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The times., 1901-05-05
USED AS A CONVENIENCE.
A Woman's Courtesy 10 Male Ac.
qnaintaBce Explained.
(From The indianapolis News,

\ baShful young man who rides on the
College Avenue line was surprised and
pleased the other evening on entering q
street car to see a young woman of his
acquaintance beckon him to seat be-
side her. He had long admired her, in
common with the other women of his ac-
quaintance but his bashfuIness had pre-
vented their acquaintance from ripening
beyond the formal stage. He hastened to
take the seat she indicated and do his
best 10 be agreeable. She introduced him
TO man beside her, who, she said, was
visiting in indianapolis. He felt more
plea sed and complimented than ever
The young woman told him the visitor
lived in a Southern city, which she nam
ed and said some very complimentary
things about the young man to her friend
by way of introduction. The baShfui
young man began to suspect himself Of
some importance in the social life Of IN
dianapolis and by the time Washington
Street was reached he was in fine glow
OF self-complacency. mingled with admi-
ration for the young woman.
AS she and her companion rose to leave
the car she told him in an aside that she
regarded the meeting as so fortunate be-
cause her visitor. noticing the freedom
with which colored people use the street
cars in Indianapolis, was in such dread
for fear negro would SIT down beside
him that she had found IT 1ecessnry 10
call some one else TO the vacant seat IN
order to prevent such a catastrophe. The
young man has ever since been reducing
the estimate of his Importance In Indian
apols society, made when he was on
the way down town on that street car
The times., 1901-05-05
NO TEARS FOR BIG CHARLEY. -
Circus Men Not Grieved over the Bad
Elephants Death.
(From Tie New York Evening Post.)

(From the New York Evening Post)
That circus men of different travelling
shows keep well in touch with each other
while on the road was evident on Thurs
day evening when a telegram from Peru.
IEd reached the menagerie at the Madi-
son Square Garden ahead of the press des-
patches. IL read. Big Charley killed
huffman This afternoon. That finished
.Rig Charley. The elephant had thrown
his keeper into "A river and then crushed
him To death under water.
He was a dirty. ordinary, nO-account
elephant said Bin Emory. the train
er III he's landed on me with that trunk
of his once. he's done it a dozen times.
and every time il left its mark. That's
when he was one of the original country
quadrille eight with this show He had
Ad. torepaugh best. Ad give him up.
and when Ad give up an elephant you
could take your oath he was sure bad.
THAT didn't stop the other circus from
buying him, though. They paid good
money for him, and when he went told
him ] wasn't sorry bit. They had 10
buy Huffman away from us TO take care
of Big Charley Nobody else could ham
die HIM He'd alre Iiy killed f1tr men.
and as there WASH anyone left TO teho
to him, why, they just IA" 20 MI r'ii'
Serves him right.
There was trouble today when the
keeper tried TO get the hippopptnmus cut
6f his tank The keepers fought him with
carriage whips. The big animal refused To
come. and the employees witnessed a P"r-
Torrance not on the programme before
the tank was empty.
The noise about the hippopotamuS
quarters alarmed the lioness. who Is the
proud mother OF three six-weeks-Old cubs.
For "a time il was feared that she wouid
Kill her offspring and her cage had to be
darkened to quiet her
The times., 1901-05-05
ORIGIN OF FAMILIAR PHRASES
Many of Them Coined From Very Pc.
cuIfar Events
(From the Savannah News }

