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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-03-13

Arriving at Baltimore next morning.
Landings marked z have four boats per
week. Note time for leaving on Monday.
Those who desire to ship fish beyond
Baltimore will be furnished with through
rates by writing to freight agent.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-03-13
Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic
Ess!S RAILWAY CO.
Spring schedule for fishing season to
take effect March 14th, 1903.
STEAMERS IDA AND TANGIER.
Great wicomico River Linz

from Great Wicomico River, Dividing.
Dymers, Indian aud Antipoison Creeks
for Baltimore. Steamers will leave land
ings named as follows:
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-03-13
The Cry of Finland.


Though the religious and daily news
papers have been for weeks filed with
the accounts Of Finland's sunerings.
the horrors and agonies which those
simple people Of the north are going
through will probably never be fully
told But as try to describe 1t to YOU
In part no words of mine can 80 touch
1ngly present the condition of that af-
/ f1icted land as does the simple state
ment which Inspector Engberg, who
knows that country well, gave to a
representative OF the American press.
Il have seen much Of the suffering" he
says. ut has been awfully black and
IL so still. take my word for that. /
nave become through custom almost
hardened to seeing women and children
crying for food. that was common as
recently as New Years day. When /
near people talk about conditions be-
Ing exaggerated, think of how I have
seen human beings eating bran, of how
an old woman. the wife OF a formerly
prosperous farmer, is In the habit of
coming to my stable and begging per
mission TO scrape the leavings in the
DIN or my horse for sustenance for her
three cows. of how every mother I'm
this community is delighted to get meat
bones that have been discarded nv
more prosperous householders and boil
them and reboil them until they float
In the hope OF extracting particles of
nourishment. You will be right I'm saw.
Ing that we have STAYED off starvation
TIL now, but God help US IL relief
should now fall u.s." oh, my brother
and sister, could any plea for food be
more pathetic. more urgent, than that?
Human beings compelled to eat bran
that food which today you would re-
fuse to give TO your dog. Eating bran
ana chopped rye straw and the bark of
trees merely to stifie the awful crav-
ings OF hunger, and yet not able to even
get enough OF that!
Starving Finland is stretching her
arms across the Atlantic, appealing for
bread from Christian America. Dare
we, can we, refuse to heed the cry?
Dare we, shall we, stop eur ears to this
gospel call? Remember that solemn
Question or the apostle, He that hath
this worlds goods and seeth his broth
or have need and shutteth ND his COM
passion from him, how dwelleth the
love or God In himr" As you love your
children. think OF those children that
are starving; as you love your wife.
tpink or those wives and mothers and
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-03-13
Arrive Baltimore next morning.
Landings marked have daily boats
Piankatank River Line

from Piankatank River and Milford
Haven for Baltimore. Steamers will
leave landings named as follows:
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1903-03-13
WORDS STRANGE MEANING.

Ic0pyrisht. 1893. by Louis KiOpsch. ]
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-16

o'clock, consists Of biscuit and milk Dinner.
served in the evening, consists Of the same
kind of table food as men and women eat
roast beef, mashed potatoes, peas, tomatoes,
corn It is all very well to talk about the
hygienic excellence of dog biscuit and the vari-
Gus other health foods, but find that to keep
a dog in good condition, to keep his appetite
hearty, so that he enjoys eating. there is moth
ing like table food the varied diet Of cooked
meats and cooked vegetables that mankind
loves"
An attendant in white overalls entered the
room at this moment. He had in his hand a
nickelplated contrivance that resembled huge
bicycle pump. He advanced to a greyhound
and pressed the handle of his machine, and in
stantIy there shot forth a delicious, COOL sill
very spray. like the spray of a fountain. The
dog looked pleased. The attendant passed on,
shooting his cooling mist everywhere. A sweet,
pleasant, pungent odor filed the air.
He is disinfecting the place" the manager
explained. 1T is disinfectant that he is spray
ing. Three times a day he goes over the whole
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-16

building, from cellar to garrett disinfectng
every thing. Hence, no illness, no SMELLS no I'M
cleanliness"
He led the way to the cats room. It re-
sembled the dogs, only it was not quite so
large. Here, too, were the same cleanliness. the
same bright metal compartments, the same well
scrubbed floors, the same abundance of light and
air.
we feed our cats on milk, raw fish and raw
meat We watch them closely, to discover the
diet that best suits each cat. We have very
little sickness and what sickness there is We
manage to cure in a few hours"
He passed into another room, a room whose
walls were lined with shelves, like book Shelves
only on each shelf, instead of books, were bird
cages of shining metal, and in each cage a bird
"a canary. hooking bird, or a parrot A
loud singing filed the air. The manager said:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-16

