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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-01

early I'm the sweet story 1.-THE Prince
and the Pauper." and later it lowered
In his serious study OF Joan OF Arc.
What kindly. quaint. bright spirit
abode with us and then went away.
Much has been written of Mr.. Glenn
ems. and much Will be written. but one
thing must be pointed out and re-
peated again and again. one thing that
revealed the innate soul stuff of the
man.
1t was his chivalrlc honesty.
When In 1895 the publishing firm of
which he was chief owner failed Mark
Twain set TO work like another Walter
Scott TO pay his last dollar of iudcbt-
edness.
Every fiber OF his fine spirit scorned
TO take advantage of the bankrupt
laws. To him such course was nm
thinkable.
And how we all followed him over
the land and across the seas as he
went lecturing to earn the money.
And we were nearly as proud as he
was when ii was all paid.
That was Mark Twain's greatest
gift to his generation.
He could make men laugh and cry.
for he had great genius, but over and
above his genius he was an honest
man.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-01

Ing pots are the bottoms of five gallon
coal oil tins fitted with covers. when
packed they are turned bottom side up
over each stove. and the hinged cover
OF the wooden box is closed.
"On reaching camp. whether tent or
snow igloo. the kitchen box Is set
down inside. The top of the box Is
turned up and keeps the heat of the
stove from melting the wall of the
igloo or burning the tent. The hinged
front OF the box Is turned down and
forms n table. The two cooking pots
are filed with pounded ice and put ON
the stove. When the ice melts one pot
is used for tea and the other may be
used To warm beans or TO boil meat if
there Is any.
Each man has q quart cup for tea
and hunting knife which serves
many purposes. He does not carry n
fork. and one teaspoon Is considered
quite enough for a party of four. Each
man helps himself from the pot-sticks
In his knife and fishes out n piece of
meat
THE theory of Geld work is that
there shall be two meals day, one
In the morning and one at night. As
the days grow short the meals are TAX
on before light and after dark. leaving
the period of light entirely for work
Sometimes ii is necessary 10 travel
twenty-four hours without stopping for
food"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-01
Eate of the Great AUX

The great aux. northern diving
bird. used to exist In the arctic regions
also. Now. this splendid bird was Sc
riously handicapped by the fact that
II laid only one egg i'm Il season and
so could not afford to he slaughtered
Mt all. But il was hunted and shot
without Dissemination. few sur
viving hundreds took refuge on des-
olate rock far out to sea. but one fatal
day vessel contrived to land on this
rock. and the crew shot nearly the ell
tire rookery. Finally nature herself
rose up. There was n cataclysm. the
rock sank into the sea, and that was
the last of the great aux.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-01
BaltlmOTe, Chesapeake & Atlantic
.Elk&sEaa RAILWAY co.
.iankatank River Line,
in effect June 9Th. 1910

m Steamer leaves Pier light Stree, uhsr,
Iss.nt ha. every Sunday and "Wednesday
' ~od1ti.r nermlttlng, for treeport and fnreS
Hsdlate landings as follows: '''ei
Leave baltimore y m Mia ao A. -
, ail's 3 40; TiPers 3 BlnckweIis a3l Flss
ION !. limbs 10 Reedviile An usrSin'. zee
HarNeyS q. u. Grace Point 10 R,rd,n.a g ~. o.
~ una nsrnock .;'D Ocrans S.45 Jacksons Co.,
n m R"a In ~ ~ Calls Has. Fitchett IL 30
- us isutrks 80. Warehouse l45 Conrads >
Green Point 2l5 Stampers 2.n. Hands q az
rive Frecport 40. ''uS D. ar-
netnrning.steamer leaves Freeport for RAJ
minors ana intermediate landings every .pDas
anu rrlusy. wea; her permitting as foliows =.
ers IN aS rG!eeport a: m; Hands 10 stamp.
oSt cricket Hill 10 45, Jacks CI.el ~ as
pS 80 rs m kilmarnocS 40. Ora e Point
.,'o' hSIuton Hardings 3. HarVevs3 * EIaa
Ton 4.a, limbs 44a. ReedlviI- < Wiia : "a
~ ackwcIls a4h. Ttpers Samp on n. srri,s:
IN haltimore next morning
,rn HaS5aer leaves baltimore Pier :. tivh. 81.
Following points: 'or the
Leave Leave, Mia 30 a. m. ipers 80 BlacL walls
=. Election aal. rimbS3 A. Reedvirei ~ it "oirs
mock a2O. arrive Fitchetts sN
returning. steamer leaves Fitch,t.s WA
u -. suaS ~ u. M weather PERMITTING stonnfno
AT Tue following POINTS: PPiAs
Leave Calls l0n a I'M cri,.l Nh, N A.
jackson Creek ll.N, 0cran. I u m X i,nsr
no ~, I4S, Ora, Point 81, Ryrdton = Hrr5inas
%, nnarNSSS a,Ih, Election ~, TiInbs a. Reel
vile .. Mia ~. Blae,S wells "a 1Yner. Gu
'Ne IN baltimore next morning.
Itts time table shows the times at xyb,on
~, may oe expected 10 arrive az and de-
psI' from Tue several wharVes, but tbeIr ar.
rival ar departure ~ the times .tstsJ q. a.,
s snaran,Sed, nor does the Company hold ITSELF
arising therefrom. f"""Sss
days until 40 D. M y" saiiihg
wtLLaRD THOMSON Con. Manager.
a ~: HEAVEN. Agent. BALTIMORE
Hsh' Fr"sRh t and Passeng..r Agent.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-01
AN ARCTIC CAMP.
Psary's Canvas Tents. Which Were
Absolutely Snow Proof.

