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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-18
SOME NEW DEVICES

A floating merry-go-round has been
designed which will rcyolye on the SUR
face of the water, q circular hull being
provided with a central shaft having
an anchor at the bottom, with q paddle
wheel driven by motor to turn the
hull.
The hinged brace is done away with
in new support for carriage tops. a
rod being pivoted at the rear of the TOP.
with a socket on the side of the seat to
receive the rod, the latter being ADAPTED
to be elamped in the socket TO hold itin
place.
Emery products are replaced by an
ESgishmea's patent the process con-
Sisting in heating purified iron sand to
redness in the presence of carbon and
then immersing The particles I'm cold
water, on the top Of which rests a thick
layer of oil.
To illustrate the phenomena of thun-
dor and lightning an apparatus has
been designed which accumulates the
force in a suitable holder from a small
generator, discharging it from a flat
plate suspended horizontally 10 objects
placed on a platform below
Floor sweepings are easily taken mp
by a new dustpan, which rests I'm de-
cut in the floor, the edges be-
ing flush with the floor and allowing
the dirt TO be swept in without the me-
cessity Of STOPPING to hold the pan with
the hand.
A New York inventor has patented
fire escape which is out Of sight when
not in use and does not occupy extra t
'pace in the room, consisting of a cas-
ng to be attached 10 the under side of .
chair carrying a reel on which the
-ope ladder Is wound.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-18
CURIOUS FACTS.

No vice president has been renomi-
mated for so years.
The best marksmen are usually those
with gray or blue eyes.
The annual increase Of population
In the United States is about 100000.
Chicago's actual population at the
present time is approximately 2,O25, 900.
On Mr.. J. W. Oyerstreets place. near
Tifton, Ga, is an oak 12 feet inches
in circumference, IS inches above the
ground and II feet in circumference
as high up as a man can reach. 1t has
a spread of branches of about IS feet.
The oak was set out just 20 years ago.
The little Essex village Of Chipping
Ongar is a remarkable place. With
a population of 500 there are 10 per-
sons, of whom four are women, whose
united ages amount TO 1892 years.
They all live on the same street: one
is 90, one 90, one 90, one 81, two s6, two
s., three So and one 81.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-18

or rather seek some practical solution
of the question, which is of mutual inn
portance 10 the farmer and business
man.
"On March 10 c. II. Hammond, of the
firm of Hammond d Stremmel, went
TO Littleton TO attend a funeral. Know
ing the condition Of the roads. four
horse team was attached TO the hcarse
and the front and rear axles were
chained together 10 keep them from
pulling apart. ID. A. Cooney drove the
teams and managed to keep the vehicle
moving an the time until within the
corporation limits on the return trip.
Here the mud was deeper, blacker and
more tenacious, and hung on the spokes
of the wheels until q huge mass had
accumulated. The weight of the mud
WAS so great IL spread the wheels, and
as the horses continued TO 90 forward
the strain came on the front axle,
which sprung out Of shape, allowing
the wheels 10 strike the bed Of the
hcarse, bringing it 10 q sudden stop.
1T was impossible TO move the hearse
with the axle sprung as it was, so the
teams were unhitched and the vehicle
LEFT i'm the road until it could be brought
to the city on sled-runners. While II
was stalled I'm the street Mr. Hammond
took o snapshot picture Of It, of which
The cut shown herewith is reproduc-
ton"
Surely such object lessons ms this
'annot fail 70 arouse the good people |
of any mud-locked community to the |
'vil that besets them. And they sav"
he people Of Rushville and vicinity arc
low determined TO have better roads.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-18
WONDERFUL JUMPER.
Wisconsin Amnfeur Athlete Wallea
New Clean Record of -
Feet q - Inches.

Can you Jump your own length? Try
1T and then read how Alvin G. Kraenz-
lein, of Wisconsin, jumped four times
his, and De is feet 1917 inches.
KraenzicIn was born IN Minneapolis,
but was raised 'n Milwaukee. While at
q state university at Madison he ran
300 yards over hurdles in O:302-5. Since
then an the great experts have had
their eyes ON him.
i'm 1897 Die entered the dental depart
ment of The University Of Pennsylvania,
where he Us now a student. lie soon
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-18
HEARSE GETS STUCK.
Grave Condition Of Roads I'm 81 OH
erwise Highly ProEressive
Illinois Community.

