Virginia citizen., April 16, 1909, Image 4

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Heart to Heart
Talks.
By F.DWIN A. NYE.
[Copyrlght, isos. by Amerlcan Fteaa Asso?
ciation.J
fcEAD THIS TO THE CHILDRLN.
Tbis is a falry story-a true fulry
stor.v.
Aud. strungely euougb. tbe little glrl
of this falry tale ls her own falry.
thoujjh she doesn't know It.
Tbls falry went to bed one night
poor aud awoke up tbe next mornlng
worth $10,000. Doesn't that sound like
some otber falry had waved Its wand
over tbls falry wblle she slept?
Her uame is Hazel-Hazel Klegln
aud she llvea In Soutb Otnaha, Neb.
Sbe ls twelve years old and Is a good
little glrl. klnd. gentle and belpful to
all about her.
Hazel's parenrs formerly Uved ln
Sloux Clty, aud because Hazel when
sbe was a little blt of a tblng was so
sweet and kind and gracioa* a man iu
that town who waa a nelgbbor took a
great fancy to tbe little glrl. whom he
called his "black halred falry." Ha?
zel Klegln has black halr ln long
bralds and twtnkling black eyes.
Well?
Two years ago the Kleglns mored to
South Omaha, and shortly after that
the father died. Hazel's motber was
obllged to take ln wasblng ln order to
buy food for Hazel and ber little
brother.
Now. can you fancy a little falry
carrylng blg bundles of washlng?
Tbls black balred falry dld that
And some days tbe past wlnter the
weather was very cold. and sometlmes
tbe bundles were beavy, but she neve'
complalned. Sbe kept on amlllng Hke
a good little falry. and everybody loved
her.
And now sbe ls an helress.
Her old frlend. Mr. Matthews of
Sloux Clty. bequeathed her the little
fortune because she was aucb a sunny
and kind little glrl.
And Hazel says:
"I ara so happy because msmma
won't have to wash any more. Sbe has
rheumatlsm dreadfully, and sometlmes
sbe has to wash with one arm. It ls
awfully hard then, and It nearly break?
her back. She dldn't use to have to
wash."
You see. the good Sloux Clty man
made no mlstake about Hazel being a
falry.
Falrles do not cnre much about them
selves. They are always trylng t
make other people happy. And that ls
why falry Hazel Klegln ls happy. Sho
makes otbers happy.
Sbe felt so sorry about her motber's
rheumatlsm and the ache ln her back.
Oh, the fnlry storles are not all ln
tbe story books, my dears!
-NEVER HURT A WOMAN."
Onre In nwhile the stage gets hold
of a vltal truth of Ufe.
In one of the new playa a motberly
malden aunt tnkea occaalon to givo
advlce to her ucphew, a recklesa but
good hearted boy.
Iu the course of her beart to hearf
talk the doting aunt saya:
"My boy?
"I understnnd and aympathize with
your hlgh splrtts. and I do want you
to have a good ttme. You are full of
health and new found strength. Maybe
you are growing up hurder than most
boys. Your bills for broken glasa have
been nunierous and larjre. But I only
lore you the uiore for your hlgh sptrlt
There la only oue thing you might do
that I could not forglve, and that la?
"To hurt a woman!"
oould the wlse spluater have ln
aplrod a uobler aentluieut lu the heart
of her favorlte boy?
Theologlans have disputed aa to
what Ia "the sln agalnat the Holy
Ghost"?the unforglvable sin.
It la just that?to hurt a woman.
That ls the on? lrretrievJrfcle. never
to be coudoned aln of all bIhs.
Every wouian who has b?>nie a aon
owea lt to her sex to burn that Icsson
deep on the tableta of her boy'a young
heart?that to harm a trustlng woman
la to commlt the capltal ciime.
Read the uewspapers.
Analyze the crliues of our day aud
you will diacover that most of theui.
in ono way or auother, are crlinea
agalnat womanhood.
What ls the reason?
Is lt too much to say that lt ls part
ly the fault of the uiothera, who be
oause of false modesty fall to teach
their ajaajaj the truth reapectlng their
conduct toward all women?
Of course the father ls under obll
gatlons to deal frankly with his aon
concernlng the queaUona of sex. the
great Ilfe questlons. But how few of
them do lt!
However ?
If the boy from lnfancy heara the
admonltlon from a mother's lovlag
lips, "Never hurt a woman," be will
not forget the teaching.
Never hurt a woman!
Would there were more Aunt Mary*
Hke this one of the atage to teac-b
the hlgh chlvalry of noble actlon to?
ward womnnkind!
Such a sentimcut bred ln the soul
of the young men would make a new
world.
A WOMAN BERIND HIM.
Doubtless some of us asked ourselres
this questlon on Feb. 22:
Wbat made George Washlugton
great?
And the answer that some of us ar
rlved at was this:
His mother.
Do you remember that rule in pbvs*
lcs about flndlng the strlklng force of
ft movlng body? You inultlp!y-if we
remember rorrectly?the velocity of th*
body by Its welght, and you tbereby
flgure out the iuipact or strlklug force
of the body.
