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Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-16
THE KINGS BUSINESS.

Every man of intelligence recognizes that he who leads only the strenuous life is winning material things at the sacrifice of spiritual development. It has been shown to man that he was created to battle in the intellectual, moral and spiritual worlds as well as in the realms of labor, mechanics and mercantile pursuits: and to be an evenly developed, self poised, useful citizen he must give attention to the graces as well as to the employments If men realized this as they should we should not have to be marshalled to attend to "The Kings Business" which is a business of love and mercy over against the engagements of toll and sin.
 We are all conscious of the fact that "Some day the silver cord will break And we no more as now shall sing;
 V. and as Mrs. Urania Leach Bailey ex- pressed it, we at times become con scious of the fact that "the mistakes of our lives have been many" and that ''the sins of our heart have been more" It is then we should turn to LuG WOTQ WAICA IlkALtln every uidAl who cometh into the world"
 Our business is to achieve, and the Kings business is to make us all real ize that we should not live for self alone-that we are capable of and should put into this life something better than we take out of it-that we should elevate not oppress our breth- ren-that we should make the path of life easy, not hard.
 The Saviour of men was not a sen- timentalist but a practical leader of men in the path of life. The Golden Rule contains the essence of love and of common sense. and as a rule of gov ernment has never been placed in in- portance second to any constitution or document for government the com bined scholarship of the world has produced. Our Great Example never suffered action to obstruct light. This is the lesson for all men to learn. They should look for that light which flames in the heart, which illumines the temple of their characters, which teaches them
 How to gather up the sunshine
 Lying all around their path Not to scatter thorns, but roses
 To beam with Love, not nourish
 Wrath.
 Life without the hope that abides- without the light which directs, the heart that is true, is sure to become wearisome and oppressive. For where disappointment is always waiting upon endeavor man is sure to feel that life as not worth living.
 The Kings business puts faith up- on a firm foundation, and gives man faith in himself. in his fellowmen and in Truth, and imbues him with the power and the peace which nothing else on earth can give-the power which wins the victory over death and the grave and the peace which abideth where He reigns and angels dwell.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-16

We know when a man is in deep sympathy with us without his making an address, but few sympathizers get a better grip on the address than anything else.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-16

Eleven gallons of proof alcohol can be produced from a ton of dry saw dust, and the cost of production is six cents gallon. or nearly a seventh of what 1t costs to make d gallon from corn.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-16

It used to be safe for the senti- mentalist 10 wander in the woods at this time of year and dream his time away. but the gunner has made this vocation dange erous.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-16

It having been remarked that there are some, small pirates in the Gulf of Mexico, an exchange proclaims that there are some big ones in the United States
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-16

So long as Dr. Cook maintains his equilibrium there is not much dan ger that what others may say about him will lead the people to lose faith in him.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-16

Matt Henson, who went to the North pole with Peary, is addressing his race upon the experiences on the ice and the difficulties of getting there.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-16

Spain has yet to learn that a rash act is not a cure for rashness. AL fonso has his lesson to learn, and he may be assassinated before he learns it.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-16

While MT. Rockefeller lays down the true principles of success to the
 boys, we notice that he never passes out the key of his own success to any one
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-16

The Charleston sentiment: If there is a naval vessel that can't be re- paired at the Charleston yard, it should go to the junk pile"
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-16

The Y. M. c. As of Boston have consolidated and are now more hope ful than ever of erecting a home wor- thy of the organization and the Hub"
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-16

Here is Frederick Pinney Affinity Earle publicly declaring that he is tired of America. The country can spare him without a regret.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-16

chance beside you so far as I am con- cerned."
 And when Harry impatiently opened the door, the scene which met his eye told him his uncle would be in such a softened mood there would be no need for him to fear the outcome of Esther's plea--Boston Post
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-16

No one will ever claim that I-took- a-Shoo, Dr. Cooks Eskimo boy, ever took an observation. He makes his maps of a new country from mem- ory.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-16
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Roller skating is booming not only in this country. but in most other civ ilized countries.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-16

The assailers of the suffra gettes of England have learned to call them Hooligettes, which must be very pleasing to the Hooligans.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-16

When the harvest was ready, the working women of the cities of Ne braskal were called to the fields at $S a day to help to house it.
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No one will venture to deny that as many saints may be found among the Eskimos as among the explorers.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-16
SUNDAY MORNING TALK.
ZEE oMEBoDY."

This 1aconic injunction caught my eye the other day. It was the first headline of a bold-faced advertise ment proclaiming the advantages of a certain school of correspondence. It offered attractive courses in engineer ing, architecture, electricity and q number of other branches of learning and the inducement held forth was that it does not pay to settle down lazily in a minor position when by gaining inc that such an advertisement would command a higher salary. I can im- agine that such an advertisement would appeal powerfully to many young men. It suggests a differentiation of one self from the common herd, a striking out boldly with the hope and expecta- tion of amounting to something.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-16

Happy thought for today: The person who lives like Christian does not have to profess to be one.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-16

Paying people in their own coin is satanic rule of life. An eye for an eye and a tooth for tooth might become a bear but 1t is disgrace to a man. The true Christian must return good for evil and not evil for evil. Some professedly good people are not too good to retaliate in kind and what a life they lead. You know religious homes where tit for tat is the rule and discord and misery the order of the day. What profiteth a man to return grudge for grudge and curse for curse? A bad temper flyspecks a prayerful record. What is there in meanness that adorns a pious person or improves the 'condi- tion of the home or adds to the lustre of thy life? Calmness, self control sweetness are the trinity of good char acter and they are worth striving for every day in the year.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-16

strengthens the sinews and gives per- feet action to the digestive organs-it not only can put warmth into the room but strength into the back. brightness in the eye. elasticity into the step. It can make the man as well as boil the dinner pot or bake the pumpkin pie. The tree was great invention to meet an endless necessity and the Inventor did not fail in His conception of 1t. Man discovered it's usefulness but he is often guilty of not getting more than half out of the woodpile there is in it for him
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-16

It is interesting to see a great city of SO,OOO inhabitants wake up. It takes short maps. The real rural hush of night never comes upon it, for the cars run all night. it is a. m. before the theater- going population are all carried home and it is before the dissolutes and drunks forming the days rear guard seek bed and rest. Then the relief gangs and early workers begin to find their places in the manifold in dustries and the night workers com mence' to precede the influx of day workers which gradually grows into the morning rush. If there is a fort near the rising sun, the sunrise salute and the fleeing mists are the dawn's tri- umvirate, then the birds chirp and the illumined trees fresh from their bath of dew look fresh and fair and beautiful; then the smoking chimneys like the smoking crowd increase in numbers, the hum of the trolleys is heard more frequently, also the rat ting of teams. the whistles blow, the sound of human voices is heard every . where, the rush and whistle of steam cars on all sides and the town is once more wide awake.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-16

When Uncle Feb said "A good wood pile is the best thing I know of fur d1scouragin' oP Jack Frost he was delivering himself of everlasting truth, but there is a good deal more of it in the woodpile than this. The well being Of the physical man is closely allied to the woodpile-there is exercise in if which builds up the muscles and
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out boldly with the hope and eXpecta- tion of amounting to something.
 The nobodles are all about US. Some of them are amiab1e, welI-meantng persons. But they lack ginger and go. Negative, colorless, they are when the world wants men of conviction, men of action.
 Not so were the men who have real ly contributed something to humanity. Be somebody" whispered a voice in the ears of Tyndale early in the six teenth century, and he set his teeth and said, 'If God spares my life I will make it possible for any plowboy in England to read the Bible in his own tongue" Be somebody" was the bugle call a century ago to Samuel J. Mills, the American pioneer of the modern missionary movement, and he wrote in his diary, NO young man ought to think of living without try ing to make his influence felt around the globe. Be somebody" said the inward monitor to Frances Willard, and out of her brain and heart came the splendid development of the Wom- ans Christian Temperance union.
 Be somebody was the terse com- mand that spurred William Booth on to organize the Salvation Army.
 And thus. time after time, to the country lad hoeing his fathers corn, to the city clerk not content with be- ing a mere drudge, to the society maiden weary of her gayeties, to the middle-aged man conscious that there is yet another chance before the night closes in upon him, has come this in cisive voice bidding the one addressed cease being anybody" or nobody" and rise to the dignity of some body"
 It is a noble command. We are meant to be somebodies, to count for all We are worth, to play the game through fairly and vigorously and nev- CT be quitters or shirks. The man. aGer of a great corporation said re- gently that he sought for men to be- come agents of his company who could impress their Individuality upon those with whom the concern did business. so that they would not think of it as an abstract entity but would personify it in the faces and figures of its cheery. whole-souled drummers. Today. as fof yore when conditions were far sirp- Ter. people like to do business. not with tremendous affair known as the Amalgamated Hair Pin company, Linn fled. but with Jones and Smith and Brown
 If we cannot be somebody in the eyes of the big world, we can be within limited area We can be somebody to our children, our friends, our neigh bors, our church associates, and the secret is first to build ourselves up in the finest graces and virtues and then to expend them lavishly on others
 THE PARSON.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-09-17
PACKERS AND PLANTERS MEET,

The oyster packers and planters Asso-
cation of Virginia held a large and en-
thusiastic meeting at Cape Charles
Tuesday. Among the invited speakers
were DR.. Freeman. of the State Health
Commission, who, among other things.
declared that to his personal knowledge
Virginia had the purest and best oysters
on the Atlantic coast.
Another speaker by invitation was
Fish Commissioner Lee. After urpiog
the packers to advertise largely the
healthy condition of our oysters. to re-
fute the periodical injurious and enron
eous reports of scarcity of oysters in
Virginia, and to fight the trust PROPOSE.
ton of compelling packers to ship in
sealed cases, Mr.. Lee branched out on
various features of legislation his Com
mission was endeavoring to have adopt.
ed. He realized the gravity of seed
scarcity and was bending his efforts to-
wards relieving these conditions. but
his Commission was unequivocally in
favor of retaining and safeguarding
the bearing and profitable natural rocks
as public ground. This statement re-
,eived unusual applause. The speakers
we're rendered thanks from the Asso-
.iation.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-09-17

AFTER careful study of the
case we are convinced that both
Cook and Peary are mistaken
about having found the North
Pole. Many years ago now. it
was stated as q fact that the
earth was hollow, and the en-
trance to this interior was at the
Poles. Inside the hollow were in
habitants vastly superior to us
in intelligence and scientific at
tainments, and they lived very
comfortably in a world lighted
by electricity, the oceans, rivers
etc, alive with fish, and in q word,
heaven was not up but inside.
No one has SO far contradic+ed
or disproved the opinion of this
old-time philosopher. and for the
present we shall continue to be-
lieve in the hole (Symme's hole it
was called) and that the end of
the earth is hollow. Our vail
ant explorers evidently mistook
a huge cake of ice floating over
the hole for terra firma.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-09-17
RECKONING WITHOUT his HOST.

Capt. Kent is relying upon the sun.
port of Democrats in Virginia to secure
his election. He says that many OF
fuckers supporters will either vote for
him or not vote at ALL, He says that he
has found great dissatisfaction among
the Democrats of Richmond, as indicat.
ed in the Westmoreland and Common
wealth's clubs of that city.-Newport
News Times Herald.
Apparently, Capt. Kent has been
reading some ones scrap-book made un
from the literature of the Presidential
campaign of 1908. Mr.. fuckers sun
porters will observe the Urinary pledee
to support The nominee in perfect good
faith. because they are men of honor
and true Democrats. That's what Mr..
Tucker himself will do. AS to disaffec-
ton among Democrats of Richmond, as
indicated in the Westmoreland and
Commemorative clubs, that is a fig
ment of Capt. Kent's own brain. drawn
from conditions in the late presidential
not at all applicable to the
present State campaign. and which
ceased to exist last November. Capt.
Kent is previously deceiving himself.
he will be showed under in his candi-
lacy for the Governorship by more than
1000 majority. Now. let the gallant
Captain put this in his pipe and smoke
I. -Index-Appeal.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-09-17
OYSTERS MORE ABUNDANT.
lDanville Registsr.I

Inc oyster season does not open in
Virginia. so far as the public rocks
are concerned, until September 18th.
instead of September lst, as manS
suppose. This is due to a change in
the statute deferring the date when
they may be takeno on the public shoals
and bottoms fifteen days later than
formerly in order to decrease the catch
sufficiently to prevent depletion of the
oyster rock and to allow the young oys-
tiers longer to grow. This does not mean,
however. that oysters may not be had
at the restaurants, for it is lawful for
oyster planters to market their crops
thus early.
1t will be gratifying to those who
ind the oyster food delicacy to be
treasured as to the reported depletion
OF the Virginia supply. 1t was assert
ed last year that the catch of oysters
on the James river rocks and shoals
was so small as to make it hardly prof.
table for tongers and dredgers TO
work. We have always believed that
conditions were exaggerated then, but
however that may be, it is gratifying
to be informed this year that there is
no such fear. The planters generally
report an abundance of oysters of fine
quality in their planting beds this
season, and this is regarded as assur,
ing also an abundant natural supply.
On the other hand, the catch of oys-
ters on the Rhode Island and Counec-
ticut bottoms is reported less salts
factory than usual this year. From
these facts it may be seen that the
varying supply of oysters is attribu-
table to natural conditions affecting
propagation rather than to depletion
OF the beds and destruction of the
seed oysters by the oystermen.
Virginia's oyster wealth is well
worth preservation by all proper
methods of restriction of the catch
and by a strict enforcement of the
closed season. We are not inclined
to the belief, however, that il wouId
be desirable for the State to re-sur-
vey the natural rocks and shoals with
view to opening larger area to
lease by planters. Thousands of men
make their living by taking oysters on
the public rocks in season, and if this
area. which re-seeds itself. were thrown
open to lease by planters, thousands of
tongers must seek other means of
livelihood.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-09-17

Having nothing TO scrap over at the
PRESENT time. our interesting contem-
poraries. the Northern Neck News and
VIRGINIA CITIZEN, are now vieing with
each other in expressions of love and
admiration for the ubiquitous drummer
boys. Go long, friends; whom you
Northern Neckers love fellow, must
you tell him so?-Southside Sentinel.
Well. hardly. But "bootlick-
ing, the tool of a charlatan.
sometimes helps the subscription
list, and there are papers that
grasp at such opportunities.
! Upon this occasion. we merely re-
produced words that had been dis
torted and misquoted by certain
unfriendly statesmen. A contem.
1 porary saw an insidious way o.
profiting by the misrepresenta
tons and at the same time tax
ing sinister dig at our back
ribs. We are still i'm the ring
however, as it takes. more thar
below-the-belt taps of pigmies tC
lput us to sleep.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-09-17

GROUNDS Of tho James were "A a small
patch ~ the waters Of Virginia and
mat ~ other sections there were more
oysters than the State had had in TWEEN
" yesrs- To take these grounds awav
from the tonger would DESTROY the liv-
ing OF thousands Of men in yarious sec-
tons Coming down to revenues. he
SAID that the expenditures by the State
last year were $S2. 600; the collections
from tongers and dredgers s2l. 900: the
cohections from planters who are hav-
ing an extraordinary privilege and are
granted almost practically good ground
IN Zee simple with no outlay for pur-
chase price and only 81 per year tax on
ground that they transfer for $40 to
sioo per acre-these collections were
$oo'Ooo. He asserted that Virginia, at
rough guess, turns in more direct
revenue from the fish and oysters than
do all the other Atlantic states com
oined. Last year the State received a
total revenue of s76. 600 and net reve-
nue. of S44.0 900. He estimates that one
half OF the cost is due to the Is. OOO
tongers in the State and he declares
that the planters in James river have
cost the State more than the tongers.
In conclusion Mr.. Lee said that he
had proposed and urged legislation
which would, in his opinion, give the
remedy. He urged the people of New
port News to aid him in his efforts and
not to hinder him by knocking"
A vote of thanks was rendered Mr..
Lee and Mr.. Armstrong for their in
structive speeches.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-09-17
REPUBLICAN EXCESSIVE
TAXATION

We have before us tax receipts
issued shortly after the war when
Federal Republicanism had hold
OF the finances of our State. The
license to catch oysters was S..
and the capitation tax SO. We
are also reminded that nnder Re-
publican rule our State tax was
% cents on the 500. 1t was cut
to 40 cents by Democrats, and
during recent years reduced to
30 cents, as it now stands. And
who says Virginia isnot prosper
ing under Democratic admins
tratiOn?
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-09-17
DANGEROUS BUSINESS.
Norfolk Landmark

What the Danvilie Register truly
calls "a serious phase of the political
situation in Virginia lis that in the
liquor option election many negroes
are being permitted to register and
vote. who. under proper administration
OF the registration laws. would be un-
able to do so"
The eagerness of both sides to win
these elections is specified by the Reg
lister as the cause of this grave mis-
take. We join our contemporary in
deploring and condemning it. AS we
have repeatedly said it is at the reg
istratson line that the colored vote
should be kept out.
The same disagreeable phenomenon
thesRegister notes in Virginia was seen
and deplored in one of the counties of
North Carolina recently in a contest
between two towns for the county seat.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-09-17
AN ABSURD INsINUATlON.
[Newport News Presa !

The insinuation or charge made by
Captain Kent, the Republican nominee
FOR governor, that the Virginia State
Democratic committee padded" the
returns of the recent primary in order
to conceal the extent of the detection
In party ranks. is two absurd to de-
mand serious reply. There is but one
thing to say in connection with this
charge, II it can be called charge
and that is it is surprising that man
OF the dignity and position of the Re-
publican candidate should so far forget
himself as to give utterance to such a
ridiculous thought.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-09-17

With good menhaden fish season
drawing to a close); good tomato
crop (now at its height. and prom
ising outlook on the oyster market 1.-THE
oysters are here) we are ready to halo.
although not quite out of the woods
VIRGINIA CITIZEN.
Is it possible that you found all those
good things in the woods. Newport
News Times-Herald.
SURGEON the land and from
the sea. If you don't know it
come up into Goods country
and we will show you, friend. We
are called the "Outside Row." but
once get inside you'll not want
to get back outside.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-09-17
POLITICAL.

Hon. Siias II. Walker. of Augusta.
is another legislator recorded as being
left at home because he opposed Judge
Rhea.
Hon. H. K Walcott. of Norfolk, will
address the voters of Lancaster county
Monday. September Goth. at the coun-
ty courthouse. in the interest of the
Republican State ticket.
In the first great, test of his admins
tration William Howard Taft failed.
When the time came to choose between
serving the people or the trusts he
chose the trusts, playing into their
hands by signing tariff bill conceived
in iniquity and born in sin; a bill the
deliberate purpose of which is to fitch
money from the pockets of the people
and transfer il to the. Golfers of the
trusts. Peninsula Enterprise.