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THE FARMVILLE HERALD.
HONOR FOR THE PAST, HELP FOR lill PRESENT. Hock FOR MIK FUTURE
V0L IX' FARMVILLE. VA.. FRIDAY, JULY 21. 1899.
NO. il.
CITY DIRECTORY.
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Prince Edaaud Couniy Directory.
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? C FRANKLIN,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
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A. o .. R. M. WATKINS.
li://AV.\>,\ WUTh'IA'S,
-ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
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W HODGES MANN, J M CRUTE,
MANN & CRUTE,
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U P. VANDERSLICE,
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t S WING,
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Ali I LAW,
:rd County. Ya.
( ' H. BLISS,
ION EEK,
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J R. SPENCER. M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon*
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^| M.MARTIN,
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Richmond, V;i., Farmville, Va.
\\'HITE &. CO.,
DRUGS,
Medicines and
Druggists' Sundries,
1 >od Judgment
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JEWELRY,
WATCHES,
SILVER WARE
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KARMVILLE, VA. ff
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Capital paid up, $50,000. Surplus $30,000
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A lt. my friend," said Detective
fj^ Inspector Westwood, "it is all
.<ell for people "lu. knoa
.ut tin- matter to
complain of tin- alleged Inefficiency of
e, to call its merni
and all i1
bul if they only tunk the trou*
?
cur unsuccessful eases, they would soon
; vvh.v thf I
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"lt wiiiiltl not
stand <m nothing, in
.. would it'.' Vet often we
nd to
"ii than the man in space has tn
naml upon, sn it cannot be surprising
if we then effect nothing. I admit
? t number ol i
tors are never brought
. but, ai they furnish no clea
?
. luck] accident should re?
veal tin ir identity.*1
"Ha- h lucky ni'fiilt" ?
curred to you In any of your invti
' I ai ked.
milli rather think sn," the In*
r replied. "Why, lt >
if them that I owe my promotion.
Surely you have heard of the Incidi nt v"
? to my knowledge," I answered,
n hail better enlighten my ig?
norant i
:, two <>r three j - there
. - of pettj ? in the
ons round Richmond, Kin
)ii-'l'hanns, and Henley way. It was
n th*- summer time, when people were
thi country hou
:,i\ sterious, and
he remarkable thin}' about them was
.hat they were always committed In
iroad daylight. The things mostly
were valuable diamond i
iroochea, and trinkets of that
vhiih are allowed by ladles to Iii- on
? their bedrooms;
?
? I with -j,-ins. and diamond
lecklacea worth fabulous sums,
? ted by the thief. Bulky valu*
and family plate,
rere Invariably left untouched;
aid before, it was chiefly 11 >?- Jewelry
if the ladles which was stolen.
? . the police were communi*
ated with, but as the thief?or thieves
- hft no trace w batever of their modus
ii, they were unable to accom*
ything, fnr one cannot consider
? of stolen goodi as a 'clew.'
perintendent, it is true, had a
henri at tirst that the robberies must
ave liicn committed by some p
? . |. ectivi
?
ld retainers of unimpeachable li
?.. that Iheorj
; . uni- fate befell anotfa
r. wi -led that the thefts
Ilimittetl by sunn
trolling unobserved Into thi
,r the ari Invariably ab*
d fruin upstairs rooms, alni I
1 li.it the
e.mid have got in the h
.1 left the jin
?-. Itbout having bei n observed}
irtieiilai ly in broad daylight.
and precau
iiiis the thefts still continued. I
f uni si/e in the
strict which Lad not sustained
? -ular
.iden I that, with the
?eat heat of the season, funned the
def topic of conversation an
ie Inhabitants. Public feeling ran
nver t lie matter?naturally
perl -. under the circum*
-ami the following, will
-vas the plaint nt nil
i parties and social gather*
"'(Mi. my dear Mrs. Fitz-I'.Iailk, I re?
in.t kniiw w hat is coming
ie place; one cannot trust a single
if value nut nf nr
in morning I placed that 'lively mar*
which wns given mi
la, on my dressing
hie while I wenl into my boudoir
? thing nr nther. and when I
irk t he '
although I turned ti
w ii to And it. I wouldn't ba
*??. it 'nr worlds, either. Ti
?noni, only myself, IT,
?fl nn ono could bava entered withoat thi
In
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thi
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m\ know li Ob, it won me so;
it is all
" 'y'
I Mrs. I'it/ lii.ii.k. 'Bul u
'lu- police bi about to allow such whole*
and I certainly I
-. of the matter the next Un ?
in tl..
