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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-02-12
HELPS BRING SUCCESS.

A mans success in life is usually
In proportion to his confidence in
himself, and the energy and persis-
tence with which he pursues bis aim.
La this competing age there is little
hope for the man who does not
thoroughly believe in himself. The
man who can be easily discouraged
or turned aside from his purpose, the
man who has no iron i'm his blood.
will never win, prophesies writer in
Success. Half the giants strength
IS in the conviction that he is giant.
The strength of muscle is en- HANGED
q hundredfold by the will power.
The same muscle, when removed from
the giants arm, when divorced from
the force of the mighty will, can sus-
tain but fraction of the weight it
did moment before it was discon-
nected. What miracles confidence
has wrought! What impossible deeds
It has helped to performl 1t took
Napoleon over the Alps in mid
winter, it took Farragut and Dewey
past the cannons, torpedoes and mines
OF the enemy; it led Nelson and Lee
to victory; it has been the great tonic
in the world of discovery, invention
and art; it has helped to win the
thousand triumphs in war and
science which were deemed impossi-
BILE. The man without self-confi-
dence and an iron will is the play
thing OF ohance, the puppet of his
environment, the slave of circum.
stance. With these he is king, even
master of the situation.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-02-12
THE CUsTIs FAMILY BIBLE.

Martha Washington's Bible, which
had been in the GUSTS family for
generations and which was lost by
the family of Gen. Robert E. Lee
43 years ago, is now the subject of q
dispute which may be carried into
the court for settlement.
The present owner, who is George
w. Kendrick, jr., of Philadelphia
vice president of the Union Security
and Guaranty Company. refuses tc
turn it over to the Lees and does not
recognize their claim to it. An at.
torney has been consulted by mem
Der of the family with view to find.
ing out whether legal proceedings
can be instituted.
Mr.. Kendrick, in speaking of the
matter, said,
"While l have had the Bible for
over 30 years, | am perfectly willing
to give it either to the ladies of the
Mount Vernon Society or to the
Smithsonian Institution, Washing
ton. Such a relic as this should be
placed where the public can see it.
| do not admit that General Gusts
Lee is entitled to it more than any
other descendant of Martha Wash
ington, and hence am unwilling to
turn 1t over to him."
Mr.. Kendrick said that he bought
the Bible % years ago from a man
named Stein, who is now dead.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-02-12
SOWING WILD OATS.

Our Suffolk correspondent gave us
an interesting story concerning one
Richard Mullen, of Kentucky, who.
after being for seventeen years a fugi.
tive from justice, surrendered to the
authorities and confessed to crime
which he committed in Kentucky in
1887. His conscience dashed him
until ne could stand 1T no longer, and
ne preferred to take the consequences
rather than to wander longer as a
free man With his guilt upon him.
His crime was committed during a
drunken brawl in which four young
men participated. Mullen now SAYS
that he is the only survivor of the
quartette. One of them was killed
by Mullen; another was killed near
Johnstown, Pa, and Mullen is likely
to die on the gallows, or, at least, to
spend the rest of his life in prison.
Only one Of the four died natural
death. This is terrible warning to
young men. If they choose to drink
and carouse and tote pistols and fight
and shoot. they may reasonably ex-
pect to die violent death. The
man who expects to die in peace m ust
live in peace. Iinaes-Dispatch.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-02-12

gone something like six thousand out
OF the eighty million of American
people did fling away this thing we
call life as worthless, while the over
shadowing majority did cling to it,
and are clinging to it with desperate
tenacity, and priced and are prizinp
itas the pearl of great price. What's
true of America is true of all lands
and all seas upon which the sun of
God is shining, and what does this
all mean unless it means that in the
estimation of man life is worth
living?
The infant gaps for life, the Grip.
pie clings to it, the poor pray for it,
the old are not ready to co. the in-
durable live in hope, the unfortunate
battle on, the blind feel their way.
the deaf hear some music in it, ali.
all unite in saying "better bare the
ills We have than fly to others we
know not Of" Eternal life ia the
gift of God, aud 80 is human, and
God never gave a worthless thing,
nor did Christ die to make bright an
altogether darkened thing.-Farm-
vtlls Herald.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-02-12
THE ENGLISH SPARROW
Editor Times Dispatch

