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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-22
Royal Present,

Berlin. March 2l.-Bulgarians are q thrifty people. On the occasion of the wedding of their sovereign Prince Fer dinand. with Princess Eleonore of Reuss- Koestritz, they thought 80 was suf- fciently splendid gift to the bride from her husbands subjects.
 At the wedding reception the magnifi- cent gift was solemnly presented to the Princess by Prime Minister Stanicoff. Princess Eleonore promptly handed over her wedding gift from her adopted coun- try to a deserving charity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-22
SHAH IS ENLARGED OVER
 LOSS OF HIS FAVORITE

throne he made her his chief favorhs' She gave him two sons. One inc nig ', brbing her guardians. she fled from ie palace. In spite of all tho Shah's eftN's she has not been traced. The acn- plices who aided her flight have fn beheaded. Scores of servants have sn beaten half to death. Valiant capts, who were guarding the throne have n sent out to SCOUT the countryside troops
 But Tamars has vanished eompl The Shah is said to be almost ind ent to the bombs thrown at him a-4- rides out in his capital city. He rta9 only of Tamara. aI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-22

Paris, March 21.-Prof. stephan Ledue. the physiologist, is publishing the results of extensive experiments showing that 1t is an easy matter to produce sleep by electricity. The electric current used ny him Is so weak that it wouldn't suffice for an ordinary 16-candle power electric light. The professor maintains that the electric sleep produces state of abso- lute inconsistencies, as far as the or gans of the body are concerned. Up 10 now he experlmented on animals only.
 By weak electric currents that may
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-22
WEAK ELECTRIC CURRENT
 USED TO INDUCE SLEEP

be shut off several times in a second," says tho professor. 'the activity of the brain may be paralyzed for minutes, or for whole hours. When the current is shut off, the animal expermented on awakens immediately. When the current is increased the activity of tho heart ceases but the functions of the respira- tory organs continue. A further increase though. stops breathing.
 At that moment the experimental an imal Is entirely unsensitive. It is lifeless without being dead. However, if the cur rent is continued two minutes. death will ensue."
 expedition than such conventions usually are
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-22

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-22

Out in the district known as West Rox
 bury is the Brook farm where Margaret Fuller. Thoreau, and Nathaniel flaw thorne, Charles A. Dana, and their as- soeiates lived their socialistIe experi- ment for awhile. Hawthorne's delightful Wayside inn still stands in Sudbury and still entertains wayfarers. The ride to Ponkapoag Pond among the Blue Hills of Milton, where Thomas Bailey Aldrich lived, with climb up Great Blue Hill. the highest eminence on the Atlantic coast, is an ideal trip for a New England
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-22
CLUB WOMEN WILL
 GATHER IN BOSTON
Representatives of General Fed
 eration to Meet
COMING 10000 STRONG
Some of Boston's Attractions for Them as Convention city-Slght- seeing by Trolly Will Be
 Feature.

Boston. Mareh q. 1sfS.-Three months from today there will gather here one of the most interesting conventions that Boston, famous as convention city. has ever greeted-the tenth biennial conven- ton of the General Federation of Wom- ems clubs. At least eaooo delegates, and possibly twice that number, Will attend. representing half a million club women all over the United States. And it is thought likely that there may also come from abroad some of the distinguished honorary members Of the organization. who include the Countess of Aberdeen the Baroness Bertha von Suttner of Ni- enna, who visited America at the time of the Japanese Russian treaty conference two years ago and has since been honored with one of the Noble peace prizes; the Countess of Meath: the Baroness won Buelow- -Wenhausen of Dresden; the Countess de Denterehem of Belgium, and Princess Nagli of Tunis.
 To q convention of women Boston has some peculiar attractions. Especially is this true of such a gathering as that of the General Federation of Women's clubs. engaged in ethical, educational and sociological work which draws it's inspi- ration from the "fundamentals of Amer ican institutions" as one speaker has put it. Here where, since the days of the Pilgrims, so many national movements have started, there are more sshrines, historical and literary. to draw either the causal visitor or the delegate with spe- cial mission to fulfil than in any other place on this side of the Atlantic, per haps. Hardly a street in the old town which has not it's ancient landmark; hardly one in the erelet of suburbs that has not it's individual distinction and at traction for the sightseer. And the ac- possibility of all the points of interest, even those some distance away from the convention center. is the special advan tage Boston offers to visitors who must combine with their sightseeing more se- rious duties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-22

Wellesley college is less than an hours trolley ride from Park street, out through the broad avenues and boule- wards of some of Boston's finest su- burhs among them fashionable Brook line the richest town in the world which resisting all temptation to assume the distinction of a city government still clings to the old town meeting method of running it's affairs. In Auburndale, next to Wellesley is Lasell seminary; and Tufts, which is a co-educational col- lege. is in Medford, one of the northern group of suburbs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-22

Harvard, and the 26th being Commence ment day at the old university, while the student festivities of most of the schools and colleges hereabouts fall within the fortnight before and after Cambridge abounds in historical and literary land marks and industrial activity as well as educational interest. The elm under which Washington took command or the Continental army in 177o stands at the doors of Radcliffe Longfellow's house. and Elmwood. where James Russell To- well lived for many years, are nearpy' : Emerson and Holmes once had thelr share in the life of this typically Ameri- can community which yet differs rom any other American community. Stu- dents of civic and sociological subjects will find many things to attract them in the university town, with its great print shops. direct descendants Of the first printing office in America, its char ity organizations, and it's municipal in- stitutions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-22
BEWA RE OF FRAUDS! OUTFITS PURE MALT WHISKEY

is sold in sealed onynever in bulk facsimile genuine bottle. full size is printed here that may easily recognize it. It is patented botteround and with the Dufys Malt Whiskey Com pany" tie glass The trademarl-he Old Chem ists label the cork there is sraved paper seal Be certain this seal is not broken.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-08-07
THE SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY.

The CITIZEN wishes to thank an es-
teemed friend in Northumberland for
Calling attention to an unintentIonal err
ror in failing to discriminate between
the Socialist party and the Socialist
Labor Party. Both, it would seem.
have tickets in the field, and it is the
D l.. +. whose candidate is represented
In the current press reports as now
serving term in states prison for
murder.
Really the multiplication of presiden-
tial tickets is such-we believe that so
Tar some eight are in the field-that it
Is no wonder if the average journalist
becomes perplexed. The history of
political parties is that not more than
two great parties seem capable of ex-
listing at one time, the lesser being
sooner or later absorbed by the large
ones, or in their turn absorbing the
others. The destruction of the old
Wing party was perhaps the most COM
plete abolition of great political par
ty on record in the United States.
Yet it contained within it's ranks the
elite of the South. But for the negro
question it might still be a potent
factor
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-08-07
BOAT NOTES.

The work of dredging the Rappahan-
mock river between Tappahannock and
fredericksburg goes steadily on, and
is now being continued by night as well
as day. A relay of eight men (Swedes)
arrived last week.
About August 18th two new lights will
be established on the Potomac river.
Both will be beacons. One to be known
as Ship Neck Light, will be established
at the entrance of Coan river. The
other will be established on the shoal
making out to the northward of Bond
Point. south side of the Yeocomico riv-
er, southerly side of the Potomac.
In the suit of Peoples Steamboat Co.
of Fredericksburg, against the Leroy
Steamboat Co., to recover $I2, 500 in
surance on steamer Tourist, burned in
Albemarle Sound. N. c., Judge Martin
IN Norfolk held that the defendant was
not liable as insurer of the burned boat
which it had under lease with q con-
tract, it Is claimed to keep the boat
insured for the above amount. This
was not done. The case was appealed.
There has been no suit to recover under
alleged broken contract The Tourist
at one time plyed the Rappahannocl,
between Fredericksburg and Urbanna.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-08-07
SOME NOTES
OF Interest to Farmers and Truckers

Sweet potatoes grow as far north as
Connecticut and west to Colorado.
Wheat has advanced, the reports of
damage to crops by the hot weather
causing rise in price.
In the II counties of Southeast Mis-
souri, containing swamp or overfiowed
lands, 81 drainage bitches or canals
have been constructed, with a total
length of about GO miles. These
bitches have reclaimed 255, 900 acres of
land.
X. B. Stoner, of Fincastle, Va. has sold
the rights in a new wheat seed which
he has developed, to Westerners for
$3.50, 600. The first single seed brought
forth 100 stalks of wheat. Seed sent
to number of states for experiments
have done equally as well.
80. Geo harvesting hands are wanted
in Manitoba to gather in the sheaves"
of wheat, which begins about Septem-
Der LIST. 1t is recommended that the
jails of the west be opened and that
those confined for small offences
started off TO the harvest field.
Southern farmers and business men
have every reason to feel good over
the outlook for crops this year. Re-
turns from early fruits and vegetables
are larger than ever before. and both
producers and merchants are now en-
joying the good times ushered in by the
marketing of these crops. Tobacco,
corn, hay and other products of the
soil will add millions to the wealth of
the South. But cotton of course is the
big crop and the real basis of prosperity.
Prof. Brainerd, of the, Virginia Poly
technic Institute. says; IF 6-qt. COW
is worth $50, an Sgt. cow, as an invest
ment, is worth several hundred dollars.
Investigations carefully conducted in
Illinois among the dairy herds showed
that about one third the cows were
kept at loss, one third about paid out
and the other third made the profit.
How important, therefore. as a matter
of economy, to get rid of all but the
paying cows if one had to give them
away.
Returns from the potato crop on the
Eastern Shore of Maryland and Vir-
ginia will be more than two times lar
ger than they were last year, breaking
all previous records both In extent of
yield and in monetary value. This con-
dition is due largely, to the failure of
the crops in New Jersey and New York,
thus forcing consumers to fall back on
the Maryland and Virginia variety or
go hungry. The Produce Exchange paid
to the farmers of the Eastern Shore
Virginia 81, 600, 900 for the Irish potato
crop. 1t is estimated that 81, 500, 600
was realized from the crop.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-08-07
THE PACIFIC FLEET NOT PACIFIC.

Now that the fleet is well under way
towards the Orient, it is now reported
that the real purpose of the invasion is
to protect China from Japanese invas-
ion and to keep the open door of China
for American commerce. The ultimate
result may be, as foreshadowed
by Roosevelt and Hobson, that we
will become embroiled with both
nations and that China sooner or
latter will find its natural war
affinity in Japan, sooner or later the
two nations, so alike in national char
acteristics and oriental trend, will blend
and face the West, and when
the East becomes the West. that is.
when the civilization of Japan be-
comes that of China, the East will
have the biggest work of the ages on
its hands. Better keep foot-free from
such "tangling alliances
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-08-07

Rev. w. F. Dunaway returned on
Wednesday evening from a vacation of
several weeks duration, spent at his old
home in Lancaster county. Sussex
Standard.
Miss Laura Bussells, of Norfolk. is
visiting Miss Minnie Kellam on Ran
dolph avenue. Rev. j. w. S.
Robins, of Lambert's Point, Norfolk.
better known as Rev. Sewell Robins.
will be the guest of Rev. w. C. Bates,
near here, for the next ten days or two
weeks, and will conduct a meeting in
the Methodist chapel.-Cape Charles
Times.
Mr.. George M. McGhee, of Bertrand.
Lancaster county, is in Spotsylvania,
visiting his father, Mr.. Absalom Nc
Chez, who is sick. Mr.. and Mrs.
w. f. Compton have returned from Re-
gent. Middlesex county, where they
spent some time with relatives and
friends. Prof. C. N. Swimley,
OF Falls Church, has been elected prin-
cipal of the West Point High School.
Howard S. McCandlish. of Salu-
da, has been appointed principal of the
Richmond County High School. at War
saw. Miss Lucy Brokenbrough
Knox, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Doug
lass II. Knox. has gone to Oak Grove
to visit the Latane family, after which
she will go to Lancaster county for
several weeks. Fredericksburg Free
Lance.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-08-07
FISH AND OYSTER NOTES.

Philadelphia has two-headed turtle
that eats with both heads at the same
time.
The largest load Of oyster shells on
record was $4,000 bushels shipped re-
Gently from Providence to New Lon
don in barge.
1t has been found out that the pearl
oyster does not keep the pearl indefi-
nitely, but at the end of about two
years casts it out. The old method of
fishing up the oyster shells and letting
the oysters rot and so finding pearls
was too wasteful-one pearl to the
bushel of shells was the average. Now
it is discovered than the shell can be
harmlessly opened by gentle pressure
with pair of tweezers, and the pearl,
If there, gotten out without harminp
the oyster
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-08-07
MARVIN GROVE.
Deep Spiritual Interest Good At.
tendance-ldeaI Weather

The Slst annual encampment of Mar
win Grove convened Friday last for ten
days religious worship. The first day
is usually taken up by the tenters NOV
ing In and getting ready for the meet
ing, but last Fridays deluge caused
most of the preparations to be post
poned one day. Saturday morning was
cloudy, which added to the comfort of
the busy throng moving in, and the
heavy rains of the day before had
packed the road and they were in the
best of condition. Since then the
weather has been ideal. In fact, every
thing has been most favorable for a
good meeting and the enjoyment OF
those IN attendance. Thrice happy are
all who have had the privilege of at
tending beautiful, peaceful Marvin
Grove. Hallowed associations make
the spot dear to the hearts of many,
for it is there that they feast on the
good things provided for the mind, the
soul and the body-a place where one
wants to be good and do good always.
Sunday the attendance was very
large. Rev. r. Findley Gayle, Presid-
ing-Elder of this district and who is t
the head of the encampment, preached
most acceptably at each service. His
sermons We're spiritual and edifying
and he is winning the hearts of the peo-
pie at large. Other preachers in atten-
dance and taking part in the work
are: Revs. HI. C.. Pfeiffer, Porter
Hardy, c, E. Holiday, C. II. Will
liams, Starke Jett, Lee Crutchfie.d
and Z. +. Garner, of the Methodist
church, and Revs. Reynolds and Ram
sey of the Baptist church. Others will
Join them during the week.
Rev. Porter Hardy is leading the
singing, while Miss Lillian Haynie pre-
sides at the organ, assisted by Mrs,
w. j. Newbill and others.
Mr.. w. G. Beane, as usual, ia very
attentive as to the wants and comforts
of his many boarders while Messrs.
Peirce and Bryant are dishing out the
dainties to the frequent visitors to
their stands. Not only are the wor-
shippers being carefully looked out for,
but the beasts of burden are farlng
sumptuously. The horse lots are un-
der the care of good men and are re-
eelving deserved patronage.
W. Y. Morgan is not least among the
laborers for the success of camp. and
the business arrangements were SO
well made that that part is working as
smoothly as well oiled machinery.
As the meeting progresses interest
deepens and the promise is for success
beyond the hopes of the most sanguine.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-08-07
SOME DEATHS.

Miss Annette Street. only daughter
of the late Rev. Alexander Street, died
last week of typhoid fever at her home
at Urbanna, aged fifteen years.
Charles w. Porter, a native of West
moreland. but for many years a resi-
dent of King & Queen county, and a
leading citizen, died August End, aged
81 years.
Rev. Frank B. Beale. prominent min
lister of King & Queen county and well
known as a leading preacher Of the
Baptist church in Tidewater Virginia,
died at his home in Indian Neck, July
81. He leaves wife and two children.
Mr.. Beale was son Of the late Gen.
K. l.. 7. Beale, of Westmoreland coun-
ty, and brother of Rev. Geo. w.
Beale and John L. Beale of that coun-
ty. Funeral at upper King & Queen
church Sunday at IL a. m.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-08-07
Friday. August z, 1908.
GET TO WORK.

Let no Democrat sleep on his
arms and idly conclude that be-
cause Mr.. Bryan is eloquent.
fascinating III speech and at
tracts immense audiences that.
therefore, such eloquence and
captivating speech can win the
battle for the party. Success is
best spelled Organization, and
the man who can best accom-
plish this stands the best chance
OF winning. The history of the
political campaigns of this coun-
try is full of the signal failures of
merely eloquent candidates.
Henry Clay-was there ever so
captivating u speaker vet he
lost the Presidency. Trying,
again and again he lost. though
the most captivating orator pro
baby that ever addressed an au-
dlence., Blaine was not only "a
great man but one of the most
attractive men who ever stump
ed the country, but he was de
feated by a.man who never made
a speech. In the last few DAYS
Hoke Smith, a man of decided
gifts and most persuasive speech,
was beaten in Georgia by Brown
who never opened his mouth in
public. If we want success we
must work for it, work hard and
steadily. Here in Virginia we
may feel that. whatever NAV
happen, the day will be ours. no
matter how we may idle and
trust 10 what has been. But our
political adversaries are busy.
and will be from now on
until November, and we NAV
SO neglect our opportunities
IT not to lose the State at least
TO lose our prestige.
Get to work No day i'm the
past forty years is SO full of
promise as this, and no day i'm
the past requires steadier en-
deavor. Virginia is safely Dem
ocratic, no doubt, but we need
more not less votes, and we will
not get them without endeavor.
Get to work !
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-08-07

STATISTICS seem to show that
the gifts from the wealthy men
OF the country to education av-
erage one hundred millions a
year for the past seven wears.
and IN 1907 the vast amount of
one hundred and ten millions
was given to advance the cause
OF knowledge among us. And
this is counting only the gifts OF
the great millionaires. fthen mum
berless smaller endowments were
counted the aggregate would
swell the amount considerably.
Yet with allthis amount ofmon-
ey at the command of the great
and small educational institu-
tons 1T seems pitiful to see the
poor condition of the common
school system among us here i'm
Virginia. Not long ago we asked
what pay the young lady who
taught the public school i'm n
neighborhOod not far distant
received and the answer was $40
a year. The school was open five
months. 1t was asked if "a cook
could be hired for that sum and
the confession was made that
the colored cook would cost
more. The point is sometimes
made that the teacher only
works about half the year. but it
must be taken into account that
the balance of the teachers time
is practical loss to him or her.
NO occupation can come in and
be taken up to fill out the time.
She is only IL teacher, and can
follow no other calling. 1t has
often seemed to us that the ben
efit would be vastly greater if,
instead OF loading all this wealth
onthe great universities, some OF
1T could be appropriated to es-
tablishing small schools for the
help OF the many who can never
hope to get more than the rudi.
ments of an education, and who
for the lack of plain reading and
writing fail even to do what such
help would give them the power
to accomplish. If it is pointed
out that some times there are
men who, despite the lack oil
school training, gain good
positions and even wealth,
these are exceptional cases and
the men who do succeed thus
handicapped are men OF excep-
tional talents. The average man
needs all the help he can get, and
failing OF this, is too often a
drone in consequence.