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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-27
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been growing on me for years, until last
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package.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-27
Hartsfeld Fortune a Myth.

Mr. T. S. Fuller, on his return
from New York says the Hartsfeld
fortune story, in which a big tract Of
land valued at $3.50 000 leased
109 years ago, the lease now expiring
and the property to be divided, with
some North Carolina heirs. is all Il
myth, with nothing in it and no
money for any one.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-27

If the worlds stage most of rs
must be supes at a theater banquet
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-27
Saw Two Torpedo Boats.

II. A. LONDON,
Adjt. General and Chief of Staff.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29
TRIBUTE FROM THE NORTH.

A testimonial from the North to
the memory of the late General John
b. Gordon is carried with the recent
action of Kinsley Post, 113, Grand
Army of the Republic, of Neponset,
Mass. The post, in recognition of
the worth of the deceased general,
unanimously passed series of reso-
iutions, which read as follows:
"We, the comrades of Edward w.
Kinsley Post, 113, Department of
Massachusetts, g. A. r., desire to
place on record our recognition and
appreciation of the character, and
services in promotion of good feeling
between North and South rendered
by the late General John B. Gordon.
General Gordon was represen ta-
tive Southern soldier, one Of the last
survivors of lieutenant-generals of
the late Confederacy. His place was
ever in the front, as became brave
and gallant opponent.
General Gordon was ever faithful
to his cause, never apologetic; he
fought as he believed, nevertheless,
he cherished no bitterness in defeat,
and his influence was always found
exerted in the direction of perma-
nent restoration of the Union, as
well as promoting cordial relations
between the veterans of the two
armies.
"Probably no man has done more
to heal the wounds of old antagonisms
and to blot out ancient prejudices
than this gallant gentleman.
peace to his memory"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29
LITERARY NOTE.

The winter number of The Hobby is
hot enough to thaw the coolest Polar
bear roaming on the Icy shore Of freezing
Spitzbergen. Eugene L. Didier writes
on the great political question of the
near future-"Will Mr.. Cleveland Ac-
cept a Third Term9" Mr.. Didier claims
to have good reason for saying that Mr..
Cleveland will accept the nomination,
and believes he will be elected. "The
Lincoln Legend" by "One Who Remem-
bers," exposes with merciless severity
the wickedness o; the man who was i'm
mortslized by the bullet of Booth. Di
Vernon tells US, as only a woman can, of
the vulgarity ct present prevailing in
the social life Of Baltimore, compared
with the elegant refinement OF the past.
"The Passing Of Kipling" is trenchant
article speaking OF the sudden rise and
rapid fall of the Poet of Blood and Bru.
tality. In "The Nation and the Negro" the
reviewer laughs with "ghoulish glee" al
the rawlings of the pretentious New York
Nation over the "wrongs" of the an.
gelic negroes Of the South. Besides
these leading articles there are many
others. The Hobby is quarterly maya
zine, published by the American Press
Company, Baltimore, Md, at 81 year
% cents q number.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29
Pigeons on a Farm.

A flock of pigeons is generally con.
adhered a nuisance, says the Ameri-
can Stock-Keeper, and is made a
target for marksmen with shotguns.
But the fact remains that flock of
tame pigeons helps the farmer more
than it Injuries him.
Pigeons cannot pluck grain from
standing stocks. They can only take
what is on the ground, and do not
obtain hundredth part of the grain
that shells out in harvesting and is
lost. The good work of the pigeons,
in addition to its value as food, con.
sists in destroying the weed seeds.
In the crop of one pigeon killed al
nightfsll were found nearly four
thousand weed seeds, aud apparently
that had not been a good day fol-
seed gathering. as the seed filled
only part of the pigeons crop.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29
COUNTRY LIFE.

Without doubt the tendency of the
age is to quit the country and flock
to the cities. In some cases the
change is no doubt for the better,
but in most cases failure. The
comforts Of well-sppointed country
home cannot be had in the city by
others than the very well-to-do. Few
city salaries are large enough to buy
even good air, good light, good heat,
good fare, good seats in the theatre
or even in the house of God. If you
imagine that the golden age of
country living is all in the past you
should have with US listened to the
description given of Xmas week in
the homes of the Darlington Heights
neighborhood by one Of our friends.
The wide open fire places all aglow
with fervent heat, the tables groan-
ing beneath their loads of turkeys,
old hams, oysters, barbecues, birds,
all the vegetables, mince pies and
cake galore. Music. hands all around,
stealing partners, hold fast to what
1 give you, finch, clapping in and
clapping out, buggy rides between
homes. an occasional nog, 'simmon
beer. good cheer, cordial greetings,
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29
THE HARVEST.
(Glade Spring Journal.)

A young man named Duncan, oi
Carroll county, presumably is the
hrst fruit in the harvest from the
sowing in the recent election at Ro-
anoke. He was but % years old and
ended a ten days debauch there the
other day by swallowing vial of
carbolic acid, causing death in a
short time. Of course those who
voted to continue the business that
destroys our people that way are
feeling very comfortable over his
case. In this connection we note
that j. Allen Watts, the man who
presided as chairman of the great
meeting held by the friends of
license at the opening of the local
option campaign in that place early
In December, died there last week.
just before Christmas West Vir-
ginia paper, in anticipation of the
usual amount of anarchy that pre-
walls in the mining region during
the holidays, in spirit of irony an
nounced that the undertakers in
Fayette county we're getting busy
trimming up coffius in order to be
prepared for the rush. The Bluefeld
Telegraph says that only fifteen of
the caskets were used. How long
are civilized people going to endure
a business that is responsible for
nearly all of the ten thousand MUIR
ders in America yearly?
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29
RESOLUTIONS.

The following resolutions were adopt
ed by unanimous vote on the regular
preaching day, January 18th, 1904, at
Rehoboth church, Virginia
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased Almighty
God in His providence and unerrin G
wisdom to remove from our midst by
death DR.. f. A. Pinckard, who at the
time of his death, November %, 1908,
and for many years before, was a stew
ard OF Rehoboth church;
"And, whereas, the church desires to
give some expression of its feelings al
the sad event, therefore be 1t
"Resolced. lat. That while we deeply
feel the loss and shall greatly miss our
deceased brother, we bow In humble sub
mission to the will of Our Heavenly
Father. who doeth all things well.
"RssOlOsd. End, That we extend to his
sorely bereaved widow and daughters
our heartfelt and sincere sympathy, and
commencing them to God. pray that
His grace may sustain them In their
dark hour Of sorrow.
"Reso'oed, ard. That these resolutions
be placed upon the record of Rehobo.h
church and copies be sent the family oi
the deceased, the Richmond Christian
AdoOcate and the VIRGINIA CITIZEN fol
publica..on."
tSigned,) III. L. THRIFT,
T. W. CHRISTOPHER,
DAVID ALLEN.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29
wHIFF WOULD KILL RooMFUL

Prussic acid long has been sup
posed to be the most deadly poison,
but now Lascelles Scott, of Eng.
land, makes startling statement.
He says the substance known to
scientists as cyanide of cacodyl is
hundreds, even thousands, of times
more poisonous than pure prussic
acid. As he put it, ga mere Whit
OF this deadly poison would kill a
large roomful of people, and the
vapor of three grains diffused into
the air of Drury Lane Theatre would
suffice TO insure that not one of the
audience or artists in the theatre
would leave it alive"
Fortunately for mankind this
poison is so deadly that it is &C
cordingly dangerous to handle, and
the criminal who attempted to use
it would in all probability kill him
self. 1t is white powder which
melts at $50 and boils at I4Oo.
When exposed to air it gives of q
slight vapor, to inhale which il
death.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29
NORTHERN NECK DENUDED OF
FORESTS.
An Industry That Made Nc Accumu-
latiOns and Left the Country

