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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-11-10
ROOSEVELT TO THE VETS.


However carefully prepared ma,
have been his pnblic utterances
President Roosevelt in Richmond
broke beyond the bounds of formal.
ity when, at the imposing bronz,
monument of Robert E. Lee, h,
stood and found about him a cluste,
of veterans who had followed
"Marse Bob" 1t will be a subject
of comment for many days and fcr
many years, perhaps, this talk of
Roosevelt to the "boys in gray"
The boys with the worn, gray
coats were placed 10 the front, fac.
ing the southwark, grasping their
flags with trembling hands and ner.
vously waiting. Above them was
the gigantic bronze form of their
great commander, facing the south
ward, too. A thin gray line of pitt
fully weak aud infirm old men, gaz.
ing toward Dixie!
With the blast of bugles and
thunder of hoofs, the Presiden "a
carriage dashed up. Before the old
men realized it Theodore Roosevelt
was facing them. There was a space
of a hundred feet between them and
the President and the iron fence in
tervened. The President stood up.
"Come closerl Come closerl" be
shouted, oeckoning to the "boys" in
gray. 1t was greeting born of the
moment and of the circumstance.
but it breathed the spirit OF COM
radeship and union. That exelama-
tion may become historic. "Come
closell" As the President repeated
his request the commander of the
company quavered. Forward, bows.
de wants us to come closer"
With confused exclamations the
old men hobbled forward with no
pretense of marching. They forgot
the old marching orders, and simply
huddled forward. The old "boys"
gathered in q semi-circle as close to
the President as they could get.
"rhree cheers for Theodore Roose-
velil" cried the captain. "Hurrab!"
thrice shouted the old Confeder-
ates. "Hurrah for the Cowboy Presi-
dentl" piped up bent and grizzled
old fellow in the rear. The Presi-
dent caught the cry, drew his head
back, waved his hand at the man in
gray and gave him a grin of good
fellowship.
Then the President spoke to the
South, the old South. His eyes were
grave, his manner slow and impress
sive. He gazed straight into the
eyes of the old men, who were only
ten feet distant. Every word he
spoke seemed to strike the chords of
brotherly love and good will. The
crowd was behind the President.
He did not turn to it once, but
spoke only to the wearers of the
gray. He was speaking as the Presi
dent of the reunited country, "bring.
ing in his right hand gentle peace"
Here In the flesh were theuew and the
old. Here the voice Of the nation
seemed to.speak to tLasfollowers of
Lee. 1t was dramatic moment
when the President raised his eyes
and spoke to the withered few of
their !" mighty commander /" and
praised the South for the part, it
had played in the Spanish war.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-11-10
Women Pick Poekats

Two tall, fair haired British girls
have been arrested in Paris on the
charge of picking pockets with the
help of a most ingenious device at
tached to a parasol. In the handle
was spring which acted on pair Of
strong nippers concealed in the point
of ferrule. The girls held their
Parasols under their arms and by
means OF the spring would work the
nippers to cut watch chain. Then
one of them would deftIy pick the
victims pocket of bis watch.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-11-10
MY SAILOR FRIEND.

Again meets this jolly tar,
Who'd sailed the brlny sea.
sxed, "What did you have to eat
When you were wrecked? ?" Says he,
well, mate. I'll say. 'twixt me an you
For eggs. we had the ship lay to-
"And then," says Iunto this tar,
Who paused TO scratch match,
"Whst did you do for chickeps when
For food you had to scratch ?"
he rolls his quid and spsts and says
We gets 'em from the for'ard hatch. -
And then to this brave sailor man,
Who had such apt retort,
l says, says 1, "When you were dry
To what did you resort gn
He spats again-"Well. mate, for wine
We kept the ship to port"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-11-10
FAX AND FIGGERs.

All men make mistakes, but the
wise man differs from the fool in
that he profits by them and turns de.
feat into victory.
Do not think that you are the only
honest man--Do not think that ali
men are honest. and do not think
that some one will give you fortune
for the asking. "God helps those
who help themselves"
The way to make money is to fol-
low successful men. Bad luck and
hOodoos are poor companions.
The royal road to success runs by
the mill of industry. Leave your
grist going down and you will find
1t ready on the way back.
History and experience are the two
great guides. You should not ex-
pect to gather figs from thistles, nor
reap wheat from a harvest of tares.
Neither can you win wealth by asso
ciating with knaves and fools.
When you see successful man,
write down his name aud do not for
get where you wrote it.
Do You know how the vast for
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-11-10
saved by HI. Dog.

