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The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-02-12
killing Ont Rermnhn Grn..

Those who fear that Bermuda grass
does too we'll with them may kill it
out by piowing two or three inches
deep in December. after allowing stock
to Craze It closely. After freezing
weather in January or February. the
land should be plowed again six or
eight inches deep. we'll narrowed. and
seeded tbickly to oats as soon as the
weather is warm enough. usually
about March /. Cowpeas should be
planted on the oat-stubble Immediately
after harvest, and after they are
moved, pastured off. or plowed under.
wheat should be sown. This method
will effeetually remove Bermuda
Farmer.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-02-12
WEARS MEMS CLOTHES.
MTs. Anna Mccoy. an Illinois W oman
Who Runs "a Farm and D.
lnrprnIer.

The only woman Ia Illinois. says
Virginia. Ill.,. correspondent Q The Int
Ocean, who belongs 10 the DR.. Mar
Walker school OF fashion and wear
mems clothes is Mrs. Anna Mccoy. VIII,
lives near Virginia. All the year around
In the harvest field, at the carpenter
bench, while milking the COWS. caring fol
the horses. or clearing the timber from
the land she tends. Mrs Mccoy wears a
hickory shirt and a pair of rough panta.
looms, and she does il unblushinely. too
This young woman. who is just ~
years old, is a farmer and is known a.
the best stock raiser in this section of
the state. She is a carpenter, and built
her own home. She is a wood chopper
who can swing a ten-pound ak from
morning until night, and she can pillow
a furrow as straight as any man in the
state. Before she went to Kansas City
Mo. where she met and married Charles
Mccoy, from whom she later secured a
divorce. this young woman was Miss
Ann Bohrer She was born at Decatur
ILL.,, OF German parents There was no
boy in the Bohrer family, and the girl
went TO work In the fields. Under the
hard work she grew 10 be a powerful
young woman. who. at the age Of 20
could throw l4-inch pillow around with
one hand She worked on a farm until
she went to Kansas City. When she
again returned to lllionis she leased a
tract OF timber land near here. bought
an ak and an adj, and went 10 work.
She won the reputation Of being able
TO cut more cords Of wood in a week than
any man in the neighborhood. This /
didn't satisfy here She next began
planning to build home for horselfand |
her parents. She went into the woods (
rut down the trees. hewed the tlmbers .
Tor the building. hauled them to the site /
selected for the house. and then. without
bit Of help. erected the building she
lad planned. She even made the doors
and the windows In the building. and
hey are as good as any carpenter could
make. Mrs Mccoy also shingled the
louse and plastered It. The work on the
arm she personally looks after. and she
aises as good crops as anyone in the
ounty.
The work Of this young woman has
lot been confined TO the fields. She IS
plendid seamstress, and is a good cook.
last summer she volunteered TO act as
BOX at hotel in Virginia during the
Illness Of the chef While she was serv-
NJ as cook telephone company adver-
sed for a supply Of telephone poles
irs. Mccoy resigned her position az
ook and returned to her farm. where
he cut the poles and hauled them to
)wn.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-02-12
CONCRETE on THE FARM.
IL Can he Used Not Only for Cisterns
and Floors But for Fence
Posts Also.

There is little excuse for UP to date
farmers wading around in the mud.
when concrete walks may be had around
house and barn with very small outlay
Of money, provided the man is handy and
can do the work himself after a little in
strueuon, says Rural New Yorker Be
sides the making Of walks concrete is
being used in many other ways adyan-
tageously and economically. During the
past season we have seen fence posts
made from stone and concrete that are
much cheaper than the cut stone post.
and Just as durable. The plan ofmaking
the posts was to dig down two feet into
the ground, or perhaps deeper in soft
ground, and then make a box the size
OF post wanted which was filed with the
concrete and topped out according to
fancy. When hinges or eyes were wanted
for hanging gates holes were bored in
the box and the eyes inserted before the
filling was done. taking care to have
same anchored well In the post. A con-
crete noor is easily made In houses built
OF stone OF brick, and renders a residence /
practically freproof. We saw floors Of /
this kind made last season that seem IN /
be perfection. A wooden floor Is first
made Of rough lumber and on this is
laid wire cloth, in which the concrete
IS spread six inches thick. When n
dries the wooden floor is removed and
the concrete is self-sustaining. The
eonycrete is made by mixing together
Portland cement, sand and coal cinders
II Is said to cost but little more than a
hrst-class floor made Of wood. including
the Joists. We have seen number Of
cisterns made out Of concrete. no brick
being used for walling up. In making
a cistern OF this kind It Is necessary to /
have rough wooden wall made about
three inches all around from the dirt
and MI In space with concrete After
The wood wall is removed one coat Of
cement completes the cistern. and It is
mere Tor all time to come. The greatest
objection to iron fence posts is that thew
IRE not solid in the ground. being So .
small. BY using a bed Of concrete and
he base OF all iron posts set in II will
Dc found that they will stand as well ss
my other post
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-02-12
The Indian mr. nrmrr.

