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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-05-25
SUCCESS.

Nothing succeeds like success.
Othing in this world can keep a
good man down, God has decreed
for him an elevation to which he
must attain. Men may try by
tricky and mean under currant
method to keep him down but
God will bring him through if it
costs him a thousand worlds; an
old addage says You can't keep
a working man down" the same
can be said of a good man or wo-
man.
Success depends on the char
acter building. not so much on a
bank account. Thousands of
men may have large bank ac-
counts but are pigmies in charact-
er. Success does not come with
boarding up dollars and cents.
l here is that which layeth up and
tendeth to poverty, and there is
that which giveth yet increaseth.
The stingy close-hsted soul who
has saved thousands of dollars
anc done nothing for the relief of
humanity, nothing for
God, nor the world, cannot be
called successful man but a col
losal failure.
The world may not value you
for your true worth but depend
upon it, it wont be far off. Charact-
er will shine forth as gold while the
man with no character (yet with
great wealth. will feel that he is
but a paisite on the human kind.
Character and success go hand in
hand, they are twin brothers.
Many young men start out in
ife with a hope of success yet ig-
lore the first rudiments of success
character, character brings con-
ent, and a contented mind is a
feast. To do good is
he great secret of happiness and
10 man can be good without char
lcter. A man with true charact-
er will not do wrong, no power
Under the sun can make him do
20 Tor he Is walled about on every
side by that impenitrable defense
called character. and with this
wall around him he Is invulner-
able. Success then in it's true
sense depends upon chsracter
md character is that internaNfre |
hat burns up selfshness, Ills
ust. hates, foolish pride
orms of evil and smiles u
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-05-25
Mr.. Stubs Announcement
Observer

Mr.. Stubs Announcement
To the Democratic voters OF
the 5oth Senatorial District OF
Virginia, composed of the coun-
Ties of King and Queen, Essex,
Middlesex, Mathews and Glou-
cester:
l am a candidate for the Sen
ate of Virginia, subject to the de-
cision of the Democratic primary,
20 be held in the future. l will
soon publish a card, giving my
views on the leading questions in
this campaign.
!. N. Stubs.
Woods X Roads, Va,
April II, 1906.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-05-25
Woods X Roads, Va
April II, 1906.
Senator Sears Announcement

Senator Sears Announcement
Mathews, Va, April 10, 1905.
To my acknowledgements of tue
seth Senatorial district:
hereby formally announce my
candidacy for the Democratic
nomination for the Office of Sta, e
Senator from the goth Senate. al
district.
-Four years ago you honored
me with your confidence and a
seat in the Senate of Virginia.
My ambition a lain prompts me
to ask of you my return 20 mis-
high position.
As your Representative l made
every effort to faithfully dischar, e
every duty and responsibility res,-
ing upon me, and if you shall a.
gain honor me l will endeavor 10
be deserving of your confidence
and esteem.
Very truly yours,
], Boyd Sears.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-05-25

Those 100 young ROSTERS which you
Will raise this spring should be prop
erly operated upon at the right time and
converted into 400 eight pound capons
t9>brhlg you over dollar apiece next
Winter. Just as well have it done As
not The old way they are not worft
Ryer % cents each. 4
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-05-25

The summer supply Of fuel should be
got together right now and put where
the good wife can always have dry
wood. If we were woman and our
man should make us hunt fuel to cook
bis meals with, we would feed him on
raw oatmeal and soggy biscuits until
he came to.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-05-25


May IS, by Judge and MI
C. T. Garnett. at their beautiful,
home. Poplar Grove"
The rooms of this old Virginia
home were tastefully decorated
with roses. ferns and smilax, and
many friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Garnett we're present to greet
them, and to enjoy the genuine
hospitality of Judge and Mrs.
Garrett.
The handsome gowns of many
of the ladies were particularly
noticeable-Mrs. G. T. Garnett
wearing a black net gown, cut
decollete; Mrs. Elijah Baker a
white lace robe over white taffeta;
Mrs ]. p. Nottingham, white al
loian cloth over taffeta; Mrs. Les
lie c. Garrett an attractive black
lace robe over white satin; Mrs.
Grace u. SeiseI and Mrs. nj. Is.
Garnett handsome black gowns
Of crepe de chine; and Mrs. r. L.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-05-25
Warning

You cannot have good health
unless your kidneys are sound.
for the kidneys filter the blood of
impurities which otherwise act as
irritating poisons and break down
the delicate organs of the body
and cause serious trouble. If you
have kidney or bladder trouble
and do not use Foley's kidney
Cure, you will have only yourself
to blame for results, as it posi-
lively cures all forms of ki1ask
and bladder diseases. For
by S. E. Richardson,o
and Miller & Rifle,
Roads, Va. a
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-05-25
4 Sucker.

Fusser-Yes, sir. old man, I'm reg
ular shine in society!
Friend CA sort of parIor lamp,
eli? No matter how often you turn
'em down they won't so out.-Prince-
ton Tiger.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-05-25
Rolling Up!

When we started in 1896
a boy could have attended
to our business, now the
boys snow ball rec u;res
many men to roll it. The
rings show how our insur-
ance business is rolling up.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-05-25

His Friend-But what does it mean?
The Artist-Ah, that's just it. Don't
mean nawthin! I'm impressionist!-
New York American.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-05-25

TAlva 3"
AS the undersigned should like
to see all the children in Math-
ews County subscribe to the Fitz-
hugh Lee Monument fund, he
will be glad to receive a penny
from each child, (whose name
will appear in the columns of the
Journal) and will toward contri-
buttons to the committee in Rich
mond.
Giles b. Cooke,
Rector of Kingston Parish.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-27
Changing Breeding Swine.

Raisers of poultry understand the
necessity for frequent changes in the
stock to keep up vitality, and the same
plan is necessary with swine. The
tendency, when one has a good SOW
is to work more or less along the line
Of in-breeding which results in i'm
paired vitality in the young, indicated
by goitre, tuberculosis and other trou-
bles. OF course, the new blood may
be introduced through the boar. but it
is also a good plan to change the brood
Sows occasionally.
One of the best swine breeders in
the country used different boars for
different sows and watches results
closely. He has found that the prog
eny is improved and that frequently
the young from brood SOW that had
dropped only Indifferent pigs for sew
eral years was greatly improved by
the service from another boar; while
the first boar mated with another sow
would give excellent returns. There
is more in mating than most farmers
understand, and the same results often
obtain in mating other animals. The
writer has demonstrated this more
thoroughly among poultry and has had
some surprising results.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-27
AN OLD-TIME FOURTH.

These newfangled notions are giving the
boys
A queer kind of Fourth-one without
any noise.
With speeches and picncs no patience
have /,
And l pine for an old fashioned Fourth
of July.
Then we rose with the dawn, and the
cannon came first;
We packed it with powder till ready to
burst,
And, my, how the glass in the windows
did hy
When it startled the echoes on Fourth
of July.
We hitched up old Dobbin, and all tum-
bled in
The roomy old wagon, the fat and the
thin:
Even grandma was there and as clipper
and spry
AS any young maiden the Fourth of
July.
We went to the barbecue. Who cared
for showers
When the feast was a-futtCr with BAN
ners and flowers?
And if down came the rain in the midst
of it, why,
1t was part of an old fashioned Fourth
of July.
The rockets and pinwheels and firecrack-
ers, too,
At evening all joined in the hullabaloo,
And Washington rode on his horse i'll
the sky
A figure in flame on the Fourth of July.
The band marching out in their uni
forms gay
Struck up by the light of the bonfires to
play
THE Star Spangled Banner" and Sweet
By and By"
And so ended a glorious Fourth of July.
-Woman's Home Companion.
A Good Reason.
81 never heard of such a queer name,
Why do you call your dog Independence
Day|
Because it's our Fourth. Chicago
Record Herald.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-27


N though muchabused privilege
the Fourth Of July They
Xhapp they but they ought
around them that like 1.-THE
of that
But
and public call adjustment
celebration
The
and
example
almost wholly
from ordinary little
This
alike
enthusiasts who fancy that the Fourth
feeling
Mayors
the Fourth will be something
boys folks admit that and try
and the asphalt instead jong
established
dangerous
July privileges they should
time that do the armament"
to
miserable notwithstanding
reason
o
Perhaps all this with
will
will do exactly
ALL accidents happen, remember
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-27

