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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-07-27
THE MICROBE ESSENTIAL TO MAN.

Medical scientists have recently
made the startling discovery that
microbes, known also as bacteria.
and bacilli, are the cause of practi-
cally all diseases, and yet without
them We cannot live.
1t has been proved that if human
being be kept under absolutely sterile
conditions-that is TO say. kept abso-
lately free from microbes or disease
germs--he will die. The explana-
ton is that the germs that swarm in
normally healthy air and enter the
mouth and alimentary canal of
human beings are absolutely essential
to digestion and other functions of
the body.
Among the patients in the hospital
connected with the University of
Berlin there was baby suffering
from an attack of anaemia that
defied treatment. It was thought
to be due to the inability of the
patient to resist the attarks of the
microbes, which swarmed in his in
terror just as in any normal person.
1t was therefore decided to keen
the baby under absolute germ-proot
conditions. His interior was freed
from germs as far as possible, and he
was placed in an incubator into
which only sterilized air was admit.
ted. He was then fed on sterilized
milk. Although he fed freely, ht
grew thinner and thinner, and at tn.
end of two weeks died. Examina
ton of the body showed that tn,
baby had not died from the anaemi,
from which he suffered. but from
indigestion and starvation. TIL,
body showed every symptom of star
walton, and this could only be at
tributed TO the lack Of germs,
The same truth has been prove,
with more detail by experiments OF
lanimals. Professor Schottellus ex
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-07-27
OF INTEREST TO FARMERS In CITY
AND COUNTRY

Don't leave distractions In the
road. If your horse doesn't stumble
over them somebody else's horse may.
When you see in the beaten track a
loose stone or stick fit to give a wheel
hard jolt or bring down stumbling
horse, stop and throw 1t to one side.
1t will pay you to take that trouble
even on strange road that you ex-
pect never to travel again. 1t is
good for your character. 1t helps
to justify your claim to be civilized
man, living in civilized community.
There are two large classes of
folks in the world, those who 90
through life leaving messes behind
them to be cleared up, and those who
clear up the messes. If you clear
up faithfully after yourself, that is
much, but it is not quite enough.
You must expect also to contribute
part of your time and strength to
clearing up after the weak and the
shiftless. If everybody did his duty
there would be little need of govern
ment. The purpose of government
is to defend the weak, to constrain
the lazy, to restrain the greedy, and
to make the best sense of the wisest
people available for the benefit of the
general community. If we were all
responsible and dutiful and picked
out of the road the stones that,we saw
there, the work of government would
be hight.
Hard bargains, hard words, ne
elected chances to give help where
help was needed, ISLANDERS, ill-natured
gossip, misrepresentation-all such
things are stones in the road. Don't
leave them behind you, to plague
you when you come that way again,
or else to plague some other traveller.
Clear up as you so along.-From
"The Farmers Seasons" by Z. S.
Martin, in the Fiction Number of
Scribner.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-07-27
THE KITCHEN TABLE.

Sence livin' in tn city, been a-feedin
some
At them there uppish restraints, thit'.
crackin' swell, by gum
There's finger bowls-dod gast 'em !
an walters on tn jump
At fust cottoned t. it, like any other
chump;
But now got longin' FIR good ole
homelike ways,
An mem'ry keeps returnin' t. then
there early days
Wen, on tn kitchen table, its red clotf
glowin' bright.
Malindy set tn dinner-at noontime-
not at night.
They want no pesky walters a-work-
in FIR a tip
Malindy done tn waitin' an ct between
each trip;
TIL knives an forks was iron, tn dishes
wasn't much,
We had a pewter castor, an napkin
rings, an such;
In SVoVe was plled with Kettles, q
skillet an pot,
A-soakin' FIR tn washin', in water,
b'ilin' hot;
They want no silver platters; they
want no birds an wine,
Served on tn kitchen table-b but, gosh
them meals was fine.
We hit tn lamp at supper-I smell tn
burned thing yet
Malindy hollered Ready % an every.
body set;
tn apple sass an jelly an swellin'
homemade bread
Was all blame sight better than what
town folks is fed
You folks kin have yer candles an
courses by tn score,
l want tn kitchen table, heaped full o.
things, once more;
This fussy. stylish dinin' is plum agir
my creed
Oh, gimme tn old-table an let me sci
an feed
Puck.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-07-27
A Tragic Finish.

