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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-12
YOU AND YOUR BOY.

have never been one to feel that
the best love was won from a child by
extreme indulgence. In fact, I hold
that the contrary is the rule. Observ-
ing the families of my contemporaries
and predecessors it is borne in upon me
that the most indulged children have
not been the most devoted to their
fathers and mothers. On the contrary.
having had the happiness to be associa-
ted with several households where strict
obedience has always been demanded
and received, feel justified in declar-
ing that the families where discipline is
observed are those whose children are
most affectionate.
Be it noted that strictness does not
mean harshness or severity. 1t does
stand for reasonable rules, positively
enforced, for commands which must be
obeyed, and above all, it should stand
for justice.
Were / asked to put in a word the
most desirable quality in dealing with
boys. or with girls, either, for that
matter, would put justice, first. 1t
would not be synonym for .harshness,
although this is a meaning often appli-
ed to it. 1t would mean obedience to
orders and penalties when orders were
disobeyed, but it would mean also an
appreciation of the child's standpoint.
an almost agonizing care that he should
not be punished without adequate
cause, a rigid adherence to promise of
! reward as well as of rebuke, an under
standing of what led to this or that
course of action which from an adults
viewpoint may seem inexplicable.
There may be well brought up chill
dren who resent just punishment.
have never known them. But l have
found injustice of reproof or of penalty
resented with bitterness which left
its marks for years afterward Chris
tine Terhune Herrick in The Circl.
Magazine for March.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-12
ROLL OF HONOR.

Those whose names deserve to be on
the roll of honor for month of February
at Edgely school are as follows: Myrtle
Norman, Ivory Norman, Sydney Nor
man. Bessie Marsh, Mamie McNeal,
Grace McNeal, Lavinia Cockrell, Willard
Marsh, Ernest Cockrell, Boss Gill,
Warner Haynie, Granville Haynie,
Everette Gill and Willie Gill.
The following students of Weems
school are on the roll of honor for Feb.
ruary. Lottie Ashburn, Leila Ball
Lille Bittner. Hickey Bittner, Dorothy
Ball, Clara Hayden, Relic Jones, Pear
Sadler, Lillian Sadler, Bessie Treakle
Marguerite George, Belle Marsh, Aic,
Marsh, Eva Marsh, Irene Thomas, Oti
Ashburn, Glendon Ashburn. John Ash
burn, Walter Ashburn, Albert Ashburn
Archie Ball, Lloyd Crittenden, Emor,
Currell, Tom Jones.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-12
GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY
Richmond News-Leader.

Why should we go on indefinitely try
ing to administer justice and to conduct
our courts under laws practically obso-
lete, made when the conditions Of the
present were undreamed Of and there
fore thoroughly ridiculous? Thequalifca-
tions for jurors in criminal cases were
made when newspapers were few and
but little read and when their reports
of events were scanty and vague. Now,
every detail of a notable tragedy or
crime is put before every intelligent
man in the country. II is impossible
for persons who take ordinary human
interest in what is going on in the world
to avoid full knowledge of these things.
The result is that when a great crime
has been committed a jury must be
chosen from the unintelligent or from
freaks who pride themselves on caring
nothing for things in which other people
are interested.
In Tennessee the most important muir
der trial of the States history is before
jury, four members of which cannot
read nor write. The civilization and
justice of the State practically are on
trial before the world, and her honor is
in the keeping of the twelve most stupid,
stolid and unintelligent citizens who
could be carefully selected from among
two or three thousand veniremen.
These men are of the kind easily fool
ed and bewildered. likely TO misunder-
stand half the evidence they hear, fire.
quently misconceiving the meaning or
significance of the simplest word spoken
by witness, a lawyer or the Judge,
likely to be prejudiced finally one way
or the other by the smallest incident.
They are of the kind that almost any
smart lawyer can fool, befuddle or mis-
lead or carry away from reason and
propriety by outbreaks of clap-trap
rhetoric. The verdict of such a jury
is of no value to the defendant in case
of acquital and of no significance to the
State in case of conviction.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-12
YESTERDAY.
Here is Life's full calender;
Here are hours of rest.