Fsary's Canvas Tents. Which We're
Absolutely Snow Proof.
"A mans first night In a canvas tent
In the arctic is likely to be rather
wakeful." says Commander Peary I'm
Hampton's. THE ice makes mysteri-
Gus noises. the dogs bark and fight out
side the tent. where they are tethered.
ana as three ESkimos and one white
man usually occupy a small tent and
the oil stove is left burning ali night
the air, Notwithstanding the cold, is
not overpure, and sometimes the Eski-
mos begin chanting to the spirits of
their ancestors In the middle of the
night. Sometimes. too. the new mans
nerves are tried by hearing wolves
howl in the distance.
The tents are specially made They
are OF lightweight canvas. and the
floor Of the tent Is sewed directly into
IT. The fly is sewed up, a circular
opening in it just large enough to ad.
NIT man. and that opening fitted
with circular flap. which is closed by
drawstring, making the tent ahso-
iutely snow proof. An ordinary tent
when the snow is flying would be filled
In no time
Inc tent Is pyramidal. with one pole
IN the center. and the edges are usual.
~ held down by the sledge runners or
py snowshoes used as tent pegs. The
men sleep on the floor In their clothes
with a musk OK skin or a connie of
oeerskins wrapped around them.
The kitchen box for our sledge
Journeys Is simply wooden box con-
tanning two double burner oil stoves
WIN Tour inch wicks. The two cook
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-01
AN HONEST MAN

A great friend of the world passed
away when Samuel l.. Clemens died.
He helped us.
He helped us by spreading every
where his atmosphere of good cheer.
They used to picture the saints with
bright aurae about their heads. Mark
TwaiD's aura was no small fame ius.
lighting up his well known features.
The nimbus that was about him shed
Its light around the world.
tell; you, to make this a pladsoms
world for the people who live In it is
a divine thing.
How we lesser lights have ALWAYS
longed for Mark Twain's gracious Gift
or Frightening and sweetening human
lifel
He was so human.
There was no barb in that spontane-
Gus humor. Notably 1t may be said of
him that he has written no line that
dying. he would wish to blot" And
If you read him at any length you al
ways felt your better nature stirred.
Why?
Why did he ennoble and sweeten our
lives along with his bubbling nirth-
fulness7 Because down deep he was
serious. minded. Below his humor were
sensibflity and kindliness. His humor
was incidental, a sort of byproduct
Underneath he was fine spirited, hon.
est f1nnded, serious intentioned, hu-
nnsnesIovable.
/. That inner spirit OF bis blossomed
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-01
THE YEAST IN DICKSON.
h L. Dickson is a lawyer.

