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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-23
OYSTER SITUATION.

The following extract from the card
of our friend, Major James N. Stubs,
of Gloucester, in which he gives some
good advice to persons interested in the
oyster industry should be of interest to
our readers:
The press of the state is agitating the
Oyster" Something will be urged
to raise more revenue at the next Leg
islature. More revenue will be demand
ed although few years ago all that
was asked. MAKE the industry self
sustaining" Now more than $40, ,O0C
annually paid into the State Treasury
over and above all expenses and yet
more revenue is urged. How much
more? Well, any where to 81, ,000. 600.
The time has come when we people in
Tidewater should be united, stop having
decensions and get together. Howl
Have a convention in some central place
in Tidewater, composed of planters,
tongers, riparian owners, shippers
capitalists and after consultation, after
all interests are heard, give and take, ther
form and frame such measures as vii
be approved by all the interests; le
measures be reasonable, fair and just
then go TO the General Assembly an,
ask for the passage and / believe w,
can succeed. Not more than thirt,
members out of one hundred and fort,
in the General Assembly, are intereste,
directly or indirectly in the oyster in
dustry and if Tidewater is divided tn
other members will say 1--WE will SET
tie the matter, Tdewater is divided an
let them quarrel among themselves.
After many years experience let m
give this advice, ''Let US make q deter
mined effort to frame our oyster law
and ask the General Assembly to pas
them." Also at the convention we ca
have discussions over laws pertainin,
to clans, fish, crabs and terrapins an
ask for legislation if necessary.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-23
TACT.-AND WHAT 1T DOES.

The women who have exerted the
greatest social influence have not been
beautiful or intellectual Among these
was an American woman, Mrs. Octavia
LIE Vert, of Alabama, whose reputation
for social charm and popularity was in
ternational. She had pleasing and a
cultivated intelligence, and she had
supreme tact-a possession that enabled
her to please all classes, to reconcile SO
cial differences, to be the friend and
counselor of statesmen-the confidant
and adviser of ambitious young men and
timid young women.
young man who had been sent by
his county in Alabama to represent il
in the Legislature. attended a reception
at the state capital city. He was coun-
try-bred. unused to society: the brilliant
gathering awed him, and-overlooked
by his hostess-he sat silent and de-
pressed. Mrs. lie Vert was there-the
center of admiring friends. Her quick
eye discovered the young stranger and
she came and sat beside him. With
tactful art she drew him out of his
embarrassed. self-conscious mood. and
led him to talk Of his home and his
people; finally of his ambitious hopes
and plans. When she had succeeded
in reviving his self esteem, she intro.
duced him TO some of her friends and
he greatly enjoyed the occasion.
In later life, when he had won a rep
utation, he spoke with feeling of Mrs.
lie Vert's kindness that evening. at
saved me-" he said. from becoming
embittered and discouraged: and possi-
bly, from giving up my hope of public
career. MARY E. Bryan, in Uncle Re-
mus's-The Home Magazine for April.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-23
TRUCKERS NOTES.

