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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-13
A Careful Response.

'Is he what you would call a states
man.
your question is not clear" answered
the vitriolic debater. What l would
call statesman depends entirely on who
the Statesman is
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Steel Business.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
The steel business is reported to be i'm
proving. Kindly pay particular attention
to the spelling
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Taking on Polish. .

From the New York American.
A New York girl drank two quarts of
varnish, which is quicker than going TO
a finishing school.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-13

Prince de Sagan does not wish to come
back to America. The prince has some
very good ideas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-13

A movement to provide better car facili-
ties for the public regardless of the color
line might attract favorable attention.
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VerV Taking!

From the Baltimore Sun.
Prince Helie de Sagan is not handsome
but he must have taking ways.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-13

The marriage of prosperous medicine
manufacturer to an actress gives assur-
ance that there is hope for the American
drama.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-13

Suggestions are still coming from SOUTH
ern states of new methods of keeping a
balky railroad up to it's work.
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Chivalrous Ohio.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
There is nothing too severe for the thug
who beats woman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-13

j. j. Hill is making number of ad-
dresses on railway topics. L. ii. Harri-
man is too busy.
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A Summer Sign.

From the Kansas City Times.
The time for lighter underwear seems
almost at hand. The fool who rocks the
boat has already appeared
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Once Should Be Enough.
From the Cleveland Leader.

A scientist declares that the brain pre-
sents unanswerable problems. Not the
least of these is the question why any
man wants to be bigamist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-13
Tune Up,

From the Chicago News.
1t is time for the conscientious base ball
rooter to begin a little voice culture.
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The Paramount Issue

From the Sioux City Tribune.
Milady's Easter bonnet is the paramount
issue before the American men today.
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The Naughty One

The Naughty One.
$50 you have new butler?'
YES" answered Mr. Cumrox
do You like his work.
Il never thought of asking myself such
question 1 would not dare assume such
critical and patronizing attitude
III yous got a good appetite, strong
arms an no rheumatism" said Uncle
Eben, don't come aroun' to me lookin'
fob sympathy bout no hard times"
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Attachments.

Shall we proceed to crystalline
In formal legislation
The various bills we've learned to prize
AS themes of conversation?
Our good intentions may show flaws.
But none can justly doubt EN-
We hate to pass those bills because
We love to talk about 'em!
What thoughts POLITICALLY great,
What literary treasures,
Are found when we in solemn state
Discuss these various measures.
And shall we turn these things to laws
And let attorneys flout EN-?
Nay. nay. Remember this and pause:
We love to talk about EN-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-13

ESTABLISHED 1874
FOR SALE-BY JOHN MILLER CO.,
Oil II st. NV
900 600 salmon brick at Sc per M, delivered
= 900 600 good hard brick, SO. 50 per M. del vd
10 900 tons white ash coal at So. so per ton. for
cash only.
All delivered in any part of the city free of
charge.
At our yards Sd and o SITS. s.w.
1000 tons best quality river gravel at 6oc per
cubic yard.
1000 ions concrete sand at 4jc per cubic yard.
JOHN MILLER & CO..
an1aaO15 Oil H St NV.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-12-24
TfEOID-AND THE.NEMI

The NcO Year came to the Old Tcor5 door
NJbcn the sands y)crc Wasting. thin:
And the frost lay Ohitc on TIC Old Years.
And bis hand arc0 chill as be ,rbbcd The
iuio let the NcI1 Year In.
AND the hc3 Year Pcrchcd in the Old
A15$ J 8 fPS;3d by the Old rear,, slre;\
And The Old Year Iafchcd him 9TH S5t,
As Is Stretched hi, hand, TO the fading
And cindcr5, Of dead dcoire.'A
AND the Old 1car pCatcd. as Old Years Gill,
=. or summer and Vanished obripo;
And 1hcn Of the future, 9th 6raVe' advice.
Of Love end 5otrOO and 3aeTiTice,
And the NcI Year listened. and harmed his
In the bloqm:ot the Old Year, pa,t;
Putt he, oaNe no heed Of the fhorhS mai lay
In The, bud and bloU. Of q corDino. day,
And, noddino. he dreamed OF la5tC
lhe NcT, Year conDc. TO the Old Years door
- and Narped in the Old .IearS cpSair:
Hnd tbs Old lear TALKED till The ReO Tcar
T3xSS Sd R III rs Sci QaR sd 5e lsiy eePPed
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Only n Night.

Only a night from old to newt
Only night, and so much wrought
The Old Years heart all weary grew,
But SAID, The New Year rest has
brought"
The Old Years heart its hopes laid down
As in grave, but, trusting, said,
THE blossoms of the New Years crown
Bloom from the ashes of the dead"
The Old Years heart was full of greed;
With selfshness it longed and ached,
And cried: Il have not half ] need,
My thirst is bitter and unslaked.
"But to the New Years generous hand
All gifts in plenty shall return;
True loving it shall understand;
BY all my failures it shall learn.
/ have been reckless; it shall be
Quiet and calm and pure of life.
/ was slave; it shall go free,
And find sweet peace where leave
strife"
Only night from old to new!
Never night such changes brought.
The Old Year had its work to do;
No New Year miracles are wrought.
Always night from old to newl
Night and the healing balm of sleepl
Each morn is New Years morn come true,
Morn of q festival to keep.
All nights are sacred nights to make
Confession and resolve and prayer;
All days are sacred days to wake
New gladness in the sunny air.
Only a night from old 20 new;
Only sleep from night to morn.
The new is but the old come true;
Each sunrise sees new year born.
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COMMERCIAL COLUMN
Weekly Review Of Trade and Latest
Market Reports
Rradstreet.s saws:


Holiday trade shows further ex-
pansion and most cities report buying
Of this character equal to or slightly
In excess Of last year. In some sec
lions holiday trade is not so good
as I'm 1907. The larger centers are
doing we'll and armies of shoppers
are in evidence. but many small cities
report a relatively light business and
demand shifting to cheaper lines. In
regular retail lines unreasonable
warm weather has been a drawback.
particularly Southwest and South, as
for some time past. Wholesale trade
Is quieter and except for some hurry
orders to sort up depleted stocks,
jobbers also report less doing. In
ventories and stock taking naturally
predispose to less activity from now
till after January l. Reports from
leading industries are of gradual
gains and slow progress back to nor
NAL.
There are some orders for steel
rails from railroads and the tinplate
mills are buster; there is a better
supply of water in New England and
paper mills are running more freely;
Eastern shoe manufacturers report
three months orders ahead and there
is more demand for lumber, some Of
this on account of railroad buying
with firmer prices for yellow pine.
In the last week there have been
evidences of some lines of cotton
goods, such as bleached fabrics and
gray goods, being offered at conces-
sions-a possible result of the easing
in raw material, but well-known
makes Of cotton dress goods are firm
ly held and closely sold up"
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Hating the Autos.

With view to preventing the driv-
ing of automobiles at high speed
across the tracks at grade crossings,
the Long Island Railroad Company
have arranged with the Long Island
Automobile Club to have hummocks
formed in the road on each side of
certain grade crossings where reck-
less driving has been most common.
There are altogether 429 grade cross
ings on the Long Island system, and
the number of fatalities has grown to
an alarming Scientific Amer
lean.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-12-24
PopuIous China.

The population of the Chinese en-
pire is largely a matter of estimate.
There has never been such census of
the empire as that which is taken
every decade in this country. But the
estimate Of the Almanach de Gotha
for 1900 may be taken as fairly re-
liable. According to that estimate.
the population OF the empire is, in
round numbers, about 400, 900, 900.
II is probably safe to say that If the
human beings on earth were stood up
IN line every fourth one would be a
Chinaman
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NelOs of VAgi1ia
REV. DIR. KrNsoLvrNG DENIES.
Virginia Rector Writes OF Reported
Attack On DIR. Pitt

New York Especially The Herald
published letter from Rev. Wythe
Leigh Kinsolving. rector of the
Church OF the Epiphany. Barton
Heights. Va. in which he says:
Please give these denials as prom
Trent place as the misstatements
found in your columns on the 18th
instant. / hope other papers will
copy, as 1 would be injured by the
absolutely false reports sent, II
would seem, from Richmond. 1
solemnly affirm that | have never
In my life raised my hand or tried to
strike DR.. r. II. Pitt or any other
person since l have been a minister
or the Gospel OF peace.
declare also that 1 publicly an
nounced to my congregation four
weeks ago my intention of leaving
the Church OF the Epiphany. and I
was induced to make this decision
wholly and entirely by the fact that
l'had other work offered me that
seemed call from God.
Il shall be here in this pulpit
preaching until the first OF January
/ do not go to Texas or the South
when l leave here.
My mother does not live in Texas.
she has never received a line
from DR.. Pitt in her life.
Il bear DR.. Pitt no malice, and
regret the misstatements made, for
his sake as well as my own
Wythe Leigh Kinsolving,
Rector Church of the Epiphany.
Barton Heights, Va, Dec. 16, 1908"
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We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
+. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned. have known F. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, aud believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
WALDINe, KINNAN & MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucuous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-12-24
NO COMPROMISE OFFERED.
Railroads Have Made No Proposal
To Corporations Commission.

WI pONeNtiOnS COMMISSION.
Richmond Especially Members OF
the Virginia State Corporation Com
mission are authority for the an
nouncement that railroads have not
onered anything in the way of
compromise in the 2-cent passenger
rate litigation. The railroads will, 1t
is believed, make a formal applica-
tion TO the commission for a hear
ing OF the rate matter de novo. This
Is a right inherent to roads at any
time. 1t is for the commission to
decide If the merits of the case de-
mand another hearing.
When such a petition is presented
IT VIII have the result OF the opera
tions OF the 2-cent rate for the first
year as basis for the fairness or
unfairness of the rates. The earn
1ngs of the carriers will enter into the
statement to be made by the roads.
The commission will thereupon form
it's own conclusions as to how the
business depression has deprecated
the earnings Of the roads.
The general belief of the State Of
fcials is that the people of Virginia
will continue to get the benefits OF
the present 2-cent rate pending the
disposition of the petition before the
commission.
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=
- breakfast, dinner and supper,
the guests, standing about the table,
touch glasses. drink the health OF the
Emperor, and offer good wishes to
each other.
In England and America the hap
piest revels for children are over be-
fore January 1, but In Scotland they
are just getting under full Roadway.
This custom doubtless arose from the
fact that the old Calvinists held in
detestation the "Popish" celebration
of Christmas, and 1t became sup
planted by ''Hogmanay," usually held
on New Years Eve. This euphonious
name Is doubtless derived from the
old greeting, "Au gui menez" ('To
the mistletoe goi") The festival is
distinctively Juvenile function, and
they prepare for 1t weeks beforehand
by memorizing songs and making
"guisers" costumes.
Housewives lay in a stock of oaten
cakes and bake a store Of BRIDES"
which they hand out to the children
when they come to the house door TO
claim their ''hogmanay," crying:
Get up, good wife, and shake your
feathers,
And dinna think that we are beggars;
For we are BARNS come out to play
Get up and gie's our hogmanay."
This custom of the hogmanay is al
luded to in that most delightful book,
Sentimental Tommy" Sometimes
several guisers go around in a mild
sort of theatrical entertainment be-
fore an appreciative audience gath
cred beneath the smoked rafters of
the great farmhouse kitchen. Among
the old customs we OF to-day still
cling most fondly to is the one of
ringing the church bells at midnight,
heralding the birth of the new year.
Although the poetic figure of the
old gray-haired sexton pulling his bell
with might and main in the belfry
tower has been supplanted by the fin
de-siecle individual who, snug and
warm, sits at a keyboard and reels
off the music with as much ease as
though playing "Moneymusk" in the
parlor, the sentiment fingers and, lis
tening to the mellow chimes cleaving
the frosty air, one hears the singing
in unison Of:
Ring out old shapes of foul disease,
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
Ring out the thousand wars of old,
Ring in the thousand years of peace"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-12-24
KILLED MAN AND DISAPPEARED.
Luther Pettigrew Shot To Death BY
j. w. Oliver.

Lynchburg Especially Luther Pet
tigrew, aged SO years, was shot and
almost instantly killed by ]. w.
Oliver, aged about 81, a merchant
at Pediar, a small village 13 miles
from Lynchburg. 1t is said the two
men were in divers store at the
time of the shooting. oliver left the
store and called across the river to
the station agent at Perch. on the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, that
Re had killed Pettigrew and then
he disappeared.
Pettigrew had for many years been
in charge of the railroad pump sta
tion at Perch, and in days or the
canal was a boatman. He leaves a
widow and six children.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-12-24
PLAYED MEAN TRICK ON HUBBY
William Hudson's Wife Had Him
Arrested, Then She EIopes.

