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THE FARMVILLE HERALD. HONOH IOU 111 I. PAST, HELP POR THE PRESENT, Mori'. POR fHE FUTURE. V()L \. FARMVILLE, VA.* FRIDAY. MAY 25. 1900. NO. :r>. CITY DIRECTORY. i l l. lt. mil ?\ . K. '.' \\ i' I w. i . ?'. I I. ??':. IV. | nut w . K. ? ? and a . i'. * oumy Directory. la. iHipilV, . I. W. - "Ile. - ..? p W. BECKHAM - DENTIST. - ? -1 IND, r. . ? Vt Ki. I MA. ii W FLOURNOY, RN EV- \ 1 l. wv. i :.t ? lt- C FRANKLIN. ATTORNEY-AT LAW, PAM fl IN CITY, \ A. ? nilli of "t 0 ItlTKIVS. R. H. WV WATKINS if WATKINS, ?AHORNEYSAT LAW, I- 1 RM VILLE, V \. rd. Cum* ' * HODGES MANN. J M CRUTE. 1 ii in\ i MANN & CRUTE, Attorneys nt Law. i*; P. VAIMDERSLICE, ATTORNEY AT LAW. i ? durn! M l/A. Q S. WING, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Green Bay, Prince Edward County, Ya. ,;.! :tln! ad - ( ' H. BLISS, I. AUCTION I r. \ KM V II.I.K. V V i adjoining PLANTERS' BANK, FAKMVILLE, VA. rn - - I ll-llll I Capita! and Surplus, $75,000. DIR] ?KK..W, K. M. I'.li "? ? C. M. WAI.KKK, -?. M. Cl I. DAVIS, ? . ?? riled, \VH'TE A CO., DRUGS, Medicines and ?Druggists' Sundries, Cora pound. KARMVILI IC va. To Thc Public! ?inti nu Wood and Coal Yards HT, tilt- Inti M ii Hi We Will Keep in Stock ii,'ii General Satisfaction, '??*' l:. I unnlnaham for payim J. WILEY GILLS. ELECTRIC TOWER AT THE PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION. .' -, irT l; .-- - Ml Th.- dignified .'ind irately beauty ..f tbe greal Electric Tower, which will form the connplcuotH centerpiece of the i sn Expoaltlon nt Itu (Ta lo Hay 1 to .\..v. 1, 1901, will command the rap! admiration of i rery visitor. The entire exterior of the 330 fool high tower will be studded with electric Ufhta .1. '.' ?' , Just the I'. :??. . ("li.-IiV, Ml?. Ili:tl.c- Hie follow im* '?nt: "I c-in ci Hi!;, thal du Minni- i ( ure will d claimed fur it. My nt tier breath and the i'u-t <l"-e of it re li- v,.l h,r. It ha in tit--'I my a linie family." lt acta I nt tu. il ami t-iin- i bronchitis, -t-tiirti.-i and ult throat and lUUg tl',.ill.le- Willi ' I . Miy prove ii go il um I ? ii. tuber we nell in-',.?nie. th-ti | 1 A I'M Mil ??| h .. e ii), hope of I lietran (?? use Kodol .' 11 li-i- di ne me wi iu noli g.i I eal I it i lor of my lift tV, I; Wilki' Ii digest* vthut yon eat. W inston Drug ( ... l'nitt-- K.n.il t Poultry. Ken lucky Hors H. C. Ci:- i-t. w ?? di the lif?* of Iii- little girl bj givir One Minute Cough Cure when -lc was dying fioni croup, I only harm lean remedy 'li t given inin results, 11 quickly euri - coughs bronchitis, grip|>e, astbma and ali throat nnd lung I roubles. \\ Drug Co. THE NEW ? .'. . THR1CE-A-WEEK EDI ls Hoad ta Voa as a haily and 1 "a yet it at the Price of ii Weekly. lt fin other ni I in A nu ii ni w . -,< mill i equaled by lhal of few d Hull. Mn- Hoer Mill- have I i then,ii it will , llhMlhll il . ou Munt Of Un ? mi the Trust* If you ?? know all fol The i Hcriptlo TEACHERS' EXAMINATIONS. The i ol applicants fort-en -.?ho.,I* Of Crin in. Un' ton ll ??' . lill 8DAY \M> WEDNKHDAY, ii nml 77111 Of .lune, ul thc public while -..hool hu WHITE TRACHEA incl on lill R8DAY AND KM DAY, of .ii., al ncliool bu COLORED TEACH' mn I nal ? nt till those Noti. Kel.I Journal iijhci whal linter * I ?MAS J. CARDEN, ,i im. i Thc Very Finest. The ne plun ultra. The nciiic ile I.i creme. That's Harper Whiskey ii three lan Sold hy JOS. MANNONI, I \i.\1\ II.IK. VA. TO BEAUTIFY THE HANDS. Mil.,1,1c l.'