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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-20
Co,npo.itio, Tn C.,-,..

bouthey was n methodical and rapid
literary craftsman. 81 am quiet, pa
tent, easy going hack OF the mule
breed, regular as eioekwork In my pace.
sure footed, bearing the burden which
is laid on me. and only obstinate In
choosing my Own path" he wrote to a
friend. But his method was by no
means simple. He was poet, a his
torian, a critic and miscellaneous
writer. He turned out an enormous
quantity of matter and succeeded In
doing so by working fourteen hours a
day and diyersifying his labors within
bis daily round. He had six tables In
his library. He wrote poetry at one,
history ut another, criticism at third.
and so on with the other subjects upon
which he was engaged, and when he
was tired OF spinning his brains into
verse he turned to history and crIti-
cism. There is story that he once
described to Mime. de Stael the divi-
sion OF his time-two hours before
breakfast for history, two hours, for
reading after, two hours for the COM
position of poetry, two hours for crit
cism, and SO on through ali his work
Ing day. And pray, Mr.. Soutkey,"
Queried the Frenchwoman somewhat
unlindly. "when do you think y''-Corn-
hill Magazine
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-20

At recent dinner Sir Conan Doyle
began his speech by recalling that
while he was in America his health
had once been proposed by n man who
said that. while report made their
guest doctor. 1t was n sinister fact
that no living patient of his had ever
been seen. Apparently realizing that
even in England there was some doubt
as to his medical abilities, Sir Conan
said that at least his medical expert.
ence had been extremely varied and
that few doctors had seen as many
sides OF the profession as himself. He
had, he explained, served as surgeon
on whaling ship. had been In South
Africa as an army doctor and In Eng
land itself had ipracticed both in the
country and In the London slums. He
had even arrived ut the dignity OF an
office in London street much favored
by doctors. where he had waited for
patronage as an ophthalmic surgeon.
That the waiting was for the most part
vain and therefore a dreary business
seems to have turned him definitely to
writing.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-20
Explaininw NOAH. All

The Danes have been building a YES
sci upon the lines OF Noah's ark ms de-
scribed in Genesis The model is thir-
ty feet long. Eve feet wide and three
feet in height. one-tenth OF Noah's
measurements. 1t was fioated on the
sound on Oct. 60. with a party OF pro-
fessors, engineers and officials on board.
and is reported TO have behaved adml-
rably at sea. The event confirms the
theory that the Babyionians had at a
very carly period sea borne COM
MERGE, that Noah's ship was n seago-
Ing vessel and that IL was driven, as
recorded in the Rabylonian annals, by
storm wave mp the Doab OF the Tt
girls and Euphrates into the mountains.
The remembrance OF this calamity.
which destroyed whole cities, lasted
long and grew With the Jews into the
account OF n flood. Herr Won Iherlng
states that the Babylonians kept doves
on board their ships. which they occa-
sionally released, and thus by follow
ing the direction of their flight We're
able to reach land. l
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-20
N7uttlnted EnxIish.

''Our language" said John Sharp
Williams of Mississippi. the Democrat.
ic leader of the house, in the Buffalo
Commercial. as certainly susceptible
OF much mutilatlon.- 1 recall a state
ment made by one of the hands on my
plantation that consider the most un-
grammatical combination of words ]
ever heard L had sent for him TO dc
something about the house. Half an
hour later he slouched up to me and
said, Mr.. Williams, I'm SO busy out
yonder / come down to say 1 cain't
came" "Huhr put in Representative
Clayton Of Georgia. THAT'S not in Il
with the remark a waiter made to me
once In an Atlanta restaurant. 1 asked
for some rare beef, and he brought me
well done piece. See here 1 said, y
want some rare observation-disclosures, you
know Can't get it. said the waiter
We amt got none that's no under.
doner'"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-20
A Minister. Romance

Thirty years ago the Rev. John Free
man, then vicar Of Woodkirk, near
Leeds, christened n baby girl.
That baby girl is now the wears
wife, and the happy couple are at pres
est on their honeymoon in Italy.
The story of the wears love Is 9
pretty one. The girl whom he had
chrissened In time Joined the stafr OF
his Sunday school teachers. Her bright
ness and attractiyeness won the wears
interest and eventually bis love.
But the girl was poor. so he sent hei
to coed school In the south of Eng
land and when her education was com.
pieted put the. means or travel at her
disposal
Finally he married her, the ceremony
being performed at Hove recently by
a prebendary OF the Church Of Eng.
land--London Express. I
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-20
A chinamaa,. aus.sion.

