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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-17
OUR FIRST MINT.
Some of It's Curious old Rules snd
 RepuIations.

Some of Iss Curious old Rules snd
 Regulations.
 The first United States mint at Phil adelphia was naturally a very unpre- tentious affair. The material for coin age was secured from abroad. There was found much difficulty to get any one of experience to operate the coin age, and the salary list of the first mint employees was: David Kitten house, director. $2,OOO per annum: Tristram Dalton, treasurer, $1,200; Henry Weight coiner, s1;500; Isaac Hugh, clerk, $312.
 The regular coinage of copper began in 1793, silver in 17D4 and gold in 1795. The following curious extracts are taken from the mint rules and regula- tions of the early days:
 '"The allowance under the name of drink money is hereafter to be discon- tinued
 "The operations of the mint through out the year are to commence at o'clock in the morning
 Christmas day and the Fourth os July-and no other days-are estab- lished holidays at the mint.
 "He (watchman) will keep in . prop CT arm chest securely locked, a mus ket and bayonet, two pistols and a sword.
 'The watchman must attend from o'clock in the evening to , o'clock in the morning, must ring the yard bell every hour and send the watchdog through the yard immediately after ringing the bell"
 Besides the Philadelphia mint, which is now established in palatial quarters at Seventeenth ard Spring Garden streets. there are hints at San Fran cisco. Denver and New Orleans and an assay office at Carson City.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-17
A Mans Hir<hday,

We do not know whence man comes ncr whither he goes, yet we choose his birth or death day to celebrate his re- curing century. We should choose his day of achievement.-Lo Sat u1Gay Review.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-17
THE PKETTIEST FACE

and the most beautiful hands are of- ten disfgured by an unsightly wart It can easily be removed in @ few days without pain by using Cyrus Wart Remover, for sale only at The Cyrus Pharmacy, 253 Fairfield avenue and 1s6 Cannon St.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-17
A convenient Topie.

"I wonder what persuaded Mir. Big gins to believe in reincarnation
 '"Che fact" replied Miss Cayenne. that so few people know anything about it. It enables him to have tfic conversation almost entirely to him Washington Star.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-17
W. R. c.

The ladies of the Elias Howe, Jr, Relief Corps, will find it advisable to take the 9:O6 a. m. train from Bridgeport for Noroton, Thursday the 18th for their visit to the Sol GierS' Home.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-17
The Drawback.

"The unlucky fin love are said to be Accky at cards"
 What good does it do 'em? They can't get out nights to play."-Ex- change
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-17

When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign. that the dun ces are all in confederacy against flim.-Swift.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-17
No Ras~r.

Braidsen Tapes-Yes, I'm fred-dis- charged without any reasonI silkson Tfredd-Wen. you didn't have any when you took the job. did you?- Syracuse Herald
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-04-22
THE NORMAL LIBRARY.
A PLACE OF QUIET AND WORK
The Presiding Genius is Quiet of
Spirit, and Demands IL In
Others.

Farmyille has no library, but the
Normal is blessed with an excel
lent one. The rooms are admira-
bly, adapted to their uses, well light
ed, well ventilated and supplied with
all necessary comforts and conye-
niences. The shelves hold some g.
600 volumes, which have been Sc
lected with cultured care and good
judgment. The souaent body can
hardly feel a literary iced which
canno, 49, promptly and properly
met and satisfied. The tables are
crowded with choice current litera-
ture, embracing the leading maya
zines and papers. religious and secu-
lar. Seats have been provided for
scores of readers, and no matter
how many gather there mum is
the word" and silence profound
must rule and reign. Let your lit
tie French heels strike the floors
of the passage ways as hard as you
please. and make all the noise pos
sibie. but when they touch the floor
of the library the touch must be as
soft as the drop of pin or the fall
of a feather. Miss Maude Taliaferr
sits on the throne and one tap from
her bell is as effective to command
as was ever the bugle 80 summons
soldiers to action. III you should
dare rush in where only angels are
expected to tread" move softly, and
make yoIr wishes known in
whisper, and never forget the way
back to the door. OF course new
books will be added from time &c
time. We rejoice in the fact that nov
the Normal bias at its command
library rich in food upon which the
earnest student may feed and grow
strong as scholar. Whoever felt
tinge of loneliness with a good
book in hand? And surely home
sickness cannot live in the society
OF the good and great of earth.
Mother Virginia is dealing gener-
ously with her girls. and they in
turn are making splendid returns Go
the old mother.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-04-22
Unique Performance.