Editor Times Dispatch:
StR.-Is the English sparrow of sny
service 20 manp Does he do more harm
than g"od2 What does he feed upong
GARDENER.
We answer the foregoing with a
quotation from DR.. Judd's elaborate
report on the subject, made to the
United States Department of Agri-
culture:
English sparrows would be far
more effective in rural districts if
they flew out into the fields to feed:
but instead of this they limit their
weed-seed eating largely to the barn
yard and the Immediate vicinity of
buildings.
English sparrows do effective work
in destroying seeds of weeds ia the
public parks of cities and towns.
This food does not differ materially
in character from that of the native
sparrows, consisting of suoh kinds as
plgeon-grass, yard-grass, Bermuda or
wire-grass, lamb's-quarters, crab
grass, sweet clover, knotweed, field
mustard, black bindweed, smartweed,
climbing false buckwheat, dandelion,
sunhower and ragweed.
In cities the grain that enters into
their food is composed so largely of
the semidigested oats in horse drop
pings in the streets that it should not
be allowed to weigh against the
species appreciably in estimating the
character of its food habits. But in
rural districts it is largely drawn
from mans supply. There is scarcely
a grain crop which English sparrows
do not habitually injure. They pill
lage the fields by thousands and
cause great damage.
1t appears, therefore, that there ia
little to be said in favor of the Eng
lish sparrow. It's insectivorous
habits are creditable as far as they
go, but they are insignificant because
the diet is almost exclusively vege-
table; and while it is in the vegetable
fare that the value of most sparrows
consists, yet in the case of the English
sparrow the damage to grain far
overbalances the benefit of weed-seed
destruction. Adding to this the
injury 1t causes to buildings and
statues in cities, there is 30 escape
from the conclusion, that the. bird ia
a serious, pest, the extermnation Of
which would be an unmixed blessing.
The obnoxious character of the
English sparrow is widely recognized,
and numerous attempts, by means of
bounties and otherwise, have been
made to rid the country of its pres
enoe, but with little success. The
wariness of the bird, its hardihood.
and its prodigious feoundity have
thus far rendered all suoh efforts
futile.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-02-12
HUSBANDS AWAITING THEN

Here are the facts concerning q
recent news item:
A. b. Hodsell, a prominent farmer
of Buckeye, Ariz., has written to j.
Few Brown, assistant cashier of the
Shenandoah Valley National Bank,
OF Winchester, asking him if he can
not send carload of Winchester
girls to Arizona to become the wives
of the young farmers in his section.
These young men, Mr.. Hodsell saws.
are all thrifty, prosperous, and happy,
except that they lack wives, and can.
get them in Arizona. They are not
particular SIS to looks or age, and Mr..
Hodsell says he can s'place" a carload
OF Virginia maids and matrons in
his section alone within tween ty four
hours after their receipt in the Ter
ritory.
Although Mr.. Hodsells letter was
written IN all seriousness, it was
treated as joke, but already Mr..
Brown has received several applica-
tions to join the matrimonial excur-
SION, and it is probable that several
fair maids will try their fortunes in
Arizona.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-02-12

endeavored to get rid of their cotton
as soon as the market opened.
With cotton appearing for sale for
which there was no aggressive de-
mand, prices began to crnmble. Wire
houses were soon informed of the
rumored settlement aud then profess
sional traders in the pit took their
turn ut hammering the market. This
broke July to 17 cents aud caused a
decline in May cotton to below II
cents. On the break shorts began 10
cover moderately, fearful of denial
of the early rumors, and this turned
prices upward 80 points quickly.
There is now a general belief that
the big bull leaders, who have gained
control of the future market, intend
to do their utmost to force holders
of spot cotton who have hedged in
the future market to cover at prices
that will be ruinous. Tie strain is
becoming severe on dealers in the
actual commodity, men who are en-
gagged in legitimate business being
compelled to put up ss margins enor-
NOUS sums of money. One dealer
who owns 5000 bales of actual cot
ton and who hedged by selling July
cotton in New Orleans has put up
100000 and was compelled yester.
day to add another 800, 900 in order
to protect his hedge sales.
A dealer holding 5000 bales of
cotton bought at los cents now has
mp over $4,000 and is unable to OBJ
tain on his cotton as collateral more
than IL cents pound. Bankers, as
rule, appear unwilling to advance
more than IL, ID or 13 cents on spot
cotton. 1t is now question whether
the legitimate trade can stan1 the
speculative craze in the future
market.
1t will be observed that in ali this
cotton excitement not single real
bale was represented in all the deal
ings on the New York market. 1t
was all speculstion-gambling pure
and simple.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-02-12
FLEEToN. .NoRTHUMBERLANDCC
CToo late for last issue1

