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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-30
RICHMOND IS
NOT VIRGINIA.
Her Papers and Some Of
Her People at Logger
heads With the COun-
try.
RELIGIOUS PAPER AGREES WITH
COUNTRY PRESS
Religious Herald. April p. !


1t seems necessary every now and
then to remind our political and other
leaders IN our fair and beautiful city
that Richmond is not Virginia. We
yield to no one in our admiration for
our great historic capital. We should
rather live and do our work and lie
down to our final rest here than
anywhere else on the green earth We
believe that Richmond is, for her size
and Importance, the friendliest town in
all the land. 1t is not possible
for us to have any sort of sympathy
with certain unreasoning prejudice,
which is not rare in Virginia, against
the capital city. 1t seems to us that
Richmond has achieved so much and
suffered so much for the common good
that the whole State ought to feel mex
tinguishable pride in her history, her
present prosperity and her bright pros
poets of large growth. Many of our
people in Virginia, indeed, we think a
great majority of them, have this
sentiment toward their capital.
At the same time it is well to remind
our Richmond people that they ought
not to isolate themselves on questions
of public policy from the great mass of
Virginia citizens. OF course. where
any question of conscience is involved,
what we are saying has no point, and
ought to have no weight. But in that
large realm of expediency it is wise to
have constant reference to the fact that,
after all, the city is dependent upon the
country for her growth and prosperity.
If by any mischance we should sacrifice
,&he goodwill of the good people of the
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-30
Mr.. TUCKER's WASHINGTON HOME.
lPetersburx Ipdsx-Appe.lI

tFeteSspurk Aboe1-AppeAI
The Richmond Journal calls attention
to Mr.. fuckers statement it was his
wife and not himself that had erected q
building in Washington not with view
to occupying it as home, but only as
an investment, and the Journal is wait
ing with patience and interest to see if
the papers that printed it as Mr.. Tuck
er's house will have the fairness to print
Mr.. fuckers statement until 1t was men,
toned in the Journal. The first reference
we saw to the matter at all was in the
Washington Herald, in which a pic
ture of the palatial mansion was print
ed, together with the statement that it
was built by Mr.. Tucker as a home.
The Herald may have been in error,
and Mr.. Tucker may have corrected
the error in the Herald, but il he did
we failed to see it, and probably the
Journal also failed to see 1t, as it did
not give the correction editorial prom
inence.
But for the purposes of our criticism
it is distinction without difference
whether it was Mr.. Tucker or Mrs.
Tucker that gave Washington prefer
ence over Virgins when making invest
ments.
Mr.. Tucker says it was the woman,
and so did old Adaml But it was all in
the family in both cases.
Now, If Mr.. Tucker SO loves Virginia
that he is willing to give himself as a
living sacrifice to the gubernatorial Of
fee, why didn't he exert the influence,
we will not say the authority, which
it is fair to presume he has with his
family, and have that investment
made in Virginia, the State he would
so love to serve? In the statement to
which our attention is called he does
not even claim that he tried to have
the investment made in this State.
Even at this lata day, the voters of
Virginia will grant him acquittance il
he will say that in an effort to get that
paiatial mansion for Virginia he did
all he could do. for angels could do no
more! The opportunity to serve vir-
ginia IN this matter was his. but so
far as appears to the public, he wrap
ped his talent in napkin and stuck
1t away to rust in idleness. Having
failed in this small thing how can he
expect the people Of Virginia to make
him ruler over greater things?
Not this time. Harry st. Georgel
Bring your wealth and your influence
to old Virginia, and emulate the ex-
ample Of William Hodges Mann by
making two blades of grass to grow
where one had grown before, and you
may yet be one of Gov. Mann's sue
cessors.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A man in st. Joseph, Mo-, has
named his wife Gasoline, because. he
says. she flares up so easily.
Mrs Hettie Green says she got rich
by minding her own business. This
helps to explain why a great many
people in this world remain door,
Virginian-Pilot.
ID. Il. Mentzer, manager of the famous
Mentzer Duck Farm. near Hagerstown,
since Christmas has gathered 80. 900
eggs laid by the ducks on the farm.
Six thousand ducklings were recently
hatched out A few days ago Mr..
Mentzer shipped TO the city markets
l,S00 pounds of feathers secured from
ducks which were killed on the farm
during the past season and shipped to
the cities.
A New York hospital has adopted.
experimentally, the busy bee as a cure
for rheumatism. The process is simple:
The bee is placed in a glass tumbler
over the affected joint and the glass
manipulated in manner calculated to
arouse the naturally irritable nature of
the bee; the bees temper follows the
line of least resistance. and leaves his
sting in knee or shoulder of the patient.
The results are reported to be surpris-
ing, bur we doubt it. We can see no
reason for surprise at anything that
might result from bee-sting, ably ad-
ministered. d.-Baltimore Star.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-30
A HERO OF THE MESSlNA EARTH.
QUAKE.

