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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-09-17

AUNT Carrie Nation will soon hold the
boards again, this time in a theatrical
troup.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-09-17

Canning factories at Erin. are
running night and day,
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-09-17
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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-09-17

A new fair company was organs
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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-09-17
Impaired Digestion

May not be all that is meant by dyspepsia
now, but II will be II neglected.
The uneasness after eating, i.s Of nerv-
Gus headache, sourncss OF the stomach, and
disagrecable belching may not be very bad
now, but they will be II the stomach is
suffered to grow weaker.
Dyspepsia is such a miserable disease
that the tendency to It should be given
early attention. This is completely over
come by
Hoods JGrSdpGriLLd
which strengthens thewhole digestive system
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-09-17

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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-08-07
PLUTOCRACY OF PITTSBURG.
pursc-proud Younger Generation
Forget " hat Their Fathers
Migh Have Been.

Pride is a feature of the younger
generation Of Pittsburgcrs of wealth.
Thing. OF which some of them think
0lcy cannot be proud such as the
way I'm which their Woodworking
fathers got their start in life-they
try t0 forget. That the fathers are
sometimes proud of this same low
ly start is responsible for this Incl
don't:
"Do YOU know young man, that /
once was very envious of your
nthcre" said one of the steel kings
to the SON OF a man whose wealth.
while great, could be written with
one less figure. says writer in the
Ncv York Tribune.
"And when was that?' asked the
young man. pleased TO think that
there had ever been a time when the
skiing" cnv.cd IBIS father.
cit was this way" returned the
old man. "I was working in ditch
for Sl.50 q day"
81 didn't know you started that
way." interrupted the youth.
"Thats the way 7 was working
'n this ditch for Sf50 a day. and
your father was working in the same
ditch. Tie got S1.75 because he was
stronger. and enyicd him the extra
quarter"
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-08-07
CLEANED ABROAD.

But one-siNth Of the surface Of ia
pan is arabic.
The Sandwich islanders estimate the
beauty of women by their weight.
A uuack doctor named Nardenkot.
fer. who recently fled from Berlin TO
London. had an income Of $4,000.
The British islands are better pro
vided with rivers than any other coun-
try Of the same size on the globe.
At Norwegian state balls the ladies
who intend 20 dance wear white; those
who do not are expected to appear in
black
The Swiss are very thrifty people.
Two-ffths Of the adult population OF
Switzerland have banking accounts.
and bcggars are few.
The Spanish government has revived
the regulation requiring aIl foreigners
resident IN or visiting Spain register
their names at their consulatcs.
Some fruits are preserved in France
by means Of alcoholic yapor. the fruit
being placed IN a room In which there
are open vessels containing alcohol
In Holland, when there is any infec.
tious disease IN a house, IL is the Gus
tom TO notify intending visitors of the
fact by tying piece ofwhite cloth over
the bell handle.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-08-07

Don't never prophesy-onless ye
know" said Mr.. Bigeiow, and so one
s. moved TO say, in
Predictions ruruirg ones eyes
Of Great Men. over little cata-
loeue Of the mnIGllcl predictions of
great men. who thought they knew it
ALL printed IN the New York Tribune.
Prof. Wagner, Of Berlin, predicts
that the Monroe doctrine will prove "a
"barrcn ideality." So? Wei, did not
Napoleon the Great predict that i'm so
years Europe would be either all re-
publican or an Cossack? 1t is neither
republican nor Cossack "ltaly," de-
clarcd Maternich. q famous diplomat
ist and statesman, els merely a geo
graphical expression, aua will never
be anything elsc." It is united na-
tion. "Thcre is" oracuIarIy pro-
claimed Gu.zot, "no morrow for uni-
versal suffrage" Universal suffrage
came I'm shortly after Guizots death,
and viii continue. Jefferson Davis,
said Mr. Gladstone, "has created "a ma
ton" "These wretchcd colonies,
wrote Di.raeli Of Canada and Australia,
in 1s52. "wiu an be independent in a
few years" Perhaps but not yet
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-08-07

Some months ago l Wastrayelinsin
Switzerland with a Germau-American
who had married a Swiss wife and had
retired on his means in that country.
saws writer for the London Spccta-
tor ] asked him why Doc came to
switzerland, and having left America.
why Dc did not settle in his own coun-
try Ills reply in purcst American
was: "Wcu. ] guess if it had not been
for my wife ] should lave stayed over
the water, and if I wanted to- make %
move 80 would not have been TO Ger
many. have breathrd the afro free
dom in the states too long for that.
and am occasional visit TO Germany TO
see my relations is enough for me-
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-08-07
CHAT AND CHATTER.