Here is Lies full calender;
Here are hours of rest,
Here are days and days of toll,
And times for tears and Jest:
None so good as those to come"
So the wise men say:
But to me the best must be
Ever-Yesterday.
Yesterday it never rained,
Yesterday was fair.
Not sorrow dinmed the sun,
Not tear was there;
Underneath the cloudless sky,
In the Always May.
All the earth was glad and young
Only Yesterday.
Now the differenceI The hours
All have grown so long;
Half the flowers are whitening,
Half the world is wrong;
All my friends are growing old,
am growing gray,
Waiting till temorrow's sun
Rise on Yesterday,
Reginald Wright Kaufman, in Marcl
smart Set.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-12
EARS AND EMOTIONS.

Unlike the eye, which chiefly in
forms the mind, the ear stirs the emo
tions," says DR.. William Hanna Thom-
son, in an article, Gas to Ourselves, t"
in the March Everybody's. We can see
fish writhing in its death agony with
out pity. but no one can so listen to an
animals shrieks of pain. This is as it
should be, for however wrong the head,
the heart should keep right. The ear
is also intensely personal. 1t makes no
mistakes about whose voice we hear.
Once on the deck of Glasgow steamer
Iparted from student friend and we did
not meet again for thirty-three years.
L could never have known him then
by sight-for time sadly spoils eye men,
ories-but his voice told me who he vas
the moment he spoke. All such facts
reveal why through the ear the pro-
foundest depths of being are revealed;
for some persons, indeed, music, instead
of being only sounds proceeding from
tongue, lips, or instruments, is the
speech itself of the inmost soul. Betho-
ven composed some Of his finest sym
phonies after he had become stone deaf.
"Nor has that great Being who is be-
hind each sense organ failed to remedy
the deficiencies Of the ear more won
drously than those of the eye. / was
once told that gentleman wished to
speak to me by long-distance telephone,
and on my asking what he wanted his
voice trembled as he said that his child
had pneumonia He and his own physi
clan, who was with him, then spoke
alternately; and though they were hun
dreds of miles away, could distin
guish their different voices as readil,
as if we We're actually together. 1
was by means of an electrified wir
that the ear heard personal voice an,
tone transmitted thousand times far
ther. and faster than waves Of air coult
vibrate. But what is that marvel com
pared with wireless telephony? Her,
is man bidding that mysterious ethe
which pervadss the entire universe t,
become human voice speaking to
human earr'
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-12

the Tucker meeting. He simply sayl
that DR.. Pitt has acted as a Christian
gentleman ought to act. For reasons
satisfactory to himself. he has decided
to vote for Mr.. Tucker, but, because
of that fact, he has not found it neces-
sary to vilify and slander other Chris
tian gentlemen who have decided to
vote for Judge Mann. Least of all
has he declared that those men who
have given their time, and thought,
and energy for many years to the
Anti-Saloon League cause. have betray-
ed that cause simply that they might
advance the interests of the man whom
they favored for GOVERNOR DR.. Pitt
rebuked the newspapers that were ac-
cusing the leaders of the league of
betraying its interests, and congratu-
lated "Dr. Cannon and his fellow-man-
ayers that they had kept their heads
and done the wise and prudent thing"
DR.. Cannon said, when he saw. the
name of DR.. Pitt in the list of Tucker
vice-presidents, that The Evening Jour-
nal should learn, from that fact, that
gentlemen could differ in opinion, con-
corning the merits of candidates, with
out feeling called upon TO vilify and
slander those who disagreed with them
and who had decided to vote for the
other man.
/ hope the curiosity of The Journal is
satisfied.
Yours sincerely,
JAMES CANNON, JR,
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-12
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Above the grave of notoriously lazy
man in Southern churchyard are the
wordsl Asleep (as usuaD. Sunday
Magazine.
Young man, which had you rather
be-unengaged or unemployed?
The answer will furnish a very fair
insight Of your character.-virginian
Pilot.
The 1000, 600 endowment for the
University of Virginia is an accom-
plished fact. Andrew Carnegie sub
scribed $500. 900 on condition that a like
amount be raised.
The Richmond Journal Is wise. 1t
adds postscript to an editorial article
stating that its remarks are not meant
TO be taken seriously. We long ago
realized the danger Of attempting to
deal in the jocular without plainly so
labelling 1t. Norfolk Virginian- Pilot.
A teacher once sent list by MARY
Ann" to her mother for certain books,
appliances for Physical Culture, instruc-
tions as to baths and sanitary conditions,
etc. The mother wrote back: "You
teach Mary Ann readin, ritin and rith-
metic. IN tend to Mary Ann g washin,
and when / wants Mary Ann jumped I'll
jump her myself. West Point News.
Over one thousand fires were caused
last year in New York through the
careless use of matches, making the
largest cause of fires, carelessness with
lighted cigars and cigarettes coming
next. Such fires are wholly preventable.
II is well known that carelessness with
matches and in smoking is a prolific
source Of fires. so ignorance cannot be
pleaded 1t seems incredible that live:
should be put in jeopardy and immens,
property values sacrificed by careless
ness which would cause little or NJ
trouble to ocorrect.-Baltimore American
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-12

