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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-08-20
TWAS AGLORI0Us VICTORY

There's rejoicing in Fedora Tenn. A mans iii.
has been saved. and now DIR. Kings New Dis
eovery is the talk Of the town for curing C. "
Pepper Of deadly lung hemorrhages. Il could
not work nor get about" he writes. and the doc
tors did me no good. but. after using DIR. Kings
New Discovery three weeks. feel like a new
man. and can do good work again" For weak.
sore or diseased lungs. Coughs and Colds, lem
orrhages. Hay Fever. LaGrippe Asthma or any
bronchial affection IL stands unrivaled. Price
Soc. and sl.0o. Trial Bottle free. Sold and omar
anteed by al Druggists
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-08-20

We gather that the Petersburg Index.
Appeal prefers an oyster-bar to a crow
Oar for eating purposes Norfolk Land
mark.
The Index-Appeal has no preference
IN the matter. 1t eats one with as
much relish as the other. Ind ex-AppeaI
Please let us know when the
next performance is about to
begin.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-08-20
VALUE OF THE RAIN.

We heard farmer say, as he passed
our door Monday. that the rain was
worth $500 to him.
1t would not require large circle
about Waverly to make it worth $780,
600 to the farmers. and to the farmers
of the peanut belt, it must be estimated
in millions. -Sussex Standard.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-08-20

The present Virginia delegation in
Congress will never be returned in it's
entirety Norfolk Ledger-Dispateh.
Sure. Slemp will stay home
next time.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-08-20

If PRESIDENT TAFT carries out
ms announcement as he seem
now proceeding to do-that
is, to appoint half of the
census enumerators in the South
from the Democratic ranks, and
to promptly bounce any enumer-
atorfound taking an active hand
in politics, he will receive the cor
dial thanks OF the Southern peo-
pie. Such acts as this and
that OF relieving Collector Crum
(negro) will go far towards break
ing the ''Solid South
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-08-20

CAN q mother forget her child?
Mrs. Thaw has spent, so the
papers state, $500, 900 in TRYING.
TO save herdegenerate son Harry
Truly the love of "A mother is
something wonderful.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-08-20

RED flying fish are seen off Cane
Hatteras. Great blind tigers! Rich
mond News Leader.
.1ou'vegot it wrong. Houston's
pmk-winged crabs have given
way to green serpents with wings
that is, in the vision of the
ordinary fisherman plenteousIy
supplied with "bait".
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-08-20

DISPATCHES say that one thous-
and saloons closed in Texas on
July 10th. Must have been cleo
ton day.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-08-20

Goodbye. Mr.. Tucker, until 1917.
That period will cover another "eieht
years absence from the house of his
fathers. "-Danville Register.
You mean that he will live
In that Washington house until
another bee gets busy?
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-08-20
SHOPPING FOR L.n,es

Save travelling expenses and hav. ,our
shopping done BY Mrs j. 4 wean,.I
SS04 Oak ST., Raitimore. Sh. r. a.
close touch with the best stores aud ga,
ave our ladies money on their purch.s. +
W i nnes. IL costs them nothing extra
sampler sent upon request
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-08-20

We take the liberty to say in behalf
OF Judge Mann that he feels he has
been indicated of the specific charges
and the many yelled insinuations that
have been made against him. Black
stone Courier.
The Judge did not need vindi-
cation. by over five thousand
majority, in a light vote, the
Democrats OF Virginia vehement
ly rebuked the calumnious insinu-
alton that they were blank idiots
enough to believe absurd Islander
against n hitherto blameless life.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-08-20
CRISP MEMS.

The State Confederate Reunion will
be held in Danville October Is, IL and
LIZ
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-08-20

The vote in Colonial Beach was Mann
81, Tucker IL.
The Ordway new era., 1909-04-30

models were destroyed because the
brothers didn't want to risk having
any one steal their ideas.
They started on to France. which
has been and is the foremost In avi'
alton, and tried there to enlist funds
for their enterprise. They apparent
" wanted the French government to
take their aeroplane mostly on trust
AS Frenchman remarked long after
ward: "1f 1t were fraudulent gold
mine every one would have been will.
ing to subscribe. But this turns out
to be an honest enterprise. 80 Of
course there was no eagerness to pos.
sess It for France"
It was their manner Of conversation
that aroused the antagonism of the
Frenchmen who came in contact. Not
all, but some, Of the aviators frankly
did not believe the Wrights and
thought It all bunco scheme to get
money for nothing. The Wrights kept
close mouthed and let the discussion
run ON. They started experiments
down in a spot in North Carolina.
near q town called Kittyhawk. From
this place day after day came reports
Of flights. accidents, successes.
The Ordway new era., 1909-04-30

