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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-03-25
WAVE VERSUS SHIP.

Was it a last despairing protest of
Old Ocean, when he lifted his giant
hand in the blackness of the night of
January 10. and smote the "Lusitania"
a blow which racked and splintered her
lofty bridge and pilot house, 75 feet
above the sea. and crushed down her
forecastle deck and decks beneath, Civ
ing them a permanent depression of
several inches? For time was, and not
so very long ago, when the sea was the
undisputed master of the ship, and
whenever Neptune saw fit to open the
vials of his. wrath. and send his league
long rollers across the deep, the proud
est ship of the day must needs stop at
his bidding. if she did not indeed turn
and run before the fury of the blast.
OF late years. man, by virtue of his
knowledge and mechanical skill, has
been building in ever-increasing lengths
and breadths, and with such ceaseless
enlargements of bunker and boiler
room-he has so multiplied horsepower,
and has called to his aid so many inge-
NOUS contrivances for speed and
strength and safety, that old Neptune
must for many a decade past have fore
seen the humiliating day; when he
could no longer hold the destinies of the
bold sea voyager in his hand, and nc
longer say to him "Thus far, and thus
slowly shalt thou go. Scientific Amer.
lean.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-03-25
COMPULSORY EDUCATION.
Essay written by Eugene Chiffon. IL years oil,
of Whenlton-I

Essay written by Eugene Chiffon IL years old
of Wheaton.
think education ought to be compul-
sorry, because there are plenty of peo-
pie who won't send their children to
school, but if the children's parents are
invalids and can't work and the children
have to support the family then it is
all right. Children ought to be sent to
school anyhow if possible between the
ages of ten and fourteen. The children
will blame their parents for not sending
them to school, there will be a lot of
people in the world that can't read and
write and they will always be laboring
like slaves, whereas they might be
among the leading men of the world.
Some children's lives are ruined by
drunken parents making them work
and then taking their money and throw
ing it away for whiskey and gambling.
This is not frequently the case, but
frequent enough to cause the ruin of
thousands of chiIdren's lives. Some
say if we had compulsory education it
would cut down the session. / don't
believe it would, and if it did each man s
child would have the same opportunity.
Some say that the State has no right to
take charge of a mans children, but as
long ais the State is composed of people,
the majority have right to make the
laws People who think anything of
their children will send them to school
even if they have to make sacrifice to
do so. and those who won't ought to be
made to send them to school.
The argument is used that you would
have to send the colored children also
which would shorten the terms, but if
this is true the white children ought not
to be deprived of their education on
account of the colored children.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-03-25
GROWING OLD.

A little more tired at close of day;
A little less anxious to have our way;
A little less ready to scoh and blame;
A little more care for brothers name;
And 80 we are nearing the journeys end
Where time and eternity meet and blend.
A little less care for bonds and gold,
A little more zest in the days of old;
A broader view and saner mind,
And q little more love for all mankind; i,
And so we are faring a-down the way.
A little more love for the friendsof youth,
A little less zeal for established truth;
A little more charity in our views.
A little less thirst for the daily news:
And 80 we are folding our tents away
And passing in silence at close of day.
A little more leisure to sit and dream,
A little more real the things unseen;
A little nearer to those ahead,
With visions of those long-loved and
dead;
And so we are going to where all must go,
To the place the living may never know.
A little more laughter. a little more tears,
And we shall have told our increasing
years;
The book is closed, and the prayers are
said,
And we are part of the countless dead.
Thrice happy, then, if some soul can say:
81 live because he has passed my way. "
New York Times.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-03-25
CAPTURE OF AN ALBATROSS.

