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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-11-18
CHURCH AND SCHOOL NOTES.

The oldest graduates OF Yale and
Harvard are ministers.
Dublin. an essentially Catholic city.
has no Catholic cathedral.
The wife of the archbishop Of Can
terbury is the daughter Of her hus-
bands predecessor.
The bible woman's training school
In Singapore. where three different Ian
guages are used in the prayer meet
ings, is bearing fruit
The Rev Bonaventura Piscopo. a
missionary among Italians in the Pitts
burg district. is a nobleman by birth.
4 son Of Marquis Galassl Piscopo Of
Naples
The Rev William Lawton Brown.
The Oldest living graduate Of Brown
University, las turned his ninetleth
year He is a resident Of Wrentham.
Mass, where he lives with a daughter.
Mr. James Righy, about 40 years
sexton and yerger at Holy Trinity
church. Burnley. England. who recent
ly died, was said 20 be godfather to
half the people in the parish, which
has 1900 inhabitants.
Booker T. Washington, Of the Tuske-
gee institute. was recently elected an
honorary member Of the Harvard chap
ter Of the Phi Beta Kappa. He IS the
first Of his race to have been thus
honorod- The degree of master Of arts
was conferred upon him by Harvard in
1896.
Prof. Cattell, Of Columbia university.
has taken the four principal encyclo-
pedias Of the world-English. French,
German and American-and made out
a list OF a thousand famous men and
women to whom Is given the most
space. Tie has found that Napoleon
heads the list, Shakespeare comes sec
ond, Mohammed third and Voltaire
fourth. George Washington. the first
American in the list. is number 10.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-11-18

WANTED-Quickly, few persons to
represent long established wholesale
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INTENDENT TRAVELLERS, 325 Dearborn
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Sept. Is 3mO
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-11-18

Carrie-Oh, it's all very well for you
TO talk, but | know he's a deceitful
thing
Bessie-Why, Carriei How can you
say such a thing?
Carrie-Did you ever hear him say
anything against the weather?
know you didn't You can't trust such
a man as that.-BOstOn Transcript.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-11-18
LOW DOWN FODDER WAGON
Of Considerable Value Where Corn
Fodder Has to Be Handled in
Large Quantities.

Where much corn fodder Is to be
handled the saving OF time and labor
IS OF very material consideration. A
low rack similar to the one shown In
the Illustration provides such a con
venience. One man standing on the
platform can by simply pulling the fod-
der toward him from the shock load
this wagon and again by standing on
the ground can pull II from the plat
form and place on cutting machine
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-11-18
Valuable IMPRESSIONS.

"shsll | say that you are very fond Of
America, as usual?" asked the press
agent.
wait TIL have the books balanced"
answered the prlma donna, with charac-
teristic business foresight IF the prof
It's are more than $4,000 you may say
that love America; If they are less you
hay say consider the country very
acklng in refinement Washington
Star,
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-11-18

Ernie-Before they were married 1t
was little drama to see him kiss
her.
Eya-Yes, and he used TO get curtain
calls, too.
Ernie-What does he get. now they
are married?
Eva - Curtain lectures. - Chicago
Daily News.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-11-18
Very Wearing on the Soil.

DR.. Richard T. Gottheil, Of Columbia
university has a broad knowledge OF
oriental tales and proverbs. One day
he told an old Persian story about a
eeTimistic farmer. Good friend" d
visitor said to the farmer. you are
fortunate this year" He pointed to
the heavy and rich grain fields spread
ing as far as the eye could see. you
can't grumble." he went on, about
your crop this season, eh?" NO"
whined the pessimist. but a crop like
this is terribly wearing on the soil"
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-11-18


"The drug store on the corner gives
trading stamps now"
rs that so? Why. bought a postal
card there this morning and didn't get
any."-Chicago American.
College Girl.
Ernie-Papa may be very bright IN
business, but | don't think he knows
much about love affairs. He asked il
my George was a good proyider.
Eva-And is he. dear?
Ernie-Certainly. Why, he's been
providing me with novels. chocolates
and matinee tickets for the last two
years. Pa didn't seem pleased, though.
Columbus Dispatch.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-11-18
SOUTHERN RAILWAY Co.
Effective June 18th, 1904.
NORTHBOUND.