operate in directly the opposite manner
from which they were intended. Eighty
per cent of the one hundred cuonties
in Virginia will give Richmond an
answer in the coming primary that will
cause her citizens to sit up and take
notice of the fact that Governors are
not made by the press of their city, nor
by their ever Jealous correspondents.
(Gate City Herald)
The fact that certain Richmond
papers oppose Judge Mann means in
his favor. They bitterly opposed the
nomination of Mr.. Heckler for treas
urer Of Henrico county-and he was the
overwhelming choice of the primary.
They advocated bond issue for Henrico
it was buried under an
avalanche of ballots. Other like in
stances could be cited but what's the
use?
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-12
AN EUL0GY.
And He Made Mistakes Because He
Accomplished Much.


This is the last day of Theodore
Roosevelt's term as President of the
ulited States. Tomorrow he detaches
his singularly vivid personality from
the Federal administration, and another
shall reign in his stead.
In many respects Theodore Roose-
welt is the most extraordinary man
who ever sat in the White House.
Never was there President so abound
ing in life, so bristling with vitality
and dramatic force; so gloriously inter
ested in an incredable number of
things. To the body of an athlete he
has added zestful spirit and the most
active mind that has appeared in pub
lie life in many day. This quality of
abundant life-"S Strenuous is worn
smooth with much using-is one of the
most pleasurable assets that a man can
possess, and MIR. Roosevelt's unceasinp
exhibition of it should long stand as a
stimulus to our youth. For he got
this quality, not by inheritance, but by
personal will and work. 1t is recorded
that he was sickly and puny lad; and
what he himself calls the liability to
energise his mind" was not his in those
days. He won both his body and his
lively brain, and the combination has
made him not simply the most disting-
uished. but the happiest man in Ameri-
ca. Nothing could be more remarkable
than the quantity of things he has done,
enjoying them all immensely. How he
found time to sleep no one knows.
How he could sleep at all with such a
rampant mind is hardly less astonishing.
-Timcs-Dispatch.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-12
MEN WHO HARM THE TOWN.

Revising the West Point News sum-
mary little, we would put it this way: !:
First, those who oppose improvement,
especially when it doesn't originate
with them or appear of personal benefit
to them Second, those who run down
the town to strangers. Third, those
who never advertise their business.
Fourth, those who distrust public-spirit-
ed men. Fifth, those who show no
hospitality to any one. Sixth, those
who hate to see others make mon
ey. Seventh, those who idly gossip
or talk scandal abroad about their
townsfolk. Eighth, those willing to
work only so much Of the time as will
keep them from starving. producing no
revenue to add to the towns resources.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-12
FIGHTING TEMPERANCE.

The Winchester Star defends Rev.
James Cannon, jr.. against the news
paper attacks upon him. The Star says:
1--WE have no sympathy at all in the
attacks which some Of the State papers
are making upon Rev. James Cannon,
jr. 1t seems to US that these paper.
are not fighting Mr.. Cannon so much as
the cause with which Mr.. Cannon is SC
prominently identified. Mr.. Cannon is &
man of unusual ability, industry, anc
aggressiveness. He is amply able t.
take care of himself"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-12
NEAR DEATH IN BIG POND,

IL was a thrilling experience TO Mrs Ia.
Sopcr TO face death. "For years a severo Inn ,
trouble gave me intense sunering.- she writes,
and several times nearly caused my death,
All remedies failed ard doctors said I was In
cursolc Then DIR. Kings Now Discovery
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thatI have not been troubled in twelve years v
Mrs. sopcr lives 10 Big Pond, Pa. IL work,
wonders in Coughs and Colds, Sore Lungs
Hemorrhages, LsGrirpc. Asthma, Group
whooping Cough and all Bronchial arrections
5Oc aud 81 90 Trial bottle free. Guaranteed
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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-12
SO SAY WE.

1t IS now reported that Mr.. Bryan
will not be candidate for the presi.
dency in 1912, but will see that the
is a man of his choice, one
who was loyal to him in the last cam.
paign. While we have always admired
Mr.. Bryan, we think the country has
had enough of Organism. Let US have
a rest, Mr.. Bryan, if you please. -
South Boston News.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-12
THE LURID GLOW OF DOOM

was seen In the red face. hands and body OF
the little son or II. M. Adams, of Henrietta,
Pa. His awful plight from eczema had, for
Ave years, deied all remedies and baffied the
best doctors, who said the poisoned blood had
affected his lungs and nothing could save him.
But" writes his mother, "seven bottles OF
Electric Bitters completely cured him." Fo,
Eruptions. Eczema, Salt Bheum. Sores and al
Blood Disorders and Rheumatism Electric
Bitters is supreme. Only SOC. Guaranteed b,
all druggists
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-12
RICHMOND ANSWERED
FROM THE COUNTRY.
Accosnac News.)

According to news article sent out
from Richmond to the Norfolk Land
mark Of last Wednesday it would APP
pear that Richmond is for anybody
against Judge Mann. Such articles do
not. do the city of Richmond any good,
and such editorials as appeared on the
front page of the Richmond Evening
Journal last week do not do the city of
Richmond any good. They may serve
the palate of few individuals who de-
light in making charges they cannot
substantiate thus stultifying them.
selves, but in the long run tend tc
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-12
SHOPPING FOR LADIES.

Save travelling expenses and have your
shopping done by Mrs. J. p. Meaniey,
22O4 Oak ST., Baltimore She Is In
close touch with the best stores and can
save our ladies money on their purchases
In all lines. II costs them nothing extra.
samples sent upon request.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-12

Said 1: Whence comes this sudden
squall?
And the "tar" as he paused to sweep
ihe rocking cradle thus answered me
From the cradle Of the Deep"
Exchange.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-12
Does the
BabyThrive

If not, something must be
wrong with its food. If the
mothers milk doesn't nourish
1t, she needs Scott S Emulsion.
1t supplies the elements of fat
required for the baby. If baby
is not nourished by its artificial
food, then it requires
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-12
SCOTS
EMULSION

Half a teaspoonfuI three or
four times a day in its bottle
will have the desired effect. 1t
seems to have a magical effect
upon babies and children. A
fifty-cent bottle will prove the
truth of our statements.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-12

Send this advertisement together with name
OF paper In which IL appears. your address and
Tour cents to cover postage. and we vfii send
you Complete Haady Atlas of the World"
SCOTT e BOVINE. 4Os Pearl St. New York
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-07-14
Effectiveness of Cleanliness.

Shenandoah World: A clean
town, physically, makes for letter
morals as well. This reminds one of
the old farmer who was finally per-
suaded to go to the city to make his
lone with his wealthy daughter
Soon after he reached the elegant
home the daughter insisted on his
putting on o:ean shirt each morn
ing, daily shave, a standing collar
each morning and other of the nice
little things of the city life. The
old farmer at first rebelled but later
in speaking about ii ne said: at
makes me twent= years younger. for
when / was all logged out in that
stand-up collar, by jinks, | just had
to live up to my clothes, and first
thing / knew / was feeling like a
fighting cock" Just so here in
Shenandoah. If the town generally
cleans up physically, then she'll be
all right morally.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-07-14
New Science Teacher

The school board on Saturday elect
ed Prof. c. C. Mason as science teach
er to succeed Prof. A. E. Burrows.
who has gone to Leavenworth, Kas.
Prof. Mason is a graduate of the
Boone. Iowa. high school, and of
Iowa College, Grinnell, and has TAX
en- advanced studies at Chicago Uni
versity. He has been prominent in
college athletics, especially in foot
ball and track work, and is also a glee
club singer of some note. He seems
to be exceptionally well qualified in
the demands of modern high school
work, and comes to DEBORAH well rec
commended
Miss Edna Lang, who taught in the
f1rst and second grades last year. has
resigned her position and will go TO
Waterloo. Her successor has not
yet been elected.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-07-14
OeCorah Defeats Rochester.

To the surprise of many, the De-
'corah base ball club defeated the
Rochester, Mimi. team here on Fri
day afternoon by the score of IL to
6. Our boys all played star game,
while the visitors did not come up to
Storaasli, Luther's sec
-ond baseman, pitched for Rochester,
allowing our men II hits, while the
visitors got but s hits off Knowlton.
Culver made himself famous by a
three-bagger, two-bagger and sing
lie, while Bidne made a three-bagger,
and all the boys hit we'll. This shows
that we have the material right at
home this year for a fine team, il
properly encouraged and developed.
An organization has been effected
and IL is likely that regular team
will be supported, composed of local
players.
We understand that Cresco dis
charged the players and disbanded
their team on Friday, after a short,
unsuccessful season.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-07-14
Best Air There Is.

Cedar Rapids Republican, The
air of Iowa is good enough for in
cipient consumptives," says the Wa
terloo Courier, "if they will only use
it," That is the modern gospel on
this subject. In fact, Iowa air is
about as good as any air out of doors,
no matter what the stage of the dis
case may be. although the climate
may be more favorable in other
places. The main thing, we believe
the doctors now hold. is out of doors
life together with the simple and
healthful diet. The place for a con-
sumptive is out of doors. Incipient
tuberculosis can be cured in Iowa
just as well as in Colorado, only SO
long as people are at home they may
not place themselves under proper
treatment.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-07-14
Cloud Burst at Sioux Citv

A cloud burst which occurred a
few miles above Sioux City Saturday
caused the most disastrous flood in
the history of the city. At noon
four lives were known to have been
lost and property loss estimated
at $1,O00,000 had been caused.
Nearly 1000 persons are temporar-
lily homeless. The cloud burst occur
red at daylight and Immediately Per-
ry creek and the Floyd river began
to rise with alarming rapidity. Many
houses along Perry creek were wash
ed away, their occupants being saved
only by the promptness of the Do
lice In going to the rescue in patrol
boats.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-07-14
This May Not BE True.

Postville Review:-The ice man
has his troubles too, this hot wealth
er. While iceman Fred Stopperan
was making his rounds Tuesday af-
ternoon one corner of a cake of ice
left exposed to the sun heated so
much faster than it could melt that
it got red hot, and when he took hold
of it to carry it into DR.. Clausen's IL
burned the skin off both hands. And
while Doc was dressing the burns
the cake set fire to the wagon, and
when Fred came out to continue his
Journey there was nothing left of the
wagon or horses but the tires, bolts
and bits.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-07-14
Big Show Coming Here.

The advance man of the big Mil
Ter Bros. 101 Ranch wild west show
was in the city last week. making
contracts, etc. for the appearance of
this immense attraction in the CITY
on Monday, August Goth. 1t may
be that the people of this county are
not familiar with the immensely of
this show, but they doubtless will be
before the time COR its appearance
comes. The fact of the matter is it
is one of the very largest shows
travelling. and is bigger and better
show we believe, than DEBORAH has
ever had. The representative told
us that they carry $50 men, and his
orders for food supplies were enorm-
Gus. We have been reading of this
big show for two or three years, and
have seen it once. 1t will probably
draw one of the largest crowds ever
in DEBORAH. The show jumps from
Monmouth, Ill. to Dubuque for Sat
urday, and then comes to DEBORAH
Saturday night, remaining here Sun
day and Monday. The men of the
show will be paid off on Sunday, and
o large amount of money will probab-
ly be spent here.
1t has also been reported that
Gollmar Bros circus would exhibit
in DEBORAH on August 1st, but as yet
no contracts have been made, and it
is believed that the report is errone-
Gus. Gollmar Bros. have a splendid
show this year.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-07-14
Wrestling Match at CrescO.

Manager d. A. Mcmillan has ar
ranged a wrestling match at Cresco
for next Friday evening which bids
fair to be a close one. 1t will be be-
tween Manley PEGGY of Cresco and
Carl Peterson of Deadwood, S. d.
Peterson threw BuckneIl here on the
evening of July 5th, and PEGGY has
been winning about every match he
entered. 1t is quite likely that sew
eral will go up from DEBORAH to see
the match, as the rivalry between the
two is very strong.