Parke Goodwin, the veteran edi
tor and a son-in-law of William CuL
len Bryant, has just celebrated his
cighty-scyenth birthday. lie resides
the greater part of the year at TIA,
former home of the poet, Roslyn J.. J.
Yale university numbers among the
students taking the postgraduate
course Buddhist priest named
lchino Shibata. Tie is "a soldier AND
fought with great distinction and
great bravery i'm the Japancse-Chi
nese war in 1894. lie received 40 the
close of the war bronze medal. pre-.
scented to him by the mikado himself
So many crauks and bcggar- have
stormed The portals of 500 Fifth ave.
nue., New York, home of Mrs. Russell
Sage, that the maid who answers the
door has provided a chain bolt from
her own savings and now one must
break a cable before entering the
house. So long has this one slip OF
fcmininity answered the door that
she has learned the friends and usua
visitors and no one not properly quail.
flied is allowed inside.
Eight years ago Orcn Root, Jr.
was a clerk in the Offices of The Me.
tropolitan Street Railway company
of New York Now hc IS general man
ager, with 400 miles of track and
1900 men under his control. Mr..
Root probably is the youngest rail-
road manager in The world, being
only 90 years old, a quiet, rcticent
man of whom 10 has been said that
che can say nothing for hours He
is a nephew of Elihu Root, secretary
of war.
Charles Santlcy, the wcII-hnown
English baritone, was born BOO Liver
pool i'm 1854 At the age OF ID he
went 10 Milan and studied with Gae-
tano Naro. Manuel Garcia also
taught him on his return To- London
and his first appearance was at ST.
Martins hall as Adam In "The Crca.
tion" ON November i6. 1~iI Two
years later his rendering of lloel In
"Diuorah" at Co,cnt garden brought
him his first great success. ln 1862
he first sang in italian opera in ell
Troyatorc," winning high praise from
the critics. Mr.. Santley visited Aus
tralia in 1ss9-90 and the Cape i'm 1898.
Second Warden T.. A. Mcphcrson
climbed the penitcntiary wall at
salem. Ore. the other night to test
the vigilance of guards Mcrhcrson's
feat was performed at the risk of lis
life. Had hc been discovered he
would probably have been instantly
shot. Tie placed % ladder against the
exterior of The wall. climbed mp, low
cred his ladder into the iail yard and
descended. lie went through the
prison shops and as final touch car
ricd away the coat and hat or one Of
the guards. IT was from this iail that
the famous Tracy escaped last sum
mcr and IL Is supposed that thc rifle
with which ne fought his way ont
was taken into the prison over the
ward fence.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-08-07
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

White lies often break out as tomb
stones.
Truth fears nothing so much as sol-
itary confinement.
Our friends often think Of us as
our enemies speak of us.
Hoping against hope is like bet
Ting on another mans game.
The man who never made mistake
I'm his life is still unmarried
NO. Cordelia, mermaids do not tie
their hair with marine bands.
II a mans wife has been the maxi
ing of him she doesn't allow him TO
forget IT,.
A mans mistakes come from for
getting details; a woman's from re-
membcring them.
No sooner does a man bring mp a
new theory than others proceed TO
vote It down.-Chicago Daily News.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-08-07
LIGHTNING STRIKES UP.


The cause Of death by lightning is
The sudden absorption of the electric
current When a thundercioud, which
is highly charged with positive cleo
tr'city. hangs over any certain place,
the earth beneath it becomes abnor-
mally charged with the negative elec-
tric current, and a man, animal or
other object standing or lying directly
beneath also partakes of the last
mentioned influence. says a scientific
authority. IT, while the man, animal
or other object is in this condition, a
discharge takes place from the cloud
above. the restoration Of the equiiib-
r.m VIII be sudden and violent, or.
n language that we can an under
1and, the negative current from The
earth viii rush up to join the positive
cloud current, and in passing through
the object which separates the two
currents. II it be an animate thing, Will
do $50 with such force as TO almost in
,ariably produce instant death. a
person is really struck by the
ground current, and not by the forkcd
fury from above.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-08-07
MISSED GREAT FORTUNE.
south African Colonist Was Five Min
utes Too Late fo Become owner
of DE Becrs Mines.

4. W. slnman. the oldest South
African colonist, missed by about
five minutes the acquisition of q for
tune Of S3j.OoO.0OO the great De
Beers diamond fields, now one of the
richest mines in the world, says stray
Stories
lie was surveying Griqualaud
when the original owner of the IA
mous farm, W. DE Beers. held it. 1t
was tlcn about as barren and hope
lc-sloohine % tract as amy in Africa.
and DE Beers, with endless hard
work from morning tin night, and
very little help. had an he could do
to >crlpc q living out OF the place.
There was hardly any water, and
grass was scarce and poor; the total
profits only amounted 60 pound or
two per month. When Mr. Sallman
had completed his survey DE Beers.
tired of proftlc-s toll ON his patch
OF suuhurnt desert. offered TO let
him have the farm I'm exchange for a
Vs'-feoat.
Mr. SaDman refused at first. and
then said Doe would think about it.
DE went 90 Cape Town later on.
where Dee heard strange rumors of
lucby finds I'm the district he had
left
The ncNt time he trclkcd that way
lo went G0 miles ont OF DIS road 10
.cc Dc Beers and cliuch the bargain
offered lIe found q stranger Nag
on and oxen "outspanncd' az tho
farm when hc arrived
It owner had come only q Few
m'untcs before and had already
made an offer for the farm which
was accepted
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-08-07
FOR THE WORKERS.

Cabinet makers in England average
about St1 a week.
In Indiana the average work day is
a little over nine hours.
There are nearly 125.00O miners in
Belgium. not ten per cent. Of whom
make q dollar a day.
The manufacture Of glass in Ger
many has become a thriving industry.
The number Of factories has reached
400 and they give cmploymentto to about
$4,000 workmen.
The oldest trade union OF the world
Is the Amalgamated Custom Iailors Of
England. The employers have an as
sociation and a joint standing arbitra-
tion board discusses al difficulties.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-08-07

liy "a variety OF employments, rang
ing from teaching and technical work
TO- sweeping rooms and washing dish
cs. 16l Columbia university students
earned in three months last year
$1,000 an average of about $50 for
each man. One student earned
more than 500 a week during the
three months by advanced tutoring
and another gained Sl,O50 during the
12 weeks. Several Of the students
earned $500 each. OF the women
students II gained S2,43A6s. an aver
age Of S1l3, or $50 above the mems
average.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-08-07

Recently compiled statistics show
chat the proportion Of twins born as
compared with other infants is one
in eighty births. OF triplets there
is only one instance in 6.400. and
bankruptcies are as one to $4,000;
while the chances of quintet are
even more remote. the ratio being
one I'm 40.9s0.000 births. a case is
known of a woman who presented
her husband with seven successive
frfr1af-
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-08-07

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson is
a firm believer in the fertility Of
Alaskan soil, and
N''''''"" is anxious that
Agriculture some crop-raising
experiments be conducted there as
soon as possible. Commissioner Cong
don. who is familiar with conditions
along the Yukon, says that Alaska is
a country Of great possibilities, and
by removing the moss and allowing
The sun to warm up the ground, most
any Kind Of a cereal crop can be pro-
uccd In that latitude The country is
rich in minerals, but still richer in
soil. and be believes that The wealth
# Alaska Will sooner or later come
from crop raising. A great railroad is
being projected there now, and when
chat is completed the Development of
.he country Will be rapid. The great
.st drawback is that the growing sea-
.on is 500 short and the winters so
long
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-08-07