An Industry That Made Nc Accumu-
lations and Left the Country
Poorer.
(Heathsrile Corr. Times Dispatch.)
The timber men have again re-
turned to the woods to saw cord-wood.
The price of wood has advanced con-
siderably in the past few months so
that it is probable that a larger
amount of wood will be sawed this
year than usual. For the past few
years the people of the Northern Neck
have been steadily disposing of their
timber in various shapes, until now,
as consequence, the forests are
rapidly thinning out, so that it seems
there will soon be some great changes
in business in the Northern Neck.
Numbers of good business men,
who have been dealing in railroad
ties, cord-wood and ship timber for
many years, will have to devote their
time and energies to other kinds of
work. The hundreds Of laboring
men and the thousands of dollars of
capital, SO long employed in the tim
ber business, will have to seek EN-.
ployment and Investment IN other
fields.
For several years now the timber
men of this section have been operat-
ing in forests that have already been
several times CLEANED, and have been
handling the material which is too
large and rough to be made into
railroad ties, and other timber by
hewing.
Although the immense timber
business has brought many thousands
of dollars into this section, aud given
employment to hundreds of men, it
is almost certain that Northumber-
land is much "worse of" than she
would have been, had the forests
been left untouched. Very few of
the people have saved any of the
money realized from the business,
while in some sections the agricul-
tural interests have been crippled to
a considerable extent.
The labor has been taken away
from the farms to tend to the large
saw-mills and the once well-tilled
fields have been supplanted by pine
bushes and gullies.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29
THE POOR INDIAN.

Evidence is abundant that indians,
graciously permitted to 60 outside
their reservations and humanely
treated as individuals and given right
chances to see and learn, quickly
become efficient, common sense, use
full, civilized and capable of holding
their own in any decent calling Of
our American life, and away from a
drinking, gambling community. they
do not get drunk or gamble.
The trouble is that few have been
SO permitted to 60 outside the reser-
vation, and of these few, only q small
fraction have been allowed right
chances, and that these when fitted
are not persuaded or permitted to
stay and go on to still higher civil
llzed usefulness, but are rather hired
or induced by the indian system to
return to destroying agency and
reservation conditions, where the
manhood Of white men subjected to
it deteriorates.
Some of our non-rehervation and
all our reservation schools are.
through Indian Bureau planning, the
enemies Of real and right opportu.
mites for young Indians to become
useful citizens.
They are planned and calculated
to be only an extension of the reser-
vation system which now and always,
only and absolutely, reservates away
from all con tact and competition with
our exemplary citizens generally
What else could such treatment say
to them than that they are and must
remain perpetual incompetents?
If in the beginning and all along
the Indians had resisted even to
death and entirely prevented the
Agency, reservation and Bureau
system it would have been an exhibi.
ton of manhood to rival Sparta.
If they had had little more in.
telligence they would certainly have
done just that; but they contended
not only with US but with their own
ignorance; and we, criminally build
ing upon their ignorance, were able
to enslave them to the reservation
system.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29
"I LIKE TO HELP PEOPLE

"a woman was walking along the
street one wintry day, when it began
to rain. She had an umbrella, but
her hands were full of parcels, and
it was difficult for her to raise it in
that wind.
"Let me, ma'am; let me, please, ~
said bright faced boy taking the
umbrella in his hands.
The astonished woman looked on
with satisfaction, while he managed
to raise the rather obstinate umbrella
Then. taking one of those ever handy
strings. which boys carry, he tied all
the parcels snugly together and
politely handed it back to her.
"rhank you very much," she said.
"You are very polite to do SO much
for q stranger"
"Oh, it is no tror lie, ma'am," ht
said. al like to hsip people"
Both went on their ways with Q
happy feeling in the heart; for such
little deeds of kindness are sweet, like
roses blossoming along the path.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29

the maternal side the heirs were
uncles and sunts, as follows: Will
liam Richards, James Richards,
Ruth Richards Kunzman, Owen
Richards, Msrgate A. Richards Dew
ees and Sarah Richards Hastings.
The line of one of the aunts on the
maternal side is extinct, but there
are still left the descendants Of
eleven uncles and aunts as heirs.
Mrs. Brayton is able to trace her
relation back to Moses Ball, who
was a son of William Ball. There
are supposed to be other heirs in
Washington, aud among this num-
Der is DR.. Charles Ball and Miss
Florence Ball. 1t is said that the
members of the Washington family
are not included in the list of heirs.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29
Deafness Cannot BE Cured

by local applications as they cannot reach
the diseased portion OF the ear. There is
only one way TO cure deafness, and that Is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness Is
caused by an infiamed condition OF the mu
cous lining OF the eustschian tube. when
this tube 10 infiamed you have rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing. and when It IL
entirely. closed deafness Is the result. and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored 10 Its normal condi-
ton hearing will be destroyed forever. Nine
cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which
is nothing but an infiamed condition of the
mucous surfaces.
We will give One hundred Dollars for any
case or deafness (causcd by catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send
for circulars, free.
r. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists. 70 cents.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29
ASPIRATION.
We see this life of man,

We see this life of man,
All crossed with Joy and woe,
And ever seek beyond our span
Something better than we know.
Thus shoots the farthest star
To find its central sun;
So CLEANS in firmaments afar
The eternal day begun.
OhI mystic dawn. unseen
BY dwellers In this vale,
On peaks of daring thought serene
Thy golden light we hail
Higher and ever higher
Its rosy palms invite,
Where souls that ceased not to aspire
Stand robed in dazzling white.
A voice comes down the blue
From every kindling peak.
That calls US nobler work to do
And nobler goals to seek;
To climb to loftier zones,
Where kings Of earnest thought
Reign, and wrestle for new thrones,
With purer gold inwrought.
Forsaking everywhere
The prizes more cheaply won,
The eternal morn, so true and pure,
Shall light rs on and on,
Till over SUBMITS dim,
In purple glooms afar,
We see through deepening glory swir
Our victory's morning star.
w. J. K.
Written while patient at HomeC
pathic Hospital, Baltimore, Jan. 8, 1e04
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29
FIGURES INCREDIBLE.
Value OF Truck Grown In Virginia
Last Year Was S9,OSS,274.

Congressman Maynard, who i
actively st work in behalf Of the prop
osition to have an appropriation mad,
for the purpose of enabling the De
psrtment of Agriculture to do NOR,
field work in connection with tn,
tobacco, trucking and rice growing
has collected many statistics.
The First and Second Virgins
Districts are among the greatest
truck growing sections in the world
The counties of Accomac and North.
ampton, and the Rappahsnnock river
section, in the First District, and
the counties of Norfolk, Princess
Anne and Nansemond, in the Second
District, are the great trucking
counties of Virginia.
The Department Of Agriculture
has furnished figures which show
that the value of truck grown in
Virginia last year amounted to the
almost Incredible sum of SO, ,OS3, ,274.
The total number of acres devoted to
truck alone amounted to 5,753,19I.
The average value Of the product per
acre was $42O9.
The total value of all vegetables
raised in the United States is S242,-
17o,14S,msking vegetables rank fifth
IN Importance, among the crops grown
IN the United States. Truck grow
ing, which is purely commercial
subdivision of the vegetable class,
ranks eighth.
The truck crop of the United
States is next in value to the cereals,
exceeding in value the fruit crops, if
the berries be excluded in the esti-
mate of the value of fruit. Straw
berries, for instance, are not classed
with the fruits in Virginia, but with
the truck. The value of the truck
grown in the United States exceeds
the value of the orchard fruits
by $34,000,O00, speaking in round
numbers.
Of the $242, 2,l7O.14S at which the
vegetables grown in the United
States are valued, $e7399,34S is
credited to the family gardens. From
this latter must be taken the sum of
$1O,03S,470, which represents the
value of vegetables grown for can
neries.
This would make the total value
of the truck raised in the United
States every year reach the total of
$195, 100000 in round numbers.
Virginia is ranked by the Depart.
ment of Agriculture as fourth in the
Union in the production of cabbage,
the acreage being 10,l05. Maine
comes first, with 25,261 acres; New
York comes second, with Is ,26l acres,
and Pennsylvania third, with 10, ,S51,
only slightly ahead of Virginia.
Virginia is third in the production
of cucumbers, the acreage being
41,6O3.
The acreage of kale amounted to
751, far ahead Of any State in the
Union.
The acreage planted to spinach
was 504, which made Virginia first
in the cultivation of this vegetable
also.
In addition to the foregoing, Vir-
ginia also has high place in the
list in the production of muskmelons
(third), onions and both varieties of
potatoes.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29
Remarkable Woman.

Mrs. Martha S. Allen, an old and
highly esteemed lady, was found
dead in bed at Felden, Va, aged
Lightweight. She was active and
healthy.
She was a remarkable woman ip
many respects, but her industry sur
passes anything known in this sec-
ton. 1t is recorded fact that
during the Civil War, she put piece
of cloth 10 the loom in the morning,
wove, cut out and made her husband
a pair of pants which he wore visit.
ing that evening.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29
A Worry Close Cali.

'I stuck TO my engine. although every Joint
ached and every nerve was wrackcd with PAIN
writes G. w. Bellamy, locomotive fireman,
or Burlington, Iowa. 81 was weak and pale,
without any appetite and all run down. As l
was about to give up, got bottle OF Elec
trio Bitters. and after taking It, felt rs we'll
ss 1 ever did In my life." Weak. sickly, run
down people always gain new life, strength
and viEor from their use. Try them. Salts
faction guaranteed by T. J. Hayden s. Son,
trvingtou; K. G. Richardson. Kilmsrnock,
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29
In MEMORIAM.

In fond and loving remembrance OF
our darling boy, Claude Blundon, who
passed to the life beyond one year age
today, January Goth, 1908.
year in Heaven, above the starry sphere;
A year with the shining angel band.
Though we mourn his absence while we lin
ger here,
We shall see him in that happy land.
FATHER AND MOTHER.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29
OYSTER AND TOMATO DEALERS

Pittsburg is one of the best mar kets
in the Union. Products of Eastern Vir
ginia find ready sale.
The undersigned is In position to
place canned goods and oysters to ad.
vantage in this hustling city. Collec.
tions, owing by Pittsburg houses, placed
in my hands can be made when possibly
other methods fail. Correspondence so.
licted.
TH0S. b. LEE, Broker,
Tradesmsn's Bank Building,
Pittsburg, Pa.
References: Lincoln National Bank
Pittsburg, Pa; VIRGINIA CITIZEN, Iry.
ington, Va.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29

"pull off your coat and spend the
day, "hsng up your hat and spend
the night" And all SO genuine, so
informal, so free. from cold osteu ia
tion and so much heart as well as
hand in it.
No doubt about it, Good made the
country."-Farmville Herald.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29
The Age ofMothsr Earth.

Lord Kelvin's estimate Of the age
of the world is: "Not SO great as 40,-
100000 years; possibly as little as
20,000,000 years, probably s0,000,-
600 years." AS not even the great
est scientists have been able to find
out within 10000, 900 or 100000
years how old Mother Earth is, il
must be confessed that she keeps the
secret of her age quite as well as do
her charming daughters. The scien.
fists may at last come to the conclu.
sion that, like the others, she il
"onIy as old as she looks"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29
BE ON THE SAFE SIDE

by insuringyour property In the Northern
Neck Mutual Fire Association. Dwell
ings, outbuildings, barns. furniture and
farming utensils Insured in the counties
of Lancaster, Northumberland, Rich
mond and Westmoreland. Rates cheap
and requirements reasonable, which will
be made known ON application. AL
losses have been paid promptly.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29
Domestic rroubIes

1t is exceptional TO find family where
there are no domestic ruptures occasionally.
but these can be lessened by having DIR.
Kings New Life Pills around. Much trouble
they save by their great work IN stomach
and liver troubles. They not only relieve
you. but cure. Twenty-Five ceuts ut II. J..
Hayden s. Sons, Irvington, and e. O. Rich-
ardson's, Kilmarnock.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29
Why Not Subscribe t?

1t costs 51 cents year in postage to
send your secondhand paper to friend
away or child off at school. $l.00 will
send the CITIZEN a year direct from this
Office, save you Wrapping and get the
paper to them before its news becomes
stale. Stop the system of doing" the
publisher and helping Uncle Sam. 1t
Is to your advantage.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-01-29
Wonderful Nerve

Is displayed by many n man enduring pains
OF accidental cuts. wounds, bruises, burns
scalds. sore feet or stifr joints. But there's
no need for It. Bucklsn's Arnica Salve will
kill the pain and cure the trouble. It's the
best salvo on earth for piles, too. Twenty
i've cents at L. J. Hayden s. Sons, Irvington
and E. q. Richardson's. Kilmarnock.