Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-10-25

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passion is.
A Lexington youth was sent to u. S.
prison six months for sending obscene
letters through the mails
The former yacht ''Vision," of New
York, is being remodeled and converted
into work boat to be used in the oys-
ter business. The 'Vision' was once
magnificent racing, yacht in the
ninety-foot sloop class, having been
built especially to defend the America s
cup.
General Stephen D. Lee, comman-
dant of the United Confederate Vet
Grams, issued an important order to the
effect that cadets in military schools
maintained by the Confederacy were
in the military service and are entitled
to membership in the United Confed-
crate Veterans.
Booker T. Washington, jr., and
another negro youth left a Northern
college day or two ago because, they
claimed, they were Disseminated against
on account of their race. The president
of the college says that the two negroes
left school because they did not want to
submit to discipline.
Vice-President Fairbanks was de-
feated as lay delegate from Indiana
to the Quadrennial Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church, to be held
at Baltimore next May. His defeat
was because of the episode of serving
cocktails at recent reception to Presi-
dent Roosevelt. How times do changed
Five thousand revolvers, estimated to
be worth on an average of SO each, were
dumped into the sea by order of Police
Commissioner Bingham, of New York
city. There were enough small arms
to have started a revolution in any one
of dozen Latin countries. The arms
were taken from prisoners and others
and by raids of the police.
Overeating seems to be one of the
great American sins. ''Those who pro-
test against the evils of drink are often
and rightly reminded of the evils of
overeating, says Prof. c. w. Saleeby.
There is every reason to believe that
civilized men, including even those who
would be indignant at the charge of
overeating, only too often dig their
graves with their teeth"
The oyster crab is the small bachyuran
crab, of the genus Pinnotheses, the fe-
males of various species of which are
about the size and shape of pea, and
are called pea crabs in Great Britain.
These females live as commensals, with
in the shells and mantle-lobes of oysters
and other bivalves. A familiar Ameri-
can species is found in oysters and is
bright reddish-yellow when cooked.
When j. Pierpont Morgan alighted
from the train at Richmond as a dele
gate to the Episcopal convention he was
met by newspaper reporter who in
troduced himself. 'I don't want to see
you," gruffly said Morgan. al don't
want to see you, either; but the city
editor sent me here to have a talk with
you" said the reporter. Morgan looked
cut, turned, entered his automobile and
was driven to his hotel
AT the Richmond Baptist Sunday
School Association meetings one speaker
contended that unless the Bible is
studied when the memory is active that
which is read will not be retained on
the mind. He told of young girl in
North Carolina who had memorized
1000 verses in one week, and of
another, who, in a contest, had memo
orized the entire New Testament in
three months and had the measles in
the meantime.
The U. S. court at Norfolk imposed
a fine of $100 upon j. R. Jarvis, the
young Kentucky volunteer soldier who
was found guilty of sending an obscene
post card through the mails from the
jamestown Exposition to some one in
his home town. 81 didn't know was
violating any law. Iacted in ignorance, -
said the accused. Ignorance of the
law is no excuse" said Judge WaddiIl,
"but may sometimes be regarded as an
extenuating circumstance, so will i'm
pose the minimum penalty, $1OO fine.
Let this be warning to YOU"
William OLSEN and Geosta Kylberger,
of Sweden, are at the head of move.
ment to build challenger for the
, Americas cup and say that large
portion of the money required to con.
struct and sail ninety-footer, estim
: ated at about $189, 200, has already
{ been subscribed. Many large manufac
turers have offered to furnish materia
gratis, and the captain and the three
mates of the yacht will sail her withou
) any pay, the designer will accept n,
4 compensation for his work, and tn,
builders only will charge the net cos
of the construction.