wonderfully successful In promptly curing
lame back, kidney. bladder, uric acid irou-
bes and Bdght's Disease, which is the worst
form Of kidney trouble.
Or. Kilmcr's Swamp-ROot is not rec
ommendedfor everything butifyou hagek kid
ney, liver or bladder trouble It will be found
just the remedy need. lthas 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 a special arrangement has
been made By which all readers Of this paper
who have not already tried il, may have a
sample bottle sent free BY mail, also book
telling more about Swamp-Rooi and how TO
find out ifyou have kidney or bladder trouble.
When writing mention reading this generous
send your address 10 7Yjg1ilt e. ''.'.s:ss
Dr. Kilmer g. Co., ,Bing t,i. .si -, -.
hamion. n. Y. The LII ~, y ~ ~ ~
regular fifty cent and Home Of sssmp-Roo,
dollar sizes are sold BY all good druggists.
Don't make amy mistake, but remember
the name. SWamI-kooi, Dr. kilmers
swamp Root, and the address, Binghamp-
ton, n. s., ou every bottle.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-08-07

Everybody has something DE wishes
be- had not-Dayid, am Absalom to dis
grace him; Paul, a thorn to stingh him;
samson. a Deilahto shcarhim; George
Washington. chiidiessucss TO af.ict
him; John Wesley a termagautwiie to
poster him; Pope, a crooked back; BY
ron. O. club foot; John Milton, blind
eyes. aud, you, something you never
barcaincd for, and would like to get
rid of
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-08-07

a New York woman who is lO2
years of aye says she has lived long
enough and wants 70 die. She says
bat when she was young woman
of g0 She could do as much work as
anybody. but at 102 life has lost most
of It's charms for her.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-08-07
FARMvILLE, VA, FRIDAY, AUGUST T. 1908

A table recently prepared by the
Spectator reveals the magnitude Of
the life insurance
business OF the
la'e insurance United States, and
gives am idea OF the immense profits
of the regular companies. The table
mentioned does not include the fra
ternal insurance business. Here was
large increase in every item in the
reports for 1902 On thc lst of Jam
nary, 1908, the companies had assets
amounting TO over S2.100.O00; surplus
over liabilities. S29j.000.Oo0; received
iu premiums in 1902. Sl0L000.000; to-
tai income in 1902. S5OL000,ooO; pay
ments 20 policy holders in 1902, $780,
100000; total disbursements in 1902,
S320,000O00; whole AMOUNT of insur-
suce in force, Ss,7ioo00.oo0. These
figures show that life insurance is
one Of ihc great Industries of the
country. The table shows that no
other business can boast correspond
ing gains in every material respect
equal to those of the life insurance
companies. The amount distributed
TO policy holders, almost S20O,Ooo'ooo'
without doubt brought material re-
al %
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-08-07
TN THE CLERKfs OFFICE OF THE CIR

Is TIE CLERK OFFICE OF THE CIR
| CUT COURT OF the County Of Prince
Edward. on the 9th day ofJuiy, 1905
4. n. Dickinson Administrator Of Z. q.
Wet. decd. o.. W. scott. Geo. Scott y. ".
scott JAS. scott, Jennie Diges, " m. Dlggs,
Corueia Allen, John Alien, IDA Gray, j. A.
6riv. Annie WhtuOck, J. Whitlock, Flor.
once scott and irene scott who sue Dy
Robert West their next friend, Geo. ;.
Bruce IIIa Wafkus, tIas. watkins Nan-
n.e Wet and Robert Mcet...........P Plainliis.
against
q w. Womack. Patio Womnck, watson
Womuck. Henry Womack. samuel scott
and pOfsr Scotland thc unknown heirs OF
fneInfD l.. e.. West, dec d.......... Defendants.
rs lHAstEKY.
The object Of thIs suIt s to subject tne real
.r.faIrofNrs. e. West. decd iO thc pay
ment OF debts and division among the heir,
entitled thereto.
And au affidavit having been made ana
nIcf CHAT tle defendants the unknown nelis
of Henry W0mack. dec H., are not fe- idehl-
of fhr State of virginia, Do b. ordered llhi
fhoF DO appear hcro within niten ualr ailti
due publication hereof aud do what may
boz necessary % protect their interest lu lui-
suiL And DO is iurihcr ordered tlai copy
hereof De- published once "a week Toy Tour
week. Iu DE farmtlIe Herald. ANA iuai "a
copt boz posted at thc front door OF ine Court
house fth.s county ON tne ufsl 0aS oi tN'
next term OF the t0unly court
s cOpy-IC.if. ...,-... ,.,.-,.
20. WHITEHEAD, Clerk.
Watkins a. Watkin-i p.l. j5 'i-i''
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-08-07
rn1nntnrr crop ob.errers.