/ l.. Lll'hSOn ~ lawyer.
Before he was lawyer he was a
locomotive engineer.
One day his engine went over al
embankment. and Dickson went with
IL. He was badly mashed. and when
he got out OF the hospital both his
hands were gone
A man without hands isn't OF much
use in an engine cab.
So Dickson started 10 study law. He
couldn't pull throttle without hands.
but he could turn the leaves of Black
stone and Kent and Walker and the
rest of them.
He also figured out n way by which
he could hold pen between the two
stumps, which came In handy when
few weeks ago Dickson was admit.
TED TO practice in the supreme court OF
the United States and signed the roll.
That was long trip for Dickson
from the hospital TO the supreme court.
But he made it by sticking TO his law
books as he had stuck to his engine.
By and by he was made general
counselor of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen and Enginemen. and
things came easier
Dickson did not stand around Micavv-
ber-like, waiting for something to turn
up He went out and started some
thing.
lie did not reason as some others
might do: Here / am life cripple The
railroad company owes me a pension.
and the world at large owes me a liv-
ing"
Dickson realized that If the world
did owe him living it was up TO him
to collect 1t.
He was like that other LAWYER Sen
ator Gore of Oklahoma, who went
blind in his boyhood. Gore had his
wife read the law books to him. And
he did not stop climbing until he got
into the United States senate.
Young man
Success In life is not a matter of
hands or eyes.
1t is matter of grit-and of the
yeast that Is in you.
II the yeast that is in you is poor
you are likely never to rise. And even
II the yeast is good, if it be not mixed
with energy and brains. you will not
rise.
do things seem TO come your way
slowly or scarcely at all? Cheer M,
You have two good hands to fall back
upon and two good eyes to find the
way.
What you need is the Dickson spirit,
the Gore grit
Make the best OF what chance Won
nave IL you have no chance, make
one. If you lose your hands, use the
stumps. If you go blind. use other peo-
pies eyes
And in due time you shall reap If
you faint not
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-01
(Heart toHeart
Talks.
TO THE HOUSEWIFE.
by EDWIN , A. NYE.

81 just want to finish this seam"
And you went on. bending your back
over your work and straining your
eyes in the uncertain light. because
you felt the job must be done.
You did not notice the eye strain at
the time. The full payment came
later when the oculist put glasses on
you, and that when you were COM
paratively young woman.
Nature honors few overdrafts on her
account You must pay.
One day you were cleaning house or
doing some other big task. and you
did not feel so very tired. so you kept
ON, exhausting the last resource of
your vitality, until you were forced to
go to bed with raging headache.
You overdrew the account-and paid
for IT.
And your defense-I am a married
man-is that the thing must be done
and there is only you TO do It. and 1t
takes determination and perseverance
to accomplish anything.
You are right. But
Do you stop to think that It takes as
much or more determination and
strength of mind to lay down a piece
of work unfinished and before you
have exhausted yourself?
The wise woman does that.
She knows just about how much vi
tally she has. She knows when TO
stop. She knows that il she keeps on
she must pay the penalty.
Learn how to relax.
1t matters not what may be your
task. You may be In the midst of the
annual cleanup. Every curtain I'm the
house is down. The rugs are out on
theVgrass. The music books are piled
upon the kitchen range. Every chair
isffull. The pictures have been dump
e6eon the couch. 1t matters not
Stop and rest,
Bfe>(lown for few moments. Grant
tRegfired muscles and nerves a little
mercy. Relax. Rest a ittle-though
the$heavens fall.
hsyou do not you will pay later on
When your man comes home at night
vou,swiu be frayed out and grumpy
andtgrouchy. and-you know.
And IL you keep up that gait without
rest or relaxation you will be an old
woman before your time. And you
viii lose the delicious flavor Of life and
all the springtime OF happiness.
You are n helpmeet and n woman:
you are not slave.
Learn how to use yourself without
abusfng@yourself Expend yourself TO
the besthadvantage. Stop always this
side OF exhaustion. You will be there
by happier wife and mother. And
Gather ye rosebud- while ye may.
old time is still a-nyiug.
And the same flowers that smile today
Tomorrow will be a-dying-
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-01
LOVE ADDE'S.

How far will love go?
K IL IL the right sort. II Il Is divest-
ed OF all scifshness. IL will go to the
very end
Which is the sort OF love manifested
by J. NJ. Barrie. the author and play
wright. toward his former wife.
Throughout his domestic disaster Mr..
Barrie's genuine affection has been the
marvel OF the little minds and hearts
that do not understand.
1t is the story on the side of the
faithful wife and traitor friend. of
hospitality abused and husband
wronged. Roth the wife and Cannon.
the young dramatic critic whom Bar
RE had taken Into his home and help
Ell, pleaded guilty.
What would you have done?
Turned against woman and friend
doubtless. or IL of violent frame of
mind you might have killed the false
friend-or the wife.
But. you see. Barrie really loved his
wife. and love does not turn from its
own. much less desire to kill its own.
Though cruelty wronged. love abides.
Even In getting a divorce, so she
might marry Cannon, Barrie tried to
save his wife from publicity. though
In vain.
BE smoothed the financial pathway
OF the pair. settling an annuity on his
ex-wife, and gave her a beautiful
home.
He made all possible arrangements
for the wedding. signifed his desire to
befriend the couple and wished them
every happiness.
Could love go further?
In his great magnanimity Of soul
Barrie rivaled If he did not exceed
John Ruskin when the latter willingly
gave his wife over TO Sir John Millais
and kept both OF them as his friends.
How far will love go?
1t depends altogether on the sort of
love and the lover. A great love. a
real lover. will go far.
Contrary to the popular thought. the
love that meets disappointment and
faithlessness with frenzy and violence
Is, not love at all. 1t is passionate
selfishness.
Love abides.
Love suffereth long and is kind. 1t
may be sorely grieved and sadly dis
appointed, but it abldes.
Love is more than sentiment or SEN
sation, more than enjoyment or graft
hcation. Love is eternal.
The world needs such examples as
those OF Ruskin and the author of
sentimental Tommy" and Peter
Pan" to show 1t what real love really
q.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-01
III Is NOT EAR.

In New York city the automobile or
a beautiful young society girl was run
down by street car. The gasoline
caught fire, famed up and badly burn
ed the young woman about the neck.
In a suit for damages the jury
awarded verdict of $4,000
The jury gave as a reason for the
large amount that the girls neck had
been so badly SCARED she could not
wear low necked gowns at social func-
tions.
Perhaps the verdict was just. but
Here is q we'll remembered case IF
another girl injured by the negligence
of a street car motorman-little Doro-
thy McDermott of Newark. " J.. five
years of age.
a jury awarded Dorothy $500 FOR
the loss of her leg. which was noue
too much.
The case went up to the supreme
court OF the state, and in giving the
courts decisiou Justice Garrison said:
THE verdict of $500 is too high.
The jury did not take into considera-
ton the great Improvement i'm cork
legs
So on the second trial. because of
this heartleSs decision, the jury was
compelled to cut the $500 in half
Now
Looking on this decision and then on
that. we are confronted with the dead
~ parallel:
For SCARED neck, $4,000.
For one Lee. $1,000.
Why? Why the discrepancy? Is IL
because one girl is rich and the other
is the daughter of workinCmani
Such n bold statement does not sound
good to American ears.
Measured not only 10y justice. but
by the need OF the victims. tho YER
diets would better have been reversed
-S5, 900 for the injured neck. 10000
for the notwithstanding the cheap
ness OF cork legs.
Please consider:
One girl has money. ease. luxury
True. she has scars on her shapely
neck. but they may be covered. The
other girl is made a hopeless cripple
for life and pathetically handicapped
for the human struggle.
The one girl IS we'll provided for and
need never labor with her hands, and
the $4,000 Is 30 more TO her than a
little pin money. The other girl must
help her family and sooner or later
earn her living And the family has
already spent most of the 5000 FOR
lawyers and doctors and hospital fees
Is it fair?
II so. what mean the words written
down in our constitution and laws
written In tho blood OF our forefatherS
words which say that equality and
justice must abide in this free land?
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-01
A Fearful Pnisnn

From the microbe which gives rise
In human beings to the disease known
as tetanus. or lockjaw. a poison called
tetanine is obtained which is over 100
times more powerful than strychnine.
A fragment of tetauine so small as 70
be Invisible to the naked eye would
XII almost instantaneously the strong
est man. One fifteen-thousandth part
or a grain of 1t has caused the death
Of horse 1,600.000.OO0 times its own
weight.-Pearson's.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-01
RUSSIAN AUDAClTY.
The Coup That Made Persia Finan-
cial Vassai Of the Bear.

Tho Coup That Made Persia a Finan-
cial Vassai of the Bear.
In 1892 the Imperial Bank of Persia.
British institution. lent the Persian
government S2.500.OOO on the security
of the customs receipts OF the gulf
ports. In 1898 Persia. finding herself
again hard up. desired to borrow sc.
100000 more from the same source
and on the same ample security. But
before the British bankers would grant
the additional loan they must needs
bubble and procraStinate and insist on
still further conditions. Finally. how
ever. S6.2J0,O0O of Persian bonds were
underwritten In London. RUSSIA. hear.
Ing OF the affair at the eleventh hour
and fifty ninth minute. promptly offer.
ed Persia much larger loan on much
better terms. and she did no hagEling
either. Persia. finding herself i'm the
embarrassing position of having two
parties suing for her financial hand mt
the same time and not daring to Of
fend either OF them, thought TO es.
cape from the predicament by not Dor.
rowing at all
But so perSiStcntly and Slillfully did
Russia urge her suit that in 1900 Per-
STA timidly yielded TO the ardent WOO
ing and acknowledged her submission
by accepting from Russia loan of
S1l.S1o.OO0 for scventy-five years. mt
the same time agreeing that all pre-
vious loans should be paid Off at once
and no more incurred until this one
was discharged without the permission
OF the Russian Banque Desprets &c
PerSe. Within less than month.
therefore. 5,0OOOOO rubleS (S2.5O0.OOW
were RENTED to London To pay Off
the British loan OF 1892. thereby free
Ing Persia from any British financial
control There has been no more au-
dacious and successful stroke of diplo-
macy I'm modern times, for by 1t Persia
became financial vaSsal OF the bear
-Everybodys Magazine.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-01
Fully lnformed-

with all your wealth are you not
afraid of the proletariat?' asked the
Gelver In sociological problems.
NO. amt" snapped Mrs. .Newrich
I'VE boil all our drinkin water."-PhIl.
adelphia Record.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-01
SHOPPING FOR LADIEs-

Save travelling expenses and have ' our
shopping done by Mrs. j. L. MeanIey.
Z2O4 Oak ST.. Baltimore. She Is In
close touch with the best stores and can
save our ladies money on their purchases
samples sent upon request.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-01

the PACK are also symptoms that tell you
the kidneys and bladder are out of order
and need attention.
what To Do.
There IS comfort in the knowledge so
often expressed, that DIR. Kilfner's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy.
fulfills almost every wish in correcting
rheumatism, pain in the back, kidneys
liver, bladder and every part of the urinary
passage. Corrects inability to hold water
and scalding pain in passing it, or bad
effects following use of liquor, wine or
beer, and overcomes that unpleasant ne
cessity of being compelled to go often
through the day, and to get up many
times during the night. The mild and
immediate effect of Swnmp-Root is
soon realized. 1t stands the highest be-
cause gifts remarkable
health restoring prop ,sszss5yrTTa
critics. If you need s:1t..::I[ss !: !. ~ -
medicine You should .. ....s.. + ..-....3
have the best. Sold by Sf5REEsSk.sESssa
druggists in ffty-cent 10y I3!sz5
and one-dollar sizes. Ho,a. :;
You may have a sample bottle sent free
Dymail. Address DIR. Kilmer & Co. Bine-
hamton, N. Y. Mention this paper and
remember the name, DIR. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, and the address, Binghamton,
N. Y, on every bottle.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-01

Make yourself an honest man. and
then you may he. sure there is one
less rascal In the world.-Carlyle.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-01

a brick dust sedi-
nent, or settling,
stringy or milky
appearance often
indicates an un-
healthy condi-
ton of the kid
neys; too fire.
quent desire to
pass il or pain in
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-01
RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG A
POTOMAC 4. r.

Schedule In effect May 18th. lsI0
LEAVE FREDERICKSBURG. NoRTHWARD
g % q. m. daily
Q ~ a. IN. daily. local
90 a m. daily.
10 a m. daily.
10 % a. m. daily, local.
% y. M daily.
30 y. m. daily. local.
oil p m. daily.
10 90 D. m. daily.
LEAVE FREDERICKSBURG. SOUTHWARK
50 a. m. daily. A. C. l.. train
9 O6 a. M. except Sunday, local
3 2f a. IN. daily local.
IL 81 a. m. daily s. a. l.. train
~ IS p. m. daily, to Milford
IL y. IN. daily. fast train for Richmond
8 "a D. m. daily, A. c. l.. train
6 56 p. m. daily. local.
So p. m. daily S. A. l.. train
IL IL y. IN. daily A. C.. L. train
Accommodation Trains Anive-From wash;ne
ton l2;45 p. m. daily: from Milford 226 n M ,.i
days only From Richmond 400 D. m well ass,s
only. " M week DAYS
Arrivals and departures not guaranteed
w +. TAYLOR. Traffic Manager
&. c. Cox. Agent
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-01
You Can't Gather Fies From ThistIes

neither can you secure u real. de-
cent Job Of painting if you use adulter-
ated PAINT. You are unreasonable to
expect 1t; the quality is not there.
When you buy
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-07-01
thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never Suspect il,
How To Find Gu,

flll bottle or common glass with your
water and let it stand twenty-four hours: