly scorn the rest
Vice, dirt,
And poverty, and he1plessness. and pest.
Not hers to avert
From the prone wretch beneath tho way.
side palm
The virtuous Levite skirt:
She asks not What is his desert7
But Is he hurt?
That found,
She ,pours her cunning Oils into the
And tends the wastrel with the costlisst
-. balm.
For this she made
Herself a Good Samaritan by trade;
Cloaked her large heart. 49,. -~~
And bounteous feeling ~
Behind the faculty and art ...t-r--~s,
Of healing; = - -,.'.s.sS .es's
That oftentimes those whom she relieves
Give, kneeling,
Thanks for that day they fell among the
thieves. ~
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-23
THEY WERE HIS ALL.
Witness Had Right to Complain Abouss
oss Of His Teeth.

Witness Had Right to Complain Abouss
Loss Of His Teeth.
little tale is told about the prose-
cution of William F. Blake, for ASSAULT
upon one McTernan. 1t is true story.
but is good enough to be fiction.
,,r. McTernan had detailed at some
length how he had gone into the
saloon at No. 1886 Westminster street,
at the request of Mrs. Margaret Col
bert on the evening Of Feb. %; how
he had been attacked, as he alleged,
nv William F. Blake, and had had a
quartet of teeth completely d1slodged'
nv blow from the defendants fish,
how he had then been kicked in the
side thrice, and how he had borne it,
all without lifting his hands to defend
himself. On the face of it up to that
,point the narrative sounded like one.
OF aggravated assault. A..
r Then Harry P, Cross took the wit
ness in hand to cross-examine him.
"Tou say Mr.. Blake struck you IN
the MOUTH" he asked. 3ss.,-r ,
i 'sHe did," was the emphatic reply. r..
with his fist?" = H. -
1 ~ es, with his fist"
"And knocked out four teeth?"
Eyes; four teeth" Il
q 55sz ..Now, Mr.. McTernan," asked the.
lawyer, "about those teeth. Were they
false?" Il, .*. j.--: fss.. .
d .They was" said McTernan, after
an instant,s hesitation, "but they was.
all had" Providence Journal.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-23
The War of CorpuscIes.

The war between the white corpus.
cles of the blood and the microbes
of disease was first described by the
Russian pathologist Metchnikoff.
While devoting himself to the study
of inflammations he in each case
noted the presence of white cells in
the blood currents in abnormal mum.
bers. Inside these white cells he in
variably found the specific microbe
of the disease under consideration
it seemed that the big corpuscles
were devouring the poisonous mi.
crobes. sometimes the number taken
up by a corpuscle was too great and
it died as result. II this overcom.
ing Of the white corpuscles by the
microbes was general the patient
died ..... ~
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-23

The Kaiser Wilhelm H., the big
new North German Lloyd steamship,
arrived at quarantine at New York,
on it's maiden voyage, April FL. The
Kaiser left Cherbourg at half past
1 o'clock April 16, being delayed at
Southampton to take on 700 tons of
fresh water: g. $50
Although on it's trial trip the liner
attained speed of $3.50 knots an
hour, it did not maintain any such
record as this, the maiden westward
passage of the Atlantic, the time be-
ing five days and twenty-three hours
from Cherbourg to Sandy Hook over
a course of $3.50 miles, which is
seven hours and fourteen minutes be-
hind the Deutschland's maiden rec
ord. The liner Celtic was passed
April 20, and also an Allan liner. 1t
was found necessary to keep to the
northerly route on account Of ice.
Four icebergs were passed April 10.
The ship proved an excellent sea
boat and exceptionally steady, with
only slight vibration.
The Cedric, the last great addition
to the White Star fleet, combines
steadiness of keel with vastness of
bulk, but she has no pretensions in
the way of speed. Now comes this
German craft, whose builders not
only claim unprecedented speed for
their creation, but who are willing to
guarantee a reasonable amount OF
steadiness in a seaway, and to the
voyager who wants but little in the
way of food fair insurance against
the Titles loss.
For the last dozen or so years it.
has been very much a game OF see
saw between the various lines which
have been competing for the lead.
First one has had it, then the other.
For a time the British White Star
was in the ascendant. the Teutonlc
and the. Majestic of that line having
no rivals save the two 1nman racers,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-23
GOULD AND THE WORKMAN.
Philosophy in UnciviI Reply Given to
~ Maunate.

