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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-02-19

"Joily" Is another bit CT coiioquialism
that is useful IN It's way. But there
is wide difference between a jolly
and boost.
To Jolly is TO fiatter.
To boost is TO put forth sincere ef-
fort.
The jolly is from the lips only.
The boost comes from the heart.
The booster has a genuine attach
ment to his cause whatever that may
be. He has faith In that which he
boosts. He believes; therefore he
boosts.
The booster always is an optimist.
A pessimist cannot boost He doesn't
know how. A pessimist Is naturally
"knocker." The word ''knocker." by
the way. is another useful coinage in
our American speech.
Instance the man who boosts his
town. To him his town Is the center
Of the universe. His property Is there
his home. his family. his future,
even his grave. probably; therefore he
believes his town is worth boosting.
An admirably good fellow Is the
booster Of his town.
And SO Of the man who boosts his
church. He believes the doctrine OF
his church is right. He believes the
preacher IS the best. He urges you to
come next Sunday and occupy his pew.
The pastors best beloved Is the
church booster
And so of the man who boosts his
home. His home is the coolest, his
Wife the sweetest and best and his
children the smartest OF all Mind
you. he doesn't 60 about telling these
things. But he boosts his home just
the same. as everybody knows. and
especially his family.
II Is not so of the jollier, who keeps
his promise to the ear. but breaks II to
the hope.
1t Is not SO of the knocker. who is a
nuisance to his town. his church, his
home-and to himself.
The booster is wise In his day and
generation. because when lie boosts he
boosts himself. When the knocker
knocks the knock comes back upon the
knocker. By the same law of reac-
ton, when the booster boosts the boost
comes back upon the booster
Boosting Is the soul Of all work
Work without soul Is drudgery. Ef-
fort Of whatsoever sort without enthu-
siasm is but dreary commonplace But
the booster puts soul in his work. am
therefore his work is a constant series
Of happy accomplishments.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-02-19
THE SOUL OF A CORPORATION.

The trial Of Patrick Calhoun on tn,
charge OF bribing San Franciscos su
| pervisors In behalf Of the street ran
way company of that. city Is a notabl,
case.
Brave Lawyer Heney has put Ruef
Schmitz and other go-betweens In peri
OF their liberty.
Now he is after the "higher-ups."
One of these principals Is Calhoun
and the spectacle Of a railway presi
dent In The prisoners dock Is a UNIQUE
one.
Patrick Calhoun-"Hon. Patrick Cal.
houn" the newspapers formerly called
htm-is the president and manager OF
the United Railway company. He is
m aristocrat OF the aristocrats, mem.
Der of the famous Calhoun family of
the south
But Calhoun was only a figurehead-
a fancy figurehead. The railway CON-
pany Is owned in the east. Calhoun
Is a salaried man. The salary is big
one, enabling Calhoun and his family
TO hoboob with high society.
1t Is charged that from first to last
Calhoun paid as much as 100000 to
the supervisors for special privileges
granted his company.
But
Where are the directors of the COM
pany2 1t Is not likely their hired man
would pay out that large sum for their
benefit without their knowledge or
consent. 1t may be Honey wifi get
some more Of the 'higher-ups."
SO far as Calhoun is concerned. he
was probably between the upper and
the neither millstones.
AS manager he must earn dividends
ON lot of highly watered stock. That
meant he must give the people the
least possible service they would ac-
cept without public riot, grind the
employees and buy immunities and
concessions from the public officials.
Well
Has 1t not been the accepted saving
among high financiers that a corpora
ton has no soul?
proceeding upon this theory, that q
corporation is an impersonal thing.
without conscience or ideals, many of
the public service corporations have
not hesitated to buy, beg, steal or
force whatever they could from the
public.
BUT A CORPORATION HAS A
SOUL.
lt Is composite soul. made up Of the
individual souls Of the men who con-
duct Its enterprises. If these men
have conscience, vision, decency, then
the soul Of the corporation is an hon.
est soul; otherwise not.
1t is high time corporations should
be taught they have a soul to save
or be damned.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-02-19
MODERN PREACHING

