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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-10-14

Mrs. }. w. Crute.
Misses Mary Morton and Sallie Page
Johnson. Messrs. Mat Steger aud Lyon
were the guests at Mr.. Henry Madison's
Saturday night.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-10-14

1t is always too late to mend a broken
pledge.
The only way for a politician TO earn
q kind word is TO die.
When none Of her female friends
like a woman 1t is a sign the men do.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-10-14

Every barrel "Obelisk" is guaranteed
10 give satisfaction, Try ii. J.. +. Wal
ton & Go.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-10-14

A woman's dinner party talk is al
most a foreign language to her family.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-10-14

A boon TO travellers. DIR. Fowler's
Extract of Wild Strawberry. Cures
dysentery, diarrhoea, s~easickness,
nausea. Pleasant TO take. Acts
promptly.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-10-14

Wants and other advertisements in
SERTED under This head Will be charged
0rat thc rate of cents per line each
Insertion. Unless the number of in
.srt.on. desired is stated at the time
ofenter.ne the advertisement 10 will be
continued at tine above rate until no
t,e to discontinue is received.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-10-14

MILL PHorERTY FOR SALE.-W. G.
Franklin. of Psmplin City. Va, and
Th0s. r. Watkins. of Charlotte Court
house. Na. a- special commissioners,
Will sell at public auction ON the prem
ises 0n October .2nd, 1904, the finest
mill property in the county of Char
lotte. For particulars apply to either
of said commissioners
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-10-14

Bees Honey and Tar is different
from all other remedies offered for the
relief of coughs. lung and bronchial
troubles. IL contains Antiseptic pro-
perties that destroys the germs, and
Solvent properties that cut the phlegm'
allowing DC Do Dee thrown of, moves the
bowels gently. Cures Group, Whoop-
ing Cough and Colds in % night.
Sold hY Anderson Drug Co.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-10-14

WANrED-Hunters at Buckingham
White Sulphur Springs during the
huuiing season.
Write tO j. O. Morris,
oct. Iflt. AudersOnville, Va.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-10-14

WANrED-TwO bushels of scaley-
barks. s. w Paulett, Jr.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-10-14

Bread is the staff of lfe, therefore,
have it good Use 'Obelisk." j. f..
Walton 81 Go.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-10-14

Want. and other advertisements in.
serted under this head Will be charged
oratt Cine rate of5 cents per line eacl
Insertion. Unless tine number of in
.sr,iou- desired is stated ct the time
ofentering the advertisement it will be
continued at tine above rate until no
a.e to discontinue is received.
Io.r-ln Famviie or en route tC
Green BAY. "a large far glove. Finder
uil be rewarded. r. w. Nenable.
ror SAIr-A most desirable fam
living Immediately along the Macadaml
r,sd f1r sale either iu whole on part at
lo,y price. and ou most reasonable
terms. For price and null particulars,
amply at tine Herald Office. Good OPP
partuuity for suburban home.
We want YOU to ask u~ tine best In
.urance rate that we can give You on
your dwelling.
GARLAND az MARTIN.
FoR SALE CHEAr-One Latrobe,
and one Coles hot blast AIR tight heat
iue stoves. These stoves are good as
new. II. 1. ELAN
We want to Keep busy-(writing IN
suraucel GARLAND ~ MARTIN.
Me want to DO your Insurance.
GARLAND * MARTIN.
FoR SAlE-One fine cow, fresh to
tine pail. Apply at
HERALD OFFICE.
sep. 3o.it.
For SALE-Two dwellings, one ON
BauiIsf nam now occupied 10y j. X.
Noel: Tine other ou Middle street. Ap-
ply to IL. w. NOEL
For RrNr:-That desirable brick
residence ON Main street opposite court
house. Apply TO G.. T.. CHArPELL.
lfyou want good bread use 'Obelisk"
-four. Always reliable. j.. +. Walton
Co.
MILL PROPERTY For sALE.-W. C..
Frankiin. of Pamplin City, Va, and
Th0s. r. Watkins. of Charlotte Court
house. va. a- special commissioners,
Will sell at public auction ON the prem
ises on October 32ud, 1904, the finest
mill property in the county of Char
lotte. For particulars apply To- either
of said commissioners
Bees Honey and Tar is different
from all other remedies offered for the
relief of coughs. lung and bronchial
troubles. To contains Antiseptic pro-
perties that destroys the germs, n
solvent properties that cut the phlegm,
allowing &c tO Dee thrown of, moves the
bowels gently. Cures Group, Whoop-
ing Cough and Colds in o. night.
Sold hY Anderson Drug Co.
The Misses Davidson, IN addition to
their regular line of dry goods and no.
lions, are making "a specially OF child
ren's hats and baby caps.
WANrED-Two bushels of scaley-
barks. s. w Paulett, Jr.
WANrED-Huuters at Buckingham
White Sulphur Springs during the
hunting season.
Write d. j.. O. Morris,
oct. ll 10. AudersOnVllle, Va.
Bread is the stan of lfe, therefore,
have it good. Use 'Obelisk.' j.. +.
Walton 81 Go.
When troubled with constipation try
Chamberiaiu's stomach and Liver
Tablets. They are easy to take and
produce no gripping or other unpleas-
ant effect. For sale boy The Winston
Drug Co.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-10-14

The t%reasurer's report was as follows:
ADVERTISEMENTS.

By balance on hand last report. 3 500 b
Received from sergeant .....--.. ~ u
Received from Dispensary board. 200 %
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-12-03
TO VEGETABLE" MEDICINE.
Theory of Austrian Professors to In
troduce Iron Salts Into Sys-
tenn Through Spinach.

The attempt Is being made at the
Austrian agricultural institute at
Vienna to Introduce iron salts into the
human system In an original manne
The experiments, which are being
carried on by the archaeological de-
partment, consist so far IN sprlnkling
n solution of hydrate of iron over
large beds of spinach and other vegc-
tables. (
Tho theory starts with the fact that
these salts, in order to be kept in the
body, must be "vegetall2ed." Thus far
they simply traverse the system,
which would otherwise benefit by the
vital energy contained in them.
The experiments have been crowned
with success. At least n large proper
ton of the hydrate has been intro
duced into the spinach without hurt
ing It's taste in any way and in such
fashion az to become a constituent OF
the body.
Similar attempts are said to have
been made without success In Paris
some years ago by NJ Gabriel Viaud
1t is proposed TO put the spinach on
sale under the name Of "]fcrrugiuous"
spinach In all the principal markets
and groceries In Vienna. In order to
Introduce 1t among the poorer class
es, whom it would most benefit, Il Is
being sold at substantially less than
the ordinary vegetable.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-12-03
BARS ALL CONSERVATIVES.
New Order of Civil Service Commits
sion Says Victim of Disease Can
not Work for Government,

In the future persons suffering from
consumption will no be employed in
the United States post offices or other
government positions where they are
likely to spread the disease.
This decision has been reached by
the United States civil service COM
mission, and Commissioned Cooley has
sent out an order to that effect
All persons, 1t is directed, must sub
init to a physical examination, and if
they are subject to tuberculosis thew
Will not be employed. Those already
in the service who are addicted to the
disease will be dismissed.
This action affects thousands of
clerks throughout the country, partic-
ularly In Denver, Col, and Los AnI
geles, Cal, which cities are the Mecca
for patients who cannot live else
where.
Until recently the post Offices and
federal buildings in these towns were
filled with consumptives. it being A
standing rule that when a faithful en-
pIoye contracted the disease in the
middle west or east he be transferred
10 a warmer or more altitudinous
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-12-03
ALIEN ALMSHOUSE INMATES
Half of Adult Whites in PHILADELPHIA
Refuge at Present Are For
eign-Born.

The significant fact has been
brought out at Philadelphia that one.
half the total number Of adult white
Inmates received in the Philadelphia
aImshousc and hospital last year were
Goreign-bOrn, and up to the present
time this year the ratio Of foreign
born to native Americans seeking as
R]Istancc at the institution has been
the sano AS last year, The exact fig
urCs are as follows.
Natiyc-borD whites, 1868, foreign
born whites, 4,ti5; negroes. 1904.
The immigration inspectors say
paupers are sent TO this country from
Europe to be supported in institutions
because they get better treatment here
than in similar institutions in Europe
Strict inquiries are made into each
case. and II it Is found that the ap-
TIj"ant has been less than one year
In this country he is deported,
The lorcign-born element in the
almshouse was divided last year as
follows;
Germany, 655; England. 37G; Wales,
81; Scotland, 1879; Ireland, 2,l5G;
France, "a, other countries, l,074.
Total. i,ii5.
The average population of the in
stftution throughout the year Is about
. 1000, the discharges aud deaths dur
ing the same period averaging about
5000, OF the average housed al all
times in the institution ono-half are
fOroign-bOrn.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-12-03
FED HIS SQUASH ON MILK.
When Opened This Wonderful vege-
table Contained Several Pounds
Of the Finest Butter,