somewhat unique Performance
vii be- given oa the grounds of
ae Normal school. May goth and
,lg when there viii be presented
as.akespearean festival. consisting
Of Merchant of Venice" LAS You
Die t' and Twelfth Night" This
Hmmoe win be given by the
lm Saakespearean players nm
Or ae direction of Charles Dou-
" c0burn These players are
a1ls the best Shakespeare play
ss 1 tho country. and during the
months from May to August when
Or theatres are closed, they viii
make a circuit of the South, per
.suag at the different colleges
and country clubs i'm the larger eli
uas
Tie performance i'm Farmville wi
take place ON the lawn OF the Nor
nal School with the trees as stage
oacs ground The performers
vii be ON the ground although seats
Fivll be arranged for he audience.
'Large calcium ltgts will illuminate
iae stage and at the end of each
sG these lights will go out for q
'T minutes allowing time to ar
range for the next act. Every scene
'll be- preceded by the strains OF
song. including many of the origi-
ial arrangements of the songs that
We're used by Shakespeare's own com
laly With the background of trees
sll The twinkling of the stars over
lad. the scene will be one Of un-
usual beauty as the natural oppor-
.'l'iies afforded by the grounds Of
as Normal School will be taken ad-
Nl'age of and those who attend
~ promised unusually attractive
Eiormances.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-04-22

ed of a warm welcome and earnest
cooperation.
Our friend, Jack Burton is home
on the sick list.
Mrs. V. Walden went to Richmond
during the past week.
The young son of DIR. and Mrs.
Hamlet continues to be critically ILL.,
DR.. Bidgood, of Petersburg, was in
town during the week visiting his
daughter, Mrs. c. c. Fleming.
DR.. Twins Main street office has
received finishing touches, and is
a model of convenience and COM
fort.
TIE Herald was misinformed with
reference to the home in which Dr..
Spencer boards He and Mrs. spen-
Ger have taken board with Mrs.
Wootten, and not in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. S. d. Walton as sta
ted in our last weeks paper.
The May term of the Charlotte
Circuit Court promises TO be an in
teresting one Many indictments
against the bank officials are pend
ing, and no doubt the cases or
some of them will be tried. Prom
inent lawyers are engaged and bat
ties royal may be expected.
Policeman Fretwell was taken
suddenly i'll while on duty Tuesday
night. and was taken to roop in
the Westover, and is still there as
it has not been thought best TO
move him to his home He attri-
butes the attack to eating of can
ned peas. but the doctors attending
him say their patient is threatened
with pneumonia.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-04-22
Gems Cleaned From the Teaehlns'
of All Denominations.

Gems Cleaned From the Teachings
Of All Denominations.
Some Of us find the very first conflict
Of an hard enough-the fight with self.
Rev. Charles +. Aked. Baptist. New
York
To Avoid Friction.
An immense amount Of friction will
be saved when we can learn TO toll
crate one another's idiosyncrasies.-
Rev. c. Z. Nash. Uniyersalist, Los An
geles. Cal.
The piety that is born Of ease and
prosperity is a Trailer, emptier thing
than the piety that is born Of strug
gle and sacrifce.-Rev. Robert ii. Car
son, Presbyterian. Brooklyn.
Constructive Forces.
There are certain great constructive
forces operating in the lives Of all men.
and it is not always easy to under
stand what they are.-Rev. Luther 3.
Wilson. Methodist. Pawtucket, r. /.
Honesty.
The truly honest life is honorable.
It does not stretch itself up and i'm
pudently boast of its virtues, but asks
God to be merciful TO me, sinner. -
Rev. c. A. Vincent, Congregationalist,
Roxbury. Mass.
Church's Supreme Mission.
To restore man to himself, to his
place in nature, to society and to God
was the comprehensive mission Of the
Son Of Man. and it is the supreme
mission of his church in the twentieth
century.-Rev. James B. Clayton, Bap-
fist, Washington.
Hindrances.
We talk too much about our hin
ORANGES. The world is getting better
every day, because the greatest him
drance Of all. that which IS found in
oneself, is being overcome. There
is not a day when somebody is not dy-
ing for others.-Rev. Frederick E. Hop
Sins, Congregationalist, Chicago.
Rock Of Ages.
The truth is the Rock Of Ages. Just
in so far as Jesus in his spirit and life
represented the truth he is the Rock
OF Ages. This is the stone that has
been so often rejected and that must
be the foundation Of all righteous char
acter and coduring civilization.-Rev.
John W. Row,ett, Unitarian, Atlanta,
Ga.
Cannot Avid the Harvest
No form Of religion and no religious
can ex1mpt US from the
moral consequences II our own ac-
lions. We cannot avoid the issues Of
character. and these are deteTnined by
previous conduct The drunkard and
debauchee reap the physical disasters
Of their violation Of physical law. and
q thou and Christs could not prevent
II. Whatsoever a man soweth that
shall lie also rcap"-Rev James B.
Baptist. Washington.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-04-22
tCopyrighi. 1910. BY Rev. T. 5. LinseOtt, ID.
April gath. 1910.


