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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-06-19
HIS FUNERAL SERMON.
CierEyman's Experience In n wud
BacI<woosis District

Inc other day Il clergyman suddenly
was called upon To go 10 Il backwoods
district in neighboring state TO read
the FUNERAL service over the body of a
friend who had died while on a visit 70
The fara which he had let many years
ago as II small boy. II was wild re.
gion. Within miles Of the abandoned
farm there was no church and ONLY one
small red schoolhouse," where There
was teaching for three months i'm the
winter Ii WAS primitive community
anu the people came TO the funeral over
roads unmended and leading through
woods which had grown up IN what
were once cultivated fields. All the
best blood of the region had been
ar'wn away into the cities. The people
VINO remained We're the survival OF
the unttteSt"
IN his hurry 10 catch the train which
should take him to the nearest railroad
station the clergyman caught M his
hymnal instead Of his prayer book. and
When he came to conduct the funeral
service round that he must go over the
Episcopal burial service from memory
as best he could. SO, without n bool,
lie repeated from memory the beau.
uiui words Of that service. the whole
thing having TO the eyes of the assem-.
Dled farmers, the appearance OF an ex
temporaneous effort on the parsons
part. Now, the lesson always read M
such services is that magnificent ESSAY
ON death by st. PAUL. Corinthians
Nv, Zo-DeSinnhlg, Now is Christ risen
from the dead and become the first
fruits OF them that slept" 1t is the
longest single part of the service. and
the congregation listened breathlesslv
To IT. After the funeral delegation Of
farmers and their wives came to the
clergyman, and the spokesman said:
That was the best funeral sermon
we ever heard. We want to thank Won
for it'
Ihey thought it was original
Yes" replied the astonished CLERGY.
man; lit has been preached before and
mas always been considered rather
good. / am glad you liked IL"
Now he is sending Bibles ont into this
heather town. and collecting money |
TOT missionary work there. "A peoDle |
SO appreciative- of the words of ST |
iaui, says the clergyman. Ought real. |
~ 10 nave an occasional chance to read |
them and hear them."-\ew York
Press.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-06-19

was not until this year that all the
big department stores found it adyis.
able to adopt the novelty Nowadays
the big Boston merchants print as a
feature OF their daily advertisements
the announcement that their patrons
would do well to take advantage of the
night telephone service, which is I'M
tended not only TO meet emergencies.
but TO facilitate the correction of mis-
takes.
Generally an emergency that arises
at night is of most serious nature.
For example, there is the demand for a
DOCTOR Tor clergyman, for the police,
Tor hremen, and these demands the
telephone has served so long that the
public IN general thinks nothing about
IL. But sometimes IA death comes into
a house late at night aud the mourn
ers find themselves without proper
apparel Here is an emergency in
which the telephone has not been of
service heretofore, but il is one that
the night telephone i'm the department
store can serve. A call sent to one of
the big stores is attended to the first
thing In the morning, aud i'm this sim
pie manner the mourners dispose OF n
matter that ordinarily is the cause OF
considerable confusion and delay.
One OF the managers of Il Boston de-
partment store says that the night tcle-
phone clerk has some queer expert
ences. In the first place, upon him
falls the burden OF complaints from
people who had expected their pur-
chaSes TO be delivered during the after
noon or evening and who. through
some unavoidable combination of cir.
cumstanccS. We're forced To retire for
the night without having the pleasure
Of unwrapping the bundles and exhibit.
ing their contents. Sometimes, too.
woman who is going out OF town early
In the morning sees the night before In
her paper an advertisement OF some
thing she wants very much and which
Will be sold ut special sale. say I'm the
morning. In days gone by she would
either have had to put herself under
obligations to some friend TO make the
purchase for her or she would have had
TO lose the opportunity altogether. Now
she neither loses the opportunity nor
embarrasses friend, for. calling up
the night telephone clerk. she leaves
her order, with the assurance that il
will have special attention as soon as
the store opens.
Frequently people who have left
town in the afternoon. after having
forgotten TO buy some needed article
telephone i'm to have Il sent to them
the first thing I'm the morning. In
dozen other ways the night telephone
service in the department store is prov
Ing Its usefulness and the managers OF
the stores expect that as soon as the
public more fully understands the new
arrangement calls will come thick and
fast during the still watches OF the
night.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-06-19
wellington and Elton,

Another famous saying is now dis
puted. DR.. Miller Mcguire contends
that the Duke of Wellington never
sa'd, Waterloo was won on the play
ing neids OF Elton" Wellington himself
knew very little OF the playing fields
az Elton. 1t is quite trHc that he was
Tor brief period at the famous school.
but when his mother discovered that
ne was. making no progress whatever
mere either at games or at lessons, he
was removed at about the age of If
teen and sent to another school In
brnsseis, where he learned most OF
what he knew. At least a score OF the
leading officers OF the British army
whe were the dukes contemporaries
knew even less about Elton than he Old,
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-06-19
Didn't Blame IL.