49, ~ Magnate. -,
James r. Keene sometimes relates
an amusing episode in the life Of Jay
Could. ~ .e-.
| Gould, according to Mr.. Keene's
story, had bought up little railroad
in the West, and, desiring to see how
this road was conducted, he travelled
incognito over a part of it one day on
foot, talking to all the workmen whom
he met. +. ''.,>sss.
There was one workman who was
handling a pile of baggage with great
roughness. He would drop from high
places boxes marked with Care" A
trunk, under his treatment, burst open.
and a white mound Of underwear lay
in the dust. Resembling thuds,
smashes and crashes attended his
maneuvers like a chorus. Mr.. Gould
said, in a stern voice:
Friend, don't you think you are
little too violent? Wouldn't gentler
methods give you just as good re-
sults?"
NO." said the workman. mo, not
at ALL
"Well, don't agree with you," said
Mr.. Gould.
'You don't hey? Well, who cares
if you don't?" the workman returned.
Now" said Gould, 'be civil. Re-
member civility costs nothing"
"Oh, go to h." the man blurted
out, glazing at the oficious stranger.
mo, I will not go to hell" was Mr..
Gould's mild answer. Hell is the last
place I would think of going to-"
The workman gave loud laugh.
And it is the last place you will go
to-" he MISUNDERSTANDING.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-23
=. Youths Turning to Crime.

.,.,.4.s,. Youths Turning to Crime.
wa / ne q artIing statement IS made II
Minneapolis that of the forty one pris.
oners in the Hennepin county Jail.
not one. is above twenty-three years
of age. The condition that brings
about this state of affairs is worth in
quiring into. A Hennepin county
judge commenting upon the situa-
ton says that he believes the increase
of crime among young men is due
to their being forced out Of many
sources .of employment by girls. The
one thing certain is the fact that
there are more young men occupying
cells in jails and penitentiaries than
there were a few years ago, and it
behooves those persons who interest
themselves in criminology to inquire
into the conditions that have brought
about this increase in the criminal
tendencies of young men. @.-- ~,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-23
TRUE TO HIS TRAINING.
Warship's Mascot Departed Life In
Regulation Form.

Regulation Form.
In the forecastle of the cruiser
Raleigh at the New York navy yard
abraham" rooster and mascot, died
on Sunday. He was nineteen months
old, and had only been in the service
a short time. The cause of death was
an explosion following upon acute ap-
pendicitis.
On the same day the dog mascot OF
the ship, who had taken special lik-
ing to abraham" deserted.
"Abraham's" untimely end so moved
the fo'cs'le that yesterday the men
gave him a naval funeral. Some Of his
feathers were saved as souvenirs. His
body was sewed in canvas and weight
ed with brick, and was dropped cere-
moniously into the Wallabout. Lands.
man Peter O'Donegal oficiated. Her
man Schotts was chief pallbearer. 1.
; on Sunday morning Abraham was
in his usual good health, when he be-
gan kicking about the forecastle. His
inexperience in the making OF bombs
was his undoing. He poked his bill
into the black powder. He Is alleged
to have swallowed a large quantity,
and was Immediately attacked with
pains in his hull. Thinking he had the
grip, members Of the crew carried him
into the cooks galley. The stove was
red hot. Details are grewsome. In
O'Donegal's arms abraham" explod-
ed with a loud report. But his train
ing did not desert him. Bringing his
port foot to his comb, he reported by
code to O'Donegal as he expired "sir,
my magazine has blown up and l am
sinking."-New York Herald.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-23

Of course, steamships never race
at least their captains always deny
that they ever do; but whenever yes
sells of rival lines happen to be neal
each other, and moving in the same
direction, it: unfailingly happens thai
they are handled SO as to create ar
sziaa o1.essien on the 1passe
that each is striving to- do little
better than her best.
Coming to a description Of the Kai
ser Wilhelm H., it may be said that
she has accommodations for re
saloon passengers, 343 second class
and 40 steerage passengers. The
crew consists of 600 all told, making
a total of 2,488 for whom accommoda
tons are provided. A unique limo
walton in this express" liner is the
installation of what the company
describes as Imperial rooms" 'lux
ury apartments" and Estate cabins,
three grades hitherto unknown to the
sea voyagers.
Another unique feature is com
plete telephone system, which ex
tends throughout the ship, with q
central and all it's appurtenances;
Mr.. Jones, engaged in. a poker game
in the smoking room, may be able tc
call UP his spouse and explain to he1
just why it is that he will be home
late; while Mr.. Smith, who is look.
ing on at the game, can call up the
wine steward, and tell him just what
he thinks about him and that last
decoction that he furnished. The
vessel has also wireless telegraphy.
AS the steamer is to carry the i'm.
perial and United States mail, a spe
cial postofice has been fitted ur
according to government instructions
In this postoflce several higher and
subordinate officials will be busily
engaged with tie sorting of the mail
SO that it may be distributed imme
diately after the arrival at the port Of
destination. - - - =.