April oath, 1910.
Copyright 1910. by Rev T. $ Linscott, DID,
Warning and Invitation. Matt ri:
2O-SO.
Golden Text-Come unto me all We
that labor and are heavy laden and
will give you rest. Matt xi:2S
ID Verses 2O-21-Have all sinners
the pow er to repent? Why or why
not?
% What reason can you give for
or against the view, that a sinner
will Immediately repent, on the pre-
sentation Of the gospel. unless he re-
sists his good impulses?
go Why did not Chorazin and
Bethsaida repent under the preach
ing Of Jesus, when il was backed up
with such mighty works?
(4.) What is the woe which Jesus
pronounces upon the unrepentant?
(5.) Do sinners now, or will they
in the future, suffer any punishment
other than the natural results Of sin
in themselves
(6.) Verse 22-Will there be de-
grees in the punishment of the lost.
and if so. by what method do you
suppose it will be gagged?
a. How and by what method, are
the lust rewarded in this life, and
Will the same method, probably, be
operative in the future life2 This
question may have to be answered in
writing by members Of the club
Isl How far will the lowest man in
heaven, be from the highest man in
nell?
(9) Verses 23-24-F Sodom would
have repented under the influences
which Capernaum rejected, does that,
or not, imply that It is siVply a mat
ter Of the strength Of the influence
whether a sinner repents or not?
> 0O) If a sinner rejects under one
influence and repents under q strong
er one. is it right to put the blame OF
a sinner rejecting the gospel upon the
too weak influence brought to bear
upon him?
G1D Are there influences. which
could be brought to bear, strong
enough to cause the most hardened
sinner to repent2
G2) Verse 25-Why or why not.
are culture. education and scientific
( research, any necessary aid or hind
rance to spiritual discernment?
OBJ Why have children. and those
with a childlike spirit, a keener spir7
itual vision. than others with more
knowledge?
10 Are uBeducated people, With
the same kind of moral character
more liable TO see and yield to spirit
ual truth. than those who are highly
educated?
O5J WHAT are the eyes with which
we see spiritual truth. are they Of the
human intellect, or Of the immortal
soul. and now do you explain the pro-.
cess?
G6.) Verse 26-Why did God make
spiritual perception not TO depend
upon the intellect?
O7.) Verse 27-Explain how, and
y why it is that God has given Jesus
the control Of all things?
80 To whom DO the Father and
. Jesus reveal themselves?
N9) Verses 2S-30-To what kind
Of rest does Jesus invite those who
will come unto him?
(20.l What is your view, as to
whether Jesus is a hard, or an easy,
I master TO please?
(21) Can a sincere person Of or
binary attainments. perfectly please
God. in an things. and then find that
Jesus burden is lightT
Lesson for Sunday. May 1st 1910.
Two Sabbath Incidents. Matt. xii:
80
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-04-22
To Our Patrons.

Having suffered serious loss by
fire. our entire stocks and fixtures
having been completely destroyed,
and with insurance entirely made
quate to cover the same, we appeal
witr conficclc, 10 our friends who
are indebted TO Us 10 come forward
and settle their bills promptly. A
dollar now will be worth 20 us many
dollars under other conditions
Gratefully and cordially yours,
II. II. Hunt.
Mrs. II. II. Hunt.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-04-22
STOMACH MISERY
Get Rid Of That Sourness. Gas and
Indigestion.

