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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-10-20
INSIGHT.
Only the Eye of Faith Can Discern
the Best Things in
This World.

Faith at bottom is insight and loyal
ty TO it. We so habitually associate
faith with its religious phases that
sometimes we overlook the truth that
faith is everywhere the supreme condi-
tion of success, power and joy. Every
one with two eyes I'm his head can see
the superficial features Of a situation;
but the man who discerns its essential
elements, and addresses himself 10 the
problem on the basis of that perception,
is the one who masters it. There will
be plenty of crass-witted people TO dis
courage him; but, If his insight is just
and he has the courage TO act upon it.
like Columbus he will discover his new
world. From another side. this quality
connects itself with the deepest per-
sonal satisiactions of life If YOU will
not believe anything until some logic
grinder has proved it. you will live i'm a
very hard, narrow. and cheerless world;
but if you have insight TO see what has
not been proved. and perhaps never can
be, you will find your personal horizon
Ind initely expanding, and the sources
Of joy multiplying beyond your capac-
ity. God has so made the world that the
best things i'm 1t are not perceptible
simply by the eyes of the body, they
must be REINFORCED and supplemented
by mental and spiritual vision. "What
in the world you say, "docs that man
see i'm that little freckled woman. who
would not attract a second glancel
Love is guilty Of some strange pranks."
All! but IT is not only love, but faith
that is concerned here. lie sees in her
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-10-20

"Before / became an abstainer ] suf-
fered from fainting fits. even tainted
In the pulpit, and my life was a bur-
den. Ny physician came from London,
and said: IF you do not drink you viii
die I said: Very well, doctor, then
I'll die My health rapidly improved.
! met this physician three days ago.
He said: You utterly surprise me.
Let me tell you, If there was no such
thing rs alcohol should have to put
up my shutters Canon Wilberforce.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-10-20
THE PRAYER OF LIFE.

Lead me, o God, I'm life's brave carly day,
While skies are clear and all the world IS
gay.
So many hurtful blooms my vision greeN
SO many paths diverge 90 lure my feet .
Farfrom Thy peaceful, sinless road astray.
And when the morning can no longer stay.
And songs are mute, and noontide's fer
" 20 ray
Upol the weary track must hercely beat.
Lead me. o Godl
Nor leave me when the evonude shall lay
Upon life's happy fields fits vapors gray
Clasp then my hand IN Thine more close
md sweet
Than Thou hast ever held II; and, while
fleet
The night IS falling. down the unknown
way
Lead me, Godl
-IIenryJ. Stockard, IN Youths Companion.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-10-20

is no future for them, they are peculiar
" liable TO temptation. what is the
use" they think, "of trying? ] do
not amount to anything. l might as
well take pleasure as it flies, and let
the future take care of itself" Per-
haps there are comparatively few of
us that do not occasionally have these
low-toned moments. We lose sight of
our ideals or become skeptical about
them. You do not know what you are
doing for fellow man when you teach
him to believe in himself by believing
I'm him. You are bestowing a choicer
gift than money or position. \ good
deal Of the power of the Gospel lodges
itself in its capacity TO inyigorate self
respect by showing men that God cares
for them, and revealing 10 them the
dignity of their nature and destiny.
It has been verified a thousand times
that when a great responsibility or dig
nifty is imposed upon a man bis best
energies are enlisted in becoming
worthy of It. A man who believes in
his worth and future has always the
inspiration of that motive. More sins
than we often think for can be traced
to Encouragement or the clouding Of
ideals.-Boston Watchman.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-10-20
rhe onestIon with Daniel.

The fact is that more characters are
ruined by moral cowardice than in
any other way. The question with
Daniel was never one of fashion, but of
right. Hold to your views tin they are
disproven, "level TO the apprehension
Of the average man." Hold TO your
customs and habits, till somebody con-
vinces you that you are offered better
ones in the sight Of God. Daniel never
sought to be ain the SWIM" but he
won to himself an Immortality Of fame
and the reverence of all ages that can
recognize true manliness.-Chicago In
terror.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-10-20

horizontal crosspieces Of the gate are
made of amy wire which may be at
band. Two wooden stays, D b, are
placed five feet from each end Of the
gate The method Of hanging the gate
is shown in the sketch, the particular
feature being the weight, e. This must
be just heavy enough 10 almost, but not
quite. balance The post at the rear
must be of wood with an iron pin at the
top for supporting the gate or can be
OF iron. The gate hangs from the top
pole. a. on which rests the weight and
from the lower corner, 2. The forward
end of thc hanger or pole is attached to
the gate by means Of strong wire, c,
which extends from the lower cross
piece mp through the gate. The latch is
At f.-Orange Judd Farmer.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-10-20
BELIEVING IN YOURSELF.
A Protection Against Unworthy Con-
duct-DiscOurngeme the
Origin of Many Sins.

There are few better projections
against unworthy conduct than the
faculty of believing in yourself and
taking a high estimate of what the
future has in store for you. When men
are discouraged, and "down on their
luck" and come TO think that there
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-10-20
A GOOD FARM GATE.
works spiendidIy and Does Not Call
for BurdensOme ExpenGt-
fure Of Money.

The gate shown in the accompanying
Illustration is made of three-fourth
inch gas pipe, q a. One inch might be
better The gate is IS feet wide, which
gives sufficient room for passing
through with binders or wide loads Of
any kind II is az feet high. The
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-10-20

what you cannot. and the restful, low
ing glance she gives him only hints it,.
What a poor world it is if all there is in
il the eye of a dog can see! But there
IS in it more than all that the ablest
brain and purest heart looking through
human eyes can see.-Boston Watch
man
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-10-20
REST FOUND.
(Brother Heinz
REST SOUGHT.

CFather O3othe
My are wearod my hands are tired,
And de.rs-T6a desired
heard the voice Of Of Jesus Cone unto Me
I d found n Thee
'Tis hard to to iogs toll when ..ay. toll almost vain"
o SOW and never gather grain
sowed tears VII which @ fen iRs +; s. autumn RAIN
joy reap and garner grain
The 'a'aB Rss Of asa Ts a:gs Knows 4, hard s o'''F
For rst-weet rest
This burden sore in dsrs, 5oT no r5s1 lsss'F bear
'''' For ol res'-sveo, @ reat my
'Tis hard spring
"Tis sweet to dii and when lis titled to weep
Ti''"''' to o9a Ts. in 1aI@m 57n8s soa 2nf s'rr'aO
T'Ts'' to i osr sd rSs1ias 9sS1a Tsa asla to keep
.ttoI maner
And so Iss pa s..;e..... ss.s ss1 4s%a" rss9 sigh
Yes so Isshei . weak and human human sigh
raise ny song Q aoi On high
Ny has wound across the desert
Ny path and through flowing
the suniit
mypath; for God s Ras s1 Tipid ID away my tears
be r
IT'S always when but child laid
vearied iiie hsad-een then prayed.
always so for a
My "'''' 'a And ID says " me- ''i re.9 "9'' prayed
restless twin be O'r'
Lies sun is setting and see the shore
And am T''foH ro sio1 DOWN H4aFq 'so aea, 9s "'''
l''' sun is ',5s n bosSs85 ss1S Fss5 G' the shore
Ths Tn ,ss shf al 6.5Ss5y se.5s my qs weary soul
Nl 4cross o0s my TTsS peaceful Breast
Christian Observer
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-10-20

Father Ryan)
My feet are wearied and my hands are tired.
My soul oppressed
And I desire-what 1 have long desired
Rest-Ony rest
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-10-20

I heard the voice Of Jesus say: "Come unto Me,
Thou soul oppressed
Heart-sore I came. and ] found in Thee
Ncst-pcrfeci rest.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-26

and is about to be introduced generally. The instrument is simple in construction. A vane, shaped like block of steel rail, on the pilot house of a vessel is connected with a dial wheel in the cabin by a brass rod. The operator places receivers not unlike those on a telephone to the ears. When, during a fog. a. ship whistle is heard, CT a reef whistle, the vane catches the sound on the side Oh which it occurs, transmits it through tunnels to the receivers, and the oper- ator, by turning the dial until the maximum volume of sound is reached, can deternine to fraction of a point where the ship or reef is located. A whistle can be heard many miles away. The instrument never fails En accuracy. During the tests Tuesday the exhaust of a tug in the harbor was heard and located when the boat was but a dot On the horizon.-Boston Evening Transcript.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-26
THE SISTY CASE
The preliminary Examination Half
 Finished.

Z The evidence for the territory in the
 case of H. J. Sfsty in an examination i'm Justice Johnstone's court on a
 charge of obtaining money by false representation was heard yesterday and the lhearing was continued until today The witnesses were Frederick
 Betts, the complainant, his wife and
 a partner of Sisty in the mining busi-
 ness, by the name of Diamond. The complaining witness testimony was the same as his original statement to the district attorney, which has al- ready been given by The Republican, ftrat he had given the defendant a check for $60 and at another time cheek for $54 and the representation that he had been locabed in certain mining claims in the northern part of the Tterritory. Mrs. Betts testified that she had heard Sisty make this representation, had seen the $60 check given to him and had made the observation at the time that that much money ought to buy a good suit of clothes.
 Dr.. J. M. Ford had been subpoenaed for the prosecution on the report that he had had a transaction with the de fendant and that his experience was similar to Bells. The doctor de, clined to testify on the ground that no business he had ever had with Sisty had even "a remote relation to Bells business with him. The de. fense also argued that whatever might be proved regarding any trans -9cdinn between the defendant and Dr. Ford could not be used as evidence in the case on trtial pr. Ford might be used as la character witness but could then be- used, by the prosecution only after the defense had tried to es- tabllsh a good character for Sisty That had not been attempted The count sustained this view and pr. Ford was excused
Arizona republican., 1899-04-26
A CALIFORNIA FARM TELEPHONE

The Salinas Valley Land company has a telephone system the line of which consists of the ordinary barbed wire that was already on the fences. It is about ten miles long. We use a good telephone instrument All the connections are made very close, and no wire is connected with the ground in any way, either by hanging down or by touching any other wire that does reach the ground.
 In crossing roads and gates the preferable way is to have posts high enough to carry an overhead wire, but we took three-eighth-inch iron water pipes and laid them under the gates and most of the roads and then ran rubber covered wire through them to connect with the barbed wire on each side, bending the ends of the pipe up at the sides Of the gates or roads and then filling the ends up with putty to keep water out.
 This character of telephone line will work just as we'll as any insulated line in dry weather, but not at all when it is raining, because then the current runs in the ground. As soon as the posts have time to dry off after a rain fs is all right again. Such lines will work for any reasonable distance, say from one to 100 miles, but in states where it often rains they will not do well.-American Agriculturist.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-26

Schley to support which he suppressed an order that he had sent the latter, ordering him to stay at Cienfuegos, or else that Schley had produced a bogus Crder. In either case a high officer had committed an act inconsistent with honor and discipline. But though no one has disputed the au- thenticity of the order of May 20, there has been no withdrawal or apology for the misrepresentation
 When a high officer has been ex- posed in the suppression of vital docu- ments tcs injuTe a fellow officer, and has made neither explanation nor re- traction, there is no reason to suppose that in pursuit of the same contro- versy he would balk at a little thing like doctoring a chart.-Pittsburg Dis Datch
Arizona republican., 1899-04-26
70 N0NNWN ~NNNN NA V|F WHAT PEOPLE SAY :

L. J. Rice of the Phoenix Trust
 company: For months we have been receiving lett5rs from outsiders who Inquire of the conditions Of tha valley, and of late we have been almost food ed with letters. The writers want to know about returns fer Investments.
 advisability of buying orange groves and alfalfa fields and a multitude Of other things; so I am tempted to say that instead of looking fer buyers next winter, they will come to us. At least I believe that thare will be greater activity. in this valley next winter than .Ess been known here for Q long time.
 John Mattox: believe that a large mining camp will soma time be estaD- Tisbed at the White Tank mining dis trict. about five miles north of Buck eye. The main trouble with the place is it's nearness to Phoenix. The pros pectors would rather go a long dis tance in search of mines than to look for one under their noses. They can't believe, either, that a good property so near the city is net located. There was a mine established there one time but mismanagement made it a failure. The t3iIings which were left on the dump at the time contain enough free gold to be worked at a profit. The miners out there are trying to interest some one in putting up a custom mill. Water can be obtained from the Buck eye dInal and could probably be found also by boring about 150 feet at the mines. I have some ore on the surface of a claim which runs So and tfa veins prove richer deeper down. All the ore in that section is free m filing
Arizona republican., 1899-04-26
BEEN HUR" ON THE STAGE.

After persfstently refusing for eigh- teen years to allow his famous novel. Ben Hur, to be dramatized, General Lew Wallace at last has signed an agreement with Klaw & Erlanger, whereby that firm is permitted to give a stage version of the story. The pro- duction will take place next season, and will be on an elaborate scale. While it is explained that the appear ance of the Savior and the crucifiXion will not be produced it is the purpose to make prominent the meeting of the wise men in the desert, the Galien fight, the groves of Daphne, the char iot race and the procession of Palm Sunday.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-26
ON THE COLORADO.
Quite Settlement Being Made Near
 Yuma.

Away down Oh the banks of the Colorado river, on land that formerly was the Yuma Indian reservation, but
 which has some time ago been thrown open by the government for settle
 tnent, is springing up a sett1emen.
 which will be heard from some time
 in the near future. There are quite a
 humber of people in this valley con-
 templating settlement there, some
 have gone to look the land over and
 others have taken up land for the purpose of making homes there.
 s. H. Johnson, who formerly ran grocery store in this city, is one of the settlers there, and there is quite colony of Pasadena people settled there While the mesas around Yuma are very well adapted to raising fruit, nearly all of this new settlement is on river bottom land, and it is not likely that much will be attempted in the way Of fruit. with the possible excep- ton of deciduous fruits, and the set tiers on this new land are ccnfinins themselves altogether to farmng- alfalfa, barley, etc., and stock raising. They figure on shipping hay into this part of the country and the railroad has promised them a $3 a ton rate to San Bernardino or CoIt0n.
 This land is richer than the valley of the Nile and there is plenty of it; it extends south to the Mexican line for over a hundred miles. The water proposition is the best in the United States. The river is at its highest in June and July, and the Phoenix, Ariz.. alfalfa business will not be in it cOm- pared to the country south of Yuma. The water is also very rich in fertili- zing properties and there are no crops known that could exhaust the fertility of the soil when irrigated with the waters of the Colorado river. There is already work begun cn a canal to supply the new settlement and quite number of the new set tiers are pumping water from the river and this is not so costly, as there is plenty of mesquite and willow to be had for the cutting.
 The climate is fine for nine months in the year; the other three months are very hot, but it is healthy place at all seasons, the only pest being the mosuuftos in the bottom 1ands.-San Bernardino Free Press.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-26
THE CHIMES OF NORMANDY ''

"The Chimes of Normandy" which is the next attraction at the Patton Grand, is considere one Of the best comic operas ever written, and al
 though not over difficult, is very tunefuI, with many catchy charms. It will be given in Phoenix by the Philharmonic club on Monday, May 1. The club has among it's number the very cream of Phoenix singers, and judging from the rehearsals they will handle this beautiful opera in a man. ner that would do credit to the highest prices professional company. The principal characters are in the hands of tho most talented singers in Phoe- nix, and the chorus embraces in it's number singers who would do jus tice to the Bostonians n a like ca pacity In fact, it is said that the chorus will be the best ever heard ln Phoenix, notwithstanding the good
Arizona republican., 1899-04-26

afterward. He lost various sums in
 speculation and when he died he left
 an estate of $S,OO0.
 | The last time he mentioned a rela-
 tive was when he was about to take a | farm near Tempe on a mortgage. He 1 said if he had to- take it he would have
 a nephew from St. Louis come out and ] live on it.
 A considerable time before his death
 a will was drawn for him by J. w.
 Walker by which all his property was l left to real estate man by the name 1 of Lucy. While it was being drawn up the old man said to the beneficiary, Now mind you, Lucy, you do not get a dollar as fong as there is breath in l my body. When the last breath is gone it is all yours" The will has not been found. MT. Walker says he had l it in his custody for a long time, but he does not know how or when he lost
 possession of it. The old man used to call about onEe a month to look at
 the will. It is possible that he carried
 it away with him and destroyed it.
 Notwithstanding his apparent lone
 Illness at his death it is turning out
 that he had a good many relatives.
 Probate Judge Scott is receiving let ters and kilograms from people in Col
 orado, Illinois and New York claiming
 to be brothers or nephews of the old man. There are five such communica- 'tions on hand now There are in ad- dition telegrams from lawyers repre- senting some of these persons asking the probate court to postpone distri- button of the estate in order that their clients may have time to prove their heirship. These heirs claim to have had notice of the death of House in St. Louis or New York papers. in which it was stated that his estate was about to be escheated to the government. One of the writers claims to be a brother. He says he came to the coun- try with House and that they had a quarrel at St. Louis and separated. It is believed possible that this informa- tion was furnished the writer by some one here who knew the story of Houses life. The suspicion is based on the circumstance that House is de- scribed as having died at a place called Hillside or Hillsdale, and it is known that man who had been associated with House had gone to Hillside after his death. A letter dated from that place might have led the claimant to believe that House had died there. The notices in the St. Louis and New York papers would likely have been inserted in those papers only by some | one here. Accounts of Houses death l published in the local papers were not | of sufficient interest 'ro attract the att ! tention of exch 4nge editors.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-26

Of town Oh the Yuma road, the wa gon
 broke down. He transferred his goods
 to the wagon of Mexican wood seller
 and continued his journey intending g i to return Immediately after his
 broken wagon. When he arrived at
 Buckeye he found that his son was
 sick and it was necessary for him to
 remain with him for two weeks. At
 the expiration of that time he got | sick himself and it was a month be- Tore he Wlas enabled ito go after his
 wagon. When he did the wagon had
 disappeared. He spent rale3sly three weeks hUnlti:ng fer it and at last To- ,cated it about mfle anld half north of Five Points at the blacksmith shop of GOwett & HaTtfmnn. The wagon
 had been left there for repairs by
 Yus'iti, who was just stantl.ng to drive away with it. Collins asceTitained his name and eventually obtained posses sion of the wisgcn by replevtn. Col Gins claims that he purchased the wagon about six years ago and had witnesses to cdenItify it. On the other hand Yusiii net cnly produced a num- Der of witnesses to testify as to his truth and veIIactty, but said thIt he had bought it nine years ago from James BurUis at the, Phoenix mine, while other testimony developed that he had purchased wagon which look cd like this one at this time. The wagon is Ialmost valueless, the black smith, Edward GCwett, asserting that 'l5 is probably wouth$7 with a $5 re- pair bill against it. After t(he trial ,he jury was out some lbttle time but could not agree. The case will be re- tGijed today at o'clock.
 The del3pidated vehicle bears a | Ei ir0ng resemblance to 'The One l Horse Shay after tits failing to pisces, 1 but the costs which will accrue b5ifOre | the case is concluded will probably | amount to S75.