watchman's neglect permitted leak in
the great North Sea dyke. which chiId's
finger could have stopped. to become a ruinous
break, devastating an entire province of Hol-
land. In like manner Kenneth McIver. of
Vanceboro, Me-. permitted a little cold to 20
unnoticed until a tragic finish was only
averted by DIR. Kings New Discovery. He
writes: Three doctors gave me up TO die OF
lung Inflammation, caused by a neglected
cold; but DIR. Kings New Discovery saved my
life.' Guaranteed best cough and cold cure. al
+. G. Richardson, Kiimarnock; It. ]. Hayden
Son, Irvington: Ficklin & Bass, Litwalton
Price soc and Sl.00. Trial bottle free.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-07-27

perimented on chickens, because by
Matching out these creatures under
germ proof conditions he could
keep them germ free from birth.
Four chickens were Matched out
under these conditions. They all
showed continuous hunger aud ate
abundsntly, but they exhibited every
symptom of starvation. Two Of
them died and the two others were
evidently on the point of extinction.
The two survivors were then taken
out of their germ-tight compartment
aud given food that had been mixed
with bacteria from the intestines of
normal hen. They Immediately
gained weight and recovered.
The great Pasteur had already
suggested that digestion was impos-
sible without the aid of bacteria, but
he had not made convincing expert
ments.
Every man swarms with bacteria,
and among them are usually those
OF many of the deadly diseases
such as typhoid, tuberculosis, diph
liberia, pneumonia, etc. Within
half an hour of birth there are forty
million microbes or more in the
mouth of child.
1t is calculated that bacteria
would, if unchecked, quickly over
load the earth and make human life
impossible. la our laboratories
under suitable conditions of food
aud warmth, bacillus splits again
In half an hour, and so on, and it
has been estimated that single
bacillus, if given similar conditions
in nature, would within a week give
rise to progeny numerous enough
to fill the Atlantic Ocean.
Why is it that bacteria or disease
germs do not wipe out all life on
earth? There are many causes that
operate to cheek them, such as lack
OF nourishment, the influence of
their own excretions in killing them
Oh, the resistance of the animal
organism to them, and the beneficent
work of little animals that swallow
them.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-07-27
AMELIA BARR's PHILOSOPHY.

"a girl ought to have few prin-
ciples of conduct involving self :
denial. Aunt Ruth says: Life
cannot stand erect without self
denial'"
"If we could only have some new
men!" sighed Ethel. "The lover of
today is just what girl can pick up;
he has no wit and no wisdom and no
illusions. He talks OF his muscles
and smells of cigarettes-perhaps of
whiskey."
swell, my little girl. honesty is
the fashion in this house. l believe
in going to church. Religion is the
Mother of Duty. and we should all
make sad mess of life without duty"
"Religion is not going to church
and listening to sermons. Those
who built the old cathedrals
of Europe had no idea that
sitting in comfortable pews and
listening to some man talking was
worsbiping God. Those great naves
were intended for men and women to
stand or kneel in before God. And
there were no high or. low standing
or kneeling places; all were on level
before Him. Itis our modern social
system which has brought in lazy
lolling in cushioned pews; and the
gallery, which makes church al
like playhouse as possible !"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-07-27
fIsHERMAN's LUCK.

Ground is full of danger,
Amt a mite of doubt;
Earthquake comes an gifts you
Eff you don't watch out,
Sea is mighty risky,
Though your boat is stout;
Big wave comes to git you
Eff you don't watch out.
Air is full of trouble,
Look what you're about;
Cloud is bound to git you
Eff you don't watch out.
Thank the Lord for fishin'!
Anglin' after trout,
Nothin' ever happens
Eff you don't watch out.
New York Sun.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-07-27
Only SO Years Old

am only ~ years old and don't expect even
when | get 10 be real old to feel that way as
long as i can get Electric Bitters," says Mrs.
Is H. Brunsou, of Dublin, Ca. Surely there's
nothing else keeps the old as young and makes
the weak as strong as this grand tonic medi-
cine Dyspepsia, torpid liver. intiamed kid.
neys or chronic constipation are unknown
after taking Electrtc Btter's a reasonable
time.
Guaranteed by E c. Richardson, Kilmar-
mock; Il. j.. Hayden & Son. Irvington; Ficklin
4 Bass, Litwalton. Price soc and $1,000.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-07-27
Saved Ills Comraae,. ,.,f..