The day Of the Indian reservation
and also OF the reservation Indian is
almost past. The Indian lands all over
the west are being slowly but surely
opened to the settlement Of the whites,
and the Indian himself has been COM
PEELED to become a citizen, farmer and
worker or yield to the survival of the
httest and die out Very soon $50
square miles Of the Rosebud reserva-
ton OF the Sioux Indians in South Da-
kota will be thrown open to settlement
These Indians have been helped by the
most enlightened policy Of the govern
ment in recent years and will be found
for the most part with good homes.
farms, and schools and disposed to be
good neighbors and useful citizens.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-02-12
Ten just What YonIInou

The average farmer lacks self-cone-
oence. He hesitates in telling what he
knows At many a farmers institute
valuable experiences are lost because
OF this the farmer feeling that some
more experienced speaker can tell bis
story better. The fact IS. the actual
worker Is more appreciated and can
90 more good, even though he cannot
speak as gracefully. Do not hesitate
Out get up and make a brief. compact
statement Of your experlences-Or-
ange Judd Farmer.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-02-12

" THE CLERKS OFFICE OF THE CIR
1 bl Ut COURT OF ihe County OF Prince Ed
ward ON ihe lNih day OF January, 1888:
We Franklin ............................ Plaintiff
against
Edward scott, Chas Scott Matte Scott
wife Of Edward scott, =. IL Bliss
Upon orig iual and amended bin I'M
Cnuucery.
Inc object OF This suit is 20 subject "a tract
OF and containing 76 acres moro or less. sit-
uaied in Prince Edward county. Va. near
sandy River Church. To- the PAYMENT of "a
deut OBJ eMO with interest thereon due the
plainun by Edward scott And am anidavit
nay wing been made and filed that the defend
ani Matte Scott is NOT 70 resident OF the stole
OF virginia. TO Is ordered that she DO appear
mere within lneen days after due publication
hereof, and do what may bee necessary fo
protect her interest in this suit And 10 Is
iurther ordered that copy hereof be publish
ca once week for four weeks 600 tine Farm.
tlle Herald, and that "a COPY Doe posted af
tne mont door or the courthouse OF This
county ON or before the next rule day OF the
circuit court
A copy-Icstc:
b. j.. WHITEHEAD. Clerk.
w. {. Franklin, Pa. IAN. 22-lf.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-02-12
IFARP5sn3
~ ,,,,-2e's- AND "
@zgaR5DEN
NEW IDEA IN GATES.
lust the Thing for Cattle PASTURE
Where Three-Nire Fence
Confines the stock.

The following is a description of o
cheap and seryiceable wire gate which
viii be found satisfactory, especially IN
places where a gate Is not often used
L. OF course. would not do for sheep
or hogs. but Will serve the purpose in
cattle pastures. where a three-wIra
fence Is sufficient to coufne stock Cut
three wires each about a foot longer
han the distance between the posts.
and three short wires each six inchea
long. Form the short wires into loops
and fasten to post (A), (B. b, 3D. With
staples. the desired distance apart
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-02-12
Cattle Kined BY Dnintie,