The May McClure's contains q letter
written by a survivor of the Messina
earthquake. She describes the heroic
behavior of fellow sufferer.
"a young man, whom I shall never
forget. a cripple, with only one leg,
clambering with crutch among the
ruins, saved scores of people. Untir-
inglv he searched among the wreckage,
he brought back to us everything he
could find; he took bits of chocolate out
Of his mouth to put into the mouths,
forever open. of crying children.
"a marvel. in truth, was the fore
thought Of this man. Where did he
unearth crate of apples? He hid
them, he defended them from the vio-
lence Of the greedy; and through the
night he went among the huts, distrib-
uting quarters of apples to each one of
US in his turn, with calculating parsim-
ony, with implacable justice. I shall
remember him as long as / live, that
fragment Of man among the frag-
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-30

in Virginia that Richmond wished them
to keep their hands off and let her
manage her own affairs in her own way.
The formal resolutions which were
adopted also protested against the in
PRODUCTION, either now or at any other
time, Of the Anti-Saloon issue in this
city. In so far, therefore, as these
resolutions represent Richmond they
separate her from practically all the
rest Of the State. The local option
principle is recognized as truly demo-
cratic, but the highly respectable gen.
tlemen who drew and adopted these
resolutions evidently took the ground
that our city is sn exception; that while
a majority of citizens in any country
community may possibly determine
whether they wish the saloon to con-
tinue as an established institution, in
the city the saloon is so interviewer with
our social, commercial, and they might
have added, political life, that there is
no hope at all Of abolishing it without
doing an immeasurable injury to all the
best interests of the community.
To what remarkable eminsnce has
this institution been elevated! If we
are to listen to these gentlemen, there
is scarcely another line of business in
the city whose abolition would work
such harm.
HastenIng Prohibition Fight.
But Of this we have nothing further
to say. What we do wish to say is,
and we say it in utmost kindness and
respect, that IL it is desired to precipi-
tate local option fight in this city,
there Is no surer way of bringing it
about than by holding just few more
of these mass-meetings. And what We
wish further TO say is, that such meet
ings and such utterances are much more
likely 10 bring on the issue of State
wide prohibition than they are to defer
it. Finally. let US all remember that
in any position the city might take on
this or on other phases of the question.
it is of vastly more Importance to Rich
mond. socially, politically, commercially,
morally and religiously. that she should
have the continuing and growing affec-
tion OF the great mass of our country
brethren in the State than all the money
that has come to her citizens from the
sale Of intoxicants from the day CT her
foundation to the present hour. Rich
mond is not Virginia, but Richmond
needs Virginia, and if she is to grow
and prosper, must have the thorough
goodwill of the Virginians.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-30
THE CAPTAINS PRAYER.