The present Chinese minister. Sir
Chentupg LANG Cheng. X. G. M. c.,
was an interested spectator OF the mar
riage ceremony OF certain young friends
In Washington. AT the conclusion OF
the wedding. as the minister was leav-
ing the house. he made some inquiries
OF friend with respect to the origin
or the custom OF throwing rice after
the newly Joined couple. "Oh," replied
the friend. that's by way Of wishing
them good luck" ''In that case" sue-
gested the oriental, with Jsst a suspi-
cion of smile, "why is 1t not the Gus
tom to throw rice after the hearse at a
fuperal?"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-20
Msrk Twain Needed spec,ac,.,.


A funny incident occurred in Eng
land recently. Mark Twain wrote a
letter TO the Maidstone board of guard
ians asking for G pair OF spectacles, as
his sight was growing very bad. The
board was rather puzzled by the april
cation until the reader of the letter ex-
planned that IL was not the author of
The Innocents Abroad and 1.-THE
Dogs Tale" but one OF the paupers liv-
ing at the Maidstone work house, who
was probably the only person in the
world outside the author who bore that
famous name. 1t IS well known how
Mr.. Clemens came to adopt his pseudo
nym. The deckhand ON Mississippi
steamboats, who casts the sounding
line, in which knots are made marking
or the depth OF the water, calls Mark
one," MARK twain" ETC., as the case
may be. and the sound OF the phrase
appealed at once TO Mr. Clemens for a
nom dc plume Harper's. Egg
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-20
POTOMAC RIVER ROUTE.
IN EFFECT DECEMBER o. ,oo,

Steamer will leave Pier Light Stree.
MARI; ballmore. every Tuesday and Satllr-
DAY az j. m. for the following POINTS
p Millers, Bromes. Bacons or Porto BelIo
mt po;r ne~isetta' Bundicks. Cowarts wal
lodge, Adams. Piney Point, AbeIIs. Leonard |,
IoWn; howaTds, Stones and Cobrums TTT "a
IA rs trip will extend to LancasteTs RnSS
WOOD, riverside, Glymont. Alexandria ana
w bbet99rIn NM steamer will leave 9Th Street
iDgs as follows: at iano-
AleSanctia; Glymont. Riverside. Busbwood
aancaster's s, Towards, CobTums and Stonos'
vi r H's0 leaye Leonardton every Monday
anH Ftluay at a. m Abell'E Pinev Poinyy
Adams, Lodge; Mupdy's Point, Ki9sale' y
noon. Coan, Walnut Point. Cowarfs Rnn-
ticks, Lewisetta, GIasons, MilIers. q n ~
DrOmes ana Bacons p. M, arriving in kai1i
more early Tuesday and Saturday rnorninss
r,i, Ie'Sht received at pier Light St. BsIti
" W Si,L.IL III, THOMSON. Pres, Baltimore. Nd
l. MURDOCH. Gen1 FIT. and Pass. AT No'
STFpurNcONr G. mo baltimore, Nd.
W. M. KEARDoN, Agt.. Alexandria. Va 'O"'
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-20