Some farmers in Wayne County. Ind, +,
saw huge bird light in q pond, and
before it had an opportunity to resume
its flight, they captured 1t. 1t proved
to be an albatross, measuring more than
five feet from tip to tip of wings. Specu-
lation is rife as to the cause for this
bird of the ocean being found SO far
inland. The albatross (Diomedea exu-
lans) has its habitat in the Southern
Atlantic and Northern Pacific, so it is
possible that this specimen was on its
way across the country, trip of many
thousands of miles-from pole to pole,
almost.
Natural history teaches that the alba.
tross has wonderful powers of fight.
A trip from the Atlantic to the Pacific
would not be an impossible undertaking
for this species. Hunger may have
caused it to seek the landing place in
the pond. Its captors were prompted
by the desire to possess something un.
usual, desire that crops out in man.
kind at all times. They may recall
Coleridge's ''The Rhine of the Ancien,
Mariner"
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-03-25
GREAT MONKEY DEAD.
Pneumonia Fatal to the Famed
Chimpanzee Who Had Earned
$4,000 for His 0wner.-.Insured
for $4,000.

Consul. Jr., the trained chimpanzee,
cousin, lower removed, to humans, died
of pneumonia after four days illness at
Dallas, Tex. His body, shrouded in
immaculate linens, rests on bier lined
with flowers in the rooms of his trainer,
7. w. Miner, in the Hotel Delaware
The wise and talented chimpanzee
was owned by DR.. E. l.. Buckley, of
Brooklyn, N. Y. Consul was valued at
$50. 900 and was insured for $4,000.
His salary was larger than that paid to
many vaudeville stars; he earned $75, 900
for DR.. Buckley, it is said.
Consul was taken i'll Saturday night
and collapsed in the Majestic Theatre.
A trained nurse and three of the best
physicians in Dallas did everything to
save the chimpanzee. Mr.. Miner never
left his bedside. Consul's manifesta-
tons of affection and appreciation to-
ward Mr.. Miner were pathetic. A
rally followed by severe hemorrhage,
with deep sigh, the chimpanzee ex-
pired in his trainers arms. A taxider-
mist will preserve his body.
Consul was four and half years old.
had been on the stage two years. He
understood French and English. He
had dined with Mayors and other digni-
taries and celebrities in scores of cities.
Consul, Jr., inherited his genius; he
as the son of Consul, another famous
chimpanzee. Consul had only one vice,
he smoked cigarettes. He could sign
his name at least he registered always
the same way; a bank cashier would
have honored it.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-03-25
THE OYSTER AND LEGISLATION.
lFarmville Herald. I

Just so soon as the legislators
gather in Richmond they begin to feed
on oysters, and soon they begin to legis-
late on oysters. The old, old story has
been repeated during this session.
with what practical results we are not
prepared to say. Reading recently the
inaugural address of the Hon. Henry
A. Wise, when he was about to take
the oath of office as Governor, we were
interested in what he then had to saw
on the subject of the delightful bivalve.
''The smallest tax upon the oyster
fisheries in her limits would yield a very
considerable annual income revenue.
The soil upon which the oysters grow
extends over a space of more than
1000 square miles. About l6, 600 tons
of licensed vessels belonging to our
citizens, and at least five times that
number of tons belonging to citizens
of the States making in all 90, 600 tons
per annum are engaged in the oyster
trade of Virginia. That amount of
tonnage accounts for more than 25 to
80 millions of bushels of oysters taken
and carried away from the public soil
of Virginia every year. The oysters
are worth from twenty cents per BUSH
ell at the place where taken, to fifty
cents per bushel in the market at whole
sale. A tax of two cents per bushel on
twenty-five millions of bushels would
yield a gross revenue of $500, 900 per
annum, to be collected under inspec-
tion laws, by not more than four small
steam cutters, at annual cost of not
more than $50, 900 for them, and a cost
of fees for licenses not exceeding
$50, 600 per year, leaving a net revenue
for the jus publicum of $3.50, 600 per an
num-" And so it has been that when
ever the statesmen talk of oysters the
revenues are big but when the count is
in the amount is small. And yet we all
rejoice that Notwithstanding the work
of the politicians the oyster lives and is
as luscious as of yore.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-03-25
TABLET TELLS
OF THE FLOOD
1t Agrees in Detail With Tale
Related in Bible.

The discovery of fragment of a
cuneiform tablet. believed to be of the
period of 2lOO B. c., bearing an account
of the deluge described in the Bible and
agreeing with the narrative in Genesis.
is reported by Prof H. v. Hilprecht.
of the University of Pennsylvania.
This fragment, which has Just been
deciphered, was one of those excavated
from the lowest strata of the Oldest
part of the ruins of the Temple Library
of Nippur. 1t is of unbaked clay and
measures two and three-fourths inches
square. As translated by the professor.
the narrative contained on the table
is as follows:
Il declare unto thee that confines of
heaven | will loosen, a deluge 1 will
make and it shall sweep away all
men together; but thou (the Babylonian
Noah) seek life before the delupe
cometh forth; for to all living beings.
as many there are, will bring over
throw, destruction. humiliation =
l" build great ship and total
height shall be its structure. 1t shall
be house boat carrying what has been
saved of life. with a STRONG
deck over it. The ship which thou shalt
make, into it bring the beasts of the
field, the birds of heaven and the Creep
ing things, two of everything instead
of a number and the family
~"
The Semitic dialect in the inscription
and certain grammatical peculiarities
OF the text show, according to Prof.
Hilprecht, that it was written some
time between 2l37 and zoos B. C. The
oldest tablet heretofore known contain
ing an account of the flood was the
"Layard deluge tablet" in the British
Museum, but the latter only dated from
$50 B. C.
The ''Layard tablet" agreed with the
details of the biblical narrative in only
a few particulars. 1t was a pagan
story of deluge brought about at a
council of the gods who were directed
to destroy mankind. One of the gods
was moved to save his protege-the
Noah of the story-and sent dream of
warning on which this Noah acted. This
god excused his betrayal of the secret
to the other deities by the explanation
that he had not told-he had only
whispered through the mat''-that is,
through the wall of the house, on the
other side of which his proteee slept and
to whom this dream was thus conveyed.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-03-25
A COMEDIANS TRICK.
Ruse by Which He Escaped Arrest
and Had His Debts Paid.

Muse OF Which He Escaped Arrest
and Had His Debts Paid.
Many amusing stories are told Of Joe
dalnes, comedian of the time of
Cnarles H., sometimes called Count"
daines. 1t Is said that he was arrest
ed one morning by two bailiffs for a
debt Of f20, when he saw a bishop to
whom he was related passing along in
bis coach. With ready resource he i'm
mediately saw loophole for escape,
and, turning to the men. he said. Let
me speak TO his lordship. to whom I
am well known. and he will pay the
debt and your charges into the bar
gain"
The bailiffs thought they might ven
ture this, as they were within two or
three yards of the coach, and acceded
TO the request. Joe boldly advanced
and took off his hat to the bishop. His
lordship ordered the coach to stop.
when Joe whispered to the divine that
the two men were suffering from such
scruplcs of conscience that he feared
they would hang themselves. suggest
Ing that his lordshlp should invite
them to his house and promise to sat.
isIy them. The bishop agreed, and,
calling TO the bailiffs, he said, You
two men come to me tomorrow morn
Ing, and will. satisfy your
The men bowed and went away
pleased, and early the next day wait
ed on his lordship, who, when they
were ushered I'm, said, "well, my men,
what are these scruples of con-
science?"
"Scruplesl" replied one of them.
I'VE have no scruples! We are bai-
hffs, my lord. who yesterday arrested
your cousin, Joe Haines, for a debt of
f2O, and your lordship kindly promised
TO satisfy US"
The trick was strange, but the 70
suit was stranger, for his lordship
either appreciating its cleveFness or
considering himself bound by the
promise he had unintentionally given,
there and then settled with the men In
full
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-03-25
SLAUGHTER OF ROBINS.
Thousands of the Birds Killed in
TenneSSee-SOEd At 10 Cents
Dozen,

Robins are numerous at Lotion, Tenn.
and are selling readily on the local
market at 10 cents Dozen" according
to a Murfreesboro special. 1t should
be explained that the robins are not so
numerous as they used to be, for the
fact that they sell for 10 cents dozen
has induced many men and boys to en-
gage in the wholesale slaughter of the
birds.
thousands of robins, the special says,
gather in the cedars to roost and hunt
ing parties go in the night and cap-
ture them in large numbers. One
party caught $500 birds in one night.
One hunter caught 377 birds in one
tree. 1t is estimated that $50, 900 have
been killed within the last three weeks.
That is the way in which wild bird life
is being protected in some parts of
this great country.
The robin is beautiful and harmless
bird. He is an indefatigable DESTROYER
OF insect pests. Any one who has ever
watched him on a lawn can testify to
his industry in searching out bugs
and worms and his capacity for put
ting them where they can do no harm.
Ii there is cherry tree handy he will
visit it occasionally, but he much pre-.
fers to forage on living things. He is
cheerful, happy bird and rather likes
to make himself handy around the
premises. rearing family the while in
the boughs of the old apple tree. Hel
is not much of singer so far as the
quality of his music goes, but he is
always willing to give you sample of |
the best he can do in that line, and the
effect is not unpleasant to the human
ear. In fact, the robin is an all around |
good fellow and is always ready to be
friendly and serviceable if given half |
chance.
It's to be regretted that our neigh |
bors in Tennessee are not giving the |
robin even half chance, but are muir
dering him in cold blood. There really
seems to be no reason for it except that |
robins are worth 10 cents dozen. That |
also would seem to be about the proper |
market quotation for men who engage
in such slaughter, either for pleasure
or profit. Louisville Courier-Journal. |
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-03-25
FOR SALE.
A lot of prejudices which

A lot Of prejudices which
Have ceased to be of use to me;
A stock of envy of the rich,
Some slightly shopworn jealousiy;
A large supply of gloom that
Shall have no use for from, to-day,
l offer bargains; who will buy?
Come. bid, and take the stuff away,
A lot of wishes I've outgrown,
A stock of foolish old beliefs;
Some pride / once was glad to own,
A bulky line of misfit griefs;
A large assortment of ill-will
A job lot of bad faith ard doubt;
Harsh words that have their stinpers
still
Come on. come onI I'm closing out.
L need more room for kindliness,
For hopeful courage and good cheer,
For sale, the hatred possess,
The dark suspicious and the fear.
A large supply of frailties
Shall have no use for from TO-DAY.
offer bargains will buy?
Come, bid, and take the stuff away.
Chicago Record-H Herald.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-03-25
1T DOESN'T PAY.

1t doesn't pay to be crouch,
1t doesn't pay to wear a frown:
Nobody ever made his pile
By knocking every one in town.
There are some better reasons WHY
A man should smile upon his way.
But here is one, financially
A gloomy visage doesn't pay.
There's money in a cheerful smile.
A fortune in cheerful word,
And money often reaches souls
That finer things will leave unstirred
And so put it up to you,
Don'tmope and whine along your wav
Ii It Is money you desire,
A gloomy visage doesn't paw.
Iwere better that you smile, because
You wish to cheer the fellow man.
And speak the cheerful word. to helm
A weaker brother, if you can.
BUT IL these reasons don't appeal
To you, l write it down TO-DAY.
Ihere's s money in happy face;
A gloomy visage doesn't paw.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-03-25
EASTER.

Beautiful exterior adornment is per-
fectly right on Easter. 1t is consis-
tent with the spirit of Easter; it means
throw away the old and come into the
new. 1t means forget the past and
look at the present. Interior adorn-
ment is also in line. 1t means get new
love into your heart and throw away
the old hate and revenge. Throw
away old dead ideas that belong to the
age of the tallow candle, OK team and
the spinning wheel. The ages when
bloodshed and war held sway and array
your mind and soul with peace on earth
good will toward men. Love, happiness
and prosperity now reign. Buster
Brown.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-03-25
TRUCKERS NOTES.

Clayton Ballard, of Tennessee, writes
to the Southern Planter that six ducks
of the Indian Runner variety laid in
one year 1851 eggs, an average of over
200 eggs to a duck.
A Hartford county, Md, farmer
writes that he raised a fine crop of
corn in spite of protracted drought
by lightly narrowing instead of plow-
ing, his corn. His theory was that as
the corn roots grew near the surface
each blowing severed the fine roots
that act as feeders to the stalk. If the
ground was simply stirred on the sur
face the roots would do better work
than if constantly broken. This is true,
certainly it is true that corn roots will
run all over the space between the
rows in very short while, and if bro
ken the stalk has to do it's work over
again, so far as new roots are con-
cerned.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-03-25
WHY PAY A MUD TAX?

Eastern Virginia must mend its ways
that is, its highways-if it would
reap that harvest of prosperity its peo-
pie look and long for.
The mud tax" on the country peo-
pie of the section is well nigh beyond
computation. Suffice it to say it is far
and away greater than ten times all
the other taxes they pay.
Two hundred and fifty million dollars
year are wasted on bad roads in the
United States. Added to loss on haul.
the storage and extra food rates make
the total expense 81. .O0O, 600. 600 a year.
This means a tax of S12.5O on every
man, woman and child in the country.
Newport News Times-Herald.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-03-25
THIRSTY AMERICA.

If the statistics prove anything we
Americans are thirsty folk, as we
use one billion pounds of coffee annually,
which costs sixty millions. Meantime
we swallow some one hundred million
pounds of tea, or its extract, costing
sixteen millions dollars Of wine and
spirits twenty-six millions worth were
imported last year, more than twice as
much as the year before. The average
amount of coffee used in the United
States is about eleven pounds to a
person.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-03-25
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications they cannot reach the dis
eased portion Of the ear. There is only one way to
cure Deafness and that is by constitutional rene
dies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition
Of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube When
this tube is iniamed you have rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed.
Deafness is the result, and unless the Inflammation
an be taken ont and this tube restored to its nor
NAL condition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh which
is nothing but an infamed condition of the mucous
surfaces.
We viii give One Hundred Dollars for any case
of Deafness tcaused by catarrh) that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars
free. F. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O.
Sold by Druggists 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-03-25
BIG MONEY IN MUsKRATs.

The trappers of the Eastern Shore of
Maryland will receive nearly $500. 900
this season for muskrat skins. In
Dorchester county trappers have been
paid 100000 for this seasons pelt, to
say nothing of what they received from
the sale of the meat.
One fur buyer of Hooper's Island, in
lower Dorchester. has paid out $50, 900
for muskrats hides this season.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-03-25
SAVED A SOLDIERS LIFE.

Facing death from shot and shell in the civil war
was more agreeable to ]. A. Stone. OF Kemp. Tex,
than facing it f,om what doctors said was con.
sumption. contracted a stubborn cold" he writes.
that developed a cough, that stuck TO me In spite
Of all remedies for years. Ny weight ran down to
lSo pounds. Then began to use DIR. Kings New
Discovery. which completely cured me. now
weigh us pounds" For Coughs. Colds. LaGrippe.
Asthma, Hemorrhage. Hoarseness Group. whoop-
ing Cough and lung trouble. its supreme. 5oc ST.
Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by all druggists.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-03-25
HOW GOOD NEWS SPREADS.

i am 20 years old and travel most of the time.
writes b. F. Tolson. of Eiizabethtown. XIV.
Everywhere go recommend Electric Bitters.
because owe my excellent health and vitality to
them. They effect cure every time" They never
fail to tone the stomach. regulate the kidneys and
bowels. stimulate the liver. invigorate the nerves
and purify the blood. They work wonders for
weak. rundown men and women, restoring
strength. vigor and health that's daily JOY. Try
them Only SOC. Satisfaction is positively guaran.
teed by all druggists
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-03-25
AN AWFUL ERUPTION

of volcano excites brief interests. and your in
terest in skin eruptons win be short. IL you use
Buckien's Arnica Salve. their quickest cure. Even
the worst boiis, ulcers. or fever sores are soon
healed by It. Best for Burns. Cuts. Bruises. Sore
Lips. Chapped Hands. Chilblains and Piles. IL
gives instant relief. 25c. at ali druggists.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-03-25
STUBBORN AS MULES

are liver and bowels sometimes: seem to balk
without cause. Then there's trouble-Loss of
Appetite Indigestion. Nervousness, Despon-
dency. Headache. But such troubles fly before DR..
Kings New Life Pills. the worlds best Stomache
and Liver remedy. So easy. 25c at all drugsists.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1910-03-25

Send locs name OF paper and this sd for our
ee~atiful Savings Bank aud Child's shssoh- Book.
Zach bank contains Good Luck Penny.
SCOTT s. BOVINE, 4os Pearl ST.. New York