Virginia citizen., September 25, 1908, Image 4

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Heart to Heart
Talks.
By EDW1N A. NYE.
Coayrlcht. 1K?. by Sdwln A. Ny?
HIS MOTHXRS HAND.
The purchaae of the blrthplace of
Abraham Llncoln by au aBsocintlou
and its forthcouiing dedicatlon rulse
the old question as to the forcea that
shaped Llncoln's llfe.
What made hlru great?
Henry Wattersou, the Loulavllle edl
tor. saya ln his lecture on Llncoln that
the man was iuspired, Just as Mosea
was iuspired. which sounds well, but ia
indennlte.
Which was it?heredlty, envlrouuieut
or will power?that shaped the crude
Llncoln into greatness?
Plaiuly enough, it was all these
forces nnd sometliing more.
He had somethlng from heredlty?
that Kentucky ruother.
He had somethirtg from his environ
ment?hardshlps, obstacles, opposlilon.
He had much from his own strong
will power, #nd his will power was
shnped by his ldeals. Where dld Lln?
coln get h!s idenls?
Now we are getttng down to the core
of the mutter.
WIumi that wllnerness mother, Nancy
Hauks Llncoln, dled iu the log cabln ln
Spencer county, ind., whither the fam
lly moved from Kentucky, ahe put her
hand on the bead of her wllderness
boy, eight years of age, and aald:
"I'm golng away, my boy, but I want
you to remember that your mother
wauts you to be a good and a useful
man."
There was the beginntng of Abraham
Llncoln's iileals!
How many tlmes ln his after llfe
that boy felt upou his head the hand
of his dylng mother nnd heard her
words we may not know, but we do
know that in the boyish heart was the
hlgh reaolve to make bls tuother's
dream of him coiue true.
Pluck, splrit of endurance, appllca
tlon PLCS A MOTHER'8 IIANI>. A
MOTHER'S WORDS-made Llncoln
great
Remember how Thotnas Llncoln cut
down a poplar tree and sawed out by
hand the luniber with which he nalleii
together . the rude coffln for Nancy
Hanka Llu.-oln?
And by the atde of the grave stood
Iittle Abraham, holding his iittle sister
by the hand hatless. ragged, freckled,
uug-alnly?a aorry beglnning for a great
llfe. But
The touch of a vnnlsbed hand and
the sound of a roice that was atill
helped to fashlon the boy Into what he
afterward becauie.
A mother's hand, a mother's voloe?
don't forget to look for these in every
llfe.
ART Or LIV1NG TOGETBEA
"No man Ilvetb to himself."
If that ls true. theu the art of llvtng
with other people la Important to ?>e
learned. And It ls a great art. this
learnlng to llvo together.
In a aense the world is a vnst ma
chlne ahop. One may not be able to aee
all the ahaftlng and belts and dynamos
and cogwheels and canu and platon*.
but they may be imaglned.
In this vast machinery one may be
no niore than n amall cogwheel. But
lf so he should nt into his place auri
run nmoothly, >>ecnuse?
lf a cog allps It dlsarraiiKos thinK*
and may dlsrurh the harnioiiioua work
Ing of the hugo cnglne.
To learn how to run in your pluce
wlthout friction ls necessnry.
The bad cltlzen ls Bluiply a poor
pieee of machinery which lnterfere-.;
with- su?vessful apafAttaa. He causes
a bitch. It uiuy evon be BacataWy to
reiuove hiui entlrely. And that is ex
peuHlve aad anuoylng.
And so the art of DttftBg oueself to
his work. learnlnR to liv(> p-acefully
and effectively with others. is ? great
art.
The art of succeesful Urlug \\ ith oth
era requirea that a niuu B* a goad cltl
?eu, else he cannot expoct gotid gov
erumeut. It requires thnt lie ba a good
son. else he cannot exj>eet hnrmouy
lu his fath.-r's houae. 11 requires that
he t><> a good husband and father. else
he will not flt in.
Nearly all the troubles in this world
are eaused t.y MALAlUl'STMENT.
Crlme. dlvorce. the whole 11st, are
largL'ly traceable to the failure lu the
art oC Hving together FRICTION.
-Most business fallures alao eome
from the snine source. The round man
geis into aqaaia bole. aud vlce versa.
Men are trylng to be dynamos who
are litted only to be balanee wheels.
And men who were forined to be en?
gines are work Ing as mere power trans
mltters.
It la a flne thing to be able to flnd
one's real place in Hfe and fill lt?with
out friction. It is a great thing to ruu
ln one'a place iu the machinery of Hfe
?wlthout squeaking.
It is useless to try to run your little
machiue apart. It la coupled up with
the sbaftliig aud beltlug of the uni
verse. And your machlne can run ouly
when the Rnglueer wllls?and as a part
of the blg miachlne.
No man lives to himself.
Therefore lf you would learn the art
of successful llving you must learn to
llve with others.
THAT CIRL OF YOURS.
MIn aeven-tentha of the 3,000 cases
of lnsanlty among women which have
come under my notlce the cause waa
dlrectly traced to the malign influ
ences of childhood."
80 aaya an lnsanlty expert.
What h* m^ftrig ia that our raodern
ar/atem of rearing girls doea not pe*.
mit them to properly develop their
glrlhood.
Ratlier startllog?
If you will look about you, you will
note evldence8 of the fuise ayatem.
How aeldom do you aee a developed,
vlgorous, physically forceful glrl! If
you look into the school rooms you will
dlscover many pretty faces agiow with
lntellect, but you will also aee droop
lng shoulders, evldencea of weak
aplnes, aunken chest8, blanched faeea
lack of Initlative llfe forces.
Is it not true?
Where aro the girla who are to be
the Spartan mothera of the race? Tou
will nnd them not among the natlve
but among the foreign born. Where
are the "tomboya"?the bllthe, luaty,
wlde hipped, deep chcuted, agile crea
tures, cheeks ruddy with red corpnsclea
?the climbing, romplng, langhlng,
whlatllug girls?