Mrs. Elias Edwards and daughter
Miss Florence, left Wednesday or
the steamer for Baltimore. Mrs
Edwards will spend some time with
her children who are going to school
in that city. Miss Florence will &C.
cept a place as milliner. We are
sorry to lose this charming young
lady from our social circle, but wish
her every possible success.
Capt. r. p. Waller, of the schooner
Francis j. Ruth, will leave today for
York river to load with oysters for
the Baltimore market.
Miss Daisy Wood will take charge
OF her school this week, and Miss
Lola Corss, who has been teaching in
her place, will return to the Monu-
mental City, and resume her position,
and take charge of her music GLASS
again. She has our best wishes.
The recent snow has afforded our
young people quite lot of pleasure,
judging by the merry tinkliug of
the sleigh bells, and the large num-
Der of them.
Invitations were issued to a sur
prise party at the home of Capt. j.
b. Hinton on last Friday evening,
but owing to the big snow storm It
was postponed. Some OF our sports
must have been very much disap-
pointed judging by their long faces.
Randolph Haynie, who has been
going to school at the Chesapeake
Academy, has returned TO his home,
and will not resume his studies again
this session.
Miss Matte Cookman, of Reed
vile, spent from last Friday until
Monday with Miss Daisy Wood, of
this place. Miss Matte is an accom-.
plished young lady and is always a
welcome visitor.
There is some talk of forming a
Finch Club at this place. No doubt
this would be good idea for our
young folks.
The artesisn we'll being put in at
Fleeton is progressing very we'll and
doubtless will soon be completed.
Clarence Walker has rented the
farm belonging to Geo. Wise, of Bal
tlmore. Alpha Walker has recently
moved from this homo to Mundy's
Point on Mrs. Courtney's farm,
which he will tend for her this year.
Miss Mamie Holiday, our popular
principal of Oak Grove Graded
School, spent a part of last week
with Miss Carrie Edwards at her
charming home.
The Divine Healers are irving To
buy lot from Mr.. and Mrs. II. j.
Eskridge to build church, school
and parsonage on. We do not know
whether they have as yet made the
purchase or not.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Butler and
daughters, Misses Lille and Laurel,
spent last Sunday at "Glepdale," the
pretty home of Mrs. Sophia Corsa.
Misses Lille and Laurel are going to
school in Washington but have been
kept home since Christmas by the
hard weather. They returned to the
city last Wednesday.
Some of our ladies are yowing
vengeance on the pool room at Flee
ton. Evidently some Of their friends
spend both time and money there that
could be more profitably invested.
l have tried to confine my news
to my own neighborhood and
ask pardon if l have infringed on
any OF the other correspondents and
taken any Of their news.
BILL BAILEY.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-02-12
DAVID A. HAY
HER "s5,Ooo MAN" TOO SWIFT

Miss Anna NJ. Wagner, a Harlem
seamstress living with her parents
has brought suit against Henry b
Wellman, who conducts a matrimo.
NAL agency in New York, for SIS,
which she paid him to find her q
husband several weeks ago.
After paying Mr.. Wellman $5 Miss
Wagner says he sent for her and in
troduced man from the country
who was 80 bashful that the en-
counter was positively painful. On
subsequent evenings she met three
more OF the same type, and then she
had talk with the manager, who
told her that $5 insured a mere man,
$15 $5 900 man and $25 rich man.
Something q little more dashing
would be satisfactory" she said, and
she paid another $40, which entitled
her to $4,000 man. On the next
visit she met real sport.
"He wasn't a bit bashful," she
said. "He took me to theatres and
dances and other places, and for a
week we had glorious time, but
one night he started into a saloon
and l went home quick"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-02-12

There Is more catarrh In this section OF the
country than all other diseases put together.
and until the last few years Was supposed to
be incurable. For great many years doc
tors pronounced It a local disease aud pre-
scribed local remedies, and by constantly fail.
Ing to cure by LOCAL treatmen. prononnoed 1t
incu rabie. Science has proven oatarrh to be
a constitutional disease and therefore re-
quires constitutional treatment. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure, manufactured by II. ]. Cheney &
Co., Toledo, OHIO, Is the only constitutional
cure on the market 1t is taken internally iu
doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. 1t acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system. They offer one hundred dollars
for any case 1t fails 20 cure. Send for circu-
lars and testimonials
Address \. }. CnEsnY s. Co.. Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by druggists. IS cents.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-02-12
COTTON TAKES Big DROP,
Bull Leader Took Huge Profits
And Is Going Away To Rest.

