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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-12-09
DoINGs IN CONGRESS,

Congressman Maynard, of Norfolk
has asked So, 000,0 900 of Congress 70,
the jamestown Centennial.
President Roosevelt has AGAR
nominated William d. Crum, a negro
to be Collector Of Customs for Char
lesion, S. Q.
The third session of the SSH
Congress convened Monday. A lare,
portion of the present members vii
retire to private life on March 4th
next.
The present Congress will hardl,
deal with the matter OF cutting dowr
Southern representation. That will
De deferred to the new body, which
VIII be overwhelmingly Republican
The President has sent in his mes
sage. 1t is very long and a charac.
teristic document. His illusions Il
foreign policy has aroused all Euro
pean nations, and the Foreign minis
tiers will formally call upon him fol-
explanation.
Senator Plat, of New York. will
Introduce the measure to reduc,
representation in Congress. Massa
cbusetts, as well rs the South. will
&c affected. Representative Hay. Of
Virginia, does not think the bill will
amount to anything.
President Roosevelt hastily back.
racked last week. His autocratit
propensities, after denying the Boston
Herald reporter access to the White
House in future, led him into still
madden despotism. He directed thai
the weather forecasts should not BE-
furnished that paper. He as hastil,
rescinded the order when he found
that an Act of Congress granted tn,
forecasts to all newspapers.
Indications of a split in III,
national Republican party are i'm.
mlnent. Roosevelt and a faction Of
the party favor tariff revision. while
the old heads, the ''stand patters !
are bitter against any meddling. The
clouds are more ominous than were
those which hung over the Demo,
cratic party after Cleyeland's second
election, and which resulted in whal
seems nnreconcilable differences. The
republicans, however, have the
knack of fighting and getting to.
gether in close phalanx again.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-12-09
THE LATEST NEWS.
Foreign And Domestic Doines
In Brief.
AT HOME.
ESP ecial from Baltimore as we no 70 pres.

AT HOME.
Thin ice covers the upper Chesa-
peake bay.
Baltimore dealers do not think
Christmas turkeys will soar high.
The price will be below 20 cents.
Rough weather on the bay has
caused the price of oysters to take a
slight rise. Quoted on the Pratt
street wharves "Wednesday
in value from 20 cents
White citizens of Uofumb us, Ga
rescued a negro from mob Of his
race about to lynch him for murder
ing his grandmother and setting fire
to her house. Robbery was his aim.
There was violent slump in Wall
Street stocks Wednesday afternoon
after sundry declines, interrupted by
occasional rallies. The power of
reslstauce seemed to have gone from
the market. There was heavy un.
loading in all directions, attribu table
chiefly 10 President Roosevelt's
threatening foreign attitude displayed
in his Message.
THE EASTERN WAR.
Japanese shells from Meter Hill
Wednesday sent the big Russian
battleship Poltava to the bottom and
badly damaged the battleship Retvi-
zan. The Japs, under Nogi, have
taken another Important hill, At
last Port Arthur's doom seems near.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-12-09

VoLuNrNoUs utterapces by Presi-
dent Roosevelt and his friends would
lead US to believe that our chief
magistrate will enieayor to obliterate
sectional and party feelings and rule
as the President of the whole people.
The people Of the South, as evidenced
by the spirit of their papers, are
willing to take Mr.. Roosevelt at his
word and suspend judgment. Nor
will they be slow to accord him his
deserts, when the future unfolds.
and judge him impaitialls-praising
or condemning as his actions merit.
We do not wish to PREJUDICE bis iu-
tentions, but if sincere in his recent
deilverances We again say he must
sink personal pique and not exact
the pound of flesh for DIR. Crum's
plate.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-12-09

A FEW years ago the CITIZEN
raised a squeak among some who
"strain at gnat' and shocked some
of the tender "holier than thou"
ones when it advocated summarily
putting out of misery persons (par-
ticularly children) who had become
burned beyond recovery. We advo-
cated-and our opinion has strength
ened with years aud observation-a
statute permitting the application of
opiates for the purpose of humanely
putting out Of existence unfortunate
victims upon the declaration of three
practicing physicians that death
must surely ensue from the burns
We were told last week that a
negro child of thirteen which had
been fatally burned lay in torture
for week without the aid of ply
stefan or anything being done to re-
lieye it of the most excruciating mis-
cry. Just think of the horror of
such a thingl A human being, one
whose tender years and incapacity
could command no relief, suffering
SIX days and nights with sloughing
flesh and internal cremation-for it
had breathed inwardly the flamesl
Can anything be more horrible? And
yet humanitarians say the kind hand
that would end its misery must not
be exerted
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-12-09
NOT WHEATON PACKING co.
Erroneous Impression Going
the Rounds Calculated to In
jure This Staunch Concern.