Truckers throughout Tidewater report
a practical loss of their seed. potatoes
by rotting in the ground.
1t is good time now to burn the
broom-sedge from fields, If you have
not already done so. Burning n little
earlier would have destroyed some of
the seed that has now been driven into
the ground by rains.
On the basis of bushel of corn pro-
ducing 2.5 gallons of alcohol, it has been
figured out that last years corn cropin
the United States was sufficient to fur
nish 20, 900, 900 horsepower for 10 hours
day for an entire year.
A practical farmer says that his
cows produce more milk when provided
with warm water during cold weather.
the principal cause in the shrinkape of
milk being that ice-cold water interferes
with the digestion of food, whereas
warm water promotes it.
Truck raising is making fortunes.
One Charleston man raked in $50. .OOC
from his cabbage crop in 1907, and the
spinach, asparagus, beet and straw
berry growers are money-makers.
Charleston is behind Florida and three
weeks ahead of Norfolk in furnishing
the Northern States with early green.
stuff.
Your acre need not be idle in the win.
ter. Get the ground in good shape anc
SOW spinach, covering it lightly witt
manure or straw, as protection. II
Is hardy plant and will grow all win.
ter, so that early in April, sometimes
in March. you may market it at % tc
30 cents bushel. 1t doesn't take long
to pick bushel of spinach, and it soon
counts up. The possibilities of an acre
of land near large market, planted
with various vegetables, are great and
most profitable.
EXPERT ON POTATOES AND TOMATOES.
Potatoes require dry soil, that is, O
soil that does not get exceedingly wet.
1t must be either naturally or artifi-
cially drained. Potatoes rot so often
when grown in the wet soil. / have
had so years experience with the two
kinds of soil. The one is a safe, re-
munerative undertaking, and the other
is almost sure to bring failure.
To protect tomato plants from insect
ravages, paris green is safe and eff.
feetual if properly used. The tomato
crop is being very seriously damaged all
over the country by blight which at
tacks the foliage of the plants. To pro-
tect them against this, as we'll as to save
them from insect depredations, it is
best to use combined spray of bor-
deaux mixture and paris green. using
one quarter pound of paris green to 4C
gallons of the bordeaux.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-23
THE CONNECTICUT OYSTER.
What's the Matter With the State
So Often Thrown up 10 Us?

A Connecticut oyster planter in dis.
cussing the taxation question a few
days ago said:
Thousands of acres have been aban.
doned since 1886. 1t is Is, 900 less now
than then.
Prior to 1876 most of the Connection,
output Of oysters was imported from
Maryland and Virginia. The enterprise
of the oyster growers created a great
industry, which has been of enormous
benefit to Connecticut, and the laws
now provide for an assessment of the
grounds at fair market valuation and
tax of fifteen mills, which is a high
rate considering the very slight protec-
ton of law which oyster ground can re-
ceive under the circumstances.
''The fact that the oyster industry in
Connecticut had a magnificent growth
between 1876 and 1885 has nothing more
to do with the increase of taxes on oys-
ter ground now than had the original
reasons that were put forward in the
Governor smessage, namely, that Rhode
Island received great deal larger in
come per acre. Everybody that knows
anything about the subject understands
now that there cannot be any more inteli-
gent comparison between the Rhode
Island grounds and the Connecticut
grounds, than there is between the
choicest garden plot in Connecticut and
the widest. rocky sheep pasture.
1.-THE other reason which was advan-
ced in the Governors message, namely,
that the grounds OFF Gullford and Mad
ison are assessed at one dollar per acre,
is disposed Of by the fact that the own
ers Of those grounds are freely offer
ing them in the market at one dollar
per acre. and even 75 cents per acre
with no takers, ard there are
between 10000 and 20, ,0OG acres waiting
application in that locality from any
body who will pay one dollar per acre.
''The facts about the income which
the Governor discovered in Boston have
been published in the printed reports of
the Shellfish Commissioners repeatedly
during the past ten years, with full ex-
plantations of why the difference exists.
''Now that the reason advanced in
the original message are melted away,
there is disposition in some quarters
to grasp at the straw that the industry
was developed greatly during the
period from 1876 to 1886. This does not
affect the question any more than the
original erroneous assumption did.
''ln these days, when our forests are
destroyed by fire and the axe, and our
soil Impoverished as result of this
denudation and paid taxes on them,
have paid for enormous experiments
and losses, and are not only conserving
our resources but have created a great
industry.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-23
FORGOT PERMIT; BODY CAME BACK
Maryland Health Authorities For
bid Landing Of Remains.

Richmond, Va, April s.-A strange
story comes to this city from the
Northern Neck, regarding the attempt
ed removal of a body from Virginia to
Maryland. Sometime ago, according to
the report, a respected citizen of the
Northern Neck died, and mis- family
decided to carry the remains to Mary
land for burial. The local undertaken
duly embalmed the body, provided it
with coffin and saw that it was placed
on the first boat bound for Baltimore. but
he forgot the necessary transit permit.
Accordingly when the boat reached
Maryland soil at Baltimore, the health
officials of that State refused to allow
the body to be landed. on the ground
that it had been removed contrary to
law. The family of the dead man beg
ged that they be permitted to bury the
body in Maryland, but the law gave the
health authoritiesnod discretion and they
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-23
FATE

