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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-08-06
Observation-Disclosures.

There are three important links In
the chain OF human life, each insep-
arably linked to the others In this
order:
misunderstanding
Habit makes character. aud charac-
ter determines destiny
Habits are grooves cut into the mind.
Deeply cut by long continuance. they
form character.
The very meaning OF the word
character is cut in" A mans char
actcr Is literally made by the channels
or grooves cut into his brain cells by
long continued habit.
Habits are good or bad. being
craven into the mind by usage.
Many forceful individuality has
failed OF being ali 1t should be because
OF had habits.
iiyron and Sheridan aud Keats were
slaves OF the drink habit voltaire and
Balg;l, wrecked their nervous systems
by the excessive use OF strong coffee.
Neither Daniel Webster nor bril-
liant lick Yates. war governor OF ILL
nois. could make speech without be-
ing filled with liquor.
nat Is 10 say. these men thought
they could not speak without slim
ulants. and thoughts. long continued.
are real things-habits.
On the other hand. Abraham Lincoln
had no bad habits. The grooves OF his
mind made for good character.
Moreover
Habits are recorded In The body as
well as in the mind. Habits shape the
character OF the body and determine
Its destiny.
Doctors will tell you that most OF our
diseases are caused by the unnatural
habits OF civilized life.
is IL not strange that the only ami
NAL that reasons should reason itself
ilio habits that will injure 1t both In
mind and body?
Freedom from bad habits is true
freedom
IL Is royal struggle to tackle your
bad habit and overcome It, You can
do that only by cutting In" new chan
nels OF thoughts painful operation.
Therefore the Importance OF cutting
the grooves OF the childs brain cells
by its doing over and over again the
right things until the channels are
deeply craven.
Teacher and parent must form the
habits that determine character-and
destiny
The three linked chain holds.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-08-06
WINGS THAT WERE FINS.

Evidence That Penguin's Pinions Were
Once Used For Swimming.
archaeological puzzles are the pen.
gums. with their curiously shaped
wings and odd. unbirdliks. upright car
rage. The peculiarities OF their wings
suggest that the penguins are descend
ants OF birds which used their wings
rather than legs In the pursuit of prey
under water. aud az the struggle In
tensitied between the competing indi.
viduals the most expert at this sort OF
swimming would get the Most food
and GUST less successful rivals The
winners gained advantage over their
neighbors In proportion as their wings
Improved as swimming organs and in
verseiy aud OF necessity became less
suited TO perform the work OF digit,
In all other birds the feathers. though
shed annually. are more or less grad
ualiy displaced. But In the penguins
the new feathers all start into being at
the same time and thrust out the old
feathers upon their tips so that these
come away In great takes. whereas
In oil birds save penguins the new
feathers as they thrust their way
through the skin end Ia pencil-like
points. formed by investing sheaths.
In the penguins these sheaths are open
at the tips and attached by their rims
to the roots OF the old feathers. and
hence these are held to their success
sors until they have attained a suffi-
Client length TO Insure protection against
cold.
The curious device for retaining the
warmth afforded by the old feathers
until the new generation can I'LL their
places Is apparently due TO the fact
that penguins are natives OF the ant
arctic regions. although some now IN
habit tropical seas.-Chk'ago Tribune.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-08-06
W. d. SCOTT. Agent FredericksbS
POTOMAC RIVER ROUTE.

Schedule in effect Saturday, May 18th. 1901
Tire I, Ups weekly between Baltimore and
Washington.
lie we BAL imore. Pisr 3, Light Street.
Weather per mitti ats p IN every Monday.
ednesday aud Saturday. for the fol ing
liver landings. Alexandria and a hington:
Be 10. Grasons. Cosn 5a. m. BundicSs Lakes.
walnut Point, CowSrts Levi eta. Kinsale.
Lodge; Mundv Point: &C mt a. Pinev Point 10
Stones Bushwood, Lancaster 4 p. m. River
eide liverpool Point. Gly mont, Alexandria,
.stops only on signal.
Leave waFhing' on ID G., 70 & of Sew nte
Street. weather er'uitting. at y. m every
Monday, w edne sday and Saturday. for the fol-
lowing river sndings and Bs'timore:
washington Alexandria. 4:45 . m. G ymont.
Liverpool Point. Rivers a =. Bush sood. Ian
caster, Cobrums Stone Leonaritown a m
Ahells. Piney Point. sCintra. Lodge 10 a. ~
Mundy Point. Kinsale IL noon. Can. Bun
dicks. Lab es " alnut Point. owarts. Lewis
e u Mi les 4p IN. g rasons 8 p. IN. Broomes
Porto Belle d y. IN Baltimore.
-Stoo only on signal.
Arriving in Ia timore early Wednesday. Fri
day nd Mond y MORNINGS
Freight received in baltimore on sailing
This timetable shows the time at which
steamers may be expected to ARR e at AN
depart from the several wharves. but thcir
arrival or departure mt the times stated Is not
guaranteed nor does the Conn any hold itself
responsible for any delay or any consequences
arising thcIefr,m.
Schedule of extra steamer on Potomac i've
line in effect July ird 1909
g. Leave ave baltimore. tweather permittingl>
"a urony. .. m. Toe Coan hundicE's
Co~arts, Lakes. Walnut Point. Lewisett.,s
kinsale. Mundy's 20 mt. Lodge aiding
lie urning steamer leaves odgr. y a mn
Monday l~eather permttting) stopping at All
me aboNe Iandi gs. arriving i'm baltimore
This Is also to give notice that the leaving
time of the repu ste, mers ON Potomac rsyer
or baltimore, wi be as follow : until ia rther
NOTICE, lie nardtown IA IN. lodge Landing
va m. kins lie. ii a nj.
rms VIII make the leaving time of landings
oe.ow Leonardt W.. one hour earlier than
when leaving eonard town at ga M
The above In addition to regular schess nile of
1914 "S -"'A.
STEPHENSON aRo., Agt... Washington
hkAkDoN and CIR MEs Apts. Alexandria.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-08-06
Heart toHeart
Talks.
GRADUATED AT roRTY.sEvEN.
BY EDWIN A. NYE.-

A few years ago Dr. Osler was made
10 say that the average man should
be retired nj forty-fiye and chloro-
formed at sixty years OF age.
An Iowa man refutes the Osler
theory.
About four years ago George C.
White OF Nevada, Ia, developed an
appetite for politics and was elected
a member of the Legislature. where be
rapidly forged TO the front.
He was chairman OF the committee
on ways aud means OF the lower house
and was regarded as one of the most
forceful members of the general as
sembly.
While a member Of the legislature
Mr.. White was also a student In the
law classes OF Drake university. at Des
Moines. and last spring he graduated.
But this Is not all
He is going to Yale for two years,
where. with his Drake credentials, he
can at the expiration OF that time
complete postgraduate course.
Then Mr.. White viii go back to his
home town of Nevada and open law
office.
Now, mind you
This man is forty-seven years Of
age!
And when he gets through Yale he
will be nearly fifty years old-the age
when some men begin to think OF re-
tiring from business.
Mr.. White Is wise.
Realizing little late I'm life that he
had missed his vocation, that he had
made false start. he simply backed
up and started over again. He dis
covered he had been "cut OUT for a
lawyer, but had been spoiled In the
making" Very well; he would make
himself over.
1t Is safe to predict that with his ini-
tiative aud nerve in taking up the
study Of the law at forty-hve Mr.
White will succeed In the practice of It.
The fact is most men grow old and
die prematurely because they lose In
tcrest In life.
Dir. White Is as keen In his new
born zest for the law as any man Of
twenty-five. His plans are projected
far into the future years. like boys
plans. He will begin to live his real
life at a time when most men begin
to die.
And this optimistic viewpoint will
keep him young.
He does not propose that his life
shall slowly dribble away drop by
drop Contrariwise--
He prefers to go over the precIpice
with the full sweep and rush OF Mag
ara.
III you would grow old rapidly and
die early. NOPE in your chimney corner
and dream only the dreams OF the past
III you would live long In the land.
renew your youth by dreams OF the
future
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-08-06

A coal merchant who was a man OF
few words once wrote to an agent the
following brief letter:
Dear jones'"
In due time the agents reply came
as follows:
Dear Mr.. sinciair-":"
The coal dealers letter. translated.
said. See my coal on" which Is the
semicolon expressed verbally.
The agent informed the dealer that
the coal was shipped by saying sim
ply. "Coi-on."-Scrap Book.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-08-06
A PIrrFuL WARNING.

Abner Smith. the wrecker of the
Bank Of America. Chicago, and for
ten years circuit judge I'm that city.
Is now convict In the Joliet peniten-
tfary.
he voluntarily knocked at the door
OF the big bastile and asked TO be ad.
niitted.
When he learned the supreme court
had denied his last appeal. Smith, In
order to avoid publicity. quietly left
his home by the back door and. unob-
served, went to the railroad station
and thence to Joliet
What had he done?
Why should the gray haired Judge,
go long honored by his fellow men,
SLOUGH through back alleys to take up
his lite as n convict?
Crooked banking.
That is 10 say. this was the crime on
which he was held 10 the grand Jury
and convicted. But really Smith was
guilty Of
Speculation
He speculated on the board of trade
while he was on the bench, and when
he went into banking the fever of
speculation was still in his veins.
The judge was found guilty of fraud
and deception as banker He was
sentenced for that crime. But his real
crime was
Speculation!
The court could not punish Smith for
specializing. because there is no law on
the statue books against that kind
OF gambling. Nevertheless speculation
created the necessity for the other
crime.
Warden Murphy says the case of
Smith has no parallel In the ANNALS of
the penitentiary. Never before has a
jurist OF the dignity OF Smiths posi-
ton been sent TO state prison.
Ii was u triumph OF justice.
Strong Influences interviewed In be-
half or the banker Judge. There was
long legal fight. but finally Justice
that justice this stern judge so often
evoked for others-Overtook him.
1t was pitiful-
Pitifnl when this old man stood at
the threshold OF his home and took a
last sweeping glance at the familiar
things OF a thirty years residence,
kissed his old wife goodby and then
walked heavily away.
Iftiful. but another warning against
the insidious tempter-
Speculation.
1t was pitiful when the wife stood
at that back door. voiceless and be-
reft, gazing with unseeing eyes at the
evidences about her of Atty years of
happy married iife
pitiful. but
BEHIND the misery md the desolation
grinned the fell instigator OF all the
ruin
Speculation.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-08-06
Ialtina Hlr-

Bashful Youth-Miss Bella. does
does your mother object to my coming
here so much? Fair Chsrmer-oh. 1
think not! l heard her telling papa the
other evening that you merely came to
pass away the time: you didn't mean
anything serious.-London Tft-BIts.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-08-06

'v ~ "siFessss.
ITS hard to lose beautiful daugh-
ter" said the wedding guest sympa-
thetically.
Its blame sight harder TO lose the
homely Ones" replied the old man who
had several yet to co. Boston Tran
scxtnt
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-08-06
The Qixisian.

'Whatr' exclaimed Mrs Flatleigh.
You don't mean TO tell me you pay a
girl $40 week for cookingY
"Oh. nor replied Mrs Urbanyil!e.
I'VE only pay her 81 week for cook.
Ing. The other So Is for staying
Chicago News.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-08-06
Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic
$50 RAILWAY co.
Piankatank River Lima

Schedule In effect May end 1919.
:, SJ.eainer leaves Pier Light Street whar,
baltimore. every Sunday and Wednesdsy
mediate landings, AS follows:
Leave Baltimore 10 m Mill s.aa -
SSampsons 2:45. Tipers J. BlacswelIs s.ar
FIeeton A. limbs 4l0 Reedville AN Eara;s-'oe.
o; liza veys 6:l5. Gree Point s:In Ryrifo,, sn
klimarnock 1:3D Ocran S:45 Jackson,s 60.
III, Cricket Hin ll30. Calls II:SS srr,sa
nItch IT, l2:l5 p. m. Leaves Ruarks Lam m
warren use l:i5, Conrads 2 Green Poinf OIL.
Sampers 2:Su. GLANDS s. arrive FreeIort x.a1.
returning steamer eaves Freeport r n IA
timore and ntermediate landings every ,rnss-
follows: Pe'nit'iugs as
Leave Freeport a. a.. BIan's 7.l0 stsm,a-s.
s.So. ur en- Point -. c nrads g Warrhonss
s;U. huarks S:45. Fitchetts TO- Calls M. n
cricket ~ lO:i5 Jacksons Crees NJ on No.: rs rs
l y. m kilmarnock lao Ora q Point i.s1
nyruIon z. Harti gs parveys 3.Ih Fiaaton.
~. iImos5 Reedvi.le $50 Mia q Blact ,va1ia
Oh, I1pers SIMPSONS 7:l5, arrive In Rail-
NOR early next morning.
TITS Time table shows the times st xxht.h
steamers may De expected TO arrive at and -.
part from the several wharves. but their AZ
rival or departure at the times rtsted ts noA
guaranteed. nor does the Company hold Stssis
Responsible tor any delay or any conseo uancss
arirIng tnerefrom. 'otooncss
Freight received at Baltimore for shova
points on sailing days until 3:3U d M
u.i.ARD THOMSON Gen. Manager
w. DowNEY. Agent, BALTIMORE
T. MURDOCu.
Gen. Freight and Passenger Agent
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-08-06
Maryland, Delaware 4 Virginia
RAILWAY COMPANY.

Baltimore, Fred
fS%4ENA ericksburg, Nor
folk and Kappa
hammock River Routes.
Schedule in effect March IL. 1909.
ID ALTO. gTAPPABANNOCK ~ FRED'G.
Steamers leave Baltimore. Pier Light ST..
as follows weather Psrmi,tingl Sunday Il
ssa e irSinSton. wee%s MiilenSeei. Mer lrs
Pom: Ottoman; Moran. BWhsni Urbs1ns,
P Pnga's sbarps Bowlers' wsres WySelifordssy
TSppahsnnoci ga. m. Nay iors Hole. Bland.
nrid. Carriers Laytons. sLeedsto~n n. Saunders
way. H~y Mount. Hop Yard, Ratclifes. Fred
Steamer leaving on Sunda, does not stop.
gOn Mondays steam er Will leave Leedstown
at l.% a. M
B,LTIMni F-TAPPAHANNoCK.
Steamer ieavos Bal,im ore "Wednesday ard
Eri S;, 40 p m: for North End M,, Gre, K
*nI rhaui. fBur'"rs. Urbanna. Monaskon,
"w healtUns, " alter View, 'Shsrps, "Tappahan-
mock
sSteamer leaving Baltimore cn Wednesday
will only op at landings marked.
FRED'G, TAPPAHANNOCK BALTIC.
Steamers leave Fredericksburg SUNDAY,
aop Ysr a' PORT conway. Po@t
Royal, Greenlaws. Wilmont. Saunders. Leeds
town a. M. layton Carriers. blanneld.
wenfords, Wares. Bowlers. Shsrps a:30 a. m,
Bav Port, wheaton, Water View, Honsskop.
Urbarns 1s;0 D. M, burhsns. Millenbeck,
i Iery D Wee@s. white stone. I.ii Creek
$50 ID. m North End y. m. Westland.
Arrive in Baltimore Tuesday. Thur day and
Saturday mon inRs-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Steamer, leave Teppahanuock, 7:S0 a. m.
Tuesday and Thursday .stopging at Wsllfords.
bon AtsnE Gflnw Port
wheaton. Wa'eryiew. Monaskou, u rbanna,
/ Burton, Burhaus, Millenbeck, Irvington,
weems, " bite stone, mil Creek; Worth IND.
| day morning.:
| stop at UrOanna and Bay Port.
TAPPABANNOCK-N
| Leave Tappahannock, weather permitting.
Saturdays y M. stopp ng Mt Weilfords. Wares,
View, Monaskon. UrbanDa, Burtons. Burhane.
Miilenheck, Merry Point, Ottoman, hOrHEs,
lrvington. Gems. White Stone, Mill Creek,
Returning. steamer will leave Norfolk Mon
day p. IN weather perr lifting, for Tspps
| hammock, stopping at handbags as above, ex-
| Port. Stopping at bOwlers, Wares and we'll
| fords on retui n trip to Baltimore on Tueedaye-
| Freight will not be received In Norfolk
after y. IN. on sailing DAYS.
This timetable shows the time AZ which
| steamers may tie expected TO arrive at and de-
part from the several wnarves, but their ar
rival or departure at the times stated is not
z,.s,tI %, nos uvS J Sno Soa,c.s
arising therefrom
Freight received In Baltimore until p. m.
WILLARD THOMSON. General Manager,
baltimore. Md.
w. ID. SCOTT. Agent Fredericksburg.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-08-06
CHESAPEAKE STEAMSHIP IN
CHESAPEAKE LINE.n

CHESAPEAKE STEAMSHIP CO.
"CHESAPEAKE LTNE.n
LE0sNT PAssENe RR STEAMERS ..co,-
UMBiA" AND AUGUSTA"
For Oid Point Comfort and Norfolk ~
seamers leave Baltimore daily lexcaa,
Sunosyl at $40 p. m. and arrive Old Poipt
COMFORT AT a. m. and Norfolk at 7ya, a m
wnere connection Is made with he Rail I.ine:
Tor all points South inos
"YORK RIVER LINE"
ELEGANT PASSENGER STEAMER .Ar-
LhNTA" For WEST POINT ma
RICHMOND. va. anu
steamers leave Baltimore Tuesdav. Thur.
cay aud saturday at J.. m. and arrive Wast
roi OF AT I;t5 u. nc and Rich mond &c y. a = M
o,eamers call at t'lC ucester Point Clem
acts. Gay Bank and Almonds.
srkAaSRs LRAvE BALTIMORE FROM
PIERS Is AND 10 LIGHT ST. WHARF.
through tickets to all points NAV be a. :
cured baggage checked and staterooms re-
served from the CITY Ticket Offices II9 R. Raj
tmore ST.. ARTHUR w. ROBSON agent Is7
r. bait more st., or the General Offices Iicht
ana Lee ST. Baltimore. Md.
REUBEN FOSTER. eJ Cursu
General Manager. Gen Passenger Acans
T. n McDANNEL. Asst GENT Pass. Agent
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-08-06
Speculation.

sleepy Silas--I see dis paper sava
England and Wales have 75O.OO0 pau
ptrs Weary Watkins OATS just like
de English. ailus blowin' about some
thin = Youkers Statesman.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-08-06
The Cause OF Many
Sudden Deaths

There Is disease prevailing In this
country most dangerous because so decor.
@UI @S tive. Many sudden
: ! !" J
HCJkS - EI34s deaths are caused
E1SSff7J<3 by it-hesrt dis
,I[ON$N >H-2S ease, pneumonia,
iIlSxV u4 && heart failure or
!llN1l HIN gu e apoplexy are often
NSSS IVA Nj the result of kid
-JHMn klH uey disease. II
SEVkANSH kidney trouble is
Wy neutrality-suspicious.
--.~-xS>s~- ed blood will at
@ck the vital organs, causing catarrh of
the bladder, brick-dust or sediment in
the urine, head ache back ache lame
back, dizziness, sleepiessness. nervous
ness or the Kidneys themselves breai
down and waste away cell by cell.
biaoder troubles almost ALWAYS rcsulS
from arrangement of the kidneys ard
better health In that organ is obtnined
quickest by proper treatment of the lid.
neys. Swamp-Root corrects Inability to
mold urine and scslding pain in sssinp II
and overcomes that unpleasant necessity
OF being compelled to go often through
Tue gay, ana TO get up many times during
tue night The mild and immediate effect
OF Swamp-Root. the great kidney rernefy
is soon realized. It stands the highest be.
cause OF its remarkable health restoring
properties. Atrial will convince anyone
Swamp Root is pleasant to take and i,
sold by all druggists in ffty-cent ard
one-dollar size bottles. You may havc ,
sample bottle and book that tells eli
about II, both sent free by mail. Address.
Dr, kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. "
When writing mention reading this gen.
erous offer IN this paper. Don't make
any mistake, but remember the name.
Swamp-Root, and don't let dealer sell
you something in place of Swamp Root
II you do You will be disappointed
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-31

with Mr.. somes and family at Chicago
Heights
w. c. Neil spent Thursday in Chicago
transacting business.
While delivering groceries Thursday
about noon Rufus Rodabough, who is
employed by A. A. Kuss. was hurt quite
badly. He had just finished delivering
on Carondulet avenue and had turned
down the alley to deliver an order on
Commercial avenue when, just as he
jumped from the wagon, 1t fell over on
him and the iron bar at the top of the
wagon fell across his neck. A nearby
neighbor, working in his barn, heard
the groans of the suffering boy and
came to his rescue. In a few moments
other neighbors had gathered and the
doctor and the ambulance was sum-
moned The horse had never moved, and
when they got the wagon up from off Of
him they carried him into the house Of
Mr.. Clawson of Carondulet avenue, I'M
conscious. His mother and sister soon
arrived. The doctors could find no brok-
en- bones, but thought he might be hurt
internally. He was taken in the am
bulance to his home on Superior ave-
nue.. A short time after he had arrived
home he became conscious and was
resting quite easy.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-31
A Pronounced Success.

The presentation Of Mother Goose"
jubilee at Central Music hall last even
ing. under the direction of Professor
Rice, assisted by host of home talent
artists was a pronounced success and
the good sized audience was well re-
paid for Drawing the elements and cold
weather. Everyone performed their
part in a particularly pleasing and
amusing manner, and to pick out any
one for special mention would be
showing Partially, as all performed in
very creditable maner. The produce
ton will be given tomorrow evening
Saturday in order that those not be-
ing able TO procure seats for the initial
performance will be able to do so for
tomorrow evenings presentation.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-31
SOUTH CHICAGO.
A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

A proposition was submitted to the
South Chicago railway officials by
the Chicago city Railway company to
buy all the lines of the South Chicago
railway. The offer was made to the
South Chicago company by President
Mitten, and, it is said, has been prac-
tically accepted. The Chicago Railway
company has offered the sum of ST..
100000 for the portion of the local lines
This deal would make Seventy ninth
street instead of Sixty third street as
the terminal of the two railroad sys-
tens.
The Iroquois Iron company yester-
day came forth with the large sum of
$500, 600 for an immense pig iron plant
to be built within the next six months
on the east side of the Calumet river,
directly opposite the old car barns. The
announcement was made personally by
Mr.. S. A. Kennedy. general manager of
the iron company. Plans had been
drawn for 1t a couple of years ago. but
the Dunno administration halted the
work, but now it is ready to proceed
to its utmost.
The Blue Mouse" which made an
elegant hit and decided hit in New
York, will open four days engage
ment at the Calumet theater Sunday,
jan @ The Blue Mouse" is an ex-
ceptionally good play and it will pay
the theatergoers to see this show at
modern prices
Charles Picho, laborer. was brought
into South Chicago after he had been
struck by a passenger train at Pine
Station, Ind. He lives at Indiana Har-
Dor
The Brinkly Girls club will hold a
reception at the home of Miss Rose
Kramer, S147 Exchange avenue, next
week.