was the woman lie had been looking
for ali these years. And 10 think that
he had not recognized her at oncei
Her slender white hand was SO
close to his that be could hardly keep
from clasplng 1t. He pulled himself
together and asked In a voice that
sounded rather harsh by reason of his
effort at self control:
IF you Will do all this. why won't
you help with the benefit up at the
hotelT'
Grace started. She had been Won
dering whether the little mite In her
lap would some day grow up and fight
against the sea for human lives.
"Oh, they're such silly things, you
know! Everybody hates you for ask
ing them TO pay two or three times
what n things worth, and by the time
you have paid oil the expenses the
beneficiary doesn't get very much; be-
sides Ii would be two weeks before
the thing came off and Mrs. Green
needed the clothes and the money now.
L suppose a great many people think
It's very queer, but father has always
VII ny htSPAhS tbcAuc Auy III
iowance, and-well--I couldn't help
with the benefit and help Mrs Green
today" She was floundering along al
most blindly under the fierce light that
glowed in Toms eyes. "And so-and
So
Tom had utterly forgotten what she
was talking about. Her hand was ca
ressing the baby's face. The man rose
on one knee and drew her hand away
front the chubby cheek, holding 1t firm
~ in his own.
Grace, dear, I'm not half good
enough for you, but do you think you
could love me just llttle?"
She looked Mt him tenderly. 81 think
1 could love you a great deal" And
the baby "cooed" and dimpled as he
looked at the two heads so close to-
gether above his own.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-20
Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic
- RAILWAY co.
Piankatank River Line.
WINTER SCHEDULE.
In Effect December 9th Ians

steamer leaves Pier Light ST Ral,,r,oro
every Sunday and "Wednesday. wesfber 49, nS'
ings. as follows: 'Ni"'e i"no-
Leave Baltimore y. m. Mia 9.an ~
nTSalnIsohs 80. Jtpors 3, Blackwells avn
Eieeton $40, limbs 4. ReedyIlle 4:sO Hard
l l1Ss o harNeys t:l6. Grace Point 7:lO Ivrdfo,
80. hltnarnock s:JO. Ocrans $40 Chasee o
hisnic Day ':sO, Paiuers 10. Jackson's (,reeE
I'm, I'll, merry Point lli5. Cricket Hill 10 noon
1 1 IzJo 7. M, arrive Fitchetts I2:ssO leave
nuarks i, 0rtnels LAS, Warehouse leo Con
1 nI <: Ireen Point 30, Stampers s.so
Di R.,n 30, arrive krceport 3:S0 p. m.
m ncturnine- steamer leaves Freeport for
maltmore and intermediate LANDINGS everr
follows: permitting, rs
Leave Freeport n. m, Blapds AIN s,arD-
&c o:1o, Sreen Point 6:45, Conrads = WAR;
mouse $50. Grinels 7:lO Ruarks 5.tS E,;chet..
y, Oalns s:oO, Cricket Hill g:ib Cherry poir,
~. Jackson,s Greek 1880, Paimers - nooY,
Ine bey iS;l6 y. M. Chases Is:l5 Oceans
nHlinarnock i.fO. Byrdton l.sO. Grace Point =
i1usuIh hRsS, HArveys 3:l6, Election s:s5. Timb.
., neSuNllle 0-JO Mia q. Blackwells e,aI Thar
y No, sam Esons p m. arrive baltimore ne IT
TITS e-table shows the time M xh,o,,
beats may be expected TO arrive Mt nd Al
part from the several wharves, but their az
IlNu or departure at the time stated AZ no.
huarantSSd. nor does the Company hold itsciS
Iesponslble Tor any delay or anv Gomez
Vuences ariSi ng thercfrom
ErSlsht received az baltimore for ahoxa
polhts on sailing DAYS until 900 %. m
whLLARD THOMSON. Gen. Manager
W. II. BROWN, AGENT, Pier q
l. MURDOCH, Gen. Passenger Agent.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-20

Bishop Mallaliesi. who has just pass
cd his seyentyslxt birthday. is one OF
the hardest workers among churchmen.
Aside from his duties as bishop he is
writing a book, Moses. the Man of
God,' is at work on long article on
Dante's Divine Comedy" In which the
religious attitude of that author win be
compared with that of Milton and
shakespeare. and is preparing three
volumes OF translations of the sermons
OF the well known French Protestant
Bersier.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-20
RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG s.
POTOMAC r.. r.