The item in last weeks Lancaster
court proceedings that the "Wbealton
Mutual Packing Co." had gone into
hands of receiver has led to the con-
founding of this corporation with the
Wheaton packing Co."
The Mutual" Company was a
stock corporation packing tomatoes
and fruits, and had no connection
with "The Wheaton Packing CO..,
other than Capt. Wheaton had stock
in the former, while he and Capt. E.
Is. Blackman are the firm. in the
latter. The "Mutual" has numerous
stock holders. "The Wheaton Pack
ing Co." is one of the strongest
oyster concerns in Virginia and Bal
timore, as it was one of the first ON
the Rappahannock. 1t has, COM
paratively speaking, unlimited re-
sources, as can be attested by the
Lancaster National Bank and any
others having close business relations
with them.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-12-09

A SEQUEL to the blow that the
millionaire yaohtsman and copper
king, Tbos. w. Lawson, has given to
frenzIed fnanciers is a suit for $780,
900 damages by some of the pack
that was bit. Mr.. Lawson has done
a great deed in exposing bogus stock
manipulations, but we fear it comes at
an unpropitious time. The Ameri-
can people are drunk with prosper
Gus times and are not stopping TO
inquire into insidious workings that
may be sapping our financial and
civil Liberties. The siren song of
"let we'll enough alone" has stupefied
patriotic zeal.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-12-09

NOT week passes but we have
the most generous offers through the
mails of fine wines and liquors at a
mere song, and sometimes in return
for valuable advertising. We don'i
know whether these dealers are guy-
ing us, trying to entrap, or whether
our address has been given them by
some of our SWEET" friends as a likely
customer. Maybe they know our
propensity for something fiery. Quien
sabe? At any rate we are getting
quite tired of these persistent tenders,
and if it wasn't for increasing our
reputation of being reckless we
would direct them to ship ahead and
then do the best thing for the stuff
christen the parched earth. The
The latest offer this week comes from
Hannah q Hogg Every appropriate
combination), all engraved with
holly and mistletoe and reminding
us of the good cheer very nearly
upon us. They wind up with this
you let us help You
make merry?" God save the mark
The merry-making of their ilk will
leave thousands of women and chill
iren without bread, and possibly
without raiment or shelter, as
Christmas cheer.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-12-09

OF the personal property on Apple
Grove" farm, one mile east OF Rehoboil,
Church, In Northumberland county, Va
TO be held al II o'clock December 18Th,
1904.as follows viz:
horses; o sheep, double wagons
dump cart, McCormick binder,
double row check corn planter, I
large and 1 small sail boat. / drill, /
corn shelter, fqtd cutter. breaking and
seeu piows. cuitivsi0ts. spring and spike
tooth harfows. lot ~ harness snd 6ihs.
things.
Terms OF sales Al SUNS OF sif
and under cash. over that aneBni .
credit OF IL months will De given on note
with approved security.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-12-09
POLITICAL.

Lieut-General Miles has consented
to be Adjutant-G General of Massa-
chusetts and Will serve as chief.of-
staff for w. l.. Douglass, the Demo-
cratic Governor. elect.
Mr.. Cortelyou displayed so much
ski)l in financiering the Republican
committee that it is said that he will
be put in charge of the treasury de-
partment, and then the trusts will
have "whack" at his pants strings.
-Farmville Herald.
Ii is said that Hugh Gordon Mil
ler's indiscreet talk may lose him
the fat job the President had slated
him for. Miller has moved his resi-.
dence from Virginia to Newport, the
Mecca of the $500" lie will shortly
marry a rich Miss Allen of that
place.
The arrest of several ladies in
Denver upon the charge of bribing
other ladies to vote the Republican
ticket has shocked and surprised the
country. Mics Lizzie Cummings and
other ladies have made oath that
Mrs. Rosa Snyder offered each of
them $5 for her vote.
What President Roosevelt hesitated
to do before the election has since
happened. He has directed the dis
charge without honor" of John T.
Smith, hospital corps, stationed at
Fort Mott, N. j., who is said to have
married q negress, and whose dis
charge was recommended by General
Grant, commanding the Department
of the East.
"The campaign is on now for
Governor" said Mr.. Swanson as he
sbook hands with crowd of friends
IN the lobby of Murphy's hotel.
"The fight commences now, and
nothing will be left undone, which
can be done, to secure the nomina-
ton. | shall make a clean, active
canvass. Relying on my friends,
and what has been told me, / can
say that that have every reason TO
feel encouraged at the outlook. /
shall begin the canvass just as soon
as possible, ana will certainly appear
in Richmond"
A Republican State Supreme Court
is engaged in throwing out fifty
precincts in Colorado that gave
Democratic majorities in order to re-
tain Governor Peabody in office. Pea
body is the man who sent troops
against the Colorado miners, killing
some and exporting others. He was
defeated by Adams, Democrat, on
the face of the returns.
The American people are thorough
ly good natured. Many of them
were afraid of President Roosevelt.
and opposed him bitterly in the re-
cent campaign, and voted against
him on election day. But now that
he has been elected, and now that he
has given them his promise as an
honest and honorable man that he
will DE president of the whole
country, without regard to section or
party; that be will, as far as he may.
conserve the general interests of the
people. and will conscientiously en-.
deavor 30 to carry on his admins
tratlon as to give even to his oppo-
nents no cause for regret, the people
In all sections and of all parties are
taking him at his word, receiving
him kindly wherever he goes, and
bidding him Godspeed. The situa-
ton has greatly changed, and the
Presidents manly course Is making
for him new friends every day
Iimes-Dispatch.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-12-09