One of the most hopeful signs Of the
times regarding the good roads move
mcnt is that newspapers, big and lit
tie, in city and village, are discussing
the subject In a forceful. intelligent,
fetching way. The somewhat funereal
picture shown here is reproduced from
a recent copy of the Rushvllle ml.)
Times, which says:
BAD roads and religion do not mix
readily. In fact, the first is perhaps
productive Of more profanity than any
other one thing farutrs have to con-
tend with. BE that as it may, we have
the bad roads: have had them since
time immemorial, and the question is
whether we will continue to have them
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-18
CITY DIRECTORY.

N,ynR-N. o.. biauton.
Tnws CUrNDfl-iN Committees.
rinqnce-W. D.. Davidson. ". p. Gillian
and lhas. Blly
"Wrdinanco r.. WALL j. %. Farmr aud
r. T.. fwmhcri.
Anderson
e 'coometer, w. p. Gillian. A. r. Cmlie and
'i 'iic6t-D. n. Elam. Cha>. Buge and D. b.
o Stirsti-Chas. nues, p.T. Elam and We.
IA, ss,,i'amlcs-w. q. Gillian, b. f.. Eram.ert
''iS, 'FiSon,'i,-n D.. Wall. q. o.. Erambcrt ANA W.
1n'~r-. ilouse-W E Anderson. r. D..
t,raulherf and A. g. Cratic.
Firo Department 80. E. Davidson. W o..
Anderson 0uu ID E. Val.
Poor. r. Dwlie. Cha,. Bugs and "a. j..
Waicr-F. O.. Fmmhcrt, A. r.. Wall and
CnaH. Hug-.
safefy-J. b. Iarrsr % D.. Wall and ~. g..
To,.n Clerk .J Whitehead.
Cifv Treasurer John a. scott.
COMMISSIONS of teNcnuc-llcrberi Rice.
CitV Seratant-k. ID. Miller.
chief OF Police. ~. Bcal.
Snp't Electric pIaut-O. n. Wicker.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-18
NO. 4s.
a PATRIOTIC COAT.
Buffalo Bin. the Mascot Of the Buf-
inio, Delights in Butting the
spanish Flag.

When Buffalo BIN. alias Newport
Jack. was born in Harlem seven years
ago his mamma did not guess that be
would one day be a famous warship
goat
Ills siaforiteamusement. says The New
York World, Is TO butt the Spanish flag.
You can't fool him with the red and yell
low bars
he is brindle billy, with a wicked
eye, villa'nous Whislors and an agoniz-
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-18

Why is a vote of thanks like turn-
stile2 Because it must be moved be-
fore being passed.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-18
II W. FLoURNoY.

ATrORNEY-ATLAW.
VIII practice boo the Courts of Prince Ed.
ward and adjoining counties.
Oficc over the po>toihce. farmvilie, Na.
iy sly.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-18
HAHPDEE-SlDNEY COLLEGE.

sti'.e,ce. iec i!ith session VIII open WEDNESDAY,
TOT catalogue, apply To-
RICHARD MciLW WAINE. President
~ % I'm. lampdsn-S idncy, Va.
Educate Nour Bowels with Cascarets.
a. candy Cathorfic. euro conatinafion forever.
~ &c nc G.. G fail, druggists refund money.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-18
A FRAME DWELLING

al Ham 'uEN-sIDNEY COLLEGE may be-
rented for slOa year.
&. W. OMMERNfLLE.
John. Hopkins University,
y ll-am. Baltimore, Md.
New-York tribune., 1899-12-17

and wound Up by writing TAKE MaKdr ll"e
b,aaker Of platcsl with this note to the ponce
.,,,io, and Iot n hundred lashes with the birch
rod be given TO him" The most pdlhe'i0 'o''
,,ontorv on this characteristic situation IS Whdl
Prince Kropotkin tells us Of his meeting aiIer
dinner with the victim Of his fathers temper
He ran ont OF the room. found Makar In darK
massage. and tried 10 kiss his hand, but the pour
eerf snatchod it from him and sad; Let me
alone. Won. too. when you are grown up, VIII
,.o,, rot no inst the same?" Yet the author tells
tbat his father was not by any means one OF the
,corst of land owners. Turning from the thIhRs
which he himself saw in his childhood ne says
II however. ! were to relate what / heard OF
In those wears It would be a much more Ble" To-
eCno narrative: stories of men and women lpIu
from their families and their villages anu o'"
ar lost in gambling, or exchanged for coupe
of hunting dogs. and then transported 10 some
remote part Of Russia for the sake ot cTeatlHS
= nov estate; Of children taken from their
uarents and sold to cruel or diSSolute masters,
of 1ogging lin the stables when occuIIrl
every day with unheard OF ciueilyi "l 81
who found her only salvation In drowning her-
self of an old man who had grown gray headed
i'm his masters service, and at last hanged MN
self under his masters window; ana OF IeNolia
of scrfs which were suppressed by NlchuIas >
generals by nOgglng to death cach lchth OF nun
man taken out Of the ranks, ana by laying
wafte the village whose inhabitants aIter a
military execution. went begging for bread in
the neighbOring provinces.
It is no wonder that the people Of Russia
have = proverb which runs: God is far away,
while your chief is your next door neighbor."
The worst phase Of the situation was that at
New-York tribune., 1899-12-17
4 PRINCELY SOCIALIST.
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A RUSSIAN
EMILE.

