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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-18
Cumberland Politics.

A Hawk correspondent writes a fol-
lows touching the politics Of Cumber-
land:
"The contest for United States sena-
torship is exciting great interest, but the
Martin men are putting in good ticks.
Mr.. Martin is fortunate in having the
best party workers in this part Of the
county leading his canyass. They are
men too. in whom the people have the
utmost confidence, consequently they
have great influence and will no doubt
carry this district for Martin.
"The friends Of Col. b. w. l.. Blan-
ton regret his refusal to be a candidate
for reelection to the Senate Of Vir-
ainia The Colonel takes high ground
IN this, that the canvass will be hot
and important one, one too that would
require ali OF his time in the canvass,
which he could not give on account Of
Mrs. Blanton's bad health and feeble
condition
The Methodists are conducting an
interesting meeting at this place.
] - r,....s. g.. I-..-,.st,,ra a..f ,-ot,
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-18
NOTICE TO ApvERTIsERs.

The HERALD does not solicit adver-
tisements 70 be inserted among its To-
cal news matter, and would prefer that
advertisers use the other columns Of
the paper. The rates for advertise
menIs are low-especially on six
months and yearly contracts. The
rates for advertising among the locals
which have obtained with tins paper
since bis foundation. will be rigidly ad
hered Co, viz: TEN CENTS per line
for the first insertion and fpe cents per
line for each subsequent insertion Of
the same matter. Those who have
contracts with the HERALD for regu-
lar advertising, viii be, as heretofore,
allowed a uniform rate Of FIVE CENTS
per line for each and every insertion Of
advertising matter among the local
reading.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-18

Every street is Easy Street with tine
man or woman that wears j. b. Lewis
Co.'S Wear Resisters They combine
comfort. service, style and wear. The
best boots that money and skill can
produce. Get a pair at A. b. Cradles.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-18

One hundred white or colored miners
or laborers 10y the Thacker Coal * Coke
Co., Thacker, W. Va. Highest wages
are paid since the increase in mining.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-18

Losr-A Phi Kappa Signa Fratcrni-
o. PIN. Maltese Cross with skull and
bones set i'm bed of pearls. Finder viii
be suitably rewarded ifreturned to me
w. j. GlLIs.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-18
NoTIcEI

! have this day appointed my BROTHER,
q. w. naufOn. my agent, 10 conduct and
manage for me- the business heretofore con-
Quoted by nay son, r. y. Lee.
sV. LEE.
Farmyllle, va Aug. I, 90 aug. lit.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-18

What then shall the new man-rch
do? Without taking away his capt.
tai from any of the enterprises that
utilize labor and therefore keep roofs
over the heads of the needy and make
of the laborer himself the creator Of
new demands to keep other labor EN-
ployed, he shall regard himself simply
as steward, entrusted with more
ability, and, therefore, set for the up
lifting and for the benefit Of the day
he lives in. His giving, whether adj
ministered by himself or 10y some one
paid to see that the cases are worthy,
shall cheer many disconsOlate home,
bring new hope into bruised hearts.
and pauperize none. He shall interest
himself in those things that make the
lives of all men more hopeful, more
useful. Thus disposing Of his wealth
by simply making opportunities for
the young to study aud to perfect them.
selves, or the tOllers to live in the
atmosphere OF high thought, he rob-
wealth of the harm that would come
from a spendable cash division and
imparts TO it only good by making OF
it a ladder by which ambitious students
and eager workers can reach heights
otherwise unattainable.
In relation to his own children the
new man-rich-is careful 10 see that
they do not for one moment despise la
Dor, since capital aud labor are one and
their real interests are one. He passes
on to his children the same feeling Of
responsibility that he himself has, he
makes them understand that the OPP
portuuity before them is to bring the
greatest good TO the greatest number,
and if they fail in this they fail in
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-18

He understands that wealth brings
with it a burden, unrecognized by those
who have no wealth. The heaviest
load is to know how to administer il
without doing harm to others. If he
should say to himself, 81 have no right
to any more than can spend for my
needs,n which after all is all-and then
should 90 out on the street to scatter
his coin hither and thither he could
not pos IDLY find a way of doing more
harm; FOR the british and the brutal
would always get more than the needy;
-o that the products of his genius would
only tend to create deeper discomfort
in those who could not scramble, and
deeper degradation i'm those who
fought, and grabbed and gained.
Again, if he should be confronted with
the problem that was placed before
certain rich young man, "Go, sell all
that thou hast and give to the poor
the new man-rich-would also be
"s0rr0Wful.n For whatever may have
been the grade of the poor in semi
pastoral country like Palestine, we
know full we'll that not all the sub
merged tenth can lay the blame upon
misfortune, except the misfortune of
yielding to their own passions and
whims and poor judgment. The new
man understands very well that if he
were TO so divide his property, the
result to any one individual would be
so small as to provide no one with "a
permanency and yet at the same time
sufficient to stop the wheels of industry
because Of the scattering Of capital.
The new man-rich-sees clearly the
insincerty or at least the heedlessness
Of those who would persuade the poor
that capital is the natural enemy of
the lab0rer; for il is asking us all to be-
lieve that the progress Of this country,
and of the world in fact, could have
been made just as well by clinging to
the old OK carts; that the machinery Of
the day would all have been possible
simply by the use Of the old anvil and
the hammer, aud that the hungry
mouths Of the millions could have been
fed by still swinging the old fashioned
scythe with its homemade snath or
by still trampling out the haryests by
the none too clean feet Of the unmuz-
lied OK. Capital has made such
changes possible.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-18

The new man-rich-recognizes the
Righteousness Of the old statement that
"to whom much is given Of him much
shall be requiredn-a truth that has
been understood, more or less, since
men first began to ally themselves with
other men, but whose greatest power
and whose greatest beauty is blossom
ing forth in these ending days of a
great century. The influence of the
new man-rich-is felt in the social
life of the day. For he it is who can
found libraries, can endow hospitals,
can offer the nucleus Of museums and
can support the modern idea Of shining
the light of university training and
university thought into the dark places
Of crowded cities.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-18

Go to Doyne's for Furniture and you
will save yourself money.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-08-18


The New Mau-Rich. Despite what
some Of Us may feel prompted to say,
in our haste, regarding the sin Of be-
ing rich, our sober though convnces
"a. that ii is possible for some men TO
grow rich and yet remain honest-at
least We think that it could be so with
ourselves were any such good fortune
10 come our way. 1t would indeed be
a great sanity if, before Judging others,
we would get into the habit Of placing
ourselves in their positions. 1t would
save the world from much that is ha sh
and heart-breaking and unworthy in
criticism
II often happens that a man with a
sort of second sight, either cultivated
or natural, can see in his minds eye
the value Of an idea or Of neglected
land, and can develop it so that on the
hillside and on the fiat, where men
never lived before, there shall arise the
walls and the marts Of a city. And we
will declare therefore that even if we
have hitherto denounced as robbery
that which was enterprise and fore
sight, we will not any more blind our
selves to the fact that the more complex
our civilization becomes The more fire.
quently will one man see the broad !
opening for effort where the blind eye !
of another feels only an adamautiue
wall Of difficulty and Of fruitlessness.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-25
The star of bethlehem,

1t was a cloister fancy of the Dark Ages
that 1.-THE Star OF Bethlehem was some
especially created star-like body, probably
within our atmosphere. designed wholly
for the leading of the wise men. The law
of parsimony rejects such exploitation, and
science. with silent scorn, turns Its back
upon the bauble star, for in the glorious
depths of heaven are matchess orbs
which, swinging on their way into mortal
ken for while, meet all the demands Of
poet and OF prophet for the 'Star of the
King"
History affords us data for determining
this wondrous star.
When the magi arrived IN Jerusalem,
Herod was within a few weeks of his
death. The massacre Of the babes of
Bethlehem was one of the last Of his tragic
deeds. Herod died in the year of Rome
$50 When "Herod inquired diligently
what time the star appeared" the reply
was evidently such that he thought it
safe to exterminate all baby sons Of
Bethlehem from two years old and under,
showing that "the star had been known
to the wise men for at least two years
before their arrival at Jerusalem, and
whether its appearing had marked the con-
ception or the birth of 1.-The king" Herod
could not decide. Recently discovered
tablets at Zidion give the date of two en-
rollments for taxing, made under Cyren-
ius, governor of Syria. The first of these
during which Christ was born, was made
Ave years before the date A. D.-Lippin-
colts.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-25
INAUGURATED HOLY YEAR.
witnessed and Participated In By
Large and Distinguished Gather
ing-An the BELLS I'm Rome Were
Rung a. Leo Began the Service.

ROME, Dec. N.-The pope solemnly in
augurated the holy year by performing
the impressive ceremony Of opening the
holy door Of st. Peters cathedral at II
o'clock this morning. The ceremony was
performed In the vestibule. which was
handsomely decorated, in the presence
OF the papal officers. the members of the
diplomatic corps. leading representatives
OF the Roman nobility and number OF
specially invited guests
After donning the pontifcial robes. the
pope. borne on the sedia gestatoria and
escorted by the papal guards. proceeded
with the cardinals and the court to the
Sistino chapel In the Vatican palace. where
were gathered representatives Of the Ro-
man religious orders and clergy.
After a brief prayer before the holy
sacraments a few moments OF solemn
silence followed, the pope and the papal
dignitaries in their state robes being
grouped before the door. Then the latter
swung back. and the officials Of ST. Peters
laved the threshold and the door posts
with holy water. while Leo opened the
psalm "Jubilate Deo.'' which was taken
up by the pontifcial choir. The pope, hay-
Ing covered his head and holding In his
right hand a crucifx and in his left
lighted candle, knelt at the threshold
amid the strains of the TIE Deum. Rising
to his feet. he stepped alone within the
portals Of the vast and empty basilica. The
cardinals and others followed.
At this moment all the church bells In
Rome rang out. Leo stopped before the
altar Of Michael Angelo, where the iani-
tors Of the holy door for Inc coming year
kissed his feet. He addressed Jew words
to them on the Importance of the ceremony
and then proceeded to the altar, where the
sacrament WIS offered, followed by short
prayer. Then advancing on the sedia ges-
tatoria to the high altar, pronounced SOL
emn benediction. according the plenary in
dulgences.
By a quarter past / he had returned
to his private apartments. having per-
formed the ceremonies with great apparent
satisfaction He was smiling throughout.
but grew pale ana showed signs Of IA
tigue toward the end. Nevertheless, he
gave three blows upon the door with con-
siderable force.
Profound silence was maintained
throughout the ceremony, save when the
pope gave his blessing. which evoked loud
vivas. The weather was fine and an en-
ormous concourse assembled in the pre-
cfnct Of the baslica. Order was preserved
inside by the pontificial guards and OUT
side by the royal carbineers and the police.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-25
TERRIBLE DEED.
TOOK THE LIVES OF HIS CHILDREN
AND THEN KILLED HIMSELF.
Found Next Day In the Ashes Of
His House which He HAD Set on
Firs-Money Reverses the Cause.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-. Dec. 2.-A special
to the Times from Chillicothe. Mo-, says:
The charred remains of w. J. Thomas,
farmer. and his three children were
found In the ashes of their home, fifteen
miles southwest of Chillicothe. this MORN
Ing. 1t is supposed that Thomas murder
ed the children and then set fire to the
house and took his own life.
About year ago Thomas wife COM
mitted suicide by taking poison. Thomas
has frequently told his neighbors that
his wife on her deathbed exacted a
promise from him that he would make
way with the children and himself and
follow her.
The dead are: William Thomas, the
father. aged IS: Edna, 10 years old, and
David and John, aged IA and IS respect
lively.
The affair was not discovered until
early this morning, when a neighbor. liv-
Ing about mile distant, saw that tho
house had been burned. He hurried over,
and 1t was q sickenng sight that met his
gaze. The house had been totally de-
stroyed by the fire, ana the charred and
blackened bodies of Thomas and his three
children were lying in tho ashes. He
aroused the neighborhood, and in a short
while there were hundreds OF people at
the scene OF the tragedy. The coroner
was notified and an inquest Is being held.
Thomas had been the victim of long
series of financial reverses. 1t was as a
result Of these reverses that his wife
took her own life.
A story il told that, at the time his
wife killed herself, It was the UNDER
standing between her and Thomas that
he was to kill himself ana the children
then, but his nerve failed him, and he
failed to carry out his part Of the agree
ment.
On Sunday Kansas City live stock
firm took, under a mortgage foreclosure.
his last hoof of stock. Thomas went to
some of his neighbors to try to get help
to save his horses, but was refused. Then
he went to town, borrowed a pistol and
target rifle. Returning, he stepped at q
school house where his little girl was at
tending a Christmas entertainment, and
took her home. Not till this morning was
anything more seen Of any Of the family.
The bodies were burned beyond recog-
milton, and the manner in which they met
death will probobly never be known.
The iron of a pitchfork in the ruins
leads to the belief that Thomas spread
hay over the house after numbering the
children and shooting himself, and then
set the place afire.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-25
PROPOSED SILVER SUIT.
WAITING TO HEAR FROM B1YAN
BEFORE BRINGING IN.
Movement Started in Colorado 70
Test the Act Of 1873, Demonetis-
ing sfIver-Meeting Called 10 Dis.
cuss the Method Of Procedure.