The gross earnings Of Brooklyn Rapid
Transit gained more than $4,000 il
May.
The Central of New Jersey has finally
abandoned all brass baggage checks and
will use pasteboard cards for all bag
gage.
Chests containing supplies for FIRST
aid to the injured" are now carried on
all trains on the Southern Pacific lines in
Texas.
A railroad line from Hattiesburg tc
Pascagoula, on the gulf coast, is the
next big project to be taken up for the
development of Southeast Mississippi.
President Ripley of the Santa Fe ap.
proximateS the Kansas wheat crop al
from S2,00000O to S5,OOO,OOO bushels
Last year the State raised 65,OOO,OOO,
The Chicago and South Shore Inter.
urban Railway, connecting Laporte and
Michigan City Ind, was sold recently
at receivers sale for $450,000 to the
bondholders.
The Governor of Indiana has announc-
ed that under the railroad law of the
State recently enacted. all officers Of the
State are forbidden to accept q pass
from a railroad.
Secretary Taft has declined the appli-
cation of the State Of Missouri to take
possession Of the Merchants Bridge at
St Louis, on the ground that there has
been no violation of the charter.
The New York, New Haven and Hart.
ford, it is reported, viii spend 81 0OO,.
900 for new locomotive repair shops at
Norwood, Mass, and the New Haven
plant viii be practically dismantied.
About the same time the local freight
agents are in session at Minneapolis
members of the National Association OF
Travelling Freight Agents will convene
at Buffalo in their tenth annual meet
ing.
AS a result of the conferences held
in New York a few days agO it is thought
that a very much more harmonious rela-
tionship is in fair way to be estab-
lished between Eastern. Western and
Gulf port lines.
The statistical report of lake commerce
through the canals at Sault Ste. Marie,
Mich. and Ontario. for the month Of
May show an east-bound movement of
wheat amounting to 5,5S2, 061 bushels,
and of grain other than wheat amounting
to 4.S06.670 bushels.
According 10 German publication. the
railway mileage Of the world in 1903
was: United States. 207. S07 miles; Ger
many. 3,T9S miles; European Russia lin
Guiding Finland, 33,073 miles; France.
-. OS5 miles: British East India. 26.S24
miles: Austria Hungary. q. 106 miles;
Great Britain and Ireland. - AS mics;
Canada. 19,06I mics. Total, 531 ,G5s
miles.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-27
Brooder-Raised Chickens.

Naturally enough the brooder-raised
chick does not learn to feed itself so
well as the chick who runs with the
old hen. Most people who raise
chicks in breeders do very we'll in the
feeding during the breadcrumb and the
oatmeal period, but there is danger in
prolonging these days and not starting
the chicks to grow as soon as one
ought.
When they are three or four weeks
old they should have more substantial
meals; there is nothing better for bone
and muscle-forming than a dry mash
composed of wheat, corn and oats,
ground and we'll mixed and moistened
with milk mot sour until it will crum-
BILE like bread. This mash should be
fed at morning and night, while at
noon q little finely cracked corn should
be scattered through some fine straw,
so that they will scratch for it. Then
the green food should be given. sew
eraI times daily and in small quanti-
ties.
Do not feed them anything in the
way of animal food until they are
turned on to the range, where they
will learn to catch insects and thus
get all of this sort of food they will
need until fall. Above all things, do
not neglect the cool, fresh water, and
the abundance of shade; then fix
little corner where there is some dry
and rather sandy soil in which they
can dust and sun themselves. These
habits will fix them quickly if they
are started soon enough, and the chick
will make all the better pullet and hen
in consequence.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-27
THE STARS AND STRIPES
Resolution of Congress Which Made
Them the National Emblem.


Them the National Emblem.
Probably all Americans believe that
they know their national flag when they
see it, yet are certainly unable to distin-
guish between the standard Stars and
Stripes and its spurious limitations. 1t
is desirable for all to remember that the
flag is not a haphazard arrangement Of
alternate stripes of red and white, with
stars on a blue field. but an emblem
fashioned in a manner prescribed by law
| and official regulations
The first national legislation on the
subject bears date June ii, III, when
Congress, in session at Philadelphia,
adopted the following:
Resolved. That the flag of the thir-
teen United States be thirteen stripes,
alternate red and white; that the union
be thirteen stars, lite. in a blue field.
representing a new Constellation."
This was about ne year subsequent
to the Declaration of independence.
Prior TO that time colonial flags, and
those improvised by the parties using
them. were publicly displayed as occa-
sion demanded. but these were in no
sense the national standard"
The thirteen stripes had been intro
duced. in alternate white and blue, on
| the upper left-hand corner of stand
ard presented to the Philadelphia Light
Horse Company by its captain in the
early part of 1T75. Moreover. the flag
of the thirteen united colonies raised at
| Washingtou's headquarters at Cambridge
Jan. >. 1II6, had the thirteen stripes
! just as they are this day, but it also had
/ the cross of St George and ST. Andrew
on a blue ground in the corner
/ There is no satisfactory evidence. how
ever. that any flag bearing the union Of
the stars had been in public use before
/ the resolution Of June, 1T7I.-Youth's
| Communion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-27
Popular Toulouse Geese.

By far the most popular Of the va
rieties Of geese is the Toulouse. 1t has
been longer known than some other
useful kinds, like the African, and is
very rapid grower and reaches a
large size, says American Cultivator.
The standard weights are twenty
pounds for full grown ganders and
eighteen pounds for females, but even
this weight is often exceeded. The
color is gray-in some strains a light
gray, other darker-the underparts
and fluff whites, bill and legs reddish
orange.
AS layers the Toulouse rank me-
dunn, being rather less prolific than
the African, but more so than the
Emden. The seasons output is from
twenty to forty eggs per bird, geese
two or three years old laying more
than young geese.
Their disposition is quiet and they
are less troublesome to care for than
some other breeds and will get along
very well in a field without much wa
ter. Breeders usually keep the geese
laying as long as possible, Matching
most of the eggs with hens.
The eggs hatch in thirty days, and
goose of average size will cover
about fifteen. For the first few DAYS
they are liable to be chilled, but after
the first week they are more hardy
and require little care
The usual plan is to confine them
in small pens or yards which can be
moved to fresh grass every day, be-
cause they require considerable pas
ture. Besides the grass or clover, they
are fed on a mixture of Indian meal
and shorts mixed with water, but
squeezed almost entirely dry before
feeding. When three or four weeks
old they should be given wide range,
but within an enclosure. When fat
tening, they are confined and fed a
mixture of ground grains with beef
scraps, gradually increasing the pro-
portion of cornmeal and beef scraps
until the food IS about 10 per cent
beef scraps and 90 per cent meal.
Toulouse geese reach a weight Of ten
pounds at ten weeks of age and as a
rule are sold more probably at that
weight as green geese.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-27
Marketing Poultry.

If the poultry raised for market has
been well raised, 1t Is worth all pos
sible care to dress it so it will show
up to the best advantage. Whether
tine birds are drawn or not will depend
upon the demands of the market, al
though private consumers will be glad
to have this unpleasant work done for
them and to pay for it. In dressing
the carcasses be careful TO bruise
the skin. and always remove the pin
feathers before marketing the birds.
If there is a possibility of working
up good trade among private Gus
toners, it is worth while to try some
fancy ideas, such as cutting off the
feet and tying the legs together with
clean white cord or even ribbon. Try
wrapping each carcass in a square Of
clean white cloth, or even in heavy
tissue oiled paper; be sure and have
the oiled paper, so it will not cling to
the carcass. The clean cloth is the
best, however, and you'll be surprised
to see how dainty people will take
to the idea, and to your pront.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-27
Locality and Corn Varieties.

An instructor at the Illinois Agricul-
tural College recently said to a group
Of farmers, relative to corn: There is
more difference between the same va
rieties grown IN different localities
than there is between the different va
rietieS grown in the same locality"
This is rather a strong statement
and we do not believe it can be sub
stantiated in toto, for there is certain
ly a great difference between Boone
County white and Leaning corn, even
when grown in the same township.
We judge, however, that the instruct
or was merely using a little extreme
language to point a relative truth. He
doubtless meant that certain allied
varieties of corn were more affected
by locality than by varietal difference.
1t has been demonstrated again and
again that locality does very greatly
affect the corn plant, much more than
some other kinds Of grains grown on
the farm. This Is due doubtless to the
great changes that have taken place in
tie corn plant in the last fifty years.
So much Is this the case that some
seed houses grow corn in certain lati-
tudes for sale only in those ATTITUDES.
One seed house some years ago pub
lished a chart giving ,4e isosthermal
lines and noting on the chart what
kinds of corn to order for each terri
tory.
The professors at the agricultural
colleges recognize this truth, but few
are as yet able to distinctly define it.
There are more men studying corn in
more localities than ever before, and
the mass of evidence that is being ac-
cumulated will determine many Of the
questions that we are now asking.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-27

table career. In July also, on the 18th
day, in 1892, he laid down with his life
a sheaf Of honors such as few men have
won. He came to the colonies very
young and by the time the Revolution
had begun was as ardent an American
as any. Throughout the war he was a
veritable scourge of the sea, dispensing
British fleets, capturing prizes by the
score, raiding the coasts Of the enemy
with audacity unparalleled. His unequal
battle with the Scraps and the Countess
of Scarborough, in which he took the Sc
rapis at the cost of his own ship, the
Bonbomme Richard, is recorded in red
letters in the annals of naval warfare
In 17SS Jones entered the service of
Catherine the Great. Disguised with
Russian intrigueS, he returned to Paris
to die not in poverty and disgrace, as has
been often stated. but attended by Marie
Antoinettes physician and surrounded by
influential friends The French parlia-
ment sent twelve members to his funeral
to honor the memory of Paul Jones.
admiral of the United States navy,
man who has well served the cause of
liberty"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-27
Edible Cactus.

There are millions of acres of arid
land upon the globe, much of it, even
with the most persistent irrigation,
yielding but scantily, and enormous
reaches of it devoid Of all growth but
the cactus, a foe to man and beast.
Luther Burbank, the wonderful Cali
fornia wizard of flowers, resolved that
he would reclaim it, not by irrigation,
though welcoming its aid, but by
means of the desert itself-the desert
and its cactus, its heart and it's sun.
So for a period of over ten years, re-
lates a write in the Century, he has
worked with the utmost persistence
and skill until at last he has developed
a cactus plant which will convert the
desert into a. garden. He has made
the cactus thornless. taking from its
leaves the hard, woody substances, the
spicules, so dangerous to animal life
More than this, he has made it adapt
able to any climate 1t viii thrive on
the hot desert but it will grow with
marvellous fecundity when irrigated or
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-27
SEVENTY-SIx.

What heroes from the woodland sprung,
When through the fresh awakened land
The thrilling cry of freedom rung,
And to the work of warfare strung
The yeoman's iron hand!
Hills flung the cry to hills around,
Aud ocean-mart replied to mart,
And streams, whose springs were yet IN
found
Pealed far away the startling sound
Into the forests heart.
Then marched the brave from rocky steep
From mountain river swift and cold;
The borders of the stormy deep.
The wales where gathered waters sleep,
Sent up the strong and bold,
AS If the very earth again
Grew quick with Gods creating breath,
And from the sOds of grove and glen,
Rose ranks Of Hon-hearted men
To battle to the death.
The wife. whose babe first smiled that day,
The falr-fond bride of yester eve
The aged sire and matron gray,
Saw the loved warriors haste away,
And deemed it sin to grieve.
Already had the strife begun;
Already blood on COncord's plain
Along the sprnging grass had run,
And blood had flowed at Lexington,
Like shower Of April rain.
That death-stain on the vernal sward
HaHOwed to freedom all the shore;
In fra ments fell the yoke abhorred-
The footstep of a foreign lord
Profaned the soil no more.
By William Cullen Bryant.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-27
The Liberty Bell.

From the earliest times the Philadel-
phia statehouse bell has been a symbol
of patriotism. 1t sounded the repeal of
the stamp act, and in 1866 it tolled forth
the closing of the port of Boston. 1t
announced the first battle of the Ameri-
can Revolution and the passage of the
Declaration of Independence, on which
day. we are told, that the great bell
rang all day and almost all night" 1t
announced the surrender Of CORVALLIS
and the establishment of the constitution
of the United States 1t has given a
hearty welcome to foreign visitors and
toled the requiem of honored and re-
spected dead.