Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-07-13
KETCn.AwLS FROM EVERYWHERE

The churches close their massive doors.
The parson for the country makes.
But. like a faithful bank cashier.
The devil no vacation takes.
New York Sun.
A smile for friend and a sheer for
the world is the way to govern man.
kind. Beaumont.
Miss Christobel Yerby spent several
days with her cousin, Miss Helen Smith.
last week en- route from a visit to
Richmond to her home in Lancaster
county. -Southside Sentinel.
A woman of Morristown, N. j., is
seriously i'll with ptomaine poison, re-
sulting from the eating of potted ham.
Well, if people will eat this stuff after
all that has been told about it thew
deserve little sympathy when they get
poisoned. Alexandria Gazette.
Freedom for a man who pleaded
guilty to selling merchandise valued at
nearly 500, 900 which did not belong to
him and appropriating the money, and
six years in prison for another who
stole 25 cents, were the portions meted
out to two prisoners in New York yes
terday. The old story of Alexander
the Great and the robber is brought to
mind by such court rulings. Alexandria
Gazette.
1t is stated that of seventeen hun
dred teachers in the State who took the
examination only twelve secured first
grade certificates. That is surely an
astounding fact. What does it mean?
Is it that the teachers and those who
are applicants for positions as teachers
are ignoramuses? Surely it can't be
that out of the great number who took
the examination we have only twelve
who are competent to teach.
The railroads may not find it alto
gether comfortable to laugh at the
Churchman bill Gov. Swanson has
had a conference with the attorney
general to plan vigorous prosecution
of the railroads, and Gov. Swanson is
known to be slugger. When he goes
in he goes to win and he may be
counted on to make it very interesting
to every railroad that defies the power
OF the state. -Staunton Dispatch.
A new game has cropped out called
1.-The Editor" and country weekly
tells about it. Take sheet of ordinary
writing paper, fold nicely, enclose a
bank note sufficiently large to pay all
arrearages and one year in advance,
and hand it to the editor. Keep your
eye on him. and if a smile adorns his
face, it works fine and dandy. Now is
the time to play the joke; it beats ping
pong. pit and finch all hollow. -Colum-
bia Breeze.
1t is with pleasure that we note the
fact that the credit for initiating the
movement to secure public building
here is due, in large degree, to Mr..
Swift Mr.. Swift's relations with
Senator Martin and his unceasing effort
to keep the needs of Fredericksburg
before the Senator are the explana-
tions, doubtless, of the manner in which
the Senator conducted the campaign in
the interest of the city. -Fredericks-
burg Journal.
We still have one or two men in this
community who stand around on the
street corners and, from morning I'M
til night, complain about the town,
their neighbors, their taxes, and the
weather. Such men are mighty COM
mon clay, and it is fortunate we have
so few of them. Such men are of
no use to the town, their families, or
their God. They seem to live, but no
one can tell how. Like mosquitoes
and flies, they are not fatal but dis
agreeable to have about. West Point
News.
To Benjamin r. Tillman-G Greeting!
In at least score of years no man in
public life has reversed so quickly and
so advantageously popular opinion of
himself. The country now knows you
Tor what you are-an honest, capable
and generous statesman, equal to an
emergency, controller of naturally
unruly tongue, tenacious of your own
and the peoples rights, an earnest
foe, yet unwilling even in moment of
excessive irritation to withhold from
your most bitter enemy frank and
manly recognition of the credit Justly
his due. -Harpers Weekly.