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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-08
THE OLD MAN.

What is man? Old Job says: ''Man
that is born of woman is Of but few DAYS
and full Of trouble" Some one has al
so wittily said: ''Man springs up like
the sparrowgrass and is cut down like
a hoppergrass. Yes, mans life is full
of crosses, temptations and trials. He
comes into the world without his own
consent, and he goes out of it against
his will, and the trip between the worlds
is exceedingly rough, windy, dusty and
dry, especially if he lives in local op-
tion town.
The rule of contraries and disappoint-
ments is an important and prominent
feature of the trip. When he is little.
big girls kiss him; but when he is
grown little girls kiss him. If he raises
large family he is a chump, but if ne
raises small check he is a thief. If
he is poor he is bad manager; if he is
rich, he is dishonest. If he is in politics.
its for pie or place, and he is no good
but for his Doodle; if he is out of poll
tics, you can't place him and he is no
good to his country. If he does not
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-08
BIGGEST FARM ON EARTH.

Don Luis Terraza:, in the State of
chihuahua, Mexico, is said 70 be the
owner of the largest farm in the world.
1t is 150 miles north and south, by 200
miles east and west, and includes 8, S,OO0,-
600 acres of land. On its mountains
and through its valleys there roam
,000, 900 head of cattle, 70o, 900 sheep
and 100000 horses. The horsemen,
herdsmen, shepherds and hunters num-
ber an army of 1000 men. This ranch
is the only one in the world which main
tains its own slaughtering and packing
plant. Each year 150, 900 head of cattle
and 100. 900 sheep are slaughtered,
dressed and packed. There are five
mammoth reservoirs on the farm, cost
ing $500, 600 and 800 wells scattered
over the estate, which cost another
$500. .OO0- The proprietor is q scientific
farmer and raises every kind of grain
in his fields. His farmhouse is said to
be the most magnificent one in the
world, costing 81. 600, 600 and capable of
entertaining 500 guests. The gardens
are beautifully laid out and the stables
are more magnificent than those of any
earthly emperor. On the homestead
alone are employed 100 male servants.
Don Luis was at one time Governor of
chihuahua, but he tired of political life
and longed for larger liberty and a
greater variety of employment. He
has beautiful wife and twelve children;
seven sons and FIVE daughters. The
sons are actively engaged with him in
experimenting the ranch, while the
women. who are said to be the most
beautiful in Mexico, remain contentedly
at the homestead. The children were
educated in the United States and have
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-08

nightly when distributed in a neigh
borhood- The money so brought and
paid out practically is created. AS a
rule the ground on which such things an
tomatoes are grown will produce moth
ing except, perhaps, some provisions
for the table. Further than that, the
local manufacture Of canned goods or
other things we are accustomed to buy
stops an outgo of money which when
once out Of our hands never returns to
our counties or State.
Almost any thickly populated neigh
borhood In Virginia can supply the cap
ltai for small manufacturing indus
try OF some kind. Such little enterpri-
ses build up country wonderfully.
They keep money at home and bring
new money in to be distributed among
farmers and working people and through
them to go into the tills of the mer-
chants. They provide new sources Of
income and give practical money results
from resources which without them
would lie idle, yielding nothing. The
big industries make the noise, bat the
little ones do the building and really
bring the wealth.-News-Leadsr.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-08

give to charity, he is a stingy man. If
he does give, why its for show. If he
dies young there was great future
ahead of him; if he liyes to an old age,
he has missed his calling. His long ex-
perience in business and rare qualifica-
tions cut no ice in business circles. He
can't get a job; he is too old, and he is
laid on the shelf to make room for the
small boy who parts his hair in the
middle and is able to stride buzz-saw
ard puff cigarette. If he has but
little of this worlds goods, he is shown
a back seat in public.
So, after man passes the sixtieth
milestone in this life he is no good, and
should be turned out in an old field to
Craze like horse, or he should be
dumped into the river with rope
around his neck and a big rock tied to
it.-Pickwick, in News-Leader.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-08
As 1T STRIKETH THE PHILOSOPHER
By H. ]. Thiede.)

