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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-13

President Roosevelt has appointed
w. Hall Harris, lawyer, as post
master of Baltimore.
Senator John w. Daniel has con-
sented to become editor Of the Soon
federate column" of The Richmond
Times Dispatch.
The largest sailing vessel in the
world has nearly been finished at
Bremerhaveu, Germany. 1t will be
1000 tons larger thar the Preussen,
which Is now the largest and fastest
sailing vessel in the world.
Natives ambushed and killed at
Dolores, Philippine Islands, an
American lieutenant and thirty-seyen
enlisted men. Two thousand Pula-
james threaten the town of Dolores.
Lieutenant Abbott, in command of
the scouts, has requested that aid
be sent him.
+. j. Mackay, multimillionaire
is trying to annihilate time and dis
tance between San Bernardino. Cal.
and London in an attempt to reach
the bedside of his wife, who is
reported to be dying as the result of
a fall from horse. Without count
ing the cost he is employing special
trains and steamboats, in this race
against death and paying for fright
of way" Louis Sherry, another
millionaire, paid 81 900 for special
train to run few miles up in New
York state to the bedside of his son.
A wild sensation was created in
Onancock Monday. The steamer
Maryland of the B, @. & A. line had
great trouble in getting over the bar
at the mouth of Onancock Greek.
The decks of the Maryland were
crowded with passengers, who
thoughtlessly, commenced to guy
the crew of a fishing bugeye lying
IN theway. The crew became violently
angered and the captain of the bug
eye, with double barrel gun, shot
twice into the crowd of one hundred
persons on the Maryland, and
slightly wounded in the neck a
young lady.
Caught in a gigantic SNOWFALL,
Mrs. Arnold Murphy and her pet
poodle were the unwilling passengers
in a wild and awful ride. A dozen
boys started the ball rolling at the
top of a steep hill near Pottsville,
Pa. 1t increased in size until it had
reached a diameter of over 10 feet.
when, near the foot of the hill, it
struck Mrs. Arnold and her dog.
They were caught up in the mass of
snow and whirled along with it until
1T burst some distance further on.
Mrs. Arnold was terribly bruised
and nearly suffocated. The dog was
crushed to death.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-13
THE BALANCE sBEET-too4

How standeth the balance with you, my
dear friend?
what progress the year that's jus,
closedg
Come, gather your thoughts and Jus,
follow their trend;
BE honest, reflective, composed.
La that little circle and sphere of your
life,
In business and social affairs,
Have you done your part, midst the
tumult and strife,
To those oyerburdened with cares?
Have you retrograded, or prospered In
trader
Is profit or loss the account?
Has trouble attended each effort you've
made,
Too difficult, aye, to surmounti
Ii Fortune has smiled on your energy,
rare;
Think well, and consider what cost
Your boasted achievements have been
TO the share
Or those in the struggle who lost
Whist stars have you followed to guide
you arightf
Have Justice and Mercy outshone
The Planet of Self, whose grand lustre
aud light
Bedims other sparks with her own?
Have you lived the rule that's so simple
and clear;
Itc 1AlIo,,
Have you done to others throughout the
past year
AS you would they do unto your
These queries are searching, though none
the less stern;
Their answer Is with Cod and you.
II conscience app, owes of each action in
turn,
'Tis well; you have nothing to rue.
But if 1t condemns thee, ne'er deem it a
grudge;
1t warns in advance, as a friend;
Undecided, it Furnishes. as a just Judge;
On this you may surely depend.
The twelve months have brought merry
laughter aud joy;
To some, interspersed with the mirth.
Are thoughts, sweetly ssd-a tinge of
alloy,
so common to mortals of earth.
Some hearts have been Joined which
were drifting apart,
Their union made sweeter by far,
And mistaken grievances, through Loves
strange art,
Are healed without leaving a scar.
Some cradles are empty, some voices are
stilled,
And Loves outward portals--the eyes,
Unused much to weeping, with tesrs are
now filed,
Their sorrow too deep 10 disguise.
Some vows have been broken, 7ain prom
isings rife,
And many bright prospects of gain,
So shattered and wrecked in the voyage
of Life,
Come now SIS saddened refrain.
Perchance, the Old Year carries with it
regret;
Indeed, 1t were strange did it not,
Howbeit, the balance sheet may show US
yet
That good deeds the bad one outblot.
That joys overbalsnce the sorrows, is
true;
So bid 1t farewell with tear.
We ring out the OLD, and we hope for
the NEW
A happy and prosperous year.
O. Z. d. BARRON.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-13
IFICOULD ONLY KNOW.