Schedule in effect January oh, 1905.
LEAvE FREDERICKSBURG NoRrHwAnn
% q. m; daily. Stops on signal at Occoouap
Sundays only. NoVuan
g 8 49, m. daily. Stops at Alexandria.
III Al a. m. daily Stops ON signal at Il ao,.
Brooke, Aqua, Wide Water Reid onars
ueo: cherry Hill, Freestone, Neeiey. DC.
Seminary and Alexandria eonia'
=" Z; m, aalIy except Sunday. Stops .t
tOp; N. daily. Stops on signal at Rrools
N q, " iue Snters ouantico and Alexandria.
~ vi y. m. daily. Stops at Alexandra. Sfons
Oh signal at Occoquan Sunday only.
LEAVE SOUTHWARK.
90 a m. daily except Sunday. Richmo,a
q, recommendation. Makes all local sfons'
Stops on signaI at Wide Water Snr rrain'
Sulnea, Woodslane, Penola RutheroIavs'
Iaylorsville and Glen Allen Snnde...
2nlyi at Alexandria, Brooke, MiIford
boswell and Ashland dailv oAu'
Of u. m. daily except Sunday. Makas ,oos,
stops on signal. AoSai
IL ~ p. m. daily .Seaboard Airline train Co...
on signal az Lorton and Occoquan Snpe
Gays Only. and daily at A lexandria Onsn-
uco, Milford, Dosw ell and AshianSS juan
20 ?: m. daily, A. g. l.. train. Stops at A,ex-
. 90 ahorlh, boswell and Ashland
q me Ss p in' aaiiy. makes local stops on signal
andria. Boswell and Ashland ~ AieA-
accommodation train leaves Richmond A -
m. daily except Sunday. Arrive FredariolP y.
burg 80 p. N. Hieuericks-
NOTE:-Time of arrivals and departrras a,,.,
connections not guaranteed. anu
Z. C. cox. Agent.
w. d. DUKE, @. W.CULP. w.P.TAYtop
zen. Man. Asst Gen. Man. Traf. Man.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-20
WfEMS STEAMBOAT CO.,
WINTER SCHEDULE, 1906.

hammock River Routes.
RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER ROUTE.
Beginning January Ord, 1906, Steamers will
Leave Pier 9. Light Street. baltimore 5s,lv
except saturday, at 30 u. M. week DAYS and
" moon Sunday for Tsppahannock ard inter
meoiSte points. extending Friday trim IN
fredeiloksburg. calling at all wharyes m, the
IiNer. Steamers will leave Frederick h,ry
MOnday ana Friday at p. N. going as IN as
bSeussown on those days. Leave Ieedstorn
sou n M, tuesday and Saturday for HALF
more, making all landings. 'i
Leave 1appanannock daily except Supday
~ -, a. IN. tuesday and Satu rday and o n m
SMonnay, wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Steamers 10 Baltimore Monday and We'd
or Moran's. VIM O1tVnian
Steamers to BaltimoreTuesdav and s..,.x,.
only, stop at Bay Port.
steamers from Baltimore Monday and
Bay Port. r'Ner anu
Steamers from Baltimore Sundav and Er,,...
Oi ~, Wiz STOP at Iryington and Weems
NO steamers from Baltimore. excent \, iday
STEAMERS. stop at Bowler's. Wares Or we'll
fora . on their way to Tappahannock.
NORFOLK ROUTE.
VIII leave leave Tappahannock for Norfolk at
:, Leave Norfolk at D, m. "Wednesday FOR
fTsoerieksourg and ali landings ON river
NJ S,ueamer at Nortolk will stop at New York
rhiIaueiphia and Norfolk 4. X. Dock.
W. ID. SCOTT, AgI., Fredericksburp. Va.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-20