Cotton prices, which had been
leaping upward and still upward,
until the record of nearly 80 years
on the New York exchange was
broken last week, went to smash
when it was learned that ID. j. Sully,
the bull leader, was selling large
quantities of cotton and was going
away on a vacation. BY 2 O'Clock
in the afternoon there had been q
loss of something like $3.50 a bale
from the high prices scored in the
sensational advance of the day before,
and utter decentralization ruled in
the pit.
Following the big break, there wa,
a see-saw in prices that made trading
almost impossible. May cotton shot
to 1875 cents, dropped to 1910 cents,
and at $50 o'clock was selling al
1850 cents. The course of other
options was equally erratic.
The sensational decline continued
apparently until it had spent itself.
After it had been going on for about
an hour and fortunes had been wiped
ont few buying orders appeared
and served to allay the storm of
liquidation and short selling. Then
''shorts" began to cover, and there
was a quick rally of from 70 to 70
points. But it had been a terrible
hour.
The trade had barely recovered
from the surprise of the morning
break when it was rumored around
the pit that Sully had disposed of
the greater portion of his cotton and
would start for the South on q vaca-
ton at the end of the week.
When private-wire houses sent out
the rumor that Mr.. sully was ont of
the market an avalanche of selling
orders poured into the pit and the
market went to pieces. So great was
the decentralization that it was prac-
tically impossible for brokers to exe-
cute orders, and in 15 minutes MAY
broke from IL cents to 1906 cents.
The panicky conditions that pre-
vailed were attended with rumors of
all descriptions, but brokers seemed
to have margins to meet all trades.
No one seemed anxious to support
the market, and there was more or
less bear hammering in an effort to
bring out long cotton. Fluctuations
throughout the day were of the most
sensational order yet seen in either
the local or New Orleans markets,
while gyrations in Liverpool we're of
q kind to astonish Englishmen.
Mr.. Snlly was conspicuous figure
in the whirl around the pit, but the
excitement did not appear to in terest
him greatly. How much Mr.. Sully
succeeded in unloading no one knows
but himself, but when the turn came
and prices began to soar it was said
ne was taking advantage of the tenn
pcrary depression to load up prepara-
tory to unloading again when prices
go high enough. Manipulated
slumps of brief duration have been
a feature of the market recently, and
those on the inside have come in for
a profit every time.
The reasons for the break were
various rumors regarding the settle.
ment of an extensive short interest.
A prominent Wall street house in.
terested in cotton was sand to be on
the short side of the market and
after covering $4,000 bales at loss
or $25o,0OO on Saturday, was said to
have made a settlement with the bull
leaders on the balance yesterday.
Regardless of the accuracy or mac.
cnracy Of this news, many holders
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-02-12
IS LIFE WORTH LIVING ?

This question has recently been
asked in the editorial columns of the
Richmond Times Dispatch and varied
answers have appeared in the news
columns OF the same paper from time
to time.
If human life is but the vestibule
to a heaven of unfadiug glory. then
there can be but one rational reply to
the question, life is worth living.
This apart, however, and we but re-
peat .he voice of humanity the world
over and sounding out of all the ages
gone and tremblingou of the thrill
ing present in which we live, life is
worth living. During the year Just
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-02-12
HOW COON FOOLS THE DOGS,

He will usually go home by tree
trunk road. Through the oper
country on the boundaries of hi,
range he trots along without mind
ing his steps. The dogs may hav,
all the fun here with his trail thai
they can. He intends only that they
shall not find his home tree, nor ever
the vicinity of it.
SO, as he enters his own neighbor.
hood swamp, his movements change
The dogs may be hard after him OF
not. 1t they are not close behind he
knows, by long experience, that they
may be expected, and never 30 fsl
torgets his precious skin as to 90
straight to his nest-tree.
Instead he trots along q bon undary
fence or In the stream, leaping the
crossing logs and coming out, likely,
on the bank opposite his home-tree,
Farther down he jumps the stream,
runs hard toward a big gum and
from dozen feet away takes a flying
leap, catching the rough trunk up
just out Of the reach of the keen
nosed dogs. He goes on up a little
and leaps again, touching the ground
ten feet out, thus leaving q blank of
twenty or more feet in his trail.
The stream or fence has puzzled
the dogs, but now, at the tree, they
begin to worry. They circle and
finally pick up the scent beyond the
first gap, only to run instantly into
a greater blank, one that the widest
circling does not cross. For the
coon has taken to another tree, out
on the limbs of this to still another.
and on like squirrel, from tree to
tree for perhaps hundred yards, on,
1T may be, to his own high hollow.
FROM "7he Longest Way 'Round,"
by Dallas Lore Sharp, in National
Magazine.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-02-12
VERBATIM EFT LITERATIM