You will flnd some of them ln the
country dlatrlcta, a few ln city gymna
aluma.
What our girls need is more of ex
erctae and lesa of repreeaion. lesa of
prlmplng and pamperlng, more of aun
llght and alr, leaa of coametlca and
rhocolotea. '
\>!. .'!<? doclors.
If you have a strong glrl of hlga
spirlts, be proud of her. I>o not try
to tone down her superubundant vltnl
ity. She will need all she can store
up aome day. I?et her ruu wlld like
an ludian mulden. "Do not try to
quench that happy luugh of hers which
some people think is too boisterous for
good form.
Let the girl ruu.
MAKK A STROXG AXIMAL OF
HKH tirat of all.
'i'oiigh uiUMles. red blood. actlon. ap
petite. aplrtts?FOR TIIE8E TH1XGS
II SUH A GUtl*
Nevor itiind the freckles on her nose.
the tuu on her cheek. They will come
off. Ni'vc.' inhul her tong strlde and
fence clhnltlng ngllity. IMenty <>f time
to toue dowu. Eveu a holdcnish swag
ger 18 Inflnitely to, be preferred to
scrninlilcd 1'ialns, overwrought nerves
and ovori>olMied immneis :>nd doc
tor's Lills.
Some day that tomltoy of yours will
marry. What a wife und mother she
will make! iler children will rise up
nnd call her Messed.
Don*t co<>:> your glrl. Pon't treat her
like a honse Woom.
I^et the glrl run.
STRAIGBT AND CROOKED THINKING.
"Aa a man thlnketb in his heart so
la he."
Tbe foregolng Scripture has two
sides a slinple and a inysterlous aide.
Tbe slinple side?a inan makes or
niars himself by thlnklng; the mya
terlous side huw does he do It?
Leaviug to the learned the mysterl
ous side, let us lay dowu two propoal
tious:
1. Stralglit thluking ls couduciva to
bealth. success aud happlness.
2. Crooked thlnking will produce dls
ease. fallure aud mlsery.
The proof of these stateuicnts la ln
the demoustratlon of them. They are
workable proposltions. They make
good on trlal. Aud that la why they
are iu the book. They are true not be
? hmso they are ln the book; they nre ln
the l?ook bccause they nro true.
"Thotights are things."
A couvictlou of mental mnstery is a
renl forco. The influcuce of the mlud
ls a real power. M?mi six-ceed becnuse
they get inentnl mastery. Men rule
their bodlea for health by the uiaster
ful lufjuencc of inlnd. Meu make hap
piiu'Ks by inentally deereelng the cou
dltlons tli.it make hnpplness.
< >n tiio staav aaad?
A man cnn ttilnk himself luto fall?
ure. mlsery. discnNe. Men are dolng
thnt every day. One rnn nx the Image
of lllnesH In hie mlnd and brlng it
about. Thousanda do. They lataia
their natural roslstauce to dlsease by
fearful thoughts and Ilterally make
their bodiea susccptlble to the very
thhiKs they fear. They do not undcr
stand that in BMflt ensea they can drlve
away their Indlsposltlon by holdlng
flrmly in inlnd the oppositc thougbt.
Of course there are liiuitatlous to
thla power. One Scripture decl.ire
tkata man cunnot by thinkiug add a
sliiKi'c cuMt to his height. Some fanat
Ical tlilugs mny l?e done aud some fad*
prmti.-ed ln the name of miu?l cure.
But?
The world nt large ls Just begluulug
to find out tlie treincndous |>otency of
inlnd properly applled. It la Just be
glnnlng to rcallzc that atroiig thinktng
makes strong men, or. as we have put
It. atralght thlnklng makes stralgh:
nicii
Sln itself Is almply weak thlnklng.
He who th'.uka in a weak. Uoiuhy.
sllp.xh.Hi way will lead a weak, slou. hy.
slipslHHl sort of llfe. Cfcookad thlnUhic
will prodine crooked men.
Nothlng Is Ix-tter estnhUshcd than
that you can think yoursolf Into vital
aaccaaafM llvlng or into moral. mental
or phyaii al Invalldlsm.
SAVED A MAN!
ln Kuusas Clty a man was arrested
for steaMng from the rcglster of a
telephoue l>ox.
Tbe thlef!
But wait.
A newspaper man aaw a good story
behind the arrest. He questloiicd the
prisni-.or nud went out to the home or
hut on the outskli t8 of the clty.
He learned this:
The wlfe of the prisoner was 111
There aere three children and n dead
bahy. Reeuuse the ntnn liad to stay
at home to uurae the wlfe he lost his
place ln the packlng plant. Tlien the
bnby dled. There was no mouey foi
a funeral. And the slck wlfe efM
because her bnby was to be buricd a
a pauper. She begged to have "a llitlo
white coffln."
Put youraelf in the man'a place.
He trted to borrow: he trled to get
credlt at the uudertaker'a?iu valn.
Theii ln desperatlou be broke luto the
telephone box and waa caught in the
act.
The newspa|>er man. an urchaugel lu
breeches, told the story iu bia news
lM?i?er. He put some beart Into the
story. Theeffect?
The police Judge refused to hold the
man when the telephone nianager said
he would not prosecute. An uudertak
tr said he would furnl.su the coffln and
wait for his pay. Xelghbors made th?
family comfortable. A Job was found
for the man, who aald through his
lears. "Pll ebow the people Pm an bon
tst man."
And they buricd the dead baby in a
Iittle white coffln, home to the cenie
tery iu a white hearse. And there were
carriages ln the proeession.
Fine!
The heart of humanlty is wondrous
klnd If you but know how to touch it.
The Hyinpathle8 of men and women nre
incompnrably noble ln responae when
onee they nre stirred. But the flnest
thiug in all this Kansas Clty story ia
that
Soclety saved a man!