MEMOIRS OF \ REVoLuTIoNIS,TP. Hy IHIyy,rT,nn rrinGe
KropOtkn. octave, PIP NV 'i''
MiiIiin x 60.
There is a remark in one OF Prince h'"P"'
kin's later chapter which gives better thah
any other the keynote of his life and OF thiS
book. 81 have always liked" he says, 'people
conabIe of working and doing their work prop
orIv" II is the worker whom we see in thIs
interesting narrative Of intellectual deVelop-
ment and revolutionary propaganda. we see
also a charming personality, one of the author
chief claims to our attention and respect beng
the cheerful sobriety with which he writes OF
severe personal suffering and the deplorabIe
conditions in Russian life from which they
sprang. But the interesting thing is always the
practical hard sense with which he observed
his surroundings. even in his earliest days a
nracticality touched with the Utopan idcalism
Of a typical Russian thinker and socialist-but
never merely sentimental, never eccentric, never
distorted by wild dreams Of universal brother
hood Every opinion that the Prince holds TO-
dav on politics and sociological questions gen
orally in his native country he holds by virtue
Of practical experience and a sane analysis OF
those elements in government and in the s"c'ai
fabric which ne regards as obstructons to
progress.
New-York tribune., 1899-12-17

which we have hinted above. the diffusion of
tyranny and brutal ideas through the best
grades of Russian society. Serfdom was abol-
shed by Alexander II, but, as the author re-
minds us: "A network Of habits and customs
of domestic slavery, Of utter disregard Of human
individuality, of despotism on the part of the
fathers and Of hypocritical submission on the
part Of the wives, the sons and the daughters,
had developed during the two hundred and fifty
years that serfdom had existed. Everywhere
in Europe, at the beginning Of this century,
there was a great deal of domestic despotism-
the writings of Thackeray and Dickens bear am
pie testimony to it, but nowhere else had that
tyranny attained such a luxurious development
in Russia. All Russian life. in the family, in
the relations between commander and subordi-
nate, military chief and soldier, employer and
employe, bore the stamp Of 1t. Quite a world
of customs and manners Of thinking Of preju-
dices and moral cowardice of habits bred by a
lazy existence. had grown up. Even the best
men of the time paid large tribute to these
products Of serfdom." Sometimes this had a
humorous aspect Russian soldiers. during the
Princes youth, were drilled with a rigidity of
discipline passing all belief The best officer
Tas the one who could put row of soldiers
in faultless line and as motoness as if they
were made Of wood. Very good" the Grand
Duke Michael once said of a regiment he had
kept presenting arms for hour, only, they
BREATHE" Alexander III himself, for all that he
was willing to emancipate the serfs, was a man
capable of singular harshness and even bru-
tality When Kropotkin was promoted, and was
called with other officers to the side of the Car
the latter congratulated them quietly, speaking
about military duty and loyalty. But If any
Of you.' he went on, distinctly shouting out
New-York tribune., 1899-12-17

The cool purpose of his memoirs is shown by
the comparatively International manner in which
they are written. He has no desire to pose as
"A martyr 10 Russian autocracy, nor does ne
think it worth while to tell overmuch about
himself and his family. HIS aim rather is TO
use his personal reC0llecionS for the illustration
of what modern Russia has meant, during his
lifetime in misgOvcrnment and general reac-
tionary tendencies. He is careful to avoid that
hunder so often committed by writer's Of reck-
lcSsy soCialistic IDEAS the blunder Of painting
his nation purely and simply an immense
army of human beings ruthlessy controlled by
the Car and his myrmidons. He lays great
stress upon the way in which the Russians
themselves, throughout considerable and most
important stratum, have been for centuries
saturated in retrogresave ideas often fippantly
attributed to the Court alone. In his own house
as a boy he witnessed the terrOrs Of serfdOm.
His father would seem to have been, according
to his lights an excellent gentleman but sadly
warped by the traditional feelings of his caste He
tells an amusing story Of the Cross of st. Anne,
pres nted to his father for galantry," when,
during the Turkish campaign Of 1873. he was
lodged in a village which took fire. With him
was his faithful servant Frol, and the latter
saved child from the flames. The act
witnessed by the chief commander, who gave
to Kropotkin the cross for gallantry. His chill
dren used to be puzzled, and would exclaim,
"But. father, it was Frol who saved the child"
In the most naive way he would reply. what
Of that? Was he not my man? 1t is all the
same Another story relates to the fits Of rage
into which Kropotkn senior would fall, the
smallest provocation Some dinner plates hay
ing been broken by one Of his servants, the
master OF the house stormed at all the others,
New-York tribune., 1899-12-17
Gbe cyem'llork eribalne'
ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT-
SUNDAY, DECEMBER Il, 1S'o.

\ bolatcd apology is offered by Mr. Andrew
Lana, for those innumcrablc "lntroducuohS
which he has composed for various cia''l'S
Mrs. Wards introduction To Jane Eyre con
toius crns,rcs which have rather amazed MI
Lang. as they have amazed some others ana
he asks with cOntritiOn: What DuslhcSs III"
I what business has anybody, to come Win
objections and criticisms, between the author
aud his public| II all depends, as We nave
often pointed out, upon how the thing Is done
some introductons are precious. Others are
agron,S The majority of them seem, 1t Is
true. somewhat SupcrluoTS But the introduc-
tiou like the bicycle ana electric light has, rs
they saw. come 10 stay This being the case
Mr. Iang'S solution Of the problem, Tor the
reader. seems the best one. Il hope. he says
chat readers to whom these great classical
novels are new will always read the novel be
fore they read the preface. We 90 niue
harm or none. if only the student VIII read the
novel first" We wonder if, after all that Is
not lust what most readers do be they stu
dents" or entirely unprofesSonal lovers OF good
literature?
New-York tribune., 1899-12-17
THPOTGH THE STREETS.

Hy ELLA FULLER MAITLAND
Through the dim London morning
The soldiers rode away
The crowd, in sable, round them'
The sky above them gray
Two strains Of music played thehl'
one mournfu and one glad
II was the mOurnful music
That sounded the least sad.
New-York tribune., 1899-08-14
THE CANAL PROBLEM.

1t is reported, on credible authority, that the
special Commission appointed by "oVernoi
Roosevelt 10 inquire and report whether pol
lev Of systematic canal Improvement on large
scale or q policy of scrimping tending toWaru
ultimate abandonment ought to be adopted u!
the State will emphatcally recommend the lot
mer This Is not surprising, for such OPINIONS
as the Commission has elected from inteihgeht
and influential citizens have been reported as
almost uniformly favorable TO the enlargement
of the canals and their permanent maintenance
In a condition of greatly increased efilciehc!.
So far as we know, the view expressed by MT
Abram s. Hewitt with characteristic clearhess
and force, that the canals had wellnigh outiNeu
their usefulness, that the future belonged 10 'he
railroads and that IT would be wise at least 10
hold the question OF canal Improvement open
for time finds little support in the other Ies'i-
mony obtained by the Commission
Without expressing q definite opinion upon
the subject in advance of the report by when
the Commission expects 10 sustain It's conciu-
sion we welcome the Intelligence that the Com
mission condemns the careless, unsystemauc
manner in which the S9000000 Improvement
was planned and pursued, that large number
of the old uncompletcd contracts have been ex-
tinguIshed. and that If the people are asked 10
vote credit of perhaps S20000OOO for canal de-
velopment next year they will have some SUD
stantial reason to believe that their money VIII
be skilfully and honestly expended. 1t is well
not only that the people have to pass on TINS
question. but also that considerable interval
must elapse before the vote can be taken, for
the process of reflection and, in measure, the
test which Mr.. Hewitt advises will thus be ap-
pljed and after their melancholy experience OF
recent years the taxpayers will be likely TO
exact stronger proofs Of benefits to come, as
well as better guarantees of conscientious and
efficient service, than they have ever received
before That they will ever take so much on
trust again we do not believe.
New-York tribune., 1899-08-14
MONEY AND BUSINESS.

Lest weeks sensation was the cruefxon OF
short spectators In cotton. The announcement
OF a great increase in iron production, which had
been fully discounted already. was most encour'
aging but why anybody should sell cotton large
ly at about six cents does not appear. 1t would be
rather more sensible to gamble on the tossing or
q copper. According to current accounts, the
rlant is suffering from lack OF moisture espe-
cially in Texas. but the dispatches do not mai
cate enough injury which early rains would not
repair to affect the market seriously, and betting
against shower after one or two weeks OF
drouth IS not exactly sound business. TIE con-
sumption in manufacture Is large. both here ana
abroad and the demand for goods Is most prom
isine At 81 the condition reported by the De
uartmept scarcely warrants such expectations
of yield as have recently prevailed, but the de-
cline ~ \ ner cent compared with last year II
matbemotIcallv accurate would leave, with
stocks carried over, bigger supply OF cotton
than the world has ever consumed in any year
In August - 2ij bales have come into sight,
against l3 l49 last year with visible supply OF
American 41s,000 bales greater than year ago
The takings Of Northern spinners have been only
10 962 bales in August thus far. against ll,2S'
last wear and the exports Of the month thus far
have been A, ,5S7 bales against 3I,0Ol last year
The Government and Mr.. Snow united forces
TO elevate wheat last week. and the net advance
was about one cent. Yet Western receipts from
farms were 391S216 bushels, against 244G41I
last wear and in two weeks they have been
| 100000 bushels. or - per cent, larger, al
| though the Atlantic and Pacific exports both de-
! creased materially and fell much behind last
years II the crop should indeed prove no
greater than go 10000 bushels the official esti
| mate or 10 100000 more than requirements for
| food and seed, then the Western farmers and
/ traders have been doing the stupdest thing in
! all their history Corn also advanced half a
! cent with Western receipts 100000 bushels
! greater than last year and exports 90SOOO BUSH
| els larger and no one offers an explanation why
! such a demand with official promise OF AL
| most record breaking yield. should raise corn
/ half as much as wheat advanced with smaller
| exports and promise OF "A great decrease In yield
The best financial journals note that the West
/ has been lending money here. The Financial
! Chronicle" observes good buying of commercial
| Taper by some Of the NewYork banks for their
correspondents in the principal Western cities.
| and paper has been sold to banks as far West
New-York tribune., 1899-08-14
PERSONAL.
West.

Sir Harry Johnston. the new Governor and Com
mander In Chief Of the British East African pos
sessions, including Uganda. will leave London for
his new post Mombasa on September /.
John D. Rockefeller In recently declining to aid
personally In erasing the debt OF Western church
said 10 the applicant: Il cannot obge you because
I have had no opportunity to examine a report OF
your financial condition. and | never contribute
under any other circumstances. You had best
apply 10 the mission people for assistance Last
wear | contributed 81 600 900 through the mission
0ficials because | felt sure that they knew the
needs and could distribute II wisely. ] might make
mistake
The recent death in Italy OF Gacoma Naretti
ended most romantic career. The son OF poor
Italian parents Naretti learned the trade of a car
renter. and went TO Africa during his country's
early occupation OF that continent. There his
trade stood him In good stead. He attracted the
attention Of Emperor John of Abyssinia for whom
he huilt n throne, called the Throne OF solomon.
II was a modest wooden affair, but II excited the
admiration and wonder OF the dusky King. Later
was then made a sort OF Minister Of Public Works
He married English woman, got rich, and lived
in a palace or his own.
Myron T. scudder was recently elected principal
OF the State Normal School at New-Platz ~ Y.
succeeding Or. f. s. Capen. resigned. Professor
scudder has been principal OF the NewHaven
time taking post graduate work in Yale University.
Before going TO New Haven he was for a number
OF years one OF the inspectors OF high schools
under the Regents Of this State, and IL therefore
we'll known TO the teachers OF New-York. He Is
q graduate OF Rutgers College. and belongs "
New-York tribune., 1899-08-14
PRICES AND TRUSTS.

Scarcely anything can be more important to
know at this time than 10 what extent the many
new corporations called trusts have actually
controlled prices Nearly all of them have been
formed since November l, when prices were un-
usually low. and IL the advance since that time
has not been greater in articles Of which the
production is nearly all controlled by the so
called trusts than in other articles only partly so
controlled, and greater In these than in others OF
which the production is not at all 50 controlled
and II il has not been greater in products mar
keted by the so called trusts than in materials
the markets for which are controlled by no com
bnations il will have TO be admitted that their
influence over prices has thus far been absurdIy
misrepresented The simplest comparison OF
prices of many different kinds Is by percent
ages; taking quotations on November l as 100
the later quotations may be best shown by per
centages to that base. The quotations used for
most products are those given in regular tables
by "Dun's Review" which embrace cotton and
twelve quotations Of cotton goods, the average
Of one hundred quotations Of wool by Coates
Brothers and twelve quotations of woollen
goods. ten of hides at Chicago, ten of leather at
Boston and twelve of boots and shoes; quota
tions of Bessemer anthracite and Grey Forge
pig iron and of nine representative products OF
iron and steel To these are added quotations In
the New York markets Of tinplates, tn copper
lead. silk and india rubber: