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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-05-20
CONGRATULATEs THE WINNER.

Richmond got the State Demo.
cratic Convention, and we oongratu-
late her. The fact that the delegates
are willing to make the sacrifice of
sea breezes and edibles is in itself no
small tribute to the Capital City,
Norfolk Landmark.
This is representative specimen
of the manliness with which the
Landmark accepts defeat, and re-
veals the well-imbedded sense Of
fairness that has always been a ree-
ognized characteristic OF that excel
lent journal.
For loftiness of ideals and cordial
lty OF sentiment our contemporary
has few peers and not a superior.
We like that sort of thing and can
not refrain from giving our cap a
little toss in the air whenever In the
presence of fellow who is capable
not only of meeting adversity grace
fully but ascribing to his triumphant
rival the credit of having prevailed
through merit; all of which moves
us to add that this example of un-
selhshness and broadness of calibre
is one which not few of our con-
temporaries might we'll afford to
emulate when discussing these and
other matters Of greater or less local
as well as public concern.-Noyth.
Gmpt0n Times.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-05-20
TALKING ABOUT OLD MAIDS.

Talking about old maids, it occurs
to us that in one respect at least they
have reason for elicitation-they
don't have to get up at one or two
O'Clock in the morning to let in a
man who is SO full of mean whiskey
ne can't find the key-hole to the
front door; nor do they spend sleep
less hours in watching and waiting
for the drunken husband who lies
PROSTATE in the road or street. and
Perchance is half dead from cold and
exposure. Unfortunate indeed is the
woman whose lot it is to be tied to a
drnnkard. Better thousand times
that she were the meanest, the ugliest
and the crossest old maid in all the
land. And our honest opinion of a
husband and father who will habitu-
ally buy whiskev in an unlawful
manner and deliberately get drunk,
beastly drunk, and wallOw in the dirt
and mire, is that he is deserving only
of seorn and contumely. This paper
is neither a prohibition nor a local
option organ, nor an enemy TO the
liquor seller, though we cordially
despise the man who will sell it in
violation of law.-SOuthside Sentinel.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-05-20
RUSSIANS SHAVED HEADS.

A story comes from the town of
Dubovo in the southern part of Rus
STA, which shows how strong hold
superstition still has on the lower
classes of the Russian people.
One morning an elderly man ap-
peared in the street of Duboyo with
a beardless face and head shaven as
close as billiard ball The inhabi-
tants of the town to their surprise
recognized in him the "Starosta." or
headman of the town.
A meeting of the common council
was Immediately called to consider
whether headman without any
beard or hair could be allowed to
hold office. The headman appeared
before the meeting and declared that
the shaving of face and head was a
patriotic duty and that in the night
Abraham had appeared to him and
told him that hair on the head was
covenant or original sin, and that
If Russia desired victory in the
present war her sons must sacrifice
their hair. mustaches, boards and eye
brows and even pull out their eye
lashes. Each hairless Russian meant
death to hundred Japanese.
The council thereupon Immediate
ly decided to initiate the patriotic
headman, and the next day every
man, woman and child in the district
was absolutely hairless, except few
men who were too proud to sacrifice
their whiskers. These were expelled
from the town and all their property
confiscated by the council.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-05-20
THAT CROOKED PRIMARY.

In regard to the late Democratic
primary in Norfolk the Suffolk Her
AID has very clear protest against
such practices in the party and
especially by those claiming to be
the "good government" faction in
state politics. The Herald saws:
"Having read very carefully the
full evidence in the Norfolk Uity
contest as published in the "Dey"
organs we are at loss to understand
how majority of the State Central
Committee reached the conclu usion
that there was only fraud i'm the
Fourth ward 1t is very clear TO
the mind OF this writer that he could
not endorse the late primary in Nor
folk as being either fair or in accord
arce with the present party plan.
"In behalf of the democracy of
Nansemond, we beg the State Central
Committee and the District Com nit
tee (of which w. w. Dey is mem,
ber) not to have our district and
State primaries conducted by the
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-05-20