bull terrier pushed his handsome muzze
into the mans hand.
You ask me-" the manager resumed, IF
any Of my dog boarders ever ran away from
me- Well the stands so much to the
contrary that I can tell you this dog here, after
having been with a month, ran away from
his owner and came back to US.
But we were talking about the dogs enter
tainment. What they like even better than
their walk is their bath. They are bathed in a
big tank twice a week oftener, as the
weather requires. Altogether they have a pleas
ant time. They seem to think they get the
worth Of their 81 week. They are dis
satisfied.
Il feed my dogs two meals a day. Down
stairs there is a big kitchen, and a cook is
kept busy all day preparing food for the animals
and birds The dogs breakfast, served at
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-16
HOW PETS ARE BO4RDED.
Best of Care GiUeR-Instructi of
-ARLiOuS OzCnerS.
SUMMER BOARD.
Dogs and Cats Birds and Fish.
Pleasant Surroundings Reasonable tSates

This advertisement, or one much like it, is
now appearing in many big newspapers in many
big cities of the United States. 1t Is the ad-
vertisement of humane business-the animal
hotel business-the business of looking after pet
stock in warm weather, during the absence from
town of the pet stocks owners.
The animal hotel is not precisely a new thing
but the animal hotel of to-day is more comforta-
Die by far than many a hotel for men and
women that existed fifty or sixty years ago.
With a bathroom, with a laundry with physl-
clan, with walters, with kitchen and COOK
the animal hotel is often sumptuous' pleasant
and interesting institution.
At a typical animal hotel of the best sort in
Philadelphia the rates per week are: Dogs. 81;
cats, s.; birds. - cents; fish. % cents.
Here the birds and fish are kept together in
big ROOM the dogs having another big room,
and the cats a third. Each Of these rooms Is
lofty and clean, with abundance Of sunlight
and an abundance of fresh air. The laundry
and kitchen are in the basement and tiny
room off the office filled with little assortment
of steel instruments and another little assert
Inent of drugs. is the sick bay" where animals
are dosed or operated on, as their case needs.
This animal hotel is to-day overcrowded. There
are on its register 200 birds. 300 fish, 20 dogs
and 100 cats. Applications for board must be
hotel is Intelligent This is the way keep
our dogs" he said the other day as he led the
WAY into a clean, bare room, with a roof Of
glass through which a flood Of clear light fell
The room was cool; screens at the windows kept
ont the flies The dogs compartments took up
the two longer sides; in the middle there was
great open space.
Each dogs compartment was about five feet
square elevated a little, and incIosed upon two
sides with a bright metal screen. The animals
look cool and comfortable They were valuable
ones-here Boston bull, there collie, there
St bernard there a Blenheim spaniel They
must have been worth on the average SID
aDfece and here and there among them were
prize winners worth $3.50 and $1,000 apiece.
How do you entertain these dogs, and what is
their bill Of fare?" said the visitor
Well" said the manager, I'VE entertain our
dogs with healthy exercise in the main. In
this big open space they are allowed, two or
three al time to romp. Every now and then,
too. a walk is given to them. They are walked
about town or taken for a run in the country
chains are fastened well, that there is no
danger of their escaping"
None Of them ever succeed in running of,
them"
IT is part Of my business" said the manager
TO conffne my dogs securely. If one OF them
should escape from me. IL would be a disgrace.
For me TO let a dog get the better OF me IN
that way would be a blot on my business repu-
tation that would never be able TO rub OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-16

request for her autograph. But in a postscript
was sentence which the boy had evidently
tucked in unknown to his elders and it read
They don't shake EN- that way" Miss Das-
kan was wholly mystified by this, and finally
she wrote TO the little fellow. who doesn't
shake what?" She soon received from him a
reference TO a certain paragraph and page of a
certain magazine, and looking it up she dis
covered il was a story which she had written
in the early part Of her career and which she
had almost entirely forgotten. The paragraph
contained the description of how a shaggy dog
shook his coat when he came out from a swim.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-31
SEA TAKES BACK ISLANDS.
The Tuamotu Group Is Rapidly
Crumbling Under Tidal Waves
and Floods.

