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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-10-06

Arrive Richmond from Bermuda 40.
Ochre S.37 A. VI. Leave Richmond for Ucbn
and Bermuda $50 4. N Arrive Peiersoon
from Bermuda and Ochre go a. NJ. LeA,.'
Petersburg for Ochre and Bermuda LW =. ~
Arrive Petersburg nom Farmvlie, VINE
pock aud intermediate points west oitn~
ter O.l5 .. NJ. Leave Petersburg for fa s1..
Vile, WinierpOek and intermediate po'p"
west Of Chester ~ A. VI.
Monday and fhurday trains from fa ..ns
Vile arrive Richmond $40 A. NJ. connecu.~a
with York River Line for Bsitin~s~
Fare Richmond 10 Baltimore 80 one wesi
$500 round Trip. Trains arrive and depan1.~s
Richmond from Southern Railway slaho-
SO that through passengers avoid eApe""
of transfer -
Passengers on Tuesday, Wednesday ~ III
day and saturday trains from farm,s,s~T
may take local freight which passes hose s,,,
about BOO h. ~. and arrives Mancne''~
about l.i5 T. VI.
Through tickets on sale and bags's'
checked through
JAMES r.. WERTH R.T WILSON.
Gen'l Manager. Gen. Pass Agent
Richmond. Va
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bins for meal and middlings. Z, drive
way. c c c, pens. T T T. troughs.
The dimensions of the building are "a
feet wide by 40 feet in length, ~ feet
in height. However the length may be
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1899-10-06

A nice doll baby house Of good size
and IN good order. A bargain. In
quire at the HERALD office.
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NOTICE. OF FIasI MEETING of casunoRs.

NOTICE OF FIRST MEETING OF CREDITORS
IN THE DISTRICT COURT or THE
i United States, for the Eastern District of
Virginia:
Is THE MATTER OF No. lOi
NORA A. JACKSON,
Bankrupt. IN Bankruptcy
To the creditors Of Mrs. Nora 4. jackson.
of Farmville. In the county of Prince Ed
ward and district afOreslid, "a bankrupt:
NOTICE rs HEREBY WEN that on the 18th
day OF september. A. r., 1899 the said Nora
A. Jackson was duly adiudicated bankrupt;
and that the first meeting Of her creditors
Will be held at my Office In Farmvile Va.
on the 18th day of October, A. ID. 1922 az ~
O'Clock, noon az which time the said cred
itOrs may attend, prove their claims, APP
point trustee, examine the bankrupt. and
transact such other bushes as may prop
oIly come before SAID meeting.
W. W. FORBES.
sept q, 1899 Referee I'm Bankruptcy.
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Southern Railway



TRAINS LEAVE LYNCHBURG. VA.
1905 z. M.-No. s. Daily. For .Ashevl,,.
Chattanooga, Memphis and New
Drle ms. ~"
1872 \. Mo. 81, Daily. For Atlanta. Sew
Orleans, all Southern and Sonih.
western points, with direct con.
nectlOns for points In Teras
Mexico and California.
2:l5 A. Mo. %. Daily. For Columbia
Augusta, Aiken, and Florids
points, with connections for Ma.
sau, Key West and Havana. Cuha
2:l1 L. M.-Daily. Local for Danyille ana
intermediate stations.
Sleeping Car arrangements. M
81 carries through seepers New
York 10 New Orleans and Miami
Fla, also from salisbury to Mem.
phs. No. % carries THROUGH
sleepers New York TO Augusta
and Tampa, Fla. No. IS carries
sleepers New York TO New t,rleaos
and Jacksonville. Also Pullman
Tourist Sleeper every tuesday and
Friday through TO san Francisco
Cal.
NORTHYOUND.
1890 p. Mo IS, Daily. For Washington.
b fillmore
l:5S 4. M.-No. Is. Daily. For Philadelphia
and New York.
1902 A Mo -, Daily.
$40 A. M.-NO. ID, Daily. Local for Wash.
ington and intermediate stations.
TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND, VA.
100 p. Mo. n. Daily. For Atlanta. Az
guSta and points South. Sleeper
for DanYiiie. Greensboro. sails.
bury and Charlotte, open at Rich
mond $50 D. M Stops al local
stations between Richmond and
DanNilie. connects at DanyllIe
with No. % daily, for aiken, Az.
gusta and Florida; with No.
daily, for Atlanta. New Orleans.
Memphis and points South and
Southwest.
1901 y. Mo. Z Daily. Local for Charlotte.
Connects at Danville and Char.
lOtte with No. 50 o.. :. Fast Mail
daily for New Orleans ana points
South.
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EARMyILLE & POwHATAN R. R. co.
Time Table IN effect June l, 1893.
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1901 u. NJ
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-21
HUMAN NATURE STUDIES.
His Wife's Comment.