To feel in apple-pie order is phrase
which dates back to Puritan times-to q
certain Hepzibah Morton. II seems that
every Saturday she was accustomed 10
bake two or three dozen apple pies which
We're to last her family through the com
ing week. These she placed carefully on
her pantry shelves, labeled for each day
of the week, so that Tuesdays pies might
not be confused with Thursdays. nor
those presumably large or intended for
washing or sweeping days eaten when
household lab9rs we're lighter Aunt Hep
zibahs "apple-pie order" was known
throughout the entire settlement, and or
ielnated the well known saying.
IT was once customary in France, when
a guest had outsayed his welcome for
the host TO serve cold shoulder Of NUT
ton instead of hot roast. This was the
origin of the phrase, '"ro give the cold
shoulder.
None shall wear feather but he who
has killed Turk was an old Hunga-
rian saying, and the number of feathers
in his cap indicated how many Turks the
man had killed. Hence the origin of the
saying with reference to a feather in one s
cap.
In one of the battles between the Rus
slams and Tartars private soldier of
the former cried OUT Captain, I've
caught Tartar!' Bring him along.
then answered TIE officer Il can't for
he won't let me-, was the response. Up
on investigation it was apparent that the
captured had the captor by the arm, and
would not release him. So. Catching a
Tartar is applicable TO one who has
found an antagonist too powerful for him.
That far from elegant expression, ito
kick the bucket" is believed TO have orig
mated IN the time of Queen Elizabeth.
when a shoemaker named Hawkins COM
mitted suicide by placing a bucket on a
table in order to raise himself high enough
TO reach the rafters above, then kicking
away the bucket on which he stood. The
term coroner is derived from the word
''corpf-connor," which means corpse in
spector
Hes a brick" meaning a good fellow,
originated with a king of Sparta-Age-
silaus-abopt the fourth century B. G. A
visitor at the Lacedaemonian capital was
surprised TO find the city without walls
or means of defense, and asked his royal
host what they would do in case of an
invasion by foreign power. Dor" re-
piled the heroic king why, Sparta has
fifty thousand soldiers, and each man is
a brick"
When the Horse Guards parade in St
James Park, London. there is always a
lot of boys on hand to black the boots of
the soldiers, or do other menial work
These boys, from their constant attend
ance about the time of the guard mount
ing, Were nlcknamed THE Blackguards, "
hence the name "blackguard. Deadhead
as denoting one who has free entrance 10
places OF amusement, comes from Pom
peii where the checks for free admission
were small ivory deaths heads. Speci-
mems of these are in the museum at
Naples
The times., 1901-05-05
NATIVES OF SOUTH AFRICA.
Tribes That Find Small Favor With
the English.
(From the Monthly Review.)


Some Englishmen call the natives of In
dia -'niggers. with an emphatic adjec-
tive often prefiXed. Persons of this kind
with the same exquisite accuracy and the
races of South Africa ''niggers'' also
Some persons are neither wiser nor bet
| ter bred than the Beers, who habitually
refer TO the natives as black cattle or
black trash The fact is that the ma
! tiVes arMneither negroes nor black. The
abOrigineS appear to have been bushmen.
who are dingy yellow color. These have
been pressed southwark and broken up
into scattered communities by invading
peoples of Bantu stock. The HottentOtS
are believed 10 be of mixed bushmen and
Bantu descent. In physical Characters
ties they resemble the bushmen; and they
speak tonggse like theirs full of clicks
and like theirs in grammatical construc-
tiOn.
To the similarity Of grammatical con-
StructiOn. however, there Is one imDOr-
tant qualification. The bushman language
is that primitive type which mas no ger
ders while the HOttentOt language is sex
denoting. The Bantus of eastern and
central South Africa are generally divided
into two great peoples known genericaliy
- lne Bechuana and the ZuiuS. To these
two peoples IL do not attempt here an
enumeration Of the various tribes) the na-
tive inhabitants of the Transvaal and the
Orange River colony chiefly belong
though there are isolated communities OF
bushmen. Soft Is their speech and pleas
ant to the ear, fulI OF Vowels and devoid
of the. clicks and harshness OF the bush
man dialects.
Though they are not negroes. they are
prolific. and thrive, as the negroes too
thrive in the presence of civilization
Hence they are likely to remain a perma-
nent element of the population. and an
increasing rather than diminishing ele-
ment.
The bushmen are hunters at a relative
ly low level OF savaseFy. but furnished
with the bow and possessed Of considera-
bic artistic power. Far Inferior 10 them In
the latter respect. the Bantu tribes are
otherwise much further advanced They
are pastoral and warlille peoples. living
under, the government OF chiefs In COM
munitles organized on patriarchal basis
The times., 1901-05-05
Complications Looming Up.

II begins TO look as If the Administration were
going to have no end OF trouble with the tariff
problems Selfish interests making new al
liances, and new aignments of factions are
promised II is now hinted that the sugar and
tobacco growers cannot lend their support 10
the Ship Subsidy bill il the friends of the
latter permit Cuban and Philippine products 70
come into competition with their own products.
The inference is left that the sugar and to-
baccO growers might lend the friends Of the
Ship Subsidy bill a helping hand II they could
receive substantial aid in return. Over against
the sugar, tobacco, and fruit interests are the
syndicates that want TO use Cuba and the Pililp-
pines for their own exploitation.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-05-03
WAYS OF THE SHEEP.
In Many Respects the Most Interest
Ing, as Well as the Most Profit
able, of Farm Animals.