tThe Bentztown Bard in Baltimore SUM-
The captain, stern, of the battleship,
When the glorious fight was Ger,
When theguns had ceased and the smok'
had cleared
And the cannon stilled their roar,
Stood on the deck with his cap in hand
And twas; Hist, my men. don't cheer
For an hour like this is time, wis,
When the Lord God must be nearl
We've won the fight, and they've sunl
from sight
And their ships have strewn tn,
beach
So, it's off with your caps, and it's time
perhaps,
To pardon man if he preach:
For it wasn't the men and it wasn't tht
guns
So much as the Lord Gods CARE
And the nations heard, and the nations
cried
"Amen, 1" to the captains prayer.
The captain stern of the battleship,
Who hadn't said much at all
Through the fame and roar when the
Commodore
Gave the sign of the battle-call
Rose up on deck with solemn face
Andh lifted it to the sky,
And he murmured some words of the
spirit that girds
rto oo,,I ,,,bo.~ A. G-~kt x.;,wb.
cit wasn't the ships, and it wasn't the
lips
OF the cannon that sang in flame;
But the fight, my men, was fight that
was won
By his Presence dare not name.
You can't tell me that only the sea
And the ships and the men were
there
And the nations knew, and they
answered, too.
"Amen. to the captains prayerl
''Ye were bold and brave" said the
captain grave,
''And ye gave 'em the best We had;
Ye proved We were true, every man Of
the crew,
And to say so makes me glad.
We were hot on their wake, and we mad,
them quake,
And we ran them to their death;
But hope you'll agree with the likes Of
me
That twas just as the Lord God saith
He was there in His might, and HC
fought this fight,
And the triumph is His, say;
Then off with your caps, my noble chaps
And We'll kneel right here and pray
Wen kneel right here, and well Civ,
our thanks
To the glory of Gods great care
And the nations heard, and they CAV,
the word.
Amen" to the captains prayerl
Amen to the prayer of the great seaman
Amen to the word of grace,
When the great guns cease and the sea-:
at peace
On the whole of its glimmering face
Amen to the thought that the captain
brought
To the minds of the sailor men,
Who knew it was true that the ships
and crew
Were alone in the Lord Gods kenl
"We ran them down and we sunk them
deep,
And we aimed our cannon well;
We tore their decks in a thousand iiecks
With the storm of our shot and shell
But, His be the praise, and to Him we
raise
The thanks we've got to spare
And the nations heard, and the nations
word
Was "Amen" to the captain s prayer
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-30
NAME WOULDN'T FLOAT.

Death by drowning came to Padu-
cab. KY. man who is said to have had
the longest name in the world.
His full name was Arthur Hugh
Thomas T. Dewitt Talmadge Hardin
Eddie Lane Arland Linnie Marion
Branch Sam Jones Pigg Reuben Walk.
er Chiles.
The deceased was the son of Rev.
w. r. Chiles. superintendent of the
Rescue Mission Of Paducah, and each
name was some preacher of note.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-30
BIG FIRE NOT FROM SKIES.

To the Editor:-A says that the night
before the big fire he saw flash light
down in Carriers Greek, Va, from a
star, and he was sure that we were
going to have fire in Baltimore. Is
he right?
A may have thought on Saturday
night that Baltimore would have a fire
Sunday. But the flash didnot cause the
big fire. Burning cloth, a powder box
and high wind did that. Baltimore
Star.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-30
CATARRH CANNOT BE CURED

with LOCAL APPLIC ATIONs. as they cannot
reach the scat OF the disease. Catarrh is a
blood or constitutional disease. and In order
to cure Il you must take internal remedies
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally. and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not q quack
medicine. 1t was prescribed by one OF the
best physicians In this country for years and
is regular prescription. It is composed OF
the best tonies known, combined with the best
blood purifiers. acting directly on the mucous
surfaces. The perfect combination of the two
ingredients is what produces such wonderful
results In curing Catarrh. Send for testimo-
malls free.
F.J. CHENEY & CO Props, Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists. price 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-30
SCOTS
Emulsion

of Cod Liver Oil is the meals
of life and enjoyment of life 20
thousands: men, women and
children.
When appetite fails, il restores
it: When food is a burden, il
lifts the burden.
When you lose flesh, if brings
the plumpness of health.
When work is hard and duty
is heavy, it makes life bright.
1t is the thin edge of the wedge:
the thick end is food. But
what is the use of food when
you hate it and can't digest it?
SCOTS Emulsion of Cod Liver
Oil is the food that makes you
forget your stomach.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-30

Gather ys rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-fying;
And this same flower that smiles today
Tomorrow will be dying,
Then be not coy, but use your time,
And while you may go marry,
For having lost but once your prime,
You may forever tarry.
ROBERT HERRICK.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-30
j. HAMMELL CO.
PIEASANTvIlLE, N. ].

Designers and Manufacturers of Artistic
Memorials in Marble and Granite.
OFFICES-Atlantic City, N. j.; Phil
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H. Booker Hale, Agent, Wheaton.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-30

Send this advertisement. together with n,,,s
ofpaper In which Il appears. your address and
four cents to cover postage. and we will send
you Complete Handy Atlas of the World
SCOTT s. BOVINE. 400 Pearl St, New Yo,,.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-04-30
How to Hasten the Conf let.

There was held recently in the city of
Richmond meeting of representative
citizens to protest. first, against any in
reference with the city's affairs by
outsiders. The meeting was intended
apparently to serve notice to the people
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-15
without Parallel.

The article is without parallel in nv
experience Of professional journalism.
and can but believe that II will arouse
IN its most casual reader the same sense
OF the prostitution Of high talents to
base uses which has prompted this pro-
test. EDITH C. WFSCOTT
principal OF the Western High school
Washington, y. c."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-15
OWEN THINKS TARIFF 3
BILL WILL HURT LABOR
Oklahoma Senator Predicts Higher Prices Lower Wages
Increase in Crime and Mortality Rate, and Corrupt
Standards IF AIdrich Measure Passes.

: abroad were but half. then a duty ot
| 10 per cent I'D valorem would cover the
difference. yet" said Senator Owen
the representatives of high protection
continually disclaim that so per cent
tariff is almost solely and exclusively
necessary in the interest of the Ameri-
can laborer and for the protection OF
the American manufacturer from bank
ruptcy."
Cost of Labor
Then. considering a number of sched-
ules. Senator Owen pointed out what
was the percentage of labor cost In
the textiles industry, he said, the census
showed labor got 1875 per cent upon the
gross product. But the wooden SEIZED
ule showed that the present bill put a
duty on yarn of 143 per cent ana on
other WOODEN products duties ranging
from 80 TO 143 per cent. He illustrated
the same point by references to other
industries.
Lengthy tables OF statistics were pre-
scented by Senator owen to prove that
''labor's share the proceeds of labor
has not increased in the highly pro-
tected industries-it has decreased"
Among the instances cited of this de-
crease by Mr.. Owen were these:
In the textile industries labor recei ed
p per cent of the gross receipts in $50,
2o.S in 1900. and 1876 in 1905.
IN IRON and steel labor received N.9
1905 e
other like instances of decline we're
cited In leather goods industry, in the
paper and printing industry. IN chemical
and allied products, in the clay, glass
and stone industries, in metal and metal
products, in the tobacco industry. in
the shipbuilding industry, and in mis-
celaneous industries.
In metal and metal products indus
tries Senator Owen said labor got 20 {
per cent IN 1890 and 12,7 per cent in 1906.
Tariff Lowers Wages.
BY another set of tables Senator Gwen
sought TO show that the high tarif1 had
lowered the wages of the American
than the wages of workmen in unpro-
tected industries.
Il wish to vall the attention of the
Senate, said Senator Owen. Ito the
astonishing difference between the
wages of men IN unprotected industries
tries so called and you viii observe
that the wages in the protected indus
tries, except where modified BY a now
erful organization of the faborers, as In
the glass Industry, are far below the
wages in unprotected industries. Organ
led capital has beaten down the wages
or labor 10 a point AT which the proper
support of a family required by a de-
cent American STANDARD IS absolutely
impossible This fnea1ness on the part
OF the OFFENDING manufacturers is pain
fully apparent"
1T has resulted in driving out the ma
tive American who was able to escape
and has substituted in his place the
oppressed people OF other races who do
not feel so keenly the crushing condi-
tons imposed upon them in these Offend
ing factories"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-15
NICHOLAS TO URGE
NAVY RESTRICTION
Such Self-DefenSive Move
Expected at His Meetings
With Other MonarchS.