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up the matter, a
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smart ..f them .
are, they could throw no li
J than ll.'
r than
'
ed that In i
? ?I. n thc w Indow of thc
-dar room from which thej bad
been abstracted was op n al the l
? ly to allow a lit!
In and temper 11
"This 1.1"
of a ti sh im; rod, with a lim
attached, ? r and
llOOk tl n w in?
dow. But t inn \
all, for how could a man i land i
? unobserved vv ith his
rod and hoi
lillty of that, how could hi
t he position of articles in a
? above him v No, that
ii, and had I
Then another tin ory propo
that si
ki v wi re tl ? thal the man had
iiitn the : tensibiy to
monkey had climbed up
through the open window, bi
iluablei w hii-h In- ha
i.i/.-.
"For a time this tbeorj ?
with h.nu?
lli.-ir a|.|ii arance. Bul ii.
nf all I ,l went on,
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nf thing, ns p. opie w id w ;,
panic stricken.
"Vmi nm 'Win didn't
ill the wii.
llie.v did, at least
ll..- Ingri -a of man o it to
?iniii entirely meant -
luring the : I wave then
?hf population.
"Bul it was al! of no avail, a
?ist, in desperalion, iIn- lo< ..I j
depart mi ni at
.ml I...
ne int.
he mat!' I
'. . \\ , vi VVliiill, I 1,
1 t nf
tufT vmi ai ?
inearth
l will lie the making nf you.'
"I knew that ?
iad failed? Ii n ally ie< mi d as tl
in du wi;:
mt ter, however such an iden
idiculed, for the whole alTair Icm
ncanny. Vet l di termined I
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lt; doa li to ll. nii-v vv hen |
..I.lier ?
mk apartmt
pent the greater part nf my iii' ?
? up and dow n, here and I bl ri .
'
erv unprofessional, but k>
? I ears well open, ih-vi ill., li
"It was a wearisome, di-' ?
ccupatlon. I lift no stone upturned in
iv endeavor to find the culprit, bul
i nn purpose; be was ?
t his nefarious employment. I
trough every road ai
istriet, in the hope "!
ling unusual which might
rued into a 'flew,' Inn nol
itraordinary could I lind thas* a
iting fellow, clad in I"
ke myself, riding a l
uni-r;n imr bicycle, with a
unit a fnnt square attached tn
ont of thc hamil.
"Now, a basket like that nn a road*
I,iel eic was a hit sti.
?ry ii. ii lo the
et-iip' of the rider; hut what wai
ore peculiar was that l nut
nmg fellow and his basketed Li'
marly every one of thc outJ;
.a.ls w here the l>if-r In" : v eiy
\ I met him pott!
ith the ba -Let. ami always in the I,
shionabla and wealthy parts of the
i n to exciti Ity, and
ned to watch him without
lowledge, The basket, I noticed, *
ways closed, bul once or twice when
ssing I fancied I heard a St rai
rtlant noise proceeding from it, as
ough some pel wi irried out
r an airing. 1 got thoroughly In- .,]
. hut the young fellow
frigid and 'stain!
no inure than wonder who be v
d what be carried thal haskel fur.
'And sn things ni rn on for ni arlj
?ek, until one day, w !.
. I tameBcross my in
?nilly at '.
leof the road,surveying with i
i Ire oi hil bicj elf, which v%
net ii red; v.
looked up and down the road, ???
rn up Into the ch.lidless sky,
?ugh fearing bad weather.
"Halloa!' I exclaimed, on riding
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? '.No. ii
iking intn lin. 'I C
quite well hv myself, am!
ived forward with his '
dnlv that he did not wish t
th me.
'Bul I
? ily, ami said: 'Afraid
nV Nn such luck. I
) finn. We want rain badly, tim
the i
ymir pard ?? rrupt- al I
'but when I want your opinion nf g.
? weather and mads I will ask for ll
til then, kindly keep if."
: d it made mc
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I that morn
mt him
. ami 1
I know w I,
1 what it was that
i tune,
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kept a sharp eye mi my man --Tl tba
kehim
?
to mount, in
ile oh
? ii the
? hough
nal machine
? wish lo 1"' i.i ?ur vv li. ?