From advices received from Papeete,
Tahiti, it Ia learned that the so islands,
known variously as the Low archipelago
and the Tuamotu group, are destined to
be reclaimed by the Pacific ocean, says
San Francisco report. Last January
they were swept by a sudden food of
high tidal waves from the ocean and the
lesser ones crumbled into the lagoona
and, in consequence nearly 5000 Of the
inhabitants of the islands were drowned
and property to the value of 81, SOC, 900
was destroyed.
And now, six months later, fierce gales
from the southwest and southeast have
again caused great crests to sweep over
the islands So far only four persons
are believed to have persisted, but the
fear is great that when all the islands
are cleared there may be a distressing
list of fatalities The steamer Excelsior
suffered much damage during the series
of gales while she was on her way from
Tahiti to the Marquesas group.
Three of the Tuamotu islands were
under water to such an extent that the
inhabitants had to climb cocoanut trees
for safety. Houses and stores, copra
and finally the cocoanuts were de-
stroyed; while the inhabitants had a
close call of death. It is thought that
most Of the islands in the group were
visited by the storm.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-31
s $685. s ssass s maa 8

Pointer. Star Pointer was the f1ret
PAGER to get under two minutes, and
when he succeeded he beat the 2.01 n
OF Robert T.. which record was MAIDS
at Terre Haute, Ind, September
Of Star Pointer off the rec-
ord slate altogether Dan Patch haa
his work cut out for him. The sheet
shows the quarter mile In :28 standing
to Star Pointers credit, the half ini
57A and the quarters in 1:281<.s
The quarter was made at the time Oh
the 1891 mile, the half was done Sep-
TENDER II, 1898, a year later, while the
three-quarter was reeled off September
i, 1898 Dan Patch's fractional timer
were, :2gA, 1854 and 1:29A
Horsemen are now figuring on q cut
in the trotting record, which stands aH
a:O2A to the credit Of Cresceus. The
speed shown by G. X. G.. Billings mare,
Lou Dillon. in, her trials against the
watch this year gives the enthusiasts
hope and the 2:02M already credited ta
the mare looks for her easy to beat
With the cut IN the trotting mark the
three leading turf records. will have.
been lowered this year The thorough
breds have twice beaten their best
Allan-a-Dale doing 1877 SIS, made all:
Washington park, Chicago, and Dick
Welles later cutting it to 1877 2-5 att
Harlem. Dan Patch's 1:59 fixes the
PAGERS and now the fans have their eyes
on the trotters.
A turf king was dethroned, new
monarch crowned and worlds record
of 2 minutes 5S seconds established
when Africander, the 3-year-old som.
Of Star Ruby and Afric Queen. WON
the twenty-fifth running of the Sara
toga cup at Saratoga, II. n. the others
day. Water Boy was the unheatem
favorite, but he ran third to Heno
M. Walsh, OF Boston. Mass. broke
the worlds record for throwing the 56-a
pound weight Friday at. South Fra
mingham, Mass, hurting the big weight
80 feet.
In the last games Of the tournament
of the National Rogue association,
played at Norwich, Conn, recently. c.
G. Cox, Of Maiden, Mass, won the cham-
pionship In the exr IT division. MitchelE
of Philadelphia won first In the second
division, and s. Il, Davenport, of News
York, in the third division.
HARRY MARTINS
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-31
MISSoURIS SHIFTING FARMS.
Thousands of Acres Transferred
from One County to Another
~ by the River.

The Missouri river plays sad tricks
with land owners all along it's way, but
none has lost more and none has gained
more by it's constant changes of course
than certain farmers in Coone and Cole
counties, Mo-, says the Country Gentle
man. The Columbia Herald estimates
that Boone county has been robbed of
5000 acres of valuable land since 1865,
all of which has been added to Cole
county. Ten Boone county farmers
have, within recent years, lost from 20
to 100 acres, and one of them lost 100
out of $50 acres. People on the Cole
county side have profted proportion
ate1y-H. T. Wright. to whom has ac-
crued 400 acres; Ewing Johnson, 500
acres; Pressly Edwards, 16O acres, and
3. M. Anderson, 430 acres What is
worse, Boone county is in great danger
of losing 5000 acres by a threatened
change in the rivers course Fifty years
ago the little town of Wilton was two
miles inland. Now it is within stones
throw of the river, and it is considered
only question of time until it's inhab-
itants will have to move back or be
swept away. The people Of Boone coun-
ty are becoming much concerned about
the situation, and are raising a fund
with which to wage battle with the ag-
gressive big Muddy" which seems dis
posed to turn all of their property over
to their Cole county neighbors.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-31

