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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-07-14

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stirring up the lazy liver and driving AID in
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Danish pImpIes, hoils, bIotchcs biackhead.
and that ,Ickly bilious complexion by tahn
Oascarets, beauty for Ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, Zoe, 25c, SOC.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-07-14
Volcanic ErmpIioms

Arc grand. but Skin Eruptions rob life
of joy. Bucklen's Arnica Salye cure,
them alsoOld, Running and Fever Sores.
Ulcers. Bois Feons, Corns, Warts.
Cuts. Bruises. Burns, Scalds. Chapped
Hands. Chi.blains Best Pile cure on
earth Drives ont Pains and Aches.
Only % cts box. Cure guaranteed
Sold by White * Co., Druggist.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-07-14

Why does "a conductor always talk i'm
such loud voice when there is any
trouble with your exchange ticket?
If woman is once told that she
looks pretty when she laughs she ap-
pears to be thereafter i'm state of
chronic hysteria
The man who generally goes to sleep
in church will not advocate the re-
moval of feminine headwear In places
Of worship. Beplumed hats are a
great protection from the eye Of the
minister
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-07-14

Daring the hot weather last sum-
mer had severe attack of cholera
morbu~, necessitatng my leaving my
business say. Mr. G.. A. Hare, of
Hare Bros, Fincastle Ohio "After
taking two or three doses of Chamber
Iain'- Collie Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy / was completely relieved and
boo "a few hours was able To resume my
work in the store. / sincerely recon-
mend 10 Co any one afflicted with
stomach or bowel trouble" For sale
by Anderson Drug Co.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-07-14

fyou will pay me a commission to
sell any article you haye for sale will
soon find "a purchaser.
y W. Paulett. Jr.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-07-14

The man in the wandering brass
band who plays the worst always plays
the loudest
4 man is absolutely without tact
who tells woman how beautiful he
thinks another woman.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-07-14
nenulN d uIood Do.

The place of bargains in all kinds OF
Furniture is at Doyne's.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-02-04

lished. 1t is, indeed, a true milk
peptone that is, milk already partially
digested, the coagulation of the coagu-
liable portion being loose and faky,
and not of that firm, indigestible nature
which is the result of the action of the
gastric juice upon sweet cows pilk.
1t is of great value in the treatment of
typhoid fever, and, being decided
laxative, it may be turned to advan-
tage in the treatment of habitual con-
stipation. 1t is no less valuable in
kidney troubles, from its diuretic quail
tiles. 1t is in great request for the
treatment of diabetes, either alone or
alternately with skim milk, and in
cases of grastic ulcer and cancer of
the stomach it can often be retained
when no other food can. Chemical
analysis shows that in it's nature it
greatly resembles koumiss, with the
exception of which it is the most CRATE
full, refreshing and digestible of the
products of milk.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-02-04

we walked along tOReIner GO tuo
bridge, where she gave the officer Of
the watch some instructions. This done,
she turned to me and held out her hand
"Good night" she said. II am 60
ing below now to try and get some sleep
in case we are to have trouble later.
have left orders that l am to be called
if anything unusual transpires.
"Good nightr' l answered when !
had walked to the companion ladder
with her.
As soon as she had left me l lit an
other cigar and, seating myself on the
rail, fell to smoking and dreaming of
the future. Every hour was bringing
the time closer for me to bid the woman
/ loved goodby and to 90 back to Eng
land. After that for year, told my
self, I would work hard at my profess
sion, and at the end Of the time stipu-
lated she would arrive to be my wife.
What my wife was to be after that I
could not Of course determine, but how
ever it should turn out would be pre-
pared for it, and with Allie for my wife
how could fail to be happy? AS soon
as my cigar was finished tossed the
stump overheard and retired to my
cabin.
don't suppose, however, had been
asleep more than all hour before / was
awakened by loud hammering at my
door. Thinking that the ship must be
in danger, l sprang from my bunk and
unlocked it as quickly as possible. On
looking out discovered Walworth and
the officers steward standing before me.
"What Oh earth is the matter?" l
asked, I'm afraid a tri1e irritably.
"What on earth are you making all this
row about?'
Something 8 very much the matter, y
Walworth answered, taking my arm
and drawing me along the saloon. "Eb-
bington's taken poison"
"The deuce he hasI' I cried. "Let
me see him at once"
was thereupon conducted to his
cabin, which was on the port side of
the vessel, at the farther end Of the sa-
loon. / found the patient stretched on
his back in his bunk, holding an empty
laudanum bottle in his hand.
One moments examination showed
me that life was extinct. He had been
dead nearly an hour. In this fashion
had Allies difficulty been solved for her,
and perhaps, all things considered,
though it seems rather cruel thing to
say, in the best possible manner for all
parties.
sis there no chance at all Of saving
him?" asked Walworth, who had been
watching me intently during my exam-
ination.
mot one, "Iapswered "Ebbington g
gone where even the Beautiful White
DEVILS vengeance won't reach him.
Poor devil! Fancy coming into the
world for such fate as thisT'
"Humphl Frightened out of his
senses, expect. Well, now, l suppose
must go and tell her ladsyhip. I'm
sorry, doctor, to have troubled you in
vain"
Don't mention it. I'm only sorry
nothing could be done. Good night"
"Good night.
drew the blanket over the face, and
then, locking the door behind me, went
back to my own cabin.
TO BE CONTINUED.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-02-04
FHK BEAUTIFUL Wt}tFRB DRatk> DRR>ltt
BY GUY BOOTHBY
of Fortune' "Dr N1&ola'' 'Ahe
of Esther,'' ETC.
D. Appleton and Company

SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS 1NsTALLMENTs.
In order that new readers of THE EN-
oU1RER may begin with the following in
stallment of this story, and understana IL
lust the same as though they had read II
all from the beginning, we here give a
synopsis of that portion of it which has
already been published:
DR.. De Normanville, an English physi-
sician at Hongkong, hears OF woman
called the Beautiful White Devil making
her home on All island in the Pacific OF
which she is the sovereign and leading a
piratical life in white yacht on the ocean.
DR.. De Normanville receives a call from
stranger who engages his professional SER
vices 10 go to all unknown place to- treat
an epidemic of smallpox. After an event
ful voyage he finds himself on board the
Lone Star, the yacht of the Beautiful
White Devil. He is taken to her island
home, where he fights the plague success
fully and falls in love with Allie, the Beau
tiful White Devil. Allie informs DR.. DE
Normanville that person in her employ
at Singapore is about to betray her, ana q
plan is laid to kidnap him. The party
meet at Batavia, where Allie personates an
American girl. They 60 to Singapore,
and Allie, as Miss Sanderson, induces Eo-
bington, her enemy, to take trip on the
water She transfers him to The Lone
Star.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-02-04
BOB TAYLOR'S FAREWELL.
Disguised With Political Life and Has Re-
tired Permanently.

tired Permanently.
Robert L. Taylor, thrice governor of
the state of Tennessee, a man much in
public life, has evidently discovered
the path of politics to be a rough and
not entirely pleasant one. Read an
extract from bis farewell speech:
"While 1 believe that the good in
politics outweighs the bad, yet how
thorny is the path and how unhappy
the pilgrimage to him who dares to DO
his duty2 There are no flowers ex'
cept few bouquets snatched from the
graves of fallen foes there is no happi-
ness except the transient thrill of cruel
triumph, which passes like shadow
across the heart.
"Every honest man who runs for Of
fee is candidate for trouble :; for the
fruits of political victory turn TO ashes
on the lips.
"To me there is nothing in this
world so pathetic as candidate. He
is like a mariner without compass,
drifting on the tempest-tossed waves
of uncertainty, between the smiling
cliffs of hope and the frowning crags
of fear. He is a walking petition and
living payer he is the pack horse OF
public sentiment he IS the dromedary
of politics. And even if he reaches
the goal of his ambition, he will soon
feel the beak of the vulture in his
heart and the fang of the serpent ID
his soul.
II am no longer candidate. Never
again will l be inaugurated into public
Office. The ark of my humble public
career now rests on the Arrarat of pri'
vate life, and 1 stand on its peaceful
summit and look down on the receding
food of politics. The dove of my des'
tiny has brought me an olive branch
from happier fields and 60 thence {"
labor and to love-"
And he anticipates that Benton Nc
Millin, bis successor, is going to find
thorns among the roses in the guber-
natorial career, for he says:
II now have the distinguished honor
to close the scene, so far as am con-
cerned. Benton McMillin has given
his heart and hand to Tennessee. l
now pronounce them husband and
wife-and may the Lord have mercy
on their souls"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-02-04
The DISPENSARY OCTOPUS.
A Supporter OF the System Sees Its Bad
Influence In Politics.

A Supporter Of the System Secs Its Bad
Influence In Politics.
The Anderson Peoples Advocate is
an honest believer in the dispensary
system but its eyes have been opened
to certain grave dangers, previously
pointed out by The ENQUIRER. In
its last issue it has this to say:
"The scene witnessed in the meeting
of the joint assembly in the hall of the
house of representatives last Tuesday
when the election was going on be-
tween Douthit and Robinson for a
place on the state board of control,
was a most shameless and disgusting
one. Under the lead of the chairman
of the board, the hall was packed with
heelers and strikers connected with
the big dispensary in Columbia and
from local dispensaries elsewhere to
encompass Douthit's defeat. Mem.
bers were buttonholed and bullyrag,
ged in the aisles and in their seats to
vote against him. The big machine
was fully in evidence, and it asserted
its power and made itself felt. We
have never felt. quite sure that it was
the huge political machine it's enemies
claimed it was but we saw the evil
dence of it that day. We have been
and yet are a strong believer in the
dispensary system as the best that has
vet been devised for dealing with the
liquor problem and we would like t.
preserve the system; but it must be
divorced from politics even if the big
machiue has to be uprooted to do it,
and if we were a member of the gener'
al assembly we would give our best
thought and effort to devise some
means to take it out of politics, and
failing in that we would vote to abolish
it. The whisky business must not be
allowed to be a dominating factor
in state or county politics. We heard
some of the staunchest friends of the
dispensary say that they were disgust
ed with what they saw that day"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-02-04

would do to me when you caught me
md also because no one else will see
Justice done to you"
"You dare not punish mel" be cried.
"You shall not I warn you I am in
high authority, and I'll exterminate
you as 1 would a rat if you dare to lay
q hand upon me-.
$50 you try to bluster, do your" said
Allie quietly. Every good. In that case
l need have no scruples at all in carry.
ing out my plan. You fogged those
poor women in Yakilavi and that man
at Tuarani to death. I will be more
merciful. But fogged you shall be.
Men, do your duty"
The words were hardly out Of her
mouth before four of her crew, who had
evidently been instructed in the parts
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-02-04

MANURING TREEs.-The mistake OF
many people in manuring trees is to
place the fertilizer as near the trunk
as possible. That is very like feeding
a man held in upright position by
placing the food near his feet. More
frequently, however, the manure Is
spread as far as the branches extend
from the trunk. The feeding roots OF
large trees are mainly much farther
from their trunks than their branches.
Bury some dead animal three or even
four rods from an apple tree in full
bearing, and within year or two
roots will extend this distance and find
the fertilizer they need. In most or
cbards trees roots interlace each other,
and this crowding is one reason why
The trees are so often unproductiVe.
It REQUIRES extra high feeding in such
cases to keep the rec vigorous enough
to be fruitful. If every other tree
were cut out the result in many cases
would be more and better fruit than
now on those left standing.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-02-04
HAVANA'S GOLGOTHA.
Unusual Method Of Disposing Of the Bones
Of the Dead.

Unusual Method OF Disposing OF the Bones
Of the Dead.
There is place of skulls in Havana.
Bleached white by the tropical sun,
thousands of sightless eyes ask the
problem of existence of the passer-by.
Hundreds of tons of human bones
are cleaning, pitiless proofs of mans
short estate.
1t is the Golgotha of Havana ceme-
terry to it are-brought the skeletons of
all those buried for limited periods.
Just now the accretion of human
bones is unusually large. Six hundred
thousand reconcentrados have perish
ed in the war with Spain.
Only the bones of the comparative
few who in life acquired cemetery
plot "in perpetuity" may rest unmo-
Tested. The others, the vast majority,
are allowed only to lie in their graves
for so long as their seven feet by three
of earth has been leased.
This, by the laws of the country,
cannot be less than "a months. 1t was
this regulation which prevented the re-
moval of the Maine victims when such
action was meditated. The average
lease is for ten years. Some are for as
long time as 80 years.
A marble stone on the edge of the
mass of bones, uprooted and thrown
away there, shows that the great of
Havana do not always even own'their
graves. The stone reads, marquis
de Planchenona," and the marquis's
bones are just the same as the others.
A mammoth pit was dug fully sixty
feet square and IL feet deep. That
filled, and a 10-foot wall was built
about its edges and that is full of bones
in places to third of its height.
This last abiding place contains fully
sc, 900 cubic feet of bones.
There is q narrow opening in the
wall, through which the newest arri-
walls are wheeled up on the sea ofskulls
and there dumped.
About the edges are other melan.
choly reminders of death metal cross
es, faded wreaths of metallic flowers
are there, and several only partially
covered iron caskets show that some
ambitious family had probably used all
the display and the equipments for a
perpetual burial, when they had only
secured short lease of repose for their
members bones.
Griuning sknulls and feshless bones
by the ton, although an unusual sight,
is not a pleasant one. Few visitors to
Havana's Golgotha remain there long.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-02-04
#lisesllaneous 8eaaing.
THAT EMBALMED BEEF.
Miles Says That He Has Evidence From
Eye witnesses.


Eye witnesses.
General Nelson A. Miles gave out a
statement to an Associated Press cor
respondent in New York last Tuesday
night, after having denied several pub
lished interviews attributed to him.
He prefaced his statement by saying !:
II have been most freely quoted with
out authority from me or without any
utterances on my part. 1t has been
source of great annoyonce to me-"
His statement is as follows:
"On the Goth of last September is
sued an order to the regimental COM
manders to report to me concerning
the beef which had been issued to the
men. At the time 1 went before the
war investigating commission ]. had
only received reports from IA of the
commanders. Now have 80 reports.
They all tell the same story. The
evidence proves the truth of the state
ments which made. In addition to
the reports of the regimental CON-
manders, l have great mass of evil
dence, consisting of communications,
afidavits, etc., from officers, soldiers
and civilians. Every part of the
country has contributed to the mass OF
correspondence which / have received
in reference to the beef served to our
soldiers, and the evidence is all cor
roborative Of what have said. The
great publicity which the press has
given to the matter has brought all the
correspondence of which l speak upon
me.
II have overwhelming evidence that
the embalmed beef was treated with
chemicals to preserve it. l have afi-
davits from men who saw the beef un-
dergoing the treatment, or embalming,
process.
"Now, as to canned roast beef, that
was different from the embalmed beef.
The canned roast beef was the beef at
ter the extract had been boiled out OF
it. You have seen the advertisements,
Beef extract one pound contains the
substance of from four to five pounds
of prime beef Well, this is the beef
after the extract has been taken from
it. They put this beef pulp up in cans
and label it Canned roast beef The
soldiers report that the canned beef
was nauseating. If swallowed it could
not be kept on the stomach.
1t was pointed out to General Miles
that he had been quoted as having
said that if the men who supplied the
beef would deposit $1,000 in such u
way that it could be made to pay the
cost of the proceedings he would fur
nish absolute proof of his assertion.
He was asked what tribunal he had in
mind, or to whom he would furnish
this proof, and, in reply, said: II
made that statement in response to the
offer of the beef men to pay 800, 900
for evidence of the truth of my allie
cations against their product. looked
on their offer as bluff, and took that
way of answering it. have no tri-
bunal in mind. l have the greatest
abundance of evidence to support the
charges I made, and do not think that
any part of the thousand dollars need
be spent in more Investigation"
General Miles has received a tele-
gram from Colonel A. A. Pope, of Bos-
ton requesting General Miles to draw
on him for 81 900 to proved that chemi-
Gals were used to embalm beef furnish
ed to soldiers, but this offer will not be
accepted for the reasons already given.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-02-04
TRAMPS AND HOB0ES.
Some Nice Distinctions Drawn Between
Their Mental Make.

Some Nice DiBtinCtiOns Drh"u DosWooh
Their Mental Make. .-
A tramp, says E. Lamar Bailey, in
The Forum, is not hobo; a hobo is
not a tramp; vagrant is neither;
criminal is none of these. A tramp is
a man of such mental make up that he
has no higher aim than to exist and
have "a little fun" occasionally, avoid
ing responsibility and restraint and all
manner of mental concentration He
will walk only when he cannot ride,
and will work himself tired going from
house to house rather than to accept
lob on the promise of meal.
The term "hobo" was not originally
of evil significance. 1t originated in
the west, when the great tide of hu-
manity swept in that directien and it
was applied to the many who, failing
of their first hopes, were forced to the
necessity of tramping from communi-
ty to community in quest of employ
ment. A hobo is better sort Of man
than a tramp; has more self.respect ;
is usually young, and may, 1 believe,
be called tramp in the first stage.
Many hobos are merely men out of
work. who were forced to the road by
circumstances which they could not
control.
A vagrant loafs around a town as
long as he can. He does not jump
trains-he lacks the spirit to do that
but he may sneak into box car. He
is often a "grafter )" that is, he blisters
his arm, pretends to be paralyzed, sells
pencils, tells pitiful tales of former
brilliant prospects or what not, and,
very likely, has the whisky or opium
habit. Hoboes are never ''grafters,"
though they may or may not have the
habits just mentioned. Very few gen.
uine tramps resort to the grating
scheme.
Hoboes are products of industrial
conditions and of the attitude of socie-
ty toward unfortunate, able-bodied
men. 1t would be interesting to in
ouire how many hoboes have drifted
into our regular army and make good
soldiers, and how many responded to
the presidents call for volunteers.
Tramps are tramps by natural bent,
seconded by early training. You sell
dom find an old hobo there are many
old tramps. A hobo will not become
a tramp if he can help it. You can
hardly save the tramp-he is too far
gone. Let him alone and save the ho-
boes, and the tramp problem will be
to a large extent, solved. Most of the
hundred thousand men on the road to-
day are hoboes. They can be saved.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-02-04

The VIRTUES OF BUTTERMILK.-
The growing practice of utilizing the
waste products of all manufacturers
has brought out the fact that butter
milk possesses many unsuspected
qualities. A medical paper says its
reputation as an agent of superior
digestibility has become firmly estab-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-02-04

p6- Many people waste time looking
after things that have passed away.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-07
AMERICAN GIRLS RETORT.
Her Quick wit and Knowledge of
French Once stood Her I'm
Good Stead.

AS one of our countrywomen was
going down the rather narrow stairs
that lead from the house to the gar
den, at the American embassy, she met
three or four young attaches of for
eign legations, who were entire stran-
gers to her. says the ST. Louis Globe
Democrat. Their politeness induced
them to stand aside for her to pass,
but their courtesy did not prevent their
making audible personal comments.
They seemed to take it for granted
that French was an unknown tongue to
Americans.
Look at her yellow dress; it's very
pretty" said No. 1.
eyes, but she has on white gloves, :"
announced No. 2.
"She has good teeth" said No. 8.
And an enormous mouth" added
No. 4.
And she understands French per-
fectly," said the owner of the enormous
mouth, turning suddenly upon them,
and would like to say that her ears
are even bigger than her mouth" This
in French and with such an air of Civ
ing impersonal information to nobody
in particular, that it was quite as if
she had been kindly helping strangers
to information out of guide book.
The men had just enough presence of
mind to flee the premises.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-07

Accumulated wealth should con-
tribute more than it does to the fed
eral revenue. This is a sufficient
reason for commencing Immediately
with corporations, even if, as is clam.
ed, the evil of unions of capital are
imaginary. The machinery being
prepared by law, the evils can be
taken hold of as they arise, and taxa
ton can be 30 levied as to restrain, if
that only is desirable, or to destroy,
il relief is otherwise undesirable.
Very respectfully yours,
FRANCIS G. NEwLANDs.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-10-07

Tile transport Siam with upward of
$50 mules ON board for service in the
Philippines was caught in two ty.
phoonk and all but nineteen of the
mules were SO horribly mangled that
they we're killed and thrown overb board
The mules were hurled from side to
side by the pitching of the vessel
and were frightfully mangled and
disemboweled. When the Siam arrived
at Manila, her propeller was high out
Of water and the wrecks of her boats
were hanging from her davits.