0Il AAht ~ AsLaA t''Ai i'"''' VIZ "''
Indigestion.
When your stomach is out of or
der or run down, your food doesn't
digest. 1t ferments in your stomach
AM. forms gas which causes sourness
heartburn, foul breath, pain at pit
of stomach and many other miser-
able symptoms.
Mona stomach tablets will give
joyful relief in five minutes, if TAX
en- regularly for two weeks they
will turn your stomach into a sweet,
energetic. perfect working one.
You can't be very strong and Wig
0rous if your food only half digests.
Your appetite will go and nausea,
dizziness, biliousness, nervousness,
sick headache and constipation will
follow
Mona stomach tablets are small
and easy to swallow and are guaran-
teed to Danish indigestion and any
or all of the above symptoms or
money back.
Fifty cents a large box. Sold by
druggists everywhere and by the
White Drug Co.. Farmville, Va.
For constipation there is no rem
edy so satisfying as Booths pills
25 cents.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-04-22
Temporary Homes.

Mrs. II. II. Hunt viii occupy the
room in rear Of the Ideal Shoe Store
and with a new and carefully Sc
lecged stock OF millinery goods will
be prepared to meet the wants Of
All those who may favor her with
their orders.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-04-22

Hunts Art Room viii be opened
on tomorrow over the Peoples Ma
tional Bank, Corner OF Main and Ord
streets, where he is Ienny 10 serve
his patrons promptly and faithfully.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-04-22
Beware Of Ointments for CatarrhJ
That Contain Mercury


as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely de-
range the whole system when enter
ing it through the mucous surfaces.
Such article should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputa-
BILE physicians, as the damage they
wilt 90 is ten fold TO the good you
can possibly derive from them. Hall
CatarTh Cure, manufactured by f.
]. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o., con-
taisn no mercury, and is taken in
ternally. acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system. In buying Halls Catarrh
Cure, be sure to get the genuine. 1t
is taken internally and made in To-
ledO, Ohio by +. J. Cheney & Co.
Testimonials free.
Sold by druggists. Price 75c. per
bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-04-22

There f. no cough medicine so
.9sl ar as Foley's Honey and Tar.
" never fails TO cure coughs and
~'ls and is especially recommended
Az chronic and bronchial coughs.
'.l B al druggists.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-04-22
One canductor Who was Cured

@r hlfrcd Adams is his name,
CIT - ties about it.-"SOme time
confined TO my bed with
journalism. ] used two
l.s o Foley's Kidney Remedy
.- good effect, and the third bot
" ll. mo ON my feet and / resum-
Na.. as conductor on the Lex
soI 49,. Street Railway. 1t gave
more relief than any medicine /
used. and it will do all you
cases of rheumatism. Fo-
Kidney Remedy cures rheuma-
Eliminating the uric acid
blood. For sale by all
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-04-22
INST ONE CENT A WORD.

o,...s For Sale. Lost. Found-in fact
Wan'S IN Advertisements inserted IN
sny aI i,','n for ONE CENT word, each
us e3 ~ with a minimum charge Of ten
ins.i''',S;ii Signatures counted as part Of sd-
yertisement. .,... ao.;..a
un.1' ~ the time Of entering the ad-
j. s.a' h will be continued at the
veer.s-ate until Lotice to discontinue IS
received
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-04-22

bread is grand with Cara
f-. and without. also our era
Home Bakery
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-04-22

ire making new brand.
D., F.ake) Call for it, Home
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-04-22

Have you smoked Bl Cuba, the
new and excellent sc. cigar? Made
by the Prince Edward Cigar Co.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-04-22

Herald and n. Y. World $3.50.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-04-22
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.
Notes Of Happenings and People You
Know.

Better than gold is the sweet repose
OF the sons Of toll when their lsbors close
Better than gold is the poor mans sleep.
And the balm that drops on his slumbers LEI
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-04-22

Mrs. J. T. Smith, of CreWe. visit
ed friends in town on "Wednesday
last.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-04-22

F0R SALE Large Dot on Fourth street suit
shs for Manufacturing site. Apply 10 W. T.
DON. Cor price and terms. feb Aft
FOR SALE Good huttermilk at Creamery
O., .ee cents per gaIl0n. janl4tf
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-29
SOUR GRAPES.