Juat so of a tuan.
1/ you will multlply bls best per
soual eiideavora by his heredlty you
will get tbe Impact of that man upon
the soclety of his day.
Therefore lf you wouid flgure tbe
greatuess of Waskingtou you sbould
multlply the man by bls motber.
George Washlugton was pecullarly a
"motber's l>ov "
His fatber died when he waa but ten
years old, leavlng the wldow with slx
cbildren, of whoin George was the old
est, and upon her flrstborn she put tbe
impact of her forceful cbaracter.
At tbe age of sixteen sturdy George
wanted to "run away" and seek sdven
tures. but bls mother kept a tlght grip
on tha boy's affectlons, and be atayed.
Mary Washlngton was a great wo
man.
The test came when tbe thuuder
elouds of black war gathered over tbe
devoted bead of the Ainerkan colo
nlsts. The Washlngtona were wealtby
Isndowners, whose natural tles were
with tbe arlatocracy of tbe new world.
Which alde would they take?
?ine son of Mary Wasblngton. uobly
baeked by his splendld mother. east
his lot with the ?tmgejhig patrlots.
Kven araaa caajajraaai turned coward
and he was heset with sples and jeai
ous genemls it wus the splrlt of bis
aelf sacrlSelng mother that kept him
on the ti?>ld of houor.
And when the PMg, red years of war
were ended It was the uiotber lu hlni
that asked no greater reward than t*
peacefuiiy rattrt to his quiot faran.
He was no conquerlng Napoleon; he
had a patrlot mother.
It Is peeullarly Kiatlfylns to know
thnt Mnry Washlngton llved to see the
boy of her prlde mude the first presl
dent of the re public. She was justlttod
In her roo.
You cannot understand George Wash?
lngton unless you know nbout his
mother.
Where got be thnt self nbnegatlon.
hlgh courajre, patlenee nnd fallh in the
right?
There was a woman behlnd hlni.
THE SOUL OF GOODNESS.
Tbere'a a boul of aoodness in thlngs
evll.? Shakespeure.
Xerxes, the great Peralan, trlod to
Impose hia orlental clvlli/.ation ou Eu
rope. and he uilght liave sinveedid but
for the Greoks.
In beatlug back the boats of Xerxes
the Greeks exbausted theinselvea. lt
was their Iast greut fl^ht for a new
clvilizatlon.
Wheu Xerxes put his vust army on
a war footing he organlzod au effev
tlve eommlssary department. Among
other thlngs Xerxes eaului a largo
ainount of aJtalfa for horse fodder.
The seeds of the alfalfa were seat
tered far und wlde. and for buudreds
of years Kurope baa naed this rleb
forage. 'IVday this jjreut plant ls
making the Iransmlsslsslppl tcajtoa a
rich one.
And thus ls there a soul of good
ueas eveu In war.
Tbousands of men who fought un
der Charles Martel ("the llauiuier'i
dled. and wouicn were wldowed and
children orphuued. But Europe was
saved from the Mohummedau iuva
filou.
Aud so of calamlty.
Out of the Charleatou earthquake
came the red flower of reunion.
The destruetion of San Fratx ls. ..
moved the world to swlft syiuputhy
and ?ave It a new dispensalloD of
Auglo-Saxou euergy.
Wind nud tidal wave wrought awfu'
havoc at Galveston. Tex. But out of
that chaos came the Galveston forin
of city governiuent, which. moditlcl
by "the l>es Molnes plan." blda falr
to aolve the problem of inunlcipa) *rov
ernment in Amerlea.
And so ou through bistory.
The worst the elemeuts can do, the
worst that men can do, all thlngs of
evll. appear to be overruhKl by aaSM
great law of the survival of gooduess.
Taklug a baekward glance tbiopajt
the whole story of itiau -eolored now
with the red blood of war, now black
with bate uud now white with fear
up from lt all, out from it all. shlnes
the soul of goodness.
And ao of Indivldual bistory.
Out of your failurcs and fallin-s
have come to you strenj;th of elmrae
ter und sympathy for other souls and
the wlsdom of rlghtcousuess.
The race ls Iravellng. slowly and
paiufully. but truvellng?tnwurdsome
"faroff dlvlne event."
Shakespeare saw In these thlngs the
soul of gooduess. Some of us s.m- in
them the God of goixlues.s.
LUTHER BUABANK. BENEFACTOR
Ever hear of iueorporatiug a man?
That ls what they have doue wltli
Lutber Hurbauk, tbe plaut wlzard iu
eorporated blui luto tbe Lutber Hur
bank Produets eompany.
They say WHpatHtatai have no soul.
but tbls eorparatloa eertalnly has a
soul?tbo soul of Lutber Hurbauk.
Tweuty-flve years ago Mr. Burbank
csme into publk- notlee by bia produc
tlou of tbe potato whleh bears bls
name. Iu tbe years slnoe be lm>
?JIOfJS.aU wonders ln tbe perfeetlon ?.f
plant life by bls erossbreedlng.
For lastaoce?
He has produced u plum with the
taste aud texture of n Bnrtlett paar
He has elimlnated the tborn from
mitny vurletles af fruit and has pro
tueed a aplneless cactua. There ls
reareely a vegetuble or fruit or flower
on which be bas not made iuiprove
menta.
Of all tbe*e 'the dehornlng of the
cactua" ls belleved to be hla greates;
aeeompllshment.
It Is this latter feat in by brldlzation
that has exelted the Interest af eapi
tallsts and ied to the inoorporatlon of
the company. They can easily see "mll
HsffM Iu It."
Already Mr. Hurbauk bas developed
several varleties of splneless cactua,
some of the uew varleties having the
flavor of the cautaloupe and of tbe
peach.
The posslbllitles of this plant of the
plalna, now practleally useiess and a
eumberer of tbe ground, are araazlng.
Mr. Burbank wiU turn tbe cactus Into
forage for cattle aud will thus produee
a fodder that wiU yield tbree or four
times aa much as the tume grasses.
That will Uterally make the desert
blossom as tbe rose.
No wonder moneyed men want to
put Mr. Burbank on a commerclal
basls
Llke Edlson, bls niind ls wortb inll
lions.
But?
VVblle the men of the markets see
the potentlailtles of wealtb In tbe won
der working mind of Lutber Burbank
tbe lover of his klnd sees more.
He sees ln the future days myrlad
rooftrees where now there are none.
cheaper food for the people, a world
more blooming and bountlful, a race
content. lelsure for tbe higber things?
not the millennium, but tbe prepara
tlon for the millennium.
All because of the gray matter ln a
blg man's BRAIN PAN.
LCOJST TREES.
But why go to so much pains to raise
locust? Why not? Can any farmer
give greater average net returns per
acre? says the Business Farmer. A
planted grove in Ohio, 19 years old, 490
trees per acre, has made posts that if
sold would make a return of 117.98 per
acre for each year tbey had been grow
ing. The Pennsylvania Railroad has in
the last five years planted hundreds of
thouaands of locust for the timber and
has just recently employed an expert
forester to look after the work.
Here is evidence enough of the value of
the locust and justiftcation enough of
anyone for trouble taken to remove or J
at least regulate the one prohibitive
pest.
Locust areeasily killed if cut after1
the tree has used its strength in the.
production of leaves and flowers from
the middle to the latter part of Aue
ust. ?
SOME PRIVATE
INQU1RIES.
By MARIE DELOGOFF.
Copyrtshted. lSUS. by Assoclated
l.ltei.ivy I'ress.
There were i omplluicnts. cougratulu
tlons and showers of rlra and sllppers
when l.ivlii-ston IVrry and Marjory
Manners were wod. Some people ac?
tually aaftfl lt was a love matcb and
that the honoyiuoon would Iast for
yenrs. Only some ptapaa sald that.
however. Othaaa knew it to be slmply
a fasblonable weddlng.
Not that the turtledoves do uot coo
wiien n fushiouable weddlng takes
; phue. but they uuist coo very gentlj
, and cut it as short as posslble. It fo
not ajood foriu for Cupld to frollc In
hlajffc soriety.
la this rase the skeptkal ones soon
[ had reason to s;,y. "1 told you so!"
| There were varlous little thliiRS that
hrou-ht It about. but the priut ipal one
was that after three months of ex
tjeniely eonventionul politeness Mr.
jaad .Mrs. IVrry diseovered that they
were not sulted to each other.
Both were fu!l of opinion, nlid both
were atabbom. Both were exirava
uant. Both feti the loss of personal
fr.ed..:n. IV<vJing thus. lt was easy to
find fault. and fault flndlng soon led to
more serious thlngs.
Tlny de>Ined an urmed truce for
nnother threo months. and theu each
deeided that separatlon was inevitable.
. Stlll, husbauds and wives cannot very
well separate wllhout some reaaonable
aZCtjM to givo to their friends.
Marjory couldn't thiuk of one, and
Idvlngston was In the same predlea
nient. Both bent their ininds to the
problem, and. as they had plenty of
time, they did lt fnltbfully.
Ou the snnie day and almost at the
same hour n bright thougbt strurk
this unhappv ecuple sljuultaneously.
It was to hlre aomebody to lnvestlgate
and find the valld exeusos that were
noodod.
They bad known each other for a
year and a balf prevlous to marrlage,
but. after all. that was aotfahag. For
uiality bad pcertataa' aack one from
even katOWtag what relatives tbe other
bad. outshle af Mnrjory's matchtnak
Inj: mnmuia and I.i\ h -gston's rather ln
tlitVerent father. Her hai:d bad been
ktastd, a deeiaraxtoa af lore made, the
ensrngement nnnouneed. and tliat was
llie w Imle atOfJ of tbelr lovem.iklng.
There must have btoa anaistklnf, in
the life of aaaft to give tbe other
the advantane soogbt f<?r. Tbe way
to dlacoveff it was through a prlvat'e
Imjulry aceiiey-"Iiuiulrles umde. the
past Invesii-ated: BSCflat, li?.n,>rable.
aapartancoj sgaata, laraai raaaataabla.''
"Why. af ee-urse." taoajajht afarjory.
"Knsiest thiin; ln tlie world." thoujrht
Llvingston. It dldn't so happen that
both hushand and wlfe CaHad for the
Kervi.es of the sanie ngoncy, but tbe
invostigntors bogan to work at about
tbe aaaaa ttaaa Aad whiie tiiey were
kwaatagallBg there was ? coafJaaattua
of tbe trueo lietween busband and
wlfe.
It was the calm before the storin.
They were so placld and pllable that
?I tluies, many tlnies during each day.
they soemed to have reaehed the patel
when- they apptactafcai each other.
Some of their doarest friends almost
feare<I that the couple wouldu't sepa
rate after all, and thus auother cholce
atibjact for brilllnut converaatlon
would be lost to society.
After about four weoks an othYial
looklug letter was dellvered to the hus
band at his elub. He had been walt
Ing for Jus( ajajefe a letter, aud he was
ao anxlous to aee its conleuls thut he
glaneed only careleaaly ut the aupcr
acrlption.
llls Mrat surprise caiue a moineut
later. when lie saw tbe words "Hear
Madaui" swlmmlng before bis eyes.
Now. be was not a "dear madani."
Yet be wont light on and read tliat
prlvate In<pilry rejKvrt to the end. He
couldn't help lt, tbougb be felt that be
was base.
'We tind that your husband was
known to have a very bad temper as
far baek as twenty years ago." wrote
tbe in\<'sligator. "People who kuow
him best are a uult In agreelng that be
ls very selflsb by nature and ho|>oless
ly teuaclous of bls ooiulons.
"Ilis overbeurlng disposltlon," con
tlnued the report, "baa alienated many
friends and several relatlves. In one
Uistance, durlng his bncbelorhood
days. he nearly threw a disb at bls
cook and would have Infllcted serlous
iujury had be made good bis tbreat, aa
there ls every reason to belleve he
might have doue.
"We have not been able to prove, but
stlll strougly suspeot. that you are not
tbe first nor eveu tbe second nor third
womau be has loved or pretended to
love.
"We have it from bis ex-vaiet that
he arose several times at tuidnlght to
wander around bls room or smoke
clgarettes, as If greatly worrled. Tbls
should be a strong point for a good
lawyer to work up."
Llviugstou Perry felt rutber flat
wbeu he had read so far. It struck
bim that, as seeu by othyrs, he was
bardly what could be called an excit
Ing cbarueter.
"Smokea fifteen cent cigars, drinks
the most expensive wines, pays h!s
club dues, owes no cab hire nnd un
fortunately has uot even n tailor bill
over slx months old. StIII. this might
be showu to prove extravagance," waa
the next Ihrilling reinark. Then he
whlatled. He had at Iast atruek an
exciting paragraph. It was: "A few
weeks ago he was seen lu his clur.
porlng earnestly over a work on toxl
cology. We are aure that in thia dl>
covery wc have furulahed you with
terribly strong point Your lawye*
wUl kuow at ouee what to do wltb
thia."
Livingston IVrry did not kuow
whether to laugh or swenr when tiu
remeinbered that he had trled to read
the book to obllge the author, hia col
Joge friend Dr. Graysou.
"We have, deur madani," euded the
report, "made our investigation in the
uiost thorough mauuer und have not a
doubt that a court can be fouud that
will glve you a dlvorce ou the grouuds
we have furulshed if they are proper
ly elabornted. Your cbeek for $300
will greatly obllge."
I.lviugston IVrry thruat the preciou*
doeuinent Into his pocket and deolded
that he was Indignaut and Justly in
t. But as be walked slowly
lioineward he felt an emotlon that. curl
ously enough, was much more sorrow
tban anger sorrow that Marjory should
wlsh to get rid of him. He quite for
got fof the raoment that he wlshed to
get rid of her.
The olhVial envelope that waa loft at
tho house the very aatue day was
plainly drfactoi to Mr. Livingston Per
ry. Now, Marjory Perry had no ex
cuae whatever to open it, for ahe aaw
immtf nox. it w;vc addrcssiHi. a?t
sbe epened U nevurtAcless. and to her
MirpriM sbe felt * joalous paug
? She hesluxted ?ver lt for half an
1 hour. but tfcmiP. lecided to Inspect tbe
| eoatosta. lt I 9 an "Dear Sir." Sbe
nmyht I ar Ur ? r , ns ?be read on
"We bav,. . d .t- a falthful Investlga
tlou of ycuf .ruV. career for the last
rtS years and have got oue of tbe
?aoat c Hse * we ever worked up. Notb
lat arhaAam u lacklng to make it
complege We can furuish vou with
prtK.fs ef her mrtatlon at the age of
tifteeti with a scboolfellow.
"At HrtasjU sbe ls said to have been
lafatuated with her muslc teaeber At
MVfttfaau she aunounced that she
VOOld marry n forelgn tltle or never
web. ns we can prove by wllnesses.
"Frout bxr elgbteenth year," contin
ued tbe rtpoxt, "she has been noted
f?>r evtravaganees. Some of her hats
! cost $100. aud ahe bougbt oue last
l Weok that cost $75.
| "As earlv aa her slxth year her terrl
j bie temper aapearafl. At that age sbe
ls known to liave tbreatened to set flre
[ to tbe house. It can be shown by
j thfCC dlfferent servants that she once
; tried to send tbe butler to buy a gun,
j although sbe was barely seveu then."
The Investigator tbeu leaped ligbtly
from her eblldhood to her glrlhood
agnln and wrote: "She has repeatedly
been beard to say that no husbaud
eould rule her and that she would have
her way about things or niako thlngs
red hot for a mlle square. She has also
been beard to say that all bullylng hus
bauds should be drowned.
"When you first caiue on tbe scene
and began paylng your addresses to
her she pronouuced you a nlnny. The
butler will make affldavlt to tbls. It
was her inother that brought about the
nmteh. She told the daugbter tbat sbe
could ruu away nfterward If sbe dldn't
like yuur anties. Her maid will make
two or more affldavlts to tbls.
"We have also learned the important
fact thut she looked a long while luto
a gunsmlth's wiudow only a month
ago. and there was a dangerous gleam
In her ejM aa she turned away. Thia
point has a value that auy keeu luw
yer will see at ouce. Any judge will
charjie the jury that this is a hlghly
sigulticant circutustauee.M
When Mrs. IVrry had reached the
eud of this report she spread lt out
on the table without trylug to conccal
it. thougb it was not hers and had
beeu feloniously opeued by her. To her
surprlse and ludignatlon one, two.
three tears rolled down on ber pretty
llttle nose.
"Marjory, what does this mean?" de
imnded Llvlngston as he entered the
roorn and placed the letter In her
bands.
"And, Llvlngston. what doea this
mean?" she deinnuded aa sbe polnted
to the sheets on the table.
Flve mlnutes were spent In excbang
Ing nud reading reporta.
Then Llvlngston IVrry said: "Mar
Jory, I'm going out to horsewhlp the
scoundrel w ho alandered you this way!
I owc It to myself as your husband:"
"I wish I were a man as blg and
stronjr as you." responded Marjory.
"Why?" detnnnded Mr. IVrry, taken
nback.
"Because? because," sald abe. "I'd
HUe la do (be same thlng to the man
who made the report about you."
Aud paapaa are still commeuting on
how long that houeyinoon has lasted
and saylug that nelther could have
donc better by looklng the whole world
over.
AFRO-AMERICAN NOTES.
[ooMiiNuui rmoM rnst paob.]
Tbe school was eailed to order promptly
at IstQ p. m. bv Capt. Ilayton. Musie
was sweetly rendered by the organiat,
Miss Beatrice Williams, and others. A
selection of scripture from Exodus 20th
was read by Dr. Bagby and prayer
oflered by Prof. Abraham Nickens, of
Iberis. Capt. Bayton, in introdueing Dr.
Bagby, said "that he was a son of one
of the most noted families of Virginia
who at proaant lives in the pretty town
of Tappahannock, on the banks of the
Rappahannock and that it was a treat
to have such a diatinguished gentleman
with them. Although he ia a practising
physician in the counties of Basea
Middlesex and King and Oueen. he
didn t come with the anticipation of
practising his profession, but to speak
on the importance of good lu'alth. Dr
Bagby is a gentleman widely known
being a member of the Virginia Medical
Society, a body composed of 2,000
doctors and is at present vice-president
of that association, and that it was a
great pleaaure to preaent him." Dr
Bagby beautifully described the Apostle
Piulhp and the African Eunoch. his
drive with him on the ehariot. nointing
out to him the way of eternal life and
ahowing the relation of the white man
to the colored. He told the audience
that thia wa8 a special obligution of
the white man to the colored, whether
he fullilled it or not. Dr. Bagby spoke
chiefly upon good health and how to
aecureit, recalling the fact of hia grand
lather being a doctor practiaing medi
cme in King and Queen and never knew
of a colored man in that county having
the conaumption. But he did hear of
one caae in the lower part of Middle
sex andhedrove all the way to his house
to aee the aick one. 'Now," he said l
"one of every four die with thia dreaded
disease. conaumption, and that if aome
thing ia not done immediately to dkselc
its ateady march the whole race will
be destroyed in leas than a centurv
In order to eradicate the germ " be
muu, we fcnouia Degm with the Imby
Ketireearly andalways take eight hours
rest and above all thinga sleep in your
best rooms, the room that you would
keep for company^ don't look upon any
one better than yourself; don't atay m
too warm room-UOdegrees is about the
temperature. Live on good wholesome
food and soe that it is properly cooked
and remember that in selecting a com
panion that a good cook is equal to one
versed in the different branches of
English education. For my part for
tunately, I have both. Never attend
the hops and dances, for they bold late
meettngs and no good ever conies from
them. Doctors have better ehaneea lo
know about the diaadvantages of these
meetings than other people. Daing out
late, I have often passed many on a !
cold night walking liesurely along only !
half clad. You women ar* not as strong
and robu8t as your mothers were; you
men an- not as bealthy as your fatneis
were. You are all growing weaker and
dssease has entered your families and is l
deatroying you. on account of your'
mode of bving. There have been nations
wiped off the face of the earth by
disobedience to the laws of nature'
as well as the laws of God. God
says he will visit the sins of the I
people even to the 3d and 4th genera- !
tion and show mercy to those who love i
and keep his commandments." Dr !
Bajjby spoke of the decalogue and'
acknowledged that it was our Mghoat
moral code and said just see how it is
obeyed And as to the seventh com
mand he said that in all of his life he '
never knew a miniater to preach from !
this text, but he intended to preach the :
importance of obaerving thia rommand
espeeially because to disobey it means
nothing shorter than death. The Doctor
was received with the bestattention and
every one who listened to his earneat
pleas resolved to live for good health
und not to diso(>ey the rules of morality
waited the arrival of the noted orater
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?
[CONTINUED KROM KIRST I'A?K.]
contributes the loudest, and moBt indig
nant. the most peraistent protestants.
With aix years intervemng aad two
SUte conventions had since the "loose
and imperfect primary ayatem" was
perpetrated by the Times-Dispatch and
its friends, they have not onlyshown no
disposition to remedy its defects, but
have res.sted the efforts of othora'todo
what it now deems esaential. It ia
true our contemporary did urge a legal
>zed primary and did support tbe Mach
\m bill, but failing of those, it has
made no elTort to improve the partv
plan.
It is too late now to hold a conven?
tion. Furthcrmore, it would be unfair
to bata candidates to call together a
body of men who may by their action
ohminateeitherone from the contest
jt would afford pretext for the cry ol
"Muchine" if the action of the conven
t'.on strengthenod the position of either
candidate. However, we sh?ll be glud
to join hands with the Times-DiapaUh
next year in advocating a convenlion
to deal with the existing sitoation
STRINGS.
''Mr. Tucker and Jiulge Mann have
both declared for local option. lt
aeems to the Times-Heraki that it would
now be the part of wiadom to eliminate
that question from the gubernatorial
campaign. "--Newport News Ti.nea
Herald.
Ian't there a string to Judge Mann's
local option declaration? Take away
that string. and his position and Mr.
Tucker s would be the *ame with regard
to the hquor question; leave it wher* i.
is. and the whole question of local
option vs. Statewide prohibition may b?
pulled into the campaign. -Norfolk
Landmark.
And perhaps there would be a simi
lar atriac to Mr. Tucker'sanawer were
he aaked what he would do in CBM the
people instruc.ed all their reprosenta
tives in the Cleneral Assembly to paai
a Statewide prohibition bill. We feai
that the issue has been already draggec
into the campaign, and that to i by
those who are oppoaed to it. New,,o,'i
News Times-Herald.
MOKALITV IN POI.ITK S.
The moral elernent in jwditics is , ven
more important than the educated ele
r"?iTL| iWe "T1 to have citizenship
raised to a plane of patrotism. We
need to have men who ffffl refuae to
bend from the strict bne of justice
either for party advantages or for per
sonal advantages. The moral mati ir
politicsis more apt to live and uct upo,
the pnnciple of jaotfee than is the ,-,[
ucateti man.-Louisville Post
Oflen The Kidneys Are
Weakened by Over-Work.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.
Wjaak and unheallhy kiducys are re
spousiblc for uiucli sickucss uud'suiieriug,
thcreiore, it kidnev
trouhle ispermittcd to
continuc, serious r?
sults are uiost likely
to follow. Your other
orgau:; may need at
K-ntiou, but your kid
ncya aaeat, bacaaaa
they do inost and
should have attentiou
first. Taarcfoae, when
your kidnoys are weak or out of order
vou caii uuderstaud how quicklv your tn
lire bpdjT is adectcd and how cvci v oraaB
seems to fail to do its duty.
If you are sick or *' feel badly," lx.-"in
taking the freal kidney reme'dv. l)r.
Kilnier's Swamp-Root. A trial will cou
vince you of its great merit.
1 he unld and imniediate efTev-t of
Swamp-Root, the great kidney and
bladdor remedv, b soon realized. It
stands tbe bighest because its remarkable
Iiealth restoring properties have been
proven ia thousaudsof tbe most distress
mg cases. If y<>u need a medicine you
should have the l>est.
Sold by drngeists in
fifty-cent and one-dol
lar sizes. You may
have a sample bottle
by mail free, atfO o
pamphlet telling you
how to find out if you have kidney or
bladder trouble. Mention tbis paper
when wnting to Dr. Kilmer & Co
Hmghamton, N. Y. Don't make any mis
take, but reniembcr the n une, Swamp
Root, and don't ktt a dealer sell you
soniething Ia place <>f Swamp-Root?if
you do you will be disappoiuted.
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L> ICIIMOND, FUEDERICK8BURQ A
POTOMAC R. R.
Schedule in effect January 4tli. 19T>9.
l.EAVK FRKHKUICKSBURG. NORTIIWARb
(. i"> a. m. week day*. local
7 (?6 a. m. daily.
7 21 a. m. daily.
M L"Ja. m. daily. local.
1 28 p. m. week days.
?i :i> p. m. daily. local
7 01 p. m. daily.
10 09 p. m. daily.
i.::avr nmmoaumma, southward
& &Sa. m. daily, A. C. L. train
6 (?1 a. ra. wwk daya. local.
M 5.1 a. m. Hundaya only. local.
1|? :itia. m. daily. S. A. L train.
H 49 p. in. week days. local
? 11 P- ni" *i*iiy- A- C >'- tr?'".
o f>N p. rn. dady. local
9 06 p. m. daily. S. A.' L. train.
da s n Wa3"'"*ton ariive* 11 09 a. ni. wt?k
Anivula and departurea not iruaranteed
W. P. Taylor. TrutHc Manajrw.
C. C. Cox. Aflr?r?t.
HENRY MURR'S
CBLKBRATaaV
BALT1K0HE ICE CREAM,
MAN|!K.UTITUEI> AT
4 2? UANOVFH and
S21 S. t IHItl.KS ST8
BALTIMORE, MD.
??**?" o! eie.llo.uo 411 ordera iuh"wn?
pr?Dipt at.r?itili>ii wl"
Rappahannock
MaiineRailwayCOo
WEEMS, VA.
N.?wequlpp?d for baiiliug
tad rep%iiii,g all claattea of
boata in ththe walara.
We alac. have a competenl
force of carpcntera.caulkera
and rlggera Terina modei
ate; HHilcfactlon guaranteed
Wc alao have a nlce Iine
of moulda for launcbea and
yachta Call and aee ua.
Why SuBcr ?
&*e you one of tEe fchousands of women who
suffer from female ailmentsI If so, don't be discour
apd, go to your druggist and get a bottle of Wine of
Cardui. On the wrapper are full directions for use.
* SW.JJ ]aat half century, Cardui has been
estabhsned in thousands of homes, as a safe remedy
tor parn which only women endure. It is reliable J
contains no harmful ingredienta and can be dependV
ed on in almost any case.
CARDUI
It WiU Help You
j*
wntaa: "Tongue cannot tell how much Cardui has done for me '
Before I began taking Cardui I could not do a daAwork II
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AT ALL DRTJGr STORFS
E. C. NINDE,
FREDERICKSBURC, VA.
Furuiture, Carpets,
Matting, lee Cream Freezers,
Fruit Jars, China,
Stoves, Refrigerators,
Wire Doors, Screens.
aMM, I, H<|tilr<Mi, Pr?a, . - M .,
The Lancaster Lumber & Building Co? i?c.
OCRAN, YA.,
?ANUPACTUftKRSOP
KILN-DRIED LUMBER.
UKALEK* IN
fefc, iWra Blind. Mon.Jinga. IWketa, Cei.ing, Flooring, Siding,
larned W?rk,H*?? ftalta, Haluatera, and Buildiug Mabrrial
in NaVaraJ. Alao Boieg and Boi Shook.
Kutimates Kuri.iabed.
*'A Remedr
?t Nerit'
tS
fl>\N*
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T>$
????" The one
remedy sold and
guaranteed to cure Colds,
Coughs and Lung Diseases.
Its wonderful curative quahties are
recognized after taking the first dose.
Try Iimdian Tar Balsam for your next
cold; you will be surprised by its prompt actioru
It never fails.
On sale at best general stores and dniggists.
PR.ICa? 23 CRNTS.
Indian Tar Balsam Co.
BALTIMORE.
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That's What Beaders Get In The
~>YIRGINIA CITIZEN^
Local, County, State, National
and Foreign?all simmered down.
K M ii jjmi.
We have in operation (beaides our newspaper
deparfcment) a nu*gnfflc*nt Job Printing Depart
mont, and ave prepared to do work equal to any
fchat can be done by any offlce in the state of
Virgrinla,
Our pricea are rock bottoiu and based ob
eity rates.
C%11 and see us, or wrtte for our piice^
Bssl Maferials, Jlest Workmanship
Danta,
i-etter Heada.
Mote Bea-ta,
Slatementa,
j&avelopea,
Cimuan*
book*. __^
to fact, all work in the Job Prtating Une eroci*?vf
Geatly, Cheapiy and Quiefcfe
<u? yite putuisiiiBii iioflinaitf, iryimaoa^
tavtlataooa,
Oatakoguea.
Pamphlete,
SMpping Taga.
ftpgrainreoft,
Reporte,
Mattinctiona,
Warrame
larjland, Deiaware A Virginia
RAILWAY COMPANY.
Baltimore, Fred
ericksbura;, Mor
- folk and ttappa
Uauuock Kiver Koutes.
s? lu-.iiiir ia effeot Maixb 11. luuv.
HALTo.. ri AFFAHANMhh * tKIbo
Sttam^ra aw?a Baltimore. Pl?r SJ Llirtit K?
aa folowa weath-r prrniitlmn Sund.v\'
a? Sast sa- ? si?BvS
aate^BiSSSHi
?'^?'?r Ifavlnjr onKumla. doea uot atm.
at I 10 u. iu. **ve Loedetown
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wlilonly aiop at lau.iloK? uiaTat-d "???"???
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l^amgalstetaJLJi'J lUji^aaW
Uup Yard llavmount & "V J?r K*tellir?M.
IrvlotftoD. WcJma Wh};? ?tt,OB1*Dj Mor?n?.
Saturday moiniiwra. ,uw*?y ' buraday an.l
TAFFAUANNOCK BlLriMORK
?l.?aiuer. l*avo 'UppahaDoook 7-*i -
wae.?.; wBh|^,,HDto-.,e?IMnM% 2Z?II&<
TAFPAHaNNOCK-NosrOLK.
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.te?m??^5r?VamSJhi t,me' S ?*??*
rlvwl or deoartur* ?.? tZl T.Z ' but ta*'r ar
rwaiwnslble forany doiiyor^.'t "/ bold ,U*"r
trlaloa- thonrromy e,-y or""J o?naequano*a
o0F.X,.,ln,d^.,Ved,n WM-o-uslli ?P.a,.
gW^SggBistf
w. d. scxrrr. *?*?,. rasSSSasaS^
POTOMAC KIVER ROUTE
wala&S!? wwkl> ,*,t"p*? iWti-S-S
r^r^MBaa; * ^*^t.
IW.Ilo. unw.?na. Cfl'n Ei ... it 2fi5* ,J"f B'
Stooea, Huahwood" 1 ^S ^ ^ * olLn,nw
W..hbia-too. U ?'f aiont, Aluiandria.
*dtupa only an aiirnal.
"Moponly onaiipiu'
Arriviiuj ln Ita tiiu'on* Ttit-adav ri,..
-n:( MhIu-iI.j ut*u*y? "Duraday
Krelirht rvcuivcd (|m11\- in n.in_
? "* daya m.tit 4 ,, ,,, l> '" ,ta,,?">?re o? *.41,
Thi* tluu. talilo altow* the Uaaa .? -m ?
arrlral. ord.,.*r,iir. Ht ... w,h*rv?-- aaf tbvlr
Baltimore, Chesapeake tt Atlantic
fcft^fiatf KAILWAY 00.
i'Uukatank Kiver Li?*
ia>Hilaaaa#aa<Aaaal iith. ajaj
?K-K'SS 'suo^-l/'-t wh-rr.
ffeathtr Maaatttlna for? it?... .. W?bM?d?y.
Uava llaiuiiort, 5 i. m'-Mii. aaa
^aiuoaona *;46 Tiix-r. i uiu*-:-*J a. lu..
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Ntch tt U':iSp m. ""? *UU M;4*? *rrlve
dav a..dKrl,lay m.,"^, ",ew'Tu''?
Tiuin?4:3i? L-waVuWa, ja*a?*aa 222SS.??
more next moraln*. "^ "rr,ve ?**??"
Baltlmoi*. ?*?? Mo, day ..fj1^ *****
atttftata landour, Mrt loilowr ,K,r' ,""1 ????>
Leave llaltimort- 5 i. m " ??>,...? ...
KUhU,.. H Tnnba b:|.V K* %viVl!"a'-..2 *? m ?
Polut 7:46, Ilyrd on T:Ji? Kii...VJi S> Ur>??
KeturiliUir.ateaiUfr wva. ?_
tlmoru M..d i itori? ||at-l?adl?'e|,"rl 5 r B*?
neaday a.ul Satur, .y ? "'"' n'*"* 8Vrv w*?
follows: J??*"??'"wrpv.mittioir. aa
U<av?- Freeport 7 a. a Mla.. i- -.m a*
Vicket Hili ?a?iaaaaoBa?Craa. u'T, Ju*?
Polnr iMo ki?. i n 4??; mI'1."11"" IS?. Untd,
wSbMUaa.a?3&&a??aiii1& T1?^
alaaa?.rB>a?atVaaaS "T- S *h?^
rlval <-r depa,. ur? at H.e rim^ ^l ti?,r ?r
1^,^ ate..
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"CHK8APEAKK WNK."
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UMOIA" AND "AUGUSTA"
Koroid PolutComfortaud Norfolk v?
Comlort *i ? a ? iBiiTn^VVJ'?.^ ^'"t
??YOKK R1VKK LINE."
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^TKAMSKM LRAVB BALTIMORR XROal
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and LeeHt . lUltlmore Md umc<M? W?ht
KRUBKN PtMJTBB. " * J I'Miuu
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ano CURE thc LUNG8
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