A Pennsylvania Journal reports ina,
breeders near Baltimore have lost 81
100 worth Of prize cattle from feeding
them old gingersnaps and fruit cake
a TOO free indulgence Of these delica-
cles cost the lives Of II fine Herefords
II seems to be the custom OF farmors
OF that county to buy such food bv the
ton to feed cattle and hogs in small
quantities as fattening and milk-pro-
ducing.
It's the easiest thing in the world for
girl to get married if she thinks she
Is intellectual but will keep it a dead
secret
You can most always tell what "a
girls designs are on man if she wor-
ries for fear it is too heavy a load for
MN to support few sisters.
IAe eligible man who asks a girl TO
marry him has as much chance TO es-
cape as the one who bluffs four aces in
poker game.
There is nothing that disgusts q man
more than the lack Of system of a
street railway company whose car is
thirly seconds behind time when he is
in hurry to get to business because he
came to breakfast half an hour late.
It's funny the way bride can blush
Just to show she is a bride.
What keeps most people poor is the
Tear that they can't afford to appear
not TO Afford things other people have
A woman has sneaking suspicion
'n"t man could not worry about his
business II be loved her the way he
used TO.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-02-12


ana southwest Florida, Cuba, Texas. Call
iornla and Mexico, reaching the Capitals o
six States.
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT JAN. 10. 1904.
TRAINS LEAVE RIcHMoND-MAGN STREET
SrArION-DAIIY.
#lO A. M.-Local for Norlna, Hamlet and
Charlotte
Ll3 +. M.-Seaboard Mail-To Henderson,
Raleigh, Southern Pines, Ham
lei, Atlanta, Columbia, Savan.
nan, Jacksonville, and Tampa
Pullman awing-Room. Sleeping
Cars, between New York Jack.
sonNillei connecting az Hamlet
with through Pullman cars for
Atlanta. Pullman ParlOr Car
ll:o) y. M.-seaboard Epress-To Henderson.
Raleigh, Southern Pines Ham.
let, Charlotte, Atlanta. Colum.
bia, savannah, Jacksonville and
ann pa. Pullman Drawing.
Room Sleeping Cars between
New lork and Tampa, and New
York and Atlanta.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT RIcHMOND-DArLY.
0'io a. Mo. 3i-From Florida, and the
South.
$40 A. Mo. 50-From Florida, Atlanta
and the Southwest.
111 i. M.-No. N-From Florida, Atlanta
and the Southwest
o.2O J. M.-No. 36-From Norlina and local
points.
II. s. LIZARD, District Pass Agent.
$50 Main Street. Richmond.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-02-12
BARREL SMOKEHOUSE.
where But Small Quantities Of Meat
Have to BE Taken Care ore
Works quite Wen.

Where one has but a little meat 10
smoke barrel can often be used for
this purpose. Acorrespondent sends us
the following plan which he vouches for
as perfectly satisfactory A sugar bar
rel, or other barrel Of large size. is prefer
able. With a key hole saw cut a door
near the bottom through two or three
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-02-12
BARREL sMoKEHoUsE.

slaves. After saving the door. nail a
strip across the slaves to hold them to-
gether. The hinges (E) are old pieces Of
leather tackled fast, and may be put
either at the side as shown, or the door
hung from the top. Makea cross 10 hang
over the barrel and from the hooks ODD
suspend the meat When the meat is IN
place, throw blanket over the cross TO
conhne the smoke and light the fire,
which should be placed In a pan. Great
care must be taken with the fire so as
not to burn up the meat or the barrel
Orange Judd Farmer.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-02-12
Sour
Stomach

No appetite. loss Of strength, nervous
ness, headache, constipation. bad breath,
general debility. sour rsings, and catarrh Of
the stomach are slldue to lndlgestlon. Kodol
eureslndigestlon. This new discovery repre-
sents the natural juices Of digestion as they
exist In healthy stomach. combined with
The greatest known tonic and reconstructlve
properties. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure does not
only cure Indigestion and dyspepsia, but this
famous remedy cures all stomach troubles
BY cleansing, purifying, sweeiening and
strengthening the mucous membranes lining
the stomach.
M s. S, Ball, q Rsvenswoot. ". Va, ssys-
vas troubled with sour stomach for twenty years
kodol cured me and We are ron usne h in mis-
for BABY"
kodol DigestS What You Rat
Bottles only. si.oo Size holding ~ urss che ira
size. which sells for so csrtA
Prs9ared BY 4. o. oswlTT & co.. oHloAoo
THE WINSTON DRUG co.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-02-12

Miss Alice NJ. Smith, of Mimi
neapOIiS, Mimi, tells how wO-
mans monthly suffering may
be permanentIyreIieyed by Lydia
E.Pinkham'SYegetableC Compound
DrAR MRs. PINKHAM:-I have
never before given my endorsement
for amy medicine, but Lydia Il.
Pnkhlm's Ncgetable Compound
has added $50 much 70 my life and
happiness that ! feel like making an
exception in this case. For two years
every month I would have two days Of
severe pain. and could find no relief, but
one day when visiting a friend ] ran
across Lydia T.. Pinkham's Nege-
table Compound, - she had used
10 with the best results and advised
me 90 try IT, I found that it worked
wonders with me / now experience
no pain. and only had 20 use a few
bottles TO bring about this wonderful
change. / use il occasionally now
when 1 am exceptionally tired or worn
out. 49, Miss ALICE NJ. SMITH, s04 Third
Ave. South Minneapolis, Mimi, Chair
man Executive Committee, Minneapolis
Study Club. 5000 forfsit II original Of aboVs
letter D'oa'rg 9e1a'roqess cannot b produced.
Lydia +. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound carries women safely
through the various natural
crises and is the safeguard of |
WOman'S health.
The truth about this great |
medicine Is told I'm the letters
from women being published In
this paper constantly.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-02-12
z. N. r. rALcorr. Recelyer.

Time Table 10 effect Saturday Oct. a. 1903.
Between fnrmvllc and Richmond via
Southern Railway.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-02-12
Between Winterpock and Richmond aud
Pet rsburg
lNia. Atlantic Coast zine Railroad

Arrive Richmond hom Bermuda Is A NJ
Leave Richmond for Bermuda 10 r. NJ.
T. NJ. r. TALCOTr R.IWII~t
Receiver Gen Pass hpe
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-02-12
SIC IslT ta9a r,nr 'iao ezra TN
SEABOAkD
AIR LINE RAILWAY
SCHEDULE IN EFFECTJAN. 10, IDOL

snort line 20 Principal cities Of the south
nd Southwest. Florida. Cuba. Texas. Call
lrnia and Mexico, reaching the Capitals OF
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02
DEVIL FISH scAREs CREW.
Monster Sighted OF the Mexican Coast
Geta AMaN.

Monster Sighted OF the Mexican Coast
Gets Away.
Mr. Huddlest0n secretary and treas
urer and Chicago manager of the Otis
Manufacturing Company, who return
ed here yesterday on the steamship
Hugn, tells an interesting story of the
capture and subsequent escape of
monster manta, or devil fish, ON the
coast of Mexico. The fish became en-
tangled in two heavy one-inch manila
ropes and was being pulled aboard the
Hugin, says the New Orleans Times
Democrat, when it's enormous weight
broke the ropes and the monster drop
ped back into the water.
| At the time the Hugin was lying Off
ChiItepec, Mexico, loading a cargo OF
mahogany. The several heavy lines
which had been used to hold the raft
of logs alongside the ship were still out.
The crew was busily engaged In pull
| ing these in when four Of the RATS
men, who were is a boat not far Off,
called their attention TO the fact that
two of the heavy ropes had become en-
tangled. Each Of the ropes was one
inch in diameter and the Two had be-
come wrapped around one another.
Four of the crew took hold OF the rope
and tried to pull it in, but 1t would not
bulge They made several attempts,
and, finally, concluding that log was
attached to the other end, put one of
the steam winches to work and began
to pull the ropes in. They came in
slowly.
After few moments there was
fierce splash and 4 tremendous churn-
ing of the water, and the monster devil
fish came into view Those who saw 1t
declare that It was at least IS feet long
and 10 feet wide across the back.
When the greater pert Of the fish's
body had been lifted clear Of the water
the two heavy ropes were seen TO
culver. Another turn of the capstan
and they parted simultaneously, allow
ing the fish to fall back into the water.
Nothing more was seen Of it.
The scientific name Of the manta Is
cephaloptera. 1t is also known as the
devil fish and sea devil. Capt. Larsen.
the master of the Hugin. estimated the
weight of the devil fish at two tons.
The ropes broken by the weight of the
fish were capable Of lifting over ton
and half, he says, and the FISH must
have weighed close to two tons.
How the fish became entangied In
the ropes Is a mystery. In one Of the
RATS Of mahogany lumber a small log
was missing. 1t is thought that the
fish swallowed this log, and that both
rones were entangled ON ~
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02