For /, the Lord, am jealous God and
will visit the sins of the fathers upon the
children to the third and fourth genera
lions of them that hate me
1t is direful law
And poetic, but portentous, is that
other Scripture which declares:
''The fathers have eaten sour grapes
and the children's teeth, are set on
edge
1t is said the little eldest son of the
king of Spain is already showing the
effect of ancestral sins-defects of
speech and hearing
Replying to rumorS that the boy is
deaf and dumb, the prime minister de-
MES the report. but it is evident from
his statement that the poor boy is de
fective in some respects
And small wonder. Centuries upon
centuries OF the corruption that has
lads forbears are behind him He is
the sum of his ancestors.
The degeneracy and vice. the ances
trail excuses and madness. have all
been heaped upon the head of this
eldest child
Queen Victoria. the boys mother. is
a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of
England and is strong. vigorous wo
man. 1t is an open secret that she WIS
chosen by King Alfonso and his ad
visers in the hope that she would
strengthen the royal blood. Apparent
ly the experiment could not save the
child.
The sins of the fathers!
The father. King Alfonso. is virtu-
GUS and well intentioned young ruler,
but the stigma of ancestral vice is
upon him.
He has undergone three operations
on his throat-the one spot most visit
ed by the sins of the fathers-and ply,
sicians predict that his life will be
shortened thereby.
The fathers have eaten sour grapes.
Poor royal babe, the victim of the
wicked kings of Spain! And unfortu
nate father. himself victim, And
poor mother. doomed perhaps to early
widowhood and .unhappiness through
her child
s Do you remember the catastrophe on
the wedding day of Alfonso and Veto
ria? A bomb was aimed at the royal
couple, and the explosion killed num-
Der Of the royal suit.
Perhaps it is Of some significance
that the queens first child should be
deficient of hearing. However that
may be-
Remember, o man or woman, the
eating of sour grapes does not end
with the eating. Your evil is not in
tered with your bones. but lives on in
the blood of your ehildren-to the
third and fourth generation!
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-29
A TEMPERANCE LECTURE.

Do you know how alcohol does its
work of ruin to body and mind?
A scientist compares the human brain
and the nervous system. which it con.
trolls, to the electric street car system
of great city.
Somewhere in the suburbs is the
main power house, and from it go the
feed wires to every part of the city
distributing power to the smaller sta
tons and these in turn to other dis
trictS
So the brain is the power house of
the human system.
In the brain are generated-we know
not how--the mysterious forces that
govern the functions of the body and
the mind
Science calls this energy neuron
energy-nerve energy.
Now. every feed wire of the great
power house which runs the street
ears and carries the electricity for the
lamps in the ears or on the desk of the
manager, every wire is able to trans
nit just SO much electrical energy and
no more
Crowd too much ON the wire and the
fuse burns out"
So with the brain. The nerve wires
can carry just SO much neuron energy
Overtax the nerves and they literally
burn out
Alcohol overstimulates. puts too
much on the nerve wires. Something
must burn.
The brain station controls every
function of mind and body. 1t not
only carries the energy for physical
effort, but provides the force for the
marshaling of the thoughts, records
impressions and even throws its lamp
light on the moral pathway of the
mind.
What happens when the wires are
overloaded?
why, the smaller motor centers-sub-
stations-are smashed. That means
temporary insanity. If continued it
means ruin of the system.
Alcohol literally burns out the wires
at some point. And the microscope
shows the ashes. You can see the re-
Mains mind ashes"-just as easily as
you can see the ashes in q smoked
pipe.
And thus does science show through
the microscope the ruins of SOUL
like the crater of burned out vol
cano.
Could there be stronger temperance
lecture?
Mind you. this is no picture by a
Temperance crank"
1t is the revelation of cold, deliberate
science-demonStra fact.
Alcohol literally burns out the nerve
centerS.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-29
The Ancient Rritons.

BY the laws of succession among the
ancient Britons a mans land at his
death did not descend to his eldest son.
but was equally divided among all his
sons, and when any dispute arose it
was determined by the Druids. The
youngest son, it appears, was more
favored than the eldest or any of his
brothers. When the brothers have di-
vided their fathers estate the youngest
shall have the best house, with all the
Office houses, the implements of hus-
bandry, his fathers kettle, his ak for
cutting wood and his knife. These
last three things the father cannot give
away by a gift nor leave by his last
will to any but his youngest son. and
if they are pledged they shall be re-
deemed To account for this old law,
however, is not very difficult. The
elder brothers of a family were sup
posed to have left their fathers house
before his death and obtained house
and necessaries of their own, but the
youngest by reason of his tender age
was considered as more helpless and
not so well provided.