"Good Government" plan, although
they virtually approve it. So far as
standing for good government is
concerned, faithful execution of
the law, etc, we are in sympathy
with the citizens supporting such a
platform, but as a whole. the con-
duct of the late Norfolk primary
was reflection upon the good gov
ernment people, because the masses
OF the people outside of Norfolk do
not believe it was fair, and nothing
the State Central Committee has
done will change their opinion. We
advise the other faction to submit to
the decision and fight out that course
before the people. The masses of
the people believe in giving botk
sides represen tation at the polls and
conducting primaries above suspicion.
and the crowd that don't stand for
that will soon lose their power in
any community"
It is not the success of either fac
ton in Norfolk, nor the fact that
the crooked primary was held in
Norfolk but this sort of thing from
those who hail themselves as the
"best element" and those devoted to
purity in politics" is what disgusts
the average man. 1t is a State affair
and those who attribute it all to
Norfolk are simply not fully aware
OF the extent of the continuation
Times. Herald.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-05-20
VIRGINIA AS BAR KEEPER.

Though Courtland, Va, is a small
town, Its dispensary has been making
some money during the past year.
A report of the board Of managers.
X. A. Wynns, w. j. Sebrell, ir., and
L. Whitfield, shows that the dis
pensary sales for the past fiscal year
amounted to $40, ,419.06 aud that the
profits for that time were $5,s47.73.
One-half of the net profits go to
the public schools; three-eighths to
district schools and one-eighth to the
town school. The town of Court
land also gets three-eighths and the
state one eighth.
Among other items in the report
are: Salaries, $l,27O.2O; stock on
hand, $2,1O4.93; purchases for the
year, $13, ,9S4.52; house and lot, 1926;
cash on hand, $4.99a.sO.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-05-20
THE PLANT OF THECANBIDATE.

Man that is born of woman is
small potatoes and mighty few in q
hill.
He cometh up today and groweth
like a jimson weed. and next Monday
morning he rideth jailwards in the
patrol wagon, and is forced to listen
to Justice Johns Jokes.
He goeth forth in the morning
insolently well-dressed, and in the
evening he leaneth against the front
door and looketh in vain for the KEY.
hole.
The bannister of life is full of
splinters; and he slideth down it
with exceeding great rapiditY.
Again he cometh home in the
night time after q banquet and
meeteth the wheelbarrow in his path
which riseth up and smiteth him to
the earth, and peeleth the epidermis
from his fibula and maketh him to
feel sore and add new objurgatiyes
to his vocabulary.
Verify his life is short and full of
trouble, and occasionally he almost
thinketh that the wife of his bosom
streweth carpet tacks on the floor of
his cubicnlcum; all the butter con-
talneth hair, the biscuits are as the
stones Of the street, and the con-
somme is as thin as politicians
promises.
He clingeth to the rope as tick
to dogs back, but it availeth him
naught, and he learneth that the
ostrich concealeth not his corporosity
when he hideth his head in the sand.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-05-20
"EETcE-AwLS" FROM EVERYWHERE.