While returning from the Grand Army
Encampment at Washington City. a comrade
from Elgfn, ILL.,, was taken with cholera NOR
bus and was i'm a critical condition. says Mr..
}. T. Horghland. OF Eldon, Iowa. II gave
him Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea hemedy and believe saved his life. 1
nave been engaged for ten years In immigra-
uon work ana conducted many parties TO the
south and west. Railways carry this remedy
and have used IL successfully on many occa-
sions."
For sale by Messick s. Gunby. Irvington; w.
A Dameron & Bro, weems; G. W. Sanders &
Son, and ID. X. James. White Stone.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-07-27
OPENING ADDRESS
Before the Woman's Foreign Mis-.
sionary Society, of Rappahan-
mock District, Virginia Confer.
ence, M. E. Church. South.


BY MISS FANNIE H. ROBINSON, DIST. sEc'Y.
In making the prayer calendar
for 1906 our Board of Missions
could not have selected more fitting
words as an incentive to the ladies
of the Virginia Conference than
those of st. Paul to Timothy-"that
good thing which has been commit
ted unto you keep by the Holy Ghost
which dwelleth in u.s."
In reading the Scripture we are
apt to accept the promise and claim
the blessings, and so inclined to
think the commands apply to any
other person or persons than our
selves; but the personal pronouu In
the verse at once arrests our atten-
ton and delivers the charge to you
and me as we'll as to "Timothy''-
"that good thing which has been
committed unto YOU keep by the
Holy Ghost which dwelleth in u.s."
That good thing which was also
the unfeigned faith of his Mother
Eunice and Grand Mother Lois and
the heavenly gifts of love, and power,
and of sound mind; that is, that
the Kingdom of God was set up in
Timothy's heart, and st. Paul ad-
monished him to stir and use these
divine gifts because it was an holy
calling. "The Kingdom of God is
within you;" Christ said to the ques-
tiening Pharisees. "Look not here or
there for it, nor does it come with
observation or outward show, it is
within you."
And so the keeping and the COM
ing of the Kingdom has been COM
mitted unto Us.
The charge means more to us and
to the world than we have ever vel
thought or dreamed, or Gods will
and love would have long ago SC
ruled in our own hearts and lives
that the Gospel would have had
swift messengers to every land, and
every creature would know that q
Savior had died, ,and that the kingdom
of God is at hand.
1t is wonderful and past under.
standing that God should need poor
deprayed humanity, even you and
me, In His great redemptiye plan
for We know that allpower in HEAVIER
and earth is His and He might have
commissioned the Angels to tell tn,
STORY of the cross and resurrection
and the world would have been a.
his feet; or He might have said as il
the beginning, "Let there be light,
and the Gospel light would hav,
heen everywhere. Bnt in his infinit,
love for us He ordained otherwise
and We have not yet half realize,
our responsibility, our great priv
lege and Gods beautiful purpose il
us, or we would not have been SO in
different, SO miserably slow.
We remember OH the resurrection
morn that Mary went quickly an,
told the disciples the good news, an
we forget that men, women an
children in other lands are sufferin
in body and soul and even dyin
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-07-27

~ was loser in O twenty year battle with
chrome piles and malignant sores, until tried
Bucklens Arnica Salve; which turned the tide,
by curing both, till not trace remains, writes
A NJ. Bruce, of Farmville. Va. Best for old
Ulcers, Cuts, Barns and Wounds.
25c. at f. c. Richardson, Kilmarnock: T. J.
Hayden & Son, Irvington; Ficklin & Bass, Lit
walton.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-07-27
Modest Claims OFTEN Carry the Mos,
Conviction

Modest Claims Often Carry the Most
Conviction
When Maxim, the famous gun inventor.
placed his gun before a committee OF judges,
he stated its carrying power to be much below
what he felt sure the gun would accomplish.
The result OF the trial was therefore a great
surprise, instead OF disappointment. 1t Is the
same with the manufacturers OF Chamber
lain's Collie. Cholora and Diarrhoea Remedy.
They do not publicly boast of all this remedy
will accomplish, but prefer to let the users
make the statements. What they do claim, is
that 1t will positively cure diarrhoea, dysen-
terry, pains in the stomach and bowels and has
never been known 60 fail. a f,fS ~.
For sale by Messick & Gunby, Irvington; w.
A. Dameron & Bro. weems; G. w. Sanders &
Son. and ID. II. James, White Stone.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-08
Woman's Trials.

