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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-01-03
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TRUE-HEARTED NAN


II NAY not be much Of a story III
those Who like to read about pei
PIE that are rich and raised aboR
common life and IT'S necessities. II
the comedy and tragedy of life are Mt
in the wake Of money however, 30
Nan had story as well as bright
brown hair and red checks.
Born on a northern Kentucky firm,
with perhaps two full years sclool-
ing in her life. married at fourtee, to
escape a crudg'ng stepmother. Md
owed at fifteen with a babe of afew
months, it may be seen that Nah at
five and twenty. was well aware That
there were such things in the World
as poverty, suffering, struggle. good
and evil, imporiunate lovers and
faithless friends.
Something awoke in her then. It
was probably because Of the chance
word Of her mistress visitor. a broad,
brown man, who was smoking on the
wide porch Of the summer house. She
heard him as she went driving flock
Of young turkeys across the grass
plot. She heard him clearly:
81 wonder if that woman knows she
is handsome in her way"
"Who. Nan?" replied the hostess,
turning languidly over in the ham,
mock, "really I never thought about
it. What good does it do her?"
Then the white-haired mother OF
seventy sitting by added gently:
"But Mamie is good-which is bet
ter. There is not a soul about here
but likes her because she is so un-
selfish"
Handsome and unselfsh," mused
the man, "a rare combination, | am
sure"
He noticed the woman again the
next day as he rode about the place,
saw her coming in from the great
vegetable gardens with a negro man
following her. She came fearlessly
up the tree-bordered avenue, her sum
bonnet in her hand, her russell hair
blowing, her eyes shining. Behind
her, old Billy carried a basket on his
head full Of green lettuce and bright
red tomatoes. 1t was picture that
caught Hector Pryn's artistic fancy.
Equal to the French peasantry,"
he declared to his aunt; "a bit OF
American life that ought to go on
canvas. 7 wonder If She would lof me
use her as a model"
"She never saw picture outside .
Of this house" declared his sistcr-in-
law, "and it might make her angry.
do not want TO lose my cook on ac-
count of your need for a model" but
she laughed idly when she said it.
The whitehaired mother came to
her rescue.
81 remember when the old Phila-
delphia artists used to visit at our
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-01-03
ECHOES FROM AUSTRALIA.

Victoria. Australia. has f.Oji.246
acres of gold-bearing land.
80 N-tern Australia's coast line in
~ parts abouuds with turtles.
Western Australia is the only col
or under the commonwealth that
& rot pay its members of The leg
j. assembly.
ern Ausiralia's aborigines,
DO outstanding many years Of mis-
s'oiary work. are. with the cVcrpfion
81 20. returned as pagans.
The value Of house property in
London is put 81 E153 per inhabit-
ant. This Is record for European
capitals. but is beaten by Sydney.
Australia, with E245 per head.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-01-03