Lots OF men would leave their foot prints
Iimes eternal sands to grace,
Had they gotten moiher's slipper
At the proper time and place.
In order to get the best of an argu-
ment all you have to do is state your
side-then walk away.
After young man makes up his
mind that he is not genius he
stands chance to earn his living.
Since the great trust decision it is
announced that Rockefeller will cor
ner all the necessities Of life, and all
the people Will have to pay tribute
to him or grope in, darkness and
die OF starvation. The court blows
given the monster must have been
"love licks. ."-Aieaandria Gazette.
The Iirginian-P Pilot does not care
whose books are bought. 1t does
not know whose books are best. II
entertains no opinion pro or con as
to single or multiple lists. But it
does know that the descent of book
agents upon Virginia, like grasshop-
pers upon Egypt, is befouling the
State.
1t took two brothers in Texas to
beat one mother-in-law, and the final
Issue was in doubt when the officers
of the law interfered and killed the
two brothers. A mother-in-law is
serious proposition even for two
brothers, and any one can see the
finish OF the fool who tackles her
single-hande ded.-Raltimoro Sun.
Think of those six guys in Rich
'mond who struck because a woman
was made foreman of the sbopl They
wouldn't be bossed by woman
not they, though they were paid we'll
for it. Every man of them was
married, and that night each of them
went home and took his medicine,
and he didn't get any pay for taking
1t, either. Mans funny creature.
-Peters6ury hader-Appeal.
"Let us go into the woods and get
away from the mass of humanity
from the desperate life-drive; from
the rush and crush of crowds; from
the babel of tongues that only wag
to censure, from the binding glare
of the glittering dollar, whose mimic
eagles are at the throat of life; from
false loves, false friends, and the
terror of the toll of cities whose
thunder cloud hide God. Let us
take a day off with the thrush and
the song-thrilled mocking bird, in
dreamy depths of daisies, by rippled
rivers and inviolate vines; let us dedi-
cate one day to the freedom of the
wild-=one day OF bright barbaric
splendor. with echoes of ancestral
voices. s.'-Atlanta Constitution.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-05-20
SOMETHING DOING ON THE YALU.
The Way a Richmond Reporter
Sizes up Justice Johns" COurt.

Anything doing on the Yalu, this
morning, my faithful Gibbonovitch?''
howled his Imperial Nobsky this
morning.
"Seven japanese transports have
been sunk with 1000 men going
down in the junkskies," reported
Gibbonovitch, "only they WEREN'T
sunk and nobody was drowned. A
Russian sumarinesky is buttinginsk '
on the situation, and l expect more
rumors for Your Nobsky in the 2
o'clock edition, after the pipe dream.
ers have had their MONDAY beer and
sandwichesopf."
"It is WELL" replied His Nobsky.
"But what has become of Ping YANG
these days, my faithful Gibbono-
vItch?"
"Ping?" asked Gibbonovitch.
eyes, Ping"
"Pong," said GIVEN Hellitcb
Glennsky.
"Highness :" shrieked Gibbono-
witch. "There's buns in the cage.
Look out for an explosionovitch."
bring them bumskies out" roared
the beloved and brave Nobsky. They
amt harmful; they're too well soaked.
Yes?"
Whereupon rescuing party
brought in Mary Susie Lewis, who
was wounded in the peak and had
her port lamp punched during
melee feminist the Trans-Siberian
road where it intersects Seventeenth
street. Phyllis Guide, one of the
enemy, did it with her little piece of
gas pipe, and failing to find twenty
kopecks, was sent into exile.
So with Willie Morgan, W no handed
one Wilkinson such a belt in the
mouth that he has not yet stopped
splitting teeth.
Carrie Spencer, chopped in the
arm by friend, could not exactly
place the blame and the friend was
sent away rejoicing.
E. NJ. Allen volunteered to work
on the Junksmith redoubts for ten
days.
GIVEN Hellitch Glennsky then
called an executive session of the
new ministry in Madison ward,
which, it is said, did not endorse
Judge Mannovitch'S candidacy for
the Vice Royship.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-05-20
wENTZ' BODY FOUND.

The body of E. L. Wentz was found
Sunday, April 8, and one of the great.
est mysteries that has puzzled the
minds OF thousands of people since
his disappearance, October IA, 1908,
has been definitely solved.
A forest fire and a boy hunting
for cows brought to view the body
In spot where hundreds of men, in
spired by offers of one hundred
thousand dollars reward, had, they
believed, searched time and again
every inch of ground.
The body was found on Black
Mountain, a half-mile from Kelly
View, Va, near the Kentucky line,
not far from the spot to which he
was last traced. The body had been
placed IN an open space and covered
with leaves. The fire burned the
leaves away and the boy found the
body while crossing the opening.
The body was in a fair state of
preservation and readily iden ntified.
A few feet away was found thirty
two calibre pistol, which the Young
man is supposed to haze carried, and
also bis eye glasses and hat. Two
chambers of the pistol were empty,
showing that be had fought for his
life with the bandits.
The body was lying about thirty
feet from the mountain pathway
with the head resting on a small log
and the feet against a limb, and
strange to say, while it has lain in
the wilds of Black Mountain for
seven long months, no wild beast or
bird has molested it.. In the chest
were three bullet holes.
The investigation by detectives is
still being carried on and will con-
tlnue indefinitely, for neither the
detectives nor the family will accept
tho verdict of accidental death re-
turned by the coroner's jury.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-05-20
DON'T WAIT FOR THE FUNERAL

