Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-11-02

The Baltimore Sun is having hard
time keeping its Democracysn On straight
these days. -Harrisonburg Times Gre
publican).
Roanoke citizens are waging war on
the town dog, and petitions bearing
several thousand names will be sent to
the city council, asking that dogs either
be banished from the corporate limits
or be kept penned up on the lots of
their owners.
The new Carnegie Roosevelt code of
spelling is having influence on the or
biography of the school children of Bal
timore. 1t is fostered by many of the
teachers who believe that spelling, as
well as geometry methods, old time
rules of grammar and other things can
stand bit of reforming, and Superin-
tendent Van Sickle is allowing the teach
ers to follow their inclinations,
The per capita Indebtedness of the
State of Virginia, according to figures
obtained at the Census Bureau, is be-
ing slowly reduced. The debt was cut
down over $4,000, coo in twelve years,
between 1890 and 1902. The total is
still very large. 1t is this debt that
has so handicapped our public schools,
but wise administration by Democratic
officials shows marked strides along
these lines.
To mend a small leak in hot water
bottle, have the bottle perfectly dry,
blow little air into it, and cork tightly.
Then place a good sized piece of fresh
mending tissue over the hole, piece of
black silk over the tissue, and damp
cloth over this. Hold a warm iron
lightly on the cloth until the heat melts
the tissue so that it will adhere to the
rubber. Remove the damp cloth and
let dry.
l feel lots better since had that
hearty laugh. Laughter is one of the
healthiest exercises for the body as well
as the mind-that is, honest laughter;
not that silly society cackle that is done
with the neck, but real old hal ha! 1t
is gloomy, serious people who go crazy.
Laughter is sanity. Laugh and grow
fat, F" it is scientific. But listen, dear
heart, you must forget yourself awhile
and get,a healthy disposition. Most of
your troubles are imaginary. Think of
the ones you had a year ago, they're
gone; they didn't amount to anything.
Buster Brown. =
The great foe to home, peace and
happiness is worry. The habit of worry
keeps us crossing bridges before we get
to them. The evils that fret us most
are those which threaten us but have
not yet arrived. Stop worrying about
the bread that you are afraid will not
rise, the new dress you are sure the
dressmaker will spoil, and the next
months rent. If you will firmly resolve
to worry only about the evil or special
hardship this hour or minute and can't
be avoided, ninety-nine cases out of one
hundred you viii find there is no such
evil or nardshlp. The Caroline Echo.
Among the recent advances made in
surgency, none is likely to triumph to
so great an extent as the discoverer OF
an anesthetic which is safe and eff
fective substitute for chloroform and
either. At the Kings Daughters
Hospital, in this city, on last Monday
evening the new method was perhap:
tried for the first time in this section
If not in the State, when under the
direction of DR. M. Monroe Moran, ar
operation for appendicitis, with complet.
removal of the appendix, was per
formed by DR.. Gray G. Holladay on q
l7-year-old girl with perfect success. :
Portsmouth Star.