davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
El regidor. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1888-????, 1910-05-26
20 oalabrar 81 Qentenario.

sa Conlisi6n de Propaganda del
Club International de Laredo T'e.
aerVitIo conasir1icaFnos
& d
iiera mas snntuoaa II tiigna, III
lffstiyidad del Centenario de Ia
Independencia de Ia RenIbiiea
legieana, para cnyO efeeto soli-
eita la collaboration tanto neral
sstiiso pseuniaria de t0doa los
'ss,le11os patriotas inexicanos resi-.
ldenaas en- Texas u los invita- & aus
sfi3irse con la cantidasl que fue-
re Go sll agrado, on las listas de
so oIseradores que ha alberto III
jsoPectp, ofreciendo publican las
isftas dc douatiyos v los nonlbres
de los donantes On 6rganos de Ia
Il relasa dc esta ciudad Y la de i'm.
El regidor. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1888-????, 1910-05-26

ATAQUB A Los REBEI.DEs
Dicen de Blueflelds, con fesha
"a:
El General Lara. con el fssasldo
de lag fuerzas del Esobiegno, ata-
co hoy con furla las poaieiorea
del Gobierno prov vlal0naI tletraa
de BIueiields. El yapor anus,
del Gobfernts dAssia HOO
henhre tla trops q 10 nliIias de
aQuis rtlnabo 81 as,ls de Bile.
con as pro- ID da aseas
# los rabeldea, Ell con- i0n
.con las fasrz del General ras.
glsie aAIla slls fla1zls + esUaI-
tIaa d. Rl4eil
El regidor. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1888-????, 1910-05-26
Alog ogatlos On I.ivi ston.

10 IslVlngs EolTs 'ToXls, dlGel1
con fee1la q
Dos hiios de IL. Ii. McKinaon,
de oeho n treee afios de odad a.
ahog aronse en- cl arroyo de Long
Isfag, distante nlilla y media do
este ltlgara HeneIlid0 eli arroyo
slpor las raeientes lluvias, arrasfr6
e los niflos hagta sus profundida-
des aIatea de que I'll augi1io IIega.
sa. sas eadhveras fnaron axtpaf.
dos llsaflana Sc los dara sepnlttt-
ras
El regidor. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1888-????, 1910-05-26
/ aIlago dc sla yef.

Dicen Dc Chicago, III, con fe.
cha 81
aocIlo fu6 enepntrado en- 81
aagO, nOr tn botero. al cadayef
de julia Herndt de 3g afioa dc
5edfad EataI,a loes en oalidad
&c aIienada, eneontrkbaae en el
hospital EIearos de eaiya inati.
, 4s.ei6u + ! desa resi6 el did 25 dc
5ALr & -
l1 psrfestan,eslEe Identifies,
g, ais cad aver lsfsr q poliefa.
El regidor. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1888-????, 1910-05-26
q q F a YTJDANDo A CUPiD5

rs Er YUDANDo A CUPIDo
Dicen de Washington, con fe~
chs
El pgesiaente Taft orden6 hoy
IL reduction de Ii sentencia de
@. # Thornton, por maIversa-
ei6n de fondos. Thornton qsle-
aara 81 llibertasl 81 dia 3 dis Die
cienlbfa para cagarse 81 dis de
Chr aaas con So ptolaetiaa, ALI
ca Los fslegoa raiIera~
dos 81 ssta dltiraa Es1ovieron los
BentiElsIa IaFstos del presidente para
dietF l det termination.
El regidor. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1888-????, 1910-05-26
S. 50 8 ssase

- aE ssase NgsaSE
een fablia
81 az5se Ess JleY
sIslks E1fsntI aIEss 81 81
aFss III f Iss gf 81
# q 81 y i 4
So l1a s {
S ssg8
Gsoi1
s "a
El regidor. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1888-????, 1910-05-26

- IS sgIgI s.. s
AisgU
g
El regidor. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1888-????, 1910-05-26
aa Yillp s lagagdn.

