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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-08


Harvey 8, stiles. a horticultural. has
made discovery Of great interest %
the people OF the southwest. He finds
that dates OF the choicest variety.
rivaling the kind raised in Syria, VIII
grow I'm Texas In the territory includ.
ed in a triangle formed by a line
drawn through Laredo and Corpus
Christi. thence down to Brownsville
and up again to Laredo. Mr.. Stiles
went to Texas from California and be-
gan TO experiment He found the fe-
male date tree In the Brownsville couu-
ny and began n search for the male
tree. He presently discovered this and
polllnated the two. AS a result he rats.
I'd lao pounds on three branches ON
one tree. 1t now seems probable that
the date industry will prove great
Feeder for the brownsville country
New York Tribune.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-08
Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic
$500 RAILWAY co.
Piankatank River Line.

Schedule in effect Sunday June I4tb Ians
Steamer leaves Pier 3 Light Street wharf
baltimore every Sunday and Wednesdav
weather permitting. for report and intar.
meclate landings, us follows:
Leave baltimore ID. m, Mia 2.sO n m
Sampsons2:45, Tipers 3, BlackweIls 3::0 Flee
ton 4. limbs 4:lO. Reedville 400 HARDING q
narveys, 6:l5. Grace Point 7:IO Byrdton f.a0'
hilmarnock $3.50. Ocl ans S:45. Jackson's CrseE
IL Cricket Hill ll:30, Calls Il:45. Arrive
fitchetts 1890 m.
Leave huarks 1:s0. p. m Warehouse Lax
onrsds :, Green Point 2:l5 Stampers 2:s0
Islands Arriving at Freeport 4:3O
Returning Steamer leaves Preeport for Raj
Iimore ana intermediate landings every Tues
gay gay ana Friday, weather permitting, as
Leave Freeport7 a. m. Bands 7.lO SIAM
pers t;Sn Green Point 7:45. Conrads s. Ware
house $50 RuarksS Is. Fitchetts 10 Calls i0.:s0
Cricket Hill lO:45. Jackson's Greek II:3O Ocrans
1 p m. kilmarnock l:40 Grace Point I.50
byrdton2 Hardings 3. Harveys BIS FIeetoI,
~, Iimbs 8. Reedville $50. Mia 8. BiackweIis
o-SO: TlpeB Z, Simpsons 7:I5. Arrive Baltimore
early next morning.
TITS time table shows the times at which
poats may be expected to arrive ar md de-
part IRON the several wharves but their ar
rival or departure at the times stated In NOT
guaranteed, nor does the Company hold II elf
responsible fo- any delay or any consequence
arising tnerefrom.
Freight received at Baltimore for abov
points on sailing days until s:3U m.
Wizard THOMSON. Gen. Manager
W. h. BROWN. Agent, rier3
L. MURDOCH. Gen. Passenger Agent
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-08
Heart toHeart
Talks.
Rv EDWIN A NXE
ONE wOMAN'S ExTRAvAGANCE.
By EDWIN A. NYE.
Copyright. 1908. by Edwin A. Nye.

Mrs. Howard Gould spent S224.OOO
for pin money" In one year.
This fact was revealed In the divorce
suit brought by her husband. She spent
this tremendous sum for dresses,
knickknacks, entertaining, etc.
Moreover
Mrs. Gould, while making no denial
of the fact that she had expended the
vast sum on her personal wants, con-
tended through her counsel that Mr.
Gould had tried TO starve her out of
Gould castle.
Two hundred and twenty-four thou
sand dollarsl
Note few figures:
The starvation allowance made by
Mr.. Gould would feed 100000 starving
poor for several whole days.
If this sum of $224,O0O were In silver
dollars it would require 40 husky men
to carry 1t If each man carried 100
pounds.
That many silver dollars would
weigh seven tons, n fair load for six
horses to pull.
According to the census, the average
expense of an American family is
about $500 year. Put $224.O00 at in
terest at 9 per cent, and you could per-
manently pension thirteen such fami-
lies. The principal would keep $50
such families for one year.
The census reports put the average
price of farm In this country at
$1,000. Mrs. Gould's yearly allowance
would buy fifty-six such farms.
Put it In the shape of dresses. The
average woman would consider $50
the maximum price for a dress Mrs
Gould's annual expenditure would pur-
chase dresses for 7,466 women.
WELL" you say, 'the money belong
ed to Mrs. Gould. Did she not have
the right to scatter it according to her
personal fancy?"
Legally, yes.
Morally, no.
Every dollar of that money. in the
last analysis, represents somebody's
toll and sweat, somebody's short din
ners and pinching economies. 1t is
part of the capital of society, the ag-
gregated savings OF millions.
Now, for instance
Has this woman the right morally
TO spend $224,O0 on her petty caprices
while $4,000 school children In Chicago
go supperless to bed?
The spectacle of such wanton extrav-
agancc in the face Of so much want
and woe breeds not only envy but ha.
tired Of the very rich.
And It is the sort Of hatred that Is
dangerous.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-08
MAKE HASTE SLOWLY.

Young man!
Ever note n slow moving freight
train putting on an uphill grade! II
you are some distance away the train
may appear to be making no progress
But II is inching along. After awhile
you look. The train has disappeared
over the hill.
BE like that freight train.
BE slayer.
Make haste slowly" is an excellent
old adage that Is workable. II may
seem you are getting on In the world
all too slowly. But. II you are really
getting on, hold tight, In the end
you will win.
Watch that sailing vessel loaded to
the guards with lumber. 1t looks like
n painted ship on a painted ocean,"
Is IL moving?
Well, that schooner was loaded w
Green Bay way. Here II is I'm mid
lake. Go down TO the harbor I'm n day
or two. \ little tug will be graphing
that slow going vessel to convey 1t up
the river to the big lumber yards. It
VIII have arrived.
BE like that sailing vessel.
Keep going.
1t Is quite certain that during ,the
voyage the schooner will have to\ be
tackled this way and that IN order. 10
get across the big waters. But It VIII
never stand still. And It will keep
moving in the general direction of
Chicago.
SO you in your sailing course may
be Obliged sometimes to tack. That
sort of sailing will be slow. Never
theless bend your sails to the fresh
cning breeze. Keep your vessel head
cd in the general direction of your
destiny-and keep going.
Learn TO labor and to WAIT.
Do not grow impatient. Move for
ward. However little, move forward.
Move slowly, carefully. SURELY. If
the get-rich-quick sprinters try to- pass
you, let them. In the long run-in the
long run, mind you-if you hold out
faithfully, you will get there. And
some OF the sprlnters may not get
there
If at the end Of the week you have
saved dollar, HANG ON TO TT
He who saves only little-regularly
saves-over what he earns Is on the
direct road to success
If at the end of the week you have
learned some important thing about
your business, HANG ON TO IT. You
are making progress. Keep on.
And
Some day when you have succeeded
you will look back over the road and
see how straight was the road and
how narrow the way by which you
came.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-08
The Sermon.

The sermon Is pre-eminently q "sa,
Grafton" lacking spontareity and con
ventional in the extreme. In the days
OF Whitefeld and Edwards. whom ther,
was general belief IN literal and
physical hell fire, preacher couiI
move his hearers with the awful thri,
OF tragedy, but with the widespread
passing of that belief that supreme
source OF rhetorical power is gone
New York Tribune
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-08
Longevity In Turkey.

According to the Medical Record
Turkeys climate is productive OF great
longevity. OF mt least has that reputa.
ton. In Kent Baghtcha presumably in
Turkey there is said to be now living
at the advanced age OF 1874 years q
government bookbinder whose father
was 142 years old when he died.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-08
Maryland, Delaware & Virginia
RAILWAY COMPANY.
Baltimore, Fred
fE~NfEKN ericksburg, Nor
fsES-z;-3l l{ss1ts<B folk and Hanna.

Baltimore, Fred
eyHENA ericksburg, Nor
IEzzs2I folk and Kappa
hammock River Routes.
Winter Schedule in effect December % 1903
Steamers leave Baltimore. Pier2. Light st
as ioi. LOWS; weather pen mi.tingj Sunday u
white Stone. lrviDgton, weems, MilIenbeck
Burhs rs. UrbanDa, @ouaskoD. wster View
BOWERS, wares and %efifora ro oS ;etn Stops at
Tuesday 430 y. m. for westIand, North Rnd
Millenbeck. Merry Point, oitomsn. Me eems'
Burhsns, Urbanna. Mousskon, Waterway
w Wheaton Psg Port. sbarps. Bywlers. wss es,
audneld, Carriers, Laytons, tLeedstown
Ssunders. WDmont. GreeblaNR, Port Hovai
a r9r, CI E,to Hay mount. Hop Yard, Hat,
e 10 esday 400 y. ~. for North End white
49, 49, nurhans. Burtons. whesltors : arps.
1 iday @P. m. for North End. Win creek
bite stone, Irv ngton. ". ems Milienbecs
purt"ns MOnaskon. Water View " bea1 aans'
Sharps. iappahannock. "a lso stopping nj Row
iers' F" ares, Wellfords aud Baypot on return
Steamers leave Fredericksburg. for na,,,-
more. Md, and intermediate land nRs every
mittins, Tor Ratclines, Hop Yard. AsymoppT1r,
Port Conway, Port Royal, Greenlaws u 81
~ mont IT. Saunders, Le.dstown. Steamer stays
at Leeostown until n. m. next morning
Leaves Leedstown at 1 a. m. Ialtsens
Carriers; Blsn reid, MAYORS $50 q. n, Tapps"
lers Sherps, BaY Port, Wheaton, wstar
view, NOUNS ko,, Urbsnna 1890 %. IN Itnr-
, nnns; h1 M Merry 10 ut ESQ p. M t
/ land. f "ese-
Steamer will leave Tappahannock. ve.,ha,
permitting 100 a. m. Monday Tuasds1
thursday, and Friday, stopping as follow,
Wellfords, Wares, BowIers, Sharps, fi,sy Prr,
/ MAt0TVioW
burton. BurhaDs. Milienbeck, tMorsns
| tUUI .t MERRY Point, Lrviugton, Weems
/ land. u' '"est-
TUESDAY and Friday only.
| TUESDAY and Thursday
Monday and Friday.
| Friday and Saturday.
The Friday steamer is Same es ma 49,,
above from Fredericksburg. N''eu
TAPPAHANNOC NORFOLK
Leave Tappahanuock. weatber ,,o-..,..,
| SaIu, uay p.m.. stopp lnR at Weliforis wares
vv0wIe,s, sharps, Bay Port. Wheaton, Wa q,
| Mliienoeck, Merry Point, Ottoman Mn,a.is'
Gems; Irvlnston. White Stone, Mill CreaS
Returning, steamer " ill leave NorfolL NJ,
nsy, o p: N weather ern itting, for Tapns
nSmnSSck, Stopping at landings as above. eS-
cept Merry Point. Ottoman Moran snd %
| Port. stopping at bowlers, Wares and va %
'oros on return trip to Baltimore on Tuesdsys-
| ot,a. VIII not be received In Norfolk
1 - me vi otAiiluk
| Inns timetable shows the times M vht.h
eteamers may be expected TO arrive AZ ami A.
part from the several wparves, but their a.
| rival or departure ut the times stated q. -.
guarantees, nor does the company hold itsais
aesponsipe Tor any delay or any consecuenoes
arising therefrom. $~o"Seo
Freight received in Baltimore u,,u
on calling days. Will" p M
WILLARD THOMSON. General Mansser
L. uhDOCH, GENT Frt. and Pass. At
w. D. SCOTT. Agent FrederieESb11,r ao
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-08

vigor and cheerful
ness soon disappear
when the kidneys are
out of order or dis
eased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that IL is not uncor-
mon for a child to be
born afflicted with
weak kidneys 1.-the
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-08
RICHMoND, FREDERICKSBURG q
POTOMAC r. r.

Schedule in effect September 9Th 1908.
LEAVE FREDERICKSBURG. NoRTHWARD
25 a. m. week days, local
05 a. m. daily.
81 a. m. daily.
10 % a. m daily, local.
l % p m. week days.
80 p. m. daily. local.
OIL p m. daily.
10 09 y. m daily.
LEAVE FREDERICKSBURG. SOUTHWARK
50 a. m daily. A. C. L. train.
6 OF a. m week days. local
q a m Sundays only local
10 IS a m daily. S. A. L. train
II az p. m week days. local
20 y. daily, A G. L. train
So p. m daily, local
3 O6 p. m daily. S. A. L. train
days. - 70 a. III. "eek
Arrivals and departures not guaranteed
W.. TAYLOR. Traffic Manager.
.. Q. Cox, Agent
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-08
CHESAPEAKE STEAMSHIP On
"CHESAPEAKE LINE -

ELEGANT PASSENGE R STEAMERS "COI,-
UMBiA" AND AUGUSTA"
FOR Old Point Comfort and Norfolk. va.
steamers leave Baltimore daily lexoeot
Sunudyi Al o:sO p. M. and arrive Old pofnf
OomIort ~ a. m. and Norfolk at 7.OO a n
snr connection Is made with the Rail Lines
YORK RIVER LfNE.o
ELEGANT PASSBNGE R STEAMER .AT-
IANTA" For WEST POINT snd
RICHMOND. VA. anu
steamers leave Baltimore Tuesday. Thur.
gay gay ana saturday at p. m, and arrive West
roieC at 16a. N and Rich mond a. y. o !. m
steamers call at Gloucester Point CIem-s
ants. Clay Bank and Almonds.
STeAMSRS LEAVE BALTIMORE PROV
PiERSB AND 10 LIGHT ST. WHARF.
Through tickets to all points NAV ba a..
cured: baggage checked and ststerooms Re
served from the CITY Ticket Ofices iI9 r. RAJ
timore ST.. A RTHUR w ROBSON, agent Ie7
r. baltimore St. or the General Ofices, Lehf
and Lee st, baltimore. Md.
REUBEN FOSTER Ell CHIsu
General Manager. Gen Passenger Aoent
It. IL. MCDANIEL. Asst GEM Pass. Asens.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-08
Women as Well as Men Are Made
Miserable By Kidney and
Bladder Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind,
discourages and lessons ambition; beauty.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-08

child urinates too often, if the urine scalds
the flesh, or If, when the child reaches an
age when il should be able to control the
passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wet-
ting, depend upon it, the cause of the diff
Guilty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to a diseased condition of
the kidneys and bladder and not to a
habit as most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made miser-
able with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect of
Swamp-Root is soon realized. 1t is sold
by druggists, in fifty
cent and one-dollar AsHnz6 Ass::: -
size bottles You may Iss {, ;: S;'::
have sample bottle s1zs.sszz E@ 2
by mail free, also a homo OF svampRoos.
pamphlet telling all about Swamp-Root,
including many of the thousands of testi-
monial letters received from sufferers
cured. In writing DIR. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, be sure and mention
this paper. Don't make any mistake,
but remember the name, Swamp Root,
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the adj
dress, Binghamton, N. Y, on every
bottle.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-08

by d druggists, in fifty
cent and one-dollar
size bottles. You may
have a sample bottle
-
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-08

lie is no funky.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-22
COTTON In SANTO DOMINGO
Province of Monte Christi Leads in
Exporting the Staple.
Cultivation of Plant still in Expert
mental Stage, but II
Promises Well.