Trains leave Lynchburg Ms follows:
l:15 "A. m. daily, express for Washington
and points north. solid Pullman train.
200 a. m. daily express for Washington
and points north.
ilg "a. m. daily, express for Washington
and points north.
sly "A. IN. daily, local for Washington and
way stations.
2si5 p. m. daily, local for Washington and
way stations.
1854 p. m. daily, express for Washington
and points north.
40 p. m. daily, express for Washington
and points north.
1N2 p. m. daily for Charlottesville and
way stations.
SOUTHBOUND,
2:06 a, m. daily, express for Atlanta and
New Orleans.
3:i "A. m. daily, Washington and South.
western Limited, solid Pullman train, for
Augusta, Atlanta, Chattanooga, Memphis
and New Orleans.
sOj a. m. daily, local for Danyille and
way stations.
22l D. m. daily, local for Danvile and way
stations.
Ss9 p. m. DAILY, express for Columbia, ga
yannah and Jacksonville.
lah p. m. daily, express for Atlanta, BIZ
mlngham and New Orleans.
DINERS and sleepers on all through trains.
For further Information call or write.
H. :. BROWN, General Agent
Z. II. ACKERT General Manager.
;. II. HAkDWICK, Passenger Traffic Man
ager, Washington, ID. q.
W. ii. TAlLOE, General Passenger Agent
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-11-18

Mamma" said the pretty fluffy
haired girl, Il think ought 10 20 to
go to cooking school, don't your"
1T isn't necessary. my dear" replied
the mother, q can teach you to cook"
But that would never do. mamma, .
protested the fair daughter. you only
know how TO cook the ordinary things
that people really eat. "-Cincinnati En-
quirer
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-11-18

Reporter-That man Smartest is aw-
fully angry.
Editor-What's wrong?
I'VE got the personal about him in
yesterdays paper under the heading:
Things Worth Knowing. '"-Yonkers
Statesman.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-11-18
Cause and Effect.

A little boy went for the first time to
Sunday school with his elder brother.
The superintendent received him cor
daily, and said. What makes your eyes
so bright. little mani"
Mamma dot soap in 'em this morn
in" he replled.-Little Chronicle.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-11-18
A Bit Newer.

Mr. Chiefly automobile nerves
didn't cut any dash at all at the sana-
forum.
Mrs. Chic-Why not?
Mr.. Chic-Oh, the doctors were all
wildly enthusiastic over a man who has
fying-machine nerves.-Puck.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-11-18

"They say" remarked the Ludlow
youth, that a wise man never STUN
bles over the same stone twice"
That's right" reioined the Cum
minsyille sage. when he passes tina:
way again # isn't there. "-Cinclnna
ENQUIRER.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-11-18

We learn that the transmisslsslppi
country contains 81 per cent. Of the
nations total farm values. New York
contains about 81 per cent. Of the gall.
And New York gets the best Of most
ansaotions
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-11-18
The Missing Link.

I've made great discovery,
AS we'll as old Marconi;
Tho Frankfurter's the missing link
'TwiXt sausage and bOlognL
-Y0nkers Statesman.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-11-18
How They Do It.

The sewing circle weekly meets
The savages TO gown,
And while they dress the heather I'D
They dress their neighbors down.
--Durk
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-11-18

Teacher-What are the three per-
sonal prOnOuns?
Pupil-He, she and II.
Teacher-Giye an example Of their
use.
Pupil-Husband, wife and baby.-N.
Y. Sun.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-11-18
Consultation Free.

Failing Sight, CATARACT, Crossed Eyes
and and all chronic eye diseases cured by
mild remedies at home. Spectacles and
Eye Glasses furnished al all prices.
Write 10 lenclOse stamps for reply
d.. n. CARL HELBfG,
Lynchburg, Va.
Office 81 Church street.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-11-18
ras R.nn1na 1nps has REMnYARLr

leaving most complete and effective
cooking stoves. with top CRATES u 'ccly
niokele1 and finished.
40. 40 Height 2gis In. size OF RAJ
diafor Top s4 l6 IN. size Of Cook
ing Top, - l6 In. Height OF CoOk-
ing stove Section, ~ I'm. Height OF
Radiator Section. 20 In. Net weight,
s. lbs Weight. Grated. IS lbs.
Contains two powerful Wickless
Blue Flame Burners, operated tOgeth-
or or Singlv
The Rad ator Top contains the
equivalent of p Radlating Tubes. ar.
ranged in thr.e rows These are Of
pianishci iron, and have "a radiating
surface equai 20 q um cylinder 81
in. iu ci cum ference.
Removable Reservoir holds over
one gallon, permitting both burners
90 Boz operated 40 fair flame nearly 10
hours.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-11-18