The sheep is most interesting and
entertaining animal. 1t has interro-
eating eyes, careful step and a plead
Ing voice.
Innocence shines in a lambs face.
peace and harmlessness live in his in
telligent eyes.
Quick to discern danger, the sheep is
often unwiss In his movemsnts to
hvoid it.
Proud Of her offspring. the experi-
enced eve proves her devotion and ma
ternal affection by keeping it near her
side when passing through strange
gates.
The sheep appreciates generous at
tention and manifests his fondness of it
by smiling at the feed basket.
There is a strange affinity between
the sheep and the dog. Although the
latter sometimes dimes on an innocent
lamb, where the dog has been intelli-
gently trained he will evince a most re-
anxiety for the welfare ofhis
friend. Frequently do
hey play together for hours without
mourning each others dispieasure. To
10 this the dog must exercise more in
.eiHgenee than the sheep.-Farmers'
Voice.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-05-03
How to Prevent black Ier

The cause of black leg" in cattle
Is the bacillus anthracis, a vegetable
organism. This bacinus establishes
the diseases known as anthrax. which
occurs in various forms. such as splenio
apoplexy, gloss anthrax. carbuncular
erysipelas, etc. The term black leg
is used for the disease occurring in
young, thrifty cattle, because on skin
ming the affected quarter the flesh is
black. Remedies. as a rule. fail. Your
only plan is to use preventive meas
ures. Usually when one animal il
affected others follow, unless means
to prevent further infection are used
and as the disease is fatal as a rule.
quick action is called for. Remove
all two-year-olds and under from the
pasture where disease started.-RuraI
World
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-05-03

horses sufficient liberty to step about
and to lie down and getup. The shack
les should be put on horse a week
before putting on sharp shoes. so
as to get the horse accustomed TO them
that he may not hurt himself. Self
calking is about the only injury to be
feared from using shack,es. II is best
to use them on horses only in the day
time at first. Shackles should be Of a
strong strip tied around each leg above
the ankle joint. Use light but strong
chain about u inches long with a small
ring attached to each end to pass strap
through. A double leather strap for
coupling instead of a chain may be
used if preferred-Louis Olsen, in
Farm and Home.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-05-03
Harness Gnes NH H..

whenever a horse is sold the har-
ness in which it has been used to
working ought always to 20 with the
bargain. No two harnesses fiji alike.
especially where the pressure comes
on the shoulder or neck in drawing.
The skin under the old harness has
ben gradually toughened bv the
pressure on one spot. But with the
new harness the pressure is shifted.
1t may be only an inch or two. but IL
comes where the skin is tender and
will quickly break when exposed to
the collar. If the whole harness can
not go, be at least sure to secure the
collar with any new horse purchased.
so the animal can work without, be-
ing tortured. The collar once used
Tor one horse ought never to be used
for another.-Midland Farmer.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-05-03
Eggs in the Early snr,pr

Eggs have brought good prices this
winter, and they give more profit in pro.
portion to the cost Of the materials en-.
tering into their composition than any
other animal product on farms. II the
flock is large and but few eggs are Sc
cured, it may be due either to too much
grain, a lack Of animal food or 10
having too many hens for the space oc.
cupied. II is a mistake to keep more
fowls thar can be accom- r'odated
simply TO wait for the warm weather 81
spring for them to begin laying. Cut
out all the Improbable members Of the
flock.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-05-03
Then the Earth Ynwned.

Mr. lie jocks Well, Miss Coldcash,
l suppose you received a good many
birthday cards?
Miss Coldcash (sweetly) Oh, yes;
and there was one particularly dainty
and artistic. / am sure it came from
you.
Mr.. lie Jecks (delightcd)-What
makes you think so?
Miss ldcash-Because ! sent IL to
you on your last birthday.-1it-Bits.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-05-03

"Sfiss Goldby hattahed me vewy
much yestahday,' said Freddie
Hayrebrane.
Indeed? ?"
"Ya-as She told ne that VIXEN ]
came out on the stage in ouab private
theatwicals / looked good enough to
eat"
"Well, that is substantially what she
remarked TO me. She said your face
was like a boiled lobster."-Leslie's
MeeklY.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-05-03
NOTICE TO AIR..

