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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-11-03

We went and "saw," and Richmond
conquered" as is her wont. Yes, II
rained furiously, and well nigh all day
but if Richmond is ever to become a
successful rival of Newport News in
ship building she must have more IRA.
ter.
The President a majority Of his cab
met and General Fitzhugh Lee, reach
ed the city on schedule time, and not
withstanding the down-pour q vast
crowd welcomed him and them al
Elba station of the Richmond * Fred
ericksburg r. r. Co.
Mayor Taylor's speech of welcome
was model Of brevity and good sense.
The President replied in few well
chosen words, and the visitors were
driven in. carriages to the jefferson.
Luncheon followed, and at $3.50 the
launching. The Chief Executive of
the city opened the ceremonies by in
Producing the Chief Executive Of the
nation i'm one terse sentence: "FellOw
citizens | have the high privilege of
presenting to you the President Of the
United States" 1t can't be improved
on. Mr.. Mckinley then addressed the
vast throng IN well written and pa
triotic address Of about 20 minutes in
length, which he read from a type
written copy He did not fail to re-
member that he stood on historic
ground, nor to make good use Of it,.
Secretary Long followed in few words
of congratulation and compliment.
Unfortunately the launching took
place while Mr.. Mckinley was speak
ing. and rendered his closing words
inaudible save to those in immediate
touch of him. This was unfortunate.
Little Miss Shubrick, Of North Caro-
lima, a direct descendant Of the old
naval hero, for whom the boat was
named, broke the bottle of wine and
the new member of the American
navy glided smoothly into the water
The crowd soon dispersed, and so the
curtain fell on the proceedings of "a
"red-lettern day in Richmond's history.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-11-03
August Flower.

at is a surprising fact" says Prof
Houton, chat in my travels in all
parts Of the world, for the last ten
years, have met more people having
used Green's August Flower than any
other remedy, for Dyspepsia, deranged
liver and stomach, and for cOnstipa-
ton. | find for tourists and statesmen,
or for persons filling Office positions,
where headaches and general bad feel
ings from irregular habits exist, that
Green's August Flower is a grand
remedy. 1t does not injure the system
10y frequent use, and IS excellent for
sour stomachs and indigestion" Sam
pie bottles free at III G. Crute's.
Sold 10y dealers in all civilized coun-
tries.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-11-03

The Phono-typewriter is the very
latest, that is, you talk to the phone
and the phono in turn gives it to the
typewriter. Some asks: "How can
the phono spell ?p We don't pretend
to know, and yet we are not going to
say that the thing cannot be done.
We couldn't have built a phone or
typewriter, and we could no more
make them work in unison, but that it
is beyond the range Of mental soaring
we will not dare affirm. Man was
made in the image of God, and en-
bowed with God-lik powers. That he
should be great and good is not to be
wondered at.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-11-03
story Of a Slave.

To be bound hand and foot for years
by the chains of disease is the worst
form of slavery. George ID. Williams,
Of Manchester Mich, tells how such
slave was made free. He saws: "My
wife has been so helpless for five years
that she could not turn over in bed
alone. &fter using two bottles of
Electric Bitters, she is wonderfully I'M
proved and able to do her own work. "
This supreme remedy for female dis
eases quickly cures nervousness, sleep
lessness, melancholy, headache, back
ache, fainting and dizzy spells. This
miracle working medicine is a godsend
to weak, sickly, run down people.
Every bottle guaranteed. Only 90
cents Sold by White d Co., Druggists.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-11-03

Queen Victoria said to a regiment
about TO leave for the war: 81 am
pleased to see you looking so well and
fiji for duty. You are going on foreign
service and | wish you all a god-speed.
| hope you will return safe and well. -
Briefly and well said, and no doubt the
good Queens heart was in it, but to
our reading the emphatic words con-
iaiued in the short speech are these:
FIT for duty" And this question
presses upon US, what duty does a sol
der owe his country on a foreign"
shore or in a "foreign" land There
can be but one occasion for such dis
play, and that when necessary to de-
fend his own land against invasion.
Have the soldiers of the Queen such
reason now. We say no.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-11-03
c. N. Walker & Son.
Trustees Sale of House and Lot.

By virtue Of certain deed of trust bearing
date on the LIST day Of August, 1898. from
Mamie ID. Mckinney and X. J. Mckinney ,
TO J. p, Fitzgerald, Trustee, recorded I'm the
Clerks Office of Prince Edward county IN
deed book ~, page 273 the undersigned hav-
ing been appointed substituted Trustee by IAN
order Of the County Court of Prince Edward
county, entered on the 18th day of October,
1899, and default having been made I'm the
payment OF the debt therein secured and be-
ing required so to do by the beneficiary there
under, will sell at public auction on the
premises on the
Goth DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1899,
at 4 Il. NJ. that certain house and lot i'm the
town OF Farmville, situated at the corner of
Beech and Garden streets, and known on
Grays new mep of Farmville as Lot -.
IERMS:-Casl as to so much OF the pro-
ceeds as may be necessary TO defray the eX-
penses OF executing this trust and s9o3 So,
with interest thereon at per cent. per an.
mum from the LIST day Of August, 1875, tin
paid and the balance at such time and man
ner as the said =. ID. Mckinney and r, j.
Mckinney shall direct or IN case Of their
failure to give such direction as the said
trustee shall think tit.
JOHN a. SCOTT, Trustee.
oct. 20-it
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-11-03

The Dismal Swamp Canal has al
ready gotten to be an important artery
of commerce. One day recently three
barges carrying 100000 feet of dressed
lumber passed through EN- route to
Philadelphia from North Carolina.
The old "North State" ought to have
kept that lumber at home and convert
ed it into furniture, buggies, &c, just
as she keeps the raw cotton there and
converts it into the finished fabric.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-11-03

President Mckinley has issued his
Thanksgiving proclamation. 1t is well
written and enumerates many things
for which we are to thank the giver of
AL good. Yes, we have cause for graf
ltude but not for some of the things
ne mentions. We will the rather say,
from such things as pestilence, famine,
fire, sword, Hannaism and imperial
ism, good Lord deliver us.n
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-11-03

Scientists tell us there will be a
shower Of stars on the 18th of Novem-
Der It's no new thing, as they are
reported as early a. GA b. G. At times
the COMMANDMENT has been awe
inspiring and fear producing. As with
the fixed stars so with the shooting
one. "The hand that made Us is di-
vine
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-11-03

Senator Morgan reminds US that in
less than SO years the British Govern
ment and people have built up Hong
Kong, naked rock IN the ocean, into
the second or third most important
seaport in the world, and adds we can
do like things with Manila.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-11-03

Governor Roosevelt, in an address to
mothers, enjoined upon them the duty
of training their children to fight
Bad advice. We were taught that
"dogs were made to bark and fight"
and not little girls and boys.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-11-03
Underwear.

My stock OF these goods is very large
and complete, ranging in prices from
the very cheapest to the BEST brought
10 this market. Now the man that
has anything to buy in underwear
will certainly 90 against his interest
If he does not give me a trial on these
goods as they must be sold.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-11-03

The Prince of Wales declines an IN
vitation to attend the centennial of the
death Of Most Worshipful George
Washington, which will be observed
with impressive masonic ceremonies,
December 10Th at Mount Vernon, on
account of "public engagements" at
home. We thought he was gentle
man of universal leisure.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-11-03

Carl Schurz insists on it that "im-
perialism" is the Overshadowing ques-
ton Of the day. 1t may he true. but
it isn't so because the aforesaid Carl
says so. He has said so much and on
so many different sides Of public ques-
tions, that he can hardly hope to have
a following even if he secures a hear
inc
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-11-03

Now and then the Baltimore Sun
breaks its rule, and does actually print
a picture, and strange to say it is most
generally Of some one, who 50 far as its
readers are concerned had as well not
been born. But the Sun is a curious
paper anyhow
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-11-03

and

Ny line Of Boots and Shoes is une-
qualed in every respect. Ifyou expect
TO wear boots or shoes this winter you
can't afford not to give me trial, as
have bought very largely and am
going to sell them VERY LOW. The
man or woman who fails to give me
a trial will certainly lose money. I
have few dozen pairs Of boots, 6, 7
and s, that will sell at cost, the best
kip stock, at only $500. l also have a
drive In Women's Shoes, to "a. reg
ular prices sl.2j and sl.50, now only
20 and 7Jc.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-11-03
All Wool Kerseys

For Pants and Suits. Every man
wants "A good pair all wool pants for
winter that will last two seasons and
al the same time keep him warm as
bug in rug. You need not wear
cotton any longer ifyou viii give me
a trial, as have large lot of these
goods, and they, like the rest, MUST
BE SOLD. Call and | will save you
money on them.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-11-03

Gen. Miles and Buffalo Bill are hunt
ing in the Rocky Mountains. The
aforesaid William was considerate
enough to have a telephone line, go
miles long, constructed 50 as to keep
the General in touch with the world
Considerate and generous host "The
next piece on the program"
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-11-03

Accuse a woman of extravaganza
and she will remember that she saves
all the strings that come around par
GELS and feel that her conscience is
clnarr
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-11-03

some newspaper writer OF recent
date, calls attention to the fact that
France is spending too much money.
4 common frailty.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-11-03

every woman must spoil some
thing-a man, baby or dog. We have
noticed it is rarelya man."
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-11-03

We watch the standing Of insurance
companies generally. There is such a
thing as insurance seemingly which
does not insure. Better insure with
your local agents. Paulett * Paulett
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-11-03

The Phoenix Insurance Company
has allowed Mr. X. |. Orange tie fW
amount Of his policy. No discount.
PAULETT q PAULETT.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-11-03

Royal Incandescent Electric Globes
will improve your light. For sale by
II. &. Crute, Druggist.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-11-03
Outings.

have beyond dispute the handsom-
est line i'm town, from the cheapest TO
the best made, and will be sold very
low.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-11-03

Go to Doyne's for Furniture and you
will save Yourself money.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-11-03

Entered at the postofiice al FarmVille as
second class matter.l
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-03
How Woo.

E LL M
Japan is a long way of, and this
charming story Of how courtships are
carried or among the elite Of their So
ciety m to us from this faraway
land. In certain districts, il houses
wherein resides q daughter Of marriage
able age, an empty 1owerpot is enoir-
cled by a string and suspended from a
window or the veranda. Instead Of sere-
nades by moonlight and other delicate
ways Of making an impression, it is
etiquette for the Japanese lover to ap.
proach the dwelling Of his sweetheart
bearing some choice plant in his hand.
which he r~everently proceeds to plant
In the empty vase. This takes place
when be is fully aware that mother and
daughter are at home.
This act of placing a plant in the
fowerpot is equivalent to a formal
proposal to the lady of his choice. The
lover, having settled the plant to his
mind, r%etires, and the lady is free to
act as she pleases. II he is the right
man. she takes every care Of his gift,
waters it and tends it carefully with
her own hands. that all may see that
the donor is accepted az q suitor. But
II he is not the favorite. II if the stern
parents object, the poor plant is torn
from the vase and the next morning lies
limp andswitbered on the veranda or in
the path below.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-03
Dangers OF

It is surprising to learn from the
highest medical authority in England
that laughter may be injurious.
Laughter in itself, says the British
Medical Journal, cannot very we'll kill,
but it may do harm. Hysterical girls
and boys with kindred nervous affeo-
tions are often given to immoderate
laughter, which tends to increase nerv-
GUS exhaustion.
DR.. Feilohenfeld relates an instruo-
tive case in which a little girl suffered
from very definite cardiac symptoms
after immoderate laughter. The patient
wal Is years old and had previously
been free from any sign Of heart dis
ease. After laughing on and off for
nearly an hour with some companions
she suddenly felt stabbing pains in the
chest and was seized with fits Of cough
ing, followed by cardiac dyspnea, very
we'll marked. Feilohenfeld believes that
the cardiac disease directly resulted.
from immoderate laughing.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-03
IL Your Name HereY

A contributor has been amusing him
self by trying to answer the question or
series OF questions, What man in the
history of the world whose name began
with A-and after that every other let
ter Of the alphabet in or~der-exerted the
greatest influence upon the thought and
conduct of mankind?
OF course there are some letters which
are not very prolific in the names Of
great men, but we think most Of our
readers will be surprised to see how
many Of the most illustrious names in
history are included and how few are
excluded.
In some cases the compiler seems to
have selected names quite as much with
a view to compromising in the list
men of many countries. as because the
name given was that Of the greatest
man of his time. The list follows:
Aristotle, Baoo, Confuoius, Darwin,
Ezra, Franklin, Goethe, Homer, Isaiah,
J%ustinian, Kant. Luther, Mohammed,
Newton, Ossian, Plato, Quintillian,
Rousseau, Shakespeare, Tasso, INLAND,
Virgil, Washington, Xavier. Young,
Zoroaster London Globe.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-03
Mellowing superstitions.

Mr.. Ebert hubbard, speaking Of
Meissouier in The Philistine, says that
the temperament Of the painters moth
er poetic, religious and her spirit
had in it touch Of superstition-which
is the case with all really excellent
women"
Mr.. Hubbard is right. A child can
not be handicapped more severely than
by a fundamentally precise, "olear
headed" well informed, un~imaginative
mother. There are wretched households
in which fairy stories are tabooed as
"absurd," in which the ARABIAN
Nights is pooh poohed. in which prim-
ers Of science are forced upon little
hands in which there is no Santa Claus.
no stork, no werewolf, no goblin.
A superstitious mother sees signs and
omens for her children. To find her
throwing spilled salt over her shoulder
or looking %anxiously for the favoring
position OF the new moon is a more
agreeable sight than to discover her in
the act of teaching indisputable facts.
We entertain a profound pity for men
who sneer at old wives fables. The tes-
timony, the deepest feeling of the CEN
turtles, is against the s%coffers and with
them we do not care to clink glasses or
do business.-Boston journal.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-03
The Leopard and the Pan.

One day a worthy Kulu housewife
came out from her cooking and, stand
ing on the ledge of rock at her door.
emptied a pan Of boiling water into the
rank heritage growing below. 1t fell,
splash, on the back Of a sleeping leo
pard, who jumped perpendioularly into
the air as high as the roof Of the hut.
What might have happened next? Who
a say? But the astonished woman
dropped the pan with a clang upon the
rock, and the leopard took one leap
down hill. The pan followed, and the
leopard's downward leaps became Ion
ger and swifter as the pan bounded aft
er it from rock to rock.
When last seen the leopard had just
achieved a leap of about $50 feet to the
very bottom of the ~ravine, thousands of
feet below, and the pan had whirled
about 500 feet over it on to the opposite
side. The leopard would have eaten the
old with pleasure, but a pan
which first soalded half the hide off
him and then bounded changing in his
wake from the top of the H%imalayas to
the plains below was something which
he could not face. Good Words.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-03
rse.shOes.

In Japan most Of the horses are shod
with straw. Even the clumsiest of cart
horses wear straw shoes. which, in
their cases, are tied around the ankle
with straw rope and are made of the
ordinary rice straw. braided so as to
form a sole for the foot about half an
inch thick. These soles cost about a
halfpenny a pair. In Iceland horses are
shod with sleeps horn. In discussing
this subject a writer in The Horse
shoer's journal says: In the valley of
the Upper Oxus the antlers of the
mountain deer are used for the same
purpose, the shoes being fastened with
horn pins. In the Sudan the horses are
shod with socks made of cancels skin.
In Australia horseshoes are made Of
cowhide. A German not long ago in
vented a horseshoe Of paper, prepared
by saturating with oil. turpentine and
other ingredients. Thin layers of such
paper are glued to the hoof till the re.
quisite thickness is attained, and the
shoes thus made are durable and i'm.
penetrable by moisture.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-03
III PRICE OF PEPPER.
1t Helped to Change the History of
the Old World.

II HeApeO 10 Chan&e the History of
the Old World.
In the sixteenth century all the pep.
per consumed in England was bought
by the English merchants from the
Dutch, who brought it from India.
Owing to racial jealousy, the Dutch
traders in 1899 raised the cost from 8
shillings to 6 shillings per pound. This
petty display Of i'll feeling caused con-
siderable annoyance to the English mer-
chants and aroused in them that feeling
OF Independence which has always been
SO characteristic of our race.
They determined to import their pep
per direct from India in their own
ships. and for this purpose formed a
company, called the Governor and
Company of Merchants of London Trad
ing to the East Indies, and which in
latter days became eventually known
as the East India company.
Their first voyages embroiled them
in almost innumerable quarreIs with
the Dutch and Portuguese, and for a
time the venture proved a financial fail
ure 1t was not until 1915 that the
company became successful and obtained
lucrative treaties, owing to their de-
cisively defeating the Portuguese.
From: this time on their possessions
gradually increased, slowly at first, and
then very rapidly. until, by the wise
and beneficial management of such men
as Give, Warren Hastings and Corn
wallis, they exercised sovereignty over
the greater portion of India.
In this nlanner it happened that an
increase in the price of pepper momen-
tously affected the history of mankind.
London Standard.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-03
A Shining Mark.

A lady, gr%ievously tormented with a
corn on her toe. was advised by one of
her friends to anoint it with phosphorus,
which in a weak n she did, but
forgot to tell her husband before retir-
ing at night. It had just turned IL
when the husband awoke, and was star
tied to see something sparkling at the
foot of the bed
He had ~ heard of a FREELY in the
locality, nor did he ever remember see
ing such a terrible looking object as
the toe presented Reaching carefully
out Of bed till he found one of his slip
pers he raised it high in the air and
brought it down with great force upon
the mysterious light.
A shrek and an avalanche Of bed
clothes. and all was over. When at last
he released himself from the bedolothes,
he discovered his wife groaning in q
corner of the bedroom, but she had not
got that phosphorated oorn.-London
Answers.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-03
Landor,s Retort Mt school.

One day in full school Master Ian
dor had an apple Of singular size and
beauty. He had his Livy in one hand
and this apple. in the other and read
and read and munched and munohed
till the sound struck the doctor. He
espied the delinquent and ordered him
to bring that apple to him. He put it
on his desk, coram populo, and then,
half %relenting, said: "There, sir. Now,
if You want that again you had better
go and sit down and make me a short
line on the occasion" "Oh, / can do
that and stand here, says Master Lam
dor. "Do it then" The boy thought q
moment, and soon obliged him with a
pentameter, "Esuriens doctor duloia
poma rapit."
"HumP' says DR.. James. "And pray,
sir, what do you NEAR by e.su -riens
doctor!' "The gormandizing Doctor"
Take it, sir. You are too hard for me,
You are ton hard for me-, = said the
doctor, delighted with his pupil.
"Rouse's History of Rugby School"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-03
The Army and N avy

Have covered themselves with glory
during b war. The army and navy
vestpocket memorandum book pub
lished by the Northern Pc cifc is a com
pact digest Of informatio n relative to
the navies and armies of S pain and the
United States at the beginning of the
1t has q map Of Cuba, illustra-
tions Of naval ships, gloss AIRY Of navy
and army terms, translation Of Spanish
words, etc. Send 10 cents to Chas. s.
Fee, Gen. Pass. agent, N. P. r. R., st.
Paul, Mimi, for a copy. soft
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-03
The Way to Go to c. ,tfornia

Is in a tourist sleeping car--personally
conducted-via the Burlington route.
You make fast time. You see the
finest scenery on the globe.
Your car is not SO extensively fin
lshed nor 50 line to look at as a palace
sleeper, y 1t is just as clean, just as
comfortable, just as good to ride in,
and nearly $40 cheaper.
The Burlington excu rsions leave
every Thursday, reaching San Francisco
Sunday and Los Angeles Monday.
Porter with each car. Excursion man
ager with each party. For folder CIV
ing full information call at nearest B.
& M. railroad depot or write to j.
Francis, general passenger agent, Oma-
ha, Neb. $4,000
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-03
Chinese Back scratcher.

No Chinese home is without a back
scratcher, while many there be in other
wise happy American households who
do not know it's joys. Therefore are
they compelled to hitch around on
chairs to dislodge the itch.
The oriental does better. He shoves
down his back IN instrument which has
q carved bone or ivory hand with sharp
claws. This is mounted on a flexible
handle of cane or bone. and with q few
pushes the annoyance ceases. Hong.
kong Correspondence.