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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-11-14

A Clinton county lMo.) newspaper
which advertised recently for can.
vasser, received among other replies
two applications from young men who
said they wanted to enter the circus
business badly.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-11-14

II. T. Mcintyre. ST. Paul, MINI, who
has been troubled with a disOrdered
stomach, says. "ChambeTlain's Stomach
nd Liver Tablets do me more good than
anything have eyer taken. Fo- sale
by The Winston Drug Co.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-11-14

w. A. Herren, of Finch, Ark, writes,
II wish to report that Foley's Kidney
Cure has cured terrible case Of kidney
and bladder trouble that two doctors had
given up" Sold by IL. G. Crute.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-11-14

1t Is wonderful how much faster a
letter doesn't travel after the writer
places "in haste" on one corner Of the
envelonq
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-11-14
THE

VIII open two nights engagement
at the Opera House next Monday
night
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-11-14
For Sale Cheap.

Eight pure Jersey heifers, from one
to fifteen months old; one Poland
China SOW and six pigs pure Brown
Leghorn Cockerels, 80 cents each.
EVERGREEN DAIRY q STOCK FARM,
Rice Depot, Va.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-11-14

1t is said that there are more Irish
men in London than there are in
Dublin, more Scotchmen than in Edin-
burg, that half Of Soho is French, and
the whole Of Saffron Hill Italian.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-11-14

In consequence Of the demolition Of
Newgate, London, It has been decided
to renter in Bow Cemetery the 50
criminals who have suffered the last
penalty Of the law at the Old Bailey.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-11-14

Ethel Barrymore will be seen in Lon
don next season in new play, which
will be written either by Anthony
Hope or Justin Huntley Mccarthy.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-11-14
Take Notice.

There will be no sales Of tobacco In
any Of the Farmvills Warehouses on
Thanksgiving Day, November 9th.
w. p. GILLIAN,
President Tobacco Board.
FRED NJ. BRfGG, Secretary.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-11-14

Arthur Hoops is with Andrew Mack
this season in an important role in Mr..
Mack's latest Irish comedy, "The Bold
SOjer Boy.n
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-11-14

Some men will get out Of bed at I
o'clock in the morning and run to a
fire who can't be induced to get up at :
o'clock TO start one in the furnace.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-11-14
He Could Hardly Get lin.

p. II. Duffy, Of Ashley. Ill. writes:
This is to certify that have taken two
bottles Of Foley's Kidney Cure and it has
helped me more than any other medicine.
/ tried many advertised remedies, but
none Of them gave me any relief. My
druggist recommended Foley's Kidney
Cure, and 1t has cured me. Before COM
mencing its use | was in such a shape
that | could hardly get up when once
down." Sold by III. c. Crute.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-11-14

Samples Of a complete line Of gentle
mans made-to-measure clothing can
be seen at the store Of q. NJ. Walker &
Sons. They are Of latest pattern.
II. ID. COBB, agent.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-11-14
The Best Prescription for Malaria

Chills and Fever is a bottle Of GROVES
TAsTELEss CHILL Tonic. It's simply
iron and quinine in a tasteless form
No cure. No pay. Price 80 cents.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-11-14

Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and
colds; reliable, tried and tested, safe
and sure Sold by II. G, Crute.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-11-14

Ifyou compliment some men they
will never forget you-unless you
overdo the thing by lending them
money.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-11-14

Why pay S. for a shoe when $50
will buy one just as good at Fleming
& Clark's.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-11-14

Wall Paper in greatest variety, both
in prices and styles ofprint, at Doyne's.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-11-14
Treasurer Paulett submitted the fol.
DISBURSEMENTS.
sIsS5


The following accounts against the
town were read, approved and ordered
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-03-20
Owners of the Earth.

Most people know In a general way
that Great Britain is the biggest land
owner on the globe, with Russia for n
good second. Very few, however, could
place offhand the next half-dozen run.
ners. The British empire covers H..
371 ,391 square miles, the Russian en-
pire S,G60,394, the Chinese empire A.
21S,40l, the French republic 3.s21.419.
the United States 3.G0963O, Brazil g.
209,S7S, Argentine republic Its. 195.
Turkish empire 1916, 200, German en-
pire 1,22s,9OO. These nine great pow
ers own over three-fourths of the
world. There are nine other nations
which have each from half million
to million square miles. These are.
Congo Free State 100000, Portugal
S31,09S, Netherlands 795,6iS, Mexico
7G7,o05, Persia 62s,000, Venezuela $685.
DAG, Bolivia 567, 300, Spain 501 ,473, Co
lombia 51392S. The whole OF the fore
going nations comprise seven-eighths Of
the globe. There are some forty others,
with areas ranging from nearly half a
million tPerW to eight square miles
(Monaco).
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-03-20
XoltaIre and the onaker.

1t Is estimated that during the years
that Yoltaire lived at Ferney, near Ge-
neYa. he wrote fourteen thousand let
tiers. many of which the author of
Lake Geneva and Its Literary Land
marks thinks were dinner Invitations.
As "Innkeepef TO Europe" he enter
tanned eyerybody-princes, paupers and
philosophers. authors and travellers.
Most OF his guests approached him
with admiration; Claude Gay. n Phlla-
delphia Quaker, was one exception. lie
felt little eagerness to meet the linn
keeper" and only consented to dine at
Ferney on Voltalre's agreeing to say
nothing irreverent
voltaire kept the compact up to a
certain point, when he loosened the
bride on his tongue at finding that his
his best fiippancies were thrown away
upon the imperturbable Quaker. and lost
his temper completely. Gay was not
in the least abashed. Rising from the
he said. blandly:
Friend Voltalre. perhaps thou may.
est come to understand these matters
in the meantime, finding ! can
do thee no good. leave thee. and so
fare thee well"
voltaire retired In high dudgeon to
his room. The Mortified guests were
struck dumb. with the exception OF
Gay, who walked out of the room and
strolled placidly back TO Geneva. up
borne by his sense of theological right.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-03-20
CAMPS FOR CONSERVATIVES.
open-Air Treatment Being Experi-
neuted With In Roston

open-Air Treatment Being Experi-
mented With in Boston.
The open-ar treat ment for consump-
ton will be applied In an interesting
way IN Boston. The consumptiyes will
be housed In camps composed OF
tents arranged in "A circle around an
opens In fire and surrounded by wall
of duck eight feet high. Each Of these
ten $, says the Transcript, will be a
consumptive's home He will sleep
there, even through the coolest wealth
er. with no other protection than plenty
of felt bankers. felt boots, and a jug
of hot water
The tents are to be made of 12-ounce
duck. and are to be only seven feet
high. with four-foot walls. boxed In
around the bottom foot from the
ground. They will be lined with wealth
er-paper The flaps will open toward
the fire. the tents making n little cir
Gle about a clean gravel court. In the
duck wall which will surround the
whole will be Il single entrance
The people who live there will wear
one heavy suit night and day. Each
of them will take one quick. soapless
bath week. aud will eat three
hearty meals day. with coffee In the
morning aud hot chocolate any time OF
the day or night. Their bill Of fare
! will include milk. eggs. vegetables,
bread and butter and meat-chlefiy
beef. mutton or pork broiled on splits
before the fire. or roasted In the EN-
beers. or boiled down into soup.
This open-air life is expected to cure
them of their disease The method
is the result of experiments made last
winter by a scientist whose name has
not yet been divulged This gentle
man pitched his tent during the cold
est part of a January which was more
than usually cold. and stayed In 1t un-
til the early spring.
"Such a life," he said recently,
quickly fortfes n mans bodily pow
ers, sending him back to ancestral or
wild life. The skin. nails and hair
tougher and thlcken; pulmonary en-.
tarrh stops; bemorrhages cease. A man
becomes insensltive and fearless. All
his energy goes to nutrition. all his
powers are concentrated In building
and repair He falls asleep at twilight
and wakes at dawn. ready to eat In
cidental disaster affects him little; he
changes from dollhouse plant to an
oak"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-03-20
A CURIo IN MONEY.
His Plea that He Didn't Know What
the 500 Bill Was Saved Him.

the 800 Bill Was Saved Him.
Found a whatin exclaimed the re-
corder at yesterdays police matinee
when an officer began to tell how the
prisoner, George McPharr. a Darktown
citizen, found 500 greenback bill
which belonged to Bill Curry. Where
Is that billY'
The bill with big &c" In one corner
and $l00 mark in the other was pass
ed over to the recorder.
Can | have a squirt at that?" the
court clerk asked.
Would like to see it myself re-
marked the fat policeman.
81 am going to suspend court five
minutes" announced Recorder Broyles.
ito let everybody have a peep at the
curio."
Silently the 500 bill was passed
around
Don't let 1t pass that newspaper re-
porter called out the recorder. 1T
may give him fit, but he should not
let the opportunity of a lifetime go by"
"Now, George" the recorder said to
the finder, the officer says you found
that fortune and knew it belonged to
Bill Curry and instead of giving it to
the owner you tried to get 1t changed. 4"
Il nebbcr knowed perzactly whut
hit wus, Jedge Brllcs," explained the
prisoner. Il nebber seed sech cz dat
In mer Dawn life berfore."
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-03-20

had either been lost or were never pro-
vlded. In the beginning of the winter
of 1854, the condition of the hospitals
was frlghtful. Miss Nightingale vol
unteered to go to the front. was ae-
cepted and six days later left with 81
nurses to take charge of the English
hospitals In the Crlmea. The labors Of
an entire winter were devoted to the
hospitals at Scutaria; In the spring she
crossed the Black Sea to Balaklaya,
where she reorganlzed the camp hospi-
tails, and where her labors were nearly
At the close of the war she returned to
England but, dreading the publicity
of an appearance In London, passed
through the capital at night and went
TO her home In the country. The ma
ton was ready to do her any honor,
but nothing would she accept save vol
untary contributions for school for
nurse training, which. under the name
of the Nightingale Home was estab-
lshed In London by popular subscrip-
lions amounting to more than 100000.
During the American civil war she
was In constant correspondence with
the Medical and Hospital Departments
ut Washington. When the Franco
Prussian war broke out, her good Of.
fees were freely rendered and many of
the most excellent features Of the camp
and army hospitals of both Germans
and French were due to her influence
with the crown princess OF Prussia
and the titled French ladies, who la.
bored in the hospital service.
For many years she has been an In.
valid, but her sufferings. at times In
tense, do not apparently lessen her ca
paclty for work, nor impair her natural
amiability Of disposition. The dislike
for notorety, the conspicuous feature
of her character In early life, has
grown upon her until she shuns So
ciety and now receives only personal
and Intimate friends. She Is wealthy
in her own right, has an elegant house
In the west end Of London, but prefers
the country.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-03-20
GODDESS OF THE HOSPITALS.
Florence Nightingale Is Spending Her
Inst Years in Suffering.

Florence Nightingale Is spending heF
Last Years in Suffering.
The 18th birthday of Florence Night
ingale was informally celebrated at her
home In London recently. Her friends
wanted to make 1t a public demonstra-
ton. but Miss Nightingale's adherence
of notoriety is such that they could not
carry out their plans.
Florence Nlghtingale's beautiful life
Will ever remain as one of the noblest
chapters of English history. Born in
luxury. educated in the best schools of
Europe instead of finding pleasure In
balls dances and social gatherings, she
took especial satisfaction in visiting
almshouses and hospitals. Whenever
she heard one of her fathers tenants
was sick, she stralghtway went to the
house of the sufferer with medicines
and delicacies. nor were her charitable
efforts confined to her fathers estate,
for the people of many villages In
Hampshire and Derbyshire still tell
stories of the kindness of the young
girl who gave up a life of pleasure that
she might do something to leave the
world better than she found II.
Before reaching her Dist birthday she
had resolved that there was need for
reform In the care of the sick and ac-
cordlngly studied. In the finest hospi-
tails of England. France and Germany,
to be a professional nurse. At the age
of 80 she took charge of a sanitarlum
In London.
Then came the Crimean Wharf.-The
most stupendously mlsmanaged CAM
paigL recorded In modern history. The
commissarlat, the clothing and the
medical departments were equally In
competent. Soldiers starved while ship.
loads of provisions lay at anchor 10
sight of the camps. went about shoe
less and half naked. while cargoes
of military boots and uniforms were
shipped back to England; died by thou
sands because proper medical supplies
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-03-20