she pretended to love? Could sh,
have been honest TO You who loved
her, as she well knew, with as strong
an affection as man ever gave 10 WON.
an, and who would have toiled for
her, fought destiny for her. and ulti-
mately with her loving sympathy to
encourage have won out Just as you
did do in spite OF the fact that you
made the fight alone? The little de.
ceit she practiced when she sold her.
self for money must have grown by
this time. For your sake l hope am
wrong"
Manley sat for awhile in silence.
Then he said:
81 shall always think Of her as the
sweetest, most unselfish girl I ever
knew. She was so then in those
years so long ago, and wherever she
is to-day am certain she is still the
same. Still loving, faithful. loyal. de.
voted and sweet. ] shall always
cherish the thought that she was
the noblest creature that ever lived.
She was and is still my ideal OF ex.
alted womanhood and never expect
to be disillusionized and | never want
TO be, for il should ] would lose
every atom OF faith that / have in.
human nature"
Manley leaned back in his chair
and looked steadily out Of the win
dow and Farley and Wilson walked
back to the dining car.
They sat down at a table. SAYS the
Chicago Tribune. and ordered their
dinner and looked out into the gloom.
81 say won't" The voice Of the
woman who sat at the next table
talking to a fashiIy-dressed young
man was so shrill that Wilson and
Manlcy could not help but hear il.
Haven't / sent them money until
I'm tired and sick Of H.? What claims
have they on me. anyhow, ] want TO
know? Didn't they make an awful
fuss about my divorce and didn't they
say everything despicable about YOU?
! have always wanted to 90 my own
way, and intend 10. I can't be- sad |
died forever with that woman if she
is my mother She had so much 10
say about old Norton and champion
ing his cause when n wasn't her put |
in that she can ask him for money /
now. I've got none for her. A. for /
those precious sisters Of mine with I
their society friends that look down
On me let them take care Of them
selves. I'm done with the old crowd.
Here. Freddie. lets hll the glasses
md drink a toast 20 plenty Of money
Tor ourselves and a good time while
Z lasts. Here's how"
Farley leaned hack across the Ia
be. "Go back 10 YOUR car" be- whis.
,ered. Keep Manley there. Don't
- him come in here Tor anything in
be world" Wilson was looking at
iim in da<ed sort of way.
"Nes." said Farley That's Ag-
ies. ] told yon People change"
> -----s-s a~e-a-
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-01-03

While you are investigating the
merits OF various scientific formulas
Good poxp., essaying TO teach
humanity how to
keep cool on a hot
summers day it may be as well not to
lose sight OF the homely old prescrip-
tion: Don't hurry and don't worry"
Take things as easy as you can. II it
Is your temperament to make trouble
for yourself, calmly recognize the fact
and go about the necessary task Of dis
counting your temperament. Make
joke Of it IL you can-in fact, make a
joke Of anything and everything you
can-and see If you can't fool yourself
into being reasonably comfortable in
despite Of your temperament The
humor of the undertaking should in
itself be refreshing to you. Anyway,
don't hurry and don't worry. Both
these things are deplorabe at the best
OF seasons. They lessen the achieve
ment OF anyone who INDUCES in them.
They are a sign OF weakness. They
make your life foolish and futile. And
in summer they out-thermometer the
thermometer in the line Of putting you
into a sweat Swear of from them
during the dog days. Resolve that you
won't hurry nor worry, and then you'll
be cooler and a comfortabler soul.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-01-03

A Judge in the nutmeg state has de-
cided that a shave on Sunday is a ne
cessity. A case was brought in the
Norwalk town court on complaint OF
the Norwalk BARRIERS union against
barber, on the ground that he kept
his place of business open Sunday.
and was doing secular labor and busi-
ness on the Sabbath. The barber's at
torney maintained in his defense that
shaving was as necessary for the clean
man as a clean shirt, and IL a man
was going TO church, out Of respect to
others, II for no other reason, ne
ought to appear with a smooth face.
The judge, in giving his decision, said
il was time to take a common-sense
view Of such matters, and that II busy
men went into BARRIERS shops 10 pre-
pare themselves for a proper OBJ
seryance Of the day he did not consider
they we're doing anything criminal
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-01-03
NO. I3.

A novel employment agency has
been started by Secretary Wilson, OF
rr.,. - the agricultural de-
partment, VIII b
promises TO give
work TO thousands Of idle men and
at the same time relieve farmers Of
much embarrassment growing out Of
the difficulty in finding hands to work
on farms. For the past three years,
says an eastern exchange, there Has
been growing scarcity in farm labor.
Men who for years worked regularly
IN the fields have deserted their old
posts and gone into the cities. where
prosperity has given rise 10 a big de-
mand for help. This condition has
proved a serious drawback TO gran
gers, and there has been great COM
plant regarding scarcity Of farm la
Dor throughout the middle and north
west. In the south the cotton planters
have suffered also, and IL is said that
had there been ample labor available
this year the cotton crops would not
now be in such miserable condition.
Many plantations are overrun with
grass and weeds simply because Il has
been impossible to get men 70 keep
them clean. Secretary Wilson thought
over these evils and decided to try to
solve the difficulty. He proposed to
start a national employment agency
for the purpose of securing farm
hands. He opened communications
with over 1900 colleges and schools,
educational and philanthropic insti-
tutions, making inquiries as to the
number of students or inmates who
would be willing TO work in the neigh
boring fields during sowing and har-
vest times. From the letters thus
sent out a list has been made of over
1000 colleges or other institutions
which are willing to furnish the names
Of young men who are anxious TO
get employment OF this sort. In maxi
ing up this list the secretary has been
careful to exclude all agencies which
make any charge whatever for their
service. the idea being 10 bring would
be employers and deserving young
men together without tax Of any kind.
A large number Of missions and Sal
yation Army headquarters are on the
list. II is the intention TO make this
employment agency a regular feature
Of this departmental work, and as all
the preliminaries have been arranged
It will be an easy matter TO enlarge
{ year by year. The list will be for
gratutous distribution.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-01-03

@N~@ - 49, = A~~ 49, ~---~
Virginia place." she said. with faint
glow in her cheeks, "and used to
make beautiful sketches to carry
back with them. II you want to
paint the avenue and Mamie, Will
try to explain to her."
When the matter was explained to
the woman she grew red and became
confused.
"Laws, Miss Lily" for the white
haired old lady would be Miss Lily on
the estate until her death, claws,
Miss Lily, won't that be foolish O
me?"
1t took considerable eloquence to
explain why she must wear her
everyday gown instead Of her Sunday
one. The latter was an abomination.
"This here dress is so faded" said
Mamie, 'it's washed out"
"Alr Pryn likes it faded" ex.
planned Miss Lily.
So the picture was made in the fad
ed blue jeans, the throat button open.
the sunbonnet in her hand. at first
Mamie was awkward. Over and again
the artist explained that she must be
natural. It seemed a failure until
clear boys voice sounded from behind
the little group of critics;
Don git fussy, nom - come
straight erway."
The hearty laugh that followed re-
stored Mans equilibrium. She came
straight away" with a color and
dimpling Of smiles that made her
charming. She was the very soul OF /
the scene and the summer, the god .
dess OF the garden and the riotous 7
growth Of southern vine and bush .
and wealth Of bloom and fruit.
Sometimes it was very hot in the
a afternoons. Then the bronze hair
cnrled into moist rings on her
forehead and her eyes became
large and languorous. u was too
warm for the ladies - even old
Billy went to sleep. But Hector
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-01-03

For saving a helpless man from
drowning, Miss Carolyn Jarvis, a stu
dent at the University Of Iowa, has
just been awarded a life-saying medal.
She is an all-around athlete, and ex
cells In basket ball. tennis. rowing and
swimming. Several weeks ago some
young women Of the university gave a
canoeing party on the river. In a sud-
den squall a boat was upset and
young man who could not swim was
thrown into deep water where be
would certainly have drowned II Miss
Jarvis had not swan % bis assistance.
The young lady isa native Of Buriing.
ton. Ia.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-01-03

One morning the doctor from the
county town was summoned TO Bonne-
air. And when he had been fifteen
minutes in the room, he locked the
door and bade the black people out
side to ride for another doctor as fast
as horse could go. When Miss Lily
demanded entrance and explanation
he told her TO stay in her room and
keep Mrs. Pryn away. When she in
sisted he slipped under the door a
card that had been dipped in carbolic
acid.
"Mr. Pryn has the smallpox"
Miss Lily and Mrs. Pryn fed bag
and baggage by the next train.
All day the doctors gave their mes
sages through crevices in the door
and were without food or aid. A
huddled group Of black folk stood in
the rear house lot. But in the late
afternoon a firm step came along the
hallway and woman's voice called:
"Open the door, doctor. It's Nan
Mamie Watts. I come to help. I have
had the smallpox"
The doctor opened the door in her
fair, calm face.
81 believe you're lying" he said.
"Yo' can't prove hit. had hit when |
7 warn't knee high to er grasshopper. /
I'm comm in, anyway"
And that Is why Hector Pryn owed /
his lie to her nursing. her untiring, /
loving care. And IL was not until he I
was almost convalescent that she .
broke down and her place was taken
by a colored man from Lexington.
The doctor evaded his questions.
Mamie was tired out, needed rest,
etc. But the sick man knew. and it
kept him anxious and weak. One day
the doctor told him she was out Of
danger and Hector Pryn's eyes were
dim.
"How can ever repay her?" he
murmured. 'Free-Hearted Nam in
deed"
The old doctor shook his head.
"She only waited that day TO carry
that urchin out Of danger and then
tramped hack-but-I think you
ought TO know-she will never be
the same. in looks. again. II goes
hard with a woman"
At Bonneair, a year later. Miss Lily
and her daughter discussed the mat
ter calmly
at is hard 10 believe how pretty
she was-bui maybe IL is best And /
she is satisfied 10 have the boy go /
with Hector and be educated. VIII
YOU ever forget how she looked the
day Of the county fair? As far as we
are concerned. she shall never need
a home-but. after all, IL was only
her way. and that the whole truth"
We need not mind what the world
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-01-03

A young man who was tried 10 =
Kansas town the other day on
charge OF insanity was asked what
his father worked az Tor q living.
Father won't work: he's a lawyer
he replied. he was declared insane.
In Nebraska he might have been al
judged peTtlnenily sane.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-01-03
FARMVLLE VA. FRIDAY, JANUARY 3. 1902

Pryn felt to his inmost being that he
Fvas painting the picture he had al
ways hoped to paint, something that
was human, truly typical Of a phase
of life, vivid and beautiful. II is
needless 20 say that Mamie was de-
lighted with the picture. 1t seemed
TO her that she had awakened from a
dream. She saw herself as she was.
she felt raised above groveling. actu-
al existence. She forgot her hard
life, her rough, red hands, her re-
sponsioility. Hector Pryn liked TO
talk TO her, 10 hear her crude opin-
ions, her naive comments. Then he
made some extraordinary discover
les. Despite her hard work and
wages, despite her constant endeav-
or Nan was a perpetual pauper.
Miss Lily had TO watch her TO
keep her from going ragged. As
for the boy, Louis, he was a curly
haired scarecrow who was strictly
forbidden the front yard because Of
his dilapidated appearance.
But her money" gasped Hector,
"what does she do with it?"
"she has horde Of relatives"
replied Miss Lily, calmly, "and
some Of them are always in want or
sick and dying. You have never
heard the name she goes by, have
you? ! forgot TO tell you, we're so
used TO H. She's known far and near
as 'Free-Ilearied Man."
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-01-03
thousands Have Kidney Trore
and Don't Know II.

I'll sln a bottle or common glass with ur
"-'o' and let II stand iwenty-four no. a
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-01-03
OUT of order.
What to Do.

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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-01-03

We need not mind what the world
thinks as long as We think right
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-01-03

sediment o sell
ting indics an
unhealthy ndi-
ton Of trkid-
neys; II fains
your llne.t is
evidence kid
ney trout too
frequent sire 10
pass 1t cain in
the bacls also
fiSra.. HAD
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1902-01-03