Not long ago certain farmer. well
known for his violent temper. sued n
local horse dealer In the county court.
He had bought horse. which the
dealer had guaranteed to be "auiet to
ride and drive" and he now sought 10
recover the amount paid for the ami
NAL.
In stating his case Farmer Hothead
lost his temper more than once and
had to be frequently admonished nv
the judge.
One or the witnesses for the defense
former owner OF the horse in ones
lion. declared that the animal was "ab.
soiuteiy without vice"
AS against that" observed the
Judge. Farmer Hothead asserts that
the animal is vicious - that II ran
away and smashed his trap to splint-
ers."
Well. said the Witness, az wouIdn,t
nave believed that he would have RIM
away from anybody, but after what
I've seen of the plaintiff today think
IL likely he did run away-and 'anp
me II can blame the 'oss! 1t wasn't
vice. though. 1t was happy instinct"
London Answers.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-06-19

The school childen OF Oak Park, a
suburb OF Chicago. were recently asked
TO vote. the Issue being. who is the
best and greatest person who ever
lived?"
A partial statement of the result is
given as follows: Lincoln. IA; Wash
ington. IL; Mckinley. Q; Roosevelt, 4;
King Arthur. 3; Joan of Arc. 3; MY
Father" 3; MY Mother" 3; King Solo
mon. l.
Here is an interesting revelation OF
the child mind
The first thing that strikes one is the
overwhelming patriotic trend of the
children. Another thing is the entire
absence OF the commercial spirit. There
is no millionaire or captain of industry
on the list
1t may be stated that those childen
who voted for their fathers and
mothers voted their real sentiments.
The other votes are the reflection OF
adult opinion.
My father"
who cast that ballot. The normal child
is the one who thinks its father the
greatest and best mau. II the child
thinks otherwise there Is something
the matter with ii or with the father.
The father has every advantage in
that from the first the child looks up
TO him. He only needs TO be firm
but gracious sovereign to be always
the king. There are those OF us who
have gray threads i'm our hair who yet
believe that father" is the grandest
and noblest man we have ever known
My mother"
Those votes came naturally. They
voiced a real conviction. On second
thought every child would have writ.
ten mother on his ticket You will
sometimes find person who does not
love his father. Rare are those. chill
dren or adult. who do not revere the
mother. Lord Byrons are scarce.
Mother Is a queen who rules by divine
right Her scepter is compelling love.
At the mention of her sacred name the
bolts to every heart are unbarred. In
her name devils are cast out. She lures
TO heaven and points the way.
Father and mother-king and queen
OF the kingdom OF lovei
'Ch. hearts grown sore and weary
with the Bullets Of the world. We have
bent the knee 20 many liege lord and
lady-false sovereigns-in your time.
but the mild and gentle reign OF
father and mother" is from ever
lasting unto everlasting.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-06-19
Enormou. Value Of U.n,.ea Waste.

rhornous Nutue OF Utilized Wnatea
Thirty years ago for every ton of
finished product turned out by our
manufacturers there was from one to
several hundred pounds of materials
which were thrown away as waste.
Not only was this SO called waste
material considered valueless, but the
disposition of it was often a source OF
considerable expense and ANNOYANCE
10 the manufacturers. Owing to the
wonderful progress of chemical knowl.
edge during the last quarter of a cen
fury and the constant finding OF new
revelations and uses for substances OF
all kinds complete revolution has
been wrought In nearly every branch
OF the manufacturing Industry. In
stead of this waste material being n
source of expense to manufacturers
the experiments of chemists have
shown how Ii can be converted into
products which have high marketa
bic value. and II Is no exaggeratiou to
say that the value of products annual.
~ manufactured out OF materials
when thirty years ago were thrown
away as waste today amounts to fully
$5OOOOO,O0O. a sum equal to nearly
seven times the annual production of
gold in the United States-Henry G.
Nicholas In Moody's Magazine.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-06-19
BLAME THE TYPEWRITER.
oont Blamo Is. say Cautious hut
Hurried Ea~ineNs Men