ideas Of the Wrights. They studied
aeroplanes for years before they
evolved the idea. 1t was In 1903 that
after framing the machine Of parallel
box kites they got the idea Of putting
in a gasoline engine to run the ma
chine and to force those changes OF
plane that would be inevitable In un-
favorable windage.
They had machine then that was
merely a glider. 1t was picked up AT
either extremity by two men who ran
with It for a distance until finally 1t
caught the air and started of on It's
gliding. 1t was about this time that
reports came east that there were
two men in Ohio who had flying
machine that would fly. The Wright
aeroplane had glided for distance
over ground. how great no one knew
but the brothers and certain chosen
frienda.
That started the controversy over
them, q controversy that never was
even partly settled until when
the recent public flights began in
France. The brothers made It q point
that NO unfrisndly persons should see
the asroplanss. and many successful
The Ordway new era., 1909-04-30

the case with many folks all sorts OF
explanations. foolish and otherwise.
were made of the way In which they
happened to become interested. From
the start, however, these Dayton bi'
cycle manufacturers were keen for
aeroplanes. They believed that the
soaring and flying Of birds could best
be initiated by aeroplanes.
The manner In which birds kept on
mile after mile after vessels at sea.
merely moving their wings now and
again, interested these brothers. as
IL has interested Thousands OF per-
sons who are not wrapped up In aero.
planes. The brothers knew or learned
that the birds occasionally Tapped
their wings In the midst Of soaring
because they had 70 mount another
or difIeront air current.
The Ordway new era., 1909-04-30

Air resistance Is harder thing to
tackle than water resistance. There
are more Quirks and twists to the
stream of air than there are in the
Mississippi water. All these things
made dirigible balloon flying hard.
and 1t had killed absolutely aeroplane
endeavor up to the time the Wright
brothers began. The earlier aeroplan-
lists had not been able to work out
scheme whereby the air resistance
could be accommodated SO that It
would help the flying machine instead
Of dashipg 1t to the ground.
The Wrights. too, believed that a
man could make much better wing
than Nature had done. The resistance
of feathers would not be present In
wing made Of silk. Furthermore, be-
cause a bird sometimes has to alight,
Nature has fixed the wings so that
thew may be folded. With an aero
plane that has nothing to do but ny
there need be no device for collaps-
ing the wings. They may stay extend.
ed all the time.
The earlier attempts at aeroplanss.
I.illieuthal's, Pitchers. Lsngley's and
Chanuts's, al lent something 70 the
The Ordway new era., 1909-04-30
Work for More kindergartens.

Mrs. Kate Douglass Wiggin Riggs
addressed the meeting OF kindergarten
enthusiasts who met the other day In
the New York home Of Mrs. J. Green
ough for the purpose Of establishing
kindergartens In small towns and VII
lagos. The scope of this new kinder
garten society will be national. though
its members declare that nowhere In
the country is there such demand
for the schools as within radius OF
100 miles OF New York city. Richard
Watson Glider. Nine. Maria kraus.
Boelte and Rev. DIR. David G. Wylte
also made speeches in favor Of the
movement.
The Ordway new era., 1909-04-30
WRIGHT AEROPLANE "BL LUFF"
MAKES GOOD
BY HOWARD S. Golfer

, lLBUR WRIGHT has proved
W ,he satisfaction Of hum
. uIeas Of persons In France
{ ;uat M the pretensions of the
) wright brothers that they
v, aad an aeroplane capable Of
|, 'V.e ,, founded ON fact, but for
T,e 4 ane they were under suspi.
as,s. s, merely kept ON saying that
In yp.ahe h..a had solved the flying
n. ~. W. they never showed the
m saa they never discussed it,
|s.s. VI plans. This reticence had
4 '.. W. naturally Of making the
| ~. ~ That's Just . bluR."
nnshts. Wilbur and orvilis.
.s,e been very sscrstivs about
,ssa.lon. ,san Az IL most generally
IVY took up the 6yins IN.
-S00' eight years ago. A. u
The Ordway new era., 1909-04-30
Special Round Trip Homeseekers'
Rates to New Mexico and Tsxas.