The agricultural department has
10000 voluntary crop observers.
Cotton is reported on seven times
year. wheat eight times, corn and
oats each six times.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-08-07

cures made BY Or.
Knmer's Swamp-Rooi.
the great kidney liver
and bladder remedy.
tits the great medi-
calniumph Of the nine
tcenih century dis
covered after years Of
scientific research by
Dr.. Kilmer, the emf
nent kidney and blad-
H. nm....fnft-t - -
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-08-07

To prevent silver from furnishing.
place "a fcv humps of camphor in the
box or drawer containing the silver
articles: This viii neutra.ize to some
extent the gases which turn silver
dark If silver is TO be stored forsome
length of time. it should Doe cleaned
thoroughly and placed iu cotton tan-
mel bae, that can be closed tightly at
the top. Then these bags should De
wrapped in paralne paper or still
better. iu bce-waN paper. To make thc
latter On cannot De bought take ordI-
nary MANILA paper and lay 10 ON d
smooth surface covered by white
cloth. Shave the becswaX th.chly over
the paper and then pass hotiron over
the paper, when the wax viii be melt
ed right into the paper.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-08-07

The young man who Figures Oh
marrying an heiress Is apt To overlook
the fact that the heiress may also have
some knowledge Of mathemaiics
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-08-07

From lst Sept. dwelling Of six rooms
good garden aud orchard-terms rea
sonable. Apply to
W II. RICHARDsON,
fvq -on karmyille.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-08-07

before It stops you. DR.. David's Cough syrup
win cure 70, as numbers will testify. 10 is the
best ON earth. Large bottles - cents at
White g. Co and Winston Drug Co.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-08-07

DeHorcm The .adde-t word. arc some
times the sweetest. Now there's good by,"
I0f instance.
Miss Wearyun Quite iue; you have no
idea how much ] enjoy hearing you say It,
Chicago Daily News.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-08-07

Many man who undertakes to
carry out his ideas discovers when IL is
too late that he is a victim Of mis-
placed confidence in himself.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-08-07

When you take Groves TasteleSS Chill
Tonic because the formula is plainly
printed on every bottle showing that 1t
is simply Iron and Quinine in taste
less form. No Cure, No Pay. SOC.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-08-07

A New York newspaper has started
a great reform. In its columns a hat
Is called a hat instead Of "confec-
ffr.r,
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-08-07

He who s,oops tobrush banana peel
from the side walk is bent on doing
rnDd
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-08-07
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK |?
KIdney TrOubIe Makes You MIserabIe.

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure 20 know Of the wonderful
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-08-07

Somehow stocks recover from fall
faster than the small operators do.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-08-07
100000 Per Day


This is the average sum paid
daily to policy-holders by The
Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany Of New York. Multiply
that bya year and the wonder
Of the amount disappcarswhen
you learn how and where the
largest accumulation Of trust
funds in the world is invested,
as shownin "A Bankers Will"
This book is sent on request.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-08-07

Frugality consists in knowing how TO
get Others to supply your wants.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-08-07

hest on earth for rheumatism strains
sprains and an pains. Unequalled Tor botn
man and beast. Large bottle - cents at
White x co. and Winston Drug co.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-08-07

Go-Carts are "all the go" for going
babies. Doyne can please you In price
and style.