Most every boy on a farm knows how
to fix up squash by feeding them milk
SO that they will grow to prodigious size.
but a UnadiIla IN. " youth has
smashed all records, il the statements OF
his friends are TO be accredited. The
Unadilla youth determined to produce
a prize squash that would make all other
prize sQuashes ever raised look like mar
bles in comparison.
Accordingly he clipped the end OF the
vine and immersed It In sweet milk
In time the vine took as much as a quart
OF milk a day. The squash grew be-
yond all expectations, and was even
tually exhibited at the Morris fair, and
1t easily won a premium of ten dollars.
But the most surprising part of the
story is yet TO come, according to the
narrator, whose reputation for yeracity
has never been questioned, The squash
was cut the other day, and il is alleged
that 1t contained seven pounds and
fourteen ounces OF fine, rich butter.
equal If not superior to any made last
year at the creamery. 1t Is to be great
ly regretted that the squash was seed
less,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-12-03
CHURCH is 224 YEARS OLD
Friends Meeting House in Pennsyl-
vania Has an Interesting History
Anniversary Is Held.

The two hundred and twenty fourth
anniversary of the Friends meeting
house near Twin Oaks, Pa, was cele.
hrated the other day, and the occasion
was observed by a circular meeting,
which was attended by Friends from
Chester, Philadelphia, Media, Radnor
and other points, The first building,
of logs, was used for 80 years. The
present building was erected in 1869.
In the south doors of the ancient
edifce are ten bullet holes. made by
British soldiers, who passed down the
Chichester road on their way to Phila.
delphia Friends ran behind the stone
structure for protection, when the
soldiers fired a volley. Three bullets
were imbedded in one door and seven
In the other. The same doors are
there, and they hang on the same
hinges.
An immense key. forged and filed
with rough exactneSs, opens the lock
1t turned 1856 years ago. In the wom-
ems section Of the building is a fire.
place. built when the meeting house
was erected. An ancient stove is also
used in heating the editice.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-12-03
CAN DISCHARGE SPOUSE.
Right Demanded by a Cleveland Won.
an-says Husband Is Less I'm
portant Than Literature.

The poor, misguided husband has al
last found his level
Mrs. Kate d. Fem. Of Cleveland, O.,
defendant in a suit In which Eyerton
D. Fem seeks divorce, said on the
witness stand the other day that she
reserved the night 10 discharge her
husband as she would a servant.
Cleveland men are discussing the
Feasibility Of a union for protection
against the drastic requirements OF
wives. No scale Of wages will be de-
termined upon, but hours and the
amount Of work 70 be accomplished 10
a given time will be regulated. The
House Domestic federation will be
asked 10 grant q charter of utilization
n the Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Animals requested to Indorse
the Idea.
MIS-. Fem further lays down the rules
FOR relationship between man and wife
by declaring that literature is more i'm
portantthan husbands. She has literary
aspirations.
Recently when she was in Chautauqua
Mr.. Fem was taken seriously i'll. He
sent to her begging that she come home,
When asked by Mrs. Lewis, a witness
IN the divorce proceedings, why she did
not comply, she is said to have re-
marked: "Therp was an important and
Interesting meeting on kindergarten
work. really couldn't waste my time.
Upon this statement Mr.. Fem bases
his petition for separation. Mrs. Fem
says she is working for the rights OF
woman and the privileges Of sex in fight
ing the action; that she really doesn't
care personally
She directs the court that If the peti.
tion be granted she must be given Gus.
tody Of the children, that they may
be brought up in the way they should
go-the Christian Science road.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-12-03
HOTEL FOR WORKING GIRLS
Prominent New York Financiers to
Combine Philanthropy and
Business,

A hotel for working girls and work.
ing women will soon be built in New
York city II the plans now under con
sIderatlon are carried out. Philan-
thropy and business will be combined
in the running of the hotel. Plans
have been submitted by an architect
involving the expenditure Of $500, 900,
but several well-known men interested
in the project think that there will be
no difficulty in raising whatever
money is necessary, because assist
anCe has been offered by men prom
inent In the financial world, The
hotel probably will be In the neigh
borhood of the large department
stores on the West side, where many
girls and women are employed. Their
board at the hotel will be about So or
81 a week, They will have the use OF
the hotel laundry when they wish TO
do up their collars. h]audkerchiefs and
cuffs and such light articles, There
VIII be Il room with sewing machines
at their service when they want to do
mending. A number of small recep.
tion rooms will be on the first floor.
where the girls may receive friends.
Nothing will be said to the guests
about religion or their family affairs,
II the girls are out of employment at
any time the management will try to
tide them over until they get work,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-12-03
FEARFUL WASTE OF ENERGY
Loss Of Power in Coal During Trans
mutton Into Electric
Light.

Ninety-nine per cent. of the sun-power
or energy stored up in a ton Of coal IS
lost on its way to the electric-light bulb.
Thus we get only a hundredth part Of
the possible light contained in a ton of
coal. The other % parts are lost on the
way, disSipated in heat, and used up / n
friction in the engine or the electric an
paratus, and never become light. TO
discover some way to prevent this fear
full waste of energy is one of the great
problems confronting scientists to-day,
writes Orison SWEET Marden, in Success.
Just as fearful a waste of energy goes
on in mans use of his W powers. In
stead OF 100 per cent. of his energy an
pearlng In results that are worth while.
often not more than one per cent. of il
gets into his real work, the rest being
thrown away, d~isslpated in scores OF
ways,
A young man starts out in life with a
large amount of force and vitality stored
up in his brain, nerves and muscles. He
feels an almost limitless supply of ener.
gy yelling up within him, a fullness and
~buoyancy which knows no repression.
He believes he will DO wonders with this
energy, and that he will transmute
practically all of it into light-achieve-
ment. In the pride of his youth and
strength, he seems to think that there Ia
practically no end to his power to throw
on energy, and so he often filings it ont
on every side with reckless p~rodigality.
lie burns it up here In a cigarette or a
pipe, there in whisky or wine: here no
drains it off in heavy suppers and late
hours, there in vicious living. idleness
shittlessness, and botched work, until
he finally comes to himself with a
shock and asks: Where is the electric
light meant to produce with all nv
energy? Is this pickering candle famo
all that can generate?" He is appalled,
to find that. with all his superabundant
vitality, he has scarcely produced light
enough to illumine his own way. and has
nothing left for the world. He who had
boosted of his strength and felt conf.
dent Of shedding a light that would daz.
zle the world stumbles along himself In
semi-darkness. The energy which
should have been transmitted into
achievement has been lost on the way.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-12-03
A Human Target"

Albert Becude has again been picked
up in Paris, bleeding p~rofusely from
four bullet wounds in his body, though
none of them are dangerous. At the
hospital he was Immediately recog.
nized as A man to whom had been
given the name of "the human target"
1t Is only two months since he was
discharged from the Beauion hospital.
where he had been treated for three
bullet wounds, n bullet remaining
in his body; and in all he had been
attacked and wounded five separate
times by bad characters, who suspect
him of being a police spy. This last
affair brings up the number of bullets
which have hit him to the total of %,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-12-03
sTRAYs.

Although iron pyrites and copper
pyrites are difficult to distinguish I'M
foreground by candle light, they are
separated usually by the use of the
bluish-white fame of magnesium wire
or the ~acetylene light.
A square foot of uncovered pipe,
nlled with steam at 100 pounds pres
sure, will radiate and dissipate In o
year the heat put into 3,i16 pounds
OF steam by the economic combustion
OF 1893 pounds Of coal. Thus, ten
square feet of bare pipe corresponds
approximately to the waste of two
tons of coal per annum.
Oxygenated water at IL volumes IL
pronounced by NJ. A. Renard the best
rreservative of milk. Added directly
after milking, in the proportion of two
IL three per cent. 1t decomposes in six
or eight hours into water and oxygen,
leaving no foreign substance as do
Dorax or salicylic acid, and effecting
no change like boiling or freezing.
Ife antiseptic action persists long
enough to prevent alteration.
The new carbon-molybdenum conf
pound of Henri Moissan is obtained by
heating melted molybdenum and alu-
mlnum In the electric furnace. The
metallic product is treated with a con-
centrated solution Of potash, when
needle crystals Of the new compound
are obtained. The substance Is very
hard, scarcely attacked by acids, I'M
affected by water or steam below GOO
degrees, and promises to be Of value
for molybdenum steels.
The physiological effects of electric
currents have been investigated by
Prof. Nernst at Bonn. The safety Of
the human body when exposed to .
powerful high-frequency electric cur-
rent has been explained as due to the
passage of the current over the sur
face of the body only, but Prof. Nernst
finds the reason Of the currents harm
to be probably that It does
not have time to effect q change In the
cellular tissue before the reversal Of
the current takes place. Experiments
on frogs have confirmed the new the
CRY.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-12-03
DEAD" BUT STILL ALIVE
Lovers Certified as Having Commit
ted Suicide Reappear and Many
Complications Follow,

Two lovers who eloped together
from Charleroi, Belgium. some time
ago and were supposed to have com
mitted suicide, have been found alive
at Lyons, France, where they were liv.
ing under an assumed name.
Soon after their disappearance the
French papers announced that their
dead bodies had been found at Lyons,
and the father of the girl ]journeyed to
the town and identified the corpses as
those Of the fugitives.
They have now returned home. and
their parents have forgiven them.
But before they can be married their
death certificates, says the Paris
Matin, will have TO be officially an.
nulled, as legally they have ceased to
exist,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-12-03
RAILWAY RUMoR.

American railways handle about S12,-
100000 worth OF grain a year.
A new railroad planned to scale Grays
Peak, near Dillon, Col, will attain a
height at least 200 feet greater than the
road which climbs Pixies Peak.
The experiment made about a year ago
of employing Mexican porters in Pull
mar cars has not been successful. Forty
Mexicans have entered the service of the
Pullman company, and of that number
only five are left.
Timothy J. Lee, an American locomo-
tive engineer. has been held responsible
for the wrecking of a train he was driy-
ing, near Zacatecas, Mexico, and SEN
fenced to hard labor in the salt minesfor
fou years. He was badly hurt in the
wreck. His brother is a Denver police
captain,
The Southern Pacific company has
forbidden its men TO bring cocaine into
Its yards or shops. 1t has been custom
airy for the men to use 1t when they get
a clnder in an eye, but 1t has been used
for other purposes; and, besides, the
doctors say, it's unskilled use in the eve
dangerous. The men have the use Of
a w~ell-equipped emergency hospital.
or the sum which had been invested In
the worlds railroads at the close of 1902
1t is estimated, according to the Eng
lish Railway Magazine, that more than
1890, 900, goo has been spent on 1884,
600 miles of European railroad and
fS,232, 900 900 on the 1877 600 miles owned
by the rest of the world. On this basis IL
Is found the roads Of Europe represent
Investment of s22.952 a mile, while
those OF the rest Of the world average
G11,4O2. Great Britain's railroads rem
resent the highest cost per mile, figures
standing at s51,36S, while those OF Bel.
gium come next with ESQ, O4S.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-12-03
POLICEMAN BOSS PIE EATER
Member Of New York Force Beats All
Corners In Unique Eat-to-a-
Finish Match.

Pa'rolman Terence Smith has been
"ro" ned king Of pie eaters In Brook
Ign The other night Smith met the
pick of the bOrOugh's pie d]cyourcrs,
and iu an eat-t0-a-Hnish match showed
such form that The other contestants
seemed 10 be eating Ike dyspeptIc8
Smith pat under his belt 10 plea Of the
Size, if not OF the quality. his mother
used TO make.
The contest foi the pie eating cham
pIonsbip OF Brooklyn was held in a
cafe. Smith, upon whom the members
Of the police force were plunging
heavily, led of with a juicy pineapple
pie and put it out Of sight with four
bites. George Meyer. the fayorlte,
however, passed him at the third pie.
and still was leading when he encoun-
tered a thick mince creation on the
sixth lap, The miHce pie troubled
Meyer, 30 that Smith, who was plod-
ding along at an even four-bItes-to-
thc-pie pace, overhauIed him and ate
his way into the lead.
Smith sttII was leading as he fairly
rumpcd through three pumpkins, but
faItercd when he struck q lemon
mennguo. He got rid of Il with five
bites, however. ana sent two Cranbcr-
fic5, a plum, and Il cocoanut after il in
fast time. Al the sixteenth pie he wag
seven ahead of Meypr his urarpEt