You gave me my work to do. you brought
and set it before me;
1 laughed with the laughter of one,
seeing, who understands;
l bent to the task elate, zeal like a
mantle Ger me
Why did you break my wrists and
shatter the strength of my hands?
You gave me the song to sing, and mine
the JOY of the bringing
Strands of Heaven and sea and earth
strung TO the perfect note.
Finished, glorious, whole, raised my
head for its singing
Why did you seal my lips and crush
the song in my throat?
The work was fain to dot rusts in
the drift of the sands;
The song l was fain to sing is waste
for the winds to float.
Why did you break my wrists and shat
ter the strength of my hands?
Why did you seal my lips and crush
the song in my throat?
-Theodosia Garrison, in Appleton's.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-23
FREDERICKSBURG SUMMER
NORMAL INSTITUTE

The plans for the Summer Normal
Institute at Fredericksburg have been
perfected. The Conductor, Mr.. A. B.
Chandler, jr., of Richmond, and the
Local Manager, Mr. Granville r. Swift.
of Fredericksburg. have been in consul
tation recently with reference TO ar
ranging details for the conduct of the
school. A folder, giving information
in nutshell about the Summer School
is now ready for distribution among all
prospective students and friends of the
Institute. A handsomely illustrated
prospectus of the school will also be
ready for mailing in week or ten days.
This Institute was the largest purely
Summer Normal School in Virginia last
year. An increased attendance is ex-
pected this year and all arrangements
are being made with this in view. The
assembly home and school building will
be thrown open to summer students and
the dormitories of the Frederick sburg
College, under the management of a
competent house keeper, will also be at
their disposal. The entire citizenship
of Fredericksburg is interested in the
success of this school and many of the
most desirable homes of the City will be
at the disposal of the Normal students.
The handsome new Public School
Building with its Is large and well ven
tilated rooms, just completed at cost
of $45, 100000, will be used for the ses-
sions of the school. The program of
the lectures has been so arranged as to
avoid conflicts and to permit students
to take any subjects they desire. All
Of the subjects required for lst, End and
3rd grade certificates will be taught. In
addition all of the subjects required for
the first years professional course and
several subjects for the second and
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-23
MIR. TUCKER AT ACCOMAC.
(Cipeper ExnonentN

O0peper ExponentD
On Monday last the Hon. Harry st
George Tucker made speech at Ac-
comac Courthouse. Among the things
that the Hon. Harry st. George Tucker
said we find the following interesting
dsliverance:
II want no man to feel embarrassed: /:
any question you put to me l will an
swer. came here with no league be-
hind me; no w. c. T. u. back of me.
as understand my opponent has.
am here as Democrat asking for Dem
ocratic votes.''
The Exponent has already asked Mr..
Tucker a few questions, but, so far.
we have been unable to observe that
he has ever answered them. 1t seems
that the Hon. Harry ST. George Tucker
only answers the questions that are
propounded to him by one newspaper.
the Richmond Evening Journal, paper
that is notoriously for Tucker. The
Journal questions are usually propound-
ed just on the eve of a speech that
Mr.. Tucker is going to make, and they
are answered with promptness that
is exceedingly gratifying. This leads
the Exponent to presume to hope that
some day its humble questions might
be answered. Therefore we are going
to again make the attempt to obtain
some light on the various matters that
will be mentioned:
First-ls it true. Mr.. Tucker, that
when the jamestown Exposition Com
pany was placed in the hands OF a re-
ceiver, you were appointed and accep-
ed employment, as counsel for the ret
ceiver at salary of $40. 900 per year?
IL so, does this employment still con-
tinue? Ifnot, when was it discontinued?
Second-Why was it, Mr.. Tucker,
that you did not vote at all on the
occasion of the local option election
on the saloon question which was held
in your home town of Lexington?
Third-In your Manchester speech.
Mr.. Tucker, you told us that, if local
option election should be held in your
home town Of Lexington you would
vote dry because it was n college town.
where there were naturally many young
men. 1t is well known that there are
only few college towns in Virginia.
Therefore, Mr.. Tucker, we ask you
how you would vote on the saloon ques-
ton should a local option election
be held in your home town, and it
so happened that your home town was
not Lexington. nor any other college
townf
Fourth-How would you vote, Mr..
Tucker, on the question of compulsory
education should an election be held in
your home county to determine wheth-
er or not your county should have COM
pulsory educationi
Fifth-If you are decided, Mr.. Tuck
er, that you would vote, in such an elec-
tion, against compulsory education,
how do you reconcile your present posi-.
tion with the one you took in 1902 al
Athens. Ga, where speaking as the
Field Agent Of the Southern Educa.
tion Board" you unequivocally declar-
ed for compulsory education, without
any qualification as to the local option
feature?
Sixth-Is it true, Mr.. Tucker, tina,
you were employed on a salary of S3..
600 per year to further the ends of this
Ogden educational movement, the prin.
cipal feature Of which was the strait
out advocacy of compulsory educa-
l<soys1.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-23
"PUT 1T ON YOUR WIFE.

