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families as a rule than DO persons better able 10
AFFORD 10 DO so. should be forced 10 remain single
while men and women whose marriages are OF
advantage 20 the community nor 10 posterity
NAV wed al Will
Conditions among the poor are in many cases
such that the rearing and the keeping together
Of family rendered impossible. On every
had the poor mans efforts TO establish and
maintain the sacred relations OF matrimony
DISCOURAGED
How. for instance. can poor man take 70 him
self wife when the cost OF living is high that
he can barely support life in himself How can
he ask woman 20 share his lot when he knows
he may az any time be thrown out OF work and
perhaps be Obliged 10 watch her starves How
can man a family when the chances may
be all against his being able 10 maintain it For
a MAI cannot maintain family when he has no
work. The sight Of starving wife and children
has driven many a 10 desperation-even 10
crime
Yet 1t is the right OF the poor TO have a home.
With them that right is as inal!enable and per-
haps more precious than with the rich And so
ciai conditions should be so arranged as 10 allow
the poor to escape from the burden of vice
through the blessed bonds of matrimony These
conditions which are rendering marriage among
the poor more and more impossible are every
day bringing more and more sin into the world
maintain most strongly that there is a remedy
for vice. And that remedy consists in making
marriage possible among the poor and in provid-
ing for such people home.
In this country il is true there is a brighter
side to the question than in Europe as may be
proved from statistics.
In London out OF every 600 marriageable per
sons 729 are unmarried More generally speaking
less than onethird OF the marriageable population
OF London tthe largest city OF the world enter
the state OF matrimony. More than twO-thirds are
single. The conditions for marriage there are all
against moor man and woman They may faf
in love as utterly as could any millionaire. but
the gates Of the Eden OF matrimony are closed
against them and guarded by the flaming sword
Of poverty They may sigh for marriage but
they realize that such luxury is far and away
above their means
In this country the marriage statistics are al
most exactly the opposite of LOndon's Here about
two-thirds OF the manageable population are
married. leaving barely third unwed
The explanation OF this difference between the
two countries is of course. easy TO find. Il con-
sists In the better wages the increased chances
for work the general conditions which prevail
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BUYING PAINT sLiEpLy

Many people look upon p,Int byv.
Ing as lottery and so II Is. the wav
they do H. IL Is not necessarily 81
however Pure White LeaI ana lin.
seed oil are the essential elements i,
good paint Adulterants ia white le,5
can be easily found by the use OF a
oio"pipe' Authorizations in linsoed OH
can be detected with a fair degree o,
certainty. See that these two element,
are pure and properly pat or and The
paint will stay put.
National Lead Company. Wood.
bridge. Building. New York City Win
send a blowpipe OUTFIT and ins,ruc.
tons for testing both white lead ana
linseed oil. on request
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asked her why
Because did not try It sooner"
and that speech Of hers. frivolous as It may
appear. sounded the keynote OF the marrying
question far more truly and resonantly than could
the sneering epigrams of world full OF cynics
l bear unqualified testimony to the fact that
The who passes his life in what is miscalled
single blessedness" has missed most OF life's
pleasures.
Life az 20-even at 30-may seem pleasant
enough 10 without a wife to share its
triumphs and failures The world is young There
- much 70 distract and amuse Home perhaps
"a place to 90 when all the other places
are closed" Friends are plentiful; relatives and
immediate family are about him.
But when reaches middle or old age?
Friends are not so many nor perhaps dsin-
Terested as at 20. Old-time pleasures lack their
zest
Blessed. thrice blessed, then is the man who
has home. wife and children to ease that last
stage Of iifes long climb. Most miserable of NOR
tails Is be who must look forward TO a loveless
and lonely old age.
Annexing a wife and family in youth is merely
a higher aud wiser form OF putting money in
bank No other investment yields such interest
IN later years.
Let a man marry just as soon as he can sup
port wife The youth who puts of this great
step in order that he may search through the
world for an affinity" is foolish In the search
ne is more than liable 20 pass by his true affinity
and 10 choose at last a wife whom no stretch OF
imagination could twist into an affinity for any
The traditional who wandered for DAYS
through forest looking for material for a cane
and who at last picked up crooked stick was
Fortunate II that crooked stick did not turn out
20 be a snake.
man is just likely to hit upon his ideal
early in life as later My advice then as
the supposititious mans lawyer. IS Don't wait"
Marriage halves ones privileges and doubles
ones troubles IS dotic saw probably invented
10y a bachelor. There is too much talk of this
sort Men speak of matrimony as a milestone
tied about the neck OF youth The lives OF the
worlds most successful men give the lie TO this
falacy.
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nine nature. Man loves but not quite as woman
loves
While man may become so wildly infatuated
rs 10 srend his business hours in drawing Gu
pids al over his letterheads yet love can never
permanently occupy so large a place IN his life
as II does in woman's. His life is too full. too
active. too varied in its interests
Concession on both sides Is the sovereign rene
dy for domestic differences
II you were to drop two strange cats into
barrel and then clap on the I'D you would not
marvel al the ensuing sounds OF wrath nor at the
loating upward Of errant scraps Of fur
Yet when a and a woman. reared along
different lines and in separate environments do
not agree In every particular the world stands
aghast al the tale % marital infelicity. Whereas
a little forbearance. careful study OF each 9TH
ers moods and failings viii soon reduce this
strife TO a minimum.
believe that no couple who began by loving
each other and had the right consideration for
each other ever came TO serious trouble The
ehort Of each 20 please the other leads in a little
while TO not having TO try. because OF the sym
pathy between them.
Kiss and make up is good ral.. II the
couple do not properly consider their relations
there will be a good many kisses. but Far more
necessity OF making up.
Copyright. by Joseph y. Bowies)
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Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish IL said 10 be
Tho lest bridge player In New YORK
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At1l me- llt4l suilNLullneSs tAtlE VI
cisstudes than anyone could possibly
be who did not 90 into their homes and live with
them their daily life
Marriage coalitions among the poor have
formed the theme of much OF my personal re-
search and OF many Of the reports made 10 me.
IL is one of the great-one OF the very great and
very grave-questions OF the day.
Marriage among the rich may mean any one
OF many things 1t may mean social or hnan-
cial advancement; IT may be a mere matter Of
convenience: it may be the outcome Of idleness
and propinquity.
But marriage among the poor is the most
cogent means Of reform. BY making marriage
universally possible among those who are not
blessed With an abundance Of this worlds goods
the most deadly blow imaginable would be dealt
70 vice. The greatest step would BY such means
De taken toward vices utter elimination
Marriage is honorable estate" and mot 10
present conditions the poor man cannot afford
TO enter into ii at all Yet he perhaps far oftener
than his weather. brother. recognizes the hon
orsble" condition Of that estate"
/ say this advisedly. Among the poor infidelity
Is far less frequent than among the rich The
poor and his wife hold the marriage relation
more sacred than do those OF greater worldly
wealth
Il is therefore doubly unfortunate that class
so worthy of the blessings OF matrimony should
be frequently debarred from those blessings:
that the people who maintain the sanctity OF the
marriage tie and who. moreover. bring up larger
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Prince Nashlmoto. a cousin OF the
emperor Of Japan. has arrived In
Paris. where for two or three years he
will devote himself TO military study.
lie is accompanied only by an aide
de camp. The prince. who ranks as a
commander in the Japanese army. took
a brilliant part In the Manchurian
campaign during the Russo-Japanese
war.
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What sort OF telescope do you use for seeing
things on Mars The eminent astronomer. habitu.
aied 20 scanning the heavens az magazine space
rates, stayed his pen but Infant Il have
learned he replied. mot to rely any telescope
The best OF them badly hampers the play Of The
Imagination.
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Paris Pattern No 2345, All Seams
Allowed.-A dainty little frock for
everyday wear during warm summer
days is developed in bright coralpink
chambyay. The W neck. Guns OF
the three quarter length sleeves and
shaped bretelles are scalloped and en-
broidered in heavy mercerized cotton.
and further ornamented with French
knots. The plated skirt is attached
20 the waist under a belt OF the mate
rial and the princess panel is particu-
larry becoming 10 the growing girl.
giving long and graceful lines 10 the
figure. The pattern is in four sizes
six TO twelve years. Tor a girl Of
eight years the dress requires five
yards OF material q inches wide. ga
yards So inches wide. o. three yards
a. inches wide
To procure this pattern send 10 cent.
% Pattern Department" OF this paper.
Write name and address plainly. and be
AIT. 10 give size and number OF pattern.
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Another Name.

Little Willie-Say. "a. what is a
football coach?
pa-lt must be another name for an
ambulance. my son Chicago. Daily
y VS.
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Lewis Single Bin 'er straight e e--
Made OF cNtr. quality Tobacco
dealer or Lewis Factory, Peoria, H.
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The only way TO get rid OF your pas,
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GENTLY a young ''dy who had just
come back from months honey
moon called on me.
How do you like matrimony?"
asked
u am utterly wretched." she renlied
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Can You tell your present fanca's
ringg inquired the romantic cirl "A
the door bell sounded.
Why, certainly. answered her prac.
teal friend It's the newest Of tha
lot"
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Paris Pattern No. 22s9. All Seams
Allowed Black Venetian cloth has
been used for this simple though
stylish jacket The undcr-arm and
short side-back seams curve sharply
az the waist line; the long side-back
and side-front seams meeting at the
shoulders. The nOtched collar Is faced
with black velvet, and narrow black
soutache braid is used as a trimming
on the front. sleeves and lower edge.
The pattern is In seven sizes-32 TO a.
inches. bust measure. For SO bust
the coat requires IA yards Of mate
rial 20 inches wide. "a yards SO
inches wide. 2Is yards ~ inches wide.
or 81 yard "a inches wide: as Illus
trated. one-eighth yard Of silk and
seven yards OF braid
To procure this pattern send 70 cents
o. Pattern Department" 81 this paper.
Write name and address plainly. and be
sure 10 give size and number OF pattern.
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IS6S--10OS.
SEARS & VILLA MS
MIDSUMMER SALE!

In the next sixty days intend making considerable.
changes in Store-houSe building, as to make Of il
model department store and TO do this compelled to
dispose OF much OF stock at very reduced prices
Lawns, Batiste Organdies White Goods, Etc, will be
a great feature of this sale.
Colored Dress Goods PanamaS, VoleS BatiSte, Bril-
llantneS and plaid WorSedS of every description with
many other goods, will offer at low prices.
Mems and Boys Clothing we are selling at great
reduction in price.
In our Millinery Department we are making a great
sacrifice in untrmed hats in order to make for the
Encouragement OF our building-n the month of August
We extend cordial invitation to you and your friends
to vSit1uS this month and If cannot supply Of
your WantSwe have enIoyed your confidence for many
years, and hope TO meiit it in the future.
Yours to serve
@EKRS c. WgTL+ETAwS,
MATTHEW'S, NR.
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Tabernacle Meeting.

The meeting at the Tabernacle
which began Aug. 3rd closed Nom
day afternoon. 1t was a great
meeting and the church was great
ly revived. There were not less
than seventy-five conversions and
reclamations.
Although last Sunday was so
rainy and the atmosphere SO raw.
the Tabernacle was filled with
people. The meeting went on
gloriously from day to day, and
closed Monday in the midst of the
storms and congratulations of the
Methodists. A goodly number
Joined the various churches.
Rev. Walter s. Parker, pastor
Of Park View Church. Portsmouth
Va, conducted the survives. He
preached excellent sermons and
won the confidence and affections
of the people. He is a young
man of promise and full of the
spirit. He will doubtless make
his mark in the world.
Rev. L. ]. Mofitt. of East Mid
dlesex, rendered valuable services
IN song and exhortatlon. The
pastors of the Mathews and East
Mathews circuits were present all
the time, helping ip every way,
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Date Of Fair Changed,

AT a meeting Monday of the
board Of directors of the South
side Agricultural Association, the
date of the fair was changed from
Sept. Soth 10 October Goth, 2Ist
and 2znd.
The first day TO be educational
day and Hon. Harry Tucker was
selected as the orator on that day.
The second day to be the farmers
day and Hon. Henry Stuart was
selected as the orator on that day.
The third day to be the veterans
day and Hon. VIM. Hodges Mann
was selected as the orator or that
day.
write this hurriedly and in
your next issue will give more in
detail the full program on each
day.
Suffice it to say, the board with
DR.. ThO3. b. Lane, Division Sup
erintendent OF schools. to cooper
ate with us and hope every white
teacher and scholar III Mathews
Will eurn out on the first dav.
Every farmer IN this and sur
rounding counties should come
and hear MIR. Stuart. Every vet
cram in this aud adjoining coun-
ties should come and hear Judge
Mann. our comrade. and l hope
the Confederate camps in Middle
sex, King & Queen, Essex, Glou-
cester will turn out and enjoy a
grand reunion with the Lane
Diggs Camp c, V.
We propose TO carry ont this
program, if possible. and make
this. fair the best III its history.
!. N. STUBRS.
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GLOUCESTER NOTES.

Mrs. w. Il. Rock AMI son. who
have been visiting in the county.
have returned to their home in
Lamberth's Point. Va.
Miss Gertrude Camm is the
guest of Mrs. ST. George Bryan.
OF Eagle Poiot.
Mrs. Holt Page, of Norfolk. is
visiting her sister. Mrs. George
Rose.
Mrs. John Perrin andthe Misses
Perrin, of Baltimore, are guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Tabb
Mr.. George Cary spent the
week at Hickey" sthe guest of
Mrs, Richard TalliIerro.
Mrs, Barre Fisher, of West
Point, is a guest at Summerville.
Mrs. L. L, Dimmock. Mrs. Hen
ry Ames Williams and Miss Eliza
beth Nolan1. who have been
spending some weeks at Mrs.
Dlmmock's delightful country
home, Sherwood, left last week
for the sweet Chalybete, much to
the regret of their many friends,
who hoped they would keep Sher-
wood open the whole summer.
Miss Margaret Tabb has return
cd from a visit to Great Barring
ton. Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Chismon
are with Mr.. and Mrs. Slingloof
at Kenwood.
Mrs, St. George Bryan and Miss
Mary Kemp are at Eagle Point.
Misses Lou Sewell and Mollie
Jones of Enfield, were guests at
Summerville,
Miss Mary Page Lee has re-
turned from visit to Halifax.
Mrs. Corbin Walker and Mrs.
Jordan are at White Hall, guests
and Mrs. Richard Byrd.
Mrs. Sam Janney is visiting her
mother, Mrs. Gerhard Hopkins,
Mrs. Lewis Byrd left ON Friday
for Orange Courthouse.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Clarke left
on \NcjpacIou fO,- ~ ~, VII
Mrs. l.. c. Catlett and children
are at The Cedars." guests of
Mrs, Hebert Nelson.
Misses Marion Lewis and Julia
Jennings, Of West Point, are at
Mount Pleasant, guests Of Mr..
and Mrs. David Saunders.
Mr.. N. ID. Stills, of Richmond,
was the guest of w. b. Lee, IT,.
for several days.
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CURED Hay FEVER AND SUMMER
GOLD.

a. :. Nasbum. Batesvil1e, Indiana,
writes: Last year | suffered for three
months with summer cold so distress
ing that it interfered With my business.
l had many symptoms OF hay fever, and
doctors prescription did not reach
my case, and 1 took several medicines
which seemed only to aggregate it.
Fortunately 1 Insisted upon having
Foley,s Honey and Tar. 1t quickly
cured me. My wife has since used Fo-
ley's Honey aud Tar with the same
success" Sold by all druggists.
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ones are rapidly passing. Make
the deer interest YOU have in their
future felt. Cooperate for your
childreD's sake.
School officers. great is your
opportunity and privileges! A
generation Of young people who
know not as you do their Heaven
born rights viii rise up and call
You bless Ell if YOU will bring into
their lives that enlargement and
enrichment which may be theirs.
To quote again, mo such oppor-
tunity was ever presented to a
school officer as is now before the
county superintendent Of schools.
1t is his privilege to become a
real leader in an educational way
and to do original constructive
work in the evolution Of the coun-
try school to meet the new condi,
tons of country life.
And let us all go out under
the stars and resolve in prayer to
be true to the right ideals. Tie
reward is to the one who remains
steadfast to the end"
GEO A. JORDAN.
Cardinal, Va.
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plc, SILVER cup. end. prize 3 dory
compass. Time allOwTce 9 sec
onds 10 the foot for each mile Of
the course all measurements over
al.
There will be one race for pow
er boats. the first prize of which
IS a silver cup. and second prize
an electric fash light.
The water sports will embrace
a swimming contest and tubrace
IN which each contestant is to fur
nish his own tab.
The start will be from Dixon
dale wharf at IL IN. and contest
ants are expected to he on hand
by 10 a. IN. III order to facilitate
the work of the regretta commit
tee
The North River Circle Of the
Kings Daughters will sell ice
cream ON the wharf and the man
Iagment expect entries from all the
ladjourning countries as well as
from Norfolk and Hampton.
Mr.. a. A. Blow has donated
two of the cups and the remainder
of the prizes will be bought by
subscription, the entire proceeds
going to the KINGS DaMghters.
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c. ". Porter Dead.

= Charles w. Porter, one Of the
most prominent and highly es-
teemed citizens of King & Queen
county, died at the home of his
son-in-law, Mr.. S. G.. Vaughan,
near Stevensvillc, on August list.
His funeral was preached at Prov
idence M. L. church by Rev. E.
p. PaTham, assisted by Revs.
Alex Fleet and !. w. Hart, and
the body was buried with Masonic
honors.
Mir. Porter was born in West
moreland county and moved to
King & Queen shortly before the
Civil War, where he married Miss
Jennie Cook. Soon after the war
he was elected sheriff Of the coun-
ty which position be held four
years and was then made treas
urer in which Office he served the
people faithfully for thirty-two
years and then two years os dep
uty, position he voluntarily re-
signed on account of his growing
age aud physical inability to at
tend to its duties. During these
years that he was prominently be-
fore the public. the honor and in
tegrity of this Christian gentle
man, won for him the esteem and
love of all who knew him.
The people of King & Queen
cannot do too much to honor the
memory Of this gallant son. whose
loss must come as Il blow 10 each
individual citizen Of that county.
THE JOURNAL extends to his
relatives and many friends its
heartfelt sympathy in this their
hour of bereavement.
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THE press Of the State seems
Inclined TO attach too much in
]portain,ce to the fact that MIR. Mor-
edith viii support Mr.. Taft inthe
coming election. Mr.. Meredith
has never SUPPORTED Mr.. Bryan
in his previous camp aigns SO far
as we can can ascertain and no one
should be surprised at his stand
Ia this election. Besides we do
not believe in giving this gentle
man an undue idea of his own i'm
portahce OF Of fostering for a
minute the thought that the de-
ifaefio5'n tof one renegade Dems-
crat can injure the solid rank. Of
that party in our State. "-~ y
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NORTH RIVER RACES.

The Annual Regatta in North
River Will be held OH Aug. 18th,
This wear an will include some
water sports for which prizes are
offered Ia the sailing races there
will be two classes as follows.
Class !, Open to all boats over
so and under "a It., first prize.
SILVER cup. and. prize a so pound
mushroom anchor.
Class ., Open TO all boats
aver % and uuder 50 feet. lst,
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THE JOURNAL would be greatly i'm
iebted TO its ooPFespondcnts il thew
III mail their news letters so as to-
reach this office before Wednesda,
:'orning. A great many items have to
unpublished oT be carried over until
following wcsS and I've stale read
because .heg 90 not reaen this
N a in time. - "a" i'..
Obituaries and resolutions fresucct
Sionly be inserted as paid matter for
Shich charge of FIVE cents per line is
made. 81 80 - 20 ga .'.S So.
Communications advocating candi.
q ties for Office will be charged for AT
ocular line rates for advertising.
Reading notices 10 cents per line.
Contract rates furnished on appli-
cation. - '.'."N s.>.'..' -. $50,
All transient advertisementSw will be
charged for at the rate of S0 cts. per
Inch for the first insertion, IS cts, per
Inch FOR each subsequent insertion
Vhen no chdIise rs made.
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ATTENTION. ASTHMA SUFFERERS.

Foley's Honey and Tar will give im-
mediate relief to asthma sufferers and
has cured many cases that had refused
30 yield to otheE treatment. Foley's
Honey and Tar is the best remedy for
coughs, colds and all throat and lung
trouble. Contains no harmful drugs.
Sold by all druggists.