months of July and August, the time Of
its first appearance varying with the
climatic conditions during any particu-
lar season. The first spots usually de-
velop on the apple fruits when they are
nearly full grown, From that time on
until the fruit is entirely ripened the dis
ease is likely to occur with increasing
severity.
Warm, sultry weather, particularly
after rain, forms the ideal condition for
the development of the bitter rot. In
cool, dry summers the bitter rot is usu-
ally present but sparingly. A short series
If hot, wet days in August may bring
about a sudden and very destructive at.
tack. Nights with a heavy fall Of dew
alternating with hot days are usually
followed by an extensive development
If the disease. Numerous instances might
be mentioned where the disease appeared
in an orchard during the latter part. OF
August, after few hot days destroying
the whole crop in three days. A notable
case of this kind occurred during the
summer of 1900. Cold weather usually
checks the disease and may stop it al
together.
The bitter rot fungus, like other
species of the form genus Gloeosporium.
has an almost worldwide distribution.
In the United States it has been found in
nearly all Of the states east Of and in
GLIDING Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.
A careful search through the Theological
literature available at the Missouri bot
anica1 garden has shown that under one
name or another this fungus has been re-
ported from Maine, New Hampshire.
Vermont, Connecticut, New York, New
Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, West Vir-
ginia, North Carloina, South Carolina,
Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, Ohio.
Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin,
Missouri Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma.
Indian Territory and Texas. The states
east of the Mississippi from which the
fungus has not vet been reported are al
most unexplored mycologically. 1t is ex-
tremely probable that it occurs in all
states where the apple is being grown,
even in the most northern latitudes.
The first signs of the bitter rot appear
in the form Of q very faint light brown
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-31
NEGOTIATION FROM A CANkER.
APPLES AFFECTED WITH BITTER ROT.


discoloration under the skin OF the ap-
pie. The spots are exceedingly small at
first, and as they grow larger they ap-
pear circular in outline. The spots rapid
ly increases in size, becoming darker
brown. When the spot is one-eighth OF
an inch in diameter the area appears dis
tinctly sunken The borders Of these
spots are usually very nearly circular
and sharply defined.
The cankers found on apple trees in
Illinois appear as blakened depressions
on apple limbs of various sizes, from last
years fruit spurs to limbs three to four
inches in diameter. Thus far the cankers
have not been found on the main trunk.
Although the bitter rot has been 50
destructive to apple crops for 80 years
or more, little. if any Roadway had
been made until recently toward
combating it successfully. The dis.
ease may still be regarded as one
of the most difficult ones to con-
troll, although 1t now seems probable that
greater success ought to attend proven
tive measures. These may now be placed
under these heads:
l. Removal of diseased fruits and
mummies.
O. Removal of limb cankers.
3. Spraying with fungicides.
HERMAN N. Won SCHREUK.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-31

holiday games of this season has been
effected by agreement among the man
ayers of the New Haven, Holyoke,
Springfield and Hartford clubs. Orig
inally Springfield was booked to play
with New Haven, and Holyoke with
Hartford. The Labor day parade in
Hartford makes it unwise to attempt
to play there in the morning, and the
Charter Oak park races would draw
the crowd away in the afternoon. At
Holyoke the trotting park owners de-
mand the use of the grounds in the al
ternoon, so that a morning game only
could be attempted there. The Sprung
field and New Haven managers ma
that while the games could. really ne
played as scheduled. there would still
be hurry and hustle to get the teams
on the field in time. The scheme
worked out, therefore, is to allow Eol-
yoke and Springfield to play together
and Hartford and New Haven on
Labor day. All parties have agreed 10
the transfer.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-31
Hamhnrg Re11e wins IMMUNITY.