A BAPTIST preacher has changed
the regular order by taking place
in the pew and listening to sermon
cites by four of his leading laymen.
The laity has lost an opportunity
if it does not show him what mar
cotc is a dry sermon, long drawn
out.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-12-09

CONE a running, girls (that is, to
the rooms below our stairs, there's
lots of eligible timber tbere), for leap
year is on the wane. Precious DAYS
are 1eeting. Nevertheless, the census
statistics should encourage our girls;
there are 1,S15,O97 more men than
women in the United States.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-12-09


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When writing mention reading this generous
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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-12-09

FROM all over the State comes the
wall of scarcity of quail, and the
best explanation we have seen is
from an old sportsman, who attri-
outes the scarcity of game more TO
the fact that hundreds of dogs roam
the fields and forests during the
spring and summer months and de-
stroy eggs and young birds, rabbits,
ETC., than to hunting and trapping
during the season. The dog law in
Virginia does not seem to reduce the
worthless ours, hounds and settlers
that roam at large through the sum-
mer months. While crossing a field
the past summer two partridge nests
were come upon, just recently broken
up, eggs smashed and a general
mix up of yolk and shell. They
were 10 the trail of setter lust
skirmishing over the fields. In a
few minutes one dog-whose owner
should have been chained up for let.
ting him loose-had destroyed what
in the natural order of events would
have been two handsome coveys of
quail. II you have hound or cur
that can find rabbit, or a bird. dog
that can wind partridges, you may
put it down that, if loose in the
summer, he will find old hair Or bird
IN bed or nest and make short shift
of the young.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-12-09
SHOPPING ron LADIES.

Save travelling expenses snd have d, our
shopping done by MRS. .. r.. MeanIey,
Z2O4 Oak ST.. Baltimore. She IL In
close touch with the best stores and can
save our ladies' money on their purchases
ia All lines. IL coats them ncthiDgr extrs.
Samples sent upon request.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-12-09
FOR MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS

The Singer has been recognized as
maintaining the highest standard of ex-
cellence among Family Sewing Machines.
During that period twenty million have
have been made aud sold directly from
maker TO user. They are never sold to
dealers, but we have a Singer Office at
White Stone, Va, where these machines
are now being sold at lower prices, quail
ity considered, than any other sold on
easy terms. Old ms chimes taken in -ex-
change. A full line OF parts, attachments.
needles and oil for various makes of
machines Hoping this may lead 10
pleasant and profitable business rela-
lions, and thanking you In advance for
your courtesies, we are,
Very truly yours,
The SINGER MANUFACTURING Co.,
White Stone, Va.
II. Il. GRUBBs, District Manager.
ALLEN BUAUcHAMP, Salesman.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-12-09

OF the wonderful
cures made by DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root
the great kidney. liver
and bladder remedy.
II is the great medi-
cal triumph Of the nine
teenth century: dis.
covered after years G,
scientific research by
DR.. Kilmer. the emf
nent kidney and blad-
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-12-09


land county, was burned a few
nights ago.
A house at Wicomico church
belonging to Mr.. J. B. Kent, form.
erly used as a harness shop, was
destroyed by fire with about 1900
bundles of blade fodder. s-..as,-
The astonishing rapidity with
which fires are occurring throughout
this section are causing people who
never believed in insurance to "get
in out of the weather" Our home
FIRE Association is getting its full
share of applicants. Some knock al
its doors, however, who cannot enter.
Precaution is the chief reason for
the unrivalled success of the North.
ern Neck Mutual Fire Association.
The two-year-old girl of Howard
Sydnor residing near Totusky church,
Richmond county, was burned to
death Saturday morning while her
parents were away from home. They
we're horrlfied to find the childis
clothes completely burned from the
body, which was lying in the yard.
1t is thought the child's clothing
ught from an open door of the
cooking stove.
About 10 o'clock last Wednesday
morning fire was discovered in the
barn of j. 9. Mercer, ST., near Lock
lies, lower Middlesex, and within an
hour the entire barn and contents
were in ashes. Contents included
90 barrels of corn, large lot of
hay, shucks and several sets of
harness. Loss was about 81, 900.
Insurance about $3.50, in an old line
company. Mr.. Mercer says he has
not the slightest idea how it caught,
and he was at work within about %
yards of it all the morning.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-12-09

A Jury Under The "Black Flag
Judge-Gentlemen of the Jury,
what is your verdict!
Foreman-We find that the man
who stole the horse is not guilty.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-12-09

WITH cotton climbing to the
twenties and old Virginia sun-cured
at twenty-four a regular "hog kill
ing time" is on throughout the South
sure enough.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-12-09
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK 2
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers IS sure 10 know of the uonHerf,,I
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-12-09
STILL MORE FIRES.

Part of the residence of Mr.. Hal
lie Hall, at Deep Point, Westmore.
land county, was burned a few
nights ago.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-12-09
ADVERTISING RATES.

tE 20 per cent. additional for special position
Notices in reading columns, 10 cents-p
uonparefl line.
Obituaries. religious notices of entertain
ments. excursions. etc.. one-half regular rates
All communications or business letters
should be addressed TO the VIRGINIA CITIZEN,
lrvington. Va. 20 receive prompt attention
Friday, December o, 1904.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-12-09

Congressman Maynard, of Norfolk
has asked $4,000, 1000 of Congress fol-
the Jamestown Centennial.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-08-17
MODES. OF LATE SUMNER

T SEEMS to me that the
AkN. season is prolonged every
X@N year, and now there are
@%NE many people who do not
think Of leaving town be-
fore August. The summer
Is certainly later than it used to be.
and 1t Is not unusual for our light,
thin frocks to be in request as late as
September.
Some Of the darker flannels in
stripes and spots are very attractive
and suitable for neat costumes for the
woman who is afraid of looking stout
in the blouse-like garment. Dark blue
and white, black and white, and red
and white are charming on the water.
The rage this year is for bright
colored linens. We have had such
prettily embroidered linen blouses that
many OF us find it advisable to invest
in a plain linen skirt or two to 20
with them, because here, as elsewhere,
II we want to look our smartest, the
skirt and blouse should be of the same
color. Red is essentially a water
shade and nothing looks better .againsr
the background. of gray and green.
There is linen in a new dark shade
of red which is very effective made up
as skirt and bolero, worn with
white muslin sun hat and blouse, and
white washing-leather belt and
gloves. Some women look their best
in the duck 's-egg shade, which is ex-
tremely effective and pretty, whereas
French women seem to prefer white
lime of a coarse description, almost
resembling a holland, trimmed with
coarse embroidery to correspond; this
Is one of the most effective models for
the seaside.
Then there IL, a coarse silky linen
which is most attractive when mixed
with Irish crochet or torchon lace. The
finer makes Of linen are produced in
variety of beautiful shadings, and are
usually made up very simply with
stitched or strapped skirt and blouse.
For the river and country one must
not forget the charms of brown hol-
land-real, old-fashioned brown hol-
land, which is so effective when en-
broidered in red or white.
Nowadays, on the decorated house.
boats, and on the pretty country
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-08-17

manship. Some Of the best sergas Of
the moment are heavily braided with
fat silk braids and ornamented with
tiny gold or silver wrought buttons.
OF course, nothing looks more charm
ing than the white serge frock.
Smart and suitable tailor-made
wraps are great consideration. Linen
is an excellent substitute for the Tus-
sore dust wrap. It looks very smart
In pretty shades, and, without being
too heavy, has a certain amount Of
weight Some of the smartest wraps
OF the season are in serge, cloth and
linen. The latter in pale blue, decor
ated with straps, lined with thin silk
and showing a collar and revers of
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-08-17
ICE PLANT OPERATORS FEW
Scarcely One Engineer in Twenty Can
Fulfill Requirements of
the Position.

knowledge of the operation of arti-
fetal ice plants is becoming a valu-
able asset to the electrician who seeks
to advance to the position of manager
OF a lighting plant south of Mason and
Dixon's line. On the authority of one
capitalist it is easier to get 20 engineers
posted in electricity than one who can
operate an ice plant. He says the
value of cold storage plants and the
necessity for their existence in the
south are being slowly grasped and
these offer still larger field for
growth and addition to both ice and
electric plants. The economy of the
dual operation of the two lines in one
plant is emphasized in this part of the
country, where the long summer even
ings are spent out of doors and little
burden placed on the lighting plant,
the power Of which may be readily
used in the refrigerating plant. He
cites one case in which, with the addi-
ton of an oiler and fireman to the
regular force of 300 kw alternating
plant, 100 tons of ice were added to
the daily product.