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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-31

man from Texas adventured into
Arkansas on business errand. The
town was strange to him, says a writ
er In the Washington Post, and he was
unacquainted with the man. a lawyer
whom he had come to see. There was
no carriage at the station when he ar.
rived. so he asked his way to the house
or Mr.. Dash and set out to walk.
The directions he received were so In.
definite that he found himself at last
on the edge OF the town without hav.
Ing come to the house he sought. Then
he met an old colored man and ask ed
the way again. Mr.. Dash's house. he
learned, lay about q quarter of a mile
down the road
The man want to see Is a LAWYER"
ne said to the old negro rs this Mr..
Dash down the road a lawyerl
He amt no lawyer that I ever heard
tell Of" answered the old negro.
You're suieT'
The old negro scratched his head In
deep thought; then a CLEAN OF remem.
brance lighted his eye.
Now / thinks OF Ii, boss" he said
"'pears like 1 do ricollect he ran for
lawyer one time."-Youth's COMPANION.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-31
A Hair RAISING Doc Story.

The Kansas City Star Is now devot
Ing much space to true dog stories. and
the cheerful liars are contributing all
sorts OF anecdotes showing that dogs
have almost human intelligence. The
only really true story received by the
Star went to it from Emporia, and IL
wasn't printed. showing that the edi.
tor OF the dog department doesn't know
truth when he sees ii. An Emporia cit
fzen was Mortified one morning by sec
Ing large golden eagle seize his
mother-in-law, who was chopping kin.
ding wood I'm the yard. The rapacious
bird flew with her to the top of a
neighboring telephone pole and began
TO eat her. The man had a dog that he
valued highly. 1t was n cross between
q sleuth hound and Teddy bear. The
noble animal sized up the situation at
once. climbed the pole and rescued the
unfortunate woman, also bringing
down the golden eagle. which proved
to be stuffed one that had escaped
from the laboratory OF Mr. Dyche at
Topeka.-Emporia Gazette.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-31
Her Credit Mas Gnnd

The urbane and entirely respectful
London draper would probably stand
aghast at the audacious independence
or the highland Scot. Even royalt,
falls to exact ObseQuious homage from
him.
Princess Louise had long been accus
toned to the ingenious sayings and
doings OF the simple minded people In
the highlands, says Arthur II. Beavar
In Popular Royalty" During the
queens residence in the neighborhood
or Calender, the princess had occasion
to drive into the town to match some
velvet. At the principal Diapers SHE
procured what she wanted, but dis
covered that she had left her purse M
home. She explained this to the pro
prietor OF the shop. adding that she
would send the money the next Iay
but the imperturbable tradesman re-
Piled with the utmost gravity, "Dinna
fash yersel', mem, yer mither has an
account here"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-31
The .Couhox na.han..

Bishop Talbot. the cowboy bishop"
relates among other entertaining expe-
riences an Incident OF his life when hs
was bishop OF Wyoming and Idaho
Entering a particularly lawless mining
camp In Idaho. he went into the dance
halls and gambling saloons, inviting
the men to come to his meetings. For
three weeks he remained at the Camp.
working day and night At the end of
That time committee OF miners offer
ed btm a salary OF $4,000 to stay and
to hustle up this preachin' business. :"
Unable to accept the offer, he proposed
sending substitute, to which the COM
mittee demurred, as ut was not In tho
deal" After consultation they re-
turned with another otter. "If you'll
SEND US good talker and a good mix
err" they said, wen guarantee him at
least $1,000 a year. But please don't
send Us no stick"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-31
Blood For Babes

hospital nurse was grinding a
reddish brown substance In coffee
mill.
What is it?" she said. "Why, II Is
piood - blood for newborn orphan
bales"
Yes" said the nurse. "AH over the
world the doctors are trying blood as
an Infant food. and their success Is
wonderful. Blood fed babies turn ont
ruddy and fat and muscular. Beside
them your milk fed baby seems pale
and soft. These experiments with
blood were begun by French doctor.
one Regnard. He tried blood. dried
ana pnlveriZed. on mOtherless lambs.
and so great was his success that he
next fried 1t on babies. Ordinary
slaughter house blood is used We dry
IL ana sterilize II, then serve II. DOW
dered. with any ordinary infants
food New Orleans Times Democrat
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-31
Our Tremendous Drink Riu.