nutFtcd baNlnc>s Men.
The phrase dictated. bur not re-
'ead." * now occasionally seen stamped
o. typswrit;en in the lower left hand
corner of a typewritten letter This is
The latest loophole OF escape adopted
by cautious though very busy men to
avoid reading over the letters they die
tate and. at the same time. To explain
any error made by Il careless or igno-
rant stenoSrapher
BY this simple expedient a business
man is able to affiX his signature to
each of pile OF typewriter letters,
trusting 20 luck that no glarlng mis-.
takes have been made. Again. with
this printed explanation the business
nan may .eave before the days mail
IS finished this explanation making
personal signature unnecessary.
This scheme for relieving oneself
from the results of mistakes caused
either Ivy the misunderstanding of u
word at the time of debating or the
stenographer's ignorance OF business
terms was first adopted by travelling
statesmen obliged to have most OF their
correspondence dOae at hotels along
the route and never sure of the ac.
curacy of the stenographer available.
As in many cases salesman is
Obliged to leave for another city before
his letters are finished the necessity
for some such explanation is obvious
Ill III.
usually sent him at his next stopping
place. the original goes on to the head.
quarters of his company and sometimes
contains amusing mistakes, the result
OF ignorance of the terms used i'm his
particular line of business.
For instance. not long ago Il fire in.
surance adjuSter obliged to dictate an
important letter just before taking
train was surprised on his next visit
to the home office to find that only
about half of his letter had ever been
received. About midway in the letter
the Stenographer had inserted this
note:
Here the gentleman went so fast I
didn't know what he said. but il was
something atout cross eyed agree.
ment."
After Il little thought on the part Of
The one who dictated the letter lie re-.
membered that he had referred to a
quasi agreement. an expression with
which the hotel stenographer was evi.
ientIy unfamiliar.
Another instance was the case of
young attorney who dictated II letter
to his stenographer asking brother
lawyer II he could argue II demurrer on
certain day. The letter was sent out
Immediately and not reread
The next day the letter was returned
TO the writer asking for an interpre
'ation of what seemed surprising
request. Investigation showed that
the stenocrapher had misread her notes
and inquired If the young lawyer could
agree to be demure" on certain
day.
Dictated by -. but not reread by
him. IL sometimes added at the bottom
Of n letter by means of rubber stamp.
the initials of the particular person
iictating the letter being filled in with
4 pen. This method is adopted when
The letter has been dictated by one
member of Il firm and signed by an.
other perhaps not entirely familiar
with the subJc"t matter New YORK.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-06-19
Autom obiIe PuIpIts,

new method of itinerant preaching
has been tried in France Pastor Del
attire from Roanne reformed church,.
In company with Pastor Sainton of the
Baptist church in Paris, visited with
an automobile the departments OF .oire.
Rhone, Alier. Saone eft Loire. within
radius or about ninety miles. Pas.
tor Delattre writes. During nearly
two months. from our automobile, we
have been able to preach the gospel on
market places, from fair to fair. dis
tributing thousands OF tracts and SELL
ing no less than $500 copies Of the New
Testament"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-06-19

IL Is certainly discreditable that one
OF the three Americans who would by
popular acclaim be pronounced TO be
The greatest the country has produced
should have received SO little formal
recognition. The birthday of Washing
ton is practically n national holiday:
Lincoln's birthday Is a red letter day I'm
many states, but Franklin, the third
In TINS triumvirate OF Americas great
est. is denied the honor OF public
testimonial TO his superlative merits.
An opportunity is mt hand TO make
good this neglect. On Jan. Il next
Will be the bicentenary of Franlxlin's
birth. The day ought to ne celebrated
In an appropriate manner to the far
thest ends OF the country. 1t would
be becoming for Philadelphia to take
the lead In doing honor to her adopted
son.-Philadelphia Record.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-06-19
MAKING CIOTHESPlNS.
Millions Turned Out Annually NJ 9
Maine Factory


Few persons ever wonder vbera
cIothespins come from; few ever heard
Oh Bryants Pond, Me-, and yet a man
there has been quietly turning trees
into elothespins FOR years and supply.
ing the world with them. c3iassing 10
the process as comfortable fortune "a
many man makes In a mofe preten.
sious business in some money centers.
HIS name is Lewis Mann. and he began
with a capital OF $500. with which he
purchased an Old disused mill and be-
gan the manufacture OF cIothespins.
To-Day he Is the largest Individual max.
er or this very necessary article In the
world
How large the ciothespin industry
really is may be gathered from the
fact that no less than 1850. 600 fiys
gross boxes are manufactured every
year in the United States alone. Much
OF the best machinery now used by Mr..
Mann Is the result OF his own inventive
genius and that of his son Edwin. Mr..
Manns machines turn out 10000 600
pail handles. while of high grade
ciothesp:ns they produce more than
oO,oOO i've gross boxes, or 10000. 900 n
year.
In the winter great piles Of birch
logs are accumulated about the mills
10 reed the great saws which snip them
into two and one-half foot lengths as
easily as though they were SO many
matches. These lengths are RAPIDLY
spilt by another saw into thin slabs.
which are in turn converted into long,
thin, square strips by gang saws. Def
hands toss these strips on a reyolyin.
drum. which bears them against still
other saws and turns them out In the
form of oblOng blocks.
railing on TO moving belt, the
blocks are whlrled away to a number
OF lathes. If the blocks are to be.
come pail handles, they are bored and
turned in most ingenious fashion at a
high rate of speed; if they are destined
for clothespins, the boring is. of course
dispensed with, aud they are simply
turned into the desired shape.
From the lathes a belt CONVEYS the
ciothespins to "slotter," which ran.
idly cuts the slot. The pins emerge
with two symmetrical legs and are
swiftly borne by still a third belt TO
the upper floor, where they and the
pail handles are dried In vast heaps
at high temperature in the dry room.
Dleached with sulphur and finally pol.
ished with wax in u huge revolving
drum. Thence they descend again to
the packers. where they receive n final
inspection, and all the pins that arc
not rejected are packed i'm boxes Ia
oeled "A or "B." according to quality
The rate Of production is amazin.
yet few are injured in the making
nearly every pin and handle emercln.
AFTER its tortuous journey in perfe.,
polished form. Now York Tribune.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-06-19
LIFE AT GREAT HEIGHT.
Az What Altitude IL the Atmo.nh.-.
Fatar 10 Human Heinys,

~ '" hHt altitude In the Atmnsnha~.
Faiar TO Human Beings.
How high in the air can a man rise
without dying: Twenty years ago II
was thought that il would be imnossi-
Die to breathe at an atmospheric a;ti-
tnde exceeding 5000 meters or NJ tho
most 1900 meters. IL was supnosad
mat a man would lose consciousness ~
he were to he carried about 5000 me.
ters INTO the upper air A writer. Henri
ue farV:iie. in Les Annales of Paris
'ecaiIS The fact that two aeronouts
OUT D! the three who died In the memo.
rabie ascension OF the balloon Zenith
'ost tieir lives from accidents produc.
eu at an atmospheric height of 5000
anu 1000 meters Paul Bert proyed
'hat repeated Inspiration OF oxvgen
makes II possible to avoid fatal occi.
uehts la the greater heights of the air
anu thfee years ago Messrs. RebrIno
unu sullns at Strassburg reached the
sreatest height ever attained. lOGO0
meters Yet they inhaled oxygen ana
'aihted toward tie finish of tho oscen.
'iou' ana since thea 70 one has fried T.,
50 sS-- nlgLer. Professor Mosso OF Turin
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-06-19
A surpri.tnx ni.eaxeEx-

How good thing it is, in schoolboy
phrase. ito have the cheek taken out of
one! This has just been my lot, I'm an
unusual way. THERE'S a very strange
and melancholy event In the history of
Scotland. BY an accident I was led
last week to look into 1t CLOSELY by the
process or grubbing in manuscript
royal account books and other records.
haVing found out what actually did
happen. wrote paper about ii all.
giving hrst the statements OF several
old and modern historians. who were all
IN the wrong. When had finished NV
essay it occurred to me to look at what
1 myself had written on the matter I'm
my History" Mine was the most err
roneous version OF the lot! Andrew
Lang In London Illustrated News.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-06-19
Religion of the Presidents.

The religious affiliations of the presi-
dents OF the United States have been
as follows: George Washington. Epis-
copalian; John Adams, Congregational
list; Thomas Jefferson, Episcopalian;
James Madison, Episcopalian; James
Monroe, Episcopalian; John Quincy
Adams, Congregationalist; Andrew
Jackson, Presbyterian; Martin Van
Buren,. Reformed Dutch: William Hen
~ Harrison. Episcopalian; John Tyler,
Episcopaiian: James X. Polk. Presby-
terrain; Zachary Taylor, Episcopalian;
Willard Fillmore. Unitarian: Franklin
Pierce, Episcopalian: James Buchanan.
Presbyterian; Abraham Lincoln, Meth
odist; Andrew Johnson, Methodist:
Ulysses 5. Grant, Methodist: Ruther-
ford Il. Hayes, Methodist; James A.
Garfield. Disciples; Chester A. Arthur,
Episcopalian; Grover Cleveland, Pres
byterian; Benjamin Harrison. Presby-
terrain; William Mckinley. Methodist;
Theodore Roosevelt. Reformed Dutch.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-06-19
GREAT wIcoMIco RIVER LINE

Steamer leaves Pier Light Street WHARF
.St9e' every Tuesday. Thursday ami
,s a.uruay, We al her permitting for Ocran AMI
, ,,lI, mediate landings. as follows: Ieaua
ma mlI'i more more p IN Mia =: % a. m Ssmnsors
ITO. Iipers .. Biackwells $50 FieeIoI S.,E
inpS .. heeuvllle 4:3O Hardinps 5:4s Harya,S
o;nLuIarnock I. Byrdton 7:l5 q race poin, r.IIE
Arrive Ocians sS:I5 oiht ':la.
nelurnine leaves Ocran for baltimore and
n'ieI heuiste landings, wealth ar permiI IN
every Monday, Wednesday and Friday *
follows: Leave 0cran. ! d. m Kilm aay as
10 10 nrace Point l:5b. u, rhton 2 IiardinS
iarSeys $50. Election 1880 TImbs g. Ra..d III, =,
o:oo. Miia 0, BiacKwe Is, $3.50. TIpers 6:i5 Ssmn
SOUS :. arrive Baltimore neNC moruIn1 P
4, leave Jacksons Creek 1880 a M Eric. -,
~ ~, CAilisil:l5. Arrive Eitchetts 10 ~,
leave Ftcfetts 10 a. IN Calls Moan C.;;o,.
NH IU'to. JHcksons Greek il:l5
Does not stop on SUNDAYS
SATURDAY lrp (only) extends to
monday trip (only) leave
TITS Time 'aole shows the times ar which
ooats may De expected 10 arrive ar AMI A.
paIt from the several wharyes buf IGetr 90
rNa. Ct departure ut The times stared 10 pnt
euaIantesd, nor does the Com nv hold ~ 10
rtspohsioie TO- any d, lay or any copseonenca
freight received at Baltimore for above
Points on sailing days until 4:3U d m.
WILLARD THOMSON GEN Manasa.
IN. BROWN. AGENT, Pier3
Il. MURDOCH. Gen. Passenger Agent.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-06-19
Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic
kkzE RAILWAY GO.
Pian katank River Linz

S,neuuIe IN effect Sunday June 18th Ioos
~ Steamer leaves Piers Light Street xho;s
meather permitting. for freeport aud i Say I.
nigH a landings, as follows: N i'''e'-
Sano osS nsattihore p. m, Mia $50 a m
ton pson n, 40. Iipers 3, BackweIls 3:}0 Flee.
ION =, limbs 4;IO, Reedville 4:aO. HSrc;n
KIImsySS,oS;i s: %, Grace Point 7:lO Byrdtcn ~
II; Cricket Hill II:aO, Calls Ia rrsek
fltchetts l23O u m i'''' arrive
Conrsds ~ G l30. p. m Warehouse Lac
nIanus 50 Arriving at Freeport AN pei' ~''o'
returning steamer leaves Freenor, for M,
' 1,ore hhd intermediate landings eyerS Tnas
follows: "eI permitting, as
narS -eo report a. m. BANDS .;lO. Siam
Tpl, 9 ~ huarks %. Fitchetts 10 Calls iI.N
:, ~, III i0loJackson's Creek 1850. Ocrons
~ U. IN, hiimarnock lao. trace Point -"
iSh ,u lr : Hardings HarVeys BIZ Fieeton,
r.So' s Iithos . Heedvile 500 Mia q. UackweJIs
early next morning 'iNe baltimore
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-06-19
ALL NIGHT SHOPPING.
TAe LateAt Way In which Bir stors
Use the TeIeuhon-

'''S AfA winch HE
Use the Telephone.
The Boston fishermen, whose f,eat 10
the largest that sails to any fishing
ground from an American mort
laughed when they read the recent
report that Norwegian has Invented
q telephone by meaps of which ths
noise made by fish in the depths OF
me sea can be heard, Still some of
these fishermen have learned the trntb
or the saying that wonders never
cease, and they will not go SO far "a
10 scon at the idea that the telephone
may yet be fixed feature OF the fish.
ing industry. They have received with
equanimity the decision OF one big mer.
enant to furnish his ships with steam
travis and as for the telephone, thsy
must have read lately by the light or
the forecastle lamp the news that
people in Boston are shopping at night
by telephone.
me night telephone shopper was first
heard OF in Boston last wear. bnt :,