? riding n bicycle with a pu ne?
rrie*!,
"iiut his h
i
and just at that moment I heard a flap
. I'ird in the air, and after
?
com?
panion. 'I vent t.
funny litti" nd then it I
round np im.. thc mai.'
with indescribable Impudence and cun
alarmed at
sudden
: at it in a most liewildered niiiii
lated,
and beautifully iridescent with glori
I nt the
.ly WHS i s),;|]?'
nf tin- liinl seemed familiar, hut I could
lmt recall where I li. inilar
one, m.r remember its name. Its bold
?
!' t-man,
til hail ii pi-i
;. fur making another des*
? ' obied
. w bile
? ill the ;iir. Hew
away ti.... in 1 he i m.
"I watched both till they were mit ni
turn. .1 I., m* bli
' "ll the
1 c hird had stood at*
I st'inpiiiir
diamond rii
with la . low
Mi sudden*
?
? lng my bicycle I pur*
mpanion with all my
found him
.. t. Droppii .
ml collared him
'I am
bich
I
i that anything you
??ii at
'mir t
"Ile
? ith. hilt ca:
local
v. Idle
pus! rd in the I.
little
?
"At the police Station we np.'tied the
? int article!
,.t the bottom, w bile
i hopped mit an us nil
eal inquiry
iii!.. Thc th
thcr than the bird,
ie, wi
'
Down, idrell* ma
lund, I i the bird's fail
dm tn fly
?
lek up all th.- bright ti he i -nhl si
se, aii'i w Im
I the outskirts of the tmvn
i the meantime, recalling the rn
v a peculiar v\ hist le. \\ hen t In?
put in the bicycle
bout from place
i place, ready f." Hon w-h. r
? v for
him, and free fruin .ii
mi.
"lt V
never he DOtlct d entering
r leaving an unoccupied upstairs n
oubt*
? nal cunning taught him
ni in w hich he could
and white pium
i it was I ? -iini
if the bird
w 11ml a black and
lire] would he noticed flying
. ail-black one would
it, but he mists
?tfullv dyed all thc bird's white feath*
"At i : ial inquiry the man
erring tl.
? had stolen notl
! for
ial, when the lided him I
d after the fact,' while BS he i|.
.! the hil'
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s 'during her maji
"Ami IV Ol
?I.-an Milli.
nkins is the ..
"What
"Why, up
and undi i all
lo the house on the plea that be wai
then produced a w rit of
?
fmni him in the three ,
< hl
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llnili. RaaalBa Mnll. ra
? s ii, cnn;
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narinn in Nev I* I"'
,at Impatience Mn
i fulling. I T8'
WEIGHTED HER SKIRTS.
IA munn l.uii-ia ll. I.. ir Him, n willi
Tm. uni. io i ie.i i lin i i,,r<-1?
Nu Mill, nu ll.
1
uldn't
for I beard the other d
Haver,
Willi
journi
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"THERE ISN'T ANY DUTT "N TEA."
tea the like of which shi
known before. She knew there
hail iii Am
sn sin- bought pounds and pounds of it
to bring back to this country with her.
She didn't mean to pay i\n'.y on it. fur
she felt thal .mer?
in conscientiously pay a tea tnt
ifter what mir ai
harbor, sn she nm ? petticoat,
md Into the lini he quilted
ihe ti .-nulli hardly
in it, and the hang nf her
ashore gown was utterly ruined by it.
hut the custom :
- be went di?
rectly tu the railway station, and
?d for Washington. 'Ihe journey will
ive long in her m< liscomfort.
der husband met her nj the station.
Ile marked her pale, worn look. \s they
itepped into the .. ! him
ry.
"Iv.. ?to let them
if me," she said, proudly. "Wasn't rt
i lovell Idea?"
lier husband fell hack in the can
md roared.
"Lovely!" he s.-,;.;. "Lovel)! I
hould say it was! Why, my d
here isn't any duty on I
And lark in passing thai
't by
my lilians thc only thing that rurs
per than man in his w rath.
DOG SHOWS STRATEGY.
Policeman Qlenn, of Toledo, <>., hail
? linter witi ! ron?
nie recently, and 'he officer dc
believed in lu'
...iilil ? with
uman Intelligence inhabited the I
The anil ? "ing
i he somewhat Ill-temp
?? iiite thwir
hildren as they
heir v' ' omplaints i
1 it tin- pol iee station, and i > fl
lenn w.is detailed with a double-bar
?
'Ihe - 'dell
helter.
iharp lookout f'-r the fere
i-fure the patrolman got a peep::'
i. The ai i d to di
Ie Pre, ??mail Ilia Igr-oiiil n lona Rxs*>
eatloa i>> leearla**. m? \\oniii
II,- l.Ml..ln'. shan,; un. ^
il
si
.1 N.
nc what the policeman
id that I - .-. -1 he
g appealed tu tully understand thc
? the gun tin- ..:
? I nf rushing mit int.
.ul been il ?
und the linn
lit. Iii turn*
_? lin- ?
ound them both w hat the
'
: tn tin- pnli. ?
ids. am!
portunit I itaell tin- ?
al pounced fi.
oa him In
'iiml.
er thc
shook him sn bard that he
upped hi
n hy th. han another
aking, hut in all I
trotman gol no bl drawn.
?
iv with it in his mouth in
' tin- river, and ll
veil the animal dropped^ it into the
I'he .Int.* baa bern taking a
ration ainee the row.
RURAL MAIL SERVRT.
*rlr*rtaia una Pataata*] a Rav4%aa Dtm
v I,-.- lu, lix- < oll< elton and UU
triituiion ut haatata.
:miu
>ba vv hi n '
deliv*
een pate ed bjF
lll-i
lnveii- . et tu
? m '?
?" of Count!*} 1'. -dents.
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than ? I la the ci! ies as
mail ' , and these are to be
?r The
? - ? Ihe vii ? M The
CA BC flt
Ll*. '"
HAIL.
. ll, .MAIL V
first door coraprisea om entire side of
\, and when thi- I falls
tn a horizontal p litton ami a its au a
shelf. A number of Ideal
these I key
ihed opens one of these, li tr the
4 convenience in distributing the
mail these many little doors form one
hhich when opeaed by thc
ll ' ;IC I- . Il thu
il vv ben he lui- . loaed
hield tlia* timil in each nf these
0 f i nina*
tlon hy any others (lian those ! ..ldi*ng
thc keya nf that i rticular I
A la erred iu the bot.
tnm hs a depositor! fur mail matter
that ls ? I in thc usu.'l way
through a -Int provided.
thc
combination ?>f the scheme with an
electrical system by which ? a bos
- may he ti it I fl ed at their i
when a parcel baa been
: ' i .ier.
USE PRISON LABOR.
.Indue '.Hil.ona, of < litcaao, Aili neates
I lie I Jin p lo. in.-n I of lon, I,-1 a fan
lionel liullilrra.
The proposition tn utilise prison lalmr
in the wnrk nf building Fnad- i? being
- ' en . There is a dis
poaitioi ? ited an the part af pub
prison I**., ir nn
;' work, w berever lt la
lible. In a i .' .1..hti
. ni Illinois, said:
?IllictH in Juliet
? li linns, ai '. every
' ' mak
?i i repaalng ii a na*
'timi. I would
or in building a great high*
gan <
d from .sun- (mint
iary of Hat state
. tiually adi
own. I would utilize tin- tabor of the
a thc
.. m a '.v*i.!l tn rt*
laim hinds covere -. l ike Ul higaa,
the most mng
- .V..I ld, -ti ,-t liing
the Indiana line on the south
ii ard itv of Evanatoa on
lie north."
The i .: Klrksiille, Mn.,
i resp a for a lawsuit ort r the
. maa a ul his
ife [ki ? that amount of
'. ami money lind agreed that
id administer the
rnper' If tai man
laiui ii -I attar
died.
. ? iv i Cid. | nev,- aper
obbar gave birth
) twi' ? (? k. It is only reason*
' ; .! they are bouno
? of them
?iou*, burglar broke Into
(Ky.) ntnre the other
Igbt. lhere was $13 In the ilrawef.
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WOOD'S NEW CROP
Turnip Seeds
are now ready.
If ymir \\ ? - ell
Wood's Seeds ..rii?
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Oeraua " ll Bud ahcat, f <<? >
Heans. Crimsun elmer, i-K
T. W. Wood & Son ,
Seedsmen, Richmond, I
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Rai.. a r
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' ' in.i Clovers.
Turnip anJ V ri?--ta bia 5efd*,
Hy ad -eic.
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