According to figures furnished by the
government bureau OF statistics, there
are consumed in the United States in
one year about 100000 barrels OF
beer. 9S.000,O00 gallons of proof spirits
and 30.500,0O0 gallons of wine. These
drinkables. sold at retail, take out Of
the pockets of consumers in Il single
twelvemonth the sum of $1,45I, 119.S9S.
1t is good deal of money, and one is
tempted TO consider what IL could ac-
complish II 1t We're put to really useful
purposes instead of being practically
thrown away.
1t would proYide 100000 families, or
2,5O0.OO0 people, more than the entire
population of the states OF New Hamp-
shire, Rhode Island, Vermont, Maine,
North Dakota and Montana, with COM
Portable homes, clothing and provisions
for twelve whole months. To each
family ii would give $3.50 for pro-
visions, $50 for clothing, $50 for shoes.
$50 for newspapers, magazines and
books, $50 for church and charitable
purposes, and would build for each
family house costing 81 800, with
$3.50 10 furnish ii, thus bestowing up-
ON each one of the 100000 families
$3.50, and leaving balance of S234.-
llo,OOO TO erect 52.S1S churches. each
costing $o,OOO.-Pearson's Magazine.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-31
IDOLS FOR INDIA.
Millions of Fantastic peitiss Ar,
Used by the Natives.

Used by the Natives.
Few OF us realize that into the vast
triangle OF Hindustan Is packed one
fifth OF the entire human race-more
than 2co.Oo0000 Hindoos, C0,oOO, 900
Mohammedans. 100000 aborigines
and well over 35.OOo.OOO other mis-
cellaneous peoples. making up n popu-
lation of over 3OO.OOo,OOo, speaking
scores of different tongues and divided
into hundreds OF separate states.
The most important industry Of In
dia is agriculture, for the people are
race of farmers, and nearly two
thirds OF the masses cultivate the soil.
eking out living SO scanty that the
slightest failure of the monsoon brings
acute distress. IL not positive famine
1t Is perhaps for this reason that In
dia is the most god ridden region on
earth. Her deities are numbered in
millions, for quite apart from the
greater gods every little hamlet be-
tween the tremendous Himalayas aud
Cape Comorin has Its own set OF de.
tiles, dreadful and beneficent.
From this ii will be s...1 that god
making in India must - essarily be
an immense business, and just now
there is much feeling among the ma.
tive artificers over this holy and profit
able industry being cut into by foreign
merchants and traders. Only the 9th.
er day an enormous five TERED jugger-
naut car of gayly painted wood and
steel was made in Calcutta, and of
late years Birmingham and Philadel-
phia have both secured big slices OF
the traffic I'm gods.
Every village. especially In south In
dla. is supposed to be surrounded by
evil spirits, always on the watch to
inflict disease and misfortunes on the
people. At the same time every little
hamlet has also its guardian spirits
who ward off the evil ones and protect
the villagers from epidemics of chol-
era, smallpox, cattle disease, famine
and all the dire and manifold Ills thas
Indian flesh Is heir to.
The names of these village deities
are indeed legion. and some OF them
are quite unintelliglble to the people
themselves. On the other hand, many
OF them have meanings which show
clearly their close connection with
country life-thus. the Village god
dess," the great mother" the water
goddess" the goddess who presides
over buttermilk," the goddess who
sits under mango tree" and SO on
In the Tamil country Mari-amman. the
goddess OF smallpox" both infiicts
and chases away this dread disease.
Sometimes there Is no permanent
image or symbol of village deity, but
special clay effigy couple of feet
high is made for each god festival
by the village potter. Again, the deity
may be represented by rough stone
pillar standing under tree or In the
open field or by the figure OF a woman
carved In high relief upon a stone
slab.-New York Times.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-31
Pharaoh,s Bad r......

German savant has Just discovered
why Pharaoh hardened his heart and
gave the children OF Israel such n had
Time. Ii is really no wonder that tn,
hapiess monarch was bad tempered
according to this investigator. for his
mummy shows that he must have sur.
tered from govt, disease which has
never been known to produce sweet
ness of disposition, and that he must
also have been martyr to t0othache.
all his teeth being I'm "a shocking state
OF decay. III only among the children
OF israel there could have been found
some skilled worker in gold who could
nave nlled these royal teeth. they
might have been allowed to depart I'm
peace The mummy also shows that
this ancient ruler, who died I 200 years
before the Christian era, was stout
and baldhe aided
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-31
Two Pics and a Hon.