William Hudson's Wife Had Him
Arrested, Then She EIopes.
Bristol Especially William Hud
son, who spent a night In jail here
as the result of a warrant eworp
out by his wife and Edward Hyatt
the latter a roomer in the Hudson
home, learned in the morning thai
the sequel of his arrest was an elope
ment.
Hyatt and Hudson's wife disap-
peared in the night, taking with
them Hudsons only child, a baby.
Hudson's arrest followed a charge
by his wife that he had threatened
to kill her. When Mayor Rice learn
ed the circumstances he Immediately
gave orders for the release of Hud-
son and the latter started In search
OF his child, declaring he was heart
broken at the thought Of losing the
little one.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-12-24

This Country's Patent Laws a Model.
American patent laws seem to be
the most satisfactory of any country,
and it is probable that the statutes
of many countries will be changed
in the near future to conform with
those of the United States.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-12-24
Accused OF Trying To Wreck Trair

Danville Especially Charged with
having maIiciously placed a large
iron pin on the trestle of the South
ern Railway, near the city. at a point
where fast mail train No. 81 was
wrecked a few years ago and nine
persons killed. Sonny Grogan, a ne
gro boy Is years old, was arrested.
Several persons, 1t is alleged, saw
the boy place the pin on the track,
and had it not been removed in time
n wreck, probably resulting in heavy
less OF. life, woulc have inevitably
resulted.
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FEARFUL ECZEMA ALL OVER HIM.
No Nights Rest for Year and Limit
OF His Endurance Seemed Near

OWes heCOVery 10 Outfcura-
My son Clyde was almost completely
covered with eczema. Physicians treated
him for nearly year without helping him
any. His head, face, and neck were COW
cred with large scabs which he would rub
until they fell off. Then blood and matter
would run out and that would be worse.
Friends coming to see him said that if he
got well he would be dis6gured for life.
When it seemed as if he could possibly
stand 1t no longer, l used some Cuticura
Soap, Cutieura Ointment, and Cuticura
Resolvent. That was the first night for
nearly year that he slept. In the morn
ing there was great change for the better.
In about SIX weeks he was perfectly well.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-12-24
sandbagged And Robbed.

Roanoke Especially w. p. Met
calf, car builder, was sandbagged
and robbed by two unknown men in
an alley across the street from his
home as he was returning from pray
err meeting. He took the alley way
On account of 1t being the most di-
rect. He was badly cut about the
head. While one man held and
choked him to prevent an cutlery the
other went through his pockets.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-12-24
Who Marc

new -Wheat-ReceiptS 8 a.
600 bush; exports. S3,966 bush
Spot. easy; No. 2 red, 1.O69s a
1.O7 Is elevator; No 2 red. 1.OsA +.
1.17$ Z. o. b. afoat: No. 2 hard
winter, 1.149s f. o. b. afloat
Corn-Receipts. 45.I50 bush; ex-
ports, 2,040 bush. Spot market easy;
No. 2. 60 II elevator and Sc T. o.
afioat; No. 2 white. 66 "a; and No. 2
yellow. sc Z. o. b. afloat.
Oats-Receipts, $4,000. Spot mar
ket. easy. Mixed, 90 to So pounds.
"a II a 55; natural white. &c to 80
pounds. SIS a 571a; clipped white, "a
to AZ pounds. 81 062.
Poultry-Alive. duh; chickens.
II; fowls. IL y turkeys, 13 Dress
ed, steady; Western spring chickens.
"a 20; fowls, II OLA; spring tur-
keys. 1902.
Eggs-Steady at the decline, re-
ceipts, $3.50. State, Pennsylvania
and nearby. fancy, selected white.
43 "a 45; do, fair to choice, S042;
brown and mixed. fancy. $500 sc;
do. fair to choice, 80 633: Western,
firsts, 80; Western, seconds, % a %
.-Wheat-Quiet. bu;
steady; contract grade December
1903 1.O31kc
Corn-Quiet and a shade easier
December. GA a 64H.
Oats-Firm; good demand: No. ,
white. natural. 561h @57c.
Butter-Steady; fair demand cX-
ira Western creamery. 33c.; do.
nearby prints. 35
Eggs-Weak and lie. lower
Pennsylvania and other nearby firsts.
f. c., Sic. at mark; do, current re
ceipts, in returnable cases, 81 at
mark; Western firsts, (. c.. at mark
do. current receipts, $1,000 a,
mark
Cheese - Firm; good demand
New York full creams, choice. IA a
146c c.; do, fair to good. 13 @l3iA
Poultry-Alive, dull and easier
fowls, 101s Ollie; old ROSTERS
S@S15; spring chickens, 1O13 q
liz; turkeys. II OLE; ducks. Il q
IL; geese, 1O@11.
BaItImore.-Flour- and un.
changed; receipts. 1908 bbls. ex-
ports, 1880 bbls.
Wheat-Steady; spot. contract
1.02 a 1.O2 u spot. No. red West
ern. 1.03% a 1.O4; December, 1.O2 @
1.02H; January. 1.0212 a 1.02 q ;
May. 1.07; steamer No. 2 red. 90 q
a SO; receipts, 2,169 bush; exports,
$4,000 bush; Southern, on grade,
9S% @1.02.
Corn-Steady at decline; new
spot. contract GAYS @64A.; year
Ga Il q 64H; January. 81 Is a GA Il ;
February. Ga IS a 641s; March. Ga x
a 65; steamer mixed, 62 Is @ 62 Il ;
receipts. S0.S2S bush; exports, S.
ia bush; new Southern white corn
60 II 064 II; new Southern yellow
corn. 6O@64.
Oats-Dull; No. white, $50
5615; No white. $50 Sc; No.
mixed. SAX 055; receipts. 1882
bush.
Rye-Dull; No. 2 Western export
50 nominal.
Butter-Firm and unchanged. fan
cy imitation. 24025; fancy creamery
80 a 80; fancy ladle, 2002l; store
packed, 1909.
Eggs-Firm and unchanged; so
Cheese-Firm; new. large. II q
new. flats, IA y; new, small, 1 8.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-12-24


the first of January,
The circumcision day of Christ, and like
wise of st. Basil.
st. Basil. see, is coming here, from Cappa-
A paper in his hand he holds, and carries
pen and inkhorn.
With pen and inkhorn doth he write, and
reads he from the paper.
Say, Basil, say, whence CONTEST thou, and
whittier art thou wending?"
Il from my home have now come forth,
and to school am going"
Sit down and eat, sit down and drink, sit
down and sing thou for us!"
" lis only letters that i learn-of singing
| know nothing"
"Oh, then, if you your letters know, say us
your Alpha, Beta"
And as he leaned upon his staff, to say his
Alpha, Beta,
Although the staff was dry and dead, it put
forth freshest branches.
And on the topmost branch of all there
perched and sang a partridge,
Who water took up in her claws, and oil
upon her feathers,
To sprinkle on her ladyship, her nobleness
TO sprinkle.
SuperStitious Beliefs.
Among the Bulgarians the long
connection of the Bulgarian with the
Greek Church has naturally led to
the assimilation of many of it's super
stitious beliefs and customs, and their
festivals show a curious fusion of old
heather rites with superstitious
Christian observances.
The year opens during the feast of
the winter solstice, called by the Bull
garians "Kulada." Like the Halo
w'een of Scotland, it is a great time
among the girls, for all kinds of di-
vinatory rites respecting their future
spouses, and to every line or verse of
songs sung during this festive period
is added the refrain of Hey Kulada,
moy Kulada."
The Jim, or demons, are at this
season supposed to be especially alert
and powerful against mankind, and
the Bulgarians, like the inhabitants
of Asia Minor during the similar OBJ
servance of the Fishoti, consider 1t
necessary to take every precaution
against their malevolence. A log of
wood is left in every cart, and water
in every pitcher, in order to prevent
any demon taking possession OF them
and by his presence rendering them
too heavy to lift or draw.
The Albanians are careful at this
season not to leave any article of
wearing apparel out of doors after
nightfall, and If by some oversight
garment should be so left it is washed
before being used, in order to get rid
of any spell cast upon it by the super
nails.
Fire ceremonies play great part
in the Christmas and New Years OBJ
servances of the Albanian highland
ers. On the eve of St. Basil, January
/, the fire is kept burning all night,
and the half-burned cherry branches
rescued from the Christmas fire are
again thrown on and withdrawn to
be wholly consumed on the eve of the
Epiphany, when the ashes are col
lected and strewn in the vineyard.
In the morning people wash them
selves and their children in "unspo-
Remover" water, and draw omens
from the character, grave or gay, of
the person who first enters the house.
A cock is also sacrificed, for it is au-
spicious to spill blood in the house on
st. Basil's Day.
New Years I'm Russia.