sometimes spelled, was the most beau
tiful girl of the Wabashas, division
of the Sioux tribe. She was desperately
in love with a handsome young Sioux,
renowned for his archery and his ac-
complishments as a huntsman, but her
parents wished her to wed warrior OF
another tribe. Finding that her pro-
tests were in vain, she ran away from
the parental tepee. The warrior who
had been chosen by her parents to be
her husband pursued her toward the
father of waters, and the maiden, see
ing that escape was impossible, climb
ed to the top of Maiden Rock and,
leaping into the great stream beneath,
was seen no more. This rock Is land
mark on the western shore OF Lake
Pepln, which is merely an enlargement
Of the Mississippi River. between St.
Paul and Winona.
In Miss Kimball's statue the girl Is
represented as standing upon the rock,
ready for the fatal leap. With her right
hand she shields her eyes from the sun,
while taking last sad look at the land
she loves so well, while in the other
hands she grasped tightly her bow and
arrows. She is clad in dress of deer
skin and her feet are encased In moe
necklace OF shells and wampum. Her
wealth of hair Is combed straight back,
reaching to the waist In double braid.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-03-20

experience that the most effective way
of preventing disease and curing the
sick is by proper food and by the use
of uncooked food. Disease Is usually
the result of a disordered stomach, and
nine out of every ten people you meet
in the street have got dyspepsia.
my ordinary dinner Is as follows:
1.-TWO eggs beaten up with honey.
1.-TWO slices of whole wheat bread.
-Four figs.
Five prunes.
give dates.
"Four English walhuts.
1.-TWO glasses of water.
"a man can have ample food on ST. 10
n week, or % cents day. The truck
drivers doing the hardest work can live
on that amount as well MS the lawyer
or broker or men doing mental work.
On such diet men would enjoy life
and the death rate would be cut down
80 per cent"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-03-20
The plaint of the Authors.

"What has become of the lady
Who gave us TO Have and to Hold.
OF which million copies
Were printed and bound and sold?
"What's happened 10 David Harum'?
Who's reading that story now?
Who remembers Richard Carver P
Oh. what did he do and how?
"Ah. where is dear little Bertha
And her Helmet of Navarro?
Perhaps they survive, but they're keep
ing
Well out of sight. If they are.
And oh, was there not story
Called Alice of Somewhere say1
1t was hailed as the greatest ever
Who's reading that tale to-day?
They're gone with the Robert Ellis.
meres
And 'Trlbys' to dusty gloom
People turn to the counters, eager
To give something else boom.
alas for our masterpieces
The sorrowing authors cry;
"rhey bring us the wealth of Midas.
And forever forgotten lie!"
Chicago Record Herald
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-03-20
5roRbF5

There is a cave on the Jorend ford,
Norway, from which at every change
Of the weather flashes of lightning is
sue.
In Gettysburg Park there are about
500 monuments. In addition TO this pa
triotic ornamentation there are 225
mounted cannon and over 200 monu-
mental tablets.
A Turk holds that the day begins
exactly at sunset. AT that time he sets
his clocks and watches at the hour of
IL. watch which could run for
weeks without gaining or losing IA min
ute would be of no special value to the
Turk.
The Russian Empire contains more
than sixty-fye independent racial
groups. 1t Is verltable tower Of
Babel. Even with the omission of 81
IBERIA and Central Asia there remains
in Russia in Europe and the Caucasus
alone forty-slx independent peoples.
Rhode Island made Iron soon after
It's settlement In 1886, certainly at Paw
tucket and elsewhere as early as 1915.
when forge at Pawtucket, erected by
Joseph jerks, Jr., was destroyed by
the Indians in the Wampanoag war.
as well as other iron works and infant
enterprises.
Ribbon makers on the continent say
that their industry has suffered great.
ly because of the popularity of the bl.
cycle. Women who ride the machine
wear hats which have no other trim
ming than the single band. generally of
black, and the picture hat Is adorned
with feathers, to the exclusion of rib
bons.
Arab music has been described as the
singing of prima donna who has rup-
tured her voice in trying to sing duet
with herself. Each note starts from
somewhere between a sharp and ii fiat.
but does not stop even there. and splits
up into four or more portions, of which
no person can be expected to catch
more than one ut time.
When a cargo of bananas arrives at
New Orleans or Mobile, the ripe fruit Is
sold at once TO local dealers, while the
green punches are sent northward by
a special train. AS it proceeds. the
train slowly dwindles. for sections of
1t are dropped ut this point or that
and sent off in various directions. until
finally 1t is broken up altogether, and
the last car is sidetracked ut some
town in the far Northwest.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-03-20