From Bulawayo. South Africa, comes
story of man named De Beer. who
was attacked in the Jungle by a lIoness
and saved from death by his little ter
rier. De Beer heard growl and. turn.
Ing, found a huge lioness about fifty
yards away and rapidly approaching.
She was Within twenty PAGES when he
hred. and the shot broke her jaw. A
second shot broke one of her fore legs.
and the third, fred just as she sprang.
missed her altogether, and the man
was borne down by the ferocious brute.
The dog fastened on the beasts ear
and hung grimly on. This made the
lioness shift little. and De Beer was
able to get hold of his rifle again with
his right hand and shoot her through
the chest. She fell dead on top of him.
his left hand still in her mouth.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-11-10
The Vicar. nItter Je.t.

Ine usually peaceful parish OF
thornton. in pastoral Leicestershire
England. has worked itself up into a
ferment over the Wears action I'm al
lowing sheep to Craze in the church.
yard, and the vicar has pointed out in
letter to his people his undoubted le-
gal rights over the herbage OF the
churchyard, as well as his right to fell
tne timber that may be growing there
Tor the repair Of the church or the par
sonage house. Unfortunately for the
general harmony, he adds: "A parish.
ioner has right to be buried in the
fhurchyard. Please tell those who are
90 anxious about their rights that !
will gladly bury them all."-Buffaio
Commercial
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-11-10
THE "lAzlNess GERM"

/
Feand In This Country Now, but the
Doctors Are After Him.
The "laziness germ" which Is a
greater scourge TO the semitroplcaI
countries than yellow fever ever was
at its worst has made its appearance
in the United States. A planter from
Selma. Ala, presented himself at the
| New York Postgraduate Medical School
and Hospital recently with a well de-
fined case of uncinariasis, as scientists
| call the malady the "laziness germ"
causes. and several other sporadic
cases have appeared. The result is
that the attention Of American medi-
cal men is again brought forclbly to
the necessity OF special study In this
country or the maladies peculiar 10
tropical and semitropicsl peoples. and
the Postgraduate school has undertak-
en- the establishment Of a special de.
partment for this branch OF medical
work.
The intimate relations which the
United States has established In the
last few years with southern islands In
the Atlantic and Pacific and the re-
sponsibilities ii has assumed in Pan
anna make the pursuit of the "laziness
germ" a pressing duty. The germ.
which Is only a microscopic fraction OF
an inch in size. finds Its way into its
victims through the skin rather than
through the mouth, which is the means
OF entrance most bacteria seek. The
greatest sufferers from its attacks are
laborers in the fields, whose daily work
brings them in close contact with the
SOIL
1t Is estimated that at least 30 per
cent OF the deaths in Porto Rico-to
take the case OF the island I'm which
we are specially Interested Just now
are due TO the work OF the "laziness
germ" which has fastened itself upon
90 per cent OF the islands laborers.
The splendid resources with which na-
ture has endowed the country have
been allowed to go to waste simply
from lack OF energy to develop them.
And what is true of Porto Rico applies
equally to other semitropicaI lands.
Scientists are confident that. I'm spite
or the appalling proportions OF the
problem, the work In which the New
York Postgraduate Medical school has
made n beginning will eventually eradi-
cate this curious disease, thereby add
Ing hundreds OF thousands OF useful
men and women to the worlds work
ers and millions Of dollars to it's wealth.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-11-10
In Time of Peace

In the first months of the Russia Japan war
we had striking example of the necessity for
preparation aud the early advantage of those
who' so TO speak. "haVe shingIed their roofs in
cry weather." The virtue of preparation has
made history and given to us our greatest men.
The individual as well as the nation should no
prepared for any emergency. Are you pre-
pared TO successfully combat the first cold
you takef cold can be cured much more
quickly when treated as soon as It has been
contracted and before it has become settled
In the system. ChamberlsIn's Cough Remedy
is famous for it's cures OF colds and It sbouid
De Kept at hand ready for instant use.
For sale by Aessick s Gunby. Irvington; W.
"A. cameron q Bro, Weems; G. W. Sanders &
Son, and ID. X. James, white stone.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-11-10

A salesman who never opens his
sample case soon fails in business
and the merchant who never adyer.
tises his goods will soon stop selling
Russia has exchanged 1896 Japa.
nese prisoners for $4,000 Russians
Comparing their individual worth
this is about what most peop'e would
have liked as the fair market rate OF
exchange.-Times- Dispatch.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-11-10
Son Lost Mother.

consumption runs IN our family. and
through it lost my mother" writes +. p.
Reid, OF Harmony, Me. For the past Ave
years, however, on the slightest sign of a
Cough or Cold. I have taken DIR Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, which has saved
me from serious lung trouble" His mothers
death was sad loss for Mr.. Reid. but he
learned that lung trouble must not be neglect
cd, and how TO cure it. Quickest relief and
cure tor coughs and colds.
Price 5Oc and $l.00; guaranteed at K. c..
richardson. Kilmarnock; T.J. Hayden & Sou,
lrvington; Ficklin & Bass, Litwalton. Trial
bottle free.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-11-10
Man. urrsasonahl.ns..

Is often as great as womans. But Thos. 8.
Austin, Mgr. of the Republican" !" of Leaven-
WORTH Ind, was not unreasonable, when he
refused to allow the doctors to operate on his
wife. for female trouble. sInstead." :" he saws.
I'VE concluded TO try Electric Bitters. nv
wife was then so sick she could hardly leave
her bed, and five I5l physicians hsd failed to
relieve her. After taking Electric BItters
she was perfectly cured, and can now perform
all her household duties"
Guaranteed by Z. c. Richardson, Kilmar-
mock; T. }. Hayden & Son, Irvington; Fiolxlin
& Bass. Litwalton. Price soc.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-11-10
II Thank Tn. Lord -.

cried Hannah Plant. OF little Rock, Ark, ..for
the relief got from BucKien's Arnica Salve.
lt cured my fearful running sores, which
nothing else would heal, and from which
had suffered for years." It is a marvellous
hea er for cuts, burns and wounds.
Guaranteed at X. @. Richardson. KfIrnar-
mock; T. ], Hayden s. Son, Irvington; FiokIIn
& Rass, Lttwaiton. Price csc.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-11-10
Group.

A reliable medicine and one that should al
ways be kept In the home for im mediate use
Is Chamberiain's Cough Remedy. It will pre-
vent the attack II given as soon as the child
becomes hoarse, or even after the croupy
cough appears
FOR sale oy hessick ouuby, IrvIngton; w.
A. Demeron & Bro, wecms; q. w. sanders a.
Son, and ID, r. James, white stone.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-11-10

Afectionstely Inscribed by SeribeJ
One more unfortunate,
Clear out of booze,
Scuttled and busted.
Takes its last snocze.
Pick 'em up tepderly;
Pay their car fare,
DON'T chuck 'em overheard
Any old where.
Child of the carpet-bag.
Anomalous freak,
Find it resting place
Close by Salt Creek.
Inscribe on the wreck
Or. what's left Of the craft
here, meath Carriers Creek
Rests ye old Gospel Raft"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-11-10
Chapped HapIas

Wash your hands with warm water. dry
with 3 towel and apply Chamberiain,s salve
Just before going to bed. ana a speedy cure "a
certain. This salve Is also unequaled for skin
diseases. -
For sale by Messiok S Gunby, lryington; W.
A. Dameron Bro, Weems; G. W. Sanders &
Son. and ID. X. James. White Stone,
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-11-10
a pisastrons caIam,,u

It is disastrous calamity, when you lose
your health, because indigestion and oonsti
patton rave sapped 1t away. Prompt reliet
cam be had In DIR. Kings New Life Pills. They
build mp your digestive ORGANS. and cure head
ache. dizzlnefs, collie, constipation, etc.
Suarauteed at K. c. Richardson, kilmar-
mock; II. }. Hayden & Son, Iryington: FIckIin
& Bass. Lstwalton.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-11-10
Sells More OF Cha amberlain,s Cou~h Re,,..
dy Than OF All Othars Pnt ro.-o...

Sens More OF chamberlain's Cough Reme-
dy Than OF All Others Put Torether
Mr.. Thos. George. a merchant at Nc. EIgfn.
on'arlo, spr1 says; have had the local agency
for Chemberlain's Cough Remedy ever sIoce
1t was introduced into Canada, and sell as
much OF it as do OF ALI other lines have on
my shelves put together. or fthe many dozens
sold under guarantee. have not had one bot
tlo returned. 1 can personally recommend
this medicine as have used it nyself and
given IL TO my children and always with the
best results"
For sale by Messick s. Gunby, Irvingfon; w.
A. Oameron & 8s0.. weems; q. w. Sanders &
Son. and ID, q. James, White Stone.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-11-10
NOW IS THE TINE

TO order Netting 1t cheap both the
price and the goods. ~ ~ s
we are making the best that be and
now In shape give orders attention. speciality
of all kinds Of Netting. e =
elsewhere 49, > ~S"'Ne
Write for Netting Seires Cotton and Linen
Gill Netting, Twine, Rope. Corks Leads, etc.
The Wm. ]. Hooper Manufacturing Co.,
johnson and Barney Sts., BALTIMORE. MD.
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III.
The Widow and Her Daughter.

Mrs. Belongs house was next to that
Of Mr.. Farnham. and the neighbor.y
custom OF Algonquin avenue was to
build no middle walls of partition be-
tween adjoining lawns A minutes walk
therefore, brought the young man 10
the door Of Mrs. Belongs cottage. She
called it cottage. and so we have no
excuse for calling it anything else,
though il was a big three-storied house,
built of the soft creamy stone of tho
Bufffand quarries. and it owed its mod
est name to an impression in the lady'S
mind that gothic gables ard dormer win
doWs were q necessary adjunct of COT
tages. She was n happy woman. though
she would have been greatly surprised
to hear herself SO described. She had
not been out OF mourning since she was
q young girl. Her parents, as she some
times said. had put her into black: -
and several children had died in in
fancy. one after the other. until at last
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Maud. as she walked away, hardly
knew whether to be pleased or not. She
saw looked like a lady. mad thought 7
could not be one honestly. III show
them"
V "
She knew as few men as women. She
sometimes went to the social gatherings
affected by her fathers friends. Odd
Fellows and Druids' balls. and the res-
tvifives with which the fremen re-
freshed themselves after their tolls and
dangers. But her undenia BILE beauty
gained her no success. She seemed Ia
take pains TO avoid pleasing the young
carpenters, coachmen, and tourneyuan
printers she met on these occasions
With her head full OF fantastic dreams
she imagined herself a mere visitor at
these simple entertainments of the com
mon people, and criticised the partici-
pants to herself with kindly sarcasm.
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she heard excited her interest and ad-
mira ton. After that. she often asked
him to rake heH and in the long walk
to and from the Harmony Hall. whcl e
the iorg-haired brotherhood held their
sessions. a sort OF confidential relation
EreW up between them which meant
nothing to Maud. bat bound the heart
of Sleeny in chains OF iron Yet he new
CT dared say a word of the feeling thar
was consuming him, He feared he should
lose her forever, If he opened his lips
OF course. she was not at ease in this
life of dreamy idleness. 1t did not need
the taunts of her father to convince her
that she ought to be doing something
for herself. Her millionaire would never
come down to the little house on Dean
street TO find hcr, aud he had conscience
enough 10 feel that she ought to earn her
own clothes. She tried to make use OF
the accomplishments she had learned at
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SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS
CHAPTER l.
The story opens with an interview between
Arthur Faraham. American gentleman of
a cans aud breeding, a bachelor. and Miss
Maude Matehin. The handsome. once frowsy'
daughter Of a. English carpenter. who seeks
q position in the town library of which Mr.
Farnhem Is one of the heads. the Conv ersa-
ton taking pace in the living room OF the
tarnheIn residence. on Algonquin avenue,
RIffiand, a town on Lake Erie.
Miss Mntchin wins but q partial promise
OF aid in the Library project from Mr., Farm
ham. and Is much chagrined al the latter s
correct estimate OF her rather vain little
character,
CHAPTER II
Dealing with the childhood of Maude
romptng. unspoiied girl OF middle-ciass Ger
man parenIaEe tparents content with their
lot, and happy in IL and her several brothers.
20 their hard-working father. Miss Maude
conceivcs violent passion for frivolous
nincomaoop OF a grammar school girl, Azalea
Ntndo1u. through whose example she loses
al the charm OF childhood and finally goes
70 the high school. much against her fathers
fishes. the latter's highest ambition for his
daughter being that she enter domestic
service with some wealthy family, After
reaching high school, however, Maude slowly
OF Azalea and by degrees their positions
are reversed, the former naughty Miss Win
dom becoming the errand boy of the girl
who he's grown pTettier. c!everer, and taller
than herself
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He is pretty well off. amt her,

lie Is pretty well OH. ain her
Saul laughed with that satisfied arrog-
ance of ignorant men when they are
asked question they can answer cas-
lily.
Il rather guess he is; that is. eff you
call three. four five millions we'll off. I
don't know how it strikes you" with a
whitening sarcasm), but I call Arthur
Farnham pretty well fixed"
These words ran in Maud's brain with
a ravishing sound. She built upon them
a fantastic palace OF mist and cloud
When at last her dress was finished and
she started after three unsuccessful ar.
tempts, 10 walk to Algonquin avenue
she was in TO condition to do herself
simple Justice. She hardly knew wheth-
or she wanted a place in the library. a
cIerkship at Washington or the post OF
amanuensis to the Young millionaire
She was confused by his reception Of
her; his Eood-natured irony made her
feel i'll at ease; she was nervous and
Hurried: and she felt as she walked
away, that the battle had gone against
her.
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Too good" reared Saul. shes the
golderndest-''
Hold en- there said sIeeny. Don't
say nothin' you'll have TO take back.
Eff you say anything ag'in her, you'll
have to swaller Il. or whip me-
Saul looked OF him with amazement
Well! YOU beat me, the pair Of you!
You're crazy 70 want her. and she's
crazy not to want you. She liked to
a bit my head off for perposin' you.
and you want 10 lick me for calling her
a fool"
"she amt no fool" said sleeny. with
sullen resignation; "she knows what
she's about. and he picked up another
shaving and ruminated upon II.
n -
The old man walked 10 and fro, fdget-
ing with his tools At last he came back
to the young man ard said. awkward1y
busting the bench with his hand:
Sam, you wasn't 'Iowin TO leave
along O. this here foolishress?"
That's just what I was lowin TO
do. sir
Don't you be dern fool. samr' and
Saul followed up this judieious elhor-
tation With such cocent reasons that
Sleeny was glad to be persuaded that
his chance was not over yet. and that
he would much better stay where he
was
How'll she Ike .t?"
oh! it Won't make 4 mite o differ
ence to her" said the old man aiTily.
and poor sam fell in his respondent
Heart that II would not
He remained and became like the least
of her. servants. She valued his attach
ment much as a planter valued the af-
would work the better for it. He did all
her errands: fetched and carried for her.
took her to church on evenings when
she did not care to stay at home One
OF the few amusements Saul Matchln
INDUCED in was that Of attending spir-
itualist lectures and seances. whenever
Eoted medium visited the place. Saul
had been an unbeIiever in his youth. and
this grotesQue superstitution had rushed
In at the first opportunity to fill the
vacuum Of faith in his mind He had
never succeeded however in thorough
ly matchmaking his daughter She re-
garded her fathers religion with the
same contempt she bestowed upon the
other vulgar and narrow circumstances
of her lot IN life. and so had preferred
her mothers sober Presbyterianism to
the new and raw creed Of her sire But
one evening when she was goaded by
more than usual restlessness. Sleeny
asked her If she would go with hing to a
''sperritual fectur." To escape from her
own society. she accepted, and the wild.
incoherent. and amazingly fluent address
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If she ever consented TO dance. 1t was
with the afr with which she fancied a
duchess might open ball of her serv-
ants. Once, in q round game at a sur
prise" party. il came her turn to be
kissed by a young blacksmith. who did
his duty in spite of her. struggles with
strong arms and willing heart Mr..
Browning makes certain queen,
mourning over her lofty loneliness, wish
that some common soldier would throw
down his halberd and clasp her to his
heart. It Is doubtful if she would really
have liked it better Than Miss Maud
did, and she was furious as a Young
Honess She made herself SO disagree
able about It that she ceased te- be in
vitcd to those lively entertainments; and
some of the most eligible of the young
"Caribocs'-a social order Of a secret
and mysterious rite. which met once
week in convenient WoOdsheds and
stable-Iofts-took an oath with hands
solemnlY clasped in the intricate grip
of the order, that they would never
ask Miss Matchin to go to party. picnic.
or sleigh ride, as long as the stars gem
med the blue vault of heaven from
which it may be seen that the finer
sentiments of humanity were not I'M
known to the Cariboos.
* y
Maud came thus to be eighteen. and
though she was so beautiful and so
shapely that no stranger ever saw her
without an instant of glad admiration,
she had no sutton but one and from
him she never allowed n word of de-
votion. Samuel Sleeny, a carpenter who
worked with her father, and who took