ST. PETERSBURG, June 15.-There is
excellent authority today for the state
ment that in the forthcoming meetings
between the Car and several other
European rulers, he will urge restriction
of future naval ornaments.
The real purpose of the Gar in thus
seeking to check the tremendous growth
of naval power is not humanitarian, as
might appear on the face, but springs,
according to several high officials. from
his knowledge that Russia cannot hope
to keep pace with the present program
Of England, Germany. and France
Unless the mad race for Dread
noughts' is checked. the cabinet realizes
that Russia must remain more or less
passive participant in the game OF inter-
national policies, utterly unable to COM
pete in a naval way with the other
European countries.
The first of the Cars conferences"
is scheduled to take place Thursday in
the Gulf of Finland. where the Kaiser
will be on a cruise in the royal yacht
HohenzoIern. Following this Nicholas
win pay visits TO President Fallieres of
France and King Edward
In addition 70 these meetings the
Cars advisers are again trying to ar
range a meeting with King Victor OF
italy. the original plans for such visit
having been abandoned for fear of an
attempt on the life of Nicholas by an
archists.
Negotiations are also under way for a
meeting between the Car and Emperor
Franz Josef.
1t has been definitely settled that the
Gear will see King Edward at Cowes.
where It is believed he can come nearer
escaping the hostility OF the English
people. a large part of which is bitterly
denouncing Edward for acting as the
host of Nicholas.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-15

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-15
FAT MEN WANT TAFT.

PORTLAND. Me, Juns 15.-President
Taft will be invited to attend the annual
meeting OF the New England Fat Men
Association. August Il, according to an
nouncement by President Arthur H.
Moulton, Of this city. WHO plans TO ex-
tend the invitation personally at Pres
ident's Taft's summer home, at Bever-
" a clambaka Is being arranged.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-15
FIREMEN TO APPEAL

DALLAS. Tex, J1ne f5.-The report
is current here that the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen have decided to
appeal their grievances on the South
western lines directly TO George Gould.
IN New York. and if they be turned
down a strike viii be ordered on ali
Gould lines in Texas and the Southwest
generally.
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CONTINUED from First Page)

shortens the lie Of labor. and exposes
/ II 10 greater mortality"
In this connection, he said:
Mr.. President, in the last forty years
/ the world has wonderfully improved in
medical knowledge 1t has wonderfully
! improved In inventive processes, which
have led 10 increased cnuysuiences q
life. which have developed the most i'm
portant economies OF production, manu-
facture. and distribution.
Submits Mortality Statistics.
"An of these things have tended 10 the
prolongatiop of human life where people
could receive the fun benefit of them;
so much so, that it is probably no ex-
cessiVe estimate 10 say that the average
/ has been increased by a period of ten
years. II has been one Of the wonder
fEl developments Of increasing modern
Intelligence.
1T is a grevious thing. therefore, to
observe that notwithstanding these
great benefits which ought to be a COM
mon heritage of the human race. and
Notwithstanding the increasing longev-
ity of the well-to-do classes. the entire
averge of life shown by the mortality
tables has not been improved. The
number of persons who die Fer thousand
is substantially the same.
Mr.. President, I submit the compare
tive mortality statistics of our country
and the other civilized nations OF the
The mortality statistics exhibit the re-
marL1able fact that just in degree as
poverty obtains and governments per
nit monopoly. without protecting the
weaker elements from dangerous eX-
posture, Just in that degree the number
Of deaths from 81 causes rises in the
annual average.
THE policy of New Zealand IS ex-
pressed ia their great motto, Better
reduce want than increase wealth.
New Zealand has abolished monopoly
and given a more even distribution of
the opportunities of life to willing labor
than any other country in the world,
and Il offers TO the United States an
example OF how to care for its people,
because the difference Of these vital
statistics of an average OF 90 deaths
per annum out OF a thousand and 1913
per thousand, makes a difference of 6.4
per thoussn nd. or the vast multitude OF
512. 600 people who annually die IN the
United States In excess of the deaths
that would occur under more favorable
conditions OF life. Are they not worth
preserving as fully as we agree on the
Conservation of our other national re-
sources?