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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-02-28

d. csa-r hair io grow 200 The TAIL Of
horse moi,trn The tail with coal oil
and u,xt day shampoo 30 out wei with
bot water. soap and "a. soda. and att
erNarl moistcu ID We. with one dram
OF bichioride Of mercury ard formal
dehyle and one quart OF water. The
mercury should be dissolved in AGO
boil before mixing with the water.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-02-28

We have for sale a. elegant home ir
Nh, country wi d loo scr Of improved
land cheap. Al hou srun from Rich
mond, aud ana ideal retreat for o tired
business man.
FARMvtLLE FARM AGENCY
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-02-28

II ycu want model farm We have
one to suit YOU. II Is located I'm The
county ~ Cumberland We will take
pleasure il showing 10 10 you.
FAR8iVILLE PARM AaERcY.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-02-28
TROUGHs FOR SHEEP.
How 10 Put ola Fave Troughs to
Good Use without Going 10 n
Cent Of Expense.

Old cave iroughs may De easily made
into feeding trouehs for sheep in The
manner shown 10 tae Illustration.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-25
MISS ELIZABETH GAME.

eight months from suppressed mem
situation, and it effected my entire
system until became weak and debil-
itated, and at times felt that had a
hundred aches in as many places. I
only used the Compound for a few
weeks, but it wrought change in me
which l felt from the very beginning.
l have been very regular since, have no
pains, and find that my entire body is
as if it was renewed. 1 gladly recon-
mend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound to everybody
Miss elizabeth GAME, SO w. Division
St., Fond du Lac, Wis.-S6oo0 forfeit If
above testimonial is not genuine. i
At such time the greatest aid to
nature is Lydia f. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. 1t prepares
the young system for the coming
change, and is the surest reliance for
woman's ills of every nature.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all
young women who are I'LL to
write her for free advice. ADJ
dress LYNN. Mass.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-25

his way from the ship he fell in with
what he imagined to be tattered
mountebanll carrying rife. He
smiled, for the black mans pompous
solemnity was immensely funny. At
once the Negroes face changed.
"You laugh at me! You laugh at
mel" he cried, furiously.
He was a soldier of the republic;
his fingers few to his cartridges, and
the visitor waited for no more, but fled
up the street.
The Haytian soldier needs but the
license of a political strife to lash him
into frenzy. Given political troubles
and modicum of shooting in the
streets, and a man such as we have
just described, with intense irasci-
bility of temper and thousands of
companions like himself, he would be-
come a very perilous and terrible ele-
ment in the general anarchy.
The Haytian army in peace may be
like that upon a comic opera stage;
but, given a war, it would become a
hotbed of tragedy.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-25

nackle and made my cast a moment
later and almost Immediately there
was rush, swirl and a splash and
L was kept busy passing out and
winding in line for the next eight
minutes, and at the end of that
time 1 landed as pretty four-and-
a-half-pound trout as ever you laid
eyes on.
ITO make long story short, I
hshed there all that morning, hard
Iy stirring from my tracks, and 1
had the bank just Uttered with
trout, while that boy with his primi-
tive apparatus fished right alongside
of me and never got a bite. l felt
sorry for him, and he was so serious
and patient about it, too. 1 made
up my mind 1 would give him one
of my rods and a few flies, and as
soon as had gathered up my fish
wondering whether | could carry
them ALL asked him what luck he
was having as a preliminary to my
kind offer.
law, come off, he says. Saw.
you've got more fish than you want
and l can't go home without putting
up some kind of a bluff. S'posen
you sell me quarters worth O.
Them"
81 think" said the judge, dis
gustedly, that there should be linn
its to this sort of thing. chicago
Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-25