All communications Of a private na-
ture-noto o. public interest. obituaries
exceeding ten lines. memorials. tributes
OF respect ana resolutions Of organiza
tons or corporations will be charged
or at the rate of five cents per line
when published in the HERALD. Posi-
lively no deviation nor exception will
be made.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-05-03
TO PREVENT KICKING.
dow to Cure Horses OF Vicious
Habit That Usually IL tic Direct
Result of IdIeness.

Kicking In the barn is generally done
by horses kept idle too long or be-
cause Of viciousness. Severe injury
may result. especially In winter when
rOrses are kept sharply shed. The il
lustration shows how TO prevent kick
ing. Put shackles on each of the hind
egs and chain them together. Give
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-05-03


wonderfully successful in promptly curing
lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou.
bles and Brights Disease, which is the worst
form Of kidney trouble.
Dr.. Kilmer's Swamp-ROOt IS not rec
commended for everything buff you haze kid
ney, liver or bladder trouble It will be found
just the remedyyou need. Ithas been tested
in so many ways, in hospital work, in private
practice, among the helpless too poor 10 pur-
chase relief and has proved 50 successful in
every case that special arrangement has
been made by which all readers Of this paper
who have not already tried it, may have a
sample bottle sent free BY mail, also book
telling more about Swamp-Root and how to
find out ifyou have kidney or bladdertrouble.
Wnen writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper and flF0~
send your address 10 ,-1I--ssss,, le-lss1 -,
Dr.. Kilmer & Co, Bing- ,1--li ..sal.l.s.
hamton, N. Y. The TX - ~. ELI Z. II 70
regular fifty cent and Home Of sWamp-I,oo,
dollar sizes are sold BY all good druggists.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-05-03

"Why don't you get up and de-
nounce the trusts?"
I'm afraid to-" answered the bust
ness man. 1T might hurt my fnan-
cial standing. Everybody will take
It as a sure sign that don't own
stock in any of them."-Washington
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-05-03

You walk the floor at night and fret-but
waltz
The one you carry viii as sure as Fate.
Walk with his child. cen as your father
did
Relentless Time avengcs soon or iatel
Chicago Times-Herald.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-05-03

Her eyes We're dreamy and it gave
His Jealous heart a shock;
But she unused not on other men
Her thoughts were Of frock.
-ChlcagO Rlcnrl.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-05-03
FARMERS ATTENTION!

Thinking, Va, Jan. Is, 1901.
The Armour Fertilizer Works
Gentlemen:
In reply to your favor Of recent date
Will say that my tobacco viii CHI took the
S"eePstake premi um at the Farmville Fair
tASt 1aI1, was raj sed wi tn Armour 8 Tobacco
special FERTILIZER and Bone Meal the land
upon Will Oh this tobacco was raised had no
manure upon it whatever. There were more
tAan three hundred samples competing for
en1s premium I consider your fertilizers
'-c!ass and expect to them exclu-
'''0 '"ls season. Yours truly,
E. Cralle stokes
F0RSi
H. BARROW q CO., Famville, Va
j. r. WEAVER Rice Depot Va
f. T. fLlPPEN & BRO. Cumberland H. Va
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-05-03
A Health Resort
AT Home.

lh're Is something very depress.
my IA staying az some Sanitarlum or
neai - resort. where ones companions
are fellow sufferers, and where Inc con.
N'isaiion naturally turns 10 the all.
meniS of "ne'~ self or Of others.
Avoid ihi-. a. well as he expense Of
i,malnirg. 10y trying The Cnmpound
oxygen irea ment Investigate and
learn WHO have been cured. and what
heN say of Compound Oxygen. You
can ne i,ra'ed AZ our otlic-, or yau can
use TIE ~ me Treatment M your own
nome. Consultation free Send for
free book.
DT. SlA5KEY y PALEE,
I'D l.L-.rl IL ILlLuL.I.I.i. ID.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-05-03

cures made by DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney. liver
and bladder remedy.
Ii is the great medl-
caltriumph Of the nine
teenth century; dis
covered after years Of
scientific research by
DR.. Kilmer, the emf
nent kidney and bad
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-05-03
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK ?
KidAey Trsublc Makes You Miserable,

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure 10 know Of the wonderful
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-05-03


me trustees are proud of the record Of thi.
school under the management Of Priucipal
\. &. Siarke and his cO-workers. They ne.
SIRE 10 develop 10 still more a. part Of the
iunilc school system Of the Farmvillc lis
Ilcl II VIII De continued in AN grades for
me iull session OF nine months.
THE HIGH SCHOOL is intended TO pre-
pare our boys and girls for College anu Uni
Nerslty, or for life
me Trustees are glad that 10 is "a part of
me pubic school work OF lie district and
intend that 10 shall be 20 conducted as 10 be-
" crcdii 20 the district and % great saving of
expense 10 those that avail themselves rr
the advantages % offers
owing 10 the fact that the High school Is
- department Of The Public =. lo0I. m~fruc-
ION IT, 10 can be obtained for t.c f,, oi y 30
per month.
LESS THAN s23 A SESSION.
sustain IT, and build up what Will he
leip ana credit TO the community
L.J. NERSER,
y. COX,
W.PAULtTr.
school Trustees Farmvi.le isfrict
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1901-05-03
FarnViIle Graded
AND
High School.


RICHARD VI. SMITH, NJ. 4. University Of
Val ~ ID Leipsicl, Principal and conduc-
tor Of High school.
MISS FANNiE SMIrHsON, graduate State
female Normal School.
Miss MAuDE GRAY, graduate State Female
Normal school
Miss LOUIE MORRIS, graduate state Female
Normal school
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-01-31

1t is more than.probable that the stu
alton in South Africa is more critical
for the British than is permitted to ap-
pear. Lord Kitchener is VIGOROUSLY
unfriendiy to newspaper reporters and
will scarcely allow them to send news
of no strategic significance His rigid
censorship may be trusted to prevent
the publication of anything unfavora-
bic so far as it can be prevented. The
reports from Cape Town are beyond
his Jurisdiction, though probably not
beyond his influence, which would nat
urally be expected to make them as
optimistic as possible. Thus when
grave danger of general uprising
among the Cape Dutch is reported the
reports are likely to mean even more
than they say. = r - - - "A. 49,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-01-31
Monthly Sale.

The regular monthly sale of the E.
Mark Live Stock company will take
place as usual on the first Saturday Of
next month, Feb. 2, and arrangements
are being made to keep this sale fully
up to, the standard. There will he
horses of every weight, color and
breeding, TT for all kinds of work,
sleds, wagons, cutters, buggies, har-
ness, farm machinery, etc. Special at
tention will be paid on this date to the
purchase Of cattle, sheep and hogs
brought to this market and the compa-
ny guarantees to pay the highest mar
ket price forall that is brought in, or
will accept it in trade for anything Of
fered at the sale. The spring season
is almost here and this is a good time
to buy whatever you need. The COM
pany's terms are most liberal so don't
let the lack of cash keep you away.
And above all don't forget the date
Saturday, Feb. 2, blizzard or chinook.
ID. MARK LIVE STOCK co.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-01-31
1t GirdIeS The Globe.
ERIKSONVILLE.

F. Berglin was the only bidder
for the mail route from here to
Vineland.
Mr.. Orton, from Vineland, came
down this week to run the engine
for the sawmill. .---=@s .......*-
Alf. Larson, from Bertrand,
Neb., is here clearing his land and
he intends to build house as soon
as the sawmill is started :
AS, Edith postoffce is discontin:
ued after to-day, the people in
that neighborhood are instructed
to have their mail directed to
Jacksonville postohice.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-01-31
OPSTEAD.

Peter Sehlin is busy these days,
logging.
G. w. Freer made a trip to
Princeton and Mora this week on
business.
Robt. Burch has been here for a
few days, looking after his log
ging interests.
It is fine weather for logging.
The roads are fine and the logs are
going in lively.
Tom Page and e.. w. Freer will
commence logging next week; they
will put in some less than a million.
Mr.. Haglund, who bought in
Sec. two, has finished his house
and has gone to move his family
here. Ill.
The new saw mill at Cedar lake
is running now. They are doing
good work-better than good
many larger mills. - 49,
We understand that Haglund
Bros. have bought the Peter An
derson place at Eastwood, togeth-
er with the stock and farming
TOOLS. - :
Tom Page did a fine Job of de:
horning on G. W. Freer's stock
last week. If you want any work
in this line call on Tom if<y1olu
want slick job. m szss.., ~
Fred Montgomery was in town
his-week. He has bought-a span
Of mules Of A.. G. Mcintyre and
expects to rip up the sod in grand
shape this spring on his farm. y
G. w: Freer has sold the Wal
ter place to Tom and Oliver John
son of Latimer, Iowa. They have,
commenced work on their land.
These are two more good settlers
for our3town. o.
Fred suckow is hauling red oak
logs to.IaWrence to have them