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Waally Joaraal Devoleti to the lileresls o( lancasier County in Particular; the Honhern Nacfc and Bappahaanoct Valley in Geoeral, and tha World at large.
Volume XIX.
IBVINGTON, VIRGINIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1910.
NUMBEB 25.
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8TEAM8HIP, FACTORY
AND
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WIIOLESALE
GROCERS AND SHIP CHANDLERS.
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114 Frederlck St., BALTIMORE, MD.
PIID UP CAPITAl. $108,000.00.
NORFOLK BUILDING SUPPLIES CORP,,
SUCCESS0RS T0
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(A Partnership Association Expiring December 31st, 1909.)
COOKE, CLARE C0., & LUTHER SHELD0N.
ESTABLISHED 1870.
There are six reasons why BUILDERS and OWNERS should buy their
Sash. Doors, Blinds, Builder's Hardware, Mantels,
Tiles, Grates, Paints, Oils, Qlass, Etc, from
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& Our expenses are minimized.
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6. Our profita are small.
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MONUMENTS AND SRAVESTONES
IN MAKBLE AND GRANITE.
We pay freight and guarantee safe delivery.
As we employ no Canvaasers or Agenta no commiaaions muat
be added to our prices, therefore we can u?e firet claas material
and finish it right.
LARUE9T STOCk IN THE SOUTH.
When ln Norfolk call on im. You will And wh?t you wsnt; ??? %nd
Imow whatyou ar? buyinc *?d can ret It qutckly.
THE COUPER MARBLE WOKKS,
(Eatabliahed 62 Y?ara)
1 5? to 103 Bank HU, Norfolk, Yn.
MONUMENTS AND GRAVESTOES.
To all who con
template the erec
tioD of a Monu
menfc, Statue or
Gravestone iu Mar
ole or Granite, it
will be to tbeir
interest to call on
or addre&s
LAWSON & NEWTON,
Cor. 11th and Wllllams Sts..
NORFOLK, - VA.
Bell 'Paone No. 8762.
LANCA8TER UNION LODGE. No. 88
KlLMAKNOCK, Vi.
Stated Commnnicationfl
montidy?Thuradayafterthe
thtid Monday, 1) a. m.
HEATB8VILLE LODGE,No. 109,
a., y.a a. x.
Btated Commanicailona monthy?
Friday after the thlrd Monday, lla.M
What would be more appreciated
than a well finiahed and good like
neaa of a f riend or relative? Then
why not ge to
WM. FREEMAN,
PHOTOCRAPHER,
268 and 270 MAIN ST.,
NORFOLK, - ViRGINIA?
Who is considered one
of the best in the south.
PICTURE FRAMES. EASTMAN
KODAKS AND SUPPLIES.
Special attention to Aniahing for
amateura.
Tall Oaks from little Acorns grow.
Blg Flres from little Matchea ?Iow -
Therefore, be wiae and lnanre your
property before H i? too late in the
NORTBSRN NaOK MoTUAL FlBK Am'N,
(Ilome offlce) Irvington, Va.
QF*Leaa than half the coat of old !me
companies
B. H. BAIRD,
GENERAL FIRE IN8URANCE.
Fosmr'riCK and phone- WARSAW, VIRCINIA.
Representing Companies having combined
aasote of over $11.000,000.
HAMBlBtf BREMEN FIBE INSURANCE CO.. Hambnrg, Germany.
VIRttlNIA FIRE A MABINE INSURANCE C0? Rlchmond, Ya.
SPRINtiFIELD FIBE & MABINE INSURANCE CO., Sprlnirfleld, Mase.
YIB8INIA STATE INSUBANCE CO., Bichmond, Ya
THE CREAT POLICY-HOLDERS' CO.
7!^ Why lt lt that the Union Centra), while lta preminma are low, can n?y
thelargeatdlTidendtr * '
lat. Becaate the eompany li cholce in selectlng lti rtakt. Ooniequencet ?
ow death rate.
Snd. Becanee for twenty yeara it haa reallsed the higheat Interaat rate.
?_8. WIth what result?
We fnrnlett maximum lnaurance at minimam coit.
Before taklng Life Insurance wrlte for rates in the great Pollcy-holder
Oompany.
(0. P. PALMFR ahd R. H. NORRIS, Ktlmarnoek, Ya.
AgeacteaiJ A. O. BALL, Molmk, Va.
( M. H. 8TRINGFKLLOW, Brandy, Va.
GROWING OLD.
A little rnore tired at close of day;
A little leaa anxious to have our way;
A little leaa ready to scold and blarae;
A little more care for a brother's name;
And Bo we are nearing the joumey's end
Where time and eternity meet and blend.
A little lesa care for bonda and gold,
A little more zest in the daya of old;
A broader view and a saner mind,
And a little more love for all mankind; ,
And ao we are faring a-down the way.
A little more love for the friendsxjf youth.
A little leaa zeal for established truth;
A little more charity in our viewa,
A little lesa thirst for the daily news;
And 80 we are folding our tents away
And passing in ailence at close of day.
A little more leisure to sit -and dream,
A little more real the thinga uneeen;
A little nearer to those ahead,
With viaions of those long-loved and
dead;
And ao we are going to where all must go,
To the place the living may never know.
A little more laughter.a little more tears,
And we ahall have told our increasing
yeara;
The book ia cloaed, and the prayers are
aaid,
And we are a part of the countleas dead.
Thrice happy, then, if some aoul can say:
"I live becauaohe has paased my way."
?New York Times.
THE INSURRECTION
AGA1NST CANNON.
The latest insurrection in the House
of RepresentativeB is the most sensa
tional, violent, and determined of all.
Uncle Joe is not only defied but bitterly
denounced by hia own party associatea.
Repreaentative Cooper, a republiean in
good atanding from Wisconsin, accuaed
him of venting his apite upon indepen
dent Republicans by reducing them on
the committeea and called upon varioua
insurgents to subatantiate his charges;
while Mr. Poindexter, of Waahington.
and Mr. Fiah, of New York, belabored
the speaker in a way that cauaed the
Democrats to jump and to shout for
joy. The battle raged all night and
even as this article ia written it is atill
going. Speaker Cannon has refused to
make a ruling on the point in iaaue and
Kepresentative Norria, the originator of
the trouble, says that if this course is
persisted in it must eventually lead to
anarchy in the House. That Speaker
Cannon will be depoaed, and another
speaker elected aeems certain.
The trouble originated in this wise:
Through the Committee on Rules the
Speaker has maintained absolute con
trol of legislation. The committee now
eonaists of ftve members, appointed by
the Speaker, has large authority and is
under the complete domination of
Cannon.
Ever since the insurgent movement
started one of it* chief objects has been
to get a committee on rules elected by
the members. An effort waa made a
year ago to bring this about but failed.
Insurgent Norris, Republiean, of
Nebraska, thought Thursday afternoon
that the psychological moment had ar
rived, and, drawing from his pocket a
creaaed and frayed paper, which he had
carried with him since the opening of
the session in December, he asked per
mission to introduce "s resolution pri
vileged under the Constitution of the
United States."
Uncle Joe was taken unawares. and
the resolution was read aa follows:
"Reaolved, That the rules of the
House be amendod as follows:
"The Committee on Rules shall con
sist of fifteen membeBs, nine of whom
shall be members of the majority party.
and six of whom shall be members of
the minority party, to be aelected as
follows:
"The States of the Unioin shall be
divided by a committee of three, selected
by the House for that purpose, into nine
groups, each group containing as near
as may be an equal number of mem?
bers belonging to the majority party.
The States of the Union shall likewise
be divided into six groups, each group
containing as near as may be an equal
number of members belonging to the
minority party."
Conaternation enaued when it waa
diBCOvered to be the In8urgent-Demo
cratic scheme to capture the Committee
on Rulea. The resolution also provided
that the speaker ahould not be eligible
to membership on the committee.
The point waa made that the resolu?
tion waa out of order and the speaker
ia privileged to render his deciaion on
auch a point at pleaaure. Under the
circumstancea Uncle Joe exerciaed hia
authority and opened wide the doora
for debate.
It ia a battle royal and no matter
what the preaent iasue may be, the end
ia not yet. The rule of Speaker Can
non haa been tyrannical and haa be
come intplerable. Independent men,
whether in or out of the Republican
party, will not aubmit longer to it. It
ia a nght for independence and that
aort of a fight in thi8 country ia quite
sure to win out in the long run.
Since the above waa written the
Hooae by a deciaive vote took from the
Speaker the privilege of appointing the
Committee on Rulea, one of the moat
important of the committees, and went
even further in radical revolution by
making the Speaker ineligible to place
on that committee. Aa thia committee
formulatea the rulea for debate, the
power of the speaker ia thua reduced
of arbitrarily regulating debate in the
Houae. Heretofore no member could
apeak on any aubject aave by the grace
of Mr. Cannon, and while that gentle
man atill retains great power hia abiiity
to down a member ia greatly hampered.
To aorae extent the thing called Can
noniam ia blighted.
GREAT MONKEY DEAD.
Pncumonia Fatal to the Famed
Chimpanzee Who Had Earned
$75,000 for His Owner--Insured
for $10,000.
Conaul, Jr., the trained chimpanzee,
couain, lower removed, to humana, died
of pncumonia af ter four daya' illness at
Dallas, Tex. His body, shrouded in
immaculate linens, rests on a bier lined
with flower8 in the rooms of hia trainer,
T. W. Milner, in the Hotel Delaware.
The wise and talented chimpanzee
waa owned by Dr. E. L. Buckley, of
Brooklyn, N. Y. Consul was valued at
$50,000 and waa insured for $10,000.
His salary was larger than that paid to
many vaudeville stara; he earned $76,000
for Dr. Buckley, it is aaid.
Consul was taken ill Saturday night
and collapsed in the Majestic Theatre.
A trained nurse and three of the best
physicians in Dallas did everything to
save the chimpanzee. Mr. Milner never
left his bedside. Consul's manifesta
tions of affection and appreciation to
ward Mr. Milner were pathetic. A
rally followed by a severe hemorrhage,
with a deep sigh, the chimpanzee ex
pired in his trainer's arms. A taxider
mist will preaeryc his body.
Consul waa four and a half years old,
had been on the stage two years. He
understood French and English. He
had dined with Mayors and other digni
taries and celebrities in wores of cities.
Consul, Jr., inherited his genius; he
aa the son of Conaul, anothcr famous
chimpanzee. Consul had only one vicc,
he smoked cigarettea. He could aign
his name at least he registered always
the same way; a bank cashier would
have honored it.
COMPULSORl EDUCATION.
lE??ay writUn by Euirenc Chilton. 11 y*?r? old.
of Whe?lton.,'
I think education ought to be compul
aory, because there are a plenty of peo
ple who won't send their children to
8chool, but if the children'a parents are
invalids and can't work and the children
have to support the family then it is
all right. Children ought to be aent to
school anyhow if possible between the
ages of ten and fourteen. The children
will blame their parents for not sending
them to school, there will be a lot of
people in the world that can't rcad and
write and they will always be laboring
like slaves, whereas they might be
among the leading men of the world.
Some children's lives are ruined by
drunken parents making them work
and then taking their money and throw
ing it away for whiskey and gambling.
This is not frequently the case, but
frequent enough to cauae the ruin of
thouaands of children's lives. Some
say if we had compulsory education it
would cut down the sesaion. I don't
bclieve it would, and if it did each man's
child would have the same opportunity.
Some say that the State has no right to
take charge of a man's children, but as
long as the State is composed of people,
the majority have a right to make the
laws. People who think anything of
their children will send them to school
even if they have to make a sacrifice to
do so, and those who won't ought to be
made to send them to school.
The argument is used that you would
have to send the colored children a|so
which would shorten the terma, but if
this is true the white children ought not
to be deprived of their education on
account of the colored children.
WAVE VERSUS SHIP.
Was it a laat despairing proteat of
Old Ocean, when he lifted his giant
hand in the blackneaa of the night of
January 10, and amote the "Lusitania"
a blow which racked and splintered her
lofty bridge and pilot houae, 75 feet
above the sea, and cruahed down her
forecastle deck and decks beneath, giv
ing them a permanent depreasion of
aeveral inchea? For time waa, and not
so very long ago, when the sea waa the
undisputed maater of the ahip, and
whenever Neptune saw fit to open the
vials of his^ wrath, and send his league
long rollers acroas the deep, the proud
est ahip of the day must needa stop at
hia bidding, if she did not indeed turn
and run before the fury of the blaat.
Of late years, man, by virtue of hia
knowledge and mechanical skill, has
been building in ever-increaaing lengths
and breadths, and with auch ceaaeless
enlargements of bunker and boiler
room?he has so multiplied horse-power,
and has called to his aid so many inge
nioua contrivancea for speed and
strength and safety, that old Neptune
must for many a decade past have fore
seen the humiliating day; when he
could no longer hold the destinies of the
bold aea voyager in hia hand, and no
longer say to him "Thus far, and tbus
slowly ahalt thou go."-Scientific Amer
ican.
THIRSTY AMERICA.
If the statistics prove anything we
Americans are a thirsty folk, aa we
use one billion pounda of coffee annually,
which coets aixty millions. Meantime
we awallow some one hundred million
pounda of tea, or its extract, eosting
aixteen millions dollara. Of wine and
apirits twenty-aix millions worth were
imported laat year, more than twice aa
much as the year before. The average
amount of coffee uaed in the United
Statea is about eleven pounda to a
person.
AN AWFUL ERUPT10N
of a volcano excitea brief intercata. and your in
tareat in akin eruptiona will be aa short. if you uae
Bucklen'a Arnica Salve, their quickeat cura. Kven
the worat boila, ulrera. or fever aorea ara aoon
healod by it. Beat for Burna. Cuta. BruUea. Sora
Lipa. Chappad Handa. Ohilblaina and Ptlaa. It
fflvaa inatant raliaf. 26c. at all drusaiata.
FOR SALE.
A lot of prejudices which
Have ceaaed to be of use to me;
A atock of envyof the rich,
Some alightly shopworn jealoualy;
A large aupply of gloom that I
Shall have no uae for from, to-day,
I offer bargaina; who will buy?
Come, bid, and take the stuff away.
A lot of wishea I've outgrown,
A atock of foolish old beliefa;
Some pride I once was glad to own,
A bulky line of miafit griefa;
A large asaortment of ill-will
A job lot of bad faith ar.d doubt;
Harsh words that have their stingers
atill
Come on. come on! I'mclosing out.
I need more room for kindlineaa,
For hopeful courage and good cheer,
For sale, the hatred I posaeaa,
The dark suspicious and the fear.
A large supply of frailties I
Shall have no use for from to-day,
I offer bargaina?who will buy?
Come, bid, and take the stuff away.
?Chicago Record-Herald.
TABLET TELLS
OFTHE FLOOD.
It Agrees in Detail With Tale
Related in Bibie.
The diacovery of a fragment of a
cuneiform tablet. believed to be of the
period of 2100 B. C, bearingan account
of the deluge described in the Bible and
agreeing with the narrative in Geneaia,
ia reported by Prof. H. V. Hilprecht,
of the University of Pennsylvania.
This fragment, which has just been
deciphered, was one of those excavated
from the loweat strata of the oldest
part of the ruina of theTemple Library
of Nippur. It is of unbaked clay and
measures two and three-fourths inchea
square. As translsted by the professor,
the narrative containcd on the table
isas follows:
"I declare unto thee that confines of
heaven I will looaen, a deluge I will
makc and it shall sweep away all
men together; but thou (the Babylonian
Noah) aeek life before the deluge
cometh forth; for to all living beinga,
aa m?nyas therc are, I will bring over
throw, destruction, annihilation ? *
? build a great ship and * * ? total
height shall be its atructure. It shall
be a house boat carrying what haa been
aavedoflife. ? ? ? wjth a strong
deck over it. The ahip which thou ahalt
make, into it bring the beaata of the
field, the birds of heaven and the creep
ing things, two of everything inatead
of a number * * * and the family.
The Semitic dialect in the inscription
and certain grammatical peculiaritiea
of the text ahow, according to Prof.
Hilprecht, that it waa written aome
time between 2137 and 2005 B. C. The
oldest tablet heretofore known contain
ing an account of the flood waa the
"Layard deluge tablet" in the Britiah
Museum, but the latter only dated from
650 B. C.
The "Layard tablet" agreed with the
details of the biblical narrative in only
a few particulars. It was a pagan
story of a deluge brought about at a
council of the gods who were directed
to destroy mankind. One of the gods
was moved to save his protege?the
Noah of the story?and sent a dream of
warning on which this Noah acted. This
god excused his betrayal of the secret
to the other deities by the explanation
that he had not told?he had only
"whispered through the mat"?that is,
through the wall of the house, on the
other side of which his protege sleptand
to whom this dream was thus conveyed.
CAPTURE OF AN ALBATROSS.
Somefarmers in Wayne County, Ind.,
saw a huge bird light in a pond, and
before it had an opportunity to resume
its flight, they captured it. It proved
to be an albatrosa, measuring more than
five feet from tip to tip of wings. Specu
lation is rife as to the cause for this
bird of the ocean being found so far
inland. The albatrosa (Diomedea exu
lans) has its habitat in the Southern
Atlantic and Northern Pacific, so it is
possible that this specimen was on its
way across the country, a trip of many
thousanda of miles?from pole to pole,
almost.
Natural history teaches that the alba
tross has wonderful powers of flight.
A trip from the Atlantic to the Pacific
would not be an impossible undertaking
for this species. Hunger may have
cauaed it to seek the landing place in
the pond. Its captors were prompted
by the desire to possess something un
usual, a desire that crops out in man
kind at all times. They may recall
Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient
Mariner."
TRUCKERS' NOTES.
Clayton Ballard, of Tenneasee, writea
to the Southern Planter that aix ducka
of the Indian Runner variety laid in
one year 1,851 eggs, an average of over
200 eggs to a duck.
A Hartford county, Md., farmer
writes that he raiaed a fine crop of
corn in spite of a protracted drought
by lightly harrowing inatead of plow
ing, hia corn. His theory waa that aa
the corn roots grew near the surface
each plowing aevered the fine roots
that act aa feedera to the stalk. If the
ground waa simply atirred on the sur?
face the roots would do better work
than if constantly broken. Tbis ia true,
certainly it ia true that corn roota will
run all over the space between the
rowa in a very ahort while, and if bro?
ken the stalk haa to do fta work over
again, so far aa new roota are con
cerned.
SLAUGHTER OF ROBINS.
Thousands of the Birds Killed in
Tcnnesscc?Sold At 10 Cents
a Dozen.
Robin8 are numerousatLofton, Tenn.,
and are "selling rcadily on the loca'l
market at 10 cents a dozen," according
to a Murfreesboro special. It should
be explained that the robins are not so
numerous as they used to be, for the
fact that they sell for 10 cents a dozen
has induced many men and boys to en
gage in the wholesale slaughter of the
birds.
Thousands of robins, the special says,
gather in the cedars to roost and hunt
ing parties go in the night and cap
ture them in large numbers. One
party caught 2,600 birds in one night.
One hunter caught 377 birds in one
tree. It is estimated that 150,000 have
been killed within the last three weeks.
That is the way in which wild bird life
is being protected in some parts of
this great country.
The robin is a beautiful and harmless
bird. He is an indefatigable destroyer
of insect pests. Any one who has ever
watched him on a lawn can testify to
his industry in searching out bugs
and worms and his capacity for put
ting them where they can do no harm.
If there is a cherry tree handy he will
vieit it occasionally, but he much pre
fers to forage on living things. He is
a cheerful, happy bird and rather likes
to make himself handy around the
premises. rearing a family the while in
the boughs of the old apple tree. He
is not much of a singer so far as the
quality of his music goes, but he is
always willing to give you a sample of
the best he can do in that line, and the
effect is not unpleasant to the human
ear. In fact, the robin is an all around
good fellow and is always ready to be
friendly and serviceable if given half a
chance.
It is to be regretted that our neigh
bors in Tennessee are not giving the
robin even half a chance, but are mur
dering him in cold blood. There really
seems to be no reason for itexceptthat
robins are worth 10 cents a dozen. That
also would seem to be about the proper
market quotation for men who engage
in such slaughter, either for pleasure
or profit. ? Louisville Courier-Journal.
THE OYSTER AND LEGISLATION.
IFarmvill* Herald.l
.iust so soon aa the legislators
gather in Richmond they begin to feed
on oyaters, and soon they begin to legis
late on oysters. The old, old story has
been repeated during this session,
with what practical results we are not
prepared to say. Reading recently the
inaugural address of the Hon. Henry
A. Wiae, when he was about to take
the oath of ofiice as Governor, we were
interested in what he then had to say
on the aubject of the delightful bivalve.
"The amalle8t tax upon the oyster
fisheries in her limits would yield a very
considerable annual income revenue.
The soil upon which the oysters grow
extends over a space of more than
2,000 square miles. About 16,000 tona
of licensed vessela belonging to our
citizens, and at leaat five times that
number of tona belonging to citizens
of the States making in all 96,000 tons
per annum are engaged in the oyster
trade of Virginia. That amount of
tonnage accounts for more than 25 to
30 millions of buahela of oyaters taken
and carried away from the public soil
of Virginia every year. The oysters
are worth from twenty cents per bush
el at the place where taken, to fifty
cents per bushel in the market at whole
aale. A tax of two cents per bushel on
twenty-five millions of bushels would
yield a gross revenue of $500,000 per
annum, to be collected under inspec
tion law8, by not more than four small
steam cutters, at annual cost of not
more than $20,000 for them, and a cost
of feea for licenses not exceeding
$30,000 per year, leaving a net revenue
for the juapublicum of $450,000 per an?
num." And so it has been that when
ever the statesmen talk of oysters the
revenues are big but when the count is
in the amount is small. And yet we all
rejoice that notwithstanding the work
of the politicians the oyster lives and ia
as luscious as of yore.
Deafness Cannot be Cured
by local appiications, aa they cannot reach the dis
eased portion of the ear. There is only one way to
curedeafneaa, and that ia by constitutional reme
diea. Deaf nesa ia cauaed by an inrlamed condition
of the mucoua lininjc of the Eustachian Tube. When
thia tube ia indamed you have & rumblin*- aound or
imperf ect heannsr, and when it is entirely closed.
Deafnesa ia the result, and unleas the inAammation.
an be taken out and this tube restored to ita nor
mal condition, hearingr will be deatroyed forever;
ninecaaee out of ten are cauaed by Catarrh, which
ia nothinjf but an inflamed condition of the mucous
surfacea.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any caae
of Deafneas icaused by catarrh) that cannot be
cured by Uall'a Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars
free. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O.
Sold by Druara-ista, 76c.
Take Hall'a Family Pills for constipation.
BIG MONEY IN MUSKRATS.
The trappers of the Eastern Shore of
Maryland will receive nearly $500,000
thia season for muskrat skins. In
Dorchester county trappers have been
paid $100,000 for this season's pelt, to
say nothing of what they received from
the sale of the meat.
One fur buyer of Hooper's Island, in
lower Dorchester, has paid out $30,000
for muskrats hides this season.
STUBBOBN AS MULES
are livar and boweJa aometimea: aeern to balk
wiUiout ctuM. Then there'a trouMe?Loaa of
Appetite?Indigeation, Nervouaneaa. Deapon
dency. Headache. But such troublea fly bcfore Dr.
Kinr'a Ncw Llfe Pilla. the world'abeat Stomache
and Uver ramady. So aaay. 26c. at all drunriata.
IT DOESN'T PAY.
It doesn't pay to be agrouch,
It doesn't pay to wear a frown;
Nobody ever made his pile
By knocking every one in town,
There are some better reasons why
A man should smile upon his way,
But here is one, rinancially
A gloomy visage doesn't pay.
There's money in a cheerful smile,
A fortune in a cheerful word,
And money often reaches souls
That finer things will leave unstirred.
And so I put it up to you,
Don't mope and whine along your way,
If it is money you desire,
A gloomy visage doesn't pay.
'Twere better that you smile. because
You wish to cheer the fellow man,
And speak the cheerful word, to help
A weaker brother, if you can.
But if these reasons don't appeal
To you, I write it down to-day.
There's money ina happy face;
A gloomy visage doesn't pay.
A COMEDIAN'S TRICK.
Rua. by Which He Etcaped Arrart
and Had Hia Debts Paid.
Mnny anraatag stories are tokl of Joe
liutnes. a comediau of the tlme of
Charles II.. sornetinies called "Count"
Halues. It is sald that he was arreat
ed one inorniug by two balliffs for a
debt of ?20. when be saw a blshop to
whom he wus related passlug along in
his coach. With ready resource he ltn
mediately saw a loophole for escape,
and. turniiiK to the men. he eald. "Let
rne speak t<. his lordship. to whom I
nm well kiiiiwD, and he will iwiy the
debt and jrovr rlmrges into the bar
caln."
The ltnllirfs tbought they uilght ven
ture this. as tho.v wero wlthln two or
throe ynnls of tho c?>n?h. and acceded
to the reqqsat .To* bdMly advsneed
and took off his h.it to the btahop. IIis
li.niship ordetad tho coacfc to stop.
whea Joe whlafwad t<> the rtlitaa that
the t\v<> me? ?orc suffering from sueh
wruples of couscieuce that he feared
they would haug themselves, suggest
lns thnt his lordship should Invite
them to hl? hemm ni promlse to nat
isfy them. The bishop agreed, and,
calling to the baillffs, he sald, "You
two nien COaaa to me tomorrow morn
ing. and I will.tuttlafy you!"
The raon Innved nnd went away
ple:\sod. nnd enrly the next day walt
?i on his lordship, who. when they
were ushered in, anld, "Well, my meu.
what an? these seruplea of eon
acienceY"
???Seniplea?" replled oue of them.
"We have no seruples! We are bal
HffH, my lord. who yesterday arrested
your eouslu. Joe Halues. for a debt of
?20, and your lurdship klndly promlsed.
to satlsfy us."
The trlek was atrange, but the r?
sult was stranger, for his lordsblp,
elther appreeiatlng Its cleverness or
conslderlng hlmaelf bound by the
promlse he had unlntentionally given,
there and then settled with the men In
full.
SAVED A SOLDIER'S LIFE.
Facing death from shot and ahell in the civil ww
was moreagreeable to J. A. Stone. of Kemp. Tex.
than facing it fiom what doctors aaid waa con
sumption. "I contractedastubbamcold" h? write**
"that developed a eough, that atuck to me in apite
of all remediea for yeara. My wetght ran down to
130 pounda. Then 1 began to uae Dr. King'a New
Discovery. which completely cured me. I now
weigh 178 pounda." For Coughs, Colds. LaGripp?>
Asthma, Hemorrhage. Hoarseneas. Croup. Whoop
ing Cough and lung trouble. ita supreme. 60c. $1.
Trial botUe free. Uuaranteed by all druggiata.
WHY PAY A MUD TAX?
Eastern Virginia must mend its ways
? that is, ita highways?if it would
reap that harvest of prosperity its peo?
ple look and long for.
The "mud tax" on the country peo?
ple of the section is well aigh beyond
computation. Suffice it to say it is far
and away greater than ten times all
the other taxes they pay.
Two hundred and fifty million dollars
a year are wasted on bad roads in the
United States. Added to loss on haul,
the storage and extra food rates make
the total expense $1,000,000,000 a year.
This means a tax of $12.50 on every
man, woman and child in the country.
?Newport News Times-Herald.
H0W GOOD NEWS SPBEADS.
"1 am TO years old and travel moat of the Ume/
writea B. F. Tolson. of Elizabethtown. Ky.
'?Everyarhere I gx> I recommend Klectric Bitters.
because I owe my excellent health and viulity to
thern. They tffect a cure every time." They never
fai! to tone the Htcmach. rcvulate the kidneys and
bowela, atimulate the Hver. invigorate the nerv?a
and purify the blood. They work wondera for
weak. run-down men and wotnen. reatirias
atrensth. visror and health thata a daily joy. Try
them. Only 50c. Satiafaction is pouitively Ruaran
teed by all drunrists.
EASTER.
Beautiful exterior adornment is per
fectly right on Easter. It is consis
tent with the apirit of Easter; it means
throw away the old and come into the
new. It mean8 forget the past and
look at the present. Interior adorn?
ment is also in line. It means get new
love into your heart and throw away
the old nate and revenge. Throw
away old dead ideas that belong to the
age of the tallow candle, ox team and
the spinning wheel. The ages when
bloodshed and war held sway and array
your mind and soul with peace on earth
good will toward men. Love, happiness
and prosperity now reign.?Buster
Brown.
FOOD FOR A YEAR
ss.*??*
""*.240?ta.
*??.100 a*.
g?. *7ala?.
VcgrtaMas.500**.
Thia represenU a fair ra
tion for a man for a year.
But some people eat and
eat and grow thinner. Thia
meana a defecuVe digestion
and unauitable food. A large
?ize bottle of
Scott's Emulsion
equal* in nourishing proper
tiea ten pounds of me&t
Your physician can tell you
how it does it.
FOB SAL* BT ALL DRUOOISTS
8#nd JOb.. aama of papar aad thia ad. for ow
beautitul H*?iag. Bmak aad Cnlld'a H**?oa Boofc.
Kavh bouk ouuulaa a Oood Luvk Paaay.
SCOTT & BOWNE. 409 Pearl St.. Ntw Ycxfc
O. J. HAMMELL CO.,
PLEASANTVILLE, N. J.
Designers and Manufacturera of Artistic
Memorials in Marble and Granite.
OFFICES-Atlantic City, N. J.; PhH
adelphia, Pa.; Whealton, Va. Address
H. Booker Hale, Agent.. Whealton.
w *?
:
*u
samplk or ?tra work.
Thia monument waa deaigned, exe
cuted and erected to the memory of
Dr. Lawrence Gunyon Mitchell. atFarn
ham Baptist Church, Richmond Co., Va.
PROFESSIONAL..
R
W. PALMER,
? DENTI8T,
Will be in Keedvillc the Mrst Moudav ?>t
each moiith and rernaia two wecki. Tae
reatof montk inKilmarnovk. (UaakBldg.)
J)R. Q. H. OLIVER,
RESIDENT DENTIST,
IRVINGTON. - - VIROUIIA,
(Offloe over Bank.)
Nitroua Oxide Oaa admtniatered.
Appomtmenta for Bittlagt of auy lengtu
? hould b? made severai daya ln advac
Terms: Caah.
Y^ARNER BALL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,;
Monaskon, Lanoastsb Co., Va.
Will practlcelu all the CourU of thia and
adjolning coumles.
Prymptatteutlonrlven to all legalbuaioaaa
T^ McDONALD LEE,
(NOTARY PUBLiC.)
CIYILENttlNEERANDSLRVEIOB
IRVINOTOM. VA.
Laada lurveved and platt aaade. aUtl
caateo, Plana and Speciflcatioaa for Brldr
and Viaduct wora and oonstructlona of al
doacrlptlona. Topoaraphy and Draughtlaa
?pectaltlea.
WHEN IN NORFOLK STQP AT
"THE ATLANTIC"
Most conveniently located Hotel?
CORNER MAIN AND GRANBY STS.
RoomB $1.00 and $1.50.
American Plan $2.50 and $3.00.
Fine Cafe (Lynn's) newly fitted up
on first floor.
Rappahannock Valley people make it
headquarters.
For Coughs and Colds
Troubled with a cough? A hard cold, bronchitis, or some
chronic lung trouble? There is a medicine made for just
these cases?Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Your doctor knows
all about it. Ask him what he thinks of it. No medicine
can ever take the place of your doctor. Keep in dose
touch with him, consult him frequently, trust him fiUly.
No alcohol in this cough medicine. J.CA^rCo.,Lou?llMmi
Ayer's Pills. Sugar-coated. All vegetable. Act dlrectly on the liver. Cently laxa
tlve. Dose, only one piil. Sold for nearly sixty years. Ask your doctor about them.