A Philadelphia preacher has struck
a keynote. He says the preachers OF
the country must return to the preach
ing Of punishment for sin.
o wise preacher,
He notes the awakening OF the pub
lie conscience as to economic, political
and social evils and says:
Colossal villains have been up.
yelled to merciless publicity. and the
majesty of the law has been asserted
and the sword of justice unsheathed.' '
In other words, during the past few
years men in high places have discov-
cred THERE is A HE'LL
Worse than the hades pictured by
medieval theology is the day of judg-
mcnt that has come TO these men.
They have learned that the death re-
ferred to In Scripture-"the soul that
slnEeth 1t shall die"-is infinitely to
be dreaded beyond any physical tor
ture Of fire and birthstone.
Here is the opportunity OF the
preachers.
What is going on In the civic world
has its PARALLEL In the spiritual world.
The preachers need only TO point out
the parallel.
In the reaction from the old ma
terialistic teaching the puipits have
turned to the themes concerning the
love and mercy OF God. forgetting the
judgments Of the Almighty.
They have used the soft pedal.
There has been lot of sweetness
and light" There has been little of
laundering at mems conscience. little
Lying down of the eternal laws of
retribution
The preachers must be blind to the
signs OF the times If they do not see
the opportunity for the old time
preaching concerning the awfulness Of
Sin and the certainty OF punishment.
Let them show men that. ~ Erner-
son says. ''sin and punishment grow
on the same stem" Let them cite the
cortainties Of the moral law and illus
trate these certainties by what Is 90
Ing on In the world every day.
THIS HE'LL WHICH MEN WRITHE
IN is IN PLAIN VIEW.
All the priest needs to do Is to point
the finger and say to men. THERE
1T ISy'
= Why not hunt up some of the old
texts and give them a new setting?
This one, which came hot from the
heart Of the Master and directed TO
the Pharisees, would serve for one
good sermon:
! How can ye escape the damnation
OF heif7"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-02-19
THE SLANG PHRASE "NOTHING
DOING"
'Nothing doingp,

Nothing doingn
is that slang? / thought it was I'M
til last night, when came upon the
words in Dickens ''Domby & Son.
In Chapter Nv, old Sol ellis is ex-
planning to his nephew Walter why the
shop must be closed and the business
abandoned.
You see, Walter" said he, Gin
truth this business is merely a habit
with me. / am so accustomed to the
habit that could hardly live if re-
hnquished it; but there's nothing doing,
nothing doing"
SO you see, the phrase had It's pa
thetic fitness half a century ago, and is
not slang at all. va. Masonic Journal.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-02-19

"oh. he's In the kitchen. Save him.
please do. for my sHker'
Casrsthers waited for no more. His
heart was too full. his brain whirling.
Past the frightened women, down the
long corridor that led to the kitchen.
brushing maids aside, he strobe to
save his rival. Bobbie Livingston.
As he reached the kitchen he found
the men had put out the slight confia-
grafton and that It amounted to moth
Ing. But Livingston was not In sight.
Turning to Mr.. Roberts. he asked for
him
"Oh. Livingston was here Just mo-
ment ago." said Mr.. Roberts. but I
think he said be was going for a
walk"
The men all returned to the main
part OF the house. assuring the ladies'
that 1t was nothing. Carruthers went
over to Hulda
where's Bobbie2'' she asked. with
great concern.
"He's gone began Carruthers.
"oh. my dear, dear Bobbier' walled
Huida. not allowing him TO finish his
sentence. Then something brushed her
o@ht AGAIN, ana, WltnC. scream OF de-
light, she picked up the cat
You told me he was gone" she said
reproachfully to Carruthers as she
Rugged the fluffy bali to her breast.
lis that the Bobbie you sent me
forT' gnsped Carrutbers.
"Of course 1t is" Hulda answered
rather sharply. "Who did you think I
sent you for?"
why. Bobbie Livingston" weakly
replied Carruthers as he mopped the
perspiration from his brow.
Hulda Rugged the cat for Just a min
ute as she smiled. Then suddenly she
turned serious and put him on the
door. She quietly sat down by Car
ruthers. and quite low In his ear she
whispered:
And you went in there to save Bob
bic Livingston because asked you to.
and you believed all the time that
that
What else could believe when you
were screaming to have some one save
yur dear. dear Bobbie?" asked Carl
ton.
well. dear, dear Carl. l love you
better than l did before the fire. IL
that could possibly be- whispered
Hulda- And once more the earth was
inhabited by two people only.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-02-19


That is the utterance of the creates,
editor Of the south, Henry watterson
in his lecture on Lincoln.
On the 18th day Of February next
VIII be celebrated the one hundredtt
anniversary OF Abraham Lincoln's
birth.
Eulogies Will be pronounced, and ora.
tors viii analyze the beginnings anC
trace the growth Of this great soul, but
when all is done they must come back
to the conclusions OF Watterson.
God made Lincoln.
And Lincoln, In the making, cooper
ated with the Divine purposes.
You cannot account for Lincoln on
the theory Of heredity. At their very
best his people were accounted as
poor white trash" Nor can you &c
count for him on the theory of en-
vironment. There was nothing in his
surroundings that would make great
man.
And yet
It is scarcely impious to suggest that
since the days of Christ himself no
man was so humanity divine.
II you wish to realize this state
ment In Its fullness, read over again
the bcatitudes Of the sermon on the
mount and note how Lincoln's char
acter fills the measure of these beati-
tudes.
Blessed are the merciful" Who
was more merciful than this man.
whose soft heart ached for the suffer
ing south and who could hardly be
forced to consider the death Of de-
serter?
Blessed are the pure In heart"
How that fits Lincoiul His great
white soul" was as innocent Of guile
as that OF n child
blessed are the meek" Who was
meeker in his high position than this
shy. awkward giant?
Go on and read about the peace
makers and all the rest, and you will
be forced to Watterson's conclusions.
Since Lincoln no one ought to find II
difficult to understand how the divine
and the human could be merged In a
man.
What is the worth of that celebra-
tion at the tomb In Springfield GENE.
terry and at Lincoln farm in Kentucky
and elsewhere?
1t is to be found In the law OF as
siinilation. A people is assimilated
slowly merged. into the likeness Of fits
great men whom Il loves and admires.
We need n renaissance of the quail
ties of Lincoln.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-02-19
She Rose to the Occasion.

That's nice looking chap Mt the
next table" said the young man who
was treating his best girl 10 q lobster
supper lis he friend of yoursT'
Eyes, indeed" laughed the pretty
girl
"Weil-er-I think III ask him to join
Ms"
~Oh. this Is SO suddenr'
whats so sudden?"
AWhy-why. that's our young minis
ter."-Chicago News.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-02-19
n iCHMoND, FREDERICKsRupo .
POTOMAC r q

Schedule in effect January 18th. 1909.
Leave vi FREDERICKSBURG. NoRTHwAen
Is a. m. week days, local ARD
% a. M. daily.
81 a. M daily
10 70 a. m. daily local
- p m. week DAYS
81 u. n. daily, local
u p. m. daily.
10 % p. m. daily.
LEAVE FREDERICKSBURG, so1JrEw.pn
OF a m. week DAVIS local
5S a. m. Sundays only local
10 Sc a m. daily. s. A. l. train
" ~ p. m week days local
n p m. daily A G. n fra;
% p. m. daily local '
y 10 p. m daily S. A l. t,aio
days. arrives II % a N. week
ArriVais and departures not guarantee,
W. TAYLOR, Traffic Mana
C. c. Cox, Agent -''Anaser'
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-02-19

He who lives, and strives. and suffers
for others dear to him is to be envied;
ne who lives only for himself is poor
Lingg.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-02-19
BE A BOOSTER

Boost" is a slang word that fits nd
mirably into American speech. There
Is no other that quite conveys the
same meaning.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-02-19
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Leave iappahanDock, weather permittino
Is, uay Pun. stopping at Welfurtjs Wares
w. a., Sna' ps' Itay Port, WHEATON, Wa o.
,, NV, nonask on Urbanna. Burtons Burha,'s
"i'teuoeck, merry Poitt. Ottoman M, -
:, Gems: lrvington. White Stone Mill c.
North End. Wesiland i" S'eek,
neSurblng. steamer " ill cove Norfolk NoD-
ICY ~. ia weather Tern ittDy, for Tspps
n,nnn9ck. Stopping at landings as abov,. Pps
rprs "eIrt folnt, OFT man. Morane ana Rs
oI.. stopping at oowlers, Wares and " Oil
'orIs on return trip tn baltimore on TIIesasys
freight will nor be received in N.,,SiS
after : .. m. on sailing days i''A
luis utne-taole shows the time at which
, soaners may Toe expected TO arrive M nj ,is,
part from the several wuarves buf fbaiS ~
. r OF departure nc the Tunes stated a. ~,
susranteed, nor does the company boid ,,ssP,
.essDonsioie forany delay c r any conseoI,.ncI
arising therefrom. Consequences
Freisht received I'm Baltimore ur,,
on saiiinR days. until D. M
" iuLLARD THOMSON. General Mspagar
l. hooCH. GEM Frt. and Pass. Az
W. ID. SCOTT. Agent Frede richSbn,rsa j.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-02-19

He was inspired OF God. else where dic
he get his wisdom and virtue? whers
did Shakespeare get his genius or Mozart
his music? Who wrote the lyrics of the
Scottish peasant7 AS God raised rp and
inspired them. so did he Lincoln.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-02-19
Maryland, Delaware 4 Virginia
RAILWAY COMPANY.

Baltimore, Fred =
k%NNSENk ericksburg, Nor.
'as.S folk and Kappa
hammock River Routes.
Winter Schedule in effect December % leos
Steamers leave Baltimore. Pier 9, Light 8,
90 aOi' ,, .weather per init ting Sunday -
mnlte stone: lryington. weems. Miiienbech
1ul oens, urbanDa. Mot nsk on. Water w.
Bowlers, Wares and Wexford on re,, uStops at
Nj, u,euSSssuay fJu p IN. for Westiand N, r,b End
M NIL STeek. Rite Stone. Irvingion, weems
nlnSnoeck. Merry Point. Ottoman No,ans'
Burhaus. Ulhapns. Moraskon Matnss ans'
W nessston. Fay Port. Sharps, RpwIers. Wees
y andaeld, Csrterp, isst M tIn. ho'e'
Sp1u,ders. Mflmont. GieenIa~s, Porr ko,ai
cIin.-e Frese,;,c hs S mount. HOP Ysrd. Rat,
ST., en- esday 4:ss0 n. for Nor+h I'D white
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES nurnans' BurroDs. W hesitc : harms
W tbifi ,d % m. for North End. MillCrcol
W LII STORE. IrN ngton. ". ems MilIcnhccs'
Curious Monaskon. " alter View ~ ha mans
Snerps Iappahannock "a lso stoppirt !, "a i LIE
tr,Sb " ares "eilfor and Baypo.t on return
steamers leave Frede let sbnrv for po,,,
ThnrsdaY' =. ana intermediate land ngs every
s..i suay AT : y. M. tide aud weather ~ :,
n ltIing. tor RetchHes. Hog, Yard 1s1 per
rorI conway. Port Royal, GreenisSvs VI ~
mont. saunders. Lee dstown. Sfeamer' Ill IL
at Leedstown until a. IN. next morni S,aSs
leaves Leedstown at 4 a. IN. Isx,Seo,.
Sareers; bisnheid, Nay tors $3.50 a m. Tan,,,s'
pannoek 1880 a. m. Wellforus. WsTccs 1Ip tt
lers Sn9rps, Bay Port. wheaton wator
b .vw' rmiS1naskor, Urbanna 1880 o. M. sur
tom.n "iMneDoeck, Merry o nt 200 D. IN. OF
yuan, norsnr, lrvington. Weems Whfto
land. ~ ''V p III west
Steamer will leave Tappshanuock. westh.r
~ mlIung. 100 Monday Tuesd.,
urnuirsoay, and Friday, stopping as foIIoySs..
WWeeIn0rus,wares. Bowlers, Sharps tfsay Po,t
.Mhealt"n, Waieryicw. Moraskon. UtbanUn1ss'
.pt.non. bnrhans. Millenbeck, .Morans
twxSSt!onan, +merry Point, IrNineton. Meen,s'
land. S''" Gnu. TWest-
tuesday and Friday only.
tuesday aud Thursday
Monday and Friday
:, Arrive In baltimore TUESDAY wo,nos,i,,-
Friday ana Saturday 0N"esuay,
Inc Friday steamer Is sauna az ono 49,,
aDONe from frede rick shllrrr- - ~ HOecu
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-02-19
Heart toHeart
Talks.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Copyrights. 1909. by American Pros,
Association.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-04-10

In books, the hero ever bold,
Is rich as all creation,
AS Phyllis reads she feels her heart
Grow tender with elation!
There Is no gross nor common
thought
Like home. OF bread and butter.
And Phyllis knows that love Is sweet
And feels her pulses ffutter!
Romantic Phyllis weds q man
A stalwart. striving fellow
And they begin to play the game
While both their hearts are mel
low.
Alas, She finds sudden change
Things are not like the story.
And all the dreams she dreamed are
gone
Like phantoms transitory.
She sobs and signs and wonders
why?
He frowns and asks the reason.
She gets a tantrum and declares
It's nothing short of treason!
She packs her trunk and hurries
home
A curse on matrimony.
He holds his job and works like sin
To pay her alimony!
A has, the books that fill the hearts
OF signing maids with fancy
And builds within their sight world
OF Cupid's necromancy,
The married life Is not a book.
It's fact, not fancy, lingers
Romantic honeymoonsv give way
To trufh-and baby fingers.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-04-10

A house to cost fifteen or twenty
thousand dollars is, in the opinion Of
the governor Of Indiana. good enough
for the chief executive of that state.
He fixed that limit In expressing his
opposition to the proposal to spend q
hundred and fifty thousand dollars for
governors house. No governor on a
salary of $1,000 could maintain SO ex-
pensive house, and he does not think
the state ought to be asked to maintain
IT. Few Of the states provide house
Tor their governor in the state capital,
and most OF the governors continue
after their election to live in their per-
manent homes. and go to the capital
when business calls them there.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-04-10

Here, girls, listen to what London
Society says of you! The charm of the
American girl lies in her beauty and
social talents. She is an ideal partner
to dance with, to take in to dinner or
to sit out picnic with. and she usu-
ally makes an active and successful
hostess. But when her husband dis
covers that she is never happy except
when going to parties. is bored In the
country unless with a houseful Of
guests. and is always craving to tear
from one fashionable resort to another
no rest, no peace-it is then that
trouble comes in" Much London Soci-
ETY. knows about it. Ell? Granted you
are an ideal dancer. a beauty and
charming dinner companion. did you
ever sit out picnic?" Picnics are
believed to be obsolete, as far as the
type OF girl referred to here is con-
cerned.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-04-10

A quaint and amusing party, now
that fancy balls are in order, was .
"Noah's Ark" given in Partisan high
life" several evenings ago by one of
the leading mondaines. The guests
filed in characters two by two, and as
no indication had been given as to how
the characters we're to be carried out,
the result was huge success. Some
OF the fair ladies tried to make their
representations Of the animals pretty
and coquettish, the effects being most
attractive. yet immensely funny, while
the men, on the other hand, made their
characters as grotesque as possible. As
the fun waxed warmer and warmer.
the animals" gave vent in speech to
the sounds allotted to them by nature,
and the ballroom rang with the lions
roar. the barking Of dogs. the cooling
OF doves and the singing of birds.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-04-10
DIDN'T REALIZE
ROW Injurious Coffee Really Was.

Many persons go on drinking coffee
year after year without realizing that
It Is the cause CT many obscure but
persistent ailments.
The g-caffeine-in coffee and
tea, is very like uric acid and is often
the cause Of rheumatic attacks which
when coffee is used habitually, become
chronic.
A Washington lady said, recently:
Il am sixty-five and have had a good
deal OF experience with coffee. I con-
slider 1t very injurious and the cause
OF many diseases. 1 am sure it causes
decay Of teeth in children.
When ! drank coffee l had sick
spells and still did not realize that
cofiee could be so harmful, till about
q year ago l had rheumatism in nv
arms and fingers, got so nervous I
could not sleep. and was all run down
AT last, after finding that medicines
did me no good, decided to quit COT
Zee entirely and try Postum. After
using It six months I fully recovered
my health beyond all expectations. can
sieer sound and my rheumatism IA Ali
gone" There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek. Mich. Read the famous little
book, THE Road to wellville," in pkes
Ever read the above letter. A new
cne appe.rs nom time to time. Tier
senuAses true, and fan Of hunan
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-04-10
Q Q Q

" " "
Rag Time.
No wonder spring is pure Think Of
the number of new leaves she turns.
4 4 4
A Cleveland poet wants to sleep a
thousand years. Poets always were
dreamers.
4 4 4
There Is one publication that few
men care to be written up in. refer
to the Sheriff's Guide.
Z 4 4
The man who does not keep in touch
with progress Is miserable and feels
like wall-flower at a party.
4 4 4
Just as my last ton of coal is disap-
pearing in the hungry craw of the
hot-water furnace, some mucker comes
along and tells me there hasn't been
enough cold weather this winter to
freeze ice and the price will be ex-
ceedingly high. o balm, where is thy
Gilead? or words to that effect.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-04-10
WHAT WIFE SAYS -eoEs.-
But It Sometimes is Bad for the
Painting.

When property-owner knows moth.
ing about paint it is bad for the
property-owner, and bad for the paint.
er. 1t would not be so IL the property
owner would always hire a skilled
painter, and then really leave every.
thing to him. But the house-owner SO
often fools himself on one or the other
of these things.
The skilled painter In every commu.
nifty has some Of the most incompetent
competitors that ever vexed a consci.
entious workman or contractor, and
the incompetents get jobs generally by
working cheap. In the next place,
when the skilled painter is hired, they
do not leave everything to him, as SO
many property-owners boast they do.
They interfere most ignorantly and
most fatally. They insist sometimes
on using paint materials without In
vestigating whether they are good or
not. Or perhaps they insist on the
painters hurrying the work.
I'm not going to have that painters
mess around my house month";" the
wife says, and what wife says goes
at the cost Of a lot of wasted painting
money.
If the painter stays away a few
days to allow the paint to thoroughly
dry the owner says: THAT painters
neglecting this work-guess he's side
tracking me for Jones' work. won't
stand it."
What chance does painter have to do
good work for man who is continually
nagging at him and otherwise handi-
Gaping him without meaning 1t, of
course)? A poor job is the inevitable
result Of such interference.
Poor painting costs the houseowner
forget that. 1t might
pay you to get the practical paint
book, painting specifications and In
strument for detecting paint adul-
terants, which National Lead Co. are
Offering under the title of House
Owners Painting Outfit No. 40. Ad-
dress National Lead Co., 1902 Trinity
Bldg. New York City. This company
do not make paint (they leave that to
the painter to dol but they make
pure white lead ("Dutch Boy Painter"
trademark kind. and they can tell
you how to save money by securing
durable painting.