eff folks could have their funerals
when they are alive and we'll and
struggling along, what a help il
would bel" sighed Aunt Jerusha.
folding her Paisley shawl with great
care.
"Now, there is poor Mis- Brown, -
she added. as she pinned her Sunday
bonnet into the green veil, "How
encouraged she'd have been if she
could have heard what the minister
said today wouldn't wonder one
mite if she'd have got we'll.
"And Deacon Brown a-wipin' his
eyes, and all of them taking on so!
Poor soul, she never dreamed they
set so much by her.
"Mis' Brown got discouraged. Yer
see, Deacon Brown, he'd got way
OF blaming everything onto her. /
don't suppose the deacon meant it
twas just his way-but it's awful
wearing. When things wore out, or
broke, ne acted just as if Mis- Brown
did it herself on purpose, and they
all caught it, like the measles or the
whooplng- cough.
"And the minister a-telling how
the deacon brought his wife here
when 'twan't nothing but a wilder
ness; and how patiently she bore
hardship; aud what good wife she'd
been! Now, the minister wouldn't
have known anything about that if
the deacon hadn't told him. Dearl
dear! if he'd only told Mis- Brown
herself what he thought, do believe
that would have saved the funeral.
Sand when the minister said how
the children would miss their mother,
seemed as though they couldn't stand
it, poor thingsl Well, ] guess it is
true enough. Mis- Brown was always
doing for some Of them. When they
were singing about sweet rest in
heaven, / couldn't help thinking
that that was something Mis- Brown
would have to get used to, for she
never had none of it here.
"She'd have been awful pleased
with the flowers. They were pretty,
and no mistake. You see, the deacon
want never willing for her to have
fiowerbed. He said twas enough
piettier sight to see good cabbage
a.growin', but Mis- Brown always
kind o. hankered after sweet-smelling
things, like sweet peas and such.
"What did you say, Levi? Most
time for supper. Well, lands sake,
so 1t is! l must have got a meditat-
ing. Eve been thinking, Levi, you
needn't tell the minister anything
about me: If the pancakes and the
pumpkin pies are good, just say so
as we go along. 1t amt best to keep
everything laid up for funerals."-
Aunt Jer~sha, IN Eoening Herald.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-05-20
THE PHILIPPINES NOT BAD.

The New York EOeninq Post re-
produces on its editorial page the
following extract from a letter from
a Filipino correspondent to the New
York Press.
"lt isn't as bad out here as some
fellows say it is. The soldiers out
here are getting 'bughouse' drinking
the native wine. or bino, which con :
sists of twenty-seven fights and fifteen
ways of killing man, all for ten
cents Mex. The chief occupation of
the natives is building trenches,
smoking cigars, and making bolos.
Their chief amusement is cock. fight
ing. The chief exports are hemp
and dead American soldiers. The
chief imports are cottns for the dead
soldiers and ammunition to kill more
of them. The native house is built
chiefly of bamboo and andscape.
The Filipino is very friendly-at the
point of rifle. The climate is
pleasant for ants, mosquitoes, CEN
tipsdes, scorpions, cockroaches aud
alligators. They have established
communication between the different
islands by substituting mosquitoes
for carrier pigeons, they heing so
much more powerful and better able
to stand the long journeys. The
Philippine Islands are on the west
coast of civilization, and are bounded
on the north by hoodooism and
smugglers, on the east by typhoons
aud monsoons, on the south by can
nibals and earthquakes. The soil is
very fertile, and large crops of in-'
surrectos and treachery are produced.
The islands are an appropriate
present for deadly enemy"
For which We duly paid twenty
million dollars.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-05-20
"BURNED OUT,~

but leyel-hesded enough 10 have every
thing Insured. Is your dwelling, furni-
ture, or harm insuredr A policy in the
Northern Neck Mutual Fire Association
saves much humiliation and embarrass-
ment in cases of fire. The cost is trifiing
compared with the benefits to bederived.
You will be surprised TO know how little
it costs. A postal card addressed to Ir-
vington will bring you full particulars
concerning our home company.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-05-20
SORGHUM AS A FORAGE CROP
Editor Southern Planter:
As Nav ls the tio,a IN ,,lant 90.

Edu0T Southern Planter:
As May is the time to plant sor
ghum, l will give the readers of the
Planter the benefit of what | have
seen and heard about this crop in
the States west and south of Virginia
While travelling in Kentucky several
years ago found field after field of
lt shocked mp as other corn, and
upon inquiry l was told it was to
feed horses, cattle, hogs, etc. Whilst
In North Carolina this winter spent
several days with stock dealer, and
noticed that he fed his horses and
mules (Which he handled by the car
load) on sorghum cane which was
gwen them just as it came from the
shocks In the field. 1t was five or
SIX feet tall, and the stalks were the
size OF your fingers, and perhaps a
little larger. 1t was bright, sweet.
and in perfect keeping order, and
rellshed heartily by all stock, they
frequently leaving grain untouched
TO eat 1T. went to the twelve acre
lou where 1t was grown and found
the shocks Just as they had been set
up after the crop had been cut by
the corn harvester. These were SET
up the day the crop was cut.
L found it had been sown in rows
about four feet apart and cultivated
as we do corn. 1t stood thick in the
drill, which is necessary to keep the
stalks from growing too large. RI
talked with half dozen or more
farmers in the neighborhood. and
they all agreed that it was the great
est forage crop that could be raised.
and that one acre of it was worth
more than four acres Of corn on the
same character Of land. 1t should
not be harvested until it heads ont
and the seed is pretty we'll matured'
1t has then reached the point of it's
highest value. 1t will keep all
winter in perfect condition in shocks
of three or four feet in diameter. but
will mould and sour if packed away
In the house ia a horizontal position.
AS Virginia is rapidly becoming a |
stock raising State, and as forage for
winter is vital question, / believe
that stock men will find in sorghum
cane just the thing for their horses.
cattle, hogs and sheep, for it not
only furnishes a large yield per acre, |
but is very nutritious.
L found in Georgia this winter
that sorghum hay was raised by SOW
ing two bushels and half of seed
to the acre, which made it very thick
on the land and the stalks were very
little larger than wheat Straws. 1t
was cut with the mower after head
ing and allowed to lie on the ground
for ten days. Rain will not hurt it.
1t is then raked up and stored away
with perfect safety in the barn or in
stacks. One other advantage it has
is the second crop which will come
from the stubble, and | |
was told that this is more valuable
as feed than the first.
L shall plant about ten acres of
sorghum In rows to be cultivated.
aid will sow broadcast about two
acres this year as an experiment.
@. G. SNEAD.
E'luvanpo ~ W
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-05-20
BONE FOOD

Softand crooked bones mean
bad feeding. Call the disease
rickets if you want to. The
growing child must eat the
right food for growth. Bones
must have bone food, blood
must have blood food and so
on through the list.
SCOTS Emulsion is the right
treatment for soft bones in
children. Littledoses everyday
give the stiffness and shane
that healthy bones should have.
Bow legs become straighter,
loose joints grow stronger and
tlrmness comes to the soft
heads.
Wrong food caused the
trouble. Rightfood will il.
In thousands of cases SCOTS
Emulsion has proven to be the
right food for soft bones in
childhood.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT s. BOVINE. Chemists.
4O9-4I5 Pearl Street. New York
soc. and SI.oo; all druggists.