.e.el*. ? Thill Will Speeilll*/ IncrrHKi- Theil **lrt iiRlh ana I] ni mt-1 ry. To Increase the strength, symmetry nnd Incidentally the beauty of the hand, devote ten mlnutea before you go to bed io muscle I" nding and stretching. These exercise* can be bj my lady al i:> r i in Inr ii;,.st luxurloua chair before ber : blazing 1". ? ,il Im. li ni ins nt righi nu. ' . ,mis tm ned :. in this posit ion th- hand ii to he hi. ;. downward and side With Ongera Aral together and then extended nnd without n ovit ann, ht nd the hands upward, from the wrist, tis fur ns possible, In the direc? tion of (he backs rn' thc banda, (hen ill the original position, then downward as fm lc I.t thc sideways movement bend i ird (he thumb ride mid tho little Anger tide. Continue the twinging of the banda up? ward, downward nnd fddewayi tor some niinr? Hand rotation n,\T follows, In this ai? held ns f,,r thc bending end stretching exercises. With even r movement thc hand per? forms nil the previous mot! Irom thc bending position upward into the bending position sideways, down? ward, sideways in the opposite direc? tion, and so on; first the flngi held ?('Lrcihcr and then extended. Pinger bending and st retching conics next. With arms extended, the fin are slowly but vigorously bent rh to form a fist, and arc then i forcibly, : spreading, hold the tips of the finpers apart, with arms extend ire, and perfect 1\ straight. After the spread, the extended I ure brough! together again, or are tightly cl 'Helled, this latter action In :,c thc effect of the exercise. Doth the i ' the hand and of the for-( nnil ari i by these move? ments, and after due time, if there in not a noticeable gain In the supple it list, cnn! our of arm and shapeliness of the hand, there I for ll you ure looa results ali: re and still | pondering upon inch no! Iniilt in u ' '.'iIr Globe-Democrat. PRINTED PANNE VELVET. I'.fTi'ell v?* "In lerliil for linn,1 *,,ino Ile ri lillun (ailinn* fur Ihe Siu*,,n. Print! .I jiaiine velvet is the late terial to be used for princess recep? tion gowns, and in peacock greens and waa truli .nil long train dragged heavily. and the only trimming waa a panel of rich ecru guipure over cloth of gold, which covered the front and i ii very deep and wide yoke, and a I so the ? and sleeve (..ps. Its wearer car w 13 large bunch of violets, and irban oi pea.-..ck breast feathers with a large gold huckle as the only lng, waa certainly beautiful. A white lace veil waa tied about it with a tough its useful I primary Importance. As a final novelty, this gown : a. st usc to which stitchings are put, stitchings done so perfectly direction and effect that they Ike penned lines. The gown wat an aft oe,of the tailor variety, in ii pale tubae brown, and was fairly covered with clustera of stitchings in 1 colors and in both directions, making a delicate plaid over the whole skirt, which was of the one scam va? riety. The bolero was of plain cloth. plaited on the sides of the front, where it w down under a in lt of black satin with a gold buckle, I I.. stitchings plaided a quaint shoulder collar nnd eiitTs on the tight cloth B, while a black velvet era. at pave ut tinich to (he throat, ls not the art of st il ch inp in 1his case cart led to thc point of perfection? st. Louis Hcpiiblic. NEW WRINKLE IN BEGGING. lin I \ ct eil I ni; I . smooth I ml I i lil ii-i I Who Ililli* I hlciiuo BBllBtM Me ii Baa} I'o) ? Ile esme Into the office with a that one learns to expect in people of consequence, lt was eusy to infer that uid not have tiptoed into the pr< (?lice of thc president ol 1 he I liilnl States, says the Chicago Inter Ocean. "Ah, Mr. .lillies'.'" he Unpined, with ll Chest erfieldian bow. "I hat's my name," granted tin-mau ut the desk, who made m, preti nsiims to style and whose tinie was worth money. "Uni' is my card," said the sti laying down a slightly soiled | board. "1 am thinking of luca tin:; a publish? ing plan! heit," he remarked, as be helped himself to u chair, "und 1 want ymir advice on it." This was thc beginning of it. and fm' ten minutes thc distinguished pit er sat with his feet on I lie 11 expounded his jd for investing hun? dreds of t litni.tn t.f dollars. 