Supposc?suppose ln the hour of his
desperation and temptation the world
had turned Its back upon this father?
He woult! have gone to the peniten
tlary with hatred ln his heart to be
eome a hardened crimlnal. The slek
wlfe mtght have died. The bahy would
have beeu buried in the potter'a field.
The three children would have boen
turaed adrlft to go down in the
deptha.
It whi the possibllity of these nw
ful crimes that soclety faeed-rulning
n man. murderlug a woinan. damning
three children.
At heart the man was not a thlef.
He jumped nt the ehanee to show him
Mttf a man. He waa saved ln the nlek
of time?saved where many are lost be
cauae our soclety ls keyed to punlah
raent lnstend of salvatlon.
Kanaas City saved a man -a family.
A "CONVERTED- CONVICT.
Behold, I show yoo a mystery!
The other day a man stood ln a Chl
eago station with a smlle on his face
and holding In his band a tlcket to
Mlchlgiin (Tty, Iud. He was au ea
caped convlot voluntarlly going back
to pi'isou.
The man said H waa the happlest day
of his Hfe!
You do uot uuderstand how a man
who waa golng back to the hard labor.
the coarse fare and the dcgradatlou of
the pcuitcutiury could be perfectly hap
py. Xor do l. That Is the myetery.
Thia ia the mau's story:
i A few ujoiuhs ago he had escaped
from tLe Indlana prlson. fleelng to tbe
west. In a westcrn clty he attended a
street meeting of tbe Salvation Army
and waa "converted." He Immedlntely
started back to Indlana. atopplng iu
Cbicago for a day. A uumber of Chl
cago Sulvatlonists went with hiro to his
traln.
A dlspatcb to tbe fhicago papers tiext
day i-onlirmetl the story. Tbe convlct
proinptly repot-tcd to tbe warden and
was put to work.
t'ndcrstaud the mystery?
No. It is because we know very iittle
al>out that strnnge splritual alchemy
that transinutes the baser eletneuts of
a limu Into the pure gold. The uiean
lug of the word couverted Is plain
i-nougb?"turued around"?but one can
Bcarcely reallze how a man may be re
versed Iu motlve und Iu purpose so that
he coines to love the thlngs he ouce
hated and to hate the thlugs he ouce
loved. We ouly know the results of
the rndlcal process.
And we cuu understand uow. with
his uew vlew|Kdnt of Hfe. he could he
hnpp.v. Although his only piosjieet
was that of the dismal years atretehlng
luto the forhiddlng ?uture, yet from
that uppalllng programme he could ex
tract a pleasure.
Why ?
Because iu the tuvuiug upside down
of his nature this couvlet somehow had
couie to reallze the algnlneauce of real
freedom that It Is aplritual frcedom.
Feullentlary barrlers inight hold his
body ln alavlsh ttonds, but his BMri
would l?e free?aud happy.
Aud because he was glad to pay to
the last full measure the deht he owed
the state his eousclence would be vold
of offense and there would eome to hlm
the peace that pnsseth all uuderstsnd
Ing.
What Sh. Haard.
The mother's susplcions were arous
ed. and thut ulght when the young
man left the house and the daughter
canii' iipstnlrs she luterviewed her.
"EUznbeth." she said sternly. "dldu't
l hear Mr. Smlpley klsslng you ln the
parlor as 1 catne along the hallY"
"No. innuunn; you dldu't." responded
the daughter emphattcally.
"Well. dldu't he try to klaa you?"
pemlsted tire niotber.
"Yes, mammn." demurely.
Tlie mothcr spoke trlumphautiy.
""I knew It!" she ?nid. "Dld you per
mlt hlm?"
"Xo. inamma: 1 dld not. I told hlm
you had alwaya taught me that I
should not pennlt auy young man to
klss me."
"That waa rlght: that was rlght. my
deur," said the mother eneoursgingly
"And what dld he eay to that?"
The glrl blushcd. but wng undatunt
aft
"fle nskod me If you had ever told
me I was not to klss n young inau."
The mother tvegnn to feel that posai
bly she had outltted a vltal liuk In her
tnstruetiona.
"What dld you tell hlm?" ahe asked.
"I said I dldu't reineuiber It If you
?nd."
The glrl stopped. and tbe mother
hrohe out:
"Well. go on: go on."
"I thlnk thnt's what you beard.
mother " And the daughter walted for
the storm to burat.
Chlneaa Bar Mllk.
A Chlnnmun haa tbe same Aread of
tollk that an Amerlcun has of oystera
i>tit of season. Several eveninga ago a
CHaaaa ilajaltary, who kud Juat come
tnlo tlie couutry to aludy educatlonal
Instltullons. waa taklng dlouer with a
pnuuincut educator iu Xew York clty.
He nte freely of tbe American dlahea
nntll he cauie t?? the last course.
Looklng at the ice creatn dubloualy
for some time. he flnally took a mouth
ful. It muat haw given hlm a pleaa
uruble seuaatiou. thia flrat taate of Ice
crruui. for he smlled pleaaantly at the
?aataaa
Suudonly another Chlnese wbo waa
?fraaari and who had not taken nny of
the dcasert spoke quickly to him a sin
gle Chlnese v.ord.
in an instant the dlgnitary apat out
his mouthful ou to his plate. much to
the conaternation of every one at the
table.
"What dld you aay?" lnqulred the
host of the Chlnese who had epoken.
'I said ?inilk.' " waa the atoical reply.
New York Globa
*T?I" Waa !??>? OaTaaiaaa.
Profeasor Evana of Tufta college
talla an amuslng atory of college llfe.
"Not long ago two Chlnese toya were
aeut to Yaie by their goverumeut,"
aaya the profeaaor. "They were bright
chaps aud readlly adapted themselvee
t? American ways. They cut off their
Blgtalla. wore American clothing and
talked American slang proflclently.
"Amoug other thluga tliey developed
? taste for late houra and queationable
companlons They refuaed to be repri
tnanded and dld juat about aa they
pleaaed.
"Tbe faculty. fearlng to offend the
Chlnese government if It expelled the
Itudents or puuisbed them in any way.
wrote to the Chlnese goverument aak
Ing what uieasures it abould take to
compel the studente' reapect for the
college rules.
"The dean alraoat collapaed when ha
recelved this reply, *Put thetn to death
at once.'"
Blaiuarrta ?? m P#?l?k.
A mlsaionary who recently returned
from Soutb Amerlca dlaeovered on tb?
route to Orurot\itof?g,>stu a trlbe of
fetlch redakins worshiplng liismurck a?
s god. Lust year wheu the drought
threatencd their barveat they offered
ap prayers to their uaual Woia. but all
to no avail.
Their chief, havlng seen at an eini
grated furmer's but the plcture of th?
Iron Cbnncellor cut out from an lllua
truted Oerman paper. aaked the farav
er to make hiui a preseut of the prlut
which request was wllllugly agreed to.
Thenupon the ludiaus brought the ple
ture lu grent piocesston to their tem
ple. and, struugc to sny, welcoJate rala
watered the lauds of the trlbe. Slnc?
that time the deity of the cbancellor.
wbom the ludian* call Bimbaiko, la
flnnly establisljed.?Chieago Journal.
Sabatuntlal Itriirrt.
Blg Tlm Sulllvuu. the Bowery Tam
many klng. met aa impccunloua con
atltnent recently aud took hhn to din
oer ln a restaurnnt much more preten
tious than the man waa nccustomed to
He waa a fellow of aluost iutlnlte ap
petlte. and the amount of food h*
ftowed away waa aometblng porteu
toua. When Tlm tbought the man bad
ronauined euough subatantlala he aak
ed. "Now. whafll you have for dee
aert?" "What'a tbatV "Oh. aometblng
to top off with." The conatltuent Ia*
guldly acanned the blll of fare. "1
gueaa 1*11 have u beef atew," he aeplied
?Nvw York Cloue.
PARIS IS FRANCE.
(CONTINUED PROM KIRST PAGE.)
effort, which we know is but frail at
best.
Paris, her chief city and her
glory, lives hysterically?no night, no
Sunday. no God; she is virtually with
out a "lid". Her people. once Catho
lics, are now positively without a re
ligion. In the recent fight with the
Roman church, while victors, and ex
communicated, the nation seems to be
worse off, owning no churoh affiliation.
Sunday is a day known among few.
What is true of Paris appiies in a lesser
degree tothe smallercities-and country.
You see no chPdren on the streets and
in the country. Race suicide is observed
more scrupulously than was ever any
church association. The rulers see this,
and are offering pensions to mothers,
legitimate or otherwise. The popula
tion of France is rapidly decreasing,
Jind but for the inrlux of foreigners
Parls could not be kept up.
To "write up" Paris would mean too
much for American nostrils, as will
readily be inferred, and no American
newspaper could publish it. There is a
high and virtuous class in the city and
country, but they are practically in
retirement; the visitor finds the worst,
and, fortunately, it is on the surface.
Deep down there is a leaven that may
yet save the nation. Lax in morals
since the time of the Crusaders, the
French have become looser with each
century, and in the past one this has
been greatly accelerated by the for
eigner. Today France might be savcd
but for that foreign element which comes
here to "aee the sights," and the
mercenary spirit of the native caters to
the foreigner's taate andducata. Thoua
anda who walk rigidly upright in their
distant homes drift here to "let loose"
for a aeaaon. They may, or may not,
go away unscorched, but they have left
their impress. Others come in their
places, and so the "ball goes merrily
on." Paris knowa no night the year
around. The rounds of gayety begin in
some quarters at sunset and in others
at midnight, one and two o'clock, a. m.
The city is full of Harry Thaws and
Evelyn Nesbits, and as soon as the
theaters close, Maxim's, The Dead Rat
and other gilded dens are alive with
fiuttering, importunate butterflies and
brainless snobs. A raft of American
College boy8 will take posseasion of
one of these placea after the thcatre,
and the proprietor will be aeveral thous
and dollars the richer next day. No
where but Paris have we seenlicentious
living carried on openly or to any extent.
A man may not ahed blood here but he
can brazenly defy moral laws, propriety *s
drea8, and the police are his friends,
aometimea conductora. Paris is "gay"
indeed, and a moat brilliantanddazzlintf
fire-fly, with the aong of the Bubtlest
airen. Nowhere will anything be found
so beautiful, sobewitching and enticing.
Even her streets aeem to lure one to
stay, while her climate is neither cold
nor hot?always agreeable. We can
now readily understand why Americans
of means take up their abode in Paris.
And yet it is not a costly city; the
honest purchaser can buy many of his
was here chsaper than anywhere in
Europe, while good lodgings may be had
from fifty cents up, and good meals
made upon as Iittle as fifteenor twenty
five cents. But the "high-flyer" gets
his leg pulled, robbed without con
science?and so will anyone else that is
not on the qui vive. To travel the road
ofa Harry Thaw for any length of time
will call for thouaands, for the brilliant
aatellites around such a soft one are
veritable human leechea; but the ab
atemioua sight-aeer and traveler-for
traveling's-sake can get on here cheaper
than anywhere except Holland and
Italy, and aee more in a short space of
time.
It would be doing Paris an injustice
to slight her artistic propensities. Every
tiiing here is beautiful and stylish in the
extreme. We see now why the world
takes its fashions from the seat of the
Louis*. Pen cannot describe the taste
of this people. No woman, even of the
poor and lowly, but looks as though
she were moukled into her garments.
A French girl can take aforty-cent bolt
of cotton and ^old it upon her to look
stylish. It is simply marvellous, and
the wonder of the thousands of tourists
that hit this town for the first time.
Why it should be, we do not know, but
you will not find a coarse feature, un
gainly walk, or robe without style, in a
day and night's cruise of the French
capital. Their complexions are simply
perfect and their manner enchanting.
How far sincerity extends we did not
investicate.
Most of our time was taken up in
visiting the many places of interest.
The Louvre andpalac* of the Tuileeries
are most striking. An idea of their
magnitude may be gleaned by stating
that around the hollow square (or
oblong) is a massive building, all con
nected, embeUished in architecture and
having portals of the days of France's
glory; it would cover, in one of our
cities, about eight blocks long by three
wide. Once the palace of kings and
emperor8, and also military barracks,
prison and beheading court, part of
it now is turned into a museum and the
other into offices for the civil gov
ernment. The contents of the museum
nearly equal those of the British Mu?
seum, and in many rare cases excell.
Napoleon, when overrunning Europe,
robbed varioua powers of their art
treasures and installed them here,
among them theoriginal Venusde MiUv
though Germany in 1871 did likewise
unto France, and she lost by the destruc
tive propeunsity of the soas of Goths
and Huns some of her choicest art.
The "Senatorfrom Pittsylvania", being
a devoted student of Napoleon's life,
and a great admirer of the Venus de Milo,
could hardly be dragged away from this
city. The palace at Versailles and the
brilliant home of the "Little Corporal"
at Fontainebleu must be visited. At
the latter place it was that Napoleon
brought the Pope from Rome and kept
bim for twelve years, until he had sjgned
the decreefor Bonaparte'adivorce from
Josephine. At Malmaison we saw the
houdouir and all that surrounded this
unfortunate woman, for Malmaison was
given her by the Emperor, and there
she lived and died after the separation
But we muat not weary you with all
theae details. Paria and its environs
hold enough to entertain the normal
sightseer many months. What we com
pressed into a week would take pagea '
to recount. The brilliant palaces, the'
the many museums and art gallerics,
the placcs and instrumcnts of torture
in ages gone. the Grand Opera, the old
and modern Arches of Triumph, the
Eiffel Tower and Ferris Wheel. St.
Germain and the various awe-inspiring
cathedrab, the tomb of Napoleon (the
grandest and most impressive structure
of its kind in the world) and upon the
river Seine-all, called for hurried but
penetrating visits.
Let it not be inferred from his super
ficial touch on "Gay Paree" that the
writer would advise against a visit
there. On the contrary, we think strong
men by themselves, and women and
youth with capable protcction, should
visit Paris above all places in Europe.
Our regret is that we could not have
visited Europe, and Paris in par
ticular, years ago, when mind and
memory were plastic and capable of
retaining what was learned. It is
sometimes looked upon ns squandering
money to visit Europe. We think not.
No money could be more profitably
spent (if discreetly parted with) than
in a trip abroad, visiting London and
Paris above all places. A noted edu
cator from the Old Dominion, Dr. Lyon
G. Tyler, whom we crossed in London,
said to us that he was glad to see Vir'
ginians and our Southern people travol
ing Europe more than in tho past; that
itbroadened their views, and the money
could be spent in no more profitahlc
way. This is true for the college boy
or girl, properly attended; or batter
still.in taking Europe as apostgraduate
course. Having studied sciences.history
and languagos, what could hetterimpress
them upon the young mind than to
visit the places of their nativity?
WHO IS THE OWNER?
There scems to be as little oonscienco
about story-borrovving as about um
brellas. Many years ago now, John
Eston Cook published in "Wearin^ of
the Gray"a comical story of howayan
kee soldier mistook the word of an i
norant negro womanforthe roal thin^,
and swooped down on her eabin with a
regiment to capturo Col. Mosby, only
to learn that she had namcd her infant
for that redoubtablc partizan. The
story, old enough to have wbiakera,
was not long ago retold in The Youths''
Companion as original, and still later
published in a Donver paper, still as
oriprinal matter, and still later'reprinted
in a Vir^inia paper, still withoutcredit,
and paaafat wc MBpOM for original'.
The truth is.a good story is so precioos
a baritace that each one tellin^ it thinka
he has a right to claim it as his. Not
long after the close of the Civil War
a book was brought out very pretenti
ously professing to bear out its titlo
"Anecdotes of the Ooofedaraay." In
it were not a few stories that were c\
tant in a very old book-"Ancedoi.-s al
the Revolution." It seems nearlv
doubtful if there are any new stories
after all.
HAS IT COME TO THIS?
A deaf BaotSJ has latcly been lic..-used
to practicelaw in North Carolina. It haa
beenassumed that the chicf busincss of
alawyer is to talk, but this is m-ws i?.
dced that one can roally practio ? law
and be silent. There is a storv told of
Sir Henry Irving, the distinguisln d
actor, who on one occasion was callad
on to testify in a caso, and bcgan :,n
awering a question of a barrister by
aaying: "I think that," "Stop, sir."
interrupted the lawyar, "this eoartdoaa
not wish to know what you think. but
what you know about this."
"Well, I think," again bogan Sir
Henry.
"Noneofyour thonghts ifyou plaaa*;
we want nothing of that-only and siin
ply what you know."
"Then I am not to think at all?"
"No, sir, not at all.'*?'
"I had as well leave the stand. I
cannot talk without thinking. l'm M
lawyer.''
He was allowed to think.
Often The Kidneys Are
Weakened by Over-Work.
Unhealthy Kidneys Makc Impure Blood.
It used to be considered that onlv
urinary and bladder troublcs were to be
traced to the kidneys,
but now moderu
scieuce proves that
nearly all diseases
have their begiuuing
Ia the disordcr ot
these luosL important
organs.
The kidneys fdter
and purify the blood?
that is their work.
Therefore, when your kidneys;are weak
or out of order, you can understuud how
quickly yourentire Ixxly is alTected and
how every organ seems to fail to do its
duty.
If you are sick or *' feel badly," begin
taking the great kidney remedy, Dr.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, l>ecause as soon
as your kidneys are well they will help
all the otlier organs to health. A trial
will convince anyone.
If you are sick you can makc no jnis
take by first doctoriug your kidneys.
The mild aml the extraordinarv effect'of
Dr, Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great
kidney reniedy, is soon rcali/.ed. It
standa the highest for its wonderf ul cures
of the most distressing cases, and is sohl
on its mcrits by all fC^fT*
druggists in fifty-cent ?
aan one-dollar size
lwttles, You may
havea sample bottle nomeofBwamp-itoot.
by uiail free, also a pamphlet telling yon
how to find out if you have kidney or
bladder trouble. Mcntion this p'apcr
when writiugto Dr. Kihner & Cow, Bing
hamton, N. V. Dou'tmakeanv mistake,
but remember the name, Swamp-Root,
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the ad
dross, Binghamtou, N. Y.,on every bottle.
IF ABOUT 70 USE
WALL PAPER OR PAINT
Write us for samples and prices.
We have a limited number of
bundles of Wall Paper, 15 as
sorted rolls to bundle, for 25
cents. Add 25 cents for freight.
ADAMS' BOOK STORE,
FREDEHICKSBURG, V*.
8HOPPING FOK LAD1E8.
Save travellng cxptmsesand have\our
shopplngdone by Mrs. J. P. Meanlev
It04 Oak St.. Baltimore. She is in
close loucb with the heat atores and can
aaveonr ladie.a money on their purchasen
ln ?tll llnea It oomIh them nothingexlra.
samplc- aent upon request
Don't Worry
If you are sick, don't worry, but begin at once
to make yourself well. To do this, we but repeat
the words of thousands of other suffercrs from
womanly ills, when we say:
It Will Help You
J 23
For 50 years, this wonderfu] female remedy, has
beon benefiting sick women. Mrs. Jennie Merrick,
of Cambridge City, Ind., Bays: "I suftered greatly
with female trouble, aud the doctors did no good.
They wanted to operate, but T tool: Cardui, and it
made me feel like a new wcm r . I am still using
this wouderful medicine, wit! increc^ing relief."
AT ALL DRUC STC'T'S
BLANKET.
Burgains from thp bif[ mill tuiction. As long
asthey luntwe will sell full sixp twelve <|imrt<7
doahle white blanketa, vortfc $4 oo, for $2 r?o n
pair. Savakai than one hundred pairson hand.
E. C. IMINDE,
FREDERICHSBURG, - - -
VA.
WANTED- AR6DERAGENT
. aample Lateat Sodel "Rnnrer- Ncvcle fUmi<hr5 hJTl mT.T"
II1UCHT0WB
and district to
_ ride and exhihit a
Our acent.-. cverywhere art
-?--.?-.v, .*....... . innxu .
_"".. ?0> * 0* ' ?.*? '"'???I V '?? "?< eive amfapprove of your bicycle. Wt ship
."VV?.' duont which time you may ride the bicycle and
8
to nnyone. aaywherc in the- V s
allow 1't.N 11AYS' FREK
FACTORY PR CES M'ol^SBiuStSf^K *"* 5t?*5is S5rt?y?
and ;;J,^'; ?;^^^rei^nt^rnOUrUnheardo' '"'"*
YOU WILL BE AST01ISHED m'IV: >?ou rrcrivf ?SLSH'N "??iiii. ??<*
than any other tactory \\ > a?ait <licdI w'th ^i,^ kcyclealorleaa money
our pricca. Ord?rs t.llcd tlie .. b,CJl1" und" tom own name pW at
promptly at priccs ranru* frorn *:? ta B*^^lV^e*aiou^2iL3L^Ite,2 clear out
aliiRlo wherla. imported roll.rrim?^ J.d^Slni? ^^ ,re*"- ~.
cquipmcnt of all kind?; at lUtf tk, aaaW r?Za7%Sa 1Wi*U' ^^ rtpj,rs and
COASTER-BRAKES,
50 HEDGETHORK PUNCTURE-PROOF
SELF-HEAUHfi TIRES&2SSS&SS
7'/./- r,c"!>ir ret.iil prir.- <?/ Ihne tirr
H \> per pa:r. but t > m.'r ?/:,,/? r<-r r<?.7
it:iyninisamplrpd:r tor$4. v >U?jA>'./A<w j,ii/Jj),
NO MORETROUBLE FROM FUHCTURES i
NAII.S, TackH or <:i;???? ?lll not l?-t th?
Rlr onU Sixtv tlu-,ub.-i?iil jviiiS solil li>t yc.r
Over two hutidrcd Lliousaiul p:\irs m i:i ua?_
OEMORiPTIOBItMadeinallaiaca lti~iivcly
and casyriditi(;.vcrvduinl>'.i-:i ud ! iiu <1 insi.Uwiih
a special ouality of mbbcr, which tu-\rr iMOOwMi
poroua and which doacsup amall puwetun ?? withoat aliow
* AM-Mn^. 11*. 1.._1_1_I_ ** ? - . r
iw
??Ktlicairtocsoape. Wcliavcliutu'i..-,is?,i"IctterafraaaaatL
ncdcustomcrsatatinK that their ItrcslinvcoiitvtMvii pamped
uponccort\viccinawliolos<\is?<ii. Tlu-v wri-U tiotnorcthati
anordiiiarytire.thcpuiicturcresistinKqtialilioslKiTigKivcn
by Kcvcml laycrs olthiti. apcctMllv prrpared fabrlcoai the
tread. TlicrcK?>la?"pricc of t li< sr tircs la^..so per imir.tiiit f ur
adverti?itiKpuniost.'swcari.-iii..kinKasrH ial factorrpriccto
?H!2j w?,Xft!;Erpmir' ?*&M*lV*?*?**4nr**Ki?ncKtn&. Weshipc O D
???Sk JKL* 2lWa552[il-?.^.^5??tart "V?. found then atrictl" . rcprSen
>'of lor t Jio thlrk riihlx-r t r?-;?<I
"A" aml |>tiii<-tiiro atrl|ia "It'*
and "I>," alao Hm atrtp ??H"
t?? iirrvt-iit rlm cuttlnc- Thla
tlre will ootlaat anr other
make SOFT. KLAST1C aud
KAsv kihix;.
on
rcprescnted.
?ead ^^T^i^yvv^'iYuin^yV^"'^':^ n,akit,K lhc Prict ?*-5* P^r Pair) if~yo?
!/? i i.V._^i \. ? ""?f''- atid mcl >*c thia auvcrtlaraaent We will aiaosrnd on<
Bickcl plated brass hand Dtimp. T.rrs to l>c returned at OUR cxrKrna* if SuflwarStaM
not aatwfncior>-onearvm.ii:iti?.n W? .n,c perfectly relUble and M? s< n to^ij.a ?fe ,?i* S
Unk lf you order a pair ol t.u-se tii?-?. you will Ind th.-.t thev will ride caaier' nm fJter
wear better. last loriffer nud took fincr than any ti.e vou have ever useil or aren at any price W>
kuowthnt you w.ll Vso well pUa.ed that wlun tron wauta bicycle vou w, 1 Bne u? your order
We waut you tosend ns a M?l order at once, benccthia n maik.il.le tirc offer
DO NOT WAIT lut w'.'^-"'- M"-ult.?l-iy. OO NorrillNKOr mJYINQal.icycle
gf *"*** ****** ?rn Pa'rof t.r.s froui aoyone until you know thenewand woodeVful
oflcro wc are mnkmg. It only c<-sts n i>os,.il to knra everythin?. Writc it NOW wonoentu
J. L MEAD CYCLE C0M?ANY. GHICAGO. ILL
<;??<>. I.. H<jUir*m, I're*. j, p>, nrn
ow?, Src'y-Mwnar
iha Lancaster Lumber & Building Co? i?c.
OCRAN, VA.,
MANIIFACTURKRS OF
KILN-DRIED LUMBER.
UEALERS l.N
Sash, Doors, Biinda. MouUinga, Brackets, CYiling, Flooiing, Siding,
Turned Work, Hand Kails, Balustera, and BuiUing Material
in Qeoarat Also Boxes and Box Shook.
Ratimatei Furniahed.
SURETiES AND BONDS.
WE WILL BOND YOU.
UNITED STATES FIDEIDTY AND (iUARANTY CO.
(Home Oflice: Hiiltimorc, Md.)
Capital Paid in tash.$1,500,000.00
Ofliciald and others medii-g to hc bond?d cnn be placed in
n reliable Socuiify Comj anv at low ratea by applyiug to
W. McD. LEE, Irvington, Va.,
Icoai f.r LaucH.tcr and Northumberland countlea
PIDKMTY. C ONTHACT. .1L1>ICIAL.
Judicinl bonds executec! without delay. Correapoiiuence aolicited.
"A Remedy
of Merit'r
\^
k\N*
\&
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5*
The one
remedy sold and
guaranteed to cure Colds,
Coughs and Lung Diseases.
Its wonderful curative qualities are
recognized after taking the first dose.
Try Indian Tar Balsam for your next
cold; you will be surprised by its prompt action.
It never fails.
On sale at best general stores and druggists.
PRICE 25 CENTS.
Indian Tar Balsam Co.
BALTIMORE.
Maryland, Delaware 4 Virginia
RAILWAY COMPANY.
Baltimore, Fred
eriokaburgr, Nor
folk and Itappa
hanuock Klver Routes.
BaaaaaWa ln effect March 82nd. 1908.
MALTI MOKE TA PPA II A NMK. K FKEI.'BG
tMeaniera alll Ifiw Paltlmore. Kd.. Pier
No. 2. I.iubt Strwt wcathtr reimitMnV
miiii!hj a rioon. Tuefday and Tbuiadar 4'i)n
Wmie Btone. trvin?ru>n. Weeme. Mlllenbeck
Merry l'oint. (M toman, Moiana. BuibanVTlr-'
beana. Moraaaun. ?ateivu<w. ?kntun
?Baj loit. Miarp^. Buwtere.we.iee, *ffi'
Tappnl.ai.nuck. VJW a. m., Naylora Hole
IP.n, 1.I....I Cartej-a lajten-a Vr/datown!
s..,...).,.. ? llewat. OieeaJeve. i,?, hoxal
1 orr t.nwnv. Ilaj mount. Hop Yuid Hat
ei???*. Krederlekrhurv.
V!?."*"* r.'" "' '' " "" s"?"'?>?'<?a ,?,t .t< p.
?? .?n?SI^*,*,to,a l"' Wl ' 'r"vt' *^??l?towii
itAI.IIMOKKTAI'PAH^ y OK.
I . tveaUatgaewerimai lahi m ... weaih.-r
i' -" v.',:'.*- r,?r \;7,y. ?? ?? ?? *S! "*T ??
ii N..tvii hi.ii. Mn. ?ru-i.,,at.ii? Kf..i #?
'"??';?";''?? ''OrtZSa. WH.^l^k. UtoaS
...-, \ .-w ?Shan.e. ?r?|.,W|IHlll?K.|l
? TAI'PAHANok K NOKFoi.K.
-A?*\?T!?Waiea?aaa. weatber p?>ruijttJnir
Batu ,!?> 2,,.,,, .st,.ppmirat wHfo%?. WaW
Muxvle.*. bha.pa. Ru Port.Whralton WhAT'
Miilei.lieck. Mo,ty Point. Oitoman Mm,
S.v;,,!;"i:,?r.f."wnv!V?:V"K- ""???'?? -'"??":
hani.ock. nopirina- at landi.,?? aa above ei
ii.rr. 8t(>|.pinKHt. aowlewe, w?rt-? ajS Vli
'o^-onrwurntrlpt.illaltimor.M.nTue.uaya
lTHKhl will not be recelved ln NoH,**"
aftei S|,. ni..onsallln(r Da>n. -
t'ltKinu;.TAPPAHANNOCK BALTIMOBK
-ItUn*. ?.r Bat&Ja^YSa "vaidT^aynount
i'ort ( ouway. Port Uoyal. OrecnlaW ? !*
BMWt, >ai..,de.M. L^datown 4 ? m l\,vto,m
l arter* Hlanttcid, Nay :ora ?:*) a. m. T?Z
hannork 7::?.a.in., W<,ir<>r.ie, w.rea ikJwfJra
Miarpa ??::*) a m., Ilav Port, Wh?"alton W.fi!*
vl.-w MonaBko-. IrLanna !?'? n i ilnr
,..na. Nllteabeck, Merry Po-nt aJu" p i iT
.Sa1ur'rS,^r'n?n0^.TUe8C-y- Th??ta, a.ul
TAPPAIIANNOCK-BAI.TIMOKE
Ptcamerft will le?vo Tapnahanno.i, ~ ?i
jfeT-T^rS ESK: oT-SatTwaVwaln*
Mob ,.t IJrbaonn im Hay i-?ri * ' "*
ol^ZZtfr** ""'"-orountH 4p.D.
Thistirno t?i.|^8hows th.. tlnio. at ?hi^K
lK)..tH may be a,p*cted to arrlv^ at Li i?
artaWntrJrro-?? ,1"'"> or *">" conaequence.
WII.I.AHI* THOMSON nnnmiu...
^.i^aoprr.Aae^FTwgBnagi^'
POTOMAC RXVER ROUTE.
Banavala in aBwn Saturday juu?. 27th. 1908.
(tmrfp flam wekkly)
SliamiTs Iravc Italtimor.. l>;? ? ?? .. ?
weothcr P.rmittin" ,rr? m ^ ^aht Strert.
day and Saturday foVTh.73E gl'ljj
landina,. ALxandri. anu' W^S^2Ta?-iT
Brome *. Poi to Bello Oraxot, .??".? M.. ?
I-k?. Wahurt ?-.,?,. bnwm L^u"? 's"
'On Siitnal.
Arrivintr in Waahincrton nrl. w-j j -. .
day and Monday nH,.nin^ * Wadn?*i.y. |>f
I.eavi> Waahhwton. 11. c fo?.t ..f -n. c.
wrathrr permittinir at 4 i. ?, ?tli Strwt.
Wadn??Uy and BnTurdaJ for "hr Z2Z .Mond*'
Umlina-a and rUl.im<v" Allx?/*",".* nv**
*On Slffnal.
Arrivinar in Baltimo eorlv W?!n~~t_. r ? ?
and Monday mornin*.. * Wedn?<J?y. Fnday
have^nntTc Tg?"L? ^T**"' ?*?"??*
H?.,.norr a w^;;n;;^r; SSTjS5
?aSJL-^^^ +~? .?? IBM at which
tSL-tr ? 2T22 h,,,a ,,>,Hf Wa-Bafct
STW^KN? NT^Vr A^oTwl 2C??
Baltimore, Cbesapeake & Atlantic
&**????* HAILWAY CO.
Piaukatank River Llue.
weather i rn t ?? 'Y, ,",,, w^,.e.day
??"ate i ,?d "?"? feUoVef1"''1 MoU "
". Crlekett Mill i iT cMiiHa **&?*
Kitobetta i.'-.ai p m '??'??? U.45. AMr*
? ?S? g"^^.'^****^ l:?.
Uta-rta ? , A rrh uV XlrreSftiftSeT'1 **
rfllowK ' """>? ^'I'tl.er iH.rmutiHr. mm
l.e:nr K,((|>,,rt 7 ?. ,?.. BB?a? TlatV leaaa.
i'< i> ...ai. (Jreen Polnt7:4fi <'tmru,iu v U
wii.i.AiiDTH?M80N Uen. Mauatrer
w, ii. Bnowa.Aaeat, Plee? u"'rer'
T. Miikooch. Sea. Paaatina-er Arent
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POTOMAC R. R.
BanaBah b .tr.vt BiavjnBw cth itun
LKAVK KKKI.KKICKSBUKC. NOKTHWAKLgx
fi 2f> a. m. wevk days. local ^
7 05 a. m. daily.
T -J1 a. in. daily.
10 25* a. m. daily. local.
1 2S p. m. week daya.
I :5>> p. m. daily, local
7 01 p. m. daily.
M <? p. m. daily.
LKAVK FKEDK'.r/.t.ai,!,,,
5 ? .. m. d Z a??'.Bl'KJ Sl'UTHvV'AftD.
^?-:..v^dt':^arn
10 ^f m- s!u?t*?y? ?"ly. local.
6 2ft P, m. dady. A. fi L train
v *? p. m. daily. local
? 06 p. m. daily. S. A L train
fcjT fn"" ^'-^ -SSil 09 a. m. week
Ga-oaSAaSr*5-!**
U1ESAPEAKE STEAMSHIP CO.
"CHE8APEAKE LINE.??
KLKOANT PASSF.NO RBSTBAMEBS "COL
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For Old Petat Oomrort and Norfolk V*.
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Tbrouwh ticket* to all polnte raar be'aa
*"?*? baavapa ebroked an.) ?ratci?Jora? r*
awd rru.K o,..cit, riok.-i? iK ?p",,h\~
tlmorc St.. ABTfl D It W. KOItSON." ajeul &
UKIIIKN FOSTBK. R J <<HI?;M
T if^KoAlSiftT'a &****!'g?'lAfct|
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B. Goldsmith,
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*tan'V %y^?*d <????>??.?? R6a4a
*a.le Clothlnjr, ttenta' Far?I?h.
\mr ttaods, Trn.kg, Yaliaa.
autl Umbrollas.
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