T. NJ. X. TALCOTT, Receiver.
EARMvILLE & POwHATAN RAILROAD
Time Table In effect Monday, Maya
1904. Between Farmville and Richmond via
Moseley and Southern X. II.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-11-18

Some of tins" stoves are IN
Use m tarmville ana vicinity
I)u might ask the editor abou
them or write fr further infor-
nation To
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-11-18

A free bottle of DR.. Thacher's Liver and
Blood Syrup will be sent to any reader Of
this paper who will write to the Thachei
Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-11-18

'Will wait at Chester until g.i5 A. m. for
\. q. J.. g.nl Lrain from Rich mond.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-21
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Yuen, came to grief. She steamed
across the lay from the general an
chorage, nooring close under the hill
where, despite our previous adventure
with the fagships shells, the foreign
correspondents-by this time augment
ed in number by the arrival Of two
others-were holding daily vigil Once
in position, starboard turned towards
the distant eastern fort, the two guns
of which had been annoying Liu-Kon-
Tau. she let fly half dozen shells.
We could hear them Shrek and moan
like siren whistles and then from the
distance, for the fort was six miles
away, came back the dull reverbera-
tions of their explosive impact. Then
wonderful thing happened. cloud
bulged from the parapet of the fort;
the sound of an express train coming
towards US at full speed thrilled every
straining nerve; and with a splitting,
rending thrust, conical shell entered
the ship at the water line, opening
great gap Boats and sampans were
dragging at their ropes on the port
side and into these the crew tumbled,
rowing hastily away. Then the cruis-
er began to settle at the bow. the stern
keel lifted above the surface and the
ship slanted easily TO the bottom and
settled in the mud, her flag still flying.
It was the finest shooting of the war
and was done by Captain Naruta of
the japanese navy.
Only eight Chinese men-of-war were
left. These, when the cruiser went
down. displayed their largest flags at
every masthead as II challenging fate
Itself; and the forts on Liu-Kou-Tau
did the same. But defiance was use
less. for the end was near. During
the week the japanese artillerymen
had been toiling over the hills from
Yung Ching bay, dragging mortars.
On that very day those small but pow
erful engines of destruction were plant
ed in a deep valley behind the ruined
western forts. At the noon hour they
opened fire. Ting's decimated squad
ron had gathered near the iron wharf
on the south side Of the island TO take
on coal, but when bombs from the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-21

/ Calling guns playing on the levee, do
/ ing no harm, but bringing curious
I sensa ton to the roots OF ones hair
| However, the victory was with the
| Japanese, who, when the gunboat
/ steamed away began cleaning their
/ rifles as if after target practice. There
] was no cheering or congratulations:
hardly loud word. It seemed nothing
to them that they had fought a steel
| protected gunboat with rifles and driven
the formidable craft away. AIterward
We learned that the position they had
| held was mined with dynamite
This interesting skirmish over. our
little party started up the hill, pressing
through a deserted arsenal and enter
ing what had been the home of Colonel
Theodore SchneIl a German artiilerist
in the Chinese service The house had
been looted and its European furnish
fngs We're ruined. We We're after food
and found a can of mouldy- raisins
which served our appetites for that
day, but I also took along a child's
Chinese geography that lay in a pile of
debris. 1t was a lucky find, as will pre-
sently appear.
At the crest of the hill the panorama
was absorbing, but@we did not stay long
to see it. Close by were Ting's wicked !
AOOAluS NdESAf.DS. what was IEIC OF JiiS {
Chinese Imperial navy: beyond were
the fortified shore and activities of
u-Kon-Tau. But in moment came (
that ophidian hiss again and we saw
white cloud rise from the sides of the
Ting Yuen. We had received the COM
pliments of the day from the Admiral
himself and stayed to get no more.
Back of US small house was crushed
by the shell.
On the way back opened the school
geography and out fell folded paper
Its dull red and terra Gotta Autographs
showed an official map of Wei-hai-Wei
harbor. There were the forts, the
channels and shadows of the bay. the
groups of submarine mines, the defenc-
es of Liu-Kon-Tau, with firing dis
tances marked in dotted lines running
out to sea-a most invaluable paper to
place in the hands of the japanese Ad-
miral. How came it in the geography?
never learned, but Colonel Schnell
mislaid it there. That night
General Sakuna and his chief of staff
pored over the map, comparing it
with their own, with results that
showed themselves soon after when the
Japanese torpedo fleet came into the /
narbor through boom and mine field, i
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of a great and long-continued naval
battle. The boom of heavy guns, the
whirr of Gatlings the splintering crash
of torpedoes against steel armor, the
cloth-tearing sound of musketry. the
yells and cries and indescribabIe
fiendish noises of combat-these broke
in upon the sleep with stunning and
bewildering tumuIt. The sky near Liu-
Kon-Tau was streaked with gun-fash-
es and the white glare of searchIights,
but in fifteen minutes all was silent
and dark again. Next morning the
keel of a Chinese cruiser was to be
seen floating in the bay and another
cruiser, a gunboat, and a japanese
torpedo boat were ashore or at the
bottom. Eight of Ito's torpedo boats
had made a deadly visitation, one be-
ing disabled and abandoned. It was
afterwards told that when the old
Chinese Admiral viewed the wreck he
uttered the one pathetic sentence:
Here we die
The next morning at nearly the same
hour Ito's torpedo boats came into the
harb0r again, avoiding a Chinese wa
ter patrol. In the fight that followed
the battleship Ting Yuen was sunk, the
Japanese losing one torpedo craft as
before. But this was not the full sub
traction which the events of that bitter
day made in the Chinese naval
strength. At O'Clock in the morn
ing Admiral Ting's torpedo fleet form
ed in single file and steamed towards
a narrow opening in the boom that
crossed the western channel. We
thought an attack was to be made on
the single japanese patrol ship visible
in the brewing storm outside. but that
was not the purpose. Signals to the
torpedo boats shone at the masthead
of the Chen Yuen. Tings new flagship,
but they were not answered. Then
the remnant of the broadside fleet be-
gan to fire on the f7otilIa which was
leaving the harbor. not to do battle,
but TO desert.
The thirteen fugitive boats had
scarcely passed the boom when the
japanese patrol vessel. the Yoshina,
opened fire. Her consorts were all at
anchor in the Bay of Islands ten
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-21

| Jor then counted his killed and wound
ed. There were twenty of them. half
his little force
! Wei-hai-Wei, was entered on the
| early morning of February 3rd by th+
| Sixteenth Regiment of the line. At the
time Mr.. Cowen and myself were with
| General Sakuma and his columns of
| pursuit, but, hearing the news, we turn
| ed and rode across country, % miles by
| a roundabout way. arriving al Wei-haf-
Wei late in the afternoon. The city was
deserted by its inhabitants, much of
whose personal property was seen about
the streets. A few japanese soldiers
We're on guard and the white flag with
the red ball flew from the watch towers.
A mile away lay Admiral Ting's fleet
Why did it not lombard the town?
Cowen and L were too weary to bother
about that, and entering the deserted
yamen of Mandarin we made our
selves comfortable for the night in the
rich mans family collins, articles of
furniture usual in such houses, where
they are kept in readiness for the dead.
We filed two of the big black boxes
with straw and tucked ourselves away
in blankets for a night of sound sleep
Early next morning, noting a billy
cape with signal tower on it, which
JutCeu INTO the pay from the mainland,
a mile distant and rightly thinking
that one could see the enemy's fleet
from that point of vantage much as a
spectator in the loft of a theatre looks
down upon the stage, Mr.. Cowen and 1
started there on foot. The road we
traversed, a broad, unsheltered mill
tary highway, ran parallel to a Ievee /
which kept back the waters of the bay /
from tidelands and was in plain sight |
from the decks of the enemy's men-of- /
war; AS we neared little group of |
japanese coolies leading mules, a gun !
boat lying 500 yards from the shore, |
bow on, fired a shell at the little pro-
cession The missile struck the road |
just ahead and exploded. For a mo-
ment the air seemed full of jumping
mules. No one was hurt, but the mules
vanished, at high speed, into neigh
boring ravine.
AS we approached the hill our inter-
prefer pointed to fifty or sixty Japanese
who were crouching be-
mind section of the levee. They SEEM
I'd to be hiding from the Chinese gun
boat, of light draft, but heavily armed,
which was still making itself inquis-
tive. We started towards the Ievee
When near it the officer in command
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sinking the Ting Yuen and several
smaller vessels.
The military situation was now simple
in its aspects, but difficult to control
The remaining Chinese land forces held
the island of Liu-Kon-Tau; the Chinese
fleet lay sheltered behind the island
ready to help defend the entrances to
the bay. Outside the japanese ships of
war kept the blockade, while the main
land, with its captured forts, all but
one dismantled and that one having
but two available guns, was occupied
by the Japanese army. The Chinese
island garrison could not get away nor
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-21

of the troops ordered us to lie down.
This we did not care to do and hurry
ing on, we joined the line. BY that
time the gunboat was so near that one
could hear the gable of Chinese voices
on her deck.
A low order brought the troops to
their feet, and to my establishment they
fired a volley point blank at the China
man. A sharp hiss and a smashing
sound close by told of a shell in return.
Up sprang the nimble Japs and they
poured in a second volley. By that
time the gunboat, her steam pipe puff
fling nervousIy, had worn around, her
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could Ting's feet escape; neither could
the japanese troops gain an island
foothold nor could Ito force the harbor
with his heavy ships. The Chinese
might be starved out in time; ii hard
ly seemed, if they were alert and had
a mind to fight, that they could be de-
stroyed.
But resistance did not last long.
Soon after the moon set about o'clock
in the morning of February 9Th the
sleepers in Wei-hai-Wei We're reused
by din which seemed to concentrate
in a little space of time all the noises
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miles distant and it fell to her to meet
the thirteen torpedo boats alone. Her
speed was p knots; theirs, owing to
past bad management. 49, With mi
mute accuracy, the Japanese gunners
smashed the foremost of the fleeing
boats and the rest turned shoreward
and were beaehed, their crews running
into the arms of a company of Japan
csc engineers. In half an hour what
was left of China's torpedo fiotilla was
in Japanese hands.
Two days thereafter the largest re-
naming cruiser of the fleet, the Ching
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-13
THE PLATFORM.

The democracy OF Ellis coun
ty in convention assembled ex-
pressly reuews its allegiance
To the time-honored principles
of the democratic party as first
announced by Thomas Jefferson
and subsequently at different times
expressed and adjusted TO the vary
ing needs aud demands of the
American people. Whether in sue
cess or defeat the democratic party
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-13

There II NOT newspaper IN the
state but what strongly advocates
home industries, and column after
column has been written urging
people to trade 1T home and patro-
nize home enterprises. Sears, Roe
buck a Co., have been roasted and
their customers scorched for send
ing money away from home, and yet
we sit right down and say never a
word about all the bank and county
printing being sent to Dorsey, or
Clark & Courts, or Geo. ID. Barnard
at st. Louis. Why 10 this thusly,
why do newspaper men submit TO
it? We venture the assertion that
two-thirds of the counties in Texas
have the county printing sent off.
Take Waco, filed with good job off,
ces, and yet it is safe to say that
one-third of the printing in tn at town
is sent off. In reading the court re-
port this week in the Groesbeck
Journal we find printing bills allow
ed as follows:
Dorses Printing Co. 33 65
Clark d Courts. 3S4 65
Dorsey Printing Coz. IA %
Geo. d. Barnard d Co. .... rs 80
The home printer could perhaps do
all this work, but got it not.
The Bolton Journal says; "a few
days ago q county officer came over
to get bid on four or five dollar
job of printing, and said that he did
so by order OF the court. That is
proper, but Is 1t not dor in all cases?
There were no bids taken for the
more than $4,000 just paid by the
court to foreign concerns for station
cry. Why this difference?
II is not right, and If the news
papers would do so, they could stop
II and force these concerns TO pat
ronized the home printer. 1t should
be seen TO that no county Judge,
county clerk or county officer of any
kind should be elected who would
not favor the home printer, and es-
pecially is this so with the county
commissioners. Weunderstand that
this county now has most OF its
printing done at home, but there are
"a number of counties that do not,
and the newsr apers are to blame for
it, for they could remedy the evil II
they only would West Times.