A man In Cape Breton left his estate
or $4,000 to trustees for the care OF =
pair OF pigs. In his will he explained
that he did this because otherwise
the money would be In the hands OF
pigs who denied their identities" and
that he might as well give 1t to pork.
ers who made no pretenses." He al.
iuded to some attentive cousins who
We're looking for legacies. But what
lovely Christian spirit and how well
prepared to die! Then, too, how noble
purpose to which to devote the saw
ings OF frugal and industrious life,
1t suggests certain sympathy and
kinship between the benefactor and
the objects of his bounty. And there
are so many poor and hungry and
helpless human beings to whom his
$4,000 would have meant much!-Bos.
ton Herald.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-31
The King and the cxn.x.

A little while before his journey to
France and England King Alfonso en-.
countered an old gypsy woman whose
fkce interested him, and he would have
given her money, but she proudly re.
fused it. King" she said, keep your
money. My race is older than yoursl
1 am the last OF the Almoravidi. who
reigned in Morocco and in the south OF
Spain In the eleventh and twelfth cen
turtles. will give you piece of goIdr
So saying, the gypsy placed in Alfonso's
hand a coin with the effigy of Tshae
son OF Tachefin, and the last king OF
the line OF Almoravidi, who died in
ll4I. Preserve this talisman." she
warned the young monarch, land II
Will shield you from every peril" This
legend spread through Spain. and
many assert that at the moment of the
bomb explosion In the Rue de Riyol
Alfonso held the coin in his hand. be
Ing In the very act OF showing II to
PRESIDENT Loubet. Isn't this sweet
But gypsies are always to be relied on
Boston Herald.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-31
A pisappointnoent

Il was talking on my trip west tc
Luther Burbank. the plant wizard
about the thornless cactus he has sen
TO the National museum in Washing
ton." said Washington journalist.
Mr.. Burbank said that he had
changed the aspect of many plants
but not so much perhaps as rcople
thought People expected greater
changes than he could give. His
achievements sometimes disappointed
them, even as a lawyer of Los An.
geles had been disappointed one day.
This lawyer said to a friend:
would you believe 1t? Today !
eound out my sixty-ninth year.
Impossible! exclaimed the friend
Why. you scarcely look ixtS-eight.'"
Kos Angeles Times.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-31
TAPPAHANNOCK- BALTIuopp
POTOMAC RIVER ROUTE.
schedule in effect Saturday Juue 9th ,o,s
CTHREE TRIPS wrrr,

S'"roay Juue 9th. 1905
THREE TRIPS WEEKLY
,,,a,h rs Ieave Baltimore. Pier Q Iigb, Co..
V.~Jr.as inttlng, at y. m. every Mo,,i~,e'
~ iy and saturday. for the follov,;,S :S-
Pk alexandria and Washin0ton- M;u,1
Iai ~ :, orto belio. Grason's Coan R,,n5:i,
IcS' " aIhut Point. Cowart's Levisetta sS;s,s'
rD;x. LANDING, Mundays Point KineaI. p;s
uOht Leonardtown. Abell's Cobrnnos me-
andria NeiS'ue' Slyrnont. Alex
+On Signal
,,, Ar n IN Washington early "Wednesday f.;
uay and Monday mornings eSoay' rri-
Leave Washington ID a. To-. II
49, permitting. at y. m, every sNondo,,
I,sS;a ahd saturday for the followins 49,.
Ri,ar.;S anu baItmore: Alexandria Clymont
riverside. Bushwood. Lancaster Cob,,,,os S.'
Le1nardtown5 a. m, Abells Piney PORT 500
Houge Landing n m. Mundys Point E;nsaio =,
q: IN, S9an. Bundicks. Lakes Walnnt Pr,
Sowsrts. Lewisetta- Millers, 8 D. m Csrasonse ~
ION Signal.
and Monday mornings eS"aS' FRIDAY
NOIE;-Read carefully a. imnor,,n, .L
nave oeen made. Note change in dave or Iaa,:
bIIumore and Washington and points orr 49, ANN
rrelght received daily in Baltimore on .sii;,.,
GAYS until 4:30 p. m "' S~'hhk
ms timetable shows the times NJ ,,h,.A
may be expected 10 arrive nj and &c..
rom the several wharves. but their arrivals o.
oepaI lure at the times stated is not puarant..l
nor 1oes the company hold itself responsiblc for
S HSay or any consequences arising therefrayo
99tEE.fnHIENSoN BRO. Agts Washingtoo
'HANDoN * GRIMES, Agts.. Alexandra.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-31
THE COMPARISON HABIT.
An Aiinnent which Many Are subsse
10 and which Grows