11 dentally smoked one of thc edit'' cent ci pa rs. Thc stranger knevi all the old-timers in newspaperdom appar? ently anti his reminiscences were nol so very bad. "Well. I mustn't keep you from your wmk any longer/' the visitor i but, as he rose to go. I cr Mr.J thc fact is. I am without smnll rhanpc - m.!bing lesi than a$1 (bill it to thc South side c. '. kindly loan mc a dime?" .loiics mechanically fished a dime from his pocket, thc stranger n lt with a bow anti a smile of til and hurried out. "Well. 1 I inu-t bc behind the times," murmured .Innes, as he Qi the card. "This is a new w i i;. begging." Mr. .Jones Inter found thal eighl of his friend* had contributed a dime the same day under precisely similar con? ditions, COAL MINES IN INDIA. IN'o Dh nu, r nf Fire Hump Ex lat I In \n> uf thc Principal I'll* of I hut I ...tiilr, . ('oul is widely distributed through? out India, except in Bombay and thc northwes! provinces, and Oudh, I'njpiituna and Mysore, wier, the product is either scantily distril nt. The scams iu Ben? gal and Assam are frequent 1 j fi nml. BC feel to us much u> thickness. The pita are often of con? siderable depth. At present thi est appears to be aboul 700 feet. In man-, casca the working of the leads to the escape of little or no fire damp, so that the miners me work with naked lights. At the pres? ent time Bengsi produces mon three-fourths of the coal mined In in? dia. Indian cuni varies much iu com* ' .ti and quality. Most of lt is quite suitable for ordinary pur] wbile some of the sampli -. ? tain of th#-s. from Bengal and central India. ur<, of excellent quality to that of the best British coals. Thc fixed carbon of the Bengal coal ranges between : , rcent.,ana the calorific value ex.-. i aloriea ?equal to about ten British (hernial units while the ash often teat inuch exceed and In some Instances falls below ten per cent, and thc sul? phur frequently present in bul verrj small proportion, A prent deal of the Bengal coal is serviceable ateam coal. Manj samples cake well alni contain lillie sulphur. and Ihe coke is therefore suitable for iron smelting. LITTLE DOLLMAKERS. (..rotuli I li 11 il rt-ii I'm,nhl thc Morl. Whin llitrill.. ??rt I him Ililli!***. Over In Germany there ere 5,i chil? dren in one district ult,ne who D ployed to dress dolls and help in thi manufacture of various kinda ol says the Philadelphia Record. All thi children who do this work arc u years of Age. They are taught ,: of dressing a doll at the tender i four. At the same time, according to t he oompul ory education law, I bi obliged to go to kindergarten achoo! for at least one year, aud that term is devoted to such things as making dolls and dressing them doing ever] in fact,except nioldiiipt he heads, which a bj nun expert at tbe bu After that the German children hav. three or four yean of study, when thej are allowed t., go into the d 'll or toj factories to add to the daily income ol the family lo thc extent of a fe? ll day. The children I 'In- 1 Inder pa rt en lune I., ts . f fun making ? for thc dollies, aid so fond d' I1 of the little WSX-fl.'I creatures thal they ure often sore at heart when thi matron comes around to colled then nil tn be -cut abroad. liner Mn rk *ni ri n *h I p. The fine marks*nsnship of the is attested by thc fact thal of tl nun wounded by (hem in thc battle ol thc Tugela In December, 194, or mow than half, w, n hit in the extremities for which soldier^ usually lim. All but eight were struck with mauser bullets thewoundtMur-cordingtothe Bi ll peons, being "hui;?atn Twenty-sis were hit about thi nm! IO in the body. lin. r lit StrtS \ liirni*. Once armies were guarded at night ? iti i.s pacing (heir rounds. Now In South Africa, the Bo< r- stn tch ell c trie wins around thi ir camps, ?? when touched, ? t bella a rin.rinp at ht adquartera In brief. Il la ? n of burglar alanna to guard an army from surprise. There arc few mote striking appliances of sdeMStl warfare than this. tim* v.;; i MY FATHERS HOUSE. ' I N i l i I '? Tor N a I I I wuy. ? I till, ? I ?'? I ?i.Ina I TIIE YOUNG MINISTER. After nix Masterl) Icraasa lbs otu lr.,clnr GlTCS Ulm u lilt ni Adv Ice. walked ? ? t in by tl ; ' :, who liuil little ? nly a . ? rly ef? fort." II. hopi d lin would . bini min li r-t ui!y ant! j - un Ij But thc doc Ight. nan hud known the J ? through thc mi li wai Dal mal that ht fact that he had bc . lind. kane* ' '." tilt presently. "1 nu an- fully (pia. to take ,? inn'.'" asked the "Weil, I hope so. I passed througl ?o1m**-o mill thu seminary withi as you know," thu Iud b.iirt. mv bard. I think I aa J ('lils! is bel ter ? et si d in thi ii, brew i ha., mad* ? i d antidote,' yoi you know ol ? "What have you ki wi Iht depths ii. iin- di iii'.- power ai b J '.a DI Ver du allied ni pii;nh ' "What would you haw mc to do?' : ;>risc. "ii.ii 'i to the world as your Mas tel ? Mix w ith nun aid learn theil I .'lid ill ol tu th.'iii. Taki . 'ry tc lift du in up Fi ? I * i'h ike tem pt aa tl,; ill? ili. Ii Noll will ll" who ure like hit; ? :; of higher niora {?hui.. inply to i ? iii thc pulpit." ? ' "lt matical, terse and ii wire apt Thc | >!. You toll of which von had H ad in th- ? If you coull! havi i ? ? t j jr i me day ?a n life i (Hit of J "lif ow ; ' . -1 rsi I f 'I'.el. ' '.. tile; it | I . arth ural forth li then had proclaimc. thod for extinguishing it : WI Uid la pat] j ire for tbe better life.' arc sheltered," said Willy, coldly, "ant occupii ii bj tin lr .-ti; ? in the v ' "Ai lieder : men and ei ? ire DO . went ou Into the world for a year or more?hi rlene and ?': if ix tom lo the youl i irllj-. V k for nn ni ?cellini, Therefor* faith That ll *a ll lo charin stid i- : fttkt Yorke, EL <-. San Francisco, Til. THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT the Development or tba leatlaaeat tuuii.-l VI...I,..Ile Drinks nnd Hi.- I.lt|ii,,r TlSUl afon quarter of a century ago a movement wa tlc eXCCi Ive I Olic drinks. lt was begun by thc lui,' IW thc di.-., ta which tl ance who could appreciate thc happiness, ' life. It V. li favor by tie rn I pud ii lt- expe* were nowhi re io be seen; its Anal out? wits hid in darknesi black aa i Igbt. its promoten were laughed .it, j. ti ed a! and calli d min unchi on. Noble souls work through lunahine and storm?never working till their poor earthly machine is work l 'alls in h wreck. Through decades ol through ninny mishaps and un ; through man.. they! t. exhorted and tried to p. I lllell to ti payli to the pud of " briely." Thc country v I with temperance tracts, sermons, pam which pencriilly found waj into thc most convenient waste-paper baaket. Where else, when curtailed "Individual liberty" to smh an extent that a mun is not al? lowed to follow the ?? of his own ' That U where thej io bc, said the S Hut thi' tempei plead? ed ' n. More wm- 1-. more ti.lets, more bermons, more "pledges!" And now . a h ill century's pleading they se, m to have acquired a not alto r despical access Ifissii miry fathi staiitl;. trying to reform sinners, whis \, I- in our cara -lu- astonishing word that "drunkenness" is not the ' ling" sill it u*.'d to be. Men arc md . have besetting i.?: but drunkenness li ? one of them. Thf ii is more lober than in forma result of temper. work manifesting Itself in ni most ever'. nt ol" activity, in d ;ind educational cir rganizationa, ami ? kip nc of alcohol. ; much danger of going back tc the oh', idol. M:,ny hiv;- nev. i dragged away from his feet. Bu! have been redeemed, and tin problem univ is to hold them i -.tate of redemption. It is easier tr keep a bad habit out than to drive it forth when eui! cured The public ?? la arouaed, and what puts in motion that all-periail kip. powerful so ul-energy becomei ar, and what is popular is result ful. There is much wisdom to be path ? nie of this -nu* temp, movement, li li Publie wrong t can bt changed to public right sentiment. An evil, though it may be threatening ami all-pervading, can bc lessened througb |] ? effort, lt t long time, som ' (ion. .sometimes two, possibly inti the third. Agitation againal natural vices produces little Impression on the first ration. Theil disfavor is clearly n lt breaks out in tann! cule and Invective. After some yea rt of fighting and taunts, ridicule and itv ? aced, am! that is a prent advance, the first telling i 'ihe worsted will not surrender; tiny think too much of their "individual liberty" to capitulate. Hut here thc workers of reform can tal ? dna! the young Incom? ing generation. They will listen ar pue. weigh and finally consider. In them is wanting the prejudice of theil I ii >y can bc talked tn about blessings, reen [uencea Ami although many, probably 1 than half of thc wi,nie. may be ir re formablr, still the showing will bc !. Another stand is taken against thc third Incoming generation, and it is lure that the "fighters for the 1 right" may hope to pain "It will do . .md." "Where is the ii-'''..l'he : win never be reached," etc lt will do good; i' 'he end will be reached. It rn . 30, 40 ? ? .ide. Thc criticism of the firs! ' pt aeration can .nd (he : surrender of the third guarani ii rely upon thal much gain, though in many ca ? : l ? i- the : philosophy of tbe 1 mots. '. It might be i ' by those who are working for tba I humanity on othel lines, who are trying '? liabonesty, civic corruption literary monal I bsI de J ception and such 1'ke. i I I |] make a man or re? llim. Work away, t rtificen ol char li the hali'' 1 ? h and though! and act and in ike 1 ii cir men bout thi lb; heat thi Into a bright sparkling glow ; make the red scintilla' lions jump from anvil pl ll truii. rs; hit quiet nnd I metal I g, "iii it will pive and take the form of tin the labor ol ' .cornel ' a thln-j- of vain md worth.? ?uer ol told. HANDY LAND LEVELER. Jn*t tin- Tiling fur Fumier* \\ h,,*<* Pl Oasis? nr ll.nm I, Meld* ||t>. Muire Sunn- (.rad I ny. - ii handy, homornnde ' . grading about | or for leveling rough Arida, that ui.1 to be laid down t<> grass, it it thut pms- fialda he aasmooth a to maka machine wuk in haying aa easy ns possible. ? plunk 12 feet long, mounted on two shoes | in, hes wide, to keep the plank from cutting down RANDY LAND LKYBLBR. into the soil with its thin edpe. A sin ple horse should juill thin leveler with? out difficulty, but, of course, one limp? er and heavier could be constructed which would require a two-horaa loam. doing feater and heavier work. Tv... ilow or cultivator handlea can be titili/eil for this leveler while the - cnn he made from two planks from a wornout drag or stonebont. A triangular piece of plunk nailed Into the ungle between the plnnk leveler nnd the shoe at either end keeps nil tho united and In their proper place, Thc "dead furrows," that leave a field so unalghtly and Inconvenient to mow, cnn be leveled out by letting one end run ahead of the other, natng a longer chain In one ring. X. Y. Tribune. LESSON FROM MARYLAND. An Basalts (St I'm-m-ntHllon of the I ..tn,mi) L.fft-cti-,1 li> (br (<m ? ii nc Hun of QSSi Hun.I*. ? IO] i rn atly iniide by the high? way division of the Maryland state i'iii aurvey afforda aa excellent Btation of the icon,,my effected ruction of pooil ronda. The ? shows that the cost of building roads I u .. dingly small ired with the Bavin.**effected by tho reduced cost of transportation. 'Ihe it i ii lit country ronda of the stute Ilea in length, and the cost of thoroughly Improving these roads being jiluc, ,1 at - l, u mile, which will provide the best kind of muds, tbs tot-sl expunge K> the state would bo ^.?"00,000. A c-Hiijnitntion is made of the eon! of hauling freight from tbe furn. ni., 'm. The report staten thal "tin1 um rape distan.'. toa of freight is hauled to or from the Maryland farm ls 0.7 miles; tho aver ?-t is H cents u mile per ton, or ii ton for (h.-whole haul. There 'bout 1,000,1 ? if farmland in Maryland, and there is ahovt one t. n of freight hauled annually per U) or from each farm. The total therefore, of the transportation ' 1,000 ii year. The cost of hauling in New Jersey has been re liuif since tin- ronda were. Improved. Therefore, by Improving ind roads, one-half of this sum e saved," This calculation makes lt np]>ear that the construction of good mada would effect un annual Baring to thc, Mary lund farmers of ?VS* $4,000,00) ? whereas the total cost of building 1,500 miles of Improved roads would be but $r,,00ti,C.Hi. Tl,.- returns on this investment would be tremen Tlds calculation as made in Marylin;.1 sppUco equally well to Wis? consin and other stutts. Thc money p it In good ronda pnys enormoua dividends. Milwaukee Sentinel. A FARMER'S STORY. Thf r.ffec-t of Had Roa<l-i on Cnanlr*' WtO l. l)Uh?artrnlnK In Storr Ways Than On-*. .1 ronda bring the farm cl,"- tn 'i bia is what a fanner lu Lincoln county, Wis., has to say ? thc effect of bad roads! "The farmers in the Iowa of Hassall ea** not gel to Merrill with a load of hay or a lend - tba produce get their money from-?und by not being able to market their pn.d rapelled to get wifhout cl or .spring or some new- variety of farm : bat ni:ij be very profitable to |St their truck to market when there la a market on lt. There baie been a number of 8 t rs to -tart in this spring, and I la lt wa* very comiuoi. tO - ??' g'-t . .md ile down. Tba inst t. tm . ippsned to tonic along would hitch on to the team and draw Dd both teams draw the wagon ?h by hitching it to a long chain, allow to get OB solid ? two day* to make ii trip of 15 miles, and 1,500 pounds ? ni for a gi eoe he has to more ea - la Um market Be baa there - . fa am for two days for _ Slate Adi tnt (..mil H.,?n?. In Minn. I | aar the constitu? tion v I,os" -tate aid In road COBStrn ita and Midi g:m pro? pose to do liken