a certain Washington man congrat-
ulates himself on the fact that he has
the best wife in the world. TO tell the
truth, he has not yet settled down so
much that he does not enjoy a little
whirl with the boys" S ometimes
these celebrations develop into orgies
Of magnificent proportions. 1t is here
that wifey's good disposition asserts
itself.
When her husband comes home in
the wee hours and is cropping Vainly
for the banisters, he is not confronted
by an irate spouse at the top Of the
stairs. He Is not compelled to listen
to curtain lecture before he is al
lowed to sleep off his potations. He
is confronted by no sour looks when
he gets up the next morning with a
fever-dizzy head consequently he feels
stricken with remorse. He evens things
up with his conscience, or tries to, by
purchasing fine raiment and various
articles for the feminine toilet in or
der 70 make himself believe that he
is in some degree worthy of such a
wife.
But the good wife herself has come
to understand the meaning Of these
TO New York on some business. Con-
tact with convlvial friends and nu-
merous high balls" produced Bac-
chanalian time that lasted for three
days. With sobriety comes remorse,
and the Westinghouse went down 10
a fashionable dry goods emporium and
outdid himself. He bought an elegant
dress and trimmings, which footed
up two hundred and fifty dollars.
He expressed them TO his wife and
awaited developments.
In a day or two came a letter. It
was not very affectionatc, it is trN,
but 1t was a good long one. 1t recount
ed the effects Of the recent cyclone ut
the capital even more Vivldly than It
was described in the newspapers. The
torrid weather also rcc2ived honorable
mention. All the details OF the latest
neighborhood gossip were fully cited.
No mention was made Of the receipt
of the dress in the body of the letter.
The posts Bipt, always the best part
of a woman's epistle, consisted of this
brief sentence. which spoke volumes:
"You must have had an elegant time"
Washington Post.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-21
NUBs OF KNOWLEDGE.

More than 1000 kinds OF rubber shoes
are made in the United States
The postoynce building at Virginia,
San Diego county, Cal, is made of an
old piano box.
Rain has never been known to fall in
that part of Egypt between the two lower
falls of the Nile.
The proportion of paupers TO the pop
ulation OF England is lower now than IL
has been for forty-five years.
AS carly as September orders were
placed in Wisconsin for $1,000 Christ
mas trees. to be shipped east
Tho Nile Is the longest river In the
world, 1890 miles. The Niger is $500
miles and the ZGmbesi 1,G0O miles.
IL Is no unusual thing for n vessel ply
ing between Japan ana London TO carry
t,0OO0C0 fans as "A single item Of its cargo.
For champion to need three puts
when within n foot Of the cup is q record
| for Ill fortune on the green. But this, be
| 1t remembered, was after the fatcful
| twelfth hole.
The largest dry dock In the world,
| which will accommodate two OF the
| largest war ships I'm the world 1T one
time and have room TO spare. will soon
| be completed at Newport News, Va.
| The athletes of Greece in ancient times,
| when training for physical contests,
| were fed on new cheese, figs. and boiled
| grain. Their drink was warm water,
| and they were not allowed to eat meat.
| 1t is averred by a famous Chinese doc.
| tor that nervousness is kept out of the
| Celestial empire by the use of soft soed
| shoes. The hard soles worn by the An
| glo-Saxon race are said to he the cause
| of their extreme nervous temperament
| or twenty-five countries nineteen have
flags with red in them, the list including
the United States, England, France. Ger
many, Austria, Italy, Spain, Denmark
Belgium, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey
| Mexico, Chile, Portugal, Venezuela anc
Cuba
| A medical man prophesies that IL fol
| the next ten years the present relative
! death rates are maintained, in 1909 there
| will be more deaths in the state of New
| York from cancer than from consump
tion, smallpox and typhoid fever com
bined.
Only commercial houses that have pale
| taxes for the privileges can do business
through agents in Russia. Travelling me'
are also obliged to pay individual taxe'
for permission to sell goods as represen
tatives Of these houses, whether the.
are domestic or foreign enterprises.
The Swedes are probably the TALES
people in Europe. and have, on tn
whole. erect, handsome figures. To SOM
extent this advantage is due to physica
exercise, for Ling's Swedish gymnastic
are compulsory in the elementary schools
and much used in other schools and col
leges.
Home demand absorbs almost all tn
street cars our builders can turn out, s.
that the export trade in this line has bee
temporarily abandoned. One or two ex
port houses in New York, however, hav
been doing a lively business in second
hand horse cars large number going {
| Mexico,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-21
Raised His Rank.

An engaging manner is useful every
where. This axiom is amusingly illus
trated by story which Justin Nc
Carthy tells. "Soon after the civil
war;" he says, ~ happened to be stand
Ing on a bridge in New York, amusing
myself by studying the crowd. when a
shrill, youthful voice accosted me with
'Cap'n, shine yer boots?" The chance
distribution of military titles was ready
and liberal at the time, when so many
soldiers were returning to civilian life,
and paid no attention to the invita-
tion. Just then a rival bootblack
passed, and imagining where the cause
Of my indifference lay. he advanced,
and, pushing past the unsuccessful
claimant, he gave me military salute
and appealed to me with the captivat-
ing words: General, shine yer boots p
l had my boots shined on the spot"
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clothing, and were partly pleased and
partly astonished at 1t. They were
shocked by her shoes. and especially
by the fact that her feet were not
confined by binding.
Finally. relates the Philadelphia Post,
one Of them said, through the inter-
prefer: You can walk and run just
as well as a mani"
why, certainly"
can you ride a pony as well as a
man?"
"Of course"
"Then you must be as strong as most
men
Yes, I think am"
"Yuu wouldn't let a man beat you.
not even your husband, would your
mot at ALL"
The Chinese woman paused, laughed,
and then said: Now ] understand
why foreigners never take more than
one wife. They are afraid to-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-21
PERSONALITIES.

Bliss Perry's first appearance in print
was as the author &C a short story in the
Atlantic Monthly, of which he has now
become the editor.
The intention of the Earl OF Dunmore
to explore New Caledonia is said 90 be
not wholly unconnected with the recent
reports of marvellous gold discoveries In
that colony.
George J. Fuller, the American trottirg
horse expert, now in Europe, has been
engaged 10 teach the Car of Russia how
10 manage tIottlng horse. Mr.. Fuller
is veteran of the Ciyil war and over
co years old.
Alan Arthur the son of the deceased
president is rarely seen in New York. lie
travels good deal, but makes his home
in Paris. He is a man Of wide culture,
an accomplished linguist, and a most
agreeable gentleman.
Mrs. Sarah Terry, Of Philadelphia, has
Just celebrated her 1OSth birthday. Her
father fought in the war of the revolu-
tion. She spent several years OF her
younger life in Denmark as companion
OF the wife Of a former Danish ambas-
sadOr to this country.
The prime minister of Uganda, who
bears the somewhat remarkable names
Of Kalekiro Apollo, Is expected in Eng
land shortly. lie is, during his stay, u
be visitor to Sir Henry Stanley, whose
knowledge of Ilalekiro Apollo's country
is extensive.
All Yu, n Chinamau who enlisted in
the United States navy i'm 1854, and who
was on the flagship Olympia, is now an
| invalid from some sort Of lung trouble
and has, accordingly, received pension
I OF $50 month, lie has the distinction
OF the being the first Chinese pensioneI
OF the government.
DR. Lewis Swift, OF Mount Lowe OBJ
| servatory, California, recently received
| the ninth medal for astronomical dis
| cnvery. 1t was awarded for the discov,
| cry OF an unexpected comet on March 2
1899, and Is given by the committee il
| charge Of the Donahue Comet Media
| fund, at this city.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-21
Our rlercilart Marine.