ming about for three days tied togeth-
er by the gills. They were just as
Simpson had described them-17 rock
bass, four herring, seven sunfsh, two
perch, bullhead and sinner. Come
down to the boathouse, and III show
them to you"
THAT will be about all, thank YOU"
said the judge.
81 don't see anything so remark
able about that" observed The board
of trade man. I'm willing to be-
lieve it. In fact, 1 do believe it. 1
suppose that every gentle brother of
the angle in the course of his eS-
perience has had extraordinary
things happen to him if his natural
shyness and diffdence did not keep
him from relating them"
81 wish the gentle brothers were
shier," observed the judge.
1t reminds me of a little circum-
at Crystalline, Minn.," said the board
of trade man. There was a trout
stream there that a friend of mine
had reported to be a wonder and I
made up my mind that 1 would have
lot of sport. 1 hadn't been fishing
much of late years and 1 decided
that 1 would do the thing up in
style; so 1 went to a sporting goods
emporium and blew myself freely.
Rods, gaffs, landing nets, spoon
hooks, flies-a whole library of fly
books, bait cans, patent reels, silk
line, fish basket and everything you
can think of. Then 1 got a couple
of neat suits of grass cloth, a pair
of wading boots and an ingenious
kink full of little handy fishing i'm
plements. I wish I'd brought that
outfit here. 1 think it was about the
completest that ever happened.
well, I got down to Crystalline
and the next morning it was me up
bright and early and down to the
babbling brook with the grass-col-
ored rags and the high boots and
an edition de luxe of flies. l found
a likely looking pool and sat down
to joint my rod and fix my line,
when L heard rustic IN the bushes
and there stood small, red-headed
boy looking down at me.
He was about IL years old, I
guess, and his costume was a pair
of baggy knickerbockers, suspend
er and some indications of shirt.
l never saw boy more freckled or
more contemptuous after he had
sized me up. He was fishing, or
about to fish, himself and his outfit
consisted of a peeled willow pole,
line of grocery string, cork float
and a hook.
HE turned away from me with
blighting grin, impaled worm
on his hook and made a cast. I
busked a purple gray and gold
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-25
THE HOME SEEKERS.

Their tents rose on the prairies wide,
A street of tents on either side,
In Kiowa;
By night the harvest moon looked down
Upon a sheeted, ghostly town
In strange array.
Like pilgrims journeyed as of old,
They sought new homes upon the void
In Kiowa-
To plant the seed and reap the grain
On Ok!ahoma's sunny plain
Some future day.
Now in Ell Reno's busy street
The passing group of settlers meet,
With smile and jest,
For good st. GATHERINGS mystic wheel
That brought so much of luck and veal
In swift behest,
A merry scene, a motley throng,
With here frown and there a song,
They come and go;
What hopes and fears in every heart
Within this strange home-seeking mart
None e'er may know.
They follow one alluring word,
The dearest that has Ger been heard
In any cline;
IT'S that of home, where toilers see
Fruition of fair industry,
At vintage time.
The wilderness shall blossom sweet
With fields and gardens fair to greet,
On every side
Mid orchards and the waving grain
May these homesteaders Of the plain
In peace abide.
-Isadore Baker, in Overland Monthly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-25

merchant. "Of course" he resumed
1--WE might possibly have believed that
he caught 80 fish, with a liberal dis
count for immediate credence if he
had had the fish to show for it; but to
come back and say that the string had
broken loose from the boat and he had
lost them all seemed a little too
strong"
1T did, indeed" agreed the judge.
"There is no precedent for letting
more than one fish get away at time.
Testimony introduced to that effect
should at least be supported by the
affidavits of witnesses. This man
offered no material evidence in cor
roboration of his story, l believe"
"He showed the rod he caught 'em
with, told the number, the kind and
the probable weight and offered to lick
any man who said it wasn't So" ex-
planned the leather merchant,
: 81 don't think I would have said any
thing about it myself" said the board
of trade man. I'm sorry he told it"
"I'm not" said the leather merchant,
decidedly. ut was injudicious, per-
haps, but as it happened it turned out
all right. He did catch the fish. I'll
tell you how 1 know it.
I'm nothing if I'm not persevering,
continued the leather merchant. "And
this afternoon l thought I'd try again.
] took minnows and worms and flies,
all three. l thought I'd suit the appe-
tite of the most fastidious fish that
ever wiggled tail if there was tail
wiggling in the lake-which | doubted.
] got out into the middle of the lake,
mark you, put on worm and dropped
in my line and almost Immediately
i felt a well-defned tug at my hook.
] gave the rod jerk, and began to haul
in. OF all the splashing and jerking
every which way you ever saw! 1t ex-
tended three or four feet out. 1
thought I'd got whale, but hadn't.
What do you think had got??"
"a can of salmon, maybe" hazarded
the board of trade man.
at was Simpsons string of 80 fish, Z"
said the leather merchant, impressive
~. "You see, he'd strung me on a
thin line that didn't interfere with
their breathing to any extent and they
were as lively and fresh as if they'd
never taken q hook, let alone swim
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-25
A DELAYED CHRISTENING.
The Family Couldn't Agree on q
Name md the Chaplain
Suggested One.

The following anecdote is from The
Biography of a Prairie Girl" in the
Century. The writer, Eleanor Gates,
has been describing the differences OF
opinion in a Dakota farmers house
mold as to the choice of a name for a
child-differences which have delayed
the christening for several months,
and which the army chaplain had made
the subject of his evening prayer on
his visit to the farm.
When the chaplain stopped on his
return trip he found that the christen-
ing was still agitating the farm house,
the big brothers having formed triple
alliance in favor of Elizabeth, while
the little girls mother was adhering
more warmly than ever to Victoria.
So he spent the evening in renewed
argument and prayer, and offered
Catherine as a compromise. But the
little girls mother attached no i'm
portance to his suggestion, knowing
that Catherine was the name of his
wife.
Before starting for the reservation
in the morning, as he sat upon his pony
with the family in circle about him,
he communicated a notable piece of
news. Some time in June of the com
ing year the good bishop, who was
greatly beloved by the Indians, would
visit the post to marry the generals
daughter to the major. The wedding
would take place in the sod church,
and would be followed by sermon.
And then" added the chaplain,
could come the baptism"
The little girls mother was delight
ed with the idea, and decided on the
spot to delay the baptism until June.
The administering of the rite by the
good bishop would give it a certain
pomp, while his presence would insure
the attendance of every woman on the
plains, and the robe and the shoes
would receive due parade and admira-
ton.
The chaplain, satisfied at having ac-
complished even so little for peace
cantered off, the family looking after
him. But when he reached the re-
servation road he came to a sudden
halt, wheeled sharply, and raised his
hands to his face to make a funnel of
them, All fell into silence and listened
for his parting admonition.
Make it Catherine!" he shouted,
and cantered on.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-25
A Few Fish
Stories

A gle cannot wither nor custom
~ stale their infinite Variety"
quoted the board of trade man as he
famed himself with his hat and ex-
PEELED his breath with half whistle.
But it's true" protested the leather
merchant, drawing up rocker and
sinking into it with a sigh. HE
doesn't look like much of fisherman,
and liar doesn't usually show it-not
if mes much of liar-so l was rather
inclined to disbe 'ieve him myself when
he told me about catching any such
string as that. 1 haven't had 80
bites, let ? .one 80 fish, since I've been
here"
Fish bites, I suppose you mean"
suggested the judge.
Certainly" assented the leather
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-25
KILLS BEAR WITH KNIFE.
Colorado Guide Declares That Presi-
dent ROoseveIps Lesson Saved His

dent RooseveIcs Lesson Saved His
Life.
w. E. Tribble, one of the oldest
guides on the western slope, arrived
at Rifle, Col, the other day from
camp swathed in bandages and
splints and bruised and broken in
body and spirit. He credits President
Roosevelt's lessons in the use of a
hunting knife two years ago with
saving his life.
Tribble had gone out into the
mountains hunting and fishing, and
was caught away from camp without
his rifle by a hungry grizzly, which
disputed his path. Usually bears are
too timid to give fight, but this ami
NAL took the aggressive from the
start, and Tribble had to fall back on
his hunting knife, the only weapon
he possessed. He said of the encoun-
ter:
81 always thought I would be in a
hurry when l met a bear. and he
looked huge and businesslike. 1
creased him and then he came for
me, landed on my left arm and then
scratched my face. l was not long
in getting my knife out then, and
had got over being scared, and I
stabbed him good and straight, right
where Teddy showed us the place,
and Teddy was right, because the
thing rolled over, and | knew he was
mine. I was just getting ready then
to feel my arm hurt and my head
was bleeding badly, when the mate
hove in sight and took her medicine
straight"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-25

women are certainly queer crea-
lures" remarked the old physician.
What is it now?" asked the drug
gist.
why" answered the old pill dis
penser, Il just received a postal card
from woman patient marked Per
sonal.' '-Chicago Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-25
Protect Private Property.

Belgian cities are liable for all dam
age done to private property by riot
ers, and Brussels has accordingly been
ordered by the court to pay $4,000 for
windows smashed during the riots of
1899. The rioting last spring was
much more serious, and larger bill
will have to be met by the city.-Lon-
don News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-25

Edward Cooley the Sunday school sGl-
perintendent announced, has passed the
best examination in Bible study As a re-
ward | will give him for prize any book
he may name. Now, Edward what shall it
be- why" said Edward, pr omptly, I'D
like to have Capt Firetooth. Il the Bloody
Avengers, or Flash o Lightning $ Feud. -
Catholic Standard
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-25

It Worked Well-"Did you ever try to
kill off the mosquitoes with oil?' You
bet we did replied the old farmer. I've
just flooded the marsh with it last year"
How did it work." ooh, it settled the
mosquitoes all right and pretty near took
the house, too. Somebody dropped lignt-
ed match in it. This year we're takn' our
chances with the mosquitoes, not wishin'
to have our fire insurance policy Cancelled.
But there amt no sort O. doubt that it
does the business, if you're thorough
Chicago Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-25

81 don't understand" said the gro
Gerry clerk. ''why Mr.. Publico writes
four capital XXXX's after his name.
What do they mean?"
"Mean a lot" replied Uncle Jim from
the cracker barrel, 'he's eX-justi of
the peace, eX-mayor, ex-senator, and
experienced in politics. Cincinnati
Comercial Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-25
New Order for Women,

King Edward VII. is to establish
a new order, it is said, which will
confer honor on distinguished wom-
en-. Since Baroness Burdett Coutts
received her title, no woman has
been elevated to the peerage be-
cause Of her philanthropic bene3Sc-
tions.-London News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-25

Courtesy Due.-"Why in the world is
old story Cashum told him lust now? I've
heard Brakeman tell it himself a dozen
times, years and years ago" Probably
YOU have, but Brakeman just borrowed a
five from Cashum. Cincinnati Commercial
Trhnne
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-25

Its TERRIBLE to be sleepy so much O de
time said Meandcring Mike. why don't
You go to Sleep fejoined Ploi ing Pete.
You might as we'll" OATS where you're
to sleep. ! might dream | was workin' =
Washington Star
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-25
TO YOUNG LADIES.
From the Treasurer of the
Young Peoples Christian Tenn
perance Association, Elizabeth
Caine, Fond du Lac, Wis.

"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM Il want to
tell you and all the young ladies of the
country, how grateful l am to you for
all the benefits 1 have received from
using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. | suffered for
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-25

An empty pocket j. not always caused
by an open hand.-N. Y Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-25

A joke that requires an explanation is
no joke,-Chicago Daily News
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-25

Wise IS the prophet VINO doesn't bet on
his prediction.-Ch icago Daily News
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-25

Nothing rounds out the pleasures of life
ike circle OF friends.-Chicago Daily
News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-25

The laZer a man is the mere he intends
to do to-morrow.-Chicago Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-25

A cat never cries over spilled milk
Chicago Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-25

The reckless racing automobiles
has been Dubbed the "automan;ac."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-25

Common sense is the genius of our age
Horace Greeley.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-25

The mule always has a kick coming.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-25
A TREASURE CAVE OF RELICS.
Professor OF California University
Believes Caves on mcCIoud River
VIII Yield Geological CuriOs.


So important are the recent discov-
cries of the University of California
geological department in the Lime
stone caves on the McCloud river, in
Shasta, county, Cal, that Prof. John
C. Merriam, head of the palaon-
tology work, will join Student AS
sistant Eustace Furlong, who is on
the scene, digging into the precious
deposits for the bone he has found.
Prof. Merriam believes that Fur
long has discovered a ''fssure cave"
and that to fill this crevice in the
earth has taken thousands of years.
In this case the discoveries will lead
back to an indefinite period, and the
successive layers of soil and gravel
will prove a veritable storehouse of
geological curiosities.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-09-25
Free Delivery weather Warnings.

NIe0 DtIIFtIJ WeHtHbT WHTHIHSss
The rural free delivery postal serv-
ice now places frost and cold wave
warnings in the hands of $4,000 coun-
try families.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-24

The garrison. On arriving, he presented his
sword to me. 1 pointed opposite TO General
Washington at the head of the American
army. and 1 said that the French army. be-
ing auxiliary upon that continent it was to
the American general that he must look for
his orders
There is a mute eloQuence in the very
attitude of yonder statue which speaks of
his accustomed modesty. The outstretched
arm which in life had so often pointed out
the path to victory, is now extended toward
Mount Vernon as if obeying the generous
impulses of the living subjects heart in di-
yerting attention from himself to his illus
trious brother in arms.
& 'Rochambeau left this country crowned
with the laurels of success and the bearer
of every token of recognition which a CRATE
full country could beStow. If he were per
limited to return to earth, he would see in
( the matchless prosperity of the country an
ample YindicatiOn of the principles of gov
eminent for which the battles in America
were fought. He would find that the thir-
/ teen feeble colonies had grown to forty-five
vigorous states; that the 5000 900 of people
had been swollen to So 600 900; that the
population had been strengthened by an in
terweaving of the stoutest fibers of other
nations and nurtured by the best blood of
many lands; that the flag which had once
struggled for bare existence in a few At
! lantic states had moved across a vast con-
tinent and had been planted even in the
opposite ends of the earth. He would find
J here all things changed except the senti-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-24

stay by France, and his end will be the
guillotine. The prophet who should have
foretold such fates as these for that gal
liant company would have been laughed to
scorn. From no men did disaster seem
more distant than from those brave gen.
demen of France on that October morning
and yet the future held for them exile,
prison and the gulotine.
Effect of Our Rebellion.
And it was all inevitable for the Amerf-
can revolution not only made a new ma
tion. but it was the beginning of a world
wide movement. There was something
stronger than government or minister's
than kings or politics, which brought the
French to America.
The Democratic Movement.
ACROSS the square there stands the statue
of Lafayette. He brought no army like
Rochambeau; no fleet like De Grasse He
came by no command of his king. Yet has
he always been nearer to the hearts of
Americans than any man not of their own
people The reason is not far to seek He
came of his own accord and brought with
him the sympathy of France. He represent
ed the new spirit of a new time, the as
pirations the hopes, the visions which had
wrought by Voltaire, Rousseau and the
Encyclopedistes. Purposes of state. calcu-
lat1ons of chances. selfish desires might
guide the French government, but Lafay-
cite was the living embodiment of the SYM
pathy Of the French people for the cause
OF the United States. He came because he
loved the cause and had faith In it, and so
the American people gave faith and love to
him. And this impalpable spirit of the time
stirring strongly but blindly in France was
even then more powerful than monarchs
or cabinets coalitions. In America it
passed for the first time from the world of
speculation to the world of action. There
in the new country, on the edge of the yet
unconquered continent, theory became prac-
tice and doctrines lived as facts. There a
people had risen up declaring that they
We're weary of kings, had fought their own
battle for their own hand and won. The
democratic movement had begun
From America it passed across the sea,
saying to all men that what had been done
in the new land could be done likewise in
the old
Career of the Tri-Color.
1.-THE army of Rochambeau, flushed with
victory. bore back the message with it
and it fell upon listening ears. France had
helped us to liberty and independence and
we had shown her how both were won.
The force which We had summoned they
too evoked, and LANDED Europe, blind to
the deeper meanings of the American war
went to pieces in dull surprise before the
onset of people armed, the makers of a
revolution in which thrones tottered priv
ilege and feudaliSm went down to ruin
and the ancient boundaries of kings faded
from the map. The lilies which had fioated
SO triumphantly in the Virginian air gave
way to the American colorS which French
armies carried in triumph from Paris TO
Moscow and from the Baltic to the Nile.
wiping out forever the petty tyrannieS
which sold men to fight in quarrelS not
their own and clearing the ground fer the
larger liberty and the united nations of to-