lby H. j. ThiedeD
1. Keep your conscience tender.
2. Be not weary in well doing.
8. Today's frugality is tomorrow's
felicity.
A. Salvation is an accomplishment
through the selection of the best ends
of life. Degradation is a consequence
of the cultivation of the worst ends OF
life.
S. Better go supperless to bed than
to rise in debt.
6. Man should pay more attention to
the chips on his lathe than those on the
street.
2. Every dollar put by today comes
as gift to you tomorrow.
8. One whose falsehoods no longer
deceive has forfeited the right to speak
the truth.
g. Mediocrity can talk, but it is fol
genius to observe.
10. Beware of little expenses; a small
leak will sink great ship.
II. Character building is a conse-
quence Of constant training and develop
ment.
II. Man is like a cracked bell that
does not ring because of the grating OF
the two broken surfaces on each other
but if these could be trimmed off by
means of saw or file, it would remedy
the defect.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-08

Suggestion for thought for people liv-
ing in small towns and rural communi-
ties in Virginia is found in the report
of the Luray Canning Company, of Luz
ray, Page county. The profits on this
years operations were eleven per cent.
The establishment is not large one,
the total capital, we judge, being not
more than $4,000. The sales for the
season were $10,047. % 1-2 cents a
bushel was paid for the tomatoes, ST.
80 being paid into the hands of farmers
and 81 300 paid to local labor. These
amounts are not large but they help
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-08
WAITING.

Serene / hold my hands and wait,
Nor care for wind, nor tide, nor sea;
| rave no more 'gainst time or fate,
For 10, my own shall come to me.
I check my haste, make delays,
For what avails this eager pace7
/ stand amid the eternal ways
And what is mine shall know my facel
Asleep, awake, by night or day,
The friends ] seek are seeking me;
Nor wind can drive my bark astray,
Nor change the tide of destiny.
The stars come nightly to the sky,
The tidal wave unto the sea,
Nor time, nor space, nor deep, nor high
Can keep my own away from me-
John Burroughs.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-08
THANK YOU"

When Captain Rankin was taken out
by the might Riders of Tennessee,
to his death, they first swung him to a
limb, but at once lowered him anc
said, 1--WE will give you five minutes ir
which to pray" to which he promptly
answered: "Thank you, l have beer
praying for twenty years and am ready
to die" None but fiends could have
taken the life of such man, and none
but the Christian could have died a
death like this. -Farmville Herald.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-08
SHIPPING GAME FROM VIRGINIA

Section 2070, paragraph 4, of the law
provides that any citizens of the State
may ship out of the State as a gift
during the open season not more than
twelve wild water fowl, eighteen part
ridges. etc., in open parcel exposed to
view, with label stating name and ad-
dress Of doner and donee and number
OF head of game. etc. This game law
matter Is intermible. The text is in
the Warrock-Richardson Almanac,
which may be got in almost every
neighbohood in Virginia or ordered
from the publisher, Clyde w. Saunders,
lll6 East Cary Street, Richmond. Va,
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-08
MADE DIXIE AN EDEN.

Who saved the civilization of the
South? The Democrats of the South
standing solidly together-and yet edi.
tors of Demcratic papers are constantly
finding fault with Democracy for mot
doing things" Search the annals of
time from Adam to Taft and there will
nowhere be found such results under
similar conditions. With the "world,
the flesh and the deviP' against them
they have made an Eden of Dixie
Farmville Herald.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-08
A MODERN AMENDMENT.

A fox came upon some grapes in a
arbor, and though he repeatedly tried
to reach them there was nothing doing.
When he had paused mink observing
him said: 'There are lots of Others
just as good within easy reach"
ooh, no." replied the fox, "those
high ones can't reach are the only
ones that look good to me-. Smart Set
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-08
THINGS YOU DO.

ltlsn 1.-THE things that you know, my boy
That will bring you success or defeat,
ltisn't the things that you have, my boy,
That will make your lifebitter or sweet.
It's only the things you do, my lad,
Thatwillcount in your life'stotalgrand,
For what we are. or will be, my lad,
Is the work of our brain and hand.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-08

But pleasures are like poppies spread,
You seize the flower, its bloom is shed;
Or like the snowfall in the river.
A moment white-then melts forever.
Or like the borealis race,
That fit ere you can point their place;
Or like the rainbow's lovely form
Evanishing amid the storm.
Tam O'Shanter.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-08

travelled extensively throughout the
world. He is richer than any three men
in Mexico and is benevolent in spirit
and generous in his contributions to
worthy enterprises. Farming is the
basis of all other. Industries The farm
is the physical support of the race.
Farmers and herdsmen of olden times
often had vast estates and munificent
incomes.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-08
SHOPPING FOR LADIES.