The necessity OF remodeling the
White House and thereby changing in
arrangement temperance of a building
which the American people would much
dislike to see altered may possibly be
avoided by plan now before Congress
1t Is proposed to erect an office build
Ing for the President and his executive
staff. 1t was certainly the intention of
the government that the White House
should be the Presidents home, and
that 1t has always been; but it has
come to be also his office. The space
required for office purposes now en-
croaches ON that needed for domestic
purposes. The erection Of a suitable
building few hundred yards away
seems reasonable and effective rene
dy.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-03-20
THE BEAR REMEMBERED.
Woodlands Former Pet Would Not
Do Him Harm.

Woodman's Former Pet Would Not
DO Him Harm.
/ That beasts are sensible of Kindness
aud remember il is proved by many IN
teresting incidents. The following from
The Home Monthly is a pleasant Illus
tration Of benefits unforgotten;
A woodsman who was fond of pets
found young cub bear in the woods
half.f9ozen and nearly starved, Its
mother having probably been Killed by
hunters.
lie took the little orphan home with
him. and it soon became rs playful ana
aiTectionate rs a kitten. Every night
he had a romp with ii on the floor of
his cabin. and upon his return from his
laws work in the woods the cub would
greet him with the uncomfortable de-
tight that an afTectionate dog displays
when his master comes home.
But as the bear grew older its Wild
nature began TO assert itself. In spite OF
Is fondness for its benefactor, until
finally one day II disappeared in the
woods aud did not return.
The man hunted long and carefully
for his pet searching every nook and
rav!ne for miles about his cabin, but
without success.
Two or three years afterward he was
going through the woods to his work.
nnarmed and without even his ak,
which he had left the night before at
the place where he was chopping. AS
he was passing through heavy growth
Of young evergreens an enormous fe-
male bear rose mp before him. Behind
her were two cubs, and the mother was
furious at having been disturbed. and
mad with fear for the safety of her
young.
The chopper was utterly without
means of defense, and even before he
had time to realize the extremity OF his
position the bear was upon him. But
Just as she reached him a complete
came over her. Instead of at
lacking him she began licking his hand
and rubbing affectionately against him.
She was his longlost pet and had not
forgotten him.
When he had recovered from his
fright sufficiently TO go on toward his
work the bear went too. and for more
han a mile she followed him. Then
feeling, apparently, that she had done
Ill that courtesy and her sense of graft
Jude required. she left him and went
back to her cubs.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-03-20
DIR. Abbott and Baseball.

BY n ludlcrous mistake a notice from
the captain of the Harvard University
baseball team was sent TO the Rev. DR..
Lyman Abbott. Doctor Abbott Is one
of the university preachers, and his
name appears in the catalogue next
to the baseball player for whom the
summons was intended. The card he
received read.
Il. Jones is anxious to have you come
out for fall baseball practice"
Doctor Abbott sent the following let
ter to DIR. Eliot, President of the Uni
versity:
Dear DR.. Eliot: am very much
gratified to find from the enclosed pos
tai card that have been selected for
the fall baseball squad Do you sup
pose my work as university preacher
Will Interfere with this latest appoint
ment?
Moreover. | am not quite sure that
my record and standing as an under
graduate makes me eligible for the
nine. Do you suppose Captain Jones
has looked this matter up thoroughly
before selecting me? should be ex-
tremely sorry to have any suggestion
of professionalism attach itself to the
nine for the coming season through my
selection, and | should like to have the
manager and the captain understand
that ! am quite ready 10 withdraw
from the squad II IL is for the best In
terest Of Harvard athletics that |
should do so.
Il should have preferred to be In
football.
yours sincerely. Lyman Abbott"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-03-20
WlNONA.

Statue of the Indian Maiden Who
Figures in Pathetic Legend.
There will soon be erected in Central
Park. at WinOna. Mimi. splendid
fountain, the most prominent feature
of which will be a bronze figure OF
maiden representing the beautiful In
dian girl after whom the city was
named. The statue is the work of Miss
Isabel Moore Kimball, an Iowa girl. IL
will stand on a base of forty feet In
diameter. making it one of the largest
in the country.
The name 81 Winona is associated
with one of the prettlest OF Indian
legends. Winona, or Weenonah. as II Is