On the first and third Tuesdays Of
each month. during the entire year.
the Colorado & Southern Railway will
sell round trip Homeseekers' tickets
to a great many points in New Mexico
and Texas at one fare plus $500 for
the round trip. Final limit twenty-five
days. allowing liberal stop-over privil.
eges. For detailed Information. rates.
ETC.. call on the Colorado 6 Southern
agent. or address T. Z. Fisher. General
Passenger Agent, Denver. Colorado.
The Ordway new era., 1909-04-30

the cup and apron system and the
other cutting boxes into the tree. are
compared. The establishment using
the cup and apron system reported a
yield OF 1872 barrels of turpentine
for 20 crops, as against a yield Of
1900 barrels of turpentine for 80
crops where the old methods were
employed. 6S.2 casks per crop for the
cup and apron system as against 42.S
for boxes.
Both companies were operating for
The Ordway new era., 1909-04-30

and the industry is not old in the two wesrern
states. But the improved conditions under which
turpentine and rosin manufactured In Texas
and ouislana will not account for more than
one-iourth of the increase in yield.
To demonstrate more fully that the OF i'm
proved methods is largely responsible for the
remarkable increase shown, the reports from two
OF the large establishments In Texas, one using
The Ordway new era., 1909-04-30
fzEHNING THE G-zaAss:
fWTERS PREPARATORY
! TO DIPPING =

Vuceu Dy these conservative
PODS The work In conserving
vast turpentine orchards OF the
o has perhaps come in time to
the early destruction Of yellow
forests threatened by years Of
iess management.
fperiments conducted by the Uni.
s'ates forest service at Ocilla,
and Green Cove Springs, Fla,
leu as definite and reliable data
Ned from operators throughout
naval stores belt. have effectively
lmihed the great advantages Of
new methods over the old. Not
aas II been shown forcibly that
'onservative methods are of great
.euoh to the forests. but sum.
ua'a has been collected to show
we increase in yield OF both
uuae and rosin by the new and
@ "ea systems furnishes a strong
uelt In favor of their use.
poi's from the states where ma.
D.es are produced show that
Wete Is n greater percentage
NY e",lne produced by improved
S to,, .nere Is also greater yield.
s,o ,oi,owins table gives the aver.
s'ela OF turpentine per crop Of
1,,o, yo.es or cups. reported and
sD,au u oy states. together with the
e s,a, OF turpentine produced in
sa'e by either the Gun ana .,
The Ordway new era., 1909-04-30

the first year and timber and weather
conditions we're practically the same.
The two establishments reporting
these figures employ high standard
OF business methods and the figures
given are reliable. Forty.two barrels
Is considered n fair average yield for
the first year the trees are bled and
where boxes are used.
In Texas and Louisiana a greater
percentage of operators own their
own timber. Some Of the most exten.
sive places in these states are oper.
ated by large numbering companies
or corporations who are bleeding
their trees for turpentine and rosin
previous to converting them into
lumber. These companies have care
fully and systematically studied both
methods OF turpentining and the fact
that the new methods are more gen.
orally in use In those states indicates
their advantage over the old.
The Ordway new era., 1909-04-30

Accepting the Information
contained In this table as a basis
for comparing the results OF the
new methods with the results
of the old system Of cutting
the destructive boxes In the
trees, some allowance should
be made for the difference In
quality of timber as well as the
age Of the industry in the states
given. The timber In Texas and
Louisiana is considered superior
to that in Georgia and Florida
The Ordway new era., 1909-04-30
Hay.

yS.,;ssS!, ;sssS!,sS S:F 81: ssSiss$s,ssS ;;s
straw, $3.50 q 160: South Park wire
grass. 10000 si.oo.
The Ordway new era., 1909-04-30
66nln.

,sse se'a A.. oes'Ss %S per 1ss & &Is:
ti,ss; same % sacks. $40 Nsbrs.ks
d: 81; IN sacks. ia; corn chop.
sacked. tl.l6. Bran. Colorado, per 100
iS:.k p ;so: Rolled cats owt. sl.7s.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-13
RATIONAL SEWAGE disposal.

The Increasing intensity Of the controversy
over the disposal Of the sewage of the Passaic
Valley IN which the city and state Of New York
and the United States government are now
actively involved, ana in which il is proposed
10 solicit the good offices of the President and
the United States Senators Of the two states
ss ar4.ifrators. is an impressive demOnstra-
fion Of the progress which is being made tow
ard more cleaniy. sanitary and economical
disposition Of what is inaccurately called waste
matter. and toward a rational and prudent con
servation CT our inland and coast waters and
their products. The pollution Of brooks rivers
and lakes with sewage is now generally seen
20 be q grave menace 10 health if the water is
still used for domestic purposes. or Il gross
waste Of potable water if such use is aban-
doned II is also seen that pollution Of tidal
waters in the same way is menace 10 health
81 the living products Of the water still used
for food and q great waste if they are not used.
or if as is largely the case, there is decline
or failure Of the fisheries.
There is arising, moreover. realization Of
the fact that IL is wastefui to a deplorable de-
gree TO csst into the ocean the so-caled waste
rroducis Of the land, together with the vast
volumes Of water in which they are held i'm
solution or suspension. Even If the ocean is
able 70 receive all such matter and 10 dispose
Of il without offence, the loss 20 the land is
enormous and irreparable. and. at least in this
part Of the world. the simple diversion Of so
much water. regardless Of the solids which II
contains. into sewers and thence into the ocean
IS economically detrimental. The water alone
which is contained In our house sewage would
be valuable for irrigation in this region. which
Is now scientifically classed as seml-arid That
water should I'm some way he returned 10 the
soil where il Is needed. and not be artiiciaily
krsined from the land into the ocean.
q course. Il would be impracticabIe to pour
New-York tribune., 1909-03-13
APATHT AND GRAFT.

The Pittsburg graft hunters who say that the
nubic does not take enough interest in its own
affairs, and that the greatest force working
against municipal purity is the criminal com
pIacency of the people" are experiencing no
novel sensation. Men of intelligence and Of the
highest personal probity will vote for men for
public office in whom they would not think Of
reposing personal or business confidence. That
officials under such conditions do not more often
betray the interests of the people is the occa-
sion for surprise rather than the fact that some
Of them do what, in view Of the criminal
complacency Of the public they might rea-
sonablv he expected to do. Public officials can
not be expected, in the long run, to be much
superior to the average of the people placing
them In power
Graft viii develop IN any business, public or
private which is not watched. Eternal vigil
lance is the price Of civic honesty and civic
efficiency as well as OF business honesty and
business efficiency. Graft disclosures cause q
seven days' sensation. and then the public set
ties back complacently with the virtuous
thought that it has done It's duty and stirred
things up. leaving the old SET. or a new one, TO
continue their depredatons along different lines
until another spasm Of moral virtue overtakes
tie public. This applies particularly to munich
pal government, and no city can have efficient
local rule until the people take some such In
tcrest in their municipal affairs as they take in
their private business. net merely on primary
and election days. but 800 days in the year.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-13
RROOKLYN Is WARY.

So recently as February 1 Controller Metz
announced his opinion that any one who would
rim for Mayor Of New York on a platform
promising more subways would he "faker,
because he would know none could be built, the
city having no money with which TO build them
He added that the Fourth avenue subway, II
built, would not pay for itself in ten years.
by which we suppose he meant that 1t would
have to be operated at a loss for ten years Yet
on Thursday he said:
, The city will be able to undertake the CON
struCtiOn Tof the Fourth avenue SUBWAY II tHe
ARRANGEMENTS are carried out for Manhattan
under the Eterborough plan, and WI! stanu
for the spending of the entire $45,OOO,ooo that
will be required for the Fourth avenue SUBWAY
One dav there is no money to build subways
and the next day there IS S45.000,00o to build a
subway which, the day before, 1t would not pay
to operate in ten years. Such contradiction
would astonsh city unused TO Mr.. Metzs nablt
OF being on more sides of every question than
there are sides to it.
For the same reason his announcement that
he is ready to spend $45.000000 on subway II
Mr.. Shonts's plan is accepted in Manhattan Will
probably not have the effect that might natu-
rally be expected of making all Brooklyn clam
orous in support of the Interborough. We OBJ
serve that The Brooklyn Eagle made wary
by its past experiences, remarks;
1t IS too soon to whistle until you are out OF
the woods Mr.. Metz has been for the subway
before He has been known to give the most
conclusive reasons why it should be built, ana
he has also been known TO try to create the
most positive convictions 10 the contrary
Perhaps Brooklyn remembers that $230O00OO
which NIr Metz n little more than year ago,
had set aside" TO be spent upon the Fourth
avenue and upon nothing else.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-13
THE RELT LIVE PROLECT-

We hope Mr. Wigus's present plan for an
elevated and subway belt line around the lower
part of Manhattan Island for passengers and
freight does not take the place of his earlier
and more comprehensive project Of a belt line
freight subway. with small freight tunnels for
collecting and distributing freight reaching out
under the city and tunnel under the Hudson
to a freight yard IN New Jersey. 80 The city
needs more thorough treatment of It's freight
problem than is possible with elevated struct-
ure devoted primarily to passenger traffic. But
if Mr.. Wilgus and his company intend TO proI
ceed also in due time with their original pIan
an elevated belt line above their subway would
make their solution of the freight problem even
more comprehensive and successful than their
first suggestion promised. for there are certain
classes Of merchandise which can be much bet
Ter handled by an elevated freight railway, with
connections at the important piers than by
freight subway.
As Il passenger road. the proposed belt line
with its crosstOwn connections. would serve a
useful purpose. enabling the New York Central,
and probably the New Haven Railroad also, 10
bring their commuters into the city along the
river fronts thus relieving the congestion at the
Grand Central Station and in the subway at
that point. 1t would also provide transit IA
cilities in a part of the city where they are
now lacking. With a proper structure, more
over. there would be no general objection
elevated road along the water front
New-York tribune., 1909-03-13
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY
TFrom The tribune Bureau-I


Washington, March 12-The vice-Presiden+ ara
Mrs sherman were entertained at dinner to-rfzb,
by Mr.. and Mrs John B. Henderson who fnvftet
to meet them the Attorney General and HIS si4tsr
Lady Hatfield; the Postmaster General the FrsncS
Ambassador and Nine. Jusserand. the Spanish zlin.
lister. Senator and Mrs Elkins ex-senator and Mrs.
Dryden, Representative and Mrs. BaTthoIdt Repra.
sentative Lowering, Mr. and Mrs Eugene Van Rens
selaer, Miss Flora Wilson. Mrs Pullman, Mrs Benz
Dict Miss BOardman. Lieutenant General Miles NJ
Skyback and John b. Henderson, jr.
Mrs Nicou Ludlow was among the hosts ertsr.
tanning dinner parties tonight.
Mrs. Smith Hollis McKim. OF New York and
Washington. will entertain a large house party Of
young people at Arcadia. her estate near George
town. S. C, next week. Miss Eleanor Terry daush-
ter Of Rear Admiral and Mrs. Terry, will Leave
here on Monday to join them.
The officers at Fort Myer have issued invita-
uons for a md-Lenten dance at the barracks
Senator DeFew will return to the capital to-mor.
row from a visit in New York Mrs. Depew vho
accompanied him, will Join him here Monday.
The marriage OF Miss Emily Campeau Fitch
daughter of Rear Admiral Henry W. Fitch and
Mrs Fitch, to Albert Gerhard. OF Philadelphia viii
take place on April II. Their engagement xas
announced during the winter season.
Miss Carol Newberry went to Annapolis to-day 70
remain over Sunday the guest OF Commander
and Mrs. Albert P. Niblack.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-13
NEW JERSEY DEmOCRATTC FINANCE.

Some of the Democratic statesmen of New
Jersey have manifested their acumen by put
ting forward counter proposals against the Gov
ernors plan for rehabilitating the finances of
the state Their gem of fiscal wisdom consists
of two parts. One involves general cheeseparinG
of the government and reduction of the efficiency
OF various departments such as the Bureau of
Labor and the Tenement House Commission. and
the neglect of some public works which are of
great Importance 10 the people. Concerning that
ii may be said that the peape of New Jersey
want the efficiency of their government increased
rather than impaired. and are quite able and
willing TO pay Whatever may be necessary for
making it at least as efficient as that of anv
other state in the Union They empbatically do
not want New Jersey to be run on the chean.7
The other part of the scheme involves an IN
crease Of the taxation of the railroads, nth
New-York tribune., 1909-03-13

raw sewage Of al kinds upon the lana. but
as a scientific writer in The Passaic Daily
News" recently pointed out, it is possible TO
separate sewage especially of such communl
ties as the cities of the Passaic Valley. into
two kinds. one containing the organic matter
which I1Itrefies. breeds disease and becomes Oh
fensive and one containing inonenslve NOR
ganic matter The former kind comes cnleny
from dwellings and the latter from the mills
and factories In some countries this tact mas
been practically realized. and the two kinds o1
sewage are kept apart There. is TINS adued
reason for keeping them separate that the
mixture Of the two makes it all the harder 10
dispose of the whole satisfactorily, for the IN
organic chemicals prevent the natural purln-
cation of the organic matter through bacterial
processes. Kept separate, each KIND OF sew
age can be readily disposed of without danger
or offence. and the vast bulk of it, both fluid
and solid, can be returned 10 the soil whence
it came, for its irrigation and fertilization Ihe
world has taken long time to learn this les
son. but is now learning it. and, We believe. VIII
soon generally act upon it with great profit