- xnilioagio s iaear6n.
Dicen dc Mariana. Texas, cor
seclia ~
ISegpuss de haber sido conviC
lEsl y confaso de haber robado la
spficina do Gorreos de Moro, la no
lIehe do Mayo 16, J. NJ. thurman,
de rs afios de edad, DECLARE ser
briuudo de Nashville, Estado dc
Tennessee, 8 hijo de ln rico ban
5sIiero dc Waynesboro, del lnismo
lkstado, y que en- aguel lubar ma.
hstado, y que ON aquel lugar ma
80 q Iifl primo suyo hace dos a.
iios, desde caya fecha SO encuen-
ssra fugitive, huyendo de la ac--
tei6Yl de la ilaticia.
El regidor. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1888-????, 1910-05-26
s1as 1as1 2eas l9lO Hblo Cruz Plopistario TsS


- = AAsekA4NAN&4t5 5
Dicend de coll 3.
chs
Jose !.
Quiene d l Il tItcel de
t ci0da el juiciC
extrs dici i6ll mt en- Agente
Foster, sle sesi.
i,ato u robD tle AMI mt ii, IN lu-
.t1ar de n exicc, han 81 ID enviadoa
h4io la debida ctstcdia & aquella
Republics. E:nt dos a2las Rtl- I
oridad de Nueyo Laredo, cor
for4kial Dies de estilo. un Di.
de llariscal tie aqui. en- 81
p =. iDrle estA el mlonunaenttc
ssIlte Int terIlacion
!, 81 - j ,sss 81. s.s aitrofa de III eAi
" los E a 5 sast3os:
Dichos indivs sslstcs elalserssl sel sl
jazgados en- n por el asesi
ilato de i'm ernpleado Mexicano
sserca ae an pnnto llattado Lo
Guerra El crimen Sc cometi,
lsace tempo, pero los raos esta
Ian pendientes del juicio de ex
adici6n.
El regidor. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1888-????, 1910-05-26
!

ElRtDnaM Eke COSnlH on conf AZ lstAa
blo rs consii oibn de graild6s
ssust tos de- inter pub blico, quitaIi
de- las iianOs Glc la eomisi6n ell
/ S0dar de conceder preyilegi0s es-
Aseciaies, depositahdolo On Las ma
mos del pueblo, a qiiien de dere--
& gsa9 le cOFresp0 0rtde vi eg vi debe
scr faessltado para deeidir 81 ta4
Hes priyilegios deben 8 no coaace-.
Mesgss. # 81 ss
Desa al pueblo diSp6fler dc 10 q
se Yaerteneoe, on liz tnanefa Que
lG Goayieaa as asi c0nforfne al
4 antique siateilla, Que delega ai sas1O-
der 4 T,iaOs ctiantoH qlienss bien
fgsua aieran ser tan POGO eacrNpulO!
sds paga usarlo en- provecho 8 res
q a,,dsasafaanientO favorable s gus par
AicHlarea ambieiOnes e.
Ssa derecIl0 dc revocaGi6n da
al pueblo ell absolute podsr de de.
aochar los servidOres ine0npeten.
ites q iIlfieles On eualquier tempo,
,sa isual lnaIera que ti1 individuo
hDagti tioular paede hacerI0.
Vista previai6n tiensle 8 poneE
e tOdos los eInpleados do Ia cii--
dad bajo 81 dominic dc quienea
llos cligieron y es de las tres, ::a
lde mayor importancia. ss
Cos eanpieaAos pus.aen scr tlesti-.
tuidOs.
Ann elianao lbs empleaelos 500
elsctOs pnf u1 tGrmino deginido
iltoa, etliD del eiareiei0 de Ia fa.
Z IL sae lsFla
Ffa II los eIentps'eB l,Is IS
sIa stE eInpIeO q MIA arsa
dc los eoIsisi0nados que eIIoa iis,g.
slvleY1 earacer do ia Indispensable
Il0nratlez 8 inepto eE ell eumplis-
!lnioSlt0 de alls deberes, los cna--
les deharan cunplirse a eiltera sa
sstisfaeeisin.
Be hfaee efeetig0 este sIeYaello
per medic dc una petiei6n firasla.
ess por el tanto por eianto. gene.
llfalsnerte naIy pegloiio del nd.
ftissro de Yotantes califmaaos. re.
eltlirieflao del etlarpo gahernai iivd
lsIo aoIleta al aslIlste de cantf,i0
del ernpIeado, 4 una eleccion
Sc eon1prenderh cue cstas pro.
Yisloras haeau que ell gobierno en-
AsflFiliai6f1 sea cit mas detnoera fico
sfe Lev tienupps mod aarnos.
unca el p0fier deia de faaidir
'eIi Ias ItlatlOa slsI pueblo al por III,
'lr1onisnto. Todo io que plsesien
lilaoor los 3oInisi0nad0s eg. ae5uaY
aEgentes del pueblo haio a,l
EIreDci6as
Rubloitaasa y nvlSao 0lyil.
Ial frasastar u eyanslar s,stt,ii.
ants tUdOa los 81 itl,
llaeasap posikIv aoIyierao esi
asoFaiel0si Los basttioa i oFxa eIlass-
gaa dslaaf presen tAr8a para sar
piVrad0s aisrEo nilfaero Sao
dlaa arafea de ser dIsatleisIns, Va
itssapM d piIesspa ala yigKssI. Ia1 esty.
ss.n no efaetI ea AsInna s. 8
6 aaRratas i as llss Dr lis
iiaIln eli q Is IlassIsl /, 81. ~
H tle los "a s.ts,ts
slsl faltaGss eoiif faVo sla I.,s
ntIb gssty0s i,a fss
e 4 ii Ilrolssa b I,Ise
sss''S'
81 aslDrH ra
III ii
hsaes
Is Ioss aIsls
m gses
40 pot s. ls
asasI
0lla q osl as slaos as,s
zsE sIllh 81 i & ) IS
A 0s e 9ea esI
Isa IgslIIIfl s q
u 4 So y..s1s S. &
81 4 + III 5 S.. lsssI
ssgs sla Il u
alH ~ ias s. Ias,ta 8
t19ltAfll0 sal 3gag KE)sI
q esssis gSg9 IS 81
~
IS
III
El regidor. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1888-????, 1910-05-26

81
~
OOss4IiCAc cEc1i ,1UsE I1El

D ss. ss4 8 gsss ssS
atuentas de OaGI i dep tAr1entO, q.
sdoptando med 81 t1le Que ase.I
Hllren eli deserape eftO y propio cum
siplimientO dis Los contra t0s en- one
haya Cornprend idos interesas ptl.i
s,bIisOg.
/ Existen tasnbien pxeyisiepes, pa
ra aES, Is Tegylares sinterya alos, sel
ipractique por medic de exp pertos'
iGOnta dores, el exanen de todoa
Toe libros p1blicOs. No Sc deia
lain adoptar ninguna provision
que tienda & la salyaguariia de
! Jos intsEeses de la ciIIdad.
baio tAl aisten,a de pnbiieidad.
no puede hAber trampas en al
cfnplso do los dinerag do Ia ciu--3
dad, no coml,inaCi0nes rli 1ie00.-
AcIOg para gananeias priyadas en-
,eonniYe Yeneia con las corporaciones
sInblicas, no favoritisnio, no dis,
tracci6n 9 disipaci6n do las rem
tas plblicas.
ss saaTViCaO UkVsl. III
+, +. Otras de las Yenta Jas que 4 con
tspecialidad SO recomienda 5s si
Sat.isma EN- muchos gobiernoa an Il,
anisl6n, es el haei10 dc Que tsE ger.
Z .vicios Civil o. el m4todo al suDlip
las oficirsas do elnplsaaog aptoa.
eg lugar de nombrarloa al capri.
JSllo o eOnveniencia do los emplca
Jos saFperiOres. El snerito i ri,
Slaa actividades p0lieicas de parti.
lAo, foffna la base fundamental de
l,ls ofganigaei6n del aeryicio civil.
!, eFda eit1dadano SIC le eIa igual
0Iopflinl dad para la 0cl,Dacifn do
i'm ptlesto plblico.
laB las I,oaiilles aegirislades
l,fsgH imp 8,
8lfi 3iIIsII sssttsss escrf 81 &
ial 81 resgl alsIallto de Ia eindal,
.i1ebs haeerse i'm fiaD u nlin1eies,,
'sga amen acerca de las Dergonas nj,
jas para ser deelaraaas eleeibles
sa cnalqnier puesfo 8 empIeo pfi..
sNIie0. fss
Jna vez en- Of aeIsYicii0, I'M elas
pleatio no, pliede ser fIegtitnifIo,
sIslslo lsor cansa ;jugtificada + me.
}diaiite aeasaei6u y coInparsce,l.y
eia ante ID direetiyn, Esta can,
T,arecetlf:ltl, como todas las deuIhs
tranBaecioles De Ia eordiai6n. de-
be ser pGblioa II sobre car0os es.
hiee ifieadoa presentation en- do.s
'bida fornaa
Is9ta es les Inanera mas effc!sz
slItala ayitar que 0ingulo de los
silefes do departaneato, que tisnen3
scnpIe0s para distribute K a,i dis.
i,osici0n, SIC constFtiyan, ,,or de.
seirl0 asff p0r medic de los en-
a,le9s de la ciusaad, una n1aaliina
poderoaa Que Sc aproveeln en
5tloiitral ssfastaP s. UponRrae & Ia vos
9nIiEad del pueblo.
/ 3 assanera s. oI,arar.
Deapgleg de scr eleuEaa l0s eisl.
esss cora Ionad0g. se hnoe ra0aAr
SeIa elsGs IS adnl inia ion sla Ifybs
asalaafpa plhlieDs En IsiQar III
teaaer ltagocips insOr1saatIos nor
eoTnitaB Il glllf-eONlfE6 l0g aslllas.
tos Sc eonsIdegasa Il resuelvan nos,
los I1lis1ios pnrIsipna dos, Cad.
EETI,Isada este efl 0oilatante rst.
tBoto CON 81 depap syafo & alio'
EaUrrggI ,pngiA Slgl,e csstsessa lai
Ilsgia Ton ssae ae
skfa isG a.OnfltN sfBst a9 los s.
slsal s0g De ma eilIsIg S. a ,ls
IA q s IoH sIekk
IS
direct Ilay Quaftsf6n s
EysasS d autlt f9uds Sc
Esl lgss DsIl b.
8 rlsss ri egnesI
sE<sI
ealss,s &
ssss,1lei0Elaia HH ~ s eds Egs|
fllSs 0FtlsllaTa ~ s. 6A iiIlE S.
81 ms ae8i5n cor Ms
fggIa M 1gg sS
lay s. oD 81 St III
FL tg gtH taise ]
-
0a
i1lsl
81 s
81
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-11-02

DAWSON GA, Oct 21st s. A. Loyless Vice President
lawson Ca Dear Sir Having with your
Company concerning the interests benefca am pleased
TO say all information cheuy that am satisfied that
S company has saved it's policy
past e years Under the law which Company moruary
moneys collected will have benefaes and am assured
the recent assessment is paid
ooVo per member and leave quite surplus
there is moral obligation devng upon the policy holders to pay
these assessments that shirked Very truly
A. j. CARVER, President Dawson National Rank
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-11-02

DAWSON GA, Oct A. Loyless vice-Presiden
Dawson Ca Dear Sir Your first
when give the my payments includ
ing this assessment give the
policy holders these
there is but thing
is to pay them your premiums
advance so that will be able
ing assessments after death thus getting
again We need sound insurance glad
you are getting a truly
j. T. Raglan Cotton Oil Co
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-11-02

DAWSON, GA, Oct. 21st, 1910
Southern Life Insurance Co., Daw-
son, Ga. Gentlemen: am glad you
commence December list collecting
assessments in advance, and at the
same rate of the old policies, which
will always enable you to pay your
claims as they occur. l certainly
think those claims should be paid as
sent out.
G. w. DOzlER.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-11-02

J. NJ. BELL, PRESIDENT
J. r. MERCER, VICE-PREs
J. E. MOS IS, CASHIER
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-11-02
First State Bank
5lamsnm, Ga.
Dawson, Ga, Oct 10th, 1910.
Southern Life Insurance Co..

Dawson Ca
Gentlemen
If this letter written on $40 bill could not be Of
more vital interest to your policyhoders.
Your company has made possible insurance protection
to the poorer class OF people, class much entitled to nsur
ance as the rich You have saved town and county thou
sands OF dollars and want you continue more prosperous
than ever You entitled to the support Of every man in
the county, and now to help your pocyhoders raise sufficient
money to pay every of their death claims IN FULL
make you this propositions
Take policy holders amount of this assess
men let him the other halt and will you the money for
such notes. This arrangement will help your poyholdes and will
carry to the glorious position among great
business institutions of the state Yours truly,
j. NJ BELL Pres. First State Bank
The above letter speaks for itself check right avay for
hall this amount and plain note for the remaining half 9
without interest and insurance will be sandne until
Dec this wear N
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-11-02

DAWSON 21s 191O-souhern Life Insurance Co. Da
Ga Gentlemen: 1t entirely you
showing you stand public will
prca efforts settle with
Judgment, literally you ancpa
Yours truly A. j.
w. S. THORNTON
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-09-30
WHAT TO DO WITH A BAD TEMPER

Starve it. Give it nothing TO feed on.
When something tempts you to grow
angry, do not yield to temptation. 1t
may for minute or two be difficult to
control yourself: but try it. Force
yourself to do nothing, to say
nothing. and the rising temper will
be obliged to go down because it has
nothing to hold it up. The person
who can and does control tongue, hand,
heart, in face of great provocations, is
hero. The world may not own him OF
her as such, bat God does. The Bible
says that ''he that ruleth his spirit is
better than he that taketh a city,
What is gained by yielding to temperi
For minute there is feeling of relief
but soon comes sense of sorrow anC
shame with a wish that the temper haC
been controlled, Friends are separated
by bad temper, Trouble ia caused by it.
the pain il given to others as we'll as tC
self. The pain. too. often lasts fol
days, even years, sometimes for life
An Outburst of temper is like the burst
ing Of steam-bOiler. it is impossible Il
tell beforehand what will be the result
The evil may never be remedied. Starv,
your temper. II is not worth keepint
alive. Starve it, Exchange,
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-09-30
FIGHTING THE FLY.

With the season that is passing there
comes to n temporary conclusion the
most vigorous, concentrated, deter
mined warfare ever waged against the
house fly, more appropriately and cor
| rectly known of late as the Typhoid
fly" 1t seems that if anything definite
about this pest has been discovered, il
is that the fly spreads contagion. and
especially the typhoid fever germ. In
Albany the authorities came to this con-
clusion and in Washington. where there
has been an outbreak of typhoid, the
doctors in general share this opinion.
BY systematic work carried on by
medical men and others interested in
the general welfare, the public has been
systematically advised of the dangerous
character of the fly and has been taught
how to fight it. Its life history has
been explained, and the necessity shown
of destroying its breeding places. The
season is not yet ended, but it is not
too soon to consider the manner in which
the fight against the fly is to be carried
on next year.
Medical science In these days is con-
cerned even more with the problem of
preventing disease than it Is with cur.
ing it. The brightest minds in the pro-
fession are engaged in seeking out and
localizing the germs Of different diseases,
and then in learning how to destroy
those germs. 1t has been found that
innoculation is practicable in combating
other diseases than small pox, and there
is constant advancement. Sometimes,
however, the effotrs of medical science
are bafiled by the indifference of the
public, and until lately this seemed to
be the case with the common fly. Now.
however, the public is awake, and it
has been making splendid fight. In a
few years, with continued well-directed
effort, the disease-carring fly may
become a positive rarity.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-09-30
NURSING A GRUDGE.

A bad memory is often the adjunct of
magnanimity. Personal injuries fade
ont of the normal mind even when they
are not forgiven, but where we get
good memory and bad heart they
rankIe forever, There are few recol-
lections which any of US would consent
to lose If we were consulted, but the
pleasure to be gained from the going
over of grudges. while it is undeniable,
is fearfully unwholesome. is liable, in
fact, to undermine the moral health al
together. To this form of ofintemperance
the man with an exceptionally long
memory is most prone. "How badly /
was treated" he says to himself. .'The
truth is l am too good-natured. too
scrupulous, too highly strung. In this
rough world every man should look out
for himself" f"-and he proceeds to teach
some one else the same unfortunate
lesson. The constant renewal of his
sense of injury has made him think bet
ter of himself and act worse by his
neighbor than he would ever have done
had he been more forgetful. But all
these trOublesare unknown to the person
whose memory is, as it were, porous.
From any expression of determined
revenge all decent people now shrink.
1t is passion with which persons above
a certain level of cultivation hardly
count. Hard work, more especially
mental work, destroys the worst forms
or rancor. A continual ush of fresh
thoughts tends to flush the memory anc
to wash out personal spite. Neverthe
less the instinct is still active though il
finds an attenuated and as a rule &
vicarious expression. The average mar
who is not exceptionally good or baS
returns to the world the treatment b,
has received at the hands of the world
so far as in him lies. If he is a saint
and saints are far commoner than cynic
think-he returns good for evil, if he Il
a villain, he returns evil for good; bu
the average man is guided by his ex
perience-he gives back ''good measure
pressed down and running over. "-Th,
Spectator.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-09-30
NO LONGER PITIED.

Not so very long ago the married wo-
man looked down with pity upon her un-
married friend as she gave entertain
ments and went to balls and theatre
parties and had good time generally
while the unmarried one stayed at home.
Now things have grown so much in
the favor of the single woman that her
married friend often envies her liberty.
her youthful appearance, caused by the
absence of household cares. and, above
all. her income. which she can spend as
she wills without asking any ones per-
mission. And indeed there are worse
things than being bachelor girl now
adays. Women are firmly established
in the business world. and they are
beginning to be paid large salaries,
which would satisfy many man. They
can go almost anywhere without an
escort-to the theatre, to dinner at
many of the restaurants and to nearly
every kind of evening affair.
The prosperous. clever bachelor girl
is in as great demand as the bachelor
man for week-ends. She is much more
entertaining than the stay at home girl,
and her bright ways and smart costumes
make her dangerous rival for the
married fiirt, who has had things her
own way for so long.
Last and not least, she is able to Law
aside money for her old age, which
many a married woman worries over,
and perhaps buy home in the country
which may be hers no matter what
befalls.-Boston Herald.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-09-30
"MAINE'S GONE. DEMOCRATIC"

Malinda at the washtub heard her man
voice far away
Shout something on the autumn air tha
seemed to make him gay;
The echoes shook the woodland ant
when he came dancing home
His eyes were full of sunlight and hi.
lips were full of foam:
'Maine's gone Democratic,
Yes, the good old State at last
For Tippycanoe and Tyler too
It's mighty vote has cast!"
Upon the tall skyscraper where the
workmen in the sun
Tossed redhot bolts across the blue anC
caught them one by one;
A street cry rang around them like the
music of the bird,
And DER the romping engines voice
this melody they heard:
'Maine's gone Democratic,
She has. for sure, done that,
And soon the grand old party
Won't know where in jail it's at!''
The engineer leaned out his cab as on
the engine flew,
And heard at ninety miles an hour a
crowds wild hullalOo;
Into the station when he ran and shut
his steam chest off,
The message rang above the roar and
chuf and chew and cough:
''Maine's gone Democratic,
If it hasn't I'll stand pat
And eat my shirt and eat my shoes
And eat my old straw hat"
The preacher paused a moment in his
sermon on the times
As Ger the sacred hymn of praise there
hurst some rugged rhymes:
The newsboys' lungs were shouting and
through windows ringing clear
Above the old pipe organ rose this ditty
on the ear:
"Maine's gone Democratic.
Here's yer extra, how she's went
Fer Tippy and fer Tyler
And hooray fer Gov'nor KentI'
Wherever civilization on its daily round
went by.
In tiny baekwnods places meath soft
d4uiet sky,
In roaring streets of cities. far and near
the news is spread
And fifteen million times day the world
has heard it said:
''Maine's gone Democratic,
And they know what they're about
They'll lower the on'ry tariff,
And they'll turn the rascals outr'
-Bentztown Bard in BALTIC. Sun.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-09-30
ROASTING EARS"

we DO not know what the Indians
called roasting ears, but there is no
question that this was one of the prin-
ciple articles of diet of the aborigines
"hen Capt. John Smith and his fellow
coionlsts established themselves in this
virgin country. A man who was born
IN Maine and has lived all about said
that The term was first used in New
England, hut we doubt that, as the
records would appear to show that we
were making laws in Virginia before
the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock
or thereabouts, one writer saving that
the hrst Legislative assembly that ever
convened in the country was held in
virginia III months before the eter-
nally lauded Pilgrims ever landed upon
Plymouth Rock and 10 years before
the colony of Salem and Ros,on increas-
ed their meager numbers beyond the
hundred'
In Bruce's Economic History of
Virginia in the Seventeenth Century"
page l13, volume l, we are told: "The
custom which the Indians followed in
eating their meals was simple. A mat
was spread on the ground and on this
the dish was placed, the broiled fish
and roasting ears heing laid near at
hand" Again in the same hook, page
l75, there is this note; I'm June. July
and August they fed ON fish, the roots
of the tuckahoo, berries and roasting
ears."
The chances are. therefore, that corn.
which was SO important an article of
their diet, was called ''r0asting ears"
or the equivalent in the Indian tongue,
as 1t is reasonable to assume that thew
did not eat it raw or uneooked. We
are of the opinion that "roasting ears"
IL "a good Virginia expression" mas
much as in Virginia the white man first
used corn on the table or mat after the
manner of the Indians. and as it was
roasted before 1t was eaten the pre-
sumption ia that it was called roasting
ears" The term appears to have been
used in Virg inia since the seventeenth
century, and doubtless before there
were any Dutch in PENNSYLVANIA. -
Richmond Times-Dispa tch.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-09-30
DESERVING.

This is the heights of our deserts:
A little pity for life's hurts:
A little rain. little sun,
A little sleep when work is done.
A little righteous punishment,
Less for our deeds than their intent:
A little pardon now and then,
Because We are but struggling men.
A little light to show the way,
A little guidance when we stray;
A little love before we pass
To rest beneath the kirkyard grass,
A little faith in days of change,
When life is dark and bare and strange
A solace when our eyes are wet
With tears of longing and regret.
True it is that we cannot claim
Unmeasured recompense or blame.
Because our way of life is small;
A little is the sum of all.
Pail Mall Gazette.