Consul Ralph J. Totten, Of Puerto Plata.
believes that the island OF Haiti. and
especially the santo Domingo Republic.
win take an important place in the list
OF cotton producing countries. He writes;
THE cultivation OF cotton is still in
the experimental stage in the Dominican
Republic. Tree cotton is found growing
Wild throughout the northern part OF the
island. II has a rather coarse. short
fiber, but Is very white. It is gathered
by the country people and used for max
ing pillows. mattresses. sc.
The serious cultivation OF cotton as
an export crop has been attempted only
in the province OF Monte Cristi. In the
spring OF 1907 some OF the more progress
sive merchants and landowners imported
n quantity OF sea-island cotton seed
Experimental plots were planted with the
imported seed. other with the native seed.
end stiT others with both All were fairly
successful. but the best results seem e
have been secured from the mixed seed.
After the FIRST year a plant was OBJ
tanned that was larger and harder than
tho sea-island cotton. but a much longer
staple than the native plant Il is not an
annual, but viii bear for al least three
years with good results. The country
people are becoming interested In the
matter. and a constantly increasing acre
age is being planted. An up-to-date cot
ton gin has been installed by merchants
OF Monte Crist
In 1905 $1,000 pounds OF clean cotton
were exported. while a conservative esti-
mate gives 10000 pounds for the crop OF
1909. For what has already been shipped
this year they have received - cents per
pound In the English market. with the
assurance that a better price will be
paid for the next lot II a fairly large
shipment is made. There are large areas
o. land IN all parts OF the republic which
although not suited 10 the cultivation OF
cacao or any OF the strictly tropical
crops. seem TO be thoroughly adapted to
the raising Of cotton
The Washington herald., 1909-08-22
Political.

The National Monetary Commission
created by Congress last year. under the
currency reform law. was in session in
the Plaza Hotel. New York. last Mon
day and Tuesday. with Senator Aldrich
presiding. While no formal report on It's
findings is expected before its next meet
ing in Washington in October. It was
gathered from private conversation with
members that the commission has become
a unit in favor Of the central bank plan
as result Of a close examination OF that
plan as employed in European countries
The visits OF two Cablnet officers at
the summer home Of President Taft have
conceded with the report that a plan is
afOOt for the general revision OF the Fed
erul corporation laws. The original draft
OF the laws 10 prevent trade restraint will
be intrusted 20 a law commission com
posed OF the two Cabinet officers con-
suited. Nagel and Wickersham, together
with Solicitor General Bowers. Repre-
sentative Townsend, and Commerce Com
missioners Knapp and Prouty. This COM
mission viii begin work soon at New
York One effect Of the new programme
is likely to be the limiting Of the powers
OF the Interstate Commerce Commission
10 that Of a purely judicial body
Fifteen Of the so-called twenty-one wet
counties of South Carolina voted on
Tuesday to do away with the dispensary
system in favor Of straight prohibition
The dispensary was retained in Charles
ton.
At Des Moines on August Il William J
Bryan for the first time gave to the press
a signed statement expressing his view
OF the new tariff law and its Republican
trainers He says that "the Aldrich bill
Is consummate fraud. deliberately
planned and boldly executed"
The Washington herald., 1909-08-22
THE NICKEL NECESSARY COIN
without II Many small Articles
Would Jump in Price.

WouId Jump in Price.
Fsom the Milwaukee Sentinel
II the government should discontinue
the coinage Of nickels and call in those
In circulation II would make It necessary
10 revolutionize the present car fare sys-
TEN. the telephone pay system, and would
make changes IN the price Of practically
every small article.
The government could better AFFORD 70
quit coming most any other coin than
the nickel. according to Henry KlOeR.
cashier OF the First National Bank. In
the opinion of Mr.. Kloes there are COM
paratively more nickels coined than any
other piece. and the government could
no more do away with them than II could
with dollar bills.
There are hundreds OF thousands OF i've
cent pieces lost every year. he says. this
being responsible for the unusually large
coinage OF this particular piece.
II has been said that n Il were not for
the street cars the nickel as a coin would
soon become extinct This is not so. says
Mr.. Kloes The department stores take
in nearly as many nickels during a day
as the street car companies.
II the nickel were abolished a new sys-
tenn Of car fare would have 10 be adopted.
Nickel shoe shining parlors would be put
out OF business, and the telephone COM
panies would have TO change the price OF
city calls"
Beer, soda water. ice cream, and other
articles would Immediately jump IN price,
and the cost of living would be materially
increased.
There has practically been nothing
done 70 diminish the need OF the nickel. -
said Mr.. Kloes. except that slot machines
are being abolished. They used many
but II every machine was wiped out the
effect would be hardly noticeable. There
is no danger that Uncle sam viii quit
coming nickels.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-22
BIGGEST OF ALL MACKERELs.
Purchaser Refuses Ten-doIlar Oner
far an EIsht- FOUNDER.


Boston. Mass, Aug. Until few days
ago a mackerel that exceeded four pounds
in weight was considered something re-
markable but when capt Rufus Mckay,
of the seiner Spectator. showed one he
had taken in the catch he brought TO I
wharf there was change Of opinion, and
the ordinary large mackerel looked like 6
Gamer in comparison.
Capt. Mckay had been seining on the
Rips and had taken some pretty big fish.
many OF them Weighing above four
pounds. but when the men came acress
the real big one the crew stopped VsorlC
for a time to get look at It. The fish
was carefully laid In ice separate from
the others. and when the Spectator s
matches were opened II was brought out
and shown to the dealers.
Immediately there was a struggle TO get
IL. and II was finally bought by Elmer
Prior for P. II. Prior, T wharf The FISH
was placed on exhibition in the store and
was viewed by hundreds. 1t weighs eight
pounds and is twenty-nine and one-half
inches rom the tip OF the head TO The tip
OF the tail and nineteen inches IN its larg-
est circumference.
Mr.. Prior was made an Offer or $40 for
the fish by a Beverly dealer, who wanted
- present il TO President Taft, but he re-
fused the offer. as he intends to have II
mounted.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-22
EXECUTING.

After having named a large number OF
census supervisors. President Taft issued
an order against their taking part in
political activities except to vote. and d.
rectlng Secretary OF Commerce and Labor
Nagel to dismiss any supervisor or enum-
orator who serves on any political COM
mittee. makes speeches. or sollcits votes
for a candidate. The work of the super
visors VIII begin about the middle OF Oc-
tobeT, and that will give them about six
months IN which to get in touch with the
problem before the actual count begins
on April Is next. The pay OF the super
visors for the eight or ten months Of
their service viii average 5000.
It is understood that the Navy Depart
mont OF the government VIII soon adver-
tise for bids for two aeroplanes. to form
the nucleus Of an aerial squadron. The
specifications will require a machine
which w.n rise from and alight on the
water. II will have To- be able to re-
main in the air for four hours. carrying
two passengers, and have a speed OF
forty miles an hour. The two aerOplanes
are 70 be used for scouting purposes, and
will not undertake to carry weapons or
ammunition. They would be attached 10
the scout cruisers.
To commemorate the Hudson Fulton
celebration at New York next month.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has or
dered the Bureau OF Engraving and Print
ing to issue 5O.Oo0.O0O new 2-cent stamps
TO be ready for sale by September 20.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson's an
nual report. made public Wednesday
shows that the total farm value OF the
crops produced in this country last year
was S,71S, 600. This was a gain OF
S290,000000 over the total farm value Of
the crops for 1907 and S3,05l. 900 above
the census total OF crop values In 1892
At the head Of the crop list stands corn.
which last year was worth Sl.6l5000. 900.
For the first time the value of cotton ex-
ceeded that Of hay.