Ing light. 1t not only calls into spir-
itual activity those human seeds buried
In the Quagmirss or sin; it guides to
Christ those wandering souls which.
like q mariner who has lost his reck-
oning. are drifting toward the rocks Of
destruction. How many a weary soul
tossed In the storm. with hope and
courage falling, may find strength and
spirit revive as IL sees the divine tight
kindled by the grace OF God in your
soal shining out clear and true. as the
sailor Is eheered ~ the sight OF the
Diamond shoal light. which signals year
In and year out fifteen miles TO sea-
ward or Cape Hatteras. or the Cape
Charles light burns upon the water
front OF old Virginia. or the Hog island
shoal lighthouse burns OF Rhode Is
land, or the Braddock point lighthouse
stands sentinel upon the banks OF Lake
Ontario!
How necessary that the Christians
light should be always bright and SHIN
Ing! How many souls there may be
looking to 1t for guidance through the
storms OF life! II it failed to burn,
those souls might lose their way as,
were the Barnegat light snuffed out,
some noble ship frelghted with precious
lives might in the darkness go crashing
ON the reefs. Near Michigan City
enter lighthouse established there
many years ago by the United States
government ] see there an old wom-
an. over eighty years Of age, OF the
name Of Miss Harriet L. Colfax. For
forty years she has cared fox that
precious light. l say to her: Come,
let us take night on and go see some
friends. You have been faithfui
servant TO our government long enough.
Take Just one night TO yourself in forty
years" "oh. no." she would answer.
Il cannot go. Tonight there might
come up storm. A ship driven before
the wind might head toward these dan
gerous rocks. The captain, standing
upon the bridge, would peer out into
the darkness. saying: Where am L?
Michigan City lighthouse must be near
at hand. Harriet Colfax has never
failed me in the past III I failed him
tonight. perhaps that captain and all
his crew might ind n watcry grave. i
cannot go tonight. l must attend to
the light l cannot go tonight"
Bo Careful OF False Lights.
Would you have a smile OF Miss Col
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-01-20


said, 81 am the light" What is your
answer? VIE you accept that light?
Will you reject 1T and 1--we In eternal
darkness?
What is your life to be? What is
your death to be? What is your eternI-
ty to be? One moonlight night upon
the Hudson river there came the quick
ring OF the pilots bell. warning the en-
giDeer that danger was ahead. 1t was
a moonlight night. No boat was near.
The ship was I'm mIdstream, so the en-
gineer could not toll what the signal
meant. He went at once 10 the pilot
house. There he found the old pilot dy-
ing. AS he lifted up the PROSTATE man
the pilot murmured: cit is dark. A
mist has settled upon the river, and I
cannot see.. Tell the captain it is dark
and / can't see" on. my friends. Is
your LIES close to be shrouded in dark
mists? Is your river OF death" to be
In a spiritual sense like that of the
Hudson river pilot--in an atmosphere
dark, impenetrably. awfully and eter-
nally dark?
When King Philip III. of France,
called the Hardy" returned from his
war against the Moors and his con-
quest over the hey OF Tunis, it is said
that he brought back in his train five
collins. He came back to Paris, bring
ing the dead bodies OF his father, his
wife, hts son, his brother-in-iaw and his
brother. Can 1t be. o God. that after
our gospel campaign in thy name we
must give to thee dead. the eternally
dead. spirits; the souls dead to all Cos
pei light. of any Of these thy dear ones?
GOD forbid. Open your eyes and your
hearts to him who IL the light of the
world" Today become children OF light.
messengers Of light and conquerors IN
and through the light. "Ye are the
Hight OF the world"
copyright, 1905. by Louis Rlo?sehr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-13
MONTHLY REPORT
 OF CHIEF READY
WILL BE PRESENTED TO BOARD OF POLICE SHOWERS TO- NIGHT-ARREsTs MADE DURING THE MONTH OF MAY.

Chief of Police Wier's report for the month of May, which will be presented to the board of police commissioners to- night, will show many items of interest.
 Eight hundred and seventy-five arrests were made during the month. which is a little above the average, due. possibly, to the fact that the department has urged more diligence in the execution of some of the ordinances that had heretofore been neglected.
 There were 69 arrests for yagrancy dur Ing the month, proportioned as follows: Whites. 30; negroes, 39.
 Four negroes and two white men were arrested for highway robbery.
 Ten whites and seven negroes were ar rested for carrying concealed weapons. Two negro women were held on this charge.
 Twenty negroes and six whites were arrested for grand larceny.
 One hundred and twenty whites and thirtyseven negroes were arrested for being drunk.
 The report for June will show a very decided increase in the number of arrests for vagrancy, gaming and violation of the Sunday law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-13
YOUNG MEN TO HAVE
 DEBATING SOCIETY
YANcEY MEMBERS FORM A so- cIETY 70 DISCUSS PUBLIC QUESTIONS = WILL MEET IN COMMERCIAL CLUE ROOMS.

Realizing the benefit they have received from the Yancey Literary society of the High school. some of the members of that society have formed the Clay Debat- ing society, which will hold meetings every Friday night in the Commercial club rooms during the summer
 The plans were perfected last Friday night when number of those most in terested in the idea met and elected the following officers; Edgar Van Keuren, presidents Ralph Barrow, vice president; Bert NJ Meadow, secretary; Edgar Van Keuren, Thomas Henley and James T. Graham, standing committees; Samuel Adams, critic.
 Another meeting will be held in the Commercial club rooms next Friday night, when a constitution and bylaws will be adopted. All members of the Yancey. pupils of the High school and members of the high school alumni are especially in- vited to attend this meeting. The mem- bership, while composed mainly of mem- bers of those organizations, is open to any one the society may elect.
 It is the purpose of the club to promote better citizenship by having every Friday night debate or some live question of the day The public will be invited to all meetings of the society. It is also thought by the founders of the new society that 1t will be the means of the members of the Yaneey and of the alumni of the high school spending many pleasant social evenings and keeping in touch with one another through the summer months.
 The officers of the new society are all former officers of the Yancey and are said to be well versed in parliamentary law and debating. Samuel Adams, who is to act as critic. has for long time been professor of Latin and Greek in the High school and has given much helpful. ad- vice to the Yancey. The members of the Clay Debating society are confident that with the advice of MT. Adams and the faculty of the high school the club will be a success
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-13
ALABAMA WANTS
 OWEN COMMANDER
THIS DIVISION PUTS HIM FOR. WARD AS HEAD OF THE ENTIRE FEDERATION = HAS NOTABLE RECORD.

Thomas NJ Owen commander of the Alabama division, United Sons of Con- federate Veterans. will probably be elect ed commander-in-ck ckief at the Louisville reunion. He was unanimously indorsed at the reunion of the Alabama division in Mobile November l6, 1904 and circular has been issued by the division urging his election He passed through Birming- ham last night enroute 10 the reunion. He said at the station:
 Tn point of attendance this will be the largest reunion of the veterans and the sons that was ever held. We are just on the border line and will draw thou sands of visitors to Louisville, and then every veteran who can possibly do so Is making the trip.
 "At the meeting of the sons the matter of special interest to Alabamians Is the movement to have me elected as com mander-in-chief of the sons.
 Alabama has the most active division in the south. We have forty-four camps In good standing and something over fifty delegates will be present at the re- union.
 This organization is one based on his- tory and Is keeping fresh the deeds of our fathers. The Alabama division is farther advanced in this particular line than any other state'
 circular with biographical sketch of MT Owen and containing an address to the sons in the reunion at Louisville has been issued by d committee appointed at the Mobile reunion. The circular con- cludes as follows
 "Is Is felt. as statad in the resolution, that the elevation of Comrade Owen to the position of commander-in-chief of the confederation would result in great good to the organization at large. His selec- ton would mean a progressive adminis- tration. in which the confederation work in every phase would be eourageously earnestly and promptly carried on. He has wide aecuaintance over the whole south.
 "The Alabama division, therefore, in announcing his candidacy, confidently ap- peals to the members of the organization everywhere to unite in his support
 "Very respectldl.-,
 "WILLIAM w. BRANDON, chairman.
 Montgomery. "WILLIAM B. BANKHEAD. Huntsville. "CLARENCE J. OWENS, Anniston. "HOWARD GAILLARD. Mobile "W1LL T. STEPHAN, Montgomery.
 Committee"