Y asst YEAR, according to the
commissioner Of immigration.
- American vessels Carried Il
fraction less :han 9 per cent.
Of our exports and Imports, the small
est percentage in our history. Mean
while the tonnage operating under cur
coastinE laws. amounting to 4O15.992
gross tons, was the largest in our his
tory and greater than tho cOasting ton
mage of any other nation. In sea-goins
tonnage the United States has dropped
from second place to sixth, ranking be-
low Norway and Spain; but IN coast
wise tonnage it stands at the head of
the list.
This shows that tho American peo-
pie have not lost the knncll Of seaman
ship. Their gigantic coastwise business
is an eloquent testimonial to the con-
trary. But other nations rave the ad-
vantage over them in sea going cal,-
Tiagc. and it is worth while 90 inquire
why. The cOasting trade is restricted
60 ships built and owned by Americans
and the competition therefore is among
Americans exclusively. But tha min
ute an American wishes to engage in
the international carrying trade nc is
confronted by the fact that shirs made
in England are 80 per cent. cheaper
than American shirs. Or this basis, if
he buys an American made ship, he
must not only invest. as first capital,
$l,30 u the foreign ship owners dol
lar, hut must charge up each year n
larger sum for depreciation and inter
est, Then the labor cost in operating
q ship with American sailors Is on tho
"VcTagc - per cent. greater than that
Of the foreign ship: 60 that IL has been
demonstrated through actual aXper-
icncc that, rs between two ton-knot
freight steamships Of, say, i,20G tons
burden, one under American registry,
the other under Eritish, the British
shin can takc in during ore seasons
work $26 600 less in gross receipts than
the American ship and yet yield ~
equal profit, or, to put it differently.
the fixed charges Of the British ship
are 600 less than the !iXed charges
Of .ihc American ship, which explains
why thsoTritlsh ship does the business,
The new shiU Subsidy bill aboat
equiize this difference and makes It
possible Tor the American ship TO bid
successfully for a growing percentage
OF the worlds carrying trade.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-21
ALLITERATIvE.

Callow curate. cycling, calling,
Courting coy Clarissa comes.
CONSERVATION. carriage crawling.
Captain COrker! Crikey! Crumbs!
Coachman, calling, crying, chiding;
Coasting cleric cannot clear;
Crash colossal, clean colliding,
Checking cleric's crazed career.
Caleb Corker, coinless captain,
Called contemptuously "Chawles."
Calm Clarissa comes condoling,
Censures Caleb's contumely; =
Curate's crimson cuts consoling,
Comforts "Chawles" consumedly.
Captain Corker circumvented.
Crecps crestfallen, can't compete;
Carissa cheerful, "Chawles' contenteC
Consummation, cure complete.
London Truth.
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The Morals of Congress.

~ HAT A conservative paper
... like the Washington Star
l. should feel impelled to
r.s. sound a note of warning to
congress upon the Roberts case, in
the direction of admonlshing its mem
bcrship that they do not themselves
violate the anti-polygamy law in force
in the district of Columbia and thus
tempt the partlsans of Roberts to
make reprsals, is far from flattering
10 The moral tone of congress The
Star thus concludes Il long discussion
OF the Roberts case;
"The Edmunds anti-polygamy law
Is IN force in the District OF Columbia
and the territories, and there have
been several convictions in the dis
trlct courts, though none extending
TO persons Of prominence. Tae law
compreherds violations Of the marital
obligations which in the courts would
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-21
Gave Herself Away.

did the postman leave any letters
Nary" the mistress asked, on return
ing from a visit one afternoon.
Nothing but postcard ma'am."
"Who is it from, Mary?"
And do you think I'd read 1t,
ma'am?" asked the girl. with an in
jured air.
Perhaps not. But any one who
sends me a message on a, postcard is
either stupid or impertinent."
You'll excuse me, ma'am." returned
the girl, loftily, "but that's a nice way
to be talking about your own mother!"
Sydney journal.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-21
McLean's Sense of Humor.

nominee for governor of Ohio, is not
without nice sense of humor, as the
following story proves. One day new
reporter on the Enquirer addressed Mr..
Mclean as Mack" Now, don't call
me Mack" protested the proprietor
and editor in chief; call me Johnny
Mack sounds so stiff and formal"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-21
Monogamy Explained.

Margherita Arlina Hamm, the we'll
known traveller and author, called when
in China upon the wife, or rather the
wives, Of a great mandarin. Her visit
partook Of the nature of a festival, so
novel was the experience to the Chi
nese women, whose lives are passed
almost entirely within the walls OF
their yamen. They examined her
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-21

be termed infldelity, as well as plur-
ality Of actual marriages; and IL the
violation OF this law Is formally re-
cogni2cd by the house as ground for
expulsion from membership In con-
press, it will be expected TO have u
beneficial influence upon the moral
tone Of congress. IL It does not deprive
both houses Of quorum before the
necessity for obedience of the law is
fully appreciated. A strict enforce
mont uf the law, with the expulsion
from congress as the penalty, would
soon result in great care being taken
in congressional districts in the sefec-
tior. o; candidates Cor congress and
in very strict regard for the pro-
Iiistics OH the part OF members after
getting In congress. This congress
having to deal with the Roberts case
Will probably feel compelled 10 pre-
serve a moral record such as no con-
Eress before has done and such as no
legislative body In the world is be-
lieved to have reached. The expulsion
of Roberts is almost certain to be
followed by many prosecutions and
some eXpulsions If the moral indiffer-
ence OF past congresses should prevail
in this"
If the agitation against Roberts
shall be the means of cleansing only
partially the national capital of scan
dal It will not have been in vain. But
congressman are seldom as black as
they are painted.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-21
Personal Registration.