A western teacher, instructing a
class in composition, said: "Do not
attempt any flights of fancy; be
yourselves and write what is in you.'
The following day a bright pupil
handed in the following: "We do not
attempt any fiites of fancy, rite what
is in us. In me there is my stomach,
lungs, heart, liver, two apples, one
piece of miuce pie, three sticks of
candy, a hull lot of peanuts and nv
dinner."-NetC York Tribune.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-02-12
BE ON THE SAFE SIDE

byinsuringyour property in the Northern
Neck Mutual Fire Association. Dwell
ings, outbuildings, barns, furniture and
farming utensils insured in the counties
Of Lancaster, Northum mberland, Rich.
mond and Westmoreland. Rates cheap
and requirements reasonable, which viii
be made known on application. All
osses have been paid promptly.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-02-12
Escaped as Awful Eat.

Mr.. II. Haggins. of Melbourne, Fla. writes:
my doctor told me I had consumption and
nothing could be done for me. I was given up
to die. The offer or free trial bottle of n r
Kings New Discovery for Consumption in
duced me to try It. Results were startling
am now on the road to recovery and owe all
10 Dr. Kings New Discovery. It surely saved
my life." This great cure Ia guaranteed 70,
all throat and lung diseases by t. ]. Haydou
& Son, Irvington. aud K. O. Richardson, XII
marnock. Price 80 cents and 81. Trial bot
ties free.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-02-12
INQUIRIES MACHINE.
Being the Song or a Newspaper
Mans Typewriter.


Sorrows and joys,
Murders. divorce;
Bad little boys,
Men that are worse;
Riches and rags,
Squalor and rare
Luxuries; jags
From everywhere.
Lickety-clickl
Bingi goes the bell.
Shove 'er back quick,
Rattle like-welll
End of the line.
End of the page.
(Blew up mine,
Held up a stageD
Clatter and clash,
Bang and a wbackl
Linotype hash
Hot from the hack.
Z-z-z'zip, pitty-pingl
Lickety clickl
Sing, begger. sing,
Hike IL out quick,
"Copyr the yell;
Through the dense smoke
Cometh pell.mell
Boy from his browse
On pale pie,
Sputters the same
Over my keys,
Amt It shame,
That sort Of grease?
Fire and flood,
Riot aud brawl,
Fighting and blood,
get 'em all.
Smell OF the ink,
Covered with paste,
Can't stop to think,
Mac Ia in haste.
Whack o, my II
Meant It for U,
Bingl Tell me Y
He nailed the o.
Makes me an ass,
This sort OF work,
Slave at the desk
Condemns old NcGuirk,
Woozy, old Mac,
Trying TO feed
Nav of the Press.
Makes my heart bleedl
Stand to the rackl
It's hot pace
In the old pack
Writer'S on Spac,l
L'ENvoI.
Lickety.clicsl
Bingl goes the bell;
Shove FER back quick,
Rattle like-welll
End of the line,
Eud of the page;
Poor old McGuirk,
Lead to his cagel
John Il. AorosO.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-02-12
A TEMPERANCE PLEDGE,

A pledge 1 mske-no wine TO take;
Nor brandy red, that turns the head;
Nor whiskey hot, that makes the soi;
Nor fiery rum, that ruins the home.
Nor viii! sin by drinking gin.
Hard cidar, too, will never do,
Nor lager beer, my heart to cheer;
Nor sparkling ale, my face to pale.
To quench my thirst I will always brine
Cold water from the well or spring.
so here l pledge perpetual hate
To all that will iutoxicate.
&C. M. w.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-02-12
Nearly Forfs,.s Hi. Lie.

runaway. almost ending fatally. started a
horrible ulcer on the leg or ]. ID. Orner.
franklin Grove, III For four years 1t defied
all doctors and all remedies. But Bucklen's g
Arnica Saive had no trouble 20 cure him.
Equally good for burns, bruises. skin erup-
tions and piles. Twenty-Five cents at II. j.
Hayden & Sons. lexington. end 8, O. Rich
ardson's, Kilmarnock.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-02-12
Mys,.rlou. Ciroumat.nos.

One was pale and sallow and the other fresh
and rosy whence the differeucep She ,yho
is blushlng with health uses DIR. Kings New
Lite Fills to maintain IL. By gently arousius
the lazy organs they compel good digestion
and head-on constipation. Try them. Only
70 cents at I. }. Hayden & Sons, IRVING
and E. G. Richardson's. Rilmarnock.