NEW YORK, Aug. 31.-With the adj
mittedly best, colts Of the year splash
ing the mud behind her Hamburg
Belle, Sydney Paget's FLY, led field
of eighteen home in the fifteenth re-
newal of the Futurity. Her brilliant
victory was applauded by 10000 racing
enthusiasts, who had braved the rain
laden northeast blast and shivered
through an uncomfortable afternoon at
Sheepshead Bay. Hamburg Bellies sue
cess was the redeeming feature of the
Futurity. The third FLY to win the
classic for two-year-olds, she stamped
herself truly wonderful piece of
horsefesh. When L'Alouette won in
1897 it was rightfully said that her vic
tory was in the nature of a fuke.
There were some who denied the great
ness of Butterflies, which in 1894 was
the first FLY to win the Futurity. But
Hamburg Belle by her races previous
to Saturday had won the right to the
position of honor as the speculative
favorite before the bugle sounded the
Futurity candidates to the post. Then
she achieved her victory in, a manner
that pleased her admirers and proved
the soundness of their Judgment.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-31

ii WC11 hAOWA, AdFC
come and joined American clubs. adding
TO the prestige Of their particular clubs,
and professionals, especially from
sauld Scotia" have come in great num-
bers, but this is the first time an inter-
national flavor has been given golf
matches. The contests are like the
International cricket matches, and
tours OF tennis teams, and are the first
international matches in the country.
excepting those with Canadian golf
teams The memb ers of the team were:s
J. L. Lokv, G. NJ Day, Fl. G. B. Ellis,
D. II. Ransom, p w Leathart, G. FL.
Alison, II. w. Beverage, N. F. Hunter.
J. A. r. Bramston, r. M. Hunter and
G. D. Barne. The Englishmen showed
up to advantage in their matches.
showing American patrons OF the game.
several new points about it.
John L Low, captain Of the team,
has figured most prominently OF any
Of the men in the British champion
ships and big tournaments. He has,
won the first scratch medal Of the
Royal and Ancient Golf Club, the first
scratch aggregate prize at the Royal and
Ancient, the Calcutta cup, Jubilee vase,
bronze medal in the British amateur
championship in 1897, In which he was
beaten after tie: won bronze medal
in 1898, when he lost after tie, and in
1901 he won the silver medal, being
beaten by hole. Tie captain also has
won thirty scratch prizes at Cambridge,
Blackheath, Perth, Carnoustie and
elsewhere. His putting game Is said to
be almost invincible. Mr.. Lows wife
died last year, and he has played little
golf since, so the undertaking Of Lead
Ing the present team has given his
friends great pleasure. Mr.. Low has
been captain of the Cambridge, Ciren-
cester and Working Golf clubs and is
now captain Of the Royal Blackheath
Golf club. the oldest golfing society in
the world, which dates it's ancestry to
1908. Last year Mr.. Low was chosen to
represent Scotland at Hoylake, but did
not accept. Mr. Low is the only one OF
the visitors who is not Of the younger
school.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-31
FIFE AND WRINGE.
STR Thomas Denies Amy Controversy
ON Shamrock III.

=
SANDY HOOK, N. J., Aug. 31.-Sir
Thomas Upton expressed himself forci-
bly, on the allegations that Designer
Fife and Captain Wringe were in bit
ter controversy over the cause of the
defeat of the Shamrock III.
IT want to say" said Sir Thomas,
shat am absolutely disguised with
the continual repetition of the story
that have criticised Mr.. Fife and that
Mr.. Fife and Captain Wringe are at
loggerheads. I say distinctly and forci-
bly, that have never criticised Mr..
Fife. I had Mr.. Fife build me boat.
He built me beautiful and, think, a
fast boat. He put in her his best en-
deavor, and I have never questioned
his loyalty and his ability. 1t is not
his fault that Mr.. Herreshoff built a
better one for these waters. It is not
his fault that the wizard of yacht
building is in this country, and wizard
he is. So, too, the stories of Mr.. Fife's
Wringe are without founda ton. Cap
tain Wrings has sailed Shamrock III.
in the same manner as Mr.. Fife built
her-to the best of his ability. ! have
no fault to find with him, and the
statement that have found fault with
Captain Wringe or that Mr.. Fife or I
have interfered with him is ridiculous.
Mr. Fife has done his full duty by me,
and so has Captain Wringe. There is no
controversy between me and either Of
them and none between them, will
vouch."
Colonel Neill and Jack Wilson, guests
Of Sir Thomas on the Erin, were cruis-
ing in one of the Erin's launches in the
Shrewsbury river when the engine
broke down. and they drifted for an
hour and half before being picked
up by another launch and towed to the
Erin. The accident was caused by
suddenly reversing the engine to rescue
one Of the Erin's mascot" Scottish ter
riers which had fallen overheard.
Sir Thomas said that he thought
there was a chance for race this
morning, adding that the Shamrock
had wea thered stiff gale coming over
and that he would like to see her in a
good sea.