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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-01-28

different He was not ordained to
make or handle money. but to make
converts and handle souls. He was
dedicated to spiritual uses.
This, preacher said to himself: 81
cannot stay In the pulpit and do my
work &c am incumbered with money
The love of money is the root of many
kinds Of evil. 1 might grow to love
money"
Was he right2
From his angle Of vision, yes. In
time the care and the love and the
lure OF money would have lesseped his
energies, more or less deadened his
sensibilities and finally put him cut
of sympathetic touch with hts strug
Cling parishioners.
Therefore he fed the temptation.
1t was big temptation. But he de-
cfded that to realize his ideals was
worth more to him than five millions
OF money.
Did he choose the better part3
Yes or no?
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-01-28
Formation Of D.vv.

Ground little below the surface Is
always warmer than the air above Il.
So long as the surface of the ground Is
above the dew point vapor must rise
and pass from the earth into the air.
The moist air SO formed will minyle
with the air above it. and its moisture
will he condensed, forming dew wher-
ever it comes i'm contact with a surface
cooled below the dew point In fact.
dew rises from the ground
But how Is the dew formed on bod
les high up In the airI
Dew does not rise in particles. as il
was once considered to fall in particles
like fine rain. 1t rises i'm yapor. Some
Is caught by what is on the surface of
the earth. but the rest ascends in yapor
form until ii comes in contact with o
much colder surface to condense it
into moisture. The vapor does not
flow upward in a uniform stream, but
is mixed in the air by eddies and
wind currents and carried to bodies
far from where it rose. In fact. dew
may be deposited, even though the
country for many miles all around be
dry and incapable of yielding any
yapor. In such cases the supply of
yapor to form that dew would de-
pend on the evaporation of the dew
and on what was waited over by the
winds
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-01-28
TRAVELLERS TALES.
The BIunders In Books That Describe
Foreign Countries.

The BIunders In Books That Describe
Foreign Countries.
A lively article on the amusing mis-.
takes TO be found In books appears in
the London Academy The author In
referring 10 the plumbers often made
in books that describe foreign coun-
tries notes that a travellers ignorance
of the manners and customs of strange
peoples or deliberate imposition by his
informants are both supposed to have
given somewhat ia bulous character
to some parts OF the writings Of Herod-
otus. He quotes these lines. which he
found written on bis desk when he
was attending lectures at Oxford:
Herodotus. Herodotts.
You could not spell. you ancient cuss.
The priests In Egypt gammonsd you.
II was not very hard to do.
But don't you think you'u CANNON U.S.
Herodotus. Herodotus.
The author adds: "The second line Is
presumably reference to the spelling
Of Ionic Greek. What follows alludes
to the story of the Nile issuing from
between the mountains Crophi and Mo-
phi. which certainly sounds like a nurs-
cry tale. In Justice, however. to the
historian we must remember that re-
cent Investigations have discovered
that many Of bis narratives once re-
garded as mythical have been found to
have some foundation In fact.
This Is more than can be said Of
most medieval travellers tales. Some.
however. admit Of explanation. as, for
instance. Otheilo's account Of men
whose beads do grow beneath their
shoulders Raleigh is convinced that
the wonder is true. because every
child In the provinces OF Arromala and
Canuri affirms the same The origin
of the belief In such prodigies has
been found In the account given by
Olearius of the Samojeds OF northern
Muscovy. whose garments are made
like those that are called cosaQues
open only Mt the necks. When the cold
is extraordinary they put their CO.
saques over their heads and let the
sleeves hang down, their faces being
not to be seen but Mt the cleft which is
at the neck. Whence some have taken
occasion to write that I'm these north.
ern countries there are people without
heads, having their faces In their
Breasts"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-01-28
POTOMAC RIVER RoUTE