I'm going to buy you a new gown
and some ribbons and a hat for the
county. fair, Nannie," said the artist,
rs he was working industriously the
next afternoon. "Miss Lily shall
choose them and is going to fix mp
Louis so he will not be a disgrace to
Bonneair. And you must not give
those clothes away"
claw now, Mr.. Hectorl' smiled
Mamie.
u want to see you in a neat gown
like other women" went on Hector;
81 believe you would astonish US.
Why DO you give everything to 9th
ers ?"
And Nannie's color deeponed
great deal as she returned the true
answer:
"Law now, Mr.. Hector. I just can't
help it when folkses air so bald on"
The household at Bonneair entered
with zest into Mr.. Pryn's plan Of fix
ing Mamie up for the county fair.
Miss Lily and her daughter made the
purchases and impressed their maids
into the making Of a simple lawn
gown. and the trimming of a straw
hat. But not one OF them were pre-
pared for the entire transmutation
the simple costume effected. II was,
as the young Mr.. Pryn said, "almost /
It changed a healthy and /
attractive country woman into a pos
tive beauty. Even Hector Pryn shud- t
lered at her possibilities. But il did .
not at all change her manner. The
picturesque boy sitting beside the
lriver Of the servants wagon kept
he helm that would ever steer that
beauty straight away"
But again and again as the artist
oolsed that day over the motley
hrong gathered in the fair grounds,
le saw the truth. That servant at
3onneair was beautiful, calmly, allur-
ngly beautiful. Transplanted else
where she would learn the old lesson
4 what woman's fascination could do
n the world.
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subsequent thereto, without other present
means of support than her manual labor.
or the contributions of others not legally
bound to her support
And it further held. specifically. that
the remarriage of dependent mother
prior to the act of June %, 1890, was not
q bar to pension Hereunder.
I'm this case the fact of the claimants
marriage subsequent to the passage Of the
act of June 81. 1890. and prior to the i'll
ing of her claim, cannot affect her pen
sionable status, when it is shown that
she is dependent within the meaning of
the law. with no means of support other
than her manual labor. If remarriage
prior to the act of June 81, 1890, would
not debar her from pension land it is so
decided in the case of Elizabeth Darling.
supral, there is no tcnable reason why re-
marriage subsequent to said act and prior
to the filing of the application should have
such an effect, the question being. Is she
Il dependent mother under said acts? The
evidence shows that she remarked in 1893
ard was divorced from her husband in
1894. and that she had no means of sup
port at the time of filing her clam. The
action appealed from WAS erroneous, and
is therefore reversed"
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DEPARTMENT NEWS.

REMARRIAGE DEPENDENT
MOTHER-ACT OF JUNE q, $780,
In the pension case of the mother of Tay.
lOr II. Burton the Pension Bureau held
that claimant lia wing remarked after June
u, 1890 Though before filing application
for pensiOn), there was no pensionable
period and she was not entitled. The de-
cisiOn on appeai9says asst Sec'y Camp.
bell, Sept. %, 1902:
Did her remnrnage, subsequent to the
passage of the act of June u, 1890, and
prior to the filing of her claim Hereunder,
debar her from pension?
Section / Of the act of June q. 1890
provides-that in considering the pension
claims of dependent parents, the fact of
tile soldiers death by reason of any
wound, injury, casualty, or disease, which,
under the conditions and limitations of ex-
listing laws, would have entitled him to
an invalid pension, and the fact that the
soldier left no widow or minor children.
having been shown as required by law,
it shall be necessary only to show by com
petent and sufficient evidence that sich
parents are without other present means
of support than their own manual labor or
the contributions of others not legally
bound for their support.
elm discussing the meaning of the above
section, in the case of Elizabeth Darling
no =. D., 244t, the Department held that
under the provisions of said section the
only facts necessary for the claimant to
prove in order to secure a pension were:
sd That her son died by reason of
causes which would have entitled him to
an invalid pension; (2) that he left no
widow or minor child; 81 that she was
his parent, and was at the date of filing
her application after June q, 1890, and
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Missouri Bucolics.

A Missouri farmer, whose hog had been
killed by train, and who imagined him
self to be something of poet, wrote these
lines to the company's claim agent for O
settlement
My razorback strolled down your track
A week ago today;
Your % came down the line
And snuffed his light away.
You can't blame me-the hog, you see,
Slipped through n cattle gate;
So kindly pen a check for ten,
The debt to liquidate.
He was rather surprised a few days
later to receive the following:
Old % came down the line
And killed your hog, We know;
But razorbacks on railroad tracks
Quite often meet with woe.
Therefore, my friend, we cannot send
The check for which you pine.
Just plant the dead; place DER his head:
Here lies a foolish swine"