An Afiment Which Many Are Subject
20 and which Grews.
The doctor. the minister and the law
ger were talking OF mental habits thar
cause unhappiness. The doctor I'm.
stanced worry; the minister spoke of
procrastination. The lawyer was the
last to give his views.
"Of course" be said, .'there are I'm.
Vulnerable special causes that lead to
greater or less anhappiness, but for an
average mental cause that works every
day In the year what 1 call the COM
parison habit has all the others out.
clasSed. I used to think that II affect.
ed women more than men, but I've
about come to the conclusion that it's
an even thing.
The comparison habit" he continu-
ed, us especially dangerous because
It's so very insidious. 1t gets a hold
on you before You know II, and, like
many another had thing. its beginnings
occasionally seem even praiseworthy.
An ambitious man contracts IL very
easily. He wants to get ahead OF the
other fellow, and IL he doesn't he wor-
ries. The next step Is to be envious.
It's about as hard thing as we are
called upon TO do to appreciate the
good work of our rivals and not Sc
cretly wish them down and out. But
It's mighty wholesome thing, and
the person who doesn't learn the les
son Is apt to be losing his grip. He's
paying too much attention in way
that he shouldn't to the success OF this,
that and the other one and too little
attention TO what he is doing to win
success for himself.
"The habit grows, and discomfort
grows with ii. Its usual result Is
general Crouch. and q man with a well
developed crouch might as well step
aside for repairs. The comparisons
that women bother their heads over
are, as rule, smaller than those that
affect the men. but just as much mis-
cry comes from them. A woman who
sees with actual pain that so and so
has done something OF has something
OF which she herself has not thought
is pretty sure to be sharp featured
and querulous before very long-that
Is, IL she doesn't take herself sternly
In hand and read herself a lecture on
what may become her besetting sin.
II believe" he concluded, "that the
happiest Individual In the long run II
the reasonably independent person who
knows what he or she wants to do In
one way or another and then proceeds
to do 1t according to ability without
overmuch regard for what others are
doing. Such person steers straight
course and, quite likely, will get some
where-"-New York Press.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-31
Beiasoo's Peculiar Wav.

Once Belasco had been for weeks
Stubbornly contending with an immal.
ieabie third act while the first two
were already in rehearsal.
Il have It at last" he exclaimed.
With grateful air OF relief. as he en-
tered the theater to conduct the re-
hearsals. NOW I'll take two days OF
and write the dialogue"
Two days to write an act! That IL
Illustrates how little Importance he at
taches TO the actual process Of formu-
iating expressions. He had taken
weeks to construct the skeleton which
these words were to clothe. He might
rip them into tatters and strip them
from his skeleton two or three times
more before gaining the effect he had
In view, for with true dramatic In
stinct he strives to let the action tell
the story.-From How Belasco Stages
Play" In Bohemian.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-31
A Buried Forest.

Piratic boards OF Spanish doubloons
are not the only buried wealth one
may seek with spade aud pick. A
wonderful relic Of the past has just
been brought to light In Peterborough.
England, In the discovery OF a buried
forest. At depth OF seven feet have
been found a number Of oak trees
which have been covered for some
1000 years. Most OF the trees are al.
most perfect In condition and are be-
Ing sold to furniture manufacturers
ana others. Altogether about eighty
trees nave been raised. and hundreds
more are left In the ground untouched
at a depth of five or six feet. In near.
~ all the trees the roots are found at.
tached- The wood Is extremely hard
and can be worked only by machinery.
as 1t turns the edge OF an ax.-Londou
Chronicle
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-31
Heart to Heart
Talks.
KEEP CLEAN INSIDE.
BY EDWIN A. NYE.
Copyright. 1905. by Edwin A. Nye.

Young man:
Deliberately insult the man who
starts to tell u smutty story in your
presence by turning on your heel.
Such corruptioniSt has no more
right to steal your pure thoughts than
he has to put his hand into your pocket
and take your money.
These retailers of filth are whited
sepulchers-clean on the outside. but
inwardly filed with dead mems bones.
They are debauchers of clean minds.
robbers of purity.
You should never permit yourself TO
listen to an improper story-a story
you would not care TO repeat to your
mother or your sister. The filthy sug
gestiveness will soak into your mem
DRY as spilled ink soaks into blotting
paper.
Allow no man to drag your mind
through a sewer.
Do you know there Is many man
who would sacrifice much today TO be
able to wipe from his memory some of
the things he listened to when Il boy?
The man who will deliberately repeat
risque story In the presence of q
youth deserves no respect He is an
incarnate devil OF meanness. He Is
daubing q coarse picture on clean
walls
No gentleman will tell a story hi
could not tell in the presence OF ladies
Do you remember what Genera
Grant said TO the officer who began t.
tell story, Femarking. There are ne
ladies present" whereupon the silen
soldier quickly retorted. There ar,
gentlemen presentg"
Keep your mind unsullied. A fou
suggestion may harden into habit o.
thought that will lead you far astray.
Keep clean inside.
1t is more 4 matter OF importanc,
that you should keep the dirt of you
soul than to keep 1t off your clothes.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-31
NEW WORKS. LEPERS.
The Dre.ry Life They Lead on Black
wells Island.


Although recent statement that 200
lcpers are walking about the streets Of
New York. a constant menace to public
health. has been met with vigorous de-
malls on the part of health officials,
backed up by the statements of experts
to prove that leprosy is far less con-
tagious disease than generally sup
posed, yet New York city has leprosy
camp OF her own. These lepers are
public charges under the care OF the
department of charities, anu their
abode resembles more a death house in
some prison than camp" 1t is the
one roomed ell part of a long. Low brick
building on Blackwelfs isl.sad. The
main portion of the building is given
up to erysipelas patients, but this one
room, entirely separated from the cry
sipelas ward. is devoted exclusively to
the use of leprOus patients. There are
only three of them at present. all men.
One is an elderly Dane. who has lost
his eyesight; the other two are Chinese,
one man of middle age, who is very
sick. and the other young fellow. who
is said by the physicians and nurse to
be nearly cured of the disease.
Though the camp" is only about fif-
ty yards from the Metropolitan hoSpi-
tai, the administration building of tie
hospital group OH the island, when one
crosses the drive and walks down be-
side the long, low brick building TO
that small room at its eastern end a
90 laf In no la
stoutest heart. There are other build
ings near by, carriages rattle down the
drive. boats glide down the river with
In calling distance and only that low
building. viewed in the knowledge OF
its use, presents a picture of sadness
as complete as the most imaginative
mind could desire.
And the lives of it's inmates are In
keeping with the appearance of the
building. Ii is true that they are not
bound by hard and fast rules, for the
hospital officials share the belief of
Dr. Charles +. Roberts, leproSy expert
of the city health department, that lep-
rosy is such a feebly contagious dis
ease rs TO require other conditions than
mere proximity TO communicate it.
Consequently, in SO far as their physical
condition permits. the clty's lepers are
free 20 wander about the hospital
grounds of the island on fair days in
summer when they feel the need of
fresh air and a little exercise. Ac-
cording to their nurse, although they
have never done so, the lepers would
not he restricted 10y their disease from
visiting the city proper, since leprosy
is not counted contagious.-New York
Tribune.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-07-31
A Familiar Tonic

a college professor from an Institu
ton that only recently decided to al
INIT women students was telling of his
cifaculty In growing accustomed to the
goods" after he had been used TO
siass rooms full OF boys.
"One morning 1 asked the class to
write short essays offhand. allowing
haif an hour in which the papers were
70 be completed and handed in. The
subjects. as I explained. might be OF
the students own choice.
Select something with which you
are most familiar I suggested.
The one coed in the class was the
nrsf to finish her piece. AS she left the
room 1 glanced at the title. 1t was
How to Make Seven Gored Skirt
Well. just threw 1t In the waste bas-
<~f and GRADED hsr 100".-V4n I'm