DENVER. Col, Dec. 24.--Judge A. w.
Rucker has returned from st. Louis.
where he conferred with number OF
leading silver men of the country concern
ing the proposed silver brick suit. which
is to be carried into the supreme court
of the United States. The judge says
no final plan was adopted, as II Is neces-
sary to consult with others before the
movement is put under way. He found
many Democrats in sympathy with the
idea, but Mr.. Bryan IL yet to be heard
from.
Judging by expressions OF prominent
men who came to st. Louis to talk over
the question. said the Judge, s'the feeling
is quite strong for the measure. 1t was
shown that two suits are now pending.
one from Michigan and the other from
Illinois, In which, perhaps, the Same prfn-
ciples are to be decided an in the case
which has been under discussion. was
invited to go to Washington and appear
before the supreme court In the two cases.
1t is possible that the whole question may
be determined in the opinions on tho cases
now pending.
Senator Morgan, Of Alabama, and
George Fred Williams, Of Massachusetts,
have volunteered to assist in tho legal
fight. without compensation, and others
are ready to do the same thing. It is
necessary, however, to raise $1,000 or 5000
for expenses. and that IL q question which
is to be decided SOON"
Judge Rucker. as president OF the Mon
etary League, has called a meeting OF
the league to be held in this city next
Tuesday evening, when the methods OF
procedure will be discussed and also tho
best means Of raising money for the work.
The indications are that II a now case
is instituted 1t will not be commenced In
the name of the state of Colorado. The
ground taken Is that congress has no
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-25
The Blindness Of Trade Unions

Disputes as to wages between employers
and workmen are of very much less i'm
portance than questions as to restrictions
of trade and management of works Sup
posing half the cost of an engine consisted
of the engineers wages land, generally
speaking, 1t is less than this), per cent.
rise or fall would only mean ~ per cent.
ON the cost, whereas methods or policies
which make men work in a less efficient
manner may double. or treble, the cost Of
labor. The settlement Of questions as to the
difference between piece and time work, of
the questions of a greater number of ma
chimes being worked by one man, and still
more important, of the question Of substi-
tuting machine for hand labor-these. and
numberless other matters that are often in
dispute In English workshops, are therefore
far more vital than mere rates OF wages.
1t is probably the case that. If the work.
men could see their way to throw them
selves heart and soul into the views of the
employers In trying to economic the cost
OF work, they could get, with little or no
trouble, very large increase in their
wages, make very much larger incomes,
and have much more permanent work. with
employment for a much greater number
Sir Benjamin c. Browne. In the Engineer
ing Magazine for December.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-25
President Loubet,. Medal.

President Loubet has managed to hold
office until now without his medal. In
a few days from now he will possess this
important certificate CT his election. as II
is being struck at the mint. On one side
there is the presidents head in profile.
with the words, Emile Loubet, Presi-
dent de la Republique Franchise and
on the other a figure of the republic
standing before the election ballot box
and dropping NJ. Loubet's name into IL.
with the inscription. Flu par rAssem-
blee Rationale lie IS Fevrier, 1885," Every
deputy and senator will receive one Of
these medAlA
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-25
yandyck,s Burial Place.

Apropos of the Vandyck celebrations,
the archdeacon of London writes a brief
but interesting letter recalling the fact
that the burial place of the great artist
was old St Paul's cathedral This, adds
DIR. Sinclair, was the origin Of the burial
OF presidents of the Royal Academy and
other great academic,ans I'm Artists Cor
ner In the present building. Any monu-
ment to Vandyck persisted in the fire OF
1866, and as there is no tablet or record
of the great painter in the modern cathe-
dral. the fact of his interment Is unknown
to the crowds who daily throng st. Paurs.
London Glebe.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-25
IoDY FOUND on TIDE FLATS.


yscai Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
TACOMA. Dec. M-The body Of Valen-
ne Panamaroff. who disappeared about
Miee weeks ago, was found on the tide
80 u snortly before noon today by Fred
snd Wniiam Forss, two young men who
Sese picking up drift wood.
loot bridge leads across the tide fats
mOm we Northern Pacific roundhouse, at
ms head Of the bay, to tho st. Paul mill.
sno was near this bridge that the body
~ iound Many workmen are passing
KY me bridge every day. but 60 across
~ wMe u becomes light in the morning
~ ~ return after dark at night, so the
Ooay vas not noticed sooner.
letter. II .ne srd pockets s Of the dead man were
maroa, Of Sitka, Alaska, and A. start
s is, q Cosmopolis. dated November "a
n nSsnSr letter from Mr.; startzoff, dated
had his mail delivered "
~ ~ marks OF any kind were discernible
~ " me body, which was badly decomposed.
va, va EVIDENTLY man of about Is to 30
ssss q age. though no one here has any
ui'stnct recollection Of the man.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-25
PRESENTED WITH A WATCH.
White Pass q Yukon Employees Tes-
tify Their Regard for Ex-Super-
intendent Whiting.
Special Correspondenco,

SKAGWAY, Dec. 19.-About sixty-five
of the employees of the White Pass &
Yukon railway presented ex-Superinten-
dent f. H. Whiting with handsome
gold watch and chain Saturday night. The
presentation was made by Conductor
Murray Miles, at banquet gotten up for
the occasion Master Mechanic r. b.
Reading acted as POSTMASTER and lauda-
tory speeches were made by nearly every
participant.
Mr.. Whiting responded by modestly de-
clering that the success attained in the
operation of the road was due more to
the clean and able men under him than
to himself. The watch was the finest one
that could be bought, and the occasion
Of its presentation will long be remem-
bered by the railroad men OF Alaska
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-25
PUT IN STEEL TANKS
Puget Sound FIGURING Mills Increase
Their Facilities.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer.
TACOMA, Dec. A-The four steel tanks
at the Puget Sound FIGURING Mills. for the
storage OF wheat, will be completed in a
roofing Of the last tank today These
bins are similar to the steel water tanks
used for water supply in cities, and are
about twenty-five feet in diameter by fifty
feet high, set on a stone foundation.
Cars are run on the hill track above the
bins, from which the wheat Is spouted
down into them. 1t Is claimed that the
steel tanks are a great improvement over
common wooden grain elevators. as they
are less liable to loss from fire, rats and
other pests.
From the hopper bottom of the tanks
are carriers leading to the mill or for
transferring the grain to the shipping
warehouses.
The company has recently added two
new sections Of 50x120 feet to their row Of
shipping storehouses. making fourteen in
all.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-25
COUNTY BRIDGE WASHED AWAY.


Special Dispatch to the observation-disclosures
NEW WIIATCOM. Dec A.--The county
was washed out last evening one span
still remaining standing. and the loss Is
about 5000. Reports received from the
bridges at Saxon and Nugent's ferry in
dictate that, though damaged, they will
withstand the flood. The river fell some
yesterday, but rose again today, and is
now about stationary. The water is at
the worst stage for cutting out banks
and bridges.