Ii l could only surely know
That all these things that tire me so
Are noticed by my Lord.
The pang that cuts me like knife,
The lesser pains of daily life,
The noise, the wesrinecs, the strife
What peace II would affordl
/ wonder if He really shares
In all my little human cares,
This mighty King OF Kings
IfHe who guides through boundless space,
Each blazing planet in it's place,
Can have the condescending grace
To mind these petty things.
Ii seems to me, il sure OF this,
Blent with each i'll would come such bliss
That might covet pain;
And deem whatever brought to me
The loving thought of Deity
And sense of Christ's sweet sympathy,
Not loss, but richest gain.
Dear Lord, my heart shall no more doubt
That Thou dost compass me about
With sympathy divine,
The love for me once crucified
Is not the love TO leave my side,
But wsiteth ever to divide
Each smallest care Of mine.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-13
SOME STEAMBOAT NOTES

1t is stated that the steamer
Middlesex, the new sidewheel boat
of the Weems line, is to be changed
into propeller craft.
Capt. Randall has taken the
Steamer Wakefield off the Potomac
route for the winter, and the Steamer
Randall will be the only boat stop
ping at the upper river landings
from Washington until spring.
tFrom Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.)
"The board of trade is going to
take up the matter of the Withdrawal
of the Weems line of steamers from
here to the Rappahannock river. l
have, on behalf of the association,
written to George w. Toms, the
local agent, for a confirmation of
the report, and as soon as his reply
is received the association will take
up the matter"
This statement was made last
night by Secretary Daug ghtrey of the
Board of Trade and Business Mems
association.
ain the event that the report is
true" continued Mr.. Daughtrey,
"that the line is to be discontinued,
the association will take action for
the establishment of rival line
from here to points on the Kappa
hammock river. The business be-
tween those points aud Norfolk is far
too valuable to lose, and there is no
doubt but what the merchants will
take an active part in the formation
of a company"
From Fredericksburg Free Lance.)
We published in the last issue of
this paper notice of the Weems
Steamboat Company signifying their
intention of disseminating the
steamer Caroline for the present.
We earnestly hope that this does not
signify that the discontinuance will
be permanent. The schedule under
which the Caroline has been operat-
ing has been great convenience as
we'll as source of profit to our
people, and has resulted In bringing
a considerable amount of the Kappa
hammock river trade to us which
would otherwise have gone elsewhere.
We appreciate the fact that this is a
dull season of the year and that the
Caroline is much in need of repair,
and We hope and believe that it is
the intention of the Weems Company
to tide over the dull season and
complete the necessary repairs on
the Caroline, and that in the early
spring she will resume her former
route under the same or a similar
schedule.
Fredericksburg merchants and
business men have a lively interest
in cultivating the trade comprised
within the Rappahannock valley.
1t is naturally within our sphere of
influence. and we have lively appre-
citation of the advantages the river
boat gives in the cultivation of this
trade, as well as due appreciation
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-13
IN MEMORIAM.

In loving remembrance of our darling
little boy, Vernon Z. Burrier, who died
one year ago-December 22nd, 1908
aged four years.
Our hearts are sad, and dark, and lonely,
Upon this blessed Christmas day,
Because our darling, precious Vernon,
Has been taken from us away.
His sufrerings were great, but he murmured
not,
And he fingered only while,
When God sent His white-winged angel
Whispering-Come home, my darling child.
When the angel brought the message
That my darling boy must go.
None but mothers who have lost one
Can my grief and sorrow know.
BY his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Burrier,
Baltimore, Nd, Christmas, 1904.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-13
XMAS MEMORIAL.

To my dear son, William Demby, who
left US for the Better Land just eleven
weeks ago.
He is sleeping in the graveyard,
He is lying meath the sod,
And his parents hearts are lonely;
Yet they feel he's gone to God.
Forget hints a bitter word;
wish it were unsaid;
Forgetfulness is not of life,
But with the silent dead.
There is one that still will linger
Near the spot where he is laid,
And will come andiscatter flowers
O'er the grave that death hath made
BY HIS BEREAvED MOTHER
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-13
NUMBER 15.
TO OUR FRIENDS and PATRONS:


plant was entirely DESTROYED rom which
had machinery
etockhom which
10 accommodate cur filling
humper OF orders that we receiving
o. H. r.
Tin
capacity ian w had efure.
by October
prompt and attention TO all orders rop,,
tue many avo extended to us by good friends
The VIM. ]. Hooper Manufacturing Co.,
2O2 West Camden St. BAITIMORE MI
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-13
Communicated
IMPROVEMENT ABOUND COAN
WHARF.

The writer is pleased to say be did
not see a drunken man around here
during the holidays. Quite an i'm
provement. Twenty-one years ago
the writer spent his first Xmas in
Virginia at Coan Wharf. He saw
not less than twenty drunken men
there the first day. The saloon
keeper made up large tin of egg
nog and put it in the hands of a
church member to treat the crowd.
The church member was feeling like
he could make egg-nog, too, so he
tried his hand, although he had been
church member for a number of
years. The writer did not hear any
complaint about his way of mixing
drinks. DoDGER.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-13
SAVED FROM TERRIBLE DEATH.

The family of Mrs. NJ. l.. Bobbitt. OF Barger-
ton, Tenn, saw her dying and were powerlesS
to save her. The most skillful physicians and
every remedy used failed, while consumption
was slowly but surely taking her life. In this
terrible hour DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption turned despair into Joy. The
iirst bottle brought immediate relief and its
continued use completely cured her. It's the
most certain cure in the world for all throat
and lung troubles. Guaranteed bottles 0Oc
and 81 Trial bottles free at I. ]. Hayden 8
Sons, Irvingtoni L. @. Richardson's, Kilmar-
mock.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-13

OF all concessions of the Weems
Company to facilitate us in the
consummation of this object. 1t is,
therefore, very much to be hoped
that, Just as we have begun to ex-
perience the benefits of the present
arrangement, we will not be perma-
nently deprived of it.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-13
A VERY CLOSE CALL

''I stuck to my engine, although every joint
ached and every nerve was racked with pain"
writes q. w. Bcllamy, locomotive fireman.
of Burlington, Iowa. "I was weak and pale.
without any appetite and all run down. AS
was about to give up. got bottle OF Elec-
trio Bitters. and after taking it. / felt as we'll
as ever did in my life." Weak, sickly, run
down people always gain new life. strength
and vigor from their use. Try them. Salts
faction guaranteed by T. j. Hayden & Son,
Irvington; K. @. Richardson, Kilmarnock,
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-13

Marriage license was issued in Balti-
more December 2lst to Walter N. Lee,
aged "a, and Evie L. Curry, aged 81, both
OF northumberland county.
Eddie Walker, near Rehoboth Church.
died suddenly Thursday night, December
goth. Heart trouble is supposed 20 have
been the cause. On the day before he
moved from the house he was living in to
another on the same property, and was
apparently in good health. He leaves a
widow and several children.
Owing to the inclemency ofthe weather
Christmas day the Rally at Bulah was
abandoned.
We are glad TO learn about the improve
ment In the health of Rev. ID. Fields.
Misses Frances aud Sarah Fauntleroy
recently returned home from Baltimore
They are visiting relatives near Nuts
Vile.
Hurrah for the latest happenings Of the
season: week before last d. Smith while
taking oysters from his bed In Deep
Creek caught large soft crab, and on
the first day of January was seen large
black snake about five feet long, out from
his winter home.
Ii. G. Roane is now In Baltimore. Very
likely he may bring home Baltimore
maiden.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Croxton have been
made happy by the arrival of baby boy.
w. A. Weaver recently spent pleas.
ant time visiting friends at White Stone.
LITTLE WILLIE.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-13
DOMESTIC TROUBLES.

1t is exceptional to find family where there
are no domestic ruptures occasionally. but
these can be lessened by having DIR. Kings
New Lite Pills around. Much trouble they
save by their great work in Stomach and
Liver troubles. They not only relieve you
but cure. 25c. at T. ]. Hayden & Sons, Ir.
yington; +. c. Richardson's, Kilmarnock.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-13
AFRU-AMERICAN NOTES.

At meeting of the Richmond Negro
Development and Exposition Company
an invitation was drafted requesting
President Roosevelt to address, great
gathering OF negroes interested in the
jamestown Exposition.
Dickinson county, Virginia, Is. per-
haps the only county In the South not
having single negro inhabitant Dick.
inson gave Republican majority of log
at the late election. This is the first
time the county ever went Republican
In Presidential election.
The colored population of Richmond
city recently held very unique enter
tainment in the nature of voting for
President OF the United States. The vote
was cast at True ReformeIs Hall for the
following candidates: Democratic: For
President, r T. Hill; for Vice. President.
John S. Powell Republican; For Pres
ident. Samuel Mil Holmes; for Vice.
President, w. T. Wright. Populist:
For President, Samuel Miller; for Vice.
President, Claude G. Brown. Prohibi-
ton: For President, Nelson Williams
Jr; for Vice-President, j. IL. Stokes.
Each voter paid a poll tax of five cents.
which went to the First African church.
excitement ran high, especially when IL
became known that the Democrats were
carrying all before them. r. T. Hill, the
Democratic nominee received 933 votes:
s. w. Holmes, Republican, 744 votes;
the Populist candidate 100, and the
Prohibition 203. r. T. Hill is cashier of
the True Reformers' Bank, and is popu-
lar amongst the colored population of
Richmond. The First church, received
$O9.45 from the mock election.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-13
NOT SWIFT, BUT SAFE-and a
sure winner i'm the race Of

ouIC WinuCl III thC IdCC vi
legitimate competition.
THE NORTHERN NECK MUTUAL
FIRE ASSOCIATION,
of Irvington, Va,
Insures Farm and Village Prop
erty for About One-half the
Cost Of Old Line Companies.
Chartered by the Virginia Legislature
Match 4tb, 1896. Reports annually to
Auditor of Public Accounts Now car
ries over half million dollars insur-
ance 10 the Northern Neck alone. Terri
tory just extended TO King George, Essex,
MIddlesex, Mathews aud Gloucester.
Losses paid before maturity and never
yet law suit.
Insures no stores, shops, factories
only dwellings, barns, furniture, and
farming implements (including harness
and vehicles).
Judge J. G. Eweli, President; Asa 8. Rice.
Vice President; w. Med. Lee, Secretary; Dr.
w. J. Newbili, Treasurer; Rev. y. w, Clay
brook, Thos. NJ. Arrest and John A. Palmer,
Directors.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

President Roosevelt has appointed
w. Hall Harris, lawyer, as post
master of Baltimore.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-13

tue Ties Oh nome and hearth; the un-
measurable devotion of motherhood.
and the bloom of youth and glad
some beauty in the maid; the win.
someness OF woman, and the chiyalry
OF man are but counterparts of hun
ger and thirst and are only rallying
calls in this struggle for existence.
10 hlm the gorgeous and fragrant
blossom represents but the efforts of
the plant to keep alive and perpetu-
ate It's species, offering food and
shelter to bee and bird In return for
service In distributing its pollen. To
him the holly-tree, standing green
amid the waste of winter, its brilliant
berries glowing in the enfeebled sun
light, conveys the bare idea of a
struggling specimen of the plant
kingdom offering suStenance to stary-
ing members of the animal domain.
In return for aid rendered in plant
ing Its seeds that the bacteria of AGE
may be defeated in their efforts to
exterminate it entirely. Is this all
that life contains? think not. Your
annual celebration here speaks of
something else-of life apart from
bare existence, of belief in power
divine, of conception of our own
immortality, and an obligation that
we owe: Philosophy finds no natural
cause for this. and yet it is one of
the wondrous ways of nature. 1t
belongs to the sentimentality of life.
Man is instinctiyely religious. In
every age, in every cline, in hovel
and in palace-whether rowing the
forest, wild, or treading the thronged
marts Of civilization-this senti-
The Topeka state journal., 1905-09-06

honored parades will not be interfered
with and these wagons will be allowed
to go to and fro as of yore.
The Turner concert which was to have
been given tonight has been postponed
until Wednesday of next week.
State fair tickets are now on sale at
reduced rates at a number of stores
in the city. They may be purchased at
the drug stores of A c. KIingaman,
George Stansfield, ]. P. Rowley. Fred
Snow and Ed Arnold Also at the cigar
stores of c. S. Eagle and George Burg
hart
BY an oversight no mention of the
showing which the Topeka fire depart
ment made in the Labor day parade
Monday morning was made in the
State Journal. The display which the
department made was in accord with
the splendid record which it has made
in the history of its many years SER
vice.
z. S. Follett. the man who is to
have charge of the air ship at the
fair grounds, has made a round trip
rate of $40 for a trip around the
dome of the state house and a pos
sible return to the starting place.
There has been no rush for tickets so
far. No life insurance policies are
given with tickets.
Another member of the Goshorn fam
lily at 500 Liberty street is down with a
contagious disease. This time John
GoShorn is sick with diphtheria. The
family was recently released from
quarantine for smallpox. four members
being detained in the detention hospital
Cash Stitt at 313 Lake street was quar-
antined for diphtheria Tuesday after
noon.
1t does not seem to be safe thing
for one to accompany a bride and groom
to the office of the probate judge in
Kansas City, judging from the exper-
ience of Miss Ora AIhstrom. Clarence
w. Cole of Topeka and Helen B. Ahl
strom went to the office of the probate
judge in Kansas City to secure mar
riage license and were accompanied by
the sister of the bride to be. The next
day daily paper contained an account
of the affair with the position of the
bride and her sister exchanged and now
there is trouble in the family as the
sister tries to convince her friends that
she is not the bride and that it is all a
mistake on the part of the official and
that the names were mixed on the rec
ords.
The Rhodes scholarship students
are required to furnish themselves
with a miniature housekeeping outfit
that closely resembles the purchases
made by the young bride. Each of the
Rhodes scholarship successful contest
ants is furnished with list of the
necessary articles with which each
student must equip himself upon en-
tering Oxford. Such list came re-
Gently to Frank Mohler of Topeka,
who will sail for England the latter
part of this month. Included in the
list is china tea set, tablecloths. nap
kins. spoons, forks, bedding and other
articles of similar character. 81
would be pretty well supplied now if
I were going to set up housekeeping -
said Mohler. Mohler will wait until
he reaches England before he makes
his purchases.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-09-06
ISN'T HE A QUEER MAN?
Brooklyn Ohiceholder Who Gave Up
Fees Is Here.

James R. Howe, prominent resi-
dent of Brooklyn, has been visiting his
cousin. Councilman S. T. Howe, of the
Fifth ward Mr.. Howe was twice re-
turned from Brooklyn as congressman
on Republican ticket from a dis
trict which had always previously
been strongly Democratic. In add1-
ton Mr.. Howe was register OF deeds'
He has now retired from active par
ticipation in politics and is engaged
in the dry goods business in Brooklyn.
Mr.. Howe has established unique
place in New York politics for him
self. He is thoroughly honest and
sincere and always redeenls ante
campaign pledges, which in itself is q
Somewhat noteworthy achievement
The act which brought the public
gaze upon him was along this line.
Prior to his election as register OF
deeds his party announced that one OF
the planks in the platform would be
the return of all fees to the borough
treasury and that salaries alone
should stand. Believing that the
plank was a sincere expression Mr.
Howe took all of his fees and ex-
nended them for the good of the peo-
nle. He gave large public picnic to
which every one in the borough was
invited. All of the expense was borne
nv him out of the returns from MS
fees. Then he erected a $4,000 foun-
Rrooklyn side of the bridge. He
asked that the governor of New YORK
aDnoint a committee to take charge
of the erection of the statue All o.
This money accrued from fees.
ssIt isn't often that you find mar
Giving nm $4,000 in fees in that man
ner." said Councilman Howe
The Topeka state journal., 1905-09-06
TAKING PRECAUTIONS.
Agent of United States Is Watching
Cholera Situation in Germany.

Hamburg, Sept. 6.-Past Assistant
Surgeon Mclaughlin, of the u. S. ma
rine hospital service, who arrived here
yesterday from Naples under orders
to make a thorough investigation of
the situation and who has been .in-
structed to enforce the U. S. treasury
regulations relative to ships leaving
for American ports, began work to-
day. He visited the quarantine sta
ton and will go to Cuxhaven and ex-
anime the 1000 emigrants there
bound for New York, when they will
be transferred from the Bulgaria to
the Graf Waldersee, on which they
will sail for America. A case of
cholera, the third up to date, was
found today in the heart of the busi-
ness and hotel districts here.
Bromberg, Prussia, Sept. 6.-One
death from cholera has occurred
here.
Posen, Sept 6.-The wife of ship
owner, Karl Schefer. of Stettin, died
here today of cholera.
Marienwerder, Sept. 6.-Three
fresh cholera cases and one death
have been reported in this admins
trative district
Berlin. Sept 6, 4:53 p. m.-An off,
cial bulletin just issued says that 13
new cases of cholera and two deaths
were reported during the "a hours
ending at noon today.