AVS THE Philadelphia Press:
~ ON one Of the Scranton
newspapers a writer declares
that no statute or cOnstitu-
tional provision would prevent the
stuffing of the ballot box before the
election begins, as is done in this city.
\ provision for personal registration
would do very much to prevent such 4
crime. It would make the padding of
the voters list practically impossible.
There would be no margin OF names
gainst which to mark bollots for the
purpose of stuffing the boxes. In hun
dreds of divisions names of non-vOt-
assessors list for the use of repeaters
and ballot-box suffers. Personal regis
tration would prevent this"
The reference here is to the recent
letter OF Mr.. Hannah published in The
Tribune. II is possible that the Press
underestimate the ingenuity of the
men who make a practice of pcrpe-
trating fraud at elections. A personal
registration law prevails in New York
city. Does that prevent Tammany
from Colonizing voters and voting
them on fictitious registrations at pre-
cinct after precinct? 1t is not more
difficult to impcrsonate before regis
tration boards than before election
boards. If the corrupt intent exists
at the one place it will probably APP
pear at the other place also; and
where there is a will to be crooked
there is usually to be found a way.
We do not oppose personal registra-
tion; on the contrary, we favor it for
the reason that it tends to make the
average voter less forgetful. But 1t is
not panacea. 1t will not revolution.
ize human nature.
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1t has become quite the fashion in
swell actions for divorce on the ground
of adultery to conceal the name of the
correspondent. Judges hear testi-
mony in chambers. seal the evidence
and keep the entire affair as much as
possible in the dark. No doubt this
is wholesome so far as the nauseating
details are concerned; but is the guilt
of the home breaker not deserving of
at least the penalty of publicity? Is
there no punishment?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-21

opportunities in abundance to work"
Wall street had he been dishonorably
disposed, and had utilized none of
them. Those who assume In the secre-
tarys action an unworthy motive have
nothing hut their own ever ready su3-
plcions 10 offer ms a basis for the as
sumption. The number OF men willing
to believe without proof thnt men OF
personal integrity and good reputation
become, in high Office, corrupt and
venal is fortunately small ecd perhaps
hardly worth considering.
But although Secretary Gage does
not say so, we incline to believe that
re had another motive in offering TO
buy bonds at this particular time. Con-
grcss is soon to meet. 1t will contain
many members whose minds are un-
decided as to the need of currency re-
form. An offer to buy bonds would
do no harm in any event. The govern
ment had the money in reserve TO buy
in $4,000, 900 worth without injury to
any interest; the purchase would
mean nothing worse than a reduction
of the governments debt. and reduc-
ton of ones indebtedness is n wise
move whenever It can be afforded
But beyond this, a demonstration OF
the inelasticity of the present currency
system would be likely to incline to-
ward currency reform many members
of congress who had not realized fully
the need of greater fieXibility in the
secured paper circulation. Hence tn,
object-lesson at this opportune mo-
ment.
1t is significant, in this connection
that published forecasts of the presi.
dents message all predict a straight
out executive recommendation Of cur
rency reform.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-21

Anthony Comstock was taken for a
genuine sport in a New York museum
the other day. Anthony appears to
have considerable fun in the perform
anCe of duty,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-21
TEN PAGES.
SCRANTON, NOVEMBER q, 1922

SCRANTON. NOVEMBER 81, 1929.
.... .......
Admiral Dewey has transferred TO
his wife the home presented to him
by popular subscription. Mrs. Dewey
already had ample wealth and there is
sone disposition to question the pro-
prtety Of the admirars action, but his
reasons therefor are doubtless salts
factory to him. and that is the main
point.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-21

AS we suspected, Secretary Hay had a
trick up his sleeve in the Samoan set
tlement The United States not only
gets all that it wants in way of terri
tory out Of the Samoan group-that is
to say, the island of Tutuila, containing,
in Pago Pago, the finest harbor in the
Pacihc-but it also secures from Ger
many perpetual equality of trading
privileges in the territory taken over
by Germany. With this arrangement
everybody ought to be satisfied.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-21

No one seems anxious to learn any
thing about the opinions of Brother
Brigham Roberts on expansion.