The Honorable Harry Saint George
Tucker, candidate for governor, is now
having costly and palatial residence
erected in Washington. When shown q
newspaper article criticising him for this
Mr.. Tucker defended himself by saying
eyes. we are doing this; my WIFE was
advised to do it. and SHE has done it. -
Certainly. Mr.. Tucker, put it on your
wife. She is not a candidate. Manassas
Journal.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-23
Q. j. HAMMELL co.
PLEASANTVILIE, N. ].

Designers and Manufacturers of Artistic
Memorials in Marble and Granite.
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adelphla, Pa; Wheaton, Va. Address
H. Booker Hale, Agent, Wheaton.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-23
How To
Gain Flesh

Persons have been known to
gain a poundd dayby takingan
ounce of ScoH'S S Emulsion. Il
isstrange, but it often happens.
Somehow the ounce produces
the pound; it seems to start
the digestive machinery going
properly, so that the patient is
able to digest and absorb his
ordinary food which he could
not do before, and that is the
way the gain is made.
A certain amount of flesh is
necessary for health; if you
have not got it you can get it
by taking
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-23

Truckers throughout Tidewater report
practical loss of their seed potatoes
by rotting in the ground.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-04

Scriptural Authority. - Chron..
chapter 33 and Apocryphal Book Of
Manassas Prayer.
Manasses' Prayer.-The repentance and
restoration Of Manassas furnish the sub
ject OF many legendary stories. The
Greek text which Is the basis Of the
translation which constitutes the twelfth
book OF the Apocrypha is undoubtedly
original, and not mere translation from
the Hebrew. The writer was we'll ac-
quainted with the Xxx. But beyond this
there 10 nothing to determine the date at
which no lived. !. The allusion to
the patriarchs Il. 8. appears to fix the
authorship on Jew; but the clear teach
Ing on repentance points to some time not
long before the Christian era There is
no indication of the place at which the
prayer was written. The earliest refer
ence to the prayer Is contained in q
fragment OF julius Africanus (cir. 22l A.
d.. but 1t may be doubted whether the
words in their original form clearly re-
ferred to the present composition. The
prayer was never distinctly recognized
~ a canonical writing. though IL was In
cluded In many manuscripts Of the Xxx
and Of the Latin version, and has been
deservedly retained among the Apoc-
rypha In authorized versions and by Luz
Their. The Latin translation which oc-
ours In Vulgate manuscripts Ii not by
the hand of Jerome.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-04
GENERAL NEWS.

M. Paulhan, a French aviator, in a
thrilling flight In rainstorm at
Rheims, France, lowered the record Of
Wilbur Wright for time in the air to
2 hours, SO minutes and "a seconds
which is 33 minutes better than the
Americans mark.
Following the unexplained death of
District Attorney William A. Ammon
at York. Pa, II was announced that he
was $4,000 short in his accounts with
the Standard Building G Loan associa.
tior, of which he formerly was secre-
tary. .,". 7s
Postmaster General Hitchcock
called a conference of post Office off,
Gals to consider a plan for increasing
the rate for registering letters. raising
the price OF money orders and lower
Ing he amount paid to railroads for
carrying mails.
Hanburg Belle, after setting a new
race mark of 2:01k for trotters in de-
feating Uhlan at Cleveland, o., was
purchased from the. Madden brothers
by IL NJ. Hanna for $4,000
Having been dumb for 40 years
george Purdy of Dakota, Wis, re-
gained his voice when preacher at
lacked the Masonic lodge to which he
belongs. He whipped the pastor and
denounced him in strong language.
Two children were killed and Is
hurt when a hayrack on which they
were riding at Sunday school picnic
near Humboldt, Ia, was overturned. 4
The fifth convention of the Associ.
'ated Advertising Clubs OF America
opened In Louisville, Ky.
The body of Ebenezer Steele. an
ELECTRICIAN who came in contact with
dynamo in New York, has become
perfectly rigid THE man was hurled
across the room and picked up uncon.
scious. He has regaiped his mind but
the body remains baralyzed.
The historio) memorial trees trans
planted in the botanic garden in front
OF the capitol at Washipstop ID make
room for the Grant statue; are dying.
Among the trees are the Beck elm
and the Crtttenden. Shepherd, Torrey
and Howard oaks. s
Early reports of an earthquake
which shook Italy said one person
was killed. many injured and hun.
dreds,of buidinss destroy DID, ~
George Rutledge found pearl
weighing as grains in the Wabash,
riyersat Mt. Vernon. ILL.,, and sold. 80
for $4,000. ~ 4
The cruiser st. Louis. In San Fran.
cisco from Honolulu. Nmade. i hawai-,
record Of four days. 20 hours for the
trip.
The isthmiancannal cofnmissf6n
has purchased Of the Port Johnson
Towing Company OF New Jersey a
new ocean-goins tug for s75.500.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-04
TO GRACE THE SUPPER TABLE
Formula for Fruit omeIet That Has
Recently Sprung Into Deserved
Popularity.

Hostesses are now serving a fruit
omelet made by the following formu-
la:
Chop raisins. currants, candied
pels, citron, oranges and lemons, figs
and French prunes or any similar
fruits until you have scant half-cup-
full when mixed. They can be put
through the meat cutter, using a
coarse knife and having about equal
parts Of the different fruits.
When the fruits are mixed add just
dash of powdered cinnamon. Put
the mixture in a double boiler with
the juice of an orange and allow It
to cook for 80 minutes.
To make the omelet itself break
four eggs into a dish and beat them
lightly, and quickly, but merely
enough to mix the yolks and whites
together Add teaspoonful Of pow
dered sugar and teaspoonful OF but.
ter. Melt second teaspoonful of but
ter in the chatting dish. Get it hot,
but without allowing 1t to brown;
then turn in the eggs. Shake the pan
so that they will not set. Let them
brown until the egg Is well cooked,
lifting the set part as this is formed
to allow the raw to run upon the hot
pan.
The moment the omelet is well set
pour in the hot fruit, folding over
quickly and turn on plate. Sprinkle
1t with powdered sugar and serve i'm
mediately.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-04
He Was We'll Equipped.

A Methodist bishop was recently .
guest at the home of a friend who had
two charming daughters. One morn
ing the bishop. accompanied by the
two young ladies'. went out In the hope
Of catching some trout. An old fisher
man, out for the same purpose, wish
ing to appear friendly. called out:
"Ketchin' many, pard?"
The bishop, Strengthening himself
to his full height. replied: Brother.
am fisher OF men,"
You've got the right kind o. bait.
all right" was the fisherman's re-
joinder.-Success Magazine.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-09-04

at the top to form two arms, with the
opening between them just wide
enough to admit the handle Of a
spoon, inserted sideways, and with
the wide part just narrow enough to
keep the handle of the spoon from
slipping through. The lower part Of
the holder consists of fiat strip
which runs down inside the glass and
a spring clip on the back which goes
outside the glass and clamps the
whole firmly on. The spoon, when
not in use, is hung on the holder and
does not fan into the bottom of the
glass. While the device fits on the
edge Of any receptacle, 1t is chiefly
employed where the receptacle is
deeper than the spoon is long.