Some women save money for men
by not marrying them.
1t seems an awful lot worse to jump
in bed and keep cold.
1t is human nature to be dissatisfied,
because there is no swimming in Janu-
airy and nc skating in July.
Awoman wears veil, like a good
many other things, to cover, not to
hide. her charms.
The reason woman never balances
her check book is because she knows
the cashier will never agree with her
because he is never right.
Maybe if women were not so busy
with their mouths in another way they
would really learn to smoke.
When woman says q man treats
her brutality she means she can't make
him give in in an argument even by
crying.
When woman brags about a
thoughtful child she has she means he
forget to pull its tail out of the cat
that morning.
The man who got up the theory that
you can save money by being married
must have been the same idiot who
started the flying machine idea.
Nothing makes a man feel so queer
when the minister calls, as to hear his
wife tell him all the signs their father
has noticed in the children of very re-
ligious spirit.
The funniest OF all is the near-sight-
ed man who stops to look at the foot
of woman of 60 crossing the street.
New York Press.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02

the entire costume is included in the
color scheme The colors submitted take
in all the recently stylish hues, and the
combinations are characterized by dar-
ing, as they have been all winter. Pur-
pies, which have seemed to wane bit as
winter advanced, are more numerous.
and the combinations into which they
enter are often OF the advanced order
Cerise is put with it in ways to make
the surprised Observers eyes bulge, and
pink and crimson are mated with shades
of the purple class in manner hardly less
astonishing. A little study of these col
or effects shows that they're not at all
impossible. What startles is their new
ness, and that won't keep women from
taking them up; rather, it will lead to
ready acceptance. So these combinations
are likely to be numerous.
The winters favor for rough sur
faced goods is at its height. The wraps
and gowns that point its strength are
very numerous, and their weaves would
be of the most conspicuous order, except
that so many women have donned like
goods. So many materials of extra
ordinary surface have appeared in
response to this fashion that it seems
as by another winter return would be
made to smoother stuffs. As yet how
ever. there is no relaxation, and the only
rough novelty weayes to decline i'll price
are those that put in an appearance very
early in the fashion. Newer goods seem
to be about as high as ever A singular
feature of the favor in which these stuffs
are held is the current standing of the
materials that initiate furs more or less
closely This cannot be said to be win
ter of fur trimmings, yet gowns trimmed
with counterfeit peltry are extremely
stylish. Chinchilla and astrakan are the
skins most initiated. Imitation ermine is
offered, hut seems not to rank nearly so
well as the others, perhaps because the
real fur is particularly stylish as trim
mag. The use of such trimming is illus
trated in to-day's initial picture, which
shows gown of gray venetian finished
with bands of chinchilla cloth edged with
gray silk cord. Embroidery of the cord
finished the yoke. Such goods is not SO
heavy as its appearance would indicate.
being not nearly so heavy as the real fur
would be. So it's permits the look of fur
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02
Fashion Notes.

Cord and tassels, like braid, still con
tinue to be a very favorite trimming.
Cloth dresses also show garniture of
glace applique and velvet pipings.
Afternoon reception frocks appear to
be made in all the lighter and softly
clinging fabrics, with tiny little gaugings,
plaitings and ruchings and entire deux
or medallions of lace
We women are becoming very sensible
where the couture is concerned and we
realize that, like the wearing of a full or
plain skirt, it is a matter which must be
regulated by the individuality of the
wearer
Now that the 1880 effects prevail,
where mentles and furs are concerned, it
is necessary to wear something extra
round the throat, and the most attract
i've little ties are being composed of err
mine and sable, with cravats of cream
plated chiffon.
There is no doubt that the new picture
hats will show higher crowns, very beau
tiful buckles and sweeping plumes, while
the ''lace curtain" effect will still be
maintained. The large plateau hats are
sill beloved by Parisians and again show
lace and ends at the back.
Bands and sashes play an important
part on many a toilet. Fashionable wom-
EN- are still wearing a great number of