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irgiitia VOLUMB XIX. Weekly Journal Devoted to the Inleresfs of Lancaster County in Particular; the Norihern Neck and Rappahannock Valley in Generai, and the World at Large IRVINGTON, VIRGINIA, FRIPAY, JUNB 24, 1910. NUMBEB 38 CHARLES M. STRUVEN & CO.v 8TEAM8HIP, FACTORY AND MACHINI8T8' 8UPPLIE8. WHOLF.SALE GROCERS AND SHIP CHANDLERS. HROKrRS AND I'Ol M I ^*ION MERt'HANTS FOR MENHADEN FI8H 8CRAP AND FI8H OIL. 114 Frederick St., F3ALTIMORE, MD. PAID UP CAPITU, $108,000.00. NORFOLK BUILDING SUPPLIES CORP., SUCCESS0RS T0 FRANK T. CLARK C0., Ltd., (A Partner.^hip Assooiation Expiring Deceniber 31st, 1909.) COOKE, CLARK C0., & LUTHER SHELD0N. ESTABLISHED 1870. Thereareaix reasona why RUILDERS and OWNERS shouM buy their Saah, Doora, Blinds, Builder's Hardware, Mantela, Tilea, Gratea, Painta, Oils, Olaaa, Etc, from THE NORFOIK BUILDING SUPPLIES CORPOIWTION. THE REASONS: 1. We contract no bad debts. 2. We are the rheapeat buyera. 3. Our expensea are minimized. 4. Our facilities are the ^restest. 6. Our organization ia unrivalled. 6. Our profits are small. NORFOLK BUILDINi SUPPLIES C0RP0RATI0N, 96-98 BKOOKK AVRNVK. 'NlflPIT'flTTr VA 95-97 TAZEWF.M. NT. llWJVS \JUlX, VA. THE HAWKSMAUPIN CO., SA8H, MANTEL.S, PAINTS, BUILDING, DOORS, TILINQ, OILS, PAPERS. BLINDS, GRATES, QLASS, VARNISHE8, MOULDINGS, BRACKETS, ETC. 715-717 CHUWfORD SL, PORTSMOUTH, VA, BUILDING MATERIAL. Sash, Doors, Blinds and Glasa, Porch Columns, Baluaters and Rail, Stair Work, Window * and Door Frames, Hardware, Paints and Oils, Etc. CLARK SASH & DOOR CORPORATION, FRANK T. CLARK, Preaident, NORFOLK, - - VIRGINIA. KONUMENTS AND GRAVESTONES IN MAKHI.r. AMI MKANITE. We pay freight and guarant.ee safe dellvery. Aa we employ no Canvaasera or Agenta no commiaaiona muat be added to our prices, therefore we can uae ftrat claaa material and tinish it right. LARtiEST STOfk IN THE AOUTH. Whm InNorfolk eall on ua. You will And whmt you wtot: a?? ? tenom whatyou ar? buyins aad can ir?rt tt uuickly. TtlK COUPER MARKI.K WORKB, (K?tabliah?rf 62 Yaara> lfttt to 1U:t Kank St., Norfolk. Va. CORTRIGHTSSS&& WHEN Cortright Metal Shingles were first introduced (24 years ago) you had some excuse for being scepticai: But now? If you are sceptical it can only be because you do not know the facts in the case. They are used today from the Atlantic to the Pacific for all kinds of buildings, under all conditions. They are fireproof, stormproof; never leak and last as long as the building itself without necding repairs. For further detailed information apply to Loeal Dealera, Contractora, Roofera or Cortright Metal Roofing Co., Philadelphia, Pa. B. H. BAIRD, CENERAL FIRE IN8URANCE. posTOF^ire an? phone- WAR8AW, VIRCINIA. Representing Companiea having <*ombined aaaeta of over $11 .OOOfOOO. HAMBURtf BREMEN FIRE INSURANCE CO., Hamborjr. Hermany V IRWINIA FIRE * MAR1NE INMKAMK C0? Rfefcmoad, Ta 9PRIN8FIELD FIRE * HAR1NE INSlIRANCE CO., Aprlarfleld. lau. VIRU1MA 8TATE INSURANCE CO., Rlthuiond, Va THE CREAT POLICY-HOLPERS' CO. 7_1. Wby ii 1t tbat the Uoion Uentral, wbile Ita premlumi are low. can nar the largeat dividends? ' * * lit. Becaaae the company U chotce In taientlng Ite rleki. Conaeaoeacet a W rteub rate. 8ud. Becaoae for tweuty yeara !t hae reallzed the hlgheat latereat rate _8. Wltb wbat reeultr We forolah maiimom tnaarance at rainfmum coet. Before takiag Llfe Inaarance wrlte for ratea lu the great Polloy-holder Oompaay. (O. P. PALMFR akd R. H NORRI8, KUmernock. Va. Agencfea: J A. C. BALL, Molusk, Va. \ M 8. BTR1NOKKM.OW. Rrandy, Ve. LANCJA8TKR UNION LODGB,No.88 A..F.* A.M., Kii.maknock, Va. Stated Comrounlcatlons montkly? Thomdayaftertbe thlid Ifonday, 11 a. m. HKATHHVILLR LODOK, No. 100, a., r. * a. u Statad Commnntcallont monthf Fxldajjafter tha thlrd Muo day,]l a. u Tall Oaks from llttle Acarnt grow Blg Flrea from llttle Matehee tclow - Therefore, be wiae and Inaure your propcrty before it la too;iate to the NORTHKRN NBCK MdTUAI. FlBK Am'M, (Uome offlce) Irvlngton, Va. OTLeaa than balf the coat of old line compaaiea J PEOPLE W1LL TALK. You may get through the world, but 'twill be very alow, If you liaten to all that ia aaid aa you go; You'11 be worried and fretted and kept in a Btew. For meddleaome tonguee will have aome tbing to do, For people will talk. If quiet and modeat, you'll have it pre aumed That your humble position is only as aumed; You're a wolf in aheep'a clothing, or elae you're a foof, But don't get excited, keep perfectiy cool, For people will talk. If generoua and noble they'll vent out their apleen, You'll bear aome loud hiuta that you're aelfiah and mean; lf upright and honeat, and fair aa the day, They'll call you a rogue ia a aly, eneak ing way, For people will talk. And, then, if you show the least bold neaa of heart, Or a Blight inclination to take your own part, They will call you an upatart, conceited and vain; But keep atraight ahead; don't atop to explain, For people will talk. If threadbare you dreaa, or old faah ioned your hat, Someone will aurely takenotice of that. And hint rather atrong that you can't pay your way; But don't get excited, whatever they ?ayt For people will talk. If you dreaa in the faahion, don't think to eacape, For they rriticize then in a different ahape; You're ahead jf your meana, or your tailor'a unpaid; But mind your own buainesa; there'a naught to be made, For people will talk. Now the beet way to ia to do aa you pleaae, For your mind, if you have one, will then be at eaae; Of courae you will meet with all aorta of abuae, But don't think to atop them; it ain't any uae, For peoDle will talk. -The Treatle Board. FOSS FLAYS TARIFF. Says Honest Revision Must Comc From Democrats. Congreasman Eugene N. Foaa, the Democratic victor of Maaaachuaetta, a leading manufacturer, by the way, and an ex-Republican whom the govern ment'a tariff policy haa driven into the Democratic runks, indicated hia new poaition in a alirring apeech delivered in the houae on May 20. He aaid: "It cannot be danied that the people have, rightly or wrongly, come lo re gard thia whole 'reviaion' acheme of the Republican party leadera aa planned in the laat national campaign and aa pro mulgated in their platform and aa finally butchered in the special tariff aeaaion of congreaa aa an intentaonal and delib erate bunko game from atart to nniah. Speaking of the appointment of a tariff commiaaion to report aa to the difference in coat of production here and abroad, he inaiated that the com? miaaion ahould report to congreaa and not to the preaident. He aaked: "Why doea the adminiatration aeem to be ao aolicitouathat thia commiaaion ahall be abaolutely under the control of the executive, aeeing that it ia primarily intended for auch legialative purpoaea? Ia there an ulterior motive? "If the commiaaion ia to be merely an executive inatrument and report only to tbe preaident, how ia congreaa to receive the information excepting aa the preai? dent may elect to tranamit it, and what ia to preyent the extcutive department from withholding or auppreaaing or coloring auch information, an haa more than once been done heretofore? Ia there not an evident fear that the con? trol of thia commiaaion will too aoon come into the handa of a Democrat and reform congreaa?" In ominoua tonea that caught the at tention of the houae he continued: "I recognize that the people bave loat confldence in the Republican party and that they are no longer tooking to them for an honeat reviaion. The people have turned to the Democratic party. Now the reaponaibility of an honeat revision of the tariff ia up to the Democratic party with the aid of the inaurgent and auch independent elementa aa will ally themaelvea with ua." In voicing his demand for another apecial aeaaion to reviae the tariff the apeaker aaid: 'The people demand that the reviaion and reduction of the tariff which were promiaed two yeara ago by the Republican party be carried out by the Democratic party aa aoon aa the new congreaa can convene. The Demo? cratic party ought to raiae the isaue that there ahall be an extra aeaaion convened next apring to do the work to which thia congreaa haa proved faithleaa. The people have made the immediate reduction of the tariff the iaaue, and the Democratic party muatpledge itself in a moat diatinct and apecitic way to carry out thia course in order that the mandate ahall be a compelling one, that the vic tory ahall be ao compiete that the Re? publican executive will be forced to acquieace in it and call congreaa to gether." Mr. Foaa declared that the rallying cry ahould be made "Free wool and cheap clothing." But the climax of hia apeech waa hia open declaration aa a manufacturer that dutiea were unnecea aary: "Now at thia point it aeem8 to devolve upon me aa a repreaentative here in congreaa of thia reform and aa a repre aentative manufacturer in the iron and ateel induatry of New England engaged in the production of important linea of machinery, employing large numbera of ?kulled workmen and uaing large quanti ties of the finiahed productsof the ateel tniHt, to atate publicly here that, in my judgment, my induatry and the people employed in it would not suffer und??r free trade conditiona that is, if tlu> 45 per oent. duty waa entirely removed and provided these , conditiona apply to the whole iron and ateel induatry from the coal and iron ore up. Thia atate ment ia equally true of other ataple in duatriea. In fact, I believe today that under free trade conditiona we can com pete in the marketa of the world in moat if not all of theae industriea, and compete to better advantage than we now do." EXPRESS COMFANIES ANDGOVERN MENT FAYORITISM. (Norfolk VlrrfnJan-PlloO Under the measureabout to paaaCon greaa the juriadiction of the Interatate Commerce Commiaaion ia extended to cover telegraph and telephone linea. This raises the question why the au thority of that body ia not made to in clude alao the expreaa companiea. Theae latter inatitutions handle a large proportion of the country'a transporta tion buaineas, in their conduct the gen eral public ia largely and directly inter eated, and yet they are left practirally without government control, regulation or auperviaion of any kind. Like the Pullman Company and the refrigerator car concerna, they are parasitea fatten ing and battening opon the public and the railroada alike, though, in the end, the people, of courae, h'ave to bear the full burden of their exactions. They raonopolize the parcela?carrying buai neaa of the country, make their chargea and tulea of aervice to auit themaelves, and otherwiae conduct themaelvea aa they pleaae and alwaya with an eye ain gle to piling up pronta. That theae proftta are inordinately high ia notorioua. Collier'a Weeklyhaa recently figured that the average an nual earnings of the five great expresa concerna range from forty-three to one bundred and twenty-five per cent. ?>n liberal capitalizationa. The Ailams Company paid vearly dividenda of ten per cent from 1903 to 1907 and in June of the latter year declared an extra dividend of two hundred per cent., pay able in bond8. In February of the cur rent year the Wella, Fargo Company added to ite regular annual 'dividend of ten per cent. an extra dividend of three bundred per cent. Paymenta ofbig ex? tra dividenda, known in the parlance of the atreet aa "cutting melona," are of periodical occurrenc? not alone with tbe two companiea mentioned, but with tbe other three big expreaa concerna aa well, the auma so diatributed repreaent ing accumulationa of earninga which it waa deemed unwiae to diatribute annu ally for fear tbe public would the more eaaily "get on to" the actual and enor moua protita fitched from the public pocket. Obvioualy chargea which permit of auch accumulationa of earninga are in ordinately and unreaaonably high and conatitute a grosa impoaition on the public which haa the burden to bear, but even auch extortiona do not aatiafy the voracioua greed of the concerna ex acting them. Conatantly the expresa ratea are being advaoced on thia or that commodity, aa witneaa the recently an nounced and totally unneceaaary in creaae in chargea on oyatera ahipped from Norfolk and other Virginia pointa. The only excuae offered hy the expreaa monopoliea for exactiona which they themaelvea do not de ny?are in exceaaa of anything which the neceaaitieaof the case demand, ia that to lower the rates would be to enaure auch an increaaed volume of buaineaa that it could not be expeditioualy handled, And yet, even while advancing thia claim, they have for yeara been bending every nerve and exhauating every trick known to poli tic8 and thechicanery of theexpert lob byiat to prevent inauguration by the government of aparcelapoat syatemthbt would at one and the aame time relieve them of a 8urpluaage .of buaineaa, add to the country'a facilitiea for handling the parcela trafflc and cheapen the eoat of auch tranaportation to the public. And ao far, be it aaid to the diacredit of Congreaa, their efforta have been uni formly and eminently aucceaaful. Doubtleaa there are good and suffi cient reaaona why telegraph and tele phone linea ahould be brought under aome reaaonable meaaure of govern ment regujation. but what sort of gov ernment favoritiam is it that, whileaub jecting theae corporatiotia to control, permita the expreaa companiea to go without any auperviaion at all, free to follow only their own aweet will both ae to ratea charged and the general con duct of their buaineaa? And where in the aecret of the influence which ae^urea and haa long secured auch favoritiam? ALLINTHEFAMILY. "I certainly admire that. man." "What in the world for?'* "His will power." *'lle haa no will power at all." ?'Why he told me that he juat made up hia mind to quit amoking, and he quit." "llt-'n lying, hia wife made up her mind and he quit."? ilouaton Poat. How's This? W? offer One Hundred Dollara Raward for any caae of Catarrh that cannot ba curad by Hall'a CaUurrh Cura. F. J. CHENEY * CO.. Tolado. O. Wa. the underaiffned. have known P. J. Cheney for the laat lf. yeara. and balieve hiin perf ecUy h.?n orabla in ali buaineaa transartiona and financially able to earry out any obliferationa made by hia nrm Wai.hinc, Kinnan A Mamvin. Wholeaale DrugglaU. Toiedo. O. Hall'a Catarrh Cura ia taken internally, arUng directly upon tha blood and mucoua aurfacaa of the ayatani. Taatununiala aant fraa. Priaa 76 cente per bottle. Sold by all Druaviata. fake Haii a Family Pilla ffer conaUi.auon. THE OLD MA1D. She gave her life to love. She never knew What other women gave their all to gain. Othera were ftckle. She waa paaaing true, She gave pure love and faith without a atain. She never married. Suitora came and went; The dark eyea flaahed their love on one alone, Her life waa paaaed in quiet and content, The old love reigned. No rival ahared the throne. Think you her life waa waated? Vale and hill Uloaaomedinaummerand white winter came; The blue ice atiffened on the ailent rill, All timea the aeaaona found her atill the aame. Her heart waa full of aweetneaa till the end, What once she gave ahe never took away, Through all her youth ahe loved one faithful frlend; Shelovea him now her hairia growing ?ray. ERRONEOUSLY STATED. An Interesting Bit of History Not Generally Known. (Newport Ntwi Pr?*a.) In practicaliy all of the newspaper announcementa of the death of the late Pembroke Jonea, it waa erroneoualy stated that thia gallant gentle man waa executive officer of the Con federate iron-clad Virginia (Merrimac) at the time that vesael fought her famous duel with the Federal Monitor. The executive officer waa Cateaby Ap R. Jones, and Pembroke Jones waa flag lieutenant. In an editorial straighten ing out thia confuaion, the New York Sun giyea ita readera an intereating bit of hiatory that will not be found in many of the text booka uaed in the achool8. The Bun aaya: From her atation near Sewall'a Point ahe moved out Uj battle onoe nmre, Tattnall'a ordera being "to take auch a puaitiun in the' Jamea river aa would prevent the enemy'a aacending it.' Catesby Jonea waa firat lieutenant and Pembroke .lonea flag lieutenant at the time. TheMerrimacpaaaed the Sewall'a Point battery and att>od for the enemy. Six Federal war-ahipa, including the iron-cladateamahipa Monitor and Nauga tuck, and been ahelling Sewall'a Point, but they retired aa the Merrimac waa coming out. Aak the average fairly well read per aon from nofth of the Maaon and Dixon line what waa the reault of the Merri mac-Monitor fight in Hampton Roads, and the anawer will be, "Why. the Monitor won, of courae." That ia what moat of the hiatoriea teach, ao the anawer ahould not be aurpriaing. Aak the average Southerner about the re sutt of thia wonderful battle, and the chancea are that you will hear a loyal denial that the Merrimac waa whipped, but it ia not likely that you will get a lucid atatement of what did happen. Aa a matter of fact, the Merrimac, coming out from Norfolk before her plating waa complete, and without her port-ahielda, inade a clean aweep of tbe Federal wotxjen craft and, after her ateel prow had gone to the boltom. with the Cumberland. engaged the Monitor. At the c|oae of the terrific ftght that followed both iron "monstura" were more or leas the wurse for wear and tbe crewa of both were glad enough for a reapite. The Monitor took to the fiata under the guna of Fort Monroe and the Merrimac ategmed back to Norfolk, At the Norfolk navy yard the Merrimac waa repair.nl and complcted. A new and improved ateel prow waa inatalled to replace the one loat in the hull of the Cumberland, hergun porte were covered with protecting ateel ahuttere ajni the plating of the auperatructure waa per fected and tiniahed. Then the Merri? mac went forth looking for battle again. Thia ia the part that the hiatoriea aeldom, if ever. tell. When the Merrimac rounded the point coming out of Norfolk, the Federal fieet, including the doughty Monitor and another iron-clad, the Naugatuck, were busily engaged in ahelling the Confederate batteriea at Sewall'a Point. Upon theapproach of the Merrimac the ahelling auddenly ceased and the fleet, including the Monitor, hiked for the flata and the pro tection of Fort Monroe'a cannon. The Merrimac ateamed about in deep water and chalienged and challenged again. But the Monitor, aafe in ahallow water where the Meirimac could not follow, atayed there until all dangerof anolher encounter with her big antagoniat waa paat. Thia waa the firat great fight between iron-clada, the beginning of the revo'u tion in naval warfare that haa reaulted in the marvelous uaviea of today. And yet probably nine tentha of the Ameri can people do not know ita true atory. STATE WARS ON THE ELV. INorfolk Virginlan-Pilot.] The Virginia Roard of Health in the proaecution of ite work of protecting the people of the State againat diaeaae and limiting the liability to infection, haa juat aent out a circular letter call ing attention to the importance of aome meaaurea to abate thenuiaanceanddan ger of the common riy. In the couree of thia bulletin, it ia aaid: "Second only to bad water among menacea to health during the summer ia the fly nuiaance. Bad water carriea the germ of typhoid fever, butthefliea, which breed in filth, carry the aame germa. Not only typhoid fever, but tu berculoaia, eryaipelaa and a number of other diaeaaea are apread by fliea. "In the aame way, the moaquito of thia ctimate ia reaponaible for the mala ria, the chilla and fever and like com plHinta wbich make life a misery to niany people from apring to the fall. Mosqaitoea and moaquitoea a!one carry .nalaria; Ihe 'miuHma' of awampy dlatncta haa nothing to do with the dia esae. "Both fliea and moaquitoea can prac tically be eradicated from every home, ?f a few aimple precautioua be taken! If the windowB be soreened, if theyard be kept clean and if ul! manure be promptly removed, the chances are atrong that there will be no fliea in the houae. If no atanding water be left around the houae or premiaea, in which moaquitoea may breed, no moaquitoea will appoar." A aubject that ia aerioua enough to enlist the attention of the health au thoritiea of the State ahould likewiae command the active intereat and efforta of the local medical fraternity and of the intelligent citisena of a community. The work of the health department is educative and it will prove effective in proportion aa the average citizen prof ita by and acts o.i the advice giren by expert sanitarians and acientiata. Even if the average man attach little iraport ance to the part played by the fly aa a diaeaae conveyor, the deaire forcomfort and clean food ahould impel us to take all reaaonable precautiona againat fliea. WINNING OP BRIDGET MALONEY. 'Thank you, Bridget," aaid Mra. Wil liama aa the new girl alammed the tray on the table before her. A faint glimmer of aurpriae came into the aullen face. "Huh?" ahe interro gated. "I aaid thank you; it waa kind of you toclimbthoae long etaira," responded Mra Williama pleaaantly. ""It'a a new broom that aweeps clean.' but it won't laat," muttered Bridget in her own domain. But when day after day paased and ahe never failed to receive the aame perfect politeneaa from her employer, her wonder increaaed. Bridget wua uaed to commanda, but not to requeata. She waa accuatomed to a curt, aupercilioua "That will do," but not to a kindly "Thank you, Brid gett," and ahe insensibly aoftened at the change. Mra. Williama treated her aervanta like human beinga, not like machines. And while ahe ever maintained that nice reaerve whieh forbade familiarity, yet ahe acrupuloualy reapected the righta of othera. "Sure, one would be a haythen to be aaaay to Mra. Williama." aaid Bridget after a montb'a atay in her new home. "She haa a way of making ye feel ao polite and pleaaed with youraelf that yez want to pleaae her, and 1*11 atay with her aa long aa me name ia Bridget Maloney." ?E. M. C.in Mother'a Mag azine. A Woman's Great Mea ia how to make heraelf attractiye. But. wlthuut health. it ia hard for har to be iovely tn fare, fonn or tempar. A waak. aickly aroman will be nervoua and irritable. ConattpaUon and Kidney poiaona akow in pimplea, blotchea. akin erupuoo. aaa a wretrhad ?onu>le*ion. But Kleotric Btttcra al Waya prova ? aodaand to woman who want bealu.. baauty and friend*. They reeutate Stomaah. Mv?T *nd KMnaya, purify the hlood; aiva atrong nervaa. britfht eyaa. pure braath. amouth. valvaty akin. Ipvely oocnpU?>?n. ruod health- Try tham. aOp. at all druaglata. ALL AFFLiaED THUS. People who wiah to be enterpriaing until it begina to look aa if it might coat something. People who do not go to church be caua-i they do not like the miniater; othera becauae the contribution box ia pataed. People who wiah aome one would open another atore, ahop or market becauae they are unable to get truated any lon ger by thoae already doing buaineaa. People who will tell you what your 4ieighbor aay8 about you if you will .promiae not to tell who told you. Men who do not needto work becauae their wivea or mothera are aupporting them. Girla who have nothing to do but dreaa, fix up and walk around, try to look pretty and catcb, a beau. Old woinen. who gather up all the newa to repeat, together with a lot of untrqtha-Weat Point News, THE WORKERS, God never gqea to, the ia*y or the idle when he needa rnen for hia aervice. When Qod wanU a worker, he calla a worker- When he haa work to bedone, he goea ta thoae already at work.| When God wanta a great aervant, he calla a buay man. Scripture and hiatory at teat thia truth, Moaea waa buay with hia rlock at Ho reb. Gideon waa buay threahing out by the wine preaa. Saul waa buay aearch ing for hia father'a loat beaata. David waa buay carlng for hia father'a aheep. Eliaha waa buay >plowing with twelve yoke of oxen. Amoa waa buay follow ing the rlock. Peter and Andrew were buay caating a net into the aea. Jamea and John were buay mendirg their neta. Matthew waa buay collecting cuatoma. William Carey waa buayj mending and making ahoea. Selected. ONE-SENTENCE SERMONS. 'Tis impioua in a good man to be aad. ?Young. Progreaa ia the law of life; man ianot Man aa yet. - Robert Browning. Some people are ao fond of ill-luck that they run half wny to meet it. ? Douglaa Jerrold. ('hriat's power ia equal to any human need, and Hiawillingneaa to help ia aa great aa hia power.?R. R. Meredith. The good are better made by 111. A* odora cruahed are aweeter still. -Samuel Rogere. Flyjog Machines r A few year? ago flyin g machinea were hardly thought of, nor waa Scott's Emulsion in lummer. - Now Scott's Emulsion ia aa much a tum* mer as a winter remedy. Science did it. aii d??,us. TICKLISHNESS. ["There existtt a diatinct appetite for tickling.' - Dr. Louis Robinaon in North Ameriran Keview.l There ia no doubt that thi8 ia true, For aince this world began "You tickle me, I tickleyou." Ha8 been the human plan. The babes of not a year in age When tickled 'neath their biba Will laugh, as also will the sage, When poked between the ribs. In letters what a joy it ia When critica do abate Their quips and quirka and quilliah quiz Our work to titillate! In politica how blisaful when, Mid 8cenea of nervoua wreck, Somo writer with hia fountain pen Doth scratch ua on the back. We find it everywhere we go, ln every walk in life, Among the high placed and the low, In peace and e'en in atrife. The beggar meekly seeking aima Laughe aoftly 'neath hia breath When coppers scratch hia ltchiog palma; It tickies him to death. The millionaire withnll his gold On tickling dotes likewiae, For all that he aeoms stern and cold To aundry watching eyea. When aomeoneapeaka good wordsof him Hisapirit greatly cheers, And. while hia amile is often grim, It tickies much his eara. And even in the White Houae, where Such 8trenuousne88 dwella, We surely flnd it caating there Ita most bewitching apells. What man ia he who darea deny The wondroua amiling throb That Maahea in our Teddy'a eye When on aome tickliah job? -John Kendrick Banga in Harper'a Weekly. SLANG. It'a a great ahock to hear auch ex preaaiona aa "not on your life," "get onto that," etc, iaaue from the lipa of a pretty, dainty-looking girl. You may not have had the educa tional advantagea, that teach one to 8|)eak correctly, but that doea not jua tify the free uae of alang. When I waa a little girl, the uae of alang and chewing gum were puniah able offensea. Have you ever watcbed a girl chew? ing gum? She doea not look very pretty, doea ahe? If you muat chew gum, do it in the privacy o*f your own home; not in the atreet. Every girl wanta to be conaidered la dy-like, and it iathe obaervanceof amali detaila that makea her appear ao. The real lady doea not uae alang or chew gum or.make heraetf conapicuoua in any way. She ia modeat and luiet in manner; her voice and htugh are well modulated. ? Exchange. Marvelous Discoveries mark the wonderful profrma of tha a?a. Air nia-hta on hravy machinaa. talrvrama without wirati. tarribla war invanUona to kill m*n. and that wonder of wondarn. I)r. Kiuu'm Now Diacovary to aave llf a wh?n thr?artan?d by comrha. rolda. Ia arippa, aathma. eroup. bronchitia. hamori-ha?aa. hay fevar and whoopinr eough or lung troublel For all bronohiaJ afTactiona it haa no aqual. It reliav.wi.iatae.tly. Ita tha suraat cura. JameaM. Blaok of AahaTiile. N. C.. K. R. No. 4. writaa it curad him of an olxttittata coujfh aftar all athar ramadiaa failad. at>c. and $1.00. A trial bottlafrae. Ouarantaad by all drwsciat. ITEMS OFINTEREST. It ia aaid that when the King of Siam comea to America he will hring only forty of hia wtvea with him. Rememher what Simonidea aaid -that he uaver repented that he held hia tungue, but of ten that he had apoken. - Plutarch. The Indiana uaed flah aa a fertilizer and the white man haa proved their value aa auch. Fiah aerap when properly roixed with other ingredienta makea an excellent guano for vegetablea.? Oya terman and Fiaherman. In the atomach of a man eating ahark waa found the hand of aome unfortu nate on whoae akelton flnger there cir cled a diamond ring. The gray old aea ia no respector of peraona; the rich and the poor, and the great and the amall, alike, fall into her maw. THE BIG HAT OOOMED. The aaddeat newa, to womankind at leaat, that haa flaahed acroaa the cable aince King Edward died, comes in the reporta that big hata.have been banned in London. While political changes come rapidly apace, huta ahrink only slowly. O. J. HAMMBLL CO., PLEaSaNTVILLE, N. J. Designers and Manufacturera of Artiatic Memoriala in Marblc and Granite. OFFICES-Atlantic City, N. J.: Phil adelphiu, Pa.; Whealton, Va. Addreat H. Booker Hale, Agent.. 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It nourtshea the hair- ajaaj tliat cauae 4andn.i. MwmSlSZmn Does not Color the Hair We wbh you to positively and distinctly understand that Ayer'a Hair Vigor does not affeet the color of the halr, even to the slighteat degree. Persons with the whitest or the lightest and most delkate blond hair may use it freely withuut having the hair madc a thade darker. IOgredi<>ntS: Sulphur. C,l>,.-.in. Qulnln. Sodium Cktorid. *?m-(apwtum. Sage. Akottol. Walcr. Peiiume. Show tnla formula to your doctcr. Ask hlm what he thinka of ?. J C. Ayh >'<>Mf>aT. UMWt, liam