The bitter trail in a woman's life Is to
be chiidless. Who can tell how hard the
struggle may have been ere she learnt to
resign herself to her lonely lot2 The alb
sence of this link to bind marital life
together, the absence of this one pledge
to mutual affection is common disap-
Potntment. Many unfortunate couples
become estranged thereby. Even If they
do not drift apart, one may read the whole
extent of their disappointment in the eyes
of such childless couple when they rest
ON the children of others. TO them the
largest family does not seem too numerou 1
In many cases Of barrenness or child
lessness the obstacle to collaborating is
easily removed by the cure of weakness on
the part of the woman. DR.. Pierce's Fa-
Vorlte Prescription has been the means of
restoring health and fruitfulness to many
Q barren woman, to the great Joy of the
nouseno!d. In other, but rare cases, the
been found to be of surgical character,
but easily removable by painless operative
treatment at the Invalids' Hotel and Sur.
Eical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y, over which
pr. Pierce OF the HFavorite Prescription
fames presides. In all cases where chill.
dren are desired and are absent, an effort
since 1t is generally so easily removed by
proper treatment. ,,..,.'"
In all the various weaknesses, displace-
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bllltatlng, catarrhal drains and in all
gases OF nervousness and debility, DR..
Plerce's Fayorite Prescription is the most
&thclent remedy tina can possibly be used.
1t has to It's credit hundreds of thousands
OF cures more In fact than any other
remedy, put up for sale through druggists,
especially for woman's use. The ingredi.
ents OF which the "Favoritc Prescription
Is composed have received the most
medical writer's on Materao Nedica of al
the several schools of practice. All. the
ingredients are printed IN plain English
on the wrapper enclosing the BOTTLE; so
that any woman making use of this
famous medicine may know exactly what
she is taking. DR.; Pierce takes his pa
tlents into his full confidence, which he
can afford to do as the formula after
which the "Fayorite Prescription is
made will bear the most careful exam
ination.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are tho
Best and safest laxative for women,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-08
ST. CRoIX CoUNTY's VOTE
Close and Interesting Fight for Assem-
blyman Wins Nomination.

HUDSON, WIS.-With only one small pre-.
elnct to hear from. where the republican vote
was only 3d. the total vote on st. Crox county
on candidates for a place ON the republican
state ticket is as follows, according to the Of
fc1al count: Governor, Davidson 1,1S9, Lenroot
751; lieutenant governor, Conner 1906 Strange
a66; secretary Of state, Frear 1927, Froelich
gig, Houser 1914; treasurer. Dahl 773, Rowland
26S, James 131, Kennpf 1875, Thomas 147; attor-
ney general, Gilbert s67, Ingalls, 25s McGee
1926 insurance, Beedle ss1, Burtell 6s4; CON
gress, Jenkins 1,031, Kinney 72S.,
The total republican vote on county offices was
as follows, all precincts included: Assembly
man. Adolph johnson 967, L. B. Nagler 1913;
sheriff, Alfred Halvorson LIT, Nels Sonju 99S;
clerk, H. s. orerdahl LEO; treasurer e. c.
Anderson. 1855; clerk of court. W: F. Behrens
C. l. Lamp mp II; distri &C. attorney
of deeds, W. S. Fleming 1,452, ]. L. Hart 57S.
The closest and most interesting fight. was be-
tween L. b. Nagler and Adopl Johnson for
assemblyman Mr.. Nagler is editor Of the St.
Croix Observer, the radical La Toilette paper
of the county. Mr.. Johnson, who, is the pres
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The Michigan Military Academy
ORCHARD LAKE. MICHIGAN

A really great school for boys. Prepares
5or an American Colleges and Scientific
life. Ideal location. 20 miles from, Detroit.
Beautiful lake region; fine buildings; honest
and thorough academic work.: graduates
military training and discipline; great at
tention paid to social, ethical and religious
development; SPLENDID musical training; ex.
ceptlonal opportunities for sports on land
but not allowed to become frenzied; small
classes: SO that every boy is studied and
prescribed Tor as an individual; no vicious
ooys admitted or retained: no hazing or
tagging tolerated.
Thirtieth school year opens Sept. 10, 1906.
correspondence invited. For information
write to LAWRENCE CAMERON HULL
President and Superintendent.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-08

ent sheriff. has also been LA Toilette man, but
is now more conservative than Mr.. Nagler. John
son carried Hudson by 80 and also the west
end of the county, but Nagler carried the east
end. 4 III - = - -. >, =
AURORA. MINN-Mistaking strychnine pills
for candy. Eddie Maxi. years DID, ate a guam
tty of them and is dead.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-08
A NoTRE DAME LADY'S appeal

10 all knowing sufferers of rheumatism, whether
muscular or Of the joints, scatica, iunho COS.
baekache, pains in. the kidneys Or neuralgia.
pains, to write to her for home treatment
which has repeatedly cured all of these tortures
She feels it her duty to send it to all sufferers
FKEE. You cure yourself at home as thousands
VIII test1y-no change Of climate being neces-
sary. Ih1s simple discovery banishes uric acid.
from the blood, loosens the stiffened Joints
purlfes the blood, and brightens the eyes, Civ
ing elasticity and tone to the whole system II
the above interests you, for proof address Mrs {
NJ Summers. Box 42e. Notre Dame, Ind.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-08

Make it a rule Of your home to keen
Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and dat.
Thoea Remedy az a safeguard against
bowel complaint. >'.t'Ss
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INVESTORS

! 1t costs but small amount to keep
Chamberlain IS Collie, Cholera and Diar.
Thoea Remedy always on hand and it
is economy in the end. -
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-12-24

WOOD HEATING sToVE-Good second hand
wood base heater for sale at bargain. Apply
to Daily Press ONCE.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-12-24
The Social Objections to
Mrs. Trip

toriginaLl

foriginaLl
Mrs Muggledon Mason was one Of
tie elite OF Groveton. There were
disadvantages to be overcome in at.
tminIng and maintaining this position,
but Mrs. Mason possessed the especial
eAculties required to overcome them.
Dor instance, her husband was a horse
kadeF--a horse trader on q large scale,
% be sure, but still q horse trader.
When the wife Of q wholesale grocer
threw this in the face Of Mrs. Mason.
that lady retorted: my husband buys
and sells horses; your husband buys
and sells molassea. What's the differ
encer'
One evening on the train from the
city where Mrs. Mason had been shop
ping she was talking to Mrs. Edwards,
also n member Of the smart set OF
GFoveton. Mrs. Edwards was not only
wealthy. but her family had been
wealthy before her for hundred
gears. Mrs. Mason appreciated this
and proposed TO ingratIate herself with
the hiRiiborn dame by a bit OF social
conservatism.
There are some OF our set" said
Mrs. Mason-her voice was loud and
harsh-''who are constantly upholdlng
soane one trying to get in with US who
doesn't belong with us. Several OF our
best ladies are visiting with that young
Mrs. Trip, whose efforts 70 appear re-
'gpectable are absurd. At the Airing
tons reception she wore a dress that
4 recognized as having once belonged
10 Mrs. Chesborough. She'd 30 chang
cd and improved II that one would
have scarcely recognised It Not that
u would deny BuOh people a place
among us, provided they can live as
we do. but they can't Besides, Mrs.
Trip doesn't give very satisfactory
account OF her husbands continued
absence. Land knows whether she's
married at all or not"
Behind the two ladies sat a man IN q
broad brimmed hat and a wooden shirt
under a coat much the worse for wear,
but his features belled his costume.
Notwithstanding an appearance OF
hard work they were intellectual.
"Moll Hogan, l believe" he said.
bending forward and looking Mrs.
Mason In the eye as she turned, with
a face alternately white and scarlet.
Il don't know you," she said. draw
ing away with poorly assumed hauteur.
Nevertheless you have served me
with antelope steak and flapjacks in
GFindstone. But see you are chang.
ed / heard you had married Mug
Mason, that he drove q lot OF horses
east Just In time TO all a big order for
the government before the Spanish
war and that he has been making
money In horsenesh ever since"
Mrs. Mason was taken flat aback.
She made several efforts TO clear her.
self from the mans lmputatlons and
anally muttered that be had got her
mixed with some one else. Then abe
turned her back on him and said 30
Mrs. Edwards: