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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-30
FALSE SWEARING.

Is not this the sin of the time in
which we live? To draw pension
applicants must swear to a disability
induced by service as soldiers in the
field. Is it possible that the living
army of invalds, greater in number
than ever entered battle, received their
wounds and bruises, aches and pains,
blindness and deafness 81 years ago ?
aud how many absolutely dependent
widows Of dead soldiers are their in
the land? To receive a pension as
such they must swear that they have
40 visible means Of support, and this is
made four times each year 10y at least
one widow, whom we happened to
know, and " hO owns a fertile farm Of
some $50 acres, well stocked with
horses, cattle and hogs, and whose
home Is better built and better furnish
Ell than those ofany Of her neighbors.
Whether Mrs. General Grant, OF Mrs.
General Logan, or any Of the pension
drawing wives Of dead Union Generals
are required to make such an oath we
don't know. More is the pity if they
are. And this is no fling at pensions
from a Southern standpoint. If, how
ever, they must be paid let the govern
ment provide for it without the temp
tatiOn to perjury on the part Of the
beneficiary. But are pensioners on
Government bounty sinners in this re-
gard above all men? Far from it. The
reports made to the assessors Of all our
States and ofall our cities of the per-
soHai property owned by our citizens
are 80 shamefully small when COM
paSed with the actual holdings, that
when one reads them he is disposed
10 say deliberately that which David
said i'm "haste, "all men are liars.n
Nor is this confined TO the Standard
o.. C1mRAny Hettie Green, George
Gssld, Russell Sage, set id omne," &c,
bu il 30 permeates and prevails the
lSud over that few men are found bold
enough to cast a stone at the glazing
ard gross offenders. Taxes would not
be too burdensome to be borne if the
conscience of the average citizen could
be quickened in this regard. The scan
dial of Land Grabbersp acts would no
more stain our statute books if every
man would do his duty. Farmers
must pay, as lands and houses, and |
horses and mules, and oxen and sheep,
and furniture and farming implements |
ans all in sight, but the citizens whose |
gigantic fortunes are hid away in dark
aud dismal vaults need not unless con-
science moves to the discharge Of the
patriotic duty. And so with the man
who lends to his neighbor and no re-
cord is made of the transaction, and so
with the merchant who alone of all
men knows what he buys and what
he sells and so with a vast army of
personal property owners who keep
their secrets and at the same time
keep back from their Government
that which is its just due, and from
their fellOw-citizens the elbow-touch
they have the unquestioned right to
expect. The sin has been with us
long enough. Repentance is in order,
and right living and conscientious dis
charge Of duty as taxpayers.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-30

inferred that he has received some
definite promise Of further preferment
of some sort, If ne will remain in the
army. He is now "A Brig. Gen. Of
Volunteers, but that pays less than
one-lifih of the salary offered him.
His rank in the regular army is what
il was when he was made Col. Of the
Rough Riders, Captain.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-30

The Richmond Times thinks the
true John w. Daniel shone out while
he was making that noble address at
the recent commencement TO tine sta
dents Of our University. No doubt Of
that, and yet ne was none the greater
there than when ON the stump and IN
the Senate pleading for the rights Of
the people. Inspiring young men %
higher thought and better living is
worthy of our Daniel, but he is at his
best when he strikes with ms battle
axe for Anglo saxon civilization in
Virginia.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-30

anniversary. How about venerable
Rampdon-Sidney, with its rccord Of
l2s years? Almost two diamonds in
one 10 move the old school from the
"Hill' would be almost sacriligious.
And yet pious hands may undertake
it. "Man never is but always 10 be
blessed
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-30
Farm For Rent.

VIII rent my farm Of 225 acres, with
good dwelling and outhouses, farming
implements aud pair of mules, ON rea-
s0nable terms. Possession given Au-
gust LIST. Apply to T. l.. MORTON,
Nav -. '99. Famville. Va.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-30

10 its very efficient employees in store
orders, rent bills, ear fare, pew privi-
leges, excursions to the seashore, cigar
cites aud chewing gum there would he
a bowling strike.
a working man don't feel just right
unless he has at least dollar of the
"stufr the dog can't chawn in his
pocket. Milionaires must learn that
and Legislators must be allowed to give
him chance.
Farmers ought to attend county
courts, and county fairs, and picnics,
and fish fries, and political speaking,
and "big meetings" and it can't be
done on "due bills" or s. a year. II
that's the best prosperity Mr.. McKin-
ley can give the sooner we elect his
the better. Col. Bryan can
beat it tout of sight,
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-30

President Mckinley was very cOrdi-
ally and enthusiastically received dur
ing his late visit to the State of Massa-
chusetts, and this fact has made the
supporters of his expansion policy
jump to the conclusion that Senator
HOar misrepresnts his State in oppos-
ing that policy. This isn't good logic.
The people of all the States are ever
ready to accord warm welcome and
do fitting hOnors to the man hOnOred
with that high and exalted position.
And this regardless of creeds and party
affiliations. We remember to have
been in the city of Richmond when
President Hayes and members Of his
cabinet came as guests Of the city and
TO attend the State Far, and neither
President Mckinley nor any of his
predecessor ever received more over
flowing, unstinted, enthusiastic greet
ing from their fellOw-citzens on any
given spot of the national domain than
was accorded to the President who, in
the opinion of all Richmond, occupied
chair which should have been filed
by that stalwart Democrat, Samuel j.
Tilden. Richmond's ovation, genuine
as it was, was no endorsement Of presi-
dental policy but respectful tribute
to the President of this great Republic.
The fact is it seemed to us that the
effort to entertain was intensified be-
cause of radical differences between
guests and hosts on questions of public
policy. And this was emphasized
when on a similar occasion Mr.. Cleve-
land and some of the members of his
cabinet visited our capital city. The
'gush" was not so great though Mr..
Cleveland was President with Rich
mond's approval and Richmond's vote.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-30

Mr.. r. Keteham of Pike City, Cal,
says: During my brothers late sick
ness from sciatic rheumatism, Cham
berlain's Pain Balm was the only
remedy that gave him any relief.p
Many others have testified to the
prompt relief from pain which this
liniment affords. For sale by Cum
bingham Drug Co.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-30
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The wheat crop, from all reports on
the subject, will be a short one. Let
farmers be on their guard and get the
best price ga going" We doubt the
propriety, however, of specializing.
Take fair price and then 90 to work
and make another crop.
Jeflres' father is preacher, and he
says the Lord was with his boy i'm the
ring. We don't believe the Lord was
in any such place. That's DEVILS ter
ritory without dispute.
An expansionist reminded us that
Daniel Webster looked upon the Rocky
Mountains as Gods warning TO the
nation not to Ego West.n 1t did 20,
he continued to say, and therefore we
ought to defy the "wide, wide seal
and go to the Philippines.
Judge Witt, son of Prince Edward
and pet Of all Virginia, is to have OPP
position, we are told. He can beat all
corners. John Bell Bigger, by COM
mon consent, was clerk of the House of
Delegates. "Sam" Witt will be Judge
Of the Hastings Court for the city OF
Richmond as long as he lives and
wants it. He is too Competent and
cheerful and honest to know any such
word as fail. The SOuthside, South
west, Piedmont, Valley, Tidewater-
all Virginia, all for him.
A farmer in Kentucky has money
to lend, and regrets that these days OF
have so reduced the rate Of
interest that a fellow cant make a
living lending money" That farmer
mas just not Caught on" to the job.
If he sticks TO it he will learn to make
he other fellow squeal as he demands
md receives the POUND of flesh.
JnO. r. Mclean, editor of the Gin
'innati Enquirer, and an uncompro-
missing advocate Of free silver, also be-
ieves in free ice for the poor Of his city,
md will furnish them with it during
he summer season at his own cost.
some people disagree with him on his
rec silver proclivities but all men will
ommend his free ice propensities.
Gubernatorial aspirauts are popping
p the State over. May the best man
vim.
We congratulate Col. r. r. HUBBARD
n his appointment as supervisor of
he census for the Tenth district. I'm
er his direction the work will be well
one. To be of value the taking Of the
ensus should be accurately done.
Abraham Lincoln once said that the .
search for the middle ground between
ght and wrong would be as rain or +
ne search for man neither living nor
ead.u
Free silver's best friend died with
on. Richard p. Bland. The cause :
id not die with him, however. The
attic will descend from "sre to son."
That Industrial Commission has {
ragged its "slow length" along at a
'ashington, and 1t has been "real o
my" to note how each "fellow" who r
stified could tell just where his shoe r
nched. o
Gov. Pingree says it is the duty of t,
cry citizen to take part in politics, h
I'd that he will not neglect his duty. y
One Of the colleges of Ohio has been a
akinQ "much adou over ito diamond | d
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-30

An expansionist reminded US that
Daniel Webster looked upon the Rocky
Mountains as Gods warning to the
nation not to "go West.n 1t did 20,
he continued to say, and therefore we
ought to defy the "wide, wide seal
and go to the Philippines.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-30
a genuine Key West cigar for Sc.
II. &. CRUTE, Druggist.
Go to Doyne's for Furniture and you
will save yourself money.


To quit tobacco easily and forever hc mag
neiic. fun 90 life. nerve and Higor take No-To-
liac. the wonder worker. that makes weak men
strong. All druggists. zoe orsl. Cure euaran-
teed Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New York
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-30

We can sell you tooth brush guar
anteed not 10 shed the bristles for 35c.
III. &. CRUTE, Druggist.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-30
How To Find Out.

Fill bottle or common glass with you
water and let il stand twenty four hours;
"a sediment of settling indicates an I'm
healthy condition of the kidneys; If il
stains your linen il is evidence of kidney
trouble; too frequent desire to pass II or
pain in The back is also convincing PROOF
that the kidneys and bladder are out Of
order.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-30
WHAT TO Do

There is comfort in the knowledge so
often expressed. that DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root the great kidney remedy
fuiills every wish in curing rheumatism,
pain In the back, kidneys. liver, bladder
and every part Of the urinary passage
II corrccts inability TO hold water and
scaIding pain in passing IT, or bad effects
following use of liquor. wine or beer. and
ovcrcomes that unpleasant necessity Of
being compelled to 90 often during the
day, and to gel up many times during
the night. The mild and the extraOrdi D.
nary effect of Swlmp-RoOt is soon
realized. IL stands the highest for its
wonderful cures Of the most distressing
cases. If you need a med cine you
should have the best. Sold by druggists
in fifty cent and one dollar sizes
You may have sample bottle Of this
wonderful discovery and a book that tells
more about il, both sent absolutely free
by mail. address Dr. Kilmer q Co..
Binghamion. n. Y. When writing men
tien THAI you read This generous offer in
he FarmgiI!c HERALD.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-30
in every instance Of a sale.

For Umbrellas and Parasols
in the finest of Gloria Silks
the Baltimore Clothing House
is the place to go. These
goods are entirely NEW and
of the very latest styles.
Prices lower than you have
ever seen them-quality con-
sldered. A big lot of them
and they must be sold.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-30

Jeflries' father is preacher, and he
says the Lord was with his boy in the
ring. We don't believe the Lord was
in any such place. That's DEVILS ter
ritory without dispute.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-30

Clean blood means "a c.ean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar.
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving al i'm.
pumties from the body. Begin to-day to
Danish pimpies. boils, blotchcs, blackheads,
and that sicky bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,-beauty for ten cents. All drHg-
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, lOc, 25c, SOC.
Dr. Cady's Condition Powders, are
just what a horse needs when In bad
condition. Tonic, blood purifier and
vermifuge. They are not food but
medicine and the best in use to put a
horse in prime condition. Price %
cents per package. For sale by Cum
bingham d Co.. Druggists.
We can sell you a tooth brush guar
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-30

The wheat crop, from all reports on
the subject, will be a short one. Let
farmers be on their guard and get the
best price "a going" We doubt the
however, of specializing.
Take a fair price and then 90 to work
and make another crop.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-30

A farmer in Kentucky has money
to lend, and regrets that these days OF
prosperity have so reduced the rate OF
interest that fellow cant make a
living lending money" That farmer
has just not "caught on" to the job
If he sticks TO it he will learn to make
the other fellow squeal as he demands
and receives the Found of flesh.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-30

Entered at the postofice at Farmville as
second class matter.l
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-06-30

All communications and money should be
addressed to THE HERALD, Farmville' Va.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-18
A German Army Order.

Not even the enforced quiet Of a sick
room can keep the German Kaiser from
schemes for his peoples Improvement.
While the grip lately had its clutch
upon his person he discovered a new
field OF activity wherein to amaze the
world, and taking advantage OF the
season, he has presented himself to an
admiring Germany in the garb of n true
German philologist, as a sort Of New Years
gift. His purpose Is no Utopian dream,
like the Cars scheme of disarmament, re-
quiring the concurrence of others, but the
practical one OF promoting the purity Of
| speech in my army" by the substitution of
certain German words for foreign express
sions, which, as it happens. are all French.
Patriotic Germans of rank inferior to the
Emperor have attempted since the Franco
Prussian war to rid their language, which
cannot be accused of poverty of expression,
of the many borrowed words and phrases
due to the admiration of French ideas and
manner profcssed by FREDERICK the Great
and hiscontemporarics. DR.. STEPHAN, when
Postmaster-General. used his official posi-
ton in every way to further the effort, and
societies that still exist and labor were
" ih'' WIN III obJttJ vi oDlIIPIHtlUR
French words and substituting orthodox
German compounds in their places. APP
parcntly they have been not very sue
ccssful in their attempts. Restaurant
keepers who provided pure German bills
of fare soon found it necessary to add
corrupt French TRANSACTIONS for the
names of their dishes, while milliners
and business men OF all kinds did not
even try to change. 1t is possible that
a few of the new words proposed have found
acceptance, but probably they are far put
numbered by new foreign words that nave
crcpt in, especially since the Germans took
to sports. The Kaiser's reform, however,
will prove effective. His programme of
changes appears in an army order, to
which. OF course, tho army must submit
absolutely, while civilians will deem it safer
to observe it, too, since tho courts havo
added the ingenious mechanism Of the
"dolus eventualis" to the statute definition
of lhse maieste, or rather OF Majestats-
belcidigung.
Remembering, perhaps, tho failure of his
predecessor the Emperor CLAUDIUs, in his
attempt TO add letters To the Latin alpha
bet by decree, the Kaiser begins modestly.
He makes but seven radical changes, and
merely grazes one Of the pillars OF German
society. Henccforth n cadet will be called
" Fahnenjunker" instead of "Onizier-As-
pirant;' an ensign "Fahnrich" instead OF
"Portepee-Fahnrlch = a staff officer will be
designated by the words "beim Stable" in
stead OF "etatsmdssiger Stabsofizier -
while for rank (Charge. Office (Funktion),
promotion (Avancemen0, and priority
(AnciennetaO the terms Dienstgrad, Dienst-
s%telluug, Bef0rderung, and Dienstalter will
be used. "Fahneniunker" is find, and 1t
is to be hoped that the Kaiser will bear it
in mind when he undertakes to do away
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withthe general term for officer. "onizier; I"
"Rrlegsjunker' will describe the class adj
mirably.
1t might have created a revolution even
in Germany IL the "Lieutenants" had been
swept out Of existence utterly they lose
only two letters, will spell their titles
"Leutnant' and pronounce It "Loltnnnt,"
as before. In compensation they receive
promotion all along the line; there are 10
be no more "Sekond-" or "Prnmier-Lieuten-
ants but "Lentnant" and "~Oberleutnant."
The Lieutenant-Colonel and Lieutenant
Generals likewise drop thei and o becoming
"Oberstleutnants" and "Generalleutnants."
1t will take a great many general orders
TO eliminate the terms his Hohenzollern an
cestors introduced, and he may have wished
that the great FREDERICK had won fewer
victories and avoided the companionship
Of French philosophers. There are hardly
n hundred words in this order. but among
them are the foreign terms, undisturbed by
the Kaiser: General, Major, Infanterie,
Regiment, Batterie, Chef, Artillerie, PIONEER,
Battalion, onlzier, Minlsterium, all of
which must 60 and for all Of them German
words 10 provided.
At this rate a general order a day for the
rest OF the Kaiser's natural life will hardly
suffice to de-Gallicise what is perhaps the
most completely Frenchi1ed portion Of the
German language, Its military jargon.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-18
The violin lost n great maker and the
world a man of genius when GEORGE GEMtN-
Mills North and South.
From III, Boston Evening Tran.crtp

From the Boston Evening Transcript.
FALL RIVER. Jan. l4.-Operatives and manufac-
t,lrers in this city and this Whole section of country
are in error in believing that cheap labor is the
great menace held over Northern cotton mills by
those Of the South. 4 Fall River mill manager
spent about three weeks in the homes OF the mill
help in the Piedmont district and has concluded
that the inherent intelligence in The average South
ern mill operative il such that contcntmcnt with
present wage schedules. present working hours and
present living conditions will DO dissipa,ed much
moro rapidly than 1t has been in the various New
England communities where native help was at one
time the pride and principal labor resource.
The real menace to tho Northern cotton industry
by the vast increase in the South, he thinks. is in
the isolation of the various manufacturing plants.
He says that plants which are separated from each
other twenty miles or more, a. many are in tho
Southern country, have the advantage that was held
for many years by Rhode Island, CInnecticut aud
isolated Maine mills. II was more difficult COR the
latter to get help than in the larger centres. before
electric railways and steam roads were convenient
for the pockets of the operatives, but once obtained
they worked steadily and were more tractablc than
II they were handy to other work in the event OF a
quarrel with an oycrscer.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-18
Let tho Senate Play Fair.

The sight OF a group OF American Sena.
tors blocking the Treaty Of Paris with com.
plants that 1t offers us too much land and
too much opportunity for the extension OF
u power, must raise doubts in other lands
OF our political soberness. Delaying peace
with q European nation in order to haggle
over the details Of our relations with a half
savage people, over whom our W arms
and international law are ready to make our
sovereignty complete. is not easy to under
stand in this or any other country.
The proposition that the senate should
repudiate the treaty OF peace accepted by
Epain's representatives and acted Upon by
her Government, or cloud it hastily with
sentimental limitations upon our author
ity to regulate the territory coded to us, is
well-nigh inconceivable
There must be an unknown force in preiu-
dice when a Senator like the Hon. GEORGE
FRIsBIE HoAR of Massachusetts,, whose
vigorous mind and powerful speech make
him one Of the foremost figures in the
upper house OF Congress, is made so fimsy
In constitutional argument and so pro-
vincial in his opposition to'our national de-
velopment.
The time has passed when hesitation on
the part of the United States to take over the
Spanish sovereignty in the Philippines lay
strictly within the domain Of good faith.
Spain has yielded the lives and property Of
what were former Spanish subjects on the
understanding that the Government of
the United States is to succeed hers.
Spain has gone from the islands. If we
should refuse to enter, there would be
no possibility of SPANS returning and
succoring her people against the party of
A~GUINALDo. We owe to the humblest OF
SPANS former subjects in the Philippines
the establishment of our power there as
clearly and absolutely as we owed to Spain
the safe return of her soldiers from Cuba.
Our ratification of the treaty is a duty,
not primarily for any debatable obligation
to humanity to extend our civilization, but
as the simple fulfilment OF our undertaking
that the Philippines shall enjoy the peace
and justice which the prestige Of the Amer
lean name can bring to them.
TIL Senate is morally bound, regardless
of theories on expansion and consent of the
governed, to respect the Treaty of Paris.
1t was ratified by Spain when the Stars and
Stripes were raised at Manila and the Span |
ish flag hauled dow at Iloilo.