Save travelling expenses and have your
shopping done by Mrs. j. r. HeanleY.
xxO4 Oak ST., Baltimore. Bhs 10 In
close touch with the best stores and can
save our ladies money on their purchases
In all lines. IL costs them nothing extra.
samples cent upon request.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-05
Amnesty to Austrian oeserters.

Manchester-by-the-Se Mass. - De-
tailed instructions in regard to the
manner in which certain classes OF de-
serters from the Austro-Hungarian
army and navy may obtain amnesty
from their imperial government have
been made public by Baron l.. Am
brosy. charge d'affaires of the Austro-
Hungarian embassy. 1t is known that
q number OF deserters are in America
and 1t is believed at the embassy that
many Of them will grasp the opportu-
nifty to procure amnesty by applying
- the nearest consular office.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-05
Immense Pumping Project.

Greeley.-B. d. Sanborn has sold
SOC. 900 900 cubic feet Of storage space
in his Boyd lake reservoir to the COM
mittee OF land owners representing the
proposed new Boyd lake irrigation dis
trict. The contract was signed by o..
II. Egge. DR.. McFadden and c. L.
Wells, OF Loveland. The owners have
agreed TO organize an irrigation dis
trict. embracing 5000 acres Of land
due west of Greeley.
The land will be bonded for $40 an
acre, or a total OF $4,000. Mr.. San
born is to receive $4,000. and re-
serves all other rights in the reser-
voir, which he intends enlarging. The
water will be lifted from the lake by
hydraulic pumps upon the land to be
irrigated. The power used will be
either electricity or gas. The reser-
voir is full to capacity. It is unusual
for a new district to have the water
ready before the district Is organized.
Mr.. Sanborn has built the lake alone,
and it now has a capacity Of 100000 :
900 cubic feet.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-05

A plat OF an extensive irrigation
project styled "The Book Cliff Ditch"
with T. C. Henry as claimant and
builder, and his son. George Henry, an
engineer in charge, has been filed in
Mesa county. The ditch will have its
headgate on the east bank OF the
east bang of the Grand river above
Palisade, will run north and west
through Grand Junction and Fruita. a
distance of nearly 40 miles, and will
water 100000 acres. The cost of the
project is placed at s2,o0o.o00. 1t at
many points parallels the High Line
canal, the project of the reclamation
service.
Mai A. V. Bohn, recently appointed
postmaster at Leadville, has assumed
the management of the office.
Upon the recommendation OF Sena-
tor Guggenheim. DIR. II. Freudenberger
has been appointed pension examining
surgeon at Grand Junction, vice DIR. F.
R. Smith. resigned.
DR.. George II. Stover. the Denver x
ray specialist, who is being treated In
Boston for burns received In the use
of the ray, is reported to be recovering
Mrs. c. M. Moody Of Denver has
been appointed clerk in the Geological
Survey service at Denver.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-05

grew stronger, and within three month";
1 was perfectly well woman.
~ want this letter made public to
show the benefit women may derive
from Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound"-Mrs.J JOHN G. MoLDAN.
2l16 Second ST.. North. Minneapolis.
MINI.
Thousands Of unsolicited and genu-
ine testimonials like the above provo
the efficiency Of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, which Is made
exclusively from roots and herbs.
Women who suffer from those dis
tressing ills peculiar to their sex should
not lose sight of these facts or doubt
the ability of Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound to restore their
health.
Ifyou want special advice write
to Mrs. Pinkbam, at Lynn, Mass.
She will treatyOur letter rasstrictly
confidential. For 20 years sho
has been helping sick women in
this way, free OF charge. Don't
hesitate writo at once.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-05

A foreign historian. who has been
visiting this country. and is naturally
writing about II, says that the ex-
posure of financial scandals In the Uni
ted States is not to be taken Ms evil
dence of general corruption. but. on
the contrary. as a moral upheaval. He
says that the revelation Of this corrup-
ton and the outbreak OF public opin-
ion. leading to a regeneration OF con-
ditions. would be impossible in Europe.
where the corruption would be ig'
nored, II not required to be exposed for
political or grating means. Conse-
quently. what looks like national
scandal is really credit to the under.
lying morality OF the American people,
To be SO written about by a returned
visitor is SO unusual that this writer
deserves a Carnegie medal.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-05
Colombia Facing Revolution.

Colombia.-Angered by report that
President Reyes, when he fled Colon.
bia for Europe. took with him $2O.OOo,'
900 in gold and bag containing mil
lions of dollars worth OF jewels as his
plunder from the government. the peo-
ple of the republic are on the verge
Of a serious revolution. Only the lack
of a forceful and daring leader seems
to be keeping the movement from
breaking out into active war against
the government. In Cartagena mar
tial law has been declared.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-05
RESIDENTS OF THE STATE NO
LONGER REQUIRE FISHING
LICENSE.
SHORTER DEER SEASON
EARLIER FISHING SEASON OPENS
THIS SPORT BEFORE
MEMORIAL DAY.

Denver-The new game law passed
by the Seventeenth General Assembly
went into effect Wednesday. July 2Sth.
Governor affixed his signature. Among
its provisions are many new ones.
Residents OF Colorado will not be re-
quired to have license to fish in its
streams, but all non-resideBts must
pay 81 for such license. Non-resi-
dent hunting licenses are reduced
fram $25 to $40, thus more than even
ing up the score for them. The deer
season has been greatly restricted. IL
will last only from October list to 10th
and one person is entitled to one deer
with horns. No fawns or does may be
killed. The prairie chicken season IL
from October LIST to October goth.
Sage hens and mountain and willow
grouse may be killed from September
10th to October 10th. Ducks and
geese may be shot from September
10th to April 18th. The dove season
extends from August goth to Septem-
beT 5th.
Plover. curlew and shore birds may
be killed from March LIST to April 18th.
Trout fishing from May 25th to No
vember 30th. so that in the future Me-
mortal day crowds may fish without
danger of violating the law. The law
also changes the number OF birds that
one person may shoot in day or
have in his possession. Twenty geese
and twenty other birds is the limit for
one days kill. yet person may have
in his possession at one time twenty
five geese. twenty-five ducks ana
twenty-five other birds.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-05

Careful observers in the great crop
states agree with opinions that have
been expressed as to the outlook for
wheat. The genera Selief appears to
be that, with no serious setback, .ne
chances are favorable to a larger yield
than last year. The estimate OF the
New York Journal of Commerce that
the output is fairly certain to reach
635. 100000 bushels. and may go to
zoe. 100000 bushels, is much within
bounds. according to such judges as
the St Louis Globe-Democrat, which.
taking the latest report OF conditions
made to the department of agriculture.
figures therefrom n possible crop OF
705. .000. 900 bushels, against 664. .000. 900
in 1908. II these figures shall be veri-
he'd after the harvesting has been COM
pleted they will mean that the 1909
wheat crop has been equaled but twice
in the history OF the country-in 1901.
when the total was 74S.460.000 bush
els. and in 1906. when the aggregate
was 735. 100000 bushels. The corn
crop, the greatest of all, and which
last year beat all records. is still to be
heard from. and necessarily will en-
counter more risks than wheat, which
natures earlier, but so far the outlook
Is promising.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-05
Neoro Town for Colorado.

Denver.-Carryins out Booker T.
Washingtons pet theory. which holds
that every negro community in every
state should have district and town
OF its own. in order to preserve race
independence and race respect,
meeting OF delegates from all over the
state OF Colorado was held at the new
zion Baptist church in this city to dis
cuss the situation.
A number OF suggestions as to where
land should be purchased were offered.
Most OF the tracts suggested lie in
southern Colorado. The purpose of
the movement is not to establish the
entire negro community OF Colorado
upon this land. but to own land upon
which to let homesteads.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-05
THE HAY FEVER PEOPLE.

There is a national hay fever assoct
alton which meets up in New Hamp-
shire in August. OF course it will dis.
cuss the causes of this aristocratic dis
tress, and one of the causes that will
be considered relates to the effect OF
various plants, says the Ohio State
Journal. Among these are the golden
rod, the ragweed and the Indian corn.
all Of which are accused Of this griev.
GUS assault on the human race. This
discussion Is particularly interesting
because each of these flowers has its
sturdy advocates for the honor of be-
ing called the national flower, and
against them all. the hay fever associ-
alton is preparing to utter its most
urgent protest. The hay fever people
have no candidate for this honor. for
they look with suspicion upon all flow
ers while the dogstar RACES. Some
affirmative action they will doubtless
take, and that is in favor OF putting on
the free list all manufactured handker-
chiefs, and all raw material used In
their production. A long account
which tells of these things and many
more, says the association. will open
with the singing OF the anthem. BLOW.
bugles, blow. set the wild echoes fly
ing"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-05
Barcelona Rebels Crushed.

Madrid.-It was officially announced
Thursday night that the cavalry at
Barcelona succeeded during the day in
driving into st. Martin square the
principal bands OF revolutionists
against whom the artillery opened fire,
causing great losses. The survivors
surrendered. After fighting desper-
ately and successfully for long time
behind barricades. the principal mobs
were gradually driven to st. Martin
square where they found themselves
OntrADned.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-05
Tuberculosis Conference.

Under the auspices OF the Swedish
National League Against Tuberculo-
sis. the International tuberculosis con-
ference held its annual meeting in
Stockholm July to 10. Among the
American speakers on the program
were DR.. Hermann NJ. Biggs Of New
York and DR.. John C. Wise. medical
director of the United States navy.
who was the official representative OF
this country. Two subjects OF special
interest discussed were: Care OF
Tuberculous Families. Especially Of
Healthy Children" and Tuberculosis
and the Schools"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-05
Pathos in q Fire Report.

In the annual report OF the fire mar
shal OF Kentucky the following extract
is not without suggestion OF Little
Boy Blue"
Among the odds and ends Of the
attic. usually are vanished furniture.
rags smeared with grease to take fire
themselves, painting oils liable to
take fire when the sun beats on the
roof. and broken toys of children who
are grown and gone away. or who
went to sleep long ago"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-05
SURPRISED HIM
Doctors Test Of Food.

A doctor in Kansas experimental
with his boy in a test of food and
gives the particulars. He says:
Il naturally watch the effect Of diff.
ferent foods on patients. My own lit
tie son, lad of four. had been il{
with pneumonia and during his convl
lescence did not seem to care for any
kind OF food.
Il knew something of Grape-Nuts
and Its rather fascinating flavor, and
particularly of its nourishing anc
nerve-building powers, SO started the
boy on Grape-Nuts and found from
the first dish that he liked it.
His mother gave 1t to him steadily
and he began to improve at once. In
less than month he had gained
SO well and strong we had no further
anxiety about him.
AN old patient of mine, 73 years
old. came down with serious stomach
trouble and before / was called had
got SO weak he could eat almost moth
ing. and was in a serious condition.
He had tried almost every kind of
food for the sick without avail.
Il Immediately put him on Grape
Nuts with good, rich milk and Just q
little pinch of sugar. He exclaimed
when came next day Why doctor
never ate anything SO good or that
made me feel so much stronger
II am pleased to say that he got
well on Grape-Nuts, but he had to
stick to 1t for two or three weeks.
then he began to branch out q little
with rice or an egg or two. He got
entirely we'll in spite of his almost
hopeless condition. He gained %
pounds in two months which at his
age is remarkable.
IT could quote a list Of cases where
0rape-Nuts has worked wonders"
There's a Reason" Read "Tha
Road to Wellville." in pkgs.
Ever read the above letterf aevl
0oe apUears from tine to tine. They
are geAI1ncs troe, ana fun Of human
0D1ORe0ts
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-05
Northern Bee. Crop Good.

Denver.-A Greeley dispatch says:
General Field Superintendent Timothy
OF the Great Western Sugar company
says the beet crop is especially good
and better than last year. The beets
have all been thinned. the second hoe
ing finished and so per cent Of them
irrigated for the first time. Farmers
are irrigating as fast as possible.
There seems to be plenty of labor.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-05

Seventeen pairs of shoes have been
ordered from America for the Dutch
royal baby. Somebody in Holland real
izes how fast children wear out
shoes
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-05
WANTS HER
LETTER
PUBLISHED
For Benefit of Women who
Suffer from Female Ills
Minneapolis, Mimi was q great
snfYerer from female troubles which

caused D WEAKNESS
and broken down
condition Of the
system. I read 30
much Of fwhatLydia
E. Pinkham's Veg
etable mpound
had done for other
suffering women I
felt sure 1t would
help me, andI must
say 1t did help mo
wonderfully. Ny
pains all left me, Il
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-05

New York is about to build 81.
story hotel that is to be the highest in
the world, but, as most visitors to
that town can painfully testify. in one
important respect its hotels were al
ready the highest