Schedule in effect Saturday, May 18th 1eeo
Washington. anu
Leave Baltimore, Pier s, Light Strcet
Meatner permitting. ats p. m every Mondav.
WeonSsoay ana Saturday. for the following
river landings, Alexandria and WASHINGTON.
baltimore p. m. Milers, Broomes. Porto
Be' 10, Grasons. Coan 8 a. M. Bundicke LAKES
walnut Point, Cowsrts. Lewisetta. Kjnsale
Lodge. Mupdy Point. &c Mira Piney Point N
a. m, beonardtown 12noon, Abells. Cobrums
stones. Bushwood, Lancaster D. M RiveT-
SIDE Liverpool Point. ely mont, Alexandria.
stops only on signal.
Leave Warrington, ID. O., foot OF Seventh
street, weather permitting. at D. m. ever
Monday. Wednesday and Saturday for the ~
lowing river lsndings and BALTIMORE:
w ashlngton.Alexandria. 4:45 ID. m. GIymont
Liverpool Point Riverside, Bush ~ood Ian.
caster. Cobrums. Stone LeonRrdtown Ge ",
Aoells, P1ney Point sCintra. Lodge 10 a m
munuy Point. kinsale IL noon Coan Run-
uicks Lates. alnut Point. Cowarts lewis
etta MiIlers Up m, 0rasUns ID. M. Broomes-
LOTTO bello p. m, Baltimore. -
stop only on signal
Arriving In Bai timore early "Wednesday T.,
oaysnd Mondsy mornings.
Freight received in Baltimore on sailing
days until p. m. 49, ii's
This timetable shows the time at xrh,,n
steamers may be expected TO arrive NJ ana
depart from the several wharyes but Their
arrivals or departure at the times stated Is NOT
guaranteed nor does the Company hold Itself
arising therefrom.
STEPHENSON & BRO, Agts., washinvton
hkAhDoN and GRIMES. Agts.. Alexandria.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-01-28
knaW His Man

Ex-Governor Waller Of Connection
once wanted to obtain a charter TO
a new corporation which he represent
ed, and the opposition called James G
PATTERSON, an insurance president, a,
Its star witness. He was asked by hi,
own side only two questions.
"You have lived in Hartford a grea
many years, Mr.. Batterson?"
"Yes, sir"
"Are you in favor Of granting thi:
charter?''
mo, sir"
Here his lawyers rested, leaving the
rest to chance, knowing that Mr.. Bat
terson could keep his end up in any
verbal battle with Ex-Governor Waller
The latter began by asking:
Mr.. Patterson. you have lived here
many years?"
II have"
"Well. SIR" added Governor Waller.
sit is my wish that you may live In
Hartford many more years. That Is
all, SIR"
Thus was Mr.. Batterson's opportuni-
ty to talk shelved. Governor Waller
knew his man.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-01-28
loss py plncnrng ECONOMY

loss py pincning economy.
Go to his home. The wreck or the
wagon is a real calamity TO the little
cottage. 1t means dinners without
meat. II may mean failure to pay
rent. Some bloodsucker may get q
mortgage on team and wagon.
Ask the woman.
Little Johns coat Is getting too rag.
ged for school. His sister needs shoes
Her old shawl Is good enough for
her." but father suffers from the winds
In the bleak days because his under
clothing is thin.
Aye, D,g the old trip or the tracks,
We mus. get down TO business!
And, alas Tor Christian charity under
the sun, perhaps none of those pros
porous ones who passed the sooty faced
driver as he stood by the side of his
battered wreck had glimmer of
thought or pity for his tremendous
loss.
Out OF the way. We must get to
business,
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-01-28
FREAK CATAL.0GUING.
British Museum Has a System Ths
Few Can Fathonl.

British Museum Has a System That
Few Can Fathom.
1t may seem ungrateful In an old
reader who has reaped so many bene-
ats from the great library In Blooms
bury TO find fault with the arrange
ments. and IL ] stood alone I'm this
complaint ] would retain my isolation,
but the grievance is ventilated by
many.
In the FIRST place. / and j are treated
as the same letter, as q and v are.
That was all right when the catalogue
was begun and was I'm manuscript, but
now that printing has superseded
handwriting the obsolete fashion OF
cataloguing Jones and Ives under the
same letter or Vale aud Unwin as hav-
ing the same initial might be discon-
tinued and the modern usage adopted.
In the second place. anonymous
works are catalogued according to a
bewildertng system. the object Of which
seems TO be to hide the identity of the
work.
Take the case OF the valuable little
book with the following title: IAN Ac-
count OF the Origin OF Steamboats,. In
Spain. Great Britain and America and
Of Their Introduction and Employment
Upon the River Thames Between Lon
don and Gravesend to the Present
Time"-i e.. 1881. One would think
that 1t would be catalogued under
Steamboats," that being the main
subject, but mott is catalogued under
Spain" am told the rule is to take
the first proper name,
That rule. however. is not applied in
the next case. A we'll written little
book published In 1907 is entitled
Devon, the Shire Of the Sea Kings"
Devon" would seem to be the natural
heading. but no-in the catalogue It
will be found under "Great Western
Ratlway."-London Notes and Queries.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-01-28
Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic
EkR RAILWAY 90.
Piankatank River Lime.

Schedule in effect Nav end looa
steamer leaves Pier Light Street vhar,
baltimore. every Sunday and WeSnee ~ laii'
, weaver permitting. for report ana Snteyyi,
mediate landings, as follows: Fs'' sAu ihseF-
SIMPSONS s;i5: Tipers hl ,i S. 9S a. pa m
lSeton :. limbs 4:l0. Reedville SS0 Hars ~
o; ma~yeys Sab, Grace Point T:lO Byr.iton w
nIiimHarnock 100 Ocran E45, Jackson.e Crc.tr,
III ~. Sricket Hin ll:30. Calls iI:ss. srr,xe
Wvtacnstts I2;i6 2. n. Leaves Ruarks i.an n" NJ
SMareht use l;4b, Coprads 2 Green PoinR s,,I III
ebmpers 2f0. Blapds 8. arrive Freenort ~ s..aS'
Returning, steamer leaves Freeporf e, = H. neI.
slm9re ana intermediate landings eyery Tnas-
follows: permitting, as
Leave Freeport a. m, Blands 7.lo stsv,r--
ss:SSo So, Green Point 5:45. Conrads & XsNhdpnosss
o;o0, huarks s:4b, Fitchetts 10. Cai1is So.sc
Srlcket II ~ iO;45. Jacksons Greek II,11 Oc,snv.
= y. m hlmarnook lao. Grace, Point IN
p5runon Z, Hardfngs Haryeys 3.Ik Eiaacsppvs
si1' IImos 3, Reedville 5:3O Mia q RiackSaeiuio
oSo, Ilpers !. SIMPSONS 7;l5, arrive In RaIsu
more early next morning. " e4si-
:. ll1s TIME table shows the times at ,vh,..
s.eamers may be expected 10 arrive ar ana ~
Psart from the several wharves bur t,ssir 80
IivaI or departure at the times sfafe a. ~
guaranteed, nor does the COMPANY hoia i,s ny
responsible Tor any delay or any conseonanc1.
Freight received at baltimore for .ho
Points on sailing days until y:9O D M o'e
LLARD THOMSON. Gen. ManaSar
n ". DowNEY. Agent, Baltimore
Il. MURDOCH.
Gen. Freight and Passenger Ae.rt.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-01-28
RAGrIhE IDEALS.

When a new ragtime song catches
popular fancy one hears 1t whistIet
and hummed and sung on every hand.
All at once it goes.
The psychologists. moment when the
populace tires OF It comes as suddenly
as did its first appearance. A Jingle
OF words, a cunning phrase, catchy
meter, a jagged tune-it lives butter
dy existence and dies.
So there are ragtime deals, Ideals
that lure, but do not last.
Note the ideals OF q boy. His earliest
mental picture of that which is admi
rable Is n policeman or a fireman. oil
he is attracted by the glitter OF the cir
Gus and would wear bangles and hang
from a trapeze by one foot.
But as he grows older his ideals
change Like the ragtime songs, these
ideals fade.
Grown people sometimes discover
they have cherished ragtime ideals.
A man wants money. He gets It. II
does not satisfy him. 1t is like drink
Ing salt water-the more he drinks the
more he wants. Another man wants
An Office. He gets 1t. 1t spells him.
Ragtime ideals.
A woman dreams OF social conQuests
She succeedx-and is not happy. One
woman covets gowns, gems, equipage
She gets them-and is not satisfied.
Ragtime ideals.
But the real song never dies, and the
real ideals do not fade.
The real song, the song that comes
from the heart and goes to the heart
the song that is worth while-thai
song does not die. IT cannot die.
And so Of the true ideals.
Ideals Of goodness and truth, Of love
and Kindness, OF helpfulness and sac
ri6ce for others-these ideals are q
vision OF what ought to be and cannot
fade away.
Ragtime ideals appear like some gilt
tering pageant seen through the eve,
shifting kaleidoscope Of our passing
fancies. "Ah," we say, "there is my
vision Of the truly admirable, the
much to be desiredr' But by and by
The mirage rises.
The rivers Of fancy lose their run
nels In LIES desert sands. Disillusiou
comes.
Ragtime ideals. like ragtime songs
do not abide.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-01-28
HIS CHOICE.

! II you should wake M some morn.
ing and ind yourself worth $1,000, 600
what would you do?
Celebrated
:. Well Newell Dwight Htnis. the emf.
nent Brooklyn minister, found himself
worth that much money recently.
Dr. Hills came into possession OF an
island In the north Pacific. near Prince
Rupert. Not long ago coal was dis
covered on the island.
The coal measures were prospecfed
by practical coal men and q full est
mate made OF the deposit. The report
showed that the entire island was In
enect solid body OF coal and worth
beyond all question $5.0Oo.oO0.
How lucky. you say.
Think Of the fun q fellow might have
with i've millions, Of the iuxuries II
would buy. OF the comfort for loved
ones. OF the good the money would do.
And
Come to think OF it, who Is better en-
titled to a big lot OF money than q
preacher7 Who could use 1t to better
advantage7
Strange to say. that money fright
ened the minister.
After struggling with the problem
presented BY this great wealth, light
Ing 1t out on his knees, Or. Hills went
out and sold the island FOR only little
more than he gave for It.
Quixoticf
Possibly 80 from your standpoint.
|ha preachers po3nt OF ,YtaH was
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-01-28
OUT or TIE WAY.

it was $50 q. m. The street cars
were lined I'D for half a block. The
clerks came down earlier. These cars
were alled with the bosses and heads
OK departments. Restless and tuning
broker cried out, whats the matter
sheadf"
"Coai wagon down." said the con.
ductor.
"A coal wagon! Can't the company
keep these people of the line? Must
man miss a business engagement be-
cause OF these drivers?
The coal hauler, In order to reliev
MS rather weak team. had turned int
the car tracks. Warned by the clana
or car. he started of. The strain
broke an axle, and the wheel smashed
down. Traffic was delayed ter. min
utes.
That was all. except that the acct
dent would cost the driver a couple
OF days work and IS.
A bagatelle? Let US see.
a railroad Is Incorporated for S15o.
WV.oO0. A great wreck occurs. The
loss Is 100000 The newspapers are
fuli or II. Well, the company loses one
Observation-Disclosures Of its capital.
Now
Capitalize the coal hauler's outfit. at
$50. The wagon, harness and horses
are old. How much has he lost?
One-thirtieth Of his capital.
The railroad company may cut a
fraction on the dividends at the close
OF the year on account Of the wreck.
The officials will not cut their salary.
The coal hauler must make up his
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-01-28


The ocean. Of course. Is not as old as
the earth. because it could not be
formed until the surface of the globe
had sufficiently cooled to retain water
upon 1t. but 1t seems chimericai TO trv
to measure the age OF the sea. Never
theiess Professor Jolly undertook the
task, basing his estimate upon the
rato OF the amount Of sodium 1t con-
tains to that annually contributed by:
the washing from the continents. He
thus reached the conclusion that the
ocean has been In existence between
100000 and 10000. 600 years. This
does not seem a very definite determi.
nation. but then In geology estimates
OF time In years are extremely difficult
because Of the uncertainty of the ele-
ments OF the calcula ton. The most
mat can be said for such results Is
that they are probable.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-01-28
kHeart.toHeare
:. Talks. q.
I'd YOU ever visit the Alamo?

DID you ever visit the Alamo3
If not, should you go to Texas see
the old church where men fought to
the death for the independence OF the
Texan republic.
Upon the tomb Of Leonidas and his
braves Is written what Ruskin says is
the most pathetic OF all human utter.
ance:
that we are lying here. having obeyed
their word"
That Thermopyiae where the Greeks
died defending the pass against the
barbarian invader is a great name In
history, but America has her Alamo!
In lofty motive, In conservation, In
heroism, the noble band that tough,
with Davy Crockett was no less distin.
gu.shed than the band OF valian!
Greeks. There was this difference:
Thermopyise spared one for q mes
senger.
The Alamo had none.
Every last man Of the 40 who stood
at bay behind the walls OF the old mis-
sion pitted against the 1000 Mexicans
died lighting.
And yet
This pathetic landmark Of the south
west is almost forgotten by our people
Few OF the school children know thu
story. The schooibooks gloss 1t ovel
with bare mention or dismiss It will
paragraph. And no American writer
except possibly Opie Read, has seen it,
possibilities for an epic tale.
It was pure heroism.
Those Texas rangers deliberately
chose to die when they might have es
capped Like the Old Guard Of Napo
leon. they could die, but no surrender.
or the 1000 Mexicans who faced
them day after day OF the siege 1.O0(
BIT the dust before these straigh
shooters. Overpowered, they Tough
with broken swords, dubbed muskets
empty pistols and barred fists until the
last man died.
Where men thus fight to make mer
free Is holy ground.
And We should not be recreant to the
memory OF our martyrs.
Those old walls bespattered with tho
blood OF Crockett's men, the soil thai
wraps their, clay, the affairs OF the old
Mission del Alamo, dedicated to make
men holy and used to make men free
these are sacred relics OF the republic.
They are eloquent object lessons OF
high sacrifice.
We or a later day are not worthy OF
the ashes OF Davy Crockett IL we dc
not make OF the Alamo sn American
Mecca, free shrine TO which patriotic
pilgrtmages shall be made, a place
where men may pause awhile for mem
DRY. for veneration and for inspiration.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-01-28
Would Always Be Busy.

Not long since in a village in the
north Of Scotland, the parish minister
meeting a farm servant who is a MEM
Der of his flock, the following conver-
sation ensued:
Parish Minister-Well, John, and
how are things doing with you? 1
hope YOU are keeping well.
Farm Servant-Hech, sir, it's hard
work l haze 10 dae. Nae rest from
morn tae NIGHT, Work an work, an
no. minutes peace for me.
Parish Minister Well, John, we must
all do our share in the work of this
world. Remember. 1t is only the prep
aration for better world, where there
will be no more work to be done.
Farm Servant-Weel, sir, that may
be for the likes o. you, but I'm no. sac
sure that there will be naething for
me to dae in the other world. 1t will
be the same thing there, and I'll be
told, John, clean the sum-" "John,
hang cot the moon," "John, light the
stars and so on. I've nae doubt
they'll find always something for me
to do, unlucky man that an!
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-01-28
Broke the Combination

The father Of Judge W. Fl. Wad.
mans had a chicken coop and dog
and stable hand. 1t began to look
to Mr.. Wadhams as though some one
had discovered the combination. So
he kept the coop and the stable hand,
put he got a new dog. Next day the
bent old negro who groomed the Wad.
hams horses came to him.
You los you affection fob me, boss p
he asked.
mo. scipio." said Mr.. wadhams. "I
Ike you as well as ever"
Then. asked Scipio peevishly.
"w'yn't you tie old Rover in de chicken
coop std OF dat new dorgY-Argonaut
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-01-28
DRUNKEN WOMEN.

The other day In New York city n
well dressed young woman was ar.
raigned In police court for being
drunk.
The policeman who arrested the girl
testified that he found her alone In
the streets the night before smiling
foolishly and talking to herself.
Friends who interfered In her behalf
told the court that the young wo
had attended dinner party, had d.
too much champagne and somehow
had wandered out into the streets.
Nothing strange about that.
In the large cities well dressed xom.
en- regularly get drunk at dinner par
ties, only they seldom get into the
streets alone. Usually they are piled
into cabs or limousines by the coach
men.
The disgrace OF It!
Surely! Not, mind you, the disgrace
or getting intoxicated, for in certain
circles that Is more or less OF a virtue.
but the disgrace OF getting found out!
Discovery and publicity, not the lapse
Itself, constitute the shame.
One who happens into certain cafes
and swell restaurants knows the or.
binary spectacle Of women drinking
cocktails at the beginning Of a course
dinner. wines between and ending I'D
with champagne or other intoxicants.
Also he will witness some OF these
same women smoking cigarettes.
Scarlet women these7
Certainly not. Many Of them be-
long 60 the best society" so called
And the men Of the party hold her
adept and blase who can gulp down
her liquor without making face.
Also
In certain families OF large wealth
the birthday Of a daughter or "com.
Ing out" party is not thought to be
sufficiently celebrated unless the guests
have been well drenched with fancy
wines.
Now
The drinking habit among the WON
en- or the weather. classes as well as
among the poorer classes Is alarming.
ly on the increase.
Can any woman lose her head TO
the very verge of. idiocy without los.
Ing something or the finer iushi of
purity. something or the finer edge of
womanliness7
How can any man look with COM
placency on the intoxication Of his SIS
ter or daughter or wife or mother?
Poor New York grit She viii carry
the memory Of that day in police court
j 20 her grave.
But IL was NOT her fauit
1t was the fault Of her friends and
the degeneracy Of that society In which
abe moves.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-01-28

There are several temperance lee
lures In the life or a Brooklyn man
who committed suicide recently.
Once prosperous. he drank himself
into poverty. reformed, was for seven
years a teetotaler, fell a second time
and because OF the lapse killed him
SELF.
Poor fellowl
But the fact remains he was a de-
serter. In war the most despised man
or ali Is the deserter. 1t should be
the same In life. Life Is war.
The real sufferers In all cases OF de.
sertion are those who must remain.
And so in the case OF this Brooklyn
man the real victims are the bereft
wife and the abandoned children.
He is the real soldier who meets his
enemy fairly and overcomes. And the
real soldier fights as determinediy
when he is suffering defeats as when
he 10 winning victories.
Peter the Great was utterly crushed
by the great general Charles XII. of
Sweden. The grim founder of Rus
sia's greatness merely remarked that
the Swedes would yet teach him how
to whip them. And they did
Napoleon learned from every reverse
how to organize victory.
Washington studied the tactics OF
the British.
In his battle with appetite the
Brooklyn man quit too soon.
A man who could successfully whir
an enemy for seven years ought not to
have given up at one reverse.
TO be sure, it is true that not only
does liquor defeat a man in pitched
battle. but robs him temporarily of
the ability to fight. Nevertheless
up. guards. and at emp is the only
true slogan.
This also is true:
II the drinker would let his foe alone
IT would never attack him. The I'm.
visible spirit OF intoxication is like the
gaunt timber wolf-it fights only when
1t Is put in a corner. When you stou
the fight It sinks away.
Men have q felicitous speech with
which to characterize the persistent
drinker. They call him a ''booze
fighter"
Fight the booze and It will whip
you.
Let It alonei